Demolishor (Armada)

The name or term "Demolishor" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Demolishor (disambiguation).

Demolishor is a Decepticon from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

They were delicious.

Demolishor is not the brightest soldier in Megatron's ranks, but he is one of the most reliable. He holds very true-to-spark values concerning loyalty and devotion to the Decepticon cause; to him, a leader is to be obeyed without hesitation, and he will give his all on any battefield he may be ordered onto. His values, however, sometimes collide with Megatron's ultimately selfish goals, and though Demolishor does not necessarily resent his leader for sometimes acting contrary to what he sees as the principles of his faction, he does occasionally find himself struggling to reconcile the two. Ultimately, Demolishor may find that devotion to the Decepticon way of life is not the same thing as devotion to Megatron.

His Mini-Con partner is Blackout.

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

Armada cartoon

Voice actor: Alvin Sanders (English), Kōji Yusa (Japanese), Anders Öjebo (Swedish), Christoph Jablonka (German)

Alerted by a signal beacon to the reactivation of the long-lost Mini-Cons on Earth, Demolishor joined Megatron and Starscream in warping to the planet. While his leader was busy battling Optimus Prime, who had followed them there, Demolishor and Starscream took an interest in the nearby human children who had had been responsible for activating the beacon, but were prevented from grabbing them by the appearance of Autobot Red Alert and Hot Shot. The Decepticons withdrew to their base of operations within the wreck of the Mini-Con spaceship on the moon to regroup, where Demolishor soon picked up the signals of two more Mini-Cons the children had activated. Returning to Earth, now outfitted with a missile-tank alternate mode, Demolishor joined the Decepticons in attempting to capture the children and the Mini-Cons, but found themselves obstructed by the Autobots once again. Demolishor went up against Optimus Prime himself, physically trying to restrain the Autobot leader while in his truck mode, but got blasted and run over for his efforts. Metamorphosis During the battle that followed, another two Mini-Cons were uncovered and retrieved by Cyclonus, one of which he kept for himself, and the other which he presented to Megatron. After retreating back to the moon, Demolishor and Starscream duelled to prove themselves worthy of being given the Mini-Con; their contest was something of a draw, but Megatron gave the Mini-Con, Blackout, to Demolishor. Base

Demolishor took part in the search for a new Mini-Con in the Grand Canyon, during which he menaced Red Alert and Carlos Lopez, Comrade and later squared off against Red Alert and Hot Shot alongside the other Decepticons in the Arctic, only to retreat when Optimus Prime joined the fight. Soldier While on a mission in a heavy forest, Demolishor used Blackout to track the location of a hidden Mini-Con, and spent most of the time teasing Starscream over his lack of a Mini-Con. Jungle The tables were soon turned, though, when the Decepticons experienced some downtime, and everyone began mocking Demolishor for how clumsy and useless he was outside of a combat situation. About to slug Starscream for the insults, Demolishor only wound up proving everyone right when he tripped over Leader-1 and fell through the base wall. Carnival

Demolishor stood guard while the other Decepticons searched the endless wastes of the Sahara desert for a new Mini-Con signal, and nearly blasted Cyclonus when he mistook him for an enemy combatant. Actual enemies were soon to arrive in the form of the Autobots, but in the shoot-out that ensued, a subsidence caused Demolishor and the Autobots' human allies to disappear beneath the shifting sands. They all wound up in a ruined subterranean palace full of anachronistically high-tech defences that they discovered had been created through the power of the Mini-Con storage panel the temple was built around. Demolishor pursued the kids through the ruins, fighting off robotic spider-sentries, and managed to claim the Mini-Con for his own. Escaping even as the ruins collapsed around him, Demolishor activated the Mini-Con, Bonecrusher, and used its power to send the Autobots packing. Unfortunately, Megatron forced him to give Bonecrucher up because he had "disobeyed" orders by abandoning his guard post. Palace

"Hey you, what did you do with the kids?"
"I ate them. And they were quite tasty, too."Hot Shot and Demolishor talk babysitting, "Palace"

