Sunstreaker (G1)

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Sunstreaker is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Hi. I'm better than you.

Sunstreaker knows to the core of his spark that he is better than any other Autobot, and he makes sure everyone else knows it, too. His sociopathic tendencies, combined with his incredible vanity and arrogance, usually result in tension between himself and the other Autobots. He is generally unwilling to help those who are having trouble keeping up, and is quite audible when it comes to complaining about the shortcomings of everyone else. The only Autobot he truly gets along with is his twin brother, Sideswipe, and even that can seem strained at times.

The main reason Optimus Prime keeps him around is most likely Sunstreaker's effectiveness in the battlefield. Ruthless and skilled in all forms of combat, there is not much Sunstreaker cannot handle. As a front-line warrior, Sunstreaker is a great asset for the Autobot army. If a rather scary one.

In some universes, he can combine with his fellow Autobots to form Optimus Maximus.

Fiction

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel The Transformers comics

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

Prior to the outbreak of Cybertron's planet-wide civil war, Sunstreaker was a gladiator in the Games held between the city states. He was once brutally beaten by Megatron in combat, and would have been killed if Optimus Prime had not stepped in. State Games

Early into the Autobot-Decepticon war, Sunstreaker was a member of the Magnificent Six. While they were on a mission to the Stanix region of Cybertron, he made a remarkably callous joke that convinced their allies to turn them over to the Decepticons. The entire unit was tortured for a week, and Stampede was killed. Nice. The Magnificent Six!

When Sunstreaker "puts his shoulder into it"... people get slagged.

Sunstreaker was among the crew of the Ark that crashed on Earth four million years ago and woke up in 1984. The Transformers In the first few days on Earth, Sunstreaker abandoned Jazz and diverted an attack by Thundercracker and Skywarp towards a human military camp so as to keep himself from harm. ...Perchance to Dream He engaged the Decepticons in battle at the Witwicky garage alongside his brother, Sideswipe, but ultimately failed to keep them from kidnapping Sparkplug Witwicky. Power Play! Sunstreaker took part in the mission to rescue Sparkplug from the Decepticons' fortress, and managed to hit Skywarp with one of his shoulder-mounted, laser-guided, ground-to-air missiles during a brief skirmish, thus proving (at least to himself) that he was Cybertron's greatest warrior. Prisoner of War!

Sunstreaker looked on as Brawn flipped out and attacked Sideswipe, thanks to a short circuit. After the renegade Autobot had been seemingly destroyed in trial by combat with Starscream, Sunstreaker was depressed but was soon overjoyed to learn that Brawn's apparent death had been a holographic ruse perpetrated by Mirage and Optimus Prime. The Enemy Within! Shortly afterwards the Ark was attacked by the Decepticons and Sunstreaker tussled with Buzzsaw before all the combatants were disabled by Auntie, the Ark's computer, and only freed thanks to the unlikely pairing of Windcharger and Ravage. Raiders of the Last Ark Sunstreaker was relatively low on fuel after this, and so gave up his remaining power in the transference chambers to power up Prime, Huffer, Ironhide, Bluestreak and Mirage for combat against the Decepticons... but then joined them for the battle anyway. The Last Stand

Poor Sunstreaker was too sociopathic for even the comic.

When Shockwave took control over the Decepticons and possession of the Ark, he destroyed Sunstreaker's body as a demonstration and warning to the deposed Megatron. The New Order His remains were strung up from the Ark's ceiling thereafter. Repeat Performance! Because of this, Sunstreaker's body was in disrepair for a very long time; at one point, when G.B. Blackrock asked about him in the med bay, Jazz told him that Ratchet wasn't even sure if Sunstreaker would ever be operational again. The Next Best Thing to Being There!

However, Sunstreaker was fully repaired in time to view the duel between Blaster and Grimlock on the moon. Totaled! He was badly damaged again, and he wound up in stasis aboard the Ark again, to be revived by Nucleon in 1990, when he and the other newly revived Autobots joined the attack on Unicron. On the Edge of Extinction! Surprisingly, he survived that battle as he was able to attend the first meeting of the shaky Autobot-Decepticon alliance. Exodus! Once the alliance had fallen apart, the Autobots tracked Bludgeon's forces to the planet of Klo where they were ambushed and most of them, including Sunstreaker, were killed. However, he was resurrected a short time later thanks to the arrival of Optimus Prime and the Last Autobot. End of the Road!

In "Club Con!", a flashback to "a few hundred years ago" depicts Beachcomber, Perceptor, Sunstreaker and Defensor on Cybertron, sending the cassettes Raindance and Grand Slam to Earth to warn Optimus Prime about the impending arrival of the Underbase. This is screwy for all kinds of reasons—aside from the fact that Sunstreaker was on Earth at the time and Defensor hadn't even been created then, we saw Beachcomber and Perceptor first learn that Optimus Prime still lived in "The Smelting Pool!", when they intercepted the signal that Soundwave sent in "The Next Best Thing to Being There!".

Earthforce

These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

I'm YELLOW, dammit!

An injured Sunstreaker, along with several other Autobots, was awakened not by Nucleon, but by Galvatron's mind bug. Galvatron had studied their dreams in the aim of finding dissenting members of the Autobots that he hoped to put into his own employ, but after a short skirmish, Galvatron's device was placed on himself. Amusingly enough, Sunstreaker had been off-line so much while on Earth, he needed the others to explain who Galvatron was to him. ...Perchance to Dream

Sunstreaker and the others would go on to join the Earthforce unit, under Grimlock's command. Break-Away! Initially operating out of their shuttle, they decided to abandon the Autobot Code and do things their own way. Once upon a Time... After Skydive foolishly broadcast Prowl's location over an open channel, Jazz and Sunstreaker had to race to beat the Decepticons to the site. Prowl had just disabled an atmosphere-destroying bomb of Megatron's before it reached apex, but the poison on board was still a viable threat. They didn't beat the Decepticons to the landing site, but before they could jump into the fray, Prowl pulled Jazz and Sunstreaker aside. He had already cleared out the poison, so the two Decepticon factions were fighting over nothing! Life in the Slow Lane Later, Sunstreaker helped Jazz, Ironhide and Bumblebee ruin the Decepticon Enclave and any chance of peace between Megatron and Shockwave. The Bad Guy's Ball!

Wheeljack constructed a permanent base for the Earthforce... and promptly locked them out of it. The House that Wheeljack Built!

When Motormaster kidnapped the Autobots' ally, Irwin Spoon, Sunstreaker joined the other Autobot cars for an impromptu chase scene. He negotiated his way through the various Stunticon attacks and delaying tactics, but finally hit the wall (literally) when Motormaster detached his cab segment and left his trailer jackknifed across the highway. 'Streaker hit it head-on, and wound up with a legitimate complaint about his bodywork. End of the Road!

Much later, Sunstreaker was sent on a new mission to the Stanix region of Cybertron with Silverbolt, Prowl, Wheeljack, Jazz, and Inferno by Optimus Prime. While there, he overcame the ghosts of the past and helped defeat the mad Decepticon Megadeath. Of course, he was the only member of the team that didn't seem particularly haunted by those events in the first place, but the others overcame them, and wasn't that nice for them? The Magnificent Six!

Another Time & Place

Sunstreaker stormed the Hydrus Four facility with his fellow Autobots to rescue Grimlock and the Dinobots. He almost took a shot in the back from a Decepticon, but Optimus Prime took out his attacker. Another Time & Place

Classics

Classics continues from the Marvel US series, and does not include the UK stories or any subsequently published stories.

If I'm in the back you can't see my sweet new body!

Sunstreaker and Sideswipe joined Optimus Prime's crew on Earth after Megatron resurfaced. They braved the Ark's defenses in order to break inside and recover their lost comrade, Ratchet. As an expression of his concern, Sunstreaker made no mention of the chips and tarnish of his paint job when they freed Ratchet, and together the twins carried their medic friend away to safety. At Fight's End

Subsequently, Sunstreaker was stationed with several other Autobots in Canada within the Ark II. He was present one day when Rad reported from the Ironworks base in Oregon about a foiled attack by Gigatron and his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evil Ultra Magnus from another dimension, a rift of space time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Sunstreaker assisted his peers in evacuating a devastated city block. Invasion

Regeneration One

Regeneration One continues from the Marvel US series, and does not include the UK stories or any subsequently published stories.

Sunstreaker was part of the unit that accompanied Optimus Prime to confront Megatron on the devastated planet Earth. After the battle had been won, Sunstreaker and Roadbuster were assigned to guard the crashed Ark. Natural Selection, Part One

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Corey Burton (English), Kenyū Horiuchi (Japanese), Takurō Kitagawa (Japanese, "SOS Dinobots"), Keiichi Nanba (Japanese, "Dinobot Island, Part 2", "Trans-Europe Express"), Kōki Kataoka (Japanese, "The Golden Lagoon"), Ken Shiroyama (Japanese, "The Core"), Guillermo Romano (American Spanish), Reinhard Brock (German, "The Autobot Run"), Michael Rüth (German, "Hoist Goes Hollywood"), Claus Brockmeyer (German, Generation 2 "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2", "Dinobot Island, Part 1"), Tonio von der Meden (German, Generation 2 "S.O.S. Dinobots"), Crock Krumbiegel (German, Generation 2 "The Autobot Run", "The Core", "The Golden Lagoon"), Thomas Albus (German, Generation 2 "Roll For It"), Mário Monjardim (Brazilian Portuguese)

“	I knew the humans would turn on us some day. They're such undependable creatures. Inferior lifeforms.	”
—Sunstreaker on humans, "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1"

The "Super Tuning" custom job is more impressive than you might think at first glance.

