Scylla (BW)
- Scylla is a Predacon-allied Seacon from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The pirate wench Scylla is hopelessly delusional. When she looks in the mirror, she doesn't see a razor-fanged, barnacle-encrusted, tentacle-slithering horror of the deep. She sees a ravishing beauty queen; a seductive and irresistible coquette whom any male would scale a mountain for, just to catch a fleeting glimpse of her unsurpassed lusciousness.
In reality, Scylla is anything but the mouth-watering femme fatale she thinks she is. Rude, slovenly, and prone to fits of snarling, animalistic anger, men the universe over recognize her as The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships... in the other direction! And no man knows this better than poor Scuba, who has found himself the unwilling target of Scylla's relentless affections. Scylla will often abandon her Seacon partners in the heat of battle in order to pursue, subdue and woo the repulsed Maximal squid. As Scuba desperately struggles to fend off her passionate advances, Scylla remains obliviously unaware of Bighorn, a Maximal who actually does find her to be drop-dead gorgeous.
When she isn't abandoning them to molest Scuba, Scylla can combine with her fellow Seacons to form God Neptune.
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Beast Wars II cartoon
- Voice actor: Miwa Matsumoto (Japanese)
Along with her fellow Seacon space pirates, Scylla came to Gaia on their photon sailer in search of Angolmois Energy that they could sell on the space market for riches. While on their way to the Angolmois Energy pumping site underwater, Terrormander offended Scylla by questioning their leader, Halfshell's capabilities, earning him a threat from the squid. When work was underway, Scylla caught a whiff of the spying Scuba, becoming infatuated with the other squid when she found him with Diver. Realizing her suspicion, the Maximals fled and Scylla alerted Halfshell of the intruders. The captain went off to pursue while Scylla was ordered to keep working. After battle between Halfshell and the Maximals was underway, the other four Seacons were called in so that they could form God Neptune. His power was mighty, but the Maximals managed to get the combiner caught in an explosion of the Angolmois Energy aboard the Seacons' ship. The Space Pirate Seacons!
The Seacons set to repairing their damaged ship, but Scylla found herself obsessed with the Maximal squid she saw earlier and wandered off to find him. Scuba did not comprehend her affections, taking them as a feint for an attack. After Scuba took his leave, Sea Phantom found the wayward Seacon and ordered her back to the ship. Scylla initially refused, but when Bighorn—infatuated with the "Squid Lady"—came charging, the two Seacons ran. At the ship, Scylla thought she saw Scuba in the distance, but when it was revealed to be Bighorn again, the disgusted Seacon attacked the Maximal, who still would not be dissauded from his love. Scylla again went off to seek Scuba, to the other Seacons' deteriment as they tried to form God Neptune. She spotted Scuba again, this time getting missiles to the face. With Scylla finally staying put, God Neptune was successfully formed and the Maximals were sent into retreat. Right after, Scylla disengaged to say her farewells to Scuba. The Tentacular Scuba
When Halfshell made a deal with Megastorm to take down the Maximals, Scylla was assigned to a spot in the jungle where Tasmania Kid showed up to investigate an apparent Angolmois Energy signature. Transforming into robot mode, Scylla chased Kid in circles till Megastorm, who had engineered bombs to take out both the Seacons and Maximals, stumbled into the scene and was the only one blown away by the bomb meant for Scylla. Megastorm's Reckoning When Galvatron mocked the Seacons' ineptitude, Scylla helped her distraught boss by suggesting that they lure out the Maximals using Bighorn's obsession with her. The plan was a success, and the Maximals were isolated in the sea—the Seacons' natural element. When Scuba showed up, Scylla entrapped him in her tentacles, "protecting" and preventing him from joining the greater battle. Scuba managed to escape her grasp using his ink and rescued the Maximals from the other Seacons. With all of the Maximals gathered on a floating rock, Scylla bemoaned being unable to protect Scuba anymore as she joined in forming God Neptune. The timely intervention of Bigmos and Tonbot turned the tide and the Seacons were defeated. Showdown in the Sea
