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Grindor (ROTF)

2010-11-08T20:18:27Z

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{{disambig3|Grindor}}
:''Grindor is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Grindor rotfgame trailer.jpg|thumb|250px|right|I copied another character's alt-mode 'cause [[Scavenger (ROTF)|all]] [[Buffalo MPV Decepticon|the]] [[Rampage (ROTF)|cool]] [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|'cons]] [[Long Haul (ROTF)|were]] [[Scrapper (ROTF)|doing]] it.]]

You have to get up pretty early in the morning to get one over on '''Grindor'''. A master strategist, and close combat specialist, Grindor can predict his opponents next move before they know it themselves. It's reached the point where it's less planning and more instinct on his part. With every possible move planned out beforehand, Grindor confidently wades into the center of battle, ready for any and all comers.

Except [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|this guy]].

Don't confuse him with [[Blackout (Movie)|that guy]].

{{bigquote|Objectives will win a battle, but it is sheer ruthlessness that will win a war.|Grindor's sagely advice to the Decepticons|[[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen: The Game]]}}

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines===
{{note|Unlike his bio, Grindor here comes off more like a working stiff.}}

[[Image:GrindorTitan_talkinghislanguage.jpg|thumb|left|250px|He and [[Raoul]] were in the same engineering course.]]

Grindor was dispatched to [[Las Vegas]] by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], who refused to tell him what he was looking for and directed him to [[Seeker (ROTF)|some old car]]. He was a bit fed up until he was told to cut open said car and remove its insides, fun fun fun! Once he'd secured the Cybertronian "memory tree", he came under attack by [[NEST]] forces intending to capture him. Using his rotors, he created a whirlwind that hurled cars at his enemies, but they easily managed to anchor him to the ground with an electrified cable before he could retreat.

Luckily [[Skids (ROTF)|two]] [[Mudflap (ROTF)|dumbasses]] turned up and shot the cable off, allowing Grindor to escape! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

[[Image:Titan_deceptitwins.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The scale here is so messed up.]]

Later, as part of Soundwave's plan, those two dumbasses were in the Decepticons, and poor Grindor had to put up with them jabbering in his ear. He pleaded with Soundwave to tell him that he didn't really trust them to bring in [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], and was relieved to find out they were just bait; when he asked what would happen if they survived, he was told he would make sure they didn't. Happy day!

To his annoyance, the twins succeeded by talking instead of shooting. He agreed with [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] that this sort of thing was an abomination and must be stopped, and shot Ransack out the sky. Skids was able to keep him contained and occupied with suppressive fire, while Mudflap took down Sideways, but Grindor decided to just grab Ransack and bug out, leaving Sideways behind and threatening to get even with the twins another time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

Back at base, he sat in on Soundwave's interrogation of Ransack, but it was interrupted by the Autobot twins. Grindor took fire and was not seen again after that, presumably fleeing later with Soundwave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]]

Ordered by [[The Fallen]] to capture [[Sam Witwicky]] for the information that the [[AllSpark (Movie)|AllSpark]] had imprinted in his mind, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] led [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and Grindor to [[Earth]], waiting for the [[human]] boy to be flushed out by [[Alice|one of their agents]]. Grindor captured the humans' escape vehicle and brought it to [[Broadwater Metal Works|an abandoned industrial facility]] where Starscream and Megatron were waiting. While Grindor waited outside, Megatron and [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] interrogated the boy, preparing to extract the information by removing his brain, a process that was interrupted by the arrival of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Optimus briefly fought off Megatron and Starscream before escaping with Sam into the woods.

[[Image:ROTF Optimus vs Grindor.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I predict a checkmate in 4 mo-*stab*.]]
Megatron followed, but soon called for his soldiers to assist. Grindor played little part in the opening attack, grabbing the Autobot and sawing into his face before being knocked away, but eventually gathered on the outnumbered and outgunned but defiant Optimus Prime. The [[Autobot]] [[Prime (rank)|leader]] immediately unsheathed both [[Dual Energon Swords|battle blade]]s and attacked the Decepticons, cutting off Grindor's right arm, slashing into his chest, sending some of Starscream's artillery his way and throwing his right battle blade into the Decepticon's torso. Badly hurt, Grindor required some downtime before he could rejoin the battle, during which Optimus stabbed Megatron and knocked off Starscream's arm.

[[Image:Grindor-ROTFhooks.jpg|right|thumb|250px|I think you'll find your death is [[Subsector Hooks|beyond imagination]].]]

Grindor was just pulling out the deenergized blade Prime had swung into him when the Autobot unleashed his [[Energon Hooks]] and jabbed it into his [[optic]], using the leverage to pull himself onto the Decepticon. Once on top, Prime then struck another hook into Grindor, then proceeded to ''tear his head apart'', killing Grindor. As he pushed the lifeless hulk to the ground, Optimus contemptuously commented on the materials Grindor was made of. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' toy bios===
The meticulous Grindor's careful scheming and power of flight put him at a great advantage during an encounter with the Autobot [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. Only Ratchet doing something completely unpredictable could save him! {{storylink|#SurfaceToAirShowdown|Surface To Air Showdown bio}}

===Transformers (2010) toy bios===
During a running battle with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] through a city's streets, the flying Grindor stayed out of the mute Autobot's range and rained down explosives with "chaotic glee". The rubber-burnin' Bumblebee planned to bring Grindor down to his level by making him quickly maneuver past buildings, hoping his rotor would catch, and signs pointed to Grindor soon making a costly mistake... {{storylink|#Legends Class 2|Bombing Run Battle}}

===Transformers Annual 2011===
Grindor and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] were sent to [[Tokyo]] to act as a diversion. After Barricade was located by the Autobots, Grindor hovered in the air and shot missiles at Optimus. Optimus responded by scaling the side of a nearby office tower and punching him out of the air. After crash-landing on Barricade, Grindor picked his comrade up and, after taking a moment to gloat that the diversion had worked, departed. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English) [[Jarosław Boberek]] (Polish)

====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
=====Decepticon campaign=====
[[Image:ROTFgame-Grindor.jpg|left|thumb|I have tan parts! That's how you know.]]

Grindor served in a similar capacity amongst the Decepticons to that which [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] served for the Autobots - he was the Heavy Weapons Guy. Big, slow, durable, and seriously over-armed with a chaingun and an energon wave cannon, Grindor could even drop off gun turrets for that extra added overkill.

During the Decepticons' missions in [[China]], Grindor oversaw their supposedly secret mission in [[Shanghai]], until his forces were detected and routed by [[NEST]] and the Autobots. Imprisoned in the docks, [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] had to come and rescue his comrade.

On the United States West Coast, Grindor was assigned to hack into NEST's communication network in the downtown area. Fighting through its Autobot [[Protectobot Scout|Protectobot]] defenders, Grindor managed to link up with each of the town's five communications arrays, furthering the Decepticon cause.

On the East Coast, Grindor was assigned to capture Ladiesman217, designation Samuel Witwicky. After destroying the human's dorm building, Grindor took Witwicky to the nearby foundry where he would be interrogated by Megatron. However, during this process, the Autobots sent waves of Protectobots against Grindor in an attempt to save the boy, but they failed.{{Storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}
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=====Autobot campaign=====
While Grindor secured their position by deploying [[Combaticon (ROTF)|Combaticon]] and [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] drones around the town, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] arrived to rescue Sam. Assisted by his drones, the Decepticon almost overwhelmed the plucky little Autobot, but in the end Bumblebee reduced Grindor and his unit into scrap metal. {{Storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class====
[[Image:ROTF_Legends_Grindor.jpg|thumb|300px|No, I'm not Blackout! There is NO missing scene dammit! We're nothing alike. I would never let myself get shot in the balls.]]
*'''Grindor''' (Legends, 2009)

:''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Legends Grindor is a [[redeco]] of the [[Movie (franchise)|first movie]]'s Legends class [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] toy in a light blue base color with digital camouflage. Legends Grindor is a small and highly simplified version of the character, featuring limited articulation and detail, with the helicopter mode not being a particularly faithful recreation of an [[wikipedia:MH-53_Pave_Low|Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low]] heavy-lift helicopter. (The placement of the fuel tanks, in particular, makes him look more like a [[Wikipedia:CH-53 Sea Stallion|CH-53 Sea Stallion]].) Even though the robot mode sports an attempt to emulate the movie character's chest design, this does not involve the use of obvious fake elements of the helicopter mode's cockpit, unlike [[Jazz (Movie)|other]] Legends Class toys of movie characters.

:This mold was also redecoed as [[Spinister (ROTF)|Spinister]] for the [[Kmart]]-[[exclusive]] "War for the Skies" battlepack.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/LegGrindor/grindor.htm More information on Grindor at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class====
[[Image:ROTF_Voyager_Grindor.jpg|thumb|300px|Just you wait, someone will call him [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]].]]
*'''Grindor''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-18'''
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

:Grindor is a redeco of the first movie's Voyager class Blackout figure in a more military-accurate grey colour scheme. The little [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] mini-figure has been redecoed to reflect the colour changes on the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' release of Deluxe class Scorponok (even though the two never appear together in the film).

:Grindor transforms into a reasonably accurate MH-53 Pave Low. An aft "cage" compartment can be opened to release a small PVC figurine of his partner, Scorponok. A button under his tail rotor can be pressed in a geared action to rotate his rotor blades. By attaching the Deluxe-class Scorponok to his underside, the rotor [[gimmick]] also spins Scorponok's claws.

: During transformation, Grindor's (mind-numbingly delicate) [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] gimmick is activated when the user swings down his legs, which in turn flips the gray chest section his head is mounted upon up and into position, and lifts his back assembly and locks it into place behind his head. Another, less impressive automorph is in his legs—if you pull his knees down, his shin armor pops out a bit. The entire rotor assembly on his back can be removed and converted into a gigantic fan weapon, to represent ''vaguely'' the hand-held rotor-blade weapon he and Blackout wield in the films. Because of the size of his rotor assembly, Grindor is also much shorter than most Voyager-class figures despite his bulk, barely taller than a Deluxe figure.

: It is ''very'' easy for the gears in the cockpit/chest to become misaligned during transformation, enough so that the chest/head section refuses to align with the cockpit halves. Getting the gears back into alignment is a veritable nightmare, as so many other parts shift and move as you attempt to manipulate the respective pieces. Swinging the legs down locks the back assembly into place for robot mode, but simply swinging the legs back does ''not'' ''un''lock it, with the user being required to separate the parts actively by hand. Failing to do so is sure to misalign your Grindor to bejeezus.

: An interesting side note is that the two hard points located on Grindor's shoulders, intended to support his abominably large weapon, are actually the same size as the [[Mini-Con]] [[Powerlinx]] plugs on most [[Unicron Trilogy]] figures.

