Whisper (SG)
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- Whisper is a heroic Decepticon Micromaster from the Shattered Glass continuity family.
If you hear roaring engines and a bellowing voice, but find no Decepticon fleet or looming combiner in sight, there's a good chance you'll look down and see little Whisper (aka Visper) instead.
A tiny Micromaster with a big and loud personality, the ironically named Whisper and his brothers Nightflight, Storm Cloud, and Tailwind are the newest generation of Decepticons. Built after the war started, using advanced engineering to produce smaller, more efficient bodies, the four have never known a Cybertron at peace. The optimistic and energetic Whisper sees this as a way to improve himself, however, rather than as something to lament.
That irrepressible personality was what led Megatron to partner him with the dour Sideswipe. Though Sideswipe was put off at first, Whisper eventually lifted his spirits. The two are now a tight-knit and loyal team, able to combine to grant Sideswipe more power, flight, and enhanced weapon capabilities. Showing how close they've become, Sideswipe has even nicknamed Whisper, calling him his "Mini-Con".
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Fiction
Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity
Led by Starscream and Divebomb, Whisper assisted in the bombing run on Optimus Prime's Ark, focusing on the launching pad. This made Jazz very upset. Shattered Glass
When Megatron was kidnapped and held by Ricochet in the Temple of Knowledge as a gambit to delay the Nemesis's pursuit of the Ark, Whisper and the Predacons were sent out by Starscream and Cliffjumper on a rescue mission while the others continued launch preparations.
As they reached the Temple, Razorclaw attempted to conduct a lesson while surveying the situation. Whisper was off in his own thoughts, however, until Divebomb spotted a vent and wondered how they could get in without being seen. Whisper then came to attention and told them to watch as he transformed and took to the air.
He flew behind the Temple, out of sight, then created the aural illusion of dozens of Decepticon jets flying over. This caused the Temple's defenses to spring to life and shoot at the sky, letting the Predacons slip through with only minimal retaliation. Then, as the Predacons stared at the sky, wondering when he would come down, Whisper surprised them by suddenly showing up behind them, then gave them a wave as he dove headlong into the vent and took off out of sight.
As he worked his way through the Temple, Whisper made enough noise that he attracted the attention of Scoop, who had been sent to scout for the intruders. Though Whisper was hiding in the dark, his clanging allowed Scoop to fire off a shot in his direction that punched holes in one of Whisper's wings. Suddenly stuck with no means of flight, and knowing he was no match in battle for the Autobot, Whisper decided to think his way out...
He proceeded to start projecting his voice to impersonate the "ghost of Boltax" threatening to take vengeance on the Autobots. It was a rather bad impersonation, but still enough to spook the perpetually skittish Scoop—until Whisper was surprised by Scoop's gun pep-talking Scoop to not be fooled by the charade, then transforming and tracking down Whisper's position. Whisper tried to fight back with a sonic blast, but he was chased out of cover into the open. He then found himself on the wrong end of a rampage of weapons fire from a now-annoyed Scoop.
Fortunately, Whisper came up with another plan. He projected his voice to convince Scoop to shoot in various specific directions, resulting in the ceiling finally giving way and burying Scoop and his talking gun. Giggling madly at the result, Whisper made his way further into the Temple.
He eventually reached the spot where Megatron was being held, though he was disappointed to learn it was after Megatron and the Predacons had already emerged victorious against the Autobots. Do Over
Months later, Whisper was dispatched to answer a Decepticon distress signal. As he arrived at its source, he startled Heatwave—who had been expecting an entire fleet from the sound of Whisper's engines—and thought it was "sparkin' awesome" to find out that the engineer was still alive. After Heatwave explained he had gotten sent back in a stellar spanner accident and everyone else was still back on Earth, Whisper led Heatwave to return to base and report to Megatron. Blitzwing Bop
IDW Shattered Glass comic
Visper led the Air Strike Patrol to investigate the Autobots' operation inside Metroplex. He argued with his teammates, particularly regarding the strange status of their commlinks.
The mission went disastrously, with the rest of Visper's team being wiped out by Goldbug and Slicer. Visper himself was killed by Slicer at nearly point-blank range. Shattered Glass II #3
Toys
Timelines
- Convention Souvenir 3-Pack (Multi-pack, 2008)
- Part of BotCon 2008's exclusive souvenir set of four figures, Timelines Whisper is a redeco of Armada Wind Sheer. He transforms into a made-up stealth fighter bearing a slight resemblance to the F-117A Nighthawk. He's designed to fit snugly into the indentation on Sideswipe's roof, activating his Powerlinx-triggered gull-wing doors.
Shattered Glass Collection
- Rodimus / Sideswipe & Decepticon Whisper (Multi-pack, 2023)
- Known designers: Mark Maher (Hasbro), Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)[2]
- Shattered Glass Collection "Decepticon Whisper" transforms into an unlicensed approximation of an F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, as well as a shield that can be mounted on Sideswipe's arm. He lacks a proper Mini-Con port, though the shield mode reveals a 5 mm post in order to attach to Sideswipe's car roof, simulating the Mini-Con "Powerlinx" functionality of the original set.
- Whisper's shoulders and heels are mold re-uses of the Siege Storm Cloud & Visper Micromaster two pack, specifically, the shoulders of Storm Cloud, and the feet of Visper. Stock imagery shows Whisper with teal feet, however they are left unpainted on the final toy.
- He was only available in a Hasbro Pulse exclusive set with Sideswipe and Rodimus, which went up for preorder on July 22, 2023.
Notes
- In the IDW comic, Visper is drawn according to his regular counterpart's original design.
References
- ↑ "Another core of that proposal was a G2 style Drench using the Armada Wheeljack mold. The initial idea was that he was masquerading as G1 Sideswipe (see next post) to infiltrate the Autobots. This idea gave way to Shattered Glass Sideswipe for 2008."—Joe Moore, Twitter, 2021/03/12 (archive link)
- ↑ San Diego Comic-Con 2023 Generations panel recording at the "Memo's collection" YouTube channel
