OVA
Description
Superion forms when the Aerialbots—Silverbolt, Air Raid, Fireflight, Skydive, and Slingshot—combine. This gestalt entity possesses significantly simplified thought processes, suppressing the individual personalities of his components to focus solely on destroying Decepticons and protecting humans. This single-minded dedication often leads to tactical inflexibility and an inability to adapt to unexpected combat situations, sometimes misinterpreted by other Autobots as aloofness.
In the "Scramble City" OVA, Superion defends the Autobots' secret construction of Metroplex. During a battle against the Stunticons' combined form, Menasor, Superion utilizes "Scramble Power," reconfiguring his limb components for optimal combat effectiveness. Confusion during a limb swap causes Fireflight to disconnect accidentally. Menasor exploits this by forcibly attaching his own component, Wildrider, to Superion's leg, inflicting severe pain and immobilizing him. Optimus Prime intervenes to remove Wildrider, allowing Superion to re-form, but the subsequent arrival of the Combaticons' combined form, Bruticus, overwhelms him until Metroplex arrives.
Within the broader Generation 1 cartoon continuity, Superion first combines to counter Menasor, initially struggling against the Decepticon combiner's aggression until aided by Omega Supreme. Later battles demonstrate improved efficacy, including a solo victory over Menasor defending the Statue of Liberty and a confrontation with Bruticus in the Middle East where strategic separation allows Superion to outmaneuver his opponent. In the year 2006, he participates in missions involving time travel, Quintesson conflicts, and the Hate Plague incident, during which infection causes him to attack fellow Autobots like Defensor.
The Marvel Comics continuity presents Superion's origins through visions experienced by the human Buster Witwicky, which Optimus Prime and Wheeljack use to reverse-engineer combiner technology. During his first activation at Hoover Dam, conflicting programming nearly leads Superion to harm a human, but Silverbolt's influence forces a disengagement. Subsequent storylines involve battles against Menasor and encounters with human forces like RAAT, culminating in a full memory wipe and reprogramming for the Aerialbots. Superion later fights alongside G.I. Joe against Decepticon threats, though internal conflicts arise when Silverbolt's fear of heights is exposed during fusion, causing instability.
In the Dreamwave Comics continuity, Superion is summoned from stasis to combat Megatron's technomatter virus. He engages Devastator in battle but ultimately sacrifices himself to intercept a nuclear missile targeting San Francisco, destroying it over the Pacific Ocean at the cost of his existence.
Japanese media expands Superion's role. The "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" manga depicts battles against Triple Changers and Menasor, while the "Legends" comic series shows him witnessing the unresolved cliffhanger between Metroplex and Trypticon from "Scramble City." "Transformers 2010" story pages feature hypothetical scenarios, such as Superion configured with Decepticon limbs during a speculative peace accord.
A recurring trait across all continuities is Superion's rivalry with Menasor, though the physical scale disparity between their component vehicles often contrasts with their depicted parity in combat. The "Scramble Power" limb-swapping capability remains a defining feature, though animation errors in "Scramble City" frequently misrepresented limb positions and colors during reconfiguration sequences.
In the "Scramble City" OVA, Superion defends the Autobots' secret construction of Metroplex. During a battle against the Stunticons' combined form, Menasor, Superion utilizes "Scramble Power," reconfiguring his limb components for optimal combat effectiveness. Confusion during a limb swap causes Fireflight to disconnect accidentally. Menasor exploits this by forcibly attaching his own component, Wildrider, to Superion's leg, inflicting severe pain and immobilizing him. Optimus Prime intervenes to remove Wildrider, allowing Superion to re-form, but the subsequent arrival of the Combaticons' combined form, Bruticus, overwhelms him until Metroplex arrives.
Within the broader Generation 1 cartoon continuity, Superion first combines to counter Menasor, initially struggling against the Decepticon combiner's aggression until aided by Omega Supreme. Later battles demonstrate improved efficacy, including a solo victory over Menasor defending the Statue of Liberty and a confrontation with Bruticus in the Middle East where strategic separation allows Superion to outmaneuver his opponent. In the year 2006, he participates in missions involving time travel, Quintesson conflicts, and the Hate Plague incident, during which infection causes him to attack fellow Autobots like Defensor.
The Marvel Comics continuity presents Superion's origins through visions experienced by the human Buster Witwicky, which Optimus Prime and Wheeljack use to reverse-engineer combiner technology. During his first activation at Hoover Dam, conflicting programming nearly leads Superion to harm a human, but Silverbolt's influence forces a disengagement. Subsequent storylines involve battles against Menasor and encounters with human forces like RAAT, culminating in a full memory wipe and reprogramming for the Aerialbots. Superion later fights alongside G.I. Joe against Decepticon threats, though internal conflicts arise when Silverbolt's fear of heights is exposed during fusion, causing instability.
In the Dreamwave Comics continuity, Superion is summoned from stasis to combat Megatron's technomatter virus. He engages Devastator in battle but ultimately sacrifices himself to intercept a nuclear missile targeting San Francisco, destroying it over the Pacific Ocean at the cost of his existence.
Japanese media expands Superion's role. The "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" manga depicts battles against Triple Changers and Menasor, while the "Legends" comic series shows him witnessing the unresolved cliffhanger between Metroplex and Trypticon from "Scramble City." "Transformers 2010" story pages feature hypothetical scenarios, such as Superion configured with Decepticon limbs during a speculative peace accord.
A recurring trait across all continuities is Superion's rivalry with Menasor, though the physical scale disparity between their component vehicles often contrasts with their depicted parity in combat. The "Scramble Power" limb-swapping capability remains a defining feature, though animation errors in "Scramble City" frequently misrepresented limb positions and colors during reconfiguration sequences.