Bazooka (BW)

Bazooka is aPredaconfrom theBeast Wars Neoportion of theGeneration 1 continuity family.

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Bazooka(バズーカBazūka) could probably teachDinobota thing or two about honor. When this hard-headed saurian samurai makes a promise he sees it through to the bitter end. And if "the bitter end" means a gruesome death then, well, hey, at least he kept his word. This ironclad sense of duty and dedication has made him one ofMagmatron's most loyal and appreciated subjects, which is something Bazooka takes great pride in. Alas, Bazooka naively expects the same standards of dedication and honor from his fellow Predacons, which is a pretty foolish thing to believe, considering the company he keeps.

In battle, Bazooka is just as rock-hard as his word. Any enemy in melee range is likely to feel the force of his "Gigaton Stamp" attack, a powerful blow from the bony hammer at the end of his tail. For most foes, that's thelastthing they ever feel.

Fiction

Beast Wars Neocartoon

Voice actor:Hajime Komada(Japanese)

With his partner,Crazybolt,Bazooka used masks to disguise themselves asMaximalsand stole an old Maximal ship. With it, they docked onSpace Station 424,where they spottedBig Convoy's ship, theGung Ho.Hoping to get back intoMagmatron's good graces, the two again disguised themselves and snuck into theGung Howhile its crew was enjoying some R&R in the base. There, they referred to themselves as the base's guards, "Erimaoinarin the Fox" and "Darumajiro the Armadillo", toNAVI.When NAVI noted that an unmanned base shouldn't have any such personnel, Crazybolt quickly shifted their story to being inspectors of navigational-type computers and ordered NAVI to launch the ship, which NAVI refused to do withoutBig Convoy's direct order. Their ploy foiled, Crazybolt then put on a story of "Darumajiro" becoming a Predacon, a disease that would soon affect other Maximals. Convinced by the show Erimaoinarin put on of becoming a Predacon, NAVI launched the ship to force a quarantine of the "plague".

Who brought the bazooka to the tea party?

Once they were far enough, the two "inspectors" revealed their true identities to NAVI and the computer was caged. The two contacted Magmatron about their success andGuiledartwas wary of Crazybolt, considering his dishonest reputation, and agreed to believe him only if they met at the rendezvous point with theGung Hoand its cargo ofAngolmoisCapsules. Unbeknownst to them, Big Convoy had already used theSeagullto catch up to them and broke in. Big Convoy fooled the two into thinking he set up a bomb in the cargo room that could cause the complete destruction of the ship and the Predacons were lured into the ship's hologram room, where Big Convoy used the two as "training partners" while NAVI did the appropriate resetting to the computer systems. Once the other Maximals made it to theGung Howith Bazooka and Crazybolt's stolen ship, the duo were kicked back to their old ship. They limped to the rendezvous point with theDinosaur,where Magmatron simply ordered the ship's cannons to be fired on the pathetic pair.The StolenGung Ho

After the defeat ofUnicron,Bazooka returned toCybertron.There, he attended a meal hosted byArtemis.Graduation Ceremony!!

Beast Wars: Uprising

Bazooka was a pilot or helm specialist in the Cybertronian Navy, serving aboard theDinosaurand patrolling the limits of the Allowed Zone. His ship received a distress call from a marooned Maximal prisoner on planet LGC-8803 and was dispatched to investigate. Bazooka flew the away team's shuttle planetside, but theDinosaurwas attacked by anIntrudership during their descent and the shuttle was pulled to earth by a tractor beam. The team separated once they reached ground, and Bazooka got into a scuffle with the Destructons alongsideCrazyboltandHard Head.Bazooka was damaged by the locals and was only saved by the intervention of their prisoner targets,Trans-MutateandRampage.The collective Cybertronians realized Lord Imperious and hisDestructonsintended to hijack their shuttle, and fought to prevent him from escaping. Hard Head was killed by the Destructons, but Imperious was seemingly defeated by Rampage when he brought the shuttle back down to the planet.