Sunstreaker was part of the original crew of Autobots aboard the Ark that crashed on Earth four million years ago. When reawakened in 1984, he and his brother Sideswipe were reformatted into Lamborghini sports cars. They were both deployed during the Autobot counter-attack on a human oil rig, but didn't really do very much. More than Meets the Eye, Part 1 After the Autobots' defeat at Sherman Dam, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe came to the rescue of Trailbreaker and their new human allies, Spike Witwicky and his father Sparkplug when they were attacked by Decepticon jets. One of the Decepticons managed to graze Sunstreaker and damage his new paint job, infuriating the vainer of the two Autobot brothers. After he forced the Decepticons to break off for repairs, Sunstreaker was still grousing about his scuffed paint, to which his brother suggested that nobody would notice if he just made left turns. More than Meets the Eye, Part 2 The Autobot brothers were among those that volunteered to attack and totally fail to stop the Decepticon space cruiser. Sunstreaker celebrated the apparent demise of the Decepticons when their ship crashed and cheered Mirage's role in its sabotage. More than Meets the Eye, Part 3

Trailbreaker was part of a group of Autobots who were lured into a cave by a reprogrammed Bumblebee and ambushed by the Decepticons. (Maybe.) Transport to Oblivion

A more kid-friendly sociopath.

When Chip Chase was kidnapped by the Decepticons and brought to the recently conquered antimatter laboratory of Dr. Alcazar, the Autobots successfully staged a rescue operation to get him back. Sunstreaker then led a second team of Autobots into the lab, declaring that they had to get the antimatter cubes before it was too late, smashing a Sunstreaker-shaped hole in the wall. Unfortunately, he and the other Autobots were damaged when Megatron threw an antimatter cube at them. After returning to the Ark, Sunstreaker was heard to complain about a 'very sensitive junction' in his elbow, but was soon repaired quickly enough to arm wrestle with Sideswipe. When the antimatter-fueled Decepticons attacked the Ark, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker took to the air to battle with the incoming Seeker jets, in a rambunctious — if ultimately ineffective — display of "jet judo." After the Decepticons were defeated, Sunstreaker congratulated Chip, declaring him a hero and gave him a ride on his shoulder. Roll for It

“	Hey, not the face, okay? I just had it chromed!	”
—Sunstreaker, "S.O.S. Dinobots"

When the munitions factory was attacked by the Decepticon jets, Sunstreaker transformed to roll out with the Autobots in Autobot Headquarters, but never actually bothered showing up. Later, while watching Ratchet and Wheeljack attempt to repair the severely damaged Optimus Prime, Sunstreaker and the remaining Autobots were rallied into repulsing a Decepticon attack by Spike. Sunstreaker was shot by Skywarp before recovering, only to be buried in a landslide by Rumble. Divide and Conquer Sunstreaker complained about Trailbreaker's force field deflecting Slag and Sludge's flame breaths into his face when the newly constructed Dinobots went haywire. S.O.S. Dinobots

Insert flaming joke.

Later, when responding to a Decepticon diversionary attack on India's coast, Sunstreaker complained about the fact his newly installed water skis clashed with his base coat, but Optimus Prime told him to redecorate himself later, as they had Decepticons to worry about. When Starscream and the Decepticons escaped without taking any energy, Sunstreaker realized they had been set up. Soon after, the Autobots attacked the Decepticon undersea headquarters to rescue the captive Sparkplug, during which Sunstreaker was concerned that the salt water would damage his body enamel. After returning to base for repairs, Sunstreaker fidgeted as Ratchet attempted to repair him, worried that the medic would scorch his selenium shin guards. The Ultimate Doom, Part 1 When Cybertron was brought into Earth's orbit as part of Megatron's latest scheme, Sunstreaker retreated with the other Autobots due to audio disruptor waves generated by Soundwave. The Ultimate Doom, Part 2

Sunstreaker was part of an Autobot unit sent to investigate reports of giant insect monsters attacking Bali, Indonesia. When the road to the coordinates of the attack was blocked by a local village celebration, Sunstreaker questioned his brother's knowledge of the local area, a criticism warranted when Sideswipe led them into a dead end canyon. Sunstreaker continued to criticize Sideswipe's sense of direction as Sideswipe very slowly tunneled underneath the villagers. As the Autobots made their way to a nearby oil refinery under attack from the Decepticons, Shrapnel used his override waves on both Sunstreaker and Sideswipe, taking control of their driving mechanisms and forcing them to drive headfirst into the other Autobots. Sunstreaker implored the other Autobots to shoot our their tires, but fortunately, Trailbreaker was able to interrupt the override waves. During the ensuing battle at the oil refinery, Sunstreaker was more concerned about his enamel being damaged by Wheeljack during a counterattack than enemy fire. A Plague of Insecticons

Hey, Jazz, let's get rid of ALL the trees, so we can build a highway.

After Spike was critically injured in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, his consciousness was transferred into the body of Autobot X. However, this process proved too stressful for his mind to take, and so he lashed out in blind anger. Sunstreaker and Sideswipe attempted to restrain him, only to be tossed aside by "Autobot Spike's" enormous strength. Autobot Spike During a Decepticon attack on a mining camp as part of an plot to capture Gears, Sunstreaker was among the Autobots who rolled out to confront them. He was hit by a boulder "energized" by Megatron (instead of just being shot, or something a logical enemy would do). When it was discovered Megatron was tapping into the Sun with his Solar Needle, the Autobots drove to the "geographical center of Africa", only to be hindered by the dense jungle, which Optimus Prime ordered Jazz and Sunstreaker to blast their way through. Jerks. Changing Gears Sunstreaker got to use his jet skis again when the Autobots were sent to investigate the disappearance of the Empire State Building in New York City. Sadly, the skis still clashed with his base coat. He was rather pessimistic about their chances against the Constructicons' remote-controlled taxi cabs. Wimp. City of Steel

“	When they built me, they broke the mold!	”
—Sunstreaker on how fantastic he is, not on how his toy will never be reissued, "The Autobot Run"

In the aftermath of Ironhide firing randomly at a hologram of Laserbeak during a demonstration of Wheeljack's latest invention, the Immobilizer, Sunstreaker had to help Bluestreak vacuum up the rubble. The Immobilizer When the Autobots agreed to a charity race/stunt show, Sunstreaker was sure that a large audience would appreciate his performance. During the race, Sunstreaker arrogantly shoved his way past the slower Autobots, but despite all of his bluster, he was slower than Jazz and Mirage. He didn't seem to mind too much, as he was the star of a car jump stunt over the other Autobots...until he failed to finish that, as well. However, during the race, the Autobots had unwittingly been locked into their alternate modes, which freaked out Sunstreaker, as he couldn't transform back into his handsome robot form. After Chip Chase and the unaffected Autobots reversed the effects via a special grenade, Sunstreaker was the first to regain the ability to transform and was very pleased to see his true beauty. The Autobot Run When the Decepticons allied themselves with the underwater kingdom of Sub-Atlantica, Sunstreaker was present during the battle in Washington, D.C. and on the sub-sea city itself, but didn't actually do anything. Jerk. Atlantis, Arise!

Ow, my knee! It hur- Hey, my wedding ring!

Sunstreaker was present when the Autobots were confronted with the dilemma of two Optimus Primes. Though he didn't put forward any helpful suggestions, he observed the inconclusive results of the tests that the Autobots ran on the two Primes and later rolled out to investigate energy readings coming from a crevasse filled with korlonium crystals. A Prime Problem Sunstreaker got his chance to command a team of Autobots investigating a missing river, when they stumbled on a Decepticon operation to drill into the Earth. Unfortunately, they were spotted and attacked by Devastator, though they were able to defeat the giant through teamwork. Sunstreaker was part of a subsequent mission to plant dominator discs on the Constructicons, and he managed to attach one to Bonecrusher by hiding in a hole. During the next battle, the Autobots were able to use the discs to take control of Devastator. They used the giant to attack the Decepticon drilling operation in the caves, and during this fight, Sunstreaker had to rescue Chip Chase when the boy was caught in a cave-in. Megatron eventually regained control of Devastator, and the combiner turned on Sunstreaker and Ironhide. The Core

Where can I put this one?

When the Dinobots again ran wild at Autobot Headquarters, Sunstreaker was on hand, and at least this time didn't get his paint job scorched. Dinobot Island, Part 1 He and Sideswipe were part of the response team when a time warp opened near the city library, and they had to cope with barbarians on woolly mammoths. Though the unwashed primitives almost damaged his finish, they were soon contained, and he used his gun to hold the warp open long enough to return the barbarians to their own time. Dinobot Island, Part 2 Sunstreaker took part in the Autobot Day parade in Central City, reflecting that he never knew that humans had "such exquisite taste". Unfortunately, things soon turned sour, as a video was played incriminating the Autobots in energy theft, and the humans turned against their former allies. Sunstreaker commented that he always knew that humans would turn on the Autobots and declared them an inferior lifeform...right as Chip, Spike, and Sparkplug Witwicky were in the control room. They probably shouldn't have been too insulted, as Sunstreaker considers everyone else an inferior lifeform.

