Scorponok (ROTB)
| The name or term "Scorponok" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Scorponok (disambiguation). |
- Scorponok is a Terrorcon-allied Predacon from the Rise of the Beasts portion of the Movie continuity family.
Scorponok is a Predacon scorpion who's made out of turbines! There's also a Decepticon scorpion out and about who's made out of the same turbines, which is weird.
Scorponok can either form armor for Scourge or partner up with Sandspear.
There's a lot of him.
Fiction
Rise of the Beasts film
Arriving at the Maximal homeworld, the dark god Unicron deployed a horde of Scorponoks ahead of senior acolyte Scourge, with two Scorponoks going after Maximal leader Apelinq before being killed by Optimus Primal.
Millennia later, during Unicron's attempted invasion of Earth, Scorponoks were sent as reinforcements for the army of Freezers protecting the Transwarp Key. Any that weren't killed by the combined Maximal-Autobot force died in the explosion caused by Optimus Prime destroying the Key. Rise of the Beasts
Toys
Rise of the Beasts
- Scourge & Predacon Scorponok (Beast Combiners, 2023)
- TakaraTomy name: Kakusei Change Armor Set Scourge & Scorponok
- TakaraTomy ID number: BCAS-04
- TakaraTomy release date: July 15, 2023
- Accessories: Tail section
- Known designers: Koki Yamada (TakaraTomy)
- Included with Scourge, Beast Combiners Scorponok converts into a set of armor for compatible figures via partial autotransformation. His tail section detaches to form a handheld weapon.
- Predacon Scorponok & Sandspear (Beast Weaponizers, 2023)
- Accessories: Tail weapon
- Known designers: Koki Yamada (TakaraTomy)
- Released as part of a Target-exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee line, Rise of the Beasts Scorponok transforms from robot to monstrous robotic scorpion. The scorpion tail detaches to serve as a weapon for his robot mode, while Scorponok's fellow scorpion-bot and pack-in partner Sandspear also converts into a blade that he can wield.
- The robot mode head of this toy is based on that of Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Class Dead End, or more accurately, based on that same Dead End head as used by a fan-made custom that's one of the top results on Google Images when you type in stuff like "movie scorponok".
Notes
- It is unclear if Scorponok's status as a Predacon in the toyline is applicable to the film's setting, wherein the Scorponoks' sole purpose is to serve Unicron. The term "Predacon" is never used in the film, and the group's existence can only be inferred from the Beast Era insignia being barely visible on the Scorponoks' backs as well as Scourge having two as trophies. Given that Scourge's schtick is harvesting insignias from defeated enemies of Unicron, it is questionable that the Scorponoks would be classified as sentient members of a different faction, but the film does not go into any detail on where the Scorponoks came from.
- Previs models from concept artist Fred Pashe identify alternate colour schemes for Scorponok as "Sandstorm" (red) and "DoublePunch" (blue), drawing from redecoes of the original Beast Wars Scorponok toy.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Scorponok (スコルポノック Sukoruponokku)
