Kranix (G1)
| This article is about the Generation 1 Lithone. For the Aligned scientist, see Kranix (ROTDS). |
- Kranix is a Lithone from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Kranix is the last survivor of the consumed planet Lithone. Well-versed in the art of combat, the friar warrior Kranix has an advanced artificial intelligence, possessing a full range of emotion. But unlike his companion Arblus, this emotion does not cripple him with fear. Rather, he's friendly and polite, seeming almost human.
That is, until his present situation, which has carved a faultline in his chivalrous exterior.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Transformers cartoon
- Voice actor: Norman Alden (English), Toshio Ishii (Japanese)
On the planet Lithone, Arblus and Kranix were either friends with or the assistants to a scientist. The pair brought the scientist a couple of fluid-filled vials while he worked, although Kranix was the only one to do any carrying (lazy Arblus). Unfortunately, the building shook, sending the chemicals to the floor.
It wasn't seismic activity, however — running to a nearby window, the Lithones saw it was the menace they knew as Unicron! Kranix compelled his companions to get to the escape ships, but only the one he was on managed to escape his planet's destruction, as Arblus's shuttle was caught in Unicron's pull as he finished his destruction of the planet itself. After Lithone was destroyed, Kranix somehow became a prisoner on Quintessa, the home of the dreaded Quintessons and Sharkticons.
Not long afterward, the Autobots Kup and Hot Rod were placed in the cell next to Kranix. Kranix told them of the Quintessons and his planet's demise, but would not enjoy their company long, for Quintesson guards soon came to take Kranix to his fate, while he plead for mercy, as he was the last survivor of his planet (to anyone's knowledge). Over the plank above the Sharkticon pit, Kranix protested the mockery of justice that the Quintessons represented in their so-called court. He was then sentenced to death by the Quintesson judges and fed to the Sharkticons and eaten by them. The Transformers: The Movie
The Transformers: The Movie comic
When Unicron attacked the planet Lithone, he devoured it by emitting a corrosive mist. Arblus was dissolved and eaten by the mist, but Kranix was able to transform into a spaceship and escape. The Planet-Eater! He was inevitably captured by the Quintessons, at which point he was tried and fed to the Sharkticons. Judgment Day!
Dreamwave Generation 1 continuity
Kranix and Arblus could do nothing but watch as their world was consumed by the recently awakened Unicron. Generation 1 #0
Knights of Unicron
The Kranix Memorial Stadium, located on Planet Lithone, was the nineteenth venue for the Knights of Unicron on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour.Knights of Unicron
Games
Transformers: Devastation
 Plot details for Transformers: Devastation follow. |
Kranix (apparently a Cybertronian in this continuity) lived a simple life in Tagon Heights on Cybertron before becoming part of the crew of the Proudstar, traveling the galaxy cyberforming planets, such as Lithone even injecting Ore-13 into its core. These planets would find future use as Cybertronian colonies. He was proud of this mission, that is until a dark pallor fell over the ship. Many of his fellow crew mates changed, even the noble Nova Prime seemed to be driven more by ego rather than his righteous mission.
This came to a head when Nova Prime selected an inhabited planet for his causes. though disgusted by its non mechanical inhabitants he felt that had as much right to live as any and secretly sabotaged the Proudstar to collide with the planet when its cyberforming protocols were initiated. Praying that Jhiaxus wouldn't find his treachery he planned to make his escape back to Lithone. Transformers: Devastation
Toys
Transformers (2010)
- Unicron (Supreme, 2011)
- Kranix is a redeco of the Armada Dead End figure, coming with Unicron and coloured in homage of his original form. Kranix transforms into a mechanical "moon" with a cannon, and can fit into a specially-shaped socket on Unicron's planet form to act as a turret.
- This mold was used to make Bug Drone and Bug General.
Notes
- In a very early draft of The Transformers: The Movie, Lithone was a planet of living rock creatures, and Kranix was named Granix (from "granite", you get it?). Although this was amended for later drafts, one or two instances of this original spelling made it through the spell-check, into a much later version of the script, puzzling fans for over a decade.
- It is never revealed within the film how Kranix ended up on Quintessa after escaping Unicron. A deleted line of dialogue explained that the Quintessons hunted down those who escaped the wrath of Unicron and put them on trial, with the sentence always being the same—death! In the same draft that had the Lithones as rock creatures, meanwhile, Kranix had actually come to Quintessa on a scientific expedition.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Kranix (クラニクス Kuranikusu)
