Demolishor (Armada)

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

Demolishor is a Decepticon from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Demolishor is not the brightest soldier in Megatron's ranks, but he is one of the most reliable. He holds very true-to-spark values concerning loyalty and devotion to the Decepticon cause; to him, a leader is to be obeyed without hesitation, and he will give his all on any battefield he may be ordered onto. His values, however, sometimes collide with Megatron's ultimately selfish goals, and though Demolishor does not necessarily resent his leader for sometimes acting contrary to what he sees as the principles of his faction, he does occasionally find himself struggling to reconcile the two. Ultimately, Demolishor may find that devotion to the Decepticon way of life is not the same thing as devotion to Megatron.

His Mini-Con partner is Blackout, although sometimes he likes the added boost of firepower that Bonecrusher gives him.

“	No matter what the order, I know Demolishor will accept it--gladly, even.	”
—Megatron, "More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada #1"

Contents 1 Fiction 1.1 Cartoon continuity 1.1.1 Armada cartoon 1.1.2 Cloud 1.1.3 Energon cartoon 1.1.4 Cybertron toy bio 1.1.5 Timelines 1.2 Dreamwave Armada continuity 1.2.1 Dreamwave Armada comic 1.2.2 Dreamwave Energon comic 1.3 Panini Armada comic 1.4 Bendon Armada books 1.5 Reader's Digest Armada novels 1.6 Q-Robo Transformer 1.7 Toy pack-in comics 1.8 TransTech 2 Games 2.1 Transformers: Battle Tactics 3 Toys 3.1 Armada 3.2 Built to Rule! 3.3 Energon 3.4 Cybertron 3.5 Kre-O 4 Merchandise 4.1 Happy Meal toys 4.2 Super Collection Figure 4.3 Mega Super Collection Figure 4.4 Battle for Cybertron Game 4.5 Attacktix 5 Notes 5.1 Foreign names 6 References

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

Armada cartoon

Voice actor: Alvin Sanders (English), Dale Wilson (English dubbing error, "Union" only), Kōji Yusa (Japanese), Anders Öjebo (Swedish), Christoph Jablonka (German), Antonio Angrisano (Italian), Vesa Hämes (Finnish), Michel Dodane (French), Francisco Andrés Valdivia (Castilian Spanish), Guillermo Martínez (Latin-American Spanish), Jorge Vasconcellos (Brazilian Portuguese)

Alerted by a signal beacon to the reactivation of the long-lost Mini-Cons on Earth, Demolishor joined Megatron and Starscream in warping to the planet. While his leader was busy battling Optimus Prime, who had followed them there, Demolishor and Starscream took an interest in the nearby human children who had had been responsible for activating the beacon, but were prevented from grabbing them by the appearance of Autobot Red Alert and Hot Shot. The Decepticons withdrew to their base of operations within the wreck of the Mini-Con spaceship on the moon to regroup, where Demolishor soon picked up the signals of two more Mini-Cons the children had activated. Returning to Earth, now outfitted with a missile-tank alternate mode, Demolishor joined the Decepticons in attempting to capture the children and the Mini-Cons, but found themselves obstructed by the Autobots once again. Demolishor went up against Optimus Prime himself, physically trying to restrain the Autobot leader while in his truck mode, but got blasted and run over for his efforts. Metamorphosis During the battle that followed, another two Mini-Cons were uncovered and retrieved by Cyclonus, one of which he kept for himself, and the other which he presented to Megatron. After retreating back to the moon, Demolishor and Starscream duelled to prove themselves worthy of being given the Mini-Con; their contest was something of a draw, but Megatron gave the Mini-Con, Blackout, to Demolishor. Base

Demolishor took part in the search for a new Mini-Con in the Grand Canyon, during which he menaced Red Alert and Carlos Lopez, Comrade and later squared off against Red Alert and Hot Shot alongside the other Decepticons in the Arctic, only to retreat when Optimus Prime joined the fight. Soldier While on a mission in a heavy forest, Demolishor used Blackout to track the location of a hidden Mini-Con, and spent most of the time teasing Starscream over his lack of a Mini-Con. Jungle The tables were soon turned, though, when the Decepticons experienced some downtime, and everyone began mocking Demolishor for how clumsy and useless he was outside of a combat situation. About to slug Starscream for the insults, Demolishor only wound up proving everyone right when he tripped over Leader-1 and fell through the base wall. Carnival

Demolishor stood guard while the other Decepticons searched the endless wastes of the Sahara desert for a new Mini-Con signal, and nearly blasted Cyclonus when he mistook him for an enemy combatant. Actual enemies were soon to arrive in the form of the Autobots, but in the shoot-out that ensued, a subsidence caused Demolishor and the Autobots' human allies to disappear beneath the shifting sands. They all wound up in a ruined subterranean palace full of anachronistically high-tech defences that they discovered had been created through the power of the Mini-Con storage panel the temple was built around. Demolishor pursued the kids through the ruins, fighting off robotic spider-sentries, and managed to claim the Mini-Con for his own. Escaping even as the ruins collapsed around him, Demolishor activated the Mini-Con, Bonecrusher, and used its power to send the Autobots packing. Unfortunately, Megatron forced him to give Bonecrusher up because he had "disobeyed" orders by abandoning his guard post. Palace

Demolishor was not optimistic when the Decepticons captured the Autobots' human friends Billy and Fred, and he was right, as hostage negotiations went wrong thanks to an act of rebellion by Leader-1. Confrontation A Mini-Con search in the catacombs beneath a human city fared a little better; though he needed to send Blackout to search the narrower spots, Demolishor was able to join in beating up new Autobot Smokescreen before the Decepticons secured the Mini-Con and withdrew. Underground Soon after, during a mission to a sunken underwater city, Demolishor kept the Autobots busy while Megatron searched the ruins and successfully located another Mini-Con. Ruin Following a failed attempt to secure another Mini-Con from a volcanic island, Demolishor watched as Megatron forcibly awoke the Mini-Con from the underwater ruins, which turned out to be one of a trio who could together form the legendary Star Saber sword. Prehistory In a failed attempt to obtain the other two sword components, presently in Autobot custody, the Decepticons staged a raid on the Autobots' base, during which Demolishor was ambushed and strung up by Smokescreen. Swoop

Demolishor's alternate mode did not prove conducive to mountain-climbing when a new Mini-Con signal was detected on a high peak. Hot Shot proceeded to slice Demolishor's shoulder cannons off with the Star Saber, which made him reluctant enough to plead with Megatron not to attack the Autobots' base in hopes of retrieving the sword. He was prepared to take Hot Shot on again soon after, but was probably grateful when Starscream stepped in to challenge the young Autobot to a one-on-one duel instead. Overmatch Later, Demolishor stood guard when the Decepticons began tunnelling beneath a human highway for a Minicon, ordering Cyclonus into action when Blackout detecting the approaching Autobots. While the other Decepticons were busy in battle, Demolishor got stuck with digging duties, but failed to unearth the Mini-Con before the Autobots surrounded them and forced a retreat. Gale The chance for a rematch with Hot Shot soon came in a fight that carried from Earth back to the Decepticons' moonbase, which ended when the enigmatic Sideways helped the Decepticons reclaim the Star Saber. With Hot Shot disarmed, Demolishor and Cyclonus gave him a brutal stomping and dumped his body back on Earth. Credulous

The Star Saber ended up in Starscream's hands, and he swaggered around the base with it, mocking Demolishor and trying to taunt him into fights he couldn't win. Knowing that simply taking the sword would cause dissension in the ranks, Megatron used Leader-1 to trick Starscream into accidentally attacking Demolishor with the blade. Demolishor and the others were given cause to question Starscream's competency with the sword, forcing him to hand it over to Megatron. Conspiracy

