Mo Malto

Mo Malto is a human from the EarthSpark continuity family.

Morgan Violet "Mo" "Mosey" Malto was the youngest of the Malto kids until Twitch and Thrash came into being. Your typical rambunctious 9-year-old, Mo deeply cares for the rest of her family and tries her best to help her brother Robby get used to their rapidly-changing circumstances. Unfortunately, trying to keep her siblings happy has the tendency to get her into trouble with parents Dot and Alex.

Fiction

EarthSpark cartoon

Voice actor: Zion Broadnax (English), Misaki Kuno (Japanese){{#if: Clara Soares (French), Tiziana Martello (Italian), Melissa Hernández (Latin American Spanish), Sofia Manso (Brazilian Portuguese), Marianna Kłos (Polish), Kang Si-hyeon (Korean)|, Clara Soares (French), Tiziana Martello (Italian), Melissa Hernández (Latin American Spanish), Sofia Manso (Brazilian Portuguese), Marianna Kłos (Polish), Kang Si-hyeon (Korean)}}

Mo once had a bicycle named Rocinante. Secret Legacy, Part 2 After the Maltos moved from Philadelphia to Witwicky, Mo tried to help her brother settle in. When he attempted to cycle back to Philly, she followed him, only for her own bike to break and the pair were caught up in a battle between a G.H.O.S.T. convoy and Arachnamechs. The two kids took shelter in a cave where they found the Emberstone which equipped them with cyber-sleeves and created new Transformers Twitch and Thrash. The four of them soon realized that they were emotionally bonded, and Robby and Mo opted to take them home and keep them hidden. They managed to persuade Alex to retell the story of the Transformers while Twitch and Thrash were in earshot. Secret Legacy, Part 1 Thrash practiced juggling using Mo and some rocks, and observed that Mo seemed a lot happier than she had been before. When they discovered that Twitch had scanned an alternate mode, Mo had the idea they should go into town to look for things to scan. The pair were attacked by Arachnamechs and saved by the arrival of first Robby and Twitch, and then Optimus Prime and Elita-1. Reunited with their mother, they tried unsuccessfully to persuade her not to let G.H.O.S.T. take Twitch and Thrash away. Unfortunately it turned out the two Terrans had actually been abducted by evil scientist Mandroid, and Mo and Robby had to use their emotional link to guide the rescue team to find the pair. In the aftermath of the rescue, the Maltos took the two Terrans home to be part of their family. Secret Legacy, Part 2

Bumblebee's attempts to train the Terrans fell on deaf ears, as they were too busy picking apples and appreciating cute cows with Robby and Mo. Mo took part in Malto Family Game Night, and when Twitch stormed out and caused a herd of cows to stampede, Mo and Thrash worked together to round them up again. Moo-ving In Following damage to the house caused by a game of capture the flag that Robby, Mo and the Terrans were playing, Dot and Alex imposed a new rule that the bots couldn't go in the house. Thrash persuaded Mo to smuggle him in anyway so they could watch wrestling. The pair again managed to damage the house and were grounded by Dot, but Thrash talked Mo into following their mother into town. There they encountered the Decepticon Swindle, who befriended them and duped them into helping him search for his brother Hardtop. When he eventually turned on them when Mo refused to help him break into a G.H.O.S.T. truck, Mo called up her mother, who arrived with Bumblebee and rescued the pair. House Rules

Dot took Mo, Robby, Twitch and Thrash to her ranger station work to show them her workplace, only to discover it was built atop the G.H.O.S.T. HQ. The four kids fell into a Decepticon trap while attempting to avoid detection by Agent Schloder, at which point Mo was angered to find out that Roddy and Twitch had been going out exploring at night without telling her or Thrash. They were found in the pit trap by Optimus, who hid them in his trailer in the G.H.O.S.T. base, however it wasn't long before they went wandering and ended up trapped in one of Megatron's combat simulations. After working together to defeat the simulation, Robby and Mo got over their previous fight. Classified Robby and Mo listened to their father's tale of the Wakwak before heading off to bed. The next day, Mo was too busy teaching Thrash to play the guitar to go on a Wakwak hunt, and later the pair serenaded the rest of the family with their musical abilities. Traditions

