Gas Skunk (RID)
Gas Skunk is a Predacon from the Robots in Disguise continuity.
Gas Skunk is one of the Predacons under the command of Megatron who has come to Earth to rob it of energy and perform other evil deeds. He is a fairly good inventor capable of producing some interesting and effective weapons, and in battle, his bicep-mounted "Left Laser" blaster and serrated tailcan do impressive damage. In both modes he can also cough up huge, billowing clouds of foul-smelling smoke that blind and disorient opponents. Unfortunately for Gas Skunk and his fellow Predacon stooges, Rail Racer discovered that this gas is rather flamable.
But what keeps Gas Skunk (and the rest of his fellow lackeys, for that matter) from actually being a credible threat to the Autobots who defend Earth is his long list of personality flaws, outside of the whole "evil" thing. He thinks he's a lot smarter than he actually is, which at its most harmless just means he tends to verbally mangle any large words he tries to use (and even some not-so-large words). But at worst, it results in displays of severe overconfidence; he tends not to think about whatever he's doing beyond the very-short-term, and typically has no backup plans when they go all pear-shaped. Plus, he's a bully and a craven coward at heart, and as soon as he's up against a show of force, that aspect of his personality comes screaming to the forefront while he goes screaming to the rear of the battlefield.
He seems to be on friendly terms with his fellow stooges Dark Scream and Slapper, especially when it comes to shifting blame for their failures onto their commander Sky-Byte. Though he definitely shares Sky-Byte's hatred of the new Decepticon forces, who are a real threat to their jobs!
Fiction
Robots in Disguise Cartoon
Dreamwave Summer Special
Toys
Robots in Disguise
- Gas Skunk (Basic, 2000)
- Japanese ID number: D-002
- A repaint of the Transmetal 2 Maximal Stinkbomb (they use the same base plastic colors), Gas Skunk transforms into a techno-organic monstrous skunk.
- Dark Scream / Gas Skunk / Slapper (Mega 3-pack, 2001)
- For his Hasbro release, Gas Skunk was only made availble in a Mega-class 3-pack with Dark Scream and Slapper. There are no notable differences between the Hasbro and Takara versions of any of the three in the set.
