Flux capacitor
A flux capacitor is a critical component for time travel.
Fiction
Cybertron cartoon
When the intense races of Velocitron overworked Hot Shot, Red Alert warned the youngster not to engage his flux capacitor. Hero
Transformers/Back to the Future
 Plot details for Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2 follow. |
The critical piece of the DeLorean time machine, the flux capacitor controlled the time circuits and guided the car through time. When Decepticon number-cruncher Gigawatt had a change of spark, he trans-scanned the DeLorean and tried to escape through time only for Megatron to shoot him in the flux capacitor, damaging it. Managing to escape, Gigawatt defected to the Autobots and tried to use his new powers to undo the Decepticons' reign of terror but his damaged capacitor brought him to 1985 instead of 1974 as he'd aimed for. Meeting Marty McFly, he brought the youth to 2015 to meet the Autobot rebels, in the hopes that Marty could repair the flux capacitor. Marty however revealed that only Doc Brown possessed the technical knowledge to do so. Transformers/Back to the Future #2
