Waspinator (BW)

This article is about the ill-destined wasp robot from the Beast Era. For the ill-destined wasp robot from Transformers Animated, see Wasp.

Waspinator is a Predacon from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Waspinator: chew-toy of fate.

Waspinator is the universe's whipping boy. If something goes wrong, it happens to him. If something blows up, he's usually at the epicenter of the explosion. He has been blasted, burned, shot down, torn up, crushed, slashed, smashed, bashed, and otherwise reduced to his component parts times beyond counting. Disturbingly, Rattrap has taken to collecting his severed components.

Waspinator's not the brightest 'bot in the Beast Wars. Megatron has classified the harebrained Predacon as expendable, much to Waspinator's dismay; he doesn't get much more respect from anyone else, either. His speech quirks don't help: he tends to refer to himself in the third person and to most other people by nicknames like "cat-bot" and "two-head". He's also a bit too fond of the letter "Z". (Those prone to witticisms might say he has a "lizzzzp".)

Waspinator may be dumb, but he's not stupid. He has caught on to his lot in life and tries to avoid his fate as often as possible... but fate always finds him. Thankfully, he's almost supernaturally durable and has survived the most devastating and humiliating of defeats.

Inferno blow up, Waspinator must salvage. Waspinator blow up, nobody salvage! Why universe hate Waspinator?Waspinator laments his lot in life, "Deep Metal"

Japanese name: Waspeeter (ワスピーター Wasupītā)

Bulgarian name: Osinator (Осинатор)

French name: Bourdon ("Bumblebee", original toy, Canada), Bizznator (cartoon, Transmetal, Canada)

Chinese name: Hú-fēng (胡蜂, "Wasp", Taiwan), Tsāng-yíng (蒼蠅, "Fly", Taiwan)

Italian name: Punginator

Polish name: Osator (Beetor)

Russian name: Ospinator (Оспинатор)

Spanish name: Avispaneitor (cartoon, spelling uncertain), Avispón ("Hornet", toy)

Fiction

First wave toy bios

"This new aerobics regimen is great! Work, you abs!"

The Waspinator is a fearsome warrior of monstrous appearance, striking fear with the eerie sound of his ominous buzzing. He strikes down helpless victims using his secret wing missiles, poisoning them with his cyber-sting. Waspinator bio

He also likes to gang up on his victims with his partner, Buzz Saw. Buzz Saw bio When the Maximals located the Predacons' genetics lab, Waspinator was present along with Megatron and Tarantulas to fend them off. Waspinator exchanged blasts with Cheetor before Megatron initiated the lab's self-destruct mechanism, at which point the Predacons retreated. Optimus Primal vs Megatron!

The on-package bios of the first wave of Beast Wars toys, predate the development of the Beast Wars cartoon and its backstory. They seem to present the characters as a direct continuation of the previous Autobot/Decepticon conflict, with Optimus Primal actually being a new form of Optimus Prime and Megatron being his Generation 1 counterpart, and their battles taking place on present day, human-inhabited Earth, rather than in the distant past. Once the cartoon launched, the toyline adjusted itself to match that continuity instead, relegating this one to an aborted micro-continuity.

Cartoon continuity

Dawn of Future's Past

Waspy is mi kopilot, but hoo on Sibertron is mi spelcheker?

While Megatron, his lieutenant, and another underling stole a Maximal relic, the Golden Disk, the Predacon who would later name himself Waspinator stole a ship with the help of an accomplice he nicknamed "Beakbot". The two had a contest to name the ship, but "Waspinator" lost, and thus the stolen ship was dubbed the Darksyde. "Waspinator" believed Buzzerbot would have been a better name. For reasons known only to Primus, Megatron agreed.

After escaping Cybertron, the Darksyde was intercepted by the Axalon and the Chromia 10, but after an intense space battle, only the Darksyde and the Axalon remained. Megatron ordered "Waspinator" to excecute their planned transwarp jump, opening up a portal which both ships entered. Dawn of Future's Past

Beast Wars cartoon

Voice Actor: Scott McNeil (English), Kensō Katō (Japanese), Ivo Roberto (Portuguese), Fábio Vilalonga, (Portuguese, in some episodes), Diego Sabre (Italian), Pierre Laurent (French), Roberto Molina (Latin American Spanish, season 1), Carlos Iñigo (Latin American Spanish, last episodes of season 1, season 2 and season 3), Gabriel Gama (Latin American Spanish, last 2 episodes of season 3), José Padilla (Castilian Spanish)

Remember when Waspinator used to be a threat? Because he doesn't, the poor guy.

