Carlos Lopez

"Carlos" redirects here. For the comic book artist, see Carlos Magno.

Carlos is a human from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

Holy frijoles!

Carlos Lopez is a typical kid. He goes to school, he likes to skateboard, he hangs around giant transforming alien robots, fantasizes about holographic dead girls, and happily propagates ethnic stereotypes.

Fiction

Cartoon continuity

Armada

Voice actor: Matt Hill (English), Yukie Maeda (Japanese), Leo Hallerstam (Swedish), Yoan Sover (French)

One day, Carlos and his best friend Rad went exploring into the caverns deep beneath Cosmoscope Research Center. Inside, they found the curious remains of a clearly artificial construction, seemingly far in advance of human technology. Rad discovered a Mini-Con storage panel half buried in the rubble, and against Carlos' advice, his friend was drawn towards the strange object. Touching it, the entire structure began to shake, suddenly springing to life as thousands of computers lit up the walls.

At home, Alexis felt the tremors and used her computer to pinpoint the epicenter of the apparent earthquake as the mountain caverns that Rad and Carlos were exploring. Similarly, the scientists and researchers at the observatory were baffled by the sudden movement of the Earth. As Rad and Carlos made their escape with the artifact, a bright light engulfed the chamber they were in, simultaneously shutting down all electronic equipment in Licoln, as well as emitting three distinctly coloured distress signals beams into the sky.

One beam, green, reached an ancient starship wreck on the dark side of the moon, causing it to fire hundreds of smaller beams of green light at the Earth. The two remaining signal beams, coloured red and purple, continued deep into space until it reached Cybertron.

Emerging from the cave with Rad, Carlos turned to see a huge glowing purple sphere of pulsating energy floating in mid-air, which soon solidified into a huge robot. This being was Megatron, supreme leader of the evil Decepticons. As he tried to take the object Rad had found, which had now revealed itself to be High Wire, a sought-after Mini-Con, suddenly another massive robot ordered Megatron to stand down. He was Optimus Prime, leader of the heroic Autobots. As the pair grappled, Rad mused that somehow this was all his fault. First Encounter

The kids attempted to flee on High Wire, but were stopped by the arrival of Starscream and Demolishor. Demolishor tried to grab the boys, but they were saved by the arrival of Hot Shot and Red Alert. Rad fled back into the cave, calling Carlos and Alexis after him. High Wire led the three into a smaller room, to Alexis' further distress; Rad and Carlos, however, assured her that they'd be safer there.

While in this room, High Wire activated a hidden storage panel, revealing Grindor and Sureshock; Grindor bonded the Carlos, and Sureshock to Alexis. They took their new friends out to play in the woods, but ran into Megatron. The timely arrival of Optimus Prime initially seemed to Rad and Carlos to make things worse, but when Alexis trusted the big Autobot, the boys did as well.

Optimus Prime took them into his cab and sped off to a distant location, where he set them down. Unfortunately, Megatron had followed close behind, and so Optimus had to combine with his trailer to fight him off Metamorphosis. The commanders' battle caused a landslide to fall on the kids, but they were shielded by Hot Shot. They then dug up some more Mini-Cons, but two of those were stolen by Cyclonus.

The Decepticons retreated, and so the kids and robots made proper introductions. The kids offered to help the Autobots in their mission, and introduced them to the custom of bumping fists.

The next day at school, Billy grilled them over recent earthquakes; Rad and Carlos played dumb, while Alexis pointed out that if there was an earthquake, it would have been mentioned on the news. When Billy asked where he'd gotten his new skateboard, Carlos claimed his dad had owned it in the eighties and passed it down to him. He and Rad went on up to the mountain; on the way, they et up with Alexis, who chewed them out for nearly blowing their cover.

Up at the Autobots' base, Optimus Prime gave them Laserbeak to help in their reconaissance efforts. Right then, another Mini-Con was detected Base, and Carlos recognised the location as the Big Canyon. The kids ran out with the Autobots, getting spiffy new adventure suits on the way.

When they got to the canyon, Carlos hopped into Red Alert. He had a good time off-roading, but after a while Red Alert decided it was time to get serious, and they continued on foot. They got lost, then found the others again just as the Decepticons arrived. Optimus Prime claimed the Mini-Con - who turned out to be his old partner, Sparkplug - and the kids helped dig up Hot Shot form where he'd gotten himself buried Comrade.