Demolishor was not optimistic when the Decepticons captured the Autobots' human friends Billy and Fred, and he was right, as hostage negotiations went wrong thanks to an act of rebellion by Leader-1. Confrontation A Mini-Con search in the catacombs beneath a human city fared a little better; though he needed to send Blackout to search the narrower spots, Demolishor was able to join in beating up new Autobot Smokescreen before the Decepticons secured the Mini-Con and withdrew. Underground Soon after, during a mission to a sunken underwater city, Demolishor kept the Autobots busy while Megatron searched the ruins and successfully located another Mini-Con. Ruin Following a failed attempt to secure another Mini-Con from a volcanic island, Demolishor watched as Megatron forcibly awoke the Mini-Con from the underwater ruins, which turned out to be one of a trio who could together form the legendary Star Saber sword. Prehistory In a failed attempt to obtain the other two sword components, presently in Autobot custody, the Decepticons staged a raid on the Autobots' base, during which Demolishor was ambushed and strung up by Smokescreen. Swoop

Demolishor's alternate mode did not prove conducive to mountain-climbing when a new Mini-Con signal was detected on a high peak. Hot Shot proceeded to slice Demolishor's shoulder cannons off with the Star Saber, which made him reluctant enough to plead with Megatron not to attack the Autobots' base in hopes of retrieving the sword. He was prepared to take Hot Shot on again soon after, but was probably grateful when Starscream stepped in to challenge the young Autobot to a one-on-one duel instead. Overmatch Later, Demolishor stood guard when the Decepticons began tunnelling beneath a human highway for a Minicon, ordering Cyclonus into action when Blackout detecting the approaching Autobots. While the other Decepticons were busy in battle, Demolishor got stuck with digging duties, but failed to unearth the Mini-Con before the Autobots surrounded them and forced a retreat. Gale The chance for a rematch with Hot Shot soon came in a fight that carried from Earth back to the Decepticons' moonbase, which ended when the enigmatic Sideways helped the Decepticons reclaim the Star Saber. With Hot Shot disarmed, Demolishor and Cyclonus gave him a brutal stomping and dumped his body back on Earth. Credulous

The Star Saber ended up in Starscream's hands, and he swaggered around the base with it, mocking Demolishor and trying to taunt him into fights he couldn't win. Knowing that simply taking the sword would cause dissension in the ranks, Megatron used Leader-1 to trick Starscream into accidentally attacking Demolishor with the blade. Demolishor and the others were given cause to question Starscream's competency with the sword, forcing him to hand it over to Megatron. Conspiracy Not long after, Demolishor participated in a battle amongst snowy mountains, clashing with Smokescreen, Trust then got chased around the moon by Megatron wielding the Star Saber in a supposed "training exercise". Vacation Things seemed to be going Demolishor's way when he successfully dug up the next Mini-Con, but it was then blasted out of his hands by new Autobot arrival Blurr just as he warped out. A slash to his arm from the Star Saber was his punishment, which made him redouble his efforts on the next Mini-Con hunt. The Mini-Con recovered was the final member of the Race Team, and Demolishor watched alongside the other Decepticons as the tiny 'bots formed the Skyboom shield for the first time. Reinforcement When Megatron engineered a decisive battle between himself and the Autobots, bringing both Star Saber and Skyboom to bear, Demolishor helped out by raining fire down on the Autobots and engaging in a back-and-forth bout of boulder slinging with Smokescreen. Decisive Battle

When Megatron concocted a plan to divide and conquer the Autobots using the Decepticons' warp system, Demolishor was charged with coordinating the operation of the warp gates from the moon base. Vow This plan failed, as did their next offensive, and Megatron decided to take out his frustrations on Starscream. Fearing that Megatron would kill the younger 'bot, Demolishor actually blasted through the door his leader had locked in order to stop him. Observing the Decepticons' morale faltering all around him, Demolishor tried to reinvigorate his comrades, but was blind to the fact that they were all being manipulated by Sideways, who was seeking to shake up their ranks. When Sideways goaded Starscream into trying to destroy the warp gate, Demolishor stopped him, but Starscream merely redirected his anger and challenged Megatron to a duel instead. Demolishor woke the sleeping Cyclonus, and the pair watched as their two comrades duked it out, with Megatron's inevitable victory providing the renewal of morale and vigor the 'Cons required. Rebellion

