Heinrad (BW)
| This article is about the Beast Wars Neo Maximal. For the Kre-O Autobot, see Heinrad (Kre-O). |
- Heinrad is a Maximal from the Beast Wars Neo portion of the Generation 1 continuity family's Beast Era.
Heinrad (ハインラッド Hainraddo) possesses the unique ability to stop time for a short while. One would expect someone with such power to be... well, not someone like Heinrad. He is a lovable, drunken goofball, often showing a lazy and relaxed personality. Despite this, he knows how to use his time-altering powers to great effect. His favorite tactic is to freeze time then re-arrange battle scenes so Predacons are hit with their own laser blasts. Nice.
Fiction
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
- Voice actor: Yōji Ietomi (Japanese)
Beast Wars Neo comic
Heinrad was an agent of the Ruler of Space and Time. Tasked with keeping an eye on the situation surrounding the Angolmois capsules, Heinrad manipulated Vector Sigma into allowing him to join Big Convoy's Gung Ho crew. Double Cross
On Gaea, Heinrad joined the Gung Ho rookies in a training mission to infiltrate the abandoned Galvaburg II without their instructor Big Convoy's permission. There, they met the Predacons Guiledart and Saberback. While the rest of the rookies were helpless sitting ducks, Heinrad's clock rang. He said it was "dinner time" and he was hungry. Cohrada agreed with him, stating if they wanted to dine, they had to survive the battle. His words inspired the other rookies into charging at the enemies. Fortunately, Big Convoy stepped in and defeated the Predacons. The 5 Rookies
The rookies' first mission sent them to the planet Luxor to retrieve an Angolmois capsule. Things didn't start well as the Gung Ho was attacked by the Predacon flagship Dinosaur. After being sent off to the planet, Break, Longrack, and Stampy found Cohrada was missing and were saddened by Big Convoy's apparent death, but Heinrad reminded that their orders were to press along and find the capusle. Upon finding the Angolmois capsule in the desert, Heinrad was the only one who didn't see a mirage created by the Angolmois energy. The rookies were soon confronted by Dead End, but Cohrada held him off while the others escaped. They ran into Sling, but were again saved by Big Convoy. There Are 7 Capsules The Maximals had to contend with the Sandron before managing to escape from the planet. 100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!
Heinrad joined the other rookies to the frozen planet of Greengard to find another capsule. Despite the danger of scaling an icy mountain and Archadis, the rookies managed to find the capsule and restore the planet to its original state. Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky
When Big Convoy went to Jörmungandr with Break, Stampy and Cohrada, he left Longrack in charge of the Gung Ho along with Heinrad. Two Predacons, Hydra and Hardhead, broke into the Gung Ho in search of the Angolmois and planted a time bomb. After the Predacons took care of themselves and the Maximals found the bomb, Longrack tried to defuse it but cut the wrong wire. As the bomb started to detonate, Heinrad used his powers to freeze and reverse time, correcting Longrack's mistake. Nobody noticed but NAVI, who wondered by Longrack cut a wire other than the one he would have.
Later on, Heinrad contacted the Ruler of Time and Space, explaining that he had used his powers because of a dire situation and noted that his true identity was still concealed. Unknown to Heinrad, he was secretly observed by a frightened Stampy. A Battle Fought Alone Heinrad continued to join the Maximals in further adventures searching for the Angolmois capsules, including fighting the Byakurēn, Break Through! The Polar Bear Raging Claw Fist! alleviating Rāge's sickness, To Jellyfish with Love! Cry Out, Stampy Blade and escaping from Graviton Prison. The Great Escape! Graviton Prison!
With the other Maximals, Heinrad went to an amphitheater orbiting Cybertron, where they met with Magmatron and the Blendtrons. When Unicron emerged from the Black Ball that had been manipulating the Maximals to collect the Angolmois, Big Convoy and Magmatron charged at the evil entity. Heinrad was forced to use his time freeze to prevent Big Convoy from being consumed by Unicron and he revealed to Big Convoy his true identity as an undercover agent of the Ruler of Time and Space. Before he was pulled away due to his interference, he asked Big Convoy to save the universe by destroying "the cron of the universe"—Unicron.Double Cross
After the rookies' graduation, Heinrad appeared in front of Break, Longrack, Stampy, and Cohrada while they mourned for Big Convoy. He took them to a snowy planet to say goodbye to Big Convoy, who had been reborn as Big the mammoth. Return to Zero Afterwards, Heinrad still occupied his time with tasks from the Ruler of Time and Space. What Became of the Five....
IDW Beast Wars comics
Heinrad was a member of the Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs, alongside Big Convoy and Magmatron. The Gathering #1
None of his fellow Maximals are sure if he's from the past, present or future. However, they believe he might not have full control over his chronal phase abilities, as sometimes he just blinks out of the timeline. Beast Wars Sourcebook
Timeless
Heinrad met with Thrustinator, whose chronal phase inherited from Starscream's immortal spark helped Heinrad master his own time travel abilities. Heinrad later met with Rhinox and looked at several different universe. Bored with the research, Heinrad took his leave and met with Thrustinator, promising to help him return to his original universe after they "corrected" the past. Timeless
Toys
Beast Wars Neo
- Heinrad (Ultra, 1999)
- Japanese ID number: S-3
- Accessories: Notebook, sake bottle, 2 missiles
- Heinrad transforms into a tanuki. Tanuki in folklore are usually depicted with massive testicles which they can drum on. Heinrad's testicles are rather large for a Transformer (i.e. he has some), but quite small for a tanuki. His articulation, while good, does not allow him to drum on his testicles. In tanuki mode he can also hold a bottle of sake (tanuki are drunks) labeled with the kanji 酒 and a book of IOUs (used to trick people into giving him money) labeled with the kanji 通.
- In robot mode, Heinrad can combine his folklore accessories to make a gun which can be held in his right hand. His missiles can be mounted on his calves, or fired with the gun. In this mode his testicles hang from his hips and his spark crystal is located in his right ball. Heinrad's weakness is clear.
- In both modes, Heinrad has a working analogue clock in his chest that is powered by a single AAA battery and actually keeps good time. He functions as an alarm clock: pull up on his robot head to activate him, then push down to turn off the alarm. He's very shrill. The alarm cannot be activated when Heinrad is in tanuki mode, as the activation switch (the robot head) is concealed.
Notes
- Heinrad's room on Gung Ho in both the Beast Wars Neo cartoon and manga is a washitsu.
- In both the Beast Wars Neo manga and cartoon, Heinrad's transformation sometimes doesn't visually come off as physical shifting, but more like a tanuki magically taking on another form, as in Japanese lore.
- As shown in "100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!", Heinrad's sake bottle can be used as a ball-and-chain flail.
- A clock in the shape of Heinrad appears in Koji's bedroom in the Robots in Disguise episode "Battle Protocol!".
Foreign names
- Korean: Heinrad (하인라드 Hainradeu)
External links
- Script consultant's notes on Heinrad's appearance The Gathering #1.
- Wikipedia articles about Raccoon Dogs and their position in folklore.
