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I am vengeance!
—Morphos, Dawn of Morphos

Morphos, aka Project Morphos, is one of Max Steel's enemies introduced on the film saga and the main antagonist of Dawn of Morphos and Maximum Morphos. Possessing the power of Reactive Adaptation, Morphos is capable of instantly stealing the powers of the foe he is fighting with by using his tendril-like extensions. Initially created with the intent of destroying Max Steel and N-Tek once and for all, Morphos developed his own conscience and agenda and sought to prove that he was a greater villain than his creator, Miles Dread.

Now with a goal in mind, Morphos uses his powers of Reactive Adaptation to steal the abilities of Max's villains and stop them. With them imprisoned, Morphos is labelled as a hero by the citizens of Copper Canyon and eventually becomes their mayor. He later uses THI's technology to turn the entire Copper Canyon into mutants like him, and planned to eventually turn the entire world as well. However, he is ultimately stopped by Max Steel, with his powers being irreparably damaged after the combat.

Morphos debuted in Dawn of Morphos and is voiced by Brian Dobson.

History[]

Early years[]

Morphos creation

N-Tek experimenting with the Project Morphos.

When Jim McGrath came to Earth, he founded N-Tek along with Molly McGrathForge Ferrus and Miles Dread to stop Makino's iminent Ultralink invasion. At his ship, they worked on many projects to stop the villain, such as the Turbo Star and Morphos. The latter was designed as a last resort to take down Makino, but there was no guarantee that Morphos would settle down and could become an even bigger threat than Makino himself. As such, the group vetoed the project and opted in using the Turbo Star.

Animated Films[]

Dawn of Morphos[]

After Makino's destruction at the hands of Max Steel, Dread recreates Morphos by the use of lightning rays, multiple parts of monsters and mutants and his own DNA. After the creature is brought to life, he approaches Miles Dread, who states that project Morphos was an "unqualified success". The monster mutters his name and asks what he was while referring to Miles as his father. After he shows an hologram of Max Steel to Morphos, he understands that he must eliminate the hero. Miles shows him another hologram of a completion device that would give him the answers about his existence.

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Max and Morphos clash for the first time.

Dread later sends Morphos to Copper Canyon, where he starts to wreak havoc until Max intervenes. Upon the hero's arrival, the creature attacks him, but Max dodges and activates Turbo Strength Mode, granting him the upper arm in the battle. Eventually, Morphos latches his chest tentacle on Max's armor, assimilating the powers of his Turbo Strength Mode. He powers up his fists and delivers a powerful blow to Morphos, who is thrown across Copper Canyon and ends up at the ocean. He is later found by Jason Naught.

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Miles explains his plan of destroying everything Max cares about with his own powers.

Later on, Max and N-Tek head to an abandoned warehouse believing to be one of Miles Dread's hideouts. Max and Steel fall into a trap and are forced to fight against Morphos, who is revealed to have stolen the hero's Turbo Strength Mode. As the creature approaches the hero, he activates Turbo Strength Mode and attempts to fight against Morphos, but he is quickly subdued. The monster relentlessly fights against Max, using his strength to crash the hero through multiple buildings and throwing him across the city, causing him to fall on the ocean. He activates Turbo Flight Mode and attempts to escape, but Morphos ultimately steals his powers once again. The creature chases him throughout the skies of Copper Canyon city, and eventually manages to knock him to the ground. Max runs out of options and tries to use his own T.U.R.B.O. Energy to stop Morphos, but he is not affected at all. He continues his fight with Max, and ultimately causes him to faint after being continuously beaten by the villain. While the hero is losing his consciousness, Morphos switches to his Turbo Strength Mode and Miles shows up, claiming that his creation is about to destroy everything he cared about with Max's own powers. Morphos delivers a powerful blow to Max, throwing him across Copper Canyon.

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Morphos wreaks havoc at N-Tek.

Miles compliments Morphos. He asks what would be his purpose after Max Steel's defeat, but he dodges the question by saying that he needed to wait to know. Morphos later heads to N-Tek's dam base and uses his Turbo Strength Mode to get inside of the facility. He tears apart the place, taking down many soldiers and destroying multiple turrets. He goes to the prison level and frees Jason Naught, who complains mentioning that he had taken too much time. He punches Naught and proceeds with his mission of tearing apart N-Tek. Kat and Jefferson use a bazooka in an attempt of stoping the creature, but he is not harmed at all. C.Y.T.R.O. then steps in, but ultimately has its own powers stolen and destroyed in combat. Shortly after, Miles Dread and an army of Dread Naughts invade the place.