When Starscream voiced his concerns that Scavenger might have went and joined the Autobots after deserting the Decepticons, Cyclonus and Demolishor pointed out that there was no evidence that the mercenary had actually switched sides. Seeing him among the Autobot ranks changed Demolishor's mind. The turncoat's tactics allowed the Autobots to thoroughly outsmart the Decepticons on the battlefield, giving them their first defeat in a long time. Trust Demolishor then got chased around the moon by Megatron wielding the Star Saber in a supposed "training exercise". Vacation Things seemed to be going Demolishor's way when he successfully dug up the next Mini-Con, but it was then blasted out of his hands by new Autobot arrival Blurr just as he warped out. A slash to his arm from the Star Saber was his punishment, which made him redouble his efforts on the next Mini-Con hunt. The Mini-Con recovered was the final member of the Race Team, and Demolishor watched alongside the other Decepticons as the tiny 'bots formed the Skyboom shield for the first time. Reinforcement When Megatron engineered a decisive battle between himself and the Autobots, bringing both Star Saber and Skyboom to bear, Demolishor helped out by raining fire down on the Autobots and engaging in a back-and-forth bout of boulder slinging with Smokescreen. Decisive Battle

When Megatron concocted a plan to divide and conquer the Autobots using the Decepticons' warp system, Demolishor was charged with coordinating the operation of the warp gates from the moon base. Vow This plan failed, as did their next offensive, and Megatron decided to take out his frustrations on Starscream. Fearing that Megatron would kill the younger 'bot, Demolishor actually blasted through the door his leader had locked in order to stop him. Observing the Decepticons' morale faltering all around him, Demolishor tried to reinvigorate his comrades, but was blind to the fact that they were all being manipulated by Sideways, who was seeking to shake up their ranks. When Sideways goaded Starscream into trying to destroy the warp gate, Demolishor stopped him, but Starscream merely redirected his anger and challenged Megatron to a duel instead. Demolishor woke the sleeping Cyclonus, and the pair watched as their two comrades duked it out, with Megatron's inevitable victory providing the renewal of morale and vigor the 'Cons required. Rebellion

The arrival of boastful Decepticon tactician Thrust was a source of great frustration to Demolishor, who found his position as Megatron's closest confidant usurped by the newcomer. Already publicly embarrassed by Thrust when he used his invisibility powers to trip him up, Demolishor groused his way through Thrust's first mission plan, Tactician and spent a lot of energy loudly blaming Thrust when it failed. It didn't break Megatron's trust in his new minion, however, and Thrust soon had another plan put together, but that one went awry when Optimus Prime and Jetfire revealed their power to combine. Demolishor was grabbed by the powered-up Autobot leader and dumped in the ocean. Linkup Demolishor's hatred of Thrust was soon exploited by Sideways, who tricked him into trying to destroy Thrust in another attempt to manipulate the Decepticons to his own ends. But both Sideways and Demolishor had been duped themselves: Thrust knew Sideways was working against them in service of a mysterious master, and allowed the scenario to play out, then all the Decepticons, including a confused and angry Demolishor, turned on Sideways and expelled him from their ranks. Detection

During a later battle on a beach, Demolishor was nearly squashed when the giant Decepticon battleship Tidal Wave arrived on the scene. Awakening While Megatron merged with Tidal Wave to battle Optimus Prime and Jetfire, Demolishor led the Decepticons' Mini-Cons in a charge to keep the other Autobots busy. Desperate Some uneventful downtime followed, during which Demolishor just stood around and watched as Megatron got repaired and Thrust went off a Mini-Con search of his own (to be fair, Demolishor had wanted to go too... Thrust simply didn't bother telling him he was leaving). Runaway

Demolishor was on hand when Wheeljack was welcomed into Megatron's forces. Past II Following this, the Decepticons had Starscream and the Star Saber lure the Autobots out of their base, with Demolishor watching them through binoculars to check that they had brought the third Mini-Con weapon, the Requiem Blaster with them. Once the Decepticons learned the Autobots had purposely left it at the base, Demolishor took part in an attack on the undermanned Autobot headquarters to steal the Blaster. Sacrifice Unfortunately, they didn't tell Starscream they would be doing this, and he was furious at being abandoned on the battlefield; when Demolishor tried to take the Star Saber from him for Megatron, they nearly came to blows until Demolishor backed down. The enraged Starscream proceeded to defect to the Autobots, and provided them with access codes that allowed them to invade the Decepticons' moonbase. Regeneration Demolishor watched gape-mouthed as the Autobots materialized through the Decepticons' warp gate, but managed to compose himself long enough to sound the alarm. In the resulting battle, Demolishor chased down Perceptor, but was prevented from destroying the Mini-Con combiner when a precision strike by Laserbeak blinded him long enough for Hot Shot to take him out. Rescue

The Autobots successfully freed all the Decepticons' captive Mini-Cons, so Demolishor and the others were stuck filling in for the tiny 'bots, picking up where they'd left off on the construction of a spaceship, and cutting into the time the Decepticons would have otherwise spent gossiping and watching Megatron vent his anger by destroying the lunar landscape. Mars He was part of the Decepticons' next battle, which was actually a carefully constructed scheme by Thrust to bring Starscream, the Star Saber and the Skyboom back to the Decepticon fold. Crack Once Starscream was back in their ranks, however, Demolishor observed him dragging Thrust off for a private "chat"; he tried to tattle on him to Megatron, but the Decepticon leader wasn't interested. The three Mini-Cons weapons were subsequently used to power the Decepticons' completed spaceship, and Demolishor was charged with piloting the vessel, struggling but eventually succeeding in mastering the proper flow of power from the weapons to achieve successful liftoff. Threaten When Optimus Prime and Jetfire arrived to stop the ship from using its Hydra Cannon against Earth, Demolishor, Cyclonus and Wheeljack dealt with Jetfire, pinning him down and leaving him unable to stop Optimus from sacrificing himself to stop the cannon's blast. Crisis

With Optimus destroyed, Demolishor and the other Decepticons set course back to Cybertron, Remorse but soon found themselves pursued by the Autobots in a ship of their own. Depart Demolishor tracked the Autobots' approach, and participated in the space battle that followed, grappling with Scavenger. The combat reached a surprising climax when Optimus Prime was returned to life by the Mini-Cons, Miracle but no sooner had it ended than a worm hole suddenly appeared that sucked several of the Autobots away. Tracking the lost Autobots to a sterile alien world, Demolishor ventured down to the planet's surface with Megatron and Starscream, where they all wound up embroiled in a fierce battle with Nemesis Prime, a dark clone of Optimus. Gravely wounded by the evil creature, Demolishor, Megatron, Starscream, Hot Shot, and Red Alert were saved by their Mini-Cons, who combined their energy to give their partners a power boost, fusing their armor into new colors in the process. Puppet

Returning to Cybertron ahead of the Autobots, Demolishor and the Decepticons quickly subjugated the planet using the power of the Mini-Con weapons. When the Autobots arrived, they brought warning of the coming of a mysterious cosmic enemy known as Unicron; Demolishor was concerned by their story, but Megatron (now "Galvatron" after his Mini-Con power-up) refused to believe it. Uprising Soon after, when Hot Shot burst into the Decepticon base in an attempt to make Galvatron see reason, Demolishor and Cyclonus tried to stop him, but Wheeljack, being an old friend of the Autobot's, let him pass. During Hot Shot's explanation, Thrust was revealed to be an agent of Unicron himself, and absconded into Cybertron's depths with the Skyboom and Requiem Blaster; Dash Demolishor gave chase, but when he reported back that he had lost Thrust's trail, he was ordered at Star Saber-point by an angry Galvatron to continue searching. Drift The search for Thrust was a failure, however, Demolishor resumed his military duties, monitoring Autobot troop movements. Portent

