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

Long Haul is a Decepticon Constructicon from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Knows the importance of not complaining about his job, but is known entirely for complaining about his job.

The problem, as Long Haul sees it, is that he gets all the work and very little of the excitement and the glory that goes with being a Decepticon. He knows his job is important; he'd just much rather be on the front lines fighting shoulder to shoulder with fellow warriors than moving supplies and building installations to make sure those warriors continue fighting. Long Haul keeps these secret desires to himself though, as he's smart enough to know Megatron is not likely to be sympathetic and has no patience for grunts who question their orders.

He also serves as Devastator's crotch. Tough break.

“	REMOVE! REMOVE! ALWAYS REMOVE! I didn't join this outfit to be a dump truck!	”
—Long Haul's unfortunate fate, "City of Steel"

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Gregg Berger (English), Masashi Ebara (Japanese), Toshio Ishii (Japanese, "The Golden Lagoon"), Yū Shimaka (Japanese, "The Core"), Takurō Kitagawa (Japanese, "The Autobot Run"), Show Hayami (Japanese, 2010), Gerd Wiedenhofen (German, The Autobot Run), Reinhard Brock (German, Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1), Bernd Simon (German, Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4), Willy Schäfer (German, Generation 2 Dub), Roberto Alexander (Latin American)

Some time in the past, Long Haul and the other Constructicons were responsible for creating Megatron. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 Roughly nine million years ago, Long Haul and the Constructicons were friends of Omega Supreme in Crystal City on Cybertron. Their engineering skills were permanently turned to evil, however, once Megatron and the Robo-Smasher reprogrammed them into Decepticons. They were also given the combined form of Devastator, making them the physical equal of Omega Supreme in combat. After they destroyed Crystal City at Megatron's command, the Constructicons earned the everlasting ire of their former friend. The Secret of Omega Supreme

The crankiest operating table in existence.

Long Haul was eventually summoned to Earth (built on Earth?) by Megatron and the Decepticons, and joined them in trying to destroy Optimus Prime and the Autobots. Their first scheme was to supercharge Megatron with the power chip rectifiers of his fellow 'Cons, so that he could defeat Prime in personal combat. Heavy Metal War Though they failed, the Constructicons would be involved in many of Megatron's schemes from then on, such as constructing of New Cybertron in Manhattan, where Long Haul got to carry around debris and paralyzed Autobot leaders. City of Steel

Long Haul was the most long-suffering members of the Constructicons, possibly even more so than Scavenger. He was constantly complaining about wanting a greater role in the group, either as a warrior or an engineer, but was inevitably relegated to "go fetch" work for Hook or Scrapper. It didn't help his mood any. At one point the Constructicons later built the Transfixatron to paralyze the Autobots in their vehicle modes, along with a metal-munching machine to devour them. Long Haul complained loudly about his job, but was cheered up when he got to feed Ironhide to the machine. He didn't even mind when the Autobots got loose, since it meant finally getting some action. The Autobot Run

Megatron later had the Constructicons build a giant drill, planning to collect energy from the Earth's core. When an accident was caused by Scavenger's faulty sensors, Long Haul was tasked with loading Mixmaster's mixing drum full of chemicals so that the crazed chemist could do a quick repair job. He didn't enjoy it one bit. A group of Autobots soon discovered the Decepticons, only to be chased off by Devastator. However, they soon returned with a plan—using dominator discs to take control of Devastator for their own needs. The Autobot Mirage shot a pair of discs at Long Haul and Mixmaster when they weren't looking, and as soon as the Constructicons formed Devastator shortly afterwards, the Autobots took control of him. Megatron's attempts at regaining his troops eventually led to Devastator going crazy and wrecking the controls to the drill, so Long Haul had to help stop it from breaching the Earth's core and shattering the planet. The Core

Death comes to he who stands behind a dump truck emptying its load.

When the other Decepticons were suffering from Cybertonium depletion, Long Haul and the other Constructicons unloaded a shipment of Cybertonium sent by Shockwave. They failed to stop the Dinobots from using the space bridge to go to Cybertron. Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1 When the Constructicons deceived Grapple and Hoist into building a Solar Power Tower for them to take over, Long Haul thought he was finally going to get to build something. Hook sent him to carry solar panels around. The Master Builders Long Haul's greatest claim to fame was abandoning his job of guarding the recently discovered pool of electrum, forcing Dirge to do it by himself. Dirge was then promptly beaten up by Seaspray, and the Autobots gained control of the electrum. Oops. The Golden Lagoon