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Morphos tries to kill Miles Dread.

The N-Tek team is captured and Miles properly introduces Morphos to them. The creature once again demands his creator for answers about his existence, leading to a discussion between the two. The team is taken to the prison level, where Morphos states that they had conquered N-Tek and that they shouldn't waste their time with a "petty revenge". Miles argues that his desire for revenge is the only reason why Morphos exists, of which he replies that he is capable of much more than that. Morphos and Miles engage in combat, with the latter mentioning that he could destroy him at any moment, although the monster rebuffs. He subdues his creator, steals his powers and proceeds to use them against him. Morphos pins Dread against the wall, and attempts to kill him. However, he manages to reason with his creation, stating that he was the only one under possession of the answers about his existence. Dread then sends him out to kill Molly McGrath.

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Morphos merges two powers at the same time.

Morphos invades the apartment of the McGrath and attempts kill Molly, but Max intervenes just in time. The two engage in combat, with the villain initially having the upper arm due to his new powers. After Max activates Turbo Cannon Spike Mode, Morphos gleefully attempts to steal it, but fails. He attempts to escape via his Turbo Flight Mode, but Max shoots multiple shards at Morphos, causing him to plummet on a building, destroying it. Before he could be contained, Morphos escapes and heads back to Miles' mansion. He attempts to reason with Dread give him the answers about his existence, but he refuses to. Morphos decides to do it by force, and takes the completion device from his creator's hands, absorbing it. He melts until he is nothing but a pool of yellow mass. Dread stomps on his remains and leaves. Morphos is revealed to be alive, and quickly reforms himself, now being able to fuse two powers into one.

Maximum Morphos[]

Mini Episodes[]

Toxic Morphos[]

Appearance[]

Morphos is a muscular and tall humanoid mutant. In a few parts of his body, his skin is orange and yellow. While the yellow skin looks smooth, his orange skin is scaly like a reptile. He also has blue crystals with light blue energy lines that resemble stitches, which symbolize borders between the orange and yellow skin. He also has a giant cavity on his torso, that hides a blue tentacle that has three claws. His body doesn't seem to be symmetrical due to him having one ear on his right side (he doesn't have a left ear), his right shoulder being bigger than his left shoulder, his right hand having four clawed fingers, his left hand being a "hook", three clawed toes on his left foot, and a webbed-foot with three toes (two forward, one backwards) on his right foot.

Powers and Abilities[]

  • Superhuman Strength: Morphos is much stronger than an average individual, with his transformations enhancing his strength even further. For example, he was able to easily subdue Max in multiple of his Turbo Modes, being even stronger than his Turbo Strength Mode.
  • Superhuman Speed: Morphos is shown to be very fast. After he threw Max across Copper Canyon, he reached him in a few minutes. He was able to cut in half multiple Goopanoids at blur speeds.
  • Superhuman Endurance: Morphos' body is incredibly durable and resistant, being capable of surviving multiple attacks of Max's Turbo Modes, projectiles of N-Tek blasters, turrets and bazookas, the combined attack of the Elementors, Toxzon, Miles Dread, Extroyer and Max Steel at once, and others.
  • Reactive Adaptation (Formerly): Morphos' primary power consists of replicating instantly the powers of the threat that he is fighting with. He is capable of stealing powers via his chest tentacle, which latch onto his foe and drains their energy. The extremities of his body change to that of his victim, and grant him with unique powers such as flight, energy rays, cannon, super-strength and various others. Initially, Morphos' Reactive Adaptation was somewhat limited, as he was unable to morph into Max's Turbo Cannon Spike Mode. After he absorbed Dread's completion device, his shapeshifting abilities improved, allowing him to combined various powers at the same time. However, after his last battle against Max Steel, the device was destroyed and permanently damaged his powers of Reactive Adaptation, leaving him stuck in his default mode and unable to copy any ability.
  • Regeneration: Morphos is capable of easily regenerating himself. During a combat against Max Steel, one of his arms came off and his body instantly recreated it in a few seconds.
  • Invulnerability to T.U.R.B.O. Energy: His cavity is able to absorb this energy.
  • Unlimited Stamina: Morphos can fight during large periods and return to fight full of energy. According to Miles, he does not require to sleep nor eat.
  • Resistance to Ultralinks: Since Morphos was made to defeat Makino, it is likely that he had a certain resistance against him and his kind.

