Jetstorm (G2)

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Jetstorm is a Decepticon Color Changer from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

I'm never gonna be drawn with my original faction symbol now, am I?

Only tolerated because he's useful, Jetstorm is unloved by all. As mission coordinator, it's his job to tell people what to do and he relishes in the task. Bossy and domineering, Jetstorm loves commanding others through the marching orders he gives out. He's a bully, but he's an effective bully, with a keen eye for properly assigning resources. The Decepticons keep him around because of his skill, and because few are brave enough to cross him. If another Decepticon tries to countermand his directives, that lippy soldier may soon find himself relocated to a detachment in the Toxic Sludge Swamp or the planet Goo.

Revenge is a dish best served on little slips of paper.

Fiction

Wings Universe

First he escaped obscurity, but now he needs to escape this dastardly thick black outline.

Jetstorm was one of the second generation of Transformers created on Earth, and considered the Autobot Aquafend his "brother". At some point he traveled to Cybertron. Generation 2: Redux

There, the Decepticon spy network allegedly stationed him in New Iacon in order to plan out heists. Jetstorm's profile in Club magazine #31

When a strange Autobot visitor and his Quintesson companion wandered into the wrong part of Cybertron, Jetstorm joined Deluge and the Battlechargers in intimidating the pair. Jetstorm chided the Autobot for hanging out with a Quintesson; he should really know better.

Unfortunately for Jetstorm and the other Decepticons, their foe was way, way more powerful than they suspected and they were left defeated in a pile. The Coming Storm: Part 1

Upon returning to Earth, Jetstorm and Deluge joined Clench's army and helped conquer the Large Hadron Collider. When the Autobots inevitably attacked, the two Decepticons went up against Aquafend and Gobots. Jetstorm greeted his bro, but before they could start fighting, he and the others were caught in leaked forestonite gas. Presumably, this gave Jetstorm some kind of superpower, though he wasn't seen demonstrating it before the Decepticons were forced to retreat. Generation 2: Redux

2005 IDW continuity

Jetstorm served under the command of Turmoil when their second-in-command Deadlock violated orders. Deadlock attacked the Autobots when Turmoil ordered him not to, and then executed a fellow Decepticon who planned on reporting his insubordination. Deadlock tried to rally Jetstorm and several other soldiers from Turmoil's forces under his new leadership. Jetstorm and his comrades refused, and turned Deadlock over to Turmoil to answer for his attempted mutiny. Drift #1

Legends comic

In the year 2038, Jetstorm was a member of the Decepticon faction led by Galvatron II. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1 They attacked the planet Beast to steal its energy. Jetstorm and the G-2 Decepticons unleashed a barrage of laser fire at the Monsterbots and Beastformers at Galvatron's command. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3

Toys

Generation 2

• Jetstorm (Color Change, 1993)

• Accessories: Spoiler-dirtguard assembly/water cannon
• Known designers: Andy Couzens (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

A redeco of the European Autobot Aquaspeeder Aquafend, Generation 2 Jetstorm transforms into a Baja-style dune buggy. He has a water-squirting rifle connected to a bellows/reservoir backpack; the rifle forms his front bumper in buggy mode while the backpack forms his spoiler.

His canopy uses color changing paint, turning from dark blue to pale when exposed to warm water.

• More information on Jetstorm at TFU.info

Notes

• Like all the Color Changers, American Generation 2 Jetstorm is a hodgepodge of various elements of two different European-market Aquaspeeders, as well as one of the European-market Stormtroopers: His toy is redecoed from European Aquaspeeder Aquafend, his name comes from European Aquaspeeder Jetstorm, his bio comes from European Stormtrooper Drench, and his motto is the only one of the Color Changers that is completely new.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Jetstorm (ジェットストーム Jettosutōmu)