Blurr (G1)
| The name or term "Blurr" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Blurr (disambiguation). |
- Blurr is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
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Blurr is positively and incontrovertibly without possibility of any doubt the fastest-thinking, fastest-talking and fastest-driving data courier and messenger from the planet of Cybertron, and if you or your friend or anybody else you know or anybody else you might not know or in fact anybody at all wants to send any kind of message or dispatch or parcel or data or in fact anything at all to any base or station or out-of-the-way depot, barracks, headquarters, outpost, or post office and it is absolutely essential to deliver it immediately or at the earliest opportunity and without any delay of any kind regardless of Decepticons or obstacles or foul weather or gloom of night then Blurr's the one to pick, sir, so just give him the good word and the item in question and Blurr is off like a Cybertronic race horse, if there were such a thing as a Cybertronic race horse, and if such a beast was able to break the sound barrier on land and leave only dust clouds and lingering after-images, because Blurr leaves only dust clouds and lingering after images, but he'll be off that quickly with your message in hand, and if any hostile power or enemy or Decepticon ambush should get in the way then he'll hit them with a blast from his electro-laser which will reverse the polarity of their microcircuits and they'll be stopped. Dead.
His Targetmaster partner is Haywire, who sometimes becomes his head as a Titan Master.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Blurr first raced onto the scene during the Battle of Autobot City and continued to serve under Rodimus Prime for years afterward. In one splinter timeline, he became a Targetmaster, while in another, he became a Headmaster. In both, he went fast.
Marvel Comics continuity
Marvel The Transformers comics
Blurr was four million years old. Skin Deep
Hundreds of years ago, Blurr and Hot Rod were captured by aliens from the planet Tyroxia, but Hot Rod managed to escape in a ship. The ship was pursued by the Tyroxians, but the aliens were intercepted a ship piloted by the Autobot Kup, an old-timer who was suffering from combat fatigue and had sent himself off to pasture. Hot Rod implored Kup to help him and Blurr, but Kup maintained that he was done with the war and was of no use to anyone. Ultimately, Kup had to rescue Hot Rod and Blurr from the Tyroxians one final time, and the old mech decided to give the war one more go. Kup's Story!
Blurr was part of Fortress Maximus's unit on Cybertron when the commander reached a turning point. After Blurr helped free a group of captive Autobots being herded into the smelting pool, Fortress Maximus announced that he was quitting the war and leaving for the peaceful planet Nebulos. Blurr and the others were stunned by this announcement, but nonetheless decided to join Fortress Maximus in his exile.
Blurr was sent as an ambassador to the Nebulan capital city, Koraja. However, the politician Zarak did not trust these visitors to his world, and so he sabotaged the meeting to convince the others to rise up against the Autobots. While Blurr spoke, Krunk fired a magenetic polarizer weapon at Blurr's arm, which caused it to spasm and topple a fountain sculpture. As the debris bounced around, endangering the surrounding civilians, Zarak's personal militia retaliated, and Blurr fled.
Fortress Maximus didn't give up on peace with the Nebulans, however, and he took Blurr and the others back into Koraja. In order to prove to the Nebulans that he could be trusted, Fortress Maximus offered his head to them. A few other Autobots followed his lead and offered their heads, while Blurr and the rest surrendered only their weapons. Ring of Hate!
The headless Autobots were kept under surveillance by the Nebulans, while Blurr's group of weaponless Autobots retreated to the forest, where they began construction of their headquarters. When the Council of Peers arrived to inspect the Autobots' efforts, Blurr showed them around. He pointed out Hot Rod, who was listening in on their Cybertron headquarters, but not transmitting anything, lest the Decepticons learn their location. Zarak and Vorath took this opportunity to lock onto the frequency, and they later used this information to contact the Decepticons. Broken Glass!
The Decepticons arrived, and after both sides adopted the Headmaster process, the Headmaster Autobots were captured by the Decepticons. Blurr and the remaining Autobots who lived in the forest remained weaponless, so they teamed up with various Nebulans who sided with the Autobot-allied Nebulan Galen and thus were considered criminals by the Council of Peers. Blurr's partner was Haywire, who had, like the others, undergone the Targetmaster process to become a weapon for his partner.
Blurr and the other Targetmasters headed for the Nursery, where they found themselves under attack by Scorponok and the Terrorcons. The Autobots' new Targetmaster powers overwhelmed the Decepticons, but not before the Nursery was reduced to rubble. Zarak, who was Scorponok's Headmaster partner, realized that this war was quickly destroying the planet he loved, and so he freed the Autobot Headmasters, allowing the Autobots to leave Nebulos. The Decepticons followed Blurr and the other Autobots to Earth, where they wished to respond to an Autobot distress signal. Brothers in Armor!!
When Galen died on Earth and his role as Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner was assumed by Spike Witwicky, Spike led Kup and the other Targetmasters on a mission to the Decepticon's island headquarters to rescue his brother, Buster Witwicky. After Blurr and the other Targetmasters were attacked by the island's defense measures, the island transformed into a spaceship and launched into space. The Desert Island of Space! Soon, Fortress Maximus's Autobots met up with the Earth-bound Autobots led by Grimlock, and the two Autobot camps wound up witnessing a battle between Grimlock and Blaster for Autobot leadership. Blurr, along with the Autobots from both camps, began to watch this battle on Earth's moon when Ratbat's Decepticons unleashed a surprise attack. Totaled!
Blurr was enjoying some downtime aboard the Ark when Thunderwing and a motley crew of Decepticons attacked. Responding alongside his commander, Blurr joined in blasting the would-be Decepticon leader and forcing him off the ship. Assault on the Ark!
