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Jim Cummings

2012-02-06T02:10:13Z

67.61.162.109: /* Notes */ Unfortunately

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[[Image:JimCummings1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff!]]
'''Jim Cummings''' (born [[November 3]], [[1952]]) is an American voice actor. One of the most popular and seasoned voice actors in the country, Jim Cummings might be best recognized for roles such as Leatherhead and The Shredder (whenever James Avery was unavailable) on ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', The current voice of the Tazmanian Devil from almost every ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon since ''Taz-Mania'', Monterey Jack and Fat Cat on ''Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers'', Darkwing Duck and Negaduck from ''Darkwing Duck'', Pete in ''Goof Troop'' and the ''Kingdom Hearts'' games, The Morocco Mole in ''Super Secret Secret Squirrel'', MODOK in [[Iron Man]], Cat from ''Catdog'', Ackar in ''Bionicle: The Legend Reborn'', [[Thor]] in the game ''Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2'', Thanos in ''The Super Hero Squad Show'' Season 2 (Taking over for [[Steve Blum]]) and everyone's favorite, ''Winnie the Pooh'' (and Tigger too!). If we put up more of his roles on this page, it will be very long.

==Roles==
===Generation 1===
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]

==Notes==
*Cummings actually replaced [[Peter Cullen]] as the voice of [[wikipedia:Monterey Jack (Rescue Rangers)|Monterey Jack]] on ''Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers'', and acted alongside [[Corey Burton]] for the rest of the series' run. Cullen and Cummings used to collaborate on ''Winnie the Pooh''.
*Sometimes Cummings sings karaoke with [[Peter Cullen]] in their Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore voices.
*In the 1990s, Cummings was the official voice of former [[President of the United States]], Bill Clinton in two animated [[Marvel]] cartoons, ''Iron Man'' and ''[[Fantastic Four]]''. Both of them were part of a action block called ''The Marvel Action Hour''.
*No, he is not related to announcer [[Brian Cummings]].

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191906/ Jim Cummings at IMDB]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]

Size class

2012-01-23T05:32:36Z

67.61.162.109: /* Prime */ let's clear up a misconception here: the classes havent been renamed, "revealer" and "powerizer" are just the names of the class-specific gimmicks. They still say deluxe/voyager on the box

[[Image:Animated-toy MultipleSizeOptimusPrimes.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|''Animated'' Optimus Prime]] toys of different size classes. From left to right: [[Legends Class]], [[Activators]], Deluxe Class, Voyager Class and Supreme Class.]]
'''Size class''' is how [[Hasbro]] determines the size and price of a toy. It also determines the amount of budget spent on the production of a [[Toy|Transformers toy]], such as paint or electronics. The logic behind size classes is simple: retailers can order a [[case]] of toys, knowing exactly how much they will sell for and exactly how much shelf space they will occupy. All the Deluxes in a line have identically-sized packaging and cost the same price. When you run out of Deluxes, you order a new case and put them right back where they belong. This is incredibly convenient, especially compared to [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]], where the sizes and prices of figures varied widely.

Each size class corresponds to its own '''price point''', the rough retail price of the individual toys. Price points do not correspond to exact retail price, but suggest the rough value one can expect to pay. A $10 price point toy may retail for $9.76 at Wal-Mart while being $10.99 at Toys-R-Us and $7.99 on sale at Target.

Up until ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', toys with a uniform gimmick were sold as their own distinct assortment, which often resulted in an assortment consisting of no more than four or six different toys. Since Autobots and Decepticons often had their own distinct gimmicks, this resulted in separate Autobot and Decepticon assortments. Starting with ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'', however, [[HasKen|Hasbro and Kenner]] introduced uniform price points which continued as ongoing size class assortments throughout the line (although, in the case of longer lines, an assortment could occasionally be reset while still retaining the same size class name).

The intended class of a toy is relevant to all phases of its design process. To sell at a given price, there are tight formulas for how much plastic can be used, how many paint applications are allowed, whether electronics can be included, and how complex the transformation and articulation can be. Further, since a size class is literally a ''size'' class; toys are limited in their measurements, so that they will fit into the same size packaging as other toys in their class. As an example, the ''[[Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Voyager [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] toy, in robot mode, is very short compared to other toys in his class. This may be because he transforms into a mostly-linear plane, with his weapon added on as a tail assembly, making him even longer. Regardless of whether there was room in the budget for more plastic, there may not have been room in a Voyager-sized box for him to be any bigger. Most Transformers are packaged in their [[alternate mode]]s; there are, however, exceptions. [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] is simply too wide and thick to fit inside the box in his alt-mode, thus, he is packed in his robot mode.

Size classes have not been consistent from line to line, with names often changing to affect marketability.

==Beast Wars==
''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' had five size classes. From smallest to largest:

* '''Basic,''' the cheapest at US$5.
* '''Deluxe,''' at US$10. This was one of the strongest performing price points, and nearly all future retail lines would feature product in the deluxe price range.
* '''Mega,''' at US$15. Toys of this size were often [[Shelfwarmer|shelfwarmers]].
* '''Ultra,''' at US$20. Only eight toys were sold at this price point.
* '''Super,''' at US$30. This size class contained only one toy, [[Optimus Primal|Optimal Optimus]].

Basic and Deluxe are sold on cards to this day; size classes larger than Deluxe were, and are, sold in boxes.

==Beast Machines==
''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' continued ''Beast Wars''' size classes, but increased the price of Basic to US$7.

'''Supreme''' was introduced as a US$40 size class. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] was the only Supreme in this line; a Supreme [[Optimus Primal]] toy was planned to be in this line, but was moved to ''Robots in Disguise''. Both of these supreme class designs featured electronic lights and sounds. Supreme Optimus Primal even featured speech by voice actor [[Garry Chalk]].

