Cuttledeep

Cuttledeep is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Cuttledeep (カトルディープ Katorudīpu), nicknamed Mongo (モンゴ), is one of the many Beastformers who joined the insurgent army under Alligatron raised by Galvatron in order to aid his Decepticons in conquering the formerly-peaceful planet Beast. He enjoys a good challenge, being very tenacious and growing more fired up the tougher something is. His capability for high-speed underwater movement even in the deep ocean netted him the position of deep sea disruption soldier in the Decepticon-allied Beastformer army, but his true talent lies in engineering, particularly when it comes to thinking up theories and designs. One of his creations is his personal weapon, the Dream Spear, which can project holograms underwater to fool enemies. Cuttledeep holds the rank of Emperor of North Yutoranta, under King Polar Battle Bear, and was born in Bug Bay.

Fiction

Laser Beasts comic

During the war with the Laser Beast, Cuttledeep was defeated by the Shield Battler-6 when they attacked the Stag Hunter. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Legends comic

Cuttledeep took part in the final battle between the Beastformers and the Laser Beasts on Beast in 2023. He was stationed at Shocking Shark's base mode and later watched on as the newly arrived Autobot Headmasters supported the Beastformers. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

• Cuttledeep (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 43
  • Accessories: Spear

Part of the second series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Cuttledeep is a white anthropomorphic cuttlefish in black robotic armor. His lower-left tentacle "arm" ends in a (non-firing) harpoon. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

He came in a green-grid generic "Destron Beastformer" box, with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop. Re-released in Series 3, the box was unchanged, but the bio card replaced the painted image with a simpler line-art image, first used in Hasbro's Battle Beasts cast poster. In both Series, depending on the "Pack" he came in, there was a chance of his bio card being replaced with a rare "Secret Photo", "Bewitching Serpent Seal", or "VS Holography Mirror" card.

Beastformers

• Cuttledeep (Beastformer, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 43
  • Accessories: "Dream Spear" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Cuttledeep was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "MVP Weapon", the name "Dream Spear" (ドリームスピア Dorīmu Supia).

The initial early releases of this series had the chance for any Beastformer to have the rare Burstsun symbol; we'll probably never know if Cuttledeep was ever actually one of them. Later in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro Battle Beast version of the line.)

Notes

• His nickname, Mongo, is derived from mongō ika (紋甲いか), which can refer to the common cuttlefish or kisslip cuttlefish.

Foreign names

• English: Cutthroat Cuttlefish