Waspinator, part of Megatron's rogue band of Predacons, landed on an unknown planet with dangerous levels of unstable energon. To protect themselves from the energon, the Predacons took organic beast modes. In Waspinator's case, he now transformed into a large, green wasp. The first conflict between the stranded Predacons and their Maximal pursuers came when the Maximal Cheetor stumbled across Waspinator. In a stark contrast to his later career, he actually proved to be a serious threat and had the advantage over the inexperienced Cheetor, pinning the young Maximal down in a canyon. Beast Wars (Part 1)

The Predacons pursued the Maximals and interrupted a fight between Optimus Primal and Dinobot. When a stray shot exposed a cache of energon atop a nearby mountain, the Predacons headed for it. Waspinator was teamed with Terrorsaur for the first time, in an attempt to slow the Maximals down. They were chased off by a missile from Primal and rejoined the others for a mountaintop battle, wherein Cheetor attempted to have a rematch with Waspinator. Beast Wars (Part 2)

He helped Scorponok and Terrorsaur install some perimeter defenses around the Predacon base. The Web When Cheetor ended up in the Predacon base through some sort of freak teleportation system, Waspinator and Scorponok tried to kill him, but only succeeded in blowing themselves up with their own missiles. Little did Waspinator know that he would be blown up numerous times in the adventures to come. Equal Measures

"...and here we see a wild Waspinator in its natural state."

Waspinator was part of an attack on the Maximals at the Standing Stones. He survived that battle, but when an alien probe appeared at the circle, he and Megatron attempted to take possession of it, and a pulse of energy zapped them. They turned up, badly damaged, back at the Predacon base. After repairs, Megatron sent Waspinator and Scorponok to guard the circle. The Maximals soon turned up to try and extract Primal from the probe, and Waspinator attempted to sneak up on Rhinox, only for the Maximal to ventilate him with a chaingun. Waspinator fell backwards against a standing stone, activating a sequence which freed Primal from the probe. Chain of Command

After Terrorsaur managed to slag Megatron and take leadership of the Predacons, Waspinator and Scorponok promptly fixed Megatron. Power Surge When a stasis pod crashed, Waspinator and Terrorsaur went directly to the Axalon and ambushed Optimus Primal when he emerged to look for the pod. Though they succeeded, Dinobot dropped a huge rock on Waspinator, and Terrorsaur had to help his fellow. Waspinator was still healthy enough to report to Megatron, who sent the pair to capture the pod. On the way, they managed to slow down the Maximals by destroying an ice bridge, but by the time they reached the pod, Tigatron had already been activated. The new Maximal fought them off. Fallen Comrades

Wazzzzpinator not want to know "who'zzzz there?"

In one of Waspinator's few victories, he managed to retrieve the stasis pod which gave birth to Blackarachnia. When Terrorsaur again deposed Megatron, Waspinator seemed happy to follow his fellow Predacon. Double Jeopardy Perhaps that was why he was subsequently assigned with Blackarachnia and Terrorsaur to deliver a sonic emitter to a location below the Axalon. Dissatisfied with the task, he went to fly around for a bit and mutter to himself, only to give away their position accidentally. Though he returned to the other two Predacons, they were discovered by Tigatron, who destroyed the sonic emitter. A Better Mousetrap After Primal was inadvertently turned into a berserker by Scorponok's cyberbee, Waspinator attempted to track down Optimus in the Predacon base, but found himself pulled through a wall and blasted. Gorilla Warfare

Waspinator acted as bait for the first test of Tarantulas's transformation lock lens. The test was a success, but Waspinator was slagged by Tigatron. The Probe He was later one of the trio who mounted a mock revolt against Megatron to fool the Maximals. The Predacons concealed themselves in a crevasse (where Waspinator apparently spent his nights cuddling Tarantulas like a soft toy) while the Maximals repaired the Axalon. They were discovered by Dinobot, who dropped a large rock on Waspinator and Terrorsaur. Though the latter survived to battle on, Waspinator apparently didn't. Victory

Dancing Queen Bee

When Rhinox had his personality program converted to that of a Predacon, he started surreptitiously taking out the various Predacons. He swung a cargo crate into Waspinator, giving him a concussion. As a result, Waspy flew around in a daze, claiming to be the Insecticon Shrapnel as well as the great Wonko the Sane. This dementia was apparently reversed when Cheetor later got annoyed at his yattering and shot him down. One of Waspinator's stray shots subsequently hit the Transmuter, causing it to explode. Dark Designs

