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Dinobot (FOC)

2012-08-23T23:48:14Z

71.255.173.26:

{{disambig3|Dinobot}}
:''Dinobots are an Autobot subgroup from the [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].
[[Image:Transformers Prime Rage of the Dinobots.jpg|300px|thumb|A ''Power Rangers'' pose right here.]]
The '''Dinobots''' (formerly the '''Lightning Strike Coalition''') are a team of five [[Autobot]]s that transform into dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures.

The Dinobots include:
* [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (leader)
* [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]
* [[Slug]]
* [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]]
* [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]]

== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' ===
The Dinobots were captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] and re-engineered to become much more powerful and transform into alt-forms that resembled creatures he spotted on [[Earth|a distant planet]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

== Comics ==
=== ''Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots'' ===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots|Rage of the Dinobots}}

=== ''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' ===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (comic)|Fall of Cybertron comic}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Autobots]]

Lightning Strike Coalition

2012-08-23T23:41:59Z

71.255.173.26: Redirecting to Lightning Strike Coalition (G1)

#Redirect [[Lightning Strike Coalition (G1)]]

Lightning Strike Coalition

2012-08-23T22:46:33Z

71.255.173.26:

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the G1 sub-group|the FOC sub-group|Lightning Strike Coalition (FOC)}}
:''The Lightning Strike Coalition is an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Calling all jerks!]]

The '''Lightning Strike Coalition''' is a brutal sub-faction of the Autobots.

The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics continuity===
Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s disappearances at the beginning of "[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]", the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] soon split into several sub-factions. The Lightning Strike Coalition (LSC), was formed out of Grimlock's old unit when Optimus received the title of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

The LSC acted as a commando unit striking Predacon and Decepticon sites and convoys. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] stepped in charge, the LSC members largely disbanded, but Grimlock put together a new fighting force known as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] with several ex-LSC members. This new unit followed [[Insecticon (G1)|a Decepticon group]] to [[Earth]], sometime after the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'''s crash landing on that planet, but millions of years before the Earth-bound Transformers reactivated in early 1980s. {{Storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|This tale would have been told in a story entitled "Rules of Extinction", inserted in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]]", which was never released due to Dreamwave's collapse in the same year.}}

==Notes==
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]

Lightning Strike Coalition

2012-08-23T22:35:51Z

71.255.173.26:

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the G1 sub-group|the FOC sub-group|Lightning Strike Coalition (FOC)}}
:''The Lightning Strike Coalition is an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] originally from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Calling all jerks!]]

The '''Lightning Strike Coalition''' is a brutal sub-faction of the Autobots.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics continuity===
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]

Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s disappearances at the beginning of "[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]", the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] soon split into several sub-factions. The Lightning Strike Coalition (LSC), was formed out of Grimlock's old unit when Optimus received the title of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

The LSC acted as a commando unit striking Predacon and Decepticon sites and convoys. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] stepped in charge, the LSC members largely disbanded, but Grimlock put together a new fighting force known as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] with several ex-LSC members. This new unit followed [[Insecticon (G1)|a Decepticon group]] to [[Earth]], sometime after the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'''s crash landing on that planet, but millions of years before the Earth-bound Transformers reactivated in early 1980s. {{Storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|This tale would have been told in a story entitled "Rules of Extinction", inserted in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]]", which was never released due to Dreamwave's collapse in the same year.}}

==Notes==
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]

Lightning Strike Coalition

2012-08-23T22:30:31Z

71.255.173.26:

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the G1 sub-group|the FOC sub-group|Lightning Strike Coalition (FOC)}}
:''The Lightning Strike Coalition is an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] originally from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Calling all jerks!]]

The '''Lightning Strike Coalition''' is a brutal sub-faction of the Autobots.