Two additional size classes, [[Deployer (BM)|Deployers]] (US$5) and [[Beast Rider|Beast Riders]] (US$10) would turn out to be short-lived. The size of Ultra toys was increased while maintaining the price.

==Robots in Disguise==
''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' used the ''Beast Machines'' size classes, though the Basic price point was once again lowered to US$5. However, most of the toys at this price point were either [[Spychanger]] two-packs or [[Redeco|redecoed]] ''Generation 1'' combiner limbs, making them somewhat smaller and less intricate than previous lines' Basics (a notable exception is [[Obsidian (RID)|the recolor]] of [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]], which was sold for less than the original version).

''Robots in Disguise'' also had three Mega-priced multipacks of smaller figures (the three smaller Predacons, a trio of recolored ''Beast Machines'' Basics as Autobots, and the recolored [[Laser Cycle|Laser Cycles]]).

Several of the line's toys ran afoul of the differences between US and Japanese packaging policies. The [[Team Bullet Train]] toys were individually packaged as Megas, despite being smaller than the usual members of that size class. The near-Basic-sized [[Wedge]] was sold as a Deluxe.

==Armada==
The ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' toyline renamed or repurposed all the existing price points:

* '''Mini-Con,''' at US$6.50 replaced the Basic price point, with 3-packs of [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]].
* '''Super-Con,''' at US$10 replaced the Deluxe.
* '''Max-Con,''' at US$20 replaced the Ultra. All Max-Cons had electronic sound effects.
* '''Giga-Con,''' at US$25. All Giga-Cons (except for [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]) featured electronic lights and sounds.
* '''Super-Base,''' at US$40 replaced Super, but used the Supreme price point. The only figure of this class was [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], who featured an infrared-activated automatic transformation gimmick, as well as lights and sounds.
* "[[Unicron]]" was in his own class using the Supreme size, at US$50. He had lights, but no sounds.

The old US$15 price, previously used by the Mega size class, was effectively discontinued, taken up by role-play toys like the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] and the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Dark Saber]].

==Universe (2003)==
The original ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' line used the ''Beast Wars'' size class designations, but only had '''Deluxe''' and '''Ultra''' (the latter at US$20).

After the ''Universe'' line as such had effectively ended, repackaged ''Energon'' (and even later, ''Cybertron'') toys were sold on ''Universe'' cards as discount chain [[Exclusive|exclusives]], divided into the price points '''Basic''' (US$5) and '''Deluxe''' (US$8).

==Alternators==
The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' line was unique insofar as it only consisted of one single price point (US$20). This was owed to the uniform [[scale]] of the line at 1:24, as well as the fact that all the toys from the line were based on licensed vehicles.

Some retailers actually listed the toys under the "Mega" price point, but this designation was never officially used by Hasbro. In fact, there was an official "Mega Alternators" assortment of sorts, which consisted of shrinkwrapped two-packs consisting of two individual toys (mostly limited to [[Shelfwarmer|shelfwarmers]] such as [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Side Swipe]] or [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]), available for the price of a single Alternators toy exclusively at Toys'R'Us.

Hasbro later replaced the original mass retail Alternators assortment with a second one, which remained at the original one's price point. In the case of Alternators [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], Hasbro reportedly accepted a smaller profit margin (since the toy was more expensive to produce than other Alternators toys) so they could still sell it at the US$20 price point.

==Energon==
''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' took a somewhat random approach to size-class naming. The second [[Transformers: Energon (mini-comic)|pack-in catalog]] introduced the size class range as

* '''Energon''' (Basic), with the price back to US$7
* '''Combat''' (Deluxe) - US$10.
* '''Mega Combat''' (the former "Max-Con") - US$20. All Mega Combat (and the subsequently renamed Mega Class) figures featured sound effects.
* '''Commanders''' (the former "Giga-Con") - US$25. Commanders had lights and sounds depending on the figure.
* '''Leaders''' (the former "Super Base") - US$40. Leaders featured both lights and sounds.
* [[Unicron]] was given no size class - US$50.

The third [[catalog]] explicitly referred to the price points as

* '''Energon Class'''
* '''Combat Class'''
* '''Mega Class''' (a renamed US$20 Max-Con/Mega Combat class, not to be confused with the old ''Beast Wars''/''Beast Machines''/''Robots in Disguise''-era US$15 Mega class)
* '''Command Class'''
* '''Leaders Class'''
* Omega Supreme was given no size class.

The fourth and final catalog continued using the terms originated by the third (although no price points were listed for the combiners), but finally listed Omega Supreme as '''Supreme Class'''.

==Cybertron==
''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' changed the naming of some size classes, but retained others:

* '''[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]],''' at US$3, with tiny [[Market six]]-aimed figures.
* '''Mini-Con Class,''' at US$5 was added for the Mini-Con two-packs.
* '''Scout Class,''' at US$7, formerly Energon Class.
* '''Deluxe Class,''' at US$10, formerly Combat Class.
* '''Voyager Class,''' at US$20, ''Energon'' Mega Class (see ''Energon'' section above). Sound effects were dropped from all but four figures in this size class. [[Vector Prime]], [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]], [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] and his smarter remold Dark Crumplezone retained their sound effects gimmick.
* '''Ultra Class,''' at US$25, formerly Command Class. Ultra class toys had lights and sounds.
* '''Leader Class,''' dropping the plural "s" from the previous "Leaders Class". Leader class figures featured lights and sounds, and (except for [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]]) featured several [[Cyber Key]] gimmicks.
* '''Supreme Class,''' remained the same. Supreme class figures had lights and sounds, with several different Cyber Planet Key gimmicks. [[Primus]] featured an [[Omega Lock]] accessory gimmick that was essential for his transformation.

