Rattrap Extract from the Beast Wars Bible
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Posted by JazZeke on March 9th, 2007 @ 7:01pm CST
Posted by Scaleface on March 9th, 2007 @ 8:14pm CST
Not if Rattrap is a 5 foot long rat, is that with or without his tail? I'm trying to figure out his toy scale.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on March 9th, 2007 @ 8:29pm CST
And great Characters like this made it so, now if you'll excuse e I wanna go look up Inferno!
Posted by Talon523 on March 9th, 2007 @ 10:08pm CST
Posted by Silver Wind on March 9th, 2007 @ 10:09pm CST
Posted by Brakethrough on March 9th, 2007 @ 10:15pm CST
Posted by Emperor Primacron the 1st on March 9th, 2007 @ 10:39pm CST
Talon523 wrote:did anyone else hear a beast machines interview where they said they planned on having Rattrap deformed? I remember the interview but I can't find it.
They wanted orginally Rattrap to be disfigured and deformed. Like spindly limbs, a colostomy bag like cable sticking out of his side, a skull like face with exposed brain case, etc. I'll look through my disks and post em once I find them.
Posted by jgilkinson on March 9th, 2007 @ 11:22pm CST
Silver Wind wrote:Rattrap as 2IC? I always thought of Rhinox as being that in the show. And what about this?
yeah no kidding I always thought of him as 4ic only over cheetor
Posted by i_amtrunks on March 9th, 2007 @ 11:32pm CST
Rhinox is his best pal. This does not mean Rattrap won't drop him in a pit if there is some profit or cheese in it but at least he'll try and get him out later.
Its the little things like this that makes the Beast Wars characters so good.
I also like the fact that Rattrap and Primal were meant to be more like allies than friends, at least at the beginning of the series.
Posted by God Magnus on March 9th, 2007 @ 11:49pm CST
jgilkinson wrote:Silver Wind wrote:Rattrap as 2IC? I always thought of Rhinox as being that in the show. And what about this?
yeah no kidding I always thought of him as 4ic only over cheetor
Rattrap was always the one who stepped up to take control when Optimus was incapacitated. Rhinox was just the one with the "people" skills that kept everybody working together.
Posted by Scaleface on March 10th, 2007 @ 7:08am CST
Silver Wind wrote:Rattrap as 2IC? I always thought of Rhinox as being that in the show. And what about this?
Rattrap was appointed second in command in episode 5, Chain of Command, but he didn't like leadership after his taste of it. Rhinox seemed to be a good commander, but he was shy about taking power. Rhinox only started ordering the others around in Optimus' absence as of season 2. Because the people who wrote the tech spec probably remembered this, they said Rhinox was second, but technically Rattrap was appointed the position.
Posted by Down_Shift on March 10th, 2007 @ 9:22am CST
That was booooooring.
Posted by Emperor Primacron the 1st on March 10th, 2007 @ 10:41am CST
Down_Shift wrote:Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
That was booooooring.
Posted by Zeedust on March 10th, 2007 @ 2:28pm CST
Down_Shift wrote:Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
That was booooooring.
Am I allowed to throw things at people? Because Shifty here's really askin' for it...
Anyhow, very nice writeup, and looking at it, it's very clear that this came from the start of the show, and it's obvious how much Rattrap developed from there... Gaining respect for Optimus, for example, and his contempt for Dinobot changing into a sort of friendly rivalry.
And JazZeke, I'm reading that as Cheetor's singing making Rattrap nervous, though Rattrap's interest in jazz may extend to performance rather than just listening. Either way, it's also interesting to see the things that never made it into the show... Thje jazz, for example, and the stasis beams from his chest. I'd love to see the rest of the story bible... It'd be interesting to get a look at who the rest of the BEast Warriors were on paper before they made it into the show.
Posted by Emperor Primacron the 1st on March 10th, 2007 @ 3:22pm CST
Nemesis Primal wrote:Down_Shift wrote:Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
That was booooooring.
Am I allowed to throw things at people? Because Shifty here's really askin' for it...
Only if it's heavy.
How about a cinder block?
Anyhow, as how BW is the best TF series in my book, it's cool to see little tidbits of trivia like this. I'm still looking for the deformed Rattrap, gimme time.
Posted by Silver Wind on March 10th, 2007 @ 11:09pm CST
Scaleface wrote:Silver Wind wrote:Rattrap as 2IC? I always thought of Rhinox as being that in the show. And what about this?
Rattrap was appointed second in command in episode 5, Chain of Command, but he didn't like leadership after his taste of it. Rhinox seemed to be a good commander, but he was shy about taking power. Rhinox only started ordering the others around in Optimus' absence as of season 2. Because the people who wrote the tech spec probably remembered this, they said Rhinox was second, but technically Rattrap was appointed the position.
IIRC, the secret vote came out as a tie. But I could be wrong; it's been a long time since I last watched it. *shrug*
Posted by Greed on March 11th, 2007 @ 12:06am CST
Silver Wind wrote:Scaleface wrote:Silver Wind wrote:Rattrap as 2IC? I always thought of Rhinox as being that in the show. And what about this?
Rattrap was appointed second in command in episode 5, Chain of Command, but he didn't like leadership after his taste of it. Rhinox seemed to be a good commander, but he was shy about taking power. Rhinox only started ordering the others around in Optimus' absence as of season 2. Because the people who wrote the tech spec probably remembered this, they said Rhinox was second, but technically Rattrap was appointed the position.
IIRC, the secret vote came out as a tie. But I could be wrong; it's been a long time since I last watched it. *shrug*
Yeah, I a tie btwn Rattrap and Dinobot but in a video from Primal Rattrap was appointed 2IC by Primal himself.
Posted by Silver Wind on March 11th, 2007 @ 12:24am CST
Greed wrote:Silver Wind wrote:Scaleface wrote:Silver Wind wrote:Rattrap as 2IC? I always thought of Rhinox as being that in the show. And what about this?
Rattrap was appointed second in command in episode 5, Chain of Command, but he didn't like leadership after his taste of it. Rhinox seemed to be a good commander, but he was shy about taking power. Rhinox only started ordering the others around in Optimus' absence as of season 2. Because the people who wrote the tech spec probably remembered this, they said Rhinox was second, but technically Rattrap was appointed the position.
IIRC, the secret vote came out as a tie. But I could be wrong; it's been a long time since I last watched it. *shrug*
Yeah, I a tie btwn Rattrap and Dinobot but in a video from Primal Rattrap was appointed 2IC by Primal himself.
Ah. Now that I think about it, I can sort of remember that scene. Thanks, Greed.