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Froid

2022-10-25T13:48:46Z

Cyclonusawesome: Just adding a link

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:''Froid is an [[Autobot]] or unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTE48 froid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Sometimes a [[cy-gar]] is just a cy-gar.]]

'''Froid'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s own lofty ambitions are constrained only by his runaway ego and his utter lack of any self-awareness. Quick to point out the shortcomings of others while conveniently overlooking his own faults, Froid would probably be out of a job if it weren't for the fact that he is, ironically enough, an excellent psychologist. Even so, it's not clear how much of this success is really of his own making—Froid's high opinion of himself has pushed him into committing some ethically dubious acts in the past, and given the right set of circumstances, the slightest variable could push him entirely over the edge...

{{bigquote|We grieve for the murdered word.|Froid on revisionism|"[[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Signal to Noise|''More than Meets the Eye'' #13]] (mentioned); [[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|#34]] (depicted)}}

[[File:MTMTE34 we never agree.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.75|The new form of psychological warfare!]]

Froid and [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] were once such good friends that Rung felt able to tell his fellow psychotherapist his deepest, darkest secret: the fact that Rung had been disbarred from practising medicine by a tribunal on the ship ''[[Fateful Archetype]]'', but that the entire crew save for himself had died in a crash and nobody knew. {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} Unfortunately, over time, their professional rivalry superseded their friendship. {{storylink|Signal to Noise}} Froid's tendency toward plagiarism saw him steal much of Rung's work and publish it as his own, including that which became his greatest claim to fame, the [[Froidian Classification System]] of personality types. {{storylink|The Sensuous Frame}} {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}}

Shortly before the outbreak of war on Cybertron, Froid had become the [[Senate]]'s chief psychopathologist, and was dispatched to the world of [[Messatine]] to put a stop to the rabble-rousing writings a miner named [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] was producing. Under only the slightest of pretenses, Froid "diagnosed" Megatron with mental illness and had [[Trepan]] subject him to [[shadowplay]] to remove his anti-authoritarian thoughts. However, before the procedure could be completed, Rung arrived on Messatine with news of a sudden change to the law that meant a "personality adjustment" decision needed two signatures to reduce the risk of abuse. Rung offered to countersign if he agreed with the findings; Froid knew Rung wouldn't do it and could only despair that he was going to suffer for this. Fortunately for all involved, a sudden energy surge prompted a planetary evacuation, tabling the issue. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}}

Froid was instrumental in the arrest of [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]], the mnemosurgeon-turned-serial killer known as the "Tetrahex Ripper", when his profiling led Cyberforensics to Sunder's brother [[Sceptre]]. The day Sunder was caught was the last time Froid and Rung saw each other. Froid became fascinated with Sunder's case and joined the crew of the prison ship taking the brothers to [[Garrus 6]]. In-transit, the brothers escaped and took Froid hostage, fleeing aboard a shuttle that was subsequently shot down. {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} Unaware that his former friend had been on the ship, Rung did not know what had become of Froid, but believed he died during the war. {{storylink|Signal to Noise}} In later years, Rung would privately lament that Froid and other rivals had inflicted irreparable damage on his reputation, {{storylink|Signal to Noise}} but he still respected his work enough to quote Froid aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' when discussing an edit made to ''[[Towards Peace]]'' during a session with [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}

In truth, Sunder and Froid survived the destruction of the shuttle and eventually holed up on the planet [[Scarvix]], where Froid professed he had become something of a celebrity. He entered into a perverse doctor-patient relationship with Sunder: in return for Sunder serving as a subject for him to study, Froid found new victims for the serial killer, who killed by using his "remote mnemosurgery" abilities to feed on buried memories. Froid removed Sunder's eyes to inhibit this power, wearing them around his neck under the guise of a pair of [[Primal Bead]]s. But hey, those deaths were a small price to pay because a controlled Sunder could read the mind of any patient and tell Froid about their memories without the patient ever knowing! It was ''invaluable'' to <strike>making fat stacks</strike> curing people! {{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}}

[[File:MTMTE48 creepy froid.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.0|Where id was, there ego shall be.]]

Seeking new victims, Froid made his way to the ''Lost Light'' in hopes of getting his hands on Rung's patient files. Rung was shocked to see him alive, but any good feelings that Froid's "resurrection" might had stirred up were firmly stamped down when his one-time friend implied he would reveal his old secret if he did not give him access to his files. Rung refused all the same, so Froid took him to meet Sunder, intending to feed Rung himself to him. He gave Sunder back his eyeballs, restoring his power, just as [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] rushed in. {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} Taking the "least worst option", Froid unlocked Sunder's cage and retreated while Sunder had his way with others aboard the ship.

[[File:MTMTE49 froid goes splat.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Transforms into psychological trauma.]]

Froid later met up with Tailgate, Rung, and Skids to look for Chromedome, but Sunder found them and launched a mental attack on Skids. Rung blocked Sunder's line of sight and Sunder switched his sights to Froid. Being told to "open up", Froid was forcibly turned inside out. {{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}}

At some point afterward, Froid was repaired, and then imprisoned in the ''Lost Light''{{'}}s brig. It wasn't until over a year later that he was freed, on Getaway's orders. The unscrupulous bot filled Froid in on what had been happening since the psychiatrist's imprisonment, then admitted it wasn't just Froid he needed, but Sunder's mnemosurgery skills. When Getaway balked at the maniac's price, that of the ship's crew, Froid needled him, as a chance to study the escape artist's veritable psychological cocktail in action. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 2): Filling in the Blanks|Filling in the Blanks}}

A short time later, Getaway showed Froid the temporal window inside Swerve's. After a moment's observation, Froid asked Getaway whether he thought anyone of the mutiny's victims survived, then began needling Getaway's superiority complex, intimating that 'bots claiming they were [[Signs of Affinity|Matrix sensitive]] were usually suffering from ''[[Primus apotheosis]]'', before reassuring Getaway he didn't think he was delusional ''at all'', no siree.

Later on, after the Protectobots' failed attempt to get revenge on Getaway, he called up Froid to ask for another favor, to help the crew remember how Thunderclash totally murdered Atomizer in cold blood. Froid gave him Sunder's asking price of five crewmembers, and when Getaway hesitated, he immediately doubled it. The haggle was interrupted when [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] made the happy announcement that they'd finally found [[Cyberutopia]]. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

The happy atmosphere was not to last however as it was soon revealed that the fabled promised land was nothing more than an elaborate illusion created by the artificial moon of [[Mederi]]. The ''Lost Light'' then came under attack from a group of [[Worldsweeper]]s in the employ of the [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]], with Getaway managing to bargain with the being. While most of the crew were turned into [[Sparkeater (creature)|sparkeaters]] as a sign of loyalty, {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} Froid and Sunder found themselves properly recruited, being transferred to the flagship. After [[Team Rodimus]]' capture, [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] ordered Sunder to hack into the Architect's mind and discover who he really was and his true goals. Though Sunder managed a quick scan, the Architect resisted, forcing him out, and stripping the mnemosurgeron of his powers. The pair was placed in Team Rodimus' cell where they compared notes on the Architect and his plan before the [[God Gun]] punched open a hole between universes. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

[[File:LL 23 Omega Guardians Triple Kill.jpg|thumb|right|370px|Hey, do you ever feel like you've finished serving your narrative purpOOOOMYGOD WHY MEEEEEE?!]]
When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] flew through, followed by an alternate version of the [[Functionist Council]] who were using a planet-sized avatar of [[Primus]], the Architect's forces attacked. In the confusion, Megatron freed most of the group from the cell, Froid being brought aboard the ''[[Last Light (ship)|Last Light]]'' to learn of the Council's plans. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} When the rest of the group freed themselves, everyone boarded the ''Lost Light'' to brainstorm ideas, (though Froid largely chose to express doubts over the fact that Rung was the real Primus) eventually hitting on the plan of using twelve duplicate Matrices of Leadership to overload [[Vector Sigma]] and erase the Functionists. At this idea, the enraged [[Omega Guardian]]s spoke via the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] and unleashed a powerful bolt of energy that tore into Sunder, Froid, and [[Nine-of-Twelve]], killing all three on the spot. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}
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===''TransTech''===
[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], of [[Swindle, Swindle and Swindle]], didn't always get along with Swindle and Swindle. He recommended [[Blot (SG)|Blot]] or Froid for [[Conjunx Endura]] counseling. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Swindle's Spiel}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[The World In Your Eyes Part Three|''Transformers'' issue #3]]

[[File:TheWorldInYourEyesPartThree-Froid.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.]]

Following the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], Froid took on [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] as a patient but failed to aid him in readjusting to civilian life. Quake would go on to become of Froid's "four substantial failures," on whom his treatments had had no effect. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} Froid also treated [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], who coped with the trauma by talking to hallucinations of his dead friends. When Froid attempted to push Cyclonus into speaking with [[Paragon]] however, the surly veteran left Froid's care. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} Froid tried treating [[Pyra Magna]], but [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] began to feel that Froid was getting too close to the former general, and losing his perspective. Sentinel forbade the psychiatrist from going near her again. Froid read this as fear on Sentinel's part of showing initative and undermining his predecessor. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} He would regard Pyra as the fourth of his substantial failures, and ask repeatedly to be given access to her to fix his mistakes, only to be denied. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}}

[[File:TheCracksBeneathYourFeetPartFour-Froid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I guest-star in IDW's ongoing comic while [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] gets enema jokes! Who's popular ''now?'']]

When Quake was publicly announced as part of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Ascenticon Guard]], Froid ran to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] to try and remove Quake from the guard, with the Senator reassuring him that the matter would be dealt with. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}}

After [[Rubble]] had been gruesomely murdered, [[Security Operations]] called in Froid. Amused by the whole situation, Froid pointed out that although Quake had the psychological profile necessary for murder, so did many others. When his interrogators still failed to connect the dots, the psychologist explained that the constraints of the [[Nominus Edict]] were creating a tense and volatile political climate on account of the many self-restrictions, and that a metaphorical eruption was imminent. It was then that Cyclonus crashed into the room, with Froid, who only ''looked'' like he was having considerable difficulty moving, taking him to see Paragon, someone he keenly felt that Cyclonus should speak with. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}} After Cyclonus had been treated, Froid came to visit him to try and uncover why he refused to speak to Paragon, with the veteran snapping that, unlike the others, Paragon had not died, but had been killed by [[Pyra Magna]]. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}}

Froid was drawn to [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]], head of Cybertronian Xenorelations. He made a point of approaching her in the Senate precincts to get her opinion on his theses for Cybertronian psychology during xenological contact. Nautica, reluctantly, let him talk. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}}

Under orders from the new Autobot leader Optimus Prime, Froid reluctantly released [[Pyra Magna]] and explained to the latter about the new Prime. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}}

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==Notes==
*Froid's name is an {{w|Sigmund Freud|obvious pun}}.
*The character was designed by [[Alex Milne]], who loosely patterned him after [[Soundwave (WFC)|''Prime'' Soundwave]]. The full character model [https://twitter.com/markerguru/status/529358921690267648/photo/1 can be seen on Milne's Twitter account].

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Megatron (Cyberverse)

2021-03-19T16:43:09Z

Cyclonusawesome: Needed a little fix

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:''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:CyberverseMegatron.jpg|thumb|300px|Don't tell him he doesn't have his back cannon, or he'll shoot the text down below!]]

'''Megatron''' arose from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial]] arenas, and has never forgotten the lessons that he learned there. Not only is he utterly ruthless in combat, unafraid to fight dirty, and able to brutally put down any would-be pretenders to the throne, but in his new career as [[Decepticon leader]] he's able to effortlessly spin rhetoric, work a crowd, and carefully indulge his theatrical side to gain supporters. But despite his natural charisma, Megatron dreams of a new era when all of Cybertron is united under one banner—an era when he'll no longer have to rely on the disparate, dysfunctional personalities that comprise the [[Decepticon]]s to enforce his will upon the galaxy.

Megatron may be a tyrant, but he's no slavering monster—he knows when to advance, when to retreat, and even respects his former friend [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] enough to enter into occasional peace talks. And, somewhere far beneath his exterior, there still pulses the [[spark]] of a humble 'bot who just wanted what was best for Cybertron... a trait that's both his greatest strength and his biggest shortcoming.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Marc Thompson]] (English), [[Shigeru Chiba]] (Japanese)|[[Erwin Grunspan]] (French, season 1), [[Robert Dubois]] (French, season 2), [[Peter Reinhardt]] (German), [[Maurizio Trombini]] (Italian), [[Javier Gámir]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Enrique Cervantes]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Johan Hedenberg]] (Swedish)}}
[[File:Megatron - Cyberverse - Megatron Is My Hero promo.jpg|thumb|left|250px|There's a little of him in all of us.]]
Eons ago, Megatron was a [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial champion]] on Cybertron, besting numerous powerful opponents, including [[Devastator Maximus]] whose [[brain module]] he crushed. {{storylink|Trials}} While Megatron's raw strength served him well in the gladiatorial pits, it was his charisma which netted him a large following of admirers from all flocks of life. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}} Among his followers was [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus]], a file clerk who began to author Megatron's speeches to his following. {{storylink|Maccadam's}} At a rally, Megatron dubbed his movement '[[Decepticon]]s', and swore to create a new Cybertron that would bring equal rights to all citizens. As his power base grew however, Megatron's personality took a darker turn, eventually declaring [[Great War (Cyberverse)|open war]] on Optimus and his own followers. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}}

Among Megatron's early acts was the execution of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}} Once [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]] had captured Optimus Prime, she intended to ship him to Megatron until [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] freed his leader. {{storylink|Shadowstriker (episode)|Shadowstriker}} Megatron selected [[Drift (Cyberverse)|Deadlock]] to act as a spy for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron III}} To sell the ruse, Megatron followed him to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]] where he attempted to slay the traitor to serve as an example to others. Before he could however, [[Maccadam]] stormed into the room and transformed into his monstrous [[alternate mode]], the mere sight of it cowing Megatron into retreating. {{storylink|Maccadam's}} Over the course of the war, Megatron would meet with Optimus several times to discuss a peaceful resolution to the conflict but the two were unable to come to a satisfactory compromise. {{storylink|Parley}} Megatron also befriended the poetic Decepticon [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]]. {{storylink|Infinite Vendetta}}

[[File:Cyberverse Decepticon Plankowners (Cyberverse - Megatron Is My Hero).jpg|thumb|300px|"Imagine seven million people all wanting to die together."]]
Once the Decepticons had taken [[Vector Sigma]], Megatron sought to use the supercomputer to reprogram the [[AllSpark]] and have it birth a new generation of loyal Decepticons. When Bumblebee discovered this, he was brought before Megatron who sadistically tore out the scout's [[voice box]] to prevent him from reporting what he'd learned. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}} Despite Megatron's best efforts, the Autobots did manage to learn of his plan, managing to seize the AllSpark and send it through a [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}}

In the year [[2007]], Megatron tracked the AllSpark to [[Earth]], and sent [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]]'s [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] squad there to retrieve it. Catching wind of this intel, the Autobots on Cybertron sent [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to retrieve the artifact first only for her to come across the missing Bumblebee. Upon learning that her friend was suffering from amnesia, the [[cityspeaker]] attempted to use a [[cortical psychic patch]] to help him make sense of his memories. Among them was an undamaged memory of Megatron; however she was unable to access it before the patch malfunctioned and shut her out. {{storylink|Fractured}}

Once Windblade had begun making headway in fixing Bumblebee's mind, the scout began to remember Megatron in the earliest days of his revolution causing him to idealize the Decepticon leader as a hero. With Windblade's help however, he was able to remember the tyrant Megatron had become, being left to wonder how he could have ever considered the Decepticon someone to look up to. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}}

[[File:Mad Megs (Cyberverse - Maccadam's).jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Now back there if you got a problem you tell Wally. And he tells everyone in town, brings it out in the open, no more problem."]]
After Slipstream had consistently failed in her mission, [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] hacked into Bumblebee's cortical psychic patch and trapped the scout in a false memory that painted him as a Decepticon spy aboard the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] who had sabotaged the ship at Megatron's direct order. {{storylink|Sabotage}}

When the [[Decepticon fleet]] invaded Earth, Megatron led the [[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|''Nemesis'']] to the organic planet. {{storylink|Eruption}} {{storylink|Bad Moon Rising}} The Cybertronians eventually became known to [[human]]kind. During a battle against Windblade, Megatron was caught on camera tripping over a powerline, winning the dubious honor of #3 on [[TOP3WEEKLY]]'s "TOP ROBOT FAILS!!" video. {{storylink|Sea of Tranquility}} During this time, he also dueled Optimus Prime at an industrial complex, their battle being observed by [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]]. {{storylink|Spotted}}

[[File:Cyberverse - Bad Moon Rising - Megatron Going Tank.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Just kids having fun.]]
Eventually, Megatron decided that Earth wasn't worth conquering and ordered a [[Planet Smasher]] built on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. When a battle broke out, Megatron first used his tank mode to shoot up the Autobots before Optimus Prime engaged him in melee combat, the Autobot managing to score a nasty gash on Megatron's right leg, prompting the tyrant to call Starscream for air support. Though his order went unheeded, Megatron managed to escape the battle and make it to the [[force field]]. After tossing Starscream around, he demoted him by making Slipstream the new leader of the [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seekers]]. When the Autobots brought down the Planet Smasher's force field, Megatron ordered the Decepticons to retreat into a lunar bunker. {{storylink|Sea of Tranquility}}

