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Iguanus (BW)

2007-10-01T02:53:00Z

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{{disambig2|the Predacon who does not transform into an iguana|for his Decepticon namesake who may or may not be the same guy and is also not an iguana|Iguanus (G1)}}

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

[[Image:IDW Iguanus.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Frillneckedlizardus" doesn't have the same "oomph".]]

'''Iguanus''''s specialty is combat sabotage. He uses this cunning skill to thwart his enemies' advances. He's been known to say cool things like, ''"The shortest path between two Maximal points is a heat-seeking missile."'' Iguanus appreciates the destruction his job allows him to cause, and carries a massive amount of firepower to rain down devastation on all Maximals who stand in his way. In the end, though, his love of explosions still doesn't hold a candle to [[Michael Bay|some people]].

:''Japanese name'': '''Igunar'''

==Fiction==
===''Primeval Dawn''===
The Beast Wars are over, but the battle against evil continues. [[Tarantulas]] seeks the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], and uses Transmetal 2 Iguanus as a member of his army. He and [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]] take on [[Ramulus]]. Odds are they didn't do to well, though, as their comrade [[Spittor]] travels to Cybertron with Primal Prime's team, and they are nowhere to be seen.

:''('''Note''': [[3H]] lost its rights to create official Transformers fiction before "Primeval Dawn" could be finished, so the details of numerous characters' fates within it are unknown.)

===Dreamwave===
It is implied that Iguanus and Iguanus are one in the same, who would've guessed?

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Magmatron]] recruited Iguanus, along with [[Transquito]], [[Spittor]], [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]], [[Manterror]], and [[Razorbeast]]. Magmatron's plan was to use the abandoned [[stasis pods]] on prehistoric [[Earth]] to build an army and take over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Upon arrival, Magmatron sent Iguanus and the others to watch over the stasis pods as they were activated. Iguanus witnessed the birth of [[Retrax]].

Razorbeast was revealed as a Maximal spy when Maximals started coming out of the pods. Iguanus was put in charge of organizing hunting parties.

Later, Iguanus located a blank protoform into which [[Ravage]]'s spark would be inserted. He accompanied Magmatron and Drill Bit to capture [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and send him back to Cybertron (to appease the [[Tripredacus Council]]). They succeeded in the capture, but failed to prepare the transwarp shunt. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] intervened and ripped Iguanus apart.

==Toys==
[[Image:Bwiguanustoy96.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Note: Not Megatron.]]
===Beast Wars===
*'''Iguanus''' (Basic, 1996)

: A [[retool]] of the basic [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] mold (or possibly vice-versa), Iguanus transforms from frill-necked lizard to robot mode with a one-step spring-loaded transformation. His removable beast-mode tail hides a non-firing blaster cannon that can be used as a hand weapon.

: This mold was used to make [[Crazybolt]].

*'''Iguanus''' (Deluxe [[Transmetal 2]], 1999)

: One of the few non-show ''Beast Wars'' characters to get a second new mold, Iguanus transforms into a bio-mechanical frill-necked lizard. His beast-mode head hides a spring-loaded missile launcher that also pops up his frill-plates when activated.

: This mold was used to make [[Reptilion]].

==Trivia==
* Though he was shown in Japanese ''Beast Wars'' catalogue group-shots and given a name, Iguanus himself was never actually released in Japan. The closest he got is his ''[[Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[redeco]] Crazybolt.

* Iguanus appeared alongside [[Razorbeast]] on an episode of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Iguanus/iguanus.htm Iguanus at TFU.info]

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Iguanus (G1)

2007-10-01T02:52:25Z

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon who does not transform into an iguana|for the [[Predacon]] who may or may not be the same guy and also does not transform into an iguana|Iguanus (BW)}}

:''Iguanus is a [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:Iguanus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pretenders hide the [http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Recon_bike recon bike] inside!]]

'''Iguanus''' practices self-love -- specifically, his love for his outer shell. He has become obsessively fascinated by reptiles since becoming a Pretender, and can often be found mooning over his shell whenever he has a spare moment. He has even convinced himself that he has a special rapport with lizards and other scaly creatures. Iguanus often wonders if he could somehow become even closer to the reptiles than he already is. If only there was some way to combine Beast and 'Bot, and keep the action hot...

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics===

After commandeering a genetics research lab on Earth, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was able to recreate and perfect the science of Pretender shells using synthoplasmic chambers constructed by him and [[Vorath]]. Iguanus was one of six Decepticon volunteers transformed by the process into new Pretenders. {{Storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

Following the destruction of their mobile starship headquarters, the Decepticons established a new base hidden under the New Jersey dumps. Shortly thereafter, Iguanus was chosen by Scorponok to spearhead a new energy-collecting endeavor by him and his fellow Pretenders. Installing a stormmaker station in the New Jersey swamps, they engineered a massive storm over the surrounding area, then wired then island of Manhattan in order to collect energy for them. Iguanus's task was to attach an [[EI/AD|electrostator]] to the top of the Empire State Building when the storm reached critical intensity, channeling and amplifying the electricity down through the building and out through the wired intrastructure of the island, feeding the Decepticon's conductors and destroying half the city in the process. The Pretenders quickly ran into trouble at the stormmaker station, where they were confronted by the Autobot [[Micromaster]]s. After a brief skirmish, Iguanus left [[Skullgrin]] to deal with them while he proceeded on to the Empire State Building. He ran into even more Micromasters while climbing the building, though, and their leader [[Roadhandler]] blasted the electrostator off the building's antenna just before the lightning strike. Iguanus lept off the building in a desperate attempt to replace the electrostator, only to take the full lightning force into himself on contact with the device, tearing his body apart and leaving the Decepticons with no accumulated energy. {{Storylink|King 'Con!}}

Surprisingly, he was up and about again real quickly, escorting Scorponok to MacDill Airforce Base to deal with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots.

===IDW Comics===

Iguanus was a member of the "Proto-Pretenders" cult gathered in secret by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. Using knowledge of the [[Regenesis]] project Bludgeon had procured from [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s files, they concocted a plan to utilize the [[Ultra-Energon]] to revitalize [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and his bio-mechanical grafting process for themselves. After raiding Earth for Ultra-Energon, they spent nearly twenty years in seclusion on Cybertron to revive the awesomely powerful Decepticon scientist under their control, and perfect the bio-carapaces so that they could be used safely. Unfortunately, their timetable was accelerated uncontrollably when first the Autobot crew of the [[Calabi-Yau]] and later [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Wreckers]] interrupted their work. When the Wreckers besieged their compound, Iguanus retreated to find Bludgeon and warn him of the assault, only to find his leader had jumped the gun and undergone the grafting before it was ready. He dismembered Iguanus before collapsing into madness. If Iguanus survived his injuries, he was taken into custody by the Autobots. {{storylink|Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer}}

===Dreamwave===
It is implied that Iguanus and Iguanus are one in the same, who would've guessed?

==Toys==
*'''Iguanus''' (Pretender, 1988)

:Iguanus transforms into a Cybertronic recon bike. His wheels and wheel base detach as a hand-held weapon for the shell. His outer [[Pretender]] Shell is a giant bipedal iguana with a lizard tail extending from his spine.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Iguanus/iguanus.htm Iguanus at TFU.info]

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Tarantulas's lair

2007-10-01T02:48:37Z

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{{picsneeded}}

:''Tarantulas's lair is a location in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]''
[[Image:Tarantulas lair.JPG|thumb|250px|"There. Now all I need is a welcome mat...sewn from human flesh, and written in blood! Bahahahahaha! And maybe some curtains."]]
Ploting not only the destruction of the [[Maximal]]s but also his fellow [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, [[Tarantulas]] need a place to make his treacherous plans. Eventually, he set up a '''lair'''.

==Ficiton==
===Beast Wars===
====First lair====
After arriving on [[Earth]], Tarantulas made a lair in some underground caves near the crashed ''[[Darksyde]]''. While doing recon near the Predacon base, [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] was captured by Tarantulas, who intended to drain the Maximal of his [[mech fluid]]. However, [[Rattrap]] managed to rescue Cheetor, damaging the interior of the lair. And Tarantulas had just gotten his furniture positioned right. {{storylink|The Web}}

After learning that a [[stasis pod]] was reentering the atmosphere, Tarantulas knocked out sensors on both the ''Darksyde'' and the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. However, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] had managed to track down Tarantulas, comprimising the lair's secrecy. Tarantulas began efforts to locate a new one. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

====Second lair====
The second lair was a series of caverns loaded with [[energon cube]]s that [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had discovered and sent Tarantulas, Blackarachnia, and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] to secure. Initially suspecting Megatron's motives, Tarantulas sent out a signal to the Maximals, letting them know where they were going. However, upon inspecting the defensible layout of the caverns, Tarantulas decided that they would be a perfect location for his new lair. When [[Rattrap]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] came investigating the signal, Tarantulas left a bomb near the entrance to the cave, and detonated it, making the Predacons believe the entrance was destroyed by the Maximals. The series of events worked out well for Tarantulas—not only did he have a new lair, but it was easily defended, had a cache of stable [[Energon]], and, most importantly, had been written off by both factions as unusable. {{storylink|Tangled Web}}

[[Image:Tarantulas death.JPG|thumb|200px|Tarantulas's lair was subsequently retooled [[for safety reasons]].]]

