Bighorn (BW)
- Bighorn is a Maximal from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Any Predacon who has ever encountered Bighorn (ビッグホーン Bigguhōn) on the battlefield will tell you that he's a violent, furious, rampaging brute who will positively demolish any foe foolish enough to get caught in his path of destruction. Bighorn has a short temper and can be easily goaded into a fight, be it against the Predacons or against any Maximal who mouths off to him. His special attacks, including the ability to summon lightning from the sky and the ability to launch a devastating missile from his mouth, lay waste to all those around him... including his friends. This blind fury in battle often makes Bighorn as much a liability as an asset to the Maximal cause.
And yet, there's more to Bighorn than just the unstoppable killing machine. So much more. Beneath the slobbering exterior beats the spark of a poet, a naturalist, a lover. Though not a fan of downtime, when a little RnR does come his way, Bighorn is likely to spend it sniffing flowers, contemplating verse or penning love letters to the Seacon Scylla (who won't even give him the time of day).
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
Beast Wars II cartoon
- Voice actor: Masami Iwasaki (Japanese)
During a lull in fighting between the Maximals and the Predacons, Tasmania Kid showed Bighorn a red flower. Having a bunch of pent up anger over not being able to fight anything, Bighorn snapped and went on a rampage. It all ended okay for the Maximals. The Predacons? Not so much. Fortunately, the event managed to calm Bighorn down...until he saw another red flower. Bighorn's Rage
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
After the defeat of Unicron, Bighorn returned to Cybertron, where he helped with reconstruction. Graduation Ceremony!!
Comic continuity
Beast Wars II comic
After laying eyes on the repulsive Seacon Scylla, Bighorn became immediately smitten. Unable to write a proper love letter, however, he enlisted the aid of Scuba to compose the romantic confession. Scuba did so, but upon delivering it to Scylla on Bighorn's behalf, the femme squid got the wrong idea. Thinking the love letter was from Scuba, she proceeded to fall madly in love with him. Scuba found himself being chased by the homely wench, who wouldn't take "no" for an answer. Bighorn eventually confessed his infatuation to Scylla in person, but she politely turned him down, as she was only interested in dating guys with tentacles.Realize the Forbidden Love!
Beast Wars Neo comic
There is a statue of Bighorn dressed like a monk in a (probably) Japanese-styled temple on Break's home planet. Bighorn is the one who evolved the native residents (penguins) to become Transformers, thus making him be worshiped as a god of the planet. A Battle Fought Alone
Toys
Beast Wars
- Bighorn (Deluxe, 1997)
- Japanese ID number: C-13
- Accessories: Missile
- A redeco of the Hasbro Bonecrusher toy, Bighorn transforms into a black organic bison with red robot parts. In both beast and robot modes, pulling back on his beast-mode tail causes his robot-mode head to launch forward in a headbutt attack. This attack also launches a spring-loaded missile from his mouth at the end of his lunge.
- Bighorn vs Starscream & BB (Vs pack, 1997)
- Japanese ID number: VS-13
- Bighorn was also available in a multi-pack with the Predacon pairing of Starscream and BB.
- Bighorn (Contest prize, 1997)
- A blue, light-blue, cream and black redeco of Bighorn was made available as a prize in a Comic Bom Bom design contest, along with other oddly decoed versions of the five principal good guys from Beast Wars II. It is unknown how many of these were awarded.
