Dirt Boss (Animated)

Dirt Boss is aDecepticonConstructiconfrom theAnimatedcontinuity family.

Diminutive, ain't he?

Created accidentally by the fusion of a forklift, aHeadmaster unit,and anAllSparkfragment,Dirt Bossis a little bot with big, big plans. Sick of having been bossed around back when he was nothing more than a simple machine, he's decided thathe'sgoing to be giving the orders from now on!

His nasty attitude might be enough to accomplish this on its own, but he's capable of getting muscle for his jobs very quickly. He can fire a small remote control device from his forehead, tipped with a drill that allows it to bore its way into other machines—Transformers included—giving Dirt Boss direct control of their motor functions. And if he really has to get his servos dirty, his stumpy little legs are actually quite capable of delivering a brutal roundhouse. Now he's taken command of the otherConstructiconsand is going to make sureDetroitknows who's boss!

Fiction

Animatedcartoon

Voice actor:John Mariano(English),Tetsuo Gotō(Japanese),Sylvain Lemarié(French),Alexander Páez(Latin-American Spanish),Eudes Carvalho(Brazilian Portuguese)

Isaac SumdacandBulkheadwere using the forklift that would become Dirt Boss in theirspace bridgerecreation project atSumdac Tower,but Bulkhead's natural clumsiness sent the forklift, the recently recaptured Headmaster unit, and three Allspark fragments plummeting several floors. While Isaac went to sleep off his scare and Bulkhead went to get help with reinforcing the tower's structural support for the new space bridge, the fallen objects fused together.

I gotta deal you can't-a refuse, icehole!

By the time Bulkhead returned withMixmasterandScrapper,who were beginning to come around to the idea of becomingAutobots,Dirt Boss had come to life. Pulled up by Scrapper, the tiny terror immediately used his motor-control power on Scrapper to make him hit himself repeatedly. The three far larger robots were quickly cowed into submission, and Dirt Boss revealed his plan to hijack oil shipments to increase his power base in the city...a plan with which the two Constructicons quickly got on board.

Leading the two on an overnight crime spree (and occasionally beating the Constructicons for drinking the profits), he revealed his plan to torch theFossil Fuelplant, forcing the city to come to him for oil. Bulkhead attempted to stop them before they left, but that didn't go too well. Bulkhead was dragged to the fuel plant, and eventually Dirt Boss used his motor-control on him, intending him to start a fire that would destroy the plant (sacrificing the bound Mixmaster in the process). The rest of the Autobots arrived, but a stray spark set the spilled oil ablaze anyway. Dirt Boss took control of Mixmaster and Scrapper, who had become stuck together in the fight, and rode them to the top of the oil tower. Fortunately, Sumdac had followed them, carrying theplasma dynamic thrusterfrom their space bridge. Bulkhead reprogrammed the device andtranswarpedthe oil tanker—and the three Constructicons—to just offshore ofDinobot Islandjust before it exploded.Three's a Crowd

After the blast, Scrapper made it to Dinobot Island and lived there for a few weeks, unsure of what fate had befallen Dirt Boss.Human Error, Part IIAfter the Autobots captured the Decepticons and returned to Cybertron, however, it was revealed that Dirt Boss had also survived, though where he had been was not explained. Hooking back up with Scrapper, Dirt Boss put his two subordinates to work on his newest construction project: building something called "Devastator"...The AllSpark Almanac II

Notes

• Well, it took a while, but anime fans can at last point to an honest-to-gosh reference to the animeGurren LaganninAnimated:As confirmed byDerrick J. Wyattover his Twitter feed, Dirt Boss is designed in homage to the small Lagann mecha from the show.
• Despite having just been created, Dirt Boss manages to have a Decepticon insignia withoutMegatron's influence. Coincidently, the forklift he was created from was colored in the same colors as Mixmaster and Scrapper after their induction into the Decepticons.
• Dirt Boss can fire shells from his forehead to control other robots?Sounds familiar...

Foreign names

• Japanese:Dirt Boss(ダートボスDāto Bosu)