He originally came to Earth to battle the Terrorcons, and became part of the Autobot forces permanently stationed there. Later, he was knocked out by a surprise attack from Tidal Wave, who further threatened his life to get Ironhide to do what he wanted. He was part of the Autobot forces in Los Angeles, battling against the horde of Insecticon clones - until they were surprisingly bailed out by Megatron. Dreamwave's closure prevented this story from ever being completed. Cliffjumper is the name of a character from the 2007 "Transformers" movie toy line. Cliffjumper is impatient and is considered the opposite of the composed Autobot Bumblebee. He'd rather take down a Decepticon by force and then try to get information from their smoldering wreckage than spy on them. The Legends 2-pack with Cliffjumper and Recon Barricade says that Cliffjumper and Barricade are old rivals. Cliffjumper often taunts Barricade into making mistakes. Most of the time his taunts lead to victory. Cliffjumper appears in the film "Bumblebee" as a lieutenant of the Autobot Resistance. He is first seen during the Fall of Cybertron before escaping with the other Autobots. Later in the film, he is interrogated by Decepticons Shatter and Dropkick on one of Saturn’s moons, intending to find out the whereabouts of Optimus Prime, to which Cliffjumper refuses to reveal. However, the two decepticons pick up Bumblebee’s Signal, which Charlie had inadvertently activated by turning a key. Realising that interrogating Cliffjumper would lead to no success, the two Decepticons left, but not before bisecting the Autobot, killing him. He would later be avenged by Bumblebee, who tears Dropkick apart with a chain and crushes Shatter in a flood. In "Transformers: Defiance" #1 by IDW Publishing, back on ancient Cybertron, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper were tasked to watch over the All Spark at the temple at Simfur. In issue #3, Megatron learns that Optimus Prime has broken into his room so he sends Bumblebee, Camshaft, Cliffjumper, Jazz, Prowl and Smokescreen to arrest Optimus for treason. Optimus demands to speak directly to Megatron, but when the group is traveling to Megatron's location, they are ambushed by Barricade, Brawl, Crankcase, Frenzy, Starscream, and Thundercracker - who have orders to kill the lot of them.