Crusher is the main antagonist, and one of the main characters of Blaze and the Monster Machines, sometimes serving as the Anti-hero of the show. He is a male Monster Machine, and also Blaze's biggest rival. PersonalityCrusher is egomaniacal, rude, selfish, whiny, and a jerk. He is shown to be scheming and overly determined to win. Whenever he is about to lose, he would cheat himself out of trouble, only to sometimes meet his match. He is shown to be scheming and surely, always thinking up some way to stop Blaze and/or his friends from finishing their task so he can carry on with himself. He is also impatient, which causes more trouble than good for him. He is also obsessed with cake and ice cream, and if it looks like either, he'll try to eat it (even if it isn't tasty or actually food), but will abandon it if he doesn't like it. Combined with the fact he also likes marshmallows and hot chocolate, this implies he has quite the sweet tooth. Crusher does not take losing really well, as whenever things don't go his way, he whines and cries. He also doesn't like getting dirty, and shows disgust while doing so. He'll ignore important factors once he unleashes his greed on his target, causing him to misunderstand situations until he has a proper explanation, often causing more trouble than needed. Despite being selfish, rude and greedy, Crusher knows that good teammates never have those traits, and it was only after Rudy showed them in the Team Truck Challenge that he found him to be a bad teammate. Despite knowing this, Crusher rarely uses the traits of a good teammate, and he compulsively cheats to get what he wants, despite the consequences of his actions. It has been shown multiple times that Crusher actively chooses to steal and cheat over being polite, and his default reaction to waiting is to barge through a line. His overconfidence and ego also leave him short-sighted, meaning he easily misses important details. Soft sideDespite his antagonizing personality, he does hold some honor in him. Like agreeing to babysit Baby Gherkin in The Pickle Family Campout and helped cooking for hungry customers at a restaurant. As the series goes on, he continues to show more of a softer side. AppearanceCrusher resembles a large 18-wheeler cargo-truck, such as a 2005 Peterbilt 386 or 2012 Kenworth T680, but with only four wheels. He is painted very deep blue with lighter blue trimming in the shape of a flaming lightning bolt on both sides, and has a backwards-facing horseshoe shape on his top rear (which actually gives the appearance of a fifth-wheel hitch). He has a shield-shaped chrome grille, chrome front bumper, and dual chrome exhaust pipes that stick up and curve behind him. On both sides of his chassis is a hexagonal silver bag which holds the parts to his cheating gadgets. His tires have lightning bolt tread patterns, aluminum silver rims with a blue center cap, and the springs on his shock absorbers are blue as well. The roof is black with a brim coated with four silver rivets, resembling a ski cap. CookingIn Sneezing Cold, Crusher is shown making something unknown in his pit, despite still having the Sneezles. This might suggest he isn’t a good cooker. Later on in Fired Up!, he makes a pizza but leaves it in for too long, burning it. His cooking skills have been improved a bit by Meatball Mayhem, where he works as a meatball chef at a restaurant. RelationshipsBlazeBlaze is Crusher's biggest adversary and competition. He despises him more than any other racer because he's the most liked Monster Machine of all. His goal is to stop Blaze and win before him, but is never able to succeed with such (until Defeat the Cheat), on account of Blaze finishing the task or using his Blazing Speed to win. Crusher is often jealous of Blaze and what he does. His jealousy was mentioned in The Driving Force after Blaze beats him, and in Fired Up!, when Pickle says Blaze is doing his best to be a firefighter, he wishes he were a firefighter, too. Despite their rivalry toward each other, Crusher is shown to have softened with Blaze at times. One big instance was in Defeat the Cheat when they were partnered with each other for the Team Truck Challenge and Crusher had to race without cheating which was a big first for him. The two had a few moments of bonding with each other as shown throughout the song Inclines, constantly smiling at each other and giving a high tire in mid-air. When he resists cheating and wins along with Blaze, he hugs him happily. Also in Meatball Mayhem, he happily shows Blaze how he makes his famous meatballs, without scorning him. PicklePickle is usually one of Crusher's best and only friends. Pickle tries to talk Crusher out of cheating, but Crusher sometimes ignores him, but there are those number of times where Pickle manages to make Crusher do what needs to be done. Whenever Crusher doesn't listen to Pickle, he gets bad karma. The Monster MachinesWhen in races, the Monster Machines are some of Crusher's biggest rivals. GrammyCrusher's Grammy is one of the only Monster Machines who he actually likes (or loves). Grammy in return constantly dotes and supports him, going great lengths to save him when he is in trouble. This doesn't really bother Crusher, and he often tries his hardest whenever she is in the crowd. DescriptionsCrusher is Blaze's biggest rival, an egomaniacal tractor-trailer who will do anything to beat the other racers to the finish line. When it comes to winning, no cheat is too big, and no trick is too underhanded for Crusher. - Official press release Blaze's biggest rival, Crusher, is an egomaniacal tractor-trailer that will do anything to beat the other racers to the finish line. Cheating is Crusher's specialty. So when it comes to winning, no trick is too underhanded for Crusher. He's constantly building contraptions to stop Blaze and his pals. And despite being the biggest truck around.- Nickjr.com and Noggin.com Powers and AbilitiesBuilding: Using his bag, Crusher can build cheats used for his rivals. Sometimes, he uses them that are not for cheating (like his tow hook in Tow Truck Tough during the subplots). Besides that, the inventions are often defeated or (almost) killed by Blaze. Other links
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