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:''Quickstrike is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].'' | |||
[[Image:BW-Quickstrike-render.jpg|right|300px|thumb|NOBODY TOUCHES PETE'S PIECE!!!]] | |||
'''Quickstrike''' is a spastic, violent, trigger-happy cowboy who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating people up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is ''so'' easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point. | '''Quickstrike''' is a spastic, violent, trigger-happy cowboy who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating people up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is ''so'' easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point. | ||
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Quickstrike, "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)]]"</cite> | |||
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:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Cinglant''' | |||
:''Chinese name:'' '''Dú Hsīeh''' (毒蠍, "Venom Scorpion") | |||
:''Italian name:'' '''Serpex''' | |||
:''Polish name:'' '''Szybki Cios''' (literal translation of "Quickstrike") | |||
:''Spanish name:'' '''Sorpreviso''' | :''Spanish name:'' '''Sorpreviso''' | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''Beast Wars''=== | ===''Beast Wars''=== | ||
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese), [[Fabio Tomasini]] (Portuguese) | :''Voice Actor:'' [[Colin Murdoch|Colin Murdoch]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita|Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese), [[Fabio Tomasini|Fabio Tomasini]] (Portuguese) | ||
Relishing his role as a Predacon from the moment he stepped out of his [[Stasis pod|stasis pod]], {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}} Quickstrike fit right into Megatron's band. Though he contained no traces of the Predacon [[Shell program|shell program]] like Blackarachnia, his rowdy nature and love of violence made the actual facts irrelevant. Quickstrike generally filled an infantry/trooper role and followed the orders he was given. However, there are two notable instances when he was manipulated into betraying Megatron. | |||
Tarantulas easily pushed Quickstrike's buttons, and the two, along with Blackarachnia, formed an "arachnid alliance" of their own. Their plans never came to fruition, because they were interrupted by the [[Maximal|Maximals]], and Megatron never found out. {{storylink|Tangled Web|Tangled Web}} After a device of Tarantulas' took over [[Optimus Primal|Optimus Primal]]'s body, Quickstrike was put in charge of the golem that controlled it. Once the Maximals were defeated, and the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' open, Quickstrike (under orders from Tarantulas) used his control over Optimus to toss Megatron into the lava surrounding the ''Ark''. The plan backfired when Megatron rose from the lava more powerful than ever {{storylink|Master Blaster|Master Blaster}}, and Quickstrike was put on "trial" for betraying Megatron. The trial was interrupted and Quickstrike spared by the arrival of [[Tigerhawk|Tigerhawk]]. {{storylink|Other Victories|Other Victories}} | |||
Quickstrike met his end, along with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], when Megatron used the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' to open fire on a proto-human settlement that they were inspecting as a possible new base site. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2|Nemesis Part 2}} | |||
===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga=== | |||
[[Image:QuickstrikeMetalsManga01.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He's a tall drink a' water, ain't he?]] | |||
Following the [[Quantum surge|Quantum surge]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Quickstrike was upgraded into a [[Transmetal|Transmetal]]. Combining the mutated blood in his body with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s warrior drones, Quickstrike fashioned himself an army of [[Scorpion Soldier|Scorpion Soldiers]] and [[Cobra Soldier|Cobra Soldiers]]. With his new army, he proceeded to attack the weakened Maximal base, gradually depleting [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s defenses. When the Maximals were forced to shut Sentinel down to let [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in, Quickstrike's attacks really began to take a toll. Seeing an opening, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] entered the base and confronted the Maximals inside. | |||
After she had finished, she left the base just as Quickstrike's forces caused it to collapse completely. Angry at her "interference", Quickstrike began to berate her. Not in the mood, Blackarachnia proceeded to kick Quickstrike's head clean off. Weeping, Quickstrike's noggin sat helplessly on the ground as his decapitated body scrambled around blindly. {{storylink|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!}} | |||
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===''Beast Wars: The Gathering'' comic=== | ===''Beast Wars: The Gathering'' comic=== | ||
When Quickstrike and Inferno heard what sounded like a fight involving Megatron, they rushed over to find out what was happening. When they arrived, they saw that there was no one there. Megatron had actually been taken prisoner by [[Magmatron]]. | When Quickstrike and Inferno heard what sounded like a fight involving Megatron, they rushed over to find out what was happening. When they arrived, they saw that there was no one there. Megatron had actually been taken prisoner by [[Magmatron|Magmatron]]. | ||
===''Beast Wars: Transmetals'' (PSX)=== | ===''Beast Wars: Transmetals'' (PSX)=== | ||
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Ian Corlett]] (English), ? (Japanese) | :''Voice Actor:'' [[Ian Corlett|Ian Corlett]] (English), ? (Japanese) | ||
===''Transformers Legends'' anthology=== | ===''Transformers Legends'' anthology=== | ||
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==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Beast Wars=== | ===Beast Wars=== | ||
*'''Quickstrike''' (Basic Fuzor, 1998) | *'''Quickstrike''' (Basic Fuzor, 1998) | ||
*''Japanese ID number'': '''D-45''' | |||
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Quickstrike's instructions</cite> | |||
