Striker

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:''Striker is a [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] from the [[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DepartureStriker01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Striking a pose.]]

'''Striker''' is extremely dedicated to the [[Maximal]] cause. Methodical and deliberate in combat, Striker doesn't need [[T-Wrecks]] and his Dinobot allies to send scores of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] to the scrapyard. Rumor has it that he's actually one of the first generation of [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]].

Striker's [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]-given [[technorganic]] body is able to gather and store electric energy with his spinal plates and release it in powerful long- or short-range attacks. His tail can also create ground tremors that send land-bound Vehicons tumbling. In robot mode, his tail becomes a powerful grappling rocket that draws hapless Vehicons into its crushing jaws!

==Fiction==
===''Universe'' comics===
:''Voice actor:'' ?

The [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] called out to the Dinobots and two other counter-Vehicon groups who remained on Cybertron: the [[Wrecker]]s and the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutants]]. As the three groups stood before the Oracle, the Dinobots were given an errand. Striker and the others were to travel to an unnamed planet in order to awaken the "sleeping giant" for a mysterious purpose. {{storylink|Departure}}

However, the mission was a fool's errand, arranged by the [[Quintesson]]s and designed to destroy the Dinobots. At first, the planet appeared desolate and in ruins. Striker grew impatient and belligerent, as he was expecting a fight. But he quickly got one when its former [[zombie|inhabitants]] suddenly burst out of the grounds of its cities, intent on feeding on the Dinobots. The "sleeping giant" was actually [[Trans-Organic]] creature known as the [[Dweller]], one of the [[Quintesson]]s' most dangerous creations! {{storylink|Betrayal}} In the midst of the battle, Striker mysteriously disappeared into thin air, pulled across time and space by [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

[[Image:Cauldron-SmokescreenSmokescreen.jpg|left|thumb|250px|These are my evil colors!]]

Striker, the colors of his form presumably corrupted by the [[Pit]], became one of several brainwashed [[Minion of Unicron|minions of Unicron]] in charge of other abducted [[Transformer]]s like himself in the [[Cauldron]], an extradimensional arena within Unicron. When these abductees proved unruly, he and Unicron's four generals would overcome them. He also would hand weapons to the combatants inside, such as before a battle between [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]]. Striker would put his skills to use when a group of seven [[Autobot]]s and Maximals were herded into the Cauldron by the [[Cauldron drone]]s. Using his tail, he was able to silence the Maximal [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]. {{storylink|Abduction}}

However, when he and Reptilion attempted to take on gate-crashers [[Optimus Primal]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], {{storylink|OTFCC Live-Action Drama}} he was subdued. Primal used his Oracle-enhanced (but now Unicron-limited) [[spark]] telepathy to reach Striker's inner being, freeing him from Unicron's control. He and many others escaped from the Cauldron and returned to their proper dimensions—in Striker's case, the technorganic Cybertron Primal called home. {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}}

Once on Cybertron, Striker assisted [[Ratchet (Universe)|Ratchet]] in trying to remove the Unicron virus from [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (issue)|Homecoming}}
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===''Universe'' CD-ROM===
Striker followed Optimus Primal in battle against [[Reptilion|Reptillion]] and his Decepticons. He was ganged up on by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]]. Following the Decepticons' abduction, Striker looked on in confusion. {{storylink|Universe CD-ROM}}

==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
[[Image:BM-toy Striker.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Pokeformers|Solar Beam takes one turn to charge.]]]]
*'''Striker''' (Deluxe, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Tail-weapon

: Striker is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Predacon (BW)|Destron]] [[Saberback]]. He transforms into a stegosaur and has a third mode that's supposed to look like a dead stegosaur with a giant carnivorous flower growing out of it. No, really. The three "petals" of the flower are spring-loaded and open by pulling on the spinal plate at the tail's base. This gimmick also becomes his hand-held weapon for robot mode. His helmet is evocative of a Native American feather headdress.

: This mold was redecoed to make ''[[Dinobots (toyline)|Dinobots]]'' [[Snarl (Dinobots)|Snarl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Dinobot/Striker/striker.htm More information on Striker at TFU.info]''

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===Universe===
[[Image:TFU03-toy_Striker.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Ironically, his ''Universe'' deco is more understated than his original.]]
*'''Dinobot Striker''' (Deluxe, 2003)
**''Accessories'': Tail-weapon

: Part of the second wave of Deluxe toys, Striker was redecoed as an [[Autobot]] for the original ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' line, given the modified name '''Dinobot Striker''' for stronger [[Trademark]] protection.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/DinobotStriker/dinobotstriker.htm More information on Dinobot Striker at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* If the rumors of Striker being one of the original [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s are true, his stegosaur mode and energy absorbing spinal plates strongly point towards his being [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]].

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