“ Wow, what a rush!
—Alex, Team Turbo
Alejandro Villar, or simply Alex, is a recurring character in the Max Steel movie saga. He is a skillful soccer player and a member of Max Steel's Team Turbo, donning the name of La Fiera. With the use of his Connect-Tek suit, Alex can create Turbo Animal Modes, allowing him to mimic traits and attributes of animals. He debuted in Team Turbo and is voiced by Adrian Petriw.
History[]
Early Life[]
Alejandro Villar, or "Alex" for short, grew up an only child, raised by his grandmother in downtown Copper Canyon.[1]
Animated Films[]
Team Turbo[]
Max and Alex's teams were playing soccer, with the latter's team having the upper arm. After scoring a goal, the crowd screams Alex's nickname, La Fiera, and he brags about his abilities to Max. Their match is interrupted by pieces of the Daedelus Platform falling on the field. A piece was about to fall on Alex, but Max saves his life by pushing him. He asks him if he was okay, but before Alex could answer, he pushes Max and saves him. McGrath thanks him and introduces himself and Alex does the same thing. Max then leaves while Alex helps other civilians. He spots moving pieces from Jim McGrath's Connect-Tek Sword, which caught his attention. He inspects the pieces and realizes that they were heading somewhere.
Alex places the sword pieces in a jar and uses it to guide him. Using his motorcycle, he ends up at the Ice Box, where he is found by Max Steel, Rayne Martinez and C.Y.T.R.O., who were armed-up thinking that a potential threat was approaching the base. Suddenly, the Elementors, sent by Professor Mortum, approach the Ice Box. Max and the others get inside of the base and he closes the blast doors, but the villains manage to get inside. After temporarily escaping from the Elementors, Max asks Alex if he had brought them, of which he denies and shows the jar containing the sword pieces, revealing that he was just following them. He accidentally drops the jar, breaking it and causing the pieces to merge and complete the Connect-Tek sword. A door opens, revealing the chamber with the Connect-Tek device. The Elementors reach the group, but they get inside of the chamber.
Team Turbo is created.
The Elementors attempt to break into the room while Alex and Rayne attempt to convince Max to activate the Connect-Tek. While initially reluctant, Max decides to use it and tells Alex, Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. to create armors. He powers up the device, creating Team Turbo. With his Turbo Tiger Mode, Alex, now La Fiera, fights Earth Elementor. With Max and his team distracted, Fire Elementor manages to sneak into the Ice Box and successfully steals the Connect-Tek. La Fiera and Tempestra rush to recover the device, but are ultimately defeated. Shortly after Max and Team Turbo's defeat, Toxzon, also sent by Mortum, appears and steals the Connect-Tek for himself and escapes. Max, blaming himself for endangering the lives of innocent civilians, decides to go after Toxzon's henchmen.
Max successfully obtains the Connect-Tek, but ends up unconscious in a lake after a battle against Toxzon. He is rescued by C.Y.T.R.O. and is then reunited with Team Turbo. Their reunion is interrupted by Extroyer, Toxzon and Elementors, who team up to take down Max and his team. He charges La Fiera, C.Y.T.R.O. and Tempestra with T.U.R.B.O. Energy and they fight against the villains. Alex engages in combat against Extroyer in his black tiger form. With his strength, La Fiera manages to defeat the villain. He then assists Max, Tempestra and C.Y.T.R.O. in defeating Mega-Elementor.
Team Turbo invade Mortum's hideout.
They commemorate their victory over the villains and Max reveals his identity to La Fiera, who jokes about it. Mortum, as a hologram, shows up and uses his Transdimensional Energy to steal the Connect-Tek container from Max's hands. Luckily, they had snuck a piece of the Connect-Tek sword onto the container, allowing them to track down Mortum's hideout. The villain escapes via teleportation, but plants bombs in Jim, Molly and Kat. Max is unable to destroy the bombs thanks to a shield, but Steel quickly discovers that three generators were powering it up. Max sends out his team to destroy them. After doing so, Max slashes the bombs in half and commemorates their victory over Mortum along with Team Turbo.
Team Turbo Fusion-Tek[]
La Fiera chases a thief.
During patrol, Max, Alex, Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. spotted thieves stealing money from a bank. To stop them, Max and his team go Turbo, with Alex transforming into Turbo Tiger Mode. They chase after the thieves, who split up. La Fiera goes after a thief and successfully stops him like the rest of Team Turbo. After their defeat, the citizens of Copper Canyon cheer the heroes.
