Team Turbo

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Team Turbo is a team of superheroes introduced in the Max Steel movie saga. Led by Maxwell McGrath and Steel, the team is consists of five members, being them Max and Steel themselves, Alejandro Villar, Rayne Martinez and C.Y.T.R.O.. They were united on Team Turbo, which was named after them.

Known Members[]

History[]

Animated Films[]

Team Turbo[]

During the Elementors' invasion at the Ice Box facility, Maxwell, Steel, Rayne and Alex enclosed themselves in a room alongside the Connect-Tek, of which the villains were after. Alex tried to reason with Max, stating he should use the device to weaponize them so they could stand a chance against the Elementors. While initially reluctant, he was convinced by Rayne and Steel. After powering up the device, Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. were gifted with super-powered armors and C.Y.T.R.O. was provided with technological upgrades. The newly founded Team Turbo clashed against the elemental villains.

Max and Team Turbo are cornered by the villains.

While Max and his team were distracted fighting four of the five Elementors, Fire entered the base to steal the Connect-Tek. McGrath commands his team to attack him and get the device, but they are ultimately defeated and faint in the process. While the group was unconscious, the Elementors were approached by Toxzon, who stole the Connect-Tek for himself. Max wakes up, seeing the villain putting the device in one of the trucks he had stolen from N-Tek. Feeling guilty for endangering the lives of Alex and Rayne, Max decides to go after Toxzon by himself, eventually managing to obtain the Connect-Tek. He falls on a river at Copper Canyon after his battle with the villain, but is rescued by C.Y.T.R.O.. The group is cornered by Extroyer, Toxzon and the Elementors, who team-up to take them down. Max powers up the Connect-Tek armors with T.U.R.B.O. energy, allowing them to go Turbo.

Max and Team Turbo defeat Mega-Elementor.

Tempestra and C.Y.T.R.O. deal with Firestorm Elementor, while Max dealt with Toxzon and his projectile Goopanoids and La Fiera fought Extroyer in a fierce battle. After McGrath and Alex defeat their opponents, Metal and Water Elementors merge with Firestorm to create Mega-Elementor. With their combined might, Team Turbo successfully defeat the elemental villain. While commemorating their victory, Professor Mortum, as an hologram, appears and uses his transdimensional powers to steal the Connect-Tek. Luckiliy, Max had sneaked a part of his Connect-Tek Sword on the container of the device, allowing them to track down Mortum. After arriving, the villain implants bombs on Jim, Molly and Kat and activates a shield before escaping as a distraction. Steel quickly connects to a terminal of the place and manages to track down the shield generators. Team Turbo splits up and destroy them, allowing Max to slash the bombs in half and save them. They regroup shortly after, commemorating their victory.

Team Turbo Fusion-Tek[]

Max and the team after stopping the thieves.

Max and the newly formed Team Turbo stop a group of thieves. While talking a walk at the streets, Max reveals that he and Steel were talking about creating new Turbo Modes for Alex and Rayne to use. Their discussion is interrupted when Rayne spots a citizen walking and grunting in a strange manner. As Max approaches to help him, the citizen roars at him. A wave of zombie-like creatures approach them. Max and his team go Turbo and use their skills to fight them, but are eventually outpowered. As the zombies corner them, they suddenly stop and begin to send white energy rays to a specific location, of Max notices. The group follow the energy rays and end up at Mortum's headquarters, where he was trying to absorb the brainwaves of his own nephew. Thanks to Team Turbo's efforts, Mortum is vaporized.

Confused about what they just had fought against, Max approaches the man, who reveals it was Mortum, much to McGrath's surprise. After he explains his uncle's obsession with immortality, Mortum recreates himself as a grotesque humanoid creature with centipede-like limbs. He attacks Team Turbo, easily subduing them. After restraining them, Mortum attempts to consume their brainwaves, but Steel prevents him from doing so by creating "brain shields". He unlinks from Max's chest, telling the villain his friends' brains were "off the menu". Intrigued by his alien nature, Mortum captures him and destroys the pillar of his former headquarters while an unconscious Team Turbo is left to perish. Max and C.Y.T.R.O. wake up hours later, with the former witnessing the Copper Canyon city at chaos before passing out.

Team Turbo versus Mortum's zombie horde.

