Rachel

Rachel is a human from the Animorphs continuity.

Only one toy, and it doesn't turn into a grizzly bear. Awww.

Rachel is an Animorph. She is fully aware of the dangers the Yeerk invasion presents. Nonetheless, she is convinced she is a force not to be messed with. The Yeerks shouldn't even try to mess with her. She believes her lion morph gives her courage and speed that she will need to save the world. Her friends. Her family. Even you.

Fiction

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Vector Prime knew of the Animorphs' exploits, despite them taking place in the Megaverse, outside of the Transformers' multiverse. Ask Vector Prime

Toys

Animorphs

I guess she's a mane character! Ha ha ha ha haaaaaaagod.

• Rachel/Lion (Deluxe, 1999)
  • Accessories: Left paw, right paw, Yeerk slug

• Known designers: Takio Ejima (TakaraTomy)

Part of the first wave of Animorphs toys, Rachel transforms from a human who watches too much anime into a (male) lion, as well as a transitional third mode combining features from both. Unlike other toys in the line, her "full" human face is hidden under normal circumstances, as a button on the back of her head must be pushed in to flip up the lion-face mask of the transitional form. Her lion mode front claws, or "Combat Claws", are separate pieces that attach like gloves. Like all Animorphs deluxe figures, she comes with a villainous Yeerk slug.

• More information on Rachel (lion) at tfu.info

Notes

• Rachel's packaging art is based on the actress that portrayed her in the Animorphs television series, Brooke Nevin.
• Rachel is the only Animorphs character to have only one toy in this line. (There was also only one Taxxon toy, but it doesn't represent any specific character.)
• Design sketches from Transformers Generations 2017 indicate that Poison Bite was originally designed to be a toy of Rachel, before the cancellation of the Animorphs toyline led to it being retooled and released as one of the Mutant Beasts.

Foreign names

• Spanish: Raquel (Spain)