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:''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:PrimeMegatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Lord of the [[Dark Energon]] wraiths.]]
The awesomely powerful '''Megatron''' is, in many ways, a fallen hero. He rose up from the oppressed lower working castes of [[Kaon]] to become a champion in the region's illegal [[gladiatorial combat|deathmatches]], cast aside his designation of '''D-16''' and took the legendary name '''[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'''<ref>Megatron was an abbreviation, so it'd be easier for the masses to chant his name; ''Transformers: Exodus'', Chapter 3</ref> as his own, he called for an end to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s decrepit [[caste system]] and told the downtrodden that freedom of self-determination was the right of all sentient beings!

But power corrupts and Megatron's Decepticon revolution, like many such movements, ended up becoming a whole new tyranny. Powerful, charismatic, violent, and full of rage for any who would stand in the way of his ambition and drive, Megatron brought Cybertron ''past'' the brink of destruction. Now he and his former brother-in-arms [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] fight on other worlds. Megatron will never forgive Optimus for "betraying" him, stealing from the Council the rank of Prime which was rightfully his. He has reserved for his old friend the greatest honor possible: glorious death at his hands.

Megatron has been gone for five years, but now he's returned. He's brought the monstrous [[Dark Energon]] to Earth, and quite possibly left his sanity in space.

{{quote|I... am the Dominator, I... am the Destroyer, I am Megatron!|Megatron|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
Megatron nicknamed himself D-16 after the sector of the mine where he performed demolition operations. As a gladiator, in killing others he began to appreciate the value of life, and in between matches he became something of an intellectual, debating the castes with other miners. After bosses requested he lose a few fights, D-16 killed them and took over Kaon and [[Slaughter City]]. After murdering one boss in front of his employees, D-16 declared himself Megatronus, whom he considered the greatest of the [[Thirteen original Transformers|Thirteen]]. After hearing his preaching on the [[Communication Grid]] against the [[Guilds of Cybertron]], the concerned [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] sent [[Bumper (WFC)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (WFC)|Fastback]] to investigate. Megatronus killed them, believing two lives were worthless compared to the millions doomed by the castes Sentinel created.

After a victorious battle with the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s, in which the crowd redubbed him Megatron, the gladiator was contacted by the [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]]ian [[Hall of Records|records monitor]] [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]], and they began exchanging their ideas in intense but friendly philosophical discussions. Megatron encouraged Orion to learn self defense and invited him to visit Kaon, which he did to a warm welcome from Megatron (and from none of his gladiators). By this point Megatron was planning to call his movement the Decepticons, and he had begun sending his followers on a search for artifacts of the Primes, as their discovery would be signs their cause was just. His followers began bombing Cybertron, and Megatron distanced himself from their extremism to gain credibility. Orion and his mentor [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] believed him, but the latter was well aware Megatron might have gained a taste for violence after the attention it earned him. Soon enough, Megatron accepted the gift of a kidnapped Sentinel Prime from [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]].

[[Image:WFCcomicDecepticons.jpg|thumb|300px|The High Council keeps us subjugated with overlong conversations! They must be overthrown!]]
Alpha Trion organized a hearing for Orion and Megatron with the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. They protested involvement in Sentinel's disappearance. When confronted with the phrase "Decepticon", Megatron denied any knowledge of it but accepted his followers' term wholeheartedly, stating deception was necessary sometimes for the corrupt to see the truth. When [[Halogen]] revealed Megatron's followers had been trying to locate the [[Matrix of Leadership]], he declared that Orion should become the Prime that he desperately wanted to lead Cybertron into the new [[Golden Age]], and find it. Incensed, Megatron killed Halogen, and when Optimus prevented the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] from attacking Megatron, the ungrateful gladiator declared Optimus had fallen into the trap of power the High Council had given him. He declared Optimus was no longer his brother (though he would continue to refer to him as such privately), and that the Matrix would be his.

In the subsequent war with Optimus' [[Autobot]]s, the Decepticons took control of eighty-five percent of the planet. Wherever Starscream's [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s aided, they were victorious. Megatron was initially merciful to neutrals, but he let Shockwave take control of [[Tarn]] and torture Autobot sympathizers there. When the [[Praxus|Praxians]], a progressive city-state who were disappointed with the direction Megatron took, allied with the Autobots, Megatron decided he would no longer try to convert followers and launched the first genocide of the war, slaughtering all in [[Nova Cronum]] who would not submit to the Decepticons as they attacked.

As the war dragged into a siege of Iacon, Soundwave's spying bore fruit as he discovered [[Dark Energon]], the essence of [[Unicron]], was aboard [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. Megatron forgave Starscream for hiding its existence from him, acknowledging its potentially dangerous nature. To ensure loyalty, Megatron's gladiators stormed the Station slaughtering and maiming Starscream's scientists. He forced Starscream to pick two test subjects to be Darkened, and following an astonishingly successful result, Megatron absorbed some, invigorating him. Soon Darkened Decepticons appeared on the battlefield, but it proved to be an inefficient resource and they would have to flee if a battle was prolonged. Megatron needed more, and even Starscream's activation of the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]] didn't provide enough. Megatron felt he would kill all the Decepticons before he was deprived of Dark Energon and turn rabid.

Fortunately, Soundwave revealed the existence of the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] within [[Teletraan-1]], which required the [[Code Key]]s of Power and Justice to activate it. Starscream recovered the Key of Power, while Megatron and his best soldiers searched for the Key of Justice below the [[High Council Tower]]. Sentinel Prime emerged, to Megatron's surprise. Sentinel confronted him about Bumper and Fastback, and the two dueled. Megatron disarmed and sliced open Sentinel, revealing the Key of Justice within. Starscream made a grab for it, exposing that he had released Sentinel to kill Megatron and take leadership for himself. After fighting Starscream to a standstill, Megatron pardoned him as he found him a better soldier than would-be example, and used the Keys to open Teletraan-1: which activated [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to fly the Chamber to safety.

The Seekers shot Omega Supreme out of the air, causing him to crash. Optimus's Autobots arrived to fight the Decepticons, but the more they killed them the more Dark Energon left their bodies and empowered Megatron. He was able to knee Omega Supreme and turn him on his back, tearing the Chamber out of his chest. Using the Chamber, Megatron poisoned the [[core]] of Cybertron and Darkened the entire planet. But then the core stopped producing Dark Energon, and Megatron learnt Optimus had gone to the core and received the Matrix. As the Autobots attempted to flee Cybertron via the last [[space bridge]], Megatron used Trypticon to fire on their ships, and used his and Orion's old frequency to criticize Optimus for fleeing. He added he never believed in individual freedom for every Cybertronian, only the illusion of freedom that he as leader would provide and that the Guilds did not. Optimus responded that Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts and they would turn on him, and used the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' to board, sabotage and crash Trypticon.

As the Autobots left on the completed ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', the Decepticons fully invaded Iacon. Megatron ordered Trypticon to transform into the ''Nemesis'', boarding it with Starscream, Soundwave, [[Lugnut (WFC)|Lugnut]] and other elite soldiers, leaving Shockwave in charge. He used his old frequency once again to warn Optimus that he would hound him through the stars and finally kill him for the Matrix. He explained they were still brothers, as they were bonded for life despite their enmity. Optimus was just glad his hunt would get him off Cybertron. The two ships entered the last [[space bridge]] together, and when the ''Ark'' emerged, the ''Nemesis'' was gone. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

===''Exiles''===
{{comingsoon|unreleased|when=September 27, 2011}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Sean Long]] (BotCon 2011)

[[Image:DarknessRising2-Megsflashback.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Things were very red in those days.]]

At the beginning of the war on Cybertron, Optimus and Megatron were as close as brothers and fought side-by-side... but Megatron's ideals were corrupted by the war, and turned to evil. During the Great War, Megatron also developed the [[Cybonic plague]], which killed millions. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} He and Optimus fought many a battle, such as the [[Battle of Technar]] where Megatron ordered [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] to assassinate Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} After his failure, Megatron came to believe only he should finally terminate Prime. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}} He later disappeared into deep space. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[Image:DarknessRising2-MegatronDarkEnergon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|We can relate. We're just like this with our [[BotCon]] toys.]]
Upon returning three years later, Megatron revealed he had discovered an element called Dark Energon, rumoured to be "the blood of [[Unicron]]": rather than form a Decepticon army, Megatron had become obsessed with using this new element that was said to raise the dead. He asked Starscream if he was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to test it, but settled on [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|the corpse of the Autobot Cliffjumper]] Starscream provided, and was pleased with the results, as the undead [[zombie]] ran amok on the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, killing two in succession. Megatron viewed this as a successful field test, so when the Cliffjumper zombie charged at him, he merely unsheathed his blade and cut it in two. While the Autobots were attacking an energon mine to retrieve Cliffjumper, Megatron was attempting to fathom a way to control the power of the Dark Energon. Upon learning of Optimus's presence in the mines, believing it was not yet time for a confrontation, Megatron ordered the mines blown and the [[Nemesis (Prime)|''Nemesis'']] to depart. He wasn't convinced, however, that Optimus had been killed, and once more began brooding on the Dark Energon.

Being a logical and sane chap, he decided the best way to control it would be to shove some of it ''into his spark''. His armor began to sizzle purple smoke, and his eyes glowed bright purple...{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} [[Image:darknessrising3_Megatronglowy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Megatron, you fool! Rave glowsticks aren't candy!]] The "experiment" proved a success, and Megatron felt as though he was connected to Unicron's thoughts. It provided him with the knowledge he needed in order to put his plan into action. Leaving the ''Nemesis'', Megatron headed for the site of an ancient Cybertronian battle on Earth, full of the remains of fallen warriors. He arrived at the same time as Optimus and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]], and after a brief session of goading them, used the Dark Energon fragment he was carrying to raise an army of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:DarknessRising4-Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I chew scenery while the zombies chew ''you''.]]
The Terrorcons were under Megatron's full control, by virtue of the Dark Energon he had infused himself with. He watched as the Terrorcons attacked the two Autobots and allowed himself a laugh as they disappeared under zombie piles. Optimus soon broke free, and continued to fight, eventually finishing off the last of the Terrorcons. As Optimus scaled the rock face to where Megatron was standing, the Decepticon leader gloated that this was merely the prelude to the main event, and flew off before Optimus reached him. Back at the Decepticon ship, he discovered that Starscream had been disobeying orders in his absence, resulting in damage to the ship that threatened to derail his plans. After smacking his subordinate around a bit, Starscream managed to quell Megatron's anger by claiming to have a way to get their plans back on course. Neither knew that the Autobots had found Megatron's space bridge plans and realized that he planned to raise a Terrorcon army on Cybertron and bring it to Earth. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[Image:DarknessRising5-Megatronsword.jpg|left|thumb|250px|He has to be careful when he wipes.]]
When the Autobots [[GroundBridge]]d to Megatron's space bridge, Megatron launched the Dark Energon to Cybertron, turning all of the dead Transformers there into Terrorcons. He then engaged Optimus Prime in battle and told Optimus he should flee like the other Autobots were. After he discovered that the Autobots were planning on blowing up the space bridge, he went after them, grievously wounding [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]], but not before the Autobot had turned the space bridge's power against itself. When the Autobots fled (for real this time) he awaited the arrival of his army, only for the space bridge to blow and seemingly destroy both the army of Terrorcons and Megatron. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[Image:Masters&Students-Megatronstasis.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Well, it's better than just [[Megatron (Animated)|being a head]] I suppose.]]
Through the power of Dark Energon, Megatron survived the explosion, but only barely. Starscream found him floating in space. He barely had the strength to grab Starscream, who ripped the sliver of Dark Energon from him in the hope he'd expire. When Soundwave's [[Deployer (Prime)|drone]] arrived to observe, Starscream was forced to take Megatron back to the ''Nemesis'', where he was placed in [[Stasis lock|stasis]] in the sick bay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

While Starscream was content to allow Megatron to recover (or expire) on his own, the crew of the ''Nemesis'' was dissatisfied with his progress and took a vote to bring in outside help. As such, Starscream was forced to call [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] to facilitate repairs. However, the discovery of an [[Energon Harvester]] lead the Decepticons to put Megatron's recovery on hold. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Breakdown's repairs seemed to consist of removing Megatron's feeding tubes and giving his body a good buffing. Starscream approved, as it meant their ex-leader would look his best for the memorial service, as he felt that with the quality of Knock Out's medical care, Megatron was unlikely to survive. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[Image:SickMind-I'm out.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Hey hey, it's Krusty the Clown! Mwahahaha!"<br>"Aaaaargh!"]]

In order to find a cure for the [[cybonic plague]] afflicting Optimus, Arcee and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] managed to board the ''Nemesis'' while it's cloaking was down. While they failed to find the cure in the database, the two Autobots did discover Megatron in stasis. Ratchet realized that a [[cortical psychic patch]] with Megatron might be the only way to save Optimus. Bumblebee volunteered to link to Megatron, inserting the Autobot into the dream world of [[Kaon]] that Megatron's consciousness was occupying. Megatron was spending his time shooting imaginary Optimus Primes, but when he realized that he couldn't kill Bumblebee, he reasoned that the world he must be in a dream. He was able to get more information from Bumblebee, including the space bridge explosion and Optimus's problem. When Bumblebee pointed out that Megatron would much rather finish Optimus himself, Megatron offered to hand over the cure if the Autobot helped him escape his mental prison. Instead Bumblebee began to withdraw from the dream world as Ratchet had been watching and obtained the cure in the short time Megatron had displayed it. As the dream world dissolved Megatron managed to stow away and his mind ended up in Bumblebee's head. His body, meanwhile, briefly flatlined as a result of Arcee shooting his life support system, but the other Decepticons reconnected it, and his body lived on minus his mind. {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

Megatron recalled Starscream pulling the sliver of Dark Energon from his body after the space bridge explosion and realized that it was that Dark Energon that had allowed him to survive. Taking full control of Bumblebee's body, he used the GroundBridge to travel to the ancient battlefield where he had raised an army of the undead, and located the piece of Dark Energon he had used. He returned to the Autobot base, where he dealt with Ratchet and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] before using the GroundBridge again to reach the Decepticon ship. Despite more interference by Ratchet and Raf, Megatron managed to use the Dark Energon to restore his body and return his mind to it. Ordering some Vehicons to deal with the two Autobots, he immediately headed out to find Starscream. He snatched his subordinate out of the air in the middle of the battle and took him back to the Decepticon ship for his punishment. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[Image:Shadowzone-MegsStarscream.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
Despite his treason, Megatron decided not to terminate Starscream. Instead, he proceeded to beat Starscream to near death. Having administered a good beating, Megatron had Starscream placed in the infirmary, and occasionally came in to gloat. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

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===Commercial appearances===
Megatron, Dan, and Pinkie Pie sang a collaborative group song while the scene quickly shifted between a variety of strange alternate universes. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|The Hub summer promo 2011}}
{{quote|Are you ready for the summer? Are you ready for the hot nights?|Megatron}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English), [[Oliviero Corbetta]] (Italian)
[[Image:WFC_Megatron.jpg|thumb|350px|He wants the whole world in his hand.]]
During the early war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron found reference to an energy source called [[Dark Energon]], which had impressive potential as a weapon, and became determined to claim it for himself. One of the few places it was made was in a station in orbit around Cybertron, guarded by a politically neutral force led by [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]. With this knowledge, he took a ship and launched an assault on the station.

The ship was badly damaged in the attack, and so he ordered [[Barricade (Prime)|Barricade]] and [[Brawl (WFC)| Brawl]], piloting it, to ram the station. He and many of his soldiers survived the impact and escaped the core's detonation. They were then confronted by Starscream, who informed them that they would not allow them to take what he had guarded for ten thousand years. After surviving a trap of sentry guns, Megatron, Barricade, and Brawl were reinforced by more of Megatron's troops, and set out on their way to find the station's Dark Energon stores and claim them for the war effort. They encountered significant resistance, but managed to shoot their way through, with directional aid from [[Soundwave (Prime)| Soundwave]]. Barricade noted that the station itself seemed quite primitive; Megatron noted it was very old, and that he intended to modernize it... At one point, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] confronted Megatron nonviolently, asking him to give up his quest, as Dark Energon would result in only horror, death, and destruction, to which Megatron sneered, "You say that as if it were a bad thing."

[[Image:WFC-MegatronmeetsStarscream.jpg|left|thumb|300px|At last we meet, my punching bag.]]

Along their way to the Dark Energon, they found that a large portion of the station had been blasted clean off, the debris field traversable but sparse enough to allow easy viewing of Cybertron itself. Soundwave soon found records indicating that a small amount of Dark Energon lost containment and was the sole cause of the destruction, underscoring Megatron's desire for it. When Barricade asked how he expected to control it when no other had, Megatron said that such power was only for the strong, that he was the strongest, and not to question him again.

When they finally reached the storage chamber, and Megatron averted Starscream's destruction of it, he calmly entered into a container full of raw Dark Energon, while Starscream watched and gloated at his imminent destruction...only for him to walk out, not only unscathed, but crackling with power, which he further bestowed upon Barricade and Brawl. A single blast of Dark Energon was enough to destroy an entire company of station security forces, the last line of defense between Megatron and Starscream and his companions.

