Jetstorm (RID)

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

Jetstorm is an Autobot Mini-Con from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

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Of the two Mini-Cons under the tutelage of Drift, Jetstorm is the more impulsive one. He is prone to acting without thinking and acts of inappropriate behavior (such as speaking without permission), which naturally causes friction between him and the exacting perfectionist, Drift. Jetstorm however tends to make the issue worse in his haste to correct the offense, sometimes having blown the original problem out of proportion in his mind.

Though he still has a lot to learn, Drift's training has certainly made him into a tough fighter already. He is bright and creative, coming up with effective strategies that Drift would never have tried. And he's certainly a mean swing with his nunchucks. If he, Drift and Slipstream can work out those teamwork issues, they'd be nearly unstoppable.

Fiction

2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

Voice actor: Roger Craig Smith (English), Tasuku Hatanaka (Japanese), Renato Novara (Italian)

Jetstorm and Slipstream accompanied their master to Earth when he went to collect the bounty on Bumblebee and immediately found themselves tangling with Fracture and his Mini-Cons. Jetstorm managed to rope Airazor only to be reprimanded by Drift for showing off. The Decepticons retreated and the Autobots returned to their scrapyard base, where the two Mini-Cons were kept entertained by Russell and Fixit. They reattached themselves to Drift when Fixit detected a Cybertronian life signal, and later when Fracture attacked, Drift ordered the pair to protect Bumblebee. Despite their orders, the two Mini-Cons were drawn to protect Russell and Fixit from the Decepticon Mini-Cons, and during a distraction the pair hijacked Fracture's ship, freeing the captured Autobots and using it to threaten Fracture. Unfortunately they crashed the ship, but they did get some rare praise from Drift before they left the planet. Hunting Season

After accidentally polishing Drift's sword incorrectly, Jetstorm fled in an escape pod rather than face his master's wrath. Arriving on Earth, he instead intended to become student to Russell, however when Drift and Slipstream came in search of him, he conceded that he would be more useful in the fight teamed with them. Russell continued to stick up for Jetstorm, and following a run in with Quillfire and Springload who had commandeered a giant tank, Drift decided he and his wards would stay with Bumblebee's team to learn cooperation. One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing

The two Mini-Cons and their master accompanied Bumblebee's team to a derelict ship at the bottom of the sea off the coast where they attempted to capture Octopunch. While moving through the ship's corridors, they became trapped with Sideswipe and attempted to spend their time in captivity meditating, until they were eventually able to escape. Deep Trouble

During a hunt for Fixit, the two Mini-Cons had to deal with a bear, though Jetstorm came off second best. They were the first to be blasted when Fixit reverted to his original guard programming, and along with their master, were trapped in containment fields. The Trouble with Fixit After the Autobots were trapped outside their own base using subsonics, Jetstorm and Slipstream were literally catapulted inside and kept Fracture's Mini-Cons busy until the base could be retaken. Lockout

2015 Robots in Disguise books

Following Filch's escape, Jetstorm and Slipstream created sparks with their swords, luring her in so that Denny could catch her with his electromagnet. Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard

After doubt was thrown on Drift's motives, Drift left the team and Bumblebee tried to interrogate Jetstorm and Slipstream to find out what they knew. The pair eventually opened up after Russell won them over and admitted they knew Drift used to be a Decepticon. A short time later the scrapyard was taken over by Foxtrot and Stilts, but Jetstorm and Russell were able to escape into the woods and alert Drift to the situation. They posed as Drift's prisoners so the Autobot could pretend to be a Decepticon and free the captive Team Bee. Drift's Samurai Showdown

Toys

Robots in Disguise

• Autobot Drift & Jetstorm (Mini-Con Deployer, 2015)

Notes

• In the Japanese dub of the series, Transformers Adventure, Jetstorm and Slipstream end every sentence with de gozaru, an archaic honorific associated with the samurai. Drift uses it, too, but a bit more reasonably; the Minicons use it to comedic excess as their verbal tic.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Jetstorm (ジェットストーム Jettosutōmu)
• Mandarin: Tiān Bào (天暴, "Sky Storm")