Dauntless Maximus

Dauntless Maximus is an Autobot combiner from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.

"Who am I? I'm certainly not that fellow SUPERION MAXIMUS, even though I do look like SUPERION MAXIMUS a whole bunch. I'm not SUPERION MAXIMUS, that's for sure. Yep."

Dauntless Maximus is one of four ancient warriors tasked with guarding the Super Energon Temple along with his little brother Superion Maximus.

Physically he is identical to his brother in every way. You'd think that would cause confusion, wouldn't you?

Fiction

Energon cartoon

I was never as good as my totally not made-up brother Zed, and we're totally different people!

Long ago, during a time when the Decepticons and Autobots were at peace, Dauntless Maximus, his brother Superion Maximus, and the Decepticons Constructicon Maximus and Bruticus Maximus were tasked with guarding the Super Energon Temple. The Autobots and Decepticons glared at one another in mutual acrimony until they became completely corroded and were unable to move.

In the year 2020, Megatron, guided by Unicron's voice within him, discovered the Super Energon Temple. Confronted by the four rusted guardians, he destroyed Dauntless Maximus to force them to acknowledge him. While Constructicon Maximus and Bruticus Maximus followed, Superion Maximus was horrified when he awoke, and he fled rather than serve Megatron. Ambition

Some time later when Superion, having been reduced to his central component after defeating Constructicon Maximus, was being savagely beaten by Bruticus Maximus, Dauntless Maximus's ghost appeared to save his little brother. He blasted Bruticus Maximus, destroying his left arm in the process. With his brother momentarily safe, Dauntless Maximus gave him a reassuring smile and faded away. Spark

Toys

Energon

Though no actual toy has been for Dauntless Maximus, since he is identical in every way to his brother, one could just purchase a second Superion Maximus figure and make pretend.

Notes

• As a "hi-then-die" character who actually died before he came back to say hi, Dauntless Maximus was unnamed in the Energon cartoon, and didn't even have a unique character model, appearing first as pile of wreckage, then as an identical twin of Superion. We used to called him "Anonymous Maximus", but he finally got an official name in a 2015 Facebook post of Ask Vector Prime.