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Scylla (BW)

2011-08-20T04:08:44Z

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

[[Image:Scylla robot.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''Hello Nurse'']]

'''Scylla''' (スキュウレ ''Sukyūre'', pronounced "skyoo-le") is a pirate wench, and proud of it! The second strongest of the [[Seacon (BWII)|Seacon Space Pirate]] team, Scylla uses her powerful beast mode in battle. Very fast under water, her greatest attack is the "Kiss of Death."

Scylla fell madly in [[Transformer romance|love]] with the [[Maximal]] [[Scuba]] at first sight, and pursues him tirelessly... in spite of the fact that the Maximal [[Bighorn]] is in love with ''her'', a fact to which she seems quite oblivious.

Put delicately, despite her manifold virtues, Scylla is not the brightest of the Seacons. But they still love her.

Scylla combines with her fellow Seacons to form [[God Neptune]].

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars II'' cartoon===
:''Voice actress:'' [[Miwa Matsumoto]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Skylla beast.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hey there, sailor...]]
Scylla arrived on planet [[Gaea]] with the rest of the Space Pirate Seacons in search of loot, namely the [[Angolmois]] energy. They immediately began pumping Angolmois energy out of the planet, which alerted the Maximals to their presence. [[Lio Convoy]] sent Scuba to spy on the Seacons while [[Halfshell]] sent Scylla to guard the perimeter. While patrolling around, Scylla laid eyes on Scuba and became madly smitten. Scuba was less than pleased, doing his best to get as far away from her as possible. She instantly earned the scorn of [[Artemis]], who also had a crush on Scuba.

[[Image:ScyllaMolest1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|There ain't nothin' pretty about Cybertronian 3-ways.]]

A little while later, Bighorn got a look at Scylla as she was resting off-shore and became infatuated with her. However, his inability to swim made reaching her rather difficult. Scylla ignored Bighorn's advances, as she was more interested in wrapping her tentacles around Scuba. Scylla spent more time chasing Scuba than helping the Seacons secure treasure, which often infuriated Halfshell. This was especially problematic, as she was required to form the leg of [[God Neptune]].
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===''Beast Wars II'' comic===
Scylla fell in love with Scuba rather by accident. Bighorn, after first laying eyes on Scylla, became infatuated with her. However, being so stupid, he could not muster the creativity to craft her a proper love letter. After a bit of coercing, Bighorn convinced his teammate, Scuba (renowned for his poetic skills), to write a magnificent love letter for him.

Bad move. Scylla received the letter, and due to a grievous error, discovered that Scuba wrote it and gained the wrong impression. She then fell madly in love with him, chasing the reluctant bachelor all over Gaea. Bighorn eventually managed to express his feelings to Scylla in his own crude manner, but was shot down in a rather friendly way. Scylla informed him that, were he a squid, he might have had a chance.
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===IDW Comics===
Scylla's most prominent characteristic is her vanity; she goes to great lengths to maintain her appearance, and nothing pleases her more then being told her beauty is unmatched. She regularly targets national monuments and sculptures in her criminal acts, believing she should be the only object of admiration. {{Storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Readers of [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]], a trans-dimensional magazine for [[Female Transformer|Decepti-femmes]], are invited to decide who is deadlier, Scylla or [[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac}}
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==Games==
===''Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars'' video game===
When a super-powerful [[Energon crystal]] was discovered on [[Earth]], Scylla was one of the several Predacons involved in the ensuing conflicts. She was not, however, directly involved in combat: instead, sent on missions to traverse pit-riddled fields, occasionally having to fend off enormous bacteria opponents. {{storylink|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:BW2Scylla toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You can tell I'm a girl by my lipstick in beast mode. Tee Hee.]]
*'''God Neptune''' (Ultra, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-21'''

: Available only in the God Neptune multi-pack, Scylla is a [[redeco]] of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], transforming into an ambulatory squid-monster. Like her fellow God Neptune partners, Scylla lacks her individual weapons and "weapon stand" parts from the original version of the mold. Being part of the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style design, she can form the arm or leg to any compatible super robot, but her standard placement is as the left leg to God Neptune.

: For unknown reasons, a great number of unboxed God Neptune sets—lacking ''all'' of their accessories, including combiner parts—ended up available on the secondary market. These went for considerably less than the "complete" releases, naturally.