In the bunker's control room, Shockwave activated his back-up plan of using [[planetary engine]]s to slam the moon into the Earth so they could find the AllSpark in the debris field. Content with the plan, Megatron tried to order Slipstream to guard the [[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|''Nemesis'']] before his wound got the better of him. As he tried to get back up, a furious Starscream attacked him, firing all his [[missile]]s at point-blank range before beating the tyrant into [[stasis lock]], ordering that he be left behind when the control room was set to self-destruct. Surviving the explosion, though left heavily charred by it, Megatron made his way back to his flagship and enacted a swift and brutal vengeance against Starscream, ending with him firing the full might of his [[fusion cannon]] at the Seeker's back, deactivating him. After briefly regarding Starscream's prone form, he dumped the traitor's body out onto the lunar surface and ordered the Decepticons away from the moon. {{storylink|Bad Moon Rising}}

Ordering his flagship down on an island, Megatron broadcasted a propaganda video to the human race regarding Starscream's demise, before he offered the position of [[second-in-command]] to whichever one of his troops brought him the head of Optimus Prime. When [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]] and [[Lockdown (Cyberverse)|Lockdown]] brought him the bound [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]], Megatron tried to use the Autobot as a bargaining chip with Optimus only for the youth to break free from his bonds and escape the ''Nemesis''. Though Megatron targeted the Autobot with the onboard weapons, he was distracted by the sight of a creature jumping through a [[GroundBridge]]. {{storylink|Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime}}

After every GroundBridge had been mapped, the AllSpark was located in [[Africa]], Megatron stepping through a portal to collect it. Finding not only that his troops had not accompanied him but Optimus waiting for him, Megatron briefly dueled his opposite before they were both greeted by Cheetor, Guardian of the AllSpark who subjected both leaders to the "the trials" to determine who was worthy of the AllSpark. After a failed knowledge trial, Cheetor granted each leader [[spark armor]], Megatron's formed from a helicopter, and they came to blows. Megatron eventually got the upper hand, pinning Optimus down for execution only for the Prime to hold him at gunpoint, being willing to kill them both. As this happened, no one noticed a still alive Starscream sneak in and steal the AllSpark until it was too late. Though he managed to save face with Optimus, Megatron returned to the ''Nemesis'' to commence a search for Starscream. {{storylink|Trials}}

As Shockwave tried to locate the missing Vector Sigma, the ''Nemesis'' came under attack from the Autobots, Megatron sending out his entire [[drone]] force to meet them. As Megatron dueled Optimus on the hangar deck, Cheetor loudly announced that the AllSpark was not on the ship, forcing Megatron to reveal the truth and cursing Cheetor, whose lunar GroundBridge had healed Starscream's otherwise fatal injuries. {{storylink|Dark Birth}}

Agreeing to peace talks, Megatron had the ''Nemesis'' return to [[Mount St. Hilary]] for negotiations. Despite their soldiers' idiosyncrasies, Megatron and Optimus made initial strides only for discussions to abruptly end when Grimlock threw Shockwave through a wall and onto the negotiation table, Megatron ordering his troops away. {{storylink|Parley}}

When the ''Nemesis'' returned to its island, it came under attack from Starscream's [[scraplet]] horde. Fighting his traitorous second on the bridge, Megatron was paralyzed by the beasts but managed to send out a garbled distress signal. When Cheetor defeated Starscream and broke the paralysis, Megatron allowed the Autobots to go free. {{storylink|Starscream's Children}} As the ship was slowly repaired, Megatron chose to motivate Shockwave to speed up the process by threatening to replace him with Soundwave. Megatron soon came under attack from Shockwave's severed hand before the scientist himself arrived, presenting Megatron with a [[drone controller]] that he could use to control Starscream's creatures. {{storylink|Secret Science}}

When Shockwave explained the perfected drone controller, the ''Nemesis'' came under attack from [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]]. Unamused, Megatron told the bombastic Autobot to go play somewhere else. Soon afterwards, a still alive Sky-Byte arrived, recounting the gloriousness of the civilizations he'd destroyed before requesting the Decepticons' aid to destroy Jetfire (offering Megatron the head). Though an appealing prospect to Megatron, he denied to get involved in favour of continuing their search for the AllSpark. Jetfire soon returned, now clad in spark armor, and abducted Megatron. When Optimus called to reveal he'd had a similar encounter with Sky-Byte, Megatron directed everyone to meet a colosseum. Encouraging the two arch-enemies to settle their feud once and for all, Megatron amusedly watched Jetfire and Sky-Byte kill each other even as their fight unearthed magma deposits. When Jetfire got the upper hand, Megatron encouraged the Autobot to strike the killing blow only for him to retreat back to the ''Ark'' so that Optimus' wounds could be tended to. As Sky-Byte climbed out of the hole, Megatron held him a gunpoint and forced him to reveal the AllSpark's location. {{storylink|Infinite Vendetta}}
[[File:Cyberverse I Am The Allspark Megatron.jpg|300px|thumb|left]]

When Sky-Byte led the Decepticons back to the GroundBridge nexus, Megatron again found the Autobots had beaten him there before an AllSpark empowered Starscream arrived, arresting everyone's motor functions and forcing them to bow before him. Unimpressed by the Seeker's pettiness, Megatron openly mocked his former second's incompetence and failing streak before the Seeker began extracting all their [[spark]]s. Salvation came when Optimus Prime unleashed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Starscream, blasting the AllSpark out of him. Quick to recover, Megatron retrieved the artifact only to be assaulted by the now feral scraplets, losing his hold on it. Megatron soon found himself fighting Grimlock, with their duel destabilizing the chamber. Though Megatron managed to initially kick the Dinobot away and make a last-ditch effort to get the AllSpark he was blindsided by the recovered Grimlock who sent him hurtling down a chasm. {{storylink|I Am The Allspark}}

Detecting the launch of several [[Autobot shuttle]]s, Megatron ordered the ''Nemesis'' to meet them, deploying several [[Decepticon scout ship]]s to engage the smaller crafts. Though the Autobot ships were quickly destroyed, the AllSpark was not found in their debris field. Fortunately for the Decepticons, Sky-Byte had seen through the ruse and launched a one-bot attack on the ''Ark'', giving the ''Nemesis'' enough time to intercept. Ordering the ''Ark'' destroyed, Megatron unleashed the full might of the ''Nemesis'' on its Autobot counterpart only for Cheetor to heal it with the AllSpark allowing the nimbler ship to slip past. To prevent the Autobots from entering Earth's [[space bridge]], Shockwave used a hard-light [[hologram]] to simulate its destruction, the ''Ark'' instead rocketing off into deep space. Pleased with Shockwave's ploy, Megatron ordered the ''Nemesis'' through the portal and to Cybertron. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}}

Megatron eventually managed to convert the [[Threshold of the Well]] into his personal fortress and capture [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]], forcing her to send out a false distress call to the ''Ark'' by threatening to offline [[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]]. When the Autobot ship emerged from Cybertron's space bridge, Megatron praised the Autobot femme before rallying his troops for battle. {{storylink|The Crossroads}} {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}}

As the ''Ark'' entered the atmosphere, Megatron ordered it destroyed via a [[laser snare]] before the Autobots revealed themselves to still be alive, having anticipated the attack. Ordering the whole of his army into action, Megatron led the charge in the final battle of the Great War, initially providing artillery with [[Alpha Strike]] before he squared off against Optimus. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}} Optimus eventually managed to push past Megatron, only for the Prime to discover the scraplet trap that Megatron had laid. Pressing his advantage, Megatron pinned his foe against a wall before he called in upscaled, war-ready versions of [[Shockwave's drones]] to surround the Autobots. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron III}}

However, the Autobots managed to push past the drones, just as they both destroyed Vector Sigma and returned the AllSpark to Cybertron's core. Though Optimus declared this the end of the Great War, Megatron refused to surrender, and ordered Shockwave to destroy the AllSpark. While Shockwave was able to corrupt the artefact, Cheetor sacrificed himself to re-purify it, bringing life and peace back to Cybertron. Enraged, Megatron lunged at Optimus only to be sent flying back into his own scraplet trap. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron IV}}

This would not be the end of Megatron, however. When the [[Quintesson]]s invaded Cybertron, Megatron was among the Transformers captured and subjected to their virtual reality as his spark was drained. Within the simulation, Megatron was Grand Marshal of a parade that celebrated his victory over the Autobots. When [[Dead End (Cyberverse)|Dead End]] broke free, he found Megatron's body and tried to physically free him from the loop to no avail. {{storylink|The Dead End}} Perceptor managed to free the Cybertronian race by hacking into the parade's source code and introducing a flock of [[Air Hammer (Cyberverse)|Air Hammers]], everyone retreating from the compound to Maccadam's. {{storylink|The Scientist}}

Even after it was found that the Quintessons were draining the AllSpark to gestate their new [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]], Megatron refused to fight alongside the Autobots. {{storylink|The Alliance}} Sulking in [[Iaconus]]'s stasis hold, Megatron was approached by Dead End who brought news that the Quintessons had the technology to traverse the [[multiverse]]. Eager to steal the [[multiverse drive]] and conquer other realities, Megatron joined in the attack on the Quintesson ship. When the group found the drive, they were confronted by the Scientist whom Megatron promptly shot dead only for the alien to reveal multiple backup bodies. Contemptuously blasting a path through them all, Megatron led [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]] and Dead End to the Judge's escape ship where the two Decepticons threw out the Autobot before sailing away into the multiverse. {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}}

Travelling eternity, Megatron reformatted himself into a Cybertronian vehicle mode and gained the ability to manipulate exotic energy. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}} In one universe, Megatron encountered [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|a version of himself]] that had won the Great War. Horrified by his counterpart, Megatron stole his Matrix of Leadership, losing an optic in the process, and fled back to his native reality with his counterpart's servants, [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]] and the [[Insecticon (Cyberverse)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Silent Strike}} Arriving back home to find that Starscream was the new Quintesson Judge, Megatron combined the power of his stolen Matrix with its local counterpart, their energy overwhelming Starscream and finally killing him. Knowing that his alternate self would come looking for him, Megatron declared a ceasefire and ordered the Autobots to one half of Cybertron while he and his forces would occupy the other. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

As Megatron began his preparations for the arrival of "the Other One", Bumblebee and [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] were discovered in Decepticon territory. Though Megatron was ready to execute them for this, Optimus pointed out that the Decepticons' holding of Windblade constituted its own treaty violation. Not having the time to deal with this, Megatron agreed to release the Autobots. {{storylink|Enemy Line}} When the former Autobot [[Wildwheel]] began making his way through Decepticon territory, Megatron confronted him when he caused a ruckus while riding on [[Kickback (Cyberverse)|Kickback]]. Hearing that Wildwheel wanted Optimus, Megatron led him to the border, across which he could find his former commander, and offered the turncoat a spot in the Decepticons. If he survived. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}} To make ready for the coming fight, Megatron assigned Dead End and Astrotrain to construct a weapon capable of blasting its targets to [[Transwarp|unspace]]. {{storylink|Rack 'n' Ruin 'n' Ratchet}}
[[File:Cyberverse TheOtherOne Megatron.jpg|300px|thumb|right]]

As the battle neared, Megatron attempted to have the spirits of the alternate [[Thirteen]] aid him to no avail. Despite acquiring a handheld version of the dimensional ray from Astrotrain, the Insecticons had decided to cut their losses and fled Cybertron. Returning to the control room, Megatron ordered the dimensional shields raised when the Other One's [[Perfect Decepticon]]s began teleporting in. Soon afterwards, the Autobots arrived, Optimus claiming that Megatron's Matrix had to be destroyed only for the tyrant to call in his favour for aid before the master race of Decepticons materialized. {{storylink|Silent Strike}}

After explaining that the invaders were Perfect Decepticons albeit under the command of the Other One, Megatron bestowed multiversal energy on his troops, allowing them to defeat the invaders. When another wave teleported in, Megatron blasted them to unspace using his personal dimensional ray. Lowering his guard, Megatron was then attacked by the Other One when he arrived. Disarmed of his new weapon, he was mortally wounded by his stronger counterpart, who soon telekinetically ripped the Matrix from his body, deactivating him. Megatron's last words were an encouragment towards Optimus to defeat his alternate self. {{storylink|The Other One}}

====Alternate universes====
:''See [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron X]]''

==Games==
===''Transformers: Battlegrounds''===
{{voiceactor|[[Marc Thompson]] (English)|[[Marc Bretonnière]] (French), [[Peter Reinhardt]] (German), [[Roberto Draghetti]] (Italian), [[Jose Ignacio Baliño]] (Spanish)}}
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==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
====Tiny Turbo Changers====
*'''Megatron''' (Tiny Turbo Changers, 2019)
**''Series'' '''1, 2'''
**''Bag Code'': '''J'''

: Released in Series 1 of ''Cyberverse'' [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Megatron changes from a stubby little tank to a robot in a few steps. Like many of his other toys, he features an "energon mace" molded in place of his left hand.

: Megatron was also released in Series 2 of the line without changes.

====Scout Class====
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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Scout-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You call that a tank?]]
*'''Megatron''' (Scout Class, [[2018]])
**''Action Attack'': "Fusion Mace"
:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Scout Class Megatron is a Scout scale toy that transforms from a robot to <s>a robot sitting down</s> a "transformational" mode in six easy steps. His Action Attack gimmick causes an [[Energon mace]] to pop out of his right arm when triggered.

:Prototype photos depict him having a silver painted body which are not featured in the final product.
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====1-Step Changers====
[[File:Cyberverse-2018-One-Step-Changer-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now THIS is a tank!]]
*'''Megatron''' (1-Step Changer, 2018)

:Released as part of the second wave of the ''Cyberverse'' [[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)#1-Step Changers|One-Step changers]], this Megatron is an all-new mold, sharing a similar transformation scheme with the [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#OneStepROTF|One-Step changer Megatron toy]] from [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|the ''Age of Extinction'' toyline]].

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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-One-Step-Megatron-(New).jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (1-Step Changer, 2019)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Turbo Change Megatron'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': August [[2019]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TCV-08'''
**''Action Attack'': "Fusion Mega Shot"
**''Accessories'': Missile
:A second mold for One-Step Changer Megatron features an Action Attack which extends - but does not launch - a red blast effect from his cannon. His transformation consists of flipping his tank rear to the front to release his arms and chest. Inexplicably a large part of this mechanism on his underside is painted silver while the rest of the figure is flat grey plastic. It's possible this is due to the fact it was cast in the same red plastic as his cannon parts.

*'''Megatron''' (1-Step Changer, 2020)
**''Action Attack'': "Fusion Mega Shot"
:This Megatron is an extensive retool of the original ''Cyberverse'' One-Step Changer, transforming into a Cybertronian tank as seen in the third season. The retooling includes a duel fusion cannon action attack, which slings both tank mode barrels over his shoulders and into firing position.
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====Warrior Class====
[[File:Cyberverse-Warrior-Megatron.jpg|thumb|300px|"The funnelweb spider can kill a man in eight seconds, just by lookin' at him!"]]
*'''Megatron''' (Warrior Class, 2018)
**''Action Attack'': "Fusion Mace"

:''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class Megatron is a Deluxe-sized mold that transforms from tank to robot mode in 9 steps. Pushing the switch on his back raises his left arm while activating his launching "Fusion Mace" gimmick, which launches his flail with a short string, which must be retracted manually. Due to the simplified transformation, Megatron's arms end up sticking out from his tank mode, and his hips & thighs are visible at the front, making his crotch ''vulnerable'' in vehicle mode.

: His lower legs have a tendency to fall off, as they are held in with nearly flat plastic nubs. The red paint on his mace arm has a tendency to flake with transformations, as does the black paint on the back of his hips.

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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-BCA-Warrior-Cybertronian-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron (Cybertronian Mode)''' (Warrior Class, 2019)
**''Action Attack'': "Fusion Mace"

:This Warrior Class Megatron is a redeco/retool of the figure above, featuring Cybertronian-based parts (mostly on the legs), and a double-barreled Fusion Cannon for extra firepower, which results in his vehicle mode resembling [[Brawl (WFC)|''War for Cybertron'' Brawl]]'s tank form. Deco-wise, his thighs, and the Action Attack switch are molded in black plastic, and he features additional pink paint apps on his torso and arms.

:As with current Transformers toys, this item is first released at Hong Kong Toys"R"Us shops before Hasbro would announce them.

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====Ultimate Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultimate-Class-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|No wonder you have so many accidents around here, the steering wheel's on the wrong side of the tank!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Ultimate Class, 2018/2019)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Fusion Cannon Megatron'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': July [[2019]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TCV-07'''
**''Action Attack'': "Fusion Mega Shot"

:''Cyberverse'' Ultimate Class Megatron is a roughly Leader Class-sized toy that transforms from a heavily G1-inspired robot to tank in around eleven steps. He comes with a "Fusion Mega Shot" Action Attack gimmick,<ref name=io9>[https://io9.gizmodo.com/these-new-transformers-cyberverse-figures-are-fantastic-1823007404 These New Transformers Cyberverse Figures Are Fantastic Callbacks to the Original '80s Toys] at io9.gizmodo.com</ref> which unfolds the cannon into an elongated pink barrel when the button to his left is pushed, reminiscent of a similar attack used by [[Megatron (Movie)|his live action counterpart]]. Additionally, he has an autotransforming head reveal activated when his waist is swing down, though his arms still need to be in turret mode for it to work correctly. Due to this feature, he has no neck swivel, despite the depiction in his stock render.