Alex, Max, Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. later hang out. He spots a hot dog vendor and buys a hot dog. While eating it, he brags about his abilities, claiming that he did most of the job capturing the thieves and states that he should be a solo act. Max then comments that him and Steel were thinking about new Turbo Modes for them, causing Alex and Rayne to feel excited. Their talk is interrupted after they spot a strange figure wandering the streets. Max tries to talk with the individual, who is revealed to be the hot dog vendor from earlier albeit mutated. Alex feels uneasy and vomits the hot dog that he was eating. Shortly after, a horde of zombie-like creatures begin to approach the group.
La Fiera is attacked by a robot zombie.
Max and Team Turbo activate their Turbo Modes, with La Fiera going Turbo Tiger. He fights using his full force, though Max advises him to hold back as they are civilians. After fighting against more zombies, La Fiera is caught off guard by a zombie, who begins to consume his brainwaves. Tempestra saves him and helps him, jokingly asking him if he still wanted to be a solo act. Suddenly, the zombies stop attacking and open their mouths to send the brain energy to an unknown location, allowing Max and his team to track down whoever was after the infection.
Max and Team Turbo head to Mortum's hideout, where he was attempting to transform his nephew into a zombie. Tempestra attacks Mortum by electrocuting him, La Fiera slashes him with his claws and C.Y.T.R.O. vaporizes him with an energy ray. Max approaches Mortum's nephew to ask him if he was okay and give more detail about what they had fought against. He reveals that it was Mortum, who had mutated into a robot zombie, and explains his motives. Afterwards, Mortum recreates himself, transforming into a centipede-like abomination. La Fiera pounces at Mortum and uses his strength to dismember him, though he quickly recreates his lost members, claiming he couldn't be killed.
Turbo-Charged[]
Alongside Max and the rest of Team Turbo, La Fiera invaded an abandoned warehouse in hopes of finding hostages. However, they discover it was a trap set by someone. Various cubes begin to emerge from the ground, which depower Max and Team Turbo after they try to fend them off. Unconscious, La Fiera, Tempestra and C.Y.T.R.O. are placed inside containers while a masked individual tortures Max to obtain a portion of his energy. After obtaining it, he commands his masked allies to electrocute Team Turbo, causing them to wake up. Angered, Max nearly goes supernova and releases an extremely powerful T.U.R.B.O. energy shockwave that destroys the electronic devices on the room, causing a massive explosion.
Max, La Fiera, Tempestra and C.Y.T.R.O. gear up.
After the incident, Alex, Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. hide at an abandoned subway station where their new hideout was located. After Max arrives, they enter their base and Max begins to train his new green powers. Thanks to Rayne's efforts, they find the individual who supposedly had set the trap for them: Dr. Prometheus Halifax, a billionaire who founded the Halifax Industries. Max and his team decide to investigate, but before doing so, Steel introduces them to the newly created Steel-Tek gear. La Fiera and the others gain new armors made to be adapted with Max's new green T.U.R.B.O. energy.
The group head to the Halifax Industries Building, with Alex and Max infiltrating the lower part of the construction while Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. investigate the top. Max and La Fiera meet Prometheus, who reveals himself to be the one who stole Max's energy. After injecting himself with Terror Energy, a synthesized version of Max's blue energy, onto himself, he mutates into a monster and renames himself to "Terrorax". La Fiera and Max engage in combat with Terrorax, although they are easily overpowered by him. Tempestra and C.Y.T.R.O. later interfere in their battle, but they are defeated as well. As such, Max and Team Turbo are forced to retreat.
La Fiera fights Snare.
Back in their base, Steel discovers that Terrorax had set up three Terror Energy emitters in three different locations. Team Turbo head to said locations, but instead of finding the emitters, they are greeted by the newly formed "Team Terror". La Fiera faces Snare, an assassin robot equipped with various weapons and traps. The hero is restrained by the robot's energy lash, but he manages to break free by creating Turbo Raptor Mode, allowing him to defeat Snare with ease. After Team Turbo deal with the rest of Team Terror, they head to Terrorax's Hideout, whose location was found by Steel after he messaged Team Turbo to talk about Team Terror.
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La Fiera versus Night Howl.
At Terrorax's hideout, Max and Team Turbo interfere with Terrorax's plans of deactivating Copper Canyon's power, but he sends out Team Terror to deal with them. La Fiera fights against the agile Night Howl, a mechanically enhanced predator. Meanwhile, Terrorax succeeds in deactivating the power of the city. La Fiera defeats Night Howl by kicking him into a wall, causing him to faint. After the rest of Team Turbo defeat Team Terror, they distract Terrorax while Max uses his powers to reactivate the technology at Copper Canyon. After doing so, Terrorax releases a powerful energy shockwave that takes down Team Turbo.
