Metrotitan (G1)

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This article is about the Decepticon cityformer. For the body-type that sometimes takes its name from him, see Titan (IDW). For a list of other meanings, see Metrotitan (disambiguation).

Metrotitan is a Decepticon cityformer from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

The very definition of a "bad neighborhood".

Constructed on Saturn's moon Titan by the Autobots, Metrotitan (メトロタイタン Metorotaitan) is a massive warrior wielding a devastating freeze ray that can stop most enemies cold. Unfortunately for the Autobots, Metrotitan defected to the Decepticons and was taught the ways of evil by the Nine Great Demon Generals under the command of Violen Jiger. Whether his defection was a conscious choice or the result of forcible reprogramming is a matter of contention, though Metrotitan and his former allies have ultimately accepted his evil ways.

He leads the Metrosquad and has also been known to house the Race Track Patrol.

In one universe, he is an Autobot-allied Titan who serves as an Autobot City on Earth.

Fiction

Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity

Zone story pages

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Created on Saturn's moon, Titan, Metrotitan was appointed leader of the Metrosquad and schooled in the ways of evil by Violen Jiger's Nine Great Demon Generals. His first mission upon activation was to attack the Autobot Lunar Zone Base on Earth's moon commanded by Rabbicrater. Zone Part 7

He proved to be very impressive in battle, and even killed the veteran Autobot Galaxy Shuttle in his attack on the Lunar Zone Base. Metrotitan might even have been able to best Dai Atlas if Sonic Bomber hadn't kept the Metrosquad busy. Zone Part 8

Metrotitan then unleashed his Freeze Beam Gun and used it to reduce the moon to an icy tomb. His freeze beam was even powerful enough to stop Sky Powered in its tracks. However, the Decepticon warrior was unprepared for the arrival of a third Powered Master named Road Fire. His freeze beam was easily countered by Road Fire's "Fire Kick" and Metrotitan was soundly defeated. Zone Part 9

Wars manga

Attack on Metrotitan.

Years later, Metrotitan fell in with High Regent Scrash's splinter faction of Decepticons and was put under the command of Straxus, who dubbed the titan's base mode as "Darkmount" after his former home. In a devastating battle, Metrotitan was able to soundly demolish his kin, Metroplex. In a few days, the Decepticons attacked again with Metrotitan, who took down Metrobase on his way to Scramble City. But the Autobots were more prepared this time, having rebuilt Metroplex into a larger robot who towered over Metrotitan.

When Metrotitan rejected the rumors of having been reprogrammed by the Nine Great Demon Generals, Metroplex accepted this admission and banished Metrotitan from the Autobots forevermore. Badly damaged by Metroplex's antimatter projector, Metrotitan wisely decided to retreat. Metrowars

Convalescing afterward, Metrotitan raged over his defeat and swore vengeance against Metroplex, considering the fact that he could feel such an emotion to be proof that his mind was his own and untampered with. Straxus, perched on his shoulder with his hand wired into Metrotitan's head, coolly encouraged his beliefs. Concurrently, Metrobomb staged an attempt to steal data on Metroplex's new form so that Metrotitan could be rebuilt into a similar body, but he failed. Metrowars 2

Transformers Legends comic

Prior to awakening and being converted into a Decepticon, Metrotitan had slept beneath Titan's surface since ancient times, inspiring the Sky God religion practiced by the native Titans. Bonus Edition Vol. EX

When the Race Track Patrol recovered Full-Tilt's personality component from Trypticon's remains, they brought it to the current Decepticon base, Metrotitan. LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter

Metrotitan was eventually defeated for good by Metroplex, who had tracked him down in a failed attempt to talk Straxus into surrendering. Metroplex returned his comatose body to Titan, where he would slowly absorb the moon's energy and hopefully one day reawaken as his original heroic self. Bonus Edition Vol. EX

While recapping Metroplex's life story to Rattrap and Rhinox in the Legends Universe, Alpha Trion mentioned Metrotitan's creation on Titan and his devastating attack on Metroplex. The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter

Wings Universe

Nine million years ago, the Metrotitan was a fortress in the Glibax flats. In the first decade of the Decepticon uprising, it came under siege by the Decepticons, who eliminated all resistance and then moved on. The more entrepreneurial Rage of the Stormtroopers salvaged the Metrotitan and retrofitted it as a mobile battle station under his control.

