Cheetor is an Autobot, and later the Horseman Pestilence, from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Cheetor always prospers.

If you need someone to sneak into Decepticon strongholds and steal their precious data, Cheetor is the first one to step up and get the job done. The only thing more impressive than his skills and track record is his ego. Smug and self-confident, Cheetor loves the praise he gets from a completed mission, and is always ready with a sharp retort to put others down just to make himself look better.

Fiction

Dreamwave Armada comic

During the battle with Unicron, Cheetor—along with Rhinox, Airazor, and Terrorsaur—was captured so that Unicron could cull their memories and learn what had preceded his arrival. The End

Energon comic

Ten years later, Cheetor returned, changed from an energetic young warrior into one of the Chaos Bringer's Four Horsemen—complete with a horse. This Evil Reborn He and the other Horsemen attacked Cybertron, What Lies Beneath retreating only when Optimus Prime was granted the Spark of Combination and overwhelmed them in his newly enhanced body. What Lies Beneath, Part Two After Scorponok and his Terrorcons botched a mission of their own, Pestilence and the other horsemen forcibly pulled them from Earth back to Unicron, so they could be disciplined for their failure. What Lies Beneath, Part Four

Cheetor's former Mini-Con partner, Cliffjumper, desired to see him returned to normal, personality flaws and all.

Cheetor and the Horsemen continued to do the bidding of Alpha Quintesson as months passed. Doomsday Redux! Still, they became suspicious over time as to whether Alpha Quintesson actually spoke for Unicron's wishes. In order to keep them busy, the Quintesson distracted them with an attack on the Autobots' Mars base. Armageddon Part 2 By breaking through Mars's defenses, the Horsemen planned to bring down Earth's defensive shield for their master's return. Armageddon Part 3 Unfortunately for their plan, the Autobots unleashed Omega Supreme to defend the Mars base from further attack. Armageddon Part 4 Omega Supreme was victorious in battle against Cheetor and the Four Horsemen. Armageddon Part 5

Toys

Armada

"Cheetor? But I look more like a black panther..."

• Cheetor with Cliffjumper (Super-Con, 2003)

• Takara release date: September 9, 2003
• Accessories: Tail-whip
• Known designers: Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)

Released in the seventh wave of Armada Super-Cons, Cheetor is a redeco and retooling of the Beast Wars Transmetal Cheetor, transforming into a robotic cheetah. He also has a third "flight" mode with fold-out rocket boosters in his cat-mode sides. His tail becomes a battle whip in robot mode. The rocket boosters have been retooled to feature Powerlinx plugs suitable for Mini-Cons with sockets on their vehicle-mode back-ends, like his pack-in partner Cliffjumper, or the Space Mini-Con Team's Sky Blast.

As a hasty addition to the Armada toyline to meet demand, Cheetor was not available in Takara's normal retail Legend of the Microns line. He was, however, offered in Japan as a "USA Edition" release, sold exclusively through Toys"R"Us's web site.

This mold was also used to make Beast Wars Metals Ravage and BotCon 2001's Tigatron, and was the basis for the non-toy character Cataclysm.

• More information on Cheetor at TFU.info

Notes

• Likely just a coincidence, but the majority of Armada Cheetor's color scheme matches that of an original prototype of Beast Wars Transmetal Cheetor during one of the various torso-hinge modification stages.^[1]

Foreign names

• Japanese: Cheetor (チーター Chītā)

References