Brawl (Movie)
| This article is about the Brawl from the 2007 movie. For the Combaticon Tank, see Brawl (G1). |
- Brawl is a Decepticon from the live-action movie continuity family. He is sometimes refered to as Devastator.
To say Brawl is a warrior is like calling Cybertron a hunk of metal. Brawl does not just enjoy fighting, he is consumed by it. Tearing Autobots apart is embedded into his very core, and every fiber-optic cable of his being is obsessed with wild, unyielding combat. The only thing he enjoys, or even cares about, is the fury of battle. And he loves a good explosion. Particularly if it's one he created, and if it was an Autobot that is exploding.
- Alternate name: Devastator
Fiction
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Ghosts of Yesterday novel
Brawl was oddly absent from events surrounding the Ghost 1 discovery. Whether he was aboard the Nemesis and otherwise indisposed or joined up with Starscream at a later date is unknown.
Transformers The Game (console)
- Voice actor: David Sobolov
Autobot campaign
Brawl arrived in Mission City shortly after Jazz took down Starscream, Blackout and a pair of Dreadwings single-handedly. The Autobot's victory was short-lived... and so was the Autobot, as Brawl punctured Jazz's chest with his claw, extinguishing his spark. Ironhide arrived just in time to witness the killing, and fought through a horde of Decepticon units to destroy Brawl.
Decepticon campaign
Brawl, Bonecrusher and Starscream were hiding out in a human military installation in the desert when they received word that Frenzy and Barricade had discovered the location of the AllSpark. When the three Decepticons mobilized, the two ground-based machines were assaulted by tanks designed to fire holding beams of electrical energy, forcing Starscream to back-and-forth babysit the two Decepticons as they tried to escape.
Brawl later stood by Megatron's side in Washington D.C. after they had retrieved the AllSpark from the destroyed Autobots and had decimated pretty much everything in their path.
- (Note: Brawl was not a playable character in the console versions of the game.)
Transformers (2007) film
Brawl (here called "Devastator") first took part in the battle for the Allspark in the final confrontation in Mission City. Although a three-on-one fight against Jazz, Ironhide and Ratchet deprived him of a missile rack and a hand, he nevertheless continued to attack the human soldiers until Bumblebee, aided by Mikaela Banes and a group of the soldiers, destroyed him.
Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Decepticon Brawl (Deluxe, 2007)
- Japanese ID number: MD-03
- Deluxe-class Brawl transforms into a heavily modified fictional tank vaugley resembling an M1A1 Abrams, fitted with angular reflective armour, a mine plow and external spare fuel canisters. Mounted upon the turret is a smaller sub-turret housing two anti-aircraft cannons and rocket launchers. The spring-loaded main cannon fires a translucent red projectile.
- In robot mode, Brawl faithfully replicates his (as of writing) seldom-seen movie design, with the only major divergence being that his main gun does not split into smaller guns. He is reasonably articulated, with ball and swivel joints in his arms and legs. Thanks to Automorphing, pushing down on the front of his tank during transformation raises the front of the treads and his head up into position for his robot mode, and vice versa for the tank mode. He is armed with his spring-loaded main gun on his right arm and a flip-out blade on his left.
- There is a design flaw in the way Brawl's arms attach to his torso - the hexagonal peg and socket system used does not provide a tight enough fit, and thus the arms have a tendancy to detach at the shoulder when moved. There have also been some reports of the gears for the treds crack easily and no longer function properly.
- Decepticon Brawl (Leader, 2007)
- Desert Attack Brawl (Leader, 2008)
Fast Action Battlers
- Double Missile Decepticon Brawl (2007)
Cyber Slammers
- Decepticon Brawl (2007)
Merchandise
3D Battle Card Game
- Brawl (2007)
- Card number: 17
- Brawl is a 41-point "Rare" piece in the 3D Battle-Card Game. Constructed of punch-out pieces from plastic cards, he can be assembled into his tank mode, or a sort of representation of his robot mode. Oddly enough, he does not actually have his movie-model head; rather, he uses a recolored version of Barricade's noggin slapped on the Brawl body.
- He uses the same construction as the Wreckage card.
Trivia
- During the movie, Brawl is identified in subtitles as 'Devastator', his working name, though the character is credited as Brawl in the end credits. When queried, director Michael Bay said he had always preferred Devastator and that it is not a mistake. Writer Roberto Orci felt that it was a mistake that would hopefully be fixed before the full official release of the film, this did not happen. At Botcon 2007 Hasbro representatives said they consider "Devastator" a "continuity glitch" and as far as they are concerned the character's name is Brawl.
- According to Picture Vehicle Coordinator Steve Mann, the filming prop of Brawl was a redress of a tank prop made for another movie [1]. Specifically, it was the 'stealth tank' seen in the film XXX: State of the Union.
