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| − | :''Waspinator was once an [[Autobot]] but is now a [[Decepticon]] [[Predacon (Animated)|Predacon]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].'' |
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| − | [[Image:WaspAutobot.jpg|thumb|right|Wasp and Bee. Obvious, with hindsight.]] |
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| + | |Image = [[Image:Wasp autobot.png|220px|]] |
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| − | <!--Guess how much Bumblebee redecos there are now.--> |
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| + | |Name = Wasp(inator) |
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| + | |Japanese Name = |
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| + | |Affiliation = [[Autobot]] (former)<br>[[Predacon (Animated)|Predacon]] |
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| + | |Continuity = [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] |
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| + | |Function = |
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| + | |Alternate Mode = Green hatchback (former)<br>Robotic wasp (current) |
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| + | |Weapons = Stingers |
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| + | }} |
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| − | '''Wasp''', who later becomes the Predacon '''Waspinator''', was originally an Autobot. He was of the same type as [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], whom he attended boot camp with. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to tow the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] commander material were it not for the chain of events that scarred him and led to his current state. |
+ | '''Wasp''', who later becomes the [[Predacon (Animated)|Predacon]] '''Waspinator''', was originally an Autobot. He was of the same type as [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], whom he attended boot camp with. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to tow the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] commander material were it not for the chain of events that scarred him and led to his current state. |
| − | {{quote|Wasp forgive Bumble-bot... But ''Waspinator'' NEVER forgive!|Waspinator on his [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Enemy]]}} |
+ | {{quote|Wasp forgive Bumble-bot... But ''Waspinator'' ''NEVER'' forgive!|Waspinator on his [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Enemy]]}} |
==Fiction== |
==Fiction== |
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===''Animated'' cartoon=== |
===''Animated'' cartoon=== |
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| − | :''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jaron Löwenberg]] (German) |
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| + | :''Actor:'' |
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| ⚫ | Wasp was a cadet in the same group as [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] and [[Longarm Prime|Longarm]]. Right away, Wasp took an instant disliking to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a "[[mudflap (slang)|mudflap]]", much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]] took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode. |
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| + | *''English:'' [[Tom Kenny]] |
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| + | *''German:'' [[Jaron Löwenberg]] |
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| + | *''Japanese:'' [[Kenji Nojima]] (Wasp), [[Kensō Katō]] (Waspinator) |
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| ⚫ | Wasp was a cadet in the same group as [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]], and [[Longarm Prime|Longarm]]. Right away, Wasp took an instant disliking to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a "[[mudflap (slang)|mudflap]]", much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]] took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode. |
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After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many problems for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker. |
After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many problems for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker. |
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| − | Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group{{m-}}and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] |
+ | Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group{{m-}}and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and the fact that Wasp is clearly like a Decepticon due to his attitude. With the aid of Longarm, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee. |
| − | [[Image:WaspAnimated2.jpg|thumb|left|Wasp |
+ | [[Image:WaspAnimated2.jpg|thumb|left|Wasp once a 'Bot...]] |
| − | Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a [[Space bridge#Animated|space bridge]]. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, [[Waspinator (BW)|buzzing and twittering to himself]], still swearing revenge on " |
+ | Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a [[Space bridge#Animated|space bridge]]. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, [[Waspinator (BW)|buzzing and twittering to himself]], still swearing revenge on "Bumblebot". In reality, however, Wasp{{m-}}broken mentally by his years of imprisonment{{m-}}was set up with planted evidence by "Longarm", the actual double agent, who had also arranged Wasp's "escape" to divert suspicion from himself{{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}. Needless to say, when the truth was revealed to Bumblebee, Longarm revealing his actual identity as Shockwave, he is horrified that he actually sent an innocent bot to prison before regaining his composure to deal with with the crisis at hand. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} |