When the Decepticon Air Strike Patrol attacked MacDill Air Force Base on Earth, Optimus Prime (who had returned to command) led most of the Autobot Army into battle, including Blurr, leaving only a skeleton crew behind on the Ark. The Resurrection Gambit! After Scorponok's Decepticons arrived as well, Prime ordered Blurr and the rest of his troops to return to the Ark, suspecting an unknown entity was orchestrating this battle behind the scenes. All the Familiar Faces! When Blurr and the others returned to the Ark, they discovered that not only was Ratchet missing, but in his absence Blackjack had disabled the skeleton crew and placed bombs on board. Blackjack, who was startled by the Autobots, dropped the bomb, which started the countdown. Kup refused to allow the Autobots to flee the Ark in its shuttles, citing the lack of time to evacuate their fallen comrades in the medical bays, which prompted Blurr to panic. Blurr and the others were saved when Ratchet, who had been kidnapped by Megatron (the mastermind behind the whole affair), arranged for the bombs to be teleported to Cybertron. Instead of blowing up the Ark, the bomb detonated inside Megatron's headquarters, apparently killing both Megatron and Ratchet. Skin Deep
News of Ratchet's demise sent Optimus Prime into a depression, and Hot Rod took it upon himself to snap Optimus out of it. Concocting a scheme wherein a Guardian Mark V battle droid would go "berserk" ended with the unit going on a genuine rampage. Blurr was knocked aside by the Guardian before Prime eventually snapped out of his funk and defeated the droid to save the day. Yesterday's Heroes!
When Thunderwing invaded the Ark once more, this time possessed by the Matrix, Blurr used his speed to good advantage, dodging the Decepticon's attacks and punching the Matrix-aura demon repeatedly. These blows accomplished little, though, and the aura punched him back. All Fall Down The Matrix was believed to be lost in this battle, and so Optimus Prime, who feared the imminent arrival of their race's godlike enemy, Unicron, took drastic measures. The Autobot leader surrendered his forces to Scorponok's Decepticons, hoping to secure an alliance against the coming Chaos Bringer. This did not please Blurr and the other Autobots, who were forced to turn over their weapons and Nebulan partners. Surrender!
Though Unicron was defeated during the Autobots' and the Decepticons' armistice, the latter faction, true to form, turned on their allies in short order. Now under Bludgeon's leadership, they rampaged on the planet Klo, slaughtering its organic inhabitants. The Autobots, likewise under Grimlock's new management, followed Bludgeon's troops, but wound up stumbling into an ambush as soon as they made landfall. Blurr was among the casualties of the battle, his busted-up corpse littering the ground alongside many of his comrades. He was presumably resurrected by the Last Autobot, who arrived to turn the tide of battle alongside Optimus Prime and the Neo-Knights. End of the Road!
Marvel UK future timelines
In the future year 2003, Blurr was among the many Autobots stationed at the Ark when Ultra Magnus began his plans for a new Autobot City on Earth. It was his responsibility to send a hyper-speeded radio signal to Earth's governments, informing them about the secret plans for the city. Apparently, the Autobots decided regular codes would be too much work, so they just had Blurr dictate the plans! Ark Duty He was also on-site a year later at the grand opening of Autobot City, and helped defend their honored human guests from an assault by Shockwave and the Decepticons. Aspects of Evil!
In 1990, Blurr, Kup, and Hot Rod were captured by Megatron, but managed to escape thanks to the efforts of a double-agent named Warmonger. Aspects of Evil!
Megatron went on to lead his Decepticons in an all-out offensive against Autobot City, only to be beaten back by Optimus Prime. Blurr witnessed the Autobot leader pass on the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus before succumbing to the fatal wounds that had been dealt to him in this fateful duel. The Planet-Eater!
Shortly after the attack on Autobot City in 2006, Blurr received some psychic coaching from Unicron to follow the new Decepticon leader, Galvatron, back through time to 1986 and stop his plans. Blurr was joined by Kup and Hot Rod, and upon materializing in the 20th century they joined forces with the local Ultra Magnus. Being as colossally powerful as Galvatron was, Blurr and his allies decided subterfuge was the better course of action than brute force. In order to get Galvatron to return to the future without a fuss, they manipulated him into believing he had traveled cross-time to an alternate 1986, where his actions in the past would have no effect on his future. To this end, Blurr and his allies stashed Starscream's inert form out of the way, Target: 2006 Stargazing disguised Skywarp as the former, and goaded Galvatron into destroying him. It really proved to be that simple, as Galvatron now believe his timeline couldn't come to pass, with Starscream having perished far too early. Galvatron returned to 2006 with his cronies, and Blurr, Kup and Hot Rod quickly followed suit. Target: 2006
Back in his own time, Blurr was among those gathered to hear a message from Bumblebee and Spike as they reported Unicron's encroachment on Moonbase Two. As the Autobots prepared to head towards their allies and help them against the monster planet, they came under attack from Galvatron and his array of goons. Splitting into two groups, they narrowly managed to evade their pursuers by boarding a couple of shuttles and blasting off into space. Judgment Day!
Blurr's group wound up on the planet of Junk, their shuttle badly damaged. They barely managed to get any work done on their ship before Galvatron tracked them down again. Ultra Magnus was torn to pieces in the ensuing battle, and Galvatron took off with the Matrix of Leadership in hand. Blurr bemoaned that, without the Matrix, all hope was lost. Before any other opinions on the matter were offered, the hostile Junkions sprung forth! Thankfully, another ship carrying Hot Rod and several other Autobots arrived, and managed to talk peace with Wreck-Gar, the Junkions' leader. Wreck-Gar's troops rebuilt Ultra Magnus, and everyone on Junk readied for a final confrontation against Unicron. In the clash, the Autobots' ship speared through the titan's eye. Blurr the rest of the crew were separated from Hot Rod inside Unicron, but the former's group found Spike, Bumblebee, and Jazz. They were soon rejoined by Hot Rod, but in his absence he had reacquired the Matrix of Leadership, which had both upgraded him into "Rodimus Prime" and begun a chain reaction inside Unicron, culminating in his destruction! With Unicron's threat now dealt with, the Autobots gathered around Rodimus Prime, who announced that this day would mark a new chapter in Cybertronian history, one that would hopefully contain much peace and happiness. The Final Battle!
