Scuba (BW)
- Scuba is a Maximal from the Beast Wars II era of Generation 1 continuity.
Scuba is a quiet and reserved Maximal and a bit of a loner. He prefers to spend his time in solitude, reading and writing (he's a very talented poet) with his exceptional penmanship. Though a calm and reserved character, Scuba is a very skilled fighter who strikes like a ninja; disappearing and reappearing at will. He has a cousin named Ikard and pilots the Tako Tank.
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
Beast Wars II cartoon
- Voice actor: Yūji Kishi (Japanese)
Scuba came to Gaea with Lio Convoy and the rest of the Maximals while pursuing Galvatron and his Predacon forces. Scuba took his job very seriously and was one of Lio Convoy's most trusted soldiers.
Despite being quiet and kinda freaky-looking, Scuba was a total playa. Both Artemis and Scylla were madly in love with him, though he did not reciprocate the emotion. Scylla was the most forward of the two, often literally chasing Scuba all over the planet.
During the final battle on Galvatron's artificial planet, Nemesis, Scuba was essential to the Maximal victory. After Nemesis absorbed all the Angolmois energy on Gaea, Lio Convoy ordered Scuba to disable the planet. With the help of the Tako Tank (given to him earlier by his cousin, Ikard), Scuba managed to complete his mission. However, like the rest of the Maximals, Scuba was caught in the self destruction of Nemesis and lost within a wormhole.
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
Later, after Big Convoy, Lio Convoy and Magmatron defeated Unicron, all the Maximals, Scuba included, were freed from the wormhole and invited back to Cybertron to help repair their devastated planet and take part in a new Maximal-Predacon alliance. Graduation Ceremony!!
Comic continuity
Beast Wars II comic
Bighorn, a fellow Maximal, had a crush on Scylla but due to his meager intelligence could not pen a decent love letter to express his feelings. Bighorn asked Scuba to write the letter for him, as he was an accomplished poet. Scuba wrote a moving letter, but unfortunately, since Bighorn was also TOO CHICKEN to give the letter to Scylla, Scuba had to deliver the letter for the said buffalo. Predictably, Scylla got the wrong idea. Scuba then spent the rest of the adventure being molested by Scylla (hawt).
Beast Wars Neo comic
After the destruction of the Nemesis, Scuba arrived the planet Jörmungandr with an Angolmois energy capsule. There, he transformed the native cobras into Transformers, possibly using the Angolmois. The cobras worshipped Scuba as a god, and the capsule was encased in a statue in his image. Scuba eventually left Jörmungandr for reasons unknown; native myths claimed that "the god was enraged".
IDW Beast Wars comics
Scuba was one of many crazed Transformers participating in an Angolmois-induced riot on Cybertron. He followed the Tako Tank after it broke down a wall, so apparently he wasn't the driver this time. The Ascending #4
Toys
Beast Wars
- Scuba (Basic, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: C-15
- Accessories: Boomerang
- Largely identical to the Hasbro Maximal Claw Jaw (there are some very slight differences in plastic and paint hues), Scuba transforms into a maroon and orange squid. Pushing a plunger on his back opens his beast-mode jaws. This gimmick also works in robot mode. A piece of the plunger pops off to become a hand-held boomerang weapon.
- Scuba vs Thrust (Multi-pack, 1998)
- Japanese ID number: VS-15
- Scuba was also available in a "Vs" pack with the Predacon Thrust. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.
Notes
- Although he possesses an aquatic alternate form, Scuba is capable of moving freely on land while in his beast mode, something that real squids are absolutely incapable of doing.
- Even more impressive is his ability to quickly burrow underground, through even solid rock, by spinning rapidly while in beast mode.