Tarantulas's lair was destroyed when he tried to reprogram [[Tigerhawk]] into his service. When the [[Vok]] left Tigerhawk's body, Tarantulas paniced, and fired through the Vok, causing the device he used to drive them out of Tigerhawk to fire a blast at him. Colliding with a pair of [[Energon crystal]]s, Tarantulas's body was destroyed when the crystals exploded, causing the equipment to self-destruct and destroy the lair. Cheetor barely managed to drag Tigerhawk away from the explosion. {{storylink|Other Victories}}
===Primeval Dawn===
After faking his own death at the hands of Tigerhawk, while simultaneously exorcising the latter's Vok and grafting them on to himself, Tarantulas set up his treacherous shop once again. It is unknown wiether or not he picked a new location or rebuilt one of his older lairs, as secrecy was no longer a problem. What is known however is that his new lair possessed equipment sophisticated enough to contact [[Unicron]], to revive [[Ravage]] and to grow [[[Razorclaw]], [[Iguanus (bw)]], and [[Spittor]] in big vats of glowy green [[JaAm]].
==Notes==
* In the second season, Tarantulas's second lair was portrayed as being in the desert, on flat ground surrounding the entrance. However, in ''Other Victories,'' the lair was shown as being in a cliff near the ocean.
* Now that you've read this, Tarantulas has to kill you, lest you report it back to Megatron. He'll probably eat you, so be a pal and give him [[Furmanism#INDIGESTION|indigestion]].

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Talk:Lio Convoy (BW)

2007-08-15T05:24:12Z

85.195.119.14: /* Name Change IV: Japan is stupid */

==Name Change==

We should probably use a different image for Lio's main one. Namely, one of his first toy-body in normal colors. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:33, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

*Yeah, I never really intended to use that as the main one, just as a place-holder since Google wasn't finding me anything better. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 20:34, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

::Can we move this to [[Leo Prime]] now? Please? [[User:Singularity|Singularity]] 14:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
:::Oh, Lord yes! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:14, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

::: Have we seen the back of his card to be sure Leo Prime is definately the same character? I mean clearly the deco is inspired by him, I'm just wondering if we've seen the bio. (Even if we havn't, it probably WILL be him, I know, but we wont be 100% sure till we see.)

::::It's probably in the history now and I can't change it, but there was an angry and non-researched well rant here by me a while ago. I've changed my mind a little. Blog entry explains all.

:::::We can't check your blog if we don't know who you are. Please, register a username and sign your posts with four tildes - and welcome to Teletraan I. - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 07:06, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

::::::It's Onslaught Six. I have an account here and I know about the tildes. I just don't feel like logging in and stuff.

:::::::Well, if you don't care enough to do that, why should we care about what you have to say? - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 21:10, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

==Personality==

Did Leo Prime have any actual personality in the Japanese stuff to record as his profile? As of right now it's mostly kinda a recounting of BW2 continuity specific story material rather than a true character profile. We should definately have a real profile whenever the IDW BW Guide comes out (soooon peeaaasse) but I was wondering if there was anything we could say about him personality wise as of now? What little I remember is pretty much "generic leader." [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 02:00, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

He's a Japanese leader. That means he has zero personality. Honestly, he was dull as dishwater in BWII. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 03:12, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

:I dunno, doesn't Leiconvoy party hard? Is eem to recall an episodew where he frank a lot of beer. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:25, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

::: Wow, franking beer *is* pretty unique behavior. (I don't usually point out spelling, but I just find this one really funny.) It wouldn't surprise me too much if he was a partier, Japan seems to like the idea of TFs getting drunk. Although I would think that'd be more Big Convoys thing, off hand. [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 12:30, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

==Name Change: Part Deux==

Question: Now that we know that the Classic "Legends" figures have no character/bio info on the cards (we DO know that right, I'm not imagining it?) don't we have to question if "Leo Prime" is actually the same characters as "Lio Convoy"? I mean, *YES* his deco is definately a homage, but LOTS of Universe toys feature homage-decos and the *exact* same names as existing G1 characters, and we've consistantly and purposely refused to treat them as being new versions of the existing robots here, because there's no official proof/bio/characterization one way or the other. Leo Prime's case is pretty much exactly the same thing isn't it (or possibly even weaker, since in those cases even the names matched perfectly)? Certianly a homage, but with nothing official to confirm it, there's no way to really say he's the same guy from BW2. Not officially. Am I missing something? [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 12:16, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

*I agree. The decision to change the name seemed premature to me. What is the basis for saying they are one in the same? --[[User:Crockalley|Crockalley]] 14:11, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

*They do have bios, albeit short ones. Leo Prime's has "Cybertronian Supreme Commander" in it somewhere. Also, Classics isn't comparable to Universe because it is stated to be a continuation of G1 and doesn't involve multiple universe-hopping. We don't have [[Megatron (Classics)]] or [[Trypticon (Classics)]] pages. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 14:57, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
: What Int said. Though it will all come down to what they call him in IDW's BW profile book, I imagine. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:05, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Spinning offa this, is there now more solid precedent for renaming Overlord as Gigatron? HOC is at least as valid as LOC, if anything it's actually more detailed. I understand some people are reluctant due to Dreamwave giving their character of Gigatron a completely different backstory than the fictional Overlord ever could have had--however, no material was ever canonically published that linked Overlord to Gigatron. Just interviews with Patyk/McDonaugh about where they'd like to take the character. It strikes me as no more consequential than 'The Greater Ape'. So why not rename?
:The European (thus, UK) release is named "Overlord". [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 03:10, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

:::I think we're waiting on Overlord until we get maybe another universe for him...? there's enough of a case to say ovelord = Gigatron IMO, but they're treated '''so''' differently...-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
::::Again, though, there are TONS of instances of characters who are portrayed wildly different in different continuities. Take Marvel Grimlock vs. Cartoon Grimlock. Or Shockwave. Or Blaster. Hell, in Dreamwave's continuity, Scourge and Cyclonus are completely different robots rather than being reformatted from the seekers or the Insecticons. Should they get different pages, too? It's quite clear that Overlord and Gigatron are meant to be the same character, even if they were portrayed differently in different continuities. The same holds true for Leo Prime and Lio Convoy - [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 08:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

::::Hey, you're preaching to the converted here.. I think part of the problem is- what do you call him? he got an einglish-language release as overlord. if he was renamed Gigatron... we don''t usually 'respect' renames on the Wiki. (Silverstreak, et al.) Except- in Dreamwave continuity is HIS Gigatron.. but BY FAR he's best RECOGNIZED as Overlord. And, you know, actually saw release under that name. It's a pickle. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:22, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
:::::His American release was Gigatron. Isn't that pretty much the standard we're using? - [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 08:52, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

::::::*shrug* I will not oppose moving the article to Gigatron. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 09:14, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

:::In my opinion, if we were to consider J-Overlord and Gigatron the same character, then the same would apply to Lightfoot and Getaway, or Road King and Slapdash, etc. They're humans in robot suits, which their Western counterparts are not. Gigatron is the Hosehead to Overlord's Cab. Quite frankly, I advcoate making Gigatron as separate character article, just as the other Powermasters have separate articles from THEIR Godmaster counterparts, similar tech specs be damned. But, yeah, I'm probably in the minority on that. The problem, I suppose, comes with figuring out where Eurolord goes. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:57, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

:::::No, I'm down with that. I figure Masterforce Overlord should have his own separate article since he's a very distinctly separate... organism, then Eurolord/Gigatron a separate article. As for which name he'd go under, I vote Gigatron, since that's how we've got all the other Euro transplants from G2. (And is similar techs were all that, Charger would be Slag, and BM Mirage Skywarp.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:49, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

::::At this time and on little sleep, I would guess that Powermaster Gigatron and Eurolord fall under the same category as, say, G2 Laser Rod Jolt and G2 Illuminator Hotrod - essentially the same character with some details changed to suit the market. Saying that, I realize that Gigatron and Overlord have entirely different bios, but comparing [http://www.cobraislandtoys.com/tf/1988/overlordtechs.jpg] them [http://www.cobraislandtoys.com/tf/2004/gigatronboxback.jpg], I don't see anything that ''contradicts'' the other with the exception of Overlord having Energon mini figures and Gigatron being a Powermaster. On the other hand, maybe that's fanfic'ing it too much... man, does anyone have Andrew Frankel's address? I'm pretty sure he WROTE Gigatron's card bio and could just say what he intended the character to be. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:11, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

