Repugnus (G1)
| The name or term "Repugnus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Repugnus (disambiguation). |
- Repugnus is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Never a Decepticon, Repugnus is not always an Autobot. No, sometimes he's a former Autobot who has been discharged for insubordination or just plain nastiness, but he always gets called back to perform some mission too unsavory for anybody else. Though he doesn't give slag for authority or decency, Repugnus always does his job well.
Man, does he love his job. He'll describe, with relish, how he clawed an enemy within an inch of his life, then beat the bastard's head to a fuel-soaked wad of scrap metal with his own torn-off leg unit. He'll also add plenty of profanities and colorful idioms to the story. His friends would find this disturbing, if he had any.
- Japanese name: Repugg
- French-Canadian name: Répugnus
Fiction
Headmasters
Toy commercial
Repugnus and the Monsterbots were created accidentally during an attempt to create new Autobots. Kup raced to warn Rodimus Prime and Blurr of the accident, as the wild Monsterbots trashed the lab where they were born. Thankfully the Decepticons attacked just then and the Monsterbots burst out of the building through the wall to fight them. Rodimus expressed relief that, though they were monsters, at least they were Autobot monsters.
Marvel Comics continuity
Toys
Generation 1
- Repugnus (Monsterbot, 1987/1988)
- Japanese ID number: C-98
- Repugnus transforms from robot to bizarre bug-thing and back. His toy can shoot "cold" sparks from his bug-mode mouth by pressing down on a geared button on his bug-skull.
- In Japan, Repugnus was never made available as part of the normal retail line. Instead, he was offered only as a mail-order item during Masterforce, the series after the one the character appeared in. He cost 2500 yen (200 yen more than the other two Monsterbots) and five robot points.
Trivia
- The Monsterbots were going to appear in a cameo in the fourth issue of the Wreckers comic, but the issue was ultimately never published.
- Repugnus has been the inspiration for a pair of homage toys in later lines, both of which bear the same name.
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