Editing Headmaster (Animated)

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:''The Headmaster  is a <s>L33T H4x0r</s> [[human]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].'' 

[[Image:Henrymastersonandhead.jpg|right|350px|thumb|All ur face r belong 2 us.]]
The '''Headmaster''' is the alternate identity of '''Henry Masterson''', a disgruntled [[Sumdac Systems]] employee who can take control of robots by replacing their heads with his [[Headmaster unit]]. He's a gigantic dork who plays too many video games and seems to have crossed the line between reality and fiction. His vocabulary is littered with slang from the internets, with terms like "n00bs" and "Total ownage!"

{{bigquote|TOTAL OWNAGE!|The Headmaster... all the time|"[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Alexander Polinsky]] (English), [[Kōsuke Okano]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Doering]] (German), [[Artur Święs]] (Polish),  [[Luca Bottale]] (Italian), [[Jari Salo]] (Finnish)}}

[[Image:Headmastertotalownage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|im in ur body shootn ur doods]]
Henry Masterson grew up tinkering with Sumdac Systems robots and got a job as an engineer for them at a relatively young age. His genius caught the attention of his superiors, and he eventually had the honor of presenting his "Headmaster" project, a human-piloted [[Headmaster unit|transforming battle suit]] that could remove and replace the heads of automatons, to [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] himself. The demonstration went awry when the Headmaster unit proved to be too heavy for his robotic test subject, making it collapse and sending its weaponry towards [[Detroit]]. Sumdac, incensed by Masterson's plans to put his invention to military use, fired him in a fit of Donald Trump-esque rage. 

Masterson apparently absconded with his Headmaster prototype and went off to sulk and play with his Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots. He decided that having his own company would be "wicked sweet", as would exacting his revenge on Sumdac. Needing a robot sturdy enough to support his control unit, he chanced upon a news report on [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. The emo jerk ambushed and decapitated Bulkhead and subsequently went on a rampage in the Autobot's body.  

[[Image:TFA Headmaster Bulkhead body rampage.JPG|right|200px|thumb|I d00 it for teh lulz!]]
He demolished several Sumdac [[Police drone|police drones]] en route to a solar power plant. Dubbing himself "the Headmaster", he hijacked local television broadcasts to deliver his ultimatum: Unless he was paid $700 billion, personally delivered by Isaac Sumdac, he would set the [[Sidney Biggles-Jones Memorial Solar Fusion Plant|solar fusion reactor]] to overload, which would result in the obliteration of the entire state of [[Michigan]] (including Masterson himself). Sumdac arrived in a [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|tractor trailer]], accompanied by [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|his daughter]], [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]], and a [[Bumblebee (Animated)|small]] [[Prowl (Animated)|convoy]] of [[Ratchet (Animated)|vehicles]]. Sumdac offered Henry the money, but the Headmaster grabbed him and announced his intention to take the ransom money and destroy the city of Detroit anyway, then use the threat of future robot attacks to sell his Headmaster units to the military.  

When he checked the trailer for the money, he found only the enraged head of Bulkhead. The convoy of vehicles revealed themselves as the [[Autobot]]s and engaged the Headmaster in combat. After taking a pounding from them, the Headmaster unleashed the weaponry of his control unit.  He managed to corner Optimus Prime and began to slice the Autobot leader's head off. Prevented from doing so thanks to an ambush by Bulkhead's severed head, the Headmaster was soon felled by Prowl. Masterson decided to flee, but his flying Headmaster unit was knocked out of the sky by the still-disembodied Bulkhead. With the Autobots distracted by the overloading reactor, the Headmaster transformed his head unit into robot mode and fled. {{storylink|Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster}}

[[Image:Returnofheadmaster sarisroom.jpg|thumb|200px|I'm in ur rom, 0wn!ng ur doods.]]
Once [[Porter C. Powell]] took control of Sumdac Systems, he was quick to rehire Masterson in the interest of reaping that lucrative arms market for which Isaac lacked the taste. Powell gave Masterson Sari's bedroom as his office while in the process of kicking her out of it. Masterson was quick to make himself comfortable and started planning renovations to hook the place up for some major gameage. Powell wasn't about to let his employee just slack around, though, and put him to work on a new Headmaster Unit project, even giving him [[Tutor Bot]] and [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]] to outfit with smaller Units and laser-shooting upgrades. 

