Mistakes and Mayhem, Prowl's first plan was easily foiled by Starscream's combiners; after watching Starscream use the Enigma of Combination to incorporate Scoop and make Devastator loyal to him, Rattrap stole the artifact when Starscream's back was turned, sprang Swindle from his cell, and asked him to create a diversion while Prowl put his backup plan into play. We're an exploration ship, not a battle cruiser! Unfortunately it caused unpredictable effects, resulting in the four Maximals being captured by Tankor. The Maximals were forced to move in to the cavern housing the Ark after Rampage destroyed the Axalon. After following the Predacons through a transwarp portal and appearing above a mysterious planet, both ships were damaged in the ensuing space battle, and before both ships crashed into the planet's surface below, the stasis pods carrying the rest of "Rattrap's" crew were ejected into orbit. The robot's eyes were bright red and when he opened his mouth you could see two buck teeth. He had a fangasm upon seeing Animated characters at the show, gushing to the others about all the Beast Wars references had been in it. Startled and embarrassed, they both decided to delete their memories of the incident. Rattrap also commented that the Maximals "survived" and were "the baddest! Two Giant Bases! This, of course, prompted Rattrap to make more smart-ass comments about the Maximals' situation. The Maximals continued to defend the base, and were on the verge of defeat, until Optimal Primal appeared, reborn in a Transmetal body, and fought the Predacons off. When they later tried to gain entry to the Council Citadel, Rattrap found his inability to transform caused him to be pretty much useless in battle. Fortunately, the braces stopped working and he reverted to his normal self before he could do any harm. The resulting sneak attack meant the end of Megatron, who perished in the battle's explosive finale. He was almost caught by Tarantulas but disabled him and signaled Optimus, who attacked the Predacon base with the other Maximals. Unfortunately this also allowed Megatron to learn the shield harmonics, enabling the Vehicons to bypass the shields as well. Though he was greatly discouraged, Cheetor announced they had to find the lost sparks. The Gender Gap Tigatron approached Rattrap to talk about Transformers, but Rattrap quickly realized he only liked series with cute girls in them and asked if Tigatron knew anything about Beast Wars. The Becoming, Starscream and Rattrap joined the Autobots and Decepticons in defense of Cybertron against the billions of Ammonites summoned by Shockwave for the final stages of his plan. 60 When the world came under attack from rampaging Targetmasters, Rattrap huddled behind Trailbreaker's force field. Although Rattrap wanted to hide in the train car, Primal snatched him up and escaped just as the tank drones fired upon him. Rattrap was hiding in a monorail car when Primal stumbled upon him. Also touching is Rattrap's final goodbye: "You may be a slag spouting saurian, but it's nice to know where you stand." Beast Wars. Rattrap dashed to the shuttle and cut the connection in time, and the pair were subsequently rescued from the three generals by Optimus and Cheetor. In the firefight, Rattrap was forced to fire on Optimus, blasting him from the sky and seemingly confirming his traitorous ways. For Rattrap, this simply meant that his complaining became even more incessant until Cheetor started chasing him around. Beast Wars Metals #4, And after that, Rattrap's and Rhinox's monitoring skills came in handy again, as they hacked into the security cameras of the Ark and saw that Megatron was planning to kill Optimus Prime. "TransTech" Blackarachnia's profile in Club magazine #25 At one point he even went so far as to fake his own death, encouraging reports that he'd died on the road to Damaxus. His Vehicle mode is a rat on wheels or 'beast-vehicle' form, folding his hind feet up into the extending rear wheels, flipping up his front legs, and pulling out a pair of exhaust pipes. Rattrap knew Scoop from before and had never trusted him, even calling him jealous of the more successful bots. 07:00:00, When Optimus used his growing political clout among the colonists to unilaterally declare Earth a member of the Council of Worlds, Rattrap participated in the emergency meeting that followed. LG03 Tankor Prologue. The rat and the spider engaged in a heated duel in Tarantulas' underground lair, with Rattrap gaining the upper hand by using a heat box to fool the spider's thermal scanner. Post Hoc, When the Great War began, Rattrap joined the Autobots and was deployed to the backwater planet of Z'verei. Escape, When the Heralds of Unicron destabilized the Decepticon space bridge nexus, causing the space bridges to become windows to other dimensions, Jetfire caught a glimpse of Tigatron and Rattrap in one of the portals. Things We Said We'd Never Do The Combaticons duly activated the Enigma