Windblade (RID)
| The name or term "Windblade" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Windblade (disambiguation). |
- Windblade is an Autobot from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.
Tasked with a great mission by Primus himself, Windblade has been imbued with heightened senses which give her an almost clairvoyant instinct for finding Decepticons. Her enhanced fighting abilities and power to create powerful blasts of wind make her a formidable foe, though her overconfidence can sometimes lead her to bite off more than she can chew. She likes to give her teammates nicknames, something that's not always appreciated.
Fiction
2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon
- Voice actor: Kristy Wu (English), Hitomi Nabatame (Japanese), Jahel Morga (Latin-American Spanish)
A thousand years ago, Windblade was given a mission by Primus himself, receiving upgrades and being placed in stasis. After awakening on Earth, she began the task of hunting down fugitive Decepticons who had been released as a result of the crash of the Alchemor. While capturing a feline Decepticon, she stumbled on Sideswipe and assumed he was another Decepticon. After a brief fight, that confusion was cleared up and Sideswipe introduced him to Bumblebee's team. She joined the team in heading to a nearby airfield where the Decepticon Zizza was holed up. Though Windblade intended to deal with the situation head on as usual, Strongarm prevented her from potentially endangering the humans Zizza had hypnotized. She instead helped Team Bee keep the humans safe and subsequently took part in a safer plan which Strongarm came up with, successfully capturing Zizza. The Buzz on Windblade
Windblade was again drawn to the scrapyard base of Bumblebee's team, to find Strongarm and Sideswipe had been captured. She went to reconnoiter the steel mill the Decepticons were using as a base, only to be captured herself and be bound to an immense statue which proved in integral part of bringing Megatronus to Earth. Battlegrounds, Part 1 She was able to break free from her bonds to try and prevent Megatronus from reaching the spark fuser which was a vital part of his plan. As the battle wore on, she and the other Autobots managed to drop the arm of the statue on their foe, resulting in his defeat. With the other Decepticons also captured, Windblade opted to remain on Earth with Bumblebee's team. Battlegrounds, Part 2
As Decepticons were being detected far from the scrapyard, Windblade was assigned to be part of an "away team" to hunt them. She and the rest of the team were sent on a mission to the Arctic under Optimus Prime's command, however as they tracked the Decepticon, they found themselves having to deal with Optimus's weakened state as a result of the Primes taking back the power they had bestowed on the Autobot leader. Overloaded, Part 1 After helping rescue Optimus from a cliff and saving the others from an avalanche, Windblade joined in scanning a new color scheme for camouflage purposes. During the capture of Polarclaw, she drove the Decepticon into the water in order to render his sonic roar ineffective and later led the Autobots to one of her caches so the Decepticon could be stored. Overloaded, Part 2
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As they hunted Razorpaw in a desert, Windblade became overprotective of Optimus, almost resulting in her being swept over a waterfall after she overreacted to a woodchuck. As they later faced Razorpaw, Windblade discovered the Decepticon was actually after her as the weakest in the team, but it turned out Optimus had been feigning his injury and took down the Decepticon and his Mini-Cons. Cover Me
IDW Robots in Disguise comic
Following the defeat of Megatronus, Windblade joined Optimus Prime on a mission to the Sierra Ridge mountains. Robots in Disguise #5 The pair searched various caves until they stumbled on Predaking. The Predacon escaped, but left behind a piece of Starscream. Optimus and Windblade took the arm back with them and were able to use it to convince some Vehicons who'd teamed up with Steeljaw that Starscream was dead and the Decepticon army defeated. Robots in Disguise #6
Games
Transformers: Robots in Disguise mobile game
Windblade was among the many Autobots available to repel an Insecticon invasion. Robots in Disguise
Toys
Robots in Disguise (2015)
- Windblade (Legion Class, 2016)
- Part of wave six of Robots in Disguise Legion Class figures, Windblade transforms from a robot into a jet and back.
- Windblade (Warrior Class, 2016)
- Part of wave seven of Robots in Disguise Warrior Class toys, Windblade transforms from a robot into a jet and back. She also has a sword and scabbard and a fan weapon can detach from her head.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Windblade (ウインドブレード Uindoburēdo)
External links
- "Female Transformers Come to the Fore" on USAToday.com
- Windblade design doodles on Jose Lopez's Instagram
