Pit (BW) - Revision history

BerylRoll at 21:20, 14 May 2026

2026-05-14T21:20:08Z

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	===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===		===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
	The Pit was apparently a place within the ''[[Megastar]]'' used for corporal punishment, as [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] sentenced [[Gas Skunk]] and [[Dark Scream]] to the Pit after [[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] had placed the blame for the Predacons' most recent failure on the two of them. This made Gas Skunk and Dark Scream extremely fearful of the painful experience they were likely about to endure. {{storylink\|Sideburn's Obsession}}		The Pit was apparently a place within the ''[[Megastar]]'' used for corporal punishment, as [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] sentenced [[Gas Skunk (RID)\|Gas Skunk]] and [[Dark Scream]] to the Pit after [[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] had placed the blame for the Predacons' most recent failure on the two of them. This made Gas Skunk and Dark Scream extremely fearful of the painful experience they were likely about to endure. {{storylink\|Sideburn's Obsession}}

	When Sky-Byte gave in to Side Burn's demand to do shark tricks for a second time, Sky-Byte swore "By the Pit!" {{storylink\|The Fish Test}}		When Sky-Byte gave in to Side Burn's demand to do shark tricks for a second time, Sky-Byte swore "By the Pit!" {{storylink\|The Fish Test}}
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	While outlining the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]], [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]] created the made-up curse "By the Inferno" so the bad guys could swear. This was changed to "By the Pit" to avoid confusion when a Predacon named [[Inferno (BW)\|Inferno]] was added to the cast. Having made the [[Transformer afterlife\|Matrix dimension]] an analogue to Heaven, they made the Inferno/Pit their Hell.		While outlining the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)\|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]], [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]] created the made-up curse "By the Inferno" so the bad guys could swear. This was changed to "By the Pit" to avoid confusion when a Predacon named [[Inferno (BW)\|Inferno]] was added to the cast. Having made the [[Transformer afterlife\|Matrix dimension]] an analogue to Heaven, they made the Inferno/Pit their Hell.

	The ''Beast Wars'' [[Production bible\|series bible]] included two facilities that created protoforms, the Matrix for the Maximals and the Pit for the Predacons<ref>''[[Beast Wars Universe]]''</ref> These were never mentioned in the series, but subsequent material written more than a decade after the cartoon ended would establish that those places existed.		The ''Beast Wars'' [[Production bible\|series bible]] included two facilities that created protoforms, the Matrix for the Maximals and the Pit for the Predacons.<ref>''[[Beast Wars Universe]]''</ref> These were never mentioned in the series, but subsequent material written more than a decade after the cartoon ended would establish that those places existed.

	==See also==		==See also==

InitialTeeHee: Added category

2026-02-10T04:12:44Z

Added category

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	[[Category:Animated locations]]		[[Category:Animated locations]]
			[[Category:Animated Transformer culture]]
	[[Category:Beast Wars locations]]		[[Category:Beast Wars locations]]
	[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising locations]]		[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising locations]]

IGEBM13: /* 2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity */

2025-12-18T23:43:22Z

2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity

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	The Pit facility was responsible for uniting Predacon [[spark]]s with the protoforms created there. Many Predacons believed their sparks returned to the Pit upon death to be reborn in a new body. {{storylink\|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook\|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}		The Pit facility was responsible for uniting Predacon [[spark]]s with the protoforms created there. Many Predacons believed their sparks returned to the Pit upon death to be reborn in a new body. {{storylink\|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook\|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

	One of the tales told about [[Ram Horn]] is that's he's from the Pit, and not the facility but the ''other'' one, and that he climbed out with a fistful of damned sparks.{{Storylink\|#Combiner Wars\|BotCon 2016 General Ramhorn profile}} Certainly, Ram Horn refers to having been in the Pit (where he claims time worked differently) when in conversation with his fellow councillors. {{storylink\|Dawn of the Predacus}}		One of the tales told about [[Ram Horn]] is that's he's from the Pit, and not the facility but the ''other'' one, and that he climbed out with a fistful of damned sparks. {{Storylink\|#Combiner Wars\|BotCon 2016 General Ramhorn profile}} Certainly, Ram Horn refers to having been in the Pit (where he claims time worked differently) when in conversation with his fellow councillors. {{storylink\|Dawn of the Predacus}}

	====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====		====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====

TFEarthConquest: Added Depth Charge's mention to Rampage here. Probably his most famous line.

2024-12-16T17:50:28Z

Added Depth Charge's mention to Rampage here. Probably his most famous line.

