Thrust (Transformers)
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Thrust is the name of several fictional characters in the Transformers Universes.
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[edit] Transformers: Generation 1 (1985)
| Transformers character | |
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| Thrust | |
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| Affiliation | Decepticon  |
| Sub-Group | Seekers |
| Function | Warrior |
| Motto | "My engines' roar is my enemies' song of doom!" |
| Alternate Modes | Modified F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
| Voiced by | Ed Gilbert (English) |
Thrust (Fatalo in Canada, Rapax in Italy) in the original Transformers toyline is the name of a Decepticon who transforms into a red VTOL jet.
Thrust, Ramjet, and Dirge are part of a team dubbed by Transformers fans as the "Coneheads" for the way their animation models were drawn to make them visually distinct from the original Decepticon jets Starscream, Skywarp, and Thundercracker despite their toys being modifications of the same mold used to create that original trio. The toys themselves use the nosecone of the jet to become the head of the robot, but on the original jets the nosecone points back, forming a seemingly normal head. To make to three newer jets distinctive, the show animators illustrated them with the nosecones pointing up in robot mode - despite the fact that this is not how their toy instructions or box art depict them.
Thrust's personality is that of a braggart who tries to psyche out his opponents with the roar of his engines, but is in fact a coward when it comes to actual battle.
Besides the original version of Thrust, a fully transforming mini-version of Thrust was released in 2004.
[edit] Animated Series
In the cartoon, Thrust first appeared in the second season episode Dinobot Island.
Thrust also appeared in the The Transformers: The Movie (Among other roles he had in the movie, Thrust is most recognized as the first Decepticon run over by Optimus Prime as the Autobot Leader made his way towards Megatron.)
In the US he last appeared in episode #82 - Ghost in the Machine.
Thrust appeared in episode 1 and 15 of the Japanese exclusive Headmasters series.
[edit] Marvel Comics
Thrust first appeared in issue 17 of the US Marvel Transformers comic, acting as a bodyguard for Straxus. He played a larger role in the Marvel UK storyline Target: 2006, where he was portrayed as one of the Decepticons' deadliest killers, and one that needed to be taken out by the Autobot commando group the Wreckers to signal a mass-Autobot uprising on Cybertron. The Decepticons had prepared a major offensive to wipe the Autobots out and capture Emirate Xaaron, unaware this was part of the Autobot trap. Megatron's summoning the Insecticons to Earth scuppered both sides plans.
He subsequently joined the Decepticons on Earth. He was seen entering Earth via the Spacebridge, alongside Ramjet and Dirge around the same time as the Aerialbots were being created. Despite acquiting themselves well against the inexperienced Autobots they were eventually forced to flee when the Aerialbots formed Superion. Thrust would serve as part of the Earthbound forces under first Shockwave, then Ratbat, battling both the Autobots and Scorponok's Decepticon faction. When Starscream seized the power of the Underbase, Dirge, Thrust and Ramjet were part of the forces sent against him. Although they were not shown to be deactivated by the villain, they were not seen again in the main continuity, although they would be seen in the UK Earthforce tales under the command of Megatron and Shockwave. In the alternate Movie themed future of the UK comics, Thrust was indicated to have taken command of the Seekers.
It is unclear if Thrust was revived with many of the other Decepticons deactivated by Starscream's power, but as Dirge and Ramjet were both shown to be alive and well, it is likely.
[edit] Dreamwave Comics
Thrust was recruited as a Decepticon under the leadership of Megatron in his war against the Autobots on the planet Cybertron. Thrust became a member of the elite Seekers under Aerospace Commander Starscream. He often worked with fellow Seekers Ramjet and Dirge.
Staying with the Decepticons during the chaos following Megatron's disappearnce Thrust was one of those who defeated the Chaos Trinity. After the Great Shutdown ended, Thrust was reformatted by Shockwave into the form of an Earth-style jet, serving as one of his bodyguards. After the War between the Autobots and Decepticons ended on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus led a mission to Earth to arrest the Autobots on Earth for continuing their violent ways. Thrust was among the troops under Ultra Magnus.
