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Created page with "'''Fireflight''', also known as '''Firefly''' is the name of five fictional character from the Transformers series. ==Transformers: Generation 1== {{Infobox character| name =Fireflight |japanname =Firebolt |image =fireflight-carded.jpg |caption =Fireflight on card |affiliation =Autobot |subgroup =Aerialbots, Deluxe Vehicles, Legends |rank =6 |function =Reconnaissance |partner =Air Raid (Tran..."

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'''Fireflight''', also known as '''Firefly''' is the name of five [[fictional character]] from the [[Transformers]] series.

==Transformers: Generation 1==
{{Infobox character|
name =Fireflight
|japanname =Firebolt
|image =fireflight-carded.jpg
|caption =Fireflight on card
|affiliation =Autobot
|subgroup =[[Aerialbots]], Deluxe Vehicles, Legends
|rank =6
|function =Reconnaissance
|partner =[[Air Raid (Transformers)|Air Raid]], [[Silverbolt]], [[Skydive (Transformers)|Skydive]] and [[Slingshot (Transformers)|Slingshot]]
|motto ="''When I'm flying, no enemy is safe - nor friend.''"
|alternatemodes =[[F-4 Phantom II]], [[Antonov An-225]], [[A-10 Thunderbolt II]]
|series =''[[Transformers: Generation 1]]''<BR> ''[[Transformers: Generation 2]]''<BR>''[[Transformers: Classic]]''<BR>''[[Transformers: Generations]]''
|engvoice =[[Jeff MacKay]]
}}
Fireflight (sometimes called Firefly) first appeared as a member of the [[Aerialbots]]. A reckless flyer, pays no attention to the safety of others as he can get easily distracted by the vistas he sees below while in flight.<ref>{{Cite book | title=The Unofficial Guide to Transformers 1980s Through 1990s Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition | last=Alvarez | first=J.E. | year=2001 | publisher=Schiffer Publishing Ltd.| ISBN=0764313649 | page= 38}}</ref> He is sometimes known as Firefly.

Firefly often combines with his fellow Aerialbots to form Superion. He has also been know to help form [[Ultra Prime]] and [[Metroplex (Transformers)|Super Strong Metroplex]].

===Animated series===
In the ''The Transformers'' the Aerialbots were created on [[Cybertron]] around the same time as the [[Stunticons]] as a countermeasure to the new Decepticon car team. They are the Autobots' first combiner team, and when merged to form Superion, also considered their strongest combiner. Unlike the Decepticons' combiner team the Constructicons, their configuration is five transformers instead of six.

Their first appearance comes in the two-parter "Key to Vector Sigma, pts. 1 & 2". They were created to combat the Stunticons. During the fight, the Autobots were badly overpowered by the Stunticons when the newly-formed Aerialbots arrived and battled them. The Stunticons were no match for the Aerialbots and their aeroplane alternate-modes, but once they merged and formed the Decepticon Menasor, things got out of hand. However, the Aerialbots had their own combination, soon they too formed their own combiner, Superion, to combat Menasor. The two battled, but Menasor began to take the upper hand. Menasor was about to land a fatal blow to the Autobot when [[Omega Supreme]] arrived, and helped Superion to defeat him, forcing the Stunticons and the Decepticons to retreat.

The Aerialbots and Stunticons squared-off again, later in the episode Cosmic Rust, where Superion defeated Menasor in a Combiner vs. Combiner rivalry.

Later on, in the episode "War Dawn", they were sent back in time 9 million years ago by the Decepticons in an attempt to lose the Aerialbots forever in the dawn of time. At first, they question the motives of the Autobots. But after a series of events, and seeing Megatron's cruelty in the past, they witnessed death of a young Autobot named Orion Pax, who was rebuilt by Alpha Trion as their leader, Optimus Prime. They become convinced, and finally accept the ways of the Autobots.

