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Inferno (BW)

2008-03-09T15:10:13Z

190.58.152.190: /* Trivia */

{{picsneeded|Toys and beast mode}}

{{Template:Disambig3|Inferno}}

:''Inferno is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Infernobwpostcard.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Ha ha haha, fool! Pain is my friend -- allow me to introduce you to it!"]]

'''Inferno''' wholeheartedly believes that he is an ant and that [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] is his queen. Unlike many Predacons, he has no personal ambitions or future plans; everything he does is for the good of the colony and his queen. Luckily for Inferno, many of the tasks his queen assigns him involve burning things - and he ''likes'' burning things.

Keeping with his ant mentality, Inferno has absolutely no regard for his own personal safety whatsoever. He is fanatically loyal to Megatron, and as such will use his heavy firepower and incredible strength full-on and take any task given of him, no matter how suicidal. And he'll do it laughing maniacally the entire time, for the glory of the colony.

An [[Inferno (Universe Autobot)|alternate-universe iteration of Inferno]] was rebuilt into an [[Autobot]]. No, really. [[Inferno (Vehicon)|Another one]] was rebuilt into a [[Vehicon]].

{{quote|'''FOR THE ROYALTY!!!!'''|Inferno, too many times to source}}

:''Italian name'': '''Formicula''' (toyline), '''Formikon''' (show)
:''Spanish name'': '''Infierno'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Beast Wars''====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Jim Byrnes]] (English), [[Shinichiro Miki]] (Japanese), [[Sérgio Moreno]] (Brazil)

When Inferno's [[stasis pod]] crashed to prehistoric [[Earth]], [[Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia]] immediately set out to claim him as their own. Unfortunately, Inferno had been awakened automatically, having scanned the form of a fire ant. Moreover, his beast mode came to overwhelm his logic circuits, causing Inferno to become wholly convinced that he was an actual fire ant and that his stasis pod was his "colony". [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] arrived at the scene and was immediately attacked by Inferno and Blackarachnia. During the fight Tarantulas escaped with the stasis pod, which was his real goal, and an enraged Inferno followed. Pursuing the Predacons, [[Tigatron]] was able to destroy the stasis pod before Tarantulas was able to get it to his lab. This act put Inferno completely over the edge and he went even crazier (if possible). Before he could finish Tigatron off however, [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] showed up and blew him to bits.

[[Image:Inferno dies agenda2.jpg|right|150px|thumb|BEST DEATH EVER. That guy in season three is, uh, actually [[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]]. Yeah.]]

However, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] took an immediate shine to the brutish psychopath, proven with the quote "Oooohhh, I ''like'' him.", and had him restored, possibly with some mental improvements, and thereafter Inferno was fanatically loyal to Megatron (thinking of him as his "Queen", which Megatron found ''very'' annoying). A few death threats changed Inferno's words to calling Megatron "The Royalty", although he occasionally backslid. {{storylink|Spider's Game}} He continued to make references to his ant mentality (for example, calling the Predacon base the colony and Rampage a drone) throughout the series.

In subsequent skirmishes, he killed Tigatron's mate, discovered and recovered the [[Alien Disk]], and was sent to monitor the treacherous Tarantulas, but went further then Megatron wanted and roasted the spider, only to get knocked out by Blackarachnia. The latter suffered temporary defeat when the [[Vok]]'s [[Planet Buster]] ravaged the planet's surface. After the death of [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], Inferno became the Predacon [[Sub-Commander]]. He was taken as seriously as Scorponok was.

When [[Ravage]] arrived in the Beast Wars and Megatron's troops were scattered, Inferno sacrificed himself by detonating a huge cache of [[Energon]] in a failed attempt to defeat the Maximals. Despite his apparent vaporization, he revived yet again, though with several holes in his chassis.

As the Beast Wars conflict escalated, Inferno's importance and intimidation factor declined. When he was sent (alongside [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] and [[Waspinator]]) to destroy a [[protohuman]] settlement, not only was he beaten severely by the cavemen, he was also accidentally killed when he was caught in the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''' firing range.

His head was used thereafter by the protohumans as a drum, and his tail thruster was used for their cooking fire.

====''Tales of the Beast Wars: Critical Mass''====
{{charstubfiction}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Inferno''' (Mega, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-11'''
**''Accessories'': Mandible claw, spring-loaded missile launcher, 2 insect-leg missiles

: Inferno transforms into a red fire ant. His beast-mode mandibles conceal a missile launcher weapon, plus his abdomen splits open to form spinning blades surrounding a quad-jet thruster.

