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The Transformers have taken on many alternate modes over the years, but no group of Cybertronians are quite as distinct or unique as those who adopt beast modes. Broadly speaking, a Cybertronian with a beast mode possesses one or more forms partially or completely based on a biological lifeform: this might be a contemporary Earth creature, an extinct organism like a dinosaur, some kind of alien monster, or something fantastical like a dragon or unicorn; in very rare cases, Cybertronians have even adopted plant or fungus-based alternate modes. Although the majority of beast mode Transformers change from humanoid robots into animals, several possess an animal form as their robot mode and instead transform into vehicles or other inanimate objects, and a select few simply transform from one animal shape into another.
Most Autobots and Decepticons with beast modes transform into oversized, blatantly mechanical creatures, and as a result forego disguise in favor of combat utility when operating on planets like Earth. Their descendants, the Maximals and Predacons, will refine the technology by integrating organic material directly into their superstructures and gaining the ability to convincingly mimic organic creatures; in time, this synthesis may even evolve into a genuine technorganic symbiosis that bonds carbon and silicon on a cellular level. Not all Cybertronians understand this deeper significance, however, and in some realities beast Transformers have faced prejudice and even institutionalized discrimination against their unusual forms.
Transformers with beast modes are sometimes referred to as "beast-formers", a term that sometimes sees use to distinguish themselves from vehicular "standard-formers."
| “ | Beast or 'bot, we're still the baddest! | ” |
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