Eventually, Terrorax is defeated by Max an his base begins to self-destruct. Max and his team escape from the base with Team Terror and the Terror Energy Generator. While heading back to their base, Alex questions Max if it was the last time they dealt with the Nexus organization. He denies, despite remaining optimistic about his new power.
Turbo-Warriors[]
Abilities[]
- Superhuman Strength: Alex wears a Connect-Tek suit that enhances his physical capabilities, with him being stronger and more durable than an average individual.
- Bionic Panther Physiology (temporarily): In Turbo-Warriors, Alex is turned into a bionic panther after he was bit by a super-powered Night Howl. This condition was later reversed thanks to Max's efforts.
- Superhuman Strength: Alex's strength was enhanced in his bionic panther form. He was able to tear Snare to pieces in mere seconds.
- Flight: When Max activates Turbo Rocket Spear Mode, Alex gains rockets attached to the sides of his body, allowing him to fly.
- Enhanced Stealthiness: Alex's bionic panther features dark colors, allowing him to blend in with dark environments and go unnoticed.
Arsenal[]
- Connect-Tek Suit: Alex wears a protective suit featuring Connect-Tek technology, allowing him to organize and reorganize its pieces to create various Turbo Animal Modes with unique abilities. In Turbo-Charged, his Connect-Tek suit is upgraded with Steel-Tek, being able to adapt to Max's new green T.U.R.B.O. energy. Additionally, he has a Chameleon Mode, which allows him to turn completely invisible.
- Turbo Animal Modes: La Fiera is capable of creating Turbo Animal Modes, which incorporate traces and abilities of animals.
- Alex's Motorcycle: A motorcycle that Alex owns.
- Brain Shield (temporarily): A device developed by Steel during the Technopocalypse. It prevents the brain energy of the user from being absorbed by Mortum's robot zombies. In turn, the user is unable to transform into Turbo Modes.
- Alex's Bike: A bike featuring Steel-Tek technology.
Skills[]
- Soccer Skills: As shown in Team Turbo, Alex is a skilled soccer player, having incredible reflexes and being quite agile. His skills earned him the name of "la fiera" by his teammates.
- Skilled Fighter: Alex is shown to be a proficient fighter, as he was able to match and overpower Extroyer and Night Howl's skills with relative ease.
Weaknessess[]
- T.U.R.B.O. Energy Shortage: If Alex's armor runs out of Max's energy, he is temporarily unable to switch between Turbo Animal Modes.
Appearance[]
Alex is a muscular and tall Latino teenager with an athletic body type. He has brown skin, slicked black hair with the sides of his head shaved and brown eyes. In his civilian appearance, he wears a black and grey jacket with red lines, grey jeans and black shoes.
As La Fiera, he wears a black-red-yellow sleeveless suit. He wears a black and red helmet with a yellow T-shaped visor. His upper torso is enveloped by a spiky red armor that wraps around his left side of his chest. His right chest has a white piece featuring Team Turbo's logo and his right shoulder has an armor pad. His left arm has a gauntlet with a razor on its tip. He has red details on his right thigh and red boots.
His second Connect-Tek suit gains a slightly more complex and detailed design while still resembling its first version. He gains a red piece around his neck and his right arm is completely covered with a red armor. This piece, along with his gauntlet and lower torso, gains shining green strips, representing Max's Green T.U.R.B.O.. The white piece containing Team Turbo's logo also suffers a slight redesign, gaining more angular edges.
Personality[]
Alejandro has a fierce thirst for adventure and a desire to prove himself. He loves to be the center of attention, especially from the crowd when he is playing soccer. Boastful and sassy, Alex likes to brag about his abilities to his friends and provoke his enemies. On the other hand, he is a brave, big-hearted and friendly teenager who loves animals, soccer, motorcycles and deeply cares for the people around him. He is a great Max Steel admirer, knowing how many times he risked his life to keep Copper Canyon and its citizens safe. He also stated in Turbo-Charged that he hates going to missions without eating first.
He was also described as a "lone wolf" by Steel, which might point out that Alex was lonely in the past and had a difficulty to befriend people.
Relationships[]
Maxwell McGrath[]
- Alex: "Listen to me, Max. I'm a fan. You think I don't know what you've done for the city? Taking on super-villains on twenty-four seven, keeping hombres like me safe, I followed you this far, man. So let me show you what I can do!"
