Scorponok (BW)
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Scorponok is a Predacon from the Beast Wars series.
Scorponok is an enigma wrapped in a riddle that's had a very large and heavy rock dropped on its head at some point in the past. His personality seems to have two main features: he's dumb and he's loyal to Megatron, and among those two features only the loyalty seems to be constant. Sometimes Scorponok is dumb like the Increadible Hulk, to the point where forming complete sentences and using pronouns is beyond him, but more often he's just sort of a generally dim lug. He tries to serve Megatron to the best of his abilities, but when Waspinator is able to outwit you there's only so much you have to offer.
Scorponok was Megatron's second-in-command on the Darkside and in the early days of the Beast Wars, though one suspects he was given that title much in the way a small child might be, to keep him happy and occupied. He may have some inkling of this, as he seems rather insecure about the title and constantly tries to assert himself among the other Predacons who, aware of his shortcomings, generally dismiss or ignore him.
Scorponok's only other real contibution to Megatron's cause is in developing cyber-virus's that he delivers with his cyberbee drone. (Impressive actually, given his otherwise limited mentality.) Generally these don't work out as he hoped however, and so they've done little to increase his standing in these eyes of the other Predacons.
Scorponok died along with Terrorsaur when he tumbled into the lava beneath the Predacon base durring the explosion of the Vok's artificial moon. No one much noticed.
Italian name: Scorpionok
Japanese name: Scorpos
Fiction
Beast Wars
Voice actor: Don Brown (US), ? (Japan)
Toys
Beast Wars
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