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Max Steel: Team Turbo
Cast and crew
Directed by	Sam Chou
Written by	Rob David Rich Fogel
Produced by	Vera M. Hourani Rob David
Score by	Steven Argila
Production information
Prod. code	401 402
Airdate	March 18, 2016
Length	44 minutes
Chronology
Preceded by	Maximum Morphos
Succeeded by	Team Turbo Fusion-Tek

Max Steel: Team Turbo (alternatively titled as Team Turbo Part One and Team Turbo Part Two) is the first animated film of the 2016 duology, and the fourth film overall of Max Steel. Alongside its successor, Team Turbo Fusion-Tek, it is one of the two films to be animated by Arc Productions. The movie was released in March 18, 2016 in Latin America. It was directed by Sam Chou, produced by Vera M. Hourani and Rob David and written by Rob David and Rich Fogel.

In the UK, the movie was transmitted by CITV over two days, being them March 22 and 23 of 2016. The movie was divided into two episodes, each containing around 22 minutes. The movie was temporarily available online for UK viewers.

Synopsis

Max and Steel face their greatest challenge ever! When Max’s greatest enemies unite to take down N-Tek and conquer Copper Canyon, Max and Steel realize that they can’t save the day on their own. It’s time to form a new team of heroes with Tempestra, La Fiera, and C.Y.T.R.O. – TEAM TURBO!

Plot

Mortum about to teleport the N-Tek crew.

The movie starts with Berto being awekened by Jefferson Smith, who was asking for his help. After getting up, he checks the systems of the Daedelus, declaring it was a "total system failure" and that they were going down. Meanwhile, Jim commands the soldiers to evacuate the falling ship, until a mysterious individual teleports to the vehicle. Mortum, as he introduces himself, states that he would be N-Tek's villain in that morning. Jim commands the agents to shoot him, but Mortum's armor deflects their attacks. He releases a powerful energy wave that knocks down the agents around him, including Jim. He quickly gets up and forms a sword to fight back against the villain. However, he is quickly subdued by Mortum, who knocks him down once again. Jefferson sneaks on his back and attacks him with a screwdriver, but Mortum's armor protects him. He attacks Jefferson and is then attacked by Jim and his sword. Mortum quickly grabs the blade of the weapon and uses his strength to destroy its blade, shattering it. He then punches Jim's stomach and holds him by his shoulder while asking where the Connect-Tek was. Jim refuses to reveal the location of the device, angering Mortum. He throws him on the ground and uses his powers to levitate and teleport away the remaining agents on the ship.

Max tries to reach the Daedelus platform.

Meanwhile, Maxwell and his team are playing soccer. He prepares to pass the ball when a another player catches it and scores a goal. The player provokes Max, telling him that he was up against a "soccer power he couldn't possibly understand". Max heads towards his backpack, where Steel was. The Ultralink comments with Max that he had received an emergency signal from N-Tek. Suddenly, debris from the Daedelus begin to fall from the sky onto the field. Max tells everyone to take cover and saves the player from earlier on from being crushed. He then saves McGrath as well. Max introduces himself to the player, who introduces himself as Alex, but states that his friends call him "la fiera". Max thanks him, hides and goes Turbo Flight. He goes after the Daedelus platform. Meanwhile, Alex helps other civilians. He sees moving pieces of Jim McGrath's Connect-Tek Sword, which catches his attention. He inspects the pieces and realizes that they were going somewhere. Max tries to save the Daedelus, but it is too late; the Daedelus crashes into the ground and explodes.

Mortum talks with Copper Canyon's greatest villains.

