Arachnoid
- Arachnoids are drones from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Arachnoids[1] are drones which serve Tarantulas. They assist him in his various evil schemes, such as scouting out locations for him, stealing Maximal bases, and reassembling him after he gets blown up.
Fiction
Beast Wars cartoon
Terrosaur, Waspinator and Blackarachnia used a number of arachnoids as lights as they tried to burrow under the Axalon. A Better Mousetrap Arachnoids tended to be common near Tarantulas's lair. The Low Road After Tarantulas was blown up during the destruction of Ravage's Transwarp cruiser, some arachnoids collected up his body parts and fixed him. Still more of them assisted Rampage in an attempt to pull the Axalon off the cliff it was resting on, pulling it via ropes. Optimal Situation
A couple of arachnoids spied on Cheetor as he tried to teach Chak and Una about levers. When the Predacons found they needed an organic to help complete their latest weapon, Tarantulas knew just where they could get one. Go with the Flow Tarantulas used a bunch of arachnoids as weapons to incapacitate Tigerhawk via electrical shocks delivered through their arms. As Cheetor ventured into Tarantulas's lair, he was confronted by arachnoids. They didn't last long. Other Victories
Notes
- Two different types of arachnoid are seen during the show. The second type, seen from "Optimal Situation" onwards, differ from the first type in a number of details including an extendable manipulator arm and a Tarantulas insignia.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Spiderbot (スパイダーボット Supaidābotto)
References
- ↑ Named as such by Rattrap in "Go with the Flow".
