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Scavenger (Armada)

2007-09-01T16:41:02Z

81.145.241.149: /* Animated continuity */

{{disambig3|Scavenger}}
:''Scavenger is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

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A former instructor at [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s top military academy, '''Scavenger''' sets the bar high. It was his (and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]'s) strict training regimen for the now-legendary Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] that has pushed the Autobots to countless victories. Not easily impressed, Scavenger despises cockiness and values only true skill. Like Optimus Prime, he sees potential in young [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. Hot Shot's hotheaded and cocksure, especially now that he wields the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword. Scavenger sees this as a problem.

But it's nothing that can't be beaten out of him.

''Japanese name:'' '''Devastar'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Ward Perry]] (USA), [[Keiji Fujiwara]] (Japan)

[[Image:Pre-arm-scavenger.JPG|left|thumb|GAME OVER, MAN!]]

Scavenger was hired by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] for his skills as a mercenary and a bounty hunter for [[Mini-Con]]s, due to the troubles Megatron was having with the troops under his command. Scavenger claimed that at first he did not know whether to accept the contract or not, until he saw the sorry state of the Decepticons after their defeat at the hands of Hot Shot and the Star Saber. His mocking lack of respect or fear for Megatron intimidated the other Decepticons, as well as earning [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream's]] hatred.

His first appearance on Earth was during an observation of a battle between Starscream and Hot Shot. Noting that Hot Shot only won because the Star Saber sensed its wielder's inexperience, Scavenger challenged the younger Autobot and soundly beat him, despite suffering a serious wound. {{Storylink|Overmatch}}

Later, it was revealed that Scavenger was in fact an Autobot spy working on the behalf of Optimus Prime. After locating [[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]], he set his goal on misleading the Decepticons. It is unclear how long Scavenger posed as a Decepticon, but Megatron takes note of his "legacy" in deciding to trust him.

Scavenger performed his spy duties so well, that he surprised most of the Autobots when he turned over an important member of the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom shield]] to Megatron. Scavenger continued to serve Megatron until abruptly turning on them and aiding Optimus Prime. Scavenger revealed his past with Prime as a teacher and fellow soldier before taking Hot Shot under his wing. Scavenger believes in hard work, but is also prone to bouts of laziness.

He served with the Autobots until the end of the ''[[Unicron Battles]]''.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====

Scavenger, despite being a bulldozer, swerved out of the way of the approaching tank-mode Demolishor and fell down a hill. That apparently knocked him out.

Really.

====''Energon''====

==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Scavenger with Rollbar''' (Max-Con, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-07'''
[[Image:ArmadaScavenger_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Walk like a maaan...]]

: Scavenger transformers into a large green bulldozer. Unusually for Transformers of this era, he features functional rubber treads. Rollbar (in robot mode) can be placed inside the driver's cabin, and pressing down on the Mini-Con activates engine start up and revving sounds. Pushing Scavenger forward will cause the large purple drum wheel at the back to rotate, making driving sounds, and as he rolls forward, his shovel blade will move up and down.

: In robot mode, Scavenger unusually has no leg articulation whatsoever. His 'legs' are halves of the shovel blade clipped onto the purple drum wheel. Pushing Scavenger forwards in robot mode rotates the wheel, moving the legs up and down in a simulation of walking. Each 'step' is accompanying by a stomp sound effect. Moving his arms up and down activates a crashing metal sound effect. Powerlinking Rollbar to the active Powerlinx port on his hip, then pulling it back fires a purple projectile, as well as activating a laser firing sound.

:He was released before the episode that revealed his true allegence was aired. Thanks for spoiling it for us, jerk!
: This mold was used to make [[Treadbolt]].

==Trivia==

* From a design standpoint, Scavenger is essentially an homage to the Generation 1 [[Constructicons]]. His coloring is the same distinctive green and purple of the Constructicons, his name, of course, is based off [[Scavenger (G1)|one of the Constructicons]](while his Japanese name is the same as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s), and his alternate form is that of a bulldozer, similar to [[Bonecrusher (G1)|another Constructon]]. In addition, his Cybertronic robot mode, seen in the episode [[Trust (Armada episode)|Trust]], uses a rifle drawn to resemble Devestator's.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/ArmScavenger/scavenger.htm Scavenger at TFU.info]

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Fortress Maximus (G1)

2007-09-01T16:10:48Z

81.145.241.149: /* Merchandise */

{{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.]]

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

:''Cracked-out English-Maylay dub name:'' '''Spaceship Bruce''' ''(starship mode only)''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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, Fort Max 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.

Sadly, while fighting to rescue [[Buster Witwicky|Buster Witwicky's]] previously-unmentioned older brother [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], Galen was killed in battle. Spike quickly took up the mantle of Fortress Maximus, undergoing the binary bond himself and soon becoming one of the unofficial leaders of the Autobots ([[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] being the other and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] being dead at the time).

[[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. On more than one occasion, Spike would try to go his own way, 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 Fort Max 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. 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 Max 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.

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

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

{{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}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.

Fortress Maximus seemed to have no sentience of his own in the English TV series. In fact, for the most part, even Cerebros' will seemed to be pushed aside so Spike could run the whole thing himself. Spike's a bit selfish.

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

In this story, Headmasters were not the binary-bonded forms of Transformers and organic beings. Instead, human-sized Transformers had long ago left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and established themselves on the planet [[Master]]. To best survive there, they built large bodies that they could transform to become the heads of. The leader of the Autobot faction on Master was named Fortress. Fortress took the Headmaster process one step further: Fortress Maximus was the combined and transformed form of Fortress and the Battleship ''Maximus''. Fortress would sometimes run the battleship while sitting on the bridge transformed into a giant head.

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

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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Maximus was first seen in a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of future [[Nebulos]] by Optimus Prime in the ''[[The War Within|War Within]]'' era.

Later in the same era, Fortress Maximus and Ultra Magnus were struggling to hold the Autobot forces on Cybertron together.

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

: 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 Fort Max 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]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]''' "[[Cybertron Base]]".

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

: A smaller rendering of the character, scaled down to regular Transformer size, and with only one head. This toy lacks the city mode.

===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 Fort Max 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.)

* In the comic series, Fortress Maximus was originally small enough that a human alone could become his head. Later, he was increased in size so that the Cerebros robot was needed to complete the transformation. Yet, when Spike prepares to join with him for their final battle, there is no sign of Cerebros and Fort Max is shown to be no larger than Megatron. Was he reduced back to his original, smaller, size? If so, when? And why would they bother to shrink a headless corpse, let alone re-work Spike's armour so that he no longer needed Cerebros? He 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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