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Zeta Prime (G1)

2010-08-12T18:54:25Z

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:''Zeta Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Newnarrator ffod.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The classic battle between evil and the narrator.]]

Thrust into authority by the death of the previous Matrix bearer, '''Zeta Prime''' took on the thankless job of heading the Autobot forces in the wake of [[Decepticon]] conflicts.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Phillip Clarke]] (English)

Zeta Prime inherited the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Guardian Prime]] when he was killed during the early days of the war with the Decepticons. His stint as Autobot leader appears to have been a short-lived one, as he died before the end of the war and was succeeded by [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]].

When [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] journeyed into the Matrix in 2005, Zeta Prime was the fifth guide he encountered, who gave a very short account of the continuing Autobot-Decepticon war. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

===IDW Comics continuity===
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Zeta Prime was given the unenviable task of solidifying [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s Autobot security forces into a true army to withstand the civil war Cybertron suddenly found itself embroiled in. Towards this end, he locked down most recreational activities, as they were magnets for terrorist activity by the [[Decepticon]]s. This included a direct order to shut down the races which brought [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s stardom. In the wake of these shutdowns, he increased Autobot recruitment heavily, and many former entertainers joined the Autobot forces, only to find they were ill-prepared for the realities of war. Many attempts on his life were hatched, including one which was intercepted by a group of Autobots that included a young soldier named [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]]. Optimus was able to convince Blurr to carry news of the plot to Zeta Prime before the assassins could reach him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] later implied that, like his predecessor, Zeta Prime was killed by Megatron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}

==Notes==
*The cartoon incarnation was never named in the cartoon. The distinctly unimaginative designation of "'''New Narrator'''" was granted in the dialogue script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4", and "Zeta Prime" comes from ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2]]''.
*The [[IDW Publishing]] version of Zeta Prime must not have had a very illustrious career at all. He wasn't included in the lineage of Primes depicted in ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'', though the real world explanation for this was the Zeta Prime character was created after ''Spotlight: Optimus Prime'' had been published.

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Primon

2010-08-02T05:35:06Z

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:''Primon is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ancientrobot ffod.jpg|right|250px|thumb|That's a beard you'll have. In the future past.]]

'''Primon''' is one of the oldest known bearers of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. As he predated [[Prima]], who is characterized as the first Transformer created on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], it is conceivable that he predates the planet itself (much like the [[Covenant]]). He is also known as '''Alpha Prime'''.

==Fiction==
===''Tales from the Beast Wars''===
Primon was seen twice in a swirl of visions experienced by the Covenant at the coming of the [[Chronarchitect]]—once as part of a long lineage of [[Prime (rank)|Primes]], and again having the Matrix torn from his chest by the [[Liege Maximo]]. {{storylink|Reaching the Omega Point}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Bell]] (English)

Primon is the earliest documented bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], but how he came to hold the talisman, and his activities during the [[Quintesson]] occupation of Cybertron, are unknown. His sole appearance came when [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] voyaged into the Matrix in 2005, where he was the first guide the Autobot leader encountered. Primon related to him the story of the [[Transformer]]s' creation by the Quintessons, and how they were endowed with sentience. He was succeeded as Matrix-bearer by [[Prima]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Alpha Prime is the first known Matrix-bearer and was succeeded by [[Guardian Prime]].

==Notes==
*Primon is conspicuously absent from other lists of past Primes, even those by [[Simon Furman]] who wrote this text story. When questioned (see below), he offered up "The Matrix forgot?" as an excuse. (Also "Ummm...")

* The cartoon robot ghost was never named in the cartoon. It was referred to as "'''Ancient Robot'''" in the dialogue script of "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4". ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2]]'' came along and made the character into an incarnation of Primon.

* The symbol stamped on Primon's forehead is a "prototype" version of the Autobot [[insignia]]. Although this is the only place it appears in-fiction, the symbol was later released as a sticker with [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]].

* [[Aaron Archer]]'s original back-of-a-dinner-napkin outline for the ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers Cybertron]]'' series included a character named "Alpha Prime", who in later drafts became [[Vector Prime]].

==External links==
*[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/features/qanda/sfurman_3.php Furman questioned about Primon in ASM interview]

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