Terrorsaur and Waspinator were hanging around outside the Predacon base during Megatron's experiment to create a clone of Dinobot. Double Dinobot The pair attacked Cheetor when the young Maximal was protecting a stasis pod. Cheetor managed to lure Waspinator into flying over an energon geyser, frying his circuits. The Spark Perhaps a sign that they hadn't learned their lesson, Waspinator and Terrorsaur attacked Tigatron, only to be blasted by the defense system of a strange flying island. Though injured, they were able to return to base to report the find. The Trigger, Part 1 Following another bout of repairs, the duo headed back for the island, only to run into Primal and Rattrap, who were headed in the same direction. Eventually they did each the island...only for Blackarachnia to trick them into triggering the island's defenses again, resulting in them both being blasted. The Trigger, Part 2

Tigatron was ambushed on his way to another stasis pod by Waspinator, who managed to get a drop on the tiger. Waspinator's victory was short-lived, as Airazor promptly shot his wings off, and he crashed to the ground. Spider's Game Waspinator and Terrorsaur stole the Axalon's rectifier coil, forcing the Maximals remain in their beast modes. Once the Maximals had gone feral and wandered off into the jungle, the Predacons mounted a hunting expedition. The Maximals were able to overcome their programming block, and during the subsequent fight, Rhinox swatted Waspinator out of the air with a tree. Call of the Wild

Give him an orange parka and call him Kenny.

After an apparently victorious battle, Waspinator and Scorponok returned to base. However, the Maximals they had attacked were not dead, merely blinded, and Waspinator was soon sent out again, teamed with Terrorsaur, to eliminate them. Unfortunately, even four blind Maximals were more than enough match for them, and both Predacons were sent packing. Dark Voyage Things continued to go badly for Waspinator, as during a violent storm, he was possessed by the immortal spark of Starscream. It took a major energon explosion to dislodge Starscream's immortal spark from Waspinator's body. It also had the after-effect of giving Waspinator a headache in his whole body. Possession

Waspinator was part of a diversionary attack while Tarantulas tried out his new weapon, an energon discharge virus. Later on, the Predacons attempted to stop the Maximals getting the antidote and were blasted by Rhinox's enormous fart. The Low Road Waspinator teamed up with Inferno and Terrorsaur for a fight, only to be roundly trounced by Tigatron. The trio were later able to defeat Dinobot, with Waspinator dealing the final blow, but Optimus Primal turned up and blew both him and Terrorsaur away with one shot. Law of the Jungle

"Wazzzzpinator having flashbacks to grammar zzzzzchool!"

Waspinator caught Tarantulas stealing a transwarp cell from the Darksyde, but he was unable to stop the spider from leaving, as Tarantulas tossed him a bomb. Waspinator was soon in a multitude of separate pieces. Before the Storm Recovered and ready to take revenge on Tarantulas, he was instead sent by Megatron to secure a new alien site. Unfortunately, once he got there, he encountered Rattrap, who saw him off with a "robonoogie" and a kick to the unmentionables. Other Voices, Part 1 He retired to the Darksyde, where the Predacons monitored the situation with the Planet Buster weapon which had been revealed from the planet's second moon. Other Voices, Part 2

Rube-ik's Cube

After the Planet Buster was destroyed, the strange energies of a quantum surge saturated both ships. Waspinator lost control of his hoversled and was tipped into one of the restoration pools. Bathed in the regenerative fluids, he was prevented from becoming a Transmetal. He and his newly upgraded leader mounted an attack on the Axalon, but once Waspinator faced a similarly upgraded Cheetor, he soon retreated. Aftermath Waspinator was the first to realize that the seemingly unknown planet on which they'd landed was, in fact, Earth. Dinobot had made the same realization and stole into the Darksyde to retrieve both of Megatron's disks. Waspinator proposed the two work together to steal the disks, and much to his surprise, Dinobot agreed...and threw him into the security shield. Waspinator was crushed into a cube by the disks' security contraption, leaving Dinobot free to steal the disks unharmed while Waspinator crawled away to the CR chamber using two fingers.