Later, they played tag with Hot Shot, which got him in trouble with Optimus Prime as he was supposed to be helping Red Alert install some equipment. They then went to find a new Mini-Con in Antarctica, where Rad and Alexis rode in Red Alert while Carlos went with Hot Shot. Carlos and Hot Shot came under attack from Starscream, but were saved by Red Alert's quick thinking and advance preparation Soldier.

When the next Mini-Con was detected in a forest, Carlos found a path that had been cut down by illegal loggers, prompting Rad to make a speech about how important it is to protect the environment. When the Decepticons started a fire, he helped get the animals to safety, but this had the unfortunate effect of letting Starscream get his hands on the Mini-Con Jungle.

Back at the base, the kids tried to work out how to activate the dormant Mini-Con they'd found in Antarctica. When High Wire expalined it was sleeping, Carlos tried to think of ways to wake it up, while Alexis thought it best to leave it alone so it could awaken in its own good time. Carlos and Rad fell for the old "pass me that spanner that's clearly too big for your species to lift" joke and, seeing there was nothing they could do to help, decided to take High Wire and Grindor to a local carnival, followed by Sparkplug, Longarm, and Jolt.

At the carnival, the boys were initially concerned that bringing five alien robots to a crowded area might blow their cover, but quickly came up with the idea of telling everyone they were supre-advanced human-developed robots that would be available for purchase in the future. After a while, the boys tried to take the robots home, but it turned out that Billy and Fred were also at the carnival, and got suspicious. They tried to capture one of the Mini-Con, causing the entire situation to descend into slapstick farce.

They were saved by the timely arrival of Hot Shot, Sureshock, and Alexis, who managed to get things under control, swore Billy and Fred to secrecy, and gave the lads a good scolding. As punishment, Rad and Carlos had to clean up their quarters back at the base. Carlos thought he saw something happen with the dormant Mini-Con panel, but nothing more happened Carnival.

The kids later accompanied the Autobots to the Sahara Desert, and fell into a sand pit after an altercation with Demolishor. They found themselves in an ancient temple, where they were attacked by ancient guardian robots, but fortunately Demolishor was there to blow them up. Further into the temple, they found a Mini-Con storage panel; Carlos accidentally activated a trap, and Rad knocked him out of the way. After that, the floor collapsed, but Perceptor was able to rescue them. Demolishor got the Mini-Con Palace.

The next day, back in America, Billy and Fred pursued the three to the Autobot base. Rad, Carlos, and Alexis all tried to outrun them, but soon had to split up when Cyclonus attempted to capture them.

The three met up again at the Autobot base, but Laserbeak (along with Billy and Fred) had been kidnapped by Cyclonus. They tracked Laserbeak to a ghost town, where the kids tried to rescue the bullies, but all ended up being captured by Megatron, who demanded Optimus Prime hand over all their Autobots' Mini-Cons in exchange for the humans' lives. Optimus Prime went through with it, but Megatron, naturally, refused to hand them over. However, Rad was able to use Laserbeak to free all the other humans, and Hot Shot was able to rescue Rad with Fred's surprising help Confrontation.

The day after that, the three sought out a Mini-Con in a subway system, while being followed by a disguised Smokescreen. Carlos personally pulled the Mini-Con storage panel out of a rock face. Right at that point, Smokescreen attacked them, forcing them to flee deeper into the tunnels.The kids fled deeper into the tunnels, and holed up in a convenient cave. They were found by the Decepticons, but Smokescreen came to the rescue, seeing that these fleshlings must be the good guys if Megatron was their enemy. Unfortunately, Cyclonus managed to get the Mini-Con Underground.

A while after that, the Autobots received a transmission from Atlantis and took the kids with them to search for yet another Mini-Con. Carlos was somewhat disappointed when he ehard about their objective, as he was hoping to rescue the girl from the transmission.

