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[[File:McD-MantaRay-packageart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Manta Ray turns into a manta ray. Amazingly, she still had to steal the name.]] | [[File:McD-MantaRay-packageart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Manta Ray turns into a manta ray. Amazingly, she still had to steal the name.]] | ||
'''Manta Ray''' is one of the best energy scouts the Predacons have. She's got loads of sensors in her beast mode that help her track down any power hidden in the dark ocean depths. Unfortunately, her mental state isn't quite as well put together. To put it bluntly, Manta Ray talks to herself a lot. Or rather, talks to (and even argues with) other people who aren't there. It's speculated that these figments might be a side effect of long, lonely stretches spent alone below the sea. | '''Manta Ray''' is one of the best energy scouts the Predacons have. She's got loads of sensors in her [[beast mode]] that help her track down any power hidden in the dark ocean depths. Unfortunately, her mental state isn't quite as well put together. To put it bluntly, Manta Ray talks to herself a lot. Or rather, talks to (and even argues with) other people who aren't there. It's speculated that these figments might be a side effect of long, lonely stretches spent alone below the sea. | ||
When threatened, she emits a disorienting toxic gas. Really. | When threatened, she emits a disorienting toxic gas. Really. | ||
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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics=== | ===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics=== | ||
[[File:BWAscendMantaRayCharge.jpg|thumb|left| | [[File:BWAscendMantaRayCharge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]] | ||
Manta Ray was present during a battle with the [[Maximal]]s. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} Then she was probably killed in battle against the [[Blendtron]]s. It appeared she and [[Bantor (BW)|Bantor]] were crushed when [[Drancron]] rolled over on them. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}} So it goes. | Manta Ray was present during a battle with the [[Maximal]]s. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} Then she was probably killed in battle against the [[Blendtron]]s. It appeared she and [[Bantor (BW)|Bantor]] were crushed when [[Drancron]] rolled over on them. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}} So it goes. | ||
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Revision as of 13:14, 8 February 2015
| This article is about the Beast Wars Predacon. For the Generation 2 Autobot, see Manta Ray (G2). |
- Manta Ray is a Predacon from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Manta Ray is one of the best energy scouts the Predacons have. She's got loads of sensors in her beast mode that help her track down any power hidden in the dark ocean depths. Unfortunately, her mental state isn't quite as well put together. To put it bluntly, Manta Ray talks to herself a lot. Or rather, talks to (and even argues with) other people who aren't there. It's speculated that these figments might be a side effect of long, lonely stretches spent alone below the sea.
When threatened, she emits a disorienting toxic gas. Really.
Fiction
IDW Beast Wars comics
Manta Ray was present during a battle with the Maximals. The Ascending #1 Then she was probably killed in battle against the Blendtrons. It appeared she and Bantor were crushed when Drancron rolled over on them. The Ascending #4 So it goes.
Animated cartoon
Readers of Venus, a trans-dimensional magazine for Decepti-femmes, were invited to decide who is deadlier, Manta Ray or Scylla. The AllSpark Almanac
Toys
Beast Wars
- Manta Ray (McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 1996)
- Manta Ray transforms into, well, a manta ray. She was one of four McDonald's Happy Meal boys' toy premiums in the very first Beast Wars promotion.
Notes
- Like Airazor before her, Manta Ray is male in Japan and female in Hasbro fiction. Her gender was established by the Beast Wars Sourcebook published by IDW.
- Manta Ray's Japanese name comes from a Japanese Beast Wars guidebook called the Beast Wars Perfect Book. According to the brief bio write-up in it, he's a Predacon Ocean Soldier who is invincible in the water, but on the shore, is far less mobile.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Manta (マンタ)