Jetfire again tried to warn Megatron about the dangers of Dark Energon, but Starscream interrupted, asking to join the Decepticon leader. Megatron asked what Starscream could offer that he could not simply take. Starscream revealed the station's supply of Dark Energon was almost spent, and he knew how to manufacture more—and as luck would have it, there was a dormant [[Energon Bridge]] which could be used to power it. Jetfire retreated to inform [[Sentinel Zeta Prime| Zeta Prime]]; Megatron let him go, seeming pleased by the notion of letting the Autobots tremble in advance of their actions, and sent Starscream, [[Thundercracker (WFC)| Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (WFC)| Skywarp]] to activate the bridge.

Megatron repeatedly mocked what he perceived as Starscream's slowness in his simple mission, but the Seeker did what he said he could. With a steady supply of Dark Energon, Megatron launched an attack on Iacon City, intending to take a device called the [[Omega Key]] and use it to enter the Core of Cybertron. This time, he took [[Breakdown (Prime)| Breakdown]] and Soundwave with him. The trio took the less-guarded way in—which, since the Autobots were not complete fools (as even Megatron would admit), still had significant military presence. During the attack, Starscream noted that Dark Energon was proving every bit as potent as Megatron had promised. Breakdown let Megatron know of his misgivings about the Sky Commander; Megatron admitted he was treacherous and untrustworthy, but he had useful talents, and his cunning and ambition was intriguing.

The Omega Key had been taken from its normal resting place, however, by Autobot leader Zeta Prime, and so Megatron took his squad on an assault on Zeta's headquarters. They met Brawl, leading an attack on the doors to Zeta Prime's armory, along the way. Even Megatron's touch of Dark Energon could not breach the vault doors, however, and so he called in [[Dark Energon Bombers]]. When they were shot down, Brawl suggested they take out the Autobots' air defense guns, after which bombers were called in again; Megatron's troops then held off a massive assault from what seemed like the entire Autobot army while waiting for the bombing run to finally arrive.

[[Image:WFC Megatron Vs ZetaPrime.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Zeta Prime, you might be more egotistical than me. I mean really, a huge holographic version of you and smaller holograms doing what you can't do without your pointy stick thing?]]

After the vault doors were breached, they reached Zeta Prime himself, who had constructed several layers of security while he waited. An invincible energy field protected him, while he could drop portions of the ceiling with pistons to crush anything beneath them, and construct endless holographic clones of himself outfitted for melee combat, which Megatron personally found nauseating. However, his defenses were not without flaw: periodically, the power core would need to disperse waste heat, and Megatron's team survived long enough to destroy it during this stage. Zeta fell, buried under the wreckage of his own defenses, and Megatron took the device he'd carried...which started to make electronic chirping noises. Zeta, with black humor, noted that the device was not the Omega Key. It merely ''activated'' the Key, which would come to them...

Searching for the Key in the skies aboard another ship, Megatron, with Soundwave and Breakdown at the controls, were abruptly confronted by a massive ship, [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]), who knocked them out of the sky, causing them to crash back in Iacon. There, they played a cat-and-mouse campaign in a desperate attempt to survive the enormous Autobot's vast firepower, though Soundwave noted that the weaponry they bore had little chance of penetrating Omega Supreme's armor. Megatron, for his part, at least contrived to appear unafraid, claiming that if it came to a real fight, the brute wouldn't stand a chance against Megatron's intellect. However, Omega's attacks drove them underground and left them unable to immediately transmit counter to Starscream, who declared Megatron dead and announced he was taking control. Even when they re-established contact, Starscream's aerial forces only briefly distracted Omega, who dispensed large numbers of troops, sucked up Decepticons with a tractor beam, fired weapons of mass destruction, and mined the roads Megatron and his squad were using.

Soundwave, however, had come up with a suggestion—there were weapons emplacements higher up that had the ability to damage Omega Supreme. Taking them from the Autobots was a battle in and of itself, but nothing compared to the fight against Omega Supreme, who could unload entire squadrons of Aerialbots. Nonetheless, Megatron's boldness and tactical acumen finally shot Omega Supreme out of the sky.

[[Image:WFC-hearmynameandtremble.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I stand on your crotch!]]

Gloating, Megatron found that the behemoth was still not defeated, and indeed was drawing power from Cybertron itself to repair his systems, making him stronger, if anything. However, by corrupting the energon batteries with which he was using to feed himself with Dark Energon charges, they were able to weaken him to the point where they could finally blast away his last defenses and brought him to heel. With Omega Supreme defeated, Megatron went underground, directly to the Core, and corrupted it with a massive infusion of Dark Energon, finally bringing Cybertron itself more completely under his control.

At this point, Megatron was clearly convinced, and for good reason, that he'd won, making propaganda broadcasts extolling his greatness and how he had taken away the Autobots' burdens of "liberty" and "choice". When Starscream was defeated and the Decagon retaken, however, he realized the Autobots were not yet going to roll over for him, and sent a distress signal from Zeta Prime, whom he had kept alive in the Kaon prison camp, in order to provoke a rescue attempt from the Autobots. His old acquaintance Optimus took the bait, and Megatron confronted him, telling him that the war could be over tomorrow if Optimus took the Autobots and left. Optimus refused, so Megatron consigned him and his team to the prisons. When they managed to stage a mass breakout, an enraged Megatron ordered his troops to prevent their escape at any cost, to the point of tearing apart portions of Kaon.

This was not enough, however, and they escaped, journeying to the Core, where they kickstarted the cleansing of Megatron's corruption. Doing so, however, would take the Core millions of years of shutdown, rendering Cybertron uninhabitable. Whether Megatron knew this or not, when he saw the Autobots leaving after Optimus's refusal of his earlier offer, he apparently took offense. His earlier plans of renovating Starscream's station had come to fruition; now, it mounted a powerful superweapon, capable of destroying entire structures in one shot. He had it fire upon the Autobot transports as they left. When a team of Aerialbots attempted to disable or destroy it, he called Jetfire, now one of them, and taunted him about his past. He further mocked them when they destroyed the plasma coolant system without apparently having accounted for backups. Finally, during the attack he came into possession of information on Optimus Prime's location, and ordered Trypticon—the name of the weapon, for it was actually a Cybertronian—to fire upon it.

Trypticon, however, was forced into his natural form and defeated after he crash-landed on Cybertron. Megatron's reaction to this went unrecorded. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
Megatron was the Decepticon Leader during the final days of the Great War. After capturing an Autobot facility, and killing a cadet, Megatron revealed his plan to his troops. Megatron intended to conquer Trypticon Space Station, which had the means and power to manufacture Dark Energon: a variant of Energon which greatly increased the stamina and strength of its host. Megatron fought his way through the station to its commander, the Autobot Starscream. Upon Starscream's defeat, Starscream offered his services and the Dark Energon if he was spared. Megatron agreed, and Starscream joined the Decepticons.

After a test run of the Dark Energon in Kaon Prison, Soundwave deduced the element would only kill the host, but Starscream was able to find a way to fix it. Megatron then decided the time was right, and led his army to the inner levels of Cybertron. He was able to activate the uplink to channel energy from the Core of Cybertron itself to Trypticon Station, but he needed the Omega Key to access it once it was shut down with a firewall.

[[Image:WFCDS Defeat Omega Supreme.jpg|thumb|left|256px|Simple enough... OH GOD BULLETS.]]
Megatron learned through a recording from Laserbeak that Autobot Leader Zeta Prime had the Omega Key in his possession and had holed up deep within Iacon. Megatron led a full-scale assault on the city, totally devastating Iacon, until he found Zeta Prime at last. After a hard battle, Zeta fell, and Megatron obtained the Omega Key. However, immediately upon taking it, alarms went off, and Iacon itself was shaking. Zeta Prime, despite being mortally wounded, laughed at Megatron's face, saying the Omega Key was only the key to the ''true'' key: the city-sized Autobot Omega Supreme.

Omega immediately attacked the victorious Decepticons, and quickly decimated their presence in Iacon, save for Megatron's team and a few others. By this point, Megatron was absolutely furious at Starscream: Megatron declared it was he who led them to Omega Supreme and the devastating onslaught he carried out. Starscream bitterly retorted even if Megatron killed him, Omega Supreme would still be out for his blood, helping nothing whatsoever. Megatron angrily let it go for the time being, and led his army to battle. His troops' confidence beginning to falter, Megatron declared they would either be kicking themselves for not acting for the rest of their lives, or heroes in a historic event. His men followed him to battle Omega, and the titan fell. Megatron was free to corrupt the Core of Cybertron with Dark Energon, and obtain near-supremacy of Cybertron.

That kind of went downhill when the new Autobot leader, Optimus Prime, extinguished the Dark Energon and destroyed Trypticon Space Station, didn't it?
{{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
:''Voice actor'': Fred Tatasciore (English), Oliviero Corbetta (Italian)

Early in the war, when the Autobots learned of the existence of the orbiting superweapon Trypticon, Megatron sent waves of Decepticon forces to keep them from discovering more about it. Megatron, happy to see the destruction Trypticon was creating, ordered Starscream and Skywarp at gunpoint to return to Trypticon and clean up after it, while he took his troops into battle to scour the area for Autobots to kill. Few Autobots other than the medic, [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]], were spared Megatron's initial assault.

When Megatron found out that Starscream had left his post at Trypticon, Megatron grew angry. But the Autobots had infiltrated the [[Datacore]], so Megatron focused his efforts there instead. Bumblebee was captured, and information useful for the taking of [[Iacon]] was pulled from his mind. Megatron assigned Skywarp the task of the initial Iacon assault. The traitorous Starscream returned to Megatron's focus, and the Air Commander was ordered to infiltrate the Core of Cybertron to reactivate the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]]. But Starscream took too long, discovering Megatron had already reached the Core by the time he arrived. In a foul mood, Megatron would test Starscream's loyalty by putting him on the Iacon assault's front lines.

The assault went as planned, and Iacon crumbled. As Barricade and Starscream reached an empty Council Chamber, Megatro alerted them to the evacuation of the surviving Autobots. Three Autobot ships positioned themselves to escape, and so Megatron ordered Thundercracker and Skywarp to take them down.

Though Iacon fell, the Trypticon orbiting superweapon was destroyed by the Autobots... but not before Megatron ripped the datacore from its brain so as to salvage its information on Dark Energon. Megatron was pleased. Despite his loss, he still had the upper hand. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-CybertronianMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|300px| Fashionably asymmetrical.]]
*'''Cybertronian Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2010)
:*''Accessories'': clear purple missile, fusion cannon

: This toy is based on Megatron's appearance in the video game ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'', transforming into a Cybertronian self-propelled gun. The treads of his vehicle can be positioned in either a vertical configuration like a traditional tank or in a horizontal, hovertank configuration. Megatron's spring-loaded cannon can attach to either arm. He also has an insignia on his back, but unlike Optimus, his is not hidden by kibble. Like [[Soundwave (Prime)|''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave]], his head has a light-piping gimmick that has been neutered by his painted eyes.

: Some units of the figure have Megatron's left internal shoulder strut misassembled, preventing that side of the tank-mode from becoming properly flush to the body when transforming. This can be corrected by unscrewing and separating the outer shoulder structure, flipping the strut 180 degrees, and reassembling the shoulder covering.

: Also, the packaging image for his tank mode is flipped.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into ''[[United (toyline)|United]]'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#United|Megatron Cybertron Mode]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/GenerationsMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Cybertronian Megatron at TFU.info]''

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===Prime===
[[Image:Primetoy-MegatronEP.jpg|right|thumb|300px|His jet mode needs a little scarf attached to the robot head.]]
*'''"Entertainment Pack"''' (5 figure gift set, 2011)
: A Deluxe-sized Megatron comes with a similarly-scaled [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and PVC figurines of [[Miko Nakadai]], [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]]. Megatron converts from his alien jet mode to his robot mode.
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===Transformers (2010)===
*'''Rage over Cybertron''' (Multipack, 2011)
:*''Accessories'': clear blue missile, fusion cannon

:A translucent [[redeco]] of Cybertronian Megatron, collected together with Cybertronian Optimus Prime and Cybertronian Bumblebee in a three-pack [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]].

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==Notes==
[[Image:Tfprimemegatronjet.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Too fast for screen caps.]]
*Megatron's designation as an energon miner was "D-16".<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=7fd5ecd9-19b9-f369-1041-a7635be83172 War for Cybertron timeline].</ref> Megatron's original [[Japanese ID number list|Japanese ID number]] was "16". Takara would eventually change the numbering system using a "D" to denote [[Decepticon|Destrons]]. So Megatron's Japanese ID number could retroactively be considered "D-16".
*In ''Transformers: War for Cybertron'', Megatron has multiple glitches when controlled by the computer, among them shrinking (quite hilariously), losing his Fusion Cannon, and having his Tank mode cannon stick straight up (also humorous). He may be the most glitchy character in the game.
*Optimus Prime's recollections in ''Darkness Rising'' have him and Megatron fighting side-by-side at the start of the Great War. This is the first time a Megatron has been involved in a Great War that he ''didn't'' start, never mind one where he used to be a goodie.
*The show design of this version of Megatron takes visual cues from both G1 (the ever-famous [[Megatron (G1)| buckethead]]) and [[Megatron (Movie)|the Movie version]] of the Decepticon leader (the sharp angles and bits on his shoulders, along with two-toed feet and a demonic-looking face with sharp teeth), even including the jet mode the latter version appeared in: the ''Prime'' staff used the same rationale that Megatron would not scan an Earth mode out of disgust at humans.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/botcon-2010-transformers-prime-panel-coverage-170054/ BotCon 2010 Transformers Prime Panel Coverage]</ref> According to Cybertronian Megatron's packaging bio, Megatron often changes his altmode, probably in an attempt to explain why he's a tank in the game and a jet in the cartoon.
*At a video shown at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con, Welker explained his ''Prime'' voice for Megatron would be mostly toned down from his G1 counterpart, to give the character more range.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/san-diego-comic-con-33/transformers-prime---peter-cullen--frank-welker-behind-the-scenes-170264/ Transformers Prime - Peter Cullen & Frank Welker Behind the Scenes] TFW2005</ref> When the show aired, Megatron indeed had a more quiet, sinister version of his voice than the iconic shouty one.

==References==
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[[Category: Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category: Generations]]
[[Category: Gladiators]]
[[Category: Hall of Fame]]
[[Category: Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category: War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

The Transformers (cartoon)

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{{bigquote|...we feel '''action''' should be emphasized over''' plot'''—especially avoiding any complicated story lines—to ensure the success of this series with its intended viewers.|[[Bryce Malek]] and [[Dick Robbins]], ''Transformer''s story editors, [[Marvel Productions]] internal correspondence[http://tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/#154]}}

[[Image:TransformersLogoSlantedOrange.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Red is the color of GOOD...]]
[[Image:TransformersLogoSlantedPurple.jpg|right|250px|thumb|...while purple is the color of EVIL!!]]
[[Image:G1Season1Logo.jpg|right|250px|thumb|In space, no one can hear your trumpets go Dah-NUN NUN NUN NAHHHHHH!]]

More than any other of the many media which [[Transformer]]s have invaded in the past 25 years, it is '''''The Transformers''''', the original cartoon that ran from 1984/1985 to 1987, which captured the imagination of children and young people-at-heart worldwide.

==Overview==
[[Image:Cybertronplanet.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Depleted of energy... aside from the power source that lights up the entire core of the planet.]]
The cartoon (along with the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comics]]) set up the basic story of Transformers that most other incarnations were to follow: two warring factions of robots on the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] leave in search of resources. The factions crash-land on [[Earth]] and, millions of years later, begin their battle anew in Reagan-era [[United States|America]] and across the globe.

Once established, the cartoon rarely took any steps to upset its status quo. Plots generally centered on a [[Decepticon]] plot or invention of the week, which would be used to gather energy or Defeat The [[Autobot]]s FOREVER!!, and the Autobots' efforts to stop the plan. Most of the time the Decepticons were forced into retreat, and the Autobots drove off victorious. At most, a new character or team was added to one side or the other. Plots became a bit less formulaic during Season 3, though character death and true plot upheaval remained a rarity.

Through its 98-episode run, this series took viewers around the globe and to many strange places and times: across the alien Cybertron, the Earth's prehistoric past, the Earth's then-future of 2005, the ''Metropolis''-like society of [[Nebulos]], and more. It is not the best animated series ever to air, but it stimulated viewers with its concept at the time, and continued to do so in the years to come.
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==Production==
[[Image:DivideAndConquer-UnderseaBase.jpg|center|450px|thumb|The Decepticon undersea base. Note that it is neither [[Tom Kenny|pineapple]], [[Bill Fagerbakke|rock]], nor tiki head.]]

Writing and distribution for this series were handled as a joint effort by [[Marvel Productions]] and [[Sunbow Productions]]. Animation was produced overseas, by [[Toei]], [[AKOM]], [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]] (''supposedly'') and an [[Unknown Filipino animation studio|unknown studio from the Philippines]].

[[Image:CrashedArk1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Nobody on Earth noticed this for millions of years.]]
The original 30 or so characters were heavily modified from their toy designs for aesthetics and ease of animation. Among the artists involved in the original designs are [[Shōhei Kohara]] and [[Floro Dery]]. Other known production artists include [[Dell Barras]], who worked on second season backgrounds.

Story editors for the series included [[Dick Robbins]], [[Bryce Malek]], [[Flint Dille]], [[Marv Wolfman]], and [[Steve Gerber]]. Episode scripts were written by a large array of freelance writers. Writers notable for writing numerous episodes include [[Donald F. Glut]] and [[David Wise]].

