Grizzly-1
- Grizzly-1 is a Maximal from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Grizzly-1 (グリズリー1 Gurizurī-1)? Barbearian (バーベリアン Bāberian)? Who cares? Grizzly-1 is an established legend in the Beast Wars. During a mission to the Arctic region of Earth, the up-and-coming Maximal went missing. After some time, Barbearian was able to break free from his icy prison.
In battle, he is able to use a self-produced toxin that causes agitation and confusion, increasing his aggressiveness ten-fold. Usage of the toxin is governed by whether Grizzly-1 uses his mutant head. Even his faithful bat partner, Nightshriek, stays out of his way in this state!
Fiction
Ask Vector Prime
Grizzly-1 was a Matrix Templar along with Cheetor, Rodimus, Snarl, and Magnaboss. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/18
Beast Wars: Uprising
Barbearian was a member of the Resistance, a group of Maximals and Predacons fighting against the tyrannical rule of the Builders of Cybertron. He was wrestling with fellow Resistance-fighter Snapper over some petty insult when his cell's leader, the legendary Grimlock, returned from a mission. After breaking up the fight and berating his underlings for neglecting their posts, Grimlock informed Barbearian and the others that he had acquired the G-Virus, and planned on unleashing it against their oppressors.
Grimlock led Barbearian, The Man Terror, Snapper, and Mach Kick on an attack on Tesarus Arena during the gladiatorial games, a target that presented a chance to infect many important Builders. Barbearian was tasked with watching the group's rear as they infiltrated the heavily-guarded arena. Despite making a lot of headway unimpeded, the group wound up walking right into an ambush. While his comrades pressed forward, Barbearian grappled with two bulky Micromasters, preventing them from surrounding the rest of the team. Micro-Aggressions
Toys
Beast Wars
- Barbearerian[sic] (Mega Class, 1998)
- Accessories: Nightshriek
- A redeco of Polar Claw exclusive to BotCon Japan 1998, Beast Wars Grizzerian transforms into a grizzly bear. Rearing him up on his hind legs in beast mode exposes a pair of nasty-looking fangs. His left beast mode foreleg has a spring-loaded attack claw, while his right launches from the shoulder stub and transforms into his bat-partner, Nightshriek. His robot head has a face on both sides: a normal robot mode one ("Grizzly-1"), and a "mutant" face (the toxin-inducing "Barbearian"). Only 600 pieces were made.
- This mold was also used to make Survive.
Notes
- Barbearizzly-1 was actually the "prototype" for Polar Claw. The first solicitations for the Beast Wars Megas featured the bear mold in brown and yellow (as well as a differently colored Scorponok). The back of the first Beast Wars catalog from the Optimus Primal/Megatron two-pack called him "Grizzly-1", while solicitations sent to magazines used "Barbearian".
- As such, according to Fumihiko Akiyama, BCJ98's organizer, the name "Barbearian" was only ever supposed to appear as a pun in his English-language bio, with the toy's name being "Grizzly-1". However, the boxes came back labelled "Barbearerian" [sic], even though his bio card uses "Grizzly-1".
- While the Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of Barbearian was not visually depicted, Jesse Wittenrich envisioned him as a "virtual redeco" of Titans Return Hardhead, which Christopher Colgin later drew it for a TFNation 2017 edition of "Micro-Aggressions", which can be seen here.
- An unrealized idea by Fun Publications would have had the Timelines Mudfighter toy repurposed as a body for Buzz Saw. The accompanying bio card would have described a rivalry between Buzz Saw and Barbearian.[1]