"Who wants a hug?"

The Autobots were put on trial and, to their dismay, found guilty and ordered to leave the planet on a spaceship supplied by Shawn Berger. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1 The ship was locked on a course into the Sun by Megatron, leaving the Autobots in dire peril. Utilizing Trailbreaker's force fields and Cosmos, not to mention some unwitting help from Thrust, they were able to escape before the heat crazed Sunstreaker's body work, and they returned to Earth to depose the Decepticons from their position of power. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2 Like the rest of the Autobots, Sunstreaker suffered from Cybertonium depletion, preventing him from functioning until Spike, Carly and the Dinobots were able to obtain some more. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2

Sunstreaker transformed to roll out and investigate the Decepticon theft of the Voltronic Galaxer, but disappeared at some point before the response team reached the observatory. He later rolled out again to help humans who were experiencing difficulty as a result of Megatron jamming the world's radio signals. Blaster Blues When the first group of Autobots to face the electrum-coated Decepticons reported failure, Sunstreaker told them to let a pro handle it. Unfortunately, his weapon proved just as ineffective, and it wasn't until the Autobots found the golden lagoon and coated themselves in electrum that the Decepticons were overcome. The Golden Lagoon

Yet to be realised as a toy.

Sunstreaker was one of several Autobots who glommed onto Hoist's job as a Hollywood extra in the hopes of becoming a movie star. After he, Powerglide and Warpath crashed the filming, the director employed them all as stunt vehicles, which involved Sunstreaker doing some literal crashing—into a burning building. The movie was soon reworked into Attack of the Alien Robots, leading to Sunstreaker having to wear a ridiculous alien mask and spout out stilted, wooden dialog—and goose-step, for some reason. During one of the shoots, an out-of-control explosion almost wiped out the four Autobots, and they discovered that the Decepticons were working behind the scenes to cover up an operation. After everything was resolved, Sunstreaker and the others decided to stay out of the movie business. Hoist Goes Hollywood

Honestly, we're surprised Ichikawa didn't try to explain this one in the Binaltech storyline.

Sunstreaker and Sideswipe took part in the Europa 2000 in order to keep an eye on Auggie Cahnay's high-tech automobile. After Sideswipe forced the pair to take a detour in Italy, they were ambushed by the Stunticons, who boxed them in so that Dead End could shoot them. Trans-Europe Express They and most of the rest of the Autobots rolled out to rescue Perceptor from a Decepticon trap and were subsequently infected by Cosmic Rust. Luckily, Perceptor was able to work out a way to create more corrostop and cure them all. Cosmic Rust After the Combaticons used the space bridge to move Earth towards the Sun, Sunstreaker was part of a combined Autobot/Decepticon team who traveled to Cybertron to prevent Earth's destruction. The Revenge of Bruticus

Before the Decepticon attack on Autobot City in the year 2005, Sunstreaker was helping Kup move a roadblock. He was knocked over when Hot Rod and Daniel drove through it.

Meanwhile, he was also on Moon Base One and helped pilot the shuttle that flew Optimus Prime and the Dinobots to Autobot City.

Seriously. He's THAT good. The Transformers: The Movie

Sunstreaker’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “Transformers: The Animated Movie.”

Japanese cartoon continuity

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers story pages

Sunstreaker was a participant in a battle in New York City, early in the Autobot/Decepticon war taking place on Earth. The Autobots were victorious that day. Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

Full Throttle Scramble Power!

Following the destruction of the Decepticons' Omega Whip weapon, Sunstreaker and several other Autobot cars raced after Megatron and his troops to keep them from escaping. They caught up with the Decepticons and kept them busy until Autobot reinforcements could arrive. Full Throttle Scramble Power!

The Battle of the Star Gate

When the Decepticons made their second play for control of the human-built Trigger interstellar teleportation system in the late 1990s, Sunstreaker was among the Autobot forces who stood against them. Starscream subsequently took control of the Trigger, forcing Megatron and Optimus Prime to combine their power to destroy the Trigger. Sunstreaker and all the other Transformers were caught backwash from the incredible cosmic explosion and plummeted back to Earth, not to be heard from again for several months. The Battle of the Star Gate

Story of Binaltech

In 2003, Sunstreaker was one of numerous Autobots who were rendered helpless when they were infected with Cosmic Rust by the Decepticon, Swindle. Working with the Earth Defense Command and several Earth automotive companies, the Autobots developed "Binaltech" technology, creating new bodies into which their sparks were place so they could carry on the fight. It was intended for Sunstreaker to gain a new Dodge Viper body like his brother Sideswipe, but the Decepticons infiltrated the operation and hijacked the body for use by the Stunticon Dead End instead. Arise! Evil Binaltechs

As the Binaltech conflict raged on, the timeline was eventually altered by Ravage.

At this point, the original timeline was retroactively restored and the events of the Story of Binaltech diverged into a parallel universe. Skip to the next section below to continue reading about the original timeline; exactly how many (if any) of the events related in this section, even prior to the divergence, occurred in the original unaltered timeline are unknown.

In this alternate timeline, Sunstreaker was present at the Earth Defense Command Antarctic base, shortly after the appearance of the Protector. Binal Time

Asterisk Story

Dig me!

Sunstreaker was a member of the Autobot Race Team, which may or may not have had any other Transformers on it. He was sort of a mascot for them, and the team didn't actually use him in races. He resented that people paid more attention to him as a promotional image than as a race car.

After being drafted into the Interplanetary Personnel Exchange Program by Officer Clamp Down, Sunstreaker was partnered with the human "race queen" model Junko Shiragami and acted as her car. Once, Sunstreaker got into a race with a human-driven sports car, much to Junko's dismay. He used his transformation ability to take a particularly sharp curve, destroying a road sign in the process, for which Junko chewed him out. I'll Show You Some Great Scenery

It was said that Sunstreaker drove faster when he smelled Junko's marigold-scented hair. Make of that what you will.

The Headmasters cartoon

Some time before the Transformers' war left Cybertron, Sunstreaker engaged the Decepticons with his comrades. Later, on Earth, Sunstreaker was present for a suspiciously similar battle with the Decepticons that resulted in the death of Optimus Prime. In 2011, Kup recalled the Cybertronian skirmish that Sunstreaker took part in—or another one very much like it. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky

A five-second cameo, and all I do is avoid Blitzwing? Slag it!!

Sunstreaker appears in two Cybertronian flashback battles within the episode, alongside the same team of Autobots, suggesting that they represent the same fight. He also appears in one further flashback battle on Earth, which depicts Optimus Prime's death in a scene that doesn't match up to his actual death in The Transformers: The Movie. This was a continuity patch-job by the Headmasters production staff, as the movie hadn't been released in Japan yet.

When the Decepticons launched a major attack on Cybertron in 2011, Sunstreaker appeared briefly in vehicle mode evading jet mode Blitzwing's attacks. Sunstreaker escaped into a tunnel, and Blitzwing bounced off its exterior and crashed. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky

Kid Stuff Talking Story Books

Sunstreaker and Optimus lifted themselves up into Earth orbit using electro-magnetic lifts. Wielding a gigantic sheet of reflective metal between them, they beamed back towards the Decepticons’ satellite the deadly heat the evil robots had used to melt the Rockies into a puddle of molten rock. The satellite’s energy turned against itself caused it to explode spectacularly. Satellite of Doom

Sunstreaker was one of the Autobots sent to attack Megatron and Soundwave during their latest scheme to extract oil from underneath the jungle of Brazil. The Decepticons managed to escape once more during the attack. Storms of Destruction

Sticker Adventures books

In the aftermath of a battle with the Decepticons, the Autobots found that Decepticon activities had seemingly stopped altogether. Taking advantage of the situation, Optimus went on a trip. Shortly afterwards, Gears discovered that the Autobot’s entire fuel supply had been stolen. Thinking he was exaggerating, Sunstreaker told Gears to stop complaining, only for Bumblebee to tell him Gears was correct in his assertion. With their fuel gone, the Autobots were at a huge disadvantage when the Decepticons attacked again. Thankfully, Optimus returned just in time with a new shipment of fuel.Re-energized, the Autobots forced the Decepticons to flee once again. Revenge of the Decepticons

When the Decepticons attacked an Autobot construction site, Sunstreaker helped his fellow Autobots in driving them back. Return to Cybertron

Marvel Storybooks continuity

Sunstreaker joined Optimus and the rest of the thirty-five Autobots stationed on Earth on an invasion of the Decepticons' headquarters. In the battle that ensued, he blasted Rumble in order to prevent him from creating an earthquake, only to be shot himself by Skywarp. Thankfully, Sunstreaker's durable steel skin resisted the blast. The Autobots were enventually jettisoned from the Decepticons' headquarters and, after some minor repairs, returned to confront Megatron, now with the Decepticons' plan to take over the Earth well under way. Megatron revealed his trump card, The Devastator, for the first time. Unfazed by the formation of the colossus, Sunstreaker led a small group of Autobots as a first strike force against the gestalt. For all of his efforts, Sunstreaker was picked up like a doll by The Devastator while the rest of his squand were blasted by The Devastator's gun. Thanks to the Dinobots' timely intervention, the Autobots eventually succeeded in defeating the Decepticons, and returned to their own base victorious. Battle for Earth

Sunstreaker was enjoying some alone time, polishing his chrome while he admired his transformation abilities. He was so engrossed in looking at his reflection in a nearby pond that he failed to notice a giant Decepticon sneaking up on him. Only when the robot blotted out Sunstreaker's light did the vain Autobot take notice. Though Sunstreaker attempted to escape, the Decepticon stomped down on him, damaging his chrome. Sunstreaker's ego having been bruised, he attempted to engage the enemy. This only resulted in Sunstreaker being captured and brought to a prison cell within the Decepticons' headquarters.

