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Focus on: Decepticons!

2018-09-16T14:18:52Z

Aurax:

{{picsneeded|cover, interiors}}
{{comicstory
|seriesissue=''Focus on: Decepticons!''
|prev=
|next=All Hail Megatron issue 1
|image=Focus on Decepticons.jpg
|caption=Pacino's got nothing on me!
|title="Focus on Decepticons"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 9]], [[2008]]
|coverdate= March 2008
|script=[[Andrew Steven Harris]] and [[Shane McCarthy]]
|art=[[Guido Guidi]], [[Klaus Scherwinski]] and [[Nick Roche]]
|pencils=
|inks=
|colors=[[Josh Burcham]]
|lettering=[[Neil Uyetake]]
|design by=[[Robbie Robbins]] and [[Neil Uyetake]]
|editor=[[Chris Ryall]]
|cover=[[Don Figueroa]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|pagecount=24
|price=$2.99 (US)
}}
'''The Decepticons cause rampant destruction in New York City.'''

==Synopsis==
In [[New York City]], [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] nearly runs over some [[human]]s at an intersection. One of the men beats on his door, yelling that Long Haul is going to kill someone—he doesn't know how right he is. Much to the man's amazement, Long Haul transforms and joins the other [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] who have arrived. The crowd marvels at the giant robots, some thinking they are movie props. [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] make a brief speech that they have come in peace, to the confusion of [[Hook (G1)|Hook]]. It's just a joke, however, and the Constructicons begin blasting into the crowd and street, destroying and killing.

The [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] arrive and transform. When [[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] tells [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] that the humans will really be terrified when [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] arrives, Starscream bristles, taking a few shots into the crowd before Megatron ominously makes his appearance. Starscream grovels, saying that their destruction of the city is going well. Megatron interrupts, showing them the true meaning of destruction as he takes out a skyscraper with one blast of his [[fusion cannon]] and tells Starscream to try and keep up.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c2=
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (1)
*[[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (2)
*[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (3)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (4)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (5)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (6)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Skywarp]] (7)
*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (8)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Thundercracker]] (9)
*[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] (10)
}}

==Notes==
*This issue is essentially a preview and promotion of the then-upcoming ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' maxi-series. The issue consisted of:
**"Swear Allegiance: An Introduction"
**Excerpt from the series pitch by writer Shane McCarthy.
**Early design sketches by artist Guido Guidi, including some that were not listed as characters such as [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]].
**Interview with Shane McCarthy.
**Interview with Guido Guidi.
**Decepticon roll call. Those not mentioned above include: [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Ravage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ravage]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Soundwave]]. Notably, art was pulled from [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profiles.
**8-page preview from ''All Hail Megatron'' #1.
*Some [[Easter egg]]s in the first panel include buildings with signs for [[TakaraTomy|Takara and Tomy]], [[Toys"R"Us]], and what looks to be an obscured [[Hasbro]].
*Long Haul's license plate is "LNG-HL".

===Cover===
*[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] Megatron in a black and white ''{{w|Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface}}'' homage by [[Don Figueroa]].

===Advertisements===
*''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'' series
*''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]] (back cover)''

[[Category:All Hail Megatron issues]]

Rock and Roll-Out!

2012-02-28T20:05:32Z

Aurax: Completing ads list

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #14
|prev=Shooting Star!
|next=I, Robot-Master!
|title="Rock and Roll-Out!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #53–54
|prev2=Shooting Star!
|next2=I, Robot-Master!
|image=MarvelUS-14.jpg
|caption=Special Olympians are the real heroes. I'm gonna give 'em everything I've got.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=November 1985
|coverdate=March 1986
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|penciler=[[Don Perlin]]
|inker=[[Al Gordon]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]
|editor=[[Michael Carlin]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''A new group of Autobots are born in the USA, and must thwart the Decepticons' attempts to steal sound energy from a rock concert.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Skidsgrapplesmokescreenhoisttracks.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]
[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] has been brought to life by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], and with the [[Rite of the Autobrand]] is made a full member of the [[Autobot]]s. Optimus gives him a tour of his new home. In the medical bay, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] is struggling to repair a large group of warriors recently damaged in battle. Elsewhere, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] has constructed five new Transformer bodies. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] installs within them the minds of five Autobot warriors, which were encoded in [[crystalline containment vessel]]s before the Autobots left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Prime welcomes the new arrivals, all of whom now "live for a second time".

While holding [[Grapple]] back for a special project, Prime sends the other four out on the street with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to acclimate them to their home town. Wheeljack has equipped the Autobots with a brilliant disguise—they now have [[Facsimile construct|facsimile]] circuitry which covers up their Autobot symbols and provides them with mannequin dummy drivers.

Meanwhile, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] has finally returned, arriving at the [[Decepticon]]s' oil platform base just in time to squelch the mewlings of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. He demonstrates the [[power siphon]] he's just built, turning some of the oil into [[energon cube]]s. The Decepticons leave, taking the converter and a stash of cubes with them. To evade a [[human]] naval fleet that has been surrounding them, Shockwave detonates a cube in mid-air, and the humans are temporarily blinded by the light.

The humans, however, had rigged the oil platform's supports with bugs and overheard the Decepticons' plans to steal "a large release of sonic energy". [[G.B. Blackrock]] is also on the fleet and relays the information to the Autobots.

While [[Blackrock Gold Priority Card|fueling up at a Blackrock gas station]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] learns about an upcoming [[Brick Springhorn|rock concert]]. The Autobots put two and two together and go to reconnoiter the concert, while Optimus Prime heads that way with reinforcements.

Before Prime can arrive, the Autobots observe a sonic disruption of the show. The Autobots are under orders from Prime not to take any action until he arrives, but it's hard to be a saint in the city, and so they disrupt the device that's causing the problem. The sound goes back to normal and Decepticon jets burst out of the ground.

The Autobots have little choice but to make a stand. Bumblebee gives the order to fire. The newcomers fend off the jets, while Bumblebee discovers Shockwave's ruined power siphon. Out of arbitrary vengeance, Shockwave decides to incinerate the audience of humans. To stop him from creating a city of ruins full of humans screaming "I'm on fire", Bumblebee tosses an energon cube into his barrel just as he fires. The cube detonates with a huge thundercrack, sending him flying helplessly away. The audience is awestruck by the resulting fireworks hailing over them, while the battered Decepticon jets flee like spirits in the night. The battle won, the Autobots quickly go back to hiding on the back streets.

Heading home, Bumblebee's team has a meeting across the river with Prime's reinforcements. Bumblebee is prepared to accept a reprimand, but Prime is impressed with his team's performance and trusts that Bumblebee did what he felt was best. Bumblebee affirms that he did, having learned that "the show must go on!"

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (3)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (4)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (5)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (6)
*? (7)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (8)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (9)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (10)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (11)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (12)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (13)
* [[Grapple]] (14)
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (15)
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (16)
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (17)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (18)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (19)

|c2=
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (22)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (23)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (24)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (27)

|c3=
* [[G.B. Blackrock]] (20)
* [[Walter Barnett]] (21)
* [[Brad]] (25)
* [[Janet]] (26)
* [[Forrest Forsythe]] (28)
* [[Brick Springhorn]] (29)
}}

==Quotes==
"By commanding, it is '''I''' who serve -- for that is what the other Autobots ask of me. If ever they should want me to step down, I will. If ever you want to leave, you may. That is the right of every Autobot."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s noble speech was forgotten [[Used Autobots|later on]]. Even by [[The Pri¢e of Life!|himself]].

==Notes==
* Although Jetfire has been featured since US issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]], this is the first time in the US comic he is seen as an Autobot with sentience. (In the UK comics, he was previously shown with sentience in the UK-exclusive story "[[Dinobot Hunt!]]")
* In the US storyline, the Autobots' injuries were sustained during the events of "[[Prime Time!]]". The UK storyline is less clear; some of those shown were injured during the "Dinobot Hunt!" storyline (Cliffjumper, Gears, Huffer, Jazz and Sideswipe), but others were not (Hound and Prowl). Most appear in subsequent UK stories, long after they'd disappeared from the US stories.
* So... does this mean the original Tracks, Skids, etc. could still be running around on Cybertron or somewhere?
* Although this issue introduces most of the second wave of Autobot cars, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] are conspicuously missing from it.
* This is the first appearance of energon cubes in the comics—an example of convergence between the comic and cartoon.
* The special project Optimus commissions Grapple to work on is none other than [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Autobot defense platform. He is introduced (in front of a full audience, no less) in US issue [[Command Performances!|#19]].
* Songs by Mr. "Springstern" include:
**"[[wikipedia:Dancing_in_the_Dark_(Springsteen_song)|Dancing in the Night]]"
**"[[wikipedia:Born_to_Run_(song)|Born to Ride]]"
**"[[wikipedia:Born_in_the_U.S.A._(song)|Born in America]]"
**"[[wikipedia:Rosalita_(Come_Out_Tonight)|Margarita (Jump a Little Lighter)]]"
* This issue was reprinted in the [[Titan Books]] collection ''[[Transformers: Cybertron Redux]]''.
* In the UK printing, the Autobot [[Who's Who]] features in issues #53-54.
* UK issue #54 came with the free mini-comic "[[The Special Teams Have Arrived]]", featuring the debut of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]].

===Errors===
* If Ratchet is having so much trouble fixing the existing warriors, how come the Ark can build new bodies from scratch for the new Autobots so easily?
* The lead singer is alternatively called "Brick Springhorn" and "Brick Springstern."

===Covers (6)===
{{picsneeded|Generations covers.}}
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-14.jpg|'''US issue #14''' - C'mon Hoist, the music isn't ''that'' bad...
Image:MarvelUK-053.jpg|'''UK issue #53''' - And you thought that shooting into their faces kills people.
Image:MarvelUK-054.jpg|'''UK issue #54''' - If you believe in Hoist, just cla- oh
Image:Tf commag 02.JPG|'''Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #2''' Uuuuh pass.
Image:Titan-CybertronReduxSC.jpg|'''Titan TPB cover'''
Image:Titan-CybertronReduxHC.jpg|'''Titan HC cover'''
</gallery>
* '''US cover:''' Hoist repairing Brick's scaffolding, by [[Bob Budiansky]].
* '''UK issue #53 cover:''' the new Autobots receiving life, by [[Robin Smith]].
* '''UK issue #54 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.
* '''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue #2]] cover:''' An amalgamation of strangely coloured Transformers art, including Soundwave as Optimus Prime.
* '''Titan TPB cover:''' [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] and half of the [[Space bridge]] by [[Andrew Wildman]].
* '''Titan hardback cover:''' Blaster in the [[smelting pool]] by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Gary Erskine]] & [[Chris Blythe]].
* '''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]] cover:''' Hoist and Brick Springhorn, by [[Ashley Wood]].
* '''Generations cover:''' Reimaging of US cover, by [[Nick Roche]].

===Advertisements===
*Marvel Christmas poster bonanza (Inside front)
*Nestle Quik Challenge of the GoBots contest (between pages 4 & 5)
*Captain America musical audition notice - no, really (between pages 5 & 6)
*Assorted want ads (2 pages on either side of page 8)
*Mile High Comics (2 pages on either side of page 17)
*Garden City comic book convention / assorted want ads (follows page 19)
*Star comics holiday subscription form (follows page 20)
*Transmissions / G.I. Joe Yearbook #2 (bottom right corner of Transmissions letter page)
*Marvel subscriptions
*Bullpen Bulletins (inside back cover)
*Questprobe Adventures computer games featuring The Hulk (back cover)

===Reprints===
*1988 — [[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 7|''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' #7]]
*1989 — [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' #2]]
*2003 — ''[[Transformers: Cybertron Redux]]''
*2006 — ''[[The Transformers: Generations]]'' #3
*2007 — ''[[The Transformers: Generations]]''
*2008 — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 1]]''

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

The Last Stand

2012-02-28T19:48:56Z

Aurax: Mention of letters page debut & link to same

{{disambig2|the comic issue in the Marvel US Comics|the [[Titan Books]] collection|Transformers: Last Stand}}

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #4
|prev=Prisoner of War!
|next=The New Order
|title="The Last Stand"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #7–8
|prev2=Prisoner of War!
|next2=Man of Iron (issue)
|image=MarvelUS-04.jpg
|caption=Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's... oh. It actually ''is'' a [[Seeker (body-type)|plane]].
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[December 4]], 1984
|coverdate=March 1985
|writer=[[Jim Salicrup]]
|pencils=[[Frank Springer]]
|inks=[[Ian Akin]], [[Brian Garvey]]
|colors=[[Nelson Yomtov]]
|letters=[[John Workman]]
|editor=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''The Autobots make a desperate gamble to defeat the Decepticons.'''

==Synopsis==
Some of the [[Autobot]]s accuse [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] of betraying them by giving the [[Decepticon]]s the fuel conversion they needed. Panicked, Sparkplug and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|his son]] attempt to escape, but when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] blocks their path with a wall of flame, Sparkplug suffers a heart attack. He is rushed to [[Greater Portland Medical Center|the hospital]] by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and Buster.

[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] tells [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] about a discovery he made in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s memory banks: Just after the ship crashed, its barely functional computers detected the Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arriving on [[Earth]] in pursuit. With the last of its power, the Ark modified five Autobot warriors to combat him, thus creating the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. They traveled in a [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to the [[Savage Land]] to confront Shockwave, at which point contact was lost. Huffer has Ratchet dispatch a probe to search for the lost Dinobots.

At the hospital, Sparkplug undergoes emergency treatment and dreams of his Army service in [[Korea]], where he was forced to repair [[North Korea]]n vehicles. He further recalls sabotaging those vehicles...

With no new fuel sources forthcoming, the remaining Autobots are forced to make a desperate gamble to fight the Decepticons one last time. All the Autobots sacrifice their remaining [[Transformer fuel|fuel]] resources to Optimus Prime, Huffer, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. These five prepare to fight the Decepticons within the [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] that the Ark has crashed into, as the Decepticons arrive to destroy the Autobots once and for all.

In the Savage Land, Huffer's probe has found something and starts to dig it out—until a giant purple hand crushes it...

Although the Decepticons begin to win the battle by virtue of their greater numbers, at the moment of apparent victory, the Decepticons all fall, writhing in internal agony. As he reveals to Buster at the hospital, Sparkplug had corrupted the fuel he provided to the Decepticons, and they are now poisoned. Optimus Prime proclaims the debt that they, and the entire world, owe to Sparkplug Witwicky.

But suddenly, a gigantic blast from above knocks out all the Autobot troops... and Shockwave stands supreme!

"NOT the end..."
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (2)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (3)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (6)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (7)
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (8)
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (9)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (10)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (11)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (12)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (13)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (25)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (26)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (39)
* [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (40)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (41)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (42)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (43)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (44)
|c2=
* [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (27)
* [[Decepticon medics|Decepticon medic]] (28)
* [[Spyglass]] (29)
* [[Spectro]] (30)
* [[Viewfinder]] (31)
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (32)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (33)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (34)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (35)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (36)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (37)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (38)
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (45)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (46)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (47)
|c3=
* [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (4)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (5)
* [[Ted Koppel]] (15, voice)
* [["O"]] (16)
* [[Mister O]] (17)
* [[Doris Roland]] (18)
* [[Mitchell Roland]] (19)
* [[Jesse (G1)|Jesse]] (20)
* [[Jesse's ballet class]] (21-24)
* [[Gus (medic)|Gus]] (48)
* [[Mel (medic)|Mel]] (49)
}}

==Notes==
* Advertised as part 4 in a [[The Transformers Four-Issue Limited Series|four-issue limited series]], but the ending and [[Letters page|letter column]], which itself debuted in this issue, both make clear that issue [[The New Order|#5]] of what was now an ongoing was forthcoming.
* The narrative box makes a quick reference to the World War I novel ''All Quiet on the Western Front'': "Meanwhile, all's quiet on the Decepticon front..."
* According to a text box in the letter column, ''Transformers'' #5 was originally going to be drawn by the team of "[[wikipedia:Vincent_Giarrano|Vince Giarrano]], penciling superstar-in-the-making" and "[[Brad Joyce]], inker extraordinare". This did not come to pass, and while Joyce did eventually ink issue [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]], Giarrano would never work on the series.
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s original character model (based on the Macross Valkyrie) appears in the first panel of the second page, but he is miscolored and partially obscured by Huffer's arm.
* An [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/alternate.jpg alternate ending] was scripted and drawn for a UK reprint of issue #4 in Transformers: The Complete Works, Volume 2; in this version, Shockwave never strikes, and the series ends with Optimus Prime declaring the Decepticons defeated once and for all. Some have theorized that this ending was created by the US comics in case the series failed to progress past issue #4. However, the art on these panels, particularly a closeup of Optimus Prime's face, in the very final panel, is markedly different from Springer's so it seems much more likely that this version was simply drawn for the UK printing by one of their own artists.
* A second alternate ending was published in the ''Federal Comics Super Special edition''. It expands the second panel of the penultimate page (or, the second panel from the link within the previous note) into a final splash page, eliminating the other panels entirely. Additionally, any page that mentioned the Shockwave subplot was dropped.
* Buzzsaw ripping Mirage a new one begins a series of battles in which Buzzsaw utterly obliterates everyone. He will continue this massacre until his death in "[[Dark Star]]".

===Errors===
* Cover: Megatron is colored mostly brown.
* Page 1: Brawn is colored red and blue instead of green and yellow. Several generic Autobots are seen in the second inset panel.
* Page 2:
** Panel 1: Windcharger is colored with a red chest and head and blue arms, instead of gray torso and red arms. Standing behind Huffer is a off-colour version of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s original character model (based on the Macross Valkyrie toy)
** Panel 2: Ratchet's face and chevron are colored red instead of their usual grey/white.
** Panel 4: Why does Ironhide have yellow accordion knees?
* Page 3:
** Panel 2: Mirage is colored with red arms and a white head. Jazz (seen holding back Ironhide) is colored mostly blue with red legs, instead of mostly white with black details.
** Panel 5: Jazz fires what's supposed to be his flamethrower, but is in actuality his [[photon rifle]].
* Page 5: Ratchet has an all-red head again and red legs. (Again, the consistency of this indicates that it might be an earlier color scheme.) Optimus is barely as tall as Ratchet's ambulance mode.
* Page 9: A bunch of vaguely Reflector-like robots are suddenly hanging around in the Decepticon fortress. (Issue #1 pretty clearly indicated that the only Decepticons on Earth are the ten introduced in that issue, a point even more explicitly stated by Shockwave in the next issue.) If that's supposed to be Frenzy on one of the repair beds, he's completely off-model.
* Megatron has an off-center Decepticon sigil throughout the issue.
* Page 13: Bumblebee is colored approximately like Sideswipe.
* Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, Prowl and Jazz are all shown to be up and about in this issue, yet they are not shown among the donor Autobots in the [[Tubes of Transference]].
* Page 14: Brawn is shown among the active Autobots, even though he was not among those recharged for the final fight. Frenzy and Rumble are shown as active despite page 9 stating they had been knocked out of action last issue. [[The New Order|The next issue]] reinforces their injury status.
* Page 16: There's Brawn again! And Windcharger!
* Page 18:
** Panel 5: Sunstreaker and Sideswipe are both shown among the Autobots; there's a generic lying on the ground.
** Panel 6: Cliffjumper is among the Autobots. Seriously. Wasn't the whole "last five Autobots" like a really big plot point just a couple of pages ago? Sheesh. And Skywarp, Rumble and Soundwave are among the Decepticons attacking, despite being reported as out of action nine pages earlier.
* Page 19:
** Panel 3: Skywarp is shown again despite being off action. Either that or the Seeker is a miscoloured Thundercracker.
** Panel 6: Who're those generic guys on the ground?
* Page 20: A generic Decepticon can be seen between Megatron's legs. Frenzy and Rumble are once again present.
* Page 21: There's Sunstreaker again! Several generic Decepticons as well. Mirage magically has his left arm again, after it was bitten off by Ravage; whatever damage was done to his chest/head by Buzzsaw has likewise vanished.
* Page 22: And Windcharger, colored like Mirage. Bluestreak's left door/wing is missing.

===Covers===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-04.jpg|'''US issue #4''' - Rare Brown Megatron appears!
Image:MarvelUK-7.jpg|'''UK issue #7''' - Megatron isn't even allowed on the UK cover
Image:MarvelUK-8.jpg|'''UK issue #8''' - Megatron took first in the Prime Press contest
Image:Tfcolcom02.jpg|'''Collected Comics #2''' - Megatron ''is'' allowed on this UK cover
</gallery>
* '''US issue #4 cover:''' the final battle, by [[Mark Texeira]].
* '''UK issue #7 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.
* '''UK issue #8 cover:''' Megatron holds the defeated Optimus Prime overhead, by [[Barry Kitson]].
* '''Collected Comics #2 cover:''' Reuse of US issue #4's cover.

===Advertisements===
* Monogram [[GoBots (franchise)|GoBots]] motorized model kits (inside front cover)
*Fig Newtons and Apple Newtons (pg 5)
*Star Comics (pg 7)
*Mile High Comics (pg 10)
*Mile High Comics (pg 12)
*Power Pack and The Amazing [[Spider-Man]] with tips on ways to prevent sexual abuse (pg 21)
*Calender of upcoming events & Marvel Mart (pg 23)
*Block of various Sketchy Things (pg 26)
*Bullpen Bulletins (pg 28)
*Swords of the Swashbucklers (pg 31, below Trans-Missions)
*Comic subscriptions (pg 32)
*Indiana Jones RPG by TSR (rear inside cover)
*Risk (rear cover)

===Reprints===
*1985 — [[Collected Comics (Marvel)|''Transformers Special'']]
*1986 — [[Die Transformer issue 3|''Die Transformer'' #3]]
*1987 — [[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 2|''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' #2]]
*1987 — ''[[The Transformers: The Complete Works]]'' Part 2
*2003 — [[Transformers: Beginnings (G1)|''Transformers: Beginnings'']]
*2007 — ''[[The Transformers: Greatest Battles of Optimus Prime and Megatron]]''
*2008 — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 1]]''
*2011 — ''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 1]]''

==External links==
* [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/faq/#1f "Is it true there was an alternate version of #4?" at Tfarchive.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Last Stand}}
[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Letters page

2012-02-28T19:29:42Z

Aurax: Added issue for Transmissions debut

A common factor in Transformers comics is a section in the back pages devoted to answering fanmail. These letters are answered either by staff, or more interestingly, by various Transformers.

==Marvel US==
The letter column for the American Marvel comic was entitled Transmissions. It launched in [[The Last Stand|issue 4]]. In [[Monstercon from Mars!|issue 45]], the Transmissions space was used to list names of players in the [[Bot Roster]] and [[Spot the Shingo|Spot Shingo]] contests.

{{stub}}

==Marvel UK==
{{main|Letters page (Marvel UK)}}

==Dreamwave G1==
Under the title Declarations of War, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] responded to (and occasionally threatened) the fans.

{{stub}}

==Dreamwave Armada==

While this was normally answered by a human, #18 was taken over by the dread [[Unicron]] himself!

==Panini Armada==

Initially, the letters were answered by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] under the title "Hot Shot's Hot Mail". This was replaced later by "[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream's]] Hate Mail", which is infamous for ''severely'' misjudging how mean Starscream should be to the letter writers in its first installment.

{{stub}}

==IDW==

Rather than answering reader's ''mail'', the irregular IDW pages respond to specific posts on IDW's message board. The answers are done by the comic's editor (starting with [[Chris Ryall]]), who is drawn ''as'' a Transformer.

==Titan Transformers Magazine==
===Transformers===
Letters are sent to Star Screams, and answered by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] with varying degrees of venom. This started in #7 (previously it was the human-answered Mech Mail), following an open call for readers to say who they wanted to answer the mail.

As well as his venom, Starscream made a number of [[Easter egg|references]] for older fans in his replies. ''Arcee's Soulmates'', a Transformers romantic personals feature, ran in the letters for a while.

===Revenge of the Fallen===
Following the reboot, the strip was renamed Law and Disorder, and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] answered the letters. The two routinely bickered with each other and tried to score points.

From #2 to #5, Law and Disorder was shrunk from four pages to two; since the gimmick meant the replies took twice as much space, fewer letters were printed. It has since been returned to four pages.

The page also contain's ''Starscream's Stars'', a horrorscope. In it, Starscream once [[Transformers_Comic_issue_2.7#Starscream.27s_stars|insulted ''you'' personally]].

[[Category:Comics]]

Talk:Rock and Roll-Out!

2012-02-28T14:51:29Z

Aurax: Maybe ? = Bluestreak

== Identification needed ==

Can somebody identify the injured guy to the right of Hound? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:23, 3 September 2011 (EDT)
:Cliffjumper. [[Special:Contributions/95.148.10.210|95.148.10.210]] 08:35, 21 October 2011 (EDT)
:Looks like the question mark'd character from the same panel is Bluestreak. Aside from the central pelvis piece being more of a rectangle than a trapezoid, it matches the animation model pretty closely, save the lack of doors. And arms. [[User:Aurax|aurax]] 09:51, 28 February 2012 (EST)

Prime Time!

