Cyborg Beast

This is what happens if you overdose on something, kiddo.

The Cyborg Beasts (サイボーグビースト Saibōgu Bīsuto) are freakish fusions of animal and machine, born from exposing Transformers to dangerously high levels of Unicron's Angolmois Energy.

The Cyborg Beasts include:

• Dirgegun, cyborg bee.
• Hellscream, cyborg shark.
• Max-B, cyborg dog.
• Thrustor, cyborg velociraptor.

By the end of days, they picked up at least one additional member:

• Untite, cyborg hyena.

They are sometimes also known as "Cyber Beasts"; in which cases, they are overseen by Gigastorm as their leader.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Beast Wars II cartoon

For trying to murder him earlier, Gigastorm blew away the ground underneath Starscream and BB and sent them tumbling down into a river of Angolmois Energy. This was supposed to kill them, but instead they were changed into the more powerful forms of Cyborg Beasts and rose up from the volatile liquid as Hellscream and Max-B. Unaware that Gigastorm was even around but cognizant of the gathered Maximals, they attacked them. Even against nine opponents, the duo had the upper hand, but that changed when Scuba got in the Tako Tank to fight back. The Cyborg Beasts were captured in its tentacles and forced back into the Angolmois Energy to be buried as rocks were made to fall down on them. The plan saw the Maximals victorious, but Hellscream and Max-B did get out elsewhere just as Gigastorm admitted to trying to kill them. It led to a stand-off that was resolved by the arrival of Galvatron, who ordered them to cease their in-fighting. The End of Starscream Worried about the new power difference between Hellscream and Max-B, Dirge and Thrust turned to Gigastorm for help. He shared the Angolmois Energy flowing through his own body with them, which turned them into the Cyborg Beasts Dirgegun and Thrustor. Elated with their new forms, they tested the powers that came with it on Scuba, Bighorn, and Tasmania Kid. The results pleased them and so they went after their real prey: Lio Convoy. They got the drop on him, but Lio Junior's intervention prevented his father's execution. The two Maximals did opt to make a run for it, which pleased the new Cyborg Beasts because it reassured them they were now a force to be reckoned with. The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot Gigastorm and all four Cyborg Beasts went out to stop the Maximals from freezing down the volatile Angolmois Energy. The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic

Beast Wars II comic

The Combatrons were kicked into a hot spring after they served the wrong drink to Gigastorm, who became furious. After enjoying the hot spring for a while, they found that they became extremely ugly were upgraded into the Cyborg Beasts and found a warning sign, noting it was an Angolmois Energy processing facility by the Autorollers instead of a hot spring. Recover the Bonds Lost!

2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity

When coming into contact with Angolmois Energy, Megastorm was transformed into the more powerful Gigastorm. He set out, creating a new subfaction within the Destrons, the Cyber Beasts. To fill up this subfaction, Gigastorm exposed BB, Dirge, Starscream, and Thrust to Angolmois Energy, transforming them into Max-B, Dirgegun, Hellscream, and Thrustor. Beast Wars Sourcebook

As Magmatron surveyed the apocalyptic future Shokaract was destined to usher in, he saw Dirgegun engaged in furious combat with several other Predacons. The Ascending #1

Maximals and Predacons alike rose up to confront Shokaract, but he unleashed his own warriors: Hellscream, Max-B and Thrustor, along with Antagony and Hardhead. The Ascending #3 These heralds battled the Cybertronians being led by Lio Convoy and Big Convoy, but it was ultimately a treacherous underhanded sneak attack by Ravage (combined with a grenade or two) which ended the threat of the Cyborg Beasts and their allies. The Ascending #4

Games

Transformers Roleplaying Game

Reptilion noted that the Cyborg Beasts of planet Gaia shared many traits with Transmetal 2 Transformers. Technorganic Secrets

Toys

Beast Wars

• Cyborg Beasts (1998)

Hellscream

Max-B

Dirgegun

Thrustor

• Known designers: Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Notes

• The Cyborg Beasts are never referred to as such in either their original toys' packaging or the cartoon. The name is primarily used in the Beast Wars II comic and other print media, originating from material published ahead of the toys' releases.
• A longstanding fan belief is that Gigastorm is also a Cyborg Beast. Though he does play a pivotal role in upgrading the Combatrons into the Cyborg Beasts in both the cartoon and manga, Gigastorm himself is not a Cyborg Beast in the original Japanese fiction. Likewise, in IDW Publishing's Beast Wars Sourcebook, Gigastorm is not labeled as a "Cyber Beast", either, but is stated to be their leader.
• A similar design concept known as "Unicron's subordinate" was proposed for Beast Wars Neo.