: This mold was also used to make [[Antagony]].

*'''Cybershark vs Inferno: Hell Showdown''' (Vs pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-11'''

: In Japan, Inferno was available both separately and in a "Hell Showdown" vs. pack with [[Cybershark]].

===Beast Wars Metals===
*'''Metals Inferno''' (Mega, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-46'''

: Metals Inferno is almost wholly identical to the [[Hasbro]] Mega-Transmetal Predacon [[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]], only the name [[tampograph]] was changed from "SCAVENGER" to "DESTRON" with the faction sigil. He transforms into a robotic ant with a third "transport mode", a double-drill tank. The drills end up as his robot-mode hands, and spin using gear-wheels.

{{-}}
==Trivia==
* In a bit of little-known trivia, [[Hasbro]] originally intended Inferno to be the new body for Megatron. According to [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/b334d45514e26ab4/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&lnk=st&q=bob+forward+interview+inferno+megatron&rnum=1#bc8e54e9165e0823 a 1997 interview conducted by fan HooksX], Bob Forward stated: "For a while there Hasbro was planning to make the Inferno toy the new Megatron. We were going to kill Megatron and bring him back as Inferno." The closest they got was in [[Aftermath]] when Megs and Inferno had a head on collision and swapped heads.

* It's unknown as to why Transmetal Scavenger, a toy clearly designed to be an upgraded Inferno, ended up not being Inferno. Maybe Hasbro was just really keen on reclaiming the "Scavenger" [[trademark]]. Another theory is that since there were ant colonies of Inferno clogging store shelves (as Inferno had been shipped in a solid case), retailers wouldn't want even more Infernos, so Hasbro had the name changed. Ironically, colonies of Scavengers also formed, as the Transmetal was also shipped in a solid case.

* No one knows exactly ''how'' Inferno's beast mode mentality became so dominant; his stasis pod was perfectly intact upon landing, thus ruling out any problems due to damaged circuitry, and Tarantulas' other attempts at reprogramming Maximals caused no such glitch in personality. Perhaps soldier ants simply have such strong instincts that they couldn't be resisted, or perhaps Tarantulas did something different this time around. Or... something. A [[Beorht|wizard]] did it. Or the [[Unicron Singularity]].

*Inferno quite clearly gets utterly vaporized in an Energon explosion at the end of Season 2; the [[Madman Entertainment]] Season 2 DVD commentary states that Inferno was indeed meant to die in the scene. At the time of the episode's production, it wasn't known if Beast Wars would be renewed for a third season (the show's chief writers once stated at BotCon that they'd adopted a "kill 'em all, let Hasbro sort 'em out" attitude towards the show's season finales.) When the show was renewed, Inferno was brought back, looking charred but more or less intact.

* Alongside [[Blackarachnia]], Inferno is the only Predacon on the show to have been a reprogrammed Maximal. Any other Predacons born from Maximal protoforms were either tortured into joining ([[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]), created from scratch ([[Dinobot II]]) or aligned themselves out of free will ([[Quickstrike]]).

{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Inferno/inferno.htm Inferno at TFU.info]

*[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Scavenger/scavenger.htm Inferno (transmetal)/Scavenger at TFU.info]

[[Category: Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category: Predacons]]
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Inferno (BW)

2008-03-09T15:05:02Z

190.58.152.190: /* Trivia */

{{picsneeded|Toys and beast mode}}

{{Template:Disambig3|Inferno}}

:''Inferno is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Infernobwpostcard.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Ha ha haha, fool! Pain is my friend -- allow me to introduce you to it!"]]

'''Inferno''' wholeheartedly believes that he is an ant and that [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] is his queen. Unlike many Predacons, he has no personal ambitions or future plans; everything he does is for the good of the colony and his queen. Luckily for Inferno, many of the tasks his queen assigns him involve burning things - and he ''likes'' burning things.

Keeping with his ant mentality, Inferno has absolutely no regard for his own personal safety whatsoever. He is fanatically loyal to Megatron, and as such will use his heavy firepower and incredible strength full-on and take any task given of him, no matter how suicidal. And he'll do it laughing maniacally the entire time, for the glory of the colony.

