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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 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]], 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.]] 
[[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 [[Nebulos|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===
In the late 1990s, the Sci-Fi Channel began airing the original episodes. 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.

[[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.
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==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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Omni Productions

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[[Image:Rtmdub titlecard.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Darnit! I'm gonna send them to Hell."]]
'''Omni Productions''' is the [[Hong Kong]]-based company responsible for the hilariously bad English-language dubs of the Japanese [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] animated series: ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', ''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', and ''[[Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]''. Their other "work" includes the 70's and Heisei era [[Godzilla]] movies, '70s through mid-'80s Shaw Brothers films, Jackie Chan's ''Police Story'', and ''Dragonball: The Magic Begins''.

==The dubs==

{{quote|Fortress Maximus has come himself! Okay! Then I shall get Fortress Maximus to fight me! Heh heh huh!
|[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] says terrible things|"[[I Risk My Life for Earth|Life Can Be Sacrificed for Peace on Earth]]"}}

Known variously as the '''"RTM 1 dub"''' (from the Malaysian TV channel on which the dubs were first discovered) the '''"Star TV dub"''' and the '''"Singapore dub"''' (from the Singaporean TV channel STAR TV, on which they grew to prominence), Omni Productions' dubs of these three series have gone down in infamy for a combination of reasons. Clearly produced by a small number of people with little knowledge of the source material and even less talent, the English translation is...''rudimentary'' at best. Although it is often touted as being wholly inaccurate, it actually manages to render the intent of the dialog correctly more times than not. It is, however, the way in which it proceeds to ''mangle'' the translation so much with clumsy English, run-on sentences, non sequitur lines and just generally inappropriate language that creates its distinctively surreal, not to mention ''hilarious'', qualities.

===Characteristics===

{{quote|'Billy, are you okay?' 'Not really... Find the Power Pack!'
|[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s touching final conversation|"[[The Mystery of Planet Master|The Tale of Master Star]]"}}

Generally speaking, the dub employs American names and terminology, but in some instances, the scriptwriter(s?) were apparently unable to find the correct equivalent, leading to the dub's single most famous attribute: its collection of new names for various characters and concepts. Some of these names are based on a misinterpretation of the Japanese pronunciation of the names, and some are just pulled straight out of thin air. These ludicrous instances include:

*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] as "Billy"
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] as "Phillip"
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] as "Marshall"
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] as "Wally"
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] as "Sparkle"
*[[Matrix of Leadership|The Matrix]] as "The Power Pack"
*[[Chaar]] as "Jollo"
*[[Energon cube|Energon cubes]] as "Power Packs"
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]'s battleship, ''Maximus'', as "Spaceship Bruce"
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] as Rodimus Prime (pronounced "Roadimus Prime")

The process proved especially difficult for the writers when the characters had no American equivalents. This only affected a few members of the ''Headmasters'' cast, who all wound up with new names. The ''Super-God Masterforce'' cast, on the other hand, were all re-named as their American toy-equivalent characters ([[Ginrai]] as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Minerva]] as [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], etc.), while the Japanese-exclusive characters either managed to retain their original names ([[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], [[Metalhawk]]) or followed tradition by winding up with loony new ones. The ''Victory'' characters, meanwhile, mostly managed to keep their Japanese names, but a few still managed to slip through the cracks. Wacky examples include:

*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] as "New Soundwave"
*[[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] as "Blaster"
*[[Raiden]] as "Grimlock"
*Both [[Sixknight]] ''and'' [[Greatshot]] as "Sixshot"
*[[Browning]] as "B.M."
*[[Jean Minakaze]] as "Meekon"
*[[Dashtacker]] as "Batchtaster"
*[[Holi]] as "Fixit"
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] as "Deathsanras"
*[[Grand Galvatron]] as "Unicorn"

It doesn't end with the names...
*Characters who have a [[mouthplate]] are given "muffled" voices, evidently produced by the actors covering their mouths with their hands.
*"Wally" speaks ''unusually'' slowly.
*Both Soundwave and "New Soundwave" speak with a single, normal voice, as opposed to the Soundwave effect we're used to, even in the original Japanese show.

We could go on like this forever.

===Ownership===
[[Sunbow]] legally acquired ownership of the Omni Productions dubs at some point, branding every episode with the ''Victory'' opening sequence (with the English word "Transformers" masked in over the title card) and English-language closing credits. These credits were rendered in the traditional font of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] series, and even featured the original closing theme tune. All 115 dubbed episodes are included in this Sunbow-modified form as part of the ''Transformers'' rights package for licensees.

==Home video releases==
After circulating in the fandom for years via bootleg VHS tapes, the Omni Productions-dubbed episodes saw several official DVD releases in 21st century.
===United Kingdom and Ireland===
[[Image:Maverick Takara DVD.jpg|thumb|150px||"Sir Not-Apppering-In-This Film (Except the opening titles)"]]]]
:''Main articles: [[Maverick Entertainment]] / [[Metrodome]]''
*''Transformers: Takara'' (2002)
*The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' (2005)
*''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (2007)

===Australia===
{{main|Madman Entertainment}}
*''The Transformers: Headmasters'' (2007)
*''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' (2008)
*''The Transformers: Victory'' (2008)
*''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (2009)
{{-}}

[[Category:Fandom]]
[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Headmasters franchise]]
[[Category:Masterforce]]
[[Category:Victory]]

A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs

2009-06-25T19:40:56Z

82.2.33.122: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

{{episode|
|series=victory
|ep=32
|title="A Mystery?! The Decepticon of the Base Bombs"
|japanese=謎?! 基地爆破の罠
|romaji=Nazo?! Kichi Bakuha no Wana
|translation=
|image=Deceptionofthebasebombs.jpg
|caption=Is it live or is it Metroplex?
|production code=
|production company=
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=
|animation studio=
|airdate=[[November 7|7 November]], 1989
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''A Decepticon has infiltrated the Shuttle Base and planted bombs throughout it... or have they?'''

:''English/Malay dub name:'' '''"Crisis at the Base"'''
:''Also known as:'' '''"Mystery? The Base-Exploding Trap"'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Victory32 leozackshmuck.jpg|left|180px|thumb|]]
With the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'' anchored in the [[San Fernandez Islands]] off the coast of [[South America]], [[Deathsaurus]] again berates [[Leozack]] for his continuous failures. Leozack nervously announces that he has a new plan in mind, and although Deathsaurus dismisses the quality of the scheme out of hand, he instructs Leozack to get on with it. Leozack leaves the throne room and takes out his frustrations on a bust of Deathsaurus, only to have it collapse on top of him. Haw haw!

Aboard the [[Shuttle Base]], at the foot of the Andes Mountains, the [[Multiforce]] report in to the [[Brainmaster]]s on a lack of [[Decepticon]] activity, which is fairly fortuitous, since [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] has to leave [[Earth]] to attend a conference of the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]]. Star Saber heads down the maintenance bay, where [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] and the [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]] are polishing up the [[V-Star]] for him, and heads on his way. After Star Saber leaves, however, the Jean and the Rescues are a ''little'' too vocal in announcing their boredom, and [[Blacker]] has them clean the Shuttle Base from top to toe to keep them busy. While cleaning [[Galaxy Shuttle]], Jean and Holi nearly fall off their cradle, but as they dangle in mid-air, Jean spots Star Saber running back towards the Shuttle Base.

[[Image:Victory32 notremotelysuspicious.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Dude, I am SO high right now!"]]
A couple of minutes later, Star Saber has briefed the [[Autobot]]s on the reason for his return: Just after leaving, he picked up a transmission from Deathsaurus instructing a Decepticon to infiltrate the Shuttle Base and plant bombs in order to destroy it! The Autobots split up to investigate, but the search does not go well—[[Braver]] and [[Laster]] are caught in an explosion, Star Saber is startled by Victory Leo while searching under a console and winds up electrocuting himself, and the Command Room goes up in flames. Sensing something strange, Victory Leo tells the other Autobots that he does not believe that the Star Saber who has returned is the real [[Supreme Commander]]. The Autobots, and especially Jean, refuse to believe Victory Leo's wild idea, and when the base is shaken by yet another blast, they all break off to check it out.

[[Image:Victory32 unificationmanual.jpg|left|180px|thumb|]]
Jean and Holi run into Star Saber, who instructs them to check on the disk containing the information on his and Victory Leo's combination process, to make sure it has not been stolen by the enemy. Heading for the Classified Documents Room, the pair discover that the lock has been broken, and Holi quickly opens the safe to see if the disk itself has been stolen. Star Saber arrives just as they confirm that the disk is still present, and Holi hands it over to him. At that point, the corridor outside erupts in flames as another blast goes off, and Star Saber braves the flames to carry Jean to safety. He runs into Victory Leo and instructs him to take Jean outside the base, following them after he confirms that the armory is intact. At this point, Victory Leo confronts Star Saber with his suspicions, but before he can respond, the voice of [[Hellbat]] broadcasts all around them, announcing that he is responsible for the bombings. Hellbat demands that Star Saber must surrender himself to the Decepticons at some nearby Incan ruins, and the Supreme Commander agrees in order to prevent the Shuttle Base from being destroyed. Star Saber asks Victory Leo to shadow him, and the two depart.

[[Image:Victory32 starsaberhides.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Star Saber hides the Leozack inside!]]
At the Incan ruins, Victory Leo hides amongst the rubble while Star Saber approaches in the open and is confronted by Hellbat, [[Gaihawk]], [[Killbison]], [[Drillhorn]] and [[Jarugar]]. The attempted deception does not fool the five Decepticons, however, and they quickly force Victory Leo to show himself with a barrage of laser fire. Victory Leo quickly darts behind Star Saber, putting his theory to the test and finding himself correct when the [[Breastforce]] all suddenly stop shooting. Unfortunately, the Brainmasters pick this moment to arrive on the scene, and are understandably confused by what they are seeing. Star Saber claims that Victory Leo is malfunctioning and trying to kill him, and instructs the Brainmasters to do the same to him. The Brainmasters train their weapons on Victory Leo until a peal of bold laughter rings out from the top of a nearby pyramid. Another Star Saber stands there, watching the whole scenario! Each Star Saber accuses the other of being an impostor, with the first holding up the disk of combination data as proof of his identity. The second Star Saber laughs again and offers to show him the ''true'' power of combination; leaping into the air, he merges with Victory Leo into Victory Saber, and brings his Saber Blade down upon the first Star Saber, neatly slicing him in half and revealing Leozack within! Furious at the failure of his disguise scheme, Leozack combines with the rest of the Breastforce into [[Liokaiser]], and he and Victory Saber battle on the steps of the Incan pyramid until Victory Saber slashes his staff to pieces. Liokaiser withdraws, collapsing the pyramid to cover his escape.

The Autobots return to the Shuttle Base, where everyone comes to understand that there were never any bombs and that all the damage was done by the disguised Leozack. Jean, the Rescue Team and the Brainmasters all apologize for not trusting in Victory Leo, and Star Saber explains that he was alerted to the situation by a special signal that was beamed to him the instant the safe for the combination disk was opened. Victory Leo had no idea of that fact and had been willing to take the Decepticons on alone. When Jean and Holi compliment his bravery, he gets embarrassed by the flattery, and all the Autobots laugh.

Oh, how they do laugh.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (3)
*[[Waver]] (4)
*[[Wing]] (5)
*[[Braver]] (6)
*[[Blacker]] (7)
*[[Laster]] (8)
*[[Tacker]] (9)
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]] (10)
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (11)
*[[Fire]] (13)
*[[Boater]] (14)
*[[Holi]] (15)
*[[Pīpō]] (16)
*[[Victory Leo]] (17)
|c2=
*[[Deathsaurus]] (1)
*[[Leozack]] (2)
*[[Killbison]] (18)
*[[Hellbat]] (19)
*[[Gaihawk]] (20)
*[[Jarugar]] (21)
*[[Drillhorn]] (22)
*[[Liokaiser]] (23)
|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (12)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
*As the Rescue Team are polishing the V-Star, Boater's head is colored red.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*The ''Victory'' Autobots are a gang of colossal douchebags. When the Decepticons are openly attacking, they're evil, but in this episode, when they're not being hostile, the Brainmasters say it's because they're "cowardly" and "spineless," and believe that when they ''do'' attack, it'll only be because they're "dirty"! They might be the bad guys, but geez, they really can't win no matter what they do.
*The infamous [[RTM 1 dub]] of this episode, has the characters creepily laughing at the end of the episode, even going into the end credits. Scary

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[[Category:Victory episodes]]

A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs

2009-06-25T19:39:32Z

82.2.33.122: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

{{episode|
|series=victory
|ep=32
|title="A Mystery?! The Decepticon of the Base Bombs"
|japanese=謎?! 基地爆破の罠
|romaji=Nazo?! Kichi Bakuha no Wana
|translation=
|image=Deceptionofthebasebombs.jpg
|caption=Is it live or is it Metroplex?
|production code=
|production company=
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=
|animation studio=
|airdate=[[November 7|7 November]], 1989
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''A Decepticon has infiltrated the Shuttle Base and planted bombs throughout it... or have they?'''

:''English/Malay dub name:'' '''"Crisis at the Base"'''
:''Also known as:'' '''"Mystery? The Base-Exploding Trap"'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Victory32 leozackshmuck.jpg|left|180px|thumb|]]
With the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'' anchored in the [[San Fernandez Islands]] off the coast of [[South America]], [[Deathsaurus]] again berates [[Leozack]] for his continuous failures. Leozack nervously announces that he has a new plan in mind, and although Deathsaurus dismisses the quality of the scheme out of hand, he instructs Leozack to get on with it. Leozack leaves the throne room and takes out his frustrations on a bust of Deathsaurus, only to have it collapse on top of him. Haw haw!

Aboard the [[Shuttle Base]], at the foot of the Andes Mountains, the [[Multiforce]] report in to the [[Brainmaster]]s on a lack of [[Decepticon]] activity, which is fairly fortuitous, since [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] has to leave [[Earth]] to attend a conference of the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]]. Star Saber heads down the maintenance bay, where [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] and the [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]] are polishing up the [[V-Star]] for him, and heads on his way. After Star Saber leaves, however, the Jean and the Rescues are a ''little'' too vocal in announcing their boredom, and [[Blacker]] has them clean the Shuttle Base from top to toe to keep them busy. While cleaning [[Galaxy Shuttle]], Jean and Holi nearly fall off their cradle, but as they dangle in mid-air, Jean spots Star Saber running back towards the Shuttle Base.

[[Image:Victory32 notremotelysuspicious.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Dude, I am SO high right now!"]]
A couple of minutes later, Star Saber has briefed the [[Autobot]]s on the reason for his return: Just after leaving, he picked up a transmission from Deathsaurus instructing a Decepticon to infiltrate the Shuttle Base and plant bombs in order to destroy it! The Autobots split up to investigate, but the search does not go well—[[Braver]] and [[Laster]] are caught in an explosion, Star Saber is startled by Victory Leo while searching under a console and winds up electrocuting himself, and the Command Room goes up in flames. Sensing something strange, Victory Leo tells the other Autobots that he does not believe that the Star Saber who has returned is the real [[Supreme Commander]]. The Autobots, and especially Jean, refuse to believe Victory Leo's wild idea, and when the base is shaken by yet another blast, they all break off to check it out.

[[Image:Victory32 unificationmanual.jpg|left|180px|thumb|]]
Jean and Holi run into Star Saber, who instructs them to check on the disk containing the information on his and Victory Leo's combination process, to make sure it has not been stolen by the enemy. Heading for the Classified Documents Room, the pair discover that the lock has been broken, and Holi quickly opens the safe to see if the disk itself has been stolen. Star Saber arrives just as they confirm that the disk is still present, and Holi hands it over to him. At that point, the corridor outside erupts in flames as another blast goes off, and Star Saber braves the flames to carry Jean to safety. He runs into Victory Leo and instructs him to take Jean outside the base, following them after he confirms that the armory is intact. At this point, Victory Leo confronts Star Saber with his suspicions, but before he can respond, the voice of [[Hellbat]] broadcasts all around them, announcing that he is responsible for the bombings. Hellbat demands that Star Saber must surrender himself to the Decepticons at some nearby Incan ruins, and the Supreme Commander agrees in order to prevent the Shuttle Base from being destroyed. Star Saber asks Victory Leo to shadow him, and the two depart.

[[Image:Victory32 starsaberhides.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Star Saber hides the Leozack inside!]]
At the Incan ruins, Victory Leo hides amongst the rubble while Star Saber approaches in the open and is confronted by Hellbat, [[Gaihawk]], [[Killbison]], [[Drillhorn]] and [[Jarugar]]. The attempted deception does not fool the five Decepticons, however, and they quickly force Victory Leo to show himself with a barrage of laser fire. Victory Leo quickly darts behind Star Saber, putting his theory to the test and finding himself correct when the [[Breastforce]] all suddenly stop shooting. Unfortunately, the Brainmasters pick this moment to arrive on the scene, and are understandably confused by what they are seeing. Star Saber claims that Victory Leo is malfunctioning and trying to kill him, and instructs the Brainmasters to do the same to him. The Brainmasters train their weapons on Victory Leo until a peal of bold laughter rings out from the top of a nearby pyramid. Another Star Saber stands there, watching the whole scenario! Each Star Saber accuses the other of being an impostor, with the first holding up the disk of combination data as proof of his identity. The second Star Saber laughs again and offers to show him the ''true'' power of combination; leaping into the air, he merges with Victory Leo into Victory Saber, and brings his Saber Blade down upon the first Star Saber, neatly slicing him in half and revealing Leozack within! Furious at the failure of his disguise scheme, Leozack combines with the rest of the Breastforce into [[Liokaiser]], and he and Victory Saber battle on the steps of the Incan pyramid until Victory Saber slashes his staff to pieces. Liokaiser withdraws, collapsing the pyramid to cover his escape.

The Autobots return to the Shuttle Base, where everyone comes to understand that there were never any bombs and that all the damage was done by the disguised Leozack. Jean, the Rescue Team and the Brainmasters all apologize for not trusting in Victory Leo, and Star Saber explains that he was alerted to the situation by a special signal that was beamed to him the instant the safe for the combination disk was opened. Victory Leo had no idea of that fact and had been willing to take the Decepticons on alone. When Jean and Holi compliment his bravery, he gets embarrassed by the flattery, and all the Autobots laugh.

Oh, how they do laugh.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (3)
*[[Waver]] (4)
*[[Wing]] (5)
*[[Braver]] (6)
*[[Blacker]] (7)
*[[Laster]] (8)
*[[Tacker]] (9)
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]] (10)
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (11)
*[[Fire]] (13)
*[[Boater]] (14)
*[[Holi]] (15)
*[[Pīpō]] (16)
*[[Victory Leo]] (17)
|c2=
*[[Deathsaurus]] (1)
*[[Leozack]] (2)
*[[Killbison]] (18)
*[[Hellbat]] (19)
*[[Gaihawk]] (20)
*[[Jarugar]] (21)
*[[Drillhorn]] (22)
*[[Liokaiser]] (23)
|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (12)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
*As the Rescue Team are polishing the V-Star, Boater's head is colored red.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*The ''Victory'' Autobots are a gang of colossal douchebags. When the Decepticons are openly attacking, they're evil, but in this episode, when they're not being hostile, the Brainmasters say it's because they're "cowardly" and "spineless," and believe that when they ''do'' attack, it'll only be because they're "dirty"! They might be the bad guys, but geez, they really can't win no matter what they do.
*The infamous [[RTM1 dub]] of this episode, has the characters creepily laughing at the end of the episode, even going into the main credits. Scary

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[[Category:Victory episodes]]

User talk:Chris McFeely

2009-06-04T15:51:33Z

82.2.33.122: /* Animated cameo-bots */

[[User talk:Chris McFeely/2006|2006 Archives]]

[[User talk:Chris McFeely/2007|2007 Archives]]

==Chris's To-Do list==

===Completed===
{{collist|3|
*[[Blacker]]
*[[Braver]]
*[[Deathsaurus]]
*[[Gaihawk]]/[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Hellbat]]/[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Jarugar]]/[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Laster]]
*[[Leozack]]/[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Road Caesar]]
*[[Solon Kitakaze]]
*[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]
}}

===To do===

{{collist|3|
*[[Drillhorn]]
*[[Killbison]]
*[[Liokaiser]]
*[[Goryu]]
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Doryu]]
*[[Kakuryu]]
*[[Dinoking]]
*[[Wingwaver]]
*[[Dashtacker]]
*[[Machtackle]]
*[[Wing]]
*[[Waver]]
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]]
*[[Tacker]]
*[[Mach]]
*[[Tackle]]
*[[Landcross]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Victory Leo]]
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]]
*[[Jean Minakaze]]
*[[Illumina]]
}}

== Sorry ==
I did not know that when i searched there was nothing about him. Saberconvoy

==Madman Headmasters==
I noticed you had asked for this at Seibertron, but it didn't seem that anybody there actually replied to your request. I asked a friend and he says when you play the first episode of Disc 1, after the opening titles sequence you get the episode title, then the episode itself. Does that help? I assume this means Madman's set is almost exactly the same is Metrodome's. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
:Just a further note on this Chris in case you didn't catch it. I bought the Madman set and apart from properly synching up the English tracks to the two episodes that were ''way'' off, everything else is the same. Right down to other episodes' English tracks being 'slightly' off and (more annoyingly) the incorrect subs popping up in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]". You'd think two years would have been enough time to correct this gaffe, but there you go! --[[User:Jon T|Jon T]] 08:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

== Titan Transformers comic ==

Do you know if any scans of the Titan Transformers comic are availiable on the Interwebs? I haven't found anything past issue 2 since Demonoid took down their tracker. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

== Various protected userpages ==

Could you delete the protected User and User Talk pages owned by the various trolls and possibly add the pages to the title blacklist? I don't really like the idea of those pages being kept around for posterity. (That rant by Walky's internet stalker on Walky's talk page is the exception to this, of course) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Sky Lynx ==
He Arrived!!![[User:83.141.101.189|83.141.101.189]] 13:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

==Crazy Idea==
We've been doing stuff for the Energon cartoon called a 'Pain count' where we list stupid cliches and number how many times they happen in the episode. I've proposed doing the same thing for Beast Machines, with an idea from Walky being 'Episode jerk', where we list the character in the episode that the writers decided should be a jerk this week. I propose we do a Pain count for the japanese G1 episodes, as well as a 'Bizzarro RMT 1 dialogue' where we list particularly weird and amusing lines from the dubs. What do you think (because I think you're one of the only ones here with the DVDs...) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

:I would totally do the RTM 1 dub stuff, but I could only do that for HM, since the MF and V DVDs don't have the dubs on 'em. But then, that involves actually having to, y'know, watch them. :) I don't think I'd be much good at doing a "pain count" for the eps, though... it doesn't seem to come through in subs the way the Energon dub stuff does. Or I'm entirely too charitable towards them. Pick one. :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

::Well, okay, amusing dub stuff is more than enough :D --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
==Head wars==
Please visit the [[Talk:Megatron (Movie)]] page, read the head wars discussion, and give me your answer. Thank you. [[User:Inferno'sQueen|The Big Q]] 19:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

== Title blacklisting trolls ==

Could you add the various user and dalk pages owned by trolls and their socks to the title blacklist? That way the pages won't exist and they can't recreate them. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

==thx==
thank u 4 banning [[User:B.O.B.]] he kept changing my caption. [[User:American Girl|American Girl]] 20:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== Wreckage, [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]] and [[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] ==

[[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] is signing his posts as [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]]. Crosshairs-1 is a user that Walky banned at the end of February:
:20:56, 28 February 2008 ItsWalky (Talk | contribs) blocked Crosshairs-1 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of 3 months (account creation disabled) ‎ (Inserting false information)
His ban is not yet up, and thus he is evading it by posting without logging in. Hope this helps.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:29, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

== Firebomber and whatnot ==

Maybe you could delete the image to discourage the guy to come back with IP addresses to just revert his reverts? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 10:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

== Hey, Chris! ==

It's me, Meta Lucario, from Wtw! Just saying hi!

== [[User:64.13.101.210|64.13.101.210]] ==

Seems he'd rather edit war on [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] than talk things out. Getting a little ridiculous.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
:True, but aside from his stubborn attitude about the point, is there anything about the factoid per se that makes it unworthy of inclusion? I mean, maybe it'd require rephrasing, but total removal...? I'm just curious about the rationale, since the this guy isn't arguing in a fashion that seems likely to bring it up.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

==Monaco skin==

Hi Chris -- I posted on the [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#Monaco skin|Community portal]] last week about moving this wiki over to the new Monaco skin. It's had some discussion, but nothing so far from the admins. What do you think? -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]]<staff /> ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 19:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet again. ==

[[User:I hate apples|Guess who?]]--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

== God bless you, McFeely. ==

Thanks for semiprotecting the pages that got the template spammed onto them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 22:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
:With new Animated episodes SO very close here in the UK, my window-for-being-spoiled is rapidly decreasing, and I'm growing exponentially enraged every time someone tries to chuck a brick through it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
::I dunno about you, but [[User talk:KrytenKoro|certain users]] are starting to ''really'' rub me the wrong way with the constant edit warring on the Animated cast page and the constant calling us "hypocrites" when we don't let them add the ''maximum'' amount of their Dubai-leaked info to the page. It's like now that we've set limits on what can appear there, they're bound and determined to do the letter of the law so they can still look like savvy experts for having seen the leaked episodes.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

== Episode scripts? ==

Hey McFeely, did "Starscream's Ghost" get an episode script on your Earth 2 DVD's? Any chance i could get a copy of it? (I want to speculatively waterboard it and see if it yields up anything useful.)

And ''aw crap'', I just realized that glass of water I spelled completely soaked a 25 year old Transformers book! ...oh well, that one sucked anyway. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:29, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:It did, but it's useless - while it is an original Sunbow document, it's only a dialogue transcription made from the finished episode, rather than a shooting script. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:45, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Dialog may be adequate for my purposes, or at least interesting to compare to if you have it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:36, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Where is thy sting ==

Not to tell you how to do your job, but you may want to apply some level of protection toward [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]...what the hell is wrong with this show? Episodes are shown early, they're shown late. I just don't get it. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 18:33, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:Good point! *does so* In this instance, I believe it was stolen from the depths Cartoon Network's website, or something? It hasn't aired anywhere in the world, certainly. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:47, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Cartoon Network hosted it on their site early, those morons at 4chan found it and leaked it. At least, that's the claim of someone on the oh-so-trustworthy TFW2005, who graciously advertised the leak on the front page. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 21:49, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I'm guessing they uploaded it to the site, and someone just noodled around guessing filenames until- "Hey, there're the FLV's!"
:::(There are really BASIC precautions you can take to prevent that. Wasn't done.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:35, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Rubsign ==

[[Image:WITS-WaspRubsign.jpg]]

Check, THEN revert, yes? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:03, 28 March 2009 (EDT)
:Beg pardon, you're quite right. I looked at the wrong scene. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:04, 28 March 2009 (EDT)

== Assaulthead ==

He's at it again. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 15:02, 23 April 2009 (EDT)

==Transformers Animated Comic==
I know it only appears not in the Transformers Universe comic, but it's still clearly a continuation of the original UK comic, so shouldn't it get its own page? I spent ages working out its code. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 08:51, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:We could give the story it's own page. Indeed, giving all of the new UK magazine's stories articles of their own, then linking back to a page for the issue of magazine itself where all the rest of the issue's content (reprints, letters, features) is discussed, is something that's been half-heartedly tossed around once or twice before. But it hasn't been settled on, and needs discussion, so just diving straight in without talking about it first was not the best way to go. We'll need to change all the other pages to match the style. Plus we certainly wouldn't move it to "Animated Comic issue 4", which doesn't exist. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 08:57, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Fair enough. *sighs* Just understand I do want to contribute. But since the 'issue' information was already written (I get mine about two months late) the only thing I could do was make the pages, which I did to the best of my ability. I was going to do #5 too, up until #4 was deleted. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:08, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::: Believe me, we appreciate the enthusiasm! And this might be something that still merits doing, we just need to have a bit more discussion about it. CharlesRB has worked super-hard updating the wiki with info from the UK comic every month as soon as it comes out, so I think he ought to weigh in on a decision that'll mean a lot of his work will need breaking up and redistributing. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:10, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Perhap it could be called "Transformers Animated: Pullout". After all, that's what the fourth one had added to the title, and there's no title page for the fifth one. And they did advertise a new Animated strip for next month, even though Afterburn's story is all over (the Autobot base). They probably quit the individual comic because it was cheaper to compile it all in one comic than distribute two. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:23, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::I should think we'd just call it "Divebomb (story)" or "Divebomb (Animated comic)" or somesuch. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:38, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::::At the very least, the navigation can be improved to be able to click through the Animated comics. I was thinking of using the "series2" tag of the "comicnav" template. I can do that. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:41, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::I've been wondering if there should be a "Magnav" customized for magazine issue needs that matches the Comicstory template better for visual consistency. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 20:39, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

== You might find this interesting ==

[http://wikimon.net/Talk:Digimon_Alphabet#Digimon_Adventure_02][[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 15:32, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

== Official Friends with Wookieepedia ==
Hey, this is Graestan, Wookieepedia bureaucrat. I can't seem to find much about this site's history and so forth on my own, so I was wondering if you could clue me in some. Who founded it, and when did you split from Wikia? Anything would be quite helpful. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:05, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well you have to think of it in two phases. The founder of the Wikia wiki doesn't edit here (or there) anymore. He was bureaucrat, and essentially abandoned the thing half done. Wikia eventually gave the bureaucrat title to the people who were actually getting the site up to snuff. That was Walky and Suki. The leaving decision is a bit complex to give right here on the talkpage, so I might recommend [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving|here]] or in condensed bullet-point form [[Transformers Wiki:Community Portal/Complaints|here]]. After that, the wiki was hosted on the same servers as Blank Label Comics, where Walky's webcomic is hosted. After server uptime issues recently, we are in preparation for moving to a dedicated server. We have been able to cover hosting pretty much entirely off of the Project Wonderful ads so far, from what I've been told, and as you can see we don't have to run them in the article space like Wikia does.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:13, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::Anything like dates for the actual events and so forth? I don't want to sift through; I'm just writing a short summary for the OFW page. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:17, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::That I'm afraid I don't have. [[User:ItsWalky|Walky]] would probably be the best to hit up for that.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:27, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::::Well, I don't know when the site was founded, honestly. And I don't know that there's a precise date for it, but the site really "came to life", as it were, in March 2006. We split from Wikia and moved here on September 15th 2008.- [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:38, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::[[May 28]] 2005 by Nova81426. Last edit by Nova81426 was June 5, 2005.- [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:47, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Victory Clip Show ==
(16/5/09)
Hi Chris! Here is the Victory Clip show episode you wanted:
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=U0d4SlI5NmNIcWVGa1E9PQ

As I said, it's just a retelling of the last "real" episode of Victory, with stock footage of the Masterforce characters interacting with the Victory cast. It comes from the Pioneer release of the Victory DVD in japan in 2003, and I got it from yesasia for a ridiculous amount of money! (This was before TF:V got released in the UK)

PS: I was the voice of Galaxy Shuttle in the tfcog fandub of Victory from ages ago!

All the very best

Rory

:I bow to you, sir! If you ever have the time or inclination, I beg you to repeat this epic feat with the other five clip shows from the end of the series! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 05:40, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

If I have a spare moment, I will definatley upload the other clip shows! - Rory 17/5/09

== TF: Victory Episode #40 ==

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689368810&email=87b98fed1292536802dffee71b2431ee

Rory Again! Here is episode #40 of Victory. Bizzarely, Episode #39 is not on the Japanese DVD and goes straight into Episode #40 after #38. Maybe I should scan the booklet, that comes with this boxset, and get someone to translate it (This will probably explain the absence).

Let's Say Go!

Rory 19/5/09

PS: Here's ep 41

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689603032&email=110acab8ed5d842ddb0df8bcc7cfb849
:Kick ''ass''. I eagerly await the remaining two! :D - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:14, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

. . . and here is #42

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=690304094&email=d55e5bb7a4cbfb3d9f0229d52953e288

. . . and last but not least - 43!

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=690426894&email=92c92e468a76b20fdc2f51ba356ba4e4

Enjoy!

Rory :)

== Animated cameo-bots ==

While you're IDIng them all, could you update the featured characters list as well as the references list? Especially, where's [[Furao]] in the Decepticon Air crowd?

[And I would think that HD Animated would help more than just widescreen :). It was animated in HD, and downscaled as well as cropped before being released into the wild] - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 14:46, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
:Doing it right now. Specifically, Furao is the bot we thought was Hubcap (his non-yellow bits are Furao's blueish grey, rather than Hubcap's brown). - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 14:48, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
::Man I can't wait until Jim Sorensen finishes his Animated book and we can put models to a lot of these.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 15:48, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Seriously. Wait 'till you see the piece of crap cap I'm about to upload for Seaspray... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:56, 24 May 2009 (EDT)

== Victory DVD Booklet Scans ==

Hi again Chris!

If anyone could translate pages 2, 22 and 23 of the Victory DVD Booklet, that would be amazing :). The rest of it though, is concept Art from Transformers Generations, only focusing on Victory Characters

Here's the link

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=U0d6a3NldzhqV0RIRGc9PQ

Rory

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==Chris's To-Do list==

===Completed===
{{collist|3|
*[[Blacker]]
*[[Braver]]
*[[Deathsaurus]]
*[[Gaihawk]]/[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Hellbat]]/[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Jarugar]]/[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Laster]]
*[[Leozack]]/[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Road Caesar]]
*[[Solon Kitakaze]]
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]
}}

===To do===

{{collist|3|
*[[Drillhorn]]
*[[Killbison]]
*[[Liokaiser]]
*[[Goryu]]
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Doryu]]
*[[Kakuryu]]
*[[Dinoking]]
*[[Wingwaver]]
*[[Dashtacker]]
*[[Machtackle]]
*[[Wing]]
*[[Waver]]
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]]
*[[Tacker]]
*[[Mach]]
*[[Tackle]]
*[[Landcross]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Victory Leo]]
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]]
*[[Jean Minakaze]]
*[[Illumina]]
}}

== Sorry ==
I did not know that when i searched there was nothing about him. Saberconvoy

==Madman Headmasters==
I noticed you had asked for this at Seibertron, but it didn't seem that anybody there actually replied to your request. I asked a friend and he says when you play the first episode of Disc 1, after the opening titles sequence you get the episode title, then the episode itself. Does that help? I assume this means Madman's set is almost exactly the same is Metrodome's. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
:Just a further note on this Chris in case you didn't catch it. I bought the Madman set and apart from properly synching up the English tracks to the two episodes that were ''way'' off, everything else is the same. Right down to other episodes' English tracks being 'slightly' off and (more annoyingly) the incorrect subs popping up in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]". You'd think two years would have been enough time to correct this gaffe, but there you go! --[[User:Jon T|Jon T]] 08:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

== Titan Transformers comic ==

Do you know if any scans of the Titan Transformers comic are availiable on the Interwebs? I haven't found anything past issue 2 since Demonoid took down their tracker. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

== Various protected userpages ==

Could you delete the protected User and User Talk pages owned by the various trolls and possibly add the pages to the title blacklist? I don't really like the idea of those pages being kept around for posterity. (That rant by Walky's internet stalker on Walky's talk page is the exception to this, of course) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Sky Lynx ==
He Arrived!!![[User:83.141.101.189|83.141.101.189]] 13:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

==Crazy Idea==
We've been doing stuff for the Energon cartoon called a 'Pain count' where we list stupid cliches and number how many times they happen in the episode. I've proposed doing the same thing for Beast Machines, with an idea from Walky being 'Episode jerk', where we list the character in the episode that the writers decided should be a jerk this week. I propose we do a Pain count for the japanese G1 episodes, as well as a 'Bizzarro RMT 1 dialogue' where we list particularly weird and amusing lines from the dubs. What do you think (because I think you're one of the only ones here with the DVDs...) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

:I would totally do the RTM 1 dub stuff, but I could only do that for HM, since the MF and V DVDs don't have the dubs on 'em. But then, that involves actually having to, y'know, watch them. :) I don't think I'd be much good at doing a "pain count" for the eps, though... it doesn't seem to come through in subs the way the Energon dub stuff does. Or I'm entirely too charitable towards them. Pick one. :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

::Well, okay, amusing dub stuff is more than enough :D --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
==Head wars==
Please visit the [[Talk:Megatron (Movie)]] page, read the head wars discussion, and give me your answer. Thank you. [[User:Inferno'sQueen|The Big Q]] 19:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

== Title blacklisting trolls ==

Could you add the various user and dalk pages owned by trolls and their socks to the title blacklist? That way the pages won't exist and they can't recreate them. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

==thx==
thank u 4 banning [[User:B.O.B.]] he kept changing my caption. [[User:American Girl|American Girl]] 20:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== Wreckage, [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]] and [[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] ==

[[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] is signing his posts as [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]]. Crosshairs-1 is a user that Walky banned at the end of February:
:20:56, 28 February 2008 ItsWalky (Talk | contribs) blocked Crosshairs-1 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of 3 months (account creation disabled) ‎ (Inserting false information)
His ban is not yet up, and thus he is evading it by posting without logging in. Hope this helps.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:29, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

== Firebomber and whatnot ==

Maybe you could delete the image to discourage the guy to come back with IP addresses to just revert his reverts? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 10:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

== Hey, Chris! ==

It's me, Meta Lucario, from Wtw! Just saying hi!

== [[User:64.13.101.210|64.13.101.210]] ==

Seems he'd rather edit war on [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] than talk things out. Getting a little ridiculous.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
:True, but aside from his stubborn attitude about the point, is there anything about the factoid per se that makes it unworthy of inclusion? I mean, maybe it'd require rephrasing, but total removal...? I'm just curious about the rationale, since the this guy isn't arguing in a fashion that seems likely to bring it up.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

==Monaco skin==

Hi Chris -- I posted on the [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#Monaco skin|Community portal]] last week about moving this wiki over to the new Monaco skin. It's had some discussion, but nothing so far from the admins. What do you think? -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]]<staff /> ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 19:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet again. ==

[[User:I hate apples|Guess who?]]--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

== God bless you, McFeely. ==

Thanks for semiprotecting the pages that got the template spammed onto them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 22:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
:With new Animated episodes SO very close here in the UK, my window-for-being-spoiled is rapidly decreasing, and I'm growing exponentially enraged every time someone tries to chuck a brick through it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
::I dunno about you, but [[User talk:KrytenKoro|certain users]] are starting to ''really'' rub me the wrong way with the constant edit warring on the Animated cast page and the constant calling us "hypocrites" when we don't let them add the ''maximum'' amount of their Dubai-leaked info to the page. It's like now that we've set limits on what can appear there, they're bound and determined to do the letter of the law so they can still look like savvy experts for having seen the leaked episodes.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

== Episode scripts? ==

Hey McFeely, did "Starscream's Ghost" get an episode script on your Earth 2 DVD's? Any chance i could get a copy of it? (I want to speculatively waterboard it and see if it yields up anything useful.)

And ''aw crap'', I just realized that glass of water I spelled completely soaked a 25 year old Transformers book! ...oh well, that one sucked anyway. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:29, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:It did, but it's useless - while it is an original Sunbow document, it's only a dialogue transcription made from the finished episode, rather than a shooting script. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:45, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Dialog may be adequate for my purposes, or at least interesting to compare to if you have it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:36, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Where is thy sting ==

Not to tell you how to do your job, but you may want to apply some level of protection toward [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]...what the hell is wrong with this show? Episodes are shown early, they're shown late. I just don't get it. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 18:33, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:Good point! *does so* In this instance, I believe it was stolen from the depths Cartoon Network's website, or something? It hasn't aired anywhere in the world, certainly. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:47, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Cartoon Network hosted it on their site early, those morons at 4chan found it and leaked it. At least, that's the claim of someone on the oh-so-trustworthy TFW2005, who graciously advertised the leak on the front page. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 21:49, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I'm guessing they uploaded it to the site, and someone just noodled around guessing filenames until- "Hey, there're the FLV's!"
:::(There are really BASIC precautions you can take to prevent that. Wasn't done.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:35, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Rubsign ==

[[Image:WITS-WaspRubsign.jpg]]

Check, THEN revert, yes? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:03, 28 March 2009 (EDT)
:Beg pardon, you're quite right. I looked at the wrong scene. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:04, 28 March 2009 (EDT)

== Assaulthead ==

He's at it again. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 15:02, 23 April 2009 (EDT)

==Transformers Animated Comic==
I know it only appears not in the Transformers Universe comic, but it's still clearly a continuation of the original UK comic, so shouldn't it get its own page? I spent ages working out its code. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 08:51, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:We could give the story it's own page. Indeed, giving all of the new UK magazine's stories articles of their own, then linking back to a page for the issue of magazine itself where all the rest of the issue's content (reprints, letters, features) is discussed, is something that's been half-heartedly tossed around once or twice before. But it hasn't been settled on, and needs discussion, so just diving straight in without talking about it first was not the best way to go. We'll need to change all the other pages to match the style. Plus we certainly wouldn't move it to "Animated Comic issue 4", which doesn't exist. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 08:57, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Fair enough. *sighs* Just understand I do want to contribute. But since the 'issue' information was already written (I get mine about two months late) the only thing I could do was make the pages, which I did to the best of my ability. I was going to do #5 too, up until #4 was deleted. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:08, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::: Believe me, we appreciate the enthusiasm! And this might be something that still merits doing, we just need to have a bit more discussion about it. CharlesRB has worked super-hard updating the wiki with info from the UK comic every month as soon as it comes out, so I think he ought to weigh in on a decision that'll mean a lot of his work will need breaking up and redistributing. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:10, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Perhap it could be called "Transformers Animated: Pullout". After all, that's what the fourth one had added to the title, and there's no title page for the fifth one. And they did advertise a new Animated strip for next month, even though Afterburn's story is all over (the Autobot base). They probably quit the individual comic because it was cheaper to compile it all in one comic than distribute two. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:23, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::I should think we'd just call it "Divebomb (story)" or "Divebomb (Animated comic)" or somesuch. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:38, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::::At the very least, the navigation can be improved to be able to click through the Animated comics. I was thinking of using the "series2" tag of the "comicnav" template. I can do that. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:41, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::I've been wondering if there should be a "Magnav" customized for magazine issue needs that matches the Comicstory template better for visual consistency. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 20:39, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

== You might find this interesting ==

[http://wikimon.net/Talk:Digimon_Alphabet#Digimon_Adventure_02][[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 15:32, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

== Official Friends with Wookieepedia ==
Hey, this is Graestan, Wookieepedia bureaucrat. I can't seem to find much about this site's history and so forth on my own, so I was wondering if you could clue me in some. Who founded it, and when did you split from Wikia? Anything would be quite helpful. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:05, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well you have to think of it in two phases. The founder of the Wikia wiki doesn't edit here (or there) anymore. He was bureaucrat, and essentially abandoned the thing half done. Wikia eventually gave the bureaucrat title to the people who were actually getting the site up to snuff. That was Walky and Suki. The leaving decision is a bit complex to give right here on the talkpage, so I might recommend [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving|here]] or in condensed bullet-point form [[Transformers Wiki:Community Portal/Complaints|here]]. After that, the wiki was hosted on the same servers as Blank Label Comics, where Walky's webcomic is hosted. After server uptime issues recently, we are in preparation for moving to a dedicated server. We have been able to cover hosting pretty much entirely off of the Project Wonderful ads so far, from what I've been told, and as you can see we don't have to run them in the article space like Wikia does.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:13, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::Anything like dates for the actual events and so forth? I don't want to sift through; I'm just writing a short summary for the OFW page. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:17, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::That I'm afraid I don't have. [[User:ItsWalky|Walky]] would probably be the best to hit up for that.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:27, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::::Well, I don't know when the site was founded, honestly. And I don't know that there's a precise date for it, but the site really "came to life", as it were, in March 2006. We split from Wikia and moved here on September 15th 2008.- [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:38, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::[[May 28]] 2005 by Nova81426. Last edit by Nova81426 was June 5, 2005.- [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:47, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Victory Clip Show ==
(16/5/09)
Hi Chris! Here is the Victory Clip show episode you wanted:
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=U0d4SlI5NmNIcWVGa1E9PQ

As I said, it's just a retelling of the last "real" episode of Victory, with stock footage of the Masterforce characters interacting with the Victory cast. It comes from the Pioneer release of the Victory DVD in japan in 2003, and I got it from yesasia for a ridiculous amount of money! (This was before TF:V got released in the UK)

PS: I was the voice of Galaxy Shuttle in the tfcog fandub of Victory from ages ago!

All the very best

Rory

:I bow to you, sir! If you ever have the time or inclination, I beg you to repeat this epic feat with the other five clip shows from the end of the series! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 05:40, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

If I have a spare moment, I will definatley upload the other clip shows! - Rory 17/5/09

== TF: Victory Episode #40 ==

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689368810&email=87b98fed1292536802dffee71b2431ee

Rory Again! Here is episode #40 of Victory. Bizzarely, Episode #39 is not on the Japanese DVD and goes straight into Episode #40 after #38. Maybe I should scan the booklet, that comes with this boxset, and get someone to translate it (This will probably explain the absence).

Let's Say Go!

Rory 19/5/09

PS: Here's ep 41

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689603032&email=110acab8ed5d842ddb0df8bcc7cfb849
:Kick ''ass''. I eagerly await the remaining two! :D - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:14, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

. . . and here is #42

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=690304094&email=d55e5bb7a4cbfb3d9f0229d52953e288

. . . and last but not least - 43!

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=690426894&email=92c92e468a76b20fdc2f51ba356ba4e4

Enjoy!

Rory :)

User talk:Chris McFeely

2009-05-20T15:43:36Z

82.2.33.122: /* TF: Victory Episode #40 */

[[User talk:Chris McFeely/2006|2006 Archives]]

[[User talk:Chris McFeely/2007|2007 Archives]]

==Chris's To-Do list==

===Completed===
{{collist|3|
*[[Blacker]]
*[[Braver]]
*[[Deathsaurus]]
*[[Gaihawk]]/[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Hellbat]]/[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Jarugar]]/[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Laster]]
*[[Leozack]]/[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Road Caesar]]
*[[Solon Kitakaze]]
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]
}}

===To do===

{{collist|3|
*[[Drillhorn]]
*[[Killbison]]
*[[Liokaiser]]
*[[Goryu]]
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Doryu]]
*[[Kakuryu]]
*[[Dinoking]]
*[[Wingwaver]]
*[[Dashtacker]]
*[[Machtackle]]
*[[Wing]]
*[[Waver]]
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]]
*[[Tacker]]
*[[Mach]]
*[[Tackle]]
*[[Landcross]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Victory Leo]]
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]]
*[[Jean Minakaze]]
*[[Illumina]]
}}

== Sorry ==
I did not know that when i searched there was nothing about him. Saberconvoy

==Madman Headmasters==
I noticed you had asked for this at Seibertron, but it didn't seem that anybody there actually replied to your request. I asked a friend and he says when you play the first episode of Disc 1, after the opening titles sequence you get the episode title, then the episode itself. Does that help? I assume this means Madman's set is almost exactly the same is Metrodome's. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
:Just a further note on this Chris in case you didn't catch it. I bought the Madman set and apart from properly synching up the English tracks to the two episodes that were ''way'' off, everything else is the same. Right down to other episodes' English tracks being 'slightly' off and (more annoyingly) the incorrect subs popping up in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]". You'd think two years would have been enough time to correct this gaffe, but there you go! --[[User:Jon T|Jon T]] 08:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

== Titan Transformers comic ==

Do you know if any scans of the Titan Transformers comic are availiable on the Interwebs? I haven't found anything past issue 2 since Demonoid took down their tracker. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

== Various protected userpages ==

Could you delete the protected User and User Talk pages owned by the various trolls and possibly add the pages to the title blacklist? I don't really like the idea of those pages being kept around for posterity. (That rant by Walky's internet stalker on Walky's talk page is the exception to this, of course) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Sky Lynx ==
He Arrived!!![[User:83.141.101.189|83.141.101.189]] 13:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

==Crazy Idea==
We've been doing stuff for the Energon cartoon called a 'Pain count' where we list stupid cliches and number how many times they happen in the episode. I've proposed doing the same thing for Beast Machines, with an idea from Walky being 'Episode jerk', where we list the character in the episode that the writers decided should be a jerk this week. I propose we do a Pain count for the japanese G1 episodes, as well as a 'Bizzarro RMT 1 dialogue' where we list particularly weird and amusing lines from the dubs. What do you think (because I think you're one of the only ones here with the DVDs...) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

:I would totally do the RTM 1 dub stuff, but I could only do that for HM, since the MF and V DVDs don't have the dubs on 'em. But then, that involves actually having to, y'know, watch them. :) I don't think I'd be much good at doing a "pain count" for the eps, though... it doesn't seem to come through in subs the way the Energon dub stuff does. Or I'm entirely too charitable towards them. Pick one. :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

::Well, okay, amusing dub stuff is more than enough :D --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
==Head wars==
Please visit the [[Talk:Megatron (Movie)]] page, read the head wars discussion, and give me your answer. Thank you. [[User:Inferno'sQueen|The Big Q]] 19:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

== Title blacklisting trolls ==

Could you add the various user and dalk pages owned by trolls and their socks to the title blacklist? That way the pages won't exist and they can't recreate them. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

==thx==
thank u 4 banning [[User:B.O.B.]] he kept changing my caption. [[User:American Girl|American Girl]] 20:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== Wreckage, [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]] and [[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] ==

[[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] is signing his posts as [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]]. Crosshairs-1 is a user that Walky banned at the end of February:
:20:56, 28 February 2008 ItsWalky (Talk | contribs) blocked Crosshairs-1 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of 3 months (account creation disabled) ‎ (Inserting false information)
His ban is not yet up, and thus he is evading it by posting without logging in. Hope this helps.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:29, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

== Firebomber and whatnot ==

Maybe you could delete the image to discourage the guy to come back with IP addresses to just revert his reverts? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 10:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

== Hey, Chris! ==

It's me, Meta Lucario, from Wtw! Just saying hi!

== [[User:64.13.101.210|64.13.101.210]] ==

Seems he'd rather edit war on [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] than talk things out. Getting a little ridiculous.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
:True, but aside from his stubborn attitude about the point, is there anything about the factoid per se that makes it unworthy of inclusion? I mean, maybe it'd require rephrasing, but total removal...? I'm just curious about the rationale, since the this guy isn't arguing in a fashion that seems likely to bring it up.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

==Monaco skin==

Hi Chris -- I posted on the [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#Monaco skin|Community portal]] last week about moving this wiki over to the new Monaco skin. It's had some discussion, but nothing so far from the admins. What do you think? -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]]<staff /> ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 19:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet again. ==

[[User:I hate apples|Guess who?]]--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

== God bless you, McFeely. ==

Thanks for semiprotecting the pages that got the template spammed onto them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 22:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
:With new Animated episodes SO very close here in the UK, my window-for-being-spoiled is rapidly decreasing, and I'm growing exponentially enraged every time someone tries to chuck a brick through it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
::I dunno about you, but [[User talk:KrytenKoro|certain users]] are starting to ''really'' rub me the wrong way with the constant edit warring on the Animated cast page and the constant calling us "hypocrites" when we don't let them add the ''maximum'' amount of their Dubai-leaked info to the page. It's like now that we've set limits on what can appear there, they're bound and determined to do the letter of the law so they can still look like savvy experts for having seen the leaked episodes.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

== Episode scripts? ==

Hey McFeely, did "Starscream's Ghost" get an episode script on your Earth 2 DVD's? Any chance i could get a copy of it? (I want to speculatively waterboard it and see if it yields up anything useful.)

And ''aw crap'', I just realized that glass of water I spelled completely soaked a 25 year old Transformers book! ...oh well, that one sucked anyway. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:29, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:It did, but it's useless - while it is an original Sunbow document, it's only a dialogue transcription made from the finished episode, rather than a shooting script. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:45, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Dialog may be adequate for my purposes, or at least interesting to compare to if you have it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:36, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Where is thy sting ==

Not to tell you how to do your job, but you may want to apply some level of protection toward [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]...what the hell is wrong with this show? Episodes are shown early, they're shown late. I just don't get it. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 18:33, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:Good point! *does so* In this instance, I believe it was stolen from the depths Cartoon Network's website, or something? It hasn't aired anywhere in the world, certainly. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:47, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Cartoon Network hosted it on their site early, those morons at 4chan found it and leaked it. At least, that's the claim of someone on the oh-so-trustworthy TFW2005, who graciously advertised the leak on the front page. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 21:49, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I'm guessing they uploaded it to the site, and someone just noodled around guessing filenames until- "Hey, there're the FLV's!"
:::(There are really BASIC precautions you can take to prevent that. Wasn't done.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:35, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Rubsign ==

[[Image:WITS-WaspRubsign.jpg]]

Check, THEN revert, yes? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:03, 28 March 2009 (EDT)
:Beg pardon, you're quite right. I looked at the wrong scene. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:04, 28 March 2009 (EDT)

== Assaulthead ==

He's at it again. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 15:02, 23 April 2009 (EDT)

==Transformers Animated Comic==
I know it only appears not in the Transformers Universe comic, but it's still clearly a continuation of the original UK comic, so shouldn't it get its own page? I spent ages working out its code. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 08:51, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:We could give the story it's own page. Indeed, giving all of the new UK magazine's stories articles of their own, then linking back to a page for the issue of magazine itself where all the rest of the issue's content (reprints, letters, features) is discussed, is something that's been half-heartedly tossed around once or twice before. But it hasn't been settled on, and needs discussion, so just diving straight in without talking about it first was not the best way to go. We'll need to change all the other pages to match the style. Plus we certainly wouldn't move it to "Animated Comic issue 4", which doesn't exist. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 08:57, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Fair enough. *sighs* Just understand I do want to contribute. But since the 'issue' information was already written (I get mine about two months late) the only thing I could do was make the pages, which I did to the best of my ability. I was going to do #5 too, up until #4 was deleted. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:08, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::: Believe me, we appreciate the enthusiasm! And this might be something that still merits doing, we just need to have a bit more discussion about it. CharlesRB has worked super-hard updating the wiki with info from the UK comic every month as soon as it comes out, so I think he ought to weigh in on a decision that'll mean a lot of his work will need breaking up and redistributing. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:10, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Perhap it could be called "Transformers Animated: Pullout". After all, that's what the fourth one had added to the title, and there's no title page for the fifth one. And they did advertise a new Animated strip for next month, even though Afterburn's story is all over (the Autobot base). They probably quit the individual comic because it was cheaper to compile it all in one comic than distribute two. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:23, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::I should think we'd just call it "Divebomb (story)" or "Divebomb (Animated comic)" or somesuch. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:38, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::::At the very least, the navigation can be improved to be able to click through the Animated comics. I was thinking of using the "series2" tag of the "comicnav" template. I can do that. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:41, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::I've been wondering if there should be a "Magnav" customized for magazine issue needs that matches the Comicstory template better for visual consistency. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 20:39, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

== You might find this interesting ==

[http://wikimon.net/Talk:Digimon_Alphabet#Digimon_Adventure_02][[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 15:32, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

== Official Friends with Wookieepedia ==
Hey, this is Graestan, Wookieepedia bureaucrat. I can't seem to find much about this site's history and so forth on my own, so I was wondering if you could clue me in some. Who founded it, and when did you split from Wikia? Anything would be quite helpful. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:05, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well you have to think of it in two phases. The founder of the Wikia wiki doesn't edit here (or there) anymore. He was bureaucrat, and essentially abandoned the thing half done. Wikia eventually gave the bureaucrat title to the people who were actually getting the site up to snuff. That was Walky and Suki. The leaving decision is a bit complex to give right here on the talkpage, so I might recommend [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving|here]] or in condensed bullet-point form [[Transformers Wiki:Community Portal/Complaints|here]]. After that, the wiki was hosted on the same servers as Blank Label Comics, where Walky's webcomic is hosted. After server uptime issues recently, we are in preparation for moving to a dedicated server. We have been able to cover hosting pretty much entirely off of the Project Wonderful ads so far, from what I've been told, and as you can see we don't have to run them in the article space like Wikia does.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:13, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::Anything like dates for the actual events and so forth? I don't want to sift through; I'm just writing a short summary for the OFW page. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:17, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::That I'm afraid I don't have. [[User:ItsWalky|Walky]] would probably be the best to hit up for that.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:27, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::::Well, I don't know when the site was founded, honestly. And I don't know that there's a precise date for it, but the site really "came to life", as it were, in March 2006. We split from Wikia and moved here on September 15th 2008.- [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:38, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::[[May 28]] 2005 by Nova81426. Last edit by Nova81426 was June 5, 2005.- [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:47, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Victory Clip Show ==
(16/5/09)
Hi Chris! Here is the Victory Clip show episode you wanted:
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=U0d4SlI5NmNIcWVGa1E9PQ

As I said, it's just a retelling of the last "real" episode of Victory, with stock footage of the Masterforce characters interacting with the Victory cast. It comes from the Pioneer release of the Victory DVD in japan in 2003, and I got it from yesasia for a ridiculous amount of money! (This was before TF:V got released in the UK)

PS: I was the voice of Galaxy Shuttle in the tfcog fandub of Victory from ages ago!

