Dot Malto

Dot Malto is ahumanfrom theEarthSparkcontinuity family.

"My format? Command of what was onceMainframe...REBOOT! "

A veteran of theTransformers' waronEarth,Dorothy "Dot" Maltowas looking forward to a simple life away from it all, with a new job as a park ranger, raising her family in peace in the quiet town ofWitwicky,Pennsylvania.But fate conspired and she found herself right back in the middle of the Transformers' affairs, as both a new member of the secretive government organizationG.H.O.S.T.,and as the adoptive mother to theTerrans,an entirely new form of Cybertronian life born on Earth.

Dot is a marked contrast to her bright and goofy husbandAlex,being tough as nails, pragmatic and often cynical. And while she is a warrior through-and-through, it is born of a deep, seemingly inexhaustible well of love. She delights in Alex's game nights and even the schmaltziest shows of affection bring a huge smile to her face. And while she can be unbending in her rules, she is extremely open in showering love on her kids; both her biological childrenRobbyandMo,and the ever-increasing numbers of newly createdTerranswho fall under her care. There is no risk she won't take, no threat she won't stare down, run down or gun down, to protect her family. Her sheer unwavering determination in protecting others has not just greatly impressedOptimus Prime,who considers her an invaluable ally, but has even resulted in a genuine friendship with the reformedMegatron.

Fiction

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Voice actor:Benni Latham(English),Sayaka Ohara(Japanese),Fernanda Robles Patino(Latin American Spanish),Conchi López(Castilian Spanish),Izabel Lira(Brazilian Portuguese),Ana Vieira(European Portuguese),Aurélie Konaté(French),Miftahul Jannah(Indonesian),Ewa Prus(Polish),Kang Si-hyeon(Korean),Kristina von Weltzien(German)

"We Mainframers stick together."

Dot met and married Alex Malto. Serving as aUS Armylieutenant during the Transformer war on Earth, Dot led a platoon in theBattle of the Bayand was wounded in the line of duty, losing her right leg.Age of Evolution, Part 1She later participated in the Battle of the Spacebridge, and was there to witness it and the war reach their conclusion.WarzoneFollowing the end of the war, she gave birth to Robby and Mo, and worked with Megatron as part of Platoon Cyberstrike.Secret Legacy, Part 2

Years later, Dot managed to score her dream job of park ranger, moving her and her family fromPhiladelphiatoWitwicky,though the move was hard on Robby. On her way to her first day on the job, Dot stumbled on a crashed G.H.O.S.T. convoy, and was joined by Optimus Prime andElita-1,the former of whom revealed that G.H.O.S.T. had arranged her park ranger job to relocate her near to their HQ.Secret Legacy, Part 1Joined by Megatron, the group's investigation of the area turned up nothing, so they headed into town where they found Robby, Mo, and two new Transformers, Twitch and Thrash, being menaced byArachnamechs.Following the kidnapping of the two newbies, Dot took part in rescuing them fromMandroid,and insisted that she and Alex take guardianship of them.Secret Legacy, Part 2

Dot returned home to find chaos as the kids were clearing out the barn to make it suitable for Twitch, Thrash andBumblebeeto stay in. Dot took part in the disastrous Malto Family Game Night which ended prematurely due to Bee's attempts to coach the Terrans. Dot and Alex later tried to encourage Bee and after Bumblebee successfully helped Thrash and Twitch round up cows, the family reconvened for another game night.Moo-ving InDot and Alex were forced to impose a new "No Bots in the house" rule after Twitch and Thrash damaged the kitchen. This was expanded to Mo and Thrash being grounded after they continued to break the rules, and after the pair befriended the DecepticonSwindle,Dot and Bumblebee had to come to their rescue once Swindle turned against them.House Rules

Taking the kids to her work, Dot learned that there was a secret elevator in the storage room providing access to the G.H.O.S.T. HQ. Dot found herself working withAgent Schloder,who was investigating possible Decepticon activity. This led to him insisting on interviewing Dot's children, but after she took him home, he discovered thehigh-performance carin the barn and insisted on requisitioning it for his search. Dot, meanwhile, went to G.H.O.S.T. HQ for training and went through orientation under Optimus's supervision. The pair smuggled Robby, Mo, Twitch and Thrash out of the base after the kids were caught in a trap intended for Decepticons.ClassifiedDot tried to reassure Mo when the first day of school arrived. On the way to the car, she, Robby and Mo were almost run down by Thrash in motorcycle mode, after he experienced a malfunction.Friends and Family

