Griffin
Griffins are hybrid creatures that possess the head, wings, and front legs of an eagle and the body of a lion. They appear in Earth mythology though their actual existence is suspect to doubt. They are related to ursagryphs.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
The Decepticons modeled their flying base/war machine after a Giant Purple Griffin. Why they modeled it after a Giant Purple Griffin remains a mystery to this day. Aerial Assault
2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon
Megatron/Galvatron, being a ten changer and all, could assume a Griffin-like beast mode. In fact, this is the form he just happened in when he first became Galvatron. Despite the fact that this form is supposed to be new, Megatron's toy could still assume this mode. Peril from the Past
Animated cartoon
Burger Bot has a purple griffin with pickles slices for wings, appropriately named Pickles, as a mascot. The AllSpark Almanac II
Rescue Bots cartoon
According to legends, the Griffin Rock was once home to griffins, one of which made its nest atop Mount Griffin and turned to stone in order to hibernate. Vikings who visited the area explained the griffin-shaped rock this way, and left griffin carvings and statues on Wayward Island. In Search of the Griffin's Nest It was also from this rock that the island was later named, and the town founded there used the griffin as its symbol. Countdown The griffin was used as the 1.0 end boss of the game Griffin Rock Element Quest, coming to life to attack the player. A Virtual Disaster
Cody Burns read about the legends concerning the griffins in "Old-Timer's Guide to Maine Island Folklore". When metal objects began floating towards Wayward Island, he and Blades blamed the happenings on invisible female griffins which they believed were there, however an exploratory mission to the island located only the Viking ruins and a super-magnetized lodestone. In Search of the Griffin's Nest
2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon
Humans apparently started an automobile company named after the mythological creature. According to Hank, Bumblebee's current alternate mode is a Griffin Motors 1995 Windblazer. More than Meets the Eye
Toys
No character has yet been made that as an actual griffin for an altmode. However, there are at least three characters who transform into the closely-related ursagryph.
Additionally, Silverbolt's Beast Machine toy can be configured into a form that resembles a griffin closely enough to suggest that his altmode was originally intended to be a mythological hybrid technorganic Fuzor instead of a rather awkward condor.
External links
- Griffin on Wikipedia