]Steel is taken to the top of a mountain with Mortum and his army of zombies, where the villain creates a temple to operate. Meanwhile, Max wakes up at the Martinez farm house. Alex and Rayne are explaining their situation until the former is attacked by one. He attempts to go Turbo Tiger, but fails. The zombie leaps at him, trying to consume his brainwaves, but is knocked back by a T.U.R.B.O. energy burst. After C.Y.T.R.O. takes down the zombie with a powerful blow, the group heads to a hidden laboratory at the Martinez farm house. Using C.Y.T.R.O.'s abilities, he connects with the robot zombie to discover the coordinates of Mortum's hideout. Mortum sends out an army of robot zombies to attack Team Turbo's temporary hideout. Rayne activates a barricade to deal with them, but they begin to tear it down. Max, Alex and Rayne gear up to stop them, but are eventually forced to retreat after the zombies get inside the house. Luckily, C.Y.T.R.O. had successfully obtained Mortum's coordinates and, being stuck in his Turbo Chopper Mode, helps Team Turbo to escape.

Max and his team talk with commander Kilgore.

After an attack by two persistent zombies, Max and his team land disastrously in a restricted area where the army was. The soldiers point their guns at them, until one of them recognizes Max Steel. Their commander, Kilgore, approaches them and offers his hand for Max to get up from the ground. The commander introduces himself and reveals his intentions of blowing up Copper Canyon. Max tries to negotiate with him, claiming that they knew the had met the "person" responsible for the outbreak and that they now had coordinates. C.Y.T.R.O. mentions the coordinates to further validate Max's point, but Kilgore refuses to let go of his plan. Max and his team leave, determined to rescue Steel and stop Mortum. They arrive at the villain's temple and find Steel, who was dissected by Mortum, much to their shock. Before they could help him, Mortum emerges from the ground.

La Fiera, Max and Tempestra are immobilized.

Max and his team attempt to defeat the villain, but he easily subdues them. After deactivating C.Y.T.R.O., he immobilizes Tempestra and La Fiera and attempts to absorb their brainwaves, but can't due to Steel's brain shields. Using the knowledge he had gotten from Steel, Mortum easily destroys them. Max attempts to intervene with his T.U.R.B.O. energy, but fails. He attempts to fight Mortum with his daggers, but is ultimately immobilized. As Team Turbo is dragged inside the ground, Mortum proceeds with his plans of absorbing the entire world's brainwaves. As he prepares to turn Max into a zombie, Kilgore's soldiers drop a bomb at Mortum's temple, but he activates a massive shield to protect himself and his temple. With Mortum distracted, Max takes Steel and escapes and heads to Copper Canyon city. Unknown to him, Team Turbo had been converted into Mortum's "heralds of the apocalypse", having gained new armors specifically made to hunt down Max Steel.

Max tries to reassemble Steel, managing to reactivate him. Their reunion is interrupted by a zombified Tempestra, who attacks them. After outwitting her, Max is attacked by La Fiera. He once again manages to escape, but is found by C.Y.T.R.O., who attacks him with his wrecking ball. Max retreats into the sewers, where he discusses a plan with Steel. They are suddenly attacked by the heralds, who chase him throughout the sewers. Ultimately, Max manages to escape and assembles the last part of Steel. The Ultralink bonds with him and creates Turbo Hunter Mode, plus three receivers to implant on them. After successfully implanting them, Max uses his T.U.R.B.O. energy to cure them from their infection, but a mental link is created between them. As they head outside, they spot energy rays heading to Mortum's temple.

versus Mortum. — Turbo Mega Mode versus Ultimate Mortum.

Team Turbo head to Mortum's temple, where they vaporize him with T.U.R.B.O. energy. Thanks to Mortum's Connect-Tek power, however, he mutates into a giant, four-legged monstrosity to fight them. He is ultimately defeated after Max and his team use their mental link to create Turbo Mega Mode, a fusion of McGrath and Team Turbo's powers.

Turbo-Charged[]

A restrained Max wakes up in a white room.

In hopes of rescuing hostages, Team Turbo invade an abandoned warehouse. They realize it was a trap as soon as various energy cubes start emerging from the ground. They attempt to fend them off, but are ultimately depowered and defeated. A restrained Max later wakes up at a mysterious room, where he is approached by a masked individual who refuses to reveal his identity. After unlinking Steel from Max, he reveals his intentions of harnessing the true potential of Max's T.U.R.B.O. powers as he tortures him. Angered, Max releases a large energy shockwave, nearly going supernova and destroying all electronical devices around him. Team Turbo, who were imprisoned inside chambers, are awakened via electrocution, witnessing Max losing control.

