Halonix Maximus

Halonix Maximus is an Autobot from the Generation 1 continuity family.

Let me see your giant Autobot hologram.

Decepticons scatter in fear at the merest sight of Halonix Maximus. Towering over even the mighty Devastator, this incredible Autobot behemoth could surely shatter mountains and sunder the ground with his merest step. But he need not even take that step, need not set one foot upon the battlefield. The most meager of syllables uttered by his booming voice is enough to break the fighting spirit of the hardiest Decepticon and even put the fear of Primus into Megatron himself.

...to such an extent that they won't bother to check whether he's actually there, and not just a product of Hound's hologram powers.

Halonix is sometimes known by the diminutive Halo and the call sign Gigantron.

Fiction

Generation 1 cartoon continuity

The Transformers cartoon

Voice actor: Peter Cullen (English), Tesshō Genda (Japanese), Jacques Ferrière (European French)

Believing that Megatron had legally defeated Optimus Prime in a one-on-one duel that forced them to leave the planet, the Autobots were compelled to ignore a battle raging outside their headquarters between the Dinobots and the Decepticons' newest warrior, the towering combiner Devastator. When Teletraan I revealed that Megatron had cheated in the battle, however, the Autobots immediately sprang into action. Lacking the physical power to take down Devastator, they turned to trickery and had Hound project a hologram of a massive Autobot, bigger even than Devastator, which mocked the Decepticon's claim that nothing could defeat him. The horrified Decepticons were stunned by the sudden appearance of this giant Autobot, and Optimus Prime exploited the opening to blast Devastator in just the right spot, forcing the Constructicons to disengage. The giant Autobot's purpose served, Hound shut off his hologram, and Megatron exploded with rage at the realization he had been tricked. Heavy Metal War

Wings Universe

Halonix Maximus was an aristocrat among Cybertronian society. Possessing an extreme superiority complex, Halonix often refused to speak to anyone he considered his inferior.^[1] Despite his kingly bearing, Halonix was a dedicated member of the Autobot Guard. He was part of the Advanced Observation Unit, the only unit on constant active duty prior to the breakout of the war. When Magnum formed the Autobot Elite Guard after the battle of Beta-Nine, he recruited Halo and the AOU soldiers as officers and unit commanders. Sentinel Major's Wings of Honor profile

Halo eventually became the leader of the Elite Guard's Artillery Team, also sometimes referred to as the 116th. Presumably directed by Padlock, Halonix Maximus carpet bombed three of Megatron's unfortunate warriors—Abacus, Datamine, and Deadbolt—as they bickered about their choice of allegiances. Back at Elite Guard Headquarters, Sentinel Major quipped about Big Bang's new "call sign" for Halonix —"Gigantron"— saying that "He loves it." "He", of course, referring to Big Bang rather than Halonix. A Team Effort

Halo and his Artillery Team were present at Elite Guard headquarters to fend off Deathsaurus's forces when they laid siege to the complex. The Coming Storm: Part 5 Even Halo's impressive stature was not enough to deal with the new Decepticon combination robot, Bruticus. He was destroyed alongside his fellow Guardsmen battling the treacherous Combaticons and their united form. The Coming Storm: Part 6

2019 IDW continuity

Halonix Maximus was a powerful Cybertronian of great renown who lived during the Age of the Firstforged. His various feats included constructing Crystal City alongside Solomus and Alchemist Prime, A Dust of Crystals fighting Preditron in the Cybertronian hinterlands, Tremors, battling Gaidora and her turbofox pack alongside Big Bang, End of Time and drilling into the Great Lair of the turbofoxes with Zarak Maximus to save Solomus. Zarak later betrayed his comrade and tried to kill him. Records of Halonix's deeds were among the knowledge contained within the Matrix of Leadership, while the Senate building hosted a statue depicting his battle against Zarak. War World: Prime

Notes

• Hound's hologram robot did not receive a name for its appearance in The Transformers cartoon, but was designated "Giant Autobot" in the scripts and storyboards. The giant Autobot hologram was turned into a character and named decades later in the Wings Universe stories.
• Despite then having only appeared once in fiction, the giant Autobot was immortalized in super deformed glory as part of a large illustration of the entire cast of the cartoon, drawn by Hidetsugu Yoshioka for Pioneer's LaserDisc release of the cartoon in Japan. That's him on the extreme right, looking very much like a last-minute addition to the image.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Giant (ジャイアント Jaianto)

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