Scowl (RID)

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"I'M GONNA WRECK IT!"
Scowl is a Decepticon Dinobot from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.

Scowl is a Dinobot gone bad. In a better world, Scowl could have put his prodigious strength, powerful hammer, and his Ankylosaurus mode towards constructive ends. Instead, he turned his physical prowess toward random violence and indiscriminate destruction, with an emphasis on collateral damage. Scowl seems to revel in the destruction he causes, hiding his cruelty behind a gregarious façade and layers of self-rationalization. On Cybertron, Scowl worked for the crime boss Thunderhoof as one of his enforcers. Since he's arrived on Earth, however Scowl's chosen to strike out on his own...and strike, and strike, and strike, until all of Crown City is a smoldering heap of rubble.

I smash what I want, when I want, and I ain't stopping for no 'bot!{{#if:|{{{quote2}}}}}{{#if:Scowl"Similarly Different"|Scowl{{#if:"Similarly Different"|, "Similarly Different"|}}|}}

Fiction

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2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon

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Voice actor: Mark Hildreth (English), Mitsuaki Kanuka (Japanese){{#if: Pietro Ubaldi (Italian), Gerardo Alonso (Latín-American Spanish), Kimmo Härmä (Finnish), David Manet (French), Tino Kießling (German), Wojciech Żołądkowicz (Polish)|, Pietro Ubaldi (Italian), Gerardo Alonso (Latín-American Spanish), Kimmo Härmä (Finnish), David Manet (French), Tino Kießling (German), Wojciech Żołądkowicz (Polish)}}
But can he shoot rainbows out of his back?

On Cybertron, Scowl worked for Thunderhoof's crime cabal as hired muscle, tearing down buildings on the land that Thunderhoof had illicitly acquired. At some point, he was arrested and incarcerated by Cybertron's police. Scowl was placed in a stasis pod aboard the prison ship Alchemor, but was freed after the ship crashed on Earth.

After laying low for a time, Scowl discovered a human demolition site, and began eagerly demolishing the abandoned stadium. He was discovered by a fellow Dinobot Grimlock. The two Dinobots bonded with one another over their mutual love of smashing stuff, and Scowl invited Grimlock to help him destroy the building. Grimlock reluctantly agreed — since the stadium was going to be torn down anyway — but then attempted to arrest Scowl. Scowl managed to win Grimlock over and walk away free, promising to Grimlock that he would never endanger a human.

Well, you know I got to stop you And then I'm gonna bop it That's why I'm so popular Cause I'm the king of bopping you all Bop boppin', no, I can't stop, yo bop boppin' Your eyes will be poppin' oh yeah Bob boppin', ooh I got to bop a lot.

While wandering the forest, Scowl was jumped by the rest of the Autobots, who had researched his extensive list of criminal charges and had decided to bring him in. Scowl incapacitated Bumblebee and the others with a tree, then angrily confronted Grimlock about his apparent betrayal. Although Grimlock tried to reason with him, the Decepticon escaped and headed toward a nearby rail station, hoping to knock down the elevated tracks and derail the approaching passenger train. The two Dinobots battled one another while the other Autobots tried to repair the tracks. Grimlock gained the upper hand, and knocked his foe into the station roof, sending him flying and temporarily taking him out of commission.

Unfortunately, Scowl managed to free himself before the Autobots could cuff him, and ploughed into a local spa, aiming to cause as much mayhem as possible. The Autobots tried to run damage control while maintaining their cover. Scowl took out Drift and his two students, Slipstream, and Jetstorm. He then tried to bring down the ceiling on a group of meditating humans, only to be stopped by Grimlock. The two fought again, until Grimlock had an apparent change of heart, and confessed that Scowl's indiscriminate violence was easier than his own methods... but that didn't make it right. Scowl was finally clobbered by a massive stone ball, and the incapacitated Dinobot was arrested by the Autobots. Similarly Different

Scowl's stasis pod was later taken back to Cybertron by Optimus Prime, Windblade, and Ratchet. Decepticon Island (Part 2)

Rescue Bots Academy cartoon

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Grimlock told the Rescue Bot Training Center trainees about Scowl and Underbite, which scared the young Hoist away. Tyrannosaurus Wrecked

Notes

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  • In the Japanese dub, Scowl uses ora (うら), a dialectal or archaic first-person pronoun.

Foreign names

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  • Japanese: Scowl (スカウル Sukauru)
  • Hungarian: Morcos ("Grouchy")
  • Mandarin: Bēi Háo Mó (悲嚎魔, "Wailing Demon")
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