User:Norse Am Legend/Megas (character)
Megas is the main giant robot in the Cartoon Network Animated TV show Megas XLR. The name Megas stands for Mechanized Earth Guard Attack System.
Origin
Template:Spoiler In the future a war is taking place between humans and an alien race called the Glorft. The Glorft had constructed a giant robot known to them as the Avatar prototype, as a weapon in the war. The human resistance stole the robot and renamed it Megas, with the intention of sending it back in time to a turning point in history where Megas would win a battle for the humans. During this process however the Glorft attacked causing Megas' timedrive to be destroyed and it's control unit (head) to be blown off completely. Megas was sent back to the early 20th century (around the 1930's), the wrong time period that was aimed for. Megas laid undiscovered in a scrap heap in New Jersey for over 70 years until it was discovered by an overweight video game addict named Coop.
With the help of Goat, the owner of the junkyard, Coop replaced the missing head of Megas with a car (specifically, a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda Convertible with Shaker hood scoop) and rebuilt the control system with games console controllers. Megas also was painted blue with yellow flames and other detail, such as an 8-ball design on the arm. He also renamed Megas to Megas XLR, the XLR standing for eXtra Large Robot. Because of the modifications, Megas can only be piloted by Coop.
Equipment
Megas has some unusual and familiar components installed onboard—many are taken from popular anime series, though there are some original Coop designs among the weapons, usually based on his obsession with video games, complete with control pads, joysticks, Trackballs and light guns. Almost all the weapons have names that are rather humorous at the time.
Original equipment
- Eight-Ball Fireball (first appeared in "Test Drive") - Megas makes the signature move of Ryu from Street Fighter and projects a Hadoken-like fireball that resembles a billiard 8-Ball.
- The Jammer (first appeared in "Battle Royale") – A weapons-grade karaoke system that, when teamed with Coop's (very) off-key singing, is capable of generating a wave of sonic destruction capable of annihilating a space station. Use of The Jammer may very well constitute a war crime—not to mention a crime against all that is music.
- Super-Destructor Mode (first appeared in "S-Force S.O.S.") – A mode that covers Megas from head to toe in missile launchers. It would be devastating—if only Coop had finished debugging the targeting system.
- Mazer Refractor (first appeared in "Universal Controller") – Fires a beam that creates an invincible, deflecting force field around whatever it hits (although weapons that are inside the shield can still be shot out). The usefulness of such a "weapon" is obviously questionable. If the polarity is reversed, however, it creates a reverse shield that lets everything in and nothing out.
- That Cool Giant Energy Sword Thing (first appeared in "Battle Royale") – The hands of Megas can create a huge energy sword in a manner similar to that of Voltron.
- Cool Blade Thingy (first appeared in "Junk in the Trunk") – Blades surround Megas's entire body. Spinning blades have also appeared.
- Nitrous (first appeared in "The Fat and the Furious") – A mode that accelerates Megas's speed a thousand times, enabling it to move at lightning-like speed and leave dead mechas in its path.
- Manual Overdrive (first appeared in "The Fat and the Furious") – A Dance Dance Revolution-style system used as a back-up when the automatic driving gears fail. Coop dances, and Megas mimics Coop's exact movements, though the other weapons are off-line. Despite the silliness of the system, this can actually be very handy for use in combat. Well, if Coop was in better shape...
- Headlight Lasers (first appeared in Dude, Where's my Head?) - The headlights of the car that forms Megas' head project lasers that can be increased by using the Hi-Beam option.
- 5 Minutes Till End of Episode (first appeared in "Coop D'Etat") – Megas's fists burst into flames, enabling it to melt anything it touches.
- The Do Not Touch Button This launches multiple nuclear warheads. Fortunately, Kiva is able to keep Coop from actually using it. Coop then replies "What's the point of having Nukes if you can't use them?" (first appeared in Viva Las Megas)
- Big Red Button of Irony (debut in Ice Ice MEGAS) involves using the enemy's own beam of destruction against them, it doomed two entire species directly and indirectly
- Bet You Can't Guess What This Button Does (debut in Driver's Seat) - This is the ejector seat for the passenger side, which Coop uses to launch Gorrath into the air. He was surprised that it actually worked and stated "And who says my modifications backfire?"