: This mold was also used to make the ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' Seacon [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Destron/Scylla/scylla.htm More information on Scylla at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bw2seal_2/img/061.jpg A Japanese trading card] renders Scylla's name in English as "Squlle". This highlights the fact that Scylla's name was not actually rendered with the Katakana used for the [[wikipedia:Scylla|mythological monster]] from ''[[wikipedia:Odyssey|The Odyssey]]''—that's スキュラ ''Sukyura'', compared to our pirate wench's スキュウレ ''Sukyūre''. As such, it seems Scylla's name may have originally been a "Rhinoxization" of the creature's, featuring extra nonsense syllables, rather than a straight literary nod.

*The name "Scylla" (this time pronounced "silla") was mentioned in an episode of ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' as a [[Grid Scylla|set of coordinates]]. This was most likely intended to reference a fan who went by the screen name "Scylla", who had named herself after the ''Beast Wars II'' character.

*Scylla's name is derived from a mythical Greek monster of varying characteristics, but often similar to a sort of giant squid. Said monster is consistently female throughout the myths. Also, either name pronunciation ("silla" or "skilla") is technically correct, with the latter being the Greek pronunciation.

*Scylla is the only female member of a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style [[combiner]] team. This is very creepy.

[[Category:Beast Wars II Predacons]]
[[Category:Destrons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]
[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Seacons]]

Squeezeplay (G1)

2011-04-13T01:22:56Z

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:''Squeezeplay is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Squeezeplay boxart.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Rar! I'm all scary and the like!]]
'''Squeezeplay''' doesn't draw much of a line between sabotage and devastation. He considers himself an unstoppable engine of destruction, and will charge into any situation without regards to safety. He's not an idiot — he's merely harnessed the tactical advantages of brute force and intimidation. As Squeezeplay figures it, he is strong enough, tough enough, and fierce enough to plow through most battlefield fortifications and opponents without much damage, so...why not simply do that?

His [[Nebulan]] partner, [[Lokos]], was a smuggler and air pirate on his home planet before joining the Decepticons. His relationship with Squeezeplay is two-fold. On the one hand, Lokos was always a creative and crafty criminal, and so he tries to get Squeezeplay to use his head more in combat. On the other hand, though, he recognizes the sheer brutal effectiveness of his partner's methods, and so more often than not is comfortable just to let Squeezeplay have his fun.

Why mess with what works?

:''Italian name'': '''Morsa''' (Grip)
:''Hungarian name'': '''Szorítókar''' ("Squeeze-arm") or '''Facsargó''' ("Squeezler")

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics continuity===
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[[Image:Headmasterscashandcarnage.jpg|right|thumb|250px|That's not the way to get ahead in life.]]
Squeezeplay worked with his partners [[Horri-Bull]] and [[Fangry]] in manipulating a group of human bounty hunters called the [[Roadjammer]]s into capturing the Autobots for them. Unfortunately, the Roadjammers discovered that their human partners were actually robots in disguise, and the plan fell through before they could successfully terminate any Autobots. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

[[Image:SqueezeplayRaptureDynamo.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Dynamo]] sets his phasers to "butter."]]

When the Decepticons under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] came to blows with one another, Squeezeplay led the charge against their foes along with [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]], [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] and [[Horri-Bull]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Sometime later, he was with Scorponok's army when they were transferred to Cybertron in time to battle [[Unicron]] and his hordes. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} He survived, and was part of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s warriors when they stormed and eliminated the population of the planet [[Klo]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} Squeezeplay was one of many Decepticons who tried and failed to disable [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] after he arrived on Klo with the [[Last Autobot]]. When the Autobots reorganized with the [[Neo-Knights]] for a counter-offensive, Squeezeplay was blasted with considerable power by the humans [[Rapture]] and [[Dynamo]]. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

{{note|Squeezeplay's origin is unknown. He was not one of the original Nebulan-bonded Decepticon Headmasters, so either Zarak recruited more Nebulan partners for the Decepticons behind-the-scenes in Headmasters #4, or returned to [[Nebulos]] for a recruitment drive at some later date.}}
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====Marvel UK future timelines====
''In 1995, Squeezeplay and his fellow Headmasters joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in attacking the Autobots at a feminism rally. He and Fangry double-teamed [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and then all the Decepticons joined up against Optimus Prime. However, Squeezeplay was then shot in the back by the new Autobot warrior, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!|Prime's Rib!}}''

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[Image:Decepticonsunderground.jpg|left|thumb|150px|The story's called "Decepticons Underground" because the Autobots bury them alive. No joke.]]
Squeezeplay, Fangry, and Horri-Bull operated a secret underground base on Nebulos within the "[[Nebulos Triangle]]." They maintained this secrecy by shorting out electronics and disappearing whoever wandered into the area... at least until Optimus Prime decided that these phenomena were probably caused by a secret Decepticon base.