Despite the revelation that Unicron was very real, having been hiding in plain sight as Cybertron's moon, Galvatron still refused to acknowledge his threat, and preferring to press on against the Autobots. Demolishor was busy in battle and did not witness Starscream sacrificing himself to prove Unicron's power to Galvatron. Cramp Demolishor was unmoved by his death, but supported Galvatron in his decision to at last ally the Decepticons with the Autobots against Unicron. Demolishor attended the formal alliance ceremony, hesitantly shaking hands with Hot Shot. He and Cyclonus subsequently joined Hot Shot and Side Swipe on a reconnaissance mission to Unicron's surface, where Demolishor became separated from Blackout when Unicron began transforming. Believing his Mini-Con lost, Demolishor returned to the landing site in preparation for withdrawal, but an attack by a swarm of Dead End Drones stymied them. Demolishor was taken aback when the two Autobots willingly covered him so he could help Cyclonus out of a chasm, and was given pause to reconsider his feelings towards them when Hot Shot presented him with Blackout, whom he had safely recovered for him. Alliance Analyzing the data that Blackout had gathered on Unicron's surface, Demolishor located a weak spot on the planet-sized monster's neck. While their troops attacked this sensitive area, Optimus Prime and Galvatron were able to insert themselves inside Unicron's body. Union Gathering on the bridge of the Autobots' Axalon with the others, Demolishor watched and waited; when Unicron became non-functional, he voted against attacking in fear that they would hurt Galvatron, still within. Soon, he observed as Galvatron and Prime emerged from the giant, engaged in brutal one-to-one combat, and Galvatron sacrificed himself to end the cycle of hatred that was fuelling Unicron. Mortal Combat

Cloud

At some point after Side Swipe joined the Autobots on Earth, Starscream encountered a small group of Transformers who had travelled to their world from the other-dimensional Cloud World. This caused him to miss a scheduled check-in with the Decepticon base, and Demolishor and Cyclonus were dispatched to see what had happened. They arrived after the otherworldly travellers had left, and faced off against the trio of Hot Shot, Scavenger, and Side Swipe. Return

Energon cartoon

Voice actor: Alvin Sanders (English), unknown stand-in actor (English, "Scorpinok", "Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary" only), Doron Bell, Jr. (English, "Distribution", "The Omega Train", "Decepticon Army" and "Ironhide Team" only), Kōji Yusa (Japanese), Anders Öjebo (Swedish), Christoph Jablonka (German), Csaba Tokaji (Hungarian), Vesa Hämes (Finnish), Francisco Andrés Valdivia (Castilian Spanish), Guillermo Martínez (Latin-American Spanish), Michel Dodane (French), Antonio Angrisano (Italian), Adam Bauman (Polish)

Following Megatron and Unicron's apparent destruction at the climax of the Unicron Battles, the alliance between the Decepticons and Autobots continued. Together, over the next ten years, they rebuilt Cybertron, and allied with humankind to establish the Cybertron Cities to mine energon on Earth. Demolishor was assigned to Ocean City, where he guarded the city's main gate. Though he was as prone to grumbling as ever, and still put a lot of significance on the fact that he remained a Decepticon despite the alliance, Demolishor developed something of a friendship with his new allies and grew into his role.

Demolishor probably figured it was going to be another regular duty shift the day rebellious human Kicker Jones raised Ocean City from its usual resting place beneath the sea. Trying to stop the young punk from leaving the city without authorization, Demolishor was outmaneuvered, and didn't take kindly to Hot Shot making fun of him for it. As such, when Kicker tried to leave a second time, Demolishor was extra-dedicated to stopping him... but still failed to prevent him getting past. Kicker's second trip outside, however, had been brought on by the impending arrival of an Energon-stealing Terrorcon horde, which Demolishor then helped fend off. Cybertron City Reports soon came in of a Terrorcon attack on Asteroid City out in space, and Lunar City on the moon, where Demolishor's old comrades Tidal Wave and Cyclonus were stationed, respectively. When they disappeared in the attacks, Demolishor angrily claimed the Autobots would have worked harder to search for them if they had been Autobots. Energon Stars Tidal Wave soon reappeared, but had fallen in with the Terrorcon forces, claiming that their master Alpha Q was planning to revive Megatron for them—an allegation that shocked Demolishor and forced him to think hard on his loyalties. Scorpinok

When Cyclonus returned to Earth soon after, Demolishor was overjoyed to see that his friend had survived, and the pair immediately indulged in some friendly sparring, while Demolishor shared the news of Megatron's potential rebirth. Full of vigor, the duo were keen to help defend Plains City when the Terrorcon horde attacked it, but things took a turn when the Terrorcon leader Scorponok revealed a sword that Alpha Q had forged from Megatron's own spark. Sensing his old leader's lifeforce in the blade, Cyclonus immediately turned on the Autobots to join the Terrorcon crusade, but Demolishor was much more conflicted; when the blade was sent flying during the fighting and landed in front of him, his fear and uncertainty caused him to hesitate before picking it up, and Tidal Wave snatched it away. Megatron's Sword

Demolishor was part of the unit sent to the Arctic to help establish Blizzard City, but was too distracted by what he had experienced to do much work. This led to him arguing with the Autobot Ironhide, who didn't trust him because he was a Decepticon, and who he in turn teased over being a rookie, but when Kicker got lost in a blizzard, the two had to join forces to search for him. Working with Ironhide to fend off a Terrorcon attack, Demolishor rejected the chance to join Cyclonus and Tidal Wave, still unconvinced that Megatron was really alive. The New Cybertron City But the truth was soon to reveal itself, when Megatron, reborn from within Unicron by the power of energon, launched a massive attack on Ocean City. After only a moment to process this revelation, Demolishor submitted himself to Megatron's leadership once more, but his time in the Autobots meant the transition was not easy: he knocked Ironhide out himself rather than let him risk his life against Megatron, and hesitated to open the door to the city when Megatron commanded it. To force him to pick one absolute loyalty, Megatron dared Demolishor to fire his weapons at him, but he could not, and reluctantly blew the door to the city open. After Megatron's forces raided the city's energon stores, Ironhide pleaded with Demolishor not to leave with them, but he departed in silence with his fellow Decepticons. Megatron Raid

Not wholly convinced of Demolishor's loyalty, Megatron left him to stand guard over the Decepticons' base—the dormant body of Unicron itself, stolen from Alpha Q—while the villains departed on their next mission. Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary When the Decepticons tried searching the remains of Asteroid City for more energon, Demolishor was unable to find any; Megatron started bludgeoning him for his failure until he suggested they check out Lunar City. He joined Megatron and Cyclonus in raiding the moonbase, then confronted the Autobots in a brief battle in the asteroid belt. Battle of the Asteroid Belt Demolishor was slightly taken aback to learn that Ocean City would be their next attack target, but he participated in the assault nonetheless, reluctantly squaring off against an angry, vengeful Ironhide. Energon Tower Returning to Unicron, they discovered Alpha Q had stolen a chunk of their energon stockpile in their absence, and had one more surprise for them: he had revived Starscream as an "energon ghost" and sent him to kill Megatron. Demolishor tried to hold off the mind-wiped spectre of his former teammate, but was helpless to stop him. Fortunately, Megatron used the power of Unicron to bring Starscream under his control, The Legend of Rodimus and Demolishor looked on as Megatron welcomed him back to the Decepticon ranks. Crisis in Jungle City

