Editing Blast Off (G1)

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{{Transformers
|Image          = G1 Blast Off.jpg
|Name           = Blast Off
|Continuity     = [[The Transformers (franchise)|The Transformers]], [[The Headmasters (franchise)|The Headmasters]]
|Japanese Name  = 
|Alternate Name = 
|Affiliation    = [[Decepticon]]s
|Subgroup       = [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]
|Function       = Space Warrior
|Alternate Mode = Space shuttle
|Weapons        = Laser pistol and prescison accuracy with foot blasters
}}

'''Blast Off''' doesn't need a write-up in some pathetic, grubby little human database. It might matter to [[Sky Lynx (G1)|''some'' robots]] what others think of them, or if they think of them at all, but Blast Off couldn't care less. No, he's literally and figuratively above your average Cybertronian riff-raff. The other Combaticons could completely forget he's up here, orbiting so far above the Earth, distant and alone... with only the cold, empty void for company... and he couldn't care less. No, certainly not. 

Lesser robots could hardly understand the joy... yes, that's it, the joy, he finds in efficiently and remorselessly annihilating targets from such a great distance. Blast Off was quite simply "built better" than the rest, you see, and so needs nothing from those tiny beings moving about so... so very... far away below. Blast Off... Blast Off is quite happy with his superior position, yes, quite happy and... and quite alone.   

Blast Off condescends to combine with his fellow [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s to form [[Bruticus]].

{{Quote|It just don't pack the wallop it used to!|Vortex discovering his blaster dosen't work in [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]}}

:''Italian name'': '''Exploder''' (ouch)
:''Hungarian name'': '''Kilövő'''
:''French name (Canada):'' '''Propulsio'''

== Gallery ==
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==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation One====
{{note|Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.}}

Blast Off, Lord of the Skies, was beaten up by a cloud.  {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

[[Image:Blastoff.gif|200px|thumb|left|Witness my incredible ROCKET FEET! Eat your spark out, Blitzwing.]]
''On a mission for Commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Blast Off and the Combaticons secured a volcano where the nemeses [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] had been found frozen in the cooled lava like flies in the amber. Shockwave saw Galvatron as a threat to his power base, and wanted the volcano destroyed with Galvatron stuck inside it. The Combaticons' mission was interrupted, however, by several female fleshlings trying to save Ultra Magnus. They sent a speeding jeep towards Blast Off and his comrades, but they stopped the vehicle easily. They didn't fare as well against a tank the women had appropriated, however, which fired at the jeep and set off the storage of explosives the women had put inside it. {{storylink|Ladies' Night}}''

He and his fellow Combaticons were sent on a hunting mission by Decepticon command, and spent several weeks tracking and tormenting [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and the [[Throttlebot|Throttlebots]], who had recently interfered with their schemes. They were interrupted by the [[Protectobot]]s, though, and engaged in battle with their foes. Blast Off demonstrated his unmitigated superiority by beating up a [[Groove (G1)|pacifist]]. Darn peace-niks.{{storylink|Used Autobots}} In a later combat, the Combaticons joined to form Bruticus but were beaten by Blaster and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Afterwards, Blast Off was slapped with a mode-lock device so that Blaster could remote control him, taking his human friends the Spacehikers for a spin around outer space. Unfortunately, Blaster was at odds with Autobot leader [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] at the time as well, and Blast Off and his passengers were forcibly captured by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} The Decepticon later either escaped Autobot custody on his own, or was rescued along with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s victims by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In 2008, Blast Off was briefly seen racing through the skies with his fellow Decepticons on the way to attack [[Autobase]]. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====Generation 2====
Blast Off was among the Decepticons who fell back under Megatron's command after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] was destroyed. He was among the crowd of Decepticons Megatron whipped up into a warrior frenzy before first confronting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his second generation [[Cybertronian]]s. {{storylink|New Dawn}} He later showed concern when Onslaught had a tummy-ache, particularly because Combaticons (strictly speaking) don't ''have'' tummies. {{storylink|Swarm (comic issue)|Swarm}} Blast Off and his fellow Combaticons were the first Decepticons aboard the [[Warworld]] to meet the boarding party of Cybertronians led by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. They didn't fare so well. {{storylink|Total War}}
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===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Milt Jamin]] (US), ??? (Japan)

Blast Off was one of several Decepticon political prisoners who were "liberated" by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].  Somehow he turned from the chassis of a World War II bomber to a Space Shuttle once he was activated. He would probably place this on him being a sophisticated Transformer.

