Jetstorm (BW)

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:''Jetstorm is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family]].''
[[Image:Gathering1_Jetstorm.jpg|right|thumb|180px|"Tell HQ that I've just run out of juice - and before all the girls start wondering what the point of living is anymore, tell them I just meant ''petrol''! WOOF!"]]
'''Jetstorm''' is another in a line of disgusting insect Predacons. Regurgitated toxins spew forth from his mouth at any enemy in his way. Air-to-air missiles give him supreme sky superiority, which he absolutely revels in. Jetstorm is an elitist snob who prefers to stay "above" the battle at all times, disgusted by those squabbling on the ground below. The appearance of Jetstorm's dragonfly mode captivates the enemy's attention, distracting them long enough for him to show off his powers of destruction.

In other words, he's butt-ugly, but ''functionally'' butt-ugly.

:''Spanish name:'' '''Alguacil'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''L'Orageux''' ("The Stormy")
:''Italian name:'' '''Libellula'''

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Magmatron]] traveled to prehistoric [[Earth]] to turn the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'''s [[Protoform]]s into a new Predacon army. [[Transquito]] witnessed Jetstorm's successful conversion. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1}} Magmatron ordered Jetstorm and the rest of his new forces to seek out the double-agent [[Razorbeast]] and his crew of Maximals. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2}} Later, under the leadership of the reactivated [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], Jetstorm joined the other flyers, [[Lazorbeak]], [[Sky Shadow (BW)|Sky Shadow]], [[Injector]], and [[Buzz Saw]], in hunting down the [[Maximal|Maximals]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3}}

While he was nowhere to be seen during the first attack on the Maximals, Jetstorm was present during another battle a few weeks later. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1}} He spat his toxins at [[Torca]]'s head, though this didn't seem to cause much damage to the giant Maximal. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2}} When the [[Blendtron]]s showed up and attacked everyone, Jetstorm too favored direct action against them! {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Jetstorm''' (Deluxe, 1997)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: Jetstorm transforms into an organic dragonfly. His beast mode's inner head (which is his robot-mode head) features a [[water-squirting gimmick]] with an internal bellows located in his tail. His dragonfly tail conceals a pair of spring-out spring-loaded missile launchers that swing forward at the push of a button. These launchers are available in robot mode as well, but due to their construction fire mostly upwards.

: This toy was [[Redeco|redecoed]] to make [[Tonbot]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Jetstorm/jetstorm.htm More information on Jetstorm at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Prototype packaging have revealed that Jetstorm was at first to be named "Dragonfire". Three different designs show Jetstorm as either a Maximal (twice) or Predacon (once), but these conflicting faction symbols were most likely to demonstrate the difference between Maximal and Predacon packaging. In addition to showing the different factions, the three different card designs also illustrated different "Beast Wars" logos and different "beast eye" designs, with the most notable difference being the beast eye showing robotic detailing, versus the final design which showed none.

[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
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Claw Jaw

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:''Claw Jaw is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:BWSourcebook1_ClawJaw.jpg|250px|thumb|Mayhem Attack Squid.]]

Like [[Tigatron]] before him, when '''Claw Jaw''' first emerged from his stasis pod his beast instincts overwhelmed his Cybertronian personality. Though eventually restored to himself, his squid instincts still form a huge portion of his psychology, motivating much of the way he acts, fights, and hunts. He even keeps an undersea lair in the deepest and coldest part of Earth's seas. Claw Jaw gives a lot of attention to protecting it when [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] stray too near. It is a job for which he is well suited: The suckers on his eight arms can drain the energon right out of a robot and into Claw Jaw. Combine that with a crushing grip, razor-sharp fangs, and robotic claw weapon, and few Predacons escape to inform on the refuge he so fiercely protects.

Claw Jaw is a rather simple bot without great endurance, firepower, or intelligence, but he makes up for that with courage and impressive undersea speed, even if his ingrained "squiddy-ness" sometimes weirds out his fellow Maximals.

:''Spanish name:'' '''Atrapador'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Octopince''' ("Octoclaw" as in a crab's claw)
:''Italian name:'' '''Octopus'''

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:BWTheGathering2_ClawJaw_Cybershark.jpg|thumb|left|300px|]]

Claw Jaw was one of the [[protoform]] [[stasis pod]]s jettisoned from the Maximal survey vessel ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' when it was forced to crash-land on prehistoric [[Earth]]. The [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] general [[Magmatron]] led a small group (that included the Maximal agent [[Razorbeast]]) back in time to place these protoforms into [[chronal phase]] and reprogram them into Predacons, and lead this army against the Maximals in the present. However, Razorbeast placed a viral code in Magmatron's Predacon [[shell program]], allowing a number of the protoforms to retain their Maximal identity. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1}}

Accompanied by [[Cybershark]], Claw Jaw sped towards Razorbeast and the small group of new Maximals accompanying him. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2}} He and a phalanx of other Maximals finally reached them, just in time to fight off an army of Predacons. In the subsequent battle, Claw Jaw used his tentacles to ensnare [[Jetstorm (BW)|Jetstorm]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4}}

[[Image:BWTheAscending2_ClawJawK-9ArmordilloBBoom.jpg|thumb|250px|And they will never agree who'd win out of Mega Shark and Giant Octopus.]]

Sometime later, when [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage's]] Predacons hit the Maximals again, Claw Jaw was among the ground forces defending their base, {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1}} given some respite by the arrival of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and then [[The Pack]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2}} However, when the [[Unicron]] servant [[Blendtron]]s arrived to attack both sides, those Maximals and Predacons fighting fit escaped onboard the Pack's transwarp cruiser and returned to the present in the hopes of saving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Claw Jaw was among the unfortunates left behind to hold off the Blendtrons and was one of the survivors in the end. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Claw Jaw''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Accessories'': Claw-blade

:Part of the first wave of second-year ''Beast Wars'' Basics, Claw Jaw transforms into a maroon and orange squid. Pushing a trigger on his back opens his beast-mode jaws. This also works in robot mode, where his mandibles are mounted on his chest. The small removable double-blade on the plunger can be held in his... uh... sucker on his robot mode arms/tentacles.

: Claw Jaw was released in Japan as ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Scuba]] and [[Redeco|redecoed]] into [[Ikard]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/ClawJaw/clawjaw.htm More information on Claw Jaw at TFU.info]''

[[Image:Cj transmetal.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Heh. "Transmetal." Heh.]]
*'''Claw Jaw''' (VHS pack-in, 1998)
**''Accessories'': Claw-blade

:A [[redeco]]ed green and blue Claw Jaw was sold with a VHS tape in the European market. Despite the lack of a third, vehicular mode, this version of Claw Jaw was still sold as a [[Transmetal]]. The tape contains the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Aftermath]]".
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/ClawJaw/clawjaw.htm More information on Transmetal Claw Jaw at TFU.info]''
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