and transformed into the gigantic Bruticus, prompting Rattrap and the others to make a run for it. In his new form, Rattrap became a large green rat with a "toolkit" on his back, containing such things as flashlights and computer ports. Heavy Not long afterwards, Rattrap bothered Starscream with a stack of urgent briefs, though his boss had more important business on his mind. Survivor With Optimus and Cheetor now constantly coming to blows over leadership decisions, Rattrap would often find himself in the middle of their arguments. The Web, During an energon storm, Rattrap tried fruitlessly to raise Optimus, only for their leader to arrive and scrub the mission Cheetor was due to go out on. 32 witnessed a defeated Weirdwolf return for revenge on Chromedome, Bonus Edition Vol. The Youth Gap, While it was expected that Axalon employees use their robot modes while working, it being their "serious adult" mode, Rattrap instead worked in beast mode then transformed to go toy shopping when the work day was over. Fleeing, they hid in a handy building which turned out to contain a holographic entertainment unit, much to Rattrap's delight. Aphelion The rest of the team - left rudderless and disaffected after Galvatron's failed invasion of Earth—would factor into Rattrap's growing power plays; using the pseudonym of "DC-357", he lied to them that Swindle was still alive, being held prisoner by Starscream, and this rumor would go on to take hold in the majority of Iacon's Decepticon population. Finis Temporis When the arrival of the Lost Light and Metroplex (at Starscream's bidding) turned the tide and saved New Iacon from complete destruction, Rattrap quietly reaffirmed his loyalty to Starscream over Scoop or the others. Taken to Megatron, the Maximals were in danger of having their sparks extracted, however Rattrap's spontaneous random transformations broke him free of the energon bonds, and he was able to free everyone. After another skirmish with the Vehicons, Blackarachnia revealed she'd discovered that the three generals held the sparks of their missing friends. Instead, while Rattrap was crossing a log over a lava flow, the clone kicked the log out from under him. Ripping off Rattrap's arm, Blackarachnia was only spurred to leave after seeing what she thought was Rhinox committing suicide. They found that Blackarachnia had used Rattrap's device to turn Jetstorm back into Silverbolt and Rattrap was overjoyed to have at least one of their friends back. As the other Maximals arrived, accusing him of being a traitor, tensions mounted between the two. Rattrap made no secret of his desire to be somewhere else. The Golden Disk, a historic Maximal artifact, had been stolen by a rogue group of Predacons led by a Predacon criminal who had dubbed himself Megatron. Naturally, Al-Badur betrayed them when he saw a chance, trapping Sentinel and Cryotek behind a force field over a spatial portal, and nearly snaring Rattrap and the others as well. Bonus Edition Vol. Rattrap's response was "Eh, what can I say? LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue This led to Windblade attempting to destroy the world again, and Rattrap despaired when Armada Starscream tried to sacrifice himself to destroy her. A 'Bot and Her City After Windblade was injured by a mysterious explosion, Rattrap and Starscream paid her a visit to try and intimidate her into cutting off her investigation into Metroplex's inner workings. Rhinox moved to shut Sentinel down and let her in, but Rattrap stopped him, saying that if he shut it down, they'd die for sure. New Worlds Order The Council later met with Optimus to hear his side of the story; although Prime insisted that his intentions were pure, its members unanimously voted against allowing Earth a seat on the Council. Bonus Edition Rattrap When the Starscream-possessed Waspinator of the Beast Wars world attacked Metroplex, Rattrap offered to help his other self fight by transforming into his Transformer mode, but even together they couldn't beat him. Victory, After Rhinox was captured by the Predacons, Rattrap managed to tap into his friend's comlink, and the Maximals listened in horror as Rhinox was converted into a Predacon by Megatron's Transmuter. As Rattrap piloted the Autobot shuttle back to Cybertron, he observed his companions sleeping in back, and drifted off himself, beginning to dream... Rattrap was woken up by Primal, but wouldn't elaborate on what he had been dreaming. It's not so much that Rattrap is a coward... he just doesn't want to die. The Maximals and Predacons were forced to take organic forms from the local creatures; Rattrap took the form of a (very oversized) rat, and was dismayed to find that they were going to have to use the disguises to avoid the energon radiation. He'd sooner shoot a Predacon or Decepticon than talk to them. Rattrap is a highly respected, top-notch soldier who is used mostly for reconnaissance, continually prowling the city streets for any