Unfortunately, Blast Off's new body lacked an [[Energy absorber|energy absorber]], an "oversight" Starscream used to control him and his fellow Combaticons. In return for the vital components (taken from captured Transformers), Blast Off helped Starscream lead his latest coup against [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. The coup almost succeeded, until the [[Stunticon|Stunticons]] interfered, leading to Blast Off's (and the rest of the brigade's) exile on a distant asteroid. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

His exile would prove to be short-lived. With Blast Off providing the locomotion, the Combaticons returned to Cybertron, where they defeated [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his [[Sentinel (G1)|drone army]]. It took a temporary Autobot-Decepticon alliance to defeat the Combaticons, and the Autobots believed them destroyed after Cybertron's sort-of liberation. In reality, Megatron had Bruticus (and thus, Blast Off, we guess) reprogrammed to be more loyal. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}},{{Storylink|Aerial Assault}},{{Storylink|B.O.T.}},{{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}},{{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}},{{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}},{{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}},{{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

In 2006, Blast Off was patrolling a litter void in Decepticon territorial space when he found a [[Skuxxoid]] on a rocket sled making target practice out of the junk. After running the little punk to ground, Blast Off "convinced" him to give over his impressive blaster cannon. In addition, the alien told him how to find the weapon's rare ammunition, [[death crystal]]s, from Quig Mountain on the planet [[Dredd]]. When the Autobots came to investigate, Blast Off and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] attempted to chase them off the scene. [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] gave them a merry chase, but Runamuck actually managed to blow up a comet to cover their escape. {{storylink|Chaos}},{{Storylink|Fight or Flee}},{{Storylink|Thief in the Night}},{{Storylink|Starscream's Ghost}},{{Storylink|Surprise Party}},{{Storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}},{{Storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}},{{Storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

=== [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Scramble City Activation|Scramble City]] ===

=== The Headmasters cartoon ===
{{Storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}},{{Storylink|A Dream Is Born, Double Prime}},{{Storylink|Operation Cassette}},{{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}},{{Storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}},{{Storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}},{{Storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] became the new Autobot Supreme Commander, Blast Off took part in the Decepticon assault upon [[Iacon]].  Blast Off enjoyed strutting his stuff in his less aerodynamic but more heavily armed original form.  

Millions of years later, Blast Off, along with his fellow Combaticons, was imprisoned by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], until they were released by Starscream. 

When [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] appeared on Earth, the battered Combaticons were ordered by Starscream to combine into Bruticus and deal with the crazed zealot. It did not end well. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[Image:G1DW_SkyLynx_defeats_Combaticons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Nice kitty... pretty kitty...]]

The repaired Combaticons were brought to Guadalcanal where they could hone their somewhat lackluster combat skills and listen to Starscream's long-winded aspirations of glory. Starscream orders them to defeat the magnificent Autobot [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] as a means to train themselves for greater battles. Blast Off declared to Vortex to 'take [Sky Lynx] down', but unfortunately, the Combaticons did not fare well when the crafty Autobot split into his two forms, and Blast Off was embarrassingly grabbed in the flying form's jaws.

