Bonecrusher (Movie)

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

This article is about the Decepticon in the 2007 Transformers movie. For the nameless Decepticon in Revenge of the Fallen that looks like him, see Buffalo MPV Decepticon.

Bonecrusher is a Decepticon from the 2007 movie franchise in the live-action film continuity family.

He was a sk8ter boi, she said see ya later boy.
Ironically, Bonecrusher hates that song.

Bonecrusher is a Transformer that can be described with one word: Hate. While other Decepticons get by on greed, ambition, or just their fondness for dispensing chaos, Bonecrusher is fueled by sheer, unrelenting hate. He hates everyone and everything, be they Autobot, Decepticon, or anything in-between—he even hates himself, revolted by his misshapen, hunchbacked robot mode, which he considers a reflection of all the ugliness and malice inside himself. The full force of this vicious cycle of hatred finds release in explosive frenzied bursts of psychotic brutality, as Bonecrusher takes out the full force of his bitterness and self-loathing on anyone who looks at him sideways. He hates that. He also hates Megatron, but would hate being terminated by the Decepticon leader more, so he sticks around.

On Cybertron, Bonecrusher was actually quite a skilled tactician—dedicated to the art of war, a fast thinker who could plough into battle while others were still mapping out strategy, and, most importantly in Megatron's eyes, a masterfully dirty fighter. However, Bonecrusher's skills left him consigned to a supervisory position and kept him off the battlefield, which, of course, he hated. Naturally, this only helped to increase his already epic levels of frustration and misery at his lot in life, until he became what he is today. He's so intensely pent-up that he'll unflinchingly take on opponents of any size—the bigger the better! Bonecrusher wouldn't hesitate to confront Optimus Prime head on, if he could.

He transforms into a Buffalo mine-clearing vehicle used by the military, perhaps because it was the vehicle he hated the least.

Let it die. And you with it.Bonecrusher to Barricade about Cybertron's death, Planetfall

Hungarian name: Csonttörő

Chinese name (Taiwan): Hǔei-mìeh Chě (毀滅者, "Annihilator" or "Devastator"... uh-oh...)

Fiction

Titan Magazines Transformers movie comics

Bonecrusher was known and feared by Autobots for never giving up. He almost killed Jazz once and pursued him and his comrade Clocker for ages, driven by his hatred of nice-looking shiny robots (or nice-looking anythings). As he said, "I figure, why should they look so nice... when I look like this!" Clocker covered the wounded Jazz's retreat and tried to fight Bonecrusher, who hated that and killed him. Lost In Space 4: Jazz

The following events occur in a splinter timeline where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.

"Should we tell him we don't have bones?"
"Nah. He'd hate that."

Bonecrusher was surprisingly still alive and was in charge of security at the Decepticon's All Spark holding facility. Although he was happy that he has his arm and head reattached, he hated his job, as he was just a glorified drone director, and not able to kill anything himself. Thus, when he learned that Ironhide and Ratchet were trying to get into the facility, he decided to let the two Autobot infiltrators in, just so he could personally confront and kill them. So he not only disliked his job, he also wasn't very good at it. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3 His fists hated on Ironhide's face before Ratchet stepped in, tearing the Decepticon up with offensive weaponry. Arcee's team arrived to take out the Swindles, leaving Ironhide and Ratchet free to bash up Bonecrusher Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4; you'd think he would have hated this and wanted it to stop, but when the Autobots got pinned down by Payload drone fire, Bonecrusher tore apart his own troops to reach and kill the Autobots. He fought Ironhide again and this time lost, and may have been blown up with the All Spark. Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5

IDW Transformers movie comics

Defiance issue 2 Defiance issue 4

Bonecrusher's pre-Earth body. Bonecrusher hates retro-designs.

Bonecrusher was a member of Starscream's unit that was keeping Optimus Prime's reinforcements out of Tyger Pax. When Brawl arrived with news of Megatron and the All Spark, Bonecrusher insisted that they move on as they had already killed all the Autobots in the area. He then demanded that Brawl take them to Megatron or he would kill them all. Witnessing the launch of the All Spark, Barricade commented that Cybertron would die, but Bonecrusher replied that they should let it die, and that Barricade should join it in death. After Starscream and Blackout settled their differences, the group headed after Megatron. Planetfall

They landed on Mars, the fourth planet of the solar system where they had detected the All Spark's energy signature. The Decepticons destroyed a primitive life form encountered on the surface. The Reign of Starscream issue 1

