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Due to Starcream's failure to stop the Aerialbots, the Stunticons were quickly sent in, and soon in the battle formed Menasor. Menasor quickly battled Superion, and demonstrated a new ability stolen from the Autobots: the ability to exchange any of his limbs into different combinations (dispite what animation errors would like you to think). In the battle, Menasor corrupted Superion's formation by shooting one of ''his'' limbs onto him, rendering Superion vulnerable. However, he was eventually stopped, and Superion regained his balance. Eventually, the Combatacons came in to help Menasor (certainly not willingly), forming Bruticus. The two tag-teamed against Superion, but were both stopped when [[Metroplex (G1) | Scramble City itself]] was brought into battle to end the conflict. | |||
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Revision as of 02:34, 26 August 2007
| The name or term "Menasor" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Menasor (disambiguation). |
- Menasor is a Decepticon in the Generation 1 continuity family.
Menasor was meant to be the ultimate Decepticon weapon, and perhaps he would have been, if not for the fatal flaw in his design. His mind was designed to merge together the psyches of the five Stunticons who compose his form, but the great depth of loathing the four limb components feel towards Motormaster has created a primal psychological rift and left Menasor an unpredictable mass of conflicting chaotic impulses. Extremely powerful, mentally unstable, and prone to violent tantrums where he lashes out at anything in range. Menasor is not a weapon to point and fire, but a raging monster to turn lose on the battlefield and then get as far away from as possible.
In all continuities he is depicted as being the chief rival and equal of Superion. However, this makes more poetic than literal sense, as the real-life scale difference between their component vehicle parts would suggest a rather drastic disparity in actual stature.
Menasor is the combined form of all five Stunticons:
- Motormaster (leader)
- Drag Strip
- Dead End
- Wildrider
- Breakdown
Italian name: Pentacar
Fiction
Animated continuity
- Voice Actor: Rege Cordic (US), Kōji Totani (Japan)
Menasor was formed for the first time to counter the new Autobot team, the Aerialbots, only to face their combined form of Superion. Menasor's sheer aggression drove the Autobot combiner back until he was trapped, only to have victory slip out of his grasp when a newly repaired Omega Supreme helped Superion defeat the Decepticon. The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2
When the treacherous Starscream rampaged with his new army, Megatron requested the assistance of the Stunticons, only to be rebuffed by Motormaster. Later, Bruticus defeated Devastator, and Starscream's victory seemed imminent when the Stunticons finally turned up. At first, the rowdy bunch of cars did not care if Megatron was destroyed, but realized Starscream would not simply stop at eliminating his former leader. Quickly they formed Menasor, who dispatched Bruticus in one mighty punch. Starscream's Brigade
The Transformer manga
Scramble City OVA
Due to Starcream's failure to stop the Aerialbots, the Stunticons were quickly sent in, and soon in the battle formed Menasor. Menasor quickly battled Superion, and demonstrated a new ability stolen from the Autobots: the ability to exchange any of his limbs into different combinations (dispite what animation errors would like you to think). In the battle, Menasor corrupted Superion's formation by shooting one of his limbs onto him, rendering Superion vulnerable. However, he was eventually stopped, and Superion regained his balance. Eventually, the Combatacons came in to help Menasor (certainly not willingly), forming Bruticus. The two tag-teamed against Superion, but were both stopped when Scramble City itself was brought into battle to end the conflict.
Zone OVA and manga
- Voice Actor: Masato Hirano (Japan)
(Menasor is referred to as one of the Nine Great Demon Generals. This terminology, coupled with the presence of the previously deceased Black Zarak in their ranks and Violen Jygar's supernatural origins, could mean that Menasor died previously to Zone and was likewise brought back to life. However, this is unconfirmed, meaning that Violen Jygar may have simply recruited the still-living Menasor to be a General.)
When Violen Jygar siezed command of the Decepticons, his first act was to recruit 9 Demon-Generals from Decepticon history. Menasor was selected to be one of those Generals and was given the odd rank of Intelligence General as well as new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before. Menasor was sent to the Planet Feminia to wreak havoc along with Abominus and Overlord. Together, the 3 Decepticon Demon-Generals destroyed the entire planet and nearly killed Victory Saber in the process.
Marvel Comics continuity
Dreamwave Comics continuity
At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a prison facility. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, Shockwave arranged for the release of the Stunticons. They formed into Menasor and ran amuck for awhile, until Ultra Magnus arrived and began insulting them. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily stopping Menasor and allowing Ultra Magnus to ram the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons.
Toys
Generation 1
- Menasor (1986)
- Japanese ID number: D-55
- Menasor is formed by transforming Motormaster into his torso mode, attaching a chest plate/scout car, waist armour and mask on him, then connecting the other Stunticons into the appropriate limb slots in Motormaster's arms and legs. Fists and feet are then attached to the limbs. He is armed with Motormaster's sword and cyclone rifle. The Stuniticons were available both in individual packages, or in a complete box set available in numerous markets.
- It's worth noting that Menasor is the smallest of the Scramble City-type combiners in the Generation 1 toyline.
- An Japanese "VS-A" set with Superion was planned, but unreleased.
Classics
- Menasor (Legends, 2006)
- This black and purple redeco of Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime transforms into a Cybertronic truck cab. It was intended to be Motormaster, but the name trademark could not be obtained. The toy was given the name "Menasor", and the super robot's function of "Super Warrior", effectively making him Menasor, not Motormaster.
Titaniums
- Menasor (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
- A 2007 San Diego Com-c-Con exclusive, Menasor is a redeco of the Titanium Series Rodimus Prime, transforming into a Cybertronic... Winnebago-ish thing.
- According to this Menasor's bio, he is a single entity built from the bodies of the individual Stunticons and controlled by their psychotic, permanently unified minds. Whether this same backstory applies to the Classics or Universe toys is unknown.
Unreleased toys
- Redecos of all five Stunticons were planned for Generation 2 release in 1994, but were canceled with only a handful of test shots and production samples made. A small run of Breakdowns were released as the 1994 BotCon exclusive.
- Menasor was a planned release for the Universe line, as a redeco of the Thunder Clash mold (or, more accurately, the Machine Wars Optimus Prime retooling). It too was originally intended to be Motormaster at first, but trademark stymied that.
Trivia
- An alternate animation character sheet from the original cartoon exists for Menasor. It features all of the limbs in different orientations (the arms upside-down, the legs reversed) from the final model and the chest sports an Autobot symbol (!) suggesting, perhaps, that the Stunticon and Aerialbot toy factions may have originally been the other way around.