The arrival of boastful Decepticon tactician Thrust was a source of great frustration to Demolishor, who found his position as Megatron's closest confidant usurped by the newcomer. Already publicly embarrassed by Thrust when he used his invisibility powers to trip him up, Demolishor groused his way through Thrust's first mission plan, Tactician and spent a lot of energy loudly blaming Thrust when it failed. It didn't break Megatron's trust in his new minion, however, and Thrust soon had another plan put together, but that one went awry when Optimus Prime and Jetfire revealed their power to combine. Demolishor was grabbed by the powered-up Autobot leader and dumped in the ocean. Linkup Demolishor's hatred of Thrust was soon exploited by Sideways, who tricked him into trying to destroy Thrust in another attempt to manipulate the Decepticons to his own ends. But both Sideways and Demolishor had been duped themselves: Thrust knew Sideways was working against them in service of a mysterious master, and allowed the scenario to play out, then all the Decepticons, including a confused and angry Demolishor, turned on Sideways and expelled him from their ranks. Detection

During a later battle on a beach, Demolishor was nearly squashed when the giant Decepticon battleship Tidal Wave arrived on the scene. Awakening While Megatron merged with Tidal Wave to battle Optimus Prime and Jetfire, Demolishor led the Decepticons' Mini-Cons in a charge to keep the other Autobots busy. Desperate After some uneventful downtime, during which Demolishor just stood around and watched as Megatron got repaired and Thrust went off a Mini-Con search of his own, Runaway Demolishor was on hand when Wheeljack was welcomed into Megatron's forces. Past II Following this, the Decepticons had Starscream and the Star Saber lure the Autobots out of their base, with Demolishor watching them through binoculars to check that they had not brought the third Mini-Con weapon, the Requiem Blaster with them. Once this had been confirmed, Demolishor took part in an attack on the undermanned Autobot base to steal the Blaster. Sacrifice Unfortunately, they didn't tell Starscream they would be doing this, and he was furious at being abandoned on the battlefield; when Demolishor tried to take the Star Saber from him for Megatron, they nearly came to blows until Demolishor backed down. Regeneration The enraged Starscream proceeded to defect to the Autobots, and provided them with access codes that allowed them to invade the Decepticons' moonbase. Demolishor watched gape-mouthed as the Autobots materialized through the Decepticons' warp gate, but managed to compose himself long enough to sound the alarm.

A new low.

In the resulting battle, Demolishor chased down Perceptor, but was prevented from destroying the Mini-Con combiner when a precision strike by Laserbeak blinded him long enough for Hot Shot to take him out. Rescue

The Autobots successfully freed all the Decepticons' captive Mini-Cons, so Demolishor and the others were stuck filling in for the tiny 'bots, picking up where they'd left off on the construction of a spaceship. Mars He was part of the Decepticons' next battle, which was actually a carefully constructed scheme by Thrust to bring Starscream, the Star Saber and the Skyboom back to the Decepticon fold. Crack Once Starscream was back in their ranks, however, Demolishor observed him dragging Thrust off for a private "chat"; he tried to tattle on him to Megatron, but the Decepticon leader wasn't interested. The three Mini-Cons weapons were subequently used to power the Decepticons' completed spaceship, and Demolishor was charged with piloting the vessel, struggling but eventually succeeding in mastering the proper flow of power from the weapons to achieve successful liftoff. Threaten When Optimus Prime and Jetfire arrived to stop the ship from using its Hydra Cannon against Earth, Demolishor, Cyclonus and Wheeljack dealt with Jetfire, pinning him down and leaving him unable to stop Optimus from sacrificing himself to stop the cannon's blast. Crisis

With Optimus destroyed, Demolishor and the other Decepticons set course back to Cybertron, Remorse but soon found themselves pursued by the Autobots in a ship of their own. Depart Demolishor tracked the Autobots' approach, and participated in the space battle that followed, grappling with Scavenger. The combat reached a surprising climax when Optimus Prime was returned to life by the Mini-Cons, Miracle but no sooner had it ended than a black hole suddenly appeared that sucked several of the Autobots away. Tracking the lost Autobots to a sterile alien world, Demolishor ventured down to the planet's surface with Megatron and Starscream, where they all wound up embroiled in a fierce battle with Nemesis Prime, a dark clone of Optimus. Gravely wounded by the evil creature, Demolishor, Megatron, Starscream, Hot Shot and Ratchet were saved by their Mini-Cons, who combined their energy to give their partners a power boost, fusing their armor into new colors in the process. Puppet

