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:''Cerebros is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[ | :''Cerebros is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] originally from the [[Robots in Disguise continuity family]].'' | ||
[[File:RID Cerebros.jpg|right|upright=1.2|thumb|No, I am NOT Ben Stein in a robot suit!]] | |||
'''Cerebros''', also known as '''Plasma''' (プラズマ ''Purazuma''), is simply a mindless [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] drone, but he is the key to controlling the colossally powerful, towering titan [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. In order for Fortress Maximus to reawaken, Cerebros must transform into the head of another robot known only as the [[Emissary (RID)|Emissary]]. The Emissary's only purpose is to transform into Fortress Maximus' head, and Cerebros can ''only'' be activated by an Autobot Leader, who can then command the goliath robot. | |||
''' | |||
Unfortunately for the Autobots, this is not the unbreakable lock one might assume at first. If someone of evil intent were to [[Scourge (RID)|scan and clone an Autobot Leader]], for example.... | |||
{{bigquote|A trilateral program consisting of bio-signature identification, motivational recognition and harmonic resonance calibration.|Cerebros on how Fortress Maximus works|"[[Surprise Attack!]]"}} | {{bigquote|A trilateral program consisting of bio-signature identification, motivational recognition and harmonic resonance calibration.|Cerebros on how Fortress Maximus works|"[[Surprise Attack!]]"}} | ||
==Fiction== | ==Fiction== | ||
===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon=== | ===Cartoon continuity=== | ||
====2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon==== | |||
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Kramer]] (English), [[Masayuki Kiyama]] (Japanese)}} | {{voiceactor|[[Steve Kramer]] (English), [[Masayuki Kiyama]] (Japanese)|[[Vladimir Gerasimov]] (Russian), [[Pietro Mário]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}} | ||
[[File:Maximus Emerges Cerebrosstatue.jpg|thumb]] | |||
When Fortress Maximus was first hidden on Earth, Cerebros was concealed within a statue and placed in a temple. Led to the temple by the [[Orb of Sigma]], the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] and [[Autobot Brothers]] recovered Cerebros, but were attacked by the Decepticons before they could escape with their prize. In an attempt to gain Scourge's respect, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] kidnapped Cerebros and for once the Predacons' usual misadventures ended up in their favor. The Decepticons used Cerebros to find Fortress Maximus, whom the Autobots had concealed in the middle of [[Metro City]]. On activating Maximus, Scourge was unable to control the giant Autobot, who went on a rampage across the town. Koji was able to stop Maximus, who sank into the ground. As Cerebros detached, Galvatron seized him and returned to the ''[[Megastar]]''. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}} | |||
When Fortress Maximus was first hidden on Earth, Cerebros was concealed within a statue and placed in a temple. | |||
Scourge's attempts to analyse Cerebros's programming were hampered by its complexity; however, he believed that Fortress Maximus was programmed to obey humans. To that end, he amplified his own human bio-energy (obtained when he scanned his alternate mode) and took Cerebros into the desert where the 'bot combined with Fortress Maximus. Once the Autobots had manage to stop Maximus, with the help of many, many children, Cerebros detached and was promptly spirited away by Galvatron. {{storylink|The Human Element}} | Scourge's attempts to analyse Cerebros's programming were hampered by its complexity; however, he believed that Fortress Maximus was programmed to obey humans. To that end, he amplified his own human bio-energy (obtained when he scanned his alternate mode) and took Cerebros into the desert where the 'bot combined with Fortress Maximus. Once the Autobots had manage to stop Maximus, with the help of many, many children, Cerebros detached and was promptly spirited away by Galvatron. {{storylink|The Human Element}} | ||
A third attempt was made by the Decepticons to control Fortress Maximus, with Scourge taking Cerebros into a jungle where Maximus had relocated. Once again, Cerebros activated the titan, who was then controlled by [[ | [[File:Surprise attack Cerebrosoptimus.jpg|left|thumb]] | ||
A third attempt was made by the Decepticons to control Fortress Maximus, with Scourge taking Cerebros into a jungle where Maximus had relocated. Once again, Cerebros activated the titan, who was then controlled by [[Carl (RID)|Carl]], a boy that Sky-Byte had kidnapped. After Scourge revealed his duplicity, Galvatron abandoned Cerebros and he was recovered by the Autobots. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} | |||
Once taken to the Autobot base, Cerebros was interrogated and revealed that while he was programmed to obey Autobots, Fortress Maximus was programmed to only obey humans. They were soon interrupted by an attack by the Decepticon forces, who'd finally located the base. Optimus took Cerebros on a drive through the city, pursued by said forces, to a predetermined location where the rest of the Autobots were waiting to ambush the foe. The battle was soon joined by the ''Megastar'', with armaments which quickly overwhelmed the Autobots. Inspired by the heroic act of [[Omega Prime]], Cerebros activated Fortress Maximus, who fought with and destroyed the ''Megastar''. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Despite his base being in ruins, Galvatron managed to gain the upper hand once more. Galvatron leeched away Fortress Maximus's energy, granting himself unparalleled strength. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} The forces of good managed to triumph in the end nonetheless. After Galvatron's defeat at the hands of Omega Prime, Fortress Maximus transported the Predacons and Decepticons to the asteroid prison colony. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}} | |||
