Packrat
Packrat is a Maximal in the Beast Wars portion of the Beast Era.
Packrat is sneaky and generally untrustworthy. A renowned thief and narcissist, he's also a glory hound. Not only does he want to steal things, he wants the world to know about it and sing his praises. If he weren't so effective on the battlefield, he wouldn't be as tolerated by the other Maximals. That, and he tends to cause the Predacons more damage than his so-called colleagues. However, his overdeveloped self-interest may be his undoing -- if he won't look after his teammates, why should they return the favor?
Fiction
Tales of the Beast Wars
Critical Mass
Visitations
Voice actor: Scott McNeil
Primeval Dawn
Universe: The Wreckers
Packrat followed Primal Prime and his band to Cybertron, where they found a planet decimated by Vehicons. Joining the ranks of the depleted Wreckers, he stole Nightscream's Deployers as they were given marching orders from the Oracle itself. He and the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons to get to an old Autobot shuttle and escaped the planet, only to be smacked around by the bounty hunter Devcon once they were out of orbit.
When the aft of the shuttle is sabotaged with a plasma bomb explosion, Packrat suggests they hit the emergency release and ditch the damaged portion, even though Sonar, Spittor, and the Deployers are back there. Primal Prime, of course, dismisses the option, but Packrat, fearing for his own safety, hits the emergency release anyway, sentencing the separated crewmembers to their deaths. The Wreckers are quickly at Packrat's throat, but Primal Prime orders the thief off his bridge and into containment.
Primal Prime directs the Wreckers to Akalo, the nineth planet in the Archa System, where they find a primitive people who worship the Divine Light, an object of great power. Later, when no one is watching, Packrat attempts to steal the object, but the Wrecker Cyclonus follows him, kills Packrat, and takes the Divine Light for himself.
Toys
Beast Wars
- Packrat (BotCon 97 exclusive)
- Rattrap (Transmetal, Wal-Mart exclusive, retconned into being Packrat)
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