Thrust (BM)


 * Thrust is a Vehicon in the Beast Machines portion of the Generation 1/Beast Era continuity family.



Thrust was one of the first of Megatron's Vehicon generals to be created, and was the last one to stand against the Maximals. Commander of the Motorcycle Drones, he is a dark, cold, brooding type, and is absolutely devoted to Megatron's goals, even though he knows what it means in the end for him. He is almost completely fearless, says exactly what is on his mind (he had the lugnuts to tell Megatron just how dumb his plan of using Maximal sparks to power the other two Vehicon Generals was), and takes a delight in tormenting his foes both physically and psychologically. Oddly, despite initial backstabbing, he grew to consider his fellow General Jetstorm a friend, which developed into a white-hot hatred when Jetstorm was reverted into the Maximal Silverbolt.

Thrust's personality and mind is in fact a shell program powered by the spark of the Predacon Waspinator. Despite this, Thrust has virtually no similarities to Waspinator... and the Predacon is very happy to be in the "biker-bot", even if only as a power source.

His Command Code is "Overdrive," although in one anomalous instance, he used the phrase "Accelerate."

Beast Machines
Voice Actor: Jim Byrnes (US), Kensō Katō (Japan)

Universe
Thrust (or an alternate-universe incarnation of him) is among the many many Transformers captured by Unicron and held prisoner within the Cauldron. He escaped during the jail-break started by Trailbreaker and Silverbolt.

Beast Machines

 * Thrust (Deluxe, 2000)
 * Thrust transforms into a long, low-riding Cybertronic motorcycle. His insectoid-head-looking cycle-mode cowling is attached to a gear-wheel on his underside, which moves it back and forth in a "scanning" motion when Thrust is rolled along. His left tailpipe/arm features a spring-loaded missile-launcher, while his right has an extending "grabber claw". His robot mode could retain the single-wheeled form he is most commonly associated with, or be converted into a bipedal mode.


 * Thrust (Happy Meal, 2000)
 * A small, simplified toy of Thrust based on the cartoon model was one of nine Beast Machines Happy Meal toy premiums released in 2000. This toy is unique in that he was given a stand so his single-wheeled robot mode could stay upright, the only toy in the set to come with an accessory.

Beast Wars Returns

 * Thrust (Basic, 2005)
 * Japanese ID number: BR-08


 * Slightly redecoed from the Motorcycle Drone (which was based more on the show model than the original Thrust toy), Beast Wars Returns Thrust transforms into a Cybertronic low-rider motorcycle. His right arm/tailpie contains a spring-loaded missile launcher. Like the rest of the line, he was exclusive to Japanese Toys 'R' Us stores.