:''Mr. Big Top is an [[Alien|alien]] from the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]] portion of the [[Generation 1|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''
:''Mr. Robbins is a [[Human|human]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''
[[Image:Mrbigtop.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Bring me Solo and the Wookiee. They will all suffer for this outrage.]]
[[Image:BOT MrRobbins.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wait 'til he sees the hole it burned through his car...]]
'''Mr. Big Top''' runs the [[Cosmic Carnival|Cosmic Carnival]]. The green, tentacled, slug-like circus master likes to smoke cigars, leak slime, and call [[Goldbug|Goldbug]] "Buggo".
'''Mr. Robbins''' is a science teacher at [[Benjamin Franklin Pierce High School|Benjamin Franklin Pierce High School]]. Unfortunately he has [[Roland|Roland]] and [[Martin|Martin]] as students, which makes his classes significantly more dangerous than average.
A good number of the carnival's attractions appear to be there on less-than-consensual circumstances, which is an environment that Mr. Big Top personally cultivates. He swindles unsuspecting patrons into binding contracts, leaving them caged indefinitely.
He puts on an air of grandfatherly showmanship, but he's as monstrous inside as his slimy appearance would suggest.
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—Big Top explains his employee morale program to [[Berko|Berko]], "[[The Cosmic Carnival!|The Cosmic Carnival!]]"</cite>
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==Fiction==
==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
===Generation 1 cartoon===
Mr. Big Top has run the Cosmic Carnival as long as anyone can remember. A number of years ago, he abducted a human outcast named [[Berko|Berko]] and promoted him to boss of the sideshow when the grousing bald man began to do tricks for the carnival's patrons. Later, Mr. Big Top signed on a [[Spacehikers|group of human children]] and the [[Autobot|Autobot]] [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] when the latter brought the children on board without any form of payment.
Sky Lynx's resulting fame caught the attention of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and a group of travelling Autobots. When the Autobots boarded and asked if Sky Lynx and the children could be released, Mr. Big Top cited their binding contracts and gave Optimus Prime and his companion Goldbug free passes.
Optimus and Goldbug decided to take Sky Lynx and the children anyway. In the middle of the main arena show, Optimus and Sky Lynx attempted to escape. Big Top ordered his performers to stop them, but not even the efforts of jugglers, gilasharks, and [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III|Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III]] could stop their escape. With the help of Berko, Goldbug freed the human children, leaving Mr. Big Top trapped in one of his own sideshow cages.
Mr Robbins demonstrated a laser to his class. The laser was supposed to be low-powered, but instead burned a hole through the target board, a row of books and a window pane. Further casualties remained unreported. It took Mr Robbins a full five seconds to realise that Roland and Martin were the likely culprits, and he assigned them the task of getting the blue ribbon at the science fair or he would flunk them both. He also assigned [[Elise Presser|Elise Presser]] to help them. Mr Robbins is a sadist.
This did not make him happy, but the patrons seemed to think he looked kinda neat, if ugly. {{storylink|The Cosmic Carnival|The Cosmic Carnival}}
As the boys' [[B.O.T. (robot)|science experiment]] was destroyed in a battle against the Decepticons, presumably he flunked both of them. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}
Wait 'til he sees the hole it burned through his car...
Mr. Robbins is a science teacher at Benjamin Franklin Pierce High School. Unfortunately he has Roland and Martin as students, which makes his classes significantly more dangerous than average.
Fiction
Generation 1 cartoon
Voice actor: Dan Gilvezan (English), ??? (Japanese)
Mr Robbins demonstrated a laser to his class. The laser was supposed to be low-powered, but instead burned a hole through the target board, a row of books and a window pane. Further casualties remained unreported. It took Mr Robbins a full five seconds to realise that Roland and Martin were the likely culprits, and he assigned them the task of getting the blue ribbon at the science fair or he would flunk them both. He also assigned Elise Presser to help them. Mr Robbins is a sadist.
As the boys' science experiment was destroyed in a battle against the Decepticons, presumably he flunked both of them. B.O.T.