The Decepticons made planetfall on Earth in Afghanistan, quickly attracting the attention of a nearby US military base, which sent out an armoured personnel carrier to investigate. Bonecrusher declared his satisfaction in finally having something to kill, but this chance was snatched away when Wreckage scanned the vehicle and destroyed it. He hated when that happened. Hitting the US airbase, Bonecrusher easily killed the humans before scanning a Buffalo mine-clearance vehicle. Bonecrusher hated the notion of "disguise", but hated standing out more. After scanning, he complained that there weren't enough lifeforms to kill. Planetfall

Ghosts of Yesterday prequel novel

Bonecrusher was aboard the crew of the Nemesis, led by Starscream, who were searching for Megatron, who was lost thousands of years ago, along with the All Spark. He hated Starscream, but all the other Decepticons do as well, making it something he has in common with his fellow Decepticons.

When Starscream left to go destroy an alien vessel, Bonecrusher eagerly joined Blackout's plan to attack the Ark against Starscream's orders, as there was nothing else to attack. Bypassing Optimus Prime, he headed straight for the Ark. However, Jazz and Ironhide were waiting, and unleashed hell upon him. He hated that. When Blackout ordered a withdrawal, Bonecrusher reluctantly complied.

Shortly afterwards, Barricade picked Bonecrusher to lead another assault on the Ark. His only response to the command was a growl. After Blackout had his exhaust port handed to him for challenging Starscream, Bonecrusher had to drag him back to the Nemesis. During the subsequent fight, Bonecrusher had to fight Ironhide, and managed to dent his armor. However, Bonecrusher demands answers from Starscream when Blackout demands information on why the Decepticon leader wanted to destroy the alien ship, cause damn it, even Bonecrusher needs reasons to kill (well, not really, he was just getting fed up with Starscream). Bonecrusher was forced to drag Starscream back to the Nemesis when he was injured by the alien ship. Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday

Transformers (2007) film

Voice actor: Jimmie Wood (English)

He hates the sundown slowdown.

Bonecrusher was hiding out in the motor pool of a military base when he received a communique from Starscream ordering the Decepticons to mobilize and converge on the location of the All Spark. Leaving the base, he reported that he was "rolling" out. Sometime after this, he rendezvoused with Barricade and Devastator, and the three Decepticons headed off together to intercept the Autobots and their human allies who had the All Spark in their possession.

Bonecrusher, like most celebs, hates the paparazzi. He also hates closeups.

Devastator wandered off somewhere, so Bonecrusher and Barricade continued their pursuit on the freeway. Barricade activated his sirens to clear the traffic and allow them more maneuvering room. Unsatisfied with Barricade's less conspicuous method, Bonecrusher used his mine-scoop to flip cars out of his way. Surprisingly, the Autobots didn't find this out of the ordinary, and only reacted when ladiesman217 recognized Barricade and warned the Autobots. Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and Ratchet aligned to block the Decepticons from Bumblebee, who had the All Spark and the fleshlings.

Bonecrusher loves (for once) to watch things burn. Just not himself.

After Barricade pulled over to the side of the road, Bonecrusher transformed while still moving and skated towards the Autobots. Optimus Prime transformed and slid into position to block his path. Seeing the Autobot he really hated, Bonecrusher smashed through a bus, and tackled Optimus Prime, pushing him off an overpass tumbling and falling off the edge, dragging the Autobot leader down with him.

Thus began (and ended) Bonecrusher's hatred of Prime's sword.

When they landed, he sucker-punched Optimus Prime, who then hit Bonecrusher so hard one of the Decepticon's optics popped free from its socket, all the while being observed by a little kid in an SUV, who though the entire experience was totally cool. The two played a little cat-and-mouse along the overpasses. After Prime jumped down to ground level, Bonecrusher swung his tail wildly at the Autobot, all the while screaming incoherently. This gave Optimus the opportunity he needed to get his sword ready... which the Autobot leader used to cleave Bonecrusher's right arm and run through the Decepticon's neck, nearly severing it. Optimus then wrenched Bonecrusher's head from its neck and tossed it aside. Transformers

Though decapitated, Bonecrusher's remains were not among those that were disposed of in the Laurentian Abyss.