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[[Image:BW-toy Quickstrike.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Space ship of death hole snake]] | |||
: Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra's head on his tail rather than a stinger. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and squirt water. Most of his orange parts are translucent plastic, and makes extensive use of ball joints, particularly in his tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play. | : Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra's head on his tail rather than a stinger. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and squirt water. Most of his orange parts are translucent plastic, and makes extensive use of ball joints, particularly in his tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play. | ||
: [[Takara]]'s version of the toy has extra paint applications on his face, most notably the eyes. | : [[Takara|Takara]]'s version of the toy has extra paint applications on his face, most notably the eyes. | ||
*'''Metals Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (Multi-pack, 1999) | *'''Metals Airazor vs Quickstrike''' (Multi-pack, 1999) | ||
*''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-45''' | |||
: The Japanese release of Quickstrike was available individually or packaged together with [[Transmetal]] [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. | : The Japanese release of Quickstrike was available individually or packaged together with [[Transmetal|Transmetal]] [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]. | ||
==Merchandise== | ==Merchandise== | ||
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*'''Quickstrike''' (2007) | *'''Quickstrike''' (2007) | ||
: A 33-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]. | : A 33-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game|3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Like [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], Quickstrike did not have a Predacon shell program installed in his Maximal [[protoform]] state to turn him bad. It's possible the damage done to his stasis pod warped his personality. More unsettling is the theory that this IS his true, spark-given personality, and the Maximal programming knocked off-line by his crash would have been just as distortive on his mind as the Predacon shell program was on Blackarachnia. Another logical explanation of this could be the natures of his beast form(s) which led (or at the very least increased) his aggressiveness factor. | * Like [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], Quickstrike did not have a Predacon shell program installed in his Maximal [[Protoform|protoform]] state to turn him bad. It's possible the damage done to his stasis pod warped his personality. More unsettling is the theory that this IS his true, spark-given personality, and the Maximal programming knocked off-line by his crash would have been just as distortive on his mind as the Predacon shell program was on Blackarachnia. Another logical explanation of this could be the natures of his beast form(s) which led (or at the very least increased) his aggressiveness factor. | ||
*In the jovial Japanese dub | *In the jovial Japanese dub, ''Beast Wars Metals'', Quickstrike's cobra tail could talk and think independantly from Quickstrike. It would always end its sentences with either "-ko", "-bura" or "-kobura". Another of Quickstrike's quirks in both the cartoon and the [[Beast Wars Metals (manga)|manga]] was that he'd constantly end his sentences in ''gicchon/gicchonchon'', which essentially translates to ''snippity/snippity-snip''. | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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[[Category: Predacons]] | [[Category:Fuzors]] | ||
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Revision as of 07:25, 19 March 2009
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| The name or term "Quickstrike" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Quickstrike (disambiguation). |
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<span style="font-size:125%;font-weight:900;">Let's see what you can see...</span><hr /> This article is in need of images.
</div><small>Specifics: Fiction, toy</small>
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- Quickstrike is a Predacon from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Quickstrike is a spastic, violent, trigger-happy cowboy who rarely thinks beyond the next "keister he's gonna kick." This simple-minded lust for beating people up seems to be his overriding personality trait. While this makes him easy to manipulate, which Megatron finds extremely useful, the problem he has found is that Quickstrike is so easy to manipulate that Megatron's not the only one doing so! Both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia have their hooks in him in some form or another, leading Megatron to consider controlling the vicious little bugger through the good old-fashioned method: fear of death. Quickstrike may be stupidly brave most of the time, but only to a point.
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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> Call me... Quickstrike! And good's got nuthin' to do with it.
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ”
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Quickstrike, "Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)"</cite>
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- French-Canadian name: Cinglant
- Chinese name: Dú Hsīeh (毒蠍, "Venom Scorpion")
- Italian name: Serpex
- Polish name: Szybki Cios (literal translation of "Quickstrike")
- Spanish name: Sorpreviso
Fiction
Beast Wars
- Voice Actor: Colin Murdoch (English), Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Fabio Tomasini (Portuguese)
Relishing his role as a Predacon from the moment he stepped out of his stasis pod, Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1) Quickstrike fit right into Megatron's band. Though he contained no traces of the Predacon shell program like Blackarachnia, his rowdy nature and love of violence made the actual facts irrelevant. Quickstrike generally filled an infantry/trooper role and followed the orders he was given. However, there are two notable instances when he was manipulated into betraying Megatron.
