Cliffjumper shoots first and asks questions much, much later. The only intelligence he's patient enough to gather is "Decepticons were e, and now they're dead." Despite his surly and impetuous nature, however, Bumblebee seems to like him.
History[]
Bumblebee[]
Cliffjumper was fighting alongside his fellow Autobots, Ratchet, Ironhide, Wheeljack, Arcee and Brawn on Cybertron, when they were nearly overrun by the Decepticons, until Optimus Prime came to their rescue and told them to flee the planet and rendezvous later on Earth. Cliffjumper, along with many others, escaped the planet. Some time later, his pod crash-landed on one of the moons of Saturn where two Decepticons, Shatter and Dropkick, captured him and interrogated him on Optimus Prime's location. He refused to give up any information other than his name and rank. Unfortunately, the two Decepticons, managed to pick up Bumblebee's signal on Earth, before departing however, Dropkick sliced Cliffjumper in half lengthways, killing him.
Eventually, Cliffjumper was avenged when Bumblebee kills Shatter and Dropkick after foiling their plan to contact the other Decepticons.
IDW comic[]
Foundation & Defiance[]
Many, many years ago, Cliffjumper and his look-alike Bumblebee guarded the AllSpark at Simfur from nothing in particular. Cliffjumper tried to get his bored friend to calm down when the yellow guy got anxious from just sitting around. Cliffjumper pointed out that, even though they were Defense Force material, they'd be just as bored in the Defense Force, just doing patrols. If anything, they should relax and let the action come to them.
Cliffjumper rather regretted his words, as hostile aliens attacked Cybertron, and the pair were quickly pinned down under heavy fire. Relief finally came in the form of Megatron, who quickly slagged several of the attacking craft. Megatron proceeded to berate the two Autobots for not doing a better job and not taking the fight to the enemy, but received a bad wound from the attackers. When Starscream arrived, Megatron told him to keep Optimus's team out of their way.
After the battle, a panicky Bumblebee knew something big was coming, though Cliffjumper thought that they wouldn't have anything to do with it anyway, as they're only supposed to stand guard at the temple. Prowl and Jazz came to investigate the attack on the temple, and Cliffjumper reported that they didn't notice any unusual activity from the AllSpark during the battle. Later, presumably all the security personnel were present at the meeting where Optimus asked them not to follow Megatron into war.
After Megatron discovered that Optimus, Prowl and Jazz had been snooping about in his quarters, he sent Cliffjumper and Bumblebee along with other expendable security officers under Prowl's command to arrest Optimus on trumped-up charges of treason. What the officers didn't know was they were all marked for death, and on the trip to Trypticon, the group was attacked by soldiers loyal to Megatron. The group managed to escape to Burthov while Optimus stayed behind long enough to defeat the would-be assassins.
In the wastes of Burthov, Cliffjumper got the drop on the disenfranchised soldier Ironhide, who had quit Megatron's army in disgust. A brief standoff ensued where Ironhide was confident that his abundant weaponry would ensure Cliffjumper would not harm him, but the younger 'bot noted the cannons were all Ironhide had, and suddenly, his confederates sprung out of the ground to surround the old soldier. Ironhide wasn't in the mood to fight anyway, so the rebels took him to see Optimus Prime. Cliffjumper was in a crowd of Autobots waiting for Optimus Prime's orders after the Decepticons launched the Nemesis into space. Sometime later, with the war reaching its peak, Optimus Prime made the decision to capture the AllSpark and launch it into deep space, hopefully sparing Cybertron further devastation and giving his Autobots the breathing room they required.
Rising Storm[]
Cliffjumper participated in a mission to steal energon from the now Decepticon-controlled Trypticon. His team was ambushed by Shockwave's troops, and though Cliffjumper himself was shot in the chest by Shockwave, he lived to retreat and regroup.
The Reign of Starscream[]
After the death of Megatron and the destruction of the AllSpark, Cliffjumper was part of an Autobot assault team on Mars under the command of Arcee. Together with his teammates, he attacked the Starscream's landed Decepticon starship. Cliffjumper and the others made short work of the Swindle, Dreadwing, and Payload drones that the Decepticons sent against them, but were unprepared for Thundercracker's sonic weaponry. Cliffjumper and Camshaft attempted to provide cover for Smokescreen to evacuate the fallen Air Raid, but Thundercracker killed Camshaft and wounded Cliffjumper. Saved from certain doom by Arcee, Cliffjumper turned the tides on the Decepticon, only to be shot in the back by Starscream. Arcee attempted to evacuate her wounded comrade, but was struck down by Starscream instead, leaving Cliffjumper's future looking grim.
Convergence Chapter 4[]
However, Soundwave only found corpses to two dead Autobots belonging to Air Raid and Camshaft, so Cliffjumper may have gotten better!
Alternate Timelines[]
Toy bios[]
The Autobots depend on the brazen Cliffjumper to make the more collected of their enemies so angry that they mess up their own plans. At one point, Cliffjumper targeted Barricade, who—while physically Cliffjumper's equal or better—became extremely annoyed by the fact he could not match Cliffjumper's skill at insults.
If Dead End and Cliffjumper weren't on opposite sides, they would get along swimmingly—because they're both dysfunctional jerks. As it happens, the extent of their interpersonal relationship involves Dead End trying to creep the short-tempered Cliffjumper out, which typically ends with Dead End getting punched in the face.
Video Game[]
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark 3DS[]
Weapons[]
Original Continuity[]
- Plasma Cannon (IDW Comic)
- Energy Blade (IDW Comic)
Bumblebee (film)[]
- Machine Gun (in film Bumblebee)
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