==Classics==
''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' kept the Deluxe and Voyager classes, renamed as

* '''Legends,''' at US$4 - Legends of Cybertron repaints, raised $1 in price.
* '''Mini-Con,''' at US$7, in three-packs again, replacing the Scout Class price point.
* '''Classic Deluxe,''' at US$10.
* '''Classic Voyager,''' at US$20.

==Movie==
''Transformers'', the [[Movie (toyline)|toyline]] based on the 2007 [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]], retained many size classes from before:

* '''Legends Class,''' at US$4.
* '''Scout Class,''' at US$7.
* '''Deluxe Class,''' at US$10.
* '''Voyager Class,''' at US$20. Continuing on from the standards set in ''Cybertron'' and ''Classics'', ''Movie'' Voyagers featured no electronics unless they were redecos of toys from previous lines.
* '''Ultra Class,''' at US$25. (Consisted of two Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] ''Cybertron'' redecoes.)
* '''Leader Class,''' at US$40. The Leaders featured electronic lights and sounds, usually attached to a spring-loaded [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] gimmick.

The '''Supreme''' class was dropped. The Scout Class, which consisted entirely of [[Redeco|redecos]] of toys from the ''Energon'' and ''Cybertron'' toylines, was exclusively available at Target stores in the USA, but was sold at mass retail in Europe and Canada. Additionally, there was a gimmick-based sub-line named '''[[Fast Action Battlers]]''', which also sold at US$10 (like the Deluxe Class toys); a simplistic, cutesy sub-line aimed at young children named ''[[Cyber Slammers]]'', which also sold for US$8; and a new US$90 figure sold as '''Ultimate Bumblebee.'''

==Animated==
The [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|''Transformers Animated'' toyline]] has the following size classes:

* '''Activators''', at US $8. Features an automorph gimmick.
* '''Deluxe Class''', at US$10.
* '''Voyager Class''', at US$20.
* '''Leader Class''', at US$40. Features electronic lights and sounds, including speech samples voiced usually by the actors from the cartoon.
* '''Supreme Class''', at US$50. Only Roll-out Supreme Optimus Prime got released for this price point. It features electronic lights and sounds, including speech samples voiced by [[David Kaye]].

In addition, the [[Bumper Battlers]] size class replaces the movie line's [[Cyber Slammers]], going one better by featuring an extensive array of voice samples and sound effects. However, with this comes a price increase to US$10. Legends Class toys of the Animated cast are being released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' toyline instead.

==Universe (2008)==
The 2008 [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' toyline]] has the following size classes:

* '''Legends Class''', at US$4.
* '''Deluxe Class''', at US$10.
* '''Voyager Class''', at US$20. Several of the redecos and retools of ''Cybertron'' toys respectively, have had their sound effects removed and the battery compartments riveted shut, owing to pricing changes in this price point between their original manufacture and release in Universe.
* '''Ultra Class''', at US$25. Ultra class have lights and sounds for all-new figures.
* '''Supreme Class''', at US$50. This size class consists solely of the Toys 'R' Us exclusive repackaged ''Armada'' [[Unicron]].

==Revenge of the Fallen==
''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' was fairly similar to the first movie's toyline, with the addition of the Human Alliance and Supreme Combiner classes, as well as the prices jumping up a few dollars. Due to competition between mass retailers, Deluxe and Voyager were often marked down to around $10 and $20 respectively to drive sales to those stores.

* '''Legends Class,''' at US$5.
* '''Scout Class,''' at US$8.
* '''Deluxe Class,''' at US$13.
* '''Voyager Class,''' at US$22.
* '''Human Alliance,''' at US$30.
* '''Leader Class,''' at US$45.
* '''Supreme Combiner,''' at US$100. Consisted solely of the dog-sized [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] toy.

==Dark of the Moon==
''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' divides the toys into two major categories. The Cyberverse line contains Legion (previously Legends) and Commander (replacing Scout, but slightly smaller and less complex) size classes and transforming playsets which come with either a Legion or Commander class figure. The MechTech line includes Deluxes class figures and above, with the new addition of Basic figures to the Human Alliance subset. Due to the inclusion of the large MechTech weapons with Deluxe, Voyager and Leader figures, they are slightly smaller than those of the same size class in previous lines.

* '''Legion Class,''' at US$5.
* '''Commander Class,''' at US$8.
* '''Human Alliance Basic,''' at US$10.
* '''Deluxe Class,''' at US$13.
* '''Cyberverse Action Set,''' at US$15.
* '''Voyager Class,''' at US$22.
* '''Human Alliance,''' at US$30.
* '''Cyberverse Playset,''' at US$30. Consisting solely of the Cyberverse Ark playset.
* '''Leader Class,''' at US$45.
* '''Ultimate,''' at US$90. Consisting solely of the Ultimate Optimus Prime toy.

==Prime==
''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|The Prime toyline]]'' started with the 'First Edition' line released in December 2011, and continued into the 'Robots In Disguise' 2012 line. It also adds a 'Vehicle Class' consisting of a transforming playset and Legion-class figure, at an as-yet unrevealed US price point, but judging by the UK price it will probably be US$15-20.

* '''Legion Class,''' at US$5.
* '''Commander Class,''' at US$8.
* '''Deluxe Class,''' at US$13.
* '''Vehicle Class,''' at US$15-20.
* '''Voyager Class,''' at US$22.

