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{{seealso|Buggy Robo}}
{{Infobox character
| name = BuggyMan
| series = [[GoBots]]
| image = [[File:buggyman-carded.jpg|240px]]
| caption = BuggyMan in card
| first = ''Challenge of the GoBots'' episode 1, "Battle for GoBotron"
| last =
| creator = Tonka
| portrayer =
| voice =
| nickname =
| alias =
| species = GoBot
| gender = Male
| occupation = Enemy Robot Car
| title =
| family =
| spouse =
| significantother =
| children =
| relatives =
| religion =
| nationality =
| lbl1 = Japanese name
|data1 =
| lbl2 = Release number
|data2 = 08, 39
| lbl21 = Abilities
|data21 = * [[Energy blasts]]
* [[Flight]]
* [[Healing factor]]
* [[Oxygen independence]]
* [[Shapeshifting]]
* [[Superhuman durability]]
* [[Superhuman longevity]]
* [[Superhuman strength]]
| lbl22 = Affiliation
|data22 = Renegade GoBots
| lbl23 = Alternate mode
|data23 = Dune buggy
}}
'''BuggyMan''' is a [[fictional character]] from the [[GoBots]] series.<ref>{{Cite book | title=Totally Tubular '80s | last=Bellomo | first=Mark | year=2010 | publisher=Krause Publications| ISBN=1440212821 | pages= 90–93}}</ref> He is a Renegade GoBot who turns into a dune buggy who was introduced in 1983. He was a reoccuring character in the ''Challenge of the GoBots'' animated series.

==GoBots==
BuggyMan is a Renegade GoBot. He is one of the many Renegades loyal to Cy-Kill. Some fiction refers to him as "the Buggy Man".

The following was printing on the Ask Vector Prime Facebook page on October 18th, 2016, when Cy-Kill was hosting.<REF>https://www.facebook.com/AskVectorPrime/posts/739098136222159</REF>
{{quote|
Dear Renegade Rhetoric, Can you tell us anything about Scales, Block Head, Fly Trap, or BuggyMan?

Cy-Kill: ...

BuggyMan is a solid officer. He takes the initiative readily and is quick to assess the situation and make a judgment. He is often in command of a Thruster.
}}

===Development===
In December 2014 Reprolabels released a set of stickers for Duneraker that included BuggyMan themed stickers.

===Fictional biography===
{{quote|Everyone's heard of the Boogeyman-well, BuggyMan's just as bad. And when he turns into a dune buggy he's a real mean machine.}}

===Abilities===
Like most GoBots, BuggyMan has numerous abilities because of his robotic body. He can survive in space and is super-humanly strong and tough. He can fly in robot mode and project energy blasts from his hands. His body heals quickly when supplied with energy. He can turn into a dune buggy.

===Animated series===
[[image:buggyman1-cotg.jpg|240px|left|thumb|BuggyMan in ''Challenge of the GoBots'']]
BuggyMan first appeared in episode 1 of ''[[Challenge of the GoBots]]'', "[[Battle for GoBotron]]". He was among the Renegades in Cy-Kill fortress on GoBotron present just before Cy-Kill left for Earth. He informed Cy-Kill that the Guardians were attacking.

BuggyMan appeared in the episode 5, "[[The Final Conflict]]" where he was among the Renegades captured on GoBotron.

BuggyMan appears in "[[Flight to Earth]]" episode 10. He and [[Geeper-Creeper]] chase Scooter and Sparky on GoBotron.

BuggyMan appeared in episode 12, "[[Time Wars]]" where he was sent from GoBotron to Earth on a mission by Cy-Kill to delay the Guardians by demolishing a dam. BuggyMan was then sent to the lab of a scientist who invented a time travel machine to guard the machine while Cy-Kill and his allies were in 217 B.C. Although the Guardians captured the Renegades BuggyMan aided them in escaping by using a portable stealth device to turn them all invisible.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Time Wars |episodelink= |series= Challenge of the GoBots|serieslink= Challenge of the GoBots|credits= Written by Jeff Seagle, Kelly Ward and Doug Booth |network= First-run syndication|station= |airdate= September 17th, 1985|season= 1|number= 12}}</ref>

[[image:buggyman2-cotg.jpg|240px|left|thumb|BuggyMan in ''Challenge of the GoBots'']]
In the episode 34 "[[Scooter Enhanced]]" Scooter and Small Foot join [[Nick Burns (GoBots)|Nick]] and A.J. to watch a car stunt show which is attacked by Crasher, BuggyMan and [[Fly Trap]]. Small Foot fights Buggyman and defeats him, but the Renegades gain the upper hand. The Guardians are rescued by Leader-1 and Turbo who arrive in [[Power Suit (GoBots)|Power Suit]]s. Cy-Kill vows to gain Power Suits for the Renegades. Scooter decides he needs more firepower, so he has [[Professor von Joy]] remove his damaged holo projector in favor of a blaster unit. [[Screw Head]], [[Bad Boy (GoBots)|Bad Boy]] and Cop-Tur are sent to attack Unecom bases and distract the Guardians while Cy-Kill, Crasher and [[Scorp]] attempt to take the suits from the Guardian Command Center. Small Foot and Scooter are able to delay the Renegades until Leader-1 and Turbo return to chase away the Renegades. Realizing he was a better Guardian with his holo projector, Scooter has it reinstalled.<ref>{{Cite episode |title= Scooter Enhanced|episodelink= |series= Challenge of the GoBots|serieslink= Challenge of the GoBots|credits= Written by Jeff Segal, Kelly Ward and Mark Young |network= First-run syndication|station= |airdate= October 9th, 1984|season= 1|number= 34}}</ref>

===Comics===
====Fun Publications====
=====Rhetoricverse=====
BuggyMan appeared in the ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]'' episode 7-8 story ''[[The Hawks of Space]]''. In the story he kidnapped Doctor Anya Turgonova.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=The Hawks of Space|episodelink= |series= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|serieslink= Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|credits= Written by Jim Sorenson |network= |station= |airdate= September 24, 1986 & September 25, 1986/October 19th, 2015 |season= 1|number= 7 & 8}}</ref>

===Toys===
*'''''Tonka GoBots'' 08 BuggyMan''' (1983)
:A release of Machine Robo MR-08 Buggy Robo toy. Turns from robot to buggy. Released in blue.

*'''''Tonka GoBots'' 39 BuggyMan''' (1985)
:A recolor of the original mold in orange.
:This color represents the character as they appeared when enslaved by the Overseers in "[[Chains of Doom]]".

*'''''Reprolabels'' Labels for iGear Duneraker''' (2014)
:A set of labels for Duneraker that include stickers to make him more like Beachcomber or BuggyMan.<REF>http://toyhax.com/standard-scale/859-labels-for-ig-duneraker.html?search_query=Duneraker&results=1</REF>

{{seealso|Duneraker}}

===Gallery===
<gallery>
image:buggyman-orange-carded.jpg|Buggyman 1985 release on card
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*http://counter-x.net/gobots/challenge/profiles/renegades/buggyman.html
*http://counter-x.net/gobots/reviews/series1/buggyman.html
*http://gobotsmachinerobo.blogspot.com/2009/03/buggy-mansinister-beach-transport.html
*http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/Buggyman/buggyman.htm
*http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/OrangeBuggyman/buggyman.htm

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