The series was animated on an enormously rushed schedule, due to the need to get episodes on the air in sync with the toys appearing on shelves. That, combined with the vast number of characters and the difficulties involved with the overseas animation process, resulted in a cartoon that is notoriously riddled with [[animation error]]s and other mistakes. The producers were often aware of these mistakes, but tight deadlines left them no time to correct them.

Another byproduct of the rushed production is that the show tends not to be very self-referential. Continuity between episodes is minimal, with most acting as self-contained, standalone stories, though a few Season Two and Season Three stories did build on previous episodes. Within each season, the addition of new characters is the only common change to the status quo.

[[Image:ShockwaveDesertionOfTheDinobots1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|My toy's so great, I bought one myself!]]
Mistakes or not, the show is fondly remembered by many fans for the high quality of its voice acting. Indeed, many characters, lacking any significant plot developments or screen time, were brought to life solely by their unique voices and inflection styles. Voice direction for the series was provided by [[Wally Burr]], notorious for driving his performers to the limit. One of the performers in his stable, [[Susan Blu]], would later go on to work as voice director for ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', and ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]''.

The ''sinister'' voice of [[Victor Caroli]] provided narration for the entire series, most commonly heard on the [[commercial bumper]]s: "The Transformers will return after these messages!" Caroli's voice also provided occasional introductory narration, recap segments for multi-part episodes, and the ''[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]'' segments which ran before the credits of Season 3.

[[Image:RollForIt Spacebridge recieves.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Looks safer than flying United.]]
In addition to the show's iconic [[theme song]], ''Transformers'' featured a great variety of background music, composed by [[Robert J. Walsh]]. Walsh had previously worked on the ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' cartoon, and many of those pieces were reused for ''Transformers''. New pieces were composed as well, many incorporating the melody of the show's theme song. Walsh composed new music for 2nd and 3rd seasons, each in a different style, further distinguishing the three main seasons from one another.

The show also originated the concept of the iconic "[[Scene transition|symbol flip]]" serving as a transition between scenes, a tradition carried on by some of the later series.
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==Episodes==

{{see|List of Generation 1 episodes}}

These episodes are listed in "production order", the order in which the episodes were actually approved and written, rather than the order in which they aired on television. In a few instances, this means that episodes are not in the correct chronological story order, the specifics of which are noted in their own articles. Arranging the episodes in airdate order would not solve this problem, and so, as fans have done for as long as there have been ''Transformers'' episode guides on the internet, TFWIKI.Net adheres to production order, in preference to simply making up a chronological order of our own (any attempt at which would be arguable at best).

The different DVD companies which have released the series down the years have at times presented the episodes of each season in a different order that adheres to neither production nor airdate, sometimes to improve any chronology errors evident in the production order, and other times for no apparent reason. No two English-language DVD releases of the series by different companies have placed all 98 episodes in the same order. [[Metrodome]] stuck closest to production order, only making changes for chronology reasons (and sometimes not even then), while other licensees have strayed from this order to varying degrees. Season 1 has consistently avoided reorganization (as production order is actually the correct story order), but Season 3 is a victim of continuous restructuring that sees its episodes presented in a wildly different order with each release.

===Season 1===
[[Image:DinobotsG1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Remember those [[Dinobots | dinosaur guys]]? Man, they were awesome.]]
The first season is primarily set on [[Earth]], with a few excursions to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. It started with the 1984 toys as its characters, and introduced the early wave of 1985 toys as it progressed—the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], and [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]].

{{collist|2|
# "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"
# "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]"
# "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]"
# "[[Transport to Oblivion]]"
# "[[Roll for It]]"
# "[[Divide and Conquer]]"
# "[[Fire in the Sky]]"
# "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"
# "[[Fire on the Mountain]]"
# "[[War of the Dinobots]]"
# "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1]]"
# "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]]"
# "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]"
# "[[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction]]"
# "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]"
# "[[Heavy Metal War]]"
}}

===Season 2===
[[Image:CosmicRust-BigGroup.jpg|center|450px|thumb|I liked the one with the guy.]]<br>
[[Image:Master builders prime basketball.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Didn't they make Optimus Prime play soccer or something once? Man, that was dumb.]]
The very long second season greatly expanded the cartoon's scope and cast. The second season tends to feature more character-driven episodes than the first season, with many characters getting their own "spotlight" episode. It also features a recurring theme of the Autobots assimilating Earth culture, such the Autobots playing basketball and football and even watching a soap opera. Excursions to alien civilizations popped up occasionally as well (not to mention time travel, miniaturization, and battles against undersea creatures). The second season also saw the introduction of concepts and characters that would spread out to other fictions, including the mystic [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], the ancient [[Vector Sigma]] supercomputer and its [[Key to Vector Sigma|circuit key]], and the first appearance of [[Female Transformers]] within official fiction.

The second season also marked a move from weekly airings (usually on Saturday mornings) to a "stripped" show, aired Monday through Friday, either in the morning or afternoon. Some markets also scheduled it in conjunction with daily episodes of ''[[G.I.Joe]]'' (like WPIX in New York, which also aired ''Beast Wars'' when it ran in syndication, and became an affiliate of the WB network, which would originally air the ''Cybertron'' cartoon).

Season Two breaks down very roughly into three segments:

* The first dozen episodes feature (primarily) the Season One cast.
* A large second batch of episodes brings in the remainder of the 1985 toys.
* The final ten episodes introduce the four [[combiner]] teams that formed the early entries in the 1986 line.
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{{collist|2|
# "[[Autobot Spike]]"
# "[[Changing Gears]]"
# "[[City of Steel]]"
# "[[Attack of the Autobots]]"
# "[[Traitor]]"
# "[[The Immobilizer]]"
# "[[The Autobot Run]]"
# "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]"
# "[[Day of the Machines]]"
# "[[Enter the Nightbird]]"
# "[[A Prime Problem]]"
# "[[The Core]]"
# "[[The Insecticon Syndrome]]"
# "[[Dinobot Island, Part 1]]"
# "[[Dinobot Island, Part 2]]"
# "[[The Master Builders]]"
# "[[Auto Berserk]]"
# "[[Microbots]]"
# "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]"
# "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]"
# "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]"
# "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2]]"
# "[[Blaster Blues]]"
# "[[A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court]]"
# "[[The Golden Lagoon]]"
# "[[The God Gambit]]"
# "[[Make Tracks]]"
# "[[Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play]]"
# "[[Quest for Survival]]"
# "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]"
# "[[The Gambler]]"
# "[[Kremzeek!]]"
# "[[Sea Change]]"
# "[[Triple Takeover]]"
# "[[Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target]]"
# "[[Auto-Bop]]"
# "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]"
# "[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]"
# "[[Hoist Goes Hollywood]]"
# "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]"
# "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]"
# "[[Aerial Assault]]"
# "[[War Dawn]]"
# "[[Trans-Europe Express]]"
# "[[Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust]]"
# "[[Starscream's Brigade]]"
# "[[The Revenge of Bruticus]]"
# "[[Masquerade]]"
# "[[B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.]]"
}}

===Intermediate===
[[Image:Tftm1986b.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Then they like, killed him in the movie. Man, that was awesome.]]
''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' is in continuity with the cartoon series, occurring 20 years after the end of Season 2 (in the then-futuristic year of 2005). It was the single biggest turning point for the series, and remains controversial. The movie saw the introductions of [[Unicron]], the [[Quintesson]]s, and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], all of which would play important roles in Season 3. It made radical changes to the show's cast, killing off many characters and introducing new ones—a shock to young viewers who were used to their heroes driving off into the sunset at the end of every adventure.

Despite its unconventional place in the cartoon canon, it remains the best-known representation of the cartoon series among fans.

===Season 3===
[[Image:Intro3 4 with error.jpg|left|200px|thumb|They didn't make any more cartoons after the movie. Yeah, the movie totally killed Transformers.]]
Season 3 ''transformed'' the whole premise of the show. Gone were the two teams stranded on Earth, along with many of the characters that composed those teams. In their place was a galaxy-spanning tale of battles on alien worlds. With the Autobots in firm control of Cybertron, the Decepticons, though still a threat, were somewhat reduced as villains; new enemies in the form of the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] were introduced. Plots often centered on the ultra-powerful [[city-bot]]s, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].

Season 3 has a mixed reputation. It contains some of the most mistake-laden episodes of the entire franchise ("Five Faces of Darkness", "Carnage in C Minor", the introduction sequence at left) most of which can be laid at the feet of [[AKOM]]. But some of its episodes are among the best as well, both in animation and scripting; "Dark Awakening", "Chaos", "Webworld", and "Dweller in the Depths" are all heavy fan favorites.

Late in Season 3, as in Season 2, the forerunners of the 1987 toy line were introduced: the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s, and [[Throttlebot]]s, and (very briefly) the cassettes [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]. The season concluded with the resurrection of Optimus Prime, spurred on by a massive campaign on the part of fans, who were displeased by his death and subsequent "evil" resurrection.

{{collist|2|
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]"
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]"
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3]]"
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]"
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]"
# "[[The Killing Jar]]"
# "[[Chaos (episode)|Chaos]]"
# "[[Dark Awakening]]"
# "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]"
# "[[Starscream's Ghost]]"
# "[[Thief in the Night]]"
# "[[Surprise Party]]"
# "[[Madman's Paradise]]"
# "[[Nightmare Planet]]"
# "[[Ghost in the Machine]]"
# "[[Webworld]]"
# "[[Carnage in C-Minor]]"
# "[[The Quintesson Journal]]"
# "[[The Ultimate Weapon]]"
# "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]"
# "[[Fight or Flee]]"
# "[[The Dweller in the Depths]]"
# "[[Only Human]]"
# "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]"
# "[[Money Is Everything]]"
# "[[Call of the Primitives]]"
# "[[The Face of the Nijika]]"
# "[[The Burden Hardest to Bear]]"
# "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"
# "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]"
}}

===Season 4===
[[Image:Bumblebee and Goldbug.jpg|right|200px|thumb|They kept making the toys? But weren't those like, the ones that couldn't transform or something?]]
How the truncated Season 4 came about remains a mystery, though presumably the short version is that [[Hasbro]] pulled out its funding support. Whether anything further was ever planned is not known; see ''[[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|Urban legends about Transformers]]'' for more.

As it is, the "season" consisted of a single three-part episode, that somewhat hastily brought in thirty or so new Transformer characters as well as [[Nebulan]] partners for 22 of them, and attempted to provide a satisfactory conclusion to the series as a whole.

The previous three seasons each feature fully original opening credits. For Season 4, however, the opening credit sequence is a mishmash of existing animation, combining high-quality animation sequences from some of the 1986 and 1987 toy commercials with segments of the Season 3 opening credits, which were of a visibly different art style.

# "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]"
# "[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]"
# "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]"

===Season 5===
[[Image:Puppetpmprime.jpg|thumb|]]
Season 5 did not feature any new episodes, but rather consisted of 15 episodes from the previous seasons and ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' broken up into five episodes, for a total of 20 episodes. New opening and closing footage was added to each episode, which portrayed an animatronic puppet of [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] meeting regularly with a live-action human named [[Tommy Kennedy]] to tell him old Transformers stories.

{{collist|2|
# "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"
# "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]"
# "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]"
# ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (Day 1)
# ''The Transformers: The Movie'' (Day 2)
# ''The Transformers: The Movie'' (Day 3)
# ''The Transformers: The Movie'' (Day 4)
# ''The Transformers: The Movie'' (Day 5)
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]"
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]"
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3]]"
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]"
# "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]"
# "[[Surprise Party]]"
# "[[Dark Awakening]]"
# "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"
# "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]"
# "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]"
# "[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]"
# "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]"
}}

===Sci-Fi Channel===
From 1995 to 1997, the Sci-Fi Channel began airing reruns of ''The Transformers'' on their early morning cartoon programming block, [[Animation Station]]. Unfortunately, due to longer commercial slots and/or shorter show times, the decision was made to edit the cartoon down. Sometimes this was done in comparatively harmless fashion, but other times the flow of scenes and even the plot suffered.

In one of the most notorious edits, two lines from [[Grapple]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] in "[[Masquerade]]" ended up smooshed into a single nonsensical jumble: "Time to add fire torobably hate myself in the morning, but—"

==Japanese release==
With the success of ''Transformers'' proven by Hasbro, [[Takara]] elected to cut short their plans for a new ''[[Diaclone]]'' line in 1985 and import the ''Transformers'' toyline and cartoon instead. To play catch-up with Hasbro markets, Takara combined the first two years of toys and cartoon into one series, which was given the excessive (but typical of Japanese cartoons) title of '''''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'''''.

Although two episodes out of the original 65 were cut ("Attack of the Autobots" and "Day of the Machines"), an additional nine [[clip show]]s were created, composed entirely of re-used footage taken from various episodes, bringing the total number of ''Fight!'' episodes to 72. The two missing episodes were later dubbed and released straight-to-video, then retroactively added to the episode list as numbers 73 and 74.

Additionally, the broadcast order of the series was significantly reworked, with most of the episodes featuring [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] being pushed to the end of the run (presumably owing the character's shaky status as a Bandai toy in Japan). Contrary to what would be sensible, this did ''not'' involve correcting any of the chronological errors present in the original order; in fact, it even created some new ones.

In 1986, after the release of the OVA ''[[Scramble City]]'' (but not ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', which was not released in Japan until 1989) the series was rebranded as '''''[[Transformers 2010 (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010]]'''''. All thirty episodes from the third season were dubbed for ''2010'' and reordered (again creating more chronology errors) and two additional clip episodes were produced, bringing the total to thirty-two.

The additional clip shows include the following:

*'''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'''
:14. "[[Birth of the Transformers!]]"
:55. "[[War Without End (episode)|War Without End]]"
:56. "[[Desperate Battle on Dinobot Island]]"
:57. "[[Devastator, the Giant Warrior]]"
:58. "[[Neverending Struggle]]"
:69. "[[Earth's Greatest Crisis]]"
:70. "[[Seek the Cybertonium]] "
:71. "[[Stunticons VS Aerialbots]] "
:72. "[[Mutiny of the Combaticons]]"

*'''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'''
:29. "[[Daniel's Adventure]]"
:30. "[[The Desperate Struggle of Justice]]"

The numbers denote the airing order of the episodes in relation to the rest of the series.

"The Rebirth" was not broadcast in Japan, in favor of producing a brand new series to continue the story of the animated continuity, beginning with ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''. However, all three episodes of "The Rebirth" were released straight-to-video a few years later. Curiously, the dub for "The Rebirth" used standard English-language names and terminology in a more selective manner (for example, "Optimus Prime" remained "Convoy" while "Hot Rod" was not changed to "Hot Rodimus" but retained his English name). Only three actors from ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' and ''Transformers 2010'' returned to voice their respective characters: [[Tesshō Genda]] (Optimus Prime), [[Seizō Katō]] (Galvatron) and [[Issei Masamune]] (narrator). Every other cast member was replaced with a soundalike, to varying degrees of success.

The Japanese dub also originated a catchphase, used in almost every Japanese Tansformers series "And Now . . . The Battle Begins" originally provided by dub narrator [[Issei Masamune]].

===Edits===
The three American seasons were edited by Takara before their broadcast in Japan. These edits were made not for content, but for length so that the show could accommodate longer opening and ending [[Title sequence|sequence]]s.

The combined length of the U.S. opening and ending sequences was about one minute and ten seconds. The combined length of the Japanese opening and ending sequences, however, was about two minutes and twenty seconds. This resulted in roughly one minute and ten seconds being cut from every single episode.

A few examples of "unnecessary" scenes that were cut to make space for J-pop:

* "[[Roll for It]]". The scene where [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] first reach the laboratory and meet the southern-accented security guard that gives them clearance.
* "[[Divide and Conquer]]". The scene where the Autobots first return to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s base and he opens fire on them.
* "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]". The scene where Spike, [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Chip Chase|Chip]] cheer for the Autobots during the Autobot Day parade.
* "[[Only Human]]". The scene where the informant tells [[Victor Drath]] that [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]] is down the street pacing back and forth, and gets punched in the face as payment.
* All multi-part episodes have their Next Episode previews removed.

The only episodes not to be edited for length are "[[Attack of the Autobots]]", "[[Day of the Machines]]", ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and all three episodes of "[[The Rebirth, Part 1|The Rebirth]]". These were not edited for length because they were all released straight-to-video, where broadcasting time slots were not an issue. As a result, these episodes are also the only ones to be released on laserdisc and DVD by [[Pioneer]] with optional English or Japanese audio tracks.

==Home video releases==
{{main|The Transformers (cartoon)/home video}}

==Notes==
* Looking at the production codes of the series reveals some choice tidbits:
**The series pilot, "More than Meets the Eye", was produced under a set of different production codes, as it was created before ''Transformers'' was expanded to become an ongoing series. After the pilot, the episode production numbers begin afresh with "700-01" ("Transport to Oblivion"), and proceeded in order until the end of the first season, with "700-13" ("Heavy Metal War"). At the beginning of the second season, it seems the production codes were adjusted to account for the three parts of "More than Meets the Eye", as they take a jump forward to "700-16" with "Autobot Spike". This, of course, is mathematically wrong-o, as "Autobot Spike" is the ''seventeenth'' episode, not the sixteenth.
**''B.O.T.'', the final episode of season 2, was production code 700-64, while ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1'', the first episode of season 3, was production code 700-86. The reason for this jump is unknown.
**There is no episode with production code 700-111. ''Grimlock's New Brain'' was 700-110, while ''Call of the Primitives'' was 700-112. The reason for this omission is likewise unknown.
*Twelve episodes were released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]]. No, we don't know why either.
[[Image:WorldOfHectorRamirez.jpg|right|thumb|220px|He's everywhere, and there's no escape.]]

