Mudflap (Transformers)

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Mudflap is the name of a single character in the Transformers universes.

[edit] Transformers: Cybertron (2005)

Transformers character
Mudflap
Allegiance	Autobot, later Decepticon and then back to Autobot.
Sub-Group	Voyagers
Function	Destructive Soldier
Alternate mode	Crane Truck
Fiction Appearances	Transformers: Cybertron cartoon
Voiced by	Dale Wilson (English)

Mudflap transforms into a construction crane. In the Japanese version of the series; Transformers: Galaxy Force, the character is called Demolishor.

In the cartoon, Mudflap was originally one of the Autobot civilian refugees hiding on Earth. Disgruntled with having to exist in secret amongst the lowly human race and stopping at traffic lights, Mudflap was sought out and recruited to join the Decepticons by Starscream. But then he left and wandered Earth. Eventually Mudflap rejoins the Autobots.

His toyline bio, however, tells a different story. In this version of events, Mudflap was an undercover Decepticon operative placed on Earth before the Autobots had even arrived. Having infiltrated the construction industry, he spent his time sabotaging the infrastructure of human society.

According to the additional information accessible online by entering the code printed on the back of toy's Cyber Planet Key at the official Transformers website, Mudflap is a former boxer.

Main Episode Appearances: Ep.15-Race: Mudflap joins the Decepticons Ep.20-Ice: Starscream and Mudflap attack the humans at the North Pole and Mudflap beats Scattorshot to a pulp. Ep.23-Trust: Mudflap battles Snarl and Leobreaker on the Jungle Planet, but loses. Ep.27-Revalations: Landmine discovers that Mudflap is evil. Mudflap says that he doesn't want to hurt Landmine, but he's "gotta' do what he's gotta do!" So they duke it out. Ep.33-Balance: When Megatron, Scourge, and Thunderblast head into the debris field surrounding Cybertron, Mudflap, thinking Megatron has betrayed him, heads back to Earth. Ep.37-Family: As Mudflap is beating up some trees, he wonders to himself why he had joined the Decepticons. Landmine shows up and Mudflap becomes an Autobot again.

When the Autobots attempted to use a gigantic rocket to move the Jungle Planet back into it's orbit, Galvatron attacked and damaged the rocket. The Jungle Planet threatened to crash into Cybertron. The combined strength of Scourge, the Autobots, the former Decepticons (Dark Crumplezone, Ransack, Thunderblast and Thundercracker), and their allies from the various planets (including Mudflap) were able to combine their strength and move the rocket back into place.

Mudflap's voice in the Cybertron cartoon is performed with some variation of a French accent - viewers have disagreed over whether it is intended to sound Cajun, French Canadian, or just generically French.

The toy of Mudflap was sold in the larger "Voyager" size class. The toy was initially sold by itself, and later sold at Target stores with the Mini-Cons Shockwave and Tankor attached as a promotion.