Slugslinger (Energon)
<div id="title-factionicons" style="float: right; display: none;"><div style="position: relative;"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon"><img alt="" src="Slugslinger%20%28Energon%29_files/28px-Symbol_decept_reg.jpg" border="0" width="28" height="30"></a></div></div> <div style="border: thin solid rgb(170, 170, 170); margin: 0pt 1em 0pt 2em; padding: 0.5em; background: rgb(247, 248, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">The name or term Slugslinger refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slugslinger_%28disambiguation%29" title="Slugslinger (disambiguation)">Slugslinger (disambiguation)</a>.</div>
- Slugslinger is a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decepticon" title="Decepticon">Decepticon</a> from the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon_%28franchise%29" title="Energon (franchise)">Energon</a> portion of the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unicron_Trilogy" title="Unicron Trilogy">Unicron Trilogy</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Continuity_family" title="Continuity family">continuity family</a>.
[[Image:|right|250px|thumb|"Madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!"]] Crude and obnoxious, Slugslinger doesn't care whether he's annoying Autobots or his fellow Decepticons. His skill as a gunfighter and as a pilot is valuable enough for the Decepticons to want him around despite his personality, but just barely.
<a name="Fiction"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Slugslinger_%28Energon%29&action=edit§ion=1" title="Edit section: Fiction">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Fiction</span></h2> <a name="Energon_comic"></a><h3><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Slugslinger_%28Energon%29&action=edit§ion=2" title="Edit section: Energon comic">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline">Energon comic</span></h3> Slugslinger and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sharkticon_%28Energon%29" title="Sharkticon (Energon)">Sharkticon</a> were assigned by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alpha_Quintesson" title="Alpha Quintesson">Alpha Quintesson</a> to join <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tidal_Wave" class="mw-redirect" title="Tidal Wave">Mirage</a> (who had been recently reformatted from Tidal Wave) on a mission to abduct <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kicker_Jones" class="mw-redirect" title="Kicker Jones">Kicker Jones</a> and beat up on the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Omnicon" title="Omnicon">Omnicons</a>. Slugslinger and the team were forced to retreat. He also counts himself as a specialist in the 'Department of Pain'. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Multiplicity" title="Multiplicity">Multiplicity</a></span>
Later, Slugslinger was one of three Decepticons assigned to attack <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Ocean_City" title="Ocean City">Ocean City</a>. He failed as miserably as his competitors did, but when it came time to defend his failure to <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28Armada%29" title="Megatron (Armada)">Megatron</a>, his lies were so cunning, so audacious, that he earned a measure of his leader's respect. Megatron promoted him on the spot. <span style="border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 0pt 1px; padding: 0pt 5px; font-size: 10px; background-color: rgb(236, 236, 236);" class="tt1_nowrap"><a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Perspective" title="Perspective">Perspective</a></span>
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Slugslinger was part of an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Eclipse-Team" title="Eclipse-Team">Eclipse-Team</a> mission to steal refined Energon from an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Autobot" title="Autobot">Autobot</a> installation on <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Earth" title="Earth">Earth</a>. After he and <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sharkticon_%28Energon%29" title="Sharkticon (Energon)">Sharkticon</a>
snuck in through the sewers, Slugslinger disabled a protective energy
fence and an Autobot attack drone. However, the Autobots had planned an
ambush, and Slugslinger was shot down by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tow-Line_%28Energon%29" title="Tow-Line (Energon)">Tow-Line</a>.
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[[Image:|right|180px|thumb|If the Bat wants to play, we'll play!]]
- Slugslinger (Deluxe, 2004)
- Accessories: Missile
- Slugslinger transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter with two
nosecones. His fuselage splits to reveal a spring-loaded missile launcher for "Hyper Mode", which can also be deployed over his shoulder in robot mode. This toy is—of course—an <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Homage" title="Homage">homage</a> to the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Slugslinger_%28G1%29" title="Slugslinger (G1)">Generation 1 Decepticon of the same name</a>.
- This mold was <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Retool" title="Retool">retooled</a> to make the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Timelines" title="Timelines">Timelines</a> <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Airazor_%28BW%29#Club07" title="Airazor (BW)">Chromia 10 Pilot</a>.
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- Slugslinger's original face sculpt was deemed not mean-looking enough by <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hasbro" title="Hasbro">Hasbro</a>. <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Takara" class="mw-redirect" title="Takara">Takara</a> resculpted only one side, giving the toy its distinctive "Two-Face" look.
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