{{bigquote|That's ''terrible.''|[[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]], upon hearing the name of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s team in [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics continuity===
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]

Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s disappearances at the beginning of "[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]", the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] soon split into several sub-factions. The Lightning Strike Coalition (LSC), was formed out of Grimlock's old unit when Optimus received the title of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

The LSC acted as a commando unit striking Predacon and Decepticon sites and convoys. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] stepped in charge, the LSC members largely disbanded, but Grimlock put together a new fighting force known as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] with several ex-LSC members. This new unit followed [[Insecticon (G1)|a Decepticon group]] to [[Earth]], sometime after the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'''s crash landing on that planet, but millions of years before the Earth-bound Transformers reactivated in early 1980s. {{Storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|This tale would have been told in a story entitled "Rules of Extinction", inserted in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]]", which was never released due to Dreamwave's collapse in the same year.}}

===Aligned continuity family===
{{Main|Dinobot (FOC)}}
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Slug]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]

Hulking members of the Lightning Strike Coalition jostled for sightseeing space with [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] in the [[High Council Chamber]] during [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] and [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s hearing. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] rose to become leader during the war. After being captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], they were reformatted into the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

==Notes==
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]

Dinobot (FOC)

2012-08-23T22:24:58Z

71.255.173.26:

{{disambig3|Dinobot}}
:''Dinobots are an Autobot subgroup from the [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].
[[Image:Transformers Prime Rage of the Dinobots.jpg|300px|thumb|A ''Power Rangers'' pose right here.]]
The '''Dinobots''' (formerly the '''Lightning Strike Coalition''') are a team of five [[Autobot]]s that transform into dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures.

The Dinobots include:
* [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]
* [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]
* [[Slug]]
* [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]]
* [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]]

== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' ===
The Dinobots were captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] and re-engineered to become much more powerful and transform into alt-forms that resembled creatures he spotted on [[Earth|a distant planet]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

== Comics ==
=== ''Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots'' ===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots|Rage of the Dinobots}}

=== ''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' ===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (comic)|Fall of Cybertron comic}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Autobots]]

Lightning Strike Coalition

2012-08-23T22:20:59Z

71.255.173.26: /* Aligned continuity family */

{{factions|autobot}}
:''The Lightning Strike Coalition is an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] originally from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Calling all jerks!]]

The '''Lightning Strike Coalition''' is a brutal sub-faction of the Autobots.

{{bigquote|That's ''terrible.''|[[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]], upon hearing the name of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s team in [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics continuity===
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]

Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s disappearances at the beginning of "[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]", the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] soon split into several sub-factions. The Lightning Strike Coalition (LSC), was formed out of Grimlock's old unit when Optimus received the title of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

The LSC acted as a commando unit striking Predacon and Decepticon sites and convoys. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] stepped in charge, the LSC members largely disbanded, but Grimlock put together a new fighting force known as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] with several ex-LSC members. This new unit followed [[Insecticon (G1)|a Decepticon group]] to [[Earth]], sometime after the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'''s crash landing on that planet, but millions of years before the Earth-bound Transformers reactivated in early 1980s. {{Storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|This tale would have been told in a story entitled "Rules of Extinction", inserted in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]]", which was never released due to Dreamwave's collapse in the same year.}}

===Aligned continuity family===
{{Main|Dinobot (FOC)}}
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Slug]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]

Hulking members of the Lightning Strike Coalition jostled for sightseeing space with [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] in the [[High Council Chamber]] during [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] and [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s hearing. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] rose to become leader during the war. After being captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], they were reformatted into the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

==Notes==
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]

Lightning Strike Coalition

2012-08-23T22:19:47Z

71.255.173.26: /* Aligned continuity family */

{{factions|autobot}}
:''The Lightning Strike Coalition is an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] originally from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Calling all jerks!]]

The '''Lightning Strike Coalition''' is a brutal sub-faction of the Autobots.