An [[Inferno (Universe Autobot)|alternate-universe iteration of Inferno]] was rebuilt into an [[Autobot]]. No, really. [[Inferno (Vehicon)|Another one]] was rebuilt into a [[Vehicon]].

{{quote|'''FOR THE ROYALTY!!!!'''|Inferno, too many times to source}}

:''Italian name'': '''Formicula''' (toyline), '''Formikon''' (show)
:''Spanish name'': '''Infierno'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Beast Wars''====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Jim Byrnes]] (English), [[Shinichiro Miki]] (Japanese), [[Sérgio Moreno]] (Brazil)

When Inferno's [[stasis pod]] crashed to prehistoric [[Earth]], [[Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia]] immediately set out to claim him as their own. Unfortunately, Inferno had been awakened automatically, having scanned the form of a fire ant. Moreover, his beast mode came to overwhelm his logic circuits, causing Inferno to become wholly convinced that he was an actual fire ant and that his stasis pod was his "colony". [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] arrived at the scene and was immediately attacked by Inferno and Blackarachnia. During the fight Tarantulas escaped with the stasis pod, which was his real goal, and an enraged Inferno followed. Pursuing the Predacons, [[Tigatron]] was able to destroy the stasis pod before Tarantulas was able to get it to his lab. This act put Inferno completely over the edge and he went even crazier (if possible). Before he could finish Tigatron off however, [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] showed up and blew him to bits.

[[Image:Inferno dies agenda2.jpg|right|150px|thumb|BEST DEATH EVER. That guy in season three is, uh, actually [[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]]. Yeah.]]

However, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] took an immediate shine to the brutish psychopath, proven with the quote "Oooohhh, I ''like'' him.", and had him restored, possibly with some mental improvements, and thereafter Inferno was fanatically loyal to Megatron (thinking of him as his "Queen", which Megatron found ''very'' annoying). A few death threats changed Inferno's words to calling Megatron "The Royalty", although he occasionally backslid. {{storylink|Spider's Game}} He continued to make references to his ant mentality (for example, calling the Predacon base the colony and Rampage a drone) throughout the series.

In subsequent skirmishes, he killed Tigatron's mate, discovered and recovered the [[Alien Disk]], and was sent to monitor the treacherous Tarantulas, but went further then Megatron wanted and roasted the spider, only to get knocked out by Blackarachnia. The latter suffered temporary defeat when the [[Vok]]'s [[Planet Buster]] ravaged the planet's surface. After the death of [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], Inferno became the Predacon [[Sub-Commander]]. He was taken as seriously as Scorponok was.

When [[Ravage]] arrived in the Beast Wars and Megatron's troops were scattered, Inferno sacrificed himself by detonating a huge cache of [[Energon]] in a failed attempt to defeat the Maximals. Despite his apparent vaporization, he revived yet again, though with several holes in his chassis.

As the Beast Wars conflict escalated, Inferno's importance and intimidation factor declined. When he was sent (alongside [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] and [[Waspinator]]) to destroy a [[protohuman]] settlement, not only was he beaten severely by the cavemen, he was also accidentally killed when he was caught in the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''' firing range.

His head was used thereafter by the protohumans as a drum, and his tail thruster was used for their cooking fire.

====''Tales of the Beast Wars: Critical Mass''====
{{charstubfiction}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Inferno''' (Mega, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-11'''
**''Accessories'': Mandible claw, spring-loaded missile launcher, 2 insect-leg missiles

: Inferno transforms into a red fire ant. His beast-mode mandibles conceal a missile launcher weapon, plus his abdomen splits open to form spinning blades surrounding a quad-jet thruster.

: This mold was also used to make [[Antagony]].

*'''Cybershark vs Inferno: Hell Showdown''' (Vs pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-11'''

: In Japan, Inferno was available both separately and in a "Hell Showdown" vs. pack with [[Cybershark]].

===Beast Wars Metals===
*'''Metals Inferno''' (Mega, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-46'''

: Metals Inferno is almost wholly identical to the [[Hasbro]] Mega-Transmetal Predacon [[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]], only the name [[tampograph]] was changed from "SCAVENGER" to "DESTRON" with the faction sigil. He transforms into a robotic ant with a third "transport mode", a double-drill tank. The drills end up as his robot-mode hands, and spin using gear-wheels.