Dot and her family, minus the Terrans, attended a G.H.O.S.T. Autobot Alliance ceremony, and had to run for cover whenNova StormandSkywarpattacked. Afterwards, they returned to the farm, but when the message that G.H.O.S.T. had captured the two Decepticons, Optimus asked Dot to join Megatron in transporting the pair to HQ. Unfortunately it turned out to be a trap, and Dot and Megatron were captured by Mandroid. Mandroid attempted to persuade her to join his crusade against the Transformers, but she instead made a run for it.Age of Evolution, Part 1Sabotaging Mandroid's equipment and evading his Arachnamechs, Dot succeeded in attracting attention to the base, leading Optimus's rescue party to them. After Mandroid's base turned out to be a giant mech, Dot provided covering fire as they enacted Bumblebee's plan to tangle its legs with the anchor cable from a nearby battleship, and she ultimately used the ship's cannons to blast a hole in the mech, taking it down. In the aftermath, Dot met the three new Terrans,Nightshade,HashtagandJawbreaker,and welcomed them to the family.Age of Evolution, Part 2

Dot and Alex's worries at Hashtag going missing were short-lived, as Bumblebee and Twitch returned with the missing Terran, and Nightshade took the opportunity to show everyone thean underground hideoutthey'd created for the family.Hashtag: OopsJawbreaker sought Dot's advice on interacting with his siblings and she gave him the idea to use Alex's video camera to get them to open up. The family later sat down to watch the movie that Hashtag and Jawbreaker had put together.OuttakesDot and Alex tried to encourage Nightshade, who was having trouble relating to the other Terrans. Nightshade later sought her advice on whether Decepticons could be good, leading her to suspect they had encountered one. This turned out to be true whenTarantulasabducted her and Alex, resulting in Nightshade having to rescue them before the Decepticon could wipe their minds.Missed Connection

When Agent Schloder came to believe that Bumblebee had used Alex's car as a disguise, Dot posed as Bumblebee's driver in a masquerade to protect his identity. Bee was forced to reveal himself anyway in order to helpBreakdown,but Schloder was left believing that Bee had fooled the Maltos, allowing them to go free.Security ProtocolsDot enjoyed the gifts her kids got her for Mother's Day, but when Twitch produced a baby bear, she had take Twitch and Robby with her to return it to the wild. Also it turned out that Nightshade had modified her prosthetic leg to fire lasers via voice command. They eventually found the mother bear who had been infected with an unknown material from the G.H.O.S.T. dump site, and after a struggle, she and her kids were able to cure the mother bear and return the cub.Bear NecessitiesRobby and Mo took their Terran siblings to Philadelphia one night while their parents were sleeping.Home, Part 1

Puzzling over energon readings near theranger station,Dot brought in Optimus and they discovered Swindle in the process of trying to break into G.H.O.S.T. HQ. In the process of capturing him, they discovered Robby'scyber-sleevehad the power to create a shield, leading to Optimus smuggling Dot and her kids into headquarters soTeletraan Icould scan the sleeves. This led to Robby being killed when Mandroid took control of the Autobot rec room, and Dot held his body until Mo successfully brought him back to life with her own cyber-sleeve.DisarmedWhen Robby became deathly ill as a result of Mandroid's influence on his cyber-sleeve, Dot and Alex brought in Optimus for advice. Mo became upset when Dot promised they'd do everything to help Robby get better and ran off, leading her to fall into a Quintus Prime induced coma and enter a dreamscape. The two parents were eventually pulled in as well, leading to them having to prevent Quintus Prime's starship from crashing into Earth while Robby and Mo fought Mandroid. Triumphant, they woke up in the Dugout with Robby restored to health.Prime Time

