Metrotitan (G1)
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- Metrotitan is a Decepticon cityformer from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Constructed on Saturn's moon Titan by the Autobots, Metrotitan (メトロタイタン Metorotaitan) is a massive warrior wielding a devastating freeze ray that can stop most enemies cold. Unfortunately for the Autobots, Metrotitan defected to the Decepticons and was taught the ways of evil by the Nine Great Demon Generals under the command of Violen Jiger. Whether his defection was a conscious choice or the result of forcible reprogramming is a matter of contention, though Metrotitan and his former allies have ultimately accepted his evil ways.
He leads the Metrosquad and has also been known to house the Race Track Patrol.
In one universe, he is an Autobot-allied Titan who serves as an Autobot City on Earth.
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Zone story pages
Created on Saturn's moon, Titan, Metrotitan was appointed leader of the Metrosquad and schooled in the ways of evil by Violen Jiger's Nine Great Demon Generals. His first mission upon activation was to attack the Autobot Lunar Zone Base on Earth's moon commanded by Rabbicrater. Zone Part 7
He proved to be very impressive in battle, and even killed the veteran Autobot Galaxy Shuttle in his attack on the Lunar Zone Base. Metrotitan might even have been able to best Dai Atlas if Sonic Bomber hadn't kept the Metrosquad busy. Zone Part 8
Metrotitan then unleashed his Freeze Beam Gun and used it to reduce the moon to an icy tomb. His freeze beam was even powerful enough to stop Sky Powered in its tracks. However, the Decepticon warrior was unprepared for the arrival of a third Powered Master named Road Fire. His freeze beam was easily countered by Road Fire's "Fire Kick" and Metrotitan was soundly defeated. Zone Part 9
Wars manga
Years later, Metrotitan fell in with High Regent Scrash's splinter faction of Decepticons and was put under the command of Straxus, who dubbed the titan's base mode as "Darkmount" after his former home. In a devastating battle, Metrotitan was able to soundly demolish his kin, Metroplex.
In a few days, the Decepticons attacked again with Metrotitan, who took down Metrobase on his way to Scramble City. But the Autobots were more prepared this time, having rebuilt Metroplex into a larger robot who towered over Metrotitan. When Metrotitan rejected the rumors of having been reprogrammed by the Nine Great Demon Generals, Metroplex accepted this admission and banished Metrotitan from the Autobots forevermore. Badly damaged by Metroplex's antimatter projector, Metrotitan wisely decided to retreat. Metrowars
Convalescing afterward, Metrotitan raged over his defeat and swore vengeance against Metroplex, considering the fact that he could feel such an emotion to be proof that his mind was his own and untampered with. Straxus, perched on his shoulder with his hand wired into Metrotitan's head, coolly encouraged his beliefs. Concurrently, Metrobomb staged an attempt to steal data on Metroplex's new form so that Metrotitan could be rebuilt into a similar body, but he failed. Metrowars 2
Transformers Legends comic
Prior to awakening and being converted into a Decepticon, Metrotitan had slept beneath Titan's surface since ancient times, inspiring the Sky God religion practiced by the native Titans. Bonus Edition Vol. EX
When the Race Track Patrol recovered Full-Tilt's personality component from Trypticon's remains, they brought it to the current Decepticon base, Metrotitan. LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter
Metrotitan was eventually defeated for good by Metroplex, who had tracked him down in a failed attempt to talk Straxus into surrendering. Metroplex returned his comatose body to Titan, where he would slowly absorb the moon's energy and hopefully one day reawaken as his original heroic self. Bonus Edition Vol. EX
While recapping Metroplex's life story to Rattrap and Rhinox in the Legends Universe, Alpha Trion mentioned Metrotitan's creation on Titan and his devastating attack on Metroplex. The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter
Wings Universe
Nine million years ago, the Metrotitan was a fortress in the Glibax flats. In the first decade of the Decepticon uprising, it came under siege by the Decepticons, who eliminated all resistance and then moved on. The more entrepreneurial Rage of the Stormtroopers salvaged the Metrotitan and retrofitted it as a mobile battle station under his control.
