Razorkukku

Razorkukku is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Razorkukku (レーザークック Rēzākukku), also known as Chicken (チキン Chikin), is one of the Autobot Beastformers fighting a war on the planet Beast. He's a gentle family man who enjoys cooking and being at home with his family, and he often holds parties. He also holds the rank of Emperor of East Yutoranta, the country where he was born, under King Strong Panda. As a bird-type Beastformer, Razorkukku excels at aerial combat and holds the role of Air Staff Officer in the Autobot Beastformer forces, though he's very careful in his attack strategies as his true specialty lies in defense. By spinning his MVP Weapon, the Valiant Razor, he can create a Razor Barrier that can withstand even the impact of an atomic bomb. Wow!

Fiction

Beastformers comic

Razorkukku was among the Beastformers who traveled to Bistoram to reinforce its defenses against the Laser Beasts. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Legends comic

Alligatron took part in the final battle between the Beastformers and the Laser Beasts on Beast in 2023. When Tigerburn took control of the Battle Bases, Razorkukku attempted to fight against them. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1

In 2038, the then-peaceful Beast was invaded by Galvatron II's Decepticons. Razorkukku was part of the joint Beastformer-Laser Beast alliance that fought against the invaders. With other aerial warriors, he attempted to attack Nemesis. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

Know that my name is Razorkukku!

• Razorkukku (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 63
  • Accessories: Double-bladed staff

Part of the third series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Razorkukku is an anthropomorphic rooster in blue robotic armor. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

He came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box, with a bio card with a line-art character image first used in Hasbro's Battle Beasts cast poster (rather than the painted images of the prior two 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

• Razorkukku (Beastformer, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 54
  • Accessories: "Valiant Razor" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Razorkukku 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 "Valiant Razor" (バリアントレーザー Barianto Rēzā).

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 Razorkukku 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

• Okay... for the longest time, it was thought by the English-speaking fandom that his name was, ahem, "Laser Cock". Let's get those giggles out now, shall we? We'll wait.
• Done? No?
• Okay. Now. So, yeah. "Cock", of course, being another word for a male chicken. Examining the actual katakana for his name, "レーザークック"...
  • "レーザー" (rēzā) is used to transliterate both "razor" and "laser", but the lack of laser weaponry makes "razor" sound the better choice.
  • More importantly, "クック" (kukku) is the Japanese onomatopoeia for the clucking sound a chicken makes. (If it was actually supposed to be "cock" it would be written as コック kokku.) And since we do not change Japanese-word names on this wiki (like the Trainbots), we're sticking with the onomatopoeia.
• Sorry.

Foreign names

• English: Rowdy Rooster