:The original Blackout release of this mold was retooled as ''[[Movie (toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] and ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on Grindor at TFU.info]''
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{{anchor|SurfaceToAirShowdown}}
[[Image:ROTFSurfaceToAirShowdown.jpg|thumb|300px|Unbeknownest to all, Grindor actually takes his name from his love of coffee.]]
*'''Surface To Air Showdown''' (Voyager 2-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Scorponok mini-figure

:A [[Costco]]-[[exclusive]] two-pack featuring Grindor squaring off against [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], strangely reminiscent of Ratchet's fight with [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] in the [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots]] Nintendo DS game. Both toys remain unchanged from their individual retail release.
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Grindor ROTF FAB toy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hey, is that Leader-1?]]
*'''Missile Assault Grindor''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Projectile

:Missile Assault Grindor is a redeco of the first movie's Gyro Blade Blackout in a more military-accurate grey colour scheme. He is a simplified version of Grindor/Blackout design, designed for smaller children. His rotor blade can be detached and inserted into his left hand to represent the hand-held rotor blade seen in the film, just like the Voyager class version. He also features a chest cannon which can be flipped up from his back. Oddly, you can only see one-fourth of Grindor's head from a 90-degree angle. Even less of it is visible when his chest cannon is flipped up. He features a firing missile.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/FABGrindor/grindor.htm More information on Missile Assault Grindor at TFU.info]''

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===Transformers (2010)===
====Legends Class====
*'''Bombing Run Battle''' (Walmart exclusive multi-pack, 2010)

:This [[Walmart]] exclusive multi-pack contains a tan and orange [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]-themed redeco of Legends class Grindor and a redeco of Deluxe class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Cannon Bumblebee]].

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==Notes==
{{quote|"Blackout. Grindor. They all look the same to me."|[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Transformers Comic issue 2.10|''Law and Disorder'']]}}

*Although his toys (and seemingly the CG model of his robot mode) are identical to Blackout's, and although the toys' packaging retains Pave Low [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensing]] information, Grindor's alt mode in the movie is in fact a [[Wikipedia:CH-53E_Super_Stallion|Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion]]—essentially a slightly upsized Pave Low operated by the [[United States Marine Corps|US Marine Corps]]. The ROTF video games include licensing information for the Super Stallion instead of the Pave Low. The alt mode switch may be explained by the retirement of the USAF's Pave Lows in 2008.

*Frank Welker is not credited for the voice of Grindor in the credits of the film itself, but his "[http://www.frankwelker.net/ Official Homepage]" would later credit him for the role. While we're not entirely convinced that the page wasn't simply updated by someone who read it on Wikipedia, the "sheeeagh" that Grindor lets out as Optimus Prime rips his head apart is pretty unmistakeably Welker.

* ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' never explicitly establishes Grindor as a separate character from Blackout. Screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]], when asked, was not sure whether they were supposed to be the same character or not.<ref name="orci">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-283.html#post3785383 Q&A with Roberto Orci at TFW2005]</ref> In the [[Hasbro Q&A/July 2009: Answers|{{SITENAME_SHORT}} Hasbro Q&A for July 2009]], it was confirmed that Grindor, not Blackout, appears in the movie.

*In the novel, his name is never used, just a "huge Russian helicopter". Who can blame them, [[Roberto Orci]] couldn't remember it either.

*Internal files for the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' video game identify this character as Blackout, indicating that the game had been developed with the understanding that they were the same character... but had dialog re-recorded to refer to him as Grindor.

*On the [[cross-sell]] for "[[The Fury of Fearswoop]]" multipack, Grindor is mistakenly given the name Blackout. Still, at least he remained [[Long Haul (ROTF)|a Decepticon.]]

==Footnotes==
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Zaur (Animated)

2010-08-15T19:07:34Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Animated'' dinosaur|the ''Headmasters'' dinosaur|Saur}}
:''Zaur is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:AnimatedZaur.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Smirkosaurus minor]]

'''Zaur''' is an ''Apatosaurus''. Now, what a dinosaur is doing on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], nobody knows.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===

When [[Captain Fanzone]] was accidentally [[transwarp]]ed to Cybertron, Zaur was one of the Transformers who crowded around him, only to flee for their lives when they realized that he was a disgusting organic. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

==Notes==
* Zaur was first revealed in an April Fools image on [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]'s [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/03/april-fools.html blog] showcasing various characters who might or might not appear in the rest of Season Three.
* He is an [[homage]] to the [[Mini-Cassette|cassette-bot]], [[Saur]]. Does this mean there's an ''Animated'' [[Dial]] somewhere?
*He is apparently owned by Rosanna and he likes to play around water.

[[Category:Animated characters]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]

Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

2010-07-31T18:04:10Z

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|seriesissue=''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2''
|image=AllSparkAlmanacIIcover.jpg
|caption=This is where Hasbro's planning to ultimately release Blackout.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]]
|date=[[June 30]], [[2010]]
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]
|pagecount=220
|price=$19.99 USD
|prev=Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
|ISBN=ISBN 1600106838 
ISBN 978-1600106835
}}

{{bigquote|Now listen up all you palookas out there! Yer gonna shell out yer dough, yer gonna buy this here book and yer gonna like it. Capish?|[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]], the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2}}

'''''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2''''' is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that delights in shattering readers' pants and brains. Again.

==Contents==
*Foreword, by [[Matt Youngberg]]
*Introduction by the Authors
*Chapter 1: [[Autobot]]s
*Interstitial A: Size Comparison Charts
*Chapter 2: [[Decepticon]]s
*Interstitial B: [[Transformers Animated (franchise)#Japanese release|''Animated'' in Japan]]
*Chapter 3: Events
*Interstitial C: Style Guides
*Chapter 4: Culture
*Interstitial D: [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Episodes|Shorts]]
*Chapter 5: [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]
*Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
*Chapter 6: Settings
*Interstitial F: [[Transformers Animated: The Game|The Video Game]]
*Chapter 7: Project Omega
*Interstitial G: [[The Arrival]]
*Foreword by [[Eric Siebenaler]]
*Section I: Toy Design
*Section II: Animation
*Section III: Season Four
*Section IV: Toy Gallery
*Section V: Packaging Art
*Section VI: The Cast
*Afterword, by [[Aaron Archer]]
*Acknowledgments

==Chapter 1 - Autobots==
Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|"Wingblade" Optimus Prime]] by Megatron
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] by Jetstorm
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] by Jetfire
*[[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Yoketron]] by Jazz
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] by Shockwave
*[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] by Perceptor
*[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] by Wheeljack
*[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] by Kup
*[[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] by Ironhide
*[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] by Red Alert
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] by Hot Shot
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] by Rosanna
*[[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] by Rattletrap
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] by Shockwave
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] by Flareup
*[[Dug Base]] by Wheelie
*[[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] by Ultra Magnus
*[[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Rattletrap]] by Warpath
*[[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Autotrooper|Autotroopers]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] by Tracks
*[[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] by Seaspray
*[[Pipes (Animated)|Pipes]] by Huffer
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] by Pipes
*[[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] by Bulkhead
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] by Beachcomber
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] by Blitzwing
*[[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] by Cliffjumper
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] by Volks
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] by Glyph
*[[Chase (Animated)|Chase]] by Carrera
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] by Sedan
*[[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]] by Furão
*[[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] by Tap-Out
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]] by Bumper
*[[Furão]] by Chase
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] by Freeway
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]] by Hubcap
*[[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]] by Searchlight
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] by Warpath
*[[Lightbright]] by Dug Base
*[[Lickety-Split]] by Lightbright
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] by Grandus
**[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]]
**[[Zaur]]
**[[Ramhorn (Animated)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Sari Sumdac]] by Ratchet
*[[Wasp]] by Bumblebee}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 16 - [[Yoketron]] has learned and subsequently taught the arts of [[Crystalocution]], [[Diffusion]], [[Tekkaido]], and [[Circuit-Su]].
* Pg 17 - The art of [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] depicts him with a [[Cigar#IDW comics continuity|cy-gar]].
* Pg 18 - [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] comments on sitting "not ten [[Units of length|mechanometers]]" across from [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] in [[Autobot High Council#Transformers: Animated|High Council]] meetings.
* Pg 19 - [[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] is credited with solving [[Extempaxia|Extempaxia's]] fourth conjecture.
* Pg 20 - Kup refers to [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Hot Rod's]] flame deco as making him look "like he's the [[Pit]]-Damned [[The Fallen|Fallen]]."
* Pg 22 - In [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide's]] anecdotes about [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], he makes mention of the [[Tower of Pion]], [[Ballobot|ballobots]], and [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian|Widow's Cafe]].
* Pg 24 - [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert's]] hand has been replaced with a [[Transfer Interlink]]. She graduated top of her class at [[Polyhex|Polyhex Medical Mechanical]] and created the vaccine for [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].
* Pg 26a - Reportedly, [[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] is into [[Syk|syk]], [[Simultronic|simultronics]], [[Angolmois]], and [[Crysmag metal|crysmag]], among other substances.
* Pg 26b - Shockwave recounts the last meeting he had with [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] in the [[Manganese Mountains]].
* Pg 29a - [[Rattletrap]] can apparently get unlicensed [[Shock Pop]] datatrax and forged [[S.T.A.R.S.]] idento-cards for the right price.
* Pg 29b - [[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] fought in the War of the Waves on [[Antilla]].
* Pg 30a - [[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] rid [[Daffodil II]] of a [[Morphobot]] infestation.
* Pg 30b - [[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] was found orphaned in [[Quintesson]] territory.
* Pg 33 - Most of [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper's]] run-up on [[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] portrays a [[Traitor|major lack of trust]].
* Pg 34 - [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] apparently studied the technological evolution of the inhabitants of the [[Gorlam Prime|Gorlam system]].
* Pg 36a - [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] accuses [[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] of being a "[[Sam Witwicky|LadiesBot217]]-type."
* Pg 36b - [[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]]'s run-up mentions [[Cybertronian sport#The Iacon 5000|the Iacon 5000]].
* Pg 36c - [[Furão]]'s name means "ferret" in Old [[Malignus]]. He was stationed aboard the ''[[Flash Frenzy (Animated)|Flash Frenzy]]''.
* Pg 37 - [[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper's]] ship crash-landed on [[Bhul]].
* Pg 38 - [[Lickety-Split]] is a fan of the [[Galactic Olympics]], and would like to win a [[Golden Disk (Animated)|Golden Disk]] in the Tour de [[Orgenon Cluster|Orgenon]].
* Pg 41 - [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] mentions Project: [[Powermaster]].
* Pg 42-43 - [[Sari Sumdac|Sari's]] built-in upgrades include twin [[Master Blade|Master Blades]], a [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]], [[Azusa]] energy skates, and [[Micron Booster|Micron Boosters]].