At the ruins of Atlantis, while the Autobots fought the Decepticons, the kids went inside to look around. A holographic display activated, and Carlos chased after the hologram of Amphitrite; Rad and Alexis followed. 'Amphitrite' gave them a canned history of Atlantis, focusing on how its inhabitants used the Star Saber to dominate the world, and were eventually defeated by another civilisation who wielded the Skyboom Shield. Despite this warning of the danger of the Mini-Cons' power, the kids decided to find the Mini-Con in Atlantis anyway, but it was claimed by Leader-1 for the Decepticons. Dejected, the kids left with Optimus Prime; Carlos initially tried to take Amphitrite with him, apparently forgetting she was just a recording Ruin.

He accompanied the Autobots to a volcanic island when they searched for the next Mini-Con, and looked for it alongside Rad and Alexis while all the Transformers present fought each other.

After that adventure, the trio decided to give Billy and Fred a tour of the Autobot base, but were separated when the Decepticons attacked. Since the bullies were in danger of the automatic defenses, said defenses were shut off, allowing the Decepticons to penetrate deeper into the base that anyone would have liked. However, after a battle, the Star Saber was reassembled and in the hands of Hot Shot, so the day ultimately turned out all right Swoop.

The next day, Carlos and Rad tried to sort out the human quarters on the base while Alexis and Sureshock were out shopping. For some reason, the fridge was full of tools Overmatch.

Carlos would disagree with Billy that Hot Shot was the most powerful Transformer in the universe because he possessed the Star Saber. Alexis soon tracked down another Mini-Con, and the trio, plus Billy and Fred, rushed off with the Autobots to cheer them on; Rad and Carlos rode in Hot Shot.

Hot Shot let the boys out so that he could focus on fighting Cyclonus, at which point Sideways arrived, carrying Billy. Alexis arrived momentarily.

The battle went on, with Smokescreen finally claiming the Mini-Con. Back at the base, Carlos translated Spiral's offer to give Fred a ride, while Rad and Alexis discussed their misgivings regarding Sideways Gale. Speaking of Sideways, the tracherous motorcycle soon took Hot Shot to the moon in order to deliver the Star Saber into Decepticon hands. While Hot Shot was missing, Carlos was certain he'd return safely, but the Autobots and the rest of the humans were, understandably, not so sure Gale.

With Hot Shot feeling naturally depressed about this disaster, all five kids tried to cheer him up by making silly faces. They also accompanied the Autobots on their search for the next Mini-Con, andmanaged to find it at the same time as Blackout, and after a scuffle, it was taken by Scavenger for the Decepticons. Soon after, however, Scavenger came over to the Autobots, and revealed he had been a double agent all along Conspiracy.

In the aftermath of Sideways' betrayal, the trio weren't exactly eager to trust Scavenger. He seemed to be more interested in sleeping than mentoring Hot Shot, but when the kids tried to raise this with Optimus Prime, his explanation was cut short by the detection of still another Mini-Con. The Autobots warped off to somewhere with a lot of snow, while the kids observed from back at base. Scavenger heroically saved Optimus Prime's life, very nearly plunging to his own death, and so the kids (and Smokescreen) apologised to him for their earlier suspicions when he got back, Scavenger accepted with characteristic stoicism Trust.

Some time after that happened, the boys went on a camping trip, though forgot to tell Alexis about it. Rad tried to catch a fish while the others splashed around in the water, joined by a little boy named Shaun.

That evening, in spite of an earlier forecast for nice weather, a fierce storm blew in. The boys and Autobots tried to get back to base; however, a landslide trapped carlos and Shaun inside Red Alert beneath a huge pile of mud. The other Autobots came to the rescue while Rad and Laserbeak distracted the reporters in the area, and everybody headed back to the Autobot base as soon as Red Alert was dug up. Everybody warped back to the Autobots' base, where Alexis was waiting on tenterhooks. The boys taunted her for being concerned for their lives, leading Alexis to chase Carlos around the corridors Vacation.

All five kids were present at the battle in which Blurr made his first appearance. They tried to make friends with the new arrival, but he turned out to belong to the monosyllabic loner school of heroism. Carlos and Billy pressed the issue, and nearly got blown up for their troubles. However, Blurr did mellow out a little when his refusal to work as a team led to the Decepticons getting their servos on Downshift, so it mostly turned out all right Reinforcement.