The Decepticon warrior, Devastator, revealed to Sunstreaker that he was the combined form of six Constructicons. Megatron approached Sunstreaker, and informed the hostage that his teammates would soon be forced into surrendering. Sunstreaker took a potshot at Megatron as the Decepticon leader walked away, and was bombarded by the Decepticons for his insolence. Sunstreaker crawled to a corner of his cell to tend to his wounds.

The other Autobots attempted to rescue Sunstreaker. This resulted in Sludge, Slag and Sideswipe to be captured by Devastator as well, and they were put in Sunstreaker's cell.

The next morning, the four prisoners were brought outside to look upon a statue of Devastator. Megatron informed his prisoners that the statue was a gift from the Autobots, signifying that they surrendered. Despite a letter from Optimus conceding this to be the state of affairs, Sunstreaker and the others refused to accept that the Autobots would simply forfeit the Earth. The statue was in fact an Autobot ruse. Reinforcements burst forth from within the false peace offering, and the Autobots ambushed Devastator. A massive battle followed, with the Autobots emerging victorious. Sunstreaker was amongst the Autobots still standing after the kerfuffle, and was instructed by Optimus to help carry the wounded back to Autobot headquarters. The Autobots' Secret Weapon

Marvel coloring books

Sunstreaker was one of the many Autobots who saved Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky from being killed by a sqaud of Decepticons. Later, when the Decepticons attacked the Hoover Dam, Spin-Out Sunstreaker fought Thundercracker and was badly damaged. Thankfully, Sparkplug was able to fix him in no time, and the Autobots managed to repel the Decepticons once more. The Deadly Fuel Shortage

Sunstreaker was part of the Autobot convoy that accompanied Optimus Prime when the Autobots learned the Decepticons were stealing fuel from all across the globe with the help of a molecular transfer device. Laserbeak attempted to sneak up on Sunstreaker, but Jazz stepped in and used his flamethrower to blast the Decepticon. Summertime Coloring Book

Sunstreaker (or Sideswipe) was part of a small strike team of Autobots assembled by Ultra Magnus to help the Dinobots, who were currently engaged in battle against the Decepticons, just outside of Autobot City. After they defeated the Decepticons, Sunstreaker/Sideswipe and the others were cheered on by the nearby oil rig workers as they drove back to Autobot City. Battle at Oil Valley

Sunstreaker was returning from a road trip with Daniel, Hound and Hot Rod, Bumblebee, Blurr, Wheelie, Springer and Kup when the group paused to eat at a rest stop. As the Autobots ingested Energon Cubes, Hot Rod asked Kup to tell a story. Kup told the others the story of how, upon first crash landing in Mt. St. Hillary, the Ark had lost an enormous shipment of Energon Cubes that remained lost to the day. Enthralled by Kup's story, the rest of the group were all eager to go looking for this lost treasure. Then Springer and Sunstreaker noticed Laserbeak taking off from their location. The two Autobots attempted to shoot him down to no avail. The Autobots realized that Laserbeak had been spying on them the whole time, and would soon inform Galvatron about the lost Energon shipment. Sunstreaker and the others rushed back to Metroplex to inform Ultra Magnus on the situation. After a brief conference, Ultra Magnus led his troops to the Ark's crash site. Finding the Decepticons there already, the two factions began to fight. When the Energon stash was uncovered, it was completely gobbled up by Starscream who proclaimed himself the most powerful Decepticon. With nothing left to fight over, Sunstreaker and the Autobots left Galvatron and Starscream to their squabble. The Lost Treasure of Cybertron

Big Looker storybooks continuity

Upon first awakening on Earth after being offline for about 65 million years, Sunstreaker was one of the Autobots who attempted to take the Decepticons by surprise while the evil robots still did not know what Earth forms the Autobots had taken. Though they successfully took by surprise a squadron of Decepticons, the Autobots had not anticipated a second group flying in from the opposite direction. Thanks to a warning from Spike and Sparkplug, the Autobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and came to accept Earth as their new home. Battle for Cybertron

During a Decepticon plot to steal an oil truck, Blitzwing short-circuited the truck's wiring so that it couldn't move. Sunstreaker countered his move, however, using electron pulses to restart the truck and get it back in action. Decepticon Hijack

When the Decepticons invaded a car show at the Coliseum, Sunstreaker was one of the robots in disguise who infiltrated the show to thwart the Decepticon plot. Car Show Blow Up

The Battle for Planet Earth

Voice actor: Peter Marinker (English)

Sunstreaker was among the Autobots who traveled to South America in search of energy, and fought the Decepticons on Mount Sheelah. Terror of Mount Sheelah Resting after a day of hard work repairing the Ark, Sunstreaker and the other Autobots watched television. On learning that the Decepticons were kidnapping humans, Sunstreaker agreed that Bumblebee was best suited to go investigate the Decepticon base. Bumblebee to the Rescue He was also among the Autobots who thwarted the Decepticon invasion of Stanley Lake dam. Menace at the Dam When Starscream announced he wanted to defect to the Autobots, Sunstreaker thought the Air Commander's experience might be of use to them. As it turned out, Starscream was a spy, and the Autobots used him to send the Decepticons on a wild goose chase, during which Sunstreaker and the rest of the Autobots destroyed the Decepticon base. Espionage!!!!!

Ladybird Books continuity

Sunstreaker and Sideswipe marveled at Spike's explanation of electricity that comes from the sky. Autobots' Lightning Strike

Sunstreaker was part of a battle unit assembled by Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from seizing control of...a single windmill. (No, really.) Laserbeak's Fury

S.T.A.R.S. continuity

When Johnny spotted Thundercracker stealing energy, he called his Autobot allies through his S.T.A.R.S. control center. Sunstreaker was amongst those who responded to Johnny's call. Have the Decepticons defeated us once and for all? Sunstreaker and the other Autobots struggled against Thundercracker energy-syphoning powers. Can one boy, alone, hold back the evil Decepticons? What happened afterwards is not known.

Later, Ultra Magnus pleaded for you to "requisition" Susntreaker and other Autobots in order to combat the Decepticon threat. Using the human power known as "imagination," S.T.A.R.S. recruits could perceive what it was like to be Sunstreaker. You Have Been Chosen.

Before the construction of Autobot City on Earth, Optimus led a convoy of Autobots to find the ideal location for their new base's construction. Sunstreaker was amongst the troops accompanying Optimus. As they drove along, the Autobots were ambushed by the Decepticons. The battle that ensued later came to be known as "Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction." Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth. The Autobots Are Under Attack!

Find Your Fate Junior

As the following stories are multipath adventures, details will vary depending on the path taken. See individual pages for information on alternate paths.

Dinobots Strike Back

In the path where Mirage used a hologram of Optimus Prime to lure the four cerebro-shell-controlled Dinobots over the edge of Bandit's Bluff and into the ocean, Sunstreaker was one of the Autobots crewing Seaspray's destroyer mode. He helped haul the unconscious quartet aboard for safe transport back to the Ark.

If Optimus Prime chose to immediately attack the Dinobots without a real plan, Sunstreaker responded to Sideswipe's request for help defeating Grimlock with a series of high-energy electron pulses, ultimately knocking the Dinobot commander over and dislodging his cerebro-shell. Dinobots Strike Back

Earthquake

While the Autobots were enjoying a lull in Decepticon activity, Sunstreaker took the time to polish up his "gorgeous body." He also mused on how the Decepticons would have trouble enjoying down-time, as they all transformed into machines of war.

In one possible sequence of events, Beachcomber, Windcharger and Powerglide uncovered a Decepticon ploy to destroy Center City. When splitting up the Autobot forces to combat the Decepticons on two fronts, one at their headquarters and the other at Center City, Optimus assigned Sunstreaker to the secondary team.

If the secondary team was tasked with attacking the Decepticons’ fortress, they were able to stealthily infiltrate the base and discover the Decepticon’s lab. Sunstreaker may have bumped into Cosmos if the Autobot spaceship joined their team thereafter, and led him to the rest of the squadron. The Autobots were then able to redirect the Destruction Beam back to its source, destroying the Decepticons and their base.