:Megatron is unusual for his size in lacking elbows. Otherwise, he features ratcheted swivels and outward hinges in his hips, hinged knees, and shoulders with forward and lateral joints. Despite his Fusion Cannon being permanently attached to his arm, his right fist still has a covered-up hole for 5 mm pegs. Due to his transformation scheme, Megatron can also achieve a "transformational mode" like his Scout Class toy.

:Unfortunately, some of the hips' ratcheting gear teeth had a tendency to snap off after many poses, which also forces Megatron to slightly lean forward, especially when he's in his Action Attack position.

:This toy is one of the items that was released as part of Hasbro's Transformers 35th Anniversary promotional mailer box.<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/05/21/transformers-35th-anniversary-promo-box-in-hand-388546</ref> Megatron also saw a re-release in the third wave.
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====Elite Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Elite-Class-Megatron.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Figure comes with corpse of ''Cyberverse'' Spinister.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Elite Class, 2019)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Battle Rotor Megatron'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': October ???, [[2019]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TCV-19'''
**''Spark Armor'': Chopper Cut

:''Cyberverse'' Elite Class Megatron is a smaller, Warrior Class-sized, less Action Attack-laden new mold with more articulation that transforms from robot to a tank that is evocative of his Warrior Class toy, complete with ''vulnerable robot mode crotch'' in tank mode. He comes with his signature Fusion Cannon and a "[[Chopper Cut]]" Spark Armor accessory that is modeled after an attack chopper that can form battle armor in robot mode. Like all Elite Class toys, the accessory also comes with a unique built-in helmet. When flipping down the piece with the alternate head while attaching the Spark Armor, a spring-loaded gimmick is activated causing the propeller to spin and two additional arms to flip out, one with a built-in mace and the other you can attach the included Fusion Cannon to. This configuration causes the original robot arms to dangle awkwardly at the sides, but this can be remedied by bending the arms at the elbows to a 45-degree angle and rotating the lower arms until the fists point straight towards the back, streamlining the look of the armored robot mode. Much like the later Deluxe Class figure below, Megatron himself has a removable Fusion Cannon.

:In November 2019, Megatron was released as one of TakaraTomy Mall's ''Cyberverse'' "Christmas Set" offers along with Grimlock.
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====Deluxe Class====
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Deluxe-Class-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Transformers Rad, Rad Robotank]]]
*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe Class, 2019)
**''Build-a-Figure part'': Maccadam's torso
**''Japanese Release Date'': [[August]] [[2020]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''02'''
**''Accessories'': Fusion Cannon, 2-piece effect part, 2 missile pods.
**''Action Attack'': "Fusion Mega Shot"

:Released as part of the ''Cyberverse'' [[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)#Deluxe Class|Deluxe Class]] lineup, this Megatron is a show-accurate mold that is more poseable than most of his previous releases. He also comes with an 2-piece effect part that is compatible with his Fusion Cannon and 2 missile pods that go on his turret sides and the sides of his legs.

:Megatron suffers from a number of design flaws: Some of his joints are loose (notably the head), while the arms and legs are prone to popping off during transformation. Early prototypes of the figure, as well as some promotional renders, gave him a smug-looking smirk while the final figure has a more neutral expression.

:In Japan, Megatron was released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive. The catalog reveals that he was intended to be sold for the regular markets (hence the "TCV-29" ID Number) with a February 2020 release date. Like the rest of the figures, he is released in a windowless, monochrome packaging.

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====Battle Call====
*'''Megatron''' (Battle Call Trooper, 2020)
**''Accessories'': Fusion cannon, body armor, scythe, blade weapon,

:Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'''s Battle Call subline, the Trooper Class Megatron is a roughly deluxe-sized figure and can transform into a Cybertronian tank. This toy's transformation scheme and engineering are based on Megatron's Deluxe class toy, but simplified a bit. Unusual for a toy of this size, the tank mode does not feature any rolling wheels.

:Like his sub-line's brethren, Megatron features a "Battle Call" voice-activated gimmick, wherein if you flip the on-switch on his shoulder and shout really loud at him (or just blow on his torso), the electronic light in his chest glows slightly brighter and sometimes flashes. His armor's helmet is molded to resemble Galvatron. He includes two blades that can fold down into scythes, and a green arm blade that can be mounted on 5 mm ports on his body (with a gnarly skull molded into it). The scythe weapons can also be connected to the arm blade to form a larger weapon/ornament that attaches to his fusion canon.

===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
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*'''Megatron''' (2021)
**''Spark Armor'': Chopper Cut

:Elite Class Megatron and Chopper Cut were re-released as part of the cross-''Generations'' ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' subline, with no notable changes.

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==Merchandise==
===McDonalds===
*'''Megatron''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2018)
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*'''Megatron''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2019)
:As a second Happy Meal promotion for ''Cyberverse'', Megatron is a 4-inch-tall non-transforming figure with articulation at the hips and arms. As an [[Action Master]]-esque play feature, he includes a small helicopter (reminiscent of his Elite Class toy, albeit in grey rather than purple) that can be separated from its propeller and reattached into various pins around his body as weapons or pieces of armor.
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===Burger King===
*'''Megatron''' (Burger King Toy, 2019)
:Oddly enough released just one month before the aforementioned Happy Meal toy, Burger King's take on Megatron is a non-transforming figure that also looks rather reminiscent to his Elite Class toy with the inclusion of some purple helicopter parts and a detachable propeller on his back. His hips and arms are articulated, making him the only one of the four ''Cyberverse'' Burger King figures with all three points of articulation being independently available.
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==Notes==
[[File:Quidd-evergreen-Megatron-robot-mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*As with some of the ''Cyberverse'' cast, Megatron's design is based on the [[evergreen]] design (at right) also used for his [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], with some minor stylistic tweaks.
*Megatron speaks with a peculiar accent, somewhere between Irish and American. Perhaps this is the [[Tarn (polity)|Tarnian]] accent his [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW incarnation]] was known for?
*Megatron's mace on the toys are pink, similar to [[:File:Mtmte2 shermandam.jpg|the Generation 1 cartoon's purple]]. The actual cartoon coloration in ''Cyberverse'', however, is red. This is similar to how on Optimus Prime's toys his axe is coloured orange, but in the cartoon is actually blue.
*The Japanese dub gives ''Cyberverse'' Megatron a similar personality to the Japanese dub version of ''Beast Wars'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Unsurprising, considering they're voiced by the same guy. This could be deliberate, as the Japanese dub of Optimus Prime is voiced by the Japanese dub actor of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]].
*An unproduced concept saw Megatron's left forearm open into a large blaster.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Megatron''' (メガトロン ''Megatoron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Wēi Zhèn Tīan''' (China, 威震天, "Extremely Prestigious" or "Heaven-shaking Might")

==See also==
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*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], the evil Decepticon leader from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]], the less-than-proactive six-changer Predacon leader from [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]].
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], the cosmically power-hungry Decepticon leader from the [[Unicron Trilogy]].
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the violent and murderous Decepticon leader from the [[live-action film series]].
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the cruel but suave tyrant from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], the evil and sadistic Decepticon leader from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

==References==
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[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Gladiators]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
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Shreddicus Maximus

2021-03-12T15:22:18Z

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:''Shreddicus Maximus is an [[Autobot]] [[Titan Master]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TR-toy ShreddicusMaximus.jpg|right|thumb|400px|I'm too '90s for retail I'm skating on a rail Completely out of scale]]

'''Shreddicus Maximus''' is a radical skateboarder. Before [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was fighting Decepticons, he was greasing the wheels of his skateboard alongside his fellow skater Shreddicus Maximus.<ref>[https://www.hasbro.com/en-us/product/transformers-primitive-optimus-prime:2D134A65-5056-9047-F525-548B38E4DEAC Hasbro.com Primitive Skateboarding Optimus Prime bio]</ref> As a Titan Master, he grants his partners the awesome power of the "Red Gnar".<ref>[[Trypticon's Titan Master Crunch]]</ref>

==Toys==
===Generations===
*'''Optimus Prime & Shreddicus Maximus''' (Leader Class, [[2017]])
**''Accessories'': Hoverboard

: Available only in the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [https://primitiveskate.com/ Primitive Skateboarding] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Primitive Skateboarding|Optimus Prime]] set, Shreddicus Maximus is a [[redeco]] of the [[Titan Master]] [[Hi-Q#Generations|Apex]], transforming into an unmasked Optimus Prime robot head.

: He comes with a [[hoverboard]] modeled after [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]'s board from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', which has a pair of footpegs compatible with any Titan Master or [[Prime Master]]. The board has runners on the underside that lets it clip securely onto the grind-rail that also comes in the set.

: The Primitive Skateboarding Optimus Prime set was originally a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2017 [[exclusive]], where it sold out. It appeared on [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] briefly, and sold out almost instantly. However, apparently even more stock had been held back for [[HasCon 2017]]... where it once again sold out.

==Notes==
*Shreddicus Maximus has the single greatest name of all Titan Masters, and is right up in the running for the most awesome name in Transformers history along with [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]], [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]], [[Slayride]], [[Erector]], [[Twinferno]] and [[Lord Doomitron]].

==References==
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[[Category:Titan Masters]]
[[Category:Titans Return Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]

Less Than Zero

2021-02-26T18:26:50Z

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|next=Destiny, Part Five
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[September 18]], [[2013]] [[October 9]], 2013 (second printing)
|coverdate=September 2013
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|artist=[[Casey Coller]] (pages 1 & 22), [[Geoff Senior]] (pages 2–6), [[Nick Roche]] (pages 17–21)
|penciler=[[Jeff Anderson]] (pages 7–11), [[José Delbo]] (pages 12–16)
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]] (pages 7–16)
|colorist=[[John-Paul Bove]]
|letterer=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
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'''From Zero Space, Hot Rod looks in on four key moments from all across time, leading him to an incredible transformation.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:LessThanZero yow siren.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
Set adrift in [[Zero Space]], the void that exists at the end of creation where all of time has collapsed to a single point, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] is barely able to keep his thoughts coherent as he tumbles through the emptiness. Then, inexplicably, ground solidifies beneath his feet: ground that Hot Rod's data-files identify as that of [[Colorado|Denver, Colorado]], over twenty years in his relative past, at the time of the [[Autobot]]s' battle with the [[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]]. Though he was not present for the battle originally, Hot Rod is aware of the creature's history as a medical mechanoid warped by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], and watches as the battle plays out according to history, with [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] acquiring the information that allows [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] to turn the creature's prime directive back upon it, convincing it to kill itself. But after the battle is done and the Autobots have departed, Hot Rod waits, and in time, discovers that the fragment of corrupted Matrix energy within the Deathbringer was not destroyed, and still lives...

Next, Hot Rod is whisked to [[Nova Cronum]] during the pre-war days of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and observes as a Transformer who he has never heard of, identifying himself as [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] meets with the High Circuitmaster [[Boltax (G1)|Boltax]] and three other members of a "Brain Trust". These five, dubbed the "five greatest minds" on the planet by Boltax, are uploading their combined knowledge into a database they call the [[Underbase]]—but Jhiaxus, tired of Cybertron's policy of isolationism, takes control of the process and "slays" the others' mental projections, incapacitating them. Before they can recover, Jhiaxus obtains from the Underbase the data he requires to begin the creation of a cosmic empire, then erases all memory of himself from his fellows' minds and all other records.

In another whirl of nothingness, Hot Rod finds himself back on [[Earth]], during the opening stages of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s conquest of the planet. As the [[zombie]] "Ex-Bots" devastate a busy highway, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] and [[Jesse (G1)|Jessie]] Witwicky try to escape in their car, but are pursued. Buster has Jessie call [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] in hopes of calling upon the help of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]], but the dejected Spike does not pick up the phone. Taking cover in a car wash, the pair are hunted down by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and slain. Hot Rod has only a moment to wonder if the takeaway from this vision is the loss of Buster, or the present situation of Spike, before he is again pulled away across the void...

...and lands on an unfamiliar [[Junkion (planet)|world of junk]], which Hot Rod's painful landing indicates is a lot more tangible than the other locales he had visited. Following the sound of an explosion nearby, Hot Rod discovers the crashed remains of an Autobot shuttle of a design he does not recognize and its crew, and watches as [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] battles another version of ''himself'', transfigured by the power of the Matrix into "Rodimus Prime". Recalling [[Primus]]' words that he "is Prime", Hot Rod believes that what he is seeing is his own destiny, be it the future or some parallel reality, and calls out a warning to his other self as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] fly in on the attack. Rodimus Prime hears and turns in amazement, but is struck by the Decepticons' blasts, which break the chain holding the Matrix around his neck and send it flying. As Galvatron delivers the killing shot to Rodimus' fallen form, Hot Rod reaches out to touch the Matrix...

On the bridge of the ''[[Warworld]]'', [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] turns from the fallen [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], his attention caught by a flash of light behind him. Hot Rod has returned to his home time and introduces himself to the Decepticon with the new name the Matrix has given him: now, he has become Rodimus Prime!
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*[[Getaway]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Siren (G1)|Siren]] (11)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (12)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (24)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (25)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (26)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (27)
*''[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]/[[Primus]]'' (28)
|c2=
*[[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] (4)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (8)
*[[Octane]] (16)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (17)
*[[Skalor]] (18)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (19)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]] (20)
*[[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]] (21)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] (23)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (29)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (30)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (31)
|c3=
*[[Jesse (G1)|Jessie Witwicky]] (9)
*[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (10)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] (22)
|h4=Others|c4=
*[[Deathbringer (Marvel)|Deathbringer]] (1)
*[[Boltax (G1)|Boltax]] (6)
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (7)
*[[Rokan|"Brain Trust" member #3]] (13)
*[[Decanus]] (14)
*[[Tallus|"Brain Trust" member #5]] (15)
*''[[Primus]]/[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'' (28)
}}

==Quotes==
"This unorthodox meeting of the minds would have been infinitely poorer for my absence, don't you agree? Hardly worth having at all!" 
"You always did have an inflated opinion of yourself, Jhiaxus."
:—'''Jhiaxus''' and '''Decanus''' engaging in a bit of back and forth

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Denver less than zero.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Deathbringer Redux]]
*The first of this issue's four sections tells the story of the Autobots' battle with the Deathbringer, which was alluded to in [[Dark Creation|issue #65]]. That issue was itself referring to the two-part "[[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer]]" story published in the Marvel UK series, in which the full battle was told in detail; this was the biggest allusion any of the US stories made to the UK material, but since ''Regeneration One'' has been established as ''not'' counting the UK stories for its continuity, this fills that storytelling gap in. Everything is functionally identical to the UK story, including some very similar and paraphrased dialogue.
*Boltax and the Underbase were introduced in [[The Flames of Boltax!|issue #48]], while Jhiaxus (who has put in some cameo appearances in ''Regeneration One'' up until now) debuted in the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' comic. An important distinction between the two depictions of Jhiaxus is introduced: in ''Generation 2'', the modern day Transformers were not aware of his existence because he was not created until they left Cybertron, but here, he did exist before then, and has erased all knowledge of himself from all records.
*With the [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|movie adaptation]] not a part of the regular Marvel continuity, Arcee makes her first appearance in said continuity, though as part of Hot Rod's time travel to an alternate timeline, and only as a corpse. Girl can't catch a break.
*Buster intimates that he and Jessie got married some time between their last appearances during the [[Underbase Saga]] and now.
*While Bugly's appearance amongst Megatron's zombie horde may seem incongruous given that as a [[Pretender]] he survived the [[Underbase]] incident, the last time we saw him was as part of [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s crew way back in [[The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!|issue #55]]. Presumably he was deactivated off-panel at some point between then and when Primus summoned the Transformers to Cybertron in [[Out of Time!|issue #73]] and left behind on Earth for Megatron to find.
*Throughout all four sections, Hot Rod remains colored in the standard modern style of ''Regeneration One'', as he's merely a traveler and not an occupant of those times.
*Buster perishing in a car wash by Ratbat's hands (claws?) alludes to their previous battle in such a locale, in the infamous issue #31, "[[Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom]]".

===Transformers references===
*On Cover B the car Buster and Jessie are fleeing the Decepti-Zombies in has T2006 UK on the tag, a reference to "[[Target: 2006]]".
*The first and third sections of this issue, drawn by regular Marvel US contributors Geoff Senior and Jose Delbo, are colored in the classic Marvel comics style of Nel Yomtov, complete with faux {{w|Ben-Day dots}} and block-colored crowds.
*The second section, illustrated by Marvel UK alumnus Jeff Anderson, is rendered in a painted watercolor style, like that used by the first ninety-or-so issues of the Marvel UK series, with particular inspiration drawn from [[Tony Jozwiak]]'s work on "Target: 2006."
*The fourth section depicts an alternate version of the shuttle crash on Junkion portion of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' (a work which was, of course, a huge influence on the UK series). In keeping with this, the coloring recreates the look of the movie's animation, with bold, cel-shaded figures and painted-looking backgrounds; Rodimus is even colored in his cartoon color scheme, while Galvatron remains in his Marvel colors. Furman has [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/script-wrap-regeneration-one-94/#comment-8921 noted] that this section is set in the alternate "[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" timeline, but it contradicts that story on some points (such as the manners in which Kup and Rodimus die).
*Nova Cronum was a Cybertronian polity introduced in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' series.

