Metrotitan (G1)
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| This article is about the blue, red and white Decepticon city-bot. For the body-type that takes its name from him, see Metrotitan (body-type). For a list of other meanings, see Metrotitan (disambiguation). |
- Metrotitan is a Decepticon City-bot from the Zone portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Constructed on Saturn's moon Titan by the Autobots, Metrotitan (メトロタイタン Metorotaitan) is a massive warrior wielding a devastating freeze ray that can stop most enemies cold. Unfortunately for the Autobots, Metrotitan defected to the Decepticons and was taught the ways of evil by the Nine Great Demon Generals under the command of Violen Jiger. Whether his defection was a conscious choice or the result of forcible reprogramming is a matter of contention, though Mitrotitan and his former allies have ultimately accepted his evil ways.
He leads the Metrosquad and has also been known to house the Race Track Patrol.
Fiction
Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity
Zone story pages
Created on Saturn's moon, Titan, Metrotitan was appointed leader of the Metrosquad and schooled in the ways of evil by Violen Jiger's 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
Metrowars
Years later, Metrotitan fell in with High Regent Scrash's splinter faction of Decepticons and was put under the command of Straxus, who dubbed the titan's base mode as "Darkmount" after his former home. In a devastating battle, Metrotitan was able to soundly demolish his kin, Metroplex. In a few days, the Decepticons attacked again with Metrotitan, who took down Metrobase on his way to Scramble City. But the Autobots were more prepared this time, having rebuilt Metroplex into a larger robot who towered over Metrotitan.
When Metrotitan rejected the rumors of having been reprogrammed by the Nine Great Demon Generals, Metroplex accepted this admission and banished Metrotitan from the Autobots forevermore. Badly damaged by Metroplex's antimatter projector, Metrotitan wisely decided to retreat. Metrowars
Convalescing afterward, Metrotitan raged over his defeat and swore vengeance against Metroplex, considering the fact that he could feel such an emotion to be proof that his mind was his own and untampered with. Straxus, perched on his shoulder with his hand wired into Metrotitan's head, coolly encouraged his beliefs. Concurrently, Metrobomb staged an attempt to steal data on Metroplex's new form so that Metrotitan could be rebuilt into a similar body, but he failed. Metrowars 2
Wings Universe
Nine million years ago, the Metrotitan was a fortress in the Glibax flats. In the first decade of the Decepticon uprising, it came under siege by the Decepticons, 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 personality component 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
IDW Generation 1 continuity
The unnamed "Metrotitan" was one of a fleet of Metrotitans, who served as the living ships of the Knights of Cybertron. Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations
Toys
Zone
- Metrotitan (Decepticon, 1990)
- ID number: D-340
- Accessories: Metrodash, Metrodash's arms/cannons (x2), Metrodash's "beam pistol", Metrotank, Metrotank's turret, Metroshot's body/tower, Metroshot's chestplate/tower top, two white cannons/Metroshot's legs, two "ion pulse rifles"/Metroshot's arms, double-barreled cannon, rear tower, shoulder antenna, 2 fists, 2 kneecaps, 3 missiles
- 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 and his crew are one of a whopping two Decepticon releases in Japan in 1990. The only other bad guys for sale during Zone were the multi-packed Race Track Patrol.
- A popular fandom misconception of no clear origin held that Metrotitan was a zombie version of Metroplex, with an even stranger variation of the rumour claiming that he was somehow "regrown" from one of Metroplex's legs. While Metrotitan isn't a zombie, by complete coincidence, one of IDW's multiple Metrotitans did become a zombie during the Dark Cybertron storyline!
