Sludge (Transformers)
Generation 1 Sludge
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| Autobot | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Dinobots, Dynobots, Lightning Strike Coalition |
| Function | Jungle Warrior/Demolitions |
| Rank | 4 |
| Partner | Snarl |
| Motto | "Stomp your enemy, crush him under your feet." |
| Alternate modes | Mechanical Apatosaurus, Cybertronian tank, Apatosaurus, Dimetrodon |
| Series |
Transformers: Generation 1 Transformers: Dinobots |
| English voice actor | Frank Welker |
| Japanese voice actor | Kenyu Horiuchi |
| Autobot | |
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| Information | |
| Sub-group | Dinobots |
| Function | Dinobot Logistics Expert |
| Partner | Grimlock, Swoop, Slug, Snarl |
| Alternate modes | Mechanical Apatosaurus |
| Series | Transformers: Prime |
Sludge is a fictional character in the Transformers franchise. Sludge is a slow witted but powerful Dinobot. Sludge's strength is considered to be second only to Grimlock's in the Dinobot faction. Sludge also has the great power to shake the ground violently and make huge tremors when stomping around in his Brontosaurus mode, which is a good weapon for shaking up Decepticons. Sludge also was seen at times to shoot laser beams from his eyes and an energy weapon from his mouth. Sludge's biggest weakness is his belief that the strongest Autobot should lead and not necessarily the smartest. Another weakness of Sludge's is that he is depicted as being mentally slow. He joined the Autobots in the cartoon and comics in their first year, but didn't have a toy until 1985. The other members of the Dinobots are Slag, Snarl, Swoop, and their leader, Grimlock.
Sludge (Terro in Québec, Bronto in Italy) is the Brontosaurus Dinobot.
Sludge represents both prehistoric times and an ultra-tech future, which are many children's preferred worlds these days.
He is sometimes known as Slog.
In the Transformers comic series, Sludge was among the Autobots who joined Optimus Prime in his mission on board the Ark to save the planet Cybertron from a meteor shower 4 million years ago. They were attacked by Megatron and his Decepticon forces. After crashing on the planet Earth, they were followed to Earth by the Decepticon named Shockwave. Grimlock and his soldiers were reformatted by the Ark's computer Teletraan I using the last of its energy to resemble Earth native animals. They attacked Shockwave and were buried with him together in a tar pit in the Savage Land until the 1980s when the Autobot Ratchet recovered and repaired them.
The tar pit had corroded vital systems and the Dinobots lapsed into primitive savagery. Sludge took up a peaceful existence in a swamp, which was discovered by TV journalist Joy Meadows; as a result of the attention she gave to him, Sludge developed a long-standing crush on her. During the Dinobot Hunt, he was captured by Soundwave and made to fight Grimlock, a battle that destroyed a town and which Sludge won before the Autobots could recapture him. Once fully repaired, Sludge's crush on Joy lead him to seek her out and this led the Dinobots to assist her in trying to expose the Robot-Master scam, battling both the Decepticons and the Triple-I intelligence organisation.
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