Sentinel Prime (G1)

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:''Sentinel Prime is an [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Sentinel prime lou.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Well, shoot, who wants the Matrix?]]
'''Sentinel Prime''' is an imposing figure, standing head and shoulders over the average Autobot. Bristling with some of the most heavy-duty weapons and armor available to the Autobot army has instilled in Sentinel Prime a supreme confidence in his own abilities as both a leader and a fighter. Unfortunately such pride usually precedes a fall, and there will always be [[Megatron (G1)|someone]] out there keen to prove a point, or who merely sees Sentinel Prime as an obstacle on the path to a bigger destiny.

And he dies alot. Again and Again. But it is for the lore!

Sentinel Prime was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s immediate predecessor as [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. ([[Alpha Trion (G1)|Except when]] [[Zeta Prime (G1)|he isn't]].)

Sometimes his true name is '''Infinitus''', other times [[Infinitus]] is his [[Titan Master]] [[Binary bonding|partner]] and a separate individual.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Angel]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Autobot gladiator.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You've got the pre-Touch! You've got the pre-Power! Pre-Yeah!]]
{{Note|The original cartoon version of Sentinel Prime was never named in fiction. The character is referred to as '''U-Haul Robot''' in the dialogue script for "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4" and was not given the name "Sentinel Prime" until ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' [[retcon|declared it so]] via an [[Ask Vector Prime]] entry. Likewise, the earlier appearance of "U-Haul Robot" was dubbed "Sentinel Major", giving him a pre-Matrix name.}}
'''Sentinel Major''' was originally one of the Quintessons' slave robots on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] around twelve million years ago. Unusual among his consumer goods brethren, Sentinel Major was equipped for combat and was forced to participate in [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial games]] for the Quintessons' amusement, wielding a spiked ball-and-chain weapon and a tire-shaped shield. He was once defeated in battle by [[Prima]], who attacked their Quintesson masters when their match was over, only to be destroyed himself.

Subsequently, the consumer goods robots rose up against the Quintessons in a rebellion that ultimately forced the aliens off the planet. Sentinel Major survived this clash, but he and the rest of his race—now dubbed "Autobots"—were robbed of any chance of peace when the military hardware robots, now known as "[[Decepticon]]s", set their sights on conquering Cybertron for themselves. Two [[Guardian Prime|Autobot]] [[Zeta Prime (G1)|leaders]] fell during the war that ensued, and Sentinel Major inherited the Matrix of Leadership and became '''Sentinel Prime''', leader of the Autobots. Under his leadership, the Autobots realized that they would never be able to defeat the Decepticons with firepower, and they turned instead to stealth, reconfiguring their bodies to be able to [[Transformation|transform]] into other forms. With the power of his new ability, Sentinel Prime defeated the [[Trannis|Decepticons' leader]], and the Autobots won the war.

[[File:Aubotot gladiator vehicle.jpg|left|thumb|He transforms into Rhi, the forgotten Beast Rider.]]
The ensuing period of peace was known as the [[Golden Age|Golden Age of Cybertron]], but, around nine million years BCE, the Decepticon threat re-emerged when they too adopted transformation, and coupled it with robot-mode flight powers. One of the first of this new breed of Decepticons, the malevolent [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], killed Sentinel Prime in combat. As he died, Sentinel Prime handed off the Matrix to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], who kept it safe until the emergence of the next Autobot leader, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].

When [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] journeyed into the Matrix in 2005, Sentinel Prime was the sixth guide he encountered. Sentinel Prime recounted the development of transformation, the Autobot victory in the war and the rise of Megatron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}
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====''Transformers Legends'' comic====
Sentinel Prime's spirit was present within the Matrix alongside [[It]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] when [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] approached Magnus with an offer to bring him back to life. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#Resurrection Chapter|Resurrection Chapter}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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Sentinel Prime was presumably a descendant of the first of the Sentinel line, [[Sentinel EnN]]. {{storylink|A Team Effort}} Before ascending to the rank of Prime, Sentinel Prime was known as Sentinel Major. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/28}} Sentinel Prime's legacy lived on in other 'bots who took on the "Sentinel" name, including another [[Sentinel Major]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 35|''Wings Universe'' Sentinel Major profile}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
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Sentinel Prime was mentioned in a recitation of Primes, after [[Prime Nova]] and before [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} ''He passed it on during a violent situation.'' {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

