Cheetor (BW)
| This article is about the Beast Wars Maximal. For the Unicron Trilogy Autobot, see Cheetor (Armada). |
- Cheetor is a Maximal in the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
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
Fiction
Animated continuity
Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past
Beast Wars
- Voice actor: Ian Corlett (US), Wataru Takagi (Japan)
Far too frequently, Cheetor looks up to Optimus Primal enough to rush out in a desperate attempt to prove himself. He's foiled an equal amount of missions he's succeeded; he's broken experimental communicators, rushed into combat, gotten himself trapped, and (the current pinnacle of his performance) set up radio-wave towers in the middle of a lightning storm on an energon platform.
Like I said, trying to prove himself.
The outfitting of his Transmetal body gave his cat form a pair of airjets as well as mutating his hands into a laser-firing 'cheetah head'. This newfound power only spurred his too-eager personality, and he still found himself getting into trouble.
During Feral Scream, Cheetor came in contact with the direct energy blasts of the transmetal driver. For several days afterwards, he was prone to hallucinations, panic attacks, paranoia, and delerium. For hours at a time, he would rest, only to find himself somewhere foreign, his gears exhausted.
In reality, his body was in heavy conflict of the alien "Transmetal 2" power and his current Transmetal body. He would shapechange into an undescribable beast, acting feral and savage. He finally gained control of the power, and the rest of the Maximals were surprised to find he had drastically changed.
His voice was slightly deeper, and he nearly always lost his temper. He was alot less reckless, and all of his descisons seemed to have a casual air of confidence. He even had a small bit of 'facial hair' on his chin.
"Oh, joy," Rattrap remarked. "Cyber-puberty."
Cheetor's surreal dream sequences sometimes contained hints of future events
3H Tales of the Beast Wars comics
Beast Wars Metals manga
(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.
IDW Beast Wars comics
Beast Machines
Voice actor: Ian Corlett (US), Wataru Takagi (Japan)
During Beast Machines, the maturity Cheetor had engagued in when he gained a Transmetal 2 body seemed to come full circle. He acted calmer, frequently took over leadership in place of Optimus Primal, and overall acted more 'adult'. (The role of 'kid' was taken over by Nightscream.)
After Optimus Primal and Megatron fell into the organic core, starting the Cybertron-wide reformatting, the Oracle spoke to Cheetor's mind, possibly suggesting that Optimus Primal passed his communication abilities to Cheetor as he died.
3H Universe comic
Fun Publications Cybertron comic
Legends anthology
Toys
Beast Wars
- Cheetor
- Japanese ID number: C-3
- 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 (mega)
- Japanese ID number: BR-02
- Cheetor (Supreme)
- Cheetor (McDonald's Happy Meal)
- Night Slash Cheetor
- Japanese ID number: BR-16
Universe
- Night Slash Cheetor
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.
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