Groundpounder (G1)
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| This article is about the Generation 1 Autobot Micromaster. For the Aligned Decepticon, seeGroundpounder (RID). |
- Groundpounder is anAutobotMicromasterfrom theGeneration 1continuity family.
Groundpounderof theConstruction Patrollives by the philosophy, "Dig first, plan later." His tendency to dig into buried power lines, gas mains, and sewage pipes has made him less-than-popular with his teammates.[1]
Remember,call before you dig!
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Fiction
DreamwaveGeneration Onecontinuity
Groundpounder was present in the Micromaster barracks whenBig Daddyflew off the handle and stormed off with hisHot Rod Patrol.Destined for NothingLater, Groundpounder was testing his might againstBombshockinLittle Iacon:both he andDropshotwere arm-wrestling a single one of Bombshock's arms... and losing!The Gray Race
2005 IDW continuity
Groundpounder was one of the legions ofDead UniverseGorlamites who pursuedHardheadandNightbeatonGorlam Prime.He survived to pursue the Autobots into the planet's subterranean caverns, and helped theJhiaxus-possessed Nightbeat dig out after Hardhead triggered a cave-in.Spotlight: HardheadGroundpounder was decapitated trying to defend Jhiaxus fromArcee.Spotlight: Sideswipe
A Cybertronian version of Groundpounder MAY have been seen inIaconafter the fall of theNecrotitan.The Becoming
Regeneration One
More than twenty-one years after the end of the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Groundpounder andErectorfell victim toScorponok'sGene KeyonCybertron.They assistedPerceptorand the resurrected Decepticon in creating a planet-wide version of the Gene Key in theSonic Canyons.Natural Selection, Part FourAfterGrimlockand Perceptor foiled Scorponok's plans, a recovered Groundpounder and Erector were sent toNebulosto establish their end of thespace bridgenetwork in theClar Macro-jungle,alongsideTakedown,Neutro,andCrumble,under the command ofQuickmix.TheDark Matrixcreature-corruptedFortress Maximusawoke on Nebulos soon after and took control of the space bridge network, so it's best not to imagine the ugly fate that probably befell Groundpounder and the rest of the team.The War to End All Wars, Part 1
Commercial appearances
The Construction Patrol and theHot Rod Patrolwere faced byScorponokadvancing menacingly upon them. As the Decepticon began to cross a suspension bridge, they destroyed it, sending Scorponok tumbling down. (From the looks of it, Groundpounder did most of the work!)Hot Rod and Construction Patrol commercial
Toys
The Transformers
- Construction Patrol(Micromaster Patrol,1990)
- Takara name:Build Patrol Team
- Takara ID number:C-351
- Released in the seventh (and final) year of Hasbro's USTransformerstoyline(sixth and not-final year in European markets), Groundpounder transforms into an orange earth mover of undetermined model. His front-shovel cam raise and lower. Yay! He'sgang-moldedwith his teammate Takedown, sharing plastic colors.
- In Takara's markets, the Team was released as the "Build Patrol Team" in theZoneportion of Takara'sFight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformerstoyline. They are physically identical to their Hasbro counterparts.
Notes
Foreign names
- Japanese:Groundpounder(グランドパウンダーGurandopaundā)
- French:Pilon(Canada)
- Italian:Cuneo