After Unicron was defeated in 2006, Galvatron again fled back in time. Unaware of this, the Autobots searched high and low for the missing Galvatron, eventually forced into giving up when no trace of their quarry turned up in months. In Galvatron's absence, Blurr and the rest of the Autobots continued to battle the Decepticons over control of Cybertron, with Shockwave leading the enemy's armies, and Rodimus Prime now as the newly risen Autobot leader. Blurr was part of an Autobot ambush against an airborne hunter squad when, upon the mission's completion, the Autobots finally learned of Galvatron's whereabouts. Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive! Blurr was once again on the team that went back to retrieve him, this time teamed with Kup, Wreck-Gar and Rodimus Prime. Burning Sky! It was déjà vu all over again, as the future Autobots again joined forces with 20th century Ultra Magnus to counter Galvatron's latest scheme. The evil Decepticon planned to use a magma siphon to drain power out of the planet's volcanic core, and gain the strength of a god in the process. Mere seconds after locating Galvatron and engaging him in combat, however, Blurr and Kup were knocked off-line when Galvatron hurled Ultra Magnus's beaten body at them. Hunters After regrouping, the Autobots concocted a plan to steal Galvatron's time-jump trigger device and rewire it to propel them all back to their proper place and time. While Blurr and the others distracted Galvatron, Wreck-Gar and Rodimus Prime attempted to make the proper modifications. In the end, however, only the Autobots were launched back to the future; Galvatron had modified the device so that the temporal backlash did not affect him, and he stayed in the past. Fire on High!
Blurr remained one of Rodimus Prime's finest soldiers in the future. In 2008, he helped defend the Autobot position against a massive Decepticon offensive, The Legacy of Unicron! and accompanied Rodimus Prime on a rescue mission to Earth when the Quintessons lay siege to Autobot City. Space Pirates!
When the timestorm exploded over space in 2009, Blurr joined Rodimus Prime and several other Autobots in travelling back to 1989, in the hopes of somehow removing the menace caused by Galvatron's long-term temporal distortion. Unfortunately, the mechanics of the time-jump mass displacement shunted Optimus Prime and other Autobots of 1989 into Limbo as they arrived, leaving smoldering earth in their wakes. The neophyte Autobot sub-commander Fortress Maximus jumped to the wrong conclusions and led his 20th century warriors into battle with their 21st century counterparts. Blurr was double-teamed by Scattershot and Wheeljack before Optimus managed to communicate with Maximus through the Matrix in Rodimus Prime's chest and call an end to the fighting. Despite being thrown for the loop, AND shot by Galvatron once the Autobots all lined up on one side, Blurr held out through the entire fight, and was still standing during Optimus Prime's climactic brawl with Galvatron, after nearly every other warrior had been downed. Time Wars
After the Time Wars, the Autobots returned to 2009, but found it radically changed in their absence. It seemed the timestream had rebooted itself as if Galvatron had never left for the past to cause the timestorm. With Galvatron still around to lead the Decepticons, they had managed to maintain control over Cybertron after the war with Unicron, and the Autobots held only a meager resistance movement on their homeworld. Blurr, Rodimus and the others returned to this "new" war as best they could, but were hopelessly outmatched on Cybertron. After suffering a communications breakdown with one of their outposts, Rodimus Prime and allies arrived only to find Galvatron had taken control of the base and slaughtered the Autobots present. He saved a particularly gruesome fate for Blurr, and actually tossed the poor Autobot's severed head at Rodimus Prime once he arrived. Aspects of Evil!
In another version of the future, Blurr actually survived! He lived 'til at least the year 2510 when he personally delivered the news to Rodimus Prime that the last Decepticon had been killed and the war was over. Of course, a new war between the Technobots and the Wreckers broke out within a solar cycle, so Blurr still had a chance to get killed in battle. Peace
Rhythms of Darkness!
In yet another alternate future, the Autobots faced near-extinction in 2009 when Unicron destroyed Cybertron and Galvatron had very nearly conquered Earth. Blurr and Kup were killed by Scourge and Cyclonus during the Decepticons' rise to power. Rhythms of Darkness!