In the episode "The Rebirth Part 1", the Aerialbots are put into stasis lock by the Decepticon Sixshot. As the Decepticons arrive and invade Cybertron, they encounter the Aerialbots, who are patrolling the planet. Galvatron orders Sixshot to deal with them, and he easily takes down each of the five Autobots using a different alternate mode. Using the Aerialbots' parts and components, the Decepticons were then able to construct a super engine to move the planet Cybertron.

===Books===
The Aerialbots appeared in the 1986 story book ''[[Galvatron's Air Attack]]'' by Ladybird Books.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=0721409881|title=Galvatron's Air Attack|publisher=Ladybird Books|year=1986}}</ref>

===Comics===
====Dreamwave Productions====
Unlike previous interpretations of the ''Generation 1'' Fireflight, Dreamwave comics had all the Aerialbots being made on Cybertron before the Autobots came to Earth. They were one of several teams that used the combiner technology first used to create Devastator to make their own combined form.

The Aerialbots came to be among the Autobots on Earth in the 1980s and gained the forms of Earth-style jets.

Upon the awakening of Optimus Prime in Dreamwave's first ''Generation 1'' mini-series, the Aerialbots were among the Autobots summoned by Optimus to rescue the remaining Autobots, who had been turned into mind-controlled weapons of mass destruction by a human arms dealer. During a subsequent battle with the Decepticons in San Francisco, the Aerialbots, merged into Superion, sacrificed themselves to stop an incoming nuclear missile, launched by rogue elements in the US military to eradicate both factions of Cybertronians in one fell swoop.

Later, it was revealed that parts of Superion, including his head, were recovered by the faction of the US government that also recovered Scourge. Hinting that they were possibly trying to rebuild him.

====Fun Publications====
=====Classicverse=====
Although ''Classic'' Fireflight has yet to be depicted in fiction, he did have a toy made for the line, which was the basis for his form when he appeared in the Classicverse Lithograph sold of BotCon 2007.

====IDW Publishing====
In The Transformers #51 Fireflight and other Aerialbots participated in a mission ordered by Optimus Prime to drop containers in West Africa which caused plants to grow in the desert.<REF>http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/03/11/idw-transformers-51-full-preview-311243</REF>

====Marvel Comics====
Fireflight and the other Aerialbots were created on Earth by [[Wheeljack]] and given life by Optimus Prime using the Matrix.

Beachcomber, Blaster, Cosmos, Perceptor, Powerglide, Seaspray and Warpath were part of an Autobot team on Cybertron in the Earth year 1986. They battled the Decepticons led by Straxus over the Space Bridge and the Autobots were stranded on Earth (''Transformers'' #18).

They were then captured by Circuit Breaker and her Rapid Anti-Robot Attack Team, She then took them to her laboratory and dismantled them for study. (''Transformers'' #21-22).

Circuit Breaker leads a giant Autobot she created from parts of other Autobots against the Decepticon Battlechargers in Marvel's Transformers comics.Circuit Breaker then captured Autobots Air Raid, Fireflight, Silverbolt, Skids, Skydive and Slingshot. Using the parts from all the captured Autobots she created a giant Autobot with herself in control, striking a deal with them that if they would cooperate she would let them go. Circuit Breaker then used them to attack the Decepticon Battlechargers Runabout and Runamuck who were attacking the Statue of Liberty. After defeating the Decepticons with Circuit Breaker the Autobots were released (''Transformers'' #23).

When Starscream returns to Earth after absorbing the powers of the Underbase, the Aerialbots were amongst those in New York first to attack... and also amongst the first to fall in battle.

====Transformers: Mosaic====
Fireflight appeared in the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'' story "Discrete Conduct" by Luke Barnett.<REF>http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=Discrete+Conduct+mosaic#/d3fxvz3</REF>

===Games===
Fireflight, under the name Firefly, is featured in ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'', where his bio acknowledges his altered monniker by noting that he has changed his name before for reasons unknown.

