Jetstorm (BW)

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

Jetstorm is a Predacon from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 Continuity family.

"Tell HQ that I've just run out of juice - and before all the girls start wondering what the point of living is anymore, tell them I just mean petrol! WOOF!"

Jetstorm is another in a line of disgusting insect Predacons. Regurgitated toxins spew forth from his mouth at any enemy in his way. Air-to-air missiles give him supreme sky superiority, which he absolutely revels in. Jetstorm is an elitist snob who prefers to stay "above" the battle at all times, disgusted by those squabbling on the ground below. The appearance of Jetstorm's dragonfly mode captivates the enemy's attention, distracting them long enough for him to show off his powers of destruction.

In other words, he's butt-ugly, but functionally butt-ugly.

Spanish name: Alguacil

French-Canadian name: L'Orageux ("The Stormy")

Italian name: Libellula

Fiction

IDW Beast Wars comics

Magmatron traveled to prehistoric Earth to turn the Axalon's Protoforms into a new Predacon army. Transquito witnessed Jetstorm's successful conversion. The Gathering issue 1 Magmatron ordered Jetstorm and the rest of his new forces to seek out the double-agent Razorbeast and his crew of Maximals. The Gathering issue 2 Later, under the leadership of the reactivated Ravage, Jetstorm joined the other flyers, Lazorbeak, Sky Shadow, Injector, and Buzz Saw, in hunting down the Maximals. The Gathering issue 3

While he was nowhere to be seen during the first attack on the Maximals, Jetstorm was present during another battle a few weeks later. The Ascending issue 1 He spat his toxins at Torca's head, though this didn't seem to cause much damage to the giant Maximal. The Ascending issue 2 When the Blendtrons showed up and attacked everyone, Jetstorm too favored direct action against them! The Ascending issue 4

Toys

Beast Wars

• Jetstorm (Deluxe, 1997)
  • Accessories: 2 missiles

Jetstorm transforms into an organic dragonfly. His beast mode's inner head (which is his robot-mode head) features a water-squirting gimmick with an internal bellows located in his tail. His dragonfly tail conceals a pair of spring-out spring-loaded missile launchers that swing forward at the push of a button. These launchers are available in robot mode as well, but due to their construction fire mostly upwards.

This toy was redecoed to make Tonbot.

• More information on Jetstorm at TFU.info

Notes

• Prototype packaging have revealed that Jetstorm was at first to be named "Dragonfire". Three different designs show Jetstorm as either a Maximal (twice) or Predacon (once), but these conflicting faction symbols were most likely to demonstrate the difference between Maximal and Predacon packaging. In addition to showing the different factions, the three different card designs also illustrated different "Beast Wars" logos and different "beast eye" designs, with the most notable difference being the beast eye showing robotic detailing, versus the final design which showed none.