Mars (planet)

The name or term "Mars" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Mars (disambiguation).

Of which Moon is not a part.

Mars is the fourth of the nine twelve eight...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun located within Earth's Solar System. If there are aliens on Mars, their minds are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, their intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarding this earth with envious eyes, they are slowly and surely drawing their plans against us.

Mars is almost always a trap statistically.

Fiction

Generation 1 continuity family

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

The Earth Defense Command had a base operating on Mars. EDC Commander Marissa Faireborn received Blaster's request for assistance to the beleaguered Blurr and Wheelie on Io and lifted off in her spaceship. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3

Japanese cartoon continuity

Story of Binaltech

Some time after 2005 in an altered timeline, Megatron led the Decepticons in an attack on the Earth Defense Command base on Mars, only to be confronted by the Doctor Arkeville-created Transformer Nemesis Prime, who declared that Earth's solar system beloned to him. Megatron thus grappled against Nemesis Prime, but Nemesis emerged victorious when Mirage activated a Quintesson killswitch on Cybertron which deactivated all non-Binaltech Transformers across the universe. Kill Switch

The Headmasters cartoon

Having harnessed the plasma energy released when the Transformers' homeworld of Cybertron was destroyed, Decepticon Headmaster leader Scorponok sought to generate and collect more of the energy to fuel his ambitions. To accomplish this, Scorponok plotted the destruction of Mars, and ordered the Terrorcons to plant plasma energy bombs beneath the surface of the planet Mars at strategic points which would, when detonated, rip the planet apart.

The Decepticons' activities were discovered by Spike, Daniel, Wheelie, and the Trainbots, who were on Mars conducting a geological survey at the time. The Autobot Headmasters were called in to deal with the threat, but during the battle that ensued, Fortress Maximus was de-powered by a plasma energy blast. Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger

It's a God-awful small affair/To the girl with the mousy hair...

Scorponok took the opportunity to activate his newly constructed Transtector and travel to Mars where he pummeled Maximus before ordering the planet's destruction. Two clusters of bombs placed at the Martian planetary poles were detonated simultaneously by Soundblaster, beginning a chain reaction that started to tear Mars apart. Scorponok and the Decepticons evacuated while the Autobots were consumed by the inferno, but Fortress Maximus was able to absorb some of the energy released in the early stages of the conflagration and made his escape as Mars exploded. Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears

Eventually, following the destruction of Scorponok's Transtector and the Decepticons' final retreat from Earth, the Autobots prepared to depart from the planet as well. When saying their goodbyes to the Witwickys, Fortress declared that, among many other tasks that lay ahead, he and the Autobots would work to restore the destroyed planet Mars back to its former glory. The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

Victory cartoon

Ore acquired from Mars, coupled with ores from Earth and other planets, was used in the creation of Schaeffer Energy. Jan Minakaze happened to be visiting the Schaeffer Energy plant in America as a cargo ship carrying a payload of Martian ore returned from its space mission. Battle Up of Wrath!!

Generations Selects Special Comic

In the year 2050, the humans and Selectors, after abandoning Earth, made a temporary settlement on Mars before they embarked on a quest to find a new home elsewhere in the galaxy. Finale

Beast Wars II cartoon

The Gaians built a civilization on Mars, which they seemingly abandoned when they left Gaia to prevent Angolmois Energy from being used for evil purposes. As part of a contingency plan, they left a pyramid containing a control unit for the Mother Computer on Gaia. If the Angolmois Energy on Gaia was detected to tip towards evil, the control unit would travel to Gaia and integrate with the Mother Computer to trigger a program that would draw the Moon to the planet, destroying it and the Angolmois Energy within.

When Galvatron's Nemesis passed by Mars, the control unit was activated and it sped to Gaia. Emissary of the Fourth Planet

Mars Attacks: The Transformers

An armada of Martians attacked Earth, forcing the Autobots and Decepticons to join sides against the threat. Mars Attacks: The Transformers

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

As Cybertron moved ever closer to Earth, it infected Mars with its cyberforming touch. General Flagg tried to use this to get the Jugglers to unleash nuclear weapons on Cybertron to no avail. Expelled from the Garden

Cobra Commander later bargained with Megatron to spare Mars and give it to Cobra in exchange for the kill frequency to the green bombs. Megatron was quick to agree. Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12

After the Commander perished however, ownership of Mars fell over to Billy who used green bombs and Terradromes to terraform Mars into a utopia. The War Never Ends

Beast Wars: Uprising

Humans landed on Mars circa 1992. Micro-Aggressions

Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity

Armada cartoon

Jetfire and Starscream once travelled to Mars in search of the Mini-Con panel containing Firebot. Upon hearing this, the kids asked the two Transformers to buy them something from the souvenir shop. Sadly, as Mars was uninhabited by either human or alien lifeforms, there were no shops to be found. Starscream did however find a mysterious glowing green rock and gave it to the children. They were so happy. Mars

Joke's on them—it's probably radioactive.

Energon cartoon

Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, the Cybertronian Alliance and the Earth Federation installed a facility on the surface of Mars to mine the potent naturally-occurring ore Energon. Unfortunately, this facility was decimated by the initial Terrorcon attack.

Also Tidal Wave was stationed on Mars by the Autobots during the Cybertronian Alliance, to guard the Mini-Cons who were sent there.

A little while later, the survivors of the first attack, Autobot, Decepticon, and Mini-Con, made a valiant last stand against a second Terrorcon attack, this time being personally led by Scorponok. Scorpinok

Cybertron cartoon

Thunderblast, Ransack, Crumplezone, and Thundercracker left Cybertron on a rickety rocket, attempting to forge the New Decepticon Army. Their rocket made it as far as Mars before crashing and stranding them on the planet. Beginning

Live-action film series

Transformers film

"My name is Sam Tyler..."

An indistinct alien destroyed the Beagle 2 Rover, a human exploration device sent to Mars. Transformers

IDW movie comics

Arriving in the Solar System in search for the AllSpark, Starscream's forces put the Nemesis down on Mars and set up a camp. Some went ahead to Earth to search for the AllSpark, but a few stayed behind. The Reign of Starscream #1 When Starscream returned after losing the AllSpark, a group of Autobots had a brief skirmish with them, but was quickly subdued and the Decepticons used a space bridge to return to Cybertron. The Reign of Starscream #3 Still later, the treacherous Dreadwing returned through the space bridge, but remained alive only long enough to be killed by Starscream, who promptly set out for Earth once more. The Reign of Starscream #5

Soon after, Soundwave arrived upon the debris field and examined the Nemesis before similarly heading for Earth to find Starscream. Alliance #2 Convergence chapter 4

Titan movie comics

Soundwave's Decepticons were based out of Phobos, one of Mars' moons. Turnabout

Animated cartoon

The first human colony on Mars was established by President Tommy Kennedy. The AllSpark Almanac II

Aligned continuity family

Prime cartoon

Mars Cat says "Take me to your feeder." One Shall Fall

Rescue Bots cartoon

The Mars Explorer brought back a sample of Squilsh from Mars. You've Been Squilshed

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Kasei (火星, "Fire Planet")

External links

• Mars at Wikipedia
• Mars at the GBWiki