When the emotional feedback from their link caused problems for Robby and Mo on their first day of school, they asked the Terrans to stay home. They later found the Terrans had gone missing, and with Bumblebee's help, tracked the pair down and found Twitch and Thrash were critically low on energy. Fortunately they discovered that the Terrans seemed to be powered by water rather than energon. Friends and Family Bumblebee's lesson on using decoys wasn't particularly successful until Mo came up with the idea of turning it into a song. Bee left Mo, Robby, Twitch and Thrash to be trained by Arcee for a while, and she forced them to do work until they eventually rebelled and she revealed the lesson was to not let others order them around. After learning that Bumblebee had ditched them in order to join an in-progress battle, Arcee took the kids to join in, and Mo's song turned out to be effective in combating the cassette Decepticons' sonic attacks. Decoy

Mo and the other Maltos attended a G.H.O.S.T. Autobot Alliance ceremony which came under attack by Nova Storm and Skywarp, resulting in them having to take cover. Optimus later had the kids lead him to the cave where the Terrans were created, where they found the Emberstone. Again attacked by the two Seekers along with a swarm of Arachnamechs, the kids took shelter in the cave where Mo's plea for help resulted in the creation of three more Terrans. Age of Evolution, Part 1 With Dot and Megatron captured by Mandroid, Mo and the others regrouped to come up with a plan. The rescue became dangerous when it turned out Mandroid's base was a giant mech, and Mo joined Robby, Jawbreaker and their father in taking out the mech's external cameras. Once the mech was destroyed, the Malto family was reunited with three new Terran members. Age of Evolution, Part 2

The Malto family got to explore the underground Dugout base that Nightshade had built. Hashtag: Oops Mo borrowed her father's video camera so she and Thrash could create their own kaiju monster movie, inspiring Jawbreaker to use the camera in an attempt to learn more about alternate mode selection. She was part of an attempt in the Dugout as Hashtag tried to help Jawbreaker by filming Twitch and Thrash, and the Malto family was later treated to the end results of the filming. Outtakes The kids' fun on a day off was temporarily interrupted by Nightshade's technology exploding. They attempted to fix up the damaged device for Nightshade and later had to come to their sibling's aid after it turned out the Decepticon Nightshade had befriended had mistaken their parents for their captors. Missed Connection

After helping out Bumblebee with his racing practice, Robby, Mo and the Terrans became trapped in the Dugout for an extended period thanks to its malfunctioning defense system and Agent Schloder turning up at the farm. Security Protocols Mo created a diorama for Dot for Mother's Day. While Dot returned the baby bear Twitch had abducted to the wild, Mo stayed behind with Jawbreaker, Nightshade and Thrash, only for the mother bear to turn up at the farm looking for her cub. The kids had to lead the bear back to the wild, eventually finding Dot and the cub. Bear Necessities Megatron took the kids to Spacebridge Memorial Park to teach the Terrans about the end of the war, however they were attacked by Shockwave, forcing them to stop the rogue Decepticon's scheme. Warzone

Robby and Mo took the Terrans on a clandestine nighttime trip to Philly. Mo, Jawbreaker and Trash ended up invited to Bot Brawl, only for Jawbreaker to be roped in as a combatant. Reunited with Bumblebee, they had to face Grimlock, but were able to release the Dinobot from the device controlling him. Home, Part 1 They later returned to the Bot Brawl arena to look for Grimlock, only to encounter Mandroid and the giant Arachnamech centipede he unleashed on them. Hashtag was temporarily taken over by Mandroid's control device, but Mo and her siblings were able to help Hashtag overcome it. Home, Part 2

The Malto kids were collecting flowers in the woods when they were menaced by Grimlock, still suffering the after-effects of Mandroid's control. After the resulting battle, Robby and Mo consoled Jawbreaker who'd been benched due to not having an alternate mode. Mo was later in the quarry watching Elita-1 help Hashtag train when Jawbreaker inadvertently caused Grimlock to lose control. She gave the unhappy Jawbreaker a pep talk and he was able to talk Grimlock down from the rampage. A Stygi Situation Optimus smuggled the Malto family into G.H.O.S.T. HQ so that the sleeves could be scaned with Teletraan-1 and left the kids practicing in the rec room simulator. When Mandroid took remote control of the rec room and unleashed a sim Megatron on the kids, they had to work together to regain control. Robby apparently died after empowering himself via the cyber-sleeve and Mo was able to bring him back to life using her own sleeve, though their emotional link with their Terran siblings was gone. Disarmed

Mo and the other kids went in search of the cave in which the Terrans had been born, believing the water might restore the emotional link, however they instead fell into a deeper cave system through which Starscream, Nova Storm and Skywarp were escaping from G.H.O.S.T. They also encountered the Dweller, which fed on energon, and cooperated to overcome the creature. Afterwards, Robby revealed to Mo that his recent brush with death had caused an infection to start spreading through his body. What Dwells Within Finding Robby lapsed into a coma, Mo was upset by her parents' claim that they'd get through it. Mo ran off into the woods and plead with Quintus Prime for help and wishing she'd never touched the Emberstone. She fell into her own dream state where she relived crucial points of the Terran story, but with the difference that she had not touched the stone. Eventually these culminated in her, Robby and their parents facing off against Mandroid, and after they overcame the mad scientist, the four of them woke up in the Dugout with Robby restored to full health. Prime Time

