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Cybertron Base (disambiguation)

2012-08-21T18:05:13Z

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The term '''Cybertron Base''' can refer to multiple things in Transformers:

{{disamb|y=1985|[[Great Dome|Autobot Base]], the dome-shaped [[Autobot]] base at on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=1988|[[Autobot Base]], the Autobot base at [[Mount Fuji]] from ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2001|[[Cybertron Base (RID)|Cybertron Base]], the concealed Autobot base administered by [[T-AI]] from ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2002|[[Cybertron Base (Armada)|Cybertron Base]], the mountainside Autobot base from ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]''.}}

{{disamb|y=2004|''Robots in Disguise'' [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], who is known as "Cybertron Base" in the ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'' portion of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] continuity.}}

In Japan, "Cybertron Base" could refer to any number of [[:Category:Autobot bases|Autobot bases]] or [[:Category:Bases|Maximal bases]]

{{disambig}}

Cybertron Base (RID)

2012-08-21T18:03:42Z

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{{disambig3|Cybertron Base}}
[[Image:Explosive Situation Cybertron base.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"And this is the main terminal, which we're all too big to use."]]
The Autobots' base of operations, this consists of a large computer-lined room buried beneath a parking building. Entry can be gained via either a hidden entrance in the parking building, or via the [[Global Space Bridge]]. As a part of the computer, [[T-AI]] is a permanent resident, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and Koji can usually be found here. It's located in [[Metro City]].

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{stub}}

==Notes==
* In the original ''Car Robots'' cartoon, the base is located in the nonfictional city of [[Tokyo]].

[[Category:Autobot bases]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise locations]]

Cybertron Base (RID)

2012-08-21T18:03:09Z

71.255.164.14:

{{disambig3|Cybertron base}}
[[Image:Explosive Situation Cybertron base.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"And this is the main terminal, which we're all too big to use."]]
The Autobots' base of operations, this consists of a large computer-lined room buried beneath a parking building. Entry can be gained via either a hidden entrance in the parking building, or via the [[Global Space Bridge]]. As a part of the computer, [[T-AI]] is a permanent resident, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and Koji can usually be found here. It's located in [[Metro City]].

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{stub}}

==Notes==
* In the original ''Car Robots'' cartoon, the base is located in the nonfictional city of [[Tokyo]].

[[Category:Autobot bases]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise locations]]

Cybertron Base (RID)

2012-08-21T18:02:23Z

71.255.164.14:

[[Image:Explosive Situation Cybertron base.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"And this is the main terminal, which we're all too big to use."]]
The Autobots' base of operations, this consists of a large computer-lined room buried beneath a parking building. Entry can be gained via either a hidden entrance in the parking building, or via the [[Global Space Bridge]]. As a part of the computer, [[T-AI]] is a permanent resident, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and Koji can usually be found here. It's located in [[Metro City]].

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{stub}}

==Notes==
* In the original ''Car Robots'' cartoon, the base is located in the nonfictional city of [[Tokyo]].

[[Category:Autobot bases]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise locations]]

Cybertron Base (RID)

2012-08-21T18:00:20Z

71.255.164.14: /* Notes */

[[Image:Explosive Situation Cybertron base.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"And this is the main terminal, which we're all too big to use."]]
The Autobots' base of operations, this consists of a large computer-lined room buried beneath a parking building. Entry can be gained via either a hidden entrance in the parking building, or via the [[Global Space Bridge]]. As a part of the computer, [[T-AI]] is a permanent resident, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and Koji can usually be found here. It's located in [[Metro City]].

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

==Notes==
* In the original ''Car Robots'' cartoon, the base is located in the nonfictional city of [[Tokyo]].

[[Category:Autobot bases]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise locations]]

Cybertron Base (RID)

2012-08-21T17:58:22Z

71.255.164.14: New page: "And this is the main terminal, which we're all too big to use." The Autobots' base of operations, this consists of a lar...

