B'Boom
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B'Boom is a fictional character from the Transformers series introduced in 1996. He should not be confused with Apache, who has an identical toy, but is portrayed as a separate character.
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Beast Wars
He's one of the Maximals from Beast Wars, and his beast form is a mandrill. His name is a play on the word baboon and his weapons, which make a "boom" sound. He did not appear in the Canadian animated series. [1]
Fictional biography
A guerrilla warfare tactical expert, B'Boom is one of the fiercest and most unpredictable of the Maximals. Though hard to control and often driven by a temporary fury that sends him speeding up and down the trees, his focus while in battle is easily apparent by the savage fire in his eyes. Dexterous, brave and clever, B'Boom is fiercest while in mega artillery attack mode, a state in which his arsenal is as fully loaded and functional as a battle emplacement. His favorite weapon, a launcher hidden within his mouth, deploys pulse missiles that detonate but do not burn-leaving his best weapon, the wilderness, unharmed.
Animated series
B'Boom's stasis pod was among those who were launched into orbit around prehistoric Earth in the Beast Wars series pilot.[2]
Comics
3H Enterprises
Air Hammer, B'Boom and Polar Claw appeared among the Maximals who arrived to help stop Shokaract in the Reaching the Omega Point storyline at BotCon 2000.
IDW Publishing
B'Boom appeared in the 2006 IDW Beast Wars comic series. He was among the Maximal protoforms from the Axalon which was recovered by Magmatron's Predacons and infected with a Predacon shell program. Unbeknownst to Magmatron, his technical expert Razorbeast was a Maximal double-agent and had managed to modify the program so a significant number of those infected emerged as Maximals. After activation B'Boom, Bonecrusher, Optimus Minor, Ramulus, Snarl and Wolfang joined up lead by Razorbeast. B'Boom was initially wary of Razorbeast, who he suspected was a Predacon leading the Maximals into a trap. Ambushed by Magmatron, B'Boom was injured in the battle. After the defeat of Magmatron's Predacons the united group of Maximals awaited rescue from Cybertron.
He appears among the Maximals in the sequel story Beast Wars: The Ascending. In it Armordillo, B'Boom, Bantor, Buzzclaw, Cybershark, Lazorbeak, Manterror, Optimus Minor, Powerpinch, Ramulus, Razorbeast, Retrax, Scuba, Sky Shadow, Spittor, Stinkbomb and Terragator were wounded in battle and left on Earth. Together they fought and defeated the Blendtrons Drancron, Elephaorpha and Rartorarta. Although Razorbeast survived the battle he was infected with Rartorarta's maddening sting and had to be put down by Optimus Minor to stop him from attacking his allies.
B'Boom's profile in the Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook describes him as a Triple Changer.
Toys
- Kenner Beast Wars Mega B'Boom (1996)
- The toy of B'Boom has a feature that if you twist the right ear he of the beast mode his eyes and mouth open. B'Boom was sold at the same time as a Predacon named Transquito, another Mega sized toy which fired a missile from its mouth and sported a third mode.[3]
- This toy was repackaged in Japan as Beast Wars Second Apache.
References
- ↑ B'Boom
- ↑ "Beast Wars Part 1". Written by Bob Forward. Beast Wars. First-run syndication. September 16, 1996. No. 1, season 1.
- ↑ Stalking The Prey: A Guide to Hasbro's Beast Wars by Nicholas R. Messina, Jr., Lee's Action Figure News and Toy Review #71, page 34-40, September 1998