===Real-world references===
* Sari yapping on and on about "vampire movies" is a reference to the ''Twilight'' book/film franchise.
* [[Lickety-Split]] seems to have a thing for a certain [[Buzz Lightyear| space ranger]].

==Chapter 2 - Decepticons==
Chapter two covers all Decepticons who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Wasp|Waspinator]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Strika (Animated)|General Strika]] by Lugnut
*[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] by Cyclonus
*[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] by Scalpel
*[[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] by Megatron
*[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]] by Oil Slick
*[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] by Scrapper and Mixmaster
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave's Avatars]] by Prowl
*[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] and [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] by Soundwave
*[[Reflector (Animated)|Reflector]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Straxus (Animated)|Lord High Governor Straxus]] by Strika
*[[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] by Swindle
*[[Stretch]] by Porter C. Powell
*[[Flip Sides (Animated)|Flip Sides]] by Blurr
*[[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] by Perceptor
*[[Magnificus (Animated)|Magnificus]] by Starscream}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 48 - [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] carries a small reserve of [[Forestonite]] to achieve high velocity in tank mode.
* Pg 49 - [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] has concocted both [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|cosmic rust]] and the [[Reverse Evolution virus]].
* Pg 54 - [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor's]] tendril weapons are identified as [[Legion]] Tentacles. ''Eugh.''
* Pg 55 - [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] have been working on a "[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]."
* Pg 57 - [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat's]] electro-echolocation allows him to "pinpoint objects the size of a [[Scraplet]] from a dozen hics away."
* Pg 59 - [[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] once utilized [[Vrobian]] powder on his brothers.
* Pg 61 - [[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] is also known by the nickname [[The Doctor]].

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 3 - Events==
*[[TransWarped]] as Shockwave and Starscream's Internal Logs, Ratchet and Optimus Prime's Autobot Incident Reports, Bumblebee's Private Journal, and the Headmaster's [[Yatter]] page
*[[Three's a Crowd]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Bulkhead and Lugnut's Internal Log
*[[Where Is Thy Sting]] as Autobot Incident Reports by [[First Aid (Animated)| First Aid]] and Bumblebee
*[[Five Servos Of Doom]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Prowl
*[[Predacons Rising]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Sentinel Prime and a message in a bottle by Waspinator
*[[Human Error, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Human Error, Part II]] as Scrapper's diary
*[[Decepticon Air]] as Sentinel Prime's Private Journal
*[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]] as an issue of the ALTernity Today magazine
*[[Endgame, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Endgame, Part II]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 4 - Culture==
* [[Human Error, Part I|Automen]] by Bulkhead
* [[Rock Lord]]s by Bumblebee
* [[Space bridge]]s by Megatron
* [[Ninja Gladiator]] by Sari
* [[Christmas]] by Optimus Prime
* Scooter / Jetpack by Isaac Sumdac
* Thanatos-class ships by Strika
* [[Great War (Animated)|The Great War]] (the game)
* [[Electronic paint job|Electronic Paint]] by Bumblebee
* Helmets by Swindle
* [[Protoform]]s by Yoketron
* [[Cloning]] by Swindle
* The [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]
* Prototype Minions by Soundwave
* The [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] Reconstituted by Optimus Prime

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
*One of the playable characters for Ninja Gladiator shown is Snake Eyes from the G.I.Joe cartoon and comics.

==Chapter 5 - Cybertron==
* Cybertron and its moons by Ultra Magnus
* The [[Hadeen System]] by Cosmos
* Stellar Cartography by Swindle
* [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]] by Captain Fanzone
* The [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]] by Alpha Trion
* [[Longarm (Animated)|Longarm]]'s office by Cliffjumper
* Infirmary by Arcee
* [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]] by Sentinel Prime
* [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] by Brawn
* [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]] by Lockdown
* [[Space bridge nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]] by Bulkhead

===Transformers references===
*Pg 125 - On the menu for Maccadam's there are several pictures of the heads of various Transformers characters from across the multi-verse. These include Sky Linx, Chromia, Cy-kill, Blaster and Cheetor represented as remold of Blurr with new head pieces representing two ears.

===Real-world references===

Pg 114-115

There are dozens of references to fictional planets on these two pages alone.

Marklar is a reference to a planet in the [[wikipedia: South Park| South Park]] episode [[wikipedia: Starvin' Marvin in Space| Starvin Marvin in Space]].

[[wikipedia: Skaro| Skaro]] is a reference to [[wikipedia: Doctor Who| Doctor Who]]. [[Swindle (Animated)| Swindle's]] comment about needed a Mark III Travel Machine is a reference to a device used by [[Dalek| Daleks]], who have appeared in Transformers before.

Nintenduu LVIX is a reference to a planet from [[wikipedia: Futurama| Futurama]].

Zeotopia and the subsequent comments by Swindle about the Sectoids and Reptosaurs are all reference to the now defunct [[Hasbro]] toyline called [[wikipedia: Xevoz| Xevoz]]. If you don't get these references, [http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/2005/11/09/xevoz/ you are a monster.]

==Chapter 6 - Settings==
* Cyberspace by Prowl
* [[Burger Bot]] by Sari Sumdac
* [[Tigatron Stadium]] by Lugnut
* [[Fossil Fuel]] by Dirtboss
* Soundwave's lab by Sari
* [[Beast Wars (event)|Unknown locale]] by Blackarachnia

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 7 - Project Omega==
* [[Omega Laboratory]] by Ratchet
* Autobot workers by Blitzwing
* [[Sigma Supreme|Steelhaven]] by Ultra Magnus
** Steelhaven cargo by Swindle
** Steelhaven brig by Sunstorm
** Steelhaven infrastructure by Optimus Prime
** Steelhaven Energon storage by Jazz
** Steelhaven schematics by Perceptor
* [[Lugnut Supreme]] by Starscream

===Transformers references===
* Override Prime is an homage to [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] of Transformers Cybertron. And yes, she is a girl.
* Kappa Supreme's codename, Chromia X, is a reference to the [[Chromia 10|pursuit ship]] used by [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in Dawn Of Futures Past.
*The name of Alpha Supremes ship mode is the Axalon, the name of the sship used by the Maximals in Beast Wars. His mentor bot also happens to be Primal Major, a reference to the Maximal leader Optimus Primal from the same series.

===Real-world references===

==Section I - Toy Design==

==Section II - Animation==

==Section III - Season Four==

==Section IV - Toy Gallery==

==Section V - Packaging Art==

==Section VI - The Cast==

==Interstitials==

==Literary elements==
Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

==Notes==
* Cover artist [[Marcelo Matere]] recreates some of his own [[package art]] on the cover. That's probably a first.
* [[Hiroyuki Otoboto]]'s quote contains 「思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"), which was manga artist [[Naoto Tsushima]]'s reaction that he tweeted after importing the [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|first volume.]] <ref>[http://twitvideo.jp/00VMB Tsushima's TwitVideo with "The AllSpark Almanac"]</ref>

===Errors===
* The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy. It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
* On the back cover, the quote for Hiroyuki is mistakenly written as 「小さい頃、超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーの本この本に等しかったな。懐かしいない... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]] did have a book that was something like this. I didn't miss it... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"). The correct form should have been 「小さい頃、『超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー』の本この本に等しかったない。懐かしいな... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, 'Super Robot Lifeform Transformers' didn't have a book that was something like this. How nostalgic... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!").
* On p. 52, the text says that [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] "bristles with ordinance". "Ordinances" are local laws; "ordnance" is weaponry.
* On p. 58, "posses" is misspelled "poses".
* On p. 114, in the text at the top, "[[Vestial Imperium]]" is misspelled "Vestal".
* On p. 139, "primitive" is misspelled "primative".

==References==
<references/>
==External links==
*[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/digipedia/annotatedalmanac2.html The Annotated AllSpark Almanac II], a 98% complete listing of the hidden references in the book

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Iacon (polity)

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{{disambig2|the city-state from numerous [[continuity family|continuities]]|the weird [[Godmaster]]-related thingy from [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]|Iacon (Masterforce)}}
'''Iacon''' is an [[Autobot]]-controlled [[Polities of Cybertron|city-state]], located near the north pole of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. It is also the location of the capital city of the same name.

==Places of Interest==
Places of interest within Iacon:

===Generation 1 cartoon===
[[Image:Iacon.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Dome, sweet dome.]]
*'''Autobot Base''' - Iacon is depicted as a walled headquarters, reachable by an extendable bridge. Autobots needed to signal their approach before being allowed into Iacon. Lining the path to Iacon were a series of lamp-post like structures—the basis for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s Cybertron-based alt-form.
*The [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s launch bay

===Marvel comics===
*[[Academy of Science and Technology]]
*[[Autobase (G1)|Autobase]] (post-war)
*[[Jan-Ja]]
*The Celestial Temple
*The Great Dome
*[[Imperial Amphitheatre]]
*[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]
*The [[Matrix Flame]] Chamber

===Dreamwave comics===
*The [[Border Regions]] (sub-orbital district)
**The [[Forum of Enlightenment]]
**The [[Promontory]]
*The [[Central Spaceport]]
*The [[High Council Pavilions]]
**The [[Chamber of the Ancients]]
**The [[Decagon]]
**The [[Energon Pools]]
**The [[Grand Oratory]]
**The [[Stellar Galleries]]
**The [[Tower of Pion]]
**The [[Vaults]]
*The [[Oracle Tank]]
*Iacon East
*Access Shaft 0-5 (sub-surface)
*[[Quadrant Epsilon]]
**The [[Detention Banks]]
**Shockwave's secret laboratory
*[[Shockwave's Tower]]
*Planetary Engine Vents (sub-surface)
*[[Virtue's Forum]]

===IDW comics===
*[[Iaconian Aerial Academy]]

===''Animated'' comics===
*The Autobot Memorial Plaza

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====Marvel comics====
{{noteukonly}}
Iacon functioned as the heart of Autobot territory on Cybertron, and appears to have been the base of the [[Council of Autobot Elders]] prior to the departure of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his comrades from the planet. It was termed "greatest of the city-states" for the Autobots on Cybertron.

[[Image:Iaconfrom1986annual.jpg|left|275px|thumb|]]
''Without Prime's leadership, the Autobot war effort fell further and further into disarray—but Iacon's defences remained steady. The Decepticons, led by [[Trannis]] succeeding [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], besieged the city and continued to attempt its capture for many thousands of years. Eventually, being in control of the remainder of Cybertron, Trannis decided it simply was not worth capturing Iacon intact and ordered his troops to level the city, which they did to such an extent that by the time Optimus Prime returned briefly to Cybertron, the city was completely in ruins.''