Regeneration One
In 2012, while Optimus Prime was away on Earth, Blurr was stationed on Cybertron under the command of Hot Rod. Upon hearing that Soundwave had breached the Hall of Silence and enveloped it in a null field to prevent Autobot intervention, Blurr rushed to Hot Rod's side to inform him as much. Loose Ends, Part 4 Unfortunately, he couldn't provide any useful advice on dealing with the situation. Loose Ends, Part 5 Blurr attempted to find any variance in the null field's field harmonics, but after looking over its entire dome fifty times over, still couldn't find any way to breach it. Without options, Hot Rod was forced to order the destruction of the Hall, inadvertently covering Soundwave's escape with Thunderwing's remains. Natural Selection, Part One
When Scorponok arrived on Cybertron and began corrupting Autobots' programming, Blurr remained unaffected. He saw Perceptor using the "Gene Key" on Over-Run, and knew what to avoid after that. Along with Crosshairs, Grapple, and Hosehead, he formed a small group of survivors. Natural Selection, Part Three They met up with Grimlock and the Dinobots at the Nursery, and joined forces. Natural Selection, Part Four At the Civil Defense Hub, Blurr and the others fought through the evil Autobot and Decepticon defenders, retaking the defense grid. Unfortunately, Ultra Magnus and the Valiant were returning from Earth at that time, and the Decepticon Clones had already keyed in an attack sequence. Even Blurr's speed couldn't race through all possible combinations of the deactivation sequence fast enough, so Crosshairs shot one of the Clones and promised to shoot the other if he didn't shut the missiles down. The Decepticon complied. Natural Selection, Part Five
Blurr worked security at Eugenesis Plaza during Hot Rod's first disastrous speech as leader of the Autobots. Destiny, Part One He later defended the Presidium on the parapets during the Decepticon uprising. Destiny, Part Five
Afterwards, Blurr joined Ultra Magnus in hunting down Galvatron, but they were ambushed by Unicron cultists and lost their quarry. The War to End All Wars, Part 1 He was also seen with a group of Autobots speeding to the rescue of the Primordial Cybertronians when the Primum Fugae attacked. The War to End All Wars, Part 2
Blurr served on the bridge of Rodimus Prime's command vessel Priam when they attacked the Hub Network, but even his hyper-reflexes weren't fast enough to raise shields against Jhiaxus's counter-attack. The War to End All Wars, Part 3 After being held prisoner, the Autobots escaped the Hub after Jhiaxus was taken down by the Underbase. The War to End All Wars, Part 4 Back on Cybertron, Blurr and the Autobots discovered their world corrupted into a global necropolis by the Dark Matrix. They tracked the threat through the space bridge to Nebulos and Earth, and Blurr joined Ultra Magnus's squad on the first world where they defeated the possessed Galvatron and Fortress Maximus. The War to End All Wars, Part 5
Sticker Adventures books
Blurr was part of the crew of an Autobot ship that was studying the Universe. He asked Springer to make note of several nearby stars. After being hit by meteors, they were forced to make landfall on the nearby Junk planet. Once they had landed, Blurr scouted out their surroundings, unaware that he was being watched by the Junkions. Wanting his engine, that Junkions chased him down and attacked the Autobots. The fighting stopped when Kup arrived on-world, and used the universal greeting to calm down the Junkions. Now friends, the Junkions and the Autobots worked together to fix the damaged ship. Blurr and the Autobots then blasted off and went on their way. Battle on the Junk Planet
Marvel coloring books
Blurr was part of a small strike team of Autobots assembled by Ultra Magnus to help the Dinobots, who were currently engaged in battle against the Decepticons, just outside of Autobot City. After they defeated the Decepticons, Blurr and the others were cheered on by the nearby oil rig workers as they drove back to Autobot City. Battle at Oil Valley
Blurr was returning from a road trip with Daniel, Hound and Hot Rod, Bumblebee, Kup, Wheelie, Springer, and Sunstreaker when the group paused to eat at a rest stop. As the Autobots ingested Energon Cubes, Hot Rod asked Kup to tell a story. Kup told the others the story of how, upon first crash landing in Mt. St. Hillary, the Ark had lost an enormous shipment of Energon Cubes that remained lost to the day. Enthralled by Kup's story, the rest of the group were all eager to go looking for this lost treasure. When they realized that Laserbeak had been spying on them the whole time, and would soon inform Galvatron about the lost Energon shipment, BLurr and the others rushed back to Metroplex to inform Ultra Magnus. Blurr was the first to reach Ultra Magnus, but as he was talking too fast, Ultra Magnus could not understand a word that Blurr was saying. After a brief conference, Ultra Magnus led his troops to the Ark's crash site. Finding the Decepticons there already, the two factions began to fight. When the Energon stash was uncovered, it was completely gobbled up by Starscream who proclaimed himself the most powerful Decepticon. With nothing left to fight over, Blurr and the Autobots left Galvatron and Starscream to their squabble. The Lost Treasure of Cybertron
Toy pack-in material
Blurr participated in a tumultuous battle on a moon base, wherein he joined forces with Springer and Metroplex. Together, they tried to slay Galvatron. Decipher the Decepticon
The Decepticons having stolen the Matrix of Creation, Blurr was called up by Ultra Magnus to help retrieve it. The Autobots used an army of decoys to distract the Decepticons, while Blurr, Hot Rod, Kup, and Ultra Magnus infiltrated their base. Blurr then blasted the Matrix out of the crystal that held it, and the Autobots made their getaway. Start Your Own Decoy Collection
Desert of Danger
Blurr was stationed on the planet Nebulos when the Decepticons hatched a scheme to smuggle on-planet Attack Squad robots. He was available as back up to the more active Hot Rod during his missions. Desert of Danger
Autobot Alert!
Alongside Springer and Beachcomber, Blurr was assigned a secret mission; to uncover the location of a sphere of cybertite, containing an ancient Autobot formula. When Decepticon storm troopers blasted their way into the Autobots’ research lab, Blurr was able to escape the skirmish and report back to Autobot headquarters about the situation. Upon his arrival at Metroplex city, Blurr learned that the Autobots had just learned of another crisis at hand; the Decepticons were taking over Earth's communication satellites. In spite of this, both he and Kup insisted that dealing with the Decepticons who stole the coded message should take top priority.
If Ultra Magnus agreed to prioritize theft of the coded message, Blurr was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Blurr took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.
If the Autobots decided to scope out the nearby crater first, Blurr raced Hot Rod to it, finding it void of any Decepticon activity. Combing the crater, the pair then found Beachcomber tied to an explosive device, and set out to rescue him. Once freed, Beachcomber informed the pair that the Decepticons had long ago broken the code and were already en route to retrieve the cybertite sphere. It would now be much to late to catch up to the Decepticons, and all hope to retrieve the orb before them was lost.
If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Blurr was sent ahead to scout out the crater while the rest of the Autobots headed for the California coast. Fast as he was, Blurr was able to make it to the crater, double back, and meet up with the rest of the Autobot forces just as they arrived at the California coast. En route, he had spotted the incoming Decepticons, and warned Ultra Magnus to act quickly. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.
In one of the possible plans that Ultra Magnus came up with, Sludge and Hot Rod worked together to retrieve the sphere from the ship. Blurr was then tasked to return the sphere to Metroplex, while the rest of the Autobots lay hidden, ready to ambush the Decepticons. Autobot Alert!
