Beast (G1)
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| The name or term "Beast" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Beast (disambiguation). |
- The Beast is an Autobot combiner from the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Beast is the combined form of the five Dinobots. Like them, his strength is awe inspiring, far beyond the other combiners. Unfortunately, he is also a mindless monster, whose single impulse is simply to kill, regardless of allegiance.
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Fiction
The Beast Within
The Beast was let loose upon the battlefield once, four million years ago. Fearing the uncontrollable savagery it possessed, Grimlock vowed never to let the Beast loose again. The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences
In the present day, with the Autobots moments from death (some several moments past death) Grimlock laid all his cards on the table and combined with his teammates into the Beast in an act of desperation. After killing the Decepticon combiners, and any Decepticon foolish enough to attack him, he turned on the Autobots. Optimus Prime attempted to reason with him, but to no avail. The Beast Within After significant casualties, the Autobots were forced to kill the Beast, and therefore all of the Dinobots, by leading him to fall off a cliff. The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences
Ask Vector Prime
The massive body count inflicted by the Beast's rampage left both the Autobots and Decepticons weakened, and meant they were unable to fend off Unicron's assault on Cybertron. With Primus grievously wounded, reality-quakes tore the cosmos apart, and the remains of this particular reality were eventually devoured by the Hytherion. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/30
Cy-Kill was confident that he could take this mindless brute in a fight. Yeeeeah, good luck with that. Renegade Rhetoric (1), 2015/10/17
Games
Transformers Roleplaying Game
While pondering the various applications of the Enigma of Combination, Vorath dreaded the idea of the five Dinobots using it to combine into a savage beast. The Enigma of Combination
Notes
- While the Beast is a combiner, is it not quite in the traditional sense. The Dinobots had to physically break themselves down to change into the various components that made up its body, rather than transform into them, leading to its frankensteined appearance. Dylan Gibson stated that he wanted the Beast to look different from any other Transformers to really show the horror and monstrosity it is. Mission accomplished?
- Certain parts of the Beast's limbs are more easily identifiable than others. Snarl seems to form the right leg, while Sludge forms the left. Grimlock's robot-mode torso makes up its torso, while his dino-mode's upper body seems to form its neck and head, complete with his stubby T. rex-arms sticking out from said neck. Grimlock's robot-mode arms form the shoulders and upper arms, while Slag forms the right forearm with parts of Swoop forming the left forearm. Swoop's wing parts attach to the Beast's back to form its supposedly useless wings. The Beast carries an Energo-sword like its individual components, although it isn't identifiable as to which of them it may belong, if any.
- The idea of a Dinobot combiner has independently cropped up officially with Energon Mega-Dinobot, Power Core Combiners Grimstone and Power of the Primes Volcanicus.
