Editing Nitro Zeus

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:''Nitro Zeus is a [[Decepticon]] from [[Transformers: The Last Knight (franchise)|The Last Knight]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TLKNitroZeusDisappointed.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb|That reminds me, I gotta go break Shego out of jail after this!]]

'''Nitro Zeus''' ('''Nitro''' for short) comes across as little more than a loudmouthed, trash-talking, strutting, self-aggrandizing jerk. He is all of those things, but unfortunately for his enemies, he's got the strength and skill to back up his ego. Though his manner makes his seem like a rowdy brawler, Nitro is actually more the stalk-and-destroy type. He is a powerful, merciless hunter, using his vast arsenal and formidable tracking skills to locate and capture whatever targets [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] demands.

Even off the battlefield, Nitro makes it his business to know everything he can about where you live and who you associate with, just in case. Ever since Nitro was taken prisoner by humans, he's been passing the time by tracking his captors' families. Fortunately, Nitro is such a braggart that he'll share all his intel before he gets a chance to use it.

[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s death on [[Earth]] greatly angered him, and now both [[human]]ity and the [[Autobot]]s are in Nitro's sights.

Or maybe he’s just a fun-loving womanizer with a big mouth. Up to interpretation. 

{{quote|Thank you! Gonna miss you, Tim! Thank you for your hospitality, Brad! I know where you live, Enrique. Say hello to your wife for me.|Nitro Zeus, pestering his wardens upon his release|[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]}}
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==Fiction==
===''The Last Knight'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[John DiMaggio]], [[Steven Barr]] (English, See Notes), [[Masafumi Kimura]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Yaohan]] (Chinese)}}
[[File:TRFcasefile-Nitro.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|I didn't make the cut for ''{{w|Pacific Rim (film)|Pacific Rim}}''.]]
Nitro Zeus was among the Decepticons in [[Transformers Reaction Force|T.R.F.'s]] custody. When the T.R.F. opted to work with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and release some Decepticons to be part of his "crew", Nitro Zeus was among his first choices. He was cleared for release, provided he stay within the county, and joined the Decepticons on their hunt for [[Cade Yeager]]. Before he left, Nitro Zeus thanked some of his former jailers, as well as making some either threatening or taunting comments about one's wife.

Though the Decepticons discovered Cade's [[Junkyard (TLK)|location]], he managed to evade them initially, angering the battle-starved Decepticon. He also seemed fond of sticking close to the smaller [[Mohawk]]. They followed Cade to an abandoned town, where they were met with some not-quite-unexpected resistance in the form of the Autobots [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]]. Unbeknownst to the Decepticons, Cade had also rigged the town with explosives, which damaged the cons. While many other Decepticons fell in the resulting chaos from the explosion and the arrival of [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]], Nitro Zeus was among the survivors who retreated upon Megatron's order. When Cade traveled to [[United Kingdom|England]], Nitro Zeus followed with Megatron and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]].

[[File:TF-TLK-Nitro-Zeus-death.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|Shego! help me, HELP M...]]
Megatron soon, inevitably, betrayed T.R.F. and began working with [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] to destroy Earth and restore Cybertron. After a corrupted [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] broke free of Quintessa's control, Nitro Zeus was at Megatron's side when he took the staff from Prime, and personally mocked him for losing his chance to kill Unicron. He then made his way to Stonehenge with his leader and joined his comrades in watching as the two planets began colliding but eventually fled when they came under attack from the British military. 

He then followed Megatron to Cybertron to meet with Quintessa and participated in the final battle with the Autobots. He joined his leader and [[Infernocus]] on the front lines but fell back when the Autobots broke through. Inside the [[ignition chamber]], he fought fiercely along side Megatron in taking on Optimus, Bumblebee, [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]], and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]. Unfortunately, despite holding his own during most of the battle (while losing his right leg in the process), as the control center plummeted to earth, he met his demise when Bumblebee clung to his back and blew his head off. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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==Toys==
===The Last Knight===
[[File:Nitro-TLK-Voyager.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I am hilarious and you will quote everything I say.]]
*'''Decepticon Nitro''' (Voyager Class, 2017)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TLK-25'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2017-[[September 16|09-16]]'''
**''Accessories'': 2 rocket clusters, removable head

