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Zarak (G1)

2008-01-18T20:10:19Z

68.184.238.89: /* "The Rebirth" (U.S.) */

{{disambig3|Zarak}}

:''Zarak is a [[Decepticon]] allied [[Nebulan]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RebirthZarakArmor1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Z to tha A to tha R to tha AK!"]]

'''Lord Mo Zarak'''<ref>A first name, Mo, is given for Zarak in [[IDW]]'s ''[[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]]''. No name other than "Zarak" is given to him in any other continuity. Whether {{SITENAME}} considers this a retroactive addition to all versions of the character or relevant to only the [[IDW continuity]] depends{{subst:m-}}because we're children here{{subst:m-}}entirely on how awesome the new name is. The new name is ''hilarious'', which is ''practically'' the same as awesome, so there.</ref> is a powerful and corrupt Nebulan leader who transforms into the head of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]].

{{note|The small headmaster partner that represented "Zarak" in the west was "Scorponok" in Japan. The larger body that was the Decepticon Scorponok here was, in that continuity, merely a powerful [[transtector]]. See Scorponok's link above for that character.}}

==Fiction==

===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:MarvelZarak1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"I may look like Jay Leno but I'm ten-times funnier!"]]

Lord Zarak was a high-ranking politician of questionable morality and ethics. Though generally believing he worked for what was, in his own mind, the good of all Nebulos, he tended to be close-minded, dishonest, manipulative, self-aggrandizing, and excessively proud. He loved his daughter [[Llyra]] very much, but was a political rival of her young and idealistic lover [[Galen]]. He was blackmailed and coerced by the Decepticon [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] into working for him and [[binary-bonding]] with him.

Ultimately, their bonding seemed to have the unexpected side-effect of causing their minds to fuse into one composite being. It was Zarak who, in one last act of individual choice, nobility and self-sacrifice, freed Galen and the captured Autobot Headmasters so the Decepticons would follow them away from his beloved world. Their bonding may be part of the reason that Scorponok became more sympathetic towards the Autobot cause towards the end of the series, ultimately sacrificing his life against [[Unicron]].
[[Image:zarak_superman.jpg|thumb|105px|right|He just came out from the phone booth.]]
Known relatives:
*Llyra: Daughter
*[[Blowpipe]]: Brother-In-Law
*Unnamed (possibly deceased) wife

{{-}}

===Animated continuity===
===="The Rebirth" (U.S.)====

[[Image:RebirthZarak1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|How on Nebulos did I get so ugly?]]

Lord Zarak was a vile dictator, the leader of the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]], a group of telekinetics who have enslaved the population of [[Nebulos]]. While the Hive could not control Transformers as they could normal machines, Zarak nonetheless used his machines to capture and bully the Decepticons into supplying [[Headmaster]] and [[Targetmaster]] forms for the other ten members.

Zarak later rebuilt the Hive's underground city into the giant Headmaster body Scorponok, with a special suit that allowed him sole control over Scorponok. In the end, Zarak/Scorponok lost to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and the Decepticons and Hive fled Nebulos. Conflict between Zarak and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] for leadership was present.

Zarak talked in an almost monotone voice, showing little emotion and never anger. While he retained his body, he was never shown to walk without his Headmaster suit and may be a paraplegic. One eye was also always closed, he may be blind in it or missing it.

{{note|Animation errors also abound in these episodes, as Zarak, both with and without his suit, is drawn as both human and Transformer sized, which fluctuates between scenes.}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Mozarak.jpg|right|thumb|200px|When we asked for "More Zarak," there was a miscommunication.]]

Scientist Mo Zarak was the reclusive chairman of the [[Zarak Consortium]], a front for an inner circle of maverick scientists called the [[Cranium]]. He was approached by Scorponok, a renegade Decepticon who ignored the Transformers' [[Code of Interplanetary Conflict]], who conspired with Zarak and his team of scientists to create a new, enigmatic technology. Within the inner sanctums of the Cranium's labs, at least one fusion of Nebulan and Cybertronian technology was created in the form of a re-engineered Nebulan specimen.

However, this research was halted 29 [[stellar cycle]]s ago when an [[Autobot]] peacekeeper, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], infiltrated the Cranium and engaged Scorponok in battle. Zarak, worried that their work would be destroyed in the crossfire, was killed by friendly fire. Zarak's wounded, opened torso revealed he himself had been re-engineered with Cybertronian technology. Scorponok escaped, with a major headwound, through an [[artificial wormhole generator]], but the fate of Zarak's corpse was not revealed. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Scorponok'''

==Footnotes==
<references/>

[[category: Decepticon leaders]]
[[category: Decepticons]]
[[category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[category: Headmasters]]
[[Category: Hive]]
[[category: Nebulans]]
[[Category: Politicians]]
[[Category: Scientists]]

Zarak (G1)

2008-01-18T20:09:22Z

68.184.238.89:

{{disambig3|Zarak}}

:''Zarak is a [[Decepticon]] allied [[Nebulan]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RebirthZarakArmor1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Z to tha A to tha R to tha AK!"]]

'''Lord Mo Zarak'''<ref>A first name, Mo, is given for Zarak in [[IDW]]'s ''[[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus]]''. No name other than "Zarak" is given to him in any other continuity. Whether {{SITENAME}} considers this a retroactive addition to all versions of the character or relevant to only the [[IDW continuity]] depends{{subst:m-}}because we're children here{{subst:m-}}entirely on how awesome the new name is. The new name is ''hilarious'', which is ''practically'' the same as awesome, so there.</ref> is a powerful and corrupt Nebulan leader who transforms into the head of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]].

{{note|The small headmaster partner that represented "Zarak" in the west was "Scorponok" in Japan. The larger body that was the Decepticon Scorponok here was, in that continuity, merely a powerful [[transtector]]. See Scorponok's link above for that character.}}

==Fiction==

===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:MarvelZarak1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"I may look like Jay Leno but I'm ten-times funnier!"]]

Lord Zarak was a high-ranking politician of questionable morality and ethics. Though generally believing he worked for what was, in his own mind, the good of all Nebulos, he tended to be close-minded, dishonest, manipulative, self-aggrandizing, and excessively proud. He loved his daughter [[Llyra]] very much, but was a political rival of her young and idealistic lover [[Galen]]. He was blackmailed and coerced by the Decepticon [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] into working for him and [[binary-bonding]] with him.

Ultimately, their bonding seemed to have the unexpected side-effect of causing their minds to fuse into one composite being. It was Zarak who, in one last act of individual choice, nobility and self-sacrifice, freed Galen and the captured Autobot Headmasters so the Decepticons would follow them away from his beloved world. Their bonding may be part of the reason that Scorponok became more sympathetic towards the Autobot cause towards the end of the series, ultimately sacrificing his life against [[Unicron]].
[[Image:zarak_superman.jpg|thumb|105px|right|He just came out from the phone booth.]]
Known relatives:
*Llyra: Daughter
*[[Blowpipe]]: Brother-In-Law
*Unnamed (possibly deceased) wife

{{-}}

===Animated continuity===
===="The Rebirth" (U.S.)====

[[Image:RebirthZarak1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|How on Nebulos did I get so ugly?]]

Lord Zarak was a vile dictator, the leader of the [[Hive]], a group of telekinetics who have enslaved the population of [[Nebulos]]. While the Hive could not control Transformers as they could normal machines, Zarak nonetheless used his machines to capture and bully the Decepticons into supplying [[Headmaster]] and [[Targetmaster]] forms for the other ten members.

Zarak later rebuilt the Hive's underground city into the giant Headmaster body Scorponok, with a special suit that allowed him sole control over Scorponok. In the end, Zarak/Scorponok lost to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and the Decepticons and Hive fled Nebulos. Conflict between Zarak and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] for leadership was present.

Zarak talked in an almost monotone voice, showing little emotion and never anger. While he retained his body, he was never shown to walk without his Headmaster suit and may be a paraplegic. One eye was also always closed, he may be blind in it or missing it.

{{note|Animation errors also abound in these episodes, as Zarak, both with and without his suit, is drawn as both human and Transformer sized, which fluctuates between scenes.}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Mozarak.jpg|right|thumb|200px|When we asked for "More Zarak," there was a miscommunication.]]

Scientist Mo Zarak was the reclusive chairman of the [[Zarak Consortium]], a front for an inner circle of maverick scientists called the [[Cranium]]. He was approached by Scorponok, a renegade Decepticon who ignored the Transformers' [[Code of Interplanetary Conflict]], who conspired with Zarak and his team of scientists to create a new, enigmatic technology. Within the inner sanctums of the Cranium's labs, at least one fusion of Nebulan and Cybertronian technology was created in the form of a re-engineered Nebulan specimen.

However, this research was halted 29 [[stellar cycle]]s ago when an [[Autobot]] peacekeeper, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], infiltrated the Cranium and engaged Scorponok in battle. Zarak, worried that their work would be destroyed in the crossfire, was killed by friendly fire. Zarak's wounded, opened torso revealed he himself had been re-engineered with Cybertronian technology. Scorponok escaped, with a major headwound, through an [[artificial wormhole generator]], but the fate of Zarak's corpse was not revealed. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Scorponok'''

==Footnotes==
<references/>

[[category: Decepticon leaders]]
[[category: Decepticons]]
[[category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[category: Headmasters]]
[[Category: Hive]]
[[category: Nebulans]]
[[Category: Politicians]]
[[Category: Scientists]]

Hunter O'Nion

2008-01-18T19:58:37Z

68.184.238.89: /* IDW Comics continuity */

:''Hunter is a [[human]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Hunter_ONion.jpg|right|thumb|250px| Yeah, and the first part is "Hoon-Tear." Alright.]]
If you crossed ''Scooby-Doo's'' Shaggy with ''The X-Files''' Fox Mulder, '''Hunter O'Nion''' is who you'd get. With scruffy ginger hair, a green "Alien Death Ray" T-shirt and a VW Kombi van, you'd be forgiven for writing him off as some hippie slacker, but Hunter O'Nion (that's Oh-Nigh-On, not ''un-yun;'' he's a little sensitive about his last name) is really a modern-day questing knight. He runs the [[Mechatopia.com]] website, a repository for information about the presence of gigantic extraterrestrial mechanoids on Earth, and is willing to personally scour the back-roads of continental North America for further evidence.

If there's one problem with Hunter, it's that he's not the most sensitive of people; also, in his drive to uncover the truth, he can get very blunt and direct when someone who may know more than they let on gets evasive - even if that someone has good reason to dissemble.

A chance encounter with [[Verity Carlo]] in Arizona, though, gives him more than he could have wished for: Not only does he achieve personal contact with an actual alien robot in disguise, he's dropped right into the middle of a covert war. The question is, now that Hunter's found his proof, what will he do with it?

==Fiction==

===IDW Comics continuity===
{{ongoing}}
After picking up Verity Carlo in the North American desert, he was surprisingly thrust into the war between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s. After being rescued from a Decepticon assault by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], he offered assistance to the Autobots in an..."unofficial" capacity, spying on an abandoned Decepticon base before it was destroyed by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], under orders from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Infiltration}}

After this mission, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered that Hunter and the other humans be sent home. However, as the Autobots escorted them away from the Autobot base, a [[Machination]] assult team attacked. It appears that Hunter and [[Sunstreaker]] were killed by the Machination, but upon examination of Sunstreaker's husk, Rachet discovered that it was a fake.

Meanwhile, Hunter was being operated on by the Machination, his body becoming the host for mysterious implants. [[Dante]] presented Hunter to a pleased, mysterious, and damaged Transformer who ordered mass-production to begin. Dante, gesturing to a wall of headless Sunstreaker bodies, implied that Hunter may still play a role in the Machination's "new world order." {{storylink|Escalation}}

The Machination subjected Hunter to an extensive regimen of brainwashing, after which Dante was informed that the boy was a blank slate, an organic machine that they could do with as they wished. Quality control for this process was apparently lacking, as Hunter was able to retain his own thoughts through a mantra of useless science fiction trivia. Skulking unseen through the Machination facility, Hunter was surprised to discover the severed but still functioning head of Sunstreaker, begging him for death!{{storylink|Devastation}}

[[Category: Humans|Onion, Hunter]]
[[Category: Comic-only characters|Onion, Hunter]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters|Onion, Hunter]]
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Toraizer

2008-01-18T19:49:00Z

68.184.238.89:

:''Toraizer is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Trizer.jpg|right|thumb|The evil twin gets what he deserves.]]