==Size class chart==
Class names, organized by toy line and approximate price point:

{|border="1" style="line-height:100%;border-collapse:collapse;"
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|Price
!BW!!BM!!RiD!!Armada!!colspan="2"|Energon!!Universe!!Cybertron!!Classics!!Movie!!Animated!!Universe!!RotF!!DotM
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|$3|| || || || || || || ||Legends of Cybertron|| || || || || ||
|-
|$4|| || || || || || || || ||Legends||Legends|| ||Legends|| ||
|-
|$5||Basic|| ||Basic|| || || ||Basic||Mini-Cons|| || || || ||Legends||Legion
|-
|$7|| ||Basic|| ||Mini-Con||Basic||Energon|| ||Scout||Mini-Con||Scout|| || || ||
|-
|$8|| || || || || || || || || || ||Activators|| ||Scout||Commander
|-
|$10||Deluxe||Deluxe||Deluxe||Super-Con||Combat||Combat||Deluxe||Deluxe||Classic Deluxe||Deluxe||Deluxe||Deluxe|| ||HA Basic
|-
|$13|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||Deluxe||Deluxe
|-
|$15||Mega||Mega||Mega|| || || || || || || || || || ||Action Set
|-
|$20||Ultra||Ultra||Ultra||Max-Con||Mega Combat||Mega||Ultra||Voyager||Classic Voyager||Voyager||Voyager|Voyager||Voyager|| ||
|-
|$22|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||Voyager||Voyager
|-
|$25|| || || ||Giga-Con||Commanders||Command|| ||Ultra|| ||Ultra|| ||Ultra|| || |
|-
|$30||Super||Super||Super|| || || || || || || || || ||Human Alliance||Human Alliance
|-
|$40|| ||Supreme||Supreme||Super-Base||Leaders||Leaders|| ||Leader|| ||Leader||Leader|| || ||
|-
|$45|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||Leader||Leader
|-
|$50|| || || || ||Unicron||Supreme|| ||Supreme|| || ||Supreme||Supreme|| || |
|-
|$90|| || || || || || || || || ||Ultimate|| || ||Ultimate||Ultimate
|-
|$100|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||Supreme Combiner||
|}

[[Category:Toys]]

Neil Ross

2012-01-19T17:01:39Z

67.61.162.109: /* Generation 1 */

[[Image:NeilRoss1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Save my bones for Davy Jones!]]
'''Neil Ross''' (born [[December 31]], [[1944]]) is an American voice actor (though born in the UK). He is best known for several roles, including [[Shipwreck]] and [[Dusty]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'', [[Hasbro]] crossover character [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Hector Ramirez]] from ''G.I. Joe'', ''[[The Inhumanoids]]'' and ''[[Jem|Jem & the Holograms]]'', [[Wolverine (superhero)|Inexplicably Australian Wolverine]] from ''Pryde of the X-Men'', Keith from ''Voltron'', Rambo from ''Rambo the Animated Series'' and, fittingly enough, [[Han Solo]] in various ''[[Star Wars]]'' video games.

==Voice roles==
===Generation 1===
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]
*[[Fracas]]
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
*[[Monzo]]
*[[Pointblank]]
*[[Prima]]
*[[Sixshot]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Tornedron]]

===Animated===
*[[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] (Botcon 2011 Script Reading)
*[[Wildrider (Animated)|Wildrider]] (Botcon 2011 Script Reading)

==Convention appearances==
*[[BotCon 2011]]

==Notes==

*Despite voicing [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Hector Ramirez]] in every other TV series he appeared in, ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' is the only one in which Ross did ''not'' perform the character.

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0743719/ Neil Ross at IMDB]
*[http://therealmtoys.com/wordpressorg/16971/exclusive-interview-voice-actor-neil-ross/ Interview with Neil Ross at The RealmCast]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]

Corey Burton

2012-01-19T17:00:09Z

67.61.162.109: /* Generation 1 */

[[Image:CoreyBurton1.jpg|right|188px|thumb|Too friendly-looking to be Shockwave, yet too cool to be Spike.]]
'''Corey Burton''' (born '''Corey Gregg Weinberg''' on [[August 3]], [[1955]]) is an American voice actor. Some of his most recognized roles over the years have been [[Tomax]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'', Dale from ''Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers'', Brainiac from ''[[Superman]]: The Animated Series'', Red Tornado from ''[[Batman]]: The Brave and the Bold'', Professor Owl and Professor Ludwig von Drake from various Disney productions and all the furry little monsters in ''Critters''. He most recently voiced Hugo Strange in ''Batman: Arkham City''.

==Voice roles==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:SpikeshockwaveUD3.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Why did you get to be in more episodes than me?"]]
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] ([[War Dawn|Young version]])
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
*[[Dion]]
*[[NUL-A]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Vector Sigma]]
*[[Wide Load]]
*[[Prime Nova]] (Ep 69 Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4)

===Transformers Animated===
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
* [[Colossus Rhodes]]
* [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]/Longarm Prime
* [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]
* [[Spike Witwicky (Animated)|Spike]]
* [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] (grunts only)

====Incidentals====
*[[Narrator]] ("[[Transform and Roll Out]]")
*Dispatcher ("Transform and Roll Out")
*Pilot ("Transform and Roll Out")
*Man ("[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]")
*Man ("[[Sound and Fury]]")
*Computer Voice ("[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]")

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' Gamestop commercial===

*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]