2012-02-28T14:12:33Z

Aurax: Completing ads section

{{disambig2|the Marvel Comics issue|2007 sliding storybook|Transformers Prime Time}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #12
|prev=Brainstorm!
|next=Shooting Star!
|title="Prime Time!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #39–40
|prev2=Brainstorm!
|next2=Christmas Breaker!
|image=MarvelUS-12.jpg
|caption=Say hello to my little friend!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=September 1985
|coverdate=January 1986
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|penciler=[[Herb Trimpe]]
|inker=[[Al Gordon]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]
|editor=[[Michael Carlin]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots attempt to rescue Optimus Prime from the Decepticons.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] commands [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] to take him to the [[Decepticon]]s, in hopes of rescuing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Unfortunately, Buster is knocked unconscious during an encounter with [[United States military|human aircraft]], and he becomes the Decepticons' prisoner as Jetfire reverts to his original mission of capturing him. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] hooks Buster up to his machines with the intention of using the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] inside the [[human]] to create his new army.

An oncoming [[Autobot]] convoy speeds its way to Shockwave's base of operations, also known as [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]]. They are bringing with them Optimus Prime's body with the intention of rescuing his head from the Decepticons. Jetfire appears above and drops what seems to be the head of Optimus Prime into the swamp near them. Once the head is reattached to the body, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] extends his hand to his leader, and Prime responds by shooting Prowl right in the chest. He then blasts through the rest of the assembled Autobots. [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassettes]] arrive on scene and reveal that Prime is working with them now. The head was a fake!

At the plant, Buster is able to use the Creation Matrix to control Jetfire once more, who quickly overpowers Shockwave and returns to the swamp with the real head of Optimus Prime. When in range, Optimus yanks the fake head off his shoulders and reattaches his real head. The tables are quickly turned back in the Autobots' favor as Prime smashes apart Soundwave and his minions.

Recovered and seeing that Optimus Prime's real head is gone, Shockwave transforms and seeks out Prime in order to finish him off personally. They fight and Optimus throws Shockwave into the swamp where he sinks, helpless. The Autobots plead with Optimus to blast the Decepticon and finish him once and for all, but Prime, fearing for Buster's safety, rushes back to the plant.

Once there, he finds that Buster has been released by the human workers and the other Decepticons have fled. He takes back the Creation Matrix from Buster and mulls over the fact that innocent human lives are in danger because of their war.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (3)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (10)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (11)
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (12)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (13)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (14)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (15)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (16)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (17)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (18)
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (19)

|c2=
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (1)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (5)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (6)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (20)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (21)
*[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (22)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (23)

|c3=
* [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (2)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (4)
}}

==Notes==
* Shockwave destroys a Blackrock jet like one of the ones glimpsed in "[[Brainstorm!]]" This one looks like an all red [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]].
* Optimus Prime's head (both the real one and the impostor head) is apparently able to control his body before the head is actually attached. This may or may not be the case for the Autobots who would become Headmasters in the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' limited series.
* With the climactic battle of this issue, most of the 1984 Autobots are taken out of the picture for the next three years; only [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and Prime remained active in the story's immediate aftermath. The UK storyline, however, treated the damage from the battle as minor, and shows all the 1984 Autobots as active long afterwards.
* Bullpen Bulletins for this month included an explanation on the different styles of boxes (M shape vs square boxes with Comic Code seal) used on Marvel comics that show the price, date, and issue number.

===Covers (3)===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-12.jpg|'''US issue #12''' - His gun will turn you red, white and blue!
Image:MarvelUK-39.jpg|'''UK issue #39''' - Ah, if only...
Image:MarvelUK-40.jpg|'''UK issue #40''' - Head on!
</gallery>
* '''US cover:''' Prime attacks the Autobots, by [[Herb Trimpe]].
* '''UK issue #39 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.
* '''UK issue #40 cover:''' Prime vs Shockwave, by [[Jeff Anderson]].

===Advertisements===
*MASK toys by Kenner - inside front cover
*Nabisco Big Time Watch offer
*[Fig] Newtons Fruit Chewy Mix-Up!
*Dorman's Cheese Spider-Man Backpack
*Cap'n Crunch / Spider-Man promo (2 pages)
*Pineapple Kids Club glow-in-the-dark posters
*Mile High Comics
*Bullpen Bulletins / checklist
*X-Factor series debut
*Marvel subscription form
*Starburst BMX sweepstakes
*Nestle Quik Challenge of the GoBots contest - back cover

===Reprints===
*1987 — [[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 6|''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' #6]]
*2003 — ''[[Transformers: New Order]]''
*2008 — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 1]]''
*2011 — ''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 1]]''

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

User:Aurax

2012-02-28T13:09:38Z

Aurax: Updates

Personal home page: [http://booknine.jamjam.us/ Book Nine]

Resident gnome.

==Panoptica Continuity Map==
[[Image:continuitymap.png|thumb]]I have this problem in which I need to stratify and codify stuff and make lists and charts and diagrams. It's a sickness.

This map is designed, first and foremost, for me to keep track of the various continuities. I'm sharing it because I haven't seen anything close to this in the fandom.

===How to read this map... actually, never mind===
*'''Red squares''' represent the large umbrella continuities, and (with the Cyb/GF exception) their Japanese counterparts.
*'''Yellow squares, bold outlines''' represent significant sublines.
*'''Yellow squares, thin outlines''' represent continuities as they are generally understood (e.g., US G1 cartoon, IDW Beast Wars, etc.). Each divergence in a storyline is represented by a yellow box. Tech specs, when not included as their own "continuity" are considered to be within the larger umbrella continuity (e.g., Machine Wars).
*'''Gray boxes''' of all varieties represent continuities of some stripe that were announced but never launched.
*'''Solid lines''' between continuities represent actual connections. For example, the Marvel (US) G2 comic was influenced by three other continuities: The G1 Marvel comic in the US, the G1 Marvel comic in the UK (the exclusive stories), and the characters introduced by Hasbro in the G2 line. Each solid line represents at least one story element that draws a connection between the two continuities.
*'''Dashed lines''' between continuities represent hypothetical connections. For instance, there is no explicit connection between any G1 continuity and RiD. However, there are a few references (chiefly to Vector Sigma) that lead one, perhaps errantly, to expect there to ultimately be some connection between the two.

===Problems to be fixed===
There are a lot of them.

*SWTF needs a home somewhere (with no connections).
*Others to come...

Brainstorm!

2012-02-28T13:08:30Z

Aurax: Completing ads list

{{disambig2|the comic issue|the Headmaster character|Brainstorm}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #11
|prev=The Next Best Thing to Being There!
|next=Prime Time!
|title=Brainstorm!
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #37–38
|prev2=The Next Best Thing to Being There!
|next2=Prime Time!
|image=MarvelUS-11.jpg
|caption="Run! He wants revenge for the way we drew him so hideously off-model!"
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=August 1985
|coverdate=December 1985
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|penciler=[[Herb Trimpe]]
|inker=[[Tom Palmer]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Diana Albers]]
|editor=[[Michael Carlin]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''Buster Witwicky is in danger because of his special "gift" from Optimus Prime.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] is still confused by his new powers, but conceals the secret of them from [[Sparkplug Witwicky|his father]]. [[Jesse (G1)|Jessie]] comes around looking to patch things up, and the two go for a bike ride.

At [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] has not yet given life to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s latest soldier, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. Shockwave suspects that Optimus Prime no longer possesses the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], and sets about discovering what has happened to it by probing the memories of [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. This leads him straight to Buster.

The [[Autobot]]s are listening in on this discovery, and send [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to protect Buster. The Autobots first visit Sparkplug at his garage, and explain the danger. Sparkplug wants nothing more to do with the Autobots, and refuses to help; but when he goes to find Buster himself, Bluestreak and Bumblebee tail him back to Buster and Jessie.

This unfortunately leads the [[Decepticon]]s right to their location as well. Bluestreak easily defeats the spying [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], but Shockwave dispatches the pre-programmed Jetfire to retrieve Buster. While Jetfire makes short work of the Autobots, Bumblebee realizes that Jetfire is not alive, and that Buster can control the Decepticon jet. Revealing his secret, Buster disassembles Jetfire with a thought. Bumblebee and Buster make plans to use Jetfire to aid in the rescue of Optimus Prime.

Shockwave announces his intention to terminate Optimus Prime. An Autobot convoy is already on the way; they can only hope they are not too late.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (7)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (8)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (10)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (11)

|c2=
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (3)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (4)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (6)
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (9)

|c3=
* [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (1)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (2)
* [[Gabe]] (12)
* [[Ferdy]] (13)
* [[Hawthorne]] (14)
* [[Jesse (G1)|Jessie]] (15)
* [[Murray]] (16)
}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Coneheadsblackrockaerospace.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Blackrock Industries loves making fake jets.]]
* Although this issue features Jetfire as its centerpiece, he is still not a sentient being, but rather just a lifeless construct.

* In UK issue #37's letter page, Soundwave revealed that Transformers use various types of droids, including [[Mechodrone]]s for menial tasks and [[Combat droid]]s for guard duty. [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] was one such combat droid. He also suggested that makers of [[knockoff]] Shockwave toys might be in for an unpleasant visit by the then Decepticon leader. (But was it simple jealousy, or retool-induced trigger envy?)

* On page 4, some of the jets being built resemble [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]].

===Errors===
* The cover seems to have Bluestreak and Bumblebee miscolored as [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], respectively.
* It seems impossible to believe that [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s sight is of such low resolution as to be ''incapable'' of discerning a [[human]].

===Covers (3)===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-11.jpg|'''US issue #11''' - Who what where?
Image:MarvelUK-37.jpg|'''UK issue #37''' - Excitement! Danger! Personal stereos!
Image:MarvelUK-38.jpg|'''UK issue #38''' - Nope, still no better...
</gallery>
* '''US cover:''' Jetfire attacking the miscolored Autobots, by [[Herb Trimpe]].
* '''UK issue #37 cover:''' Buster and various story events, by [[John Ridgway]].
* '''UK issue #38 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.

===Advertisements===
*MASK toys - inside front cover
*[Fig] Newtons Fruit Chewy Mix-Up!
*Oreo "The A-Maze-ing Oreo! Chocolate Sandwich Cookie"
*Pineapple Kids Club glow-in-the-dark posters
*NBC 1985-1986 Saturday morning line-up (2-page spread)
*CBS new Saturday morning line-up
*Model Expo Inc.
*Bullpen Bulletins, including notice on death of Danny Crespi
*Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men benefit book
*Marvel subscriptions order form
*Secret Wars II #6
*Morphodroids toys (transforming toys with wired remote control) - back cover

===Reprints===
*1987 — [[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 6|''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' #6]]
*2003 — ''[[Transformers: New Order]]''
*2008 — ''[[Classic Transformers Volume 1]]''
*2011 — ''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 1]]''

[[Category:Marvel US issues]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

The Next Best Thing to Being There!

2012-02-28T12:57:47Z

Aurax: Addition of ads

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #10
|prev=DIS-Integrated Circuits!
|next=Brainstorm!
|title="The Next Best Thing to Being There!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #35–36
|prev2=DIS-Integrated Circuits!
|next2=Brainstorm!
|image=MarvelUS-10.jpg
|caption=When there's no more room in hell, the Constructicons will walk the Earth.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=July 1985
|coverdate=November 1985
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|penciler=[[Ricardo Villamonte]]
|inker=[[Brad Joyce]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]
|editor=[[Mike Carlin]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobots must stop the Decepticons from sending a message to Cybertron. But the Decepticons have a rather large surprise for them...'''

==Synopsis==
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] succeeds in creating the first of his new generation of [[Decepticon]]s—the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. They immediately depart with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] on their first mission, to build a [[transdimensional radiowave scrambler]] with which to contact their home planet of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] gives [[G.B. Blackrock]] a tour of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Along the way, they encounter the homesick [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], who's been focused on repairing the interstellar comm system instead of his primary assignment. Blackrock offers the [[Autobot]]s a way to spy on the Decepticons within Blackrock's [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One|aerospace plant]] using a bugged telephone system. Using this system, they learn of the Constructicons' mission, and send a team to intercept them.

Elsewhere, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] returns home from his heart attack, and is surprised to find that [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] has actually cleared out the repair shop's entire backlog of automobiles. Buster wonders how to explain to his father his recent experience with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], and the subsequent powers he's gained.

Near the site of the Constructicon project, trucker [[Bomber Bill]] looks forward to a return home after a long assignment, but his [[Bessie|truck]] is stolen by the Constructicons as raw material for the scrambler. Determined to get home, Bomber Bill attempts to follow the thieves, and meets the Autobots on the way. Huffer offers a lift to the human.

The Autobots attack the Constructicons, who reveal their ability to combine into the super-robot, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The others distract the slow-witted giant, but Huffer hesitates to destroy the scrambler, which he sees as a rare chance to contact home. The delay is enough time for Soundwave to charge the scrambler and begin sending his signal to Cybertron; Bomber Bill destroys the scrambler, but most of Soundwave's message goes through. Their mission accomplished, the Decepticons retreat. Huffer thanks Bomber Bill for his help, but laments that while the trucker can go home now, he can't.

At the aerospace plant, Shockwave discovers that Optimus Prime may no longer possess the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. If this proves true, Shockwave no longer has any reason to allow Prime to live. The Autobots, listening in from the Ark, are helpless.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (12)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (13)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (14)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (15)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (16)
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (17)
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (18)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (19)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (26)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (27)

|c2=
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (2)
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (5)
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (6)
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (7)
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (8)
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (9)
* [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (10)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (20)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (21)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (27)
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (28)

|c3=
*[[Gabe]] (3)
*[[Ferdy]] (4)
* [[G.B. Blackrock]] (11)
* [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (22)
* [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (23)
* [[Bomber Bill]] (24)
* [[Ethel]] (25)
}}

==Notes==
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] is introduced here, although only as an unfinished, lifeless shell.
* This is the last issue in which Prime's severed head is drawn with its antennae detached, with tubes and wires connecting them to the head. In the next two issues, it is drawn with the standard "wires holding the head" shown in issues [[The New Order|#5]] and [[The Worse of Two Evils!|#6]].
* Page orders were changed for the UK printing to provide a more effective "cliffhanger" ending for issue #35. US page 11 was printed before pages 9 and 10. A caption was also removed from the last panel of page 10. The upshot of this change was that Bomber Bill was introduced 2 pages earlier in the UK version of this issue than in the US.
* Issue #36 of the UK comic included "[[Robot War|Robot War II]]", the second in an irregular series of text features summarising events seen in the comic so far.

===Errors===
* On page 4, the text says Scavenger transforms into a "truck crane". The art is also strange. Either Scavenger passes through a Hook-like form before becoming his usual shovel or there is another shovel Constructicon sitting next to him.
* On page 13, Ironhide is colored like Ratchet, and on page 18, he's colored like Devastator.
* On page 20, Soundwave's head is totally wrong.
* During the battle with Devastator, Bluestreak is colored like Bumblebee.
* When Shockwave created the Constructicons, he made their [[brain module]]s first and only created their bodies this issue. Why does he create Jetfire's body first, before knowing that he'll be able to put life into it?

===References===
* Sunstreaker is noted as being badly damaged, likely as a reference to issue [[The New Order|#5]], when Shockwave destroyed his body as an example to the detained [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]].

===Covers (3)===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-10.jpg|'''US issue #10''' - Devastator was momentarily distracted by the tiny dancing Bluestreak on his fist
Image:MarvelUK-35.jpg|'''UK issue #35''' - Muahahahaha!!!
Image:MarvelUK-36.jpg|'''UK issue #36''' - Ramp up the lime green, folks!
</gallery>
* '''US cover:''' Devastator smacking down the Autobots, by [[Kyle Baker]].
* '''UK issue #35 cover:''' Shockwave creates a Constructicon brain, by [[John Ridgway]].
* '''UK issue #36 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.

===Advertisements===
*Young Astronaut Program
*Oreo "The A-Maze-ing Oreo! Chocolate Sandwich Cookie"
*Bonkers! candy Robot-Watch mailaway ("two kinds of space-age fun")
*Reese's Pieces "Fribgridgit"
*Diversified Products' Orbatron barbells and weight benches
*Mile High Comics (2 pages)
*Pineapple Kids Club glow-in-the-dark posters
*Olympic Sales Club
*Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham
*Marvel subscriptions order form
*Bullpen Bulletins & Checklist
*Honeycomb cereal Big Time Baseball contest

===Reprints===
*1987 — [[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 5|''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' #5]]
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Repeat Performance!

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'''Ratchet recovers the Dinobots, and together they fight Megatron.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Arkshuttle1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|We have made..... another commercial]]
[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] journeys by [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttle]] to the [[Savage Land]] to locate the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], who fought [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] there shortly after the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] crash-landed on [[Earth]] four million years ago. He uses his [[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay|M.A.R.B.]] to locate Cybertronian life deep in a tarpit. After a lot of digging, he locates [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and uses a memory probe to view the Dinobots' battle with Shockwave, and their subsequent entombment. Slag awakens and, after recognizing Ratchet as an [[Autobot]], readily agrees to help finish the job they'd started: destroying Shockwave.

Shockwave checks in on Megatron, who has been left to guard the Ark alone. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] has prepared the head of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] for transport to the aerospace plant recently captured by the [[Decepticon]]s; Shockwave is pleased and comments that he may have to raise his odds-of-having-to-destroy-Megatron calculations.

Shockwave returns to the plant with Optimus Prime's head, effortlessly defeating an Army force that has surrounded the plant. Within, he prepares to begin the construction of a new generation of Decepticons, using the Matrix program within Prime.

Ratchet contacts Megatron, and shows him video footage of the Dinobots defeating Shockwave. With his end of the bargain fulfilled, he arranges for Megatron to meet him on a nearby mountain. When Ratchet arrives, Megatron promptly threatens to kill him. This breaks the bargain... and the hidden Dinobots burst forth from the snow. Turns out Ratchet knew Megatron wouldn't hold up his end of the [[Rite of Oneness]], and the video was from the Dinobots' tussle with Shockwave ''four million years ago''.

But despite the Dinobots' power, Megatron beats them all, leaving Ratchet to face him alone once more. Determined to fight like a warrior, even to the death, Ratchet tries to carry them both over a cliff edge. Though Megatron doesn't budge, the impact weakens the cliff beneath him, and Megatron is sent tumbling away. He transforms into his gun mode in a desperate effort to survive, but disappears into the snow and is not seen again. With Megatron thus defeated, the Ark and the Autobots are free.

Meanwhile, [[Circuit Breaker|Josie Beller]], a series of printed circuit strips laced onto her arm, fires an energy bolt that destroys her hospital room's television. She speculates that she's about ready to check out...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (2)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (3)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (7)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (8)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (9)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (10)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (11)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (12)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (13)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (5)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (6)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (16)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (17)

|c3=
* [[G.B. Blackrock]] (14)
* [[Hawthorne]] (15)
* [[Circuit Breaker|Josie Beller]] (18)
* [[Eliot]] (19)
* [[Casey]] (20)
* [[Sue]] and friend (21)
}}

==Notes==
* Although this is advertised as the introduction of the Dinobots, they had actually been introduced in [[The Last Stand|issue #4]]. This issue features their recovery from the Savage Land in the present day.
* The cover features only Grimlock, Slag and Sludge—without Snarl and Swoop. These same three Dinobots were initially introduced in the animated series's "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]" before their remaining two companions, and the same three only were seen in the [[commercial]] animation for the Dinobot toys. Coincidence?
* Optimus Prime transferred the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] in "[[The Worse of Two Evils!]]," why is Shockwave still able to use it to create new life? Letter columns confirmed that some residual energy remained in Prime's head. This energy was used on the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], but tapped out before [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] could be completed.

===Errors===
* Megatron still has his off-center [[insignia]]. This is so consistent it has to be intentional, but it's unclear why.
* Snarl's actions in the flashback are a very good match for Sludge's character bios. Sludge's toy [[bio]] has the lowest intelligence and often the victim of self-inflicted calamities. His [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|''Universe'' profile]] goes on to say that he often has to be dug out of the rubble he brought down on himself. In the issue, Snarl brings rubble down on the Dinobots and is repeatedly called dumb.
* Shockwave is colored as Megatron for 2 panels in his battle with the Dinobots.
* When Shockwave arrives at the plant, Soundwave is alone. In the next panel, an oddly colored [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] is on his shoulder and appears to speak for Soundwave (whose mouthplate is miscolored also).
* Josie uses her right hand to operate her computer, but a moment later, that arm is paralyzed.

===References===
* Footnote on page 1 indicates this story takes place before ''Avengers'' #257 (in which the Savage Land is destroyed).

===Covers (3)===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-08.jpg|'''US issue #8''' - What IS Grimlock doing to Slag?
Image:MarvelUK-27.jpg|'''UK issue #27''' - ... that shaked when he laughed like a bowl full of purple jelly.
Image:MarvelUK-028.jpg|'''UK issue #28''' - "We'll defeat Shockwave with the Dinobots. And a free poster. And an elephant."
</gallery>
* '''US cover:''' Sludge, Grimlock and Slag, by [[Mark Bright|M.D. Bright]].
* '''UK issue #27 cover:''' Shockwave transforming, by [[Robin Smith]].
* '''UK issue #28 cover:''' reuse of art from US cover.

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Ultra Magnus (G1)

2007-11-10T17:07:35Z

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{{disambig3|Ultra Magnus}}

:''Ultra Magnus is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ultramagnusg1.jpg|300px|right|thumb|He can't deal with you now!]]

'''Ultra Magnus''' feels he is a soldier and nothing more. He very much prefers taking orders to giving them, and even avoids opportunities for higher responsibility. But when he is forced into those opportunities, he betrays his real talent for the job. He's strong, resolute, dependable, selfless, and courageous. Sadly, Ultra Magnus is the only Autobot who doesn't realize this.

Believing he is nothing but a soldier, Ultra Magnus is perfectly willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good if need be. He knows he's more powerful than the average Autobot, and will throw himself at larger threats accordingly. There is a special enmity between him and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] for this reason, for Galvatron may be the most deadly foe of all. (Also, Galvatron, given his mental state, probably doesn't approve of people he's had blown up getting back up afterward. This can be seen as a sore point for Magnus, too.)

He is possibly [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s brother.

:''Italian name'': '''Convoy'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Ultramag'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformer'' manga (Japan-only)====

:''('''Note''': The "Fight! Super Robot Life Transformer" manga takes place before the events of Transformers the Movie and around the events of Scramble City)''

Ultra Magnus first appeared to deliver Optimus Prime his trailer, containing a special cannon upgrade, the "Scramble Power Buster". They engage the Decepticons in battle and Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime team-up to defeat the villains with their "Convoy Magnus Double Cross Kick".

Ultra Magnus also came up with the idea for the global underground transportation system, the [[Autobot Road]].

:''('''Note''': The manga specifically notes that Optimus Prime looks upon Ultra Magnus as his "Kid Brother". Although the manga is a supplement to the TV series, this family-dynamic between the two characters was never used in the cartoon.)''

====''Scramble City'' (Japan-only)====
Voice actor: [[Banjō Ginga]] (Japan)

''(Note: Scramble City takes place before the events of [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|Transformers the Movie]].)''

Ultra Magnus first came to Earth around the year 1986 to head-up the [[Scramble City]] (AKA [[Autobot City]]) project. Under his supervision, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was built. Unfortunately, Metroplex was discovered by the spy [[Ratbat]] under Ultra Magnus' watch, who leaked the location back to Megatron.

====''Binaltech'' (Japan-only)====

While Optimus Prime was fighting the Decepticon on Cybertron, he charged [[Ultra Magnus]] to protect the earth and to lead the construction of the new Autobot city. When the crisis annouced by Ravage arrived, he went with Ultra Magnus on a last chance mission to stop Unicron, while sending [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] into the past to restore the timeline so that recent events instigated by Ravage would not happen.

====''Transformers The Movie''====

[[Image:UM2.jpg|250px|left|thumb|How come I didn't become a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] when I got hold of the Matrix?]]

Voice actors: [[Robert Stack]]; [[Show Hayami]] (Japan)

By 2005, Ultra Magnus was the full-fledged City Commander for [[Autobot City]]. Autobot City was under his authority when Megatron and the Decepticons waged their full-scale attack. Ultra Magnus ordered [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to transform it to battle-mode, but it only held the Decepticons off for so long. In the fight, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was mortally wounded. On his deathbed, Prime passed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on to Ultra Magnus. Despite Magnus' own doubt, he took possession of Matrix, becoming the new [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots.

Autobot City was quickly attacked a second time by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], the upgraded version of [[Megatron (G1)| Megatron]]. Ultra Magnus lured him away on his shuttle, but was eventually shot-down onto the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]]. Galvatron tracked him there and Ultra Magnus managed to draw him away from the other Autobots to face the enemy alone. Magnus attempted to open the Matrix, but the Matrix would not open, and Ultra Magnus was blown to pieces. Galvatron took the Matrix, intending to use it to destroy [[Unicron]].

After the Autobots befriended the [[Junkion]]s, they used their expertise to rebuild Ultra Magnus. Magnus joined the other Autobots in the battle with Unicron on [[Cybertron]] and helped drive the last of the Decepticons from their home planet. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)}}

====''Kiss Players'' (Japan-only)====
When [[Rodimus Prime]]'s defeat of [[Galvatron]] in 2005 led to the catastrophic destruction of [[Tokyo]], the new [[Autobot]] leader was consumed by guilt. He passed on the [[Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus in order to revert to [[Hot Rod]] and return to [[Earth]].

