Cityformer
Cityformers are Transformers that have alternate modes that are intended to be a city. In actual fictional appearances, however, city-bots very rarely approach actual city size. They are typically closer to the size of a large building. In the comic, some characters are simply depicted as a bit larger than the average Transformer. The six main cityformers are:
Sometimes, there is an entire subspecies/group of Transformers with city alternate modes. They are called Titans or Megamasters.
Component Transformers
Cityformers feature smaller Transformers that transform from components of the city-bot itself. Fictional appearances of these Transformers are somewhat rare, when they do appear some have been shown to have individual personalities and others appear to be mindless drones.
- For further information, see: Multi-component Transformer
Metroplex
- Six-Gun – Semi-autonomous. Mind linked to Metroplex.[1]
- Slammer – Metroplex controlled drone.[1]
- Scamper – Semi-autonomous. Mind linked to Metroplex.[1]
Trypticon
- Full-Tilt – Battlefield drone. More than Meets the Eye
- Brunt – Battlefield drone. More than Meets the Eye
- Wipe-Out – Apparently fully autonomous. May simply be a Transformer under Trypticon's command. King of the Hill!
Fortress Maximus
- Cog – Fortress Maximus controlled drone.[2][3]
- Cerebros – Headmaster unit
- Spike – Cerebros's Headmaster unit
Scorponok
- Fasttrack – Semi-autonomous.[4]
- Lord Zarak – Headmaster unit
Grand Maximus
- Cog
- Onomisu – Combines with Koka to form Cog.
- Koka – Combines with Onomisu to form Cog.
- Grand – Headmaster unit
- Gran – Grand's Headmaster unit
Metrotitan
- Metroshot
- Metrobomb
- Metrodash
- Metrotank
- The five of them are known as the Metrosquad
Notes
- For 30 years, no official all-encompassing term existed for Metroplex, Trypticon, and similar characters; they were only variously referred to as having "city" modes, hence this wiki titling this article with the ad hoc term "city-bot". Then finally in 2016, an Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter Facebook story post as well as the Beast Wars: Uprising text story "Intersectionality" used the similar term "cityformer" in-universe, giving us a canonical name.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Metroplex's Universe profile (at TFU.info).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Fortress Maximus's Universe profile (at TFU.info) and tech spec profile.
- ↑ Cog was depicted as fully autonomous in one instance in a possible art error. Ring of Hate!
- ↑ Scorponok's character profile.