In another version of these events, Megatron called his troops to his location, so that they could all partake in Cosmos’s dismemberment. Before the Decepticons were able to begin, Cosmos spotted the secondary team hiding nearby. Surrounding the Decepticons, the secondary team engaged their enemies. Though the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, they were unable to interfere with the Destruction beam. The Destruction beame then reached its target, and Center City was destroyed. Though the Autobots were able to gain control of the Decepticon fortress and destroy the lab, they were not able to wipe out all of the evil robots, and enjoyed a pyrrhic victory at best.

In a completely different possible series of events, Beachcomber returned early from his day off to inform the Autobots that Jessie had been taken captive by the Decepticons. Optimus then brought Sunstreaker along for the rescue mission that followed. Shortly before arriving at their destination, the Autobots had to choose their next course of action; they could either storm the Decepticon fortress by force, or try to sneak in through a secret passage Buster had previously discovered.

If they decided to storm the fortress, Beachcomber would become nervous, and urge his fellow Autobots to find a more peaceful way to resolve the situation. This moment of hesitation ultimately cost the Autobots the battle, and the Decepticons triumphed that day.

If they decided a stealthier approach, the Autobots quietly entered the Decepticon base, and set out to shoot down any Decepticons they encountered, save Megatron, whom they planned on capturing. Sunstreaker was incapacitated early in the Autobots’ raid, and had to be left behind so that the mission could continue. Earthquake

Decepticon Poison

When a new batch of fuel had just arrived at Autobot headquarters, Sunstreaker insisted on being fueled up first. Sparkplug obliged and topped him up. As it turns out, the Decepticons had poisoned the latest batch of fuel, leaving Sunstreaker unable to transform.

If the Autobots decided to assume a defensive strategy in light of these events, Sunstreaker was comforted by Optimus as he began to be wracked with sickness pains.

In one possible sequence of events that ensued, Perceptor gave out the right amount of an antidote the Autobot scientist had created, allowing Sunstreaker to resume his robot form and take arms against an incoming squadron of Decepticons. The antidote having given Sunstreaker and the rest of the cured Autobots a case of battle fever, the bunch were eager to take on the Decepticons head on in combat. The more level-head Prowl suggested instead a more conniving approach, where the Autobots would ambush their assailants.

If Optimus allowed Sunstreaker and the rest of the refuelled Autobots to venture headlong into battle, Sunstreaker lead the charge, firing the opening shot against Megatron. Though his blast managed to stun Megatron for an instant, the Decepticons soon began retaliating. Though Sunstreaker’s squad started out strong, they soon found themselves overpowered by Megatron, prompting Optimus to lead a second wave into battle. Sunstreaker was injured by a blast from Megatron’s fusion cannon, prompting Ratchet to emerge from headquarters and repair him in the middle of the battlefield. Though he continued to fight, Sunstreaker was downed once more, and had to be retrieved by Grapple when the Autobots ran out of fuel and needed to retreat back inside their headquarters. Thankfully, the Decepticons had been injured enough throughout the battle, prompting them to retreat as well.

If Optimus instead followed Prowl’s plan, he instructed Sunstreaker and the others to transform into vehicle mode and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots to be already dead, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ “carcasses.” Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot. Though Sunstreaker initially cheered, finding himself able to transform once more, he soon found himself literally falling to pieces. The Autobots finding themselves completely outmatched against an all-out Decepticon attack were made short work of by the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots used the tainted fuel to create a toxic cloud that successfully fended off the Decepticons attack. This plan gave Perceptor the time he needed to cure Sunstreaker and the others with his antidote. Their ranks fully replenished and the Decepticons turning tail meant the Autobots had earned themselves another victory.

In completely different possible sequence of events, Optimus successfully retrieved the antidote to the poison from the Decepticons’ poison lab, and with Ratchet’s help, brought Sunstreaker and the rest of the poisoned Autobots back from the precipice of death. Though Sunstreaker was eager to get revenge on the Decepticons, Optimus informed his Autobots that the Decepticons were planning to poison the humans’ nearby water reservoir, and that mission took precedence.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Sunstreaker was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Whatever decisions the Autobots made from this point forward, they were successful in foiling the Decepticons’ plot. Decepticon Poison

The Invisibility Factor

In one possible scenario, the Decepticons gained control of an Invisibility Device. When the invisible Decepticons attacked Metroplex city, Sunstreaker and the rest of the Autobots were reduced to scrap metal, unable to fight the unseen enemy.

In another scenario, Sunstreaker was sent out along with Springer, Prowl and Jazz to accompany Kup and Hot Rod when the latter two claimed to have spotted a ship with invisibility capabilities out in the desert.

If the team gave up searching for the ship, Sunstreaker and the rest of the Autobots within Metroplex were caught by surprise by a fleet of identical ships swooping down upon them. The Autobots were all destroyed as Galvatron gloated of his victory.

If Hot Rod and Kup convinced the other Autobots to keep on looking, Hot Rod eventually found trail marks, indicating that a heavy object the size of their spacecraft had indeed landed and had been dragged away. Sunstreaker and the others followed the trail to a more rocky terrain, where tracking the ship would become more difficult. The trail seemingly lost, the Autobots then heard someone incoming, and took cover. From their hiding places, they saw the Decepticons Scavenger, a human captive within the grasp of his steam-shovel.

If the Autobots decided to rescue Sarah immediately, Scavenger dropped the woman, and cried for help while attempting to flee.

If the Autobots pursued Scavenger, they found him rejoining a whole squadron of Decepticons. Fighting the Decepticons immediately would cost them their lives. Otherwise, if the Autobots decided on a retreat when faced by the whole squadron of Decepticons, they managed to do so by blinding their enemies by their high beams and then splitting off into different direction. They later regrouped and found Sarah Sanders wandering in the desert.

If the Autobots asked Sarah to build them their own Invisibility Device, Sarah refused, stating she would not build weapons for war. Running away from the group Sarah was almost killed when Dirge passed overhead and dropped a missile on her position. After rescuing her from the Decepticon attack, Sunstreaker and the others brought Sarah to safety within Metroplex. Grateful for the rescue, Sarah showed the Autobots how to create an Invisibility Scrambler to counteract the Decepticons’ Invisibility Device. Anticipating the Decepticons’ attack, the Autobots successfully defeated the evil robots when they came. The battle over, Sunstreaker shared a laugh with Kup and Hot Rod, the latter having made a quip about “seeing right through the Decepticons’ plans.”

If instead of asking Sarah to build them an Invisibility Device, Sunstreaker and the others attempted once more to retrieve her ship, the whole group snuck over to where the Decepticons were stationed. Once there, Hot Rod and Prowl argued over which plan of action would be the smartest to undertake next.

If the Autobots agreed with Hot Rod to try and take the Decepticons by surprise with a head-on attack, the Autobots manage to stun the Decepticons by dazzling them with their headlights. Sunstreaker provided Hot Rod some cover fire while the young Autobot raced down and snatched the Invisibility Device from the Decepticons. The Autobots then successfully peeled back, congratulating one another on a job well done.

If the Autobots agreed with Prowl to take a moment to come up with a more detailed plan, Prowl instructed Hot Rod to taunt the Decepticons into following him. The plan worked, and the bulk of the Decepticons took off after the young Autobot. With only Scavenger, Shockwave and Galvatron left behind, Sunstreaker and the others easily defeated the Decepticons still guarding the spaceship, and forced Galvatron to retreat. In one possible scenario that followed, Sunstreaker helped destroy a hidden Decepticon base that Hot Rod found while the Decepticons gave him chase. In another, Sunstreaker watched on as Sarah left in her spaceship in order to destroy it, vowing it would never be used to bring destruction.

In an alternate scenario where the Autobots silently trailed Scavenger while the Decepticon held Sarah Sanders captive, Sunstreaker and the others followed him all the way to the Decepticons’ secret desert base. Inside, they spied upon Galvatron telling Sarah Sanders that the Decepticons would use Cerebro-Shells to control her mind, so that she would reveal to them to secret of invisibility. At this point, the Autobots decided to step in. A direct attack would only end in the Autobots’ defeat. The Invisibility Factor

3H comics

"I'm exclusive!"

After the Pax Cybertronia, Sunstreaker left Cybertron with four other survivors of the Great War (Sideswipe, Roulette, Shadow Striker, and Trailbreaker). One year after Cybertron was reformatted into a technorganic planet, they returned. They were greeted by many of the Maximal and Predacon inhabitants and with vast media coverage.

However, what appeared to be celebratory fireworks struck the five Autobots and also the Maximals Silverbolt and Blackarachnia. They were transported to a fiery cauldron deep within Unicron, where all but Trailbreaker were rebuilt painfully into new bodies.

Seeing an arena up ahead, the seven moved towards it, only to be attacked by a swarm of shape-shifting, lava-like creatures. Sunstreaker and the others were overwhelmed and taken into the arena (or, the Cauldron), where they were caged along with a multitude of Transformers kidnapped from across the multiverse. Abduction

The Unicron-influenced ambience of the place was slowly driving the more violent of the group mad. This, of course, included Sunstreaker. He and Sideswipe were forced into combat in the arena (each wielding spiffy energon weapons), but were rescued by a reborn Optimus Primal. The group, sans a corrupted Blackarachnia and Shadow Striker, fled back to Cybertron. Escape

Dreamwave Generation One continuity

Events from The Transformers Trilogy novels are in italics.