{{--}} | |||
====''Legends'' comic==== | |||
[[File:Legends comic Plasma.jpg|thumb|]] | |||
{{CRnote|Cerebros|[[Cerebros (G1)|Generation 1 Cerebros]]|Plasma}} | |||
When [[Vector Sigma]] granted the [[Dimensional Patrol]] the new [[Neo Brave Maximus]], Plasma and [[Emissary (RID)|Brave]] were transferred to it. The old [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]] was given to the [[Autobot]]s on [[Earth]], with [[Master (RM)|Master]] and [[Zebres]] as its new control units. Plasma was aboard Neo Brave Maximus when [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] attacked the base to rescue [[Megatron (RID)|Devil Gigatron]]. {{Storylink|LGEX Black Convoy Prologue}} | |||
[[ | ===''Beast Wars: Uprising''=== | ||
A female Plasma was one of the three [[Cyberdroid]] controllers of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], storing the remains of [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]'s consciousness. She held the emotion, intuition, and language functions of the segmented mind. The [[Resistance (BWU)|Resistance]] executed Plasma on their raid of Fortress Maximus, freeing the various political prisoners of high regard held in his interior. {{storylink|Head Games}} | |||
===Shell Game continuity=== | |||
In [[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]], [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] killed the Emissary, and presumably Cerebros as well. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}} | |||
==Toys== | ==Toys== | ||
===Car Robots=== | ===''Car Robots''=== | ||
[[File:PlasmaRID Headmaster.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1. | [[File:PlasmaRID Headmaster.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Plasma, Cerebros, Gran, Emissary... just call me head guy!]] | ||
<ul class="iconlist">{{bp-a1|'''Brave Maximus''' (2000)}}</ul> | |||
:*''ID number:'' '''C-027''' | |||
: A red, black, and silver [[redeco]] of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original ''Transformers'' toyline's]] [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Toys|Spike Witwicky]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] toy, ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' Plasma transforms into the head of [[Emissary (RID)#Car Robots|Brave]], who in turn becomes the head of [[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Car Robots|Brave Maximus]]. He is also compatible with any of the other Headmaster bodies from the original line. | |||
: | : Naturally, he was only available packed in with Brave Maximus. This set was not released in the Hasbro ''Robots in Disguise'' version of the line. | ||
:This mold was also | : This mold was also used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1988 (Super-God Masterforce)|Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus#Toys|Gran]], and was later re-released as ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Master (RM)|Master]]. The run of this mold from the ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' reissue of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Encore|Fortress Maximus]] was also [[retool]]ed into [[BotCon 2014]]'s [[Olin Zarak#Timelines|Olin Zarak]]. | ||
::*''[http:// | ::*''[http://tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/Plasma/plasma.htm More information on Plasma at TFU.info]'' | ||
{{--}} | |||
{{-}} | ===''Legacy''=== | ||
[[File:Haslab-Omega-Prime Cerebros.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|]] | |||
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Omega Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2025)}}</ul> | |||
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''God Fire Convoy''' (ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ) | |||
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise 2001]]'' | |||
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[[January 30]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sodl6lRkifQ Hasbro Pulse | Transformers: Legacy RID 2001 Omega Prime HasLab Fanstream | January 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>|[[Hiroyuki Taiga]] (concept artist & packaging artist, TakaraTomy release only)<ref>[https://youtu.be/PdsHMGVDZFg?si=7IIIhq2AU8jwMnSx Interview] with [[Hasbro]] designer [[Evan Brooks]] on the Triple Takeover podcast, from their YouTube channel</ref> <ref>{{citesocial|quote=タカラトミー様からゴッドファイヤーコンボイ頂きました。国内版のパッケージイラストを描かせてもらい久しぶりにがっつり仕上げ込みで描けて楽しかったです。イラストの反応にドキドキでしたが好評なようでホッとしてます|link=https://twitter.com/hiroyuki_taiga/status/1928378004805202176|site=Twitter|name=Hiroyuki Taiga|year=2025|month=5|day=30}}</ref>, [[Studio DTW|Dave White]] (product photography), [[Nick (Hasbro)|Nick]] and [[Tony Colella]] (sculptors)<ref name = "Missile Stream">[[March 7]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pkz6oTI7W4 Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 7, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>, [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)<ref>[[January 10]], [[2025]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDy2WuiQumE Transformers: Legacy Robots in Disguise 2001 Omega Prime HasLab - Official Unboxing!] with [[Emily Bader]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref> | |||
}} | |||
: First shown off at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2024, ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Omega Prime#Legacy|Omega Prime]] includes a [[Titan Master]]-styled version of Cerebros, and in turn is a redeco of the [[Emissary (TR)#SDCC2016|Emissary]] Titan Master portion of the San Diego Comic-Con 2016 [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#SDCC2016|Fortress Maximus]] toy. He can interact with box-mate [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Legacy|Optimus Prime]]'s ladder by sitting in the operators chair or standing inside the ladder. | |||
