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:''Glass gas is a weapon from the [[ | :''Glass gas is a weapon from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
[[Image:Glassgas.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Glass gas undocumented feature: Involuntary description in detail of what is happening to you.]] | [[Image:Glassgas.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Glass gas undocumented feature: Involuntary description in detail of what is happening to you.]] | ||
The [[ | The [[Autobot]] [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] wields the fearsome '''glass gas''' against his foes. It coats his foes and alters the crystalline structure of their component metals, making them as brittle as glass. Cliffjumper is always pleased with the gruesome result...as long as he remembers to stay upwind. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===Marvel Comics continuity=== | ===Marvel Comics continuity=== | ||
====Generation 1==== | ====Generation 1==== | ||
{{note|Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.}} | |||
In his first encounter with the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] on [[ | In his first encounter with the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] on [[Earth]], Cliffjumper used his glass gas against [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] when they ambushed him at a drive-in theater. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers (comic issue)}} | ||
''When searching for the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Cliffjumper somehow used his glass gas to actually transform a human boat INTO glass.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt|Dinobot Hunt}} | ''When searching for the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Cliffjumper somehow used his glass gas to actually transform a human boat INTO glass.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt|Dinobot Hunt}} | ||
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Cliffjumper first used his glass gas in vehicle mode, firing a burst at [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]'s remote-flying laser cannon after the Decepticons caught him and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] spying on them. The cannon was destroyed in mid-air. It's a gas! {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} | Cliffjumper first used his glass gas in vehicle mode, firing a burst at [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]'s remote-flying laser cannon after the Decepticons caught him and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] spying on them. The cannon was destroyed in mid-air. It's a gas! {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} | ||
On another occasion, Cliffjumper released the gas (''underwater'') to shatter the wall of the Decepticons' undersea base, allowing him to rescue the kidnapped [[ | On another occasion, Cliffjumper released the gas (''underwater'') to shatter the wall of the Decepticons' undersea base, allowing him to rescue the kidnapped [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} | ||
Later, he somehow used the gas to form a solid sphere of glass crystal around [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Unfortunately, Megatron shattered it like, well...you know... {{storylink|Heavy Metal War|Heavy Metal War}} | Later, he somehow used the gas to form a solid sphere of glass crystal around [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Unfortunately, Megatron shattered it like, well...you know... {{storylink|Heavy Metal War|Heavy Metal War}} | ||
Revision as of 12:00, 23 March 2009
- Glass gas is a weapon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Autobot Cliffjumper wields the fearsome glass gas against his foes. It coats his foes and alters the crystalline structure of their component metals, making them as brittle as glass. Cliffjumper is always pleased with the gruesome result...as long as he remembers to stay upwind.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Generation 1
In his first encounter with the Decepticons on Earth, Cliffjumper used his glass gas against Starscream and Thundercracker when they ambushed him at a drive-in theater. The Transformers (comic issue)
When searching for the Dinobots, Cliffjumper somehow used his glass gas to actually transform a human boat INTO glass. Dinobot Hunt
Classics
Cliffjumper managed to talk Wheeljack into rebuilding the glass gas gun, after the old one was destroyed, presumably along with Cliffjumper.<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>
Shattered Glass
When <a href="#Classics" title="">Cliffjumper</a> wound up in another universe and was forced to team up with the local Decepticons, Starscream (knowing his reality's Cliffjumper used it before his death) gained Cliffjumper's aid in replicating the glass gas formula, so that they could use it on the Ark. After finally learning to trust these Decepticons, Cliffjumper sprayed the gas all over the support beams for the platform, causing it to collapse, leaving it ruined. Shattered Glass
Cartoon continuity
Cliffjumper first used his glass gas in vehicle mode, firing a burst at Laserbeak's remote-flying laser cannon after the Decepticons caught him and Hound spying on them. The cannon was destroyed in mid-air. It's a gas! More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1
On another occasion, Cliffjumper released the gas (underwater) to shatter the wall of the Decepticons' undersea base, allowing him to rescue the kidnapped Sparkplug Witwicky. The Ultimate Doom, Part 1
Later, he somehow used the gas to form a solid sphere of glass crystal around Megatron. Unfortunately, Megatron shattered it like, well...you know... Heavy Metal War
References
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0"><a href="#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> Cliffjumper's Classics profile in the Transformers Collectors' Club magazine issue #17</ol>
