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Silverstreak
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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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| Transformers character | |
 Generation One Bluestreak box art |
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| Bluestreak/Silverstreak | |
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| Affiliation | Autobot |
| Japanese name | Streak |
| Sub-Group | Autobot Cars |
| Function | Gunner |
| Motto | "I never met a Decepticon I didn't dislike." |
| Alternate Modes | Datsun Fairlady Z (280ZX) Cybertronian car |
| 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.
Bluestreak originally appeared as one of the original Autobots on Earth. He, along with the rest of the Season 1 Autobots and Decepticons, crash landed on Earth and went into a 4 million year stasis lock. He was reactivated in 1984 and given the alternate mode of an Earth sports car.
Bluestreak's character was not developed too far but his reluctance to fight was absent in the series. He was mainly used as a soldier and sometimes as comic relief due to his witty comments.
In the pilot episode, Bluestreak's first star appearance saw him pursuing a hot-headed Ironhide who took off to pursue the Decepticons. Bluestreak tried to talk some sense into him but they ended up in a dogfight with Skywarp. Skywarp teleported and shot Ironhide from behind, injuring his back. Ironhide crashed into a lake and Bluestreak swam to his rescue. In the episode "Roll for It", Bluestreak and Prowl are almost killed after they attempt to ambush a weakened Starscream, Soundwave and Thundercracker in a military hangar.
Bluestreak also participated in the "Trans-Europe Express", a charity race from Paris, France to Istanbul, Turkey. The race was rigged by the Decepticons in order to capture American driver Auggie Cahnay's state-of-the-art vehicle. The alloy from the engine would be used to house the Pearl of Bahoudin(sp?), a device that could control the weather. The Stunticons steal the car and the arrogant Auggie is forced to drive Bluestreak for the remainder of the race. They end up winning the race and run off with Bumblebee and Tracks to face the Decepticons.
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 Bluestreak's name wasn't on the Autobot casualties list for the movie, because Huffer's name was listed as dead in a future episode because he was outside the city it is possible that Bluestreak fell as well or retreated from the fight altogether.
Bluestreak also appeared in the Marvel Transformers comic, where his role was much the same as the animated series. The 1985 Transformers Annual (UK), chronicling the early struggle on Cybertron, records that Bluestreak transported vital high explosives to aid Optimus Prime's first decisive counter strike against the Decepticons. Bluestreak was successful, but witnessed his friend Fusion killed on the mission.
The Autobot forces almost succumbed to fuel deprivation early in the war on Earth; Optimus Prime was forced to choose four warriors to give precious fuel to and carry on the fight, of which one was Bluestreak. Despite their valiant efforts, the Autobots were only saved when the poisoned fuel fed to the Decepticons by Sparkplug Witwicky took effect.
Bluestreak joined the list of the long-term injured during the Dinobot Hunt. He was charged, along with Sideswipe and Huffer, with bringing in the powerful Dinobot, Grimlock. Unfortunately for Bluestreak, the party found the mentally ill Grimlock locked in vicious combat with Sludge, who had been planted there by the Decepticons. Caught between two delirious Dinobots, Bluestreak was badly injured and did not return to active service until the closing months of Grimlock's subsequent leadership of the Autobots.
He was later one of the scores of casualties in the battle against the Underbase powered Starscream.
Bluestreak was featured in the 1985 Transformers audio book Autobots' Lightning Strike.
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.
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.
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.
- Generation 1 Bluestreak (1984)
- The toy of Bluestreak/Silverstreak shares a slightly modified mold with the characters of Prowl and Smokescreen. There is a long standing myth of a blue Bluestreak, because pictures of the toy on the instructions and the year one catalogue show the toy blue.
- Commemorative Series Silverstreak (2003)
- When Bluestreak was reissued by Hasbro in 2003 it used the name Silverstreak.
- 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.