Repugnus (G1)

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

Repugnus is an Autobot in the Generation 1 continuity family.

Never a Decepticon, Repugnus is not always an Autobot. No, sometimes he's a former Autobot who has been discharged for insubordination or just plain nastiness, but he always gets called back to perform some mission too unsavory for anybody else. Though he doesn't give slag for authority or decency, Repugnus always does his job well.

Man, does he love his job. He'll describe, with relish, how he clawed an enemy within an inch of his life, then beat the bastard's head to a fuel-soaked wad of scrap metal with his own torn-off leg unit. He'll also add plenty of profanities and colorful idioms to the story. His friends would find this disturbing, if he had any.

Japanese name: Repugg

French-Canadian name: Répugnus

Fiction

Toy commercial

Repugnus and the Monsterbots were created accidentally during an attempt to create new Autobots. Kup raced to warn Rodimus Prime and Blurr of the accident, as the wild Monsterbots trashed the lab where they were born. Thankfully the Decepticons attacked just then and the Monsterbots burst out of the building through the wall to fight them. Rodimus expressed relief that, though they were monsters, at least they were Autobot monsters.

Marvel Comics continuity

For reasons not even Vector Sigma would be able to compute, Repugnus decided to join Fortress Maximus in abandoning the war and settling down for a peaceful, quiet life on the verdant paradise of Nebulos. Maybe there's actually a great deal more complexity to Repugnus's personality than we were led to believe. Maybe he secretly longs for an end to the fighting, and his repulsive and unsavory behavior is just his way of acting out his frustration at the never-ending cycle of violence.

Or maybe he thought pacifists would be easier to harrass.

3H Wreckers comics

Less than 3 deca-cycles after the reformatting of Cybertron into a technorganic wonderland, Repugnus and his fellow Monsterbots (apparently all having undergone the Maximal upgrade downsizing) are seen exiting a bar on the CSSB-16 Spaceport souced out of their minds (Repugnus especially so, as he is half carried by Doublecross) on some high quality energon. If they had been a bit less drunk or a exited just a bit latter, they likely would have run smack into Devcon and the Dinobots, as is... they just missed another chance to actually DO something in a TF story. sigh.

Toys

Generation 1

• Repugnus (Monsterbot, 1987/1988)

Japanese ID number: C-98

Repugnus transforms from robot to bizarre bug-thing and back. His toy can shoot "cold" sparks from his bug-mode mouth by pressing down on a geared button on his bug-skull.

In Japan, Repugnus was never made available as part of the normal retail line. Instead, he was offered only as a mail-order item during Masterforce, the series after the one the character appeared in. He cost 2500 yen (200 yen more than the other two Monsterbots) and five robot points.

Trivia

• Repugnus has been the inspiration for a pair of homage toys in later lines, both of which bear the same name.

External links

• Repugnus at TFU.info.

• Repugnus' Universe profile at NTFA.net.

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