:Part of the third wave of the "Premier Edition" ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' Voyager Class assortment, Nitro transforms into a fighter jet of made-up model (as opposed to his movie model's Saab Gripen form). His head is connected to his body with a standard [[Titan Master]] plug/socket combo, allowing it to be removed and replaced with any Titan Master... and the [[Cogman#Deluxe|Deluxe Cogman toy's]] Titan-Master-esque head-robot. Nitro's jet mode also features an opening cockpit in which a Titan Master can sit, although it cannot accommodate his disconnected head. It is not required to decapitate him to transform him, no matter what head is attached to the neck socket.

: There are reports of his legs not tabbing/pegging in snugly in jet mode. This can be remedied by adjusting the screws in his back (under the wings) on whichever side's leg isn't fitting flush against the main body. Though sturdy, his shoulder pads and back turbines are also prone to popping off.

:Nitro's head is based on concept art, and as a result is modified from the [[KSI Boss]] design (like the rest of his body), rather than using the modified Shockwave head of his finalised on-screen model. Curiously, his [[:File:TLKart-Nitro.jpg|package art]] depicts him with an entirely unmodified KSI Boss head.

:Along with ''Masterpiece'' Bumblebee, Nitro saw re-release in March 2018 in Japan. Nitro was redecoed and retooled into ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Thundercracker  (Movie)#Studio Series|Thundercracker]] and [[KSI Boss#Toys|KSI Boss]].

:No, he does not come with a gold chain. 
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==Notes==
[[File:DOTM-Shock TLK-Nitro head comp.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|And I'm a Ghost. Or am I?]]

* Nitro Zeus's model is reused from ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[KSI Boss]] robots, with a heavily-modified [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] head switched in. Just look at the head comparison on the right.
* Nitro Zeus is named after {{w|Nitro Zeus|the code-name for a shelved cyberattack plan}} against [[Iran]], which was presumably shortened to just "Nitro" by [[Hasbro]] for [[trademark]] or marketing reasons.
* "Nitro Zeus" is also the name of one of the two bull mastiff puppies Bay adopted during the production of ''The Last Knight'', the other being named "[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]". Amusingly, Nitro is the more shy and reserved of the pair.
* Two versions of film saw release, with altered dialogue for several robots. Nitro Zeus not only had alternate dialogue in his scenes (bar his last line, "You blew your chance to kill Unicron", which was absent in the alternate cut) but was voiced throughout the film by Steven Barr rather than John DiMaggio, leading to a completely different delivery of his lines. A mixture of DiMaggio and Barr's readings was used for the official digital release of the film. The Digital, DVD, and Blu-Ray releases credit both actors, while DiMaggio was the sole actor to provide the dialogue in the home video release.
* Like all toys from ''The Last Knight''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s toy line, Voyager Class Nitro was assigned two different working/code names during development, namely the figure-specific "TRA 23" and the character-specific "Gamma Beam Grey", which were used by several online retailers for early placeholder listings. However, the figure was also listed under the name "Bumblebee" (!) by both [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] Spain and [[Toys"R"Us]] UK, causing people to assume a Voyager version of Bumblebee was in the works before a direct connection was drawn between the Hasbro product code number from the aforementioned Amazon Spain listing and the one [[tampograph]]ed onto the leg of a sample of the Nitro figure. Later, the Spanish version of the Hasbro website also listed Nitro as "Voyager Bumblebee", so it would appear the name for those aforementioned listings did indeed originate with Hasbro.
* Speaking of toys, the head-swapping gimmick Nitro and [[Cogman#Deluxe|Cogman]] share is from a scripted but ultimately-unproduced sequence in the movie where Cogman would rip off Nitro's head and commandeer his body, giving Cogman's distinction as a "Headmaster" some relevancy to the story.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Nitro Zeus''' (ニトロ・ゼウス ''Nitoro Zeusu''), '''Nitro''' (ニトロ ''Nitoro'')
*''Korean:'' '''Nitro Zeus''' (니트로 제우스 ''Niteulo Jeuseu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dànqì Zeus''' (China, 氮气宙斯 ''Dànqì Zhòusī'', "Nitrogen Zeus")

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