{{bigquote|That's ''terrible.''|[[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]], upon hearing the name of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s team in [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics continuity===
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]

Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s disappearances at the beginning of "[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]", the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] soon split into several sub-factions. The Lightning Strike Coalition (LSC), was formed out of Grimlock's old unit when Optimus received the title of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

The LSC acted as a commando unit striking Predacon and Decepticon sites and convoys. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] stepped in charge, the LSC members largely disbanded, but Grimlock put together a new fighting force known as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] with several ex-LSC members. This new unit followed [[Insecticon (G1)|a Decepticon group]] to [[Earth]], sometime after the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'''s crash landing on that planet, but millions of years before the Earth-bound Transformers reactivated in early 1980s. {{Storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|This tale would have been told in a story entitled "Rules of Extinction", inserted in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]]", which was never released due to Dreamwave's collapse in the same year.}}

===Aligned continuity family===
{{Main|Dinobot (FOC)}}
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Slug]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]

Hulking members of the Lightning Strike Coalition jostled for sightseeing space with [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] in the [[High Council Chamber]] during [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] and [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s hearing. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] rose to become leader during the war. After being captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], they were reformatted into the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}
{{charstubfiction}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]

New York City

2012-08-23T00:13:11Z

71.255.173.26: /* Prime cartoon */ Cliffjumper left there before he died in the first episode.

'''New York City''', [[New York (state)|New York]], is a major city in the [[United States of America]] on [[Earth]]. Loved by [[Tracks (G1)|some]], repulsively filthy to [[Hound (G1)|others]], it has often served as the site of [[Transformer]] activity, battles, and even bases.

[[Image:Nyc-skyline.jpg|right|450px|thumb|If you can have a giant space robot battle here, then you can have a giant space robot battle anywhere.]]
Real-life New York City landmarks featured in various incarnations of ''Transformers'' include:

* The [[Statue of Liberty]]—A huge statue on an island in New York Harbor. It's been spray-painted by the [[Battlecharger]]s, {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} coated with corrostop, {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} and ventilated by Omega Supreme. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12}} It also sometimes [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|holds a sword instead of a torch]], and has been blown up by the USA's own [[Global Orbiting Defense Satellite|defense satellite]]. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}
* The Brooklyn Bridge—A massive suspension bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn. It was the scene of Starscream's Underbase-fuelled attack on a large team of Transformers. {{storylink|Dark Star}} It also got blown to bits by the Seekers. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}}
* The [[Empire State Building]]—The city's tallest skyscraper, excepting the World Trade Center towers. It was converted into a Cybertronian structure by Megatron, then converted back to normal by the Autobots; {{storylink|City of Steel}} it was also climbed by Iguanus and the Sports Car Patrol. {{storylink|King Con!}}
* The Chrysler Building—A famous Art Deco skyscraper. It was set on fire by Megatron's car drones; Inferno put the fire out. {{storylink|Make Tracks}} It's also made an appearance on a comic book cover. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2}}
* Battery Park—A park at the southern tip of Manhattan. Shockwave and Scorponok duked it out there. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}
* [[Central Park]]—A park at the center of Manhattan. {{storylink|City of Steel}} {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}}
* The World Trade Center towers—C'mon, have you been living under a rock? The twin towers are commonly seen as identifying icons in skyline shots of the city in pre-9/11 Transformers stories. {{storylink|City of Steel}} {{storylink|Dark Star}} {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} In a dystopian future, Rodimus Prime's corpse was strung up between their shattered stumps. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}} At another point, they were destroyed by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
* The East River—separates Manhattan from Brooklyn. Seaspray found it full of garbage. {{storylink|Make Tracks}} The Seacons took on Starscream there, and lost. {{storylink|Dark Star}} The time travelling consciousnesses of Megatron and Prowl also fought there. {{storylink|Flashback!}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
New York City was home to [[Marvel Comics]]. Their recently fired employee, writer [[Donny Finkleberg]], also lived there, in a run-down, six-story walk-up apartment on the upper west side of Manhattan.

New York was the final destination on the Acton family's vacation. As such, the [[Statue of Liberty]] became a target for the graffiti-spreading [[Battlecharger|Battlechargers]]. [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|R.A.A.T.]] prepared for the Decepticons' arrival by closing down the statue, Liberty Island, and the surrounding harbor, and loading down the statue with its troops. Runabout and Runamuck, meanwhile, snuck aboard the Staten Island Ferry, eventually commandeering the vessel and forcing it close to the statue. They then took to the air, Runamuck distracting the R.A.A.T. troops while Runabout spray-painted the statue with an inspirational message to their appreciative audience ("HUMANZ ARE WIMPZ"). Circuit Breaker finally defeated the pair using a jury-rigged collection of Autobot parts, sending them crashing into the waters of New York's harbor.

