Triceradon (BM)

Triceradon is a Maximal Dinobot or Autobot from the Beast Machines portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

I'm amiable and friendly, really.

Triceradon is not the smartest Dinobot around. Making up for this, however, is his very amiable, truly friendly nature and his titanic strength in battle. Those qualities are what lead T-Wrecks to make him second-in-command of the Dinobots.

Triceradon's technorganic hide is tough as iron and his horns can generate paralyzing reverse electro fields. He carries two reactonix grenades in his tail.

Fiction

3H comics

The Dinobots were sent to the planet Arkus by the Oracle, in order to awaken the "sleeping giant" for a mysterious purpose. Departure However, the mission was a fool's errand, arranged by the Quintessons and designed to destroy the Dinobots; the planet was the world where one of their most dangerous creations ever remained a prisoner, the energy-draining Trans-Organic creature known as the Dweller. While his teammates went off to search for the sleeping giant, Triceradon remained behind with the shuttle. Betrayal

Triceradon was one of the few Dinobots who survived the battle. He and the others were later seen hooking up with Devcon at Spaceport CSSB-16 in order to track down the Wreckers' betrayer, Cyclonus. Disclosure

The team headed back to Cybertron, The Wreckers: Finale Part 1 arriving in time to help repel the Quintesson invasion there. During the course of the battle, Triceradon was struck by a mysterious energy field, and vanished into thin air. Wreckers: Finale Part II

Triceradon was one of the many abducted Cybertronians released from the Cauldron due to the actions of Silverbolt and Trailbreaker. He had acquired a new color scheme, presumably due to being reformatted in the Cauldron for gladiatorial combat. Escape

Beast Wars: Uprising

A female Triceradon was a member of the Resistance during the Grand Uprising. She was stationed at Harmonex at the dawn of the Vehicon Apocalypse. Derailment

2005 IDW continuity

Triceradon was one of Onyx Prime's Maximals. After his master invaded Cybertron and felled Metrotitan, Triceradon was sent out of Nemesis under Liege Maximo's command to root out the Titan's companions. The Hallowing

Toys

Beast Machines

Literally has a "playing roboto-possum" mode.

• Triceradon (Deluxe, 2000)

• Accessories: Tail/missile launcher, 2 missiles

Released in the second wave of Beast Machines Deluxes, Triceradon is a redeco of the Beast Wars Neo Destron Guiledart, transforming into an organic Triceratops. He also has a third mode that's supposed to look like a dead, decomposing Triceratops. No, really. Nudging his nose-horn makes his tongue loll out and his pupils roll up like he's dead, and his beast-mode side-panels flip down to reveal ribs and musculature. His beast mode tail detaches to become a spring-loaded missile launcher in robot mode, plus his dino forelegs have flip-out (non-firing) blasters.

His stock photography depicts him with a much darker, more desaturated brown plastic than the final version's lighter, more reddish-hued tone.

• More information on Triceradon at TFU.info

Universe (2003)

• Dinobot Triceradon (Deluxe, 2004)

• Accessories: Tail/missile launcher, 2 missiles

Triceradon was redecoed as an Autobot in the fourth wave of Deluxes in 2003's Universe toyline. His name was given the separately registered Dinobot as a prefix in a probable attempt to make the line look more cohesive with the previously released Dinobot Striker.

• More information on Universe Triceradon at TFU.info

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Trikeradon (トリケラドン Torikeradon)