He got himself repaired in time to join Megatron's forces on the battlefield, where they outnumbered Dinobot, Cheetor and Rattrap. Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1) He was teamed up with new recruit Silverbolt to attack the Axalon by air. After asserting his authority over the Fuzor, he was promptly knocked out of the air by Cheetor. He joined the other Predacons as they prepared to finish off the Maximals for good...but was the first victim of a reborn Transmetal Optimus Primal. Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)

Waspinator and Inferno were tasked with constructing a new jamming tower. They constructed it successfully, but while Waspinator proudly reported their success to Megatron, Inferno playfully knocked the tower over on him. Tangled Web Another of Waspinator's rare victories came when he shot Silverbolt from behind, causing the Maximal to crash into Dinobot, effectively taking both out. While Inferno took off with Dinobot's prone form, Quickstrike refused to help Waspy carry Silverbolt. A short time later, Rattrap mimicked Quickstrike's voice, tricking Waspinator into picking up a gas mine, and Waspinator's victory was no more. Maximal, No More

Waspinator and the rest of the Predacons installed shield generators around another alien site, but the alien construct which appeared zapped everyone, sending him into stasis lock. Other Visits (Part 1) Megatron took control of the construct and restored all of the Predacons to working order. Waspinator and Inferno retrieved transwarp cells to give the ship transwarp capability. They were later sent out to defend the construct against the Maximals. Other Visits (Part 2)

Not quite what "stick the landing" means.

Sent with Blackarachnia to claim another pod, Waspinator didn't last long before he was shot down by Cheetor and landed head first. Bad Spark He also took part in the attack on the valley where the protohumans were living, but his contribution ended when Dinobot stuffed him head-first into Rampage's main cannon and Rampage exploded. Code of Hero

As by Megatron's calculations, the transwarp wavefront from the Planet Buster explosion would soon be reaching Cybertron, the Predacons mounted an attack on the Axalon. The Maximals received reinforcements in the form of Predacon covert agent Ravage, whose transwarp cruiser saw the Predacons off. Waspinator was subsequently given a new solo mission by Megatron, and he departed when the Maximals next attacked. The Agenda (Part 1) Just as he arrived at his destination, Blackarachnia accidentally hit him with her hoversled, knocking him apart. Waspinator once again started gathering himself together. The Agenda (Part 2)

Waspinator pulled himself together in time to aid Megatron's escape, after the Predacon leader badly damaged Optimus Prime. He, Megatron and Inferno headed for the Axalon, but Cheetor and Primal caught up with them, and Waspinator was downed by one shot from Cheetor. Optimal Situation After Inferno was blown to bits while attacking the Maximal base, Megatron sent Waspinator to salvage him. Waspinator was less than happy, complaining that no one ever salvaged him. Deep Metal He was able to get the drop on Silverbolt when the Maximals were attempting to salvage Sentinel, and he happily flew off with the module.

Waspinator having good day! Not get shot once!

Igor needs to file his nails.

Sadly, he didn't get very far before Silverbolt and Rattrap caught up, blasting him out of the air so they could reclaim Sentinel. Changing of the Guard After Megatron developed cyber raptors, Waspinator and Tarantulas were sent out with a group of them to attack Cheetor and Blackarachnia. The Maximals soon discovered that destroying the raptors' control components sent them wild, and Waspinator was stomped into the ground by an out-of-control dinosaur. Cutting Edge Another of Waspinator's increasingly few victories came when he managed to snatch a stasis pod from under the Maximals' noses. He acted as lab assistant as Megatron utilised the blank protoform contained in the pod, plus a transmetal driver, to create a new Dinobot. Unfortunately, even this victory was short-lived, as a short time later, the device Megatron was using exploded, and Waspinator was caught in the blast. After getting repaired, he made his way to where Megatron was interrogating Depth Charge...only to be blasted by his own trigger-happy leader. Feral Scream Part 1

After Megatron discovered that Cheetor had upgraded himself into a Transmetal 2, he sent Waspinator and Dinobot out to find and capture the kitty. The pair located him in a cave, but as Dinobot began to move in, Waspinator asserted his own leadership...and was shredded by Dinobot. Following another bout of repairs, Waspinator rejoined the hunt, and they eventually found Cheetor again. Waspinator was offhandedly slagged by the Maximal while trying to sneak up. Feral Scream Part 2