*[http://mattcave.fcpages.com/PDFs/FIREFLIG.pdf Hero 4th Edition role playing game character sheet for ''Generation 1'' Fireflight]

===Toys===
* '''''Generation 1'' Fireflight''' (1986)
:This toy could become any limb of any Scramble City style combiner, as well as combining with Metroplex as a weapon.
:A real F- Phantom is 1940 centimeters long, while the Fireflight toy is 13 centimeters long, making the toy about 1:149 scale. With the toy standing 8.5 centimeters tall, the real life Fireflight would stand 1267 centimeters (41.6 feet) tall.

* '''''Generation 2'' Fireflight'''
:Fireflight was recolored and released in ''[[Generation 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite book | title=Transformers: The Fantasy, The Fun, The Future| last=Brereton | first=Erin | year=2006 | publisher=Triumph Books| ISBN=1572439831 | page= 22}}</ref>

* '''''Classic'' Legends Fireflight'''
:The Micro series of Transformers contains a recolor of ''Cybertron'' Legends [[Jetfire]] painted red and named Fireflight. According to Hasbro sources at [[BotCon]] 2006 this toy was originally intended to be called [[Powerglide (Transformers)|Powerglide]], but they couldn't get a trademark on that name. The toy more closely resembles ''Generation 1'' Powerglide then Fireflight.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=browse&product_id=18439 TRANSFORMERS Classic Legends: AUTOBOT FIREFLIGHT- Product Detail]</ref>

* '''''Universe'' Generation 1 Series Scout Fireflight''' (2009)
:An actual A-10 has a wingspan of 1753 centimeters while this toy has a wingspan of 13 centimeters, making this toy 1:135 scale. With the toy standing 12 centimeters tall in robot mode it would mean he stands 1620 centimeters (53 feet 2 inches) tall.

*'''''Generations'' Combiner Wars Deluxe Firefly''' (2015)
:Was later remolded into [[Slingshot (Transformers)|Quickslinger]], ''[[Combiner Wars]]'' [[Blast Off (Transformers)|Blast Off]], and [[Needlenose (Transformers)|Needlenose]].

*'''''Unite Warriors'' UW-01 Superion''' (2015)
:A Takara exclusive 5-pack of the Aerialbots that combine into Superion.

{{seealso|F-4 Phantom (TFC Toys)}}

===Gallery===
<gallery>
image:superstrongmetroplex-toy.jpg|''Generation 1'' Super Strong Metroplex toy with Air Raid, Fireflight, Skydive and Slingshot
image:superion-combinerwars1.jpg|''Generations'' Combiner Wars Superion using Deluxe Firefly as a leg, with Powerglide
image:superion-pc05.jpg|''Generations'' Combiner Wars Superion with Deluxe Firefly an arm and the PC-05 upgrade
image:Ultraprime-toy.jpg|Ultra Prime with ''Generations'' Combiner Wars Deluxe Firefly as his leg
</gallery>
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==Transformers: Energon==
Although released as [[Windrazor]] in Transformers: Energon, this homage to Fireflight retained its original name in Japan.
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==Transformers: Universe (2004)==
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| caption = ''Universe'' Fireflight with Firebot and Thunderwing on card
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Fireflight is one of the troops of Optimus Prime in the ''Robots in Disguise'' continuity.

===Comics===
====3H Enterprises====
''Universe'' Fireflight's first appearance in any fiction was in ''Transformers: Universe'' #2 by 3H Enterprises. He was among the Transformers captured by [[Unicron]] and freed in a massive prison break by [[Optimus Primal]] and his allies.