Returning to Cybertron ahead of the Autobots, Demolishor and the Decepticons quickly subjugated the planet using the power of the Mini-Con weapons. When the Autobots arrived, they brought warning of the coming of a mysterious cosmic enemy known as Unicron; Demolishor was concerned by their story, but Megatron (now "Galvatron" after his Mini-Con power-up) refused to believe it. Uprising Soon after, when Hot Shot burst into the Decepticon base in an attempt to make Galvatron see reason, Demolishor and Cyclonus tried to stop him, but Wheeljack, being an old friend of the Autobot's, let him pass. During Hot Shot's explanation, Thrust was revealed to be an agent of Unicron himself, and absconded into Cybertron's depths with the Skyboom and Requiem Blaster; Dash Demolishor gave chase, but when he reported back that he had lost Thrust's trail, he was ordered at Star Saber-point by an angry Galvatron to continue searching. Drift The search for Thrust was a failure, however, Demolishor resumed his military duties, monitoring Autobot troop movements. Portent

Despite the revelation that Unicron was very real, having been hiding in plain sight as Cybertron's moon, Galvatron still refused to acknowledge his threat, and preferring to press on against the Autobots. Demolishor was busy in battle and did not witness Starscream sacrificing himself to prove Unicron's power to Galvatron. Cramp

Demolishor was unmoved by his death, but supported Galvatron in his decision to at last ally the Decepticons with the Autobots against Unicron. Demolishor attended the formal alliance ceremony, hesitantly shaking hands with Hot Shot. He and Cyclonus subsequently joined Hot Shot and Side Swipe on a reconaissance mission to Unicron's surface, where Demolishor became separated from Blackout when Unicron began transforming. Believing his Mini-Con lost, Demolishor returned to the landing site in preparation for withdrawal, but an attack by a swarm of Dead End Drones stymied them. Demolishor was taken aback when the two Autobots willingly covered him so he could help Cyclonus out of a chasm, and was given pause to reconsider his feelings towards them when Hot Shot presented him with Blackout, whom he had safely recovered for him. Alliance Analyzing the data that Blackout had gathered on Unicron's surface, Demolishor located a weak spot on the planet-sized monster's neck, through which Optimus Prime and Galvatron were able to insert themselves inside Unicron's body. Union Gathering on the bridge of the Autobots' Axalon with the others, Demolishor watched and waited; when Unicron became non-functional, he voted against attacking in fear that they would hurt Galvatron, still within. Soon, he observed as Galvatron and Prime emerged from the giant, engaged in brutal one-to-one combat, and Galvatron sacrificed himself to end the cycle of hatred that was fuelling Unicron. Mortal Combat

Energon cartoon

Voice actor: Alvin Sanders (English), Kōji Yusa (Japanese), Anders Öjebo (Swedish), Christoph Jablonka (German)

And so Demolishor became the king of England.

Following the end of the Unicron Battles, Megatron's death saw the alliance between the Decepticons and Autobots persist. With the establishment of Cybertron Cities to mine energon on Earth, Demolishor was assigned to Ocean City, where he guarded the city's main gate. Despite his frequent complaints and arguments with the humans and Autobots who lived in the city, Demolishor developed something of a friendship with his new allies and grew into his role. Of particular note was his bickering relationship with the inexperienced Ironhide, who didn't trust him for being a Decepticon, and whom he ridiculed in return for being a greenhorn. Cybertron City

In the year 2020, when the alien being Alpha Quintesson created the Terrorcons to steal energon for him, he armed their leader, Scorponok, with a sword forged from Megatron's spark. During a battle at Plains City, the sword was knocked aside and landed in the ground in front of Demolishor, but he could not bring himself to take hold of the weapon. The chance to return to his Decepticon nature versus his new role amongst the Autobots left him conflicted, unsure of what he truly wanted in life. Megatron's Sword

Demolishor's dilemma continued when Megatron returned to life and laid siege to Ocean City. Megatron Resurrected When Megatron appeared before him, Demolishor trained his guns on him, struggling to make a decision as Megatron continually taunted him. Eventually, Demolishor caved in and rejoined the Decepticons, departing with Megatron for his headquarters within the inactive corpse of Unicron. Despite having made this decision, Demolishor's experiences had left him a changed 'bot, and he would be heard to caution Megatron on the frailties of humans. Megatron Raid

Not longer thereafter, Demolishor participated in a Decepticon attack on the Autobot ship the Miranda II, which activated its personal energon grid defense system during the battle. Megatron was caught directly in the path of the grid, galvanizing Demolishor into making a final, fateful decision: He pushed his leader out of the way and took the force of the grid's blast himself. Oddly, Demolishor blamed Optimus for what happened to him and exploded. Nobody seemed to mourn the loss. (They do in the Japanese version, but this was altered in the English dub.) Go for Unicron!