Skills[]

  • Expert Tactician: Morphos inherited various traits of his creator, with one of them being his intelligence and cunningness. In Maximum Morphos, he comes back and captures Dread's enemies to gain the trust of Copper Canyon's citizens, eventually making his way as the mayor of the city. In truth, he wanted to copy the powers of the villains and obtain access to the THI building, which would allow him to mutate the entire Copper Canyon into mutants like him so he could accomplish his goal of having his image everywhere.
  • Genius Intellect: Morphos is highly intelligent. In Maximum Morphos, he experimented with the same formula that Miles used to create him, and even created a trio of aberrations based on it. He also tested it on Dread, mutating one his hands.

Weaknesses[]

  • Destruction of Matrix: The security device that upgraded Morphos' powers was destroyed in Maximum Morphos, permanently damaging his powers. According to himself, he is stuck on his default mode, being unable to copy any power.

Etymology[]

The name Morphos is based on the word morph, which means shapeshift or transform, making an allusion to the creature's ability of copying the powers of other characters.

Personality[]

Morphos is initially presented as a furious, angry and extremely loyal to Dread, whom he referred as "father". Miles programmed him to known about Max Steel's existence, and as such he has a deep hatred towards him and wants to eliminate at all costs. In turn, Dread would give him the answers about his existence and purpose. In battles, he was extremely aggressive, energetic, vicious, ruthless, merciless and at some point sadistic. Throughout Dawn of Morphos, he slowly develops his own conscience and realizes that he could be much more than just serving as Dread's puppet and decides to confront him. In this occasion, he was shown to be provocative as he told Dread, who had his powers stolen by Morphos, that he was being killed by his own creation and his own hands.

After being defeated by Max Steel, he is betrayed by Dread and comes back to have revenge against him, claiming that he was "vengeance". In Maximum Morphos, he develops a deep hatred against Dread, as he no longer respects him and now has fully developed his conscience and agenda, stating that now he chooses his own path. He believes that he surpassed his design and is superior to Miles in every way and planned to turn the entire world into his own image. After tricking the citizens of Copper Canyon and turning them into monsters like him, he is certain that he is the superior lifeform and that he couldn't be defeated, which points out his egomaniac side. His provocative side is once again shown, as he would mock Extroyer, Toxzon and Elementors while using their powers to show that they were wasting them. After his final defeat against Max Steel, he declares that he is less than his father, stating that he was "nothing".

After the events of Maximum Morphos, Morphos is constantly seeking ways of becoming more powerful and wants to become a greater villain than his creator.

Relationships[]

Miles Dread[]

Morphos: "You are a failure! I am the future!"

Morphos and Dread's relationship was very unstable. He referred to Dread as his father, yet Miles only saw him as a weapon that could destroy Max Steel and make N-Tek fall once for all. Morphos was extremely loyal to Dread and always tried to make him feel satisfied, yet he emotionally abused. After the creature absorbed Miles' security device and melted into a puddle of goo, Dread stepped on him and declared that he was "nothing" before leaving.

After Dread's betrayal, Morphos develops a deep hatred for his creator. Upon resurfacing, he confronts Miles and tortures him, mutating his left hand. He would constantly mention that he would succeed where his creator failed and considered him as a failure. After his plans are ruined by Max Steel, he confesses that he was lesser than his creator, of which Dread agrees and proceeds to contain him.

Max Steel[]

Morphos has a deep hatred towards Max Steel due to his programming, as he was created with the purpose of eliminating the hero once and for all. He violently fought against Max many times and even made him faint during one of the battles. He considers Max's powers inferiors to his, as stated by himself in Maximum Morphos.

Commander Forge Ferrus[]

Morphos and Forge are enemies. When he invaded N-Tek's base, he imprisoned him along with other N-Tek agents. When Ferrus interrupted Miles in one of his villainous speeches, Morphos slapped his face.