Max later awakens at the mountains of Copper Canyon, realizing his body was emanating a strange, green-colored power. He later finds Steel and attempts to bond with him, but fails. He heads to an abandoned subway station at Copper Canyon, where he finds Rayne, Alex and a damaged C.Y.T.R.O.. They head to their base, which was under construction. While Max masters his new powers, Team Turbo finish some touch-ups on their headquarters. After a battle against holographical reconstructions of the Elementors, Max approaches Steel, curious as to why his T.U.R.B.O. energy had changed. Rayne and Alex approach them, revealing that they seemingly had found out who had set up the trap at the warehouse: the billionaire Dr. Prometheus Halifax, founder of the Halifax Industries. Max decides to infiltrate the headquarters of the company to get more info. Before doing so, Steel shows the group new Connect-Tek armors (powered-up by a technology named as Steel-Tek) made to adapt to McGrath's new powers, as well as the Cyclo-Spin Bike.

The group heads to the Halifax Industries building, with Max and Alex searching the building while C.Y.T.R.O. and Rayne recover top secret information at the top of the building. While exploring, Max and Alex find a peculiar reunion of Prometheus and various masked men and women. He reveals to have already known that Max was in the building, much to his surprise. Stating he was about to "ascend", Prometheus suits up and puts on his demonic mask, revealing to be the one who tortured Max. He reveals the Terror Energy, using it to empower and mutate himself. Transforming into a monster and renaming himself as Terrorax, he fights against the duo and easily subdues them. After obtaining the information they needed, Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. intervene, but are overwhelmed by the villain's power. They are eventually forced to retreat.

The team regroups at their headquarters, with C.Y.T.R.O. being deactivated after their encounter with Terrorax. During his battle against the villain, Max discovered that his powers were inferior compared to his, showing Steel the damage he had inflicted to one of Steel-Tek gear. However, he accidentally discovers that his green T.U.R.B.O. acted as an opposite to Terorax's Terror energy. Max later uses his green T.U.R.B.O. energy to reactivate C.Y.T.R.O. but passes out after doing so. Meanwhile, Steel analyzed the information Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. had gotten, and discovers that Terrorax had set up three Terror energy transmitters at the mountains of Copper Canyon. After Max wakes up, Steel explains his recent discovery, and the team heads to the coordinates. Rather than finding transmitters, they encounter Team Terror, a group of mutated assassins sent by Terrorax to deal with them. After defeating them, Steel contacts them to inform he had managed to obtain the coordinates of Terrorax's hideout, as he had hacked the team's communicator frequency earlier to gloat about Team Terror.

Max, in his , faces Terrorax. — Max, in his Turbo Armor Mode, faces Terrorax.

After invading Terrorax's headquarters, Max and his team go Turbo to fight him. To distract them, Terrorax sends out Team Terror. Meanwhile, he uses his Terror energy to power up the transmitters and manages to deactivate the technology of Copper Canyon. After Max and his team deal with Team Terror, Alex, Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O. distract Terrorax while Max uses his green T.U.R.B.O. energy to power up the city. After successfully doing so, Terrorax knocks out Team Turbo with an energy shockwave and tries to kill Max. However, Max concentrates and creates Turbo Armor Mode, managing to overpower and seemingly kill him. The base begins to crumble, forcing Max and his team to retreat alongside an unconscious Team Terror and Prometheus' Terror energy generator. While heading back to their headquarters, Max comments about his power's boundless possibilities.

Turbo-Warriors[]

Max and Team Turbo ready to clash with the Elementors.

Max and Team Turbo are spending their day at the beach when the Elementors use their powers to create a tsunami. After saving the civilians and preventing the tidal wave from destroying Copper Canyon, the Elementors reveal to be the ones behind the assault. While Max and his team are busy fighting the elemental villains, a weakened Terrorax sneaks into their base, using his Terror energy to free Team Terror and implant various bombs on the corridors. Arriving at Team Turbo's vault, Terrorax and his henchmen retrieve the Terror energy generator and leave. As Steel spots the villain leaving the base at the security camera, he contacts Max but Terrorax activates the bombs, causing a massive explosion. The Elementors leave the battlefield after Terrorax contacts them confirming he had obtained the generator, leaving Max and his team confused.

Max and Team Turbo prepare to fight against Team Terror.

Max and his team retreat to their headquarters, which were damaged following Terrorax's attack. Prometheus, now once again empowered, hacks the technology at Copper Canyon, warning its citizens that they were approaching with the "Pantheon", a massive flying fortress that would rain down Terror energy at the city. Max and his team watch, with the former stating that they must stop Terrorax's cult as quick as possible. As they head to the Pantheon, the group is intercepted by an empowered Team Terror. During the combat, Alex is turned into a bionic panther thanks to a infectious bite delivered by Night Howl and Tempestra and C.Y.T.R.O. are captured and taken to the Pantheon. Max returns to the base to rethink a new plan while Steel analyzes Alex, discovering that bio-nanites were corrupting his cells. He finds a way to cure him, but it would require a portion of Night Howl's Terror energy.