==Notes==
* Burton based Shockwave's voice on that of actor [[wikipedia:David Warner (actor)|David Warner]]—specifically, Warner's turn as the cold, mechanical Sark from Disney's ''Tron'', a character that Burton himself would actually later voice in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' video games.
*Corey Burton stated in an interview that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was by far his favorite character to perform in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original show]]. He does however think ''Animated'' Shockwave could take Generation 1 Shockwave in a fight.
*You should thank him as it was his wish to do more of Shockwave that [[Transformers Animated]] even got one in the first place.
*Although [[Steve Blum]] voiced [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]] in the "[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]" game, Burton performed the character for a Gamestop commercial. In a [http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=853&sid=3992b18086e21d8f6face60940505757 forum post about the recording session], Burton lamented that the performance was so rushed, and the "gag" nature so out of character, that he felt it hardly even sounded like him.
*Corey Burton was offered the chance to audition for [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and Brawl (whether that's the [[Barricade (Movie)|police car Brawl]], the [[Blackout (Movie)|helicopter Brawl]] or [[Brawl (Movie)|tank Brawl]] isn't certain) for the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 ''Transformers'' live-action film]] but declined, explaining "[I] have practically no interest in that kind of mega-budget movie enterprise involvement".<ref>[http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2707&highlight=#2707 Corey Burton's message board post.]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0123553/ Corey Burton at the Internet Movie Database]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=41857&p=742393#p742393 seibertron.com Interview with Cory Burton]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]

Charlie Adler

2012-01-19T16:59:47Z

67.61.162.109: /* Generation 1 cartoon */

{{disambig3|Charles}}

[[Image:Charlieadler.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Most guarded secret: Is indeed related to Babs Bunny.]]
'''Charlie Adler''' (born [[October 2]], [[1956]]), sometimes '''Charles''', is an American voice actor and voice director. Outside of ''Transformers'', he is known for voicing Buster Bunny on ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' (until John Kassir came in after his departure), Low Light on ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'', [[Cobra Commander]], [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]], [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] and [[Gung-Ho]] on ''G.I. Joe: Resolute'', Cobra Commander again on ''G.I. Joe: Renegades'', T-Bone on ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'', [[Doctor Doom]] in ''The Super Hero Squad Show'', The Super-Skrull in ''[[Marvel]] vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds'', Ickis in ''Aaahh!!! Real Monsters'', Professor Monkey-for-a-head in ''Earthworm Jim'', practically the entire cast of ''Cow and Chicken'', and jeez, almost anything from [[Cartoon Network]], Nick, and any other old school show in the past 20 years.

He is also a voice director, in which his credits include, The ''Rugrats'' movies (taking over for [[Keythe Farley]], who does the show), and the sequel series ''All Grown Up'', ''The Wild Thornberrys'' and the feature film itself, ''The Replacements'', ''Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic'', ''Dead Space: Downfall'', ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', ''Rocket Power'' and ''Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinty Gauntlet'' game.

==Voice roles==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
* [[Dirk Manus]]
* [[Duros]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
* [[Triggerhappy]]
* [[Vorath]]
* [[Guardian Prime]] (Ep 69 Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4)

===''Transformers'' 2007 film===
* [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]

===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''===
* Starscream

===''Revenge of the Fallen'': The Game===
* Starscream
* [[Starscream (G1)|''Generation One'' Starscream]]
* [[Sunstorm (G1)|''Generation One'' Sunstorm]]

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''===
*Starscream

==Notes==
*Adler's portrayals of Starscream in the film versus the video game versions of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' are vastly different. While in the film Starscream's voice is neurotic and whiny, the video game voice is dark and sinister, magnified greatly by some ''crazy'' heavy electronic amplification that pushes Adler's voice to the point of being virtually unrecognizable. To draw a more direct comparison, his voice in the game sounds more like the movie version of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] than [[Frank Welker]] does! Strangely enough, they seem to have kept his "normal" Starscream voice for phrases spoken by the G1 incarnation of the character during multiplayer.

==External links==
* [http://www.mkbmemorial.com/adler/home.html Official Charlie Adler site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012121/ Charles Adler on IMDB]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Adler_(voice_actor) Charles Adler on Wikipedia]

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Philip L. Clarke

2012-01-19T16:58:31Z

67.61.162.109: /* Generation 1 */

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'''Philip Lewis-Clarke''' is an American actor. He also played Dr. Go in ''[[GoBots (franchise)|Challenge of the GoBots]]'' and Prince Lightstar in ''Skeleton Warriors''.

He is sometimes credited as '''Phillip Clarke'''.

==Voice roles==
===Generation 1===
* [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]]
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
* [[Victor Drath]]
* [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]]
* [[Marty Minkler]]
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Zeta Prime]] ("[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]")
* [[Ozu's sensei]] ("[[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]")

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0164950/ Philip L. Clarke on the Internet Movie Database]

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Dark of the Moon issue 4

2012-01-12T04:38:11Z

67.61.162.109:

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'''The final battle begins!'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] (5)
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] (6)
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] (9)
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (10)
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] (11)
*[[Brains]] (12)
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] (13)
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] (14)
*[[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] (18)
|c2=*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Driller]] (19)
*[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] (20)
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] (21)
*[[Hatchling]]s (26)
*[[Igor]] (27)

|c3=*[[Robert Epps]] (1)
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (2)
*[[Hardcore Eddie]] (3)
*[[Carly Spencer]] (15)
*[[Dylan Gould]] (16)
*[[Seymour Simmons]] (22)
*[[Charlotte Mearing]] (23)
*[[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] (24)
*[[William Lennox]] (25)
}}

==Notes==

*This issue also includes [[Convergence chapter 4|''Convergence'' chapter 4]] as exclusive bonus back-up material.
*Megatron's tarp-cape varies in length. It varies between short (going down to his neck) and long (going over his shoulder, like how it's mostly seen).
*This issue was planned to be released on [[June 29]], but after the movie date was pushed to that same date, the adaptation was delayed to July 6.
*Hardcore Eddie is inexplicably drawn as a muscular, Caucasian male with a red Mohawk.

===Differences with movie===
Several pieces of the film are trimmed out and/or pared down, but purely for page-space reasons, rather than due to the issue being based on an early script. These include:
*We never see Sam and Epps finding the soldiers, unlike the film.
*Lennox shows up ''after'' Starscream is dead.
*Bumblebee doesn't save Sam when Starscream dies.
*The Wreckers don't tear apart the Decepticon pilot.
*Most of the scenes with the NEST soldiers during the battle are omitted.
*Topspin speaks!