All the very best

Rory

:I bow to you, sir! If you ever have the time or inclination, I beg you to repeat this epic feat with the other five clip shows from the end of the series! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 05:40, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

If I have a spare moment, I will definatley upload the other clip shows! - Rory 17/5/09

== TF: Victory Episode #40 ==

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689368810&email=87b98fed1292536802dffee71b2431ee

Rory Again! Here is episode #40 of Victory. Bizzarely, Episode #39 is not on the Japanese DVD and goes straight into Episode #40 after #38. Maybe I should scan the booklet, that comes with this boxset, and get someone to translate it (This will probably explain the absence).

Let's Say Go!

Rory 19/5/09

PS: Here's ep 41

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689603032&email=110acab8ed5d842ddb0df8bcc7cfb849
:Kick ''ass''. I eagerly await the remaining two! :D - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 10:14, 19 May 2009 (EDT)

. . . and here is #42

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=690304094&email=d55e5bb7a4cbfb3d9f0229d52953e288

User talk:Chris McFeely

2009-05-19T10:09:51Z

82.2.33.122: /* TF: Victory Episode #40 */

[[User talk:Chris McFeely/2006|2006 Archives]]

[[User talk:Chris McFeely/2007|2007 Archives]]

==Chris's To-Do list==

===Completed===
{{collist|3|
*[[Blacker]]
*[[Braver]]
*[[Deathsaurus]]
*[[Gaihawk]]/[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Hellbat]]/[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Jarugar]]/[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Laster]]
*[[Leozack]]/[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Road Caesar]]
*[[Solon Kitakaze]]
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]
}}

===To do===

{{collist|3|
*[[Drillhorn]]
*[[Killbison]]
*[[Liokaiser]]
*[[Goryu]]
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Doryu]]
*[[Kakuryu]]
*[[Dinoking]]
*[[Wingwaver]]
*[[Dashtacker]]
*[[Machtackle]]
*[[Wing]]
*[[Waver]]
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]]
*[[Tacker]]
*[[Mach]]
*[[Tackle]]
*[[Landcross]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Victory Leo]]
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]]
*[[Jean Minakaze]]
*[[Illumina]]
}}

== Sorry ==
I did not know that when i searched there was nothing about him. Saberconvoy

==Madman Headmasters==
I noticed you had asked for this at Seibertron, but it didn't seem that anybody there actually replied to your request. I asked a friend and he says when you play the first episode of Disc 1, after the opening titles sequence you get the episode title, then the episode itself. Does that help? I assume this means Madman's set is almost exactly the same is Metrodome's. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
:Just a further note on this Chris in case you didn't catch it. I bought the Madman set and apart from properly synching up the English tracks to the two episodes that were ''way'' off, everything else is the same. Right down to other episodes' English tracks being 'slightly' off and (more annoyingly) the incorrect subs popping up in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]". You'd think two years would have been enough time to correct this gaffe, but there you go! --[[User:Jon T|Jon T]] 08:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

== Titan Transformers comic ==

Do you know if any scans of the Titan Transformers comic are availiable on the Interwebs? I haven't found anything past issue 2 since Demonoid took down their tracker. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

== Various protected userpages ==

Could you delete the protected User and User Talk pages owned by the various trolls and possibly add the pages to the title blacklist? I don't really like the idea of those pages being kept around for posterity. (That rant by Walky's internet stalker on Walky's talk page is the exception to this, of course) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Sky Lynx ==
He Arrived!!![[User:83.141.101.189|83.141.101.189]] 13:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

==Crazy Idea==
We've been doing stuff for the Energon cartoon called a 'Pain count' where we list stupid cliches and number how many times they happen in the episode. I've proposed doing the same thing for Beast Machines, with an idea from Walky being 'Episode jerk', where we list the character in the episode that the writers decided should be a jerk this week. I propose we do a Pain count for the japanese G1 episodes, as well as a 'Bizzarro RMT 1 dialogue' where we list particularly weird and amusing lines from the dubs. What do you think (because I think you're one of the only ones here with the DVDs...) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

:I would totally do the RTM 1 dub stuff, but I could only do that for HM, since the MF and V DVDs don't have the dubs on 'em. But then, that involves actually having to, y'know, watch them. :) I don't think I'd be much good at doing a "pain count" for the eps, though... it doesn't seem to come through in subs the way the Energon dub stuff does. Or I'm entirely too charitable towards them. Pick one. :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

::Well, okay, amusing dub stuff is more than enough :D --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
==Head wars==
Please visit the [[Talk:Megatron (Movie)]] page, read the head wars discussion, and give me your answer. Thank you. [[User:Inferno'sQueen|The Big Q]] 19:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

== Title blacklisting trolls ==

Could you add the various user and dalk pages owned by trolls and their socks to the title blacklist? That way the pages won't exist and they can't recreate them. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

==thx==
thank u 4 banning [[User:B.O.B.]] he kept changing my caption. [[User:American Girl|American Girl]] 20:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== Wreckage, [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]] and [[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] ==

[[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] is signing his posts as [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]]. Crosshairs-1 is a user that Walky banned at the end of February:
:20:56, 28 February 2008 ItsWalky (Talk | contribs) blocked Crosshairs-1 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of 3 months (account creation disabled) ‎ (Inserting false information)
His ban is not yet up, and thus he is evading it by posting without logging in. Hope this helps.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:29, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

== Firebomber and whatnot ==

Maybe you could delete the image to discourage the guy to come back with IP addresses to just revert his reverts? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 10:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

== Hey, Chris! ==

It's me, Meta Lucario, from Wtw! Just saying hi!

== [[User:64.13.101.210|64.13.101.210]] ==

Seems he'd rather edit war on [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] than talk things out. Getting a little ridiculous.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
:True, but aside from his stubborn attitude about the point, is there anything about the factoid per se that makes it unworthy of inclusion? I mean, maybe it'd require rephrasing, but total removal...? I'm just curious about the rationale, since the this guy isn't arguing in a fashion that seems likely to bring it up.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

==Monaco skin==

Hi Chris -- I posted on the [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#Monaco skin|Community portal]] last week about moving this wiki over to the new Monaco skin. It's had some discussion, but nothing so far from the admins. What do you think? -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]]<staff /> ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 19:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet again. ==

[[User:I hate apples|Guess who?]]--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

== God bless you, McFeely. ==

Thanks for semiprotecting the pages that got the template spammed onto them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 22:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
:With new Animated episodes SO very close here in the UK, my window-for-being-spoiled is rapidly decreasing, and I'm growing exponentially enraged every time someone tries to chuck a brick through it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
::I dunno about you, but [[User talk:KrytenKoro|certain users]] are starting to ''really'' rub me the wrong way with the constant edit warring on the Animated cast page and the constant calling us "hypocrites" when we don't let them add the ''maximum'' amount of their Dubai-leaked info to the page. It's like now that we've set limits on what can appear there, they're bound and determined to do the letter of the law so they can still look like savvy experts for having seen the leaked episodes.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

== Episode scripts? ==

Hey McFeely, did "Starscream's Ghost" get an episode script on your Earth 2 DVD's? Any chance i could get a copy of it? (I want to speculatively waterboard it and see if it yields up anything useful.)

And ''aw crap'', I just realized that glass of water I spelled completely soaked a 25 year old Transformers book! ...oh well, that one sucked anyway. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:29, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:It did, but it's useless - while it is an original Sunbow document, it's only a dialogue transcription made from the finished episode, rather than a shooting script. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:45, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Dialog may be adequate for my purposes, or at least interesting to compare to if you have it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:36, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Where is thy sting ==

Not to tell you how to do your job, but you may want to apply some level of protection toward [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]...what the hell is wrong with this show? Episodes are shown early, they're shown late. I just don't get it. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 18:33, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:Good point! *does so* In this instance, I believe it was stolen from the depths Cartoon Network's website, or something? It hasn't aired anywhere in the world, certainly. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:47, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Cartoon Network hosted it on their site early, those morons at 4chan found it and leaked it. At least, that's the claim of someone on the oh-so-trustworthy TFW2005, who graciously advertised the leak on the front page. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 21:49, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I'm guessing they uploaded it to the site, and someone just noodled around guessing filenames until- "Hey, there're the FLV's!"
:::(There are really BASIC precautions you can take to prevent that. Wasn't done.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:35, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Rubsign ==

[[Image:WITS-WaspRubsign.jpg]]

Check, THEN revert, yes? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:03, 28 March 2009 (EDT)
:Beg pardon, you're quite right. I looked at the wrong scene. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:04, 28 March 2009 (EDT)

== Assaulthead ==

He's at it again. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 15:02, 23 April 2009 (EDT)

==Transformers Animated Comic==
I know it only appears not in the Transformers Universe comic, but it's still clearly a continuation of the original UK comic, so shouldn't it get its own page? I spent ages working out its code. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 08:51, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:We could give the story it's own page. Indeed, giving all of the new UK magazine's stories articles of their own, then linking back to a page for the issue of magazine itself where all the rest of the issue's content (reprints, letters, features) is discussed, is something that's been half-heartedly tossed around once or twice before. But it hasn't been settled on, and needs discussion, so just diving straight in without talking about it first was not the best way to go. We'll need to change all the other pages to match the style. Plus we certainly wouldn't move it to "Animated Comic issue 4", which doesn't exist. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 08:57, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Fair enough. *sighs* Just understand I do want to contribute. But since the 'issue' information was already written (I get mine about two months late) the only thing I could do was make the pages, which I did to the best of my ability. I was going to do #5 too, up until #4 was deleted. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:08, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::: Believe me, we appreciate the enthusiasm! And this might be something that still merits doing, we just need to have a bit more discussion about it. CharlesRB has worked super-hard updating the wiki with info from the UK comic every month as soon as it comes out, so I think he ought to weigh in on a decision that'll mean a lot of his work will need breaking up and redistributing. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:10, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Perhap it could be called "Transformers Animated: Pullout". After all, that's what the fourth one had added to the title, and there's no title page for the fifth one. And they did advertise a new Animated strip for next month, even though Afterburn's story is all over (the Autobot base). They probably quit the individual comic because it was cheaper to compile it all in one comic than distribute two. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:23, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::I should think we'd just call it "Divebomb (story)" or "Divebomb (Animated comic)" or somesuch. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:38, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::::At the very least, the navigation can be improved to be able to click through the Animated comics. I was thinking of using the "series2" tag of the "comicnav" template. I can do that. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:41, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::I've been wondering if there should be a "Magnav" customized for magazine issue needs that matches the Comicstory template better for visual consistency. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 20:39, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

== You might find this interesting ==

[http://wikimon.net/Talk:Digimon_Alphabet#Digimon_Adventure_02][[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 15:32, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

== Official Friends with Wookieepedia ==
Hey, this is Graestan, Wookieepedia bureaucrat. I can't seem to find much about this site's history and so forth on my own, so I was wondering if you could clue me in some. Who founded it, and when did you split from Wikia? Anything would be quite helpful. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:05, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well you have to think of it in two phases. The founder of the Wikia wiki doesn't edit here (or there) anymore. He was bureaucrat, and essentially abandoned the thing half done. Wikia eventually gave the bureaucrat title to the people who were actually getting the site up to snuff. That was Walky and Suki. The leaving decision is a bit complex to give right here on the talkpage, so I might recommend [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving|here]] or in condensed bullet-point form [[Transformers Wiki:Community Portal/Complaints|here]]. After that, the wiki was hosted on the same servers as Blank Label Comics, where Walky's webcomic is hosted. After server uptime issues recently, we are in preparation for moving to a dedicated server. We have been able to cover hosting pretty much entirely off of the Project Wonderful ads so far, from what I've been told, and as you can see we don't have to run them in the article space like Wikia does.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:13, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::Anything like dates for the actual events and so forth? I don't want to sift through; I'm just writing a short summary for the OFW page. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:17, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::That I'm afraid I don't have. [[User:ItsWalky|Walky]] would probably be the best to hit up for that.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:27, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::::Well, I don't know when the site was founded, honestly. And I don't know that there's a precise date for it, but the site really "came to life", as it were, in March 2006. We split from Wikia and moved here on September 15th 2008.- [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:38, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::[[May 28]] 2005 by Nova81426. Last edit by Nova81426 was June 5, 2005.- [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:47, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Victory Clip Show ==
(16/5/09)
Hi Chris! Here is the Victory Clip show episode you wanted:
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=U0d4SlI5NmNIcWVGa1E9PQ

As I said, it's just a retelling of the last "real" episode of Victory, with stock footage of the Masterforce characters interacting with the Victory cast. It comes from the Pioneer release of the Victory DVD in japan in 2003, and I got it from yesasia for a ridiculous amount of money! (This was before TF:V got released in the UK)

PS: I was the voice of Galaxy Shuttle in the tfcog fandub of Victory from ages ago!

All the very best

Rory

:I bow to you, sir! If you ever have the time or inclination, I beg you to repeat this epic feat with the other five clip shows from the end of the series! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 05:40, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

If I have a spare moment, I will definatley upload the other clip shows! - Rory 17/5/09

== TF: Victory Episode #40 ==

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689368810&email=87b98fed1292536802dffee71b2431ee

Rory Again! Here is episode #40 of Victory. Bizzarely, Episode #39 is not on the Japanese DVD and goes straight into Episode #40 after #38. Maybe I should scan the booklet, that comes with this boxset, and get someone to translate it (This will probably explain the absence).

Let's Say Go!

Rory 19/5/09

PS: Here's ep 41

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689603032&email=110acab8ed5d842ddb0df8bcc7cfb849

User talk:Chris McFeely

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[[User talk:Chris McFeely/2007|2007 Archives]]

==Chris's To-Do list==

===Completed===
{{collist|3|
*[[Blacker]]
*[[Braver]]
*[[Deathsaurus]]
*[[Gaihawk]]/[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Hellbat]]/[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Jarugar]]/[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Laster]]
*[[Leozack]]/[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Road Caesar]]
*[[Solon Kitakaze]]
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]
}}

===To do===

{{collist|3|
*[[Drillhorn]]
*[[Killbison]]
*[[Liokaiser]]
*[[Goryu]]
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Doryu]]
*[[Kakuryu]]
*[[Dinoking]]
*[[Wingwaver]]
*[[Dashtacker]]
*[[Machtackle]]
*[[Wing]]
*[[Waver]]
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]]
*[[Tacker]]
*[[Mach]]
*[[Tackle]]
*[[Landcross]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Victory Leo]]
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]]
*[[Jean Minakaze]]
*[[Illumina]]
}}

== Sorry ==
I did not know that when i searched there was nothing about him. Saberconvoy

==Madman Headmasters==
I noticed you had asked for this at Seibertron, but it didn't seem that anybody there actually replied to your request. I asked a friend and he says when you play the first episode of Disc 1, after the opening titles sequence you get the episode title, then the episode itself. Does that help? I assume this means Madman's set is almost exactly the same is Metrodome's. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
:Just a further note on this Chris in case you didn't catch it. I bought the Madman set and apart from properly synching up the English tracks to the two episodes that were ''way'' off, everything else is the same. Right down to other episodes' English tracks being 'slightly' off and (more annoyingly) the incorrect subs popping up in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]". You'd think two years would have been enough time to correct this gaffe, but there you go! --[[User:Jon T|Jon T]] 08:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

== Titan Transformers comic ==

Do you know if any scans of the Titan Transformers comic are availiable on the Interwebs? I haven't found anything past issue 2 since Demonoid took down their tracker. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

== Various protected userpages ==

Could you delete the protected User and User Talk pages owned by the various trolls and possibly add the pages to the title blacklist? I don't really like the idea of those pages being kept around for posterity. (That rant by Walky's internet stalker on Walky's talk page is the exception to this, of course) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Sky Lynx ==
He Arrived!!![[User:83.141.101.189|83.141.101.189]] 13:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

==Crazy Idea==
We've been doing stuff for the Energon cartoon called a 'Pain count' where we list stupid cliches and number how many times they happen in the episode. I've proposed doing the same thing for Beast Machines, with an idea from Walky being 'Episode jerk', where we list the character in the episode that the writers decided should be a jerk this week. I propose we do a Pain count for the japanese G1 episodes, as well as a 'Bizzarro RMT 1 dialogue' where we list particularly weird and amusing lines from the dubs. What do you think (because I think you're one of the only ones here with the DVDs...) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

:I would totally do the RTM 1 dub stuff, but I could only do that for HM, since the MF and V DVDs don't have the dubs on 'em. But then, that involves actually having to, y'know, watch them. :) I don't think I'd be much good at doing a "pain count" for the eps, though... it doesn't seem to come through in subs the way the Energon dub stuff does. Or I'm entirely too charitable towards them. Pick one. :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

::Well, okay, amusing dub stuff is more than enough :D --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
==Head wars==
Please visit the [[Talk:Megatron (Movie)]] page, read the head wars discussion, and give me your answer. Thank you. [[User:Inferno'sQueen|The Big Q]] 19:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

== Title blacklisting trolls ==

Could you add the various user and dalk pages owned by trolls and their socks to the title blacklist? That way the pages won't exist and they can't recreate them. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

==thx==
thank u 4 banning [[User:B.O.B.]] he kept changing my caption. [[User:American Girl|American Girl]] 20:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== Wreckage, [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]] and [[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] ==

[[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] is signing his posts as [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]]. Crosshairs-1 is a user that Walky banned at the end of February:
:20:56, 28 February 2008 ItsWalky (Talk | contribs) blocked Crosshairs-1 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of 3 months (account creation disabled) ‎ (Inserting false information)
His ban is not yet up, and thus he is evading it by posting without logging in. Hope this helps.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:29, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

== Firebomber and whatnot ==

Maybe you could delete the image to discourage the guy to come back with IP addresses to just revert his reverts? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 10:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

== Hey, Chris! ==

It's me, Meta Lucario, from Wtw! Just saying hi!

== [[User:64.13.101.210|64.13.101.210]] ==

Seems he'd rather edit war on [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] than talk things out. Getting a little ridiculous.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
:True, but aside from his stubborn attitude about the point, is there anything about the factoid per se that makes it unworthy of inclusion? I mean, maybe it'd require rephrasing, but total removal...? I'm just curious about the rationale, since the this guy isn't arguing in a fashion that seems likely to bring it up.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

==Monaco skin==

Hi Chris -- I posted on the [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#Monaco skin|Community portal]] last week about moving this wiki over to the new Monaco skin. It's had some discussion, but nothing so far from the admins. What do you think? -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]]<staff /> ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 19:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet again. ==

[[User:I hate apples|Guess who?]]--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

== God bless you, McFeely. ==

Thanks for semiprotecting the pages that got the template spammed onto them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 22:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
:With new Animated episodes SO very close here in the UK, my window-for-being-spoiled is rapidly decreasing, and I'm growing exponentially enraged every time someone tries to chuck a brick through it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
::I dunno about you, but [[User talk:KrytenKoro|certain users]] are starting to ''really'' rub me the wrong way with the constant edit warring on the Animated cast page and the constant calling us "hypocrites" when we don't let them add the ''maximum'' amount of their Dubai-leaked info to the page. It's like now that we've set limits on what can appear there, they're bound and determined to do the letter of the law so they can still look like savvy experts for having seen the leaked episodes.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

== Episode scripts? ==

Hey McFeely, did "Starscream's Ghost" get an episode script on your Earth 2 DVD's? Any chance i could get a copy of it? (I want to speculatively waterboard it and see if it yields up anything useful.)

And ''aw crap'', I just realized that glass of water I spelled completely soaked a 25 year old Transformers book! ...oh well, that one sucked anyway. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:29, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:It did, but it's useless - while it is an original Sunbow document, it's only a dialogue transcription made from the finished episode, rather than a shooting script. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:45, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Dialog may be adequate for my purposes, or at least interesting to compare to if you have it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:36, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Where is thy sting ==

Not to tell you how to do your job, but you may want to apply some level of protection toward [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]...what the hell is wrong with this show? Episodes are shown early, they're shown late. I just don't get it. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 18:33, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:Good point! *does so* In this instance, I believe it was stolen from the depths Cartoon Network's website, or something? It hasn't aired anywhere in the world, certainly. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:47, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Cartoon Network hosted it on their site early, those morons at 4chan found it and leaked it. At least, that's the claim of someone on the oh-so-trustworthy TFW2005, who graciously advertised the leak on the front page. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 21:49, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I'm guessing they uploaded it to the site, and someone just noodled around guessing filenames until- "Hey, there're the FLV's!"
:::(There are really BASIC precautions you can take to prevent that. Wasn't done.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:35, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Rubsign ==

[[Image:WITS-WaspRubsign.jpg]]

Check, THEN revert, yes? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:03, 28 March 2009 (EDT)
:Beg pardon, you're quite right. I looked at the wrong scene. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:04, 28 March 2009 (EDT)

== Assaulthead ==

He's at it again. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 15:02, 23 April 2009 (EDT)

==Transformers Animated Comic==
I know it only appears not in the Transformers Universe comic, but it's still clearly a continuation of the original UK comic, so shouldn't it get its own page? I spent ages working out its code. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 08:51, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:We could give the story it's own page. Indeed, giving all of the new UK magazine's stories articles of their own, then linking back to a page for the issue of magazine itself where all the rest of the issue's content (reprints, letters, features) is discussed, is something that's been half-heartedly tossed around once or twice before. But it hasn't been settled on, and needs discussion, so just diving straight in without talking about it first was not the best way to go. We'll need to change all the other pages to match the style. Plus we certainly wouldn't move it to "Animated Comic issue 4", which doesn't exist. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 08:57, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Fair enough. *sighs* Just understand I do want to contribute. But since the 'issue' information was already written (I get mine about two months late) the only thing I could do was make the pages, which I did to the best of my ability. I was going to do #5 too, up until #4 was deleted. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:08, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::: Believe me, we appreciate the enthusiasm! And this might be something that still merits doing, we just need to have a bit more discussion about it. CharlesRB has worked super-hard updating the wiki with info from the UK comic every month as soon as it comes out, so I think he ought to weigh in on a decision that'll mean a lot of his work will need breaking up and redistributing. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:10, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Perhap it could be called "Transformers Animated: Pullout". After all, that's what the fourth one had added to the title, and there's no title page for the fifth one. And they did advertise a new Animated strip for next month, even though Afterburn's story is all over (the Autobot base). They probably quit the individual comic because it was cheaper to compile it all in one comic than distribute two. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:23, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::I should think we'd just call it "Divebomb (story)" or "Divebomb (Animated comic)" or somesuch. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:38, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::::At the very least, the navigation can be improved to be able to click through the Animated comics. I was thinking of using the "series2" tag of the "comicnav" template. I can do that. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:41, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::I've been wondering if there should be a "Magnav" customized for magazine issue needs that matches the Comicstory template better for visual consistency. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 20:39, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

== You might find this interesting ==

[http://wikimon.net/Talk:Digimon_Alphabet#Digimon_Adventure_02][[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 15:32, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

== Official Friends with Wookieepedia ==
Hey, this is Graestan, Wookieepedia bureaucrat. I can't seem to find much about this site's history and so forth on my own, so I was wondering if you could clue me in some. Who founded it, and when did you split from Wikia? Anything would be quite helpful. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:05, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well you have to think of it in two phases. The founder of the Wikia wiki doesn't edit here (or there) anymore. He was bureaucrat, and essentially abandoned the thing half done. Wikia eventually gave the bureaucrat title to the people who were actually getting the site up to snuff. That was Walky and Suki. The leaving decision is a bit complex to give right here on the talkpage, so I might recommend [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving|here]] or in condensed bullet-point form [[Transformers Wiki:Community Portal/Complaints|here]]. After that, the wiki was hosted on the same servers as Blank Label Comics, where Walky's webcomic is hosted. After server uptime issues recently, we are in preparation for moving to a dedicated server. We have been able to cover hosting pretty much entirely off of the Project Wonderful ads so far, from what I've been told, and as you can see we don't have to run them in the article space like Wikia does.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:13, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::Anything like dates for the actual events and so forth? I don't want to sift through; I'm just writing a short summary for the OFW page. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:17, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::That I'm afraid I don't have. [[User:ItsWalky|Walky]] would probably be the best to hit up for that.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:27, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::::Well, I don't know when the site was founded, honestly. And I don't know that there's a precise date for it, but the site really "came to life", as it were, in March 2006. We split from Wikia and moved here on September 15th 2008.- [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:38, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::[[May 28]] 2005 by Nova81426. Last edit by Nova81426 was June 5, 2005.- [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:47, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Victory Clip Show ==
(16/5/09)
Hi Chris! Here is the Victory Clip show episode you wanted:
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=U0d4SlI5NmNIcWVGa1E9PQ

As I said, it's just a retelling of the last "real" episode of Victory, with stock footage of the Masterforce characters interacting with the Victory cast. It comes from the Pioneer release of the Victory DVD in japan in 2003, and I got it from yesasia for a ridiculous amount of money! (This was before TF:V got released in the UK)

PS: I was the voice of Galaxy Shuttle in the tfcog fandub of Victory from ages ago!

All the very best

Rory

:I bow to you, sir! If you ever have the time or inclination, I beg you to repeat this epic feat with the other five clip shows from the end of the series! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 05:40, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

If I have a spare moment, I will definatley upload the other clip shows! - Rory 17/5/09

== TF: Victory Episode #40 ==

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689368810&email=87b98fed1292536802dffee71b2431ee

Rory Again! Here is episode #40 of Victory. Bizzarely, Episode #39 is not on the Japanese DVD and goes straight into Episode #40 after #38. Maybe I should scan the booklet, that comes with this boxset, and get someone to translate it (This will probably explain the absence).

Let's Say Go!

Rory

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[[User talk:Chris McFeely/2007|2007 Archives]]

==Chris's To-Do list==

===Completed===
{{collist|3|
*[[Blacker]]
*[[Braver]]
*[[Deathsaurus]]
*[[Gaihawk]]/[[Hawkbreast]]
*[[Hellbat]]/[[Kōmoribreast]]
*[[Jarugar]]/[[Jaguarbreast]]
*[[Laster]]
*[[Leozack]]/[[Lionbreast]]
*[[Road Caesar]]
*[[Solon Kitakaze]]
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]]
}}

===To do===

{{collist|3|
*[[Drillhorn]]
*[[Killbison]]
*[[Liokaiser]]
*[[Goryu]]
*[[Gairyu]]
*[[Rairyu]]
*[[Yokuryu]]
*[[Doryu]]
*[[Kakuryu]]
*[[Dinoking]]
*[[Wingwaver]]
*[[Dashtacker]]
*[[Machtackle]]
*[[Wing]]
*[[Waver]]
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]]
*[[Tacker]]
*[[Mach]]
*[[Tackle]]
*[[Landcross]]
*[[Greatshot]]
*[[Victory Leo]]
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]]
*[[Jean Minakaze]]
*[[Illumina]]
}}

== Sorry ==
I did not know that when i searched there was nothing about him. Saberconvoy

==Madman Headmasters==
I noticed you had asked for this at Seibertron, but it didn't seem that anybody there actually replied to your request. I asked a friend and he says when you play the first episode of Disc 1, after the opening titles sequence you get the episode title, then the episode itself. Does that help? I assume this means Madman's set is almost exactly the same is Metrodome's. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:54, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
:Just a further note on this Chris in case you didn't catch it. I bought the Madman set and apart from properly synching up the English tracks to the two episodes that were ''way'' off, everything else is the same. Right down to other episodes' English tracks being 'slightly' off and (more annoyingly) the incorrect subs popping up in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]". You'd think two years would have been enough time to correct this gaffe, but there you go! --[[User:Jon T|Jon T]] 08:44, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

== Titan Transformers comic ==

Do you know if any scans of the Titan Transformers comic are availiable on the Interwebs? I haven't found anything past issue 2 since Demonoid took down their tracker. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:05, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

== Various protected userpages ==

Could you delete the protected User and User Talk pages owned by the various trolls and possibly add the pages to the title blacklist? I don't really like the idea of those pages being kept around for posterity. (That rant by Walky's internet stalker on Walky's talk page is the exception to this, of course) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Sky Lynx ==
He Arrived!!![[User:83.141.101.189|83.141.101.189]] 13:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

==Crazy Idea==
We've been doing stuff for the Energon cartoon called a 'Pain count' where we list stupid cliches and number how many times they happen in the episode. I've proposed doing the same thing for Beast Machines, with an idea from Walky being 'Episode jerk', where we list the character in the episode that the writers decided should be a jerk this week. I propose we do a Pain count for the japanese G1 episodes, as well as a 'Bizzarro RMT 1 dialogue' where we list particularly weird and amusing lines from the dubs. What do you think (because I think you're one of the only ones here with the DVDs...) --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:10, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

:I would totally do the RTM 1 dub stuff, but I could only do that for HM, since the MF and V DVDs don't have the dubs on 'em. But then, that involves actually having to, y'know, watch them. :) I don't think I'd be much good at doing a "pain count" for the eps, though... it doesn't seem to come through in subs the way the Energon dub stuff does. Or I'm entirely too charitable towards them. Pick one. :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

::Well, okay, amusing dub stuff is more than enough :D --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:26, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
==Head wars==
Please visit the [[Talk:Megatron (Movie)]] page, read the head wars discussion, and give me your answer. Thank you. [[User:Inferno'sQueen|The Big Q]] 19:40, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

== Title blacklisting trolls ==

Could you add the various user and dalk pages owned by trolls and their socks to the title blacklist? That way the pages won't exist and they can't recreate them. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:24, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

==thx==
thank u 4 banning [[User:B.O.B.]] he kept changing my caption. [[User:American Girl|American Girl]] 20:25, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== Wreckage, [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]] and [[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] ==

[[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] is signing his posts as [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]]. Crosshairs-1 is a user that Walky banned at the end of February:
:20:56, 28 February 2008 ItsWalky (Talk | contribs) blocked Crosshairs-1 (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of 3 months (account creation disabled) ‎ (Inserting false information)
His ban is not yet up, and thus he is evading it by posting without logging in. Hope this helps.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:29, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

== Firebomber and whatnot ==

Maybe you could delete the image to discourage the guy to come back with IP addresses to just revert his reverts? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 10:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

== Hey, Chris! ==

It's me, Meta Lucario, from Wtw! Just saying hi!

== [[User:64.13.101.210|64.13.101.210]] ==

Seems he'd rather edit war on [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] than talk things out. Getting a little ridiculous.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 23:57, 8 April 2008 (UTC)
:True, but aside from his stubborn attitude about the point, is there anything about the factoid per se that makes it unworthy of inclusion? I mean, maybe it'd require rephrasing, but total removal...? I'm just curious about the rationale, since the this guy isn't arguing in a fashion that seems likely to bring it up.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 00:02, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

==Monaco skin==

Hi Chris -- I posted on the [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#Monaco skin|Community portal]] last week about moving this wiki over to the new Monaco skin. It's had some discussion, but nothing so far from the admins. What do you think? -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]]<staff /> ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 19:22, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:33, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Sockpuppet again. ==

[[User:I hate apples|Guess who?]]--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:55, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

== God bless you, McFeely. ==

Thanks for semiprotecting the pages that got the template spammed onto them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 22:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
:With new Animated episodes SO very close here in the UK, my window-for-being-spoiled is rapidly decreasing, and I'm growing exponentially enraged every time someone tries to chuck a brick through it. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 22:13, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
::I dunno about you, but [[User talk:KrytenKoro|certain users]] are starting to ''really'' rub me the wrong way with the constant edit warring on the Animated cast page and the constant calling us "hypocrites" when we don't let them add the ''maximum'' amount of their Dubai-leaked info to the page. It's like now that we've set limits on what can appear there, they're bound and determined to do the letter of the law so they can still look like savvy experts for having seen the leaked episodes.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:03, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

== Episode scripts? ==

Hey McFeely, did "Starscream's Ghost" get an episode script on your Earth 2 DVD's? Any chance i could get a copy of it? (I want to speculatively waterboard it and see if it yields up anything useful.)

And ''aw crap'', I just realized that glass of water I spelled completely soaked a 25 year old Transformers book! ...oh well, that one sucked anyway. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:29, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:It did, but it's useless - while it is an original Sunbow document, it's only a dialogue transcription made from the finished episode, rather than a shooting script. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:45, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Dialog may be adequate for my purposes, or at least interesting to compare to if you have it. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:36, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Where is thy sting ==

Not to tell you how to do your job, but you may want to apply some level of protection toward [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]...what the hell is wrong with this show? Episodes are shown early, they're shown late. I just don't get it. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 18:33, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:Good point! *does so* In this instance, I believe it was stolen from the depths Cartoon Network's website, or something? It hasn't aired anywhere in the world, certainly. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:47, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
::Cartoon Network hosted it on their site early, those morons at 4chan found it and leaked it. At least, that's the claim of someone on the oh-so-trustworthy TFW2005, who graciously advertised the leak on the front page. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 21:49, 24 March 2009 (EDT)
:::I'm guessing they uploaded it to the site, and someone just noodled around guessing filenames until- "Hey, there're the FLV's!"
:::(There are really BASIC precautions you can take to prevent that. Wasn't done.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 20:35, 25 March 2009 (EDT)

== Rubsign ==

[[Image:WITS-WaspRubsign.jpg]]

Check, THEN revert, yes? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:03, 28 March 2009 (EDT)
:Beg pardon, you're quite right. I looked at the wrong scene. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:04, 28 March 2009 (EDT)

== Assaulthead ==

He's at it again. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 15:02, 23 April 2009 (EDT)

==Transformers Animated Comic==
I know it only appears not in the Transformers Universe comic, but it's still clearly a continuation of the original UK comic, so shouldn't it get its own page? I spent ages working out its code. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 08:51, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:We could give the story it's own page. Indeed, giving all of the new UK magazine's stories articles of their own, then linking back to a page for the issue of magazine itself where all the rest of the issue's content (reprints, letters, features) is discussed, is something that's been half-heartedly tossed around once or twice before. But it hasn't been settled on, and needs discussion, so just diving straight in without talking about it first was not the best way to go. We'll need to change all the other pages to match the style. Plus we certainly wouldn't move it to "Animated Comic issue 4", which doesn't exist. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 08:57, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Fair enough. *sighs* Just understand I do want to contribute. But since the 'issue' information was already written (I get mine about two months late) the only thing I could do was make the pages, which I did to the best of my ability. I was going to do #5 too, up until #4 was deleted. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:08, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::: Believe me, we appreciate the enthusiasm! And this might be something that still merits doing, we just need to have a bit more discussion about it. CharlesRB has worked super-hard updating the wiki with info from the UK comic every month as soon as it comes out, so I think he ought to weigh in on a decision that'll mean a lot of his work will need breaking up and redistributing. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:10, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:: Perhap it could be called "Transformers Animated: Pullout". After all, that's what the fourth one had added to the title, and there's no title page for the fifth one. And they did advertise a new Animated strip for next month, even though Afterburn's story is all over (the Autobot base). They probably quit the individual comic because it was cheaper to compile it all in one comic than distribute two. [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 09:23, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::I should think we'd just call it "Divebomb (story)" or "Divebomb (Animated comic)" or somesuch. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 09:38, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
::::At the very least, the navigation can be improved to be able to click through the Animated comics. I was thinking of using the "series2" tag of the "comicnav" template. I can do that. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:41, 24 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::I've been wondering if there should be a "Magnav" customized for magazine issue needs that matches the Comicstory template better for visual consistency. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 20:39, 24 April 2009 (EDT)

== You might find this interesting ==

[http://wikimon.net/Talk:Digimon_Alphabet#Digimon_Adventure_02][[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 15:32, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

== Official Friends with Wookieepedia ==
Hey, this is Graestan, Wookieepedia bureaucrat. I can't seem to find much about this site's history and so forth on my own, so I was wondering if you could clue me in some. Who founded it, and when did you split from Wikia? Anything would be quite helpful. Thanks. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:05, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:Well you have to think of it in two phases. The founder of the Wikia wiki doesn't edit here (or there) anymore. He was bureaucrat, and essentially abandoned the thing half done. Wikia eventually gave the bureaucrat title to the people who were actually getting the site up to snuff. That was Walky and Suki. The leaving decision is a bit complex to give right here on the talkpage, so I might recommend [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Leaving|here]] or in condensed bullet-point form [[Transformers Wiki:Community Portal/Complaints|here]]. After that, the wiki was hosted on the same servers as Blank Label Comics, where Walky's webcomic is hosted. After server uptime issues recently, we are in preparation for moving to a dedicated server. We have been able to cover hosting pretty much entirely off of the Project Wonderful ads so far, from what I've been told, and as you can see we don't have to run them in the article space like Wikia does.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:13, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::Anything like dates for the actual events and so forth? I don't want to sift through; I'm just writing a short summary for the OFW page. [[Special:Contributions/70.230.183.73|70.230.183.73]] 18:17, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::That I'm afraid I don't have. [[User:ItsWalky|Walky]] would probably be the best to hit up for that.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:27, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
::::Well, I don't know when the site was founded, honestly. And I don't know that there's a precise date for it, but the site really "came to life", as it were, in March 2006. We split from Wikia and moved here on September 15th 2008.- [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:38, 13 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::[[May 28]] 2005 by Nova81426. Last edit by Nova81426 was June 5, 2005.- [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:47, 13 May 2009 (EDT)

== Victory Clip Show ==
(16/5/09)
Hi Chris! Here is the Victory Clip show episode you wanted:
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=U0d4SlI5NmNIcWVGa1E9PQ

As I said, it's just a retelling of the last "real" episode of Victory, with stock footage of the Masterforce characters interacting with the Victory cast. It comes from the Pioneer release of the Victory DVD in japan in 2003, and I got it from yesasia for a ridiculous amount of money! (This was before TF:V got released in the UK)

PS: I was the voice of Galaxy Shuttle in the tfcog fandub of Victory from ages ago!

All the very best

Rory

:I bow to you, sir! If you ever have the time or inclination, I beg you to repeat this epic feat with the other five clip shows from the end of the series! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 05:40, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

If I have a spare moment, I will definatley upload the other clip shows! - Rory 17/5/09

Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification

2009-05-15T11:22:42Z

82.2.33.122:

{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=37
|image=Fortressvsunification.jpg
|title="Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification"
|japanese=激突! 要塞VSビクトリー合体
|romaji=Gekitotsu! Yōsai VS Victory Gattai
|airdate=12 December 1989
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Star Saber and Deathsaurus engage in their greatest battle yet, and everything rests on Jean's shoulders as Earth hovers on the brink of destruction!'''

:''English/Malay dub name:'' "'''Seek and Destroy the Space City'''"
:''Also known as:'' "'''Charge! The Fortress Against the Victory Combination'''"

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Victory37 goryudefects.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
With [[Deathsaurus]]'s [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]] active and raining meteors down upon the [[Earth]] and [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] missing in action, the [[Multiforce]] and [[Rescue Patrol Team|Rescue Team]] are left to protect the planet on their own. The Multiforce merge into [[Landcross]] to stop a meteor from crashing on top of the [[Shuttle Base]], but are caught in the explosion and badly injured themselves. As the Rescue Team hurry to and fro tending to the wounded, the injured [[Gōryū]] comes to in the medical bay and requests an audience with any [[Autobot]]. [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] comes to his side, and Gōryū gives him the plans to the power source of Deathsaurus's fortress as a means of paying back the Decepticon leader for abandoning them. With all the other Autobots occupied, Jean realizes that he is the only one who can perform this task, but as he boards the [[Galaxy Shuttle]] with the ''[[Illumina II]]'', [[Holi]] spots him and follows him aboard. Jean explains his plan to Holi, and the pair resolve to see it through to the end.

[[Image:Victory37 destroyermode.jpg|left|180px|thumb|]]
Out in space, Deathsaurus's fortress looms ever nearer to the Earth, and at the villain's instruction, [[Liokaiser]] initiates its transformation into its even-more-powerful Destroyer Mode. As the fortress shifts and changes, the inert form of Victory Saber, lying atop its hull where he crash-landed, is jarred back into the waking world. Realization dawns upon the horrified Victory Saber that Deathsaurus plans to eliminate the Earth with one shot of the fortress's main cannon, and he flies into action once more, attempting to destroy the cannon. Although his blasts have no effect, Deathsaurus dispatches Liokaiser to occupy Victory Saber as the minutes tick by until the cannon fully charges. Jean and Holi arrive just as the two combatants clash, and Star Saber disconnects from [[Victory Leo]], leaving him to fight Liokaiser while Star Saber covers his son's entrance into the fortress. Victory Leo and Liokaiser's battle is a brutal one, but in the end, the Autobot succeeds in blasting the combiner into the fortress's cannon barrel, which, still charging, drains his energy dry. With his consciousness fading and his body unable to move, Liokaiser can only utter a fading scream for help as he drifts off into the depths of space.

[[Image:Victory37 finalblow.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Leakin' Lubricant!]]
Meanwhile, Jean successfully pilots the ''Illumina II'' into the heart of the fortress, where he wires his vessel to explode and take out the power core. Ejecting from the mech, Jean beats a retreat in his spacesuit, and the ''Illumina II'' goes up in flames just seconds before Deathsaurus fires his cannon. As the power core is torn to pieces, the fortress's weapons deactivate, and Star Saber swoops into the fortress to find Jean. Before he can locate his son, however, he is confronted by the enraged Deathsaurus himself, and the two leaders engage in a ferocious final battle that stretches across the fortress. Every weapon in the two warriors' arsenals is unleashed until Star Saber blasts out one of Deathsaurus's eyes with his head-cannons, then takes advantage of the villain's hampered sight to stab him through the chest and break his sword off in the wound. Deathsaurus rips out the blade but collapses, gushing oil.

[[Image:Victory37 deadsaurus.jpg|left|180px|thumb|]]
Victory Leo and Holi venture inside the fortress to search for Jean and come across the boy just as he wakes up from a nightmare vision of [[Illumina]] dying in the fortress's attack on Earth. Holi takes Jean to safety outside as Victory Leo heads off to look for Star Saber, but just as the young pair exit the fortress, a huge door slams shut behind them. The same occurs all throughout the fortress, trapping Star Saber in the control room, where Deathsaurus communicates with him through a holographic projection. Refusing to lose, Deathsaurus has set the fortress on a collision course with Earth, intending to destroy the
planet and Star Saber with it! Deathsaurus, however, will not accept defeat, and blows himself out of an airlock...but as his shattered body floats off through space, the light dims from his eyes, and no signs of life remain in the body of the once-great [[Emperor of Destruction]].

[[Image:Victory37 saberfireguts.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
In the control room, Star Saber desperately opens fire on the door, but cannot break through. Victory Leo and Jean contact him over his communicator, and Victory Leo is able to home in on his position and break into the room through the glass viewscreen. Now knowing that Jean is safely out of the fortress, Star Saber resolves to destroy it even at the cost of his own life, and Victory Leo agrees. The pair merge into jet-mode Victory Saber, and with their enhanced power, smash through the walls of the fortress, unleashing an unbelievable stream of missiles, bombs, cannons, lasers, machine guns and more, tearing the deadly craft apart from within. Bursting through the hull and out into space, the duo disconnect and recombine as robot-mode Victory Saber, concentrating all their energy for one final charge at the fortress's main cannon. Blazing with flaming energy, Victory Saber crashes into the fortress's cannon and releases all his power, vanishing in a burst of light as he finally destroys the fortress in a silent cosmic firestorm.

[[Image:Victory37 happyend.jpg|left|180px|thumb|]]
Down on the surface of the Earth, the flare of light from the fortress's destruction catches the attention of Illumina, who stands amongst a group of injured refugees. As they all watch the sky, Galaxy Shuttle descends, and a short time later, Illumina and Jean have a happy reunion. As she praises him for his heroic deed, Jean tells her that he did it to save her. Holi chimes in that really, it was to save the Earth, but as the Shuttle Base comes rolling over the horizon, the disembodied voice of Star Saber wistfully declares that striving to save the ones you love is the emotion that will truly save the world.

Time passes...

[[Image:Victory37 starsaberlives.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
With the Earth saved, Jean reports on the fates of all their allies. The [[Brainmaster|Brainmasters]] are appointed commanders of the Sector One defense force. The Multiforce are assigned to the [[Vega Sector]] and collectively promoted to governor. The Rescue Team have returned to planet [[Micro]]. [[Greatshot]] returned to being a mercenary and has not been seen since the [[Silvart War]], but Jean is sure he's okay. Gōryū has become a construction foreman on Earth, with most of the [[Dinoforce]] working with him—except for [[Kakuryū]], who has started working at an amusement park and is very popular with the children there. Jean himself is in the next grade at school and is still in the same class as Illumina.

But...what of Star Saber...?

Why, he's more active than ever as Supreme Commander of the Autobots!

LET'S SAY GO!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (1)
*[[Machtackle]] (2)
*[[Dashtacker]] (3)
*[[Fire]] (4)
*[[Wingwaver]] (5)
*[[Tacker]] (12)
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]] (13)
*[[Tackle]] (14)
*[[Mach]] (15)
*[[Waver]] (16)
*[[Wing]] (17)
*[[Landcross]] (18)
*[[Pīpō]] (20)
*[[Blacker]] (21)
*[[Braver]] (22)
*[[Laster]] (23)
*[[Holi]] (24)
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (27)
*[[Victory Leo]] (28)
*[[Boater]] (34)
*[[Clipper]] (35)

|c2=
*[[Gōryū]] (6)
*[[Gairyū]] (7)
*[[Kakuryū]] (8)
*[[Rairyū]] (9)
*[[Yokuryū]] (10)
*[[Doryū]] (11)
*[[Deathsaurus]] (25)
*[[Liokaiser]] (26)

|c3=
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (19)
*[[Illumina]] (29)
*[[Joyce]] (30)
*[[Clump]] (31)
*[[Headmistress Mabel]] (32)
*[[Rami]] (33)

}}
==Quotes==
"Your ambitions end here!" 
"My "ambition" is to ''possess your head!''"
:—'''Star Saber''' and '''Deathsaurus''' get about as worked up as anyone ever does in ''Victory''.

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
*Deathsaurus's fortress was reactivated and the Brainmasters and Victory Saber were injured in the [[The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!|previous episode]].
*The Dinoforce were abandoned on Earth by Deathsaurus in "[[The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves]]".

===Real world references===
*When Deathsaurus engages Star Saber within the fortress, he accuses Star Saber of "entering my castle with your shoes on," referring, of course, to the Japanese custom of taking one's shoes off upon entering someone's home.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Although this episode is the final installment of the ongoing ''Victory'' storyline, it is not the final episode of the series. [[Autobots Forever|One further clip show]] was aired the following week as the final broadcast episode of the series, and a further six were released directly to video.
*For the first time since the [[The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber|first installment]] of the series, this episode does not feature a preview of its content before the title card, instead including the first half-minute of the story.
*The [[Metrodome]] DVD release of this episode features an audio commentary by [[Chris McFeely]].

[[Category:Victory episodes]]

Echo Across the Galaxy! Bell of Love!!

2009-05-15T11:20:07Z

82.2.33.122: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=44
|next=Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!
|title="Echo Across the Galaxy! Bell of Love!!"
|japanese=銀河にひびけ! 愛の鐘!!
|romaji=Ginga ni Hibike! Ai no Kane!!
|compiled by=[[Masumi Kaneda]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
|c2=
|c3=
}}
==Notes==
* Another bloody clip show, and the last one too (Phew!). Essentialy, this is a retelling of [[Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification]] but with stock footage of the Masterforce human cast thrown in (i.e. Human Ginrai and the Headmaster Jr's) co-operating with the cast of Victory. It also contains a montage of stock footage of the previous Japanese Autobot supreme commanders (Including one of Optimus Prime, dying in the recap at the beginning of Headmasters), when [[Victory Saber]] is heading to Deathsaurus' Space Fortress.
===Miscellaneous trivia===
*This episode is the twelfth of ''Victory'''s many clip shows, the sixth of six released directly to home video, and the final episode of the entire series. Like the other home-video clip shows from ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' and ''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', it was not included on either the [[Metrodome]] or [[Madman Entertainment]] DVD collections of the series.

{{epstub}}

[[Category:Clip shows]]
[[Category:Victory episodes]]

Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle

2009-05-15T11:11:17Z

82.2.33.122: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

{{episode
|series=Victory
|ep=23
|image=Antarcticbattle.jpg
|caption=It's a title card of a white cat in a snowstorm.
|title="Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle"
|japanese=死闘!! 南極の攻防戦
|romaji=Shitō!! Nankyoku no Kōbōsen
|airdate=[[September 5|5 September]] 1989
|writer=[[Hajime Suzuki]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''When a Decepticon drilling operation begins to melt the polar ice caps, Star Saber clashes with Liokaiser and Deathsaurus to save the life of Jean's classmate's father.'''

:''English/Malay dub name:'' "'''Battle in the Antarctic'''"
:''Also known as:'' "'''Battle to the Death at the South Pole," "Struggle at the South Pole'''"

==Synopsis==
Somewhere in the frozen wastes of Antarctica, electricity crackles in the night, and with sudden, frightening speed, glaciers begin to melt, pouring into the ocean. A United Nations monitoring station nearby attempts to catalogue the seismic disturbances, but when the most powerful tremor yet hits, the station is devastated by an avalanche.

At the tip of South America, the [[Multiforce]] perform rescue operations in a coastal city that has become flooded due to sudden rising water levels. [[Machtackle]] randomly speculates that the hypothetical melting of the polar ice caps could be responsible, and as if on cue, [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] radios the team and orders them to Antarctica to investigate the sudden loss of contact with the monitoring station.

At the same time, at the [[Shuttle Base]] [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] and his school friends are half-heartedly working on their summer schoolwork when [[Holi]] peeps his head around the door, and is very nearly press-ganged into doing all their work for them. Holi refuses, so Jean decides instead to ask Star Saber for permission to use the computer, but Holi tells him that Star Saber is leaving to investigate the Antarctic base. Jean's friend [[Clump]] flies into a panic, as his father works at the base, and he and Jean accompany Star Saber and [[Galaxy Shuttle]] to the South Pole.

In Antarctica, the cause of the disturbances becomes evident—it is, of course, the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], who are drilling for oil beneath the permafrost. Their crackling drilling equipment is observed from afar by Clump's father, who has holed up in an ice cave with a small group of survivors from the monitoring station. Unable to risk trekking across the ice to the next nearest base, they are out of options until they hear engines overhead, and spot [[Wing]] and [[Mach]] investigating the area. The two [[Multiforce|Multiforcers]] transform to help the humans, but are spotted by the [[Breastforce]], who combine into [[Liokaiser]], leaving the two Autobots in serious trouble. Thankfully, the other members of their team soon arrive (with [[Waver]] towing the others across the icy sea), and the group merges into [[Landcross]] to even the battle out. Liokaiser tips the scales in his favor by revealing his previously-unseen power of invisibility, vanishing from sight and pummelling Landcross with ease. To escape being hurled into the drilling shaft, the Multiforce separate, and Wing and Mach manage to send Liokaiser to that fate instead by following his footprints in the snow and snagging him with a trip-wire. To break his fall, Liokaiser grabs onto the drilling machine, throwing it off-kilter and causing the ice surrounding Clump's father and the other survivors to break and melt, carrying them away. The Multiforce form Landcross again as Liokaiser climbs to safety and fights back, but Star Saber arrives in time to take over the battle. Liokaiser surprises Star Saber with his "Battle Explosion" technique, separating into his component parts, attacking individually and recombining in one smooth motion, but Star Saber keeps on fighting, even as Galaxy Shuttle arrives with Jean, Clump, Holi and [[Boater]]. As Boater takes Jean and Clump to rescue Clump's father and the other survivors from the ice floe on which they are trapped, Galaxy Shuttle tends to Landcross and then attempts to aid Star Saber in battle, only to fall victim to Liokaiser's invisibility powers as well. Star Saber is finally flattened by his invisible foe, but as Liokaiser looms over him to deliver the final blow, [[Deathsaurus]] emerges and prepares to take that pleasure for himself. Liokaiser is taken aback by this, but steps aside to allow his emperor to strike, only to have Star Saber exploit the momentary distraction by transforming and taking to the air. Deathsaurus pursues the Autobot leader and blasts him out of the sky, but Star Saber recovers quickly and takes the fight under the freezing water, where he manages to turn things around and blast Deathsaurus into an iceberg. Deathsaurus retreats back to the surface, where the fight continues in the air until Star Saber is able to ground his enemy. Deathsaurus still has plenty of fight left in him and begins choking Star Saber with the chain of his flail, but Star Saber is able to flip the villain over his shoulder as Liokaiser stands back and watches, grunting to himself that Deathsaurus should have left Star Saber to him. Meanwhile, ignored by the villains, Galaxy Shuttle snipes the Decepticons' drilling equipment, and it explodes rather dramatically, prompting Deathsaurus to call retreat.

After the Decepticons flee in the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'', the Autobots and humans all gather together, and Clump's father thanks Star Saber for saving them all. Jean remarks that it looks like a happy ending for everyone, until Holi reminds him that he's still got homework to do!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wingwaver]] (2)
*[[Dashtacker]] (3)
*[[Machtackle]] (4)
*[[Galaxy Shuttle]] (5)
*[[Holi]] (8)
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] (9)
*[[Boater]] (10)
*[[Wing]] (17)
*[[Mach]] (18)
*[[Waver]] (21)
*[[Tacker]] (22)
*[[Tackle]] (23)
*[[Dash (G1)|Dash]] (24)
*[[Landcross]] (25)

|c2=
*[[Deathsaurus]] (11)
*[[Hellbat]] (12)
*[[Leozack]] (13)
*[[Gaihawk]] (14)
*[[Drillhorn]] (15)
*[[Killbison]] (16)
*[[Jarugar]] (19)
*[[Liokaiser]] (20)

|c3=
*Clump's father (1)
*[[Jean Minakaze]] (6)
*[[Clump]] (7)

}}
==Notes==
===Transformers references===
*It is noted that Star Saber goes to Antarctica instead of [[Road Caesar]], due to injuries the combiner suffered in the [[Battle Up of Wrath!!|previous episode]].