:Omega Prime first started shipping to backers, beginning with those living in New Zealand, in March 2025. | |||
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C2vNqMmuIwP/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Omega Prime from Evan Brooks on Instagram]'' | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*The ''Uprising'' incarnation of Plasma has a green chassis to form an RGB pattern with the blue [[Galen|Kord]] and the red [[Grand Maximus|Gran]]. | |||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
*''Japanese:'' '''Plasma''' (プラズマ ''Purazuma'') | *''Japanese:'' '''Plasma''' (プラズマ ''Purazuma'') | ||
*''Korean:'' '''Plasma''' ( | *''Korean:'' '''Plasma''' (플라즈마 ''Peullajeuma'') | ||
*''Portuguese:'' '''Cérebro''' ("Brain", Brazil) | |||
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==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]] | |||
[[Category:Car Robots Autobots]] | |||
[[Category:Female Transformers]] | |||
[[Category:Headmasters]] | [[Category:Headmasters]] | ||
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]] | |||
[[Category:Legends Autobots]] | |||
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) Autobots]] | [[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001) Autobots]] | ||
[[Category:Variable gender characters]] | |||
Latest revision as of 23:45, 22 February 2026
| The name or term "Cerebros" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Cerebros (disambiguation). |
- Cerebros is an Autobot Headmaster originally from the Robots in Disguise continuity family.
Cerebros, also known as Plasma (プラズマ Purazuma), is simply a mindless Headmaster drone, but he is the key to controlling the colossally powerful, towering titan Fortress Maximus. In order for Fortress Maximus to reawaken, Cerebros must transform into the head of another robot known only as the Emissary. The Emissary's only purpose is to transform into Fortress Maximus' head, and Cerebros can only be activated by an Autobot Leader, who can then command the goliath robot.
Unfortunately for the Autobots, this is not the unbreakable lock one might assume at first. If someone of evil intent were to scan and clone an Autobot Leader, for example....
| “ | A trilateral program consisting of bio-signature identification, motivational recognition and harmonic resonance calibration. | ” |
—Cerebros on how Fortress Maximus works, "Surprise Attack!" | ||
Fiction
[edit]Cartoon continuity
[edit]2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon
[edit]- Voice actor: Steve Kramer (English), Masayuki Kiyama (Japanese), Vladimir Gerasimov (Russian), Pietro Mário (Brazilian Portuguese)
When Fortress Maximus was first hidden on Earth, Cerebros was concealed within a statue and placed in a temple. Led to the temple by the Orb of Sigma, the Build Team and Autobot Brothers recovered Cerebros, but were attacked by the Decepticons before they could escape with their prize. In an attempt to gain Scourge's respect, Sky-Byte and the Predacons kidnapped Cerebros and for once the Predacons' usual misadventures ended up in their favor. The Decepticons used Cerebros to find Fortress Maximus, whom the Autobots had concealed in the middle of Metro City. On activating Maximus, Scourge was unable to control the giant Autobot, who went on a rampage across the town. Koji was able to stop Maximus, who sank into the ground. As Cerebros detached, Galvatron seized him and returned to the Megastar. Maximus Emerges
Scourge's attempts to analyse Cerebros's programming were hampered by its complexity; however, he believed that Fortress Maximus was programmed to obey humans. To that end, he amplified his own human bio-energy (obtained when he scanned his alternate mode) and took Cerebros into the desert where the 'bot combined with Fortress Maximus. Once the Autobots had manage to stop Maximus, with the help of many, many children, Cerebros detached and was promptly spirited away by Galvatron. The Human Element
A third attempt was made by the Decepticons to control Fortress Maximus, with Scourge taking Cerebros into a jungle where Maximus had relocated. Once again, Cerebros activated the titan, who was then controlled by Carl, a boy that Sky-Byte had kidnapped. After Scourge revealed his duplicity, Galvatron abandoned Cerebros and he was recovered by the Autobots. Mistaken Identity
Once taken to the Autobot base, Cerebros was interrogated and revealed that while he was programmed to obey Autobots, Fortress Maximus was programmed to only obey humans. They were soon interrupted by an attack by the Decepticon forces, who'd finally located the base. Optimus took Cerebros on a drive through the city, pursued by said forces, to a predetermined location where the rest of the Autobots were waiting to ambush the foe. The battle was soon joined by the Megastar, with armaments which quickly overwhelmed the Autobots. Inspired by the heroic act of Omega Prime, Cerebros activated Fortress Maximus, who fought with and destroyed the Megastar. Surprise Attack! Despite his base being in ruins, Galvatron managed to gain the upper hand once more. Galvatron leeched away Fortress Maximus's energy, granting himself unparalleled strength. Galvatron's Revenge The forces of good managed to triumph in the end nonetheless. After Galvatron's defeat at the hands of Omega Prime, Fortress Maximus transported the Predacons and Decepticons to the asteroid prison colony. The Final Battle
Legends comic
[edit]
The events of the Robots in Disguise cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as noted above, except that they take place in the world of the original Generation 1 cartoon where the Transformer cast are time travelers from the Beast Era to Tokyo in the year 2000, and Cerebros is a character separate from Generation 1 Cerebros named "Plasma".