===3H comics===
The Matrix was passed from Prime Nova unto Sentinel Prime, who subsequently bequeathed it to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Covenant}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Sentinel prime dw.jpg|thumb|"Marley was dead to begin with..."]]
Sentinel Prime was Autobot leader for the first 500,000 years of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. With [[trithyllium]] alloy armor, an [[electro-disrupter]] and a large variety of other weapons, including various forms of artillery shell, a solar energy rifle and energon-charged sword, Sentinel Prime was a giant among giants. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}

8.2 million years ago, Sentinel Prime went to reason with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], seeking to reach him with sermon and doctrine. He failed and was tortured and destroyed by Megatron on the battlefields of [[Tyrest (polity)|Tyrest]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|The Ultimate Guide}} Megatron was chagrined to discover that Sentinel Prime (suspecting he might be killed) had not brought the Matrix with him into battle. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

The Matrix used a vision of Sentinel Prime to strengthen Optimus Prime's resolve during a battle with Megatron by confronting him with the claim that Megatron had chosen Optimus to be Prime, knowing that he was weak. Megatron's alleged influence over the Prime selection process was never substantiated.

The [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] subsequently created a robotic duplicate of Sentinel Prime to confuse Optimus and undermine his confidence. Though possessing all of Sentinel Prime's considerable abilities, Optimus eventually realized that the duplicate had been created from his own memories of Sentinel Prime, and was incapable of doing anything ''new''. Optimus destroyed the duplicate of Sentinel Prime, having largely overcome his own doubts about his fitness to be Autobot leader. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{quote|In '''my''' day, the '''good''' knew their responsibility... and the '''weak''' knew their place.|Sentinel Prime|"[[White Light]]"}}

[[File:Primes IDW.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.5| Quick, shoot 'em in the back, while they're not looking!]]

Long ago, the [[Titan Master]] '''Infinitus''' served as a herald of his master [[Nexus Prime]]. Following the death of his master at the hands of [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] during the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], Infinitus remained on Cybertron, following the teachings of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|White Light}} {{storylink|White Heat}} Eventually, he used his Titan Master talents to control a larger body, taking on the identity of "Sentinel" to disguise his ''true'' lineage. Sentinel decided that he would use the teachings of the Primes to bring "light" to the "tarnished world" of his birth... even if it meant killing everyone who stood in his way. {{storylink|White Light}} {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}}

Before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Sentinel had worked his way up to becoming the head of security for the [[Senate]]. One of the duties of his security force was to go around threatening and killing people who got in the Senate's way or might embarrass it. Shortly after an assassination attempt on [[Nominus Prime]], he eagerly watched Senator [[Proteus]] announcing the implementation of the "[[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]]", which would improve security at the cost of "some of the freedoms" of the populace. He was constantly interrupted by reports that an intruder was fighting his way into the [[Grand Imperium]], defeating all the security squadrons Sentinel sent at him. Interested in seeing how things would play out, he stood by as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] entered the Senate's chamber and confronted them over their corruption and detached relation to the populace. Proteus eventually ordered Sentinel to have him removed. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin1 Sentinel Prime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|My fellow Earthicans, we enjoy so much freedom, it's almost sickening. We're free to chose which hand our sex-monitoring chip is implanted in. And if we don't want to pay our taxes, why, we're free to spend a weekend with the Pain Monster.]]
As the Clampdown began, the Senate, who were behind the attack on Nominus Prime to begin with, had Sentinel try to tap into the powers of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in the Prime's chest. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} In the process, Sentinel discovered that the Matrix was merely a fake, and with this revelation the Senate decided they had no more use for Nominus and had him killed. They went on to spread rumours that Sentinel was showing signs of affinity for being a Prime {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} while he got to work on planning a "Decepticon terrorist attack" that would give him an excuse to round up all proto-Decepticons and send them [[Institute|off for brainwashing]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} While [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]] thwarted this, Sentinel's men were still able to discover that [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Senator Shockwave]] was quietly forming an army of dissident [[outlier]]s. Sentinel ordered Shockwave's academy destroyed in an "accident" and Shockwave himself taken into custody. The rebellious Senator confronted Sentinel and Proteus with his knowledge of their illegal takeover of the Senate, but they were nonplussed and had him subjected to [[empurata]] and brainwashing. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} {{storylink|Shockwaves}} Orion Pax and his team had a Dead <s>Or Alive</s> warrant put on their heads. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

