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Laserbeak showed up at Chernobyl and intimidated [[Alexi Voskhod]] when he was about to say too much about their mission. Later, after Shockwave and Driller battled Optimus Prime and Ratchet with NEST soldiers commanded by William Lennox, Laserbeak killed Voskhod when he tried driving away in his white limo. | Laserbeak showed up at Chernobyl and intimidated [[Alexi Voskhod]] when he was about to say too much about their mission. Later, after Shockwave and Driller battled Optimus Prime and Ratchet with NEST soldiers commanded by William Lennox, Laserbeak killed Voskhod when he tried driving away in his white limo. | ||
Laserbeak later showed up at Africa | Laserbeak later showed up at Africa where he shot a bird to death.Where Soundwave,Starscream, Megatron, and Igor were all in a secret base to report the success of the Chernobyl mission. He was then ordered to kill all of the human collaborators of the Decepticons. During one of his attacks, he shape-shifted into a small pink version of Bumblebee, an even more advanced skill than scanning a vehicle to transform into. He then met a little girl, who presumably mistook him as the friendly robot. When her parents came in, Laserbeak transformed into his normal self and made friends with the girl,killed mom and wounded dad. | ||
He threatened [[Jerry Wang]]'s life for information concerning Sam Witwicky, which made Jerry act extremely bizarre in front of Sam. Despite doing what Laserbeak ordered him to do, the sadistic Decepticon "suicided him", as ordered by his superiors, by swinging him out the window, sending him falling out of the skyscraper Sam was working in. Laserbeak then chased Sam, but he managed to escape. | He threatened [[Jerry Wang]]'s life for information concerning Sam Witwicky, which made Jerry act extremely bizarre in front of Sam. Despite doing what Laserbeak ordered him to do, the sadistic Decepticon "suicided him", as ordered by his superiors, by swinging him out the window, sending him falling out of the skyscraper Sam was working in. Laserbeak then chased Sam, but he managed to escape. | ||
Revision as of 21:22, 6 July 2011
| The name or term "Laserbeak" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Laserbeak (disambiguation). |
- Laserbeak is a Decepticon in the Dark of the Moon portion of the live-action continuity family.
An example of Cybertronian wildlife re-engineered to serve Transformers, Laserbeak serves the Decepticons primarily as a scout and spy for Soundwave. But that doesn't mean he isn't capable of other tasks, such as hunting down targets for capture, be they human or Autobot.[1] Perhaps the most useful of his abilities is to transform into almost any type of alt-mode, even those who aren't alt-modes.
Fiction
Convergence
Dark of the Moon film
- Voice actor: Keith Szarabajka (English), Ernesto Lezama (Latin American-Spanish dub)
 Plot details for Dark of the Moon (film) follow. |
Laserbeak showed up at Chernobyl and intimidated Alexi Voskhod when he was about to say too much about their mission. Later, after Shockwave and Driller battled Optimus Prime and Ratchet with NEST soldiers commanded by William Lennox, Laserbeak killed Voskhod when he tried driving away in his white limo.
Laserbeak later showed up at Africa where he shot a bird to death.Where Soundwave,Starscream, Megatron, and Igor were all in a secret base to report the success of the Chernobyl mission. He was then ordered to kill all of the human collaborators of the Decepticons. During one of his attacks, he shape-shifted into a small pink version of Bumblebee, an even more advanced skill than scanning a vehicle to transform into. He then met a little girl, who presumably mistook him as the friendly robot. When her parents came in, Laserbeak transformed into his normal self and made friends with the girl,killed mom and wounded dad.
He threatened Jerry Wang's life for information concerning Sam Witwicky, which made Jerry act extremely bizarre in front of Sam. Despite doing what Laserbeak ordered him to do, the sadistic Decepticon "suicided him", as ordered by his superiors, by swinging him out the window, sending him falling out of the skyscraper Sam was working in. Laserbeak then chased Sam, but he managed to escape.
When Sam was sent by Robert Epps to coerce the traitor and Decepticon supporter Dylan Gould into releasing Carly Brooks-Spencer, Laserbeak transformed out of his television mode and grabbed Sam with his talons and threw him out of the window, where Sam was saved by Bumblebee and his newly acquired Decepticon fighter. Laserbeak struggled with Sam on top of the fighter after Carly escaped, where Sam managed to hold Laserbeak's head in front of one of the fighter's guns and had Bumblebee fire, decapitating and killing Laserbeak.
Commercial appearances
Laserbeak, in disguise as an office copy machine, got upset when he jammed because the office workers failed to use the good paper. He transformed and shot the place up until a woman went and got Double A paper. He then went back to making copies. Double A transforming paper
Games
Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game
(Xbox 360/PS3)
Laserbeak played a vital role during Soundwave's mission to a former Sector Seven data archive. While Soundwave was able to fight his way to the base, he was unable to break in and so launched Laserbeak to infiltrate it instead.
Armed with a machine gun, the small but vicious Decepticon could not last long in an all-out firefight with the Autobots inside, so it had to rely on stealth. Using its abilities to take the form of holographic items and fixtures within the base, Laserbeak was able to ambush and slay numerous Autobots as it sought a way to allow Soundwave entry.
Throughout the course of this operation, Laserbeak encountered numerous defense drones, autoturrets and Autobots. It also learned that the base, while still containing useful data, was now used as a workshop by the Autobot scientist Wheeljack. Worse, Wheeljack was working with human scientists to develop MechTech weaponry.
Realising the threat, Soundwave now changed objectives from data retrieval to outright destruction. As the base was built in a volcano in order to take advantage of geothermal energy, he had Laserbeak damage several of the seismic dampeners that prevented the volcano from erupting. Laserbeak also managed to hack the gates, finally allowing Soundwave to enter the base personally and complete both objectives.
As the base was consumed in flames, Laserbeak flew overhead before landing on its master's arm, screeching in victory. Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)
Toys
Dark of the Moon
- Laserbeak (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
- Japanese ID number: DD07
- Accessories: MechTech Cybertronian Cannon A, Cybertronian Cannon B
- Dark of the Moon Laserbeak transforms from a VTOL aircraft (similar to the G.I. Joe Sigma 6 Dragonhawk vehicle) to a Cybertronian bird/dragon thing. There are several MechTech weapon holes all over, on top and bottom of both wings, the bottom of both feet, and above and below the cockpit in vehicle mode with a total of 8. The two weapons included have Gatling-style barrels, with one gun being static while the other has a MechTech swapping feature, where the barrel swings around to reveal a second, different cannon barrel. The static gun can plug into the back of the MechTech gun to create a giant cannon. Both guns also include a C joint bar on top. The beast mode's mouth can open, and the heels on both feet are actually 5mm pegs. This allows the toy to perch on the arm of any toy with compatible holes in the arms or hands. The cockpit of the vehicle mode has a stylized bird head painted on both sides.
- The instructions show a different head than the final toy, with a more realistic looking bird head. Some of the paint applications shown on the packaging, including the ones on the weapons, were left off on the actual toy.
Notes
- Laserbeak was in an early draft of The Reign of Starscream, but was dropped at Hasbro's request.[2]
- Laserbeak's instructions feature an alternate head sculpt, presumably hinting at a future remold.
- Previous beast-like robots didn't talk because the production team thought it would be "weird". Apparently, they changed their minds when it came Laserbeak's turn.
- Surprisingly, his Vector Sigma database claims he has no alt-modes. Someone clearly didn't pay attention to the merchandise
