Scourge (BW)

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

"My cousins got to plague ancient Egypt and all I got was this stupid toy gig..."

Scourge is psychotic. Scourge specializes in bio-warfare. Scourge is butt-ugly. 'Nuff said.

Fiction

Timelines

Voice actor: Brian Orms (English)

Scourge, disguised as the Autobot Ricochet, interrogated the captured Tripredacus agent Flamewar. Upon determining that Flamewar could be trusted not to betray her employers, he invited her into the organization of the Predacon insurrectionist Megatron. She accepted. Intimidation Game

2006 IDW Beast Wars continuity

Almost as disfigured as Scourge himself.

Scourge was among the Predacons recruited by Magmatron following his arrival on ancient Earth, from one of the many protoforms scattered across the planet. The Gathering #2

Sent to find Maximals out southwest, Scourge ventured into a swamp along with Transquito, Insecticon, Retrax, and Powerpinch. He was very happy to be able to fire onto unsuspecting prey. Unfortunately, they encountered the territorial Mutants, who proceeded to beat the slag out of them. Being the only two Predacons standing after witnessing Powerpinch being dismembered, Scourge and Insecticon quickly turned abdomens, noting the area as "clear with nothing to report." The Gathering #3

He later accompanied Ravage and many other Predacons in seeking out Razorbeast and his forces at the Maximal lair. They managed to surround the Maximals, and he prepared for the final blow...

...to a nice restaurant and buy them dinner!

...only to have his right wing torn off by Bantor (and left behind when he ran off) during a large battle between the Predacon and Maximal forces when Torca burst onto the scene with reinforcements. The Gathering #4

The Predacons didn't give up so easily, though, and Scourge later participated in another attack on the Maximal lair. The Ascending #1 As part of the flying insect squad, he fought well against the ground-bound Maximals... until his wings were broken again and he got kicked in the chest by Mach Kick. The Ascending #2

The battle was interrupted by the arrival of Rartorata, a minion of Shokaract sent to destroy both the Predacons and Maximals. After firing at this new foe from the ground for a bit, Scourge took to the air again and helped several other fliers wrestle him to the ground. Shortly afterwards, he was deemed fit enough to return to Cybertron and help defeat Shokaract himself. The Ascending #3 Led by Noctorro, Scourge participated in an aerial attack on Shokaract, and was blasted out of the air almost immediately for his efforts. The Ascending #4

Beast Wars: Uprising

Skurge (though he liked to spell his name "Scourge" like the infamous Decepticon) Derailment was on the Predacon team in a monumental match of the Games, which was interrupted by Lio Convoy's assassination of Supersonic and call for an uprising against the Builders. Broken Windshields He remained behind with some teammates, declaring a victory for the Predacons. Head Games

Subsequently, he became part of Queen Rage's army during the Grand Uprising. When the Vehicon Apocalypse came, Skurge and Shutterbug were deployed to scout the infested Proximax. Shutterbug was assimilated by the Vehicons, with Skurge barely escaping with his life, forcing Rage to take the Vehicon threat seriously. Derailment

2005 IDW continuity

Scourge was one of Onyx Prime's Maximals. When the Maximals invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling Arcee. Unforgivable

Toys

Beast Wars

Tell me I'm pretty.

• Scourge (Deluxe Transmetal 2, 1999)

• Accessories: 2 missiles
• Known designers: Masakatsu Saito (concept artist)

Released in the second wave of fourth-year Beast Wars Deluxe figures, Scourge transforms into a monstrous Transmetal 2 locust. His beast mode does not clearly homage any singular species of locust, but instead combines several of their common traits, including elongated rear legs and a brightly-spotted abdomen and wings. His spark crystal is in his left alternate mode eye. His wings swing forward by pulling a plunger-mechanism in his beast mode abdomen while the left wing conceals a spring-loaded missile launcher. The other wing also holds a launch-able missile, but only for storage. The missiles have a blade-like appearance and can be held as swords in the robot mode's right hand.

Like the rest of the Transmetal 2 line, Scourge is heavily shaped by asymmetrical detailing, particularly on the most prominent features of two his modes. For example, his organic compound locust eye is mirrored by a tessellating, hexagonal dome eye which is deliberately fractured to serve as a grip for lifting the eye and revealing his spark crystal. Unfortunately, Scourge is susceptible to flaking on his orange, 'transmetalised' chrome parts.

This toy was sold in Japan as an "import", in Hasbro packaging with a Japanese sticker for legal information, exclusive to Toys"R"Us.

• More information on Scourge at TFU.info

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Scourge (スカージ Skāji)
• French: Fléau
• Spanish: Azote