Donny Finkleberg contributed $50,000 to help pay for cleaning the graffiti off of the statue (and, presumably, repairing battle damage). {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

[[Image:Nyc-brooklynbridge.jpg|right|300px|thumb|When you get caught between the Underbase and New York City, the best that you can do is fall and die.]]
When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] absorbed a portion of the [[Underbase]], New York was one of the three cities he chose to destroy. Naturally, he announced this out loud, so when he arrived, an army of [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] led by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] were waiting for him. Most of the battle took place on and above the Brooklyn Bridge, as well as in the "foul depths" of the East River below.

The following Transformers were taken out by Starscream:

*The Aerialbots ([[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]], [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]])
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]; [[Goldbug (G1)|Goldbug]]; [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*The Seacons ([[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]], [[Nautilator]], [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]], [[Skalor]], [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]])
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*Blaster

''[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] survived Starscream's initial attack, but was deactivated following Starscream's attack on the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]].'' {{storylink|Flashback!}}

Ratbat escaped, leaving Blaster to his doom. Starscream left for his second targeted city, [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

Some months later, Decepticon commander [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] moved his headquarters to the nearby swamps of northern [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] as part of a plan to harvest energy. The Decepticons erected the [[Stormmaker Station]], creating a massive thunderstorm over the New York City area. An [[electrostator]] was to be placed atop the Empire State Building by [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]], collecting the storm's energy in one massive lightning bolt which would then be harvested by Scorponok's crew. However, the interference of the Autobot Micromasters under [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]]'s command resulted in the lightning blasting the bolts out of Iguanus instead. {{storylink|King Con!}}

Roadhandler's crew made themselves at home in the city, going so far as to apprehend human thieves and make an appearance on a talk show based in New York. Roadhandler became a celebrity as a wrestler and gave self-defense lessons to local kids until a Decepticon run-in convinced him that anyone associated with him was in danger. {{storylink|The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!}}

The Decepticons kept their base in New Jersey. This would have nearly disastrous consequences for New York when the so-called [[Decepticon Civil War]] erupted and a battle between Scorponok and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] spilled over into the area of Battery Park. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] managed to contain the battle briefly, as did the [[Neo-Knights]]. After the hostilities ended, the assembled Transformers were suddenly teleported away, leaving only a very puzzled NYPD officer wondering how to write up the incident. {{storylink|Out of Time!}}

====Alternate future====
[[Image:Nyc-alternate-future1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hell, I still love you though, New York.]]
In an offshoot version of the year 2009, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and his forces had conquered much of Earth. New York was a deserted wasteland where the remains of Autobot leader [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] were strung up between the remaining stumps of the destroyed World Trade Center towers. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

{{note|WTC towers were each about 200' on a side. So according to the art on the right, [[Scale|Rodimus's body would fill a football field]].}}
{{-}}
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Humans visiting the Statue of Liberty were among those terrified world-wide as the sun started to go berserk as a result of Megatron's [[Solar Needle]]. {{storylink|Changing Gears}}

[[Image:BumblebeelovesNY.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The magic rat drove his sleek machine over the Jersey state line.]]
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] began efforts to convert New York City into his new base of "New Cybertron" by tunneling under the city and sinking the Empire State Building into the ground. The refashioned building was soon raised back into place, but with an all-new appearance. When the Autobots arrived to stop him, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] managed to capture Prime, and Megatron took his severed—but still functioning—head. The Autobots were forced to retreat temporarily or risk Prime's life. For a while, things went well for the Decepticons. (Even Starscream thought that Megatron was doing a good job, which is a sign of the apocalypse.) However, the Autobots went through the sewers (noting that they were more akin to "some messy swamp" than a substructure for North America's largest city) and managed to collect and reassemble Prime's body, save his right arm and [[ion blaster]]. Megatron had mounted it on his new citadel, the rebuilt Empire State Building, to serve as a defense mechanism. (Why Prime didn't just have [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] build him a new arm is unspecified.) Eventually, Prime was able to recover his arm, and the Decepticons were driven away. Bumblebee gained an "I ''heart'' New York" bumper sticker from the ordeal. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