Requiring someone organic to complete the disruptor cannon, Megatron sent Waspinator and Inferno to pick up a protohuman. Waspinator was able to capture Una, but she did quite a bit of damage to him on the flight back. On reaching the mountain hideout, Waspinator reported success and promptly collapsed into a collection of parts. At some point, he got repaired and was able to join in the pursuit of Rattrap and Una as they escaped. He was hit in the face by mud, sending him out of control, crashing into first Inferno, then Dinobot, and allowing the Maximals to escape. The three Predacons were called back to the mountain, where Megatron attempted to use the disruptor cannon, which promptly exploded. Go with the Flow Waspinator's next glorious mission was an attack on the Maximal base. Unfortunately for him, his expected backup wasn't there, and he was swatted by Optimus Primal. It had all been a ploy to draw Primal out so that Tarantulas could deliver a device to take control of the Maximal leader. Master Blaster

After the destruction of the Darksyde at Tigerhawk's hands, Megatron sent Waspinator, Inferno, and Quickstrike on an errand to find a new base, which was really nothing more than pointless busywork while Megatron went to do more important things. As the trio staked out an early human tribe that had taken up residence in a series of caves, Waspinator decided he'd finally had enough and ripped off his Predacon symbol, declaring himself out of the Beast Wars.

Wazzzzpinator happy at last! ...until the next series.

I said no! Dragon-Bot command you, Sub-Commander Kiss-Butt! Dragon-Bot not command Waspinator! Not any more! Waspinator sick of being evil! Sick of being Predacon! And Waspinator especially sick of getting blown to scrap all the time! Sooo, Waspinator quit! As of now, which means Ant-Bot and Two-Head can just pucker their mandibles and plant big, wet, juicy one right here on Waspinator's big...fat..stripy...

At this point, Waspinator was interrupted by getting blown to scrap by Inferno and Quickstrike. Also, note that this is the first (and only) time that he refers to himself as "I". Nemesis Part 1

His parts recovered by the protohuman tribe, Waspinator remained on Earth while all the other surviving Transformers set off for Cybertron, and led the tribe, declaring that he was finally...happy. Nemesis Part 2

For a bit, at least.

Fast Action Battlers toyline

This fiction takes place shortly after the events of Possession.

Waspinator eventually met up with several Autobots and Decepticons from another dimension. A battle broke out between the Maximals, Predacons, Autobots and Decepticons. The other-dimensional Transformers eventually returned to their place of origin and the Beast Wars continued as they were. Beast Wars Diorama Story

15 Go! Go!

Even in this series Waspinator gets shot at.

The time-traveling human Atari Hitotonari and the Sparkbot Star Dust witnessed a battle between Waspinator and Optimus Primal. However, the two interlopers could not be seen by either of the warriors. 15 Go! Go!

Tales of the Beast Wars

Antagony threatened to blast Waspinator if Megatron did not back down. Waspinator's warranty had expired, but it didn't matter as Antagony accidently wasted her last shot when she sneezed. Do we even need to guess what happened to Waspinator? Visitations

Later, to his credit, Waspinator was the only Predacon aside from Megatron to not be paralyzed in fear at the sight of a Unicron-possessed Windrazor. Of course, Waspinator had just been blown up for the umpteen millionth time. None of the Maximals expressed satisfaction. They always got Waspinator. Always. Paradox

Transmetal Toy Bio

Even though the quantum surge has upgraded Waspinator physically, his personality remains the same. He has however found a renewed drive to eliminate the Maximals, accompanied by enhanced speed. Transmetal Waspinator Bio

The on-package bios of the Transmetal sub-line presented a micro-continuity where all of the characters receiving a new toy were transmetalized due to the initial quantum surge, instead of a select few.

IDW Beast Wars comics

An alternate timeline's Waspinator was possessed by Starscream's immortal spark after the later's defeat at the hand of the Maximals. This time around, Starscream was able to hold possession of Waspinator until the Quantum Surge hit Prehistoric Earth, and was able to influence Waspinator's transmetalisation so that the Predacon's third mode would ressemble Starscream's own original fighter jet mode. The two of them bicker constantly over control of the shared body, their two distinct voices audible to whoever hears them argue. Beast Wars Sourcebook

Beast Machines cartoon

Voice actor: Scott McNeil (English), Kensō Katō (Japanese), Victor Covarrubias (Latin American Spanish), Vittorio Stagni (Italian), Thomas Nero Wolff (German)

Bug to be wiiii-iii-ild!

Waspinator grew bored of being a god to the Protohumans and started flicking rocks at their heads. The Protohumans he had ruled over grew tired of his presence and evicted him from their settlement by catapulting him from a tree. After this, Waspinator returned to Cybertron, which "took forever."

