Octopunch (G1)
- Octopunch is a Decepticon Pretender from the Generation 1 continuity family
Octopunch is a dude. He turns into a crab. He also has a Pretender shell that looks like a scuba diving octopus, which is kinda contradictory if you think about it.
Fiction
Marvel Comics continuity
Octopunch was part of the Mayhem Attack Squad (alongside Bludgeon and Stranglehold, sent by Thunderwing to assassinate the Autobot Pretenders; Bumblebee, Grimlock and Jazz.
After failing spectacularly, Octopunch and the rest of the 'Squad followed the Autobots into the core of Cybertron. Surprisingly, Cybertron's core contained none-other then Primus himself!
After failing again to kill the Autobots, Octopunch made a final attempt to fire at Grimlock, which ended up ricocheting off his armorplating and striking Primus. Upon being shot, Primus awoke and unleashed a Primal Scream that drew Unicron to the Transformers' homeworld. Primal Scream
Thanks a LOT, Octopunch.
Toys
Generation 1
- Octopunch (Pretender) 1989
Trivia
- It was bad enough when in the Marvel Comics it was Octopunch's ricocheted shot that alerted Unicron to Primus's location, resulting in countless deaths and the persisting threat of the Planet Eater. It was later retconned that Octopunch's ricocheted shot not only doomed his own universe to Unicron, but every single Transformers universe in the entire multiverse as well. Better hope there's no karma in Transformers, or he's got some serious comeuppance due. Vector Prime: In the Beginning
