Editing Mudflap (Cybertron)

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:''Mudflap is an [[Autobot]] and a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Mudflap1o.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Yes! The French: Smelly Arm-pits And All!]]

'''Mudflap''' has anger issues. A former Autobot and friend to [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], being forced to remain hidden on [[Earth]] after the evacuation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was frustrating for this former famous boxing champion. So frustrating that when he was approached by the Decepticons, he signed up! Only time will tell if Mudflap's heart is really with the Decepticon cause.

To human ears, Mudflap speaks with a [[Accent|French accent]]. Aside from his pugilistic skills, he's an expert in swinging his massive crane-blade, incorporating it into his free-flying limbs fighting technique.

{{bigquote|What's weeth zeez humans, anyway? Zey are one bunch of deesorderly cats, eh?|Mudflap's world view|"[[Race]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Dale Wilson]] (English), [[Taketora]] (Japanese)

Mudflap was an old friend and student of the aging Autobot soldier [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], who practically raised him. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} In 2030 he was one of many [[Autobot]]s forced by the [[Unicron Singularity]] to take refuge on Earth. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} He found it somewhat frustrating, being vexed by human behavior, such as putting up traffic lights and then not stopping for them, and the resulting crashes.

One day, while he was driving through the desert outside a city after being agitated by such an incident, Mudflap was approached by the Decepticons [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. When Thundercracker opened fire, Mudflap transformed and fought back, summoning his new Cyber Key to deploy a blade from his crane arm. The battle continued until it looked like Thundercracker would win, at which point Starscream intervened.

[[File:Cyb ep14 mudflap recruited.jpg|left|upright=1.36|thumb|Are you going to give me anything? A hug?]]

Starscream told the confused Mudflap that the attack had simply been a test of his mettle, and he'd passed. He then lied to Mudflap that in this situation both Autobots ''and'' Decepticons were trying to gain the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s to save the universe, the Decepticons merely trying to do so ''without'' caring about the humans. The puzzled Mudflap accepted Starscream's offer of Decepticon membership, at least for now, and became a turncoat. Thundercracker gave him a lift to the [[Fire dimension]]. {{Storylink|Race}}

The poor bugger found most of his time was spent training, and he would sometimes be deliberately left behind. {{storylink|Savage}} He eventually got to go to Earth with Starscream, trying to capture the Autobots' human allies (they failed) and having a brawl with Scattorshot. {{storylink|Ice}} He was then part of a mission to capture the [[Cyber Planet Key]] of [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]] {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} and then got the illustrious honour of being trapped in a big metal ball by Starscream. {{storylink|Trap}}

Once freed, he joined Megatron's full-scale strike on Earth to capture that world's Cyber Planet Key and beat on Starscream. In the battle that ensued, Mudflap and Landmine found themselves facing each other; Landmine was horrified and appealed to his old friend to realise what he was doing. Mudflap, not wanting to fight the older mech, tried to get him to walk away and finally attacked in a panic. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} With the two locked in combat, Landmine finally put down his protege with [[Cyber Key]] power and urged him again to reconsider his path. Mudflap refused {{storylink|Critical}} and the fight carried on, only taking a brief break to change battlefields and while Mudflap spent a bit demanding [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] face "someone your own size" instead of [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]]. When Landmine and Mudflap began their fight again, both were angrier and more willing to hit out than before. {{storylink|Assault}}

[[File:Cyb ep19 mudflaps new guns.jpg|right|upright=1.31|thumb]]

Mudflap went on to help Megatron in battle, briefly paused in his villainy when Landmine pointed out [[Cybertron Defense Team|an Autobot team]] was en route to Cybertron and further battling was just endangering their homeworld. The crane was pained by the dilemma... but chose to keep helping Megatron. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}}

He was withdrawn from Earth and made part of the team that pursued the [[Omega Lock]] across the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|United}} There, he got to see [[burning justice|completely inexplicable stuff]], Megatron jumping into a time/space vortex, and [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] quite happily abandoning their leader. Narked off with the duo, he gave up and went back to Earth. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Unable to trust the Decepticons any longer but unable to return to the Autobots after his actions, Mudflap was left in despair. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

[[File:Cyb ep36 landmine forgives.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.24|He's got the power.<br> So raise your voice and don't be shy,<br> Tes-ti . . .Tes-ti. . .Tes-ti-fy! Testify, testify, come on up and testify!]]

