Chumley
Lord Chumley is a vengeful big game hunter that uses advanced technology to stalk and bag the most dangerous and exotic creatures on the planet. He is tended to by the elderly Dinsmoore.
He appears in the episode "Prime Target" in the second season of the original Transformers Cartoon Series, written by Flint Dille and Buzz Dixon
Prime Target (Episode)
Lord Chumley shoots down an experimental Russian Jet, sparking an international incident when the U.S.S.R. blames America for its theft. Both nations placed their armed forces on full alert, and a special session of the UN security council was called to discuss the escalating tensions.
Chumley, however, had his eye on a far greater prize, the ultimate prey - the head of the Autobot Optimus Prime.
Chumley kidnapped several of Prime's teammates, and then invited him to come rescue them, traversing a carefully-researched mock-up of Cybertron, where Chumley hunted him.
Decepticons, overhearing Chumley's transmission, interrupted the hunt, infuriating Chumley. But when Prime made his renewed assault on Chumley's castle, he freed Blitzwing and Astrotrain to fight for him - they instead tried to squish the fleshling that had recently been contemplating how to destroy them.
Prime returned the stolen jet to the USSR, with Chumley tied to its nose like a hunting trophy. The crisis came to an end.
Chumley's Genius
Lord Chumley invented a variety of high-tech gadgets for use in his hunts. Megatron even observed that Chumley was brilliant- for a human.
The Concurence (Binaltech)
In 2005, Lord Chumley was a member of the The Concurence, an organization dedicated to ridding Earth of all Transformers. In the short term they have allied the Decepticons to disrupt the human-Autobot alliance, and aided in the theft of some Autobot bodyframes.
Misc
Cut from 'Prime Target's original script:
- After capturing Tracks and Bumblebee, Chumley proclaims the experience "More fun than a snipe hunt at Lake Tanganyika!"
- Dinsmore reminisces about the rhino. "Oh, right, sir! It was in sixty-seven. I'll never forget it. Four tons of charging..."
- Chumley's fake car wash has a sign advertizing a free wax and polish to lure Autobots.
- Chumley refrains from watching Prime's progeress on the monitor, prefering his telescope "Monitors, harrumph! You lose the immediacy of the sport!"
- Finally unable to take the excitement anymore, Dinsmore tenders his resignation, but agrees to stay until Chumley can locate a replacement.
- After Astrotrain blasts Prime, Chumley speaks to him through his scorpion-robot, "Help my machine to its feet, old sport..." before attacking him. Astrotrain still says "Certainly!" in reply to the nonexistant comment in the finished episode.
Comments: Though I'll never be able to proove it, I firmly believe Lord Chumley was inspired by the Klaatu song 'Sir Bodsworth Rugglesby III' -Derik