After capturing the Heart of the Dragon from Median, Rage's ultimate goal was to implant the powerful personality component in the Metrotitan itself, hoping to reformat the fortress into a massively powerful Transformer under his control. He hoped this grand gesture would be enough to get him noticed by the Decepticon generals, and rise in the rebel hierarchy. First, however, he tested the heart in a micro-sized body, creating the dragon known as Brimstone. Brimstone rampaged through the Metrotitan after the Elite Guardsmen hunting Rage, until his energy levels destroyed the pint-sized terror from the inside out, apparently taking out the Metrotitan as well in the explosion. Flames of Yesterday
IDW Generation 1 continuity
- First Appearance: Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye Annual 2012
Metrotitan was one of the original three Titans along with Chela and Metroplex with the legends saying the three had fought alongside Primus against his opposite. The three were later called upon by Onyx Prime to act as crowd control in a turf war before the Thirteen united and consolidated their power over Cybertron. Onyx Prime based the symbol of the Primes' alliance off Metrotitan's supposed description of Primus' countenance. Origin Myths
While other Titans eventually left the planet, A 'Bot and Her City Metrotitan was one of the two Titans who remained behind on Cybertron, slumbering beneath Crystal City and guarded by Omega Supreme. When Nova Prime discovered the upper city and allied himself with Omega, the guardian hid Metrotitan's existence from the Prime. His recalcitrance paid off when Nova fell into megalomania and departed Cybertron to conquer other worlds, at which point Omega revealed the Metrotitan to Nova's more respectful former follower, Dai Atlas. Omega explained that Metrotitan would only awaken in the presence of a great Cybertronian, but that it would be Dai Atlas's task to protect him until then. When the Great War subsequently broke out in the following millennia, Dai Atlas became a conscientious objector and gathered together many like-minded Transformers to form the Circle of Light, and used Metrotitan's energies to power their departure from Cybertron. All Good Things Settling on the planet Theophany, the Circle built a new Crystal City atop the still-sleeping Metrotitan, continuing to use his energies to power their new home. You, Me, and Other Revelations
At some point, Crystal City was razed by Tyrest's Legislators, leaving no sign of life, save Metrotitan slumbering underneath. When the crew of the Lost Light arrived to investigate, a subsidence sent them tumbling into the cavern beneath the city where the Titan lay, and they decided to enter its very body so that the their resident mnemosurgeon Chromedome could tap its brain and hopefully find out what had befallen the Circle of Light. Chromedome discovered that Metrotitan's mind was still alive and screaming in frustration—he had heard the call sent out by Cybertron upon the planet's reformatting to "come home", but having been drained by the Circle for so long, he lacked the necessary power to teleport his giant bulk across space. With Metrotitan willing to destroy himself to separate his spark from his body in order to return home, Brainstorm used miniaturization technology to shrink the giant down to a size that his reduced power could teleport away from the planet. You, Me, and Other Revelations
The shrunken Metrotitan successfully quantum jumped back to Cybertron, to his old home in Crystal City, but wound up physically enmeshing his molecules into those of the city, causing a destabilization of local reality. As Autobot scientist Wheeljack worked to contain the impending disaster, Prowl and Starscream got closer to the Titan, and were shocked when he awoke, crediting Starscream's presence as the reason. Metrotitan dubbed Starscream the conqueror who would unite Cybertron and thanked him for allowing him to awaken one last time, then bid the Transformers to depart so that they would not be destroyed along with him. Metrotitan was seemingly obliterated soon after as reality erupted in an antimatter explosion. All Good Things
When the Necrotitan appeared near Crystal City after its reconstitution from Shockwave's Ore-14, many Transformers–including Starscream himself–mistook it for Metrotitan. Winners & Losers
Unbeknownst to all, Metrotitan had in fact survived the antimatter explosion and somehow returned to his original size. Somehow, he wound up buried beneath Monument Valley on Earth, where he fell into stasis As Above...So Below above a rich seam of Ore-13. White Light
After annexing the planet Earth, Optimus Prime had a vision of, among other things, Metrotitan bursting free, Once Upon a Time on Earth which prompted him to base his forces in Monument Valley. Alpha Trion, who seemed to know that Metrotitan was present, continually urged Optimus to "reach out" with his feelings, It's Beginning To And Back Again and during a standoff against the EDC Prime managed to do so, with Metrotitan's dramatic reawakening intimidating the humans into retreating. As Above...So Below
Footage of Metrotitan's arrival soon reached Cybertron thanks to the efforts of Circuit and Longtooth, and the sight of Optimus commanding the Titan prompted a wave of support from those religiously-inclined colony worlds who viewed him as the legendary "Arisen." No Fair Fights
