Dream Eater

Dreameater is a Beastformer from the Beastformers portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

I believe you can get me through the night.

Dreameater (ドリームイーター Dorīmuītā) is one of the Autobot-allied Beastformers fighting a war on the planet Beast. His role in the Autobot Beastformer forces is "Special Combat Unit". He also holds the rank of Emperor of Uruk, the country on whose plains he was born, under King White Cow.

Fiction

Laser Beasts manga

During the Laser Beasts' invasion of the surface world, Dream Eater and White Leo waved a white flag at the Laser Beast position, requesting negotiations. The Laser Beasts responded by opening fire on the pair. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Toys

Beastformers

• Dream Eater (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 58
  • Accessories: "Quick Dreamer" weapon

Part of the third series of Beastformers, Dream Eater is an anthropomorphic tapir with green robotic armor. He came with his "Quick Dreamer" (クイックドリーマー) sword.

He has one of three rubsigns on his chest, revealing the elemental power of Fire, Water, or Wood. As he was only released in series three, he only came with the full-color-image-on-black version of the rubsign, rather than the black-outline-on-mood-ring-colors version from the previous series.

• Burst Sun Special Set (Multi-pack, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 58
  • Accessories: "Quick Dreamer" weapon

The first Beastformers multipack (still using the Transformers logo and factions) contained nine normal figures, then one of two special editions of the faction leaders, either a clear-plastic version of Alligatron, or White Leo with the "Burstsun" rubsign. The box contained no windows, so you didn't know which of the leaders you got until you opened it up.

The other nine standard Beastformers in the set were Black Jaguar, Būpink, Crowmax, Dog Hunter, Dream Eater, Earthhog, Mingo Kid, Muskhorn, and Slo.

Notes

• Dream Eater's name is a reference to the baku, a dream-eating spirit similar to the tapir. Yes, this is also the origin of the Pokémon Drowzee and Musharna, users of the move "Dream Eater".
• The original art for Dream Eater/Torrential Tapir miscolors him with black fur and a gold weapon. The Transformers-less Beastformers release corrected this on the bio card, giving him the proper white fur and gray weapon.

Foreign names

• English: Torrential Tapir