Airachnid (Prime)

Airachnid is a Decepticon from the Prime portion of the Aligned continuity family.

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Long ago, Airachnid was with the Decepticons, where her cruel, cold-sparked, murderous demeanor served her well. But after the Great Exodus of Cybertron, she decided to go solo. Nevertheless, she still feels a sort of kinship with her former allies, so if a group of humans attempted to, so to say, disassemble a Decepticon, she would take offense to it.

These days, Airachnid spends her time engaging in her new hobby: collecting endangered species. Well, parts of endangered species. Mostly the heads.

And if a species isn't endangered? Oh, they will be. She'll make sure of that. And she'll make sure it's a slow, painful process.

Fiction

Prime cartoon

Voice actor: Gina Torres (English)

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Notes

• Airachnid is in Generation 1 non-Deluxe Insecticon colors.
• Her unusual head design is reminiscent of both the Disney villain Maleficent and the similarly spider-like Doctor Who monster The Empress of the Racnoss.
• Airachnid went her entire introductory episode without transforming into a true alternate mode, only from biped-mode to spider-legs mode and back. This is due to her not scanning an alternate mode until Crisscross.
• Unlike real spiders, Airachnid has compound eyes.
• The existence of the name "Airachnid" was first revealed when Hasbro filed an intent-to-use trademark application for the term with the US Trademark and Patent Office. However, the application was eventually denied for registration, so whether Hasbro will still use the name for the toy is unknown.
• She is not Blackarachnia. Deal with it.