Assistant Ball
- The Assistant Ball is technology from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Assistant Ball (アシスタントボール) is a drone shaped like a ball with two antennae and belongs to the Moon crew, being in particular associated with Moon. It has a very big mouth, which isn't used for speaking but houses some manner of unspace from which the Assistant Ball can produce just about anything Moon and Artemis need. All the same, Moon mostly uses the Assistant Ball as a chair. The Assistant Ball generally does not like this treatment.
Fiction
[edit]Beast Wars II cartoon
[edit]The Assistant Ball was annoyed enough with Moon sitting on it that it didn't even flinch when Galvatron's foot came through the roof. The Strongest Tag Team? With Moon seated in a chair, the Assistant Ball was happy to keep him and Artemis company while they talked about the Insectrons. Autorollers Roll Out! When Moon needed to show Artemis the Transformer bases on Gaia to explain their workings, the Assistant Ball came to him and readily produced a screen for viewing. Danger! Scissor Boy Thereafter, it had to suffer Moon sitting on it again Galvatron Rampages and yet again. Along with the others, it was frightened by the Jointrons when they threatened to attack the group. The Festive Jointrons
The Assistant Ball was unhappy to be used as a chair once more The Black Lio Convoy and once more Who Is the Strongest Warrior!? and once more. It was unmoved when Artemis shoved Moon off in agitation over Scylla. The Tentacular Scuba Along with Artemis and Moon, it got scared by Megastorm's angry outburst. Megastorm's Reckoning In an upbeat mood, the Assistant Ball was happy for Moon's success in saving the Maximals. Even though Moon sat on it, it found amusement in Moon and Artemis accusing each other of bed-wetting. Showdown in the Sea The good vibes endured as the Assistant Ball winked alongside Moon. Face the Setting Sun
For once being handled by Artemis, the Assistant Ball happily opened its mouth to provide the gynoid with a telescope to detect what it was that was approaching the Solar System. The Final Battle Still tolerating Moon sitting on its head more than usual, it emphatized with the robot rabbit's inability to find any files on Lio Junior. Enter Lio Junior Then the Assistant Ball went back to being annoyed by his antics Megastorm Reborn and stayed that way. Gigastorm's Treachery Another time, the Assistant Ball provided Moon with a keyboard to look up information on Hellscream, Max-B, The End of Starscream Dirgegun, and Thrustor. The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot
The Assistant Ball would only be of use as a chair from here on out, much to its displeasure The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic and bother. Knock Out Nemesis Like Moon and Artemis, it got scared by Nemesis getting really close to Gaia. Lio Junior's Revolt!? After Moon returned from a critical mission to save Gaia, the Assistant Ball was initially happy but quickly went back to being an annoyed chair The Crisis of Planet Gaia and remained so. Fly Out! Planet Gaia When the "Artemis & Moon II Report" came to an end, it cried as the group said their goodbyes to the audience. Revenge of the Space Pirates
Notes
[edit]- The Assistant Ball is not given a designation in the fiction. The name comes from the model sheets, which describe the Assistant Ball as being the one to provide Artemis and Moon with any items they need.<ref>Beast Wars II Artemis & Moon Model Sheets at TFRaw</ref>
- The Assistant Ball is a character exclusive to the fourth wall-breaking "Artemis & Moon II Report" segments and the fourth wall-breaking clip show "Who Is the Strongest Warrior!?". This is a bit incongruous, because the purpose of the Assistant Ball is to provide stuff for Artemis and Moon and it does so in the "Artemis & Moon II Report", but within the show proper the two just have stuff without any hint as to where they got it from. A recurring example is Moon's keyboard, which in the "Artemis & Moon II Report" is provided by the Assistant Ball and elsewhere is a separate object that Moon sometimes pulls from out of frame.
- In both "Danger! Scissor Boy" and "Knock Out Nemesis", Moon grabs the Assistant Ball's antennae as if they function as levers, but in both instances the scene is cut off before anything is shown happening.