[[Image:Explosive Situation Cybertron base.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"And this is the main terminal, which we're all too big to use."]]
The Autobots' base of operations, this consists of a large computer-lined room buried beneath a parking building. Entry can be gained via either a hidden entrance in the parking building, or via the [[Global Space Bridge]]. As a part of the computer, [[T-AI]] is a permanent resident, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and Koji can usually be found here. It's located in [[Metro City]].

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

==Notes==

[[Category:Autobot bases]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise]]
{{--}}

Metro City

2012-08-21T17:55:49Z

71.255.164.14: /* Cybertron Base */ Seriously, the base is in about every episode, it should have it's own article.

:''Metro City is a stylish urban center from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Metro City.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is NOT JAPAN; it's really America, ''honest!'']]
'''Metro City''' is an enormous [[human]] settlement, similar to various other large cities. It has a sizable port for taking delivery of red sports cars, a rail network with [[Team Bullet Train|bullet trains]], and a subway system. Also nearby are some mountains.

Like any self-respecting metropolis, Metro City has a resident superpowered defense force—but it's not [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Grover Super Grover]; it's the [[Autobot]]s!

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Many years ago, the giant Autobot [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] was concealed beneath the ground, under the very spot where Metro City would one day rise. There he remained, until [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]'s dig under the city threatened to reveal his hiding place. Onishi's team was affected by the strange effects of Fortress Maximus's defence system. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}}

[[Image:Explosive Situation XBrawn swinging.jpg|left|200px|thumb|A typical day in Metro City.]]
[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] demonstrated the effectiveness of the [[Global Space Bridge]] to [[Koji Onishi]], by taking him from Metro City to [[New York City]] in a short space of time, after picking the boy up from outside Metro Park. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} Terrorists concealed a bomb inside a red sports car, presumably to target a location in Metro City. The car was picked up from the docks by [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]], who drove it unaware through the city, and was subsequently attacked by [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]. The Autobots, who had been scouring the city for the bomb, managed to retrieve the device. [[X-Brawn]] swung from building to building, carrying the bomb up a radio tower, from where it was shot into space, rendering the city safe. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

The [[Linear RFG]] bullet train left central station in Metro City shortly before the Predacons sabotaged it and attempted to destroy it. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}} While the [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] was being transported through the streets on a truck, the Predacons engineered a city-wide traffic jam so they could steal the device. Although they were successful in stealing the generator, they were chased onto the beach by the [[Spy Changer]]s, who were able to retrieve it. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

[[Image:Secret of the Ruins Bullettrain in city.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"The Undead Digimon King will reveal his true... Crap, sorry guys, I had the wrong script again."]]
The Predacons tapped into a pipeline near an [[Black Pyramid|undersea pyramid]], not far off the coast from Metro City. They also attacked a scientific vessel, resulting in the Autobots launching a mission to save it. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}} On another occasion, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and his Predacon forces staged a pitched battle in the middle of Metro City against [[Team Bullet Train]], simply as a diversion while [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] carried out a mission elsewhere. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

A car crushing facility in the city became the focus of another Autobot/Predacon battle after the Predacons kidnapped [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}} They also caused problems stealing a ruby from the [[International Exposition Center]] for use in Megatron's [[Mega-Laser Cannon]]. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}}

Things only got stranger, with the sight of a tow truck carrying a bullet train through the city streets — new Autobot recruit [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] had been reprogrammed by the Predacons and began kidnapping Autobots and holding them at the power plant. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}} The Spy Changers were later seen battling the Predacons on the beach again. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

After the Decepticon [[Movor]] was launched into space, he hung in orbit over Metro City in an attempt to track the Autobots back to their hidden base. Under his guidance, the other Decepticons attacked many targets, including a graveyard, some summer homes, the airport, and the shipyard. Eventually the Autobots lured them to the lighthouse on [[Pier 7B]] where Optimus himself battled [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:Landfill Metro City stadium.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Much bigger than [[Central City (Earth)#Sports_Stadium|some other stadiums]].]]
As part of a test to see if they truly had reverted to good, the Decepticons were made by the Autobots to undergo various tasks in and around Metro City, including directing traffic, reconstruction work and clearing waterways. After a misstep involving slicing a car in half with his sword, Scourge blew the game and Optimus chased them off. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}} The Decepticons resumed their evil ways, attacking a number of power plants. {{storylink|The Fish Test}} In another odd occurrence, Autobots began appearing in random and unlikely places across Metro City, including a mall, and a stadium in which a baseball game was in progress. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

