Demonkey

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They're watching you (clap clap)
They see your ev-ry move ♪

Demonkey is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

During the Great War for planet Beast, Demonkey (デモンキー Demonkī) fought on the side of Alligatron's Decepticon-backed army, specializing in forest combat and deforestation. Skilled in psychology and tactics, Demonkey works best by observing his target's behavior, developing a psychological profile to predict and counter their moves. His weapon, the fearsome Demon Waver (デーモンウェーバー Dēmon Wēbā), can emit "Demon Waves" that can temporarily drive a target to panic and madness.

These days, he serves as the Emperor of Palmyra under King Little Serow, putting his skills to use in service of his country. Combining his analytical skills with Serow's calm rationality, the pair rarely make mistakes.

Toys

Beastformers

May or may not be sticker-accurate to the actual Takara release.

• Perfect 6-Piece Set (Box set, 1988)
  • Beast ID number: 56
  • Accessories: "Demon Waver" MVP Weapon

Demonkey is an anthropomorphic tarsier in green robotic armor. His left hand is posed in a flat-palmed pose. The rubsign on his chest reveals one of three symbols: Fire, Water or Wood. He comes with his "Demon Waver" MVP Weapon.

Though a common release in the Hasbro Battle Beasts line, he was only available in the Takara Beastformers line as part of the "Perfect 6-Piece Set" (パーフェクト6体セット Pāfekuto 6 Tai Setto, the English text on the packaging renders it as "Beastformer 6 Animals Set") multi-pack.... but he was not always actually in it.

One of the six slots in this box set will always have the exclusive Crystal Killer Fish, randomly taking the place of one of the six "normal" figures in the pack: Baboon, Cobrander, Demonkey, Eagle Killer, Little Serow, or Shield Dragon. Given that this set was the only way to obtain Demonkey and Little Serow in the entirety of Beastformers's run, having Crystal Killer Fish replace one of those two would be... frustrating.

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. It is uncertain if the box set toys got these new stickers or not. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro Battle Beast version of the line, thus, the picture to the right.)

Notes

• Demonkey's "deforestation soldier" role comes from various 1987 Transformers: Beastformers character/toy checklists, despite Demonkey not actually being sold in the '87 line.
• Speaking of, the 1987 character poster art (seen at the top of this page) incorrectly colors his sword gold. His recolored '88 bio card corrects this error.
• Said bio card gives him the cheery nickname "Demon" (デーモン Dēmon).

Foreign names

• English: Tarsier Tyrant