'''Toraizer''' (トライザー, to-ra-i-zaa) is one of the [[Headmaster Warrior]]s, the group of diminutive young robots training on the planet [[Master (Headmasters)|Master]] to become fully-fledged [[Headmaster]]s.

:''('''Note''': "Tora" is the Japanese word for "tiger".)''

==Fiction==
===Headmasters animated series===

Several robots using Toraizer’s body design appeared on planet Master during the efforts of the resistance force formed to combat the [[Decepticon]]s. A yellow and red version was a member of the resistance force who appeared to thank the Autobot Headmasters for their aid in a battle, while a green and blue version was among the Master civilians shot by the Decepticon [[Targetmaster]]s during their attack on a city.

:''('''Note:''' Given the lack of resemblance between the [[Kirk]] toy and cartoon model, it is unclear if any of these Toraizer-based robots is intended to be Toraizer himself or not, afflicted with a similar case of color-blindness.)''

===TV Magazine Masterforce prologue===

Some time later, after the Decepticons had been forced off of Earth and a larger war began based around use of advanced technology from Planet Master, Chromedome and the other Headmasters took it upon themselves to train Toraizer and the other Headmaster Warriors in the use of their powers.

{{-}}
==Toys==

[[Image:Trizer_toy.jpg|right|thumb|'Scuse me a moment, my head needs to find a litter box.]]

===Generation 1===

*'''Toraizer''' (Headmaster Warrior, 1987)

: Available exclusively in Japan, Toraizer transforms from a purple and blue tiger into a head, in which mode he can connect to any of the larger Headmaster toys. He goes for ludicrous sums of money on the secondary market, to say nothing of the super-rare, entirely white version of the figure which was only available in certain Japanese toy stores.

[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Headmasters]]
[[Category: Headmasters characters]]
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Lione

2008-01-18T19:47:50Z

68.184.238.89:

:''Lione is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Lione.jpg|right|250px|thumb|In the jungle, the quiet jungle...]]

'''Lione''' (リオーネ, ''Lē•ō•né'') is one of the [[Headmaster Warrior]]s, the group of diminutive young robots training on the planet [[Master (Headmasters)|Master]] to become fully-fledged [[Headmaster]]s.

==Fiction==
===''Headmasters'' animated series===

Lione was among the members of the resistance formed to force the [[Decepticon]]s off of planet Master. When the Autobot Headmasters arrived on Master to aid the resistance in a battle against the Decepticon forces, Lione was in the group that emerged after the fighting to thank them for their assistance.

''('''Note''': The colorists apaprently got Lione confused with [[Steeljaw]]. This is far from the only coloring mistake made for these models.)''

===''TV Magazine Masterforce'' prologue===

Some time later, after the Decepticons had been forced off of Earth and a larger war began based around use of advanced technology from Planet Master, Chromedome and the other Headmasters took it upon themselves to train Lione and the other Headmaster Warriors in the use of their powers.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Lione_toy.jpg|right|thumb|If I told you he was easy to find, I'd be Lione.]]
*'''Lione''' (Headmaster Warrior, 1987)

: Available exclusively in Japan, Lione transforms from a yellow and orange lion into a head, in which mode he can connect to any of the larger Headmaster toys. He goes for ludicrous sums of money on the secondary market, to say nothing of the super-rare, entirely white version of the figure which was only available in certain Japanese toy stores.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Cybertron/Lione/lione.htm Lione at TFU.info]

[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Headmasters]]
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Chromedome (G1)

2008-01-18T19:23:31Z

68.184.238.89: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

:''Chromedome is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:Chromedome manga.jpg|thumb|250px|"You're such a coward [[Blurr (G1)|Wally]]!"]]

''('''Note''': '''Chromedome''' is one of those fun characters whose American and Japanese incarnations were very different. See individual fiction entries below for continuity specific profiles.)''

:''Italian name'': '''Duobot'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Chromédome'''
:''Japanese name'': '''Chrome''' <small>(It is the name for the small Transformer who can transform into Chromedome's head.)</small>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

Chomedome is an academic at heart. He only joined the war effort after the Decepticons destroyed Cybertron's [[Institute for Higher Programming]] where he did his work. He's tried to use his skills as a programmer to bring an end to the war, but so far has only succeeded in instigating a programming "arms" race. Something of a classic computer programmeing nerd, he's often a frustration to his cool and very image conscious [[Nebulan]] [[Headmaster]] partner [[Stylor]]. He also suggested going on a "Leg Quest" after Matrix-powered Thunderwing ripped his leg off. Funny, funny guy.

He was last seen fleeing in terror from [[Unicron]]. Whatever happened to him, it couldn't have been worse than what happened to [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], and [[Highbrow]] in the ensuing battle.

===U.S. animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Frank Welker]] (US). [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japan)

After the Decepticons broke into The [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], unleashing waves of powerful plasma energy, Chromedome was amongst the group of Autobots flung half-way across the galaxy to [[Nebulos]]. After a misunderstanding, namely the Nebulons threatening to detonate magnetic bombs they had attached to the Autobots after their capture, Chromedome willingly became a [[Headmaster]]. He presumably joined the rest of the Autobots in celebration after [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was flung into space and a new [[Golden Age]] begun on Cybertron.

===Japanese animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Hideyuki Hori]]

====Headmasters====

A small, human-sized Transformer from the colony planet [[Master]], Chromedome proved himself enough to be granted a large [[transtector]] body, becoming one of the planet's elite Headmaster warriors. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s [[second-in-command]] and field commander, he is charged with leading a crack troupe of Headmaster soldiers with about one personality between the four of them. Chromedome is notable for often being the guy in charge and being slightly brasher than the rest of this brash lot. Brasher than Armada's [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. That's pretty darn brash. Brash. He also picked up romancing [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] when [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] was on walkabout for a new planet and [[Springer]] was apparently otherwise occupied.

{{note|Like all the Japanese Headmasters, the true Chromedome in this continuity is the head-unit, with the body as simply a sort of "power-suit"}}
=====Headmasters manga=====

====Masterforce====

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Chromedome''' w/ '''Stylor''' (1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-101'''

*'''Chromedome''' (Transformers Juniors, 1987?)

===Merchandise===
*Chromedome was in Act 3 of [[Takara]]'s ''[[Super Collection Figure]]'' (SCF) line of PVC figurines. Like all pieces in this set, he was [[blindpacked]] in both full-color and all-clear versions.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Chromedome/chromedome.htm Chromedome at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Chromedome Chromedome's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

{{charstub}}
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Headmasters]]
[[Category: Headmasters characters]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Chromedome (G1)

2008-01-18T19:23:03Z

68.184.238.89: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

:''Chromedome is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:Chromedome manga.jpg|thumb|250px|"You're such a coward [[Blurr (G1)|Wally]]!"]]

''('''Note''': '''Chromedome''' is one of those fun characters whose American and Japanese incarnations were very different. See individual fiction entries below for continuity specific profiles.)''

:''Italian name'': '''Duobot'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Chromédome'''
:''Japanese name'': '''Chrome''' <small>(It is the name for the small Transformer who can transform into Chromedome's head.)</small>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

Chomedome is an academic at heart. He only joined the war effort after the Decepticons destroyed Cybertron's [[Institute for Higher Programming]] where he did his work. He's tried to use his skills as a programmer to bring an end to the war, but so far has only succeeded in instigating a programming "arms" race. Something of a classic computer programmeing nerd, he's often a frustration to his cool and very image conscious [[Nebulan]] [[Headmaster]] partner [[Stylor]]. He also suggested going on a "Leg Quest" after Matrix-powered Thunderwing ripped his leg off. Funny, funny guy.

He was last seen fleeing in terror from [[Unicron]]. Whatever happened to him, it couldn't have been worse than what happened to [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], [[Hardhead(G1)|Hardhead]], and [[Highbrow]] in the ensuing battle.

===U.S. animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Frank Welker]] (US). [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japan)

After the Decepticons broke into The [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], unleashing waves of powerful plasma energy, Chromedome was amongst the group of Autobots flung half-way across the galaxy to [[Nebulos]]. After a misunderstanding, namely the Nebulons threatening to detonate magnetic bombs they had attached to the Autobots after their capture, Chromedome willingly became a [[Headmaster]]. He presumably joined the rest of the Autobots in celebration after [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was flung into space and a new [[Golden Age]] begun on Cybertron.

===Japanese animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Hideyuki Hori]]

====Headmasters====

A small, human-sized Transformer from the colony planet [[Master]], Chromedome proved himself enough to be granted a large [[transtector]] body, becoming one of the planet's elite Headmaster warriors. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s [[second-in-command]] and field commander, he is charged with leading a crack troupe of Headmaster soldiers with about one personality between the four of them. Chromedome is notable for often being the guy in charge and being slightly brasher than the rest of this brash lot. Brasher than Armada's [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. That's pretty darn brash. Brash. He also picked up romancing [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] when [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] was on walkabout for a new planet and [[Springer]] was apparently otherwise occupied.

{{note|Like all the Japanese Headmasters, the true Chromedome in this continuity is the head-unit, with the body as simply a sort of "power-suit"}}
=====Headmasters manga=====

====Masterforce====

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Chromedome''' w/ '''Stylor''' (1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-101'''

*'''Chromedome''' (Transformers Juniors, 1987?)

===Merchandise===
*Chromedome was in Act 3 of [[Takara]]'s ''[[Super Collection Figure]]'' (SCF) line of PVC figurines. Like all pieces in this set, he was [[blindpacked]] in both full-color and all-clear versions.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Chromedome/chromedome.htm Chromedome at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Chromedome Chromedome's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

{{charstub}}
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Headmasters]]
[[Category: Headmasters characters]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Chromedome (G1)

2008-01-18T19:21:52Z

68.184.238.89: /* Headmasters */

:''Chromedome is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:Chromedome manga.jpg|thumb|250px|"You're such a coward [[Blurr (G1)|Wally]]!"]]

''('''Note''': '''Chromedome''' is one of those fun characters whose American and Japanese incarnations were very different. See individual fiction entries below for continuity specific profiles.)''

:''Italian name'': '''Duobot'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Chromédome'''
:''Japanese name'': '''Chrome''' <small>(It is the name for the small Transformer who can transform into Chromedome's head.)</small>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

Chomedome is an academic at heart. He only joined the war effort after the Decepticons destroyed Cybertron's [[Institute for Higher Programming]] where he did his work. He's tried to use his skills as a programmer to bring an end to the war, but so far has only succeeded in instigating a programming "arms" race. Something of a classic computer programmeing nerd, he's often a frustration to his cool and very image conscious [[Nebulan]] [[Headmaster]] partner [[Stylor]]. He also suggested going on a "Leg Quest" after Matrix-powered Thunderwing ripped his leg off. Funny, funny guy.

He was last seen fleeing in terror from [[Unicron]]. Whatever happened to him, it couldn't have been worse than what happened to [[Brainstorm]], [[Hardhead]], and [[Highbrow]] in the ensuing battle.

===U.S. animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Frank Welker]] (US). [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japan)

After the Decepticons broke into The [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], unleashing waves of powerful plasma energy, Chromedome was amongst the group of Autobots flung half-way across the galaxy to [[Nebulos]]. After a misunderstanding, namely the Nebulons threatening to detonate magnetic bombs they had attached to the Autobots after their capture, Chromedome willingly became a [[Headmaster]]. He presumably joined the rest of the Autobots in celebration after [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was flung into space and a new [[Golden Age]] begun on Cybertron.

===Japanese animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Hideyuki Hori]]

====Headmasters====

A small, human-sized Transformer from the colony planet [[Master]], Chromedome proved himself enough to be granted a large [[transtector]] body, becoming one of the planet's elite Headmaster warriors. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s [[second-in-command]] and field commander, he is charged with leading a crack troupe of Headmaster soldiers with about one personality between the four of them. Chromedome is notable for often being the guy in charge and being slightly brasher than the rest of this brash lot. Brasher than Armada's [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. That's pretty darn brash. Brash. He also picked up romancing [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] when [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] was on walkabout for a new planet and [[Springer]] was apparently otherwise occupied.

