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:''The Robo-Smasher is a machine from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | :''The Robo-Smasher is a machine from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].'' | ||
[[ | [[File:Robo-Smasher.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Smashing, [[Dinsmoore]], absolutely smashing!]] | ||
The '''Robo-Smasher''' is a machine built by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. It has the ability to permanently reprogram a [[Transformer]] as a [[Decepticon]]. This seems to be a very fast operation, requiring only a few seconds of work once access to the victim's circuitry is achieved. | The '''Robo-Smasher''' is a machine built by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. It has the ability to permanently reprogram a [[Transformer]] as a [[Decepticon]]. This seems to be a very fast operation, requiring only a few seconds of work once access to the victim's circuitry is achieved. | ||
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==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===''The Transformers'' cartoon=== | ===''The Transformers'' cartoon=== | ||
[[ | [[File:Robo-Smasher at work.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Few survived the Great Roomba Revolt.]] | ||
[[ | [[File:Robo-Smashing.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|First it cuts a hole to let the demons out.]] | ||
The Robo-Smasher was in operation for an unknown length of time in the [[Golden Age]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] claimed that the device was used to "swell the ranks of the Decepticons", which implies that a significant portion of the Decepticon forces at one time may have been "recruited" through its use. The only specific Transformers it is known to have converted are [[Gyronian Sentry|some dude]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], the latter of whom Megatron also gifted with a [[Devastator (G1)|combined mode]] in the process. Omega Supreme tried to reprogram them ''back'' to their old selves, and he appeared to have succeeded at first. But they would end up betraying him, using their new Devastator mode to pin him against a wall so the Robo-Smasher could grip his head. Omega destroyed the machine before it could finish its work, but the experience left him cold and notoriously taciturn, desiring only revenge upon the Constructicons. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} | The Robo-Smasher was in operation for an unknown length of time in the [[Golden Age]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] claimed that the device was used to "swell the ranks of the Decepticons", which implies that a significant portion of the Decepticon forces at one time may have been "recruited" through its use. The only specific Transformers it is known to have converted are [[Gyronian Sentry|some dude]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], the latter of whom Megatron also gifted with a [[Devastator (G1)|combined mode]] in the process. Omega Supreme tried to reprogram them ''back'' to their old selves, and he appeared to have succeeded at first. But they would end up betraying him, using their new Devastator mode to pin him against a wall so the Robo-Smasher could grip his head. Omega destroyed the machine before it could finish its work, but the experience left him cold and notoriously taciturn, desiring only revenge upon the Constructicons. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} | ||
[[ | [[File:Robo-Smasher and Omega Supreme.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Now, point on the toy where the Robo-Smasher touched you.]] | ||
It does not appear to have ever smashed anything. | It does not appear to have ever smashed anything. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*This would not be the Constructicons' only mental manipulation. Later on Earth, the Autobots were able to turn Devastator to their own side via [[ | *This would not be the Constructicons' only mental manipulation. Later on Earth, the Autobots were able to turn Devastator to their own side via [[dominator disc]]s. It is not known how deep or long-running that change could have been, though; Megatron disabled the discs handily with his own "control switch." {{storylink|The Core}} | ||
*The idea of reprogramming the allegiance of a Transformer would be revisited in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', where [[ | *The idea of reprogramming the allegiance of a Transformer would be revisited in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', where [[shell program]]s were often used to that effect. | ||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
*''Japanese:'' '''Robo-Smasher''' (ロボスマッシャー ''Robo-Sumasshā'') | *''Japanese:'' '''Robo-Smasher''' (ロボスマッシャー ''Robo-Sumasshā'') | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Neuro-control helmet]] | |||
*[[Shell program]] | |||
*[[Transmuter (BW)]] | |||
[[Category:Generation 1 technology]] | [[Category:Generation 1 technology]] | ||
Revision as of 23:21, 17 January 2015
- The Robo-Smasher is a machine from the cartoon portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
The Robo-Smasher is a machine built by Megatron. It has the ability to permanently reprogram a Transformer as a Decepticon. This seems to be a very fast operation, requiring only a few seconds of work once access to the victim's circuitry is achieved.
The Robo-Smasher is larger than an average Transformer and has six legs and five tentacles. The three central tentacles are tipped with a device which appears to be some sort of laser scalpel or cyberforceps, and the side tentacles are tipped with spiked balls. The side tentacles are used to ensnare and immobilize a victim, and then the central tentacles cut open the Transformer to perform the reprogramming.
Fiction
The Transformers cartoon
The Robo-Smasher was in operation for an unknown length of time in the Golden Age of Cybertron. Optimus Prime claimed that the device was used to "swell the ranks of the Decepticons", which implies that a significant portion of the Decepticon forces at one time may have been "recruited" through its use. The only specific Transformers it is known to have converted are some dude and the Constructicons, the latter of whom Megatron also gifted with a combined mode in the process. Omega Supreme tried to reprogram them back to their old selves, and he appeared to have succeeded at first. But they would end up betraying him, using their new Devastator mode to pin him against a wall so the Robo-Smasher could grip his head. Omega destroyed the machine before it could finish its work, but the experience left him cold and notoriously taciturn, desiring only revenge upon the Constructicons. The Secret of Omega Supreme
It does not appear to have ever smashed anything.
E-Hobby toy bios
While the Robo-Smasher did a fine job on the Constructicons it caught, it missed at least one. Hauler, estranged from his brainwashed teammates, ended up joining the Autobots. Roadhauler's e-Hobby toy bio
Notes
- This would not be the Constructicons' only mental manipulation. Later on Earth, the Autobots were able to turn Devastator to their own side via dominator discs. It is not known how deep or long-running that change could have been, though; Megatron disabled the discs handily with his own "control switch." The Core
- The idea of reprogramming the allegiance of a Transformer would be revisited in Beast Wars and Beast Machines, where shell programs were often used to that effect.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Robo-Smasher (ロボスマッシャー Robo-Sumasshā)
