https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=70.188.61.121MediaWiki - User contributions [en]2026-06-01T10:52:28ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.45.3https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Transformers:_Prime_(franchise)&diff=702895Transformers: Prime (franchise)2012-04-01T12:06:00Z<p>70.188.61.121: /* Continuity */</p>
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'''''Transformers: Prime''''' is a [[franchise]] that launched in 2010. Its fiction is part of the [[Aligned continuity family]], based on the same [[production bible]] as ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]''. Its design aesthetic is somewhere between the [[live-action film series]] and ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''. The writers of the first two live-action movies, [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]], are executive producers on the ''Prime'' cartoon. Orci described this as a chance to do what he "couldn't do in the movies."<ref>[http://www.movieweb.com/news/roberto-orci-and-jeff-kline-talk-transformers-prime Movieweb.com interview with Roberto Orci & Jeff Kline]</ref><br />
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==Franchise elements==<br />
*[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|A cartoon series]]<br />
*[[Transformers: Prime (comic)|Comic books]]<br />
*[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|A toyline]]<br />
*[[Online games#Prime|Online games]]<br />
*[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)/home video|DVD releases]]<br />
*[[Commercial/Prime|Commercials]]<br />
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==Continuity==<br />
[[Image:PrimeTS-Autobots.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]<br />
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The cartoon is the principle element of ''Prime'' fiction, and the comic is a prequel miniseries that ties into the show smoothly. But broader continuity is more contentious: While [[Hasbro]] has consistently described all ''Prime'' and ''War for Cybertron'' fiction as one single [[continuity]],<ref>[[Hasbro Q&A/September 2010: Answers|TFWiki.net Hasbro Q&A, Sept. 2010]]</ref> the various media have been produced by different creative teams and often contradict.<br />
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For example, the ''Prime'' cartoon features [[Dark Energon]] just like ''War for Cybertron'', but with the previously-unseen quality of being able to [[Terrorcon (Prime)|reanimate corpses]].<ref>[[Darkness Rising, Part 2|''Prime'' episode "Darkness Rising, Part 2"]]</ref> And strangely, Megatron is able to create an army of such creatures by crashing Dark Energon into the dead world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]],<ref>[[Darkness Rising, Part 2|''Prime'' episode "Darkness Rising, Part 5"]]</ref> despite the reason for the planet's demise in ''War for Cybertron'' being its complete infection with the substance. Also, the aesthetics and characterizations in the games are inspired primarily by ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'', while the cartoon takes many cues from the [[live-action film series]]. So while the [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee of the games]] looks and talks like [[Bumblebee (G1)|his ''Generation 1'' self]], the cartoon version looks like [[Bumblebee (Movie)|his movie incarnation]] and [[R2-D2|speaks in electronic beeps and squawks]]. An [[pseudocanon|apocryphal]] short story by [[Alex Irvine|the author of ''Exodus'']] [[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax|attempts to explain this change]], but the [[retcon]] occurs ''before'' the game events, so the contradiction remains.<br />
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When asked about the discrepancies, Hasbro VP of Intellectual Property Development [[Aaron Archer]] replied, "reasons for the confusion will be revealed".<ref>[[Hasbro Q&A/January 2011: Answers|TFWiki.net Hasbro Q&A, Jan. 2011]]</ref> The show's staff added Dark Energon's nature differed due to the games and show being set in different eras, and added that while they try to keep the large continuity co-ordinated, ultimately such errors are secondary to the freedom of telling the best story.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2011-transformers-prime-panel-172315/ TFW coverage of Hasbro Studios panel at BotCon 2011]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Franchises]]<br />
[[Category:Prime| ]]</div>70.188.61.121https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Transformers:_Prime_(franchise)&diff=702893Transformers: Prime (franchise)2012-04-01T12:04:11Z<p>70.188.61.121: /* Continuity */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Nav-Prime}}<br />
<br />
'''''Transformers: Prime''''' is a [[franchise]] that launched in 2010. Its fiction is part of the [[Aligned continuity family]], based on the same [[production bible]] as ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]''. Its design aesthetic is somewhere between the [[live-action film series]] and ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''. The writers of the first two live-action movies, [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]], are executive producers on the ''Prime'' cartoon. Orci described this as a chance to do what he "couldn't do in the movies."<ref>[http://www.movieweb.com/news/roberto-orci-and-jeff-kline-talk-transformers-prime Movieweb.com interview with Roberto Orci & Jeff Kline]</ref><br />
<br />
==Franchise elements==<br />
*[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|A cartoon series]]<br />
*[[Transformers: Prime (comic)|Comic books]]<br />
*[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|A toyline]]<br />
*[[Online games#Prime|Online games]]<br />
*[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)/home video|DVD releases]]<br />
*[[Commercial/Prime|Commercials]]<br />
<br />
==Continuity==<br />
[[Image:PrimeTS-Autobots.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Big adventure!]]" <br><br />
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<br />
<br />
The cartoon is the principle element of ''Prime'' fiction, and the comic is a prequel miniseries that ties into the show smoothly. But broader continuity is more contentious: While [[Hasbro]] has consistently described all ''Prime'' and ''War for Cybertron'' fiction as one single [[continuity]],<ref>[[Hasbro Q&A/September 2010: Answers|TFWiki.net Hasbro Q&A, Sept. 2010]]</ref> the various media have been produced by different creative teams and often contradict.<br />
<br />
For example, the ''Prime'' cartoon features [[Dark Energon]] just like ''War for Cybertron'', but with the previously-unseen quality of being able to [[Terrorcon (Prime)|reanimate corpses]].<ref>[[Darkness Rising, Part 2|''Prime'' episode "Darkness Rising, Part 2"]]</ref> And strangely, Megatron is able to create an army of such creatures by crashing Dark Energon into the dead world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]],<ref>[[Darkness Rising, Part 2|''Prime'' episode "Darkness Rising, Part 5"]]</ref> despite the reason for the planet's demise in ''War for Cybertron'' being its complete infection with the substance. Also, the aesthetics and characterizations in the games are inspired primarily by ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'', while the cartoon takes many cues from the [[live-action film series]]. So while the [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee of the games]] looks and talks like [[Bumblebee (G1)|his ''Generation 1'' self]], the cartoon version looks like [[Bumblebee (Movie)|his movie incarnation]] and [[R2-D2|speaks in electronic beeps and squawks]]. An [[pseudocanon|apocryphal]] short story by [[Alex Irvine|the author of ''Exodus'']] [[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax|attempts to explain this change]], but the [[retcon]] occurs ''before'' the game events, so the contradiction remains.<br />
<br />
When asked about the discrepancies, Hasbro VP of Intellectual Property Development [[Aaron Archer]] replied, "reasons for the confusion will be revealed".<ref>[[Hasbro Q&A/January 2011: Answers|TFWiki.net Hasbro Q&A, Jan. 2011]]</ref> The show's staff added Dark Energon's nature differed due to the games and show being set in different eras, and added that while they try to keep the large continuity co-ordinated, ultimately such errors are secondary to the freedom of telling the best story.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2011-transformers-prime-panel-172315/ TFW coverage of Hasbro Studios panel at BotCon 2011]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
<references /><br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Prime (franchise)}}<br />
[[Category:Franchises]]<br />
[[Category:Prime| ]]</div>70.188.61.121