Skullgrin
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Skullgrin is a fictional character in the Transformers storyline.
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[edit] Transformers: Generation 1
| Transformers character | |
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| Skullgrin | |
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| Affiliation | Decepticon |
| Japanese name | Dauros |
| Sub-Group | Pretenders |
| Function | Siege Warrior |
| Motto | "Those who stand against me will soon fall before me!" |
| Alternate Modes | Cybertronian Tank |
| Series | Transformers: Generation 1 |
| Voiced by | Daisuke Gōri (Japanese) |
Like several other Pretenders, Skullgrin's personality changed somewhat when he received his Pretender shell. Normally a cool, calculating combatant, inside the shell he becomes a rampaging engine of destruction that tries to destroy everything in his path, never retreating. It has been speculated that the shell has a personality of its own. However, the egotistical Skullgrin has a surprising personality quirk — he loves Earth and is fascinated by it.
Skullgrin's Pretender shell is easily distinguishable by having the skull of a bovine animal for a head. The shell's dark gray color, multiple spikes, and skull ornaments on its belt give it a menacing appearance, similar to Judge Death. The inner Skullgrin robot transforms into a Cybertronian tank. [1]
[edit] Animated series
In the Japanese MasterForce series, Skullgrin was called Dauros. He was one of the three Decepticon Pretenders that served under Mega and Giga.
In the Masterforce series, Pretenders don't split from their shells, but change their forms from shell to robot. Dauros' shell is supposed to resemble a demon, and can change size from slightly larger than a human to full size. In tank mode he can tunnel through the Earth and has limited flight capabilities.
[edit] Marvel Comics
In the Marvel Transformers comic, Skullgrin's most notable appearance was when he accidentally met the sci-fi actress Carissa Carr, who was starring in a new sci-fi monster thriller named Monstercon from Mars. The machine playing the Monstercon had broken down, and Skullgrin agreed to star as the movie's villain, replacing the Monstercon. This led to an enormously successful movie star career, but it was abruptly cut short by Circuit Breaker, who struck Skullgrin down after learning he was a Transformer robot instead of an organic monster.
Skullgrin was also featured on the cover of issue 54 "King Con". In the issue itself, he and Iguanus were dispatched by Scorponok to rig a transceiver on top of the Empire State Building to allow them to produce energon cubes. The plan was thwarted by the Autobot Micromasters. Skullgrin returned to the Scorponok-led Decepticons afterwards and served with them until the coming of Unicron.
Skullgrin made a brief appearance in the Transformers: Generation 2 comic series, as the lone surviving member of a party of Decepticons that were assaulted by the forces of Jhiaxus. He was killed while trying to radio Megatron for help.
[edit] Dreamwave Productions
In Dreamwave Productions' re-imagining of the Transformers universe, Skullgrin was part of Starscream's Predacons faction. He was included in the party under Starscream who lost a shipment of Energon to Grimlock's Lightning Strike Coalition in the first issue of the second War Within series. The series takes place prior to the pretenders getting their shells.
[edit] IDW Publishing
Skullgrin made his first IDW Publishing appearance in The Transformers: Stormbringer, where he was one of Bludgeon's cultists. Capturing Jetfire and the Technobots, they then reanimated Thunderwing with the intention of using him to destroy other worlds in the hopes of reviving Cybertron. Hoping to gain his own Pretender shell, Skullgrin and his fellow cultists were defeated by The Wreckers.
[edit] Toys
- Generation 1 Skullgrin
