Bludgeon (SG)

This article is about the heroic Decepticon gunslinger. For his evil Pretender martial artist counterpart, see Bludgeon (G1). 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

Fun Publications Shattered Glass continuity

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

Robots in Disguise (2001)

• Bludgeon (Destructicon, 2003)
  • Accessories: Rifle, 2 missiles

Robots in Disguise Bludgeon was officially repurposed as Shattered Glass Bludgeon.

A redeco of the Generation 2 "Hero" Megatron mold, 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.

He and his fellow Destructicon Scourge were exclusive to the KB Toys store chain, 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.

This mold was also used to make Robotmasters Reverse Convoy/Rebirth Megatron (which has been repurposed to also be Brightes as well as Blue Megatron).

• More information on Bludgeon at TFU.info

Generation 2 mold: Megatron (Hero)
Hasbro: Generation 2 Megatron Archforce Megatron (Combat Hero, canceled) Robots in Disguise (2001) Destructicon Bludgeon Takara: G-2 TRF-2 Megatron Robotmasters RM-24 Reverse Convoy

Notes

• 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, Seven Samurai being remade as The Magnificent Seven and Yojimbo being remade as A Fistful of Dollars. Or... in a more meta way it could be a reference to Akira Kurosawa's love for John Ford's films.