Bombshell (SG)

This article is about the heroic Insecticon. For his evil counterpart, see Bombshell (G1). For a list of other meanings, see Bombshell (disambiguation).

Bombshell is a heroic Decepticon Insecticon from the Shattered Glass continuity family.

The guy on the right might be Bombshell.

Bombshell is one of the Decepticons' psychologists in charge of looking after the psychiatric health of the troops, including holding regular group therapy sessions. Outside of those sessions he can often be seen making deep-voiced, calm suggestions of ways to relax and unwind. When faced with especially excitable patients—particularly hostile Autobots—he skips to administering instant sedation with his anestho-shells.

Fiction

Shattered Glass

Cliffjumper ranked the possibility of seeing his own corpse as maybe the three-hundredth weirdest thing about the universe he was now stuck in, somewhere between Bombshell's group therapy sessions and the weird aftertaste that energon had. Dungeons & Dinobots

Starscream discovered that the captured Dinocons mysteriously had embers and the ability to transform, and had also become smarter and undergone some personality changes. He ordered Bombshell to give them a complete psychiatric evaluation to ensure they hadn't become dangerous. Bombshell reported that preliminary tests were "promising". Do Over

Months later on Earth, Bombshell, Blitzwing, and Sideswipe were dispatched to deal with an Autobot plot to create drone attackers out of Earth cars via a rigged car wash. Though he was unable to reign in Sideswipe's gung-ho charge on the drones themselves, Bombshell explained to the worried Blitzwing the more useful details of the situation, and reassured him that the owners of the hijacked cars would be properly compensated.

Bombshell then swooped in to attack, dodging a hail of cars thrown at him by Brawn. At first Bombshell's attempts to talk Brawn down and anesthetize him were easily blocked by the Autobot. However, once Blitzwing activated his new sonic ability, it distracted Brawn just long enough for a second anestho-shell to hit home. Since the sonic assault had also scrambled the drones, Bombshell then went to bail out Sideswipe before he got in too far over his head.

Fortunately, Bombshell and Sideswipe were able to finish off that task just in time to save Blitzwing from Elita-One, with a well-thrown car missile of their own. Their mission accomplished, Bombshell recommended they all get a nice drink of oil to relax... until he realized he could hear terrible music coming over their emergency frequency. He thought he was losing it, until they realized the worse truth that Blitzwing's sonic ability had now spread to the Decepticons as well. The three returned to the Nemesis to deal with the new development. Blitzwing Bop

Timelines

Bombshell was one of the heroic Decepticons present to examine the captured infiltration robot Nightbird. Epilogue Two

Toys

Collector's Edition

• Insectron Clone Army (multi-pack, 2004)
  • Japanese ID number: 74 (individual), 76 (clones set)
  • Accessories: "Bipartite Ion Impulse Blaster", energon cube

Collector's Edition Salvo was officially repurposed as Shattered Glass Bombshell.

A redeco of the Generation 1 Bombshell mold, Collector's Edition Salvo transforms into a mechanical rhino beetle. The "control seat" in the insect-mode back / robot-mode chest can open up and store one of the three energon cubes that come with the set. Salvo was only available in the e-HOBBY exclusive set with Shothole and Zaptrap.

• More information on Salvo at TFU.info

Notes

• Bombshell's body in "Epilogue Two" is a "virtual redeco" of the Combiner Wars Legends Class Bombshell toy.