Predacon activities. Master of the House, The other Maximals kept the Vehicons busy while Rattrap broke into the Cybertron Archives, only to find the ancient library had been wiped clean. During the Quintesson invasion of the newly techno-organic Cybertron, Rattrap was with Botanica when she sensed a disturbance in the earth. And after that, Rattrap and Rhinox used their monitors to see Airazor struggling with a mind-controlled Tigatron. Bonus Edition Deadlock, While visiting the Transformers Fes2016 event, Rattrap bore witness to an unbelievable sight: the appearance of the "real" Rattrap from Beast Wars! Silverbolt disregarded Rattrap's commentary and charged right in. As things quickly went south, he realized the futility of the war, and went on to become part of a resistance cell fighting against the status quo. Bonus Edition Vol. With Sentinel's defenses gradually depleting, Rattrap remarked that they were all going to die. Home Soil Though the Maximals were finding they had an easier time dealing with just Thrust, Megatron soon introduced two new Vehicon generals—Obsidian and Strika—who almost got the better of the Maximals until a vision prompted Botanica to lend a hand. They were nearly caught up in Rook's media coverage on the way out of the underground, but Rattrap side-stepped the camera-bot. 36 and later he was present for the defeat of Apeface. The Predacons triumphed, expelling the Maximals into the wilderness, however the Predacon occupation didn't last long, as internal conflict in their ranks allowed the Maximals to retake their base. The Line Between Us, As Optimus' plans on Earth slowly spiralled out of control, Rattrap joined Starscream as they watched the Autobot leader try to deflect the Cybertronian press while fending off an EDC assault; he commemorated the occasion by preparing a bag of Energon goodies. Megatron managed to get on board and blasted everyone but Rattrap, attempting to crush the Maximal with his bare hands (or at least his beast mode jaws). Yes, technically Beast Wars is part of G1 , but the comics continuity is slightly different - for instance, Rattrap was alive during the … Other Voices, Part 1 Returning to base, the Maximals discovered it had been compromised, and Rattrap and Airazor found Blackarachnia in the hold with a spacecraft Tarantulas had constructed from a stasis pod. 59 Ginrai called upon Rattrap to grant him Getmaster powers during a duel with Giga and Mega, though he still lost to his opponents' Shinchōkon. Beast Wars Rattrap Share. Make no mistake, Rattrap is a hero and how much of one may very well play a part in the mystery of Beast Wars. The purpose of this model is unknown, though, At one point in the series, Rattrap says, "What in the name of my, Rattrap makes a cameo appearance in "Nor Iron Bars a Cage", an episode of Mainframe's. The 3.5-inch mini-figure allows fans to collect a mini version of the iconic character to pose out with other Rattrap toys at larger scales! Rattrap is a Transformer in the Beast Wars Universe.He is a member of the Maximals. Descent Though Cheetor was skeptical, they revived Tankor, only to find themselves being chased across the city by the enraged Vehicon. Clash and Wrath of the Cybertronian Titans, https://beast-wars.fandom.com/wiki/Rattrap?oldid=5797. 2 At another point, Rattrap woke up in a technorganic body that he thought looked weird, like some sort of modern art. They made it there after Primal had taken care of business and were reunited with all the other Maximals who had been separated. 5 That Christmas, Rattrap partied with his co-workers and confused Dinobot by gifting him a Heinrad toy. Sentinel Maximus grabbed hold of Cryotek and pulled him into the yawning portal, sacrificing himself to remove the Predacon gangster from Cybertron. Black Metal, Rattrap began to see the tide of public opinion turning against Starscream in the wake of the "lost prophecy" (which somehow made its way from Scoop's cell to the general public). Universe: Beast Era Transforms into: Cybertronian motorcycle, giant rat, giant robotic rat, technorganic rat Faction: Maximals Voiced by: Scott McNeil Appearances: Beast Wars cartoon Rattrap was the navigator of the crew of the Maximal exploration ship called the Axalon commanded by Optimus Primal. With the floating head plummeting, Rattrap managed to activate the manual controls so that Optimus could take control of it. Jealous of Scoop's growing popularity on the very first night of his rulership, Rattrap approached him and offered his aid to the new ruler of Iacon. He brought to Starscream's attention the "sunrise" coming over the horizon...and the fact that sunrise was still a few hours away. 62 Next the city was flooded by Tigerburn who turned Rattrap and his friends into Laser Beasts and left them floating on rafts, which really annoyed him and had him demanding to know why people from Beast kept coming over. It worked, but while he was explaining to Sideswipe who they were, Tigatron upset Strongarm, who locked them both up in stasis cells. 