*Cartoon writers are a sneaky lot, and quietly put in references to ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', another show they were working on at the same time, into ''The Transformers''. [[Daina]] of the Soviet Oktober Guard ("[[Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target]]"), [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] as [[Marissa Faireborne]]'s dad ("[[The Killing Jar]]"), and an elderly [[Cobra Commander]] ("[[Only Human]]") all appear. We also see [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|journalist Hector Ramirez]], who appears in ''everything'' Sunbow was doing at the time.
{{--}}

==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/net.comics/browse_thread/thread/eab15c298a61cdfb/fce7a2ddb7e35a81 1985 net.comics review]
*[http://www.reocities.com/Area51/Comet/5606/tfepgd.html Aaron Marsh's Transformers Episode Guide] — Including variants and repackagings
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Transformers/9160392217 Transformers on Facebook] - Includes information on Matrix of Leadership Box Set

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The year '''1996''' (MCMXCVI) is the 12th year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Media==
=== Television ===
* [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']] Season 1 episodes 1-17

== Comics ==
===[[Hasbro]]===
* [[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!]]

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===
==== [[Alliance Atlantis]] (CAN) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''Beast Wars'' — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure
* ''Robots-Bêtes'' — Une Adventure Cybernetique

==== [[Malofilm]] (CAN) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''The Transformers'' — The Ultimate Doom
* ''Transformers'' — L'Ultime Piège

==== [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] (Japan) ====
'''Laserdisc'''
* ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set

== Conventions ==
* [[BotCon 1996]]

== Merchandise ==
{{stub}}
== Toys ==

=== Hasbro ===

====Maximals====

{{columnlist|2|
* [[Armordillo]]
* [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor (blue eyes)]]
* [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor (red eyes)]]
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
* [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal (bat)]]
* [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal (gorilla)]]
* [[Panther]]
* [[Polar Claw]]
* [[Rattrap]]
* [[Razorbeast]]
* [[Rhino]]
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]
* [[Tigatron]]
* [[Under-3]]
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]]
}}

====Predacons====

{{columnlist|2|
* [[Beetle]]
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Buzz Saw]]
* [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]]
* [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]]
* [[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]]
* [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron (crocodile)]]
* [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron (tyrannosaurus rex)]]
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]
* [[Snapper]]
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]
}}

==== Convention Exclusives ====
=====BotCon 1996=====
* [[Onyx Primal]]
* [[Onyx Primal|Onyx Primal (Dealer exclusive)]]

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The year '''1995''' (MCMXCV) is the 11th year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Media==
N/A

== Comics ==
===''Comic Bom Bom'' (Japan)===
* [[The_New_Battle!!|Transformers: G-2 - The New Battle!!]]
* [[G-2 (story page)|Transformers: G-2]] pages 1-5

=== [[Fleetway]] (UK)===
* [[Generation 2 (Fleetway comic)|Transformers: Generation 2]] issues 4 & 5

=== Takara (Japan)===
* [[G-2 (pack-in comic)|Transformers: G-2]] parts 1-16

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===
==== [[Malofilm]] (CAN) ====
* ''The Transformers'' — The Autobots vs. The Decepticons
* ''Transformers'' — Autobots vs. Decepticons (Version Française)
* ''The Transformers: The Movie''

==== [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] (Japan) ====
'''Laserdisc'''
* ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set
* ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: 2010'' Set

== Conventions ==
* [[BotCon 1995]]

== Merchandise ==

== Toys ==

===U.S.===

====Autobots====

{{columnlist|2|
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid (Cyberjet)]]
* [[Blowout]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (Gobot)]]
* [[Double Clutch (G2)|Double Clutch]]
* [[Firecracker]]
* [[Gearhead]]
* [[High Beam]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Laser Optimus Prime]]
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
* [[Motormouth]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime (Gobot)]]
* [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe (Gobot)]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
}}

====Decepticons====

{{columnlist|2|
* [[Dirtbag]]
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
* [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron (Gobot)]]
* [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]]
* [[Roadblock (G2)|Roadblock]]
* [[Skyjack]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
* [[Space Case (G2)|Space Case]]
}}

==== Convention Exclusives ====
===== BotCon 1995 =====
* [[Nightracer]]

===Japan===

====Cybertrons====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Aero Raid]]
* [[Volt|Autovolt]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Battle Convoy]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]]
* [[Electro|Effectro]]
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
}}

====Destrons====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]]
* [[Sizzle (G2)|Firebot]]
* [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]]
* [[Jolt (G2)|Hot Row]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron (Gobot)]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron (Hero)]]
* [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Big]]
* [[Skyjack]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
* [[Space Case (G2)|Space Case]]
}}

===Europe===

====Autobots====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Blowout]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (Gobot)]]
* [[Double Clutch (G2)|Double Clutch]]
* [[Firecracker]]
* [[Gearhead]]
* [[High Beam]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide (Go-Bot)]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide (Power Master)]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Laser Optimus Prime]]
* [[Meanstreak]]
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
* [[Motormouth]]
* [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe (Gobot)]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Bulletbike (G2)|Bulletbike]]
* [[Dirtbag]]
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
* [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]]
* [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]]
* [[Roadblock (G2)|Roadblock]]
* [[Skyjack]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
* [[Space Case (G2)|Space Case]]
* [[Staxx]]
}}

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{{yearofthe|1994}}
The year '''1994''' (MCMXCIV) is the tenth active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Non-Fiction==

===Deaths===
====November====
* [[November 30]] — [[Lionel Stander]]

===Events===
====October====
* [[October 12]] — [[DreamWorks]], the company that co-produces and distributes the [[live-action film series]] with [[Paramount Pictures]], is founded.

==Media==

=== Television ===
* [[Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]] Season 2

== Comics ==

=== Fleetway Comics (UK) ===

* [[Generation 2 (Fleetway comic)|Transformers: Generation 2]] issues 1-3
* [[The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual]]

=== Marvel Comics ===
* [[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Transformers: Generation 2]] issues 5-12

== Books ==

=== [[BB Books]] (AUS) ===
* Activity Pack

=== [[Grandreams]] (UK) ===
* Play Pack

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===

==== [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] (Japan) ====
'''Laserdisc'''
* Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers — Convoy Set

=== Comics ===
=== Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] ===
* Holiday Special 1994
* Summer Special 1994
* Winter Special 1994

== Merchandise ==

== Conventions ==
* [[BotCon 1994]]

== Toys ==

===U.S.===

====Autobots====

{{columnlist|2|
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
* [[Electro]]
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
* [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]]
* [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime (Hero)]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
* [[Slingshot]]
* [[Volt]]
}}

====Decepticons====

{{columnlist|2|
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] w/ [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron (Hero)]]
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
* [[Powerdive]]
* [[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]]
* [[Sizzle (G2)|Sizzle]]
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
}}

==== Convention Exclusives ====
===== BotCon 1994 =====
* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]

===Europe===

====Autobots====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Aquafend]]
* [[Blaze]]
* [[Deftwing]]
* [[Deluge (G1)|Deluge]]
* [[Electro]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]]
* [[Leadfoot (G2)|Hot Foot]]
* [[Turbofire|Hotrider]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]]
* [[Jetstorm (G1)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Manta Ray (G2)|Piranha]]
* [[Rapido]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
* [[Skram (G2)|Skram]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
* [[Sureshot (G2)|Sureshot]]
* [[Pyro|Spark]]
* [[Speedstream]]
* [[Volt]]
* [[Windbreaker|Zap]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Aquablast]]
* [[Archforce]]
* [[Powerdive|Blade]]
* [[Ransack (G2)|Blitz]]
* [[Calcar]]
* [[Clench (G1)|Colossus]]
* [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] w/ [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Drench (G1)|Drench]]
* [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Hawk]]
* [[Fearswoop (G1)|Fearswoop]]
* [[Sizzle (G2)|Fireball]]
* [[Flamefeather]]
* [[Jolt (G2)|Hotrod]]
* [[Hydradread]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Rage]]
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]
* [[Afterburner (G2)|Snipe]]
* [[Sparkstalker]]
* [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]]
* [[Windrazor (G2)|Tornado]]
}}

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{{yearofthe|1993}}
The year '''1993''' (MCMXCIII) is the ninth active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Media==
=== Television ===
* [[Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]] Season 1

== Comics ==

=== Marvel Comics ===

* [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]] issues 138-142
* [[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Transformers: Generation 2]] issues 0-4

== Books ==

=== [[Honey Bear Books]] ===
==== Coloring books ====
* [[Autobots' Advantage]]
* [[Decepticon Danger]]
* [[Dinobots vs. Constructicons]]
* [[Search and Rescue Mission]]

==== Flip'n'Fun Activity Pads ====
* Autobots on Patrol
* Decepticon Madness

==== Misc ====
* Autobot Warriors Activity Book
* Decepticon Destruction Puzzles and Mazes

== Games ==
N/A

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===

==== [[Tempo Video|Abbey Video]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* The Biggest Ever Saturday Morning Picture Show
* The Biggest Ever Saturday Morning Heroes

=== Comics ===
==== Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] ====
* Easter Special 1993
* Holiday Special 1993
* Winter Special 1993

== Merchandise ==

== Toys ==

===U.S.===

====Autobots====

{{columnlist|4|
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]]
* [[Drench (G1)|Drench]]
* [[Gobots (G2)|Gobots]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (blue)]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (silver)]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (turquoise)]]
* [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Rapido]]
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag (green)]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag (silver)]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag (red)]]
* [[Skram (G2)|Skram]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl (green)]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl (silver)]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl (red)]]
* [[Turbofire]]
* [[Windbreaker]]
}}

====Decepticons====

{{columnlist|4|
* [[Afterburner (G2)|Afterburner]]
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
* [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]]
* [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]]
* [[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
* [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]
* [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]]
* [[Windrazor (G2)|Windrazor]]
}}

===Europe===
{{note|These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1993. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see [[Generation 1 (European toyline)]].}}
====Autobots====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Aquafend]]
* [[Deftwing]]
* [[Deluge (G1)|Deluge]]
* [[Turbofire|Hotrider]]
* [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]
* [[Jetstorm (G1)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Pyro]]
* [[Rapido]]
* [[Skram (G2)|Skram]]
* [[Speedstream]]
* [[Windbreaker|Zap]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Aquablast]]
* [[Calcar]]
* [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]
* [[Drench (G1)|Drench]]
* [[Fearswoop (G1)|Fearswoop]]
* [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Hawk]]
* [[Hydradread]]
* [[Rage]]
* [[Afterburner (G2)|Snipe]]
* [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]]
* [[Windrazor (G2)|Tornado]]
}}

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{{yearofthe|1992}}
The year '''1992''' (MCMXCII) is the eighth active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

== Media ==
N/A

== Music ==
=== Albums ===
* [[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]] (CD format)

== Comics ==

=== Marvel UK ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 331 & 332

=== TV Magazine ===
==== Story Pages ====
* [[Operation Combination (story page)|Operation Combination]] parts 1-10
* [[The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars]] parts ?-10

== Books ==
N/A

== Games ==
N/A

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===
==== [[Tempo Video|Abbey Video]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
*''Transformers'' — Only Human
*''Transformers'' — Super Video
*''Transformers'' — The Nightmare Planet

=== Comics ===
==== Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] ====
* Summer Special 1992
* Autumn Special 1992

== Merchandise ==

== Toys ==

===Canada===

===Autobots===
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Boss (G1)|Boss]]
* [[Flash (G1)|Flash]]
* [[Hurricane]]
* [[Rotorstorm]]
* [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]]
* [[Thunder Clash]]
}}

===Japan===

====Cybertrons====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Guard City]] (giftset)
* [[Sixbuilder]] (giftset)
* [[Sixtrain]] (giftset)
* [[Sixturbo]] (giftset)
}}

====Destrons====
{{columnlist|1|
* [[Battle Gaia]] (giftset)
* [[Sixwing]] (giftset)
* [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]
}}

==== VS Sets ====
{{columnlist|1|
* [[Checker Road]] vs. [[Moon Jet]]
* [[Fire Road]] vs. [[Shadow Jet]]
* [[Mach Road]] vs. [[Flare Jet]]
* [[Spin Road]] vs. [[Dark Jet]]
}}

===Europe===
{{note|These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1992. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see [[Generation 1 (European toyline)]]. Names in quotations denote toys that were not officially named.}}
====Autobots====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Boss (G1)|Boss]]
* [[Flash (G1)|Flash]]
* [[Hurricane]]
* [[Rescue Force buggy|"Rescue Force buggy"]]
* [[Rescue Force drill|"Rescue Force drill"]]
* [[Rescue Force jet|"Rescue Force jet"]]
* [[Rescue Force tank|"Rescue Force tank"]]
* [[Rotorstorm]]
* [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]]
* [[Thunder Clash]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|"Bonecrusher"]]
* [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]]
* [[Hook (G1)|"Hook"]]
* [[Long Haul (G1)|"Long Haul"]]
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|"Mixmaster"]]
* [[Scavenger (G1)|"Scavenger"]]
* [[Scrapper (G1)|"Scrapper"]]
* [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]]
* [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]
* [[Snare]]
* [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]]
* [[Talon]]
}}

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{{yearofthe|1991}}
The year '''1991''' (MCMXCI) is the seventh active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Media==
N/A

== Comics ==

=== Marvel Comics ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 76-80

=== Marvel UK ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 303-330
* [[Transformers Annual 1992]]

=== TV Magazine ===
==== Manga ====
* [[The Battlestars (manga)|The Battlestars]]

==== Story Pages ====
* [[The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars]] parts 1-?
* [[Zone (story page)|Transformers: Zone]] part 12

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===
==== [[Family Home Entertainment|Avid Home Entertainment]] ====
'''VHS'''
* ''The Transformers: The Movie''

==== [[Entertainment UK]] ====
'''VHS'''
* ''Transformers'' — 1: The Revenge of Bruticus / 2: Dinobot Island (Parts 1 and 2)

==== [[Tempo Video|Abbey Video]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
*''Transformers'' — Headmasters / The Return of Optimus Prime / Cosmic Rust
*''Transformers'' — Starscream's Ghost / Fight or Flee
*''Transformers'' — Thief in the Night / Surprise Party

==== [[Video Gems]] ====
'''VHS'''
*''The Transformers'' — Arrival from Cybertron
*''The Transformers'' — The Key to Vector Sigma & War Dawn

=== Comics ===
==== Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] ====
* 18 – Holiday Special 1991
* 19 - Winter Special 1991

== Merchandise ==

== Toys ==

===Japan===

====Cybertrons====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Monster Truck Patrol|Big Truck Team]]
* [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]]
* [[Crane Cannon W Team]]
* [[Dump Shovel W Team]]
* [[Fire Tanker W Team]]
* [[Grandus (ROC)|Grandus]] w/ [[Spinner]]
* [[Hot Rod Patrol|Hot Rod Team]]
* [[Jet Tank W Team]]
* [[Military Team]]
* [[Radar Hover W Team]]
* [[Rescue Patrol Team]]
* [[Shuttle Rocket W Team]]
* [[Sixliner]] (giftset)
* [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]] w/ [[Shotbomber]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Star Convoy]] w/ [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rodimus]](Micromaster)
* [[Super Car Patrol Team]]
}}

===Europe===
{{note|These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1991. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see [[Generation 1 (European toyline)]].}}
====Autobots====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades (Classics)]]
* [[Chase (G1)|Chase (Classics)]]
* [[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]] w/ [[Action Master Exo-suit|Supersonic Racing Car]]
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (giftset)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid (Classics)]]
* [[Flame (Motorvator)|Flame]]
* [[Freeway (G1)|Freeway (Classics)]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Goldbug (Classics)]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock (Classics)]]
* [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]]
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove (Classics)]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot (Classics)]]
* [[Lightspeed (Motorvator)]]
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Spreem]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime (Classics)]]
* [[Powerflash]]
* [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar (Classics)]]
* [[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]] w/[[Action Master Exo-suit|4WD All-Terrain Vehicle]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm (Classics)]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe (Action Master)]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe (Classics)]]
* [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight (Classics)]]
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge (Classics)]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl (Classics)]]
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer (Classics)]]
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise (Classics)]]
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks (Action Master)]]
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks (Classics)]]
* [[Wide Load|Wideload (Classics)]]
* [[Windmill (G1)|Windmill]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain (Classics)]]
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell (Action Master)]]
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off (Classics)]]
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl (Classics)]]
* [[Charger]]
* [[Double Punch]]
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (giftset)
* [[Octane|Octane (Classics)]]
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught (Classics)]]
* [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]
* [[Slicer]] w/ [[Action Master Exo-suit|4WD Assault Vehicle]]
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle (Classics)]]
* [[Take-Off]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker (Action Master)]] w/ [[Action Master Exo-suit|Solo Mission Jet Plane]]
* [[Turbo Master]]
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex (Classics)]]
}}

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[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

1990

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{{yearofthe|1990}}
The year '''1990''' (MCMXC) is the sixth active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Fiction==
===2007 Movie===
====Births====
=====October=====
* [[October 10]] — [[Sam Witwicky]]

