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 in the Generation 1 continuity family.
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.
- French-Canadian name: Bruillo
- Italian name: Flash
- RTM dub name: Wally (no, really)
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Generation 1
Blurr was part of Fortress Maximus' unit on Cybertron, and had been for hundreds of years when the commander quit Cybertron for Nebulos and a peaceful life. Ring of Hate
After the failure of Maximus' plan, Blurr was one of the Autobots to become Targetmasters, and he was paired with the Nebulan Haywire as his weapon/partner. He would stay with Fortress Maximus' crew until their reintegration with the rest of the Autobots.
In the Movie-based future of 2006 and onwards, Blurr became a seasoned time-traveller. On numerous occasions, he and other Autobots (generally Kup and Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime) travelled to the twentieth century to battle Galvatron, who had fled Unicron to that time.
Returning from their last trip to 1989, Blurr and his comrades found themselves not in their home dimension, but in an alternate version of 2009. Rhythms of Darkness! The Galvatron of this dimension beheaded Blurr - probably, though not conclusively, 'our' Blurr rather than the one native to that world.
Animated continuity
- Voice Actor: John Moschitta (US), Ken Yamaguchi (Japan)
In 2005, Blurr was part of the Autobot detachment stationed at Autobot City on Earth, under Ultra Magnus's command. Using his hyper-speed, he quickly alerted the Autobot ranks when Megatron and his Decepticons arrived to attack the city. In defending the city, Blurr combined non-stop chatter with non-stop firepower and helped hold the Decepticons at bay until Optimus Prime and reinforcements could arrive from Moonbase One.
In the aftermath of the attack, Blurr was working on repairs with several of the remaining Autobots when Galvatron struck. After failing to get the obstinant Dinobots aboard a shuttle ("They were impossible impossible impossible!"), Blurr tossed the job over to Kup and Hot Rod and leapt aboard the second shuttle with Ultra Magnus. Pursued by Galvatron through space, the shuttle crew managed to escape only after detonating three-quarters of the ship. In need of repairs, they landed hard on the planet of Junk. While Blurr was attending to some welding work, Galvatron and his soldiers caught up with them. Things went from bad to worse after Galvatron killed Ultra Magnus and took the Matrix of Leadership, leaving the Autobots to deal with the planet's native inhabitants, the Junkions. Hostilities suddenly ceased, however, when Hot Rod and Kup arrived from Quintessa and negotiated a peace with the Junkions. Blurr then flew into the final battle with the planet-eater Unicron aboard the Junkion starship and was present when Hot Rod (now Rodimus Prime) reclaimed Cybertron in the name of the Autobots. The Transformers: The Movie
As part of their "new era of peace and prosperity", the Autobots hosted the first annual Galactic Olympics several months later. Blurr really wanted to compete in the races, but instead was forced onto a mission with Wheelie to bring Metroplex's transformation cog to Autobot City on Earth. This simple courier run soon became more hectic than it was worth, though. Running into the newly revived Deception leader, Galvatron, Blurr and Wheelie were the first Autobots to face his renewed power and ended up marooned on Jupiter's moon of Io. There they encountered kamikaze creatures known as lipoles, who struck in unison like a hive and could transform into explosive missiles. The Autobots received support from Marissa Faireborne of Earth Defense Command, but it wasn't until Sky Lynx arrived that they finally managed to fight their way through a squad of |Predacons and get off that rock. Blurr and Wheelie made it back to Autobot City and, after a short game of "Hot Potato" to get the cog through attacking Decepticons, restored Metroplex's transforming ability just in time to sic the giant Autobot on his rival, Trypticon. Five Faces of Darkness
Blurr participated in several important Autobot missions in the following months. When Kup uncovered a plot by the Decepticons to acquire the indestructible death crystals for their own purposes, Blurr joined him and an Autobot unit to visit the source of the crystals on planet Dredd. Blurr faced the Predacons again on Dredd and was almost consumed by quickmud before Sky Lynx pulled him free. Blurr and the other Autobots managed to keep Predaking busy long enough for Kup to rouse Chaos, the creature who was the source of the death crystals. Turning the crystals against Chaos himself, the Autobots destroyed the monster and deprived the Decepticons of their new weapon. Chaos Later, Blurr joined Perceptor in exploring a bowl-shaped asteroid near Cybertron, and in doing so came across a Quintesson time window. During the battle with the Sharkticons and Quintesson star cruisers, Blurr fell through the time window along with Wreck-Gar, Blaster and some of his cassettes. The Autobots found themselves 11 million years in the past, working with Beta and her rebellion as the first Autobots stood up against their Quintesson masters. Once the rebel leader, A3, returned and used his coda remote on the Dark Guardians, Blurr and his auto-buddies made their way back through the vortex and into the present once again. Forever is a Long Time Coming
