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====''Tales of the Beast Wars'' comics==== | ====''Tales of the Beast Wars'' comics==== | ||
====''Beast Machines''==== | |||
[[Image:Wazzpinator.jpg|right|thumb|Waspinator's technorganic form]] | [[Image:Wazzpinator.jpg|right|thumb|Waspinator's technorganic form]] | ||
[[ | Sadly, for Waspinator, the Protohumans he had ruled over grew tired of his presence and forced him to leave the planet and return to Cybertron under his own power. There his spark was removed and used to power the Vehicon general, [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]. He was discovered by [[Blackarachnia]] after she thought he was [[Silverbolt]]. | ||
Waspinator remained in the "background" and let Thrust run the show, until [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] used an [[extractor]] to remove Waspinator's spark from the body shell. | |||
After Cybertron's [[techonorganic]] reformatting, Waspinator returned in his beast mode with Thrust's head, and the size of a standard wasp. He complained to Rattrap about how much he wanted glory and power, but Rattrap simply swatted him away. | |||
===''Beast Wars: Transmetals'' (N64 & PSX)=== | ===''Beast Wars: Transmetals'' (N64 & PSX)=== | ||
[[Image:TMWaspinator-Render.jpg|left|thumb|Less chewy, more crunchy]] | |||
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (US), ??? (Japan) | :''Voice Actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (US), ??? (Japan) | ||
In an alternate timeline, [[Transmetal]] Waspinator joins his fellow Predacons in distributing various one-on-one beat downs to the Maximals. | In an alternate timeline, [[Transmetal]] Waspinator joins his fellow Predacons in distributing various one-on-one beat downs to the Maximals. | ||
===''Legends'' anthology=== | ===''Legends'' anthology=== | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Beast Wars=== | ===Beast Wars=== | ||
*'''Waspinator''' | *'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe, 1996/1997) | ||
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-03''' | : ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-03''' | ||
*'''Waspinator''' (Transmetal) | |||
: This mold was also used to make [[Buzz Saw (BW)|Buzz Saw]] and [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]]. | |||
*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998) | |||
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-42''' | : ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-42''' | ||
*'''Waspinator''' ( | |||
*'''Waspinator''' ( | *'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe, 1999) | ||
*'''Waspinator''' (Tenth Anniversary) | |||
*'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000) | |||
*'''Waspinator''' (Tenth Anniversary, 2006) | |||
===Timelines=== | ===Timelines=== | ||
*'''Darksyde Megatron and Darksyde Waspinator''' (Bagged | *'''Darksyde Megatron and Darksyde Waspinator''' (Bagged set, 2006) | ||
: This mold was also used to make ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]. | |||
==Trivia== | |||
* Waspinator was originally chosen by [[Hasbro]] to be one of the characters killed off for the second season of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon to help make way for new characters (read: product). However, story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]] convinced them to spare Waspinator on the grounds of his popularity with the online fan-base, so [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] took the plunge instead. | |||
* Waspinator was originally slated to appear in the very first [[Beast Wars Transformers (game)|''Beast Wars'' video game]], and even had a character model built. However, he was ultimately unused, and only appeared in footage taken from the ''Beats Wars'' cartoon. | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Waspinator/waspinator.htm Waspinator at TFU.info] | |||
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Revision as of 08:14, 5 October 2006
- Waspinator is a Predacon in the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Waspinator is the universe's chewtoy. If something goes wrong, it happens to him. If something blows up, he'll be blasted into his component parts. He also doesn't talk very well (he has a problem with pronouns), so he's easy to make fun of. Megatron has classified the hairbrained Predacon as expendable, much to Waspinator's dismay. Waspinator's not stupid, and has caught on to his lot in life, and tries to avoid his fate as often as possible, but fate always finds him. Thankfully, Waspinator is almost supernaturally durable, and has survived the most devastating and humiliating of defeats. Whether this is a boon or a curse is anyone's guess.
