Jazz (Movie)

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

Jazz is an Autobot from the 2007 movie franchise in the live-action film continuity family.

"Slide with me. Just bounce with me. Now freeze!"

First Lieutenant Jazz is one happy-go-lucky Autobot. Good-natured and always able to take things in stride, he provides a decent contrast to the more serious demeanor of Ironhide or Optimus Prime himself. He's also a talker, something Ironhide and Prime like to tease him about. He might be the smallest Autobot but he's by no means a coward, willing to take on any foe, big or small.

“	Oh, I got something real flashy in mind!	”
—Jazz gets ready to create a distraction, Transformers The Game

Fiction

IDW Transformers movie comics

Kup and Ratchet like blaming turbo revvin' young punks.

Many years before the civil war on Cybertron, Jazz was a member of the Security Force under Prowl. As Optimus pondered the venerable age of the artifacts they had found at an excavation near the temple of Simfur, Jazz jokingly asked if they were as old as Ratchet, earning him a threat of vocal processor-disabling retribution and a whack on the back of the head. He was present when Arcee's team found a strange artifact with the strange symbol and helped escort the relic out of the dig site when the aliens whom Commander Starscream had encountered earlier suddenly attacked the planet. Defiance #1

In the aftermath, Jazz accompanied Prowl as the latter investigated the attack on the Simfur temple. Prowl theorised that the aliens were trying to break into the temple, not destroy it, Jazz opined that they must have been after the AllSpark. When Megatron rallied Cybertron's inhabitants to war against the alien attackers, Jazz and most of the others in the science and security division loyally stayed at Optimus's side to uphold the ideals of Cybertron. Later, when Prime mentioned Megatron's questionable behavior and wished there was unity in the population, Jazz pointed out that he had the same chance of convincing Megatron to be unified as they do of being considered part of his army. Realising sentries such as Prowl and Jazz had access to Megatron's personal quarters, Prime asked them for a favour. Defiance #2

Jazz accompanied Optimus and Prowl to Megatron's quarters, where Optimus discovered that the relic previously unearthed seemed to have been restored by Megatron himself. Later, Jazz was part of the team sent to arrest Optimus for treason. However, on the way to Trypticon, the group were ambushed by members of the Defense Force sent to kill them. Optimus directed the others in a successful counter attack and ordered the group to rally at Burthov. Defiance #3

Jazz and several other former security officers helped Cliffjumper "capture" the former military officer Ironhide and bring him into the rebel base to see Optimus Prime. Later after it was discovered that Megatron was building a massive starship for some unknown purpose, Jazz was the one who suggested they should have their own ship as well, just in case. Defiance #4 As part of a crowd of Autobots, he later watched from a distance as the Decepticon ship was launched. Foundation #3 During the subsequent civil war, Jazz fought alongside Optimus Prime in their struggle for freedom, but as the war reached its height, Optimus decided to launch the AllSpark into space to keep it out of Lord Megatron's hands and to buy them time. Defiance #4 Bumblebee was successful in diverting the Decepticon leader's attention at Tyger Pax, but was grievously injured as a result. Jazz was part of the team that discovered him in the wreckage after the Decepticons had left. Movie Prequel #1

As the Autobots prepared to leave Cybertron to go after Megatron and the AllSpark, Optimus Prime expressed concern on if the remaining civilians and Autobots on Cybertron could hold out while they were gone. Jazz informed him that their troops were laying low, but if the Decepticons tried any mischief, they would be in for a nasty surprise. The Reign of Starscream #1

Ghosts of Yesterday prequel novel

Onboard the Ark, Jazz was the first to detect the Ghost 1's presence, and the first to point out that, despite the Cybertronian elements in its design, it did not originate from Cybertron. He was in favor of blowing it up anyway, as he agreed with Ironhide that there was a chance it could be a Decepticon ruse. After Bumblebee was sent to follow the ship down to a nearby planet, Ironhide and Optimus joked that Jazz would have made a poor scout.

When Blackout mounted an attack on the Ark, Jazz and Ironhide backed up Optimus. Jazz was unhappy when the plan changed, and the two Autobots were sent back to guard the ship, but they got to expel Bonecrusher from the hangar, and had the damage done repaired by the time Optimus returned. Jazz lost contact with Bumblebee, resulting in Optimus going down to the planet to check. While Optimus was gone, the Decepticons attacked once again, and Jazz came up with a new plan. Jazz kept the Decepticons distracted, while Ironhide attempted to approach the Nemesis through a sensor blind-spot.