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Talk about filling for time: Liokaiser, Landcross ''and'' Star Saber have their complete combination/transformation stock footage used TWICE each in this episode. And they ain't short!

* Last time Galaxy Shuttle is seen in Robot Mode. He also has his butt handed to him by Liokaiser, implying he might not have been the best figher, the Autobots have hired.

[[Category:Victory episodes]]

Galaxy Shuttle

2009-05-15T11:09:48Z

82.2.33.122: /* Trivia */

{{picsneeded}}
{{factions|autobot}}
:''Galaxy Shuttle is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Galaxy Shuttle boxart.jpg|right|275px|thumb|I know the pain of Astrotrain...]]
'''Galaxy Shuttle''' does not have a very interesting name. Nor does he have an interesting personality. Nor does he have an interesting job, which is basically "[[Jetfire (G1)|Autobot bus]], but in space".

However, he does have a funny voice and the ridiculously interesting "Meteor Crusher" ability to become the center of a swarm of meteors which he can use to smash land-based targets to a fine powder. ''Yikes''.

:''Italian name:'' '''Space Shuttle'''
:''English-Malay dub name:'' '''Countdown'''

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Shingo Hiromori]] (Japanese)

With the exception of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and [[Grand Maximus]], Galaxy Shuttle is possibly the largest Autobot. Combiners barely reach his chest. As a shuttle, he has to live on top of the fortress launchpad habited by his compatriots, which makes him... pretty big. That said, [[Deathsaurus]] has no trouble putting him in his place, with extreme prejudice.

{{charstubfiction}}

===''Victory'' comic===

When [[Leozack]] attacked the [[Earth]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and the [[Autobot]]s were stationed onboard Galaxy Shuttle. After receiving an SOS, Star Saber left to investigate the attack. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}}

Later, [[Blacker]] left Earth via Galaxy Shuttle to return to [[Victory (planet)|Planet V]], where he was greeted by [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and [[Cab]]. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

When [[Deathsaurus]] initiated his final assault on the Earth, Galaxy Shuttle carried the [[Victories]] into battle, helping them invade the [[Decepticon Space City]]. Although they bested the [[Dinoforce]], they were stalled by an explosive trap set up by Leozack. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

===''Zone'' OVA, manga and story pages===

After the defeat of Deathsaurus and his fortress, the Decepticons eventually consolidated again, this time under the command of [[Emperor of Destruction|Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]], and began conquering vast expanses of space. To combat this threat, [[Victory Saber]] stationed Galaxy Shuttle on the [[Micro|Planet Zone]], overseeing several [[Micromaster|Microtransformer]] teams and mobilizing them on coordinated strike missions to defend planets from Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

On a mission to [[Feminia]], however, the planet was completely destroyed by Violen Jiger's [[Nine Great Demon Generals|Generals]]. Galaxy Shuttle managed to ferry away as much of the planet's population as he could, but Victory Saber was considerably damaged by the explosion, and so command of the Autobots was passed on to [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

Later, Violen Jiger sent his new warriors, [[Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] to attack the Lunar Zone Base. Galaxy Shuttle was killed by Metrotitan in the attack. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 8}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:G1 GalaxyShuttle toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]].]]
*'''Galaxy Shuttle''' (Autobot, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-326'''
**''Accessories'': Thruster-cannon

: Galaxy Shuttle transforms into a large space shuttle. His cockpit opens to hold a [[Micromaster]] or similar-sized robot (like the [[Brainmaster]] units). His cargo bay is also deep enough to fit a suitably low-riding Micromaster in vehicle mode. He is designed to be able to rest on the launching pad of [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]]'s Rocket Base in the place of its normal rocket. His top shuttle thruster/stabilizer fin becomes a (non-firing) hand-held cannon for robot mode.

: Galaxy Shuttle was inexplicably also available in the [[GiG]] ''Transformers'' line.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:BraveThunderDagwonModel.jpg|right|250px|thumb|No one will recognize me in this costume!]]
* When he first appeared in robot mode in episode 2, his name read out on the screen as '''Shuttle Robo'''.
* Only appears in his robot mode for three episodes of the Victory Cartoon - [[Sneak Attack! Dinoking]], [[Rescue Jean!!]], and [[Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle]]. Maybe he was too scared to fight them Decepticreeps!
* Galaxy Shuttle was later released in Takara's ''[[Brave|Brave Command Dagwon]]'' toyline as '''Thunder Dagwon'''. The toy was significantly [[Retool|retooled]], and included an additional motorcycle/robot that combined for the shuttle's robot mode.
*The spaceship ''[[Orion]]'' from [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Generation One (Dreamwave comic)|Generation One comics]] is pretty much identical to Galaxy Shuttle. This is presumable just an [[easter egg]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/GalaxyShuttle/galaxyshuttle.htm Galaxy Shuttle at TFU.info]
* [http://sak2-2.tok2.com/home/transrave/brave_series/dag06_td.html Thunder Dagwon gallery, with Galaxy Shuttle comparison]

[[Category:Articles in need of images]]
[[Category:Character stubs missing fiction]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]
[[Category:Starships]]
[[Category:Victory characters]]
[[Category:Zone characters]]

Galaxy Shuttle

2009-05-15T11:09:10Z

82.2.33.122: /* Trivia */

{{picsneeded}}
{{factions|autobot}}
:''Galaxy Shuttle is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Galaxy Shuttle boxart.jpg|right|275px|thumb|I know the pain of Astrotrain...]]
'''Galaxy Shuttle''' does not have a very interesting name. Nor does he have an interesting personality. Nor does he have an interesting job, which is basically "[[Jetfire (G1)|Autobot bus]], but in space".

However, he does have a funny voice and the ridiculously interesting "Meteor Crusher" ability to become the center of a swarm of meteors which he can use to smash land-based targets to a fine powder. ''Yikes''.

:''Italian name:'' '''Space Shuttle'''
:''English-Malay dub name:'' '''Countdown'''

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Shingo Hiromori]] (Japanese)

With the exception of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and [[Grand Maximus]], Galaxy Shuttle is possibly the largest Autobot. Combiners barely reach his chest. As a shuttle, he has to live on top of the fortress launchpad habited by his compatriots, which makes him... pretty big. That said, [[Deathsaurus]] has no trouble putting him in his place, with extreme prejudice.

{{charstubfiction}}

===''Victory'' comic===

When [[Leozack]] attacked the [[Earth]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and the [[Autobot]]s were stationed onboard Galaxy Shuttle. After receiving an SOS, Star Saber left to investigate the attack. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}}

Later, [[Blacker]] left Earth via Galaxy Shuttle to return to [[Victory (planet)|Planet V]], where he was greeted by [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and [[Cab]]. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

When [[Deathsaurus]] initiated his final assault on the Earth, Galaxy Shuttle carried the [[Victories]] into battle, helping them invade the [[Decepticon Space City]]. Although they bested the [[Dinoforce]], they were stalled by an explosive trap set up by Leozack. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

===''Zone'' OVA, manga and story pages===

After the defeat of Deathsaurus and his fortress, the Decepticons eventually consolidated again, this time under the command of [[Emperor of Destruction|Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]], and began conquering vast expanses of space. To combat this threat, [[Victory Saber]] stationed Galaxy Shuttle on the [[Micro|Planet Zone]], overseeing several [[Micromaster|Microtransformer]] teams and mobilizing them on coordinated strike missions to defend planets from Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

On a mission to [[Feminia]], however, the planet was completely destroyed by Violen Jiger's [[Nine Great Demon Generals|Generals]]. Galaxy Shuttle managed to ferry away as much of the planet's population as he could, but Victory Saber was considerably damaged by the explosion, and so command of the Autobots was passed on to [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

Later, Violen Jiger sent his new warriors, [[Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] to attack the Lunar Zone Base. Galaxy Shuttle was killed by Metrotitan in the attack. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 8}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:G1 GalaxyShuttle toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]].]]
*'''Galaxy Shuttle''' (Autobot, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-326'''
**''Accessories'': Thruster-cannon

: Galaxy Shuttle transforms into a large space shuttle. His cockpit opens to hold a [[Micromaster]] or similar-sized robot (like the [[Brainmaster]] units). His cargo bay is also deep enough to fit a suitably low-riding Micromaster in vehicle mode. He is designed to be able to rest on the launching pad of [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]]'s Rocket Base in the place of its normal rocket. His top shuttle thruster/stabilizer fin becomes a (non-firing) hand-held cannon for robot mode.

: Galaxy Shuttle was inexplicably also available in the [[GiG]] ''Transformers'' line.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:BraveThunderDagwonModel.jpg|right|250px|thumb|No one will recognize me in this costume!]]
* When he first appeared in robot mode in episode 2, his name read out on the screen as '''Shuttle Robo'''.
* Only appears in his robot mode for three episodes, [[Sneak Attack! Dinoking]], [[Rescue Jean!!]], and [[Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle]]. Maybe he was too scared to fight them Decepticreeps!
* Galaxy Shuttle was later released in Takara's ''[[Brave|Brave Command Dagwon]]'' toyline as '''Thunder Dagwon'''. The toy was significantly [[Retool|retooled]], and included an additional motorcycle/robot that combined for the shuttle's robot mode.
*The spaceship ''[[Orion]]'' from [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Generation One (Dreamwave comic)|Generation One comics]] is pretty much identical to Galaxy Shuttle. This is presumable just an [[easter egg]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/GalaxyShuttle/galaxyshuttle.htm Galaxy Shuttle at TFU.info]
* [http://sak2-2.tok2.com/home/transrave/brave_series/dag06_td.html Thunder Dagwon gallery, with Galaxy Shuttle comparison]

[[Category:Articles in need of images]]
[[Category:Character stubs missing fiction]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]
[[Category:Starships]]
[[Category:Victory characters]]
[[Category:Zone characters]]

Galaxy Shuttle

2009-05-15T11:08:55Z

82.2.33.122: /* Trivia */

{{picsneeded}}
{{factions|autobot}}
:''Galaxy Shuttle is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Galaxy Shuttle boxart.jpg|right|275px|thumb|I know the pain of Astrotrain...]]
'''Galaxy Shuttle''' does not have a very interesting name. Nor does he have an interesting personality. Nor does he have an interesting job, which is basically "[[Jetfire (G1)|Autobot bus]], but in space".

However, he does have a funny voice and the ridiculously interesting "Meteor Crusher" ability to become the center of a swarm of meteors which he can use to smash land-based targets to a fine powder. ''Yikes''.

:''Italian name:'' '''Space Shuttle'''
:''English-Malay dub name:'' '''Countdown'''

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Shingo Hiromori]] (Japanese)

With the exception of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and [[Grand Maximus]], Galaxy Shuttle is possibly the largest Autobot. Combiners barely reach his chest. As a shuttle, he has to live on top of the fortress launchpad habited by his compatriots, which makes him... pretty big. That said, [[Deathsaurus]] has no trouble putting him in his place, with extreme prejudice.

{{charstubfiction}}

===''Victory'' comic===

When [[Leozack]] attacked the [[Earth]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and the [[Autobot]]s were stationed onboard Galaxy Shuttle. After receiving an SOS, Star Saber left to investigate the attack. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}}

Later, [[Blacker]] left Earth via Galaxy Shuttle to return to [[Victory (planet)|Planet V]], where he was greeted by [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and [[Cab]]. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

When [[Deathsaurus]] initiated his final assault on the Earth, Galaxy Shuttle carried the [[Victories]] into battle, helping them invade the [[Decepticon Space City]]. Although they bested the [[Dinoforce]], they were stalled by an explosive trap set up by Leozack. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

===''Zone'' OVA, manga and story pages===

After the defeat of Deathsaurus and his fortress, the Decepticons eventually consolidated again, this time under the command of [[Emperor of Destruction|Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]], and began conquering vast expanses of space. To combat this threat, [[Victory Saber]] stationed Galaxy Shuttle on the [[Micro|Planet Zone]], overseeing several [[Micromaster|Microtransformer]] teams and mobilizing them on coordinated strike missions to defend planets from Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

On a mission to [[Feminia]], however, the planet was completely destroyed by Violen Jiger's [[Nine Great Demon Generals|Generals]]. Galaxy Shuttle managed to ferry away as much of the planet's population as he could, but Victory Saber was considerably damaged by the explosion, and so command of the Autobots was passed on to [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

Later, Violen Jiger sent his new warriors, [[Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] to attack the Lunar Zone Base. Galaxy Shuttle was killed by Metrotitan in the attack. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 8}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:G1 GalaxyShuttle toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]].]]
*'''Galaxy Shuttle''' (Autobot, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-326'''
**''Accessories'': Thruster-cannon

: Galaxy Shuttle transforms into a large space shuttle. His cockpit opens to hold a [[Micromaster]] or similar-sized robot (like the [[Brainmaster]] units). His cargo bay is also deep enough to fit a suitably low-riding Micromaster in vehicle mode. He is designed to be able to rest on the launching pad of [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]]'s Rocket Base in the place of its normal rocket. His top shuttle thruster/stabilizer fin becomes a (non-firing) hand-held cannon for robot mode.

: Galaxy Shuttle was inexplicably also available in the [[GiG]] ''Transformers'' line.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:BraveThunderDagwonModel.jpg|right|250px|thumb|No one will recognize me in this costume!]]
* When he first appeared in robot mode in episode 2, his name read out on the screen as '''Shuttle Robo'''.
* Only appears in his robot mode for three episodes, [[Sneak Attack! Dinoking]], [[Rescue Jean!]], and [[Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle]]. Maybe he was too scared to fight them Decepticreeps!
* Galaxy Shuttle was later released in Takara's ''[[Brave|Brave Command Dagwon]]'' toyline as '''Thunder Dagwon'''. The toy was significantly [[Retool|retooled]], and included an additional motorcycle/robot that combined for the shuttle's robot mode.
*The spaceship ''[[Orion]]'' from [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Generation One (Dreamwave comic)|Generation One comics]] is pretty much identical to Galaxy Shuttle. This is presumable just an [[easter egg]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/GalaxyShuttle/galaxyshuttle.htm Galaxy Shuttle at TFU.info]
* [http://sak2-2.tok2.com/home/transrave/brave_series/dag06_td.html Thunder Dagwon gallery, with Galaxy Shuttle comparison]

[[Category:Articles in need of images]]
[[Category:Character stubs missing fiction]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]
[[Category:Starships]]
[[Category:Victory characters]]
[[Category:Zone characters]]

Galaxy Shuttle

2009-05-15T11:08:24Z

82.2.33.122: /* Trivia */

{{picsneeded}}
{{factions|autobot}}
:''Galaxy Shuttle is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Galaxy Shuttle boxart.jpg|right|275px|thumb|I know the pain of Astrotrain...]]
'''Galaxy Shuttle''' does not have a very interesting name. Nor does he have an interesting personality. Nor does he have an interesting job, which is basically "[[Jetfire (G1)|Autobot bus]], but in space".

However, he does have a funny voice and the ridiculously interesting "Meteor Crusher" ability to become the center of a swarm of meteors which he can use to smash land-based targets to a fine powder. ''Yikes''.

:''Italian name:'' '''Space Shuttle'''
:''English-Malay dub name:'' '''Countdown'''

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Shingo Hiromori]] (Japanese)

With the exception of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and [[Grand Maximus]], Galaxy Shuttle is possibly the largest Autobot. Combiners barely reach his chest. As a shuttle, he has to live on top of the fortress launchpad habited by his compatriots, which makes him... pretty big. That said, [[Deathsaurus]] has no trouble putting him in his place, with extreme prejudice.

{{charstubfiction}}

===''Victory'' comic===

When [[Leozack]] attacked the [[Earth]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and the [[Autobot]]s were stationed onboard Galaxy Shuttle. After receiving an SOS, Star Saber left to investigate the attack. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}}

Later, [[Blacker]] left Earth via Galaxy Shuttle to return to [[Victory (planet)|Planet V]], where he was greeted by [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and [[Cab]]. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

When [[Deathsaurus]] initiated his final assault on the Earth, Galaxy Shuttle carried the [[Victories]] into battle, helping them invade the [[Decepticon Space City]]. Although they bested the [[Dinoforce]], they were stalled by an explosive trap set up by Leozack. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

===''Zone'' OVA, manga and story pages===

After the defeat of Deathsaurus and his fortress, the Decepticons eventually consolidated again, this time under the command of [[Emperor of Destruction|Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]], and began conquering vast expanses of space. To combat this threat, [[Victory Saber]] stationed Galaxy Shuttle on the [[Micro|Planet Zone]], overseeing several [[Micromaster|Microtransformer]] teams and mobilizing them on coordinated strike missions to defend planets from Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

On a mission to [[Feminia]], however, the planet was completely destroyed by Violen Jiger's [[Nine Great Demon Generals|Generals]]. Galaxy Shuttle managed to ferry away as much of the planet's population as he could, but Victory Saber was considerably damaged by the explosion, and so command of the Autobots was passed on to [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

Later, Violen Jiger sent his new warriors, [[Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] to attack the Lunar Zone Base. Galaxy Shuttle was killed by Metrotitan in the attack. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 8}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:G1 GalaxyShuttle toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]].]]
*'''Galaxy Shuttle''' (Autobot, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-326'''
**''Accessories'': Thruster-cannon

: Galaxy Shuttle transforms into a large space shuttle. His cockpit opens to hold a [[Micromaster]] or similar-sized robot (like the [[Brainmaster]] units). His cargo bay is also deep enough to fit a suitably low-riding Micromaster in vehicle mode. He is designed to be able to rest on the launching pad of [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]]'s Rocket Base in the place of its normal rocket. His top shuttle thruster/stabilizer fin becomes a (non-firing) hand-held cannon for robot mode.

: Galaxy Shuttle was inexplicably also available in the [[GiG]] ''Transformers'' line.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:BraveThunderDagwonModel.jpg|right|250px|thumb|No one will recognize me in this costume!]]
* When he first appeared in robot mode in episode 2, his name read out on the screen as '''Shuttle Robo'''.
* Only appears in his robot mode for three episodes, [[Sneak Attack! Dinoking!]], [[Rescue Jean]], and [[Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle]]. Maybe he was too scared to fight them Decepticreeps!
* Galaxy Shuttle was later released in Takara's ''[[Brave|Brave Command Dagwon]]'' toyline as '''Thunder Dagwon'''. The toy was significantly [[Retool|retooled]], and included an additional motorcycle/robot that combined for the shuttle's robot mode.
*The spaceship ''[[Orion]]'' from [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Generation One (Dreamwave comic)|Generation One comics]] is pretty much identical to Galaxy Shuttle. This is presumable just an [[easter egg]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/GalaxyShuttle/galaxyshuttle.htm Galaxy Shuttle at TFU.info]
* [http://sak2-2.tok2.com/home/transrave/brave_series/dag06_td.html Thunder Dagwon gallery, with Galaxy Shuttle comparison]

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Grandus (Animated)

2009-05-15T06:48:36Z

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:''Grandus is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Grandus-Pic.JPG|right|thumb|300px|"Big guy" would be an understatement, yes?]]

'''Grandus''' is fat and faaaabulous!

Apparently, he is a sumo wrestler.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (English)

Grandus's accomplishments as a member of the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]] were immortalized by a holographic bust inside Master [[Yoketron]]'s dojo. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

Grandus, in vehicle mode, carried a triumphant "[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Magnus]]", along with [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] and [[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]], in a victory parade before adoring masses. Behind them, the Decepticon prisoners were carried by [[Dug Base|another Transformer of the same model]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

{{spoilers|This Is Why I Hate Machines|5/16/09}}
He was later seen on Cybertron, minding his own business when an [[Captain Fanzone|organic]] transwarped right in front of him, so close that he almost stepped on it. Grandus recoiled in fear and disgust while a crowd gathered. Most of the other then bots proceeded to run from it while it insulted him for almost crushing it. Grandus was told by [[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] to step on it, which he tried, only to be stopped by some [[Ratchet (Animated)|old bot]] who took Fanzone in vehicle mode and ran.

Grangus and Flareup were horrified, to say the least. He touched it! {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

==Notes==
* Grandus is based of a japanese figure of the same name from the Return Of Convoy toyline (See http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Grandus).
* Grandus was first revealed in a [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] interview with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] and [[Eric Siebenaler]].
* According to Wyatt, Grandus's voice is an intentional nod to actor [[Wikipedia:Paul Lynde|Paul Lynde]]. [http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/1749671239]
* He also screams like a little girl.

==References==
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Talk:Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers

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==Bad Spark==
Do we know that Bad Spark was actually shown undubbed/unsubbed for the theatrical release? I know it's like that on the bootlegs tapes - like the one I own from Ctenosaur Productions or whatever - but it seems like a really weird move. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 11:11, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

:While I don't know the answer, one thing to consider is... this is Takara we're talking about. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

:Not having been to the theatrical release, I can't say for certain either, but I can't imagine they'd release the thing in theaters with subs and then on video without them. That seems even *less* logical than releasing the thing without subs altogether. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:05, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi! I own the Beast Wars special DVD (The official one from Pioneer from Yesasia.com), and Lio Convoy in Danger is actually the second part, and Bad Spark is the third part. It has optional English or the crazy Japanese dub. It also has English with Japanese subtitlles

Talk:Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers

2009-05-10T14:27:50Z

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==Bad Spark==
Do we know that Bad Spark was actually shown undubbed/unsubbed for the theatrical release? I know it's like that on the bootlegs tapes - like the one I own from Ctenosaur Productions or whatever - but it seems like a really weird move. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 11:11, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

:While I don't know the answer, one thing to consider is... this is Takara we're talking about. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:51, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

:Not having been to the theatrical release, I can't say for certain either, but I can't imagine they'd release the thing in theaters with subs and then on video without them. That seems even *less* logical than releasing the thing without subs altogether. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 16:05, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi! I have a copy of the Beast Wars special DVD (The official one from Pioneer from Yesasia.com), and Lio Convoy in Danger is actually the second part, and Bad Spark is the third part. It has optional English or the crazy Japanese dub. It also has English with Japanese subtitlles

Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers

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'''''Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers''''' was a triple-feature theatrical movie released only in Japan.

==Synopsis==
The ''Beast Wars Special'' was composed of three individual segments.

===Clash! Beast Warriors===
The first segment, known as "[[Clash! Beast Warriors]]", was a narrated clip-show recapping the events of the first season of [[Beast Wars]]. The clip show was narrated by various characters and included scenes from episodes specifically selected for their importance or entertainment value. After the clip show covered up through the end of season 1, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Primal]] described the events of "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)|Coming of the Fuzors]]", making way for the upcoming ''[[Beast Wars Metals]]'' series.

===Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger===
''[[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger]]'' was the second segment of the film. ''Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger'' was an original 45-minute film told through cel-animation using the cast from ''[[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]''. [[Optimus Primal]] made a special surprise guest-appearance, as well.

===Bad Spark===
The final segment, titled ''Beast Wars Super Lifeform Transformers - Metals'', was the second season episode ''[[Bad Spark]]'', shown afterward as a showcase for the then-unreleased and highly-anticipated ''Beast Wars Metals'' (the Japanese name for the second half of ''Beast Wars'').

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Beast Wars II Sausage

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[[Image:BeastWarsSausage1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Snap into a Convoy! OH YEEAAAHH!!]]
'''Beast Wars II Sausage''' was a food-flavored product released in 1998 to coincide with the release of the theatrical film ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]''. Each package of sausage came with a "magic seal" card (22 in all) containing information on a ''[[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' character as well as a coupon reducing the price of admission for the ''Beast Wars Special''.

==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI8EgJgg6Uo Beast Wars II Sausage commercial on You Tube]

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Optimus Prime (G1)

2009-05-10T10:22:01Z

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:''Optimus Prime is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Optimusg1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|I'm that guy everyone remembers. No, not the tape guy, the other guy.]]
'''Optimus Prime''' is the awe-inspiring [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the [[Autobot]] forces. Originally a mere civilian, he was chosen by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to command, the first in a number of heavy burdens he has been forced to bear. Another is his bringing of the Transformers' conflict to Earth. The complete opposite of his mortal enemy [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], every casualty, [[human]] or [[Transformer|Cybertronian]], weighs heavily on his [[spark]]. He does not show this side to his soldiers, and he never succumbs to despair. The Autobots need a decisive, charismatic leader, and that is what he gives them. It was that leadership which turned the tide of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]].

On the battlefield, there are few who rival Optimus Prime's prowess. He is easily the strongest of any Autobot his [[Scale|size]], and his [[ion blaster]] and his [[energon-axe]] are deadly weapons. He would sacrifice his life to protect his fellow Autobots or those under their care, and [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|does so on a regular basis]]. His compassion for other sentient beings is his only real weakness, and one the Decepticons have taken advantage of time and again... though it's also the source of his strength!

Prime carries within him the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

Before being rebuilt into a [[Powermaster]] his robot mode split into three components:

*A sentient robot module, the [[Brain Center]].
*A wheeled drone module known as [[Roller]].
*A [[Combat Deck]].

Although Optimus Prime can function as three independent modules, injury to any one module is felt by the other two.

{{bigquote|Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.|Optimus Prime's most common [[bio]] quote}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Convoy''', '''Battle Convoy''' (Laser)
:''French-Canadian & Chzech name:'' '''Optimus Primus'''
:''Hungarian name (The Movie):'' '''Optimusz Fővezér''' / '''Optimusz Prájm'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Commander'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comics):'' '''Optimus Supremo''' ("Optimus Supreme")
:''Portuguese name (Brazil cartoon):'' '''Líder Optimus''' ("Leader Optimus")
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics):'' '''Supremus Absolutus'''
:''Taiwanese name:'' '''Tīh-ghŭ''' (鐵牛, literally "Iron Ox" or "Iron Bull", a kind of vehicle in early days and rural area)
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Jr-tsūn''' (至尊, "Prime")
:''Cantonese name:'' '''O Baak Man''' (柯柏文)
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Qing Tian Zhu''' (擎天柱, "Pillar Towering into Sky")

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Optimusprimeg1preearthmarvel2.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Optimus Prime's Cybertronic truck mode, along with a Cybertronic Grumman X-29, a Cybertronic Earth motorcycle, and a Cybertronic Porsche 962.]]
Before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] broke out on Cybertron, Optimus Prime was a Transformer of note, displaying his skills in the [[Intra-Formers Sharpshooting Competition]]. {{storylink|Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot's ''Transformers Universe'' entry}} As a serious-minded individual, he also spoke out against [[Needlenose]]'s faddish "[[Chic Chips]]" line of hardware accessories. {{storylink|Needlenose|Needlenose's ''Transformers Universe'' entry}}

''Gladiator games were commissioned between the City-States to increase good will as the planet's population outpaced its resources. Optimus was the gladiator champion of [[Iacon]], and he shared a sporting rivalry with a young champion from [[Tarn]] called [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. But sabotage plunged Tarn and [[Vos]] into an inter-city war. An [[Overlord (rank)|Autobot Overlord]] was damaged while trying to sort it out, so Optimus Prime left to get help. However, the Overlord mysteriously perished while under the care of Megatron and Overlord's bodyguard, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. {{storylink|State Games}} Following the destruction of Tarn and Vos, Prime had planned to become a medical officer, but enrolled in the Autobot army as soon as the Decepticons declared war. He was immediately put in charge of the [[Elite Flying Corps]]. {{storylink|Transformers Annual 1987|Optimus Prime datafile}}''

''Optimus Prime saved the life of an Autobot named [[Swoop (G1)|Divebomb]] from another [[Divebomb (G1)|flying Decepticon]] who had previously beaten him and taken his name. "Divebomb" hated Prime with a passion, and was humiliated by his rescue, and so he kept this to himself. {{storylink|What's in a Name?}}''

Optimus Prime quickly made a name for himself as a combat leader. On a mission with the [[Triggerbot]]s to stop Megatron from claiming the [[Underbase]], Prime was forced to jettison the massive databank into space to prevent anyone acquiring its power, but with this action he first proved his wisdom and skill. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}} ''As Optimus Prime's reputation became known, he was promoted to field commander of the entire Autobot army, but regrettably, the [[Council of Autobot Elders]] still pulled the strings. Unknown to the Elders, Optimus Prime began orchestrating unsanctioned military actions. {{storylink|Transformers Annual 1987|Optimus Prime datafile}} As the Great War intensified, Autobot territories began falling under Decepticon dominion, one City-State at a time. The last City-State to be taken was the Autobot capital of Iacon. As Decepticons besieged Iacon, the Council of Elders prepared to surrender. Councillor [[Emirate Xaaron|Xaaron]] suggested that High Councillor [[Traachon]] step down and allow a military officer to assume Autobot leadership. Traachon then used his powers of veto and effectively elected himself out of office, allowing Optimus Prime to assume supreme command of the Autobots, becoming the first soldier to ever hold the mantle of Autobot leadership. {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}} ''

[[Image:Optimusprimeg1marvelfirst.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Prime had to go through an experimental "box with a gun on top" phase before he could commit to the truck thing.]]
After over a thousand years of war, Cybertron—shaken from its orbit and drifting through space—came under threat when it floated into the path of a massive asteroid swarm that could potentially devastate the planet. Prime led a group of his most powerful Autobot warriors on the Autobot starship, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], on a mission to destroy the asteroids. Although the Autobots were successful, in the aftermath of this mission the Ark was attacked by Decepticons, hoping to overcome their weakened foes. Intent on keeping the secrets of the Ark's computer, [[Auntie]], from the Decepticons, Prime set the craft on a suicide course, crashing it into the prehistoric planet Earth. After lying dormant for four million years, the Ark was awakened by the eruption of [[Mount St. Hilary]] in 1984, and Optimus Prime was rebuilt so that he could reconfigure his body into a semi truck. As the Decepticons fled, Optimus Prime called for a roll call of his own troops. Suspecting that after all this time, Cybertron probably no longer existed, Optimus Prime began studying the planet upon which they had landed; he was startled to realize that this planet did have sentient life! He swore that the Autobots would hide themselves from Earth's natives, so that they would be spared the horrors of the Transformers' war. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers}}

[[Image:PowerPlay-Optimustransforms.jpg|left|thumb|250px|In the live-action movie's version of this scene, Sparkplug was replaced with some hot chick.]]

Optimus Prime and the other Autobots were all dangerously low on fuel, but thankfully [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] had befriended some humans who could help—[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] and his son, [[Buster Witwicky]]. Leading the Autobots to Sparkplug's auto shop, Optimus Prime introduced himself to the humans. Unfortunately, the Decepticons had the same idea, and the warring factions met in battle. But while Prime was busy shooting Decepticons out of the air, Megatron grabbed Sparkplug, and so Prime was forced to face his nemesis one-on-one. Despite Prime's apparent victory, Sparkplug was snatched away by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and the Decepticons retreated. Optimus Prime acknowledged Buster's sorrow at the kidnapping of his father, but noted that without fuel, retrieving him would be impossible. {{storylink|Power Play!}} Carrying [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] in his trailer, Optimus Prime and the other Autobots returned to the Ark, where [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] awaited. With the mysterious [[Spider-Man]]'s help, Sparkplug was rescued from the Decepticons' [[Fortress Sinister|cliffside headquarters]], but not before Sparkplug had converted fuel for the Decepticons! {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} Unfortunately, Optimus Prime couldn't stop the Autobots from overreacting to this bad news, and their actions caused Sparkplug Witwicky to suffer a heart attack. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

[[Image:Boulderdamfight.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Better get used to seeing this scene.]]

''When the Ark alerted Optimus Prime of a power surge at [[Sherman Dam]], he and his Autobots weren't surprised to find the Decepticons behind it. Afraid of the dam crumbling under the stress of the Decepticons' manipulations, he faced off against Megatron on the top of the dam, brandishing his energy ax. As he trash-talked Megatron, Prime was suddenly distracted by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s defeat. Megatron used this moment to his advantage, knocking Prime off the dam and firing his cannon into the dam itself. Prime quickly assembled his troops, directing them to divert the waves by digging trenches and elevating the neighboring humans. Mirage was angered when the humans still vilified them, despite their hard work, but Prime calmed him. {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}}''

''Meanwhile, Optimus Prime sent a team of Autobots to investigate the [[Man of Iron]], a local legend in the [[United Kingdom]]. After befriending [[Sammy Harker]], and tangling with the Decepticons over the remains of the Man of Iron's ship, Optimus Prime and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] were forced to destroy the ship and its inhabitants, not realizing that its [[Navigator]] knew the location of Cybertron. {{storylink|Man of Iron!}} Back at the Ark, after [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] suffered some sort of psychotic break and had ran off, Optimus Prime decided that hunting Brawn down was crucial, before he could harm any humans! After cornering Brawn, he threatened them with death, but he was quickly overwhelmed, and Optimus Prime carried Brawn's defeated body back to the Ark. In order to prove Brawn's loyalty, a showdown was orchestrated between him and the traitorous Decepticon, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. With the help of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s holograms, once Brawn had proved himself his death was faked, and the two factions returned to their respective bases. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} The Decepticons did not stay there for long, and suddenly a full-scale attack was launched on the Ark! Unfortunately, the Ark's computer systems, "[[Auntie]]", went berserk, and it fell to Optimus and Megatron to team up against the malfunctioning program. Megatron used his ability to tap into the power of a black hole, freeing them, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] destroyed Auntie, and the Decepticons were forcibly ejected from the Ark. {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}''

[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] alerted Optimus Prime to information that Ratchet had uncovered from the Ark's databanks: millions of years ago, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] battled [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to a standstill. This raised some questions, but there was little Optimus Prime could do with this knowledge now. With a Decepticon attack imminent, and the Autobots dangerously low on fuel, Optimus Prime had a desperate gamble. Using the [[Tubes of Transference]], the combined remaining fuel was compiled into five of the strongest Autobots, himself, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], Huffer, [[Bluestreak]], and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. Sure enough, the Decepticons descended quickly upon them, but even though Prime was still low on fuel, he was still quick enough to grab Starscream out of the air! It was not enough to defeat Megatron, however, and his nemesis hoisted Prime's body over his head in complete victory. ...That is, until Megatron and the other Decepticons doubled over in pain. Sparkplug had poisoned the Decepticons' fuel! Unfortunately, Optimus Prime's subsequent speech was short as he and the other Autobots were blasted into pieces. Shockwave had awakened and returned. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

[[Image:NewOrder-OptimusPrimehead.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Buster regretted the low volume on his Optimus Prime voice changer helmet.]]

Though the Decepticons had taken over the Ark, Ratchet was able to sneak Buster Witwicky inside, and the young human was startled to find Optimus Prime's decapitated head attached to machinery. {{storylink|The New Order}} Optimus Prime, in this weakened state, pleaded with Buster to detach two power cords and attach them to either side of the human's head. This released a tremendous amount of energy, transferring Optimus Prime's [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to the human, and Buster blacked out. After Buster awoke, he returned to Ratchet to tell him of Optimus Prime's defeat. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}} Ratchet had to see this for himself, and he was saddened to find out that Buster was correct. The Autobots were defeated, even including the mighty Optimus Prime! But Optimus would not let Ratchet give up or despair. He pushed Ratchet to action, telling him that even though Ratchet was nothing more than a doctor, now was the time for him to learn to be a warrior. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Since Shockwave's return, he had wrested leadership of the Decepticons from Megatron, and so the former Decepticon leader was ordered by Shockwave to prepare to move Optimus Prime's head from the Ark to the Decepticons' base of operations within a [[Blackrock Industries]] aerospace plant. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

Shockwave planned to use the Creation Matrix energies within Optimus Prime's head to give life to a new Decepticon army, despite Optimus Prime's obvious objections. Shockwave didn't know that he had transferred most of the energy to Buster Witwicky, so Optimus Prime took quiet solace in the fact that the last of his remaining energies would be used on only six new warriors. ''{{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}}'' {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

[[Image:PrimeTime-Primewantsyou.jpg|thumb|right|250px|He's mad as hell, ain't he ain't gonna take your orders anymore!]]

Optimus Prime's head watched helplessly as Shockwave brought his [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to life using the rest of Prime's stored Creation Matrix energies. But Shockwave realized something was wrong when Prime failed to give life to his next creation, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Shockwave deduced what had happened, and so he sent Jetfire (who was still little more than a drone) out to capture Buster. Optimus Prime realized he had put Buster in tremendous risk, but thankfully Buster prevailed. However, with the Matrix energy spent, Prime was useless to Shockwave, and so the Decepticon leader made plans to dispose of the head. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} In actuality, the head Shockwave disposed of was an impostor. Shockwave had learned that his headquarters were bugged, and so when the Autobots came to retrieve the head from a nearby swamp, the impostor head took control of Prime's body and turned on the Autobots. The day was saved only by the efforts of Buster, who was able to wrest control of Jetfire so that he could deliver the real head to its body. Once again whole, Prime retaliated against the Decepticons battling at the swamp, and one by one, they were destroyed. Shockwave himself arrived to battle Prime, but after they grappled, Shockwave was thrown into the swamps and disappeared. Instead of delivering a final blow, Optimus Prime rushed back to the plant to assure Buster's safety. The nightmare over, Prime transferred the Creation Matrix energies from Buster back into himself. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[Image:Arkchristmastree.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Prime may reconsider his return to the Autobots.]]

''Optimus Prime's dignity restored with his head once again reunited with his body, Prime immediately dressed as Santa Claus to appease Buster's strong sense of [[Christmas]] spirit. {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}}''

''Optimus Prime questioned his ability to lead after his recent series of trials when a fight broke out amongst the Autobots on whether to use the Creation Matrix to create an army of unstoppable robot monsters. His introspection was interrupted by the intrusion of Ravage. The spy was captured, but it was not known by the Autobots that this was part of a larger Decepticon plot. Ravage escaped easily, and when Bumblebee gave chase, the Autobot was captured by the Decepticons. His disembodied arm was dropped in front of the Ark by [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], a gauntlet cast. Prime decided to go alone to Decepticon headquarters to rescue Bumblebee, despite the other Autobots' objections. Indeed, Prime bested the Decepticons one-by-one, felling them all, until he arrived, heavily damaged, in the chamber where Bumblebee was held. After making short work of Soundwave, Optimus Prime returned to the Autobots, determined to do things right from then on. {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}''

''After Optimus Prime visited Bumblebee in the repair bay, the Autobots were surprised to attacked by the Dinobot [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], who was thought to be dead. After reclaiming Swoop's mind from [[Professor P. Morris]], Swoop went berserk and left once more. After learning that the Dinobots all would suffer the same involuntary rage, Optimus Prime called for a Dinobot Hunt! {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} Optimus Prime briefed the Autobots on the Dinobots and their nature and sent them to find the Dinobots in groups. Later, Optimus Prime traveled via [[Ark shuttlecraft]] to put a stop to a fight between Grimlock and Sludge that had claimed several Autobot and human injuries. Prime neutralized the rampaging Dinobots, but was saddened to hear that the Decepticons had seized the opportunity to steal large quantities of energy from the humans while the Autobots were kept busy. With the Dinobots in ruin and the Decepticons fueled, Optimus Prime's Autobots had suffered a major defeat. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} Optimus Prime later checked in with Ratchet, who was monitoring the comatose Dinobots. He implored Ratchet to find a way to save them from their constant nightmares. {{storylink|Victory!}}''

With the Autobot ranks drastically depleted, Optimus Prime gave life to Jetfire using the Creation Matrix, and performed on him the [[Rite of the Autobrand]]. He guided Jetfire through the Ark; first into Ratchet's repair bay, and next into [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s lab, where additional troops were being assembled. Optimus Prime assigned Bumblebee to train these new recruits, but ordered them not to engage the enemy. When the group stumbled onto a Decepticon plot to siphon energy from a [[Brick Springhorn]] concert, Optimus gathered every able Autobot to assist. However, Bumblebee had disobeyed orders and his rookies had successfully thwarted the Decepticons. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}}

When a human named [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] appeared on television, claiming he controlled all Transformers, Optimus Prime led a team of Autobots into the [[Powder River Basin]] to prevent the human from getting hurt. Megatron, who had frozen, deactivated, at the bottom of the basin, was subsequently re-energized by Soundwave and his minions, and the combined might of their firepower and the human military's drove away Optimus and the Autobots in defeat. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} Afterward, Bumblebee felt he had failed Optimus Prime due to his relative lack of size and strength, and so he ran away. When Optimus discovered that Bumblebee had become a target of interest for the Decepticons, Optimus hurriedly led another team of Autobots to rescue, an act that helped prove Bumblebee's worth to himself. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}

[[Image:RobotBuster-outofyourminds.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"There's ''no slaggin' way'' Mary-Kate is the cutest Olsen Twin!"]]

''Optimus Prime was absolutely appalled to discover that Wheeljack and Ratchet had built Buster Witwicky an armored suit to aid him in the battle against the Decepticons, asking them out right if they had lost their minds. Though Buster protested, noting that since he was trusted with holding the Creation Matrix he should be trusted with the suit as well, Optimus Prime ordered the armored suit destroyed. But Buster stole the armored suit under cover of night and attacked the Decepticon headquarters, plowing through the Decepticons until he reached Shockwave. Shockwave bested the human, but the arrival of Optimus Prime and the Autobots convinced Shockwave to spare his life. {{storylink|Robot Buster!}} Following this incident, Buster began having strange nightmares, and Optimus Prime suspected that these nightmares were induced by the Creation Matrix. {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}} Wanting to investigate these Creation Matrix-induced dreams, Optimus Prime and Buster were hooked up to machinery so that the human could share them. Optimus Prime and Buster witnessed strange five-robot combiners from each faction named [[Special Teams]], and awoke shouting their name. They had seen a vision of the next generation of Transformers... {{storylink|Second Generation!}}''

Meanwhile on Cybertron, a group of Autobots were happy to learn that Optimus Prime and his Autobots still lived. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[Image:CommandPerformances-Autobotsattack.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"Year Two toys, attack!"]]

In front of all the active Autobots, Optimus Prime and [[Grapple]] unveiled their secret project: [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]! Designed to be their last line of defense, Prime planned to leave Omega Supreme to guard the Ark while Prime led the Autobots to the Decepticon river basin headquarters to steal combiner technology from Devastator and promptly leave. The Dinobots scoffed at this plan, refusing to start a battle in which they were required to run away from, and so Grimlock and his Dinobots seceded from the Autobots. Though [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] raised concerns, Optimus Prime maintained that he had allowed for this. In fact, he allowed for everything save the interference of the humans, and after the mission was successfully pulled off, one human came after Skids for revenge. Optimus Prime regretfully had to leave Skids behind. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''Learning of the Dinobots' disastrous solo adventures, Optimus Prime wanted to disown them, but reluctantly acknowledged that they were necessary muscle for the team. Tragically, while speaking to the Autobots about their war thus far on Earth, he, Prowl, and Ratchet mysteriously vanished in a flash of light! {{storylink|Target: 2006}} They found themselves in a strange dimension called [[Limbo]], where they battled violent creatures. They soon allied with Shockwave, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], who were also shunted into this dimension. The creatures' attack stopped only when Prime realized that they fed on their negative emotions. {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} Upon his return, Optimus learned that they had been displaced by Autobots and Decepticons traveling from the future. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''

As Ratchet sealed up one of Prime's wounds, the Autobot commander was delighted to see Skids was alive, having returned to him along with [[Donny Finkleberg]] (previously the Robot-Master). They had news for him regarding the arrival of Autobot reinforcements from Cybertron, but they were interrupted by a news bulletin. [[Hoover Dam]] was being attacked by Decepticons, so Optimus Prime lept from the repair bay despite Ratchet's objections to call the new [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] into service. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} Later Ratchet was able to finish sealing Prime's wound, but not before the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Bombshell]] was able to implant a [[cerebro-shell]] within Prime's body. Through this link, the Decepticons would be able to share use of the Creation Matrix to give life to new troops! The Aerialbots hadn't done well on their first outing, so as Optimus Prime reformatted them, Megatron gave life to the [[Stunticon]]s! {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

''Optimus Prime observed the records of how poorly the Autobots performed in his absence in Limbo, specifically how they went so far as to seek leadership from Megatron out of sheer desperation. Optimus Prime began to consider whether he was too important to the Autobots, and if they could carry on should he fall. To alleviate his doubts, he and a reluctant [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] plotted to fake Prime's death to teach the Autobots how to fend for themselves. While Prime was setting up an impostor version of himself to leave behind destroyed for the Autobots to find, Megatron sent the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to attack Prime. {{storylink|Prey!}}''

[[Image:HarderTheyDie-Iaconno.jpg|right|thumb|300px|You can't go home again.]]

''During the scuffle, Optimus and Megatron were transported to Cybertron, while Prime's counterfeit body, torn apart, was found by the Autobots. Optimus Prime surveyed Cybertron for the first time in four million years, and he couldn't believe how terrible it had fallen. Cities and buildings were cut to the ground, and even his beloved [[Iacon]] was in shambles. After Prime saved [[Outback]] from a roving Decepticon, the tiny Autobot followed him despite Prime's wishes to be alone. Unfortunately, Megatron (in league with [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]) had spread rumors that an imposter Optimus Prime had infiltrated Cybertron, which were readily believed due to Prime's four-million-year absence. Before too long, Prime was surrounded and shackled by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and the [[Wrecker]]s! {{storylink|The Harder They Die!}} With Outback's help, Prime was able to escape, but not without Outback suffering mortal wounds. {{storylink|Under Fire!}} As Outback began to die in his arms, Prime told Outback of the time he, Prowl, and Ratchet were stuck in Limbo. His words were overheard by the Wreckers, but hearing Prime's words convinced [[Emirate Xaaron]] that this was in fact the real Optimus Prime! {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}}''

[[Image:Primefuneralnumberone.jpg|left|thumb|200px|He approved of it ''so much'' that when he died for real the next day, they instead shot him into space.]]

''The return of Optimus Prime was a welcome boost to the Autobot underground resistance. Not only did Autobot morale increase, but Decepticons were spooked at his very appearance! But after a few strategic victories, Prime knew he had to return to Earth. Prime and Ultra Magnus planned one last raid—they would siege [[Polyhex]] and destroy Megatron! But Megatron's "eccentricities" had become too much for Cybertron's Decepticons to handle, and in the middle of their battle, all three were whisked away to Earth by the [[space bridge]]. Optimus Prime appeared before the Autobots just as they had finished their Earth-inspired burial of the impostor body he had left behind. {{storylink|Resurrection!}}''

[[Image:Afterdeath-gameoverman.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Game over, man! Game over!]]

The Autobots had been monitoring the humans' creation of [[Power Station Alpha]], and Optimus Prime, sensing its completion would need closer inspection, sent Bumblebee to its unveiling. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} Optimus Prime met an anticlimactic end in a gambit for [[Energy Futures Industries]]' [[Hydrothermocline]]. He and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] agreed to fight Megatron and the [[Combaticon]]s in a simulated, virtual world named ''[[Multi-World]]''. But when Megatron cheated, Prime resorted to killing virtual beings to gain the upper hand, and despite his victory Prime believed he had truly lost. Before their eyes, the human [[Ethan Zachary]] detonated Optimus Prime's body, as was previously agreed. In secret, Ethan secured away a [[floppy disk]] that held a copy of Optimus Prime's mind. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} Meanwhile, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] had been sent to investigate Bumblebee's destruction at the hands of [[G.I. Joe]], but he was recalled in the middle of this altercation when it was discovered that Optimus Prime had been "assassinated". {{storylink|Power Struggle}}

Optimus Prime's death unhinged Megatron further. The Decepticon leader simply couldn't believe that his eternal foe was truly dead, and he began blowing up random trucks. Megatron's paranoia grew so much that he blew up the Space Bridge with himself on it. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} Ratchet's subsequent efforts to restore Optimus Prime were unsuccessful, and after much grieving, Optimus Prime's body was launched into space as per Cybertronian custom. Omega Supreme presided over his funeral, and both he and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] gave eulogies. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}}

In front of a holographic image of Optimus Prime's head, the surviving Autobots tried to choose a new leader. Optimus Prime's replacement would be like him: a great warrior, wise, compassionate, kind, and courageous. As luck would have it, Grimlock chose exactly that moment to show all of those qualities for the first and only time in his life. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

Optimus Prime's funeral barge eventually crashed on a giant moon of [[VsQs]], where it lay for untold time. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

[[Image:Ethanzacharypretendertothethrone.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Reaching level 70 was a momentous occasion.]]

Years passed as [[Ethan Zachary]], who still possessed the floppy disk that contained a copy of Optimus Prime's mind, tried to coax it into full sentience. This copy of Optimus Prime believed he was a video game character and nothing more, despite Ethan Zachary's constant prodding. Ethan thought he finally had a chance to jolt Prime back to his old self when he was investigated by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]. The two put Optimus Prime in charge of a real team of Autobots, the [[Pretender]]s, and the disk copy Prime led them in battle against Decepticon Pretenders. Prime's delusions were unshaken. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}} Goldbug took the disk with him, and attempts to rebuild Optimus Prime ended in failure. An argument over supreme Autobot leadership erupted between Grimlock's earthbound Autobots and a group of Autobots who had just arrived from [[Nebulos]] under the leadership of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Ultimately, Fortress Maximus realized that Optimus Prime was the true leader of the Autobots, not anyone else, and so he sent Goldbug, [[Joyride (Autobot)|Joyride]], [[Slapdash]], and [[Getaway]] back to Nebulos where the technology existed to fully restore Optimus Prime to life. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[Image:PeoplePower-reprogrammed.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Seriously, Prime's been playing WoW waaaay too long.]]

It wasn't quite so simple, however. Fortress Maximus's Autobots had left Nebulos in ruin, and the planet poisoned its fuel supply so that robots could never return and wage war. A loophole was found, however, in the [[Powermaster]] process, created by the scientist [[Hi-Q]]. As luck would have it, Hi-Q was the exact person Goldbug was searching for to rebuild Optimus Prime, but the scientist refused on the grounds that he would be reintroducing the war to his planet—and he didn't believe the Transformers were any more than clever yet unsentient machines. Optimus Prime was rebuilt anyway, even though he wouldn't live very long at all without unpoisoned fuel. Hi-Q changed his mind on the sentience of Transformers when he saw the rebuilt Optimus Prime (shocked out of his video game persona delusions) interact with Goldbug. Hi-Q underwent the Powermaster process himself to save Optimus Prime's life, and Powermaster Optimus Prime was able to defeat two Powermaster-enhanced Decepticons, [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]]. Optimus Prime and his crew left Nebulos with their new Nebulon partners. {{storylink|People Power!}}

Prime quickly proved himself to be a fool, for he dared to ignore [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III]]. {{storylink|The Cosmic Carnival!}}

''Before reuniting with the other Earthbound Autobots, Optimus Prime and the other Powermasters took a [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to Earth on [[Christmas]] Day. Optimus Prime, seeing Earth's frozen wasteland, wondered why he even cared about the Earth in the first place, much less fought desperately to defend it. But after recalling the events that first brought him there, he remembered that it was his fault that the Ark crashed there four million years ago, and so any pain and suffering caused by the Transformers' war was his burden. {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}''

Once Optimus Prime had assumed command of the Autobots orbiting Earth aboard the Ark, he learned via television about the Decepticons' baffling island vacation resort, [[Club Con]]. Optimus Prime sent Blaster to investigate. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

[[Image:TimeWars-OptimusPrimeentersthefray.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Enter a new challenger!]]

''Despite a mysterious disruption in time and space that threatened all reality, due to [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s adventures in his own past (which was Prime's present), Optimus Prime halted a conference on the matter to rescue [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]. While Highbrow apologized for interrupting more important matters, he, Optimus Prime, and a few other Autobots were displaced to Limbo once again, allowing [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and other Autobots from the future to investigate the mysterious disruption. The other present-day Autobots thought Optimus Prime and the others had been disintegrated, and so attacked the "impostor" Autobots under Rodimus Prime's command, but Optimus spoke to them through Rodimus Prime's Matrix and calmed them down. A crazed yet seemingly unbeatable Galvatron attacked them, and Optimus Prime debated whether he should leave Limbo and team up with Rodimus against him, even though two Matrix-bearers coexisting at the same time would accelerate the timestorm's destruction of reality. Eventually, Optimus decided to ignore the dangers, and he materialized through Rodimus Prime's Matrix, but even he was unable to defeat Galvatron. Finally, Galvatron himself was eaten by the timestorm, and Scourge and the body of Cyclonus were also fed to it, which caused the timestorm to subside temporarily. Rodimus Prime promised to Optimus Prime that he would destroy all time machines when he returned to the future. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''

[[Image:Fortmaxboat.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Prime's not back five minutes and he's already using the previous leader as his personal boat.]]

Optimus Prime and Fortress Maximus accompanied Blaster to where Club Con used to be located, but it had been relocated by then. Prime assured [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] that the search for his brother Buster, who had been kidnapped by the Decepticons, would continue. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Sure enough, a distress signal in the Arctic led the Autobots to Buster, but also to a Decepticon ambush! After several Autobots were incapacitated, the battle stopped when it was discovered that this had all been arranged by Starscream, who had launched into space to seize the powers of the long lost [[Underbase]]. As the Autobots and Decepticons formed a loose alliance to stop Starscream, Optimus Prime warned that he learned when he was young that fully possessing the Underbase led madness or death. Starscream was stopped before he could absorb all of the Underbase, but he had absorbed enough of it to be able to destroy the Decepticons' island spacecraft in which the two factions were traveling. Thankfully, Optimus Prime had thought ahead and had the Ark follow them there in case of an emergency.

Several teams of allied Autobots and Decepticons followed Starscream to Earth to stop him, but Optimus Prime insisted that he stay behind on the Ark to work on a plan on his own. [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] had growing suspicions that the Autobot leader was really trying to claim the rest of the Underbase for himself, and they snuck on board as the Transformers on Earth were being shut down en masse by Starscream. Unfortunately for Optimus, they caught him while Hi-Q was disconnected from him, and so he was drastically overpowered. Optimus revealed to Scorponok that he was not trying to possess the Underbase... rather, he had been working on a rocket to deflect the Underbase towards Earth. He knew Starscream would try to absorb the rest, and sure enough, Starscream did—growing in size and power before their eyes. But possession of the Underbase resulted in madness ''and'' death, and Starscream's massive body exploded. Scorponok apologized for his bad appraisal of Optimus Prime's intentions, and the two commanders resolved to cease fighting so that they could gather their wounded and resume the fight another day. {{storylink|Dark Star (comic issue)|Dark Star}}

Now that Buster had been reclaimed from the Decepticons, Spike told Optimus Prime that he felt his obligation to the Autobots was over. Prime reluctantly let Spike go, but told him that he was more attached to Fortress Maximus than he knew. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}} Not only was now Fortress Maximus out of commission, but the Autobots had suffered incredible losses at the hands of the Underbase-powered Starscream. Optimus Prime assigned [[Cloudburst]] and [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] to purchase microchips on the black market at [[Grand Central Space Station]], knowing their Pretender shells would allow them to hide their robotic forms from the robotophobic aliens there. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}} Cloudburst and Landmine reached an ethical impasse involving the microchips, and so Optimus Prime reached out to Cybertron for reinforcements. He called upon the [[Micromaster]]s, specifically the [[Race Car Patrol]] and [[Off Road Patrol]], to investigate some Decepticon-originated weather problems in [[New York City]]. Hi-Q worried that the Micromasters were unreliable punks, but they were able to prove themselves against the Decepticons in the end, though they refused to join the Autobots proper. {{storylink|King Con!}}

[[Image:Doubledealerofthecentury.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Optimus Prime is also corresponding with a cash-strapped Nicaraguan prince...]]

