Blackarachnia (BW)
Blackarachnia is a Predacon, Maximal, and a Decepticon in the Beast Era.
A sultry femme fatale, Blackarachnia is smart, sexy, and dangerous. She's got eight legs, and she knows how to use them. Of the several rebellious Predacons under Megatron's command, she's one of the very few who can, on occasion, outguile him. Always looking out for Number One, Blackarachnia values her independence and freedom above all else. She would rather perish than be a slave.
Blackarchnia's greatest weakness, other than her overconfidence, is her feelings for the Maximal Silverbolt. Something about his heroic demeanor and the kindness he shows her makes her uneasy. She hasn't experienced unconditional love before, and it scares her, though she'll never admit it.
Spanish name: Araña Negra
Japanese name: Blackwidow
French-Canadian names: Mygale, La Veuve Noire
Fiction
Beast Wars Cartoon
Voice Actress: Venus Terzo (US), Mitsuo Iwata (Japan)
3H Tales of the Beast Wars Comics
Beast Machines Cartoon
Voice Actress: Venus Terzo (US), Mitsuo Iwata (Japan)
3H Universe Comic
Beast Wars Metals Manga
Transformers Legends Anthology
Toys
Beast Wars
Blackarachnia's original toy was a redeco of the Tarantulas mold, transforming into a rather generic-looking organic spider.
Her Transmetal toy was a McDonalds Happy Meal pack-in. It rather resembles some sort of dust mite more than a spider and the robot mode appears to have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. Somehow I doubt we'd have ever had the Silverbolt-love plot if she'd had this form in the show... shudder.
The Transmetal 2 mold was also used by the BotCon exclusive Arcee.
Beast Machines
The mold is also used by Crystal Widow.
Universe
Alternators
The mold used for Decepticharge was presented as an upcoming relase for the Japanese Binaltech line. Though a bio and story chapter was written to accomodate her into the Binaltech fiction, it was ultimately dropped when they toy was put on indefinite haitus.
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