Cheetor (ROTB)

The name or term "Cheetor" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Cheetor (disambiguation).

Cheetor is a Maximal from the Rise of the Beasts portion of the Movie continuity family.

All grown up!

Cheetor is a speedy Maximal.

“	Sorry about scaring you, brother.	”
—Cheetor to Mirage, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Fiction

Rise of the Beasts film

Voice actor: Tongayi Chirisa (English), Eko Fresh (German), Sylvain Agaësse (European French), Duda Ribeiro (Brazilian Portuguese), Carlos Monroy (Latin American Spanish)

Plot details for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film) follow. Spoilers have expired, you may remove this tag

So speedy he's hard to make out!

In the distant future, Cheetor was among the Maximals left on their homeworld when Unicron attacked. Making their way through enemy hordes, he and Rhinox met up with their leader Apelinq, and fellow Maximals Optimus Primal and Airazor, and expressed concern over several hostile new arrivals on their planet. As the situation grew dire, he witnessed Apelinq transfer leadership of the Maximals to Primal, as the former ordered them to retreat with the Transwarp Key. All Cheetor and the other Maximals could do was watch from their ship as Scourge overpowered Apelinq, as they entered the Transwarp bridge towards a prehistoric Earth.

By the year 1994, Cheetor and the other Maximals had settled in the jungles of Peru. When two humans arrived searching for the other half of the Transwarp Key, Optimus Primal mobilized the Maximals, including Cheetor, to intercept them. As Primal had them cornered, the Autobot Mirage arrived in an attempt to attack Primal. This prompted Cheetor to pounce and tackle the Autobot as he screamed for his life. Before the situation could escalate any further, Airazor flew in and eased the tension, with Cheetor kindly apologizing to Mirage for scaring him.

Later, Cheetor and the other Maximals led the Autobots to meet the human tribe that had kept the Maximals safe on Earth, present the Autobots the other half of the Transwarp Key. The next day, the Autobots and Maximals were alerted to a battle on top of a mountain, only to find a distraught Primal and an offline Airazor, who was forced to be deactivated after Scourge's corruption rendered her mad. Cheetor was visibly distraught at the sight. They did not have time to grieve their fallen comrade however, as Scourge had already activated the Transwarp Key from the nearby volcano, ready to bring Unicron in. Optimus Prime and Noah were not ready to give up, and convinced Primal to fight back, with the Maximal leader explaining how the Transwarp Key worked. In order to stop the process, the key would have to be shut down from the control panel, but someone would have sneak through the underground tunnels to avoid Scourge. Cheetor then corroborated that while the tunnels may be too small for Maximals, they would be big enough for humans, which meant Noah and Elena were the only ones who can shut the Key down.

Now we only need Hot Shot to show up.

Hoping to distract their enemies, Prime and Primal led their respective teams to face the Terrorcon army head on, hoping to lead them away from Noah, Elena and Mirage working their way towards the control panel. As the Autobots and Maximals approached the Terrorcon army, Primal ordered Cheetor and Rhinox to maximize, making swift work of the Terrorcon drones. Eventually, the endless hordes of drones exhausted both the Autobots and Maximals. At one point, Cheetor was overwhelmed by several Freezers, but not before he spotted Noah being whisked away by Nightbird. He threw his spear at the Terrorcon, releasing Noah. As Unicron's reinforcements entered the Transwarp bridge, Bumblebee swooped in, turning the tide of the battle, and giving them a boost in morale. As Elena finally reached the control panel, and with Scourge being handled by Optimus, Cheetor and the rest of the Autobots and Maximals held back the army that was diverted towards the control panel. Eventually, the control panel was destroyed, forcing Optimus to sacrifice himself to destroy it. Cheetor and the rest of the Maximals were then ordered to retreat.

Fortunately, Primal saved Prime and they escaped the ensuing fallout. Cheetor and the others then regrouped at a valley overlooking the volcano. They acknowledged that Unicron had definitely survived the collapse of the Transwarp bridge, and he may return to destroy them. Despite this, Cheetor and the others remained steadfast, as they now had a newfound alliance between their factions, ready to take on Unicron, whenever he may return. Rise of the Beasts

Toys

Studio Series

Wakanda forever!

• Cheetor (Voyager Class, 2023)
  • Movie: Rise of the Beasts
  • Hasbro ID number: 98
  • TakaraTomy ID number: SS-108
  • Accessories: 2 spears, "Peruvian Jungle Discovery" backdrop

Released as part of the 19th wave of Studio Series Voyager Class figures, Cheetor transforms into a mechanical cheetah in 24 steps. The toy comes with two spear accessories that can be held separately, combine into a long staff, or store on his back.