| − | [[Image:Wasp vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|Wasp |
+ | [[Image:Wasp vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|Wasp seek revenge on Bumblebot!]] |
| − | After evading Sentinel Prime and Jazz, Wasp arrived on Earth to exact revenge on Bumblebee, in spite of being told that truth behind his imprisonment. Disabling Bumblebee, Wasp switches paint applications with him and takes Bumblebee's identity with the actual one assuming the position of being hunted down by the Elite Guard with Prime's crew trying to get to him first, attempting to explain the situation behind Wasp. While this |
+ | After evading Sentinel Prime and Jazz, Wasp arrived on Earth to exact revenge on Bumblebee, in spite of being told that truth behind his imprisonment. Disabling Bumblebee, Wasp switches paint applications with him and takes Bumblebee's identity with the actual one assuming the position of being hunted down by the Elite Guard with Prime's crew trying to get to him first, attempting to explain the situation behind Wasp. While this occurred, Wasp decides to learn more of Bumblebee to get further into character by the time the truth of the switch is revealed. Though he nearly succeeded in convincing Sentinel Prime otherwise, being challenged to a match of Robot Gladiator to expose him forces a nervous Wasp, who is terrible at videogames, to take Bumblebee as a shield as he reminds the others that he was framed and therefore a good guy. But after Bulkhead tells him he may not have been a traitor, he was ''never'' good to start with, Wasp flees into the night after using Bumblebee to cover his escape.{{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} |
| − | Eventually the Autobots tracked down Wasp one night on the run from the primes and their troops. They eventually caught up to him and Bumblebee tried to tell them that Longarm was the actual spy. Wasp was not in the mood for Bumblebee's excuses, seeing as how he still blamed him for sending him to the stockade. In the ensuing chaos, Wasp was abducted by Swoop and brought before [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], finding himself speechless at the sight of her. Blackarachnia convinced Wasp that she was his friend, and that she could give him more power via a technorganic body. Thus he willingly entered the cell, painfully absorbing both Transwarp energy and the genetic structure of a wasp before emerging as the self-declared Waspinator. |
+ | Eventually, the Autobots tracked down Wasp one night on the run from the primes and their troops. They eventually caught up to him and Bumblebee tried to tell them that Longarm was the actual spy. Wasp was not in the mood for Bumblebee's excuses, seeing as how he still blamed him for sending him to the stockade. In the ensuing chaos, Wasp was abducted by Swoop and brought before [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], finding himself speechless at the sight of her. Blackarachnia convinced Wasp that she was his friend, and that she could give him more power via a technorganic body. Thus he willingly entered the cell, painfully absorbing both Transwarp energy and the genetic structure of a wasp before emerging as the self-declared Waspinator. |
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+ | [[Image:Happywaspishappy.jpg|thumb|left|''Wasp: Digivolve to...'']] |
He confronts Bumblebee, who apologizes for everything that has happened to him. Whatever part of Wasp that was left within Waspinator forgave him, but Waspinator himself would never forgive him. When Waspinator learns that Blackarachnia was only using him for her own agenda in reverting technorganics to purely technological beings, he turned on her, as his transwarp signature was becoming unstable. |
He confronts Bumblebee, who apologizes for everything that has happened to him. Whatever part of Wasp that was left within Waspinator forgave him, but Waspinator himself would never forgive him. When Waspinator learns that Blackarachnia was only using him for her own agenda in reverting technorganics to purely technological beings, he turned on her, as his transwarp signature was becoming unstable. |
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+ | [[Image:Waspinatorlives.jpg|thumb|'''''WASPINATOR!!!''''']] |
Blackarachnia and the Autobots fled the lab to the island as Waspinator chased her down. Just as Waspinator was about to explode, Blackarachnia covered them both in a silk cocoon. The subsequent explosion wiped out an enormous portion of Dinobot Island. Awakening in a forested area, inhabited [[Optimus Primal|by]] [[Rhinox|several]] [[Cheetor|familiar]] [[Rattrap|animals]], Waspinator began [[Waspinator (BW)|crawling across the ground to collect the scattered pieces of his body]], refusing to die and proclaiming "[[Nemesis Part 1|Waspinator has plans]]". {{storylink|Predacons Rising}} |
Blackarachnia and the Autobots fled the lab to the island as Waspinator chased her down. Just as Waspinator was about to explode, Blackarachnia covered them both in a silk cocoon. The subsequent explosion wiped out an enormous portion of Dinobot Island. Awakening in a forested area, inhabited [[Optimus Primal|by]] [[Rhinox|several]] [[Cheetor|familiar]] [[Rattrap|animals]], Waspinator began [[Waspinator (BW)|crawling across the ground to collect the scattered pieces of his body]], refusing to die and proclaiming "[[Nemesis Part 1|Waspinator has plans]]". {{storylink|Predacons Rising}} |
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==Toys== |
==Toys== |
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| − | [[Image:Waspinatoranimateddeluxe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Finally [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] has a <s>guinea pig</s> pal.]] |
