Transquito

Transquito is a Predacon from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Purple, brown and vomiting? What kid WOULDN'T want this? Oh, right. All of them.

Transquito excels at tracking down Maximals. Although he is a great hunter, when he finds his prey he may easily be outsmarted. He compensates for this with his highly effective weaponry, and can keep a group of Maximals occupied, annoyed, or downright demented until more Predacons arrive to back him up. Since Transquito's personality has much the same effect on his comrades as his weapons do on his enemies, though, whether other Predacons will choose to come to his aid at all is a bit of a toss-up.

Fiction

3H Tales of the Beast Wars comics

Solid purple Transquito courtesy of Andrew Wildman.

During the final battle with Shokaract, several realities converged into a single, apocalyptic timestorm. Beast Warriors from alternate realities emerged, including Transquito, Cybershark, B'Boom, Drill Bit, Air Hammer, Polar Claw and unidentified others, though all of them were summarily defeated. Unlike most of the others, Transquito was defeated not by Shokaract, but by Sandstorm, a suppossed ally, who revealed himself to be one of Shokaract's Heralds, for the sole purpose of lowering Shokaract's guard, so that he can be hurt now. Transquito was just bait, a sacrificial lamb, and he wasn't even from that reality. Terminus

IDW Beast Wars comics

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West Nile virus rules!

Magmatron recruited Transquito, along with Drill Bit, Spittor, Iguanus, Manterror, and Razorbeast. Magmatron's plan was to use the abandoned stasis pods on prehistoric Earth to build an army and take over Cybertron. Upon arrival, Magmatron sent Transquito and the others to watch over the stasis pods as they were activated. Transquito witnessed the birth of Jetstorm.

Razorbeast was revealed as a Maximal spy when Maximals started coming out of the pods he had activated. After Spittor was attacked by Polar Claw, Transquito surveyed his own area. From the sky, he saw Insecticon scuffling with Wolfang, and another group of Maximals banding together. The Gathering issue 1 Magmatron ordered his new army to hunt down the Maximals. The Gathering issue 2

While investigating a swampy area with Powerpinch, Retrax, Scourge, and Insecticon, Transquito was mauled by Icebird after mistaking him for an easy target. Several other Predacons were taken down by the Mutants, who declared that no Maximal or Predacon were welcome in their home. The Gathering issue 3

Transquito survived, and later participated in a major Predacon assault on the Maximals' base. The Ascending issue 2 When Rartorata showed up and attacked both Maximals and Predacons, Transquito compared his appearance to that of his teammate Injector. He then used his entire supply of nerve weaponry on Rartorarta, enough to kill the average transformer, but just enough to stun a Blendtron. Transquito then had to accompany the best of the best back to Cybertron to battle Shokaract (see a trend here). The Ascending issue 3 He was last seen as part of an air attack squadron led by Noctorro. Whether he survived this battle with Shokaract is unknown. At least he wasn't the main sacrificial lamb this time. The Ascending issue 4

Toys

Beast Wars

• Transquito (Mega, 1997)
  • Accessories: Missile

Transquito transforms into an organic mosquito. In this mode, a push-switch on his back makes his insect wings slide back and forth. His insect-mode proboscis is actually a spring-loaded missile that fires from his mouth in robot mode.

He has an attack mode, forming what appears to be some form of amblypygid. Its oversized mandibles are formed by unfolding his wings; the "flapping" gimmick from mosquito mode makes the mandibles close down on victims.

This mold was used to make Bigmos.

• More information on Transquito at TFU.info

Merchandise

• Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game (1997)

Transquito was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars card game.

Notes

• Somewhere in the United States, Transquitos are still sitting on shelves.

Foreign names

• French: Dipteron (Canada)
• Italian: Zanzara