Unfortunately the plan was ruined by the return of Starscream, and Jazz suffered a large amount of damage. Ironhide got the smaller Autobot back to the Ark, where Jazz was insistent that situation was bad enough that they should leave the area without Optimus and Bumblebee, as Prime has originally ordered. As it turned out, the two missing Autobots returned in time for it to not turn into an issue, and Optimus ordered another engagement. Despite his severe damage, Jazz was able to take out Frenzy and help Ironhide fight Bonecrusher. Ghosts of Yesterday

Titan Magazines Transformers movie comics

Jazz likes "to keep his bodywork buff" by externalizing his Spark Core forcefield - in the past, that led to him almost being killed when Bonecrusher almost tore out his unprotected Spark. He only survived thanks to fellow Autobot Clocker, who was killed covering his retreat. Lost In Space 4: Jazz

When the AllSpark was launched, Jazz, Ratchet and Ironhide attempted to distract Megatron from pursuing it. They ended up attacked by Devastator and warped across space by a foldspace warhead. Prelude: Megatron

"I HAVE SEEN THE LORD!"

Jazz ended up on a planet that he dubbed "the Information Highway"—a constantly-morphing world with "the accumulated knowledge of countless alien cultures, condensed into some kind of sensory precipitation". He loved this world and the constant new experiences so much that he deliberately ignored Ratchet's homing beacon, wanting to stay here forever. However, the planet was alive and predatory, and ended up absorbing him into it - he fired off a warning buoy to stop others arriving, and only this led to Ratchet & Ironhide finding where he was and rescuing him. Lost In Space 4: Jazz

He doesn't like the war and, as the Information Highway incident shows, has no qualms about deserting if given the opportunity.

The following events occur in a splinter timeline where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.

Because of a lack of troops on Earth, Ratchet used a corrupted fragment of the AllSpark to bring Jazz back to life. Happy to be back, Jazz blew off the suggestion that death had made any impact beyond him wanting to live every day as if it was his last, and he was dispatched with Ratchet to secure a raw energon field.

"And my sound effects are inane!"

Unfortunately, it turned out the corrupted fragment had indeed led to Jazz himself being corrupted; he paralyzed Ratchet and attempted to exploit Earth's apocalypse by selling the newly energon rich planet to the highest bidder. His auction was interrupted by Dreadwing, who rejected an offer to join forces, and attacked. Ratchet revived and managed to destroy the energon field the auction was being held in; Jazz escaped in the resulting confusion. Dark Spark

He later kept back as a happy hired gun for Starscream, out to murder Optimus Prime. He was prevented from this when the second hired gun, Kullt, turned up; he realised Starscream didn't trust him to be able kill an old comrade and was so insulted he gunned down the other mercenary. He was left rattled when Optimus pointed out he could have let Kullt do the work for him and then gun him down, which suggested there was still some goodness in him. He drove off in the face of reinforcements, vowing to prove Optimus wrong next time. Hard Target

He wasn't seen again before the alternate universe was wrapped up.

Transformers (2007) film

Voice actor: Darius McCrary (English), Taiten Kusunoki (Japanese), Torsten Michaelis (German), Reginaldo Primo (Brazil), Gerardo García (Latin American-Spanish)

Why buy? When you can be!

Jazz was part of Optimus Prime's unit, summoned to Earth by Bumblebee after the latter Autobot came to be in the possession of Sam Witwicky. After his protoform crashed through a baseball stadium, he investigated a nearby car dealership and chose a Pontiac Solstice hardtop as his vehicle mode.

Sadly, the other car's owner only had liability.

Linking up with his fellow Autobots in a deserted alley, Jazz greeted Sam and Mikaela Banes as "little bitches," stating that Earth seems to be a cool place to hang out. He casually sat on the hood of another car while Optimus Prime explained to Sam they learnt Earth's languages through the internet. He then relayed their mission to find the AllSpark and explained how his grandfather's glasses were the key to its location.

Soon after, as Sam looked for his grandfather's glasses, the Autobots attempted to assist by clumsily destroying the yard where they went. When it came to hide from the parents, Jazz had the easiest time blending into the shadows due to his small stature.

You'll get them back at the end of class.

When Sam and Mikaela were captured by Sector Seven, the Autobots mounted a rescue that saw Optimus Prime tearing the roof off Agent Simmons's vehicle. When the agents attempted to resist, Jazz used a magnet to relieve the humans of their weapons. After Bumblebee was captured by Sector Seven during the retreat, Jazz expressed his desire to rescue him, but was overruled by Optimus Prime, who didn't believe it possible to accomplish this without harming the humans, and so they should let them go.