Other script-based differences include:
*Carly does not change her clothes while she is trapped with Dylan Gould. She still wears her white dress from last issue.
*Shockwave speaks in the final battle.
*Starscream attacks Sam and the others when they are in the building about to shoot at the pillars, something that never happened in the movie.
*Simmons is still sans wheelchair.
*The [[boomstick]] that ends Starscream's life is stabbed in his mouth instead of eye.
*The Autobots are in chains during the execution scene, as opposed to simply being restrained.
*Wheeljack lives, and instead Mirage has his head ripped off by Soundwave.
*Bumblebee kills Soundwave with one shot to the chest, and the two do not have an extended battle.
*Wheelie and Brains live as opposed to the movie where their fate was merely ambiguous.
*Optimus' rampage is omitted. Shockwave stands with Sentinel as he triggers the pillar, and is simply stabbed in the chest as opposed to having his throat ripped out.
*The final fight between Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime and Megatron takes place up in a large, destroyed building. Megatron helps Optimus in killing Sentinel Prime, providing a distraction so Optimus can use Sentinel's rust cannon against him. As well, Megatron does not die and offers a sincere truce after Cybertron disappears.
*The main control pillar is destroyed by missile launchers instead of Bumblebee destroying it.
*The final scene from the comic, with Igor looking at the sky wondering what became of his master, is not in the movie.

The Decepticons are also shown tearing a building apart and making a fortress out of it.

==Errors==

* The Wreckers' are colored rather inconsistently. In some panels they have the right colors, and in others Roadbuster is blue, Topspin is red, and Leadfoot is green.
* In the panel before Mirage dies, he has Soundwaves color's and Soundwave's "prisoners" line is attributed to him as well

==Covers (2)==
*'''Cover A:''' Megatron and Soundwave, by Jorge Jimenez Moreno.

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Dark of the Moon issue 3

2012-01-12T04:27:02Z

67.61.162.109: /* Errors */

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'''Sentinel and the Decepticons' plans are revealed!'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] (4)
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (5)
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] (6)
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] (7)
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] (10)
*[[Brains]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (16)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (17)
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] (18)
*[[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] (19)
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] (26)
*[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] (27)
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] (28)
|c2=*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (12)
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] (13)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Igor]] (15)
*Tons of unnamed Decepticons (20)
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] (23)
*[[Watch-bot]] (24)
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (25)
|c3=*[[Seymour Simmons]] (2)
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (3)
*[[Charlotte Mearing]] (8)
*[[William Lennox]] (9)
*[[Dylan Gould]] (21)
*[[Carly Spencer]] (22)
*[[Robert Epps]] (29)
}}

==Notes==
*This issue also includes [[Convergence chapter 3|''Convergence'' chapter 3]] as exclusive bonus back-up material.
*Megatron's tarp-cape varies in length. It varies between short (going down to his neck) and long (going over his shoulder, like how it's mostly seen).
===Differences with movie===
Several pieces of the film are trimmed out and/or pared down, but purely for page-space reasons, rather than due to the issue being based on an early script. These include:
*Bumblebee does not make any attempt to shoot Sentinel Prime after Ironhide dies.
*Megatron simply removes [[Abraham Lincoln]] statue from the Abraham Lincoln Memorial instead of blasting it... [[Atlantis, Arise!|sounds familiar]].
*Dylan gives Sam the Watch-bot, instead of the Watch-bot coiling itself around Sam's arm in the movie.

Other script-based differences include:
*The Twins' deaths at the hands of Sentinel Prime are included here.
*Simmons is present during Ironhide's and the Twins' deaths, while he was not present in Ironhide's death scene in the final film.
*Simmons does not use a wheelchair after his legs are broken.
*Ironhide does not die due to the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]], instead he's blasted to pieces by Sentinel Prime's gun.
*Sentinel activates the pillars in Washington D.C. during the daytime. He does it at night in the movie.
*Sam Witwicky, Lennox, Wheelie, and Brains are present when Sentinel activates the Pillars.
*The Autobots engage the Decepticons in an extended fight before they retreat, and the Washington Monument is destroyed.
*Unlike the movie, Carly doesn't change her clothes while held captive by Dylan Gould. She remains in her dress.

Barricade is also not present in the final battle. Instead, he appears with Starscream in a video feed during Sentinel's speech to Congress. Another remarkable difference is that the Decepticons coming from the Moon have individualized appearances, while in the film they are [[generic]].

===IDW continuity notes===
*Sam mentions the attack on the Diego Garcia base which happened in the Rising Storm prequel comics

== Errors ==
*Despite his legs having been broken in the previous issue, Simmons is able to walk perfectly in this and the next issue.
* Topspin is colored red, Roadbuster is mistakenly colored blue, and Leadfoot is green for some reason.

== Covers (2) ==
*'''Cover A:''' Sentinel Prime and Bumblebee, by Jorge Jimenez Moreno.

