Mudflap

***For the time being, Mudflap will be represented by his artwork from the Transformers Trading Card Game.***

## Mudflap

* Robot Mode
* Crane Mode

### Voice Actor

Dale Wilson (Cybertron cartoon)

Mudflap is a major supporting character in Transformers Loud. Able to transform into a crane truck, he's an old friend of Skids's from before they left Cybertron who originally served in the Autobot Resistence, but he and the unit he was stationed with were captured by the Destrons and forcefully conscripted to serve them.

## Personality

Mudflap has... anger issues. This former boxing champion has a very nasty attitude, often beating the slag out of already beaten enemies. This brutal exterior, however, masks a weaker interior filled with doubt, knowing that what he's doing is wrong. He wants to quit and hook back up with the Autobots, but knows that his reputation will keep him from having a chance at joining; or at the very least, will have everyone looking at him twice. So for the time being, he feels he has to stuck with the Destrons, and lets his enemies know it by way of inflicting enormous amounts of pain on them.

## History

### Upbringing

Originally, Mudflap "grew up" in the city of Nyon, where he worked as a construction worker, lifitng and transporting large objects to be used in constructing buildings. In his free-time though, he found himself becoming a pro in the Cybertronian Boxing ring, gaining a reputation as one of the strongest fighters and the creative ways he incorporated his crane arm into a free-flying limbs fighting technique. It was also here that he befriended the young theoretician Skids.

### Escape from Cybertron

Mudflap was among the many Autobot Rebels that evacuated Cybertron 20 Earth years/Stellar Cycles prior to the events of the series. However, his ship was one of the unfortunate few that got caught by Destron interception ships. The shuttle was quickly disabled and boarded, with the Destron troops killing all of the Rebels, including Mudflap's good buddy Landmine. 'Flap did put up one heck of a fight though, and this was noticed by the C.O. of the attack squad. So, he taken captive by the squad and forced into recruitment.

## Abilities & Equipment

* Transformation

Mudflap is able to transform into a Cybertronian crane truck.

* Superior Strength

Even by Cybertronian standards, Mudflap is very strong, able to lift & carry an entire wall with ease in both Robot Mode and in his crane arm.

* Crane Arm

As a crane-former, Mudflap has a crane arm that attaches to his left arm when transformed. It's able to lift very heavy objects, and in robot mode, he can use his crane arm as both a melee weapon and to fling himself across the battlefield by extending it outward, planting the tip into the ground and vaulting into the air, often to deliver a dive kick.

* Laser Cannon

Mudflap has a laser cannon that folds out of his right arm.

## Relationships

### Skids

During their "youth" in Nyon, Skids was the only Bot that Mudflap could truly call a friend. Sure, he was alright around the rest of the Bots that would eventually become Team Rodimus, but Skids was the guy he felt the most comfortable around.

## Notes

Mudflap is one of the few characters in this series that doesn't originate from Generation 1. Rather, he comes from the Cybertron cartoon, though the generally blocky design that show's characters have make him and most other Unicron Trilogy characters that may yet be featured a little easier to put alongside G1 designs; and even then, a version of this character was brought into the G1 continuity family thanks to the official Trading Card Game and the 2019 IDW comics. However, unlike in *Cybertron* where his defection came about by him being frustrated with having to hide on Earth & his confused feelings on humans, this version has been forced to defect as another way to show some of the Destrons' dirty methods. This also has the effect of making a more tragic figure with his turn rather than a confused one as he was in *Cybertron* (doesn't help with his temper problems, though).

Mudflap's relation to Skids is obviously a nod to their... controversial counterparts from the live-action movies, though their relationship is a lot closer to Mudflap's dynamic with the character of Landmine in the Cybertron cartoon.

This version of Mudflap has lost his "Cyber Key Power", meaning that he can't flip out his (ridiculously) colossal translucent green saw-blade that emerged from his crane arm. But even without it, he does still use his crane arm as one of his main forms of physical attacks and he even still does his pole vault-like special move (and even then, the blade and crane came to about *three times* the height of his body when fully extended, so he's still got plenty of arm to spare).