Star Upper (BW)
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| This article is about the Maximal from Beast Wars II. For the Autobot from Animated, see Star Upper (Animated). |
- Star Upper is a Maximal from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
"Digeridoo, wallaby, fair dinkum, Fosters."
Star Upper (スターアッパー Sutā Appā) is a boxer with the Intergalactic No Holds Barred Boxing competition. His incredible 'star upper' punch, which uses mass shifting to approach the speed of light has earned him the moniker "Hellion Marsupial Brilliant Special", not to mention fame and championship titles. He's also a fearsome kickboxer, even in beast mode.
Despite these strengths, his physical combat skills are of limited use in a battlefield filled with ray-guns and missiles, and he is best suited to one-on-one direct confrontations, not field combat. He also occasionally suffers from a lack of self-confidence, and doesn't always think before acting.
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Fiction
Beast Wars II comic
Star Upper decided to travel to Gaia and pose as the Maximals' soon-to-arrive reinforcements from Headquarters (who were in reality the Magnaboss trio) in an attempt to regain his confidence in the intergalactic boxing ring.
After crashing through the roof of the Yukikaze in his space car, Star Upper introduced himself to the Maximals, prompting Apache to inquire about his rank. Star Upper claimed to have surpassed "Convoy" and even "Hyper Convoy", holding the special rank of "Hyper Convoy Brilliant Special 98".
Apache then asked if Star Upper had a Matrix, the symbol of Convoys - which Star Upper didn't know he needed, so he quickly lied and said that, as a member of the military information bureau's elite recon team Brilliant Special '98 (or something), he couldn't carry anything that would reveal his identity.
Apache bought this explanation. Apache is not very bright.
After a madcap adventure, he returned to the boxing circuit to reclaim his place as champion. Make a Surprise Attack on the Super Weapon Base!
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Legends comic
While training under Survive, Star Upper admonished fellow cadet Big Convoy for not following their teacher's instructions. Big Convoy simply replied it was in his nature to be a loner. Bonus Edition EX Blue Big Convoy
Beast Wars Neo cartoon
Star Upper, along with Break, was one of many beast mode Maximals waiting to receive their mission assignments while Big Convoy was being chewed out by the upper brass. Big Convoy, Move Out
Some time after that, Break tuned in a broadcast of one of Star Upper's matches on the Intergalactic No Holds Barred Boxing circuit, where he was seen knocking out a boxing gorilla. Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron
Beast Wars: Uprising
Star Upper was a popular boxer on Cybertron. Broken Windshields
TransTech
Star Upper boxed against Ironclad in a match and won. Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/04
Legends World
The Legends World's Star Upper was one of many who cheered for "Optimus Prime" for having driven off Devil Z, unaware that their savior was actually Ginrai. Bonus Edition Vol. 35 After his universe was destroyed and recreated, Star Upper was present when Megatron announced his imminent departure from the Legends World. Epiloge
Games
Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars
If one defeated Megatron in the battles for the Energon Quartz and proved themselves the strongest, Star-Upper appeared to challenge them. Once defeated, Star Upper joined several Predacons and Maximals in a series of one-on-one duels for the Energon Quartz.
Star Upper could also partake in various other tasks, such as a mission to break a boulder to reveal an energon crystal hidden within before sundown, using a block in a mission to defend himself against various incoming projectiles, and missions to run across a pit-riddled field, sometimes involving hideously large bacteria he had to fend off.
After defeating his final opponent, Megatron, Star Upper gained possession of the Quartz. However, he did not desire its power, determined instead to becoming more powerful through his own means. Thus the crystal remained unused. Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars
Move list
| Robot Mode | Beast Mode | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnum Blow | ↓→B | Rocket Punch | ↓→B |
| Crazy Knuckle | B repeatedly | Drop Kick | →↓→A |
| Stealth Blow | →↓→A | Star Revenge | ↓←A (counter) |
| Star Upper | →↓→B | Star Upper | →↓→B |
| Star Upper Kai (super) | ↓→↓← B | Star Upper Kai (super) | ↓→↓← B |
| Furious Star Upper (desperation) | ↓←↓→ A | Furious Star Upper (desperation) | ↓←↓→ A |
Notes
- Star Upper was the winner of a character design contest held by Comic Bom Bom, with Yasunori Kawai (河合泰典) providing the winning art.
- The status of an actual, extant "Hyper Convoy" rank is extremely questionable, given Star Upper's penchant for lying and his lack of knowledge about Matrices.
- Despite having a robot mode character model and cameos in two episodes, Star Upper is never seen in robot mode in the Beast Wars Neo cartoon.
- This has to be one of the coolest character designs out of all the other generic background characters that appear in the Beast Wars Neo cartoon, and the character never had a toy made for him. Bummer.
