Jetfire (ROTF)


 * Jetfire is an Autobot and a former Decepticon seeker in the Movie continuity family.



Back in his glory days, Jetfire was a skilled Decepticon soldier. He was one of the best of the best. But he then learned that all the Decepticons really wanted was to control the universe so he joined the Autobots. He eventually became tired of the Autobot and Decepticon war, and fled to the planet Earth, where he would watch over the humans and study their progression for many, many, many, many, many, many.... many years.

""Among the mysteries of the universe lies the key victory"."

- Jetfire's motto.

"I'm too old for this crap!"

- Jetfire after killing Scorponok and being mortally wounded by him.

"Do you have any idea how it is to slowly fall apart and die!"

- Jetfire being old.

Revenge of the Fallen

 * Voice actor: Mark Ryan (English)



Jetfire is a Seeker. He was sent by The Fallen to find the Solar Harvester and Matrix on Earth, but ultimately defected to the Autobots. He is very old and does not work very well, unlike those old bots. At some point on Earth he took on the form of an SR-71 blackbird stealth plane, entered stasis lock and ended up in the Air and Space Museum. After finding out where he was located from Wheelie, Sam Witwicky, Mikaela Banes, Leo Spitz and Seymour Simmons traveled to the museum to find him. From what Wheelie said, he was likely the leader of the Seekers or a major one at least. The shard of the All spark possessed by Sam Witwicky brought him out of stasis lock and the humans were afraid of him as they learned he was a Decepticon from the symbol on his alt mode.

Jetfire didn't find them worth his time and tried to blast his way out of the hangar, but failed due to his malfunctioning weapon, so he just bashed his way out. The humans and Wheelie followed him out and learned of his defection. After learning of what he did, Wheelie officially defected to the Autobots side after humping Mikalea (Megan Fox) for a few minutes. After Sam explained about the symbols he kept seeing and drawing on the ground and mentioned The Fallen, Jetfire remembered his mission and used a space bridge to teleport the group along with Bumblebee, Wheelie, Skids and Mudflap to Egypt. There he explained the story of The Fallen to the group and gave them the clue he deciphered before he passed his mission off to them. Jetfire then stayed behind in the spot where the space bridge transported them.



During the battle later, Jetfire returns to help and incapacitated Mixmaster. Jetfire kicked his "arse" and totally ripped him in half and bashed his head in, showing the humans around him "how we brought the pain in my days." Scorponok attacked suddenly and the two fought it out, resulting in Jetfire being drilled in his belly and mortally wounded before he managed to toss Scorponok to the ground and crush the Decepticons head with his fist, killing him, leading Jetfire to complain that he was "too old for this crap..." After Optimus' revival by Sam and The Fallen taking the Matrix, Jetfire approached Optimus and told him to take his parts to fight The Fallen before ripping out his own spark, committing suicide. After Jetfire's death, Jolt fused Jetfire's parts with Optimus to fight The Fallen. Although Prime lost an engine in the fight, the parts gave Optimus the boost he needed and he killed The Fallen. After the fight, Optimus discarded Jetfire's parts and it's unknown what happened to them after that.

Revenge of the Fallen

 * Jetfire (Leader, 2009)
 * Jetfire transforms into a SR-71 Blackbird. His jet mode is so huge, he makes the first movie's Autobot Leader Optimus Prime look like a Legends figure next to a Mega class figure (in other words, he's twice Leader Prime's size). His humanoid mode features a cane made from his jet landing-gear, and apparently, is armed with a gun. As stated in every bit of information regarding the new film, Jetfire does indeed combine with Optimus.


 * Jetfire (Legends, 2009)


 * A much smaller and simple version of his Leader incarnation, Jetfire has none of the larger toy's features, but, his cane is molded onto his left hand. He can also combine with the Legends Prime by tabbing a tab on the top of his jet mode into the back of Prime's neck, then you can just arrange the limbs any way that looks best.


 * This is the only version of Jetfire who has a Decepticon labelled packaging and a Decepticon symbol printed on him, Whereas all other versions have Autobot labels.


 * Photon Missile Jetfire (Fast Action Battlers, 2009)

Trivia

 * Jetfire's robot mode has several features that emphasize his age; hunched stature, landing gear/walking stick, and the extensions on his head and face vaguely resemble the unkempt hair and mustache that are typically associated with the (for lack of a less offensive term) "old-timer" stereotype. To go even further with the old-timer stereotype, Jetfire has a hybrid English/American accent, with an appropriately Trans-Atlantic vocabulary of invective.
 * Similar to Starscream, Jetfire has bird-like legs.
 * He is the only Transformer seen so far to speak English in his alt-mode, as he briefly yells "Incoming!" while still in his jet form before he transformed and landed.
 * His cane is also an axe. This is awesome.
 * He can open a space-time bridge. In other words, he can teleport. This is also awesome.
 * If Demolisher is made of 100% pure condensed awesome, even though he died in about 30 seconds of fighting with Optimus Prime, then Jetfire is obviously made of 100% pure concentrated ownage (old age excluded).
 * The original Jetfire concept art (which was created by a fan, much like Long Haul's) depicted him as a young Decepticon warrior.
 * He DOES fuse! In a painful way, unlike some other Autobots.
 * He reminds fans of other old Autobots.
 * He kills two Decepticons single-handedly in the battle. Also awesome. However, when he sees that Prime doesn't even have the energy to stand, he rips out his own spark so Prime can use his parts. Incredibly awesome. It's official Jetfire is the coolest old man ever, and we're gonna miss him.
 * In the novelization, after explaining of the story of the Primes and The Fallen, Jetfire is approached by another Seeker who is a biplane (though this Seeker is not named, if the TF:ROTF toyline is anything to go by, it's Ransack) who located him via the space bridge he opened and started yelling and screaming at Jetfire and Wheelie calling them traitors. The Seeker launches a pathetic attack against him to which he responds by crushing him with his foot (crushing seems to be a favored method of killing for him). He then comments that he never liked that Seeker anyway.
 * His grandfather was a wheel. The first wheel. And you know what he transformed into? Nothing! But he did so with honor and dignity..
 * That parachute that flew out of his rear end was supposed to be the equivalent of farting. Hilarious...
 * Though barely seen in the movie, Jetfire dives into the fray during the final battle in Egypt in his vehicle mode, leaving behind a massive trail of black smoke. Some nice stealth plane he is. Although this could be due to his old age and parts not working right.
 * After killing The Fallen, Optimus Prime discards Jetfire's parts and walks away, what a dic-, uh, we mean, this is not so awesome.
 * Optimus keeps his parts in the game.
 * It's possible that the whole talking about parents is a result of his old age and long stay on Earth.
 * Apparently in his day killing enemies involved a lot of pain given his comment about "this is how we brought the pain in my day" before he killed Mixmaster and his method of killing Scorponok.