The next day, after Optimus used his navigation scanner on Archibald Witwicky's glasses, Jazz again commented that they could not leave Bumblebee to die at the hands of Sector Seven, to become a human experiment. Optimus replied that Bumblebee would die in vain if they did not find the AllSpark, and when Ironhide asked if the primitive and cruel humans deserved to be saved, Optimus countered by asking if Transformers were so different in the past. Going on to explain what he saw in the humans, Prime declared that if it came to it, he would sacrifice himself to destroy the AllSpark - the humans should not pay for Cybertron's mistakes. Inspired by his words, Jazz and the other Autobots rolled out, filled with determination.

"Come on, Decepticon punk!"
"MY MISSILE LAUNCHER! That's like a reproductive organ to me!"

On the way to Hoover Dam, the Autobots encountered Bumblebee leading a column of Sector Seven assault vehicles. Jazz and his fellow Autobots applied brakes and did a hard u-turn to join the formation.

Entering Mission City, the human soldiers tried to call for air support from their own forces, only to be attacked by Starscream disguised as a human F-22 fighter. Jazz, oddly, sat in vehicle mode after the explosion which crippled Bumblebee, destroying his legs. When Devastator began shelling the battle site, Jazz led the Autobot charge toward the Decepticon, speeding to the tank in vehicle mode, then transformed and hopped on top of the turret to distract the Decepticon from the humans. As Devastator also transformed, Jazz managed to wreck his left-side rocket launcher pod before being tossed off. He then sped back to the battle, firing at Devastator, while Ratchet sliced of Devastator's left arm.

"Wait, why did I tell everyone to retreat again?"

Jazz tried to delay Megatron when he appeared on the scene in order to cover the escape Captain Lennox's men and civilians. Despite Lennox's cries for him to fall back, Jazz bravely faced Megatron alone, but all he got for his trouble was being blasted by the Decepticon's fusion cannon. As Ironhide and Ratchet escorted Sam and the AllSpark to safety, Megatron preyed upon the small Autobot who had the audacity to attack him. The Decepticon leader tossed him through the air, then landed upon him with the crushing grip of his talons. Valiantly, Jazz fought on to the bitter end as Megatron tore him in two, throwing his pieces to the ground before attacking Optimus Prime.

"We lost a great comrade today. We'll miss you, Blues."
"His name was Jazz, Prime."
"Whatever."

After being separated from Sam Witwicky, Ratchet hurried to Jazz, but his spark had already faded. In the aftermath of Megatron's defeat, Ironhide somberly handed Optimus Prime Jazz's remains as Ratchet reported that he could not save their comrade. The Autobot leader somewhat half-heartedly eulogized him, and quickly moved on. Transformers

IDW Transformers Target exclusive comic

Transformers: Jazz

The events of Transformers: Jazz takes place in the middle of the first movie, after Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela are taken by Sector 7.

Toy packaging bios

Before coming to Earth, Jazz was involved in a deep-space battle over a barren world. He was badly damaged in the conflict and was taken offline by Brawl. After he was fixed up and upgraded his endoskeleton reinforcements, he had a renewed determination to keep his vehicle mode in pristine condition.

In the final battle for the AllSpark, Jazz faced off against Bonecrusher for a last battle to the absolute finish. Also in that battle, Jazz took on Megatron alone, as everyone else was preoccupied with Brawl. Although he knew he didn't stand a chance, he would go down fighting for the weak, as a true Autobot would.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Jazz was left badly damaged as a result of those confrontations.

Ratchet rebuilt Jazz in what turned out to be a long recovery process. Jazz had time to think. And think he did, about a new paintjob!

Jazz came back, and more powerful than ever due to the power of the AllSpark. Dark Spark

Jazz's fate in the film is about as unambiguous a depiction of a Transformer death as one could hope for. Michael Bay, when speaking on the subject, stated emphatically, "Jazz is dead". This puts the weight of authorial intent on the side of Jazz being truly deceased. Later, in the Revenge of the Fallen prequel comic, Optimus Prime asked to have Jazz's remains buried.
Despite all this, bio information on his Target-exclusive redeco clearly said that he was rebuilt by Ratchet. Make of this what you will. His Allspark power bio says he came back by the power of the AllSpark. This actually happened in an alternate timeline.

Beast Wars Diorama Story

At some point, Jazz and multiple Autobots and Decepticons traversed dimensions and found themselves on a different Earth, in the distant past. They crossed paths with new Transformer factions, the Maximals and the Predacons, who were engaged in a conflict called the Beast Wars. A battle broke out between the four factions. The Autobots and the Decepticons eventually returned to their home dimension, leaving the Maximals and Predacons behind to settle the Beast Wars. Beast Wars Diorama Story

Battle Bio

Jazz's closest ally is Sideswipe, and his arch-enemy is Brawl. He is equipped with a magnetic field generator and a crescent-shaped photon blaster.

