Bludgeon is a Metallikato martial-artist, loyal to the Decepticon cause and armed with an ancient blade handed down from ancient times. Underneath the samurai trappings though, he's a pretty straightforward 'con: he loves giving people a kicking, he's willing to fight dirty, and he doesn't give a fig about your complaints of immorality. Things like that, and his willingness to use a high-voltage electric cannon when fights go against him, are why other Metallikato users believe he's not a true master. But what does he care, he just shot you with a cannon!
One thing he does care about: he really, really gets focused on rivals and proving he's the best of them. If the rival defeats him, hey, he'll just find a new one to obsess over, no matter how much damage he took from the last.
He likes how Earth is full of innocent victims to use against Autobots, but he could do without all that disgusting greenery and water. It has other possibilities too: a smart, canny, dirty-fighting 'Con could lead his own faction if they played their cards right...
History[]
Long ago, Bludgeon and Whirl were rivals in Metalliko, and they fought on Earth, but Whirl was able to overcome and defeat Bludgeon. Bludgeon nearly died, but retreated to the jungles of Southeast Asia, having now gained a new tank mode and a skeleton armoured robot mode.
IDW comics[]
After Megatron's defeat at the Star Harvester in Egypt, Starscream gathered his own followers and hatched his own plans for conquest. To this end, Starscream sent Bludgeon and several other Decepticons under his command after a small Transformer named Brains who had fallen under the protection of Bumblebee and Sam Witwicky. In addition to Bumblebee, Wheeljack and Mirage opposed the Decepticons, and in the chaos of battle, Bludgeon accidentally killed Storm Surge while trying to shoot the invisible Mirage. He wasn't all that remorseful about his mistake. Once the Decepticons learned that Shockwave had arranged their mission in order to divert attention away from his own activities, they lost interest in fighting and attempted to retreat, but the Autobots wouldn't let them. Bludgeon was last seen laying defeated on the ground with a deadly wound to his chest.