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Energon

Voice actor: Matt Hill (US), Junichi Endō (Japan), Leo Hallerstam (Sweden), Yoan Sover (French)

In 2020, Carlos was posted on the Earth Federation's space station orbiting Mars. During a surprise attack by Alpha Quintesson's Terrorcons, he uttered the immortal phrase "Holy frijoles", thus proving he isn't a horrible ethnic stereotype.

Later, Hot Shot inquired about the attack, but Carlos was unable to provide any additional information. Cybertron City

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Cybertron

Apparently Carlos wants to be the next Ricardo Montalbán.

In 2030, Carlos and his friends were present when the Autobots departed Earth to begin construction of a galaxy-spanning space bridge network. Beginning

Dreamwave comics continuity

Armada

Under the codename "Agent Sidekick" (assigned to him by Rad), Carlos put his mechanic skills to use on Project Supernova, an aircraft made up of cardboard and balloons. On the launch day, the vehicle successfully took flight, but soon crashed due to sabotaged by bullies Sid and Seth. Carlos tried to cheer his friends up by saying they could build a new Project Supernova, any plans of that were postponed when Rad accidentally fell into a cave and awakened four Mini-Cons. Confused as to what to do, the kids brought the alien robots to Rad's garage, where Carlos awkwardly presented them with his toolbox so they could repair themselves. This brought the rage of Alexis down on him, but he still agreed with Rad that the visitors from space were really cool. The following morning, the Mini-Cons had not only repaired themselves, but made a new and improved version of Project Supernova. They offered to take Carlos and his friends for a ride, which they gladly agreed to. Dreamwave Armada issue 3 Unfortunately, their new Mini-Con friends were targeted for capture by Megatron, and the kids found themselves dragged into the Transformers' war. An argument broke out between Rad and Alexis, but Carlos broke it up and pointed out that it wasn't just about them: by keeping the Mini-Con around, they were endangering everyone they knew. They ended up trying to escape, with Carlos fleeing on High Wire's bike mode, and ran into several Autobots. Dreamwave Armada issue 4

Carlos and the others watched the Autobots and Decepticons for a while before sneaking off and almost getting killed by Demolishor. In the end, the Decepticons were chased off, and the kids were introduced to Optimus Prime. Dreamwave Armada issue 5 Unfortunately, their newfound friendship with the alien robots didn't last. While Carlos was watching Rad skate (and lose his board) one day, Optimus Prime approached them and explained that the humans could no longer get involved with the Transformers' war, for their own safety. Carlos was angry that their Mini-Con friends didn't get a say in things, but Prime didn't budge. However, Sparkplug disobeyed his orders and took the humans with him during a mission to infiltrate the Decepticon base in Silver Ridge. Dreamwave Armada issue 6 When they weren't back in thirt minutes, Carlos and the others did as they were told and called for help, which arrived in the form of the Land Military Mini-Con Team. Dreamwave Armada issue 7

Later, when Rad was being bullied by Billy after school, Carlos tried to help him but was hindered by Fred. The bullies were chased off by their friends on the Street Action Mini-Con Team, but while the kids were riding around on the Mini-Cons, they suddenly turned unresponsive and started speeding off towards Kansas. Carlos and the others were unable to get off until the Mini-Cons stopped, which they did near a strange monolith. Rad ended up entering the structure alongside the Mini-Cons, and Carlos and Alexis could only watch as it blasted off into space with their friend onboard. Dreamwave Armada issue 8 Optimus Prime explained to them that Rad and the Earth Mini-Cons had apparently been taken to the Moon by another group of Mini-Cons. Dreamwave Armada issue 9 Prime got a gunship travel to the moon with, but refused to endanger Carlos and Alexis by letting them come. Dreamwave Armada issue 10 However, simulcrum technology allowed them to be onboard the ship in the form of holograms, which was almost like being there yourself. They watched Optimus Prime let Sky Blast tow an orbital mine into the ship: a mine that turned out to contain Rad! Dreamwave Armada issue 11

Much later, Carlos, Rad and Alexis said their goodbyes to the Autobots and Mini-Cons, who had to return to Cybertron for the fight against Unicron. The End

