Which Autobot triple-changer transforms into an aircraft carrier and a jet?

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The Autobot triple-changer that transforms into an aircraft carrier and a jet is Broadside.

Broadside is a Generation 1 Autobot introduced in 1986. Like other triple-changers, he has three forms: robot, aircraft carrier and jet fighter. His unusual combination gives the Autobots both a large naval platform and an airborne attack mode, although the scale difference between those forms is famously impractical.

Broadside’s character profile adds an ironic detail: despite transforming into an aircraft carrier and jet, he is described as suffering from acrophobia, a fear of heights, and kinetosis, or motion sickness. His listed role is air and sea assault, matching his two vehicle modes. He carries weapons including a plasma pulse gun and a vibro-axe.

Springer is another Autobot triple-changer, but his alternate modes are a car and a helicopter. Sandstorm changes into a dune buggy and helicopter, while Blitzwing is a Decepticon tank-and-jet triple-changer. Those similar transformation abilities make them common wrong answers, but only Broadside has the aircraft-carrier mode.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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