The opening of the [[CGA Tower]], touted as one of the tallest towers in the world, did not go smoothly as the building was attacked by Predacons. Fortunately the tower was later ''saved'' by the Predacons, helped by Optimus Prime and the [[Build Team]]. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}} Another power plant raid by the Decepticons was foiled by the Build Team. In retaliation, the Decepticon [[Commando|commandos]] proceeded to attack construction sites, wrecking the work vehicles there, and eventually the Build Team was lured to their location for a fight. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

During a Decepticon raid on Metro City's oil stores, they were interrupted by the Autobot Brothers and the newly-arrived [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Magnus and the other Autobots would continue to regularly come to blows both in and near the city. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Koji Gets His Wish Fortmax.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Fortress Maximus is hidden somewhere in this picture! Can you find him?]]
Both Autobots and Decepticons damaged the subway system in their attempts to discover what lay beneath the city. Eventually both teams located the ruins concealing Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} With the Decepticons driven off by the giant Autobot's defence systems, the Build Team set about hiding the mighty robot in the middle of Metro City. [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] fought on the city streets as a diversion. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:Maximus Emerges Maximusrampage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|''Walk tall, walk tall<br> Look the world right in the eye...'']]
With the obtaining of [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] by the Decepticons, Scourge used the Autobot to locate Fortress Maximus. Although the Autobots attempted to protect the titan, they were unsuccessful. Cerebros combined with Maximus and the giant Autobot began stomping across Metro City. It was only through the intervention of Koji Onishi that halted Maximus's rampage, and the Autobot disappeared into the ground. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}} Believing Koji to be the key to control Maximus, Scourge and [[Mega-Octane]] tried unsuccessfully to snatch the boy from a park. A later attempt by Sky-Byte netted them Koji's friend [[Karl]]. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

Finally the Decepticons launched an assault on the Autobots' hidden base, resulting in Optimus Prime leading them to a lake outside the city where the resulting battle would minimise damage to the city itself. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Galvatron, however, unleashed a swarm of [[cyber-bat]]s which flew over the city and enslaved the world's children. Though Doctor Onishi tried unsuccessfully to free his son, Galvatron recalled all the cyber-bats once he believed the Autobots had been destroyed. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} After Galvatron's defeat, the Autobots hung around in Metro City for a while before their return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

==Notable locations==
===Koji's house===
[[Image:Koji Onishi's House.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It's bigger on the inside!]]
A two-story dwelling occupied by [[Koji Onishi]] with [[Kenneth Onishi|his father]] and his barely-seen [[Koji Onishi|mother]]. It has a garage, although the Onishis were never shown to have a car.
{{--}}

===Cybertron Base===
{{Main|Cybertron Base (RID)}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
* In the original ''Car Robots'' cartoon, the city is the nonfictional [[Tokyo]].

[[Category:Cities on Earth]]
[[Category:Japan]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise locations]]

Kickback (FOC)

2012-08-20T17:49:58Z

71.255.164.14: /* Notes */

{{disambig3|Kickback}}
{{faction|decepticon}}

[[Image:Kickback foc.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
:''Kickback is an Insecticon from the [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
'''Kickback''' is a member of the [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]]s. This is typically not good for the [[Autobot]]s.

== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' ===
{{voiceactor|([[Troy Baker]])}}
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

== Toys ==
=== Generations ===
[[Image:Kickback foc toy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Delicious, ay?]]
*'''Insecticon Kickback''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
* Kickback's beast-mode head is available in ''Fall of Cybertron'' multiplayer as a Parasite-type component for [[Destroyer (FOC)|Destroyer]]-class characters.
* Kickback is the only insecticon that isn't renamed.

[[Category:Insecticons]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]

Talk:Bot to the Future

2012-08-20T01:03:14Z

71.255.164.14: New page: No one knows what episodes of Prime happen during episodes of this show. I know it's not officail but, I think this episode and the previous one, taking place during "Metal Attraction"...