"Why, you arrogant—yow! I should rewire that smug mug of yours right here—blaw!—right now!"
"Don't kid yourself—this face is worth more than you are."Warpath and Sunstreaker, "Infestation"

A family that pelvic thrusts together, stays together.

Before joining the Autobot army, Sunstreaker was a successful mural artist. Transformers: The Ultimate Guide He was aboard the Ark when it crashed on Earth millions of years ago. He and the other Autobots awoke in 1984 to restart their war with the Decepticons. He was part of Operation Liberation in 1998, a joint human-Autobot effort to defeat the Earth-bound Decepticons. At the end it was a success, and the captured Decepticons, along with the Autobots and a human crew, departed Earth en route to Cybertron in the Ark II. The ship, however, was sabotaged and exploded upon liftoff.

A few years later Megatron and other Transformers, including Autobots, were seen causing havoc. It was discovered that Lazarus, a scientist who participated in the Ark II project, was responsible for the sabotage of the Ark II and the resurrection of several Transformers under his control via technological tampering. Prime Directive #1

General Hallo of the U.S. Military contacted Spike Witwicky to ask him if he could do something to help them reactivate Optimus Prime, whom they had recovered locked in a state of stasis. Spike managed to reactivate Optimus with a portion of the Matrix that Optimus had given him prior the ill-fated journey of the Ark II. Optimus subsequently went to the Arctic and used the Matrix to reactivate several Transformers, including Sunstreaker and his brother Sideswipe. [[Prime Directive issue 2|]]

Sunstreaker accepted the new task at hand and fought alongside his brother when the Autobots faced the Decepticons at Lazarus' ruined base, before Hallo betrayed the Autobots by attempting to destroy both factions with a nuclear weapon. Prime Directive #3 The Autobots survived when Megatron's technovirus absorbed the blast, and Sunstreaker helped his comrades recover the captive Autobots imprisoned inside the base. Prime Directive #4

DULL HEROIC RUNNING!

As Jazz's unit worked on Megatron's virus, Sunstreaker followed Optimus Prime to San Francisco for the last battle against Megatron and his Decepticons. When Superion was taken down, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe heroically (though foolishly) charged at Devastator rather than, say, shoot him; they were surprisingly beaten up. After Optimus Prime destroyed Devastator's head, Sunstreaker was restrained by the surviving Decepticons. Prime Directive #5 However, through human intervention, Optimus Prime freed his Autobots and the battle was rejoined. Sunstreaker tag-teamed with his brother to pummel Soundwave, though the Decepticons eventually escaped when Superion sacrificed his life to save the city from General Hallo's unauthorized nuclear missile launch. After Optimus Prime came back online, Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker discovered the traitorous Grimlock buried under rubble. Prime Directive #6

During the conflict with the Keepers, Sunstreaker was one of the Autobots chosen by Optimus Prime to join the strike on occupied Las Vegas. Sunstreaker was edgy about having to work with Megatron and the Decepticons, and was ready to draw his rifle at a moment's notice during the groups' meeting. Still, he remained sensitive enough to Spike's feelings to comfort his human friend when he was feeling useless, letting Spike know he always did his very best. In Las Vegas, Sunstreaker and the other Autobots lent their energies to Optimus Prime for his Matrix-inspired Finishing Move against the Keepers. Annihilation Later, Sunstreaker and the Autobots battled alongside the Decepticons again, against the treacherous forces of the American military. Sunstreaker and several other Autobots fell before the processor-eating power of the President's new toy, the deconstructionites. Fusion

When Ultra Magnus arrived on Earth to enforce Shockwave's edict that the Earth-bound Autobots surrender themselves to the Cybertronian alliance, Optimus Prime ordered a portion of his troops into hiding in Portland, Oregon. This group, led by Jazz, included Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Ratchet, Brawn, Wheeljack, and Windcharger. Brothers' Burden However, Starscream, Soundwave, and his cassettes soon escaped to Earth with Bruticus. Attacking the Ark, they defeated all of Jazz's group minus Ratchet and Brawn. Sunstreaker and the others were left in a swamp, deactivated. Night of the Combaticons

I'm not only better than you, I'm also gay.

A ship crewed by Minibots (led by Bumblebee) arrived on Earth with supplies, and Warpath and Bumper pulled the deactivated from their would-be swampy grave. They were promptly arrested by Commander Marissa Faireborn of the Earth Defense Command and her armored troops. The damaged Autobots were repaired, and Commander Faireborn came to Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, and Jazz with a mission. The American city of San Desto was under attack by Cybertronian creatures. Infestation Sunstreaker spent the entire mission either putting down the humans, Bumper or, when he wasn't around, Sideswipe. He didn't think any of them would make it out alive, but nevertheless tore through the Insecticon clones like they were paper! After they were captured by the real Insecticons, Sunstreaker was not too happy to be rescued by Bumper. When Bombshell activated the cerebro-shelled human population of San Desto to attack the Autobots, Sunstreaker was also all-too-ready to kill the lot of them, until Bumper saved them all again. Extermination The Orion picked up Sunstreaker and the other Autobots from the EDC's Nevada base shortly after saving San Desto. Lost and Found

In August 2006, Matt Moylan revealed that Sunstreaker was gay in Dreamwave Generation One continuity. This was never dealt with head-on (or meant to be) but it provided a basis for his characterization.

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity

Sunstreaker was among the Transformers found and reprogrammed by the human terrorist organization Cobra, and along with Sideswipe and Trailbreaker, he was reformatted into a Cobra Stinger. He, his brother and Soundwave were sent to attack the SPS Research Facility, but the two siblings were rammed by Wheeljack while charging at the main entrance, and Cobra eventually retreated. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3 When Wheeljack freed the Autobots from Cobra's control, Sunstreaker helped Sideswipe and Cliffjumper fight against the similarly freed Decepticons Skywarp and Thundercracker. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5

The Beast Within

After a brutal battle during which The Beast, a monstrous gestalt of unimaginable power, was released, Sunstreaker’s butchered form lay smoldering in a mass grave of both Autobot and Decepticon corpses. The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences

IDW Generation 1 continuity

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"Sunstreaker—speed limit."
"Oh, c'mon! Bad enough I gotta share my upholstery with a species that sheds skin on a regular basis, but now I gotta super-size the experience?"Ironhide and Sunstreaker, Escalation #1

Sunstreaker shows off his humbler side.

Long ago, before the war, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe were law enforcers working under the Senate, and were involved with the arrest of Impactor. The Chaos of Warm Things He himself was Sideswipe's P-3 Training Officer and strike partner, and spent the whole time looking down on him as a subpar rookie. Spotlight: Sideswipe Sunstreaker was also a patron of illegal underground death matches in the Forge, where he cheered on Megatron in his first victory there. He returned several times more, including to watch Megatron's 54th battle in the arena, this time apparently alongside Sideswipe. Megatron Origin #2

When Megatron, rising in power and influence, put on a recruitment call to all-comers, Sunstreaker happily answered his call. Sideswipe tried to talk him out of joining the fights, to no avail. Sunstreaker apparently thought the call was for participation in the illegal gladiatorial games, but it was actually the first recruitment call for the Decepticon army. How they took Megatron's announcement, the apparent murder of a Senator, and how they fared when security forces raided the meeting is unknown. Megatron Origin #3 Neither he, nor any of the other Autobots-to-be that were present at the "rally", were seen again in prison or upon the Decepticons' escape and ravaging of Kaon. Megatron Origin #4

"Okay, maybe I lose sometimes"

At some point during the war that followed Megatron's Decepticon rebellion, Sunstreaker was one of many Autobots trained by Kup. Spotlight: Kup During Trypticon's rampage in Harmonex, Sunstreaker helped lure the monster into a trap as part of Blurr's harassment team. The Illusion of Control Early in the war, Sunstreaker and Sideswipe were present during the battle for Sherma Bridge, where they witnessed the first duel between Optimus Prime and Megatron. Chaos Theory #1

Sunstreaker would later lead a unit in a battle against Deadlock on Dabola in which he was forced to order a retreat. Drift #1

What, does he keep them in a kennel or something?

In the modern era, Sunstreaker was a unit commander who helped drive the Decepticons from an unidentified planet. Replay Immediately afterward, he was assigned to a detachment of Autobots that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, attempting to foil a Decepticon insurgency. Being stationed on Earth did little to alter Sunstreaker's arrogance, with him dismissing the three humans which Ratchet saved as "noisy creatures". Infiltration #2 Infiltration #3 Later, Sunstreaker and the other Autobots observed Megatron's brutal disciplining of the treacherous Starscream. Despite 'Streaker's high opinion of himself and his own skills, he was visibly relieved when Prowl decided to leave the Decepticons alone. After returning to the Ark-19, he complained about the humans running around loose in their headquarters. Infiltration #6

He doesn't rate the Battlechargers very highly, apparently.