Demolishor's body was destroyed, but his spark was salvaged by Megatron, who implanted it within a new body. Megatron used his Unicron-derived powers to wipe Demolishor's memory, removing any trace of his conflicted nature and degenerating him into a simple-minded, ape-like creature, easily excited and prone to grunting and jumping around. The Return of Demolishor Demolishor retained his friendship with Cyclonus, now Snow Cat, to whose level of intelligence he was now much closer. There was occasional cuddling. In the end, Demolishor, along with Snow Cat, did not follow Megatron into the sun. The Sun

Cybertron

Somehow magically back in his original body (no word on whether his mentality recovered as well), Demolishor was left behind on Cybertron during the planetary evacuation, but has kept himself busy by fighting off the Scrapmetal horde. Demolishor has heard rumors that Megatron has once again returned from the dead, but hopes it is not true, as he enjoys not being pushed around by his commander for once. Demolishor's Cybertron toy bio

Dreamwave Armada continuity

Dreamwave Armada comic

Demolishor was part of Megatron's initial strike force on Cybertron, and devastated Mini-Con Village C52 alongside Cyclonus. Armada #1 Powered by Blackout, he also participated in the assault on and devastation of Cyber City. Armada #2

Millions of years later, when a Mini-Con signal was broadcast from Earth, the Decepticons picked it up and quickly made plans to travel to Earth. Armada #3 Upon arrival, Demolishor, Cyclonus and Starscream broke into a human military base, where Demolishor scanned a tank for his new alternate mode (though the resulting tank mode wasn't particularly close to the source). Armada #4 While the other Decepticons began fighting the Autobots who had followed them to Earth, Demolishor ambushed the Street Action Mini-Con Team, Sparkplug and three human kids. He captured the Mini-Cons and expressed interest in taking the humans apart to see where all their courage came from. Then four other Mini-Cons swarmed his face and shattered his targeting reticle "eyepatch". Armada #5

After the Decepticons successfully captured the Air Defense Mini-Con Team, Demolishor helped bring them back to the Decepticon base at Silver Ridge. Armada #6 He later participated in the attack on the Autobot base, but didn't do much other than stand around and take offense to Starscream's claims that Megatron didn't need any underlings when he had the Star Saber. Armada #7 When the Decepticons' Mini-Cons escaped, Demolishor and the others pursued them to Kansas, where they fired impotently on a large object that was stealing all of Earth's Mini-Cons. They were then distracted by the arrival of several Autobots, and could only watch as the object rocketed off into space. Armada #8 After figuring out that the Mini-Cons had ended up on the Moon, the Decepticons chased after their precious power-ups. As Demolishor was the only Decepticon incapable of flight (Megatron got temporary rocket thrusters), he was left behind to guard the base. Armada #9 He wasn't very good at it, though, and was beaten up by Autobots who wanted to use the Decepticons' space bridge. Armada #10

When said space bridge stopped working some time later, Megatron ordered Demolishor and Starscream to fix it. Neither of them knew how. Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4 The Decepticons later learned that Optimus Prime had gone missing, and they seized the opportunity to perform an all-out assault on the Autobots. Demolishor found himself facing down Scavenger and Smokescreen on a thin mountain road, and decided to play a game of chicken with them. He won, as both Autobots swerved away and fell off the road, where Smokescreen was seriously injured by Megatron. Shortly afterwards, their winning streak was interrupted by a mysterious powerful Transformer who knocked out Demolishor, Cyclonus and Starscream in short order. Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4 As it turned out, the stranger had been a Herald of Unicron, who was on his way to destroy Cybertron. The Decepticons were forced to ally themselves with the Autobots and return to their home planet in order to fight him off. Demolishor survived the battle with Unicron and was seen among the crowds of cheering Transformers in the aftermath. The End

Dreamwave Energon comic

Ten years after the battle with Unicron, Unicron's Four Horsemen attacked Cybertron. Demolishor was among the Transformers called in as reinforcements against this new threat. What Lies Beneath, Part Two Some time later, he was stationed at the energon ore processing plant Deltos-Five when its systems started going haywire. Grumbling that Thrust had left him to deal with technical difficulties while he got to have fun fighting Terrorcons on Earth, Demolishor made his way into the facility, where he was ambushed by a ghostly Starscream. Multiplicity, Pt. 3

Energon ceased publication before the story could conclude. The following would have taken place in unpublished issues.

