Beast Machines
| Autobot/Predacon/Maximal/Vehicon | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Sub-group | Deluxe Fuzor, Basic Beast, Deluxe Vehicles, Ultra vehicles |
| Function | Aerial Assault/Tracker, Aero-Drone General |
| Motto | "After the darkness I take wing again!" (Beast Machines) "Even in the face of the darkest nights, justice will ultimately prevail." (Universe) "I am not bound by the law of the land." (Deluxe Jetstorm) "Cruelty is perhaps, the most enjoyable sin." (Ultra Jetstorm) |
| Alternate Modes | Grey Timber Wolf/Eagle Fuzor, Cybertonian Jet Fighter, Technorganic Condor |
| Series | Beast Wars Beast Machines Transformers: Universe |
| English voice actor | Scott McNeil (Silverbolt) Brian Drummond (Jetstorm) |
| Japanese voice actor | Mitsuo Iwata |
This version of Jetstorm started out as Silverbolt, a Maximal who stands in contrast to Dinobot - who embodied Predacon honor, similar to the samurai code of bushido. Silverbolt embodied the Maximal version of honor which was like the chivalry of the medieval knights. Silverbolt sometimes left his teammates feeling befuddled, annoyed, or amused at just how seriously he took his ideals. Often, a cheesy horn theme would play whenever Silverbolt said or did something heroic, sounding somewhat like an English fanfare for the Knights of old. Like Tigatron, Silverbolt was slow to anger but never backed down from a fight. Rattrap often called him "Bird Dog" and, at one point, called him "Sir Drools-a-Lot". Waspinator often referred to Silverbolt as "Doggy-Bot", and Blackarachnia often called him "Bowser", "Jo-Jo", and/or "Rover" in a tone that was often both mocking and affectionate at the same time. Silverbolt himself didn't seem to mind, and generally let whatever criticisms people made of him roll off his back as if he were oblivious to it.
Silverbolt was a Fuzor, a transformer who combined the traits of two animals for his alternate mode. In the case of Silverbolt, these animals were a wolf and an eagle, resulting a mode that looked like a winged wolf with bird claws.
Silverbolt fell in love with Blackarachnia, and had charmed her into grudgingly falling in love with him at the end of season 2; when Rattrap made a derogative remark about Blackarachnia, Silverbolt threatened to harm him brutally.
Unlike Tigatron and Airazor, Silverbolt did not seem to feel that the Earth was his home or place of birth. His fellow fuzor, Quickstrike, once vowed that they would have an all out brawl some day, but it never came to pass. Some of his early episodes portrayed Silverbolt as an extremely cheerful, almost happy-go-lucky Maximal who was always eager to undertake assignments.
According to Bob Skir's web site the producers were originally going to call Jetstorm by the name Skybolt, but had to change the name for trademark reasons. According to the DVD commentary for Beast Machines they changed the name from Skybolt to Jetstorm because the name Skybolt was so close to Silverbolt they feared people would guess they were the same person.
The appearance of Beast Machines Silverbolt is based on concept art provided to Hasbro by Draxhall Jump.
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