Alex and Max were rivals on soccer, but once Max saved his life, they both became friends. In their first interaction, Alex constantly provoked Max in the game, even saying that his skills were so good that he couldn't understand. After he discovered that Max was Max Steel, he humorously said that if he was ugly like Max, he would use a mask too.
Alejandro admires Max Steel a lot and considers himself as his fan, knowing how many times he risked his life to save Copper Canyon's civilians, defeating villains everyday and protecting people like him. He constantly tries to show to Max how powerful and brave he is.
Extroyer[]
La Fiera and Extroyer's rivalry.
La Fiera and Extroyer are both archenemies. Alejandro says that he is merely an imitator. In Team Turbo, La Fiera gets into brutal battle with Extroyer, and with some difficulty, manages to defeat him.
Rayne Martinez[]
Rayne and Alex are friends. During the Elementors' attacks on the Ice Box, Alex saved her life twice and she was admired by his action. They usually appear provoking each other, as seen in Team Turbo Fusion-Tek.
In Turbo-Warriors, when La Fiera was on flames thanks to Fire and Metal Elementor, Rayne calmed him down by that she was there. Upon hearing it, La Fiera recomposes himself.
C.Y.T.R.O.[]
C.Y.T.R.O. and La Fiera usually help each other on battles. In Team Turbo, C.Y.T.R.O. helped La Fiera by using his Turbo Chopper Mode to help him fly and defeat Mega-Elementor.
Elementors[]
Professor Mortum[]
Terrorax[]
Night Howl[]
Quotes[]
- "Uh, maybe now's not a good time?" — Team Turbo
- (to Extroyer) "No one likes a copycat! In the end ... there can be only one! La Fiera!" — Team Turbo
Other Media[]
Toys[]
- An action figure La Fiera's base mode was released in the first half of 2016 under the name of Base Mode La Fiera.
- An action figure based on La Fiera's Turbo Tiger Mode was released in the first half of 2016, titled as Turbo Tiger La Fiera and being categorized under the Team Turbo subline.
- An action figure based on La Fiera's Eagle Mode was released in the second half of 2016. It is named Eagle La Fiera and is categorized under the Team Turbo Fusion-Tek subline. A simpler version was released in late 2016 as a part of a battle pack named as Eagle La Fiera, Max Steel and C.Y.T.R.O. VS Toxzon and a green-colored version was released in early 2017 as a part of La Fiera, Max Steel, C.Y.T.R.O. and Snare battle pack.
- La Fiera is indirectly present on Mega Max Steel, an action figure that features all the powers of Team Turbo. The toy features La Fiera's claws from his Eagle Mode and the leg of his Tiger Mode.
- A repaint of La Fiera's base mode was released in the first half of 2017 under the name of Stealth La Fiera, categorized under the Turbo-Charged subline.
- An action figure of La Fiera's Turbo Raptor Mode was released in the first half of 2017, named as Turbo Raptor La Fiera. It is categorized under the Turbo-Charged subline.
- An action figure of La Fiera's Rhino Mode was released in 2018, named as Rhino Attack La Fiera.
Games[]
- La Fiera appears as a playable character in Techno-Zombie Infection. The player has access to his Turbo Base Mode and Turbo Tiger Mode.
Others[]
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- La Fiera was the fifth hero introduced on the toy line, the first being Max Steel, the second being C.Y.T.R.O., the third being Forge Ferrus, and the fourth being Ven-Ghan.
- In the first trailer of Team Turbo, when La Fiera is shown, the announcer says "Raging like a beast!", which is a pun with his name, as the word "beast" means "fiera" on Spanish.
- Coincidentally, Alejandro's first Turbo Animal Mode was based on a tiger, similar to his archenemy, Extroyer, whose first mode was a black tiger.
- Alex occasionally uses Spanish words while talking.
- Initially, Alex was the only member of Team Turbo to not possess the ability of flight. He later gets Turbo Eagle Mode on Team Turbo Fusion-Tek, which has this ability.
- La Fiera, Alex's alter ego, is probably based off on Black Panther, a Marvel character. Alex's Turbo Tiger Mode heavily resembles Black Panther's suit and his Turbo Eagle Mode resembles Falcon, another Marvel character.
- He was never referred as "Alejandro" by any characters in the films so far.
- In 2017, the official Max Steel channel released a series of videos named as "The Secret Files of Max Steel" for some of the movie saga characters, including Alex. In his video, his full name is said to be Alex de La Torre, which contradicts the information given by the series' official website, in which it states that his name is Alejandro Villar.[2]
- In Turbo-Warriors, Alex states that he has "problems with sharks", which might point out that he has Galeophobia or Selachophobia, which is the extreme fear of sharks.