Editing Blaster (SG)

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{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot communications officer|his heroic counterpart|Blaster (G1)|Blaster}}
:''Blaster is an evil [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:SGBlaster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Ein thumb runter.]]

Even by the low standards of the [[Autobot]]s, '''Blaster''' is a particularly unpleasant individual—a swaggering, self-important bully who delights in tormenting the weaker 'bots under his command. On the battlefield, he's fond of twisting samples of [[Earth]]'s classical music into a powerful sonic weapon... and he's sometimes been known to speak in an exaggerated German [[accent]] that would probably make those great composers spin in their graves. However, his tendency for theatrics means that he might spend more time trying to stage the perfect entrance than actually ''fighting''. Free-spirited musicians like [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]] oppose Blaster's high-strung perfectionism, and as a result the two share a long-standing enmity.

Although Blaster's just as treacherous and self-serving as most of the other Autobots, he has a professed fondness for his [[Mini-Cassette]]s, who might be the only Cybertronians who can actually tolerate his overbearing presence for more than a few minutes.

==Fiction==
===Fun Publications ''Shattered Glass'' continuity===
[[Image:SGSoundwave&BlasterFight BlitzwingBop.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|*Insert ''Street Fighter'' joke here.*]]
To keep Blaster occupied during the preparations for the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s launch, [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] gave him a group of [[Scrounge (SG)|Scrounge]] units to whip into shape like a drill sergeant. Later, in Optimus Prime's absence, [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] took command of the ''Ark'', getting rid of the Autobots who were too loyal to Prime. Blaster remained with the ship on its way to [[Earth]], and was on the bridge when [[Astrotrain (SG)|Astrotrain]] attacked it. Blaster was eager to send the Scrounges out, but Rodimus had other plans. Unfortunately, he was too late; Astrotrain successfully sabotaged the ''Ark'', causing it to plummet to Earth.  {{storylink|Do Over}}

After the Autobots recovered from the initial crash, Blaster assisted [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] with the work of repairing the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s systems. He wasn't too pleased with Rodimus' return from his own crash landing elsewhere on the planet. And he was even less pleased when Rodimus and their new [[human]] allies the [[Spike Witwicky (SG)|three]] [[Butch Witwicky (SG)|Witwicky]] [[Buster Witwicky (SG)|brothers]] advocated against engaging in "ze plunderingk" of their new home. After Rodimus successfully foiled [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]]'s bungled coup, he and the other Earthbound Autobots assisted Rodimus in his plan to hold the planet hostage for ransom by hijacking one of the [[Burpleson Air Force Base|humans' military bases]] to gain control of the planet's [[Global Orbiting Defense Satellite|destructive defense satellites]].

Blaster thought they could simply send in the Scrounges as their plan of attack, but Rodimus decided to go for a more standard infiltration attempt instead and ordered Blaster to lead a diversion. Blaster headed up a squad of Autobots and Scrounges to attack the base from the outside, while the Witwickys, Rodimus, and two other Autobots attacked the base from the inside by letting themselves get "arrested". After the base was successfully conquered, Blaster coordinated a mass takeover of Earth's telecommunications systems so Rodimus could broadcast his extortionist demands to the humans. When the [[Decepticon]]s made an assault to liberate the base, Blaster's squad of Scrounges attempted to keep [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] from reaching the satellite's controller system, but Soundwave pitched in and disabled them with the power of rock.  {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

[[File:Recordicons6-SoundwaveBlaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]

[[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] friended Blaster on the website [[Boxball]]. Unfortunately for [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]], this meant that when Ravage posted a check-in that they were at the [[Taco Horn]], Blaster saw the update and was able to track them down. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 6|Recordicons #6}}

Months later, when [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] suffered an accident that caused him to start transmitting music over the emergency Autobot channel, Blaster's communications abilities kept him immune while the others suffered. He initially tried to take advantage of the situation by wresting command, but dropped the notion when Rodimus was still able to best him even while impaired. He then agreed to be sent out to track down Blitzwing. His first stop was [[Big Steve Ludwig (SG)|Big Steve's Honest Deals]]. He convinced Big Steve that he was really a nice, friendly robot in the market for a used vehicle—one like the nice, red tank holding Big Steve's advertisement sign. When Big Steve blew the tank's cover, Blaster noted that the transformed Blitzwing had no choice but to come peacefully or risk hurting the humans with their battle... until Blitzwing promptly flew off, as Blaster had forgotten about his jet mode.

Blaster eventually tracked down his prey again in an alleyway. Emerging from a taxicab, he revealed to a flabbergasted Blitzwing that the humans were both mercenary drivers ''and'' unable to keep secrets. Blitzwing's location had been betrayed when Blaster had discovered a human on [[Yatter]] saying there was a giant robot near their house. Unfortunately for Blaster, though, Soundwave had access to the same information, and appeared just in the nick of time to save Blitzwing from a fistfight.