Max tries to approach what's left of the Daedelus, but Steel warns him that it was too hot. Max then transforms into Turbo Hammer Claw Mode and begins to rip apart the pieces of the Daedelus. He enters the place, but finds it empty. Upon further inspection, Steel reveals that there were traces of transdimensioanal energy, meaning that the crew was seemingly captured. While checking the rubble, Max finds the handle of Jim's Connect-Tek Sword. As he grabs it, more pieces of the sword appear and rejoin the handle to form a blade. Meanwhile, at Mortum's hideout, he contacts Toxzon, Extroyer and the Elementors. He introduces himself and tells them that he had defeated N-Tek, showing a recording of the Daedelus crashing down. He proposes a deal to the villains: he'd give them the secrets of N-Tek in exchange of the Connect-Tek device, which was hidden in one of the bases in Copper Canyon. Meanwhile, Max and Steel receive a distress signal coming from World 31, one of N-Tek's bases. The duo head to the facility and find an army of Extroyer clones raiding the place. Max goes Turbo Stealth and manages to sneak into the base. Meanwhile, Alex, in a motorcycle, observes the facility from the distance, using the piece of the sword to guide him.

C.Y.T.R.O., now gifted with a mind of his own, talks with Rayne.

While checking the facility, Max finds Extroyer, who had contacted Mortum to inform the progress of his mission. He reveals that he did not find the Connect-Tek device and shows him some Makinian letters he had found. Annoyed, Mortum tells him to tear down the base if needed. Max and Steel then head to the room where the distress signal was coming from: one of Roberto's old robotic labs. Thinking they were threats, Rayne Martinez, Berto's sister, attacks the two using C.Y.T.R.O.. After realizing that they were allies, she hugs Max. She shows a medallion, explaining that it began to flash in that morning and that it led her to the World 31 facility. Steel inspects the medallion and realizes that it was made out of the same technology as C.Y.T.R.O.. After inserting a part of the device onto the robot's head, it gains his own conscience. He recognizes Maxwell, Steel and finally Rayne, who quickly introduces herself to him. He explains that he was programmed to protect her in case anything happened to him or N-Tek. Suddenly, Extroyer's clones attempt to invade the room. After activating Turbo Hammer Claw Mode, Max leads the way while C.Y.T.R.O protects Rayne. They leave the base and encounter Extroyer, who commands his clones to attack them. Rayne tries to fight off some of them, but C.Y.T.R.O. protects her. The group is forced to retreat and they go to a mountain to decide what they should do.

The Elementors attack.

Max suggests taking Rayne to a safe place, but realizes that there wasn't one as the entire Copper Canyon was under attack by villains. Based on what he had seen earlier from Mortum and Extroyer's conversation about the Connect-Tek and the Makinian letters, Max comes to the conclusion that the device could be hidden at the Ice Box facility. The group head to said base and eventually find the device there. Meanwhile, Mortum is alerted that one of N-Tek's facilities was activated, and sends the Elementors. They watch a recording of Jim McGrath explaining the Connect-Tek's potential and capabilities. Suddenly, the alarm goes off as someone approaches the base. The group rushes to the entrance of the base, where they meet Alex, who reveals he was following a blue-colored piece of the Connect-Tek sword. They are forced to go inside the base as the Elementors approach the place. Max closes the entrance, but they manage to enter anyway.

Team Turbo is created.

The group locks themselves at the chamber where the Connect-Tek resided while the Elementors attempt to get inside. Despite reluctant at first, Rayne and Alex manage to convince Max to use the power of the Connect-Tek to give them powers. He activates the device, creating Team Turbo. The Elementors are knocked away from the base thanks to a massive T.U.R.B.O. energy explosion. The group fight against the elemental creatures, initially having the upper arm. Unknown to them, Fire Elementor had entered the base and stolen the Connect-Tek. Max and his team attempt to stop him, but are defeated. The Elementors celebrate their victory over the heroes, claiming the device as theirs. Toxzon intervenes and releases a gas from his gauntlets, allowing him to steal the Connect-Tek. Max regains consciousness and watches as Toxzon and the Goopanoids leave with the device in trucks. He gets up, feeling guilty about risking Rayne and Alex's lives. He spots a flying sled and chases after Toxzon and his henchmen.

