Cliffjumper

Cliffjumper is one of the members of Team Prime fighting the Decepticons on Earth and one of the protagonists of Transformers: Sonic Prime. He is Arcee's second Autobot partner after the death of her previous partner, Tailgate.

## Cliffjumper

### Aliases

* Partner (By Arcee)
* Cliff (By Arcee)
* Horns (By Knockout)
* Big C (By Sonic)
* Chatterbox (By Arcee)
* Handsome (Originally by Shatter)

### Affiliation

* Team Prime
* Stealth Team

## Bio

### Info

Loud and brash, Cliffjumper is one of the newer members of Team Prime along with his partner, Arcee. Cliffjumper is the life and soul of the party, laughing and joking with his fellow Autobots and proving to be a dependable member of a fireteam on the battlefield. He’s still learning human customs, and has a lot of problems with traffic laws, often accidentally parking illegally and getting clamped for his troubles. Cliffjumper views this as a real inconvenience, but gets a bit of fun from giving humans a fright when he speeds away, leaving their road clamps at the kerbside. This frequently earns him criticism from the Autobots' human allies in Unit-E and a lecture from Optimus Prime. Cliffjumper is likewise gung-ho when it comes to Decepticons, approaching encounters with an attitude of “leap, not look”.

### Appearance

In robot mode, Cliffjumper is red, has two white horns on his head, and is a medium-sized autobot. He has blue eyes and the middle of his body has a black belt through it containing his headlights. In vehicle mode, Cliffjumper transforms into a heavily modified red 1970 Dodge Challenger. It has two horns on the front of the hood and zoomie style side exhaust on both sides. It is also to be noted he slightly resembles the Dodge Challenger from the movie "Drive" (1997). However, there is no known relation.

### Personality

Like most Autobots, Cliffjumper's a loyal and determined soldier. However unlike most, Cliffjumper's rather cocky and often leaped into situations before looking. He is selfless and had great practical wisdom as evidenced by his advice to Arcee. He also seemed to think he could handle battle situations on his own, which would've led him towards his death along with Prowl if Tails haven't appeared. However, Cliffjumper's still a fun loving, jolly, and playful Autobot. He's quite the chatterbox and would often talk about his experiences on Cybertron. He's also very companionable--the kind of bot that everybody can get behind.

## Profile - Game Version

Reckless and cocky, Cliffjumper is the underdog of the Autobots. He leaps into action before looking, which causes more trouble than good. Despite that, he's always around to lift someone's spirit right back up, like his partner, Arcee. Cliffjumper will leap into danger while bringing in the horns.

## History

During the War for Cybertron, he helped Ultra Magnus' Wreckers escort Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jetfire and Warpath to the Well of AllSparks when they made their journey to purge Cybertron's core of Dark Energon. After that, Cliffjumper went on a mission with Bumblebee to save Arcee and Tailgate from Airachnid. However, they were only able to save Arcee because Airachnid had already killed Tailgate.

At an unknown point, Cliffjumper and his best friends, Skids and Blaster, were captured by two Decepticons, Dropkick and Shatter. The Cons asked Cliff about Optimus' whereabouts. Of course, he didn't say anything. However, this caused Blaster to be shot to death by Shatter. Cliffjumper desperately tried to tell them that they don't know anything, until Optimus contacted Skids about their next move. Dropkick then killed Skids by cutting his head off. Cliffjumper was so angry that he broke out of his restraints and shot Shatter's back. Unfortunately, Dropkick saw this and sliced the red Autobot in half. After a few minutes, Triage found Cliffjumper's split body and revived him by fixing him up. Cliff thanked the doc, while telling him about what happen. However, he was unaware that Shatter survived the attack.

Later, Cliffjumper and Jazz were sent by Optimus Prime to look for the Lightning Strike Coalition who went missing in the Sea of Rust. Jazz and Cliffjumper were forced to split up and take separate routes, but thankfully Cliff had the experimental cloaking technology and used it to sneak through the various Decepticon patrols and defenses.

