Mutant (BW)
| This article is about the robot mode-less faction. For the sub-Cybertron marauders, see Mutant (G1). |
The Mutants (also commonly referred to as Mutant Beasts) are a powerful group of beast warriors who've lost their robot modes, but are able to transform between two beast modes. Led by Icebird, the mutants seek to create a purely organic existence. The mutants don't belong to either faction, and will attack Predacons on sight, but they tolerate the Maximals as a necessary component of their goals.
Members are:
Fiction
Toy Bios
Megatron developed an anti-conversion virus, intended to prevent the infected host converting into robot mode, resulting in eventual shutdown. The Mutants were previously Fuzors, and the virus reacted in an unanticipated way with their physiognomy; it caused their conversion abilities to change, trapping their robot modes inside two different beast modes. The virus also bestowed 'potent extrasensory powers' upon the Mutants, with each member having unique abilities.
The Mutants are on Cybertron during the events of Beast Machines. (Their creation via Megatron's virus is a direct reference to the Beast Machines cartoon, as are mentions of the Oracle in their bios.)
Universe: The Wreckers comics
The Mutants report along with the Dinobots and the Wreckers to the Oracle and are given a mission to fullfill: to save Cybertron's future. It was all a set-up however, by Cryotek and the Quintessons, and the Mutants are led instead to their apparent deaths by Sharkticons.
The remaining stasis pods from the Axalon were activated by Razorbeast. The majority of the newly-born Transformers were either Maximal or Predacon. But a few were born Mutants. They fiercly defend their swamp against intruding Predacons, making it clear that no Transformer is welcome in their peaceful home.
(This continuity is alone in portraying the Mutants as Beast Wars, rather than Beast Machines era characters.)
Toys
The four toys in this sub-group were originally designed for the ill-fated Animorphs toyline, and upon its failure were slightly retooled and brought over to Transformers. They have a couple of common features. Each toy had a robot head hidden somewhere within its body, to indicate that their personas were still essentially sentient rather than bestial. Also, three of the four toys had flip-up panels underneath their Mutant insignia, which were lifted to reveal robotic components (to convey they were still essentially robots, although they lacked a 'robot' mode); for some reason Razor Claw lacked this feature.