To keep the noisy creatures occupied, he created a video game starring himself. Soon afterward, Sunstreaker, along with Ironhide, were assigned the task of escorting the humans back to the big wild world, Tulsa, Oklahoma. On a road in the vicinity of Lebanon, Missouri, Sunstreaker and company were ambushed by the Machination. He and Hunter became separated from Ironhide and were seemingly destroyed. Escalation #1 However, it was soon revealed that it was not the case; the debris recovered by Optimus Prime was revealed by Ratchet to be an elaborate fake. Escalation #2 Sunstreaker was painfully dismantled and treated barbarically by the employees. Replay After re-awakening in a Machination stronghold, Hunter was horrified to find an unidentified being, possibly Cybertronian, had been creating a series of Sunstreaker clones. Escalation #6

You still better than us now, Sunstreaker?

Having been able to dupe the Machination into believing that he was catatonic, Hunter went exploring in their headquarters. Eventually, he discovered Sunstreaker's own decapitated head, which was still functioning. Tortured, Sunstreaker begged the human to kill him. Meanwhile, Hot Rod and Wheeljack ran afoul of the Sunstreaker clones... piloted by Headmasters — humans who could transform into the robots' heads. Devastation #2 It turned out all of the Headmasters were mentally connected to the original Sunstreaker and leeched knowledge from him, a process that was extremely painful. However, this had its disadvantage — Sunstreaker doesn't read Autobot memos so the Machination had less inside knowledge than they thought; Hot Rod and Wheeljack escaped by using a weapon that Sunstreaker didn't know about. Hunter, rather than kill the Autobot, asked for his help to become a Headmaster himself so he could pilot one of the Machination's spare clones. Devastation #3Devastation #4 After downloading the necessary information from Sunstreaker, Hunter headed to the body shop, where more clone bodies were being stored. Devastation #5 Just as a freshly-restored Scorponok, head of the Machination, broke through a wall to kill him, Hunter was able to transform into Sunstreaker's head and linked to the real Sunstreaker's mind. Speaking as Sunstreaker, Hunter attached himself to a clone body, but commented that everything felt slow (as a result of Machination scientists cutting all connections to the real Sunstreaker, with devastating effects for the Headmasters). Hunter transformed to vehicle mode, blasted a hole in the wall and escaped. Devastation #6

I'd lose my head if it wasn't screwed on.

After that, the new Sunstreaker began raiding Machination front organizations across America, looking for his original head. He wanted Hunter out of his head and gone forever so he didn't have to talk to the human—not that he meant any offense by that, oh no. On one raid, he became aware that the Machination had plans involving the Dynobots and sped off to Dallas to get involved Maximum Dinobots #1 The Dynobots were actually sent to Fallon but Sunstreaker carried on to Dallas anyway, reasoning that getting his old head back would offline all the Headmasters—and that whatever the Dynobots were up to was merely collateral damage. (Nice chap...) Maximum Dinobots #2 When they arrived in Dallas, seeing that the facility was far bigger than anything they had come across before, Hunter realized they needed a plan and forced Sunstreaker to sit it out while they watched and waited, citing that he was the more level-headed of the pair and that it was nice to just be Hunter O'Nion every now and then. Maximum Dinobots #3 When the time came, Sunstreaker reconnected with Hunter and barged into the Machination, having a short talk with Hot Rod as he blasted two of his clones. He found his original head, but Scorponok was waiting and shot a hole through his chest. Hunter escaped and, reluctantly and remorsefully, deactivated Sunstreaker's original head. This succeeded in shutting down all of the clones, at the cost of doing the same to Sunstreaker. Maximum Dinobots #4

New unexplained altmode — just add water.

Hunter, however, stayed conscious and survived the rest of the battle. He accompanied Sunstreaker aboard the Ark-32, where the comatose Autobot was put into a CR chamber for heavy repairs. Sunstreaker's original head was reattached, and his battered body was rebuilt into a slightly different form. Ratchet claimed that "though physically separated, Sunstreaker's spark sustained him." Ratchet was able to minimize the mental link between Sunstreaker and Hunter, but he was afraid to try removing Hunter's implants, and the human was left feeling like half of himself was missing. Maximum Dinobots #5

Eventually Ratchet did successfully sever their link, but the Headmaster experience had left deep wounds on Sunstreaker's psyche. He turned his back on Hunter and never wanted to speak of the incident again. All Hail Megatron #7 His pain turned into a hatred for Earth and its inhabitants; he wanted nothing more than to leave the planet forever. Starscream took advantage of this, meeting in secret with Sunstreaker to strike a deal. Starscream wanted Sunstreaker's help to both kill Megatron and ensure the Autobots' departure from Earth. Starscream claimed that after taking control of the Decepticons, he would be satisfied to confine his own empire to the one planet, so really Sunstreaker would get what he wanted on both counts. Sunstreaker agreed "on one condition": That Starscream would use his dominion to kill every single human being. All Hail Megatron #8

Starscream and Sunstreaker arranged false intelligence that led the Autobots into an ambush. But, whether due to Starscream's treachery or to a simple failure in the plan, only half of their goals were accomplished: The Autobots were beaten and exiled to Cybertron via the newly created space bridge, but Megatron survived the battle happily. Optimus Prime attacked and destroyed the space bridge as he went through it, but doing so left him in a critical state of shutdown. All Hail Megatron #1 All Hail Megatron #7

Frustrated at being stranded on Cybertron, he listened to Tracks's story about how awesome and cool Jazz is to pass the time. Spotlight: Jazz

Sunstreaker in A Bridge Too Few.

If Sunstreaker had been brooding and sullen already, this outcome only intensified his angst. The other Autobots knew that they must have been betrayed, but they had no idea by whom. All Hail Megatron #4 Mirage, as the scout who had delivered the bad intelligence, was a natural suspect, and Ironhide became his chief accuser. Sunstreaker gravitated to Ironhide, encouraging the finger pointed away from himself. When Sideswipe confronted Sunstreaker about the dissension he was fostering in the ranks, Sunstreaker tried to get him to leave him alone. Sideswipe attempted sympathy, telling his brother that he could only imagine what the Headmaster experience had been like, but even that turned into an accusation for abandoning Hunter. Sunstreaker yelled back that that was in the past and was completely irrelevant, and everyone knew he never wanted to talk about it again. He stormed off, but doing so caught Ironhide's attention. When Sunstreaker told Ironhide that Sideswipe thought they were taking their accusations against Mirage too far, Ironhide decided they hadn't taken things far enough, so he promptly dragged Mirage into a corner and beat him half to death. Sunstreaker's only protest was that others might see. All Hail Megatron #5 All Hail Megatron #6 All Hail Megatron #7

At least he didn't have to suffer the indignity of being rescued by Drift.

But his guilt gnawed away at him until one day he found a chance for the redemption of martyrdom. The Autobots had decided to move to a different headquarters to defend themselves from the Insecticon swarm. The new base's strength was its inaccessibility: It could only be accessed by a single bridge, and the Autobots had planted explosives on it to take it down after everyone had made it across. The Autobots did outrun the swarm, but in the process their sharpshooter was incapacitated, and the bombs needed to be detonated via weapons-fire. While the others debated who would be capable of the task, Sunstreaker slipped away onto the bridge to do it himself. Ironhide went out after him and tried to talk him back, but Sunstreaker spilled his guts about the entire betrayal. Ironhide was dumbfounded, and just as Sunstreaker began to apologize, the swarm attacked. Drift raced in and pulled Ironhide out of the crush, and as they sped away, Sunstreaker fired at the bomb. The bridge was destroyed in a massive fireball, and Sunstreaker apparently went with it. All Hail Megatron #8

Later, Bombshell taunted Sideswipe in battle, claiming to have toyed with Sunstreaker's mind and played with his fears using information gleaned from dissecting Hunter. After the battle, Sideswipe found Hunter's tortured form strung up in Bombshell's lab, horrifically intertwined with all sorts of machinery. Sideswipe turned the life-support system off, letting Hunter — and any potential surviving piece of Sunstreaker — expire. All Hail Megatron #12

However, Sunstreaker had survived, and the events of the past few years (though badly skewed to a certain perspective) seemed to be repeating in his badly damaged head, amongst the bodies of the swarm. Replay

Ironhide and Sunstreaker come to the realization that it'll take them months to get out of this plotline.

