Wavemoose is a Beastformer from the Generation 1 continuity family.

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Wavemoose (ウェーブムース Wēbumūsu) doesn't like conflict. A mellow and happy-go-lucky sort, he's perfectly happy taking strolls on the island of Ellas where he reigns as King, and is very content to let people do as they please provided it's not hurting others. Not that he's a loner by any means; even during the height of the war, he would take the time to talk to the younger beasts, help them out with any problems they had. He believes in helping. It's a philosophy borne out by his relationship with his subordinate Emperor Brown Gyro, who was originally a member of Alligatron's Decepticon-backed insurgency to take over planet Beast. The reclusive, defensive bully has slowly softened working under Wavemoose, gaining confidence and learning to help rather than hurt.

Though he will fight, he will not kill. His power is sound, and he uses it to powerful yet nonlethal effect. He can hear wavelengths from 5,000 to 10,000 hertz, letting him track his quarry with ease. His Wave Mooser (ウェーブムーサー Wēbu Mūsā) MVP Weapon uses sonic waves to weaken an enemy, sapping their energy and softening up their armor. It can even give solid rock the consistency of... well, mousse.

Fiction

Dreamwave Generation 1 continuity

Wavemoose was among the feuding beasts of planet Beest when Megatron arrived to retrieve the Predacons for his plans. Welcome to the Jungle

Toys

Transformers: Beastformers

Yes, this is an actual Takara Wavemoose, not the Battle Beast release. You can tell by... us telling you.

• Wavemoose (Beastformer, 1987)

• ID number: 33
• Pack: C
• Accessories: Pointy-thing weapon (usually)

Released in the second series of Takara's Transformers-branded Beastformers assortment, Wavemoose is an anthropomorphic moose wearing high-tech light-blue armor. The Battle Emblem on his chest reveals the elemental power of Fire, Wood, or Water when warmed up.

He usually comes with a gold antler-like weapon marked with the same ID number as on his back. However, Beastformers is notorious for toys coming with someone else's weapon; it's unclear if this was just originally poor QC, but in the sequel series, this semi-random weaponry was actually turned into a "gimmick".

He was only available in the "C Pack" assortment, and came in a green-grid generic "Cybertron Beastformer" box. He came with a bio card with a painted character image on a jungle backdrop, though there was a chance his bio card would instead be replaced with the rare "Secret Photo" card featuring White Leo.

Beastformers

• Wood Beetle (Fortress, 1988)

• ID number: 33
• Accessories: "Wave Mooser" MVP Weapon

Wavemoose was also packed in with the Wood Beetle Fortress in Beastformers' post-Transformers sequel series. He is unchanged from his original release, though he comes with a new, more filled-out bio card with comic-style line-art for the character image. This card also gave his weapon, now branded an "MVP Weapon", the name "Wave Mooser".

It is possible that later runs of this toy gave Wavemoose the full-color rubsign found in the later "RPG" series Beastformers, but this has not been confirmed.

Merchandise

Meiji candy toys

• Ramune Beastformers Battle Card (1988)
  • Meiji ID number: 35

A gold-foil "Battle Card" of Wavemoose, featuring his painted character art from his original bio card (seen at the top of this page), was available in randomly-packed sets of cards that came with ramune-flavored candy tablets, sold by candy/snack company Meiji, during the post-Transformers "RPG" sequel series. The back of the card features a severely truncated bio, with data for the game from the Meiji chocoball SD figures' packaging.

Though this card shows line-art of a super-deformed Wavemoose toy, no actual toy was ever produced.

Notes

• Wavemoose's character art for the 1987 Beastformers cast poster (the same art used on the Hasbro Battle Beasts version of the poster) gives him a weird silver halberd-looking weapon. His 1988 art has been redrawn to give him his proper toy-based antler-like weapon.
• Wavemoose's 1988-series bio card gives him the nickname "Waver" (ウェーバー Wēbā), a name that would later be used for the Multiforce Autobot Waver.

Foreign names

• English: Major Moose