Animatron

The **Jungle Planet** is a lush and verdant world covered in pristine wilderness. The light of day is harsh and scorching; the rains are torrential downpours. Volcanoes rise above the green canopy, usually slumbering in smoky menace, sometimes bursting forth with firestorms of destruction.

## History:

### *Rise of the Beasts* film

Originally, the Maximals inhabited a lush jungle world located in another galaxy. With the assistance of their highly-advanced Transwarp Key, they could explore other worlds across time and space, but this technology also drew the attention of the dark god Unicron, who sought to steal the Transwarp Key and use it to cross into another galaxy. Unicron and his minions invaded the Maximal homeworld; although Unicron's herald Scourge killed Maximal leader Apelinq, a group of Maximals led by Optimus Primal had already used the key to flee their doomed planet. Unicron devoured the world, but this pyrrhic victory left him stranded, unable to cross the intergalactic distances required to reach more worlds. Rise of the Beasts

## Inhabitants:

* Apelinq
* Optimus Primal
* Cheetor
* Rhinox
* Airazor

## Notes

* In the original Japanese version of the *Cybertron* cartoon, the Jungle Planet was known as **Animatros**. However, unlike the other colony worlds featured in the series, the English version of the series did not give it a proper name: it was only ever referred to as the "Jungle Planet" or sometimes the "Beast Planet". As a result, various creative teams that sought to resurrect the concept gave the planet different monikers in later appearaces.
	+ *The AllSpark Almanac II* drew inspiration from the Japanese series and named its version of the planet **Animatron**, following the trend of the English planet names (Velocitron and Gigantion) ending with "-on". (Coincidentally, this is also the Japanese name for the Generation 1 Predacons.)
	+ In 2016, the *Beast Wars: Uprising* prose story "Derailment" simply used the Japanese name for the planet.
	+ When it appeared in the 2005 IDW continuity, it was named **Eukaris** (yoo-KARR-iss), in reference to the eukaryotes, the group of organisms that include all multicellular life-forms. Notably, Eukaris did not feature any returning beast characters from *Cybertron*; instead, it was populated entirely by "Beast Era" characters like Cheetor, Airazor, Tigatron, Bump, and Gimlet. For a short period of time, Eukaris seemed to be the new name going forward, as evidenced by its appearance in 2016's *Power of the Titan Masters* promotional comic book and 2017's *Power of the Primes* toyline, which described Optimus Primal as the "King of the Beast Planet Eukaris".
	+ However, the planet was suddenly named **Biosfera** as part of a map on the back of the 2016 *Titans Return* Titan Force 3-pack. An *Earthrise* profile card would describe Biosfera as the "Beast Planet", a harsh jungle world populated by feuding tribes of beast Transformers who distrust vehicle-mode Cybertronians, amalgamating traits from both the *Cybertron* and 2005 IDW incarnations. The Amazon description for the set would also call Biosfera the "Jungle Planet".
	+ The hidden map fragment included with *Earthrise* Snapdragon spells the "Beast Planet" as **Biosphera**, complicating matters further.
* A generic Eukarian seen in "Choose Me" is drawn to resemble an Equestrian pony.