TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on TOXITRON

Kicking off Obscure Characters Month 2023 with a look at the story of that lean, green, pollution-spewing machine, TOXITRON!

Profile pic by Cody Laine

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[DeamonChocobo]

The Laser Optimus Prime mold is at its best when used for fake/imposter Optimus Primes.

[shadowmarauder]

Imagine if Legacy had an animated series. Toxitron could’ve been a great season-long big bad.

[HunhowsShadowStalker]

Nemesis Prime: "Who are you?"
Toxitron: "Me am you, but worser!"

[DanGamingFan]

I literally just heard of this guy from this video, and I can't decide which version of him I like more, the Bizarro Optimus Prime, or the tormented experiment who turns good, they're both very interesting takes. I'm glad that he got a second chance to be a character, and he wasn't just lost to time like the initial unreleased toy.

[nathanielhernandez]

I think toxitron has the potential for a great story
Imagine you are a clone of the greatest autobot leader of all time but dubbed "imperfect" by you're creator so you're basically forced Into a war you know nothing about and knowing you're existence is nothing but an accident
He could be the ben riley of transformers if someone attempted it

[queen_sectonia]

I like that animated toxitron even drives backwards

[EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho]

The fact Toxitron, Lio Convoy, Animated Prowl, RID 2015 Strongarm AND a Commander Class Ultra Magnus all released this year fills me with life.

[THANATOS-PRIME]

I’ve always loved this guy’s color scheme, and the fact that the animated one is based off of one of my favorite Superman villains makes me like him even more

[GoGojiraGo]

It really is amazing which Transformers can go from obscurity to front page news.

[RDPendleton]

If they made a pollution themed Decepticon team, Toxitron would for sure be the leader. Acid Storm and Oilmaster would also be on the team.

[battleupsaber]

If I had a dollar for every time the Laser Optimus mold was used for a villain and wound up eclipsing the original in terms of popularity, i'd have two dollars. Which isn't a lot but yada yada.

[versebuchanan]

3:56 Man, Brawn just KEEPS getting shot in the shoulder, don't he?

[EungsuLee]

To be fair, since Toxitron is a loose homage to Toxic Avenger, it's a cardinal sin that NONE of Toxitron toys ever came with a mop...

[darrenheideman]

I'm convinced, I'm adding this to my collection.

[khajogaming]

This is my first "Obscure Characters Month" looking forward to all the episodes.

[TonySalazar]

I've never heard of this character until today and now I'm obsessed with him.

[Galacticbreaker]

I wont lie, Toxitron has always been a favorite since I found his tfwiki article at random.

[DarkknightChris]

I remember Toxitron back when the comic story was the closest thing we got to Animated season 4. I didn't know he was based on an unreleased toy.

[jackofallclaws]

Honestly, I’d actually love to see a story where elements of both versions of Toxitron are combined to give us a pretty interesting idea.

Imagine if he’s like a joint creation of Starscream and Shockwave who breaks out of the Decepticon Labs only to run into Grapple or some other Autobot and follow them back to base. Maybe he’d try to ride one of The Dinobots like a rocking horse or something since he’d probably have the mind of a child at that point.

I’d also like to imagine that Toxitron would probably get along swimmingly with ether The Junkions or The Monsterbots.

[minimalbstolerance]

Because of the hideously garish yellow and purple colour scheme of the G2 version of Onslaught, I've thought of him as a version of Toxitron ever since I learned about the character. As a result, I ended up coming up with new names for the rest of the G2 combaticons: Biohazard (formerly Brawl) Dioxic (Swindle) Stench (Blastoff) and Test-Tube (Vortex.) Together, they form the Chemicons and can combine into Megatox.