Editing Terragator

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:''Terragator is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Terragator-bw-packageart.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|All tremble before the Ass Cannon!]]
'''Terragator''' is a stinking Predacon. As in, he smells offensive. Where [[Blot (G1)|some 'bots]] just have some sort of problem, or [[Landfill (G1)|a bad job]], Terragator loves nothing more than being in the filth all the time. And if he can't wade through a sewer or a swamp, he'll just find a good pile of something unmentionable and have a nice roll around in it. On the plus side, his disgusting habits mean he blends in well in the swampy environment that both aspects of his [[beast mode]] call home. Unsuspecting Maximals never smell him coming until it's too late.

In battle, this [[Fuzor]] wields a diamond-hard shield that also does double-duty as a shell in beast mode. Given his unpleasant habits, anyone would be forgiven for thinking his blaster, which stores away in the rear end of his alternate mode, might extrude something ghastly. Mercifully, it just shoots concentrated heat-rays, which cook their targets from the inside out.

However, Terragator's love of filth can backfire. His systems aren't really meant to deal with whatever he's so fond of stepping in, and without care they can mess up his circuits something bad.

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==Fiction==
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:BWGatherTerragatorBeastMode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Maximal]] Terragator specialized in trekking through sewer tunnels and other unsavory environments. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

[[File:BWGatherTerragatorFight.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
[[Magmatron]] came to prehistoric [[Earth]] to create an army from the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s abandoned [[protoform]]s. Terragator was presumably among the protoforms that were successfully turned into Predacons. Magmatron ordered his forces to seek out the Maximal spy [[Razorbeast]] and his small group. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}} Within a few days, the Predacons had located the Maximal base and engaged. During that battle, Terragator got stomped by [[Polar Claw]]. The Maximals won, and the surviving Predacons were driven into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

Terragator later participated in a last ditch attempt to attack the Maximal base. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} He got tail-whipped at least twice by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], so when the [[Pack]] arrived to back the Maximals up, he switched targets and tried to ride [[Mach Kick]] instead. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}} Then [[Lio Convoy]] stomped on him. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

When the [[Blendtron]]s, the dread heralds of [[Shokaract]] turned up, Terragator was among the Predacons left behind to fight them. He was against joining the battle against them, pointing out to [[Optimus Minor]] that none of them were in any shape to fight. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Terragator was on the Predacon team in the fateful final match of the [[Games]], during which he started off close to Maximal combatant [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] and fired on her with his shoulder-mounted missile launcher. They were paralyzed mid-combat by [[Lio Convoy]] who, having assassinated game overseer [[Supersonic]], used their battle as an example of how the potential of Maximals and Predacons was wasted on the Games. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[File:BW terragator toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|right|Truly, a [[shellformer]] in every sense of the word.]]
*'''Terragator''' (Basic, 1998)
**''Accessories'': Tail/gun, shell/shield

: Part of the second wave of Basic-class [[Fuzor]] toys, Terragator transforms into a fusion of an organic alligator and a snapping turtle. In [[robot mode]], his shell becomes a removable shield, and his tail is revealed to be a combination cudgel and double-barreled blaster, complete with dangling croc-half [[beast mode]] rear legs attached to it by ball-joints. In beast mode, pushing the tail section forward opens the gator's mouth.

::*''[http://tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Terragator/terragator.htm More information on Terragator at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Although Terragator is a fusion of an alligator and a snapping turtle, he is not an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligator_snapping_turtle alligator snapping turtle].
*Nor is he an ''Armadillosuchus'': http://i071.radikal.ru/0907/4c/460b1d429b39.jpg
===Foreign names===
*''Spanish:'' '''Terradrilo'''

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