crasher n : someone who gets in (to a party) without an invitation or without paying [syn: gatecrasher, unwelcome guest]

English

Noun

1. One who crashes.
2. One who attends an event without an invitation

   Wedding Crashers (2005 movie)

French

Pronunciation

/kʁa.ʃe/

Homophones

• cracher

Etymology

From crash

Verb

crasher

1. In the context of "of an aircraft}} To crash-land

Crasher is a fictional character in the Gobots toyline, and the subsequent Challenge of the GoBots cartoon. The character transformed into a Porsche 956.

Challenge of the Gobots

The female Crasher was one of Cy-Kill's most loyal Renegades, despite a having somewhat manic personality. One of her favoured past times is participating in demolition derbies. Under interrogation, she admitted to having a crush on Leader-1 before the Guardians and Renegades began their struggle. Unlike most Gobots, she rarely seems to use her hand-mounted blasters, instead using a trademark attack wherein she stamps her foot on the ground to create a powerful earthquake-style energy discharge. Crasher's seeming state of near-madness effectively renders her fearless, and she has an ongoing grudge with the Guardian Turbo, rarely avoiding a chance to battle him. However, she tends to take any defeat or challenge very personally.

Despite her gender, unlike many 1980s female cartoon characters Crasher is shown to be treated equally compared to her male counterparts, and is feared by most Guardians.

Crasher appeared in almost every episode, usually as a featured character.

The Transformers: Megatron: Origin

In the second issue Crasher is one of the background Transformers cheering Megatron's victory over Cy-Kill. However, the character is drawn with a face similar to the toy, with a large red visor taking up much of the face.

Toy

Crasher’s toy was a re-release of the Machine Robo Porsche Robo figure. It was first issued by Tonka in 1983, in an authentic white Rothmans Porsche livery (of the 1982-87 factory team). However, from the outset the character was black/red in the cartoon, and by 1984 the toy was recolored to match Crasher's on-screen appearance. In 1993, the white version (with a new sticker sheet) was issued as "Sports Car" (the trademark "Crasher" now belonging to Hasbro) in Bandai's Robo Machines range.

External links

• Crasher's Web Page of Mass Destruction