Ladybird Books continuity
Blurr was one of the Autobot Targetmasters who ruined a Decepticon energy operation at the Nebulan north pole by using thermal lasers to sink Scorponok into the melting ice he had rested upon. Decepticons at the Pole
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
After Shockwave's "joint" takeover of Cybertron with Ultra Magnus, Blurr was among the Autobots who rebelled against the idea. He joined an underground Autobot cell led by Kup and Hot Rod to oppose Shockwave. Along with fellow cell members Hot Rod and Springer, he observed a Decepticon shuttle (actually piloted by the Dinobots) from the Wastelands. Cold War
Later, after Gnaw brought an unconscious Optimus Prime to their base, Blurr and Wheelie tried to subdue the legendary Autobot from mistakenly pounding Gnaw to death after he woke up. (Blurr's attempt was to punch Optimus in the face, which nearly broke his hand. Points for gumption.) Passive Aggression Soon after, Blurr participated in Optimus Prime's Autobot uprising, battling the Decepticons and Guardian robots, which ended Shockwave's rule. Countdown to Extinction
2005 IDW continuity
- First appearance: Spotlight: Blurr
Before the war, Blurr was the number one racer on Cybertron. Spotlight: Blurr He once raced against Drag Strip Iron in the Blood and during the Clampdown, he won the Ibex Cup for the tenth cycle running. Post Hoc When he retired, he planned to buy and run his favourite bar, the Circle. Obsessive mega-fan Swerve mistook a hurried 'yeah go away now' gesture to mean Blurr wanted to open the bar with him. Cybertronian Homesick Blues Another huge fan of his was Bumblebee, who wanted to be as fast as him someday. Ghost Stories
The stardom provided by Blurr's racing success meant he got into the best clubs, was worshiped by fans, and was a grade-A jackass, to the point where he couldn't be bothered remembering his co-workers' names. However all this changed when the war broke out. The race track was bombed and the races themselves canceled. Blurr found himself despairing, due to his life falling apart and to both factions attempting to recruit him. Not long after encountering Starscream, who attempted to convince him to join the Decepticon ranks, Blurr got caught up in a gunfight that resulted in the death of Piston, one of his coworkers, as well as friend and colleague Fasttrack. After being on the receiving end of some harsh but fair words from a young pre-Prime Optimus, he realized that he'd been relying upon the races to give him purpose in life; and beyond that—serving the Autobot cause would give him an even better purpose. Blurr accepted the mission to attempt to inform Zeta Prime of the Decepticons' attack plans and became an Autobot. Spotlight: Blurr
Unfortunately, Zeta Prime went on to become an oppressive tyrant who only pushed the planet further into war, and Blurr would long harbor regret for having saved his life. Night and the City Having found his way into illegal underground racing during Zeta's rule, Blurr was hanging out at the Brake-Street underground racing hub when he witnessed Optimus Prime's rallying call for additional support against the new Decepticon rule. Broadcast He was quick to join the Autobots in Iacon and participate in the battle for control of Cybertron. Endgame During the Autobots' battle with Trypticon, Blurr led a harassment team to lure the monster into a trap. The Illusion of Control
Sometime after that, Blurr was working with Optimus Prime and Prowl in defense of one of Cybertron's major cities. Using his speed, he broke through the Decepticon ranks and kept them distracted while the other Autobots held the line. He and Blaster were seen celebrating later on at the victory party. The Iron Age
In the present day, Blurr began working alongside the Wreckers and was captured by Turmoil alongside several of them, but was rescued by Kup who recruited him into a new elite fighting unit on board the starship Trion. Spotlight: Drift
After Drift was recruited into the crew of the Trion, Blurr spent quite some time playing Go with him, although the name of the game confused him. He later reported Perceptor's status to Kup and helped save Hot Rod from Bludgeon and the Monstructor Six. Lost & Found
Blurr was on the Trion when the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the devastated surface of Cybertron. Blurr and the rest of the team survived the crash and met up with Optimus Prime's unit, who were also stranded on the planet. Prime had suffered heavy damage back on Earth, and Jazz was now in charge. When Jazz got a little uppity with Kup, Blurr tried to bring him down...only to find out that "hard core" beats fast every time. All Hail Megatron #5 The two Autobot units began working together under Kup and Jazz, and found themselves on the run from the Insecticon swarm. All Hail Megatron #6 Blurr and Drift were sent out on scouting patrol to keep the Autobots informed of the Swarm's movements. All Hail Megatron #7
Unfortunately, Blurr was too far away when the swarm actually made their move, and by the time he reached his comrades with a warning, they were already under attack. He later offered to blow up a bridge to keep the swarm away, but Kup wouldn't let him, as not even Blurr could outrun an explosion. All Hail Megatron #8 The Autobot base was eventually overrun by the swarm, but Blurr and the others were saved by Omega Supreme. All Hail Megatron #10
Two years later, Blurr was still stationed on Earth with the Autobots under Optimus Prime's command. After Prime surrendered himself to Skywatch, Blurr initially rejected Hot Rod's proposal to abandon the humans and their planet. He remained behind in the caves with the Autobots who, after a vote, came under Bumblebee's leadership. New Arrivals, Old Encounters Once Ultra Magnus arrived, however, the mood in the camp shifted appreciably. Many Autobots noticed Bumblebee's lack of authority in the shadow of Ultra Magnus and began to worry they would be somehow blamed or even arrested for Prime's actions. Blurr chose to leave the Autobots along with Tracks, Hoist and Beachcomber, and they drove off to find Hot Rod. Not long after their departure, though, the foursome were attacked by a Skywatch patrol. Blurr's comrades were disabled by mode-lock technology, and only his hyper-speed allowed him to escape capture as well. A Rude Awakening
