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:''Night Viper is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | {{disambig2|the ''Beast Machines'' Maximal|the Decepticon|NightViper}} | ||
:''Night Viper is a [[Maximal]] or [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].'' | |||
[[File: | [[File:Nightviper.jpg|right|upright=2.22|thumb|Ironically, not a member of [[Cobra]].]] | ||
'''Night Viper''' is the stealthiest Maximal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. His abilities include supersonic speed and plasma venom blasts that short-circuit [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] circuitry, and if you cook him, he can emerge unscathed after shedding his damage like discarded skin. | '''Night Viper''' is the stealthiest Maximal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. His abilities include supersonic speed and plasma venom blasts that short-circuit [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] circuitry, and if you cook him, he can emerge unscathed after shedding his damage like discarded skin. | ||
{{bigquote|Desssign flaw? No, no, no… It’sss a ''feature'', ssstupid.|Night Viper on [[technorganic]]s|"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"}} | {{bigquote|Desssign flaw? No, no, no… It’sss a ''feature'', ssstupid.|Night Viper on [[technorganic]]s|"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"}} | ||
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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===3H comics=== | ===3H comics=== | ||
Shortly after [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Great | Shortly after [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Great Transformation]], the [[Quintesson]]s orchestrated a planet-wide invasion. While [[Brinn|Judge Brinn]] led a team of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] through the lush, technorganic wilderness of [[Ankmor Park]], Night Viper attacked, strangled, and killed the accompanying scientist [[Extempaxia]] with his deadly fangs. The Sharkticons retaliated by charbroiling Night Viper with their flamethrowers. | ||
The remaining Quintessons laughed at how easy it was to burn these reformatted Transformers in their semi-organic state, but their glee was short-lived. Night Viper shed his burnt outer layer like a skin and [[Cyber venom|assassinated]] the remaining [[Brinn|Quintesson judge]], verbally mocking them for their hubris. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}} | The remaining Quintessons laughed at how easy it was to burn these reformatted Transformers in their semi-organic state, but their glee was short-lived. Night Viper shed his burnt outer layer like a skin and [[Cyber venom|assassinated]] the remaining [[Brinn|Quintesson judge]], verbally mocking them for their hubris. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}} | ||
===''Wings Universe''=== | |||
Night Viper joined [[Primal Prime]]'s [[Wreckers]], dealing with navigation and repairs. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs, 2014/06/18}} He noted in the ''[[Rodimus Major]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s logs that he did not fully trust [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzzsaw]], given the experience of the previous iteration of the Wreckers with [[Cyclonus (G1)|"former" enemy agents]]. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs, 2015/01/07}} | |||
Night Viper joined [[Primal Prime]]'s [[ | |||
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''=== | ===''Beast Wars: Uprising''=== | ||
{{ | Night Viper was on the Predacon team in the fateful 1924th [[Games (competition)|Games]], which were interrupted by [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Lio Convoy]]'s assassination of [[Supersonic]] and call for an uprising against the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} He remained behind with some teammates, declaring a victory for the Predacons. {{storylink|Head Games}} | ||
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Night Viper remained an ally of [[Rage (BW)|Queen Rage]], one of the final Champions of the Games, when she declared herself ruler of [[Triax]] and started to expand the borders of "[[Rageland]]". During the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], he defended Rageland alongside the queen's military commander, [[Manticon]]. {{storylink|Derailment}} | |||
===2005 IDW continuity=== | |||
Night Viper was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s [[Maximal]]s. After his master invaded [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and felled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], Night Viper was sent out of [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]] under [[Liege Maximo]]'s command to root out the [[Titan (group)|Titan]]'s companions. {{Storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} | |||
==Games== | |||
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''=== | |||
Night Viper was a Maximal with a serpentine alternate mode. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}} | |||
==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Beast Machines=== | ===''Beast Machines''=== | ||
[[File:BM-toy NightViper.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|He's coilin' a cobra.]] | |||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Night Viper''' (Basic, 2000)}}</ul> | |||
:*''Known designers'': [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy), [[Junichi Akutsu]] and [[Tim Bradley]] (concept art) | |||
: Part of the third wave of ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Basics, Night Viper transforms into a midnight blue, blue-gray, red, and yellow [[technorganic]] cobra. His snake-mode head is spring-loaded; pressing on the clear-yellow part of the hood directly behind it launches it forward slightly, opening his jaws to bite. The sides of his hood form arm-mounted shields in robot mode, the right shield being armed with a flip-out scythe blade. His left shield contains his [[spark crystal]]. | : Part of the third wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Basics, Night Viper transforms into a midnight blue, blue-gray, red, and yellow [[technorganic]] cobra. His snake-mode head is spring-loaded; pressing on the clear-yellow part of the hood directly behind it launches it forward slightly, opening his jaws to bite. The sides of his hood form arm-mounted shields in robot mode, the right shield being armed with a flip-out scythe blade. His left shield contains his [[spark crystal]]. | ||
