Savage/Noble
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Savage/Noble is a fictional character from the Beast Machines animated television series.
| Transformers character | |
 Savage/Noble In Noble form |
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| Savage/Nobel | |
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| Affiliation | Maximal  |
| Function | Warrior |
| Motto | "Science has yet to match the force of Nature - allow me to demonstrate!" |
| Alternate Modes | Dragon/Werewolf |
| Series | Beast Machines |
| Voiced by | David Kaye (English) |
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[edit] Beast Machines
[edit] Animated series
Noble is not a Maximal, nor Savage a Predacon or Vehicon. He is in fact the amalgam of residual organic components of Megatron, who had his technological and organic sides separated as a side effect of coming into contact with the conflicting energies of the Key to Vector Sigma Program and the Plasma Energy Chamber. This backlash left Megatron's spark in a completely organic body with two beast forms but no robotic form, similar to the Beast Wars Mutants. While one form was a gentle seeming, humanoid wolf-like, creature named Noble, the other was a feral seeming dragon-like entity (obviously the dominant genetic material left over from Megatron's previously acquired beast mode), called Savage.
Savage first appeared in the second episode of season two, where he attacked Thrust and Jetstorm. The Vehicons blamed the Maximals for this attack, but they all soon learned of Savage and attempted to find out what it was. After Savage disappeared they discovered Noble, a seemingly lone Maximal lost on Cybertron, who they thought was being hunted by Savage (interestingly enough, the story Noble told about his origin was identical to Nightscream's origin story). It was only in the end of the episode they learned the two beings were one - and they were unaware he harbored a dark secret; Savage/Noble was actually Megatron.
While trapped inside Noble, Megatron manipulated the Maximals (and more specifically Nightscream) into helping him get back into the Council Citadel. There, he used several spark extractors to remove his spark, and entered his gigantic, head-like, floating fortress. This left Noble a sparkles but still living animal whom still seemed to have a profound attachment to the sentimental young Nightscream. This continued residual attachment reached its pinnacle upon Savage sacrificing himself in an attempt to destroy Megatron, something for which he was honored by the Maximals.
In the Transformer TV Shows Savage/Noble remains unique as the only purely organic Transformers, leading the fanbase to refer to his type of “technology” as a Trans-Beast.
[edit] Toy (2001)
The action figure of this character was released under the name “Beast Changer” due to the trademark for Savage/Noble being unavailable upon release. There were rumors that the mold was a leftover from the Beast Wars Mutants line, but this is unlikely since it was revealed by be designed by Draxall Jump and the fact that the whole Mutant line was inspired by Savage/Noble.
[edit] Notes
A major item of debate among Transformers fans revolves around the existence of the Noble wolf form and his connection to Megatron, since Megatron had never been shown to have, or be in any contact with, any sort of wolf-like beast mode, whereas the Savage dragon could easily be explained prior to Noble's appearance. It could be reasoned that (as seen during the Beast Wars) the alternate and robot modes of transformers share a more symbiotic relationship than once thought. As such, the existence of Noble could stem from the Dragon beast mode's need of a counterpart to stabilize its own physical structure (notice how Noble appears vastly more humanoid than any other wolf/wolf-like mode previously seen – similar to the humanoid features of most robot modes). Noble's lupine features could also stem from Megatron's multi-leveled, twisted sense of humor; knowing the Maximals would want to absorb any organic sentience into their ranks to directly combat his technology, Megatron literally presented them with “A Wolf In The Fold” (also the title of a Beast Machines episode).
According to other sources, the wolf form was originally supposed to come from Silverbolt, who was originally intended to be a traitor to Maximals. The wolf DNA of Silverbolt's Fuzor beast mode would've been absorbed into Megatron's dragon DNA during a final confrontation, which would have also explained why Silverbolt returned to the Maximals with an entirely bird-like beast mode. As the series developed even further, writers would decide that it was just too uncharacteristic for Silverbolt (the chivalrous, honorable knight) to be the traitor and opted for Rhinox instead. The story was thus changed accordingly, with Noble/Savage's unique and interesting design/concept (provided by Draxhall Jump) remaining. Noble's completely existence was simply never fully fleshed out.
