Chumley
- Lord Chumley is a human character in the Generation 1 continuity family.
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.
Fiction
Animated continuity
Lord Chumley shot down an experimental Russian jet piloted by Oktober Guard One, sparking an international incident when the U.S.S.R. blamed America for the 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. Prime responded, traversing a carefully-researched booby-trapped mock-up of Cybertron.
Prime was soon entrapped by Chumley's 'greatest creation', a giant robotic black widow spider. But the Decepticons interrupted the hunt and allowed Prime to escape, infuriating Chumley. Chumley quickly captured the intruders, Blitzwing and Astrotrain, and turned his attention back to his quarry. But when Prime reached Chumley's castle, he freed them to fight for him; instead, they tried to squish Chumley, allowing Prime to capture him.
Prime returned the stolen jet to the USSR, with Chumley tied to its nose like a (irony alert!) hunting trophy. The crisis came to an end.
Binaltech
In 2005, Lord Chumley was a member of the The Concurrence, an organization dedicated to ridding Earth of all Transformers. They allied with the Decepticons to disrupt the human-Autobot alliance, and aided in the theft of some Autobot bodyframes.
[Note: 'Chumley' is how the name Cholmondeley (of Old English origin) is pronounced.]