==Non-Fiction==
== Media ==
=== Direct-to-Video ===
* [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Transformers: Zone]]

== Music ==
=== Singles ===
* "[[Transformer Z no Theme]]"/"[[Ashita no Kimi e]]"

== Comics ==
=== [[Kabaya]] ===
* [[Transformers PD Type]]

=== Marvel Comics ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 64-75

=== Marvel UK ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 251-302
* [[Transformers Annual 1991]]

=== TV Magazine ===
==== Manga ====
* [[Victory (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]] issue 10
* [[Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone]]

==== Story Pages ====
* [[Zone (story page)|Transformers: Zone]] parts 1-11

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===
==== [[Channel 5]] ====
'''VHS'''
* Desertion of the Dinobots 3-D

==== [[Family Home Entertainment]] ====
'''VHS & Laserdisc'''
* Five Faces of Darkness

==== [[Salut Video]] (Denmark) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''Transformers Dinosaur Øen'' — Dinobot Island parts 1-2 + Attack of the Autobots

==== [[Tempo Video|Abbey Video/Collins Video/Tempo Video]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* The Action Adventure Collection IV (includes "[[Fight or Flee]]")
*''Transformers'' — Dark Awakening
*''Transformers'' — Nightmare Planet
*''Transformers'' — The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
*''Transformers'' — Dark Awakening / Grimlock's New Brain
*''Transformers'' — [[Heavy Metal War|Heavy Metal Wars]] / The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
*''Transformers'' — Cosmic Rust / Masquerade

=== Comics ===
====Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]]====
* 15 – Spring Special 1990
* 16 – Summer Special 1990
* 17 – Holiday Special 1990

== Merchandise ==

== Toys ==

=== U.S. ===

==== Autobots ====
{{note|The Micromaster Stations, [[Micromaster Transport|Transports]] and [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] w/ [[Rocket Base]] were all re-released.}}
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Air Patrol]]
* [[Armored Convoy]] w/ [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime (Action Master)]]
* [[Astro Squad]]
* [[Attack Copter]] w/ [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]]
* [[Attack Cruiser]] w/ [[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]]
* [[Battlefield Headquarters]] w/ [[Full-Barrel]] & [[Overflow]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster (Action Master)]] w/ [[Flight Pack]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (Action Master)]] w/ [[Heli-pack]]
* [[Construction Patrol]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (Action Master)]] w/ [[Anti-tank cannon]]
* [[Hot Rod Patrol]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno (Action Master)]] w/ [[Hydro-Pack]]
* [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] w/ [[Sights]]
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (Action Master)]] w/ [[Turbo Board]]
* [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] w/ [[Turbo-Pack]]
* [[Mainframe (G1)|Mainframe]] w/ [[Push-Button]]
* [[Metro Squad]]
* [[Missile Launcher]] w/ [[Retro]] & [[Surge (G1)|Surge]]
* [[Monster Truck Patrol]]
* [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] w/ [[Lionizer]]
* [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]] w/ [[Glitch]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl (Action Master)]] w/ [[Tyrannitron]]
* [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]] w/ [[Top-Heavy]]
* [[Tanker Truck]] w/ [[Pipeline]] & [[Gusher]]
* [[Turbo Cycle]] w/ [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl (Action Master)]]
* [[Turbo Racer]] w/ [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack (Action Master)]]
}}

==== Decepticons ====
{{note|The Micromaster Stations, [[Micromaster Transport|Transports]] and [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] w/ [[Interstellar shuttle]] were all re-released.}}
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Anti-Aircraft Base]] w/ [[Blackout (G1)|Blackout]] & [[Spaceshot]]
* [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] w/ [[Razor-Sharp]]
* [[Battle Squad]]
* [[Cannon Transport]] w/ [[Terror-Tread]] & [[Cement-Head]]
* [[Constructor Squad]]
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator (Action Master)]] w/ [[Scorpulator]]
* [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] w/ [[Gatoraider]]
* [[Military Patrol]]
* [[Neutro-Fusion Tank]] w/ [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron (Action Master)]]
* [[Off-Road Cycle]] w/ [[Axer]]
* [[Race Track Patrol]]
* [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockwave (Action Master)]] w/ [[Fistfight]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave (Action Master)]] w/ [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]]
* [[Stratotronic Jet]] w/ [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]
* [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] w/ [[Catgut]]
* [[Turbo Jet]] w/ [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (Action Master)]]
}}

=== Japan ===
==== Cybertrons ====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Airport Base]] w/ [[Overair]]
* [[Big Powered]] (giftset)
* [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]]
* [[Construction station|Build Base]] w/ [[Ironworks]]
* [[Construction Patrol|Build Patrol Team]]
* [[Erector (G1)|Cragun]]
* [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] w/ [[Speeder]]
* [[Fire station|Fire Base]] w/ [[Hot House]]
* [[Gasoline Base]] w/ [[Glasspit]]
* [[Jet Patrol Team]]
* [[Landshaker]] w/ [[Gunrunner (Zone)|Gunrunner]]
* [[Missile Bull]]
* [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road Patrol Team]]
* [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car Patrol Team]]
* [[Rabbicrater]]
* [[Rescue Patrol Team]]
* [[Road Fire]] w/ [[Drillbuster]]
* [[Overload (G1)|Roadjet]]
* [[Rocket Base]] w/ [[Moonradar (Zone)|Moonradar]] & [[Rescue Patrol Team]]
* [[Sky Hyper]] w/ [[Deadwheeler]]
* [[Air Patrol|Sky Patrol Team]]
* [[Skywave]]
* [[Sonic Bomber]] w/ [[Sonic]]
* [[Super Car Patrol Team]]
}}

==== Destrons ====
{{columnlist|1|
* [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] w/ [[Metrobomb]]
* [[Race Track Patrol|Race Track Patrol Team]]
}}

=== Europe ===
{{note|These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1990. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see [[Generation 1 (European toyline)]].}}
==== Autobots ====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Air Patrol]]
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid (Classics)]]
* [[Astro Squad]]
* [[Battlefield Headquarters]] w/ [[Full-Barrel]] & [[Overflow]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster (Action Master)]] w/ [[Flight Pack]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (Action Master)]] w/ [[Heli-pack]]
* [[Construction Patrol]]
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (giftset)
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight (Classics)]]
* [[Galaxy Shuttle]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (Action Master)]] w/ [[Anti-tank cannon]]
* [[Hot Rod Patrol]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno (Action Master)]] w/ [[Hydro-Pack]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno (Classics)]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide (Classics)]]
* [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] w/ [[Sights]]
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (Action Master)]] w/ [[Turbo Board]]
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (Classics)]]
* [[Metro Squad]]
* [[Missile Launcher]] w/ [[Retro]] & [[Surge (G1)|Surge]]
* [[Monster Truck Patrol]]
* [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl (Classics)]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt (Classics)]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive (Classics)]]
* [[Slingshot|Slingshot (Classics)]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl (Action Master)]] w/ [[Tyrannitron]]
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker (Classics)]]
* [[Tanker Truck]] w/ [[Pipeline]] & [[Gusher]]
* [[Turbo Racer]] w/ [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack (Action Master)]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack (Classics)]]
}}

==== Decepticons ====
{{columnlist|2|
* [[Battle Squad]]
* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown (Classics)]]
* [[Cannon Transport]] w/ [[Terror-Tread]] & [[Cement-Head]]
* [[Constructor Squad]]
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End (Classics)]]
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (giftset)
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator (Action Master)]] w/ [[Scorpulator]]
* [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip (Classics)]]
* [[Military Patrol]]
* [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster (Classics)]]
* [[Race Track Patrol]]
* [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockwave (Action Master)]] w/ [[Fistfight]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave (Action Master)]] w/ [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]]
* [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider (Classics)]]
}}

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1989

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{{yearofthe|1989}}
The year '''1989''' (MCMLXXXIX) is the fifth active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
====May====
* Debut of the Nissan Skyline R32 (alt mode of [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Armada Side Swipe]], [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Cybertron Runamuck]], [[Treadshot (Universe 2003)|Universe Treadshot]] and others).

== Media ==
=== Television ===
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] Season 5: episodes ?
* [[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]] episodes 35-47
* [[Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super-Secrets!]]
* [[Victory (cartoon)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]] episodes 1-38

== Music ==
=== Singles ===
* "[[Transformer V]]"/"[[Cybertron Banzai]]"

== Comics ==

=== Marvel Comics ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 52-63

=== Marvel UK ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 199-250
* [[Transformers Annual 1990]]

=== TV Magazine ===
==== Manga ====
* [[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Super-God Masterforce]] issues 11-12
* [[Victory (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]] issues 1-9

==== Story Pages ====
* [[Victory (story page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory]] parts ?

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===
==== [[Salut Video]] (Denmark)====
'''VHS'''
* ''Transformers 1'' — More Than Meets The Eye parts 1-3
* ''Transformers'' — The Ultimate Doom parts 1-3

==== [[Tempo Video]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
*''Transformers'' — Ghost in the Machine|A Ghost in the Machine / [[Heavy Metal War|Heavy Metal Wars]]
*''Transformers'' — The Big Broadcast of 2006 / Fight or Flee
* The Action Adventure Collection II (includes "Ghost in the Machine" )
*''Transformers'' — Carnage in C Minor / The Ultimate Weapon
*''Transformers'' — [[The Rebirth|Headmasters]] / The Return of Optimus Prime
*''Transformers'' — Fight or Flee / Call of the Primitives
*''Transformers'' — Starscream's Brigade

=== Comics ===
==== Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] ====
* 12 – Summer Special 1989
* 13 – Holiday Special 1989
* 14 – Autumn Special 1989

== Merchandise ==

== Toys ==

=== U.S. ===

==== Autobots ====
{{note|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Powermaster Optimus Prime]], the large Autobot [[Pretender]]s, and the [[Rewind]]/[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]/[[Eject]], and [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]]/[[Raindance]] mini-cassette two-packs were all re-released. The inner robots of the [[Pretender Classics]] were available on individual cards as K-Mart exclusive [[Legends (G1)|Legends]].}}
{{columnlist|3|
* [[Battle Patrol]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (Pretender Classic)]]
* [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]]
* [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]]
* [[Doubleheader]]
* [[Erector (G1)|Erector]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (Pretender Classic)]]
* [[Groundshaker]]
* [[Hot House]]
* [[Ironworks]]
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (Pretender Classic)]]
* [[Longtooth]]
* [[Off Road Patrol]]
* [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]
* [[Pincher]]
* [[Race Car Patrol]]
* [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]]
* [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]]
* [[Vroom]]
}}

==== Decepticons ====
{{note|The large Decepticon Pretenders and the [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]/[[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Squawktalk]]/[[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]] mini-cassette two-packs were all re-released. The inner robot of [[Pretender Classics]] Starscream was available individually carded as part of the K-Mart exclusive [[Legends (G1)|Legends]].}}
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Air Strike Patrol]]
* [[Airwave]]
* [[Birdbrain]]
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]
* [[Bristleback]]
* [[Flattop (Decepticon)|Flattop]]
* [[Greasepit (G1)|Greasepit]]
* [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]]
* [[Octopunch]]
* [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]]
* [[Roughstuff]]
* [[Scowl]]
* [[Skyhopper]]
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]]
* [[Slog]]
* [[Sports Car Patrol]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (Pretender)]]
* [[Stranglehold]]
* [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]
* [[Wildfly]]
}}

=== Japan ===

==== Cybertrons ====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Blacker]]
* [[Braver]]
* [[Dash (Victory)|Dash]]
* [[Galaxy Shuttle]]
* [[Greatshot]]
* [[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]] (giftset)
* [[Laster]]
* [[Mach]]
* [[Road Caesar]] (giftset)
* [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]
* [[Tacker]]
* [[Tackle]]
* [[Victory Leo]]
* [[Victory Saber]] (giftset)
* [[Waver]]
* [[Wing (Victory)|Wing]]
}}

==== Destrons ====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Black Shadow]]
*[[Blue Bacchus]]
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deszaras]]
*[[Dinoking]] (giftset)
*[[Doryū]]
*[[Drillhorn]]
*[[Guyhawk]]
*[[Gairyū]]
*[[Gōryū]]
*[[Hellbat]]
*[[Jallguar]]
*[[Kakuryū]]
*[[Killbison]]
*[[Leozack]]
*[[Liokaiser]] (giftset)
*[[Thunder Arrow]]
*[[Yokuryū]]
}}

==== Others ====
* [[Starscream_(G1)/toys#Heroset|Hero Set]] (multi-pack)

=== Europe ===
{{note|These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1989. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see [[Generation 1 (European toyline)]].}}
==== Autobots ====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Battle Patrol]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (Pretender)]]
* [[Doubleheader]]
* [[Erector (G1)|Erector]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (Pretender)]]
* [[Groundshaker]]
* [[Hot House]]
* [[Ironworks]]
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (Pretender)]]
* [[Longtooth]]
* [[Off Road Patrol]]
* [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]
* [[Pincher]]
* [[Race Car Patrol]]
}}

==== Decepticons ====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Air Strike Patrol]]
* [[Airwave]]
* [[Birdbrain]]
* [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]
* [[Bristleback]]
* [[Flattop (Decepticon)|Flattop]]
* [[Greasepit (G1)|Greasepit]]
* [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]]
* [[Octopunch]]
* [[Roughstuff]]
* [[Scowl]]
* [[Skyhopper]]
* [[Slog]]
* [[Sports Car Patrol]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (Pretender)]]
* [[Stranglehold]]
* [[Wildfly]]
}}

==== Others ====
* [[Generation 1 (European_toyline)#Italy_5|Set Commandos]] (giftset)

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[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

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{{disambig2|real world events|the 'Timelines' franchise|Timelines (franchise)}}
{{disambig2|real world events|the internal timeline of various stories|Continuity}}
[[Image:RiseUpPretenders hourglass.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Like sands through the breem glass...]]
''This is a timeline of Transformers-related events that occurred in the "real" world, including release dates and other major occurrences.''

==The dawn of time==
===13500000000 BCE===
* The Big Bang creates the universe as we know it. The protons, neutrons, and electrons that will eventually compose Transformers are formed, [[Ruined FOREVER|ruining it forever.]] A [[wikipedia:Last_Thursdayism|Thursday]].

===4004 BCE===
* [[October 23]]: God creates the universe in six literal days.<ref>''Genesis'' 1:1; the time is determined by adding up the ages of Adam and his descendants.</ref> On the seventh day, he takes a break and does whatever omnipotent beings do for leisure.

===3760 BCE===
* [[September 25]]: The universe comes into existence. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac}}

{{note|The exact date of this [[universal stream]]'s creation is somewhat muddled, as seen in the three different dates seen above. The account dating it to 4004 BCE is the one used in early recorded [[human]] history, but was later [[Retcon|retconned]] within scientific literature, which established the much earlier date above. More recently, [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]] has implicitly dated the universe's creation to 3760 BCE in another retcon. As Hasbro-sanctioned material, this account is assumed to take precedence in [[canon]], at least with regard to the [[Transformers brand]]; however, it is unclear whether the event represents God's six-day creation, the Big Bang, or another, as-yet-unrevealed origin.}}

==1920s==
===1923===
* Henry and Helal Hassenfeld form the Hassenfeld Brothers company, selling textile remnants.

===1924===
* The Japanese toy company [[TakaraTomy|Tomiyama]] is founded.

==1940s==
* The Hassenfeld brothers produce their first toys: pretend doctor and nurse sets.

==1950s==
===1955===
* [[September 17]] — The Japanese company Satō Vinyl Industries, Ltd., which would later become [[TakaraTomy|Takara]], is founded.

==1960s==
===1964===
* Hassenfeld Brothers introduces [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], the first "action figure."

===1967===
* [[July 4]] - Takara introduces the [[Licca Kayama|Licca-chan]] fashion doll.

===1968===
* The big wheels at Hassenfeld Brothers decide to make it easier for fans of their future toylines to curse their name by rebranding the company Hasbro Industries.

==1970s==
===1970===
* Takara acquires the license to introduce ''G.I. Joe'' to Japan. Eventually, Takara takes advantage of the 12" Joe figures' interchangeable parts to create a spinoff toyline called ''Henshin Cyborg'' (Transforming Cyborg).

===1974===
* Takara launches the ''[[Microman]]'' toyline, which represents a scaled-down version of the ''Henshin Cyborg'' [[gimmick]], and which will later be exported to the West as ''Micronauts''.

===1975===
* Robotman, the first ever transforming robot/vehicle toy, is added to the ''Microman'' line. This toy will later become known in the West as the Micronaut Biotron.<ref>[http://www.microforever.com/Robotman-Biotron.htm Robotman Series / Victory Series]</ref>

==1980s==
===1980===
* Takara launches the ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline.

===1982===
* March - The first two toys from Takara's ''Diaclone Car Robo'' line, No.1 Countach LP-500S Super Tuning (red version) and No.2 Onebox Cherry Vanette (black version), are released to stores in Japan. These toys' molds would later be used in ''Transformers'' as [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], respectively.

* April - The first four toys from the [[Popy]] company's ''[[Machine Robo]]'' line are released to stores in Japan. They will go on to be better known in the West as [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]], Tank, Fitor, and Cop-Tur of the evil Renegades in the [[Tonka]] ''[[Tonka GoBots|GoBots]]'' line, the closest competitor to ''Transformers''.