In their absence, a mutiny had broken out aboard theDinosaurwhen the protoformer crew learned about the Grand Uprising against the Builders happening back home. Circumstances led to theDinosaur(secretly the Builder war criminalTrypticon) falling out of orbit as his higher brain functions were severed in the struggle. The ship unfolded into a new colony dubbed Dinosaur City, and many chose to stay. Bazooka and Crazybolt had grown close during the mission, and they chose to return to Cybertron and join the resistance alongside Rampage,Guiledart,and the former chief engineer,Magmatron.They used the shuttle to make their way back home.Intersectionality

Bazooka and the others joined the resistance, but they soon found a new mission. Aliens known as theAntares Eightthreatened Cybertron, and Magmatron's resistance cell had to join forces with a Builders unit and several unaffiliated 'bots to defeat them. This led to a new cross-factional alliance known as the Ex-Bots. Bazooka and the 'bots prioritized saving lives above the politics of warfare, and fought to keep civilians safe as the Grand Uprising continued.Cultural Appropriation

Bazooka and Crazybolt helped defend Proximax over the next stellar cycle with the Ex-Bots. By this point, they had formalized their relationship through the rites ofConjunx Endura.Bazooka took some damage when capturing the renegade PredaconTarantulasjust before theVehicon Apocalypsebegan. In the meantime, he and the ConstructionSkavengerlocated a lobotomizedSweepfrom a salvage yard. With some retrofitting, theDinosaur'sex-pilot now had anEx-Jetof his own to man for the team. All forces were zeroing in on theGrand Mal,the control center for the Vehicons. Bazooka deployed the Ex-Bots at the front, then he and Crazybolt continued to operate the Ex-Jet and provide air support.

At the Grand Mal battle, Crazybolt spotted a necessary vent on the enemy station, a vulnerable spot to target if they could breach the shields. As Bazooka unloaded their firepower on that spot, Crazybolt ran the numbers and determined their energy weapons were failing against the shields, but ordinance and physical matter ammunition was penetrating, at least partially. Unfortunately, the Ex-Jet had exhausted its supply of ammo. Bazooka realized they only had one thing heavy enough left to hit the Grand Mal with. He lured Crazybolt near an open hatch and pushed his conjunx to safety. Bazooka then plotted a ramming assault towards the vent, carrying the Ex-Jet through the Grand Mal's shields and causing enough damage to permanently damage the defenses.Derailment

Toys

Beast Wars

If one robot part isone angstromoff its non-intuitive position, that beast mode will refuse to lock together.

• Bazooka(Basic,1999)

• ID number:D-38
• Release date:March??, 1999
• Accessories:"Axe Buster" weapon
• Known designers:Takashi Kunihiro(TakaraTomy),Masakatsu Saito(concept artist)

Part of the third wave ofBeast Wars Neoproducts in Takara'sBeast Warstoyline, Bazooka is a Basic Class figure that transforms into an organicEuoplocephalus.Inbeast mode,his mouth opens slightly when you pull forward on the small spike on his right cheek as his "Crash Bite" attack. His tail is spring-loaded and can be lifted up and locked into an upright position and then released via a small button on his back, simulating his pounding "Gigaton Stomp" attack. Stored under his tail is his small "Axe Buster" weapon that can be used inrobot modeas either an axe or a blaster, depending on which peg is used to hold it.

Bazooka is notoriously hard to get into beast mode, with the two massive chunks of his armored back not wanting to line up properly unless you somehow position his ball-jointed robot partsjuuuuuuuuuustright without any of them locking down or tabbing in or any other method of securing them in the proper, unintuitive position. Good luck.

This mold was also used to make theWalmart-exclusiveDinobotsSlapper.

• More information on Bazooka at TFU.info

A "Shell in a Cell" match

• Extreme Showdown: Bump VS Bazooka(VS pack, 1999)

• ID number:VS-38
• Release date:March??, 1999
• Accessories:"Axe Buster" weapon

Bazooka was also available in the "Extreme Showdown" ( cực hạn の đối quyếtkyokugen no taiketsu) two-pack with theMaximalBump,also released in the third wave ofNeotoys.

Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

Notes

• Development art for the Bazooka toy shows another large panel of beast mode back-armor hanging off his butt that does not exist on the final toy. Just where exactly this piece ofkibblewouldgoin beast mode is uncertain.
• Bazooka is one of threeBeast Wars Neotoyswhose designs were determined via a contest held byTV Magazine.The winning designs were revealed in the April 1999 issue. The other winning designs becameArchadisandMach Kick.
• TheBeast Wars: Uprisingincarnation of Bazooka is a "virtual redeco" ofGenerationsWarpath.