Sonar (Transformers)
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Sonar is the name of two fictional characters from the various Transformers universes.
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[edit] Beast Wars
| Transformers character | |
 Sonar Box Art |
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| Sonar | |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Maximal |
| Sub-Group | Transmetal II |
| Function | Aerial Reconnaissance |
| Alternate Modes | Transmetal II Bat |
| Series | Beast Wars |
The character of Sonar is depicted into widely different ways. The toy's bio does not use pronouns, leaving the character's gender rather ambiguous. 3H Enterprises, the people behind Botcon, chose to make the character into a female, which IDW followed up on in the Beast Wars Sourcebook. As such, the character will be referred to as female in this article.
In the toyline Sonar is described as a clone created and by the Predacon Megatron. Despite Sonar's origins, the Transmetal II joined the Maximals and takes the beast form of a bat. Sonar performs reconnaissance for the Maximals and is considered their early warning system. Highly unpredictable, making Sonar a dangerous enemy and an uneasy ally to have.
[edit] IDW Publishing
Sonar appeared in the 2006 IDW Beast Wars comic series. Sonar was among the Maximal protoforms from the Axalon which was recovered by Magmatron's Predacons and infected with a Predacon shell program. Unbeknownst to Magmatron, his technical expert Razorbeast was a Maximal double-agent and had managed to modify the program so a significant number of those infected emerged as Maximals.
Sonar appeared among a flock of Maximal flyers along with Air Hammer, Nightglider and Prowl.
After the defeat of Magmatron's Predacons the united group of Maximals awaited rescue from Cybertron.
Sonar's gender was later established in the fiction as female thanks to the Beast Wars Sourcebook series.
[edit] 3H Enterprises
Sonar joins Primal Prime and the Wreckers on Cybertron and was killed in the explosion of the rear portion of the Wreckers' ship.
[edit] Toys
- Beast Wars Sonar (1999)
- A Chinese made knockoff of this toy was also made.
[edit] Transformers: Armada
| Transformers character | |
| Sonar | |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Mini-Con |
| Sub-Group | Air Assault Team Air Defense Team |
| Partner | Jetstorm and Runway |
| Motto | "Even an ace pilot is only as good as his wingbot." |
| Alternate Modes | Radar Jet |
| Series | Transformers: Armada |
Sonar is the name of a Mini-Con who turns into a radar jet. He is a member of the Air Defense and Air Asssault teams, and combines with his companions Jetstorm and Runway to for the Star Saber.
In 2003 a redeco of the Air Defense Team was released called the Air Assault Team. Dreamwave comics explained that the Air Assault Team are the evil personalities the team takes on when their Star Saber form is wielded by a powerful evil character like Megatron, transforming the team into their evil personas.
The toy of Sonar was recolored into Shuttler in Japan and remolded into Skyboom for the Energon line.
Sonar was also the Japanese name for the Mini-Con called Comettor.
[edit] Dreamwave Productions
Sonar appeared among the Mini-Cons in issue #18 of the Transformers: Armada comic book who aided Over-Run using the Mini-Con Matrix in the defeat of Unicron.
Dreamwave's More Than Meets The Eye series gave Sonar much needed character, describing him as the most level headed of the group. He also tends to agree with whatever Runway says. He also has the most advanced sensor capabilities of his team.
[edit] 3H Enterprises
Although no toy named Sonar was produced for the Transformers: Universe line, there was one very minor cameo in its fiction. In the 2003 BotCon voice actor play, Armada Megatron appeared who was wielding the Dark Saber, of which Armada Sonar was a member.
[edit] Toys
- Armada Sonar (2002)
- Armada Sonar (2003)
- A redeco of the original toy.