Toy bio

Despite all appearances, Bonecrusher managed to escape after his encounter with Optimus Prime (missing his head? beaten to a pulp?), and went to hide out in the South American jungle. And while he was in the jungle, his version of relieving stress was ripping apart trees and destroying South American military convoys. Jungle Bonecrusher

He also, during the final battle of the AllSpark, faced of with Jazz in a final battle to the ultimate finish. Autobot Jazz vs. Bonecrusher

Revenge of the Fallen film

See Buffalo MPV Decepticon

Games

Transformers The Game

Voice actor: Daniel Riordan

Bonecrusher only appears in the Decepticon campaign of the game, and as a non-playable character t'boot on the console. He would've hated being playable.

While hiding in a military base, Bonecrusher came under attack by the humans twice, and required assistance from Starscream to escape. He hates needing help from people. Transformers The Game (console)

Transformers The Game (PSP)

After the Autobots manage to secure the All Spark, they are attacked by Decepticon drones led by Bonecrusher. To give Bumblebee time to escape with the Cube, Optimus Prime takes on Bonecrusher personally, eventually besting him. After this Bonecrusher wasn't seen or mentioned through the rest of the game. Bonecrusher hates not being seen or mentioned.Transformers The Game (PSP)

Toys

Transformers (2007)

Legends Class toys

File:Movie Legends JazzBonecrusher toys.jpg

Sure Bonecrusher is smaller, that just means his hate is extra-concentrated.

• Autobot Jazz vs. Bonecrusher (Legends multi-pack, 2007)

As part of the AllSpark Battles refresh of the Movie toyline, a Legends-class Jazz with altered paint applications is repacked in a Versus two-pack with an all-new Legends class figure of Bonecrusher. In Europe, he was packaged individually.

• Bonecrusher (Legends, 2008)

An individually packaged release of the Legends class toy, released within Europe and Australia.

Deluxe Class toys

The name's doomed to be nothing but bulldozers or buffaloes. And he hates that.

• Bonecrusher (Deluxe, 2007)
  • Japanese ID Number: MD-09

Bonecrusher transforms into a Buffalo mine-protected vehicle, with an articulated "mine-fork" for removing mines or cars or robots or unsuspecting buildings from his path. The fork can change from its packaged "Grabber claw" configuration into a more fork/shovel like configuration, a fact not stated on the instructions. He has six rolling wheels in this mode, and two sculpted, non-functional spare wheels.

In robot mode he has elements resembling both his 2005 design and the final design used in the movie, though a major deviation to both designs is that the entire front shell halves of the vehicle mode are mounted upon his arms. His arms have limited articulation due to this kibble, but can extend out into really long arms. His legs fare better, with ball jointed hips, swivel knees and ankles, but his hips can often detach from the codpiece holding them together. The mine-fork splits to form a grabber-claw, which can snap onto victims with a geared slider Automorph mechanism.

He is named "Bonescrusher" on the Canadian cross-sell. Guess how Bonecrusher feels about that little mispelling.

• Deluxe three-pack (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

This Costco exclusive three-pack contains an unchanged Deluxe Class Bonecrusher together with equally unchanged Deluxe Class Decepticon Brawl and Autobot Jazz toys. It also comes with a nifty poster depicting all three toys in a standoff scene. Not so nifty is that the box accidentally places Brawl and Bonecrusher's bios underneath each other.

The living definition of a Mean Green Fighting Machine. Bonecrusher, oddly enough, likes cliches.

• Jungle Bonecrusher (Deluxe, 2008)

Finally, the big guy gets a redeco, in deep forest green and olive green, as part of the "All Spark Power" refresh line. It's not easy being green, and he hates that. He also hates redecos, slavish or not. He also hates quality control, and fans who complain that the claw arm now has a habit of popping off with little force, while the original did not. Reviewer Benson Yee pointed out that this interferes with the automorph trick, as the arm can now pop off while sliding that lever. It's obvious by now how he feels about Ben Yee, swivel joints, quality control, cars addicted to JaAm, sore shoulders (& possibly his own shoulders as well), ball joints, JaAm, etc...

• Jungle Bonecrusher

• Freeway Brawl (Two-Pack) ("Screen Battles" Deluxe, 2008)

An unchanged Deluxe Class Bonecrusher packed with a repainted Voyager Class Optimus Prime to reference their battle under a freeway overpass that ended with Bonecrusher's decapitation and Prime standing heroically bathed in the light of a sunset.

Attacktix

So many people to crush, so little time. (Bonecrusher hates having little time to crush).

