Manterror

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Manterror is a Predacon from the Beast Era portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
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"More like preying mantis! Get it?"

Manterror is a nasty sort of 'bot. His internal stealth silencers allow him to sneak up undetected on his Maximal adversaries, but even when they do see him, his somewhat ungainly appearance sometimes lulls opponents into a false sense of security. That is when Manterror uses his sharp claws and ion disks to swiftly strike out and disable his foe. And once he has an opponent down, he's been known to slowly and surgically pick them apart, piece by piece.

He is also somewhat punny.


French-Canadian name: Manterreur ("Manterror")
Italian name: Cannibal (awesome)<ref>This name may have only been used on the cross-sell for the English/Spanish/Italian "video-pack" release of Airazor. However, a carded example of trilingual European English/Spanish/Italian Manterror has not been found at this time, so this is uncertain.</ref>


Fiction

IDW Beast Wars comics continuity

Magmatron recruited Manterror, along with Transquito, Drill Bit, Spittor, Iguanus, and Razorbeast, on Cybertron. Magmatron's plan was to use the abandoned stasis pods on prehistoric Earth to build an army and take over Cybertron. Upon arrival, Magmatron sent Manterror and the others to watch over the stasis pods as they were activated. Manterror witnessed the birth of Snapper.

As it turned out, Razorbeast was a Maximal spy. Magmatron sent his new Predacon army to hunt down the Maximal and his band. During the conflict that followed, Manterror got his face smashed by Wolfang. The Gathering

Manterror was next seen leading an advance scouting party consisting of himself, Retrax, and Snapper to spy on the Maximals' base-camp. They were discovered by Grimlock and Manterror and Snapper were disabled while Retrax rolled to safety. The Ascending issue 1

He managed to recover and was seen amongst the Maximals and Predacons left behind on Earth to fight the Blendtrons. It is unknown if he survived this battle. The Ascending issue 4


Toys

Beast Wars

  • Manterror (Deluxe Predacon, 1997)
    • Accessories: 2 disc projectiles
Manterror transforms from a robot into an organic mantis. Each terrible foreclaw holds one of his disc-weapons and uses a pressure-launch mechanism to fling them.
This mold was used to make Beast Wars II Mantis.

Trivia

  • Buzzclaw's function is "Quick Attack Specialist", and his toy bio states that he uses "ion disks", suggesting that he
    is Manterror reborn as a Fuzor. Coincidentally or not, both share a particularly toothy grin. Either way, Manterror and Buzzclaw appear side-by-side in the IDW comics.
  • Sketches in "The Gathering" TPB indicate that Manterror's Cybertronian mode was a dragster-type car.

References

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