In 2007, when Earth's [[anti-electron]] field was taken down and Cybertronians could once again travel to the planet, Magnus decided to improve human/Transformer public relations by creating a singing group made up of both species to tour the planet and promote good will and mutual understanding. With the help of [[Blaster]] as the group's producer, the "[[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]" were born.

Magnus continued to serve as Autobot leader until Rodimus reclaimed the Matrix and resumed his post in 2010.

====''Season 3/2010''====
Voice actor: Jack Angel (US)

In 2006 (or 2010, if you're Japanese), Ultra Magnus ceased his role as a City Commander and became head-adviser to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], the new [[Prime (rank)|leader of the Autobots]] and chosen one of the Matrix. At various times he was [[The Killing Jar|sucked into a black hole]], [[Only Human|turned into a synthetic human]] and [[Surprise Party|had a birthday party]].

When the [[Hate Plague]] possessed all of Earth and Cybertron, Ultra Magnus singled Rodimus Prime out of all the other Autobots and focused all his rage on him, vowing to track him wherever he went. Ultra Magnus was eventually cured of the Hate Plague when Optimus Prime came back from the dead (again). {{Storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime}}

====Manga====

=====The Transformer=====

=====Transformer: Big War=====

====''Rebirth'' (America-only)====

Some time later, Ultra Magnus helped defend Autobot City from a massive Decepticon assault, which was actually a diversion for the theft of the key to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. Subsequent to the battle and discovery of the theft, Magnus accompanied Optimus Prime on a shuttle to Cybertron. After Prime got the answers he needed from [[Vector Sigma]], he decided to go to [[Nebulos]] and left Ultra Magnus in charge of Cybertron. {{Storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

Ultra Magnus' tenure didn't go very well, as the selfsame massive Decepticon assault force was attacking the planet. Nonetheless, he and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s struck at Galvatron, and may well have done him in if [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s reinforcements hadn't arrived. Magnus then ignominiously had his [[power pack]] torn out and slowly began to die from lack of energon. Still, he was able to relay Galvatron's crazed scheme to Optimus Prime and the Autobot [[Headmaster]]s before blacking out.

When Ultra Magnus next awoke, the Golden Age of Cybertron had come anew, and the Decepticons were seemingly defeated once and for all. {{Storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''Headmasters'' (Japan-only)====
Voice actor: [[Hōchū Ōtsuka|Yoshitada Ōtsuka]] (Japan)

Ultra Magnus continued his work as Commander of Autobot City on Earth and was instrumental in several victories over the Decepticons. Because of this, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] singled him out for assassination. Ultra Magnus and Sixshot engaged in a one-on-one duel outside Autobot City, and Ultra Magnus was completely wrecked by Sixshot's six transformations. He was finally done in by Sixshot's mysterious 7th transformation, "Wingwolf". After his death, Ultra Magnus was placed in a coffin and buried on Earth, the planet he loved so dearly.

====Generation 2 manga (Japan-only)====
=====E-Hobby=====

After his death at the hands of Sixshot, Ultra Magnus was allowed entry into the Matrix of Leadership, as he was it’s bearer for a brief time. But Ultra Magnus’ spark still was still restless, he knew he didn’t belong. Using the Cosmic Awareness that accompanies joining the Matrix to spy on the mortal realm, Ultra Magnus learned, by chance of Galvatron II and his massive [[Warworld|Mobile Battle Fortress]] putting the Galaxy at Risk. Determined to set things right, Magnus contacted Optimus Prime via their shared link to the Matrix, and resurrected himself in a similar body using Prime’s [[Reconfiguration Matrix]]. Ultra Magnus immediately set out to counter Galvatron II’s invasion and started raising forces of his own. On at least one occasion Ultra Magnus was so thoroughly trounced by Galvatron and his endless puns that he required saving by Optimus Prime in his new [[Black Body]].

In this new form Ultra Magnus is able to switch between various body types (including his original) at will, similar to Optimus Prime, thanks to his contact with the Reconfiguration Matrix. In addition, he is able to tap into his [[Laser Core]] to power his blaster and sword.

===Ladybird books continuity===
Ultra Magnus came from Cybertron to take over leadership of the Autobots after Optimus Prime disappeared. He is opposed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] as Decpticon leader and this is presented as a prolonged status quo rather than the rather brief version of this scenario presented in the animated continuity. Furthermore [[Spike Witwicky]] appears to still be a teenager at this point, making a setting date of 2005 unlikely.

Ultra Magnus functioning as Prime's successor for some time rather than being immediately replaced by [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] is presented in this and other [[Micro-continuity|micro-continuities]] based on the action figure line rather than the film.

===Marvel Comics UK continuity===
:''('''Note''': Ultra Magnus appeared only in the Marvel UK books.)''

The remaining Autobot elders spent years designing Ultra Magnus, a leader to lift the resistance out of a deep darkness. He was finally given life in or shortly before 1986<ref>Ultra Magnus profile in Marvel UK #83</ref> for [[Operation:Volcano]]. His role was to act as the crucial back-up needed for the [[Wreckers]] to successfully destroy their Decepticon targets and then escape in one piece. A serious complication arose when the Matrix Flame, the sacred and eternal blaze linked directly to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] itself, suddenly extinguished. Fearing that something catastrophic had occurred on Earth to the Matrix and its bearer, Optimus Prime, Emirate Xaaron made the decision to send Ultra Magnus to that planet to investigate, even though Operation Volcano was unstoppably set to begin in ten cycles. Magnus traveled to Earth by way of [[Space Bridge]], and found the Ark's crew engaged in a deadly conflict with three new, yet unspeakably powerful, Decepticon warriors just as their leaders Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] vanished before their optic sensors. Initially concerned only with his investigation of Prime's sudden disappearance, Ultra Magnus ignored the plight of his fellow Autobots until he learned the two situations were linked; [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and his lieutenants were time-travelers from 2006, having employed a mass-substitution mechanism that sent the three Autobots into limbo in order to accommodate their presence at this point in the timeline. This connection was revealed to him by three Autobots from 2006, who had traveled back in time themselves in order to stop Galvatron. They had a plan; they had the means; all they needed was for Ultra Magnus to keep him busy for, oh...an hour or two.

Easier said than done.

Magnus's battle with Galvatron carried them out of the isolated wilderness and onto a human freeway system. It ended when Ultra Magnus threw a tanker truck full of fuel into the path of Galvatron's particle cannon. Galvatron walked away from the blast -- Magnus didn't. Still, the future Autobots succeeded in tricking Galvatron into returning to the future with his plan incomplete, and the timeline more-or-less preserved. Unfortunately, Magnus was out of time: Operation Volcano proceeded without him, with disastrous results. Only one Decepticon was taken out, and the Wreckers' leader Impactor was killed protecting Xaaron. {{Storylink|Target 2006}}

Ultra Magnus would not meet his counterpart, Optimus Prime, until Prime was inadvertently transported back to Cybertron in battle with Megatron. Hooking up with [[Straxus|Lord Straxus]] at [[Polyhex]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] quickly disseminated false information about a new Decepticon made over to look exactly like Optimus Prime, planning to infiltrate the Autobot forces. Having temporarily assumed control of the Wreckers until their new leader, [[Springer]], was ready for command, Ultra Magnus led them in hunting down the "impostor". This Prime's behavior led Magnus to be suspicious of his information and, after summoning Emirate Xaaron, confirmed his suspicions and welcomed the true Optimus Prime back to Cybertron. Prime wasted no time leading Magnus and the others on a series of successful raids and strike missions against Decepticon-controlled territory. When Optimus decided to return home to Earth, however, Ultra Magnus was caught up in the space bridge's energy discharge as well, arriving on Earth but some considerable distance away from where Prime materialized. Having been frustrated ever since Impactor's death, Magnus welcomed the "vacation" this trip to Earth would provide him, as he took his time trying to track down the Ark's location.

For months, Ultra Magnus enjoyed a peaceful life in the American forests and wilderness, alone with his thoughts. A sudden seismic disturbance brought him back to reality, though, and into contact with three human females whose vehicle had been overturned by the tremor. One in particular, Cindy, took quite a liking to Magnus. As they traveled together to explore a nearby volcano and its connection to the tremors, Magnus was forced back into combat thanks to the arrival of his old sparring partner, the future Decepticon known as Galvatron. Galvatron had constructed a magma siphon atop the volcano's peak, and planned to convert the raw power of a volcanic eruption into enough energy to transform him into a god. Ultra Magnus teamed up with several Autobots from the future, who were trying to bring Galvatron back with them to face justice. Once again, Magnus was used as a "distraction" (read: living punching bag) while the future Autobots set up their plan to override Galvatron's time-jump mechanism and send them all back where they came from. Despite Ultra Magnus successfully getting the slag beat out of him, the override proved unsuccessful, sending only the Autobots back to 2007 and leaving Magnus virtually alone to deal with the fighting-mad Galvatron. Barely managing to rally his courage, Ultra Magnus threw himself into combat with Galvatron one more time, keeping him busy until the volcano exploded, destroying the power siphon and encasing both warriors in molten lava.

Several months later, Ultra Magnus was dug out of the volcano by the [[Sparkabot|Sparkler Mini-Bots]]. They had been sent to Earth by Springer to monitor the volcano in case Galvatron ever got free. When Galvatron DID free himself several days earlier, though, they found themselves hopelessly outmatched, and hoped Magnus would have better luck. Sadly, the severe beatings Galvatron had routinely handed out to Ultra Magnus, combined with the final excruciating submergence in molten lava, had nearly unhinged the Autobot's mind, leaving him with a pathological fear of his tormentor. Confronted with Galvatron, Magnus would probably have gone fetal if that pose had any meaning for his people. As the Sparklers heroically tried to stand up to Galvatron anyway, Ultra Magnus saw his rescuers in grave danger and finally managed to push his fear aside and reclaim enough confidence to batter the Decepticon into a temporary retreat. {{Storylink|Salvage!}}

Having renewed his fighting spirit, Ultra Magnus arranged to return to Cybertron with his companions in order to report on Galvatron's activities and hopefully gather the Wreckers for a counter-offensive. Instead, they found the Autobot base in Kalis full of battle signs, and the entire surrounding city-state a virtual "ghost-town". After confronting a legion of robot zombies, the Autobots eventually learned that a crazed scientist named [[Flame (UK comic)|Flame]] was trying to re-engineer the entire planet as a giant spacecraft, setting off an unstable fusion reactor beneath the planet's surface as a power source. With the help of the Wreckers and the Decepticons [[Flywheels]] and [[Trypticon]], Ultra Magnus and his team managed to put an end to Flame's maniacal scheme.

Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers then began preparations to return to Earth and confront the threat of Galvatron, finally, once and for all, and then...*poof*. The Wreckers went to Earth alone, and Ultra Magnus was never seen nor heard from again.

===Fun Publications ''Classics'' Comic===
[[Image:Classics Ultramagnus Springer Grimlock comic.jpg|right|thumb|300px|God, you can't get away from the perverts anywhere can you?]]

[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] likes to call him "Little Prime". How professionally embarrassing. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

===Blackthorne Transformers In 3-D continuity===

===PD Type mini-comics===

At one point, the [[Blackball]] was left in the safekeeping of Ultra Magnus. Galvatron, catching Magnus by surprise, managed to blow him up with a powerful energy blast from his fusion cannon. Recovering the Blackball, Galvatron began to gloat about his victory. That's when Magnus' body hurled his head at Galvatron like a bowling ball, causing the [[Emperor of Destruction]] to fall over like a set of pins and drop the Blackball. That's ''using your head'', Magnus! *sigh*

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

[[Image:Magnuslongshot.jpg|left|thumb|250px|And then Takara saw this and were all like, "Oh, crap, that's right, we can do redecos, can't we?"]]

After Prime's and Megatron disappeared during the first space bridge incident {{storylink|The Dark Ages, Part 1}}, Ultra Magnus retreated from prominence in the Autobot army. However he was eventually able to overcome his own fear and take a role of leadership. Together with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], he was on the verge of ending the war when Megatron arrived and enslaved the plane with the [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. Magnus was put to work in a slave mines. {{storylink|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

Years later, Ultra Magnus and Shockwave worked together to replenish their armies in the [[Little Iacon]] incident. Many of the [[Micromasters]] created resented Ultra Magnus for bringing him into their war. {{storylink|Micromasters (comic)}}

After [[Great Shutdown]], [[Ultra Magnus]] was reactivated and took the role of security officer under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] rule, even if he was dissatisfied working under a leader who clearly held his own agenda. After many, many delays, Ultra Magnus confronted Shockwave about the mastermind's plans - but Magnus was silenced by gun fire. He survived by discarding his armor. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

After Shockwave had been removed from power, Ultra Magnus was content to oversee operations on Cybertron while Prime spent ten issues getting repaired.

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===IDW comics continuity===
{{ongoing}}
Just before the war, Ultra Magnus (in Cybertronian cab robot mode) attended the funeral of [[Bumper]] and [[Fastback]]. Standing with him were [[Elita One]], [[Alpha Trion]], and a pre-Matrix version of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (who looks identical to Magnus other than being red and blue). {{storylink|Megatron Origin, Part 3}}

Countless years later, in the present day, although still a soldier, Magnus was an agent of the [[Tyrest Accord]]. Although never detailed, this Accord seems to be part of a greater [[Code of Interplanetary Conflict]], some form of treaty between Autobots, Decepticons and other alien races. As an enforcer of the Accord, Magnus hunts down any Transformers, Autobots or Decepticons alike, who illegally sell or distribute Cybertronian technology, handing them over to their superiors for prosecution.

One such violation saw Magnus pursue [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to the planet [[Zull]]. After arresting the Combaticon, Magnus reluctantly released Swindle in exchange for the current whereabouts of an even greater offender: [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Magnus had a personal grudge against Scorponok, who was the Autobot's polar opposite; while Magnus sets great stock in rules, Scorponok flouts them. Magnus followed Swindle's lead to the planet [[Nebulos]], but although he disrupted Scorponok's operations, the Decepticon was able to escape.

Later on, Magnus arrested Swindle for yet another violation, and once again, Swindle offered a deal, leaving Magnus to wonder whether it's necessary to break the rules to catch those who've been caught breaking them... {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}

Ultra Magnus is set to reappear in Spotlight: Arcee, coming up against a rage-fuelled [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/script-wrap-14/]

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Ultra Magnus''' (1986, 2000, 2002)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-69'''
[[Image:Ultramagnusg1toy.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Honkimus Prime.]]

: Ultra Magnus is a [[redeco]] of the [[Diaclone]] Powered Convoy toy, which itself was a redecoed Battle Convoy (pre-TF [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]) with a new trailer that combined with the cab robot to form a super robot. Whereas the original Japanese use was an upgrade to Convoy, Hasbro released him as a separate character and both the comic and the cartoon ignored the cab robot in favor of the super robot.

:Ultra Magnus transforms into a white Freightliner COE with a blue and red car-carrier trailer. He comes with a rifle that has two pegs that will fit into either the fist of the cab robot or fist of the super robot, and he also comes with two missile launchers that can plug into either the front of the trailer or the shoulders of the super robot. Additional accessories include the cab robot's fists, the super robot's fists, the super robot head, the super robot chestplate, and two crotchplates/trailer hitches.

:The original American toy was released in at least two versions -- one with [[rubber tires]] and paint on both heads, and a second with plastic tires and no paint on either head.

:Ultra Magnus was first reissued in Japan in 2000 with little to no changes. Two years later, Ultra Magnus was reissued as a Toys "R" Us exlusive in the United States in the first wave of the [[Commemorative Series]]; the American reissue's missiles were elongated to pass modern safety laws. Both reissues had rubber tires and the facial paint.

*'''Ultra Magnus Movie Preview version''' (2001)
: In the early stages of the development of the 1986 animated movie, several promotional clips for the movie were produced, including one depicting Ultra Magnus in the original Diaclone Powered Convoy color scheme. The Movie Preview toy was released in 2001 based on that brief (and premature) appearance, featuring a blue colored cab.

*'''Ultra Magnus Matrix Glow version''' (2001)
: With a yellow cab and a clear yellow trailer, Matrix Glow Ultra Magnus or Shining Magnus is intended to recall the moment in the animated movie, just before Optimus Prime dies, when the Matrix is passed to Ultra Magnus and he is bathed in its Matrixey yellow light. It was also released in 2001.

: This version is sometimes referred to by fans as "Urine Magnus", or slightly less-polite variations of the same.

===Generation 2===
* '''Laser Ultra Magnus''' (2006)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' ''' TRF-13-S'''

[[Image:G2_LaserUltraMagnus_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Probably the only Magnus repaint of Prime we'll ever get who isn't just white.]]

: An [[e-Hobby]] exclusive, ''Generation 2'' Laser Ultra Magnus is a redeco of Laser Optimus Prime, transforming into a mid-1990s Western Star 4964EX extended-hood truck pulling a blue and white tanker trailer. He was packaged in the reissue Laser Optimus Prime's box, along with Prime's instructions, bio card and sticker sheet. Yes, the stickers that have "Optimus Prime" written on them.

:In robot mode the bottom of the truck became his familiar windowed chest based upon the original Optimus Prime toy (and the original Ultra Magnus's cab). His main gimmick was light up LED headlights, and a [[lightpipe]] in the bottom of his right fist, illuminated by an LED in his right forearm, that would illuminate his clear sword or his double-barreled rifle if they were used in that hand. All three LEDs were activated simultaneously by pressing the sunroof-like depression on the roof of the truck.

:The trailer unfolds to form a battle station bristling with many firing weapons. Primarily, it can fire an air-powered missile launcher, a ripple rocket launcher with 5 missiles that can be launched individually (this turret can also be mounted in Laser Magnus' hand) and a 'disc launcher', that fired several white plastic discs. This disc launcher is the only weapon that can be used in vehicle mode.

:This release uses the toolings that were modified for the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] toy, and thus has smooth discs and a less pointy sword.

===Masterpiece===
* '''Ultra Magnus''' (2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-2'''

[[Image:Masterpiece_UltraMagnus_toy.jpg|left|thumb|He looks like this in ONE comic. ONE.]]

: ''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus is a white redeco of ''Masterpiece'' Convoy (Optimus Prime) with all the same accessories, though some have been redecoed. Additionally, his box can be refolded into his classic trailer configuration, but doesn't hold up since it's, well, cardboard. He retains the Matrix, which he can indeed open. Damnit, open.

: As a Takara product, ''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus was never released in the US, but was eventually released by Hasbro Australia in 2005 for their market as a Target-exclusive, retaining his Japanese packaging, with simple stickers stating a recommended age of 8+, as well as presenting Hasbro Australia's details and explaining what the product was.

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===Classics===
*'''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2007)
[[Image:ClassicsUltraMagnus_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Arctic Camo Prime!]]

: A [[redeco]] of the Voyager class Optimus Prime, this release is part of the Target [[exclusive]] ''Battle for Autobot City'' set with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The final production toy has several major paint paint application differences compared to the toy depicted on the packaging, including the loss of all light blue paint (including his faceplate and crest, both replaced with silver, darker blue on his thighs. Also his red eyes are replaced with the light piping color (blue). Additionally, it seems the smokestacks/double-barreled gun was originally going to be cast or painted white instead of the final's black.

: Like Optimus Prime, the toy's gimmicks are in his weapons - his smokestacks fold together to become a double-barreled gun, and his aero fairing splits and unfolds to become a large shotgun-like blaster. The two weapons also combine into a double-barreled shoulder cannon.

===Titanium Series===
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
[[Image:TitaniumHero_UltraMagnus.jpg|left|thumb|Oh, that's right, this Ultra Magnus guy had a trailer or something, didn't he?]]

: ''Titanium Cybertron Heroes'' Ultra Magnus is an all-new sculpt constructed mostly of die-cast metal. For the first time, Ultra Magnus's cab and trailer are one piece, rather than a [[partsformer]] like the ''Generation 1'' toy version. He transforms very similarly to the original toy, but the aformentioned truck cab now folds down into his back rather than detaching and reconnecting, with his head fliping out of the back of the cab.

: Ultra Magnus is armed with a white laser rifle and two shoulder-mounted non-firing rocket launchers. Unfortunately due to the robot mode-oriented design of this figure, as well as size limitations, the rear ramp is now part of his legs as detail and cannot fold down, nor is there access for vehicles to be transported, in any case.

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*'''Ultra Magnus''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)

: A [[redeco]] of the 6-inch War Within Optimus Prime. In white!

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===Revoltech===

* '''Ultra Magnus''' (2007)
Ultra Magnus is, unsurprisingly, a redeco of a simultaneously-released Optimus Prime/Convoy figure. A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulate action figure, [[Revoltech]] Ultra Magnus uses the Revoltech "revolver joints" for maximum poseability. His sculpting is explicitly in the style of [[Pat Lee|Pat "serfdom" Lee]]'s interpretation of Prime.

Magnus comes with a Matrix and photon rifle accessories, as well as a few alternate hands. A unique extra "hand" is a single moulded piece of Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime's hands clasped together diagonally, so that when attached to both the Prime and Magnus' respective wrists one can create a scene of the two Autobot leaders shakin' like homeys. Additionally, although Magnus comes preassembled with the standard black revolver joints that Prime has, his packaging includes a sheet of replacement white joints one can use to customise Magnus with less obrtusive matching white joints (although not enough joints of the right style are included to swap out all black joints to optimal effect).

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==Merchandise==
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Super Collection Figure, 2002)

*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Heroes of Cybertron, 2003)

*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Super Collection figure, 2003)

: "Movie preview" redeco of the Ultra Magnus PVC, based on the original toy's Diaclone colour scheme as seen in early trailers for the 1986 movie.

*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Hard Hero bust, 2004)

[[Image:Ultramagnushardhero.jpg|right|thumb|100px|UHN!]]

: The cold-cast porcelain bust of Ultra Magnus was the 13th in [[Hard Hero]]'s series of Transformers busts. It was designed from line art by [[Dan Khanna]].

*'''Ultra Magnus and Megatron''' (Robot Heroes PVC, 2007)

: This is a small, non-transforming SD figurine with limited articulation from the "Robot Heroes" line, in a two pack with G1 Megatron. He may be the sassiest bitch on Cybertron.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:DiacloneMagnusAnime1.jpg|left|thumb| "Do you guys think my hair would look better in blue?"]]

* It has been speculated by some fans that, in animated continuity, Ultra Magnus may have been created from Orion Pax's friend [[Dion]], the same way and at the same time Prime and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] were rebuilt by [[Alpha Trion]].
:''For further elaboration, see [[Dion#Who_is_Dion.3F|Who is Dion?]].''

* Ultra Magnus is Optimus Prime's brother in [[Dreamwave]] continuity, and possibly also in [[IDW]] continuity. Also, [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|a different Ultra Magnus]] is the brother of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|a different Optimus Prime]] in an [[Robots in Disguise|entirely unrelated continuity family]].

* In early promotional trailers/test footage for ''[[TFTM|Transformers The Movie]]'', Ultra Magnus can be seen in alternate [[Autobot City]] sequences in his toy's original ''[[Diaclone]]'' color scheme, indicating the final coloration may have been a late change to the toy. This footage has appeared in various ''Transformers'' DVDs over the years.

* On that note, The ''Diaclone'' toy that would become Magnus --called "Powered Convoy"-- came in a couple different varieties. Aside from the version that was eventually turned into "Movie Preview" Magnus, there was a "mech" version that used a lighter gray outer plastic and chromed the central body/lower ramps of the trailer unit. This "mech" version was also available in a multi-pack with a red version of the toy that would become [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and the toy that would (20-ish years later) become [[Deep Cover]].

* The chest-plate for the large Magnus robot was originally a mini-jet for a single Diaclone pilot. The raised rectangle in the center is actually a mounting point for the large robot head, using the hole in the crest, which forms a booster engine and blasters for the craft. Because of this, the ''Diaclone'' version had wheels on its underside that were removed from the ''Transformers'' release.

* All versions of the ''Diaclone'' Powered Convoy toy came with a red "Powered Buggy" partner-robot that transformed from a futuristic buggy (with a space for a Diaclone pilot) to robot, which could also use the large rifle in either mode. Why this was excised from the ''Transformers'' incarnation is unknown. The Italian [[Trasformer]] (sic) line by [[GiG]], however, ''did'' release the vehicle as the "Super Buggy" on its own.

* The "[[Sport Label]]" subline from [[Takara]] features a Convoy (Optimus Prime) that transforms into a Nike sneaker. A [[redeco]] of this mold was done in white and aqua, giving it [[author intent|a very obvious]] Ultra Magnus vibe... but was marked as Convoy again. So, officially...
: (As an odd postscript to this tale of footwear-induced madness, although the promo pictures all showed the shoeformer as a white and navy blue sneaker that transforms into a white and aqua blue robot, the product actually released sported [''geddit?''] much darker colours for all the robot-mode parts, with a deep teal instead of aqua, and almost all the white replaced by an [[Neon|icky]] tan-come-cream-come-grey colour, including the head. Basically, the figure looks like the promo picture viewed through really dark sunglasses. Although this certainly doesn't make it look any more like Prime, you might argue that it looks a little less like Magnus. Sorta. Maybe. Not really.)