It is unclear just how Waspinator traveled from prehistoric Earth to future Cybertron, presumably under his own power. Perhaps if he somehow managed to reach escape velocity and traveled to Cybertron at sub-light speed, it would have taken long enough that he would have "caught up" to the main timeline. A concrete explanation would have been provided in the Primeval Dawn comics, with Waspinator (among many other Earth-bound characters) traveling back to Cybertron via transwarp portal. However, the bankruptcy of 3H meant these final issues were never fully written, much less published, and all we really know about what they were going to say came from messageboard posts from author Dan Khanna. Since the material was never completed or published, fans may not necessarily accept them as storyline facts and could thus leave the mechanics of Waspinator's return an unsolved mystery.

Once home, his spark was removed and used to power the Vehicon general Thrust. He loved being a cool biker-bot as he now got respect and was finding chicks dig the new brooding bad boy schtick!

Influences from his inner spark caused Thrust to save Blackarachnia's life several times, causing her to believe he carried Silverbolt's spark. Revelations Part I: Discovery She later tried to bring his original mind back and discovered, to her disgust, that she'd spent all her effort getting Waspinator back. Poor Waspinator was rather upset to find Blackarachnia no longer wanted to "go steady" with him, and briefly had a punch-up with a revived Silverbolt over her honour. The Catalyst

Why Oracle hate Wazzzzpinator?

Following Blackarachnia's unambigious rejection of him (there's gratitude for you!), Waspinator remained in the "background" and let Thrust run the show, and nobody ever expressed interest in reformatting Thrust to free Waspinator. In the final battle, Cheetor used an extractor to remove Waspinator's spark from the body shell. Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall After Cybertron's technorganic reformatting (thanks to Optimus Primal, through the cost of his and Megatron's lives) Waspinator returned in his beast mode with Thrust's head, now the size of a standard wasp. He complained to Rattrap about how much he wanted glory and power and never gets what he wants... at which point Rattrap swatted him away. Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future

While the suggestions that Thrust was really Silverbolt turned out to be a red herring, his actions raise the question of how Waspinator's spark could influence Vehicon programming, seemingly due to having a crush, but her true love Silverbolt's didn't. ("In Darkest Knight" indicate it's because Silverbolt just didn't really want to give up being Jetstorm)

Universe comic

After the reformatting of Cybertron, Waspinator came under the command of Galvatron. His tiny size and great speed made him an excellent scout and messenger, and he reported to Galvatron that the invading Quintessons had entered a particular canyon that the Predacons had booby-trapped. He seemed very giddy to have a commander who actually found him useful for once. Wreckers: Finale Part II

Later, Waspinator was part of a team sent to rescue victims of Unicron who had been transported to an isolated, icy planetoid. OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading

Transformers Legends anthology

The Predacons crashed on Earth in Mexico around 1,000 BC. Acting on Megatron's orders, Tarantulas and Waspinator enslaved the local Natiltec tribe, who saw Waspinator as some sort of "wasp-god", and forced them to mine energon. Silverbolt mounted a heroic rescue, struggling with Waspinator as the humans escape. The Natiltec later immortalised the event on a cave wall, which was uncovered some three thousand years later by a team of archaeologists. Fire in the Dark

Games

Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals video game

This game takes place in an alternate version of the second season of the Beast Wars cartoon.

Neon Camo Waspinator and Transmetal Buzz Saw! In stores now!

Full Metal Yellowjacket

Voice Actor: Scott McNeil (English), ??? (Japanese)

Transmetal Waspinator joins his fellow Predacons in distributing various one-on-one beat downs to the Maximals. Eventually he got fed up, quit, and became god to early humanity. He did this after kicking everyone's ass. Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals

Waspinator is only available for game play in the Nintendo 64 game. His model was also used to represent the hidden character Starscream.

Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the Nintendo 64 game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Waspinator's fate in those outcomes.

Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle video game

Megatron was capable to summon Waspinator forth to the battlefield in his attempts to acquire the super-powerful energon crystal. Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle

Toys

Beast Wars

The Japanese version is more Playskool.

• Waspinator (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
  • Japanese ID number: D-3
  • Accessories: Launcher, 2 missiles

Waspinator transforms into a large organic wasp. His stinger separates to become a hand-held spring-loaded missile launcher for his robot mode; the bolts are stored on the underside of his insect-wings. His head is on a vertical column that rotates around a horizontal axle; each end has a different head, one "mutant", one "robot". The "mutant" head was used as the base for his CGI model, and thus the norm for his fictional portrayals. The Takara version of Waspinator uses slightly brighter, more primary colors than the Hasbro version.

