Mudflap (ROTF)

The name or term "Mudflap" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Mudflap (disambiguation).

Mudflap is an Autobot from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.

Despite appearances, his chest is not someone's face. No I know what you're thinking, his chest is not a Johnny 5 reference

When a Spark splits into two separate sparks, the resulting two Cybertronians are considered twins, with an incredibly close bond. The goofy-looking Mudflap and his twin Skids are a result of one such division. He's hyperactive, noisy, argumentative, and eager... and so's Mudflap, though he's so desperate to impress that he comes off as having the robot equivalent of ADHD. When they're not trying to outdo each other in crazy daredevil antics the twins are usually bickering with one another over anything. Like Skids, he possesses hyper-reactive optical imaging scanners, making him able to process tactical information faster than any other Transformer (except Skids!).

Each twin can transform into smaller separate vehicles or combine into a single, more durable alternate mode, but whether they can combine similarly into a larger robot mode remains to be seen. Upon first arriving to Earth, Mudflap and his brother took the form of a beat-up old ice cream truck, but he later scanned a Chevy Trax for a disguise. That being said, it's unlikely the twins will keep an alt-mode for long.

He's also a racist stereotype.

“	Nobody messes with the twins!	”
—Mudflap, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Fiction

IDW Transformers movie comics

Mudflap is the one in back.

Skids and Mudflap arrived on Earth as part of Autobot reinforcements that Optimus Prime requested. They both chose the form of an old, beat-up ice cream truck. The newly-arrived Autobots joined the human-Transformer military alliance NEST and began training in earnest on Diego Garcia, but soon had to be deployed to Shanghai, China. Alliance issue 4

Titan Magazines Revenge of the Fallen comics

Quick! We have to get to auditions before the cool characters!

Mudflap and Skids happily stayed on Cybertron, going through intensive training (which totally wasn't goofing off) and having extreme-sports contests. Neither wanted to leave their homeworld, and they were the only Transformers on it until Starscream turned up with a Decepticon army. When they heard him mention a star harvester, Mudflap said they should tell someone...but was a bit upset to find out the fastest way to do that would be to leave Cybertron and tell the Autobots in person.

The decision was made for them when the Decepticons attacked. Mudflap took some hits, causing Skids to obliterate the Decepticons responsible, but for the most part, their training paid off. However, he realised they were running out of places to run, so he followed his brother in leaving the planet and heading for Earth. Training Day

Revenge of the Fallen movie

Voice actor: Reno Wilson

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Toys

Revenge of the Fallen

Legends Class Toys

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• Mudflap (Legends, 2009)

• Bumblebee / EZ Collection Mudflap (2009)

Available exclusively at the Lawson's convenience store in Japan (and the only way to obtain this figure in via TakaraTomy), this version of Legends class Mudflap has more paint applications than the Hasbro release. The Deluxe-class Preview Bumblebee it comes with is unchanged from the regular release. Preorders opened on the 1st of May and closed on June 30th, and the figure itself shipped on the 16th of October.

Deluxe Class Toys

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E.T.'s healing touch is bigger and better than ever

• Mudflap (Deluxe Class, 2009)
  • Japanese ID number: RA-15
  • Accessories: Projectile

Part of the third wave of Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Class figures, Mudflap transforms into a rust-orange Chevy Trax. He transforms similarly to (but not exactly like) the Deluxe toy of his twin brother, Skids. He also has similar gimmickry; for example, his Mech Alive gimmick is also activated by pushing in the grill on his chest. This causes some panels in his chest to sway and his head to, uh, headbang. Additional Mech Alive action is engineered into his larger left arm. When his fist folds in towards his wrist, panels on the outside of his forearm spread and reveal a raising spring-loaded missile launcher. In vehicle mode, this missile is stored through a cross-shaped hole on the rear bumper. On a sadder note, the clip which holds his chest to his back has a lot of trouble actually connecting, so you're going to be stuck with just carefully posing him so that he doesn't come undone.

His feet are misassembled in the package. Swap them! The bigger, separated toe should be on the outside.

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He was always the horse's rear end in school plays

• Autobot Skids And Mudflap (2009)
  • Japanese ID number:

This two pack of the two twin Autobot brothers can combine into a single, old-fashioned ice cream truck. Unfortunately, they are SMALLER than a scout class figure.

It may actually be the most outstanding combiner figure of the ROTF toyline...

Fast Action Battlers

His special arm: There's no other like it.

• Grapple Grip Mudflap (Fast Action Battler, 2009)

Gravity Bots

Believe it or not, his head looked like that before he entered the car compacter.

• Mudflap (2009)
  • Japanese ID number: GB-05

Merchandise

Revenge of the Fallen

R.P.M.s - Robot Powered Machines

Battle Series

• Mudflap vs Autobot Skids (R.P.M. Mini-Vehicle, 2009)
  • Number: 04 of 08

Number four in a series of eight Robot Powered Machines Mini-Vehicle versus packs, Mudflap is packaged with his twin Skids. It's a non-transformable Hot Wheels-like car, with his robot mode sculpted and painted onto the underside of him.

Robot Heroes

• Mudflap and Rampage (2009)

Trivia

• Oddly enough, even though Mudflap's Chevy Trax form features big blue "eyes" on his chest, he makes up the back of the ice cream truck, even though the truck seems to have a similar "face" on its grill that does not appear on his brother (and fellow combiner) Skids' Chevy Beat form.
• The twins have been accused of being derogatory racial stereotypes. [1]