Overview
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- " It is difficult to describe a Mother Box to outsiders [...] It is not unlike your planet's... smartphone? Just a whole lot better." — Big Barda
- A Mother Box (sometimes spelled as Motherbox) is a sentient supercomputer operated by New Gods.
History
- The Mother Box technology was created by the New God inventor Himon using a metal known Element X and drawing power from the The Source. A Mother Box is considered a living being and is referred as "she/her", and is extremely loyal to her owner, with whom she shares a special affinity that allows communication via telepathy.
- Only a being born on New Genesis or Apokolips can be capable of manufacturing a Mother Box. Still, it requires training and skill to succeed in creating one. Mister Miracle is known to be one of those skilled individuals, lending a prototype of one of his own designs to help the Exobyte-powered heroes fight the forces of Apokolips.
- In DCUO, Mother Boxes have been seen opening Boom Tubes and healing their owners, as well as fighting enemies. According to Big Barda, they're also capable of manipulating energy and rearranging matter.
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New Genesis · Apokolips · Mister Miracle · Exobyte · Boom Tubes · Big BardaInvolvement
- Note: Any appearance of a Boom Tube counts as a Mother Box being used - except for Boom Tubes opened by Cyborg, Murder Machine, Father Boxes, or Alfred Boxes.
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Halls of Power Part I · Intergang Crime Wave · League Hall: Security Breach · League Hall: Lockdown · Artifacts from the Past · New Genesis · Apokolips · Meet the New Gods (Investigations) · Halls of Power Part II · League Hall: Malfunction · Fatal Exams · Resource Recovery · Happiness Home · Episode 23 · The Will of Darkseid · Collections: Fourth World Items of Interest · Episode 24 · Darkseid's War Factory · Artifacts (Mission) · Attack of the Anti-Monitor · Collections: Sourced from "The Source" · Wonderverse · Patchwork Themyscira · Wonderverse: Fractured God Sphere · House of Legends · House of Legends · Shock to the System · Dakota City · Shock: Meta-Therapy Clinic · DeSaad · Shock: The Terrorium · Deal with DeSaad (Investigations) · Harley Quinn vs. Apokolips · Apokolips: New Genesis Undercity · Apokoliptic Gotham City · Apokolips: Besieged Clock Tower · Apokolips: Subjukator Construction Site · Darkseid · Harley Quinn · Children of Krypton · Shadows Over Argo · Story Blogs · Wrath of the WorldkillersAssociated Paraphernalia
- Combat Pets
- Mother Box - Tier 1
- Mother Box - Tier 2
- Mother Box - Tier 3
- Base Items
- Mother Box
- Others
- Mother Box Circuitry
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Mother Box - Tier 1 · Mother Box - Tier 2 · Mother Box - Tier 3 · Mother Box · Mother Box CircuitryTrivia
- The Mother Boxes were created by Jack Kirby, first appearing in Forever People #1 (1971).; Their first design (during the Earth-One in the Pre-Crisis era) was of a red rectangular cuboid; it was later changed to look like retro-futuristic mobile device with exposed circuitry in the shape of a walkman, and later of a PDA and a smartphone - the latter is the version of the Mother Box referenced in the game in the Halls of Power storyline, recognizable for their characteristic "ping" sound when interacted with (see gallery).; The current cubic design was introduced in the The New 52 era (2011-2016), but the idea of engravings in the boxes first appeared in the DC Extended Universe movies (2013-2025) - those have been introduced in the game in the Wonderverse episode.
- Although the concept for the Mother Box has been introduced in Episode 11, Mother Boxes only got a physical representation in the game in Episode 38 with the introduction of the Mother Box combat pet.
- Apokolips: New Genesis Undercity is the first time an NPC's Mother Box has a physical form in the game.
Gallery
- Post-Crisis Mother Box
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See also
- Father Box
- Alfred Box
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Father BoxExternal Links
- Mother Box DC Database