Cliffjumper (Energon)
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- Cliffjumper is an Autobot from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
An impressively-skilled high-risk thrill-seeker, Cliffjumper relishes challenges and stunts that put him in danger. Unfortunately, these stunts often put his teammates at risk as well during combat, which has earned him many reprimands.
- Japanese name: Overdrive
- Hungarian name: Sziklamászó ("Cliff-climber"). And yes, the name mix-up's present, meaning he only has his normal name once in this dub, that with the wrong voice actor. His pseudo-name is Lejtő, meaning Slope.
Fiction
Energon
Animated continuity
- Voice actor: Doron Bell Jr. (US), Katsuyuki Konishi (Japan)
Cliffjumper was one of the rookie soldiers who were sent into the rift to locate Optimus Prime's unit. Serving under the venerable Autobot warrior Bulkhead, Cliffjumper and his close friend Downshift both have a lot to learn from their elder commander.
Late in the Powerlinx Battles, Cliffjumper was aboard the Miranda II when she was crippled by the Decepticon forces occupying Cybertron. As the other Autobots abandoned ship, he and Optimus Prime stayed on board to sucessfully allow Kicker and the Omnicons to disembark safely. Unfortunately, the pair failed to save the crippled ship and were subsequently rescued by Omega Supreme and Superion Maximus. Galvatron
He is also known as Downshift.
(Note: Cliffjumper's "power-up" coloration is based on his US-only redeco, Beachcomber.)
Dreamwave comics continuity
Cliffjumper was part of the Cybertron force sent to Earth to combat the Terrorcon hordes sent by Alpha Quintesson. He was assigned to Los Angeles, California, under the command of Jetfire to battle the infestation of Insecticon clones.
Toys
Energon
- Cliffjumper (Mega, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: SC-18
- Cliffjumper transforms into a large Baja-style buggy with electronic sounds and hood-mounted twin missile launchers. It can also transform into the top half or bottom half of a larger robot, able to combine with most other Deluxe and Mega-sized Autobots. The Takara release of Cliffjumper has a similar, but more primary, higher-contrast coloration.
- As with most of the larger Japanese releases of Energon/Superlink toys, his electronics were removed by Takara.
- This mold was also used to make Energon Beachcomber.
Trivia
- As referenced above, the Energon cartoon switched Cliffjumper and Downshift's names around for the first few episodes, from their first appearance in "Imprisoned Inferno" through to "Farewell Inferno", in defiance of the toy names. From "Crash Course" onward, however, the correct names were restored.
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