Jazz was presumed dead after the battle of Mission City, but he was revived by a piece of the AllSpark and a little help from Ratchet. He is anxious to get back into action.

IDW Revenge of the Fallen movie comics

He's dead, Jim.

Shortly after the battle in Mission City, Captain Lennox, Sergeant Epps and the other soldiers helped Ironhide find suitable transportation for Jazz's remains. As Ironhide somberly placed Jazz's body into the trailer, the soldiers lowered their heads in honour of the Autobot who sacrificed his life to save theirs. Alliance #1

Later in the Nevada Desert, Optimus Prime and the other Autobots arrived with Jazz's remains. The Autobots escorted the Decepticons' carcasses while the U.S Navy planned on giving a proper burial ceremony for Jazz. Alliance #2 Weeks later, the Autobots and their soldier friends are on a US Navy aircraft carrier for Jazz's burial at sea. A crane hoisted the trailer containing Jazz's body and dropped it into the ocean. Optimus Prime thanked Lennox for his participation in Jazz's Funeral. Alliance #3

Toy bios

Jazz is not only not dead, he's been working with William Lennox for so long that they've become in synch! The two double-team Decepticons and bring them crashing down. Human Alliance

Games

Transformers The Game (console)

Voice actor: Andrew Kishino

Autobot campaign

"Ironhide, check this out."
"Cool, a piñata!"
"...Hate...both of...you..."

Jazz arrived on Earth as part of Optimus Prime's unit, summoned to the human planet by Bumblebee. After taking on the form of a Pontiac Solstice, he met up with the other Autobots. His first mission was to distract Sector Seven and law enforcement units, which he did, buying his fellow Autobots time to escape. Jazz was then surrounded by Sector Seven SUVs and Decepticon drones numerous times, requiring Ironhide's help to escape.

He would then make his way to Mission City, where he engaged Starscream, Blackout and two Dreadwing drones. Jazz defeated all four of them, but as he celebrated his great victory, Brawl appeared behind him and punctured Jazz's chest with his claw, extinguishing his spark. Ironhide arrived just in time to witness the killing, swore he'd make Brawl's death slow, and fought through a horde of Decepticon units to destroy him. Transformers The Game

Press left, up, down(2), left, up, right, at the New game menu. The screen will flash to confirm the code was entered correctly. Go to the bonus features, then the Generation 1 option to use a G1-homage deco on Jazz. This does not change his appearance in the Decepticon campaign, however.

Decepticon campaign

Jazz arrived in Mission City with Sam and Mikaela (taking the role of the destroyed Bumblebee), where he was confronted by Barricade. After a brief chase through the city, Jazz engaged Barricade in battle, where he was defeated with ease. Transformers The Game

Transformers: Autobots

Jazz's first appearance is with the other Autobots, meeting in an old junk yard. Setting out into the city, he retrieved a number of Sector Seven vehicles before running into Blackout; after a tedious battle, Blackout ran. Returning to the group, Jazz informs that Sector Seven holds Megatron and the AllSpark in the Hoover Dam and has patrols looking for the Autobots, which Bumblebee volunteered to distract them, getting himself caught in the progress. Jazz later upload a virus to access Sector Seven mainframe, and downloaded data from a military hangar. Jazz was able to get the data, despite being outnumbered by remote vehicles, returned to the rendezvous point, which he reported that he was able to find an entrance to the base and Bumblebee, but could not find Megatron and the AllSpark. Jazz tells Optimus that rescuing Bumblebee be their first priority because of Bumblebee's tracking ability, which Optimus agrees. When the Autobots returned to Tranquility with the AllSpark, Jazz required assistance to take out spark drones within the area. Create-A-Bot answered the call and both Autobots took out 50 drones. With the drones destroyed, Jazz stayed where he was in case more show up and told Create-A-Bot to check on Bumblebee. After that, he was not seen again. Transformers: Autobots

Transformers: Decepticons

At the Hoover Dam, Jazz set up several automated turrets and Autobot drones around the lower perimeter of the Dam, preventing Megatron from escaping. However, this line of defense only works for so long, as the turrets could only fire at air-borne objects. Finally getting up the side of the Dam, Jazz stepped in Megatron's path, doing little more than trash talking before Megatron jumped into battle. After a roughly equal fight, Jazz finally fell. Megatron then finished him off and desecrated the Autobot's corpse. Transformers: Autobots

AllSpark Wars

After the first battle with the Decepticons on Earth, Jazz and the other Autobots went into stasis lock, held in storage around the world. AllSpark Wars

Allspark Highway

Jazz, Bumblebee, Ironhide and Optimus Prime fought to keep the Allspark out of Decepticon hands. Allspark Highway

Autobot Stronghold

The Decepticons were invading an Autobot stronghold in the city, and Jazz and the Autobots placed themselves at key positions to defend it from attack. Autobot Stronghold

Revenge of the Fallen - The Game (Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC)

It's a zombie! Kill it! Kill it with fire!