Defeated by the Autobots on Cybertron, Shockwave was forced to set up a new secret headquarters in the wastelands of Cybertron, with Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Dirge, Ramjet and Thrust following him. Shockwave completed work on his new warrior, Sixshot. Megatron returned to Cybertron with three clone warriors and the Predacons and was able to defeat Shockwave. Shockwave was kept alive, but restrained. All Shockwave's warriors except Blitzwing, who was destroyed, joined up with Megatron in his plan to invade the Earth .
[edit] Devil's Due
Thrust would appear again in the second Transformers/G.I Joe crossover from Devil's Due with Dirge, Ramjet, Scourge and Cyclonus, acting as bodyguards for Shockwave. When the Dinobots returned from different a time period they routed Shockwave's troops. Ramjet was presumably killed either during this event, or when Cobra Commander detonated a store of explosives inside Starscream, killing everyone present. In this story, Thrust had not received an Earthen mode and transformed into a Cybertronian jet.
Despite this Thrust (or at least a cone-headed jet Decepticon with a similar color scheme) would be seen amongst the Decepticon troops trying to hold back the Autobot/G.I Joe force attempting to rescue Optimus Prime.
[edit] IDW Comics
Thrust would make his first IDW Publishing in The Transformers: Stormbringer as part of the Decepticon garrison on Nebulos when Thunderwing arrived. Despite their best efforts the monster devastated much of the planet and Thrust fled along with Dreadwind and Darkwing.
[edit] Beast Wars II (1998)
| Transformers character | |
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| Thrust (Retard-O Bot) | |
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| Affiliation | Predacon  |
| Sub-Group | Basic Vehicles |
| Function | Aerial Officer |
| Motto | "Whoah, everybody looks like ants from way up here! Wait, I haven’t taken off yet. Then…what the heck are those things? …Oh, ants. Right." |
| Alternate Modes | F-22 Raptor |
| Series | Beast Wars II |
| Voiced by | Junji Sanechika (Japanese) |
A second character named Thrust was introduced in the Japanese exclusive series Beast Wars II. He is a repaint of the mold used for Machine Wars Megatron and Megaplex. He came packaged by himself and with the Maximal Scuba.
In the Japanese exclusive Beast Wars II (read: Beast Wars Second) series, Thrust is a Predacon (Destron) who transformers into a yellow jet, and is a soldier in the forces of that era's Galvatron. Later, he is upgraded by Gigastorm using the power of the Angolmois energy, thereby transforming him into Thrustor, a cybernetic velociraptor.
Like his best friend Dirge, Thrust has the attitude of a manzai comedian. He never calms down and hates acting serious. He’d much rather have fun and take things in stride. Thrust has a shrewd personality, though, and along with Dirge he forms a well-known duo among the Predacons. Unfortunately, the duo isn’t known for exactly what they’d like to be. For the most part they are thought of as bunglers. Thrust hates sea breezes since they tend to cause him to rust and for that reason alone he has a great hatred of the Maximal Scuba.
Thrust and Dirge share a great deal in common. Thrust transforms into a stealthy fighter jet just like his partner. He also carries his weapon of choice, the Thrust Gun, in his leg compartment and can attach a barrel to it for increased power.
Thrusts inability to focus on anything for a length of time reduces him and his partner to the more medial tasks while complex assignments are left to more appropriate Predacons.