When Bumblebee was given a mission to infiltrate G.H.O.S.T. HQ, the kids resolved to help him as much as they could. Mo remained in the Dugout with Hashtag and Jawbreaker to monitor things from afar while the others sneaked in to the HQ. Stowed Away, Stowaways Mo's group rejoined Robby, Twitch, Thrash and Nightshade when the group of infiltrators was pursued into Witwicky by Shockwave. The group was able to defeat Shockwave only to find themselves surrounded by G.H.O.S.T. until their parents helped them make a getaway. This led to Croft bringing Ghoid troops to the Malto farm, and though the Ghoids were defeated with the help of Autobot reinforcements, Mandroid arrived sporting a new robotic body. The Battle of Witwicky

As the family attempted to flee from Mandroid and his new Sharkticon minions, they were slowly picked off and Mandroid was able to capture Robby and Mo, rendering them unconscious and wiring them to the spacebridge in order to turn it into a superweapon that would wipe out energon-based life across the planet. The Last Hope, Part 1 He was ultimately successful in activating his weapon, wiping out ever Transformer bar Twitch, at which point the Maltos regained consciousness. Robby and Mo were able to use their cyber-sleeves to channel the power of Quintus Prime and reverse the effects of Mandroid's weapon, bringing everyone back to life and reuniting the Malto family as a new insignia appeared in the sky The Last Hope, Part 2

In the year following, the Autobots and Malto family set about trying to collect the shards of the shattered Emberstone, leading to an incident in which a shard fell in water and created the Chaos Terran Aftermath. As part of Robby's plan to steal the Decepticons' Embershard collection, Mo took part in a diversion at the naval yard to draw the Cons away from their base. Aftermath While searching for shards around Witwicky, Mo and Thrash stumbled on an old ruin. They found a pod within containing an alien which followed them home, so they hid it in the barn and brought it food. It wasn't until Alex found them that they learned it was a Quintesson Executioner, leading to them having to flee the creature. Mo was snatched by the Quintesson and taken back to the ruins, where she fought the Quint and managed to get it back into the pod, launching it into space. In Ruins

The kids ended up fighting reactivated Ghoids while cleaning out the Autobot base, and later unsuccessfully tried to intercept Ravage who had slipped into the base unseen. Control Alt Delete While attending a fair, Twitch, Thrash and Mo discovered that the Tent of Curiosities included an Embershard, but their attempts to secure it resulted in them coming into conflict with the Fairmaestro. During the chase, the four kids inadvertently cyber-synced for the first time, with the two Terrans forming a combined vehicle mode, allowing them to free Cosmos and stop the Fairmaestro. The Butterfly Effect The kids continued to practice cyber-syncing so that Wheeljack and Nightshade could study the phenomena, though it left them extremely hungry. Togetherness Following the creation of Spitfire, the Autobots held a Polyhex Protocol assault course in which the kids were all allowed to take part. Robby and Mo were eliminated from contention when Hashtag proved too much for the chin-up bars. Spitfire

Mo and the others were able to mount some swift emergency repairs on Optimus's trailer when the Decepticons damaged it under Robby and Hashtag's watch. Dude, Where's My Trailer? The Malto family celebrated collecting the last of the Embershards, but Mo's celebrations were cut short when her dad reminded her she had a history report due the next day. Teaming up with Hashtag, she went to explore the caves around Witwicky, and after encountering more Dwellers, the pair stumbled on the Titan Terratronus, and realized Starscream's plan was to take control of her. Witwicky, Part 1 The pair contacted the rest of the family, but once Starscream completed the Emberstone, the Decepticon leader ejected them from Terratronus's spark chamber and enacted his plan. Hashtag and Thrash were able to get Robby and Mo to a safe location where the two kids used their cyber-sleeves to reclaim the Emberstone and trap Terratronus and Starscream in a Chaos Dome. Their attempt to purify the Emberstone resulted in it disintegrating. Witwicky, Part 2

