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:''Jawbreaker is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He is also known as '''Cackle'''.''
:''Jawbreaker is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:IDW Jawbreaker.jpg|upright=2|thumb||"What do you get when you cross a hyena with a deadly futuristic cyborg?"<br>"I don't know, but if he laughs, you better laugh with him."]]


[[Image:IDW Jawbreaker.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Jawbreaker, who has no fiction.]]
'''Jawbreaker''' (aka '''Cackle''')<sup>[[#Notes|[note]]]</sup> has a twisted sense of humor and a dark view of the future. He is convinced he will meet a grisly end on the battlefield. It may be that all his off-putting jokes and antisocial behavior are intended to keep others safely away from this ultimate defeat; Jawbreaker is never quiet about his preference for working and fighting alone. Nevertheless, the older [[Noctorro]] has attempted to form a bond with the young Maximal, though his efforts at counseling often meet with lackluster results.<ref>Jawbreaker profile in ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' #2</ref>


'''Jawbreaker''' has a twisted sense of humor. Perhaps that is why he prefers to be outnumbered when he fights; the fact that he is the most hostile of the Maximals might help in such a situation. Using his magnetic field generator, Jawbreaker draws his prey within grasp.
==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:AloneTogetherPrologue impercepton shield.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Look, I'm in fiction! It only took fifteen years!]]
Jawbreaker believed in his own inevitable demise, dying alone in a pool of his own mech fluid. He long ago chose to live life as jovially as possible. At the Maximal Academy, he was frequently disciplined for pranking his fellow students. His final prank on headmaster [[Under-3|Lionhead]] got him expelled. Out on the streets, he found a new home with [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] and her rebel agitators against the Maximal Autocracy. The media frenzy caused by his flurry of leaflets distributed over [[Cybertropolis Square]] ensured Jawbreaker's role in the movement. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 57|Jawbreaker's profile in Club magazine #57}}


Though possessing a pessimistic view of life, and convinced he will meet a grisly end on the battle field. Nonetheless, the older Maximal [[Noctorro]] has attempted to form a bond with the young Maximal, though his efforts at counseling are often met with lackluster results.
Jawbreaker was part of a cell of Maximals who rebelled against the status quo imposed by their [[Autobot]] masters. He joined a nighttime raid on [[Ferromax Detention Center]] to free [[Dinobot (BW)|Dynobot]], and spent much of the time pasting up Dynobot posters all over the prison. After rendezvousing with [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]], the team managed to liberate Dynobot and headed for the exit, with Jawbreaker just flinging the leftover posters into the air as they fled. {{storylink|Alone Together: Prologue|Prologue}}
 
===2005 IDW continuity===
Jawbreaker was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals. When this bestial horde invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}
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==Toys==
==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
===''Beast Wars''===
*'''Jawbreaker''' (Deluxe Transmetal 2, 1999)
[[File:BW-toy Jawbreaker.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|right|Mu''fass''aaah!]]
**''Accessories'': Tail-blade
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Jawbreaker''' (Deluxe Transmetal 2, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Tail-blade
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Tim Bradley]] and [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept art)}}
 
: Part of the third and final wave of fourth-year ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Deluxes, Jawbreaker transforms into a blue, black, and red [[Transmetal 2]] hyena. The back of his [[beast mode]] neck has a spinning saw-blade, and the entire assembly becomes his right [[robot mode]] arm; his [[spark crystal]] is embedded in this assembly, and unlike more Transmetal 2 toys, is not hidden behind any sort of flip-up panel. His tail detaches to form a really vicious-looking sword. His beast-head arm features a clicking ratchet joint at the elbow rather than a ball joint; a feature which wouldn't see a prominent release until the end of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline.


: Jawbreaker transforms into a blue, black, and red [[Transmetal 2]] hyena. The back of his beast-mode neck has a spinning saw-blade, and the entire assembly becomes his right robot-mode arm. His tail detaches to form a really vicious-looking sword.
: The hyena jaws were designed to swing down and away from the rest of the head, forming a more distinct grasping hand for the robot mode. This feature is shown on the packaging photographs, but on the final toy it was "neutered" by the addition of rigid plastic pegs locking the jaws into the skull. It is possible to [[customizing|carefully break these pegs]] in order to restore the feature.


: The hyena jaws were designed to swing down and away from the rest of the head, forming a more distinct grasping hand for the robot mode. This feature is shown on the packaging photographs, but on the final toy it was "neutered" by the addition of rigid plastic pegs locking the jaws into the skull.
: This toy was sold in Japan as an "import", in Hasbro packaging with a Japanese sticker for legal information, exclusive to [[Toys"R"Us]].


: This mold was later used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Frostbite]].
: This mold was later used to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Frostbite (Universe)|Frostbite]], and was the [[Redeco#"Virtual" redecos|basis]] of the fiction-only character [[Untite]].