''The Race Car Patrol accompanied Prime on a more rural mission: receiving stolen Autobot resistance plans couriered by [[Chainclaw]]. But a Decepticon, [[Doubledealer|Dealer]], abducted Chainclaw before he could deliver them, and offered the plans back to Prime as a ransom. Optimus Prime accepted, and a new Autobot named [[Doubledealer|Double]] offered to deliver the Energon payment himself. But Double never made it, and he returned to Optimus defeated with Chainclaw's injured form, having been "ransacked" by "the Decepticons". {{storylink|(Double) Deal of the Century!}}

''Optimus Prime lamented that he could no longer use the Creation Matrix to heal his fallen troops, as the Matrix was inside his old body which had been shot into space; the Autobots did not know the Matrix was in Optimus Prime's chest to remove. On cue, a being who called himself [[Deathbringer]] appeared on Earth, and it was seemingly powered by a piece of the Creation Matrix! Death Bringer proved to be invulnerable, but Optimus Prime couldn't bring himself to harm something that held the essence of the Matrix anyhow. But after enough destruction, Optimus Prime was finally able to defeat it with help from [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], who convinced it to self-destruct in concordance with its primary function. {{storylink|Deathbringer (comic issue)|Deathbringer}}'' {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

''Thunderwing led a seemingly suicidal assault on the Ark, entirely for the purpose of seeking revenge against his defeat at the hands of Nightbeat, [[Siren]], and [[Hosehead]]. Optimus Prime took Thunderwing on, berating him for having more courage than sense. True to Prime's words, Thunderwing's own troops dragged him away. {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}''

Optimus Prime ordered Ratchet to get some downtime, fearing his overworked medic (and friend) was losing his grip on sanity. Soon after, Optimus Prime saw news reports of the Micromaster [[Air Strike Patrol]] holding [[MacDill Air Force Base]] hostage, so he took the largest ensemble of troops down to Earth he could muster, given the Autobots' depleted ranks. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} As he told the Micromasters to surrender or face the consequences, he received a transmission from Ratchet, back at the Ark, but [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Storm Cloud]] fired at Prime's communicator before the message could be completed. This enraged Optimus Prime, who began to suspect grander, more sinister things at work behind the scenes. Optimus Prime had been led to a staged battle, but before he could leave, Scorponok and his Decepticons also arrived, itching for a fight! But after the circumstances of the day, Optimus Prime wasn't about to deny them the opportunity, and he fought back with shocking, cold fury that baffled even Scorponok. The humans at the Air Force base called out Prime on his reckless violence, and Prime apologized for his outburst. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}}

Since Optimus Prime knew the battle was staged, he scaled back his troops accordingly, and ordered them to return to the Ark and leave him behind. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] refused and stayed behind, helping Optimus Prime fend off the hordes of Decepticons who had attacked him. But Optimus Prime stopped Hot Rod short of firing on [[Zarak (Nebulan)|Lord Zarak]], as Optimus Prime had begun to appeal to his sense of logic. Someone was pulling the strings! Scorponok hesitated, but before an agreement could be reached, they were confronted by an old enemy thought defeated—Starscream! {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}}

Though Starscream's performance started out impressive, he soon began to show his true cowardly colors, and so both factions again parted ways. Once again Optimus Prime turned his thoughts towards Ratchet... {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[Image:YesterdaysHeroes-Whyyyy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Meanwhile, nobody mourns poor [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]].]]

...but it was too late! Ratchet had sacrificed himself to destroy Megatron, the orchestrator behind the events at MacDill Air Force Base. Optimus Prime was overcome with grief, and he decided to stop fighting altogether. After parking the Ark on Earth's moon, he walked out on its surface, apparently never to return again. This, of course, caused the Autobots to worry about the future of their cause, and Hot Rod quickly threw together a risky plan to win Prime back. He plotted a "rampage" by an "out-of-control" [[Mark V Guardian Droid]] to whisk Prime back into fighting shape, but when the droid truly went out of control, the plan worked just a little too well. Prime came to his senses, returned to the Ark, and destroyed the droid, but not before several Autobots suffered genuine injury. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

Meanwhile, their creator, [[Primus]] had awakened within Cybertron, alerting his enemy [[Unicron]] to its location. Since the only thing that could stop Unicron was the Creation Matrix, and the Creation Matrix had been shot into space inside Optimus Prime's funeral barge, Prime and Emirate Xaaron assembled several teams of Autobots to scour a specific star system in which the funeral barge likely would have landed. {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}} Though Optimus Prime was never very comfortable with the mystical side of the Creation Matrix, he approached an altar aboard the Ark and was given a vision of a Matrix corrupted by evil and imminent oblivion! {{storylink|Kings of the Wild Frontier}} After several dead ends, the Prime's funeral barge and the Creation Matrix were found on the barren moon of [[VsQs]]. Optimus Prime and Hot Rod went together to meet the [[All-Terrain Turbo-Transport]] as it landed, but were shocked to realize that Autobots were not delivering the Matrix at all! No, they were face to face with Lord Thunderwing, the Creation Matrix's next vessel! {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

[[Image:AllFallDown-andweshallwin.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"The sky will open. The lights will come down. Celestial choirs will be singing and everyone will know we should do the right thing and the world will be perfect!"]]

Powered by the corrupted energies of the Matrix, Thunderwing was unstoppable. Even so, Optimus Prime pleaded for his troops to avoid trying to damage Thunderwing, for the Matrix was their only chance to destroy Unicron! After numerous losses were incurred, however, Optimus Prime decided to forgo the soft touch, and the Autobot leader let loose his full fury on the possessed Decepticon leader. More and more, the Matrix assumed control of Thunderwing, even taking control of his mind, but Prime could not make Thunderwing notice he was losing control of his own body. Thunderwing was not stopped by Prime's strength or by logic or reason, but by the cunning of Nightbeat. Nightbeat harpooned Thunderwing to the All-Terrain Turbo-Transport, shut off the artificial gravity systems, and Thunderwing and the transport were flung out into space. Thunderwing and the Matrix were presumed destroyed when the transport's self-destruct activated. Despite this seemingly catastrophic loss, Optimus Prime vowed to never give hope or give in to evil. With good on their side, they would ultimately prevail! {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

[[Image:PriceofLife-Icannot.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Optimus Prime is firmly against the Right to Die movement.]]

With the Matrix out of the picture, Optimus Prime fell to another prophecy, one that claimed that Unicron could be destroyed if all Transformers worked together as one. That would be impossible so long as the war continued, so Prime announced his intentions to surrender the Autobots to the Decepticons on Earth. Unsurprisingly, this was met with hostility. Optimus Prime was also still hung up on Ratchet's death, and had assigned Nightbeat to investigate it. Nightbeat suggested that Ratchet and Megatron may still be alive in [[Unspace]], the dimension that serves as a middleman between transdimensional portal openings. Nightbeat was correct, but there were complications. He was able to pull Ratchet out of Unspace, but Ratchet had been fused molecularly with Megatron into one frightening creature! {{storylink|Eye of the Storm!}} Optimus Prime refused to let anyone harm the creature. This caused even more complications when the creature, unchecked, began to tear apart the Ark's engine systems. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], Prime's security officer, warned him that if he didn't put the creature down, he would personally remove Prime from command. Optimus Prime reluctantly approached the creature, intending to kill it, but when the half that was Ratchet put the barrel of Prime's gun to its own head, begging Prime to kill it, Optimus Prime had second thoughts. He ordered [[Fixit]] to separate the two, even though Megatron would survive. Worse, one could not survive without the other. This did not please Kup and the others. {{storylink|The Price of Life!}}

True to his word, Optimus Prime surrendered his Autobots to Scorponok's Decepticons, stationed in the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] swamps. The Decepticons were enjoying this turn of events a little too much, which drew an outburst from Kup. Optimus Prime tried to tell Kup to have patience, but Kup reminded him that the Optimus Prime he knew would never back down, never surrender, no matter what the cost! But no matter, the deed was done, and Optimus Prime and the Autobots were escorted into cells. After a while, Optimus Prime began to suspect that Scorponok didn't really want to talk about an alliance against Unicron at all, and was ignoring the long term to satisfy his short term problems with commanding respect amongst his troops. Optimus Prime knocked aside Soundwave, his guard, and found Kup and Hot Rod. Unfortunately, Kup wouldn't be so easily rounded up, citing Prime's recent problems. But Prime pleaded to him at length, noting that for a warrior race, perhaps surrender took the most courage of all! Kup quietly admitted Prime was right, and the three Autobots burst into Scorponok's quarters, where Scorponok's body had been stowed, leaving Lord Zarak and Bludgeon mostly vulnerable. Zarak and Hot Rod grabbed a hostage each, but Prime ordered both sides to stand down. They had to begin trusting each other, if they were to team up against Unicron. Optimus Prime and Scorponok were once again about to reach an agreement when they were once again interrupted! A splinter team of Decepticons, led by Shockwave and Starscream, attacked the Decepticons' underground base, causing it to implode. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

Optimus Prime's immediate concern was damage control—and not just towards the humans in nearby New York City, but to the fragile alliance that was nearly formed! He and Nighbeat left to keep Scorponok and Shockwave's feud from reaching New York, but the fight was accelerated with the arrival of [[G.B. Blackrock]]'s new superhuman team, the [[Neo-Knights]]! {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Their best chance at securing the alliance was keeping Scorponok alive, but [[Circuit Breaker]] was making it very difficult. Finally, once Shockwave was out of the picture, Optimus Prime and Scorponok once again (again) went to shake hands... {{storylink|Out of Time!}} when all Earthbound Transformers were all whisked away by Primus to Cybertron. Primus spoke to them through the glowing body of Emirate Xaaron, telling them of the eternal conflict between himself and Unicron. Primus also selected Optimus Prime to be the Transformers' leader, which caught the attention of a hidden sect of [[Unicron cultist]]s. While Scorponok confided in Prime that he was scared, the two were jumped by the cultists. Scorponok, the Autobots, and even the rest of the Decepticon army came to Prime's rescue, and it seemed the alliance was finally forged. ...Till, at least, Kup pointed out that Unicron himself was hovering over the planet, ready for attack. Prime took the opportunity to double over in debilitating pain, a condition he had been hiding from the Autobots for some time. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[Image:EdgeofExtinction-sothatallmaylive.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Prime's been reading his [[Jesus|New Testament]].]]

Kup and Getaway tried to push Prime along, but the force of Unicron's claws punching into the surface of Cybertron sent them reeling. Just the sheer impossible size of Unicron paralyzed Optimus Prime and Scorponok with fear and awe. Primus, still using Emirate Xaaron's body as an avatar, tried to intervene, but was destroyed; Optimus Prime cried out in loss. Optimus Prime was not shaken into action until a [[Galvatron II|brave, unidentified soldier]] attacked Unicron singlehandledly and was swatted away. The Autobot leader charged into action, but their attacks had little effect. Scorponok was among the casualties, and Optimus Prime waited with the melted body of his former foe until death. Scorponok, having martyred himself, asked Optimus Prime if he "did good". Optimus Prime nodded, called him his friend, and finally Scorponok passed away. Unfortunately, it was Optimus Prime's turn. A Matrix-possessed Thunderwing had suddenly returned, but although Thunderwing's body was completely disintegrated by Unicron, that left the Matrix itself unaccounted for. Prime ejected Hi-Q from his chest, knowing this next act would kill him. He seized the Matrix, fought its corruption, and plunged himself and the Matrix into Unicron's maw. Unicron exploded. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

[[Image:EndOfTheRoad-itcanitis.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Gotta sell that one last toy!]]

The Transformers' ultimate battle was won, but the cost was high! What was left of Optimus Prime's body was found, and he was amazingly still holding on to life, thanks to the Matrix energy that he'd absorbed. But he hadn't much longer, so he pulled Prowl close to him and told him that Grimlock would lead the Autobots. Prime died (again), and Prowl screamed in agony. But before too long, after the Powermaster absorbed [[Nucleon]] energy from Grimlock, Hi-Q announced that ''he'' was Optimus Prime! {{storylink|Still Life!}} Since Cybertron was threatening to break apart after the stress of Unicron's attack, Hi-Q and the other Neo-Knights were packed up on a ship meant to escape the planet. But Hi-Q had other ideas. {{storylink|Exodus!}} He persuaded the Neo-Knights to stay on the dying planet and search for the [[Last Autobot]], explaining that the pains Optimus Prime were feeling before he died were the start of a larger metamorphosis. If Prime had lived, the Powermaster process would have eventually merged the two into one, but it continued on even with Prime dead. Thankfully for the Neo-Knights, Hi-Q was not crazy, and they stumbled across the storage chamber for the Last Autobot. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

The Last Autobot set in motion the planet's healing process and took interest in Hi-Q. A new robotic body was forged around Hi-Q's, and he and Optimus Prime were truly combined into one being! Optimus Prime, fully reborn as an [[Action Master]], took the Neo-Knights and the Last Autobot to [[Klo]], where the final battle was taking place. The Autobots had been dwindled to just five of their number, and the Decepticons were approaching total victory, when Optimus Prime miraculously returned. Optimus Prime ushered in a new age of peace and harmony by shoving his fists through the Decepticons' heads and torsos, and with some resurrection help from the Last Autobot, the dead Autobots were restored and the Decepticons were forced to flee. The war finally over, Optimus Prime told his fellow Autobots that they'd help Klo rebuild... and then they'd finally go home! {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In an alternate timeline, Optimus Prime still maintained his Powermaster body in 1995. When a feminist group on Earth raised complaints that all the Autobots seemed to fit male archetypes, Optimus tried to appease them in the name of public relations. Unfortunately, his "appeasement" came in the form of a powder pink token Autobot female named [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. That...didn't go over well. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}''

''Years later, in 2004, Prime was back in his original Earthen appearance. While attending the grand opening of Autobot City on Earth, the Autobots came under fire from Shockwave and his Decepticons. Optimus Prime and the Autobots bravely used their bodies as shields to protect their human guests until the Decepticons were driven off. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}''

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[Image:Primevsgrimlockbreakaway.jpg|left|200px|thumb|That's got to be theraputic.]]
''While dealing with the oncoming threat of Unicron, Optimus Prime came under a great deal of stress and began actively berating [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and his newly reactivated Dinobots for their more brutal methods of combating the enemy. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} This reprimand prompted Grimlock to offer his resignation from the Autobot army. Tempers got heated, and the two Autobots actually started brawling with one another in the conference room. After a few minutes of furious fighting, however, Prime and Grimlock effectively beat some sense into each other. Optimus Prime decided to take the Ark and its crew out into space, leaving Grimlock behind to command an "Earthforce" of Autobots, dedicated to protecting the planet in his absence. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}''

''Optimus Prime returned briefly for an inspection after the Autobot Earthbase was completed, and the Dinobots barely managed to keep him from learning about the berserker rages which plague [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] every few million years. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}} He also oversaw the reconstruction of [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] in Wheeljack's repair bay, leaving the vain Autobot under Grimlock's command before returning to space. {{storylink|Makin' Tracks!}}''
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=====Another Time and Place=====
{{note|This text story was later [[Retcon|retconned]] away by the events of ''[[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 2]]''.}}

[[Image:TFAnnual1991rip.JPG|left|thumb|200px|They will keep each half in separate BFF lockets.]]

After Klo, the Autobots returned to Cybertron in an effort to rebuild the planetary government and resources. Optimus Prime naturally took the lead in these endeavours, but matters weighed heavily on his spark. The [[Nucleon]]-soaked Hi-Q at the core of his new body was one thing, reducing Prime to a non-transforming "[[Action Master|Actionmaster]]" like many of his fellow Autobots. But more importantly, Optimus Prime feared that the newfound peace on Cybertron would not last. He desperately wanted his soldiers to stop being soldiers, yet was petrified that something might come along and disturb their inactivity. This trepidation kept Optimus from stopping Grimlock from jetting off on an ill-advised mission to [[Hydrus Four]] in search of a way to reverse the Nucleon process, and he even refused to listen to Prowl when he reported that Grimlock took off to Hydrus Four anyway. Prowl struck a chord, however, when he pointed out that if he could track Grimlock's destination, so could the Decepticons. Shamed by Prowl's rebuke, Optimus Prime soon pushed aside his recalcitrance and assembled a strike team to go after the Dinobots.

On Hydrus Four, the Autobots discovered the Decepticons had taken over the medical facility with the Nucleon supply, and taken the Dinobots hostage. It seemed Bludgeon had a plan for the Nucleon, using it to recreate Megatron himself. With a surgical strike, however, they managed to free the Dinobots and take the fight to the enemy. Optimus confronted Bludgeon himself in battle, but was saved when Grimlock suddenly charged through and struck the Decepticon leader in dino-mode. It turned out the Nucleon process could be reversed after all! After that, all Prime and Grimlock had to do was tear apart the zombie-like, half-revived Megatron. Piece o' cake. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}
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====''Generation 2''====
[[Image:Optimusprime-g2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|More apocalyptic visions than you can shake a covenant at.]]

As time passed, with the Decepticons supposed in exile and Cybertron at peace, the Autobots functionally disbanded. They scattered across the galaxies, with many retiring in peace while others continued to fight for peace among other civilizations they came across. The time came when Optimus Prime was called back into the skirmish, alongside his honor guard of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], when Grimlock and his combat unit discovered a greater [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] that had sprouted up without their noticing it. These next generation Decepticons, led by the Liege Centuro [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], would conquer world after world using terraforming and exo-structuring processes to remake raw materials into a new Cybertron for their use. Optimus Prime, Grimlock and their "Dirty Dozen" of Autobots began a small resistance movement against Jhiaxus and his people, but realized they were out of their depth. As the call went out to reassemble the Autobot army en masse, Prime worried that they were still missing some greater threat—he had begun experiencing visions of an unknown peril that was heading their way, and wasn't sure if even the united Autobots would be enough to deal with it. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Until he could identify this secondary threat, Prime ordered the Autobots to remain inactive at an Autobase built into a small asteroid belt. But certainly Grimlock was having none of that. He grabbed a sizeable percentage of their displaced warriors who had already arrived and headed out after Jhiaxus and his flagship, [[Twilight]]. Naturally, they got in over their heads. Prime grabbed some of his personal soldiers (Hot Rod, Kup, Prowl, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]) and hijacked a strike ship to get close enough to Twilight for a rescue mission. Once Grimlock and his men were sent out on a prison vessel, Optimus blasted the ship just enough to cause chaos, and give Grimlock enough time to overtake the crew. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Surprisingly enough, he gave Grimlock no rebuke once they met up again—in fact, Prime put the Dinobot commander in charge of the entire army! In order to fully understand the visions of impending doom he was receiving, Optimus Prime decided he needed to return to Cybertron itself, to help "cut through the static" that was garbling whatever message the Matrix was trying to send him. Engaging in a quasi-mystical ritual to expand his psychic boundaries, Optimus cast himself mentally back through time to witness the birth of the first Transformers, [[Prima]], as he rose from the living structure of Cybertron itself. What he saw next, however, was astonishing—Cybertronians birthing new Cybertronians themselves, causing living metal to burst forth from them in a bio-morphic reproduction process called "[[Reproduction#Budding|budding]]". Primus had apparently allowed this only up till a point, allowing the race to evolve in stages before discontinuing the ability and the memory of it from his progeny. Jhiaxus and his new Cybertronians, however, were the end result of some Decepticons somehow relearning the budding process. They were stronger, yes, and perhaps more evolved physically, but their souls, their sparks, were distilled too many times over. Optimus Prime awoke from his trance, believing he had come to understand the threat he sensed: the fractioning of his species. Little did he know that the threat was far less philosophical, and far more tangible, than he realized. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

When word reached Prime that Megatron had resurfaced on Earth, he jumped at the idea of joining forces with the original Decepticons to face off against the Cybertronian Empire. Travelling to Earth alone, Optimus approached Megatron with the intent to talk. Instead, Megatron blasted him from behind, beat him to a pulp, ionized his every circuit, and then ripped out his chest and siphoned away the power of the Matrix. So no, the talking didn't go too well. Prime only survived due to Grimlock's talent for insubordination, as the Dinobot leader brought a massive strike team down to save their fallen leader before Megatron finished him off. Still, as the Autobots dragged Prime away to receive repair treatment, he knew Megatron would be back—Optimus had stuttered out enough information about "new Decepticons" to pique his old foe's interest, and once Megatron went after them and bit off more than he could chew, they'd meet again. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

In this, at least, Optimus Prime knew Megatron all too well. Only days later a heavily battered and bruised Megatron wandered into Autobase: Earth, looking for that alliance Prime had offered. {{storylink|Escalation!}} With new allies, things were looking up for Prime until the unthinkable happened. His visions of death and apocalypse finally came true as the Autobots came across a devastated world looking almost identical to the images he had been experiencing. Optimus now realized his visions were not metaphorical in nature, and almost drew the conclusion himself before [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s science team completed their analysis of the genocide—it was their fault. More specifically, some by-product of the Cybertronian race had been formed by the budding process which created Jhiaxus and the Cybertronian Empire, an animate entity that scoured the cosmos of its own design. Before more data and analysis could be had, however, Jhiaxus and his troops arrived on Earth seeking to end their ancestors once and for all. {{storylink|Swarm (comic issue)|Swarm}}

[[Image:Megatrong2idiot.jpg|left|thumb|250px|No, no, shoot at ''each other''!]]

Once again seeking compromise, Optimus Prime took Megatron in an attempt to reacquire the Decepticon [[Warworld]] and use it to force Jhiaxus to see reason, that they faced a common and perhaps unbeatable foe in this "[[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]". His efforts were more than a little delayed, however, by the ever-treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. That Decepticon schemer had sold them out to Jhiaxus in the first place, but then came aboard Warworld and merged with it and the power of the Creation Matrix Megatron had been housing there. {{storylink|Total War!}} Still, Optimus Prime managed to reach a communications console, and begged Jhiaxus for an audience to discuss the impending threat which was bearing down on them all. As badly as Prime's last attempt to "just talk" with an enemy went, this time it went much worse, as Jhiaxus responded by ordering the orbital bombardment and destruction of the human city of San Francisco. Millions of lives wiped out in an instant. And before Prime could even attempt to respond or try again, the Swarm itself arrived in orbit. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}

[[Image:Jhiaxusyouhavedestroyedme.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Do you like me? Check (yes) or (no)."]]

As bad as things were, a silver lining did develop—Starscream proved too much of a "pedestrian villain" to actually corrupt the Matrix as had happened in the past. Instead, it was actually turning him more heroic, giving him selfless and self-sacrificing urges! Not wanting to be a hero, much less a dead hero, Starscream willingly relinquished the Matrix to Optimus Prime. In yet another effort at unity and compromise, Prime took a skysled over to Jhiaxus's flagship, Twilight, in order to talk the Liege Centuro into working with the Autobots and Decepticons to commune with the Swarm.

[[Image:RageInHeaven-HeroPrime.jpg|left|thumb|100px|He really does like to push the new toy at the last possible moment.]]

Instead, Jhiaxus tore off his face.

The formerly icy Cybertronian had been driven completely off his rocker by the extended conflict with his ancestors, and was now little more than a mad dog pounding away at Optimus Prime. The brutality only ended when the Swarm entered Twilight and consumed Jhiaxus utterly. At this point, Optimus had reasoned that the Swarm was merely a void, searching for something to complete the emptiness inside it. With desperate reasoning, Prime allowed the Swarm to assail him, hoping that he (and the Matrix inside him) would prove to be what it was searching for. His body ravaged to the point of total disintegration, Optimus Prime still managed to make mental contact with the Swarm as it consumed him, and expose it to the will of Primus. Having successfully purified the Swarm, Optimus Prime rematerialized in a new, more powerful body. In the aftermath, in front of the cheering masses, Prime declared a new age of peace and enlightenment.

Privately, however, Prime knew that [[Furmanism|it never ends]]... {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Classics''====
{{note|The Classics comic takes place after the end of the original Marvel Comic, but in a new timeline that does not include the events of the Marvel UK-exclusive stories or ''Generation 2''.}}

[[Image:Classicscomicautobots.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"All right, do-over. This time I'll skip the visions of doom, and you won't get yourself tangled up with Cobra. Deal?"]]

After the war ended on Klo, Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron exhausted. Since the war had gone on for so long, Prime had all along resigned himself to an inevitable death, and so finding the war at an end, Prime simply withdrew from society. No civilian job satisfied him. Now that peace was finally here, he had no idea what to do! Fifteen years later, he was somewhat relieved that Megatron had resurfaced on Earth. Though it shamed him, he once again had a purpose. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|''Classics'' Optimus Prime profile}}

Optimus Prime returned to Earth commanding [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] (formerly Hot Rod) to counter the return of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. When Transformers from another reality, [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], arrived on Earth unexpectedly, Megatron stumbled upon them, only to find himself under attack by Prime and his Autobots. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 1}} Overwhelmed, Megatron managed to escape with Landquake, while the Autobots returned to Autobot headquarters with Skyfall. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}}

Optimus Prime took his Autobots and Skyfall to [[South America]], where the Decepticons were investigating a mysterious energy source that was similar to the radiation readings of their new dimension-traveling companions. After Prime left Jetfire in mid-transit to help [[Armored Robot Hunters|RUNT]] fight the [[Seeker]]s, he and the remaining Autobots arrived at their destination and battled the rest of Megatron's forces on the ground. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} As the battle raged, Optimus Prime took on Megatron in a one-on-one battle. Megatron tried repeatedly to escape Prime so that he could discover the location of the energy readings, but Prime made it difficult. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 4}} As Megatron's troops were eliminated from the fight, the Decepticon leader realized his gambit was up. He swore the next time he and Prime met, it would be different! Optimus Prime told him to leave before he lost his patience, and the Decepticons withdrew. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}}

The battle won, but the energy source still a mystery, Prime and his Autobots returned to their headquarters heavily damaged, and seemingly having lost Skyfall and Cliffjumper (along with Landquake). Later, he was pleased to have been visited (seemingly very quickly, if really at all) by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] when their paths crossed while the latter was hunting [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]]. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

===S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers===
The Autobots were outnumbered and outgunned on Earth from the start, though Optimus was confident (and correct) that reinforcements from Cybertron would arrive. {{storylink|Reinforcements from Cybertron!}}

However, the situation was still so desperate that Optimus not only decided to recruit human allies {{storylink|The battle is far from over!}}, but aggressively tried to recruit and ''deputise'' human children, including giving them the power to co-ordinate Autobot teams in battles. He wouldn't even make a final move on the Decepticons until he had enough child soldiers on his side. {{storylink|Earthlings: THE S.T.A.R.S. need your help now!}} {{storylink|Have the Decepticons defeated us once and for all?}} In at least one case, this likely led to the ''death'' of a small boy at Decepticon hands. {{storylink|Can one boy, alone, hold back the evil Decepticons?}}

Optimus later led a convoy in search for a building site for [[Autobot City]], which ran into a Decepticon ambush. {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}} He sent off several Autobots to get help, knowing this was the only chance of victory. {{storylink|Transformers Combat Data}} Those several Autobots were seen again, but Prime... wasn't.

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice actors:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (Optimus Prime, English), [[Laurie Faso]] (Orion Pax, English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese), [[Francis Lax]] (French), [[Hubert Gagnon]] (French Canadian), [[Willi Röbke]] (German), [[Thomas Rau]] (German ''Generation 2'')

[[Image:Orionpax.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Ariel spends a lot of time hanging around the docks.]]

Optimus Prime began his life as an Autobot named '''Orion Pax''' during the [[Golden Age]] of Cybertron nine million years ago. Together with his girlfriend [[Elita One|Ariel]] and his best friend [[Dion]], Orion was a dock-worker who had the simple job of unloading and storing shipments of energy that came from a power planet up-river. But the times in which Orion lived were strange ones: a new breed of robot had recently appeared on the planet, with strange robot-mode flight powers that led Orion and Dion to idolize them. Ariel wasn't so sure, having heard rumors that the flying robots' leader had recently perpetrated an attack on an outer city.

[[Image:Wardawn_orion_dies.jpg|left|210px|thumb|Better get used to dying horribly, buddy.]]

One day, Orion was going about work as usual when an unfamiliar group of [[Aerialbot (G1)|five robots]] arrived on the docks, and Orion, wondering if they were new workers, introduced himself and his friends. At that moment, all attentions turned skyward as a group of the flying robots soared by overhead. Both Ariel and the newcomers urged caution in dealing with the fliers, but Orion waved off their concerns, and returned to work. Before long, Orion was shocked when he was approached by Megatron, leader of the flying robots, who claimed to be looking for a place to store his wares. Overcome, Orion showed Megatron around the warehouses and explained that they were used for story energy... at which point Megatron ordered his followers, the Decepticons, to attack and steal it all! When Orion took a shot to the shoulder from the Decepticon leader, Ariel rushed to his defense, but was hit by another blast from Megatron. The enraged Orion lunged at Megatron, but was shot down by yet another blast from the Decepticon's cannon.

[[Image:Sfat prime and elita fb.jpg|right|thumb|"No girls allowed"]]

While Megatron and the Decepticons set about pillaging the warehouses, the five robots Orion had met earlier carried his body away, in hopes of finding someone to repair him. They came upon the Cybertronian machinesmith [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], who reluctantly decided to subject Orion to a new reconstruction process he had developed, which would rebuild the Autobots' frail bodies into battle-hardy configurations so that they could battle the Decepticons on even footing. Thus is was that Orion Pax became Optimus Prime, the new leader of the Autobots, and was given the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which Alpha Trion had kept safe since Megatron had killed its [[U-Haul Robot|previous holder]]. While Alpha Trion set to work on rebuilding Ariel into "[[Elita One]]" using Prime's schematics as a basis, Prime confronted Megatron, introducing himself as the Decepticon's "worst nightmare". A mighty battle ensued, which came to an end when the warehouse's fuel stockpiles were blown up by the five enigmatic Autobots, who disappeared. {{storylink|War Dawn}}

Over the following five million years, Optimus Prime led the Autobots in a steady war of attrition that gradually drained Cybertron of almost all of its energy. In order to continue the fight, Prime arranged for an interstellar expedition to search for energy on other planets. Loading his best and brightest aboard a huge [[Ark (G1)|spacecraft]], Prime was the last to board, but was stopped by a cry from Elita One, who came running up to the launch platform. Prime told her that he would return for her as soon as he could, but Elita was intent on joining Prime on the mission. No debate was to be had, however, as a Decepticon attack on the platform caused an explosion that seemingly destroyed Elita. Crestfallen, Prime boarded the spacecraft and ordered a take-off, unaware that Elita had, in fact, survived. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

[[Image:Mtmte1 prime controls.jpg|left|thumb|The Transformers spent four million years in stasis lock because Prime never learned to turn INTO the skid.]]

The Autobots' spacecraft had a troubled flight. After navigating a treacherous asteroid field, the ship was caught in a tractor beam from a [[Nemesis (G1)|Decepticon space cruiser]] that had been shadowing them, under the command of Megatron himself. Megatron's forces swarmed the Autobot ship, and the two leaders grappled until the G-force of the nearby planet Earth took hold of the craft, and dragged it down. Although Prime tried valiantly to pull the ship up, it collided with a [[Mount St. Hilary|mountain]] so violently that all the Autobots and Decepticons were knocked offline.

[[Image:Mtmte2_witiwickys_saved.jpg|215px|right|thumb|Water-boarding is unconstitutional]]

Four million years later, in 1984, a volcanic eruption jarred the ship's computer, [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], back online, and it set about reviving the Transformers indiscriminately, beginning with the Decepticons. The evil robots soon departed the Ark, but thanks to tremor caused by a petty parting shot upon the ship from Starscream, the inactivate form of Optimus Prime was jostled into the path of Teletraan I's restoration beam. Reconfigured by the computer to transform into a tractor trailer, Prime thanked Teletraan for its efforts with a thumbs-up, and quickly saw to the reactivation of all his fellow Autobots. Wasting no time, Prime led the Autobots in pursuing the Decepticons, who were in the process of attacking an oil rig. Prime and Megatron faced off, but Prime was promptly set upon by [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], allowing Megatron to break off the fight and collapse the oil rig with a few well-placed blasts. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} Prime quickly rescued a pair of rig workers—Sparkplug Witwicky and his son Spike—and introduced himself and the Autobots to the two grateful humans, who volunteered to help the Autobots learn more about Earth.

[[Image:Mtmte2_shermandam.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"Hey, Megatron! Lemme axe you a question!"]]

Next, the Decepticons targeted [[Sherman Dam]], and Prime led the Autobots in an attempt to stop them, battling Megatron atop the dam with his retractable [[energon-axe]]. Distracted by a cry for help from Spike, Prime was knocked off the dam by Megatron, and the Decepticons escaped to carry out their next raid, this time on the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma]]. When the Autobots arrived at the mines, Sparkplug and Bumblebee were sent in to plant an explosive charge that would entomb the Decepticons. When the pair did not return, Prime drove up to the mineshaft and deployed Roller to investigate. No sooner had Roller entered the mine, however, than the charge went off, and Prime was caught in the blast and hurled off the cliff. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} Prime and Roller both survived the explosion, but unfortunately, so did the Decepticons, who blasted their way free of the collapsed mine took to the air. Prime tried to stop [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] from pursuing the villains, but his old friend would not listen and was shot down. Prime was happy that Ironhide was okay, but reminded him that there was a thin line between being a hero, and being a memory.

[[Image:Mtmte3_prime_combatdeck.jpg|right|225px|thumb|In mere moments, the gun would be destroyed, but the finger would keep right on firing.]]

After the Autobots' attempt to use a phony holographic rocket base to dupe the Decepticons failed, Megatron stood poised to return to Cybertron. Prime called for volunteers for the dangerous mission to stop the Decepticons' blasting off in their new [[Decepticon Headquarters|space cruiser]], and all the Autobots stepped forward, including Spike and Sparkplug. With all his soldiers behind him, Prime led the Autobots into battle once more, and once again faced off with Megatron, this time using the additional firepower of his [[Combat Deck]] against his enemy. When the combat shifted to hand-to-hand, however, Prime was blindsided by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], affording Megatron the opportunity to call of the fight and instruct the Decepticons to board the cruiser. As the craft took off, emotion got the better of Prime, and in a rare display of short-temperedness and anger, he roared at [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] to hand over his rocket pack. With the pack's additional boost, Prime achieved escape velocity and followed the cruiser into space, but a blast from its artillery hatch sent him plummeting back to Earth. His anger fading to despair, Prime declared that the Decepticons had won... before noticing that Mirage was missing. In fact, the invisible Autobot had stowed away aboard the Decepticons' cruiser and sabotaged it from within, causing it to crash back to Earth, into the ocean. Believing the Decepticons aboard destroyed, Prime ordered the Autobots back to the ship, so that they could continue rebuilding it and return to Cybertron themselves. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[Image:Too_prime_truckmode.jpg|left|thumb|225px|The smokestacks were filed down for your safety, kids.]]

One night, months later, before rebuilding was complete, Prime and Ironhide stood looking out at the ocean, and Prime confessed he was not entirely convinced that the Decepticons were gone for good. And he was right: before long, Teletraan I reported an emergency at a solar power plant, and Optimus discovered to his horror that Megatron still lived. Prime led a team of Autobots to drive the villains off, and while they were successful, the Decepticons escaped with a large quantity of energy to send to Cybertron with their new intergalactic "[[space bridge]]" transport system. Spike was captured and nearly sent across the bridge with the energy, but at the last moment, Prime blasted him free of the transport pod and then hurled Megatron into the bridge in his place. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} Megatron was not gone for long, however, and when Prime next faced his eternal enemy, it was for possession of an anti-matter energy formula. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

[[Image:Divide and conquer.jpg|right|225px|thumb|He was recovering nicely until Bumblebee tripped while carrying his dynamite collection.]]

While searching for any trace of where the Decepticons' space bridge would next materialize, Prime received word of a Decepticon attack on a weapons factory and sped to the scene. In the battle that followed, Prime was badly injured by an exploding computer bank when he shielded the human workers with his body, and was taken back to Autobot Headquarters for repair. Alas, Laserbeak followed the Autobots back to their base, and while Prime was lying on a medical table with his internal mechanisms exposed, the crooked cassette struck, destroying Prime's vital [[cosmotron]] component. A team of Autobots were dispatched to Cybertron recover a replacement cosmotron, but in their absence, the Decepticons initiated an all-out attack on the Autobots. At the last moment, the cosmotron arrived, and the repaired Prime made a dramatic entrance onto the battlefield, challenging Megatron to one-on-one combat and soundly defeating him. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

After leading the Autobots on a mission to the Arctic to stop the Decepticons from draining the energy of the Earth's core, {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} Optimus Prime okayed [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and Ratchet's project to create robotic dinosaurs to bolster their forces. Unfortuantely, when the three "[[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]" turned out to be dangerous, simple-minded monsters, Prime ordered them destroyed. Wheeljack was able to talk him down to merely deactivating the Dinobots and sealing them in a cavern in their volcano headquarters... and a good thing, too, since soon after, when Prime and the Autobots were defeated in battle with the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]], Wheeljack was able to bring the Dinobots back online to save the day. Realizing that "even the wisest of men and machines can be in error", Prime overruled his previous order, and allowed the Dinobots to remain part of the Autobot ranks. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[Image:War of the dinos 7.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"Someday, my large friend, [[Grimlock (G1) toys#Masterpiece|the tables will be turned]]."]]

Following a mission to Peru, {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} Prime was so impressed with the Dinobot trio's improved performance that he ordered the creation of two more. Unfortunately, Prime would soon learn that the Dinobots were not perfect; left alone to guard a strange energy-rich meteorite, the Dinobots were approached by Megatron, who exploited their simple brains to turn them against Optimus Prime. Soon after, when Prime discovered that the meteorite was unstable and set to explode, he rushed out to warn the Dinobots, only to be attacked by them and taken to Megatron. The Decepticons had also stolen the meteorite, unaware of its impending detonation, and when the space-rock finally exploded, Prime dove into action and shoved the Dinobot leader Grimlock to safety. Realizing that Optimus Prime was on the side of the angels, Grimlock apologized, and he and Prime shook hands. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[Image:SurfsUp.jpg|right|225px|thumb|There is no way it could becooler than this...]]

When the Decepticons constructed a massive "space pyramid" in order to bring Cybertron into Earth's orbit, that they might exploit the energies released in the chaos that would ensue, Prime attempted to stop Megatron from activating the third and final pylon in the system. Megatron merely laughed, and informed Prime that ''he'' would be the one to activate the pylon – for if he did not, Cybertron would be utterly destroyed! {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} Prime was forced to comply and brought the pylon online, but he did not linger on the moral repercussions of his decision, and instead led the Autobots in combating the environmental terrors that Cybertron's orbit unleashed. On top of all this mayhem, the Decepticons had also used [[hypno-chip]]s to mind-control human slaves into helping them gather energy, including Sparkplug Witwicky. Learning that Sparkplug had been taken to work on Cybertron, Prime felt that it would be best if Spike did not find out, only for the boy to overhear him discussing it. Prime permitted Spike to join a team of Autobots that were heading for Cybertron to investigate the source of the Decepticons' mind-control. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} Prime then led another team of the Autobots on a mission to stop the construction of a Decepticon hydro-electric generator, cruising into battle on Transformer-sized surfboards. Things came to a head in a huge firefight on a tropical island, during which the Autobots returned from Cybertron with a device that undid the effects of the hypno-chips. Megatron cut his losses and fled with the energy he had gathered, but Prime then opened fire on his craft, blowing up the energy within and creating an explosion powerful enough to thrust Cybertron back out of orbit. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}}

[[Image:CountdownToExtinction.jpg|left|thumb|... I stand correct.]]

In the wake of Cybertron's orbit, Optimus Prime and the Autobots set about repairing the damage done to Earth, when an even greater threat emerged: Starscream set an [[Exponential Generator]] to overlord and destroy the planet. For the first time – but not the last – Prime and Megatron were forced to team up for the greater good (or the lesser evil), as Megatron transformed into pistol mode and allowed Prime to wield him so that they could shoot the exponential generator into space and save Earth. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

[[Image:Tanker throw.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Eat your heart out, Superman.]]

Hearing reports of giant robotic insects in Bali, Optimus Prime led a team of Autobots to investigate. The team discovered that the insects in questions were a trio of "Insecticons" who had allied themselves with Megatron, and pursued them to an oil refinery the Decepticons were in the process of plundering. In one of his most impressive feats of strength ever recorded, Optimus Prime hoisted an entire oil tanker over his head and hurled it at Megatron. The Insecticons were so awed by this display of strength that they decided to consume the gathered energon and flee, earning them Megatron's ire. Although he considered the day a victory, Prime worried that the Insecticons would inevitable ally themselves with Megatron again. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

[[Image:Primedefeated.gif|left|thumb|"I... fell on my keys.. ow."]]

When an unarmed Megatron appeared in front of Autobot Headquarters claiming that he had come only to talk, Optimus Prime agreed to hear him out, and found himself challenged to a one-on-one duel in accordance with Cybertron law. The loser of the duel and his troops would be forced to vacate Earth forever, but Prime confidently and honorably accepted the challenge. Little did Prime realize that Megatron had found a way to imbue himself with the different powers of all his Decepticon troops, and when the battle began, Prime was defeated with shocking speed. Believing that he had simply been unaware of the number of powers at Megatron's command, Prime sorrowfully agreed to leave Earth, much to the other Autobots' chagrin. When they returned to Autobot Headquarters to prepare for their departure, they discovered Megatron's newest warriors, the Constructicons, in battle with the Dinobots, but Prime refused to get involved, citing the law despite Ironhide's protests. Spike friend [[Chip Chase]] had his suspicions about the battle and used Teletraan I to scan Prime's injuries, revealing Megatron's deception. As the battle had been unlawfully won, Prime was able to disregard the law and lead the Autobots into the battle raging outside. Prime was able to blast the Constructicons' merged form of Devastator apart with his laser rifle, and the Autobots ganged up on the Decepticons and forced them into a lava-filled crevasse. Prime and Megatron faced off once more, and Prime sent Megatron to join his troops in the magma below. Spike asked if the Decepticons were gone forever, prompting Optimus to wonder aloud... in the vast universe, was anything truly forever? {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

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As 1985 rolled in, Optimus Prime found himself on the receiving end of the fury of "Autobot Spike", as he struggled to bring the young Witwicky back to his right mind after his consciousness was implanted in a [[Autobot X|robot body]]. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} Later, when Megatron threatened the stability of the [[sun]] with his [[Solar Needle]], Prime was caught off guard by the Decepticon leader and wound up staring down his fusion cannon. Megatron ordered the other Autobots to lay down their weapons, but Prime told them to leave him to his fate and destroy the needle. Refusing to risk their commander's life, the Autobots complied with Megatron's wishes, but Prime found a way out of the situation by requesting a last wish: he asked [[Gears]], who had been rendered totally subservient by the removal of one of his circuit cards, to destroy the Solar Needle for him, and the deed was done before Megatron could do anything about it. {{storylink|Changing Gears}}

[[Image:Cos prime disassembled.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"The seller promised he was mint!"]]

Responding to reports of Decepticon activity in New York City, Optimus Prime was captured by the evil robots and disassembled into his component parts by [[Hook (G1)|Hook]]. The Autobots were able to recover their leader's head, but the other parts of his body had been rebuilt into an [[alligatorcon]] that the Autobots were forced to defeat and disassemble in order to restore him. Even after his body was rebuilt, Prime was still missing his right arm, which had been mounted as a laser turret on the top of the [[Empire State Building]]. Luckily, Prime was able to remote-control his arm, and used it to blast Devastator off the building, after which the Autobots reclaimed and re-attached Prime's errant limb. {{storylink|City of Steel}} The Decepticons were not done trying to manipulate Prime for their own ends, however; for their next evil scheme, they attacked his mind instead of his body, using a [[personality destabilizer]] to turn Prime and his fellow Autobots to the side of evil. Sparkplug was able to rig up [[attitude exchanger]]s to restore the Autobots to normal, but Prime was able to avoid being tagged by the devices by splitting up into his three components and bedeviling the Autobots on three fronts. Finally, Bumblebee took it upon himself to charge into Prime, and succeeded in restoring his leader's mind. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots}}

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Numerous crazy gadgets formed the backbone of Prime's next few adventures, as he battled the Decepticons for control of [[electro-cell]]s, {{storylink|Traitor}} had to convince Ironhide to remain with the Autobots when his old friend botched a mission involved Wheeljack's new [[Immobilizer]], {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} and found himself temporarily trapped in truck mode by the [[Transfixatron]] when he and the other Autobots participated in the "Autobot Run" charity race. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}} Later, when the Decepticons allied themselves with the [[Sub-Atlantica]]ns and attacked [[Washington, D.C.]], Prime was felled by a blast from an anti-Transformer disruptor ray created by the Sub-Atlantican king, [[Nergill]]. Prime's diodes were pulled out of the laser fire by the fortunate arrival of Grimlock and the Dinobots, and the Dinobot leader didn't hesitate to point out that fact. Prime then transported the Dinobots to Sub-Atlantica in his trailer, and unleashed them upon the fish-men with the order to "act prehistoric!" {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

When Megatron took control of the super computer [[TORQ III]], Prime gave a particularly good account of himself, duping and defeating the addled computer almost single-handedly, besting Megatron in hand-to-hand combat and destroying his remote control device, and saving [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] and Spike from a sinking oil platform. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} The Decepticons struck back with another plot that involved controlling an Earth machine; even Optimus Prime found himself outmatched by the robotic ninja [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], and his attempts to reason with the lifeless construct fell on deaf ears. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

[[Image:Primeproblem prime and clone.jpg|left|215px|thumb|"Oh noes! If only there were some way to tell them apart! [[Matrix of Leadership|Sacred lifeforce]]? What?"]]

As part of a plot to lead the Autobots to their doom in a crevasse of [[korlonium crystal]]s, Megatron created a [[Optimus Prime clone|perfect clone of Optimus Prime]], which he could remote control from a distance. Despite the Prime clone's blatantly odd behavior, the Autobots were unable to tell the difference between the two Primes, so they staged several contests in hopes of identifying the true Prime through his skills. Unfortunately, a sharp-shooting test and a race yielded no results, and the Autobots were forced to table the debate and go into battle against the Decepticons with both Primes. To fully complete the illusion, Megatron proceeded to create a clone of Starscream, which his Prime clone then destroyed, convincing the Autobots that it was the genuine article. Unfortunately, Megatron promptly blew his ruse by dismissing Spike's safety as unimportant, and all of the Autobots immediately turned on the clone and blew it to smithereens. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

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Next, Prime found himself allying with Megatron on two separate occasions, first to prevent the destruction of the Earth with a Decepticon attempt to drill to the planet's core went awry {{storylink|The Core}}, and then again when the Insecticons drained the [[Nova Power Core|power core]] of the [[Nova Power Station]] and grew in size and power. In the latter instance, Prime again wielded Megatron in gun mode to shoot capsules of antidote into the Insecticons, shrinking them back to normal before they exploded. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}}

After another disastrous Dinobot rampage in Autobot Headquarters, Optimus Prime ordered the Dinobots to relocate to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], a strange prehistoric paradise the Autobots had just recently discovered. Unfortunately, the Decepticons followed the Dinobots there and began draining the island's rich sources of energy, disrupting the fabric of space and time and causing humans and other creatures from throughout time to materialize in the present day. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} Prime put his trailer to use as a holding pen for a herd of woolly mammoths, and after the prehistoric pachyderms were returned to their home time, he donned a jetpack and led a team of Autobots to Dinobot Island to stop the Decepticons' plan. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

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In the midst of some basketball lessons from Spike, Prime was approached by Grapple with a design for a solar power tower, but was forced to forbid its construction on the basis that it had no means of defense against a Decepticon attack. Consumed with a desire to build the tower, Grapple and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] wound up allying with the Constructicons to construct the tower, only to be promptly turned on and entombed within it once it was complete. Prime and the Autobots rescued them, and while Prime accepted their apologies, he still had them clear up the wreckage of the tower as punishment. {{storylink|The Master Builders}}

Optimus Prime later helped test Wheeljack's new [[Negavator]] weapon and had to deal with a paranoid [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], {{storylink|Auto Berserk}} then found himself faced with a super-powered Megatron when the Decepticon leader boosted his systems with the [[Heart of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Microbots}}

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After helping to save [[Central City (G1)|Central City]]'s new solar energy facility from Decepticon attack, Optimus Prime and the Autobots were honored at city hall, but the ceremony turned sour when the mayor's rival, [[Shawn Berger]], framed the Autobots for raiding an oil field using a video tape faked by the Decepticons (which featured a costumed Starscream playing the role of Prime). Prime and the Autobots were called to trial and found guilty of crimes against Earth, and Prime reluctantly accepted the court's ruling that they leave Earth and return to Cybertron aboard a craft supplied by Berger. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} Prime soon regretted his decision and ordered Cliffjumper to turn the rocket around, only to discover that Megatron had set it to collide with the sun and destroy them all. Thanks to [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s force field, Prime and the Autobots survived the explosion of their rocket, and returned to Earth to clear their names. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

When Optimus Prime attended [[Professor Greene]]'s demonstration of his new [[Ultra-Plane]], the Decepticons attacked and destroyed the new weapon. In the battle that resulted, the Autobots and Decepticons began to suffer sudden system malfunctions that were quickly deduced to be a result of the [[cybertonium]] in their systems degenerating after four million years on Earth. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} Spike and his girlfriend [[Carly]] braved a perilous journey to Cybertron, recovering enough cybertonium to repair the Autobots, and were appointed honorary Autobots by Prime for their efforts. {{Storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

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Optimus Prime was particularly exasperated with Blaster when he broadcast a rock concert back into the Autobot base, partially because of the ungodly noise, but mostly because it meant that the Autobots failed to receive a distress call from [[Professor Haley]], whose [[Voltronic Galaxer]] device had been stolen by the Decepticons. It was with Blaster's help, however, that Prime then bested Megatron in a battle on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], and so he allowed Blaster to turn Megatron's moonbase into a radio station that he could broadcast from. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

Prime later led the Autobots in battle for control of the [[electrum|golden lagoon]], {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}} then found himself playing the role of tech-support as he talked [[Talaria]] through the activation of [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]'s signal beacon via a communications channel when the space-faring Autobot was stranded on [[Titan]]. Prime intended to go to Titan and rescue Cosmos himself, but Red Alert urged against it, and Jazz wound up going in his place.{{storylink|The God Gambit}} Prime later agreed to help the NYPD bust a carjacking ring headed up by the [[Geddis brothers]], leading to another confrontation with the Geddis's secret allies, the Decepticons. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

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When the Decepticons attempted to turn a baseball stadium into a new space bridge, the mechanism malfunction, teleporting Prime, Bumblebee, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and a quartet of Decepticons to an alien planet inhabited by giants. Prime took the diplomatic approach, introducing himself and the Autobots to [[Aron]], the alien boy into whose room they had been transported, and Aron then helped his new friends evade capture and dissection by the planet's authorities. Following a riotous sewer-surfing journey back to Aron's house, the Autobots departed the planet in a toy rocket ship Perceptor had rewired. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}} On the return journey to Earth, however, the Autobots were captured by the alien gambler [[Bosch]], who brainwashed them all, save Smokescreen, and sold them to [[Lord Gyconi]] on the asteroid resort of [[Monacus]]. Prime was pitted against an [[animalian]] in a gladiatorial battle for Gyconi's patrons' amusement before Smokescreen and Bosch secured the Autobots' freedom and restored their minds. {{storylink|The Gambler}} Upon his return to Earth, Optimus Prime faced the menace of the [[Morphobot]]s. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

When reports came in of the Constructicons mining an asteroid out in space, Optimus Prime requested that Omega Supreme investigate. The asteroid proved to be an egg containing an [[asteroid bird alien|alien bird monster]], which emerged and began attacking [[San Francisco]], but Omega ignored Prime's orders to intervene and shut off his communicator in mid-battle, preferring to seek revenge against the Constructicons. Prime was forced to intervene, getting between Omega and his quarry and finally convincing the giant Autobot to help dispose of the alien, on the basis that there were more important things in life in than revenge. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

Outfitted with a special coating of insulation to protect himself, Prime led a small team of Autobots to Japan to stop Megatron's latest creation, the demented energy imp known as [[Kremzeek]]. When the Autobots finally got the better of the crazy creature, Prime had to regretfully order his destruction. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

[[Image:Primetarget_beast_of_borneo.jpg|left|thumb|Bad touch!]]

After receiving a distress signal from the planet of [[Tlalakan]]s, Prime ordered a team of Autobots to investigate, but was unable to go himself as he was too large for Cosmos to carry. {{storylink|Sea Change}} Later, when Megatron, Starscream, [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] began feuding for Decepticon leadership, Prime was greatly amused by the whole thing, calling it a "domestic squabble" and taunting Megatron by dismissing him so he could fight the "real" leaders of the Decepticons. Prime kept the other Autobots from getting involved in the battle, and sure enough, the Decepticons wound up knocking the fight out of each other. The other Autobots agreed there was only one leader for them, and formed a throne out of their bodies for Prime to sit upon, but Prime said he preferred to roll. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

Optimus Prime 's fame and prowess loon led him to become the target of the demented big-game hunter, [[Lord Chumley]], who sought Prime's head to go along with his other rare trophies. Chumley captured several Autobots in order to lure Prime to his estate, and of course, the Autobot leader no choice but to comply. Battling his way through a mock-up of Cybertron itself against all kind of bizarre traps and creatures, from a ferocious [[dragon]]-like beast, to several robotic arachnids, to the interfering Astrotrain and Blitzwing, Prime succeeded in freeing his Autobot comrades, capturing Chumley, and delivering him to the authorities. {{storylink|Prime Target|Prime Target}}

[[Image:Sfat_powertransfer.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Oh look. Optimus Prime is having robo-sex with his sister. Better get used to seei- whoa, wait a minute.]]

Prime received the shock of his life when Megatron contacted him to inform him that Elita One was still alive, and had been captured by his Decepticons on Cybertron. Prime immediately departed for Cybertron to rescue her, but walked straight into the trap that had been laid for him, and was trussed up by the Decepticons and dangled above a vat of acid. Just as Prime was dropped, Elita used her secret power to stop time, freezing Prime in mid-air and pulling him to safety. Unfortunately, the use of her power drained almost all of her life-force, leaving her on the brink of death, so Prime loaded her aboard his trailer and set out in search of Alpha Trion, in the hope that the ancient Autobot could heal her. In the process, Prime rediscovered his own forgotten connection to his creator, when Alpha Trion shocked him with intimate knowledge of his and Elita's systems by telling him that only his own power supply could properly interface with Elita's. Prime gave Elita the power transfusion necessary to save her life, and the two lovers then joined the other Autobots in fighting off the Decepticons. Prime regretted that they had to part ways again, but Elita knew that she had to continue the fight against the Decepticons on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

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Optimus Prime had little to do in the mission to rescue [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]] from the Decepticons, merely offering theories and passing along information to Powerglide, {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}} but took to the fore again when Megatron created the Stunticons to combat the Autobots on the roads. Realizing that Megatron would have to use the Cybertronian mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] to bring the Stunticons to life, Prime took a team of Autobots to Cybertron, where they sought the aid of Alpha Trion in navigating the planet's catacombs to find the way to the computer. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Unfortunately, Megatron made it to the computer first and brought the Stunticons online, so Prime proposed the creation of the Aerialbots as a countermeasure. With Vector Sigma's [[Key to Vector Sigma|activation key]] in Megatron's clutches, Alpha Trion proposed that he merge with Vector Sigma to bring the computer back online. Prime refused, knowing it would mean the end of his creator's life, but Alpha Trion insisted that he be allowed to sacricice himself so that the Aerialbots could live. The Autobots and Aerialbots returned to Earth, where they stopped Megatron from using the key to Vector Sigma to convert the planet into a metal sphere. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

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When Megatron attempted to send the Aerialbots back to the dawn of time using the [[kronosphere]] time machine, Optimus Prime blasted the device before it could complete its evil work, depositing the Aerialbots nine million years in the past. Prime and the other Autobots fended off a Decepticon attack while Wheeljack rebuilt the kronosphere, and the five airborne Autobots were returned to the present just in time to turn the tide of battle. In the aftermath of the conflict, when the Aerialbots were able to refer to him with his old name of Orion Pax, Prime realised that it had been the time-tossed Aerialbots who have saved him from Megatron and brought him to Alpha Trion to be rebuilt all those millions of years ago. {{storylink|War Dawn}}

When Perceptor was kidnapped by the Decepticons and infected with the contagious [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] , Prime risked his own safety to single-handedly rescue the scientist, and wound up being infected in the process, just as Megatron had planned. Even infected, Prime met Megatron in battle while the Autobots retrieved the cure to the disease, and the Autobots won the day yet again. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

[[Image:RevengeofBruticus Primefiringguns.jpg|left|thumb|Being a hero is all about dramatic lighting. And two-fisted violence.]]