I still don't understand why the Lio Convoy articles had to be changed to Leo Prime considering her's far better known as Lio Convoy, and has been a japanese character for far longer than a US character. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:55, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
:Because we go by English names for characters whenever they have them. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 20:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
::This is the English Transformers enyclopedia. Go to Japan's if you want Japanese names. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 02:59, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
:::I should note that ironically I am in an argument with somebody on TFW2005 who insists on using japanese names, and I am arguing Hasbro's case. I just think that in this case, the predominantly japanese character should use the japanese name, since that's what everybody who has heard of or is familiar with the character knows him as. If, IF this was the case of a joint line like the UT where Hasbro concurrently released the toy with a US name, then I might agree, but they didn't, and only just gave it a name on a repaint of a small impulse-buy toy last year. Also, the idea to change Overlord to Gigatron just because of some long-forgotten LOC is foolishness and would have just made things confusing. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:09, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
::::Your Gigatron comment would've probably been more relevant months ago. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 07:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
:::::I hadn't joined then. But this still irks me. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 08:47, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
:Uh guys, are we forgetting this toy '''was''' sold by Hasbro Collectors as Lioconvoy (or LioConvoy).[http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.hasbrocollectors.com/product.cfm?product=4]
[[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] 06:01, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

==Name Change: Part the Third==
It looks like IDW is going to be calling him [http://comicnewsi.com/article.php?catid=208&itemid=9850 Lio Convoy]. How will this effect what we call the character here? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 07:19, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

:If true, I'd prefer to change it back to Lio Convoy, since now his only official US characterisation has given him the original japanese name (it seems). Plus he's been a japanese character way longer. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:25, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

:: I agree that if he IS Lio Convoy vs. Leo Prime when the actual IDW issues come out then yes it should be changed back, since then both would be US names and and Lio would have more story/history weight. It's wait and see at this point though, when the issues come we'll know. --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 11:42, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
::: Derik agrees with Zac- mostly because Leo Prime has cleared Hasbro legal... and we'd look ''exceptionally'' stupid if the issue came out and he was called Leo Prime, it's possible some copy editor just screwed up writing the promos. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:33, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

==Name Change IV: Japan is stupid==
There is no reason for it to remain Leo Prime when we've been told it's otherwise. If they change their mind when it comes to the Ascending, then it can be changed back. The character's official name in the fiction he appeared was Lio Convoy. Nothing past that matters. {{unsigned|159.134.162.193}}
:If you're referring to Furman's blog, that isn't a source of officiality (for lack of a better term) over the name on a toy's package, no matter how much you scream otherwise and call us anti-Japanese. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 11:37, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
::But the toy is not officially confirmed as being Lio Convoy. He is an autobot, not a maximal, for a start. The name of the character in the fiction he appears in, and the toys that were released, is Lio Convoy. Not to mention the Hasbro Collectors Lio Convoy, which was released in the west, as Lio Convoy. You(the Wiki people) ARE anti-japanese, as fuck, you're practically infamous for it, since other people acknowledge the original name of the character. Furman's comment only adds to it.
There is no reason for it to remain Leo Prime. {{unsigned|159.134.162.193}}
:We're "anti-japanese" in the manner that this the fucking ENGLISH WIKI. We deal with English names when possible. If "Supreme Commander" Leo Prime is not Lio Convoy, when who the fuck is he? Who is LoC Trypticon? Bumblebee? Jetfire? Fireflight? Menasor? "Maximal, not Autobot durr durr" is a retard's argument. Is ''Universe'' Optimus Primal a different character than ''Beast Wars'' Optimus Primal? ''Beast Wars'' Ravage from G1 Ravage? Original Blackarachnia from Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia from ''Universe'' Blackarachnia? Never mind that he's technically a Cybertron to begin with (which you're unsurprisingly silent on). [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 11:52, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
:: Too bad Lio Convoy is a JAPANESE FUCKING CHARACTER. What you're doing is bastardising Japanese Transformers to better fit your culture. You're like the 4kids of Transfandom. And yes, Beast Wars did continue Cybertron and Destron. I don't see the issue here. He could also be called a Maximal as the J Beast wars used the Maximal/Pred symbols, so we know for certain what the english(and probably better for disambiguation) equivalent is. Maximals were also a western invention. Lio Convoy was a Japanese invention, and has never been called Lio Prime in any offical fiction.
::But either way, because we know that the equivalent of a Cybertron in the Beast Era in Japan over here is a "maximal", we know the toy "should" be labeled a maximal. Cybertron Version 2. As it is, it's labeled Autobot, Cybertron Version 1, with the Autobot symbol. {{unsigned|193.120.116.179}}

::New IP-guy here, Because we all know that Universe Ratchet is the same guy as G1 Ratchet, and that Universe Defensor is the same guy as G1 Defensor. If we considered all the guys with the same paint job, and function to be the same characters, regardless of fiction, and even continuity of Origin, this Wiki would be fucked. And we still have no confirmation on the other LOC Classics, as far as the fiction is concerned they don't exist. And yes this is an English wiki, but it doesn't have to be an American one. As for your "Cybertron" Argument, the name is irrelevant, he still has a Maximal Symbol.
:::''Universe'' fiction bases itself on the multiverse. ''Classics''... does not. (Unless you'd like to argue that one-shot cameos in ''The War Within'' aren't the characters they obviously are, because we have no confirmation that they are.) Hasbro has stated that the LoC guys are the same characters. Why would they not be? What the Hell does America have to do with anything? If you are so desperately want this to be at LioConvoy, why are you not up in arms about him being referred to as a Maximal, when he never was? Why are you gnashing your teeth at one instance of "anti-Japanese bias", but not to another? [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 14:29, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
::::First of all, there's always been toy-only characters sense the dawn of Transformers, and in relation to the fiction, they simply don't exist in most cases! There's no Twintwist and Topspin running around in the G1 Cartoon always in the background, and likewise there's no Leo Prime running around in the Classics comic! He's a non entity, all we know about him is that he's a Supreme Commander of something, and also an Autobot, that's all! The fact that he's a homage to another character in another continuity is irrelevant. I'm so adement against Leo Prime because Lio Convoy was first, used more, and although both are really shitty names, Japan has an excuse, they don't speak the damn language their naming guys with! Also there's the fact that the entire club he belongs to has guys named Convoy, it's inconsistent! [[User:85.195.123.26|85.195.123.26]] 17:40, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
:::::The only reason they don't "exist" is because you don't accept toys as valid for... some reason. Of course it's going to be inconsistent when we don't have English names for [[Big Convoy]] and some [[Great Convoy|Nobodies]]. [[Optimus Primal]] is inconsistent with the naming scheme, and the world has yet to end. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 19:31, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
:: Anti-Japanese or not, I'd vote on using the name LioConvoy because it's the name that's actually been used within the fiction, whereas the Leo Prime name has thus far only shown up on a lone Classics repaint with no bio or backstory to speak of. Plus, LioConvoy was released in North America in the late 90s, I believe alongside Shadow Panther. Sure it was, if I recall, a mail-away, but it was still a North American release. I'd say the first release should win it over the later one (much like how Jazz didn't become Meister when his Alternator toy came out). I haven't read through the entire talk page so if those arguments were already presented and voted against, well... feel free to ignore what I just said. (although I personally think the name Leo Prime sounds stupid. Makes me think of a Snapper repaint with a blue bandanna) [[User:Detour|Detour]] 12:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
:::This is how you work with others, anonymous Netherlands guy. Instead of unilaterally changing stuff around and accusing us as being a cabal of bias, you present your case in the talk page. Detour, I don't see why the ''Classics'' toy should be irrelevant; it has a bio, albeit a short one, that calls Leo Prime a "Supreme Commander". I don't think the online store thing overrides that, since it just sold the Japanese toy (which ''is'' called LioConvoy). It's basically importing. (LioConvoy is a dumber name.) If the character is called Lio Convoy in the ''Beast Wars'' comic (''in'' the comic pages themselves, not a blog or solicitation), feel free to move it back. I'll urrgh at Furman maintaining a stupid name, but won't object. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 12:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
:: Interrobang, that doesn't make it wrong to point out that you, and several others, are complete twats. {{unsigned|193.120.116.179}}

Most likely, if Furman is calling him LioConvoy casually, that is also the name that will appear in the actual comic. Once we have confirmation of that, the page will move back to LioConvoy with Leo Prime listed as an alternate name. 159.134.162.193, you really need to learn how to talk to other people without being a huge turd. I don't think anybody was actually objecting to the change -- once the name is official, I imagine we would all vote to move -- they were objecting to your completely counterproductive methods and reverting on principle. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 20:05, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