Energon

Ten years after their adventures with the Transformers, Carlos and Rad both worked for Alterenergy, a company in search of Energon. Carlos worked on the space station Comsat Alpha, from which he watched the Terrorcons' attack on an Alterenergy excavation site in Australia. He recognized the attackers as Transformers, and reported this to Rad and Doctor Jones on Earth. What Lies Beneath Carlos sent distress calls to Cybertron while continuing to monitor the situation, and learned that the Terrorcons had captured Alexis, who had coincidentally been in the vicinity of the attack. He then acted as mission control for Rad, who had gotten to the excavation site and was trying to rescue both Alexis and Kicker Jones. While Rad immediately got himself into trouble with Battle Ravage, Carlos saved him and Alexis by remotely ramming a vehicle into a nearby Energon stockpile, detonating it. What Lies Beneath, Part Three Rad and Alexis were okay, but Carlos couldn't send an evacuation vehicle their way because of Alterenergy Mobile Command wasn't responding. He did, however, tell them that the Autobots were heading their way. What Lies Beneath, Part Four

By the time the Terrorcons began attacking four major Earth cities, Carlos was stationed at Alterenergy West Coast, where he prepared the E.V.A. for Rad's use. Multiplicity, Pt. 3 As Rad flew out in the E.V.A. to "bring Energon to the needy", Carlos watched him from afar and explained to a curious Alexis what the E.V.A. was. Multiplicity, Pt. 4

Panini Armada comics

When Rad found the ruins of an old spaceship in a cave, Carlos came with him to check it out (and was very impressed). They accidentally stumbled into a computer terminal when Billy caused a rockfall outside, which led to the activation of the Mini-Cons. The first one they met was High Wire, but before he could even learn proper English, he was attacked by Megatron. While Megatron was distracted by Optimus Prime, High Wire grabbed Carlos, Rad and Alexis and took them to the other Mini-Cons. First Encounter! However, Rad was disgusted to hear that the Mini-Cons were unwilling to help Optimus fight Megatron, and decided to take matters into his own hands. Carlos wasn't so sure it was a good idea, but followed anyway. While Rad tried to negotiate with Megatron, Carlos made his way back into the caves in search of more Mini-Cons to help them. He didn't find any, but the time he returned, the other Mini-Cons had changed their minds and driven Megatron off anyway. Friends and Foes!

However, Carlos had managed to find the crashed ship's locator log, and he and his friends were sent back to retrieve it alongside the Street Action Team. Carlos led the expedition into the caves and found the log, but they soon found themselves under attack from Demolishor. They got away thanks to some quick thinking on Rad's side, but the locator log was destroyed in the process. Deep Trouble! After a slow day at school, Carlos went skating with some buddies at the local mall. Unfortunately for him, Grindor wanted to help him, and replaced his skateboard with his own rocket-powered skateboard mode. The ensuing crazy looping, grinding and flying was not well received by Carlos, who feared having to explain it all to the other skaters. Just a Memory!

Later, Carlos was present when the Autobots tried to send the Mini-Cons back to Cybertron, and thought it was a bad idea since the Autobots would be wiped out without their Mini-Con power-ups. Thankfully, the plans fell through and the Mini-Cons remained on Earth. No Way Back! Carlos was using Grindor to race with his friends when they were suddenly attacked by Starscream, out to capture the Street Action Team. While the three Mini-Cons defended themselves in the form of Perceptor, their human friends fetched Optimus Prime to help them. The Two-Edged Blade Shortly afterwards, Carlos, Rad and Alexis helped Amos Hume rescue the Land Military Mini-Con Team from the Extra-Terrestrial Response Division. Sale of the Century!

Legends anthology

One Halloween, after explaining the holiday to their Mini-Cons, Carlos, Alexis and Rad decided to give a practical demonstration. Carlos donned the Mini-Con costume he'd been building for the last several weeks, and they all went out Trick-or-Treating. Something Robotic This Way Comes

Notes

• According to the now-defunct TV Tokyo Micron Legend website, Carlos was 12 years old at the start of Armada. The page also stated that he is good at sports, loves rap and skateboarding, and has been friends with Rad since kindergarten.

• According to the Reader's Digest Transformers Armada Official Guidebook, Carlos was ten years old at the start of Armada. It also specified that he enjoyed hip-hop, and that while he was not a great student, he was an excellent mechanic. Although this particular bit of his character didn't make it into the animated series, it was an important part of his role in the Dreamwave comics.

• When startled, Carlos invokes the holy Frijoles.