Dreadrock

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This article is about the Generation 1 Transformer. For the Cybertron Autobot called "Dreadrock" in Japan, see Jetfire (Armada){{#switch:{{#sub:Jetfire (Armada)|-1}} != .= ?= .

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Dreadrock is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Dreadrock is tall and has a cargo plane alt-mode.

Fiction

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2005 IDW continuity

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The Functionist Universe

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In a timeline where Cybertron was ruled by the Functionist Council, a tall white and green Cybertronian was walking amongst a crowd. The Custom-Made Now

Beast Wars: Uprising

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Previously an Autobot during the Great War, Dreadrock ended up mode-locked, eventually becoming a transport for the Resistance in the Grand Uprising. Eagle Killer piloted the Dreadrock when making a nuclear bombing run on infected Protihex. On the flight out, however, the Vehicon hordes boarded it by force and infected all inside. Derailment

Toys

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Cybertron

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  • Jetfire (Ultra Class, 2005)
    • Takara ID number: GC-04
    • Takara release date: December 28, 2004
    • Accessories: Left & right spring-loaded missile launchers, 2 missiles, Earth Cyber Key (Hasbro) or Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key (Takara)
    • Cyber Key Code: uk97
The Cybertron Jetfire toy doubles as a Generation 1 character in the IDW comics and Beast Wars: Uprising.
Cybertron Jetfire was once again Ultra-sized, but this time transforming into a green cargo plane resembling a modified [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Antonov An-225|{{#if:||Antonov An-225}}]]. The design of the vehicle mode features a small homage to Jetfire's previous shuttle forms via a (non-opening) hatch featuring "teeth" on the dorsal section. Jetfire features sound effects by pressing the port side aft engine nacelle. Inserting a Cyber Key into his tail assembly in either vehicle or robot mode causes a pair of translucent red cannons to extend, and the compartment they are mounted on to raise. Pressing the port side aft engine now features a different sound effect. The tail section can be swiveled up to form an attack mode somewhat resembling the "gerwalk" form of a Macross Valkyrie (appropriately).
In robot mode, Jetfire has a tendency to topple back due to the heavy battery operated gimmicks of the tail section, though he is more stable if one puts him in an action-oriented pose. In this mode he features two pop-out (non-firing) missile pods in his waist and wields his two wing-mounted (spring-loaded) missile launchers.
The initial Takara Galaxy Force "Dreadrock" release has a number of extra paint applications, including extra silver on his outer legs and red detailing on his knees. He also comes with a Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key. The later Hasbro Cybertron "Jetfire" version has an additional support bar between the barrels of the translucent red tail cannons to provide structural integrity, and comes with an Earth planet Cyber Key.
This mold was redecoed to make live-action-movie-verse Jetstorm.

Notes

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  • In Beast Wars: Uprising, {{#if: |Mini-Cons don't exist|}}{{#if: |bestial Transformers|}}{{#if: |M.A.S.K. vehicles|}}{{#if: |Battle Beasts|}}{{#if: | are reimagined as proto-formers|}}{{#if: other unseen Jetfires implied to exist |{{#if: |, and |}}Transformers cannot share exactly the same name}}{{#if: other unseen Jetfires implied to exist |. Dreadrock (ドレッドロック)<ref>The katakana can also be interpreted as "Dreadlock", but "Dreadrock" was the English spelling given on the Japanese Galaxy Force toy packaging</ref> is therefore|Dreadrock (ドレッドロック)<ref>The katakana can also be interpreted as "Dreadlock", but "Dreadrock" was the English spelling given on the Japanese Galaxy Force toy packaging</ref> is}} distinguished using the Japanese Galaxy Force name for Cybertron Jetfire{{#if: other unseen Jetfires implied to exist |, coexisting with other unseen Jetfires implied to exist|}}.

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