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Dark of the Moon issue 3

2012-01-12T04:25:42Z

67.61.162.109: /* Differences with movie */ Not Topspin, just a miscolored Roadbuster

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'''Sentinel and the Decepticons' plans are revealed!'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] (4)
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (5)
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] (6)
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] (7)
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] (10)
*[[Brains]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (16)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (17)
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] (18)
*[[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] (19)
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] (26)
*[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] (27)
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] (28)
|c2=*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (12)
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] (13)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Igor]] (15)
*Tons of unnamed Decepticons (20)
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] (23)
*[[Watch-bot]] (24)
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (25)
|c3=*[[Seymour Simmons]] (2)
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (3)
*[[Charlotte Mearing]] (8)
*[[William Lennox]] (9)
*[[Dylan Gould]] (21)
*[[Carly Spencer]] (22)
*[[Robert Epps]] (29)
}}

==Notes==
*This issue also includes [[Convergence chapter 3|''Convergence'' chapter 3]] as exclusive bonus back-up material.
*Megatron's tarp-cape varies in length. It varies between short (going down to his neck) and long (going over his shoulder, like how it's mostly seen).
===Differences with movie===
Several pieces of the film are trimmed out and/or pared down, but purely for page-space reasons, rather than due to the issue being based on an early script. These include:
*Bumblebee does not make any attempt to shoot Sentinel Prime after Ironhide dies.
*Megatron simply removes [[Abraham Lincoln]] statue from the Abraham Lincoln Memorial instead of blasting it... [[Atlantis, Arise!|sounds familiar]].
*Dylan gives Sam the Watch-bot, instead of the Watch-bot coiling itself around Sam's arm in the movie.

Other script-based differences include:
*The Twins' deaths at the hands of Sentinel Prime are included here.
*Simmons is present during Ironhide's and the Twins' deaths, while he was not present in Ironhide's death scene in the final film.
*Simmons does not use a wheelchair after his legs are broken.
*Ironhide does not die due to the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]], instead he's blasted to pieces by Sentinel Prime's gun.
*Sentinel activates the pillars in Washington D.C. during the daytime. He does it at night in the movie.
*Sam Witwicky, Lennox, Wheelie, and Brains are present when Sentinel activates the Pillars.
*The Autobots engage the Decepticons in an extended fight before they retreat, and the Washington Monument is destroyed.
*Unlike the movie, Carly doesn't change her clothes while held captive by Dylan Gould. She remains in her dress.

Barricade is also not present in the final battle. Instead, he appears with Starscream in a video feed during Sentinel's speech to Congress. Another remarkable difference is that the Decepticons coming from the Moon have individualized appearances, while in the film they are [[generic]].

===IDW continuity notes===
*Sam mentions the attack on the Diego Garcia base which happened in the Rising Storm prequel comics

== Errors ==
*Despite his legs having been broken in the previous issue, Simmons is able to walk perfectly in this and the next issue.

== Covers (2) ==
*'''Cover A:''' Sentinel Prime and Bumblebee, by Jorge Jimenez Moreno.

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Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime

2012-01-11T18:28:46Z

67.61.162.109: /* Featured characters */

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|coverdate=December 2011
|story by=[[James Roberts]] and [[John Barber]]
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|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
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|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
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'''Optimus Prime returns to a Cybertron that no longer needs him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:DoOP Optimus Metalhawk.jpg|thumb|left|200px|...How did Metalhawk get through that door?]]A confused and disoriented [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] awakens on what seems to be [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], though the planet is now convulsing with primordial energies and is missing some of its characteristic features. He assumes he has somehow been transported into the distant past, but spotting the wreckage of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s [[Sweep]]s reveals that something even stranger is afoot. Prime soon discovers that [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] still exists, though it is now populated by Cybertronians whom he does not recognize and who mostly seem equally ignorant of himself. One of them, however, certainly recognizes Optimus and berates him for Cybertron's sorry state. The situation is defused when [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] arrive, intimidating the outspoken Transformer and introducing Optimus to the newly-adopted acronym "[[NAIL]]"—Non-Aligned Indigenous Lifeforms—designating the multitudes of Cybertronians who evacuated their planet in the early stages of the [[Great War (G1)|civil war]] rather than picking and fighting for a side. Optimus is then reunited with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], who describe the relative ease with which they captured the disoriented, post-[[Deceptigod]] [[Decepticon]]s. They also express both their awe at the never-ending hordes of NAILs now returning to a pacified Cybertron and their tension at the situation, since they realize the NAILs perceive the Autobots to be nothing but symbols of the war they hate so much. That's certainly how [[Metalhawk]] feels—though the harshness of his contempt for the Autobots is certainly matched by Optimus's own declarations that Metalhawk was a coward who abandoned his own race in its time of greatest need. Some of the Autobots recommend that Optimus demonstrate the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in order to convince the NAILs of the justness of their cause, but this is clearly impossible as the Matrix is totally depleted.

Optimus visits the captive Decepticons, now imprisoned within the gun chamber of the crashed [[Kimia Facility]]. [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] tries to impress Optimus with his own record of Senatorial service, but Optimus tersely cuts him off by noting that, regardless of his pre-war history, he is now just as much a criminal as the rest of his faction.

[[Image:DoOP protestors effigy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Prime's just hanging out with the populace]]Day by day, the standoff with the NAILs grows ever more tense; for all his own dislike of the Autobots, Metalhawk is forced to play peacemaker when other NAILs such as [[Zetca]] begin to openly rally for violence against them. [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Rewind]] finish their examination of the empty halves of the Matrix shell, and determine that it is actually an ancient cosmic map that leads to... something. [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] immediately declares that it must be pointing out the location of the [[Knights of Cybertron]], whose awesome power could surely help unite all Cybertronians and restore stability to the planet. The fact that these Knights are widely believed to be mythical does not dissuade him, and nor does Optimus's insistence that the [[Circle of Light]] was nothing but an eccentric cult. Drift is adamant about the reality of the Knights, and the wisdom of [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]'s guarantees of their power; gradually, he manages to convince some other Autobots of the need to undertake a quest for these Knights. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] is outraged at the thought of leaving Cybertron in control of the NAILs, whom he considers to be lazy and opportunistic ingrates—though Metalhawk retorts that Prowl is only bitter because he had tried and failed to remain unaligned during the war. Suddenly, the crowd of NAILs outside attacks the Autobot base. Though disorganized, they can present a threat—emphasis on "can", as Prowl fixates on the potential of Autobot lives being at risk as being sufficient justification for releasing the captive Decepticons to beat back the crowds. Ratbat pleads with the other Decepticons not to obey Autobot orders and, instead, to attack their old enemies then and there. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] countermands that order, pointing out that they would easily be destroyed by an alliance of Autobots and NAILs. With their transformation capabilities and heaviest weapons disabled, the Decepticons use sheer brute force to push back the NAILs, and thereafter are held in line by Prowl's warning that they have each been fitted with remote-controlled detonator chips.