When another power struggle between Megatron and Starscream erupted, Prime was once again quite happy to ignore the whole messy affair until Starscream and his newly-built Combaticons attacked the unveiling ceremony for a [[Optimus Prime Memoria|memorial]] to Optimus Prime himself (rather oddly being built while he was still alive) and kidnapped Jazz and Cliffjumper. In the midst of a battle between Megatron and Starscream's force, Prime led the Autobots in rescuing their teammates. Starscream and the Combaticons were subsequently defeated and exiled from Earth, {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} but that just made matters worse, as they headed for Cybertron, conquered the planet, and used the space bridge to alter Earth's orbit and send it spiralling towards the sun. Both Autobots and Decepticons needed to use the space bridge to travel to Cybertron and stop Starscream's plan, but the Insecticons damaged the control panel, requiring Prime to donate some of his own circuitry to the repair effort, on the condition that Megatron did the same. With the bridge restored, Prime and Megatron lead a united team of Autobots and Decepticons to stop Starscream and the Combaticons and save the Earth. Prime was led to believe that he had destroyed the Combaticons at the battle's end, but in reality, had been duped by a holographic projection so that Megatron could reprogram the new Decepticons to serve him. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[Image:Masquerade_prime_vs_mmaster.jpg|right|230px|thumb|You re-enacted this scene countless times as a kid. You know you did.]]

After leading a team of Autobots to save the Aerialbots from a Combaticon attack in the Middle East {{storylink|Aerial Assault}} Prime led another effort to stop the Stunticons from stealing the components Megatron needed for his latest super-weapon. Prime survived a head-on collision with [[Motormaster]] (although he definitely decided it was something he would prefer not to go through again) and then disguised himself as the Stunticon leader in an effort to learn what Megatron's plan was. Accompanied by a team of four other Autobots disguised as the other Stunticons, Prime was able to infiltrate the Decepticon camp, but had not counted on the real Stunticons escape Autobot capture and exposing their deception. The Autobots abandoned their disguises when Megatron assembled the components into his new laser weapon, but it turned out that Optimus had sabotaged the device, and it blew up in Megatron's face. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

In his final recorded adventure in the 20th century, Prime dispatched Ironhide, Gears and Bumblebee to investigate a disturbance at [[Benjamin Franklin Pierce High School]], where a group of students had stumbled onto a Decepticon plot to attack the Autobots with a gravity disruptor beam. Prime rallied the Autobots to fight off the Decepticons, and thanked the humans for their help. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

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Over the course of the next twenty years, the Decepticons turned their attentions away from Earth, and succeeded in seizing control of all of Cybertron. The Autobots were forced off the planet and founded [[Autobot City]] on Earth, in addition to two staging bases on Cybertron's moons. At some point during this period of time, Prime was known to have battled Megatron in a laboratory on Earth, causing an explosion that scarred scientist [[Gregory Swofford]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

In the Earth year 2005, Optimus Prime was stationed on [[Moonbase One]], and dispatched troops to Earth to acquire energy for an upcoming strike to take back Cybertron. The Decepticons, however, got wind of the plan and attacked the shuttle, killing its occupants. Their scheme was to use the shuttle to stage a [[Battle of Autobot City|surprise attack on Autobot City]]; an attack which would have succeeded, if not for a distress call which summoned Optimus Prime and support troops to Earth. Declaring that Megatron would have to stopped, "no matter the cost", Prime bravely plowed through the remaining Decepticon ranks before confronting Megatron in a climactic one-on-one battle. Despite a gash being torn in his side, Prime gained the upper hand in the battle and was poised to deliver a killing blast when the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] leapt into the middle of the fight, having spotted that Megatron was reaching for a gun. Unfortunately, Megatron overpowered the youth and used him as a shield, preventing Prime from taking his shot, and opening fire with the gun, blasting Prime in his wound. Prime fell, and Megatron stood over him, about to deliver the final blow, but at the last moment, Prime summoned up all his strength and hurled Megatron off the platform on which they battling. With Megatron bested, the Decepticons fled, as the other Autobots flocked to the side of the wounded Prime.

[[Image:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|right|thumb|"Oh, hey, I have this in me now, by the way."]]

Despite the efforts of Perceptor, Optimus Prime's wounds were fatal. Knowing his time had come, Prime passed the Matrix of Leadership, and with it leadership of the Autobots, into the hands of his old friend, the city's commander, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. With his last ounce of energy, he muttered "[['Til all are one]]", then died, his lifeforce becoming one with the ancient wisdom contained in the Matrix, joining the other formers bearers within it. Soon after, when Hot Rod opened the Matrix within the body of the planet-eater, [[Unicron]], Prime 's voice was heard once more, dubbing the transformed Hot Rod "Rodimus Prime", new leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

When Rodimus Prime voyaged into the Matrix in search of answers to the mysteries of the alien [[Quintesson]]s, Optimus Prime was among the "spirit guides" who appeared to him and led him on his journey through the origin and history of the Transformer race. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

[[Image:Optimusg1zombie.jpg|left|215px|thumb|"WHERE IS SARAH CONNOR?"]]
Optimus Prime's body was entombed in a massive deep-space mausoleum with the many other fallen Autobots, but his corpse was desecrated by the [[Quintesson]]s in 2006 when they reanimated it as part of an attempt to destroy the Autobots. Pursued by the Decepticons through space, a team of Autobots led by Rodimus Prime took refuge in the mausoleum, where they were confronted by the seemingly-reborn Optimus Prime. Optimus dispatched the pursuing Decepticons, and Rodimus – never truly comfortable with the burden of leadership – happily relinquished the Matrix to his predecessor. At that point, the reprogrammed Optimus turned on the Autobots, stranding them on the mausoleum and blowing it up. The zombie Prime returned to the main Autobot force and reassumed command, intending to lure the Autobot space fleet into a trap that would destroy them all. Hot Rod's Autobots, however, were revealed to have survived the explosion of the mausoleum, and Hot Rod engaged Prime in battle. In the course of the fight, the Matrix began to overpower the Quintesson influence in Prime's mind, and he returned the talisman to Hot Rod, then ordered the rest of the Autobots clear while he piloted his flagship into the Quintessons' trap. As the Autobots watched from a distance, the flagship collided with the booby-trap detonator the Quintessons had placed on an asteroid, triggering the explosion of a nearby sun that apparently took Optimus Prime from them once more. {{storylink|Dark Awakening|Dark Awakening}}

Prime's lifeforce returned to the Matrix, and he was among the spectral figures whose ethereal forms emerged from the talisman when it was stolen by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], warning him to return it to its rightful holder. Galvatron was suitably convinced. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

[[Image:Roop1_prime_revived.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Optimus Prime was reborn in the electric chair for our sins.]]

While the other Autobots believed that Prime's body had been destroyed in the supernova, in actuality, just before the flagship impacted with the detonator, his remains had been recovered from the craft by two human scientists, [[Jessica Morgan]] and Gregory Swofford, who still blamed Prime for the explosion that scarred him years beforehead. Jessica's father, [[Mark Morgan]], shared Swofford's loathing of the Autobots, and his hatred only grew when, some months later, an attempt by the Decepticons to steal a heat-resistant alloy he had developed resulted in Jessica being paralyzed. Seeking revenge, Swofford and Morgan reconstructed Optimus Prime's body in an attempt to use it as a delivery system for the mysterious spores that had been released from the exploding sun, which induced hatred and madness. However, when they could not reanimate Prime, they used his body as a lure instead, bringing the Autobots to their lab, where they were infected by the spores directly. Rodimus Prime was able to escape infection and made off with Optimus Prime's body, then ordered [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] to find him a Quintesson to fully restored Prime to life. Rodimus succumbed to the "[[Hate Plague]]" before Sky Lynx returned, but the airborne Autbot succeeded in his mission, recovering a Quintesson who finally brought Optimus Prime back to life. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

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The resurrected Prime led a team of Autobots to the Decepticons' base on [[Chaar]] to recover the heat-resistant alloy they had stolen, so that Prime could coat his body in it and make himself impervious to the Hate Plague. Thus protected, Optimus confronted Rodimus and defeated him in battle, reacquiring the Matrix so that he could consult the lifeforces of the ancient Autobots within it for a way to defeat the Hate Plague. Informed by "[[It]]" that the only way to cure the disease was with wisdom, Prime unleashed the concentrated wisdom of the Matrix itself to wipe out the plague. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

In 2007, Optimus Prime began to suffer visions following the release of the Matrix's energy, which foretold a great transformation for Cybertron. Prime realized that the events he had foreseen had begun when the Decepticons' theft of the key to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Prime was forced to consult the spirit of Alpha Trion within [[Vector Sigma]], who informed him that the mega-computer had set these very events in motion in order to restore Cybertron's Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}} When the Plasma Energy Chamber was opened and threatened to drive Earth's Sun supernova, Spike Witwicky and the other organic [[Nebulos|Nebulans]] who had become involved in the conflict as a result of these events were able to drain off the excess solar energy and revitalize Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

[[Image:Puppetpmprime.jpg|right|thumb|Prime's legal troubles began after he gave Tommy "the Touch". Strangely, the prosecution never even noticed the double entendre.]]

At an undetermined point in time, through unknown circumstances, Optimus Prime was upgraded into a [[Powermaster]] body, and began associating with a human boy named [[Tommy Kennedy]]. Tommy, apparently a resident of Autobot City, interviewed Prime on a variety of topics related to Cybertronian history and lore, sometimes for school assignments, sometimes for historical reference, and sometimes simply for the heck of it. Prime regaled young Tommy with tales of the Autobots' greatest battles; [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|their arrival on Earth]], [[The Transformers: The Movie|Prime's own death and the struggle against Unicron]], [[Five Faces of Darkness|the return of Galvatron and the Quintessons' role in Transformer history]], Prime's [[Dark Awakening|brief revival at the hands of the Quintessons]] as well as his [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|return during the Hate Plague crisis]]. He also recounted the [[The Rebirth|the origins of the Headmasters and Targetmasters]] and, inexplicably, a tale of [[Surprise Party|Ultra Magnus's birthday]].

At this point in his career, Prime 's role seemed to be more of a goodwill ambassador, as he spent much of his time aiding fellow Autobots with minor tasks, like helping [[Joyride (Autobot)|Joyride]] repair a space bridge, refueling [[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]], and helping [[Cloudburst]] redesign his retro-rockets.

At one point, a problem with Prime's [[Memory chip|memory chip]] left him incapable of recalling specific details of various historical events. This issue was short-lived, as Tommy Kennedy managed to fix it with a small amount of effort and encouragement. Once, before leaving to attend an intergalactic peace conferences, Prime showed Tommy an informational [[The Touch|music video]] depicting the events surrounding the battle with Unicron. {{storylink|The Transformers (cartoon)|Season 5}}
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====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
[[Image:Madman comic PrimeHotrod.jpg|left|200px|thumb|-Or maybe you're just hepped-up on goofballs, kid.]]
In 2001, Optimus Prime led the Autobot evacuation from the Decepticons' successful conquest of Cybertron, standing as the unflinching rearguard for his fleeing Autobots. Before he left, he secretly met with Ultra Magnus at the site of the future Autobot City to discuss hiding the Matrix of Leadership, against the possibility of Prime's capture or death. Unfortunately, Soundwave had secretly recorded this clandestine meeting and moved to capture the powerful Autobot relic. To the surprise of all, the young Hot Rod managed to defeat Soundwave and secure the Matrix. When the Autobots arrived back on Earth, Optimus Prime learned of Hot Rod's deeds, and as he was handed the Matrix, a mysterious energy from the artifact passed through both Autobots. However, Prime only cryptically stated that perhaps Hot Rod's destiny was greater than the young 'bot himself knew. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the American animated series occur in Japanese continuity as noted above, except that the events of Season 3, which took place in 2006 in America, were moved back to 2010, and "The Rebirth" and subsequent events do not occur. Japanese animated continuity inserts a large number of additional storylines, told through various different media, into the timeline (in particular, between Season 2 and the movie, and between the movie and Season 3), as detailed below.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====

[[Image:FightSuperRobotLifeTransformersManga.JPG|right|275px|thumb|From ''AMERICA!'']]

When the Decepticons turned their attention to pillaging the energies of Japan in the late 1980s, Optimus Prime and the Autobots met up with a young Japanese boy named [[Kenji]], whose inventive mind helped them to defeat [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] during an energy raid on [[Tokyo]]. As a token of thanks, Optimus Prime granted Kenji a special communications helmet and made him an official Autobot ally. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 1|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #1}}

During a Decepticon attack on Autobot Headquarters, Ratchet noticed that Soundwave and his cassettes were nowhere to be seen, so Prime dispatched a unit to Japan to search for them. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}} Not long after, Prime oversaw the early stages of the construction of the Autobots' new transforming battle fortress, [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #3}}

While showing Kenji around the Autobots' new Tokyo base, Optimus Prime lamented that he wished his "kid brother" [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] would hurry up and arrive with his trailer upgrade. As he pondered the whereabouts of his sibling, the Decepticons attacked Yokohama. The Autobots hurried to the scene only to encounter an over-powered Megatron in his newest form: the Super Megatron Gun. The Autobots' defeat seemed assured until Magnus arrived with Prime's trailer upgrade, the [[Scramble Power Buster]]. The Scramble Power Buster trumped the might of the Super Megatron Gun, leaving Prime and Magnus to vanquish the Decepticon forces with their combined attack: the Double Cross Kick (basically, them jump-kicking the Decepticons in the spine at the same time). {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

When the Decepticons created their own counter to Scramble City, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Prime ordered the Aerilabots into battle against the monster on an island utopia. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}} Later, Prime and Magnus again teamed up again to battle the Stunticons and [[Combaticon]]s when the two Decepticons teams posed as Autobots and besmirched the two commanders' good names. Although Menasor and [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]'s [[Decepticon Trailer Brigade|Decepticon Great Wheel]] attack proved a challenge, Prime and Magnus's "Finish Double" attack (suspiciously similar to their Double Cross Kick) soon won the day. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====Scramble City cartoon=====

[[Image:Prime_magnus_scramblecity.jpg|left|thumb|"I'm a white you under here."]]

As the 1980s rolled on, the Autobots began an initiative to construct a new battle fortress known as [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]. The facility to construct the fortress was concealed within a cavern and overseen by Ultra Magnus, but when it was discovered by Decepticon spy [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], Megatron ordered the Decepticons to destroy it. Prime led an Autobot counter-offensive, and helped to blast [[Wildrider]] free when the evil Stunticon managed to link up to Superion in an attempt to disable the Aerialbot combiner, but things were looking bleak for the Autobots until the construction of Scramble City was completed. Ultra Magnus activated the battle fortress, which transformed into its robot mode of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] to send the Decepticons fleeing. As Prime thanked Ultra Magnus for his quick work, however, Megatron unleashed Trypticon upon the assembled Autobots. {{storylink|Scramble City}}

{{note|This storyline was never concluded, as a second installment of "Scramble City" was never produced.}}
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=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
[[Image:MegatronMangaEnergonMace1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This is why you have that axe, Prime, remember?]]
After Megatron and the Decepticons threatened humanity with their latest death ray, the [[Omega Whip]], Optimus Prime dispatched [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and his human partners, [[Toru]] and [[Jenny (G1)|Jenny]] to follow the electromagnetic trail and find the Decepticons' hidden base. Hound, Toru and Jenny were then swiftly captured.

Contemplating what to do next, Prime reluctantly dispatched the still-wet-behind-the-ears [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to deal with the [[Stunticon]]s, who were trashing a power plant. The burning justice of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] ensured his victory.

Prime and a small unit of Autobots then stormed the Decepticon base to rescue their friends. As Hound, Toru and Jenny destroyed the Omega Whip and escaped, Prime and Megatron squared off yet again (with Megatron unleashing his seldomly seen [[energon mace]]). Megatron quickly gained the upper hand in battle...until [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and ''every single Autobot soldier'' arrived as back-up. Megatron and the Decepticons immediately fled.

Toru and Jenny celebrated their success with a public display of affection. Curious, Optimus began to ask them embarrassing questions, swatting Toru in the bottom with his mighty robot finger. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}
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=====''The Stargate Battles''=====

[[Image:Stargatebattles_prime_cx_slice.jpg|left|thumb|225px|right]]

In the late 1990s, continued interaction between the Autobots and humankind led to a formal alliance being forged with the American government. Using technology supplied by the Autobots, the government funded the creation of "[[Warp Gate|The Trigger]]", a huge interstellar teleportation system, and Prime participated in a goodwill press conference to announce the creation of the Trigger to the world. Unfortunately, the Trigger soon became a target for the Decepticons, who had allied with a foreign power and used a human agent to gain access to the station. The Autobots were quick to repel the Decepticon attack, but only one member of the Trigger's crew survived. This man, [[Makoto (Stargate Battles)|Makoto]], offered to help the Autobots in any way that he could, and Prime told him that his kind of strength was what the Autobots needed the most. {{storylink|First Contact}}

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Three months later, Optimus Prime helped [[Professor Adle]] test his new [[C-X]] drone, which were designed to resemble Prime himself, by sparring with the remote-controlled robot so that the Professor could gather data on its performance. In the midst of the test, however, the C-X ran amok (in actuality, it had been possessed by the time-tossed ghost of Starscream), and Prime was forced to crush it beneath his trailer and sever its head with his energon-axe to stop it. The grisly scene did little to dissuade the mass of anti-Transformer protestors that had sprung up in recent months, but Prime attempted to placate the crowd by telling them that he did not ''want'' the power he wielded—he ''needed'' it, in order to protect those that could not protect themselves. {{storylink|Divided Views}}

When the Decepticons terrorized Japan with a series of powerful earthquakes, Optimus Prime confronted Megatron amdist the chaos caused by the most powerful tremor yet. The battle ended when a blast from Megatron's fusion cannon sent Prime plummetting to the depths of the ocean, apparently destroyed. {{storylink|Activation}} Subsequently, Starscream's ghost fused with the rebuilt Trigger in an attempted coup, and it was during the monumental space battle that resulted that Prime returned from his seeming demise, borne into space on [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]'s back. After saving Makoto's escape pod from burning up in re-entry, Prime was forced to join when Megatron to defeat the greater threat posed by Starscream, channelling the power of the Matrix through gun-mode Megatron to destroy Starscream and the Trigger in one mighty blast. The Transformers were all caught in the backwash of the explosion, and their flaming bodies were sent tumbling back down to Earth. Although they were not heard from again for many months, Prime and Megatron survived the experience, and their war continued. {{storylink|The Stargate Battles (issue)|The Stargate Battles}}
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=====''Binaltech''=====
In 2003, the Decepticons attacked the Autobots on Earth with a plague of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]], leaving many of them injured. Consequently, Earth was all but defenseless when Megatron made his big push to fully take over Cybertron in 2004, and Optimus Prime found that he could not spare any troops currently fighting by his side on the Transformers' home planet to send to Earth. To resolve this situation, the Autobots on Earth worked closely with the governments of the world and various car companies on the Binaltech Project, creating advanced new "Binaltech" bodies for the various Autobot warriors damaged by the Cosmic Rust.

In the midst of the Binaltech conflict, the time-travelling [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] attempted to alter history by using the [[Kronosphere]] to teleport Megatron and the Decepticon armada outside of time during a turning-point battle with Prime and the Autobots. This left the Autobots to face the looming threat of [[Unicron]] alone, but as Prime and Ultra Magnus coordinated a last-chance attack against the chaos bringer, Prime dispatched [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] into the past to undo the change made to the timeline. Although Skids was successful in his mission, and the original timeline was restored, the intervention of a mysterious time-travelling entity known as "[[Optimus Primal|the Protector]]" led to the altered, "Binal-Time" timeline also being preserved, as an alternate universe. This, the Protector attested, was due to the fact that the existence of the Binaltech warriors was necessary to preserve the future from which he came.

Unfortunately, this meant that the Autobots of this parallel timeline still had to deal with Unicron, and during the final showdown with the chaos-bringer, Optimus Prime was badly injured. Fearing that he would die, he passed the Matrix to Ultra Magnus, who used it to destroy Unicron, but as chance would have it, Prime recovered from his injuries and resumed leadership. Under the Protector's direction, the Autobots began conducting experiments that would ultimately lead to the future the Protector spoke of, where Transformers would evolve into multiversal-spanning abstract entities known as the "[[Alternity (species)|Alternity]]". When the Protector's spark was stolen by the new Decepticon leader—an evil clone of Optimus known as [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]—Prime engaged his evil doppelganger in battle in Australia. During the fight, the Protector's spark fused with Prime—an experience that Prime found [[Optimal Situation|strangely familiar]]—giving him the power to destroy Nemesis Prime.

=====''Robot Masters''=====
[[Image:Robotmasters_four_great_commanders.jpg|left|thumb|Trukk, Munky, Playne and Lyon!]]]

Also in 2004, the Scramble City project was expanded through the use of the newly-discovered element [[Solitarium]] to involve the construction of a fully-fledged Autobot City on Earth. This coincided with the opening of a dimensional fissure known as the [[Blasty Zone]], which transported the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] through time to the present day. This "Beast Megatron" seized control of the Decepticons, left leaderless by the mysterious absence of the original Megatron, and went up against Optimus Prime and the Autobots for control of the world's solitarium. Uniting with a team of Autobot and Maximal leaders from throughout time and space who also came through the Blasty Zone, Optimus Prime gained the power of an [[Energon Matrix]] and eventually returned all the Transformers to their home time.

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{{note|''Robot Masters'' is explicitly placed in the Japanese cartoon continuity by [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|Takara's 2007 Transformers timeline]]. However, none of the three pieces of actual ''Robot Masters'' fiction tells the story of the line in its entirety, and each of them relate certain events in notably different ways. Precisely ''which'' of the three—covered individually below—should be considered the [[canon]] one for the cartoon timeline is unknown.}}

======Pack-in comic======

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When a creature that seemed to be a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' appeared just outside Autobot City, Optimus Prime and Mirage investigated, and were shocked when the dinosaur transformed into a robot mode and introduced itself as "Beast Megatron". Almost immediately, [[Optimus Primal]] appeared through the Blasty Zone, and he and Optimus Prime charged into battle against Megatron side-by-side. {{storylink|The New Battle Begins!}}

Later, the two Optimuses found themselves in battle against the huge Decepticon warrior, [[Gigant Bomb]], but were unable to hurt him because he had supercharged his armor with Solitarium. The two heroes were flattened by a powerful punch from Gigant Bomb, at which point [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and [[Victory Leo]] appeared to join the fray. The two future heroes merged into Victory Saber and defeated Gigant Bomb, after which Prime and Primal welcomed him to the fold. {{storylink|The Victory Warriors Enter!!}}

======Online comic======

When a mysterious purple dinosaur led the Decepticons in an attack against the Autobots, Optimus Prime demanded to know the identity of the foe he was facing. The creature transformed into robot mode and introduced itself as "Beast Megatron", but Prime did not falter, and bombarded the new villain with heavy fire. Declaring Prime to be "quite the monkey", Megatron announced that the battle had merely served as a introduction, and promptly departed. {{storylink|Robot Masters (online comic)|Robot Masters online comic #1}}

Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal and [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] were later exploring a large crevase filled with Solitarium when they were attacked by Megatron and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. The two villains detonated the crystals around the Autobots, and while Primal was able to shield them with a huge slab of rock, they were unable to stop the Decepticons escaping with a huge load of Solitarium. {{storylink|Robot Masters (online comic)|Must Defend the Solitarium!}}

[[Image:Robotmasters_prime_vs_megses.jpg|left|thumb|300px]]

When new arrival [[Lio Convoy]] was tricked into battling Victory Saber by Megatron, it was Optimus Prime who got between the two combatants and convinced Lio Convoy that they were all on the same side by revealing his Energon Matrix, which glowed in tandem with Lio Convoy's own. The four great commanders teamed up to dispose of the Decepticons lurking nearby, and then they all welcome Lio Convoy to the team. {{storylink|Robot Masters (online comic)|Gathering, 4 Great Supreme Commanders}}

Discovering an unconsious robot outside Autobot City, Prime and the Autobots brought the enigmatic newcomer inside for medical attention. The robot introduced himself as [[Reverse Convoy]] of the planet [[Vehicon (planet)|Vehicon]]. {{storylink|Robot Masters (online comic)|Strategic Meeting: The Mysterious New Warrior}} Before long, however, Prime's goodwill proved to be misplaced when "Reverse Convoy" captured him, Mirage and Optimus Primal, and revealed himself to actually be the original Megatron, inhabiting Reverse Convoy's body by means of his black hole interlink system. Although the Autobots were saved from the clutches of "Rebirth Megatron" by Victory Saber and Lio Convoy, Prime's greatest enemy had returned. {{storylink|Robot Masters (online comic)|Revive, Dark Emperor of Destruction}}

Prime led Primal, Victory Saber and Lio Convoy in a mighty battle against the two Megatrons, Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker, during which he had much of his right forearm torn off by Beast Megatron. As both Megatron rushed the injured Prime, he summoned his energon-axe to take the place of his lost fist and slashed the two Decepticons, claiming victory. {{storylink|Robot Masters (online comic)|Robot Masters online comic #13}}
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======Cartoon======

:''Voice actor:'' ? (Japanese)

[[Image:Robomasters g1convoy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Check out my taint!]]

Optimus Prime sped into action to help Victory Saber in battle against Starscream and [[Wingstun]], blasting Wingstun with a sneaky shot from below. Prime then transformed into robot mode and opened fire on Starscream, but was shocked when the plummetting form of the Air Commander was snatched out of the sky by a ''tyrannosaurus rex''. Transforming to robot mode, the dinosaur introduced himself as "Beast Megatron", and revealed that he came from a different dimension, causing Optimus Prime to fear for the integrity of the space-time continuum. Before he could fret any more on the subject, Prime came under attack from Gigant Bomb and [[Smokesniper]], but quickly took refuge in a nearly canyon while Victory Saber handled the twin troublemakers. Prime then engaged Megatron in battle, but was quickly laid low by the newcomer, who called for Gigant Bomb and Smokesniper to finish him off. Instead, however, another strange new Transformer descended from the sky: Optimus Primal! Following Primal's lead, Prime united his energy with Primal's own, and together, they created the powerful "Double Convoy Tornado", which sent Megatron flying. In the aftermath of the battle, Prime thanked Primal for his help, and told him that they would definitely need his power when the Decepticons next attacked. {{storylink|Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!}}

Beast Megatron would not relent, and eventually discovered a massive deposit of solitarium beneath [[New York City]]. The Decepticons razed the city in search of the element until Prime and his forces arrived to save the day, this time aided by Lio Convoy and the enigmatic Reverse Convoy. Prime battled Gigant Bomb, Smoke Sniper and Megatron once more, with a little extra firepower courtesy of Victory Saber's V-Lock Cannon, and things were going smoothly until Reverse Convoy revealed himself to actually be the ''real'' Megatron in disguise. Now going by the name Rebirth Megatron, Prime's nemesis teamed with Beast Megatron to conquer their mutual foes. Again, Prime and Primal united their power in the Double Convoy Tornado, but the Megatrons countered it with a tornado of their own. It seemed that the Decepticons' power would overcome the heroes, until Lio Convoy added his energy to the mix, becoming a shining "Lio Typhoon Arrow" that took down the two Megatrons. While the battle was over, however, the war raged on... {{storylink|The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters (episode)|The Lio Convoy Typhoon Enters}}

=====''15 Go! Go!''=====
[[Image:TGGStarConvoy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Hot Rod?! Did you shrink in the wash?"]]
[[Image:TGGLaserPrime.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"How do you think I'd look in black?"]]
Shortly before the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in 2005, an unknown saboteur badly damaged [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]]'s databanks. Optimus Prime notified his Autobots of the attack and issued a command that the information be recovered as soon as possible. "[[Ravage (G1)|Black Panther Man]]", stationed on the artificial Earth satellite [[Nana]], volunteered for the important task and assigned [[Teletraan 15]] to the case.

Teletraan 15 proceeded to travel through time and space on her mission, and encountered future incarnation of Optimus Prime on several occasions. First, she travelled into the future, where [[Micromaster]] [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] saved her from a [[Novaroid]]. As Dark Nova and Ultra Megatron prepared to merge, Prime, in his "Star Convoy" form, arrived and asked Hot Rod to aid him in the coming fight. But before they could start the battle, an interruption came from an unexpected source: [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] emerged from a [[Transwarp]] portal and attacked!

On another mission even further into the future, Teletraan 15 and her companion [[Steeljaw]] were aboard [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] as he was attacked by the [[Decepticon]] jets [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]] and [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] on his way to his commander. Fortunately for them, Optimus Prime—now in his [[Laser Rod]] body—appeared and severed Dreadwing's wing with a single mighty slash of his sword. Teletraan 15 thought that he looked sad and wondered if he had learned his sword skills during his [[Kiss Player]] days.
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=====''Kiss Players''=====
{{note|[[Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]] takes place between ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and the third season of the animated series. While there is no particularly large time-gap between these stories in American animated continuity, in Japan, since the third season was moved to 2010 but the movie remained set in 2005, there was a five-year milieu that made room for plenty of new stories to be told.}}

[[Image:Illust.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Optimus is the one on the left. With the dignity.]]

Following Optimus Prime's death in the Battle of Autobot City, Tokyo was devastated when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] crash-landed on the city after being hurled out of Unicron's body by Rodimus Prime. The death and destruction that resulted caused a massive anti-Transformer sentiment to spring up, epitomized by the formation of the government organization known as the [[Earth Defense Command]], who forced any remaining Transformers on Earth off the planet. Dissatisfaction with the EDC's extreme actions resulted in the formation of an underground resistance group for whom the death of Optimus Prime was a rallying point. Among these commandoes was a young woman [[Marissa Faireborn]], who had been rescued by Optimus Prime back in 1996 when a mission that her [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|soldier father]] had been on had gone bad. Marissa had formed a great friendship with Prime in her childhood, and came to see him as a surrogate father figure, and perhaps a little bit more.

[[Image:Marissa convoy stack.jpg|right|150px|thumb|She prefers the Japanese version's longer stacks.]]
When Prime's corpse was covertly flown to Japan by the EDC, Marissa's commandos attacked the convoy transporting the Autobot leader's body. Believing that they had secured Prime's body, the commandos were taken by surprise and slaughtered by the [[Ne squad]] [[Kiss Player]] [[Ringo Chikuma|Ringo]] and her [[Autrooper]] partner, who burst out of the torso of the decoy Prime body that had been atop the flatbed truck. As the sole surviving member of the squad, Marissa discovered that the true body was being transported within Prime's own trailer nearby. Slicing the trailer open, she was too late to prevent an EDC Autrooper from partially fusing with Prime. Reflecting on her childhood memories of playing with the kindly Autobot leader, Marissa lovingly kissed his faceplate. In an explosion of energy that destroyed the trailer, the two [[ParasiTech|fused]] and Prime was reborn in a new, living body. The pair had become Kiss Players! {{storylink|Kiss Players issue 2|Kiss Players #2}}

As fugitives from the EDC, Prime and Marissa spent their days on the run and their nights hanging out at the beach. He longed for the day when he would be able to see her bathing in the sun, rather than the moonlight, although he also thought that all the soft-serve ice cream she was eating was making her a little fat. One night while Marissa was surfing, she had a squid latch onto her. Then a [[Legion]] that had infused itself with both an octopus and shipwreck attacked her. With tentacles. Prime fought it off and saved Marissa, but the EDC [[Autrooper]]s were soon dispatched to the scene, and the two had to beat a hasty retreat. {{storylink|List of Kiss Players radio drama episodes|Someday, Under the Sun}}

[[Image:PrimeKP.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"And THIS is for TRAILBREAKER, who DESERVED to have GOTTEN this MOLD INSTEAD!"]]
Over the months that followed, Prime and Marissa battled Legions, led Legions (due to the Galvatron-infused cells inside Prime's new body, which sometimes overcame him with nightmares about his old enemy Megatron), fled from Hot Rod, who believed Prime to be an impersonator of his dead commander, and both fought and fled from the EDC.

Finally, teaming up with Hot Rod and his Kiss Player partner [[Shaoshao Li]] (who had adored Marissa since childhood and hated Prime for "stealing" her friend's affections), and the EDC Kiss Player [[Atari Hitotonari]] with her Autrooper partner, Prime and Marissa entered the secret experimental facility beneath the Tokyo headquarters of the EDC and discovered the sinister truth behind the shadowy organization. Everything that had occurred was part of an attempt by EDC commander [[Hitoshizuku Amaō]] to resurrect her daughter, who had been killed in the 2005 catastrophe. Finding Galvatron's headless corpse imprisoned in the facility, the Kiss Players realized that the only way to repair things was to return the [[Unicron]]-created Decepticon's cells. Galvatron's body absorbed the Legions, the Autroopers, and the cells inside Prime and Hot Rod, who were returned to their former forms... which meant that Prime was once again dead. {{storylink|List of Kiss Players radio drama episodes|You, I, and the Spinning Earth}}

Marissa did get a few chances to see her friend again—in 2007, she and her friends were transported back through time to 1984 where they witnessed Prime's battle with Megatron atop [[Sherman Dam]], {{storylink|List of Kiss Players radio drama episodes|Kiss Players radio play #40}} and then later, ''forward'' in time, to 2010, where Prime (and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]) helped her once more by rescuing her and her friends from the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] pit on [[Quintessa]]. {{storylink|List of Kiss Players radio drama episodes|Tokyo Toy Festival 2007 live script-reading}}
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=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====

[[Image:2010_manga_primes.jpg|right|thumb|275px|And eat your greens or no dessert!]]

After boarding a Decepticon spaceship, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] became trapped by the schemeing Galvatron. Galvatron quickly bested him in combat and Rodimus, badly injured, was ready to give up. Lucky for him, the spirit of Optimus Prime reached out to him from within the Matrix and encouraged him to get up and keep fighting. Inspired by his predecessor, Rodimus Prime outwitted Galvatron, escaped and destroyed their spaceship. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

=====''The Great Transformer War''=====

Following his resurrection, in the year 2011, Optimus Prime and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] engaged in a battle against [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons in deep space. Galvatron fled the battle, leaving Hot Rod to request pursuit. Optimus told him not to, and instead to regroup back at [[Athenia]], as he suspected the Decepticons had a much greater scheme in mind. Indeed, Optimus was correct, as Galvatron was preparing for his full-blown invasion of planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====

[[Image:Headmasters_prime_death.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Rodimus finally receives his Nemesis Prime RealDoll.]]

One year after Prime's resurrection, in 2011, the Autobots had entered into an even closer relationship with Earth and began the colonization of other worlds, the first of which was the planet [[Athenia]], where Optimus Prime was stationed. It soon became apparent, however, that when Prime had released the energy of the Matrix to cure the Hate Plague, the consequences were more far-reaching than he had anticipated—without the energy of the Matrix to act as a balancing factor, [[Vector Sigma]] had become destabilized, and the Decepticons suddenly returned to exploit this, assaulting Cybertron in order to seize control of the mega-computer. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Prime took a squad of troops to aid in the battle on the planet, and when the arrival of the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] tipped the battle in their favor, Prime broke off from the main attack and headed down into the depths of the planet, planning on stabilizing Vector Sigma at any cost. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Guided through the dangers of the planet's catacombs by the spirit of Alpha Trion while the other Autobots searched for the Matrix on Earth, Prime eventually arrived at the computer, only to find his way barred by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Hot Rod then arrived with the Matrix, with which Alpha Trion merged, re-energizing it and transforming Hot Rod back into Rodimus Prime; for the first time, the two Primes fought side-by-side and defeated Galvatron. Before Rodimus could implement the Matrix to stabilize Vector Sigma, however, Optimus Prime sacrificed himself to perform the task, merging with the computer and restoring its balance to save the planet. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[Image:Ginrai_1stapp.jpg|thumb|right|Invasion of the bodysnatchers.]]

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====

Once they had defeated the Decepticons, the Autobots had planned to somehow resurrect their fallen leader, using the technology developed on the planet [[Master (Headmasters)|Master]] to give him a new body. However, shortly after it had been built, the [[Transtector]] intended for Optimus was among those stolen by the self-proclaimed "Decepticon god" [[Devil Z]]. It was then hidden on Earth where it was eventually found by, and [[Godmaster|bonded with]], a human named [[Ginrai]]. {{storylink|You Too Use the Masterforce to Transform|Shūta and Grand's Masterforce Super Secrets}} The Transtector later gained sentience of its own, which meant that it ultimately could not be used for its intended purpose. The Autobots didn't bother to build another one.

=====''The Battlestars'' story pages and comic=====
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Over 15 years after his merging with Vector Sigma, Optimus Prime's lifeless body was spirited away in a sinister plot to destroy the Autobots by [[Dark Nova]], the new leader of the Decepticons. Nova duplicated Prime's body, using the copy to create the evil [[False Convoy]]. {{storylink|The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #3}} The elite Autobot team, the [[Battlestars]], defeated False Convoy and retrieved the real Prime's body from Planet [[Lucifer]], and then used the mysterious energy source known as the [[Zodiac]] to restore Prime to life. Transformed into '''Star Convoy''', Prime was also reunited with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], who became his [[Micromaster]] partner. {{storylink|The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #4}}

[[Image:Starconvoy magami.jpg|right|thumb|"Occasionally you meet a nice one—Star Convoy, E.T. ... but usually they just turn out to be some kind of big lizard!"]]

After Star Convoy and [[Sixliner]] defeated a swarm of Dark Nova's [[Novaroid|Great Novaroid]] drone warriors, {{storylink|The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #5}} the mysterious creature decided to resurrect Prime's oldest nemesis, and plucked [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] from the icy grave he had been cast into years beforehand by the Autobot Headmasters, recreating him as [[Megatron (G1)|Super Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #6}} The two old foes clashed in battle at the North Pole, with Star Convoy emerging victorious {{storylink|The Battlestars}} but Super Megatron soon returned with an army of [[Galaman|Great Galaman]] drones to back him up. {{storylink|The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #7}} Defeated by the "[[Triple Combination Battlestar Attack]]" that combined all the power of Star Convoy, [[Sky Garry (G1)|Sky Garry]] and [[Grandus (G1)|Grandus]], Super Megatron was again upgraded by Dark Nova into Ultra Megatron. Star Convoy and the Battlestars met him in battle once again, and again, they claimed victory. {{storylink|The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #8}}

His pawn having failed him, Dark Nova absorbed Ultra Megatron into his body, transforming them both into the gargantuan "Star Giant". {{storylink|The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #9}} Star Giant proved to be virtually indestructible from the outside until Star Convoy got the bright idea of giving the villain [[Furmanism|the worst case of indigestion he'd ever had]]. Holding Star Giant's massive mouth open, he ordered Sky Garry and Grandus to move in. After all three were swallowed, they began taking Star Giant down from the inside while simultaneously fighting off his various defensive systems. As soon as the trio escaped from Star Giant's interior, the monster exploded, leaving only his head slightly intact. As it happens, Megatron was housed inside Star Giant's noggin and survived the attack. {{storylink|The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #10}}

=====Nucleon Quest Convoy bio=====
Following the defeat of Star Giant, the restoration of Cybertron (following its devastation in 2011) began, but the planet was in the throes of a chronic energy shortage. In order to re-energize the struggling planet, Optimus Prime upgraded himself into a Powermaster by fusing with the Nebulan scientist Hi-Q. Protecting his body with a Phase Modulation Shield, Prime ventured into a black hole to obtain the super-energy Nucleon, which was used to restore Cybertron to its former glory.
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=====''G-2'' story pages and pack-in comic=====
[[Image:BlasterG2.jpg|left|thumb|The alliance would have lasted if they'd gotten more than one chair.]]
With Cybertron restored, Optimus Prime upgraded himself into a new [[Action Master]] body. Megatron eventually recovered from his defeat and with his sanity circuit fully restored at last, joined with Prime to form the [[Cybertron Alliance]]. Things were good for a little while, as Megatron's attempts at peace were genuinely sincere, and the alliance ushered in what would be called the Second Generation of the Transformers. However, after human soldiers killed one of his dearest comrades, Megatron adopted a new tank body and started the war anew, believing he could bring a more stable peace to the galaxy by ruling it with an iron fist. {{storylink|G-2 (story page)|G-2}}

To counter Megatron, Optimus Prime upgraded his body into a new Missile Trailer mode. Rallying a new wave of Autobot warriors, Optimus diligently repelled Megatron and the Decepticons. In one early encounter, Prime managed to rescue [[Electro]] and [[Volt]] from Megatron by firing his "Matrix Saturn" attack. He immediately recommended that Megatron and all his Decepticons leave the area at once. {{storylink|G-2 (pack-in comic)|G-2 #1}} Megatron, of course, refused, and continued his attack. Prime, Electro and Volt combined their firepower, leaving Megatron in a smoke-filled crater. As Electro moved in to administer the killing blow, Megatron emerged from the smoke unscathed, effortlessly plucking Electro up by his head. {{storylink|G-2 (pack-in comic)|G-2 #2}} Against Prime's orders, Volt immediately rushed Megatron from behind to free his captured friend. {{storylink|G-2 (pack-in comic)|G-2 #4}}

At one point, the secrecy of the Autobot field base became a priority, leaving Megatron to order warriors such as [[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]] to tail other Autobots and locate Prime. {{storylink|G-2 (pack-in comic)|G-2 #5}} Prime's location was eventually compromised when [[Skyjack]] slipped past all Autobot radar. Astonished at the Decepticon's stealth, Prime was unable to stop Skyjack from returning to Megatron with his location. {{storylink|G-2 (pack-in comic)|G-2 #7}} Meanwhile, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] began to study the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and discovered a new property within it called the [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] which could grant Autobots new powers. {{storylink|G-2 (story page)|G-2}}

[[Image:G2PrimeJustice.jpg|right|thumb|"SHALOM!"]]

Prime and Megatron eventually met to do battle, with Prime coming out on top as Megatron slowly ran low on fuel. Prime offered Megatron one last chance to surrender, but was caught off-guard by [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]], who blasted him in the back with his missile attack, destroying Prime's back-mounted weaponry unit. {{storylink|G-2 (pack-in comic)|G-2 #9}} Megatron then ordered [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] and [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]] to swoop in and finish Prime off before he could recover. The pair of Decepticons proceeded to bomb Prime mercilessly before turning him over to Megatron for the kill. {{storylink|G-2 (pack-in comic)|G-2 #10}} With a surprising lack of satisfaction, Megatron blasted Prime to pieces, killing his ancient foe at last. Victorious, Megatron offered Prime a final prayer, only to be interrupted by...Prime! The essences of the previous Autobot Supreme Commanders within the Matrix of Leadership activated the Reconfiguration Matrix to forge him a new body. Optimus Prime became '''Battle Convoy''' and easily trumped Megatron's power. {{storylink|G-2 (pack-in comic)|G-2 #13}}

Prime and Megatron then agreed to a one-on-one duel following the "Law of Cybertron": total banishment to the defeated and his forces. After a lengthy and painful battle, Prime narrowly managed to best Megatron, forcing him and the Decepticons to retreat into deep space. Prime was last seen wounded, being aided off the battlefield by Volt and Electro. {{storylink|G-2 (story page)|G-2}}
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=====e-Hobby ''Generation 2'' storyline=====

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When the universe came under threat from an [[Galvatron II|alternate-reality incarnation of Galvatron]], Prime used his [[Reconfiguration Matrix|Reconfiguration Matrix]] to once again transform his body into a form resembling his original. Armed with powerful solar-powered missile launchers created by the Decepticons that were so energy-consumptive that Prime required a sunlight-absorbing [[wikipedia:Black_body|black body]] coating to operate them at full power, Prime put his new body to use rescuing Laser Ultra Magnus from Galvatron's clutches. {{storylink|Hybrid Style Convoy Black Version}}
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
:''Voice actor:'' Unknown

Optimus Prime is a "metallic nemesis". Megatron said so.

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===Big Looker Story Books===
[[Image:KidsPrime1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|And the fluffy kitten played with that yarn all gosh-darn night.]]

When a 2-part race was being held with a massive supply of oil and gasoline as the prize, both the Decepticons and the Autobots badly wanted to win it. Megatron entered the race by hiding himself inside a hollowed-out car and harassed [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] all throughout the contest. When Prime discovered the car was being driven by his arch foe, he swiftly pulled a telephone pole out from the ground and used it to bash the mortal hell out of the cheating Decepticon. Thanks to Prime's violent intervention, Cliffjumper was able to win the race. Afterward, Optimus Prime celebrated the Minibot's victory with a gargantuan smile as all the Decepticons starved to death. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}

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===Ladybird Books continuity===
{{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}} {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}} {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}} {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}} {{storylink|Autobot Hostage}} {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===''Transformer PD Type'' comic===

[[Image:PDtype-Matrixattack.jpg|left|thumb|250px|This is the highlight of this entire page.]]

When a horde of time-displaced Decepticons joined forces to hunt down the five [[Blackball]]s, a super energy source, Optimus Prime gathered a team of time-displaced Autobots to help stop them.

In one encounter with his arch-foe [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], they reenacted their epic struggle from the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. However, this time around, Prime avoided dying by launching his "Matrix Attack"...''literally'' launching the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] from his chest, bonking Megatron on the head. {{storylink|Transformer PD Type|You're Great! Optimus Prime!}}

Later, Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] concocted a cunning strategy. They disguised a round, black cartoon explosive as a Blackball and gave it to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Starscream promptly brought it to Megatron, where it blew both of them up. Optimus and Magnus were astounded their plan actually worked. {{storylink|Transformer PD Type|Don't Cry! Megatron!!}}

In one of his less impressive moments, after running out of ammo during a battle with [[Deathsaurus]], Optimus Prime ordered his fellow Autobots to improvise and hurl everything that wasn't nailed down at their enemy. This included the Blackball, unfortunately. Catching it, Deathsaurus began to fantasize about his inevitable galactic conquest, all the while being pelted with rocks and litter. Frustrated, Deathsaurus accidentilly hurled the Blackball back to the Autobots in a fit of rage. {{storylink|Transformer PD Type|Good Job! Deathsaurus!!}}
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===''Comic Bom Bom G-2'' comic===
[[Image:G2Hero.jpg|right|200px|thumb|GAH, HE'S LOOKING AT ME!]]
In the year 199X, the Decepticons had learned of a powerful new energy source known as [[forestonite]] which just happened to be located (surprise surprise) on [[Earth]]. Megatron sent his trio of [[Cyberjet]]s to Earth first to draw out the enemy Autobots. The Cyberjets made quick work of [[Electro]] but were soon halted by the appearance of Optimus Prime.

Megatron then entered the fray and fired his Black Hole Burn attack from his fusion cannon, narrowly missing Optimus Prime but vaporizing [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]] in the process. Prime fought fiercely but Megatron began to take the upper-hand in battle.

However, Prime was encouraged to keep fighting by the cheers of a human boy named [[Junpei]]. Megatron, surprised at Prime's resilience, attempted to finish his foe off with his Tornado Axe attack. Prime countered with his Double Wheel-Torque Mega-Ton, which trumped Megatron's attack and injured the Decepticon badly. Megatron teleported back to his ship and left Earth's atmosphere, vowing to return.

Optimus Prime addressed Junpei, asking if the boy was injured. Junpei revealed he was alright but presented concern about the Decepticons returning to Earth. Optimus Prime swore that the Autobots would remain on Earth until the threat of the Decepticons was finished and asked for Junpei's help in making that future a reality. {{storylink|The New Battle!!}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[Image:G1Prime BWMegs.jpg|left|180px|thumb|You have to get up preeeeetty early in the timestream to beat Optimus Prime!]]

The [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] raged on prehistoric Earth, eventually leading to the discovery of the buried Ark sometime after its crash on prehistoric Earth. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], following his namesake's instructions in a desperate gambit, decided to attempt to change history by killing Prime, who was still lying in the Ark in [[stasis lock]]. Megatron hoped that this would result in the Decepticons winning the Great War and eventually [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] control of Cybertron. Megatron unleashed a full-power weapon blast at Optimus Prime's face, near-fatally injuring him. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} However, [[Optimus Primal]] proceeded to take Prime's spark into his body to protect it from surgical trauma while his injuries were repaired. The subsequent power increase caused by Prime's spark's connection to the Matrix mutated Primal into a large, [[Transmetal]] "Optimal Optimus" form. Then, with the repairs complete, Prime's spark was restored, and he briefly activated before sinking back into normal stasis. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

Sometime after the Autobots and Decepticons awoke in the 1980s, the original Megatron gained access to one of Earth's ''Voyager'' spacecraft and inscribed a message on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|disk]] on board. In the event that he lost the War, Megatron left instructions for the descendants of the Decepticons to use [[transwarp]] technology to travel to Prehistoric Earth, locate the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and change history by killing Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[Image:Sparkwar2_Optimus_hologram_primal.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
:''Voice actor'': [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Tilo Schmitz]] (German)

An enormous statue of Optimus Prime, bearing two [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disks]], could be seen on Cybertron in front of the Hall of Archives. The statue was subsequently blown to pieces by the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon forces]]. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}} Later, Megatron beamed a hologram of Optimus Prime down to the ruins of [[Iacon]] to confront [[Optimus Primal]]. Primal mistook the hologram for the real thing and shared with it the code for the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]. Megatron quickly revealed his ruse. Primal explained to his Maximals that he knew the image was fake, but he needed the location of the missing [[spark]]s from Megatron's mind. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}

{{note|Writer [[Bob Skir]] claims that neither the statue nor the golden disks in its hands were mentioned in the script. However, he suggested that they were either the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|disks]] from the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes, or that Optimus won them in the 2,395,989th Annual Cybertronian spelling bee.<ref>[http://bigbot.com/beast-machines-transformers-bob-skir/Beast-Machines-FAQ/Tue_12_Oct_1999.html Q&A from Bigbot's "bobskir.com"]</ref> We're betting on the latter.}}

====''Universe: Primeval Dawn''====
[[Image:Sparkholderprimevaldawn.jpg|left|190px|thumb|"Oh, I also have this in me now, too."]]
The Vok took the Matrix of Leadership from an unconscious Optimus Prime, used it to create [[Primal Prime]], then gave the Matrix to their new creation. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}}

{{note|In the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, Prime's spark was shown to be contained in a Matrix-like vessel. In [[Universe (2003 comic)|Primeval Dawn]], that vessel was shown to be merely a container for his spark, and the actual Matrix was hidden underneath.}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[Image:CheetasManga1.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Cheetor, that's Prime's Spark, not a toy.]]
Optimus Prime was blasted into pieces by Dragon Megatron. Fortunately, his spark remained perfectly intact—in the remains of his [[Optimal Situation|Matrix-shaped spark chamber]]. Megatron was going to destroy Prime's spark, but [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (now in his Transmetal body) saved it. Prime's spark was eventually swallowed by Optimus Primal, who was upgraded into Optimal Optimus by doing so.

After Megatron was killed by Optimal Optimus, Primal and his crew said it would be troublesome to fix Optimus Prime's body.
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{cleanup|April 2009|Needs general expansion and STORYLINKS TO INDIVIDUAL ISSUES. Links to the series are not acceptable.}}

[[Image:Optronix optimus.jpg|left|180px|thumb|What? OPTRONIX is evolving!]]
Optimus Prime started life as '''Optronix''' (Orion to his friends<ref>The [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels set in Dreamwave continuity</ref>), a data archivist. After taking note of a battle in which the Autobot leader [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had been defeated by Megatron, he was summoned to the council of elders and informed that the Matrix had chosen him to be the next leader of the Autobots. He received the Matrix of Leadership shortly thereafter, gaining a powerful new body in the process, and almost arranged for the Autobot evacuation of Cybertron, intending to leave the Decepticons to their own devices, until a battle with Megatron beneath the planet's surface, accompanied by visions from the Matrix, stirred him on to fight for the safety of his homeworld. Some time into his role as leader, Prime disappeared in a [[space bridge]] explosion along with Megatron, but returned some time later, having spent a period of time on [[Quintessa]]. {{storylink|The War Within}}

Following the awakening of the Transformers on Earth, the Autobots protected the planet from the Decepticons. Over the next fifteen years, the Autobots befriended the humans, particularly the [[Witwicky|Witwicky family]]. The Autobots finally allied with humankind and eventually defeated the Decepticons at the turn of the century. They planned to return to Cybertron aboard the newly constructed ''[[Ark II]]'', along with seven humans, including Witwicky patriarch [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]. Before the ship departed, Prime gave a piece of the Matrix to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Sparkplug's son and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s closest human friend. But the ship was destroyed as part of a military conspiracy to take control of the Transformers. However, a terrorist organization run by the enigmatic [[Lazarus]] was able to seize control of several of the Transformers that fell back to Earth, while the U.S. military located Prime's body. Spike was forced by the product chief, General [[Robert Hallo]], to use the piece of the Matrix to reactivate Prime. Functional again, Prime used the Matrix to reactivate more of his fallen comrades, and then faced off against Megatron in [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

Following this, Prime began to experience subconscious urgings, leading both the Autobots and the Decepticons to the Arctic Circle, where Shockwave arrived to greet them—and arrest them as war criminals. Shockwave had succeeded in ending the war on Cybertron, but Prime soon fell in with a rebel Autobot group that had discovered Shockwave had a greater agenda. Rallying Autobots across Cybertron to the cause, Prime faced Shockwave in battle but was defeated and had the Matrix ripped from him and used to activate Vector Sigma. Before Shockwave could make full use of the mega-computer's data, however, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and bested him. The injuries Prime took in this conflict necessitated a prolonged restoration period in stasis. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

{{note|...which turned out to be the remainder of Dreamwave's existence. Bummer.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[Image:GIJoevsTFcobraprime.jpg|right|275px|thumb|G.1. Joe-the real universal hero!]]

Several Autobots and Decepticons, including Optimus Prime, were reformatted into will-less war machines under the control of [[Cobra]]. During an initial attack on a human peace conference, Cobra's remote control of Optimus mysteriously failed. Later at Cobra's island headquarters in the Caribbean, Cobra scientists pulled Optimus apart to find out what was impeding their commands. As this analysis took place, Optimus reverse hacked into Cobra computers until they shut him down in a panic. Despite this, Prime sent a viral message out to hundreds of email addresses that included the coordinates of Cobra's base. The message was intercepted by [[G.I. Joe]] who teamed up with Wheeljack and Bumblebee. After Wheeljack broke the remote control over the Transformers, Prime went after [[Cobra Commander]]. More than a bit frightened of a giant robot gunning for him, the human released Megatron, who was trapped in gun model. Megatron transformed and fought Prime to a standstill until other Autobots came to back him up.

