Cheetor (BW)

This article is about the Beast Wars Maximal. For the Unicron Trilogy Autobot, see Cheetor (Armada).

Cheetor is a Maximal character in the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity.

There he is, your little guy.

Cheetor is full of youthful overconfidence. He's also the fastest Maximal on four legs, though, so he gets into way too much trouble. Thankfully, Optimus Primal keeps a steady eye on him. In return, Cheetor has grown to idolize Primal, whom he calls "Big Bot." Optimus Primal knows the young and inexperienced Cheetor needs a good role model, so he doesn't mind too much. And, hey, he's a good kid. Just... keep him away from Dinobot, okay? Impressionable minds, and all.

Speaking of bad influences, Cheetor had a brief crush on the Predacon turncoat Blackarachnia, adding some real tension between him and Silverbolt. He seems over her now.

Japanese name: Cheetas
French name: Vélocitor
Italian name: Ghepard
Spanish name: Chitor

Cheetor's control art. Yes, that IS Cheetor, not Shadow Panther. Yes, it's not a cheetah.

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TM1 Cheetor's control art. Hey! Cheetah!

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TM2 Cheetor's control art. Hey! Aaron Archer!

Fiction

Animated continuity

Beast Wars

Voice actor: Ian Corlett (US), Wataru Takagi (Japan)

Dreams out of Joint? He sees Rattrap's rescue attempt, before it happens.

Cheetor's surreal dream sequences sometimes contained hints of future events

Beast Wars Metals manga

Off to go train with Piccolo or something, I'm sure.

(Note: although it picks up after the first season, the Beast Wars Metals manga is not in-continuity with the television series.)

Cheetor retained his youthful, inexperienced personality through-out the Japanese interpretation of Beast Wars. For the Beast Wars Metals manga his character design was retooled for a more visually-blunt interpretation of his personality.

Beast Machines

Voice actor: Ian Corlett (US), Wataru Takagi (Japan)

Toys

Beast Wars

• Cheetor

Japanese ID number: C-03

• Cheetor (Transmetal)

Japanese ID number: C-42

• Cheetor (Transmetal 2)

Japanese ID number: C-49

• Cheetor (Fox Kids)
• Cheetor (Fox Kids Transmetal)

Beast Machines

• Cheetor (Beast Machines mega)

Japanese ID number: BR-02

• Cheetor (Beast Machines supreme)
• Cheetor (McDonald's)
• Night Slash Cheetor

Japanese ID number: BR-16

Universe

• Night Slash Cheetor (Universe)

Timelines

• Cheetor

Trivia

• Mainframe's original plan for TM1 Cheetor was to have his face mature over the course of the season, from a big-eared, wide-eyed, rounded face into one close to the toy. Also, TM1 Cheetor would have had a "Hero's Heart" which glowed after completing brave or heroic feats, somewhat akin to the classic anime character "Astro Boy". Due to time and financial restrictions, none of these concepts panned out. Thankfully.

External Links

• Cheetor at TFU.info

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.