Bazooka (BW)

This article is about the Predacon. For the human G.I. Joe, see Bazooka (G.I. Joe).

Bazooka is a Predacon from the Beast Wars Neo portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

HISSATSU SHINING DINO FACE

Bazooka (バズーカ Bazūka) could probably teach Dinobot a thing or two about honor. When this hard-headed saurian samurai makes a promise he sees it through to the bitter end. And if "the bitter end" means a gruesome death then, well, hey, at least he kept his word. This ironclad sense of duty and dedication has made him one of Magmatron's most loyal and appreciated subjects, which is something Bazooka takes great pride in. Alas, Bazooka naively expects the same standards of dedication and honor from his fellow Predacons, which is a pretty foolish thing to believe, considering the company he keeps.

In battle, Bazooka is just as rock-hard as his word. Any enemy in melee range is likely to feel the force of his "Gigaton Stamp" attack, a powerful blow from the bony hammer at the end of his tail. For most foes, that's the last thing they ever feel.

Fiction

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Voice actor: Hajime Komada (Japanese)

With his partner, Crazybolt, Bazooka used masks to disguise themselves as Maximals and stole an old Maximal ship. With it, they docked on Space Station 424, where they spotted Big Convoy's ship, the Gung Ho. Hoping to get back into Magmatron's good graces, the two again disguised themselves and snuck into the Gung Ho while its crew was enjoying some R&R in the base. There, they referred to themselves as the base's guards, "Erimaoinarin the Fox" and "Darumajiro the Armadillo", to NAVI. When NAVI noted that an unmanned base shouldn't have any such personnel, Crazybolt quickly shifted their story to being inspectors of navigational-type computers and ordered NAVI to launch the ship, which NAVI refused to do without Big Convoy's direct order. Their ploy foiled, Crazybolt then put on a story of "Darumajiro" becoming a Predacon, a disease that would soon affect other Maximals. Convinced by the show Erimaoinarin put on of becoming a Predacon, NAVI launched the ship to force a quarantine of the "plague".

Who brought the bazooka to the tea party?

Once they were far enough, the two "inspectors" revealed their true identities to NAVI and the computer was caged. The two contacted Magmatron about their success and Guiledart was wary of Crazybolt, considering his dishonest reputation, and agreed to believe him only if they met at the rendezvous point with the Gung Ho and its cargo of Angolmois Capsules. Unbeknownst to them, Big Convoy had already used the Seagull to catch up to them and broke in. Big Convoy fooled the two into thinking he set up a bomb in the cargo room that could cause the complete destruction of the ship and the Predacons were lured into the ship's hologram room, where Big Convoy used the two as "training partners" while NAVI did the appropriate resetting to the computer systems. Once the other Maximals made it to the Gung Ho with Bazooka and Crazybolt's stolen ship, the duo were kicked back to their old ship. They limped to the rendezvous point with the Dinosaur, where Magmatron simply ordered the ship's cannons to be fired on the pathetic pair. The Stolen Gung Ho

After the defeat of Unicron, Bazooka returned to Cybertron. There, he attended a meal hosted by Artemis. Graduation Ceremony!!

Toys

Beast Wars

If one robot part is one angstrom off its non-intuitive position, that beast mode will refuse to lock together.

• Bazooka (Basic Class, March 1999)
  • ID number: D-38
  • Accessories: "Axe Buster" weapon

Part of the third wave of Beast Wars Neo products in the Japanese Beast Wars toyline, Bazooka is a Basic Class figure that transforms into an organic Euoplocephalus. In beast mode, his mouth opens slightly when you pull forward on the small spike on his right cheek as his "Crash Bite" attack. His tail is spring-loaded and can be lifted up and locked into an upright position and then released via a small button on his back, simulating his pounding "Gigaton Stomp" attack. Stored under his tail is his small "Axe Buster" weapon that can be used in robot mode as either an axe or a blaster, depending on which peg is used to hold it.

Bazooka is notoriously hard to get into beast mode, with the two massive chunks of his armored back not wanting to line up properly.

This mold was also used the make the Walmart-exclusive Dinobots Slapper.

• More information on Bazooka at TFU.info

A "Shell in a Cell" match

• Extreme Showdown: Bump VS Bazooka (VS pack, March 1999)
  • ID number: VS-38
  • Accessories: "Axe Buster" weapon

Bazooka was also available in the "Extreme Showdown" (極限の対決 kyokugen no taiketsu) two-pack with the Maximal Bump. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

Notes

• Development art for the Bazooka toy shows another large panel of beast mode back-armor hanging off his butt that does not exist on the final toy. Just where exactly this piece of kibble would go in beast mode is uncertain.
• Bazooka is one of three Beast Wars Neo toys whose designs were determined via a contest held by TV Magazine. The winning designs were revealed in the April 1999 issue. The other winning designs became Archadis and Mach Kick.
• The Beast Wars: Uprising incarnation of Bazooka is a "virtual redeco" of Generations Warpath.