When G.H.O.S.T. HQ went on alert due to a Decepticon attack in Witwicky, Dot headed there only to end up driving into a crater blasted during a battle betweenShockwaveand the Maltobots. Croft, now aware that the Maltos had been secretly harboring the Terrans, took Dot back to the farm where Dot and Alex tried to keep up the ruse. This eventually led to Dot fighting Croft one-on-one while the Maltobots and Autobots fought Croft'sGhoidtroopers outside. The battle ended when Croft managed to shut down the Autobots, and Mandroid arrived in a new, robotic form.The Battle of WitwickyThe Malto family fled from Mandroid, pursued by theSharkticonsBlitzwaveandRazor-Fin.They hadn't gotten far when Razor-Fin managed to swallow Dot and Alex, returning the pair to Mandroid who wired the unconscious pair, along with Robby and Mo who were captured sometime later, into the spacebridge.The Last Hope, Part 1They eventually recovered consciousness shortly after Mandroid activated his superweapon to terminate energon-based life on a planet-wide scale. Fortunately Robby and Mo were able to reverse the effects with their cyber-sleeves, and the Malto family was reunited.The Last Hope, Part 2

In the year following, the Autobots and Malto family set about trying to collect the shards of the shattered Emberstone. As part of Robby's plan to steal the Decepticons' shard collection, Dot coordinated a diversionary operation at the naval yard to distract the Decepticons while a team sneaked into their base. The plan failed and she and Alex had to encourage Robby to keep trying.AftermathThe Malto parents coordinated a sweep of the local Witwicky countryside searching for more shards, and later had dinner with the kids.In RuinsAfter getting a rock caught in her ankle, Hashtag limped to the ranger station where Dot was able to get the rock out and dispense advice on choosing an alternate mode. Dot headed home for dinner and was there when Hashtag arrived with a new alt mode and a hard drive that the Decepticons had been after.Control Alt Delete

The family headed to the cave to get more cave water, only to findAftermathhad cleaned it out.TogethernessFollowing the creation ofSpitfire,Dot said the Chaos Terran could stay with them on the farm. Spitfire's challenging of Twitch's position on an upcoming Autobot mission led Megatron to invoke thePolyhex Protocol,and Dot helped organize the ensuing assault course.SpitfireFollowing Twitch's battle with Spitfire,Wheeljackapproved her to go on the Autobot mission, but Dot wasn't convinced and insisted Robby go with her.The Imposters

The Malto family celebrated completing their collection of Embershards.Witwicky, Part 1Learning that Starscream intended to take control of theTitanTerratronus,the Autobots launched an attack on the Decepticon base in which Dot took part. Unfortunately Starscream reassembled the Emberstone and used it to offline the Autobots and Terrans present, leaving Alex, Dot and Robby the only survivors. Dot and Alex stayed with the deactivated bots until Robby and Mo were able to reclaim the Emberstone and bring everyone back online.Witwicky, Part 2

Dot helped out organizing a movie night for Robbie andIzzy,though he probably didn't appreciate her offers to come sit by him for the scary parts. The family ended up having to try to round up theMole Botswhich escaped the film thanks to Nightshade'shyper-reality film projector.Attack of the Drive-In MovieDot turned out with Optimus and Megatron whenProwl's ship crashed into theChaos Dome,and joined the mission to rescue Optimus's adviser. She opted to stay at Megatron's side after the ship's automated weapons turned out to be hostile to him, and the pair tangled withRavagebefore taking part in an operation to repower Prowl's ship.No Soldier Left BehindDot attended the debriefing following theHate Plaguebeing unleashed on the Autobots by unknown parties.The Truth Is Out There

When theQuintessonsarrived in a huge ship, the Autobots and Maltos assembled at the edge of theChaos Dometo greet it. The Quintessons destroyed the Chaos Dome, forcing Robby and Mo to fly up to the ship, and Dot asked Megatron to go with them. The two parents helped the Autobots evacuate Witwicky to escape the chaos storm that had been unleashed as a result of the dome's destruction.Judgement Day, Part 1They kept an eye out for the kids while the Autobots executed Nightshade's plan to deal with the chaos storm, Alex eventually spotting their cyber-synced form being shot down as they escaped the Quintesson ship. The pair took part in a diversionary battle as the kids bought Terratronus back to life and powered up the Titan so she could destroy the Quintessons.Judgement Day, Part 2

Notes

• Dot makes an appearance in theStudio Trigger"Transformers 40th Anniversary Special Movie",as part of the group shot of families of human allies to the Autobots.

Foreign names

• Japanese:Dot Malto(ドット・マルトDotto Maruto)