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+ | :''The Robo-Smasher is a machine from the [[Generation One]] [[continuity family]].'' |
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+ | [[Image:Robo-Smasher.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"[[RESISTANCE IS FUTILE."]]]] |
| − | The '''Robo-Smasher''' is a machine built by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. It has the ability to permanently reprogram a [[Transformer]] as a [[Decepticon]]. |
+ | The '''Robo-Smasher''' is a machine built by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. It has the ability to permanently reprogram a [[Transformer]] as a [[Decepticon]]. This seems to be a very fast operation, requiring only a few seconds of work once access to the victim's circuitry is achieved. |
| ⚫ | The Robo-Smasher is larger than an average Transformer and has six legs and five tentacles. The three central tentacles are tipped with a device which appears to be some sort of [[laser scalpel]], and the side tentacles are tipped with spiked balls. The side tentacles are used to ensnare and immobilize a victim, and then the central tentacles cut open the Transformer to perform the reprogramming. |
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| + | ===''Generation One'' cartoon=== |
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| ⚫ | The Robo-Smasher was in operation for an unknown length of time in [[ |
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| + | [[Image:Robo-Smasher at work.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Few survived the Great Roomba Revolt.]] |
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| + | {{note|Almost everything known about the Robo-Smasher comes from [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s account of the events. Not only is he heavily emotionally invested in the tale, but he may have been mentally damaged by the experience. His story also contributes to the mass of contradictions that is the [[Constructicon (G1)#Origin inconsistency|Constructicons' history]]. The existence of the Robo-Smasher was acknowledged by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]], but beyond that, veracity cannot be guaranteed.}} |
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| + | [[Image:Robo-Smashing.jpg|thumb|right|150px|First it cuts a hole to let the demons out.]] |
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| ⚫ | The Robo-Smasher was in operation for an unknown length of time in the [[Golden Age]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] claims that the device was used to "swell the ranks of the Decepticons", which implies that a significant portion of the Decepticon forces at one time may have been "recruited" through its use. The only specific Transformers it is known to have converted are the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, whom Megatron also gifted with a [[Devastator|combined mode]] in the process. Omega Supreme tried to reprogram them ''back'' to their old selves, and he appeared to have succeeded at first. But they would end up betraying him, using their new Devastator mode to pin him against a wall so the Robo-Smasher could grip his head. Omega destroyed the machine before it could finish its work, but the experience left him cold and notoriously taciturn, desiring only revenge upon the Constructicons. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} |
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| + | [[Image:Robo-Smasher_and_Omega_Supreme.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Now, point on the toy where the Robo-Smasher touched you.]] |
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| − | [[Image:Robo-Smasher at work.jpg|thumb|right|''Getting close enough to touch you, Getting brave enough to take you into my arms'' --[http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songdetails/I%20Crush%20Everything "I Crush Everything" by Jonathan Coulton]]] |
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| ⚫ | The Robo-Smasher is larger than an average Transformer and has six legs and five tentacles. The three central tentacles are tipped with a device which appears to be some sort of [[laser scalpel]], and the side tentacles are tipped with spiked balls. The side tentacles are used to ensnare and immobilize a victim, and then the central tentacles cut open the Transformer to perform the reprogramming. |
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| − | The programming job done by the Robo-Smasher is apparently very pervasive, if not completely irreversible. Omega Supreme attempted to undo the Smasher's work on the Constructicons, but was unable to do so. Optimus Prime remarked that Megatron's reprogramming jobs are always permanent. However, in [[The Core|a later encounter]] with the Constructicons once the Transformers were on [[Earth]], the Autobots were able to override Devastator's "evil" programming through the use of [[dominator disc]]s. These disks did not function on the individual Constructicons, but, it is unknown whether they were meant to. It may be that the Autobots didn't even try to activate the disks until the Constructicons had merged. |
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| + | Let alone robots. |
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| − | [[Image:Robo-Smashing.jpg|thumb|left|Transformer brains are constructed from giant wires and capacitors.]] |
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| − | In the larger canonical view, taking into account material from ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', the Robo-Smasher appears to create Decepticon [[shell program]]s within the minds of the Transformers it attacks. It seems to be a very fast operation, requiring only a few seconds of work once access to the Transformers' circuitry is achieved. |
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+ | ===E-Hobby toy bios=== |
| + | While the Robo-Smasher did a fine job on the Constructicons it caught, it missed at least one. [[Hauler]], estranged from his brainwashed teammates, ended up joining the Autobots.<ref>Roadhauler's e-Hobby toy [[bio]]</ref> |
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| − | *"[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]" |
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| + | ==Notes== |
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| + | *This would not be the Constructicons' only mental manipulation. Later on Earth, the Autobots were able to turn Devastator to their own side via [[dominator disc]]s. It is not known how deep or long-running that change could have been, though; Megatron disabled the discs handily with his own "control switch." {{storylink|The Core}} |
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| + | *The idea of reprogramming the allegiance of a Transformer would be revisited in ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', where [[shell program]]s were often used to that effect. |
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| + | ==References== |
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Latest revision as of 11:26, 25 September 2011
- The Robo-Smasher is a machine from the Generation One continuity family.
"RESISTANCE IS FUTILE."
The Robo-Smasher is a machine built by Megatron. It has the ability to permanently reprogram a Transformer as a Decepticon. This seems to be a very fast operation, requiring only a few seconds of work once access to the victim's circuitry is achieved.
The Robo-Smasher is larger than an average Transformer and has six legs and five tentacles. The three central tentacles are tipped with a device which appears to be some sort of laser scalpel, and the side tentacles are tipped with spiked balls. The side tentacles are used to ensnare and immobilize a victim, and then the central tentacles cut open the Transformer to perform the reprogramming.
Fiction[]
Generation One cartoon[]
Few survived the Great Roomba Revolt.
First it cuts a hole to let the demons out.
The Robo-Smasher was in operation for an unknown length of time in the Golden Age of Cybertron. Optimus claims that the device was used to "swell the ranks of the Decepticons", which implies that a significant portion of the Decepticon forces at one time may have been "recruited" through its use. The only specific Transformers it is known to have converted are the Constructicons, whom Megatron also gifted with a combined mode in the process. Omega Supreme tried to reprogram them back to their old selves, and he appeared to have succeeded at first. But they would end up betraying him, using their new Devastator mode to pin him against a wall so the Robo-Smasher could grip his head. Omega destroyed the machine before it could finish its work, but the experience left him cold and notoriously taciturn, desiring only revenge upon the Constructicons. The Secret of Omega Supreme
Now, point on the toy where the Robo-Smasher touched you.
Like all of Megatron's other brilliant inventions, the Robo-Smasher was apparently never rebuilt.
It does not appear to have ever smashed anything.
Let alone robots.
E-Hobby toy bios[]
While the Robo-Smasher did a fine job on the Constructicons it caught, it missed at least one. Hauler, estranged from his brainwashed teammates, ended up joining the Autobots.[1]
Notes[]
- This would not be the Constructicons' only mental manipulation. Later on Earth, the Autobots were able to turn Devastator to their own side via dominator discs. It is not known how deep or long-running that change could have been, though; Megatron disabled the discs handily with his own "control switch." The Core
- The idea of reprogramming the allegiance of a Transformer would be revisited in Beast Wars and Beast Machines, where shell programs were often used to that effect.