{{-}}
==Trivia==
* In a bit of little-known trivia, [[Hasbro]] originally intended Inferno to be the new body for Megatron. According to [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/b334d45514e26ab4/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&lnk=st&q=bob+forward+interview+inferno+megatron&rnum=1#bc8e54e9165e0823 a 1997 interview conducted by fan HooksX], Bob Forward stated: "For a while there Hasbro was planning to make the Inferno toy the new Megatron. We were going to kill Megatron and bring him back as Inferno." The closest they got was in [[Aftermath]] when Megs and Inferno had a head on collision and swapped heads.

* It's unknown as to why Transmetal Scavenger, a toy clearly designed to be an upgraded Inferno, ended up not being Inferno. Maybe Hasbro was just really keen on reclaiming the "Scavenger" [[trademark]]. Another theory is that since there were ant colonies of Inferno clogging store shelves (as Inferno had been shipped in a solid case), retailers wouldn't want even more Infernos, so Hasbro had the name changed. Ironically, colonies of Scavengers also formed, as the Transmetal was also shipped in a solid case.

* No one knows exactly ''how'' Inferno's beast mode mentality became so dominant; his stasis pod was perfectly intact upon landing, thus ruling out any problems due to damaged circuitry, and Tarantulas' other attempts at reprogramming Maximals caused no such glitch in personality. Perhaps soldier ants simply have such strong instincts that they couldn't be resisted, or perhaps Tarantulas did something different this time around. Or... something. A [[Beorht|wizard]] did it. Or the [[Unicron Singularity]].

*Inferno quite clearly gets utterly vaporized in an Energon explosion at the end of Season 2; the [[Madman Entertainment]] Season 2 DVD commentary states that Inferno was indeed meant to die in the scene. At the time of the episode's production, it wasn't known if Beast Wars would be renewed for a third season (the show's chief writers once stated at BotCon that they'd adopted a "kill 'em all, let Hasbro sort 'em out" attitude towards the show's season finales.) When the show was renewed, Inferno was brought back, looking charred but more or less intact.

* Alongside [[Blackarachnia]], Inferno is the only Predacon on the show to have been a reprogrammed Maximal.

{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Inferno/inferno.htm Inferno at TFU.info]

*[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Scavenger/scavenger.htm Inferno (transmetal)/Scavenger at TFU.info]

[[Category: Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category: Predacons]]
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Spider's Game

2008-03-09T15:01:31Z

190.58.152.190: /* Notes */

{{picsneeded}}{{epstub}}
'''Tarantulas detects a new stasis pod and attempts to turn the protoform into a new Predacon. '''

{{episodenav |BW |season=1 |18 |prev=The Trigger, Part 2 |next=Call of the Wild}}

==Summary==
As another stasis pod crashes to Earth, Tarantulas sends out a magnetic pulse that disrupts the sensors at both the Predacon and Maximal bases. The pulse ensures that Tarantulas will be the first to arrive at the pod's landing site, and that he will be able to manipulate the protoform inside. Blackarachnia discovers what Tarantulas is up to and insists on accompanying him to the pod's landing site.

Tigatron also sees the pod coming to Earth, but is unable to contact the Maximal base so he sets out to intercept the pod on his own. He is intercepted by Waspinator who delays Tigatron until Airazor arrives and saves him. Tigatron tells Airazor to go to the pod and that he will join her there.

Arriving at the pod, Tarantulas and Blackarchnia are too late to hand pick an arachnid form for the protoform, however Tarantulas is able to do some reprogramming and turn the protoform into a Predacon. The new Predacon, Inferno, emerges from the pod only to attack the other two Predacons. Tarantulas deduces that Inferno's beast mode is dominating his logic circuits and that he thinks he really is a fire ant protecting his colony.

Airazor arrives on the scene only to be attacked and disabled by Inferno and Blackarachnia. Blackarachnia uses this opportunity to make nice with Inferno and start to win him over. Tarantulas uses this opportunity to accomplish his real goal, and steals the stasis pod. This act enrages Inferno who sets out in pursuit of Tarantulas, with Blackarachnia not far behind. Tigatron arives and tells Airazor to find Optimus while he pursues the Predacons.