Upon assuming office, Sentinel Prime operated out of the [[Security Services Headquarters]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], generally regarded as "the worst place on Cybertron." By this point Sentinel had developed great disdain for government authority, irritated that they kept telling him how to ''do things'' instead of just giving him what he asked for. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} He would even claim he didn't get to set policy. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Years later, [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] would say Sentinel took the bad Senate and made it get worse. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} He worked alongside [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], his [[Second-in-command|lieutenant]], and didn't seem that keen on him either, viewing Prowl's methodical approach as anathema to his more straightforward and brutal tactics. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} {{storylink|Last Light}} Sentinel also formed an [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] for all the important work he wanted done and not known about, like secretly capturing a spark hot spot so it could be experimented on and the [[Functionist Council]] couldn't use it. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}} In addition to the lunkish Elite Guard, Sentinel also worked on assembling a militia of sleeper agents, secretly recruited from his closest informants and conditioned to serve Sentinel if the time ever came, using a forerunner of the infamous [[shadowplay]] technique. {{storylink|Last Light}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin1 Sentinel face.jpg|upright=1|left|thumb|I am not a crook's head!]]
Sentinel's Elite Guard clashed with Orion Pax's outlaws over the hot spot and, well, turned out not to be that elite: Sentinel hired bruisers, not people with brains. He lost the hot spot to Pax. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}
At some point, Sentinel did something later remembered as "lay[ing] claim to a populated world". {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}

When Senator [[Decimus]] was badly injured in a riot, Sentinel ordered Prowl to handle the situation as he didn't "have the struts to deal with another whining senator": if only they gave him "what I need"! {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} After a surge in illegal [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial bloodsports]] where [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron's]] rose to prominence, he personally took charge of the investigation from Prowl, ordered tactical recon teams ("Panorama") to watch eight potential venues and intelligence officers to watch ''everything'', and a core strike team ("Hammer") to hit Megatron's "cult" when the venue was identified. Officers [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] did indeed find a venue but unfortunately, both were murdered before they could report in. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

Sentinel Prime vowed not to let their deaths be in vain, and at their funeral, the Autobot leader urged others to let their deaths be a call to arms. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}} In private, he told his closest minions that he planned to find a Titan and unleash it on the Decepticons! {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} Eventually, after Senator Decimus was kidnapped by the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] at Megatron's orders, Sentinel Prime led a raid on Megatron's base. They captured Megatron and most of the others, but were forced to free Soundwave per Senate directive, much to Prime's frustration. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Unfortunately for Sentinel, this had been Megatron's plan all along and a "defecting" Starscream released all the prisoners in the Security Services' HQ!

[[File:IDW SentPrime Apexarmor.jpg|upright=1|thumb|I remember my body. Flabby, pasty-skinned, riddled with phlebitis. A good Republican body. God, how I loved it.]]
As chaos broke out across Kaon, Sentinel Prime held the line until he decided to take things to the next level. Thus, Prime returned with his massive "[[Apex Armor (G1)|Apex]]" mode, a battle-armor/super-powerful/more-firepower-than-god mode. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} His ensuing duel with Megatron was watched from behind the scenes by Soundwave and Shockwave. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} The additional firepower didn't make much of a difference, seeing as Megatron tore into it and pulled Prime off a cliff. Sentinel was defeated by Megatron. Afterwards, the former Prime's barely functional body was dumped into the middle of the Autobot forces. Prowl ordered a retreat. We would too.

The next morning, Megatron discussed his next moves with Soundwave... sitting on a throne made out of Prime's Apex armor. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} [[File:TitansReturn Sentinel Prime's funeral.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|ARROOOOO!]] Rumours spread that Sentinel had survived his battle until the replacement Senate put out footage of the body being retrieved. Sentinel's body was subsequently laid to rest, and received a state funeral at the [[Primal Basilica]] in which grieving crowds lined the streets. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} With his first body damaged beyond repair, Infinitus secretly abandoned his old body and went into hiding beneath Kaon. Unable to explain this baffling "mutilation", Prowl claimed that Sentinel's body had been desecrated by Decepticons, who had stolen Sentinels' head. Megatron was left irritated people would blame him for that. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} Sentinel Prime was immediately succeeded by [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

From his hiding spot, Infinitus worked to build a new body for himself. Intermittently slipping in and out of hibernation over millions of years, due to the fact that he was subconsciously attuning himself to the Titans. {{storylink|Last Light}}

Over the millions of years since his death, Sentinel's many issues would be remembered but having stood up to Megatron meant people remembered him ''more'' as someone heroic by comparison. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} Shortly before the [[Dead Universe]] invasion, Optimus Prime would recall Sentinel Prime as he ruminated on the supposed infallibility of a Prime versus the depressing reality. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

Prowl would mention Sentinel's militarism as part of the lineage of 'false Primes' and their failings four million years later, expressing that while the Decepticons may have had noble intentions back then, they were long lost by the modern era. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} [[Nova Prime]] briefly took on the appearance of Sentinel Prime as he battled Optimus within the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

[[File:TitansReturn Infinitus Sentinel.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|NIXON'S BAAAAACK!]]

