Slug (Transformers)

For other uses, see Slug.

Transformers character
Fall of Cybertron Slug art
Name	Slug
Autobot
First appearance	Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Information
Alternate modes	Mechanical Triceratops
Sub-group	Dinobots, Lightning Strike Coalition

Slug is a fictional character from the Transformers series.

Transformers: Prime

Slug is based on the 1985 Generation 1 character Slag.

Comics

IDW Publishing

Slug appeared in the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron comics series by IDW Publishing. In this comic Slug was a member of the Lightning Strike Coalition, under the command of Grimlock. When Swoop was captured by the Decepticon scientist Shockwave. Grimlock lead the Coalition to save him. In the attempt to rescue Swoop the Coalition was overwhelmed by the Insecticons.

In Rage of the Dinobot the Dinobots helped cover the escape of the last Autobots from the dying planet Cybertron when Ultra Magnus was shot down saving Swoop. The Dinobots attempted to rescue Magnus. This resulted in the Dinobots coming into conflict with the Predacons Shockwave had created.

Games

Slug appears among the Dinobots in the 2012 video game Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. He is separated from the other Dinobots, wounded and attached to a wall with slime by the Insecticons. It is unknown if he escaped along with the other Dinobots.