Vertebreak (RID)
| This article is about the Robots in Disguise Decepticon. For the Prime Predacon, see Vertebreak (Prime). |
- Vertebreak is a Decepticon from the Robots in Disguise portion of the Aligned continuity family.
A bot of science, Vertebreak is a Decepticon who dared to dream of such things as horrific and unethical body augmentation. In order to achieve that dream, he sought knowledge from other worlds, including disciplines such as the process cyber grafting. Unfortunately, his colleagues on the council did not see nor understand his genius, and had him detained aboard the Alchemor. Fortunately, the ship's crash on planet Earth has afforded the brilliant Vertebreak a chance to realize his plans to build a bigger, better Cybertronian... even if it means taking parts from other 'bots to do it.
Fiction
2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon
- Voice actor: Charlie Schlatter (English)
 Spoiler warning: Plot details for Some Body, Any Body follow. |
On Cybertron, Vertebreak was a member of Crystal City's science council. To his colleagues' horror, he studied and intended to use surgical knowledge from other worlds to perform cyber-grafting experiments, and was imprisoned on the Alchemor before he could put his plans into motion. Fortunately for Vertebreak, the ship's crash landing on Earth freed him from his incarceration. Taking the form of a train, he set up a new laboratory in Crown City's subway network, and began his experiments anew.
Fortune smiled on Vertebreak again when the Autobot Sideswipe blundered into his territory alone. Vertebreak attacked him while the Autobot was busy boasting, before dragging him back to his lair. There, he performed his cyber-grafting technique by attaching his head to Sideswipe's body. While the process gave Vertebreak access to Sideswipe's natural agility and learned fighting techniques, he elected to keep the young Autobot's head intact in order to have continued access to a needed "brain enzyme" in the event his grafting process didn't take. Vertebreak attacked Sideswipe's companions in short order, but, in the end, he was defeated when Sideswipe realized he could predict each of Vertebreak's movements. He was subsequently recaptured and both his and Sideswipe's heads were restored to their proper bodies. Some Body, Any Body
Trivia
- His name is still freaking awesome