Max and Team Turbo are cornered by the villains.

Max chases the Goopanoids and manages to reach the truck where the Connect-Tek was located. However, Toxzon intervenes. Max and the villain briefly fight, until he accidentally activates a N-Tek bomb he had stolen. McGrath throws himself from the vehicle, falling into a river. Unconscious, he sees a vision of Jim, who gives him the Connect-Tek. He is rescued by C.Y.T.R.O., fully regaining his consciousness. Desperate, he asks where the the device was, of which C.Y.T.R.O. points out it was on his hand. Extroyer, Toxzon and the Elementors team-up to defeat them. Max activates Turbo Prime Mode and charges Team Turbo's Connect-Tek armors with T.U.R.B.O. energy, allowing them to go Turbo. La Fiera deals with Extroyer in his black tiger form, while Tempestra and C.Y.T.R.O. deal with Firestorm Elementor and Max deals with Toxzon. After La Fiera defeats Extroyer and Max defeats Toxzon, Water and Metal fuse with Firestorm to create Mega-Elementor. Max and his team successfully defeat the villain by delivering a powerful combined blow at his energy core.

Max and Team Turbo invade Mortum's hideout.

Max and the team celebrate their victory. McGrath compliments La Fiera's abilities, revealing his identity to him. Their celebration is interrupted by Mortum, who uses his transdimensional powers to steal the Connect-Tek from Max's hands. Fortunately, Max had inserted a fragment of the Connect-Tek sword inside the container, allowing them track the villain down. Meanwhile, Mortum reveals his plans of evolving himself and turning into a god to an unconscious Jim McGrath, when Team Turbo suddenly invade his base. In order to distract them, Mortum implants bombs on Kat, Jim and Molly and generates a shield in front of them. While escaping, Max attempts to attack Mortum and in the process damages the Connect-Tek. As the countdown begins, Steel quickly access a terminal on Mortum's hideout and tracks down the location of the shield generators. Team Turbo split up, and successfully destroy them. Max then uses his sword to slash the bombs and save them. Jim wakes up, with Max stating that he was safe now. The rest of Team Turbo reunite with him.

Mortum seemingly perishes.

Meanwhile, Mortum is teleported to a deserted location where his two assistants were waiting for him. He shows the Connect-Tek to them, with one of them claiming that the future was about to begin. The other points out that it was damaged, much to Mortum's anger. The Connect-Tek begins to leak energy, with Mortum claiming that it was too much power. As his assistants run away, the device emits a light that engulfs Mortum's body, seemingly killing him.

Cast

• Andrew Francis as Max/Toxzon/Fire Elementor/Air Elementor
• Sam Vincent as Steel/Berto/Soccer Coach (uncredited)
• Lili Beaudoin as Rayne/Molly
• Adrian Petriw as Alex
• Colin Murdock as C.Y.T.R.O.
• Brian Drummond as Water Elementor/Earth Elementor/Extroyer/Lord Nexus
• Scott McNeil as Professor Mortum/N-Tek intruder voice (uncredited)
• Trevor Devall as Jim McGrath/Metal Elementor

Events

Continuity

• The movie takes place two years after the events of Maximum Morphos.
• The remaining Makinian technology on Copper Canyon was captured by N-Tek and put on a hidden base named as Ice Box.

Noteworthy events

• The Connect-Tek is introduced.
• The Daedelus Platform is destroyed.
• C.Y.T.R.O. is gifted with artificial intelligence thanks to a chip made by Berto.
• Team Turbo is created.

Featured Characters

• Professor Mortum
• Alejandro Villar
• Rayne Martinez
• Firestorm Elementor

Toy Line

Main article: Team Turbo (toy line)

Turbo Prime Max Steel, one of the products of the Team Turbo line.

Mattel released a toy line based on Team Turbo. The boxes feature the logo of the film, Max and Team Turbo in their standard modes in the left side of the box and red coloring to distinguish the products from the rest of the line. There was also a small window labelling the toy as "From the movie!".

