Spittor (BW)

2009-08-12T15:12:25Z

92.227.210.160: Spittor's European release also had a Maximal instruction sheet.

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

[[Image:Spittor-bw-packageart.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Lick me!]]
'''Spittor''' is a typical Predacon toady, full of arrogance, overconfidence, and, most of all, stupidity. His arsenal of poisons more deadly than a Cybertron [[razor snake]], however, make him a force to be reckoned with when he can focus his anger. One touch of his membranous skin can pump enough toxins into a Maximal to drive them to dementia, and then he can head-butt them into submission with his tongue.

Yes, "toady". We went there.

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Krachin'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Anfibius'''<ref>This name only seems to have been used on the cross-sell for the English/Spanish/Italian "video-pack" release of [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. The name is not used on Spittor's own cardback, nor on the cardbacks for "video-pack" Transmetal Spittor or Transmetal II Spittor.</ref>
:''Spanish name:'' '''Batracian'''

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
[[Image:3H Spittor Sonar.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He gets beat up, regardless of continuity.]]
Even after [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had left prehistoric [[Earth]], there was still war to be waged. [[Tarantulas]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], both surprisingly not dead, gathered a small army. They harvested Predacons from the Maximal [[Stasis pod|stasis pods]] left behind. One of these Predacons was a [[Transmetal 2]] Spittor. He would fire the first shot in this new altercation, scuffling with the also-not-dead [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

Sometime later, Spittor must have made peace with the Maximals, because he returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] along with his former enemies, [[Primal Prime]], Tigatron, and [[Ramulus]]. As a member of the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]], he fought Megatron's control of Cybertron.

Shortly after the Wreckers rescued Optimus Primal and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] from some [[Tank Drone|Tank Drones]], they were assigned a vague mission by the [[Oracle]]. Spittor, Primal Prime, and [[Fractyl]] met up with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (Spittor playfully annoying Fractyl along the way). They then rendezvoused with the others. After a fierce battle with some [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], the group boards an [[Autobot]] shuttle. {{storylink|Departure}}

Shortly after takeoff, however, Spittor and some others were ambushed by [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]. Rodimus conviced the former peace marshal to calm down, and Spittor went off to recuperate. Not long after the scuffle, the section of the ship holding Spittor, [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], and the [[Deployers]] suffered an explosion. [[Packrat]] chose to detonate that section rather than risk the whole ship's destruction. Thus, Spittor's life was cut short. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:IDW Spittor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Frogcicle]]
[[Magmatron]] recruited Spittor, along with [[Transquito]], [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Manterror]], and [[Razorbeast]] to journey through time and use the abandoned [[stasis pods]] on prehistoric [[Earth]] to build an army and take over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Upon arrival, Magmatron sent the others to watch over the stasis pods as they were activated. While the rest of his teammates witnessed the births of new Predacons, Spittor did not. He got to greet [[Polar Claw]], a Maximal, who summarily squashed Spittor. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Because of this, Razorbeast, who had activated the pods, was revealed as a Maximal spy. More Maximals spilled forth, and a new Beast War was at hand. While the rest of the new Predacon army sought to quell the new Maximal army, Drill Bit and Spittor, along with Magmatron, hunted down Razorbeast. Spittor got the drop on [[Ramulus]], using his poison tongue to knock the mountain-dwelling Maximal off a cliff. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}}

Later, when the Predacons located the Maximal base, Spittor was among the attackers. He and his cohorts had their enemies outnumbered, but a new squad of Maximals arrived just in time. Spittor was easily thwarted by a sweep of [[Torca]]'s tusks. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

[[Image:Grimlock Vs Spittor.jpg|left|150px|thumb|GET IN MAH BELLEAH!]]
Some time later, Spittor participated in an all-out assault on the Maximal base with his fellow Earthbound Predacons, now led by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Sadly, Spittor once again fell victim to the terrible tusks of Torca. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} As the tide began to turn in the Predacons' favor, Spittor managed to taste the sweetness of victory at long last. It was a small taste, however, as he was summarily stomped on and ripped in half by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

