Wasp (Transformers Animated)

Wasp, who later becomes the Predacon Waspinator, was originally an Autobot. He was of the same type as Bumblebee, whom he attended boot camp with. Wasp's pompous, smarmy personality leaves something to be desired, but he had a lot going for him as a soldier, being highly skilled in the use of his stingers and knowing just how to tow the line with the drill sergeant. In a better life, he might have been Cybertron Elite Guard commander material were it not for the chain of events that scarred him and led to his current state.
== Personality ==
==== As Wasp ====
Arrogant, Mocking, Brutal he was not very kind, he was the perfect stereotype of the school bully. He also had a cruel humor as seen at several ocassion when he senses taking to Bumblebee.
After several centuries of imprisonment his spirit is broken, and he is convinced that Bumblebee is the cause of all his ills. And determine more than ever to take revenge and obtain justice for himself. However, he still maintains a sharp and cunning intellect, although he does not always reflect on his plans. Despite his unstable and cruel side, he has shown to have a good background, such as taking the place of his former comrade temporarily and saving his life, his sentence "Waps forgive you ...".
His sudden mutation seems to have developed some kind of spycological and behavioral problem, as if the real man could no longer control his actions.
==== As Waspinator ====
The main difference with the version of Animutants is that while Byznator in Animutants was an idiot used primarily for a comic frame, the version of Animated Waspinator is a dangerous, psychotic character, having shown a strong talent in combat, a strong intelligence and a deadly temperament (although he could not kill anyone in his appearances).
== History ==
Before the events of the series, Wasp was a cadet along Bumblebe and Bulkhead, who along with Longarm Prime often teased Bumblebee and Bulkhead, The loud-mouthed drill sergeant Sentinel Minor took an immediate liking to "Wasp", as he dubbed him. Wasp and Ironhide quickly became close friends, often competing in little tests of strength, usually involving Wasp hitting or stinging Ironhide while the latter was in armor mode.
After Bumblebee "bumbled" several times, leading to many problems for the whole group, Wasp and Ironhide decided to take matters into their own hands, unscrewing Bumblebee's lower legs and leaving them out of reach even before they dumped the rest of him in a locker.
Unbeknownst to Wasp, however, the reason for Bumblebee's foul-ups was that he was trying to out a traitor in the group—and had pegged Wasp as the likely culprit after seeing him walk out of a hangar in which someone had contacted Megatron and the fact that Wasp is clearly like a Decepticon due to his attitude. With the aid of Longarm, Bumblebee eventually found evidence incriminating Wasp as a spy. Wasp was stripped of his Autobot insignia and wheeled away, protesting his innocence and swearing revenge on Bumblebee.
== Powers and Skills ==
Like Bumblebee, Wasp possesses Stingers. Unlike Bumblebee, Wasp has more skill with the use of his Stingers, at least back at boot camp. If they met now, it is uncertain if Bumblebee would have improved compared to Wasp.
In addition to his large size granting him great strength, Waspinator can fire beams of energy reminiscent of Stinger blasts from the small appendages on his chest. He is also incredibly resilient, capable of surviving explosions that might kill other robots.
* Ergokinesis: Wasp has more skill with the use of his Stingers, at least back at boot camp. If they met now, it is uncertain if Bumblebee would have improved compared to Wasp.
* Superhuman strength:
* Shape-shifting:
* Flight:
* High intelligence:
** Strategist: Wasp was still shown to be a capable warrior and strategic thinker, even managing to outwit and fool most of the Autobots for a short period of time.
* Fighting talent: He is a walking powerhouse, able to hold his own against more experienced opponents like Optimus and Sentinel Prime. Wasp was still shown to be a capable warrior and strategic thinker, even managing to outwit and fool most of the Autobots for a short period of time.
*Agility and Speed:
*Steering: 
=== Attributes: ===
* Energy stinger paralyzes other robots.
* Can survive even after being blown to pieces.
* Was an Autobot before his time in prison.
== Relationship ==
=== IronHide ===
The two were very good friends at the academy and were seen together most of the time. Both were dirty brutes who always take Bumblebee. When Wasp is sent to prison it will later be learned that Iron Hide Him has finally become an Elite Guardsman.
