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<div>:''The Exponential Generator is a piece of technology from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''<br />
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[[Image:CountdownExtinction Generator.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Before JaAm, there was...uh...this stuff.]]<br />
The '''Exponential Generator''' was a device created by the [[human]] scientist [[Doctor Arkeville]] in his secret laboratory on [[Earth]]. Its precise specifications are unknown, but it had an almost unlimited power output; some speculate that it had the ability to destroy the entire universe.<ref>Narration from promo reel at the end of the [[Family Home Entertainment]] VHS release of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.</ref><br />
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==Fiction==<br />
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===<br />
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] learned from Doctor Arkeville of the generator in his secret laboratory. Locating the device, Starscream wired the generator to build up to an overload which would have destroyed the entire planet [[Earth]]. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] discovered the generator and attempted to use it as a source of power not realizing of the overload. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] made Megatron aware of this and the two launched the weapon into space where it exploded, incidentally knocking Starscream back towards Earth after attempting to escape - tough luck. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}<br />
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===''Binaltech''===<br />
When [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] stole [[Autobot]] Binaltech bodies for himself and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], the two were banned from the human [[electro-cell]] recharging centers and had to rely on unstable Exponential Generator technology.<br />
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===Shattered Glass===<br />
[[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] is powered by one of these. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 29|Cyclonus' TFCC bio}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*In the original script for "Countdown To Extinction", the generator was referred to only as "the Ultimate Power Source". Ron Friedman apparently renamed it to something a bit more descriptive.<br />
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*Although not EXACTLY the same thing, the ''G.I. Joe'' episode "Raise the Flagg" features an item that looks exactly like the exponential generator and performs a similar function by powering a Cobra helicarrier that has sunken into the ocean.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]<br />
*[http://www.arhelectric.com/generators.php Generator Installation]</div>123.108.204.76