Metroplex (G1)
| This article is about the Generation 1 Autobot. For the Cybertron-series leader of Gigantion, see Metroplex (Cybertron). |
- Metroplex is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.
Metroplex is either the proper name for Autobot City or simply a region inside Autobot city itself. Either way, Metroplex is big. Crazy big. Or not. He isn't very talkative, but then, few cities are. He has a deep-seated rivalry with the gargantuan Decepticon, Trypticon.
- Italian name: Guardian
- Japanese name: Metroflex
- French-Canadian name: Métroplex
- Crackhead English-Malay dub name: Philip
Fiction
Cartoon continuity
Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformer manga
Metroplex was constructed as part of the Autobots' "Scramble City" initiative to develop a powerful battle station. During the early stages of the project, however, when the Autobots were conducting an outdoor test of the unfinished city's transformation to mobile fortress mode, Astrotrain and Reflector were able to monitor the process. The information they acquired allowed Megatron to decipher whether or not Metroplex could stand up to Trypticon, who was first activated on a small island, but was duped into falling into the ocean by a giant hologram of robot-mode Metroplex by Hound.
Scramble City OVA
To complete the Scramble City project, the Autobots moved their operation to a secret underground cavern, but the Decepticons' spy cassettes located the subterranean base, and an all-out Decepticon attack was initiated. The Decepticon combiners dominated the fight, but the completed Metroplex was then launched and defeated them with one blast. However, as the Autobots celebrated their victory, the ocean nearby parted and Trypticon emerged for his first battle with Metroplex.
(Note: This battle, uh, never happened, because the second part of Scramble City never got made.)
American animated series
- Voice actor: Bud Davis (US), Osamu Saka (Japan)
By 2005, Metroplex had been installed as a sub-section of the larger Autobot City, now the main base of operations for the Autobots on Earth. During the Decepticons' attack on the city, the transforming cog which allowed Metroplex to transform to robot mode was destroyed, preventing him from participating in the battle, Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 although he was manually converted to battle station mode by the Autobots inhabiting him. The Transformers: The Movie
Following the defeat of Unicron and the Autobots' reclamation of Cybertron, Perceptor built a new cog, and entrusted its delivery to Blurr and Wheelie. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 While they were busy suffering numerous setbacks (including nearly getting killed by Galvatron and being stranded on Jupiter's moon Io), the immobile Metroplex was attacked by Trypticon, and was again manually transformed to battle station by his inhabitants in hopes of mounting some form of a defence. In the midst of the battle, the cog was safely delivered and installed by Pipes within Metroplex, who promptly transformed to robot mode, thrashed Trypticon, and hurled him into the ocean. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5
Although the Autobots figured this to be the end of Trypticon, in actuality, the saurian city survived and started stealing national monuments to pay off Octane's debt to Abdul Fakkadi. When dinosaur transform static was found at the crime scene, Metroplex and his subordinates questioned all t