+ | [[Image:Waspinatoranimateddeluxe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Finally [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] has a [[Predacons Rising|<s>guinea pig</s>]] pal.]] |
| − | *'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe |
+ | *'''Waspinator''' (Deluxe, 2009) |
:Like his [[Waspinator (BW)|''Beast Wars'' counterpart]], Waspinator's humanoid mode looks like his beast mode. His wings flap if you push a lever on his back. His stinger, however, just doesn't do anything. |
:Like his [[Waspinator (BW)|''Beast Wars'' counterpart]], Waspinator's humanoid mode looks like his beast mode. His wings flap if you push a lever on his back. His stinger, however, just doesn't do anything. |
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<!--Sadly, his colors more directed to the original (Autobot) Wasp, not the "Predacon" Waspinator. Aw, [[slag (slang)|slag!]] However, there is [[Redeco|another]] [[Kitbashing|way...]]--> |
<!--Sadly, his colors more directed to the original (Autobot) Wasp, not the "Predacon" Waspinator. Aw, [[slag (slang)|slag!]] However, there is [[Redeco|another]] [[Kitbashing|way...]]--> |
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| − | *'''Fugitive Waspinator''' (Deluxe |
+ | *'''Fugitive Waspinator''' (Deluxe, 2010?) |
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+ | :Fugitive Waspinator is a green redeco (that is, no [[retool|new head]]) of [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Toys|Bumblebee]] to represent his former state, Wasp. However, due to the [[trademark]] issue, the name is Waspinator instead of Wasp. This is Waspinator's original form, which means that, like Bumblebee, Waspinator transforms into an Earth sports car. In addition, this version of Waspinator also has purple-tinted headlights and windows. These headlights and windows were not purple in the cartoon. It is unknown if he will be released, considering ''Transformers Animated'' has been axed. |
:Fugitive Waspinator is labeled as a Decepticon instead of an Autobot. |
:Fugitive Waspinator is labeled as a Decepticon instead of an Autobot. |
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| + | "Wasp make Bumblebot pay for ruining Wasp life". Both of these characters get misfortune sprung on them, but this incarnation's misfortune is in a more serious vein than slapstick violence. The role of whipping boy belongs to [[Tutor Bot|another]]. Upon his transformation into |
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+ | [[Image:Tfa-wasp-2.jpg|thumb|right|2x2px]] |
| + | Waspinator, his voice deepens, and gains a buzzing echo. He also |
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| + | gets a Decepticon insignia on his chest. |
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| ⚫ | * Wasp's time in prison seems to have shattered his mind and transformed him into a character akin to the original, for his speech pattern is now quite similar to the latter as he refers to himself in the third person and speaks in crude and incorrect grammar, for example, |
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| + | * <strike>We certainly hope Hasbro recognizes the [[redeco]]/[[retool]] [[to sell toys|potential]] here, ''but'' they didn't by far.</strike> Look up about 6 inches. |
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| − | * [[David Kaye]] hinted before the debut of the show that Waspinator |
+ | * [[David Kaye]] hinted before the debut of the show that Waspinator [[Image:Tfa-waspinator-1.jpg|thumb|right|2x2px]] |
| + | would make an appearance. Wasp seems to be what he meant. |
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* After being reformated into Waspinator, resembling a slicker, faster, and cooler-looking version of his ''[[Beast Wars]]'' counterpart, the head of his beast mode bears some resemblance to ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]'s vehicle mode. |
* After being reformated into Waspinator, resembling a slicker, faster, and cooler-looking version of his ''[[Beast Wars]]'' counterpart, the head of his beast mode bears some resemblance to ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]'s vehicle mode. |
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| − | * In the episode Predacons Rising, one of the final scenes shows Waspinator in several pieces and attempting to pull himself together, as an homage to the more funny [[Waspinator (BW)|original]]. |
+ | * In the episode Predacons Rising, one of the final scenes shows Waspinator in several pieces and attempting to pull himself together, as an homage to the more funny [[Waspinator (BW)|original]], who went through destruction as a trend.[[File:Wasp earth.png|thumb|516x516px|Wasp in his non-cybertronion form.]] |
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* This is the fifth character in the Transformers Animated cartoon to be [[Megatron (Animated)|reduced]] [[Bulkhead (Animated)|to]] a [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|talking]] [[Starscream (Animated)|head]]. (Well...[[Headmaster (Animated)|maybe not ''completely'']]...) |
* This is the fifth character in the Transformers Animated cartoon to be [[Megatron (Animated)|reduced]] [[Bulkhead (Animated)|to]] a [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|talking]] [[Starscream (Animated)|head]]. (Well...[[Headmaster (Animated)|maybe not ''completely'']]...) |
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* Wasp in his new bug form is another to not have a helmet for himself. |
* Wasp in his new bug form is another to not have a helmet for himself. |
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| − | * Wasp(inator) has currently had three different [[alt mode| |
