Thrust (G1)
| The name or term "Thrust" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Thrust (disambiguation). |
- Thrust is a Decepticon in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Thrust wants you to know he's coming. The other Decepticons have learned there's no being sneaky when he's around. He's a loud-mouthed braggart who will claim victory before he's even taken the field. He tries to terrify and demoralize the enemy with loud rumbling roars from his engines and boasts from his vocal circuits. The truth is that Thrust is mostly bluster with little to back it up. Any sort of strong resistance can send him flying back the way he came.
- French-Canadian name: Fatalo
Fiction
Animated continuity
- Voice actor: Ed Gilbert (US), ? (Japan)
When the mighty Autobot Dinobots relocated to the time-displaced prehistoric Dinobot Island, Thrust was one of several Decepticon warriors who accompanied Megatron to the island in the hopes of exploiting the island's vast energy resources. After the Dinobots made their presence known, Thrust stood by to guard the energon cubes while Megatron conspired to eliminate their adversaries. Dinobot Island, Part 1
After Megatron sucessfully took control of Central City by manipulating his ally Shawn Berger and the other humans, Thrust was tasked with capturing the escaped human slave Chip Chase. He chased the human into the Autobot base and seemingly prevented Chip from saving the Autobots from a collision course into the sun by destroying Teletraan I, but actually unwittingly saved his enemies by shutting off the autopilot that was navigating their doomed ship. Thrust attempted to crush Chip before securing him in his jet cockpit and returning the human to the power plant. Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2
Marvel Comics continuity
Devil's Due G.I. Joe vs the Transformers comics continuity
As part of Serpent O.R.'s forces, Thrust defended the New Decepticon Army's base against a combined Autobot/G.I. Joe strike force. In the course of the battle, he and Barrage were shot by Lady Jaye. The Art of War, Part 5
Toys
Generation 1
- Thrust (1985, 2001, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: D-57
- The original Thrust toy is a retool of the original Starscream, who was originally a Diaclone "Jet Robo Acrobat-Type" F-15 Eagle. His central F-15 body is unchanged, but he has new wings with ducted VTOL fans, and new rear stabilizers. Unlike Dirge and Ramjet, however, Thrust retained the launchers, null-ray lasers and cluster bombs projectiles used in Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp.
- In robot mode his official instructions has the user pulling down his nose cone to complete his head transformation, like Starscream. However, Thrust, as well as Ramjet and Dirge's television incarnations depict them as having their heads untransformed, leaving a distinctive 'conehead' shape to their appearance. This has lead many owners to do the same thing, to differentiate the three later Decepticon jets from the three earlier ones.
Smallest Transformers
- Thrust (2003)
- Japanese ID number: GTF-11
- Smallest Transformers Thrust is a retool of Starscream. Like all toys in the line, Thrust is a tiny, simplified version of the original toy, transforming into a modified F-15 fighter jet. These toys were sold "blind-packed" in boxes, so you could not know which one you had until you actually opened the box.
Timelines
- Games of Deception! (Multi-pack, 2007)
- Thrust is part of the upcoming Classics-themed BotCon 2007 box set, along with Bugbite, Dirge, Dreadwind, and Thundercracker. He is a retool of the Classics Ramjet toy.
Trivia
- Thrust is one of the few Decepticons from the G1 cartoon who didn't have red eyes. He had yellow eyes instead.