Voice actor: Andrew Kishino

On August 27, 2009, Jazz was one of a handful of downloadable characters in a DLC pack for Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3.

Revenge of the Fallen

Toys

Transformers (2007)

Legends Class toys

File:Movie Legends Jazz toy.jpg

Jazz:WhY My bUmPeRs hUrT? Hot Shot: Welcome to my world

• Autobot Jazz (Legends Class, 2007)
  • Japanese name: EZ Collection Jazz

A much smaller version of the character, Legends-class Jazz features limited articulation and detail, along with a much simpler transformation. A rather glaring side-effect of this simplicity, in a desire to mimic the hood chest of the larger toy, is the addition of kibble: a second front bumper on the roof of his alt-mode. Whether this means Jazz also includes a second engine to go with this front bumper or an attempt at compensation for a case of police car envy is unknown. Ironically, the smallest version of Jazz is the biggest Legends toy in the movie line. Even bigger than Optimus. This may make up for the Arcee toy being taller than his Deluxe figure.

This mold was also used to make Revenge of the Fallen Runamuck.

• More information on Legends Jazz at TFU.info

• Optimus Prime bonus pack (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

A Costco exclusive special pack of Leader Class Optimus Prime with Legends Class Bumblebee and Autobot Jazz as bonus figures. None of the three toys is changed from their respective original releases.

Why's the man always putting me down?

• Battle for the AllSpark (Toys'R'Us exclusive Legends multi-pack, 2007)

A Toys "R" Us exclusive, this six-pack of Legends class figures contains unmodified toys of Optimus Prime, Jazz, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream and Barricade.

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Bonecrusher tried to make Jazz smaller by slamming his head in.

• Autobot Jazz vs. Bonecrusher (Legends "Allspark Battles" two-pack, 2008)

As part of the AllSpark Battles refresh of the Movie toyline, Legends class Jazz with slightly different deco with more paint for his robot mode chest... but no paint for the vehicle mode hood while the vehicle mode windows are now blue, painted on all sides, he also has black paint on his spoiler. He is packed in a versus two-pack with an all-new Legends class figure of Bonecrusher.

• More information on Allspark Battles Jazz at TFU.info

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Megatron's going to have a tough time tearing that in half.

• Battle Jazz vs. Ice Megatron (Legends "Allspark Battles" two-pack, 2008)

Once again Legends class Jazz is redecoed, this time in a battle-damaged deco based upon his appearance during the battle in Mission City. Amusingly, like the Deluxe class Final Battle Jazz toy, the "battle damage" can only be seen in robot mode. He comes packed with a redecoed Legends class Megatron toy colored with blue accents.

• More information on Battle Jazz at TFU.info

Deluxe Class toys

File:Jazzmovietoydeluxe.jpg

"Just wait. They'll do me in G1 colors soon..."

• Autobot Jazz (Deluxe Class, 2007)
  • Japanese ID number: MA-04
  • Accessories Telescoping "sword" (rifle)

Jazz transforms into a silver Pontiac Solstice Custom Hardtop. Included is a blaster weapon that elongates into a sniper rifle, which may also be clipped directly onto his rear spoiler when in vehicle mode. In robot mode, the section featuring this same rear spoiler may be kept folded onto his back or worn on either shoulder as a shield. An interesting undocumented feature is a hinge joint located on the bottom of the rifle can attach to the shield's hinge joint, creating three choice weapon configurations: (a) a mounted long range sniper rifle, (b) an ambidextrous shoulder-mounted cannon, or (c) a short range blaster with built-in shield somewhat akin to what has been seen in Jazz's concept art and in the movie itself.

As with most of the mainline toys, he features a Automorphing gimmick that is activated by pushing the car roof down onto his back and locking it into place. This raises his head and slides his chest panels into proper position for the robot mode. This feature, like the weaponry mentioned above, is not documented at all, so one must be careful to not press the chest and the back at the same time.

This toy was later redecoed into Revenge of the Fallen Smokescreen.

• More information on Deluxe Jazz at TFU.info

• Deluxe three-pack (Sam's Club exclusive multi-pack, 2007)
  • Accessories Telescoping "sword" (rifle)

This Sam's Club exclusive three-pack contains an unchanged Deluxe Class Autobot Jazz together with equally unchanged Deluxe Class Bonecrusher and Decepticon Brawl toys. It also comes with a nifty poster depicting all three toys in a standoff scene.

