Grungy

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Grungy
GoBots character
Grungy-boxed.jpg
GoBots Grungy box
First appearance

Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric episode 17 "Coup de Grunge"
Created by

Tonka
Release number

7320, 7321, 7322
Information
Species GoBot
Occupation Renegade Armored Robot
Abilities

Affiliation

Renegade GoBots
Alternate mode

Spaceship and four power suits

Grungy is a fictional character from the GoBots series introduced in 1985. He is the combined form of the Renegade Armored Spaceship and four Power Suits. Although released as a toy in 1985, he did not appear in fiction until 2015.

GoBots

Reception

Grungy was chosen as the 3rd goofiest GoBot name by Topless Robot in 2010.[1]

Fictional biography

Four Renegade Power Suits, and the Renegade Powersuit Spaceship assemble to produce the evil Power Warrior, Grungy!

Earth trembles under the shocking force of GoBotron's newest surprises: Power Warriors! Guardian Power Warrior, Courageous, assembles with Leader-1 commanding inside the armored chest, while four top guardian soldiers enter each protective Power Suit. The friendly GoBots immediately begin their enemy location search using the Power Suits information gathering skills: telescopic sight, keen hearing, super-sense touch, and sharp smell. However, the menacing form of Power Warrior, Grungy, looms evilly in the distance, with Cy-Kill encase within his armored chest. Four Renegade henchmen work inside Grungy's Power Suits, using the spy-sight, eavesdrops, hearing, razor-sharp touch and tracking smell to locate their foes.

The fight goes on as each side looks for the weak points that will mean the other's defeat. Power Warriors may be the ones to finish the battle, but the question remains-who will be the winner?

Comics

Fun Publications

Rhetoricverse

Grungy appeared in the Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric episode 17 "Coup de Grunge" by Fun Publications. A Renegade assault on the Guardian communication hub was repulsed by Courageous, putting Cy-Kill in a foul mood. He vented his frustration on several of his men, which backfired shortly thereafter when the Master Renegade made a bid for leadership. He offered the Renegades four Power Suits and the ability to form their own combiner. Loco, Fly Trap, Screw Head, and Spoiler took him up on his offer and imprisoned Cy-Kill and Cop-Tur. The Renegades assaulted the GoBotron Fortress protecting GoBotron's capital, GoBotolis. Their combined form was defeated by Courageous when the Master Renegade and Loco argued about who should control the giant form. The Guardians derisively nicknamed the combiner "Grungy". The Renegades returned to Rogue Star, only to find Cy-Kill free. The Master Renegade escaped with his ship, but not before Spoiler had managed a full scan of it. Dr. Go was confident that, not only could he duplicate it, he could improve upon it[2]; this was later realized in the form of Nemesis.

Toys

  • Tonka GoBots 7320 Renegade Power Suits GB P1 (1985)
Two variants of this suit were sold individually. The initial release has red letters on the legs, the later one features blue letters.
  • Tonka GoBots 7320 Renegade Power Suits GB P2 (1985)
Two variants of this suit were sold individually. The initial release has red letters on the legs, the later one features blue letters.
  • Tonka GoBots 7320 Renegade Power Suits GB P3 (1985)
Two variants of this suit were sold individually. The initial release has red letters on the legs, the later one features blue letters.
  • Tonka GoBots 7320 Renegade Power Suits GB P4 (1985)
Two variants of this suit were sold individually. The initial release has red letters on the legs, the later one features blue letters.
  • Tonka GoBots 7321 Renegade Armored Spaceship (1985)
The Armored Spaceship is nearly identical to the one included with Grungy, except for the placement of the stickers on the shoulders and chest.
  • Tonka GoBots 7322 Grungy (1985)
A recolor and remold of Machine Robo Battle Armor 5 with the missile's removed from the feet and points removed from the wings.
Turns from a spaceship and 4 power suits into a giant robot. The powers suits come with the red letters on the legs.
The pictures on the box for Grungy depict him with red guns, but the toy comes with black guns.
This toy shared a mold with Courageous and was to be remolded into the unreleased Nemesis.

Gallery

References

  1. http://www.toplessrobot.com/2010/11/the_20_goofiest_gobot_names.php
  2. "Coup de Grunge". Written by Jim Sorenson. Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric. September 26, 1986/October 20th, 2015. No. 17, season 1.

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