After capturing the Heart of the Dragon from Median, Rage's ultimate goal was to implant the powerful personality component in the Metrotitan itself, hoping to reformat the fortress into a massively powerful Transformer under his control. He hoped this grand gesture would be enough to get him noticed by the Decepticon generals, and rise in the rebel hierarchy. First, however, he tested the heart in a micro-sized body, creating the dragon known as Brimstone. Brimstone rampaged through the Metrotitan after the Elite Guardsmen hunting Rage, until his energy levels destroyed the pint-sized terror from the inside out, apparently taking out the Metrotitan as well in the explosion. Flames of Yesterday

IDW Generation 1 continuity

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Metrotitan was one of the original three Titans along with Chela and Metroplex with the legends saying the three had fought alongside Primus against his opposite. The three were later called upon by Onyx Prime to act as crowd control in a turf war before the Thirteen united and consolidated their power over Cybertron. Onyx Prime based the symbol of the Primes' alliance off Metrotitan's supposed description of Primus' countenance. Origin Myths

While other Titans eventually left the planet, A 'Bot and Her City Metrotitan was one of the two Titans who remained behind on Cybertron, slumbering beneath Crystal City and guarded by Omega Supreme. When Nova Prime discovered the upper city and allied himself with Omega, the guardian hid Metrotitan's existence from the Prime. His recalcitrance paid off when Nova fell into megalomania and departed Cybertron to conquer other worlds, at which point Omega revealed the Metrotitan to Nova's more respectful former follower, Dai Atlas. Omega explained that Metrotitan would only awaken in the presence of a great Cybertronian, but that it would be Dai Atlas's task to protect him until then. When the Great War subsequently broke out in the following millennia, Dai Atlas became a conscientious objector and gathered together many like-minded Transformers to form the Circle of Light, and used Metrotitan's energies to power their departure from Cybertron. All Good Things Settling on the planet Theophany, the Circle built a new Crystal City atop the still-sleeping Metrotitan, continuing to use his energies to power their new home. You, Me, and Other Revelations

At some point, Crystal City was razed by Tyrest's Legislators, leaving no sign of life, save Metrotitan slumbering underneath. When the crew of the Lost Light arrived to investigate, a subsidence sent them tumbling into the cavern beneath the city where the Titan lay, and they decided to enter its very body so that the their resident mnemosurgeon Chromedome could tap its brain and hopefully find out what had befallen the Circle of Light. Chromedome discovered that Metrotitan's mind was still alive and screaming in frustration—he had heard the call sent out by Cybertron upon the planet's reformatting to "come home", but having been drained by the Circle for so long, he lacked the necessary power to teleport his giant bulk across space. With Metrotitan willing to destroy himself to separate his spark from his body in order to return home, Brainstorm used miniaturization technology to shrink the giant down to a size that his reduced power could teleport away from the planet. You, Me, and Other Revelations

The shrunken Metrotitan successfully quantum jumped back to Cybertron, to his old home in Crystal City, but wound up physically enmeshing his molecules into those of the city, causing a destabilization of local reality. As Autobot scientist Wheeljack worked to contain the impending disaster, Prowl and Starscream got closer to the Titan, and were shocked when he awoke, crediting Starscream's presence as the reason. Metrotitan dubbed Starscream the conqueror who would unite Cybertron and thanked him for allowing him to awaken one last time, then bid the Transformers to depart so that they would not be destroyed along with him. Metrotitan was seemingly obliterated soon after as reality erupted in an antimatter explosion. All Good Things

When the Necrotitan appeared near Crystal City after its reconstitution from Shockwave's Ore-14, many Transformers–including Starscream himself–mistook it for Metrotitan. Winners & Losers

Don't you just hate it when someone wakes you up in the middle of a nap?

Unbeknownst to all, Metrotitan had in fact survived the antimatter explosion and somehow to his original size. Soomehow, he wound up buried beneath Monument Valley on Earth, where he fell into stasis As Above...So Below above a rich seam of Ore-13. White Light

After annexing the planet Earth, Optimus Prime had a vision of, among other things, Metrotitan bursting free, Once Upon a Time on Earth which prompted him to base his forces in Monument Valley. Alpha Trion, who seemed to know that Metrotitan was present, continually urged Optimus to "reach out" with his feelings, It's Beginning To And Back Again and during a standoff against the EDC Prime managed to do so, and Metrotitan's dramatic reawakening intimidated the humans into retreating. As Above...So Below

Footage of Metrotitan's arrival soon reached Cybertron thanks to the efforts of Circuit and Longtooth, and the sight of Optimus commanding the Titan prompted a wave of support from those religiously-inclined colony worlds who viewed Optimus as the legendary "Arisen".No Fair Fights

In order to appear less imposing to the people of Earth, Metrotitan transformed into his city mode; hoping that the Titan would become an embassy for the Autobots on Earth, Optimus pronounced that Metrotitan would become "Autobot City." Shortly afterwards, Metrotitan beamed a data pulse into space, a message which immortalized Optimus as the leader who had ended the Great War and shepherded Earth into the galactic community. On Cybertron, this data pulse awoke Sentinel Prime, who took up arms to "purify" his much-changed home; The Last Autobot it eventually reached Micronus Prime in the parallel universe of Microspace, and alerted the villainous Baron Karza to the existence of Ore-13. Secret Raiders O Ship of State

When Sentinel Prime arrived on Earth to persuade Optimus to join his cause, he did so using Metrotitan's Space Bridge, destroying it behind him. In the ensuing battle, Sentinel — now revealed as the ancient Infinitus — used his Titan Master abilites to open a new Space Bridge portal that warped himself, Optimus, Soundwave, and Sovereign to the dead world of Prion. White Light White Heat

Over the next few months, the Cybertronians continued to use Metrotitan as their primary base of operations on Earth, performing goodwill missions across Earth to prove their good intentions to humanity. Concorde Hymn While discussing the Cybertronian presence on Earth, Scarlett and "Joe Colton" worried that Metrotitan's presence had galvanized the citizens of Cybertron and potentially attracted other aliens to Earth. Secret Raiders

By this time, Metrotitan's spacebridge had been repaired, O Ship of State becoming the primary means of travel between Earth and Cybertron; Ping somehow, Metrotitan's Space Bridge was able to pierce dimensional barriers and access Micronus Prime's own space bridge in Microspace. O Ship of State As a destructive entropy cloud threatened to consume Microspace, Micronus sought help from Optimus, and tried to use Metrotitan to pass this message along. Metrotitan went completely silent in the hopes that Optimus would establish a mental link with him to investigate, but his efforts were misinterpreted as a mechanical failure and the Cityspeaker Windblade was called in to examine him. Informed Despite this, he continued to fulfill his duties, and, some weeks later, provided the Autobots with data regarding a recent explosion at Mount Olympus caused by destabilizing supplies of Ore-13. {{storylink|Concorde Hymn}

After deducing that Metrotitan was trying to speak with a Prime, Windblade decided that she couldn't risk Optimus and linked with his consciousness instead. Displeased with the "speck," Metrotitan grudgingly shunted her consciousness into the subatomic realm of Microspace to meet with Micronus.Informed

His city mode became the site of an all out battle as the Autobots, Rom, the Micronauts and Snake Eyes fought to defend the Earth from the Dire Wraiths and M.A.S.K.. The New Colossus As part of a plan to defeat the empowered and mutated Baron Karza, Metrotitan transformed into his starship mode to carry the Autobots and their allies to safety. His spacebridge was destroyed once again in order to send the crazed tyrant back into Microspace. Valley Forge

Optimus Prime's Moving Castle

Rather than return to Monument Valley, Metrotitan chose to remain airborne as the Autobots continued to police trouble spots across the world. To Walk Among the Chosen His space bridge remained the primary link between Earth and Cybertron First Strike #2, while the Autobots maintained a large concentration of Ore-13 aboard their living vessel. Ghost in the Machine

Some months late, Metrotitan flew Optimus and his troops to Mexico City to deal with reverse engineered Cybertronian technology before he took them to Washington, D.C. to meet with the President. The discussion was halted when Metrotitan detected a ship entering Earth's atmosphere and notified Optimus. The Titan then took them to the Matterhorn to meet the ship. To Walk Among the Chosen Despite some complications, the Autobots managed to make peaceful first contact with the arriving Junkions and invited them aboard Metrotitan. The humans below tried to crack Metrotitan's cloaking field but were met with naught for their efforts. A Lonely Pillar on the Plain Metrotitan's own systems proved unable to penetrate the cloaking field aboard the Junkion ship much to worry of his crew who began to look for alternatives. His spacebridge had been repaired and was used by Optimus to go to Cybertron. Behind My Bleeding Back He later played host to several world leaders with the goal of making a formal alliance between Earth, Cybertron, and Junkion only for the latter party to unleash a horde of Sharkticons from their ship with the intent to raze the world. Dance Among the Shadows

To create chaos, the Junkions rammed their ship onto Metrotitan, lodging it into his hull. The Titan responded to this by partially transforming into robot mode and ripping the ship apart with his bare hands. He was soon joined by the Sharkticons. Future Glories Lost Having removed the ship, he kept his hold on it as the battle raged until he put it down at Optimus's order. Feel Safe Without Regrets Once that mess was sorted, he flew Optimus and the President to Bikni Atoll to inspect the budding Junkion colony. The Next Day, and the Next He remained hovering overhead when the Autobots decided to shut down the life support of Sideswipe in a humane manner. The Life of Sideswipe

When Baron Ironblood attacked Buenos Aires, Blackrock used his Titan Master abilities to summon Metrotitan, who subsequently transformed to smash the force field surrounding the Onyx tower and grant Optimus Prime entry into the fray. Once Blackrock had calculated a counter-frequency to the Talisman's Dire Wraith mutation, he sent it to Metrotitan who — amplifying the signal using his supplies of Ore-13 and inbuilt space bridge — transmitted the cure and returned the infected humans to normal. The curative wave somehow had the effect of releasing the spirit of Mike Power into the body of Centurion. Ghost in the Machine

When Earth was formally inducted into the Council of Worlds, Metrotitan was hovering 3,000 feet above Washington, D.C. where he transported Marissa Faireborn and her entourage to Cybertron via Space Bridge. Primeless, Part 1 When the delegation went through however, Baron Ironblood's cabal deliberately piggybacked off the Space Bridge frequency using the M.A.S.S. Device. First Strike #2

When Ironblood's cabal began attacking, Starscream shut down the Space Bridge from Cybertron's side. Aileron ordered Metrotitan to be moved away from any human population until the Earth-bound Autobots could discover what was happening. Primeless, Part 1

Metrotitan relocated to above the Greenland Sea. When G.I. Joe and M.A.S.K. arrived, they brought the information needed to deduce the M.A.S.S. Device had piggybacked on the Spacebridge. Skyburst and Stormclash disassembled Metrotitan's Bridge before the group set out to storm Castle Destro. First Strike #2

While doing research for his his movie, Thundercracker interviewed Alpha Trion regarding Metrotitan's labelling the Seeker as the "Chosen One". Alpha Trion was of the opinion that the injured Titan had been spouting random nonsense at the time and Starscream just happened to be in a position to take advantage of it. Starscream: The Movie

Toys

Zone

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• Metrotitan (Decepticon, 1990)
  • ID number: D-340
  • Accessories: Metrodash, Metrodash's arms/cannons (x2), Metrodash's "beam pistol", Metrotank, Metrotank's turret, Metroshot's body/tower, Metroshot's chestplate/tower top, two white cannons/Metroshot's legs, two "ion pulse rifles"/Metroshot's arms, double-barreled cannon, rear tower, shoulder antenna, 2 fists, 2 kneecaps, 3 missiles

A redeco of the Autobot Metroplex, Metrotitan transforms from a large robot to a multi-leveled "city". This mode includes a service bay with launching mechanism, a helipad, and "parking" for six vehicles in whatever his legs fold out to be. He also has a third mobile battle station mode; a more compact wheeled form that incorporates his many weapons. Additionally, his weapons are all molded with universal-sized pegs that allow them to be attached in several different configurations and locations (for example, in the otherwise-pointless holes in his kneecaps in city mode). Metrotitan came with Metroshot, Metrotank, Metrodash, and Metrobomb; the first two formed various parts of Metrotitan's alternate modes.

The smaller "limb" robots from the "Scramble City" style combiners can plug into ports in Metrotitans's shoulders and knees in robot mode, while the base modes of Silverbolt, Hot Spot, Motormaster, and Onslaught can connect to him in city mode. The peg-size of Metrotitan's weapons also allows them to be wielded by the leaders and super-robots these teams create. He also comes with a special Micromaster-style ramp with a unique attachment at one end, meant to utilize the attachment bracket for the "Scramble City" leaders' base modes.

Metrotitan's sticker sheet is a completely new one, intended to improve on Metroplex's. The original shoulder stickers (intended to resemble lighted skyscraper windows seen at night) have been replaced by warning panels since they ended up not being visible from the front of the city mode, and the "lighted skyscraper windows" pattern was used for new stickers that can be seen from that side, making the towers (especially the one behind the helipad) look more building-like.

• More information on Metrotitan at TFU.info

Notes

• Metrotitan and his crew are one of a whopping two Decepticon releases in Japan in 1990. The only other bad guys for sale during Zone were the multi-packed Race Track Patrol.
• A popular fandom misconception of no clear origin held that Metrotitan was a zombie version of Metroplex, with an even stranger variation of the rumour claiming that he was somehow "regrown" from one of Metroplex's legs. While Metrotitan isn't a zombie, by complete coincidence, one of IDW's multiple Titans did become a zombie during the Dark Cybertron storyline!
• When the Titans were originally introduced in IDW continuity, they were referred to as "Metrotitans", and a panel showing a group of the giants (pictured at right) included one colored like the original Metrotitan in a nod to the origins of their name. This nomenclature quickly fell out of fashion, however; the species soon became known as merely "Titans", and one singular Titan was retroactively identified as being the Metrotitan. Unfortunately, the needs of the story meant that it was not the one with the faithful classic color scheme, who just has to be waved off now.
• The Necrotitan is mistakenly colored to look like IDW Metrotitan due to artist Andrew Griffith misinterpreting them as being the same 'bot.