{{note|Like all the Japanese Headmasters, the true Chromedome in this continuity is the head-unit, with the body as simply a sort of "power-suit"}}
=====Headmasters manga=====

====Masterforce====

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Chromedome''' w/ '''Stylor''' (1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-101'''

*'''Chromedome''' (Transformers Juniors, 1987?)

===Merchandise===
*Chromedome was in Act 3 of [[Takara]]'s ''[[Super Collection Figure]]'' (SCF) line of PVC figurines. Like all pieces in this set, he was [[blindpacked]] in both full-color and all-clear versions.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Chromedome/chromedome.htm Chromedome at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Chromedome Chromedome's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Fortress Maximus (RID)

2008-01-18T19:12:43Z

68.184.238.89: /* ''Robots in Disguise'' */

{{disambig3|Fortress Maximus}}

:''Fortress Maximus is an [[Autobot]] in the Japanese [[Generation 1]] and American [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] continuity families. ''

[[Image:Bravemax_giant.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Friend to all children! But not a [[wikipedia:Gamera|giant turtle]].]]

'''Fortress Maximus''' is a colossal Autobot guardian hidden on [[Earth]] to protect the planet from evil. Immense in strength, unmatchable in firepower and impregnable in durability, Fortress Maximus' only weakness is his compassion for children.

Fortress Maximus does not appear to be sentient in and of himself, but rather, is controlled by [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]]. Even Cerebros himself does make his own decisions, instead operating on a tri-lateral recognition program that defines the actions he will take. Cerebros on his own will only respond to an Autobot energy signature, and when combined with Fortress Maximus, will react only to the bio-energy of human beings. To prevent his power being used for evil, his recognition program operates on "harmonic resonance," which allows him to sense the intentions of those that would command him. He will not follow commands of an evil or self-serving nature; consequently, due to their worldly innocence, human children are particularly adept at controlling him.

:''Japanese Name:'' '''Brave Maximus'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Robots in Disguise''====
:''Voice actor: [[Steve Blum]] (US), [[Masayuki Kiyama]] (Japan)''
:''('''Note:''' Most websites list [[Steve Kramer]] as Fortress Maximus due to the fact that he provided the voice of Cerebros, but from the small number of lines he actually speaks, it does not appear to be Kramer behind the microphone.''

[[Image:Bravemax_head.jpg|left|thumb|200px|And I'll form the head!]]

Fortress Maximus was hidden on [[Earth]] eons ago in order to protect the planet, slumbering in stasis beneath the surface of the planet, where [[Metro City]] would come to be built. The various keys that would enable his reactivation were scattered across the globe - the [[O-Parts]], the [[Orb of Sigma]] and his [[Headmaster]] component, Cerebros - and sealed within ancient structures, suggesting that ancient human civilizations had some hand in the process. Although his existence went on to slip into the realm of legend amongst most of the populous on Cybertron, certain high-ranking Autobots and Predacons were well aware of the truth behind the story, and, in the mid-20th century, a team of six Autobots were sent to Earth to reactivate Maximus, only for their ship to crash into the mountain that would come to be known as [[Castle Peak]], trapping them all in stasis. {{storylink|The Decepticons}}

Around the beginning of the 21st century, the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] leader [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] was dispatched to Earth by the Predacon Council to acquire Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Surprise Attack}} Attacking the National Scientific Symposium, he captured archaeologist [[Doctor Onishi]], whose research had led him to discover the trail the led to Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Battle Protocol}} The Predacons battles with their [[Autobot]] enemies steadily led to the discovery of several O-Parts, which fell into Autobot hands; the Autobot craft in Castle Peak, however, was uncovered by Megatron and the Autobots within co-opted into Decepticons, led by [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]

[[Image:Bravemax_city.jpg|right|thumb|Well, actually, if he keeps sitting in green liquid, he might ''become'' a [[wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|giant turtle]].]]

While tunnelling beneath Metro City, the [[Build Team]] found themselves affects by a strange energy field that caused them to hallucinate and fight amongst each other, eventually forcing them to withdraw. Investigating, the Autobots discovered that the cavern beneath the city containing Fortress Maximus, and that the energy field was a defense mechanism designed to keep away any intruders. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Exposure to Maximus's energies reawakened Scourge's memories of his original mission to reawaken the fortress, but his Decepticon programming twisted the mission, and he now sought to acquire Maximus's power for himself. As [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] held him off, the Build Team relocate Maximus - in his city mode - to a concealed structure in the middle of Metro City, hiding him from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

During this battle, Doctor Onishi was freed from the Predacons, and equipped the Autobots with tracking devices that allowed them to quickly and easily track down all the remaining O-Parts. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} United, the O-Parts led to the Orb of Sigma, resulting in a battle that ended with Megatron's disapearance. {{storylink|Peril From The Past}} The Orb in turn led to Cerebros, who the Decepticons and Predacons - now led by Scourge - were able to capture. Having discovering the hiding place of Fortress Maximus, Scourge utilised the Autobot portion of his energy-signature to activate Cerebros, who then brought Fortress Maximus online. Maximus, however, then proceeded to run wild, stomping his way through Metro City unheeding of Scourge's commands, until the Autobots' human ally [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] called out for him to stop, and he obeyed. Transforming back to city mode, Maximus vanished beneath the Earth, and the villains absconded with Cerebros once more. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

Realising that Koji had been able to control Fortress Maximus because he was human, Scourge amplified the portion of his bio-signature that was human (derived from [[Kelly]]) to seize control of Maximus once more when the city reappeared in the Sahara Desert, only for the Autobots to gather a mass of human children together to override his command. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Deciding that he required a human of his own to control Maximus for him, a case of mistaken identity led Scourge to kidnap Koji's friend [[Carl]]; nevertheless, Maximus was successfully activated and piloted by Carl when he resurfaced in a jungle. By this point, Megatron had returned - having been upgraded to Galvatron by the power of the Orb of Sigma's pyramid - and Scourge chose this moment to reveal his treachery, ordering Fortress Maximus to crush his former leader. However, Carl's selfish desire to defeat the villains himself and show up Koji caused Maximus to power down, and the Autobots arrived in time to save him and finally take possession of Cerebros, as Maximus vanished once more. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

[[Image:Bravemax_megastar.jpg|left|thumb|Clash of the Really Big Hands]]

With the Autobots having acquired a full understanding of Fortress Maximus's activation protocols thanks to Cerebros, their base was then attacked by the Predacons and Decepticons, the latter having been reprogrammed back to loyalty by Galvatron. In the midst of the battle, [[Wedge]]'s determination to defeat Galvatron resonated with Cerebros, and he summoned and activated Fortress Maximus. Galvatron combined with his ship, the [[Megastar]] and battled with Maximus, but was defeated when Maximus unleashed his Maximum Firepower attack and blew the ship to smithereens. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

[[Image:Bravemax_finalburn.jpg|right|thumb|Ka-BOOM!]]

Galvatron survived the barrage, however, and restored his strength by affixing himself to Maximus and draining the giant robot's energy, supercharging himself. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} [[Omega Prime]] proceeded to challenge Galvatron to a final battle at the Earth's core. Koji, meanwhile, contacted as many children as he could, instructing them to send their energy to Fortress Maximus to re-power him; Maximus absorbed and re-channeled the energy to Omega Prime in the form of the [[Matrix Blade]], which Prime used to finally defeat Galvatron. With the Predacons and Decepticons at last beaten and captured, Fortress Maximus transformed to starship mode and transported the villains to the [[asteroid prison colony]]. {{storylink|The Final Battle}}

{{-}}

:''('''Note:''' As of 2007, ''Car Robots'' has been retconned into being part of the Japanese Generation 1 animated continuity, with a large number of story expansions and tie-ins centering on Fortress Maximus. This does not apply to the American version of either series, however, which remain separate continuities.)''

====Robot Masters====

After taking the Predacons to prison, Fortress Maximus returned to Earth. When construction of [[Autobot City]] began in 2003, Maximus formed the core of the fortress. Later, in 2004, Maximus (also known as "[[Cybertron Base]]" at the time) had his central systems re-written to comply with the new [[Solitarium]]-based enhancements made to the [[Scramble City]] project.

====Kiss Players====

[[Image:KPMaximus1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Continuity, shmontinuity.]]

[[Image:KPBraveMax.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"Kiss Players? Oh slag, there goes the planet."]]

In 2007, after a year-long anti-Transformer campaign by the [[Earth Defense Command]], Fortress Maximus played a part in the goodwill campaign to repair human-Transformer relations by serving as a performance stage for the singing group, the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]. During one of their shows, the mysterious [[Sparkbot]]s suddenly appeared and demanded that the human group members kiss them. When they complied, they and Maximus were all whisked away on a whirlwind tour of time and space, with Maximus serving as their transport and base as they collected fragments of the so-called "[[Allspark]]" from famous Autobot and [[Maximal]] leaders throught Transformer history. Notably, he did not demonstrate any signs of intelligence or independence during the journey.

Near the end of the adventure, while being piloted in pursuit of a mysterious golden hand that had taken several Allspark fragments, Maximus accidentally struck the "Wall of Time". With its passengers scattered across dimensions, Maximus was hurled back in time 4 million years and crash-langed on the planet [[Master]]. His planetfall was observed by a group of Cybertronians who had migrated there, and their leader, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] used the technology of Maximus to refine his own "Headmaster" theory, creating [[Transtector]]s, including his own gigantic one, Battleship Maximus.

Meanwhile, after briefly adventuring in the [[Unicron Trilogy]] universe, the Kiss Players returned to their home dimension and accompanied [[Primus]] back through time to prehistoric [[Earth]]. There, it was revealed that they had not been collecting fragments of the Allspark, but portions of the scattered lifeforce of [[Unicron]]. Resurrected by the Sparkbots, the resurrected Unicron was then destroyed by Primus and his lifeforce was sealed deep within the planet. The heretofore unknown origin of Fortress Maximus was then revealed when Primus created him to serve as the eternal guardian of Unicron's lifeforce. {{storylink|Kiss Players (fiction)|Kiss Players}}

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==Toys==
{{picsneeded}}
===Car Robots===
* '''Brave Maximus''' (2000)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-027'''

: Brave Maximus is an extensive [[redeco]] of ''Generation 1'' [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], essentially replacing much of Fortress's lighter colors with darker ones. Due to marketing campaign concerns, Brave Maximus was never released with all of Fortress Maximus' accessories, missing his two hand guns, [[Cog]]'s components, and the two [[Master Sword]]s. These parts were later offered as campaign and lucky draw prizes by [[Takara]].

: Despite this, Brave Maximus retains all of Fortress' functionality, being able to transform from his 2 foot tall robot mode to battleship mode to city mode and back again. In city mode he features a rotating radar, a jail cell, a working elevator that leads to a button-activated car launcher, and two manual car launchers on his arm-ramps. The [[Spy Changers]] are the only figures from the toyline that interact with him particularly well, although his two arm-ramps can also launch the Autobot Brothers. In particular, the Spy Changer toy of Scourge fits in the robot's control room perfectly, allowing you to replicate the scenes from the cartoon, as well as actually providing an "evil" figure to lock in the jail cell. (Of course, Spychanger Scourge wasn't part of the ''Car Robots'' toyline, and Maximus wasn't part of ''RiD''! Still, Japanese fans were eventually able buy chibi-Scourge like they buy many US-"exclusive" toys, as a "US Edition" in its American packaging.)

: The back of Maximus's instruction leaflet features a color play mat that the city connects to for use with other ''Car Robots/Robots in Disguise'' toys.

: This mold was also used to make [[Grand Maximus]] and [[Cybertron Base]].

===Robot Masters===

*'''Cybertron Base''' (Contest prize, 2004)

: First Prize in a ''Robot Masters'' contest where only 10 were awarded, Cybertron Base is completely identical to the retail-release ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Car Robots]]'' Brave Maximus toy, down to what accessories are lacking from the other incarnations of the mold, coming only with the two head-robots, a radar dish and the gun for the mid-robot. His head modules are renamed [[Zebres]] and [[Master (RM)|Master]] - fictionally speaking, whether or not these are just renamed versions of the Emissary and Cerebros, or if they were replaced by these new robots, is unknown.

