Gnashteeth

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Gnashteeth is a Predacon-allied Mini-Con originally from the Japanese portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Function: Cosplayer.

Gnashteeth (ナッシュティース Nasshutīsu) is the "God of Destruction" of the Predacons. His motto is, "There is nothing that cannot be destroyed with my two arms!" One imagines he means his robot mode arms, though the idea of a robotic Tyrannosaurus who uses his tiny flailing forelimbs as his primary weapon is compelling.

At some later point, Gnashteeth adopts the name Chromebite (クロムバイト Kuromubaito) and changes his motto to "The light of honor heralds shining destruction!".<ref>Micron Booster material</ref>

Fiction

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Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

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Legends comic

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Gnashteeth was born on Zone in 2039 from a protoform capsule imbued with Beast Power. He later watched as the Legends World was reborn. Epiloge

Toy bio

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At some point, Gnashteeth was involved in the "Eternal Prisoner" conflict. Micron Booster ver. 4 product description

Ask Vector Prime

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In Aurex 1104.30-JH Zeta, Gnashteeth was one of the Mini-Cons gathered by Megatron's Predacons during the Beast Wars on prehistoric Earth. After a Super Energon transwarp explosion, Gnashteeth received a Transmetal upgrade and changed his name to Chromebite. Ask Vector Prime, 13 August 2015

Toys

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  • Gnashteeth (Micron Booster, 2007)
  • Booster ID number: 5
Gnashteeth is a redeco of the Classics Mini-Con Terrorsaur, transforming into a robotic T. rex.
He was only available in the fifth "Micron Booster" assortment in Japan, where each figure came in its own blind-packed, individual box.
This mold was also used to make Chromebite, Universe (2008) Ransack, Dark of the Moon Dualor, and Age of Extinction Ivan.
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  • Chromebite (Micron Booster, 2007)
  • Booster ID number: 11
Chromebite is a chromed redeco of Classics Terrorsaur.
He was only available in the fifth "Micron Booster" assortment in Japan, where each figure came in its own blind-packed, individual box. Chromebite was one of two "chase" figures in the set; each case of twelve Mini-Cons contained one of either Chromebite or Detectas, but never both.
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Notes

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  • None of the Micron Boosters came with any Romanized names on their blindboxed packaging, and thus the character's name may also be Romanized as "Gnashties", rhyming with "nasties". Ah, Japanglish puns.
  • Speaking of names, the original solicitations for Micron Booster Ver. 4 labeled chase-piece Chromebite as "Gnashteeth chromed version" (ナッシュティースメッキバージョン), which also appears on Takaratomy's web-site. However, the actual toy-packaging labels the piece as a separate character from Gnashteeth. In 2015, the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime would declare "Chromebite" to be an upgraded form of Gnashteeth.
  • Gnashteeth's coloration is a pretty clear homage to Beast Wars Megatron's original purple T. rex body. Meanwhile, his dark purple chrome and metallic bronze coloration as Chromebite is a likely homage to Beast Wars Megatron's Transmetal T. rex body. The homage came full circle in the Beast Wars: Uprising story "Identity Politics", where Megatron's name prior to the formation of the Darksyders was Gnashteeth.

References

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