Nightscream (BM)
| The name or term "Nightscream" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Nightscream (disambiguation). |
- Nightscream is a Maximal from the Beast Machines era of the Generation 1 continuity family.
When armies of Vehicons conquered Cybertron, young Nightscream survived alone in the darkness below the surface of the planet. This trauma influences much of his behavior. He's always on the defensive. Paranoid. Rude. Distrusting. Confrontational. But really he's just a troubled kid, and he's been through a lot. Inside, he's got a good heart. He's just got to learn to stop fighting friends and enemies alike.
Or, it's also possible he's just your typical angsty teenage emo jerk.
Regardless, he seems to have found a kindred spirit in the wild Savage/Noble creature.
Fiction
Animated continuity
Beast Machines
Voice Actor: Alessandro Juliani (US), Nobutoshi Canna (Japan)
When the Vehicons and their virus struck, Nightscream ran and panicked like many Maximals. He fell down a hole durring the attack and everything went dark. Though he would not recall the details later, somehow he wandered into a cave bearing the fossils of a strange gigantic bat-creature and his internal DNA scanners used them to reformat him an organic beast form and save him, at least temporarily, from the virus. Nightscream's mental state at this point is unknown, but he seems to have spent the next period hiding and feeding off a strange fruit tree he finds growing bellow the planet's surface. Eventually Optimus Primal and company arrive and, distrustful, he begins to spy on their activities. When they spot and pursue him the ensuing confrontation ends up with his food source destroyed and his body reformated to be technorganic like the other Maximals. He rather reluctantly agrees to join them, but continues to generally mope around and cop an annoying Anakin-esque attitude with everyone.
In the course of events, Nightscream meets and befriends Savage/Noble who he believes to be a fellow survivor of Megatron's attack. Thinking he's found a kindred spirit he dedicates himself to helping the wolf in dragon's clothing untill it's revealed that his new friend was really Megatron all along. Ouch. Despite this when Megatron's spark seperates from the Savage/Noble body the dog-like beast that remains seems to retain its attachment to the boy and follows him about like a big ugly puppy. Then Megatron kills his puppy. (Sucks to be Nightscream) and the enraged Maximal unleashes Mary-Sue-level sonic powers on Megatron in retaliation setting the stage for the final act of the war for the sparks. In the end Nightscream and the other Maximals stop Megatron's forces and reformat the planet. And everyone rejoiced. Yay.
Universe: The Wreckers comics
Toys
Beast Machines
- Nightscream (Ultra, 2000)
- Nightscream (Happy Meal toy, 2000)
Beast Wars Returns
- Nightscream (Ultra, 2005)
- Japanese ID number: BR-09
Trivia
Story editor Bob Skir originally wanted the character of Nightscream to be a young female Transformer, patterned after the girl "Newt" from the movie Aliens. When the powers that be nixed that he instead pattered him after the rebellious young John Conner in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. In hindsight, maybe that wasn't the best idea...
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