Black Jaguar

Black Jaguar is a Decepticon-allied Beastformers from the Generation 1 continuity family.

No, no. It's that OTHER guy who married Storm.

Black Jaguar (ブラックジャガー Burakkujagā), nickname Jaggy (ジャギー Jagī), is one of the Decepticon-allied Beastformers fighting a war on the planet Beast, and is the Decepticon Beastformers' head bodyguard. He also holds the rank of King of Nupal, hailing from the country's mountain region, aided by Emperor Crowmax. Very single-minded, Black Jaguar's favored approach to problems is to power through with brute force, and once he's set down a path he refuses to turn back. He's a prodigious martial artist who is almost the equal of the famed Platinum Tiger, and can fire heat beams reaching 1 million degrees from his Hyper Beam MVP Weapon.

Fiction

Beastformers comic

Black Jaguar fought in the Beastformers' war with the Laser Beasts and was present when the enemy brought out their new Battlecruisers. Beastformers VS Laser Beasts

Legends comic

Black Jaguar was enslaved by Scorponok to build the second BlackZarak transtector. Bonus Edition Vol. EX Freed at some point, Black Jaguar was part of the final battle between the Beastformers and the Laser Beasts for Beast in 2023. He watched on as Doublecross sent a burst of flame to their enemies. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

• Black Jaguar (Beastformer, 1987)
  • Beast ID number: 57
  • Accessories: Spear

Part of the third series of Takara's Beastformers toys, Black Jaguar is an anthopomorphic... well, black jaguar, in blue robotic armor. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

He came in a green-grid generic "Destron Beastformer" box, with a bio card with a line-art character image first used in Hasbro's Battle Beasts cast poster (rather than the painted images of the prior two series). Depending on the "Pack" he came in, there was a chance of his bio card being replaced with a rare "Secret Photo", "Bewitching Serpent Seal", or "VS Holography Mirror" card.

• Burstsun Special Set (Multi-pack, 1987)
  • Accessories: Spear

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.

Beastformers

• Black Jaguar (Beastformer, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 57
  • Accessories: "Hyper Beam" MVP Weapon

Re-released in the Transformers-less Beastformers sequel series, Black Jaguar was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "MVP Weapon", the name "Hyper Beam" (ハイパービーム Haipā Bīmu).

The initial early releases of this series had the chance for any Beastformer to have the rare Burstsun symbol; we'll probably never know if Black Jaguar was ever actually one of them. Later in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro Battle Beast version of the line.)

Notes

Foreign names

• English: Black Panther