Nearing his lab, Tarantulas is caught by Inferno who demands the return of the colony. Tarantulas ensnares Inferno in a web and is preparing to finish him off when Scorponok arrives and informs Tarantulas that Megatron wants the pod. Before that can happen however, Tigatron arrives and destroys the pod. His victory quickly turns sour as he is attacked by both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia, who inflict heavy damage on him. Megatron arrives on the scene shortly, and even though both of the spiders flee, Tigatron is still in trouble. Inferno breaks free of Tarantulas's web and is enraged at the destruction of the colony, he turns his fury on Tigatron and is preparing to destroy him, when Optimus and Airazor arrive and blow Inferno into scrap.

Megatron gathers up the parts of Inferno and has him restored, and Optimus and Airazor take Tigatron back to the Maximal base for repairs. Back at his lab, however, Tarantulas is lamenting the loss of the pod, revealing to an eavesdropping Blacharachnia his beliefs that the planet they're on is doomed. From this, the she-spider correctly surmises that Tarantulas was going to convert the pod into an escape shuttle, but is unable to wrench any more information about his motives for doing so out of him.

==Quotes==

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Larry DiTillio]]<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' January 6, 1997

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' Tarantulas, [[Blackarachnia]], [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]]<br>
'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Primal]], [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]

==Notes==

* This is the debut appearance of Inferno.

===Technical/Animation Glitches===

* Curiously, when Tigatron is injured near the end of the episode, his beast mode's face (which serves as his robot mode's chestplate) appears to be bleeding. Either this contradicts what Cheetor said to Tarantulas in an earlier episode when he said "I don't ''have'' real blood....only mech fluid.", or this lends credence to the theory that beast modes are wholly organic.

===Transformers References===
*References

===Real-World References===
*Reference

==External Links==
*Link
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Spider's Game

2008-03-09T15:01:10Z

190.58.152.190: /* Notes */

{{picsneeded}}{{epstub}}
'''Tarantulas detects a new stasis pod and attempts to turn the protoform into a new Predacon. '''

{{episodenav |BW |season=1 |18 |prev=The Trigger, Part 2 |next=Call of the Wild}}

==Summary==
As another stasis pod crashes to Earth, Tarantulas sends out a magnetic pulse that disrupts the sensors at both the Predacon and Maximal bases. The pulse ensures that Tarantulas will be the first to arrive at the pod's landing site, and that he will be able to manipulate the protoform inside. Blackarachnia discovers what Tarantulas is up to and insists on accompanying him to the pod's landing site.

Tigatron also sees the pod coming to Earth, but is unable to contact the Maximal base so he sets out to intercept the pod on his own. He is intercepted by Waspinator who delays Tigatron until Airazor arrives and saves him. Tigatron tells Airazor to go to the pod and that he will join her there.

Arriving at the pod, Tarantulas and Blackarchnia are too late to hand pick an arachnid form for the protoform, however Tarantulas is able to do some reprogramming and turn the protoform into a Predacon. The new Predacon, Inferno, emerges from the pod only to attack the other two Predacons. Tarantulas deduces that Inferno's beast mode is dominating his logic circuits and that he thinks he really is a fire ant protecting his colony.

Airazor arrives on the scene only to be attacked and disabled by Inferno and Blackarachnia. Blackarachnia uses this opportunity to make nice with Inferno and start to win him over. Tarantulas uses this opportunity to accomplish his real goal, and steals the stasis pod. This act enrages Inferno who sets out in pursuit of Tarantulas, with Blackarachnia not far behind. Tigatron arives and tells Airazor to find Optimus while he pursues the Predacons.

Nearing his lab, Tarantulas is caught by Inferno who demands the return of the colony. Tarantulas ensnares Inferno in a web and is preparing to finish him off when Scorponok arrives and informs Tarantulas that Megatron wants the pod. Before that can happen however, Tigatron arrives and destroys the pod. His victory quickly turns sour as he is attacked by both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia, who inflict heavy damage on him. Megatron arrives on the scene shortly, and even though both of the spiders flee, Tigatron is still in trouble. Inferno breaks free of Tarantulas's web and is enraged at the destruction of the colony, he turns his fury on Tigatron and is preparing to destroy him, when Optimus and Airazor arrive and blow Inferno into scrap.

Megatron gathers up the parts of Inferno and has him restored, and Optimus and Airazor take Tigatron back to the Maximal base for repairs. Back at his lab, however, Tarantulas is lamenting the loss of the pod, revealing to an eavesdropping Blacharachnia his beliefs that the planet they're on is doomed. From this, the she-spider correctly surmises that Tarantulas was going to convert the pod into an escape shuttle, but is unable to wrench any more information about his motives for doing so out of him.

