Jazz
Optimus's right hand. Fell for Earth's music and culture faster than any other Autobot.
Where he comes from
Cybertron. A special-operations veteran and one of Optimus's oldest companions.
Story
Jazz is Optimus Prime's right hand and a master of operations that never make it into reports. He takes the riskiest missions and completes them with a grin.
On Earth Jazz is the first to fall in love with human culture — music, slang, dancing. In the 2007 film he dies fighting Megatron, a scene that became one of the most debated in the film series.
Classifier: traits & abilities
- Faction
- Autobots
- Role
- Second in command, special operations
- Alt-modes
- Racing sports car (G1), compact sports coupe (2007 film)
- Weapons
- Photon rifle, flamethrower; light and sound projectors in G1
- Abilities
- Stunning with light and sound, improvisation, quick adaptation to alien cultures
- Strengths
- Cool head, quick wits, humour
- Weaknesses
- Overconfidence, love of risk
- Personality
- Easy-going, stylish, dependable
- Key relationships
- Optimus Prime, Prowl, Bumblebee
- First appearance
- 1984
- Voice (G1)
- Scatman Crothers
Filmography
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1984–1987 | The Transformers (G1) |
| 1986 | The Transformers: The Movie |
| 2007 | Transformers |
| 2007–2009 | Transformers: Animated |
Main screen appearances; not an exhaustive list.
Fan prequel: «Rhythm Under Fire»
An original story by this site. Not part of the official canon.
Jazz's first mission under Optimus should have ended in failure: the team was stuck in a tunnel beneath Kaon, and the Decepticons had sealed both exits.
While the others counted ammunition, Jazz listened to the walls. The pipes overhead hummed, each in its own rhythm. He realised one sounded hollow — an old ventilation shaft.
"Keep the beat," he said, and started tapping a rhythm on the metal to mask the team's footsteps. They climbed out without firing a shot. Later Optimus asked where he had learned that. Jazz just shrugged: "Every war has its rhythm. The trick is not to dance to someone else's tune."
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