Survive

Survive is a Maximal from the Beast Wars Neo portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

As long as I know how to love, I'll always be alive.

When you're a Maximal soldier under the instruction of Survive (サバイブ Sabaibu), you don't just drop and give him twenty, you drop and give him twenty-thousand. In the rain. While he kicks you in the ribs. Then you get up, thank him and ask for another. The most notorious drill instructor in the Maximal Military Academy, the mere utterance of his name is enough to send tremors of awe and terror through any new recruit who hears it. Survive firmly believes that a military unit lives and dies by the quality of its teamwork, and the best way to bond a team of misfits is by making them trudge through Hell together. So give 'em Hell is exactly what Survive does. And he's very good at it.

Naturally, Survive despises Big Convoy, the self-proclaimed "One-Man Army" who eschews teamwork and camaraderie. The two don't get along in the slightest and Survive's animosity toward Big Convoy often extends to Big Convoy's recruits, whom he views as the weak result of poor leadership and discipline.

Basically, he's robot bear Sgt. Slaughter. His drone partner in combat is True One.

Fiction

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Voice actor: Yoshikazu Nagano (Japanese)

Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor

After the defeat of Unicron, Survive returned to Cybertron. There, he fought with Killer Punch. Graduation Ceremony!!

IDW Beast Wars comics

And you see me, somebody new.

Survive usually took on the rejects of the Maximal Military Academy and whipped them up to shape. Beast Wars Sourcebook 4

Alongside Tasmania Kid and Cohrada, Survive came with Big Convoy to investigate Shokaract's tower after various Angolmois-related murders. When Shokaract himself soon emerged from the tower and attacked them, Survive fought back, but was quickly killed along with his teammates. The Ascending #3

Fortunately, the Pack managed to use the magic of time travel to interrupt Shokaract before Survive and the others met their end at his hands (except Tasmania Kid, who died regardless). In this new timeline, Big Convoy's team traveled to the Pack's crashed starship and had the situation explained to them. With the Pack and several other Maximals and Predacons on their side, Survive and the others ultimately managed to foil Shokaract's plans. The Ascending #4

Toys

Beast Wars Neo

It took all the strength I had not to fall apart.

• Survive (Mega, 2000)
  • Japanese ID number: C-39

A redeco of Polar Claw, Survive transforms into a godless killing machine. Rearing him up on his hind legs in beast mode exposes a pair of nasty-looking fangs. His left beast mode foreleg has a spring-loaded attack claw, while his right launches from the shoulder stub and transforms into his bat-partner True One, who can also be used as a hand-held blaster. Survive's robot head has a face on both sides; a normal robot mode one, and a "mutant" face.

This mold was also used to make Grizzly-1/Barbearian.

• More information on Survive at TFU.info

But will I crumble? Will I lay down and die? Oh no not I!

• Roaring Showdown: Survive VS Killer Punch (Mega, 2000)
  • Japanese ID number: VS-39

Survive was also available in a two-pack with the Predacon Killer Punch. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.