No one knows what episodes of Prime happen during episodes of this show. I know it's not officail but, I think this episode and the previous one, taking place during "[[Metal Attraction]]". Ratchet says that Optimus and Bumblebee went on a mission, which we never see. This could be that mission. Couldn't it? I mean no one else came with Optimus and Bumblebee. (Bulkhead and Arcee) It sort of fits in perfectly. Then again, what do you think?[[Special:Contributions/71.255.164.14|71.255.164.14]] 21:03, 19 August 2012 (EDT)

Narrator

2012-08-19T22:40:07Z

71.255.164.14: /* Live-action film continuity family */

[[Image:Pulleys.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The narrator is an atheist and pushes his evolutionary agenda over [[Primus]].]]

From time to time, the '''narrator''' will take the time to tell the audience more of what they need to know to understand the events happening in a given piece of fiction. There is no reason to believe what he is saying is ever not true, so his words are treated as [[canon]]. The narrator often has the distinct privilege of being the first to reveal the first facts regarding the strange and alien robotic creatures known as [[Transformer]]s even before we see them in action.

Occasionally, a [[character]] from the story will take on narration duties and directly tell the audience certain things. It is often unclear when or why the character took the time to record such messages. Perhaps it is some kind of diary, or memoir dictated after the character's adventures have ended. In any case, these narrations can't quite be automatically accepted as absolutely true, since they presumably depend on the knowledge of the character narrating, and his trustworthiness in relaying the events to the audience accurately.

Sometimes the historical record in the form of recorded [[datatrax|data tracks]] are used to supply narration for a story, indicating the adventure happened some time in the past. These, too, are only as accurate as the data that was used to create the historical record.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
The narrator can be counted on to provide bits of necessary information to the reader at any point in a comic story.

The narrator opened the series by briefly describing the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in orbit around [[Alpha Centauri]], the robotic life that evolved there, and the thriving civilization they created there, and the actions of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]]s that led to a devastating [[Great War (G1)|civil war]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} He would go on providing pertinent information at various points throughout the series.

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Victor Caroli]] (English), [[Issei Masamune]] (Japanese)
The narrator introduced the audience to the intelligent robotic life on Cybertron, how they were separated into two factions, and how one faction, the Decepticons, were intent on destroying the peaceful [[Autobot]]s. This caused a global war of good vs. evil that drained the planet's resources and caused desperate energy shortages felt on both sides. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} He would go on providing pertinent information at various points throughout the series.

The narrator bridges the gap in time between the second season of the television series, explaining that the year is now 2005. In some versions (notably the European version) the opening credits are replaced with a scrolling text ("''Star Wars'' style") which provides backstory. In some versions (notably the European version) the film ends with the narrator reassuring the audience that Optimus Prime will return.

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Issei Masamune]] (Japanese), [[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)
He never, ''ever'' shuts up.

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Noda]] (Japanese), [[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)

=====''Victory'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masashi Hironaka]] (Japanese), [[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)

=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Noda]] (Japanese)

=====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tetsuo Komura]] (Japanese)

=====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Monster Maezuka]] (Japanese)

===Unicron Trilogy continuity family===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jim Conrad]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (''Galaxy Force'', Japanese)
The narrator introduced the audience to Transformers, explaining how, eons ago, they were sent out by a "[[unique digital entity]]" as explorers. He explained the conflict caused by [[Mini-Con]]s on one of the planets they settled called Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}} He would go on providing pertinent information at various points throughout ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'', ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]''.

[[Rad White]] narrated information during the opening credits in some episodes of ''Armada''.