:: People need to learn to edit this Wiki without being huge turds. The same Walky-isms(anti-Jap bias, anti-fan bias) are shitted all over this place. Once people start taking this ridiculous anti-fanboy phenomenon seriously, then I'll treat people with a little more respect. Every time I try to edit an article to balance the poking fun so it's at both sides(fans and Hasbro, or fans and anti-fans, I don't touch the original content, just add to it), it gets almost immediately reverted. As long as this continues, I see no reason to respect people who do not respect attempts at showing both sides of the coin. Dutch Anon may be more to your liking than Irish Anon, but it doesn't mean that either way is any more right. You only like him better because he's not challenging you and pointing out your flaws. That doesn't make his way more right. What you're doing on this wiki is very, very wrong. {{unsigned|193.120.116.179}}
::: Actually, I just realised that it was a registered member you were complimenting while flipping off Dutch Anon. What the hell? I can understand how you might think I'm a bit of a dick, but what has Dutch Anon done that's in the slightest bit aggressive? This just proves to me that some of you really can't deal with being challenged, at all(I already know David Willis can't). {{unsigned|193.120.116.179}}
::::Are you addressing me? You seem to be replying to my post, but I haven't complimented ''anybody'' here. And I don't think I said the previous anon editor was "agressive". I said he was being a turd. Perhaps that has an aggressive connotation in Ireland, but it doesn't in the US -- it just means I think he was an annoying jerk. I apologize if that wasn't clear. We can deal quite well with being challenged, but there hasn't really been a challenge here. When the Leo Prime toy was released, it was pretty clearly meant as a US-version of LioConvoy, thus making Leo Prime LioConvoy's US name. That is (probably) going to be overwritten with the new comic, and as such we will move the page back. All the people objecting have said is "you guys all hate Japan" and "his real name is LioConvoy", neither of which are actual arguments. One is false, and the other is subjective. I think Derik's Stepper/Riccochet example, below, is apt. Additionally, I think you will get a lot further if you think of this wiki as being edited by a large number of people who each have their own individual opinions, instead of as some weird conglomerate proxy for Walky. Just because you've heard of him and not the other editors doesn't mean he is responsible for the content here, and personally I get really irritated when people attribute things to him which other people wrote (like the old version of the [[fandom]] article, which was almost entirely my work). Also, please sign your posts, even if you insist on posting anonymously. It is very difficult to follow a discussion if the posts aren't signed. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 00:54, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

Why are you talking about yourself in the third person, Dutch Anon? You know that [http://www.arin.net/whois/ WHOIS] exists and allows us to know that all of the IPs that have posted in this section is the same guy, yes?

I like how you call what we're "doing" on this wiki "very, very wrong". You take the name of one page on the Internet distressingly serious. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 03:58, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

:In all fairness, it ''could'' be someone else with his same ISP. In the netherlands. ...who also passionately feels that this character shoudl be called Lio Convoy.

:<nowiki>*snrk*</nowiki> -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:02, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

:::If you guys hate the topic title so much why don't you just click on the move button? --[[User:Oboro maru|Oboro maru]] 20:28, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

::: Because some anti-Japheads keep reverting it and pathetically think they have some kind of moral high-ground for being incorrect, as long as that instance of being incorrect is according to some bizarre set of rules. {{unsigned|193.120.116.179}}
* Stop IP-jumping already. If you would just register and sign your posts you could be editing the actual article right now instead of snarling ineffectually on the Talk page. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 02:35, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

::::Not really, isn't making drastic changes and moving articles frowned upon? Doesn't there need to be a consciouses reached in the Talk Page first? [[User:85.195.119.14|85.195.119.14]] 05:24, 15 August 2007 (UTC) aka Not-Dutch-IP-Guy

::::Because, as said above, the official name wont be established until the first issue of the new BW mini is out. Once that happens it'll be moved if needed. Got it? :) [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 01:57, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
::::: But there's no basis for him to be called Leo Prime to begin with. Why can't it be moved now? {{unsigned|193.120.116.179}}

:::::Hasbro should have just called it Leo/Lio Primal, then it would have worked for BW's naming conventions, worked with the theme of Lio Convoy's original name and sort of makes sense in english. Yeah, I know they wanted to cash in on kids buying things with 'Prime' on them. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:55, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

:::::: Lio Convoy is a fine name as it means they can introduce the Convoy council from Japanese Beast Wars. Optimus Primal took his name as a homage, maybe he'll originally have been something Convoy as well. Sometimes names have a ring to them all on their own. I'm GLAD they're using Lio Convoy because of the sheer lack of respect directed at the Japanese material, even that their own flagship character gets bastardised by a bunch of yanks. We know Takara are no better than Hasbro. We get it now. That doesn't mean you go pissing on everything Takara-not-Hasbro is involved with just to make a point.<small>—The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:193.120.116.179|193.120.116.179]] ([[User talk:193.120.116.179|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/193.120.116.179|contribs]]){{#if:23:31, 14 August 2007| 23:31, 14 August 2007|}}.</small>
:::::::Nobody's pissing on anything. It's more that the term "Convoy" has no real meaning outside Japanese continuity, thus introducing it to American continuity just muddies the waters with no real payoff beyond fellating fans of the Japanese continuity. As for "their own flagship character getting bastardized by a bunch of Yanks" you're aware that Optimus Prime in general bears no relation to the "character" of [[Diaclone]] Battle Convoy? Most of the characters we've come to know did not exist prior to Marvel's treatment during the development of the Transformers brand. --[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 23:41, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
:::::::: The Diaclone "characters" weren't even characters at all but piloted mechs. They were turned into something different, something decent, with some care to it. It's not the same thing as purposely setting out to strip elements of another culture from their product. It's laughable to compare creative process to doing something that's probably at least, in part, to piss off Takara fanboys.<small>—The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:193.120.116.179|193.120.116.179]] ([[User talk:193.120.116.179|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/193.120.116.179|contribs]]){{#if:23:47, 14 August 2007| 23:47, 14 August 2007|}}.</small>
:::::::::Okay, then I'm really not sure what you're referring to here. So I'm going to fall back on my original point of "Calling things Convoy in US continuity makes no goddamned sense." In Japan, they call them Convoys. In America, they're Primes. We don't have to mimic what amounts to bad translation birthing an ''Engrish'' term. As I said, it just muddies the waters and makes the terminology even less logical. Given that this ''is'' a character with US fiction continuity which will be added to further this very month, it doesn't matter particularly what they call him in Japan other than as a note of "Japanese Name: Lio Convoy" as with other characters who have different Japanese names.

:::::::::Unless of course Furman surprises us and introduces the term "Convoy" to his Beast Wars continuity in The Ascending and the profile books. At that point, we're stuck with it. It'll be dumb, but it'll be official and I will take my lumps accordingly.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 00:05, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

''Lio Convoy [...] means they can introduce the Convoy council from Japanese Beast Wars''

Er... what? ...they're the Maximal Council of Elders, aren't they? Are you actually suggesting they're a separate body? The Universe comics even gave the elders robes patterned after the Convoy Council. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 00:13, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

This naming thing ''isn't'' part of an anti-Japan bias. (Though I admit the wiki has one.) It's about trying to figure out what the damn character's name is ''in English continuity.'' A lot of Japanese characters '''have''' different names in English vs. Japanese. This one's a bit odd since the English name is being declared/confirmed 9 or 10 years after-the-fact... but [[Ricochet (G1 Autobot)|Ricochet]] got an English name 17 years after he got a Japanese one. It happens. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 00:13, 15 August 2007 (UTC)<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>

Talk:Airazor (BW)

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dood is sleaping with airazor lyke sleaping with a byrd if you know

:Tigatron slept with Airazor in a Vok spaceship. They gave birth to a rapidly-maturing freak show named Tigarhawk ;) - [[User:Doogles|Doogles]] 22:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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[http://www.dvandom.com/bb99/11convoy.GIF]
Here's a good picture of Metals manga Airazor, but I feel bad just stealing it from DVD's site. Also, I've been told that there are some better pictures, though this one seems fine (with cropping). Anybody else have scans they can contribute? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 03:56, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Added one of my own, though that one might be better. I just didn't feel like photoshopping. Made a brief manga summary with a footnote about proper continuity. I really don't think the Metals manga is in-continuity with the TV series, juding by character redesigns, alternate tellings of storylines and overall wackyness.--[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 07:08, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

:Speng? You have the Metals Mangas? I've been lookign for scans for years. ^_^; -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:49, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

:No, I'm afraid not. :( I've only *seen* random scans. I know mostly that the manga was a comedy-relief effort much like BWII (why the Japanese insisted on interjecting comedy into Beast Wars I haven't a fucking clue), filled with lots of bad and goofy character redesigns. Tigartron wore samurai garb, Rattrap was turned into Pikachu, Cheetor was...totally fucking wierd-looking, etc. This site is the best I can do for scans at the moment: http://www.dvandom.com/bb99.html I am forever monitoring eBay, waiting to pounce on the first Beast Wars manga that shows up (so far all I've ever seen are guide books). --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 18:44, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
::I totally have to upload one of those Pikatrap images. Absolutely ''hilarious''. And not in a good way. [[User:Singularity|Singularity]] 20:52, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