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ultra_Magnus Ultra Magnus' Universe profile at NTFA.net]

* [http://www.diaclone.net/orid/dia057/index.html Diaclone Powered Convoy at Diaclone.net (Japanese-language site)]

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Computron (G1)

2007-08-07T20:41:14Z

Aurax: Added US voice actor name

:''Computer is an [[Autobot]] [[Technobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:87bot-Computron.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Making it cool to be a geek since 1987]]

'''Computron''' is the combination of the five [[Autobot]] [[Technobot]]s. Typically, the [[combiner]] process dulls the wits of the individual transformers, however, such is not the case for Computron. The Technobots managed to remedy that problem, but in the process, severely lagged Computron's reaction time. Before coming to any decision, Computron must analyze the opinions of every individual Technobot, resulting in his falling behind in battle. In the end, he always makes the correct choice, but more often then not, it's too little, too late. Thanks for nothing, brainiac!

''Japanese name:'' '''Computicon'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice actor: [[Bert Kramer]] (US), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japan)''

[[Image:computron_animated.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Me Grimlock make big geek!]]

After [[Grimlock]] created the Technobots from parts within [[Unicron]]'s head, he revealed that they had the ability to combine to form Computron to counter the new Decepticon combiner [[Abominus]]. Computron stated that his computation capacity was near infinite, but he lacked the knowledge to use this capacity. Grimlock then transferred his [[anti-electron]]-endowed super-intelligence to the combiner via a silly helmet. Computron then proceeded to beat the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of Abominus. {{Storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

He later had a chance for a rematch with the Decepticon when the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were found working with the [[Quintessons]] in secret on the terraformed moon of Titan. He again sent Abominus packing. {{Storylink|Money is Everything}}

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==Toys==
:'''Computron''' (1987)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''

==Trivia==
*Computron's standard animation model uses [[Lightspeed]]'s chest as the combiner's back.
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Crow Convoy

2007-07-09T07:46:53Z

Aurax: spelling

:''Crow Convoy is a [[Maximal]] [[Supreme Commander]] in the [[Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:crowconvoy-model.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not as gothy as the Crow, but still pretty lame. Also, both are way lamer than [http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/Crow_T._Robot Crow T. Robot].]]

'''Crow Convoy''' is a high-ranking [[Supreme Commander]] of [[Convoy]] rank. He is mostly a tactician and not much of a warrior. He is horribly deformed after a beast-scan mishap, resulting in a constantly tilted head and mismatched animal and robot parts. He is very sensitive about his deformity, so don't make fun of him.

==Fiction==
===Beast Wars Neo manga===

''(Note: the Beast Wars Neo manga takes place in an alternate timeline from the Neo cartoon.)''

Crow Convoy served alongside [[Big Convoy]] during several campaigns against the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] rebels, lead by [[Magmatron]]. Crow Convoy was busy dressing down Big Convoy after the successful obliteration of a Predacon citadel when Big Convoy made light of Crow Convoy's horrible deformities. The jerk.

Crow Convoy crumbled into sobbing bits, unloading the story of how he came to be such an unsightly freak. Before he could finish his tale, [[Great Convoy]] interrupted, berating Big Convoy for his over-zealous destructive attitude and insubordinance. Great Convoy then sent Big Convoy to train some Maximal new recruits as a test to earn his [[Energon Matrix]].

Crow Convoy never got to finish his story.

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Nemesis Prime (Universe)

2007-06-11T23:53:51Z

Aurax: /* Universe */ spellings

{{disambig3|Nemesis Prime}}

:''Nemesis Prime is a [[Unicron]]-aligned [[Decepticon]] from the [[Universe]] conflict who travelled to the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Nemesisprimetfu.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Send in the clone.]]

A [[Herald of Unicron]], '''Nemesis Prime''' is a dark clone of an [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from an other dimension who was was left for dead by [[Megazarak]] to rot on the shores of the [[Rust Sea]].

The Prime was cloned by [[Unicron]], and awoke slowly to the dark god's torture. Completely broken, this Prime is an eternal servant and begs for the consuming nothing of Unicron's victory over the multiverse. Anything is preferable to the flood of infinite suffering that is his existence.

His only weakness is what tiny, rotten portion is left of his honor. He carries the [[Dead Matrix]] within him, possibly the only thing that can kill Unicron's enemy, [[Primus]].

==Fiction==
===Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comics===
[[Image:Nemesisprimetfuclone.jpg|left|thumb|Don't try this at home.]]

Nemesis Prime and [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] arrived via dimensional portal over an abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] threatened by the [[Unicron Singularity]]. Quickly, they attempted to amass followers to aide them in their attempt to unleash Nemesis Prime's [[Dead Matrix]] on [[Primus]]' essence, allowing their master [[Unicron]] a posthumous victory. Ultimately, the followers amounted to little more than a handful of [[Scrapmetal drones|Scrapmetal]].

The pair were countered by [[Vector Prime]] and [[Sentinel Maximus]]. During a battle with Sentinel Maximus, Nemesis Prime was able to seal himself into Primus' spark chamber alone. However, Nemesis Prime was defeated by ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (RiD)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] en route from the end of the ''[[Universe]]'' conflict.

Nemesis Prime suffered heavy damages at the hands of Ultra Magnus and was sealed away for repairs, while the Dead Matrix was locked away in the Archives.

==Toys==
===Universe===
* '''Nemesis Prime''' (Ultra, 2004)
[[Image:Tfu-nemprime-bot.jpg|right|thumb|Woolly bully.]]
: Nemesis Prime is a redeco of [[Big Convoy]], released as a Target [[exclusive]] in 2004 as part of the ''[[Universe]]'' line. He transforms into a woolly mammoth, with a "third mode" comprised of robot weaponry emerging from the mammoth's hide. Concealed in the mammoth's head and back are a plasma pulse cannon and a semi-automatic fusion rocket launcher. His arms conceal blood-red battle tonfas (whether they are cast in a blood red material, or are simply stained from use, has yet to be determined), and his hips house variable-frequency gatling lasers. Attached to his ankles are a pair of ordnance launchers, the quarrels of which Nemesis Prime has also used in melee combat.

==Trivia==
* Through some interdimensional hocus-pocus, a spark fragment from the cloning experiments ultimately used to create this Nemesis Prime was extracted by [[Dr. Arkeville]] from within [[Unicron]], which Dr. Arkeville used to give life to ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Alternators)|Nemesis Prime]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/NemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm Nemesis Prime at TFU.info]

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Big Convoy (BW)

2007-06-11T23:52:28Z

Aurax: spelling

:''Big Convoy is a [[Maximal]] leader from the [[Beast Wars]] era of the [[Generation 1]] continuity.''

[[Image:BigConvoyAnime1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|We've got a great big convoy...]]

'''Big Convoy''' is a high-ranking yet severely anti-social general in the [[Maximal]] army. He is often called by his nickname, "the One-Man Army", due to his lone-wolf behavior and immense skill in battle. He can transform into a woolly mammoth and his weapon of choice is the '''Big Cannon'''. At one point he was a freelancer, working with [[Rockbuster]], until he joined the Maximal army officially. He has a heated but respectful rivalry with [[Predacon]] [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Magmatron]]. The [[Maximal Elder|Maximal Elders]] recognize Big Convoy's skill and dedication yet do not approve of his introverted attitude.

==Fiction==
===Beast Wars Neo cartoon===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Junichi Inoue]]

Hoping to curve Big Convoy's psychotically anti-social behavior, the [[Maximal Elder|Maximal Elders]] ordered him to train a crew of unruly new recruits. Big Convoy loathed the assignment at first, but being a loyal soldier, accepted the task. His first mission was to explore [[Gaia]] and investigate the disappearance of [[Leo Prime]]. Little did he know, [[Magmatron]] and his [[Predacon|Predacons]] were following close behind him. After finding a black box message from Leo Prime, Big Convoy learned of the [[Angolmois]] capsules ejected after the destruction of the [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. Big Convoy then headed off with his group of trainees to collect the capsules, battling Magmatron every step of the way.

Big Convoy is not one for compassion or sentimental gobbly-gook. Because of this bitter attitude, [[Vector Sigma]] took it upon-itself to dispense words of wisdom and encouragement to the recruits directly ''through'' Big Convoy, via his [[Energon Matrix]]. Big Convoy hated it at first, but over the course of the adventure, the sense of compassion began to rub-off on him and he started giving words of advice all on his own.

Eventually, after the Maximals and Predacons collected all the capsules, they were attacked by the [[Blentron]]s, a fearsome trio of nearly invincible Transformers. The Blentrons beat the mortal hell out of him, the Maximals and the Predacons, taking the Angolmois capsules. As it turned out, the Angolmois energy was really the essence of [[Unicron]] and the Blentrons were his creations.

The Blentrons released the Angolomois energy into the corpse of [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]], resurrecting Unicron. Big Convoy and the Maximals raced him back to [[Cybertron]] but were side-tracked by being sucked into a wormhole. It was actually the same wormhole that sucked-in Leo Prime and his crew after their battle against the Nemesis. Leo Prime told Big Convoy the history of Unicron and helped him escape the wormhole.

[[Image:BigConvoyMatrix1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Pimp My Ribcage.]]

The Maximals arrived too late; Unicron had already destroyed the Maximal armada (and [[Great Convoy]] with it) and possessed Vector Sigma, turning Cybertron into his new body. Big Convoy, the Maximal recruits and Magmatron stood side-by-side to fight the menace. Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to swat his opponents. Using their new-found teamwork, the Maximals managed to hold Unicron off while Big Convoy powered up his trademarked '''Big Cannon''' with his own [[Energon Matrix]]. This upgraded his Big Cannon into the '''Matrix Buster'''. Big Convoy unleashed a blast from his Matrix Buster directly into Unicron, seemingly destroying him.

With Unicron evicted from Vector Sigma, Big Convoy and Magmatron chose to put aside their differences. Together, all missing Maximals and Predacons set adrift (especially those from ''[[Beast Wars II]]'') returned to Cybertron to help rebuild the planet. In the final shot, Big Convoy, Magmatron and Leo Prime were shown standing side-by-side beneath Vector Sigma.

===Beast Wars Neo manga===

===Beast Wars: the Gathering===

[[Image:BigConvoyIDW1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Where everybody knows your name...]]

Before his adventures as a woolly mammoth, Big Convoy was shown as part of Cybertron's Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs alongside [[Heinrad]] and [[Magmatron]].
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars Neo===
*'''Big Convoy''' (Ultra, 1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-35'''
: This molds was also used to make [[Black Big Convoy]] and ''[[Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]].

*'''Big Convoy vs Magmatron''' (Vs pack, 1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-35'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/BigConvoy/bigconvoy.htm Big Convoy at TFU.info]

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User:Aurax

2007-05-17T21:33:14Z

Aurax: Adding my map

Personal home page: [http://booknine.blogspot.com/ Book Nine]

Resident gnome.

==Panoptica Continuity Map==
[[Image:continuitymap.png|thumb]]I have this problem in which I need to stratify and codify stuff and make lists and charts and diagrams. It's a sickness.

This map is designed, first and foremost, for me to keep track of the various continuities. I'm sharing it because I haven't seen anything close to this in the fandom.

===How to read this map===
*'''Red squares''' represent the large umbrella continuities, and (with the Cyb/GF exception) their Japanese counterparts.
*'''Yellow squares, bold outlines''' represent significant sublines.
*'''Yellow squares, thin outlines''' represent continuities as they are generally understood (e.g., US G1 cartoon, IDW Beast Wars, etc.). Each divergence in a storyline is represented by a yellow box. Tech specs, when not included as their own "continuity" are considered to be within the larger umbrella continuity (e.g., Machine Wars).
*'''Gray boxes''' of all varieties represent continuities of some stripe that were announced but never launched.
*'''Solid lines''' between continuities represent actual connections. For example, the Marvel (US) G2 comic was influenced by three other continuities: The G1 Marvel comic in the US, the G1 Marvel comic in the UK (the exclusive stories), and the characters introduced by Hasbro in the G2 line. Each solid line represents at least one story element that draws a connection between the two continuities.
*'''Dashed lines''' between continuities represent hypothetical connections. For instance, there is no explicit connection between any G1 continuity and RiD. However, there are a few references (chiefly to Vector Sigma) that lead one, perhaps errantly, to expect there to ultimately be some connection between the two.

===Problems to be fixed===
There are a lot of them.

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File:Continuitymap.png

2007-05-17T19:29:32Z

Aurax: For Aurax's user page, his own misguided attempt at examining the various continuities and their interrelations.

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Talk:Action Master

2007-04-09T10:23:46Z

Aurax: Page start / disputed AM appearance

==Grimlock: Only AM in Marvel?==
I have to disagree that Grimlock's AM form is the only such one we see in Marvel. Optimus Prime's representation in the final issue looks strongly like his AM form. The Blue forearms tell me he's not in his original G1 body, and the location of the smokestacks are not the same as they are for Ginrai. [[User:Aurax|Aurax]] 10:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Stormbringer issue 2

2007-03-24T06:51:11Z

Aurax: typo

'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[Don Figueroa]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Robbie Robbins]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Josh Burcham]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Chris Ryall]] and [[Dan Taylor]]<br>

*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Bludgeon]], [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Searchlight]], [[Springer]], [[Roadbuster]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Dogfight]], [[Nosecone]], [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], [[Ruckus]], [[Darkwing]]
*''Originally published:'' August, 2006

== Synopsis ==

Jetfire is interrogated by the Decepticon Bludgeon, who is leading a team intending to continue what the dormant Thunderwing started. Thunderwing, we discover in Jetfire's flashback, was a Decepticon scientist who predicted the environmental catastrophe that struck [[Cybertron]] and attempted to take action. In the meantime, Optimus Prime receives a report on the destruction of the ''[[Calabi-Yau]]'' and decides to call in the [[Wreckers]] in case Thunderwing is indeed returning.

Bludgeon commences restoring power to Thunderwing using the [[Energon]] pocket detected by the ''Calabi-Yau'', and reveals that he is using the [[Technobot|Technobots]] as raw material for a "grafting process" that Thunderwing created. Jetfire attempts to stop Bludgeon, but is disabled.

Nosecone and Afterburner leave their escape pod and make their way across the surface of Cybertron, but the cosmic radiation plays havoc with their systems and they are rounded up by a pair of [[Centurion_droid|Centurion drones]].

A Decepticon infiltration unit on the planet [[Nebulos]] picks up something big and powerful exiting foldspace. The people of the planet look to the sky and flee in fear. The apocalypse has arrived - and its name is Thunderwing...

== Errors ==

* The inside cover of issue #2, solicited for August 2006, shows the publish date of the issue as June 2006, one month before the last issue.

== Items of Note ==

If the ''Infiltration'' arc is maintaining a focus on the classic G1 characters, then ''Stormbringer'' appears intent on drawing the more esoteric G1 Transformers into the rebooted continuity and explaining their at-times odd technology. Thunderwing's "grafting process" appears to be the origin of [[Pretender]] technology, given that Thunderwing has only been glimpsed outside his shell prior to the apocalypse and that Bludgeon and all of the named Decepticons working for him thus far are part of the G1 Pretender toy line. Also, most of the Decepticons glimpsed in the background inside the Decepticon command bunker on [[Nebulos]] are members of the [[Headmaster]]s, [[Targetmaster]]s and [[Powermaster]]s lines (though whether the various -master technologies have yet been invented in this continuity is unknown).

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IDW Publishing

2007-03-08T23:10:15Z

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'''Idea and Design Works, LLC''' currently owns the [[Transformers]] comic book license as of May 2005, following the financial collapse of the previous license holder, [[Dreamwave]], at the tail-end of 2004. The flagship title is a rebooted [[Generation 1|G1]] continuity written by longtime Transformers scribe [[Simon Furman]], with art by [[E.J. Su]] (who's previously worked on [[G.I. Joe/Transformers Vol. 2]] for [[Devil's Due]]).

==Series published==
=== G1 rebooted ===

IDW's main ''Transformers'' comic line is overseen by Simon Furman, who has taken a fresh approach to Generation 1 continuity. All the familiar faces are present (although some have slightly different forms), but emphasis is given to character over action and as a result the details of the continuity are more sophisticated.

Instead of an ongoing civil war on Cybertron which spills over to Earth by accident, Furman presents us with an interstellar cold war between the Autobots and Decepticons, where Energon is the stakes and both sides disguise their actions from each other amongst each planet's native population until it's too late. However, a surprising development on Earth promises to heat up the war and turn our planet from just another proxy battleground into the ultimate prize...

*''[[Infiltration]]'' - Establishes the presence of the Transformers on modern-day Earth and re-establishes the theme of "robots in disguise" as central to the new continuity. A seven-issue story arc (issues #0 to #6).
*''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]'' - Companion four-issue mini-series tie-in to ''Infiltration,'' establishing Cybertron's current situation in the re-boot and focusing squarely on the Transformers.
*''[[Escalation]]'' - Sequel to ''Infiltration''. A six-issue story arc.
*''[[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' - Series of one-shot stories focusing on a single Transformer per issue.
*''Devastation'' - Reportedly the sequel to ''Infiltration'' and ''Escalation''.
*''[[Megatron: Origins]]'' - Details the events surrounding Megatron's rise to power and the founding of the [[Decepticon]] faction.
*''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'' - A collaboration between Marvel Comics and IDW featuring the first ever crossover between the Transformers and New Avengers. Though it will have minimal effects on the overall universe it is specifically designed to fit into continuity between Infiltration and Escalation

===Beast Wars===
Taking place within the Beast Wars Cartoon universe this line eschews the previous [[3H]] fan club comics that previously continued the show's story to strike out in a new direction focusing mainly on the non-show toy characters.
*''[[The Gathering|Beast Wars: The Gathering]]'' - Marking the 10th anniversary of the [[Beast Wars]] franchise.
*''[[The Ascending|Beast Wars: The Ascending]]'' - A new Beast Wars story planned for release in August 2007.
*A Beast Wars profile series is also due August 2007.

===Evolutions===
A series of [[Wikipedia:Elseworlds|Elseworlds]]-like stories that exist in their own separate continuities, each taking different takes on Transformers.
*''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' - Places the Transformers in the American west during the Industrial Revolution.

===Other===
*''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' - Reprints old Marvel comics, specifically ones that did not feature Marvel-owned characters such as [[Circuit Breaker]].
*''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' - An adaptation of the original Transformers film, 1986's ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

==External links==
*[http://www.idwpublishing.com/ IDW Publishing]

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Mount St. Hilary

2007-02-22T05:35:20Z

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:''Mount St. Hilary is a volcano in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:MountStHilary.jpg|thumb|right|Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Sensor Drone!]]
The Transformers space cruiser, the [[Ark]], crashed into the side of the dormant volcano roughly four million year ago where it lay undisturbed until the volcano erupted again in 1984. The explosion reactivated the systems aboard the Ark which promptly set about restoring the Autobots and Decepticons on board.

Mount St. Hilary would serve as the headquarters of the Autobots for the next few years. At one point [[Wheeljack]] installed a number of automated gun emplacements around the volcano. These were hidden inside the rock face, emerging through sliding panels as they were needed.

Under the leadership of [[Grimlock]], the Autobots completed repairs on the Ark and successfully relaunched it into space. The hole left behind still contained a variety of discarded machinery and communications systems. These were later used by the Autobot [[Goldbug]] to send a distress call that was eventually received by the Autobot [[Headmaster|Headmasters]] on [[Nebulos]].

They answered the distress call and made their way to Earth followed by the Decepticons. Tracking the source of the signal they arrived at Mount St. Hilary to find [[Spike Witwicky]] looking for his missing brother [[Buster Witwicky|Buster]].

Not long after the Decepticon Headmasters attacked and trapped Spike in the volcano. Scorponok caused molten lava to erupt from the cavern floor. [[Fortress Maximus]]’ headmaster, [[Galen]], attempted to save Spike by pushing him out of the path of a rock fall and dies himself in the attempt.

After this Mount St. Hilary played no further role in the Transformers war.
[[Image:Hilarytoon.jpg|thumb|left|The volcano with no name!]]

===Animated continuity===

The volcano that the Transformers crash into is never explicitly named in the cartoon series, and neither is the state in which it is located. There is no reason that it couldn’t be called Mount St. Hilary, but there is no canonical evidence within the series to back this up.

The name has, however, been used in a number of places other than Marvel comic. These include a set of collectors cards based around the television series and the range of [[Audiobooks]] which use a number of concepts from the television series. These lend support to the idea that the volcano in the cartoon is also called Mount St. Hilary, but it is far from conclusive.

===Beast Wars===

In the [[Beast Wars]] episode [[The Agenda, Part 1|The Agenda]], the Ark is uncovered by the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] leader [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], but again, the volcano itself is never given a name. This makes sense, however, as Beast Wars is set in prehistory, and therefore the volcano has no name at this stage. It could eventually be named Mount St. Hilary, though. Beast Wars did give the Autobot spaceship the name "the Ark" for the first time outside of the comic continuity; therefore, it is possible that the writers also intended the volcano to be the same as that shown in the comics.

===Micromaster Collection===

After a battle with the Decepticons, the Autobot [[Micromaster]]s discovered ruins of Cybertronian origin at Mount St. Hilary, including a piece of metal with a Predacon [[faction symbols|faction symbol]] on it (though none of the Micromasters knew the symbol's significance). The Autobots set up a headquarters at the base of the volcano. While excavating the ruins, they uncovered a [[stasis pod]], which emitted a strange radiation that brought forth a [[combiner]] [[Multiforce|team]] from an alternate dimension.<ref>http://www.cosmicrust.com/toys/micro/story.php</ref>

==Where is Mount St. Hilary?==

In the [[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|Marvel comics]] continuity, it is stated that the volcano is located in [[Oregon]] not far from Portland. Subsequent events also largely take place in Oregon around (and in) the city of Portland. A possible location for the volcano could be the Boring Lava Field near Portland, which does indeed contain a number of volcanoes similar to the one shown, but this is never specified within the comic itself.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring_Lava_Field</ref>

Assuming that the volcano that appears in the cartoon is Mount St. Hilary and is located in the same state, then it seems to be part of a largely desert landscape, which does not seem to fit with the geography and climate of the Portland area.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland%2C_Oregon</ref> As mentioned above, the area is home to the Boring Lava Field but given the desert landscape, it is more likely that the volcano would be located in the southeastern part of Oregon.

The location of the Decepticon headquarters, however, may imply that the Transformers crashed somewhere in the coastal region. Portland is about 60 miles from the nearest coastline, so it is still possible the volcano could be located in that area, but as mentioned, the desert landscape really doesn’t fit in with this.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon</ref> One major problem with this is that in the episode [[Day of the Machines]], a computer screen shows oil tankers converging on the Decepticon base - in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This could be written off as one of the many animation errors in the series, as other episodes show the Decepticon base much closer to the shore.

It could be that the Decepticon base is located in the Atlantic, meaning that the volcano might not be in Oregon at all but instead in an East Coast state, although this again wouldn't really fit the desert landscape.

It is possible, of course, that the volcano is nowhere near the Decepticon base. The [[Fight!_Super_Robot_Lifeform_Transformer_(manga)|Japanese manga]] mentions the [[Autobot Road]], suggesting that the Autobots have a series of underground roads that allow them to travel around the world at great speed. This is not backed up by the series itself, however. Even assuming that the Autobot Road is a reality, it is still very likely that the Decepticon base is near the Ark for the following reasons:

#When the Decepticons are reactivated by [[Teletraan I]] they believe the Autobots to be dead. There is therefore no reason for them to travel thousands of miles to build their new space cruiser.
#The space cruiser is built in an area whose geography is very similar to that around the Ark.
#After Mirage causes the space cruiser to crash, the Autobots watch from the shore as it crashes into the ocean. This suggests that the crash site is very near the launch site.
#The Autobot Road would have taken a long time to construct, and even if it exists, it is unlikely that it was available during [[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1|More Than Meets the Eye]].
#In [[The Immobilizer]], [[Carly]] drives from the Ark to the coast where the Decepticon base is located. It seems unlikely that she would drive all the way across the USA to get there or have access to the Autobot Road at this early stage in her relationship with them.

Most Generation One continuities state or imply that the Ark crashed in Oregon, so it would seem likely (but not certain) that the cartoon would also adopt this location. [[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]] shows Megatron approaching the city of Seattle, Washington. Washington State is just to the north of Oregon which would seem to support this. However, identifying the location of the volcano in the cartoon continuity with 100% accuracy will never be possible due to the many conflicting "facts" presented in the course of the series.

==Merchandise==
[[Image:Troublehilary.jpg|thumb|right|The Transformers experience a big bang.]]
*In 1984 Presto Magix released a transfer set called Trouble on Mount St. Hilary.
*In 1985 Mount St. Hilary appeared on the Transformers Trading Cards from Milton Bradley.<ref>[[:image:TradingCards19851a.jpg|Trading Cards]]</ref>

==References==
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Psycho-Orb

2007-02-22T05:33:50Z

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:''Psycho Orb is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Robot Masters]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

A [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] born on ancient [[Earth]] during the time of the [[Beast Wars]], '''Psycho Orb''' followed his leader [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] through the [[Blasty Zone]], ending up in the year 2004 and helping him take over the Decepticons in the absence of ''their'' [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]].

