Bludgeon (SG)

This article is about the heroic Decepticon gunslinger. For his evil Pretender martial artist counterpart, see Bludgeon (G1){{#switch:{{#sub:Bludgeon (G1)|-1}}|!=|.=|?=|.}} For a list of other meanings, see Bludgeon (disambiguation).
Bludgeon is a heroic Decepticon from the Shattered Glass continuity family.
Hey! Everybody look at me, I'm a cowboy! Howdy howdy howdy!

Bludgeon is the best dang sharpshooter on all of Cybertron! Yee-Haw! He's recently become fascinated with Earth's transmissions about their law-enforcement units, installing hip-holsters for his pistols and similar equipment in order to better emulate them. He's friends with Carnivac, with whom he usually teams up during the Mayhem Suppression Squad's missions.

Fiction

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Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity

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Bludgeon and the rest of the Mayhem Suppression Squad joined in the defense of the Arch-Ayr fuel dump. He and Carnivac took on Optimus Prime together, with Bludgeon hip-shooting Prime and Carnivac chewing on him. Dungeons & Dinobots

Toys

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Robots in Disguise (2001)

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  • Accessories: Rifle, 2 missiles
  • Known designers: Andrew Frankel (Hasbro){{#if: |, {{{2}}}}}
Robots in Disguise Bludgeon was officially repurposed as Shattered Glass Bludgeon.
A redeco of the Generation 2 "Hero" Megatron mold, Robots in Disguise Bludgeon transforms into an Abrams M1A1 assault tank. His main cannon uses an air-bladder to launch the hollow, rubber-tipped missiles he comes with. These missiles can be stored with pull-out clips on the sides of his turret, which become his robot-mode arms. Like wavemate Scourge, Bludgeon's mold had significantly degraded in the intervening years, leading to inept factory repairs to the upper arm panels that prevent the figure from fully transforming unless they're sanded down.
He and his fellow Destructicon Scourge were exclusive to KB Toys in the United States, released under the Robots in Disguise banner long after the series had been replaced with Armada, which explains why they used the same packaging style. Additionally, they were also available at retail in the United Kingdom four months after their release in the United States, complete with European packaging, but instead exclusive to Toys"R"Us. Both were also Toys"R"Us Japan exclusives, sold as "USA Editions" in slightly-altered US packaging (basically just some Japanese-language stickers for legal info was applied to them).
While his package art shows him having two separate eyes (like the original release of the figure as Megatron), the actual toy has a red stripe painted across its nose to connect the eyes, making for a rather uneven eye "visor".
Over time, the rubber portions on the missiles and hose degrade considerably faster than previous versions.
Bludgeon was also repurposed (yes, again!) as Yellow Megatron from the Generations Selects Special Comic.
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Notes

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  • The casting of Bludgeon as a cowboy (as opposed to a samurai) is likely a reference to several samurai movies being adapted into Westerns. For instance, [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Seven Samurai|{{#if:||Seven Samurai}}]] being remade as [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}The Magnificent Seven|{{#if:||The Magnificent Seven}}]] and [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Yojimbo|{{#if:||Yojimbo}}]] being remade as [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}A Fistful of Dollars|{{#if:||A Fistful of Dollars}}]]. Or... in a more meta way it could be a reference to [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}Akira Kurosawa|{{#if:||Akira Kurosawa}}]]'s love for [[wikipedia:{{#if:|:}}John Ford|{{#if:||John Ford}}]]'s films.
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