Maximilian

### **Enemies**

V.I.N.CENT, B.O.B., Dan Holland, Charlie Pizer, Kate McCrae, Harry Booth, Alex Durant

### **Weapons**

His spinning blades, lasers, electrical chargers

### **Fate**

Gets trapped in Hell with his creator encased inside his body.

**Maximilian** is a robot and the de-facto second-in-command of the *USS Cygnus*.

## Personality and Appearance

Although he is not programmed to speak, his sharp stiff body language does the talking. He shows no trust towards strangers especially even when they are considered as guests. Even though he is Reinhardt's loyal number one, He's also known to disobey his master's wishes and will do as he pleases when he kills Dr. Durant or ignores Reinhardt's cry for help.

Maximilian's interaction with V.I.N.CENT is like as Reinhardt quotes  *David and Goliath* although through out is was a fiercer dislike between the to.

## In the Movie

When the crew of the Palomino arrive at the command tower, Maximilian is the first robot to approach them and almost threatens to eliminate them, particularly V.I.N.CENT until Dr. Reinhardt orders him to stand down. His first appearance shows he was not programmed to speak. Although Reinhardt permitted the Palomino crew to access spare parts to repair their ship, Maximilian aggressively approached and blocked V.I.N.CENT and the others. Reinhardt forces Captain Holland to ask politely before the eccentric scientist called his robot off.

He assists Captain Holland, Pizer and V.I.N.CENT in acquiring the parts they need to repair their ship but continue to show no trust towards the visitors, initially not letting Charlie Pizer to access the parts and catching Holland snooping around the USS Cygnus. Maximilian also would not earlier indicate to Pizer what the Cygnus was up to. B.O.B. clearly was afraid of Maximilian, moving away once he spotted Max. According to him, S.T.A.R. was the number one robot for Reinhart until the made scientist built Maximilian.

The Palomino crew received an invite to dinner with Reinhardt and as Holland, Pizer and V.I.N.CENT, Holland told the robot it would be better with out him and Maximilian in their presence. V.I.N.CENT counters his could handle Max then they saw a shooting range and V.I.N.CENT entered after the two officers suggestion. Part of the way through dinner, Max appear and Reinhardt managed to comprehend that he needed to see the Cygnus Probe ship and its results.

Later, Dr. Kate McCrae learns the truth of the Cygnus crew. Dr. Durant initially not believing, took the mask off a humanoid. Alex tries to take Kate to the elevator, however, Maximilian aggressively approaches and activates his spinning blade. Alex uses the documents Reinhardt gave him earlier and shields Kate with himself. Nevertheless, the senior scientist is killed and further electrocuted on the Cygnus power plant below. Reinhardt did not agree with his robot's actions, told the junior scientist to protect him from Maximilian although sent her to the medical facility. This shows Reinhardt actually supports Maxillian's move. Later, Reinhardt scolds his lead robot for the victory of the Palomino crew and B.O.B. against the Sentry Robots.

When the Cygnus is on the edge of destruction, Reinhardt orders his robot to prepare the Probe Ship. However, Maximilian instead goes after the rest of the crew of the Palomino, leaving his master later pinned down against a huge monitor screen. This is another indicator of Maximilian disobeying and his focus on attack the visitors. He takes Palomino by surprise and shoots B.O.B.. V.I.N.CENT fights him off while the crew escape to the Probe Ship. He nearly destroys V.I.N.CENT until V.I.N.CENT drills through his circuitry and lifelessly gets sucked away into the black hole. It is it shown that Maximilian laser strike is fatal at finally destroyed B.O.B.

Reinhardt and Maximilian are merged together and are last seen standing upon a hellish landscape.

## Trivia

* The Basher Beetleworx takes on the form of Maximilian in Tomorrow City in *Epic Mickey*.
* Maximillian, for both visor and spinning blades, is cited as one of the inspirations for the Omnidroid in *The Incredibles*, which was released in 2004.