Psycho Orb's defensive capabilities are highly advanced; his beast-mode shell is nearly impenetrable and can withstand temperatures up to 6000° Celsius. He also has the ability to move objects via psychokinesis, giving him some very unique combat capabilities.

==Fiction==
===''Robot Masters'' online mini-comics===

==Toys==
===Robot Masters===
[[Image:Psychoorb.jpg|thumb|Aren't feet guns awesome?]]

*'''Psycho Orb''' (Decepticon, 2004)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-09'''

: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Maximal]] [[Armordillo]], Psycho Orb transforms into a large Brazilian armadillo, with a single-step spring-loaded transformation. His rear beast-mode legs detach to form weapons; a non-firing blaster and a spiked-ball-and-chain.

: Unique to this version of the mold is the clear-plastic [[solitarium]] "weapon", the "Calamity Defenser" shield. This item can be combined with the other Decepticons' solitarium weapons to form the mega-weapon [[Arsenal Force]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Bump]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/PsychoOrb/psychoorb.htm Psycho Orb at TFU.info]

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Chris

2007-02-07T15:27:53Z

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''Chris is [[Wilder]]'s special friend in the [[Masterforce]] portion of [[Generation 1]] continuity''
[[Image:Chris_mf.jpg|thumb|250px|The JACK BOYS? Wow. As if that scarf wasn't homoerotic enough...]]

'''Chris''' is a juvenile delinquent with a gentle side. When he was younger, Chris and Wilder founded the [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang together. Chris loved riding all night with the leatherclad compañeros. They were free, and it didn't matter what society thought of them!

All that came to an end when the [[Cool Guys]] rode into town, and kicked the Jack Boys out.  Wilder became obsessed with revenge, eventually allying himself with the Decepticons, and Chris distanced himself from the gang.

==Fiction==
===Masterforce cartoon===
''Voice actor:'' [[Hiroshi Takemura]] (Japan)

{{storylink|Go, Goshooter! Showdown in the Wasteland!|MF EP 6}}
The Jack Boys kidnap Chris to bring him back into the gang. He refuses to rejoin the much-hurt Wilder, saying that he's become obsessed with power and forgotten about the very people he sought power to protect.

Chris's sister [[Chris#Mary|Mary]] witnessed his kidnapping, and brought the Autobot [[Headmaster Junior]]s (who were visiting America) to rescue him.

Afterwards, the Autobot Headmasters Juniors invited Chris and Mary to their farewell barbecue, and Cab ate all the food.

The end!

''Chris appears in episode 6''

==Associated characters==
===Mary===
''Voice actor:'' [[Mayumi Shō]] (Japan)

[[Image:Mary mf.jpg|thumb|"I'll get that Ino for calling me 'forehead girl!'"]]

Mary is Chris's sister. Though everyone else says he's become a hoodlum since joining the Jack Boys, he and his friends have never been anything but kind to her, and she knows he has a good heart.

Mary witnessed Chris's abduction by the Jack Boys and ran to find a police officer. Instead she found [[Shuta Goh]] in his police car [[Transtector]]. Leading them to a location in the desert she knew the Jack Boys hung out at, they rescued her brother.

Mary and Chris were invited to the Autobot Headmaster Juniors' farewell barbecue.

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Dr. Mohammed Wong

2007-02-07T15:26:32Z

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:''Mohammed Wong is a [[human]] character in the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.

'''Dr. Mohammed Wong''' is a scientist with the National Association of Atmospheric Studies. Incidentally, he has a very common first name, and very common lats name. Somehow, this give him an extremely unique name.

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Cybertron''====
{{storylink|Family}}
While worrying about his brothers [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] and [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Tim Hansen]] heard a news report stating that Dr. Wong had given a press conference at which he assured the public that the phenomenon that had become known as [[Unicron Singularity|"The Hole in the Sky"]] was no cause for alarm.

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Beast Wars (Part 2)

2007-02-07T15:15:27Z

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'''Writers:''' [[Bob Forward]]

'''Summary:''' After a battle between [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], a huge cache of Energon is discovered.

'''Major Characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Minor Characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Original Air Date:''' September 17, 1996

==Summary==
...The fight between [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Dinobot (BW)]] breaks out just as the Predacons attack. Primal falls, but is rescued by Dinobot. He confesses that Primal slipped, and the fight would not be honorable. As they continue to fight, both fall, but are rescued by [[Rhinox]]. Primal sees that Dinobot is trustworthy, and allows him to join the Maximal ranks.

The gunfire on the conflict flies far in the distance, striking a mountain and unveiling a massive [[energon]] cache, giving them all the power either team would need to return home - and, in [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s case, start the Great War again.

Both teams rush to the site, and begin to fight - but in Beast Modes. The massive energon exposure would render their robot modes in stasis lock in moments if they attempted to transform. Megatron, seeing the fight is lost, opens fire on Primal. Dinobot diverts the missile fired, saving Primal but causing a massive chain reaction in the mountainside. Both teams quickly flee.

As the Maximals leave, Dinobot explains that he owed Primal his life, and that his actions made them even. Primal proclaims that the Beast Wars have begun.

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation Glitches===
* Waspinator's bee-stripes on his thighs are mapped along the wrong axis.

* Often, when the 'Energon mountain' appears in the distance, a large piece of energon in the foreground clips and flickers, making it appear as though the energon is appearing and disappearing at random.

===Continuity Errors===
* After the energon mountain explodes and the Maximals are seen ducking for cover, every shot where Optimus Primal and Dinobot are in the foreground do not feature any of the other Maximals in the background, even though they were seen standing behind the pair moments earlier, and both Rattrap and Rhinox are seen Rattrap thinks they have won. Oddly enough, Cheetor is no longer in the scene.

* The very same scene features a lot of rubble from the destroyed mountain in close ups of Rattrap and Rhinox, but relatively little rubble when Optimus Primal and Dinobot are in the foreground.

===Transformers References===
*References

===Real-World References===
*Reference

==External Links==
*Link

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Graviton (Cybertron)

2007-02-07T15:13:27Z

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:''Graviton is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

A member of the [[Hellflame Mini-Cons]], '''Graviton''' enforces the rule of the mighty [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] with his projectile-weapon attacks, a rare ability among the citizenry of the [[Jungle Planet]].

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
*'''Graviton''' (Hellflame Mini-Con, 2005)

: A [[retool]] of the [[Armada]] [[Emergency Mini-Con Team]] member [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]], Graviton transforms into both a crash-response truck and a (non-firing) multi-missile rack, with an added 5mm peg unique to this release so he could be used as a hand-held weapon. He was only available at Japanese Jusco stores in March of 2005 with the purchase of the Scourge toy.

: The same mold (minus the 5mm peg) is used by [[Anti-Blaze]], [[Cluster]] and [[Quench]].

*'''Graviton white version''' (Mini-Con, 2005)

: An all-white version of the Hellflame Team was also released in March 2005 as a Jusco store [[exclusive]]; white Graviton was available with the purchase of the small die-cast "HSB" version of Galaxy Force [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]].

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Micron/Graviton/graviton.htm Graviton at TFU.info]

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Lazorbeak

2007-02-07T15:12:51Z

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{{disambig3|Laserbeak}}
[[Image:IDW Lazorbeak.jpg|thumb|250px|... If those are what pterosaur wings actually looked like, I'm a [[Optimus Minor|monkey's]] [[Optimus Primal|uncle]].]]
:''Lazorbeak iz a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] character in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

A fast flying pirate of the air, the mean menace that is '''Lazorbeak''' satiates his thirst for battle by seeking the one good point [[Maximal]]s have: their melting point! His is aided in this by a powerful laser weapon. Unfortunately, his aggressive usage of this weapon rapidly diminishes his [[energon]] levels, usually limiting Lazorbeak to making only brief aerial attacks before converting back to pteranodon mode.

''(Lazorbeak's tech spec bio has some similarities to [[Generation 1]] [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]'s, leading some to believe he is the same character.)''

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===

Lazorbeak was one of the [[protoforms]] on [[Earth]] reprogrammed into Predacons by [[Magmatron]]. He was sent to search for [[Razorbeast]] and his team of Maximals from the air by the recently revived [[Ravage]]. When [[Sky Shadow (BW)|Sky Shadow]] discovered the Maximals lair, Lazorbeak was among the Predacons who participated in the battle that ensued. After being beaten by the Maximals and their newly arrived reinforcements, Lazorbeak presumably retreated along with the other Predacons.

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Lazorbeak''' (Basic, 1996)

: A [[redeco]] and very slight [[retool]]ing (he was given a space for an [[rubsign|energon chip]]) of the original [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] mold, Lazorbeak transforms from a pterasaur of some probably-made-up kind to a robot with a spring-loaded one-step transformation. His pistol stores in a small recess behind his robot-mode head.

: This mold was also used to make [[Fractyl]], [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]], and [[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Lazorbeak/lazorbeak.htm Lazorbeak at TFU.info]

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User:Aurax

2007-02-05T04:22:23Z

Aurax:

Personal home page: [http://booknine.blogspot.com/ This Side of the Universe]

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Oracle (G1)

2007-02-05T04:21:50Z

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:''The Oracle is a sentient computer from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. It is also known as '''Primacron's assistant'''.''

[[Image:Oracle_COTP_thumb.gif|frame|Primacron's assistant was a lavalamp?]]

The Oracle was once the assistant of [[Primacron]]: an ageless creature of magnificent intellect. Primacron built the Oracle to help him create life, but the Oracle's corporeal existence was cut short after the birth of [[Unicron]]. The Oracle holds some sort of deep yet unknown connection to Unicron, the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and the entire Transformer race.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===

'''Voice Actor:''' [[Gregg Berger]] (US), [[Toshirō Ishii]](Japan)

Sensing the danger presented by Primacron's new universe-destroying monster, [[Tornadron]], the Oracle telepathically summoned the "Primitives", all of the animal and monster Transformers from both the [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] factions. The Primitives found the Oracle as a glowing energy deep within a cave, located on an asteroid that hovered in the center of an ancient cluster of space debris.

The Oracle told his tale, of how he was built by Primacron to create life but had his body destroyed by Primacron's evil creation, Unicron. After his body wa destroyed, the Oracle floated away into space within the matrix of Leadership (what this signifies is unknown to this day). The Oracle was convinced that only the Primitives could defeat Primacron's energy monster, Tornadron. Tornadron made short work of all the Primitives, sucking their lifeforces dry. However, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] managed to save the day by accidentilly flipping a switch which caused Tornadron's energy to dissipate, thus restoring life to everything the monster "ate". In Grimlock's joy, he destroyed Primacron's laboratory. {{Storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

==Trivia==

*What significance the Oracle has to the Matrix of Leadership and the origins of the Transformers remains unclear to this day. It could be possible that he is the same [[Oracle]] seen through-out [[Beast Machines]], a mysterious glowing energy that communed telepathically with Transformers (and was, in reality, [[Vector Sigma]]), but that is unconfirmed.

*The name "Oracle" was never used in the episode-itself, with "Primacron's assistant" being the only name spoken for the character. The name comes from the episode's script as well as Japanese sourcebooks.

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The Transformers: Micromaster

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'''Micromaster Collection''' was a small line of Transformers which ran from 2002 to 2004. It consisted entirely of new releases of molds originally made for [[Victory]], [[Battlestars]], and [[Operation Combination]].

==Story==
The Micromaster Collection story was told through text on the instruction booklets, and is set in the [[Generation 1]] animated continuity, at some point in the late 20th century (but prior to the awakening of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s aboard the [[Ark]] in 1984).

A group of Autobot [[Seiberdroid]]s left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to search for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Due to an accident, a dimensional shockwave transported their ship across the galaxy, where it crash-landed on a [[Earth|remote planet.]] (A similar rift later brought the [[Multiforce]] over from another dimension.) The shockwave also caused the Seiberdroids to mutate, evolving into [[Micromaster]] [[Transformer]]s; additionally, it affected some of their minds, turning those Autobots into Decepticons. Fighting broke out, with the Autobots wanting to live peacefully among the [[human]]s and the Decepticons wanting to conquer Earth and return to Cybertron.

Eventually, the Decepticons started digging at [[Mount St. Hilary]] for an unknown reason. After chasing them away, the Autobots discovered a couple of metal fragments there--one of which bore a [[Predacon (BW)|mysterious symbol]]--and concluded that there had been Transformers on Earth [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|before.]]

''The eventual fates of the Micromasters and Multiforce are unknown, though presumably the situation was eventually resolved in such a way that none of them were still on Earth when Mount St. Hillary erupted in 1984.''

==Characters==
===Autobots===
*[[Sixliner]]
*[[Sixturbo]]
*[[Sixbuilder]]
*[[Sixtrain]]
*[[Landcross]]

===Decepticons===
*[[Sixwing]]
*[[Destron Sixbuilder]]

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Ark (G1)

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{{disambig2|the [[Generation 1]] ship in which the [[Autobots]] crashed on [[Earth]]|the ship-like weapon [[Primus]] used in ''[[Cybertron]]''|Ark (Cybertron)}}

[[Image:CrashedArk1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Doooo Dooooooo DOOTDOOTDOOT DOOOOOO!]]

'''The Ark''' is the name given to the Autobot spaceship that, in most versions of the [[Generation 1]] story, originally carried [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s troops to [[Earth]].

The Ark is a ''Vanguard''-class Deep Space Interceptor.
It has 5 Decks and houses a full crew compliment of 300 Transformers. (Although it can be flown by only a handful if necessary.) Its environment is fully-automated and self-sufficient. For engines it features 4 Hyperfuel Intake Accelerators

It is armed with 16 particle-combustion canons (port), 16 laser emitters (starboard), a primary starfield missile launcher, and an Overshock sonic battery.

== G1 animated continuity ==

[[Image:ArkCartoon1.jpg|thumb|300px|left| The Ark's launch in the first episode of Transformers, 'More than Meets the Eye Part 1', first aired in 1984.]]

''The Autobot ship in the G1 cartoon is never actually named. Fans have generally called it The Ark however, borrowing the name from its Comic counterpart.''

The Cartoon version of the ship tends to have a more rounded ovoid look to it and is a goldish-yellow color. It has a main computer designated [[Teletraan I]].

Other ''Vanguard''-class ships, pretty much identical to the Ark, are seen taking refugees from Cybertron on a history tape in [[Desertion of the Dinobots]]. It is suspected that the settlers of known Autobot colonies such as [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] were among these.

[[Image:Ark-Toon.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]

The Ark was launched to search for fuel but ran afoul of two colliding asteroids. Then the Decepticons attacked and boarded it. Out of control, the Ark crashed to Earth, smashing into a volcano in what would eventually become a desert. The exact location is unknown, but closely resembled the American southwest. There it rested until a volcanic eruption four million years later reactivated it and its inhabitants. From that point (1984 AD) on the Ark served as the Autobots' base of operations until the construction of Autobot City sometime before 2005 AD.

The Ark's crew consisted of all the 1984 Autobots. A vehicle resembling [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]'s alt-mode and called [[Hauler]] is also seen shortly after the Autobots revived on Earth and may represent another crew member. ''(It is speculated by some fans that a number of the 1985 Autobots may have been aboard the Ark as well, as they suffer the effects of [[Cybertronium]] depletion at the exact same time as those that left the planet aboard her. It is possible they were crew members of the ship as well but were not recovered or repaired until later on in the show.)''

In 2006 (2010 in the Japanese version), the Ark and [[Teletraan I]] are destroyed by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], much to the chagrin of the [[Mini Vehicle|minibots]] who were assigned to protect it.

== Marvel Comics continuity ==

[[Image:ArkComic1.jpg|thumb|left|The Ark as it first appeared in the Marvel Comics...]]
The comic version of the ship tends to have a more squared-off look to it and is frequently (though not always) shown as being a metallic silver. It has a main computer designated [[Auntie]].

In the comic the Ark was referred to as "the last of the Great Arks" suggesting that, as in the Toon, there had been previous Vanguard-class ships. It is also referred to as the most powerful starship in Cybertron history and control of it was considered a huge tactical advantage.

It was launched to clear a path for the wandering planet [[Cybertron]] through an asteroid field. When this was done and her reserves depleted the Decepticons attacked and boarded her. Hoping to end the threat of Megatron forever Optimus Prime PURPOSELY crashed the ship into the passing planet Earth. The Ark crashed into [[Mount St. Hilary]], a volcano located a small distance outside of what would one day become [[Portland, Oregon]].

[[Image:ArkComic2.jpg|thumb|300px|right| ...and as it came to be fairly consistently portrayed as the Comics progressed.]]

After the crash some of the Ark's systems still functioned and when they detected the Decepticon [[Shockwave]] making planetfall the ship revived 5 of her Autobot crew and rebuilt them into the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s. Upon the disappearance of these warriors in their attempt to destroy Shockwave the Ark shut itself down.

Four million years later, Mount St. Hilary erupted jarring the ship back to life. It revived and, unable to distinguish Autobot from Decepticon or to detect organic life (clearly it had suffered additional malfunctions since creating the Dinobots) it revived both sides to transform into the machines it perceived as the planet's dominant lifeforms.

''(Note: At no point in the comics does it explain why the Dinobots were created due to the dominant organic life, and yet it could only assimilate mechanical life in 1984.)''

The Ark became the Autobot's main base of operations on Earth until, during [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock's]] first term as Autobot leader, he had the ship repaired and returned to space. The Ark hung around near Earth space for a time, until it was abandoned in orbit when Primus teleported all nearby Transformers back to Cybertron to face [[Unicron]]. It was recovered by the Dinobots and flown to Cybertron to engage Unicron. Grimlock, being the master of tactics that he is, physically rammed Unicron with the powerfully armed starship which was then abandoned and crashed on Cybertron. It was recovered this time by Shockwave and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] who repaired it and took it to Earth to conquer that planet with it. This plan was foiled by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Megatron and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] crashing the party. Their battle caused the ship to crash to Earth again, into the Canadian wilderness. This time it was recovered and repaired by Megatron who attempted to take it back to Cybertron and conquer ''that'' planet with it. This was foiled by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Spike Witwicky]] who sacrificed their lives to cause an anti-matter explosion that finally destroyed the great ship.

The Ark's original crew in the Comics consisted of the 1984 Autobots, plus the Dinobots, the recorded mental engrams of a number of the 1985 Autobot cars, and [[Toaster]].

== Beast Wars continuity ==

[[Image:Arkbw.jpg|left|thumb|The Ark via flashback in "Agenda, Part 3."]]

The Ark seen in [[Beast Wars]] was based visually on the Ark from the Generation 1 cartoon, however it was officially named "The Ark," retroactively confirming the designation fans had long given it. It is revealed that the Ark was built using "die-cast" construction, a lost art by the Beast Wars era.

The Ark first entered into the Beast Wars cartoon in [[The Agenda, Part 2|The Agenda]] three-parter. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had originally come to prehistoric Earth following instructions recorded by [[Megatron (G1)]] on the [[Golden Disk]] from the Voyager Space probe. His original plan was to destroy the deactivated Autobots aboard her and change the outcome of [[The Great War]].

== Dreamwave comics continuity ==

There is some question as to The Ark's appearance in the Dreamwave continuity, as it is never shown in totality in an actual comic story. Pictures are seen in the final issue of their [[More Than Meets The Eye]] guide and there it is drawn to look mostly like the Cartoon model ( though oddly missing the rear "spoiler"). However the DK Transformers Ultimate Guide, whose main focus was Dreamwave Continuity gives a cutaway diagram of the Ark drawn in the Marvel Comic style instead, only colored yellow-gold as in the Cartoon.

The Ark was destroyed in 2004 while [[Ratchet]] and [[Brawn]] countered a Decepticon attack headed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].

==IDW comics continuity==

6.2 million [[meta-cycles]] ago the first legendary vessel to be designated as the Ark was lauched from Cybertron. It's mission was to plot a safe passage from the [[Cybertronian Quadrant]] of the galaxy through the [[Benzuli Expanse]]. Twenty-thousand [[astro-cycles]] out it disappeared with all hands lost. Over the eras following its loss rumor, myth and legend spun up around the ship obscuring the few existing facts surrounding its fate.

''(This Ark appears in the flashbacks to look a bit like a merging of the older Cartoon and Marvel Comic designs.)''

In the modern era the Autobots utilize numerous ships designated Ark, each distinguished by a number following the title including the [[Ark-19]], [[Ark-27]], and [[Ark-32]].

In the present day the fate of the first Ark is one of the big mysteries that [[Nightbeat]] likes to dig into in his free time. He eventually gets a lead on possible remains of the ship, but it turns out to be a trap specifically set to draw him in. On [[Gorlam Prime]] he finds wreckage of the correct type and age to come from the ship, and far beneath the surface a vast interdimensional portal. Before he can dig into the mystery even more he is overtaken by a strange group of Transformers who capture him and mess with his head, eventually erasing his memory of being there at all.

Back on his ship, with no memory of what has passed, he receives a message from Optimus Prime, to rendezvous with the Ark-32 on route to Earth.

== Toys ==
===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Arktitanium.jpg|left|thumb|Wooosh.]]
* '''Autobot Shuttle Ark''' (3-inch Robot Masters)
:The first ever tangible representation of the Ark was a die-cast Titanium figurine at the 3-inch scale. The very forward section was based on the Ark's appearance in the original cartoon, but attached to it is an approximation of the back 2/3s of another space ship, the "Electronic Star Bird" created and sold by Milton Bradley in 1978. [http://www.bugeyedmonster.com/toys/starbird/] Odder yet, the technical information on the back refers to the [[Image:Arktitaniumfront.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Tiny.]]Marvel Comic Ark's destruction at the hands of Fortress Maximus, and that Ark, as seen above, does not resemble either the cartoon Ark or this toy at all.

The very forward portion of the Titanium is removable, allowing for a more accurate toy. (Ironically, the most iconic portion of the Ark, the rear engines which were often seen protruding from its rocky resting point on Earth, are not present due to placement of the attachment point.)

==Trivia==
* An Autobot shuttle featured in Marvel UK's "[[Space Pirates]]" story used the animated series' design for the Ark.

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Discharge (G1)

2007-02-03T22:15:38Z

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:''Discharge is a [[Micromaster]] from the [[Operation Combination]] and [[Micromaster Collection]] portions of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:Discharge-MMC.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Built like a brick sh-...]]

'''Discharge''' is a member of the Turbo Team, six urban-operations Micromasters who can combine to form [[Sixturbo]]. Discharge specializes in firefighting. The Turbo Team fight alongside the [[Guard City]] team and other Micromasters to protect the Earth from the forces of the mighty [[Decepticon]] führer [[Scrash]].

In an alternate-timeline/universe, Discharge is a female Transformer whose heat-resistant armor hides her true appearance even from most allies. She normally eschews battle. However, when angered, she can really do some damage. She is an expert in firefighting and rescue missions, putting everything she has into them.

''Since the Discharge of "Operation Combination" had no bio information whatsoever, it is unknown if the "Micromaster Collection" bio is retroactive, applying to the original version as well, though many fans treat it as such.''

==Fiction==
===Operation: Combination story pages===
Discharge never appears as an individual, only as a component to Sixturbo's robot mode.

===Micromaster Collection Story===
Like most of the Turbo Team, Discharge was infected with the [[Reverse Evolution virus]], presumably though contact with [[Road Police]], [[Circuit (Micromaster)|Circuit]], [[Neo-Wheel]], or [[Glide]]. The virus turned her into a [[Decepticon]], and she went about causing random destruction with her teammates. [[Sireen]] tricked Discharge and the others into combining with him to form Sixturbo, then restored them all to normal with an antivirus program.

Later, when the Decepticons were digging at the foot of [[Mount St. Hilary|a dormant volcano]] for unknown reasons, Discharge hypothesized that they were trying to make the volcano erupt. Apparently she was incorrect.

At some point, [[San Diego (G1)|San Diego]] had plans to [[Female Transformers#Romance|marry]] Discharge (!) as a result of his interest in human culture, but this wedding ultimately never happened.

==Toys==
===Operation: Combination===
*'''Sixturbo''' (Micromaster Sixteam, 1992)
: The original version of Discharge was available only as part of a Sixturbo gift set in Japan. Aside from the fire truck mode, Discharge can form either leg of any of the similar-build Six-Teams (Sixturbo, [[Sixbuilder]] or [[Sixwing]]). The original Six-Teams are considered among the more difficult Japanese Generation 1 pieces to find.

: Discharge uses the same mold as [[Universe]] [[Red Alert (Universe)|Red Alert]].

: The connector socket for Sixturbo's foot-plate is approximately 5mm wide, making Discharge compatible with [[Powerlinx]] plugs, though the placement is awkard in most instances.

===Micromaster Collection===
*'''Discharge''' (Micromaster, 2002)
: In 2002, the entire Sixturbo team was re-released as part of the "Micromaster Collection", in individual boxes with a number visible to show which mold was inside each box. For this release, all of the decals from the original version were replaced with [[paint application]]s. Discharge came with the left foot to Sixturbo in this release.

: In every case of twelve Turbo Team Micromasters, two of them were solid-black-plastic "Reverse Evolution" Decepticon-allied variations. All six Micromasters were available in this manner.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Cybertron/Discharge/discharge.htm Discharge at TFU.info]

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Teletraan I

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{{disambig3|Teletraan}}

In the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|''Generation 1'' cartoon]] (and subsequently in the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]]), '''Teletraan I''' is the name of the semi-sentient computer that runs the [[Autobot]]s' spaceship/base. (This ship was called [[Ark|The Ark]] in the [[Generation 1 (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 comic]] and in ''Beast Wars'', but was never called by name in the cartoon.)

