Scarem

Scarem is a Predacon from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

Scarem is a cold, calculating Transmetal 2 beetle. He fights with an aggression and resentment borne of his tumultuous origin, making him a dangerous opponent for any Maximal.

Fiction

Toy bios

Scarem was created by Megatron as a result of the latter's cloning experiments. Scarem bio

2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity

One account was that Scarem was among the Decepticons who surrendered to the Autobots at the very end of the Great War. Dawn of the Predacus

Another account tells that Scarem was in a stasis pod aboard the Axalon which was remotely-reprogrammed at Magmatron's behest, introducing a Predacon shell program into his protoform. Something went wrong and Scarem, while now a Predacon in programming, still feels the moralistic twinges of a Maximal deep within his core. This causes him all manner of angst. Beast Wars Sourcebook #3

Magmatron came to prehistoric Earth to gather an army using the Axalon's protoforms. Scarem was among the protoforms to be successfully turned into Predacons. Magmatron ordered his forces to seek out the double-agent Razorbeast and his crew of Maximals. Within a few days, the Predacons had located the Maximal headquarters, and battle ensued. During that battle, Scarem tangled with Ramulus. The Maximals won that fight, and the surviving Predacons retreated into the wilderness. The Gathering #4

2005 IDW continuity

Scarem was one of Onyx Prime's Maximals. When the Maximals invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling Arcee and fell to his death when Arcee disrupted the gravity generator in Nemesis. Unforgivable

Toys

Beast Wars

• Scarem (Basic Transmetal 2, 1999)

• Known designers: Aaron Archer (Hasbro), Masakatsu Saito (concept artist), Doug Hart (packaging artist)

Part of the first wave of fourth-year Beast Wars Basics, Scarem transforms into a Transmetal 2 scarab, though he incorporates several elements of the European stag beetle (Lucanus cervus) in his head shape and mandibles. His chest flips open to reveal his spark crystal.

Along with fellow Transmetals 2 Tigerhawk, Optimus Minor, and Sonar, Scarem has a bizarre feature where he can gain extra limbs; his robot legs can separate, making him a quadruped (as he is portrayed in his package art).

This toy was sold in Japan in theaters as an "import", in Hasbro packaging with Japanese stickers in conjunction with 1999 Summer Toei Anime Fair.

• More information on Scarem at TFU.info

Notes

• The version that appears on the packaging cross-sell uses an earlier color scheme planned for the figure. Most notably, said color scheme replaces the green paint with yellow and uses a darker shade of green for the plastic.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Scream (スクリーム Sukurīmu)