Overcast (Energon)
| The name or term "Overcast" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Overcast (disambiguation). |
- Overcast is an Autobot from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Overcast doesn't share the love of adventure his brother Jetfire has. In fact, Overcast refused to get involved in the war with the Decepticons, and vanished for centuries, exploring the cosmos... until one of his favorite planets was consumed by Unicron. Realizing that Megatron was working to restore the monster, Overcast reluctantly returned to his brother and took up arms in order to prevent Unicron's rebirth.
He may not like fighting, but that doesn't mean he's not good at it. He's got his brother's speed and strength, and a considerable amount of skill in combat.
Fiction
Timelines
During the Unicron Singularity crisis, Overcast served aboard the Autobot flagship Iron Hope. He was called into action during a Decepticon attack on the ship, and battled a trio of Decepticon jets alongside Quickstrike, Skyblast and the Sky Scorcher Mini-Con Team. Force of Habit
TransTech
Overcast worked at the Astrometrics Division in Axiom Nexus. Andromeda interviewed him on how he had been a good Sandokan by helping out Spy-Eye when the drone had gotten lost. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/07/30
Toys
Energon
- Overcast (Mega, 2005)
- A redeco of the Energon Jetfire toy (and part of the final assortment of Energon toys), Overcast transforms into a Cybertronic space shuttle. In this mode, he has a working spring-activated gripper-claw, plus a spring-loaded missile launcher mounted under his nosecone, which becomes a hand-held weapon. When transforming him to robot mode, pushing his head/neck plate down onto the torso activates the classic "transformation" sound effect. His left shoulder-armor has a spark crystal that can be used as a mounting point for an energon star.
- As a Powerlinx combiner, Overcast can also form the upper or lower half of a super-robot, and is compatible with most Deluxe or Mega-class Autobot Energon toys.
- Overcast has oddly non-symmetrical deco as far as his arms go. His right arm has an off-white-painted grill, with unpainted off-white plastic as the outer panel of his forearm. The left arm, however, has a silver-painted grill, with the outer panel on the forearm also painted in silver, plus a small red application on a raised area. What's the dillio?
- A slightly deco-tweaked version of this toy was used to make the "Sonic" upgrade of Jetfire in the Takara Super Link line.
Notes
- In Japan's Superlink line, the Overcast concept is known as Skyfire Sonic, who is just an upgraded version of Skyfire (Jetfire in the U.S.). Having been animated in Japan, the Energon cartoon therefore represents the Superlink upgrade scenario (as opposed to killing off Jetfire in a Calculon-esque identical twin story). Only the US toyline treats this incarnation as a separate character, similar to Landmine/Landquake and Cliffjumper/Beachcomber.