Teletraan I has extensive communications abilities, and can monitor Earth's television and radio broadcasts to search for news that may be of interest to the Autobots. It also operates the [[Sky Spy]], and was responsible for rebuilding and reactivating all the Transformers aboard the Ark in 1984.

In the G1 comics, the Ark's computer was referred to by name only once, in issue #1, where it was called '''Auntie'''. This usage was retained in the UK comics run, where Auntie was given an holographic personification.

A computer called Teletraan I apparently exists/existed in the [[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'']] cartoon continuity as well.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
'''Voice Actor:''' [[Casey Kasem]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

Teletraan I proved to be quite a capable mechanism for keeping the Autobots organised and up-to-date. It only has a few flaws, such as being unable to tell Autobots and Decepticons apart (it repaired everyone aboard when the Ark reactivated in 1984). Unsurprisingly for a computer belonging to a group of sentient robots, its verbal interface was very advanced.

Teletraan I was quite likely destroyed when [[Trypticon]] crumbled [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] surrounding the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in 2005.

Its link, if any, with the [[Teletraan II]] computer is unknown.

===Robots in Disguise cartoon===
[[T-AI]] was said to be the daughter of Teletraan I (who was never seen in the ''RiD'' universe).

==Spelling / Pronunciation==

For many years, most Transformers fans spelled the computer's name with only one 'a', and often with a digit "1" instead of a Roman numeral "I". However, in recent years copies of original production documents from the cartoon have come into the hands of fans. In these original documents the name is almost always spelled with two a's and a Roman numeral.

In the ''Beast Wars'' series, initially the voice actors gave a new reading of the word, sounding a bit like "tele-tron". Perhaps in response to dissatisfaction among fans, in the final episode of the series ([[Nemesis, Part 2]]), [[Rattrap|Rattrap]] corrects [[Blackarachnia|Blackarachnia]]'s "tron" pronunciation in an annoyed tone of voice. (To which Blackarachnia replies "What''ever''!")

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Bumblebee (G1)

2007-02-03T19:18:32Z

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] continuity family. He was known as '''Goldbug''' for a time in some continuities.''

[[Image:Bumblebeeg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Quit beating me up. It's not cool, it's not edgy. It's stupid and mean. HA HA WE HURT KID-APPEAL CHARACTER. Real frickin' mature.]]

'''Bumblebee''' is one of the smallest and weakest Autobots. While this does allow him to do his job better than most Autobots could manage, he is self-conscious about his size. He looks up (so to speak) to the other Autobots, but what he doesn't realize is that ''they'' look up to ''him''. He may be small, but he's brave, and he's one of the most likable Autobots around. Bumblebee already has the respect he craves.

As '''Goldbug''', his rebuilt and "matured" form, Bumblebee retains most of his earlier strengths and weaknesses, but without his crippling need for approval. (This is true of some "matured" versions of Bumblebee without new names or bodies, as well, but is quite markedly associated with the change to Goldbug).

''French-Canadian name: '''Bourdon/Coccinelle''' ''<br>
''Japanese name: '''Bumble/Goldback''' ''<br>
''European-market name: '''Wagenbot''' ''<br>
''Italian name: '''Maggiolino''' ''<br>
''South American name: '''Volks''' ''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Bumblebeemarvel1.jpg|100px|left|thumb|Bumblebee's first appearance... anywhere.]]
Four million years ago, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] led a crew of Autobots including Bumblebee aboard the [[Ark]] to clear a path through an asteroid belt for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pass through. Once their objective was completed, they were attacked by Decepticons and both their ships crashed in a volcanic mountain on a primitive planet known as [[Earth]]. In 1984, the volcano ([[Mount Saint Hilary]]) erupted, awakening their ship, which rebuilt them. Bumblebee was reconfigured to transform into a yellow Volkswagen Beetle.

[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a mission into a human city to investigate their new world. Bumblebee, anxious to be the first to meet the planet's inhabitants, rear-ended a car full of teenagers at a drive-in movie theatre. Before he could introduce himself, he was under attack by Decepticons and damaged badly. One of the teenagers, [[Buster Witwicky]], brought the car back to his father's autorepair shop. Bumblebee weakly pleaded to them to fix him, for he was dying. His father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], fixed Bumblebee and offered to help the Autobots convert their native fuel resources into a form that Transformers could use. Bumblebee took Buster with him back towards the Ark to relay this message.

[[Image:Bumblebeeplight.jpg|right|thumb|RARR BUMBLEBEE SMASH]]

After a seemingly final battle with the Decepticons, the long-lost Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived and reversed the Autobots' victory with a single blast. Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots were kept captive aboard the Ark until Ratchet managed to free the Ark from Decepticon control and repair them. However, Buster had been entrusted with safeguarding the [[Creation Matrix]], which the Decepticons discovered, so Bumblebee and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] were sent to protect him. Buster was attacked by the newly-built but lifeless [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. Bumblebee and Bluestreak did their best to defend Buster, but it was Buster's use of the powers of the Creation Matrix which saved them all, disassembling Jetfire in mid-air. Bumblebee removed Jetfire's brain so Buster could remote-control the body with his mind.

After the Creation Matrix was returned to a restored Optimus Prime, Bumblebee was charged with giving four new recruits ([[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]) a tour of the planet. Bumblebee decided a [[Brick Springhorn]] concert would be a good destination, but the Decepticons had sabotaged the event to harvest [[energon]]. Bumblebee disobeyed orders and led the four into battle, saving the concert. When [[Robot-Master]] appeared on television and claimed to control the Transformers, it was Bumblebee's job to ask their human business parter [[G.B. Blackrock]] what the deal was. Robot-Master broadcast next in a coal mine next to a de-energized [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], but Bumblebee and several other Autobots were pushed away by overwhelming Earth military forces.

This event caused Bumblebee to question his usefulness to the Autobots, and he abandoned them without a word. The Decepticons, however, saw much use for him and attempted to apprehend him. Hiding in a used car lot, he was stolen by [[Waldo and Ernest|two humans]], who he adopted for a while. The Decepticons did not relent, and Bumblebee was ultimately rescued by the rest of the Autobots, an act which reminded him how valuable he was to them.

Due to [[#Conflicting Goldbug origins|conflicting circumstances]], Bumblebee was damaged and rebuilt into a stronger but similar form, Goldbug. Goldbug and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] were ordered by the new Autobot leader [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to track down the [[Mechanic]], who had stolen Autobot technology from the Ark. Grimlock was a terrible leader and had no regard for human life, so both Goldbug and Blaster exiled themselves from his command. Grimlock was furious, and sent the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s to bring them in. Goldbug and Blaster found themselves in the desert of the American southwest and, thanks to a run-in with the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s, were infested with the disease known as [[Scraplets]]. Goldbug and his human friend [[Charlie Fong]] left to get help and possibly a cure, but Blaster believed Goldbug had abandoned him to die. Near death himself, Goldbug and Charlie arrived at a gas station, where they met up with the [[Throttlebot]]s, sent from Cybertron by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and armed with acid to contain the disease. Goldbug narrowly escaped extermination when it as discovered that the cure for Scraplets was none other than [[water]]. Goldbug called industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]] (on a pay phone), and Blackrock trucked in tanks of water himself. Blaster was cured and his trust in Goldbug was restored.

Goldbug, Blaster, and the Throttlebots found refuge in a used car lot owned by [[Big Steve]]. However, they were all in bad need of fuel. They attempted a deal with Big Steve, but he doublecrossed them, filling them up with soda pop instead of gasoline. It was then that the Protectobots caught up with them, followed by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. During the ensuing battle, the immobilized Throttlebots (including Goldbug) were carted away by [[RAAT]].

[[Image:Goldbugorigins.jpg|left|thumb|Ain't variant continuity FUN?!]]
====Conflicting Goldbug origins====
In ''G.I. Joe and the Transformers'', Bumblebee is destroyed by [[G.I. Joe]] due to a misunderstanding. They later rebuild him as Goldbug with help from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. However, Marvel UK did not initially print the crossover, so an alternate origin for Goldbug was conceived. In the pages of the UK comic, Bumblebee was destroyed by a time-traveling [[Death's Head]] and repaired by a time-traveling [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]. (The Marvel Joe/TF crossover was published in the UK towards the end of the series.) The conflicting origins for Goldbug is the single largest difference between the American and British Marvel Transformers comics; ''most'' everything else kinda sorta meshes together, if you squint.

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Dan Gilvezan]] (US), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japan)

[[Image:Bumblebee-CyberToon.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hoverbee]]
After pilfering [[energy conductors]] with [[Wheeljack]], the little, yellow different Autobot was on the [[Ark]] which landed on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago, went sleepy, woke up in 1984 as a Volkswagen Beetle. Bumblebee was part of the team of Autobots sent to stop Megatron and the Decepticons from overpowering [[Sherman Dam]]. Bumblebee helped Ironhide carve out a new riverbed for the raging waters, saving a nearby neighborhood from being flooded. Such acts was one of the earliest that helped endear the Autobots to the humans.

During the Decepticon development of their Space Bridge program, Megatron captured Bumblebee and altered a bank of his memory circuits to lure the Autobots into a trap. Bumblebee recovered in time to alert the Autobots to the true location of the Space Bridge.

In 2005, he and [[Spike Witwicky|Spike Witwicky]] were on [[Moonbase 1]]. [[Unicron]] ate it. Luckily, Unicron takes some time to digest things, and the two (as well as [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]) were spared an acid-bath in Unicron's guts by the timely arrival of Spike's son [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]].

[[Image:Goldbugtroop1.jpg|150px|left|thumb|See? He still looks sorta friendly.]]
[[Image:Goldbugtroop2.jpg|100px|right|thumb|Eeeyeeaaggh!]]
When the body of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was retrieved by [[Gregory Swafford]] and [[Jessica Morgan]], [[Rodimus Prime]] led a team that included Bumblebee to investigate. However, Bumblebee and his teammates were attacked by a [[Hate Plague]]-infested [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and heavily damaged. After Optimus Prime was rebuilt by the Quintessons, so too was Bumblebee into a more powerful but similar form. Bumblebee remarked that he now looked like a "gold bug". Optimus Prime decided this would be his new name.

Goldbug journeyed with Optimus Prime and the other survivors to [[Chaar]] in search of a heat-resistent alloy that could insulate Prime from the Hate Plague. However, infected Decepticon forces attacked and contaminated Goldbug as well.

===''Legends'' anthology===

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Bumblebeeidw.jpg|right|thumb|Artist [[E.J. Su]] redesigned Bumblebee for the IDW "Infiltration" series. Deal with it.]]

Bumblebee is part of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl's]] secret counter-infiltration unit on [[Earth]]. When [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] breaks cover by [[Infiltration%2C Part 0|rescuing a trio of humans]], Bumblebee is the one Autobot who supports his efforts. He [[Infiltration%2C Part 4|accompanies Ratchet and the humans]] to investigate an abandoned [[Decepticon]] bunker in [[Nebraska]]. At the bunker, while the humans are inside, two Decepticons attack, and Bumblebee manages to take down [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], but not before Ratchet is shot by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]].

Bumblebee is as easygoing and daring as his incarnations in previous continuity; it's his encouragement and willingness to go along that push Ratchet into taking the three humans to Nebraska, somewhat against Ratchet's conscience. That positive nature is tempered, though, by a pragmatic streak not often seen in previous incarnations of the character; while the humans explore the Nebraska bunker, Bumblebee comments to Ratchet that, given the need for evidence of unusual Decepticon activity, the humans would be "acceptable losses". However, this did not prevent the Autobot from [[Infiltration%2C_Part_5|leaping to the humans' aid]] as they attempted to exit the collapsing command bunker.

Bumblebee left the humans with Ratchet and traveled to [[Oregon]], location of the second Decepticon command bunker, observing the situation until the rest of the Autobot unit can arrive. After witnessing Megatron disciplining Starscream and subsequently downgrading the infiltration unit's status to Phase Two, Bumblebee departs Oregon with the rest of the unit.

Bumblebee uses a "[[holomatter]]" [[Media:Hotbumblebee.jpg|avatar]] when in public to avoid looking like an unmanned vehicle, which has the appearance of a young human female. It is unknown whether he can alter his (presumably male) normal voice to match his avatar's appearance.

===IDW "Hearts of Steel" continuity===

===''Timelines: Descent Into Evil''===
[[Image:Timelines-Bumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|You know you want me, baby.]]

Having been on the trail of the Decepticon agent [[Flamewar (T)|Flamewar]] for a long, long time, now-espionage director Bumblebee (in his unreleased [[Alternators]] body) made his move, interrupting a supposedly-secure secret communication between Flamewar and the [[Tripredacus Council]]. He revealed that his agent [[Ricochet (T)|Ricochet]] had installed a degenerative virus into [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus']] [[Virulent Clone (T)|clone army]]. Oh, and that since the Autobots now ''knew'' Flamewar's whereabouts and who she was working for, the Tripredacus Council would certainly consider her a liability. Which they did. So they blew her ship up.

===''Energon'' cartoon===
A robot using Bumblebee's character model is shown in a still-shot flashback as a member of the Autobot group led by [[Rodimus (UT)|Rodimus]]. Whether this robot is an alternate-universe incarnation of Bumblebee or simply a similar-looking robot is --like all [[Unicron Trilogy]] character-model cameos-- left to conjecture.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Bumblebeeg1toy.jpg|left|thumb|No, not Herbie.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini Vehicle, 1984~1986/2001/2003/2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''11''', '''C-56'''

: Bumblebee's original toy, released in 1984 and in Japan in 1985, transformed into a "penny-racer"-proportioned Volkwagen Beetle. The toy, taken from the Japanese [[Microchange]] line, was released in both red and yellow versions in the US, and was available through the first three years of the series, the entire duration of the [[Mini Vehicle]] assortment.

: Bumblebee was released in a wide variety of colors in markets south of the border. In Mexico, both a blue version and a recently-discovered white version with a red face were released, while both metallic gold and gunmetal-silver versions have appeared from South American companies [[Antex]] and [[Estrella]].

: Bumblebee was reissued as a keychain by [[Fun4All]] under license form [[Hasbro]] in the US in 2001. Along with having its rear bumper [[retool]]ed to accommodate the chain, the keychain form lacked the "Dunlop" text on the tires, and was also released in Japan in 2003 as a 7-Eleven [[exclusive]]. The Japanese keychain series also had a black "chase" version.

[[Image:Bumblebeeheads.jpg|right|thumb|Left to right, starting at the top: Original Bumblebee's head and Goldbug's head, Cliffjumper's head and Pretender Classics Bumblebee's head, Action Master Bumblebee's head and reissue Bumblebee's head. (The Action Master's head is really only there to fill the hole.)]]

: In 2004, Bumblebee was again reissiued in Japan in a six-toy multi-pack alongside [[Huffer]], [[Cosmos]], [[Gears]], [[Powerglide]] and [[Warpath]], but this time with a cartoon-accurate head.

: The original mold is also used by [[Volks]]. The keychain version is used by [[Glyph]], while the new-head multi-pack version was used to make [[Bug Bite]].

*'''Goldbug''' (Throttlebot, 1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-97'''

: The [[Throttlebot]] Goldbug was released in 1987, and like the other Throttlebots, he had a pull-back motor and a simple transformation. The vehicle mode was not designed to look like a penny racer, as the original toy was, so its variation on the Volkswagen Beetle was much more realistically-proportioned. Though the other Throttlebots seem to have always been intended to be new characters, Goldbug's head was based directly on that of Bumblebee's original toy. Bumblebee was the second Transformer to be given a second toy (as both versions of [[Hot Rod]] had been released the year previous).

*'''Bumblebee''' (Pretender, 1989)

: As part of the sixth year of Generation 1, Bumblebee was released as a "Classic [[Pretender]]", expanding the range of Pretenders toys. Bumblebee was still a Volkswagen Beetle, but now had what looked like off-road tires. He came with a gun for his robot mode that could be mounted on his roof and another gun for his human shell. Oddly, the robot's head is modelled after [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper's]] toy head. The inner robot was sold without the shell as a K-Mart [[exclusive]] [[Legends]] figure, but with the inner-robot gun to his teammate [[Jazz]], who had Bumblebee's small gun in exchange. The Legends figure was also sold in a set with Legends [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], Jazz and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in Japan the same year.

*'''Bumblebee''' (Action Master, 1990)

: A non-transforming action figure that mixed cartoon model with toy-detail, Bumblebee's Action Master release came with a [[Heli-pack]] that transforms into a large gun with spring-loaded deploying barrel. This release makes Bumblebee the only character to have a toy of some kind available during the entire original Transformers production run (from 1984-1990).

*'''Bumble''' (Smallest Transformers, 2003)

: Bumblebee was released in 2003 in the Japanese [[Smallest Transformers]] line as a scaled-down version of his original toy, in both yellow and a "chase" red color scheme.

===Generation 2===
*'''Bumblebee''' (Mini Vehicle, 1993)

: Bumblebee's first [[Generation 2]] toy was a redeco of his original toy, but with gold chrome on the previously yellow parts.

*'''Bumblebee''' (Go-Bot, 1995)

: Bumblebee's second release in the Generation 2 line was as a recolor of the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] [[High Beam (G2)|High Beam]], transforming into a concept race car with exposed rear engine.

: This mold was also used to make [[Crosswise (RiD)|Crosswise]] and [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]].

===Classics===
[[Image:Bumblebeeclassicstoy.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Flight-enhancement buddy #2]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe, 2006)

:The Deluxe Bumblebee transforms into a yellow sports car (labeled as a "cruiser" on the package). He comes with a single accessory: A jet ski called [[Wave Crusher]] on a trailer. In robot mode, Bumblebee is articulated with ball joints at the head, shoulders, elbows, hips, and has hinge knees. Wave Crusher converts into a jet pack that mounts onto his back.

:This mold will be [[redeco]]ed into ''Classics'' [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]].

:It is the best toy ever.

*'''Bumblebee''' (Legends, 2007)

:This ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' Bumblebee toy is a redeco of ''[[Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], transforming into a modified Chrysler ME Four Twelve concept car. We have gone full circle.

===Attacktix===
*'''Bumblebee''' (Booster, 2007)

===Merchandise===

===Unreleased===
: One of the earliest proposals in the ''[[Alternators]]'' line, line-art of a "new Beetle" incarnation of Bumblebee (with a Cliffjumper retooling) has been revealed by [[Takara]] in their ''Binaltech'' sourcebook. However, since Volkswagen rejected Hasbro/Takara's licensing pitch, the toy never progressed beyond line-art phase.

==2007 Movie==
{{spoiler}}
In [[Transformers (2007)]] movie. Bumblebee is no longer a VW Beetle, but a Chevrolet Camaro and later will be modified into a Saleen-modified 2009 version of the car. He also may not be vocal on the film because his vocal system would be ripped out and may communicate through his car radio. And it has been confirmed that he is the only Transformer to have had an animatronic figure built for the film because the rest will be CGI.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]

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

* [http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=whitemexbee White Mexican Bumblebee gallery at TF-1.com]

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Las Vegas

2007-02-03T07:18:02Z

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''Las Vegas is an <SMALL>ostensibly</SMALL> real [[human]] city in Nevada.

==Generation One==
===Dreamwave Comics Continuity===
''The [[Keepers Trilogy]]<br>
{{Storylink|Keepers Trilogy}}
[[Starscream]] stages a hostile takeover of Las Vegas, signing a lucrative (and exclusive) deal with media mogul [[Darren Norbert]] to commoditize worldwide interest in a city where humans live side-by-side with Transformers as the backdrop for the reality-television series [[Real Life—Transformers Style]].

Setting up court in the MGM Grand casino, Starscream initiates '''Project Renewal''', designed to turn Vegas into <strike>some sort of lurid sideshow paradise</strike> '''''more''' of a lurid sideshow paradise'', where the slots pay out more money than they take in (paid for by outside investors,) adventure is in the air, every man a winner, every cop a hero, and anyone can be a star.

He officially rechristens the city ''New Vegas'', though the locals privately refer to it as ''Dirty Vegas'', while loving every minute of it.

Starscream's reign came to an end when the all-powerful [[Keepers]] returned with Megatron. Though he resisted Megatron's attempts to re-take the Decepticon forces (appointing [[Skywarp]] his second in command after [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] left) he was less successful at resisting the Keepers.

''New Vegas's'' era came to an end when the joint Autobot/Decepticon invasion to unseat Starscream reduced much of the casino district to smoking rubble, and the [[President of the United States#Dreamwave Comics|President of the United States]] attempted to nuke the city.

''The engine of commerce that drove New Vegas was publicly said to be its high-profile media coverage, but the real incentive for outside investors was the Decepticon technology Starscream was offering. Long after New Vegas had fallen, it [[Two for the Price of One|lingered]].

====Locations====
* ''Palms Grayson Hotel'' - Fictional hotel where the decepticon sympatizer [[Buckingham]] laid a trap for LVPD officer [[Ryan O'Brien]].
* ''MGM Grand'' - Casino Starscream used for his base of operations.
* ''Mirage'' - Casino where one of the patrons was goaded into going on a rampage for the cameras.

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Scorponok (BW)

2007-02-03T07:16:24Z

Aurax: spelling

{{disambig3|Scorponok}}
:''Scorponok is a [[Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Scorponokbwpostcard.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Transforms into a scorpion. Surprise?]]

'''Scorponok''''s personality seems to have two main features: he's dumb and he's loyal to [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], and among those two features only the loyalty seems to be consistent. He tries to serve Megatron to the best of his abilities, but when [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] is able to outwit you there's only so much you have to offer.

Scorponok was Megatron's second-in-command on the ''[[Darksyde]]'', though he is insecure about the title and constantly tries to assert himself among the other Predacons who, aware of his shortcomings, generally dismiss or ignore him.

Scorponok's only other real contribution to Megatron's cause is in developing cyber-viruses that he delivers with his cyberbee drone. (Impressive actually, given his otherwise limited mentality.) Generally these don't work out as he hoped however, and so they've done little to increase his standing in the eyes of the other Predacons.

''Italian name: '''Scorpionok''' ''<br>
''Japanese name: '''Scorpos''' ''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past''====
[[Image:Scorponokbwdawn.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Looking at him, he was probably called Scorponok before the Beast Wars, too.]]
The Predacon that would be called Scorponok, his commander [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], and his commander's [[Dinobot (BW)|lieutenant]] stole the sacred [[Maximal]] relic, the [[Golden Disk]]. After battling through the relic's guards, the thieves were picked up by their other comrades in a stolen ship newly-dubbed the ''[[Darksyde]]''. After a space battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', and an unidentified Predacon ship, only the ''Axalon'' and the ''Darksyde'' survived to pass through a [[transwarp]] portal to an unknown destination. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

====''Beast Wars''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Don Brown]] (US), ? (Japan)
Crash-landing on an unknown planet, Scorponok and his peers were forced to take on organic beast modes to shield themselves from the planet's dangerous levels of raw [[energon]]. Scorponok now transformed into an organic scorpion.

Scorponok died along with [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] when he tumbled into the lava beneath the Predacon base during the explosion of the [[Vok]]'s artificial moon. No one much noticed.

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
* '''Scorponok''' (1996)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-2'''
* '''Scorponok''' (Transmetal, Happy Meal, 1998)

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Scorponok/scorponok.htm Scorponok at TFU.info]

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Transformer funerary practices

2007-02-03T07:13:59Z

Aurax: grammar

[[Image:Windcharger wheeljack otp.jpg|thumb|250px|Don't worry, Wheeljack is only resting. Windcharger, however...]]
:''"Ashes to ashes! Junk to junk!"'' -[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] 

You can learn a from how a society treats their dead.

==Generation 1==

===Autobots===
The [[Autobot]] honoured dead are placed in massive mausoleum spacecraft which are left to drift in space. These spacecraft feature a docking bay, presumably to allow Autobot pilgrims to pay their respects to past heroes. It is unknown if these mausoleums have defences to protect the dead against disrespectful [[Decepticons]]. <ref>[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in both the comic and the show.</ref>

A facsimile Optimus Prime was once buried when the Earth-bound Autobots believed it to be the real Optimus. This was a departure from Cybertronian traditions, but according to the Autobots present, adhering to Earth traditions was 'what he would have wanted'. When he died for real (temporarily) a short time later, his body was instead shot into space, suggesting that maybe he wouldn't have wanted burial after all. <ref>(UK #104, #109)</ref>

When [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] was believed dead [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] said they would take the body back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for internment.<ref>[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]</ref>

===Decepticons===
[[Image:Decepticon markers.gif|thumb|150px]]
The Decepticons create '''markers''' bearing the likeness of their dead, lit by an eternal flame. Superstitious Decepticons believe a deceased Transformer's spirit may linger near it's marker, and it is bad luck to disturb one.<ref>Since Transformers have ghosts. The superstitious win out over the scientific rationalists [[Atechnogenesis|yet again]].</ref>

''It is unclear if these mark the place where a Transformer's remains are stored or not, but at least three Transformers have markers in two locations.''

==Beast Era==
===Maximals===
For [[Maximals]] it is customary to to hold a wake where their friends and comrades reminisce about their memories of the fallen.