Although he was weak and low on [[Energon (G1)|energon]], Prime made a last-ditch effort to save the day when he rammed through the wall of Megatron's energon-producing lab. After a quick recharge, Optimus single-handedly smashed the Decepticons, pounded Megatron to the ground, and ripped his [[fusion cannon]] off his arm. Prime then teamed up with the Joes and used Megatron's cannon to shoot down the [[SPS satellite]] that had gone rogue and was destroying the island.

With the battle over, Prime and the Autobots boarded a new ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' ship built by G.I. Joe and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers}}

[[Image:GIJoevstfIIprime1930s.jpg|left|275px|thumb|War Convoy: TRANSFORM!!!]]
On a Cybertron dominated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and the Decepticons, Optimus Prime and the Autobots took on the roles of resistance fighters. Cobra experimentation transported a contingent of Cobras and G.I. Joes to Cybertron and destabilized [[Teletran 3]]. The computer then sent several Transformers to [[Earth]] across different time periods. A team made up of Joes and Cobra agents were sent back and found Optimus Prime and the [[Stunticon]]s in 1930s-era Chicago, disguised as period cars and trucks. The Stunticons chased Prime and the Joes around the city until everything was wrapped up with bullets, a collapsed bridge and some dynamite.

After the Transformers and humans were returned to present-day Cybertron and the Decepticons were vanquished by the recently-arrived [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Prime made an agreement with the Joes to destroy the technology that started the whole mess in order to protect Earth. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II}}

On Cybertron, Optimus Prime kicked back to do a little bit of paperwork and reminisce. With Shockwave defeated, Cybertron was enjoying a new era of peace. He was interrupted by Hot Rod, who reported that a group of "pesky humans with their peashooters" were giving an Autobot team on Earth a hard time. Prime suspected Cobra's involvement and counseled Hot Rod not to be so dismissive of the humans.

Later, at a peace celebration, Prime was watching a procession of Autobots when Decepticons attacked. Optimus ordered Omega Supreme into action but the huge Autobot was quickly overcome by Menasor, Piranacon and Predaking. Prime hopped into the fray, saved a female Autobot from getting smushed by the falling Omega, rode a flying Decepticon into Piranacon's face, smashed another Decepticon into the ground, and carried a wounded Autobot out of danger.

[[Image:Primevsserpentor.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Serpent O.R. soon realized that "This I command!" doesn't work on Optimus Prime.]]
Menasor cut off Prime's escape and confronted him with a hologram of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] The new Decepticon leader carried Megatron's memories and information downloaded from Soundwave, from which he learned of the Matrix of Leadership. Serpent O.R. offered Optimus a trade: hostages and peace if he handed over the Matrix. Optimus agreed.

In his stronghold, Serpent O.R. questioned Prime about his own worthiness to carry the Matrix, but Optimus broke free of his chains and aggressively ordered him to surrender. A group of Decepticons broke in and nearly took Prime apart, but not before Serpent O.R. took the Matrix for himself and changed into the massive Serpentor Prime. The Matrix showed Serpentor Prime the error of his ways but as he was about to commit suicide Cobra Commander tripped a device and took over Serpentor Prime's body. Moments before he crushed Arcee, a severely damaged Optimus Prime threw Hawk toward the Matrix but warned the human not to touch the artifact. Hawk did so anyway and through a quasi-mystical transfer of power Serpentor Prime was vanquished.

Later repaired by a female nursebot, Optimus went back to finishing his paperwork. A leader's job is never done. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War}}

Sensing a new, yet old, danger to planet Earth, Prime elected to send himself to earth on an investigation, and gave Hot Rod a glare when the young Autobot accused his leader of taking an unnecessary risk to atone for the death of a close friend.

Optimus Prime landed in the Himalayan Mountains with G.I. Joes [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]]. As they searched the area, the trio was attacked by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] in his [[Pretender]] shell. Prime whacked him with his [[energon-axe]] and in return Bludgeon bearhugged him and coated him in metal-eating slime. Hawk, still carrying power from the Matrix, helped Prime break free. Optimus then shot his way into the hidden kingdom of [[Cobra-La]].

While they wandered through the tunnels, the Joes and Prime found cave paintings that described the last visit to Earth by the planet-eating god [[Unicron]]. They were attacked again by Bludgeon and Cobra-La minions, but were led away by a ragged [[Joe Colton]], prisoner of Cobra-La for the last 25 years. Bludgeon managed to find them again and during a second battle Prime tore open the Pretender's shell, revealing Bludgeon's robot form inside. Bludgeon tripped and dangled dangerously over a chasm, but rather than let Optimus Prime save him, Bludgeon forced Prime to drop him to his death laughing all the way down.

The Joes discovered a cavern where the people of Cobra-La were growing metal-eating spores as a last defense against Unicron. Flint and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] took a load of the spores into space just as Unicron appeared in Earth orbit. Prime, Hawk and Colton headed deeper into Cobra-La to rescue [[Firewall]] and kick butt. Prime was tackled and pinned by a giant bug creature, but made a dramatic recovery and tossed the bug aside. He then took the machine-hating Cobra-La leader [[Golobulus]] to task with a single punch. Flint and Cosmos released the spores, which devoured Unicron from the inside and defeated the giant Transformer before he could harm [[Earth]].

With the threat of Unicron gone, Prime relaxed with [[Eject]] and Firewall by watching some reality TV, and sighed at the banality. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: Black Horizon}}

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=== IDW comics continuity ===
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{{note|[[Megatron Origin]] depicted that before the war, a robot that's a hybrid of the "Orion Pax" and "Optronix" designs appears listening to [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s speech at the funeral of [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback]]. He is standing with [[Elita One]], [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], and a white version of himself (presumably [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], possibly even [[Dion]]). Whether this is truly the [[IDW continuity]]'s version of pre-Prime Optimus or not remains unrevealed.}}

[[Image:SpotlightBlurr-Optimus.jpg|left|thumb|200px|There's something missing...]]

Galvanized by the death of Sentinel Prime, Optimus joined the Autobot forces under his successor [[Zeta Prime]], and was assigned to a unit commanded by the veteran [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. During his tour of duty his unit intercepted a message reporting of a planned attempt on the Prime's life. He approached former racer [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] as a reliable means of getting the news to Zeta Prime in a hurry. The former celebrity balked, but ultimately the young soldier helped Blurr find what really drove him to race, and thus recruited him to the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

[[Image:IDWOptimus.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Freedom is the right of all sentient and heavily-armed beings.]]

An undisclosed amount of time later, Optimus would be chosen as the next Prime, and commanded the Autobot armed forces spread across the galaxy from the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. He was directly involved in the cataclysm ([[IDW timeline|just under 450 years ago]]) that reduced [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to a dead husk, fighting alongside [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in an attempt to stop [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s rampage. Their efforts were futile, and they only survived due to Cybertron itself swallowing Thunderwing at [[Thunderhead Pass]]. Megatron was unconvinced that Thunderwing was dead, and advocated that Cybertron be destroyed to better insure that the mad Decepticon was forever destroyed. Optimus Prime refused, and threatened to stop any effort that Megatron attempted. Megatron agreed to spare the planet, but warned Prime that anything which happened afterward was on his head.

In the present, Prime received a pulsewave from [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], who was stationed under [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s team on Earth, saying that the Decepticon infiltration cell under [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] had broken their infiltration methods and enacted [[Infiltration protocol|siege mode]] prematurely. Soon afterward, the Autobot science vessel ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'' sent a distress signal from above Thunderhead Pass, and he ordered the [[Wrecker]]s to withdraw from [[Varas Centralus]] and meet him on Cybertron. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} Thunderwing had been restored by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his followers, and though the Wreckers made short work of them, the real fight would be met with Thunderwing. After the Wreckers, [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and [[Centurion droid]]s were unable to destroy the monster, Prime took to the field, firing massive amounts of energy at Thunderwing, forcing it to exhaust its last reserves of [[Ultra-Energon]] and, ultimately, its life. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

[[Image:IDWPrime Earth.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Don't crush the cameraman!]]
[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] discovered information in Bludgeon's files about the mysterious new form of Energon found on [[Earth]]. Linking it to the pulsewave transmission from Ironhide, Prime diverted his spacecraft to Earth and called [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] in to assist him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}}. Shortly after arrival, and having undergone alteration so that he could disguise himself as an Earth truck, he slowly began to realize how unusual the situation Prowl's unit had found itself in was. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Not only had the Decepticons broken their own infiltration protocols over what Starscream had dubbed [[Ultra-Energon|Ore-13]], but after attempting to recover what appeared to be [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s remains, it was also evident that some of the planet's native sentient lifeforms—[[human]]s—posed a threat possibly equal to that of their old enemies. {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

Optimus Prime, now fully filled-in on Earth's happenings, decided that they needed reinforcements. He called Nightbeat, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] to come when they could. When Prowl pointed out that Megatron, in his new gun-based Earth mode, was in the breakaway Soviet state of [[Brasnya]] stirring up trouble, Prime ordered them into action.

[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] almost got the drop on Prime, but [[Roller]] was right behind him and took out Blitzwing with a single shot. Megatron returned to his full-size robot mode and disagreed with the quality of Prime's tea and crumpets. At last, the two rivals were going to go at it.

[[Image:Escalation5 Primedies enlightning.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Rule of thumb, Megs—if he don't turn gray, he's A-OK.]]
The fight went well at first, with Prime blowing Megatron's [[fusion cannon]] clean off. Megatron, however, tireless thanks to Ore-13, prevailed, almost beating Prime into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}}

However, Prime transferred his consciousness into his trailer, leading Megatron to believe him dead. Realizing that Ore-13 was the same as Ultra-Energon, Prime returned to his body in time to save his forces from the relentless Megatron, blasting him point blank in the face and dealing enough damage to the Decepticon leader to drain his power reserves, just as he did against Thunderwing. The victory was narrow, however, leaving Optimus with the daunting task of fending off an increasing enemy force without his last ace in the hole. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}}

This near-death experience had left Prime somewhat unsettled. While his consciousness was in [[infraspace]] downloading to his trailer, he sensed a presence of dread—the visage of his long-missing predecessor, [[Nova Prime]]. Looking for answers, Optimus Prime left Earth temporarily to seek an audience with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] for answers. Once there, he found out about Nova's beliefs of how Transformers were a superior race and should remake the universe in their image, and faced down the rampaging [[Monstructor]], a legacy of Nova's tenure locked away by Omega Supreme. Then he gave his "you shouldn't have done that" speech to Omega, handed Monstructor's limbs over to Jetfire's team, and went on to have angst-ridden introspection about himself and the tarnished legacy of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime lineage]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

After returning to Earth, Nightbeat discovered that a human group was aware of the base's location and recommended to Prime that they move the ''[[Ark-19]]''. As preparations were underway, Prime received a message from [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] saying that Thunderwing had been stolen. [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], eager to search for Sunstreaker, suggested that they be reassigned to Earth, and Prime agreed. However, the thrashing that Prime gave Megatron had so embarrassed the Decepticon leader that he ordered in the Decepticons' living weapon, [[Sixshot]]. While moving the ''Ark-19'', Prime and the others came under fire by Sixshot, who severely damaged their ship. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

[[Image:Devastation4 PrimeSixshot hyperbole.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"And THAT'S for killing my brother in another timeline!"]]
Ordering [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to get [[Jimmy Pink]] and [[Verity Carlo]] to safety, Optimus then instructed Nightbeat to upload all of ''Ark-19''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s data to ''[[Ark-32]]'' and for Prowl to activate the self-destruct sequence. {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation #2}} When ''Ark-19'' exploded, it was assumed that Optimus was on board, but all was good at the end when he appeared with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and the others—ready to take on Sixshot. {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}} Optimus and the Autobots held Sixshot at bay, but the U.S. military ordered an air strike to destroy the alien robots. The battle was a stalemate, as Sixshot had to return to the Decepticons while the Autobots [[orbital jump]]ed just in time to avoid destruction. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} On ''Ark-32'', after a conversation with Jetfire, Prime informed Prowl that they needed to retrieve [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Hot Rod and Ironhide, and leave Earth to see to another crisis. The secure facility on [[Garrus-9]] had been breached, and Prime and company needed to make sure that some of the "recent inmates" there didn't end up "in enemy hands". {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} Before leaving Earth, Optimus Prime redirected Hound's unit to rendezvous with ''Ark-32'' at Garrus-9, and told Hound to impress upon Sideswipe the importance of their mission and how he didn't leave Earth or Sunstreaker behind lightly. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[Image:DarknessPrimes.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Think he can go one series without having a near-death experience?]]
Optimus Prime and Prowl met with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and Jetfire on Garrus-9 and discussed the prisoners' breakout, and that a surviving Decepticon had been tortured. Maximus and Jetfire gave each other a guilty glance. Prime left Maximus in charge and returned with Prowl to the ''Ark-32''. Meanwhile, [[Dead Universe]] resident [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] attacked Hound's crew, but they received help from Ultra Magnus and drove Cyclonus to escape to [[Corata-Vaz]]. There, he activated the [[Nega-Core]] and fought with Magnus and Hound's crew, whom had followed him. In desperation, Cyclonus activated the Nega-Core's guardian—Thunderwing. Using the distraction, Cyclonus escaped but Magnus sent another tracker after him. All this was reported to Optimus Prime on the ''Ark-32'', who recognized that this had something to do with his infraspace encounter in Brasnya. Prime ordered Jetfire to summon the Wreckers to find out what Thunderwing is guarding. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

The prison soon came under attack from Nova Prime. Rather then watch his soldiers be slaughtered by the undead monster, Optimus Prime ordered a retreat and faced Nova alone. Announcing his new title of Nemesis Prime, Optimus's predecessor explained the nature of the [[Darkness (G1)|Darkness]] before unleashing a portion on the Autobot leader. Shattered, Prime collapsed onto his hands and knees as Nemesis loomed. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[Image:OptimusdeadNemesis.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Optimus! I've come to help y- oh. Sorted, then?"]]

Unexpectedly for Nemesis Prime, the Darkness seemed to be more interested in the younger Prime and sought to be passed onto Optimus. Nemesis wasn't about to let go of the power he commanded, and savagely attacked Optimus Prime, whose attempts to reason fell on deaf ears. Just as Nemesis Prime seemed victorious, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] attacked the fallen Prime from behind, killing him. Nemesis's death allowed the Darkness to finally enter Optimus, who tried to fight against its evil to no avail. Galvatron offered the Autobot a choice: kill himself by plunging into the [[Solar pool]], or pass on the Darkness to Galvatron, who had coveted the Darkness for so long. Optimus seemed to willingly do so, but just as he passed on the Darkness, he threw the surprised Galvatron into the solar pool. As Optimus gazed upon the dead body of Nemesis, he told himself he could not mourn the elder Prime's death, as Nova truly died long ago. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[Image:AHMPrimecritical.jpg|right|250px|thumb|So he's dying. [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|This shouldn't be a problem by now]].]]
A year later, Optimus Prime combined his Autobot squad with another squad. Having received word of a supposed Decepticon power struggle, Prime led the Autobots to a location where Starscream's "group" was, only to be ambushed by a unified Decepticon force. Though they managed to briefly turn the tide, Devastator's appearance made the difference, which enabled Megatron to rip the Matrix of Leadership from Prime's chest. Prime was dealt another blow (mentally) when the Autobots were told that they were sold out to a traitor in their ranks (who was later revealed to be [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]). {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} The Autobots were led to a space bridge, where Prime, who was the last to go, used his remaining energy to destroy the machine. Unfortunately, this heroic act left Prime in critical condition. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} With this defeat, the Autobots were forced to leave Earth to the Decepticons. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}}

After Prime's unit met up with Kup's unit, and after dealing with the Swarm and Sideswipe's sacrifice to save them, Ratchet and Wheeljack managed to bring Prime back online (with the Energon from the ''[[Trion|Trion]]'') in time to smooth over an Autobot argument. As the others excitedly welcomed him back, Prime makes a speech about how he was proud of them, and that he wanted to win the war. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}}. After the Autobots recovered and prepared for a final stand against the Swarm, Prime had a brief chat with Ironhide (to which Ironhide admitted to secretly hating him at first sight at the start of the Great War), then prepared for the Swarm's onslaught. When they came, the Autobots fought back, but they were quickly outnumbered by the thousands. Thankfully, Omega Supreme arrived and saved them from certain doom. After Omega briefly told them about his arrival, Prime orders him to transform and transport the Autobots back to Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

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{{note|The events of ''Spotlight: Mirage'' possibly take place in an alternate/unknown continuity.}}

Optimus Prime commanded one of the last remaining pockets of Autobot resistance, hiding out in the [[Pegasus Star Cluster]]. While awaiting the arrival of Bumblebee's team, he and Hound tried to work out how to convert the [[Zodiac Energy]] for their consumption. "Bumblebee's" arrival proved to be their downfall, as it was really the self-serving mercenary [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], who destroyed the bunker security systems, allowing the Decepticons inside. Optimus Prime refused to surrender during the ensuing struggle, until Mirage used the critically-injured Jetfire as a hostage, forcing the Prime to back down. When Megatron betrays Mirage's word and orders the execution of the Autobots, Optimus Prime tried to reason with the mercenary, appealing to his former friendship with Hound... until Mirage killed Hound in defiance. Furious, Optimus Prime broke free of his captors and tackled Mirage into the Zodiac Energy chamber. {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[Image:HeartsofSteel_1_Prime_Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]

The Autobots and the Decepticons came to [[Earth|a distant world]] in the grip of an ice age. Assuming alternate modes based upon the [[Dinosaur|dominant (though doomed) indigenous creatures]] of this planet, they continued their ancient, unending war. However, the Autobots, with their energy levels dangerously low, withdrew from combat as the world grew colder. They sought refuge in a deep cavern and entered [[stasis lock]], awaiting the day when surface conditions changed to better suit their operation. Millions of years later, Bumblebee was awoken by the hammering of humans working on a rail line. He briefly considered awakening Optimus Prime, but thought better of it. After discovering the world had changed significantly, Ratchet thought there was no reason to awaken Prime. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1}} When Bumblebee discovered the Decepticons were once again active on this world, Ratchet and Prowl agreed that the Autobots must intervene, but again decided out of rousing Optimus from his slumber. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

{{Note|Optimus Prime appears very briefly in the first few pages, in his "Ice Age Wars" body (we only see him in robot mode, but his altmode is a brachiosaurus<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=d5d311674e796c81d010d26ac751389b&showtopic=10074&st=20&p=266183&#entry266183 Allspark forums post] by [[Guido Guidi]], August 15th, 2006</ref>. He spends most of the story in stasis lock. [[:Image:Opthos.jpg|Unused concept art]] depicts him as transforming into a locomotive engine.}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comics===

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===Commercial appearances===
Optimus Prime has appeared in more [[Commercial|television commercials]] than any other Transformer... just like with everything else. He has been voiced by Peter Cullen in every animation segment in which he's had a speaking role.

[[Image:Toycommercial-firstPrime.jpg|right|thumb|My wheels don't disappear!]]

* He was one of the featured characters in the first ever appearance of the Transformers anywhere, an advertisement for the first issue of [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|the Generation 1 comic]]. He arrives in the midst of a desert battle as the Decepticons attacked a power plant on Earth, driving to back up his troops in defending it. He strikes a rather iconic pose as he transforms and fires, which would be replicated and copied numerous times in the early years of the franchise. This first commercial used nonfinal versions of the characters' [[character model]]s; Optimus Prime, for example, still had wheels on his legs. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9-7RjhFzpM]

* In a commercial for the [[Triple Changer]]s, Optimus confronts Astrotrain on a desert battlefield, but the Triple-Changer escapes under fire from other Autobots. Shortly afterward, Prime uses Perceptor's microscope mode to examine a fragment of Decepticon battle armor. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WssZjIsUIU]

* Prime and Jazz are shown fighting Megatron in the desert in an ad for the 1985 cars, whom he summons to help out with the battle. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WssZjIsUIU]

* Prime narrates two commercials around the time of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', describing the action as [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] battles [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] take on the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-10pud7DY]

[[Image:Toycommercial-PowermasterOptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|An integral part of Powermaster Prime's transformation is Joyride shooting lightning bolts through his pointed finger.]]

* Prime was prominently featured in the ad for the first comic issue featuring the [[Powermaster]]s. On the rocky plains where practically every Transformer battle ever seems to happen, Prime arrives in his Powermaster body to back up three of his troops against Dreadwind and Darkwing. He's shown combining with [[Hi-Q]] and transforming, attacking with his trailer's battle station mode, then combining with the trailer to continue the attack. Who wins? Find out in [[People Power!|Marvel Comics]]! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voX_KNNxNCI]

[[Image:OptimusQuickswitchCommercial.jpg|right|thumb|Optimus Prime is so giving, he even gives other Transformers time in his commercials.]]

* Prime also features briefly in [[Quickswitch]]'s ad; in a battle on the moon, Quickswitch transforms to gun mode and is wielded by Powermaster Optimus Prime.

* An abbreviated ad for Powermaster Prime uses footage from both the Marvel Comic and Quickswitch commercials.

* Prime's Powermaster body shows up yet again in the [[Classic Pretender|Pretender Classic]]s ad. He comes under attack in the darkened streets of the city, prompting the narrator to explain that he needs the greatest Transformers ever! Prime then welcomes back Bumblebee and Jazz in their Pretender forms. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahbq-FnSPY]

* Powermaster Prime and [[Piranacon]] are the representatives from each faction that [[Doubledealer]] doublecrosses! Everyone wonders who that guy is that Prime's talking to... He looks kinda suspicious!

* Optimus features prominently in the first [[Action Master]] commercial; he's shown surrounded by a circle of his troops, and challenges them to give up their transforming powers to become faster, stronger, more alive! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeNf3jQ1zdw]

* A stock intro was used for several Micromaster commercials, with Optimus opening his fist to reveal a Micromaster city within.

[[Image:Hotrodpatrolcommercial.jpg|right|thumb|Prime wants to know if they can transform, because he sure can't!]]

* A similar sequence in another Micromaster has Prime opening his fist to find the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] inside. He and Jazz check them out, and Optimus wonders if they can transform.

* In an ad for the Micromaster micro bases, a battle rages outside an Autobot base, and Prime watches impassively as Bumblebee and Jazz pull two [[Interstellar shuttle|captured]] [[Attack Copter|vehicles]] into the base. Prime is the first to notice that the vehicles are transforming and shooting things.

* Prime and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] are the stars of the first ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' commercial, animated with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]]. Prime is shown driving down a road in his ''Generation 2'' colored truck mode. He rocket-launches up into the air to transform, then has a brutal fight with Ramjet. Despite getting a hole blasted in his chest, he wins the fight and fires his gun into the air in triumph. Non-speaking.

* Prime also is shown briefly in a commercial for the new Megatron tank toy. He transforms and finds his head in a target crosshairs. In the subsequent toy segment, Prime's toy is shown getting completely trashed by that of Megatron. Non-speaking.

* And finally, Prime got his own rap segment. He's shown in his Combat toy body, waiting for Megatron as he attacks a human subdivision. Prime converts to robot form, blows up Megatron's weapon at point blank range, and slugs it out with him. Apparently emerging victorious, is next shown sitting next to an identical truck, which the live-action kid mistakes for the real thing. The real Prime then transforms and picks up the kid, inspecting the human with his cold, lifeless, flashing red optics. Prime is once again voiced by Peter Cullen in this commercial.

Prime also appeared in commercials for ''Transformers'' products other than the toys themselves...

* In the ad for [[Coleco]]'s [[Power Cycle]], Optimus Prime shoots ''at'' a child riding the titular cycle, but misses. This footage is recycled from the advertisement for the comic.

* Prime delivers a load of shoes to schoolchildren in a South American ad for [[Bata]]'s licensed ''Transformers'' footwear.

==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
:''Main article: [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Merchandise]]''

==Notes==
* According to [[Bob Budiansky]], longtime comics writer [[Denny O'Neil]] named Optimus Prime prior to Budiansky being brought on to the ''Transformers'' project.

* Optimus Prime's Japanese name is "Convoy", which is named after his original name "Battle Convoy" in the [[Diaclone]] toyline, because the name "Optimus Prime" is difficult for Japanese kids to remember and pronounce. <ref>'''Figure-Oh''' No. 114</ref>

*According to an early ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Universe]]''-style profile published in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]'', Optimus Prime's "official" nicknames were at one point considered to be "Autobot Commander", "Chief", "Big Boss" and "Roller". As far as it is known, no piece of fiction has ever purposely addressed him using these nicknames, though it's a fair bet he's been called "chief" at least once or twice anyway.

* He [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|allegedly]] hates the music of [[wikipedia:Mötley_Crüe|Mötley Crüe]].

* According to the staff of ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', Optimus Prime became a space explorer in the [[Beast Era]].<ref>[[Beast Wars Universe]] ISBN 978-4766938005</ref>

[[Image:Optimusprime-mom.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Prime's mom knows how to write in cursive.]]
* By the time Optimus Prime appeared in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', his 3D model from ''Beast Wars'' had apparently been lost, leading the animators to use a faceplated Optimus Primal head as a quick replacement to save time and budget.

* Aside from occasionally having Alpha Trion as a father figure, Optimus Prime may have a mother! In an advertisement for [[Pepsi Convoy]] that shows him in a refrigerator (along with [[Destron Pizza]]), a note attached to a nearby piece of Tupperware reads:

:''Dear Convoy''
:''Warm it before you eat''
:''Mom''

:Although the ad itself is for Pepsi Convoy, he is a separate character, and it can be assumed that the note was left for Convoy/Optimus Prime himself.

* The first wave of Dreamwave posters in 2001 identified Optimus Prime as [http://www.comicden.com/merch/posters.htm "Captimus Primus"], which is tantalizingly close to making some sort of sense.

* According to EJ Su, Optimus Prime's [[Holomatter|Holomatter avatar]] is modeled after [[wikipedia:Ulysses_S._Grant|Ulysses S. Grant]].<ref>[http://www.protodepot.com/archive/2007_11_01_archive.html Idea: Holomatter Projection]</ref>

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime on TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Optimus_Prime Optimus Prime's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Optimus_Prime_PM Powermaster Optimus Prime's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

* [http://www.toybin.org/search.php?q=1984+Autobot+Optimus+Prime ToyBin Optimus Prime Toy gallery]

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'''Blurr''' is positively and incontrovertibly without possibility of any doubt the fastest-thinking, fastest-talking and fastest-driving data courier and messenger from the planet of Cybertron, and if you or your friend or anybody else you know or anybody else you might not know or in fact anybody at all wants to send any kind of message or dispatch or parcel or data or in fact anything at all to any base or station or out-of-the-way depot, barracks, headquarters, outpost, or post office and it is absolutely essential to deliver it immediately or at the earliest opportunity and without any delay of any kind regardless of Decepticons or obstacles or foul weather or gloom of night then Blurr's the one to pick, sir, so just give him the good word and the item in question and Blurr is off like a Cybertronic race horse, if there were such a thing as a Cybertronic race horse, and if such a beast was able to break the sound barrier on land and leave only dust clouds and lingering after-images, because Blurr leaves only dust clouds and lingering after images, but he'll be off that quickly with your message in hand, and if any hostile power or enemy or Decepticon ambush should get in the way then he'll hit them with a blast from his electro-laser which will reverse the polarity of their microcircuits and they'll be stopped. Dead. His [[Targetmaster]] partner is [[Haywire]].

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Brouillo'''
:''Hungarian Marvel name'': '''Blörr'''
:''Hungarian movie name, first dub'': '''Hadari''' ("Sputter-y")
:''Hungarian movie name, second dub'': incomprehensible, a cross between "Blurr" and "Prowl"
:''Italian name'': '''Flash'''
:''RTM dub name'': '''Wally''' (no, really)

==Fiction==
===American cartoon continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[John Moschitta]] (English), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese), [[Bernd Simon]] (German)

[[Image:TFTMBlurr.jpg|left|250px|thumb|What do you wanna make? You wanna make some wood-davers with me? I got pine cones! I got peanut butter! I got everything we need! I said pine cones! Pine cones! Gonna be successful! Gonna be phenomenally successful! Sell 'em at the corner store! Sell 'em at the five and dime!]]
In 2005, Blurr was part of the Autobot detachment stationed at [[Autobot City]] on Earth, under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s command. Using his hyper-speed, he quickly alerted the Autobot ranks when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his Decepticons arrived to attack the city. In defending the city, Blurr combined non-stop chatter with non-stop firepower and helped hold the Decepticons at bay until [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and reinforcements could arrive from [[Moonbase One]].

In the aftermath of the attack, Blurr was working on repairs with several of the remaining Autobots when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] struck. After failing to get the obstinate [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] aboard a shuttle ("They were impossible impossible impossible!"), Blurr tossed the job over to [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and leapt aboard the second shuttle with Ultra Magnus. Pursued by Galvatron through space, the shuttle crew managed to escape only after detonating three-quarters of the ship. In need of repairs, they landed hard on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]]. While Blurr was attending to some welding work, Galvatron and his soldiers caught up with them. Things went from bad to worse after Galvatron killed Ultra Magnus and took the [[Matrix of Leadership]], leaving the Autobots to deal with the planet's native inhabitants, the [[Junkion|Junkions]]. Hostilities suddenly ceased, however, when Hot Rod and Kup arrived from [[Quintessa]] and negotiated a peace with the Junkions (complete with dance sequence!). Blurr then flew into the final battle with the planet-eater [[Unicron]] aboard the Junkion starship and was present when Hot Rod (now Rodimus Prime) reclaimed Cybertron in the name of the Autobots. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|The Transformers: The Movie}}

As part of their "new era of peace and prosperity", the Autobots hosted the first annual [[Galactic Olympics]] several months later. Blurr really wanted to compete in the races, but instead was forced onto a mission with [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to bring [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]] to Autobot City on Earth. This simple courier run soon became more hectic than it was worth, though. Running into the newly revived Decepticon leader, Galvatron, Blurr and Wheelie were the first Autobots to face his renewed power and ended up marooned on [[Jupiter]]'s moon of [[Io]]. There they encountered kamikaze creatures known as [[Lipole|lipoles]], who struck in unison like a hive and could transform into explosive missiles. The Autobots received support from [[Marissa Faireborn]] of [[Earth Defense Command]], but it wasn't until [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] arrived that they finally managed to fight their way through a squad of [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and get off that rock. Blurr and Wheelie made it back to Autobot City and, after a short game of "Hot Potato" to get the cog through attacking Decepticons, restored Metroplex's transforming ability just in time to sic the giant Autobot on his rival, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness|Five Faces of Darkness}}

Blurr participated in several important Autobot missions in the following months. When Kup uncovered a plot by the Decepticons to acquire the indestructible [[Death crystal|death crystals]] for their own purposes, Blurr joined him and an Autobot unit to visit the source of the crystals on planet [[Dread]]. Blurr faced the Predacons again on Dread and was almost consumed by quickmud before Sky Lynx pulled him free. Blurr and the other Autobots managed to keep [[Predaking]] busy long enough for Kup to rouse [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], the creature who was the source of the death crystals. Turning the crystals against Chaos himself, the Autobots destroyed the monster and deprived the Decepticons of their new weapon. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When Optimus Prime briefly returned from the dead, Blurr was aboard his flagship during the intended assault on the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]]' new home planet. He received word from Cybertron that Hot Rod and the other Autobots they were supposed rushing off to "avenge" were in fact alive, and preparing to rendez-vous with the fleet. {{storylink|Dark Awakening|Dark Awakening}}

Later, Blurr joined [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] in exploring a bowl-shaped asteroid near Cybertron, and in doing so came across a [[Quintesson]] [[Time Window]]. During the battle with the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] and Quintesson star cruisers, Blurr fell through the time window along with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and some of his cassettes. The Autobots found themselves 11 million years in the past, working with [[Beta]] and her rebellion as the first Autobots stood up against their Quintesson masters. Once the rebel leader, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A3]], returned and used his coda remote on the [[Dark Guardians]], Blurr and his auto-buddies made their way back through the vortex and into the present once again. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

When the Autobots detected a seemingly threatening vessel in their airspace, Blurr attempted to interrogate the pilot, [[Sandstorm (Autobot)|Sandstorm]] of [[Paradron]]. Rather than being intimidated, however, Sandstorm just asked if there was something wrong with Blurr's timing program. Kup was quick to come to the young Autobot's defense and informed the Paradronian, "Naaaah, that's just the way he is." {{storylink|Fight or Flee|Fight or Flee}}

Blurr was among the Autobot warriors who assaulted the occupied nation of [[Carbombya]], to prevent the Decepticons from making more super-energon off of the country's oil reserves. [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] beached himself off the coast to launch Blurr, Rodimus Prime, Wheelie and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] onto the nation's soil. After the Decepticons were driven off, they freed [[Abdul Fakkadi]] and his advisors, and (somewhat reluctantly) restored him to power. {{storylink|Thief in the Night|Thief in the Night}}

During the second coming of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost, Blurr was working monitor duty on Cybertron with Springer. He was very good at his job, identifying [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] on an entry vector and the return of Unicron's eyes, but people kept having to interrupt his reports because he would. Not. Stop. Talking. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine|Ghost in the Machine}} Later on, he was part of the peace envoy overseeing the negotiations between [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]]. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal|The Quintesson Journal}} Blurr was also present for the unveiling of the new power generator on Cybertron, but even he wasn't fast enough to keep Grimlock from making a mess of things. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain|Grimlock's New Brain}}

During an encounter with the Decepticons, Blurr and several Autobots encountered a "[[quadrant lock]]" created by the Quintessons and ended up falling through it along with [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Their landing on the planet [[Zamojin (planet)|Zamojin]] was a harsh one, and Blurr's leg strut was too damaged for him to walk. Separated from the scientist Perceptor in the fall, Blurr asked Rodimus and Ultra Magnus to leave him while they searched for their missing comrade. The leaders agreed, since Perceptor was also the one best suited for repairing Blurr's leg. Unfortunately, the helpless Blurr was soon found by the superstitious and powerful local populace and taken to a nearby city, where the people planned to toss him into a molten pool. In a wacky turn of events, though, that soak was just what Blurr needed to realign his leg components, and he popped out of the pool as fast as ever. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika|The Face of the Nijika}}

When the [[Hate Plague]] was released, Blurr was one of several Autobots who were damaged and taken out of action early during the catastrophe. As a result, he was unaffected by the plague and, after some repair work by a Quintesson, was available to help the newly active Optimus Prime in his search for a cure. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

Sometime later, on Cybertron, Blurr was beaten in a race by Hot Rod and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. This was done in part to help prove the engineer [[Brainstorm]]'s theory that Autobots could function better with human partners somehow incorporated into their fighting discipline. Little did anyone realize how soon that theory would be tested. After a major Decepticon offensive on Autobot City, Optimus Prime radioed Kup, Blurr and the others on Cybertron, warning them that the Decepticons were headed for the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], deep beneath the planet's surface. The Autobots arrived just in time to prevent [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] from unleashing too much [[plasma energy]] using the key he'd stolen from Earth. What little plasma energy had been released, however, was enough to overcharge the engines of the Autobot ship, launching them out into space.

Blurr and his comrades crash-landed on the planet [[Nebulos]] and were quickly taken hostage by a group of rebels fighting against the machine army of their overlords, the [[Hive]]. The Autobots managed to convince their "hosts" to release them when the Decepticons arrived in hot pursuit, but Blurr and several other warriors were deactivated and taken hostage by the Decepticons as they fled. Brainstorm decided to put his ideas into action and created binary-bonded partnerships between the remaining Autobots and the rebels, forming [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. The Headmasters rescued Blurr and the others, but were soon forced to fight again when the Decepticons joined forces with the Hive, having created both Headmaster and [[Targetmaster]] duos in response. This tech-war continued when Brainstorm scanned one of the Hive Targetmasters and used those scans to recreate the technology for the remaining Autobots. Blurr was binary-bonded with [[Haywire]], one of the Nebulan sharpshooters. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1|The Rebirth}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
Blurr mostly appears in the earlier episodes as a minor character, but leaves the series after Cybertron blows up along with [[Rodimus Prime]] and [[Kup]], to look for a new planet to settle on. The [[RTM-1 Dub]] liked to call him Wally(?)

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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[[Image:Allfalldown-blurr.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Blurr's keyboard doesn't even HAVE a spacebar.]]
Blurr was part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s unit on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'', and had been for hundreds of years'' {{storylink|Kup's Story!}} when the commander quit Cybertron for [[Nebulos]] and a peaceful life. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

After the failure of Maximus's plan, Blurr was one of the Autobots to become [[Targetmaster|Targetmasters]], and he was paired with the Nebulan [[Haywire]] as his weapon/partner. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} He traveled with Fortress Maximus's crew to Earth, where he participated in the failed effort to rescue [[Buster Witwicky]] from the clutches of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s Decepticons. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} He would stay with Fortress Maximus's crew until their reintegration with the rest of the Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

He was among the crew taken by Optimus Prime to deal with a Decepticon attack on [[MacDill Air Force Base]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} Prime ordered his troops to return to the Ark, suspecting something was wrong there. Aboard the ship, faced with a ton of explosives on a countdown timer, Blurr proceeded to panic. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

When the Matrix-possessed Thunderwing invaded the Ark, Blurr used his speed to good advantage, dodging the Decepticon's attacks and punching the Matrix-aura demon repeatedly. It wasn't phased, though, and punched him back. {{storylink|All Fall Down (comic issue)|All Fall Down}}

In an alternate future, the Autobots faced near-extinction in 2009 when [[Unicron]] destroyed Cybertron and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had very nearly conquered Earth. Blurr and Kup were killed by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] during the Decepticons' rise to power. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In the future year 2003, Blurr was among the many Autobots stationed at the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] began his plans for a new [[Autobot City]] on Earth. It was his responsibility to send a hyper-speeded radio signal to Earth's governments, informing them about the secret plans for the city. Apparently, the Autobots decided regular codes would be too much work, so they just had Blurr dictate the plans! {{storylink|Ark Duty|Ark Duty}} He was also on-site a year later at the grand opening of Autobot City, and helped defend their honored human guests from an assault by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!|Aspects of Evil!}}''

''Shortly after the attack on Autobot City in 2006, Blurr received some psychic coaching from Unicron to follow the new Decepticon leader, Galvatron, back through time to 1986 and stop his plans. Blurr was joined by Kup and Hot Rod, and upon materializing in the 20th century they joined forces with the local Ultra Magnus. Being as colossally powerful as Galvatron was, Blurr and his allies decided subterfuge was the better course of action than brute force. In order to get Galvatron to return to the future without a fuss, they manipulated him into believing he had travelled cross-time to an alternate 1986, where his actions in the past would have no effect on his future. It really proved to be that simple, and so Galvatron returned to 2006 with his cronies, and Blurr, Kup and Hot Rod quickly followed suit. {{storylink|Target: 2006|Target: 2006}}''

''After Unicron was defeated in 2006, Galvatron again fled back in time. Blurr was once again on the team that went back to retrieve him, this time teamed with Kup, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and Hot Rod, now as the newly risen Autobot leader, Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Burning Sky!|Burning Sky!}} It was deja vu all over again, as the future Autobots again joined forces with 20th century Ultra Magnus to counter Galvatron's latest scheme. The evil Decepticon planned to use a magma siphon to drain power out of the planet's volcanic core, and gain the strength of a god in the process. Blurr and Kup were taken out of action early in the game and, despite the best laid plans, the future Autobots only managed to stop Galvatron's power siphon: the Decepticon himself remained in the past as they returned to the future. {{storylink|Fire on High!|Fire on High!}}''

''Blurr remained one of Rodimus Prime's finest soldiers in the future. In 2008, he helped defend the Autobot position against a massive Decepticon offensive {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!|The Legacy of Unicron!}}, and accompanied Rodimus Prime on a rescue mission to Earth when the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] lay siege to Autobot City. {{storylink|Space Pirates!|Space Pirates!}}''

''When the timestorm exploded over space in 2009, Blurr joined Rodimus Prime and several other Autobots in travelling back to 1989, in the hopes of somehow removing the menace caused by Galvatron's long-term temporal distortion. Unfortunately, the mechanics of the time-jump mass displacement shunted Optimus Prime and other Autobots of 1989 into [[Limbo]] as they arrived, leaving smoldering earth in their wakes. The neophyte Autobot sub-commander [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] jumped to the wrong conclusions and led his 20th century warriors into battle with their 21st century counterparts. Blurr was double-teamed by [[Scattershot]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] before Optimus managed to communicate with Maximus through the Matrix in Rodimus Prime's chest and call an end to the fighting. Despite being thrown for the loop, AND shot by Galvatron once the Autobots all lined up on one side, Blurr held out through the entire fight, and was still standing during Optimus Prime's climactic brawl with Galvatron, after nearly every other warrior had been downed. {{storylink|Time Wars|Time Wars}} ''

''After the Time Wars, the Autobots returned to 2009, but found it radically changed in their absence. It seemed the timestream had rebooted itself as if Galvatron had never left for the past to cause the timestorm. With Galvatron still around to lead the Decepticons, they had managed to maintain control over Cybertron after the war with Unicron, and the Autobots held only a meager resistance movement on their homeworld. Blurr, Rodimus and the others returned to this "new" war as best they could, but were hopeless outmatched on Cybertron. After suffering a communications breakdown with one of their outposts, Rodimus Prime and allies arrived only to find Galvatron had taken control of the base and slaughtered the Autobots present. He saved a particularly gruesome fate for Blurr, and actually tossed the poor Autobot's severed head at Rodimus Prime once he arrived. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!|Aspects of Evil!}}''

''In another version of the future, Blurr actually survived! He lived til at least the year 2510 when he personally delivered the news to Rodimus Prime that the last Decepticon had been killed and the war was over. Of course, a new war between the [[Technobot|Technobots]] and the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] broke out within a solar cycle, so Blurr still had a chance to get killed in battle. {{storylink|Peace|Peace}}''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Blurr joined an underground Autobot cell led by Kup after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] takeover of Cybertron. Along with fellow cell members Hot Rod and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], he observed a Decepticon shuttle (actually piloted by the Dinobots) from the [[Wastelands]].

Later, after Gnaw brought an unconscious Optimus Prime to their base, Blurr and Wheelie tried to subdue the legendary Autobot from mistakenly pounding Gnaw to death after he woke up. (Blurr's attempt was to punch Optimus in the face, which nearly broke his hand.) Soon after, Blurr participated in Prime's Autobot uprising, which ended Shockwave's rule. {{storylink|War and Peace|War and Peace}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Before the war, Blurr was the number one [[Cybertronian sport|racer]] on Cybertron. The stardom this provided meant he got into the best clubs, was worshiped by fans and was a grade-A jackass, to the point where he couldn't be bothered remembering his [[Piston|co-workers']] names. However all this changed when the war broke out. The race track was bombed and the races themselves canceled. Blurr found himself despairing, both due to his life falling apart, and to both sides attempting to recruit him. Not long after "bumping" into [[Starscream (G1)|a Decepticon]], Blurr got caught up in a gunfight that resulted in the death of both Piston and [[Fasttrack (IDW)|Fasttrack]]. Blurr had had enough, but after some harsh but fair words from [[Optimus Prime (G1)|a unit commander]], Blurr realized that the reason he'd been so into the races was because it was something that mattered. Using that feeling, he accepted the mission to reach [[Zeta Prime]], and became an Autobot. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

Several million years later, Blurr began working alongside the Wreckers, and was recruited into a new elite fighting unit on-board the starship ''[[Trion]]'' by [[Kup]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

{{note|It is unclear whether Blurr became an official member of the Wreckers before Kup cannibalized that team to make his own strike force.}}

Blurr was on the ''[[Trion]]'' when the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the devastated surface of Cybertron. Blurr and the rest of the team survived the crash and met up with Optimus Prime's unit, who were also stranded on the planet. Prime had suffered heavy damage back on Earth, and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] was now in charge. When Jazz got a little uppity with Kup, Blurr tried to bring him down...only to find out that "hard core" beats fast every time. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5}} The two Autobot units began working together under Kup and Jazz, and found themselves on the run from the Insecticon swarm. Blurr and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] were sent out on scouting patrol to keep the Autobots informed of the Swarm's movements. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Blurr''' (Autobot, 1986)
*''Japanese ID number'': '''C-79'''
*''Accessories'': Rifle, shield

: Blurr transforms into a blue Cybertronic hovercar. As his type of vehicle didn't have traditional rubber-tired wheels, he instead had small plastic wheels on his robot legs, which were tucked underneath the length of the hovercar mode. The nose portion of the vehicle detaches to serve as a shield in robot mode, and he also comes with a (non-firing) Electro-Laser accessory. The toy, like most figures introduced with the movie, differs somewhat from the animation model.

*'''Blurr''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
*''Accessories'': Haywire Targetmaster, shield

: A [[retool]] of the previous toy, Blurr was adapted to be able to hold the Nebulan/weapon [[Haywire]], replacing his pistol from the previous release. A new weapon-mount point was also added to his midsection/vehicle-hood.

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==Trivia==
* Forbes.com declared Blurr to be the fastest fictional car, beating out Speed Racer's ''[[wikipedia:Mach_Five|Mach Five]]'' by a top speed difference of over 500mph.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2008/05/07/fastest-fictional-cars-forbeslife-cx_mn_de_0507sort.html Blurr named fastest car by Forbes]</ref>
* One of Blurr's minor flaws is that he can't '''''shut the hell up.'''''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Blurr/blurr.htm Blurr at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Blurr Blurr's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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[[Image:G1CommercialBumper01.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Still not as catchy as ABC's Aaaafter theeese messages, we'll be riiiight back!]]
'''Commercial bumpers''' are short segments used to mark the start and end of a commercial segment during a television show. They have been used in many Transformers cartoons.

:''Japanese term:'' '''Eye catch'''

==Generation 1==
The original ''Transformers'' cartoon featured a rotating series of commercial bumpers, which changed by season. The music for all seasons remained the same, however, with [[Victor Caroli]] narrating "The Transformers will return after these messages" and "We now return to The Transformers", while a character transformed. The animation for the season 1 and 2 bumpers was provided by [[Toei]] while the animation for the season 3 and 4 bumpers was provided by [[AKOM]].

The commercial bumpers were among the many aspects of the cartoon subjected to aural desecration by [[Kid Rhino]]. Whereas the original bumpers featured only music and the narrator's voice, the Rhino DVD releases included lasers, squealing tires, revving engines, swooshing sounds, and [[transformation]] sound effects, none of which were present in the original.

The Japanese dub replaced [[Victor Caroli]] with [[Issei Masamune]] yelling "Exciting Transformer!", and had sound effects added to them. During the 2010 series, the regular music in the bumpers was replaced with [[Dash Dash Transformer]].

===1984===
[[Image:G1CommercialBumperOptimus01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This image can also be found on every vintage trapper keeper, pencil case and paper party cup you'll ever find.]]
The Transformers will return:

* Optimus Prime transforms to robot mode.
* Jazz drives out from behind an Autobot symbol, spins out while transforming to robot mode, and backs off-screen while firing.

We now return to the Transformers:

* Starscream flies over Earth, transforms to robot mode and lands.
* Laserbeak flies under cam in cassette mode; a passing Decepticon symbol hides his transformation to condor mode.

===1985===
[[Image:G1CommercialBumperShockwave01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Little known fact: Shockwave invented disco.]]
The Season Two commercial bumpers are distinguished by their bright, solid-color backgrounds.

The Transformers will return:

* Cosmos transforms and lands on an upside-down planetoid, which then rotates so he's upright.
* Omega Supreme transforms from base to robot and fires.
* Shockwave transforms from gun to robot and fires at the camera
* Devastator forms, raises his fists together and is enveloped by an energy glow.
* Blitzwing

We now return to the Transformers:

* Thrust transforms to robot mode and lands.
* Warpath transforms to tank mode and drives under the camera.
* Astrotrain flies past in shuttle mode, changes to robot mode and fires, then changes to locomotive form and drives into the camera.
* Grimlock changes to dino mode and uses his tail to smash a rock outcrop with the Decepticon emblem.
*Hook, in crane mode, lifts a sign declaring "We now return to the Transformers".

===1986===
[[Image:G1CommercialBumperTrypticon01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Trypticon destroy obnoxious text!!]]
The Transformers will return:

* Sharkticon, transforming to shark mode and walking into the camera.
* Rodimus Prime, dodging fire from Cyclonus before changing to vehicle mode.
* (?) Base-mode Trypticon fires, then transforms to dinosaur mode.

We now return to the Transformers:

* Ultra Magnus, discharging two passengers before transforming to robot mode.
* (?) Blurr flies past camera, transforms and fires.

===1987===
The Transformers will return:

* Scorponok transforms from base to scorpion, scuttles at the camera, and transforms to robot.

We now return to the Transformers:

* Highbrow transforms from helicopter to robot over a planet.

==The Headmasters==
Every bumper for ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' featured the same narration: A cry of "Head On!"

Into first commercial:

* Laser-pistol-mode [[Sixshot]] leaps from [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s hand, transforms to robot mode and fires a volley of shots from his blasters.

First return to show:

*Jet-mode [[Brainstorm]] flies and spins through space, then transforms to robot mode and fires a blast.

Into second commercial:

* Vehicle-mode [[Chromedome]] dodges two blasts from offscreen, then transforms to robot mode and fires back.

* Scorpion-mode [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] transforms to robot mode, materialises his shield and ends with a mighty pose.

Second return to show:

*Tank-mode [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] comes under fire from behind, and turns to return fire before transforming to robot mode.

* Ship-mode [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] transforms to robot mode.

==Super-God Masterforce==
Every ''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' bumper is accompanied by a drawn-out cry of "Mastaaaaa-FORCE!"

===First rotation===
Into first commercial:

*Jet-mode [[Metalhawk]] flies over a polar wasteland, then transforms to robot mode and fires two shots.

First return to show:

*The [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] burst out of the ocean and combine into [[King Poseidon]].

Into second commercial:

*Jet-mode [[Blood]] flies over a city and shoots and a building, then transforms to robot mode.

Second return to show:

*[[Shūta Gō|Goshooter]] transforms to robot mode.

Before closing credits:

*Truck-mode [[Ginrai]] drives across a rocky landscape, and transforms to robot mode.

===Second rotation===
Into first commercial:

*Jet-mode [[Metalhawk]] flies over a polar wasteland, then transforms to robot mode and fires two shots.

First return to show:

*The [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] burst out of the ocean and combine into [[King Poseidon]].

Into second commercial:

*[[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] combine into [[Darkwings]].

Second return to show:

*[[Shūta Gō|Goshooter]] transforms to robot mode.

Before closing credits:

*Super Ginrai bursts out of a volcano in vehicle mode and transforms into robot mode.

===Third rotation===
Into first commercial:

*Ship-mode [[Grand Maximus]] flies through a smokey battlefield, fires off a shot, and transforms to robot mode.

First return to show:

*Super Ginrai tears through a wall of strange organic material, then combines with [[Godbomber]] into God Ginrai. This bumper was also reused

Into second commercial:

*Scorpion-mode [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] scuttles through a dark canyon and transforms to robot mode.

Second return to show:

*The [[Giga|Gigatank]] drives through some water as the [[Mega|Megajet]] flies overhead, then the pair combine into [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]].

Before closing credits:

*Super Ginrai tears through a wall of strange organic material, then combines with [[Godbomber]] into God Ginrai. This bumper was also reused

The final episode of the series, "[[You Too Use the Masterforce to Transform]]" feature a unique final bumper, starring [[Cab]]'s pet [[Cab|parrot and armadillo]]. The parrot rides around on top of the rolled up armadillo, then falls off as the armadillo uncurls.

==Victory==
''[[Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'''s bumpers were distinguished by their use of cutesy "[[super deformed]]" characters, who would destroy the opposing faction's [[insignia]].

After opening credits:

[[Image:Victory bumpers.jpg|right|250px|thumb|When your room looks kinda weird, and you wish that you weren't the-ere...]]
*[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] flies in and transforms, then slashes the Decepticon insignia, which falls apart to reveal the Autobot insignia beneath.

Into commercial:

*[[Deathsaurus]] falls into shot in beast mode, transforms and smashes the Autobot insignia with his mace, which crumbles away to expose the Decepticon insignia.

Back to show:

*The [[Dinoforce]] combine into [[Dinoking]], who jumps on the Autobot insignia, then cheerfully plucks the Decepticon insignia from rubble.

Before closing credits:

*[[Holi]] destroys the Decepticon insignia by bursting out of it in car mode, then transforms to watch [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]] as he pushes the Autobot insignia into shot. Holi leans against it and Jean salutes.
*The [[Brainmaster|Brainmasters]] combine into [[Road Caesar]] and kick the Decepticon logo and the camera follows it as it rolls off to the right, past the Autobot logo, and falls over. Road Caesar jumps on it and dusts his hands off. Curiously, this bumper was only featured in "[[Attack! Leozack]]"

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==Generation 2==
''[[Generation 2 (cartoon)|Generation 2]]'' incorporated [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] clips from the line's toy [[Commercial|commercials]], each one featuring a piece of unique narration.

Into commercial:

*The Constructicons transform and start smashing stuff as the narrator appeals to the audience: "Hey, don't trash the place! ''Transformers: Generation 2'' will be right back!"
*Jazz drives off a ramp and transforms to robot mode with a flip. "Hey, don't flip out! ''Transformers: Generation 2'' will be right back!"
*Optimus Prime drives down a road for a while before transforming. "Don't hit the road! ''Transformers: Generation 2'' will be right back!"

Back to show:

*Ramjet swoops down and transforms to robot mode as the narrator requests: "Don't go ballistic! ''Transformers: Generation 2'' is back!"
*Devastator smashes a chasm into the ground, out of which emerge the Dinobots. "And now, back to ''Transformers: Generation 2''!"

==Beast Wars==
''Beast Wars'' featured a standardized short commercial bumper, with the show's logo from the opening credits accompanied by the "BEAST WARS!" cry, and [[Garry Chalk]] proclaiming either "We'll be right back!" or "We're back!" as appropriate.

After the final act of the episode and before the final commercial, there would be an additional bumper, with a narrator urging viewers to continue watching the series as a montage of action clips and quotes played quickly in the background.

''Garry Chalk'': "BEAST WAAAARS!" 
''Narrator'': "More exciting action--" 
''Chalk'': "MAXIMIZE!" 
''Narrator'': "--from your favorite 3-D Transformers!" 
''Chalk'': "Prime jets, ON!" 
''[[Ian Corlett]]'': "Whoaaaaah, cool!" 
''Narrator'': "On the next exciting adventure of Beast Wars! With 3-D action!"

==Robots In Disguise==
[[Image:Car Robots bumpers.jpg|right|280px|thumb|]]
;''Car Robots''
The Japanese ''Car Robots'' series had bumpers that each featured the series' logo on a plain black background, with a fully-CGI character starting off in their vehicle/alt. mode in one of the top corners who then moved towards the middle of the screen as they transformed into robot mode. These were accompanied by one of two different musical stings, depending on whether they were leading into, or returning from the ad break.

