Breakaway (ROTF)

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

Breakaway is an Autobot from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.

I'll take a risk, take a chance, make a change...

In an army dominated by the ground bound, Breakaway stands out as an Autobot with flight capabilities. Not only that, but in a straight line, there aren't many fliers that keep up with him. In battle he uses this to his advantage, dispensing with any aerial acrobatics, and simply relying on bombing runs at super-sonic speeds to get the job done.

He has the cutest little face in the world.

Like they taught me back in flight school: hit 'em hard and hit 'em fast!Breakaway, Revenge of the Fallen game

Fiction

Toy bios

As one of the "two newest Autobot recruits on Earth", Breakaway joined Longarm in hunting down Sideways and Rampage. While Longarm chased Sideways through the streets, the Autobot aerial ace found himself evenly matched by Rampage's raw power. The result of this battle is unknown. Autobot Strike Mission toy bio

Games

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game

Voice actor: Andrew Kishino

Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC

Autobot campaign

Breakaway was the Autobots sole flier. He possessed a fusion beam sniper rifle that allowed for precision, long range attacks. His secondary weapon was a chaingun that fired in three-round bursts. Additionally, he could also release a heatwave which would overheat Decepticon weapons, allowing Breakaway to fight them hand to hand.

"And away we go!"

When the Decepticons assembled a force to resurrect Megatron using an All Spark shard stolen by Ravage, Breakaway, being the only flier at the time, was the sole Autobot able to assist the besieged United States Navy fleet assigned to guard the area. Following his arrival, he began fixing their anti-aircraft guns to dispose of the Seeker forces attacking the ships, fighting Constructicon drones off. Once the guns were repaired, Breakaway rescued several injured sailors that needed evac to their medical center in the radar station built for the fleet. Despite all this effort, the Constructicons managed to reactivate Megatron, and the Decepticons were once again a serious threat to Earth.

After Sam Witwicky left for Egypt with Jetfire, the Decepticons launched a cloaked probe to locate the boy. Breakaway was dispatched to track down and destroy the probe. He succeeded, but discovered that there was a second probe cloaked by the first. Breakaway managed to destroy the probe before it could pick up Sam's trail.

Decepticon campaign

Following Director Galloway's abduction by Starscream, Breakaway led a team of Autobots to locate and rescue him. His team was ambushed by Grindor, and they fought a bitter fight which saw Breakaway deactivated.

Transformers: Nefarious

Breakaway is deployed alongside Bumblebee to protect Ravage's remains, who Soundwave's minions are attempting to recover. Soundwave destroys him shortly into the battle.

Toys

Revenge of the Fallen

Deluxe Class Toys

Aww, he's sad. Someone needs a hug!

• Breakaway (2009)
  • Japanese ID number: RA-05

Revenge of the Fallen Breakaway transforms into an approximation of an F-35 Lightning II/Joint Strike Fighter. His right arm features a rotary cannon with rotating barrel, activated by a gear-wheel embedded in his forearm. His Mech-Alive gimmick is located in his upper arms; turning his forearms makes the green gears turn. Breakaway does have a waist joint, but turning it is impossible because the tail fin (attached to his waist) tabs into his back. Surprisingly, unlike most deluxe figures, he actually has rolling landing gear.

Due to a design issue Breakaway's head always looks skyward while in robot mode. His tiny head is on a ball joint, but it is locked in place by a clear plastic piece of his jet mode's canopy. As a result, Breakaway can't move his head at all. It's possible to fix this by disassembling the toy's fuselage and shaving down the clear plastic piece.

Amusingly, the location of his head makes it look like he is riding himself in jet mode.

Along with Sideways, Breakaway was initially released in two color schemes, a tan version and a less common dark bronze/gold version.

Breakaway was retooled to make Revenge of the Fallen Thrust.

• More information on Breakaway at TFU.info

• Autobot Strike Mission (Deluxe class figure multipack, 2009)
  • Accessories: Missile

Available as a Sam's Club-exclusive, Breakaway was packed with Movie Longarm, Rampage and a "battle damaged" version of Sideways.

Notes

And now you know where the green and blue came from on the toy.

• Breakaway was apparently going to be in the Revenge of the Fallen movie at one point. Ben Procter designed his robot mode under the working name Firestorm.
• The English text on the European packaging says Breakaway "flies over flights". Oh dear.