===Predacons===
[[Image:Dinbot_funeral.jpg|left|thumb|150px]]
The [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] recycle their dead with honors. It is considered to be an act of great respect to the dead, though Maximals might disagree. <ref>[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] in [[Fallen Comrades]]. Dinobot was eventually recycled himself in [[Code of Hero]]</ref>

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==References==
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Talk:Trust (Armada)

2007-02-03T07:11:44Z

Aurax: Scavenger x2?

==Scavenger duels himself?==
There's a bit in the summary that goes, "...but Scavenger completely out-maneuvers and over-powers a Mini-Con enhanced Scavenger." ¿Que? I don't have knowledge of the episode in question, so if someone wants to take a crack at that one, have at. [[User:Aurax|Aurax]] 07:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Kickback (disambiguation)

2007-02-03T07:02:38Z

Aurax: more grammar

The name '''Kickback''' has been applied to several Transformers characters.

*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], the [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] grasshopper from [[Generation 1]].

*[[Kickback (Armada)|Kickback]], the [[Mini-Con]] from the ''[[Armada]]'' [[Transformers (PS2)|video game]].

*[[Kickback (Energon)|Kickback]], the Decepticon [[Destruction Team]] anti-aircraft tank from ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''.

Kickback should not be confused with...

*[[Kick-Off]], the [[Autobot]] [[Action Master]] from Generation 1.

*[[Shothole]], the Insecticon clone types modeled after Kickback from Generation 1.

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Kickback (disambiguation)

2007-02-03T07:01:41Z

Aurax: spelling & grammar

The name '''Kickback''' has been applied to several Transformers characters.

*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] the [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] grasshopper from [[Generation 1]].

*[[Kickback (Armada)|Kickback]] the [[Mini-Con]] from the ''[[Armada]]'' [[Transformers (PS2)|video game]].

*[[Kickback (Energon)|Kickback]] the Decepticon [[Destruction Team]] anti-aircraft tank from ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''.

Kickback should not be confused with...

*[[Kick-Off]] the [[Autobot]] [[Action Master]] from Generation 1.

*[[Shothole]], the Insecticon clone types modeled after Kickback from Generation 1.

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Scattorshot (Cybertron)

2007-02-03T07:00:34Z

Aurax: spelling & grammar

{{disambig3|Scattershot}}

:''Scattorshot is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ScattorshotPromo01.jpg|thumb|300px|He's a little bit country and a lot techno.]]

A former computer-game programmer, Scattorshot quickly became [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s go-to bot for computer work. But the nervy robot not only doesn't think he's cut out for battle, but believes the mere fact that he's done as well as he has ''in'' battle is just a big setup. He's convinced his good luck will run out on him, and run out at the worst possible moment.

As such, Scattorshot has developed a thing about guns. He likes altmodes with a ''lot'' of them. Maybe with enough firepower, he can prolong that whole karma thing. His companions find him to be a bit pessimistic, but far from hopeless... he may make a great soldier someday if he can just get over that nervousness.

Since gaining a new body and joining the [[Cybertron Defense Team]], Scattorshot has gained more confidence and lost some of his pessimism, now that he has two brothers in arms watching his back. That, and the fact his new body has enough weaponry for him to make his own 'luck'.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Backpack''' (normal), '''Backguild''' (Cybertron Defense)

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====Cybertron====

[[Image:CDScattorshot_dvd.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"Shoot first and let [[Primus]] sort ' em out!"]]

When Optimus Prime and Scattorshot arrived on [[Earth]], the latter scanned his vehicle mode off of a billboard advertising a war movie. To Prime's surprise, it was a conspicuous military half-track, and berated him for his choice of a disguise. Scattorshot sassed back that Prime's own vehicle mode of a gigantic fire truck armed with huge cannons sure is a good disguise. Then he pretended that Prime had disappeared for the moment, as he was so good at blending in. He finally laid out the advantages of a half-track, such as off-road, all-terrain capability, relatively high speed in difficult conditions and that nobody would ever think to give him a parking ticket.

Prime merely replied "Well... a fire truck is bigger." before quickly driving off. {{storylink|Inferno (Cybertron episode)|Inferno}}

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==Toys==
===Cybertron===
*'''Scattorshot''' (Scout-class, 2004/2005)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-06'''

[[Image:CybScattorshot_toy.jpg|right|thumb]]

: Scattorshot transforms into a anti-aircraft halftrack of made-up model. In either mode, he can fire two pressure-launched missiles. When a [[Cyber Planet Key]] is inserted in either mode, a (non-firing) missile rack opens up on his primary weapons turret. He also comes with a secondary double-barreled blaster accessory.

:He also comes with an [[Earth]]-style Cyber Planet Key; the [[Hasbro]] version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''s67k''' on the back

*'''Cybertron Defense Scattorshot''' (Voyager-class, 2005/2006)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-20'''

[[Image:CD_Scattorshot_toy.jpg|left|thumb]]

: Cybertron Defense Scattorshot transforms into a Multiple-Launch Rocket System of made-up model mounted on a Merkava 2 tank hull. The halves of the (non-firing) launcher end up on his arms in robot mode. In either mode, inserting a Cyber Planet Key in each half reveals a new weapon: one side has a oull-out double spring-loaded missile launcher, while the other has a flip-out non-firing blaster barrel. He also comes with an extra long blue hand-held rifle that can be mounted in tank mode thanks to his [[Mini-con]]-compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs.

: The [[Takara]] release has slightly different [[paint application]]s for his chest, and his Cybertron Defense/Vanguard Team symbol tampograph is smaller.

: He comes with a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]-style Cyber Planet Key; the Hasbro version has the Key Code "'''v4kt'''" on the back.

==Trivia==
* According to [[Aaron Archer]] at [[BotCon 2006]], the reason both versions of Scattorshot came with extra blue guns was because both versions had a little more left on the "per item" budget than the normal plans called for, so they added the guns for a little more value.

* In the opening-credit roll call of the Cybertron cartoon series, Scattorshot's name is spelled "Scattershot". This is also the spelling used on his Cyber Planet Key content.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Scattorshot/scattorshot.htm Scattorshot at TFU.info]

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Carly (G1)

2007-02-03T06:55:49Z

Aurax: grammar

:''Carly is a human character from [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Carly.jpg|thumb|right|300px|MIT graduates make fantastic housewives!]]

'''Carly''' is a human ally of the Autobots and wife to [[Spike Witwicky]]. She attended MIT and has a gift for chemistry and electronics. She eventually gave birth to [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] and settled down.

''RTM-1 dub name: '''Carrie'''''

==Fiction==

===US cartoon===
'''Voice Actress:''' ''[[Arlene Banas]] (US), [[Gara Takashima]] (Japan-teenager) [[Kazue Komiya]] (Japan-Adult)''

Carly first met [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] and [[Bumblebee]] at a video arcade. Although Spike was younger than her by a year <ref>From the show's [[Production Bible]], [http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage8.html page eight].</ref> and not nearly as bright (Carly was attending MIT while Spike still wasn't even old-enough to drive), she became immediately intrigued by him and his friendship with the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. After befriending crusty old [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and helping save the Autobots from the threat of the [[Immobilizer]], she was accepted as their new human buddy.

Carly and Spike later went on a dangerous mission to [[Cybertron]] to retrieve more [[Cybertonium]], an element the Autobots needed to survive. Carly's technical know-how once again proved useful as she, Spike and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] outwitted [[Shockwave]] and stole some Cybertonium.

By the year 2006, she and Spike, who had become Earth's ambassador to Cybertron, had married and had a son, Daniel. The family attended the first [[Galactic Olympics]] together, from which Spike was abducted by the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]], along with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Kup]].

When Daniel and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] wandered off from a diplomatic function on Cybertron, and found themselves in the alternate dimension of [[Menonia]], Carly insisted on accompanying the Autobots who went after them.

===Scramble City OVA===

''(Note: the events of the Japanese-exclusive [[Scramble City]] OVA take place between the second season of the US television series and [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|Transformers: the Movie]].)''

Carly can be seen working with Spike, [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Chip Chase|Chip]] on [[Autobot City]].

===Headmasters anime===

Apparently, doing anything constructive with her degree from MIT wasn't a priority for Carly, as she became strictly a doting housewife by 2011. Her new duties included: serving coffee, worrying about things, and getting injured so that men could rescue her.

However, it's nothing to get upset about because, as we all know, [[Kiss Players|Japan has the utmost respect for women]].

===Headmasters manga===

Carly appeared in the last issue of the manga, strolling the beach with her family and Autobot friends shortly after the defeat of [[Scorponok|Mega Zarak]]. After [[Soundwave|Soundblaster]] attacked, Carly was taken hostage by [[Slugfest]] and [[Overkill]] until she was rescued by Daniel.

===Dreamwave comics===

Carly appeared as Spike's wife in two issues.

==References==
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Windrazor (G2)

2007-02-03T06:52:52Z

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{{disambig3|Windrazor}}

:''Windrazor is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:WindrazorG2-card.jpg|thumb|300px|I clocked you at three miles above the speed limit. Prepare to die.]]

'''Windrazor''' leads the [[Skyscorcher]]s, a team of Decepticon jets. He holds the goal of [[Autobot]] annihilation above all else, including the lives of himself and his teammates. This single-minded ideal fuels his sick genius in battle.

''Japanese name: '''Sky Tornado''' ''<br>
''European name: '''Tornado''' ''<br>
''Pre-release name: '''Whirlwind''' ''

==Fiction==
[[Image:Windrazor-UKG2comic.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Meet the new boss.]]
===''Generation 2'' Marvel UK comic===
Windrazor was part of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] team who went to [[Earth]] to lure out [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. After blowing the living crap out of a lot of buildings, he landed to tell Bludgeon that he and his troops were running low on fuel. But before Bludgeon could give the command to withdraw and refuel, Windrazor was promptly blasted by their intended target, Optimus Prime.

It apparently wasn't a critical blow, since he was able to fly away and gather up [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] and [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]], calling them away so they could tackle a new target; [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who had appeared to take out both Optimus Prime ''and'' Bludgeon. He attacked Megatron, and from there it's unknown how he fared. It's possible he was taken prisoner by the [[Autobot]]s along with several other Decepticons.

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==Toys==
===Generation 2===
*'''Windrazor''' (Skyscorcher, 1993/1994)

: Windrazor transforms into a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet. His undercarriage radar becomes a hand-held non-firing blaster weapon for robot mode.

: He was originally sold in the European market in 1993 (under the name '''Tornado''') as part of the "transitional" line that used the ''Generation 2'' [[faction sigil]]s, but lacked the new subline name. He was later released in the US, with no notable changes, as part of the ''Generation 2'' line. He was then later ''re''-released in the European version of ''Generation 2'' in 1994.

===Unreleased===
[[Image:Windrazor-BT.jpg|thumb|right|Totally not evil now, really.]]

Windrazor's mold was one of several intended to be used in the post-''G2'' [[Takara]] ''[[Block Town]]'' line, as an Autobot. To be [[redeco]]ed in white, he was to come with the '''TFBT-3 Airport Building Set''', a building-block airport tower that could be rebuilt into a battle station of some form. This set ultimately never came to release.

In 2005, a supposed Takara "release" schedule listed the Block Town sets among several other future items coming out. Only the ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Galaxy Force]]'' items on that list saw release, however (and some only as store [[exclusive]]s to boot).

Since very little information exists on the line's more fictional aspects, it is unknown if this toy was to be the same general character Windrazor, or a new character altogether, thought the whole "Autobot" thing leans heavily towards "new".

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Windrazor/windrazor.htm Windrazor at TFU.info]

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Roller (G1)

2007-02-03T06:50:14Z

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:''Roller is a component of [[Autobot]] leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Roller deploy.jpg|thumb|Roller's one tough little autobot]]

In robot mode, Optimus Prime splits into three components:
*A sentient robot module.
*A wheeled drone module known as '''Roller'''.
*A [[Combat Deck]].

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

Prime's original character description, as seen in the [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|''Transformers Universe'']] comic and the series bible named the robot module "Optimus" and the drone module "Prime", noting that the Prime module is also known as Roller. However, in practice, these names were never used as such. The robot module was always treated as if named "Optimus Prime", with "Prime" even being the robot module's most common nick name.

'''Voice actors:''' [[Wikipedia:Ben Burtt|Ben Burtt]]

==Capabilities==

Roller is a small cart-shaped device that Optimus Prime uses to unobtrusively slip behind enemy lines. He can maintain radio control over Roller at distances up to 1200 miles. Having Roller present somewhere is like being there himself.

Roller is a droid, able to function autonomously without Optimus' active oversight. But without Optimus, by far the most important of the three modules, Roller would not survive. Optimus shows great attachment and concern for Roller, who is left particularly vulnerable by the behind-the-scenes situations in which he specializes.

Roller is able to speak in a series of beeps and whistles.

==Origin==
[[Image:Barrelroller_g1.jpg|thumb|100px|Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun...]]
The bio information in the [[E-Hobby]] exclusive toy of [[Orion Pax (G1)|Orion Pax]] established a pre-Earth history for Roller. Orion Pax was a transport and delivery worker on Cybertron. His body was composed to two autonomous units, Orion (the robot) and an industrial droid '''Barrelroller''', who transformed into an electromagnetic lift handle.

The name "Barrelroller" only appears in the official English-language translations of Orion Pax's bio on Takara's E-Hobby site. In the Japanese-language version of the bio -both online and on the pack-in bio card from the toy- Barrelroller is called simply "Roller". This more or less cements the idea that Barrelroller was rebuilt into Roller as we know him when Alpha Trion rebuilt Orion Pax into Optimus Prime.
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==Fiction==
===Sunbow Cartoon===
[[Image:Roller outsmart.jpg|thumb|Roller exploits a tactical opening]]
When Bumblebee and Sparkplug are caught by Decepticons, and with the clock ticking on the bomb they planted, Optimus Prime sends Roller into the mine. When the bomb explodes, Optimus is nearly destroyed, but Roller emerges cheekily unscathed, prompting Jazz to observe "Roller's one tough little Autobot!"
{{Storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2|MtMtE2}},
{{Storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3|MtMtE3}}

The Autobots are stuck in automotive mode by the evil [[Transfixatron]]. With [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] in the claws of Megatron's car-crushing machine, only Roller can save the day! Roller leads the Decepticons on a merry chase, allowing Optimus to rescue Ironhide from the jaws of undignified death!
{{Storylink|The Autobot Run}}

''Note: Megatron would later succeed in killing Ironhide in an undignified manner during [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]], when Roller was not around.
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===Marvel Comics===
[[Image:Roller g2.jpg|thumb|Roller's ''extreme'' phase in the 90's.|100px]]
Roller provided covering fire for Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as they fled the [[Cybertronian Empire]].
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===Ladybird Continuity===
[[Image:Roller delivers.jpg|thumb|Speedy Delivery!]]
Spike's sally to sneakily sabotage the Solar Station is stymied by a sealed storage-door. Roller to the Rescue! Sent scuttling through the sage, secreted from Soundwave's sight, to supply a Cybertronian sonic multi-tool. Roller has saved the day!

''(Spike's subsequent sabotage of the solar station and ensuing explosion of [[energon cube]]s could be construed (in some small way) to save the day as well.)
{{Storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}
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==Toys==
[[Image:Roller g1 toy.jpg|thumb|left|<SPAN TITLE="There are even whispered rumors of a GIANT Orange Korean Roller that haunts eBay...">'''Many colors:''' Roller has been released in Dark Blue ''(shown,)'' Light Blue, Purple, Dark Purple, Gray and Black.</SPAN>]]

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Cybertronian civil wars

2007-02-03T06:46:43Z

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''Almost all continuities share at least one thing in common: a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] wracked with civil war.''

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====Marvel Comics====
The demigod [[Primus]] created the Transformers with the intention that they would all be righteous and obedient. However, his creations quickly became divided between the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. ([[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] once theorized that this was some kind of natural yin-yang balance.) According to the [[Liege Maximo]], "When the first named Prime was created, so was the Liege Maximo. And from the Liege Maximo came the Decepticons and all their subsequent generations. Evil...is infinite!"

According to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], as the original TFs [[reproduction|reproduced]] through a process similar to cell division, Primus's goodness became more and more diffuse in succeeding generations, and TFs were arising who had none of "the essential purity of our creator's vision." A genetic fail-safe eventually kicked in, causing them to forget how to reproduce without the aid of the [[Creation Matrix]]. But the moral dilution had already gone too far.

The inevitable result was a planetary civil war, begun by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who sought to convert the planet into a "cosmic dreadnought." His goal was never realized, but the cataclysmic forces of the war unleashed pushed Cybertron out of its orbit around [[Alpha Centauri]]. As the planet careened through space, it was pulled toward [[Sol]] and a turning point in the war. The asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars was in Cybertron's path, so Optimus Prime and an Autobot team abandoned the war briefly to launch the [[Ark]] and clear a path for their homeworld. They succeeded, but Megatron took advantage and attacked them immediately afterwards. That battle ended with the combatants crashing on prehistoric [[Earth]] and lying catatonic for four million years.

But even with their great leaders gone, the Transformers on Cybertron continued their war. In the absence of the Creation Matrix (which was in Prime's chest), the Decepticons eventually rediscovered the lost method of "budding" reproduction. The resulting new TFs were very powerful and completely devoid of morality. With each new TF created, there also appeared a strange by-product: a dark, cloudy mass that coalesced with other such masses and floated off into space, apparently harmless for the moment.

Meanwhile, the "second-generation" Decepticons laid waste to the Autobot forces, but they were dissatisfied with the wasteland that Cybertron had become, so they left in search of new challenges. Many of the older Decepticons (perhaps all of them) remained on Cybertron and maintained control for millions of years.

On Earth, the damaged Ark lay untouched beneath a volcano for four million years, but in 1984 a volcanic eruption jogged its systems and caused its computer to reactivate. The ship repaired its passengers, Autobot and Decepticon alike, and thus the war spread on Earth. Megatron established contact with Cybertron, and [[Straxus|Lord Straxus]], governor of the province of [[Polyhex]], organized the construction of the first [[space bridge]]. Megatron planned to use it to ship energy from the resource-laden Earth to the barren Cybertron, but his plans never fully succeeded.

At this time, the Cybertronian Autobots were mainly fighting in underground resistance movements. Their command centers were secret [[Autobase|Autobases]] hidden in Decepticon territory. Optimus Prime and his companions were regarded as heroes (perhaps legends) by the freedom fighters, and news of their survival was welcomed joyously. However, global communication must have been inefficient, for that encouraging news never reached some 'Bots, such as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his small army. If Fort Max had heard about it, perhaps he never would have reached the despair that led him to leave Cybertron. Perhaps he and his companions never would have journeyed to the peaceful planet [[Nebulos]], where they hoped to avoid the TF war. Then [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and his minions wouldn't have followed them, and the disease of war would have passed over that world.

But that's not what happened. The TF civil war did spread to Nebulos, and some of the humanoid residents joined the conflict by binary-bonding to TF hosts, becoming the [[Headmaster|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster|Targetmasters]]. The TFs would eventually leave the planet (and its inhabitants poisoned their own fuel supply to keep them away). But the technology of binary-bondage would stay with the TFs and become a new facet the ongoing wars.

Throughout this time, the war's two main battlegrounds remained Cybertron and Earth. Leadership squabbles were common, especially since neither side seemed to have a central command governing the armies on both planets. Developments on one front sometimes came as a surprise to the other. For instance, Prime seemed taken aback when he met the first two Autobot [[Micromaster]] patrols on Earth, and they had to explain the new Cybertronian trend of downsizing to conserve energy.

But the next major development in the war would do away with much disunity. The accidental waking of Primus alerted [[Unicron]] to Cybertron's location. Prime knew that the chaos-bringer could be defeated by the Matrix, so he sent teams looking for his own old corpse, which still bore it. But they were beaten to the punch by the Decepticon [[Thunderwing (G1)|Lord Thunderwing]], who merged with the Matrix as the Primes had. Thunderwing turned it to evil and attacked the Autobots on board the spaceborne Ark. He was defeated and sent tumbling through space, but Prime made no effort to recover the Matrix again.

Rather, he sought to prepare for Unicron's coming by trying to unite all TFs. He surrendered to Scorponok on Earth in an effort to begin peace talks. One minor Decepticon civil war later, the combatants were all ready to lay down their arms. Then, suddenly, almost every Earthbound TF was transported by Primus to Cybertron. There they fought Unicron in a battle that destroyed Primus himself (along with Scorponok and many other TFs). Thunderwing and the tainted Matrix reappeared, but even it couldn't defeat Unicron. However, when Optimus touched the Matrix, its evil was purged, and the full force of Primus's life essence was unleashed. The result was the destruction of both Unicron and the Matrix (and Optimus, in the explosion).

For a short time, all TF's were united, but Cybertron began to show signs of massive global deterioration. In the absence of Primus, it was theorized, the planet was falling apart. Their true natures showing through, the Decepticons sabotaged the Autobots' spacecraft and, under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command, sought out other worlds to conquer. Grimlock found replacement ships and led the Autobots in pursuit. Meanwhile, on Cybertron, HiQ (Optimus's [[Powermaster]] partner) and the [[NeoKnights]]) found the [[Last Autobot]], a guardian whom Primus had created to control the changes that Cybertron would undergo in his absence. Not only did the Last Autobot successfully guide Cybertron's re-creation, but he also re-made HiQ into a new version of Optimus Prime. Then they all went to the planet [[Klo]], where the Bludgeon's forces were slaughtering Grimlock's troops. The Last Autobot began resurrecting the dead Autobots, and the renewed armada was able to defeat the Decepticons. Bludgeon swore to exile his army in shame.

The Autobots returned to the re-created Cybertron (although it's not known how the planet was changed), and peace existed for few years. However, Bludgeon was bolstering his forces by attacking far-off civilizations and stealing their technology. He also constructed an army of new Decepticons, but he needed the Matrix to bring them to life. For some reason, Prime still had the Matrix, so Bludgeon used his giant starship, the [[WarWorld]], to decimate Earth. He knew that Prime would return and defend the planet, so all he had to do was wait. During that waiting period, though, Megatron returned and destroyed Bludgeon, reassuming command.

Prime, meanwhile, was occupied with other concerns. The second-generation Decepticons had returned from deep space, where they had been re-making planets in Cybertron's image. They considered the older TFs inferior and small-minded, insects who could either join them or suffer the same fate as any other life forms. [[Jhiaxus]], their Liege Centuro (sort of a field commander), became obsessed with hunting Prime down. Thus, when Prime learned about Bludgeon's attacks on Earth, he saw it as an opportunity to warn the Decepticons about the threat Jhiaxus posed to all TFs.

But Megatron rebuffed him and tried to take on Jhiaxus himself. The attempt failed, and Megatron returned to Prime, accepting the truce. Jhiaxus also came to Earth and attacked them. In the midst of the battle, suddenly there appeared the [[Swarm]], that nebulous by-product of the second-generation Decepticons' creation. It had been wandering the galaxy, searching for the TF's, and destroying metal as it went along. When it got to Earth, it began feasting on all TFs, new and old, and the entire race nearly fell. Even Jhiaxus was destroyed. However, Prime was able to reclaim the Matrix, and when the Swarm devoured him, the power of the Matrix flowed through it. It was transformed into a force of life, with a new purpose (although it's not known what that purpose was). Prime was re-created, and he remained the leader of the Autobot-Decepticon alliance. Meanwhile, in a sector of space known as the "outer fringes," in a strange complex called the [[Hub]], the Liege Maximo, supreme leader of the Decepticons, showed little grief over Jhiaxus's defeat. He also expressed his confidence in his forces, claiming that the day of reckoning would yet come for Prime and his "ridiculous" alliance.

====Animated continuity====
It is unknown if there were any planetary civil wars among the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] while they controlled Cybertron (although there was certainly crime and punishment). The first known war was the robot slave revolt around 11 million years BCE. The Quintessons had built Cybertron as a factory to produce two types of slave robots: military hardware and consumer goods. For a million years, the Quintesssons maintained control, but when the robots began to develop emotions, they turned on their cruel Quintesson masters.

The first revolt was carried out by, interestingly enough, a band of non-warrior robots (workers, scientists, and technicians). They were led by a slave called [[Alpha Trion|A-3]], who somehow possessed a secret weapon called a [[Coda Remote]] (spelling uncertain). However, Quintessons from the year 2006 used a time machine to kidnap A-3 the night before the final assault. Just as that occurred, though, the future Quintesssons were attacked by a team of Autobots. The Autobots found themselves outnumbered and outclassed, so, in desperation, they jumped through the "[[time window]]" and into the past. They were rescued from the attacks of a Quintesson [[Dark Guardian]] robot by [[Beta]], the acting leader of the revolutionaries, and accepted into the fold because they too wore the "slave brand" (the Autobot symbol). Beta decided to lead the attack on [[Hive City]] (which the Quintesssons had built with slave labor) with or without A-3, and the Autobots simply followed along. The attack went well at first, but the motley band of freedom fighters soon proved to be no match for the Quintesssons' many Dark Guardians. Suddenly, however, A-3 returned from the future and used his Coda Remote, which was activated when he removed his slave brand and turned its reverse side to the Dark Guardians. It emitted a wide beam of light that caused the giant robots to stop in their tracks and fall down. A-3 urged the Autobots to return to the future, which they did, and the Quintesson time machine was destroyed upon their arrival.