Long Haul later went into space with the other Constructions in order to mine energy from an asteroid. When the Autobots found out, the Constructicons found themselves facing their old pal, Omega Supreme, who broke the entire asteroid in half in his attempts to exterminate Long Haul and the others. Ignoring the strange alien that "hatched" from the asteroid, the Constructicons merged into Devastator and kept fighting Omega Supreme on Earth, but were eventually defeated. Before Omega Supreme could finish them off, however, he had to leave and deal with the alien. The Secret of Omega Supreme

Long Haul pitched in to build an over-sized maze for Blitzwing, Triple Takeover and the Constructicons later helped Megatron construct one of the most devastating weapons of all time. Pleased with their work, Megatron dismissed the Constructicons for the day. Long Haul and his crew departed quickly, before Megatron realized they had built the ultimate weapon at the bottom of a deep canyon, making it virtually impossible to aim it at anything worthwhile. Masquerade

In 2005, Long Haul and the Constructicons joined in the assault on Autobot City, and their power as Devastator was key to breaching the city's defenses. After the Dinobots arrived, however, Devastator was effectively nullified as the two groups kept each other too busy and out of the rest of the fighting. They joined the other Decepticons in beating a hasty retreat after Megatron fell in battle, and Long Haul was seen carrying the damaged Kickback with him. The Transformers: The Movie

Following the defeat of Galvatron, the Decepticons sought refuge on the planet of Chaar, where the Constructicons began squabbling over who would take Astrotrain's latest shipment of energon. They combined, but were broken up by Menasor and slinked away. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1

The Constructicons were tasked with modifying an Earth city into the Decepticons' new battle station, Trypticon, and Long Haul got a new colour scheme just for the occasion, cackling about the rude awakening the humans were about to receive. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 He then shot at an Autobot shuttle when it arrived on Earth with Metroplex's transformation cog, and was petrified by a device that froze all Transformers. Long Haul was freed when a human destroyed the device. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5

Long Haul participated in building a new engine for Galvatron, only for Ultra Magnus and his squad of Autobots to crash the party. Despite merging into Devastator, the Constructicons were no match for the enormous Broadside. After a crash on Eurythma, Long Haul fought Perceptor and Hot Spot with his teammates. Carnage in C-Minor He accompanied Galvatron to Paradron and took part in the crossfire, Fight or Flee and as part of Devastator, got his revenge on Broadside during a battle in Japan. Later on, Long Haul witnessed Galvatron and Cyclonus be defeated by a mutated Scourge. The Burden Hardest to Bear

Japanese cartoon continuity

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comic

On an island paradise, Long Haul and the Constructicons were performing excavation work for Megatron's new fortress, at the cost of the natural resources and precious animals. The Autobots arrived to stop the Decepticons. Despite their vast power, Trypticon and the combined Devastator failed to defeat the Autobots due to their lack of teamwork, and the Constructicons were knocked back into their component parts. The Autobots forced Long Haul and his comrades to undo the damage they had done to the island. Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6

Scramble City: Mobilization

Voice actor: Toshio Ishii (Japanese)

When the Decepticons learned of the Scramble City project being secretly assembled by the Autobots, Megatron sent his henchmen to interfere with their work. The Constructicons joined Starscream and his flying partners in an attack on the Autobots. Optimus Prime and a task force of Autobots held their position until Long Haul and the Constructicons inevitably joined forces into Devastator. The Aerialbots gave Devastator a good whippin', though, and the Decepticons retreated. Scramble City: Mobilization

The Headmasters cartoon

Voice actor: Ryōichi Tanaka (Japanese)

Long Haul and the Constructicons were stationed on Earth in 2011, under the command of Sixshot. They attempted to prevent Ultra Magnus from sending reinforcements to Cybertron to help the Autobots fend off Galvatron's siege on Vector Sigma. Long Haul and his squad were ganging up on the Trainbots until Metroplex arrived and shooed them off with his superior firepower. Having failed to stop the Autobot reinforcements from departing, the Constructicons followed them to Cybertron. As Devastator, they tried to shoot Superion in the back, but Optimus Prime foiled their aim, making them hit Abominus instead. Four Warriors Come out of the Sky Devastator was involved in a combiner shootout on Cybertron until the Battleship Maximus arrived and annihilated the Decepticon combiners. The Mystery of Planet Master

Long Haul and the Constructicons were guarding the Decepticon space bridge on Earth, but failed miserably when Twincast single-handedly fought them off and stole a ride on the bridge. The Great Cassette Operation

Zone OVA, manga and story pages

Seeking to create a Decepticon Zone to counter the Autobot Zone, Decepticon Emperor Violen Jiger gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Long Haul was among those summoned, but only in the form of Devastator. Zone Part 1 Zone Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!

