Menasor

**Menasor** was meant to be the ultimate Decepticon weapon, and perhaps he would have been if not for the fatal flaw in his design. His mind was designed to merge the psyches of the five Stunticons who compose his form. Unfortunately the great depth of resentment the four limb components feel towards Motormaster, plus the extreme differences in attitude that makes them less a team and more a destruction derby, and of course the tiny detail that they're all psychotic, has created a primal psychological rift and left Menasor an unpredictable mass of conflicting, chaotic impulses.

Extremely powerful, highly mentally unstable, and prone to violent tantrums where he lashes out at anything in range, Menasor is not a weapon to point and fire, but a raging monster to turn loose on the battlefield and then get as far out of range as possible.

Menasor is the combined form of all five Stunticons:

* Motormaster (torso)
* Dead End (left arm)
* Wildrider (left leg)
* Drag Strip (right arm)
* Breakdown (right leg)

In some universes, Offroad replaces Wildrider on the team, with Blackjack acting as a sixth component of the combiner.

Created by Megatron to counteract the Autobots' rule of the road, the Stunticons were powerful in their own right, but were also equipped with a secret ability by the Decepticon leader: they were the second Decepticon combiner team, able to merge into the towering Menasor. Megatron had the Stunticons unveil their combined form to battle the Autobots' new team, the Aerialbots, but Optimus Prime had predicted Menasor's existence, and had given the Aerialbots the power to combine into Superion. Menasor quickly took the upper hand in the fight that ensued between the two giants, his sheer aggression driving the Autobot combiner back, trapping him in a landslide. Just as Menasor was charging his opponent with intent to impale him on a factory smokestack, however, Omega Supreme appeared to intercept the Stunticon gestalt's attack. Omega freed Superion, and the two Autobots overpowered Menasor, forcing him to disengage and retreat. The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2

When the Autobots obtained the weather-manipulating Pearl of Bahoudin, Megatron had the Stunticons merged into Menasor to reclaim the device. His heavy-handed efforts did more harm than good, however, as the Pearl was knocked free from Bumblebee's grasp and was swept up into a cyclone of its own making. Megatron abandoned the field of battle, leaving Menasor to menace the Autobots until the Pearl's storms wiped out all life on Earth. Bumblebee, Tracks and Bluestreak tried burying Menasor in a crevasse, but the giant's prodigious strength allowed him to tear free easily, forcing the Autobots back into a corner as he pressed his attack. Moments before the Autobots met their end, the ~~raging jackass~~ champion driver Auggie Cahnay hopped a cliff in his specially-designed car, launching it full speed *straight into Menasor's face.* Even Menasor couldn't shrug off an impact like that, and went down like a sack of tironium bricks. Trans-Europe Express
By the power of bumblebees!
Menasor's size and strength were brought into play when the Decepticons targeted the Statue of Liberty for destruction, as he could wield the Antillan Lightning Bug heat ray as a hand-held weapon. The Autobots defend the statue, and before Menasor could open fire with the Lightning Bug, a strafing run from the Aerialbots caused him to drop the weapon. His flying foes combined into Superion and the two titans grappling over the weapon until Superion triumphed, throwing Menasor so hard that he splintered into his component Stunticons, giving the Aerialbot combiner the chance to destroy the Lightning Bug. Cosmic Rust
"If you are me, then who am I? This is all way too confusing for me."
While gathering up the components required for a new Decepticon laser weapon, the Stunticons wound up being captured by the Autobots. Looking to find out what Megatron was up to, a squad of Autobots used camouflage paint to disguise themselves as Stunticons to infiltrate the Decepticons camp, but while they were away on the mission, Breakdown managed to shake the true Stunticons free from their cells. The team united into Menasor, who felled their Autobot captors, then smashed his way out of the Autobots' volcano and took off for the Decepticons' temporary base. His arrival confused everyone, as he insisted that the "Stunticons" already present were impostors, but the Autobots were able to maintain their deception a while longer by "merging" into a Menasor form of their own through a combination of Windcharger's magnetic powers and Mirage's illusions. The two Menasors battled, but the Autobots' makeshift combination couldn't stand up to a slash from the true Menasor's sword, and their true identities were exposed. Menasor stood strong in the hail of firepower the Autobots proceeded to unleash against him, but when a cavalry of other Autobots then arrived, the combiner decided he had had enough, and fled. Masquerade
I'll kill you if you point out that I'm just Motormaster with some cars attached to my arms!
When the treacherous Starscream rampaged with his new Combaticon army, Megatron requested the assistance of the Stunticons, only to be rebuffed by Drag Strip. The Stunticons finally decided to take notice when the Combaticons' combined form of Bruticus defeated Devastator; at first, the rowdy bunch of cars did not care if Megatron was destroyed, but they realized Starscream would not simply stop at eliminating his former leader. The team quickly formed Menasor, who dispatched Bruticus with one mighty punch. Starscream's Brigade

In 2005, following their expulsion from Cybertron, the Stunticons retreated with the rest of the Decepticons to the planet of Chaar. When Astrotrain returned with a pittance of energon to go around, the Decepticons began fighting over the small handful of cubes, but Menasor held back until a victor had emerged in the form of Devastator, whom he then attacked. Menasor chopped the energy-deprived Constructicon combiner into his constituent 'bots, but before he could claim his prize, the Insecticons swooped in to snatch up the cube. At that point, Cyclonus arrived to chastise the squabbling Decepticons; Menasor and Astrotrain shared a wearied look as Cyclonus and the Sweeps mindlessly chanted their loyalty to the absent Galvatron. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1

In 2006, the Stunticons attempted to attacked a weakened Defensor, who was missing First Aid, as he rescued a falling train. Unfortunately for them, no sooner had they combined into Menasor than Rodimus Prime and Ultra Magnus blasted their combined form in the back, disabling him before he even laid a hand on Defensor. The Ultimate Weapon

#### *The Animated Movie*

"Bruticus, how come we weren't in the movie?" "Because that would take focus off the new Autobots.
During the Battle of Autobot City in 2005, Menasor and Bruticus staged an attack on Autobot Headquarters, occupying the attentions of Omega Supreme, Superion and Defensor and preventing them from coming to the aid of their comrades in the besieged city. The Animated Movie trade paperback