===''Action Blast''===
The entirety of ''[[Action Blast 1]]'' is a narration by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

===Live-action film continuity family===
:''Voice actor:'' <strike>[[Peter Cullen]]</strike> [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (English)

====''Cyber Missions''====
{{bigquote|Welcome friend. You have accessed the data-tracks of Vector Sigma, preserved by great historian Alpha Trion.}}
Episodes of ''[[Transformers: Cyber Missions| Cyber Missions]]'' were typically introduced by the historical [[datatrax|data tracks]] of the incident recorded by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

==Games==
===''War for Cybertron''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]] (English)
The narrator describes what has happened previously and what is about to happen before each chapter of the game in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions]] of ''War for Cybertron''.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Narrator''' (ナレーター ''narēta''), '''narration''' (ナレーション ''narēshon'')

[[Category:Stories]]

Narrator

2012-08-19T22:35:20Z

71.255.164.14: /* Live-action film continuity family */

[[Image:Pulleys.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The narrator is an atheist and pushes his evolutionary agenda over [[Primus]].]]

From time to time, the '''narrator''' will take the time to tell the audience more of what they need to know to understand the events happening in a given piece of fiction. There is no reason to believe what he is saying is ever not true, so his words are treated as [[canon]]. The narrator often has the distinct privilege of being the first to reveal the first facts regarding the strange and alien robotic creatures known as [[Transformer]]s even before we see them in action.

Occasionally, a [[character]] from the story will take on narration duties and directly tell the audience certain things. It is often unclear when or why the character took the time to record such messages. Perhaps it is some kind of diary, or memoir dictated after the character's adventures have ended. In any case, these narrations can't quite be automatically accepted as absolutely true, since they presumably depend on the knowledge of the character narrating, and his trustworthiness in relaying the events to the audience accurately.

Sometimes the historical record in the form of recorded [[datatrax|data tracks]] are used to supply narration for a story, indicating the adventure happened some time in the past. These, too, are only as accurate as the data that was used to create the historical record.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
The narrator can be counted on to provide bits of necessary information to the reader at any point in a comic story.

The narrator opened the series by briefly describing the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in orbit around [[Alpha Centauri]], the robotic life that evolved there, and the thriving civilization they created there, and the actions of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]]s that led to a devastating [[Great War (G1)|civil war]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} He would go on providing pertinent information at various points throughout the series.

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Victor Caroli]] (English), [[Issei Masamune]] (Japanese)
The narrator introduced the audience to the intelligent robotic life on Cybertron, how they were separated into two factions, and how one faction, the Decepticons, were intent on destroying the peaceful [[Autobot]]s. This caused a global war of good vs. evil that drained the planet's resources and caused desperate energy shortages felt on both sides. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} He would go on providing pertinent information at various points throughout the series.

The narrator bridges the gap in time between the second season of the television series, explaining that the year is now 2005. In some versions (notably the European version) the opening credits are replaced with a scrolling text ("''Star Wars'' style") which provides backstory. In some versions (notably the European version) the film ends with the narrator reassuring the audience that Optimus Prime will return.

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Issei Masamune]] (Japanese), [[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)
He never, ''ever'' shuts up.

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Noda]] (Japanese), [[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)

=====''Victory'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masashi Hironaka]] (Japanese), [[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)

=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Noda]] (Japanese)

=====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tetsuo Komura]] (Japanese)

=====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Monster Maezuka]] (Japanese)

===Unicron Trilogy continuity family===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jim Conrad]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (''Galaxy Force'', Japanese)
The narrator introduced the audience to Transformers, explaining how, eons ago, they were sent out by a "[[unique digital entity]]" as explorers. He explained the conflict caused by [[Mini-Con]]s on one of the planets they settled called Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}} He would go on providing pertinent information at various points throughout ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'', ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]''.

[[Rad White]] narrated information during the opening credits in some episodes of ''Armada''.

===''Action Blast''===
The entirety of ''[[Action Blast 1]]'' is a narration by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

===Live-action film continuity family===
:''Voice actor:'' <strike>[[Peter Cullen]]</strike> [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (English)

====''Cyber Missions''====
Episodes of ''[[Transformers: Cyber Missions| Cyber Missions]]'' were typically introduced by the historical [[datatrax|data tracks]] of the incident recorded by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

==Games==
===''War for Cybertron''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]] (English)
The narrator describes what has happened previously and what is about to happen before each chapter of the game in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions]] of ''War for Cybertron''.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Narrator''' (ナレーター ''narēta''), '''narration''' (ナレーション ''narēshon'')

[[Category:Stories]]

Narrator

2012-08-19T22:32:01Z

71.255.164.14:

[[Image:Pulleys.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The narrator is an atheist and pushes his evolutionary agenda over [[Primus]].]]

