Talk:Skywarp (BW)

I take it the BWII Magnaboss gets his own page, but does it get a (BWII) or (BW2) tag? --FortMax 02:10, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Damned if I know. Just ask the admins, I've been fucking up those (...) -tags left and right. However, there's only been ONE Magna Boss, right? So then that would mean there's no need for a (...) designation? --DrSpengler 02:20, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

There are two Magnabosses, the Beast Wars guy composed of Ironhide, Silverbolt, and Prowl and the Beast Wars II guy composed of Skywarp, Santon, and Lio Junior. I would personally think the Beast Wars II tag should be (BWII), for consistant use of the Roman numeral. --KilMichaelMcC 02:40, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Gender

That ridiculous art aside, Skywarp is not a girl. He was voiced by a guy - not a young guy, for that matter.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=14829

Listening to Skywarp's voice on the Beast Wars Second LioConvoy In Eminent Danger movie, he's not trying to play a falsetto or anything, either.

As well, Skywarp's typical animation model doesn't look anywhere near that girly.

See here

I don't know what TV Magazine was going for with that pic - maybe Skywarp was meant to be a girl at one point, but the final character did not end up as one.

The "Skywarp is a girl" thing is an unfortunate remnant of Neale Davidson's activity in the fandom. He was adamant about Skywarp and Indy Heat being female based on... I don't know, elves. But they are not.

Simple mistake for Indy Heat, based on some confusion that a friend of mine stationed in Okinawa had. For Skywarp, I started writing the BWII based on early BWII info, including the TV Magazine spot. When it was patently obvious that the anime had made Skywarp male after all, I had already had Skywarp as female - so kept it that way. Not sure what that REMAINS a point of contention, since it was made clear THEN, and it's far from the only change I made in BWII for my completely unofficial and totally fandom fics. --Vanguard

Speng, again, I apologize if it seems like I'm coming down hard on you today. I don't mean to be. But it'd go against my grain not to point these things out.

(Also, strictly speaking, I think this might be Skywarp (BWII) or (BW2).)--Monzo 02:33, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

• Heh, no, it's cool. I remember watching BWII and being pretty damned positive it was a guy. Then I saw that art and heard all the hub-bub, added with the Airazor fiasco (Airzaor being both male and female in Japan depending on the media) and I just settled on "chick". I added a note on gender just to curb confusion. --DrSpengler 03:08, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Which toy would that be?

I'm sorry, but it says Skywarp's toy is a slight repaint of Beast Wars Silverbolt, transforming into a bald eagle, but which Silverbolt toy would that be? -- Ziyad 17:08, 24 August 2009 (EDT)

The one that turns into an eagle, of course. (It's a new form for G1 Silverbolt, thanks to wacky continuity twists.)--Apcog 18:56, 24 August 2009 (EDT)

Oh, I see. I assumed "Beast Wars Silverbolt" meant, well, Beast Wars Silverbolt... Thanks for clearing that up! -- Ziyad 19:15, 24 August 2009 (EDT)

Unused file

"In the name of Moon, I will punish you!"

Just popping this unused file here. For the record, this isn't one of Skywarp's models at all, just an artistic interpretation of the character by (presumably) someone working for TV Magazine back in the day. A lot of the characters who didn't have models available for publishing in the magazine during the BWII days, usually had some stand-in artwork done by other people (this included the Magnaboss dudes, the Cyborg Beasts, the Space Pirate Seacons, and Gigastorm, to name a few). That being said, the majority of actual models they published were usually unfinalized anyway, like the rough sketches of Bighorn and Powerhug or the pre-final Diver model with one less toe and finger and the extra toy-accurate frog leg kibble that was removed on a later revision of the model. -- Fanofcoolstuff27 (talk) 11:53, 29 May 2022 (EDT)