: Cybertron Base was shipped in a fairly plain white box, and came with newly-printed instructions. He ''also'' came with the exact same paperwork packet as ''Car Robots'' Brave Maximus, including unchanged instructions, a ''Car Robots'' catalogue, and the Bave Maximus bio card.

==Trivia==
* According to the toy's profile card, Brave Maximus' robot mode is 350 meters tall (1,148 feet).

* In 2002, [[Hasbro]] began to solicit a domestic US release of Brave Maximus as ''Robots in Disguise'' Fortress Maximus. However, it was later canceled due to the toy's failure of [[for safety reasons|standard industry drop tests]].

* The figure was released by in Korea by [[Sonokong]] in 2003, identical to the Takara version save for one detail - the Autobot [[insignia]] sticker on the city's central tower was upside-down.

==External links==
* [http://tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/BraveMaximus/fortressmaximus.htm Brave Maximus at TFU.info]

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Cerebros (RID)

2008-01-18T19:10:44Z

68.184.238.89:

{{cleanup|December 2007}}

{{picsneeded}}

'''Cerebros''' is simply a mindless drone who is the key to controlling [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. He is a [[Headmaster]]. In order for Fortress Maximus to reawaken, Cerebros must transform into the head of another robot known only by one name: the [[Emissary]]. The Emissary's only purpose is to transform into Fortress Maximus' head. Cerebros can only be awakened by an Autobot Leader: [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]. The only other Transformer who can awaken Cerebros is [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], since [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] scanned Optimus Prime during his creation into a Decepticon.

Cerebros is discovered by the [[Build Team]] and [[Sideburn]] after the Decepticons destroy the tomb which Cerebros lies within. In attempt to gain Scourge's respect, [[Sky-Byte]] and the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] kidnap Cerebros from the Autobots.

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Fortress Maximus (G1)

2008-01-18T19:03:50Z

68.184.238.89: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Fortress Maximus}}

:''Fortress Maximus is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:FortMax1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Link called. He wants the [[Master Sword]] back.]]

Despite his great power, size, and rank, '''Fortress Maximus''' is a weary and reluctant warrior. Fighting is against his pacifist nature, even for the most noble of causes. Over time, the endless conflict on Cybertron has worn him down, to the point that he's willing to walk away from the war entirely to preserve himself and his ideals.

Fortress Maximus is big. ''How'' big generally depends on the continuity, but often as not he's binary-bonded to a smaller robot named [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] who forms his head; Cerebros' own head is formed by [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]].

{{note|Fortress Maximus is one of those fun characters whose English and Japanese incarnations were very different. See individual fiction entries below for continuity specific profiles.}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Forteresse Maximus'''
:''Cracked-out English-Maylay dub name:'' '''Spaceship Bruce''' ''(starship mode only)''
:''Japanese name'': '''Cerebros'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Fortress Maximus'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
Fortress Maximus was an architect in his early career, designing and even constructing many works on Cybertron. When the war came, he turned his talents to fighting.

During the long absence of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and their respective troops from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], unit commander Fortress Maximus became so sick of the war that he decided to leave it. He didn't care if it made him a coward or not, he simply believed that the war would go on regardless of whether or not he was in it. Taking a number of Autobots with him, he retreated to the peaceful planet of [[Nebulos]].

[[Image:Fortmaxgiveshead.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Dibs on the off-color jokes!]]

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before mistakes were made and Maximus' group found themselves at odds with the local [[human]] populace. Maximus 'proved' their peaceful intentions by marching up to the Nebulan capital, and discarding the group's weapons. When that didn't work, he did the next logical thing and pulled his head off. Four other Autobots also resorted to this grotesque stunt before [[Galen]], head of the Nebulan [[World Watchers]], was convinced they weren't a threat. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

When the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos, Galen himself ended up becoming the head of Fortress Maximus to help defend the peace and his world, as both the Nebulan and Autobot underwent the [[binary-bonding]] process to become a [[Headmaster]]. Fortress Maximus remained the leader of the Nebulan Autobots for the rest of their battles there, eventually abandoning the planet to support his stranded comrades on Earth. During the transport, Fortress Maximus underwent a number of treatments to alter his size considerably, increasing himself from a city-sized behemoth to a slightly ''larger'' city-sized behemoth. With these changes, he could save a lot of time in combat by simply stepping on Decepticons instead of having to actually fight them.

Of course, with his larger scale, Fortress Maximus needed a new head (Galen still being stuck at roughly human-size). For this reason, another Autobot, [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]], was added to serve as a secondary stage between Galen and Maximus. As the head of Cerebros, Galen could transform Cerebros into the larger head of Fortress Maximus.

Arriving on Earth, Fortress Maximus led his fellow Headmasters to Mount St. Hilary, source of the Autobot distress call that had drawn them to Earth. After recovering the damaged [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]], the group encountered [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], who had come in search of his missing younger brother [[Buster Witwicky]]. Spike asked for the Autobots' help in finding his brother, but Fortress Maximus was more interested in their primary mission of locating the Autobots of Earth, and led his troops off to follow the fuel trail of the missing ''Ark.''

Scorponok's crew soon followed Maximus to Earth, however, and to the same cave. When Spike replayed Goldbug's distress message, Fortress Maximus and company returned to the cave, apologizing to Spike for his failure to consider the danger he had brought to Earth's natives by leading the Decepticons there.

In the ensuing battle, Spike retreated further into the volcano's caves to seek shelter. Scorponok followed, seeking a hostage; Fortress Maximus pursued him. As the caves narrowed down, Maximus was forced to send Cerebros onward, and eventually Galen himself had to leave Cerebros to cross a fragile rock bridge. Scorponok used the distraction to blast rocks down on Galen, killing him. As the Decepticon leader left, laughing, Galen passed on his control helmet to Spike, allowing the Earthen to assume control of Fortress Maximus and drive the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

Spike soon underwent the full binary bonding process and became the leader of the ''Steelhaven'''s crew of Autobots. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[Image:Fortmaxboat.jpg|right|250px|thumb|This is the last of three times you see his battle station mode, so don't blink.]]
Spike and Fortress Maximus would go on to have a very tumultuous relationship, fighting both the Decepticons and, at times, each other, as Spike constantly expressed his displeasure at being the large Autobot's partner. Once his brother Buster was finally rescued, Spike tried to go go his own way and resume his life, but time and time again the Decepticons would pose some sort of threat to the planet so immense that he would have to join with Fortress Maximus to combat it.

After the other Autobots and Decepticons left Earth to battle Unicron, Spike and Fortress Maximus remained on Earth to safeguard the planet. Thus, when the remains of the [[Ark]] fell from orbit and crashed in the northern tundra of Canada, and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] emerged from the wreckage to wreak havoc, it fell to Fortress Maximus to stop him. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

Despite his success in that mission, it was actually [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] who would prove to be the undoing of this giant warrior: when the reborn and reconditioned Decepticon leader stole the Ark and used it as his personal flagship, Spike and Maximus took it upon themselves to stop him. Brutally beaten in combat with an upgraded and super-charged Megatron, the pair dragged themselves to the heart of the ship and threw themselves into the anti-matter containment unit at the core of its power supply, killing both of them. To add further insult to their sacrifice, it was a complete waste of effort: every other Transformer who was on board, including Megatron, managed to survive the destruction of the ship and lived to fight another day.

==="Rebirth" miniseries (America)===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Stephen Keener]]

[[Image:Fortressmaximusg1rebirth.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Not surprisingly, Fortress Maximus is a bottom.]]

When the [[Hive]] of [[Nebulos]] had developed the massive [[Transformer]] [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] in 2007, Spike found that his only available resources to combat the threat were the Hive's older technology and the pacifist Autobot Cerebros. Spike used the technology to create an Autobot giant, at the same time re-engineering Cerebros to become the new robot's head, and to take Spike himself as his own head (Cerebros seemed to get little say in these matters). The giant, named Fortress Maximus, blasted off for Cybertron, where he expectedly fought (and won) against Scorponok. After Maximus/Cerebros and Spike saved Cybertron and [[Earth]] from the Hive and the Decepticons, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] sent them back to Nebulos as its guardians.

It is unclear if Fortress Maximus had any sentience of his own; he did speak once in his own voice. But for the most part, even Cerebros' will seemed to be pushed aside so Spike could run the whole thing himself. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

===Japanese animated continuity===
====Kiss Players====
A [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] from another time inspired the creation of a new Fortress Maximus when he crashed onto [[Master]].{{storylink|Kiss Players (fiction)|Kiss Players}}

====''Headmasters'' (Japan)====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Ikuya Sawaki]]

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[[Image:G1FortressMaximus HMstockfootage.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"...But it's the pelvic [[Thrust|thruuuuuust]] / that really drives you in-sa-a-a-ane / Let's do the Time Warp again!"]]

Headmasters were human-sized Transformers had long ago left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and established themselves on the planet [[Master]]. To better survive there, they built larger bodies for themselves; they could then transform to become the heads of these more powerful forms.

[[Image:FortressHeadJap.jpg|left|thumb|150px|The Ginsu Head, slices and dices, makes thousands of julienned Decepticons.]]

The leader of the Autobot faction on Master was named [[Fortress]]. Fortress took the Headmaster process one step further. Not only did he combine with a larger robot, but that robot could in turn enlarge and become the head of another, ''much'' larger robot, the robot form of the Battleship ''Maximus'', thus forming the mighty Fortress Maximus.

Fortress would sometimes run the battleship while sitting on the bridge transformed into a giant head. He also had [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] as a secretary.

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====''Super-God Masterforce'' (Japan)====
Fortress was seen briefly and indistinctly as he introduced his brother, [[Grand Maximus]].

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
A gargantuan Fortress Maximus was first seen in a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of future [[Nebulos]] by Optimus Prime.

Later in the same era, a more normal-sized Fortress Maximus was a co-leader of the Autobot forces on Cybertron, along with Ultra Magnus. As Cybertron's resources ran low, they struggled to hold the Autobot army together. {{storylink|Micromasters (comic)}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{spoiler|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Fortress Maximus is an authoritarian Autobot official appearing at the Garrus-9 penal facility alongside Arcee.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, 1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''

[[Image:G1FortressMaximus_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|If I hear somebody ask "how's the weather up there" one more time, [[Primus]] help him...]]

: The largest Transformers toy from [[Generation 1]], Fortress Maximus has multiple altmode configurations. He transforms into a compact "city" mode, and can also assume a secondary mode described in the US instruction as a "battle station." This mode was rebranded as a starship for the Japanese instructions, and is the "default" mode for Fortress Maximus in the ''Headmasters'' animated series. Additionally, the 1987 Hasbro toy catalog features a mis-transformed Fortress Maximus in a mode referred to as an "impenetable fortress," essentially consisting of his city mode with the legs splayed outwards.

: In all modes, Maximus has a wide array of pop-out (non-firing) guns and gimmicks. Its left leg hides a small prison cell, plus has a swing-out cannon/helipad. Its right leg has a small storage compartment. Its torso has a gear-activated spinner for the detachable radar array accessory, a "control socket" for [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]' "communcations tower" mode, and a working elevator that can lift small toys up to its central ramp to be launched in its altmodes. (The crank for this elevator ends up in a very unfortunate position in robot mode.) Each arm had a long ramp on the back with sliding launchers for small vehicles.

: Its robot-mode head is formed by Cerebros, who does not actually need Spike to attach to the upper body. It came with both Headmaster units, plus the Gasket and Grommet mini-vehicles.

: The Japanese release of Fortress Maximus came with a pair of swords; one for Fortress, a ''large'' one for Maximus. It is currently unknown if the swords were originally planned for the [[Hasbro]] version but dropped for price or [[for safety reasons|safety concerns]], or if they were a [[Takara]]-initiated addition to their release of the toy.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus]], ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]''' "[[Cybertron Base]]".

{{-}}

* '''Fortress Maximus''' (TF Jr, 1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''

[[Image:G1_FortressMaximus_Jnr_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|''We represent the Lollybot guild'']]

: A smaller rendering of the character, scaled down to regular Transformer size, and with only one head. Fortress Maximus Jnr. could only transform from his starship mode to his robot mode, as his legs lack the joints to fold into city mode. Much of his detail and accessories have been simplified into stickers, such as his shin cannons. He comes with only one weapon, his large blue rifle.