====Fun Publications====
In the comic story found in issue 8 of the Transformers Collectors Club magazine ''Cybertron/Robots in Disguise'' [[Optimus Prime (Robots in Disguise)|Optimus Prime]] told the story of the last battle he was in, set in the Transformers: Universe storyline. Alongside ''10th Anniversary'' [[Optimus Primal]] they attacked the last of [[Unicron]]'s forces when Unicron suddenly disappeared, and they barely escaped. Among the Autobot forces was ''Universe'' Fireflight.<ref>{{Cite journal | author = Forest Lee, Dan Khanna | title = Revelations Part 2 | journal = Transformers Collectors Club Magazine| volume = 1 | issue = 8 | pages= 11–16 |date = April/May 2006|url=}}</ref>

A post on the Ask Vector Prime Facebook page established this version of Fireflight as coming from the [[Viron]] 704.31 Epsilon universe, a future version of the ''Robots in Disguise'' continuity.<REF>https://www.facebook.com/?q=#!/AskVectorPrime</REF>

===Toys===
* '''''Universe'' Fireflight with Firebot and Thunderwing''' (2004)
:A recolor of ''Beast Machines'' Spystreak was released as an Autobot in the Transformers: Universe line, repainted in colors similar to ''Generation 1'' Fireflight. He was packaged with two [[Mini-Cons]], [[Firebot]] and [[Thunderwing]].
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==Transformers: Universe==
{{Infobox character|
name =Fireflight
|japanname =
|image =fireflight-micromaster.jpg
|caption =''Universe'' Fireflight
|affiliation =Autobot
|subgroup =[[Aerialbots]], [[Micromasters]]
|rank =
|function =
|motto =
|alternatemodes =[[Sukhoi Su-27]] Jet fighter
|series =''[[Transformers: Cybertron]]''<BR>''[[Transformers: Universe]]''
|engvoice =
|gender =Male
}}
A second toy was released in the Transformers: Universe toy line named Fireflight. This was a Micromaster combiner named Fireflight, a repaint of the Japanese exclusive [[Sixwing]] member Flanker.

===Fun Publications===
According to the Fun Publications ''Ask Vector Prime'' stories this Fireflight comes from [[Aurex 1104.30-DB Zeta]], part of the Unicron Trilogy series. Superion was born from Doctor Brian Jones's attempts at reverse-engineering Maximus combiner technology and applying it to Mini-Con anatomy. Superion, Defensor, and Rail Racer fought Devastator in the Combiner Wars during the Unicron Singularity crisis.

===Toys===
* '''''Universe'' Micromaster Fireflight''' (2007)
:Fireflight is a recolor of the Sixwing component, Flanker originally released during 1992 in Japan. He comes with the right foot of Superion.<ref>http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/TFUFireflight/fireflight.htm</ref>
:Micromaster Fireflight was released in ''Cybertron'' packaging in European countries, as they didn't have the ''Transformers: Universe'' line.
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==Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen==
{{Infobox character|
name =Fireflight
|image =fireflight-rotf.jpg
|caption =''Revenge of the Fallen'' Fireflight
|japanname =
|affiliation =Autobot
|subgroup =Aerialbots, Scouts
|function =Easily Distracted Daydreamer
|partner =Air Raid, Airazor, Silverbolt & Skydive
|motto =
|alternatemodes =[[A-10 Thunderbolt II]] jet
|series = ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]''
|engvoice =
|japanvoice =
|gender =Male
}}
The Aerialbots combine into Superion. The package describes him as an easily distracted daydreamer, but he has yet to appear in any fiction or get a more extensive biography.

===Toys===
* '''''Revenge of the Fallen'' Superion''' (2009)
:A redeco of the toy first seen as ''Energon'' Windrazor and Treadshot. First sold as a ''Universe'' toy in other countries, but sold as a ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Target store exclusive in the United States.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/universe-superion-maximus-repaint-/13817/ Seibertron.com - Universe Superion Maximus Repaint]</ref> An actual A-10 has a wingspan of 1753 centimeters while this toy has a wingspan of 13 centimeters, making this toy 1/135 scale. With the toy standing 12 centimeters tall in robot mode it would mean he stands 1620 centimeters (53 feet 2 inches) tall.
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