===Real-life references===
*This issue is named for the {{w|Less Than Zero (song)|Elvis Costello song of the same name}}.<ref>https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/script-wrap-transformers-rg1-zero/#comment-9051</ref>

===Errors===
*In the first panel he appears in, Rodimus Prime has a red boot, in accordance with his Marvel character model, but in all others—including the final page appearance by "our" Rodimus—his boots are grey, as in the cartoon.
*Boltax's 'wings' seem to come and go between panels.

===Furminated===
*We discover that Buster and Jessie were killed in a Car Wash by zombie Ratbat during Megatron's initial onslaught.
*Alternate reality versions of Rodimus, Magnus, Arcee, Springer, and Kup are killed on Junkion.

===Covers (4)===
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*'''Cover A:''' Jhiaxus mentally attacks Boltax, by [[Andrew Wildman]] and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:''' Buster and Jessie flee the Ex-Bots, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Galvatron destroys Ultra Magnus on Junkion, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].
*'''Cover RE:''' Megatron and the Decepticons in front of the {{w|Halifax Town Clock|Town Clock}} in {{w|Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax, Nova Scotia}}. Exclusive to [http://www.giantrobotcomics.com/ Giant Robot Comics] (who are based in Halifax), by Casey Coller and John-Paul Bove.

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*''[[The Transformers: Monstrosity|Monstrosity]]'' [[Monstrosity issue 4|#4]]
*''[[Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters (comic)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Beast Hunters issue 5|#5]]
*''The Bureau''
*''Danger Girl: The Chase'' (back cover)

==External links==
*[https://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/script-wrap-transformers-rg1-zero/ Simon Furman's Script (W)rap]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/transformers-regeneration-one-0-full-preview-178438/ Preview]
*[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2013/09/15/script-wrap-transformers-rg1-zero/ Simon Furman's "Script (w)rap" for the issue]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-regeneration-one-0-colourist-insight-by-jp-bove/28405/ John-Paul Bove on colouring the issue]

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Marc Thompson

2020-12-04T08:28:51Z

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{{disambig3|Mark|Marc}}
[[File:MarcThompsonAwakens.jpg|right|thumb|200px|You can pretty much hear "Sexyback" playing through his excitement.]]
'''Marc Thompson''' (born [[May 20]], [[1975]]) is an American voice actor based in [[New York (state)|New York]]. He is most recognized as the voice of Casey Jones in the 2003 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' cartoon; Duke Devlin, Chazz Princeton (The Chazz) and Astral in the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' franchise; Maxie, Goone, and Reshiram in ''Pokémon''; Kevin Thompson, Anthony DeMartino and Timothy O'Neill in ''Daria''; Kid Muscle and others in ''Ultimate Muscle''; and the narrator of countless ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' audiobooks. Thompson is also no stranger to [[Hasbro]] properties, having voiced [[Cobra Commander]], [[Destro]], [[Zartan]], [[Spirit]], and Kamakura in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|GI Joe]]: Sigma 6''.

==Roles==
===''Transformers: Cyberverse''===
*[[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]
*[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]]
*"[[Red Five]]"
*[[Jawsy]]
*[[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron X]]

===''Transformers: Battlegrounds''===
*Megatron
*[[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker Male 2]]

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860443/ Marc Thompson on IMDB]
*[https://twitter.com/CaptainEhud Marc Thompson on Twitter]
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/Editmonkey1701/ Marc Thompson on Youtube]

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[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Demolishor (Armada)

2020-11-11T13:47:25Z

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{{disambig3|Demolishor}}
:''Demolishor is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:ArmDemolishorDWCalendar.jpg|right|upright=2.3|thumb|They were delicious.]]
'''Demolishor''' is not the brightest soldier in [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s ranks, but he is one of the most reliable. He holds very true-to-[[spark]] values concerning loyalty and devotion to the Decepticon cause; to him, a leader is to be obeyed without hesitation, and he will give his all on any battefield he may be ordered onto. His values, however, sometimes collide with Megatron's ultimately selfish goals, and though Demolishor does not necessarily ''resent'' his leader for sometimes acting contrary to what he sees as the principles of his faction, he does occasionally find himself struggling to reconcile the two. Ultimately, Demolishor may find that devotion to the Decepticon way of life is not the same thing as devotion to Megatron.

His [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], although sometimes he likes the added boost of firepower that [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] gives him.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Alvin Sanders]] (English), [[Dale Wilson]] (English dubbing error, "[[Union]]" only), [[Kōji Yusa]] (Japanese)|[[Anders Öjebo]] (Swedish), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German), [[Antonio Angrisano]] (Italian), [[Vesa Hämes]] (Finnish), [[Michel Dodane]] (French)}}

[[File:Metamorphosis demolishor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"]]
Alerted by a signal beacon to the reactivation of the long-lost [[Mini-Con]]s on [[Earth]], Demolishor joined [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] in warping to the planet. While his leader was busy battling [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who had followed them there, Demolishor and Starscream took an interest in the nearby [[human]] children who had had been responsible for activating the beacon, but were prevented from grabbing them by the appearance of Autobot [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. The Decepticons withdrew to their base of operations within the wreck of the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con spaceship]] on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to regroup, where Demolishor soon picked up the signals of two more Mini-Cons the children had activated. Returning to Earth, now outfitted with a missile-tank [[alternate mode]], Demolishor joined the Decepticons in attempting to capture the children and the Mini-Cons, but found themselves obstructed by the Autobots once again. Demolishor went up against Optimus Prime himself, physically trying to restrain the Autobot leader while in his truck mode, but got blasted and run over for his efforts. {{storylink|Metamorphosis (Armada)|Metamorphosis}} During the battle that followed, another two Mini-Cons were uncovered and retrieved by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], one of which he kept for himself, and the other which he presented to Megatron. After retreating back to the moon, Demolishor and Starscream duelled to prove themselves worthy of being given the Mini-Con; their contest was something of a draw, but Megatron gave the Mini-Con, [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], to Demolishor. {{storylink|Base}}

[[File:Base demolishor vehiclemode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Rolling, rolling, rolling. Keep them wagons rolling.]]

Demolishor took part in the search for a new Mini-Con in the [[Grand Canyon]], during which he menaced Red Alert and [[Carlos Lopez]], {{storylink|Comrade}} and later squared off against Red Alert and Hot Shot alongside the other Decepticons in the Arctic, only to retreat when Optimus Prime joined the fight. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} While on a mission in a heavy forest, Demolishor used Blackout to track the location of a hidden Mini-Con, and spent most of the time teasing Starscream over his lack of a Mini-Con. {{storylink|Jungle}} The tables were soon turned, though, when the Decepticons experienced some downtime, and everyone began mocking Demolishor for how clumsy and useless he was outside of a combat situation. About to slug Starscream for the insults, Demolishor only wound up proving everyone right when he tripped over [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] and fell through the base wall. {{storylink|Carnival}}

[[File:Palace demolishor and bonecrusher.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|You know, you don't talk very much...I like you!]]

Demolishor stood guard while the other Decepticons searched the endless wastes of the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]] for a new Mini-Con signal, and nearly blasted Cyclonus when he mistook him for an enemy combatant. Actual enemies were soon to arrive in the form of the Autobots, but in the shoot-out that ensued, a subsidence caused Demolishor and the Autobots' human allies to disappear beneath the shifting sands. They all wound up in a ruined subterranean palace full of anachronistically high-tech defences that they discovered had been created through the power of the [[Mini-Con storage panel]] the temple was built around. Demolishor pursued the kids through the ruins, fighting off robotic spider-sentries, and managed to claim the Mini-Con for his own. Escaping even as the ruins collapsed around him, Demolishor activated the Mini-Con, [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]], and used its power to send the Autobots packing. Unfortunately, Megatron forced him to give Bonecrusher up because he had "disobeyed" orders by abandoning his guard post. {{storylink|Palace}}

{{quote|"Hey you, what did you do with the kids?" "I ate them. And they were quite tasty, too."|'''Hot Shot''' and '''Demolishor''' talk babysitting|"[[Palace]]"}}

[[File:Swoop demolishor strung up.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|"He had a baseball bat and I was tied to a ceiling. Ticking him off was the smart thing to do."]]

Demolishor was not optimistic when the Decepticons captured the Autobots' human friends [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]], and he was right, as hostage negotiations went wrong thanks to an act of rebellion by Leader-1. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} A Mini-Con search in the catacombs beneath a human city fared a little better; though he needed to send Blackout to search the narrower spots, Demolishor was able to join in beating up new Autobot [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] before the Decepticons secured the Mini-Con and withdrew. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} Soon after, during a mission to a sunken underwater city, Demolishor kept the Autobots busy while Megatron searched the ruins and successfully located another Mini-Con. {{storylink|Ruin}} Following a failed attempt to secure another Mini-Con from a volcanic island, Demolishor watched as Megatron forcibly awoke the Mini-Con from the underwater ruins, which turned out to be one of a [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|trio]] who could together form the legendary [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword. {{storylink|Prehistory}} In a failed attempt to obtain the other two sword components, presently in Autobot custody, the Decepticons staged a raid on the Autobots' base, during which Demolishor was ambushed and strung up by Smokescreen. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

[[File:Gale demolishor and blackout.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Are you saying you have something against a 'man' and a minicon being together?"]]

Demolishor's alternate mode did not prove conducive to mountain-climbing when a new Mini-Con signal was detected on a high peak. Hot Shot proceeded to slice Demolishor's shoulder cannons off with the Star Saber, which made him reluctant enough to plead with Megatron not to attack the Autobots' base in hopes of retrieving the sword. He was prepared to take Hot Shot on again soon after, but was probably grateful when Starscream stepped in to challenge the young Autobot to a one-on-one duel instead. {{storylink|Overmatch}} Later, Demolishor stood guard when the Decepticons began tunnelling beneath a human highway for a Minicon, ordering Cyclonus into action when Blackout detecting the approaching Autobots. While the other Decepticons were busy in battle, Demolishor got stuck with digging duties, but failed to unearth the Mini-Con before the Autobots surrounded them and forced a retreat. {{storylink|Gale}} The chance for a rematch with Hot Shot soon came in a fight that carried from Earth back to the Decepticons' moonbase, which ended when the enigmatic [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] helped the Decepticons reclaim the Star Saber. With Hot Shot disarmed, Demolishor and Cyclonus gave him a brutal stomping and dumped his body back on Earth. {{storylink|Credulous}}

[[File:Conspiracy demolishor weapons mode.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|right|After transforming Demolishor a few times in the office, Hasbro wanted to repaint him gray and black and name him Metal Gear Demolishor in hopes of selling him better.]]

The Star Saber ended up in Starscream's hands, and he swaggered around the base with it, mocking Demolishor and trying to taunt him into fights he couldn't win. Knowing that simply taking the sword would cause dissension in the ranks, Megatron used Leader-1 to trick Starscream into accidentally attacking Demolishor with the blade. Demolishor and the others were given cause to question Starscream's competency with the sword, forcing him to hand it over to Megatron. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

When Starscream voiced his concerns that Scavenger might have went and joined the Autobots after deserting the Decepticons, Cyclonus and Demolishor pointed out that there was no evidence that the mercenary had actually switched sides. Seeing him among the Autobot ranks changed Demolishor's mind. The turncoat's tactics allowed the Autobots to thoroughly outsmart the Decepticons on the battlefield, giving them their first defeat in a long time. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}} Demolishor then got chased around the moon by Megatron wielding the Star Saber in a supposed "training exercise". {{storylink|Vacation}} Things seemed to be going Demolishor's way when he successfully dug up the next Mini-Con, but it was then blasted out of his hands by new Autobot arrival [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] just as he warped out. A slash to his arm from the Star Saber was his punishment, which made him redouble his efforts on the next Mini-Con hunt. The Mini-Con recovered was the final member of the [[Race Mini-Con Team|Race Team]], and Demolishor watched alongside the other Decepticons as the tiny 'bots formed the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom shield]] for the first time. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} When Megatron engineered a decisive battle between himself and the Autobots, bringing both Star Saber and Skyboom to bear, Demolishor helped out by raining fire down on the Autobots and engaging in a back-and-forth bout of boulder slinging with Smokescreen. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

[[File:Rebellion demolishor headshot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|He thought of a good reason to follow Mr. Popo's pecking order.]]

When Megatron concocted a plan to divide and conquer the Autobots using the Decepticons' warp system, Demolishor was charged with coordinating the operation of the warp gates from the moon base. {{storylink|Vow}} This plan failed, as did their next offensive, and Megatron decided to take out his frustrations on Starscream. Fearing that Megatron would ''kill'' the younger 'bot, Demolishor actually blasted through the door his leader had locked in order to stop him. Observing the Decepticons' morale faltering all around him, Demolishor tried to reinvigorate his comrades, but was blind to the fact that they were all being manipulated by Sideways, who was seeking to shake up their ranks. When Sideways goaded Starscream into trying to destroy the warp gate, Demolishor stopped him, but Starscream merely redirected his anger and challenged Megatron to a duel instead. Demolishor woke the sleeping Cyclonus, and the pair watched as their two comrades duked it out, with Megatron's inevitable victory providing the renewal of morale and vigor the 'Cons required. {{storylink|Rebellion (Armada)|Rebellion}}

[[File:Desperate demolishor and minicons.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|World of Tanks: Transformers Edition]]

The arrival of boastful Decepticon tactician [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] was a source of great frustration to Demolishor, who found his position as Megatron's closest confidant usurped by the newcomer. Already publicly embarrassed by Thrust when he used his invisibility powers to trip him up, Demolishor groused his way through Thrust's first mission plan, {{storylink|Tactician}} and spent a lot of energy loudly blaming Thrust when it failed. It didn't break Megatron's trust in his new minion, however, and Thrust soon had another plan put together, but that one went awry when Optimus Prime and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] revealed their power to combine. Demolishor was grabbed by the powered-up Autobot leader and dumped in the ocean. {{storylink|Linkup}} Demolishor's hatred of Thrust was soon exploited by Sideways, who tricked him into trying to destroy Thrust in another attempt to manipulate the Decepticons to his own ends. But both Sideways and Demolishor had been duped themselves: Thrust knew Sideways was working against them in service of a mysterious master, and allowed the scenario to play out, then all the Decepticons, including a confused and angry Demolishor, turned on Sideways and expelled him from their ranks. {{storylink|Detection}}

[[File:Sacrifice demolishor binoculars.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Swiggity swooty, I'm coming in for that booty."]]

During a later battle on a beach, Demolishor was nearly squashed when the giant Decepticon battleship [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] arrived on the scene. {{storylink|Awakening (Armada)|Awakening}} While Megatron merged with Tidal Wave to battle Optimus Prime and Jetfire, Demolishor led the Decepticons' Mini-Cons in a charge to keep the other Autobots busy. {{storylink|Desperate}} Some uneventful downtime followed, during which Demolishor just stood around and watched as Megatron got repaired and Thrust went off a Mini-Con search of his own (to be fair, Demolishor had wanted to go too... Thrust simply didn't bother telling him he was leaving). {{storylink|Runaway}}

Demolishor was on hand when [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] was welcomed into Megatron's forces. {{storylink|Past II}} Following this, the Decepticons had Starscream and the Star Saber lure the Autobots out of their base, with Demolishor watching them through binoculars to check that they had brought the third Mini-Con weapon, the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]] with them. Once the Decepticons learned the Autobots had purposely left it at the base, Demolishor took part in an attack on the undermanned Autobot headquarters to steal the Blaster. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} Unfortunately, they didn't tell Starscream they would be doing this, and he was furious at being abandoned on the battlefield; when Demolishor tried to take the Star Saber from him for Megatron, they nearly came to blows until Demolishor backed down. The enraged Starscream proceeded to defect to the Autobots, and provided them with access codes that allowed them to invade the Decepticons' moonbase. {{storylink|Regeneration (Armada)|Regeneration}} Demolishor watched gape-mouthed as the Autobots materialized through the Decepticons' warp gate, but managed to compose himself long enough to sound the alarm. [[File:Rescue demolishor blinded by laserbeak.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|A new low.]] In the resulting battle, Demolishor chased down [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], but was prevented from destroying the Mini-Con combiner when a precision strike by [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] blinded him long enough for Hot Shot to take him out. {{storylink|Rescue}}

The Autobots successfully freed all the Decepticons' captive Mini-Cons, so Demolishor and the others were stuck filling in for the tiny 'bots, picking up where they'd left off on the construction of a spaceship, and cutting into the time the Decepticons would have otherwise spent gossiping and watching Megatron vent his anger by destroying the lunar landscape. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} He was part of the Decepticons' next battle, which was actually a carefully constructed scheme by Thrust to bring Starscream, the Star Saber and the Skyboom back to the Decepticon fold. {{storylink|Crack (episode)|Crack}} Once Starscream was back in their ranks, however, Demolishor observed him dragging Thrust off for a private "chat"; he tried to tattle on him to Megatron, but the Decepticon leader wasn't interested. The three Mini-Cons weapons were subsequently used to power the Decepticons' completed spaceship, and Demolishor was charged with piloting the vessel, struggling but eventually succeeding in mastering the proper flow of power from the weapons to achieve successful liftoff. {{storylink|Threaten}} When Optimus Prime and Jetfire arrived to stop the ship from using its [[Hydra Cannon]] against Earth, Demolishor, Cyclonus and Wheeljack dealt with Jetfire, pinning him down and leaving him unable to stop Optimus from sacrificing himself to stop the cannon's blast. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}}

[[File:Drift powerlinxdemolishor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"My god...it's full of Mini-Cons..."]]