• Deluxe three-pack (multi-pack, UK 2007)
  • Accessories Telescoping "sword" (rifle)

This three-pack, which was available at general retail in the United Kingdom, contains an unchanged Deluxe Class Autobot Jazz together with equally unchanged Deluxe Class Protoform Optimus Prime and Decepticon Brawl toys.

"See? Nineteen-Eighty-Four!"

• Autobot Jazz (Target Exclusive Deluxe, 2007)
  • Accessories Telescoping "sword" (rifle)

An extensive redeco of Deluxe class Jazz, this Target-exclusive is heavily based on Generation 1 Jazz's Martini Racing scheme. He's lacking in Martini sponsorship for all the obvious reasons, replacing them with his own name. Disco Jazz doesn't really need to advertise, but he does.

This figure also features a minor retool of the joint in the forearm. On the initial, mass retail release of Deluxe Jazz, the black hinge-joint was able to slide over slightly as part of the original design. The new version features a shorter joint, which makes it a lot less floppy in robot mode. Cyberflies sold separately.

• More information on Target "G1" Jazz at TFU.info

No Cool colors in movie #2? Aww.

• Final Battle Jazz (Deluxe Class, 2007)
  • Japanese ID number: MA-14
  • Accessories: "Crescent Cannon", energy-blast missile

An extensive retool of Jazz, modifying his head and most of his legs to give them a broken, battle-scarred appearance. Amusingly, because Hasbro chose to keep his vehicle mode pristine, the rest of his body is undamaged. All the damaged parts have a black and blue deco, representing glowing circuitry and exposed conduits.

Jazz comes with a brand new spring-loaded weapon (called a Crescent Cannon on the packaging), partially modeled after the actual weapon Jazz appears with in the film. It can fire a transparent blue projectile and, not unlike his original featured weapon, can be mounted in different configurations: (a) Mounted on his right arm with the Crescent Cannon missile launcher (with the crescent up) facing forward a la the film, or (b) mounted on his left arm with the flip-out rifle barrel pointed forwards (with the crescent down). The cannon can actually be rotated on the connecting peg, allowing the gun to be mounted in either configuration on either arm.

Unusual for a regular Deluxe class figure, this version of Jazz is packaged on his card in robot mode, no doubt to highlight the changes to the figure that would not be visible in the vehicle mode.

In addition to the retooled forearm joint also found on the Target exclusive "G1 color" Jazz, a running change variant of Final Battle Jazz adds another peg to the Crescent Cannon, thus allowing Jazz to use the weapon in all the different configurations on either arm.

In spite of the claim that this is a "final battle" version of Jazz, his torso does not separate easily from his legs.

• More information on Final Battle Jazz at TFU.info

I feel so pretty with this makeup.

• AllSpark-Enhanced Autobot Jazz (Target Exclusive Deluxe, 2007)
  • Accessories Telescoping "sword" (rifle)

This Target exclusive features the Deluxe Class Jazz in cylindrical packaging, with the only difference from his standard release being that key robot mode parts are highlighted by AllSpark Power blue..

• More information on AllSpark Jazz at TFU.info

Almost movie-accurate. Hasbro forgot they made the proper gun.

• Autobot Jazz (Deluxe Class "Premium Series", 2008)
  • Accessories Telescoping "sword" (rifle)

This more movie-accurate version of Jazz sports a shinier coat of silver paint, along with added paint application detail to his robot mode parts. As it is a straight redeco, despite his coloration being far closer to the movie model, his weapon is still the old preliminary-art "sword" rather than the "Final Battle" version's much more screen-accurate shield/cannon (which is gang-molded with the battle damaged parts).

• More information on Premium Jazz at TFU.info

• Battle Over Mission City (Two-Pack) ("Screen Battles" Deluxe, 2008)
  • Accessories Telescoping "sword" (rifle)

A Target exclusive two-pack that pits an unchanged Deluxe Class Final Battle Jazz (but simply named "Autobot Jazz" for this release) with a beige, brown, and on-fire orange version of Voyager Class Megatron in reference to their battle on the top of a skyscraper in the film that was, in fact, Jazz's final battle.

Fast Action Battlers

The kids love me.

• Ion Blast Autobot Jazz (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
  • Accessories: Energy-blast missile

Though larger than the standard Deluxe class Jazz, Fast Action Battlers "Ion Blast" Jazz is a simplified toy for the younger set with comparatively few parts and detailing. In vehicle mode he's kind of a squat and cutified Pontiac Solstice. His articulation is limited to his shoulders, hips and knees, and has a spring-loaded missile launcher in place of his left hand.

This toy was later redecoed into Sonic Shock Smokescreen.

