Waspinator (ROTB)

The name or term "Waspinator" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Waspinator (disambiguation).

Waspinator is a Predacon from the Rise of the Beasts portion of the Movie continuity family.

Waspinator is a Predacon who rules (as Megatron is "gone")! He's probably a wasp.

Toys

Command & Convert Animatronic Optimus Primal (Command & Convert Animatronic, 2023)

When this electronic Optimus Primal scans for Predacons, sometimes the voice of Waspinator responds, who declares that Waspinator rules.^[1]

Concept artist Eddie Del Rio revealed that Predacons were to have a role in Rise of the Beasts, but development on them only got as far as rough sketches as seen above. He later noted that he picked the characters he did sketches for at random and was not guided by any higher-ups.^[2]
Waspinator's concept art depicts him with four arms while in robot mode, not unlike his Animated counterpart.

↑ Recording of Optimus Primal voice clip, via David Willis on Twitter
↑ "Update- I wasn’t told which characters to do. I just picked a bunch. I went with some very deep cuts as you can see. I just really wanted a robot frog.) Transformers Rise of the Beast for a very brief second may of had some Predacons in the works. Yes, for a very brief moment the thought was to have some Predacons in the movie. I spent a day doing very very rough sketches. What you see here is a small amount of what I did that day."—Eddie Del Rio, Instagram, 2023/09/11