Sonar (BW)

The name or term "Sonar" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Sonar (disambiguation).

Sonar is a Maximal from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Honorary member of the Female after the Fact club.

Sonar's superior senses allow her to be the best reconnaissance agent the Maximals have. She's quite a bit self-conscious and any perceived slight, even by fellow Maximals, is met with ferocious reprisal. That goes double for any Predacons foolish enough to insult or attack her.

Fiction

Toy Bio

Sonar was another result of Megatron's Transmetal 2 cloning experiments. Sonar's toy bio

3H comics

The story of Sonar's joining the Wreckers was never told, as 3H lost their licensee status before they could finish "Primeval Dawn". Reportedly, after the Beast Wars on prehistoric Earth, Sonar would have been recruited by Ramulus, and joined Primal Prime's Maximal Earthforce in their campaign against Tarantulas. After the battle was won, they would return to Cybertron via a transwarp portal Tarantulas had been building.

Now make out!

In the midst of the Spark War, the few remaining factions on Cybertron were summoned by the Oracle. Sonar and the Wreckers, like the other factions, were given a mission to complete, though it required travel to another world.

After gathering the rest of their ranks, the Wreckers prepared to leave the planet, but it wouldn't be easy. Sonar was surprised to learn that Apelinq wasn't joking when he claimed that he and Rodimus had found an old, abandoned Autobot shuttle. However, the Vehicons had found it as well, and their forces surrounded it. Though Sonar was worried, Apelinq reassured her that with reinforcements, they could still take the shuttle. Sure enough, the arrival of Cyclonus, Skywarp, and Rotorbolt helped even the odds. She joined them in the skies during the following battle, implementing her a sonic attack.

Shortly after lifting off from Cybertron, however, she was attacked by Devcon, a stowaway. Departure Once the former Peace Marshal calmed down, Sonar moved to another part of the shuttle. A choice with consequences: the shuttle was sabotaged by an unknown traitor, and an explosion began ripping through the craft. Packrat, in an attempt to save the fore of the ship, separated it from the aft section. Unfortunately, this meant sacrificing Sonar, Spittor, and the Deployers, who were left behind to die. Betrayal

Prevenge

Voice actor: Samantha Newark (English)

Prevenge

IDW Beast Wars comics

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Wait, it isn't Wear Half-a-Pants to Battle Day?

Sonar was one of the protoforms jettisoned from the Axalon on prehistoric Earth. She was activated and put in chronal phase by Razorbeast at Magmatron's request, but was protected from Magmatron's Predacon shell-program by Razorbeast's viral code. The Gathering #2

Accompanied by Air Hammer, Night Glider, and Prowl, Sonar sped towards Razorbeast and the small group of new Maximals accompanying him. She and a phalanx of other Maximals finally reached them, just in time to fight off an army of Predacons. The Gathering #4

Toys

Beast Wars

Keeps her soul in her cleavage.

• Sonar (Basic Transmetal 2, 1999)

Sonar transforms into a grey Transmetal 2 bat with a flip-out blade weapon on her left wing/arm. Along with fellow Transmetal 2 figures Optimus Minor, Scarem and Tigerhawk, she has access to an additional pair of limbs in robot mode: her beast mode hind legs can flip down to give her two pairs of arms. Her spark crystal is located in her chest/beast mode tail.

Presumably, Sonar was to have been the basis for the unreleased Beast Machines Screechwing toy.

• More information on Sonar at TFU.info

Notes

• Sonar's toy bio, lacking pronouns, is effectively "genderless". The 3H comics seized on this opportunity to add another female Transformer to the ranks. The IDW Beast Wars Sourcebook followed suit. Sonar is the first instance of this phenomenon occurring.