Combatron (BW)
| The name or term "Combatron" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Combatron (disambiguation). |
- The Combatrons are a Predacon subgroup from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Combatrons (コンバットロン Konbattoron) are a group of Predacons who transform into military jet fighters and that's about all they have in common. Rather than act as a team of four who work together, they prefer to operate as two pairs who work separately. Why is that? Because the Combatrons hate each other.
Starscream and BB are elitists with exacting standards and ambitious schemes. Dirge and Thrust are unreliable slackers who can't take anything seriously. Each duo competes to outshine the other in the eyes of their Emperor of Destruction, and as a result, they tend to exert a greater effort in sabotaging each other than in engaging the enemy. As for the Maximals, they're perfectly happy to let the Combatrons cancel each other out in battle.
The Combatrons are:
Fiction
Beast Wars II cartoon
The Combatrons were under the command of Galvatron and Megastorm as they went to Gaia in order to drain the planet of its energy. The New Forces Arrive! The Predacons soon located a massive Gaian computer, and used its data to scan themselves alternate modes based on weapons from Gaia's past. The Combatrons took the forms of various jet fighters (or in BB's case, a stealth bomber). White Lion, Run!
Eventually, the Combatrons were all upgraded into Cyborg Beasts.
Beast Wars II manga
The Combatrons were kicked into a hot spring after they served the wrong drink to Gigastorm, who became furious. After enjoying the hot spring for a while, they found that they were upgraded into the Cyborg Beasts. Hellscream noted a sign from the Autorollers warning that the hot spring was an Angolmois Energy-processing facility. Recover the Bonds Lost!
Toys
Beast Wars II
- Combatrons (1998)
- Starscream and BB
- Dirge
- Thrust
- The Combatrons were redecos of Generation 2 and Machine Wars toys. Starscream and BB were sold together as an Ultra-class package, whilst Dirge and Thrust were sold separately as Basic-class toys. The four Combatrons did not share any specific gimmicks, although Starscream and BB could combine while Dirge and Thrust were flipchangers.
