Slag (Transformers)
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| Transformers character | |
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| Slag | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | Autobot (Cybertron) |
| Sub-Group | Dinobot, Dynobot, Lightning Strike Coalition |
| Function | Flame Thrower |
| Motto | "I have no need for friends, even less for enemies." |
| Alternate mode | Transmetal Triceratops - In the War Within series by Dreamwave he turned into a Heavy cybertonian tank. |
| Fictional Appearances | G1 cartoon, Marvel comics, Dreamwave comics, Devil's Due Comics |
| Voice actors: | Neil Ross (English) |
Slag is very tough, strong and possesses impressive firepower. In dinosaur mode, Slag can spew from his mouth a bolt of 3,000 degrees Celsius flame up to 80 feet (25 m). He possesses enormous strength and can shatter a brick building with a single blow from his armored head. His horns can also shoot high powered lasers. In Autobot mode he carries a high-energy laser rifle, a energo sword and a rocket pod.
Slag's biggest weakness is his over-aggressive behavior, which can cause problems with his relationships with other Autobots. 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 Sludge, Snarl, Swoop and their leader, Grimlock.
Generation One
Television Series
Slag was created by Wheeljack and Ratchet on Earth in 1984. He was created along with Grimlock and Sludge as the original three Dinobots. At first they rampaged through the Ark and Optimus Prime ordered that the Dinobots be put offline permanently but when he and the other Autobots were captured by Megatron, Slag and the other Dinobots were used to rescue Optimus and the other Autobots. Shortly after, Megatron convinced Slag and the Dinobots that Optimus and the Autobots were their enemies and the Dinobots kidnapped Optimus Prime. Wheeljack and Ratchet, with the help of Chip Chase, created Swoop and Snarl and the two new Dinobots were used to rescue Prime from Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge. During that battle, Optimus saved the original Dinobots' lives and they then realized that the Autobots were really their friends. In 1985, an Island with real dinosaurs was found by Powerglide and Bumblebee. Optimus decided that Dinobot Island would be a good place for the Dinobots to train and practice their fighting skills, because the Ark was too small for the giant Dinobots. Megatron and the Decepticons found out about the island and wanted to harvest it for all the energy it produced. The Dinobots were thrown in a pit of lava, but were later rescued and got a bunch of real Dinosaurs to help them attack Megatron. Later, the Cybertronian Autobots and Decepticons began to malfunction because they ran out of Cybertronium, a crystalline substance only found on Cybertron. The Dinobots were made on Earth, so they were the only Transformers not affected and were sent to Cybertron to get some. When they got to Cybertron, they disappeared. Spike and Carly went to Cybertron to find them and found Swoop, who led them to the other Dinobots that were captured and working for Shockwave. Eventually they were freed and brought the Cybertronium back so that the Autobot's bodies could be restored. In , the Dinobots came in the shuttle with Optimus Prime towards the end of the attack on Autobot City. When Galvatron attacked, they went in the shuttle with Kup and Hot Rod. The shuttle was shot down on Quintessa and Kup and Hot Rod were captured by the Quintessons. On Quintessa, the Dinobots met Wheelie, who led them to Kup and Hot Rod and they were able to rescue the two Autobots from the Quintessons. They took a ship to the planet of Junk and were with the Autobots when they attacked Unicron. They helped with the attack on Unicron but were not very effective. None of the Dinobots but Grimlock played large roles in the episodes following the movie. However, in the post-movie episode Call of the Primitives, Slag briefly took on the leadership role of the Dinobots, when it was presumed that Grimlock was destroyed. Slag was voiced by Neil Ross.Marvel Comics
Slag was among the crew of the Autobot ship the Ark when it crashed on Earth four million years ago. He was reformatted into the form resembling an Earth dinosaur by the ship's computer, Teletran-1 and sent to stop the Decepticon Shockwave.Slag was among the united Autobot and Decepticon forces who opposed Unicron's assault on the planet Cybertron in 1991 (Transformers #75).
Dreamwave Comics
When civil war broke out on the planet Cybertron 8.7 million years ago between the Autobots and Deceptions, Slag joined the Autobot cause.
When Autobot leader Optimus Prime and Decepticon leader Megatron disappeared in an accident with the space bridge 7.4 million years ago, the Autobot and Decepticon forces broke up into factions. Slag joined up with the Lightning Strike Coalition under the command of Grimlock.
Grimlock lead L.S.C. members Ironhide, Kup, Slag, Sludge, Snarl, Swoop and Wheeljack in stealing a shipment of energon from Starscream and the Predacons at the Moon Alpha Space Port (Transformers: The War Within - The Dark Ages #1).
Ultra Magnus reunited the Autobot factions, with Grimlock working as one of his advisors. Slag became a member of the Dynobots, a special Autobot unit directly under Grimlock's command.
The Dynobots were assigned to security at the peace talks between the Autobots, Decepticons and Ultracons 6 million years ago. It was their actions which saved the participants from being blown up in a sneak attack by Starscream and his Predacons (Transformers: Age of Wrath #1).
After Optimus Prime and the crew of the Autobot ship the Ark were lost in space 4 million years ago, the Dynobots formed a search party to recover them. They tracked the Autobot ship to the planet Earth, where the Dynobots were reformatted into mechanical dinosaurs, and Slag gained his current form. The Dynobots were ambushed by Decepticons Kickback, Shrapnel and Bombshell, and left in stasis lock until they were discovered by Prime and his crew in the 1980's. Because of their new alternate forms they were renamed the Dinobots.
Devil's Due Comics
In 2004 Slag was among the Autobots under the leadership Optimus Prime who attempted to take back the planet Cybertron from the Decepticon tyrant Shockwave (Transformers). After an accident with the teleportational systems of the supercomputer Teletran-3, Slag found himself sent back in time and on the planet Earth. He was reformatted in the form of an Earth dinosaur with several other Autobots. A group of humans were able to bring the new Dinobots back to Cybertron and they helped overcome Shockwave (G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers II #4).
Slag was released recolored and without his missile launcher for Generation Two. In the US Marvel Generation 2 comics he continued to appear in his Generation 1 colors.
Slag appeared in his green Generation 2 form in the short lived UK Generation 2 comic series.
Other Uses of Slag in Transformers
The word slag was also used in the extended biography of Generation One Megatron, where he was nicknamed "The Slag Maker".
The Generation One Decepticon Skullgrin carries a Slagmaker Carbine weapon.
Starting in Beast Wars, the word "slag" has come to be used as a common swear word in Transformers fiction, used in such expressions as: "Piece of slag," "What the slag?," "Slag off," "slaggin'," etc.. In the smelting process, pure metals are extracted from ores and the byproduct left behind when the pure molten metal is removed is called slag.
In the Beast Wars series, a character name Ramulus carried a Slagmaker Cannon.
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