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I thought it was cool to try and work out who the maximals were descended from. Here are my theories;

Optimus-optimus (obviously)
Cheetor- Hot Rod
Rhinox- either Ultra Magnus or Ironhide but I think there is a maximal called ironhide that can transform into an elephant
Tarantulus was descended from the Tripedicus council i think.
Megatron-Megatron (another obvious one)



Air Razor and Tigatron werent affected by the quantum surge so I don't tink they were descended from autobots

The anti-climactic Unicron level of the PS2 game was one of the most fundimentally flawed I've ever had the displeasure of wasting more than an hour on... gah! At any rate, I'm sure this is a discussion best reserved for another thread...

Rhinox wasn't effected either. Nor Dinobot. But I'm not sure that these characters are necessarily decendants from earlier models, so to speak. Megatron, for instance, was quoted as having adopted the name from the former Decepticon tyrant, as a tribute. Optimus Primal, on the other hand, is a kind of fanbot, devoting his life to the homage of the great Autobot commander. Ironhide is indeed an elephant, part of the Magnaboss collective (as was the original Silverbolt, who later became a Fuzor - an transitional evolution overlooked by the show). Given that Hot Rod was at one time a Prime, I'm not sure if he would regress somewhat into the adolescent Cheetor. Tarantulus comes from Unicron.

Of course, it all comes down to what your personal views on Transformers descendancy might happen to be...

He was an agent of the Tripredicus councel (Cicadacon, Ram Horn, and Sea Clamp, presumedly...), but not necessarily decended from such (I don't think). And the likes of Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge and his Sweeps were all Decepticons, reformed by Unicron, so Tarantulas may have been decendent from any of these, conceptually.

CR chambers shielded Maximals and Predacons from the Quantum Surge, which is why Waspinator, Rhinox, and Dinobot were not affected. Also, those who were protoforms formatted on Earth were unaffected by the Surge, which is why Black Arachnia, Airrazor, and Tigatron were not affected.

Tarantulas is either descended from Unicron or from the G2 Decepticons (Liege Maximo's brood). However, Liege Maximo was destroyed, and his forces annihilated in battle with the Autobots above Cybertron, so I personally find his being descended from Unicron more plausible than being descended from the Liege Maximo.

In the US continuity, the characters were ideological descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons, but were not directly connected to the characters of G1, with the exception of Ravage, obviously.

In the Japanese continuity, on the other hand, for the first season at least Convoy and Megatron were the G1 characters. I believe they employed some revisionism in the second season when the actual G1 characters showed up.

*pulls out his TM Tarantulas*

schyeh-heh-heh-hee-hee

*evil Tarantulas laugh*

That's so freak'in awesome, 'cause I got a Transmetal Tiranchulas too. I think they did a great job on making it. Like, it transforms perfect and looks correct in all his modes.



Ahh, that's right about the CR chamber. I completely forgot. I used to know everything about BW as well as being able to recite episodes by heart.

Oh, and here is the Wikipedia on Taranchulas. Yes, I always use that site, but it's useful. As far as that site goes, he did decend from Unicron, either being from the ones Unicron changed to be his servants or maybe not. I dunno. I might have to go through some of my BW eps to find out, but I am pretty sure I recall him saying he didn't decend from either Autobot nor Decepticon.