Ultra Magnus (SG)

This article is about the evil Autobot. For his heroic counterpart, see Ultra Magnus (G1). For a list of other meanings, see Ultra Magnus (disambiguation).

Ultra Magnus is an evil Autobot from the Shattered Glass continuity family.

Great, Sir Soundwave's learned how to photobomb.

Ultra Magnus is an evil and treacherous Autobot, and Optimus Prime's kid brother. Like many other Autobots, he has plans to take over the faction, though his current forced exile on Paradron might make further attempts difficult. Outside his brother, Magnus devotes most of his hatred towards Treadshot, a former friend who ended up on the opposite side of the war. Cyclonus hates Magnus with a passion, for reasons unknown, even joining the Decepticons just to oppose him. Magnus longs to take over as Prime, resenting his big brother with a passion.

Fiction

Shattered Glass

At one point, Ultra Magnus led an attempted coup against Optimus Prime, with Hound and Blurr as his only known supporters, though Hound was reportedly a link between Magnus and Alpha Trion. SG Hound's magazine profile However, during the battle between Optimus and Ultra Magnus, the former cheated. Eye in the Sky When the coup failed, Prime had Magnus exiled to Paradron as punishment. SG Cyclonus' magazine profile

While trapped with Sideswipe in the maze leading to the Omega Terminus chamber, Blurr referred to Cliffjumper as a "traitorous lunatic". Sideswipe countered by saying that Blurr was one to talk, and asked how Ultra Magnus was doing. Blurr said Magnus was doing "better than Drench", at least. Dungeons & Dinobots

Toys

Timelines

He's only evil 'cuz no one's pushing in his wheels.

• Invasion (BotCon 2012 box set)

Ultra Magnus is a redeco of Transformers Optimus Prime, featuring what appears to be the mold's second head, seen previously only in the instructions. Ultra Magnus is in the colors of Diaclone Powered Convoy (who was later redecoed into Generation 1 Ultra Magnus), with a translucent face and blue eyes. Like Prime, Magnus has a (non-detachable) matrix gimmick in robot mode formed by a relief pattern on the inside of the cab's side windows, which is visible through the windshield/chest in robot mode. The sword forms the hitch of the truck in vehicle mode.

Ultra Magnus was released in a box set with Soundwave, Tracks, Treadshot, Gigatron, and Metalhawk.

Notes

Okay, but where's the translucent skull?

• In Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22, a "Mini Mayhem"-style comic featuring a version of Shattered Magnus appeared in "From the Editor's Desk..." along with Rodimus and Eric Siebenaler. Though it's an official appearance of Magnus, it's probably not in-continuity. Can it be too much to hope that this already got the inevitable "I can deal with that" jokes out of their system?