Extroyer[]

Morphos: "Ah yes! The mighty Extroyer, created by my father's hands, just like me! And now destroyed by them!"

Extroyer was the seventh villain to be captured by Morphos. When Max and the villains raided Copper Canyon, Extroyer took on Morphos and he revealed that he was aware of his origins and teased him by using Dread's powers to take him down.

Toxzon[]

Morphos: "And you, Toxzon! Who dreams ridding the world of impurity! Let's start with you!"

Toxzon was the first villain to be captured by Morphos. He is aware of Toxzon's intentions and used it in order to tease him while using his own powers to defeat him.

The Elementors[]

Morphos: "And the mighty Elementors! What a colossal waste of power. Shall I show you what it truly means to combine the elements!?"

Morphos believes that the Elementors are wasting their power. In Maximum Morphos, he combined their powers to show how it's like to take advantage of them.

Jason Naught[]

Morphos referred Jason Naught as his uncle. When Morphos was sent to N-Tek's prison to freed him, he violently tossed him on the wall. After he became Copper Canyon's mayor, Jason helped him to activate the Morphogenic device at the THI tower to proceed with his plan. Jason wasn't expecting to become of the creatures, yet Morphos told him that he was about to experience evolution.

Copper Canyon Mayor[]

Morphos pretended to care and respect the mayor, while in reality he only used him in order to execute his plan.

Copper Canyon Citizens[]

Morphos: "People of Copper Canyon, I am honored to be your new master, I mean ... mayor!"

Morphos pretended to care about the citizens of Copper Canyon and often interacted with them in events. In reality, Morphos wanted to mutate the entire Copper Canyon into creatures like him. When his true intentions were shown, the citizens started to boo at him and throw rotten tomatoes.

Quotes[]

  • "I've exceeded your design, father. I've exceeded YOU!" - Maximum Morphos
  • "Don't you understand!? I evolve, I improve! Your plan is hopeless!" - Maximum Morphos

Other Media[]

Toys[]

  • Morphos' default mode was released in toy form in early 2015, under the name of Core Heat Morphos. Listed under the Battle-Tek subline, the action figure featured a spring-loaded claw on his right arm and pressing his legs together would cause the flames on his chest opening to spin.
  • A deluxe action figure featuring Morphos using Toxzon, Extroyer and Water and Fire Elementors' powers was released in the second half of 2015, named as Mutant Morphos. Alongside Exo Strength Max Steel, it was showcased in the 2015 Nuremberg Toy Fair.
  • Morphos' third and last action figure was released in 2016. Named as Mega Morphos, it showcased the character using an altered version of his default mode along with various Connect-Tek-compatible accessories.

Games[]

  • Morphos appeared as a boss in N-Tek Invasion, meeting the player by the end of each phase. He appears inside a machine shooting projectiles and sends out robot minions to fight the player.
  • Morphos was featured as the main antagonist of Maximum Morphos.

Gallery[]

Click here for images of Morphos.
Morphos's gallery can be seen here.

Trivia[]

  • Morphos presents similarities with Extroyer and Elementor's classic incarnations.
    • Extroyer and Morphos are able to shapeshift into any character without becoming a part of them. They both feature blue crystals on their body, with Morphos' name being similar to "Morphosos", the material responsible of causing Troy's mutation on the classic series.
    • Elementor and Morphos have similar personalities, such as their provocative side. Morphos has inherited the intelligent side of his creator, unlike Elementor who relied on brute force to solve things. Both are indestructible and have similar origins, being created artificially by someone, with Elementor being created by using radiation while Morphos was brought to life by using lightnings. The latter's reptile-like texture on the skin also resembles Elementor.
  • Morphos' concept was heavily based around on Frankenstein. Similar to him, he was brought to life through similar circumstances (with Dread even shouting "It's alive! It's alive!" when he was created) and his body is made of parts of other monsters. Max also refers him to as "Stitchenstein", directly referencing the character. The series also plays with the character's concept, as while Frankenstein was shunned due to his appearance, Morphos was adored by Copper Canyon's citizens and even became their mayor at some point.
  • As stated by Miles Dread, Morphos' body is made out of parts of other monsters. In Dawn of Morphos, a jar containing the head of an acid Goopanoid was seen, meaning that a member of his body may be made out of a Goopanoid.
  • It's possible that Morphos' crystals contain T.U.R.B.O. energy, as there was a container with a blue liquid inside connected to his body during his creation in Dawn of Morphos.
  • As revealed by Dread, he programmed Morphos to know the name "Max Steel" before he was brought to life. It is also possible that Morphos received other memories of his creator, since he knew the existence of other villains, such as Extroyer and Toxzon. Something that reinforces this is the fact that he knows about Extroyer's origins.
  • Most of Morphos' arts released have his ear on the left side of the head instead of right.
  • In international dubs, Morphos' voice resembles that of a teenager.
  • Morphos is similar to the DC Comics villain Doomsday. Both are monstrous experiments created to be indestructible and able to adapt. They were also meant to be created to destroy a super-powered alien with Morphos originally being designed to destroy Makino while Doomsday was designed to destroy Superman.

