Gort


 * Gort is a Nebulan Headmaster partnered with the Autobot Highbrow

The all-American boy of the Nebulan Headmasters, Gort rose up from a lowly position as stable boy to courageous defender of his planet. The idealistic teenager never has a unkind word for anybody and serves as a shining example of the best the Nebulan Headmasters have to offer.

It's a pity then that Gort was partnered with his complete polar opposite, the eliteist snob Highbrow, who takes considerable offense to having being binary bonded with what he sees as a mere commoner. Their pairing is among the worst of the Autobot Headmasters, often detracting not adding to Higbrow's effectiveness in combat as he refuses to listen to Gort's suggestions except in all but the most life threatening situations.

Marvel Comics continuity
(Events from the UK stories are in italics.)



Searching for the inhabitants of the Nebulos to give them Fortress Maximus message of peace, Gort's future partner Highbrow intrupted he young lad and his girlfriend Marita engaged in what the Transformer called "a primitive form of communication", Gort panicked and in his haste to fight off the monster for his lover, tripped and fell into a small pit. Smooth.

When the Scorponok led Decepticons arrived searching for the Autobots and threatened the planet, Gort along with four othes agreeded to under go the binary bonding process, choosing to combine with Highbrow. These new Headmasters were able to fend off the Decepticon attacks, until the Decepticons themselves underwent the process, capturing and inprisoning Gort and the other Autobot Headmasters. Realizing the effect the escalating conflict was having on Nebulos, Lord Zarak released Gort and the other prisoners in an attempt to save the planet.

''Highbrow and his fellow Headmasters were captured by the Decepticon Targetmasters as part of a scheme by Scorponok to discern the flaws in the Decepticon Headmaster process. Scorponok chose Highbrow as the subject of his experiments, Highbrow being unable to fight back as his mind and Gort's were struggling for supremacy, until Chromedome arrived and managed to convince them to work together, forcing Scorponok to flee.''

After the upgrade work on Fortress Maximus was completed as the Steelhaven traveled to Earth, Gort and Duros both questioned Galen's intentions and almost power hungry preperations for war.

''Lured into Scorponok's clutches by Nebulans hypnotised by Mindwipe, Highbrow battled the Horrorcons, but was defeated and hypnotised by Mindwipe. Suffering from amnesia, the Decepticons attempted to convince Highbrow that they were on his side. Gort, however, was unaffected, and when he recombined with Highbrow the two ripped Scorponok's head off.''

Animated continuity

 * Voice actors: Michael Bell; ?? (Japan)

Unlike the picture painted in Highbrow's tech-spec, the animated Gort was the leader of the Nebulan rebels, as well as being one of the oldest in the group.

Generation 1

 * Highbrow with Gort (Headmaster, 1987)
 * Gort transforms from an armored humanoid into a robot head. Though he only came with his partner Highbrow, in head mode he is compatible with any other Headmaster body. On the larger Headmasters, he gives Highbrow's tech spec stats in their display window, but the smaller ones still display their normal heads' stats due to their construction.