History Characters / TransformersShatteredGlass2021

* AdaptationalBadass: In the original stories, when Magnus launched his coup, Optimus outwitted and defeated him. In this story, Magnus's coup is more spontaneous and he successfully beats Optimus into submission.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Downplayed. With most incarnations, Megatron and Optimus used to be friends. But in Shattered Glass, Megatron never considered Optimus a real friend, while Optimus sees the former as a useful tool.

* DragonAscendant: He kickstarts the events of ''Shattered Glass II'' by overthrowing Optimus and taking control of his city-state.

* NeverMyFault: As mentioned above in MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes, Blaster's [[HowWeGotHere flashbacks to his past life]] has him vividly denying any wrongdoing on his part.

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* ActionSurvivor: He's stated to be one of the few high-ranking Decepticons whose avoided capture by the Autobots and [[BountyHunter Bodyscrappers]] following the end of the war. No small feat, since as the effective second-in-command of the Decepticons means he'd have been a high priority target.
* BatmanGambit: How he deals with Blurr. He's not fooled by Blurr's claims of altruism or being forced into villainy, but allows himself to be lead into the Static Zone anyway because he figures it's better to have a guide for at least ''part'' of the way. He also kills Blurr by deliberately goading him and making him overconfident, [[DeadlyDodging allowing him to trick the arrogant speedster into a molten metal flow that ultimately kills him]].

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The original SG Megatron was much more idealistic and outwardly happy. IDW's Megatron had a much more reserved and less optimistic view on life even before he TookALevelInCynic.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: It's a MirrorUniverse, but he's still Megatron. He's shown in a flashback fighting off the entire Autobot army while he buys time for the Decepticons to escape. Him losing in combat to Optimus is what actually makes him think he's lost the right to be leader.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: The original Shattered Glass Soundwave was a laid-back surfer dude with the personality to go with it. We see him talking normally here, though it's implied by Starscream that it's an act he only rarely drops.

* TheCameo

* TheCameo

* OnlySaneWoman: Is this among ''The Rising Sea'' crew. While she'll follow Flamewar anywhere but she tries to make it so the impetuous Flamewar actually keeps her eye on the prize. Because of this, Megatron initially assumed she was the captain of ''The Rising Sea'' crew.

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How Rodimus kills him. Averted, as how Blaster's head lacks any sort of bullet holes, so Rodimus must have shot him through the neck.]]

* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: Right before Rodimus executes him, Blaster [[HowWeGotHere reflects]] on his life before he became an agent for the Wreckers, with some [[SmallNameBigEgo extensive]] [[NeverMyFault embellishing]] on Blaster's part:

** Blaster picked himself up by starting a band with his cassettes, ignoring the fact that his audiences were scarce. When Soundwave approached him and offered an on-air interview, Blaster physically assaulted the Decepticon. This was recorded and broadcasted by Reflector, effectively torpedoing the Autobot's career as a musician. But from Blaster's perspective, he simply told off Soundwave for offering handouts.

* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How Rodimus kills him.]]

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: In issue 4, Jetfire constantly reminds Goldbug that they can't kill Starscream unless they want to lose a shot at controlling a Titan. Which is easier said than done as the Decepticon Seeker keeps pushing Goldbug's BerserkButton.

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler:

!! Slicer
!!! Function: Double Agent; Infiltrator
!!! Alt Mode: Lancia Stratos Sports Car
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-> "I'm not going to die pointlessly to a 'bot without purpose"
-->--'''Slicer''', ''Shattered Glass II'' #3
Member of The Wreckers and one of Ultra Magnus' top agents.

* AdaptationNameChange: A rather confusing case. SG Wheeljack in the original SG material gave him Slicer's color scheme (a Decepticon Action Master from the late-80s who was a redeco of Wheeljack). Here however he's also named Slicer and his toy even came with a regular Decepticon insignia.
* DoubleAgent: Served as a double agent for Ultra Magnus in Goldbug's inner circle in Gold City.
* MacGyvering: After Rodimus [[spoiler:blows Blaster's head off]], Slicer turns [[spoiler:his severed head]] into a radio to keep an ear on the Decepticons.
* PragmaticVillainy: Not that he isn't ruthless but seems to be the most level-headed of the Wreckers, and least likely to let his ego or bloodlust get in the way of completing his mission.

!!Jetfire
!!! Alt Mode: Cybertronian Superjet
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-> "Some 'bots deserved to be betrayed"
-->--'''Jetfire''', ''Shattered Glass II'' #3
A gigantic Transformer who transforms into an equally massive starship, Jetfire was once Starscream's close friend.

