Bruticus (WFC)
From Transformers Wiki
| The name or term "Bruticus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Bruticus (disambiguation). |
- Bruticus is a Decepticon combiner from the Aligned continuity family.
Bruticus was the first combiner created by the mad scientist Shockwave. For all his strength and power, however, the monstrous gestalt has only the most rudimentary mind, capable of wanton destruction and little else.
Bruticus is the combined form of five Combaticons:
He is also known as Bruticus Maximus.
Contents |
Fiction
Aligned novels
Shockwave created Bruticus Maximus when working in Crystal City. Though Bruticus's individual components were intelligent, the combined form was a monster who had trouble telling friend from foe, and he was put into stasis.
Following Crystal City's destruction during the war with the Autobots, Bruticus was revived and was ordered to serve on the battlefield at Praxus. During this battle, he took wounds that would prove to be fatal to any other Transformer, and survived, albeit heavily injured. He would not be so lucky during his deployment at Kalis, with Optimus Prime, Jazz and Sideswipe dismembering Bruticus to the point it was believed he would never combine again. Sideswipe boasted he tore off his head. Not even this would destroy the combiner for good; Bruticus later saw action at the forefront of the Nova Cronum massacre. Exodus
Platinum Edition toy bio
Grimlock was happy that he finally found a worthy opponent in the approaching Bruticus while the former's comrades fled terrified from the combiner. Grimlock vs Decepticon Bruticus
Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
The Combaticons had the ability to merge into the mighty Bruticus! It is not known whether all of Bruticus's components followed Megatron to Earth in his quest for the Allspark or if they remained behind on Cybertron. Only Brawl was recorded adopting an Earth vehicle mode. The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe
The Covenant of Primus
Bruticus fought in the Great War against the Autobots. The Combaticons remained behind on Cybertron after the launch of the Ark and the Nemesis, fighting the Wreckers on various occasions. The Covenant of Primus
Games
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
- Voice actor: Nolan North
Bruticus was formed by the Combaticons when they were making a last ditch effort to salvage a mission to capture a large Autobot energon transport. After the team disabled the anti-air guns, they got their dropship close enough for all five of them to depart onto the ship and combine. Bruticus's raw strength allowed him to easily eliminate the transport's crew, but the damage he did to the ship caused it to crash land.
Bruticus was later formed again when Megatron launched a mission to retake Trypticon. He didn't do much during the mission beyond forcing open a huge door that allowed Megatron and other Decepticons enter the facility that Autobots kept Trypticon in, as the door proved so heavy that Bruticus had to stay in one place to keep it open.
Bruticus was last seen during the Decepticon attack on the Ark, where he launched an attack on the ship's exterior, killing most of the crew he came across and damaging its fuel storage before being confronted by Jazz and Jetfire, who managed to defeat him and knock him off the ship. It's unknown if he survived. Fall of Cybertron
Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark
Console
After escorting Shockwave and the Dark Spark to the gates of Kaon, the Combaticons combined into Bruticus to deal with the Autobot forces that were laying siege to the area. The giant warrior made swift work of them and was lumbering back to the gates when Cliffjumper jumped onto his back and attempted to plant a detpak. However, Bruticus struggled and eventually sandwiched Cliffjumper against his back and the wall. Taking the injured Autobot prisoner, Shockwave forced the Autobots to stand down lest Bruticus crush Cliffjumper. But even though the Decepticons now had clear passage into Kaon, Shockwave had Bruticus bring Cliffjumper inside anyways so he'd have a test subject to test the power of the Dark Spark on. Rise of the Dark Spark (console)
3DS
Transformers Online
Transformers: Battle Tactics
Bruticus (FoC) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all of his component members were at max level. Transformers: Battle Tactics
Commercial appearances
- On a battlefield, as Megatron ordered the Decepticons to attack Optimus and Co, the Combaticons subsequently combined into Bruticus. Fall of Cybertron VGA Cinematic Trailer
- As Bruticus was fighting Grimlock, his allies, Jazz and the Dinobots, Swoop and Slug came to Grimlock's aid, and they ganged up on the combiner.