Wings Universe

Long Haul was part of Hook's team when Megatron ordered the creation of Devastator. Battle Lines, Part 5 During the third Cybertronian war, the Constructicons were ambushed at Elevation Recostalus by a group of Autobots including Hauler and Erector, who disabled them before they could form Devastator. The group remained offline until 1984, when Megatron rebuilt them on Earth. Transformers I.Q. last issue review

During the Battle of Autobot City, Devastator was blasted apart by Ultra Magnus's team. Long Haul announced the Autobots' luck had run out, and he and the other Constructicons began pursuing them, gunning down Red Alert in the process. A Flash Forward

Marvel Comics continuity

Generation 1

Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.

Long Haul was created on Earth by Shockwave, combining the engineering material of G.B. Blackrock's hostilely-occupied aerospace plant with the power of the Creation Matrix that had been pilfered from Optimus Prime's head. The Constructicons were not only given individual life, but also the power to merge into Devastator. Their first mission was to construct and operate a intergalactic transceiver which, combined with Soundwave's broadcasting abilities, would enable the Decepticons to make contact with Cybertron for the first time in millions of years. The Next Best Thing to Being There! Despite some Autobot intervention, the transceiver was successful enough to open communications between Straxus of Darkmount and the Decepticons of Earth. The Bridge to Nowhere!

Long Haul found himself serving many masters over the following months. After Shockwave was deposed by Optimus Prime, the remaining Decepticons briefly came under Soundwave's command, and interfered with Autobot operations during the Dinobot Hunt. Dinobot Hunt! Shockwave and Megatron both attempted to regain power, and ended up having to share control and, after Omega Supreme wiped out a good portion of their forces, the Constructicons and Soundwave made up virtually their entire army. Command Performances! When Galvatron arrived from the future and removed Megatron from command, the Constructicons began serving the future Decepticon without much question, and built a massive space cannon for him. For some reason, Megatron didn't consider this enough of a treachery to annihilate Long Haul and his partners as traitors after regaining control. Target: 2006 Megatron would later be deposed entirely by Shockwave, who was then replaced in turn by Ratbat, but the Constructicons remained operational with the Decepticon army. Long Haul and the others were instrumental in one of Ratbat's schemes, where the Decepticons engaged the Autobots away from the Ark long enough for the Constructicons to sneak on board and recover the deactivated remains of their comrades who had been captured by Omega Supreme. Totaled!

For unknown reasons, the Constructicons stopped making appearances after the Underbase Saga. It's possible they were deactivated behind the scenes in the Decepticon Civil War or battling the super-powerful Starscream.

Earthforce

These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel continuity. See Earthforce for details.

When the Decepticon forces of Earth split, Long Haul and most of the Constructicons chose to work with Megatron instead of Shockwave. While patrolling the site of Megatron's ozone rocket, Long Haul and Mixmaster came across a pair of snooping Autobots. Despite being initially caught off guard, Prowl and Wheeljack quickly disposed of the two Constructicons. Starting Over! Later, at the Enclave, Long Haul was seen talking to Kickback before the "festivities" broke up the quiet little party. The Bad Guy's Ball! When Soundwave led the Decepticon in an attack on Autobot Earthbase, Long Haul took some heat from Swoop's bombing run. Divide and Conquer!

Generation 2

Long Haul made a brief appearance at the climax of the battle with the Swarm, helping the united Autobots and Decepticons construct trenches filled with thermal mines. A Rage in Heaven!

Classics

Classics continues from the Marvel US series, and does not include the UK stories or any subsequently published stories.

"I told you I didn't drink your so-called-expensive drink!"

Long Haul was among Megatron's soldiers when the Decepticon leader resurfaced on Earth. Like most of Megatron's inner circle, Long Haul and the Constructicons were presumably destroyed by Starscream during the Underbase Saga, and restored by Megatron using the cache of back-up personality engrams collected by Shockwave. This has not been expressly confirmed, however.

Long Haul was present on the Ark when Megatron questioned the mysterious traveller named Landquake. The Decepticons then flew off to the Southern Hemisphere to explore an energy spike somehow related to Landquake. Crossing Over, Part 2 When confronted by the Autobots, the five remaining Constructicons formed their modified Devastator configuration, until the ground collapsed beneath their feet. Crossing Over: Part 3 Falling to pieces, Long Haul and the Constructicons tried to overpower Grimlock with sheer numbers instead of strength. It didn't work, so they ran screaming from the battlefield. That also didn't work, as Grimlock caught up with them and continued to beat them senseless. Crossing Over: Part 5

Later on, Long Haul got caught in a struggle between Megatron's faction and a detachment from Bludgeon's army led by Bug Bite. He and the other Constructicons were assaulted by Dreadwind. Games of Deception

Dreamwave Generation 1 comics

Events from The Transformers Trilogy novels are in italics.