After the Autobots protected their Cybertron Cities with new energon towers, Megatron took out his frustrations on Demolishor and Cyclonus, and tried to pry from them information on how the Autobots found energon deposits in the first place. It took Starscream's blade pressed to his throat before Demolishor would reveal the existence of Kicker's extrasensory ability to detect energon, but with that information, Megatron formulated a plan. While the Autobots were visiting the remains of Lunar City, Demolishor approached Ironhide and Kicker with the story that he had abandoned Megatron, in an attempt to lure Kicker back to the Decepticons' mobile base for capture. The plan went wrong when Scorponok, secretly working for Alpha Q, took off with the base, and Demolishor and Cyclonus's subsequent attempt to snatch Kicker was thwarted by the unseen intervention of Team Rodimus. Kicker Beware! Demolishor was aghast at Megatron's response to this failure: to simply destroy the Cybertron Cities remotely with an orbital bombardment. He tried to make his leader understand that doing so would kill many humans as well, struggling to explain that humans did not have immortal sparks like Transformers, but Megatron was immovable, and Demolishor was forced to stand by his side as the assault began. Fortunately, the Autobots erected a planetwide energon grid that shielded Earth from the attack. Energon Grid

Demolishor was a little concerned for Cyclonus's mental state when Megatron used the power of Unicron to heal injuries he had sustained, in the process reformatting him into "Snow Cat"; Megatron brushed off his concerns, and instead excoriated his troops for their failure to locate the interfering Alpha Q. Rodimus Friend or Foe? An attempt to flush Alpha Q out only brought the Decepticons into conflict with Team Rodimus, a battle from which Demolishor convinced Megatron to retreat. Soon after, the Decepticons attacked the Autobot ship Miranda II, which activated its personal energon grid defense system during the battle. Observing that the distracted Megatron was directly in the path of the grid, Demolishor was galvanized into making a final, fateful decision about where his loyalties lay: diving into action, he pushed his leader out of the way and took the force of the grid's blast himself. With his final words, Demolishor entreated the horrified Ironhide to remember him, and then exploded. Go for Unicron!

Though Demolishor's body was destroyed, his spark persisted and was salvaged by Megatron. Using his control over Unicron's powers to fashion a new body for Demolishor, Megatron took the extra step of wiping his mind, removing any trace of his conflicted nature and degenerating him into a simple-minded, ape-like creature, easily excited and prone to grunting and jumping around. He first saw action in his new form on a blizzard-swept planet, where he and Snow Cat successfully seized an energon deposit from the Autobots, but were sent packing by a swarm of Alpha Q's new Cruellock Terrorcons. The Return of Demolishor He subsequently joined the Decepticon effort to prevent the Autobots from reaching Unicron's body, A Tale of Two Heros and engaged Inferno in a vehicle-mode battle on the Miranda II's hull as both the ship and Unicron returned to Cybertron via space bridge. The Decepticons were forced to warp away when the Autobots turned the planet's energon grid on, inflicting massive damage onto Unicron's body. Battle Stations The sight of Unicron in the skies of Cybertron led the Decepticons on the planet to revolt—news that Demolishor and Snow Cat happily brought to Megatron, though he wasn't particularly bothered. Alpha Q: Identity

Demolishor was part of the unit sent down to Cybertron's surface to recruit Decepticon war criminal Shockblast. Shockblast: Rampage Upon returning, he had to contend with an energon-starved Unicron's automatic defense attempting to impale him with huge spikes. Survival Instincts Once that situation was under control, Demolishor was part of the team sent back down to Cybertron to create an opening in the planet's energon grid by destroying energon towers, Each One Fights... then helped hold off the Autobots while Terrorcons gathered energon from the planet's core. This energon re-powered Unicron enough for Megatron to have him transform, and Demolishor helped keep the attacking Autobots busy while the process completed itself. Unicron Unleashed When Unicron's transformation was done, Megatron opened his surface beneath Demolishor and Snow Cat so they could escape a standoff with Scorponok, but the Terrorcon leader dogged them through Unicron's interior, foiling their every attempt to battle the Autobots. Open Fire! Subsequently, an unstable energon reaction initiated by Alpha Q opened up a rift in space, through which Demolishor, along with Unicron and all the other Decepticons, were sucked into. Ripped Up Space

On the other side of the rift, Alpha Q used Unicron's head and his energon to begin recreating all the planets that Unicron had once eaten, and Demolishor and the Decepticons began stealing the energon growing within them to continue Megatron's plans for Unicron's body. The Autobots followed, and succeeded in apprehending Shockblast; Demolishor brought news of his capture to Megatron, but the Decepticons purposely left him in Autobot custody on Iron Planet while they clashed with the Autobots for that planet's energon reserves. Protection They later made actual attempts to rescue their comrade. As the Decepticons hunted down the Autobot who had been Shockblast's guard, Inferno, Demolishor was surprised to discover that Shockblast had been demoted below him. He didn't quite grasp the concept of outranking a fellow Decepticon. Imprisoned Inferno During the Decepticon attack on Jungle Planet, Demolishor helped run interference in orbit to keep the Autobots from getting down to the planet's surface, but he and his team-mates were taken down by new Autobot arrivals Team Bulkhead. Jungle Planet Undeterred, Demolishor and the Decepticons soon made another play for Jungle Planet's energon, only to be repelled when the Autobots erected a new energon tower to shield the planet. Bulkhead Not long thereafter, Demolishor accompanied Megatron in approaching Inferno, who was struggling to overcome the mind-altering programming that the Decepticon leader had inflicted upon him. When Megatron was called away to Ocean Planet, Demolishor, Starscream, and Scorponok were left to help Inferno through his "transition", but Inferno elected to kill himself rather than become a Decepticon. Farewell Inferno

With an energon grid now protecting most of the planets, the Decepticons had to scavenge what they could from the half-formed world outside the grid, but Demolishor didn't mind the menial labor. He took part in the battle on the newly-formed Planet Q, where he tried and failed to get Scorponok to focus on energon gathering, rather than fighting Ironhide. Return! Our Scorponok Between fights, Demolishor and Snow Cat shuttled supplies around, but had to contend with tremors that shook Unicron, spawned by Megatron's impatience. Crash Course On their next energon-gathering mission, Demolishor and his buddies came under attack from the Autobots, but managed to cover the Terrorcons' escape, allowing them to deliver the final payload of energon needed to power Unicron back up to the stage where he could move again. Omega Supreme Demolishor and the other 'Con grunts then battled the Autobots on Unicron's surface, preventing them from interfering with Megatron's successful reintegration of Unicron's body and head. A Heroic Battle Demolishor was first on the scene when Shockblast briefly usurped the power of the completed Unicron, but got blasted by the traitor and then expelled from Unicron's body. The Power of Unicron Megatron destroyed Shockblast and briefly retook control, but was soon possessed by Unicron himself, leaving Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage struggling to escape the planet-eater's internal defenses. They failed, and ended up bound to Unicron's surface by energy-tentacles, giving them a front-row seat for the Unicron-controlled Megatron's battle with the gigantic, Primus-empowered Optimus Prime. Optimus Supreme Fortunately for them, they were freed by a barrage of Autobot fire moments before Optimus destroyed Unicron, but were subsequently captured by Landmine. Unicron Perishes

