Ethan Zachary

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[[Image:Ethanzachary.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This is unreal! You don't care about death 'cause you're already dead! I know a lot about you. I know you weren't always like this. What was the last thing you cared about?]]
:''Ethan Zachary is a [[human]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Ethan Zachary''' is far ahead of the curve when it comes to human nerds. While all the other dateless shut-ins were still hanging out in their parents' basements playing ''Dungeons & Dragons'', Ethan was playing and programming MMORPGs. A computer whiz, Ethan knows how to unlock the true memory storage capabilities of your average [[floppy disk]], something the [[wikipedia:Commodore_64|Commodore 64]] never could.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
Ethan Zachary was a [[human]] computer programmer who worked for [[Energy Futures Industries]] until the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] and [[Autobot|Autobots]] took interest in his company's [[hydrothermocline]] energy generator. Hoping to avoid damage to his workstation, he oversaw a game of ''[[Multi-World]]'' between [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] against [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] with the hydrothermocline as the prize. Though he cheered on the good guys, he was unwittingly responsible for their defeat; one of the Decepticons had overheard him use the "Afterdeath" cheat code earlier during one of his own gaming sessions, and this information was passed on to Megatron, who was losing. When this led to Optimus Prime's defeat, he reluctantly detonated Optimus Prime's body at the Autobot leader's insistence. However, unknown to anyone else, he had saved Prime's entire memory and personality onto a [[floppy disk]] (no, really). {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

[[Image:Ethanzacharypretendertothethrone.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Ethan rocks the Converse sneakers.]]
Zachary formed [[Alternate Reality, Inc.]], a computer game company that more closely reflected his interests, and brought Optimus Prime with him. Zachary used this copy of Optimus Prime to input into computer games he had created, where the former Autobot leader fought many adversaries and always won. Unfortunately, Prime now believed that he was nothing more than a mere computer game character, and Ethan Zachary tried to stage familiar battles for him to jog his memory. Not even showing him a newspaper headline reporting a Decepticon attack would snap him out of it.

Ethan began contacting Optimus Prime's [[human]] allies for help, which inadvertently tipped off the Autobots to Ethan's possession of a copy of Optimus Prime's mind. They dispatched [[Goldbug (G1)|Goldbug]] to investigate, and they both decided to stage a real battle for Optimus Prime to control. Ethan hacked into the genetics lab in which [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s new [[Pretender|Pretenders]] had been created. When the Pretenders decided to attack Alternate Reality's headquarters in retaliation, the Autobots developed Pretenders of their own for Optimus Prime to command. Though Prime's forces succeeded, not even this bold move cured Optimus Prime of his defect. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

Ethan's disk containing Optimus Prime's personality was confiscated by Goldbug. {{storylink|Totaled!}}
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==Trivia==
* Ethan Zachary was named after [[Bob Budiansky]]'s nephew, Ethan Zachary Budiansky.

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