Anyway, the Autobots stormed in, and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] poured [[Nebulite]]-enriched concrete all over the fleeing Decepticons, leaving Squeezeplay and the others trapped in a living tomb. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}

===''Universe'' comics===
[[Image:TFUjailbreak.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You've given me a snake head, [[Dan Khanna|Dan]].]]
Squeezeplay was one of the many dimension-displaced Cybertronians released from the [[Cauldron]] due to the actions of [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Squeezeplay is listed as an [[Ultracon]]. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Image:Squeezeplayhorribullfangrycommercial.jpg|left|thumb|250px|OH YEAH!]]
[[Fangry]], [[Horri-Bull]], and Squeezeplay burst through a wall, and the three engaged the new Headmaster Autobots. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] noted that their new Headmasters would give the Decepticons "more brainpower than ever." [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-MDd7cdi0] {{storylink|Commercial|Small Headmasters Commercial}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Squeezeplay''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Accessories:'' Lokos trainer/robot head, tail/mace, "overrider rifle"

[[Image:G1toy-Squeezeplay.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Craaab people...Craaab people...Taste like crab...Talk like people...]]
: Squeezeplay has a "crab monster" mode, which looks something like a bipedal creature grew out of the underside of a crab, wearing the crustacean as a hat. His tail detaches into a handheld mace. Like the other Small Headmasters, there is a compartment in which Squeezeplay can store Lokos while in crab monster mode.

: In robot mode, like all Headmaster toys, Squeezeplay has a panel on his chest which houses a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readouts for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumbler is activated when Lokos (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket.

:As a smaller Headmaster Squeezeplay's power meter is on a single tumbler -- so any head plugged into Squeezeplay will result in the same stats. His small size also robbed him of the door that usually hides the tech spec meters on larger Headmasters, as well as the flip-down face-covering panel of the 1987 Headmasters.

: This mold was released in Japan without changes as [[Cancer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Squeezeplay/squeezeplay.htm More information on Squeezeplay at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
*Squeezeplay was depicted as one of the Transformers fleeing the Cauldron in the ''Universe'' comics (see above) because he is a favorite of convention organizer [[Glen Hallit]].
*Some people think Squeezeplay is a snake monster rather than a crab monster. [[GEEWUN| These people]] are wrong.

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Squeezeplay Squeezeplay's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Saboteurs]]
[[Category:Ultracons]]
[[Category:Undersea specialists]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]

Botanica (Animated)

2011-04-11T09:02:58Z

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{{disambig2|the council member from the Animated universe|the freedom fighter from Beast Machines|Botanica (BM)}}

:''Botanica is an [[Autobot]] from the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Botanica.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Couppe not Dazzy]]

'''Botanica''' is a skilled botanist, a member of the [[Autobot High Council]], and (formerly) a mover and shaker in the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] social scene. According to [[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]], however, her social standing has plummeted since she's been seen on the arm of [[Rattletrap]]. She transforms into "the cutest little coupe", and is famous for having cleared a [[Morphobot]] infestation on [[Daffodil II]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
* Her relationship with Rattletrap mirrors the [[Botanica (BM)|original Botanica]]'s relationship with [[Rattrap]].
*[[Derrick J. Wyatt]] originally intended to have Botanica as a member of the Council in ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers: Animated]]'', but due to unknown circumstances, this plan fell through for the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|cartoon]].<ref>[http://unicron-events-interviews.blogspot.com/2008/04/derrick-wyatt-interview-part-2.html Derrick Wyatt interview, Part 2 at Unicron.com]</ref> ''The AllSpark Almanac 2'' picked up on this and established her as a member of the council after all.

==References==
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