== Transphobia ==

Can you remove the caption that reads "Tranny"? I thoroughly dislike transphobia as much as I dislike racism or homphobia. You wouldn't caption a picture of Tracks with the word "Queer", so no double standards.
: I don't think the "Tranny" is a problem. Most of the captions on the site are smart-aliky (sp?) or sarcastic. The "Tranny" mearly pokes fun at the fact that Airazor was Female in all of Hasbro's BW material, but was male in the Japanese dub or BW, and female in Japan's ''Beast Wars Metals'' manga. That's one character being either male or female in Japan depending which of the offical media you looked at. Even when Hasbro changed the gender of a TF (C Override), the change was kept constant (no Hasbro material with Override as a male). --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:17, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
::Haha. When I was reading the summary in recent changes, I thought it was referring to Transformers. Interesting to see that you proclaim "Double standards!" when you're obviously new here. You're also taking this too seriously. [[User:Singularity|Singularity]] 21:21, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
: However, feel free to change the caption on the basis that it's not at all funny, like most of the captions try to be. --[[User:Suki Brits|Suki Brits]] 22:35, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

: <nowiki>*blinks*</nowiki> I wrote the caption in question. It's not transphopic, it's merely based ont he fact that Airrazor is a gender-bender, as well as the fact the annual TF fan-awards are caleld the Trannies. If you want to change it, go ahwad-- but you have to find
somethign funnier to put in its place. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 12:14, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

== Toy Name ==

Since the comic advertizing the Timelines toy says "Airazor", I'm going to get rid of the "Name may change" comment, if that's okay. --[[User:Pakiro|Pakiro]] 10:52, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
* To be fair, the BotCon 06 toys were advertised both as just their names and as their names with the Axalon or Darksyde prefix. Until we get a word on what she'll be called for sure, though, I think the entry can call her just plain Airazor. If we have to add a prefix later, t'ain't the end of the world. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 06:09, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

== Conflict in story? ==
BW never says the protoforms are -infant- transformers, they're the -crew- in protoform form. If they're the crew they can't be newborns.
:Are you asking how Newborns could crew a ship? If so, the explanation comes from the preprogrammed life skills and common knowledge included in the Protoform's datatrax [[User:85.195.119.14|85.195.119.14]] 05:22, 15 August 2007 (UTC)<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>

Code of Combat

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The [[Cybertron]] '''Code of Combat''' is an aspect of [[Transformer]] culture and law that governs personal combat between the leaders of two factions with the loser being exiled into deep space forever.

The code requires a warrior to fight as they are without any form of enhancement or aid from their comrades.

==Fiction==
===''Generation 1'' cartoon continuity===
After [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] took all the powers of his fellow [[Decepticon]]s, he engaged in personal combat against [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who did not know that Megatron had far more abilities then he normally had, with the loser being exiled from [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

===''Timelines: Razor's Edge''===

{{coming soon|fanclub}}
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Airazor (BW)

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{{featured}}
{{disambig2|the Beast Wars Maximal|the Armada Autobot|Airazor (Armada)}}

:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. She has also been referred to as the '''''Chromia 10'' Pilot''', and '''Wing Saber'''

[[Image:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Don't tell her to grow a pair, 'cuz she can and she will.]]

Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial alternate mode, '''Airazor's''' talents are a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

Due to the circumstances of her "birth," she sees [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] as something of a father-figure and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] as the sibling she never had. She devotes most of her efforts, however, to taming the wild yet gentle [[Tigatron]]. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

:''Spanish name:'' '''Cuchilla'''<br>
:''Italian name:'' '''Falcon Lady'''<br>
:''French name:'' '''Serres D'Acier'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
===''Timelines: Razor's Edge''===

{{coming soon|fanclub}}

====''Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past''====
[[Image:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Airazor comes on strong.]]
The Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk]] were pursued by [[Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from [[Maximal Defense Command]] to commandeer transport. The Maximal who would become Airazor was boarding her ship, ''[[Chromia 10]]'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. "Airazor" at first refused, but suggested she was open to ... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, ''[[Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with ''[[Axalon]]'' and guarded by a mysterious third ship. During the ensuing firefight, ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal]] had their [[Spark]]s remotely uploaded to blank protoforms in [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'s cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

''(This story is a [[retcon]], as Airazor was originally treated as a newborn protoform in the ''Beast Wars'' animated series. Instead, here she is revealed to have been a Maximal who existed previously on Cybertron but ended up on ''Axalon'' in a stasis pod, damaged to the point of not remembering any of her past.)''
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====''Beast Wars''====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Pauline Newstone]] (US), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japan)

Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his own components to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]; her aerial beast mode, at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[Image:Airazortigatrontrigger.jpg|left|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger.]]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Once again, Airazor tried to work with Tigatron, but, once again, he insisted that he works alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because then Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak [[Rattrap]] into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. The aliens arrived and a new alien structure was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. After Primal was scanned and briefed by the aliens, they transformed the planet's artificial second moon into a [[Planet Buster]], which fired upon the planet, slowly igniting the unstable energon.

[[Image:Airazoraftermath.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"I WONDER IF SLEEPING WITH AIRAZOR IS LIKE SLEEPING WITH A BIRD" (Ah, net.eternal.questions...) [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/855daa12c3baf8db?dmode=source]]]

After the destruction of the [[Vok]]'s Planet Buster, Airazor and Tigatron left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, loudly protesting the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits, Part 1}}

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the Beast Wars, when they were merged together in the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars was causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. [[Tarantulas]] managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were shared. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor.

====''Tales of the Beast Wars'' comics====
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Critical Mass}}
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====''Primeval Dawn'' comics====
[[Image:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|right|150px|thumb|WINGS UP WINGS DOWN WHO GIVES A CRAP]]

Though the Beast Wars were over, the threat to the timestream was not. [[Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airrazor and Tigatron.

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber-venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, knocking her out of the air.

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically-wounded Primal Prime back to the [[Ark]] after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the Ark was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn}}

:''('''Note''': Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn "was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed "[[Universe (comic)|Wreckers]]" storyline. It is unclear for certain what happened to her in the interim, though it is probable that she died.)''

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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[Image:Airazor1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|From chick to guy and back to chick!]]

:''(Note: while the Beast Wars Metals manga picks up halfway through the Beast Wars series, it is '''not''' in-continuity with the television series.)''

In the Beast Wars Metals manga, Airazor was changed into a Transmetal rather than being captured by the [[Vok]] aliens. In this manga, Airazor is a girl, presumably because her transmetal toy has boobies.

Toward the end of the manga, Airazor's [[spark]] became seperated from her body, with her body becoming host to a malevolent force. The evil Airazor did battle with [[Tigatron]], who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the evil Airazor struck him with the sword, the '''real''' Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyber space, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]].

{{-}}
==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:Airazorbwtoy1.jpg|left|thumb|150px|She should hang out with [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]].]]

* '''Airazor''' (Basic, 1997)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-10'''

: Part of the first wave of year-two ''Beast Wars'' product, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey). Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual, rather than spring-loaded. Pulling on feathers near its tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out blade. Its tail hides a non-firing blaster.

: For its [[Takara]] release, it was available both as an individual and in an "Aerial Showdown" Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]].

* '''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1997)

: The original Airazor toy was given a similar but darker [[redeco]], and packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1]]".
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[[Image:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|right|thumb|150px|First American toy designed to be a girl from the start, and it looks like THIS?]]
* '''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998/1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-44'''

: [[Transmetal]] Airazor transforms into a mechanical falcon, with a third "seaplane" mold with fold-down pontoons. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around it for a "shield" mode.

: The Japanese version of this toy is largely identical, but the yellow plastics were replaced with a bright orange. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on its chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[faction symbols|faction symbol]]. It was available both as an individual and in a two-pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]].

* '''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)

: One of the final releases of the normal ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids Transmetals|Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. Again, its redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series.

: This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a toy-show [[exclusive]] along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap]].

===Timelines===
*'''''Chromia 10'' Pilot (Airazor)''' (Club exclusive, 2007)

: The second members-only exclusive to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor is a redeco of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a Cybertronic twin-cockpit jet. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in robot mode), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

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==Trivia==

[[Image:AirazorJapan1.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Tranny]]

*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was turned into a boy as a means to (hopefully) increase toy-sales. For the TV series, his relationship with Tigatron was played off somewhat differently to avoid complaints of homosexuality. Tigatron was presented as a samurai retainer with protective feelings towards his young ward; their closeness addressed in a "brotherly" sort of way. Despite that, there was still enough innuendo left-over for the gender-bending to become unsettling. The Japanese script's near-relentless "jokey" tone didn't help.

* Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistance. The original Airazor toy wasn't developed with a specific gender in mind, and Bob & Larry wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have its pronouns changed to female. The later Transmetal version of Airazor was the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

* Note the name of Airazor's ship in ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]'', the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. "C-10" is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number, and not to being "case fresh"... as is obvious from her dialogue.

* The ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]'' Club exclusive toy is only ''sorta'' technically the '''second''' Club exclusive toy. She was actually shipped at the same time as [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]], but he was the first toy ''advertised''.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm Airazor at TFU.info]
* [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=685&size=0&start=0 Airazor - Beast Wars Transformers - Toy Gallery]

[[Category: Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category: Fan Club exclusives]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]
[[Category: Maximals]]
[[Category: Timelines characters]]
[[Category: Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
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Airazor (BW)

2007-07-31T02:15:24Z

85.195.119.14:

{{featured}}
{{disambig2|the Beast Wars Maximal|the Armada Autobot|Airazor (Armada)}}

:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. She has also been referred to as the '''''Chromia 10'' Pilot''', and '''Wingsaber'''

[[Image:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Don't tell her to grow a pair, 'cuz she can and she will.]]

Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial alternate mode, '''Airazor's''' talents are a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

Due to the circumstances of her "birth," she sees [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] as something of a father-figure and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] as the sibling she never had. She devotes most of her efforts, however, to taming the wild yet gentle [[Tigatron]]. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

:''Spanish name:'' '''Cuchilla'''<br>
:''Italian name:'' '''Falcon Lady'''<br>
:''French name:'' '''Serres D'Acier'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
===''Timelines: Razor's Edge''===

{{coming soon|fanclub}}

====''Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past''====
[[Image:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Airazor comes on strong.]]
The Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk]] were pursued by [[Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from [[Maximal Defense Command]] to commandeer transport. The Maximal who would become Airazor was boarding her ship, ''[[Chromia 10]]'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. "Airazor" at first refused, but suggested she was open to ... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, ''[[Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with ''[[Axalon]]'' and guarded by a mysterious third ship. During the ensuing firefight, ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal]] had their [[Spark]]s remotely uploaded to blank protoforms in [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'s cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

''(This story is a [[retcon]], as Airazor was originally treated as a newborn protoform in the ''Beast Wars'' animated series. Instead, here she is revealed to have been a Maximal who existed previously on Cybertron but ended up on ''Axalon'' in a stasis pod, damaged to the point of not remembering any of her past.)''
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====''Beast Wars''====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Pauline Newstone]] (US), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japan)

Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his own components to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]; her aerial beast mode, at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[Image:Airazortigatrontrigger.jpg|left|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger.]]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Once again, Airazor tried to work with Tigatron, but, once again, he insisted that he works alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because then Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak [[Rattrap]] into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. The aliens arrived and a new alien structure was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. After Primal was scanned and briefed by the aliens, they transformed the planet's artificial second moon into a [[Planet Buster]], which fired upon the planet, slowly igniting the unstable energon.

[[Image:Airazoraftermath.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"I WONDER IF SLEEPING WITH AIRAZOR IS LIKE SLEEPING WITH A BIRD" (Ah, net.eternal.questions...) [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/855daa12c3baf8db?dmode=source]]]

After the destruction of the [[Vok]]'s Planet Buster, Airazor and Tigatron left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, loudly protesting the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits, Part 1}}

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the Beast Wars, when they were merged together in the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars was causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. [[Tarantulas]] managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were shared. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor.

====''Tales of the Beast Wars'' comics====
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Critical Mass}}
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====''Primeval Dawn'' comics====
[[Image:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|right|150px|thumb|WINGS UP WINGS DOWN WHO GIVES A CRAP]]

Though the Beast Wars were over, the threat to the timestream was not. [[Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airrazor and Tigatron.

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber-venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, knocking her out of the air.

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically-wounded Primal Prime back to the [[Ark]] after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the Ark was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn}}

:''('''Note''': Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn "was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed "[[Universe (comic)|Wreckers]]" storyline. It is unclear for certain what happened to her in the interim, though it is probable that she died.)''

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===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[Image:Airazor1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|From chick to guy and back to chick!]]

:''(Note: while the Beast Wars Metals manga picks up halfway through the Beast Wars series, it is '''not''' in-continuity with the television series.)''

In the Beast Wars Metals manga, Airazor was changed into a Transmetal rather than being captured by the [[Vok]] aliens. In this manga, Airazor is a girl, presumably because her transmetal toy has boobies.

Toward the end of the manga, Airazor's [[spark]] became seperated from her body, with her body becoming host to a malevolent force. The evil Airazor did battle with [[Tigatron]], who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the evil Airazor struck him with the sword, the '''real''' Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyber space, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]].

{{-}}
==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:Airazorbwtoy1.jpg|left|thumb|150px|She should hang out with [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]].]]

* '''Airazor''' (Basic, 1997)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-10'''

: Part of the first wave of year-two ''Beast Wars'' product, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey). Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual, rather than spring-loaded. Pulling on feathers near its tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out blade. Its tail hides a non-firing blaster.

: For its [[Takara]] release, it was available both as an individual and in an "Aerial Showdown" Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]].

* '''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1997)

: The original Airazor toy was given a similar but darker [[redeco]], and packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1]]".
{{-}}
[[Image:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|right|thumb|150px|First American toy designed to be a girl from the start, and it looks like THIS?]]
* '''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998/1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-44'''

: [[Transmetal]] Airazor transforms into a mechanical falcon, with a third "seaplane" mold with fold-down pontoons. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around it for a "shield" mode.

: The Japanese version of this toy is largely identical, but the yellow plastics were replaced with a bright orange. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on its chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[faction symbols|faction symbol]]. It was available both as an individual and in a two-pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]].

* '''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)

: One of the final releases of the normal ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids Transmetals|Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. Again, its redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series.

: This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a toy-show [[exclusive]] along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap]].

===Timelines===
*'''''Chromia 10'' Pilot (Airazor)''' (Club exclusive, 2007)

: The second members-only exclusive to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor is a redeco of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a Cybertronic twin-cockpit jet. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in robot mode), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

{{-}}
==Trivia==

[[Image:AirazorJapan1.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Tranny]]

*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was turned into a boy as a means to (hopefully) increase toy-sales. For the TV series, his relationship with Tigatron was played off somewhat differently to avoid complaints of homosexuality. Tigatron was presented as a samurai retainer with protective feelings towards his young ward; their closeness addressed in a "brotherly" sort of way. Despite that, there was still enough innuendo left-over for the gender-bending to become unsettling. The Japanese script's near-relentless "jokey" tone didn't help.

* Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistance. The original Airazor toy wasn't developed with a specific gender in mind, and Bob & Larry wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have its pronouns changed to female. The later Transmetal version of Airazor was the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

* Note the name of Airazor's ship in ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]'', the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. "C-10" is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number, and not to being "case fresh"... as is obvious from her dialogue.

* The ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]'' Club exclusive toy is only ''sorta'' technically the '''second''' Club exclusive toy. She was actually shipped at the same time as [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]], but he was the first toy ''advertised''.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm Airazor at TFU.info]
* [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=685&size=0&start=0 Airazor - Beast Wars Transformers - Toy Gallery]

[[Category: Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category: Fan Club exclusives]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]
[[Category: Maximals]]
[[Category: Timelines characters]]
[[Category: Toys "R" Us exclusives]]
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Flamewar (G1)

2007-07-31T02:12:13Z

85.195.119.14:

:''Flamewar is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Decepticon/Predacon Alliance]] in a [[Timelines]] addition to the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Flamewar2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|She sings from somewhere you can't see.]]

'''Flamewar''' is one of the last of the original Decepticon army, having served during the rule of the [[Megatron (G1)|original Megatron]] (insert lewd joke here). She has a wide variety of skills, from spy and saboteur to scientist, which kept her quite busy in the Decepticon ranks.

She longs for the return to those days of glory and conquest, but she has little hope of such a thing happening. She finds the remaining Decepticon "generals" pale imitations and short-sighted power-mongers, so she has hitched her wagon onto that of the emerging [[Tripredacus Council]].

==Fiction==
===''Timelines: Descent into Evil'' comic===

Flamewar was assigned by the Tripredacus Council to observe [[Deathsaurus]]' efforts on [[Ceti Alpha Seven]]. When the [[Autobot|Autobots]] sent a strike force to destroy his [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] cloning facility, Flamewar ambushed and disabled [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], leaving them to Deathsaurus to eliminate. (He failed, of course.)

Although all of the Autobots eventually escaped, Flamewar reported to the Council that Deathsaurus' experiments had been a success. Suddenly, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] broke into her transmission, revealing that [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] had introduced a virus into the [[Virulent Clone|clones]], and that they had finally tracked her down. With her exposure, Flamewar was deemed useless as an agent by the Council, and they destroyed her ship.

===''Timelines: Intimidation Game'' script reading===

Voice actress: [[Brandie Tarvin]]

When Flamewar regained consciousness from that whole explodey-ship deal, she found herself the prisoner of Ricochet, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[K-9]]. They demanded that she work as a double-agent for them against the Decepticon/Predacon Alliance, but she refused. "Ricochet" and the others then dropped their disguises and revealed themselves as [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], and offered Flamewar a place in the organization of the Predacon criminal [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Not really having much else to do, Flamewar accepted.

===''Timelines: Razor's Edge''===

{{coming soon|fanclub}}
{{-}}
==Toys==
===Timelines===
*'''Flamewar''' (Basic, 2005)

: Flamewar is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]], transforming into a Cybertronic racing motorcycle. She has several clear-plastic "[[energon]]" parts that can be combined to for a large bow weapon with a spring-loaded launching missile. She was available only as a "freebie" gift to attendees at [[BotCon 2005]].

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make her fellow BotCon 2005 [[exclusive]]s [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] and [[Flareup]].

