Slug (FOC)

If you try to hold his hand, he'll slug you!

Slug is an Autobot from the Aligned continuity family.

Slug has a name that does not remind one of English whores. He's the most technically minded of Grimlock's Lightning Strike Coalition, though he also really enjoys melting Decepticons into slag.

Games

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)

Voice actor: Travis Willingham

Plot details for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron follow. Spoilers have expired, you may remove this tag

Slug, prepare to open the door and get down on the floor!

Slug and the rest of the Lightning Strike Coalition deserted their post defending the Ark when they detected strange energy readings in the Sea of Rust. The energy readings were caused by Shockwave's space bridge experiments at the energon lake, and when they arrived, they came under attack by Insecticons and were overwhelmed. Shockwave took the time to experiment on them, giving them primitive dinosaur forms. Slug broke free and trashed the lab he was in, melting a hole in the floor which he departed through. He roamed the caves until smashed through a door, crushing Kickback and finding Grimlock. Luckily for Grimlock and Swoop, he was able to lead them to where Snarl was being held by Sharpshot. Once Snarl was freed, they sought shelter in an observation post and found Shockwave's logs concerning his experiments on them and the space bridge. Against Grimlock's wishes, Slug contacted Optimus, who ordered them all back to base. Grimlock refused, instead heading out to destroy the space bridge tower himself, and the other Dinobots later watched from afar as the tower exploded. Fall of Cybertron

Notes

• This is the second new name assigned to a counterpart of Generation 1 Slag; the first was Snarl (as in Animated Snarl and Robot Heroes Snarl, both of whom borrowed the name from Generation 1 Snarl).
• In addition to referring to a round of ammunition or a swift smack across the face, the word "slug" is used by blacksmiths to describe the hot, leftover piece of metal that is punched out when they need to make a hole in something. All of this is rather apt when considering Generation 1 Slag's personality.
• Slug's beast-mode head is available as a Predator-type component for Infiltrator-class characters in Fall of Cybertron multiplayer.