Over the next three years, Sunstreaker lay where he fell, his brain stuck in a recursive loop of the horrors the Machination inflicted upon him and his regret over betraying his friends. The mysterious Alpha Trion had long known of Sunstreaker's survival, but didn't attempt to rescue him, as the Autobot was not part of his plans for Cybertron's rebirth. This changed when the resurrected Ironhide went down to the ravine to rescue his fallen comrade. Sunstreaker attempted to apologise for what he did and admitted his cowardice for not speaking up when Ironhide falsely accused Mirage of betraying the Autobots. However, as Ironhide had no memory of the past four million years, he didn't know what Sunstreaker was talking about. Safely inside Alpha Trion's base, Sunstreaker freaked out when he saw the legendary Autobot, fearing that his Judgement had finally come for betraying the Autobots and selling out humanity. Trion mercifully used his powers to take Sunstreaker temporarily offline when he begged for his "dreams" to stop. Ironing Out the Details

Alpha Trion was able to bring Sunstreaker's sanity back and repair most of his body except for his legs, temporarily leaving him in a hoverchair. Interested in his "unique experiences" with the humans, Trion intended to take Sunstreaker with him on his journey, but he refused. Dead set on trying to make up for his past crimes, Sunstreaker instead chose to stay on Cybertron with Ironhide to help eliminate the swarm. Alpha Trion accepted this and left the two Autobots on the abandoned planet, where Sunstreaker would have a lot of time to fill Ironhide in on what happened in the past few million years. Any Old Iron By the time Rodimus, Wheelie and Garnak arrived on Cybertron, Sunstreaker had adopted a docile Insecticon that he named Bob. He explained Ironhide's memory loss to Rodimus, and they all returned to Earth with him to warn the Autobots of Galvatron and his legion poised to take Cybertron. Out of the Silent Planet

On Earth, Sunstreaker made up with Mirage and the others before returning to Cybertron on Omega Supreme's rocket form. Of course, Bob accompanied him. Orphans of the Helix He was among the Autobots who tried to listen in on Optimus Prime's questioning of a captive Megatron. Chaos Theory Part 1 His legs were later restored by Ratchet, partly thanks to the power of the Matrix of Leadership which the medic had been temporarily entrusted with. Chaos Theory #2 On the flight to Cybertron, he attempted to make small talk with his fellow Autobots and chat with them about his encounter with Alpha Trion, but the other Autobots ignored him, apparently still distrusting and disliking him for his betrayal. Bob still loved him though, and purred happily while Sunstreaker petted him. Lamentations

As the Autobots landed on Cybertron and prepared to fight Galvatron's army, Sunstreaker was in charge of setting up a base of operations. He watched Garnak repair Trailbreaker and noticed too late that Megatron was escaping. Numbers When he heard that Megatron had summoned Devastator to his side, Sunstreaker took all the explosives he could find and strapped them to his hoverchair. Pretending to be crippled, he confronted Devastator, who also had a bad leg. When the giant tried to stomp on him, Sunstreaker transformed and drove away, causing the chair to explode and cripple Devastator's other leg as well. Kings

After Galvatron was defeated, Sunstreaker joined Rodimus and 200 other Autobots as they left Cybertron on the Lost Light to find the Knights of Cybertron. Hangers On He enjoyed a drink at Swerve's new bar with Bob at his feet. Life After the Big Bang After attending an award ceremony for Chromedome, Brainstorm and Highbrow, The Reluctant Specialist Sunstreaker volunteered to pilot a shuttle to Deimus to scavenge for resources, only to be distracted by his own reflection in the radar screen and crash-land. Stranded alongside Bob, Swerve, Perceptor and Hoist, he spent his time getting frustrated by Swerve's ceaseless chattering and the fact that he had apologize, something that reminded him of his many past mistakes. On finding that D.J.D. leader Tarn was on the planet with them, Sunstreaker went with Hoist to commandeer his ship, but was ambushed and defeated by the Decepticon. Hoist soon figured out that Tarn was merely a solid illusion caused by a phobia shield, allowing him to save the others and return to the Lost Light. The Waiting Game Sunstreaker was in the vicinity when a deranged Fortress Maximus gunned Boss down. Interiors

When Rewind decided to gather a group of Autobots to help awaken Rung from his coma with a storytelling session, Sunstreaker was one of the first he approached. Sunstreaker was forced to shield Bob's ears from Siren's piercing voice. An Intimate Beheading He later participated in a battle with a rogue group of Decepticons discovered on Temptoria, Before & After as well as the battle with Overlord on board the Lost Light itself. Under Cold Blue Stars When the ship was attacked by Ammonites while searching for Metroplex, Sunstreaker was among the crew members who defended it. Into the Abyss The Dead Are Not Enough

The Lost Light was eventually able to return to Cybertron, where Sunstreaker was happily reunited with Sideswipe and Mirage, the three putting their previous conflicts behind them. The Becoming He went on to attend the trial of Megatron at Raskol Arena. Towards Peace

During the Combiner Wars, Sunstreaker overheard Ironhide and Mirage talking about visions and (as well as having an awkward convo about that whole "betrayal" thing) interjected: what if, rather than seeing a "vision", Mirage and Ironhide were somehow sharing "mindspace" like he had with Hunter O'Nion as a Headmaster, seeing into someone else's mind and witnessing their intentions for the future. The trio decided to take this news to Prime. That meant they were in the wrong place at the wrong time and found themselves forcibly turned into a combiner by Prowl! You, Me, and the Universe The Optimus combiner then traveled through Metroplex's space bridge to try to help Superion and Defensor take down the rampaging Menasor and Devastator but was immobilized by the discord between his components. One by one, though, Optimus, Ironhide, Mirage, and Sunstreaker managed to make Prowl understand their way of thinking of people as people and not just statistics, and the stabilized combiner declared himself to be Optimus Maximus! Optimus Maximus then proceeded to do his part in forcing Menasor and Devastator back through the space bridge to Cybertron. Knowing that he could not act above the law, Optimus Maximus separated into his compnents to surrender Prowl into Starscream's custody. A saddened Superion mused that Optimus Maximus might never form again. All That Remains

Hail and Farewell

Due to the abrupt cancellation of several related stories and the emergence of All Hail Megatron, the following events cannot occur in the mainstream timeline, if they are canon at all.

Two years after meeting the Autobots and becoming a Headmaster, Hunter went back to his house with Sunstreaker. As Hunter gathered a few effects, he reminisced on how much had changed and how much had happened. He had been to other planets, even another dimension. He'd fought Scorponok, allied with the Dinobots, and faced a planetary Decepticon invasion. And now he wasn't just Hunter; he had become one with Sunstreaker in both mind and body. As he converted back to Sunstreaker's head, he mused that it was true what they said about never being able to go home again. Hail and Farewell

Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic

When an awesome but suicidal human kid spray painted graffiti on the Seekers, Sunstreaker got involved to keep the furious Decepticons from destroying the boy. He and Prowl defended the kid until they drove off the Decepticons. After a stern warning about the dangers of angering homicidal giant robots, Sunstreaker undermined the day's lesson by suggesting they try it again. Henkei! Henkei! #5

Transformers United

Sunstreaker was in attendance for a ceremony commending the Autobot targetmasters and headmasters after they had retrieved the cure for a deadly nano-virus infecting the Autobots stationed on Earth. The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos

Transformers: All Spark

Great Aspirations Conclusion

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

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Q-Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Yūichi Nakamura (Japanese)

Games

Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons

When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' Minicar troops from the Decepticons, Sunstreaker could come to Optimus Prime's aid, helping him navigate more quickly through the Decepticons' maze-like base. Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons

Transformers G1: Awakening

Sunstreaker was among the Autobots who left Cybertron aboard the Ark, and spent four million years in stasis after it was shot down over Earth by the Decepticons. As one of the more badly damaged Autobots, Sunstreaker was stored in Metroplex until the Autobots could gather enough energon to revive him. Transformers G1: Awakening

Transformers Legends

At some point, Sunstreaker fought in a battle alongside Overlord, Jetfire and Rumble. Fan Favorite

After Optimus Prime's defeat at the hand of Megatron, Sunstreaker was involved in the skirmishes in Autobot city that ensued. The Omega Corps

When Soundwave and his minions set their sights on the secrets of Gravitronic Energy, Bumblebee and Sunstreaker had to save the human scientists and their research. Box Trap

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Sunstreaker participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! Transformers: Battle Tactics

Transformers: Devastation

When Teletraan Alpha tells Sideswipe to face the impending chaos with bravery instead of anger, Sideswipe asks if Teletraan has been talking to Sunstreaker, claiming he sounds just like him. Devastation

Notes

• In the Transformers series bible entry for his brother Sideswipe, Sunstreaker is referred to by a different name, Spinout. "Nearly the equal of his twin brother, Spinout, in combat, but less cold-blooded." The same name (spelled "Spin-Out") is also used in a Marvel Age article from 1984 that announced the Marvel comic series.
• According to a story page in the October 1985 issue of TV Magazine, Sideswipe and Red Alert are brothers, with Sideswipe being slightly older than Red Alert. This connection may have been invented because, aside from Sideswipe and Red Alert sharing the same mold, Sunstreaker was not sold in the Japanese market outside of a special "versus" set with Skids and Buzzsaw. However, the familial dynamic between Sideswipe and Sunstreaker was not changed in the Japanese dub of the original Transformers cartoon, leading some Japanese fans to consider the three Lamborghini characters as triplets.
• Simon Furman's reason for making Sunstreaker a Headmaster at IDW? Because he's the one character who'd least want to be a Headmaster.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Sunstreaker (サンストリーカー Sansutorīkā)
• French: Solo (Canada)
• Hebrew: Sorék Shémesh (סורק שמש, "Sun Scanner")
• Hungarian: Napcsillantó, Napvillantó ("Sun-flasher")
• Italian: Lince ("Lynx")
• Mandarin: T^hài-yáng wén (Taiwan, 太陽紋, "Sun Streak"), Fēi Máo Tuǐ (China, 飞毛腿, "Scud", literally "Flying Hair Legs")
• Portuguese: Raio Solar (Portugal comics, "Sun Beam"), Raiado (Brazil comics, "Crease")
• Ukrainian: Promin (Промінь, "Ray")
• Russian: Mercatel (Мерцатель, "Twinkler")

External links

• Sunstreaker's entry in the Transformers series bible.