Jetfire (Armada)

The name or term "Jetfire" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Jetfire (disambiguation).

Jetfire (Armada)/suite

Jetfire is an Autobot from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

"I'm as dry as a dead Dingo's donger!"

Jetfire is probably the best second-in-command Optimus Prime could conceivably have. Jetfire is more than a yes-man; he's the crucial link between Prime's role-necessitated distance and his troops. Though professional and businesslike, Jetfire infuses his interactions with a down-to-earth friendliness. And where Optimus Prime is cautious, Jetfire is more prone to tempered bursts of gusto and bravado. While Optimus Prime is your leader who's your leader, Jetfire is your leader who's your friend. Because of this, Jetfire is very popular among the Autobots.

Most importantly, Jetfire is one of the only Autobots who will tell Optimus Prime to his face when he thinks he's wrong. It is this trait that makes Jetfire indispensable.

Jetfire has a long-lost brother Overcast, and while the two are quite similar in many ways, Jetfire is far more willing and eager to jump into battle than Overcast.

He has a Decepticon alter-ego, Sky Shadow, which he affects when doing undercover missions. He found the name in history archives which referred to a Sky Shadow from the legendary Beast Wars. Nobody's really sure how that works. Maybe it's that bloody Unicron Singularity's doing.

“	Let me tell you my personal motto: VICTORY IS MINE!	”
—Jetfire, Mars

Fiction

Toy pack-in comics

When the Air Defense Mini-Con Team investigated a distress signal against Optimus Prime's orders and fell into a trap set up by Galvatron, Jetfire joined Optimus Prime in rushing to their rescue. The two combined and kicked Galvatron to the sky after a short battle. Shortly after, Jetfire reprimanded the Mini-Cons for not listening to Optimus Prime. Armada Volume 3

Dreamwave Armada continuity

Dreamwave Armada comic

Jetfire was left in command of the Autobot troops on Cybertron after Optimus Prime left to protect the Mini-Cons on Earth. He was unhappy with Prime for this, feeling that he had abandoned the Autobots on Cybertron for his affairs on Earth. When Prime returned to Cybertron to request reinforcements and supplies, Jetfire denied him the former, as he was losing the war and needed every man he could get. Armada #10

LET'S WHACK SOME BUSH--wait, I can't do that stereotype yet? Slag.

Some time later, Hot Shot contacted Jetfire and informed him that Optimus Prime had mysteriously vanished. While Jetfire had no clue as to what was going on either, he agreed to do like the Space Mini-Con Team keep an eye out for suspicious space bridge activity. Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4 Soon enough, Blurr reported that multiple space bridges were repeatedly opening and closing at the Decepticon Command Headquarters. Jetfire decided to investigate, and took a team of Autobots with him to infiltrate the enemy base. Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4 Upon arrival, they found that all the Decepticons in the base had been murdered, and that the space bridge nexus was automatically opening and closing space bridges in an apparent attempt to damage the dimensional wall. Suitably creeped out, Jetfire ordered his troops to take control of the nexus, but was suddenly ambushed by a skeletal samurai. After getting his team to blind the enemy, Jetfire blasted it with all the firepower at his disposal, but only managed to damage its outer shell. Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4

The team eventually made their way to the space bridge nexus, and tried to shut it down. Jetfire thought he caught a glimpse of the lost Optimus Prime in one of the space bridges, but shrugged it off. When all attempts to disable the nexus failed, Jetfire ordered his troops to evacuate while he stayed behind to manually blow up the entire building. Three more powerful enemies arrived through a space bridge, but at the last second, Jetfire caught another glimpse of Optimus Prime in a portal, and dove through it right after activating the explosives. While he successfully reached his lost commander, the two were now stuck on an alternate-reality Cybertron in the process of being devoured by Unicron. Thankfully, Sparkplug, Over-Run and Comettor reached this reality as well, and used the power of Powerlinxing and the Mini-Con Matrix to boost the strength of both Jetfire and Prime. The two Autobots combined and damaged Unicron with a powerful energy blast, then returned to their home universe to prepare for the planet eater's arrival. Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4

