Corroder

“Just stay like that, Heroes. Don't worry - I'll make it as painful as possible.”

— Corroder, Core Crisis

Corroder
Villain
Affiliation	Von Nebula
Weapons	Cranial Horn, Meteor Blaster, Razor-Sharp Claws
Status	Alive
Location	Unknown

Corroder is one of Von Nebula's most intelligent and dangerous servants.

Biography

Cygnia

Since his creation, Corroder has made a name for himself as one of the more Intelligent villains in the Galaxy. In his time, committing multiple counts of theft from numerous planet treasuries, destroyed public monuments on several worlds, and sabotaged the Cygnia Thermo-Dam, where it's speculated he acquired his toxicity powers. These actions eventually attracted the attention of Von Nebula, whom he then recruited into his gang.

Rise Of The Rookies

Tantalus 5

Corroder in penitentiary 1331

Under Von Nebula's instructions, Corroder traveled to Tantalus 5 to attack the construction site of Penitentiary 1331, a still premature prison complex. Corroder made sure to wound some of the workers there during his spree. Heroes Jimi Stringer and Dunkan Bulk were quickly sent to defend the compound and rescue as many civilians as possible. As Rookie Mark Surge arrives at the scene, Corroder begins unloading his Meteor Blaster on the Hero before directing his attention towards the rest of the Heroes. Corroder properly introduces himself before continuing to fight the heroes up on the infrastructure above. The battle turns for the worst for the Heroes when Corroder blasts acid at the crane line carrying a stock of girders above Surge, only for Bulk to push him out of the way and get buried underneath the prison of metal. With the strongest of the heroes out of the fight, Stringer draws Corroder's attention away while Surge rushes to aid the thankfully still-alive Bulk.

Corroder attacking Stringer

Stringer pursues the villain throughout the complex, exchanging multiple shots to draw Corroder away long enough for Bulk to recover. Corroder surprises the Hero, atop the rocks sheltering him, and almost kills him before blocking an incoming shot and unleashing his toxic goo. Eventually, Stringer leads the villain back to the full group of heroes, who are now using a pile of girders for defence. Bulk fires at a beam that nearly falls on the villain, leaving him frustrated during the one-on-one confrontation. As the villain charges at the heroes, all three create a Hero Cell just as Corroder unleashes his acid again. Fortunately, the Hero Cell shields them, and in rage, Corroder throws the metal beam that fell Infront of him at them, but it has no effect. As Corroder unloads all the toxins he has in an effort to burn through the shield, a Hero Pod then crashes into Corroder, sending him flying into a wall and angering him even more. He stomped towards the pod, intending to tear the Hero inside apart when they got out. However, Rookie William Furno's surprise attacks him from the infrastructure above, revealing that he had ejected from the pod before it crashed. After a short fight, Corroder shoots acid at Furno charging toward him, sending him crashing to the ground only for the rookie to kick him in the face thanks to getting retrofitted by Big Joe with acid-resistant armour.

After another extended chase from Furno after Corroder attempts to throw a Pipe at him, Corroder continues to scatter across the site before noticing a Drop Ship arriving, and Furno asks if the villain could take on ten Heroes at once. Corroder decided he could not and formed a smokescreen by ejecting poisonous gas from his claws stirring stirring a thick cloud allowing him to escape via his Vehicle, which he calls in with a press of a button. He thee returns to the villains' base, where he reports to Von Nebula how the sabotage had gone sour, however Von Nebula reveals that Furno had bluffed, but assures Corroder that he had still been successful in his mission.

New Stellac City

Corroder battling the Heroes in New Stellac City

Corroder and Thunder reappeared in New Stellac City, entering the scene with meteorite-like capsules. There, they battled the Alpha 1 Team. The rookie team eventually arrived to aid the Heroes after Stormer got blasted with a bolt of energy From Thunder's Nebula Gas Cannon, while at the same time, XPlode and Meltdown arrived to aid the villains. The battle had turned in the villain's favour when Von Nebula's Blackhole appeared and sucked up all of the Hero's weapons, leaving them defenceless now left to play ¨moving target¨. Corroder and the other villains eventually ran out of ammo, leaving Corroder stunned by Surge and Breez working together, soon followed by the rest of the villains' defeats. Stringer and Bulk then wrapped a piece of metal from the city's Drone monument around them, trapping the Villains. Corroder was stripped of his weapons and, along with the other villains, was imprisoned at the Villain Storage Facility.

Corroder escpaing during the Breakout

Breakout

Some years later, Corroder, along with all the other villains within the Villain Storage Facility escaped during the mass breakout Voltix and Black Phantomcreated using Von Nebula's Black Hole Orb Staff. Since then he has been recaptured as mention in TBA. He has remained in Custody since.

Personality and Traits

Corroder is an intelligent individual, but does not appear to be a wise one. Lethal in close combat, Corroder thinks he should lead the group, instead of Von Nebula. However, Corroder is smart enough to not rebel against his boss unless he is sure he can defeat him.

Appearance

Corroder dawns rusty, lime/toxic green and black armor with two-toed feet like Meltdowns. He's equipped with his razor-sharp claws in place of his hands and uses them not only for attacking but to walk on all fours while having a large, singular horn on his head along with bright red eyes and sharp teeth.

Weapons

Corroder is armed with Razor-Sharp Claws capable of shooting acid and poisonous gas in place of his hands and a right-shoulder-mounted Meteor Blaster. He is also known to use his corrosive spit and utilizing his horn in lethal close combat.

Set Information

Corroder as a set.

7156 Corroder was released in August 2010 as one of the four "small boxed" villain sets released as part of the Hero Factory line. The set contained 40 pieces. A sticker sheet was included, which was intended to be placed onto certain parts of the set.

Kelly McKiernan, manager for the Hero Factory website, combined XPlode's set with Corroder's in order to create Crunchy. However, Crunchy was merely built to demonstrate the proper techniques for taking a photograph for HeroFactory.com's gallery, thus no instructions were ever made for the combine model.

Quotes

“Let's see how tough you are after a little acid, Hero.”

— Corroder, LEGO HERO FACTORY Booklet

“The forecast calls for showers. Hope you brought your umbrellas!”

— Corroder, Core Crisis

“Now to see if my Hero is the way I like it: Deep Fried!”

— Corroder, Core Crisis

“This prison won't ever hold any prisoners, heroes, and doesn't that just burn you up?”

— Corroder, Core Crisis

“I haven't had this much fun since that little job on Cygnia!"”

— Corroder to Jimi Stringer, Core Crisis

Trivia

• Corroder is voiced by Charlie Adler in Rise of the Rookies.
• Corroder is somewhat similar to Toxic Reapa, as they are both lime green lizard-like villains who use a toxic substance as their main method of attack.
• Corroder is one of the four villains who use toxic based weapons, the other three being Toxic Reapa, Meltdown and Splitface
• Corroder has the most screen time out of the villains due to and entire episode based around his conflict with the Heroes

Appearances

• Core Crisis (First Appearance) (Comic)
• Core Crisis (TV Episode)
• Von Nebula Rising (Comic
• Von Nebula (TV Episode)
• Hero Factory FM (Mentioned Only)
• Mission: Von Nebula (Non-Canonical Appearance)
• Breakout (Cameo Appearance)

See Also

• Gallery

External Links

• Corroder Building Instructions on LEGO.com (European Version)
• Corroder Building Instructions on LEGO.com (United States of America Version)