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	====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====		====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
	{{~~stub~~}}		Depth Charge told Rampage to take a shard of energon through his spark and to the Pit. {{storylink\|Nemesis Part 1}}

	===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===		===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

Sabrblade: /* 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

2024-11-05T16:05:47Z

2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon

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	===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===		===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
			The Pit was apparently a place within the ''[[Megastar]]'' used for corporal punishment, as [[Megatron (RID)\|Megatron]] sentenced [[Gas Skunk]] and [[Dark Scream]] to the Pit after [[Sky-Byte (RID)\|Sky-Byte]] had placed the blame for the Predacons' most recent failure on the two of them. This made Gas Skunk and Dark Scream extremely fearful of the painful experience they were likely about to endure. {{storylink\|Sideburn's Obsession}}

	When Sky-Byte gave in to Side Burn's demand to do shark tricks for a second time, Sky-Byte swore "By the Pit!" {{storylink\|The Fish Test}}		When Sky-Byte gave in to Side Burn's demand to do shark tricks for a second time, Sky-Byte swore "By the Pit!" {{storylink\|The Fish Test}}

Kitsune1 at 05:54, 19 August 2024

2024-08-19T05:54:23Z

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	===''Prime'' cartoon===		===''Prime'' cartoon===
	Upon being informed of [[Skyquake (Prime)\|Skyquake]]'s passing, [[Dreadwing (Prime)\|Dreadwing]] swore by the Pit as he promised vengeance on the Autobots. {{storylink\|Loose Cannons}} A [[Vehicon (Prime)\|Vehicon]] derisively referred to the [[Insecticon (WFC)\|Insecticons]] as "Pit-bound scavengers" sparking a brawl between the two groups. {{storylink\|Hurt}}		Upon being informed of [[Skyquake (Prime)\|Skyquake]]'s passing, [[Dreadwing (Prime)\|Dreadwing]] swore by the Pit as he promised vengeance on the Autobots. {{storylink\|Loose Cannons}} A [[Vehicon (Prime)\|Vehicon]] derisively referred to the [[Insecticon (WFC)\|Insecticons]] as "Pit-bound scavengers," sparking a brawl between the two groups. {{storylink\|Hurt}}

	===''Classics''===		===''Classics''===

Saix: /* 2005 IDW continuity */clean up, replaced: (DJD) → (G1)

2022-12-14T16:38:36Z

2005 IDW continuity: clean up, replaced: (DJD) → (G1)

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	===2005 IDW continuity===		===2005 IDW continuity===
	The Inferno was the hellish counterpart to the [[Transformer afterlife\|Afterspark]] in some forms of Cybertronian belief. [[Skids (G1)\|Skids]] believed in the Inferno, among other myths, and was subtly mocked by [[Tarn (~~DJD~~)\|Tarn]] for it. {{Storylink\|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}}		The Inferno was the hellish counterpart to the [[Transformer afterlife\|Afterspark]] in some forms of Cybertronian belief. [[Skids (G1)\|Skids]] believed in the Inferno, among other myths, and was subtly mocked by [[Tarn (G1)\|Tarn]] for it. {{Storylink\|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}}

	===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===		===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===

Charles RB: /* 2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity */

2021-05-18T00:57:56Z

2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity

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	====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====		====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
	The Pit facility was responsible for uniting Predacon [[spark]]s with the protoforms created there. Many Predacons believed their sparks returned to the Pit upon death to be reborn in a new body. {{storylink\|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook\|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}		The Pit facility was responsible for uniting Predacon [[spark]]s with the protoforms created there. Many Predacons believed their sparks returned to the Pit upon death to be reborn in a new body. {{storylink\|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook\|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

			One of the tales told about [[Ram Horn]] is that's he's from the Pit, and not the facility but the ''other'' one, and that he climbed out with a fistful of damned sparks.{{Storylink\|#Combiner Wars\|BotCon 2016 General Ramhorn profile}} Certainly, Ram Horn refers to having been in the Pit (where he claims time worked differently) when in conversation with his fellow councillors. {{storylink\|Dawn of the Predacus}}

	====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====		====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====

Saix: /* 2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity */clean up, replaced: =IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics= → =2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity=

2021-01-14T14:00:39Z

2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity: clean up, replaced: =IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics= → =2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity=

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	The Pit was a facility that granted Transformers life, and the only thing along with the [[Matrix (facility)\|Matrix]] facility that could do so. {{storylink\|The Razor's Edge}}		The Pit was a facility that granted Transformers life, and the only thing along with the [[Matrix (facility)\|Matrix]] facility that could do so. {{storylink\|The Razor's Edge}}

	====IDW ''Beast Wars'' ~~comics~~====		====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
	The Pit facility was responsible for uniting Predacon [[spark]]s with the protoforms created there. Many Predacons believed their sparks returned to the Pit upon death to be reborn in a new body. {{storylink\|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook\|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}		The Pit facility was responsible for uniting Predacon [[spark]]s with the protoforms created there. Many Predacons believed their sparks returned to the Pit upon death to be reborn in a new body. {{storylink\|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook\|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

Saix: /* Classics */

2020-05-07T03:47:27Z

Classics

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	===''Classics''===		===''Classics''===
	When blasting [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]] into a literal pit, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Ultra Magnus]] told him to say hi to the Pit. {{Storylink\|Shattered Paths}}		When blasting [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Megatron]] into a literal pit, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity\|Ultra Magnus]] told him to say hello to the Pit. {{Storylink\|Shattered Paths}}

	===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===		===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===