Slipstream (Animated)

The name or term "Slipstream" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Slipstream (disambiguation).

Slipstream is a Decepticon from the Animated continuity family.

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You say "bitch" like it's a bad thing!

Slipstream, the Female Starscream, is the Starscream clone that raises the most questions. She possesses considerable strategic thinking, a biting sense of humor, and a short temper. Like all of the clones, she represents an aspect of the original Starscream's personality... though which aspect that is, he's better off not asking (or so she says).

Practically everything she ever says to the original Starscream is an insult of some form. Really makes you wonder about Starscream, doesn't it?

Any leader has to be an improvement over you!Slipstream offers an opinion on her template, "A Bridge Too Close, Part II"

Fiction

Animated cartoon

Voice actor: Tara Strong (English), Silvia Mißbach (German), Daniele Demma (Italian)

Humph. Men.

When his clones were brought online, Starscream was confronted with various personality issues. The female clone revealed that each one represented an aspect of his personality: megalomania, cowardice, bootlicking, and deception. When Starscream asked where she came from, Slipstream informed him that he was better off not knowing. Once they were ready to depart, Thundercracker pushed Starscream aside, and the original realized that he really was a pain in the gearshaft. Slipstream bitingly noted that he'd finally "arrived at the party", then childishly claimed that she wasn't starting anything. A Bridge Too Close, Part I

Slipstream proved to be a capable fighter, managing to get a pair of stasis cuffs on the massive Bulkhead. After the original Starscream was decapitated by Isaac Sumdac piloting a Headmaster unit, Slipstream promptly declared that she was better off being led by Megatron. When Omega Supreme joined the battle, she and the other Decepticons were blasted away. A Bridge Too Close, Part II

Slipstream apparently decided to lay low on Earth after the space bridge battle, managing to evade capture unlike her fellow clones (and several non-clone Decepticons). However, when she spotted a red figure flying through the sky, she mistook it for Starscream and chased after it in a rage. She shot at him, causing him to fall in a river. Seeing it wasn't Starscream, she promptly fled the scene. Endgame, Part I

Notes

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Not Pretender Starscream, not G2 Ramjet... Overlord. He's a Decepticon leader, that's why!

• Where Slipstream got her colors from was debated within the fandom, with the most frequent guess being Generation 2 Ramjet. However, when contacted about it, Derrick J. Wyatt revealed that her color scheme was actually "loosely inspired" by the Godmaster Overlord. Unexpected! Still, half of Overlord was technically female...

• As her colors weren't closely based on any of the pre-existing Seekers, fans didn't have much of a clue what to call her, and created a lot of different nicknames. No official name had been created for her, either (she was just referred to as "Female Starscream" in the show's credits), a situation that writer Jim Sorenson sought to rectify for her entry in the AllSpark Almanac. Sorenson proposed "Slipstream" to Derrick Wyatt and Marty Isenberg, who both liked it, and Sorenson subsequently included the name in the first draft of the Almanac. Hasbro raised no objection to the idea, and publicly announced the name for the first time during the Hasbro panel at BotCon 2009.

• While the Transformers fandom has long mused upon the possibility of female "Seekers" (and produced countless self-insertion characters that are variants on the theme), this is the first canonical female character to share a body template with Starscream. This is either great or horrible, depending on your perspective.

• When asked which aspect of Starscream's personality she represents, Derrick Wyatt responded with "I try not to think about that one!" He also confirmed that it's not his self-loathing (considering she seems to hate Starscream with a passion, this just makes the issue more confusing).
  • Popular possibilities include: His competence, his treacherousness, or his bitchiness
• In the Italian dubbing of Transformers Animated, the voice of Slipstream was provided by Daniele Demma, the same male voice actor that does Starscream and the other clones. This resulted in a more exaggerated representation of the character.