==Trivia==
* According to the April/May 2006 issue of the [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club Newsletter]], the first samples of Flamewar came back with an Autobot sigil rather than Decepticon, requiring a quick fix before she was "mass"-produced for the convention.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/BCFlamewar/flamewar.htm Flamewar at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]
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[[Category: Scientists]]
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Flamewar (G1)

2007-07-31T02:11:25Z

85.195.119.14:

:''Flamewar is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Decepticon/Predacon Alliance]] in a [[Timelines]] addition to the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Flamewar2.jpg|right|thumb|200px|She sings from somewhere you can't see.]]

'''Flamewar''' is one of the last of the original Decepticon army, having served during the rule of the [[Megatron (G1)|original Megatron]] (insert lewd joke here). She has a wide variety of skills, from spy and saboteur to scientist, which kept her quite busy in the Decepticon ranks.

She longs for the return to those days of glory and conquest, but she has little hope of such a thing happening. She finds the remaining Decepticon "generals" pale imitations and short-sighted power-mongers, so she has hitched her wagon onto that of the emerging [[Tripredacus Council]].

==Fiction==
===''Timelines: Descent into Evil'' comic===

Flamewar was assigned by the Tripredacus Council to observe [[Deathsaurus]]' efforts on [[Ceti Alpha Seven]]. When the [[Autobot|Autobots]] sent a strike force to destroy his [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] cloning facility, Flamewar ambushed and disabled [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], leaving them to Deathsaurus to eliminate. (He failed, of course.)

Although all of the Autobots eventually escaped, Flamewar reported to the Council that Deathsaurus' experiments had been a success. Suddenly, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] broke into her transmission, revealing that [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] had introduced a virus into the [[Virulent Clone|clones]], and that they had finally tracked her down. With her exposure, Flamewar was deemed useless as an agent by the Council, and they destroyed her ship.

===''Timelines: Intimidation Game'' script reading===

Voice actress: [[Brandie Tarvin]]

When Flamewar regained consciousness from that whole explodey-ship deal, she found herself the prisoner of Ricochet, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[K-9]]. They demanded that she work as a double-agent for them against the Decepticon/Predacon Alliance, but she refused. "Ricochet" and the others then dropped their disguises and revealed themselves as [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], and offered Flamewar a place in the organization of the Predacon criminal [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Not really having much else to do, Flamewar accepted.

===''Timelines: Razor's Edge''===

{{coming soon|fanclub}}
{{-}}
==Toys==
===Timelines===
*'''Flamewar''' (Basic, 2005)

: Flamewar is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]], transforming into a Cybertronic racing motorcycle. She has several clear-plastic "[[energon]]" parts that can be combined to for a large bow weapon with a spring-loaded launching missile. She was available only as a "freebie" gift to attendees at [[BotCon 2005]].

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make her fellow BotCon 2005 [[exclusive]]s [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] and [[Flareup]].

==Trivia==
* According to the April/May 2006 issue of the [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club Newsletter]], the first samples of Flamewar came back with an Autobot sigil rather than Decepticon, requiring a quick fix before she was "mass"-produced for the convention.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/BCFlamewar/flamewar.htm Flamewar at TFU.info]

[[Category: Convention exclusives]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Decepticon Leaders]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]
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[[Category: Scientists]]
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Mega

2007-07-31T02:08:19Z

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{{Template:Disambig2|the Godmaster from Masterforce|the toy size class|Mega (size class)}}

:''Mega is a [[human]] and [[Decepticon]] [[Godmaster]] in the [[Masterforce]] portion of [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. She wears a silly hat.''

[[Image:Mega human.jpg|thumb|250px|Warm-hearted bitch.]]

'''Mega''' is a witch, and eagerly awaits the day her retro-kitsch ship comes in like it has for pirates and ninjas. Until then she sits in a corner, glaring at the Wiccans.

==Fiction==
===Animated Continuity===
''Voice Actress:'' [[Rihoko Yoshida]] (Japan)



==Toys==

==External links==

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Talk:Maximal Elder

2007-07-25T22:15:35Z

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Can we get "Convoy Council" to redirect back to "Maximal Elders" since they're the same thing? Maybe do that for "Trypticon Council" and "Tripredacus Council" if we ever make articles for them, too? --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 04:37, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Is he head of the Maximal Elders, or is he head of the High Council? Are these distinct entities? (I'd always assuemd they were...) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:29, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, the Convoy Council and the Maximal Elders would appear to be the same thing, and Great Convoy is always shown in the forefront of the Convoy Council (he lead the strike against Unicron in Neo). Not sure how the US interpretation of the High Council relates to Japan's Convoy Council, though. Lio Convoy and Big Convoy are shown to be a part of the High Council in The Gathering, though they're most-certainly well-beneath the rank of Great Convoy and the Convoys shown with him in Neo. So I dunno. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 05:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

:Possible future snag: We appear to be getting 3 G1 Autobots depicted as the Maximal Elders in the upcoming BotCon preBW storyline. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:44, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I guess I'll leave that up to you since I'll likelynevr be able to read those. So then, once this comic comes out and if it conflicts with Japanese continuity, would it be a good idea to retitle this article "Convoy Council" and just keep the two seperate? Or should there just be two sections (US and Japanese) as "Convoy Counsil" was their name for "Maximal Elders"? Or...do you just wanna cross that bridge when we get there? --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 05:50, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
: Well, technically, we already have a non-Convoy Council Maximal Elders already, in the Universe books. There, the Maximal Elders consist of Magnaboss, Airhammer (I think), and some other BW guys. So what the "Maximal Elders" consist of is already splintered. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:55, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

Those werent' the Maximal elders. Thwy were 'The High Council.' (Not identified as Maximal or Pred.) We dont' knwo if theyr'e pre-existant authority, a reformed council post-BM, if they're suppsoed ot be just Maximals or some sort of joint authoity (They were all known Maximals-- except one generic based on Neo whatsisname, the snake. He COULD be a tolken Pred.) -[[User:derik|Derik]] 08:15, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

I have to know if they really 'are' the same thing. Someone needs to find out just what the hell all the dialogue in Japanese BW is. We already know that they call them the Trypticon Council, which is far cooler anyway. [[User:207.255.86.198|207.255.86.198]] 21:16, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

I'm beginning to think that Maximal Elders is a catch all term that refers to many different groups, the Cybertronian equivalent of politicians?
So uh, anyways do we know who these cyphers are?
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Dan DiDio

2007-07-14T04:21:01Z

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[[Image:DanDiDio.jpg|thumb|250px| Dr. Phil really has it out for anything after 1986.]]

'''Dan DiDio''' was an executive at [[Mainframe Entertainment]] assigned to the [[Transformers]] franchise during the third season of [[Beast Wars]]. Dan is best known for being the producer who informed Marv Wolfman Beast Wars had no ties to the original series and to do as he pleased with [[G1]] [[continuity]] when outlining [[Beast Machines]], and then instructed Bob Skir and Marty Isenberg to disregard any previous incarnations of the series in writing Beast Machines, as Beast Wars was too "continuity-heavy"<ref name="BM Doc">Beast Machines DVD supplementary materials</ref>.

In his spare time, Dan also enjoys ruining the DC Comics universe, where his current plan seems to be killing off every character you ever liked. Also, he was the one who had to cancel ReBoot. There are rumors about him tackling Christmas next.

==Trivia==
*Is [[Satan]].
*hates you
*He hates fun, and comedy.

==Footnotes==
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Talk:Windrazor (Energon)

2007-04-16T21:50:16Z

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i remember reading somewhere that wind razor (and all superion maximuses limbs(and constructucon and bruticus maximus to)) are not intelligent and are remote controlled by the central body or whoever is wearing them[[User:86.112.249.240|86.112.249.240]] 18:58, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
: In the cartoon continuity, the limb team mates the Air, Destruction and Construction teams were mindless drones. Only the central robots had sentience. Hasbro would consider them all seperate, living characters, however. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 19:03, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
::Also in Cartoon continuity, they were once sentient, as seen on the Mural, but no longer are.<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>

Talk:Speeder

2007-04-09T14:46:40Z

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Uh... whats' the source of this "son" deal? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:16, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
:Not that such a thing is out-of-place in the fucked-up world of Takara TF fiction (then again, Quickswitch is Sixshot's "son"... oy). I'm just wondering. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:36, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Okay... is this the RM catalog mini-comic, the online comic, in the DVD animation? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:55, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

:Process of elimination- it's not the DVD (unless there was a 3rd episode, and I don't think there was.)
:Is there a site online that hosts/has translations of the Robotmasters comics? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:42, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

::I remember reading this part on Hydra's site, but I checked the Way-back marchine and found nothing.

