Bludgeon (ROTF)

The name or term "Bludgeon" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Bludgeon (disambiguation).

Bludgeon is a Decepticon from the live-action movie continuity.

Ah, that's much better.

Bludgeon is a martial-artist, loyal to the Decepticon cause. However when the prospect of engaging his rival, the Autobot Whirl, the larger battle is forgotten. Both are masters of Metallikato, and seek to one day prove which is the master.

Fiction

Toy bios

Bludgeon was defeated, and almost killed, by Whirl, and so he retreated into the jungle. He reemerged in Southeast Asia, having scanned a new tank mode and brandishing a frightening new skeleton-like robot mode. He lies in wait for Ironhide, who was drawn to Bludgeon's location by his acts of mayhem. Unfortunately for Ironhide, Bludgeon is eager to prove his mettle against an Autobot in battle and restore his honor...

Cyber Missions

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The one fiction in which his toy actually has swords, he uses a tree. Go figure.

Ironhide! I will extinguish your spark beneath my treads!

When Bludgeon and Soundwave descended on Diego Garcia, they interrupted an Autobot mission briefing. While Bumblebee stayed inside to guard its precious data tracks from Soundwave, Ironhide headed outside, where he was happy to face Bludgeon in battle, ramming him off the road. Bludgeon was able to temporarily thwart Ironhide when he snuck up behind the Autobot and hit him with a tree. The Decepticon wondered if he'd be as smart without that ugly head of his. Cyber Missions 1

Optimus Prime radioed Ironhide to hold off fighting Bludgeon until reinforcements arrived, but Ironhide didn't have the option. Bludgeon cursed the organic environment in which he was staged, and drew his weapon. When the fight reached an apparent stalemate, Ironhide offered Bludgeon amnesty if he joined the Autobots. Bludgeon refused, citing the wrath of Megatron, and dove backwards off a waterfall. Cyber Missions 2

Titan Magazines Revenge of the Fallen comics

In pursuit of some unknown goal, Bludgeon entered the city of Las Vegas, but was soon detected by the Autobots. The Autobots' plan was to allow the Decepticon to leave the city and safely attack him in the empty desert, but the impulsive Jolt couldn't hold himself back, and leapt into battle before Bludgeon had departed. The mighty martial artist shrugged off a blow from Jolt's electro-whip and severed the weapon with a slash of his sword, before hurling the Autobot through the wall of a nearby casino. Bludgeon taunted Jolt by commenting on the proliferation of humans and how little the Decepticons cared for them, as a precursor to transforming into a tank mode and taking aim at some hapless gamblers. Jolt hurled himself into the path of Bludgeon's blast, and as he lay wounded, Bludgeon rubbed salt into his wound by reminding him that none of this would have happened if he had just followed his orders. Bludgeon attempted to deliver a killing strike with his sword, but Jolt rolled away at the last second, causing Bludgeon to embed his blade in the ground instead. In that moment, Jolt seized the immobilized sword and used his electrical powers to channel the entire output of the Las Vegas power grid through the blade, straight into Bludgeon himself! Bludgeon was knocked offline by the massive power surge, and taken into Autobot custody. Culture Shock

Toys

Revenge of the Fallen

I'm just feeling a little naked, alright?

• Master of Metallikato (Figure Multi-pack 2009)
  • Accessories: Two blades

Bludgeon is a redeco of deluxe-class Wreckage from the 2007 live-action movie toyline. The figure transforms into an M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle in green and brown, armed with a M2 .50 cal machine gun and two other machine guns mounted extending out of the troop compartment. His Automorphing feature is activated during transformation by swinging his machine gun down, pushing it against a translucent purple panel, which simultaneously raises his shoulders, lowers his torso, raises his head and extends his stomach-mounted cannon all in one movement.

The smaller machine gun weapons feature flip-out energy blades that can be held in his hands, mounted under his forearms or on any of the wheels. They can also connect together to form an undocumented but certainly intended double-bladed weapon; mounting this on his forearm wheels gives him an awesome spinning blade weapon.

This figure was only available in the Toys"R"Us -exclusive Master of Metallikato battle pack with Whirl. Also, this toy was repurposed by IDW Publishing as an upgraded form for Wreckage.

• More information on Bludgeon at TFU.info

The most metal toy ever.

• Decepticon Bludgeon (Voyager, 2009)
  • Accessories: Katana, Tanto

Voyager class Bludgeon transforms from a green and orange Japanese Type 90 tank into a skeletal samurai robot mode which homages the Generation 1 Bludgeon's Pretender shell, in colors that homage both the shell and the original inner robot. Bludgeon features a flexible plastic sword which is made out of a portion of the barrel of the tank's main gun as well as a smaller dagger. The dagger can be stored in a sheath which is revealed from inside the tank turret, and both blades can be slotted in holes provided on the robot mode's left hip guard. Additionally, the dagger's handle can fit in the base of the sword's handle, forming a double-edged blade.

The vehicle mode is one of the very few Transformer tank toys with rubber components to its treads. Portions of the tread links can unlock, allowing them to hang from the robot mode, while the wheels of the treads are integrated separately into the robot mode form itself. The treads still do not function realistically; small plastic wheels on the underside of the treads help the tank mode roll, as is standard with nearly all Transformer tank toys.

There is a paint application error on Bludgeon that keeps his painted wheels out of sight in vehicle mode.

It is still pretty much sex.

Notes

• The Deluxe class Bludgeon's color scheme was used as a disguise by Wreckage in IDW Publishing's "Alliance issue 2" comic, before the identity of the toy as Bludgeon was publicly confirmed.

• The origin of Voyager class Bludgeon is older than one may expect. Artist Don Figueroa submitted a concept for a Unicron Trilogy Bludgeon toy that looked very similar to the final product way back during the development of the Energon or Cybertron toylines. Obviously, the concept wasn't put into production as a toy at the time, so Figueroa used it as inspiration for his IDW Publishing "Stormbringer" rendition of Generation 1 Bludgeon. However, Hasbro evidently resurrected the concept for the Universe (as mentioned by Hasbro at BotCon 2009) and then the Revenge of the Fallen lines. Figueroa notes that his contribution on this toy is very small, as his work on it ended when he submitted the concept to Hasbro way back when.