With Optimus destroyed, Demolishor and the other Decepticons set course back to Cybertron, {{storylink|Remorse}} but soon found themselves pursued by the Autobots in a [[Axalon (Armada)|ship]] of their own. {{storylink|Depart}} Demolishor tracked the Autobots' approach, and participated in the space battle that followed, grappling with [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. The combat reached a surprising climax when Optimus Prime was returned to life by the Mini-Cons, {{storylink|Miracle}} but no sooner had it ended than a worm hole suddenly appeared that sucked several of the Autobots away. Tracking the lost Autobots to a sterile alien world, Demolishor ventured down to the planet's surface with Megatron and Starscream, where they all wound up embroiled in a fierce battle with [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], a dark clone of Optimus. Gravely wounded by the evil creature, Demolishor, Megatron, Starscream, Hot Shot, and Ratchet were saved by their Mini-Cons, who combined their energy to give their partners a power boost, [[Powerlinx|fusing their armor into new colors]] in the process. {{storylink|Puppet}}

[[File:Alliance powerlinxdemolishor vehiclemode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Rolling, rolling, rawhide!]]

Returning to Cybertron ahead of the Autobots, Demolishor and the Decepticons quickly subjugated the planet using the power of the Mini-Con weapons. When the Autobots arrived, they brought warning of the coming of a mysterious cosmic enemy known as [[Unicron]]; Demolishor was concerned by their story, but Megatron (now "Galvatron" after his Mini-Con power-up) refused to believe it. {{storylink|Uprising (Armada)|Uprising}} Soon after, when Hot Shot burst into the Decepticon base in an attempt to make Galvatron see reason, Demolishor and Cyclonus tried to stop him, but Wheeljack, being an old friend of the Autobot's, let him pass. During Hot Shot's explanation, Thrust was revealed to be an agent of Unicron himself, and absconded into Cybertron's depths with the Skyboom and Requiem Blaster; {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}} Demolishor gave chase, but when he reported back that he had lost Thrust's trail, he was ordered at Star Saber-point by an angry Galvatron to continue searching. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} The search for Thrust was a failure, however, Demolishor resumed his military duties, monitoring Autobot troop movements. {{storylink|Portent}}

Despite the revelation that Unicron was very real, having been hiding in plain sight as Cybertron's moon, Galvatron still refused to acknowledge his threat, and preferring to press on against the Autobots. Demolishor was busy in battle and did not witness Starscream sacrificing himself to prove Unicron's power to Galvatron. {{storylink|Cramp}} [[File:Alliance powerlinxdemolishor and blackout.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]] Demolishor was unmoved by his death, but supported Galvatron in his decision to at last ally the Decepticons with the Autobots against Unicron. Demolishor attended the formal alliance ceremony, hesitantly shaking hands with Hot Shot. He and Cyclonus subsequently joined Hot Shot and [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] on a reconnaissance mission to Unicron's surface, where Demolishor became separated from Blackout when Unicron began transforming. Believing his Mini-Con lost, Demolishor returned to the landing site in preparation for withdrawal, but an attack by a swarm of [[Dead End Drone]]s stymied them. Demolishor was taken aback when the two Autobots willingly covered him so he could help Cyclonus out of a chasm, and was given pause to reconsider his feelings towards them when Hot Shot presented him with Blackout, whom he had safely recovered for him. {{storylink|Alliance}} Analyzing the data that Blackout had gathered on Unicron's surface, Demolishor located a weak spot on the planet-sized monster's neck. While their troops attacked this sensitive area, Optimus Prime and Galvatron were able to insert themselves inside Unicron's body. {{storylink|Union}} Gathering on the bridge of the Autobots' ''Axalon'' with the others, Demolishor watched and waited; when Unicron became non-functional, he voted against attacking in fear that they would hurt Galvatron, still within. Soon, he observed as Galvatron and Prime emerged from the giant, engaged in brutal one-to-one combat, and Galvatron sacrificed himself to end the cycle of hatred that was fuelling Unicron. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}
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====''Cloud''====

Early during the Decepticons' time on Earth, just before they regained the Star Saber from Hot Shot, Starscream encountered a small group of Autobots and Decepticons who had travelled to their world from the other-dimensional [[Cloud World]]. This caused him to miss a scheduled check-in with the Decepticon base, and Demolishor and Cyclonus were dispatched to see what had happened. They arrived after the otherwordly travellers had left, and could only inform Starscream that Megatron was mad at him. {{storylink|Return}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Alvin Sanders]] (English), unknown stand-in actor (English, "[[Scorpinok (episode)|Scorpinok]]", "[[Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary]]" only), [[Doron Bell, Jr.]] (English, "[[Distribution]]", "[[The Omega Train]]", "[[Decepticon Army]]" and "[[Ironhide Team]]" only), [[Kōji Yusa]] (Japanese)|[[Anders Öjebo]] (Swedish), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German), [[Csaba Tokaji]] (Hungarian), [[Vesa Hämes]] (Finnish)}}

{{note|Events derived solely from the ''Super Link'' version of the series are described in italic text.}}

[[File:MegatronsSword demolishor.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|"Constructicon colors!" "...this is going to end badly for me, isn't it?"]]

Following Megatron and Unicron's apparent destruction at the climax of the [[The Unicron Battles|Unicron Battles]], the alliance between the Decepticons and Autobots continued. Together, over the next ten years, they rebuilt Cybertron, and allied with humankind to establish the [[Cybertron City (city)|Cybertron Cities]] to mine [[energon]] on Earth. Demolishor was assigned to [[Ocean City]], where he guarded the city's main gate. Though he was as prone to grumbling as ever, and still put a lot of significance on the fact that he remained a Decepticon despite the alliance, Demolishor developed something of a friendship with his new allies and grew into his role.

[[File:MegatronsSword demolishor and cyclonus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Dumb and Dumber]]

Demolishor probably figured it was going to be another regular duty shift the day rebellious human [[Kicker Jones]] raised Ocean City from its usual resting place beneath the sea. Trying to stop the young punk from leaving the city without authorization, Demolishor was outmaneuvered, and didn't take kindly to Hot Shot making fun of him for it. As such, when Kicker tried to leave a second time, Demolishor was extra-dedicated to stopping him... but still failed to prevent him getting past. Kicker's second trip outside, however, had been brought on by the impending arrival of an Energon-stealing [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] horde, which Demolishor then helped fend off. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} Reports soon came in of a Terrorcon attack on [[Asteroid City]] out in space, and [[Lunar City]] on the moon, where Demolishor's old comrades Tidal Wave and Cyclonus were stationed, respectively. When they disappeared in the attacks, Demolishor angrily claimed the Autobots would have worked harder to search for them if they had been Autobots. {{storylink|Energon Stars}} Tidal Wave soon reappeared, but had fallen in with the Terrorcon forces, claiming that their master [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]] was planning to revive Megatron for them—an allegation that shocked Demolishor and forced him to think hard on his loyalties. {{storylink|Scorpinok (episode)|Scorpinok}}

[[File:Demolishor MegSword.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|And so Demolishor became the king of England.]]

When Cyclonus returned to Earth soon after, Demolishor was overjoyed to see that his friend had survived, and the pair immediately indulged in some friendly sparring, ''while Demolishor shared the news of Megatron's potential rebirth''. Full of vigor, the duo were keen to help defend [[Plains City]] when the Terrorcon horde attacked it, but things took a turn when the Terrorcon leader [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] revealed a sword that Alpha Q had forged from Megatron's own [[spark]]. Sensing his old leader's lifeforce in the blade, Cyclonus immediately turned on the Autobots to join the Terrorcon crusade, but Demolishor was much more conflicted; when the blade was sent flying during the fighting and landed in front of him, his fear and uncertainty caused him to hesitate before picking it up, and Tidal Wave snatched it away. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}

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Demolishor was part of the unit sent to the Arctic to help establish [[Blizzard City]], but was too distracted by what he had experienced to do much work. This led to him arguing with the Autobot [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]], who didn't trust him because he was a Decepticon, and who he in turn teased over being a rookie, but when Kicker got lost in a blizzard, the two had to join forces to search for him. Working with Ironhide to fend off a Terrorcon attack, Demolishor rejected the chance to join Cyclonus and Tidal Wave, still unconvinced that Megatron was ''really'' alive. {{storylink|The New Cybertron City}} But the truth was soon to reveal itself, when Megatron, reborn from within Unicron by the power of energon, launched a massive attack on Ocean City. After only a moment to process this revelation, Demolishor submitted himself to Megatron's leadership once more, but his time in the Autobots meant the transition was not easy: he knocked Ironhide out himself rather than let him risk his life against Megatron, and hesitated to open the door to the city when Megatron commanded it. To force him to pick one absolute loyalty, Megatron dared Demolishor to fire his weapons at him, but he could not, and reluctantly blew the door to the city open. After Megatron's forces raided the city's energon stores, Ironhide pleaded with Demolishor not to leave with them, but he departed in silence with his fellow Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}}

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Not wholly convinced of Demolishor's loyalty, Megatron left him to stand guard over the Decepticons' base—the dormant body of Unicron itself, stolen from Alpha Q—while the villains departed on their next mission. {{storylink|Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary}} When the Decepticons tried searching the remains of Asteroid City for more energon, Demolishor was unable to find any; Megatron started bludgeoning him for his failure until he suggested they check out Lunar City. He joined Megatron and Cyclonus in raiding the moonbase, then confronted the Autobots in a brief battle in the [[asteroid belt]]. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}} Demolishor was slightly taken aback to learn that Ocean City would be their next attack target, but he participated in the assault nonetheless, reluctantly squaring off against an angry, vengeful Ironhide. {{storylink|Energon Tower (episode)|Energon Tower}} Returning to Unicron, they discovered Alpha Q had stolen a chunk of their energon stockpile in their absence, and had one more surprise for them: he had revived Starscream as an "energon ghost" and sent him to kill Megatron. Demolishor tried to hold off the mind-wiped spectre of his former teammate, but was helpless to stop him. Fortunately, Megatron used the power of Unicron to bring Starscream under his control, {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}} and Demolishor looked on as Megatron welcomed him back to the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}

[[File:KickerBeware megatron and demolishor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|[[w:Spider-Man (2002 film)|"You have a knack for getting in trouble." "You have a knack for saving my life."]]]]

After the Autobots protected their Cybertron Cities with new [[energon tower|energon towers]], Megatron took out his frustrations on Demolishor and Cyclonus, and tried to pry from them information on ''how'' the Autobots found energon deposits in the first place. It took Starscream's blade pressed to his throat before Demolishor would reveal the existence of Kicker's extrasensory ability to detect energon, but with that information, Megatron formulated a plan. While the Autobots were visiting the remains of Lunar City, Demolishor approached Ironhide and Kicker with the story that he had abandoned Megatron, in an attempt to lure Kicker back to the Decepticons' mobile base for capture. The plan went wrong when Scorponok, secretly working for Alpha Q, took off with the base, and Demolishor and Cylconus's subsequent attempt to snatch Kicker was thwarted by the unseen intervention of [[Team Rodimus]]. {{storylink|Kicker Beware!}} Demolishor was aghast at Megatron's response to this failure: to simply destroy the Cybertron Cities remotely with an orbital bombardment. He tried to make his leader understand that doing so would kill many humans as well, struggling to explain that humans did not have immortal sparks like Transformers, but Megatron was immovable, and Demolishor was forced to stand by his side as the assault began. Fortunately, the Autobots erected a planetwide [[energon grid]] that shielded Earth from the attack. {{storylink|Energon Grid (episode)|Energon Grid}}

[[File:Energon-Demolishor-Death.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|"Damn you, Ironhide! You were the worst roommate!"]]

Demolishor was a little concerned for Cyclonus's mental state when Megatron used the power of Unicron to heal injuries he had sustained, in the process reformatting him into "Snow Cat"; Megatron brushed off his concerns, and instead excoriated his troops for their failure to locate the interfering Alpha Q. {{storylink|Rodimus Friend or Foe?}} An attempt to flush Alpha Q out only brought the Decepticons into conflict with Team Rodimus, a battle from which Demolishor convinced Megatron to retreat. Soon after, the Decepticons attacked the Autobot ship ''[[Miranda II]]'', which activated its personal [[energon grid]] defense system during the battle. Observing that the distracted Megatron was directly in the path of the grid, Demolishor was galvanized into making a final, fateful decision about where his loyalties lay: diving into action, he pushed his leader out of the way and took the force of the grid's blast himself. ''With his final words, Demolishor entreated the horrified Ironhide to remember him'', and then exploded. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}}

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Though Demolishor's body was destroyed, his spark persisted and was salvaged by Megatron. Using his control over Unicron's powers to fashion a new body for Demolishor, Megatron took the extra step of wiping his mind, removing any trace of his conflicted nature and degenerating him into a simple-minded, ape-like creature, easily excited and prone to grunting and jumping around. He first saw action in his new form on a blizzard-swept planet, where he and Snow Cat successfully seized an energon deposit from the Autobots, but were sent packing by a swarm of Alpha Q's new [[Cruellock]] Terrorcons. {{storylink|The Return of Demolishor}} He subsequently joined the Decepticon effort to prevent the Autobots from reaching Unicron's body, {{storylink|A Tale of Two Heros}} and engaged [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] in a vehicle-mode battle on the ''Miranda II's'' hull as both the ship and Unicron returned to Cybertron via [[space bridge]]. The Decepticons were forced to warp away when the Autobots turned the planet's energon grid on, inflicting massive damage onto Unicron's body. {{storylink|Battle Stations}} The sight of Unicron in the skies of Cybertron led the Decepticons on the planet to revolt—news that Demolishor and Snow Cat happily brought to Megatron, though he wasn't particularly bothered. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}}

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Demolishor was part of the unit sent down to Cybertron's surface to recruit Decepticon war criminal [[Shockblast]]. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}} Upon returning, he had to contend with an energon-starved Unicron's automatic defense attempting to impale him with huge spikes. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}} Once that situation was under control, Demolishor was part of the team sent back down to Cybertron to create an opening in the planet's energon grid by destroying energon towers, {{storylink|Each One Fights...}} then helped hold off the Autobots while Terrorcons gathered energon from the planet's core. This energon re-powered Unicron enough for Megatron to have him transform, and Demolishor helped keep the attacking Autobots busy while the process completed itself. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} When Unicron's transformation was done, Megatron opened his surface beneath Demolishor and Snow Cat so they could escape a standoff with Scorponok, but the Terrorcon leader dogged them through Unicron's interior, foiling their every attempt to battle the Autobots. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} Subsequently, an unstable energon reaction initiated by Alpha Q opened up a rift in space, through which Demolishor, along with Unicron and all the other Decepticons, were sucked into. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

[[File:ImprisonedInferno demolishor embarassed.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|On this ship, you are to refer to me as "idiot," not "you captain"! I mean - you know what I mean!]]