''Still, the Autobots maintained a presence in Iacon, if only from small resistance bases in its ruins. [[Autobase (G1)|Autobase]] itself was located within these ruins at one point, and the [[Wrecker]]s operated from this base conducting strikes and raids on Decepticon holdings on a continuing basis.''

====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Iacon was the last Autobot safe haven on Cybertron. It was a large, domed fortress colored gold. It was the site of the Ark's launch for a search of new energy sources. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

====Dreamwave comics====
Iacon was the capital of Cybertron and the headquarters of the Autobots. After [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optronix]] became [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], he ordered an evacuation of Cybertron. However, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered a [[planetary engine]] vent to activate, destroying the [[Forum of Enlightenment]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] went down beneath the wreckage, in an attempt to leave him isolated and vulnerable. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] then led an assault on Iacon, with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] leading the defense. During the assault, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] believed he killed Megatron, and activated the mecha-forming process, intending to destroy Iacon, the Autobots, and Shockwave, the only real threat to his leadership. After seeing the devastation that was Iacon, the Autobots agreed to Prime's evacuation order, but Optimus reversed the order and ordered the Autobots to dig in. {{storylink|The War Within|The War Within}}

[[Image:Iaconundershockwave.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
In the future, Iacon had completely shut down as part of a world-wide [[stasis lock]] across the face of Cybertron. The first to awaken, Shockwave saw the dead world as having infinite potential. As part of his efforts to restore the planet, Shockwave united Autobot and Decepticon factions and rebuilt the city as a testament to the supremacy of his rule. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

On Earth, Shockwave arrested Optimus Prime and the Autobots under his command and brought them back to Cybertron, Iacon specifically, planning to deactivate them. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Prime and the others escaped with help from the Autobot resistance and then staged an all-out assault on the city. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

====IDW comics====
Iacon was the capital of Cybertron and the base of the [[Senate]], and where most Senators spent their time, rather than with their constituents. When the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began with the Battle of [[Kaon]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s Autobots were trying to contact Iacon for reinforcements. After Sentinel Prime's [[body]] was dropped in front of them, Prowl instead requested an evacuation to Iacon. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
After the [[Great Upgrade]], Iacon was paved over and replaced with [[Cybertropolis]]. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] led [[Optimus Primal]] to believe that clues to the locations of the lost [[spark]]s could be located in Iacon's ruins, so Primal and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] went searching there. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}

{{note|When the Maximals visit Iacon's ruins, everyone who speaks the city's name incorrectly pronounces it a "I'''o'''con. This isn't the first time [[Teletraan I (G1)|this kind of error]] has been made}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] mentioned having been a warrior since his "spark left the Iacon chamber." {{storylink|Rebellion}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
Iacon has become the capital of Cybertron, apparently replacing [[Cyber City]] or [[Central City (Energon)|Central City]].

[[Lugnutz]] longed for his pre-Decepticons days in the nanobrew shops of Iacon where poetry was recited. {{storylink|Cyber Key Codes|Lugnutz's Cyber Key Code text}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
{{stub}}
{{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}} {{storylink|Around Cybertron#Around Cybertron #3|Around Cybertron #3}}

===''Transformers Animated''===
When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] [[Bumblebee (Animated)|and]] [[Bulkhead (Animated)|his]] [[Prowl (Animated)|repair]] [[Ratchet (Animated)|crew]] vanished shortly after taking possession of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] begrudgingly gave their eulogy at the Autobot Memorial Plaza in Iacon City. {{storylink|Dispatches}}
When [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Carmine Fanzone]] first arrived on Cybertron via the Spacebridge atop Sumdac Tower he arrived in Iacon. Ratchet quickly followed behind him before the two left for [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

===''Transformers: Prime''===
====''Exodus'' novel====
[[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]], [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Jazz (Prime)|Jazz]] worked at the [[Hall of Records]], and the latter two would drink at Maccadam's. The [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] would meet in a tower built over [[Teletraan-1]], which contained the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] and the dormant [[Omega Supreme (Prime)|Omega Supreme]]. [[Vector Sigma]] was also located beneath the city, and [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]] and the [[Manganese Mountains]] were nearby. Iacon remained unmolested until the end of the war, as the [[Autobot]]s also held [[Kalis]], which produced enough fusion energy for the city, and because of the city's formidable anti-aircraft turrets. Art, music and maintenance of the [[DataNet]] continued. The Decepticons infiltrated Teletraan-1 to steal the Chamber so they could poison Cybertron's [[core]] with [[Dark Energon]], causing Omega Supreme to crash into the city. When the Autobots left Cybertron on the ''[[Ark (Prime)|Ark]]'', Decepticons flooded into the city. ''{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}''

====''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)====
{{Stub}}
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Iacontoy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I can see my house from here.]]
*'''Primus''' (2006)
:Iacon is one of two distinguishable cities molded into the surface of [[Primus]]' planet mode. It features many major landmarks as depicted in the Dreamwave comics and DK's Transformers ''Ultimate Guide'', such as the Stellar Galleries, the Decagon, the Chamber of the Ancients, and the Tower of Pion.
:The other distinguishable landmark is the Decepticon fortress [[Kolkular]], which, similar to the depiction on the Cybertron map in the ''Ultimate Guide'', is placed on the opposite end of the toy from Iacon. ''The War Within'' comics also describe Iacon being built on the surface above buried planetary engines that could conceivably maneuver Cybertron through space; likewise, the toy places Iacon directly over Primus' shoulder cannon shafts. Both of these details, however, are likely a coincidence.

===Cybertron===
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)
:Yep, it was still there when the toy was released months later in the ''Cybertron'' toyline.
{{-}}

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Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

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|seriesissue=''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2''
|image=AllSparkAlmanacIIcover.jpg
|caption=This is where Hasbro's planning to ultimately release Blackout.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]]
|date=[[June 30]], [[2010]]
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]
|pagecount=220
|price=$19.99 USD
|prev=Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
|ISBN=ISBN 1600106838 
ISBN 978-1600106835
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{{bigquote|Now listen up all you palookas out there! Yer gonna shell out yer dough, yer gonna buy this here book and yer gonna like it. Capish?|[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]], the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2}}

'''''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2''''' is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that delights in shattering readers' pants and brains. Again.

==Contents==
*Foreword, by [[Matt Youngberg]]
*Introduction by the Authors
*Chapter 1: [[Autobot]]s
*Interstitial A: Size Comparison Charts
*Chapter 2: [[Decepticon]]s
*Interstitial B: [[Transformers Animated (franchise)#Japanese release|''Animated'' in Japan]]
*Chapter 3: Events
*Interstitial C: Style Guides
*Chapter 4: Culture
*Interstitial D: [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Episodes|Shorts]]
*Chapter 5: [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]
*Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
*Chapter 6: Settings
*Interstitial F: [[Transformers Animated: The Game|The Video Game]]
*Chapter 7: Project Omega
*Interstitial G: [[The Arrival]]
*Foreword by [[Eric Siebenaler]]
*Section I: Toy Design
*Section II: Animation
*Section III: Season Four
*Section IV: Toy Gallery
*Section V: Packaging Art
*Section VI: The Cast
*Afterword, by [[Aaron Archer]]
*Acknowledgments

==Chapter 1 - Autobots==
Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|"Wingblade" Optimus Prime]] by Megatron
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] by Jetstorm
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] by Jetfire
*[[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Yoketron]] by Jazz
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] by Shockwave
*[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] by Perceptor
*[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] by Wheeljack
*[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] by Kup
*[[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] by Ironhide
*[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] by Red Alert
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] by Hot Shot
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] by Rosanna
*[[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] by Rattletrap
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] by Shockwave
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] by Flareup
*[[Dug Base]] by Wheelie
*[[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] by Ultra Magnus
*[[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Rattletrap]] by Warpath
*[[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Autotrooper|Autotroopers]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] by Tracks
*[[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] by Seaspray
*[[Pipes (Animated)|Pipes]] by Huffer
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] by Pipes
*[[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] by Bulkhead
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] by Beachcomber
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] by Blitzwing
*[[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] by Cliffjumper
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] by Volks
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] by Glyph
*[[Chase (Animated)|Chase]] by Carrera
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] by Sedan
*[[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]] by Furão
*[[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] by Tap-Out
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]] by Bumper
*[[Furão]] by Chase
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] by Freeway
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]] by Hubcap
*[[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]] by Searchlight
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] by Warpath
*[[Lightbright]] by Dug Base
*[[Lickety-Split]] by Lightbright
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] by Grandus
**[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]]
**[[Zaur]]
**[[Ramhorn (Animated)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Sari Sumdac]] by Ratchet
*[[Wasp]] by Bumblebee}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 16 - [[Yoketron]] has learned and subsequently taught the arts of [[Crystalocution]], [[Diffusion]], [[Tekkaido]], and [[Circuit-Su]].
* Pg 17 - The art of [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] depicts him with a [[Cigar#IDW comics continuity|cy-gar]].
* Pg 18 - [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] comments on sitting "not ten [[Units of length|mechanometers]]" across from [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] in [[Autobot High Council#Transformers: Animated|High Council]] meetings.
* Pg 19 - [[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] is credited with solving [[Extempaxia|Extempaxia's]] fourth conjecture.
* Pg 20 - Kup refers to [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Hot Rod's]] flame deco as making him look "like he's the [[Pit]]-Damned [[The Fallen|Fallen]]."
* Pg 22 - In [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide's]] anecdotes about [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], he makes mention of the [[Tower of Pion]], [[Ballobot|ballobots]], and [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian|Widow's Cafe]].
* Pg 24 - [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert's]] hand has been replaced with a [[Transfer Interlink]]. She graduated top of her class at [[Polyhex|Polyhex Medical Mechanical]] and created the vaccine for [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].
* Pg 26a - Reportedly, [[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] is into [[Syk|syk]], [[Simultronic|simultronics]], [[Angolmois]], and [[Crysmag metal|crysmag]], among other substances.
* Pg 26b - Shockwave recounts the last meeting he had with [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] in the [[Manganese Mountains]].
* Pg 29a - [[Rattletrap]] can apparently get unlicensed [[Shock Pop]] datatrax and forged [[S.T.A.R.S.]] idento-cards for the right price.
* Pg 29b - [[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] fought in the War of the Waves on [[Antilla]].
* Pg 30a - [[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] rid [[Daffodil II]] of a [[Morphobot]] infestation.
* Pg 30b - [[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] was found orphaned in [[Quintesson]] territory.
* Pg 33 - Most of [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper's]] run-up on [[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] portrays a [[Traitor|major lack of trust]].
* Pg 34 - [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] apparently studied the technological evolution of the inhabitants of the [[Gorlam Prime|Gorlam system]].
* Pg 36a - [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] accuses [[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] of being a "[[Sam Witwicky|LadiesBot217]]-type."
* Pg 36b - [[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]]'s run-up mentions [[Cybertronian sport#The Iacon 5000|the Iacon 5000]].
* Pg 36c - [[Furão]]'s name means "ferret" in Old [[Malignus]]. He was stationed aboard the ''[[Flash Frenzy (Animated)|Flash Frenzy]]''.
* Pg 37 - [[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper's]] ship crash-landed on [[Bhul]].
* Pg 38 - [[Lickety-Split]] is a fan of the [[Galactic Olympics]], and would like to win a [[Golden Disk (Animated)|Golden Disk]] in the Tour de [[Orgenon Cluster|Orgenon]].
* Pg 41 - [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] mentions Project: [[Powermaster]].
* Pg 42-43 - [[Sari Sumdac|Sari's]] built-in upgrades include twin [[Master Blade|Master Blades]], a [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]], [[Azusa]] energy skates, and [[Micron Booster|Micron Boosters]].