:This toy was also available in a leaders three-pack with Chromedome and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy Jnr.]]

{{-}}

===Merchandise===
* Fortress Maximus was a larger "build-a-bot" from the third "Act" of the [[Super Collection Figure]] PVC line; one piece of it was packaged in each of the six clear pieces in a case of twelve. Like the regular PVCs, it was available both in full-color or colorless-clear versions.

* The Fortress Maximus PVC was revisited for [[Hasbro]]'s [[Heroes of Cybertron]] line, again as a pack-in, one part in each of the six releases of wave four. This version was cast entirely in clear-blue plastic then painted over, save a small spot on his head to give him a "light-pipe" glowing-eyes effect.
:* Torso : [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
:* Head & sword: [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
:* Left arm: [[Powermaster]] [[Overlord|Gigatron]]
:* Right arm: [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
:* Left leg: [[Jazz|Autobot Jazz]]
:* Right leg : Autobot Espionage Team ([[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] & Spike)

==Trivia==
* 'Fortress Maximus' was likely a considered name for the character that eventually became [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] in [[Generation 1]]. The [[Marvel]] comic adaptation of the [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|1986 Movie]] even refers to [[Autobot City]] as ''Fortress Maximus'' in a caption.

* Fortress Maximus was the first toy to be released with a bona-fide Earthling figure. All of the other Headmasters' companions were from Nebulos. (Although Maximus' tech specs refer to 'the Nebulan leader, Spike', the general consensus is that it was supposed to be the popular figure from TV and other media, who is almost certainly an Earthling.)

* When Spike transforms to join Fortress Maximus for the last time in the ''Generation 2'' book, Cerebros is not shown, and Spike transforms directly into Fortress Maximus's head. Maximus is shown to be no larger than Megatron. In real-life terms, it's an obvious series of art errors; in the context of the story, one might wonder if Maximus was reduced back to his original, smaller, size. It seems improbable, considering that Spike had been retired for years by that point.

* Fortress Maximus has the distinction of having one of the most well known Transformers [[knockoff|bootleg]] versions in existence. While Cerebros has been omitted, the Spike figure is the same, and the body has been scaled down to match, effectively making the body compatible with any other Headmaster head. It also fetches absurd prices for a bootleg.

* In America, Fortress Maximus is seven distinct flavors of awesome, while in Japan he is only 3 kinds of awesome.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/FortressMaximus/fortressmaximus.htm Fortress Maximus at TFU.info]

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Fortress Maximus (G1)

2008-01-18T19:03:19Z

68.184.238.89: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Fortress Maximus}}

:''Fortress Maximus is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:FortMax1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Link called. He wants the [[Master Sword]] back.]]

Despite his great power, size, and rank, '''Fortress Maximus''' is a weary and reluctant warrior. Fighting is against his pacifist nature, even for the most noble of causes. Over time, the endless conflict on Cybertron has worn him down, to the point that he's willing to walk away from the war entirely to preserve himself and his ideals.

Fortress Maximus is big. ''How'' big generally depends on the continuity, but often as not he's binary-bonded to a smaller robot named [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] who forms his head; Cerebros' own head is formed by [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]].

{{note|Fortress Maximus is one of those fun characters whose English and Japanese incarnations were very different. See individual fiction entries below for continuity specific profiles.}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Forteresse Maximus'''
:''Cracked-out English-Maylay dub name:'' '''Spaceship Bruce''' ''(starship mode only)''
:''Japanese name'': '''Cerebros'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Fortress Maximus'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
Fortress Maximus was an architect in his early career, designing and even constructing many works on Cybertron. When the war came, he turned his talents to fighting.

During the long absence of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and their respective troops from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], unit commander Fortress Maximus became so sick of the war that he decided to leave it. He didn't care if it made him a coward or not, he simply believed that the war would go on regardless of whether or not he was in it. Taking a number of Autobots with him, he retreated to the peaceful planet of [[Nebulos]].

[[Image:Fortmaxgiveshead.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Dibs on the off-color jokes!]]

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before mistakes were made and Maximus' group found themselves at odds with the local [[human]] populace. Maximus 'proved' their peaceful intentions by marching up to the Nebulan capital, and discarding the group's weapons. When that didn't work, he did the next logical thing and pulled his head off. Four other Autobots also resorted to this grotesque stunt before [[Galen]], head of the Nebulan [[World Watchers]], was convinced they weren't a threat. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

When the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos, Galen himself ended up becoming the head of Fortress Maximus to help defend the peace and his world, as both the Nebulan and Autobot underwent the [[binary-bonding]] process to become a [[Headmaster]]. Fortress Maximus remained the leader of the Nebulan Autobots for the rest of their battles there, eventually abandoning the planet to support his stranded comrades on Earth. During the transport, Fortress Maximus underwent a number of treatments to alter his size considerably, increasing himself from a city-sized behemoth to a slightly ''larger'' city-sized behemoth. With these changes, he could save a lot of time in combat by simply stepping on Decepticons instead of having to actually fight them.

Of course, with his larger scale, Fortress Maximus needed a new head (Galen still being stuck at roughly human-size). For this reason, another Autobot, [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]], was added to serve as a secondary stage between Galen and Maximus. As the head of Cerebros, Galen could transform Cerebros into the larger head of Fortress Maximus.

Arriving on Earth, Fortress Maximus led his fellow Headmasters to Mount St. Hilary, source of the Autobot distress call that had drawn them to Earth. After recovering the damaged [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]], the group encountered [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], who had come in search of his missing younger brother [[Buster Witwicky]]. Spike asked for the Autobots' help in finding his brother, but Fortress Maximus was more interested in their primary mission of locating the Autobots of Earth, and led his troops off to follow the fuel trail of the missing ''Ark.''

Scorponok's crew soon followed Maximus to Earth, however, and to the same cave. When Spike replayed Goldbug's distress message, Fortress Maximus and company returned to the cave, apologizing to Spike for his failure to consider the danger he had brought to Earth's natives by leading the Decepticons there.

In the ensuing battle, Spike retreated further into the volcano's caves to seek shelter. Scorponok followed, seeking a hostage; Fortress Maximus pursued him. As the caves narrowed down, Maximus was forced to send Cerebros onward, and eventually Galen himself had to leave Cerebros to cross a fragile rock bridge. Scorponok used the distraction to blast rocks down on Galan, killing him. As the Decepticon leader left, laughing, Galan passed on his control helmet to Spike, allowing the Earthen to assume control of Fortress Maximus and drive the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

Spike soon underwent the full binary bonding process and became the leader of the ''Steelhaven'''s crew of Autobots. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[Image:Fortmaxboat.jpg|right|250px|thumb|This is the last of three times you see his battle station mode, so don't blink.]]
Spike and Fortress Maximus would go on to have a very tumultuous relationship, fighting both the Decepticons and, at times, each other, as Spike constantly expressed his displeasure at being the large Autobot's partner. Once his brother Buster was finally rescued, Spike tried to go go his own way and resume his life, but time and time again the Decepticons would pose some sort of threat to the planet so immense that he would have to join with Fortress Maximus to combat it.

After the other Autobots and Decepticons left Earth to battle Unicron, Spike and Fortress Maximus remained on Earth to safeguard the planet. Thus, when the remains of the [[Ark]] fell from orbit and crashed in the northern tundra of Canada, and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] emerged from the wreckage to wreak havoc, it fell to Fortress Maximus to stop him. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

Despite his success in that mission, it was actually [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] who would prove to be the undoing of this giant warrior: when the reborn and reconditioned Decepticon leader stole the Ark and used it as his personal flagship, Spike and Maximus took it upon themselves to stop him. Brutally beaten in combat with an upgraded and super-charged Megatron, the pair dragged themselves to the heart of the ship and threw themselves into the anti-matter containment unit at the core of its power supply, killing both of them. To add further insult to their sacrifice, it was a complete waste of effort: every other Transformer who was on board, including Megatron, managed to survive the destruction of the ship and lived to fight another day.

==="Rebirth" miniseries (America)===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Stephen Keener]]

[[Image:Fortressmaximusg1rebirth.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Not surprisingly, Fortress Maximus is a bottom.]]

When the [[Hive]] of [[Nebulos]] had developed the massive [[Transformer]] [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] in 2007, Spike found that his only available resources to combat the threat were the Hive's older technology and the pacifist Autobot Cerebros. Spike used the technology to create an Autobot giant, at the same time re-engineering Cerebros to become the new robot's head, and to take Spike himself as his own head (Cerebros seemed to get little say in these matters). The giant, named Fortress Maximus, blasted off for Cybertron, where he expectedly fought (and won) against Scorponok. After Maximus/Cerebros and Spike saved Cybertron and [[Earth]] from the Hive and the Decepticons, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] sent them back to Nebulos as its guardians.

It is unclear if Fortress Maximus had any sentience of his own; he did speak once in his own voice. But for the most part, even Cerebros' will seemed to be pushed aside so Spike could run the whole thing himself. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

===Japanese animated continuity===
====Kiss Players====
A [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] from another time inspired the creation of a new Fortress Maximus when he crashed onto [[Master]].{{storylink|Kiss Players (fiction)|Kiss Players}}

====''Headmasters'' (Japan)====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Ikuya Sawaki]]

{{charstub}}

[[Image:G1FortressMaximus HMstockfootage.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"...But it's the pelvic [[Thrust|thruuuuuust]] / that really drives you in-sa-a-a-ane / Let's do the Time Warp again!"]]

Headmasters were human-sized Transformers had long ago left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and established themselves on the planet [[Master]]. To better survive there, they built larger bodies for themselves; they could then transform to become the heads of these more powerful forms.

[[Image:FortressHeadJap.jpg|left|thumb|150px|The Ginsu Head, slices and dices, makes thousands of julienned Decepticons.]]

The leader of the Autobot faction on Master was named [[Fortress]]. Fortress took the Headmaster process one step further. Not only did he combine with a larger robot, but that robot could in turn enlarge and become the head of another, ''much'' larger robot, the robot form of the Battleship ''Maximus'', thus forming the mighty Fortress Maximus.

Fortress would sometimes run the battleship while sitting on the bridge transformed into a giant head. He also had [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] as a secretary.

{{-}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' (Japan)====
Fortress was seen briefly and indistinctly as he introduced his brother, [[Grand Maximus]].

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
A gargantuan Fortress Maximus was first seen in a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of future [[Nebulos]] by Optimus Prime.

Later in the same era, a more normal-sized Fortress Maximus was a co-leader of the Autobot forces on Cybertron, along with Ultra Magnus. As Cybertron's resources ran low, they struggled to hold the Autobot army together. {{storylink|Micromasters (comic)}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{spoiler|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Fortress Maximus is an authoritarian Autobot official appearing at the Garrus-9 penal facility alongside Arcee.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, 1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''

[[Image:G1FortressMaximus_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|If I hear somebody ask "how's the weather up there" one more time, [[Primus]] help him...]]

: The largest Transformers toy from [[Generation 1]], Fortress Maximus has multiple altmode configurations. He transforms into a compact "city" mode, and can also assume a secondary mode described in the US instruction as a "battle station." This mode was rebranded as a starship for the Japanese instructions, and is the "default" mode for Fortress Maximus in the ''Headmasters'' animated series. Additionally, the 1987 Hasbro toy catalog features a mis-transformed Fortress Maximus in a mode referred to as an "impenetable fortress," essentially consisting of his city mode with the legs splayed outwards.

: In all modes, Maximus has a wide array of pop-out (non-firing) guns and gimmicks. Its left leg hides a small prison cell, plus has a swing-out cannon/helipad. Its right leg has a small storage compartment. Its torso has a gear-activated spinner for the detachable radar array accessory, a "control socket" for [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]' "communcations tower" mode, and a working elevator that can lift small toys up to its central ramp to be launched in its altmodes. (The crank for this elevator ends up in a very unfortunate position in robot mode.) Each arm had a long ramp on the back with sliding launchers for small vehicles.

