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| {{disambig2|the species|the franchise|Beastformers}}
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| [[Image:BattleBeastsDreamwave1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Adorably vicious]]
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| The '''Beastformers''' (ビーストフォーマー ''Bīsutofōmā'') are a species of anthropomorphic animals that reside on the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]].
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| ==Fiction==
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| ===Japanese cartoon continuity===
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| ====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
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| [[Image:Beastfamily.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A bucolic [[wikipedia:Sylvanian_Families|Sylvanian]]... er, Beastformer family, before the Decepticons invaded.]]
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| The [[Autobot]]s came into contact with two refugee Beastformers who were seeking help. They said that their world, planet [[Beast (planet) | Beast]], was a happy and peaceful one ruled by a just hereditary monarchy of lions (what else?) until the [[Decepticon]]s invaded and helped the enemy forces of [[Alligatron]] take control. To all appearances, this tragedy changed their society from [http://www.sylvanianfamilies.com/index.php a girls' toy brand] to a boys' toy brand. The Autobots traveled to Beast inside of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and helped the good Beastformers free planet Beast from Decepticon tyranny. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] left the [[Monsterbot]]s behind to protect the planet from any future Decepticon incursions.
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| After [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] blew up [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and Rodimus Prime departed to find a new homeworld, the Monsterbots rejoined the Autobot forces under Fortress Maximus. This led to further suffering for the Beastformers as the Decepticons invaded again (see below) and Scorponok took many of them to the planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]] as slaves to build him a giant [[transtector]]. Smooth move, Monsterbots. {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}
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| ====''The Headmasters'' comic====
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| Once again, the Decepticons teamed up with Alligatron to take over planet Beast. The good Beastformers under the command of [[White Leo]] (with help from human-turned Beastformer, [[Kane]]) sent for assistance from the Autobots, who arrived to help defeat the Decepticons and Alligatron. {{storylink|Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}
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| ===''Beastformers'' manga===
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| At some point, the [[Three Wise Ones]] in their underground empire created the [[Laser Beast]]s based on the Beastformers who had evolved on the surface.
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| Thousands of years later, the Laser Beasts' habitat fell into disrepair and the race was forced to relocate to the surface of the planet. Unknown to the Laser Beasts, the surface of Beast was already inhabited: by the Beastformers! The Laser Beasts and the Beastformers then clashed in a massive battle, deciding which Beast lifeform would rule the surface of Planet Beast! {{storylink|Legend of the Three Wise Ones}}
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| ===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
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| While hunting down the rogue [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s search brought him to planet Beest during the middle of a battle amongst the Beastformers. {{storylink|Welcome to the Jungle}}
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| ===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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| [[Image:Beastformers GIJoe.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Beastformers acting as Unicron's antibodies.]]
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| In order to keep the planet-devouring chaos god [[Unicron]] from munching [[Earth]], [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] traveled within the giant's body in order to deliver a devastating payload of [[metal-eating spore]]s to his brain. Flint and Cosmos were stalled by Unicron's antibodies, in the form of mind-controlled Beastformers. Flint and Cosmos fought past the Beastformers and defeated Unicron with the fungus. Whether this freed the enslaved Beastformers or not remains unclear. However, [[Joe Colton]] is charged with leading a mission to Unicron's dead body in order to bring assistance to its residents (presumably the Beastformers). {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2|Black Horizon Part 2}}
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| ===Blackthorne ''Battle Beasts'' comics===
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| [[Image:BattleBeasts comic 1.GIF|left|100px|thumb|The cover of Blackthorne Battle Beasts #1]]
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| The Battle Beasts did get some outside fiction in the U.S., in the form of a short-lived (four issues) [[Blackthorne Publishing|Blackthorne]] black-and-white comic book. Good luck finding it.
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| The comic is set on an unnamed planet inhabited by sentient, armored animals, each imbued with the power of one of the three elements: water, fire, and wood. Their powers and the health of their world are maintained by the Soulspirit, a ghostly figure that—strangely for a planet of talking animals—appears to be [[human]]. By keeping her animal charges and their nature totems in harmony, the Soulspirit helps maintain a balance that prevents the return of her ancient enemy—Ruhin, the sludgy lord of chaos. An evil plot by the totem-switching, mind-controlling crimelord [[Greenchameles|Chameleon]], and his minions [[Devilbat|Blitzkrieg Bat]], [[Graysharp|Rocky Rhino]], and [[Cuttledeep|Cutthroat Cuttlefish]], disrupts the Soulspirit's planetary totem renewal ritual: the subsequent psychic totem disruption drives every creature on the planet insane and makes them start viciously attacking each other. The only beasts spared from this madness are Chameleon's forces and a small group of heroes ([[Drillfrog|Horny Toad]], [[Knightowl|Knight Owl]], and [[Bonga|Gargantuan Gorilla]]) who had already tried and failed to stop him. With their world now plunged into madness and nonstop war, the heroic faction must journey to find the one being on the planet—the near-mythical [[White Leo|Sunburst Warrior]]—who can restore the harmony and sanity of the Battle Beasts. But they must hurry, because the disruption of the balance of nature has also revived the evil Ruhin!
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