::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Jawbreaker/jawbreaker.htm More information on Jawbreaker at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Jawbreaker/jawbreaker.htm More information on Jawbreaker at TFU.info]''


==Notes==
==Notes==
[[Image:Cackle.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Cackle, who barely exists.]]
[[File:BW Jawbreaker Cackle.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Cackle, who barely exists.]]
* "Jawbreaker" was previously one of Bob Budiansky's early working names for ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' Grimlock. He later tried to use it again for the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] that was ultimately released under the name "[[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]]", though the name still ended up being used for the character's early appearances in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|comic]] by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]].
* Jawbreaker's own early working name was "Cackle".<ref name="feb1999">[https://web.archive.org/web/20000303162654/http://www.beastwars.com/figures/bot_news_feb99.html February 1999 Hasbro product announcement], referring to the hyena by the name "Cackle".</ref> This name was actually retained on [[multilingual packaging|European market packaging]], both on the English/Spanish/Italian ''Beast Wars/Biocombat'' and the French/Dutch/German ''Beast Wars/Ani Mutants'' [[variant]]s.
* Speaking of pre-release information, it appears that instead of a hyena, the toy that eventually became Jawbreaker was initially intended to be a ''kangaroo''. The February 1999 issue of Lee's Toy Magazine mentioned a "kangaroo" with a yet-to-be-determined name<ref name="kangaroo1">"[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.toys.transformers/c/gEtq_ik4iUY/m/7y3J2hB6Fd8J New BW for 99 !!!]" at [[alt.toys.transformers]], February 1999.</ref>, and [[Walmart]]'s systems never changed that early (and obviously outdated) description, and thus "Kangaroo" appeared in place of the toy's actual name on purchase receipts.<ref name="kangaroo2">"[https://groups.google.com/g/alt.toys.transformers/c/1P64jgsLUZ8/m/AMLO7nNSUJoJ New TM2 Jawbreaker = Kangaroo?]" at [[alt.toys.transformers]], February 1999.</ref> Crikey!
* Jawbreaker's appearance in the ''Alone Together'' prologue (see [[#Gallery]]) is based on the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' [[Ratchet (WFC)#Beast Hunters|version of Ratchet]]. Monocle and all.<ref name="gauntt">{{citesocial|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508144902/https://www.deviantart.com/zeromayhem/art/Jawbreaker-Transformers-Beast-Wars-Uprising-469239170|name=Evan Gauntt|site=DeviantArt|year=2014|month=07|day=14|title=Jawbreaker - Transformers Beast Wars: Uprising}}</ref>


* ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Gathering|Beast Wars: The Gathering]]'' and ''[[The Ascending|Beast Wars: The Ascending]]'' featured nearly every non-show character from the [[Hasbro]] ''Beast Wars'' toyline.  The exceptions are Jawbreaker, [[MicroVerse]]'s [[Orcanoch]] and [[Arachnid]], the combined [[Magnaboss]] and [[Tripredacus]] gestalts, the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutant]] [[Razor Claw]] and the [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|McDonald's]] characters (excluding [[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]]).  Jawbreaker was not ''totally'' forgotten by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]], though.  He does appear on a ''Beast Wars'' poster, which was used (in cropped form) as the cover to [[The Gathering issue 1|''The Gathering'' #1]]. And, of course, he got a bio in the ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]''.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jawbreaker''' (ジョーブレイカー ''Jōbureikā'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Cackle'''
*''French:'' '''Brisefer''' (Canada, "Iron-Breaker" or "Klutz"), '''Cackle''' (Europe)
*''German:'' '''Cackle'''
*''Italian:'' '''Cackle'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Rompemandíbula''' (America, "Jawbreaker"), '''Cackle''' (Europe)


* Jawbreaker's pre-release name, "Cackle", was retained on some versions of the European packaging.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Jawbreaker-BWU-profile.jpg|''Beast Wars: Uprising
</gallery>


* Speaking of pre-release information, Jawbreaker showed up in [[Wal-Mart]]'s computer systems as "kangaroo". Crikey!
==References==
{{reflist|2}}


[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Maximals]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives]]
[[Category:Transmetals 2]]
[[Category:Transmetals 2]]

Latest revision as of 18:46, 18 June 2025

The name or term "Jawbreaker" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Jawbreaker (disambiguation).
Jawbreaker is a Maximal from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
"What do you get when you cross a hyena with a deadly futuristic cyborg?"
"I don't know, but if he laughs, you better laugh with him."

