History Characters / BeastWarsExpandedUniverse

The Blentrons are a mysterious and powerful trio of transformers with monstrous chimeric Beast Modes. The three attacked both the Gung Ho Maximals and Dinosaur Predacons to acquire their collections of Angolmois Capsules for the goal of resurrecting their master, Unicron.

* HealingFactor: No matter what the Maximals and Predacons do to them, they heal in a matter of seconds.

!!Drancron
!!!'''Function''': Execution Ninja
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Lizard/Dragonfly Hybrid
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinjiUchida
* PaletteSwap: Of Sky Shadow.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: His IDW self started off as a disillusioned Decepticon, before Unicron found him.

!!Elephorca
!!!'''Function''': Destruction Ninja
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Elephant/Orca Hybrid
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshinobuKaneko
* BerserkButton: Do not touch his tusks. Ever.
* DumbMuscle: Why Unicron even chose him in the first place, in the IDW continuity. Averted however, in that he's just as dangerous as his comrades.
* MixAndMatchCritter: His beast mode is half elephant, half orca whale.
* PaletteSwap: Of Torca.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: IDW Elephorca was a random Maximal dockworker until Unicron chose him at random.

!!Rartorata
!!!'''Function''': Assassination Ninja
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Lionfish/Hornet Hybrid
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiSaito
* GiantFlier: One of the distinctions IDW makes between him and Injector is that Rary is ''much'' bigger.
* {{Gonk}}: Injector wasn't exactly pretty looking himself, but the IDW comics manage to go the extra mile and make Rary even more unsightly to look at once he gets his beast mode.
* MixAndMatchCritter: Part-lionfish, part-bee, all ugly as sin.
* PaletteSwap: Just barely one for Injector. Lampshaded in IDW's comics when the Predacons notice this.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Averted, unlike his teammates, Rartorata was a Unicron cultist who joined of his own free will.
* TheUnpronouncable: Just what the hell is his name meant to be? [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Rartorata Even the Transformers wikia page asks this while also poking fun at it]].

!!Razorclaw (''Universe'')
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Tiger/Falcon Hybrid
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* AlternateSelf: An alternate and utterly evil version of Tigerhawk.
* HairTriggerTemper: It does not take a lot to make him angry. Other generals of Unicron tread lightly around him, for fear of setting him off.
* LargeHam: His introduction in ''Universe'' issue 1 is a memorable bit of Furman ham. Know that he is Razorclaw! Know that his universe is not yours, and while he may resemble Tigerhawk, Razorclaw is not he!
* MixAndMatchCritter: Part tiger, part eagle.
* PhysicalGod: Razorclaw still has his Vok-given powers, which allow him to cause natural disasters.
* PointOfDivergence: In his universe, Silverbolt's stasis pod crash landed on the far side of Earth, giving Megatron enough of an advantage to kill the Maximals. Tigertron and Airrazor survived, but still got abducted, and turned into Tigerhawk, who was sent back to kill the Predacons. Which he did. Unfortunately by then Megs had already absorbed G1 Megatron's Spark, and reality went bye-bye. Unicron snatched him up and took him on as a herald.
* ThatManIsDead: Know that while he may resemble Tigerhawk, he is not.
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!!Artemis
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiekoHiguchi
An android who lives in Gaia's moon and comments on the events of ''Beast Wars II''

* GreekChorus: Her role in ''Beast Wars II'' along with Moon.
* MeaningfulName: Named after the Greek lunar goddess.
* RobotGirl: Looks mostly human, as a sign she's not really Cybertronian.
* TokenHuman: The closest thing to it in the series, though she is a RobotGirl.
* ToylessToylineCharacter: Also almost got one in the Masterpiece series.
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Moon.
* TheWatcher: This ultimately costs her the ability to see Moon in the IDW series.