===Real-world references===
* Sari yapping on and on about "vampire movies" is a reference to the ''Twilight'' book/film franchise.
* [[Lickety-Split]] seems to have a thing for a certain [[Buzz Lightyear| space ranger]].

==Chapter 2 - Decepticons==
Chapter two covers all Decepticons who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Wasp|Waspinator]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Strika (Animated)|General Strika]] by Lugnut
*[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] by Cyclonus
*[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] by Scalpel
*[[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] by Megatron
*[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]] by Oil Slick
*[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] by Scrapper and Mixmaster
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave's Avatars]] by Prowl
*[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] and [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] by Soundwave
*[[Reflector (Animated)|Reflector]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Straxus (Animated)|Lord High Governor Straxus]] by Strika
*[[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] by Swindle
*[[Stretch]] by Porter C. Powell
*[[Flip Sides (Animated)|Flip Sides]] by Blurr
*[[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] by Perceptor
*[[Magnificus (Animated)|Magnificus]] by Starscream}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 48 - [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] carries a small reserve of [[Forestonite]] to achieve high velocity in tank mode.
* Pg 49 - [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] has concocted both [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|cosmic rust]] and the [[Reverse Evolution virus]].
* Pg 54 - [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor's]] tendril weapons are identified as [[Legion]] Tentacles. ''Eugh.''
* Pg 55 - [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] have been working on a "[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]."
* Pg 57 - [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat's]] electro-echolocation allows him to "pinpoint objects the size of a [[Scraplet]] from a dozen hics away."
* Pg 59 - [[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] once utilized [[Vrobian]] powder on his brothers.
* Pg 61 - [[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] is also known by the nickname [[The Doctor]].

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 3 - Events==
*[[TransWarped]] as Shockwave and Starscream's Internal Logs, Ratchet and Optimus Prime's Autobot Incident Reports, Bumblebee's Private Journal, and the Headmaster's [[Yatter]] page
*[[Three's a Crowd]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Bulkhead and Lugnut's Internal Log
*[[Where Is Thy Sting]] as Autobot Incident Reports by [[First Aid (Animated)| First Aid]] and Bumblebee
*[[Five Servos Of Doom]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Prowl
*[[Predacons Rising]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Sentinel Prime and a message in a bottle by Waspinator
*[[Human Error, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Human Error, Part II]] as Scrapper's diary
*[[Decepticon Air]] as Sentinel Prime's Private Journal
*[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]] as an issue of the ALTernity Today magazine
*[[Endgame, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Endgame, Part II]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 4 - Culture==
* [[Human Error, Part I|Automen]] by Bulkhead
* [[Rock Lord]]s by Bumblebee
* [[Space bridge]]s by Megatron
* [[Ninja Gladiator]] by Sari
* [[Christmas]] by Optimus Prime
* Scooter / Jetpack by Isaac Sumdac
* Thanatos-class ships by Strika
* [[Great War (Animated)|The Great War]] (the game)
* [[Electronic paint job|Electronic Paint]] by Bumblebee
* Helmets by Swindle
* [[Protoform]]s by Yoketron
* [[Cloning]] by Swindle
* The [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]
* Prototype Minions by Soundwave
* The [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] Reconstituted by Optimus Prime

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
*One of the playable characters for Ninja Gladiator shown is Snake Eyes from the G.I.Joe cartoon and comics.

==Chapter 5 - Cybertron==
* Cybertron and its moons by Ultra Magnus
* The [[Hadeen System]] by Cosmos
* Stellar Cartography by Swindle
* [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]] by Captain Fanzone
* The [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]] by Alpha Trion
* [[Longarm (Animated)|Longarm]]'s office by Cliffjumper
* Infirmary by Arcee
* [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]] by Sentinel Prime
* [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] by Brawn
* [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]] by Lockdown
* [[Space bridge nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]] by Bulkhead

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

Pg 114-115

There are dozens of references to fictional planets on these two pages alone.

Marklar is a reference to a planet in the [[wikipedia: South Park| South Park]] episode [[wikipedia: Starvin' Marvin in Space| Starvin Marvin in Space]].

[[wikipedia: Skaro| Skaro]] is a reference to [[wikipedia: Doctor Who| Doctor Who]]. [[Swindle (Animated)| Swindle's]] comment about needed a Mark III Travel Machine is a reference to a device used by [[Dalek| Daleks]], who have appeared in Transformers before.

Nintenduu LVIX is a reference to a planet from [[wikipedia: Futurama| Futurama]].

Zeotopia and the subsequent comments by Swindle about the Sectoids and Reptosaurs are all reference to the now defunct [[Hasbro]] toyline called [[wikipedia: Xevoz| Xevoz]]. If you don't get these references, [http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/2005/11/09/xevoz/ you are a monster.]

==Chapter 6 - Settings==
* Cyberspace by Prowl
* [[Burger Bot]] by Sari Sumdac
* [[Tigatron Stadium]] by Lugnut
* [[Fossil Fuel]] by Dirtboss
* Soundwave's lab by Sari
* [[Beast Wars (event)|Unknown locale]] by Blackarachnia

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 7 - Project Omega==
* [[Omega Laboratory]] by Ratchet
* Autobot workers by Blitzwing
* [[Sigma Supreme|Steelhaven]] by Ultra Magnus
** Steelhaven cargo by Swindle
** Steelhaven brig by Sunstorm
** Steelhaven infrastructure by Optimus Prime
** Steelhaven Energon storage by Jazz
** Steelhaven schematics by Perceptor
* [[Lugnut Supreme]] by Starscream

===Transformers references===
* Override Prime is an homage to [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] of Transformers Cybertron. And yes, she is a girl.
* Kappa Supreme's codename, Chromia X, is a reference to the [[Chromia 10|pursuit ship]] used by [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in Dawn Of Futures Past.
*The name of Alpha Supremes ship mode is the Axalon, the name of the sship used by the Maximals in Beast Wars. His mentor bot also happens to be Primal Major, a reference to the Maximal leader Optimus Primal from the same series.

===Real-world references===

==Section I - Toy Design==

==Section II - Animation==

==Section III - Season Four==

==Section IV - Toy Gallery==

==Section V - Packaging Art==

==Section VI - The Cast==

==Interstitials==

==Literary elements==
Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

==Notes==
* Cover artist [[Marcelo Matere]] recreates some of his own [[package art]] on the cover. That's probably a first.
* [[Hiroyuki Otoboto]]'s quote contains 「思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"), which was manga artist [[Naoto Tsushima]]'s reaction that he tweeted after importing the [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|first volume.]] <ref>[http://twitvideo.jp/00VMB Tsushima's TwitVideo with "The AllSpark Almanac"]</ref>

===Errors===
* The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy. It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
* On the back cover, the quote for Hiroyuki is mistakenly written as 「小さい頃、超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーの本この本に等しかったな。懐かしいない... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]] did have a book that was something like this. I didn't miss it... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"). The correct form should have been 「小さい頃、『超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー』の本この本に等しかったない。懐かしいな... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, 'Super Robot Lifeform Transformers' didn't have a book that was something like this. How nostalgic... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!").
* On p. 52, the text says that [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] "bristles with ordinance". "Ordinances" are local laws; "ordnance" is weaponry.
* On p. 58, "posses" is misspelled "poses".
* On p. 114, in the text at the top, "[[Vestial Imperium]]" is misspelled "Vestal".
* On p. 139, "primitive" is misspelled "primative".

==References==
<references/>
==External links==
*[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/digipedia/annotatedalmanac2.html The Annotated AllSpark Almanac II], a 98% complete listing of the hidden references in the book

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|seriesissue=''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2''
|image=AllSparkAlmanacIIcover.jpg
|caption=This is where Hasbro's planning to ultimately release Blackout.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]]
|date=[[June 30]], [[2010]]
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]
|pagecount=220
|price=$19.99 USD
|prev=Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac
|ISBN=ISBN 1600106838 
ISBN 978-1600106835
}}

{{bigquote|Now listen up all you palookas out there! Yer gonna shell out yer dough, yer gonna buy this here book and yer gonna like it. Capish?|[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]], the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2}}

'''''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2''''' is proof of a loving, nonspecific deity that delights in shattering readers' pants and brains. Again.