[edit] Beast Machines
See Waspinator for further details.
| Transformers character | |
 Thrust, the Cycle Drone General |
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| Thrust | |
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| Affiliation | Vehicon  |
| Sub-Group | Deluxe Vehicles |
| Function | Cycle Drone General |
| Partner | The Cycle Drones |
| Motto | "There are no rules on the road - only victors and scrap metal." |
| Alternate Modes | Cybertronian Motorcycle |
| Series | Beast Machines |
| Voiced by | Jim Byrnes (English) |
Thrust was one of the original three Vehicon generals, and he was the last one to stand against the Maximals. He is the loner of the evil forces, mysterious and brooding, and prefers to operate on his own agenda. Thrust rarely speaks, and when he does, it usually doesn't excel above a raspy whisper. Despite his preference to solitude, he considers fellow Vehicon general, Jetstorm, to be his best friend, disregarding past rivalries. As for Tankor, "He's a nice guy, but a little dim". He despised the next generals, Obsidian and Strika, and would often try to be in charge of them, simply because he had been there the longest. Unlike Tankor and Jetstorm, Thrust would remain loyal to Megatron to the end. His friendship with Jetstorm would eventually turn into a white-hot hatred when the jet-bot reverted back to Silverbolt, his old Maximal self.
Thrust was the only one of the Vehicon generals who was able to remember on his own that he used to be someone else. For a while, Blackarachnia believed that this someone else was Silverbolt, since Thrust kept displaying a soft spot in his spark for the she-spider. She was disappointed to learn that Thrust wasn't Silverbolt, but the Predacon Waspinator! Apparently, after Waspinator had been left on prehistoric Earth to be worshipped by the early humans, they eventually became sick of him, and chased him right off. He would spend the next million years figuring out how to get back to Cybertron, where his spark would later power Thrust. Waspinator was actually very pleased to be inside the "cool biker-bot", for as he put it, "Chick-bots dig brooding loner-bits!"
Thrust hardly ever loses his cool, and is almost fearless. He'll even let his boss, Megatron, know when he's done something stupid, something which the cowardly scapegoat, Waspinator, would never even dream of doing. One incident with a certain beast named Savage did show Thrust greatly intimidated, though.
In the final episodes, his Cycle Drones extracted the sparks of all the Maximals except Optimus Primal. Thrust was caught in a battle to the death with Cheetor, which was ended when Cheetor extracted Waspinator's spark from Thrust. When all of Cybertron had been reformatted, Thrust became Waspinator again, but there was a twist. He was now a tiny wasp with the Vehicon general's head. "Waspinator never gets what Waspinator wants!"
Thrust's command code was "Thrust Overdrive", though on one occasion he actually said, "Thrust Accelerate!"
A Deluxe sized toy was released for Thrust by Hasbro. His Cycle Drones were made into Basic sized figures utilizing brand new molds. Oddly enough the Cycle Drone toys looked more like Thrust in the television series than the Thrust toy did.
A smaller version of Thrust was also made as a toy which was included in children's fast food meals.
[edit] 3H Comics
Beast Machines Thrust appeared in the Transformers: Universe comic book among those escaping Unicron.
[edit] Transformers: Armada
| Transformers character | |
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| Thrust | |
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| Affiliation | Decepticon |
| Sub-Group | Deluxe Vehicles |
| Partner | Inferno |
| Motto | "I fight, I prevail, I conquer!" |
| Alternate Modes | F-35 Joint Strike Fighter |
| Series | Transformers: Armada |
| Voiced by | Colin Murdoch (English) Kôji Yusa (Japanese) |
In the Transformers: Armada (called "Transformers: Micron Legend" in Japan) cartoon series, Thrust is a noted Decepticon strategist called to Earth by Megatron.
Stealthily stalking the skies in his jet mode, Thrust is aided by his optical camouflage powers that render him invisible. He personally selected the Mini-Con Inferno (Thunder in Micron Legend) to be his partner when he arrived on Earth from Cybertron. In addition, he worked in conjunction with the Air Military Team (Terradive, Thunderwing, Gunbarrel) on several occasions.
Heralded as a master tactician and general, Thrust won numerous victories for the Decepticons on the planets Duke and Vector. The schemes he crafted for the Decepticons certainly seemed to confirm that fact, but they came crashing down when he failed to factor in the arrival of Jetfire on Earth, and later, his ability to combine with Optimus Prime.