The Autobots later used a New York garage owned by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] as a temporary base in the city. While on patrol, [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] discovered that the humans tended to dump a lot of garbage in the East River, and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] observed that a "little fender-bender" on the lower West Side could tie up traffic for blocks around. Meanwhile, the Decepticons had allied themselves with the [[Geddis brothers]], a pair of New York-based human gangsters, to collect stolen cars and convert them into drones at a secret base in the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] pine barrens. The drones were then sent back into New York to attack the city, but the Autobots thwarted this plan with the help of [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]'s new friend, [[Raoul]]. The landmark Chrysler Building was damaged in the battle, requiring [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] to climb its side and put out fires in the building and invoking Tracks' ire. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

[[Image:DancitronGang.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We got people dressed in plastic bags, directing traffic.]]
The Decepticons used a hip New York nightclub called [[Dancitron]] to brainwash humans into constructing a building for them, but the dynamic duo of Raoul and Tracks once again saved the day. Dancitron attracted an ''extremely'' trendy crowd of New Yorkers—so trendy they were out of style about five minutes later. The club's owners were also quite stringent about preventing the locals from breakdancing on the sidewalks in front of their establishment. {{storylink|Auto-Bop}}

Under [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s guidance, the Autobots spray-coated the [[Statue of Liberty]] with [[corrostop]] to help preserve it. While this activity was underway, the Stunticons commandeered a harbor ferry boat and used it to capture Perceptor. Later, the Autobots returned to the statue when they needed to recover a sample of the chemical. They defended it from a Decepticon attack, preventing Menasor from destroying the statue with a giant lightning bug. The statue proved its ability to withstand a direct hit from Megatron's fusion cannon, which means it's a lot stronger than [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s head. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

[[Image:OnlyHuman New York opening cityscape.jpg|200px|left|thumb|To that tall skyline I come.]]

By 2006, New York had grown quite a bit, with lots of futuristic and utterly gigantic skyscrapers dominating its skyline. The city served as one of [[Victor Drath]]'s crime syndicate territories, and was subject to a series of terrorist bombings that served as cover for Drath's attempted theft of a [[newtronium]] shipment. The Autobots worked with [[Turan|the local chief of police]] to track down Drath. {{storylink|Only Human}} {{-}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
In 2011, New York was one of the cities targeted by [[Sixshot]] for an energy-blackmailing, which involved him posing as six different villains using each of his six modes. The Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] staked out New York from a vantage point atop the Statue of Liberty (whose looks they compared to [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]'s while they were at it), but when they were drawn away to investigate an attack on London, Sixshot attacked the city in his gun mode. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
In his human guise, the Autobot [[Pretender]] [[Lander]] lived in New York, where he helped local police fend off an attack by [[Destroid|Destroids]] early on in the Decepticons' campaign against Earth. {{storylink|Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt}} Much later, the city was the victim of a savage, sudden attack by [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]], and suffered massive damage before any of the Autobots could mobilize to stop him. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
The first [[International Scientific Symposium]] was being held in New York when [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] turned up in order to kidnap leading scientist [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]. [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot Brothers]] rushed to the doctor's aid, turning downtown New York into a war zone. The Autobots fought the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s at length, but were unable to prevent Megatron from escaping with his prisoner. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
[[Image:AHM1 NewYorkCityBuildings1.JPEG|150px|left|thumb|New York? That's where my accent used to live!]]