Some of the products were first shown in the 2015 edition of the CCXP (Comic Con Experiece), the largest convention about pop culture on Latin America, hosted on São Paulo, Brazil.. The figures were shown in six hexagonal-shaped showcases. There was also a panel featuring a giant image of Morphos in cardboard of which people could take pictures with.

Production

Screenshot of a test footage made featuring 2D animation.

Sam Chou, the director of the film, was approached by Mattel in early 2015 to work on the franchise. In early stages of production, Mattel considered making the movie in 2D. However, production was eventually handed over to Arc Productions. In mid 2015, a 3D test featuring a model of La Fiera's Turbo Tiger Mode was made to present to Mattel. In October 7 2015, Team Turbo and Team Turbo Fusion-Tek were publicly announced at MIPCOM by Mattel as a part of their 2016 content slate. In October 28, 2015, Ammo Creative uploaded the first promotional trailer of Team Turbo, narrated by Andrew Francis and featuring the voices of Lili Beaudoin for Tempestra, Adrian Petriw for La Fiera and Colin Murdock for C.Y.T.R.O.. The trailer showcased the team with a brief description about them and their respective Turbo Modes and the plot of the movie.

In December 2015, four TV spots for the 2016 toy line were made, with one of them being based in one of the scenes of the movie, specifically the battle of Max against Extroyer's clones.

In February 28, 2016, Sam Chou released a short teaser of the film featuring the finished animation and dub.

In January 2021, Team Turbo and Team Turbo Fusion-Tek were added to the Amazon Prime streaming services.

Gallery

Max Steel: Team Turbo's gallery can be seen here.

Trivia

• Team Turbo and its successor, Team Turbo Fusion-Tek, were both animated by Arc Productions. Nerd Corps Entertainment wasn't involved anymore in the project as the studio had been recently bought by DHX Media.
• A new character named as Lord Nexus is mentioned in the credits, although he is not seen on the movie. He later debuts in Turbo-Charged as the leader of a mysterious organization named after him.
• Omari Newton, Nicole Oliver and Kathleen Barr didn't reprise their roles as Jefferson Smith, Molly McGrath and Kat Ryan either due to the budget or time restraints. Instead, Trevor Devall provides Jefferson's grunts, a sample of Nicole Oliver shouting Berto's name was used and Lili Beaudoin briefly voiced her and Kat Ryan had no speaking role on the entire film.
  • Additionally, several characters like Steel, Extroyer, Toxzon and the Elementors do not have effects applied to their voices, causing them to sound different compared to the previous appearances. Despite misconceptions, these characters are still voiced by the same voice actors who previously voiced them.
• The DVD of the film was packaged with some of the action figures from the 2017 toy line.
• In 2016, Team Turbo was split into 18 parts and was uploaded on the series' Official Website and YouTube channel. Each part had around 2 to 3 minutes and were available in Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and Turkish.
• Team Turbo marks the last time in which N-Tek and its agents appear. An explanation about their disappearance is not given.
  • It also marks the last appearances of Extroyer and Toxzon.
• In the climax of the film, Toxzon, Extroyer and the Elementors unite to take down Max Steel and Team Turbo. This could be a reference to Max Steel: The Toxic Legion, in which the classic versions of these characters unite to take down the hero.

Goofs

• Commander Forge Ferrus appears with his normal arm rather than his robotic arm in the beginning of the film.
• When C.Y.T.R.O. identificates Steel, he refers him as "Aksteel X337" instead of X377.
• The top of Mortum's armor doesn't appears when Max and his team invades his hideout.
• Mortum's coat pass through his chest after he knocks down Jim in the beginning of the movie.
• After Max and his team are defeated, Fire Elementor appears holding the Connect-Tek, but in the next scene, Metallak appears holding it.
• After La Fiera transforms into Turbo Tiger Mode, Tempestra appears in the front and he suddenly disappears.