Metrobase (G1)
| This article is about the Autobot Titan from the Generation 1. For the Autobot Titan from the live-action film series, see Metrobase (Movie). |
- Metrobase is an Autobot Titan from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Metrobase (メトロベース Metorobēsu) is one of Metroplex's kin, a massive base that houses Autobots.
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 continuity
Micromaster
Upon the discovery of strange ruins at the base of Mount St. Hilary that suggested to them that Transformers had been on Earth before them, the Autobot Micromasters moved the Metrobase to the foot of the mountain in order to protect it from Decepticon attacks. The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!
Wars manga
Decades later, Metrobase was stationed in Earth's orbit in order to guard against Decepticon assaults after a severe battle left Metroplex in critical condition. Unfortunately, its lack of a transformation cog meant it was unable to properly fight against the powerful traitor Metrotitan, and it too was left crippled as Straxus's forces rained down on the unfinished Scramble City. Metrowars
Legends comic
Alpha Trion brought up Metrobase during an recap of Metroplex's life story, explaining that it was a being of the same type as Metroplex that was assigned to guard the Ark while Optimus Prime still lay dormant within. The Mysterious Knowledgeable Grandpa Chapter Metroplex himself also named Metrobase as a fellow "Metrotype" Autobot that was older than him, and recalled its presence during the battle with Metrotitan. Metroplex Bonus Edition Vol. EX
Metrobase was present on Zone with the Battlestars when the forces of Violengiguar attacked. Metrobase squared off against the evil Titan, Metrotitan, but they were both dwarfed by the arrival of Unicron Neo over the planet's horizon. LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One
2005 IDW continuity
Metrobase was amongst the Titans during the time of the Knights of Cybertron. You, Me, and Other Revelations Metrobase would later become affiliated with Alchemist Prime, and may have ended up at Arduria, which was later frozen by Ore-6. Regardless of his true whereabouts, Metrobase was deceased by the time Unicron attacked Cybertron's colonies. The Lost Colonies of Cybertron
Notes
- Metrobase was originally, in what was for a long time its one illustrated appearance (seen at the top of this article) drawn to resemble the Autobot Titan Metroplex. Its white, blue, and burgundy coloration, meanwhile, was similar, but not identical, to the Metroplex redeco Metrotitan.
- Metrobase's deco appears to have been inspired by the Metroplex toy with light-blue parts that appeared in a diorama display on the back of Zone-era toy packaging released in the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers toyline (right), advertising the Micromasters. Whether this was an early mock-up of Metrotitan or an actual Metrobase toy is uncertain, as the diorama display notably lacks the Decepticon Race Track Patrol Team (the only Micromaster team released in Japan as Decepticons).
- For the appearance in "Metrowars", Metrobase's color palette was revised to a more distinct lilac-based scheme, one of those previously used by Guido Guidi in the fleet of Titans seen briefly in the The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye annual.
