Popular beast alternate modes: Difference between revisions

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When arriving on Earth, there are millions of animal species a Cybertronian might scan for an alternate mode. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

TFWiki.net: The Transformers Wiki has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least three unique toy molds (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the beast mode. There must also be at least one unique character per mold--a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/retools on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.

Arthropods

Insects

Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)

Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)

Grasshoppers and locusts (order Caelifera)

Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)

Waspinator / Starscream (G1) Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals
Buzz Saw
Dirgegun
Injector / Rartorata (partially)
Inferno (BW) / Antagony
Scavenger (BW)
Buzzer-Bot / Billy (Go-Bots)
Waspinator (Animated)

Spiders

Black Widow Spiders (Latrodectus mactans)

Scorpions

Double Punch (G1)
Pincher
Poison Bite
Scorpia
Scorponok (G1) / BlackZarak
Scorponok (BW) / Sandstorm (BW) / Double Punch (BW)
Quickstrike (BW) (partially)
Scorpulator
Scorponok (Energon) / Dark Scorponok
Scorponok (Movie)

Crabs

Fish

Manta Rays (Manta birostris)

Sharks

Hammerhead shark (genus Sphyrna and others)

Cybershark / Hellscream / Overbite (Universe)
Air Hammer (partially)
Hammerstrike / Sharkticon (G1)Betrayal

Dragons

Mechatron
Megatron (BW)
Cryotek
Doublecross
Deathsaurus
Galvatron (BWII) / Unicron
Nightscream (Classics) / Dragoyell / Brimstone (Universe)
Savage
Snapdragon
Hun-Gurrr
Megatron (RID)
Scourge (Cybertron) / Trypticon (Classics) / Bruticus (RID)

Reptiles

Crocodylians

American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Turtles

Snapping turtles (genera Chelydra and Macroclemmys)

Snakes

Cobras (genus Naja and others)

Cohrada
Quickstrike (BW) (partially)
Night Viper (even though vipers aren't cobras)
Cobrabreast

Lizards

Geckobot
Sky Shadow (BW) / Drancron (partially)
Buzzclaw (BW) / Buzzclaw (Timelines) / Dirge (Descent into Evil) / Virulent Clone / Repugnus (Universe) (partially)
Wreckloose
Iguanus (BW) / Crazybolt
Reptilion

Dinosaurs

"Brontosaurus" (Apatosaurus)

Sludge (G1)
Saur / Zaur
Rairyū (pretender shell only)

Velociraptor

Dinobot
Dinobot II / Rapticon
Grimlock (G1) / Thrustor / Grimlock (Dinobots)
Razor Claw
Reptron / Dino-Bot (Go-Bots) / Greg

Pterosaurs

Pteranodon

Swoop (G1)
Graphy
Yokuryū (pretender shell only)
Terrorsaur / Fractyl / Lazorbeak / Hydra / Terranotron (Dinobots)
Terranotron (BM) / Terrorsaur (Armada) / Ravenus
Reptix
Swoop (Energon)
Brimstone (Cybertron)
Swoop (Animated)

Birds

Eagles (order Accipitriformes)

Divebomb (G1)
Squawktalk
Eaglebreast
Silverbolt (G1) / Skywarp (BWII)
Silverbolt (BW) / Windrazor (BW) (partially)
Screech
Dreadwing (Classics) / Wedge Shape

Condors (genus Vultur and Gymnogyps)

Laserbeak (G1) / Buzzsaw (G1) / Garboil / Sundor / NBE 57 / Laserbeak (Shattered Glass) / Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)
Silverbolt (BW)
Laserbeak (Cybertron) / Hell Buzzsaw / Blockrock
Booster X10 / Night Beat 7
Laserbeak (Animated)

Hawks and falcons (order Falconiformes)

Hawkbreast
Wingspan
Doubledealer / Doubleclouder
Airazor (BW)
Tigerhawk / Razorclaw (Universe) (partially)
Air Hammer (partially)
Sights
Airazor (Armada)
Divebomb (Energon) / Blackout (Energon)

Mammals

Bats

Bears (genus Ursus)

Canines

Wolves / Dogs (Canis lupus)

Carnivac
Sinnertwin
Wolfang (Maximal) / Wolfang (Predacon) / K-9 / Max-B
Weirdwolf
Sixshot
Silverbolt (BW) / Windrazor (BW) (partially)
Quickstrike (BM)
Noble
Overbite (Classics) / Gredator / Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)
Bruticus (RID)
Snarl (Cybertron)
Preditron

Felines

Jaguars (Panthera onca)

Tigers (Panthera tigris)

CatSCAN
Rampage (G1)
Snarl (Classics) / Apexus
Tigerbreast
Toraizer
Tigatron
Tigerhawk / Razorclaw (Universe) (partially)
Bantor (partially)
Tigertron / George

Lions (Panthera leo)

Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus)

Elephants/Mammoths

Shuffler
Ironhide (G1) / Santon
Torca / Elephorca (partially)
Big Convoy / Black Big Convoy / Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)
Galvatron (RID)

Equines

Rhinos

Bovids

Primates

Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla)

Apeface
Apelinq
Beastbox
Optimus Primal
Primal Prime
Optimus Prime (Armada)
Gorillabot / Max / Beast-Bot / Gorilla-Bot

Humans (Homo sapiens)

Bumblebee (G1) (pretender shell only)
Cloudburst/Phoenix(pretender shell only)
Crossblades (G1) (pretender shell only)
Doubleheader (pretender shell only)
Grimlock (G1) (pretender shell only)
Groundbreaker(pretender shell only)
Jazz (G1) (pretender shell only)
Landmine (G1)/Lander (pretender shell only)
Metalhawk (pretender shell only)
Michael Bay (Hasbro jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "easter egg" on the live-action movie DVD.)
Pincher (pretender shell only)
Sari Sumdac
Simon Furman (In a Titan magazine letters column, Starscream joked that Furman was a Maximal).
Skyhammer (G1) (pretender shell only)
Sky High (Pretender)(pretender shell only)
Splashdown(pretender shell only)
Starscream (G1) (pretender shell only)
Stranglehold (pretender shell only)
Vroom (pretender shell only)
Waverider/Diver (Masterforce)(pretender shell only)

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 ====''"Brontosaurus" (Apatosaurus)''====
 *  [[Sludge (G1)]]
-*  [[Saur]]
+*  [[Saur]] / [[Zaur]]
 *  [[Rairyū]] (pretender shell only)
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 * [[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]
 * [[Lione]]
-* [[Steeljaw]]
+* [[Steeljaw|Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (Animated)]]
 * [[Under-3]]
 * [[Victory Leo]]