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Nightviper/nightviper.htm More information on Night Viper at TFU.info]'' | ::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Nightviper/nightviper.htm More information on Night Viper at TFU.info]'' | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Night Viper's control art depicts him as having a melee weapon hidden in each shield. The right contains a scythe as in the finished product, while the left was designed to have an anchor-shaped blade. The reasons for the omission are purely conjecture; possibly it was cut to make room for the hidden spark crystal, or for simple budgetary concerns. | |||
*Cobras are not vipers, being in entirely separate taxonomic families. It would be like calling [[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]] "striped dog". | |||
* Night Viper's control art depicts him as having a melee weapon hidden in each shield. The right contains a scythe as in the finished product, while the left was designed to have an anchor-shaped blade. The reasons for the omission are purely conjecture; possibly it was cut to make room for the hidden spark crystal, or for simple budgetary concerns. | *Night Viper shares his name with the [[Cobra]] Night Fighter, codenamed [http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/nightviper.shtml Night-Viper], which was released in the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I Joe]]'' toyline in [[1989]]. | ||
* Cobras are not vipers, being in entirely separate taxonomic families. | *Night Viper was originally planned to be a Predacon who joined [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s team of anti-[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] Maximals, but for unspecified reasons, possibly that a "heroic" Predacon in ''Beast Machines'' would have been too complicated for the toy bio, the Predacon background was dropped. It is still evident, however, in Night Viper's reptilian alt-mode, a trait more characteristic of Predacons than Maximals. Over a decade later, the Predacon origin was picked up and utilized for the ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of Night Viper. | ||
* Night Viper shares his name with the [[Cobra]] Night Fighter, codenamed [http://www.yojoe.com/action/89/nightviper.shtml Night-Viper], which was released in the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I Joe]]'' toyline in [[1989]]. | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:47, 31 March 2026
| This article is about the Beast Machines Maximal. For the Decepticon, see NightViper. |
- Night Viper is a Maximal or Predacon from the Beast Machines portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Night Viper is the stealthiest Maximal on Cybertron. His abilities include supersonic speed and plasma venom blasts that short-circuit Vehicon circuitry, and if you cook him, he can emerge unscathed after shedding his damage like discarded skin.
| “ | Desssign flaw? No, no, no… It’sss a feature, ssstupid. | ” |
—Night Viper on technorganics, "Wreckers: Finale Part II" | ||
Fiction
[edit]3H comics
[edit]Shortly after Cybertron's Great Transformation, the Quintessons orchestrated a planet-wide invasion. While Judge Brinn led a team of Sharkticons through the lush, technorganic wilderness of Ankmor Park, Night Viper attacked, strangled, and killed the accompanying scientist Extempaxia with his deadly fangs. The Sharkticons retaliated by charbroiling Night Viper with their flamethrowers.
The remaining Quintessons laughed at how easy it was to burn these reformatted Transformers in their semi-organic state, but their glee was short-lived. Night Viper shed his burnt outer layer like a skin and assassinated the remaining Quintesson judge, verbally mocking them for their hubris. Wreckers: Finale Part II
Wings Universe
[edit]Night Viper joined Primal Prime's Wreckers, dealing with navigation and repairs. Apelinq's personal logs, 2014/06/18 He noted in the Rodimus Major's logs that he did not fully trust Buzzsaw, given the experience of the previous iteration of the Wreckers with "former" enemy agents. Apelinq's personal logs, 2015/01/07
Beast Wars: Uprising
[edit]Night Viper was on the Predacon team in the fateful 1924th Games, which were interrupted by Lio Convoy's assassination of Supersonic and call for an uprising against the Builders of Cybertron. Broken Windshields He remained behind with some teammates, declaring a victory for the Predacons. Head Games
Night Viper remained an ally of Queen Rage, one of the final Champions of the Games, when she declared herself ruler of Triax and started to expand the borders of "Rageland". During the Vehicon Apocalypse, he defended Rageland alongside the queen's military commander, Manticon. Derailment
2005 IDW continuity
[edit]Night Viper was one of Onyx Prime's Maximals. After his master invaded Cybertron and felled Metrotitan, Night Viper was sent out of Nemesis under Liege Maximo's command to root out the Titan's companions. The Hallowing
Games
[edit]Transformers Roleplaying Game
[edit]Night Viper was a Maximal with a serpentine alternate mode. Technorganic Secrets
Toys
[edit]Beast Machines
[edit]
- Night Viper (Basic, 2000)
- Known designers: Takashi Kunihiro (TakaraTomy), Junichi Akutsu and Tim Bradley (concept art)
- Part of the third wave of Beast Machines Basics, Night Viper transforms into a midnight blue, blue-gray, red, and yellow technorganic cobra. His snake-mode head is spring-loaded; pressing on the clear-yellow part of the hood directly behind it launches it forward slightly, opening his jaws to bite. The sides of his hood form arm-mounted shields in robot mode, the right shield being armed with a flip-out scythe blade. His left shield contains his spark crystal.
Notes
[edit]- Night Viper's control art depicts him as having a melee weapon hidden in each shield. The right contains a scythe as in the finished product, while the left was designed to have an anchor-shaped blade. The reasons for the omission are purely conjecture; possibly it was cut to make room for the hidden spark crystal, or for simple budgetary concerns.
- Cobras are not vipers, being in entirely separate taxonomic families. It would be like calling Tigatron "striped dog".
- Night Viper shares his name with the Cobra Night Fighter, codenamed Night-Viper, which was released in the G.I Joe toyline in 1989.
- Night Viper was originally planned to be a Predacon who joined Optimus Primal's team of anti-Vehicon Maximals, but for unspecified reasons, possibly that a "heroic" Predacon in Beast Machines would have been too complicated for the toy bio, the Predacon background was dropped. It is still evident, however, in Night Viper's reptilian alt-mode, a trait more characteristic of Predacons than Maximals. Over a decade later, the Predacon origin was picked up and utilized for the Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of Night Viper.
