Slipstream (TFA)


 * The Female Starscream is a nagging harpy Decepticon from the Animated continuity family.



The Starscream clone that raises the most questions, the purple and pale teal Female Starscream possesses considerable strategic thinking, a biting sense of humor, and a short temper. Like all of the clones, she represents an aspect of the original Starscream's personality... though which aspect that is, he's better off not asking (or so she says).

Practically everything she ever says to the original Starscream is an insult of some form. Really makes you wonder about Starscream, doesn't it?

"Any leader has to be an improvement over you!"

- The Female offers an opinion on her template

Animated cartoon

 * Voice actor: Tara Strong (English)

When the clones were brought online, Starscream was confronted with various personality issues. The Female revealed that each one represented an aspect of his personality: megalomania, cowardice, bootlicking, and deception. When Starscream asked (a little suggestively) where she came from, Female Starscream warned him not to ask. Once they were ready to depart, Egomaniac pushed Starscream aside, and the original realized that he really was a pain in the gearshaft. Female Starscream bitingly noted that he'd finally "arrived at the party", then childishly claimed that she wasn't starting anything.

The Female proved to be a capable fighter, managing to get a pair of stasis cuffs on the massive Bulkhead. After the original Starscream was decapitated by Isaac Sumdac piloting a Headmaster unit, she promptly declared that she was better off being led by Megatron. When Omega Supreme joined the battle, she and the other Decepticons were blasted away, their fates uncertain.

Trivia



 * Where the Female clone gets her colors is uncertain. While her colors are like those of Generation 2 Ramjet, her layouts are completely different, where the other four much more closely match their Generation 1 templates. If her color scheme were applied to the original Seeker toy, she would be teal where the original Starscream is gray, with a purple chest and black fists, very unlike Generation 2 Ramjet's layout. Her colors may simply be a "more feminine" version of Animated Starscream's deco.


 * While the Transformers fandom has long mused upon the possibility of female "Seekers" (and produced countless self-insertion characters that are variants on the theme), this is the first canonical female character to share a body template with Starscream. This is either great or horrible, depending on your perspective.


 * This may well be the "Female Decepticon without a tragic past" hinted at by the production team at BotCon 2008. Although being based on Starscream may as well be a tragedy in itself.