Dirtbag

Dirtbag is a Decepticon Auto Roller from the Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

He likes to move it move it.

When the Decepticons are entrenched in battle against the Autobots, Dirtbag is the one tasked with carrying loads of munitions to his fellow troops. This job is what requires the titanium/steel composite armor that both protects him and, should he have to engage the enemy himself, hinders him. If the battle begins to favor the Autobots, Dirtbag will transform into robot mode and aid his comrades more directly, though his thick armor prevents him from doing much.

Move it or lose it!Dirtbag's bio motto

Fiction

Wings Universe

Dirtbag was one of the new Decepticons created on Earth during the 21st century. Although designed by human scientists to be a new, factionless generation of Transformers, Dirtbag and his compatriots soon took up the old banners, with many of them uniting under Clench as the Decepticon Syndicate. During a raid on the Large Hadron Collider facility in Switzerland, Dirtbag helped Staxx and Breakdown disarm and secure the captured Autobot leader, Pyro. Generation 2: Redux

Regeneration One

After bumping into Hot Rod at the Scramble City Complex, Dirtbag contacted Soundwave and told him that Optimus Prime and many Autobots had left Cybertron under-protected, creating a perfect opportunity for Bludgeon's forces to recover the remains of Thunderwing from the Hall of Silence. Loose Ends, Part 3

Games

Transformers: Battle Tactics

YOU GREEDY DIRTBAG

Dirtbag (G2) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who first appeared in the "Divide and Conquer" medium events, and could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Toys

Generation 2

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"Feel my fury, Autobots!
Hnnggh... HNNGGH!
Guh, stupid heavy armor and fused legs..."

• Dirtbag (Autoroller, 1995)
  • Accessories: 4 missiles

Dirtbag transforms into an "earth mover" mining dumper/haul truck. He has a twin spring-loaded missile launcher in his right arm, and a clamping "stun gun" claw on the left. He has an auto-transforming gimmick activated by rolling his rear wheels; roll forward to go to robot mode, and back to dump truck. A switch on his back end separates the gears of the gimmick, allowing him to roll freely in either mode. In vehicle mode, his missiles can peg onto the front end of the dump-bed for storage.

This mold was also intended to be used for "General Optimus Prime" later in Generation 2, but that release was canceled. He was later redecoed into Beast Wars II's Autostinger and the Korean Car Bot toyline's Scoutstinger.

• More information on Dirtbag at TFU.info

Notes

• Dirtbag and his fellow Autoroller Roadblock were the first Generation 2 toys to have the "Pop-Ups" bonus "3-D" cards.
• In "Generation 2: Redux", Rapido states that he was created in 1993. Assuming he was created around the same time, in that issue he was just a teenage Dirtbag, baby.

Foreign names

• French/Dutch/German: Dirtbag / Chantier (France, the Netherlands/Belgium, Germany)
• Italian: Rollo