Jet pack
Jet packs, or rocket packs are a type of back-mounted thruster system that allow an Autobot an extended levels of flight. They equip Autobots with the means to journey to locations their ground-based forms would otherwise not grant them access to.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
When the Decepticons blasted off in their space cruiser Optimus Prime ordered Sideswipe to fork over his rocket pack so he could give chase. The rocket pack fell short of matching the space cruiser's velocity and Optimus tumbled back down to Earth. More than Meets the Eye, Part 3
Bumblebee wore his own pack while he and Powerglide investigated strange energy readings which turned out to be island in the middle of the ocean. Bumblebee was attacked by a flying dinosaur that damaged his jet pack. Powerglide was attempting to repair the jet pack when they were suddenly attacked by another larger dinosaur. After Powerglide abandoned the jet pack it was stepped on and crushed by the pursuing dinosaur. Dinobot Island, Part 1
After the energy tapping of Dinobot Island caused instability all across Earth, Optimus Prime and the Autobots used a number of jet packs to fly to the island. Dinobot Island, Part 2
Before the Autobots went flying out into space, Sky Lynx ordered to them, "Don your rocket packs!" They didn't appear to be wearing any rocket packs but they were flying anyway, so who the hell knows. The Face of the Nijika
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers manga
During a battle at Autobot Headquarters in Arizona, Sideswipe used his rocket pack to blast off into an aerial attack on the Decepticons. He was bombed out of the sky by Blitzwing. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2
Story of Binaltech
After taking serious damage from a Cosmic Rust attack, Sideswipe was rebuilt into a new Binaltech body. The new body dispensed with his rocket pack as a separate device, incorporating its booster capabilities directly into his back. Story of Binaltech, Chapter 1
Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga
Sideswipe used his rocket pack in an attempt to catch up to Octane, who had stolen a payload of energon. Henkei! Henkei! volume 6
Animated
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Endgame, Part I Endgame, Part II
Toys
Universe (2008)
- Sideswipe (Deluxe, 2008)
- Series: Classic Series
- Sideswipe's "supercharger intake" could double as his rocket pack when plugged into his back in robot-mode.
- It was not included with TakaraTomy's Henkei! Henkei! Lambor release.
Timelines
- Sideswipe (BotCon 2010 customization class Deluxe)
- A redeco of the 2008 Universe toy, Sideswipe's "supercharger intake" could double as his rocket pack when plugged into his back in robot-mode.
Rescue Bots
- Jack Tracker & Jet Pack (2011)
- Billy Blastoff & Jet Pack (2011)
- A jet pack was included with the Rescue Bots toy of Jack Tracker which was also sold under the name Billy Blastoff.
- Pressing the yellow button on the jet pack causes the thrusters to spin in opposite directions, simulating flight. The wings can be pushed in and a yellow tab lowered to transform the jet pack into a rescue tool of unclear type for Chase the Police Bot; pushing the yellow nose section in can cause the wings to pop back out.
Masterpiece
- Bumble G-2 Ver. (07-2015)
- This Masterpiece jetpack as worn by Bumblebee in the cartoon episode "Dinobot Island, Part 1" comes with a redeco of Masterpiece Bumble in shiny Generation 2 gold.
Notes
- Artwork provided by Studio OX for the magazine TV Magazine offered its own interpretation of the self-propulsion gimmick that thematically linked all members of the Throttlebots: Wicked sweet jet packs.