==Contents==
*Foreword, by [[Matt Youngberg]]
*Introduction by the Authors
*Chapter 1: [[Autobot]]s
*Interstitial A: Size Comparison Charts
*Chapter 2: [[Decepticon]]s
*Interstitial B: [[Transformers Animated (franchise)#Japanese release|''Animated'' in Japan]]
*Chapter 3: Events
*Interstitial C: Style Guides
*Chapter 4: Culture
*Interstitial D: [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Episodes|Shorts]]
*Chapter 5: [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]
*Interstitial E: Deleted Scenes
*Chapter 6: Settings
*Interstitial F: [[Transformers Animated: The Game|The Video Game]]
*Chapter 7: Project Omega
*Interstitial G: [[The Arrival]]
*Foreword by [[Eric Siebenaler]]
*Section I: Toy Design
*Section II: Animation
*Section III: Season Four
*Section IV: Toy Gallery
*Section V: Packaging Art
*Section VI: The Cast
*Afterword, by [[Aaron Archer]]
*Acknowledgments

==Chapter 1 - Autobots==
Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|"Wingblade" Optimus Prime]] by Megatron
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] by Jetstorm
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] by Jetfire
*[[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Yoketron]] by Jazz
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] by Shockwave
*[[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] by Perceptor
*[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] by Wheeljack
*[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] by Kup
*[[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] by Ironhide
*[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] by Red Alert
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] by Hot Shot
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] by Rosanna
*[[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] by Rattletrap
*[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] by Shockwave
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] by Flareup
*[[Dug Base]] by Wheelie
*[[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] by Ultra Magnus
*[[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Rattletrap]] by Warpath
*[[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Autotrooper|Autotroopers]] by Alpha Trion
*[[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] by Tracks
*[[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] by Seaspray
*[[Pipes (Animated)|Pipes]] by Huffer
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] by Pipes
*[[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] by Bulkhead
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] by Beachcomber
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] by Blitzwing
*[[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] by Cliffjumper
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] by Volks
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] by Glyph
*[[Chase (Animated)|Chase]] by Carrera
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] by Sedan
*[[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]] by Furão
*[[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] by Tap-Out
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]] by Bumper
*[[Furão]] by Chase
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] by Freeway
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]] by Hubcap
*[[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper]] by Searchlight
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] by Warpath
*[[Lightbright]] by Dug Base
*[[Lickety-Split]] by Lightbright
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] by Grandus
**[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]]
**[[Zaur]]
**[[Ramhorn (Animated)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Sari Sumdac]] by Ratchet
*[[Wasp]] by Bumblebee}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 16 - [[Yoketron]] has learned and subsequently taught the arts of [[Crystalocution]], [[Diffusion]], [[Tekkaido]], and [[Circuit-Su]].
* Pg 17 - The art of [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] depicts him with a [[Cigar#IDW comics continuity|cy-gar]].
* Pg 18 - [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] comments on sitting "not ten [[Units of length|mechanometers]]" across from [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] in [[Autobot High Council#Transformers: Animated|High Council]] meetings.
* Pg 19 - [[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] is credited with solving [[Extempaxia|Extempaxia's]] fourth conjecture.
* Pg 20 - Kup refers to [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Hot Rod's]] flame deco as making him look "like he's the [[Pit]]-Damned [[The Fallen|Fallen]]."
* Pg 22 - In [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide's]] anecdotes about [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], he makes mention of the [[Tower of Pion]], [[Ballobot|ballobots]], and [[Widow's Cafe Cybertronian|Widow's Cafe]].
* Pg 24 - [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert's]] hand has been replaced with a [[Transfer Interlink]]. She graduated top of her class at [[Polyhex|Polyhex Medical Mechanical]] and created the vaccine for [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].
* Pg 26a - Reportedly, [[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] is into [[Syk|syk]], [[Simultronic|simultronics]], [[Angolmois]], and [[Crysmag metal|crysmag]], among other substances.
* Pg 26b - Shockwave recounts the last meeting he had with [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] in the [[Manganese Mountains]].
* Pg 29a - [[Rattletrap]] can apparently get unlicensed [[Shock Pop]] datatrax and forged [[S.T.A.R.S.]] idento-cards for the right price.
* Pg 29b - [[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] fought in the War of the Waves on [[Antilla]].
* Pg 30a - [[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] rid [[Daffodil II]] of a [[Morphobot]] infestation.
* Pg 30b - [[Wheelie (Animated)|Wheelie]] was found orphaned in [[Quintesson]] territory.
* Pg 33 - Most of [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper's]] run-up on [[Mirage (Animated)|Mirage]] portrays a [[Traitor|major lack of trust]].
* Pg 34 - [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] apparently studied the technological evolution of the inhabitants of the [[Gorlam Prime|Gorlam system]].
* Pg 36a - [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] accuses [[Volks (Animated)|Volks]] of being a "[[Sam Witwicky|LadiesBot217]]-type."
* Pg 36b - [[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]]'s run-up mentions [[Cybertronian sport#The Iacon 5000|the Iacon 5000]].
* Pg 36c - [[Furão]]'s name means "ferret" in Old [[Malignus]]. He was stationed aboard the ''[[Flash Frenzy (Animated)|Flash Frenzy]]''.
* Pg 37 - [[Bumper (Animated)|Bumper's]] ship crash-landed on [[Bhul]].
* Pg 38 - [[Lickety-Split]] is a fan of the [[Galactic Olympics]], and would like to win a [[Golden Disk (Animated)|Golden Disk]] in the Tour de [[Orgenon Cluster|Orgenon]].
* Pg 41 - [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] mentions Project: [[Powermaster]].
* Pg 42-43 - [[Sari Sumdac|Sari's]] built-in upgrades include twin [[Master Blade|Master Blades]], a [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]], [[Azusa]] energy skates, and [[Micron Booster|Micron Boosters]].

===Real-world references===
* Sari yapping on and on about "vampire movies" is a reference to the ''Twilight'' book/film franchise.
* [[Lickety-Split]] seems to have a thing for a certain [[Buzz Lightyear| space ranger]].

==Chapter 2 - Decepticons==
Chapter two covers all Decepticons who appear in the third season of the cartoon and beyond.

{{collist|3|
*[[Wasp|Waspinator]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Strika (Animated)|General Strika]] by Lugnut
*[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] by Cyclonus
*[[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] by Scalpel
*[[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] by Megatron
*[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]] by Oil Slick
*[[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] by Scrapper and Mixmaster
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave's Avatars]] by Prowl
*[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] and [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] by Soundwave
*[[Reflector (Animated)|Reflector]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Straxus (Animated)|Lord High Governor Straxus]] by Strika
*[[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] by Swindle
*[[Stretch]] by Porter C. Powell
*[[Flip Sides (Animated)|Flip Sides]] by Blurr
*[[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] by Perceptor
*[[Magnificus (Animated)|Magnificus]] by Starscream}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 48 - [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] carries a small reserve of [[Forestonite]] to achieve high velocity in tank mode.
* Pg 49 - [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] has concocted both [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|cosmic rust]] and the [[Reverse Evolution virus]].
* Pg 54 - [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor's]] tendril weapons are identified as [[Legion]] Tentacles. ''Eugh.''
* Pg 55 - [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] have been working on a "[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]."
* Pg 57 - [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat's]] electro-echolocation allows him to "pinpoint objects the size of a [[Scraplet]] from a dozen hics away."
* Pg 59 - [[Slapper (Animated)|Slapper]] once utilized [[Vrobian]] powder on his brothers.
* Pg 61 - [[Scalpel (Animated)|Scalpel]] is also known by the nickname [[The Doctor]].

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 3 - Events==
*[[TransWarped]] as Shockwave and Starscream's Internal Logs, Ratchet and Optimus Prime's Autobot Incident Reports, Bumblebee's Private Journal, and the Headmaster's [[Yatter]] page
*[[Three's a Crowd]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Bulkhead and Lugnut's Internal Log
*[[Where Is Thy Sting]] as Autobot Incident Reports by [[First Aid (Animated)| First Aid]] and Bumblebee
*[[Five Servos Of Doom]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Prowl
*[[Predacons Rising]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Sentinel Prime and a message in a bottle by Waspinator
*[[Human Error, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Human Error, Part II]] as Scrapper's diary
*[[Decepticon Air]] as Sentinel Prime's Private Journal
*[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]] as an issue of the ALTernity Today magazine
*[[Endgame, Part I]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Endgame, Part II]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 4 - Culture==
* [[Human Error, Part I|Automen]] by Bulkhead
* [[Rock Lord]]s by Bumblebee
* [[Space bridge]]s by Megatron
* [[Ninja Gladiator]] by Sari
* [[Christmas]] by Optimus Prime
* Scooter / Jetpack by Isaac Sumdac
* Thanatos-class ships by Strika
* [[Great War (Animated)|The Great War]] (the game)
* [[Electronic paint job|Electronic Paint]] by Bumblebee
* Helmets by Swindle
* [[Protoform]]s by Yoketron
* [[Cloning]] by Swindle
* The [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]
* Prototype Minions by Soundwave
* The [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] Reconstituted by Optimus Prime

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===
*One of the playable characters for Ninja Gladiator shown is Snake Eyes from the G.I.Joe cartoon and comics.

==Chapter 5 - Cybertron==
* Cybertron and its moons by Ultra Magnus
* The [[Hadeen System]] by Cosmos
* Stellar Cartography by Swindle
* [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]] by Captain Fanzone
* The [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]] by Alpha Trion
* [[Longarm (Animated)|Longarm]]'s office by Cliffjumper
* Infirmary by Arcee
* [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]] by Sentinel Prime
* [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] by Brawn
* [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]] by Lockdown
* [[Space bridge nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]] by Bulkhead

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

Pg 114-115

There are dozens of references to fictional planets on these two pages alone.

Marklar is a reference to a planet in the [[wikipedia: South Park| South Park]] episode [[wikipedia: Starvin' Marvin in Space| Starvin Marvin in Space]].

[[wikipedia: Skaro| Skaro]] is a reference to [[wikipedia: Doctor Who| Doctor Who]]. [[Swindle (Animated)| Swindle's]] comment about needed a Mark III Travel Machine is a reference to a device used by [[Dalek| Daleks]], who have appeared in Transformers before.

Nintenduu LVIX is a reference to a planet from [[wikipedia: Futurama| Futurama]].

Zeotopia and the subsequent comments by Swindle about the Sectoids and Reptosaurs are all reference to the now defunct [[Hasbro]] toyline called [[wikipedia: Xevoz| Xevoz]]. If you don't get these references, [http://www.shortpacked.com/blog/2005/11/09/xevoz/ you are a monster.]

==Chapter 6 - Settings==
* Cyberspace by Prowl
* [[Burger Bot]] by Sari Sumdac
* [[Tigatron Stadium]] by Lugnut
* [[Fossil Fuel]] by Dirtboss
* Soundwave's lab by Sari
* [[Beast Wars (event)|Unknown locale]] by Blackarachnia

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

==Chapter 7 - Project Omega==
* [[Omega Laboratory]] by Ratchet
* Autobot workers by Blitzwing
* [[Sigma Supreme|Steelhaven]] by Ultra Magnus
** Steelhaven cargo by Swindle
** Steelhaven brig by Sunstorm
** Steelhaven infrastructure by Optimus Prime
** Steelhaven Energon storage by Jazz
** Steelhaven schematics by Perceptor
* [[Lugnut Supreme]] by Starscream

===Transformers references===
* Override Prime is an homage to [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] of Transformers Cybertron. And yes, she is a girl.
* Kappa Supreme's codename, Chromia X, is a reference to the [[Chromia 10|pursuit ship]] used by [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in Dawn Of Futures Past.