After the slaves drove the Quintessons away from Cybertron, peace reigned. However, the division between consumer-goods and military-hardware was becoming acute, as the two groups had even named themselves differently: the consumer-goods robots called themselves Autobots, and the military-hardware robots were known as Decepticons. While the Autobots preferred a peaceful existence, the Decepticons wanted conquest. For a time, the Decepticons succeeded.

(It should be noted that the Matrix was already in existence at this point, apparently being passed from one Autobot leader to the next, as is the practice today.)

The Autobots couldn't match the brute strength of the Decepticons, so they turned to stealth, learning the art of transformation. Using this new technology, they defeated the Decepticons and ruled for many centuries in a "[[Golden Age]]." Peace was kept with the use of [[Guardian robots]] (presumably based upon the Quintesssons' Dark Guardians), sentinels that protected cities, quelled uprisings, and generally did the dirty work of war. However, the Decepticons eventually learned to transform and also developed some form of [[anti-gravity]] that allowed them to fly without the use of jets. They also built a powerful leader for themselves: Megatron.

Thus, circa 9 million years BCE, the war began anew. Megatron led his army from victory to victory, targeting mainly power centers to fuel his troops and build his forces. While the Guardian robots were powerful enough to strike fear in the Decepticons, even those giants were suffering at Megatron's hands. Even the safety of the Matrix was in question, so Alpha Trion (formerly known as A-3) kept it in hiding for many years. It was to this time of violent flux that the newly-created [[Aerialbot|Aerialbots]] were accidentally sent from the year 1986.

They soon met a young, energetic worker at an energy-shipment facility. This robot, Orion Pax, was in awe of the Decepticons, but his feelings changed when Megatron attacked his workplace and gravely wounded him, his girlfriend [[Ariel]], and his friend [[Dion]]. The Aerialbots took Orion to Alpha Trion, who was devising new ways to combat the Decepticons. Alpha Trion rebuilt Orion into Optimus Prime, the first of a "new breed" capable of fighting Megatron. He also rebuilt Ariel into Elita-1, but it is unknown if Dion got similar treatment.

At some point, Prime was named leader of the Autobots, and Alpha Trion gave him the Matrix. (This may have been when he was first created; the timeline is uncertain. There's even confusion about when Alpha Trion acquired the Matrix in the first place; when he is seen taking it, he looks older than he did when he built Prime.) For the next five million years, the war raged on, draining Cybertron of its resources. Even the buildings and landscapes, which used to glow with radiant energy, became dull and barren. In search of new energy sources, Optimus Prime led a team of Autobots on an interplanetary expedition that ended when Megatron attacked and boarded their ship. As the Autobots and Decepticons fought, the ship strayed too close to the nearby planet Earth, and the resulting crash and rendered them all catatonic.

For the next four million years, Shockwave commanded the Decepticons on Cybertron, who maintained the upper hand. When the Earth-bound TF's were revived in 1984, Megatron schemed to harness Earth's resources and send the energy to Cybertron. With the invention of the space bridge, interplanetary travel became very easy, and Megatron's plans came closer to fruition. He may have succeeded, at least in part, for by the year 2005 the Decepticons had driven the Autobots off of Cybertron and were poised to attack [[Autobot City]] on Earth. When they did attack, the Autobots were able to fend them off, but not without losing Optimus Prime. Megatron had also been mortally wounded, but he was revived by Unicron, who re-created him into the ultra-powerful [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Under Galvatron's command, the Decepticons hunted down the Earth-based Autobots while Unicron devoured the two Autobot-controlled Cybertronian moons. Unicron then began to attack Cybertron and the Decepticons, doing severe damage, until the young Autobot [[Hot Rod]] activated the Matrix of Leadership and, turning into Rodimus Prime, destroyed Unicron.

Having been decimated at Unicron's hands, the Decepticons retreated to the burned-out world called [[Chaar]]. Rodimus Prime announced this to be the end of the Cybertronian wars, but he was clearly overconfident. When Galvatron returned and reunited the tattered Decepticon army, the war began raging again. This time, a new wrinkle was added in the form of the Quintessons, who formed tenuous alliances with the Decepticons in an attempt to reclaim Cybertron. Also, two groups of 'Bots and 'Cons stumbled upon Nebulos, where they allied with the humanoid inhabitants by binary-bonding. Itself a milestone in the war, this also led to another turning point: the institution of a new Golden Age. The Autobot-allied Nebulans helped reverse one of Galvatron's schemes, and the result was sucking energy out of the sun and into the material of Cybertron itself. Thus, the planet once again glowed with golden energy, still under exclusively Autobot rule, while the Decepticons remained elsewhere.

A note about nomenclature: The current conflict (i.e., the one that's been going on for nine million years) has been called the Third Cybertronian War (or also the Great War). The Second Cybertronian War, then, was probably the original Autobot-Decepticon battle that began after the Quintessons were driven away, and the First Cybertronian War would be that slave revolt. It should also be noted that [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] claimed his ancestors left Cybertron after "the Fourth Great War," which suggests that there are (or were) different numbering systems in existence.

====Japanese Animated continuity====
'''Note''' ''Other than the fact that the first Post-Unicronian conflict took place in the year 2010 instead of 2006, the war the Japanese version of events are largely the same; The continuities split the Headmaster period.''

====Beast Wars====

''Continuity note: The ''Beast Wars'' writers loosely based their history on the G1 animated series and Marvel comics. But they stated that those original G1 stories had the same truth-value as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurian_legend Arthurian legend].''

In the Beast era, there are few direct sources for Cybertronian history. No occurrences of time-travel to ancient Cybertron are known, and there seem to be no incidents of access to knowledge-bases like the Matrix of Leadership. In fact, the [[Maximal Elders]] show evidence of having kept a tight lid on historical information. So what we do know is in scraps:

Cybertron was once gripped by a war between the Autobots and the Decepticons known as the Great War. One key event was the familiar crash-landing of the Ark on prehistoric Earth, bearing Optimus Prime, Megatron, and many of their classic followers. After awakening, Megatron would encode a message to Cybertron on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_Golden_Record Voyager Golden Record] (also known as the [[Golden Disk]].). It's also known that Unicron had some presence during the war. (The [[Vok]] assumed Unicron's form based on a mind-scan of [[Optimus Primal]] for an "authority figure." Also, when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost made an appearance, he claimed to have been destroyed by Unicron, to cover for his actual demise at [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s hands.)

The war concluded with a peace agreement of some sort called the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. This appears to have marked the end of 'Bot and 'Con dominance over the planet, in favor of their descendants, the [[Maximal|Maximals]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. If either side actually ''won,'' it must've been the Autobots and Maximals, since the Predacons quietly chafed under the political peace. Also, several Decepticons (such as [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]) had been granted amnesty, which seems to imply that the others were criminals.

It was a rogue Predacon calling himself [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] who finally decided to do something about the Predacons' situation, 300 years after the end of the Great War. He stole the Golden Disk and obeyed his namesake's orders contained therein, time-traveling back to prehistoric Earth. Ostensibly he was simply going to harvest the planet's [[energon]], but he eventually decided to follow though with the original Megatron's orders: He broke into the Ark and tried to destroy Optimus Prime. This created a timestorm that nearly changed the history of the war, but the Maximals were able to undo his damage.

====Beast Machines====
While the Maximals were taking Megatron back to their future Cybertron, Megatron escaped and slipped out of the timestream early. This gave him time to reach Cybertron and release a virus that paralyzed all the Transformers before the Maximals arrived. He extracted his victims' [[spark|sparks]] and rebuilt their bodies into an army of [[Vehicon|Vehicons]] that swept over the planet. When the Maximals did arrive, they found themselves running for their lives on a nearly dead world.

Their battles eventually resulted in destruction of both Megatron and Primal, plus the transformation of Cybertron into a [[technorganic]] planet. Megatron's victims all returned in new bodies, and it's unclear how much of the old Maximal/Predacon division remained.

====3H comics====

====IDW-BW comics====

====Dreamwave G1 comics====

====Dreamwave TF/Joe crossover====

====Devil's Due TF/Joe crossover====

====IDW G1 comics====

====''Evolutions'' comics====

===Robots In Disguise===

Very little is known about how this war began. The earliest action that is known at the moment is when [[Megatron (RID)| Megatron]] and his [[Predacons]] arrived on Earth and kidnapped a prominent energy specialist, [[Dr. Onishi]] and thus prompting [[Optimus Prime (RID) | Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobots]], who had apparently arrived there earlier and had taken the form of Earth vehicles to work as camouflage, to come out of hiding and ultimately bring their battle to the Earth.

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Animated continuity====

====Armada & Energon comics====

====Cybertron comics====

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[[Category: History]]
[[Category: Generation 1]]
[[Category: Beast Wars]]
[[Category: Beast Machines]]
[[Category: Robots in Disguise]]
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Blitzwing (G1)

2007-02-03T06:27:13Z

Aurax: spelling & typo

:''Blitzwing is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation One]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Blitzwingg1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Blitzwing has no feet. Blitzwing needs no feet!"]]

'''Blitzwing''' is loud. He likes to think he has a sense of humor, but what he considers funny is, more often than not, offensively cruel. Obnoxious, belligerent, and nasty, he makes even his fellow Decepticons feel uneasy. His anti-social tendencies can relegate Blitzwing to an outsider status. Due to his social isolation, he's able to see the bigger picture; he can see when his teammates are being played by unseen forces. Of course, if he thinks the trap is amusing enough, he might just let it happen anyway.

''French-Canadian name:'' '''Le Blitz'''<br>
''Italian name:'' '''Triplex Due'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Ed Gilbert]] (US), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japan)

For someone as powerful as he is, Blitzwing does not have the best track record when it comes to decision-making. First, he and fellow Triple Changer [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] decided to do away with both [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and strike out on their own in search of fame, fortune, and [[energon]]. While this would normally be considered suicidal, the two Triple Changers somehow pulled it off and were free to finally do whatever it took to wipe out those pesky Autobots once and for all.

The way they chose to do this, however, did not do much to inspire confidence in their abilities. While his partner went off to play with some trains, Blitzwing's personal strategy for victory was to kidnap a football coach under the mistaken impression that the human was some kind of master strategist. Both Blitzwing and his pet tactician were beaten so quickly that it was almost embarrassing, and he crept carefully back to the [[Decepticon]] ranks, hoping that nobody would remember what had happened.

Blitzwing was also present during the infamous assault on [[Autobot City]] in 2005, where he was at the head of the first attack. Together with [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], he battled [[Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] at [[Lookout Mountain]], a fight that did not go in his favour (Kup being surprisingly nimble for an old guy). Blitzwing is also shown participating in the general carnage at Autobot City a short time later, and is one of the several Decepticons who ran afoul of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Unlike his less fortunate comrades, Blitzwing was able to avoid getting run over, and even managed to shoot back a little before Prime beat him, which is more than most Decepticons expect when facing Optimus Prime. In fact, Blitzwing made it through the entire battle more or less intact, which meant he got to ride all the way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] without anyone trying to kick him out the back door when he wasn't looking.

When the [[Quintesson]]s arrived on [[Chaar]] to bribe the [[Decepticon]] army with promises of [[energon]] and revenge, Blitzwing was the only one of his comrades to turn down their offers. He had met their kind before (or at least he thought they seemed familiar to him for ''some'' reason) and did not trust them, though he could not remember why. Upon the triumphant retun of [[Galvatron]], Blitzwing was the only Decepticon left to greet him. Later, during an assault on Cybertron, it was Blitzwing who discovered that the Quintessons were lying to Galvatron and plotting to destroy all Transformers (instead of just the Autobots, which Blitzwing had no problems with). He tried to report this to Galvatron, but when he could not convince the Decepticon leader, he turned to [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] for help. Together, Blitzwing and Rodimus were able to stop the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] commando team that had infiltrated Cybertron. Galvatron, unfortunately, suspected that Blitzwing was trying to betray the Decepticons and steal the "Decepticon Matrix of Leadership" for himself and threw the switch the Quintessons' nullifying switch, deactivating Transformers galaxy-wide until [[Spike Witwicky]] destroyed it. With the Quintessons' deception revealed, Galvatron attempted to renew hostilities with Rodimus, but Blitzwing drew his weapon and targeted Galvatron, stating that the battle was over for now. Seething, but seeing little alternative, Galvatron accepted and withdrew his forces from Cybertron, but banished Blitzwing from the Decepticon ranks forever.

Ironically, Blitzwing had gotten away with ''actually'' betraying Megatron, but then managed to get himself branded a traitor and was hurled out of the Decepticons while being perfectly loyal. He would appear again briefly in some crowd scenes, and in the ''[[Headmasters (television series)|Headmasters]]'' animated series, likely as the result of carelessness in production.

It should also be noted that when Rodimus offered Blitzwing a place among the Autobots, Blitzwing did turn it down, but also mentioned his respect for Rodimus. This makes Blitzwing one of the few notable Decepticons (along with [[Octane]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]) who do not seem to have any real hatred for the Autobots.

''('''Note:''' In the original script for ''[[Five Faces of Darkness]]'', after Blitzwing's banishment, Rodimus extended his offer to Blitzwing a second time, and in this instance, he did not accept, but did not ''refuse'', saying that he would think about it. The later episode, ''[[Starscream's Ghost]]'' was originally written to feature Blitzwing, but was later re-written to be about the newest Decepticon Triple-Changer, [[Octane]], although there is no explanation offered for why Octane is friendly with the Autobots. It would seem that this would have originally been Blitzwing following up on Rodimus' offer.)''

===Marvel Comics continuity===

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Blitzwing participated in [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s assault on [[Iacon]] and demonstrated triple-changing abilities. However, after the disappearance of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in a [[space bridge]] explosion, Blitzwing was captured and imprisoned by the Autobots as a dangerous experiment of Shockwave's. He was freed from [[Autobase]] by [[the Fallen]], and presumably released back to the Decepticons after the temporary truce that resulted from the Fallen's defeat. Following the departure of the [[Ark]], Blitzwing served as Shockwave's lieutenant, and appeared to be undergoing some sort of mutation which Shockwave did not fully understand.

Somehow, Blitzwing made his way to [[Earth]], and was among the Decepticons captured and deactivated during [[Operation Liberation]]. Despite this, he was not among the Transformers recovered and controlled by [[Lazarus]], but instead ended up back on Cybertron, once more under Shockwave's command. Blitzwing was one of the warriors who accompanied Shockwave to Earth to capture the Earth-bound forces of Optimus Prime and Megatron, and was badly damaged by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] in the battle that ensued. Some time later, Blitzwing was attacked and destroyed by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] on Cybertron. His remains were then examined by an unknown Transformer.

''(Note: Blitzwing's history in Dreamwave Comics was rather convoluted and contradictory. His appearance among the captured Decepticons on Earth in Generation 1 is at odds with his later appearances on Cybertron in [[War and Peace]] and [[Micromasters (comic)|Micromasters]]. Furthermore, his earliest chronological appearance in [[The War Within]] depicts him as a triple changer, while his appearances in [[The Dark Ages]] and Micromasters show him mutating into his triple changer form for the first time. The answers to these conundrums, and the identity of the being who examined his fallen form (though it was likely [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]) will remain forever unanswered, due to the bankruptcy and collapse of Dreamwave.)''

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. Transformers'' comics continuity===

===IDW comics continuity===

Blitzwing is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He is assigned along with [[Skywarp_(G1)|Skywarp]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, but is severely damaged, if not outright destroyed, by Megatron.

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Blitzwingg1toy.jpg|left|thumb|Transforms from back-to-front tank to unflyable plane to feetless robot and back!]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Triple Changer, 1985/2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''43''', '''TFC-17'''

: Originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' toy (the only ''Transformers'' [[Triple Changer]] who had a previous ''Diaclone'' release), Blitzwing can transform from robot mode to two different vehicle modes; a MIG-25 fighter jet or a Type-74 assault tank. Originally released in 1985, he was re-issued two decades later in [[Takara]]'s "bookbox" [[Transformers Collection]] series.

: All US version had the spring-loaded missile launchers severely weakend. The Japanese releases, however, kept the full-strength launching mechanisms.

: This mold was returned to its ''Diaclone'' coloration and released as [[Overcharge]].

==Trivia==

[[Image:Generations-CybertronBattle.jpg|thumb|250px|Click to enlarge!]]

*A [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] battle scene from ''[[Comics Bom Bom]]'' (reprinted in [[Transformers Generations]]) appears to depict (one of?) Blitzwing's original alt mode(s) as a double-barreled tank - a good decade and a half before he received a Cybertronian makeover in [[The War Within]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Blitzwing/blitzwing.htm Blitzwing at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Blitzwing Blitzwing's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Triple Changers]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
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Tako Tank

2007-02-03T06:24:18Z

Aurax: more spelling

:''The Tako Tank is a [[Maximal]] vehicle from the [[Beast Wars II]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TakoTank1.gif|right|300px|thumb|The Japanese sure love their tentacles.]]

The '''Tako Tank''' is a weapon used by the Maximals fighting the Beast Wars on planet [[Gaia]]. It has a powerful water cannon, destructive tentacles and can move really fast.

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====Beast Wars II animation====
The Tako Tank was delivered to the Maximals stationed on [[Gaia]] by [[Scuba]]'s cousin, [[Ikard]]. The Tako Tank gave the Maximals the upper hand in battle, though only Scuba seemed competent in piloting the thing. At one point, [[Tasmania Kid]] and [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] tried taking it for a joyride but instantly lost control and wreaked havoc all over the planet until Scuba was able to rescue them.

===Dreamwave Comics===
{{Storylink|Infestation}}
A toy remarkably similar to the Tako Tank startled a [[EDC]] soldier at a movie theater. On reflection, he thought it might be a [[GoBot (Tonka)|GoBot]].

''('''Note''': Try not to think about this one too hard, Dreamwave had no sense of self-restraint in its easter-eggs.)''

==Toys==
===Beast Wars II===
*'''Ikard & Tako Tank'''
:''Japanese ID number'': '''X-5'''

: The Tako Tank is a large mechanical octopus that rolls on small wheels on its underside. Twin puppet-rods in the back give control of the front two tentacles (which is one of the funnest play-features in Transformers ever). A plunger in the back runs through the body, which activates the water-bellows in the tank's "mouth". A small wheel behind each "eye" allows them to spin, though for what purpose is unknown.

: The tank-head splits open to reveal a motorcycle Basic-scaled toys can ride. (Because of the way it folds up, the Transformer cannot stay in the bike in "storage" mode.) This bike has two flip-around spring-loaded torpedo launchers, plus the wheel assembly can adjust to serve as either a traditional land-based vehicle or be converted to a hoverbike.

: The Tako Tank came with its pilot, Ikard.

==Trivia/Notes==
* "Tako" is Japanese for "octopus".

* Like the [[Niagara Base]] from the same line, the Tako Tank was originally designed to be part of the then-current ''[[Microman]]'' toyline. Which explains the bike's questionable compatibility with its pilots.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/Ikard/ikard.htm Ikard & Tako Tank at TFU.info]

[[category: Beast Wars II]]
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Tako Tank

2007-02-03T06:23:17Z

Aurax: spelling

:''The Tako Tank is a [[Maximal]] vehicle from the [[Beast Wars II]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TakoTank1.gif|right|300px|thumb|The Japanese sure love their tentacles.]]

The '''Tako Tank''' is a weapon used by the Maximals fighting the Beast Wars on planet [[Gaia]]. It has a powerful water cannon, destructive tentacles and can move really fast.

==Fiction==
===Anitmated continuity===
====Beast Wars II animation====
The Tako Tank was delivered to the Maximals stationed on [[Gaia]] by [[Scuba]]'s cousin, [[Ikard]]. The Tako Tank gave the Maximals the upperhand in battle, though only Scuba seemed competant in piloting the thing. At one point, [[Tasmania Kid]] and [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] tried taking it for a joyride but instantly lost control and wreaked havoc all over the planet until Scuba was able to rescue them.

===Dreamwave Comics===
{{Storylink|Infestation}}
A toy remarkably similar to the Tako Tank startled a [[EDC]] soldier at a movie theater. On reflection, he thought it might be a [[GoBot (Tonka)|GoBot]].

''('''Note''': Try not to think about this one too hard, Dreamwave had no sense of self-restraint in its easter-eggs.)''

==Toys==
===Beast Wars II===
*'''Ikard & Tako Tank'''
:''Japanese ID number'': '''X-5'''

: The Tako Tank is a large mechanical octopus that rolls on small wheels on its underside. Twin puppet-rods in the back give control of the front two tentacles (which is one of the funnest play-features in Transformers ever). A plunger in the back runs through the body, which activates the water-bellows in the tank's "mouth". A small wheel behind each "eye" allows them to spin, though for what purpose is unknown.

: The tank-head splits open to reveal a motorcycle Basic-scaled toys can ride. (Because of the way it folds up, the Transformer cannot stay in the bike in "storage" mode.) This bike has two flip-around spring-loaded torpedo launchers, plus the wheel assembly can adjust to serve as either a traditional land-based vehicle or be converted to a hoverbike.

: The Tako Tank came with its pilot, Ikard.

==Trivia/Notes==
* "Tako" is Japanese for "octopus".

* Like the [[Niagara Base]] from the same line, the Tako Tank was originally designed to be part of the then-current ''[[Microman]]'' toyline. Which explains the bike's questionable compatibility with its pilots.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/Ikard/ikard.htm Ikard & Tako Tank at TFU.info]

[[category: Beast Wars II]]
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Cancer (G1)

2007-02-03T06:22:31Z

Aurax: typo & spelling fixes

:''Cancer is a [[human]] and [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster]] character in the [[Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cancer superdragonfist.jpg|thumb|250px|If I keep looking like a girl maybe they'll put me in [[Kiss Players]]!]]

The unfortunately named '''Cancer''' is heir to a secret Chinese single-blow killing technique called the ''Super Dragon '''Fist''''' (超竜拳), which involves '''kicking''' the opponent to death. Yes, you read that right. This fist-kick is powerful enough to even knock the [[Pretender]] [[Gilmer]] off his feet. Though he tries to keep a tough-guy image, he's really just a typical little kid, dying for attention. He has become the surrogate son of [[Mega]], who dotes over him constantly. His best buddy is his little robot companion/handgun, [[Browning]].

:'''Crackhead English-Malay dub name:''' ''Squeezeplay''

==Fiction==
===Masterforce cartoon===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Akari Hibino]] (Japan)

===Masterforce manga===

==Toys==



[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Headmasters]]
[[Category: Humans]]
[[Category: Masterforce characters]]

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List of Transformers restaurant promotions

2007-02-03T06:18:30Z

Aurax: word choice

Over the years, ''Transformers'' has found itself in several fast food promotions, mainly McDonald's.

==1985 St. Louis ''The Transformers'' McDonald's promotion==
In 1985, McDonald's gave away non-transforming figurines of four [[Mini Vehicle]] characters, with at least six different color variations for each character. The figures were made of two different colors of plastic, and were non-poseable. These figures were only available in St. Louis as a test run[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/McD1985Toys1.html]. The line included:

* [[Gears]]
* [[Brawn]]
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Bumblebee]]

==1996 North American ''Beast Wars'' McDonald's promotion==
In 1996 for ''[[Beast Wars]]'', McDonald's released four transforming toys, with names very, very accurate to their beast modes. Another toy was sold to the under-3 crowd, as clearly indicated by his name.
*[[Beetle]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]]
*[[Panther]]
*[[Rhino]]
*[[Under-3]]

==North American ''Beast Wars'' Rally's and Checkers promotion==
[[Image:Rallnox.JPG|thumb|If you look into its eyes, it'll steal your soul.]]
They gave away a not-very-goody [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] toy.
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==1998 North American ''Beast Wars'' Transmetals McDonald's promotion==
In 1998, to coincide with the [[Transmetal]]s subline and the second season of ''Beast Wars'', McDonald's Happy Meals featured three characters from the show who did not get a Transmetal toy.
*[[Blackarachnia]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]

==2000 North American ''Beast Machines'' McDonald's promotion==
For ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', McDonald's put nine different toys into their Happy Meals, representing the characters from the first season.
*[[Blackarachnia]]
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]
*[[Optimus Primal]]
*[[Rattrap]]
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]
*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]

==2002 North American ''Armada'' McDonald's promotion==
With ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' out in 2002, McDonald's released eight toys to represent select characters from the cartoon. The Decepticon toys could combine into a mega vehicle, while the Autobots could combine into a large... robot form. The toys could act as [[Mini-Con]]s to larger, retail-sale toys, and are also capable of having Mini-Con toys attached to them.
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Demolishor]]
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]

==Japanese ''Armada'' McDonald's promotion==
Their Hot Shot's different.

==European ''Energon'' McDonald's promotion==

==Mexican ''Energon'' McDonald's promotion==

==2005 ''Cybertron'' Burger King promotion==
For ''Cybertron'', Burger King churned out four toys.
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]

==2007 ''Cybertron'' Jollibee promotion==
In 2007, the Filipino fast-food chain Jollibee released a set of Cybertron toys that included detachable display bases for their robot modes.
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
*[[Vector Prime]]

[[Category: Fast food exclusives| ]]
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