Hasbro revealed the figure on January 24, 2023.

Buzzworthy Bumblebee

We finally know how a cat would wear pants.

• Jungle Mission 3-pack: Cheetor, Nightbird, and Wheeljack (Multipack, 2023)
  • Accessories: Tail weapon, blaster

• Known designers: Tomoki Tatsumi (TakaraTomy)

Released in a Target-exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee Jungle Mission 3-pack, this Deluxe Class version of Cheetor converts into a mechanical cheetah. His transformation scheme is somewhat patterned on Kingdom Cheetor while his overall appearance is based on a non-final movie design, so his robot mode differs greatly from his Studio Series figure listed above. He is armed with a small blaster, which, in a nod to his original Beast Wars toy's "gut gun", stores in his cheetah mode abdomen, along with a bladed whip weapon formed from his beast mode tail. In an undocumented feature, the gun can store on Cheetor's robot mode back via a rectangular slot; however, no such storage exists for the tail weapon, which he's left to hold at all times.

His stock renders omit the tip of his tail that covers its blade in beast mode, though the hinge it attaches to is plainly visible. The renders also depict differences in deco from the final toy, such as blue shoulders and overall a more vibrant shade of blue than the duller shade used on the actual toy.

Cheetor comes packaged with Nightbird and Wheeljack.

Rise of the Beasts

“I am NOT a kid… and maybe I’m not so nice either.”

• Cheetor (Deluxe Class, 2023)
  • TakaraTomy name: Deluxe Class Cheetor
  • TakaraTomy ID number: BD-02
  • TakaraTomy release date: April 15, 2023
  • Accessories: Tail weapon, blaster

• Known designers: Tomoki Tatsumi (TakaraTomy)

The Cheetor from the Buzzworthy Bumblebee Jungle Mission 3-pack was also available individually at general retail under Rise of the Beasts packaging. It was first sighted at Australian retail.

Beast Alliance

Wee Booties

• Cheetor (Beast Battle Masters, 2023)
  • TakaraTomy name: Awakening Weapon Cheetor
  • TakaraTomy ID number: BW-01
  • TakaraTomy release date: April 15, 2023

• Known designers: Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)

Battle Master Cheetor is a very small, slender cheetah cast in creamy yellow and silvery grey plastic. He converts into a triple claw weapon which can be held by or mounted on the forearm of a larger figure via a 5mm post. The paint on his yellow parts is fairly extensive, with black cheetah spots and silver musculature highlighted on all 4 legs, plus spots on his head and bright red eyes. However, he has none on his grey parts due to being cast in what appears to be unpaintable plastic. He has ball joints at the shoulders, hips, and front paws, the last of which are cast in silver grey. This allows for some small range of posing but is limited due to lacking knees or elbows.

Why would you give the cat a rubber band!?

• Cheetor (Flex Changers, 2023)
  • TakaraTomy name: Kurutto Change Cheetor
  • TakaraTomy ID number: BKC-03
  • TakaraTomy release date: June 24, 2023

Released as part of the "Flex Changers" line for the Rise of the Beasts toyline, this Cheetor transforms from beast to robot with the use of a flexible plastic band.

He first appeared at Mexican retail without any announcement, unlike his wavemates.

Part of the “cool scenes that should have happened in the movie but didn’t” range.

• Arcee & Cheetor (Beast Weaponizers, 2023)

• Known designers: Shogo Hasui (TakaraTomy)

This seemingly unchanged repack of Battle Master Cheetor is boxed with the "Beast Weaponizer" Arcee toy.

This figure was first found listed on Canadian store kidtoy.ca's website, prior to any announcement by Hasbro.

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CatSCAN, is that you?

• Burning Cheetor (Awakening Weapon, 2023)
  • Release date July 15 2023

"Burning Cheetor" is a redeco of the Battle Master, cast in red and clear-red plastics.

He was only available as a campaign item through TakaraTomy Mall, free with the pre-order of Ultimate Optimus Primal, BP-01 Beast Power Bumblebee, or BP-01 Beast Power Optimus Prime. Pre-orders opened on June 7th, with delivery by July 15th.

Notes

• Much like Optimus Primal, at some point during the development of The Last Knight, Cheetor was considered to appear in the movie. Various designs were concepted during the film's production.

Foreign names

Japanese: Cheetor (チーター Chītā)