All of Blurr's speed was useless when he didn't know where to go. He wandered the desert for days, fruitlessly trying to reach Hot Rod's group via his Autobot comms. Eventually, he was confronted by Bumblebee and his unit, who had made a Faustian deal with Skywatch to hunt down the Decepticons still active on the planet. Blurr was the first Autobot Skywatch had sent them after, and the Autobots had only agreed after their contact demonstrated the ability to mode-lock the Autobots remotely using the badges which had been provided to them. Blurr, already anxious, didn't take Bumblebee's request to surrender very well, and he actually shot his friend in the chest while trying to escape. He was brought back to the caves by the Autobots, but they ultimately refused to turn him over to Skywatch. They found a way to escape Skywatch's domination when Bumblebee's badge malfunctioned due to Blurr's blast, leaving him unaffected by the mode lock. In order to keep Skywatch in the dark, they enlisted Blurr to recover a duplicate yellow Volkswagen Beetle to turn over to Skywatch as "Bumblebee". Despite his concerns, Blurr reluctantly agreed to help with the plan. The Impossible Knot
It's not his fault, we made him this way
After the termination of their short-lived alliance with Horiuchi, Ultra Magnus returned, demanding assistance from Bumblebee's Autobots to arrest the self-declared "Rodimus Prime" and his followers for colluding with Swindle's Decepticons. Overruling Bumblebee's authority, he also deputised Blurr, dismissing Bumblebee's protests that the speedy Autobot had recently endured a major trauma at the hands of Skywatch. They arrived at the construction site of Rodimus's starship and watched as the two Autobot commanders bickered over the point of arresting somebody for treason now that the war was over. However, all argument between the Autobots ceased when Swindle revealed his treachery through his latest creation: the Stunticon combiner Menasor. Enemies of the System
The battle against the new gestalt warrior was going poorly for Blurr and the others until help literally dropped from the sky...landing right on top of Swindle. Optimus Prime joined the fight and the Autobots eventually managed to subdue Menasor. Earthworks At Bumblebee's discretion, Blurr and the other Autobots allied themselves fully with Skywatch. All His Engines
Four months later, the Decepticons returned to Earth and devastated the Autobot-Skywatch base. Ultra Magnus led Blurr and the others to regroup at Omega Supreme, though they were chased by humans with Cybertronian weaponry on the way. The convoy came to a swift stop when it ran into Megatron, whose new and upgraded body allowed him to shrug off the Autobots' firepower and take them all out with a single blast. Woken Furies
A few weeks later, Blurr was present at Omega Supreme when Rodimus came back from space with a bunch of long-lost Autobots in tow. He listened to Wheelie tell stories, then joined the rest of the Autobots in leaving Earth and returning to Cybertron. Orphans of the Helix Back on their home planet, they fought against both Galvatron's Sweeps and Megatron's Decepticons. Numbers Kings
With the war officially over, unaffiliated Cybertronians came flooding back to Cybertron, and in order to keep everything in check the Autobots had the captured Decepticons act as enforcers. This had the expected results. Blurr, Prowl, and Sideswipe caught Needlenose and Horri-Bull assaulting Tappet for writing graffiti, but to Blurr's confusion, Prowl had him arrest the victim for disturbing the peace. The Autonomy Lesson Blurr later did crowd control against a Decepticon riot that had broken out in response to Ratbat's death. Stick Together
Blurr was soon placed as a guard at the reclamation tunnels, overseeing Decepticons working at sifting through refuse. When Skydive was found murdered in a tunnel, Blurr informed Prowl of the Decepticon's identity and led him to the only witness, Dirge, who was infected with a cerebro-shell. Blurr was shortly ordered to pursue Bombshell, who found aid in the Constructicons. The Decepticons overwhelmed and knocked out the Autobot, but Arcee was sent to the rescue and carried Blurr to safety. Blurr later woke up worse for the wear and berated Prowl for allowing him to enter a dangerous situation without backup. Devisive
In need of something to do while he recovered from his injuries, Blurr remembered his old plan to run a bar one day. He was unsure if it was the right time and place for it, but found support in Ironhide and decided to reopen Maccadam's Old Oil House the next day, leaving the Autobot army behind. A Better Tomorrow While serving Starscream and Metalhawk, he was asked for his input on Turmoil's arrival on Cybertron and told them of his experiences with meeting Turmoil and Drift years earlier. Interference Patterns Bumblebee later approached Blurr asking him for help in finding a lost Ironhide, but he refused to return to the Autobot fold because of Prowl, whose recent actions were reminding him of Zeta Prime and his own regrets about saving the corrupt Prime. He relented once Bumblebee asked him to do it for Ironhide's sake. Night and the City
Blurr was sent out into the Cybertronian wilderness to search for Ironhide and the Dinobots, but was interrupted when a sudden explosion ripped a hole in the ground. He was less than thrilled when Prowl and Wheeljack showed up to investigate, but followed them into the underground where they found the ancient Crystal City and a gigantic inactive Titan. While Prowl wanted to keep everyone else out of the cave, Blurr and Metalhawk disagreed and led several Decepticons into it, and as a result they witnessed the Titan's surprising announcement that Starscream was the conqueror who would unite all Cybertronians. All Good Things
When the Decepticon population began rioting in celebration of Megatron's return, Blurr took refuge in Maccadam's alongside some of his loyal patrons. City on Fire While barring the place up he was approached by Arcee, who claimed Dirge and Swindle had incriminating information about Prowl and convinced Blurr to bring them to Bumblebee. The Verge Agreeing to investigate, Bumblebee and Metalhawk followed them to Prowl's quarters only for the group to be caught in a Decepticon attack. Before the Dawn Blurr was injured trying to protect Swindle, who repaid him by hiding him away from the fighting. Heavy Is the Head
In the aftermath of the battle, Starscream rose to leadership of the neutrals and had all Autobots and Decepticons banished from Iacon. Though he officially left the Autobots in favor of remaining in the city, Blurr had no love for Starscream and flatly refused to let him use Maccadam's as a place to "connect" with the populace. Three Monologues He was then distracted from the rebuilding of his bar by what appeared to be an early sunrise. Dark Dawn The cause of this turned out to be the arrival of the Necrotitan, which proceeded to emanate a wave of destruction that devastated Iacon. Starscream attempted to shield Blurr and several other neutrals from the wave's advance. Winners & Losers As the titan wandered into Iacon, Blurr grabbed a gun and tried to fight it off, Burning Bright then helped Scoop evacuate civilians from the burning city. Finis Temporis