===Real-world references===

==Section I - Toy Design==

==Section II - Animation==

==Section III - Season Four==

==Section IV - Toy Gallery==

==Section V - Packaging Art==

==Section VI - The Cast==

==Interstitials==

==Literary elements==
Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

==Notes==
* Cover artist [[Marcelo Matere]] recreates some of his own [[package art]] on the cover. That's probably a first.
* [[Hiroyuki Otoboto]]'s quote contains 「思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"), which was manga artist [[Naoto Tsushima]]'s reaction that he tweeted after importing the [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|first volume.]] <ref>[http://twitvideo.jp/00VMB Tsushima's TwitVideo with "The AllSpark Almanac"]</ref>

===Errors===
* The cover depicts Bumblebee playing with Roll Out Command Optimus Prime, but the box beside him is that of Prime's Voyager-sized toy. It also depicts the Leader Class Bulkhead's buzzsaw on the wrong arm.
* On the back cover, the quote for Hiroyuki is mistakenly written as 「小さい頃、超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマーの本この本に等しかったな。懐かしいない... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]] did have a book that was something like this. I didn't miss it... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!"). The correct form should have been 「小さい頃、『超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー』の本この本に等しかったない。懐かしいな... 思ったよりも本のサイズが大きくてびっくり！」 ("When I was young, 'Super Robot Lifeform Transformers' didn't have a book that was something like this. How nostalgic... I was amazed—the book was even bigger than I expected!").
* On p. 52, the text says that [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] "bristles with ordinance". "Ordinances" are local laws; "ordnance" is weaponry.
* On p. 58, "posses" is misspelled "poses".
* On p. 114, in the text at the top, "[[Vestial Imperium]]" is misspelled "Vestal".
* On p. 139, "primitive" is misspelled "primative".

==References==
<references/>
==External links==
*[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/digipedia/annotatedalmanac2.html The Annotated AllSpark Almanac II], a 98% complete listing of the hidden references in the book

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Endgame, Part II

2010-06-14T10:35:20Z

89.100.116.254: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{disambig2|the ''Animated'' episode|the ''Beast Machines'' episode|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall}}

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFA-Endgame-MissionActuallyAccomplished.jpg
|caption=Mission: ACCOMPLISHED!
|ep=42
|title="Endgame, Part II"
|airdate=[[May 23]], 2009
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Yoshio Frank Chatani]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}
'''The Autobots fight to defend Detroit from Megatron and his clones of Omega Supreme.'''

==Synopsis==
Outside the plant, the [[Autobot]]s observe the [[Lugnut Supreme]]s hovering above Detroit. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] wonders what they are, and [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] assumes that [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] repurposed [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'s [[cloning]] technology to make clones of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. Aboard the main Lugnut Supreme, Megatron decides to start the field test with [[Sumdac Tower]]. Lugnut pontificates on the greatness of Megatron rather than getting it done, leading the annoyed Decepticon leader to ask [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] if he can control the clones directly yet. However, Shockwave is still working on finding the necessary security patches from [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]'s memory banks, and tells Megatron in an amused tone that he'll have to filter all orders for the clones through Lugnut.

In Detroit, the Lugnuts turn and open fire on Sumdac Tower. Fortunately, the force field goes up and protects the building. Unfortunately, it will only last for so long. Ratchet says that they need to launch an aerial assault with the [[Magnus Hammer]], but [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] is a little unsure. [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] then reinforces his leader's faltering confidence by promising to accompany him. Sari then offers to join them, and cuts off Optimus's "No, Sari—" with a rant about how she's always being told it's "too dangerous" for her to help, leaving her embarrassed when Prime says he was going to tell her to help protect the humans. He orders the others to help Sari in this, while he and Prowl take to the skies. Megatron initially assumes that the figure bearing the Magnus Hammer is [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] himself, and is quite relieved when he sees it's only Optimus. The two airborne Autobots manage to avoid the missiles sent in their direction, but Prime's opening shot with the Magnus Hammer misses the Lugnuts. Ratchet says that he's receiving Omega's signal from the moon, and suggests they transwarp to the moon and sever Megatron's connection. Optimus approves, and orders him to take Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] with him. Prowl says that they need to bring the Lugnuts down all at once, and Optimus uses the Magnus Hammer to cause a tornado which sends the Lugnuts crashing toward [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Megatron, livid, tells Lugnut to abort the field test, but Lugnut is forced to inform him that Prime's attack managed to damage the one Megatron was in and disable the flight mechanisms of the other two. Furious, Megatron tells him to have the clones destroy everything except Megatron himself, then leaves his clone and assumes his [[alternate mode|flight mode]], intending to take a more direct role.

At Sumdac Tower, Ratchet fires up the space bridge, ready to take Bumblebee and Bulkhead to retrieve Arcee and Omega Supreme. [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] decides to go with them, telling [[Isaac Sumdac]] that she needs to go. Transforming to her full robot mode, she jumps through the portal with the Autobots. On the moon, Starscream reassembles himself and immediately takes off for Earth, saying he has a surprise for Megatron. The Autobots transwarp in mere moments after he leaves, as Sari is momentarily stunned just by being on the Moon, while the Autobots are more surprised by the lack of [[Decepticon]]s around. Over by Omega Supreme, Ratchet sees Arcee and runs to her. Unfortunately, she's reverted to her fugue Teacher Bot state. Worse, she's bait: Shockwave fires at them, barely missing them. Bumblebee and Bulkhead take on Shockwave, while Ratchet and Sari take Arcee inside Omega Supreme. Both bots are taken down, but Bulkhead manages to recover and charge Shockwave, knocking off his cannon. Shockwave briefly assumes his Longarm form and pleads for mercy, but Bulkhead destroys his cannon with his wrecking ball. Inside Omega Supreme, Ratchet discovers the damage to Arcee's processor is quite extensive, and any attempts to repair her could take her offline. Sari scans the malfunctioning intelbot and gives Ratchet instructions on how to use his EMP generator to restore her memory from her internal backups.

Over Detroit, Prime orders Prowl to break off from their fight with Megatron, find Jazz and try to slow the clones down. As he grapples with the Decepticon leader, he snaps and loudly declares his name after being patronisingly called "Autobot" by Megatron yet again.

In Omega Supreme, Ratchet manages to bring Arcee fully online, her memory back at the time it was when [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] captured them. Ratchet promises that they'll catch up in time, but right now they need her [[activation code]]s to retake control of Omega Supreme. Bumblebee and Bulkhead enter and say they've found something Sari needs to see.

Back on Earth, on the ground, Prowl and Jazz try to get inside the Lugnut Supremes, but their armor is too strong to cut through, and Jazz radios Prime with news of their failure. Optimus tells them that the only thing powerful enough to shield the city is the AllSpark, but it's scattered everywhere. In return, flushed by his recent success in reconstituting a fragment, Prowl theorizes that they can use [[processor-over-matter]] to make the AllSpark whole again. Prime is doubtful, but Prowl is adamant, and flies his fellow ninjabot to Sumdac Tower.

As Ratchet and Arcee make their way to Omega Supreme's head, Sari is brought before the protoforms, and—believing this to be where she came from—gets a moment of closure from the experience. Outside, Ratchet uses his magnets to keep Arcee above Omega's face and the fembot uploads the codes, severing Lugnut's control over him. Omega Supreme ejects the massive Decepticon and heads for Earth once Sari and all the Autobots are aboard, with the three remaining protoforms.

On Earth, with Lugnut no longer guiding them, the clones briefly shut down... then reactivate with Starscream's face. The treacherous Decepticon tells Megatron that he planted bombs in the clones, aiming to destroy him and everything within a hundred-mile radius. Unable to remove the bombs inside, Megatron decides to instead destroy Optimus Prime, using the Autobot captain's name for the very first time. At Sumdac Tower, the force field fails much to Isaac Sumdac's distress, and Prowl and Jazz direct him to the building's bomb shelter, before they begin using processor-over-matter to collecting AllSpark fragments. Starscream arrives to observe the death of Megatron, but his AllSpark fragment suddenly begins pulling him toward the AllSpark being formed by Jazz and Prowl. Starscream panics and tries to destroy the two ninja-bots, but his AllSpark fragment is pulled from his head, and Starscream falls to the street, dead.

[[Image:EndgamePart2-Prowlsmiles.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Code of Hero|The rest...is silence.]]]]
Omega Supreme arrives and begins fighting the two clones. He is able to defeat one and disarm its bomb, but the other knocks him aside and forces him back to ship mode. At Sumdac Tower, Jazz says that they don't have enough Spark to shield the city, but neither he nor Prowl can pull in any more AllSpark fragments. Prowl recognizes that there is one other way to make the AllSpark chunk powerful enough, and levitates towards it. Jazz recognizes what he intends to do, and screams that they can find another way, but Prowl merely turns to give him a reassuring smile. Suddenly, the AllSpark releases a surge of energy, and Prowl falls back to the ground. Jazz catches his body, but it is too late: Prowl merged his [[spark]] with the AllSpark to give them the energy necessary to make the force field work. A field soon forms around the remaining clone, but Megatron and Optimus Prime are trapped within it. Megatron gloats that he will take Optimus with him, but a figure of light in Prowl's image removes Optimus from the force field. Megatron roars in anger as the clone detonates, and everything goes white...

Waking up, Optimus sees his fellow bots around him. They declare that they won, and begin to celebrate... until Jazz comes carrying Prowl's shell. Optimus moves toward his fallen comrade, but is instead knocked backwards by a purple blast. Megatron still functions! Ratchet uses his magnets to throw the Magnus Hammer to Optimus. In a rage, Optimus beats Megatron down. Lying helpless, Megatron urges Optimus to finish him, and Optimus brings the Magnus Hammer down...on Megatron's fusion cannon. Optimus says that killing Megatron is the easy way out, and the Decepticon leader doesn't deserve that. Instead, he places [[stasis cuffs]] on him.

[[Image:TFA-Endgame-PanAcrossEveryone.jpg|thumb|240px|We shall not forget them. Nor fail to reward that which is given. Courage with love, valour with honour, evil... with vengeance.]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Autobots return is hailed by a cheering crowd (except for [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], who glowers), with Optimus carrying the Magnus Hammer, the large piece of the AllSpark around his neck, and Ratchet, Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Jazz bearing Prowl's body. In addition, they bring with them the three rescued protoforms, and Megatron, Lugnut, and Shockwave as prisoners. Finally, to top it off, Omega Supreme transforms from ship mode, and this sends the crowd into another round of cheering, hailing Optimus Prime and his crew as the heroes they have proven themselves to be.

