Bug Bite (G1)


 * Bug Bite is a Decepticon from the Generation 1 continuity family. His name is sometimes parsed as "Bugbite."



Bug Bite is a brilliant yet amoral scientist. He originally belonged to another dimension, specifically a robotic world which was, similarly to Cybertron, consumed by an endless civil war. This war was stopped only when the fate of not only their planet, but their entire universe was threatened by an extradimensional influence. Under the strict supervision of the Guardian Treds, Bug Bite was enlisted to an allied team and sent into the dimension which threatened their own. Bug Bite took a new body and infiltrated the ranks of the Decepticons, hoping to not only discover the source of his home universe's plight, but take calculated revenge.


 * (Note: Bug Bite is clearly intended to be the character Bug Bite from the Tonka GoBots line.)

Timelines: Games of Deception

 * (Note: "Games of Deception" is a part of the Fun Publications Classics storyline, which takes place after a version of the Marvel Comics continuity which does not include the UK-exclusive comics or Generation 2.)

Bug Bite appeared on Cybertron shortly before the Autobots and Decepticons crashlanded on Earth 4 million years ago. He eventually fit in with Bludgeon's troops, quickly becoming favored. (Bug Bite had also reverse-engineered a mind-control device using cerebro shell technology. Let's just say the other Decepticons suddenly liked him very much.)

Bug Bite discovered that Megatron was somehow responsible for the death of his universe, so he rounded up his amazingly loyal troops and landed on Earth. He requested an audience with Megatron through Starscream and his Seekers, but this meeting was merely a ploy by Bug Bite to snare these Decepticons with cerebro shells.

Subsequently, Bug Bite marched straight into Megatron's stronghold, the Ark, under the pretense of striking a deal. Almost immediately, Bug Bite switched on the other Decepticons' mind control, and Megatron found himself surrounded by weapons pointed in his direction. Unfortunately, rogue Autobots led by Ultra Magnus were waiting outside and jammed the cerebro shells' signal, though with mixed results. Bug Bite was apparently killed during the following battle after Megatron blew off his head.

Generation 1

 * G1 GoBots (Multi-pack, 2004)
 * Japanese ID number: 84


 * Bug Bite is a redeco of the retooled Takara reissue Bumblebee, transforming into a "penny racer"-proportioned Volkswagen Beetle. He was only available in an e-Hobby-exclusive 6-pack with Bad Boy, Path Finder, Road Ranger, Small Foot and Treds.


 * Bug Bite's name does not appear in any of the final product material on the Japanese set he "originated" from; it only appeared in an early Photoshopped promotional image on the E-Hobby website. The individual toys' names were dropped when Takara's legal department became concerned at how Bandai --the company that made the toys that would become the Tonka GoBots-- would react to the names being used, despite the minimal chance of provable trademark infringement on Takara's part.


 * The original version of this mold is also used by Glyph and Volks.

Timelines

 * Games of Deception! (Multi-pack, 2007)




 * Bug Bite is part of the Classics-themed BotCon 2007 box set, along with Dirge, Dreadwind, Thrust and Thundercracker. Bug Bite is a white and black redeco of the Classics Bumblebee toy, transforming into a sports coup of indeterminate model. He tows a small trailer with his "Tidal Wave" drone-unit on the back, which converts into a jet-pack to give him "flight" in robot mode. As with most Classics toys, he features a heat-sensitive rubsign.


 * There were 1500 Classics Bug Bite figures produced.

Merchandise

 * Deco Pin (2007)


 * The first 100 people to pre-register for a BotCon 2007 Primus package also received a bonus metal pin, with Bug Bite's "tribal" deco on it.