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, the Burstsun Special Set (バーストサンスペシャルセット Bāsutosan Supesharu Setto) contained ten figures. It could have one of two special editions of the faction leaders: either a clear-plastic "Ghost" version of Alligatron, or White Leo with the then-unique "Burstsun" rubsign (but no other notable changes). The other nine slots were filled out from a possible roster of twelve other figures, all unchanged from their individual releases. The box contained no windows, so you didn't know which toys you got until you opened it up.

The twelve possible standard Beastformers in the set were Black Jaguar, Būpink, Crowmax, Dog Hunter, Dream Eater, Earthhog, Mingo Kid, Muskhorn, Pangol, Slo, Udan, and White Cow.

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).

He was sold in two similar-but-different styles of boxes. One wholly-generic version, sold in large display boxes like the Transformers releases, advertised the chance for the included bio card to instead be a rare holofoil card of White Leo with a "Burstsun" rubsign in a baggie taped to the back, so you could apply it to the Beastformer of your choice. The more common version has a slightly different box with a peg-hole in the top flap, and has a sticker on the bottom with his name and role on it.

Late 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

• Black Jaguar's 1987 poster-art bizarrely gives him a samurai-esque helmet, which is certainly a unique error among the many, many errors in this batch of character art. His 1988 RPG-era art corrects this mistake, giving him an unadorned head.

Foreign names

• English: Black Panther