On the [[Alpha Q's universe|other side of the rift]], Alpha Q used Unicron's head and his energon to begin recreating all the planets that Unicron had once eaten, and Demolishor and the Decepticons began stealing the energon growing within them to continue Megatron's plans for Unicron's body. The Autobots followed, and succeeded in apprehending Shockblast; Demolishor brought news of his capture to Megatron, but the Decepticons purposely left him in Autobot custody on [[Iron Planet]] while they clashed with the Autobots for that planet's energon reserves. {{storylink|Protection}} They later made actual attempts to rescue their comrade. As the Decepticons hunted down the Autobot who had been Shockblast's guard, Inferno, Demolishor was surprised to discover that Shockblast had been demoted below him. He didn't quite grasp the concept of outranking a fellow Decepticon. {{storylink|Imprisoned Inferno}} During the Decepticon attack on [[Jungle Planet (Energon)|Jungle Planet]], Demolishor helped run interference in orbit to keep the Autobots from getting down to the planet's surface, but he and his team-mates were taken down by new Autobot arrivals [[Team Bulkhead]]. {{storylink|Jungle Planet (episode)|Jungle Planet}} Undeterred, Demolishor and the Decepticons soon made another play for Jungle Planet's energon, only to be repelled when the Autobots erected a new energon tower to shield the planet. {{storylink|Bulkhead (episode)|Bulkhead}} Not long thereafter, Demolishor accompanied Megatron in approaching Inferno, who was struggling to overcome the mind-altering programming that the Decepticon leader had inflicted upon him. When Megatron was called away to [[Ocean Planet]], Demolishor, Starscream, and Scorponok were left to help Inferno through his "transition", but Inferno elected to kill himself rather than become a Decepticon. {{storylink|Farewell Inferno}}

[[File:ReturnOurScorponok demolishor and snowcat.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Dumb and Dumber To]]

''With an energon grid now protecting most of the planets, the Decepticons had to scavenge what they could from the half-formed world outside the grid, but Demolishor didn't mind the menial labor. He took part in the battle on the newly-formed [[Planet Q]], where he tried and failed to get Scorponok to focus on energon gathering, rather than fighting Ironhide.'' {{storylink|Return! Our Scorponok}} Between fights, Demolishor and Snow Cat shuttled supplies around, but had to contend with tremors that shook Unicron, spawned by Megatron's impatience. {{storylink|Crash Course}} On their next energon-gathering mission, Demolishor and his buddies came under attack from the Autobots, but managed to cover the Terrorcons' escape, allowing them to deliver the final payload of energon needed to power Unicron back up to the stage where he could move again. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} Demolishor and the other 'Con grunts then battled the Autobots on Unicron's surface, preventing them from interfering with Megatron's successful reintegration of Unicron's body and head. {{storylink|A Heroic Battle}} Demolishor was first on the scene when Shockblast briefly usurped the power of the completed Unicron, but got blasted by the traitor and then expelled from Unicron's body. {{storylink|The Power of Unicron}} Megatron destroyed Shockblast and briefly retook control, but was soon possessed by Unicron himself, leaving Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage struggling to escape the planet-eater's internal defenses. They failed, and ended up bound to Unicron's surface by energy-tentacles, giving them a front-row seat for the Unicron-controlled Megatron's battle with the gigantic, [[Primus]]-empowered Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} Fortunately for them, they were freed by a barrage of Autobot fire moments before Optimus destroyed Unicron, but were subsequently captured by [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}

[[File:Wishes rad hides from demolishor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"ONCE! IN A LIFE! TIME-" "Go away!" "What? What's wrong with my voice?"]]

With Megatron having apparently perished along with Unicron, Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage were incarcerated on Cybertron, but were soon freed by Starscream, who revealed that Megatron still lived. {{storylink|Ambition}} They were joined in their breakout by Shockblast's younger brother [[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]], who suggested using the planet's energon grid against the Autobots. Demolishor led him to the control room, and might have discovered its human operators, [[Rad White]] and the Jones family, hiding in a vent if he hadn't fallen flat on his face while attempting to peer inside it. {{storylink|Wishes}} Six Shot succeeded in taking control of the energon gas powering the grid and using it to force the Autobots off the planet, and the other Decepticon grunts began to feel a under-appreciated as Megatron (now "Galvatron" again after exposure to [[Super Energon]]) praised Six Shot for his accomplishments. However, following a battle on the hull of the ''Miranda II'', during which Demolishor and Snow Cat were clobbered by [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]], they all enjoyed watching Galvatron beat Six Shot up for taking action without orders. {{storylink|Galvatron!}} The Autobots were soon able to find a way to break through the gas shroud and return to Cybertron; Demolishor took part in the battle that followed, which concluded with the Autobots escaping underground. {{storylink|Break Through}}

[[File:IronhideTeam demolishor news reporter.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|On next week's episode, we're gonna have a roach problem!]]

At some point, Demolishor took part in a virtual fighting tournament, thanks to Six Shot hacking into an Autobot training program. Fighting as a tag team, he and Snow Cat went up against [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] and [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]], and won when the two Autobots took themselves out of the fight by powerlinxing incorrectly—though in the process, the two Decepticons were inspired to try powerlinxing themselves, even if they couldn't get it quite right. Proceeding to the next round, they discovered their opponents were Galvatron and Starscream, who had already beaten virtual duplicates of the pair in their original bodies in the previous round. Frustrated to have found his minions goofing off in the game, Galvatron thrashed them, then quit the tournament. {{storylink|Distribution}}

[[File:Distribution FusionDance.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4| [[Chris McFeely|A good man]] died to bring you these Energon summaries.]]

Hoping to get a taste of the Super Energon that had empowered Galvatron and Starscream, Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage went searching for the subterranean reservoir that held the miracle fuel, accidentally stumbling into Primus's chamber in the process. Finding Rad and the Jones family taking refuge there, Demolishor and Snow Cat left Mirage to stand guard and forced [[Brian Jones]] to lead them to the [[Super Energon Temple|temple]] containing the Super Energon. {{storylink|The Omega Train}} They were a little nervous about immersing themselves in it, but were finally about to take the plunge when a horde of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon Terrorcon drones]] burst out of the reservoir's depths and scared them witless. {{storylink|Decepticon Army}} Fleeing from the Insecticons, and having grown to giant size due to exposure to Super Energon, the pair headed back to the surface and sent word of the creatures' approach to Galvatron, news-reporter style. They rejoined their leader on the battlefield, just in time for Optimus to have his spark of combination re-energized by Primus's awakening. Once more able to combine with Omega Supreme, Optimus blew away all of his enemies with a whirlwind attack. {{storylink|Ironhide Team}}

[[File:DestructivePower demolishor altmode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Who's the 13-gear road ranger an' a sex machine to all the chicks? [https://youtu.be/sR_PeHh9wZQ?t=3880 MEGAWEAPON!]]]

Once the rogue Terrorcons were back under control, the Decepticons turned to the business of using the energon towers to move Cybertron through space, through the rift and back to Alpha Q's realm. Demolishor helped battle the Autobots as the planet moved through the rift, and later tried to defend the towers against Autobot attack, though both times, he had to contend with Six Shot's ambition constantly undermining their battlefield movements. {{storylink|Formidable}} After Six Shot purposefully allowed the towers he was guarding to overload, Demolishor was assigned to keep an eye on him alongside Snow Cat and Mirage. Six Shot soon tricked them into leaving him unattended by suggesting they make another play for the Super Energon pool. Demolishor and his buddies sped off, but quickly found the corridors all around them closing off as Six Shot used the control room to lock them in. Starscream freed Demolishor and co. a short time later, but they found themselves battling Autobots until far more world-shaking matters took precedent: Galvatron had used the Super Energon to transform himself into a giant. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}}

Demolishor and the other Decepticons held off the Autobots as they attacked the towering form of the Decepticon leader, but as he grew larger and larger and the planet's surface began to crack under his weight, Demolishor followed Snow Cat's advice to get the heck out of there. Under the sway of the still-living consciousness of Unicron, Galvatron took off for space, towing Cybertron behind him on a Super Energon cable; Demolishor and the rest followed, offering some token return fire at the pursuing Autobots. {{storylink|Destructive Power}} When Optimus Prime used the power of Unicron to grow to a titan of equal height, Demolishor and Snow Cat broke off from the battle to excitedly watch the two giant leaders duke it out on Jungle Planet. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}} Unable to make much in the way of a contribution to the huge scale of the final battle, Demolishor, Snow Cat, and Mirage could only spectate as the possessed Galvatron shook off Unicron's influence long enough to sacrifice himself by plunging into a foundling energon sun created by Primus. While loyalists Starscream and Mirage followed their leader into solar oblivion, the long-suffering Demolishor and Snow Cat could only float in space and ponder what to do next with their lives. {{storylink|The Sun}}
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====''Cybertron'' toy bio====
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Ten years after the battle for energon, when the [[Unicron Singularity]] forced the evacuation of Cybertron, Demolishor was left behind on their deserted homeworld. Through circumstances unknown, he had reverted to a version of his original Earth body (no word on whether his mentality recovered as well), and kept himself busy by fighting off the [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] horde that began infesting the planet soon after. Demolishor heard rumors that Megatron had once again returned from the dead, but after the ordeal he went through last time, he hoped it was not true, since he found that he enjoyed not being pushed around by his commander for once. {{storylink|#Cybertron|Demolishor's ''Cybertron'' toy bio}}

====Force of Habit====

During the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, Decepticon sniper [[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]] bitterly remarked on Demolishor and Snow Cat's disappearance from the Decepticon ranks, considering it evidence of how little good loyalty to Megatron would do to advance a 'bot's standing in life. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
Demolishor was part of Megatron's initial strike force on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and devastated [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con]] [[Village C52]] alongside [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Powered by [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], he also participated in the assault on and devastation of [[Cyber City]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

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Millions of years later, when a Mini-Con signal was broadcast from Earth, the Decepticons picked it up and quickly made plans to travel to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} Upon arrival, Demolishor, Cyclonus and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] broke into a [[human]] military base, where Demolishor scanned a tank for his new [[alternate mode]] (though the resulting tank mode wasn't particularly close to the source). {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} While the other Decepticons began fighting the Autobots who had followed them to Earth, Demolishor ambushed the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]], [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and three human kids. He captured the Mini-Cons and expressed interest in taking the humans apart to see where all their courage came from. Then four other Mini-Cons swarmed his face and shattered his targeting reticle "eyepatch". {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

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After the Decepticons successfully captured the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]], Demolishor helped bring them back to the Decepticon base at [[Silver Ridge]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} He later participated in the attack on the [[Autobase|Autobot base]], but didn't do much other than stand around and take offense to Starscream's claims that Megatron didn't need any underlings when he had the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}} A little later, Demolishor joined Starscream and Cyclonus in capturing two humans who had been befriended by Starscream's Mini-Con [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]], but unfortunately for them, they turned out to be the Autobots' human allies Rad and Carlos. The Autobots soon arrived to rescue their friends, and when Swindle turned on the Decepticons for tricking him into thinking he was going to be released, the villains retreated. {{storylink|Armada Free Comic Book Day}}

[[File:WorldsCollide2 Demolishor vs SmokescreenScavenger.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3]]

When the Decepticons' Mini-Cons escaped, Demolishor and the others pursued them to [[Kansas]], where they fired impotently on a [[Mini-Con Ark|large object]] that was stealing all of Earth's Mini-Cons. They were then distracted by the arrival of several Autobots, and could only watch as the object rocketed off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} After figuring out that the Mini-Cons had ended up on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], the Decepticons chased after their precious power-ups. As Demolishor was the only Decepticon incapable of flight (Megatron got temporary rocket thrusters), he was left behind to guard the base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} He wasn't very good at it, though, and was beaten up by Autobots who wanted to use the Decepticons' [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

When said space bridge stopped working some time later, Megatron ordered Demolishor and Starscream to fix it. Neither of them knew how. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} The Decepticons later learned that [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] had gone missing, and they seized the opportunity to perform an all-out assault on the Autobots. Demolishor found himself facing down [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] on a thin mountain road, and decided to play a game of chicken with them. He won, as both Autobots swerved away and fell off the road, where Smokescreen was seriously injured by Megatron. Shortly afterwards, their winning streak was interrupted by a [[Galvatron (G1)|mysterious powerful Transformer]] who knocked out Demolishor, Cyclonus and Starscream in short order. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} As it turned out, the stranger had been a [[Herald of Unicron|Herald]] of [[Unicron]], who was on his way to destroy Cybertron. The Decepticons were forced to ally themselves with the Autobots and return to their home planet in order to fight him off. Demolishor survived the battle with Unicron and was seen among the crowds of cheering Transformers in the aftermath. {{storylink|The End}}
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====Dreamwave ''Energon'' comic====
[[File:StarscreamEnergon-Multiplicity3.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Giddy-up now...TO HELL!]]
Some time in Cybertron's past, during the war, Demolishor was part of a battle in which [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] led an attack on an Autobot bunker. Demolishor watched the battle from a Decepticon saucer-ship, alongside Megatron, Starscream, Cyclonus and Thrust. {{storylink|No Exit}}

Ten years after the battle with Unicron, Unicron's [[Unicron's Four Horsemen|Four Horsemen]] attacked Cybertron. Demolishor was among the Transformers called in as reinforcements against this new threat. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Two}} Some time later, he was stationed at the [[energon]] ore processing plant [[Deltos-Five]] when its systems started going haywire. Grumbling that Thrust had left him to deal with technical difficulties while ''he'' got to have fun fighting [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] on Earth, Demolishor made his way into the facility, where he was ambushed by a ghostly Starscream. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}}
{{Unreleased energon comic}}
[[File:Energon issue 32.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|"Abominable? Do you believe that? Do I look abominable to you? Why don't they just call me the "Adorable Snowman" or the "Agreeable Snowman" for crying out loud? I'm a nice guy!"]]
Demolishor was recovered by [[Alpha Quintesson]] and upgraded into a new body via the power of Unicron. Placed on Earth shortly before the Autobots erected a [[energon grid|global energy shield]], Demolishor was charged with kidnapping [[Kicker Jones]], and tracked the boy down just as he as attempting to play hooky from a training session at [[Alterenergy|AlterEnergy]]. Demolishor approached in his new dump truck alternate mode, and Kicker actually flagged him down in hopes of hitching a lift before Demolishor revealed his true nature. {{storylink|Doomsday Redux!}} Demolishor's specially-tailored new form allowed him to first shrug off energon blasts from the human boy, and then easily take out an AlterEnergy rapid response team, before grabbing Kicker and absconding. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 1}}

With Alpha Quntession unable to teleport him off-planet thanks to the energy shield, Demolishor went into hiding; AlterEnergy began searching the planet for him, {{storylink|Armageddon Part 2}} but he was holed up in a cave in [[Mexico]], by a space bridge portal, waiting for Alpha Quintesson's forces to take out the shield down so he could use the bridge to bring Kicker to his master. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 3}} An AlterEnergy team led by Rad tracked him down before that could happen, but Demolishor was ready for them and the Autobot backup they brought, and was able to fight them to a standstill. Word then came through from Alpha Quintesson that the energy shield was down, so Demolishor broke off the fight and returned to the chamber he had been keeping Kicker in, only to find that the boy had been freed by Rad and Carlos while he had been busy in battle. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 4}} Demolishor immediately gave chase through the caves, but when he caught up to them, Kicker stood his ground and used his special powers to channel the energy of all the energon on Earth, using it to utterly destroy Demolishor. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}
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===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
[[File:PaniniArmada3 demolishor.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Demolishor was among the Decepticons who had a great time kidnapping Mini-Cons back when the war broke out. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}

In modern day, he was sent to [[Earth]] to search for escaped Mini-Cons alongside [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. Demolishor was apparently still searching elsewhere when the rest of the Decepticons were beaten up by the Autobots and fled. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}} Eventually, he sawed his way into the wreckage of the Mini-Cons' ship, as he had orders from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] to retrieve its [[locator log]]. He was surprised to find the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]] in the ship, and wasn't sure what to do with the situation. Deciding that the best course of action was violence, he began blasting the Mini-Cons but was distracted when [[Rad White]] grabbed the locator log and ran for it. Demolishor followed in his tank mode, only to drive straight into an unstable part of the cave, where the vibrations from his treads caused the hidden log to explode and collapse the cave on top of him. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}}

Some time later, Demolishor participated in an attack on the Autobots when they were trying to send their Mini-Cons back to Cybertron. Though the Mini-Cons ultimately decided to stay on Earth, the Decepticons destroyed the Autobots' space bridge anyways. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} [[File:PaniniArmada9 demolishor powerlinx.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]] He and Cyclonus were then sent to search for Mini-Cons on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. The Autobots [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] followed them, but were no match for the Mini-Con-augmented Decepticons. Demolishor shot Smokescreen down and prepared to squash him under his tracks, but didn't expect the Autobot to suddenly get a Mini-Con partner of his own. Powered by [[Liftor]], Smokescreen delivered a powerful punch to the incoming Demolishor, driving him back. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}

When the Decepticons planned to nuke the Autobots from their new lunar base, Demolishor caught a transmission from the Autobots' Mini-Cons, who offered to surrender in exchange for the Autobots' lives. He reported this to Megatron, who opted to take the Mini-Cons then blow the Autobots up anyway. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} The plan was a huge failure, ending with the destruction of the Decepticon base and no Mini-Cons to show for it. Demolishor cheerfully referred to the whole thing as a "bit of a blip in the old world-conquest plans", which promptly got him punished by the disgruntled Megatron. Suddenly, Cyclonus showed up and started attacking his fellow Decepticons. He turned out to be possessed by the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]], who were using him to get rid of Megatron once and for all. After watching the two duel for a while, Demolishor power-linked with [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] and entered the fray, but did little damage to Cyclonus. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Dawn of Destruction!}}
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===Bendon ''Armada'' books===

[[File:CaveCatastrophe demolishor vs optimus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.75]]

Megatron and Demolishor were searching the area around the Autobot base for Mini-Cons when they were, unsurprisingly enough, stumbled upon by Optimus Prime and Hot Shot. Demolishor tussled with a vehicle mode Optimus, but evidently didn't fare too well, as the Autobot leader was seen battling Megatron moments later. Bested, the "cowardly" pair warped away. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

Megatron and Demolishor later launched a sneak attack against the kids when they left themselves in the open, and were yet again bested by the two Autobots when they came to render aid. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}
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===Reader's Digest ''Armada'' novels===
Demolishor was one of the Decepticons warped to the planet Earth after the Mini-Cons, who had long been dormant there, awoke. The Decepticons' initial attack against the Autobots was rebuffed, and they began building a base of operations on the Moon by reinforcing the partial remains of the Mini-Cons' ship.