[[Image:DoOP matrix bequeathed.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Solomon Prime.]]In despair, Optimus Prime addresses the entire populace of Cybertron. Though he means only the best for all of them, he grudgingly admits that in a way he himself has become just another aspect of endless war, and that he is willing to leave Cybertron forever in the hopes that its society will be able to restructure itself peacefully without him. As Optimus prepares for his departure, Rodimus and Bumblebee continue to disagree over the wisdom of manning an expedition to seek out the Knights of Cybertron and, in the end, decide to split their forces, with some Autobots going on the quest and others remaining behind to try to rebuild. Optimus Prime's last act among his old cohorts is to leave the empty halves of the Matrix shell in their hands.

On his lonely flight away from Cybertron, destined for parts unknown, the former leader of the Autobots reflects on how, for the first time in eons, he is no longer responsible for anyone else's life or death. At last, he feels free. Optimus Prime is dead; Orion Pax has been reborn.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (3)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (4)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] (5)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (11)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (21)
*[[Rewind]] (22)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (24)
*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] (25)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (30)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (31)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (32)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (33)

|c2=
*[[Sweep]]s (2)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (9)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (10)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (13)
*[[Pounce]] or [[Wingspan]] (14)
*[[Horri-Bull]] (15)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (16)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (17)
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (18)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (19)
*[[Needlenose]] (20)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]? (26)
*Another Constructicon's foot (27)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (28)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (29)

|h4=[[NAIL]]s|c4=
*[[Metalhawk]] (12)
*[[Zetca]] (23)

}}

==Quotes==
"'''No!''' They're just '''using''' you! My Decepticons—we must '''rise''' against the '''Autobots!'''" 
"'''That's''' what you want? Attack and give the '''Autobots''' and these '''rioters''' something to unite against?" 
"You just don't '''understand''', Starscream." 
"Well, I understand why nobody's listened to '''Ratbat''' for four million years."
:—'''Ratbat''' doesn't get much respect from '''Starscream'''

"That '''mob''' outside? We owe them '''nothing!''' '''We're''' the ones who risked our lives against the Decepticons! Where was Metalhawk when Megatron invaded [[Vos]], or—or blew up the '''[[Grand Imperium]]?''' But now that the smoke's cleared, they think they can just '''turn up and reclaim the planet?!''' I don't know what's worse—their '''arrogance''' or their '''cowardice!'''
:—'''Prowl''' protests...too much

==Notes==
*This issue was originally advertised as "issue #125", but was instead sold as a standalone one-shot with a banner that simply identified it as a "celebration" of 125 issues. This count includes all of IDW's different Generation 1 universe series, mini-series and one-shots, with the exception of crossover projects ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'' and ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]''.
* The generic NAIL who accosts Optimus Prime at the start of the issue, and who is seen again during the battle, is based on the famous British children's book character [[Wikipedia: Noddy (character)|Noddy]], sporting his conical blue "hat" topped in a bell, red torso, blue "shorts" and coloured cheeks. Moreover, his visible [[alternate mode]] components, including a chest grill and large red wheel wells on his shoulders, indicate that he transforms into [http://www.google.com/search?q=noddy%27s+car&hl=en&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=uWrzTsfWNOOh4gTe9tGNCA&ved=0CGYQsAQ&biw=1320&bih=636 Noddy's car], itself one of the most well-known aspects of the character. He also shares the same character model (with the exception of his head) as [[Dipstick]].
* Sideswipe is now sporting a body based on the [[BotCon 2010]] [[Sideswipe (G1)#Timelines|"customizing class" toy]]: his [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' body]] in his ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)| Generation 2]]'' colors. He's also wearing the bandolier and sword he wore in the ''Generation 2'' comics.
* A generic NAIL on page 16 has a striking resemblance to that of movie [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. A mostly black body with a partially bronze face as well as red and blue siren lights. This generic is seen being held by Ironhide in a sort of Full Nelson. On the IDW boards, Josh Burcham confirmed that while the character wasn't specified to be Barricade in the script, he looked so much like him that he used Barricade's colors.
* This is the first fiction Zetca's ever gotten. Though, as a [[Masterforce Warrior]], he should technically be a human...
* Cyclonus protests that [[Infestation (IDW)|he shouldn't]] [[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|be with the Decepticons]].
* Swindle [[Spotlight: Ultra Magnus|once]] [[New Arrivals, Old Encounters|again]] proposes to "make a deal". However, it doesn't fool Optimus Prime. Nice try, though.

===Errors===

*Two typographic errors crop up on page 9; "Bubmlebee" and "befroe".

===Covers (4)===
* '''Cover A:''' Generation 1 Optimus Prime toy; photo by [[Rik Alvarez]]
* '''Cover B:''' Homage to [[:Image:Transformers (UK) 150.jpg|Marvel UK #150]] cover; art by [[Nick Roche]] and colors by [[Josh Burcham]]
* '''Cover RI-A:''' Homage to "[[The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers]]" cover; art by [[Livio Ramondelli]]
* '''Cover RI-B:''' Montage of covers of the previous 124 issues

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