what he saw and then believed he must be stopped but Prime decided to go back to the power plant to stop the Decepticons then find Mirage so they can hear his side of the story with Ratchet accompanying them. Once they got to the power plant, Cliffjumper, Optimus Prime and Ratchet saw no one there until Mirage, who's been implanted by one of Bombshell's cerebro-shells, shows up as he explains to them that he was setting up the two factions of Decepticons against each other. However, Cliffjumper doesn't believe Mirage's story. Being led into an ambush by the Decepticons and Insecticons, Cliffjumper knocks Mirage unconscious. Listening in on what Optimus Prime and Ratchet, who removed the cerebro-shell that was controlling Mirage, were saying when they sum as to why Mirage set them up, Cliffjumper realizes that Mirage didn't betray the Autobots and that he was telling him the truth about setting up the Decepticons as well as not seeing them while he was on patrol. Cliffjumper finish the battle, but retreated when Megatron destroyed his own power plant. After returning to base, Cliffjumper apologized to Mirage for not believing him and making him go through so much trouble. In "Starscream's Brigade", Cliffjumper and Jazz were invited as guest of honor for an unveiling of a statue for their leader Prime but were under attack when Starscream showed up, after he broke off from Megatron, along with his newly created Combaticons. During the scuffle, Cliffjumper suggested to Jazz into calling headquarters for help but were captured before they can make the call, as Starscream wanted their Energy absorber for the Combaticons. Cliffjumper with Jazz were chained up at a water and power plant but they did get rescued by the other Autobots when they found their location. During The Transformers: The Movie, Cliffjumper, with Jazz again is stationed on Moonbase 1, from which try unsuccessfully to escape when attacked by Unicron. After their apparent consumption by the planet-eater, they are ultimately saved by Daniel Witwicky. Despite living through the movie, in season 3 Cliffjumper was reduced to a background character, an unforeseen result of voice actor Casey Kasem's objection to the portrayal of Arab characters as stereotypical villains and eventual departure from the show. His last appearance in the original U.S. cartoon was in "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1", the first episode of the third season. Books Cliffjumper appeared