Demolisher was upgraded to a new body, and tasked by Alpha Quintesson to kidnap Kicker, which he did so. Armageddon Part 1 Due to this, he was pursued by Rad, Grimlock and Swoop, who were assisted by Carlos and Alexis.Armageddon Part 2 The rescue team was boosted by Wing Saber, Cliffjumper and Rodimus, who tracked down Demolishor and the captive Kicker in Mexico. The Autobots battled Demolisher while Rad freed Kicker. Armageddon Part 4 Once free, Kicker used his special powers to channel the energy of all the energon on Earth, using it to utterly destroy Demolishor.Armageddon Part 5

Panini Armada comic

Demolishor was among the Decepticons who had a great time kidnapping Mini-Cons back when the war broke out. Counter-Strike!

In modern day, he was sent to Earth to search for escaped Mini-Cons alongside Cyclonus and Starscream. Demolishor was apparently still searching elsewhere when the rest of the Decepticons were beaten up by the Autobots and fled. Friends and Foes! Eventually, he sawed his way into the wreckage of the Mini-Cons' ship, as he had orders from Megatron to retrieve its locator log. He was surprised to find the Street Action Team in the ship, and wasn't sure what to do with the situation. Deciding that the best course of action was violence, he began blasting the Mini-Cons but was distracted when Rad White grabbed the locator log and ran for it. Demolishor followed in his tank mode, only to drive straight into an unstable part of the cave, where the vibrations from his treads caused the hidden log to explode and collapse the cave on top of him. Deep Trouble!

Some time later, Demolishor participated in an attack on the Autobots when they were trying to send their Mini-Cons back to Cybertron. No Way Back! He and Cyclonus were then sent to search for Mini-Cons on the Moon. The Autobots Smokescreen and Scavenger followed them, but were no match for the Mini-Con-augmented Decepticons. Demolishor shot Smokescreen down and prepared to squash him under his tracks, but didn't expect the Autobot to suddenly get a Mini-Con partner of his own. Powered by Liftor, Smokescreen delivered a powerful punch to the incoming Demolishor, driving him back. Between Two Worlds!

When the Decepticons planned to nuke the Autobots from their new lunar base, Demolishor caught a transmission from the Autobots' Mini-Cons, who offered to surrender in exchange for the Autobots' lives. He reported this to Megatron, who opted to take the Mini-Cons then blow the Autobots up anyway. Earthshaker! The plan was a huge failure, ending with the destruction of the Decepticon base and no Mini-Cons to show for it. Demolishor cheerfully referred to the whole thing as a "bit of a blip in the old world-conquest plans", which promptly got him punished by the disgruntled Megatron. Suddenly, Cyclonus showed up and started attacking his fellow Decepticons. He turned out to be possessed by the Destruction Mini-Con Team, who were using him to get rid of Megatron once and for all. After watching the two duel for a while, Demolishor power-linked with Blackout and entered the fray, but did little damage to Cyclonus. Dawn of Destruction!

Bendon Armada books

Megatron and Demolishor launched a surprise attack against the Autobots, only to "cowardly" run away after Optimus Prime and Hot Shot stood up to them. Cave Catastrophe

Megatron and Demolishor also launched a sneak attack against the kids when they left themselves in the open, and were yet again bested by the two Autobots when they came to render aid. Race to Disaster

Toy pack-in comics

When Optimus Prime fell to his knees in battle, Megatron sent Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage to attack the beaten leader. Their attack was averted when they were blasted away by Wing Saber. Energon Volume 4

TransTech

Demolishor was part of Gutcruncher's inner circle in the underlevels of Axiom Nexus. He was with Gutcruncher in The Blue Deployer the night the Action Master took Hubcap for a lot of money. Gone Too Far

Toys

Armada

File:Armada Demolishor toy.jpg

Best Decepticon yes-man toy, ever!

• Demolishor with Blackout (Deluxe, 2002/2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MD-03
  • Accessories: 4 missiles

Demolishor transforms into an anti-aircraft missile tank of made-up model, though it appears to be heavily based on the ADATS weapon system. His primary Mini-Con gimmick is the twin spring-loaded missile launcher in his left shoulder; attaching any Mini-Con to the Powerlinx port there pops the launcher forward, after which the missiles can be fired simultaneously by pulling the Mini-Con back. Reportedly, Demolishor was to feature this gimmick in both shoulders, but it was cut back to one for cost considerations, so his right shoulder now simply holds two spare missiles.

