Transformers Timelines (fiction)

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'''Timelines''' is the franchise under which much of [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'']] fiction is published. It encompasses most of the stories released in conjunction with [[BotCon]] and the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]. Some stories build on [[Marvel Comics continuity|existing continuities]], while others create [[Transcendent Technomorph|new ones]] from scratch.

''Timelines'' began in 2005 with the release of Fun Publications' first BotCon fiction, and it denoted a new approach to convention-based fiction. The previous convention organizers, [[3H Productions]], had released lengthy storylines with complex ties to existing mainstream stories; [[Reaching the Omega Point|these]] [[Universe (2003 comic)|stories]] sluggishly unfolded across various years' conventions. ''Timelines'' instead promised a series of unconnected stand-alone stories, starting with a short comic accompanying the 2005 boxed toy set.

The brand has since expanded to include various other stories in multiple formats, primarily text stories with illustrations made available through the Transformers Club web site, but also script readings and even a computer-animated short feature. Despite the focus on stand-alone tales, many ''Timelines'' stories have tied in to the larger ongoing story told through [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|the fan club magazine]]'s monthly comic (which is not itself branded as part of the ''Timelines'' umbrella.)

The only stories under the ''Timelines'' banner to receive a numbering system are the hard-copy-published comic book issues, listed below.

{|style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align="center" id="toc"
!align="center" bgcolor="#6699CC"|'''Timelines issues:'''
|-align="center"
|| [[Descent into Evil|Volume 1 #1]] | [[Dawn of Future's Past|Volume 2 #1]] | [[Games of Deception|Volume 2 #2]] | [[Shattered Glass (issue)|Volume 2 #3]] [[Cheap Shots|Spring Special]]
|}

==BotCon stories==
Most of the Timelines stories have been made available at the [[BotCon]] convention, and mostly feature the characters available as convention exclusive toys that year.

===BotCon 2005===
* '''"[[Descent into Evil]]"'''

''Format:'' comic book
 ''Continuity:'' Indeterminate [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]
 ''Story:'' [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and a team of Autobots attempt to stop [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] from reviving the [[Decepticon]] Empire with a clone army of [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]].

* '''"[[Intimidation Game]]"'''

''Format:'' Live-action script reading.
 ''Continuity:'' Indeterminate Generation 1 (as above)
 ''Story:'' Several Predacons test the loyalty of [[Flamewar]].

===BotCon 2006===
*'''"[[Dawn of Future's Past]]"'''

''Format:'' Comic book
 ''Continuity: Beast Wars''
 ''Story:'' A Maximal relic has been stolen, and a team of explorers is called to catch the thieves.

===BotCon 2007===
* '''"[[Games of Deception]]"'''

''Format:'' Comic book
 ''Continuity: Generation 1 ([[Classics (2006)|Classics]])''
 ''Story:'' A team of Autobots led by Ultra Magnus and Grimlock face the mysterious Decepticon Bug Bite and his crew of mind-controlled followers. ''Games'' directly follows up on the ongoing story of the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Fan Club comics]].

* '''"[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]"'''

''Format:'' Computer animation.
 ''Continuity:'' ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''
 ''Story:'' Megatron and his flunkies match wits with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]].

===BotCon 2008===
* '''"[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]"'''

''Format:'' Comic book
 ''Continuity: [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''
 ''Story:'' Cliffjumper is transported to a mad world where the bad guys are the good guys.

* '''"[[Bee in the City]]"'''

''Format:'' Live action script reading
 ''Continuity: [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]] / [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]''
 ''Story:'' Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sari are accidentally teleported to [[Axiom Nexus]], and hilarity follows close behind.

===BotCon 2009===

* '''"[[Wings of Honor]]"'''

''Format:'' Comic book
 ''Continuity: Alternate version of the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]''
 ''Story: Kup tells a story about one of his earliest missions at the beginning of the war.''

==Club stories==
===Text stories===
Some club stories were made available via the Transformers Collectors' Club in prose form with illustrations, usually about then-recent toys and/or Club exclusives.

====2007====
* '''"[[The Dark Heart of Sandokan]]"'''

''Continuity:'' [[Unicron Trilogy]]
 ''Story:'' [[Cannonball]] pursues an artifact.

* '''"[[The Razor's Edge]]"'''

''Continuity: Beast Wars''
 ''Story:'' Airazor does some stuff.

* '''"[[The New World]]"'''

''Continuity: Classics''
 ''Story:'' Strife emerges among the Mini-Cons on the newly reformed Cybertron.

* '''"[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]"'''

''Continuity: [[Universe (2003 comic)|Universe]]''
 ''Story:'' The conclusion of the Beast Era Wreckers' adventures.

====2008====
* '''"[[Gone Too Far]]"'''

''Continuity: [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]''
 ''Story:'' Deep in the outworlder city of Axiom Nexus, [[Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] get caught up in the locals' intrigues.

* '''"[[Force of Habit]]"'''

''Continuity:'' [[Unicron Trilogy]]
 ''Story:'' A team of Autobots, searching for the Cyber Planet Keys, finds a dead colony world with some dark secrets.

* '''"[[Withered Hope]]"'''

''Continuity: [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]''
 ''Story:'' Six explorers from a doomed dimension wind up in Axiom Nexus.

* '''"[[I, Lowtech]]"'''

''Continuity: [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]''
 ''Story:'' [[Power Master]] [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]] goes on a homicidal rampage.

* '''"[[Dungeons & Dinobots]]"'''

''Continuity: Shattered Glass''
 ''Story:'' A new intellect within [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] is awakened by mysterious forces.

====2009====
* '''"[[Do Over]]"'''
''Continuity: Shattered Glass'' 
''Story:'' The Autobots try to fly their Ark to Earth once more.

* '''"[[The Desert Heat!]]"''' (2-page comic)
''Continuity: Shattered Glass'' 
''Story:'' Heatwave and Soundwave have some adjustment problems after landing on Earth. Prelude to "[[Eye in the Sky]]".

* '''"[[Eye in the Sky]]"'''
''Continuity: Shattered Glass'' 
''Story:'' The Autobots and Decepticons have their first round of clashes on Earth.

* '''"[[Blitzwing Bop]]"'''
''Continuity: Shattered Glass'' 
''Story:'' Blitzwing gets turned into a broadcast transmitter that could be deadly to both factions.

* '''"[[At Fight's End]]"'''
''Continuity: Classics'' 
''Story:'' The Decepticon Civil War comes to a close as Megatron advances on Bludgeon.

====2010====
* '''"[[Transhuman]]"'''
''Continuity: Shattered Glass'' 
''Story:'' ''Not yet released''

* '''"[[Ultimate Salvation]]"'''
''Continuity: Shattered Glass'' 
''Story:'' ''Not yet released''

===Comic book stories===
In early 2008, plans were announced to publish a quarterly ''Timelines'' comic book series, available at comic book stores. The first issue, a "Spring Special", arrived in fall 2008. Oops!

====2008====
* '''"[[Cheap Shots]]"'''
''Continuity:'' Classics
 ''Story:'' [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and his crew search for a kidnapped pilot.

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