Rodimus Prime wrote:I can only give you my take on it, I don't speak for other fans. I think it's because he's an original and memorable character. He's 1 of whom I consider the "top 10" of OG Autobots: Prime, Ironhide, Ratchet, Jazz, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Sideswipe, Prowl, Mirage and Wheeljack. You might consider others, but to me when someone says "G1 cast," these guys pop into my head. Basically, I think to most fans Jazz is a made bot. Add to that his personality and memorable appearance in TF:TM, and you got a character that lives forever, even if he doesn't get used much.
Yeah the episode "Power Surge" gave us a taste of what Terrorsaur could be if he had more Starscream traits in him. It was a missed opportunity. As for Scorponok, scorpions are arachnids, so I always thought he could have ended up as a flunky/muscle/protection for Tarantulas.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I think Terrorsaur could have been developed to being far more interesting and unique than he was.
Rodimus Prime wrote: As for Scorponok, scorpions are arachnids, so I always thought he could have ended up as a flunky/muscle/protection for Tarantulas.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Yeah you would think that someone with crazy speed would merit a few of his own spotlight episodes. I don't even remember him doing anything in the G1 comics either, I'm not sure about IDW, I didn't start reading until 2012.
He's basically the Quicksilver of Transformers, it would have been awesome to see him in Bayverse doing similar stuff to Cons that Quicksilver did in X-Men.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:I can only give you my take on it, I don't speak for other fans. I think it's because he's an original and memorable character. He's 1 of whom I consider the "top 10" of OG Autobots: Prime, Ironhide, Ratchet, Jazz, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Sideswipe, Prowl, Mirage and Wheeljack. You might consider others, but to me when someone says "G1 cast," these guys pop into my head. Basically, I think to most fans Jazz is a made bot. Add to that his personality and memorable appearance in TF:TM, and you got a character that lives forever, even if he doesn't get used much.
That's what I find so confusing. I read that a lot. But Hasbro and Takara have consistently used him less and less. Unlike the other names you mentioned.
Was that because of the passing of Scatman Crothers? Did Sunbow have a plan for Post-Movie Jazz?? He's never established in canon or toy as being upgraded into a Head/Target/Powermaster. So maybe, maybe not??
As an aside, beyond a cancelled Laser Cycle, his entire line has an almost unparalleled level of consistency.
Even IDWverse seemed to not know what to do with him and just slowly phased him out. The last time I can think of he was effectively used onscreen was Animated. But again they didn't do much with him.
I recall the Marvel run, one of my favourite stories: Rhythms of Darkness. He's in it. So although an alt-future, Furman tells us he survives into the post Movie years. But, once again, he's just there.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Honestly I was most surprised by IDW not using him much. He should have bern 1 of those characters that was in like every issue. I would have liked to see him be on the Lost Light as part of Rodimus's inner circle their personalities were a lot alike.
MaximalNui wrote:Honestly, my biggest example of underused characters are combiner teams. Aside from the leader and one occasional character (Swindle comes to mind), most are pretty indistinguishable from one another (the Constructicons are particularly guilty of this) and even the combined mode, despite attempts at giving each their own personality, are rarely played as more than "giant unstable punchy robot". Heck, the Maximus teams from Energon barely transformed into individual robot mode; they just skipped from combiner to vehicle like Megazords!
Rodimus Prime wrote:Scorponok could have been used better with the budget they had. If the fuzors never came around, that screen time and animation budget could have gone to already existing characters. The fuzors were a stupid concept.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
Jazz. Makes me question what it means to be a "fan favourite" character? That descriptive in itself doesn't guarantee HasTak (and/or comic publishers) will abide by the demand.
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