Inferno Creature

The twisted, terryfing creature that is Visser Three can make his outwards appearance match his inner-monstrosity by becoming an Inferno Creature! A morph acquired by the leader of the Yeerk invasion of Earth after scouring the universe for monsters unlike anything ever been seen before on the humans' home world, this fire-breathing alien appears to be Visser Three's preferred morph. Other than being the weapon of choice for Visser Three, little is known about the species as a whole, aside that they possess "Fire Fangs" which can be fired as projectiles from their palms.

They are also referred to as Inferno Beasts.

Fiction

Beast Wars: Uprising

Star Dasher's armor was tough enough to withstand the bite of an Inferno Creature. Star Dasher's profile

Toys

Animorphs

Transmetal 2 Megatron's very distant cousin.

• Visser Three/Inferno Creature (Mega, 1999)
  • Accessories: Missile

Visser Three's first toy transforms from an Andalite (sort of an alien centaur-thing) into an "Inferno Creature" (a somewhat humanoid alien monster). The Inferno Creature's left hand, which becomes the Andalite's left hind leg, launches a spring-loaded "Fire Fangs" missile. The Creature's right hand can be closed by pressing a lever which sticks out from the back of the right forearm. The lever also creates symmetry by mimicking the look of the missile sticking out from the back of the left arm.

Unlike most toys in the line, he has no "transitional" third mode.

• More information on Visser Three (mega) at TFU.info

It was Friday afternoon at Hasbro when they cranked out this mold...

• Visser Three (Ultra, 1999)
  • Accessories: 2 missiles/claws

Visser Three's second toy keeps the two modes of his original toy (more or less) and adds a third mode, a Hork-Bajir (sort of an alien quadripedal-dinosaur-thing with blades on its elbows), which fires a missile from each hand.

• More information on Visser Three (ultra) at TFU.info

Notes

• Oddly, concept art for Visser Three's Mega class toy reveals that at some point, it was planned for the Inferno Beast to be mostly blue, which would have certainly resulted in a more book-accurate color scheme for Visser Three's Andalite mode, and the creature would have also possessed a tail.
• The Inferno Creature may be a replica of a similar creature (also a morph of the Visser's) alluded to in the book series, although that particular creature was distinguished by having many more heads and limbs; alternately, it may have been based off a form he morphed into only in shadow in the first episode of the TV series, which vaguely matched the look of the Inferno Creature.