Nightscream
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Nightscream is the name of two characters from the various Transformers series.
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[edit] Beast Machines
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| Nightscream | |
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| Affiliation | Maximal |
| Sub-Group | Ultra Beasts |
| Function | Aerial Combat/Recon Expert |
| Alternate Modes | Technorganic Bat |
| Series | Beast Machines |
| Voiced by | Alessandro Juliani (English) |
Nightscream was on Cybertron when Megatron returned from the Beast Wars and unleashed his cataclysmic virus. Fleeing the Vehicons, Nightscream fell into a cavern and escaped the fate of Cybertron's other inhabitants. Nightscream's inbuilt DNA scanner copied a bat skeleton, and reformatted him as a bat. Nightscream managed to escape the virus' debilitating effects by eating fruit from a mysterious tree located in the caverns. He first encountered the Maximals while spying on their transformation training.
After befriending Primal and his crew, he led them to the tree where everyone except Cheetor sampled the fruit. The entirely organic fruit brought the primal sides of their beast modes to the fore, and the Maximals descended into feral anarchy. Cheetor, unaffected, destroyed the tree during an attack by the Vehicons, hoping to restore the others. As Nightscream wailed in despair, Primal reformatted him, giving Nightscream a new techno-organic body. With his tree destroyed, Nightscream joined the Maximals.
Nightscream's childish petulance caused problems for the Maximals, his foolish mistakes often endangered his team mates. However, Nightscream was still a formidable force with his sonic screams and the power to drain energy from his enemies.
Nightscream developed a friendship with Savage and Noble, sensing a kindred spirit in the mutant Transformer. When Noble died attacking Megatron, Nightscream attacked the Vehicon leader in rage, depolarizing his Spark. Afterwards, Nightscream participated in the final battle against Megatron, and his Spark was removed but returned when Megatron fell and Cybertron was reformatted.
According to a FAQ on Bob Skir's web site "Hey, I argued till I was blue in the face for our new bat to be a female (in my mind she was Newt from Aliens. Now, instead, he's John Conner from T2 !). So.... if I had my druthers, half the cast would be female!"
Nightscream was voiced by Alessandro Juliani. In the Japanese he was given an effeminate voice by Nobutoshi Kanna.
[edit] Transtech
After the Beast Machines line ended, Hasbro planned a follow-up series called Transtech. The Transtech concept was a line intended to take Transformers to their most futuristic. Hasbro commissioned sets of designs from Draxhall Jump. The series was supposedly to bring back some of the characters who died in Beast Wars along with some Generation 1 characters, all in new, techno-organic bodies, though with vehicle alternate modes instead of the animals used in Beast Machines. Many concept sketches and even a few toy prototypes were made, but Hasbro scrapped the idea in favor of bringing Car Robots to their markets as Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
Concept sketches or prototype toys have been seen for Blackarachnia, Cheetor, Depth Charge, Megatron, Nightscream, Optimus Prime, Scavenger, Shockwave, Silverbolt, Soundwave, Starscream and a new character called Immorticon. There were also rumors of a Transtech Dinobot.
[edit] Transformers: Armada
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| Nightscream | |
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| Affiliation | Mini-Con  |
| Partner | Airazor |
| Motto | "I hate the sound of silence." |
| Alternate Modes | Sports Car |
| Series | Transformers: Armada |
Nightscream is also the name of a Mini-Con in the later Transformers: Armada toyline, a repaint of the Mini-Con Oval. He is partnered with the Autobot Airazor. Airazor and Nightscream were only released by Hasbro, not Takara, so they didn't appear in the television series, which was made in Japan. Although Airazor did appear in the Transformers: Armada comic series, Nightscream's only appearance was limited to his biography page in the More Than Meets The Eye series.
Bio: Nightscream is loud, undisciplined, and unprofessional, the complete opposite of his Autobot partner, Airazor. He yells at the loudest volume possible, scoffs at direct orders from authority figures, and generally makes himself a nuisance to most of the older, more serious-minded Autobots he works with. Although Nightscream tends to enjoy making things difficult for Airazor, his devotion to his more mature partner is unquestionable. Nightscream never says it, but it's obvious to all those who see him snap to attention when Airazor is threatened. Following Airazor's transformation at the hands of Unicron, a despondent Nightscream has vowed to find some way to bring his partner back.
Weapons and Abilities: Subject transforms into an Energon-powered racecar that can reach speeds of up to 190 mph. In his vehicle mode, he can emit a high-pitched tone that can deafen or even physically damage targets in its mile range; the effect is stronger the faster subject drives.
Weaknesses: Subject's sonic attack is difficult to target and can damage friendly Autobots and Mini-Cons by accident.
[edit] Transformers: Energon
Nightscream is the name of one of the Mini-Con partners to Energon Rapid Run. He is a repaint of Armada Rook. Energon Nightscream has not appeared in any fiction and has had no bio printed, so his character is a complete mystery.
[edit] Transformers: Cybertron
Nightscream is the name of an Autobot-allied Mini-Con planned to come out in a 2-pack with the Decepticon-allied Mini-Con Skyblast.
Not everyone in town is as afraid of the Predator Attack Team as they might think. Before the rebellion, NIGHTSCREAM kept his head down, going out only at night to hang with his friends on the Night Rescue Team – KNOCKDOWN and STRONGARM. After a lifetime of taking it on the chin, this young robot is sick of bullies like SKYBLAST. If everyone else in town is too much of a coward to deal with SKYBLAST and his cronies, NIGHTSCREAM is more than happy to do it. After all, what's the point of having a vehicle mode than can launch plasma torpedoes if you're not going to use it?
[edit] Transformers: Classics
One of the new Mini-Con molds released for the Transformers: Classics line, Nightscream is an Autobot allied Mini-Con who turns into a dragon. He is a member of the Clear Skies Team along with Thunderwing and Steel Wind.
