Metrotitan (G1)
| This article is about the Decepticon city-bot. For the huge Decepticon city, see Metrotitan (ROTF). |
- Metrotitan is a Decepticon City-bot from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Constructed on Saturn's moon Titan, Metrotitan is a massive Decepticon warrior, commanded by the villainous Violen Jiger to destroy the Autobots. He was taught the ways of evil by the Nine Great Demon Generals.
He leads the Metrosquad and has also been known to house the Race Track Patrol.
Fiction
Zone story pages
Created on Saturn's moon, Titan, Metrotitan was appointed leader of the Metrosquad and schooled in the ways of evil by the 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
Timelines: Wings of Honor
Nine million years ago, "the Metrotitan" was a fortress in the Glibex flats. In the first decade of the Decepticon uprising, it came under siege by the 'Cons, 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 laser core 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
Toys
Zone
- Metrotitan (Decepticon, 1990)
- Japanese ID number: D-340
- 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 Metrotitans'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.
Notes
- Metrotitan, despite popular belief, is not a zombie version of Metroplex.
- Metrotitan and his crew are one of a whopping two Decepticon releases in Japan in 1990. The only other badguys for sale during Zone were the multi-packed Race Track Patrol.