It was a bright and sunny day in New York, when these [[Constructicon (G1)|six green guys]] turned up to announce a desire for peace... then started shooting everyone. This was followed by an all-out Decepticon attack, levelling much of the city and drawing the attention of the US Air Force. The Air Force did... badly. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1}} Soon the city was full of looting, carnage and panicked evacuations while the [[United States military|United States Armed Forces]] deployed in force to defeat the Decepticons. Before the military could do anything, the Decepticons took out the city's bridges and then began targeting the tunnels, all while broadcasting their effortless devastation to the world. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2}}

[[Image:AHMIssue2 SeekersVsBrooklynBridge.JPEG|180px|right|thumb|Crispy Fried Traffic]]

Within a few days, the city had been turned into a secure base for the Decepticons; the civilians were kept as hostages to prevent the military from carpet-bombing. Megatron stated he chose the city as it was an icon for humanity; [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] thinks it sucks. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3}} The military attempted to sneak a strike force into the city to assassinate Megatron, but only [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|one soldier]] made it across Hudson River alive. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5}} Meanwhile, world leaders in [[Europe]] opted for another solution: wiping New York City off the map with nukes, despite the hostages. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6}}

While Spike Witwicky located the experimental weapon required to kill Megatron, the human resistance managed to stir up [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s emotions, which ended the radio blackout the Decepticon had caused the city. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9}} During their stay in New York, the Decepticons had constructed their first [[space bridge]] there, but never got to use it as European jets attacked them in an attempt to gather all the Decepticons in one place for the impending nuclear strike. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10}}

The poor city was further damaged in the battle between [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and the human jets, and it didn't get any better when the Autobots joined the fray and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] slammed Devastator through a skyscraper. At least [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was nice enough to ask Omega to take the giants' duel elsewhere. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11}} So he took it to the [[Statue of Liberty]], which was promptly wrecked. Eventually, the Decepticons retreated from New York and the nuke was averted, but the city was still left in ruins. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12}}

New York was subsequently evacuated and its population was placed in refugee camps, except for the occasional straggler who didn't want to leave. The US military also patrolled the city to find and exterminate any Transformers left behind. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 16}} After just a few years, humanity had restored large parts of New York City to a habitable condition, though many buildings remained damaged. {{storylink|Ride-Along}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
New York City was the location of a "great eklectrical power generator,"{{sic}} {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} which became the target of Decepticon attention. They built [[Astrotrain (G1)#Hearts of Steel|the Astrotrain]] to get to it, {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} but were stopped by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[John Henry]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

===Live-action ''Transformers'' movie continuity===
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====

[[Image:ROTF New York City.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
After being attacked by the Autobots for murdering [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] flew to New York, where Megatron lectured Starscream for not being capable of tracking down one human. When Starscream countered that there were seven billion humans on Earth, Megatron decided to reveal the Transformers presence on Earth as a show of force to compel the humans to turn [[Sam Witwicky]] over to them. Starscream and [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] made open shows of defiance around New York City, while Megatron hijacked the Empire State Building's antenna to broadcast [[The Fallen]]'s message across the world.

A day later, Sam, [[Mikaela Banes]], and [[Leo Spitz]] traveled with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Skids (ROTF)|the]] [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Twins]] to New York to meet Leo's rival [[Robo-Warrior]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====
[[NEST Satellite Orion]] detected Decepticons deploying [[Pillar]]s in New York. [[NEST]] wasn't quite sure why, as the city was rated of low resource importance. Diss! {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
One of the artifacts from the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] archives ended up under Manhattan. {{storylink|Flying Mind}} Millions of years latet, the New York Police gave [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] [[the boot]]. He escaped, he told Arcee about it, and then he died.{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} As for the relic, both the Autobots and Decepticons sent teams to recover it. While [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] and some [[Decepticon Miner]]s found it first, [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] managed to recover it with the help of [[Jack Darby|Jack]], [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and a subway worker named [[Vogel]]. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City on Wikipedia]]

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Cybertron Base (RID)

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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===
When [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] was outmatched by [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]], [[T-Ai]] called the [[Autobot Brothers]] from the base, iniating a [[Battle Protocol]].{{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} After the battle in [[New York City]], Optimus Prime brought [[Koji Onishi]] to the base.{{storylink|An Explosive Situation!}}
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==Notes==
* In the original ''Car Robots'' cartoon, the base is located in the nonfictional city of [[Tokyo]].

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