Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)

2007-11-05T11:05:44Z

71.74.219.7:

[[Image:Bw game wtf.jpg|thumb|300px|Dude! '''Dude.'''<br/>Seriously... ''what in the hell?!'']]

'''Beast Wars: Transformers''' is an third-person shooting game released for the PC platform in 1996. It was later [[Wikipedia:Shovelware|ported]] to the Sony Playstation platform.

Players picked their side and sent their Transformers on missions against both the opposing side and the [[Skriix]] aliens.

==Playable characters==
===Maximals===
* [[Optimus Primal]]
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
* [[Rattrap]]
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] ("rescue" levels only)

===Predacons===
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]
* [[Tarantulas]]
* [[Blackarachnia]]
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] ("rescue" levels only)

==Trivia==
* A game model was made for [[Waspinator]] with plans to have him in the game, but those ultimately fell through.
* The Beast Wars cast did not reprise their characters' voices for the game, and while their presence would have made the game marginally better, it's probably best that they managed to avoid marching in this crap parade.

{{stub}}
[[Category: Video games]]
[[Category: Beast Wars]]<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>

Dion (G1)

2007-09-13T11:09:46Z

71.74.219.7:

:''Dion is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Diong1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Anyone ever tell you that you look just like Wheelie? No? Oh.]]

'''Dion''' and his best friend [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] are earnest dock workers. His is a simple life of manual labor, and he does not give a second thought to the war that may be brewing around him. War's pretty cool, after all, especially if they involve those [[Decepticon|new-fangled flying robots]]. Maybe someday he'll get to meet them...?

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (US), ? (Japan)
Nine million years ago, near the end of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] Golden Age, it was Dion's job to haul energy and supplies in and out of the dock in which he and his best friend worked. There were murmurs of attacks from new, flying robots, but Dion didn't worry -- if a war were coming, that's what they had [[Guardian robot]]s for.

[[Image:Dionvehicle.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Cybertron's "Golden Age" was a pretty literal title, if you look.]]

Dion and Orion were honored to meet the leader of these enigmatic warriors, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], until Megatron revealed his plan to rob their dock of its [[energon]] stockpiles. After Megatron struck down Orion Pax and [[Elita One (G1)|Ariel]], Orion's girlfriend, Dion fought back valiantly, but he was also destroyed.

Time-traveling [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] carried Orion Pax to [[Alpha Trion]] for repairs, and Dion's friend was rebuilt into [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Drones were sent back also to retrieve Ariel, but Dion's ultimate fate is uncertain.
{{-}}
==Who is Dion?==
[[Image:Dionrobot.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Uncertain identity ain't nothin' a few fanwanks can't solve.]]
Orion Pax and Ariel were rebuilt into Optimus Prime and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], respectively, so many fans have speculated that Dion was also rebuilt into a familiar character. However, there are no hints within the episode itself, other than Dion was Orion's best friend. Regardless, the most popular suggestions are [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].

Some believe the debate is irrelevant, believing Dion most likely dead and inconsequential, and possibly a casualty that hit close to home in Optimus Prime's early years as Autobot leader. After all, no specific mention is made of him in the episode after he dies, but Ariel is mentioned repeatedly. (Plus, his name can be read as "Dyin'," which may have been an intentional clue.)

===Ironhide===
Ironhide could easily be Optimus Prime's oldest friend, and so he would seem like a good fit.

===Ultra Magnus===
Ultra Magnus is a popular suggestion because his cab turns into a white version of the original Optimus Prime body design, and it would stand to reason that if Alpha Trion rebuilt both of them at roughly the same time they would have similar designs. More, Optimus specifically calls Magnus "old friend" when he passes the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to him. (Though, really, Prime calls everybody that.) To many, Ultra Magnus, being a large powerful character with a latinate name in a leadership role, just seems a fitting completion to a potential triumverate of Optimus, Elita, and Magnus as the first modern Autobots built by Alpha Trion.

(It's unlikely that the writers of the episode intended Dion to be Ultra Magnus, as several writers have stated in interviews that they did not write any episodes with the upcoming movie and third season in mind.)

In later years, various hints and references in subsequent Transformers stories have implied that Dion was indeed Ultra Magnus. In the ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' animated series, it's stated that [[Alpha Trion]] built both Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, a likely nod to the original episode. And in the [[Dreamwave]] comics continuity, Ultra Magnus leads [[Security Team Dion]], another nod. And in the IDW comics continuity a robot that's a hybrid of the "Orion Pax" and "Optronix" designs appears listening to [[Sentinel Prime]]'s speach at the funeral of [[Bumper]] and [[Fastback]]. Standing with him are [[Elita One]], [[Alpha Trion]], and a white version of himself. This is clearly a reference to the proposed Orion Pax-Ariel-Dion/Optimus-Elita-Magnus identifications. However, all of these easter eggs take place in different continuities from the animated series, so they are not directly relevant.

===Other candidates===
Dion and [[Huffer]] share a very similar color scheme. Also, both have similar [[Alternate mode|alt modes]], Dion transforms into a Cybertronic truck and Huffer, like Optimus Prime, into a semi truck cab. Prime has even been known to entrust Huffer in towing his [[Combat Deck|trailer]] when he was unable to do it himself.

Dion's distinctive colour scheme had been seen earlier, however, on a member of Alpha Trion and Elita One's resistance/commando squad. The character never speaks nor is spoken to, but ''does'' have ties to two characters from Dion's past. Of course, the Autobot is likely female, which raises other questions altogether.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Diong1toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Friend shot, left to rot.]]
*'''Orion Pax''' and '''Dion''' (E-Hobby, 2005)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''67'''

: Dion is an ''extensively''-painted [[redeco]] of the [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Wheelie]], and came packaged with Orion Pax and [[Roller|Barrelroller]]. He transforms into a yellow and blue Cybertronic car.

==External links==
* [http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscartoon/dion.htm Dion at Obscure Transformers]

[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: e-Hobby]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]<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>

MediaWiki - User contributions [en]

Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)

Dion (G1)