• More information on Ion Blast Jazz at TFU.info

Cyber Slammers

Silver scratches too easy, ask Jazz.

• Autobot Jazz (Cyber Slammers, 2007)

Cyber Slammers Jazz is an amazingly cute Pontiac Solstice that transforms into an amazingly cute Autobot hipster. "Slam" his robot mode down into car mode and he rolls along, slowly transforming back up into robot mode. Like most Cyber Slammers, Jazz manages to cram most of his vehicle mode's major details into a compact, super-deformed version of that mode.

• More information on Cyber Slammers Jazz at TFU.info

Robot Replicas

My hand picks up XM.

• Autobot Jazz (Robot Replica, 2007)
  • Accessories: "Crescent cannon" rifle/shield, alternate left & right forearms

As part of the Robot Replicas line, this version of Jazz is a non-transforming action figure that utilizes Revoltech-style jointing. The sculpt hews much closer to the movie CGI model than is possible with the full transforming toys, plus the universal jointing of the line allows for his forearm to be replaced with the included Crescent Cannon (which is also called that on the toy's packaging), or parts from other Robot Replica figures. Jazz's shoulders are actually mounted on the wrong sides of the toy as compared to the Movie's CG design, but can easily swapped due to the toy's body construction.

• More information on Robot Replicas Jazz at TFU.info

Titanium Series

"Are you looking at me?"

• Autobot Jazz (3" Robot Masters, 2007)
• Accessories Movie-style Autobot sigil display stand

Titanium Series Jazz is a die-cast metal and plastic figurine, with an accurate sculpt based on the slender CG model owing to the fact he doesn't need to transform. Being a figurine, he only has articulation in his shoulders, neck and waist. Jazz is sculpted with a small handgun that was only featured in concept art early in film development that still showed Arcee as part of the main cast. Jazz comes with a Movie-style Autobot symbol display stand, as is expected.

This mold was also used to make the Toys"R"Us-exclusive Revenge of the Fallen Titanium Series Dead End.

Transformers (2010)

Human Alliance

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Hasbro DOES listen to the fans!

• Autobot Jazz / Captain Lennox ( Human Alliance 2010)
  • Japanese ID number: RA-32
  • Accessories: Gun/motorcycle, missile

Human Alliance Jazz comes with Captain Lennox, who can interact with him in various ways. Lennox can be seated inside Jazz in vehicle mode or on his shielded gun in robot mode, and the weapon can additionally transform into a motorcycle for him to ride. Additional Human Alliance figures may also occupy "seats" on the side of Jazz' head, and on each of his feet.

Jazz has a switch on the back of his head that flips his visor up and down. The Japanese release sees the transparent blue plastic used for the windows and the visor switched for clear plastic on the windows and orange for the visor.

Captain Lennox uses a more simplified design than other Human Alliance figures, the waist joint has been omitted.

Dark of the Moon

• Autobot Jazz (Deluxe, 2011)
  • Accessories: Telescoping "sword" (rifle)

A Target-exclusive redeco of Jazz. He is cast in smokey grey translucent plastic and features black Cyberglyphics. His weapon is cast in opaque grey with copperish telescoping lance.

He comes with a comic book by IDW Publishing, Transformers: Jazz.

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Merchandise

Transformers 3D Battle-Card Game

• Jazz (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
  • Card number: 5

Jazz is a 37-point "Rare" piece in the 3D Battle-Card Game. Constructed of punch-out pieces from plastic cards, he can be assembled into his sports car or robot mode. He uses the same construction as the Cliffjumper, Smokescreen, Armada Blurr and Generation 1 Hot Rod cards.

Transformers (2007)

Unleashed

Ratchet, unable to re-attach Jazz's lower torso, fitted Jazz with one of those things the Quintesson Judges float with, and made it flamin'!

• Autobot Ratchet and Autobot Jazz (2008)

The Ratchet and Jazz turnaround is a 3D sculpture of the two characters, both in robot mode, emerging from rubble and explosions, with a movie-accurate sculpt (compared to the various transforming toys). The "turnaround" aspect of these sculptures simply means one can turn the piece around to display a raised-relief of the movie-style Autobot sigil instead.

This product's release was canceled for the US market, but was released in Central America, Australia and in Asia.

Transformers Movie Danglers

• Autobot Jazz (2007)

Released by Tomy Yujin in November 2007 as part of the Danglers Collection, this toy is a weird plastic super-deformed version of Jazz that pops out his vehicle mode when you squeeze him, kinda like he's either giving birth to it or...er, excreting it. Classy. This little figurine has a little strap on it so that it can be put on cell phones or portable gaming devices.

Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners

• Autobot Jazz (2008)

Released by Tomy Yujin on January 2008, this dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Jazz printed on the other side.