;''Robots in Disguise''
Into commercial:

* CGI animation of a superdeformed [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] transforming into the [[FoxKids]] logo. [[Neil Kaplan]] narrates "We'll be right back, on FoxKids!"
* The [[Spychanger|Spychangers]] run towards the screen and transform, as [[Wally Wingert]] implores "Don't speed up--we'll be transforming back to the show!"

Back to show:

* CGI clip of Optimus Prime's transformation from the original [[Car Robots]] opening credits. Kaplan: "Shift--shape--and ready to roll--back to Transformers on FoxKids!"
* [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]'s face appears on his own car-mode viewscreen. Wingert: "Dude! We're cruising the fast track, back to Transformers on FoxKids!"

==Super Link==
[[Image:Super Link bumpers.jpg|left|260px|thumb|]]
The Japanese version of the ''Energon'' cartoon featured still shots of various characters, who would introduce themselves to the audience or give their characteristic rallying cry ("Galvatron—hyper mode!" for example). Rather than follow a fixed pattern across the series or be chosen randomly, the bumpers would often relate to the events of the episode during which they appeared, and characters would sometimes make references to what was happening in the show at the time. The special episode "[[Distribution]]" featured an abundance of original commercial bumpers which didn't actually lead into commercials, but were just included for "fun" in the middle of the show.

''Super Link'''s commercial bumpers didn't make it into ''Energon'' (because it took commercial breaks more frequently and at different times), but the fake bumpers from "Distribution" did, since they were actually part of the episode. Naturally, the joke (weak as it was in the first place) was met with dull bemusement by the ''Energon'' audience, since viewers who had not seen ''Super Link''(i.e. most of the viewing audience) had no idea what they were.
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==Galaxy Force==
[[Image:Galaxy Force bumpers.jpg|right|280px|thumb|It's 8:13... Do you know where your children are?]]
The bumpers for the ''[[Galaxy Force]]'' series featured a harmonised cry of "To-ran-su-for-MAAAAA!" taken from the end of the main theme tune. When the theme changed at episode twenty-eight the show used two different versions of the cry, neither from the main theme, each with slightly different timing for the pre- and post-break bumpers; "To-ran-su... fo-or-MAAAAA!" and "To-ran-su-FORRR-maaaaa!" respectively.

For the first half of the series, each bumper would start by showing the series' logo on a light blue star field, from which the planets would break away and fly around a bit as the title glowed white and phased-out. This would then quickly cross-fade into a close-up still of a character, on top of which said character would then phase-in with the same white glow seen earlier (together with their name and faction's insignia) and strike a pose with a mighty ''clunk''.

From episode twenty-seven (the series' half-way point), the bumpers would start with a close-up silhouette of a character on a star field background, overlaid with the series' logo in the bottom corner. The logo would then phase-out as the silhouette moved away from the camera, usually turning around, as the lighting adjusted to reveal the character and the background cross-faded into said character's close-up still. Each bump would still end with the same pose-striking ''clunk'' as before, together with the character's name and insignia phasing into view.

For the first thirteen episodes, the bumper leading into the ad break was also used to return to the show, whereas from episodes fourteen to twenty-five, most (but not all) episodes featured different characters either side of the break. From episode twenty-six onwards they were always different, and occasionally displayed two or three characters on the same screen.

A notable exception is [[Unfinished|episode 51]], which is the only episode to feature no commercial bumpers; instead, the ''Galaxy Force'' logo scrolls on and off the screen to signal the beginning and the end of the commercial break.

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{{stub}}

[[Category:Media]]

Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime

2009-04-28T11:49:49Z

82.2.33.122: /* Notes */

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=3
|image=Doubleprime.jpg
|caption=Music by [[Stan Bush]]-san.
|title="Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime"
|japanese=夢のダブルコンボイ誕生
|romaji=Yume no Double Convoy Tanjō
|airdate=[[July 17|17 July]] 1987
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''With the missing Matrix recovered, the race is on to return to Cybertron and secure the Autobots' control of the planet.'''

:''English/Malay dub name:'' "'''The Birth of a New Leader'''"
:''Often mistranslated as:'' "'''The Birth of Double Convoy'''"

==Synopsis==
While [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] search for the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] in the final possible location, the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] mobilize to stop them. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] co-ordinates the Autobot response, with the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] intercepting the [[Combaticon|Combaticons]] and the [[Technobot|Technobots]] holding off the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. Hot Rod successfully locates the Matrix—which has still not regained its full power—but as he attempts to depart the battlefield with it, his way is barred by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the Decepticon Headmasters. The Autobot Headmasters come to his rescue, and the quintet head for Cybertron aboard the [[Trainbot|Trainbots]].

On Cybertron, [[Vector Sigma]]'s destabilization continues, with the planet on the verge of self-destruction. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] enters Cybertron's catacombs, following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime's]] trail and using his telepathic powers to communicate with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s ghost, in order to guide Prime through the tunnels. Threats as varied as [[Energy leech|energy leeches]] and monstrous rodents stand in Prime's way, but eventually, he makes it to Vector Sigma's chamber—only to discover [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] have made it there ahead of him! Fortress, Galvatron, Hot Rod and the Headmasters all soon arrive in quick succession, and to turn the tide of battle, Alpha Trion merges with the Matrix in Hot Rod's hands, re-energizing it and once again transforming Hot Rod into Rodimus Prime. The two Primes team up to defeat the Decepticons, but just as Rodimus is about to recharge Optimus Prime with the Matrix, Vector Sigma flares dangerously, and Prime leaps into action the only way he can—by fusing his own essence with the computer, bringing it back under control at the cost of his own life. With Cybertron back under Autobot control, the Decepticons flee, and Rodimus is left as Autobot commander once again.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (2)
* [[Chromedome]] (3)
* [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (4)
* [[Brainstorm]] (5)
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (13)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (14)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (15)
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (16)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (17)
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (18)
* [[Blades]] (19)
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (20)
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (21)
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (22)
* [[Nosecone]] (23)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (24)
* [[Lightspeed (Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (25)
* [[Scattershot]] (26)
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (27)
* [[Tracks]] (28)
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (35)
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (36)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (37)
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (38)
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (39)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] (40)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (41)
* [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (42)
* [[Computron]] (48)
* [[Yukikaze (G1)|Yukikaze]] (49)
* [[Shōki]] (50)
* [[Getsuei]] (51)
* [[Suiken]] (52)
* [[Seizan]] (53)
* [[Kaen]] (54)

|c2=
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (6)
* [[Weirdwolf]] (7)
* [[Skullcruncher]] (8)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (9)
* [[Mindwipe]] (10)
* [[Sixshot]] (11)
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (12)
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (29)
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (30)
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (31)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (32)
* [[Blast Off]] (33)
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (34)
* [[Sinnertwin]] (43)
* [[Cutthroat]] (44)
* [[Rippersnapper]] (45)
* [[Blot]] (46)
* [[Abominus]] (47)
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (55)

|c3=
* [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (56)

}}
==Quotes==

{{note|The following quotes were taken from the Malaysian English dub.}}

"''I can feel the heat''" Optimus Prime

"''Something strange has happened, Now there are TWO Optimus Primes''" Narrator. (This is a mistranslation of the phase "Double Convoy")

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
*Prowl appears again in this episode. He's still supposed to be dead, but see [[Four Warriors Come out of the Sky|here]] for the details.
*As Galvatron and the Decepticon Headmasters arrive to stop Hot Rod, Skullcruncher is colored like Weirdwolf, and Weirdwolf is colored like Sinnertwin.
*When arguing with Arcee and Wheelie, Blurr's chestplate windshield is miscolored.
*As Galvatron and the Decepticon Headmasters fire on Hot Rod as he and the Autobot Headmasters board the Trainbots, Mindwipe is missing his wings and Galvatron is missing his Decepticon insignia.

===Continuity errors===
*Okay, so, it takes Optimus Prime (who has ''made the trip before'') basically one-and-a-half episodes to traverse the tunnels and get to Vector Sigma's chamber, and yet Cyclonus and Scourge, who were on Earth earlier in ''this episode'', were able to ''beat him there''? And Galvatron and Rodimus, who only ''just'' left Earth a little while ago, make it to the chamber in what seems like only ''minutes''? What, did Optimus get lost on his way? Maybe that's why Alpha Trion's ghost came to guide him to Vector Sigma. Never ask Prime for directions, he's obviously horrible at them.

===Transformers references===
*The [[Energy leech|energy leeches]] in this episode are pretty much identical to the (slightly larger) creatures that appeared and did the same thing in "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] references [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]'s defeat of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] on planet [[Feminia]], an event which occurred in [[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5]].
*One of the most bizarre threats that Prime comes up against on his journey through Cybertron is a pack of giant, purple rats with large rows of spines. Perhaps leftover [[Trans-Organic|Trans-Organics]]?
*This episode foreshadows the telepathic powers possessed by the Headmasters, which will be expanded upon in "[[Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2]]".

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*This article follows the lead of the English-language [[Metrodome|DVD]] [[Madman Entertainment|releases]] of the episode in its use of the term "Prime" in the title.
*This episode is a study in how ''weird'' the Matrix is in Japan. With the wisdom of the ages having been drained to counteract the [[Hate Plague]] in "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2," the Autobots have decided to recharge the Matrix by... hooking it up to a power station. [[The Headmasters issue 8|The final chapter]] of the ''Headmasters'' manga tries to justify this a bit, or at least gussy it up, by pointing out that the energy is the "lifeforce of Earth," so presumably the power plant was gathering up natural energy. But, y'know. Still. And the fact that's it's actually recharged by Alpha Trion's ghost spinning around and going inside it isn't much better.
*While relaying information in cassette mode, Ratbat plays not a recording, but a summary of events in a unique voice, in the same manner that [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] did in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]". Later in the series, however, he and the other Decepticon cassette animals suddenly start talking in their robot modes.
* The term "Double Convoy" in reference to Convoy and Rodimus Convoy teaming up is presumably a takeoff on the "Double Rider" team of Kamen Rider 1 and Kamen Rider 2 from the original ''[[Wikipedia:Kamen Rider|Kamen Rider]]'' series. (Coincidentally, or perhaps not, [[Toei|the company]] that makes ''Kamen Rider'' also did the animation for Season 1 and 2 of the Generation 1 Cartoon.) It's also amusing to note both ran afoul of a group called Destron.
* In an odd touch, Rodimus Prime's character model seen here and in the remainder of his appearances in ''Headmasters'', is ''different'' from his U.S. character model in several subtle ways, seemingly taking inspiration from his [[Studio Ox]] design. His eyes now have thick borders around them (although this does vary depending on the shot), the wheels on his upper arms now face forward rather than backward, and his yellow spoiler has been 'beefed-up' in robot mode.
* ''Um'', did the writer forget this is [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|not the first time]] Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime show up together?
* Though called "Double Convoy", [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|it didn't last long]]. ''Gugh''!
* In the futuristic world of 2010, Rodimus apparently still runs on old BASIC code...
* I can feel the heat!

[[Category:Headmasters episodes]]

Starscream's Brigade

2009-04-28T11:42:43Z

82.2.33.122: /* Trivia */

{{episode
|image=Starscreams_brigade_5_letsgo.jpg
|caption=Surely, this will be his moment to shine...or not.
|series=G1toon
|ep=62
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=53
|title="Starscream's Brigade"
|written by=[[Michael Charles Hill]]
|production code=700-61
|airdate=[[January 7]], 1986
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''After his latest attempt to overthrow Megatron's rule of the Decepticons, Starscream is banished from HQ, but this time, he hatches a plan...'''

:''Japanese title:'' スタースクリーム軍団 (''Starscream Gundan'', "Starscream's Brigade")
:''German'' Generation 2 ''title:'' "'''Starscreams großer Kampf'''" ("Starscreams big Fight")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Starscreamsbrigade1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!]]
Decades ago, when life existed only in black and white, humans waged war on one another on the island of [[Guadalcanal]] in the south Pacific. Some of their wrecked vehicles remained there as of 1985, where our story begins...

Within [[Decepticon space cruiser|Decepticon headquarters]], Starscream and Megatron are having a spat. Predictably, it ends with Starscream shooting Megatron in the back and proclaiming himself the new leader. Megatron's tougher than that, though, and after waking up a few seconds later, he blasts Starscream and has Laserbeak dump him on Guadalcanal.

Humiliated and infuriated, Starscream stumbles upon the remnants of some old World War II vehicles, which inspire him to create an army of his own. Entering the space bridge by threatening Skywarp, he travels to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and steals the [[personality component]]s of five renegade Decepticons. Installing them into the wrecked vehicles, he transforms them into the [[Combaticon]]s. The quarrelsome warriors threaten to simply beat Starscream to a pulp, until he reveals that their new bodies do not contain energy absorbers, without which they cannot refuel: "No energy, no life." In exchange for the needed equipment, the Combaticons agree to obey Starscream's orders for the moment.

At the unveiling of the [[Optimus Prime Memorial]], Starscream and the Combaticons attack and kidnap Jazz and Cliffjumper. At the [[Decepticon space cruiser|Decepticon base]], Shockwave informs Megatron that the Combaticons' personality components are missing. Assuming the [[Autobot|Autobots]] are responsible, Megatron launches an attack on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. However, Optimus Prime's demand to turn over Jazz and Cliffjumper causes Megatron to suspect Starscream.

[[Image:Starscreamsbrigade2.jpg|right|180px|thumb|We all lost weight on the Subway diet!]]

Starscream and the Combaticons attack the Decepticons while they're attempting to refuel, allowing Starscream to capture Dirge and Ramjet as well, bringing their energy absorber count to four. Megatron, meanwhile, rallies his troops, and moves against Starscream and his army. In the ensuing battle, Megatron's trump card, Devastator, is easily brushed aside when Starscream reveals that the Combaticons can likewise combine into a single titan: [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]! The massive combiner scoops up Megatron in one hand and forces him to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader.

The Autobots use the battle's distraction to rescue Jazz and Cliffjumper; meanwhile, the late-arriving [[Stunticon|Stunticons]] look over the situation, and decide that Starscream is too likely to continue his rampage. Merging into Menasor, they defeat the unsuspecting Bruticus with one massive punch.

From the resultant crater, Megatron emerges; grabbing Starscream by the throat, he decrees that he and his army are banished from Earth. The usurpers are hauled away by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and left stranded on a distant asteroid in deep space... from which Starscream swears vengeance.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (18)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (19)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (21)
*[[Powerglide]] (22)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (23)
*[[Tracks]] (24)
*[[Gears]] (25)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (27)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (38)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (39)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (40)
*[[Grapple]] (43)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (44)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (3)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (4)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (5)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (6)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (7)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (8)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (9)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (10)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (11)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (12)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (13)
*[[Blast Off]] (14)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (15)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (16)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (20)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (26)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (28)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (29)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (30)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (31)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (32)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (33)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (34)
*[[Drag Strip]] (35)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (36
*[[Motormaster]] (37)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (41)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (42)
*[[Wildrider]] (45)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (46)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (47)

|c3=
*World War II soldiers (1)
*[[Marty Minkler]] (17)
}}

==Notable quotes==
"NOBODY TURNS THEIR BACK ON ME!"
:—'''Starscream''', as Megatron turns his back on him.

"I would like to welcome two members of the Autobot team: Jazz, and Cliffjump." 
"Uh, that's Cliffjumper."
:—'''Marty Minkler''' and '''Cliffjumper'''.

"I see incompetence breeds even more incompetence. HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
:—'''Megatron''' to Starscream, after the latter fails in his attempt to destroy the Decepticon leader.

"Now, Megatron: who is the new Decepticon leader?" 
"Uhm... you are." 
"I can't hear you!" 
"You are!" 
"I am now the leader of all Decepticons!"
:—'''Megatron''' in the grip of Bruticus (literally), and '''Starscream'''.

'''Motormaster''': Megatron's in trouble. 
'''Dead End''': Who cares. 
'''Wildrider''': It looks like Starscream's defeated him. 
'''Dead End''': So? 
'''Motormaster''': So, you think Starscream's going to stop here? 
'''Dead End''': Good point. He never knows when to quit. 
'''Motormaster''': Stunticons, unite to form Menasor!
:—Motormaster, Dead End and Wildrider, surveying Starscream's victory.

"Bruticus?" 
"No Starscream, ''not'' Bruticus. It's Megatron - your leader!" 
"Megatron, no, wait, please!" 
"This time, it really is 'goodbye', Starscream! Astrotrain, get him and his giant ally off this planet! ...They are banished from Earth... forever!" 
"You'll regret that you did not destroy me Megatron! I shall have my revenge!"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron''' after the Decepticon leader survives Starscream's latest mutiny.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical glitches===
[[Image:StarscreamsBrigade Soundwave eyes.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Maybe Megatron isn't the one Starscream should be worried about...]]
*During the first scene in Decepticon headquarters, right before and immediately after Starscream shoots Megatron in the back (about a minute and a half into the episode), Soundwave's visor is absent. He appears to have two separate, red optics instead, which, when compared to his usually emotionless expression, is actually kind of scary. In addition, his tape door has the wrong shape.
*At several points in the episode, such as when Starscream approaches the Space Bridge, his eye colour changes from red to blue.
*When Megatron is attacking the Autobot headquarters, a black Thrust can be seen standing to his left. The camera cuts to Prime, and then back to Megatron, who now has a properly decoed Thrust standing to his right.
*When Starscream says, "Don't think that it hasn't been fun." when he confronts Megatron, his wings are missing. Briefly afterwards, when Megatron says, "I see incompetence breeds even more incompetence!", Starscream's wings appear slightly bigger than they're supposed to be.
*When Megatron rallies the Decepticons before going after Starscream, Shockwave is seen among the group, even though he had been shown to still be on Cybertron.
*When Powerglide flies over the Decepticons, his plane mode is not only white, but a different model. Or, [[Bad Boy|could it be...?]]
*As usual, Devastator's transformation sequence is all kinds of screwy. This time, Hook transforms not only into his own portion of Devastator, but also most of Long Haul's and much of Bonecrusher and Scavenger's as well. A second later, Bonecrusher and Scavenger transform into their usual Devastator components—including the parts that Hook already formed!
* Devastator repeatedly switches between having separate eyes and his usual eyeband.
* Devastator's voice is missing its usual self-echo.
* Devastator then gets his tail kicked. Can you tell he's no longer a new toy, folks?

===Continuity errors===
* Starscream maintains control of the Combaticons by not installing [[energy absorber]]s into them, thereby preventing them from re-energising, and a repeated point is made that they must capture five Transformers in order to take their energy absorbers for the Combaticons. Yet the Combaticons are somehow able to recharge after capturing only four Transformers.
* After the Autobots figure out what's happening with Starscream and Megatron, Optimus dramatically orders his troops to "Transform and [[roll out]]!" But it seems they forgot to figure out where they were going; they're never shown arriving anywhere! The next time we see the Autobots, Optimus and Powerglide are once again standing in front of [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], and Optimus orders Powerglide to search for Starscream. Who says Prime doesn't learn from his mistakes?
*This episode was aired ''after'' "[[Aerial Assault]]", which also featured the [[Combaticon]]s.

===Transformers references===
* Earth builds a [[Optimus Prime Memorial|memorial]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] before he's even dead...[[The Transformers: The Movie|Ominous]].

===Real-world references===
*Elements of World War II are shown in the episode with the abandoned military vehicles.

===Trivia===
*According to the Generation 1 [[Production Bible]], this episode was titled "30 Seconds over Megatron" before broadcast. [http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage88.html]
* Number of times that somebody says "Jazz and Cliffjumper": 7
* The Japanese dub of the episode (poorly) super-imposes Japanese translations of the captions during the World War II recap, which shows the combaticon's origins.

==Home video releases==
* [[The Original Transformers Volume 3: Programmed for Evil]] (1999)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/starscream's_brigade.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

[[Category:Generation 1 episodes]]

Optimus Prime (Movie)

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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:MovieOptimusPrime promorender3.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Freedom is—oh, hell, you know the drill.]]
'''Optimus Prime''' is the leader of the Autobots. Once, long ago, he was [[Prime (rank)|co-ruler]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] together with his brother, [[Lord High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], but Megatron grew greedy and attempted to claim the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] for himself. Optimus rose to stand against him. As obsessively as Megatron strives to achieve his objective, Optimus is equally as dedicated to stopping him, even at the cost of his life, his world, and—if necessary—his own people. It was on his order that the All Spark was jettisoned into space, dooming Cybertron to a slow death and his people to nomadism. The sacrifices he has made weigh heavily on his [[Spark|spark]], but they must be done, for there is no other choice. He knows the ambitions that lurk in Megatron's spark, and they must never see the light of day. Lives must be kept free from the threat of Megatron's tyranny, no matter the cost.

{{bigquote|A necessary sacrifice to bring peace to this planet. We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes.|Optimus Prime on sacrificing his life to destroy the [[All Spark]], ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''}}

:''Hungarian name'': '''Optimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Leader Optimus")
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Kē Bó Wén''' (柯博文)
:''Cantonese name (Hong Kong):'' '''O Baak Man''' (柯柏文)

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"Hey, I wanted a mouthplate!"]]

Millions of years ago, Optimus was in charge of the science division and the protectors of the [[All Spark]]. When Protector Megatron toured the excavation site near the temple at [[Simfur]], he and Optimus clashed over several issues. While Optimus wanted to take the investigation slowly, all Megatron cared about was if the site contained power similar to the All Spark. Optimus nettled Megatron when he reminded the Protector that the science sector was in charge of
scientific and archaeological discoveries, and that the defense forces had a tendency to treat such discoveries as hostile, to which Megatron told him if and when he was leader, then he could make such decisions. When a mysterious relic was uncovered, Optimus disagreed with Megatron's order for it to be removed from the ground. Just as the two were about to launch into yet another argument, aliens previously encountered by Commander [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] attacked Cybertron. Megatron blackmailed Optimus into moving the relic into his personal quarters by reminding the science leader that the science division would like to protect the only intact relic from harm. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance issue 1}}

Optimus ordered his science teams to help the survivors on both sides, in the hopes of finding out who was responsible and why they attacked. While he went off to find Megatron, he ordered the others to continue searching for survivors while [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] examined the alien remains. Optimus was shocked and appalled when Megatron ordered him to marshall his forces for war. Optimus objected, as his science division was not trained for combat, but Megatron retorted that the scientists should have known that aliens were after the All Spark. He endured Megatron's insane fury when he accused the protector of betraying that which their society was built upon. Later, Optimus called upon a meeting with his science division to ask to stay by his side and continue on with their mission of peaceful research, as they were protectors, not soldiers. While the aerial-based cybertronians followed Megatron into space, Optimus confided in [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] that Megatron seeked to divide their planet, and asked the former for help in breaking into the the High Protector's personal quarters. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2}}

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{{storylink|Defiance issue 3}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}}

{{note|[[Defiance]] changes the past relationship between Megatron and Optimus Prime as previously seen in IDW's Prime Directive prequel where they ruled side by side as equals. As presented here, Defiance establishes Optimus Prime as merely the leader of the Cybertronian science sector, and an underling to Megatron.}}

[[Image:Optimusprimemovieprequel.jpg|right|200px|thumb|All Primes are required to have window boobs.]]

For two generations, Optimus Prime ruled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] side-by-side with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. The two personalities created a balance; Prime was fair while Megatron was firm. However, when Megatron revealed his intentions to steal the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] and use it for evil, selfish gain, Prime reacted accordingly. He formed the Autobots, a militia from the civilians around him, but they fared terribly against Megatron's armies, the Decepticons. Ultimately, Prime was forced to eject the All Spark into space to keep it from his nemesis. Unfortunately, Megatron tracked the All Spark to [[Tyger Pax]], where [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s unit was trying to slow down the Decepticons. Prime and the Autobots were held up in [[Simfur]], and unable to come assist. Fortunately, Bumblebee's unit succeeded, and the All Spark was ejected into space, but Cybertron was sentenced to a slow death. The Autobots were forced to abandon the planet.

Thus the focus of the war between Autobot and Decepticon shifted. The All Spark's ejection was only a stall. No longer did Prime have to keep Megatron from stealing the All Spark, instead Prime and his Autobots must hunt down the All Spark, wherever in the universe it landed, before Megatron could. {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 1}}

As they prepared to leave Cybertron on board the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' to go after the All Spark, Optimus Prime had some doubts about his decision, feeling that in buying them some time in the war, he had sentenced their world to death. [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] disagreed, pointing out that had Megatron been able to claim the Cube, all those that opposed him would have been destroyed, and that Prime turned death into a fighting chance for the Autobots. Bolstered by Prowl's words, Prime resolved to rebuild their shattered home once they retrieved the All Spark. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1}}

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===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Bumblebee remembered Optimus Prime's orders that they must launch the All Spark into space, for it was better to lose it to the depths of space than allow Lord Megatron to corrupt it with his evil. For where ever there is hope, there is life. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW]] [[Prime Directive (IDW)|Prime Directive]] Movie Prequel that is detailed above this section.}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
When war broke out, Optimus studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find - he studied whole campaigns to desperate last stands, gaining a focused "playbook" of warfare strategy. He understands warfare on a practical and psychological level, and in desperate battles knows to show no mercy to opponents beyond a swift death. <ref>''Autobot VS Decepticon Smackdown! - Megatron V. Optimus Prime'', #4</ref>

Optimus was the focus of constant attacks by assassin drones and killed them all. In the aftermath of one, he witnessed a prophetic vision of the [[Mission City]] battle and realised the All Spark's ejection could spread war to other planets—but too late to stop the launch... {{storylink|Prelude: Optimus Prime}}

{{note|The following event is unique to the Titan Magazines comics continuity, and thus does not occur anywhere else.}}
Almost immediately after the final battle against Megatron, Optimus Prime had to lead the Autobots against a horde of [[Zombie|zombie]] Decepticons. Despite having no idea how they could be stopped and having had his power drained by fighting Megatron, Optimus continued to fight the monsters rather than let them run amok. Ratchet worked out a solution just in time before Optimus fell. {{storylink|Starscream's Militia}}

{{note|The following events occur in an alternate timeline/continuity where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.}}
[[Image:Tf mag 18 2008.JPG|right|250px|thumb|"Who left this cover text lying around?"]]
In the alternate reality, Megatron defeated Optimus and took the All Spark at [[Mission City]]. Prime's body was now partially frozen and in Decepticon hands. He was the last and only hope of the Earth resistance, and so Bumblebee and [[Mikaela Banes]] were not happy to find him offline. {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} She thawed him out while Bumblebee distracted Megatron, and the revived Prime challenged Megatron to a solo duel... {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} Unfortunately, Megatron's link to the All Spark meant Optimus could not do any lasting damage and was never going to win. Luckily, Bumblebee and Mikaela saved the day, hitting the distracted Megatron with an old [[Sector Seven]] nanovirus. (Which means ''they'' were the last and only hope, but oh well.) Despite Megatron dying as a result and the All Spark being destroyed elsewhere, Prime could take no satisfaction in victory: this battle was won, but the war remained... {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

He became resigned to the fact that Humanity, battered by Decepticon occupation, would view both Autobot and Decepticon as hostile invaders. When [[NATO]] was manipulated into attacking the Autobots, Optimus refused to allow his men to return fire, and after the crisis passed, he was sure that [[Starscream (Movie)|the Decepticons' unknown new commander]] was up to something bigger. Optimus has also placed the last All Spark fragment in the care of Ratchet, though he's worried exposure to Megatron may have corrupted it. {{storylink|Aftermath Part 1|Aftermath Part 1}} {{storylink|Aftermath Part 2|Aftermath Part 2}} He was ''not'' happy when Ratchet "took care" of the fragment by bringing [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] back with it, who was left corrupted and amoral by it. {{storylink|Dark Spark}

Optimus Prime soon worked out that while the All Spark's transformation of Earth had been halted, the damage had been done: the organic Earth and the technological transformation were now fighting for supremacy, killing the planet in the process. He called in a specialist team to investigate and limit the damage, while working with [[President of the United States|President Allen]]. In secret, he's organised for [[Nucleon]] to be retrieved from the dead Cybertron and brought to Earth, as there's a long shot it could save the planet. He hasn't told the humans out of concern that if they know about the plan and it fails, their hopes would be raised and dashed. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}}

When the team on Cybertron sent an distress signal and reported [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] Decepticons had captured the Nucleon, Optimus led the entirety of the Earth-bound Autobots (save Camshaft's team) to Cybertron as back-up. He was then surprised to see Cybertron coming to ''them'', looking [[Unicron|a lot meaner these days]]. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} The planet's possessor, Unicron, shot down the Straxus and the Autobots survived only by evacuating it in time in [[Protoform|protoform]] modes.

Optimus landed next to Stockade's old equipment and, after being filled in by [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], he effortlessly formed an alliance with Stockade against Unicron. His plan was to drain the Nucleon away so Unicron couldn't use it as a power source, while the bulk of the Transformers provided a distraction, which turned out to be going underground and shooting up Unicron's body. The plan worked, Nucleon was secured for Earth, and Optimus extended an offer for Stockade to join them on Earth whenever he wished. Optimus was left optimistic that Autobots and Decepticons had came together in a common cause. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

On returning to Earth, he found the Decepticons had seized the Autobot base and six hundred square miles around it; he made the decision to withdraw to [[Washington, D.C.]], knowing that this meant leaving Mikaela in Decepticon hands. Upon landing at an air base, the Decepticon-controlled President Allen lured him into a trap, and he found himself fighting Jazz, now a Decepticon hired gun. Optimus lured him away from humans and prepared to engage him, but when a second assassin named Kullt turned up, Jazz gunned it down out of annoyance. Optimus had viewed Jazz as a lost cause but now stated there was still some Autobot in him: he ''could'' have let Kullt do the work for him and then killed him, but he saved Prime instead.

[[Image:Optimus Titan22.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Freedom is not dispensed here, sentient fools, only DEATH!]]
The battle made it clear to Optimus that Allen was under Decepticon mental control. {{storylink|Hard Target|Hard Target}}

As he'd promised Bumblebee, Optimus took the Autobots to get Mikaela back; he himself went first, launching himself in [[Protoform|protoform]] mode to land in Savannah like a bomb and tearing his way through [[Swindle (Movie)|drone hordes]]. He was quickly gunned down by aerial units and about to be killed by Starscream, but this whole flashy attack had been a diversion-allowing other Autobots a chance to hit the distracted air forces and nab Mikaela. After the battle, Optimus remarked Starscream was no Megatron. {{storylink|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Optimus seemed to quickly bond with General Seward, his military liason at Andrews Air Base, but that didn't help when the mind-controlled President Allen had the government order the Autobots out of America. Anticipating this, he dispatched Ironhide on an unknown mission. The following day, the Autobots all departed—and then Allen nuked them out of the sky! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part One}}

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===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Optimus Prime led the search for the All Spark in the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'', a transport vessel. When they came across an abandoned solar system, they located [[Ghost One|a vessel]] of strangely Cybertronian design, seemingly of Decepticon make. When the vessel fled to the surface of a planet, Prime dispatched Bumblebee to investigate while he and the other Autobots battled Decepticons from the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''. Prime managed to defeat [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] all on his own. After losing touch with Bumblebee, Prime went down to locate him on the planet, where they were attacked by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and the alien ship. They fell into a cavern network, where they were further attacked by [[Worm-thing|indigenous worms]].

During their flight from the creatures, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee came across the alien vessel. Prime realized that they were trying to surrender, so the Autobots communicated with its crew. Optimus explained that they came in peace, "freedom is the right of all sentient beings," Starscream tricks everyone, and so on. However, the creatures, who called themselves "[[Human|humans]]", explained that they held Megatron, whom they called the Ice Man, on their home world, [[Earth]]. Realizing the destruction Megatron would wreak upon the humans if he escaped, and that the humans would be unable to defend themselves effectively, Prime vowed to see them return to their world to warn it. Prime was able to blast an opening in the cavern, and the group escaped. As they returned to the ''Ark'', Prime began to speculate that the All Spark was what drew Megatron to Earth.

In the ensuing battle with the Decepticons, Prime was in the difficult position of fighting Starscream and protecting the human ship. His distractions allowed Bonecrusher to spear him with his tail. The difficult state nearly gave Starscream the chance to kill him, but the humans saved Prime's life by damaging Starscream, who destroyed them. Optimus Prime was inspired by their courage and sacrifice, and resolved to locate Earth before the Decepticons did—and hopefully before Megatron came back online. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Brazil), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German)

[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime protoform.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Having overenergized the previous night, Prime woke up abandoned in a field, with his wallet and clothes stolen.]]
The leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime came to Earth shortly after [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] sent his comrades a beacon. Upon atmospheric reentry, Prime managed to land outside of [[Tranquility]]'s inhabited areas. While Sam and Mikaela watched, Optimus transformed and fled his landing place. From atop a hill, he quickly scanned the form of an Earth truck, thus configuring his body to transform into it. Prime, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] met up with Bumblebee and his human friends, [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]] in an alley. In one of the most extended [[Transformation|transformations]] in the multiverse, Prime assumed his robotic form before the stunned humans. After confirming Sam's identity, Prime introduced himself and his team. When Mikaela asked of the Autobots' intentions, Prime explained the search for the All Spark, the betrayal of Megatron, and why Sam was important to their search.

[[Image:Movie PrimeSam parentsfreakout.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Optimus Prime will watch you fornicate. And there is nothing you can do about it.]]
Glasses that belonged to Sam's ancestor, [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]], contained the location of the All Spark encoded across its lenses, so Optimus Prime ordered his troops to wait outside Sam's house while Sam and Mikaela searched inside for the glasses. Much to Sam's exasperation, Optimus Prime, in his impatience, clumsily ruined his parents' garden, and the Autobots' heavy footsteps convinced them there was an earthquake. Prime's attempts to hide, such as having the Autobots transform into vehicle mode right in the backyard, were also less than satisfactory. Ultimately, Sam came so close to a panic attack that Prime was forced to order the Autobots to fall back. As Prime lectured his team on their supposed inability to remain quiet, Ratchet got himself shocked by walking into some powerlines, causing further problems. When [[Ron Witwicky|the]] [[Judy Witwicky|parents]] came to investigate, Prime's attempt to avoid discovery caused the house to shake, though this was to their benefit, as the father assumed that the damage to the yard was the result of an earthquake. Ironhide suggested that they kill the parents, but Optimus scolded his old friend. Despite all this, their presence remained undetected until [[Sector Seven]] arrived (in a convoy of GMC Yukons) and abducted Sam, Mikaela, and Sam's parents.

[[Image:Movie Optimus Prime S7 mad.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Get out of the car...what's left of it anyway!]]
Optimus Prime sent the Autobots in pursuit of the SUV that contained Sam, Mikaela, and Sector Seven's director, [[Reggie Simmons|Agent Simmons]]. Prime intercepted the vehicle carrying their young human friends, ripping the roof of the vehicle off, with the other Autobots disarming the agents, and made it perfectly clear to Simmons how pissed off he was at him for trying to apprehend the two children, regarding this as a bad move on Simmons' behalf. Optimus then ordered his comrades to relieve the agents of their weapons, and attempted to interrogate Simmons. The agents' lack of surprise at their appearance indicated that they had seen Cybertronians before, but Simmons refused to reveal any information. With a Sector Seven backup team en route, Prime ordered the Autobots to scatter, while he took Sam and Mikaela. While hiding under a bridge, Mikaela and Sam slipped and fell off Prime's shoulder. Bumblebee managed to catch them before impact, but was captured, and Sam and Mikaela recaptured, by the organization after their retreat.

Optimus Prime, now in possession of the glasses which could tell him the location of the All Spark, regretfully left Bumblebee in Sector Seven's hands, knowing that if they went after him, they would have to use deadly force. After regrouping the next day, Prime used the glasses to locate the All Spark. Jazz raised objections to leaving Bumblebee behind, but Prime remained firm in his belief of not harming the humans. Ironhide seemed okay with using deadly force, stating the humans were too violent, but Prime countered that when their time had come, the Cybertronians had been [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|little different]]. Going on to explain the potential he saw in the humans, as well as reminding them that "freedom is the right of all sentient beings", Prime revealed to the Autobots his real plan for the All Spark: if they could not defeat the Decepticons, Prime intended to merge the Cube with his [[Spark|spark]]. Though this would destroy the All Spark, Ratchet cautioned Prime against this, as it would also kill him. Prime believed that this was acceptable, vowing not to let another race suffer the mistakes of the Transformers. The glasses placed the All Spark at [[Hoover Dam]] where, luckily, Bumblebee and the young humans were taken.

[[Image:Movie2007 Prime sword.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Swiss army Prime.]]
Optimus Prime's team met up with Sector Seven, Bumblebee, Sam, and Mikaela en route, who had planned to hide the All Spark in nearby [[Mission City]]. While on the highway, he was attacked by [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], who managed to tackle Optimus and drag him over the edge of a freeway overpass. During the battle, Optimus struck the rage filled Transformer so hard his [[Optic|optic]] popped out. As the Decepticon swung his claw wildly, Optimus drew his sword from his right arm and sliced off one of Bonecrusher's arms, before brutally finishing off his enemy by driving the blade through Bonecrusher's neck, severing his head.

Optimus arrived at Mission City just in time to observe Megatron discarding the remains of Jazz, and challenged him. Millennia in the ice had done nothing to lessen Megatron's hatred of his brother, and he launched himself in jet mode at the Autobot leader. Optimus leaped and grabbed hold of the wings, which was a really bad idea, as Megatron drove himself and Prime through an office block. As they flew out of the building onto the street below, Megatron transformed and leapt on top of Prime, declaring the humans undeserving of life. Prime rejected his claims, saying that they deserved to choose for themselves. Megatron threw Prime across the street, declaring that if he wished to defend the humans, Prime could die with them. He then formed his [[Fusion cannon|fusion cannon]] from his forearms. The power up time allowed Prime to draw his [[Ion blaster|ion blaster]] and fire, hitting Megatron. The Decepticon used the momentum to spin around, then used the fusion cannon to blast Prime across the street into another building. Megatron then resumed the hunt for Sam and the All Spark.

[[Image:Movie2007 Prime truck.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He knows he's a sexy truck.]]
Tracking Megatron to the deserted building, Prime barely managed to catch Sam after Megatron knocked him off the roof. Telling the boy to hold onto the Cube, Prime attempted to scale down the building, but Megatron jumped on Prime, causing them both to fall down hard onto the street below. Sam survived, however, and Optimus told the boy that if he could not defeat Megatron, Sam must put the All Spark into his chest which would destroy it. As Sam sought cover, Optimus faced down Megatron, and informed him that, "At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall". Unfortunately, Megatron, even after years of stasis, proved to be far too powerful for Prime to defeat alone. The unit led by Lennox and the Raptor squadron laid down suppressing fire as Megatron reached for the All Spark, until Optimus finally took him down by sweeping his legs. Still, Megatron continued, crawling toward the cube. Believing he had lost, Optimus implored Sam to put the All Spark into his chest. Sam instead thrust it into Megatron's chest, killing the Decepticon leader and destroying the All Spark.

[[Image:Movie2007 Prime AllSpark shard.jpg|left|300px|thumb|The Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership|Dorito of leadership]]]]
As Optimus watched his brother die, he regretfully said there was little other choice. He also told Sam he owed him a debt of gratitude for saving his life, but was then informed that Jazz had not survived (Jazz was flapping around disrespectfully like a ragdoll during this sequence). Prime briefly eulogized his comrade, then commented that they had gained new comrades in the humans, and was honored by their bravery. Bumblebee, who had finally regained his voice, requested permission to remain with Sam Witwicky, to which the young human eagerly agreed, and Optimus approved. He noticed a fragment of the All Spark in Megatron's chest cavity and removed it, then permitted the humans to dispose of the Decepticon corpses by dumping them into the deepest part of the ocean.

[[Image:Movie Optimus ending.JPG|right|300px|thumb|[['Til all are one]]!]]
Though Megatron was killed and his Decepticons were defeated, the All Spark was destroyed, leaving the Autobots unable to restore Cybertron. The Autobots elected to remain on Earth, and Prime sent a message into deep space to any surviving Autobots in the Galaxy to come to their new home on Earth, their long years of searching having finally having come to an end. As the other Autobots rested (and watched Sam and Mikaela make out on Bumblebee's hood) Optimus Prime looked to the sky, hoping his message had been heard. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)}}
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{{note|The [[Movie Adaptation Issue Number Four|comic book adaptation]] depicts Optimus Prime also defeating [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] during the highway altercation with Bonecrusher. However, the later comic [[The Reign of Starscream issue 1}} depicts Ironhide doing the deed.}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:AllianceOptimusHoloDriver.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Peter Cullen|Optimus Prime]] driving Optimus Prime! Sheer awesomeness!]]

Following the battle of [[Mission City]], and the destruction of Megatron and the All Spark, Optimus Prime was left to ferry the body of his first lieutenant [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] out of the city in an abandoned trailer. Trusting [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] and his men, Prime asked the human soldiers to help the Autobots escape from the city, before [[Sector Seven]] and other untrustworthy humans could arrive. A month later, [[Reggie Simmons|Agent Simmons]] managed to convince Lennox and [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] to call upon the assistance of Optimus Prime and the Autobots to escort the Decepticon remains, thereby hopefully reactivating the Decepticon [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] somehow. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}

Optimus, Ironhide, Ratchet and Bumblebee arrived at Sector Seven's Nevada desert base to escort the a naval base at [[San Diego]], [[California]]. Optimus insisted on escorting Jazz's remains personally, and thanked Lennox for arraigning a proper burial-at-sea for his fallen lieutenant. When he noticed the All Spark sliver seemingly reacting to the Decepticon bodies, he handed the fragment to professor [[Vine]] for safekeeping until he returned. Shortly after leaving the base, Optimus had second thoughts about leaving the sliver in Sector Seven's possession, and ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to turn around and retrieve the only remaining piece of the All Spark. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers'' The Game (console)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Optimus Prime provides intelligence and missions to Bumblebee in his search for the All Spark. Eventually, the clues lead the Autobot to Sam Witwicky. After saving Sam from Barricade, Bumblebee finally completes preparations for the Autobots to arrive on Earth.

Once on Earth, and having informed the two teenagers of their mission, Prime and the Autobots are discovered by Sector 7. Optimus sends Jazz on a high-speed <strike>destruction</strike> distraction mission, then sends Ironhide to rescue Jazz from a double-threat posed by the government agents and various Decepticon scouts.

When Bumblebee is captured, Prime transforms and chases the chopper which from which the small Autobot is tied. After a lengthy chase, Prime manages to catch the net, only to be thrown off by another Cybertronian meteor. As Bumblebee is carried away, Optimus promises he will not fail him again. Jazz informs him that the meteor is not an Autobot. Prime confronts the new threat, who turns out to be the Decepticon triplechanger [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. The two battle it out across [[Tranquility]] before Optimus finally destroys him. But not without overhearing [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s transmission revealing the location of the All Spark.

Optimus then returns to an intel role as he guides Bumblebee in his mission to retrieve the All Spark from Hoover Dam. Unfortunately, the Decepticons manage to free Megatron, leading to the final battle in Mission City.

As the Autobots battle it out with the Decepticons to protect Sam and the All Spark, things seem to take a turn for the worst as Megatron finally arrives. But before he can claim the cube, Optimus attacks him.

The two battle it out until Megatron is finally on the ground, seemingly devoid of life. Optimus then kneels to take the All Spark as Sam hands it to him. Megatron however awakens, leaping at Optimus with his chain-flail out, and making one last attempt at defeating his adversary. Optimus grabs the chain, pulling Megatron in closer, and with the All Spark clutched in his fist, delivers a punch through Megatron's spark. As Megatron dies, Optimus reflects on the losses and rewards of this battle, as the Autobots have a new home. Optimus plans to guard the humans in secret, "For freedom is the right of all sentient beings." {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

{{note|If played in Decepticon mode, Optimus is beaten to the ground, and as he crawls for the All Spark, Megatron smashes his head with his flail before using the cube to destroy humanity.}}

===''Transformers: Autobots''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Arriving late on Earth, Optimus meets up with the other Autobots to give further commands to his troops. [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]], the new rookie, is eager to help in the cause, but Optimus tells him to sit back while the grown-ups take care of business. Getting fed up with the bureaucracy, Create-A-Bot finally defies orders and completes a mission against Optimus's council. After nearly getting himself and the other Autobots killed, Create-A-Bot apologizes to Optimus personally. Taking pity on the newcomer, Optimus lets him off with a stern warning, and they move out together to face Megatron. During the fight, Create-A-Bot sacrifices himself to save his commander. Megatron defeated, Optimus commends the young Autobot as a war hero, and sends out an interstellar message to any Cybertronians living among the stars. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

===''Transformers: Decepticons''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Landing on Earth, Optimus Prime quickly joins the other Autobots to attempt to stop the Decepticons. Prime didn't appear on the battlefield until Megatron himself was released and Starscream escaped with the AllSpark. He stepped in to thwart the maniacal leader of the Decepticons, but alas, was struck down, left in the streets while Megatron gave chase to his traitorous second-in-command. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}

==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Movie) toys}}

==Merchandise==
:''Main article: [[Optimus Prime (Movie) toys#Merchandise|Merchandise]]''

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Movie Primetruck before.jpg|right|150px|thumb|8:30 pm: "Trick My Truck". Tonight's guest: [[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]].]]
[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime truckrear.jpg|right|150px|thumb|No container for you!]]
[[Image:Movie Prime Trucklogomistake.jpg|right|150px|thumb|In the darkness, a PA will misread "Truck A" as "Truck B", and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth -- Revelations 11:7.]]
* When Optimus' design was first revealed, many fans of the ''Generation 1'' series objected to the flames seen on Prime's body. When asked in an interview why he put the flames on, [[Michael Bay]] claimed he liked them because it was "cool". It was later revealed on a special featurette on the DVD that the flames were added because, apparently, red is not very good to film on camera, so Bay chose a blue truck but used the flames so that when Optimus transformed, the layout would result in maintaining his iconic red chest.

* The announcement of [[Peter Cullen]] as Prime's voice actor in the movie is credited by some fans as alleviating many fan tensions about the movie. Not all tensions, mind you, as there are some who just can't forgive, but it put the fans in a good mood.

* [[Takaratomy]] officially recognizes Optimus Prime's vehicle mode as a [http://www.kenworth.com/2100_vir_w900.asp Kenworth W900 truck], even though the vehicle used for filming was a modified [http://www.peterbilt.com/index_gal_mod_desc.asp?model=model379 Peterbilt 379], a different model from a different brand, although both are made by the PACCAR company.<ref>[http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121424?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..2.* Article at Edmunds.com on some of the vehicles used in the movie]</ref>

* Unlike most of the other truck-mode Optimus Primes in other continuities, ''Movie'' Optimus Prime does not pull a trailer of any sort. However, if he did, it would most likely be a flatbed trailer, as the rear of Prime's sleeper cabin is protected by a large silver "headache rack", a piece of optional equipment installed in trucks that haul heavy loads on flatbed trailers. The rack protects the driver in case the load breaks free during braking.

* When Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill which looks rather more like that of Peterbilt. Then, Prime has an Autobot sigil on his grill while driving to meet the other Autobots.

* As part of the hype buildup to the movie's release, Optimus Prime made a brief cameo at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, interacting with host Sarah Silverman. The scene spliced Silverman into pre-existing movie footage, but featured new dialogue recorded for the event by Peter Cullen. Prime heavily hinted that he wanted to present an award, but was rejected for a regular MTV fan.

* According to the free trading cards from the Boston Globe, Optimus is 28 feet tall, weighs 4.3 metric tons, and his primary weapon is an [[Ion blaster|ion blaster]]. (Considering Optimus's height, however, this weight would seem implausible.)

* In the Japanese dub of the movie, he is given his original western name of Optimus Prime rather than the Japanese equivilent, Convoy. Like how Peter Cullen voiced Prime in the English version of the film, Tesshō Genda (the voice of G1 Convoy) reprises his role for the Japanese dub.

* According to a tie-in advertisement for [[Burger King]], Prime likes his Whoppers with no onions, no cheese, and with extra pickles on the side. However, due to a cruel twist of fate, he can never enjoy the sweet taste of beefy victory. He saved the world from the Decepticons, and still he can't even have it his way? Where's the justice?

* The Optimus Prime computer generated model consisted of 10,108 individual parts, 1,830,898 polygons, 27,744 rig nodes, and 2336 texture maps. The volume of all pieces combined came to 5445 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>

* Sadly enough, Optimus was only able to shoot his gun ONCE in the movie. He makes up for it by using the awesome energy blade, though.

* Out of the other existing continuities, this Optimus Prime is probably the most aggressive incarnation, based on how he speaks to [[Reggie Simmons|government officials]] and how he deals with [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|enemy combatants]]. Though considering [[Michael Bay|who directed]] the movie, this doesn't seem too shocking.

* Optimus Prime (in truck mode) made an appearance at [[BotCon 2007]], alongside the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. He was available for pictures all weekend.

* It said in the Autobots game in the DS, Prime's father was killed by Megatron. However, since it is also widely known that Prime and Megatron were brothers, Megatron killed his own dad. Not that this is surprising, though.

* In Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' comics, Optimus' Cybertronian robot mode is exactly like his earth mode, but with different weapons, yet his Cybertronian mode is a mostly silver protoform -- with no truck windows. Odd.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/ProtoformOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
* [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=40&f_name=optimus&f_type=exact&Submit=Search Galleries of various different Optimus Prime toys from the Movie]

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Transformers (film)

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{{disambig2|the 2007 movie|other uses of ''The Transformers''|Transformers (disambiguation)}}

{{nav-movie}}

:''Transformers is an [[Sector Seven (game)|elaborate cover up]] in the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Transformers2007teaserposter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Beyond good. Beyond evil. Beyond your wildest imagination!]]
'''''Transformers''''' is a live-action movie released by [[DreamWorks]] in 2007, with Executive Producer [[Steven Spielberg]] and Director [[Michael Bay]]. The story follows the Transformers' arrival on modern-day Earth and their interactions with the human race, as they search for the life-giving [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] and continue their ages-old civil war. The movie is a new imagining of the [[Transformers brand]], drawing on past Transformers fiction but also distinct in its own right.

The principal cast members are [[Shia LaBeouf]], [[Jon Voight]], and [[Megan Fox]], with [[Peter Cullen]] and [[Hugo Weaving]] as the voices of the Transformers' iconic leaders. About 75 percent of the film's character designs and visual effects were created by [[Industrial Light and Magic]], the effects-wizards behind the ''[[Star Wars]]'' films. The remaining 25 percent were done by Michael Bay's company, [[Digital Domain]].

Originally slated to release in the summer of 2006, the film arrived in US theaters on July 3, 2007, and hit UK theaters on July 27 and French theaters on July 25. It premiered in Australia on June 12, 2007, and was released there and in a number of Asian countries on June 28, 2007. An extended cut of the film featuring footage not in the original was released to IMAX theatres on September 21, 2007.

==Main Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ([[Mark Ryan]])
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] ([[Darius McCrary]])
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Robert Foxworth]])
|c2=
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] ([[Jimmie Wood]])
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]'''*''' / Devastator
*[[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] ([[Reno Wilson]])
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ([[Hugo Weaving]])
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] ([[Charles Adler]])
|c3=
*[[Tom Banachek]] ([[Michael O'Neill]])
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])
*[[Bobby Bolivia]] ([[Bernie Mac]])
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])
*[[John Keller]] ([[Jon Voight]])
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])
*[[Maggie Madsen]] ([[Rachael Taylor]])
*[[Reggie Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]])
*[[Glen Whitmann]] ([[Anthony Anderson]])
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])
}}
'''<nowiki>*</nowiki>''' - Brawl is named "Devastator" in the film itself, but "Brawl" in the toyline and most of the supporting media. Plot summaries and such will reflect whichever name is relevant to that being described.

==Technical details==
'''Length:''' 144 min (original theatrical)<ref>The movie had some content cuts to meet the standards of some <strike>oppressive regimes</strike> quaint "developing world" rating boards.</ref> 
'''Aspect Ratio:''' 2.35:1 
'''Audio:''' Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS 
'''Content Rating:'''
{{collist|4|
* PG-13 (USA/MPAA)
* ? (Japan)
* 12A (United Kingdom)
* PG (Canada; British Columbia)<ref>''Transformers'' received a "14A" rating in British Columbia, but an appeal by the studio successfully reduced it to PG.</ref>
* G (Canada; Quebec)
* PG (Canada; Alberta/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario)
* PG (Taiwan)
* IIA (China; Hong Kong)
* PG (Singapore)
* G (Philippines/MTRCB)
* U (France)
* U (Malaysia)
* M (Australia)
* M (New Zealand)
* TE (Chile)
* 10 (Brazil)
* 10M (South Africa)
* 11 (Denmark)
* K-11 (Finland)
* 11 (Norway)
* 11 (Sweden)
* 12 (Germany)
* 12A (Ireland)
* 12 (Netherlands)
* M/12 (Portugal)
* 12 (South Korea)
* 12 (Switzerland)
* 13 (Argentina)
* 14 (Peru)
* 12 (Poland)
* B (Mexico)}}

==Short synopsis==
[[Image:Prime-Sam-Mikaela-poster.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Megatron must be stopped... no matter the cost.]]
The movie features [[Sam Witwicky]], a plucky teenager who just wants a cool car, but gets more than he bargained for. The beater he and his father take home is actually [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], an alien robot from the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], who plants Sam down in the middle of a civil war between Bumblebee's benevolent [[Autobot]] comrades and the evil [[Decepticon]]s who threaten the galaxy's peace. Both sides are after the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]], a mysterious artifact that landed on Earth ten thousand years ago. The approaching robot-against-robot battle is a coming-of-age moment for Sam, who learns the meaning of his family's motto, "No sacrifice, no victory."
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==Full synopsis==
[[Image:Allspark movie.jpg|right|200px|thumb|With this, I shall make you my slave!]]
The film begins with the history of Cybertron's destruction at the hands of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], and his quest to obtain the All Spark. Megatron discovers the All Spark on [[Earth]], but crash-lands in the Arctic Circle, becoming frozen in the ice. Captain [[Archibald Witwicky]] and his crew of explorers stumble upon Megatron's body in the late 19th century. Megatron's navigational system is unintentionally activated, and [[Glasses#Movie|Archibald's eye glasses]] are imprinted with the coordinates to the All Spark's location. [[Sector Seven]], a secret organization of the United States government, discovers the All Spark and builds the [[Hoover Dam]] around it to mask its energy signal. The still-frozen Megatron is moved into this facility, and is reverse engineered to further advance [[human]] technology.

[[Image:Movie Blackout SOCCENT.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Let the slaughter begin!]]
In the present day, the rest of the Decepticons — [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], and [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]] — have already landed on Earth and assumed the disguise of Earth vehicles. Blackout and Scorponok attack the U. S. [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] in an effort to use the military database to discover the location of Megatron and the All Spark, but they do not succeed. A small group of survivors under Captain [[William Lennox]] wander through the desert and are followed by Scorponok. The Autonomous Robotic Organism (shortened to "Autobot") known as Bumblebee is also on Earth, disguised as a 1977 Chevrolet Camaro, and looking for Sam Witwicky, the descendant of Captain Archibald Witwicky. As soon as he locates Sam, the two quickly begin to bond as Bumblebee helps Sam try and woo his crush, [[Mikaela Banes]]. Sam is unaware of the fact that Bumblebee is an alien, until he witnesses Bumblebee transform and send out a homing signal for the rest of the Autobots.