=== Bulkhead ===
Wasp disliking Bulkhead at the academy and not hiding it. Later on earth when Wasp pretends to be Bee and Bee disguises himself as these Bulkheads who will offer to see who is right and who is wrong by offering them a video game challenge. Wasp knowing himself to be useless will show his identity and run away.
=== Sentinel Prime ===
Like all the students of the academy he hates Sentinel. Later when he escapes from prison these Sentinel and his team who will go after him. Today Wasp still hates Sentinel so much.
=== The Sentinel Team ===
Given that he was on a mission to chase him down and recapture him back to prison, Wasp hates them.
=== BlackAiracnhia ===
Being charmed by it, he will accept that he does an experiment on him to be said to make him stronger. He will transform into Techno-Organic Half Robot Half Wasp and will be called Waspinator. When he learns the truth that BlackAiracnhia will only hold on to him so that he can one day find a cure for her. He will hate her and attack her, finally her body will explode and BlackAiracnhia will create a Chrisalide around them to protect the others from the explosion at the end of the episode we see him repairing himself and therefore still living in a Jungle with BlackAiracnhia.
=== The Dinobots ===
He does not like them but does not hate them.
=== Bumblebee ===
Already at the academy Wasp's favorite pastent was to do bad things to poor Bee. He was mean and brutal with him. When Bumblebee proves that he was a Spy (it was wrong) Decepticons he will be kicked out of the academy smash all his dreams and was sent to prison but before leaving he swore revenge on Bumblebee. More than 50 years later Wasp managed to escape and find Bee's trail on earth so he headed off. When he arrived and found the Autobot base and swapped their bodies, while Wasp was staying at the Bee base he was chased by the elite guard these Bulkhead who found him sleazy and also know his fault that his true identity was revealed he therefore escaped. Some time later he returns but this time transforms into a huge half Wasp robot. He calls himself Waspinator and has only one goal to kill Bumblebee, When Bee sincerely apologizes Waspinator will answer him. "Wasp forgive you....but Waspinator won't forgive you!" He will come up with this scene that he has become terribly cruel and sadistic. The only reason he didn't kill Bumblebee is because his body will malfunction. When he is believed dead following the explosion Bee will have remorse claim that all that and his fault.
== Gallery ==
=== Images ===
File:Wasp autobot.png
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=== Videos ===
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9dgw70wBzw
== Trivia ==
* Waspinator and his former Autobot self are clearly based off of the Transformers: Beast Wars character of the same name. As such there are a number of similarities between the two characters:
** Both characters speak in third-person.
** They have purple eyes and take on the organic form of an organic Wasp.
** Both can fire laser/energy beams from parts of their body, the BW version his eyes, animated his torso.
** Each of them viewed their version of Blackarachnia as an ally at some point, before eventually becoming her enemy, although it was for completely different reasons.
** They both appear to virtually indestructible and were capable of surviving being broken and blown up.
* At the same time though, a number of differences also exist between the two characters:
** The original Waspinator was a Predacon, a descendant of his timelines Decepticons, whereas Wasp is an Autobot turned Decepticon.
** The Transformers: Beast Wars character remained a villains until the penultimate episode. After resigning from the Predacon's and quiting the war, he became an arguably neutral character. This did not stop him from returning to Megatrons side in Beast Machines as an antagonist. Wasp meanwhile, started out as a good guy (albeit an antagonistic one). He only became a villain following his mistreatment by the Autobots and the manipulations of the Blackarachnia.
** Transformers: Beast Wars Waspinator was monstrously oversized for a wasp, but was an averaged sized Predacon. Wasp, in contrast, was average-height for a transformer, but grew to monstrous proportions both in and out of organic mode following his upgrade.
** The most obvious difference is their portrayals. Although Transformers: Beast Wars Waspinator was initially capable of holding his own against the Maximals, over time he became a lot less menacing. A coward at heart, Waspinator frequently ended up blown to smithereens and was consistently used for comic effect. The animated version, in contrast, became a walking power-house, capable of holding his own against more experienced opponents like Optimus and Sentinel Prime. Even before becoming a techno-organic, Wasp was still shown to be a capable warrior and strategic thinker, even managing to outwit and fool most of the Autobots for a short period of time. Fearsome, menacing and unwilling to forgive those that wronged him, this version of Waspinator is many of the things his original counterpart is not.
* Somehow after Wasp's transformation into Waspinator, he gained a Decepticon insignia.
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