Terrorsaur (Armada)

Terrorsaur is a Decepticon, and later the Horseman Famine, from the Armada portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Terrorsaur is an obnoxious, loud-mouthed thug who no one likes. But he also happens to be a coolly-effective warrior on the battlefield, which is the only reason why his Decepticon comrades tolerate him. Of course, they'd never actually tell him he's a natural in the ways of combat. That'd just reinforce Terrorsaur's already over-blown ego.

Terrorsaur's partnered with the Mini-Con Ironhide. Claimed by Terrorsaur after he killed her old Autobot partner, Ironhide became nothing more than a slave to the despicable Decepticon.^[1]

Fiction

Dreamwave Armada comic

When Unicron attacked Cybertron, Terrorsaur raced into battle with alongside the Autobots Rhinox, Airazor and Cheetor, though he made it clear he didn't want to hear any Autobot pep talks. Suddenly, all four of them were captured by Unicron so that he could cull their memories and learn what had preceded his arrival. The End

Dreamwave Energon comic

Millions of years ago, Terrorsaur was part of a squad of Decepticons under the command of Scorponok. No Exit

Terrorsaur returned ten years after his kidnapping by Unicron, now changed into Famine, one of Unicron's Four Horsemen under the command of Alpha Quintesson. This Evil Reborn The Horsemen returned to Cybertron and began wreaking havoc, What Lies Beneath until the Cybertronians were imbued with the ability to powerlinx with each other. This new power allowed them to repel Famine and the others. What Lies Beneath, Part Two

Some time thereafter, the Terrorcons' mission on Earth was not proceeding to Alpha Quintessons' wishes. Unicron's Four Horsemen thus forcibly retrieved the Terrorcons from battle through small warpgates to reassess the plans. What Lies Beneath, Part Four

Terrorsaur and the Horsemen continued to do the bidding of Alpha Quintesson as months passed. Doomsday Redux! Still, they became suspicious over time as to whether Alpha Quintesson actually spoke for Unicron's wishes. In order to keep them busy, the Quintesson distracted them with an attack on the Autobots' Mars base. Armageddon Part 2 By breaking through Mars's defenses, the Horsemen planned to bring down Earth's defensive shield for their master's return. Armageddon Part 3 Unfortunately for their plan, the Autobots unleashed Omega Supreme to defend the Mars base from further attack. Armageddon Part 4 Omega Supreme was victorious in battle against Terrorsaur and the Four Horsemen. Armageddon Part 5

Toys

Armada

• Terrorsaur with Ironhide (Super-Con, 2003)

• Takara release date: June ??, 2003
• Accessories: Left & right wing-blades
• Known designers: Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)

Released in the fifth wave of Armada Super-Cons, Terrorsaur is a redeco and minor retooling of the Beast Wars Deluxe Class Transmetal Terrorsaur, transforming into a robotic Pteranodon. In beast mode, his wings feature flip-up panels to reveal VTOL fans and "attack blades", plus his backside opens up to reveal twin thrusters. He has been retooled to feature Powerlinx plugs for Mini-Cons; while they don't activate any gimmicks, they are painted with "energy bursts" to look cool. In robot mode, his wing-tips become hand-held blade weapons. He came with his Mini-Con partner Ironhide.

As a hasty addition to the Armada toyline to meet demand, Terrorsaur was not available in Takara's normal retail Legend of the Microns line. He was, however, offered in Japan as a "USA Edition" release, exclusive to JUSCO stores.

This mold was differently retooled (adding a spark crystal) to make Beast Machines Terranotron. The original mold was to have been released as the Transmetal form of Fractyl. The non-toy character Ravenus uses a combination of the two retools for his mutated form, having both the Powerlinx plugs and the spark crystal (representing his Doomstone).

• More information on Terrorsaur at TFU.info

Notes

• Armada Terrorsaur's coloration was later used for the Beast Era character Backslash, who shares a vehicular body-type with the original Terrorsaur.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Terrorsaurer (テラザウラー Terazaurā)

References