Jawbreaker (aka Cackle)[note] has a twisted sense of humor and a dark view of the future. He is convinced he will meet a grisly end on the battlefield. It may be that all his off-putting jokes and antisocial behavior are intended to keep others safely away from this ultimate defeat; Jawbreaker is never quiet about his preference for working and fighting alone. Nevertheless, the older Noctorro has attempted to form a bond with the young Maximal, though his efforts at counseling often meet with lackluster results.[1]

Fiction

[edit]

Beast Wars: Uprising

[edit]
Look, I'm in fiction! It only took fifteen years!

Jawbreaker believed in his own inevitable demise, dying alone in a pool of his own mech fluid. He long ago chose to live life as jovially as possible. At the Maximal Academy, he was frequently disciplined for pranking his fellow students. His final prank on headmaster Lionhead got him expelled. Out on the streets, he found a new home with Botanica and her rebel agitators against the Maximal Autocracy. The media frenzy caused by his flurry of leaflets distributed over Cybertropolis Square ensured Jawbreaker's role in the movement. Jawbreaker's profile in Club magazine #57

Jawbreaker was part of a cell of Maximals who rebelled against the status quo imposed by their Autobot masters. He joined a nighttime raid on Ferromax Detention Center to free Dynobot, and spent much of the time pasting up Dynobot posters all over the prison. After rendezvousing with Rattrap, the team managed to liberate Dynobot and headed for the exit, with Jawbreaker just flinging the leftover posters into the air as they fled. Prologue

2005 IDW continuity

[edit]

Jawbreaker was one of Onyx Prime's Maximals. When this bestial horde invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling Arcee. Endless Forever

Toys

[edit]

Beast Wars

[edit]
Mufassaaah!
  • Jawbreaker (Deluxe Transmetal 2, 1999)
Part of the third and final wave of fourth-year Beast Wars Deluxes, Jawbreaker transforms into a blue, black, and red Transmetal 2 hyena. The back of his beast mode neck has a spinning saw-blade, and the entire assembly becomes his right robot mode arm; his spark crystal is embedded in this assembly, and unlike more Transmetal 2 toys, is not hidden behind any sort of flip-up panel. His tail detaches to form a really vicious-looking sword. His beast-head arm features a clicking ratchet joint at the elbow rather than a ball joint; a feature which wouldn't see a prominent release until the end of the Beast Machines toyline.
The hyena jaws were designed to swing down and away from the rest of the head, forming a more distinct grasping hand for the robot mode. This feature is shown on the packaging photographs, but on the final toy it was "neutered" by the addition of rigid plastic pegs locking the jaws into the skull. It is possible to carefully break these pegs in order to restore the feature.
This toy was sold in Japan as an "import", in Hasbro packaging with a Japanese sticker for legal information, exclusive to Toys"R"Us.
This mold was later used to make Universe Frostbite, and was the basis of the fiction-only character Untite.

Notes

[edit]
Cackle, who barely exists.
  • "Jawbreaker" was previously one of Bob Budiansky's early working names for Generation 1 Grimlock. He later tried to use it again for the Seacon that was ultimately released under the name "Overbite", though the name still ended up being used for the character's early appearances in the comic by Marvel UK.
  • Jawbreaker's own early working name was "Cackle".[2] This name was actually retained on European market packaging, both on the English/Spanish/Italian Beast Wars/Biocombat and the French/Dutch/German Beast Wars/Ani Mutants variants.
  • Speaking of pre-release information, it appears that instead of a hyena, the toy that eventually became Jawbreaker was initially intended to be a kangaroo. The February 1999 issue of Lee's Toy Magazine mentioned a "kangaroo" with a yet-to-be-determined name[3], and Walmart's systems never changed that early (and obviously outdated) description, and thus "Kangaroo" appeared in place of the toy's actual name on purchase receipts.[4] Crikey!
  • Jawbreaker's appearance in the Alone Together prologue (see #Gallery) is based on the Prime: Beast Hunters version of Ratchet. Monocle and all.[5]

Foreign names

[edit]
  • Japanese: Jawbreaker (ジョーブレイカー Jōbureikā)
  • Dutch: Cackle
  • French: Brisefer (Canada, "Iron-Breaker" or "Klutz"), Cackle (Europe)
  • German: Cackle
  • Italian: Cackle
  • Spanish: Rompemandíbula (America, "Jawbreaker"), Cackle (Europe)
[edit]
  • Beast Wars: Uprising
    Beast Wars: Uprising

References

[edit]
  1. ↑ Jawbreaker profile in Beast Wars Sourcebook #2
  2. ↑ February 1999 Hasbro product announcement, referring to the hyena by the name "Cackle".
  3. ↑ "New BW for 99 !!!" at alt.toys.transformers, February 1999.
  4. ↑ "New TM2 Jawbreaker = Kangaroo?" at alt.toys.transformers, February 1999.
  5. ↑ Evan Gauntt, DeviantArt, "Jawbreaker - Transformers Beast Wars: Uprising", 2014/07/14
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