This mold was later redecoed for a "Fox Kids" version, as well as both the Hasbro and Takara 10th anniversary versions of the character.

This mold was also used to make Buzz Saw and retooled into Dirgegun.

• More information on Waspinator at TFU.info

Catbug is a cat but he's got bugness in his veins.

• Showdown of the Quickest: Cheetus VS Waspeeter (VS pack, 1997)
  • Japanese ID number: VS-3
  • Accessories: Launcher, 2 missiles

In Japan, Waspinator was available both separately and in a VS pack with Cheetor. Both toys are identical to their original releases.

Currently, it is unknown if the latter "show-like" version of the two toys were ever released in the VS set.

Contains a tiny bit of Starscream in every mold.

• Waspinator (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998)
  • Japanese ID number: D-42
  • Accessories: Stinger-rifle

Now an almost completely robotic figure, Transmetal Waspinator transforms into a robotic wasp. He features a F-15-like jet mode, flipping and folding his wings into a fighter-jet configuration as well as flipping a cockpit/nosecone between his insect-head mandibles. Though he appears solid black at first glance, he is actually made of very dark transparent-black/green plastic.

The Takara version of this toy is almost completely identical, except the "WASPINATOR" tampograph on his wing was replaced with "DESTRON" and the Predacon sigil.

This mold was later redecoed for a "Fox Kids" version of the character. It was slated for a Universe version of Waspinator, but that set was canceled.

• More information on Transmetal Waspinator at TFU.info

• Hurricane Showdown: Metals Cheetus VS Metals Waspeeter (VS pack, 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: VS-42
  • Accessories: Stinger-rifle

In Japan, Transmetal Waspinator was available both individually and in a two-pack with Transmetal Cheetor. The two-pack version was unchanged from the normal individually-packaged one.

Do be a blue bee.

• Waspinator (Deluxe, 1999)
  • Accessories: Launcher, 2 missiles

This toy is a redeco of the first Waspinator toy. A "FoxKids!" sticker on the packaging promoted the cartoon, which was playing on Fox at the time. Like most of the other Fox Kids redecoes, his color scheme was altered significantly, consisting primarily of slate blue and green-gold plastic, with dark blue (barely) translucent parts.

Hasbro solicitations for this toy gave it the name "Power Flight Waspinator", but this name never made it to final packaging.

This toy's deco was later used to create the non-toy character Buzzbomb.

• More information on Fox Kids Waspinator at TFU.info

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Why FoxKidzzzz hate Waspinator?

• Waspinator (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)
  • Accessories: Stinger-rifle

This toy is a redeco of the Transmetal Waspinator toy. A "Fox Kids!" sticker on the packaging promoted the cartoon, which was playing on Fox at the time. The toy's new deco bears more than a passing resemblance to Buzz Saw.

• More information on Fox Kids Transmetal Waspinator at TFU.info

Universe (2003)

Wazzpinator... purple?

For a brief time, Hasbro's official website checklist featured listings for two "Halloween Horrorcon Value Packs" that were to be Wal-Mart exclusives... which also likely explains why they were canceled. (Wal-Mart had taken a good half-dozen exclusives and released them more-or-less simultaneously, leading to a huge glut. A lot of other Transformers exclusives were canceled during the Universe era.)

In 2004, several test-shots appeared on eBay in a group, among them the Transmetal Waspinator toy with opaque-salmon wings and lavender insect legs. This, presumably, was to have been the Universe incarnation of Waspinator, as the other toys in the group line up with the names given for the two Halloween sets. He was to come in a "Vs." two-pack with the presumably-Autobot character Nightprowler.

• Gallery of Nightprowler vs. Waspinator test-shots

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Beast Wars 10th Anniversary

Finally Waspinator come with pieces that aren't Waspinator's!

• Waspinator (Deluxe, 2006)
  • Accessories: Launcher, 2 missiles, Transmutate's head

This toy is a slight redeco of the first Waspinator toy to make it closer to Waspinator's cartoon appearance, replacing the gray with green and adding extra gold paint applications. He came with the head to Transmutate plus a DVD with the episode "Possession".

• More information on 10th Anniversary Waspinator at TFU.info

Timelines

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This works surprisingly well on many levels.