Jetfire organized Cybertron's planetary defenses, and when Unicron arrived, he combined with Optimus Prime to attack him head-on. Thanks to the efforts of Over-Run and the Mini-Con population, Unicron was eventually vanquished and peace was brought back to Cybertron. The End

Energon comic

Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, Jetfire was seen flying around in the reconstructed Cyber City. This Evil Reborn He and several other Autobots tried to listen in on one of Optimus Prime's discussions with the Autobot High Council, but were interrupted when Unicron's Four Horsemen attacked the city. What Lies Beneath Jetfire and the others tried to fight back, but were easily taken out by their powerful opponents. However, Optimus Prime managed to link up to Cybertron itself and activate a system-wide upgrade, granting Jetfire a brand new body capable of combining with anyone. He then combined with Ironhide and used his new strength to help drive the Four Horsemen away. What Lies Beneath, Part Two Jetfire and his fellow upgraded Autobots later traveled to Earth to deal with several Terrorcons wreaking havoc in Australia. However, despite their new bodies, they soon found themselves outmatched by the Terrorcons' use of pure Energon. What Lies Beneath, Part Three Combined with Ironhide, Jetfire participated in a plan to trick the Terrorcons into shooting each other, but the enemies still weren't driven off until the Omnicons arrived as reinforcements. What Lies Beneath, Part Four

After returning to Cybertron, Jetfire spent a whole lot of time sweet-talking various governors into granting him the resources and funding needed to construct a base on Earth. As such, he was fairly irritated when it seemed Ironhide wasn't finishing the base components on schedule, and told the engineer that he better not let them down. It didn't help that Ironhide suddenly disappeared while out on an errand, so Jetfire went out to search for him, grumbling about new recruits who were always looking for adventure. After stumbling upon a damaged Cliffjumper, he eventually found Ironhide next to an armed seismic-shock warhead. After the warhead had shut down, Ironhide explained that he had built it long ago but made sure it wouldn't go off, and that a a Decepticon had just forced him to reactivate it. Jetfire was proud that Ironhide was able to confront his past mistakes, and told him he finally sounded like a true Autobot. Aftershock

Some time later, Optimus Prime vanished, having stepped into a space bridge on Earth but never arrived on Cybertron. This gave Jetfire a headache; partially because they needed him to deal with unrest among the human population, but mostly because it meant he had to shoulder Prime's responsibilities of asking the ever-unhelpful High Council for reinforcements for Earth. While the council was hesitant about his request at first, councillor Avalon convinced the other members to grant Jetfire's request. Multiplicity Jetfire was thankful to Avalon, who explained that the other councillors were just unwilling to accept that they were at war again, and complimented Jetfire on how he had handled things. As Jetfire lamented the loss of Optimus Prime and Avalon comforted him, Prowl burst into the chamber and reported that Terrorcons were assaulting four major Earth cities. Jetfire ordered for the reinforcements to be prepared at once, then took a bunch of Autobots through a space bridge to Los Angeles. Multiplicity, Pt. 2 They defended the city from a thousands of Insecticons, but quickly started to get worn down by the sheer number of them. Multiplicity, Pt. 3

When Hot Shot reported that Megatron had come back from the dead and was wiping out Terrorcons in Toronto, Jetfire didn't believe it at first. Even when he accepted the fact that Megatron was back, he ignored the hows and whys as he had to focus on conserving energy for the battle with the Insecticons. Thankfully, Rad White showed up to power the Autobots up with Energon is gaseous form, allowing them to recover and drive the Insecticons away. Jetfire approached the revived Decepticon leader, who told him that he wasn't done killing Terrorcons just yet, and left him with a message: "Optimus Prime sends his regards... from the belly of the beast!" Multiplicity, Pt. 4 Jetfire later reported Megatron's return and his message to the High Council. No Exit

Energon ceased publication before the story could conclude. The following would have taken place in unpublished issues.