Over a year later, an irate Starscream, now running Cybertron, was left spitting teeth at the idea anyone might give Optimus a pass for annexing Earth. He compared the action to Sentinel, saying he'd been the last Prime to lay claim to a populated world. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}

The crewmembers on the ''[[Lost Light]]'' discussed Sentinel frankly as a dangerous ideologue with [[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]] calling him the first Decepticon. Since everyone usually referred to Sentinel Prime in heroic terms, [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] was left confused; Chromedome said that he'd "lived badly but died well".

Meanwhile, the emergence of [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] on [[Earth]] had prompted the creation of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], accompanied an energy broadcast immortalizing the deeds of Optimus Prime. This burst awoke Sentinel Prime, still hiding beneath Kaon. The former leader viewed Metrotitan's transmission... only to be disgusted by the sight of Autobots fraternizing with Decepticons and the "malformed" colonists from the [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] colonies - signs of ''compromise'' that he could not abide. Sentinel activated his new body, then headed to the Decepticon ghetto outside of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], vowing to purge his planet of "inferiors" {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} Trouncing [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]]'s security forces, Sentinel opened fire indiscriminately and killed 23 individuals before attacking Starscream with a [[spark disruptor]]. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] managed to save Starscream's life by taking the weapon into her own Spark chamber, but the two were unable to stop Sentinel from bridging to Earth. After arriving outside Autobot City, he took down [[Aileron]] and destroyed the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] behind him. Sentinel took a moment to appreciate Optimus Prime's imperialistic spirit... a moment that was cut short when Infinitus detached himself from his host body, vowing to burn down everything that his successor had created. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

[[File:WhiteLight-bodyjackinginfinitus.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Now look here, you drugged-out Communist. I paid for this body and I'd no sooner return it than I would my little cocker spaniel dog, Checkers!"]]

His first obstacle was Alpha Trion, who he sneered at for only ever talking and ''doing'' nothing during his reign. In a brief fight, Sentinel cut Trion's head off and took control of his alternate mode as a personal plane, while Sentinel's headless body stayed behind to engage the Autobots as a distraction. Wearing Trion's body, Sentinel retrieved his fellow Titan Master [[Sovereign]], who had been under a deep-cover identiy as [[G.B. Blackrock|the human Garrison Blackrock]], and flew him back to Metrotitan to be fully transformed. After reuniting with his main body, he had Sovereign warp them, Soundwave and Optimus Prime away for a little chat. {{storylink|White Light}} The quartet traveled to the remains of the planet [[Prion]], abandoned by [[Micronus Prime]] to die with the [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] he watched over. Sentinel explained to Optimus that he had always been Infinitus and was the herald of the late [[Nexus Prime]] as well as the concept of Titan Masters before offering the younger Prime an invitation to join him in his crusade. When Soundwave insulted his Primehood, he had Sovereign impale him using Alpha Trion's body. Optimus then tackled Sentinel into Sovereign, an act that freed Soundwave giving him enough time to reawaken Sovereign's "Blackrock" persona. Undeterred, Sentinel grabbed Sovereign and fled through Prion's spacebridge vowing to destroy the current Cybertron. {{storylink|White Heat}}
[[File:TenToMidnight-twovstwo.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"I've become bitter, and let's face it, crazy over the years. And once I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat, and I'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place!"]]

