Guiledart (BW)

Guiledart is a Predacon from the Beast Wars Neo portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

No, despite what some people would tell you, Rhinoceros is not really descended from Triceratops.

Guiledart (ガイルダート Gairudāto) is Magmatron’s right hand man and with good reason: He is of the perpetually loyal variety who violently detests traitors. This doesn't mean that he's a sycophantic dullard, however. On the contrary, Guiledart is a master tactician, a ferocious warrior and a stern field commander. Ambitious, Guiledart is always looking to advance in rank, but only through the proper method of accomplishment and recognition (he eschews the typical Predacon shortcut of killing your superior officer and taking their place).

This sense of honor, duty and fair play (by Predacon standards) has made Guiledart a target for many lower ranking Predacons, who see such qualities as weakness. Those who challenge him soon learn the error of their ways, the hard way, and most of the veteran Predacons know better than to take any shots at the cunning and powerful triceratops.

In a bizarre example of "opposites attract", the unruly, bratty and conceited DNAVI has fallen head over heels for him, though Guiledart doesn't exactly return the affection.

Fiction

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Voice actor: Holly Kaneko (Japanese), An Jong Deok (Korean)

Go home and be a family man.

IDW Beast Wars comics

He's not loyal, he's a distrustful schemer! Shun him! Beast Wars Sourcebook

During one of Magmatron's astral journeys to Cybertron's apocalyptic future, Guiledart was seen crushing Halfshell's eye socket, before being choked by the larger Predacon. The Ascending #1

Games

Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle video game

When a super-powerful Energon crystal is discovered on Earth, Guiledart is one of the several combatants to join the brawl to take possession of it.

Guiledart could also partake in various other tasks, such as a mission to break a boulder to reveal an energon crystal hidden within before sundown, using a block in a mission to defend himself against various incoming projectiles, and missions to run across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria he had to fend off.

After defeating every opponent that stands in his way, the last of which being Megatron, Guiledart gained possession of the crystal. Yet he decided not to use it immediately; such a powerful object could be used later during the war as a trump card. Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle

Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Guiledart's fate in those outcomes.

Toys

Beast Wars Neo

I said go home to your wife and daughter!

• Guiledart (Deluxe, 1999)
  • ID number: D-29
  • Accessories: Tail launcher, 2 missiles

Guiledart transforms into a mustard-yellow organic Triceratops dinosaur. As with most of the Beast Wars Neo Destron dinosaurs, he could assume a "Dead Fake Mode" configuration in which he looks like a dead, decomposing Triceratops, complete with rolled-up eyes and tongue sticking out. Really.

In robot mode he's a stocky yet heavily armed little dude. Guiledart is armed with a spring-loaded missile launcher formed out of his removable tail (which also features his spark crystal), with the ammunition projectiles stored in his giant left shoulderpad. His dinosaur forelegs (also on his left shoulderpad) have flip-out, non-firing lasers.

This mold was redecoed as Beast Machines Dinobot Triceradon, Walmart-exclusive Dinobots Triceradon and Age of Extinction Slug. It was also retooled as the Styracosaurus Killer Punch.

• More information on Guiledart at TFU.info

• Showdown in the Savannah: Longrack VS Guiledart (Vs pack, 1999)
  • ID number: VS-29
  • Accessories: Tail launcher, 2 missiles

Guiledart was also available in a two-pack with his Maximal adversary Longrack.

Both toys are identical to their individual-box releases.

Notes

• The Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle Complete Manual, the official strategy guide for the Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle video game, Romanizes Guiledart's name as "Gayle Dirt".

Foreign names

• Korean: Trikero (트리케로 Teurikero)