In vehicle mode, Demolishor features extra Mini-Con compatibility design specially around his partner Blackout. Vehicle-mode Blackout can be inserted into the space between Demolishor's front treads, forming a more "complete"-looking tank, from where he can be propelled into action by a small spring-loaded launcher. This launcher is activated by a tiny button on Demolishor's rear, where is also located a seat that Blackout or any other appropriately-jointed Mini-Con sit in to "man" his guns. The seat can also be used for Demolishor's rudimentary third "Attack Base" mode, which involves folding out his legs/treads to turn him into an elevated anti-aircraft station.

The Japanese release of Demolishor renders the figure in more show-accurate colors, painting him a more greenish shade of tan and making his face brown rather than black, among other smaller paint application changes.

• More information on Demolishor at TFU.info

• Ironhide & Land Military Microns (Multi-pack, 2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MS-03
  • Accessories: 4 missiles

In Japan, Demolishor was available both separately and in a multi-pack with the Land Military Mini-Con Team. All toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

• Powerlinx Demolishor with Powerlinx Blackout (Deluxe, 2003)
  • Japanese ID number: MD-10
  • Accessories: 4 missiles

Part of the finale wave of Armada product, this redeco of the original Demolishor gives him in a new red and off-white color scheme. According to Aaron Archer, he was originally intended to be colored like Sixshot, because Demolishor's gun-hands reminded him of Sixshot (we don't get it either—maybe he meant Six-Gun?), but the red color scheme was decided upon and used in the animated series first, so the toy had to follow suite. Reflecting the late nature of this change, his packaging depicts a normal-colored Demolishor toy, as the colors had not been decided upon by the time cardback photography was required.

This toy was repurposed for Shattered Glass Demolishor.

• More information on Powerlinx Demolishor at TFU.info

Built to Rule

• Demolishor (Built to Rule, 2003)
  • Accessories: 2 missiles

One of the smaller Built to Rule sets, Demolishor's vehicle mode is still an anti-aircraft missile tank, but with only one firing rocket per side, activated by a pressure-launch mechanism using a rotating "drum". He also features working rubber treads. He comes with a building-block version of Blackout.

• More information on Built to Rule Demolishor at TFU.info

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WUBBA WUBBA WUBBA.

• Night Attack Demolishor (Built to Rule, 2003)
  • Accessories: 2 missiles

Part of the final wave of Armada Built to Rule, the first Demolishor set was redecoed into colors very close to those of the Night Attack Mini-Con Team. Again, he comes with a similarly colored version of Blackout.

Night Attack Demolishor did not ship very prominently, but eventually could be found at Toys "R" Us stores for the heavily discounted price of $2 or so.

• More information on Built to Rule Night Attack Demolishor at TFU.info

Energon

• Demolishor w/ Blackout (Deluxe, 2004)
  • Japanese ID number: SD-02
  • Accessories: 4 missiles

Originally released as part of the initial assortment of Takara Super Link toys, the original Demolishor toy (and accompanying Mini-Con Blackout) was given a very Constructicon-y color scheme of lime green, light gray and purple.

This version was later released in the US, with no changes other than packaging, late in the Energon line as a KB Toys stores exclusive, alongside the Super Link redeco of Cyclonus.

• More information on Energon KB Toys Demolishor at TFU.info

MUNKY IS TRUKK

• Demolishor (Deluxe, 2004)
  • Japanese ID number: SD-11
  • Accessories: 4 missiles

Demolishor's new body transforms into a large "earth-mover" dump truck. His truck bed contains four spring-loaded missiles, plus four "false", non-firing missiles. His center torso block can rotate forward to bring his launcher over his body for "Hyper Mode"... which puts his head right in the middle of his sternum. His truck bed also feature two pairs of "dead" Powerlinx plugs to attach Mini-Cons to, one pair on each side of the "flap", allowing for Mini-Con Powerlinxing in both truck and robot modes.

The truck bed also has possibly the biggest Decepticon insignia on a Deluxe-level toy ever.

According to Hasbro in a Q&A, he was originally supposed to be a new character named Long Haul.