The Titan Master duo arrived on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] where Sentinel intended to awaken the vast horde of dormant Titans: with them, he could make Cybertron great again! The passerby Autobot [[Outrigger]] was cut down and Sentinel ordered a rattled Sovereign to ''devour his spark'', something Titan Masters could do to power themselves; when Sovereign refused and Outrigger escaped, Sentinel just wired him into a Titan's brain module anyway (it's his own fault he's gonna die, shoulda ate someone!) and had it make a beeline for the moon's [[Planetary engine|thruster]]s. The Titans awoke and Luna guard [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] was triggered into shooting Prowl, leaving only [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] to stand up to Sentinel. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} He expressed satisfaction at Prowl's seeming demise due to his belief that he could have defeated the Decepticons before they rose up if Prowl hadn't been there to rein him in. Since Red Alert began fighting Fortress Maximus, Sentinel decided to gloat to Cerebros instead, revealing his evil plan to use the quantum foam of Luna 1's engines to supercharge a spacebridge through which the Titans would fly through and destroy Cybertron leaving him a blank slate from which to rebuild. Before he could kill his foes, Prowl smashed a [[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay|M.A.R.B.]] over his head. As the Titans began to enter the portal, Fortress Maximus arrived controlling a Titan body. Using it, he fought off many of the giants while Sentinel was confronted by Prowl and Cerebros. Quickly dispatching them, he ordered Red Alert to shoot Prowl in the back of the head. Red Alert, however, managed to break Sentinel's programming and shot his Titan Master self off his large body. Sentinel was quick to reassert a measure of control over Red Alert, nearly forcing him to blast his own head off before [[Beak]] slammed into Sentinel. The Titan Master fell into a one and a half mile deep thruster where he seemingly, and rather unceremoniously, perished. The Space Bridge closed without his thoughts keeping it open. {{storylink|Last Light}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Among others, Sentinel Prime appeared to haunt Megatron through the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Sentinel in particular mocked the Decepticon's gladiatorial origins and the fact the he considered himself an emperor. Megatron, however, refused to break and continued with his plans. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
When the [[Titan Master]]s reemerged into the modern Autobot-Decepticon war, Sentinel Prime was partnered with the Titan Master [[Infinitus]], whose ability to slow time allowed Sentinel to unleash precision attacks even in the middle of raging battles. {{storylink|#Generations|''Titans Return'' Infinitus/Sentinel Prime toy bio}} When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay|Crashbash]] attacked [[Velocitron]] during the planet's biggest race, Sentinel Prime fought alongside [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and Optimus Prime to repulse the invaders, defending [[Haywire|Hyperfire]] from Decepticon abduction. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|The last card here's a little redundant on this page if you look up an inch or two.]]
Following an uprising of working-class robots, Sentinel Prime sent Alpha Trion to investigate the gladiatorial pit fights in Kaon, and the emergence of the Decepticon movement. Alpha Trion uncovered Senator Ratbat's involvement in the whole affair, and reported his findings to Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Megatron Origins}}

As [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s forces made their way to activate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[planetary engine]]s in order to wipe out the Autobots, Sentinel Prime went to meet with the Decepticon leader in [[Tyrest (polity)|Tyrest]], believing Megatron could be reasoned with. Instead Megatron ambushed Sentinel Prime's group and slew the Prime. Sadly for Megatron, Sentinel was not carrying the coveted [[Matrix of Leadership]], having sensibly left it behind. {{storylink|The War Within}}
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===''Transformers Online'' (2016 video game)===
During the Cybertronian Civil War, Sentinel Prime was killed. Prior to his destruction, he bestowed the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus Prime, who became the new leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2016 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero9.shtml G1 Optimus Prime on the Transformers Online website]</ref>
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==Toys==
===''Generations''===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|He's easily confused with Astrotrain. No, he's not Quintessa.]]
*'''Autobot Infinitus & Sentinel Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories:'' 2 Guns, Infinitus Titan Master
:Sentinel Prime is part of the first wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Voyager Class toys. He transforms from robot to shuttle to battle tank-which-looks-a-lot-like-a-train. Both vehicle modes make use of lots of flip-out panels to fill in his vehicle mode, leaving very little robo-kibble visible. Sentinel takes design cues from both Generation 1 [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Alex Milne]]'s IDW Sentinel Prime, whilst Infinitus's robot mode is entirely the Sentinel design.

:His [[Titan Master]] partner [[Infinitus]] transforms into his head (but any [[Titan Master]]-class figure is compatible), and he features spring-loaded pylons that pop out of his shoulders on either side of his head to "bulk up" his noggin, like all ''Titans Return'' Voyager-class figures. Despite restricting the articulation for his neck, the pylons themselves are in an assembly which can be rotated for better range of motion. Sentinel can be transformed into his shuttle mode without removing his head, leaving it somewhat hidden on its backside.

