Silverstreak
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- See also Silver Streak, for the Marvel Comics character see Bluestreak (comics)
Silverstreak (Streak in Japan, Jaseur in Canada, Ariete in Italy) is the name given to the Transformers character once known as Bluestreak, but for trademark reasons it had to be changed in 2003.
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[edit] Transformers: Generation 1 (1984)
| Transformers character | |
 Generation One Bluestreak box art |
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| Bluestreak/Silverstreak (Streak) | |
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| Affiliation | Autobot  |
| Sub-Group | Autobot Cars |
| Function | Gunner |
| Motto | "I never met a Decepticon I didn't dislike." |
| Alternate Modes | Datsun Fairlady Z (280ZX) |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Alternators Transformers: Universe |
| Voiced by | Casey Kasem (English) Koki Kataoka (Japanese) |
Bluestreak's bio described him as an incessant talker. He simply can't stop. Other Autobots don't mind this, as it helps lighten their mood. Despite this Bluestreak has a darker side - he loathes the war and fighting in it due to the Decepticons' annihilation of his home state in the war on Cybertron.When speaking of fellow Autobot Wheeljack, Bluestreak has said "That guy can build a neutron bomb out of a wristwatch and a rusty can."
According to original tech spec notes written by Bob Budiansky found at Iacon One in 2006 the original name for Bluestreak was Blue Streak.
[edit] Animated series
Bluestreak originally appeared as one of the crew of the Ark. When the ship crashed on Earth he lay dormant, but was later reactivated and given the alternate mode of an Earth sports car. After Ironhide took off to pursue the Decepticons, Bluestreak flew after him to talk some sense into him - but they were both shot down by a teleporting Skywarp. After this, he and Prowl were almost killed by Starscream, Soundwave and Thundercracker, only being saved by Brawn. The two pursued the Decepticons - and ran right into a trap. Disabled, they were only saved when Chip Chase took control of Prowl's body.
After this Bluestreak appeared less frequently, although in the late second season he participated in a race in the Middle East - only to have it sabotaged by the Stunticons. His last known appearance was in The Transformers: The Movie, where he is briefly seen helping Kup and Huffer move a roadblock just after Hot Rod starts shooting at the Decepticon shuttle. Even though Bluestreaks name wasn't on the Autobot casualities list for the movie, due to the fact that Huffers name was listed as dead in a future episode because he was outside the city it is most likely that Bluestreak fell as well or Bluestreak retreated from the fight all together.
[edit] Marvel Comics
Bluestreak also appeared in the Marvel Transformers comic, where his role was much the same as the animated series. He was one of the scores of casualties in the battle against the Underbase powered Starscream.
[edit] Dreamwave Productions
In this reimagining of the Generation One comics, Bluestreak is depicted as being a co-worker and friend of Optronix before he was given the Autobot Matrix of Leadership and became Optimus Prime. Little is known about his background apart from that in this continuity his home city was also destroyed. After Prime's disappearance he stayed with the Autobots, and even accompanied Prowl's team on a mission to destroy a new Decepticon base - only to be routed when it was discovered to be Trypticon.
Bluestreak was among the Autobots who followed Optimus Prime on his mission on board the Ark. They were attacked by Megatron's ship, the Nemesis. After being boarded the Ark crash landed on Earth, where all on board were preserved in emergency stasis. In 1984 a volcanic eruption awakened the Ark's computer, Teletran-I, and it repaired all on board. It reformatted Bluestreak in the form of an Earth sports car.
Eventually the combined forces of the Autobots on Earth and their human allies were able to capture the Decepticons. A ship called the Ark II was built to take the Cybertronians back to Cybertron, along with some human companions, but the ship exploded shortly after takeoff. The human allies were killed, but the Cybertronians were lost in the ocean, again in stasis lock.
Bluestreak was recovered by the terrorist Lazarus, who aimed to sell the deactivated Transformers to the highest bidder. Unfortunately Megatron soon broke free, and Bluestreak was one of the Transformers he used to power his technorganic virus. He was repaired in time to witness Shockwave's announcement that the war was over and the factions had united. Remembering his home state's destruction, Bluestreak believed that the Decepticons hadn't changed. He was proven right, as Shockwave attempted to seize control of Vector Sigma. He fought alongside Prime to stop him, and later began the long process of rebuilding.
[edit] Devil's Due Publishing
In this reimagining of the Generation One story, the Ark was discovered by the terrorist Cobra Organization, and all the Transformers inside were reformatted into Cobra vehicles remotely controlled by the Televipers. In this storyline Bluestreak turned into a Cobra Firebat jet.
[edit] IDW Publishing
Bluestreak would receive a brief mention in IDW Publishing's miniseres The Transformers: Stormbringer. Although he is not seen, he is on the other end of a communication with Springer, with Springer telling him to bring his squad in.
[edit] Toys
- Generation 1 Bluestreak (1984)
- The toy of Bluestreak/Silverstreak shares a slightly modified mold with the characters of Prowl and Smokescreen. When Bluestreak was reissued by Hasbro in 2003 it used the name Silverstreak. There is a long standing myth of a blue Bluestreak, due to the fact that pictures of the toy on the instructions and the year one catalogue show the toy blue.
- Alternators Silverstreak
- In the Binaltech line the toy was named Streak while in the Alternator line the toy was named Silverstreak. For this article it will be referred to as Silverstreak. Silverstreak's alternate mode is a silver Subaru Impreza WRX Sedan. The engine turns into an "Ion-Charge Disperser Rifle".
- His bio was much in line with the original - that he tended to overtalk far too much. However, this still helps raise Autobot morale. However, few realise that this is just a cover for Bluestreak's scarred psyche, as he has seen far too many battles and suffering.
- The Binaltech (Takara) version has the steering wheel on the right, while the Alternators (Hasbro) version is available with the steering wheel on both sides.
- Silverstreak is a remold of Smokescreen.
- Transformers: Universe Silverstreak (2004)
- There was a Universe Spy Changer version of Silverstreak. He was a repaint of Robots in Disguise Side Swipe, who was in turn based on an unused Generation 2 Go-Bot mold. Two packaging versions of this toy existed - a Kaybee version which did not attribute the toy to Universe and was packaged in vehicle form, and a version for discount stores which did and was packaged in robot mode. His bio again indicated he was an uncontrollable talker. His motto was still "I never met a Decepticon I didn't dislike."
- Universe Silverstreak did not appear in any of the Transformers: Universe storylines.
