Unicron Trilogy continuity family

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[[Image:UnicronTrilogyVectorPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Unicron Trilogy may be over, but we'll always have redecos.]]
The "'''Unicron Trilogy'''" is [[Hasbro]]'s designation for the [[continuity family]] consisting of ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', and ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''.

The Unicron Trilogy continuity family includes these individual continuities:

*'''Cartoon continuity'''
:A continuity composed of the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'', ''[[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'', and ''[[Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' television series and its related material, such as the [[Fun Publications]] ''Cybertron'' comic.
*'''Dreamwave comics continuity'''
:A continuity composed of the ''[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|Armada]]'' and ''[[Energon (comic)|Energon]]'' comics published by [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]].
*'''Panini Comics continuity'''
:A continuity composed of the [[Panini]] ''Armada'' comics published in the UK.
*Various stand-alone storybooks and [[Transformers Legends|short stories]].

The Unicron Trilogy is so-named because of the central role [[Unicron]] plays in the overall story. All three series feature Unicron in some pivotal way, even ''Cybertron'', where his destruction resulted in the creation of the series' primary threat, the [[Unicron Singularity|universe-threatening black hole]].
{{bigquote|A lot of the [Unicron Trilogy] is just really long and really stupid with very little payoff.|2=[http://shortpacked.livejournal.com/491864.html?thread=12936792#t12936792 David Willis] proves that not all generalizations are untrue.}}

==Distinctive elements==
Transformer physiology in the Unicron Trilogy seem to be subtly but fundamentally different from that in many other continuity families. Transformers' sparks, rather than being fragile flickers of life sustained and protected by their bodies, are fantastically durable things, capable of being removed for upgrades and, in several instances, floating freely in space, still alive after the bodies which once housed them were atomized, and then being easily implanted into a new body.

Unicron Trilogy Transformers also have a disconcerting habit of referring to one another as "men" or, when they wish to be disparaging, "ladies". Whether this is an element translated from the Japanese scripts, a product of the level of sexism still existent there, or a product of ill-considered dubbing is uncertain. It's still fantastically annoying either way.

{{see|Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline}}

==Notes==
* The term "Unicron Trilogy" was first mentioned by [[Aaron Archer]] at [[BotCon 2005]]<ref name="steve-o">[http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/tidbits/botcon2005.txt Steve-o Stonebraker's BotCon 2005 Notes]</ref>. Later, the term was officially canonized by the back of ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Vector Prime]]'s [[packaging]], superseding fan-coined names such as '''Armadaverse''', '''Armadagon''' and the '''AEC''' (Armada-Energon-Cybertron) universe.
* The Unicron Trilogy is called the '''Micron Trilogy''' in Japan, named by [[Hisashi Yuki]] of Takara.[http://www.takarahobby.com/kaihatsu/0601happy_new_year/004.html]
* In-universe, the Unicron Trilogy continuity is referred to as "Aurex" in the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTechs]]' [[universal stream]] designators.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Micron Trilogy''' (マイクロン三部作 ''Maikuron Sanbusaku'', "Micron Trilogy")
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==Footnotes==
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