:He includes two hand-held, non-firing blasters which can be combined to form a larger double-barreled weapon. The larger gun or the combined mode can be piloted by a Titan Master. Each weapon has multiple pegs which can be mounted on the wing struts, wing tips, knees, or shoulder slots. Sentinel himself can be piloted from a translucent yellow cabin between his rear stabilizers.

:The computer-generated promo art and additional stock photos for this figure is apparently inaccurate, depicting Sentinel with the ends of his train mode for feet, while his instructions use the nose cone portion of the shuttle mode. The train engine ends ''can'' be used as feet, but they sit at an awkward angle that makes it hard for Sentinel to stand upright. He also appears to be a darker, less saturated orange than the final product.

:Sentinel also comes with a collector card based on his packaging art.

:This mold was also made into ''Titans Return'' [[Astrotrain (G1)#TitansReturn|Astrotrain]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Titan-Force-Sentinel-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now with extra BURNING JUSTICE!]]
*'''Titan Force''' (gift set, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Guns, Infinitus Titan Master

:This recolored version of Sentinel Prime with translucent orange parts was only available in a [[giftset|gift set]] together with ''Titan Force'' redecoes of [[Brainstorm (G1)#TitanForce|Brainstorm]] and [[Windblade (G1)#TitanForce|Windblade]], each with unique decoration. Rather than being marked as an Autobot, he instead bears the symbol of the Security Forces that his troops wore in the ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' comic.

:In the United States, this set was [[exclusive]] to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] website and the Hasbro Toy Shop booth at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016. In the United Kingdom, it was exclusive to the A1 Toys website and their booth at London Film & Comic Con 2016 (with Brainstorm renamed into "Charon" for [[trademark]] reasons); in China, it was exclusive to Cybertron Con Shanghai; in Hong Kong, it was exclusive to Animation-Comic-Game 2016; and in Canada, it was exclusive to the HasbroStore booth at Fan Expo 2016.
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==Notes==
*In a few instances throughout the third season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] appears in the U-Haul Robot's color scheme. Guess [[AKOM]] got their "Hauls" mixed up!
*Any similarities between U-Haul Robot and {{w|Spartacus}} are purely coincidental. No, really.
*The retelling of [[Unicron]]'s origin in the UK comics included a brief glimpse of a dying Matrix bearer passing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime. However, as he is unnamed, the only way we can presume this being is Sentinel Prime is because, as we are told later, Sentinel Prime was the leader before Optimus. Fun fact: "[[State Games]]" calling Optimus Prime "Optimus Prime" means Sentinel does this pre-war!
*The original IDW Sentinel Prime sketch included in "[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]" was clearly based on his first (and otherwise only) appearance in the Marvel comics panel shown above. Though his resemblance as drawn in ''Megatron Origin'' is less distinctly similar due to artistic interpretation and the helmet [[Alex Milne]] draws him wearing. He also definitely resembles, by and large, the Keepers description of the character, in that he is quite heavily armed. However the keen interest he shows in the use of those weapons and combat in general seem a stark contrast to the "peacetime leader unsuitable for war" portrayed in that continuity. IDW Sentinel is more likely to smash you with his [[Apex Armor (G1)|Apex Armor]] than try to ply you with doctrine.
*Sentinel Prime didn't receive a proper toy until 2016, but he did come close once. As revealed in the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] roundtable panel at [[BotCon 2007]], the original concept for the convention-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of [[Cybertron Defense Team|Cybertron Defense]] [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was Sentinel Prime. The mold DOES bear a decent resemblance to his IDW appearance, but in the end it was decided that [[Springer (G1)#Timelines|Springer]] was a better choice for the mold (and likely for the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|ongoing club comic]] story).
*The resurrected Sentinel at IDW appears to be wearing modular, black armor over his toy design, rather than having the toy design itself.
*As a result of the Titans Return toyline being released during the 2016 US Presidential Election campaigns, many fans alikened the IDW iteration of Sentinel Prime to Republican Presidential candidate and business mogul Donald Trump, due to shared sentiments regarding immigrants, an intent to "fix" their homeland and supposed similarities between Sentinel Prime's color scheme and Trump's hair.
*According to [[ABN]] in [[Recordicons#Recordicons #9|''Recordicons'' #9]], Vector Prime "always lies about Five Faces of Darkness". If true, this would mean that the guy from Five Faces isn't necessarily Sentinel Prime; we're keeping this page as-is because there's no objective evidence either way, and Sentinel Prime is more convenient as a page title than "U-Haul Robot".

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