Apeface

2008-04-11T20:10:55Z

86.165.61.126: /* Generation 1 */

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:''Apeface is a [[Decepticon]] [[Horrorcon]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:G1_Apeface_boxart.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I will not hesitate to beat you to death with my own arm.]]

'''Apeface''' is a strong presence in any situation. He's loud, rude, obnoxious, and intimidating to everyone he meets. He dominates those around him with his attitude and fearsome countenance. There's some debate among his fellow Decepticons about how much of his behavior is an act, a gruesomely effective psychological tactic to control others and force them to fold under his demands. Others just think he was built that way. Whatever's going on inside Apeface's cerebral-circuitry, he's not saying. The only one he really gets along with is [[Snapdragon]].

As a [[Headmaster]], he is [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] to [[Spasma]]. Sucks to be Spasma.

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Gorillo'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Tagor'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Majompofa'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actor'': [[Dick Gautier]]

[[Image:Apeface.jpg|left|thumb|150px|I'm gonna bearhug this guy to death!]]

Apeface appeared to be the leader of the "animals" under [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s command. Or at least their spokesperson. Not that it matters, since when Apeface balked at a command to rip off his own head, Cyclonus <strike>pimp-slapped</strike> shot him and said "You will do as I say, or you will die!" Not way up there in the Decepticon hierarchy, Apeface is.

[[Image:G1 cartoon Apeface Cyclonus.JPG|thumb|150px]]
Accompanying the Decepticons to [[Nebulos]], Apeface was binary bonded to Spasma, who warned him not to get out of line. "We'll see who's boss" was Apeface's reply. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

{{note|One of the many confusing glitches in The Rebirth is the fact that, while Spasma is clearly designed to transform into both the robot and ape heads, Apeface retains his ape mode head even when Spasma is separated from him.}}

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====''The Headmasters'' (Japan-only)====
:''Voice actor'': ???

===Headmasters manga continuity===

===Marvel Comics continuity===
On Cybertron, Apeface was among Scorponok's crew of Decepticons. When their Autobot foes left for the planet Nebulos, the Decepticons followed. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

Not long after their arrival, Apeface and his pal Snapdragon were having fun terrorizing the natives in the city of [[Splendora]], until they were easily dispatched by two Autobot Headmasters. Though Scorponok berated the two for their failure, this latest defeat proved enough for him to reconsider the merits of the Headmaster process. Soon, Apeface was one of six Decepticons who underwent binary-bonding with the organic Nebulans to become a Headmaster. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

He and the others continued to terrorize Nebulos until the Decepticons left for Earth, pursuing Fortress Maximus's Autobots yet again. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[Image:Apeface smackdown.jpg|left|thumb|200px|He'll beat you with the oily end.]]

During the battle between Scorponok and [[Ratbat]]'s crews, Apeface learned a valuable truth about himself: while he isn't ''quite'' willing to rip off his own arm and beat someone to death with it, he's also not one to ignore an opportunity when it presents itself. [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] learned that the hard way. {{Storylink|Cold War!}}

Apeface was quite amused by the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s surrender to Scorponok on Earth, considering it a regular comedy show. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Apeface was teleported to Cybertron along with countless other Transformers, where he somehow found a tasty banana to keep himself occupied while [[Emirate Xaaron|some stupid Autobot]] yammered on about [[Unicron|dark gods]] and [[Primus|creators]] and stuff. {{storylink|The Void! (Marvel US comic)|The Void!}}

When the aforementioned dark god showed up at Cybertron a short while later, Apeface wasn't so amused. Like countless others, he fled in a panic. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

After the apocalyptic battle, Apeface's ruined form was seen among the dead. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

===Blackthorne ''Transformers in 3D'' continuity===
[[Image:ApefaceGrunk01.jpg|right|thumb|150px|GRUNK!]]"Ape Face" (as it is spelt in the comic) was one of the last few Decepticons remaining behind on Tau-Ursa when the Autobots arrived. He was investigating a crashed spaceship when he found a voice recording. Deducing that if the tape spoke it must be important, he resolved to take it to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]].

At this moment he was attacked by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Hot Rod]] who were intent on keeping him from escaping with the information. The triple changer loudly declared his intention to smash them (with a mighty cry of "GRUUUNK!"), and after knocking them to the ground similarly anounced he was transforming into jet mode. He was too slow however, and Blurr seized his arm, prising the tape from his hand before escaping. This made him mad. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Apeface with Spasma''' (Headmaster Horrocon, 1987)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''D-101'''

Apeface turns into both a cybertronic jet and a robotic gorilla. A shield forms two fins in jet mode. His Headmaster partner, Spasma, forms both his robot mode face and his ape mode face.

==Trivia==
* In the Japanese ''[[The Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' series, Spasma does not exist as a separate entity from Apeface; like all Headmasters, the large robot is just a lifeless [[Transtector]] body controlled entirely by the head unit. However, Apeface's head unit is ''still'' called "Spasma" when separated from the larger robot body, even though it's the same guy!

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==External links==
* [http://tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Apeface/apeface.htm Apeface at TFU.info]

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