White Leo
| This article is about the heroic Beastformer. For his mirrorverse counterpart, see Daburu (SG). |
- White Leo is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.
White Leo (ホワイトレオ Howaitoreo) is the leader of the Autobot-aligned Beastformers, anthropomorphic animal aliens from planet Beast. Calm, collected and above all gentle, he's seen as the leader of all Beastformers when they're not at war and takes the role of general when they are. In battle, he is an excellent martial artist and wields the White Beamer, a sword that can fire beams and grants him use of the legendary technique known as "Creation of All Things" (the details of which are vague). As a member of the Lion clan, a royal family with thousands of years of history, White Leo is the king of Bistoram, over Emperor Flykick. He was born in Lake City, has a younger sister named White Lune, and is known as just White (ホワイト Howaito) to his friends.
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
The Headmasters cartoon
- Voice actor: Keiichi Nanba (Japanese), John Culkin (English, Omni Productions dub)
When the Decepticons invaded and took over the planet, White Leo headed a group of rebel Beastformers, though they didn't have much luck in rescuing a number of their fellows whom the Decepticons had enslaved in an underground factory. White Leo and his lieutenants were trying to decide what to do next when the Autobot Headmasters arrived. The newcomers teamed up with White Leo's rebels and went to check out the Decepticon base. White Leo knew of an entrance beneath the piragilon swamp, and Fortress instructed him to use it while the Autobots took care of the Decepticons.
White Leo contacted Platinum Tiger who knew the way, but told him it would be impossible as the swamp was infested with metal-eating piragilons. White Leo was stymied until Fortress used Battleship Maximus to drain the water from the swamp, leaving the piragilons helpless. White Leo was then able to lead his team into the cave under the swamp, and with Platinum Tiger's help, head towards the Decepticon factory. They encountered Wheelie, Daniel Witwicky and the escaping prisoners partway through the tunnel, and led them back out into the open air. The victorious Autobots provided White Leo with the services of the Monsterbots, should the Decepticons return. Rebellion on Planet Beast
The Headmasters manga
In White Leo's absence, the Decepticons attacked Beast with Alligatron's forces again, this time also using Predaking and a horde of Sharkticons. When the Decepticon forces held Brainstorm and Highbrow hostage, Alligatron hoped to use them to lure White Leo into their clutches. White Leo soon arrived with a contingent of Autobot Beastformers to aid the Autobot Transformers, and they were all successful at driving the Decepticon invaders off the planet once again. White Leo thanked the Autobots for their help at making Beast a peaceful planet. Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!
Beastformers catalogs
Thanks to Autobot technology, White Leo was reborn as a stronger warrior wielding Burstsun Power, allowing him to defeat the elements of fire, water, and wood. Using his Scanning Eye, Devilbat took a Secret Photo of White Leo exposing information about his new power, but dropped it in a forest. Series 2 catalog Scrambling to find the Secret Photo before the Decepticons could, White Leo and his troops came upon the Red Phoenix, ancient guardian of the Lion clan, which helped them recover the photo from Alligatron. Series 3 catalog
White Leo was later ambushed by Alligatron in a bottomless swamp in the middle of the forest, but successfully bested his nemesis, killing him with Burstsun Power. However, Alligatron returned as a ghost and revived Cobrander, who continued the war against White Leo's forces. Burstsun catalog
Beastformers manga
In the aftermath of the Beastformers' war, freak weather patterns began wreaking havoc on Beast because of imbalance between the six elemental gems of the Three Wise Ones. Determined to fix this by recovering the lost gems, White Leo led Badshark, Bowdog, Bluehorse and Deaspider to Lake Sagan in Sunatoria, where the Water Gem of Stillness was believed to lie. The mission had several possible outcomes and the Beastformers may have either succeeded or been forced to retreat by a giant scorpion or the mysterious enemy Surr, who would battle them for the gem if they found it. The Water Gem of Stillness
The natural disasters led to the emergence of the Laser Beasts, a subterranean race with designs to take the surface of Beast for themselves. Though he was warned by Bombsheep that the Laser Beasts were targeting his nation, having conquered the rest of the continent, White Leo was reluctant to begin another war and opposed to Rabbit Kid's idea of using the Head Hunters to fight back. He attempted to negotiate peace with the Laser Beasts, but they immediately opened fire and injured him, angering the Beastformer populace who rose up and declared war on the invaders. White Leo again acted as leader of the army in this new conflict. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts
Ask Vector Prime
