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:''Skullcruncher is a [[ | :''Skullcruncher is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].'' | ||
[[File:Skullcruncher-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb| | [[File:Skullcruncher-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|upright=2|He got hungry and ate [[Grax]], now he's stuck in [[Croctobot]] mode.]] | ||
'''Skullcruncher''' is a crocodile-bot. | '''Skullcruncher''' is a crocodile-bot. He's a bit out of control. | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon=== | ===''Cyberverse'' cartoon=== | ||
Some cycles before the Autobots and Decepticons returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Skullcruncher found | [[File:Cyberverse - The Judge - Skullcruncher Hungers.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66||"Why, the bayou's the best jazz school in the world. All greats play the riverboats."]] | ||
Some cycles before the Autobots and Decepticons returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Skullcruncher found his way into the depths of the inactive [[Iaconus]]. [[Maccadam]] let him stay to keep out the "riff-raff". | |||
During the [[Quintesson]]s' occupation of Cybertron, Skullcruncher attacked [[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]], making him lose an arm in the process. As Perceptor met up with his comrades in search of Iaconus' cloaking module, Skullcruncher secretly followed them before attacking [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]]. Using the techniques they honed in the training simulation, the other Cybertronians freed Clobber and escaped Skullcruncher. | During the [[Quintesson]]s' occupation of Cybertron, Skullcruncher attacked [[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]], making him lose an arm in the process. As Perceptor met up with his comrades in search of Iaconus' cloaking module, Skullcruncher secretly followed them before attacking [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]]. Using the techniques they honed in the training simulation, the other Cybertronians freed Clobber and escaped Skullcruncher. He later made one last lunge at the intruders only to get smacked by Maccadam, send him running off. {{storylink|The Citizen}} | ||
After the Titan's cloak was deactivated, Skullcruncher battled a horde of [[Sharkticon ( | After the Titan's cloak was deactivated, Skullcruncher battled a horde of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s and [[Prosecutor (Cyberverse)|Prosecutor]]s alongside [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]], [[Alpha Strike]], and [[Kup (Cyberverse)|Kup]], during which he let the latter hitch a ride on his back. {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} | ||
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==Toys== | |||
===''Cyberverse''=== | |||
[[File:Cyberverse-Skullcruncher-01.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey look, my Crocodile head is less alien! Wait what's up with my face-]] | |||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Skullcruncher''' (Ultra Class, [[2020]]-[[2021]])}}</ul> | |||
:*''Accessories'': Blaster, sword/tail | |||
: The sole figure released in the eighth wave of ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Ultra figures, Skullcruncher transforms into a robotic crocodile. His tail has a flip-out blade to become a hand-held sword in robot mode. In robot mode, his energon armor gimmick flips a large crocodile-head-helmet over his robot head, with his robot face peeking out of the mouth. The energon helmet has an articulated jaw that can open via a tab on the back. | |||
: Like most latter-wave ''Cyberverse'' Ultras, Skullcruncher boasts a greater level of articulation than most figures in the same toyline. | |||
:Skullcruncher was released twice: First in 2020 under the ''Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures'' subline imprint, and then again in 2021 in the line's final ''Dinobots Unite'' subline imprint packaging refresh. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Skullcruncher's design is heavily inspired by | *Skullcruncher's design is heavily inspired by his [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]]'s [[Titans Return (toyline)|''Titans Return'']] [[Skullcruncher (G1)#Titans_Return|toy]]. | ||
*Skullcruncher | *Though Skullcruncher lacks a faction insignia in the cartoon, the toyline and concept artwork identify him as a Decepticon. | ||
* | *''Cyberverse'' writer [[Mae Catt]] referred to Skullcruncher as female during an online Q&A,<ref name="Q+A">"[https://shikai-the-storyteller.tumblr.com/post/613237429097365504/i-absolutely-didnt-go-back-through-and-edit-this Transformers: Cyberverse – Mae Catt Q&A Session (Unedited Edition)]", 21 March 2020</ref> but the character is identified as male by Maccadam when he says "He snuck in here a few millennia ago..." about Skullcruncher in "[[The Citizen]]". | ||
*According to Catt, Skullcruncher works as the bouncer in Maccadam's after Perceptor took over the bar.<ref name="Q+A" /> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]] | [[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]] | ||
[[Category:Variable gender characters]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:03, 19 April 2026
| The name or term "Skullcruncher" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Skullcruncher (disambiguation). |
- Skullcruncher is a Decepticon from the Cyberverse continuity family.
Skullcruncher is a crocodile-bot. He's a bit out of control.
Fiction
[edit]Cyberverse cartoon
[edit]
Some cycles before the Autobots and Decepticons returned to Cybertron, Skullcruncher found his way into the depths of the inactive Iaconus. Maccadam let him stay to keep out the "riff-raff".
During the Quintessons' occupation of Cybertron, Skullcruncher attacked Perceptor, making him lose an arm in the process. As Perceptor met up with his comrades in search of Iaconus' cloaking module, Skullcruncher secretly followed them before attacking Clobber. Using the techniques they honed in the training simulation, the other Cybertronians freed Clobber and escaped Skullcruncher. He later made one last lunge at the intruders only to get smacked by Maccadam, send him running off. The Citizen
After the Titan's cloak was deactivated, Skullcruncher battled a horde of Sharkticons and Prosecutors alongside Grimlock, Alpha Strike, and Kup, during which he let the latter hitch a ride on his back. The Judge
Toys
[edit]Cyberverse
[edit]
- Accessories: Blaster, sword/tail
- The sole figure released in the eighth wave of Cyberverse Ultra figures, Skullcruncher transforms into a robotic crocodile. His tail has a flip-out blade to become a hand-held sword in robot mode. In robot mode, his energon armor gimmick flips a large crocodile-head-helmet over his robot head, with his robot face peeking out of the mouth. The energon helmet has an articulated jaw that can open via a tab on the back.
- Like most latter-wave Cyberverse Ultras, Skullcruncher boasts a greater level of articulation than most figures in the same toyline.
- Skullcruncher was released twice: First in 2020 under the Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures subline imprint, and then again in 2021 in the line's final Dinobots Unite subline imprint packaging refresh.
Notes
[edit]- Skullcruncher's design is heavily inspired by his Generation 1 counterpart's Titans Return toy.
- Though Skullcruncher lacks a faction insignia in the cartoon, the toyline and concept artwork identify him as a Decepticon.
- Cyberverse writer Mae Catt referred to Skullcruncher as female during an online Q&A,[1] but the character is identified as male by Maccadam when he says "He snuck in here a few millennia ago..." about Skullcruncher in "The Citizen".
- According to Catt, Skullcruncher works as the bouncer in Maccadam's after Perceptor took over the bar.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Transformers: Cyberverse – Mae Catt Q&A Session (Unedited Edition)", 21 March 2020
