Mars (planet)

This article is about the planet. For the Armada episode, see Mars (episode).

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Mars is the fourth planet from the sun located within Earth's solar system. If there are aliens on Mars, their minds are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, their intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarding this earth with envious eyes, they are slowly and surely drawing their plans against us.

Mars is almost always a trap, statistically.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

The Earth Defense Command had a base operating on Mars. EDC Commander Marissa Faireborn received Blaster's request for assistance to the beleaguered Blurr and Wheelie on Io and lifted off in her spaceship. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3

The Headmasters cartoon

Having harnessed the plasma energy released when the Transformers' homeworld of Cybertron was destroyed, Decepticon Headmaster leader Scorponok sought to generate and collect more of the energy to fuel his ambitions. To accomplish this, Scorponok plotted the destruction of Mars, and ordered the Terrorcons to plant plasma energy bombs beneath the surface of the planet Mars at strategic points which would, when detonated, rip the planet apart.

The Decepticons' activities were discovered by Spike, Daniel, Wheelie and the Trainbots, who were on Mars conducting a geological survey at the time. The Autobot Headmasters were called in to deal with the threat, but during the battle that ensued, Fortress Maximus was de-powered by a plasma energy blast. Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger

It's a God-awful small affair/To the girl with the mousy hair...

Scorponok took the opportunity to activate his newly constructed Transtector and travel to Mars where he pummeled Maximus before ordering the planet's destruction. Two clusters of bombs placed at the Martian planetary poles were detonated simultaneously by Soundblaster, beginning a chain reaction that started to tear Mars apart. Scorponok and the Decepticons evacuated while the Autobots were consumed by the inferno, but Fortress Maximus was able to absorb some of the energy released in the early stages of the conflagration and made his escape as Mars exploded. Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears

Incredibly, the destruction of Mars had a minimal impact on the various planetary orbits throughout the Sol system, and the fate of its moon was not divulged, but its absence did disrupt the gravimetric balance of space bridge travel, destabilizing it.

An extra line is added into the Omni Productions dub version of "The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)" that has Fortress state that the Autobots plan to "rebuild Mars" somehow. While it is, of course, hard to credit any changes from the Omni dub as being deliberate, this particular change happens to patch a continuity error from Victory very well, as noted below.

Victory cartoon

Ore acquired from Mars, coupled with ores from Earth and other planets, was used in the creation of Schaeffer Energy. Jean Minakaze happened to be visiting the Schaeffer Energy plant in America as a cargo ship carrying a payload of Martian ore returned from its space mission. Battle Up of Wrath!!

When the origins of Schaeffer Energy are related, it is implied that Mars still exists. Although apparently just a plain ol' continuity error, it does line up with Fortress's Omni dub promise (above) surprisingly well, making one wonder if it could have actually been done deliberately. Setting this oddity aside, though, it might be theorised that the ore was obtained from the remains of Mars floating in space.

Beast Wars II cartoon

Emissary of the Fourth Planet

Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity

Armada cartoon

Jetfire and Starscream once travelled to Mars in search of the Mini-Con panel containing Firebot. Upon hearing this, the kids asked the two Transformers to buy them something from the souvenir shop. Sadly, as Mars was uninhabited by either human or alien lifeforms, there were no shops to be found. Starscream did however find a mysterious glowing green rock and gave it to the children. They were so happy. Mars

Joke's on them—it's probably radioactive.

Energon cartoon

Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, the Cybertronian Alliance and the Earth Federation installed a facility on the surface of Mars to mine the potent naturally-occurring ore Energon. Unfortunately, this facility was decimated by the initial Terrorcon attack, leading Carlos to aptly remark "Holy frijoles". Cybertron City

Also Tidal Wave was stationed on Mars by the Autobots during the Cybertronian Alliance, to guard the Mini-Cons who were sent there.

A little while later, the survivors of the first attack, Autobot, Decepticon and Mini-Con, made a valiant last stand against a second Terrorcon attack, this time being personally led by Scorponok. Scorpinok

Cybertron cartoon

Thunderblast, Ransack, Crumplezone and Thundercracker left Earth on a rickety rocket, attempting to forge the New Decepticon Army. Their rocket made it as far as Mars before crashing and stranding them on the planet. Beginning

Transformers movie continuity

Transformers (2007)

"My name is Sam Tyler..."

An indistinct alien destroyed the Beagle 2 Rover, a human exploration device sent to Mars. Transformers It was the only warning we would ever get.

IDW Transformers movie comics

Arriving in the Solar System in search for the AllSpark, Starscream's forces put the Nemesis down on Mars and set up a camp. Some went ahead to Earth to search for the AllSpark, but a few stayed behind. The Reign of Starscream #1 When Starscream returned after losing the AllSpark, a group of Autobots had a brief skirmish with them, but was quickly subdued and the Decepticons used a space bridge to return to Cybertron. The Reign of Starscream #3 Still later, the treacherous Dreadwing returned through the space bridge, but remained alive only long enough to be killed by Starscream, who promptly set out for Earth once more. The Reign of Starscream #5

Soon after, Soundwave arrived upon the debris field and examined the Nemesis before similarly heading for Earth to find Starscream. Alliance #2 Convergence chapter 4

Titan Revenge of the Fallen comics

Soundwave's Decepticons are based out of Phobos, one of Mars' moons. Turnabout

Animated

The first human colony on Mars was established by President Tommy Kennedy.The AllSpark Almanac II

Prime cartoon

Mars Cat says "Take me to you feeder." One Shall Fall

Notes

Foreign names

• Japanese: Kasei (火星, "Fire Planet")