The Motor Master

2012-01-21T17:48:04Z

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{{disambig3|Motormaster}}
:''The Motor Master is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:MotormasterAnimated-model.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Snap into a Slim Jim!]]

Now YOOOOU listen up, [[Autobot|AUTOBOTS]]. '''The Motor Master''' is the LLEEAADERRRR of [[Team Stunticon|TEAM STUNTICOOOOOOOOOOON]]. And they're gonna smash ya. Theeeeey're gonna crash ya, gonna rip, and tear, and destroy ya, and grind ya INTO THE DUST! OOHHHHHH YEEEEEEAHHHHH!

==Fiction==
===''Bots of Science''===
[[Image:BotsofScience-Motormaster.jpg|left|thumb|100px|The chemical warfare agent did it!]]
A younger Motor Master was part of a Decepticon force during the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. He ended up seemingly killed by [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]'s [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]].

Strangely enough, he was seen reading an issue of ''[[CSI]]''. {{storylink|Bots of Science}}

===''Timelines''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Gregg Berger]]

Motor Master remained on Spark support until the present day, when he was offered a chance to be placed into a cloned Autobot bodyform as part of an elaborate prison break. {{storylink|The AllSpark Almanac Addendum}}
[[Image:StuntiConJob-nowheretorun.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This just has gangbang written all over it.]]
"The Motor Master" was sent, along with the other Stunticons and [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]], on a mission to break [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and other Decepticons out of [[Trypticon Prison]]. In the guise of entertainers, they planned to rig the former [[Decepticon Gladiatorial Arena]] in [[Kaon]] with explosives, blasting the prison walls open and killing the audience in the process.

All was going well until the Stunticons were abruptly assaulted in mid-rehearsal by [[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]], who opened fire on the disguised Decepticons. Once the Autobot cop settled down, the rehearsal continued. The Motor Master helped to corner the "helpless" [[Drag Strip (Animated)|Drag Strip]], before being chased off by the bumbling Toxitron.

On the night of the plan's execution, Sideswipe and Cheetor returned in the middle of the show, having worked out the Stunticons' plan. The Stunticons fought back with their stolen modifications, with [[Wildrider (Animated)|Wildrider]] and The Motor Master roughing up [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]]. The two cop-bots were cornered, but Toxitron leapt into the fray, knocking out the structural supports for a giant ramp and sending it crashing down on the Stunticons. Toxitron turned out to actually be a disguised [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], who revealed their plan to everyone watching. Before being apprehended, The Motor Master made one final attempt, taking Sideswipe hostage, threatening to scrap him (On his last day before retirement! What are the odds?) and blow up the arena unless Megatron and the other prisoners were released. The Motor Master was caught off guard when Sideswipe activated Optimus Prime's axe and careened backwards. The Motor Master was incarcerated in Trypticon Prison, alongside the very Decepticons he and his teammates had sought to free. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}
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==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:BotCon2011toy-Motormaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Bonesaw is ready!]]
*'''The Stunti-Con-Job''' (BotCon 2011 box set)
**''Accessories'': axe/backpack, water cannon

: The Motor Master is a [[retool]] of Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], who transforms into a futuristic Earth-mode fire truck (well, the front half of one, at least). His rear portion includes a giant extinguisher cannon, which can become a hand weapon and [[Water-squirting gimmick|really squirts water]]. His chunk of trailer-facade also transforms into a giant double-bladed axe. These weapons can store on his back, giving the appearance of wings and a jet pack. The Motor Master also has an [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] feature: Pressing a button on his butt flips down and rotates his lower body into the proper position for robot mode.

:The Motor Master joins the other four [[Team Stunticon|Stunticon]]s, [[Dead End (Animated)|Dead End]], [[Breakdown (Animated)|Breakdown]], [[Drag Strip (Animated)|Drag Strip]], and [[Wildrider (Animated)|Wildrider]] in [[BotCon 2011]]'s box set.

: This mold (using the original head) was also used to make [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Animated)|Nemesis Prime]].

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==Notes==
[[Image:AllSparkAlmanacI-MotormasterUltraMagnus.jpg|right|thumb|200px|SPOILERS]]
* The Motor Master was the final toy to be revealed for the BotCon 2011 box set, on Thursday, [[February 24]], 2011.
* In the early stages of ''Transformers Animated'', [[redeco]] possibilities were brainstormed using the existing character models. Concepts for Motormaster and [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], using an early [[character model]] for [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], were published in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''. These colors seem to have served as inspiration for the later BotCon toy.
* When Fun Publications got their [[prototype|samples]] in from the factory, it had a damaging mark to discourage aftermarket sale due to theft. Fun Publications had to use Photoshop to recreate the face for everyone else to see.<ref>[http://twitter.com/BotCon/status/40864270795284480]</ref>
* According to Derrick Wyatt, the Motor Master sounds like "Macho Man" Randy Savage, and his appearance is based on a "wrestler bad guy" archetype.
* The Motor Master appears with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], [[Sari Sumdac]], and [[Sari Sumdac (SG Animated)|Shattered Glass Sari]] in a special illustration in [[Transformers Generations 2011]] vol. 1.
* "The Motor Master" is parsed with a space in all his fictional appearances, but without the space on the box set art itself and on the Motor Master's [[Tech Spec]] card.

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Ultra Magnus (SG)

2012-01-09T05:39:38Z

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{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot|his heroic counterpart|Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus}}
:''Ultra Magnus is an evil [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:UltraMagnusSG-BotConsite.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Great, [[Sir Soundwave]]'s learned how to photobomb.]]
'''Ultra Magnus''' is an evil and treacherous [[Autobot]]. He is [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]'s kid brother. Like [[Alpha Trion (SG)|many]] [[Rodimus (SG)|other]] [[Thunderclash (SG)|Autobots]], he has plans to take over the faction, though his current forced exile on [[Paradron]] might make further attempts difficult. Outside his brother, Magnus devotes most of his hatred towards [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]], a former friend who ended up on the opposite side of the war. [[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] hates Magnus with a passion, for reasons unknown, even joining the [[Decepticon]]s just to oppose him. Magnus longs to take over as [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], resenting his big brother with a passion.

==Fiction==
===''Shattered Glass''===
At one point, Ultra Magnus led an attempted coup against [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]], with [[Hound (SG)|Hound]] and [[Blurr (SG)|Blurr]] as his only ''known'' supporters, though Hound was reportedly a link between Magnus and [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 28|SG Hound's magazine profile}} However, during the battle between Optimus and Ultra Magnus, the former cheated. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}} When the coup failed, Prime had Magnus exiled to Paradron as punishment. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 29|SG Cyclonus' magazine profile}}

While trapped with [[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]] in the maze leading to the [[Omega Terminus]] chamber, [[Blurr (SG)|Blurr]] referred to [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] as a "traitorous lunatic". Sideswipe countered by saying that Blurr was one to talk, and asked how Ultra Magnus was doing. Blurr said Magnus was doing "better than [[Drench (SG)|Drench]]", at least. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
*'''Invasion''' ([[BotCon 2012]] box set)
:Ultra Magnus is a [[redeco]] of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], featuring what appears to be the mold's second head, seen previously only in the instructions. Ultra Magnus is in the colors of ''[[Diaclone]]'' Powered Convoy (who was later redecoed into ''Generation 1'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]), and his face is decoed like a skull.

:Ultra Magnus was released in a box set with [[Sir Soundwave|Soundwave]], [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]], [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]], and [[Metalhawk]].
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==Notes==
*Somehow, this entire article was written without a joke about how in the SG universe, Ultra Magnus CAN deal with that right now.

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