Artemis

Artemis is a gynoid from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

I wonder if she jingles when she walks.

Artemis (アルテミス Arutemisu) is a gynoid stationed on the moon of Gaea alongside her partner, Moon. Artemis's job is to observe the war between Lio Convoy's Maximals and Galvatron's Predacons, gathering all the information she can. She is very flaky and ill-tempered, and occasionally takes her frustrations out on Moon with a big mallet.

She has a disturbing crush on both Scuba and Starscream, not quite sure which one she likes better.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Beast Wars II cartoon

Fighting with Moon by moonlight, losing at love by daylight.

Voice actor: Chieko Higuchi (Japanese)

From the beginning, Artemis and Moon watched over the Beast Wars on Gaea from their lunar sanctuary. At the end of each conflict, Artemis would relate the information gathered from the conflict, as well as the conflict's "lesson" (and knowing is half the battle!) to the camera. She was rivals (from a distance) with the Seacon Scylla, who was also in love with Scuba.The New Forces Arrive! White Lion, Run! Bighorn's Rage The Lake Trap Galvatron Revived Mystery of the Ancient Ruins The Insect Corps Arrive Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos The Strongest Tag Team? Autorollers Roll Out! Danger! Scissor Boy Galvatron Rampages Predacon General Offensive! The Combined Giant, Tripledacus The Festive Jointrons A Fearsome Combination Plan? Who Is the Leader!? The Black Lio Convoy The Space Pirate Seacons! Who Is the Strongest Warrior!? The Tentacular Scuba Megastorm's Reckoning Showdown in the Sea Face the Setting Sun The Final Battle Enter Lio Junior Megastorm Reborn The New Weapon, Tako Tank The Artificial Planet Nemesis Gigastorm's Treachery The End of Starscream The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger! The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic Knock Out Nemesis Lio Junior's Revolt!? Emissary of the Fourth Planet The Crisis of Planet Gaea Fly Out! Planet Gaea Assemble, Thirty-Nine Warriors Revenge of the Space Pirates Breaking into Nemesis

When Gaea came under immediate threat from Galvatron's Nemesis, Artemis used all her power to help the Maximals. She and Moon finally made direct contact with the Transformers and helped them escape Gaea and reach Nemesis. In the final battle, her moonbase was obliterated, though she and Moon survived.Legend! The Green Warrior Farewell! Lio Convoy

Cloud

Watching from their satellite, Artemis and Moon were alarmed when Transformers they'd never seen before—extradimensional visitors from Cloud World—suddenly appeared on Gaea. She smacked Moon for comparing her unfavorably to the Cloud Autobots' own robot girl, SARA, then began worrying that Hellscream might take a shine to her. Concealment

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

After the summer festival, they'll play a keen game of shogi.

After Unicron's defeat at the hands of Big Convoy, and the formation of an alliance between the Maximals and Predacons, Artemis and Moon somehow traveled to Cybertron.

As Big Convoy and Magmatron's forces had one last brawl for old times' sake behind them, the Gaea androids participated in a giant cross-faction party under beautiful cherry blossoms. They shared a drink (tea? sake? oil?) with Bazooka, Crazybolt and Sharp Edge, while Apache and Cohrada slept peacefully nearby (possibly drunk). Graduation Ceremony!!

Artemis & Moon II Report

Scuba and Starscream were pitted against each other in battle. Before finishing the battle they learned that the winner had to go on a date with Artemis. Rather than succumb to that fate, both enemies chose to end the match in a truce. Artemis took it in stride.

IDW Beast Wars comics

Due to Moon's excommunication, the Celestial Artemis was no longer allowed to work alongside him anymore. Beast Wars Sourcebook

Games

Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars

Artemis wound up battling several Predacons and Maximals in an struggle to obtain a super-powerful energon crystal recently discovered on Earth, aided by her friend Moon.

Together, they could also partake in various other tasks, such as a mission to break a boulder to reveal an energon crystal hidden within before sundown, using a block in a mission to defend themselves against various incoming projectiles, and missions to run across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria that had to be fended off.

She obtained said crystal, after defeating her final opponent, Megatron. However, she was blissfully unaware of the crystal's power, so she decided to use it as a decoration for her room, finding it pretty. Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars

Artemis is listed as a Predacon in this game, to equalize the combatants in each faction. Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Artemis's fate in those outcomes.

Notes

• Artemis and Moon are based on a Chinese legend about a lady and a rabbit who both live on Earth's Moon.
• In the Greek pantheon, Artemis was the goddess of, among other things, the moon. Fitting!