Editing Transformation Lock Lens

:''The transformation lock lens is a [[weapon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Bwtflocklens.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Ooooo... pretty.]]

The '''transformation lock lens''' is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] weapon invented by [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. The device levitates in the air and shoots a pink beam through a round lens that traps victims in their [[beast mode]]s, rendering them relatively defenseless.  

The lens appears to have either rudimentary artificial intelligence or sophisticated programming that helps it distinguish between friend or foe, dodge enemy fire, and hide itself for later dramatic entrances. It is not very durable, however; a single direct hit of weapons fire is all it takes to destroy it.

Repairing one's self from the "lock" is done by spending some time in a [[CR chamber]].

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==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
[[File:Tflocklens&tarantulas.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Say hello to my little friend. Mwa-ha-ha-ha-ha."]]
[[Tigatron]] was assigned guard duty as the Maximals built a signal array to contact a probe from Cybertron. Tarantulas attacked him using the transformation lock lens, which trapped Tigatron in his beast mode. When [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] came to help his fellow cat, he also succumbed to the device while Tarantulas cackled on the sidelines. The pair were taken prisoner and brought back to the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]].

[[File:Tflocklense&primal.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The eye in the sky is not your friend, Primal.]]
Later, the Predacons attacked the Maximal signal array, using the lens to trap [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], and [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] in quick succession. Luckily, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] arrived in time to save Optimus from Megatron, but the lens zapped him before he could complete the array, ruining the Maximal's chance to contact the Cybertronian probe.

As [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] destroyed the array and prepared to finish his mode-locked foes, Cheetor and Tigatron arrived on the scene, having escaped from the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' and cured themselves using its repair chamber. The catbots released a barrage of firepower from out of nowhere, which finally destroyed the transformation lock lens.  {{storylink|The Probe}}

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==Notes==
* Trapping an enemy in non-robot mode by means of a weapon was used in "[[The Autobot Run]]",<ref>Using the [[transfixatron]].</ref> ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'',<ref>Using the [[transformation virus]].</ref> and "[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]".<ref>Using an unknown device.</ref>

===Foreign names===
*'''Japanese:''' Lock Beam

==See also==
*[[Transformation cog]]
*[[Morphcore]]
*[[Transformation paralysis]]
*[[Mode lock]]
*[[Suppressor (device)]]
*[[Transfixatron]]
*[[Transformation virus]]

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Beast Wars technology]]