Spanish name: Avispón
French name: Bourdon, Bizznator
Italian name: Punginator
Japanese name: Waspitar
Fiction
Animated continuity
Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past
While Megatron, his lieutenant, and another underling stole a Maximal relic, the Golden Disk, the Predacon who would later name himself Waspinator stole a ship along with an accomplice he nicknamed "Beakbot." The two had a contest to name the ship, but "Waspinator" lost, and thus the stolen ship was dubbed Darksyde. "Waspinator" believed Buzzerbot would have been a better name.
He's not alone on that one.
After escaping Cybertron, the Darksyde was intercepted by the Axalon and the Chromia 10, but after an intense space battle, only the Darksyde and the Axalon remained. Megatron ordered "Waspinator" to execute their planned transwarp jump, opening up a portal which both ships entered.
Beast Wars
- Voice Actor: Scott McNeil (US), Kensō Katō (Japan)
Waspinator, part of Megatron's rogue band of Predacons, landed on an unknown planet with dangerous levels of unstable energon. To protect themselves from the energon, the Predacons took organic beast modes. In Waspinator's case, he now transformed into a large green wasp. The first conflict between the stranded Predacons and their Maximal pursuers came when the Maximal Cheetor stumbled across Waspinator.
Dark DesignsOptimus Primal, victim of a virus that turned him into a berserker, stormed through the Predacon base. Waspinator received a concussion, and he flew around in a daze, claiming to be the Insecticon Shrapnel.
PossessionThe Ghost of Starscream travelled through time and possessed his body.
Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1After the aliens detonate the unstable energon using the second moon, Waspinator is the first to realize that this seemingly unknown planet is, in fact, Earth. Dinobot has made the same realization and steals into the Darksyde to retrieve both of Megatron's disks. In the process, Waspinator is crushed into a cube by the disks' security contraption.
Tired of being the butt of everyones jokes, Waspinator rips off his Predacon symbol and leaves the Predacons and remains on Earth while all the other surviving Transformers set off for Cybertron.
Tales of the Beast Wars comics
Beast Machines
Sadly, for Waspinator, the Protohumans he had ruled over grew tired of his presence and forced him to leave the planet and return to Cybertron under his own power. There his spark was removed and used to power the Vehicon general, Thrust. He was discovered by Blackarachnia after she thought he was Silverbolt.
Waspinator remained in the "background" and let Thrust run the show, until Cheetor used an extractor to remove Waspinator's spark from the body shell.
After Cybertron's techonorganic reformatting, Waspinator returned in his beast mode with Thrust's head, and the size of a standard wasp. He complained to Rattrap about how much he wanted glory and power, but Rattrap simply swatted him away.
Beast Wars: Transmetals (N64 & PSX)
- Voice Actor: Scott McNeil (US), ??? (Japan)
In an alternate timeline, Transmetal Waspinator joins his fellow Predacons in distributing various one-on-one beat downs to the Maximals.
Legends anthology
Toys
Beast Wars
- Waspinator (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
- Japanese ID number: D-03
- Waspinator (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: D-42
- Waspinator (Deluxe, 1999)
- Waspinator (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)
- Waspinator (Tenth Anniversary, 2006)
Timelines
- Darksyde Megatron and Darksyde Waspinator (Bagged set, 2006)
- This mold was also used to make Beast Wars II Dirge, Robots in Disguise Skyfire, and Robot Masters Wing Stun.
Trivia
- Waspinator was originally chosen by Hasbro to be one of the characters killed off for the second season of the Beast Wars cartoon to help make way for new characters (read: product). However, story editors Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio convinced them to spare Waspinator on the grounds of his popularity with the online fan-base, so Terrorsaur and Scorponok took the plunge instead.
- Waspinator was originally slated to appear in the very first Beast Wars video game, and even had a character model built. However, he was ultimately unused, and only appeared in footage taken from the Beats Wars cartoon.
External links