Learning that Robby was missing an issue of his Transformers comic, Mo took Thrash and Bumblebee with her into the Chaos Dome to visit a comic store. During the adventure, Thrash and Mo were scandalized to discover Bumblebee had come along with the intent of freeing his friend Breakdown, but reluctantly played along and retrieved the comic. Breakdown inevitably betrayed them to the Cons but after Bumblebee beat him in a race, the Cons let the trio leave the dome peacefully. The Need for Read Mo helped out organizing a movie night for Robbie and Izzy. The family ended up having to try to round up the Mole Bots which escaped the film thanks to Nightshade's hyper-reality film projector. Attack of the Drive-In Movie The Malto kids were lured into a trap by Fairmaestro, who had them take part in a series of tests which they failed solely due to Twitch helping everyone else. This resulted in Robby and Mo being trapped in a ticket booth until they were able to escape and help Twitch overcome Fairmaestro. The Great Escape

Robby and Mo joined the mission into the Chaos Dome to rescue Prowl after the Autobot's ship crashed on Earth. The two kids were able to use their cyber-sleeves to connect the ship to Terratronus's helm, so the lightning regularly striking it could recharge the ship, though this enabled the Decepticons to steal the vessel. Mo had swiped the Spark Regenerator Key in advance, meaning the artifact hadn't fallen into their hands as well. No Soldier Left Behind The Malto kids took the Hypershuttle to a disused G.H.O.S.T. base in the Arctic for some snow fun. This ended when Megatron and Optimus, infected with Hate Plague, turned up and fought each other until it turned out cold was an effective cure. Fire and Ice The family assembled at the Autobot base for a briefing on the Hate Plague. The Truth Is Out There

Mo tried to talk to Robby after he found out Izzy had been a Quintesson shapeshifter. The pair turned out with the Autobots and Malto family to greet the Quintesson ship. The Quintessons' destruction of the Chaos Dome forced him and Mo to cyber-sync with Twitch and Thrash and fly up to surrender to the invaders. Robby and Mo were taken to the Pit of Judgment but managed to overcome the hoards of Sharkticons thanks to a massive gun Mo found at the bottom of the pit. Judgment Day, Part 1 They rescued Twitch and Thrash from a cell and escaped the ship, only to be shot down. The battle against the Quintessons raged until Mo used the Spark Regenerator Key to bring Terratronus back to life, cyber-syncing with the Titan along with several other family members in order to give her enough power to destroy the Quintessons and their ship. Judgment Day, Part 2

Games

Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition

Voice actor: Tunisia Hardison (English){{#if: Lotte Horlings (Dutch), Isabelle Volpe (French), Rieke Werner (German), Giulia Maniglio (Italian), Maja Gadzińska (Polish), Anna Mestre (Spanish)|, Lotte Horlings (Dutch), Isabelle Volpe (French), Rieke Werner (German), Giulia Maniglio (Italian), Maja Gadzińska (Polish), Anna Mestre (Spanish)}}

Sometime after stopping Mandroid's tower, Mo and her family were contacted by Bumblebee, who had encountered some Arachnamechs and now believed Mandroid had somehow returned. To keep her Terran siblings from leaving before Bumblebee got back to the farm, she and Robby recapped their past encounters with Mandroid to try and determine if there really was any chance of the scientist's survival. Not long before Bumblebee arrived, she and Robby left with their mother and Megatron to respond to another call. Transformers: EarthSpark - Expedition

Toys

EarthSpark

Bumblebee & Mo Malto (Spin Changer, 2022)

Accessories: Vehicle spoiler/Flight unit for Mo

A figurine of Mo Malto comes as an accessory for EarthSpark Spin Changer Bumblebee, able to be mounted on Bumblebee's vehicle and robot modes. When mounted on his shoulders while in robot mode, it activates his spinning gimmick. Bumblebee's spoiler can also be attached to Mo's back to form a flight unit.

Bumblebee & Mo Malto (Cyber Combiner, 2024)

Accessories: Cyber-Sword, wings

Released as part of the "Cyber Combiners" assortment, Mo Malto (in her power armor-like configuration) can combine (inspired by the Powerlinx feature) with her pack-in partner Bumblebee to form an unnamed "Super-Powered" combiner, as either the lower or the upper body, though her suit lacks any sort of vehicle mode. She includes a sword that either she or her combined forms can wield. Her wings are on 5 mm posts and can be removed, and the hinges in her wings are held together by friction and can be separated.

Her combination connectors are identical to those on EarthSpark Warrior Class figures with "Combine & Ride" gimmickry, allowing her to merge with them as well.

Notes

Mo makes an appearance in the Studio Trigger "Transformers 40th Anniversary Special Movie", as part of the group shot of families of human allies to the Autobots.

Foreign names

Japanese: Mo Malto (モー・マルト Mō Maruto)

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