However, in his darkest hour, Landmine came to him again and offered him a chance to rejoin the Autobots. While Mudflap attacked in an angry attempt to be left alone, Landmine refused to fight back; when he told Mudflap he just wanted his friend back, the troubled Transformer collapsed to his knees in tears, apologizing for everything he had done. Landmine told Mudflap that the most important thing was to forgive ''himself'', and he and a group of civilian Autobots welcomed Mudflap back into their ranks. {{storylink|Family}}

When the black hole's growth began to devastate Earth, Mudflap was one of the hundreds of Autobots who began saving humans, noting it was great to be doing something useful for once. He then joined the Autobots in taking the fight to Galvatron himself. {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} Following the end of the black hole, he fought to save the Jungle Planet and Cybertron from collision. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

After this final victory, he joined his friend Landmine in tracking down Starscream, as a matter of honour. They eventually found him, but the end result is unknown... {{storylink|Beginning}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Primal}} {{storylink|Retreat}} {{storylink|Challenge}} {{storylink|End}}}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[File:Cybertron Mudflap toy.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|"Ostie de calisse de tabarnak, why can't I sell?"]]
*'''Mudflap''' (Voyager, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GD-09'''
**''Accessories'': Missile, Earth-style Cyber Key

: ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Mudflap transforms into a blue crane truck. The toy features two Cyber Key gimmicks, but unfortunately, they both suffer from design flaws. Inserting his key into the side of his cab flips out a firing missile launcher, which works fine in truck mode; in [[robot mode]], however, it is slung under his right arm, and the spring-loaded hinge that flips it out is not strong enough to hold it up, meaning that it dangles loosely underneath his forearm. His second gimmick is his ridiculously colossal saw-blade - first, his crane arm is manually extended, opening up the Cyber Key slot in its side, and inserting the key then flips out the translucent green blade. When fully extended, the blade and crane are about three times the height of his body. Sadly, the blade is molded from soft, flexible plastic, and if left undeployed for too long, will warp due to tension from the spring holding it down - and since it comes ''packaged'' undeployed, having been stuck like that since it left China, it comes out of the box warped. Ugh. The mast support is molded of the same material as the blade.

:Mudflap comes with a silver-bordered [[Earth]]-style Cyber Planet Key; the [[Hasbro]] release has the [[Key Code]] "'''v6t7'''" stamped on the back.  

:There are a number of small differences between the Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] releases of the toy. The main body color is a purpler periwinkle color, while the crane boom is molded white as in the stock photos, opposed to Hasbro's deep grey. The hydraulic supports are NOT painted, while the front and rear grilles are slightly more detailed. Notably, the Takara release has NO faction symbol. Because the Takara version did not use a flexible kind of plastic, it did not suffer the same flaw as the Hasbro version, and the blade did not bend over time. Takara's instructions also have the key inserted from underneath, so the weight of the missile launching gimmick rests against the pin, and not the spring.

: A special version of Mudflap was released as a [[Target]] stores [[exclusive]], with a pair of free [[Mini-Con]]s attached to the box.  Mudflap came with the Mini-Cons [[Tankor (Cybertron)|Tankor]] and [[Shockwave (Cybertron)|Shockwave]].

: This mold was going to be [[redeco]]ed to make [[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]], but was ultimately canceled (for reasons stated below) - and was later redecoed into ''[[Movie (toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Mudflap (Movie)|Mudflap]] anyway.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Mudflap/mudflap.htm More information on Mudflap at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* Mudflap was the quintessential [[shelfwarmer]] of the ''Cybertron'' toy line.  For whatever reason, he simply did not sell, and eventually ended up at heavy discount in most chains. 
* Mudflap's CGI cartoon model limited him to just one Cyber Key Power, omitting the blaster in his left arm. Consequently, he would occasionally be seen wielding either one or a pair of generic hand-held guns if the plot required him to shoot something, or in the case of "[[Ice]]", drop a weapon so someone else could use it.
* Mudflap's transformation was used as the basis for the non-toy character [[Signal Lancer]]'s transformation.
* In late October 2005, searching for "[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]]" in Amazon.com's toy section returned a bizarre statement to the effect that customers searching for "epic" tended to eventually buy Mudflap. Oddly, this result did not appear if you ''actually'' searched for "epic".
* Despite his name, there isn't a mudflap anywhere on him!
* Mudflap's toy bio completely and totally contradicts his fictional portrayal, stating him to be a Decepticon spy planted on Earth long before the evacuation of Cybertron.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Demolishor''' (デモリッシャー ''Demorisshā'')
*''Korean:'' '''Demolishor''' (데몰리셔 ''Demollisyeo'')
*''Russian:'' '''Bryzgovik''' (Брызговик)

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