In order to appear less imposing to the people of Earth, Metrotitan transformed into his city mode; hoping that the Titan would become an embassy for the Autobots on Earth, Optimus pronounced that Metrotitan would become "Autobot City." Shortly afterwards, Metrotitan beamed a data pulse into space, a message which immortalized Optimus as the leader who had ended the Great War and shepherded Earth into the galactic community. On Cybertron, this data pulse awoke Sentinel Prime, who took up arms to "purify" his much-changed homeworld; The Last Autobot it eventually reached Micronus Prime in the parallel universe of Microspace, and alerted the villainous Baron Karza to the existence of Ore-13 on Earth. Secret Raiders O Ship of State
When Sentinel Prime arrived on Earth to persuade Optimus to join his cause, he did so using Metrotitan's Space Bridge, destroying it behind him. In the ensuing battle beneath the city, G.B. Blackrock — now revealed as the ancient Sovereign — used his Titan Master abilites to open a new Space Bridge portal that warped himself, Optimus, Soundwave, and Sentinel to the dead world of Prion. White Light White Heat
Over the next few months, the Cybertronians continued to use Metrotitan as their primary base of operations on Earth, performing charitable missions across Earth to prove their good intentions to humanity. Concorde Hymn While discussing the Transformers' continued presence on Earth, however, Scarlett and "Joe Colton" worried that Metrotitan's presence had galvanized the citizens of Cybertron and potentially attracted other aliens to Earth. Secret Raiders
By this time, Metrotitan's spacebridge had been repaired, O Ship of State and, linked to Metroplex's own Space Bridge on Cybertron, it became the primary means of travel between Earth and Cybertron. Ping Somehow, Metrotitan's Space Bridge was able to pierce dimensional barriers and access Micronus Prime's own Space Bridge, O Ship of State and as a destructive entropy cloud threatened to consume Microspace, Micronus sought help from Optimus and asked Metrotitan to pass his message along. Metrotitan went completely silent in the hopes that Optimus would establish a mental link with him to investigate, but his efforts were misinterpreted as a mechanical failure and the Cityspeaker Windblade was called in to examine him. Informed Despite this setback, he continued to fulfill his duties, and, some weeks later, provided the Autobots with data regarding a recent explosion at Mount Olympus caused by destabilizing supplies of Ore-13. Concorde Hymn
After finally deducing that Metrotitan was trying to speak with Optimus, Windblade decided that she couldn't risk losing the Prime and opted to link with his consciousness herself. Displeased with the "speck," Metrotitan grudgingly shunted her consciousness into the subatomic realm of Microspace to meet with Micronus. Informed Learning that the alien Dire Wraiths drew power from Ore-13, the Space Knight Rom briefly used Metrotitan's space bridge to hurl chunks of the mineral into Microspace, hoping to put the ore beyond his enemies' reach. O Ship of State
Autobot City then became the site of all out battle as the Autobots and their new allies fought to defend Metrotitan from M.A.S.K. and the Dire Wraiths. The New Colossus When a gigantic, mutated Baron Karza joined the fray, Windblade was able to order Metrotitan to transform into his starship mode and carry the heroes to safety. Valley Forge
With Baron Karza defeated, Metrotitan chose to remain airborne as the Autobots continued to police trouble spots across the world. To Walk Among the Chosen The Autobots worked to refit their ship into an embassy and living space for human-Cybertronian relations, keeping a large concentration of Ore-13 aboard. Ghost in the Machine Some months later, Metrotitan flew the Autobots to Mexico City to deal with reverse-engineered Cybertronian weaponry. He then transported Optimus and his inner retinue to Washington, D.C. to meet with the President. Partway into the discussion, the Titan detected a massive ship entering Earth's atmosphere, and on Optimus' orders he ferried the Autobots to the Matterhorn to intercept it. To Walk Among the Chosen
The ship belonged to a tribe of nomadic Junkions, and after making first contact with Wreck-Gar and Rum-Maj the Autobots invited the impressed aliens aboard Metrotitan to begin negotiations. A Lonely Pillar on the Plain A series of diplomatic maneuvers by Prime saw a grand summit between humanity, Earth, and the Junkions held on Metrotitan's flight deck... only for the Junkions to unleash a horde of Sharkticons from their ship, intending to take over Earth. Dance Among the Shadows
In the ensuing battle, the Junkions rammed their vessel into Metrotitan's hull. On Prime's command, Metrotitan retaliated by partially transforming into his robot mode and ripping into the ship with his bare hands. Future Glories Lost Having removed the ship, he kept his hold on it until Optimus was able to broker a ceasefire. Feel Safe Without Regrets He later flew Optimus and the President to the Bikini Atoll to inspect the growing colony of "Little Cybertron," The Next Day, and the Next and remained there after the Autobots decided to humanely shut down Sideswipe's life support systems. The Life of Sideswipe