Here's Dai Atlas' tech specs if that helps anyone.
http://www.primesaber.com/TF/Zone/Figures/DaiAtlas-specs01.jpg

Well, that bio -unsurprisingly- makes no mention of Speeder, I can read that much. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 20:07, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Just the way the update is phrased makes me think that this son is Speeder is an assumption in and of itself. -[[User:LV|LV]] 20:13, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
:Yeah. I mean, unless he's outright named as such, he could be talking about Sky Garry for all we know, since they're pretty similar. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:21, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Someone should ask Hydra to be sure. ...someone who is '''not''' me. His AIM name is 'hydraspecialdx', and he usually pops on at least once a day. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:42, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

:Hydra Confirmed it "Yes, he is Dai Atlas' son. (Described as being such in a lot of different sources, like TV Magazine and the toy bio.)"<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>

Action Master

2007-04-09T14:44:26Z

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:''Action Masters are a [[subgroup]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Neutro-fusiontank.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Alive! Alive! Alive!]]

'''Action Masters''' are Transformers that traded in their ability to transform to become stronger, faster, and more alive. As the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] war drained more and more of their resources, a new source of fueling, [[Nucleon]], was discovered which would grant Transformers amazing power, but at a cost. To compensate for their lost ability to transform, the Action Masters built transforming partners and (massive) vehicles to aid them in battle.

A few Action Masters managed to retain (or possibly regain) the ability to transform; they are known as [[Action Master Elite]]s.

== Fiction ==
=== Toy packaging blurb ===
According to the toy packaging [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went searching for new energy sources and, within the heart of a [[black hole]] discovered Nucleon: a miracle fuel that made Transformers stronger, faster, and more alive, but cost them the ability to transform. Soon the Decepticons stole the technology and created Action Masters of their own.

This story was later referenced with the Japanese release of Nucleon Quest Convoy, a black repaint of Powermaster Optimus Prime who was given the backstory of being Prime specially outfitted for this trip into the black hole.

=== Marvel Comics continuity ===
[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] heard rumors of a new miracle fuel on the planet [[Hydrus 4]]. Against orders he stole the non-functioning bodies of his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and headed there to find out. What he descovered was a ruined world filled with creepy, obsessive, rotting zombie-like beings warning him that it was all because of Nucleon. Being Grimlock, he then went ahead and used the fuel anyway, first on himself then to revive his fallen teammates.

Grimlock soon found parts of his body inexplicably seizing up, and began to fear that he should have listened to the creepy dying robots after all. After returning to the Ark Grimlock used the Nucleon to repair all the damaged Autobots in the ship's medical bay (as well as Megatron, whom he didn't know was there). Following the Transformers battle with [[Unicron]] Grimlock froze-up entirely. It was then that [[Hi-Q]] (in the process of mergeing with Optimus Prime) saw with "[[Powermaster]] eyes" that Grimlock wasn't malfunctioning, but changing. He used his Powermaster abillities to speed-up the process and Grimlock burst forth in his new, more-powerful Action Master form.

:''('''Note''': Grimlock is the only actual Action Master to appear in the US comics. Other Action Master toys are represented, but not having been changed by Nucleon they are likely not actual Action Masters. [[Simon Furman]] has commented that if the comic book had continued we would have seen other Transformers become Action Masters, and we also would have seen a follow up to the hints that Nucleon effects everyone differently, with some Transformers being affected by it in various alternate ways.)''

=== Japanese continuity ===
Optimus, and Megatron's pre-G2 bodies share a striking similarity to their Action-Master toys. Likewise Optimus Prime has been documented as searching out a New Energy source called Nucleon that's located within a black hole. Finally, Optimus Prime's Actionmaster was sold with New Years Convoy, and described as the intermediate form between Prime's various G2 Bodies.

==Fandom reception==
:''I DEFINITELY like my transformers to transform. Down with the action masters.'' --Posted to alt.toys.transformers by Josh Freeman Frankel, 02-25-1994 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/4ed4b0a1a761bcd7]

The Action Master toyline, depicting the obvious oxymoron of "Transformers who don't transform," generated initial ire from some fans. This was magnified as Action Masters were released in the final year of the original Transformers toyline in the US. When Transformers was summarily cancelled in North America, some fans blamed the gimmick for the death of the franchise (despite the wide variety of other factors that doubtlessly were involved).

One aspect Action Masters is notable for, however, is the mass reintroduction of "classic" characters. New toys for old characters was not a theme the original toyline visited very often, and so to have a single subline with so many recurring favorites was, at the time, a novelty. In addition, the classic characters were designed to more closely resemble their cartoon counterparts. For much of the Season 1 and 2 cast, the original figures having been designed years before they were stylized and simplified for the cartoon, these Action Masters were the closest likenesses of their fiction representatons ever.

As with many other changes to the Transformers brand, initial hostility towards Action Masters from the fandom eventually became less intense, and diversified into a broad range of opinion. Many of the most in-demand vintage (and therefore expensive) ''Transformers'' toys are Action Masters, and new characters from this subgroup are still harkened back to in newer toylines. For example, [[Axer]] shows up in the [[Robots in Disguise]] toyline, ''[[Armada]]'' [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] has design elements based on [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]], and ''[[Cybertron]]'' [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen]]'s colors are a partial homage to [[Rad (G1)|Rad]].

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Kup (G1)

2007-04-06T04:38:42Z

85.195.119.14: Kup's Myspace says so!

:''Kup is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Kupg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Four of him, and you've got a [[quartex]].]]

'''Kup''' is a tough old coot. He's almost as old as rust, in fact, and he was plinking Decepticons with acid bursts from his trusty musket laser long before most of you turbo-revvin' young punks were born. In his day, lasers didn't '''need''' to use light; they did whatever they were told to do and liked it.

He's probably had a thousand adventures, has Kup, and he'll be glad to relate a story of any one of them at any time to a willing audience. The Dinobots love Kup's war stories, and don't seem to mind when he inadvertently leaves a piece out or changes the story between retellings. Old memory chips'll do that to you. Other Autobots can be less patient, and Kup finds this disrespectful and irritating. If there's one thing Kup dislikes it's when young punks don't respect their elders. If they'd only listen they might learn something. [[Hot Rod]] is one of the worst offenders in this way, but he's a good ladbot and Kup will straighten him out sooner or later, even if it takes a tank of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]].

Occasionally, Kup's vast experience gets in his way. When a situation doesn't remind him of anything, he has trouble figuring out what to do. This doesn't happen very much.

He's a [[Covenant|Pisces]]

''Japanese name:'' '''Char'''<br>
''French-Canadian name:'' '''Kaisso'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
[[Image:kup_tale.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Matlooooooooock.]]
'''Voice Actor:''' [[Lionel Stander]] → [[John Stephenson]] (US), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japan)

''Known aliases in this continuity:'' Teaspoon

Though it is not yet established when Kup joined the Earth-bound [[Autobot]]s, he was stationed at [[Autobot City]] during the 2005 invasion by the Decepticons. He was supervising construction efforts undetaken by Huffer and other workers when this work was interrupted by an impetuous drive-through by [[Hot Rod]]. Kup was determined to straighten out the adventure-seeking youth.

After the Decepticons began their attack, Kup and Hot Rod were trapped outside of Autobot City's fortress-like defenses. Thanks to an attempted hull breach by the Insecticons, Kup and Hot Rod entered a small gap in one of Autobot City's heavy blast doors -- in the process, Kup crunched [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'s skull by running over it.

Inside the city, Kup and Hot Rod joined [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Springer]] in rigging an explosives launcher into place to help defend against the might of Devastator. With the arrival of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] the next day, the tide of battle was turned and the Decepticons were defeated -- but at a terrible price.

Years later on the planet [[Nebulos]], Kup encountered the Nebulan resistance against The Hive. Using Targetmaster technology stolen from the [[Decepticons]], Kup was partnered with the Nebulan Recoil, who apparently then chewed his ear off about their leader, [[Optimus Prime]].

====Headmasters anime====
Kup and [[Fortress Maximus|Fortress]] were old friends.

===Marvel Comics continuity===

====Generation 1====

====Generation 2====

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
During the Cybertronian War's earlier years, a young Kup served alongside [[Ironhide]] and [[Wheeljack]] under the command of [[Grimlock]]. He appeared to be the only one who would speak up against Grimlock. When Optimus Prime and Megatron disappeared in a prototype Space Bridge Accident, Kup followed his unit to the Lightning Strike Coalition offshoot of the [[Autobot]] faction.
Along with [[Arcee]], [[Blaster]], [[Hot Rod]] and [[Wheelie]], Kup was part of a resistance group during [[Shockwave]]'s control of Cybertron.

===''Teletraan Go! Go!'' mini-comics===
Kup stopped a feisty [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] from annoying [[Teletraan 15]]. When 15 thanked him, he gave her a big old spine-cracking hug.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Kup''' (1986)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-82'''

*'''Targetmaster Kup w/ Recoil''' (1987, 2005)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-113''', '''TFC-20'''

===Merchandise===

==Trivia==
*In the Japanese [[Binaltech Asterik]] online manga, a little lost kitty was rescued from certain death by [[Ai Kuruma]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. That kitty was named [[Cha]] (Kup's Japanese name).

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Kup/kup.htm Kup at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Kup Kup's Universe profile on NTFA.net]
* [http://www.myspace.com/lostkup Kup's MySpace page]

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