!!Black Lio Convoy
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Lion
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HozumiGouda
A dark clone of Lio Convoy made by an abandoned copying machine found on Gaia.
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* BadassAdorable: Thanks to the art style of the anime, while he is evil and dangerous, in his beast mode he actually looks... well, cute.
* DarkIsEvil: An entirely black clone of Lio, but arrogant and evil.
* IHaveManyNames: Copy Convoy, Black Lio Convoy, Lio Convoy Black Version, and Nemesis Leo Prime.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Insists he's the real Lio Convoy, while planning to replace him.
* KillAndReplace: Copy Convoy's plan was to do this first to Lio, then to all the other Maximals.
* NoOntologicalInertia: The destruction of the machine that made him causes him to fade out of existence.
* PaintItBlack: An exact physical copy of the Maximal supreme commander, just entirely in black and very dark grey. Copy Convoy was, in fact, the first entirely black repaint in TF history.

!!Moon
!!!'''Function''': Celestial Observer
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Rabbit
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunkoTakeuchi
->''"Between peace and chaos lies the courage to act."''
A robot rabbit who is meant to be Artemis' assistant but more often annoys her with his antics.
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* AdaptedOut: In "Uprising", he is implied to be fictional.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The original ''Beast Wars II'' version was a human-made robot. Some versions have their point of origin changed, with his ''IDW G1'' continuity version being a Cybertronian-born.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In "Last Bot Standing", he's made into a flesh-eating, sadistic monster. He's also a Predacon in the Game Boy Color fighting game.
* BackForTheFinale: Appears at the party at the end of ''Neo''.

* PaletteSwap: He's a redeco of ''Beast Machines'' Deluxe-class Cheetor.

* BreakoutCharacter: Razorbeast, who had little-to-no background beyond his toy bio note (or his toy's appearance in an episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', where Will notes "I've been looking for Razorbeast since, like, October!"), is the main protagonist of the IDW comics.

* VillainRespect: He states that Razorback deserves a hero's memorial for his actions at the end of the ''Ascending'' Comic.

* KidAppealCharacter: Even more than Tasmanian Kid
* MoonRabbit: He is a huge refernece to this trope.

* NobleBirdOfPrey: She turns into a blue-feathered falcon.
* UndyingLoyalty: She has an unwavering faith in her Maximal leaders.

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* EntertaininglyWrong: About Razorbeast in the ''IDW comics''. The reader knows that Razorbeast's spark signature "still screams Predacon" due to his former status as an [[TheMole undercover agent]] back on Cybertron. Being born on prehistoric Earth, B'Boom doesn't have much to go on.

* TheHeart: In ''Beast Wars: Uprising'', he becomes the heart of the Resistance with his enthusiasm and optimism. [[spoiler:It tanks hard by the time of Derailment due to all the lives lost during the Vehicon Apocalypse, but Hot Rod pulls him out of it.]]

* ManiacMonkeys: A baboon, which is known for its explosive temper and ferocity when fighting or defending itself from predators.
* PaletteSwap: Of Apache from the ''Beast Wars II'' cartoon. They even share Artillery Cannon Alt Modes.

* TankGoodness: Big Convoy (or his toy at least) has a third mode known as "Mammoth Tank," which is just his beast mode with the Big Cannon folded out.

* BrutishBulls: He turns into a bull.

* UseYourHead: As his alt-mode is a bison, he tends to ram things a lot.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: His ''Uprising'' incarnation is treated as a weirdo by other proto-formers thanks to his choice of alt-mode, and his tendency to speak in hashtags.

* ToylessToylineCharacter: Like Manticon and Rage, a toy based on a trffid was tossed around as a possible new toy that never materialized, and so far she only has appeared in Ask Vector Prime.

* TheAlcoholic: Guy likes his booze.

* ForWantOfANail: In his universe, Silverbolt's stasis pod crash landed on the far side of Earth, giving Megatron enough of an advantage to kill the Maximals. Tigertron and Airrazor survived, but still got abducted, and turned into Tigerhawk, who was sent back to kill the Predacons. Which he did. Unfortunately by then Megs had already absorbed G1 Megatron's Spark, and reality went bye-bye. Unicron snatched him up and took him on as a herald.

* DropTheHammer: Has a hammer and usually uses it on Moon when his antics get on her nerves. [[RunningGag Needless to say, this happens alot.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Moon.

!!'''Beast Mode''': Shark

!!!'''Function''': Sharpshooter, Surveillance

!!!'''Function''': Aerial combat specialist

!!!'''Beast Mode''': Giraffe.

!!!'''Function''': Judo expert

!!!'''Function''': Frontline combat

->"If you see me, you've already lost."

