Turboworm
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- Turboworms are an alien lifeform in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Turboworms are odoriferous and often encrusted in grease <sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>, and can get in places you'd rather not think about.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a></sup> They may come in wildly different sizes, as turboworm wrestling is a particularly macabre form of entertainment native to Rigel 6. For the price of an admission, spectators get a dose of unadulterated carnage served up courtesy of the grease pits.
The term "grease pits" is generally associated with mechanoid blood sports, so Turboworms are probably mechanical lifeforms. Alternately, the sport could feature mechanoids wrestling the dangerous Turboworms.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Prior to the Ark's launch 4 million years ago, Grimlock and Sludge saw turboworms wrestle on Rigel 6. The dim-witted Sludge thought the proceedings quite fun, but Grimlock had a noticeably more chilled response to the pointless slaughter, merely calling it interesting.
Much later on Earth, Sludge was reminded of the turboworms when he witnessed Trypticon's assault on the disabled Autobot forces. Again, Grimlock was less enthusiastic at the carnage. King of the Hill!
Snarl reminded Grimlock about admission fees for turboworm wrestling, but a later Letters Page indicated only Grimlock and Sludge had been present. Possibly Snarl was just needling Grimlock.
References
<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-0"><a href="#cite_ref-0" title="">↑</a> "He's also known for insulting everyone he talks to, clumsily knocking over anyone in his way without apologizing, never changing his lubricant so he smells like a grease-encrusted turboworm, and spitting fuel in public," Apeface's Transformers: Universe bio. <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> "Otherwise, this stubborn, surly Dinobot is as welcome as a turboworm crawling up an exhaust pipe," Action Master Snarl's bio card.</ol>