* October 3 - ''The Super Dimension Fortress Macross'' debuts on Japanese television, featuring the transforming Valkyrie fighter jet. This vehicle will go on to be '''less''' known in the West as the Transformer [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]].

===1983===
* January - The first three toys from Takara's ''New Microman: MicroChange'' line, MC-01 Micross (available as blue and red variations), MC-02 Jaguar (available as blue and black variations) and MC-03 Condor (available as blue and black variations), are released to stores. These would later make up the first wave of [[Mini-Cassette]]s.
* Unknown date - A Hasbro delegation discovers Takara's Diaclone and Microman toys at the Tokyo Toy Show.
* Late 1983 - Takara releases three of their ''Diaclone'' toys (red Sunstreaker, black Ironhide and blue [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]) in the USA under the name "''[[Diakron]]''". Due to the new licensing agreement with Hasbro, the Diakron line is discontinued following these three toys.

===[[1984]]===
''The Transformers'' launches in the US, in toy, comic and cartoon formats and production, [[Ruined FOREVER|forever ruining]] ''Transformers''.

* February - [[Hasbro Bradley]] unveils their new ''Transformers'' toyline at Toy Fair.
* March - [http://web.archive.org/web/20080225185312/http://www.electric-escape.net/node/590 ''Marvel Age'' #17] announces the April debut of the ''Transformers'' comic book.
* Spring - The first animated [[commercial]] advertising the Marvel comics airs on US TV.
* [[May 8]] - [[The Transformers (issue)|Issue one of the Marvel comic]] is released.
* [[May 22]] - The [http://groups.google.com/group/net.comics/msg/1cdaf7df610e0376?dmode=source&hl=en first Usenet post about Transformers] is posted by Ted Nolan to net.comics. In a prediction of things to come, it is mostly complaints.
* Spring - ''Transformers'' toys start filtering into stores across the United States.
* [[September 17]] - "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" premieres on U.S. television Saturday morning.
* Unknown date - the UK is the only European country to get ''Transformers'' toys this year. Toys are distributed by Hasbro. Megatron is not available until 1985.
* [[October 6]] - The [http://groups.google.com/group/net.comics/msg/fce7a2ddb7e35a81?dmode=source&hl=en first Usenet post about the ''Transformers'' cartoon] is posted to net.comics by Bill Flanagan.
* [[September 20]] - The Marvel UK comic begins publication.
* December - ''Transformers'' mania is in full swing, as the figures fly off store shelves, becoming the year's best seller for Hasbro.
* December - The ''Transformers'' cartoon begins airing in Mexico.
* Unknown date - Takara conducts test market sales of the Hasbro toys in Japan, under the working name ''Henshin Sentai Transformers'' ("Transformation Taskforce Transformers").

===1985===
* From its Limited Series origins, the Marvel comic becomes an ongoing monthly.
* [[July 6]] - Seasons 1 and 2 of the US cartoon begin airing in Japan as ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformer''.
* The ''Transformers'' toyline starts getting released to most European markets, with Hasbro using Milton Bradley's facilities for the continental European market, due to an initial lack of resources on their own. The MB toys would be available in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Spain and include lots of oddities unique to Europe, such as a red version of [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]. Concurrently, [[GiG]] launches ''[[Trasformer]]'' in Italy (''Diaclone'' toys with no ''Transformers'' license), while [[El Greco]] launches their short-lived version of the line in Greece.
* [[IGA]] begins producing ''Transformers'' toys for the Mexican and Central American market.
* [[Estrela]] begins producing ''Transformers'' toys in Brazil, creating a distinctive local version of the toyline that was eventually brought to Argentina by the second-hand licensee [[Antex]].
* The ''Transformers'' cartoon begins airing in Peru... despite the fact that the toyline it was [[To sell toys|created to promote]] is unavailable in the Peruvian market.

===1986===
* The Transformers cartoon begins airing in the Netherlands.
* April - [[Scramble City]], the first Japanese originated Transformers animation, is released on video tape in Japan.
* [[August 8]] - ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' is released in theatres in the United States. International releases follow, except for Japan and Germany.
* The Transformers toyline is introduced to Peru in response to the cartoon's popularity in that country (rather than the other way around) with a combination of [[Hasbro]] and [[Takara]] toys imported by [[HUDE]] and [[BASA]], and cheaper [[Redeco|redecoed]] [[Mini Vehicle|Mini Vehicles]] made by [[Lynsa]].
* [[December 12]] - ''The Transformers: The Movie'' is released in the UK.
* [[December 26]] - ''The Transformers: The Movie'' is released in Australia.

===1987===
* February- ''The Transformers: The Movie'' is released in Brazil.
* [[July 3]] - The American version of the G1 cartoon ends its run, to be replaced in Japan by the [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters cartoon]].

===1988===
* The [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]] [[franchise]] is launched, ushering in a period of significant deviation between the Western and Japanese Transformers franchises.
* [[April 12]] - The [[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Masterforce cartoon]] begins airing in Japan.
* July - The translated version of the Marvel comic book hits Danish stores, lasting only 18 monthly issues (2 US comics per issue + random assortment of Universe profiles) with an editorial approach that wreaked havoc on any sort of continuity (skipping many key stories, resulting in sudden jumps in storylines, a condescending and ignorant letters page etc.)
* A [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|fifth season]] of the US Transformers cartoon begins airing, composed of re-edited episodes introduced by a stop-motion Powermaster Optimus Prime.

===1989===
* Unofficially imported Mexican IGA Transformers become a common sight on European store shelves.
* The Transformers cartoon begins airing in Germany.
* [[March 14]] - The [[Victory (cartoon)|Victory cartoon]] begins airing in Japan.
* August - Hasbro begins manufacturing and selling Transformers toys in mainland China. <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/1743/37/ The Little Sticker in the Corner: The Truth about Early-1990's Chinese G1 Transformers Toys]</ref>
* [[August 9]] - ''The Transformers: The Movie'' finally is released in Japan, where it is not actually called "Matrix Forever".

==1990s==
===1990===
*The last year of Generation 1 toys are released in North America, while the franchise continues in Japan and Europe.
*July - [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Transformers Zone]] is released in Japan.

===1991===
* (Cover date of July) - The Marvel Comic ends in the United States with [[End of the Road! (US)|issue 80]].

===1992===
*[[January 4]] (cover date [[January 18]]) - The Marvel Comic ends in the United Kingdom with [[End of the Road! (US)|issue #332]].
*[[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]] comes to an end, signalling the end of the original ''Transformers'' series in Japan.

===1993===
*''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' attempts to revive the ''Transformers'' franchise in North America.
* The last year of Generation 1 toys are released in Europe.
* On [[September 11|September 11th]], the Usenet newsgroup [[alt.toys.transformers]] is established. Fans now have a dedicated online public forum on which to discuss whatever is ruining Transformers.

===1994===
* [[July 16]] - The first [[BotCon]] is held, in [[Fort Wayne]], Indiana.
* ''Generation 2'' is released in Europe.
* Antex briefly introduces ''Generation 2'' to Argentina with [[Robot-Man X]] and [[Robot-Man Z]].

===1995===
* ''Generation 2'' begins in Japan, the first ''Transformers'' series there in years.
* ''Generation 2'' craps out in every market, including Japan.
* The [[Generation 1 (Chinese toyline)|Chinese G1 toyline]] comes to a close with the reissuing of several [[Victory (toyline)|Victory]] toys for the Chinese market.
* The South Korean toy company [[Sonokong]] enters into a licensing agreement with [[Hasbro International]], paving the way for the introduction of officially licensed Transformers toys in a country where Transformers [[Knockoff|knockoffs]] were once popular enough to inspire their own animated movies.
* [[August 5]][[August 6|-6]] - [[BotCon 1995]] is held in Dayton, Ohio.

===1996===
* ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' is launched. The fandom declares it will forever destroy ''Transformers'' and nobody will ever like it ever, certainly not ten years into the future.
* ''Beast Wars'' revives the franchise.
* ''Beast Wars'' is one of the best ''Transformers'' anythings ever.
* [[July 12]][[July 14|-14]] - [[BotCon 1996]] is held in Rosemont, Illinois.

===1997===
* Hasbro releases the twelve [[Machine Wars]] toys, to little acclaim.
* [[July 18]][[July 20|-20]] - [[BotCon 1997]] is held in Rochester, New York, by the newly-formed [[3H Enterprises]].
* The target audience of the original cartoon reaches college age.

===1998===
* [[April 10]] - The ''Beast Wars'' TV show premieres in the UK.
* [[June 19]][[June 20|-20]] - [[BotCon 1998]] is held in Anaheim, California.
* Summer - Hasbro's Nordic subsidiary (located in Denmark) releases UK Beast Wars stock to Scandinavian stores. The CGI show is not picked up in any of the Scandinavian countries, as it is deemed "too graphic" for children.

===1999===
* [[July 16]][[July 18|-18]] - At [[BotCon 1999]] in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the first episode of ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', "[[The Reformatting]]" is previewed, to overwhelming fan enjoyment.

==2000s==
===[[2000]]===
* Everyone hates ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''.
* [[July 28]][[July 30|-30]] - [[BotCon 2000]] is held in [[Fort Wayne]], Indiana.

===[[2001]]===
* Everyone loves "[[Car Robots|Transformers 2000]]," but they hate ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.
* [[February 19]] - ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' begins airing in the UK on Fox Kids.
* [[July 13]][[July 15|-15]] - [[BotCon 2001]] is held in Durham, North Carolina.
* Hasbro introduces Transformers to Turkey through its recently acquired subsidiary [[Intertoy]].

===[[2002]]===
* Hasbro ''Transformers'' lead designer [[Aaron Archer]] begins to post on the Transfandom.com boards as ORSON, at first primarily to refute various false claims about [[Armada (franchise)|''Transformers: Armada'']]. Skeptical fans remark that if he is a Hasbro designer, then they are various members of the British Monarchy.
* [[April 3]] - [[Dreamwave Productions]] begins publishing Transformers comics with [[Prime Directive issue 1|Transformers Generation 1 #1]]. There is much rejoicing, even though everyone started noticing how bad [[Pat Lee|Pat "Dull-Surprise" Lee's]] art really was.
* [[Aaron Archer]] does his best to kill ''Transformers'' through incredible sales; ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' kicks off the [[Unicron Trilogy]], the toys appear on store shelves in mid-July, the cartoon premieres in August.
* [[June 1]] - The [[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]] cartoon premieres in the UK in a run which includes several episodes originally withheld from US broadcast.
* [[July 6]] - ''Armada'' toys begin arriving in small toy stores and Kay-Bee. <ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/b22311a4862b3c07?dmode=source Armada has been spotted!] on alt.toys.transformers</ref>
* [[July 26]][[July 28|-28]] - [[BotCon 2002]] is held in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

===[[2003]]===
* [[June 11]] - [[Don Murphy]] and [[Tom DeSanto]] team up to produce a feature-length, [[Transformers (2007)|live-action ''Transformers'']] movie. They claim it will be exactly the same as ''Generation 1''. Really.
* [[July 25]][[July 27|-27]] - [[OTFCC 2003]] is held in Chicago, Illinois.
* Everybody loves ''[[Masterpiece]]/20th Anniversary'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].
* Everyone loves [[Binaltech]]/[[Alternators]].

===[[2004]]===
* [[June 19]][[June 20|-20]] - Although no longer the official convention, [[BotCon 2004]] is held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
* [[July 22]] - [[DreamWorks]], [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Hasbro]] sign an agreement to produce a [[Transformers (2007)|live-action ''Transformers'']] movie.
* [[July 30]]-[[August 1]] - [[OTFCC 2004]] is held in Chicago, Illinois.

===[[2005]]===
* [[January 4]] - [[Dreamwave Productions]] goes bankrupt. Many artists complain about being unpaid for their work and/or being stuck with FedEx fees. [[Pat Lee|Pat "serfdom" Lee]] gives them the finger and drives off in his Porsche.
* [[April 18]] - Don Murphy reports that he wants to please the fans, Dreamworks want to change everything, and Hasbro don't care either way as long as the movie gets done in time.
* [[Michael Bay]] announced as the director for ''Transformers''. It will still totally be ''Generation 1'', honest.
* [[May 19]] - [[IDW Publishing]] acquires the ''Transformers'' comic book license. There is much rejoicing, and, as usual, much complaining.
* [[September 22]][[September 25|-25]] - [[BotCon 2005]] is held in Frisco, Texas, for the first time by [[Fun Publications]]. It's the official convention again.
* [[October 19]] - [[Infiltration]] #0, [[IDW Publishing]]'s first ''Transformers'' comic, is released in comic book stores.

===[[2006]]===
* [[January 18]] - ''[[Infiltration|Transformers: Infiltration]]'' #1 is released in comic book stores.
* [[April 19]] - Filming begins on the live-action [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'']] motion picture.
* [[July 24]] - [[Peter Cullen]] is announced at San Diego Comic-Con as the voice of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in the ''Transformers'' film. There is much rejoicing (yay).
* [[September 15]] - The first ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' toys arrive at a small store in Canada.
* [[September 28]]-[[October 1]] - [[BotCon 2006]] is held at the Lexington Center in Lexington, Kentucky.
* [[November 28]] - ''[[Escalation (IDW)|Transformers: Escalation]]'' #1 is released in comic book stores.
* Takara settles the ''[[Michael Bay]] is raping my childhood'' debate by ''[[Kiss Players (franchise)|actually raping your childhood]]''. Realizing that Michael Bay only touched your childhood in the swimsuit area, you apologize.

===[[2007]]===
* June - The first promotional images for ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' are released. Take a guess as to the reaction. G'wan.

* [[June 27]]-[[July 1]] - [[BotCon 2007]] is held at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island, Hasbro's hometown. It was expected to be the best Transformers convention ''ever''. It was also expected to be the worst Transformers convention ''ever''.

* [[July 2]] - US theatres start showing the live-action [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'']] motion picture at 8:00 PM. By midnight, it's made $8.8 million USD.

* [[July 3]] - The ''Transformers'' release date. It makes $27.85 million, more money on a Tuesday than any film in history. Transformers ruined forever.

* [[July 4]] - Americans celebrate their Independence Day by giving $29 million to that [[Hollywood]] movie about an [[Bumblebee (Movie)|alien robot]] summoning his friends to [[Earth]] where they disguise themselves as [[General Motors]] vehicles and team up with the [[United States military]] to smash the evil robots. Unsurprisingly, this is more money than a movie's ever earned on the Fourth of July. Apparently, what's good for General Motors really ''is'' good for the country.

* [[July 25]] - As of this writing, the ''Transformers'' movie has grossed $270 million in the United States, with worldwide gross earnings of nearly '''one half billion dollars US'''.

* [[July 28]] - A ''Transformers Animated'' preview is shown to the public. The fandom rejoiced (and complained).

* [[October 16]] - ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' is released on DVD.

* November 3 - a specially edited 11-minute preview of ''Transformers Animated'' episode 1 is shown at the NTFA Mini-Con in Arlöv, Sweden, to the disdain of many a US fan. <ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/156331-new-transformers-animated-series-details-revealed-ntfa-mini-con.html</ref>

* [[December 26]] - ''Transformers Animated'' ruins Transformers forever slightly ahead of schedule when the premiere episodes are shown as a "movie" on the [[Cartoon Network]].<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/2125/20/ Date And Time For Transformers: Animated Debut!]</ref>

===[[2008]]===
* [[January 5]] - ''Transformers Animated'' begins airing regularly Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
* [[April 24]][[April 27|-27]] - [[BotCon 2008]] is held at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio.
* June - ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Transformers Animated]]'' toys are scheduled to be released.

===[[2009]]===
* [[May 8]] - Transformers turns 25 (25th Anniversary of the release of [[The Transformers (issue)|''The Transformers'' #1]], the first publicly-released TF merchandise.)
* [[May 28]]-[[May 31|31]] - [[BotCon 2009]] is held - again - at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
* [[June 24]] - ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' is released, ruining Transformers forever by raking in '''enormous''' profits.
* [[October 1]] - Michael Bay officially announces that preproduction has begun on ''[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers 3]]''.<ref name="open">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5976 "Official 2011," Shootfortheedit.com]</ref>

==2010s==
===2010===
* [[June 22]] - ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' is released on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, Nintendo Wii, and Nintendo DS. ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]'' is released, ruining ''Transformers'' forever on continuity.
* [[June 24]]-[[June 27|27]] - [[BotCon 2010]] is held at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.
* [[November 26]] - The ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' miniseries premieres on [[The Hub]].

===2011===
* [[June 2]]-[[June 5|5]] - [[BotCon 2011]] is held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
* [[June 29]] - ''[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'' is currently scheduled to ruin Transformers forever by opening on this date.

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Franchises]]

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{{yearofthe|1983}}
The year '''1983''' (MCMLXXXIII) predates the launch and pre-production of the [[Transformers brand]] by two years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}
==Fiction==

===2007 Movie===
* [[Sector Seven]] is at least partially aware of the events of their universe's [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] as early as 1983, as they are mentioned in the [[Hungry Dragon|Takara Agreement]].

====March====
* [[March 15]] — To control the previous year's leaks about the Transformers to the public, [[Sector Seven|S7 Industries]] collaborated with Japanese toymaker [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] to produce a movie based on the 'video game' about giant robots they were developing, allowing them to dismiss any claims relating to the Transformers or their world as fictional characters- hiding them in plain sight. This operation is codenamed [[Hungry Dragon]].