Toys
Generations
- Decepticon Bruticus (Multi-pack, July 12, 2012)
- Accessories: Sonic Cannon
- Known designers: Lenny Panzica (Hasbro)
- Generations: Fall of Cybertron "Decepticon Bruticus" is a San Diego Comic-Con 2012-exclusive multi-pack containing all five Combaticons in game-accurate colors. While Onslaught forms the torso, the remaining team members can serve as any of the four limbs, though the official configuration has Vortex as the left arm, Blast Off as the right arm, Decepticon Brawl as the left leg, and Swindle as the right leg. The individual weapons the Combaticons have can be combined into a "sonic cannon" for Bruticus to wield via 5 mm post.
- It should be noted that Bruticus can have some balance issues. This is mostly caused by having ALL of the Combaticons being Deluxes, Onslaught included. Although the 4 limb Combaticons can assume either an arm or foot position, certain members fare very poorly in certain modes, such as Brawl as an arm or Blast Off as a foot, which create further balancing problems for Bruticus.
- Whilst the colors may be game-accurate though, the limb modes cannot perform the gimmick of Vortex's rotor-blades being able to split and form a shield/weapon/thingamajigger. If you do try to perform this, you'll break Bruticus, or rob Bruticus of a functional elbow.
- These toys were redecoed into Generation 2 Bruticus and retooled into Fall of Cybertron Ruination.
- Part 1 of 5: Onslaught (Deluxe, 2012)
- Part 2 of 5: Blast Off (Deluxe, 2012)
- Part 3 of 5: Vortex (Deluxe, 2012)
- Part 4 of 5: Swindle (Deluxe, 2012)
- Part 5 of 5: Decepticon Brawl (Deluxe, 2012)
- Accessories: Sonic Cannon
- Known designers: Lenny Panzica (Hasbro)
- The mass-retail release of Fall of Cybertron "Decepticon Bruticus" is created by combining the five Combaticons, which were only available separately as part of the second wave of 2012-onwards Generations Deluxe Class toys. They each feature more colorful decos.
Platinum Edition
- Grimlock vs Decepticon Bruticus (Multi-pack, 2013)
- Accessories: Sonic Cannon
- Platinum Edition "Decepticon Bruticus" is a seemingly-identical re-release of his San Diego Comic-Con 2012 toy. He comes with a redeco of Fall of Cybertron Grimlock.
Notes
- Early on in Exodus, Bruticus Maximus and Onslaught are referred to as "Constructicons". The Constructicons here are a larger team than normal, but given that this description shortly follows a paragraph talking about definite, actual Constructicons and that the Combaticons' team name IS mentioned later, this seems a likely error by Alpha Trion or Alex Irvine.
- Bruticus's head is available in Fall of Cybertron multiplayer as an Omega-type component for Destroyer-class characters.
- Bruticus appears at the end of a chapter that focuses on the Combaticons, where his strength is needed to punch through the Autobot lines. His primary weapon is his melee attack with his bare hands, and he can throw three different melee attacks at once, unlike most other characters in the game. He also has a flamethrower that destroys most enemies in one hit and reloads instantly (and doesn't require the player to collect ammo) and he can also use Vortex's spinning rotor blades as a shield. In addition, he has the ability to punch the ground to send a shockwave at his enemies, destroying them instantly (this ability recharges quickly, and while it can be hard to aim the shockwave is so big it doesn't matter). On the other hand, Bruticus is (understandably) the slowest character in the game, and can't jump, boost, or dash. This means he can't avoid damage unless he uses his shield. This isn't much of a weakness since he can keep shooting his flamethrower without having to reload, his melee attack takes out any opponent in one hit, he has ten times as much health as a normal character and his energon shields recharge very quickly. Dying while using him isn't very likely. When he's fought as a boss, he also has the ability to fire artillery shells from the cannons on his back, which the player can't do while using him.
- Bruticus was evidently considered for an appearance during Robots in Disguise's Combiner Force imprint, as concept artwork of him appeared during a Hasbro Investor Update slideshow at Toy Fair 2017, alongside similar artwork for Ultra Bee.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Bruticus (ブルーティカス Burūtikasu)
- Mandarin: Booster (布斯達 Bù Sī Dá, Taiwan), Hùn Tiān Bào (Mainland China, 混天豹)
- Russian: Grubikus (Грубикус)