Bighorn, still intent on winning the heart of his "Squid Lady", formed a plot with the Jointrons—the Jointrons would kidnap Scylla and Bighorn would charge in and "rescue" her, becoming her knight in shining armor. Lured out with a fake love letter assumed to be from Scuba, Scylla met the Jointrons and was stuffed into a sack, much to her displeasure. She was dragged all over as the Jointrons kept running into problems such as the Combatrons and her fellow Seacons. Eventually, DJ lost his grip and Scylla was sent tumbling off, where she got headbutted by the unknowing Bighorn. Incensed by her treatment all day, the furious Seacon attacked and soon formed God Neptune. The intervention of the Maximals managed to send the giant into the sea. Face the Setting Sun Exhausted of their terrible luck on Gaia, Halfshell declared that the Seacons would leave it. When Scylla expressed a desire to stay with Scuba, Halfshell denied the request and so Scylla went off to say her farewell to her fellow squid. Thanks to her, Scuba learned the Seacons needed energy to leave and reported it to Lio Convoy, who made a deal with Halfshell that they would duel for it. Scylla served as part of God Neptune for this "one-on-one" fight, which went on till Megastorm's interference caused an eruption of Angolmois Energy that made the Seacons flee while stealing the energy Lio Convoy brought. With it, the Seacons finally escaped the planet. On their way out of the Solar System, the photon sailer met a void and was sucked into it. The Final Battle
The void turned out to be effect of the artificial planet Nemesis. Scylla tried to send a SOS call for help, but it was unable to reach anybody capable of helping, and the planet's evil energies turned the Seacons into brainwashed servants of Galvatron. The Artificial Planet Nemesis
Sailing through space, the Seacons came across the Jointrons, and both teams fused into their respective combined forms. Their battle was interrupted by a mysterious spaceship that squarely collided with God Neptune and broke him up into the individual Seacons, who were sent flying off. Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!
When the Maximals were on their way to reach the rapidly approaching Nemesis, the Seacons served as its first line of defense and forced the Maximals to crash on a nearby asteroid. There, they fought the confused Maximals. When Lio Junior, Santon, and Skywarp combined to form Magnaboss, the Seacons did their own combination in response and the two combined warriors battled. God Neptune gained the upper hand, but, with the other Maximals' help, Magnaboss was able to strike God Neptune with an Angolmois Ball, which knocked out the Seacons. Coming to, they regained their senses and Halfshell explained that the Nemesis's evil influence had made them aggressive. Scylla tried to find her object of affection, but Scuba wisely decided to hide from the lady squid's sights. The Seacons saw the Maximals off and Halfshell declared the asteroid their new spaceship. Revenge of the Space Pirates
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
After the defeat of Unicron, Scylla as part of God Neptune came to Cybertron. There, the combiner surfed on the photon sailer. Graduation Ceremony!!
Legends comic
Scylla was among a group of evil female Transformers in one of Tigatron's dreams who attempted to kidnap him, fighting the heroic female Transformers guarding him in the process. Bonus Edition Vol. 11
Beast Wars II manga
Scylla joined the Seacons for the chance to find romance among the stars.
When the Seacons' photon sailer got lost and was running low on energy, the crew landed the ship on Gaia, and Scylla was the first to emerge looking for help. She came across Bighorn, who immediately became infatuated with the pirate, leaving her behind to ask Scuba for assistance in composing a love letter and delivering it. When the letter was delivered, Scylla immediately took to the heartfelt romance... confusing Scuba for "Bighorn" and asking for marriage! The male squid, not quite understanding her returning affections, sped off to ask Bighorn for his answer.
With the aid of her fellow Seacons, Scylla set up an elaborate wedding. But when Bighorn showed up as the groom, the baffled and angry Scylla forcefully rejected the supposed impostor and grabbed her true love, Scuba, from the audience. This in turn, infuriated Bighorn, who challenged Scuba for Scylla's heart. The duel was ended when Scylla leapt in front of Scuba and insisted on her dislike of the bison. Just as Bighorn fell to his knees in heartbreak, Galvatron's Predacons attacked. The Seacons quickly formed God Neptune, but the Predacons' firepower felled the combiner, except for Scylla, who was protected by Bighorn. With Scylla's pull of Bighorn's tail, the Maximal was able to unleash the Buffalo Missile, which, along with Scuba's Dynamite Surumerangs, sent the Predacons fleeing.
After hearing the full truth from Scuba, Scylla said to Bighorn that they were too different to have a relationship, but wished he were a squid. With that sentiment, she left the planet with her crewmates. Realize the Forbidden Love!