The two communications officers traded blows at first, then Blaster was pushed out into the street. Now free to maneuver, he pulled out his baton and began a sonic assault, which Soundwave countered with his speakers. Before either could achieve a decisive advantage, however, they were interrupted by the explosive arrival of Officer [[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]], who wanted to arrest... ''Soundwave''. Blaster pretended to Thunderwing that he was a friend to Blitzwing—who had been stunned by Thunderwing's landing—and dragged the [[Triple Changer|triple changer]] away.

[[File:SolarRequiem-Blasterstereomode.jpg|left|thumb|300px]]

When Blitzwing came to, he found that Blaster had dragged him to the Autobots' rebuilt [[stellar spanner]]. Blaster was planning on fitting Blitzwing with a broadcast signal amplifier, then sending him back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where Blitzwing's now uncontrollable broadcasting would glitch every [[Transformer]] on the planet offline. Soundwave and Thunderwing eventually caught up with Blaster, but not before Blitzwing had been locked in the now-activated spanner. Soundwave knocked Blaster to the ground after feinting that he would argue with Thunderwing instead, and the two engaged in a second fists-and-sonics fight.

Blaster eventually had Soundwave on the ropes, but before Blaster could finish him off, Soundwave tricked Blaster into confessing a crime in front of Thunderwing. Blaster then found himself on the wrong end of Thunderwing's weaponry. As he working on dodging the weapons fire, Soundwave rescued Blitzwing from the Spanner, so Blaster jumped in instead to escape.

[[File:SolarRequiem-ZejoyofREVENGE.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Courtesy of my Electro-scrambler, ya?]]

Blitzwing then promptly blasted the spanner's control panel with a tank shell. The spanner malfunctioned as Blaster started to transit, and eventually spit him back out again... on [[Moon (moon)|Earth's moon]]. The flightless Autobot then found himself unable to do anything but stare at the Earth so far away above him and scream soundlessly... {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

Blaster remained trapped on the Moon until the evolved being known as [[Solarbot]] crashed near him. Blaster manipulated Solarbot into transporting him back to Earth in his spaceship, and sought revenge on Soundwave. By accident, he also discovered that placing Solarbot in his chest cavity gave Blaster the power of the sun itself. Unfortunately for Blaster, the power was too much for him, and Solarbot burned his way out of Blaster's chest. Weakened and damaged, Blaster and his Mini-Cassettes retreated. {{storylink|Solar Requiem}} Blaster and Rewind's battle against Solarbot was later observed by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]].  {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy}}

Some time later, Blaster took part in the Autobot attack on [[Decepticon City (SG)|Decepticon City]]. When [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]] defeated Optimus Prime, Blaster carried his critically wounded leader aboard [[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]] as the Autobots retreated. {{storylink|Restoration}} En route to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], however, their ride announced they would have to lighten their load. [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] promptly dumped Optimus Prime out the nearest hatch. Blaster had no objections to Rodimus declaring himself the new leader. {{storylink|Familiar Reflections}}

When Nova Prime and his [[Knights of Unicron (SG)|Knights of Unicron]] arrived to reclaim command of the Autobots, Blaster fought against the [[Autotrooper (SG Knights of Unicron)|Autotrooper]]s. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}} Blaster and the other unrepentant evil Autobots were imprisoned as a new unified Cybertronian society began. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}
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===IDW ''Shattered Glass'' continuity===
[[File:ShatteredGlass3-MiniCassettes.JPG|thumb|left|250px|We are going to beat [[you]] to death.]]
Before the Great War, Blaster was a news anchor for the [[ABN]] before an on-air slip-up caused the end of his career. Making the best of it, Blaster took the music scene before his replacement, Soundwave, approached Blaster to try and help him. Blaster's physical attack on Soundwave caused the end of his music career and he joined the world of podcasts only for his temper to cost him his sponsors. When societal tensions broke out into a full-scale war, Blaster joined the [[Wreckers]], though he was largely regarded as canon fodder. {{storylink|Shattered Glass II issue 2|Shattered Glass II #2}} 

Blaster was among the Autobot forces on Earth and participated in the final battle of the war. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 2|Shattered Glass #2}} A megacycle post-war, he found himself working as a [[bodyscrapper]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Gold City]]. He used his cassette spies to track down [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]], siccing them on the pair and letting them know Goldbug was paying double the normal contract price for the two. He joined the fray himself when Starscream bisected [[Playback (SG)|Playback]], attacking the Seeker with a sonic blast from his leg until Megatron interrupted and grappled the bounty hunter to let his comrade escape. After bringing Starscream to Goldbug, [[Jetfire (SG)|Jetfire]] remarked that he was able to do so because Blaster "got distracted". {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 3|Shattered Glass #3}} 

Blaster was later one of those defending Goldbug's fortress from a full Decepticon assault and heard Jetfire's anguished scream in the wake of Starscream's death. {{storylink|Shattered Glass issue 5|Shattered Glass #5}}

