Cheetor is part of a race of robots called
Transformers
who come from an artificial planet named Cybertron that been
waging war with each other for countless eons. They all have the
ability to change their robot forms to a different mode, usually
animal like or some kind of vehicle. Cheetor and his fellow
Maximals followed their Predacon enemies to prehistoric
Earth where they all assumed new forms as animals. Cheetor
took on the body of a cheetah and later gained a Transmetal
form which gave his beast mode a more metallic look and the power
of flight. His Transmetal mode eventually evolved due to an
accident which grounded him in a more feral body,
but now
with jet propelled speed. After a while, the
Maximals
won the Beast Wars and took the captive Predacon leader
Megatron back to Cybertron in the 25th century. However,
something happened that allowed Megatron to go free and take
over the entire planet and turning all the inhabitants into his
own personal army of robots called Vehicons. Cheetor and 4 other
Maximals escaped this fate with newly upgraded bodies,
and they now
fight to free Cybertron from Megatron's control.
