Dark Raccoon - Revision history

BerylRoll at 14:15, 26 December 2025

2025-12-26T14:15:10Z

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	:''Dark Raccoon is a [[Beastformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''Dark Raccoon is a [[Beastformer (species)\|Beastformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
	[[File:BF-art DarkRaccoonTFCard.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHkvD7-u7y8 May the good Lord take a likin' to ya, an' blow ya up real soon.] ]]		[[File:BF-art DarkRaccoonTFCard.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHkvD7-u7y8 May the good Lord take a likin' to ya, an' blow ya up real soon.] ]]

GuiRitter: fixed typo

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fixed typo

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	* Dark Raccoon's name seems intended to have been rendered as such, but "Raccoon" (ラコーン ''Rakōn'') here is actually pronounced like "Raccaun" or "Raccone", perhaps due to his namer being confused by English orthography. The proper way to write the English pronunciation would have been ''Rakūn'' (ラクーン).		* Dark Raccoon's name seems intended to have been rendered as such, but "Raccoon" (ラコーン ''Rakōn'') here is actually pronounced like "Raccaun" or "Raccone", perhaps due to his namer being confused by English orthography. The proper way to write the English pronunciation would have been ''Rakūn'' (ラクーン).
	* Dark Raccoon's 1987 poster-checklist art gives him ''very'' dark-gray fur, and shows him with a weird weapon that kinda looks like a more complicated version of [[Beafox]]'s blade. His 1988 art corrects both of these mistakes.		* Dark Raccoon's 1987 poster-checklist art gives him ''very'' dark-gray fur, and shows him with a weird weapon that kinda looks like a more complicated version of [[Beafox]]'s blade. His 1988 art corrects both of these mistakes.
	* As he was not sold in the post-''Transformers'' sequel series and thus had no bio card, his "RPG"-era bio comes from the ''[[Hero Special 4: Beastformers]]'' ~~book~~. This bio gives him the nickname "'''Dark'''" (ダーク ''Dāku''), and notes he was born in Madra's part of Tamara Bay.		* As he was not sold in the post-''Transformers'' sequel series and thus had no bio card, his "RPG"-era bio comes from the ''[[Hero Special 4: Beastformers]]'' mook. This bio gives him the nickname "'''Dark'''" (ダーク ''Dāku''), and notes he was born in Madra's part of Tamara Bay.
	* Assuming the "1 million degrees" is in Celsius, that is the ''low'' end of the temperature range of the [[Sun]]'s corona (which is hundreds of times hotter than its actual surface), so ''yikes''.		* Assuming the "1 million degrees" is in Celsius, that is the ''low'' end of the temperature range of the [[Sun]]'s corona (which is hundreds of times hotter than its actual surface), so ''yikes''.

M Sipher: /* Toys */

2023-08-23T07:21:19Z

Toys

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	[[File:BF-toy DarkRaccoon.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|Benson's looking for him.]]		[[File:BF-toy DarkRaccoon.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|Benson's looking for him.]]
	*'''Dark Raccoon''' (Beastformer, 1987)		<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1\|'''Dark Raccoon''' (Beastformer, 1987)}}</ul>
	**''ID number:'' '''39'''		:*''ID number:'' '''39'''
	**''Pack'': '''C'''		:*''Pack'': '''C'''
	**''Accessories:'' Axe (usually)		:*''Accessories:'' Axe (usually)

	: Part of the second series of [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]]'s ''Beastformers'' toys, Dark Raccoon is an anthropomorphic raccoon in green robotic armor. His left arm ends in an open hand rather than a weapon-gripping hand. The [[rubsign\|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.		: Part of the second series of [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]]'s ''Beastformers'' toys, Dark Raccoon is an anthropomorphic raccoon in green robotic armor. His left arm ends in an open hand rather than a weapon-gripping hand. The [[rubsign\|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.

M Sipher: /* Transformers: Beastformers */

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Transformers: Beastformers

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	**''ID number:'' '''39'''		**''ID number:'' '''39'''
	**''Pack'': '''C'''		**''Pack'': '''C'''
	**''Accessories:'' Axe		**''Accessories:'' Axe (usually)

	: Part of the second series of [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]]'s ''Beastformers'' toys, Dark Raccoon is an anthropomorphic raccoon in green robotic armor. His left arm ends in an open hand rather than a weapon-gripping hand. The [[rubsign\|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.		: Part of the second series of [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]]'s ''Beastformers'' toys, Dark Raccoon is an anthropomorphic raccoon in green robotic armor. His left arm ends in an open hand rather than a weapon-gripping hand. The [[rubsign\|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.

M Sipher: /* Transformers: Beastformers */

2022-07-06T06:48:47Z

Transformers: Beastformers

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	: Part of the second series of [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]]'s ''Beastformers'' toys, Dark Raccoon is an anthropomorphic raccoon in green robotic armor. His left arm ends in an open hand rather than a weapon-gripping hand. The [[rubsign\|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.		: Part of the second series of [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]]'s ''Beastformers'' toys, Dark Raccoon is an anthropomorphic raccoon in green robotic armor. His left arm ends in an open hand rather than a weapon-gripping hand. The [[rubsign\|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.