With Gold City under Decepticon control, [[Wheeljack (SG)|Slicer]] and [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] ordered Blaster to sabotage the Decepticons' communications. Infiltrating the city, Blaster nearly gave himself away by sparking an argument between Megatron and Jetfire. When Blaster found Soundwave's communications console, he downloaded all the information before he was found by his counterpart. As the communication officers fought, Slicer ordered Blaster to retreat. Reuniting with his handlers outside the city, Blaster found that they had killed his cassettes before Rodimus executed him for his repeated failures. Slicer helped himself to Blaster's severed head and used it to tap into Decepticon communications. {{storylink|Shattered Glass II issue 2|Shattered Glass II #2}} This ended up giving Slicer a soft-spot for the Decepticons communications officer, Slicer coming to Soundwave's aid when [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] began to unravel. {{storylink|Shattered Glass II issue 5|Shattered Glass II #5}}
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==Toys==
===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:SGtoy-Blaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Oh you are so on that things have now become very much like Donkey Kong.]]
*'''SG Soundwave vs SG Blaster''' ([[e-HOBBY]], [[2013]])
**''ID number:'' '''VSE'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Electro-scrambler|Electro-scrambler gun]]

:"SG Blaster" comes in a boxed versus set which also includes [[Slugfest (SG)|SG Slugfest]], [[Ratbat (SG)|SG Ratbat]], [[Soundwave (SG)|SG Soundwave]], [[Rewind (SG)|SG Rewind]], [[Ramhorn (SG)|SG Ramhorn]], and [[Solarbot]], as well as [[Solar Requiem|a 12-page comic]]. [[Redeco]]ed from ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' [[Blaster (G1)#Encore|Twincast]], SG Blaster comes with a sticker sheet with additional decals for himself and the others in the set. Blaster's stickers recreate the "tribal" deco seen on his shoulders in the original ''Shattered Glass'' text story illustrations, though they cover up the pre-existing deco on his shoulders. There's another small sticker belonging to him that can be placed over the tribal sticker on the far right side of his right shoulder... or anywhere, really, it's your choice. 

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/SGBlaster/blaster.htm More information on Blaster at TFU.info]''
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===''Shattered Glass Collection''===
[[File:Shattered Glass Collection Blaster.jpg|thumb|300px|He gave up his German overtones for ankle tilts.]]
*'''Autobot Blaster – Autobot Rewind''' (Voyager Class, [[2022]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Electro-scrambler|Electro-scrambler gun]], [[Rewind (SG)|Rewind]]
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released as part of the [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|''Shattered Glass Collection'']] subline, "Autobot Blaster" is a grey, black, navy blue, and cyan redeco of [[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'']] [[Blaster (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Blaster]], transforming from a robot to a boombox. He comes packaged with his Electro-Scrambler rifle and his smaller partner [[Rewind (SG)#Shattered Glass Collection|Autobot Rewind]].

:Blaster was revealed by In Demand Toys before he was officially announced by Hasbro.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Legacy#Evolution .282023.29|Legacy: Evolution]]'' [[Blaster (G1)/toys#LegacyTwincast|Twincast]].
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==Merchandise==
===''Magic: The Gathering''===
[[File:MTG-SG-Blaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|THE CLASSICAL MUSIC WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES]]
*'''Blaster, Combat DJ / Blaster, Morale Booster''' (2022)
**''ID number:'' '''022''' 
**''Set code:'' '''BOT'''
**''Color identity:'' '''Red/Green'''
**''Casting cost:'' '''{3}{R}{G}''' (front), '''{1}{R}{G}''' (back)
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:"Blaster, Combat DJ" is part of the 2022 ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' ''[[wikia:mtg:Universes Beyond|Universes Beyond]]'' ''[[wikia:mtg:Transformers|Transformers]]'' card set, found in Collector Booster packs of ''Magic''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> ''[[wikia:mtg:The Brothers' War|The Brothers' War]]'' set. It can be reversed to become "Blaster, Morale Booster", representing Blaster in boombox mode.
:A variant of this card was available in both Set Booster and Collector Booster packs, depicting [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Magic: The Gathering|"Generation 1" Blaster]]. 

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==Notes==
* In Fun Publications' ''Shattered Glass'' stories, Blaster speaks with an exaggerated German [[accent]] (specifically based on Patton Oswalt's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v+9ovpLXHMSqI_channel=sonex91 impression] of painter William Alexander).<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Fun fact: SG Blaster's voice in my head is basically an even more cartoonish version of Patton Oswalt's William Alexander impression. https://youtu.be/9ovpLXHMSqI|link=https://twitter.com/MSipher/status/1424141197929369601|name=Greg Sepelak|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=08|day=07}}</ref><ref name=Sepelak>{{citesocial|quote=SG Blaster's voice & mannerisms are more or less based on @pattonoswalt's unhinged impression of TV painter William Alexander, with "haughty monstrous bastard orchestra conductor" as the personality base.|link=https://twitter.com/MSipher/status/1512629587150221313|name=Greg Sepelak|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=04|day=09}}</ref> This character tic was dropped in IDW's ''Shattered Glass'' reboot.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blaster''' (ブラスター ''Burasutā'')

==References==
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