He managed to remain in the fight, but after the [[Pack]] arrived, he was stomped on by [[Stampy]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

While Ravage departed for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with a number of Maximal and Predacon troops to battle [[Shokaract]], Spittor remained on Earth, watching the [[Angolmois]]-infected Razorbeast battle the [[Blendtron|Blendtrons]] [[Elephorca]] and [[Drancron]]. When [[Ramulus]] tried to rally the Maximals and Predacons into battle, Spittor was apathetic, but ended up participating anyway. At first tackling Elephorca, he moved on to team up with [[Lazorbeak]] to knock Drancron onto [[Rartorata]]'s deadly stinger. Spittor's finest hour was brief, alas, as the resulting explosion consumed the Blendtrons, Lazorbeak, and himself. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

{{note|Despite Spittor's apparent demise fighting the Blendtrons, his ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' entry claims that somewhere down the road, he will be upgraded to his [[Transmetal 2]] body. So... yeah. Maybe he wasn't quite dead yet.}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Spittor''' (Basic, 1997)

: Spittor transforms into an organic "poison arrow" frog. The frog form can launch the spring-loaded robot-mode head from its mouth as a disquieting "tongue-ram" attack. This [[gimmick]] is also available in robot mode, which is somewhat less creepy.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]''[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] and Transmetal Spittor (see below).

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

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*'''Spittor''' (Video pack-in, 1998)

: A European-market-only release, the original Spittor toy was [[redeco]]ed in red and black, with gold "mechanical" detailing to make it—according to its packaging—a [[Transmetal]]. The set came with a videotape of the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' episode "[[Aftermath]]".

::*''[http://tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Spittor/spittor.htm More information on Transmetal Spittor at TFU.info]''

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*'''Spittor''' (Basic, 1999)
**''Accessories'': Tongue-mace

: Spittor transforms into a techno-organic "monstrous" [[Transmetal 2]] frog. The beast mode tongue acts as a hand-held flail weapon for robot mode. It also has a flip-up claw on his toad back, ending up on his left shoulder in robot mode. His [[spark crystal]] is located on the roof of his frog mode's mouth.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1999/Predacon/Spittor/spittor.htm More information on Transmetal 2 Spittor at TFU.info]''

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Spittor BW concept art.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Lucky for him [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s not around anymore...]]
* Concept art for [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''Beast Wars: The Gathering'' comics reveal that Spittor's Cybertronian alt mode is a bipedal walker mechanoid of some type (somewhat reminiscent of a Zentraedi walker from ''Macross'') with an acid-shooting gun. This was the inspiration for his [[Spittor (Animated)|''Animated'' version]].

* In the areas that received the European trilingual English/Spanish/Italian cardback, Spittor's toy was sold as a Maximal (on the packaging and instructions sheet), whereas his "energon chip" remained that of a Predacon. Goes to prove, then, that you can "[[Mini-spy|rub energon chip to reveal true allegiance!]]" (Of course, his "video-pack" Transmetal and Transmetal II toys were sold as Predacons, so his ruse doesn't seem to have lasted very long.)

* Spittor was not originally going to be part of the [[3H Productions|3H]] Wreckers team. His place was intended for "Gūshar", the Japanese ''Car Robots'' character who uses the Transmetal 2 Spittor mold. However, when ''Car Robots'' was sold by Hasbro as ''Robots in Disguise'' and Gūshar renamed "Slapper", 3H replaced him with Spittor.

* Spittor is unique in that he is the only non-show ''Beast Wars'' character to be released as an organic beast, a Transmetal (sort of), and a Transmetal 2.

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category:Maximals]]
[[Category:Predacons]]
[[Category:Transmetals]]
[[Category:Transmetals 2]]
[[Category:Universe characters]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

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