IDW Beast Wars comics
Scylla's most prominent characteristic was her vanity; she went to great lengths to maintain her appearance, and nothing pleased her more than being told her beauty was unmatched. She regularly targeted national monuments and sculptures in her criminal acts, believing she should be the only object of admiration. Beast Wars Sourcebook #3
The AllSpark Almanac
Readers of Venus, a trans-dimensional magazine for Decepti-femmes, were invited to decide who was deadlier, Scylla or Manta Ray. The AllSpark Almanac
Classics
Scylla was constructed by Grimlock from Elita One's blueprints, with the intention of replacing Prowl on Grimlock's crew. Scylla's profile in Club magazine #51 She and two other protoforms were stored in stasis pods aboard the Graviton. The stasis pods were lost overboard when the ship crashed over prehistoric Earth in an alternate universe, and the trio was converted into Decepticons by Megatron. They attacked Ultra Magnus and his team, however the arrival of Depth Charge turned the tide of the battle as he blasted the three new Decepticons. Shattered Expectations
The Decepticons pursued the Autobots to a chasm, where they watched Megatron take on Ultra Magnus and be defeated. They climbed to the bottom of the chasm to retrieve their fallen leader and found a giant face hewn into the rock. It cheered Megatron up immensely once they dug him out of the rubble. Shattered Paths Watching Megatron manipulate the equipment in the cavern they found, Scylla wondered what he was working on. The Seacons later attempted to retrieve the "Maximal" energy purifier, and merged into God Neptune so they could fight off Magnaboss. Shattered Hope Scylla and the others accompanied Megatron as he used the giant mech he'd built to try and claim the matrix the Maximals had found. Shattered Balance Combining into God Neptune once more, the Seacons battled the Maximals until they were all sucked into a dimensional rift thanks to Ultra Mammoth. Shattered Destiny
Legends comic
The Scylla native to the Legends Universe managed a counter at the Q-Transformers event taking place in the Decks Tokyo Beach shopping center. Deckss × Q-Transformers Later, the blushing Scylla offered all of her oil to Megatron when he arrived in the Legends Universe. Lord Megatron Goes to the Legends World She got his autograph too, after he had become chairman of Tera-Kura Co. Presidential Inauguration! Lord Megatron
Scylla ran a restaurant which Megatron and the local Megatron reserved a table at one night. She was confused when they arrived, however, as a third Megatron had already claimed the spot. The Autumn Megatron Festival Scylla went on to become a fan of Cancer's pop idol career, attending his first concert Bonus Edition Vol. 24 as well as a joint concert with Rosanna and Hardhead. Bonus Edition Vol. 27
Brawn became infatuated with Scylla, but, as a Headmaster of small stature, he was unable to make an impression on the squid; to woo her, Brawn bought a small body for himself to pilot. However, he fell down with illness and thus forced Repugnus to go on his date with Scylla while piloting the bigger Brawn body. She would eventually discover the ruse, hijack the body, and barge into Brawn's house demanding an explanation. Bonus Edition Vol. 48
To escape the destruction of the Legends World, Scylla joined other refugees on the Axalon and ended up on Beast, where she witnessed the arrival of Galvatron's Nemesis. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3 When her native universe was recreated, Scylla returned and apparently flirted with her counterpart Bighorn. Epiloge
Beast Wars: Uprising
Scylla was a Predacon rebel. After Blackarachnia found her in Burthov, the two began working together, eventually forming a larger group of resistance fighters. She was present when Blackarachnia introduced Lio Convoy and demonstrated his energon matrix, explaining that it was the key to liberating Cybertron from Builder rule. Later, she participated in an attack on the Dodecahex Arena. She and B'Boom took out the MCSF members guarding Override's control room so that Blackarachnia could hijack Override's broadcasting equipment. This allowed Lio Convoy to publicly expose the Builders' scheme to use the Maximals and Predacons to endlessly continue the Autobot-Decepticon conflict for the Builders' amusement and call for the overthrow of the Builders. Thus, the war for freedom began. Broken Windshields
Scylla rose in the ranks of the Resistance as it grew, eventually becoming admiral of the Navy when it formed. Her first mate was Gigascouter, and her flagship the Broadside. In the Last Push on Iacon, Scylla commanded the entire Resistance Navy in sailing around the Hydrax Plateau to brave the Maxilla and the Yuss Naval Batteries guarding the river to Iacon. Lio Convoy and the ground troops successfully overcame the Maxilla and turned the Yuss batteries against those on the Iacon side, freeing Scylla's fleet to engage the Builder Navy without additional resistance.