[['Til all are one]].
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
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*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (9)
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (11)
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (13)
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]] (18)
*[[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]] (19)
*[[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] (20)
*[[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] (21)
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] (22)
*[[Furao]] (23)
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]] (24)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (25)
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] (26)
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] (27)
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (28)
*[[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]] (29)
*[[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] (30)
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (31)
*[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] (32)
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*Three [[Lugnut Supreme]]s (1–3)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Lugnut]] (12)
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave/Longarm Prime]] (14)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (16)
|c4=
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Megatron''': Lugnut, let's begin this field test with Sumdac Tower. I want to see my former prison crumble to the ground. 
'''Lugnut''': As you command, oh great and glorious Megatron! Your genius exceeds all others! And I am but your humble and obedient servant! Furthermore— 
'''Megatron''': Shockwave! Is there anyway to bypass this endless pontificating and command these clones directly? 
'''Shockwave''': Still working on the data patch, my liege. Until then, you'll just have to relay all. Orders. Through. Lugnut.
:—Megatron desperately seeks to cut out the middleman, while Shockwave demonstrates how to smirk without a face.

'''Sari''': I'm going too! I have a jetpack. 
'''Optimus''': No, Sari, it's— 
'''Sari''': Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's "too dangerous", I know. It's '''always''' "too dangerous"! 
'''Optimus''': I was ''going'' to say, "It's more important for you to protect your father and your fellow organics." 
'''Sari''': Oh. Right. Sorry.
:—Sari isn't used to being treated as an equal.

'''Megatron''': Lugnut, this field test has been a complete failure! Order the other clones back to the Moon immediately! 
'''Lugnut''': Forgive me, oh Great One, but their flight capabilities are disabled. 
'''Megatron''': Then destroy the Autobots. Destroy the city. Destroy anything that's not '''me'''!
:—Megatron may have finally went off the deep-end. And it shows, too.

"''Get away'' from my weapons of mass destruction." 
:—'''Megatron''', apparently about to send '''Optimus Prime''' to bed without his supper.

'''Shockwave:''' ''(changes to Longarm)'' G-guys...buddies...you..wouldn't want to take out your old platoon mate Longarm, would you? 
'''Bumblebee:''' No....of course we wouldn't. 
'''Bulkhead:''' Oh, not in a million stellar cycles, pal. 
(smashes Shockwave's arm cannon)
:—Not all Autobots are that gullible, '''Shockwave'''. Thanks for playing, though.

'''Ratchet:''' Those Deceptiscums fried her processor trying to remove the activation code....but if I tried to rewire her circuitry, it could take her offline for good. 
'''Sari:''' ''(touches Arcee on the knee)'' You need to recalibrate your EMP generator into a data recovery tool. Then you can salvage Arcee's secondary memory storage from her hard drive, bypassing her corrupted input/output systems. 
'''Ratchet:''' I suppose us...machines just told you that? 
'''Sari:''' Pretty much. 

:—In case you didn't get that, Sari has just solved in five seconds what Cybertron's [[Perceptor (Animated)|greatest]] [[Wheeljack (Animated)|minds]] couldn't for millions of years. Wait. '''''WHAT?!'''''

"You're a persistent little Autobot." 
"My name is OPTIMUS PRIME!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

(After '''Omega Suprememe''' boots '''Lugnut''' out of himself, the '''Lugnut Supreme''' clones cease functioning) 
"Lugnut? '''Attack!''' '''Your glorious leader commands you!'''" 
:—'''Lugnut's''' key praise is so endearing, it even has '''Megatron''' saying it out-loud... at the worst possible timing.

"If I cannot save my clones, at least I'll have the satisfaction of destroying you, '''Optimus Prime'''." 
"So, you ''can'' remember my name!"
:—Took you long enough, '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===
* When Omega Supreme runs towards one of the Lugnut Supremes, the clone has a [[Shattered Glass|purple Autobot symbol]] on its midsection as it gets up.

* Megatron's helicopter cockpit kibble (usually seen behind his head on his back) briefly vanishes for a second as he kicks Optimus Prime towards the AllSpark-powered force field.

* Just as Bulkhead punches Shockwave, for a split second, Shockwave's colors are those of his Autobot counterpart, Longarm (with the noticeable teal coloring on his chassis).

* Prowl's ghost appears with his armour on, but when it reaches out to save Optimus, the armour has vanished.

* When [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] makes one last attempt to destroy [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], his right shoulder guard is drawn rather small. As he's knocked down to Earth and insists Optimus finishes him, it reverts back to its proper size.

[[Image:AutobotGroupShotEndgamePartII.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Blink and you'll miss it.]]

* Quite a number of animation errors can be seen immediately after Optimus Prime stasis cuffs Megatron (right before a kneeling Omega Supreme gets up.) The Magnus Hammer has disappeared, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl's]] body is drawn like a boxy black mannequin in [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]'s arms with very little detail, Jazz himself (as well as Bulkhead) are missing their Autobot insignias, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] appears rather tiny compared to the other Autobots, and Sari appears to be either hovering off of the ground or standing on [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]'s foot. Oh, and [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] is missing from the shot as well. Dandy.

*When Optimus Prime first disembarks from Omega Supreme at the end of the episode, he is shown to be almost as tall as Megatron and Lugnut, who, by all rights, should be towering over him in height. They are drawn at their proper scale once they stand before the cheering crowd, though.

*When the Autobots hold up [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]'s coffin before the cheering crowd (as seen in the picture on this page), Prowl's body is drawn rather short. If one compared the height of his body to [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] at his left, Bumblebee would actually be a head taller.

*After Bulkhead knocks over Shockwave and he converts into Longarm, Shockwaves cannon is on the ground behind Longarm, yet when we see Longarm from the back he has the crane piece attached to his back. Whoops.
* The [[Magnus Hammer]]'s handle again changes length from shot to shot.

===Continuity errors===
*Due to the incomplete activation code, the Lugnut Supremes only worked when Lugnut consciously directed them from Omega Supreme. Yet after Omega tossed him out, not only did Starscream take them over, they continued to function autonomously after he was dead.

===Transformers references===

[[Image:TFA Prime with Matrix.jpg|right|150px|thumb|This is awesome and you love it.]]

*At the very end, Optimus Prime is shown with the large piece of AllSpark which Jazz and Prowl pulled together, in a container strongly resembling the [[Matrix of Leadership]]—and he's [[The Transformers: The Movie|wearing it on a chain around his neck]].

*Even at this late stage, a new face still appears in the crowd scene on Cybertron: [[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]]. [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]] make their first in-person appearances (though Dai Atlas only appears from behind), and the unnamed, orange female robot, whose arm could ''juuuuuust'' be seen poking in from offscreen back in "[[Decepticon Air]]", also gets to appear in full. The crowd also includes a ''crazy'' amount of miscolored-slash-[[generic]] robots, including such gems as a [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]]-colored robot using the Bumblebee body-form, a blue-and-green Sky Garry and a yellow [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]].

* Yoketron's dying words in "[[Five Servos of Doom]]" (where he tells Prowl that he will understand when his time comes) finally come to pass.

* As Optimus approaches the Lugnut Supremes, Megatron confuses him for Ultra Magnus. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Gee, I wonder why?]]

===Real-world references===
*Ratchet refers to the Lugnut Supremes as "[[bootleg|knockoffs]]".

===Trivia===
*Shockwave transforms into a ''purple'' Longarm. Maybe he was just confused or [[To sell toys|something]].
*Jazz states that they can't find all the AllSpark fragments; at the very least, this makes sense because [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]], and [[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]] aren't on Earth anymore. There is no indication that any other Earthbound characters animated by AllSpark fragments were defragmented and killed like Starscream, and they don't seem to be kept alive the same way he is. At [[BotCon 2009]], the writers revealed that they had intended to show Wreck-Gar and at least one of the Constructicons to confirm their survival, but that this scene was cut for time.
*This is the first episode since "[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]" to feature Prime's faceplate.
*Shockwave claimed in "[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]" that using Omega Supreme's original activation codes on him once more would wipe his memories, morals and personality, allowing a new mentor-con to turn him into a model Decepticon—a fact which Ratchet and [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] apparently both agreed was true. Since Arcee uses the codes on Omega in this episode, did this cause a reset to factory settings? If not, why not? Could it perhaps have something to do with that patch they were talking about?
*There seems to be a scene missing involving Lugnut - when Omega Supreme discards him onto the lunar surface and flies to Earth, he is neither captured nor incapacitated, and it's been shown repeatedly that Decepticons (including Starscream in this episode and Lugnut himself in "[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]]") are capable of making ''at least'' the Moon-Earth trip under their own power, where [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] has apparently evaded detection for the whole of S3. His off-screen capture is therefore noteworthy.
*Arcee didn't join the other Autobots on their victory/funeral parade at the end.
*It is revealed during the events of this episode, that while in her robot mode, Sari doesn't need an external oxygen supply.
*As of this episode, there's a lot of remaining uncaptured Decepticons!
**Thundercracker and Skywarp are still floating out somewhere in space.
**[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and a bleeding, shattered [[Wasp|Waspinator]] are still in that mysterious jungle, precise whereabouts (and even ''when''abouts) unknown.
**[[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] fled the scene with the sentient part of [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] in "[[Human Error, Part II]]". It's unknown if Ratbat survived.
**[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]'s whereabouts are presumably still known to the Autobots; he may have returned to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] with [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] after "Human Error".
**[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] leaves for parts unknown in "[[Decepticon Air]]". Although he did mention something about retiring to an island on [[Nebulos]] (where the [[energon (fuel)|energon]] is as smooth as a [[protoform]]'s bottom).
**[[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], [[Team Chaar]] and any unseen Decepticons all remain at large.
**[[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] may have been destroyed in the explosion in "[[Three's a Crowd]]"—if not, add them to the list.
**There are a lot more Decepticons at large and on the loose than the main cast, as shown in [[Dispatches]], where a large group of unamed [[Generic]] Decepticons are present at Megatron's funeral as Blitzwing rambles on like a madman.
*Several other plot points have yet to have been resolved by the end of this episode:
**Sari's origin has yet to be completely explained. It still hasn't been revealed how or why a protoform showed up on Earth years ago, or why it looked so different compared to other protoforms seen during the course of the series. Since it has been shown that all the protoforms Lockdown stole were blanks, it's unlikely she came from that batch.
**[[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] was last shown apparently reconstituting himself at the end of "[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]", and has not been seen since.
**Wreck-Gar and all three Dinobots are not present at the end of the episode, and presumably are still on Earth. Although it could be speculated that they stayed there by choice, one must wonder what kind of measures that Optimus and company took to prevent said bots from any more disastrous encounters with the populace of Earth.
**[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] was last seen being repaired, but his fate isn't revealed.
** [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] was last seen crushed into a cube and tossed into an incinerator. We don't see him get incinerated, though we also don't see any evidence he survived being cubified.
*This is the final episode to feature Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, Prowl and every other character in the series. We remind you so we may see you weep...we hate to cry alone. But... there is hope. IDW might continue the series in comic form. Join us as we get down on our hands and knees and beg IDW to do this for us.

==Home video releases==
This episode has yet to be released on home video.

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