Demolishor and Starscream were tasked by Megatron to scan all of the Earth’s vehicles to find suitable alternate modes. When Megatron checked in on their progress, Demolishor presented Earth’s mightiest military vehicles to his leader. Demolishor chose a "missile tank" alternate mode for himself. Megatron then led the members of his inner circle on an assault on the Autobots' base on Earth. The assault was briefly halted when Megatron spotted the Autobots' human allies, Rad, Alexis and Carlos, rush into the war-zone. Megatron demanded that the children hand over their Mini-Con companions. But Optimus Prime and his Autobots weren't far behind, and they launched a counter-attack against the Decepticons. Demolishor tried to blast Optimus, only for his missile to be deflected by the Autobot Red Alert. Subsequent assaults on the Autobots proved futile, as Optimus assumed his "Super Optimus Prime" mode and overwhelmed the Decepticons with pure brute strength. The balance of power shifted even further in the Autobots' favor when Red Alert and Hot Shot acquired Mini-Cons. Red Alert used the new strength bestowed upon him by his new partner, Longarm, to lift Demolishor up off the ground, then Hot Shot used the electrical powers granted to him by his Mini-Con, Jolt, to short out the Decepticon's circuits. Megatron soon recognized that the Decepticons were outmatched and ordered a retreat.

Back on the moon, the Decepticons squabbled over their defeat until Cyclonus teleported in late. As it turns out, two other Mini-Con panels had been uncovered by the children during the fight, and Cyclonus had managed to snatch them away before fleeing. Megatron allowed Cyclonus to keep one of the Mini-Cons, while the other was given to Demolishor. Demolishor named his new partner “Blackout." {{storylink|Transformers Armada: Race for the Mini-Con Robots|Race for the Mini-Con Robots}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===Toy pack-in comics===
[[File:Energon V4 Decepticons.jpg|thumb]]
When [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] fell to his knees in battle, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] sent Demolishor, [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]], and [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Mirage]] to attack the beaten leader. Their attack was averted when they were blasted away by [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]. {{storylink|Energon Volume 4}}
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===''TransTech''===
Demolishor was part of [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]'s inner circle in the underlevels of [[Axiom Nexus]]. He was with Gutcruncher in [[The Blue Deployer]] the night the [[Action Master]] took [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] for a lot of money. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Demolisher-Armada.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Demolishor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who could be recruited by collecting 650 units of Cybermetal, 350 units of Transmetal, 150 exclusive cores, and 50 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===Armada===
[[File:Arm-toy Demolishor.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|Best Decepticon yes-man toy, ever!]]
*'''Demolishor with Blackout''' (Super-Con Class, 2002/2003)
**''Takara ID number'': '''MD-03'''
**''Accessories'': 4 missiles

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' "Super-Con Class" toy (basically "deluxes"), Demolishor transforms into an anti-aircraft missile tank of made-up model, though it appears to be heavily based on the ADATS weapon system. His primary Mini-Con gimmick is the twin spring-loaded missile launcher in his left shoulder; attaching any Mini-Con to the Powerlinx port there pops the launcher forward, after which the missiles can be fired simultaneously by pulling the Mini-Con back. Reportedly, Demolishor was to feature this gimmick in both shoulders, but it was cut back to one for cost considerations, so his right shoulder now simply holds two spare missiles.

: In vehicle mode, Demolishor features extra Mini-Con compatibility design specially around his partner [[Blackout (Armada)#Toys|Blackout]]. When in vehicle mode, Blackout can be inserted into the space between Demolishor's front treads, forming a more "complete"-looking tank, from where he can be propelled into action by a small spring-loaded launcher. This launcher is activated by a tiny button on Demolishor's rear, where there is also a seat that Blackout or any other appropriately-jointed Mini-Con can sit in to "man" his guns. The seat can also be used for Demolishor's rudimentary "Attack Base" mode, which involves folding out his legs/treads to turn him into an elevated anti-aircraft station.

: The Takara release of Demolishor (as "Ironhide"), also in that series' first wave, renders the figure in more primary, show-accurate colors, painting him a more greenish shade of tan and making his face brown rather than black, and features a Decepticon symbol with proper "separated" [[Paint operation|paint applications]], among several other smaller paint changes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/Demolishor/demolishor.htm More information on Demolishor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Armadatoy demolishor landmilitaryteam set.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Ironhide & Land Military Microns''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
**''Takara ID number:'' '''MS-03'''
**''Accessories'': 4 missiles

: In Japan, Demolishor was available both separately and in a multi-pack with the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]. All toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

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[[File:Armadatoy-DemolishorPX.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Holy crap, ''Micron Densetsu'' Ironhide is a Decepticon.]]
*'''Powerlinx Demolishor with Powerlinx Blackout''' (Deluxe, 2003)
**''Takara ID number:'' '''MD-10'''
**''Accessories'': 4 missiles

: Part of the final wave of ''Armada'' product, this [[redeco]] of the original Demolishor gives him in a new red and off-white color scheme, roughly [[Homage|homaging]] [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. According to [[Aaron Archer]], he was originally intended to be colored like [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], because Demolishor's gun-hands reminded him of Sixshot (we don't get it either—maybe he meant [[Six-Gun|Six-''Gun'']]?), but the red color scheme was decided upon and used in the animated series first, so the toy had to follow suit. Reflecting the late nature of this change, his packaging depicts a normal-colored Demolishor toy, as the colors had not been decided upon by the time cardback photography was required.

: The Takara release of this toy is ''very'' similar to the Hasbro one, but its colors are once again lihtly tweaked to look more cartoony, in darker, more primary shades and not as glossy. It also lacks the dark blue paint on top of the Hasbro version's head, and once again has a "separated" Decepticon symbol rather than a block-painted one.

:This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Demolishor (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Demolishor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/PXDemolishor/demolishor.htm More information on Powerlinx Demolishor at TFU.info]''

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===Built to Rule!===
[[File:BTR-Demolishor.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Demolishor''' (Built to Rule!, 2003)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: One of the smaller ''[[Built to Rule!]]'' sets, Demolishor's vehicle mode is still an anti-aircraft missile tank, but with only one spring-loaded rocket per side, activated by a rotating "drum" on top of the launcher. He also features working rubber treads, and a 2x2 "[[Powerlinx]]" plate than can be used by both ''BTR''-based and regular-type [[Mini-Con]]s, though the grip on the latter is not terribly great. He is "transformed" by removing pretty much everything on the "Trans-Skeleton" core, flipping out the limbs, then adding ''some'' of the parts back on to create a super-top-heavy, awkward robot.

: He also comes with a building-block version of [[Blackout (Armada)#Built to Rule!|Blackout]].

: His 1x4 plates with the flat area in the middle would later show up in some ''[[Kre-O]]'' sets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/BTRDemolishor/demolishor.htm More information on Built to Rule! Demolishor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BTR-toy Demolishor NightAttack.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|WUBBA WUBBA WUBBA.]]
*'''Night Attack Demolishor''' (Built to Rule!, 2003)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: Part of the final wave of ''Armada Built to Rule!'', the first Demolishor set was [[redeco]]ed into colors very close to those of the [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]]. Again, he comes with a similarly-colored version of Blackout.

: Night Attack Demolishor did not ship very prominently, but eventually could be found at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores for the heavily discounted-price of $2 or so.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/NADemolishor/demolishor.htm More information on Built to Rule! Night Attack Demolishor at TFU.info]''
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===Energon===
[[File:En-toy DemolishorArm.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Demolishor with Blackout''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-02'''
**''Accessories'': 4 missiles

: Originally released as part of the initial assortment of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Super Link'' toys, the original Demolishor toy (and accompanying Mini-Con [[Blackout (Armada)#Energon|Blackout]]) was given a very [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]-y color scheme of lime green, light gray and purple.

: This version was later released in the US, with no changes other than packaging, late in the ''Energon'' line as a [[KB Toys]] stores [[exclusive]], alongside the ''Super Link'' redeco of [[Cyclonus (Armada)#Energon|Cyclonus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/KBDemolishor/demolishor.htm More information on ''Energon'' KB Toys Demolishor at TFU.info]''

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[[File:En-toy Demolishor.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|MUNKY IS TRUKK]]
*'''Demolishor''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-11'''
**''Accessories'': 4 missiles

: Demolishor's new body transforms into a large "earth-mover" dump truck. His truck bed contains four spring-loaded missiles, plus four "false", non-firing missiles. His center torso block can rotate forward to bring his launcher over his body for "[[Hyper Mode]]"... which puts his head right in the middle of his sternum. His truck bed also features two pairs of "dead" Powerlinx plugs to attach Mini-Cons to, one pair on each side of the "flap", allowing for Mini-Con Powerlinxing in both truck and [[robot mode]]s.

: The truck bed also has possibly the biggest Decepticon [[insignia]] on a Deluxe-level toy ''ever''.

: According to Hasbro in [[Hasbro Q&A/August 2009: Answers|a Q&A]], he was originally supposed to be a new character named [[Long Haul (disambiguation)|Long Haul]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Demolishor/demolishor.htm More information on ''Energon'' Demolishor at TFU.info]''
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===Cybertron===
[[File:Cyb-toy Demolishor.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Demolishor''' (Deluxe-Class, 2006)
**''Accessories'': 4 missiles, Cyber Key

: A late addition to the [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'' toy line]], the original ''Armada'' Demolishor figure was redecoed in a more military camo scheme. He does not come with his Mini-Con partner Blackout in this release; instead, Demolishor and his [[wave]]-mate [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#CybDx|Optimus Prime]] debuted a new [[Cyber Key]] variant: [[retool]]ed from the standard "[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]" style key, this version lacked a sculpted [[insignia]], so that any symbol could be [[tampograph]]ed on to it, and featured a [[Mini-Con]]-style [[Powerlinx]] socket on the back, allowing it to operate the figure's formerly-Mini-Con-activated missile launcher feature without the figure itself having to be retooled.

: The key sports a tampographed Decepticon insignia, a purple border, and the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''dt67'''" tampographed on the back. This code, when entered on Hasbro's website, was supposed to unlock additional information on the character or the toy, but due to an error on behalf of Hasbro, it unlocked information intended for Demolishor's wave-mate, the aforementioned Deluxe Class Optimus Prime; Demolishor's information was instead unlocked using the code "D56B", which was tampographed on the back of the Cyber Key included with said Optimus Prime toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/Demolishor/demolishor.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Demolishor at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy DemolishorKreon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I'm completely transformable, and I'm proud of it".]]

*'''Demolishor''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''33501 37'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-brick, 2 double-barreled pistols

:Part of the fourth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Demolishor can be "rebuilt" into an anti-aircraft tank. We say "rebuilt" but really all you do is flip the treads around, swivel the guns, stick Demmy butt-up and ''bam'', tank mode.

: He uses the [[Hound (Kre-O)|Hound]]-style helmet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-ODemolishor/demolishor.htm More information on Demolishor at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Happy Meal toys===
[[File:Armadatoy mcdonalds demolishor.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Why the slag are the humans playing with my crotch?!]]
*'''Demolishor''' (October 2002)

: An extremely simplified version of the original Demolishor toy, he features a "battle damage" pop-off arm. He can combine with the other Happy Meal Decepticons to form a [[Mighty Vehicle]]. Kinda.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/McDemolishor/demolishor.htm More information on Happy Meal Demolishor at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Mcdemolishor.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Good luck finding me.]]
*'''Demolishor''' (January 2005)

: Part of the second ''Energon'' Happy Meal promotion, which was only available in some Latin America markets, this heavily-simplified version of dump-truck Demolishor features a spring-loaded transformation to robot mode. Given his limited release, he's very rare—even good ''pictures'' of him are hard to come by.

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===Super Collection Figure===
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[[File:SCF Demolishor.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Ironhide''' (SCF, [[December 27]], 2002)
**''Series'': '''ACT 9'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

: ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' Demolishor ("Ironhide" in Japan) is a 3-inch tall soft-plastic figurine based on his animation model. Made to pop apart, he has limited articulation, with swivel neck, waist, shoulders and legs. He came in two paint schemes: full-color and pewter-finish, each available at an equal ratio of one each per case of twelve figures. Be careful with the pewter version, as the pegs are often painted, leading to super-tight fits and occasional breakage.

: Like all normal SCF figures, he was sold in a [[blindpacking|blind-box]] assortment, so you could not tell which mold or color scheme you got until you actually opened the box.

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===Mega Super Collection Figure===
[[File:Arm-toy DemolishorMSCF.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh. My. God. Becky. Look at. His. Butt.]]
*'''Ironhide''' (February 2003)
**''ID number'': '''10'''
**''Accessories'': 4 missiles

: At double the size of a normal SCF figure, this non-transformable figure of Demolishor features more -but still limited- posability, with restricted-balljoint neck, shoulders and hips, double-swivel elbows, and swivel wrists, waist and knees. He also has removable missiles, and comes with a really teeny version of [[Blackout (Armada)#MSCF|Blackout]].

: As the Mega SCFs are all based on a singular ball/socket and clip system for joints, you can swap parts from any figure around with any other in the line... as long as there's enough clearance, of course.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Destron/MegaSCFIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on ''Mega Super Collection Figure'' Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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===Battle for Cybertron Game===
[[File:BattleforCybertron demolishor.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Transformers: Armada - Battle for Cybertron Game''' (2003)
:A small figurine of Demolishor was among the eight Transformers character playing pieces included with the [[Milton Bradley]] ''[[Battle for Cybertron Game|Battle for Cybertron]]'' board game.
::*''[http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6841/transformers-armada-battle-for-cybertron More information on Battle for Cybertron at BoardGameGeek.com]''
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===Attacktix===
[[File:Attacktix-Demolishor.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|But our story isn't really about him...]]
*'''Demolishor''' (2006)
**''Attack Type'': Shooter (wide missile)

: Shown at Toy Fair 2006, ''[[Attacktix]]'' Demolishor is based on his ''Energon'' dump-truck body, with a back-mounted missile launcher that shot a wide-headed missile. He was placed in an early mock-up of the starter set, but ultimately only the vehicle mode [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]] piece would end up in the final product. The piece had no sticker on the front as well. And then... that was the last anyone ''saw'' of this piece. It was never shuffled into a later assortment or even mentioned anywhere. What the hell?
{{canceledattacktix}}

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==Notes==
[[File:ARgame-DemoFight.jpg|right|thumb|ARHH!!|upright=1.3]]
*According to the Armada IP Creative Bible, one of his production names was '''Scourge'''. Get it, Scourge, [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], and [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]?
*Demolishor was originally planned to be in the [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' PlayStation 2 game]] as a long-running boss fight in the Antarctic. According to the original storyboards (unlocked in the game by finding the appropriate [[Data-Con]] on the [[Pacific Island]] base), he was the pilot of the crashed starship (instead of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]), and the player would have first fought him inside the control room of the ship. [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] was then to fire on the ship when Demolishor was near defeat, which would cause the ship to crash into the chasm below. The player would then have to chase Demolishor vertically through the downed ship and into an ice cavern, where he would try and drop stalactites on your head during your final confrontation. Why Demolishor was removed from the game is unknown, though the most likely explanation is time and budget concerns.
*Despite originating in the Unicron Trilogy, Demolishor has had [[Demolishor (SG)|two]] [[Demolishor (WFC)|characters]] based on him appear in [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|two]] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|separate]] Generation 1-influenced continuities, both before he actually got a [[Demolisher|Generation 1 counterpart]]. Probably helped by [[Demolishor (ROTF)|his third namesake]] appearing in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ironhide''' (アイアンハイド ''Aianhaido''), '''Ironhide Super Mode''' (アイアンハイドS ''AianhaidoSūpā Mōdo''), '''Irontread''' (''Super Link'' dump truck body, アイアントレッド ''Aiantoreddo'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Pusztító'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pòhuài zhě''' 破坏者
*''Korean:'' '''Hide''' (하이드 ''Haideu'')
*''Polish:'' '''Demolatron''' (''Armada''), '''Destruktor''' (''Energon'')
*''Russian:'' '''Razrushitel'''' (Разрушитель, "Devastator")
*''French:'' '''Démolisseur''' (''Demolisher'')

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[[File:PrimeDirective4 Cover SunstreakerSideswipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You, Artist! Make me shinier!"]]
Throughout the [[Transformer]]s multiverse are many Transformers who consider themselves family and refer to each other as such. The most common case is when two Transformers regard each other as siblings. Transformers even occasionally express familial relationships with non-Transformers.

Given that Transformers are not organic life and likely do not [[Reproduction|reproduce sexually]], the origin, distinction, and exact meaning of many of these terms is frequently unclear.

Notably, a lot of Japanese-originated continuities have significant amounts of sibling relationships.

==Possible explanations==
The [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' guide provides a partial possible answer. According to the guide, when a [[spark]] naturally splits as it's being introduced to a [[protoform]], it creates two robots who are "brothers", (or [[twin]]s), such as Sideswipe and Sunstreaker. When such a spark division is artificially induced, the less balanced and self-reliant pair created are referred to as [[Cloning|"clones"]]. (This definition of "brother" may or may not apply to [[Optimus Prime (RID)|RID Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Magnus]], whose brotherhood was said to result from the special circumstance of having been created simultaneously by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]]).

