Editing Waspinator (BW)

:''Waspinator is a [[Predacon]] in the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Waspinatorbw.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Chew-toy of fate]]
'''Waspinator''' is the universe's chewtoy.  If something goes wrong, it happens to him.  If something blows up, he'll be blasted into his component parts.  He also doesn't talk very well (he has a problem with pronouns), so he's easy to make fun of.  [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] has classified the hairbrained Predacon as expendable, much to Waspinator's dismay.  Waspinator's not stupid, and has caught on to his lot in life, and tries to avoid his fate as often as possible, but fate always finds him.  Thankfully, Waspinator is almost supernaturally durable, and has survived the most devastating and humiliating of defeats. Whether this is a boon or a curse is anyone's guess.


''Spanish name: '''Avispón''' ''<br>
''French name: '''Bourdon''', '''Bizznator'''<br>
''Italian name: '''Punginator'''<br>
''Japanese name: '''Waspitar''' ''


==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past''====
[[Image:Waspinatordawn.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Waspy is my copilot.]]
While [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], his [[Dinobot (BW)|lieutenant]], and [[Scorponok (BW)|another underling]] stole a Maximal relic, the [[Golden Disk]], the Predacon who would later name himself Waspinator stole a ship along with an accomplice he nicknamed "[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Beakbot]]."  The two had a contest to name the ship, but "Waspinator" lost, and thus the stolen ship was dubbed ''[[Darksyde]]''.  "Waspinator" believed ''Buzzerbot'' would have been a better name.

He's not alone on that one.

After escaping [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the ''Darksyde'' was intercepted by the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', but after an intense space battle, only the ''Darksyde'' and the ''Axalon'' remained.  Megatron ordered "Waspinator" to execute their planned [[transwarp]] jump, opening up a portal which both ships entered.

====''Beast Wars''====
[[Image:Waspinator.jpg|right|thumb|"Why universe hate Waspinator?"]]
:''Voice Actor'': [[Scott McNeil]] (US), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japan)
Waspinator, part of Megatron's rogue band of Predacons, landed on an unknown planet with dangerous levels of unstable [[energon]].  To protect themselves from the energon, the Predacons took organic beast modes.  In Waspinator's case, he now transformed into a large green wasp.  The first conflict between the stranded Predacons and their Maximal pursuers came when the Maximal [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] stumbled across Waspinator.

{{storylink|Dark Designs}}When [[Rhinox]] had his personality program converted to that of a Predacon, he started surrpetitiously taking out he various Predacons.  He swung a cargo crate into Waspinator, giving him a concussion, and he (Waspy) flew around in a daze, claiming to be the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]. This seems to have been reversed when later, [[Rattrap]] got annoyed at his yattering and shot him down. 

{{storylink|Possession}}The Ghost of [[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] travelled through time and possessed his body. It took a major explosion to dislodge Starscream's immortal [[spark]] from Waspinator's body

{{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1}}After the [[Vok|aliens]] detonated the unstable energon using the second moon, Waspinator was the first to realize that this seemingly unknown planet is, in fact, [[Earth]].  [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] had made the same realization and stole into the ''Darksyde'' to retrieve both of Megatron's disks.  In the process, Waspinator wass crushed into a cube by the disks' security contraption.

{{storylink|Nemesis, Part 1}}After the destruction of the ''Darksyde'' at [[Tigerhawk]]'s hands, Megatron sent Waspinator, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] on an errand to find a new base, which was really nothing more than pointless busywork while Megatron went to do more important things. As the trio staked out an early [[human]] tribe that had take up residence in a series of caves, Waspinator finally had enough, and ripped off his [[Faction symbols|Predacon symbol]], declaring himself out of the Beast Wars. Inferno and Quickstrike promptly blasted him to pieces without a word.

His parts recovered by the tribe, Waspinator remained on Earth while all the other surviving Transformers set off for Cybertron, and led the tribe.

For a bit, at least.

====''Tales of the Beast Wars'' comics====


====''Beast Machines''====
[[Image:Wazzpinator.jpg|right|thumb|Waspinator's technorganic form]]

Sadly, for Waspinator, the Protohumans he had ruled over grew tired of his presence and forced him to leave the planet and return to Cybertron under his own power. There his spark was removed and used to power the Vehicon general, [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]. He was discovered by [[Blackarachnia]] after she thought he was [[Silverbolt]].

Waspinator remained in the "background" and let Thrust run the show, until [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] used an [[extractor]] to remove Waspinator's spark from the body shell.

After Cybertron's [[techonorganic]] reformatting, Waspinator returned in his beast mode with Thrust's head, and the size of a standard wasp. He complained to Rattrap about how much he wanted glory and power, but Rattrap simply swatted him away.

===''Beast Wars: Transmetals'' (N64 & PSX)===
[[Image:TMWaspinator-Render.jpg|left|thumb|Less chewy, more crunchy]]
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (US), ??? (Japan)

In an alternate timeline, [[Transmetal]] Waspinator joins his fellow Predacons in distributing various one-on-one beat downs to the Maximals.

===''Legends'' anthology===

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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-03'''

: This mold was also used to make [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]] and [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]].

*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-42'''

*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe, 1999)

*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)

*'''Waspinator''' (Tenth Anniversary, 2006)

===Timelines===
*'''Darksyde Megatron and Darksyde Waspinator''' (Bagged set, 2006)

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]].


==Trivia==
* Waspinator was originally chosen by [[Hasbro]] to be one of the characters killed off for the second season of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon to help make way for new characters (read: product). However, story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]] convinced them to spare Waspinator on the grounds of his popularity with the online fan-base, so [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] took the plunge instead.

* Waspinator was originally slated to appear in the very first [[Beast Wars Transformers (game)|''Beast Wars'' video game]], and even had a character model built. However, he was ultimately unused, and only appeared in footage taken from the ''Beats Wars'' cartoon.


==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Waspinator/waspinator.htm Waspinator at TFU.info]


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