In gratitude to a team of Autobot Pretenders, White Leo gave them the Ultra Matrix. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30
Legends comic
White Leo ended the war with the Decepticon Beastformers by defeating Cobrander only for a new war to break out when the Laser Beasts invaded from the planet's underground. His forces were losing more and more territory to the invaders when several Autobots arrived to assist, only for the Laser Beasts merged with three of the Transformers to grow even more powerful. After recovering the six gems that held the power of the Three Wise Ones, White Leo was told by Platinum Tiger of the Legends World, a dimension of beasts that could be of help. LG51 Doublecross Prologue
Defeated by the Laser Beast Emperor Tigerburn, White Leo fled to the Legends World with his sister, White Lune, and the six gems. With the gems, he transformed Neo Akihabara City into a jungle and forcibly recruited its citizens as new "Beastformers". Unfortunately, his nemesis, Tigerburn, followed him to the Legends World, with the captive Doublecross in tow. White Lune came to the rescue, helping White Leo use the gems to merge White Leo with Doublecross's severed head, transforming him into a Headmaster, and merging White Lune with Tigerburn's Haywire Laser. After taking over Doublecross, White Leo was able to use him and the Haywire Laser to send Tigerburn blasting off. With their newly acquired powers, White Leo and White Lune returned to their world to continue the war against the Laser Beasts. Bonus Edition Vol. 51 White Leo later sent his sister to the Autobots in G Nebula 89 so they could grant her the ability to transform back into her original form. Late Xmas Present Chapter
White Leo and Doublecross battled the Laser Beasts until the year 2023, when a large number of Transformers arrived on Beast and sided with the Beastformers. This allowed Leo the opportunity to grapple with Tigerburn and, through the power of the gems, sacrifice himself to crystallize both himself and the Laser Beast emperor. As he had hoped, the crystal statues of White Leo and Tigerburn in their final struggle became a symbol of unity that allowed the Beastformers and Laser Beasts to make peace. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1 Fifteen years later they were discovered by Rattrap when he arrived on Beast. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two
Dreamwave Generation One continuity
White Leo was in the front lines, fighting off Megatron's Air Warrior armies when the Decepticon came to take the Predacons. Welcome to the Jungle
Mini Mayhem!
When Galvatron unleashed Predaking, boasting that the gestalt's combined animal strength was unparalleled, White Leo and his allies stood united to prove him wrong. Mini Mayhem!
Beast Wars: Uprising
An inhabitant of the colony world Rebirth, Daburu Leo was an Optimus enforcer who fought and pursued the rebel Malignus faction underground when their protests threatened the interests of the planetary oligarchy. A Brush With Infamy–Prologue
Toys
Beastformers
- White Leo (Beastformer, 1987)
- Beast ID number: 1
- Accessories: "White Beamer" sword
- Part of the first series of Beastformers, White Leo is an anthropomorphic white lion with blue robotic armor. He came with his "White Beamer" (ホワイトビーマー) sword.
- His rubsign reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood. The initial release has the symbol as a black outline against "mood ring" style color-changing backdrop. He was re-released in series three, in a new box lacking the Transformers brand marks; this release gives him a rubsign that reveals a full-color symbol on a black backdrop. During this run, White Leos with the "Burst Sun" symbol were also single-packed, but the odds of getting one were pretty low.
- White Leo white version (Beastformer, 1987)
- Accessories: weapon
- A solid-white/cream version of White Leo was sold through gashapon machines in Japan. These versions of the Beastformers appeared to have randomized weapons (or just crummy quality control).
- Burst Sun Special Set (Multi-pack, 1987)
- Beast ID number: 1
- Accessories: "White Beamer" sword
- The first Beastformers multipack (still using the Transformers logo and factions) contained nine normal figures, then one of two special editions of the faction leaders, either White Leo with the "Burst Sun" rubsign, or a clear-plastic version of Alligatron. The box contained no windows, so you didn't know which of the leaders you got until you opened it up.
- The other nine standard Beastformers in the set were Black Jaguar, Būpink, Crowmax, Dog Hunter, Dream Eater, Earthhog, Mingo Kid, Muskhorn, and Slo.
Legends
- Targetmaster Doublecross (November 25 2017)
- Japanese ID Number: LG-51
- White Leo functions as the Headmaster of Legends Doublecross. He is a redeco of Titans Return Daburu, who was designed in homage to White Leo to begin with.
- This figure was later redecoed as Titans Return Fengul and Legends Grotes's Headmaster. It was also retooled to make Dastard and Repug's Headmaster.
Notes
- The Hasbro release of "Pirate Lion" was similarly (eventually) available with both styles of rubsign.
Foreign names
- English: Pirate Lion, Sheep Commander (Omni Productions dub)