21 He was then silently present for a bunch of occurrences, including Galvatron's rampage, Bonus Edition Vol. Ping The battle ended with the Liege Maximo released from the bowels of Vigilem, and, as Starscream struggled to keep his fragmented government together, Rattrap brought him news of Carcerian leader Elita One's growing popularity. A vote was left stalemated until Optimus managed to get a signal to the base and named Rattrap group commander in his absence. Rattrap found himself having to pack up his collection of Predacon parts, which has particularly full of Waspinator bits, as Rhinox explained that they might need to move the Ark. Windblade vol. Changing of the Guard, Rattrap's suspicions of Blackarachnia continued when he spotted her lurking around restricted areas. Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the N64 version of the game was beaten with said character. While there, he adopted a new alternate mode based off the native Z'verein mole-rats and fought Decepticons for millions of years. The remaining Predacon troops were subsequently taken prisoner. As the victorious Maximals left Earth in a refitted Autobot shuttle, Rattrap was more than surprised to learn that old chopper face's clone was responsible for saving them, but very happy—they were going home, and they wouldn't have to see Megatron until after they got there, as he was strapped to the roof of their shuttle. Rattrap, Blackarachnia and Optimus ate fruit from the tree, causing their beast instincts to overcome them, until Cheetor blasted the tree. After a disorderly retreat, Rattrap followed Blackarachnia to the spaceport, where they encountered three new Vehicon generals. Back on the Axalon, Optimus congratulated Rattrap on a job well done, adding that he didn't need to make his "defection" that believable (as he rubbed where Rattrap had shot him). The Darksyde disappeared through a transwarp portal, and Rattrap and the Maximals followed. Abduction. While firing off a blaster at nothing in particular, he was attacked on Cybertron by Blackarachnia, who had been abducted and corrupted by the Chaos-Bringer. 8 Rattrap went on to ask Swerve some questions regarding his few appearances in the cartoon and new name, and was really impressed by Swerve's cool, laid-back answers that those things weren't important to him. Following the Great Transformation, the Maximals learned that Rhinox's spirit had crossed over into the Legends Universe, an alternate dimension where they were all fictional characters. With Optimus's help, they realised what was happening and managed to work together to overcome the virus. Rattrap checked out the city's central core and reported it was flat-lining. Three Monologues When the war ended and Cybertron was once more habitable, Rattrap returned home with other Transformers, both combatants and non-combatants. They continued on, managing to nearly reach the Maximal base when they came under attack by Terrorsaur and Waspinator. Scoop informed them of the legends in the Covenant of Primes about a false prophet and the black titan that would herald him. Verified Purchase. His beast mode is a Rat.He later became a Transmetal.He has a tendency of giving his comrades nicknames. 35 While partying at the Dancitron, Rattrap was among those brainwashed by Soundblaster into attacking Blaster, Bonus Edition Vol. Rattrap hacked into Tankor's processor, unlocking memories about what had happened when they reached Cybertron. The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter, Rattrap was caught in the chaos when the original Megatron and Armada Megatron formed an alliance to conquer the world, The Autumn Megatron Festival Chapter but to his amazement, Alpha Trion had foreseen this and put a stop to them. His beast form is a giant rat and later becomes a mechanical Transmetal rat. Tensions eventually boiled over, leading to a brief conflict in postwar Iacon that ended after Starscream, supposedly the "Chosen One", All Good Things renounced his Decepticon allegiance and exiled the Autobots and Decepticons from the city, prompting several Autobots and Decepticons, including Rattrap, to abandon their old factions. Tangled Web, Rattrap's relationship with Dinobot was sorely tested when Dinobot temporarily returned to the Predacon side. End of the Line. The two factions were locked in a firefight, though the advantage lay with the Predacons. When Scoop descended from the tower, Rattrap got under his feet and caused him to drop his toolbox. You can help Transformers Wiki by expanding it. The Moles moved in on Botanica, but Rattrap used his spark power to whisk her out of danger. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Rattrap's fate in those outcomes. Other than that this is a really nice figure, much more detailed and involved than the original rattrap. Feeling a bit guilty, Rattrap proceeded to use himself to cushion Airazor's crash-landing. With some encouragement from the Maximals and an encounter with the Matrix, Optimus chose life, returning to them. Forbidden Fruit. When he does encounter conflict, he deals with it masterfully with the arsenal of guns and bombs he keeps on himself at all times. Voice Actor Drama, The technorganic Rattrap of Primax 1103.12-R Gamma was abducted by Unicron, as was Thrust and, from earlier in their reality's timeline, Terrorsaur. Things We Said We'd Never Do, With both Starscream's and Prowl's machinations in pieces, Rattrap was appointed the first delegate for Cybertron on the new Council of Worlds. Primal's newfound intuition soon reunited the pair with Cheetor and Blackarachnia. Three Monologues Shortly afterwards, Starscream was affected by Tyrest's universal killswitch, sending Rattrap scurrying for cover from this unknown attacker. Later still, Rattrap spared no sarcasm in mocking Silverbolt, after the other Maximal gave a long melodramatic speech over Blackarachnia, offering the services of his invisible violin. Then, suddenly, Predacon fire ceased entirely. The Maximals attempted to find the chamber containing the fruit tree again, leading to a fight with the Vehicons during which everyone was knocked out, and Nightscream abducted. Unfortunately they were too late to prevent Megatron taking control of ship, and Primal was taken prisoner. Nemesis Part 1. Legends Bonus Vol. Strange still, he was plagued by visions of Optimus Minor, Bonecrusher, and Wolfang, but couldn't recall who these three were anymore. He shouldn't be so worried. Aftermath After finding a stasis pod containing a blank, Rhinox put himself into some sort of trance-like state. Crossing the Rubicon Megatron's next plan saw Quickstrike taking control of Optimus Primal, disabling the other Maximals and locking them in a cage. Though this also caused the other Maximals to return to normal, Megatron took advantage of the situation to escape from his bonds atop of the ship! Worse still, the unique composition of the Quintesson portal chamber resisted the effects of the reformatting, and was completely blocked off from the planet's organic core. Bonus Edition Vol. High above, one of the moons opened up, revealing what Rattrap would later dub the "Planet Buster". Rattrap is a Maximal, and the Axalon's Demolition's expert. 7 Clone Corps searching the city. Shaking with the simultaneous panic and joy of a fan meeting their idol, he proceeded to ask his alternate self for an autograph. He offered the Wreckers' ally Devcon a restored commission as Peace Marshall in the Iacon territories, but the hunter declined. Call of the Wild, Rattrap was part of the group of Maximals who were searching for energon when Scorponok triggered an explosion, blinding them all. He did this once when Rattrap disobeyed his order to rescue Cheetor during the first battle with the Predacons on Earth when the feline was stuck, and later when Dinobot almost accidentally slagged Rhinox during a battle against Waspinator and Terrorsaur when the Maximals were trying to reach to an Energon mountain. 17, After enjoying an episode of Adventure with Tigatron, Rattrap had the idea of using the wish-granting power of the Legends Universe to travel the Adventure world through their dreams. The Maximals managed to salvage enough to get their own ship working. Double Dinobot, Rattrap and the other Maximals later welcomed Airazor to the Beast Wars. Botanica yanked him out of the holographic world, and he subsequently used the device to keep Strika occupied. A while later, Cheetor once again returned, but it was clear all wasn't right, and Rattrap was surprised to discover that the young bot had been mutated by the strange properties of the transmetal driver. Beast Wars Metals #6, Rattrap was forged. Rattrap later met the interdimensional visitor Sky-Byte, explaining to him that Transformers were fictional in their world and that he wasn't super popular compared to the big-name characters (though Rattrap himself liked him). As "DC-357", Rattrap sent another communique to the Combaticons, providing them with a suit of Badgeless armor to help destabilize the increasingly fraught peace; following the murder of another Decepticon, anti-Badgeless riots and protests broke out. Rattrap's response: "Eh, command's a pain in the tail, especially with this pack of hyenas. Simultaneously, the evil overlord unleashed a torrent of projectiles, which Rattrap desperately attempt to avoid, with only semi-success. I want to tell you about the Transformers! Rhinox was able to guide the other Maximals in fighting the Predacons off while blinded. Beast Wars Metals #5, He and Rhinox raced to the Ark in their vehicle modes, but were too slow to arrive in time to help. He was heavily featured in episodes: 3. As Dinobot's spark left his body, Rattrap was the first to stand and, with utter sincerity, salute the fallen hero. They were immediately detected and asked to leave, but they'd provided the necessary distraction for Tigatron to get into the Predacon base. The Will of the Few With Starscream in a bad mood, Rattrap went along with his boss's harebrained scheme to found a new holiday, and although it didn't go according to plan he nevertheless gave Starscream the gift of friendship for a night. Bonus Edition Rhinox Rattrap was aghast when Skids set out to send all his friends from other dimensions back to where they came from, and when this struggle led to the apparent death of G1 Megatron, he mustered up the courage to place himself in the line of fire and tell Skids to leave their peaceful world alone. 