When Vector Sigma granted the Dimensional Patrol the new Neo Brave Maximus, Plasma and Brave were transferred to it. The old Brave Maximus was given to the Autobots on Earth, with Master and Zebres as its new control units. Plasma was aboard Neo Brave Maximus when Black Convoy attacked the base to rescue Devil Gigatron. LGEX Black Convoy Prologue
Beast Wars: Uprising
[edit]A female Plasma was one of the three Cyberdroid controllers of Fortress Maximus, storing the remains of Cerebros's consciousness. She held the emotion, intuition, and language functions of the segmented mind. The Resistance executed Plasma on their raid of Fortress Maximus, freeing the various political prisoners of high regard held in his interior. Head Games
Shell Game continuity
[edit]In Viron 704.31 Epsilon, Ruination killed the Emissary, and presumably Cerebros as well. Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30
Toys
[edit]Car Robots
[edit]
- Brave Maximus (2000)
- ID number: C-027
- A red, black, and silver redeco of the original Transformers toyline's Spike Witwicky Headmaster toy, Car Robots Plasma transforms into the head of Brave, who in turn becomes the head of Brave Maximus. He is also compatible with any of the other Headmaster bodies from the original line.
- Naturally, he was only available packed in with Brave Maximus. This set was not released in the Hasbro Robots in Disguise version of the line.
- This mold was also used to make Masterforce Gran, and was later re-released as Robotmasters Master. The run of this mold from the Encore reissue of Fortress Maximus was also retooled into BotCon 2014's Olin Zarak.
Legacy
[edit]
- Omega Prime (Multi-pack, 2025)
- TakaraTomy name: God Fire Convoy (ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ)
- Series: Robots in Disguise 2001
- Known designers: Evan Brooks (Hasbro), Hisashi Yuki (TakaraTomy)[1], Hiroyuki Taiga (concept artist & packaging artist, TakaraTomy release only)[2] [3], Dave White (product photography), Nick and Tony Colella (sculptors)[4], Marcelo Matere (packaging artist)[5]
- First shown off at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, Legacy Omega Prime includes a Titan Master-styled version of Cerebros, and in turn is a redeco of the Emissary Titan Master portion of the San Diego Comic-Con 2016 Fortress Maximus toy. He can interact with box-mate Optimus Prime's ladder by sitting in the operators chair or standing inside the ladder.
- Omega Prime first started shipping to backers, beginning with those living in New Zealand, in March 2025.
Notes
[edit]- The Uprising incarnation of Plasma has a green chassis to form an RGB pattern with the blue Kord and the red Gran.
Foreign names
[edit]- Japanese: Plasma (プラズマ Purazuma)
- Korean: Plasma (플라즈마 Peullajeuma)
- Portuguese: Cérebro ("Brain", Brazil)
References
[edit]- ↑ January 30, 2024's Hasbro Pulse | Transformers: Legacy RID 2001 Omega Prime HasLab Fanstream | January 2024 on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae and Evan Brooks.
- ↑ Interview with Hasbro designer Evan Brooks on the Triple Takeover podcast, from their YouTube channel
- ↑ "タカラトミー様からゴッドファイヤーコンボイ頂きました。国内版のパッケージイラストを描かせてもらい久しぶりにがっつり仕上げ込みで描けて楽しかったです。イラストの反応にドキドキでしたが好評なようでホッとしてます"—Hiroyuki Taiga, Twitter, 2025/5/30
- ↑ March 7, 2024's Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 7, 2024 on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Evan Brooks and Mark Maher.
- ↑ January 10, 2025's Transformers: Legacy Robots in Disguise 2001 Omega Prime HasLab - Official Unboxing! with Emily Bader and Evan Brooks.
