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 | |
 The Decepticon Thrust Box Art |
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| Thrust | |
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| Affiliation | Decepticon  |
| Sub-Group | Seekers |
| Rank | 5 |
| Function | Warrior |
| Motto | "My engines' roar is my enemies' song of doom!" |
| Alternate Modes | Modified F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet Cybertronian Jet |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
| Voiced by | Ed Gilbert (English) |
Thrust (Fatalo in Canada, Rapax in Italy, Impulso in Portugal) 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.
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.
In the episode “The God Gambit” Cosmos collected data in space on a potential new power source, but was attacked by Astrotrain, Thrust and Starscream. Crashing on the moon Titan, the local priests worshiped the Decepticons as "Sky Gods", but rebels were able to reactivate Cosmos and call for aid from the Autobots. Optimus Prime sent Omega Supreme with Perceptor and Jazz. Astrotrain set himself up as the chief god of the moon and forced the natives to gather energy crystals. The trip to Titan drained Omega of most of his energy, but Perceptor and Jazz were able to gather enough crystals to reactivate Omega and defeat the three Decepticons. Vowing to not let the Autobots gain the crystals, Astrotrain set up a chain reaction destroying them. The Autobots aided the natives to escape the explosion and helped them settle in another area of the moon.
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 U.S. he last appeared in Episode #82: “Ghost in the Machine”.
[edit] Transformers: Headmasters
Thrust appeared in Episode 1 and 15 of the Japanese exclusive Headmasters series.
[edit] Marvel Comics
Thrust first appeared in issue 17 of the U.S. Marvel Transformers comic, acting as a bodyguard for Straxus. He played a larger role in the Marvel U.K. 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 scrapped 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 acquitting themselves well against the inexperienced Autobots they were eventually forced to flee when the Aerialbots formed Superion.
A story called “The Gift” in issue 93 of the Marvel U.K. comics explored Jetfire's problems fitting in with the other Autobots. Jetfire accompanied Jazz to a Blackrock fuel plant to oversee the creation of more fuel for the Autobots. The plant was attacked by Decepticons Thrust and Bombshell. Although Jetfire was able to put out a fire at the plant before it exploded, he blamed himself for being slow to react.
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 comic continuity, although they would be seen in the U.K. Earthforce tales under the command of Megatron and Shockwave. In the alternate Movie themed future of the U.K. 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 Productions
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. He appeared defending Cybertron's palnetary engines from Grimlock's group, but was later seen slumped against the wall. Staying with the Decepticons during the chaos following Megatron's disappearance, 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 Publishing
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, presumably he had been giving a Earth form by this time.
[edit] IDW Publishing
Thrust would make his first IDW Publishing appearance in The Transformers: Stormbringer as part of the Decepticon infiltration cell on Nebulos when Thunderwing arrived. Thrust was ordered to stay in their base in order to be able to have a recording of the events in case things went wrong. Despite the Decepticons' best efforts the monster devastated much of the planet and Thrust fled along with Dreadwind and Darkwing.
[edit] Toys
- Thrust (1985)
- A remold of the toy used for Starscream and the other first year Seekers.
- Smallest Transformers Thrust (2004)
- A tiny remake of the original Thrust character, available exclusively as a bling packaged item in Japan. This toy is a remold of Smallest Transformers Starscream.
- Classics Thrust (2007)
- A BotCon 2007 exclusive Thrust figure was announced. This figure will be a remold or redeco or Classics Ramjet. The release of this figure as a high-priced, limited edition convention exclusive instead of as a general store release caused fans wishing to complete their seeker set hard feelings.
[edit] Beast Wars II (1998)
| Transformers character | |
 The Predacon Thrust |
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| Thrust | |
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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 series, Thrust is a Predacon who transformers into a yellow jet, and is a soldier in the forces of a transformer calling himself 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 strangely 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 menial tasks while complex assignments are left to more appropriate Predacons.
[edit] Beast Machines
Also see Waspinator
| Transformers character | |
 The Vehicon Thrust |
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| Thrust | |
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| Affiliation | Vehicon  |
| Sub-Group | Deluxe Vehicles |
| Function | Cycle-Drone General |
| Motto | "There are no rules on the road - only victors and scrap metal." |
| Alternate Modes | Cybertronian Motorcycle |
| Series | Beast Machines |
| Voiced by | Jim Byrnes |
Thrust was one of the original three Vehicon Generals, and he was the last one to fall against the Maximals in the series finale. He is the loner, 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. To the surprise of all, Thrust was actually the reprogrammed Waspinator.
Thrust almost never 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 Waspinator would never have done. Thrust even once told his leader that using the sparks of Rhinox and Silverbolt for Jetstorm and Tankor had been a bad idea as they had once been “pals” of Optimus.
Each of the three original Vehicon Generals had their own personalized command codes; Jetstorm's was: "Thrust Overdrive!!" (though on one occasion he said: "Thrust Accelerate!" as a joke)
[edit] Animated series
Despite his preference for solitude, he considered his fellow Vehicon General Jetstorm to be his best friend, disregarding some of their past rivalries. As for Tankor, "He's a nice guy... little dim". He despised the next generals, Obsidian and Strika simply because they replaced the original cast and because they treated him like an outsider, despite the fact that he had been there the longest. Not until Megatron had been thought dead and Obsidian and Strika had joined forces with the Maximals despite Thrust’s assurances that Megatron would return, did the new generals respect Thrust, for he had been loyal when they had not. While he was still not considered an equal, they from then on let him in on their plans.
Unlike all the other Generals, Thrust would remain loyal to Megatron to the bitter end. His friendship with Jetstorm would eventually turn into a white-hot hatred when the Jetstorm reverted back to Silverbolt, his old Maximal self.
Thrust was the only one of the original three 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 for the she-spider. She was disappointed to learn that Thrust wasn't Silverbolt, but the Predacon Waspinator. Waspinator had been left on prehistoric Earth, to be worshipped by the early humans, but they eventually became sick of him, and chased him off. Somehow he returned to Cybertron where his spark was extracted by Megatron and reprogrammed into Thrust. Waspinator was actually very pleased to be inside the "cool biker-bot" because "Chick-bots dig 'brooding loner' bit! "
In the final episodes, his Cycle-Drones extracted the sparks of all the Maximals except Optimus Primal. After using Silverbolt's hatred of being called Jetstorm to trick him into having a tower dropped on him, Thrust was caught in a fierce battle with Cheetor, which was ended when Cheetor extracted Waspinator's spark from Thrust. When all of Cybertron had been reformatted, Thrust became Waspinator again - with a twist. He was now a tiny wasp with the Vehicon General's head.
[edit] 3H Enterprises
Beast Machines Thrust appeared in the Transformers: Universe comic book among those escaping Unicron.
[edit] Toys
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] Transformers: Armada
| Transformers character | |
 Thrust (as he appeared in Armada) |
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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 Murdock (English) Kôji Yusa (Japanese) |
In the Transformers: Armada 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 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. 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 Chaos-Bringer 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 Productions
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, the original 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 original 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 he continued to appear in the Transformers: Energon comic series by Dreamwave, allying himself with the Autobots after the disappearance of Megatron. He 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 Sunstorm from the original series.
[edit] Transformers: Cybertron
Another 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, then leading a rebellion. Thrust would pay the price for his ways in the accompanying club comic, however. When Unicron attacked Cybertron in the midst of the Mini-Con civil war, Thrust was amongst those killed by the Chaos-Bringer.