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
* The '''[[Family Computer]]''', commonly abbreviated as the '''Famicom''', a video game console and the Japanese equivalent of the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Entertainment System]] is released in Japan by Nintendo.

* [[Saban Entertainment]] is formed.

* Hasbro approaches [[Sunbow Productions]] about a television series based on their toyline of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] action figures.

* In the fall of 1983, [[Richard Marcej]] graduates from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and begins working for Hasbro.

* [[Robin Riggs]] begins working for the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Marvel Comics]] department.

* [[Don Hudson]] begins working for Marvel Comics.

* The [[Microman]] story is being told exclusively through text and manga pages in the toys' pack-in catalogues, with no tie-in fiction.

* [[GiG]] acquires the license for selling imported Diaclone and MicroChange toys on the Italian market from Takara.

* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s orignal toy the [[Diaclone]] "4WD Hi-Lux" (as the [[Diakron]] "DK-3" Car/Robot), the red Diaclone version of [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (as Diakron "DK-1" Car/Robot) and the black Diaclone version of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (as the Diakron "DK-2" Car/Robot) are being sold by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] in [[North America]], seemingly just a few months before the toy would be rebranded as a Transformer.

* The mold that would become [[Autobot (G2)|Autobot]] is released in the 1983 Microman Micro Change line as MC-06 Watch Robo, available in four different colors.

* The mold that would become [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] is released under the Diaclone line.

* A new "[[Micro Change|Microchange]]" theme in the [[Microman]] toyline is introduced, under which all but a few of the robots and vehicles made to interact with the figures will have the ability to disguise themselves as ordinary household objects.

* The toy that would ultimately end up as the original [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] toy is originally released in August as No.17 Battle Convoy from Takara's Diaclone Car Robo toyline in Japan.

* [[Henry Orenstein]] convinces [[George Dunsay]], [[Hasbro|Hasbro's]] Vice President of R&D, to acquire a license for releasing [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Diaclone]] and [[Micro Change]] toys on the North American market

* In late 1983, Hasbro first approaches [[Griffin Bacal]] and asks them to adapt two Japanese toy lines, ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change]]'', for the American market. Hasbro later approaches [[Marvel Comics]] to create a storyline around a series of transforming toy robots they had licensed from Takara.

====October====
* [[October 15]] — The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk (alt mode of [[Falcon (G1)|Predator Falcon]], [[Shadow Jet]], [[Skyjack]], [[Air Raid (G1)|G1 Air Raid)]], and others) starts being used by the United States Military.

===Births===
====April====
* [[April 5]] — [[Andrew Elder]]

====May====
* [[May 20]] — [[Josh Perez]]

====July====
* [[July 29]] — [[Tania Gunadi]]

====December====
* [[December 22]] — [[Yui Kano]]
* [[December 26]] - [[Omar Soto]]

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

1984

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{{yearofthe|1984}}
The year '''1984''' (MCMLXXXIV) is the year (In Production) the [[Transformers brand]] began.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Media==

===Television===
* ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' Season 1: episodes 1–16

==Comics==

=== Marvel Comics ===
* ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' issues 1–4

=== Marvel UK ===
* ''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' issues 1–8

== Books ==

===[[Marvel Books]] [[Big Looker]] Storybooks===

* ''[[Battle for Cybertron]]''
* ''[[The Great Car Rally]]''

===Marvel Books Coloring Books===
* ''[[Bumblebee to the Rescue!]]''
* ''[[Decepticon Patrol]]''
* ''[[Search for Treasure Under the Sea]]''
* ''[[The Deadly Fuel Shortage]]''

===Marvel Books Sticker Adventures===
* ''[[Return to Cybertron]]''

===[[Kid Stuff]] Readalongs===
* ''Battle for Cybertron''

== Games ==
*''[[Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons]]''
*[[Pinball Game]]

== Merchandise ==

==Toys==

===Autobots===
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] (sorta...)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet (Cross Variant)]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]}}

===Decepticons===
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]}}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

1988

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{{yearofthe|1988}}
The year '''1988''' (MCMLXXXVIII) is the forth active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Media==

=== Television ===
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] Season 5: episodes ?
* [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters]] episodes 25-38
* [[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]] episodes 1-34

== Music ==
=== Albums ===
* [[Masterforce Hit Song Collection|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce — Hit Song Collection ]]

=== Singles ===
* "[[Chōjin_Masterforce no Theme]]"/"[[Moero! Transformer]]"

== Comics ==

=== Marvel Comics ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 40-51

=== Marvel UK ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 147-198
* [[Transformers Annual 1989]]

=== TV Magazine ===
==== Manga ====
* [[The Headmasters (manga)|The Headmasters]] issues 6-8
* [[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Super-God Masterforce]] issues 1-10

==== Story Pages ====
* [[Super-God Masterforce (story page)|Super-God Masterforce]] parts ?

== Books ==

=== [[Ladybird Books]] (UK) ===
* [[Autobot Hostage]]
* [[Decepticons Underground]]

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===

==== [[Entertainment UK]] ====
'''VHS'''
* ''Transformers'' — 1: The Revenge of Bruticus / 2: Dinobot Island (Parts 1 and 2)

==== [[Polyband]] (Germany) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Erster Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Zweiter Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Rebirth, Part 1|Die Wiedergeburt (Erster Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Rebirth, Part 2|Die Wiedergeburt (Zweiter Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Rebirth, Part 3|Die Wiedergeburt (Dritter Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[Nightmare Planet|Der Alptraum-Planet]]

==== [[St. Michael Video Library]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''Transformers'' — Starscream's Ghost / The Nightmare Planet / The Ghost in the Machine

==== [[Tempo Video]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''The Transformers'' — Heavy Metal Wars / The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

==== [[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''

=== Comics ===
==== Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] ====
* 8 – Spring Special 1988
* 9 – Summer Special 1988
* 10 – Holiday Special 1988
* 11 – Winter Special 1988

== Merchandise ==

== Toys ==

===U.S.===

====Autobots====
{{note|[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], [[Pointblank]], [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]], the 1987 [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] Autobots (including [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]), the Autobot [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]], [[Punch (G1)|Punch~Counterpunch]], the [[Monsterbot]]s, the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and the [[Rewind]]/[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] and [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]/[[Eject]] mini-cassette two-packs were all re-released. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and "[[Hubcap (G1)|Cliffjumper]]" were available via mail order.}}
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]]
* [[Catilla]]
* [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]]
* [[Cloudburst]]
* [[Dogfight]]
* [[Fizzle]]
* [[Getaway]]
* [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]]
* [[Groundbreaker]]
* [[Gunrunner (G1)|Gunrunner]]
* [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]
* [[Hosehead]]
* [[Joyride (Autobot)|Joyride]]
* [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]]
* [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime (Powermaster)]]
* [[Override (G1)|Override]]
* [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]]
* [[Quickswitch]]
* [[Raindance]]
* [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]
* [[Siren]]
* [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]]
* [[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]]
* [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]]
* [[Splashdown]]
* [[Waverider]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{note|[[Triggerhappy]], [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]], [[Misfire]], the 1987 Decepticon Headmasters (including Scorponok and the [[Horrorcon]]s), the Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]], the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], [[Sixshot]] and the [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]/[[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] mini-cassette two-pack were all re-released. [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] were again available via mail order.}}
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]
* [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]
* [[Bugly]]
* [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
* [[Cindersaur]]
* [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]]
* [[Darkwing]]
* [[Doubledealer]]
* [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]
* [[Fangry]]
* [[Finback]]
* [[Flamefeather]]
* [[Horri-Bull]]
* [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]]
* [[Nautilator]]
* [[Needlenose]]
* [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]]
* [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] (giftset, no Nautilator)
* [[Quake (G1)|Quake]]
* [[Roadgrabber]]
* [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]]
* [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Skalor]]
* [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]]
* [[Snarler]]
* [[Squawktalk]]
* [[Squeezeplay]]
* [[Sparkstalker]]
* [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]
* [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]]
* [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]]
* [[Windsweeper]]
}}

===Japan===

====Cybertrons====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Aquastar]]
* [[Bullet]]
* [[Cab]]
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]]
* [[Doubleclouder]]
* [[Ginrai|Super Ginrai]]
* [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] (giftset)
* [[Godbomber]]
* [[Grand Maximus]]
* [[Hardspark]]
* [[Hotspark]]
* [[Joyride (Autobot)|Joyride]]
* [[Lander]]
* [[Lightfoot]]
* [[Metalhawk]]
* [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]]
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]
* [[Phoenix]]
* [[Ranger]]
* [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugg]]
* [[Road King]]
* [[Shūta Gō|Goshooter]]
* [[Siren]]
* [[Sixknight]]
* [[Slamdance (G1)|Slamdance]]
* [[Wildspark]]
* [[Zetca]]
}}

====Destrons====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Blood]]
*[[Browning]]
*[[Bullhorn]]
*[[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]
*[[Cancer]]
*[[Darkwings]] (giftset)
*[[Dauros]]
*[[Gilmer]]
*[[Gulf]]
*[[Guzzle (Masterforce)|Guzzle]]
*[[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]]
*[[Javil]]
*[[King Poseidon]] (giftset)
*[[Kraken]]
*[[Lobclaw]]
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]]
*[[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
*[[Sizzle (Masterforce)|Sizzle]]
*[[Squawkbox]]
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]]
*[[Turtler]]
*[[Wilder]]
}}

====Roleplay====
* [[Master-Brace|Godmaster Brace]]
* [[Master-Brace|Headmaster Brace]]

===Europe===
{{note|These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1988. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see [[Generation 1 (European toyline)]].}}
====Autobots====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]]
* [[Catilla]]
* [[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]]
* [[Cloudburst]]
* [[Dogfight]]
* [[Fizzle]]
* [[Getaway]]
* [[Gunrunner (G1)|Gunrunner]]
* [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]
* [[Joyride (Autobot)|Joyride]]
* [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime (Powermaster)]]
* [[Override (G1)|Override]]
* [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]]
* [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]
* [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]]
* [[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]]
* [[Waverider]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
* [[Cindersaur]]
* [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]]
* [[Darkwing]]
* [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]
* [[Flamefeather]]
* [[Nautilator]]
* [[Needlenose]]
* [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]]
* [[Quake (G1)|Quake]]
* [[Roadgrabber]]
* [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]]
* [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]]
* [[Skullgrin]]
* [[Skalor]]
* [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]]
* [[Snarler]]
* [[Sparkstalker]]
* [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]
* [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]]
* [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]]
* [[Windsweeper]]
}}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

1987

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{{yearofthe|1987}}
The year '''1987''' (MCMLXXXVII) is the third active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Non-Fiction==
==Media==
=== Television ===
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] Season 3: episodes 94 & 95
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] Season 4
* [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters]] episodes 1-24

== Music ==
=== Albums ===
* [[Headmasters Hit Song Collection|Transformers: The Headmasters — Hit Song Collection]]

=== Singles ===
* "[[The Headmasters (song)|The Headmasters]]"/"[[Kimi wa Transformer]]"

== Comics ==
=== Comic Bom Bom ===
* [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)]]

=== Marvel Comics ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 28-39

=== Marvel UK ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 95-146
* [[Transformers Annual 1988]]

=== TV Magazine ===
==== Manga ====
* [[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers]] issues 2-5
* [[The Great Transformer War]] issues 1-3
* [[The Headmasters (manga)|The Headmasters]] issues 1-5
* [[Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!]]

==== Story Pages ====
* [[Transformers 2010 (story_page)|Transformers 2010]] parts 2-7
* [[The Headmasters (story page)|The Headmasters]] parts ?

== Books ==

=== [[Ladybird Books]] (UK) ===
* [[Autobots Strike Oil]]
* [[Decepticons at the Pole]]

=== [[Corgi Books]] [[Young Corgi Adventure]]s (UK) ===
* 5) [[Swamp of the Scorpion]]
* 6) [[Desert of Danger]]

== Games ==
* [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]] (Famicom Disk System)

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===

==== [[Family Home Entertainment]] ====
'''VHS'''
* ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''
* ''The Transformers'' — The Return of Optimus Prime

==== [[Hill Crane]] (Japan) ====
'''VHS & Laserdisc'''
* '''The Transformers: The Movie''

==== [[Polyband]] (Germany) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Erster Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Zweiter Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Rebirth, Part 1|Die Wiedergeburt (Erster Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Rebirth, Part 2|Die Wiedergeburt (Zweiter Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[The Rebirth, Part 3|Die Wiedergeburt (Dritter Teil)]]
* ''Transformers'' — [[Nightmare Planet|Der Alptraum-Planet]]

==== [[St. Michael Video Library]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''Transformers'' — Starscream's Ghost / The Nightmare Planet / The Ghost in the Machine

==== [[Tempo Video]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''The Transformers'' — Heavy Metal Wars / The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

==== [[Video Gems|V.I.P. Video Gems]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''

=== Comics ===
==== Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] ====
* Volume 5
* Volume 6
* Volume 7

== Merchandise ==

== Toys ==

===U.S.===
{{note|All 1986 combiner teams were again available in 1987. The individual combiners and the Throttlebots were available with or without a [[decoy]] figure.}}
====Autobots====
{{note|[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Prime]], [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]], [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], and the Rewind/Steeljaw and Ramhorn/Eject mini-cassette two-packs were all re-released. Optimus Prime, Wheeljack, Mirage, Sunstreaker, Cosmos, Warpath and "[[Hubcap (G1)|Cliffjumper]]" were available via mail order.}}
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Chase (G1)|Chase]]
* [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
* [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] (giftset)
* [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]
* [[Doublecross]]
* [[Fastlane]] & [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]
* [[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Goldbug]]
* [[Grotusque]]
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
* [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Pointblank]]
* [[Punch (G1)|Punch-Counterpunch]]
* [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
* [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]
* [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
* [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]
* [[Wide Load]]
}}

=====S.T.A.R.S.=====
* [[March 31]]- The [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]] become unavailable via mail-order. In the [[S.T.A.R.S.]] flyer [[You Have Been Chosen.]], it is explained that they are leaving [[Earth]] to fight a war in another universe on that day.

====Decepticons====
{{note|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys|Galvatron]], [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], [[Predacon (G1)|The Predacons]], [[Gnaw]], and the Frenzy/Ratbat mini-cassette two-pack were all re-released. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] were available via mail order.}}
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Apeface]]
* [[Battletrap]]
* [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
* [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
* [[Flywheels]]
* [[Hun-Gurrr]]
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
* [[Misfire]]
* [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]
* [[Pounce]] & [[Wingspan]]
* [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
* [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
* [[Skullcruncher]]
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
* [[Sixshot]]
* [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]
* [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
* [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
* [[Triggerhappy]]
* [[Weirdwolf]]
}}

===Japan===
====Cybertrons====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Artfire (Headmasters)|Artfire]]
* [[Pointblank|Blanker]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Chase (G1)|Chase]]
* [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
* [[Computron (G1)|Computicon]] (giftset)
* [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]
* [[Dial]]
* [[Doublecross]]
* [[Fastlane]] & [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]
* [[Getsuei]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Goldback]]
* [[Graphy]]
* [[Grotusque|Grotess]]
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
* [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
* [[Kaen]]
* [[Kirk]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Lione]]
* [[Loafer]]
* [[Noise]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Raiden]] (giftset)
* [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
* [[Rodney]]
* [[Freeway (G1)|Runway]]
* [[Saur]]
* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]
* [[Searchlight (G1)|Looklight]]
* [[Seizan]]
* [[Shōki]]
* [[Shuffler]]
* [[Punch (G1)|Spacepunch/Counterpunch]]
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
* [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Stepper]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
* [[Suiken]]
* [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]
* [[Toraizer]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]]
* [[Wide Load]]
* [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
}}

====Destrons====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] (giftset)
* [[Apeface]]
* [[Battletrap]]
* [[Blot (G1)|Butto]]
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
* [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
* [[Flywheels|Flywheel]]
* [[Hun-Gurrr|Hun-Gruu]]
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Wipe]]
* [[Misfire]]
* [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]
* [[Pounce]] & [[Wingspan]]
* [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
* [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]]
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
* [[Skullcruncher|Skull]]
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
* [[Sixshot]]
* [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]
* [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
* [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]
* [[Triggerhappy]]
* [[Weirdwolf]]
}}

====Others====
* [[Beastformer]]s
* Beastformer Battle Bases
* Beastformer Battle Chariots

===Europe===
{{note|These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1987. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see [[Generation 1 (European toyline)]].}}
====Autobots====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
* [[Brainstorm]]
* [[Chase (G1)|Chase]]
* [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
* [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] (giftset)
* [[Doublecross]]
* [[Fastlane]] & [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]
* [[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Goldbug]]
* [[Grotusque]]
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
* [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
* [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
* [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
* [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]
* [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]]
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
* [[Wide Load]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{columnlist|4|
* [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] (giftset)
* [[Apeface]]
* [[Battletrap]]
* [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
* [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
* [[Flywheels]]
* [[Galvatron (G1)/toys|Galvatron]]
* [[Hun-Gurrr]]
* [[Pounce]] & [[Wingspan]]
* [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
* [[Sixshot]]
* [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
}}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

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{{yearofthe|1986}}
The year '''1986''' (MCMLXXXVI) is the second active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
* Upon materialization in the distant past of 1986, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] decide to destroy a [[Wyoming]] [[Joe's Garage|service station]] and passing locomotive in a random act of anti-social behavior. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