• Darksyde Megatron and Darksyde Waspinator (Bagged set, 2006)
  • Accessories: 2-part rifle

Available exclusively at the BotCon 2006 event itself, this two-pack represents Waspinator and Megatron before the events of the Beast Wars show. "Darksyde Waspinator" is a Basic-sized figure, originally used for Machine Wars Skywarp and Thundercracker, which autotransforms to robot mode from a Dassault Rafale fighter jet. (One can surmise, however, that it is meant to represent a Cybertronic design in this case.) His rifle splits into two pieces, which store in the backs of his lower legs.

This mold was also used to make Beast Wars II Dirge, Robots in Disguise Skyfire, and Robot Masters Wingstun.

• More information on Darksyde Waspinator at TFU.info

Beast Wars Telemocha Series

Otherwise known as Dr. Wasp Itor.

• Waspeeter (Deluxe, 2007)
  • Japanese ID number: TM-04
  • Accessories: Launcher, 2 missiles

This toy is a ridiculously-extensively-painted redeco of the first Waspinator toy to make it almost completely show-accurate to Waspinator's cartoon appearance (forgiving mold issues and unpaintable plastic, of course). Due to a manufacturing error, Waspinator's crotch piece is backwards.

He came with a DVD of the episode "The Aerial Mountains Explode", the Japanese dub of "Power Surge".

• More information on Telemocha Series Waspinator at TFU.info (scroll down)

Merchandise

• Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game (1997)

Waspinator was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars card game.

Do we want to know what that is gushing out of his butt?

Robot Heroes

• Rhinox vs Waspinator (2008)

Waspinator was released in the second wave of Universe Robot Heroes packed with Rhinox as part of the "Beast Wars Series". An amalgam of toy and television show depictions, Waspinator has articulation at the neck and shoulders. He suspends himself in the air on a strong stream of fluid launching from his butt. (Okay, it's probably supposed to be a compressed air jet or something, but look at it. Eyuw.)

Notes

• Ironically, in the original toyline's continuity (which was created before the animated series), Waspinator was profiled as a cruel, cunning, highly skilled warrior who was greatly feared by the Maximals.
• Ever wonder why Waspinator became the whipping boy of Beast Wars? Early in the series, his buzzing, drawling method of speaking frustrated story editors Larry DiTillio and Bob Forward, as they found it was taking up too much time out of the episodes. To get around this, but still meet with the requirement that he appear regularly, they took to blasting him to bits so that he wouldn't have to talk! Of course, this only wound up endearing him to the writers and the fans, and his frequent brushes with destruction became a running gag done for fun, rather than a script requirement.

• Waspinator was originally chosen by Hasbro to be one of the characters killed off for the second season of the Beast Wars cartoon to help make way for new characters (read: product). However, Forward and DiTillio convinced them to spare Waspinator on the grounds of his popularity with the online fan-base, so Terrorsaur and Scorponok took the plunge instead.
• Waspinator was originally slated to appear in the very first Beast Wars video game, and even had a character model built. However, he was ultimately unused and only appeared in footage taken from the Beast Wars cartoon.
• Waspinator appears to be the inspiration for Buzzer-Bot from the Playskool Go-Bots line, as well as the obvious Wasp character from Transformers Animated.
• Waspinator's original toy contains a high number of ball and swivel joints, which more than easily separate. Makes him a little more show-accurate, after all.
• When Waspinator is hit from behind by a stasis pod ship made by Blackarachnia, a toilet is seen falling from Waspinator's smashed body. Now Waspinator need new waste disposal unit!
• According to Waspinator's profile in Beast Wars Universe, he likes flying and nectar.

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Waspinator's special tongue, there is no other like it!

• Waspinator has a yellow tongue in robot mode.
• While Waspinator usually refers to other characters by nicknames, he is fairly consistent about calling Megatron and Optimus Primal by their real names. (Fairly.) He also refers to Inferno by name at least twice, and Tarantulas at least once.
• Waspinator is the only member of the Beast Wars Predacon lineup who was there from the beginning and remains alive and unchanged for the entire course of the show.
• Waspinator never once makes a proper landing while in his beast form. However, there are plenty of instances for which he makes improper landings while in beast form, usually when he's being blasted out of the sky.
• Technically, Waspinator's beast mode is that of a female wasp, given that males do not possess a stinger. He would probably find this objectionable, along with everything else in his life.
• Somebody give this guy a hug.