User:Mathewignash/Powerhug

Powerhug is the name of a fictional character in the various Transformers universes.

Beast Wars Second

Powerhug
Transformers character
File:Powerhug.jpg
Powerhug in Beast Wars Second
Voiced byTakashi Matsuyama
In-universe information
AffiliationMaximal
Sub-groupDeluxe Beasts, Insectrons
FunctionJudo Expert
Rank8
Motto"If you're in my way you're going to get pounded straight into the ground. You've been warned."
Alternate modesArmadillidiidae (Pill Bug)

The Insectrons' judo master, Powerhug is covered with an incredibly durable shell. Straightforward of character, for some reason he speaks with a Kyūshū dialect. Long ago, he apparently had a nasty experience with the Autorollers, and is hoping to settle the score. His special skill is the Hug Hell Wheel, in which he rolls into a ball and delivers a body blow. In beast mode, his fangs and tail become alloy cutters. His crushing Power Hug pinions his enemies. [1]

Animated series

Formerly mercenaries, the Insectrons ended up on the Antarctica region of Gaia where they live peacefully. Starscream tricks them into fighting the Maximals until the ruse was ruined by Galvatron's fits. In their initial confrontation Powerhug fought Bighorn in hand-to-hand combat, but the two seemed evenly matched.

They later allied themselves with the Maximals. They had encountered their sworn rivals the Autorollers.

IDW Publishing

Powerhug had a biography printed in the Beast Wars Sourcebook by IDW Publishing. [2]

Toys

  • Beast Wars Second Powerhug (1998)
The toys for the Insectrons are recolors of several Beast Wars Predacons with insect forms and are meant to be different characters altogether. Powerhug is a redeco of the Predacon Retrax. He came either packaged by himself or with the Predacon Autocrusher. [3]

Transformers: Animated

Powerhug
Transformers character
In-universe information
AffiliationAutobot

A bust of Powerhug appeared in Master Yoketron's dojo as a member of ther Cyber Ninja Corps in the Transformers: Animated episode "Five Servos of Doom" during a flashback of Prowl's training during the Great War. [4]

References

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