With Megatron having apparently perished along with Unicron, Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage were incarcerated on Cybertron, but were soon freed by Starscream, who revealed that Megatron still lived. Ambition They were joined in their breakout by Shockblast's younger brother Six Shot, who suggested using the planet's energon grid against the Autobots. Demolishor led him to the control room, and might have discovered its human operators, Rad White and the Jones family, hiding in a vent if he hadn't fallen flat on his face while attempting to peer inside it. Wishes Six Shot succeeded in taking control of the energon gas powering the grid and using it to force the Autobots off the planet, and the other Decepticon grunts began to feel underappreciated as Megatron (now "Galvatron" again after exposure to Super Energon) praised Six Shot for his accomplishments. However, following a battle on the hull of the Miranda II, during which Demolishor and Snow Cat were clobbered by Omega Supreme, they all enjoyed watching Galvatron beat Six Shot up for taking action without orders. Galvatron! The Autobots were soon able to find a way to break through the gas shroud and return to Cybertron; Demolishor took part in the battle that followed, which concluded with the Autobots escaping underground. Break Through

At some point, Demolishor took part in a virtual fighting tournament, thanks to Six Shot hacking into an Autobot training program. Fighting as a tag team, he and Snow Cat went up against Prowl and Downshift, and won when the two Autobots took themselves out of the fight by powerlinxing incorrectly—though in the process, the two Decepticons were inspired to try powerlinxing themselves, even if they couldn't get it quite right. Proceeding to the next round, they discovered their opponents were Galvatron and Starscream, who had already beaten virtual duplicates of the pair in their original bodies in the previous round. Frustrated to have found his minions goofing off in the game, Galvatron thrashed them, then quit the tournament. Distribution

Hoping to get a taste of the Super Energon that had empowered Galvatron and Starscream, Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage went searching for the subterranean reservoir that held the miracle fuel, accidentally stumbling into Primus's chamber in the process. Finding Rad and the Jones family taking refuge there, Demolishor and Snow Cat left Mirage to stand guard and forced Brian Jones to lead them to the temple containing the Super Energon. The Omega Train They were a little nervous about immersing themselves in it, but were finally about to take the plunge when a horde of Insecticon Terrorcon drones burst out of the reservoir's depths and scared them witless. Decepticon Army Fleeing from the Insecticons, and having grown to giant size due to exposure to Super Energon, the pair headed back to the surface and sent word of the creatures' approach to Galvatron, news-reporter style. They rejoined their leader on the battlefield, just in time for Optimus to have his spark of combination re-energized by Primus's awakening. Once more able to combine with Omega Supreme, Optimus blew away all of his enemies with a whirlwind attack. Ironhide Team

Once the rogue Terrorcons were back under control, the Decepticons turned to the business of using the energon towers to move Cybertron through space, through the rift and back to Alpha Q's realm. Demolishor helped battle the Autobots as the planet moved through the rift, and later tried to defend the towers against Autobot attack, though both times, he had to contend with Six Shot's ambition constantly undermining their battlefield movements. Formidable After Six Shot purposefully allowed the towers he was guarding to overload, Demolishor was assigned to keep an eye on him alongside Snow Cat and Mirage. Six Shot soon tricked them into leaving him unattended by suggesting they make another play for the Super Energon pool. Demolishor and his buddies sped off, but quickly found the corridors all around them closing off as Six Shot used the control room to lock them in. Starscream freed Demolishor and co. a short time later, but they found themselves battling Autobots until far more world-shaking matters took precedent: Galvatron had used the Super Energon to transform himself into a giant. Galvatron Terror

Demolishor and the other Decepticons held off the Autobots as they attacked the towering form of the Decepticon leader, but as he grew larger and larger and the planet's surface began to crack under his weight, Demolishor followed Snow Cat's advice to get the heck out of there. Under the sway of the still-living consciousness of Unicron, Galvatron took off for space, towing Cybertron behind him on a Super Energon cable; Demolishor and the rest followed, offering some token return fire at the pursuing Autobots. Destructive Power When Optimus Prime used the power of Unicron to grow to a titan of equal height, Demolishor and Snow Cat broke off from the battle to excitedly watch the two giant leaders duke it out on Jungle Planet. Spark Unable to make much in the way of a contribution to the huge scale of the final battle, Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage could only spectate as the possessed Galvatron shook off Unicron's influence long enough to sacrifice himself by plunging into a foundling energon sun created by Primus. While loyalists Starscream and Mirage followed their leader into solar oblivion, the long-suffering Demolishor and Snow Cat could only float in space and ponder what to do next with their lives. The Sun

Cybertron toy bio

Ten years after the Battle for Energon, when the Unicron Singularity forced the evacuation of Cybertron, Demolishor was left behind on their deserted homeworld. Through circumstances unknown, he had reverted to a version of his original Earth body (no word on whether his mentality recovered as well), and kept himself busy by fighting off the Scrapmetal horde that began infesting the planet soon after. Demolishor heard rumors that Megatron had once again returned from the dead, but after the ordeal he went through last time, he hoped it was not true, since he found that he enjoyed not being pushed around by his commander for once. Demolishor's Cybertron toy bio

Timelines

During the search for the Cyber Planet Keys, Decepticon sniper Swindle bitterly remarked on Demolishor and Snow Cat's disappearance from the Decepticon ranks, considering it evidence of how little good loyalty to Megatron would do to advance a 'bot's standing in life. Force of Habit

Dreamwave Armada continuity

Dreamwave Armada comic

Demolishor was part of Megatron's initial strike force on Cybertron, and devastated Mini-Con Village C52 alongside Cyclonus. Armada #1 Powered by Blackout, he also participated in the assault on and devastation of Cyber City. Armada #2

Millions of years later, when a Mini-Con signal was broadcast from Earth, the Decepticons picked it up and quickly made plans to travel to Earth. Armada #3 Upon arrival, Demolishor, Cyclonus and Starscream broke into a human military base, where Demolishor scanned a tank for his new alternate mode (though the resulting tank mode wasn't particularly close to the source). Armada #4 While the other Decepticons began fighting the Autobots who had followed them to Earth, Demolishor ambushed the Street Action Mini-Con Team, Sparkplug and three human kids. He captured the Mini-Cons and expressed interest in taking the humans apart to see where all their courage came from. Then four other Mini-Cons swarmed his face and shattered his targeting reticle "eyepatch". Armada #5

After the Decepticons successfully captured the Air Defense Mini-Con Team, Demolishor helped bring them back to the Decepticon base at Silver Ridge. Armada #6 He later participated in the attack on the Autobot base, but didn't do much other than stand around and take offense to Starscream's claims that Megatron didn't need any underlings when he had the Star Saber. Armada #7 A little later, Demolishor joined Starscream and Cyclonus in capturing two humans who had been befriended by Starscream's Mini-Con Swindle, but unfortunately for them, they turned out to be the Autobots' human allies Rad and Carlos. The Autobots soon arrived to rescue their friends, and when Swindle turned on the Decepticons for tricking him into thinking he was going to be released, the villains retreated. Armada Free Comic Book Day

When the Decepticons' Mini-Cons escaped, Demolishor and the others pursued them to Kansas, where they fired impotently on a large object that was stealing all of Earth's Mini-Cons. They were then distracted by the arrival of several Autobots, and could only watch as the object rocketed off into space. Armada #8 After figuring out that the Mini-Cons had ended up on the Moon, the Decepticons chased after their precious power-ups. As Demolishor was the only Decepticon incapable of flight (Megatron got temporary rocket thrusters), he was left behind to guard the base. Armada #9 He wasn't very good at it, though, and was beaten up by Autobots who wanted to use the Decepticons' space bridge. Armada #10

