Safeguard (Animated)
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| The name or term "Safeguard" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Safeguard (disambiguation). |
- Safeguard is an Autobot combiner from the Animated continuity family.
When flight schematics downloaded from Starscream were infused into Jetfire and Jetstorm, Safeguard, their "gestalt powerlink" form, was an unexpected result!
Though Safeguard combines the twins' bodies to further enhance their already-impressive combat capabilities, it does not appear to be a melding of their minds. Instead, both twins work in complete synchronization in this form. Unfortunately, both twins are cocky, brash showoffs who are only partially in control over their own powers... which makes Safeguard a potentially very dangerous robot to everyone around him.
Safeguard has both a robot mode and a super jet mode.
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Fiction
Animated cartoon
- Voice actor: Tom Kenny and Phil LaMarr (English), Wataru Takagi and Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese), Frédéric Popovic and Vincent Violette (French)
While fighting Starscream during a simulated mission, an angered Jetstorm and Jetfire suddenly combined into the mighty Safeguard! After dodging a blast from Starscream by dividing in two, he (they?) joined into a combined jet mode and melted the simulated Starscream into nothing. Impressed by their skills, Ultra Magnus instructed them to accompany Sentinel Prime and Jazz in pursuing the escaped Autobot fugitive Wasp to Earth. First (and Second) in Flight
Upon arrival on Earth, Jetstorm and Jetfire were sent on an aerial search of Detroit, but things went bad when their power of flight caused Optimus Prime and Ratchet to mistake the twins for Decepticons. A fight broke out between them, during which Jetfire and Jetstorm merged into Safeguard and floored Ratchet with a flying kick. Just as Optimus Prime tackled the combined twins, Sentinel Prime and Jazz arrived to interrupt the fight and explain that Prime's opponents were actually Autobots. Where Is Thy Sting?
When Sentinel Prime was captured by one of Starscream's clones, the twins merged into Safeguard to save their commander. Unfortunately, the clone just used Sentinel as a shield to block their attacks, and Safeguard wound up nailing Sentinel right in the gearbox. Five Servos of Doom
In order to follow Swoop and Wasp to Dinobot Island, the twins combined into Safeguard's jet form and lowered a magnetic grappler with which to carry Sentinel Prime. Unfortunately for Sentinel, they kind of forgot he was there when they reached the island, and ended up dragging him through the water for a few yards. Predacons Rising The twins would later form the combined jet mode once again to create a whirlwind in a brief fight with Decepticons in space.Decepticon Air
The Cool comic
After pursuing Blackout all the way to Earth, Jetfire and Jetstorm finally forced him into ground-level combat in the city of Detroit. Though their small stature proved effective against the massive brute, they decided to combine into Safeguard, the Elite Guard Super Speed Warrior, anyway. Safeguard proceeded to go toe-to-toe with Blackout, creating a battleground too hazardous for the other Decepticons to remain, forcing them into retreat. The Cool Episode 4
Legends comic
Together with Jazz, Safeguard attempted to apprehend Slipstream, only to be blasted apart into Jetfire and Jetstorm by the fleeing Decepticon. Bonus Edition Vol. 16
Toys
Animated
- Jetfire and Jetstorm (Entertainment Pack, 2008)
- Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)
- Sold only as an "Entertainment Pack" set in the Hasbro Animated toyline, Safeguard is the combined mode of the Autobots Jetfire and Jetstorm. He is a symmetrical-style combiner, one of the first instances of such in the Transformers brand (though Takara had already used the concept extensively in King of Braves GaoGaiGar). Jetfire forms his right half, while Jetstorm forms his left half.
- Safeguard is one of the few combiners who also has a separate vehicle mode from the combined parts. Unfortunately, it's just Jetstorm's and Jetfire's alt modes combined at the bottom to form a "super jet".
- He has a rather frustrating problem in that his crotch won't stay assembled in gestalt form.
- Jetfire (Deluxe Class, 2010)
- ID number: TA-21
- Jetstorm (Deluxe Class, 2010)
- ID number: TA-22
- Safeguard (2-pack, 2010)
- Release date: June 19, 2010
- TakaraTomy's release of Safeguard can be obtained by purchasing Jetfire and Jetstorm as individually-packed Deluxes, or as a 2-pack like the Hasbro release, though the 2-pack retailed for slightly less than buying the two individual Deluxes. All three packages were released in the fourth wave of their Animated toyline.
- Both Jetstorm and Jetfire have extra metallic oversprays on their chests and boots.
Notes
- Safeguard is the only combiner to appear in Animated.
- Jetfire and Jetstorm's fire/wind theme has its roots in some of the earliest concepts of Animated. Sean Galloway, who had been commissioned to do early concept work for the series, revealed several pieces of this concept art long before the "final" Derrick Wyatt-designed characters were shown. Among these images were a pair of "fire and wind" robots who have a few features that made it into the jet-twins' final designs.
- In addition to the fire/wind theme, the twins' method of combination is seemingly an intentional homage to Hyōryū and Enryū/Chōryūjin from the final installment of Takara's Brave Series, King of Braves GaoGaiGar. The split two-color gridlines in the background of their combination are also evocative of the Raker brothers' combination sequence from Brave Exkaiser.
- In the early stages of the toy's development, the end of the twins' combined vehicle mode was supposed to split apart and wings were supposed to slide out of the shins, so that the combined mode resembled an X-wing fighter. However, this did not appear in the released instructions because the toy can't take the form without disconnecting the legs of Jetfire and Jetstorm.
- Derrick J. Wyatt admittedly was not a fan of the name Safeguard for the Jet Twins combined form, ideally he would've preferred to call it "Firestorm" but that would've run into conflict with DC's Trademark with the superhero of the same name.
- It's also worth noting the name Safeguard is never actually used in the actual show or comics the twins have appeared in.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Safeguard (セーフガード Sēfugādo)
