Snarl (Cybertron)
| The name or term "Snarl" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Snarl (disambiguation). |
- Snarl is an Animatronian Autobot from the Cybertron portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Snarl is a Jungle Planet native loyal to his combat teacher; the wise old warrior Backstop.
Fiction
Cybertron cartoon
- Voice actor: Scott McNeil (English), Yūto Kazama (Japanese)
Snarl and Undermine were bodyguards of Scourge, both of them defending the dragon dictator's temple from aggressors. Their greatest test came when two alien Transformers, known as Megatron and Starscream, arrived on Jungle Planet and demanded entrance to the temple. When the strangers pushed their way past the protesting guards, Undermine attacked from behind, but was quickly subdued by Megatron. As Snarl also transformed to begin his attack, Scourge ordered a cease of hostilities in order to speak with Megatron like civilized beings. Search
Snarl did not trust Megatron's supposedly noble motives in his search for the Cyber Planet Keys and left the temple to seek out his old master, Backstop. He discovered that his master had rescued an alien named Overhaul, who told a very different story about Megatron's quest for the Cyber Keys. This story prompted Snarl to help this "Autobot" seek an audience with Scourge. Deep The audience was granted, and Snarl was among the group escorting Backstop and Overhaul as they walked and talked with Scourge. Unfortunately, the Autobot's aggressive and confrontational demand quickly got on Scourge's nerves. Race
Scourge out-classed Overhaul in their duel and, unable to stand back as the Autobot was being roasted alive, Snarl spirited Overhaul away. While they hid within an active volcano, Overhaul tempered himself to withstand the extreme heat of Scourge’s fiery attacks. The Autobot then challenger Scourge to a rematch, with Snarl watching the fight from the shadows. Overhearing him cheer for the Autobot, Megatron attacked Snarl and threw the "traitor" at Scourge's feet. Too injured to fight back, Snarl was rescued by Overhaul this time around, who managed to tap into Jungle Planet's Cyber Planet Key to upgrade himself into "Leobreaker." Detour
Galaxy Force manga
Toys
Cybertron
- Snarl (Deluxe, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: GC-14
- Accessories: Tail/sword/missile launcher weapon, 1 missile, Jungle Planet Cyber Planet Key
- Snarl transforms into a techno-organic wolf. His articulated tail features a spring-loaded missile launcher that can fire a transparent yellow projectile, making him one of the few Jungle Planet Transformers with a ranged weapon. Inserting his Cyber Planet Key causes his lower jaw to open and a pair of transparent yellow fangs to extend from his upper mouth. Unlike other Cyber Key gimmicks, this feature does not automatically secure itself into position, so as to allow the user to open his mouth repeatedly with the Cyber Key. However, his mouth can be locked into the open position by rotating down the two pieces of blue 'fur' on his cheeks.
- In robot mode, Snarl is almost his beast mode inverted, as his robot legs are the beast hind legs rotated, and the torso and arms are the beast torso split and flipped. He is armed with his tail, which has an articulated handle that allows it to be held as either a projectile weapon or a sword. He retains his Cyber Key feature in this mode. He comes with a silver-bordered Jungle Planet type Cyber Key; the Hasbro release has the Key Code "d43j" stamped on its back.
- The Galaxy Force version features yellow claws in wolf form as well as some white lining on his thighs. Surprisingly, these extra paint applications made it less show accurate than the Hasbro version.
- This mold was also used for Fang Wolf Black Version (see below) and BotCon 2007 Weirdwolf.
- Fang Wolf Black Version (Deluxe, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: GC-14
- Accessories: Tail/sword/missile launcher weapon, 1 missile, Jungle Planet Cyber Planet Key
- This "Black Version" of Fangwolf was released under the Toy's Dream Project exclusive label in Japan, limited to 6,000 pieces. He is a redeco replacing all of the regular Fang Wolf's colors with black and grey with predominantly silver highlights.
- Exciting, huh? He didn't even get his own packaging, just the normal Galaxy Force Fang Wolf box with a "Black Version" sticker slapped on the window. Various sources call this toy the "Dark Wolf Version".
Notes
- Snarl's robot mode sculpt appears to be inspired by the Beast Wars Fuzor Silverbolt, with both bodies sharing similar details.
- Snarl and Silverbolt also share their English voice actors! Speaking of, according to Scott McNeil at BotCon 2006, had he known up front that Snarl was going to be the character he'd be voicing for the majority of the Cybertron run, he'd have given him a more interesting voice than "just a Dinobot variation".
- For some time the official Transformers website had poor Snarl down as a Decepticon before his true allegiance was revealed. Hey, have patience guys, come on!
Foreign names
- Japanese: Fang Wolf (ファングウルフ Fangu Urufu)
- Hungarian: Agyar (1st dub, "Fang"), Vicsorgó (2nd dub, "Snarler")
- Korean: Wildwolf (와일드울프 Waildeuulpeu)
