Editing Razorclaw (BW)

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:''Razorclaw is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BWRazorclaw CardArt.jpg|300px|thumb|Know that I am the original ''Beast Wars'' Razorclaw.]]
'''Razorclaw''' isn't your ordinary [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]. True, he's got the same ambition to be in charge as pretty much every other Pred out there, but what sets Razorclaw apart is his approach. Where other Predacons weasel, backstab and connive their way to power, Razorclaw just waits. By loyally and efficiently serving his superiors, rather than declaring himself the boss the minute they trip over a loose wire, Razorclaw will sidle up to the top. Sure, that may take a while, but what this crab has in abundance is patience. 

Razorclaw also applies this attitude towards hunting Maximals. He'll quite happily lay at the bottom of the ocean, waiting as long as it takes for some hapless schmuck to wander by, not noticing him thanks to the cloaking field his beast mode provides. And when they do, he'll attack, paralyzing and then crushing them in his massive claws. Provided they haven't rusted shut by then, at least.

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==Fiction==
===3H comics===
[[File:Ravageiguanusrazorclawpd2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|CITIZEN SNIIIIIIIIIIPS!]]
After the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] came to an end, Razorclaw was activated on Earth by the duo of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], along with other programmed Predacons [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] and [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]].  {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}} He was sent into battle with [[Primal Prime]] and his [[Vok]]-backed warriors. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|This storyline was never finished, and Razorclaw does not appear in any of the later 3H stories taking place in this timeline. So while his ultimate fate is unknown, it probably wasn't a very good one.}}
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===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:BWGatherRazorclawCybersharkFight.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Razorclaw was originally one of the Maximal protoforms held in stasis pods aboard the [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]. However, his fallen pod was remotely reprogrammed as a Predacon by the time-travelling [[Magmatron]] and his forces, along with more than a dozen other Maximal protoforms. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

He joined Magmatron, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], and the other Predacons in their battle against the traitor [[Razorbeast]] and his Maximal compatriots. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

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===2005 IDW continuity===
Razorclaw was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals. When the Maximals invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] and fell to his death when Arcee disrupted the [[Ore-4|gravity generator]] in [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}

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===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[File:TheEnd-BlackarachniaRazorclaw.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Come into my parlour, said the spider to the... crab?]]
The Cybertronian who would become Razorclaw was one of the many Maximal protoforms aboard the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. To eliminate the Maximals and Predacons, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and the [[Vok]] brought every crashed [[stasis pod]] they could find online and reprogrammed the protoforms within into loyal "[[Children of the Vok (group)|Children of the Vok]]". Together, they attacked the crashed ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'' in an attempt to take out the Maximal-Predacon alliance; when Razorclaw went up against [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], the female Predacon easily overpowered him and trapped him in a web cocoon.

Eventually, when the Maximals and Predacons destroyed the Vok themselves, their remaining followers agreed to a truce and left to live peacefully in the wilderness. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}

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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW Razorclaw toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I love my pet 'cause he's a crab.]]
*'''Razorclaw''' (Basic, 1997)

: Part of the first wave of second-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basics, Razorclaw transforms into an orange and transparent-blue {{w|fiddler crab}}. Unlike first-year Basics, Razorclaw's transformation is entirely manual rather than spring-loaded. His large claw hides three "cyber spikes" that can be revealed by pushing a lever back. His other claw hides a small non-firing "blaster rifle". Both weapons are available in both modes.

: He also has a heat-sensitive [[rubsign|energon chip]] located on the underside of his left shell-half, which reveals a Predacon sigil when warmed up.

: In Japan, Razorclaw was only available as part of a 1998 mail-order catalog theater-goers could buy from.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Razorclaw/razorclaw.htm More information on Razorclaw at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-BWN-toy Razorclaw-Rockbuster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| Craaaab people, craaaab people. Taste like crab, talk like people. Craaaab people, craaaab people.]]
*'''Razorclaw''' (Basic w/ video, 1998)

: Razorclaw was later re-released in the [[Transmetal|Transmetal]]s/[[Fuzor]]-themed third year of ''Beast Wars'', this time [[redeco]]ed into a teal and maroon color scheme, and packaged with a VHS tape containing the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] episodes "[[Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]".

: This pack was released at general retail as its own wave alongside a redecoed and VHS-came-with [[Airazor (BW)#BasicVid|Airazor]].

: This toy was released in Japan with the most minimal of changes as the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Maximal]] [[Rockbuster#Toys|Rockbuster]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Razorclaw/razorclaw.htm More information on Video Razorclaw at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Razorclaw''' (レーザークロー ''Rēzākurō'')
*''French:'' '''Pinceur''' (Canada, "Pincher")
*''Italian:'' '''Granchius''' ("Crabus")
*''Spanish:'' '''Cangrejon''' (America, "Crabon")

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