Jetfire and the Autobots continued to hold Earth despite the absence of Optimus Prime. Doomsday Redux! As Unicron was within days of reaching Cybertron, Jetfire and Perceptor held out hope that Optimus was alive inside Unicron, and capable of acting. When the Autobots got word that Kicker and Alterenergy were under attack, Jetfire dispatched Grimlock and Swoop to their aid. Armageddon Part 1

Jetfire soon found himself in an impossible situation. Earth was only protected by the presence of the energon grid holding back the Terrorcons. However, Autobot forces on Mars desperately needed reinforcements in the form of Omega Supreme. Even if Jetfire dropped the grid briefly to allow Omega through, it was also create an opportunity for Demolishor, who had kidnapped Kicker, to escape with his valuable hostage. Jetfire prayed his friends from Alterenergy could rescue Kicker in time, before there was no one left on Mars to help. Armageddon Part 3

The situation became more complicated as Megatron emerged from self-imposed dormancy, launching an attack on the energon towers from inside the grid. Jetfire was desperately low on troops to commit to this new Decepticon attack, on top of the search for Kicker and the Mars reinforcements. The final domino fell when Perceptor picked up a signal from Unicron itself sent by Optimus Prime. Jetfire chose to drop the grid, negating the need for troops to protect the towers from Megatron and letting him redistribute forces to Mars and Unicron. He regretfully informed Rad that Kicker was on his own. Jetfire himself made his way to Prime's position, clearing out the Terrorcon hordes to reunite with his leader. Armageddon Part 4

Surrounded by Terrorcons spawned by the awakening Unicron, Jetfire and Prime fought a losing battle until Unicron was distracted by the revenge of Megatron. They returned to Cybertron and rallied the entire Autobot and Decepticon armada for defense against the Chaos-Bringer's return. Armageddon Part 5

Panini Armada comic

When Optimus Prime left for Earth, Jetfire was apparently left behind to look after things on Cybertron. Prime contacted him for help when the Decepticons were looking for Mini-Cons on the moon, as the space bridge on Earth was damaged and unable to send any of Prime's Autobots there. Jetfire agreed to use a space bridge on Cybertron to send Scavenger and Smokescreen to fight the Decepticons on the moon. Between Two Worlds!

He eventually traveled to Earth himself. Jetfire's profile

MegaWing Galvatron instructions

During the Unicron Battles in one universe, the power of Jet Convoy was challenged by Dark MegaWing Galvatron. MegaWing Galvatron instructions

Timelines

A Transformium version of Hot Shot observed Blurr and Jetfire when he passed into their reality from the negative polarity universe. Coalescence

Games

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Jetfire participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:

• Jetfire Armada — This Epic character was a reward to 10 leagues (yes, just 100 players!) in the "Armada: Episode II" Medium event.
• Energon Jetfire — This Epic character debuted in the "Energon: Episode I" event. He could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Notes

• The Armada Jetfire toy's appearance and transformation sequence is an homage to Generation 1 Galaxy Shuttle. This was confirmed by then-head designer Aaron Archer during his stint as 'ORSON' on the TFW2005.com boards.
• According to the Transformers Collectors Club magazine, the vehicle mode of this Jetfire is inspired by the X-71 Shuttle from the 1998 film Armageddon.
• An unused concept for a potential Botcon 2017 figure would've seen a new Jetfire from Titans Return Sentinel Prime in Armada colors with a Comettor Titan Master redecoed from Apeface.
• Jetfire made a cameo appearance in IDW Publishing's Valentine's Day Special.

Foreign names

Armada

• Japanese: Jetfire (ジェットファイヤー Jettofaiyā)
• Hungarian: Géptűz (Armada, "Planefire")
• Mandarin: Jī huǒ (Armada, 激火，"Ignite")
• Korean: Jetfire (제트화이어 Jeteuhwaieo)
• Polish: Myśliwiec ("Fighter Plane")
• Romanian: Flamă
• Ukrainian: Blyskavka (Блискавка, "Lightning")

Energon

• Japanese: Skyfire (スカイファイヤー Sukaifaiyā), Skyfire Sonic (スカイファイヤーS (ソニック) Sukaifaiyā Sonikku),
• Hungarian: Lángcsóva ("Flameburst")

Cybertron

• Japanese: Dreadrock (ドレッドロック Doreddorokku)
• Hungarian: Röptűz ("Flyfire")
• Korean: Dreadrock (드레드록 Deuredeurok)
• Mandarin: Tiān Huǒ (天火, "Sky Fire")