Tarantulas (Legends)

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Tarantulas is a native of the Legends World from the Legends portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Tarantulas's Japanese cackle is officially "ushikashika". You're welcome.

Tarantulas is head scientist at Tera-Kura Co.

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Fiction

Legends World

The Tarantulas of the Legends World was head of Tera-Kura Co.'s science department and an expert at building robots. Headmaster Chapter Prologue He sneakily browsed the toys for sale at Transformers Celebration 2014. Legends Bonus Vol. Later, Tarantulas was responsible for production of Tera-Kura's Nightbird Shadows. One day, he was approached by the Decepticon Headmasters of another universe, who offered him use of their technology in exchange for his help in building them new transtectors. Realizing he could use this tech to conquer the Legends World for himself, Tarantulas accepted. Headmaster Chapter Prologue Once a partnership between the Decepticons and Tera-Kura had been formed, he used data stolen from the Autobot Headmasters to build a body for Skullcruncher as well as the drone Butla. Seeking to eliminate the Autobots, his rivals on the technology market, he and Weirdwolf then sent out Skullcruncher to lure out and destroy them, but the Headmaster was defeated. LG22 Skullcruncher Tarantulas's boss, Megatron, chewed them out over their violent approach, leading to a disgruntled Tarantulas building a body for Megatron that would turn him into the destructive Galvatron. In the end, Megatron resisted the body and taught them a lesson, though Tarantulas pointed out that as he'd planned, Galvatron's destruction had increased Tera-Kura's sales. LG23 Galvatron

Not ones to give up, Tarantulas and Weirdwolf had Mindwipe hypnotize Megatron back into Galvatron only for Blurr to undo the spell. LG25 Blurr He was present at the office when Scourge attempted to take over Tera-Kura. LG26 Scourge When a group of mass-produced Headmasters from Autobot Axalon Trading Company started stealing Decepticon transtectors on the orders of Rewind, Tarantulas responded by activating the Galvatron body's mask, briefly brainwashing the unfortunate Rattrap into being evil. LG28 Rewind Since his Megatron plan wasn't working out, Tarantulas chose to enter the Galvatron body and pilot it himself, using it to defeat Megatron and use his head mode as a soccer ball. Though he was defeated by Wheelie and Shūta Gō, he was happy with the data he'd gathered about controlling a transtector. LG29 Wheelie He then finished a new transtector for Weirdwolf, shocking its owner by making it sentient (and revealing that Skullcruncher's had been so all along). LG30 Weirdwolf

Tarantulas was initially gleeful when Tera-Kura purchased Metroplex, but quickly grew unsatisfied and wanted control of both Metroplex and Autobot Axalon's new base, Maximus. He had Weirdwolf infiltrate Maximus and take it for Tera-Kura by using the Master Sword, but the plan failed when Weirdwolf was unable to control the giant transtector's power. Using what he'd learned from piloting Galvatron, Tarantulas took things into his own hands by taking direct control of Metroplex and having him attack Maximus. The battle between Metroplex and Fortress Maximus ended with Fortress destroying Tarantulas's control device, and the scientist was arrested for his crimes. LG31 Fortress Maximus He eventually broke out of jail and encountered Astrotrain, who agreed to hide him from the law in exchange for a transtector of his own. Tarantulas then found himself pressed to mass-produce these bodies for Astrotrain's master plan, and once he was done and expected to get along with his "fellow jailbird", Astrotrain promptly deemed him unnecessary and turned on him, sending him fleeing. LG40 Astrotrain He next found refuge with Weirdwolf's faction of Decepticons, only to again be press-ganged into building bodies, this time for Full-Tilt and Trypticon. LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter As such he was present for the resurrection of Trypticon. Decepticon Civil War

The Legends World came to an end and Tarantulas was forced to flee with other beast refugees on the Axalon to the G1 World. There, they landed on Beast, where they were threatened by Galvatron II and his Nemesis. To fight against this force, Leo Prime used Transformers sickness on the ship's manifest to convert them into forms like their G1 World counterparts, including Tarantulas. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3 After successive conflicts ended, the refugees traveled to the Zone Planet and heard the news of G1 Megatron's death along with Optimus Prime's promise that the Legends World would be restored. After it was, Tarantulas tried to flee from Ai in Tera-Kura Co. Epiloge

Toys

Legends

• Galvatron (July 23, 2016)
  • ID number: LG23
  • Accessories: Megatron Headmaster, cannon

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Legends Galvatron is a redeco of the Titans Return mold, featuring a lighter shade of purple, and additional paint details. Galvatron's Headmaster, Megatron, features paint applications to resemble his appearances in the cartoon, while his Headmaster mode features silver paint on his face, and some purple details.

Legends Galvatron comes with a leaflet featuring a character profile, tech specs, and LG23 Galvatron of the Legends manga.

• Legends Galvatron at Alfes's Blog

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Tarans (タランス Taransu)