			: He ''usually'' comes with a gold multi-pronged axe weapon marked with the same ID number as on his back. However, ''Beastformers'' is notorious for toys coming with someone else's weapon; it's unclear if this was just originally poor QC, but in the sequel series, this semi-random weaponry was actually turned into a "[[Beastformers Role-Playing Game\|gimmick]]".

	: He was only available in the "C Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "[[Secret Photo]]" card featuring [[White Leo]].		: He was only available in the "C Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "[[Secret Photo]]" card featuring [[White Leo]].


	==Notes==		==Notes==

M Sipher at 09:43, 21 December 2021

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	===Transformers: Beastformers===		===Transformers: Beastformers===
			[[File:BF-toy DarkRaccoon.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|Benson's looking for him.]]
	*'''Dark Raccoon''' (Beastformer, 1987)		*'''Dark Raccoon''' (Beastformer, 1987)
	**''ID number:'' '''39'''		**''ID number:'' '''39'''
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	: He was only available in the "C Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "[[Secret Photo]]" card featuring [[White Leo]].		: He was only available in the "C Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "[[Secret Photo]]" card featuring [[White Leo]].


	==Notes==		==Notes==

Cyberlink420 at 04:04, 28 November 2021

2021-11-28T04:04:30Z

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	:''Dark Raccoon is a [[Beastformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''Dark Raccoon is a [[Beastformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
	[[File:BF-art DarkRaccoonTFCard.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|[https://~~youtu~~.be/uHkvD7-u7y8 May the good Lord take a likin' to ya, an' blow ya up real soon.] ]]		[[File:BF-art DarkRaccoonTFCard.jpg\|upright=1.67\|thumb\|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHkvD7-u7y8 May the good Lord take a likin' to ya, an' blow ya up real soon.] ]]

	'''Dark Raccoon''' (ダークラコーン ''Dāku Rakōn'') is the kind of guy who likes to roam around. He's friendly and loves people, but he's also got a bad case of wanderlust, and has a tendency to just disappear without warning, vanishing for days on end. He spends this time idly taking in the nature of [[Beast (planet)\|planet Beast]] by himself, enjoying the quiet, laying back and staring at the sky for hours, letting his mind drift... to thoughts of how to make things explode.		'''Dark Raccoon''' (ダークラコーン ''Dāku Rakōn'') is the kind of guy who likes to roam around. He's friendly and loves people, but he's also got a bad case of wanderlust, and has a tendency to just disappear without warning, vanishing for days on end. He spends this time idly taking in the nature of [[Beast (planet)\|planet Beast]] by himself, enjoying the quiet, laying back and staring at the sky for hours, letting his mind drift... to thoughts of how to make things explode.

Saix at 14:45, 15 November 2021

2021-11-15T14:45:33Z

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	: He was only available in the "C Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "[[Secret Photo]]" card featuring [[White Leo]].		: He was only available in the "C Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "[[Secret Photo]]" card featuring [[White Leo]].

	~~{{-}}~~
	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* Dark Raccoon's name seems intended to have been rendered as such, but "Raccoon" (ラコーン ''Rakōn'') here is actually pronounced like "Raccaun" or "Raccone", perhaps due to his namer being confused by English orthography. The proper way to write the English pronunciation would have been ''Rakūn'' (ラクーン).		* Dark Raccoon's name seems intended to have been rendered as such, but "Raccoon" (ラコーン ''Rakōn'') here is actually pronounced like "Raccaun" or "Raccone", perhaps due to his namer being confused by English orthography. The proper way to write the English pronunciation would have been ''Rakūn'' (ラクーン).

M Sipher at 05:30, 13 November 2021

2021-11-13T05:30:13Z

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	===Transformers: Beastformers===		===Transformers: Beastformers===
	*'''Dark Raccoon''' (Beastformer, 1987)		*'''Dark Raccoon''' (Beastformer, 1987)
	**''~~Beast~~ ID number:'' '''39'''		**''ID number:'' '''39'''
			**''Pack'': '''C'''
	**''Accessories:'' Axe		**''Accessories:'' Axe

	: Part of the second series of [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]]'s ''Beastformers'' toys, Dark Raccoon is an anthropomorphic raccoon in green robotic armor. His left arm ends in an open hand rather than a weapon-gripping hand. The [[rubsign]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.		: Part of the second series of [[TakaraTomy\|Takara]]'s ''Beastformers'' toys, Dark Raccoon is an anthropomorphic raccoon in green robotic armor. His left arm ends in an open hand rather than a weapon-gripping hand. The [[rubsign\|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.

