Skullcruncher

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Transformers character
Skullcruncher-boxart.jpg
Generation 1 Skullcruncher box art
Name Skullcruncher
Decepticon
Series Transformers: Generation 1
Information
Alternate modes Giant mechanical alligator
Function Swamp Warrior
Motto "Autobots are like bad fuel -- weak and greasy."
Partner Grax
Rank 5
Sub-group Headmasters

Skullcruncher is a fictional character from the Transformers series. He is a Decepticon Headmaster who turns into a robotic alligator.

Transformers: Generation 1

Skullcruncher's Headmaster partner is named Grax.

Fictional biography

Has a habit of grinding his teeth before he strikes -- annoying his friends and tipping off his enemies. Binary-bonded to Grax, a Nebulan industrialist who's joined up to eliminate his competition. In robot mode, uses softening ray run -- gives metal the consistency of rubber, making his enemies easier to chew when he reverts to alligator mode.

Marvel Comics

Skullcruncher originally appeared in the four issue The Transformers: Headmasters comic, where he was binary bonded to his Headmaster partner Grax.

Animated series

Skullcruncher was one of the main villains in the Japanese Transformers: Headmasters series.[1]

Books

Skullcruncher appeared in the 1988 Ladybird Books story Decepticons at the Pole by John Grant.[2]

Manga

Skullcruncher appears in the Generations 2011 issue #2 "The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos" where he is among the Decepticon forces who ambush the Autobots on Nebulos.[3]

Mosaic

Skullcruncher appeared in the Transformers: Mosaic story "Once Was" by Martin Fisher.[4]

Toys

  • Generation 1 Headmaster Skullcruncher with Grax (1987)
A new mold.

References

  1. Jim Sorenson & Bill Forster (July 22, 2008). Transformers: The Ark II. IDW Publishing. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-1600101809. 
  2. John Grant (1988). Decepticons at the Pole. Ladybird Books. ISBN 0721410685. 
  3. Simon Furman (w), Guido Guidi (p). "Generations 2011" The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos 2 (2011), Japan: Takara Tomy
  4. http://transformers-mosaic.deviantart.com/art/ONCE-WAS-94471285

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