This was the least of their troubles, however, as [[Predaking]] showed up as soon as Sky Lynx was deactivated. This encounter also did not end well. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

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===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers'' comics continuity===
As part of [[Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Blast Off defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe]] strike force.  {{storylink|The Art of War, Part 5}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Stormbringer4_Decepticonfliers.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[furmanism|Like some vast predatory birds.]]]]
Blast Off was part of the troop complement aboard the Decepticon warship ''[[Thanatos]]'' under the command of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]. With respect to the desperate defence the [[Wrecker]]s were mounting against [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], Razorclaw sent out two squads of Decepticons to assist the Autobots; Blast Off was among the aerial forces led by [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4}} 

[[Image:SpotlightArcee_BlastOff.jpg|thumb|left|350px|Well that's rather inconvenient.]]

He was later reassigned to the Combaticons operating under [[Banzaitron]]'s [[Decepticon Secret Service]]. The Combaticons were used as an elite storming brigade in the attack on the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary in an effort to capture the prison's [[Pretender Monster|newest inmates]] and their so-called [[gestalt]] technology. Blast Off was right in the middle of chortling over the fun of killing folk when he was skewered by [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. The other Combaticons carried him out with them when they evacuated with their prizes. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}
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==Toys==
===Generation One===
*'''Blast Off''' (Combaticon, 1986/1990)
**''Team ID number'': '''C3'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-65'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right cannons, pistol

[[Image:G1Blastoff_toy.jpg|thumb|right|What are you talking about?  I see brown space shuttles being used by the army all the time.]]

: Blast Off transforms into yet another [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle Rockwell International NASA Space Shuttle]. In this mode, he is armed with two laser cannons mounted his engines.

: In robot mode Blast Off is armed with  a small laser pistol and his two laser cannons, which are now mounted on his legs. Along with fellow Combaticon [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], Blast Off is the first Transformer figure to use ball joints, located in his shoulders. He usually forms Bruticus' right arm, but as a [[Scramble City]] toy, he can be connected with any limb slot on Bruticus.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Operation Combination]]'' [[Shuttle Gunner]], ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Movor]] and ''[[Universe]]'' Movor.

===Generation 2===
*'''Blast Off''' (Combaticon, 1994)
**''Team ID number'': '''C3'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right cannons, pistol

: In ''[[Generation 2]]'', Blast Off was redecoed white with purple camouflage {{m-}} for all the times you need purple camouflage in space.

===Universe (2008)===

* '''Bruticus Maximus''' (2009)

:A repaint from the [[Blight]] mold, Blast Off shares his mold with [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]. His paint scheme resembles his 25-year-old cartoon model. Like his brethren, he sports some letters that spell out his name, but only has the acronym '''BO''' for Blast Off. For some apparent reason, he's strangely a tank now. Maybe [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] conned him out of his chopper mold?

===FansProjects (2010)===

* '''Crossfire''' (2010)

:A fan made garage kit, Blast Off transforms from a reimagined manless space shuttle to robot mold modeled after his G1 incarnation.  He is armed w/ optional laser pistols included as accessories or a massive "FF VII Cloud cleaver"  which becomes his tail in shuttle mode.  He can combine with the Universe Bruticus Maximus figures.

==Merchandise==
: A digital wristwatch of Blast Off's shuttle mode was released during ''Generation 2'', in the same white and purple coloration as the toy.  This did not have a robot mode, however.

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==Notes==
* Blast Off's animation model apparently mis-interpreted his forehead crest as a visor, giving him one funkily-arranged face.

* Normally, the word "blast" is rendered in katakana as ブラスト (bu-ra-su-to) {{m-}} like in [[Strongarm (Energon)|Blastarm]] or [[Blaster (G1)|Broadblast]]. However, the katakana used in Blast Off's Japanese name is most decidedly ブレスト (bu-re-su-to) {{m-}} which is usually used to render the English words "breast" or "blessed". It appears that this is not an ''uncommon'' misspelling, so it is uncertain as to whether Takara were ''intentionally'' trying to give Blast Off the name "Breast Off"/"Blessed Off". However, it is somewhat notable that this same spelling was later used to render the first part of [[Blast Master]]'s name, an unrelated shuttle character released years later. Perhaps the common katakana "spelling" of the word changed at some point, a not-unheard-of occurrence.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Blast-Off/blast-off.htm Blast Off at TFU.info]


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