: Its robot-mode head is formed by Cerebros, who does not actually need Spike to attach to the upper body. It came with both Headmaster units, plus the Gasket and Grommet mini-vehicles.

: The Japanese release of Fortress Maximus came with a pair of swords; one for Fortress, a ''large'' one for Maximus. It is currently unknown if the swords were originally planned for the [[Hasbro]] version but dropped for price or [[for safety reasons|safety concerns]], or if they were a [[Takara]]-initiated addition to their release of the toy.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus]], ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]''' "[[Cybertron Base]]".

{{-}}

* '''Fortress Maximus''' (TF Jr, 1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''

[[Image:G1_FortressMaximus_Jnr_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|''We represent the Lollybot guild'']]

: A smaller rendering of the character, scaled down to regular Transformer size, and with only one head. Fortress Maximus Jnr. could only transform from his starship mode to his robot mode, as his legs lack the joints to fold into city mode. Much of his detail and accessories have been simplified into stickers, such as his shin cannons. He comes with only one weapon, his large blue rifle.

:This toy was also available in a leaders three-pack with Chromedome and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy Jnr.]]

{{-}}

===Merchandise===
* Fortress Maximus was a larger "build-a-bot" from the third "Act" of the [[Super Collection Figure]] PVC line; one piece of it was packaged in each of the six clear pieces in a case of twelve. Like the regular PVCs, it was available both in full-color or colorless-clear versions.

* The Fortress Maximus PVC was revisited for [[Hasbro]]'s [[Heroes of Cybertron]] line, again as a pack-in, one part in each of the six releases of wave four. This version was cast entirely in clear-blue plastic then painted over, save a small spot on his head to give him a "light-pipe" glowing-eyes effect.
:* Torso : [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
:* Head & sword: [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
:* Left arm: [[Powermaster]] [[Overlord|Gigatron]]
:* Right arm: [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
:* Left leg: [[Jazz|Autobot Jazz]]
:* Right leg : Autobot Espionage Team ([[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] & Spike)

==Trivia==
* 'Fortress Maximus' was likely a considered name for the character that eventually became [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] in [[Generation 1]]. The [[Marvel]] comic adaptation of the [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|1986 Movie]] even refers to [[Autobot City]] as ''Fortress Maximus'' in a caption.

* Fortress Maximus was the first toy to be released with a bona-fide Earthling figure. All of the other Headmasters' companions were from Nebulos. (Although Maximus' tech specs refer to 'the Nebulan leader, Spike', the general consensus is that it was supposed to be the popular figure from TV and other media, who is almost certainly an Earthling.)

* When Spike transforms to join Fortress Maximus for the last time in the ''Generation 2'' book, Cerebros is not shown, and Spike transforms directly into Fortress Maximus's head. Maximus is shown to be no larger than Megatron. In real-life terms, it's an obvious series of art errors; in the context of the story, one might wonder if Maximus was reduced back to his original, smaller, size. It seems improbable, considering that Spike had been retired for years by that point.

* Fortress Maximus has the distinction of having one of the most well known Transformers [[knockoff|bootleg]] versions in existence. While Cerebros has been omitted, the Spike figure is the same, and the body has been scaled down to match, effectively making the body compatible with any other Headmaster head. It also fetches absurd prices for a bootleg.

* In America, Fortress Maximus is seven distinct flavors of awesome, while in Japan he is only 3 kinds of awesome.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/FortressMaximus/fortressmaximus.htm Fortress Maximus at TFU.info]

[[Category: Autobot leaders]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Bases]]
[[Category: Cities]]
[[Category: Generation 1 locations]]
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Fortress Maximus (G1)

2008-01-18T19:02:31Z

68.184.238.89: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Fortress Maximus}}

:''Fortress Maximus is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:FortMax1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Link called. He wants the [[Master Sword]] back.]]

Despite his great power, size, and rank, '''Fortress Maximus''' is a weary and reluctant warrior. Fighting is against his pacifist nature, even for the most noble of causes. Over time, the endless conflict on Cybertron has worn him down, to the point that he's willing to walk away from the war entirely to preserve himself and his ideals.

Fortress Maximus is big. ''How'' big generally depends on the continuity, but often as not he's binary-bonded to a smaller robot named [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] who forms his head; Cerebros' own head is formed by [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]].

{{note|Fortress Maximus is one of those fun characters whose English and Japanese incarnations were very different. See individual fiction entries below for continuity specific profiles.}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Forteresse Maximus'''
:''Cracked-out English-Maylay dub name:'' '''Spaceship Bruce''' ''(starship mode only)''
:''Japanese name'': '''Cerebros'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Fortress Maximus'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
Fortress Maximus was an architect in his early career, designing and even constructing many works on Cybertron. When the war came, he turned his talents to fighting.

During the long absence of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and their respective troops from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], unit commander Fortress Maximus became so sick of the war that he decided to leave it. He didn't care if it made him a coward or not, he simply believed that the war would go on regardless of whether or not he was in it. Taking a number of Autobots with him, he retreated to the peaceful planet of [[Nebulos]].

[[Image:Fortmaxgiveshead.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Dibs on the off-color jokes!]]

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before mistakes were made and Maximus' group found themselves at odds with the local [[human]] populace. Maximus 'proved' their peaceful intentions by marching up to the Nebulan capital, and discarding the group's weapons. When that didn't work, he did the next logical thing and pulled his head off. Four other Autobots also resorted to this grotesque stunt before [[Galen]], head of the Nebulan [[World Watchers]], was convinced they weren't a threat. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

When the Decepticons followed the Autobots to Nebulos, Galen himself ended up becoming the head of Fortress Maximus to help defend the peace and his world, as both the Nebulan and Autobot underwent the [[binary-bonding]] process to become a [[Headmaster]]. Fortress Maximus remained the leader of the Nebulan Autobots for the rest of their battles there, eventually abandoning the planet to support his stranded comrades on Earth. During the transport, Fortress Maximus underwent a number of treatments to alter his size considerably, increasing himself from a city-sized behemoth to a slightly ''larger'' city-sized behemoth. With these changes, he could save a lot of time in combat by simply stepping on Decepticons instead of having to actually fight them.

Of course, with his larger scale, Fortress Maximus needed a new head (Galen still being stuck at roughly human-size). For this reason, another Autobot, [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]], was added to serve as a secondary stage between Galen and Maximus. As the head of Cerebros, Galen could transform Cerebros into the larger head of Fortress Maximus.

Arriving on Earth, Fortress Maximus led his fellow Headmasters to Mount St. Hilary, source of the Autobot distress call that had drawn them to Earth. After recovering the damaged [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]], the group encountered [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], who had come in search of his missing younger brother [[Buster Witwicky]]. Spike asked for the Autobots' help in finding his brother, but Fortress Maximus was more interested in their primary mission of locating the Autobots of Earth, and led his troops off to follow the fuel trail of the missing ''Ark.''

Scorponok's crew soon followed Maximus to Earth, however, and to the same cave. When Spike replayed Goldbug's distress message, Fortress Maximus and company returned to the cave, apologizing to Spike for his failure to consider the danger he had brought to Earth's natives by leading the Decepticons there.

In the ensuing battle, Spike retreated further into the volcano's caves to seek shelter. Scorponok followed, seeking a hostage; Fortress Maximus pursued him. As the caves narrowed down, Maximus was forced to send Cerebros onward, and eventually Galan himself had to leave Cerebros to cross a fragile rock bridge. Scorponok used the distraction to blast rocks down on Galan, killing him. As the Decepticon leader left, laughing, Galan passed on his control helmet to Spike, allowing the Earthen to assume control of Fortress Maximus and drive the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

Spike soon underwent the full binary bonding process and became the leader of the ''Steelhaven'''s crew of Autobots. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[Image:Fortmaxboat.jpg|right|250px|thumb|This is the last of three times you see his battle station mode, so don't blink.]]
Spike and Fortress Maximus would go on to have a very tumultuous relationship, fighting both the Decepticons and, at times, each other, as Spike constantly expressed his displeasure at being the large Autobot's partner. Once his brother Buster was finally rescued, Spike tried to go go his own way and resume his life, but time and time again the Decepticons would pose some sort of threat to the planet so immense that he would have to join with Fortress Maximus to combat it.

After the other Autobots and Decepticons left Earth to battle Unicron, Spike and Fortress Maximus remained on Earth to safeguard the planet. Thus, when the remains of the [[Ark]] fell from orbit and crashed in the northern tundra of Canada, and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] emerged from the wreckage to wreak havoc, it fell to Fortress Maximus to stop him. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

Despite his success in that mission, it was actually [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] who would prove to be the undoing of this giant warrior: when the reborn and reconditioned Decepticon leader stole the Ark and used it as his personal flagship, Spike and Maximus took it upon themselves to stop him. Brutally beaten in combat with an upgraded and super-charged Megatron, the pair dragged themselves to the heart of the ship and threw themselves into the anti-matter containment unit at the core of its power supply, killing both of them. To add further insult to their sacrifice, it was a complete waste of effort: every other Transformer who was on board, including Megatron, managed to survive the destruction of the ship and lived to fight another day.

==="Rebirth" miniseries (America)===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Stephen Keener]]

[[Image:Fortressmaximusg1rebirth.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Not surprisingly, Fortress Maximus is a bottom.]]

When the [[Hive]] of [[Nebulos]] had developed the massive [[Transformer]] [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] in 2007, Spike found that his only available resources to combat the threat were the Hive's older technology and the pacifist Autobot Cerebros. Spike used the technology to create an Autobot giant, at the same time re-engineering Cerebros to become the new robot's head, and to take Spike himself as his own head (Cerebros seemed to get little say in these matters). The giant, named Fortress Maximus, blasted off for Cybertron, where he expectedly fought (and won) against Scorponok. After Maximus/Cerebros and Spike saved Cybertron and [[Earth]] from the Hive and the Decepticons, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] sent them back to Nebulos as its guardians.

It is unclear if Fortress Maximus had any sentience of his own; he did speak once in his own voice. But for the most part, even Cerebros' will seemed to be pushed aside so Spike could run the whole thing himself. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

===Japanese animated continuity===
====Kiss Players====
A [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] from another time inspired the creation of a new Fortress Maximus when he crashed onto [[Master]].{{storylink|Kiss Players (fiction)|Kiss Players}}

====''Headmasters'' (Japan)====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Ikuya Sawaki]]

{{charstub}}

[[Image:G1FortressMaximus HMstockfootage.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"...But it's the pelvic [[Thrust|thruuuuuust]] / that really drives you in-sa-a-a-ane / Let's do the Time Warp again!"]]

Headmasters were human-sized Transformers had long ago left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and established themselves on the planet [[Master]]. To better survive there, they built larger bodies for themselves; they could then transform to become the heads of these more powerful forms.

[[Image:FortressHeadJap.jpg|left|thumb|150px|The Ginsu Head, slices and dices, makes thousands of julienned Decepticons.]]

The leader of the Autobot faction on Master was named [[Fortress]]. Fortress took the Headmaster process one step further. Not only did he combine with a larger robot, but that robot could in turn enlarge and become the head of another, ''much'' larger robot, the robot form of the Battleship ''Maximus'', thus forming the mighty Fortress Maximus.

Fortress would sometimes run the battleship while sitting on the bridge transformed into a giant head. He also had [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] as a secretary.

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====''Super-God Masterforce'' (Japan)====
Fortress was seen briefly and indistinctly as he introduced his brother, [[Grand Maximus]].

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
A gargantuan Fortress Maximus was first seen in a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of future [[Nebulos]] by Optimus Prime.

Later in the same era, a more normal-sized Fortress Maximus was a co-leader of the Autobot forces on Cybertron, along with Ultra Magnus. As Cybertron's resources ran low, they struggled to hold the Autobot army together. {{storylink|Micromasters (comic)}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{spoiler|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Fortress Maximus is an authoritarian Autobot official appearing at the Garrus-9 penal facility alongside Arcee.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, 1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''

[[Image:G1FortressMaximus_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|If I hear somebody ask "how's the weather up there" one more time, [[Primus]] help him...]]