When Baron Ironblood attacked Buenos Aires, Blackrock used his Titan Master abilities to summon Metrotitan, who subsequently transformed to smash the force field surrounding the Onyx tower and grant Optimus Prime entry into the fray. Once Blackrock had calculated a counter-frequency to the Talisman's Dire Wraith mutation, he sent it to Metrotitan who — amplifying the signal using his supplies of Ore-13 and inbuilt space bridge — transmitted the cure and returned the infected humans to normal. The curative wave somehow had the effect of releasing the spirit of Mike Power into the body of Centurion. Ghost in the Machine
When the time came for Earth to formally join the Council of Worlds, Metrotitan relocated to Washington, D.C. so that Marissa Faireborn and her new diplomatic retinue could travel to Iacon via his Space Bridge. Primeless, Part 1 What they didn't know was that Baron Ironblood and his Iron Ring were planning their own attack on Cybertron, and used their M.A.S.S. Device to piggyback off Metrotitan's Space Bridge frequency to transport their troops to Cybertron. First Strike #2 As the Iron Ring began their attack on Cybertron, Starscream shut down Metroplex's Space Bridge; unable to figure out what had happened on their end, Aileron took command and ordered Metrotitan to move away from any human population centers until they could reestablish communications, Primeless, Part 1 rebasing him above the Greenland Sea. G.I. Joe and M.A.S.K. arrived, bringing with them information that revealed Ironblood as the culprit. Skyburst and Stormclash disassembled Metrotitan's Bridge before the group set out to storm Castle Destro. First Strike #2
While doing research for his his movie, Thundercracker interviewed Alpha Trion regarding Metrotitan's labelling the Seeker as the "Chosen One". Alpha Trion was of the opinion that the injured Titan had been spouting random nonsense at the time and Starscream just happened to be in a position to take advantage of it. Starscream: The Movie
After Optimus returned to Earth, he brought Metrotitan to Kentucky as he presided over the opening of a new Ore-13 mine. Surfeit of Primes
Toys
Zone
- Metrotitan (Decepticon, 1990)
- ID number: D-340
- Accessories: Metrodash, Metrodash's arms/cannons (x2), Metrodash's "beam pistol", Metrotank, Metrotank's turret, Metroshot's body/tower, Metroshot's chestplate/tower top, two white cannons/Metroshot's legs, two "ion pulse rifles"/Metroshot's arms, double-barreled cannon, rear tower, shoulder antenna, 2 fists, 2 kneecaps, 3 missiles
- A redeco of the Autobot Metroplex, Metrotitan transforms from a large robot to a multi-leveled "city". This mode includes a service bay with launching mechanism, a helipad, and "parking" for six vehicles in whatever his legs fold out to be. He also has a third mobile battle station mode; a more compact wheeled form that incorporates his many weapons. Additionally, his weapons are all molded with universal-sized pegs that allow them to be attached in several different configurations and locations (for example, in the otherwise-pointless holes in his kneecaps in city mode). Metrotitan came with Metroshot, Metrotank, Metrodash, and Metrobomb; the first two formed various parts of Metrotitan's alternate modes.
- The smaller "limb" robots from the "Scramble City" style combiners can plug into ports in Metrotitans's shoulders and knees in robot mode, while the base modes of Silverbolt, Hot Spot, Motormaster, and Onslaught can connect to him in city mode. The peg-size of Metrotitan's weapons also allows them to be wielded by the leaders and super-robots these teams create. He also comes with a special Micromaster-style ramp with a unique attachment at one end, meant to utilize the attachment bracket for the "Scramble City" leaders' base modes.
- Metrotitan's sticker sheet is a completely new one, intended to improve on Metroplex's. The original shoulder stickers (intended to resemble lighted skyscraper windows seen at night) have been replaced by warning panels since they ended up not being visible from the front of the city mode, and the "lighted skyscraper windows" pattern was used for new stickers that can be seen from that side, making the towers (especially the one behind the helipad) look more building-like.
Notes
- Metrotitan and his crew are one of a whopping two Decepticon releases in Japan in 1990. The only other bad guys for sale during Zone were the multi-packed Race Track Patrol.
- A popular fandom misconception of no clear origin held that Metrotitan was a zombie version of Metroplex, with an even stranger variation of the rumour claiming that he was somehow "regrown" from one of Metroplex's legs. While Metrotitan isn't a zombie, by complete coincidence, one of IDW's multiple Titans did become a zombie during the Dark Cybertron storyline!
- When the Titans were originally introduced in IDW continuity, they were referred to as "Metrotitans", and a panel showing a group of the giants (pictured at right) included one colored like the original Metrotitan in a nod to the origins of their name. This nomenclature quickly fell out of fashion, however; the species soon became known as merely "Titans", and one singular Titan was retroactively identified as being the Metrotitan. Unfortunately, the needs of the story meant that it was not the one with the faithful classic color scheme, who just has to be waved off now.
- The Necrotitan is mistakenly colored to look like IDW Metrotitan due to artist Andrew Griffith misinterpreting them as being the same 'bot.