	: He came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box, with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop. Re-released in Series 3, the box was unchanged, but the bio card replaced the painted image with a simpler line-art image, first used in [[Hasbro]]'s ''Battle Beasts'' cast poster. In both Series, depending on the "Pack" he came in, there was a chance of his bio card ~~being~~ replaced with a rare "[[Secret Photo~~]]", "[[Bewitching Serpent Seal]]", or "VS [[Holography Mirror~~]]" card.		: He was only available in the "C Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "[[Secret Photo]]" card featuring [[White Leo]].

	~~===Beastformers===~~
	*'''Dark Raccoon''' (Beastformer, 1988)
	**''Beast ID number:'' '''39'''
	**''Accessories'': "Dark Fire" MVP Weapon

	: Re-released in the ''Transformers''-less ''Beastformers'' sequel series, Dark Raccoon was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "[[MVP Weapon]]", the name "Dark Fire".

	: He was sold in two similar-but-different styles of boxes. One wholly-generic version, sold in large display boxes like the ''Transformers'' releases, advertised the chance for the included bio card to instead be a rare holofoil card of [[White Leo]] with a "Burstsun" rubsign in a baggie taped to the back, so you could apply it to the Beastformer of your choice. The more common version has a slightly different box with a peg-hole in the top flap, and has a sticker on the bottom with his name and role on it.

	: Late in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro ''Battle Beast'' version of the line.)

			{{-}}
	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Dark Raccoon's name seems intended to have been rendered as such, but "Raccoon" (ラコーン ''Rakōn'') here is actually pronounced like "Raccaun" or "Raccone", perhaps due to his namer being confused by English orthography. The proper way to write the English pronunciation would have been ''Rakūn'' (ラクーン).		* Dark Raccoon's name seems intended to have been rendered as such, but "Raccoon" (ラコーン ''Rakōn'') here is actually pronounced like "Raccaun" or "Raccone", perhaps due to his namer being confused by English orthography. The proper way to write the English pronunciation would have been ''Rakūn'' (ラクーン).
	*Dark Raccoon's 1987 poster-checklist art gives him ''very'' dark-gray fur, and shows him with a weird weapon that kinda looks like a more complicated version of [[Beafox]]'s blade. His 1988 art corrects both of these mistakes.		* Dark Raccoon's 1987 poster-checklist art gives him ''very'' dark-gray fur, and shows him with a weird weapon that kinda looks like a more complicated version of [[Beafox]]'s blade. His 1988 art corrects both of these mistakes.
	*~~His~~ '88 bio card gives him the nickname "'''Dark'''" (ダーク ''Dāku''), and notes he was born in Madra's part of Tamara Bay.		* As he was not sold in the post-''Transformers'' sequel series and thus had no bio card, his "RPG"-era bio comes from the ''[[Hero Special 4: Beastformers]]'' book. This bio gives him the nickname "'''Dark'''" (ダーク ''Dāku''), and notes he was born in Madra's part of Tamara Bay.
	*Assuming the "1 million degrees" is in Celsius, that is the ''low'' end of the temperature range of the [[Sun]]'s corona (which is hundreds of times hotter than its actual surface), so ''yikes''.		* Assuming the "1 million degrees" is in Celsius, that is the ''low'' end of the temperature range of the [[Sun]]'s corona (which is hundreds of times hotter than its actual surface), so ''yikes''.

	===Foreign names===		===Foreign names===

Saix: Pronunciation note

2021-09-02T15:51:05Z

Pronunciation note

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	* Dark Raccoon's 1987 poster-checklist art gives him ''very'' dark-gray fur, and shows him with a weird weapon that kinda looks like a more complicated version of [[Beafox]]'s blade. His 1988 art corrects both of these mistakes.		*Dark Raccoon's name seems intended to have been rendered as such, but "Raccoon" (ラコーン ''Rakōn'') here is actually pronounced like "Raccaun" or "Raccone", perhaps due to his namer being confused by English orthography. The proper way to write the English pronunciation would have been ''Rakūn'' (ラクーン).
	* His '88 bio card gives him the nickname "'''Dark'''" (ダーク ''Dāku''), and notes he was born in Madra's part of Tamara Bay.		*Dark Raccoon's 1987 poster-checklist art gives him ''very'' dark-gray fur, and shows him with a weird weapon that kinda looks like a more complicated version of [[Beafox]]'s blade. His 1988 art corrects both of these mistakes.
	* Assuming the "1 million degrees" is in Celsius, that is the ''low'' end of the temperature range of the [[Sun]]'s corona (which is hundreds of times hotter than its actual surface), so ''yikes''.		*His '88 bio card gives him the nickname "'''Dark'''" (ダーク ''Dāku''), and notes he was born in Madra's part of Tamara Bay.
			*Assuming the "1 million degrees" is in Celsius, that is the ''low'' end of the temperature range of the [[Sun]]'s corona (which is hundreds of times hotter than its actual surface), so ''yikes''.

	===Foreign names===		===Foreign names===