Killer Punch

Killer Punch is a Predacon from the Beast Wars Neo section of the Generation 1 continuity family.

MIDDLE FINGER STRIKE!!!!

Killer Punch (キラーパンチ Kirā Panchi) is the Intelligence Officer of Magmatron's Predacons and is utterly obsessed with collecting information. His every strategy, his every move, is centered around the ultimate goal of amassing further intel on absolutely everyone and everything. Even his special attack, the "Head Punch", secretly doubles as a homing device which gathers data on those it pulverizes. Oh yes, Killer Punch is a sneaky, deceitful master of setting traps and collecting intel.

And this obsession has promptly driven him bonkers. The sheer volume of data Killer Punch has collected on friend and foe alike has turned him into a paranoid conspiracy theorist who'll believe almost anything. For instance, one of his favorite pet theories is that Ultra Magnus was a Decepticon agent. Oh, yeah. They don't make tinfoil hats big enough for the likes of Killer Punch.

Fiction

Beast Wars Neo cartoon

Voice actor: Yasuhiro Miyata (Japanese)

Killer Punk is more like it. Man up!

Hoping to advance himself amongst the Predacons, Killer Punch approached Magmatron with a scheme to destroy Big Convoy and his Maximal new recruits once and for all. Intrigued, Magmatron appointed Killer Punch as sub-commander of his Predacon team and allowed him to go through with his plans. Killer Punch planted a beacon on the planet Stero that would simulate the energy signature of an Angolmois capsule, thus luring the Maximals into an ambush.

Survive and True One found the beacon and chose to use the ambush as an opportunity to teach Big Convoy's recruits a lesson in teamwork. Things went awry and Killer Punch was able to pin Survive, pressing a blade to his head. The Maximals eventually got their act together and with the help of Big Convoy's Big Cannon, sent Killer Punch and the Predacons packing back to the Dinosaur. The Predacons were quick to blame the failure of their mission squarely on Killer Punch. As punishment, Magmatron had DNAVI teleport (the sobbing) Killer Punch into the vacuum of space, ditching him there for who knows how long. Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor

After the defeat of Unicron, Killer Punch found his way back to Cybertron. As the Maximals and Predacons united to rebuild their home planet, he had a friendly tussle with Survive. Graduation Ceremony!!

IDW Beast Wars comics

So you're punching me? Where's the proof?! WHERE'S THE EVIDE-OW!

Killer Punch spent much time on the Cybertronian Undernet, amassing a sizable breadth of espionage techniques. Beast Wars Sourcebook 2 Before Magmatron left for Earth, Killer Punch was one of several Predacons who listened to him deliver a speech about their rightful place in history and revenge against the Maximal Imperium. The Gathering #1

During Magmatron's astral journey to Cybertron's future, he witnessed his Predacons and the rest of Cybertron descend into chaos and madness. During this carnage, Killer Punch struck Saberback (who himself was attacking Dirgegun) before being punched in the face. The Ascending #1

Beast Wars: Uprising

Killer Punch was a participant in the Maximal/Predacon Games. During one Cull, Killer Punch blindsided Ultra Mammoth with a machete. The machete eventually became part of Eject's collection of artifacts from the Games. Broken Windshields

Toys

Beast Wars Neo

No one ever talks about Styracosaurus, oh NO, it's always Triceratops, Triceratops, Triceratops!

• Killer Punch (Deluxe, 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: D-39
  • Accessories: Tail-sword, head-missile

An extensive retooling of Guiledart, Killer Punch transforms into an organic Styracosaurus. In beast mode, he has flip down "damage" panels to reveal ribs and torn flesh below, bleh.

In robot mode, his right arm's spring-loaded launcher can fire the top of his dino-skull as a missile, even having a flip-over clamp to use as a gripper-claw once fired. The head can also be held in his left fist like a shield. The tail assembly slides out to form a massive cleaving sword. He also has two flip-out non-firing blasters, one hidden in each beast mode foreleg.

The original Guiledart version of this mold was redecoed as Beast Machines Dinobots Triceradon, the Wal-mart-exclusive Dinobots Triceradon, the 2003 Universe version of Beast Machines Triceradon, and finally Age of Extinction Slug. Whew!

• More information on Killer Punch at TFU.info

• Roaring Showdown: Survive VS Killer Punch (Mega vs pack, 1999)
  • Japanese ID number: VS-39
  • Accessories: Tail-sword, head-missile

Killer Punch was also available in a multi-pack with the Maximal Survive (and his mini-partner True One). Both toys were identical to their individual releases.