From time to time, the '''narrator''' will take the time to tell the audience more of what they need to know to understand the events happening in a given piece of fiction. There is no reason to believe what he is saying is ever not true, so his words are treated as [[canon]]. The narrator often has the distinct privilege of being the first to reveal the first facts regarding the strange and alien robotic creatures known as [[Transformer]]s even before we see them in action.

Occasionally, a [[character]] from the story will take on narration duties and directly tell the audience certain things. It is often unclear when or why the character took the time to record such messages. Perhaps it is some kind of diary, or memoir dictated after the character's adventures have ended. In any case, these narrations can't quite be automatically accepted as absolutely true, since they presumably depend on the knowledge of the character narrating, and his trustworthiness in relaying the events to the audience accurately.

Sometimes the historical record in the form of recorded [[datatrax|data tracks]] are used to supply narration for a story, indicating the adventure happened some time in the past. These, too, are only as accurate as the data that was used to create the historical record.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
The narrator can be counted on to provide bits of necessary information to the reader at any point in a comic story.

The narrator opened the series by briefly describing the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in orbit around [[Alpha Centauri]], the robotic life that evolved there, and the thriving civilization they created there, and the actions of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]]s that led to a devastating [[Great War (G1)|civil war]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} He would go on providing pertinent information at various points throughout the series.

====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Victor Caroli]] (English), [[Issei Masamune]] (Japanese)
The narrator introduced the audience to the intelligent robotic life on Cybertron, how they were separated into two factions, and how one faction, the Decepticons, were intent on destroying the peaceful [[Autobot]]s. This caused a global war of good vs. evil that drained the planet's resources and caused desperate energy shortages felt on both sides. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} He would go on providing pertinent information at various points throughout the series.

The narrator bridges the gap in time between the second season of the television series, explaining that the year is now 2005. In some versions (notably the European version) the opening credits are replaced with a scrolling text ("''Star Wars'' style") which provides backstory. In some versions (notably the European version) the film ends with the narrator reassuring the audience that Optimus Prime will return.

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Issei Masamune]] (Japanese), [[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)
He never, ''ever'' shuts up.

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Noda]] (Japanese), [[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)

=====''Victory'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masashi Hironaka]] (Japanese), [[Rik Thomas]] (English, Omni Productions dub)

=====''Zone'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Noda]] (Japanese)

=====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tetsuo Komura]] (Japanese)

=====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Monster Maezuka]] (Japanese)

===Unicron Trilogy continuity family===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jim Conrad]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (''Galaxy Force'', Japanese)
The narrator introduced the audience to Transformers, explaining how, eons ago, they were sent out by a "[[unique digital entity]]" as explorers. He explained the conflict caused by [[Mini-Con]]s on one of the planets they settled called Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}} He would go on providing pertinent information at various points throughout ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'', ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]''.

[[Rad White]] narrated information during the opening credits in some episodes of ''Armada''.

===''Action Blast''===
The entirety of ''[[Action Blast 1]]'' is a narration by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

===Live-action film continuity family===
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] provided information directly to the audience at points in ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]].

====''Cyber Missions''====
Episodes of ''[[Transformers: Cyber Missions| Cyber Missions]]'' were typically introduced by the historical [[datatrax|data tracks]] of the incident recorded by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

==Games==
===''War for Cybertron''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]] (English)
The narrator describes what has happened previously and what is about to happen before each chapter of the game in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions]] of ''War for Cybertron''.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Narrator''' (ナレーター ''narēta''), '''narration''' (ナレーション ''narēshon'')

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The name '''Bombshell''' has been applied to several Transformers characters.

{{disamb|y=1985|[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] from [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
{{disamb|y=2008|[[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell]], the heroic Decepticon Insecticon from [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]].}}
{{disamb|y=2010|[[Bombshell (Animated)|Bombshell]], the Decepticon from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}

:''See also: [[Hardshell]].''

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Bombshell (disambiguation)

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