Max heads to the top of a building and prepares to infiltrate the Pantheon. Using Turbo Sniper Mode, he spots several antennas pumping Terror energy and informs Steel. He shoots a concentrated T.U.R.B.O. energy burst that temporarily damage the ship's shield. He then activates Turbo Rocket Spear Mode and successfully enters the ship. Using Turbo Stealth Mode, Max manages to take down Monstro while he was distracted. Alex then sneaks into Snare's room, successfully dismantling the robot. Lastly, Max goes invisible and extracts a portion of Night Howl's Terror energy and creates an anti-nanite concoction to save Alex. After turning him back to a human, the two head to the prison level of the Pantheon and successfully rescue Rayne and C.Y.T.R.O.. Their reunion is interrupted by Elementors, now empowered by Terror energy. Team Turbo activate their battle modes to fight them. As Max prepares to go Turbo, Water Elementor uses his water bazooka to shoot him out of the fortress, but he activates Turbo Mountain Attack Mode and shoots a claw hook that grabs onto the Pantheon. While Team Turbo deals with the Elementors, Max heads to the top of the ship.

C.Y.T.R.O., Tempestra and La Fiera fight the Elementors.

Meanwhile, the Elementors fuse in an attempt of taking them down but are eventually defeated. Ultimately, Metal Elementor uses his powers to permanently absorb his brothers into his being, causing him to turn into a giant, armored and empowered version of himself. As Max arrives at the top of the Pantheon, Steel drops a package with the Turbo Mobile. He points out several circular devices at the seat, stating that they were made to make the antennas pump his green T.U.R.B.O., but it would require Max to implant them in a short time frame. Max gets inside the vehicle and uses it to implant the devices at the antennas, until he is intercepted by Terrorax. He sends out missiles at him, temporarily incapacitating the villain and allowing him to place the remaining devices. Steel syncs them, successfully activating them and taking control of the ship. After recovering, Terrorax assumes a dragon-like form to fight Maxwell. Meanwhile, Team Turbo combine their efforts to take down Metal Elementor.

Max fights against Terrorax one last time.

During his fight against Max, Terrorax shows him a nightmarish vision of a world ruled by Nexus to the hero, in which Team Turbo were killed and McGrath ruled alongside Prometheus. Extremely angered, Maxwell causes a T.U.R.B.O. energy burst, knocking back Terrorax. He uses blades of his wheels to impale Terrorax and delivers a powerful blow at him, causing his humanoid form to disappear. Instead, Prometheus turns into a small dragon and attempts to escape, but Max sends missiles after him, causing him to fall in a T.U.R.B.O. energy current and burn to ashes. As the Pantheon goes down, Max and his team leave the ship and activate their Turbo Wave Rider modes to ride the waves.

Behind the Scenes[]

The concept of Team Turbo could have been inspired by "Team Steel", a heroic group in the classic series led by Max.
- In the 2000 series continuity, Team Steel was initially composed by Max/Josh himself, Berto, Rachel and occasional allies such as Jake Nez. In the second season of the series, Kat is introduced to the team, replacing Rachel. In the movie saga, Kat is replaced by Cytro, and, in Monstrous Alliance, the last animated film, Jet Ferrus, Forge's daughter, becomes a part of the team.
Each member of Team Turbo features a white piece attached to the right side of their chest and shoulder. This detail could have been inspired by Max's Biolink, which, in Max Steel Vs The Mutant Menace, went through a redesign, covering Max Steel's left chest and arm.

Trivia[]

They bear a resemblance to the Power Rangers (mainly due to their color scheme) as well DC Comics' Justice League and Marvel's The Avengers.
The concept of a team of superheroes was previous and humorously alluded to earlier in the series in Supermania. In it, Max refers to him, Steel and C.Y.T.R.O.'s union as "Turbo Team".
- Additionally, the term "Team Turbo" was previously used as the name of a team during the 2013-2014 virtual tournaments in the official website.
In the graphic novel Hero Overload, Max and Steel temporarily allied with other teenagers who possessed super-powered armors. Named as The Superbrawl Strikeforce, the team was comprised of Maxwell, Steel, Knockout, Quickfire and Power Wing. It was later revealed that Miles Dread had given armors to them and planned to mind control them to destroy Max. His plans are ultimately foiled, however, after Max and the Superbrawl Strikeforce work together to stop the villain.