+ | * Wasp(inator) has currently had three different [[alt mode|altmodes]]; his Cybertonian and Earth car modes, and his techno-organic |
| + | Predacon wasp mode. |
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** Err...when did he get the chance to scan [[Fanzone's car]] as his [[alt mode]]? Is it a side effect of body switching? |
** Err...when did he get the chance to scan [[Fanzone's car]] as his [[alt mode]]? Is it a side effect of body switching? |
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* Unlike other Transformers, Waspinator can move his body without his own head. |
* Unlike other Transformers, Waspinator can move his body without his own head. |
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+ | * Unlike most other Transformers in ''Transformers Animated'', Waspinator has some kind of a [[Nose]]. |
| − | * After awaking from the chamber into his new form, Waspinator came with a Decepticon Symbol without even branding one. Poor Constructicons. (However, it was quite painful for Wasp.) |
+ | * After awaking from the chamber into his new form, Waspinator came with a Decepticon Symbol without even branding one.<!-- Poor Constructicons. (However, it was quite painful for Wasp.)--> |
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| − | *He's been in the stockade for five cycles and he's already insane. |
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| − | ** Uh, he's been in the stockade for '''much''' longer than that. |
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| + | * There is a fan fiction on deviantart about Waspinator having a kid with Blackaracnia. I'll let you take that in real quick. How? Better not google it.--> |
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==External Links== |
==External Links== |
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Revision as of 22:47, 24 February 2020
The name or term Waspinator refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Waspinator (disambiguation).
Wasp, who later becomes the Predacon Waspinator, was originally an Autobot. He was of the same type as Bumblebee, whom he attended boot camp with. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to tow the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been Cybertron Elite Guard commander material were it not for the chain of events that scarred him and led to his current state.
- "Wasp forgive Bumble-bot... But Waspinator NEVER forgive!"
- ―Waspinator on his Enemy
Fiction
Animated cartoon
- Actor:
- English: Tom Kenny
- German: Jaron Löwenberg
- Japanese: Kenji Nojima (Wasp), Kensō Katō (Waspinator)
Wasp was a cadet in the same group as Bumblebee, Bulkhead, Ironhide, and Longarm. Right away, Wasp took an instant disliking to Bumblebee, insulting him out of the blue as the yellow bot mused to himself about his future in the Elite Guard. He also dubbed Bulkhead a "mudflap", much to the amusement of his fellow cadets. The loud-mouthed drill sergeant Sentinel Minor took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode.
After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many problems for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.
Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted Megatron and the fact that Wasp is clearly like a Decepticon due to his attitude. With the aid of Longarm, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.
Wasp once a 'Bot...
Many years later, Wasp escaped from Autobot custody and apparently eluded the now-Sentinel Prime by jumping through a space bridge. What was left of Wasp hid beneath the bridge as Sentinel left, buzzing and twittering to himself, still swearing revenge on "Bumblebot". In reality, however, Wasp—broken mentally by his years of imprisonment—was set up with planted evidence by "Longarm", the actual double agent, who had also arranged Wasp's "escape" to divert suspicion from himself Autoboot Camp. Needless to say, when the truth was revealed to Bumblebee, Longarm revealing his actual identity as Shockwave, he is horrified that he actually sent an innocent bot to prison before regaining his composure to deal with with the crisis at hand. A Bridge Too Close, Part II
Wasp seek revenge on Bumblebot!
After evading Sentinel Prime and Jazz, Wasp arrived on Earth to exact revenge on Bumblebee, in spite of being told that truth behind his imprisonment. Disabling Bumblebee, Wasp switches paint applications with him and takes Bumblebee's identity with the actual one assuming the position of being hunted down by the Elite Guard with Prime's crew trying to get to him first, attempting to explain the situation behind Wasp. While this occurred, Wasp decides to learn more of Bumblebee to get further into character by the time the truth of the switch is revealed. Though he nearly succeeded in convincing Sentinel Prime otherwise, being challenged to a match of Robot Gladiator to expose him forces a nervous Wasp, who is terrible at videogames, to take Bumblebee as a shield as he reminds the others that he was framed and therefore a good guy. But after Bulkhead tells him he may not have been a traitor, he was never good to start with, Wasp flees into the night after using Bumblebee to cover his escape. Where Is Thy Sting?
Eventually, the Autobots tracked down Wasp one night on the run from the primes and their troops. They eventually caught up to him and Bumblebee tried to tell them that Longarm was the actual spy. Wasp was not in the mood for Bumblebee's excuses, seeing as how he still blamed him for sending him to the stockade. In the ensuing chaos, Wasp was abducted by Swoop and brought before Blackarachnia, finding himself speechless at the sight of her. Blackarachnia convinced Wasp that she was his friend, and that she could give him more power via a technorganic body. Thus he willingly entered the cell, painfully absorbing both Transwarp energy and the genetic structure of a wasp before emerging as the self-declared Waspinator.
