Metroplex
Metroplex is the living core of Autobot City in the year 2005. He is the
largest and most powerful of all the Transformers, and is considered the
Autobots' last line of defense. He spends most of his time in city mode
but has the ability to transform into a battle station or a colossal robot
depending on the situation. He is rivaled in size only by Trypticon, and
has been called upon to fight the Decepticon on a few different
occasions.
Metroplex rose out of the ruins of Autobot city after the great battle
of 2005. During that attack, he was seen transforming from city to battle
station by manual control. During the fighting, his Transformation Cog
was destroyed. After the battle, he
received a new Cog with the help of Sky Lynx, Wheelie, Blurr, and Marissa
Faireborne, and it was installed by Pipes. Unfortunately, Metroplex was
unable to stop the newly-constructed Trypticon from destroying the Ark,
but he did defeat the Decepticon afterwards and hurled the dinosaur into the ocean.
The next time Metroplex is called into action was to stop Trypticon and
Octane from stealing global monuments and bringing them to Carbomia in
exchange for 'super-energon'. During a battle in Moscow, Metroplex caught
the Kremlin which Trypticon hurled at him, and was then attacked by Russian
troops. This led the Russians (and other humans) to believe that the
Autobots were behind the thefts. All was set straight when the Autobots
learn of Trypticon's whereabouts in Carbomia and Metroplex defeated
Trypticon again. Metroplex subsequently returned all of the monuments to their
original residences.
When Starscream made his deal with Unicron for a new body, Unicron
requested the eyes of Metroplex in one of the tasks. Starscream possessed
the body of Scourge and infiltrated Metroplex, stealing one of his eyes
but accidentally destroying the other. In a fit of rage, Metroplex
unexpectedly transformed into robot mode and began shooting wildly at
anyone in range. A bomb planted by Scourge/Starscream knocked Metroplex
unconscious and caused him to transform back to city mode. His eyes were
rebuilt after Unicron's plan was foiled by the combination of some
Autobots and Decepticons.
If Metroplex has any weakness, it is the fact that due to his sheer size
he requires other Autobots to protect and maintain him when he is in city
mode. The Starscream incident is one example, and another is the time when
Swindle was able to steal the Transformation Cog while other Decepticons
created a diversion. This once again left Metroplex vulnerable. The
Autobots (with Spike and Daniel) retaliated by stealing Trypticon's
Cog and installing it in Metroplex. The Decepticons naturally used
Metroplex's Cog in Trypticon, and this allowed both to at least partially
transform and fight each other. Metroplex was in danger of losing the
battle when First Aid properly aligned Metroplex's 'new' Cog. This enabled
Metroplex to fully transform and defeat the giant dinosaur.
Metroplex is seen only a couple other times in the cartoon continuity.
One was when he is attacked by Soundwave with the powerful 'Harmonics'. The
harmony shorted out Metroplex's circuits, who was saved only when Blaster
attacked Soundwave and erased his tapes. Metroplex was also shown being shut
down by Rodimus Prime during the madness plague.
Another limitation of Metroplex is the fact that, like most Autobots, he
is unable to fly. He is therefore grounded on Earth because there is no
shuttle or space bridge that is large enough to transport him to other
planets. With the arrival of Fortress Maximus, that become less of a
problem, but Fort Max would probably not be able to handle Trypticon and Scorponok
alone. It can be said that Metroplex is truly the guardian of Earth, but
that is about all he is able to do.
In 2008, the Quintessons invaded and captured Autobot City,
but its living core, Metroplex, rose up from beneath the city and wiped out
their entire fleet.
Article submitted by Jeremy Ryan.
TEXT-ONLY LINKS
[US Cartoon] [Japanese Cartoon] [US Comic] [UK Comic] [All Continuities] [Main Index]
GRAPHIC LINKS AT PAGE TOP