• Transformers Tournament Set

Available exclusively in this set, this Attacktix playing piece of Bonecrusher is funnily enough one of the most accurate pieces of merchandise he has. The set also includes unique playing pieces of Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee. Bonecrusher hates the fact that everybody else has guns, and he has to use a claw.

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Merchandise

Transformers (2007)

Transformers Movie Danglers

Bonecrusher hates being cute and adorable and super deformed and not having a transformation-scheme. Wow he's really serious with this hate thing.

• Bonecrusher (2007)

Released by Tomy Yujin in November 2007 as part of the Danglers Collection, this toy is a weird plastic super deformed version of Bonecrusher that pops out his vehicle mode when you squeeze him. This little figurine has a little strap on it so that it can be put on cell phones or portable gaming devices.

Revenge of the Fallen

RPMs - Robot Powered Machines

Battle Series

Guess how Bonecrusher feels about having no transformation scheme, having his robot mode face down on the ground most of the time, and coming packaged with the guy who killed him?

• Optimus Prime vs Bonecrusher (2009)
  • Number: 03 of 08

As a Robot Powered Machines "Mini-Vehicle", Bonecrusher is a small, non-transforming Buffalo with his robot mode sculpted on its underside. He features through-axle construction similar to the Generation 2 Go-Bots, letting him zip along smooth surfaces (and compatible racetrack sets) at high speed. Bonecrusher was only available in a two-pack with Optimus Prime.

Robot Heroes

• Ironhide vs Bonecrusher (2007)

Bonecrusher is actually pretty glad that he doesn't come with sword-wielding RH Prime.

Bonecrusher comes packaged with the impressively-armed Ironhide. He is depicted lunging forward on his roller-skate feet, presumably to deliver an extremely enthusiastic hug. This figurine is notorious for not actually being able to stand up on its feet very well, usually requiring one of its hands to be used for balance.

Trivia

*Giant fork and Decepticon insignia not included with the real Buffalo.* Bonecrusher hates those disclaimers.

• The real Buffalo mine-sweeping vehicle doesn't have such a huge fork. It is only 14 inches (35 cm) wide. The image that inspired Bonecrusher's design was actually a Photoshopped image put on the official Force Protection company's site to make it look more impressive[1]. A 10-foot-wide (3 m) appliance had to be fixed on Bonecrusher's arm for the movie.

• Force Protection really loves Bonecrusher and the fact that he has picked their Buffalo as its alt mode. They are actually quite proud of it.[2]

• Bonecrusher's toy was used as a prop for a CNN Headline News report demonstrating the real Buffalo vehicle's mine-sweeping arm.[3]

• According to a press kit sent out in conjunction with the movie, Bonecrusher is, "another Constructicon" who "forms Brawl's left arm".[4] Thus far, there have been no reports of people using Bonecrusher as one of Brawl's arms, left or otherwise.

• At various points during his fight with Optimus Prime, Bonecrusher emits some garbled roars that might be English. However, there is little agreement among viewers as to what he might be saying, and indeed, whether he even said anything at all. The subtitles and closed captions for the film do not identify any dialogue, just labeling it as "roaring" (Someone should really ask Jimmie Wood.) Considering the large amount of untranslated Cybertronic gibberish emitted by various Decepticons during the sequel Revenge of the Fallen, it seems most likely that Bonecrusher isn't intended to be saying anything comprehensible to human ears.

• Bonecrusher is Michael Bay's favorite character from the film, despite his limited screentime —so much so that Bay named his new dog after him. Bonecrusher still hates Bay for the small screen time he gets though.

• Bonecrusher is never discussed or mentioned in Transformers: The Movie Guide.

• In one of Hasbro's bimonthly Q & As, it was revealed that in retrospect, Hasbro thinks a Voyager-class figure would have been a better fit for the figure than the Deluxe.

• According to the DVD commentary, Bonecrusher's sequences were particularly difficult for ILM to do at first. The solution came from videotaping employees rollerblading in the parking lot, and a pair of fighting experts going through the motions wanted for Bonecrusher and Prime, then using that footage as references.

• Bonecrusher's movements seem to be heavily inspired by several types of sports including hockey (his running movements) and American football (his tackling on Optimus Prime).

• Last but not least, Bonecrusher hates you. Yeah, you. You know who you are. Don't try to pretend you don't know, either. Bonecrusher hates ignorance. And apples.

External links

• Bonecrusher at TFU.info