"Well, who were you expecting? The Spanish Inquisition?"

The Constructicons' origin in this timeline is unknown, but they were already active as evil Decepticons under Megatron's control when Sentinel Prime was killed in battle, and Optimus Prime rose in his place. Long Haul was first seen working with his fellow Constructicons in readying Cybertron to function as an interstellar "warworld" for Megatron, propelled out of orbit and through space using massive planetary engines they had uncovered. The War Within #2 He was hanging out when the Decepticons spotted some Autobots trying to interfere. The War Within #5 Their efforts were foiled by Grimlock and his commando unit. The War Within #6

Sometime later, the Constructicons created the first set of gestalt programming directives, and tested the directives on themselves to create Devastator. The inevitable spread of combiner technology, however, proved to be more than Cybertron could handle, as the massive super-robots ran the risk of damaging the planet's very infrastructure if left to battle unchecked. As a result, by the time of the Dark Ages these "Special Teams" were banned from operating as a unit in any one faction by the universally agreed upon Crisis Intervention Accord. Long Haul and the Constructicons were the first to break these accords, and become active again as Devastator as part of the Ultracons. Escalation Devastator was unleashed upon the Wreckers in the Tagan Heights, but was defeated by the Protectobots. Devastation

In the modern era, the Constructicons somehow joined Megatron on Earth after the Nemesis left Cybertron millions of years ago. Long Haul and the others were operating as Devastator in California battling the Autobots when they suffered serious damage and were believed destroyed. Prime Directive #6

The Constructicons were later revived by Starscream, and used as the groundwork for his new power base after Megatron vanished during a battle in Tokyo with the Autobots. Long Haul and the other Decepticons who chose to serve Starscream invaded the city of Las Vegas, making deals with the populace to make them voluntarily annex themselves as part of a new Decepticon government. Although most problems from within were dealt with by bribery or the occasional murderous beating, the Decepticons still faced plenty of problems from without. Grimlock of the Dinobots had made a secret deal with the President to acquire a "rogue" military force and retake Las Vegas, alongside his fellow Autobots Prowl and Bumblebee. The Constructicons were the first to face these invaders as they entered the city, attacking them in waves. Long Haul was in the process of easily overpowering Bumblebee when his comrades were all taken down fighting Grimlock and Prowl. This made Long Haul the center of attention, and he definitely suffered for it. While attempting to blast the 'Bee with a heat-seeking missile, Long Haul was skewered through the shoulder by a makeshift spear Prowl had forged out of a giant neon cowboy. Only in Vegas. With three Autobots and several Apache helicopters on his rear axle, Long Haul beat a hasty retreat deeper into the city, looking for back-up. Hardwired

Megatron eventually returned to Earth, but Long Haul and the Constructicons owed Starscream for reconstructing them, and so remained loyal to him when the Decepticons split into two factions. Of course, this only meant they were among the first to be captured by the Keepers when those aliens took over Las Vegas and turned Starscream into their puppet. Trapped behind an impenetrable force dome, Long Haul and the Constructicons attempted to batter their way out as Devastator using sheer brute force, until Skywarp offered a better idea. Reconverting into their separate modes, the Constructicons dug a tunnel out beneath the force field, enabling Starscream's faction to join the final battle against the Keepers. Acting as Devastator, they were too far away from Optimus Prime and his Matrix-induced force shield when the American nuclear assault was dropped on the Keepers, and were blasted into pieces. Annihilation

The nuclear blast left Devastator fused into his singular robot mode, leaving him unable to split back into Long Haul and his other components. Eventually, Devastator fell into the Void along with Omega Sentinel in the final conflict with the Keepers, and was left in stasis lock, drifting in the vacuum of space, after the Sentinel destroyed the Keepers' power source and shattered the Void back into real space-time. The starship Bounty, on a secret space mission from Earth, came across Devastator's remains and planned to tow him back to Earth. Fusion

The pieces of Long Haul and the Constructicons fell under the control of Earth Defense Command, and were held in their Roswell facility for study. Generation 1 #0

G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers

The ruthless terrorist organization known as Cobra dug dozens of Autobots and Decepticons out of their four-million-year resting place and began rebuilding them into a Cobra-controlled army. However, with Wheeljack and Bumblebee's help, the mind-controlled Transformers were awakened, and the very cheesed-off Constructicons, including Long Haul, descended upon their previous captor, Doctor Mindbender. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3

Soundwave stopped them from killing the doctor, however, as he was needed for other purposes. Instead, the Constructicons were ordered to protect the SPS Satellite controls from the attacking Autobot and G.I. Joe troops. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4 To do so, Long Haul combined with the others to form Devastator, but the giant was soon defeated by the attackers. G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5

IDW Generation 1 continuity

"After more than 20 years, I finally get to build something!"