===Story of Binaltech===
At some point in time after [[1985]], but before [[2005]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] is captured by the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] and kept as a prisoner. He is then kept stasis-locked in cassette-mode inserted in his future/past self's tape deck, in order to provide his body with a "[[Spark|Life Essence Nucleus]]", as part of the [[Intelligence and Information Institute|III]]'s "[[X-9 Revival Plan]]". The Ravage of the present remains unaware of his time-tossed doppelganger. {{storylink|Ghosts of the Past}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Births===
====November====
*[[June 11]] — [[Shia LaBeouf]]

===Deaths===
====November====
*[[November 22]] — [[Scatman Crothers]]

== Media ==

=== Television ===
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] Season 2: episodes 46-49
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] Season 3: episodes 1-28
* [[The_Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese_release|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010]]: episodes 1-32

=== Theatrical ===
* [[The Transformers: The Movie]]

=== Direct-to-Video ===
* [[Scramble City: Mobilization]]
* [[Scramble City (toy version)|Scramble City]]

== Music ==
=== Albums ===
* [[The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]

=== Singles ===
* "[[The Touch]]" (7" Single)
* "[[The Touch]]" (12" Picture disc) (Europe only)
* "[[Transformer 2010|TRANSFORMER 2010]]"/"[[What's You|WHAT'S YOU]]"

==Comics==
=== Comic Bom Bom ===
* [[Full Throttle Scramble Power!]]
* [[Famicom How-to Manga: Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]]

=== Marvel Comics ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 16-27
* [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel Comics)|Transformers: The Movie]]
* [[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]

=== Marvel UK ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 43-94
* Transformers: The Movie
* [[Transformers Annual 1987]]

=== TV Magazine ===
==== Manga ====
* [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]] issues 1-8
* [[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers]] issue 1
==== Story Pages ====
* [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story_page)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]
* [[Transformers 2010 (story_page)|Transformers 2010]] Part 1

== Books ==

===[[Ballantine Books]] [[Find Your Fate Junior]]===
*1) [[Dinobots Strike Back]]
*2) [[Battle Drive]]
*3) [[Attack of the Insecticons]]
*4) [[Earthquake (book)|Earthquake]]
*5) [[Desert Flight]]
*6) [[Decepticon Poison]]
*7) [[Autobot Alert!]]
*8) [[Project Brain Drain]]
*9) [[The Invisibility Factor]]

=== [[Corgi Books]] [[Young Corgi Adventure]]s (U.K.) ===
* 3) [[Island of Fear]]
* 4) [[Highway Clash]]

===[[Panini|Figurine Panini]]===
*[[The Transformers Sticker Book (1986)|The Transformers Sticker Book]]

===[[Kid Stuff]] Listen 'n' Look===
* [[Slaves of the Insecticons]]

===Kid Stuff audio cassette===
* [[Attack of the Decepticons]]

===[[Ladybird Books]] (UK)===
* [[Decepticon Hideout]]
* [[Galvatron's Air Attack]]
* [[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers: The Movie]]

===[[Macdonald Purnell activity books]] (UK)===
* Colouring Book (Beachcomber)
* Colouring Book (Optimus Prime)
* Sticker Fun Book
* Activity Book

===[[Marvel Books]] [[Big Looker]] Story Books===

* [[Car Show Blow Up]]
* [[The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson]]

===Marvel Books Coloring Books===

* [[Battle at Oil Valley]]
* [[Hot Rod's Escape]]
* [[Super-Size Coloring Activity Book]]
* [[The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp]]
* [[The Lost Treasure of Cybertron]]

===Marvel Books Sticker Adventures===
* [[Battle on the Junk Planet]]
* [[Galvatron Attacks]]

== Games ==
* [[The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth|Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth]] (Commodore 64)
* [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy]] (Famicom)

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===

==== [[Channel 5]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* Transformers — Desertion of the Dinobots (1986)

==== [[Family Home Entertainment]] ====
'''VHS'''
* The Transformers — Volume 10: "Heavy Metal War"
* The Transformers — Volume 11: "Countdown to Extinction"
* The Transformers — Volume 12: "The Secret of Omega Supreme", "War Dawn", "A Plague of Insecticons"

==== [[St. Michael Video Library]] (UK) ====
'''VHS'''
* The Transformers — Dinobot Island, also includes The Revenge of Bruticus

==== [[Video Gems]] ====
'''VHS'''
* The Transformers — Arrival from Cybertron
* The Transformers — Megatron's Master Plan
* The Transformers — Desertion of the Dinobots
* The Transformers — The Key to Vector Sigma & War Dawn

=== Comics ===
==== Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] ====
* Plague of the Insecticons!
* Volume 3
* Volume 4
* Winter Special

== Merchandise ==

==Toys==
===U.S.===
{{note|[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]], [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Frenzy (G1)| Frenzy]], [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] were again available in 1986. [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]] were available via mail order.}}

====Autobots====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor (giftset)]]
*[[Eject]]
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rod]]
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
*[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|"Movie Edition" Optimus Prime]]
*[[Outback (G1)|Outback]]
*[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Rewind]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
*[[Slingshot]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion (giftset)]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)/toys|Galvatron]]
*[[Gnaw]]
*[[Headstrong]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor (giftset)]]
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/toys|"Movie Edition" Megatron]]
*[[Octane]]
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
*[[Runabout]]
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
*[[Tantrum]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]
}}

===Japan===
{{note|[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Blaster (G1)|Broadcast]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumble]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Condor]], [[Frenzy (G1)| Frenzy]], [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]], [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Jaguar]], [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] were again available in 1986.}}

====Cybertrons====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]]
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Rider]]
*[[Ramhorn (G1)|Amhorn]]
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Chear]]
*[[Eject]]
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Firebolt]]
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
*[[Blades (G1)|Graze]]
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
*[[Defensor (G1)|Guardian (giftset)]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rodimus]]
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
*[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroflex]]
*[[Outback (G1)|Outback]]
*[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]
*[[Rewind]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Convoy]]
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
*[[Slingshot|Sling]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Sprang]]
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion (giftset)]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
*[[Swerve (G1)|Wave]]
*[[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
}}

====Destrons====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus (giftset)]]
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Dimebomb]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Stripe]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)/toys|Galvatron]]
*[[Gnaw]]
*[[Headstrong]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor (giftset)]]
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
*[[Octane|Octone]]
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
*[[Predaking|Predaking (giftset)]]
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
*[[Tantrum]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Dinosaurer]]
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vorter]]
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]
}}

=== Europe ===
{{note|These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1986. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see [[Generation 1 (European toyline)]].}}

====Autobots====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor (giftset)]]
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Grapple]]
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rod]]
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Outback (G1)|Outback]]
*[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
*[[Slingshot]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion (giftset)]]
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
*[[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
}}

====Decepticons====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (giftset)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]]
*[[Headstrong]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor (giftset)]]
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
*[[Octane]]
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Runabout]]
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
*[[Tantrum]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]
}}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

1985

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{{yearofthe|1985}}
The year '''1985''' (MCMLXXXV) is the first active year of the [[Transformers brand]].

[[Image:Immbolizerep4.jpg|200px|thumb|"Looks like someone's still preoccupied with 1985."]]

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
* Debris from the [[1943]] [[World War II]] battle between [[Japan]] and the [[United States military|US forces]] at [[Guadalcanal]] can still be found. Banished from the [[Victory (G1)|Decepticon HQ]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] uses some of this debris to build the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]].{{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

* Unveiling ceremony for the [[Optimus Prime memorial]].{{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

===Transformers vs. G.I. Joe===
* After it's defeat in [[World War II]], [[Cobra]] resurfaces as a terrorist organisation. The remains of the Transformers, having been nearly wiped out during the war, are used in a massive arms race.

* A [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe team]] led by [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] attacks a [[Cobra]] shipping facility in [[New York City]]. While the facility is largely destroyed, [[Destro]] and [[Scrap-Iron]] manage to escape via [[Flight Pod|Trouble Bubble]]. Soon afterwards, the Joes detect the crash of an [[Autobot]] shuttlecraft near [[Portland]]. Flint and several other Joes were sent to retrieve it, and after meeting with a rookie team led by [[Spirit]], they repell a Cobra strike team and recover the unconscious [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. Along with [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]], a retired [[Scarlett]] decides it is time to tell the new recruits about their adventure with the Transformers. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}
{{stub}}

==Non Fiction==
===Events===
* 20 years before the merger with [[TakaraTomy|Takara]], Tomy's US branch registers the name "Scrapper" as a [[trademark]] in the "toys" field. This same year, [[Hasbro]] releases a [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] of [[Scrapper (G1)|the same name]]. This presumably does not result in any repercussions for Hasbro.
* [[GiG]] abandons the [[Trasformer]] line and instead re-releases the toys in actual Transformers packaging.

===Births===
====September====
* [[September 8]] — [[Joana Lafuente]]

====October====
* [[October 23]] — [[Josh Burcham]]

====December====
* [[December 29]] — [[Ulises Farinas]]

===Deaths===
====June====
* [[June 21]] — [[Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski]]

====October====
* [[October 10]] — [[Orson Welles]]

== Media ==

=== Television ===
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]] Season 2: episodes 17-45
* [[The Transformers (cartoon)#Japanese release|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]] episodes 1-72

== Music ==
=== Albums ===
* [[Original_Soundtrack:_Music_Book|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers — Original Soundtrack <Music Book>]]

=== Singles ===
* "[[Transformer (song)|TRANSFORMER]]"/"[[Peace Again]]"

== Comics ==
=== Marvel Comics ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 5-15

=== Marvel UK ===
* [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]] issues 9-42
* [[Transformers Annual 1986]]

=== TV Magazine ===
* [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Prologue|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]] prologue

== Books ==
=== [[Corgi Books]] [[Young Corgi Adventure]]s (U.K.) ===
* 1) [[Dinobot War]]
* 2) [[Peril from the Stars]]

=== [[Kid Stuff]] Read Alongs ===
* [[The Great Car Rally]]

=== Kid Stuff Listen 'n' Look ===
* [[Satellite of Doom]]
* [[Storms of Destruction]]
* [[When Continents Collide]]

=== Kid Stuff [[See & Read]] ===
* Satellite of Doom/When Continents Collide

=== [[Ladybird Books]] (U.K.) ===
* [[Autobots Fight Back]]
* [[Autobots' Lightning Strike]]
* [[Laserbeak's Fury]]
* [[Megatron's Fight for Power]]

=== [[Marvel Books]] [[Big Looker]] Story Books ===

* [[Decepticon Hijack]]
* [[Insecticon Attack!]]

=== Marvel Books Coloring Books ===
* [[A Message From Outer Space]]
* [[Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission]]
* [[Forest Rescue Mission]]
* [[Summertime Coloring Book]]
* [[The Autobot Smasher!]]
* [[The Autobot Spy in the Sky]]
* [[The Big Book of Coloring Fun]]

=== Marvel Books Hardcover Storybooks ===
* [[Battle for Earth]]
* [[The Autobots' Secret Weapon]]

=== Marvel Books Sticker Adventures ===
* [[Revenge of the Decepticons]]

=== Pickwick International audio cassettes ===
* [[The Battle for Planet Earth]]

== Games ==
* [[The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers]] (Commodore 64)

== Collections ==
=== Home Video ===
==== [[Family Home Entertainment]] VHS/Betamax ====
*''The Transformers'' — Volume 1: "[[More than Meets the Eye (episode)|More than Meets the Eye]]"
*''The Transformers'' — Volume 2: "[[The Ultimate Doom]]"
*''The Transformers'' — Volume 3: "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"
*''The Transformers'' — Volume 4: "[[Fire in the Sky]]"
*''The Transformers'' — Volume 5: "[[Divide and Conquer]]"
*''The Transformers'' — Volume 6: "[[Roll for It]]"
*''The Transformers'' — Volume 7: "[[Transport to Oblivion]]"
*''The Transformers'' — Volume 8: "[[Fire on the Mountain]]"
*''The Transformers'' — Volume 9: "[[War of the Dinobots]]"

=== Comics ===
==== Marvel UK [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|Collected Comics]] ====
* Summer Special 1985
* Volume 2 – Special 1985

== Merchandise ==

== Toys ==

=== U.S. ===
{{note|The entire 1984 assortment (minus [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]]) was again available in 1985 with [[rubsign]]s added.}}

==== Autobots ====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
*[[Camshaft (G1)|Camshaft]]
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|"Cookie Crisp" Jazz]]
*[[Downshift (G1)|Downshift]]
*[[Powerdasher|"Drill Type"]]
*[[Powerdasher|"F-1 Type"]]
*[[Grapple]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]]
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[PepsiCo|"Pepsi"]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Powerdasher|"Jet Type"]]
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]
*[[Overdrive]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
*[[Twin Twist]]
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]
}}

==== Decepticons ====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Chop Shop]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator (giftset)]]
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]]
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockwave]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Venom (G1)|Venom]]
}}

==== Other ====
*[[Mini-spy|Mini-Spies]]

=== Japan ===

==== Cybertrons ====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Alert]]
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
*[[Blaster (G1)|Broadcast]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumble]]
*[[Camshaft (G1)|Camshaft]]
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Charger]]
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliff]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]]
*[[Downshift (G1)|Downshift]]
*[[Huffer (G1)|Drag]]
*[[Brawn (G1)|Gong]]
*[[Grapple]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]]
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Meister]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Ligier]]
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]
*[[Overdrive]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Streak]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]]
}}

==== Destrons ====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Condor]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator (giftset)]]
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
*[[Hook (G1)|Gren]]
*[[Ravage (G1)/toys|Jaguar]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Laserwave]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Sharpnel]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
}}

=== Europe ===
{{note|These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1986. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see [[Generation 1 (European toyline)]].}}
==== Autobots ====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]]
*[[Grapple]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Tracks (G1)|Red Tracks]]
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]
*[[Twin Twist]]
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]]
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
}}

==== Decepticons ====
{{columnlist|4|
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]]
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Chop Shop]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator (giftset)]]
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
*[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]]
*[[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]]
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockwave]]
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Venom (G1)|Venom]]
}}

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[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

Transformers Vault

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''Transformers Vault''
|title=The Complete Transformers Universe Showcasing Rare Collectibles and Memorabilia
|image=TransformersVault cover.jpg
|caption=
|next=
|publisher=[[Harry N. Abrams]] (United States), [[Ice Water Press]] (Australia)
|written by=[[Pablo Hidalgo]],<br>[[Peter Cullen]] (foreword)
|date=[[May 23]], [[2011]]
|pagecount=160
|ISBN=ISBN 0810998688<br>
ISBN 978-0810998681
}}

'''''Transformers Vault: The Complete Transformers Universe Showcasing Rare Collectibles and Memorabilia''''' is surely the most comprehensive and accurate English-language licensed guidebook to explore the history of the entire [[Transformers brand]]. The book recounts the original development of the [[pre-Transformer]] toylines, the conception of the foundational storyline and marketing elements in the 1980s, and then each successive incarnation of the international toylines, media, and merchandising, with spotlights on important [[character]]s, [[:Category:Creators|creators]], and [[franchise]] milestones.

==Interactive content==
''Vault'' contains seven pieces of interactive memorabilia, reproductions of artifacts and artwork from throughout Transformer history, some removable that are stored in pockets built into the pages, while others are bound into the book or attached to the pages. These include:
* The [[1985]] [[United Kingdom]] ''Transformers'' toy catalogue.
* A sheet of [[Tech Spec]]s for [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], along with Tech Spec reader.
* Lineart of [[Casey Coller]]'s winning entry from IDW's Cover Contest, which won him his first job with the company, contained in a page pocket of the same artwork, colored by [[Josh Burcham]].
* An animation cel of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] from ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]".
* The cover to the Japanese laserdisk release of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* A double-sided [[character model]] sheet for [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], featuring a casting sheet on the reverse that includes a description of the character and sample dialogue from a scene not in the film.
* A ticket for the June 22, 2009 premiere of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.

==Covers==
'''United States'''
*'''Slipcase:''' Hasbro stock images of Generation 1 [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (on front) and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (on back) by [[Don Figueroa]].
*'''Front cover:''' [[Powermaster]] Optimus Prime [[package art]], [[Optimus Primal]] by [[Don Figueroa]] from ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'', and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action Optimus Prime]] package art (composited from Battle Blades and Battle Hooks artwork).
*'''Back cover:''' Generation 1 Megatron package art, [[Megatron (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Megatron]] by [[Guido Guidi]] from ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'', and [[Megatron (Movie)|live-action Megatron]] ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' promotional render.

'''Australia'''
*'''Slipcase:''' Autobot symbol (on front) and Generation 1 Optimus Prime (on back) by Andrew Griffith
*'''Front cover:''' Decepticon symbol
*'''Back cover:''' Generation 1 Megatron by Andrew Griffith.

==Errors==
*p.114: [[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]] is referred to as "Longneck"
*p.117: [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] is referred to as "Strike"
*p.126: [[Digitalscape]] is described as being the animators of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'', not [[Polygon Pictures]]
*p.130: The initial treatment of ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' is credited to [[Don Murphy]], not [[Tom DeSanto]]

==External link==
*[http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Transformers_Vault-9780810998681.html Transformers Vault on Abrams Books's site]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMPgpV30tbM&feature=channel_video_title Abrams Book video preview]

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