• More information on Energon Demolishor at TFU.info

Cybertron

• Demolishor (Deluxe-Class, 2006)
  • Accessories: 4 missiles, Cyber Key

A late addition to the Cybertron toyline, the original Armada Demolishor toy was redecoed in a more military camo scheme. He does not come with his Mini-Con partner Blackout in this release; instead, he has a new-mold Cybertron-style Cyber Key, without a molded faction sigil, plus a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back so it can be used to activate his missile launcher. The key has a painted Decepticon sigil, a purple border, and the Key Code "dt67" printed on the back. This code didn't work properly with Hasbro's website, however, giving the information for the Deluxe-Class Optimus Prime; Demolishor's information was revealed using the code "D56B".

• More information on Cybertron Demolishor at TFU.info

Merchandise

Happy Meal toys

• Demolishor (October 2002)

An extremely simplified version of the original Demolishor toy, he features a "battle damage" pop-off arm. He can combine with the other Happy Meal Decepticons to form a Mighty Vehicle. Kinda.

• More information on Happy Meal Demolishor at TFU.info

Good luck finding me.

• Demolishor (January 2005)

Part of the second Energon Happy Meal promotion, which was only available in some Latin America markets, this heavily-simplified version of dump-truck Demolishor features a spring-loaded transformation to robot mode. Given his limited release, he's very rare—even good pictures of him are hard to come by.

Super Collection Figure

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• Ironhide (SCF, December 27, 2002)
  • Series: ACT 9
  • Accessories: Stand

Super Collection Figure Demolishor ("Ironhide" in Japan) is a 3-inch tall soft-plastic figurine based on his animation model. Made to pop apart, he has limited articulation, with swivel neck, waist, shoulders and legs. He came in two paint schemes: full-color and pewter-finish, each available at an equal ratio of one each per case of twelve figures. Be careful with the pewter version, as the pegs are often painted, leading to super-tight fits and occasional breakage.

Like all normal SCF figures, he was sold in a blind-box assortment, so you could not tell which mold or color scheme you got until you actually opened the box.

Oh. My. God. Look at. His. Butt.

• Ironhide (Mega SCF, February 2003)
  • ID number: 10
  • Accessories: 4 missiles

At double the size of a normal SCF figure, this non-transformable figure of Demolishor features more -but still limited- posability, with restricted-balljoint neck, shoulders and hips, double-swivel elbows, and swivel wrists, waist and knees. He also has removable missiles, and comes with a really teeny version of Blackout.

As the Mega SCFs are all based on a singular ball/socket and clip system for joints, you can swap parts from any figure around with any other in the line... as long as there's enough clearance, of course.

• More information on Mega Super Collection Figure Ironhide at TFU.info

Attacktix

But our story isn't really about him...

• Demolishor (2006)
  • Attack Type: Shooter (wide missile)

Shown at Toy Fair 2006, Attacktix Demolishor is based on his Energon dump-truck body, with a back-mounted missile launcher that shot a wide-headed missile. He was placed in an early mock-up of the starter set, but ultimately only the vehicle mode Skyblast piece would end up in the final product. The piece had no sticker on the front as well. And then... that was the last anyone saw of this piece. It was never shuffled into a later assortment or even mentioned anywhere. What the hell?

Game over. This Attacktix item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Notes

ARHH!!

• According to the Armada IP Creative Bible, one of his production names was Scourge. Get it, Scourge, Cyclonus, and Galvatron?
• Demolishor was originally planned to be in the Armada PlayStation 2 game as a long-running boss fight in the Antarctic. According to the original storyboards (unlocked in the game by finding the appropriate Data-Con on the Pacific Island base), he was the pilot of the crashed starship (instead of Starscream), and the player would have first fought him inside the control room of the ship. Megatron was then to fire on the ship when Demolishor was near defeat, which would cause the ship to crash into the chasm below. The player would then have to chase Demolishor vertically through the downed ship and into an ice cavern, where he would try and drop stalactites on your head during your final confrontation. Why Demolishor was removed from the game is unknown, though the most likely explanation is time and budget concerns.
• Despite originating in the Unicron Trilogy, Demolishor has had two characters based on him appear in two separate Generation 1-influenced continuities, both before he actually got a Generation 1 counterpart. Probably helped by his third namesake appearing in Revenge of the Fallen.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Ironhide (アイアンハイド Aianhaido), Irontread (dump truck body, アイアントレッド Aiantoreddo)
• Hungarian: Pusztító
• Korean: Hide (하이드 Haideu)
• Polish: Demolatron (Armada), Destruktor (Energon)
• Russian: Razrushitel' (Разрушитель, "Devastator")