Jolt (Cybertron)
| The name or term "Jolt" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Jolt (disambiguation). |
- Jolt is an Autobot-allied Gigantion Mini-Con from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Jolt is the biggest geek you'll ever find. He spends hours surfing the Intarwebs soaking in Earth culture and catching up on all his favorite webcomics, making him a perfect companion to cinephile Bud Hansen, whom he calls "Bud-Dude." (He doesn't realize how extremely dorky that sounds.) Despite how awkwardly he sometimes applies this knowledge, Jolt does know amazing amounts of trivia about Earth. Before the Unicron Singularity's threat, however, Jolt claims to never have heard of the place, so how he arrived on the planet an expert is something to ponder.
Jolt possesses the ability to warp himself (and potentially beings very near him) from place to place by clasping his fingers together and spinning his rotors just so. He can't warp if his rotors are jammed or if he's in too small a space for them to have room to spin. This power comes in handy as he travels with Vector Prime, Safeguard, and the other two members of the Recon Mini-Con Team.
Fiction
Cybertron cartoon
- Voice actor: Brian Drummond (English), Hōko Kuwashima (Japanese), Fabrizio Mazzotta (Italian)
After arriving on Earth and meeting the humans Lori, Coby, and Bud, Vector Prime summoned forth Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb. The three Mini-Cons' sudden appearance startled Coby, causing him to drop his satchel containing several mechanics magazines. From these magazines, Jolt scanned a helicopter alternate mode. Jolt then recognized a logo on Lori's shirt as being the symbol for the Omega Lock. Vector Prime extrapolated that this signified that the Omega Lock was likely hidden on Earth. Fallen Inferno
Jolt subsequently aided his Autobot allies in constructing a secret base on Earth. After Lori criticized Scattorshot's initial design for the base, Jolt proposed an alternate design, more to her specifications. When Megatron and Starscream were detected heading towards Earth once more, Jolt helped finish the base's stealth coating while Optimus, Hot Shot, Jetfire, and Vector Prime kept the villains at bay. The base was successfully shielded from enemy sensors, ensuring its continued concealment. Haven
Keeping a low profile proved to be difficult for many Autobot refugees on Earth, and so Jolt assisted Coby, Lori, and Bud in acclimating them to their new situation. Jolt contributed to the refugees' disguises by providing them with holographic drivers. Hidden
The Autobots, having secured their secret presence on Earth, next moved on to tracking down the Omega Lock, hidden away somewhere on the planet. Seeing as Jolt could only cover so much ground with his limited air-speed, he and Bud instead turned to the internet for leads. They found one pointing towards a museum in Mexico. Arriving there in the dead of night, Jolt was sent clambering for cover when Starscream and Thundercracker attacked. The Mini-Cons and the children were shielded from a stray shot by Landmine, who then helped his fellow Autobots in beating back the villains. Though the lead turned out to be a false start, Vector Prime was able to uncover the coordinates of the Speed Planet from the museum's imitation Omega Lock. Landmine
Vector Prime began teaching Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb to open dimensional gates as he did with his temporal powers, though the Mini-Cons were much more limited in using these portals: they could only create "mini-dimension gates." The elder Cybertronian otherwise continued to scour the globe for the Omega Lock, leaving Jolt behind to analyze data on the "Atlantis Pattern" depicting it on many historical relics. Bud approached Jolt while he was attending to these duties, and begged the Mini-Con to take him up into space. Incapable of fulfilling the boy's wish himself, Jolt turned to Scattorshot and convinced him to take Bud up into orbit via the Autobots' space bridge. Though Jolt tried to keep a lid on Bud's venture, eventually Coby and Lori got him to spill the beans... and found that Scattorshot had run into trouble. A stray Decepticon shot had stranded Scattorshot and Bud in zero-gravity, with a limited supply of oxygen in their protective force-field. The Autobots out in the field were alerted to the situation, which only grew more dire as it unfolded. Thanks to a man-made satellite crashing into Jetfire as he tried to attend to them, Bud and Scattorshot were sent plummeting down at a dangerous speed. Before the duo impacted the ground, Jolt was able to fly up to them and opened one of his mini-dimensional gates. Through it, Bud and Scattorshot were safely teleported back to Autobot headquarters. Space Later, the Mini-Cons were called to a meeting, where Optimus discussed his next plan: putting an end to the Decepticons' continued attempts at tracking down their base. From the safety of the real base, Jolt and the others watched as Thundercracker was lured to a decoy base, which he was allowed to destroy. Rush
After hearing the kids talk of their day out at the movies, Jolt asked if he could join them on their next outing. They approved, suggesting he pass himself off as a cosplaying fanboy to blend in with the other moviegoers. Later that evening, Lori alerted the Autobots to a beacon depicting the Atlantis Pattern, emanating from some nearby woods. Jolt was the first on-scene, and discovered that the whole set-up was a Decepticon trick. He then pulled back to a safer distance, and warned his team when he noticed some humans inbound. As neither side wanted to be discovered by more of the locals, the battle was brought to an abrupt halt, and all combatants withdrew. Speed
