Bruticus Maximus (Energon)
| The name or term "Bruticus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Bruticus (disambiguation). |
- Bruticus Maximus is a Decepticon from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Bruticus Maximus is one of four ancient Combiner robots chosen to guard the Super Energon pools deep within Cybertron. He and his peers were awakened from countless years of stasis by Megatron when Superion Maximus's brother was destroyed by the Decepticon leader.
He and his friend Constructicon Maximus are quite willing to abandon their duty to follow a strong leader whom they believe represent Cybertron's future, a Decepticon-dominated future.
He is the combined form of the Destruction Team:
Fiction
Energon cartoon
- Voice actor: Trevor Devall (English), Makoto Yasumura (Japanese), Fredrik Beckmann (Swedish)
When Megatron destroyed Superion Maximus's brother, he unlocked the living seal on the Super Energon pool and awakened the remaining Combiners. While Superion Maximus was aghast at his brother's destruction, the Decepticon combiners were merely curious about who had managed to reactivate them. Megatron declared that the Super Energon was his and that he was master of all Decepticons. Ambition
Bruticus Maximus voiced what an honor it was to now serve under a strong leader like Megatron. He quickly reinterpreted their mission to protect the Super Energon into protecting Megatron Galvatron, and even declared Superion Maximus a traitor to the cause for not bowing before their new master. Superion confronted the two Decepticons, reminding them that they'd protected the Super Energon together for millions of years, and asking them why they had let one Transformer have control of it all. Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus merely replied that Galvatron was their master now, and that he represented the future of Cybertron. Wishes Later, the combiners flew to the Miranda II to battle Superion Maximus and his new Autobot comrades, and Bruticus was pulled into a duel with Omega Supreme. Galvatron!
When Six Shot pinpointed an Autobot signal on the planet's surface, Galvatron sent Constructicon Maximus and Bruticus Maximus out to investigate. Demonstrating the ability to teleport, they arrived at the crashsite of the Miranda II and drew out the Autobots who were in hiding. The Combiners toyed with the drastically weaker enemy until Kicker, Arcee and the Omnicons arrived to tip the scales. As the Autobots took the opportunity to escape, Bruticus Maximus followed Kicker in his helicopter modes, hunting down the Omnicons as they attempted to shut off the energon cloud blocking the Autobots from returning to Cybertron. The Decepticons ultimately failed, and Bruticus Maximus was driven off with the others when Optimus Prime, Omega Supreme and the Autobots broke through a hole in the gas. Break Through
Bruticus and Constructicon were given a virtual chance to even the score against Superion in an Autobot training simulation. They triumphed over Superion Maximus two-against-one, but were pounded into the mat by their next opponent, Optimus Supreme. Distribution
Back in reality, the Combiners followed Optimus Prime and his Autobots on their way to rendez-vous with Wing Saber's underground resistance. The Omega Train As the battle continued out onto the surface, Bruticus Maximus was present to serve his leader, Galvatron. Decepticon Army The fight with the Autobots carried over the planet, until Bruticus Maximus and the other Decepticons successfully cornered Optimus Prime and the other leaders of the Autobots in a box canyon. Things looked grim, until Primus awoke and remotely super-charged Prime's Combination Spark, making him strong enough to combine again with Omega to form Optimus Supreme. Bruticus Maximus was then taken out by Optimus Supreme's daring new pirouette maneuver...or something. Ironhide Team
Bruticus Maximus was later attacked by Powerlinx Rodimus just before Galvatron fully emersed himself in the Super Energon pool. Galvatron Terror He continued the fight with the Autobots on Cybertron as Galvatron began to grow to the size of Unicron. Destructive Power
Bruticus Maximus eventually paid for his treachery when a vengeful Superion Maximus attacked both Decepticon combiners. Surprised by the Autobot combiner's ferocity, both Decepticons were caught off-guard at first, until they over-confidently held him down, which proved to be their downfall. Superion launched all of his limbs at Constructicon Maximus, pinning him against a wall, as Superion's central component Storm Jet crushed the Decepticon combiner's spark, killing him.
Angered, Bruticus Maximus destroyed Superion's limbs, then began crushing him. Just as it seemed hopeless, a ghost-like entity appeared and shot off Bruticus' arm, freeing Superion. It was an image of Superion's older brother. Superion Maximus powerlinked with the dead Constructicon Maximus' limbs and attacked the confused Bruticus, piercing his spark, and causing a massive explosion which destroyed the remaining Decepticon. Spark
Toys
Super Link
- Bruticus (2004)
- Japanese ID Number: SD-21
- In Japan, the entire team was only available in a single gift-set, with slight color variations to each individual. They kept the names of the original Generation 1 Combaticons as opposed to the new names the Energon figures had. One of the most notable color variations is that Blight is less of a neon yellow and more of a dark spring-green color.
Energon
- Barricade, Kickback, Stormcloud, Blackout, and Blight (2004, 2005)
- Bruticus Maximus is composed of his five team members, with Barricade forming his central body component. His limbs' Energon weapons form his hands and feet. Similarly to Generation 1's Scramble City-style combiner teams, Bruticus Maximus (as well as Superion Maximus and Constructicon Maximus) feature universal connection points for the limbs, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs from different teams.
- Only Barricade, Kickback and Stormcloud were initially released in 2004 for the North American, Asian and Australasian markets, with Blackout and Blight released later in 2005 and even 2006. This unfortunately led to many consumers having an incomplete Bruticus Maximus for many months.
- The molds were later used for the Universe (2008) Bruticus Maximus and ROTF Bruticus Maximus.
Notes
- Like the other two Energon "Maximus" combiners, the five component robots of Bruticus Maximus are made from only three molds: a central Deluxe torso, and two Basic limbs with two color schemes each. According to Hasbro representatives at BotCon 2005, this was done because the budget for the tail-end of Energon allowed for only nine-to-ten new molds, so they had the choice of two groups of five, or three groups of three. They went with the latter.
Foreign names
- Japanese: Bruticus (ブルーティカス Burūtikasu)
- Hungarian: Brutikusz
- Russian: Grubicus Maximus (Грубикус Максимус Grubikus Maksimus)