- Light Gun (debut in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Coop) - Pulling the gun out of the holster causes Megas to retract its right hand, forming a blaster. The blasts are powerful, but you have to 'reload' it after eight shots, by pointing down at the reload monitor and pulling the trigger.
- Custom Horn (appeared in Space Booty) - After discovering that Megas's custom horn severely enrages a colony of dragon-like alien creatures, Coop uses it to his advantage, hurling the horn into the ship of Captain Warlock, leading the swarm of creatures inside and causing mass hysteria.
- Destroy the World Button (debut in Driver's Seat) - A button that, thankfully, Coop never used.
- Smite the World Button (debut in Driver's Seat) - Another button that, thankfully, Coop never used.
- Destroy the World Worse Button (debut in Driver's Seat) - Still another button that, thankfully, Coop never used. (Which begs the question, why does he even have "Destroy the World" if he has this one?)
- Save the World Button (debut in Driver's Seat) - The fourth in the series of consecutively-appearing buttons not used by Coop. Because it was broken.
- Heater Flamethrower (debut in Universal Controller) - By moving the heater controls from Warm, to Hot, to Dang, Megas' arms come together, the hands retract, and an enormous blast of searing flames are shot out. The combination of both of Megas' hands into a single projectile weapon is similar to stock animation used in Voltes V.
- Special Move Controls (debut in All I Wanted was a Slushie) - Due to his love for smashing, Coop had installed various controls which make Megas do all sorts of physical violence. These include Head Butt, Ripping Arms Out of Sockets, General Pummeling, Pounding and More Pounding.
- This better then (first appeared in "Junk in the Trunk") - twin axes (capable of cutting steel strong enough to tie Megas up) sprout from Megas' wrists, and the hands then fire at the enemy in a traditional rocket punch. This attack precisely mimics Mazinger Z's Iron Cutter.
- Robot Integration System (first appeared in "The Bad Guy") - Megas acquires the ability to integrate parts from other robots onto his own armor making it stronger (specifically, by attaching them onto Megas' arms, legs and back). Coop did this with the parts of the S-Force making his mech stronger which he used to defeat Ender. Of course, this wrecked the S-Force mechs in the process. It appears to give the newly combine Megas access to some S-Force's attacks and a greater flight ability. Probably a reference to Sentai robots, and how the second robot can combine with the first.
- Ice Blaster (First appeared in "Thanksgiving Throwdown") - The center of Megas's chest retracts and pulls out a giant laser. It blasts the enemy, freezing it from the feet to the head. Punching the target then shatters it. A possible reference to the Double Blizzard attack used by Daimos, which also followed a blast from the robot's chest-mounted ice weapon with a shattering punch.
- Destroy Moth-Like Bug and Anti-Coccoon buttons (first appeared in "Bugging the System") - these were two choices in which Coop had in order to destroy the 'Mothra' wannabe. He ended up choosing something else.
- Phoenix Explosion (first appeared in Bugging the System") - this was a totally accidental move which Coop used to destroy all the bugs in the Ring World. Megas becomes enveloped in a firebird-shaped corona of flames. Resembles Trider G7's main attack, as well as Gatchaman's Hi-no-Tori.
- Fire Missiles, Fire More Missiles and Fire All Da Missiles buttons (first appeared in "TV Dinner") - when fighting a planet-sized monster, Coop used all three of these buttons to fire all of Megas' missles at once. Greatly ineffective against a planet-sized monster (evidentally, "All Da Missles" does not include nukes...).
- Active Camouflage (first appeared in "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Coop") - Megas has the ability to become camouflaged. When Coop tried it to hide from the Glorft on the moon, Megas went through several camouflages. But none of them worked out the way it should.