When said space bridge stopped working some time later, Megatron ordered Demolishor and Starscream to fix it. Neither of them knew how. Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4 The Decepticons later learned that Optimus Prime had gone missing, and they seized the opportunity to perform an all-out assault on the Autobots. Demolishor found himself facing down Scavenger and Smokescreen on a thin mountain road, and decided to play a game of chicken with them. He won, as both Autobots swerved away and fell off the road, where Smokescreen was seriously injured by Megatron. Shortly afterwards, their winning streak was interrupted by a mysterious powerful Transformer who knocked out Demolishor, Cyclonus and Starscream in short order. Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4 As it turned out, the stranger had been a Herald of Unicron, who was on his way to destroy Cybertron. The Decepticons were forced to ally themselves with the Autobots and return to their home planet in order to fight him off. Demolishor survived the battle with Unicron and was seen among the crowds of cheering Transformers in the aftermath. The End

Dreamwave Energon comic

Some time in Cybertron's past, during the war, Demolishor was part of a battle in which Scorponok led an attack on an Autobot bunker. Demolishor watched the battle from a Decepticon saucer-ship, alongside Megatron, Starscream, Cyclonus and Thrust. No Exit

Ten years after the battle with Unicron, Unicron's Four Horsemen attacked Cybertron. Demolishor was among the Transformers called in as reinforcements against this new threat. What Lies Beneath, Part Two Some time later, he was stationed at the energon ore processing plant Deltos-Five when its systems started going haywire. Grumbling that Thrust had left him to deal with technical difficulties while he got to have fun fighting Terrorcons on Earth, Demolishor made his way into the facility, where he was ambushed by a ghostly Starscream. Multiplicity, Pt. 3

Demolishor was recovered by Alpha Quintesson and upgraded into a new body via the power of Unicron. Placed on Earth shortly before the Autobots erected a global energy shield, Demolishor was charged with kidnapping Kicker Jones, and tracked the boy down just as he as attempting to play hooky from a training session at AlterEnergy. Demolishor approached in his new dump truck alternate mode, and Kicker actually flagged him down in hopes of hitching a lift before Demolishor revealed his true nature. Doomsday Redux! Demolishor's specially-tailored new form allowed him to first shrug off energon blasts from the human boy, and then easily take out an AlterEnergy rapid response team, before grabbing Kicker and absconding. Armageddon Part 1

With Alpha Quntession unable to teleport him off-planet thanks to the energy shield, Demolishor went into hiding; AlterEnergy began searching the planet for him, Armageddon Part 2 but he was holed up in a cave in Mexico, by a space bridge portal, waiting for Alpha Quintesson's forces to take out the shield down so he could use the bridge to bring Kicker to his master. Armageddon Part 3 An AlterEnergy team led by Rad tracked him down before that could happen, but Demolishor was ready for them and the Autobot backup they brought, and was able to fight them to a standstill. Word then came through from Alpha Quintesson that the energy shield was down, so Demolishor broke off the fight and returned to the chamber he had been keeping Kicker in, only to find that the boy had been freed by Rad and Carlos while he had been busy in battle. Armageddon Part 4 Demolishor immediately gave chase through the caves, but when he caught up to them, Kicker stood his ground and used his special powers to channel the energy of all the energon on Earth, using it to utterly destroy Demolishor. Armageddon Part 5

Panini Armada comic

Demolishor was among the Decepticons who had a great time kidnapping Mini-Cons back when the war broke out. Counter-Strike!

In modern day, he was sent to Earth to search for escaped Mini-Cons alongside Cyclonus and Starscream. Demolishor was apparently still searching elsewhere when the rest of the Decepticons were beaten up by the Autobots and fled. Friends and Foes! Eventually, he sawed his way into the wreckage of the Mini-Cons' ship, as he had orders from Megatron to retrieve its locator log. He was surprised to find the Street Action Team in the ship, and wasn't sure what to do with the situation. Deciding that the best course of action was violence, he began blasting the Mini-Cons but was distracted when Rad White grabbed the locator log and ran for it. Demolishor followed in his tank mode, only to drive straight into an unstable part of the cave, where the vibrations from his treads caused the hidden log to explode and collapse the cave on top of him. Deep Trouble!

Some time later, Demolishor participated in an attack on the Autobots when they were trying to send their Mini-Cons back to Cybertron. Though the Mini-Cons ultimately decided to stay on Earth, the Decepticons destroyed the Autobots' space bridge anyways. No Way Back! He and Cyclonus were then sent to search for Mini-Cons on the Moon. The Autobots Smokescreen and Scavenger followed them, but were no match for the Mini-Con-augmented Decepticons. Demolishor shot Smokescreen down and prepared to squash him under his tracks, but didn't expect the Autobot to suddenly get a Mini-Con partner of his own. Powered by Liftor, Smokescreen delivered a powerful punch to the incoming Demolishor, driving him back. Between Two Worlds!

When the Decepticons planned to nuke the Autobots from their new lunar base, Demolishor caught a transmission from the Autobots' Mini-Cons, who offered to surrender in exchange for the Autobots' lives. He reported this to Megatron, who opted to take the Mini-Cons then blow the Autobots up anyway. Earthshaker! The plan was a huge failure, ending with the destruction of the Decepticon base and no Mini-Cons to show for it. Demolishor cheerfully referred to the whole thing as a "bit of a blip in the old world-conquest plans", which promptly got him punished by the disgruntled Megatron. Suddenly, Cyclonus showed up and started attacking his fellow Decepticons. He turned out to be possessed by the Destruction Mini-Con Team, who were using him to get rid of Megatron once and for all. After watching the two duel for a while, Demolishor power-linked with Blackout and entered the fray, but did little damage to Cyclonus. Dawn of Destruction!

Bendon Armada books

Megatron and Demolishor were searching the area around the Autobot base for Mini-Cons when they were, unsurprisingly enough, stumbled upon by Optimus Prime and Hot Shot. Demolishor tussled with a vehicle mode Optimus, but evidently didn't fare too well, as the Autobot leader was seen battling Megatron moments later. Bested, the "cowardly" pair warped away. Cave Catastrophe

Megatron and Demolishor later launched a sneak attack against the kids when they left themselves in the open, and were yet again bested by the two Autobots when they came to render aid. Race to Disaster

Reader's Digest Armada novels

Demolishor was one of the Decepticons warped to the planet Earth after the Mini-Cons, who had long been dormant there, awoke. The Decepticons' initial attack against the Autobots was rebuffed, and they began building a base of operations on the Moon by reinforcing the partial remains of the Mini-Cons' ship.

Demolishor and Starscream were tasked by Megatron to scan all of the Earth's vehicles to find suitable alternate modes. When Megatron checked in on their progress, Demolishor presented Earth's mightiest military vehicles to his leader. Demolishor chose a "missile tank" alternate mode for himself. Megatron then led the members of his inner circle on an assault on the Autobots' base on Earth. The assault was briefly halted when Megatron spotted the Autobots' human allies, Rad, Alexis and Carlos, rush into the war-zone. Megatron demanded that the children hand over their Mini-Con companions. But Optimus Prime and his Autobots weren't far behind, and they launched a counter-attack against the Decepticons. Demolishor tried to blast Optimus, only for his missile to be deflected by the Autobot Red Alert. Subsequent assaults on the Autobots proved futile, as Optimus assumed his "Super Optimus Prime" mode and overwhelmed the Decepticons with pure brute strength. The balance of power shifted even further in the Autobots' favor when Red Alert and Hot Shot acquired Mini-Cons. Red Alert used the new strength bestowed upon him by his new partner, Longarm, to lift Demolishor up off the ground, then Hot Shot used the electrical powers granted to him by his Mini-Con, Jolt, to short out the Decepticon's circuits. Megatron soon recognized that the Decepticons were outmatched and ordered a retreat.

