Ultra Magnus (WFC)

The name or term "Ultra Magnus" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Ultra Magnus (disambiguation).

"I can't make this joke right now."

Ultra Magnus is an Autobot from the Aligned continuity family.

Ultra Magnus is the hammer wielding commander of the Wreckers.

Daring, strategically ingenious, and courageous to the point of recklessness, Ultra Magnus hammers back the Decepticon forces — literally.Alpha Trion, Covenant of Primus

Fiction

Aligned novels

Ultra Magnus was a sergeant of the Council Guardians who held back the Decepticons during the siege of the Hydrax Plateau spaceport despite overwhelming odds. Though the spaceport fell, Magnus and his main soldiers proved to be indispensable soldiers and were dubbed the "Wreckers". The Wreckers were crucial to holding Tagan Heights, battling Devastator and buying time for the scientists there to build the Protectobot combiner Defensor.

When Megatron corrupted the core of Cybertron with Dark Energon, Ultra Magnus and his Wreckers had destroyed an armored convoy on the Iacon-Hydrax road. They guarded the entrance at the Well of All Sparks with Cliffjumper while Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Jetfire descended to purge the core. When the Ark was completed, Ultra Magnus offered to stay behind and fight off Trypticon when the gargantuan Decepticon emerged. Trypticon transformed into the Nemesis and pursued the Ark into space, but with his Wreckers and Omega Supreme along with other remaining Autobots, Magnus was ready to battle Shockwave's new regime. Exodus

Exiles

Games

Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)

Voice actor: Jamieson Price (English)

Following Trypticon's crash-landing and subsequent rampage on Cybertron, Ultra Magnus took part in the Autobot counter-attack on the beast. At one point, he was pinned down by enemy fire, and asked Jetfire and Ironhide for assistance.

Somehow Ultra Magnus got corrupted by Dark Energon and left in the sewers, likely by the Decepticons who are known to do that sort of thing. There he ran around randomly breaking things until the Autobots, unaware of his presence, placed a bomb in the sewers, intending to prevent them from falling under Decepticon control. When the Autobots detected a strange signal coming from the collapsing sewers, they sent in a small team to investigate. The team was confronted with the sight of Magnus crashing through a wall, and realized he'd been corrupted. With time short, the Autobots fought Ultra Magnus until the Dark Energon was purged from his system and he regained his senses. Then they all high-tailed it out of the sewers before the final collapse. Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)

Ultra Magnus is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version of War for Cybertron, unlocked by defeating him in the "Sewer 6" arena mission.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron

Ultra Magnus does not appear in the campaign of Fall of Cybertron. However, he is available in multiplayer if the Havoc DLC pack is downloaded.

Fall of Cybertron

Toys

Prime

Can't deal with sitting down on the job.

• Ultra Magnus (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
  • Series / number: 02 / 007
  • Japanese release date: 7-28-2012
  • Japanese ID number: EZ-14
  • Accessories: Hammer

Cyberverse Ultra Magnus transforms into a truck and back! This version of Magnus is a new-mold of a one-piece flat-bed truck with a translucent blue hammer as a weapon. He features a translucent chest and windows to interact with the light-up features of the various Cyberverse playsets. In order to accomodate holding the hammer by the haft, Magnus' hands are molded unusually open, likely in order to avoid stress marks and/or breakage.

Probably hangs out with Fireburst Optimus Prime.

• Ultra Magnus (Voyager, 2012)
  • Series / number: ???
  • Japanese release date: 12-15-2012
  • Japanese ID number: AM-27
  • Accessories: Cannon/hammer & missile (Hasbro only), Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

Generations

• Ultra Magnus (Deluxe, 2012?)

• Accessories: Sword

Ultra Magnus is a retool of Generations Fall of Cybertron Optimus Prime with a new head and weapon.

Notes

• Magnus's hammer is a reference to the Animated Ultra Magnus, while his role as leader of the Cybertronian resistance and the Wreckers references his Generation 1 counterpart in the Marvel UK comic series and the Dreamwave Productions comic series.
• An image resembling Ultra Magnus appears under the false name of "Optimus Prime" when Orion Pax was researching the name in Orion Pax, Part 2.