Roughly nine million years ago, after losing their engineering jobs during the automation of manual labor on Cybertron, Long Haul and the Constructicons began associating with the deathsport tournaments in Kaon. Instead of directly participating, Long Haul and his partners put their construction skills to work by building a new arena from scratch before each match. This enabled the gladiators to remain one step ahead of Sentinel Prime's security services, as they never operated in the same spot twice. Megatron Origin #2 The Constructicons also worked with repairing Megatron and other injured pit fighters. Megatron Origin #3

As the war began in earnest between the Autobots and Decepticons, Long Haul and the Constructicons remained loyal followers of Megatron. Four million years ago, Long Haul was part of a convoy along with Ramjet, Octane and his fellow Constructicons bringing energon to the war effort. They were intercepted and captured by Optimus Prime and Ironhide. The Iron Age The Constructions battled against the Autobots when they made an assault on the Citadel. Broadcast As the war began in earnest between the Autobots and Decepticons, the Constructicons remained loyal followers of Megatron. At one point they were stationed on Varas Centralus alongside Swindle and Sky-Byte, where they committed some atrocity that was enough to cause Sky-Byte to abandon the Decepticon cause. A Better Tomorrow

A dozen cogs in the Decepticon empire descend upon you. Our soldiers will blot out the sun!

In the modern era, Long Haul and the other Constructicons were given the ability to combine, and ended up as part of Megatron's forces on Earth. As Devastator, they easily took out the local Autobots, allowing for Decepticon conquest of the planet. All Hail Megatron #7 During said conquest, Long Haul almost ran over pedestrians in New York, prompting angry responses from the natives, until he and the other Constructicons transformed. The humans thought this was really cool, until the alien construction robot killing machines blew them up. Wishy-washy flesh creatures. All Hail Megatron #1 Long Haul then merged with his fellows to form Devastator, who started destroying the tunnels leading out of the city. All Hail Megatron #2

For reasons only known to themselves, the Constructicons joined Starscream when he rebelled against Megatron, and attacked their former leader in the form of Devastator. All Hail Megatron #10 However, Devastator soon found himself forced to battle human jets from Europe instead, which was then followed by the return of the Autobots to Earth. All Hail Megatron #11 The Constructicons were taken out of the battle when Devastator was blasted straight through the midsection by Omega Supreme, but it's unknown how much damage this caused to Long Haul. All Hail Megatron #12

Megatron would later use space bridge technology built into in his new body to summon Long Haul and the rest of the Decepticons to him on Cybertron. To battle the Autobots, Long Haul and the other Constructions combined into Devastator. They ultimately lost because Devastator's right leg was paralyzed due to combining with a dead Scrapper. They were soon mind-controlled by D-Void (through Galvatron) into combining with Galvatron's Sweep army and forming a huge monster. Chaos Part Three: Kings

Following the defeat of the "Deceptigod", the Decepticons were imprisoned by the Autobots, though Ratbat soon took charge of the situation and hatched a plan to assassinate Autobot leader Bumblebee. He sent Long Haul to follow Starscream and make sure he didn't mess it up, but Long Haul wasn't sure whether or not to be loyal to Ratbat and opted not to tell him when Starscream visited the Autobots. He approached Starscream at the time the assassination was supposed to take place, but nothing happened. Starscream advised the Constructicon to report to Ratbat that Bumblebee was dead anyway, which he did. The World & Everything in It Long Haul later labored in a Decepticon factory and went with his fellow Constructicons to try to destroy Prowl. Prowl threatened to detonate their I/D chips but realized the Constructicon's chips were disabled. However, Prowl used Wheeljack's passcode to overide the disabling and blew up and killed all the Constructicons. Devisive

Games

The Transformers (PS2)

Long Haul is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.

The Transformers

Transformers Legends

While Megatron kept Optimus busy, Long Haul and the rest of the Constructicon team to attempt to infiltrate the Autobot base and strike directly at Teletraan I. They mowed through Ironhide's initial attempt at defenses. Heavy Metal War - Part 1