* AdaptationalHeroism: From the limited appearances he had, the Original SG Jetfire was just an average Autobot thug who believed that MightMakesRight and unsuccessfully [[TheStarscream tried to become a leader of the Autobots]] by trying to undermine Rodimus's leadership. IDW version of SG Jetfire, on the other hand, is a NobleDemon who has doubts about the righteousness of the warring factions' sides and just wants to see the war come to an end, and he genuinely cares about Starscream.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Original Shattered Glass versions of Jetfire and Starscream had no known ties with each other and never even met. Their IDW versions, on the other hand, were close friends before the war and still cared for each other even when their relationship fell apart.
* AscendedExtra: IDW version of Shattered Glass Jetfire has much bigger role and character focus when compared to his Fun Pub incarnation, who only made two minor appearances (and died in the second one) as a minor Autobot thug.
* BigBadFriend: Turns out to be working with Goldbug to put a bounty on Starscream.
* EtTuBrute: He betrayed his and Starscream's research to Orion Pax, an act that drove Starscream to join the Decepticons.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Despite parting ways with Starscream, he still cared enough about him, as shown when he quickly came to his defense when the latter is caught spying by the Autobots, and in the present, he tried to prevent Starscream's death and tried to convince Goldbug not to kill him, to the point of assaulting him when the Autobot Warlord impatiently tried to kill him. [[spoiler:When Starscream dies and Megatron helps Jetfire realize why Starscream joined the Decepticons in the first place and tells him that they'll build a memorial in his honor, Jetfire's last request to Megatron was to make the memorial as dramatic as possible, knowing that this is what Starscream would've wanted.]]
* HazyFeelTurn: [[spoiler:Jetfire finally decides to leave the Autobots after Starscream's death at the hands of Goldbug. However, he doesn't join the Decepticons and goes off on his own. That said, he will think about Megatron's offer]].
* HeelRealization: Eventually, [[spoiler:after Starscream's death and Megatron chewing him out,]] he realizes that his decision to sell out to the Autobots was what pushed Starscream away from him and into the Decepticon ranks, since they were the ones who took him in when he turned against him by joining the Autobots.
* LeaveMeAlone: Tired of the war between the Autobots and Decepticons and still reeling from [[spoiler:Starscream's death]], Jetfire just wants to be left alone and [[spoiler:mourns his best friend]].
-->'''Jetfire:''' They fight in Goldbug's name. In '''Optimus Prime's'''. In '''Megatron's'''. They fight for '''ridiculous''' causes. Freedom. Power. I've had '''enough'''. I would rather have his '''voice''' than these '''causes'''.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:After Starscream's death and being sick and tired of the fighting, Jetfire decides to go off on his own and drop his ties to the Autobots]].
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Original SG Jetfire died after activating the booby trap of Side Burn's lab when he recklessly charged inside to prove to Rodimus that the leader must go first. Here, Jetfire is still alive by the end of the comic mini-series.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: He and Starscream used to be friends; however, while Starscream refused to trust and join the Autobots and eventually became the Decepticon, Jetfire chose to join the Autobots for the sake of trying to get enough fundings to complete his project of communicating with the Titans. Though, despite this, Starscream never gave up on trying to give Jetfire a chance of redemption, which he couldn't take out of fear of change...[[spoiler:until it was too late.]]

* AdaptationalJobChange: Rodimus was a member of the elite Seeker unit in the original Shattered Glass, while here he's a member of the elite Wreckers unit.

* BeardOfEvil: Rodimus still has his goatee, referencing the classic Mirror Universe plot from ''Star Trek''.

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* DroneDeployer: Like his heroic counterpart and Soundwave, Blaster keeps an army of Mini-Cassettes inside his chest, which he sends out for spying and battles.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Not that the Autobots are a particularly jovial lot but the rest of the Autobots only begrudgingly tolerate Blaster [[spoiler: and once he fails in his mission to destroy the Decepticon archives Rodimus doesn't hesitate to kill him and his cassettes]].
* ImmoralJournalist: Following getting canned from his anchor postion for a new stations[[note]] because he called his audience idiots[[/note]], he made his own personal radio station where he could broadcast his own mad ravings unimpeded.

This is the character sheet for ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass2021'' and for ''ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlassII''. For the original, [=FunPub=], version of [[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass Shattered Glass]], see [[Characters/TransformersShatteredGlass here]].

* PaletteSwap: Of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Soundwave toy.

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* PaletteSwap: Of Sixshot's Titans Return toy.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: The first and only instance of a SG Sixshot and he's taken out by Blurr.

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!!! Function: Double Agent. Infiltrator.
!!! Alt Modes: Lancia Stratos Sports Car

* AdaptationNameChange: A rather confusing case. SG Wheeljack in the original SG material gave him Slicer's color scheme (a Decepticon Action Master from the late-80s who was a redeco of Wheeljack). Here however he's also named Slicer and his toy even came with a Decepticon insignia.

-->--'''Slicer''', ''Shattered Glass'' #3

-->--'''Jetfire''', ''Shattered Glass'' #3