Beast Wars was my childhood. Pure and simple.
It was such a great show. I can't help but think of how well developed every character was. You just get to know them so well that anybody who has watched the entirety of BW could take those characters, could take any of those characters and put them in any situation and you'd know what they'd do. Say for example the Maximals went out for pizza. What kind of toppings would they want? Rattrap would probably want cheese, maybe with some anchovies too. Rhinox would want veggie. Dinobot would want meat lovers. Optimus seems like either a classic pepperoni or a Hawaiian kind of guy, but wouldn't really be too fussy. Cheetor I think would want something with chicken on it. In the end I think they'd end up getting 3 pizzas. Cheetor and Rattrap would probably get 1 together, maybe a deluxe with chicken and anchovies. Optimus and Rhinox would share a veggie pizza. And Dinobot would get his own meat lovers, but when he went to the washroom Cheetor and/or Rattrap would sneak a slice of his. Then he'd come back and be like, "RAWR! Who took a piece of my pizza?! I had 4 slices and now I only have 3. It was you! Wasn't it, vermin?!"
"Eh! I don't know whatcha talkin' about, lizard lips. Looks to me like you can't count on those scaly toes of yours!"
"Grrr, you lie! I can smell the Italian sausage on your breathe, you thieving rodent!"
"Now Dinobot, hold on. So what if Rattrap took a piece of your pie? You have a whole pizza to yourself while the rest of us are sharing. Couldn't you share a little? It's just 1 slice."
"But it was the biggest slice, Optimus! With the most toppings on it! I was saving that one for last!"
"Enough, Dinobot! We'll discuss it back at base. We're in public place here. Don't make a scene."
"Hm. Lucky for you my code of honor also extends to table manners, rat."
And you could do the same with the Predacons. Imagine them at a video rental store. What kind of movie do you think they'd each want to rent for their movie night? Tarantulas would want to see some sort of horror movie, like Saw. Terrorsaur would probably want to watch a big budget action movie. Waspinator would want to watch a romantic comedy. Megatron, I think, would like an old classic like the Godfather. Blackarachnia would probably like some sort of dark romance movie. Maybe something with vampires. I'm tempted to say Twilight, but I think she's more of a Romeo and Juliet kind of girl. Tragic love stories like that. Inferno would probably dig one of those old black and white monsters/aliens attack movies. You know the ones with the "giant" insects rampaging all over town, which are really just real bugs crawling over a miniature set. Speaking of, Rampage? Easy. Frankenstein. Scorponok is tough though, mainly because he got the least character build up of anyone else, but I think he'd probably go for some sappy romance/bromance movie. After all, the poor guy just wants to be loved.
So am I right? The BW characters are so cemented, so realized, that it's like they're almost real people. You could probably right an entire Facebook profile on each of them just telling what their likes and dislikes would be. Like music. We know Primal likes the oldies.
What do you guys think the rest of the Beasties like in terms of music? Favourite TV show? Favourite food? Favourite video game? Or anything else you can come up with.