Navigation[]

Characters in Max Steel
Team Turbo Maxwell McGrath and Steel (Max Steel) · Alejandro Villar · Rayne Martinez · C.Y.T.R.O.
N-Tek Alejandro Villar · Commander Forge Ferrus · C.Y.T.R.O. · Commander Parker · Furbo (Furbo's Clones) · Jefferson Smith · Jim McGrath · Katherine "Kat" Ryan · Maxwell McGrath · Molly McGrath · Professor Connors · Rayne Martinez · Roberto "Berto" Martinez · N-Tek Scientists · N-Tek Soldiers · Steel · T.J. · Ven-Ghan
Main Villains Makino · Miles Dread · Morphos · Professor Mortum · Dr. Prometheus Halifax/Terrorax · Extroyer · Toxzon and Fishy · The Elementors (Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, Ultimate and Mega) · Jason Naught · Evil Ultralinks
Makino's Ultralinks and Megalinks Makino · Avatak · Blast Link · Bone Links · Butch Link (Purple Tweezer Ultralink) · Centipede Links · Chomp Link · Drone Ultralinks · Elementors (Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, Ultimate, Mega, Earth and Air, Water and Fire, Firestorm Elementor, Metal and Fire and Earth and Water) · Earth Elementor (species) · Extroyer's Ultralink · Fighter Ultralinks · Forge Link (Unnamed Red Ultralink) · Gun Links · Kirby Link (Green Spiny Ultralink) · Lizard Links · Makino Elite Ultralinks · N-Tek Link · Plaztek · Prism Link · Raider Ultralinks · Reaper Links · Rock Links · Spiny Ultralinks · Stealth Ultralinks · Steel · Stinger Ultralinks · Sydney Link (Pink Stealth Ultralink) · Tank Links · Torbolt · Tweezer Ultralinks · X376 · Xenoshok · Zelak
The Nexus Lord Nexus · Cloaked figures · Elementors (Air, Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, Metal and Fire and Earth and Water) · Nexus Agents · Terrorax · Team Terror (Monstro, Night Howl and Snare)
The The Black Star Council Ragnok (Ragnok's Guana) · Hooded Figure · Ven-Ghan
Other Villains Alien Scientist and assistant · Colonel Jasper F. Castle and his army · Dread Naughts · Vin and Dwayne · Goopanoids (Acid, Green Toxin, Nano, Radioactive and Toxic Bacteria)  · Human Morphos Hybrids · Makino's Clones · Morphos' Clones · Murakami · Robot Zombies · Sewer Monsters · Super Mud · The Ninjas · Toxic Animals · Thieves · Toxic Zombies · Turbofied Dread Naughts
Copper Canyon High School Butch · Copper Canyon High School Coach · Dean · Dr. Thornhill · Jake · Kirby Kowalski · Maxwell McGrath · Sydney Gardner
Others Axel · Commander Kilgore and his army · Copper Canyon Mayor · Copper Squatch · Donnie · Georgina Romero · Hero-Man (Cobrassaurus and Laser-Lass) · Hot Dog Vendor · Jimmy Blaze · Klean Kal · Lewis · Mama Moco · Martin · Max's Old Neighbors · Mortum's nephew · Mr. Jones · THI Workers · Takion Soldiers · The Vendor · Troy's Pet Tiger · Truck Driver · Ty Dimples · Unnamed Blonde Woman
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