: The largest Transformers toy from [[Generation 1]], Fortress Maximus has multiple altmode configurations. He transforms into a compact "city" mode, and can also assume a secondary mode described in the US instruction as a "battle station." This mode was rebranded as a starship for the Japanese instructions, and is the "default" mode for Fortress Maximus in the ''Headmasters'' animated series. Additionally, the 1987 Hasbro toy catalog features a mis-transformed Fortress Maximus in a mode referred to as an "impenetable fortress," essentially consisting of his city mode with the legs splayed outwards.

: In all modes, Maximus has a wide array of pop-out (non-firing) guns and gimmicks. Its left leg hides a small prison cell, plus has a swing-out cannon/helipad. Its right leg has a small storage compartment. Its torso has a gear-activated spinner for the detachable radar array accessory, a "control socket" for [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]' "communcations tower" mode, and a working elevator that can lift small toys up to its central ramp to be launched in its altmodes. (The crank for this elevator ends up in a very unfortunate position in robot mode.) Each arm had a long ramp on the back with sliding launchers for small vehicles.

: Its robot-mode head is formed by Cerebros, who does not actually need Spike to attach to the upper body. It came with both Headmaster units, plus the Gasket and Grommet mini-vehicles.

: The Japanese release of Fortress Maximus came with a pair of swords; one for Fortress, a ''large'' one for Maximus. It is currently unknown if the swords were originally planned for the [[Hasbro]] version but dropped for price or [[for safety reasons|safety concerns]], or if they were a [[Takara]]-initiated addition to their release of the toy.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus]], ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]''' "[[Cybertron Base]]".

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* '''Fortress Maximus''' (TF Jr, 1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''

[[Image:G1_FortressMaximus_Jnr_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|''We represent the Lollybot guild'']]

: A smaller rendering of the character, scaled down to regular Transformer size, and with only one head. Fortress Maximus Jnr. could only transform from his starship mode to his robot mode, as his legs lack the joints to fold into city mode. Much of his detail and accessories have been simplified into stickers, such as his shin cannons. He comes with only one weapon, his large blue rifle.

:This toy was also available in a leaders three-pack with Chromedome and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy Jnr.]]

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===Merchandise===
* Fortress Maximus was a larger "build-a-bot" from the third "Act" of the [[Super Collection Figure]] PVC line; one piece of it was packaged in each of the six clear pieces in a case of twelve. Like the regular PVCs, it was available both in full-color or colorless-clear versions.

* The Fortress Maximus PVC was revisited for [[Hasbro]]'s [[Heroes of Cybertron]] line, again as a pack-in, one part in each of the six releases of wave four. This version was cast entirely in clear-blue plastic then painted over, save a small spot on his head to give him a "light-pipe" glowing-eyes effect.
:* Torso : [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
:* Head & sword: [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
:* Left arm: [[Powermaster]] [[Overlord|Gigatron]]
:* Right arm: [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
:* Left leg: [[Jazz|Autobot Jazz]]
:* Right leg : Autobot Espionage Team ([[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] & Spike)

==Trivia==
* 'Fortress Maximus' was likely a considered name for the character that eventually became [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] in [[Generation 1]]. The [[Marvel]] comic adaptation of the [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|1986 Movie]] even refers to [[Autobot City]] as ''Fortress Maximus'' in a caption.

* Fortress Maximus was the first toy to be released with a bona-fide Earthling figure. All of the other Headmasters' companions were from Nebulos. (Although Maximus' tech specs refer to 'the Nebulan leader, Spike', the general consensus is that it was supposed to be the popular figure from TV and other media, who is almost certainly an Earthling.)

* When Spike transforms to join Fortress Maximus for the last time in the ''Generation 2'' book, Cerebros is not shown, and Spike transforms directly into Fortress Maximus's head. Maximus is shown to be no larger than Megatron. In real-life terms, it's an obvious series of art errors; in the context of the story, one might wonder if Maximus was reduced back to his original, smaller, size. It seems improbable, considering that Spike had been retired for years by that point.

* Fortress Maximus has the distinction of having one of the most well known Transformers [[knockoff|bootleg]] versions in existence. While Cerebros has been omitted, the Spike figure is the same, and the body has been scaled down to match, effectively making the body compatible with any other Headmaster head. It also fetches absurd prices for a bootleg.

* In America, Fortress Maximus is seven distinct flavors of awesome, while in Japan he is only 3 kinds of awesome.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/FortressMaximus/fortressmaximus.htm Fortress Maximus at TFU.info]

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Spike Witwicky (G1)

2008-01-18T18:56:55Z

68.184.238.89: /* Generation 1 */

:''Spike Witwicky is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[image:Lolpuberty.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Amazing what a bit of testosterone can do for a guy. Rawr.]]

'''Spike Witwicky''' is the oldest (and sometimes only) son of [[Sparkplug Witwicky]].

Spike, like most Witwickys, has a tendency to form close bonds to the Autobots and become one of their main human allies. Cause lets face it, there are advantages when your best friend is [[Bumblebee (G1)|a car]].

:''Malay-English dub name:'' '''Sparkle'''<br>
:''Hungarian ''The Movie'' dub name'': '''Csuka''' ("Pike"), in other media, '''Spike'''.

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Corey Burton]] (US), [[Show Hayami]] → [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

[[Image:Spike_SemiNude.jpg|thumb|left|150px|We have hereby filled our beefcake quotient for this Wiki. Move along.]]
[[Image:Spike_ospit.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Oh, bugger. How do you propose we solve our predicament at this moment?]]
In 1984, Spike was a 14-year-old adolescent working with his father [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] on an oil rig when the Decepticons attacked. After the Autobots rescued them, they volunteered to become their native guides to planet Earth.

Spike had many adventures with the Autobots, taking part in just about everything they did on Earth for at least the next few years. He became especially close friends with the little Autobot Bumblebee. At one point, however, Spike was injured in a Decepticon attack, and his mind was transferred to the unstable [[Autobot X]]. The process began to play havoc with Spike's mind, allowing [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to manipulate him in into attacking [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots. Only after nearly killing his father did Spike realize that he was being duped. His mind was subsequently transferred back into his body.
[[Image:Bumblebeepinkinterior.jpg|left|thumb|150px|It's the pink interior that makes Spike such a [[Ladiesman217|Ladiesman]]]]

In the course of his adventures with the Autobots, he met [[Carly]], an impetuous prodigy and MIT graduate. Despite being (much) smarter, older (she could drive), and hotter than him, Carly displayed a noticeable affection for the somewhat-dim Spike. They mated and produced [[Daniel Witwicky|offspring]].

As an adult in the distant year 2005, Spike was stationed with Bumblebee on one of the Autobot's secret moonbases. He had a bit of a potty-mouth about being eaten by the monster-planet [[Unicron]], but that would make anyone pissed. He was saved from the belly of Unicron by his afforementioned offspring. Later, when the Autobots had regained control of the planet, he became Earth's ambassador...or something.

[[Image:SpikeHeadmasterRebirth1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Spike is BACK! ...and BLACK!]]

Marooned on the distant planet [[Nebulos]] he became a [[Headmaster]] partner to [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] and single handedly rebuilt an ancient city into [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|a giant transformer]].

He polished up good.

===Headmasters Cartoon===
Uh, disregard those last two sentences and add in some misogyny.

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
''(Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.)''

Spike Witwicky was away at college for the first few years of the Autobot/Decepticon war on Earth until he returned home to find his younger brother [[Buster_Witwicky|Buster]] kidnapped by the Decepticons. Spike soon became the binary-bond partner to the [[Headmaster]] [[Fortress_Maximus_(G1)|Fortress Maximus]], after Fortress Maximus' first partner, [[Galen]], was killed in a battle with the Deception [[Scorponok_(G1)|Scorponok]].

Thereafter he struggled with balancing his responsibillities to his family with those to the Autobots. Once Buster was rescued, and with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] returned to life to take his place as Autobot leader, Spike went into retirement, mothballing poor Max. This retirement wouldn't last however as it was interupted, first by a pair of Decepticon [[Pretender]]s, then by the crash of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and a raving [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Through the course of these conflicts Spike learned that the [[binary bonding]] he had undergone with Maximus was far deeper and more permanent than he'd believed. Fortress Maximus was always there with him in his head, always a part of him. After his battle with Galvatron he seemed to have made peace with his connection to Fortress Maximus and his role as (perhaps) the last Autobot protector of Earth.

[[Image:Spikewitwicky2009.jpg|150px|right|thumb|In 2009, jheri curls return with a vengeance. Just you wait.]]
[[Image:Spikewitwickytimewars.jpg|150px|left|thumb|White jumpsuits were so 2006.]]
''In an alternate timeline in the year 2009, Decepticons had built a machine to destroy Earth while a space-time anomaly was eating entire planets. After [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] orchestrated a plan to travel twenty years back in time to the source of the anomaly, Spike Witwicky and his son Daniel accused Rodimus of shirking his responsibilities towards Earth and guilted Rodimus into allotting more troops to help destroy the Decepticons' machine.''

In another alternate timeline in the year 2009, Spike Witwicky was part of a very small Autobot/human resistance movement in a world where [[Galvatron II]]'s Decepticons controlled North America. The handful of Autobots who remained alive despaired and were on the cusp of giving up, but Spike and [[Lisa]] (who shared growing feelings for each other) guilted them into one last suicidal attack on Decepticon headquarters in New York before the rest of the world could unleash a nuclear holocaust onto America at midnight. Though there were several casualties, Spike managed to hoist an American flag on the Decepticon stronghold on live television, a symbolic measure which prompted the end of the planned nuclear strike. Before Galvatron II could respond, the Decepticon despot was abducted by [[Hook, Line, and Sinker]] into another timeline.

====''Generation 2''====
[[Image:Spikewitwickyg2.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Now the jumpsuit's in BROWN?]]

Spike followed up on the now [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]-controlled Ark, which he'd apparently stuffed Fortress Maximus aboard and then abandoned after his battle with Galvatron (great job protecting Earth there, "Last Autobot").

He reunited with Max and together they . . . um sort of stopped Megatron (well, delayed him a little . . . maybe) by throwing themselves into the ship's [[antimatter]] core.

He blowed up '''real''' good.
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===

It's to be assumed that Spike and his father, Sparkplug, met the Autobots early on in their time on Earth (in a similar fashion as Spike and Sparkplug did in the cartoon, or Buster and Sparkplug did in the Marvel Comics). Spike definitely had a younger brother named Buster (like in the Marvel comics), yet it was Spike who formed a close friendship with Bumblebee (like in the cartoon, rather than missing out on the first few years of the Witwicky family's interaction with the Transformers while engaging in drinking orgies at college, like he did in the Marvel comics). The exact details of the Witwicky's early years as the Autobots' human associates are therefore not known.

Somewhere in the time after 1984, Spike married Carly, who then gave birth to Spike's son, Daniel. After the explosion of the Ark II in 1999, which caused the death of Spike's father Sparkplug, Spike tried to leave his involvement with the Transformers behind and settled down with his wife and son in Cleveland, Ohio, trying to live a new life as a normal family. The newfound peace wouldn't last for long, though, as Spike was soon recruited by a shady military official named [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] seeking his help in reviving Optimus Prime, whose body his men had recently found in the Arctic. Spike, who had been entrusted by Prime with a fragment of the Matrix, used that fragment to bring Prime back to life. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 1}} {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 2}}

Prime subsequently used the Matrix to revive and assemble a group of his Autobots, which he would then lead against Megatron's Decepticons. Meanwhile, Spike was imprisoned by General Hallo, who had double motives behind reviving the Autobots and even tried to kill them by bombing them. With the help of [[Larry|Larry, the World's Most Resourceful Janitor]], Spike was able to escape his cell and uncover Hallo's sinister schemes, but not in time to stop him from launching a nuclear strike against the Autobots which was ultimately averted when [[Superion]] sacrificed his life in order to make it detonate before it could reach its target. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 5}} {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 6}}

Following these events, Spike once again returned to his family and tried to leave his past with the Transformers behind. A few months later, though, his old friend Bumblebee, who had just decided to quit the Autobot army following a fierce battle against [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], showed up by his house. Spike, frustrated that the Autobots refused to leave him alone, hurled a few nasty insults against his old buddy before changing his mind and joining him on a men's night out in the city, where they stopped a mugging. The follow-up scene of Carly shouting at Spike singing [[drinking_songs|drinking songs]] with Bumblebee was never published due to the untimely faltering of Dreamwave. It also means we will never if Spike and Bumblebee formed a crime fighting duo

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers'' continuity===
In response to the forming of the terrorist organization [[Cobra]] and its commandeered Transformers, the United States government assembled a strike team dubbed [[G.I. Joe]]. Spike Witwicky (codename Spike) was listed on the roster, but was never seen. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs the Transformers, Part 2}}

''(Oddly, Spike Witwicky's was the only name of a military specialist on the roster which was not ordered last name, first name.)''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Fortress Maximus with Spike''' (Headmaster, 1987)
:Spike was a [[Headmaster]] figure who came with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Gray and blue, he transformed into [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]' head, who then in turn became Fortress Maximus' head. Although the tech specs referred to 'the Nebulan leader, Spike', most assume it was supposed to represent the character from TV, making this the first Transformers toy of an Earth human.

