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*'''Shanghai Attack Demolishor''' (Voyager<!--?,2009-->) | *'''Shanghai Attack Demolishor''' (Voyager<!--?,2009-->) | ||
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-19''' | **''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-19''' | ||
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| The name or term "Demolishor" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Demolishor (disambiguation). |
| This article is about the Decepticon excavator in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. For the other Decepticon excavator in Revenge of the Fallen, see Scavenger (ROTF). |
- Demolishor is a Decepticon from the Revenge of the Fallen franchise in the live-action film continuity family.
The gigantic Demolishor may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's smart enough to know when to fight openly and when to stick to the shadows. One of the Constructicons, Demolishor arrived on Earth to find Megatron dead, so he went into hiding, gathering other Decepticons who needed a big, blunt instrument to cower behind. Now in charge of this little band, he awaits the day when a new Decepticon leader will rise.
| “ | This is not your planet to rule. The Fallen shall rise again! | ” |
—Demolishor's last words, Revenge of the Fallen | ||
Fiction
IDW Transformers movie comics
In the distant past, the All Spark Cube created a race of powerful, trans-dimensional beings as the first inhabitants of Cybertron. The Cube gave these beings mighty powers, as well as terraforming their world, but it was not limitless, and gradually became depleted. The first beings learned that the All Spark's power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions. Once again, the Cube came to the rescue, creating a race of workers, who had the ability to change their shape.
Demolishor (or a Transformer who shared his body-type) was among the very first of these new beings, one of several "builders" who would construct a harvester when a suitable sun had been found. Once built, the device would drain the energy of these stars, thus replenishing the All Spark. Defiance issue 4 It is assumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, he sided with Megatron, the new protege of Demolishor's only surviving ancient master, The Fallen.
During the war on Cybertron, Demolishor was used as a shock trooper, sowing terror amongst settlements of displaced Autobots. At one of his massacres there was a survivor, the Autobot Sideswipe.
Demolishor's modus operandi continued when he arrived on Earth, wreaking havoc in human cities, literally daring the Autobots to stop him so that, once baited, he could slaughter the Autobot forces. This caught the attention of Sideswipe, whom Demolishor had assumed was already dead. Delighting in the return of his old playmate, the Decepticon led Sideswipe on a destructive chase through Montevideo, Uruguay. Ultimately he was driven to ground again by the arrival of Optimus Prime and the human-Autobot NEST team. Tales of the Fallen issue 2
He was later detected in Shanghai, China, prompting NEST to mobilize once again. Alliance issue 4
Revenge of the Fallen film
- Voice actor: Calvin Wimmer (credited as "Wheelbot")
NEST arrived in Shanghai with a cover story from the Chinese government that there was a chemical spill in the area. Major Lennox and his men followed a radiation blip to a construction site where a massive excavator stood. Suddenly, the excavator transformed and revealed itself to be Demolishor! In fury, he smashed his arms on the ground, flinging concrete pipes onto approaching NEST troopers, crushing them, before rolling away. NEST's firepower availed them little as Demolishor shrugged off their attacks and smashed his way to the nearby freeway. Most of the Autobots were soon deployed to deal with his running comrade Sideways, leaving NEST with only Ironhide to deal with the massive Constructicon. Overhead, a C-17 Globemaster III circled, dropping the most powerful Autobot onto the battle field: Optimus Prime had entered the game.
As Demolishor rolled along the freeway, crushing cars and destroying barriers, Optimus intercepted him at an overpass and leaped onto his head as the Decepticon reduced the overpass to rubble. Demolishor declined Optimus' demand for him to "pull over" forcing the Autobot leader to fire his Ion blaster into the former's head, soon followed by Ironhide jumping on and shooting out his massive tires. The crippled Decepticon crashed into a warehouse district and was helpless as Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and the rest of the NEST soldiers advanced.
"I'M DEMOLISHOR!!!"
"Who cares?" *BOOM*
Standing before the "Punk-ass Decepticon" as Ironhide dubbed him, Optimus inquired if there were any last words he wished to convey. In defiance, Demolishor declared with his dying breath that they were too late, and that The Fallen would rise again. Optimus Prime replied in the negative and shot him through the optic, executing him. Revenge of the Fallen
Games
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game
- Voice actor: Fred Tatasciore
Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC
Autobot campaign
Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
Toys
Revenge of the Fallen
Voyager Class toys
- Demolishor (Voyager, 2009)
- Japanese ID number: RD-03
- Demolishor transforms from a red O&K/Terex RH400 heavy duty excavator into a very unique robot mode via a surprisingly complex transformation. His Mech Alive gimmick in robot mode is a drum in each arm that spins when you move his lower arm (not in the shoulders as the packaging call out states). He has real rubber treads that sadly can't move, and no little plastic wheels that help it move either. He is almost impossible to stand up—let alone pose—but it can be managed.
- In the film, Demolishor's vehicle mode features a lot more white. This toy's colors are actually a match to Scavenger's colors.
- Like several Revenge of the Fallen toys, such as Voyager class Starscream and Leader class Optimus Prime, Demolishor is yet another victim of late mold changes due to 2008-2009 economic problems. On the back of the box, his treads are pictured as being made of several individual, linked plastic sections. The sections were apparently recast as a single rubber tread ring instead for the final toy.
- Shanghai Attack Demolishor (Voyager)
- Japanese ID number: RD-19
- Shanghai Attack Demolishor redecoes Demolishor's voyager class toy with colors that more closely resemble those seen in his film appearance.
Merchandise
Robot Heroes
- Shanghai Shootout (2009)
- Shanghai Shootout replicates the opening action scene from Revenge of the Fallen, featuring figurines of Mudflap/Skids (ice cream truck), Sideways (vehicle mode), Optimus Prime, Demolishor, and Sideswipe (vehicle mode). Demolishor is a slightly-oversized figure and the centerpiece of the box set.
Notes
- Demolishor is identical in design and vehicle form to Scavenger. In the film itself, Demolishor is mostly white with red striping and signage, but in other places his coloration matches Scavenger, such as his toy, his Robot Heroes figure, and in his appearances in the video game and the comic adaptation. Repurposing is quite fitting, if one so chooses.
- In the comic adaptation, Demolishor's alternate mode is a different model of steam shovel. It is a smaller model that could more realistically hide out in a big city than the very large mining excavator of the toy and movie.
- Though likely as vicious as every other Decepticon shown in the movie continuity, Demolishor's demise could be viewed as a rather unfortunate moral grey area on the Autobots' part. Technically he was just hiding and did not attack until his discovery was imminent. To make matters worse his toy bio, while far from flattering, seems to imply that he "takes care of smaller frightened Decepticons out of the goodness of his spark". To top things off, his completely accurate statement that Earth was not the Autobots' to rule never actually implies that it is the Decepticons' either. Again, probably a monstrous mechanical bully... but still slightly unsettling. Tales of the Fallen #2 somewhat retroactively justifies Demolishor's execution, painting him as a Decepticon that revels in creating collateral damage and one that is responsible for several Autobot massacres in the past.
- During the production of Revenge of the Fallen, the as-yet-unnamed Demolishor was referred to with the simple if descriptive moniker of "Wheelbot". Although Hasbro went on to provide a proper name for the character, Demolishor still wound up being listed as "Wheelbot" in the credits of the film itself.