Back on the moon, the Decepticons squabbled over their defeat until Cyclonus teleported in late. As it turns out, two other Mini-Con panels had been uncovered by the children during the fight, and Cyclonus had managed to snatch them away before fleeing. Megatron allowed Cyclonus to keep one of the Mini-Cons, while the other was given to Demolishor. Demolishor named his new partner “Blackout." Race for the Mini-Con Robots

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Toy pack-in comics

When Optimus Prime fell to his knees in battle, Megatron sent Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage to attack the beaten leader. Their attack was averted when they were blasted away by Wing Saber. Energon Volume 4

TransTech

Demolishor was part of Gutcruncher's inner circle in the underlevels of Axiom Nexus. He was with Gutcruncher in The Blue Deployer the night the Action Master took Hubcap for a lot of money. Gone Too Far

Games

Transformers: Battle Tactics

Demolishor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character. Transformers: Battle Tactics

Toys

Armada

• Demolishor with Blackout (Super-Con Class, 2002)

• Takara name: Ironhide
• Sonokong name: Hide
• Takara/Sonokong ID number: MD-03
• Takara release date: December 28, 2002
• Accessories: 4 missiles
• Known designers: Aaron Archer (Hasbro), Shogo Hasui (Takara), Draxhall Jump (concept art)

Part of the first wave of Armada "Super-Con Class" toy (basically "Deluxes"), Demolishor transforms into an anti-aircraft missile tank of made-up model, though it appears to be heavily based on the ADATS weapon system. His primary Mini-Con gimmick is the twin spring-loaded missile launcher in his left shoulder; attaching any Mini-Con to the Powerlinx port there pops the launcher forward, after which the missiles can be fired simultaneously by pulling the Mini-Con back. Reportedly, Demolishor was to feature this gimmick in both shoulders, but it was cut back to one for cost considerations, so his right shoulder now simply holds two spare missiles.

In vehicle mode, Demolishor features extra Mini-Con compatibility design specially around his partner Blackout. When in vehicle mode, Blackout can be inserted into the space between Demolishor's front treads, forming a more "complete"-looking tank. Blackout can then be launched into action by a small spring-loaded launcher, activated by a tiny button on Demolishor's back end. Also on the back end is a flip-out seat that Blackout or any other appropriately-jointed Mini-Con can sit in to "man" his guns (Though Blackout's hand-guns plug quite nicely into the screw-holes in the back of Demolishor's turret, making it look like a more direct interface). The seat can also be used for Demolishor's rudimentary "Attack Base" mode, which involves folding out his legs/treads to turn him into an elevated anti-aircraft station.

The Takara Legends of the Microns "Ironhide" and Sonokong Eunha Yeongung: Cybertron "Hide" releases, render the figure in more primary, show-accurate colors, painting him a more greenish shade of tan, making his face brown rather than black, and features a Decepticon symbol with proper "separated" paint applications, among several other smaller paint changes.

This toy doubles as Generation 1 Demolisher.

• More information on Demolishor at TFU.info

• Ironhide & Land Military Microns (Multi-pack, 2002)

• ID number: MS-03
• Release date: December 28, 2002
• Accessories: 4 missiles

In Japan, Ironhide was available both separately and in a multi-pack with the Land Military Microns. All toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

• Powerlinx Demolishor with Powerlinx Blackout (Super-Con Class, 2003)

• Takara name: Ironhide Super Mode
• Takara ID number: MD-10
• Takara release date: October ??, 2003
• Accessories: 4 missiles
• Known designers: Aaron Archer (Hasbro)

Part of the final wave of Armada product, this redeco of the original Demolishor gives him in a new red and off-white color scheme, roughly homaging Ironhide. According to Aaron Archer, he was originally intended to be colored like Sixshot, because Demolishor's gun-hands reminded him of Sixshot (we don't get it either—maybe he meant Six-Gun?),^[1] but the red color scheme was decided upon and used in the animated series first, so the toy had to follow suit. Reflecting the late nature of this change, his packaging depicts a normal-colored Demolishor toy, as the colors had not been decided upon by the time cardback photography was required.

The Takara "Ironhide Super Mode" release is similar to the Hasbro one, but its colors are once again lightly tweaked to look more cartoony, in darker, more primary shades, and not as glossy. It also lacks the dark blue paint on top of the Hasbro version's head, and once again has a "separated" Decepticon symbol rather than a block-painted one.

This toy was repurposed as Shattered Glass Demolishor.

• More information on Powerlinx Demolishor at TFU.info

Built to Rule!

• Demolishor (Built to Rule!, 2003)

• Accessories: 2 missiles

One of the smaller Built to Rule! sets, Demolishor's vehicle mode is still an anti-aircraft missile tank, but with only one spring-loaded rocket per side, activated by a rotating "drum" on top of the launcher. He also features working rubber treads, and a 2x2 "Powerlinx" plate than can be used by both BTR-based and regular-type Mini-Cons, though the grip on the latter is not terribly great. He is "transformed" by removing pretty much everything on the "Trans-Skeleton" core, flipping out the limbs, then adding some of the parts back on to create a super-top-heavy, awkward robot.

He also comes with a building-block version of Blackout.

His 1x4 plates with the flat area in the middle would later show up in some Kre-O sets.

• More information on Built to Rule! Demolishor at TFU.info

• Night Attack Demolishor (Built to Rule!, 2003)

• Accessories: 2 missiles

Part of the final wave of Armada Built to Rule!, the first Demolishor set was redecoed into colors very close to those of the Night Attack Mini-Con Team. Again, he comes with a similarly-colored version of Blackout.

Night Attack Demolishor did not ship very prominently, but eventually could be found at Toys"R"Us stores for the heavily discounted-price of $2 or so.

• More information on Built to Rule! Night Attack Demolishor at TFU.info

Energon

• Demolishor with Blackout (Combat Class, 2004)

• Takara name: Ironhide
• Takara ID number: SD-02
• Takara release date: December 25, 2003
• Accessories: 4 missiles
• Known designers: Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)

Originally released as part of the initial assortment of Takara Super Link toys, the original "Ironhide" toy (and accompanying Mini-Con "Search") was given a very Constructicon-esque color scheme of lime green, light gray and purple.

This version was released much later in the US as "Demolishor with Blackout" (surprise), with no changes other than packaging, late in the Energon line as a KB Toys-exclusive, alongside the Super Link redeco of Sandstorm (Cyclonus).

• More information on Energon KB Toys Demolishor at TFU.info

• Demolishor (Combat Class, 2004)

• Takara name: Irontread
• Takara ID number: SD-11
• Takara release date: April 28, 2004
• Accessories: 4 missiles
• Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Takio Ejima (Takara)

Energon Demolishor's new body transforms into a large "earth-mover" dump truck. His truck bed contains four spring-loaded missiles, plus four "false", non-firing missiles. His center torso block can rotate forward to bring his launcher over his body for "Hyper Mode"... which puts his head right in the middle of his sternum. His truck bed also features two pairs of "dead" Powerlinx plugs to attach Mini-Cons to, one pair on each side of the "flap", allowing for Mini-Con Powerlinxing in both truck and robot modes.

The truck bed also has possibly the biggest Decepticon insignia on a Deluxe-level toy ever.

