Badshark

Badshark is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

The further down the block you went the badder it got.

If there's one word to describe Badshark (バッドシャーク Baddoshāku), it's "determined". (If there's two words, they're "scary determined".) Once he sets his mind to a goal, he will see it through to the end, step by step, no matter how long it takes or how hard it is. And with a jaw strength capable of crushing rocks, he can handle "hard". Growing up in the Shark Bay off the coast of Sheepnia, he learned how to manipulate ocean currents on his own, which earned him the nickname "The Sea Storm"... a skill now further amplified by his MVP Weapon Barkspin (バークスピン Bākusupin). He started as a low-ranking underwater trooper in Alligatron's rebel army, but through sheer bloody-minded effort, had worked his way up to the rank of general by war's end.

Following the war, he returned to his homeland, ultimately striking up a friendship with Sheepnia's gentle King Bombsheep. Badshark now serves as the country's Emperor, defending its waters.

Fiction

Beastformers comic

Badshark traveled to underneath the dried up Lake Sagan to search for the Three Wise Ones' Water Gem of Stillness together with White Leo, Bowdog, Bluehorse and Deaspider. The mission had several possible outcomes and the Beastformers may have either succeeded or been forced to retreat by a giant scorpion or the mysterious enemy Sur, who would battle them for the gem if they found it. In the outcome where they did succeed, Badshark used his Shark Spin weapon to create an escape route to the surface. The Water Gem of Stillness

Badshark was killed in the Laser Beast invasion of Sheepnia, enraging Bombsheep who promised to avenge him. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Toys

Beastformers

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• Badshark (Beastformer, 1988)

• ID number: 20
• Pack: G
• Accessories: "Barkspin" MVP Weapon

Released only in the post-Transformers "RPG"-themed Beastformers sequel series, Badshark is a light blue anthropomorphic shark in blue robotic armor. The Battle Emblem on his chest reveals one of three symbols when warmed up; Fire, Water or Wood.

The Hasbro Battle Beasts release of the figure can vary in the tone of the paint used on its armor, with some samples being much darker and glossier; it's uncertain if the Takara version has similar (minor) paint variation.

As part of the first assortment of individually-boxed Beastformers in the "RPG" line, there was a chance his normal pack-in bio card would be replaced with a rare "Burstsun" holo card featuring White Leo on the front, with a Burstsun Battle Emblem sticker in a little baggie affixed to the back, for you to attach to whichever Beastformer you chose.

Merchandise

Meiji candy toys

• Badshark (Gashapon/candy-toy Beastformer, 1988)
  • Meiji ID number: 4
  • Accessories: "Rapid Spear" weapon

A small, super-deformed, articulation-free version of Badshark was sold both as a gashapon capsule prize by Takara (three per capsule for 200 yen), and as a candy toy with chocolate-coated cereal-like corn puff "chocoballs" through the candy/snack company Meiji (two toys per box, for 100 yen). This stumpy lil fellow could be found in red, blue or green plastic, representing the Fire, Water and Wood elements (even though he still had a rubsign). All of the Meiji Beastformers come with a different Beastformer's weapon attached to their shoulder by a snippable sprue. Badshark came with Rabbit Kid's "Rapid Spear", while Koala Gray came with Badshark's "Barkspin".

The interior of each chocoballs box contains super-brief bio data for two of the twenty possible beasts, as well as rules for three different styles of game: the traditional Fire/Wood/Water deal, a "flick the figures and knock your opponent over" deal, and a more involved game that requires character data from Meiji's other candy-based Beastformers merch, the Battle Cards (see below).

• Ramune Beastformers Battle Card (1988)
  • Meiji ID number: 4

A gold-foil "Battle Card" of Badshark, featuring painted character art of the kind found on early Transformers: Beastformers bio cards (seen at the top of this page), was available in randomly-packed sets of cards that came with ramune-flavored candy tablets. The back of the card features a severely truncated bio, with data for the game from the Meiji chocoball SD figures' packaging.

Notes

• Badshark is one of 22 figures that were advertised on multiple Transformers-era materials but not actually released in that iteration of the line.
• His 1988 bio card gives him the nickname "Bark" (バーク Bāku).

Foreign names

• English: Sawtooth Shark