Blurr (Animated)
The name or term "Blurr" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Blurr (disambiguation).
Blurr is an Autobot from the Animated continuity family.
Blurr is a bot of action. And words. A lot of words. A lot of words said at high speed.
An intelligence agent in the Cybertron Elite Guard, Blurr tends to barrel ahead with whatever he's doing and simply expects everyone else to keep pace... be it on a mission or in simple conversation. His motor-mouth and penchant for tangents tend to leave others in the dust, forcing them to ask him to repeat things.
| “ | First of all, the name's not "Zippy"! As a matter of fact, I don't believe I've ever met another bot named Zippy, so one can only assume that you came up with "Zippy" in reference to my speed, which may be technically accurate, but lacks a certain creativity! | ” |
| —Blurr introduces himself to Bumblebee, "A Bridge Too Close, Part I" | ||
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Events from IDW Publishing or Fun Publications books are in italics.
Voice actor: John Moschitta (English), Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese), more»
Blurr was present at Autobot Memorial Plaza in Iacon, as Sentinel Prime delivered the eulogy on Optimus Prime's supposedly fallen crew. Dispatches
After Optimus Prime's crew was discovered to be alive on Earth, Autobot High Command, unable to monitor the situation themselves, assigned Blurr to covertly monitor Prime's crew and Decepticon activity on the planet. A Bridge Too Close, Part I Under unknown circumstances, Blurr crossed paths with Master Disaster, overseer of the Street Demon races. Via an AllSpark fragment lodged in a remote control, Master Disaster was able to enthral the Autobot, locking him in vehicle mode and using him as a ringer in the races. Blurr's speed and aggressive tactics proved impossible to beat, the Elite Guardsman even outpacing a turbo booster using Bumblebee
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(Hasbro version pictured)
- Blurr (Deluxe, 2008 / 2010)
- Takara ID number: TA-30
- Takara release date: July 24, 2010
- Accessories: Telescoping grill energy saw
- Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)
- At the BotCon 2008 Cartoon Network panel, it was revealed that Blurr's design has a few small homages to Transtech Cheetor, mainly the "hollow" wheels in his legs.
- Aside from the obvious homage aspect, Blurr also has the same voice actor as his Generation 1 inspiration, though Moschitta's speed-speech skill is given a different twist, namely that he no longer repeats himself.
- Character designer Derrick J. Wyatt put Blurr's "still-beating spark" in the animation model for the compacted cube.[1] However, this more detailed model was never used, and Blurr's spark was not shown in the episode. His life-or-death status is thus left ambiguous in the episode (though Wyatt contended that characters are not really dead until they turn black and white[2]). Of course, he was still dumped into an incinerator... at least, that's what Cliffjumper was told to do, but in "The Stunti-Con Job", Cliffjumper was seen still holding Blurr's cubed form. The Botcon 2015 script reading—aptly titled "The Return of Blurr"—confirmed his survival.
- Japanese: Blurr (ブラー Burā)
- ↑ http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/03/turn-back-now-spoilers-ahead.html
- ↑ "Yeah. Only when they are black and white are they completely dead."—Derrick J. Wyatt, Twitter, 2009/04/11
Part of the fifth wave of Hasbro's Animated Deluxes, Blurr transforms into a sleek futuristic race car. A button on his hood deploys an energy saw weapon; the entire assembly detaches for robot mode, where it can double as a shield, or clip onto his back for storage. Due to his leg design, the very middle of Blurr's rear wheels are the only parts that roll, while the sides do not. These parts stick out a hair, though, so his mobility in vehicle mode is unhindered. His feet can swivel and have ball-jointed toes and heels, which lets him easily pull off running poses, if you can see him doing that sort of thing.