According to Hasbro in a Q&A, he was originally supposed to be a new character named Long Haul.

• More information on Energon Demolishor at TFU.info

Cybertron

• Demolishor (Deluxe Class, 2006)

• Accessories: 4 missiles, Cybertron Cyber Key
• Cyber Key Code: dt67
• Known designers: Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)

A late addition to the Cybertron toy line, the original Armada Demolishor figure was redecoed in a more military camo scheme. He does not come with his Mini-Con partner Blackout in this release; instead, Demolishor and his wave-mate Optimus Prime debuted a new Cyber Key variant: retooled from the standard "Cybertron" style key, this version lacked a sculpted insignia, so that any symbol could be tampographed on to it, and featured a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back, allowing it to operate the figure's formerly-Mini-Con-activated missile launcher feature without the figure itself having to be retooled.

The key sports a tampographed Decepticon insignia, a purple border, and a Key Code tampographed on the back. This code, when entered on Hasbro's website, was supposed to unlock additional information on the character or the toy, but due to an error on behalf of Hasbro, it unlocked information intended for Demolishor's wave-mate, the aforementioned Deluxe Class Optimus Prime; Demolishor's information was instead unlocked using the code "D56B", which was tampographed on the back of the Cyber Key included with said Optimus Prime toy.

• More information on Cybertron Demolishor at TFU.info

Kre-O

• Demolishor (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)

• Bag number: 33501 37
• Accessories: Stand-brick, 2 double-barreled pistols
• Known designers: Ed Masiello (Hasbro)

Part of the fourth assortment of blind-bagged Kreon Micro-Changers, Demolishor can be "rebuilt" into an anti-aircraft tank. We say "rebuilt" but really all you do is flip the treads around, swivel the guns, stick Demmy butt-up and bam, tank mode.

He uses the Hound-style helmet.

• More information on Demolishor at TFU.info

Merchandise

Happy Meal toys

• Demolishor (October 2002)
  • Accessories: Arm/cannon

One of eight McDonald's Armada promotional toys, Demolishor is a simple toy that transforms from Cybertronian tank to robot in a few steps. His right arm/cannon features a "battle damage" pop-off gimmick that is activated when a yellow button on the front of his tank mode is pressed.

He has a Powerlinx post on his front left tread that you can attach Mini-Cons to, though its main purpose is to allow him to combine with the other Happy Meal Decepticons to form a Mighty Vehicle. The back of his head has a Mini-Con Powerlinx port, so he can activate Mini-Con features on larger toys, but given its location and his size, it would be a pretty awkward fit on most figures.

• More information on Happy Meal Demolishor at TFU.info

• Demolishor (January 2005)

Part of the second Energon Happy Meal promotion, which was only available in some Latin America markets, this heavily-simplified version of dump-truck Demolishor features a spring-loaded transformation from dump truck to robot mode when his truck grill is pushed in. Given his limited release, he's very rare—even good pictures of him are hard to come by.

Super Collection Figure

• Ironhide (SCF, December 27, 2002)
  • Series: ACT 9
  • Accessories: Stand

Super Collection Figure Demolishor ("Ironhide" in Japan) is a 3-inch tall soft-plastic figurine based on his animation model. Made to pop apart, he has limited articulation, with swivel neck, waist, shoulders and legs. He came in two paint schemes: full-color and pewter-finish, each available at an equal ratio of one each per case of twelve figures. Be careful with the pewter version, as the pegs are often painted, leading to super-tight fits and occasional breakage.

Like all normal SCF figures, he was sold in a blind-box assortment, so you could not tell which mold or color scheme you got until you actually opened the box.

Mega Super Collection Figure

• Ironhide (February 2003)
  • ID number: 10
  • Accessories: 4 missiles

At double the size of a normal SCF figure, this non-transformable figure of Demolishor features more -but still limited- posability, with restricted-balljoint neck, shoulders and hips, double-swivel elbows, and swivel wrists, waist and knees. He also has removable missiles, and comes with a really teeny version of Blackout.

As the Mega SCFs are all based on a singular ball/socket and clip system for joints, you can swap parts from any figure around with any other in the line... as long as there's enough clearance, of course.

• More information on Mega Super Collection Figure Ironhide at TFU.info

Battle for Cybertron Game

• Transformers: Armada - Battle for Cybertron Game (2003)

A small figurine of Demolishor was among the eight Transformers character playing pieces included with the Milton Bradley Battle for Cybertron board game.

• More information on Battle for Cybertron at BoardGameGeek.com

Attacktix

• Demolishor (2006)
  • Attack Type: Shooter (wide missile)

Shown at Toy Fair 2006, Attacktix Demolishor is based on his Energon dump-truck body, with a back-mounted missile launcher that shot a wide-headed missile. He was placed in an early mock-up of the starter set, but ultimately only the vehicle mode Skyblast piece would end up in the final product. The piece had no sticker on the front as well. And then... that was the last anyone saw of this piece. It was never shuffled into a later assortment or even mentioned anywhere. What the hell?

Game over. This Attacktix item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Notes

• According to the Armada IP Creative Bible, one of his production names was Scourge. Get it, Scourge, Cyclonus, and Galvatron?
• According to Aaron Archer, Demolishor was loosely based on a pirate, hence the eyepatch design and his name being Demolishor.^[2] Alongside Cyclonus, he was an early test for the Mini-Con play pattern; Archer always thought of the characters as a pair.^[3]
• Meanwhile, his vehicle mode was based on a concept from Draxhall Jump; of the various designs they produced for Armada, his was the only one to make it through to the final product more or less unchanged.^[4]
• Demolishor was originally planned to be in the Armada PlayStation 2 game as a long-running boss fight in the Antarctic. According to the original storyboards (unlocked in the game by finding the appropriate Data-Con on the Pacific Island base), he was the pilot of the crashed starship (instead of Starscream), and the player would have first fought him inside the control room of the ship. Megatron was then to fire on the ship when Demolishor was near defeat, which would cause the ship to crash into the chasm below. The player would then have to chase Demolishor vertically through the downed ship and into an ice cavern, where he would try and drop stalactites on your head during your final confrontation. Why Demolishor was removed from the game is unknown, though the most likely explanation is time and budget concerns.
• There was almost one more toy in the above list! Combiner Wars Onslaught had a "pretooled" alternate head that would have made it represent Demolishor. This head tooling was never used, though a test prototype surfaced on the Chinese site TaoBao in 2015.^[5]
• Demolishor's scrapped renaming into Long Haul for his dump truck body in Energon leaves him the odd man out compared to "Snow Cat" and "Mirage".
• Demolishor's Energon CG model inconstantly fluctuated between one bearing his toys shrimpy arms and one with larger, more proportionate ones. The color of his hands is also known to swap without reason between green and black.
• Despite originating in the Unicron Trilogy, Demolishor has had two characters based on him appear in two separate Generation 1-influenced continuities, both before he actually got a Generation 1 counterpart. Probably helped by his third namesake appearing in Revenge of the Fallen.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Ironhide (アイアンハイド Aianhaido), Ironhide Super Mode (アイアンハイドS (スーパーモード) Aianhaido Sūpā Mōdo), Irontread (dump truck body, アイアントレッド Aiantoreddo)
• Hungarian: Pusztító
• Mandarin: PòHuàiZhě (China, 破坏者, "Demolishor")
• Korean: Hide (하이드 Haideu)
• Polish: Demolatron (Armada), Destruktor (Energon)
• Russian: Razrushitel' (Разрушитель, "Devastator")
• French: Démolisseur (Demolisher)
• Portuguese: Demolisher

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