==Merchandise==

===Super Collection Figure===
*'''Bumble and Spike''' (Act 3, 2001)
*''Japanese ID Number'': '''5''' (painted) '''6''' (clear)

[[Image:SCF-Bumblebee-Spike.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Spike says "How."]]

:Spike and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] were sold together as a single PVC in ''Act 3'' of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Super Collection Figure]] series. They were [[blindpacked]], with painted and clear variations sold in equal quantities. In [[Hasbro]]'s markets, they were sold together on a blister card as the "Autobot Espionage Team". (At this point, Hasbro did not have the trademark rights to Bumblebee's name.) In both Japan and the West, the two came packaged with HOC Fortress Maximus' right leg.

==Trivia==

*Spike and Buster were both derived from the same "young male human friend" character in early backstory material. For more on the name variation see [[Butch Witwicky]].
*[[:Image:Spikecarlydanielanimated.jpg|Cameos of the Witwicky family]] appear in the [[Transform and Roll Out!|pilot movie]] of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.

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Cerebros (G1)

2008-01-18T18:51:33Z

68.184.238.89: /* Generation 1 cartoon */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot|the Robots in Disguise Autobot|Cerebros (RID)}}

:''Cerebros is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:G1Cerebros_MTMTE.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Must I always strike poses wielding weapons? Can I have no peace?!]]

'''Cerebros''' is the robot that transforms into [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]' head, and is itself [[Binary-bonding|binary bonded]] to [[Spike Witwicky]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
When Fortress Maximus was super-sized during the trip from [[Nebulos]] to [[Earth]], Cerebros, basically an oversophisticated drone, as per the characters' packaging bio, was built to serve as an intermediate robot form between [[Galen]] and Fort Max... not much else to say, really.

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice actor: [[Jered Barclay]] (US)
[[Image:CerebrosRebirth1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Professor X! Activate Cerebros!]]

In the animated series, Cerebros was a sentient Autobot, who was concerned about humanity's growing involvement in the Transformers' conflict. He found himself stranded on Nebulos alongside several others when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] unwittingly unleashed the power of the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. He refused to become a Headmaster or Targetmaster however, reiterating his belief that human(oid)s shouldn't endanger themselves by fighting alongside Autobots. He wandered off and got his rear handed to him by the drones guarding the abandoned [[Hive]] city, and came crawling back (literally) to the other Autobots. When Optimus Prime arrived to pick up the Autobots on Nebulos and drive them to soccer practice... err, I mean, fly them back to Cybertron to help stop Galvatron and his all-out invasion of the planet, Cerebros decided to stay behind with Spike Witwicky, and help rebuild the Hive city he discovered to become Fortress Maximus. They later arrived on Cybertron just in time to battle their Decepticon counterpart, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Cerebros afterwards asked Spike to deactivate him, not wishing to witness any more warfare. Spike showed him that Cybertron had been restored to a new Golden Age, and Cerebros broke out of his suicidal-pacifist funk. He was later assigned, along with the other binary-bonded Autobots, to protect Nebulos. Cerebros said that Optimus had made him the happiest girl alive... well, something to that effect anyway. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

==Toys==
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, 1987)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''

==Trivia==
[[Image:CerebrosCityMode.jpg|Right|200px|thumb|You look strangely familiar]]
* There seems to be ongoing confusion on the proper way to transform Cerebros, as various sources have shown his legs made from the sides of Fortress Maximus's head (the horns visible and his feet made from the grills), while other sources have turned them around so that he has his own feet. The legs on the toy swivel so that either version is possible.
* In [[The Rebirth, Part 3]] Cerebros is depicted as having an [[Alternate mode|Alt Mode]]. Curiously it is in fact, Fortress Maximus' City mode. Whether Spike based the larger Transformer's design on Cerebros, or if it was a side effect of the Binary Bonding process [[Animation error|is unknown]].

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Headmaster (technology)

2008-01-18T18:29:23Z

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'''Headmasters''' are a type of symbiotic variation on the [[Transformer]] lifeform where a smaller sentient being, frequently but not exclusively organic, [[transformation|transforms]] into the head of a larger robot. The process by which this is accomplished varies by continuity. In conversation, the term "Headmaster" can apply to both the primary partner (the head), and their significant other (the body).

Headmaster bonding in most continuities occurs between two sentient beings, but there have been cases where the head (such as [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] in the G1 Cartoon) or the body (such as the [[Transtector]]s in the Japanese anime, or the [[Sunstreaker]] clones in the [[IDW comics]]) are non-sentient constructs controlled entirely by the other partner.

When it occurs between two sentient beings, the benefits of the Headmaster procedure are many: the partner gains control of a larger, more powerful body, and the Transformer gains an extra perspective on the battlefield, the psychic [[Binary bonding]] involved allowing him to draw on both his own ideas, tactics, and instincts as well as those of his partner as quickly as if they were coming from his own head (since they are).

==Fiction==

===Marvel Comics===

The Headmaster technology was primarily the invention of the Nebulan scientist [[Arcana]] and was designed originally to let Nebulans utilize the bodies of Autobots to defend their world (something they did not trust the Autobots enough to let them do on their own.)

In this continuity all Headmaster partnerships seen are human/nebulan-Transformer. The organic half of the pair is able to transform by use of a special suit of Headmaster armor and a control helmet that interfaces with bio-cybernetic augmentation in the surgically altered humanoid. It IS possible for an organic to control/communicate with the larger robots form with only the control helmet even if they have not undergone the binary bonding/augmentation process to let them transform into a head and likewise an altered/binary bonded organic remains permanently psychically connected to his partner regardless of whether he retains the helmet or armor.

The main weakness in the design comes from conflicts of personality. Since there was never meant to be an equal partnership in the original Headmaster concept, very little attention was paid to how the Transformer and their partner would interact during the original bonding. As the prototypes of the binary bonding idea, the Headmasters suffered from a lack of knowledge on how important this interaction would be. Many early Headmasters simply did not get along with their own bodies, and vice-versa. Because of this, partners would often disagree or be at odds with each other, resulting in confusion in the Transformer as the voices in his head had extended arguments over what to do. Depending on the compatibility and personalities of the partners their minds tend to merge to different extents and their joint psyche manifests in unique ways for each individual. (For instance, in the comic, Spike and Fort Max were two separate minds sharing one body, with each dominant in their own form and the other submissive, while Lord Zarak and Scorponok seemed to reach some sort of fusion where he was both beings merged into one. A similar situation developed between [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Hi-Q]].)

(''Note: this was not an unexpected problem for the Transformers. Early [[combiner]] teams had similar issues, with the resulting gestalt being much simpler and less intelligent than the sum of its parts, often because the parts did not get along. However, since the Nebulans failed to ask before starting the Headmaster plan, they were not able to avoid this problem'')

Headmaster partners are unique amongst their brethren (the [[Targetmaster|Targetmasters]] and [[Powermaster|Powermasters]]) in that they have the power to take full control over the body they are connected to, often against that Transformer's will. However, over time, both the Headmasters and their Transformer partners realized that they worked better when both sides had a say in things (two heads being better than one), and the relationship between them evolved from master/slave into a more equal partnership. In that cooperation lies the real strength of the Headmaster process.

===Generation 1 Cartoon===

In this Cartoon the Headmaster process was the brainchild of [[Brainstorm]], who had advocated that using an organic partner would be a good strategy in combat with the Decepticons. It also seems much less invasive for the organic humanoid involved. No surgical alteration is apparently needed on their part and the process seems to consist mainly of altering the Transformers head to 1) have a control center for a partner to sit at inside and 2) to transform around the partner into a fancy [[exo-suit]]. While some who have undergone it have commented at feeling a closer bond there is no reason to believe there is any true psychic connection between them as in the binary bonding of other continuities.

===Japanese animated continuity===

Attempting to escape the wars on Cybertron, a group of diminutive Cybertronians (most of them only a little larger than human beings) fled the planet, only to have their ship crash on the hazardous, inhospitable planet [[Master]]. The need for survival fostered several technological advances (helped in part by technology derived from a [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|time-traveling spaceship]] that crashed on the planet sometime later), chief among them the creation of "[[Transtector]]s," large, lifeless robot bodies that the smaller robots could connect to and control. The small Cybertronians had not yet actually mastered the art of [[transformation]], however, and had to undergo rigorous mental and physical training in order to become "Headmasters" (their name, obviously enough, derived from the planet itself).

The Headmasters subsequently migrated from Master and joined the Autobot and Decepticon forces on Cybertron and Earth, leading to an lengthy conflict that ultimately resulted in both factions departing the Earth for a prolonged period of time. With all easy access to Earth cut off, leaving it's safety in doubt should it be attacked by Decepticons in the future, the Autobots on Master created [[Master-Brace]]s, technology that harnessed the mysterious [[Chokon Power]] to transform humans and allow them to connect to Transtectors and become Headmasters themselves. A set of six Master-Braces and Transtectors were dispatched to Earth, but half the shipment was stolen by Decepticons, and both factions subsequently used the technology to turn three young human children in Headmasters in defense of Earth.

Cybertronian Headmasters possess numerous energy-manipulating superpowers. They are able to freely exchange Transtectors with their fellow Headmasters to increase their power levels, and can link up with each other in the [[Head Formation]] for various destruction results. In contrast, human Headmasters do not possess any of these powers, but have their own natural physical strength and reflexes enhanced many times over by the energies filling their body. Their cellular structures undergo some form of ill-defined holistic transformation which allows them to somehow transform their actual, physical bodies into heads. However, unlike organic Headmasters in other continuities, they do not have to undergo any ''permanent'' alteration - they are capable of "turning off" their powers and becoming normal human beings with ease, the only drawback being that they are unable to remove the Master-Braces that give them their powers.

===Dreamwave comics===

Though only glimpsed in profile art the Headmaster heads here seem to be larger "mecha" that the human partners pilot.

===Energon Cartoon===
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===IDW Comics continuity===
The Headmaster technology is a product of the shadowy organization known as the [[Machination]], possibly using technology developed by Scorponok on the planet Nebulos. Following a tip offered to him by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] found schematics for enhancing a biological entity with Cybertronian technology, in effect producing a "transformable man." Magnus was able to determine that Nebulan businessman [[Mo Zarak]] had been subjected to this process, shortly before Scorponok fled the premises.

Soon after, the Machination captured [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Hunter O'Nion]]. They dismantled Sunstreaker, and subjected Hunter to an extensive regimen of surgery and implants. Subsequently they attempted to brainwash him into one of their soldiers. Thus far, all Headmasters in the IDW technology have been non-sentient, guided by their human pilots. As well, all of them have been replicas of Sunstreaker.

==Limitations==
Without their head, a Transformer Headmaster is at a severe disadvantage. Most Autobots and Decepticons are shown entering a kind of [[stasis lock]] when their heads disconnect from their robot modes, often seeming sluggish and able to perform only the most basic of functions. In their alternate modes, however, a Headmaster seems no different from any other Transformer: if, perhaps, a little more dangerous. With another intelligent being to help with the task of driving, flying, or shooting, the Headmaster is able to focus more clearly on tactics, strategy, or just the task at hand, freeing up considerable processing power from more mundane requirements. This makes a Headmaster capable of extreme multi-tasking and amazingly rapid decision-making, ''if'' the two partners have similar attitudes and mindsets.

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