Cheetor

Cheetor is the name of several fictional characters from the Transformers series.

Beast Wars

Reception

Cheetor was named the 5th worst upgrade in Beast Wars history Topless Robot.

Comics

3H Enterprises

Cheetor was one of the stars of the 1997 Botcon Convention Comics, a story set near the end of season one of the Beast Wars television series.

In the Convention Comics plot, Inferno and Blackarachnia watched as the Predacon scientist Fractyl attempted to invent energon armor capable of protecting them from energon build up. Although seemingly successful, the armor was stolen by the Maximal thief Packrat. Blackarachinia and Fractyl realized the energon armor was flawed and could destroy the planet if it came in contact with large amounts of energon. Inferno pursued Packrat, but since Packrat didn't need to assume beast mode with the armor on, he got the upper hand in the fight with Inferno. Hearing the battle, Airazor, Cheetor and Rhinox joined Packrat. Fractyl convinced Rhinox that the armor was a threat to them all. Rhinox was able to talk Packrat into giving up the armor, which Fractyl aided them in doing. When Blackarachnia arrived with Megatron, Packrat suggested that Fractyl pretend to be attacking the Maximals, who fled. Megatron was impressed with Fractyl's new found battle prowess.

Cheetor appeared in the short lived Transformers: Universe comic book series in his technorganic body.

In the unreleased Transformers: Universe - The Wreckers #4 Cheetor appeared among the Cybertronian troops repelling the Quintesson invasion under the command of Snarl.

Shortly after the reformatting of Cybertron at the end at the end of Beast Machines, Cheetor was amongst those who welcomed back some of the heroes of the Great War (Roulette, Shadowstriker, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker) back to Cybertron. However, he was left helpless when they, Silverbolt and Blackarachnia were abducted by Unicron. After this Optimus Primal was resurrected by Primus as a response, and Cheetor once again served as his right hand man.

In 2005, a toy of Cheetor was released in the Transformers: Universe line which depicted Cheetor as an Autobot named "Night Slash Cheetor" (left). Presumably he would have changed to this form if the series could have continued. He did appear in this form in a flashback in the Transformers: Cybertron series, in a final battle with Unicron's forces.

Although 3H Enterprises losing the licence would forestall the conclusion to the Universe storyline, an explanation of sorts would be found in issue 8 of the Transformers Collectors Club magazine Cybertron/Robots in Disguise, where Optimus Prime told the tale of how Unicron's forces were defeated in one last battle by Optimus Primal's forces, including Cheetor, as Unicron disappeared due to the black hole opened in Transformers: Energon.

Fun Publications

Cheetor would appear in the BotCon Timelines tale Dawn of Futures Past, as a crewmech of the Axalon. Cheetor, Rattrap and Rhinox were members of the crew of the Maximal ship called the Axalon commanded by Optimus Primal, which chased the Predacon criminal Megatron on the stolen Predacon ship Darksyde through transwarp space after the theft of the Golden Disk artifact.

Although Universe ended at issue #3, the flashback of Optimus Prime in issue 8 of the Transformers Collectors Club magazine Cybertron/Robots in Disguise would reveal what happened. In the final battle between the forces of Optimus Primal and Unicron, the Chaos-Bringer had disappeared (due to the events of Transformers: Energon), with Primal's forces barely making it out. Cheetor was one of those seen escaping In this story. He was portrayed in his Universe Night Slash Cheetor form.

IDW Publishing

Cheetor had a biography printed in the Beast Wars Sourcebook by IDW Publishing.

TFcon comics

Cheetor appeared in Days of Wreckening. In the story Cheetor, Dinobot Rattrap and Silverbolt discover three Constructicons and some Predacons on prehistoric Earth and are joined by the Wreckers .

Games

Cheetor appears in the 1998 PS1 video game based on season 1 Transformers Beast Wars.

Cheetor appears in the 1999 Game Boy Color video game Ketō Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Senshi Saikyō Ketteisen.

Cheetor appears as a character in the 1999 video game Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals.

• Hero 4th Edition role playing game character sheet for Beast Wars Cheetor

Transformers: Armada

Cheetor appeared in the Transformers: Armada toy line, a Hasbro exclusive.

Dreamwave Productions

Armada Cheetor appeared as one of Unicron's Four Horsemen in the Transformers: Energon comic book series. His mind corrupted and his body enhanced by the Chaos-Bringer's power, Unicron and his servant sent him and his fellow Horsemen - Airazor Rhinox and Terrorsaur - to attack Cybertron. They devastated much of the planet, before being stopped by Optimus Prime (now in his Powerlinking Energon body) who drove off all four.

Cheetor also was set to appear in the unreleased issue 31 of the Transformers: Energon comic series.

Toys

• Armada Cheetor with Cliffjumper (2003)

The transmetal Cheetor toy was recolored and released as an Autobot. He was partnered with the Mini-Con Cliffjumper.

Timelines (Animated)

Fun Publications

Cheetor appears in the two-page prequel comic Moving Violations alongside Depth Charge, Ransack, and Crumplezone. In the comic, Cheetor detains Ransack and Crumplezone for a moving violation, but causes extensive damage to the city in the process. As a result, Cheetor is demoted and reassigned to Iacon Central.

After the events of Transformers Animated the Stunticons set up a Stunt Convoy show in the city of Kaon and used it as cover to attempt to break Megatron out of his detention at Trypticon. Their efforts were thwarted thanks to the efforts of Cheetor, Optimus Prime and Sideswipe. The Stunticons were placed in detention with Megatron and an attempt to rescue them was made by the Decepticons Blot, Mindwipe, Oil Slick, Scalpel, Sky-Byte and Strika.

His tech spec appeared on a lithograph sold at Botcon 2011.

Toys

• Timelines Deluxe Animated Transtech Cheetor (2011)

A Transformers Collectors Club exclusive redeco of Animated Deluxe Blurr in yellow with black cheetah spots and a different head sculpt. This toy was displayed in issue 39 of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine

Timelines (Transtech)

Transtech Cheetor received a full page biography in issue #22 of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine. He was once an idealistic young robot who attempted to take down a corrupt senator, but the evidence was destroyed and he was demoted to duty in the Offworld Zone Security Division. He eventually became head of that unit. He eventually cleaned up the Division and made it a force to be reckoned with. Cheetor is one of the fastest Transtechs, but he completely lacks any in-built ranged weapons.

The designs for Cheetor was done for Hasbro by Draxhall Jump.

Fun Publications

In the Transformers Collectors Club story "Transcendent", a new Cheetor is introduced. He works with Silverbolt. In "Transcendent" Breakaway, Landquake and Skyfall arrive on a parallel Transtech Cybertron, in the city of Axiom Nexus. They are greeted by that world's Cheetor and Silverbolt, and are worried that Cliffjumper has gone missing. The arrivals are told that they are among many to arrive on this world and are brought to "processing." Among those waiting in processing are Autoceptor, Bad Boy, Charger with Fire Beast, Cosmos, Cy-Kill, Path Finder, Universe Repugnus, Sky-Byte, Small Foot and Treds. After processing the three Autobots are greeted by the ancient Autobot Alpha Trion and taught in the ways of outworlders in Axiom Nexus. Breakaway is then abducted by Transtech Shockwave.

Cheetor is one of the main characters to appear in Fun Publications fiction "Gone to Far", a text based story set on Transtech Cybertron.

Cheetor was the main investigating officer looking into the death of Bulletbike in the story "I, Lowtech."

Toys

• Transtech Cheetor (unreleased)

Although never produced, a prototype for a Transtech Cheetor toy was made.

References

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