The Headmaster wanted more than just little bots to tinker with, however, and stole [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]'s body, upgrading it as well. He would have gotten away with it, but Optimus managed to track him down, defeat Sentinel's possessed body, and take the Headmaster to justice. At least, he was ''almost'' brought to justice, until Powell showed up and wriggled his employee out of a legal loophole.  {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

[[Image:TransWarped Pt1 Headmaster Starscream Pan.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[["Weird Al" Yankovic|If he meets you, he'll ctrl-alt-delete you!]] ]]
Furious that his Headmaster unit had been absconded with, Masterson was unintimidated when Sari returned to [[Sumdac Tower]] with Isaac in tow, informing the Sumdacs that the Autobots would return his Headmaster unit to him or "heads would roll". At which point Optimus Prime picked him up from behind and asked for clarification on whose heads would be rolling. Furious at their actions while running the company, Isaac Sumdac immediately fired both Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson.

Enraged that he had been fired again, Masterson tracked his Headmaster unit to the mine, where he discovered [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s body, ready to be taken over. After a brief fight with Bulkhead the next day, Masterson returned to Detroit, then listened in on Isaac Sumdac's phone calls. Learning that Sumdac was heading to meet Sari at [[Burger Bot]], Masterson ambushed the "happy family", only to be interrupted by Optimus Prime again. A struggle followed, destroying the Burger Bot in the process.

[[Image:TFA TransWarped Masterson captured.jpg|thumb|200px|Say it with us, folks: "T0t4l 0wn4g3!"]]
Finally, Prime taunted Masterson into transforming, saying that a "n00b" like him might have trouble with it. Screaming that nobody called him a "n00b", Masterson initiated a transformation, only for his Headmaster unit to be crushed and popped off Starscream's body when it began. As Starscream's body flew into the river, Masterson was captured by Optimus Prime and turned over to the police. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
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===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:EarthsMostWanted-Nightbirdstotheshadows.jpg|thumb|Being a Headmaster is easy when heads in your universe snap clean off.]]

The Headmaster was wanted as one of the Earth's most high-profile criminals. Alongside [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot Master]], [[Doctor Arkeville]], [[Spike Witwicky (Kre-O)|Autobot Spike]] and a small army of [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]], he stormed [[Metroplex (Kre-O)|Metroplex]] to steal the giant robot's brain. While the others fought, he managed to swipe [[Sentinel Prime (Kre-O)|Sentinel Prime]]'s body and gained access to Metroplex's processing core. After having downloaded Metroplex's brain onto a floppy disk, the Headmaster attempted to make good on his escape, only for [[Carzap (BT)|Carzap]] to catch up to him. The Autobot snatched the disk from the Headmaster, and then [[G.B. Blackrock]] used his [[Circuit Smasher (Kre-O)|Circuit Smasher]] the separate him from Sentinel's body. The Headmaster and his accomplices wound up fleeing empty-handed. {{storylink|The Brick List: Earth's Most Wanted}}
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==Games==
===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|The Headmaster is featured as a playable game card. He is a purple card, has a value of 1 point, and has the following power: "-2 to any Autobot in play."}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

==Toys==
{{main|Headmaster unit#Toys}}

===Kre-O===
*'''Earth's Most Wanted'''
:The Headmaster uses ''Kre-O'' Sideswipe's helmet and a Cityville human body, even though the other two humans in his set are regular-scaled. He is paired with Sentinel Prime and shares a flat Kre-On stand with him. The "Earth's Most Wanted" pack also includes [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot Master]], [[Doctor Arkeville|Dr. Arkeville]], and [[Spike Witwicky (Kre-O)|Autobot Spike]].

==Notes==
* The Headmaster is the first ''Animated'' supervillain to escape capture by the end of his first episode. Guess he isn't a ''total'' n00b.
* Headmaster seems to be the ''Transformers'' equivalent of [[wikipedia:Control Freak (villain)|Control Freak]] from the [[wikipedia:Teen Titans (TV series)|''Teen Titans'' cartoon]], even having the same voice actor, [[Derrick J. Wyatt|creator]], and similar manner of speaking. The only difference between them is that Headmaster's peculiarities are centered around computers, whereas Control Freak's were centered around television.
* He's the only human villain to return in the third season of ''Animated'' (as long as you don't actually consider Powell a villain, as he was doing legal, legitimate business).
* Masterson is every phony Internet tough guy you've ever met. Seriously!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Henry Masterson''' (ヘンリー・マスターソン ''Henrī Masutāson''), '''Headmaster''' (ヘッドマスター ''Heddomasutā'')

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