Wasp: Digivolve to...
He confronts Bumblebee, who apologizes for everything that has happened to him. Whatever part of Wasp that was left within Waspinator forgave him, but Waspinator himself would never forgive him. When Waspinator learns that Blackarachnia was only using him for her own agenda in reverting technorganics to purely technological beings, he turned on her, as his transwarp signature was becoming unstable.
WASPINATOR!!!
Blackarachnia and the Autobots fled the lab to the island as Waspinator chased her down. Just as Waspinator was about to explode, Blackarachnia covered them both in a silk cocoon. The subsequent explosion wiped out an enormous portion of Dinobot Island. Awakening in a forested area, inhabited by several familiar animals, Waspinator began crawling across the ground to collect the scattered pieces of his body, refusing to die and proclaiming "Waspinator has plans". Predacons Rising
So far, those plans were never revealed.
Toys
Animated
Finally Blackarachnia has a guinea pig pal.
- Waspinator (Deluxe, 2009)
- Like his Beast Wars counterpart, Waspinator's humanoid mode looks like his beast mode. His wings flap if you push a lever on his back. His stinger, however, just doesn't do anything.
- Fugitive Waspinator (Deluxe, 2010?)
- Fugitive Waspinator is a green redeco (that is, no new head) of Bumblebee to represent his former state, Wasp. However, due to the trademark issue, the name is Waspinator instead of Wasp. This is Waspinator's original form, which means that, like Bumblebee, Waspinator transforms into an Earth sports car. In addition, this version of Waspinator also has purple-tinted headlights and windows. These headlights and windows were not purple in the cartoon. It is unknown if he will be released, considering Transformers Animated has been axed.
- Fugitive Waspinator is labeled as a Decepticon instead of an Autobot.
 Proceed on your way to oblivion. |
Notes
- A wasp and a bee, sharing the same mold? How preposterous!
Wasp, post-incarnation.
- Wasp's time in prison seems to have shattered his mind and transformed him into a character akin to the original, for his speech pattern is now quite similar to the latter as he refers to himself in the third person and speaks in crude and incorrect grammar, for example,
"Wasp make Bumblebot pay for ruining Wasp life". Both of these characters get misfortune sprung on them, but this incarnation's misfortune is in a more serious vein than slapstick violence. The role of whipping boy belongs to another. Upon his transformation into
Waspinator, his voice deepens, and gains a buzzing echo. He also
gets a Decepticon insignia on his chest.
- In the present day, after Wasp escapes, his color scheme resembles z's with a lime green body and purple eyes compared to his original gold and blue color scheme.
- David Kaye hinted before the debut of the show that Waspinator
would make an appearance. Wasp seems to be what he meant.
- After being reformated into Waspinator, resembling a slicker, faster, and cooler-looking version of his Beast Wars counterpart, the head of his beast mode bears some resemblance to Beast Machines Thrust's vehicle mode.
- In the episode Predacons Rising, one of the final scenes shows Waspinator in several pieces and attempting to pull himself together, as an homage to the more funny original, who went through destruction as a trend.
Wasp in his non-cybertronion form.
- This is the fifth character in the Transformers Animated cartoon to be reduced to a talking head. (Well...maybe not completely...)
- Wasp in his new bug form is another to not have a helmet for himself.
- Wasp(inator) has currently had three different altmodes; his Cybertonian and Earth car modes, and his techno-organic
Predacon wasp mode.
- Err...when did he get the chance to scan Fanzone's car as his alt mode? Is it a side effect of body switching?
- Much like the Beast Wars Waspinator, Waspinator has given nicknames to four members of the Transformers Animated cast so far.
- Bumblebee - "Bumble-bot"
- Sentinel Prime - "Sarge-bot"
- Swoop - "Bird-bot"
- Blackarachnia - "Spider-bot", "Lady-bot" (only once)
- Unlike his Beast Wars counterpart, he seems to be actually a threat and creepy.
- Unlike in the episode "Predacons Rising", Waspinator's action figure is shorter than Blackarachnia.
- Unlike other Transformers, Waspinator can move his body without his own head.
- Unlike most other Transformers in Transformers Animated, Waspinator has some kind of a Nose.
- After awaking from the chamber into his new form, Waspinator came with a Decepticon Symbol without even branding one.
- His growl sounds very similar to, if not the same as, the Predator's growl. How fitting...
Wasp's techno-organic mode, Waspinator
