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- Majin Zarak is a mechanoid from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation One continuity family.
Gonna mess you up...
Majin Zarak is a vicious killing monster, feared by Maximals, Predacons and whatever else beholds his might. He feels no sympathy, he feels no remorse, he goes about killing as one would go about breathing. He thinks nothing of it. Majin Zarak’s origin is a mystery. He was created centuries ago only to vanish without a trace. Majin Zarak is an unstoppable force equated only to Armageddon; a masterpiece of war.
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Beast Wars II[]
Majin Zarak arrving in Gaea.
When a mysterious space-time-warping device crash-landed on the Planet Gaea, the Maximals, led by Lio Convoy, and the Predacons, led by Galvatron, raced to be the first to get it. Their first attempt failed but Galvatron managed to trick Lio Junior into giving the Predacons the key to the device. After they obtained it, they activated it with the intent of summoning a Megatron (either the old one or the new one); however, Gigastorm performed the calculations incorrectly, and ended up summoning the titanic of a Decepticon, Majin Zarak. Galvatron was far happier with Majin Zarak, proclaiming him to be a far greater weapon the Megatron. Galvatron set up his control room inside (the control being a steering wheel?), transformed the weapon and proceeded to attack the Maximals.
To counter the threat of the nigh-invincible Majin Zarak, Magnaboss summoned Optimus Primal from the Beast Wars of Prehistoric Earth.
Zarak under Galvatron's control about to blast the Maximals
The Maximals attempted an aerial attack, but this proved useless, so they started a ground assault. After a few seconds, most of the Predacons retreated, and Gigastorm was kicked off the ship by Lio Convoy. Galvatron then revealed his secret to the Maximals and transformed Zarak into robot/demon mode. Zarak then proceeded to fire on the Maximals with his neck cannon. However, Galvatron received a challenge message. Mistaking this for Lio Convoy, Galvatron headed off to Point B-2 to find Lio Convoy.
Zarak transforming at will revealing that he has a will of his own
Galvatron and Majin Zarak arrived to find that it was in fact Optimus Primal that sent the message. Galvatron, in his rage, tried to make Zarak ram Magnaboss but the Maximal combiner grabbed and threw Zarak, tossing Galvatron out of him, but the Predacon leader was saved by Gigastorm, as he vowed revenge and flew away. Majin Zarak appeared to be defeated, but then transformed at will, revealing that he did, in fact, have a mind of his own. Scuba revealed that Galvatron never really had control over Zarak at all. Most of the Maximals opened fire on Majin Zarak, only to be blasted by the demon, leaving only Lio Convoy, Optimus Primal, Apache and Bullhorn to fight. Soon, Apache and Bullhorn were also defeated. Zarak attempted to kill Convoy, but Primal was able to save him and temporarily hide them both from Zarak.
Majin Zarak about to be attacked by Optimus Primal and Lio Convoy
In the end, Scuba and Diver discovered his weak-spot was the green third eye on his forehead, which was where all his nerve endings were clustered. Zarak then used that eye to find the two Maximal commanders with infrared-like vision. Just as Zarak was going in for the kill, Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal used the combined power of their individual Energon Matrices to transform themselves into Flash Lio Convoy and Burning Convoy.
Majin Zarak's last moments
Convoy and Primal, in beast mode, jumped up to Zarak; the monster tried to grab the Maximals but could not, allowing Primal to transform and ram Zarak's eye. Primal and Lio Convoy then flew up to Zarak's head and unleashed the power of their Matrices into a combined attack called the "Double Matrix Blast". The blast struck Majin Zarak, destroying most of his parts. While stunned, the two Maximal commanders channelled the Matrix energy into a single combined punch through Zarak's eye and out his back, killing him in the resulting explosion.
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...on land and sea and air!
Stare into your soul.
- Majin is a Japanese word, which is usually written as "魔神" (lit. "Demonic God") or "魔人" (lit. "Demonic human") in kanji.
- Galvatron was, in fact, trying to find someone else with the time gate and only summoned Majin Zarak by accident when Megastorm fouled up the frequency calculations. The being they were actually looking for was Megatron, although it is unclear whether they were after Beast Wars Megatron or Generation One Megatron. In any case, Galvatron viewed Majin Zarak's appearance as a thoroughly happy accident, declaring that "we obtained a weapon superior to Megatron."
- Although there is no apparent connection, Majin Zarak shares part of his name with some other dudes called Zarak, most of whom have something to do with the Headmaster Scorponok.
- Even though Majin Zarak is clearly a mechanical Transformer, its third eye and its behaviour seem more organic than mechanical.
- Majin Zarak seems to have some traits in common with Unicron:
- Both made their début in a movie edition of their respective series as the main antagonist.
- Both were the largest robots in their movies.
- Both appeared to be indestructible, with only the Matrix being able to hurt them.
- Ironically, both lose their eyes in their last stands, and are both killed by the current Autobot/Maximal leader.
- On an interesting note, Majin Zarak has tank treads in his aircraft carrier mode, suggesting amphibious capabilities.