==Quotes==

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Larry DiTillio]]<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' January 6, 1997

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' Tarantulas, [[Blackarachnia]], [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]]<br>
'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Primal]], [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]

==Notes==

* This is the first appearance of Inferno.

===Technical/Animation Glitches===

* Curiously, when Tigatron is injured near the end of the episode, his beast mode's face (which serves as his robot mode's chestplate) appears to be bleeding. Either this contradicts what Cheetor said to Tarantulas in an earlier episode when he said "I don't ''have'' real blood....only mech fluid.", or this lends credence to the theory that beast modes are wholly organic.

===Transformers References===
*References

===Real-World References===
*Reference

==External Links==
*Link
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Spider's Game

2008-03-09T14:59:56Z

190.58.152.190: /* Technical/Animation Glitches */

{{picsneeded}}{{epstub}}
'''Tarantulas detects a new stasis pod and attempts to turn the protoform into a new Predacon. '''

{{episodenav |BW |season=1 |18 |prev=The Trigger, Part 2 |next=Call of the Wild}}

==Summary==
As another stasis pod crashes to Earth, Tarantulas sends out a magnetic pulse that disrupts the sensors at both the Predacon and Maximal bases. The pulse ensures that Tarantulas will be the first to arrive at the pod's landing site, and that he will be able to manipulate the protoform inside. Blackarachnia discovers what Tarantulas is up to and insists on accompanying him to the pod's landing site.

Tigatron also sees the pod coming to Earth, but is unable to contact the Maximal base so he sets out to intercept the pod on his own. He is intercepted by Waspinator who delays Tigatron until Airazor arrives and saves him. Tigatron tells Airazor to go to the pod and that he will join her there.

Arriving at the pod, Tarantulas and Blackarchnia are too late to hand pick an arachnid form for the protoform, however Tarantulas is able to do some reprogramming and turn the protoform into a Predacon. The new Predacon, Inferno, emerges from the pod only to attack the other two Predacons. Tarantulas deduces that Inferno's beast mode is dominating his logic circuits and that he thinks he really is a fire ant protecting his colony.

Airazor arrives on the scene only to be attacked and disabled by Inferno and Blackarachnia. Blackarachnia uses this opportunity to make nice with Inferno and start to win him over. Tarantulas uses this opportunity to accomplish his real goal, and steals the stasis pod. This act enrages Inferno who sets out in pursuit of Tarantulas, with Blackarachnia not far behind. Tigatron arives and tells Airazor to find Optimus while he pursues the Predacons.

Nearing his lab, Tarantulas is caught by Inferno who demands the return of the colony. Tarantulas ensnares Inferno in a web and is preparing to finish him off when Scorponok arrives and informs Tarantulas that Megatron wants the pod. Before that can happen however, Tigatron arrives and destroys the pod. His victory quickly turns sour as he is attacked by both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia, who inflict heavy damage on him. Megatron arrives on the scene shortly, and even though both of the spiders flee, Tigatron is still in trouble. Inferno breaks free of Tarantulas's web and is enraged at the destruction of the colony, he turns his fury on Tigatron and is preparing to destroy him, when Optimus and Airazor arrive and blow Inferno into scrap.

Megatron gathers up the parts of Inferno and has him restored, and Optimus and Airazor take Tigatron back to the Maximal base for repairs. Back at his lab, however, Tarantulas is lamenting the loss of the pod, revealing to an eavesdropping Blacharachnia his beliefs that the planet they're on is doomed. From this, the she-spider correctly surmises that Tarantulas was going to convert the pod into an escape shuttle, but is unable to wrench any more information about his motives for doing so out of him.

==Quotes==

==Stats==
'''Writers:''' [[Larry DiTillio]]<br>
'''Original Air Date:''' January 6, 1997

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' Tarantulas, [[Blackarachnia]], [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]]<br>
'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Primal]], [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===

* Curiously, when Tigatron is injured near the end of the episode, his beast mode's face (which serves as his robot mode's chestplate) appears to be bleeding. Either this contradicts what Cheetor said to Tarantulas in an earlier episode when he said "I don't ''have'' real blood....only mech fluid.", or this lends credence to the theory that beast modes are wholly organic.

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