Scylla and the Broadside matched wits against Banzai-Tron and the Tidal Wave. Once the Resistance detected a subsea force of Micromasters approaching them from below, Scylla had her fleet maintain course and fortify their shields below sea-level to withstand the initial barrage. Once the Micromasters had committed to the assault, Scylla signaled Cybershark and the more versatile aquatic protoformers to attack the Micromasters. When Banzai-Tron redistributed troops to support his subsea forces, Scylla was able to drive a wedge between the Builder Navy separating their ranks for the kill.
The Resistance Navy overpowered the Builders, suffering only minimal losses. However, Banzai-Tron committed the Tidal Wave to a collision course with the Broadside. Scylla directed all available firepower at the flagship, but its sheer tonnage alone would have prevented it from halting. Captain Scylla gave the order to abandon ship, hoping the Broadside's sailor and infantry troops could somehow make it to shore and safety. When Gigascouter refused to abandon his captain, Scylla and her first mate shared a last tender moment before the Tidal Wave impacted, sending them all to the briny deep. Derailment
2005 IDW continuity
Scylla was one of Onyx Prime's Maximals. When this bestial horde invaded Cybertron, she was one of the many warriors who wound up battling Arcee. Endless Forever
Games
Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars
When the super-powerful Energon Quartz was discovered on Earth, Scylla was one of the several Predacons involved in the ensuing conflicts. She was not, however, directly involved in combat. Instead, she was sent on missions to traverse pit-riddled fields, occasionally having to fend off enormous bacteria opponents. Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars
Toys
Beast Wars II
- God Neptune (Gift set, August1998)
- Japanese ID number: D-21
- Scylla is a redeco of the Generation 1 Seacon Tentakil, transforming into an ambulatory squid-monster. Like her fellow God Neptune partners, Scylla lacks her individual weapons and "weapon stand" parts from the original version of the mold. Being part of the Scramble City-style design, she can form the arm or leg to any compatible super robot, but her standard placement is as the left leg to God Neptune.
- She was available only as part of the God Neptune gift set with her teammates Coelagon, Halfshell, Sea Phantom, and Terrormander, sold in the seventh wave of Beast Wars II.
- For unknown reasons, a great number of unboxed God Neptune sets—lacking all of their accessories, including combiner parts—ended up available on the secondary market. These went for considerably less than the "complete" releases, naturally.
- This mold was also used to make the Super-God Masterforce Seacon Tentakil.
Generations
- God Neptune (Gift set, 2020)
- ID number: TT-GS10
- Accessories: "Neptune Sword", Laser gun, 2 combiner feet, shield/combiner chestplate.
- Generations Selects Scylla is a retool of Tentakil who is an extensive retool of Power of the Primes Deluxe Class Moonracer, transforming from a robotic biped squid to a robot. She is able to form a limb for God Neptune or any Combiner Wars or Power of the Primes interchangeable combiner.
- Scylla was released as part of the God Neptune giftset which is a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive in Japan and available via Hasbro Pulse and other online retailers in the U.S. and Canada.
Notes
- Scylla's English language name is derived from a mythical Greek monster of varying characteristics, but often similar to a sort of giant squid. Said monster is consistently female throughout the myths. Also, either name pronunciation ("silla" or "skilla") is technically correct, with the latter being closer to the modern Greek pronunciation.
- A Japanese trading card renders Scylla's name in English as Squlle. This highlights the fact that Scylla's name is not actually the common katakana used for the mythological monster from The Odyssey—that's Sukyura (スキュラ), compared to our pirate wench's Sukyūre (スキュウレ). A possible explanation is that it is based on the spelling used in the original Odyssey text, Skyllē (Σκύλλη)—which is rendered in Japanese as Sukyurē (スキュレー)—with the long vowel switched to another syllable.
- An unintentional, roundabout reference to Scylla was heard in the Beast Wars episode "Nemesis Part 1", which referred to a region of Earth the Beast Warriors had code-named "Grid Scylla" (here mispronounced "sky-la"). As with multiple other location names in the series, this was a reference to the screen name of a fan on the alt.toys.transformers newsgroup, who had named herself after the Beast Wars II character.
- Scylla's pre-beast design in Beast Wars: Uprising is modeled on Cybertron Thunderblast.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Skyulle (スキュウレ Sukyūre)