During some downtime, Jolt was happy to learn more about Earth by channel surfing, but the other Mini-Cons and the children soon grew bored. On Bud's suggestion, they all headed into town for "play-dates" at the children's houses. Jolt gave Lori a lift in his helicopter mode, but on their way Six-Speed an Reverb, then carrying Bud and Coby, were pulled over by the police. Jolt was unsure on how to deal with the situation, as interfering with the local authority was against his Prime Directive, but his passenger convinced him to bend the rules for the boys' sake. Jolt had Six-Speed and Reverb use their holographic displays to trick the officers into thinking the vehicles they had pulled over were being driven by the President of the United States and her Vice-President. With the officers sufficiently baffled by this turn of events, the group made good on their escape. Jolt joined Reverb, Coby and Bud at the Hansen household, where a collection of family photos grabbed his attention. The photos prompted a discussion on "family," and Coby explained the concept to the alien robot best he could. Then the boys' parents returned home unexpectedly. Coby scrambled to hide his guests from being discovered, narrowly succeeding in his task. Having once more avoided being discovered by adults, Coby and Jolt enjoyed watching a sunset together, only for the moment to be spoiled by a tremor. After meeting back up with Lori and Six-Speed, Jolt contacted Optimus for help, and analyzed the source of the geological disturbance. His scans showed that the nearby Mount McDermott was about to collapse into an underground reservoir, which would flood Rockville, to disastrous results. The Autobots were unable to come up with a solution to save the town, but Coby was struck with inspiration. By pumping out the water before the mountain collapsed, the Autobots allowed the terrain shift without endangering anyone. Collapse
Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Jolt accompanied Vector Prime and the children to a tropical island, only to meet yet another dead end. The children had a brief discussion with Vector Prime on the subject of his temporal powers, during which Jolt let slip that he had the ability to halt time. Vector Prime hushed him before he could go into further detail, and the group moved on to their next destination: the Sahara Desert. Finding the ruins they sought buried under the dunes, Jolt called headquarters for assistance, receiving it in the form of Optimus Prime and Jetfire. Once the ancient city was excavated, the Autobots found what appeared to be the Omega Lock on open display within it! But before they could get to it, the Decepticons appeared and pummeled down Optimus, Vector Prime, and Jetfire. Jolt instructed the children to run while he defended the Lock with Reverb and Six-Speed, but all three Mini-Cons were utterly destroyed by Megatron's "Meteor Attack." Distraught over their untimely end, Vector Prime made use of his temporal abilities to undo the Mini-Cons' death. As events played out again, Jolt, Six-Speed, and Reverb opted to run for cover alongside the children, allowing Megatron free access to the artifact. This Omega Lock turned out to be yet another duplicate, and the Decepticons left as soon as they uncovered as much. Time
Galaxy Force manga
Transformers Legends comic
Jolt was among the Mini-Cons stolen by Megatron in the Legends Universe. Bonus Edition Vol. EX
Toys
Cybertron
- Recon Mini-Con Team (Scout Class, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: GC-07
- Sold only in a three-pack with his teammates Six-Speed and Reverb, Jolt transforms into a helicopter of made-up model. The Hasbro and Takara versions are slightly different, the primary change being differing paint applications; Hasbro Jolt lacks the red paint on the feet, plus has a "window" on the back/underside of his bubble-dome. Jolt's rotor blades are assembled backwards from his character design.
- This mold was also used to make Bit, Platinum Factor, Guardian Sky, and Swashplate.
- Hop (Micron Galaxy, 2005)
- Micron Galaxy ID number: 1
- Part of the "Micron Galaxy" assortment of candy toys for Galaxy Force, this version of Jolt comes with a small plank of chewing gum. Though the mold is largely identical to the normal retail version, it is in fact an entirely new tooling, most notably not being gang-molded with his teammates; his body and feet are actually cast in red plastic rather than being green plastic almost wholly painted red.
- Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team (Scout Class, 2006)
- Part of the final wave of Cybertron Scouts, the Recon Team was entirely redecoed in clear-blue, clear-colorless, clear-black, and opaque-black plastics, a "stealth" coloration, with his blades assembled correctly.
Notes
- Jolt's show model uses the Hasbro Cybertron version's coloration, with the dark gray feet, rather than the Galaxy Force red... slightly odd, since the show was made in Japan.
- Speaking of odd and show models, the model replicates Jolt's paint applications precisely... down to the unpainted green plastic on the thin edges of his predominantly-red torso.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Hop (ホップ Hoppu)
- Hungarian: Forgó ("Spinner", 1st Cybertron dub), Jolt (Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle DVD), Sokk ("Shock", 2nd Cybertron dub)
- Korean: Hop (홉 Hob)