[[Image:Movie Scorponok leapsout.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Run, Blaster! Save yourself!]]
At the [[Pentagon]], Defense Secretary [[John Keller]] oversees the investigation into the attack in Qatar. After Blackout's failure, Frenzy infiltrates Air Force One and attempts to download all information relating to "Project Iceman". However, [[Maggie Madsen]], one of the technicians studying the Decepticon infiltration signal, discovers Frenzy's actions and convinces the Pentagon to take down the Defense Network, halting Frenzy's download. When [[Air Force One]] makes an emergency landing, Frenzy slips into Barricade, and discusses his discovery of Archibald Witwicky, who has seen [[Cybertronian languages|their language]]. Using an internet search, they discover that Sam's glasses will lead the Decepticons to the All Spark. Frenzy and Barricade begin tracking Sam's location. Back in Qatar, the army rangers are attacked by Scorponok, and take refugee in a nearby village. Calling the Pentagon and getting air support, they discover that the Decepticons are vulnerable to high heat weaponry such as sabot rounds. Using this information, the soldiers inform the Pentagon that they now have a weapon.

[[Image:Movie Autobots.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Wheelie say find friends today.]]
Barricade confronts Sam, demanding Archibald's glasses. Bumblebee, who is following Sam, transforms and battles Barricade. Mikaela, who is also following Sam, is caught in the crossfire, but Bumblebee is able to defeat Barricade, while Mikaela decapitates Frenzy, who is still functioning and hides in Mikaela's purse as her cellphone. Bumblebee takes Sam and Mikaela to rendezvous with the rest of the Autobots. The Autobots—[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]—land on Earth and take on the forms of several Earth vehicles. They all meet in a dark, secluded alley, transform in front of the two amazed humans, introduce themselves and tell of the reasons they had to come to Earth to Sam and Mikaela. Meanwhile, Maggie made a copy of the intrusion signal and shows it to her friend [[Glenn Whitmann]], who discovers a message with the signal about Sector Seven, Captain Witwicky, and [[Project Iceman]]. However, the FBI arrest Glenn and Maggie, who desperately tries to convince them not to go to war with the wrong country.

[[Image:Movie Autobots Sector Seven.JPG|right|200px|thumb|I'll use the universal greeting.]]
Sam, Mikaela, and the Autobots then return to Sam's home to retrieve the glasses. However, agents from [[Sector Seven]] arrive to take Sam and Mikaela into custody. [[Reggie Simmons]], the agency's director, reveals that Mikaela has a criminal record and threatens Sam with life imprisonment, at which point the Autobots disable the convoy and rescue the teens. During the retreat, Sam and Mikaela are recaptured, and Bumblebee is also apprehended, against the pleas of Sam who assures the agents—to no avail—that he means them no harm. Prime orders the Autobots to let them go, unwilling to use deadly force against the humans. At the Pentagon, a virus Frenzy uploaded during the Air Force One hack causes a global communications blackout, while Keller is finally informed of the Decepticons. After Bumblebee's capture, Optimus uses the glasses to locate the All Spark at Hoover Dam, and declares that if they cannot defeat the Decepticons, he will merge the Cube with his spark.

[[Image:Movie Optimus Megatron.JPG|left|200px|thumb|One shall stand. One shall fall.]]
Sam, Mikaela, Keller, Maggie, Glenn, and Lennox's unit are brought to Hoover Dam, where they are shown the frozen Megatron and the All Spark, while Frenzy slips away. Locating the All Spark, he sends out an alert to Starscream, who mobilizes the rest of the Decepticons. Due to Starscream's attack and Frenzy's sabotage, Megatron begins to revive, and Sam convinces the Sector Seven agents to release Bumblebee so that he can get the All Spark to Optimus Prime. The Decepticons chase the Autobots, who now possess the All Spark, into [[Mission City]].

Glenn, Maggie, Keller, and Simmons manage to contact the Air Force and direct F22s to Mission City. An ensuing battle results in casualties for both sides, including Jazz, who is killed by Megatron, while Bumblebee is crippled in an explosion. As Lennox orders Sam to take the All Spark to a building to be removed from the city, under escort from Ironhide and Ratchet, Megatron and Optimus Prime battle, while the soldiers remain to fight Devastator. Mikaela drags the injured Bumblebee away from the battle with a tow truck, but goes back, with Bumblebee's weapons killing Devastator. Ironhide and Ratchet are incapacitated by Starscream, and Megatron joins the pursuit.

[[Image:Megatron allspark merge.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Now, light our darkest hour!]]
Sam's helicopter is destroyed by Starscream, and Prime challenges Megatron. The battle is fierce and dominated by Megatron. Blackout attempts to assist Megatron, but is killed by Lennox and the Air Force before he can engage. Starscream hides among a raptor squadron, destroying three fighters. Despite this, the Air Force and Lennox's rangers manage to inflict serious damage on Megatron, but he is still functional, and heading toward the Cube. Finally, with both Prime and Megatron weakened, Prime beckons Sam to shove the All Spark into his chest, destroying them both, but Sam instead takes the riskier action of shoving the All Spark into Megatron's chest.

{{note|For an extensive synopsis of the battle, see separate article [[Mission City]].}}

[[Image:Movie Optimus ending.JPG|left|200px|thumb|[['Til all are one]]!]]
Optimus thanks Sam for his courage and for saving his life, while Bumblebee, who has regained his voice, asks permission to remain with Sam, which is granted. In an attempt to cover up the existence of the Transformers, Sector Seven is disbanded, while the remains of the Decepticons are cast into the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. And though Megatron is dead, the All Spark's destruction leaves the Autobots unable to restore Cybertron. With no other home to go to, the Autobots decide to stay on Earth, and Optimus sends out a signal across space in an effort to locate any surviving Autobots, while Sam and Mikaela begin a relationship. Starscream, one of the Decepticons that survived the battle, leaves Earth.
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==Quotes==
"Before time began, there was the Cube. We know not where it comes from, only that it holds the power to create worlds and fill them with life. That was how our race was born. For a time, we lived in harmony, but like all great power, some wanted it for good, others for evil. And so began the war - a war that ravaged our planet until it was consumed by death, and the Cube was lost to the far reaches of space. We scattered across the galaxy, hoping to find it and rebuild our home, searching every star, every world. And just when all hope seemed lost, message of a new discovery drew us to an unknown planet called...Earth. But we were already too late."
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' opening narration

"Look, can you do me a favor—can you look out the window for a second? See my father? He's the guy in the green car? Let me tell you about a dream, a boy's dream, and a man's promise to that boy. He looked him in the eye and said "Son, I' gonna buy you a car, but I want you to bring me two-thousand dollars and three A's." OK, I got the two thousand and two A's. OK, here's the dream. Your B minus? Pfff! Dream gone. Kaput. Sir, just ask yourself... what would [[Jesus]] do?"
:—'''Sam Witwicky''' negotiates a better mark for his Family Genealogy project

'''Bobby Bolivia:''' "What with the semi-classic nature of the vehicle, slick wheels and custom paint job—" 
'''Sam:''' "The paint's faded!" 
'''Bobby:''' "Y-yeah, but it's custom." 
'''Sam:''' "It's custom faded?" 
'''Bobby:''' "Well, it's your first car, I wouldn't expect you to understand." ''[turns to Ron]'' "Five grand." 
'''Ron:''' "No, not paying over four. Sorry." 
'''Bobby:''' ''[turns back to Sam]'' "Kid, c'mon, get out, get out of the car." 
'''Sam:''' "No, no, no, you said cars pick their drivers!" 
'''Bobby:''' "Well sometimes they pick a driver with a cheap-ass father—out of the car." 
:—Negotiations over [[Bumblebee (Movie)|the car]] at [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo]]

''[Sam's car leaves in a puff of black smoke]'' 
"Wow... you are so cheap." 
"It's his first car... supposed to be like that."
:—'''Judy Witwicky''' comments on the car's condition to '''Ron'''

'''Capt. Lennox:''' "I need a credit card! Epps, where's your wallet?" 
'''Sgt. Epps:''' "Pocket!" ''[fires gun]'' 
'''Lennox:''' "Which pocket?" 
'''Epps:''' "My ''back'' pocket!" ''[fires gun]'' 
'''Lennox:''' "You got ten back pockets!" 
'''Epps:''' "Left cheek! Left cheek! ''Left cheek!''" 
:—Calling the Pentagon from Qatar gets complicated.

"Ready, heat's coming!" 
"What, BRING IT!" 
:—'''Lennox''' and '''Epps''' giving the green light for Strike Package Bravo to attack

'''Jazz''': "What about Bumblebee? What can't just leave him to die! And become some human experiment!" 
'''Optimus Prime''': He'll die in vain if we don't accomplish our mission. Bumblebee is a brave soldier. This is what he would want. 
'''Ironhide:''' "Why are we fighting to save the humans? They're a primitive and violent race." 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "Were we so different? They are a young species. They have much to learn... but I've seen goodness in them. [[Make Prime Speak|Freedom is the right of all sentient beings]]... You all know there is only one way to end this war: We must destroy the Cube. If all else fails, I will unite it with the spark in my chest." 
'''Ratchet:''' "That's suicide! The Cube is raw power—it could destroy you both." 
'''Optimus Prime:''' "A necessary sacrifice to bring peace to this planet... We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes. It's been an honor serving with you all. Autobots, roll out!" 
:—The Autobots discuss their next move.

"Humans don't deserve to live." 
"They deserve to choose for themselves!" 
"Then you will die with them! Join them in extinction!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' have some mid-battle banter, Transformers style

"Give me the All Spark, and you may live to be my ''pet''." 
"I'm never giving you this All Spark!" 
"Oh, ''so'' unwise..."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Sam Witwicky''' have a tense moment on a Mission City rooftop.

"With the All Spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. And fate has yielded its reward: a new world to call... home. We live among its people now, hiding in plain sight... but watching over them in secret... waiting... protecting. I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there's more to them than meets the eye. I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here... we are waiting."
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' closing narration

==Production staff==
[[Image:Movie Castandcrew2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Megatron? Is that you?!]]
* Executive Producer: [[Steven Spielberg]]
* Executive Producer: [[Brian Goldner]]
* Director: [[Michael Bay]]
* Producers: [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Ian Bryce]], [[Tom DeSanto]], [[Don Murphy]]
* Story by: [[Alex Kurtzman]] & [[Roberto Orci]] and [[John Rogers]],
* Screenwriters: [[Alex Kurtzman]] & [[Roberto Orci]]
* Music by: [[Steve Jablonsky]]

====Visual Effects====
* Visual Effects by: [[Industrial Light and Magic]], [[Digital Domain]]
* Production Designer: [[Jeff Mann]]
* Lead Robot Illustrator: [[Ben Procter]]
* Illustrators: [[James Clyne]], [[Tim Flattery]]
* ILM Visual Effects Supervisior: [[Scott Farrar]]
* Art Director: [[Alex Jaeger]]
* Animation Supervisors: [[Scott Benza]], [[Dan Taylor (ILM)|Dan Taylor]]
* Animators: [[Charles Alleneck]], [[Keiji Yamaguchi]]

====Locations Department====
(winners of the California On Location Award[http://www.californiaonlocationawards.com/] for "Production Company / Location Team of the Year for Feature Films")

* Supervising Location Manager: '''Ilt Jones'''
* Location Managers: '''Michael J. Burmeister''', '''Fermín Dávalos''', and '''Emre Sonmez'''
* Key Assistant Location Managers: '''Michael Wesley Aycock''', '''Leann Emmert''', '''Perri Fichtner''', '''Ronald M. Haynes''', '''Jonathan Hook''', '''Kathy McCurdy''', '''Manny Padilla''', '''Lisa Patton''', '''Rob Swenson''', '''Marta Tomkiw''', and '''Scott Trimble'''
* Additional Key Assistant Location Managers: '''Brooks Bonstin''', '''Alexandre Chen''', '''Michael Chickey''', '''Martin J. Cummins'''
* Assistant Location Managers: '''Ces Hardy''' and '''Amanda Harrington'''
* Location Scouts: '''Stuart Raven Barter''', '''Richard Klotz''', '''James Lin''', and '''Keith Nakata'''
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==Other editions==
The 2007 Transformers film has more than one "cut."

* The worldwide theatrical release was essentially identical all around the world with a few minor exceptions.
* The film board of Malaysia{{fact}} required [[Judy Witwicky]]'s masturbation reference be removed. However, no such change has been made and her lines were not omitted from the film.
* The [[wikipedia:IMAX|IMAX]] edition of the movie features two minutes of additional footage in the form of slightly extended scenes and very brief new scenes. Added material includes the following:
**Before heading to the lake party, Sam is shown picking Miles up at his house. Miles derides Sam's choice of car colors.
**After Sam is questioned by the sheriff at the police station, he is given an anti-drug bumper sticker and shown the "[[wikipedia:This is Your Brain on Drugs|This is Your Brain on Drugs]]" [[Public service announcement|PSA]] starring [[wikipedia:Rachel Leigh Cook|Rachel Leigh Cook]].
**After abducting Sam and Mikaela, Agent Simmons uses a device to monitor Sam's pupil dilation while interrogating him in the truck. He also remarks that he has "been there" when it comes to women with criminal records.
**Upon arriving at Hoover Dam, Simmons remarks colorfully that it is "Area 50". A few minutes later, he lists the nicknames of all the U.S. Presidents to have toured the facility.
**In Mission City, Lennox acquires short-range radios from a gun-toting, but easily-flattered, pawn shop owner.

==Prequel material==
* ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]]''
: A novel about the truth behind humankind's first venture into space and how that event is related to the Transformers' presence on Earth, both past and present.

* ''[[Movie Prequel (2007)|Transformers Official Movie Prequel]]''
: A four issue limited series comic book from [[IDW]] Publishing, released before the movie's debut. It chronicles the events which bring the Transformers to [[Earth]].

* ''[[Interlude]]'' (also originally published as ''Transformers Movie Prequel'')
: A short comic book by IDW, produced in cooperation with Target, available (online) from Target's website and (in printed form) at BotCon and in theaters, following Bumblebee's early search for clues on Earth.

* ''[[Planetfall]]'' (also originally published as ''Transformers Movie Prequel'')
: A mini-comic by IDW, produced in cooperation with Target, available (online) from Target's website and (in printed form) as a Target exclusive bonus pack-in with the Movie DVD, showing the Decepticons' arrival on Earth.

* The ''[[Movie Prequel Special]]''
: A mass retail release that contains reprints of both ''Planetfall'' and ''Interlude'' (now with individual story titles) in collected form.

* ''[[Transformers: Beginnings]]''
: A not-really-animated animatic version of IDW's Prime Directive prequel comics, voiced by some of the actors from the movie, the game and a bunch of other people. Included on a Wal-Mart exclusive bonus DVD available with the Movie DVD.

* ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers]]''
: A monthly comic published in the UK by [[Titan Books]], featuring new adventures set before the movie in its initial six issues (in addition to reprints of stories originally published by IDW).

* ''[[Saga of the Allspark]]''
: A (possibly ongoing) series by IDW that contains reprints of the previously UK-only stories by Titan, two per issue.

Some dialog in the film contradicts the prequel material, specifically pertaining to the years in which the frozen Megatron was moved from the Arctic to Hoover Dam, and exactly when the Decepticons arrived on Earth.

==Adaptations==
* A novelization of the film by [[Alan Dean Foster]] was published under the title ''[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]''.
* IDW Publishing released a comic adaptation of the film under the title ''[[Movie Adaptation]]''.

==Sequels==
{{main|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

A sequel to this film is in production and is scheduled for release in 2009.

[[IDW Publishing]] is also releasing the comic sequel to the film, titled ''[[The Reign of Starscream]]''.

==Soundtrack==
{{main|Transformers: The Album}}

==Score==
{{main|Transformers: The Score}}

==DVD release==
* '''US:''' [http://tformers.com/US-To-Get-Transformers-DVD-HD-DVD-October-16th/8350/news.html October 16th, 2007] (DVD, HD-DVD), [http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1175/transformers2007.html September 2, 2008] (Blu-ray)
* '''Australia:''' November 1st, 2007 (DVD)
* '''United Kingdom:''' December 3rd, 2007 (DVD, HD-DVD)

There are nearly a dozen store [[exclusive]] [http://tformers.com/Transformers-DVD-Exclusives-Who-Gets-What/8534/news.html versions and sales premiums of the DVD.] They include:

* Target and HMV UK: transforming Optimus Prime display case.
* Best Buy: [[Robot Heroes]] [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] and battle-damaged Optimus Prime.
* Wal-Mart: [[Transformers: Beginnings]] "animated" prequel material.
* Borders: "Making Of" book.
* Circuit City: password unlocking 15 minutes of exclusive online behind-the-scenes featurettes, covering the voice recording sessions, prop construction, stunt work, and early CG tests and animatics.

==Theatrical posters==
{{picsneeded|Any other official posters not depicted here}}
<gallery perrow="4">
Image:Transformers2007teaserposter.jpg|Teaser poster
Image:Movie2007 Autobot promo poster.jpg|Autobot promo poster
Image:Movie2007 Decepticon promo poster.jpg|Decepticon promo poster
Image:Prime-Sam-Mikaela-poster.jpg|Promotional poster
Image:Movie2007 Megatron onesheet.jpg|Megatron one sheet
Image:Movie2007 Prime onesheet.jpg|Optimus Prime one sheet
Image:Movie2007_final_standee.jpg|Standee, also used as a poster
Image:Movie2007 humans internationalposter.jpg|International "Humans" poster/US theatrical poster
Image:Movie2007 Sphere internationalposter.jpg|International "Sphere" poster
Image:Movie2007 Bumblebee internationalposter.jpg|International Bumblebee poster
Image:Movie2007 Prime internationalposter.jpg|International Optimus Prime poster
Image:Movie2007 Megatron internationalposter.jpg|International Megatron poster
Image:Movie2007_Korean_poster.jpg|South Korean theatrical release poster
Image:Movie2007 Japanese Aprilpromo poster.jpg|Japanese April 2007 promotional poster
Image:Movie2007_Japanese_release_poster.jpg|Japanese theatrical release poster
Image:Movie2007_IMAX_poster.jpg|IMAX promotioal poster
Image:Movie2007_IMAX_releaseposter.jpg|IMAX release poster
</gallery>

==Reception==
The movie set multiple records when it opened, including biggest opening week gross for a non-sequel ($155.4 million), biggest Tuesday release gross ($27.4 million), biggest July 4th gross ($29 million), and the biggest film opening in mainland China ($3 million) [http://www.china.org.cn/english/entertainment/217368.htm].

The movie closed domestically on [[November 8]], [[2007]], during which time it took in $319,246,193. (Domestic gross accounted for $310,578,372 before the IMAX version's release.) It has earned a ''worldwide'' gross of $708,272,592. It currently sits at spot #20 in the "most domestic gross" list of movies, though this listing is ''not'' adjusted for inflation. When taking inflation into account, ''Transformers'' currently sits at #102. [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=transformers06.htm 2]

{{quote|I didn't sleep through it the way I Novocained my way through the awful ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', but by the time it ended, I thought I might have vertigo or whiplash, or both, and I certainly lost more than a few of my remaining I.Q. points|[http://www.observer.com/2007/bay-bombs-again Rex Reed]}}

{{quote|It's goofy fun with a lot of stuff that blows up real good, and it has the grace not only to realize how preposterous it is, but to make that into an asset.|Roger Ebert}}

{{quote|But it's tough to really care about questions like, "Why did that happen?" or even "What's going on?" when you’re constantly interrupted by "Oh my goodness! Giant robots! Weeee!"|Peter Suderman|[http://tinyurl.com/373rps The National Review]}}

Critical reception was hit-and-miss, [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_the_movie/ more positive than negative but not by a lot], though it's sometimes hard to tell how many negative reviewers were more interested in criticizing [[Michael Bay]] in general over the movie itself. Otherwise, the most common negatives involved it being a generally think-free "spectacle"-style movie; even those who rated the movie positively noted it was a pure "popcorn" movie meant to wow its audience with [[CGI]] and explosions rather than make them think (Richard Roper noted in his "thumbs up" review "it has no nutritional value"). Whether one considers that a good or bad thing for a movie and if the movie was enough fun to overcome that is, of course, highly debatable. The other main culprit, again noted by many of the positive reviews, was its long running time, particularly the overly-chaotic, often hard-to-follow final big-bang extended ending action sequence. ([http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070705/REVIEWS/70620006/1023 Roger Ebert] noted that this sequence was what made him give the movie three out of four stars rather than the full four.)

Transformers was nominated for three Oscars, in the fields of Achievement in Sound Editing, Achievement in Sound Mixing, and Achievement in Visual Effects. The sound awards went to ''The Bourne Ultimatum'', and the visual effects award went to ''The Golden Compass''.

Currently, two sequels are planned, with [[Shia LaBeouf]] and [[Peter Cullen]] signed for both. Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg, and the two screenwriters have also returned. Filming for ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'' began in June 2008, for a planned release date of June 2009.

==Trivia==
* The Autobot computer generated models consisted of 35,592 total pieces, 7,435,478 polygons, 95,247 rig nodes, and 20,258 texture maps. If laid end to end, the pieces would stretch 3.11 miles.
* For all the robots combined, there are 60,217 pieces of geometry, 123,509,502 polygons, 144,341 rigging nodes, and 34,215 texture maps.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
* The events of the movie span 4-5 days.
* Within the movie, neither the Autobots nor the Decepticons are referred to as "Transformers".
* As confirmed in the audio commentary on the movie DVD, director [[Michael Bay]] has a brief cameo as an innocent bystander getting flicked against a taxi cab by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].
* The "<tt>[322] days without a safety breach</tt>" sign behind Agent Simmons before they bring the [[Nokia robot|cell phone]] to life relates to a piece of backstory that was cut from the final film. A researcher named [[James Farr]] was killed when [[AX9-8946-09SU-1|robot they brought to life]] ran amok, causing the damage Glen comments on. The [[Sector Seven (game)|viral marketing campaign]] gives a date for Farr's death; [[March 16]], [[2006]]. This would chronologically place the primary events of the film as occurring over a 3 day period, [[January 30]] - [[February 1]], [[2007]].
* The Japanese dub of the movie dosen't use the unique names given to the characters and fractions used in Japanese Transformers. For example, Optimus Prime is not called Convoy, Bumblebee is not Bumble, and the Autobots and Decepticons are not called Cybertrons and Destrons.

==Transformer References==
The movie contains a number of nods and winks to previous iterations of ''Transformers'', primarily from [[Generation 1]]. Some of these were included in direct response to urgings of the fans; others originated with the production crew.

* The basic story set-up is similar to many iterations of the ''Generation 1'' story -- two warring factions, the noble Autobots and the power-hungry Decepticons, arrive on Earth, having left their devastated home planet, the war-torn mechanical world of Cybertron.
* Many of the featured Transformers are re-imagined versions of characters from ''Generation 1''. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in particular are similar in physical form and characterization to their movie incarnations. The Movie versions of [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] differ in appearance but fulfill story roles similar to their original versions.
* Though the characters are new, "[[Frenzy (disambiguation)|Frenzy]]", "[[Scorponok (disambiguation)|Scorponok]]", "[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]/[[Devastator (disambiguation)|Devastator]]", "[[Blackout (disambiguation)|Blackout]]", "[[Barricade (disambiguation)|Barricade]]", and "[[Bonecrusher (disambiguation)|Bonecrusher]]" are all names that have been used on Transformer characters before.
* Blackout's symbiotic relationship with Scorponok originated as an interpretation of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his cassette troops. Frenzy's transformation into a portable stereo is likewise an homage to Soundwave's cassette deck alternate form.
* Sam shares his last name with the [[Witwicky#Generation 1 continuity family|main human allies]] of the Autobots in the original ''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]''. Like Spike before him, he's closest to Bumblebee.
* The Autobot faction symbol seen on Bumblebee and others is basically unchanged from its ''Generation 1'' appearance.
* The All Spark takes its name from [[Allspark|a concept]] originally introduced in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''.
* The original G1 [[transformation]] sound pops up several times during the course of the film, such as Blackout's first conversion sequence (though truth be told it sounds more like it's being broadcast from a loudspeaker.)
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* In his first appearance, Bumblebee parks next to a yellow Volkswagen Beetle—the alternate form of [[Bumblebee (G1)|G1 Bumblebee]].
* When instructing the Autobots to escape Sector Seven and when they later head for Hoover Dam, Optimus Prime delivers his catchphrase from the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|''Generation 1'' cartoon]], ordering them to [[Roll out|"Roll out!"]]
* Prime references "the spark within my chest". [[Spark]]s—the life-force that makes Transformers alive—have been an integral part of Transformers fiction since ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''.
* Although the Transformers' primary energy supply, [[Energon (G1)|Energon]], does not make a physical appearance in the film, its name appears on the license plate of an SUV thrown through the air during Megatron's rampage in [[Mission City]].
* Optimus Prime's line "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings" is the quote from his [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|original 1984 toy's]] [[bio]]. At least one of the reasons for the inclusion of this line was because it won in an online contest conducted by [[Paramount]] in late 2006, named "[[Make Prime Speak]]".
* Prime's line "...one shall stand; one shall fall" comes from the 1986 animated ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* The scene in which Jazz yanks aside Devastator's tank barrel is a direct homage to a similar sequence from TF:TM involving [[Kup]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]].
* Ironhide's complaint that [[Mojo]] "leaked lubricant" on his foot references a [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|favorite]] [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3|exclamation]] [[Power Play!|of his]] ''[[Generation 1]]'' [[Ironhide (G1)|counterpart]], "Leakin' lubricant!" The phrase originated with his [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|original character outline]], stating that "he [refers to] excessive talking as 'leaking lubricant.'"
* Sam telling Mikaela that there's "more than meets the eye... with you" references the slogan used in the toy line, also included in the G1 series theme song.

==Development details==
===Cast and crew signing on===
Originally, producer [[Don Murphy]] had intended to produce a movie based on another [[Hasbro]] property, [[G.I. Joe]]. However, following the US invasion of Iraq in March of 2003, a movie entitled "G.I. Joe" was no longer considered viable, so Carol Monroe, who was in charge of Hasbro's movie department at that time, suggested doing a ''Transformers'' movie instead.<ref name="murphylatino">[http://www.latinoreview.com/news.php?id=1502 Latino Review interview with producer Don Murphy.]</ref> [[Tom DeSanto]] joined the project as a second producer and wrote a treatment that he and Murphy tried to shop around for a while. (The treatment would eventually remain entirely unused, but DeSanto would try to get a writing credit regardless, even though none of the screenwriters had ever actually ''seen'' his treatment.<ref name="bayspat">[http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/the-hollywood-deal/2007/07/05/michael-bays-spat-with-his-transformer-producers Rant by Michael Bay, deleted from his own blog, still mirrored on other sites]</ref>) The movie was officially announced for the first time in June of 2003.<ref name="comingsoon">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=238 Coming Soon announcing he movie.]</ref>

[[Steven Spielberg]] signed up as executive producer in 2004, while [[John Rogers]] was confirmed as screenwriter in November of the same year.<ref>[http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/563/563081p1.html IGN confirming Rogers as screenwriter.]</ref> In February of 2005, Rogers was replaced by by [[Alex Kurtzman]] and [[Roberto Orci]]<ref name="ignkurtzorc">[http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/588/588884p1.html IGN confirming Kurtzman and Orci as new screenwriters.]</ref>, who drastically reworked Rogers' original script.<ref name="rogerscred">[http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2007/07/proper-credits-for-transformers.html John Rogers confirming that Kurtzman and Orci drastically rewrote his script]</ref> Spielberg tried to convince [[Michael Bay]] to direct the movie in late July of 2005, but Bay initially declined, having no interest in a "toy movie". He later changed his mind after attending "Transformers school" at Hasbro, but decided to make the movie "realistic" and accessible for adult viewers.<ref name="audio">Michael Bay's audio commentary on the ''Transformers'' DVD.</ref>

A few days after a list of names of the human cast had been leaked on the internet, [[Shia LaBeouf]] was confirmed as the first cast member.<ref name="ignshia">[http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/698/698735p1.html IGN confirming Shia LaBeouf.]</ref> Producer Don Murphy<ref name="murphytfcon">[http://www.transformerscon.com/videos.php Don Murphy at the Canadian TransformersCon.]</ref>, Hasbro<ref name="tfwtour">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=139273 BotCon 2007 Hasbro tour report.]</ref> and the screenwriters<ref name="mtv">[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1554426/20070312/story.jhtml MTV.com interview with Kurtzman and Orci.]</ref> all favored [[Peter Cullen]] and [[Frank Welker]] as voice actors for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. Bay had both audition, but only hired Cullen, while preferring [[Hugo Weaving]] as Megatron.<ref name="cgirobot">[http://web.archive.org/web/20070810172643/http://www.wizarduniverse.com/movies/transformersmovie/004974570.cfm Wizard Universe article about the production of the movie.]</ref> However, Welker still gets to voice Megatron (alongside Cullen as Prime) in the video game adaption of the movie, ''[[Transformers The Game]]'', as well as in ''[[Transformers: Beginnings]]'', an animated (sort of) version of [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] [[Movie Prequel|prequel comic mini-series]] that was available on a Wal*Mart exclusive bonus disc included with the movie DVD.

===Sponsors and partners===
====Hasbro====
In addition to acting as a licensor, Hasbro also actively participated in the development of the movie, starting with an introduction into the world of the Transformers, called the "Transformers School", for everyone involved, including [[Michael Bay]].<ref name="paramountbotcon">[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=8001 "Hasbro and Paramount Partnership Panel" at BotCon 2007.]</ref> Hasbro also had a say in the depiction of the Transformers in the movie, the selection of the voice actors<ref name="tfwtour" />, naming the characters, working on the robot designs<ref name="lorenzoiesb">[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2724&Itemid=99 IESB interview with Ian Bryce and Lorenzo di Bonaventura.]</ref> and the inclusion of "easter eggs", but no veto rights.<ref name="paramountbotcon" /> According to screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]], Hasbro was more interested in an adequate adaption of the ''Transformers'' concept rather than ''only'' marketing the toyline.<ref name="orcihasbro">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2200611&postcount=239 Roberto Orci discussing Hasbro's involvement.]</ref> Nevertheless, Hasbro urged [[Michael Bay]] very early on to decide upon the Transformers characters to be used in the movie and their vehicle forms because of the long production run of the toys, even though the script wasn't completed yet by that point.<ref name="bayew">[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20035285_20035331_20044598_3,00.html Entertainment Weekly interview with Michael Bay.]</ref> Hasbro and [[Takara]] then created the [[Movie (toyline)|toys]] based on the designs developed by [[Industrial Light and Magic]]. Aside from this, Takara wasn't involved in the creation of the movie at all.<ref name="murphytformers">[http://www.tformers.com/article.php?sid=3945 TFormers interview with Don Murphy.]</ref>

Unlike other ''Transformers'' toylines (except for ''[[Alternators (toyline)|Alternators]]''), Hasbro and Takara don't share the full rights to the movie toys: Paramount and ILM hold the rights to the robot designs, while the vehicle modes were licensed by companies such as General Motors ([[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]), Saleen ([[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]), Force Protection Industries ([[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]), the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation ([[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]) and the Lockheed Martin Corporation ([[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]). Only [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] didn't require a license, since his vehicle mode in the movie was heavily genericized, and all manufacturer logos were removed.<ref name="edmundsveh">[http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121424 Edmunds.com article on the vehicles featured in the movie.]</ref> TakaraTomy even identifies the Leader Class toy as a Kenworth W900 instead of a Peterbilt 379.<ref name="takaraprime">[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/movie/ma-01.html TakaraTomy product page for Leader Class Optimus Prime.]</ref>

Even though Hasbro didn't directly profit from the box office revenue, owning the ''Transformers'' brand allowed them to profit more from the toys than from licensed brands such as [[Spider-Man]] or [[Star Wars]]. In addition, Hasbro was able to give out over 240 licenses to third party companies.<ref name="hasbrofall">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6912693.stm BBC reporting on Hasbro quarterly earnings for July 2007.]</ref> In the USA alone, Hasbro had sold more than three million toys from the movie line as early as July 2007<ref name="cnnmoney">[http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/23/news/companies/hasbro/index.htm?section=money_topstories CNN Money story on Hasbro sales.]</ref>, while Wal-Mart had earned more than five million $USD with the movie Transformers at the same time.<ref name="walmartmillion">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=143983 Wal-Mart employee Steevy Maximus reporting on sales figures for movie toys.]</ref> A lot of the movie toys were frequently sold out at many stores ("drought") due to a mix of popularity, stores underestimating said popularity (and thus not ordering enough toys), shipping problems in China and [[Toy scalping|scalpers]].

====US Military====
The [[United States Military]] supported the movie by providing vehicles and soldiers. The vehicles included an MH-53 Pave Low helicopter ([[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout)]], several F-22 Raptors (one of them serving as [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s alternate mode), two A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter jets, an E-3 Sentry AWACS plane, an AC-130 Spectre gunship and two V-22 Ospreys. Therefore, ''Transformers'' is the first movie to feature real, non-CG F-22s.<ref name="afmil">[http://www.afspc.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123061917 Air Force Space Command article on the movie.]</ref> Real soldiers trained with the actors who played military personnel<ref name="tyreselatino">[http://www.latinoreview.com/news.php?id=2260 Latino Review interview with Tyrese Gibson and Josh Duhamel.]</ref> and were also featured as extras in the movie. Michael Bay even allowed them to improvise lines to make their military dialogue sound as "realistic" as possible.<ref name="nabbtfw">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=115126 First Lieutenant Micheal McNabb reporting his experience of working on the movie.]</ref> In return for their cooperation, Bay gave the military a say in their own depiction in the movie.<ref name="wired">[http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/magazine/15-07/trans_movie?currentPage=all Wired.com article on the movie.]</ref> The military, in turn, views the movie as a new form of recruitment.<ref name="aflink">[http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123021491 Air Force Link article about the movie.]</ref>

====Product Placement====
Aside from advertising the ''Transformers'' toyline, the movie also features product placement for other companies, such as Apple, Yahoo, Burger King, Nokia, Panasonic, eBay and Hewlett-Packard. The machines given life by the Allspark include an Xbox 360 (including the original startup sound) and a [[Dispensor|Mountain Dew soda vending machine]]. In addition, the movie also features other Hasbro brands, such as ''My Little Pony'' and ''Furby'' (the latter being a property of Hasbro's subsidiary Tiger Electronics). Furthermore, all Autobots, with the exception of Optimus Prime, have vehicles provided by subsidiaries of General Motors as their [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]], which saved Michael Bay $3 million of his budget.<ref name="bayew" />

Many of these cooperations are mutual: Burger King offered the obligatory Kids Meal toys based on the movie characters for the movie's theatrical launch, and General Motors and Mountain Dew ran TV ads under the titles "Transform Your Ride" and "Transform Your Summer", respectively. According to producers Ian Bryce and Lorenzo di Bonaventura, however, some of these brands, such as [[eBay]], were not originally included as part of a sponsoring deal, but had been part of the script from the beginning for story purposes on the writers' behalf.<ref name="lorenzoiesb" /> For the DVD release of the movie, meanwhile, ''additional'' "Cisco" logos were added into the movie that had not been there yet in the theatrical version.<ref name="dvdprod">[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38792 Allspark thread featuring comparison stills of the theatrical and DVD versions of the movie.]</ref>

===Special effects===
* Three quarters of the CG effects were done by [[Industrial Light and Magic]]. The other quarter was done by [[Digital Domain]], a company [[Michael Bay]] bought shortly before signing up to the ''Transformers'' movie.
* As seen in the bonus material for the Movie DVD, at least some of the ILM designers are actually Transformers fans. One of the animators, [[Charles Alleneck]], has his entire office decorated in more ''Transformers'' toys than a lot of "regular" fans might own.
* Physical props and set pieces were built for several of the Transformers' robot modes. Full body props for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (the 2009 Camaro body) and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] were used for scenes that involved direct interaction with the human cast. The Bumblebee prop (with detached legs) was also used for the scene where he was strapped to a [[Longarm (Movie)|tow truck]]. A set featuring the frozen lower half of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron's]] body was also built. The rest is assorted bits and pieces, such as a part of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s leg (including a wheel) and an unpainted, entirely blue version of his head plus a small part of the upper chest, and various semi-random chunks meant to represent the remains of the destroyed Decepticons dumped into the ocean (some of the parts meant to represent pieces of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] even feature markings found on a real-life MH-53 Pave Low helicopter).

===Changes before, during and after production===
A lot of details about the movie changed during the pre-production phase (and even still during production and post-production):

* The script was originally supposed to center around the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], but because the studio wanted to avoid association with the ''Matrix'' movie trilogy, it had to be renamed. For the longest time, the working name was "[[Energon (G1)|Energon]] Cube", which neither the fans nor producer [[Don Murphy]] were really happy with.<ref name="murphytfcon" /> Ultimately, it was renamed into the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] for the final movie; however, the name "Energon Cube" is still used in [[Alan Dean Foster]]'s [[Transformers (novel)|novelization]] of the movie, and was also used by [[Shia LaBeouf]] in a CBS interview immediately before the movie's official theatrical launch.<ref name="shiacbs">[http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=3004937n?source=search_video CBS interview with Shia LaBeouf.]</ref>
* One of the Autobot characters in the early Kurtzman/Orci drafts was [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], who would have turned into a motorcycle. Even though Hasbro developed a toy based on the designs for the character, Arcee was dropped from the script and replaced with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]: Kurtzman and Orci didn't want to spend time explaining the purpose of "female" Autobots<ref name="orciign">[http://movies.ign.com/articles/801/801098p3.html IGN interview with Roberto Orci.]</ref>, and Michael Bay considered her too small as compared to the rest of the Autobots.<ref name="orciwizard">[http://web.archive.org/web/20070714214451/http://www.wizarduniverse.com/movies/transformersmovie/005082421.cfm?page=1 Wizard interview with Kurtzman and Orci]</ref> Despite what fans commonly assume, however, the scene during the final battle in [[Mission City]] where [[William Lennox|Lennox]] uses an abandoned motorcycle for his assault on [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] wasn't added to the script until ''after'' Arcee had already been dropped from the script; however, had she ''not'' been dropped, she ''would'' have probably been that motorcycle.<ref name="arceelennox">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2288318-post539.html Orci once again clearing up the story between Arcee and the motorcycle Lennox uses during the final battle]</ref>
* Other Autobot characters considered by Orci and Kurtzman were [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]].<ref name="orcichara">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=388609&postcount=280 Roberto Orci confirming various characters originally intended for the movie.]</ref> The last was eventually dropped because Orci and Kurtzman preferred the idea of "a Decepticon in disguise as a police vehicle".<ref name="orciprowl">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=365508&postcount=4411 Orci explaining why Prowl is not in the movie]</ref>
* Kurtzman and Orci tried ''twice'' to include [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the movie. The first attempt was supposed to turn into a helicopter<ref name="orciswave">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=351304&postcount=4161 Roberto Orci confirming that Blackout was originally intended to be Soundwave.]</ref>, but Hasbro rejected that notion and insisted that Soundwave's [[alternate mode]] should have something to do with music.<ref name="murphyswave">[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showpost.php?p=97507&postcount=23 Post by Don Murphy at his message board.]</ref> The "helicopter" character was then renamed multiple times, among those names being "Grimlock"<ref name="early">Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref>, "Vortex"<ref name="orcisample">[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showpost.php?p=1120447&postcount=2360 Unformatted script sample from first draft posted by Roberto Orci on Don Murphy's message board]</ref>, "Devastator"<ref name="procterdevas">[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_32.html "Devastator" concept art at Ben Procter's online portfolio.]</ref> and "Incinerator"<ref name="procterinc">[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_34.html "Incinerator" pre-production render at Ben Procter's online portfolio.]</ref>. The character eventually ended up as [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]].
* The second attempt would have infiltrated the CIA headquarters in the form of a "portable stereo" and then transformed (and size-shifted) into a Humvee for his escape and tracked down [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]].<ref name="early" /> The "vehicle" part was later turned into a separate character, who was then given a different alternate mode (as a police cruiser) and eventually ended up as [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. Meanwhile, the "portable stereo" character also went through several changes, because Kurtzman and Orci eventually decided that the character didn't really do Soundwave justice, so they decided to change his name and save Soundwave for the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|sequel]].<ref name="webcast">[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808716430/video/2701721/20070418/2048/2701721-300-wmv-s.35907855-,2701721-300-flash-s.35907881-,2701721-100-wmv-s.35907849-,2701721-100-flash-s.35907874-,2701721-1000-wmv-s.35907866-,2701721-1000-flash-s.35907894-,2701721-700-flash-s.35907887-,2701721-700-wmv-s.35907861- Yahoo webcast with Kurtzman and Orci, revealing the final names of the movie characters.]</ref> The character went through some other working names such as "Boombot"<ref name="procterboom">[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_45.html "Boombot" concept art at Ben Procter's online portfolio.]</ref> and "Soundbyte"<ref name="proctersbyte">[http://www.benprocter.com/SITEv2/HTML/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_54.html "Soundbyte" head study at Ben Procter's online portfolio.]</ref> and eventually ended up as [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]].
* Other Decepticon characters considered by Orci and Kurtzman, aside from Soundwave, were [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]<ref name="orcichara" />. The latter was originally supposed to be a minion of helicopter Soundwave, who would have chased [[William Lennox|Lennox]] and his crew through the jungle after the attack on their base. However, when the scene was changed from the jungle to the desert (and Soundwave was no longer Soundwave), Ravage was replaced by [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].<ref name="orciravage">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=234188&postcount=2008 Roberto Orci confirming that Scorponok replaced Ravage].</ref>
* Because of the long production run of the toys, Hasbro urged [[Michael Bay]] very early on to decide upon the Transformers characters to be used in the movie and their vehicle forms, even though the script wasn't completed yet by that point.<ref name="bayew" /> As a result, many of the Decepticon characters in particular were chosen somewhat hastily, and aren't really based on established Transformers characters aside from their names. The tank used for [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] (aka "Devastator") was a recycled prop originally built for the movie ''xXx: State of the Union'', while the mine protected vehicle used for [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] caught the filmmakers' attention because of a giant photoshopped fork depicted on the manufacturer's website.<ref name="enewsi">[http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=11213 Entertainment News International article on the making of the movie.]</ref>
* Other Decepticon characters featured in an early draft, aside from "Grimlock" (helicopter) and "Soundwave" (portable stereo/Humvee), were Brawl as a Jeep, Frenzy as a Piranha III mortar artillery vehicle, Onslaught as a mobile missile launcher, Octane as a tanker truck, and three jets named Blitzwing, Starscream and Devastator (a cargo plane, a 747 jet and F-16 fighter; the script doesn't say which is which). Instead of having been hiding on Earth for a while, they would have arrived there during the movie after having been summoned by Soundwave.<ref name="early" /> It's possible that the Piranha III later evolved into Stryker/[[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]].
* The "evil police car Decepticon" that replaced Prowl took over the "vehicle" portion of the second character originally conceived as Soundwave (which eventually became [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]). His vehicle form was originally supposed to be a Ford Crown Victoria, while his working name was "Brawl".<ref name="policebrawl">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/events/Botcon-2007/Hasbro-Tour/PICT5108.JPG.html?g2_imageViewsIndex=1 Early design for Barricade with working name "Brawl" shown during the BotCon 2007 Hasbro Tour].</ref> Eventually the character ended up as [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], with the vehicle mode being changed into a Saleen S281 "Extreme" Mustang, because Ford didn't want one of their cars used as a "villain". Therefore, Barricade sports no "Ford" logos in the movie.<ref name="edmundsveh" />
* Another Decepticon character intended to be in the movie had the working name "Stryker", named after his vehicle mode, a M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle.<ref name="stryker">[http://www.seibertron.com/events/fullsize.php?event_id=70&size=2&image=262 Unused design for "Stryker", revealed at the BotCon 2007 Hasbro tour.]</ref> It's possible that he had evolved from a character named "Frenzy" featured in an early script draft, who would have turned into a Piranha III. The character ultimately never made it into the movie, but Hasbro later turned the design into a toy regardless, named [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]].<ref name="tfwtour" />
* Michael Bay also considered having a Transformers character turn into an aircraft carrier, but eventually scrapped that idea for cost reasons.<ref name="ignround">[http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/796/796057p2.html IGN roundtable with Michael Bay from the Australian press conference.]</ref> Orci and Kurtzman included the character in one of their drafts of the script<ref name="orciaircraft">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=387736&postcount=210 Roberto Orci confirming that the aircraft carrier was in one of the drafts.]</ref>, and artist Tim Flattery created concept art.<ref name="flattery">Tim Flattery's concept art for the unused aircraft carrier Transformer: [http://timflattery.com/transformers/4.html Image 1], [http://timflattery.com/transformers/5.html image 2].</ref>
* Working names for the tank Decepticon were "Demolisher"<ref name="hasbrodemolisher">[http://www.hasbro.com/objects/content/wallpaper.cfm?img=wp_transformers651_1280.jpg&brand_id=496&lang_id=1 Wallpaper at Hasbro's website calling Brawl/Devastator "Demolisher".]</ref> and "Devastator", the latter of which had also been a working name for [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] at one point. Even though [[Michael Bay]] confirmed in May of 2006 that this was not the final name<ref name="baysecret">[http://michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/586e45dbd5e89a45846b0ec668a70e03-12.html Michael Bay claiming that the Transformers' names circulating were "aliases".]</ref>, screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman confirmed the final name to be "[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]" in April 2006<ref name="webcast" />, and Hasbro used that name for all their toys based on the movie character, he identifies himself as "Devastator" in a subtitle in the movie itself. According to a fan who attended the Australian press conference, Bay had decided to use that name regardless<ref name="griffin">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=1360922&postcount=122 Australian fan griffin-of-oz reporting from the Australian press conference].</ref>, while Hasbro considered the name in the movie a "continuity error"<ref name="hasbrofuture">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=139268 Hasbro Transformers Future Product Unveiling panel at BotCon 2007.]</ref>, and Orci even claimed that he and Kurtzman had pointed out said "error" in the editing room twice.<ref name="orcidevastator">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=368555&postcount=4479 Orci confirming the name "Devastator" to be an "error".]</ref>
* Michael Bay decided to have [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] not turn into a Volkswagen Beetle because he wanted to avoid similarities with Disney's ''Herbie, the Love Bug''.<ref name="bayew" /> Production Designer Jeff Mann originally suggested using a Dodge Super Bee as Bumblebee's alternate mode<ref name="edmunds1976">[http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121138 Edmunds.com article on the classic Bumblebee Camaro.]</ref>, but eventually Bay signed a deal with General Motors that saved him $3 million of his budget, which is why Bumblebee turns into a Chevrolet Camaro in the movie.<ref name="bayew" />
* [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was originally intended to transform into a fire truck rather than a Search & Rescue Hummer. After being changed into a Hummer, he initially still retained a red and white deco, which later served as the inspiration for Hasbro's "Rescue Ratchet" redecos of the movie toys.<ref name="ratchettour">[http://www.seibertron.com/events/fullsize.php?event_id=70&size=2&image=285 Early designs for Ratchet shown at the BotCon 2007 Hasbro tour.]</ref>
* After designs of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had leaked on the internet, his head design was slightly revised following massive fan complaints.<ref name="murphysunday">[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showpost.php?p=764141&postcount=1 Don Murphy confirming that Megatron's head design was changed due to fan complaints.]</ref>
* The studio had originally preferred the Transformers not to talk ''at all'' throughout the movie, a notion Hasbro heavily contested.<ref name="tfwtour" /> Bumblebee still ended up being mute throughout most of the movie, which, according to Orci and Kurtzman, was inspired by Spielberg's ''E.T.'' and is supposed to signify that his friendship with Sam transcends words.<ref name="mtv" />
* Most drafts of the script started the movie with [[Archibald Witwicky]]'s discovery of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. In the actual movie, this scene was moved to a later point, shown as a flashback (actually at two points, split into two parts). [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] [[Movie Adaptation Issue Number One|comic adaption]] of the movie still has this as the opening scene.
* Also in one of the early drafts, the original reason for Mikaela's falling out with [[Trent DeMarco|Trent]] was not because he wouldn't let his "little bunny" drive his car, but because she refused to let him drive after having drunk beer. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Anvilicious Anvilicious] much?
* In an early draft, [[William Lennox|Lennox]] and his crew would have defeated [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] with a simple grenade, which would have "dissolved him at a molecular level". The air strike would have never happened, and Lennox wouldn't have established contact with the Pentagon until around the time when [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] were apprehended by [[Sector Seven]].<ref name="early" />
* In the same draft, Sam had left his grandfather's glasses at school. The Autobots would have distracted a security guard while Sam and Mikaela would have broken into their school. It would have been there that Sam would have learned about Mikaela's criminal past, and the scene would have ended with their arrest by Sector Seven.<ref name="early" />
* In some earlier drafts of the script, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was supposed to kill [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] too after he had finished off [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]. That scene never made it into the final movie, and Barricade simply disappears with no explanation after Bonecrusher transforms; however, the scene still made it into Alan Dean Foster's [[Transformers (novel)|novelization]] of the movie and IDW's [[Movie Adaptation issue 4|comic adaption]].
* Also in earlier drafts of the script, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] was supposed to kill [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] by consuming his [[Spark]]. Again, this is only explicitly confirmed in the novelization and IDW's comic adaption of the movie, but not in the movie itself.

==Errors==
* Sunset occurs roughly every fifteen minutes. Possibly indicative of time passage, but a little too much to not warrant mention in the actual movie.
* The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) used by the US Air Force to investigate Scorponok's attack on Captain Lennox is modeled after the [[wikipedia:MQ-9_Reaper|MQ-9 Reaper]], but is identified as the [[wikipedia:MQ-1_Predator|MQ-1 Predator]]. Also, neither of these UAVs use jet engines.
* After Maggie copies the signal to take to Glen, she hails a black and white cab, but she's dropped off at Glen's house by an all-white cab. (The "cab hailing" footage originally came from a deleted scene near the beginning of the movie when Maggie was late for work.)
* When Sam's car breaks down and Mikaela gets out to look at the engine, she leaves the passenger door open. When the car restarts and Sam leaves to close the hood, the passenger side door is now shut. But hey, maybe that was Bumblebee.
* Mikaela identifies Bumblebee's engine as having a "high-rise, double-pump carburetor" but the engine shown has no such carburetor.
* After Bumblebee backs into a corner of the power plant to evade Barricade, there is a close up shot of him spinning his wheels to make his getaway. However, the shot of the wheels spinning is at a different location: the empty warehouse that Bumblebee and Barricade had raced through moments earlier.
* After scanning his new Concept Camaro alt-form, Bumblebee's robot body displays either battle-worn parts or brand new parts at random times for the duration of the film.
* During the scene where Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill, quite possibly a Peterbilt logo.
* When Simmons replays Sam's "last words" recorded onto his cell phone, it doesn't match what he said in the scene where he actually recorded them.
* When the Autobots arrive to rescue Sam and Mikaela from Agent Simmons, Ironhide is the first Autobot to reach the damaged SUV and the other Sector Seven agents. Behind him, Ratchet is making his way towards the SUV, while Jazz and Bumblebee have their respective weapons drawn. However, in the very next shot, Ratchet's gun is suddenly in front of Ironhide, who is now making two short steps towards the SUV, while Jazz's gun has been replaced by his hand (which he uses to pull Sector Seven's guns away magnetically). In the shot after that, Jazz is just standing around sans Sector Seven guns, while Bumblebee wanders up and draws his gun...again.

[[Image:Movie2007 Keller OBVIOUSVISUALAID.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Yer days're numbered now, Decepti-creeps.]]
* When Banachek shows Keller photographs of the Decepticon that destroyed the [[Mars]] [[Beagle 2 Rover]], and supposedly a photo of Blackout taken by Epps during the attack on SOCCENT Qatar, "Blackout's photo" is clearly taken during the day, complete with the sun behind the Decepticon as a major light source, whereas the attack on SOCCENT took place in the evening. This was either a continuity error or a ham-handed attempt to make the audience realise the attackers in both photos are one and the same by making the photos look similar.
* During the montage where Bumblebee's frozen body is being transported inside Hoover Dam via a moving platform whilst the Autobots discuss his fate, in one of the shots the physical Bumblebee prop is missing its distinctive car doors.
* When Ironhide transforms and performs a somersault to dodge Brawl's missiles, he is seen rising first, then falling. At that moment, he is already almost at the ground, low enough to touch the ground if he stretched his arms. However on the next scene, he has gone much higher up, high enough to fire both the cannons on his arms then perform a midair somersault.
* When Lennox arrives as Sam and Mikaela are supposedly strapping Bumblebee with the tow truck's chains, Bumblebee is not actually there. When the shot changes angles to the other side of the truck, Bumblebee is sitting right beside the truck while Sam directs Mikaela to wrap Bumblebee in the chains. When Lennox tells Sam to evacuate the Cube, subsequent camera angles from this side of the truck are actually where Bumblebee was moments earlier, but he's not there again (it is unlikely the angle was meant to be from Bumblebee's perspective). When Sam starts to run off and Mikaela calls him back, Bumblebee is once again clearly not sitting beside the truck. In fact, the space he once occupied has the beige van he crawled out of, earlier in the battle.
* After Optimus Prime and Megatron land in the city streets after flying through the office tower, Megatron throws the Autobot leader a short distance away, causing him to land on a parked car. After Megatron forms his fusion cannon, Optimus Prime has suddenly moved further down the street and the car he crushed, along with the other abandoned cars, have vanished. Also, in this shot, Optimus' feet don't make craters or any visible mark on the concrete. Yet, when Optimus is running from the Sector Seven Agents, he's making huge craters while he is side-stepping cars. (This comes with weighing over four tons and running 40 miles an hour.) Additionally, Optimus stops at the intersection just in front of Megatron to pull out his Ion blaster in this shot, but when it cuts to a shot to the left-front of Optimus, he is only mid-way up the street, and there is a parked yellow cab at the curb which was empty seconds earlier. Funnily enough, this curb was where the crushed car was parked.
* When Optimus pulls out his Ion blaster, it's mounted on his back, but it wasn't there just seconds before in another shot. It also isn't there at any point after.
* During the fight towards the end of the film between Megatron and Optimus, it is shown that Optimus is about the same size as Megatron in robot mode. Yet, in vehicle mode, Megatron is a great deal larger then Optimus is. Similarly, Starscream seems to be smaller than Megatron in robot form, leading to the logical conclusion that he is smaller than Optimus as well. Yet in vehicle mode, he is nearly four to five times larger, seeing as an F-22 Raptor is a great deal larger than a Peterbilt 379 tractor cab. And they say they don't have [[scale]] problems.
* ''See also: [[Mission City]].''

===Not actually an error===
* Sam and Mikaela, as well as Maggie and Glenn arrive at Hoover Dam on the same helicopter despite being from opposite ends of the country. Occasionally cited as an error, it is actually a narrative oversight, as it is likely that Sam and Mikaela were held in custody at a U.S. Air Base while waiting for Maggie and Glen to arrive with Secretary Keller's party by plane, then they all left for Hoover Dam together on the helicopters.

* There are some problems with Simmon's statement about various techologies being reverse-engineered from Megatron. Cars came about in one shape or form at about the turn of the century, and spaceflight technology was pioneered by German and Soviet scientists. (This is possibly what [[Sector Seven|they]] ''want'' you to think.)

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Transformersmovie.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/ ''Transformers'' at IMDB.com]
* [http://www.transformersalbum.com/ ''Transformers The Albu''m]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_%28film%29 ''Transformers'' 2007 film on Wikipedia]
* [http://www.capalert.com/capreports/transformers.htm ''Transformers'' CAPalert.com review]

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