Blackout (Terrorcon)
| The name or term "Blackout" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Blackout (disambiguation). |
- Blackout is a Terrorcon from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Among the hordes Shadowhawk Cosmo Type Terrorcons, one individual named Blackout stands out among the crowd. He serves Alpha Q as a spy.
Fiction
Energon cartoon
Desperate for energon, Blackout and another Shadowhawk took refuge in the energon tower located near Desert City. This somehow prevented the tower from reaching its maximum output, leaving Earth's energon grid unable to power up—a dangerous situation as Megatron was planning to bombard the planet with artificial comets.
At some point, Blackout and the other Shadowhawk apparently encountered a pair of Skyblasts and took them offline.
Kicker and Ironhide discovered Blackout and his comrade when they went to investigate the cause of the tower's malfunction. Blackout attacked them with his Energy Raiden, which Ironhide managed to blow up in mid-air. Alpha Q then communicated to Blackout that he should not attack, which Kicker somehow overheard.
Kicker then tried to lure the Shadowhawks out of the energon tower by using Ironhide's energon star as bait. Unfortunately, Blackout and his comrade were damaged to the point of being unable to move from the floor. Kicker then jumped down to bring the energon to them—prompting the frightened Terrorcons to open fire on him.
Ironhide blocked their shots with his body, however, and Kicker continued forward, dropping the energon star in front of the Shadowhawks. After absorbing energy from it and healing, Blackout, the other Shadowhawk, Kicker and Ironhide withdrew from the tower to Desert City proper. Ironhide held the two Terrorcons in his arms as they watched the artificial comets explode against the energon grid, creating a fireworks-like display.
Not too long after, Rodimus showed up in a spaceship to pick up the two Shadowhawks. Unbeknownst to the Terrorcons, though, Ironhide had placed a tracer on both of them... Energon Grid
One of the two Terrorcons were dispatched to Megatron's location to spy on him. Carlos, using Ironhide's transmitter readings, tracked the two Shadowhawks and discovered the signals coming from two entirely separate locations on opposite sides of the galaxy, leaving the Autobots somewhat puzzled. Go for Unicron!
Toys
Super Link
- Shadowhawk Cosmo Type (Basic, 2004)
- ID number: SD-13
- Accessories: 2-piece "Energy Raiden", Decepticon-style energon chip
- A redeco of Divebomb, Shadowhawk Cosmo Type transforms into a robotic bird of prey. Twin clear-plastic "energon" blades can attach to his bird-mode neck or be used as robot-mode claw-held weapons, held as either melee weapons (via the handle) or blasters (via the "connector" pegs). The blades can be combined together to form an "Ultimate Energon Weapon", the hooked blade "Energy Raiden". The spark crystal on his chest can accommodate an energon chip. These energon parts are the same light green as the Hasbro Battle Ravage energon parts, rather than the medium-green of the normal Divebomb.
- Despite the change to the toy, it comes on the same cardback, with the same bio card, as the normal Shadowhawk. The only difference is the addition of "Cosmo Type" to the cardboard insert inside the bubble above the name.
- Shadowhawk Cosmo Type was a somewhat-limited retail release during Super Link, and arguably the hardest to come across (for a time, at least; apparently many surfaced at blowout prices towards the end of the line's retail run). Unlike Command Jaguar Desert Type/Command Ravage, who also appeared in the Energon cartoon, Shadowhawk Cosmo Type was not released by Hasbro as part of the Energon toyline, technically making Blackout one of the few Energon show characters not to have a North American toy release.
- This mold was also used to make the "Dawn of Future's Past" versions of Laserbeak and Buzzsaw.
Notes
- In Super Link, Blackout is referred to as "Shadowhawk", the name of his base Terrorcon type. It appears that his existence as an individual character is an Energon dubbing mistake. (For what it's worth, the Divebomb-type Terrorcons are never called "Divebomb" during the course of the show.)
