Scuba (BW)

2009-04-30T08:40:04Z

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:''Scuba is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]] era of [[Generation 1]] continuity.''

[[Image:ScubaModel.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Has great handwriting, but no thumbs. Odd.]]

'''Scuba''' is a quiet and reserved [[Maximal]] and a bit of a loner. He prefers to spend his time in solitude, reading and writing (he's a very talented poet) with his exceptional penmanship. Though a calm and reserved character, Scuba is a very skilled fighter who strikes like a ninja; disappearing and reappearing at will. He has a cousin named [[Ikard]] and pilots the [[Tako Tank]].

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Yūji Kishi]] (Japanese)

{{cleanup|April 2009|Needs storylinks to all the episodes he appears in and general expansion}}

[[Image:NewForces CybertronScuba.JPG|left|150px|thumb|I've ''no'' idea what [[Sky-Byte]] was [[An Explosive Situation|talking about]]; ''Great Expectations'' is actually pretty good.]]

Scuba came to [[Gaea]] with [[Lio Convoy]] and the rest of the Maximals while pursuing [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] and his [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] forces. Scuba took his job very seriously and was one of Lio Convoy's most trusted soldiers.

Despite being quiet and kinda freaky-looking, Scuba was a total playa. Both [[Artemis]] and [[Scylla]] were madly in love with him, though he did not reciprocate the emotion. Scylla was the most forward of the two, often literally chasing Scuba all over the planet.

[[Image:Scylla1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Scuba's quote should be "No fat chicks".]]

During the final battle on Galvatron's artificial planet, [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]], Scuba was essential to the Maximal victory. After Nemesis absorbed all the [[Angolmois]] energy on Gaea, Lio Convoy ordered Scuba to disable the planet. With the help of the Tako Tank (given to him earlier by his cousin, Ikard), Scuba managed to complete his mission. However, like the rest of the Maximals, Scuba was caught in the self destruction of Nemesis and lost within a wormhole.

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====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
Later, after [[Big Convoy]], Lio Convoy and [[Magmatron]] defeated [[Unicron]], all the Maximals, Scuba included, were freed from the wormhole and invited back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to help repair their devastated planet and take part in a new Maximal-Predacon alliance. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

===Comic continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' comic====
[[Bighorn]], a fellow Maximal, had a crush on Scylla but due to his meager intelligence could not pen a decent love letter to express his feelings. Bighorn asked Scuba to write the letter for him, as he was an accomplished poet. Scuba wrote a moving letter, but unfortunately, since Bighorn was also TOO CHICKEN to give the letter to Scylla, Scuba had to deliver the letter for the said buffalo. Predictably, Scylla got the wrong idea. Scuba then spent the rest of the adventure being molested by Scylla (hawt).

====''Beast Wars Neo'' comic====
After the destruction of the Nemesis, Scuba went to the planet [[Jörmungandr]] with an Angolmois energy capsule. There, he transformed the native cobras into Transformers, possibly using the Angolmois. The cobras worshipped Scuba as a god, and the capsule was encased in a statue in his image. Scuba eventually left Jörmungandr for reasons unknown; native myths claimed that "the god was enraged".

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
Scuba was one of many crazed Transformers participating in an [[Angolmois]]-induced riot. He followed the Tako Tank after it broke down a wall, so apparently he wasn't the driver this time. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

==Toy==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Scuba''' (Basic, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-15'''
**''Accessories'': Boomerang

: Largely identical to the [[Hasbro]] Maximal [[Claw Jaw]] (there are some ''very'' slight differences in plastic and paint hues), Scuba transforms into a maroon and orange squid. Pushing a plunger on his back opens his beast-mode jaws. This [[gimmick]] also works in robot mode. A piece of the plunger pops off to become a hand-held boomerang weapon.

: This toy was [[Redeco|redecoed]] into [[Ikard]].

*'''Scuba vs Thrust''' (Multi-pack, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-15'''

: Scuba was also available in a "Vs" pack with the Predacon [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]]. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/ClawJaw/clawjaw.htm Scuba (well, Claw Jaw) at TFU.info]

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