65 but to his joy, Topspin repaired all the damage. 31 days, 31 … He appeared in two different bodies: Due to the nature of this game, a player may select various individual characters to perform the feats required in every level, and complete the game's narrative. When the cave the Predacons were protecting exploded, Rattrap congratulated Silverbolt on his shot, but Silverbolt denied doing anything. After Rhinox had been provided with a new body, Rattrap returned with him to their home dimension. He refused to get rid of his toys, however, preferring to live life with a Transformer body rather than lose his collection. Dawn of Future's Past, Following the Great Transformation of Cybertron, Rattrap and his friends stood guard over Cheetor as their leader attempted to commune with the Oracle. You, Me, and the Universe As Starscream struggled to control the Decepticon uprising, Rattrap witnessed him shoot Swindle—who had been a willing coconspirator in Starscream's imperialist aims—in the back to silence him. A Change to the Agenda In the wildly different timeline that followed, Rattrap's life would take a very different track. 24 Galvatron's return and defeat of Hardhead, Bonus Edition Vol. He shouldn't be so worried. Black Planet They succeeded, though, with Metalhawk destroying the drive and Starscream killing Jhiaxus in combat. 20, When the Autobot Headmasters visited to get Axalon Co.'s help in making transtectors, Rattrap and Optimus Primal protested that they wanted payment, which led to the Autobots and Axalon merging into one company. Lord Megatron Goes to the Legends World, Finding his collection of beast Mini-Cons stolen by the Armada Megatron, Rattrap took revenge by taking Dragoyell's place when Megatron tried to powerlinx with the Mini-Con. Wanting try out being a Mini-Con, Rattrap acted as a weapon for the Autobot and defeated Trypticon with a mighty ribbon bomb. The Maximals managed to find him, leading them to battle more Vehicons, and the discovery of a fossil cave which they would use for their base. The Agenda (Part III), Though Blackarachnia turned against Megatron and assisted the Maximals in starting to repair the damage Megatron had done to Optimus Prime, Rattrap was not particularly sympathetic, threatening to shoot her, even on pain of injury by Silverbolt. Eeeeewwww... Rattrap bio, The 'bot who would become "Rattrap" was once the best miner in the Vespa System. Deep Metal Rattrap was picked for a mission to enter the submerged remains of the Axalon and retrieve Sentinel, mostly because he was the only one small enough to fit in the subaquatic stealth vessel which Blackarachnia had built. Rattrap is a Maximal soldier/spy who served in the Beast Wars and the Spark War on Cybertron in Beast Machines and one of the few Maximals who survived all the way to the end. Terminus. Rattrap arrived at the battlefield along with the other Maximals to find Dinobot damaged beyond recovery. Bonus Edition Vol. The Medium and the Message. Bonus Edition Vol. Visitations, Later, Rattrap and the other Maximals set out to investigate a temporal anomaly detected by Rhinox. Ultimately, Starscream confessed to his own crimes in the first debate; as a result, he, Airachnid, the Combaticons, and Starscream were all given life sentences after Windblade triumphed in the election and became the next leader of Cybertron. Eeeeewwww... ". This also provided a crucial distraction, allowing Tigatron to destroy the island's power source. He prefers to sneak around unseen, in gutters or trenches or trash barges or what have you—whatever keeps him out of harm's way. After meeting the two's Mini-Con partners, which were as small as him but still valued allies, Rattrap felt better about himself and cheered the Autobots on. Bonus Edition Vol. Everything ended peacefully, though, prompting him to celebrate with Waspinator and attempt to claim Armada Megatron's abandoned Unicron of Light toy. Under the circumstances, Rattrap's rarely seen sense of nobility and fair play came to the fore; recognizing the predicament as his own fault, he immediately volunteered to stay inside the base and deactivate Sentinel. A while later, Rattrap's distrust of Ravage proved well founded—Ravage was turned against them by Megatron, and Rattrap had to radio a warning to Primal. 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