Thunder

"You think I'm dumb. Everybody thinks I'm dumb... until I get my hands on them."
― Thunder, Hero Factory Promotional Magazine

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Thunder
Villain
Employer	Von Nebula (formerly)
Weapons	Meteor Blaster Crusher Claw Nebula Gas Cannon
Status	Functional
Set number	7157 Thunder (instructions)

Thunder is a formidable, yet smug villain who formerly worked for Von Nebula.

Biography

At some point, Thunder was built. His life before he became a Villain and how he did so are unknown.

Thunder was wanted by the Hero Factory for numerous crimes of theft and extortion, as well as a vicious attack on a whole trade fleet that caused its destruction, as he shredded it to metal scrap in their hangars.^{[HFPM][FO:MSG]}

Von Nebula

Von Nebula eventually recruited Thunder into his group of criminals to destroy Hero Factory.

Thunder firing the Nebula Gas Cannon

Thunder got a Nebula Gas Cannon. Von Nebula sent him and Corroder to go to New Stellac City to combat the Alpha 1 Team veteran Heroes, Preston Stormer, Jimi Stringer, and Dunkan Bulk. Thunder and Corroder used meteors to arrive at the city, and then they fought the three Heroes. During the fight, Thunder used the Nebula Gas Cannon to attack Stormer, but Stormer used his new armor to resist the blast. After the Alpha 1 Team's rookies, William Furno, Mark Surge, and Natalie Breez arrived at the cty, Thunder and Corroder ambushed the three rookies. XPlode and Meltdown used meteors to arrive at the city to help the two villains attack the rookies, but the veteran Heroes saved the rookies from the four villains. After Von Nebula disarmed the Heroes by using the gravitational pull of his black hole base, Stormer and Furno went to fight Von Nebula in the black hole base while the other four Heroes were fighting the other villains. The criminals eventually ran out of ammunition, and the Heroes counter-attacked and knocked them out. The Heroes used a metal strap to trap the four villains. The villains were arrested and imprisoned by the Heroes in the Hero Factory's Villain Storage.^{[Episode 4]}

Breakout

Thunder had then escaped during the Breakout, initiated by Voltix, and went on the loose.^{[Episode 8]} Later, Thunder got recaptured.^[SM4]

Abilities and Traits

Thunder is taller than a 1.0 Hero.

Thunder is a brute who only respects power. He is strong enough to fight his way out of an ambush and smash his way out of most prison cells. Thunder is said to be Von Nebula's toughest servant. However, he also has a slight lack of intelligence. He takes pleasure in the fact that he can scare most citizens just by looking at them. His lack of intelligence leads some heroes to the mistaken conclusion that it is a weakness. Few have made this mistake and lived to tell the tale. When he is cornered, he will twist his body into a ball to bowl over his adversaries.^[HFPM]

Thunder's left bicep armor has two spikes. One is larger and on top of the armor part while the smaller one on the bottom of the armor part.

Tools

Thunder was armed with the Crusher Claw, a Meteor Blaster, and the Nebula Gas Cannon. Thunder appears to have the Crusher Claw as his right hand. The Meteor Blaster and Nebula Gas Cannon were confisciated when he is jailed.

Stats

Set Information

Set 1757 Thunder

Set 7157 Thunder was released as a box set in the summer of 2010. The set includes 47 pieces.

Trivia

• Thunder was voiced by Fred Tatasciore in Episode 4: Von Nebula.
• In the Television Episodes, Thunder's head is placed on top of his torso rather than the top front of his torso, making him not look like a hunchback. His left forearm armor is bulkier. His Crusher Claw is his right hand rather than his full right forearm, and he has a normal right forearm.
• On the back of Breez's canister set, which shows a fight between Breez and Thunder, Thunder is shown shooting electricity, but this is not shown in the canon.

Appearances

• Comic 4: Von Nebula Rising
• Episode 4: Von Nebula (FA)
• Hero Factory Promotional Magazine
• Hero Factory FM (M)
• Episode 8: Breakout Part 1 (C)
• Face Off: Makuro's Secret Guidebook
• Mission: Von Nebula (NC)

See also

• Gallery:Villains § Thunder

External links

• Thunder's Bio on HeroFactory.com (archived)