Bluestreak
Moving into the figures that actually showed up in the show, we see a character that has been in nearly every line since the first one, yet what do we know about him?
The toy is a Diaclone Fairlady Z, based on the Datsun 280ZX Turbo. Not really blue, but then again 'blue streak' means his main character tic, namely his chatter. Pretty neat little car with metal parts and rubber tires.
The file card goes into more detail. He talks. A LOT, mostly to cover his being haunted by the Decepticons destroying his home town. Armed to the teeth yet hates war.
For the comics, Bluestreak showed up in #1 and was there pretty regularly, yet he never really did a whole lot. He showed up a lot yet he never really had a spotlight. He didn't seem to be much like the character on the card, either grousing about having to work with human early on or just doing his task. He was killed off in #50 by Starscream.
Now the cartoon is where I remember him the most. Voiced by Casey Kasem, Bluestreak didn't really do much here either. He spoke, of course, but he didn't have any major lines while he was in nearly every episode in the first season, he was just there. Either crowd shots or maybe shooting back at one of the bad guys. He survived the movie at least. He also didn't seem to have any pacifist tendencies here either.
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