Cloudraker (G1)
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- Cloudraker is an Autobot Clone from the Generation 1 continuity family.
If ever there was a robot in need of years in therapy, Cloudraker is he. Nothing is good enough for him. He envies his younger clone brother Fastlane's popularity and social skills, wishes he was on the ground with people while simultaneously being terrifed of being grounded. In response to this fear he flies as high as possible, but then becomes frustrated by being bound in an atmosphere. Internal malfunctions lead him to feel claustrophobic at all times, even when flying in an empty sky. Simply a mass of crossed circuits, phobias and frustrations, it's a wonder he's able to function at all. On top of the psychological problems he can also suffer "mode-lock", trapping him in one form.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Danny Mann (English), Ken Narita (Japanese), Bernd Simon (German, "The Rebirth, Part 2")
Upon arriving on Cybertron, Optimus Prime told Fastlane and Cloudraker to search for Kup and the rest of the Autobots who had travelled to the Plasma Energy Chamber. The Rebirth, Part 1 Since Kup's crew were on a plasma-charged rocket ship halfway to Nebulos by that point, the Clones had little luck finding them. The Rebirth, Part 2
The Headmasters cartoon
- Voice actor: Ken Yamaguchi (Japanese)
Fastlane and Cloudraker were once friends with another pair of Cybertronian Clones named Pounce and Wingspan. The two duos lost contact with each other for some time, during which Pounce and Wingspan joined the Decepticons. Fastlane and Cloudraker were confronted by their old friends, who were looking to take a golden skull from their Autobot counterparts and use it to collect a unique energy source from the Pirate Planet. While trying to keep the skull from the Decepticon Clones, Cloudraker and his brother made contact with the Autobot Headmasters aboard the Battleship Maximus. Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship
The Clones accompanied the Headmasters back to Earth, and remained there allied with Metroplex and Spike Witwicky when Fortress took his men to defend the planet Master. As the Decepticons began a series of attacks around the globe, Spike dispatched Fastlane, Cloudraker and the Throttlebots to Santiago, Chile to investigate the emergence of one of Scorponok's Death Towers. They were thoroughly trounced by Predaking, who was guarding the tower. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)
Transformers in 3-D
Following the destruction of Cybertron's energon supply by Galvatron, Cloudraker and Fastlane were on Optimus Prime's team for a mission to destroy the Nullification Cannon. The two clones dealt with Blast Off by luring him through a door and then clocking him on the head with a metal bar. Once the coast was clear, Optimus insisted on going on alone. The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Fastlane and Cloudraker served as security officers for Fortress Maximus inside the Garrus-9 penitentiary. When the Combaticons raided the facility, the clones fought alongside Jetfire and the Technobots, but ultimately failed to prevent the Decepticons from making off with the Monstructor Six. Spotlight: Doubledealer Cloudraker fell in battle along with several Technobots, but the extent of his injuries was unclear. Spotlight: Arcee He later got to go "oooh, shiny!" at a deactivated Bludgeon. Spotlight: Sideswipe
After the war, Fastlane and Cloudraker returned to Cybertron and were seen hanging out at the Blurr-run Maccadam's Old Oil House. Night and the City When the Autobots were banished from Iacon, Cloudraker went neutral and stayed behind to work as a reporter for the Iacon Communication Service. Three Monologues
Regeneration One
Some twenty-odd years after the war supposedly ended, Cloudraker joined Blades, Doubleheader, Skyhammer, Dogfight, Crossblades, Jetfire, and the Aerialbots in defending Cybertron against Bludgeon's Warworld, as a diversionary tactic devised by Prowl to allow the Wreckers to sneak aboard the Decepticon mothership. Destiny, Part Four Destiny, Part Five
Beast Wars: Uprising
During the campaign on Nebulos, the Autobot Clones were captured by the Decepticon-Hive alliance and subjected to horrific experiments by Fausto Borx and Zarak. A Brush With Infamy–Prologue
Commercial appearances
Cloudraker and Fastlane encountered Pounce and Wingspan out in the wilderness and transformed into their vehicle modes to evade the Decepticon clones' weapons-fire. Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial
Games
Transformers Legends
Cloudraker was stationed at a Sun-Farming facility along with Fastline. When Thunderwing's forces attacked, Cloudraker was the first to attack, however the Decepticons triumphed, forcing Sideswipe's team to abandon the facility. Revalation
Toys
Generation 1
- Fastlane & Cloudraker (Clones, 1987)
- Japanese ID number:
- Accessories: 2 Gravity-rod rifles
- Cloudraker was available in a two-pack with his brother/clone, Fastlane. He transforms into a futuristic jet fighter. Cloudraker has two heat-sensitive rubsigns on his chest—one indicates he is an Autobot, the other reveals a plane image, indicating which Clone he is. Or you can tell them apart by their legs; Fastlane's legs are a single block whereas Cloudraker has individual legs.
Generations
- Wingspan vs Cloudraker (Legends Class 2-pack, 2017)
- Released as part of the Titans Return subline of Generations, Cloudraker is a retool of Fastclash, transforming from a robot to a futuristic jet fighter in a few steps.
- As with all four of the clones in this line, Cloudraker has a (non-heat-sensitive) painted symbol evoking his original rubsign.
- He was packed with Wingspan, who is a retool of Pounce. The two pack is to be released as a Walgreens exclusive in the U.S.
Legends
- Legends Cloudraker is a redeco of his Generations toy with a color layout based on his appearance in The Headmasters. He is sold in a two-pack with Fastlane.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese: Cloudraker (クラウドレーカー Kuraudorēkā)
- French: Aéropro (Canada)
- Italian: Geminus
- Mandarin: Téng Yún (China, 腾云, "Prance onto the Cloud")