Following the defeat of the Necrotitan, Blurr boarded the returned Lost Light to check out its own bar, Swerve's. He didn't recognize the owner. The Becoming He went on to attend the trial of Megatron Towards Peace and reestablish Maccadam's Old Oil House in Metroplex, what with Iacon being ruined and all. When Cityspeaker Windblade stopped by, he provided her with free drinks and complaints about the recent blackouts. A 'Bot and Her City After Windblade was injured in an explosion, Circuit and Longtooth showed up at Maccadam's looking to interview people on the matter, and Blurr had to show them the exit. He later followed Windblade, Chromia, and the two reporters into Metroplex's insides to confirm Windblade's claim that Starscream was "mining" the titan for Regenesis ore. A Long Way Down With Windblade in danger, Blurr rallied some of his regulars, and the misfit group wound up clashing with Starscream's Terrorcon enforcers. The fight ended with Blurr and the others in custody; Starscream offered him amnesty... if he helped remove Windblade from her position of power, which Blurr wasn't keen on doing. When Chromia arrived to spring the gang, Blurr and the others stayed behind to distract the guards while the two Camiens made their way to Metroplex's command center. Windblade vol. 1 #3 Blurr didn't hold out for long, and wound up unconscious while Starscream set off to confront Windblade. Windblade vol. 1 #4
After Starscream brought Wheeljack back online to help with a secret project, Blurr threw a party at Maccadam's to celebrate the return of his good friend. The World of Tomorrow
Several weeks later, Cybertron had made formal contact with the lost colony world of Caminus, although diplomatic negotiations between the two planets went poorly due to a combiner arms race. During a lull in the fighting, Blurr served drinks to Mirage, Ironhide, and Sunstreaker. You, Me, and the Universe With the combiner crisis averted, Blurr hosted another "Not the End of the World" party. He wound up trading barbs with Knock Out, a Velocitronian delegate whom Windblade had invited to showcase the melding of Cybertronian and Camien culture. Unable to convince Knock Out of their good intentions, Windblade hatched a new plan—enter Blurr into the Benefit 500 on Velocitron to beat them at their own game—a plan that Blurr was eager to get behind if it meant showing up the arrogant Velocitronian who had criticized his weight. Accompanied by Chromia and Ironhide, Windblade, and Blurr bridged to Velocitron. Windblade vol. 2 #4 After arriving at the city of Delta, Blurr joined the race as a last minute entry while Windblade and Chromia went off to meet Navitas, the planet's Titan. Eager to get back into the racing profession, Blurr found that the people of Velocitron were more than a match for the former racer: not only were they faster than him, they were unafraid to deploy all kinds of nasty gizmos to bump him into last place. Gaining a second wind, Blurr landed in first place after Windblade hacked into Navitas's brain module to reshape the track, taking out the competition and guiding Blurr to a suitably flashy victory. As the winner of the race, Blurr used his request to ask the people of Velocitron if they would join the Council of Worlds, to which they agreed. Race Against the Light
After returning to Cybertron, Blurr tried to do the dishes while being accosted by Slug, who had had a little too much to drink. Redemption With five colonies now part of the Council, Starscream decided to throw a new holiday: the completely egocentric Chosen One Day... although things didn't go according to plan. Blurr was once again accosted by a drunk Slug, who appreciated the bartender. He later joined up with Windblade and some of the other delegates to pay Starscream a visit, offering him the gift of friendship for a few hours. Choose Me When a drunk Decepticon began harassing two other customers, Lancer and Greenlight, Blurr called up I.H. Cybertronian Securities to escort him off the premises. 07:00:00 He later participated in the battle against the horde of zombie Titans that attacked Iacon, fighting alongside Knock Out. Desperate Times When it was decided that Cybertron could only survive if Carcer joined the fight in robot mode, Blurr was part of Lightbright's team to distract the Carcerians while Windblade made her way to the brain module. Desperate Measures
"You can't solve all problems by running, Blurr."
When the time came for Earth to properly join the Council of Worlds, Blurr made sure his patrons could watch all the festivities before the Iron Ring struck. When interviewed for his opinion on the matter, Blurr confessed to understanding the humans' anger but felt he should have seen the invasion coming. Primeless, Part 1
Shortly after the invasion, Windblade revealed that "Carcer" had in fact been Vigilem, the Titan of Liege Maximo who had freed his master from confinement before his death and that the ancient Prime was doubtlessly plotting horrible revenge. The news made waves in society and sparked a call for general elections. Leaving Tall Tankor to watch the bar, Blurr went with Fat Tankor and Waspinator to try and convince Windblade to run for office. After Windblade garnered enough signatures to qualify as a candidate, Blurr set up a booth for her to listen to suggestions, comments and grievances from the voters. When Windblade won the election, Blurr took part in the victory party. The Chosen One
Blurr paid little attention to the threat of Unicron, believing it to be the next in a long line of crises that would soon pass. When the monster began physically attacking Cybertron, Blurr remained in his bar until he noticed the magical light of the Talisman making people disappear. While he had an inkling of doubt that the light was simply disintegrating them instead of evacuating them, Blurr overcame his doubts with good faith and unhesitatingly channeled all his power to throw his fellows into the ribbon to save them. Unfortunately, even at full speed, he wasn't fast enough to outrun a collapsing planet, violently exploding as the ground beneath him was torn asunder. Road's End Later, Blurr's spirit appeared among the many dead glimpsed by Soundwave as he sacrificed his own life to help defeat Unicron. Ceremony
United
Blurr was a participant of the Autobots' battles against the Decepticons throughout the ages, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Grapple and Optimus Prime himself. A New Battle!