- Coop de gracé (first appeared in "All I Wanted Was a Slushie") - Similar to the S-Force's Omicron 13, a beam is shot out from Megas' chest, creating a temporary rift in the space-time continuum. Unfortunately, it sucked up the convenience store where Coop wanted to buy a Mega-Slush.
- Teleporter (first appeared in The Driver's Seat) - Coop installed a device which allows him to teleport objects and people over great distances, even to places out in space. However, he has virtually no control over what or WHO gets teleported, nor the destination point. Mishaps such as transporting himself onto the Gloft Mothership or his Big Glug into the Gloft's Control Center has happened.
- Universal Controller (first appeared in Universal Controller) - Coop designed a controller which will control every device in his home, (VCR, DVD, TV, etc). One might say it's the Couch Potato's Ultimate Device. However, when it's hooked up to Megas, it will override virtually EVERY TV screen and monitor in Jersey. It was stolen by Skalgar due to a gross misunderstanding and was presumed destroyed along with him.
- Atomic Disrupter Cannon (first appeared in "Dude, Where's My Head?") - an extremely powerful beam is shot out from Megas' chest, which can burn through virtually anything. Jamie accidentally activated it when he tried to run away. Similar to the chest-mounted disintegration weapons used on the Mazinger series super robots, particularly Grendizer.
- Shields (first appeared in "The Driver's Seat") - though the button may sound impressive, activating it only causes the car to put its top up.
- Power Saw (first appeared in A Clockwork Megas) - When Coop pulls a rip-cord on his dashboard labeled "Power Saw" Megas's right hand will retract revealing a chainsaw. 'Slight' reference to Ash's Chainsaw, from the Evil Dead series.
- Unnamed Weapon (first appeared in Test Drive) - When Jamie and Coop mess with MEGAS' controls, they activate some weapon that made a nearby house disappear in a fashion similar to the laser in Tron.
- Green Laser Attacks (first appeared in "All I Wanted Was a Slushie") - Coop uses three attacks that are all composed of the same green laser. By pressing a big red button, Megas puts its hands together in Hadoken/Kamehameha style and shoots an energy beam. Later, Megas shoots green laser bullets from two machine-guns (one on each hand) that are located right above Megas's hands. The last laser attack is activated when Coop presses a a red button with an arrow pointing down at it. Megas can then shoot laser discs from its arms (in the same way the bullets were fired).
- Ultimate Control Pad (first appeared in Rear View Mirror, Mirror Part 1) - Instead of using the Playstation or Sega Genesis control pad, Coop came up with a gold-plated combination joystick/control pad with well over 50 buttons!
Non-original equipment
- Wave Motion Gun (Taken from Space Battleship Yamato, appeared in "Test Drive") – This highpowered weapon comes out of the front of Megas, consisting of not only the cannon, but a sizeable portion of the bow of the Yamato as well. Accuracy is an issue, however.
- Reflex Cannon (Taken from Robotech's adapted name for the super dimension energy cannon in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, appeared in "Viva Las Megas") – The ultimate weapon of the Macross is now part of Megas's armament. The weapon was part of a giant fortress; the front of it; and when the ship transformed, the front of the ship made two huge cannons. The weapon is activated when Coop presses the button marked Do Something Stupid Coop.
- Secondary Command Centre is an allusion to the Enterprise Ds rather less than high tech secondary bridge. (Appeared in "Dude, where's my head?")- It includes various old monitors and control pad with twist buttons, and, surprisingly, a CB radio. General movement control is a big issue, and Kiva couldn't believe Coop could get any more destructive.
- EMP Torpedo (Taken from Star Trek, appeared in "TV Dinner") - The design is obviously copied from the photon torpedo of the Star Trek movies, though Coop had turned it into a refrigerator. It is shot from Megas by lifting the hand on a hinge and firing from the wrist, not entirely unlike Voltes V's Voltes Bazooka.
- Target Acquisition (Taken from the Last Starfighter) This is actually dialed up using a touch-tone phone pad and the targeting sight is exactly the same as in the Gunstar Controls in the movie The Last Starfighter.