Lio Junior is a fictional character

Fictional character

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 created for the Japanese anime series and toy line Beast Wars Second, where he was voiced by Yumiko Kobayashi

Yumiko Kobayashi

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. He has since appeared in comics printed by IDW Publishing in the US. He is a young warrior, the son of Lio Convoy.

Beast Wars Second

Lio Junior was created from a blank Maximal protoform, exposed to Angolmois energy upon the Lio Convoy's Matrix. Weapons include his Lion Vute Whip. Twin horns extend from his mane to fire Angolmois Ball spheres. His mane can become Lion Wings, which allow him to fly short distances.

Animated series

Lio Junior, Santon and Skywarp are regulars in the Beast Wars Second series after their introduction in episode #26 "Enter Lio Junior!" In this episode Santon and Skywarp arrive from Cybertron

Cybertron

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 in time to combine with Lio Junior, who confronts Galvatron. The fight continues into episode #27, "Megastorm Reborn", where Galvatron is injured and escapes Magnaboss. Megastorm, enhanced into his new Gigastorm form attacks the Maximals, but the combined missiles of Magnaboss and Leo Prime are able to defeat him by blowing the rocks out from under him and dumping the Predacon into a pool of angolmois energy.

Lio Junior appears in the Beast Wars Second movie, "Lio Convoy Crisis".

IDW Publishing

Lio Junior had a biography printed in the Beast Wars Sourcebook by IDW Publishing

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Toys

• Beast Wars Second Basic Lio Junior (1998)

The toy of Lio Junior is a redeco of Beast Wars Prowl

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• Beast Wars Second Basic Lio Junior Black (1998)
• Beast Wars Second Basic Lio Junior White (1998)