Revenge of the Fallen

RPMs - Robot Powered Machines

Battle Series

• Autobot Jazz Vs. Decepticon Brawl (2009)
  • Number: 02 of 08

Robot Powered Machines Jazz is a small non-transforming Pontiac Solstice Custom Hardtop with his robot mode sculpted on the car's underside. He was only available in a two-pack with Brawl.

Robot Heroes

"His only real complaint is that he's always stuck fighting the small ones."

• Autobot Jazz vs. Decepticon Frenzy (2007)

This pack of cutely sculpted figurines features an oddly brown-coloured Frenzy.

Yeah, um, that sure is Jazz.

• Protoform Jazz vs. Decepticon Brawl (2007)

This Robot Heroes pack features a cutely murderous figurine of Brawl, and Jazz in his "Protoform" mode. Considering the generic nature of the protoforms, Protoform Jazz can easily represent any of his other three companions who crash landed to Earth. Like many Robot Heroes, he's jointed at the shoulders and neck.

Hi, then die.

• The Final Battle (2008)

Packaged with Autobot Ratchet, Megatron, Blackout, and Optimus Prime, "Battle Damage" Jazz is a slightly redecoed version of the first two pack version. His exclusive deco involves a black paint wash and black-lined cracks over a shiny silver painted finish. The Final Battle 5-pack was sold exclusively in Wal-Mart stores.

Okay, this is getting ridiculous.

• Battle Jazz vs. Megatron (2008)

Once again the first Jazz sculpt is given a battle damage deco. This time black cracks and starbursts are painted over dull unpainted silver plastic.

Notes

Cool melee weapon in the game, totally non-existent in the movie.

• The packaging text for the Deluxe Jazz figure refers to his weapon as a "telescoping sword". As ridiculous as this sounds, considering this weapon looks like a firearm and can attach to his spoiler in vehicle mode as such, this very idea actually comes from concept drawings of a sword weapon featured on the same concept art that also had Jazz showcasing the short range blaster/shield thingy both featured in the film and included with his Final Battle retool. So, really...not that ridiculous anymore.

• According to a press kit sent out in conjunction with the movie, Jazz has a "near-perfect recordable memory that makes him invaluable as a documenter of battles" and is "equipped with a fusion engine that allows him to reach sub-light speeds in vehicle mode." [1] One, uh, would hope a Pontiac Solstice would be travelling at sub-light speeds...

• During the final battle in Mission City, there's a long period during which Jazz is not doing anything. He's standing around in vehicle mode when Ironhide notices that the F-22 flying above the city is Starscream, stays in vehicle mode when Ironhide and Bumblebee pick up a Furby delivery truck for cover, still remains in vehicle mode when Starscream blasts them, and after Sam discovers that Bumblebee has lost his legs, all Jazz does is pull back for a few feet to give Bumblebee space to crawl. In the end, Jazz doesn't really join the battle at all until Brawl shows up.

• In an earlier draft of the movie script, Megatron was supposed to "consume" the sparks of Autobots he killed. A remainder of this can be found in the novelization and the IDW comic adaptation of the movie, which both explicitly state that Megatron tears out Jazz's spark. In the movie itself, however, Megatron simply appears to kill Jazz by ripping him apart at the waist, even though Frenzy was previously able to survive as a detached head. However, a recent rejiggering of Frenzy's biology makes this a moot point.

• Jazz's manner of speech is a late development. In the early script draft his first line in the film is simply saying "Greetings" to the humans.

• Though it is very brief, Jazz does indeed get a face close-up during the Mission City battle when he is shot by Megatron and falls over in pain, before he is ripped in half.

• The Pontiac Solstice prop car used for the movie sports the license plate "664 NLZO", without a state-specific registration. Although barely identifiable during his transformation before his fight with Brawl, the car on display at GM Riverfront in Detroit in June 2007 sported the same plate. His robot CG model sports the license plate "I-4027E" instead, which was used for the Barricade Saleen S281 Extreme Mustang prop on the set.

• In an appeal to his better nature in Titan, Optimus said part of him was "still Autobot Jazz", a reference to the name of the Jazz toys.

• Jazz was included in the downloadable content for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the Revenge of the Fallen game. Apparently over-compensating for not being in the movie, Jazz is pretty much the most dangerous robot ever. If you play against him, just run.

• In both of his console game appearances for the first movie game and the second, Jazz was not seen wearing his iconic visor.

• Jazz is killed by three completely different Decepticons. He's killed by Megatron in the movie, while Brawl is the one that kills the Autobot in the Autobot campaign and a fake law enforcer kills him in the Decepticon campaign in the Transformers 2007 video game.