When the Autobots detected a seemingly threatening vessel in their airspace, Blurr attempted to interrogate the pilot, Sandstorm of Paradron. Rather than being intimidated, however, Sandstorm just asked if there was something wrong with Blurr's timing program. Kup was quick to come to the young Autobot's defense and informed the Paradronian, "Naaaah, that's just the way he is." Fight or Flee
During an encounter with the Decepticons, Blurr and several Autobots encountered a "quadrant lock" created by the Quintessons and ended up falling through it along with Cyclonus. Their landing on the planet Zamojin was a harsh one, and Blurr's leg strut was too damaged for him to walk. Separated from the scientist Perceptor in the fall, Blurr asked Rodimus and Ultra Magnus to leave him while they searched for their missing comrade. The leaders agreed, since Perceptor was also the one best suited for repairing Blurr's leg. Unfortunately, the helpless Blurr was soon found by the superstitious and powerful local populace and taken to a nearby city, where the people planned to toss him into a molten pool. In a wacky turn of events, though, that soak was just what Blurr needed to realign his leg components, and he popped out of the pool as fast as ever. The Face of the Nijika
When the Hate Plague was released, Blurr was one of several Autobots who were damaged and taken out of action early during the catastrophe. As a result, he was unaffected by the plague and, after some repair work by a Quintesson, was available to help the newly active Optimus Prime in his search for a cure. The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2
Sometime later, on Cybertron, Blurr was beaten in a race by Hot Rod and Daniel Witwicky. This was done in part to help prove the engineer Brainstorm's theory that Autobots could function better with human partners somehow incorporated into their fighting discipline. Little did anyone realize how soon that theory would be tested. After a major Decepticon offensive on Autobot City, Optimus Prime radioed Kup, Blurr and the others on Cybertron, warning them that the Decepticons were headed for the Plasma Energy Chamber, deep beneath the planet's surface. The Autobots arrived just in time to prevent Scourge from unleashing too much plasma energy using the key he'd stolen from Earth. What little plasma energy had been released, however, was enough to overcharge the engines of the Autobot ship, launching them out into space.
Blurr and his comrades crash-landed on the planet Nebulos and were quickly taken hostage by a group of rebels fighting against the machine army of their overlords, the Hive. The Autobots managed to convince their "hosts" to release them when the Decepticons arrived in hot pursuit, but Blurr and several other warriors were deactivated and taken hostage by the Decepticons as they fled. Brainstorm decided to put his ideas into action and created binary-bonded partnerships between the remaining Autobots and the rebels, forming Headmasters. The Headmasters rescued Blurr and the others, but were soon forced to fight again when the Decepticons joined forces with the Hive, having created both Headmaster and Targetmaster duos in response. This tech-war continued when Brainstorm scanned one of the Hive Targetmasters and used those scans to recreate the technology for the remaining Autobots. Blurr was binary-bonded with Recoil, one of the Nebulan sharpshooters. The Rebirth
Dreamwave Comics continuity
Blurr joined an underground Autobot cell led by Kup after Shockwave's takeover of Cybertron. Along with fellow cell members Hot Rod and Springer, he observed a Decepticon shuttle (actually piloted by the Dinobots) from the Wastelands. Later, after Hot Rod brought an unconscious Optimus Prime to their base, Blurr and Wheelie tried and failed to subdue the legendary Autobot when he woke up (Blurr's attempt was to punch Optimus in the face and nearly break his hand). Soon after, Blurr participated in Prime's Autobot uprising, ending Shockwave's rule. War and Peace
Toys
Generation 1
- Blurr (Autobot, 1986)
- Japanese ID number: C-79
- Accessories: Rifle, shield
- Blurr transforms into a blue Cybertronic hovercar. The nose portion of the vehicle detaches to serve as a shield in robot mode, and he also comes with a (non-firing) Electro-Laser accessory. The toy, like most figures introduced with the movie, differs somewhat from the animation model.
- Blurr (Targetmaster, 1987)
- A retool of the previous toy, Blurr was adapted to be able to hold the Nebulan/weapon Haywire, replacing his pistol from the previous release. A new weapon-mount point was also added to his midsection/vehicle-hood.
