Shark Spike
The Shark Spike is the personal weapon of Sky-Byte. Mounted on his left arm, it is a powerful spinning claw capable of penetrating the toughest of Autobot metals, or piercing even the thickest walls of titanium, like a microchip crushed in a shark's mighty jaws.
It is also known as his Anchor Arm (アンカーアーム Ankā Āmu).
Fiction
[edit]2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon
[edit]Sky-Byte used his Shark Spike to break into a secret room in the Payuma ruins. The Secret of the Ruins After catching up with the reprogrammed Tow-Line, Sky-Byte found himself up against Optimus Prime and employed his Shark Spike during the fight. He used it again several times in the battle that resulted when the Autobots eventually freed Tow-Line from the Predacon mind control. Tow-Line Goes Haywire After Megatron abducted some Autobot Protoforms, Sky-Byte used his Shark Spike as he and the other Predacons attempted to prevent the Autobots from giving pursuit. The Decepticons He used the weapon again during a battle on Montrose Island. Volcano
As part of a plan to capture some Autobots, Sky-Byte intended to use his "anchor arm" to trigger an avalanche to bury his foe, however the plan was never enacted because the Predacons are idiots. Wedge's Short Fuse While trying to support the CGA Tower, Gas Skunk observed that there was still some foundation hampering their efforts, so Sky-Byte took it out with his Shark Spike. Wedge objected just moments too late that it was a bad idea. Sky-Byte Saves the Day He employed the Shark Spike once more during another fight against the Autobots. Power to Burn!
Toys
[edit]Robots in Disguise (2001)
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- The Archor Arm was included as part of Car Robots/Robots in Disguise Gelshark/Sky-Byte, an extensive redeco of the Beast Wars Transmetal 2 Maximal Cybershark, forming his tail in beast mode and his left arm in robot mode. It has a gear system that in beast mode spins the fins like a propeller when a wheel in his side is turned. As Sky-Byte's left arm, the Shark Spike forms a spinning claw weapon.
- This mold was also used to make Cybershark's Spin-Drive Tail.
Generations
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- Sky-Byte (Voyager, 2014)
- Series / Number: 02 / 007
- A new-mold toy released in wave 5 of the Voyager Class Thrilling 30 series of the Generations toyline, Sky-Byte once again includes a tail that forms his left arm. This time around, his (still gear-activated) spinning claw weapon has a single firing missile in the center.
- This mold was used by Cloud Hellwarp's Hellwinder.
Legends
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- Gelshark (Voyager, 2014-12-27)
- ID number: LG06
- Accessories: 1 missile
- The Anchor Arm of Legends Gelshark featured slight paint differences.
Notes
[edit]- Though this weapon was most commonly referred to as the "Shark Spike" in the English dub of the Robots in Disguise cartoon, its Japanese name of "Anchor Arm" cropped up in a few English-language sources, such as the Hasbro toy bio for Sky-Byte's original toy, and in Sky-Byte's profile included on the DVD boxed set of the cartoon's first half that was released by Maximum Entertainment.
- Likewise, Sky-Byte himself refers to his Shark Spike as his "Anchor Arm" at one point in Episode 20 of the cartoon. But, like many other cases of misnamed attacks in the English dub, this was most likely an error.