Hatchet (DOTM)

Hatchet is a Decepticon Dread from the Dark of the Moon portion of the live-action film series continuity family.

When you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to be human once and isn't now, or ought to be human and isn't, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.

Decepticon master strategist Hatchet is most famous for formulating devastating counter-attacks against Autobot defenses. Yet as a member of the Dreads infiltration and assassination team, he also plays another role, taking on the dirtiest jobs available personally and exterminating his targets with a brutal and efficient finality.

Fiction

Dark of the Moon novelization

When Sentinel Prime was being retrieved from Earth's Moon, Hatchet, Crowbar, and Crankcase surfaced quietly and secretly hitched a ride on the Autobots' shuttle back to Earth. Dark of the Moon (novel)

Dark of the Moon film

Four legs good, two legs bad!

After Sentinel Prime was retrieved from Earth's Moon and reactivated, Megatron put into motion the plan that had been waiting in the wings for hundreds of years. With the human Sam Witwicky believing that the Decepticons wished to capture Sentinel and force him to use the control pillar to activate his space bridge, Hatchet, Crankcase and Crowbar were sent to pursue the Autobots. After Crowbar disposed of Seymour Simmons, Hatchet and Crankcase leaped to attack, only for the Autobots to break suddenly and deploy their Stealth Force mode. Hatchet was targeted by the Autobot Dino, who embedded his anchored blades into the Decepticon's back, and corralled Hatchet into the firing line of Bumblebee and Sideswipe. After Hatchet was pounded with Autobot ordnance, Dino tossed the Decepticon into the oncoming side of the highway, where he slammed into a passing car and was destroyed. Dark of the Moon (film)

Toys

Dark of the Moon

Cyberverse

File:DOTM CyberverseCommander Hatchet.jpg

Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery.

• Decepticon Hatchet (Cyberverse Commander, 2011)
  • ID number: Series 1, 007
  • Japanese ID number: CV21
  • Accessories: 2 attack drones/alpha-rez cannons

Unlike his onscreen appearance, Cyberverse Hatchet transforms into a modified Eurofighter Typhoon jet. He includes two attack drones that can be carried under his wings in vehicle mode or transformed into two cannons, one single- and one multi-barreled. These cannons can then be combined end-to-end to form a larger two-handled rifle. Despite being a quadruped, his claws are still designed to be able to hold Cyberverse-scale weapons. He has sculpted "muscle" detailing on his torso, sculpted spine detailing on his back, and the jet exhaust around his neck resembles a collar. His jet mode has flip-out landing gear in the nose.

Most likely to save space, his lower legs are not fully transformed in-package (the official photos also depict him mistransformed this way.). The instructions also don't mention it, but Hatchet can stand very well on two legs, being able to hold his weapons in his hands without balance issues.

In an undocumented step of his transformation, the flap behind his cockpit (at the base of his robot mode tail) flips back to cover much of the open space in his torso. In a total design fluke, this cavity is large enough for a Human Alliance human figure, making Hatchet function like a Human Alliance toy.

Notes

• An early working name for him was "Dirtbag".
• Two enormous quadrupeds (using Ravage's body and Hatchet's head), were present in the opening scene on Cybertron in Dark of the Moon. Whether or not either one of them is supposed to be Hatchet is a matter of debate.
• Several Dread Assaulters identical to Hatchet appear in the Dark of the Moon video game.