CatSCAN

2011-10-19T13:13:13Z

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:''CatSCAN is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Expanded Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:CatSCAN01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Please state the nature of the medical emergency.]]

Formerly a medical computer’s artificial intelligence program, '''CatSCAN''' was given a corporeal form by [[Apelinq]] and his [[Transfer Interlink]]. Compassionate, gentle and childlike, he struggles to understand his new existence and the universe around him. His speech and mannerisms are odd and stilted, but he's slowly learning to be an individual, with respect for all life.

Hurt one of his charges, however, and he'll demonstrate that he might not ''like'' to hurt people, but he's learned how to "wreck and rule" pretty damn quick when the situation demands it.

==Fiction==
===Universe: Featuring the Wreckers===
With [[Fractyl]] severely damaged by a [[spark core]] misalignment, the Wreckers took their injured comrade to the repair bay on their ship. Unfortunately, the repair equipment was so old that it could only diagnose - not treat - damages alone. Needing a medic, [[Apelinq]] used his Transfer Interlink to create CatSCAN, a sparkless medic to help repair Fractyl.

[[Image:Ramuluscatscan.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He's a real conversationalist.]]

Landing on [[Akalo]], CatSCAN joined Primal Prime, Apelinq, and [[Ramulus]] on a reconnaissance mission into a nearby jungle. Encountering the native Akalouthans, CatSCAN was attacked and later fought the stranded [[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]] in a battle that was halted by [[Glyph (G1)|Glyph]]. [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] stole the Divine Light from Akalo, so Devcon had CatSCAN retrofit him into his old space-faring body. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

CatSCAN stabilized both Fractyl and [[Rotorbolt (Universe)|Rotorbolt]], the latter put into stasis lock by the treacherous [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. When the Wreckers prepared to depart the planet, Glyph decided to remain behind, knowing her place was not with the war-like Wreckers. When they expressed concern that she would be there alone, CatSCAN countered that he would remain behind as well, to "facilitate and assist". {{storylink|Disclosure}}

==Toys==
===Expanded Universe===
[[Image:Catscantoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Data, is that you? Why are you a furry? ]]
*'''CatSCAN''' (Deluxe, 2002)

: One of several [[BotCon 2002]] [[Exclusive|exclusives]], ''[[Expanded Universe]]'' CatSCAN is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|"Night Slash" Cheetor]] mold, transforming into a robotic tiger with flip-up rocket boosters on its back. Each bicep contains a spring-loaded [[electron-scimitar]] that slips into his open hands upon release. His chest has some weird flip-around gimmick thingy, who knows what it does. He features some glow-in-the-dark [[Paint operation|paint applications]], which is rare and incredibly awesome.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/CatSCAN/catscan.htm More information on CatSCAN at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* The "SCAN" part of "CatSCAN" doesn't actually stand for anything, although it was originally supposed to. When asked about the issue at [[BotCon 2002]], [[Glen Hallit]] struggled to remember what it might have stood for at one point in development, and eventually recalled that it was something along the lines of "computer simulated corporeal autonomous neomaximal"—which is CSCAN. It's possible that the "at" was added to make the name pronounceable, or Glen simply neglected to remember what those letters stood for.
* CatSCAN was originally going to be called "Lifeline", a name that was preferred by ''Wreckers'' co-writer [[Rob Gerbracht]]. A remnant of this exists on the final packaging, which states that "the Lifeline Cybernetic Diagnostic Module has been activated".
* The CatSCAN toy's glow-in-the-dark [[tampograph]] details were an experiment of sorts, as the Transformers team engineer had never requested glow-in-the-dark paint with a tampograph before. The tampograph's "circuitry pattern" design was doodled out (and later finalized) by [[Aaron Archer]] during a meeting with BotCon representatives.
* According to his profile in [[Betrayal|''Wreckers'' #2]] (2nd edition) CatSCAN transforms into a tiger rather than a cheetah. He's also a [[Child of Primus]].
* In Wreckers Issue 2:Betrayal,Apelinq notes that he's a redeco of one of his friends. Sound familiar?

==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/27529a70dc11332b/cc6b8680784b1e17?lnk=st&q=neomaximal&rnum=3#cc6b8680784b1e17 ATT post with (maybe) CatSCAN's non-acronym]

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