Tarantulas easily pushed Quickstrike's buttons, and the two, along with Blackarachnia, formed an "arachnid alliance" of their own. Their plans never came to fruition, because they were interrupted by the Maximals, and Megatron never found out. Tangled Web After a device of Tarantulas' took over Optimus Primal's body, Quickstrike was put in charge of the golem that controlled it. Once the Maximals were defeated, and the Ark open, Quickstrike (under orders from Tarantulas) used his control over Optimus to toss Megatron into the lava surrounding the Ark. The plan backfired when Megatron rose from the lava more powerful than ever Master Blaster, and Quickstrike was put on "trial" for betraying Megatron. The trial was interrupted and Quickstrike spared by the arrival of Tigerhawk. Other Victories
Quickstrike met his end, along with Inferno, when Megatron used the Nemesis to open fire on a proto-human settlement that they were inspecting as a possible new base site. Nemesis Part 2
Beast Wars Metals manga
Following the Quantum surge, the Predacon Quickstrike was upgraded into a Transmetal. Combining the mutated blood in his body with Megatron's warrior drones, Quickstrike fashioned himself an army of Scorpion Soldiers and Cobra Soldiers. With his new army, he proceeded to attack the weakened Maximal base, gradually depleting Sentinel's defenses. When the Maximals were forced to shut Sentinel down to let Airazor in, Quickstrike's attacks really began to take a toll. Seeing an opening, Blackarachnia entered the base and confronted the Maximals inside.
After she had finished, she left the base just as Quickstrike's forces caused it to collapse completely. Angry at her "interference", Quickstrike began to berate her. Not in the mood, Blackarachnia proceeded to kick Quickstrike's head clean off. Weeping, Quickstrike's noggin sat helplessly on the ground as his decapitated body scrambled around blindly. Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!
Beast Wars: The Gathering comic
When Quickstrike and Inferno heard what sounded like a fight involving Megatron, they rushed over to find out what was happening. When they arrived, they saw that there was no one there. Megatron had actually been taken prisoner by Magmatron.
Beast Wars: Transmetals (PSX)
- Voice Actor: Ian Corlett (English), ? (Japanese)
Transformers Legends anthology
Toys
Beast Wars
- Quickstrike (Basic Fuzor, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: D-45
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<td width="20" valign="top" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;padding:9px 10px 0 10px;"> “
</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> Release slowly until head is full of water.
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ”
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Quickstrike's instructions</cite>
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- Quickstrike transforms into a scorpion with a cobra's head on his tail rather than a stinger. The cobra head has a soft-plastic bladder than can be used to store and squirt water. Most of his orange parts are translucent plastic, and makes extensive use of ball joints, particularly in his tail. While this provides excellent articulation, care should be taken as the joints loosen rather quickly with play.
- Takara's version of the toy has extra paint applications on his face, most notably the eyes.
- Metals Airazor vs Quickstrike (Multi-pack, 1999)
- Japanese ID number: VS-45
- The Japanese release of Quickstrike was available individually or packaged together with Transmetal Airazor.
Merchandise
3D Battle-Card Game
- Quickstrike (2007)
- A 33-point "rare" character in the 3D Battle-Card Game's "Energon Wars" expansion, Quickstrike "transforms" from a gold and green scorpion to a gold and green scorpion standing on its hind legs. He uses the same parts layout as Movie Scorponok.
Trivia
- Like Rampage, Quickstrike did not have a Predacon shell program installed in his Maximal protoform state to turn him bad. It's possible the damage done to his stasis pod warped his personality. More unsettling is the theory that this IS his true, spark-given personality, and the Maximal programming knocked off-line by his crash would have been just as distortive on his mind as the Predacon shell program was on Blackarachnia. Another logical explanation of this could be the natures of his beast form(s) which led (or at the very least increased) his aggressiveness factor.
- In the jovial Japanese dub, Beast Wars Metals, Quickstrike's cobra tail could talk and think independantly from Quickstrike. It would always end its sentences with either "-ko", "-bura" or "-kobura". Another of Quickstrike's quirks in both the cartoon and the manga was that he'd constantly end his sentences in gicchon/gicchonchon, which essentially translates to snippity/snippity-snip.