When a deadly nano-virus infected the Autobots stationed on Earth, Blurr, along with the rest of the Targetmasters and Headmasters, found himself immune to it. Blurr and the rest of the healthy Autobots traveled to Nebulos in order to retrieve a cure concocted by Supreme Scientist Zella. Once there, Blurr determined that there was no Decepticon activity via their ship's computer. Suspicious nonetheless, Kup left Blurr in charge of the ship's computer while he led a squad into the field. Kup's suspicions were confirmed when it was revealed that a squad of Decepticons had hidden in inner-space nearby to avoid detection. The Autobots retrieved the cure nonetheless, and Blurr was commended for his heroic actions when he returned to Earth. The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos
Kre-O online manga
Blurr ran away in fear from Predaking, the combined form of the Predacons. Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit
Titans Return marketing material
Blurr was on Velocitron, competing in the planet's biggest race opposite Wheelie. However, Scourge and Crashbash attacked the race to try and capture Blurr's Titan Master Hyperfire. Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters
Beast Wars: Uprising
During the latter days of the Great War, Blurr was partnered with Haywire and Hyperfire as a Headmaster and Targetmaster. Trigger Warnings
2019 IDW continuity
Bumblebee classified his speed as below that of Blurr but still admirable. The World In Your Eyes Part Three
Precursor World
A particularly blue Blurr was a member of the Blue Order of the Primus Vanguard. He and his comrades followed their commander Blue Big Convoy into battle when a duel between dimension-tossed future warriors Ultra Megatron and Star Convoy threatened the Blue Planet and its people. Super Megatron comic 2
Commercial appearances
- Blurr, Kup, and Hot Rod came to Optimus Prime's aid when the Autobot leader was fighting against Starscream, Skywarp, Cyclonus, and Scourge. Blurr used his speed to good use against both Starscream and Skywarp, but was stopped dead in his tracks by a shot courtesy of Cyclonus. Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Rodimus Prime commercial
- A stone sculpture of Blurr was savaged by Weirdwolf as part of his training. Decepticon Headmasters commercial
- Blurr charged into battle alongside Rodimus Prime, Kup, and Wheelie, firing at the enemy, until he got knocked aside by Sixshot's "rocket car" mode. Sixshot commercial
- Blurr and Rodimus drove to one of the Autobots' laboratory, only to be informed by a distressed Kup that there had been an accident, and that the newest Autobots were monsters! Fortunately, they were still Autobots nonetheless, and helped ward off a Decepticon attack. Monsterbots commercial
- Blurr fought alongside Rodimus Prime on Cybertron as Transformers, both Autobots and Decepticons, left their world to expand the war to the planet Nebulos. Headmaster comic book commercial
Games
The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth
Along with his fellow Autobots, Blurr protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. He was ostensibly under the command of Rodimus Prime. The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth
The Transformers (PS2)
- Voice actor: Jon Umaki? (English)
When Shockwave threatened the universe using Zel Quartz in 2010, Blurr was one of the Autobots warriors who travelled back in time to 2003 to prevent Zel Quartz from ever being cultivated for use by Cybertronians.
Decepticon story
While searching for Zel Quartz in the present, the Decepticons hunted down several leads, including a drill bit forged from a meteorite. Separated from the rest of his team in the crash, Blurr confronted the Decepticons in the desert as they searched for the drill.
Autobot story
Blurr rejoined the present and future Autobots in their campaign after the second false lead for the quartz on Zel Samine. The Transformers (PS2)
Transformers Legends
Following a Decepticon attack on New York City, Blurr joined Mirage's team of infiltrators on a hunt for Decepticons. They were thwarted by three of the Combaticons. War Dawn Blurr joined a team led by Bumblebee to help track down the Predacons. Call of the Primitives
Blurr was involved in a conflict with Galvatron and his Decepticons, which led to his Autobot teammates, Rodimus Prime, Arcee, Ultra Magnus, and Spike being forced to take cover in the Autobot Mausoleum. Dark Awakening
In the aftermath of the restoration of Cybertron, Blurr was part of a team led by Sky Lynx which attempted to map the changes to their planet. They were briefly delayed by Spinister and Acid Storm. The Autonomy Lesson
Angry Birds Transformers
Blurr appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Red. Angry Birds Transformers
Transformers: Battle Tactics
Blurr participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character that could be recruited by collecting 55 units of Cybermetal, and 24 units of Transmetal. Transformers: Battle Tactics
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Notes
- Originally, Blurr was going to be used in Spotlight: Kup, but after re-looking at Trailbreaker's Tech Spec and bio, Nick Roche decided that his power and cheery personality would work better. "It's nice to use a character who gets no love."[1]
- Blurr's death in the fourth issue of the world-ending crossover event Unicron is an homage of sorts to DC Comics' The Flash, who famously died in DC's massive world-ending 1986 crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths. Blurr even refers to the events of the story as a "crisis" to sell the reference. Additionally, he calls himself "the fastest Cybertronian alive" in reference to the Flash's well-known "fastest man alive" tagline, and explains his powers as "fun facts", a play on the "Flash Facts" that the Flash used to explain either his powers or a plot point.
- No matter the continuity, Blurr's pattern of speech inevitably becomes inspired by his original cartoon portrayal's speed-talking. You can try to write him differently. Bob Budiansky did. Shane McCarthy did. But it won't last.
- Forbes.com declared Blurr to be the fastest fictional car, beating out Speed Racer's Mach Five by a top speed difference of over 500 mph.[2]
Foreign names
- Japanese: Blurr (ブラー Burā)
- English: Wally (Omni Productions dub)
- French: Brouillo (Canada), Blurro (France, The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2)
- Hungarian: Blörr, Hadari (The Movie, "Sputtery")
- Italian: Flash
- Mandarin: Luōsuo (China, 啰嗦, "Wordy")
- Russian: Blurr (Блер Bler)