->"Discipline and loyalty equal strength."

->"Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. ''Arcee, MAXIMIZE!''"

->"Be patient and victory will come to you."

->"Patience may be a virtue, but a punch-up is pure delight."

->"Show me the wall...I'll bang my head against it."

->"All for one and one for all."

->"The path to peace is littered with Predacon wreckage."

->"Don't do anything I wouldn't."

->"Three heads are better than one: headfirst, headlong, headstrong."

->"The light of my spark will dispel the darkness of evil."

->"The secrets of the universe reveal themselves to those who open their minds."

->"Run silent, run deep."

->"I have no time for patience!"

->"One cannot cross a sea merely by standing and staring at the water."

->"Lets rock!"

->"Me Grimlock, king of beasts."

->"Sometimes crazy works." [[note]]Yes, it's the phrase spoken twice by Optimal Primal in the cartoon.[[/note]]

!!Night Glider

* TheParanoiac: Night Glider is very slow to trust, even among those he's known for years.

->"Prepare for Armageddon."

->"Assassination--that is what most dramatically changes the fate of the world."

->"The power of this planet is our salvation and our curse."

->"To face me is to face defeat!"

->"A plague upon all their houses!"

->"He who fights with monsters should take care lest he becomes a monster."

* GadgeteerGenius: This guy is seemingly ''Beast Wars's'' answer to Generation One Wheeljack.
* HiddenWeapons: As stated above, he keeps a vast array of tools and devices inside his heavily armored shell, which includes his own hidden laser weapon that does devastating damage.
* InnateNightVision: He has an impressive optic array that allows him to battle at night in the desert.
* NecessaryDrawback: The trade-off to having a heavy, bullet-proof shell on Armordillo's back with dozens of weapons stored inside is that it hampers his speed.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiInoue, Creator/GreggBerger (''The Hot Rod'', script reading)

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Bigmos takes the form of an organic mosquito and an antlion. The latter is called "Mode 3."
* DefectorFromDecadence: Bigmos was once a mercenary who fought for the Maximals. Afterward, he became sick of the wars plaguing Cybertron and encouraged his comrades to find peace by wandering the universe.

* AnIcePerson: Amazingly strong in coldness, Break gives full play to his abilities on frigid worlds. In Beast Wars: Neo, when the crew arrives on planet Solid, he's happy to find out that Solid is a cold, frozen wasteland.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: Being a recruit, he currently resides at the bottom of the food chain, but his ambitions lay at the very top, and he's determined to be Supreme Commander someday.
* LeaderWannabe: With designs on being a leader, he tends to presumptuously act like a leader, which stifles the sub-commander Longrack and can even irritate the Supreme Commander Big Convoy.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VenusTerzo (''The Hot Rod'', script reading)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HozumiGouda, Masayuki Katō (''Robotmasters''), Creator/DavidKaye (''The Hot Rod'', script reading)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil (''Visitations'', script reading)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SusanBlu (''Visitations'', script reading)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakeshiWatanabe, Creator/BrianDobson (''Intimidation Game'', script reading)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/PaulDobson (''Intimidation Game'', script reading)

->'''Voiced by:''' Doug Parker (''Visitations'', script reading)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GarryChalk (''Visitations'', script reading)

->'''Voiced by:''' Brian Orms (''Intimidation Game'', script reading)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil (''Visitations'', script reading)

->"Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE!"

!!!'''Beast Mode:''' Reindeer/Caribou

!!!'''Beast Mode:''' Orca

!!!'''Beast Mode:''' Spider

!!!'''Beast Mode:''' Stag beetle

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakeshiWatanabe

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:According to His toy bio, the ''WesternAnimation/BeastMachines'' Maximal, Buzzsaw, is the same character saved from Megatron's virus by Rattrap, and now fights alongside the Maximals.]]

* CoolGuns: His machine gun mounted on his left arm can fire 600 rounds per minute.

