Transmutate is a damaged, mutant female Transformer featured in the Beast Wars episode "Transmutate". She is a partially Transmetal protoform who was born from a severely damaged stasis pod. Due to the damage, she cannot transform and has a childlike mind. Despite her innocence, she possesses a powerful sonic scream capable of incapacitating enemies. Both the Maximal Silverbolt and the Predacon Rampage form a bond with her, but the Maximal/Predacon war ultimately leads to her destruction. They were voiced by Susan Blu.
History[]
Transmutate's stasis pod was one of many aboard the Axalon and at some point crashed from Earth orbit in seismically-unstable Grid Deltron. The heavily-damaged pod later became uncovered by the region's earthquakes and Transmutate explosively freed itself, revealing a warped and asymmetrical form that quickly provoked strong emotional reactions from those nearby: fascination from Rampage, disdain from Rattrap, compassion from Silverbolt, and greed from Inferno. Presented with the choice of Maximal or Predacon, it hesitated and when Inferno accidentally shot it, it unleashed its sonic scream. With the Maximals out of commission as a result and feeling he'd found a kindred spirit, Rampage lost no time in befriending Transmutate. Though Megatron failed to see the value in the mutant, deriding it as ugly and unable to transform and ordering it be destroyed, Rampage intended to prove the strange newcomer a worthy ally. He and Inferno persuaded it to act as bait for a trap for Silverbolt. When Transmutate was reluctant to finish off the Maximal, Inferno pushed the creature aside and was promptly blasted into the distance for his troubles.
Optimus Primal arrived and, defeating Rampage, persuaded Transmutate to return with him to the Axalon for a scan. The results were discouraging—Optimus felt that Transmutate was a danger to itself and everyone around it, and Rhinox suggested immediately putting it into stasis lock. Silverbolt was the only one to speak up angrily on its behalf. Walking through the base alone, Transmutate heard Rampage calling out to it, and opted to leave the Axalon to join him.
Silverbolt quickly found the pair and immediately came to blows with Rampage. Transmutate tried to get the two to stop, landing between them right as they each fired missiles. Transmutate blazed with power, trying to halt the missiles, but was shattered in the resulting explosion. Though Transmutate lingered conscious for long enough to bid goodbye to its friends, its spark extinguished and it died, leaving both Silverbolt and Rampage devastated.
Trivia[]
- The Transformers Timelines toyline provided a different potential of the character. Instead of a malformed mutant by the time Maximals and Predacons found her, Transmutate was meant to become a female Cybertronian resembling Aligned iteration of Arcee appearance-wise but that's not it all. Although similarly possessing tremendous power her brethren could only envy of, Transmutate was rather focusing on seeing beauty in things, even those who monstrous on the first glance.
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