Black-Out
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| This article is about Generation 1 versions of Blackout. For the live-action film series character he's based on, see Blackout (Movie). For a list of other meanings, see Blackout (disambiguation). |
- Black-Out is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Black-Out is a large Decepticon with a military helicopter alt-mode. Armed with an onboard EMP generator, he excels at scrambling short-wave communications.
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Fiction
2005 IDW continuity
During the era of Zeta Prime, Blackout was part of a crowd protesting the death of Hefter. To Walk Among the Chosen
Beast Wars: Uprising
Surviving into the Grand Uprising era, Black-Out was a Builder who no longer had the energon resources necessary to transform. Instead, he remained in vehicle mode and operated as the personal helicopter for Games Administrator Eject.
When the Vehicons went wild, Black-Out's micro-EMP generator proved highly advantageous in clearing a path through the drones. Eject made peace with Lio Convoy to coordinate an attack on the Grand Mal, the control center for the Vehicons. The Mal was operational again, however, and its eye laser damaged Black-Out's flight systems. Eject manned the controls and managed to auger in through the very eye that shot them down. Lio Convoy and his crew escaped the crash, but Eject and Black-Out were consumed by the secondary explosions once they hit the inside of the battle station. Derailment
2019 IDW continuity
At some point, Blackout posed in a group photo with many Cybertronians, including Blast Off. Open Comms
Games
Transformers Roleplaying Game
Blackout invented a broadwave signal jammer, which allowed users to scramble the communications of any would-be eavesdroppers in a large area. The Great Energon Robbery
Toys
Notes
- In Beast Wars: Uprising, Transformers cannot share exactly the same name. Blackout is therefore distinguished using a hyphen as "Black-Out", coexisting with "Generation 1" Blackout and Armada "Black Out" and "Search".
- Black-Out's appearances in Beast Wars: Uprising and the 2019 IDW continuity are heavily influenced by Animated Blackout. In the former, Black-Out even shares his namesake's ability to generate EMPs.
