Gnaw (Transformers)

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Transformers character
Gnaw-boxart.jpg
Box art of Gnaw
Name Gnaw
Decepticon
Series Transformers: Generation 1
Information
Alternate modes Shark monster
Function Assault Sentry
Motto "I live for the taste of an Autobot's fuel line!"
Rank 2
Sub-group Sharkticons

Gnaw is a fictional character from the Transformers series. He is a Sharkticon assault sentry, one of the minions of the Quintessons.

Transformers: Generation 1

Fictional biography

Travels in packs with fellow Sharkticons. Fearless and vicous. Loyal only to the master who last fed him. Powerful tail fin allows him to travel at speeds over 150 Knots. Carnivourous with a voracious appetite. Possesses several rows of razor-sharp teeth that can tear through solid steel. In robot Mode, carries a maceration laser that shoots salt-based corrosive liquid. Also carries a barbed mace.

Reception

According to X-Entertainment Cyclonus was the 3rd top Transformers figure of all time.[1]

Animated series

In The Transformers: The Movie an army of Sharkticons are seen on the planet Quintessa that captured Hot Rod and Kup. As minions of the Quintessons, the Sharkticons served as "executioners" in Quintessa's high court, devouring whatever being falls into their pit after the Quintessons declare them "innocent". When the Quintessons sentenced Hot Rod and Kup to the Sharkticon pit, the two Autobots managed to defeat the Sharkticons by transforming into their car modes and creating a whirlpool in the pit. Further intimidation by Grimlock influenced the Sharkticons to revolt against their Quintesson masters.[2]

Dreamwave Productions

While being a Decepticon, the Gnaw in the Dreamwave Productions comics is an Autobot ally. Gnaw's first appearance in fiction was in the Dreamwave Productions Generation 1 series. In the continuity, Gnaw is a friend of Wheelie. They were part of a rebel group led by Kup, Rodimus and Optimus Prime, and Gnaw participates in the battle against Shockwave. However, Dreamwave's closure means that more stories of Gnaw cannot be told.

IDW Publishing

Gnaw can be seen in the cover page of Transformers Spotlight on Galvatron, as one of the or just eating something.

Toys

  • Generation 1 Sharkticon Gnaw (1986)
A new mold that transforms into a robotic alien shark monster.[3]

References

  1. http://www.x-entertainment.com/messages/364.html
  2. B-Movie Film Vault - Transformers: The Movie
  3. Transformers: The Decepticons. Lee's Toy Review magazine, issue #204, November 2009

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