Waspinator (BW)
Waspinator is a Predacon in the Beast Era portion of Generation 1 continuity.
Waspinator is the universe's chewtoy. If something goes wrong, it happens to him. If something blows up, he'll be blasted into his component parts. He also doesn't talk very well (he has a problem with pronouns), so he's easy to make fun of. Megatron has classified the hairbrained Predacon as expendable, much to Waspinator's dismay. Waspinator's not stupid, and has caught on to his lot in life, and tries to avoid his fate as often as possible, but fate always finds him. Thankfully, Waspinator is almost supernaturally durable, and has survived the most devastating and humiliating of defeats. Whether this is a boon or a curse is anyone's guess.
Spanish name: Avispón
French name: Bourdon, Bizznator
Italian name: Punginator
Japanese name: Waspitar
Fiction
Animated continuity
Beast Wars
Voice Actor: Scott McNeil (US), Kensō Katō (Japan)
Waspinator is known for generally speaking in the third person and making a buzzing noise in place of the letter S.
A large part of Waspinator's popularity stems from his accident-prone history. Specifically the fact that he is savagely beaten, and usually blown apart in almost every single episode of the series. This aspect is often made light of during the series, much to Waspinator's disgust.
In the episode Possession, the Ghost of Starscream travels through time and takes his body. In another episode, as a result of a concussion, he flies around in a daze, claiming to be the Insecticon Shrapnel.
At the end of the series, tired of being the butt of everyones jokes, Waspinator rips off his Predacon symbol and leaves the Predacons and remains on Earth while all the other surviving Transformers set off for Cybertron. The series ends with his comment "Waspinator happy at last."
Tales of the Beast Wars comics
Beast Machines
Sadly, for Waspinator, the Protohumans he had ruled over grew tired of his presence and forced him to leave the planet and return to Cybertron under his own power. There his spark was removed and used to power the Vehicon general, Thrust. He was discovered by Blackarachnia after she thought he was Silverbolt. Waspinator returned in the finale as in his beast mode with Thrust's head, and the size of a standard wasp. He complains to Rattrap about how much he wanted glory and power, but Rattrap simply swats him away.
Beast Wars: Transmetals (N64 & PSX)
- Voice Actor: Scott McNeil (US), ??? (Japan)
In an alternate timeline, Transmetal Waspinator joins his fellow Predacons in distributing various one-on-one beat downs to the Maximals.
Legends anthology
Toys
Beast Wars
- Waspinator
- Japanese ID number: D-03
- Waspinator (Transmetal)
- Japanese ID number: D-42
- Waspinator (Fox Kids)
- Waspinator (Fox Kids Transmetal)
- Waspinator (Tenth Anniversary)