Following these, and other disastrous encounters with the Autobots, Thrust was approached by Sideways and given promises of great power and respect, Thrust began to work against Megatron. At the same time, he arranged a scheme to manipulate Starscream and eventually allow the Decepticons to gain possession of all three Mini-Con weapons, which Thrust then used to power the mighty Hydra-Cannon. Back on Cybertron, however, Thrust's treachery was revealed when he absconded with the Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster, and delivered them to Sideways, who planned to use them to revive his master, Unicron. Following Sideways' theft of the Star Saber, Unicron was fully reborn and attacked Cybertron, with Thrust perched on his shoulder cheering over the destruction of the Transformers race - or, at least, that's what Thrust thought. When confronted by Galvatron (formerly Megatron) on Unicron's surface, Thrust accidentally flew into a portion of Unicron's body and became lodged in a shifting joint, and found that his cries for help elicited no response from the planet-eater or his former leader. Galvatron warned him that this was the fate of those who dared to dream of power and treason, and walked away as Thrust was crushed to death.
[edit] Dreamwave Comics
Thrust had a much lesser role in the accompanying Dreamwave comics. He first appeared in issue #9, arriving from Cybertron to equip the Decepticons with rocket boosters, providing them with some much needed mobility. He then took part in the Decepticon assault on the Min-Con base on the moon, and also battled Hot Shot and Red Alert alongside Starscream in order to discover the location of the Autobot base. He then became part of Megatron's forces on Earth, hunting the Mini-Con adventure team, accidentally being taken out by a super-powered Cyclonus and accompanying Starscream and Demolishor in search of Over-Run and the Mini-Con Matrix, battling Hot Shot again. However they ran into trouble in the most unexpected of forms - G1 Galvatron, who took out Thrust. Left for dead by the other two, Thrust managed to make his way to the Decepticon base on Earth. His luck didn't improve: he was confronted by Galvatron's fellow Heralds of Unicron - the G1 versions of Scourge, Thunderwing and Dirge - and subsequently beaten to a pulp. He did not appear again in the Armada comics.
[edit] Transformers: Energon
Although the character of Thrust did not appear in the Energon animated series Armada Thrust continued to appear in the Transformers: Energon comic series by Dreamwave, allying himself with the Autobots after the disappearance of Megatron. He is said to have worked at an Energon plant prior to the events of the comic, and was one of those who aided the Autobots when Cybertron was attacked by the Four Horsemen of Unicron - Airazor, Cheetor, Rhinox and Terrorsaur. Subsequently, he was one of those who volunteered to head to Earth to battle the Terrorcon invasion. He was one of the defenders of Toronto alongside Hot Shot, Red Alert, Hoist, Beachcomber and Rodimus, battling against Divebomb and a swarm of Terrorcon clones before receiving help from a very unlikely source - Megatron, resurrected in a new body by Optimus Prime. Megatron decimated the Terrorcon invasion, and Thrust attempted to ingratiate himself with his bemused former leader.
Thrust would make one more appearance in flashback in Transformers: Energon #30 as one of the Decepticons piloting Megatron’s battle barge as Starscream delivered a warning of Scorponok's ambitions.
Unfortunately Dreamwave went out of business at this point, so any further development of Thrust remains untold.
[edit] Transformers: Universe
The Universe character of Sunstorm was a repaint of Armada Thrust, painted to resemble Generation 1 Sunstorm.
[edit] Transformers: Cybertron
Thrust appeared in the Transformers: Cybertron line as a Mini-Con, a repaint of the Mini-Con Scattor.
Thrust was presented as a revolutionary who enjoyed defying the pointless laws of the Mini-Con council. Thriving on chaos, he took advantage of the black hole created by the Unicron singularity, sabotaging the Mini-Cons' ships and leaving them trapped on Cybertron as the black hole expands.