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiInoue, Creator/GreggBerger (''The Hot Rod'', script reading)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YojiIetomi

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoNaito

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/VenusTerzo (''The Hot Rod'', script reading)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HozumiGouda, Masayuki Katō (''Robotmasters''), Creator/DavidKaye (''The Hot Rod'', script reading)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunUemoto

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YumikoKobayashi

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeIshikawa

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil (''Visitations'', script reading)

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakashiMatsuyama

-->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroaki Harakawa

-->'''Voiced by:''' Norihisa Mori

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YujiKishi

-->'''Voiced by:''' Hideki Konda

-->'''Voiced by:''' Mantaro Iwao

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikaIshibashi

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshikazuNagano

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KatashiIshizuka

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenichiroTanabe

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoNaito

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SusanBlu (''Visitations'', script reading)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RenTamura

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitoshiBifu

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KoheiKowada

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTakahashi and Creator/MasamiIwasaki

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TadashiMiyazawa

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HajimeKomada

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakeshiWatanabe

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TadashiMiyazawa

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeiMajima

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/BradVenable (''Theft of the Golden Disk'')

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SeijiMizutani

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EijiTakemoto

-->'''Voiced by:''' Doug Parker (''Visitations'', script reading)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TetsuoKomura

-->'''Voiced by:''' Kazuhiko Nishimatsu

-->'''Voiced by:''' Holly Kaneko

-->'''Voiced by:''' Kazuhiko Nishimatsu

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasamiIwasaki

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyuNaito

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YasuhiroMiyata

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShowRyuzanji

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakashiMatsuyama

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyokaYuzuki

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GarryChalk (''Visitations'', script reading)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazukiYao

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MiwaMatsumoto

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroakiIchinowatari

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MonsterMaezuka

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTakahashi

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HitoshiBifu

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunjiSanechika

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ScottMcNeil (''Visitations'', script reading)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinjiUchida

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshinobuKaneko

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiSaito

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiekoHiguchi

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HozumiGouda

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunkoTakeuchi

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HaruhiTerada (Yukikaze), Creator/MakiMiyamae (Gung Ho)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MakiMiyamae

Megatron's former mentor and boss. He masterminded the theft of the Golden Disc only to be betrayed by Megatron.

!!Skydive
!!!'''Function''': Aerial Combat Specialist
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Quetzalcoatlus
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!!Skywarp
!!!'''Function''': Sonic Speed Instructor

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-->'''Voiced by:''' Mantaro Iwao
* CombiningMecha: He and Santon merge with Lio Junior to form Magnaboss.
* TheMentor: To Lio Junior along with Santon.
* NobleBirdOfPrey: His Beast Mode.

!!Silverbolt II / Magnaboss!Silverbolt
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Bald Eagle

!!Autolauncher
!!!'''Function''': Shock Troop Guard
!!!'''Alt Mode''': Armored personnel carrier
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTakahashi and Creator/MasamiIwasaki
* {{Keet}}: He's an extremely enthusiastic one, is Autolauncher. The other Rollers like to use this as a distraction.
* MoreDakka: His idea on how to outfight Mantis is launch as many discs at the guy's face and hope that'll do it. (And, y'know, that Mantis won't tear him to pieces first.)

!!Drill Bit
!!!'''Function''': Infantry
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Boll Weevil
* ButtMonkey: In the IDW comics.
* TheDragon: He's Magmatron's right-hand man in ''The Gathering''.
* ThisIsADrill: Has diamond-tipped, titanium-alloy destruction drill he uses both for combat and for digging tunnels.
* TunnelKing: He digs throughs a series of tunnels underground that go as deep as the Earth's core.

!!Manticon
!!!'''Beast Mode''': Manticore
* OurManticoresAreSpinier: He transforms into a manticore, although his tail is not spiny.
* ToylessToylineCharacter: Like Rage and Flytrap, Manticon was merely a concept tossed around for a new toy that never materialized and who only got more characterization at Ask Vector Prime.

%%!!Majin Zarak
%%!!!'''Function''': Destron War Machine
%%!!!'''Alt Mode''': Amphibious Aircraft Carrier
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%%Majin Zarak is a massive monster of a behemoth pulled from Cybertron's past to aid Galvatron's forces in battle. This titanic killing machine is capable of storming the battlefield from both land and sea, thanks to his amphibious aircraft carrier alt mode.
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!!!'''Alt Mode''': Armoured Tank

!!!'''Beast Mode''': Shark

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakashiMatsuyama