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{{quote|Who better than the daughter of my arch-rival, the bane of my existence, the simpering fool who is unworthy to lick the mud off the heels of my platform | {{quote|Who better than the daughter of my arch-rival, the bane of my existence, the simpering fool who is unworthy to lick the mud off the heels of my platform-shoes, booga-looga-looga-loose..Professor Isaac Sumdac!|Meltdown vents some spleen regarding [[Isaac Sumdac]] and then gets [[Dancitron|his funk on]]|"[[Survival of the Fittest]]"}} | ||
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| The name or term "Meltdown" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Meltdown (disambiguation). |
- Prometheus Black is a human from the Transformers Animated continuity family.
Prometheus Black is an entrepreneur and business rival of Isaac Sumdac. Whereas Sumdac focuses on robotics, Black's expertise is in the area of biotechnology. However, his constant loss of business to Sumdac Systems has left Black bitter toward machines, including the sentient kind. An accident in testing a new corrosive designed to melt Autobot armor left him with the ability to melt anything he touches...and left a few screws loose, as he became the supervillain Meltdown.
He employs shrimp/giant and altogether biochemical freak Colossus Rhodes.
He also looks good in a pimp suit, which is the best superpower ever.
Fiction
Transformers Animated cartoon
- Voice actor: Peter Stormare (English), ? (Japanese)
Prometheus Black's biotechnology business was highly successful because it played off the citizens of Detroit's fear of illegal immigrants robots stealing their jobs. Much of his money was made on makeovers of some of the city's less physically gifted individuals, but he finally staged a promotion aimed at getting himself a contract with the city's police force. Pitting the seemingly frail old man Colossus Rhodes against Bumblebee, he hoped to win the support of Captain Fanzone. Unfortunately, Rhodes's rampage in the parking lot convinced Fanzone to recommend canceling all of Black's contracts with the city, leaving Black financially ruined. His venture capital backers, represented by Porter C. Powell, pulled out.
Discovering a corrosive from Bumblebee's systems, Black attempted to make an acid which would melt Autobot body armor. However, a lab accident caused the acid to bond with Black (instead of horribly scarring him and causing a split personality). Now calling himself Meltdown, he decided to take his revenge on Sumdac. Meltdown broke into Sumdac Tower and nearly killed the "nerd". However, Bumblebee managed to save Sumdac, and Ratchet imprisoned Meltdown in a force field. Total Meltdown
 Spoiler warning: Plot details for Survival of the Fittest follow. of the next episode/issue in the series or 30 days after release, whichever is sooner |
Meltdown and Colossus discovered the Dinobots' island, and using his ability to corrode strong alloys, he forced the Dinobots into servitude. His new goal was the creation of "human transformers". However, his early experiments (one involving his lawyer) were failures, and he decide to try again, this time with a child. He sent Swoop to kidnap Sari, but Prowl, Bulkhead and Captain Fanzone's interference not only put a stop to his plan but freed the Dinobots...whose first decision was to try and rend Meltdown limb from limb. Prowl gave him a choice: Dinobots or prison. Surprise, surprise, he chose prison. Survival of the Fittest
