Bugly (G1)
- Bugly is a Decepticon Pretender from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Bugly functions only to control and dominate others. As a strategist, he relishes giving orders and commanding his fellow Decepticons to carry out his bidding. He is also one of the few known modern practitioners of Circuit-Su, which teaches martial artists of the Allspark that connects all energy in Transformer life-sparks, and how to tap into that energy. Bugly believes in the conservation of energy principle—by drawing greater amounts of power from his spark through discipline, he thinks that this is limiting the amount of energy available for all other Cybertronians. This is the ultimate form of domination for Bugly, and he works tirelessly to cultivate his mental abilities at the expense of others.
- Italian name: Insector
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
After commandeering a genetics research lab on Earth, Scorponok was able to recreate and perfect the science of Pretender shells using synthoplasmic chambers constructed by him and Vorath. Bugly was one of six Decepticon volunteers transformed by the process into new Pretenders. Pretender to the Throne!
When Scorponok's Decepticons were forced into combat with Ratbat's crew, Bugly found himself facing off against Skywarp. The teleporting Seeker proved a difficult target until Bugly concentrated on predicting the pattern of his "jumps", and caught Skywarp with a blast of photon fire while he was re-materializing. Cold War!
Later, Bugly got the job (along with Bomb-Burst) to fly Iguanus away from a skyscraper, in a clichéd plot by Scorponok to gain energy by channeling lightning. The Micromaster Off Road Patrol foiled the plan and Iguanus was toasted, so Bugly let him plummet to his doom and fled. King Con!
Bugly was a participant during the Decepticon Civil War and the battles against Unicron.
Condor-Verlag Transformers Comic-Magazin
Template:TransformersComicMagazin Bugly was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York; however Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findingsNew York — A City Sinking in Terror
Dreamwave comics continuity
During the Dark Ages, Bugly was part of the Chaos Trinity alongside Bludgeon and Mindwipe, seeking to expand their personal power through dark rites and mysticism. They were contacted by The Fallen, Fragmentation who offered the Trinity great power in exchange for their servitude. Escalation Bugly used electro-stingers for weapons, and even managed to paralyze Shockwave with them. Revelation He assisted the Fallen in acquiring the four unique sparks known as the Angles of Dissolution for a dark ritual Confrontation, but was shot by Shockwave's troops while defending the Fallen's base of operations. He was the first of the Chaos Trinity to fall. Conflagration
Toys
Generation 1
- Bugly (Pretender, 1988)
- Bugly transforms into a hoverjet. His outer Pretender Shell resembles a huge bipedal insect, with large compound eyes.
- Bugly was not released in Japan.
