Jolt (ROTF)

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

Jolt is an Autobot from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.

Kicking Decepticon Skid Plate and environmentally friendly!

Jolt has a tendency towards mischief making. Like any prankster, he's pretty impulsive, and if trouble rears its head, you can bet Jolt is going to be in the middle of it. Luckily, he's got the fighting ability to make sure his head stays on his shoulders, utilizing electric whips in battle.

“	Jolt, electrify!	”
—Ratchet, Revenge of the Fallen

Fiction

Revenge of the Fallen film

When the Autobots mobilized in response to a sudden surge in Decepticon activity, Jolt rolled into action at the head of the pack, but he was not among the Autobot team who fended off Megatron and Starscream after the two Decepticons killed Optimus Prime in a forest brawl. Jolt reunited with the other Autobots before they headed back to the NEST base on Diego Garcia, but the team was scarcely given any time to mourn Prime's passing: As soon as they returned, they were accosted by military forces under the command of Theodore Galloway. The emotionally brittle Autobots did not take this show of force well, and charged their weapons; Jolt began emitting bright sparks of electricity in anticipation of a fight, but things soon calmed down as Galloway announced that NEST was being disbanded by presidential order.

Jolt later accompanied the Autobots and their human allies to Egypt, for a climactic battle against The Fallen's Decepticons. During the course of the battle, Sam Witwicky used the Matrix of Leadership to bring Optimus Prime back to life, at which point the aged Jetfire volunteered to sacrifice himself, so that Optimus could use his parts to give himself a power boost. Following Ratchet's directions, Jolt used his electric whips to link Prime up with Jetfire's remains, generating an electromagnetic field that levitated and bonded the necessary parts to Prime's body, giving him a powerful new flight-capable form which he then used to destroy The Fallen. Revenge of the Fallen (film)

Jolt was not among the lineup of "new arrivals" that Galloway initially complains about. He simply shows up in a scene halfway through the film, with no real explaination.

Toys

Revenge of the Fallen

Legends class toys

• Jolt (Legends, 2009)
  • Japanese ID number:

Deluxe class toys

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Beachcomber would approve of this alt-mode.

• Jolt (Deluxe, 2009)
  • Japanese ID number: RA-19

Deluxe class Jolt transforms into a blue Chevrolet Volt with translucent blue plastic windows. His alt-mode is very conspicuously split where his arms and legs separate during transformation. In robot mode, he has light blue "electro whips" in each arm which are deployed by turning a small knob on his wrist. The picture to the right shows Jolt's feet mistransformed - at least according to the instructions, which show that the two halves of his alt mode's back bumper forming his toes should be turned inward 180 degrees. Which depiction is the actual mistransformation is debatable.

Fast Action Battlers

A Volt named Jolt—two Laser Rods in one!

• Electro Whip Jolt (Fast Action Battler, 2009)

Electro Whip Jolt transforms into a slightly squashed Chevrolet Volt with an unfortunate transformation parts separation line going right across his windshield. Jolt's robot mode transformation is reminiscent of Transformers car toys from previous generations, where the sides of the car are his arms and the rear his feet. Jolt's arms each contain a spring loaded "electro whip" that shoots out of them when a blue tab is depressed. Moving either of his arms up, then releasing it will cause it to swing back down, simulating a whipping motion.

Merchandise

Robot Heroes

• Jolt and Ravage (2009)

Trivia

• Jolt was a last-minute addition to the film during the four-month rush to get a script done after the Writers Guild strike. The writers had to convince Bay that Jolt would feel like a true member of the main Autobot roster. Ultimately, this wasn't what you could call a success: Jolt only appeared in robot mode in two scenes of the movie, and the character has no lines whatsoever. He does get a name shout-out, which is something, at least, but that doesn't change the fact that he was so disposable to the plot that he didn't appear in any of the tie-in comics, books or video games.

• Although Jolt never speaks in the movie, Variety had reported, and it was believed for awhile, that Anthony Anderson was to voice the late-joining Autobot.