Jazz and Cliffjumper eventually meet up and found a crevasse in which the Lightning Strike Coalition force went missing. Cliffjumper initially wanted to go, but Jazz went instead, much to his annoyance. However Cliff was much more happier up top as Jazz found the deactivated-but-not-dead body of Sludge, and his attackers, the Insecticons who attacked him in swarms. Jazz was able to escape and the two made a bolt for it. However they then came across a lake of pure Energon and a tower projecting immense power. After sneaking through more enemy patrols, they discovered Shockwave talking to Starscream about the tower. However, as impatient as Cliffjumper was, he tried to jump Shockwave, only to be caught and forced to engage him. But a swarm of Insecticons soon attacked as Shockwave retreated. Cliffjumper then found himself trapped in the control room of the tower as Jazz was forced to fight the Insecticons. However, Cliffjumper was able to sabotage the tower and free himself. As the tower went critical, the two Autobots were able to escape, thanks to Sideswipe and reported their Energon findings to Optimus Prime, who would later send an expedition to gather the Energon they badly needed to fuel the Ark.

After Metroplex sacrificed his life to power the Ark, Cliffjumper was seen ordering all Autobots onto the Ark, giving Jazz a fist bump.

However, Cliffjumper actually stayed behind to investigate the reports of Decepticon operation on a deserted Cybertron, only ended up being captured by Starscream's forces along with Arcee and Prowl. When interrogated, he held out and faked a shutdown, being thrown into the same cell as Arcee and Prowl. The trio were taken to Shockwave, who used a cortical psychic patch on Arcee to decode the transmission—a message from Optimus Prime calling the Autobots to Earth. Cliffjumper and Prowl subsequently kept Starscream busy long enough for Arcee to free herself and the trio went to destroy the space bridge that Shockwave had build. Cliffjumper distracted the Decepticons while Arcee and Prowl sabotaged the bridge though Shockwave and Lockdown caught them in the act. Cliffjumper and Prowl ended up fighting the Decepticon scientist and the Decepticon bounty hunter and came off second best, though he and Prowl were saved by Arcee. The three Autobots jumped through the space bridge, encountering Shockwave one last time mid-bridge before they ended up on Earth. As the trio went off to find Optimus, Cliffjumper regaled Arcee and Prowl with the story of the time he was lost in the Sea of Rust.

## Powers and Abilities

Cliffjumper is the fastest member of Team Prime, a trait he uses to draw Decepticon fire for his fellow Autobots. Each of his arms can transform into a triple-barrelled ion cannon with an effective range of 400 metres. Cliffjumper can also use his arm cannons to fire a variety of other payloads including fragmentation rounds and his signature glass gas capsules, which weakens Decepticon armour to the point it is as fragile as glass.

* Transformation: Cliffjumper has the ability to transform into a car and back into a robot.
* Super Strength: Cliffjumper is one of the toughest Autobots around, being able to dispatch multiple Vehicons with his fists, and has proven to be a formidable opponent in battle as he fought against Shockwave, Knock Out, Breakdown, and other Decepticons.
* Speed: Cliffjumper is one of the fastest Autobots as well, being able to race against Bumblebee, Sonic, Knock Out, Smokescreen, and human racers.

## Weaknesses

Cliffjumper's gung-ho attitude often leads to him getting into situations that he cannot handle or taking reckless action that endangers him and those around him. Cliffjumper's unfamiliarity with Earth customs also endangers the Autobot directive to remain concealed on Earth.

## Relationships

* **Arcee:** Cliffjumper saved Arcee from Airachnid, but he was too late to save Tailgate since he was already killed. He reunited with the two-wheeler when they, along with Prowl, were captured by Starscream and his forces.

## Differences from his Transformers Prime counterpart

* Cliffjumper dies in the first episode after fighting the vehicons, getting brought up to the Decepticon Warship and getting stabbed by Starscream. Here, Cliffjumper survives the battle and doesn't become a terrorcon.
* Cliffjumper only appears in one episode (not counting the terrorcon appearance and the flashbacks) in the original. Here, Cliff will appear in other/future episodes.
* While Cliffjumper is reckless and cocky, he's still a team player and now knows that he should call for back-up after what happen to Prowl and what would've happen to him if Tails hadn't appeared.