However, the "[[Beast Era]]" widened the issue of reproduction with [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] referring to his "great-aunt" [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and in general the practice of [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] referring to the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s as their respective "ancestors", as well as themselves as being their "descendants", implying a direct [[DNA|genetic]] (for want of a better term) lineage. Various sources of debatable [[canon]]icity suggest that [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] is specifically descended from [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], usually through the phrase "his ancestor Optimus Prime". In the absence of [[Reproduction#Sexual reproduction|sexual reproduction]], the use and meaning of these genealogical references is difficult to explain. One possible explanation might be a situation such as when [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] is brought to life. Her spark and protoform are heavily damaged, and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] allows some of his parts to be used as replacements while [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] guides the procedure. {{storylink|The Spark}} To compare to [[human]] procedures, this is something like assisting with childbirth and donating blood or organs. It seems unlikely that this happened enough to cause two large societies to consider themselves "descendants" of two other large ancient societies.

Other family designations exist as well. [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] has "parents" who were lost in his crash on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], according to [[The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson|some background material]]. The Mini-Con [[Twirl (MD)|Twirl]] very specifically calls [[Falcia]] her "mother" (which Falcia ''hates'') and seems to treat [[Redline]] like a father, since the two's spark frame energies went into constructing her [[Structure|physical form]]. {{storylink|Linkage Part 7}} In the ''Armada'' cartoon, [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] refers to [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] as his brother after Hot Shot saves his life, suggesting at least an understanding of the concept; on the other hand, the ''Armada'' cartoon is originally Japanese, and in [[Japan]], 'brother' and 'sister' can be used as terms of affection or respect to an unrelated person. The [[Unicron Trilogy]] universe has also used the term "cousin" for certain Transformers on occasion. The [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|''Victory'' manga]] from the Japanese Generation 1 era features Decepticon wives and children. Even the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]] features an [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] who are brothers, and it is mentioned in [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|the related Nintendo DS game]] that Megatron "took the spark" of their father.

The case of [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] from [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] is rare as they were originally human siblings before being converted into Transformers by [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}}{{storylink|The Birth of the Super Lifeforms}} Similar things happen to the case of [[Primus]] and [[Unicron]], who were originally astral being before they got trapped in planetoids and converted their "vessels" into planet-size Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}}

In the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity]], [[Getaway]] remarks that his proto-hatcher would have been proud of him for making the most wanted list. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2|The Age of Wrath #2}}

The [[2005 IDW continuity]] has [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] mentioning that his "''batch proto-initiator '''told''' me there'd be moments like this''...", when he was wondering if he should take the humans and investigate the bunker in Nebraska. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}} Later, [[Minimus Ambus]] described [[Dominus Ambus]] as his "spark-brother" and confirmed that they were members of the [[House|House of Ambus]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus|House of Ambus}}

In ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'', [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] mentions that [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]] is ''"his brother from another batch proto-initiator''..." {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notable siblings==
{{See also|Twin}}

===Generation 1 / Beast Era===
[[File:Rumble and frenzy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[FIRRIB|Can you guess which is which?]]]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Primus]] and [[Unicron]]
*[[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]]
*[[Blaster (G1)#Marvel Comics continuity|Blaster]], [[Karmen]], and [[Toaster]] in the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel UK continuity]]<ref>[http://www.transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=461 Letters Page to Marvel UK 310 at Transfans.co.uk]</ref>
*[[Blaster (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Blaster]] and [[Bluster]] in IDW continuity
*[[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]]
*[[Leadfoot (G2)|Hot Foot]] and [[Manta Ray (G2)|Piranha]]<ref name="G2annual">Crossword clues in the [[The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual]]</ref>
*[[Electro]] and [[Volt]]<ref name="G2annual"/>
*[[Gearhead]] and [[Greasepit (G2)|Greasepit]]
*[[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]], [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]], and an [[Roulette and Shadow Striker's sister|unnamed third sister]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]]. It might also be true for the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|(Japanese version of the cartoon continuity]]). {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] in the Dreamwave Generation One continuity
*[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]] in the IDW continuity<ref>"The Transformers" #7</ref>
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and [[Dinobot II]] were referred to as half brothers by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] because Dinobot contains part of Rampage's [[spark]]. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}}
*[[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] and the [[Cub]] are fission-brothers. Presumably, here "fission" refers to [[Reproduction#Budding|budding]].
*[[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]] and [[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]] are twin brothers in the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' continuity. {{storylink|A Team Effort}}
*[[Aquafend]] and [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] in ''Wings Universe''. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
*[[Springarm]], [[Wheelarch]], and [[Valve]]<ref>[[Macabre]]'s profile in the hardcover edition of ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''</ref>
*[[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack, Ruin]], and a third brother are triplets in IDW continuity. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}}
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Gravedigger]]
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]] and [[Blip]]<ref>[https://twitter.com/TheJohnBarber/status/282262789031075840 Tweet by John Barber]</ref>
*The [[Thirteen]] refer to each other as siblings and are all the creation of [[Primus]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]'' continuity
*Shockwave and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}
*[[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] and [[Stormclash]] {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}}
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] in the IDW continuity. {{storylink|The Transgressors}}
*[[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] and [[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] in the IDW continuity. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}
*[[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]] and [[Sceptre]] {{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}}
*[[Oiler]] and [[Slide]] in the IDW continuity. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}
*[[Minimus Ambus]] and [[Dominus Ambus]] in the IDW continuity.
*[[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] in the IDW continuity. {{storylink|Origin Myths}}
*[[Powerbomb]] and [[Dropshot (ROC)|Dropshot]] in ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]''. {{storylink|Derailment}}
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and [[Transmutate (BW)|Trans-Mutate]] in ''Beast Wars: Uprising''. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}
*[[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] and [[Ground Hog]] in ''[[Of Masters and Mayhem]]''.<ref>TFSS [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]] profile card</ref>
*[[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]].<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/collections/transformers/products/transformers-generations-war-for-cybertron-deluxe-wfc-e37-runamuck|Hasbro Pulse page for Runamuck]</ref>

;Japanese continuity

*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (via ''[[TV Magazine]]'' [[story page]])
*[[Decibel]] and [[Legout]]
*[[Shouki]] and [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Grand Maximus]]
*[[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]
*[[Leozack]] and [[Lyzack (Victory)|Lyzack]] in the ''Victory'' manga
*[[Sixliner]] and [[Sixtrain]]
*[[Clampdown (G1)|Clampdown]] and [[Deep Cover]]
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|BWII Galvatron]] and [[Megastorm]]
*[[DJ (BWII)|DJ]], [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]], and [[Gimlet]]

===Car Robots / Robots in Disguise===
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[X-Brawn]], [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], and [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] — the [[Autobot Brothers]]
*[[Gas Skunk]], [[Dark Scream]], and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (only in Japanese toy catalogs)

===Unicron Trilogy===
*[[Flashbang]] and [[Failsafe]]
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] (toy bios only)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Overcast (Energon)|Overcast]]
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] and [[Landquake (Energon)|Landquake]]
*[[Shockblast]] and [[Six Shot (Energon)|Six Shot]]
*[[Superion Maximus]] and [[Dauntless Maximus]]
*[[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]] and [[Offshoot (Energon)|Offshoot]]
*[[Hardtop (Cybertron)|Hardtop]] and [[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]]
*[[Undermine (Cybertron)|Undermine]] and [[Repugnus (Cybertron)|Repugnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] and [[Clench (Armada)|Clench]] might be brothers {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|Clench's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile}}
*[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]]

===Go-Bots===
*[[Racer-Bot ALPHA]] and [[Racer-Bot BETA]]

===Live-action film series===
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] mentions that [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (ROTF)|Sunstreaker]] are relatives and are "quite the pair".
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]], and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]]<ref>Internal to the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' film itself, both Chromia and Elita-1 are simply treated as components of Arcee instead of siblings.</ref>
*The original [[Dynasty of Primes|Prime]]s are referred to as brothers.<ref name="ROTFadapt">[[Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3]], [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen]]</ref>
*After [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] is killed, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] regretfully says to the body, "You left me no choice, brother."

'''Twins'''
*[[Tread]] and [[Trample]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] — [[The Twins]]
*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] and [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]]

===Transformers Animated===
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]
*[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] and [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] are both "brothers and friends".<ref>[https://archive.is/17zs0 Are Scrapper and Mixmaster brothers or friends? | Formspring]</ref>
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] and [[Pipes (Animated)|Pipes]]

===Shattered Glass===
*[[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]], [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]], and [[Stepper (SG)|Stepper]]
*[[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (SG)|Sunstreaker]]

===Prime===
*[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] and [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]]
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (Pop-Up)|Sunstreaker]]

==Parents and children==
===Generation 1 / Beast Era===
[[File:Yourmom.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Stampy, eat your roast carrot before it gets chilled."]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] may have a mother.<ref>[[File:Optimusprime-mom.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Dear Son: Don't forget to close the fridge door.]]
In an advertisement for [[Pepsi Convoy]] that shows him in a refrigerator (along with [[Destron Pizza]]), a note attached to a nearby piece of tupperware reads:
:''Dear Convoy''
:''Warm it before you eat''
:''Mom''

:Although the ad itself is for Pepsi Convoy, he is a separate character, and it can be assumed that the note was left for Convoy/Optimus Prime himself.</ref>

*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]'s parents are mentioned in "[[The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson]]".
*[[Quickswitch]] is [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s son.<ref>Quickswitch's commercial</ref>
*Every member of the [[Dinoforce]] has [[Baby Dinoforce|children]] in the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|''Victory'' manga]].
*[[Speeder]] is the son of [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]].
*[[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] is the son of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (or so he claims and nobody questions him on it) in the [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity|''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity]].
*[[Lio Junior]] is the "son" of [[Lio Convoy]].<ref>Lio Junior was created by the influence of pure energy upon Lio Convoy’s [[Energon Matrix]].</ref>
*[[Kitte Shūshū]] and [[Z Grill]] <ref>[[Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter]]</ref> are [[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]]'s parents.
*[[Colada]]'s father is mentioned. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}
*[[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]]'s father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-...well, a LOT of his ancestors are mentioned. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}<ref>Most of the main Maximals in the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (manga)|''Beast Wars Neo'' manga]] have families because they spring from whole races of rabbits, cobras, giraffes, etc. They were evolved into Transformers from actual organic animals in this story.</ref>
*[[Jaguar]] is son of [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga continuity.
*[[Ma-Grrr]] is (presumably) the mother of [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]]. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
*[[Optimus Minor|Minor]] is the son of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)}}
*[[Buzz Saw (AOE)|Buzz Saw]] and [[Venin]] were the sons of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)}}
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] is the father of his [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassettes]] in ''[[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe]]''. {{storylink|Black Cybertron}}
*[[Big Convoy|Big Junior]] is the son of [[Blue Big Convoy]]. {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)}}

;Creators as parents
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] is ("more than almost like a") father to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] in the cartoon continuity.
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] is "father" to the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] in the cartoon continuity.<ref>Nosecone's line "Are...are you my father?" {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}</ref>
*The [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Navitas]] refers to [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] as "[[Caminus (Titan)|Caminus]]' sparkling". The term "sparkling" has been used in some parts of the [[fandom]] to refer to the idea of a Transformer child. This marks the first use of the term in official fiction; Windblade, like all Camiens, was born from the [[hot spot]] carried within her Titan. {{storylink|Race Against the Light}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] calls out his mother when he's about to be blasted. {{storylink|City}}
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] calls out his mother right before being pummeled into a planet by a moon wielding Primus. {{storylink|Titans}}

===Live-action film series===
*As was mentioned above, the live-action movie [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had a father, whom Megatron presumably killed.
*[[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] alleges that he has a mother and a father. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen}}
*[[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] has a father who never called him. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight}}

===Transformers Animated===
*In the Japanese dub of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Japanese release|Animated]]'' cartoon, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] frequently calls for his mother when he's in distress.

===Aligned===
*[[Scuzzard]]'s mama-bot told him not to play with his food, advice which he generally disregards. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}}

==Cousins==
===Shattered Glass===
*[[Crasher (SG)|Crasher]] and [[Blurr (SG)|Blurr]]

===Beast Era===
*[[Scuba]] and [[Ikard]]

===Unicron Trilogy===
*[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]
*[[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] and [[Zapmaster (Armada)|Zapmaster]]
*[[Bulkhead (Energon)|Bulkhead]] and [[Quickstrike (Energon)|Quickstrike]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] and [[Brushguard]]

===Aligned===
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], [[Toolbox]] and [[Cinch]]

==Other relatives==
===G1/Beast era===
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] and his descendant.<ref name="pred_dofp">See "Items of note" in ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]''</ref>
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] and his descendant.<ref name="pred_dofp" />
*[[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and his descendant.<ref name="pred_dofp" />
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] calls [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] his "great-aunt".<ref>Rattrap said "What in the name of my great-aunt [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is going on!?" This is an in-joke referring to [[Susan Blu]], who was not only voice director on ''Beast Wars'', but the voice of Arcee in the original ''Transformers'' cartoon series and [[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]] in the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}</ref>
*[[Scuba]] once mentioned his grandmother {{storylink|Galvatron Rampages}}

===2001 ''Robots in Disguise''===
*[[Hot Shot (RID)|Artfire]] and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]] are relatives.
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] may believe "[[Grandpa]]" is his Grandfather (both he and the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s actually seem to believe it's alive). {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}

===Animated===
*[[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] has a nephew.<ref>Who, if a real grenade was below Kup, would have been sent a box of his struts. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}</ref>

===Revenge of the Fallen===
*The original [[Dynasty of Primes|Prime]]s had descendants, including Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime.<ref name="ROTFadapt"/>

===Prime===
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] once considered [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] his brother.
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] mentioned [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] is related to her, or at least her "family" in the figurative sense of the word. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] is the twin to [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. It is described as a "Split Spark" leading to Dreadwing knowing of his brother's death.
*The [[Thirteen]] ended up leaving behind a few descendants, some of which forming certain of the many variations seen in the Cybertronian race. [[Shifter]]s like [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] are supposedly descended from [[Amalgamous Prime]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}} And [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] is implied to be a descendant of [[Prima]] due to possessing a "Primian" polarity. {{storylink|Transformers Vault}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
*[[Vector Prime]] considered [[Adaptus]] and [[Mortilus]] to be "uncles", although owing to the complex origins of the Thirteen he was most likely speaking metaphorically.

===Aligned===
*[[Medix (RB)|Medix]] has a large extended family, including [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] (uncle), [[Apax]] (great-aunt), [[Torquesteer]] (grandfather), and [[Wrench (RBA)|Wrench]] (second cousin). {{storylink|Tyrannosaurus Wrecked}}

==See also==
*[[Reproduction|Familial relationships]]

==Footnote==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/soundwaves/Issue032.jpg Transformers #32 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk - Soundwave says Transformers do not have relatives.]
*[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/soundwaves/Issue037.jpg Transformers #37 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk - Soundwave says Transformers do have relatives.]
*[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/soundwaves/Issue051.jpg Transformers #51 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk - Soundwave reiterates Transformers do have relatives.]

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Fever Dream

2020-11-11T10:12:19Z

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:''Fever Dream is a [[Decepticon]] [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]] from the [[Beast Wars: Uprising]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Fever Dream Derailment.jpg|thumb|275px|"Anyone can read the news to you. I promise to ''feel'' the news ''at'' you."]]

'''Fever Dream''' is the executive producer of [[Iacon Communication Service]], and he has big plans for it; plans to get the truth to the widest audience possible — the REAL truth, not the "truth" that the "fact-checkers" and "experts" want you to believe. What does it matter that the network's economic statistics came to him while he was recharging, or that their reports on the benevolence of the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] and the routing of the [[Resistance]] don't line up with what people see out of their windows? It's his duty to get his vision to the people, regardless of [[Rook (Universe)|his staff]]'s objections.

Prior to being hard-wired into the [[Verity Tower]], Fever Dream was a [[Triple Changer]] with jet and tank [[alternate mode]]s.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===

Fever Dream was in charge of Iacon Communications Services when the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] began. [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] came under siege from marauding [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s who assimilated their victims into more anti-sparked drones, including the [[Builder Assembly]] themselves. None of this mattered to Fever Dream, of course, since it wasn't true. As he saw it, everything was fine as the Micromaster 001st defended the [[High Pavilion]] and routed the [[Resistance]], all thanks to our friends, the Vehicons.

When his anchor, [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]], refused to get on board with the company line, Fever Dream considered replacing him to do the broadcast himself. After Rook countermanded his instructions ''on the air'', well, Fever Dream had to break in and assure the audience that everything was fine. This was slightly difficult to accomplish when our friends, the Vehicons, blasted into the studio and assimilated all of his staff during the broadcast, but Fever Dream persevered. Even as a [[Copter Drone]] plunged its fingers into Fever Dream's chest and released its nano-vector virus, the executive producer made sure the audience knew it was t-t-t-TERMINATE! {{storylink|Derailment}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[File:Platinum-edition-g1-blitzwing.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb|"Anybody who knows me knows that I'm no fan of dictionaries or reference books. They're elitist. Constantly telling us what is or isn't true, or what did or didn't happen."]]
*'''Decepticon Triple Changers''' (Platinum Edition, 2015)
**''Accessories'': "Gyro-Blaster Rifle", "Electron Scimitar", 3 [[concussion weapon|concussion missiles]]
{{note|''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Platinum|Blitzwing]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as Fever Dream.}}

:Part of a ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' two-pack with [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Platinum|Astrotrain]] released under the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' line, this reissue of Blitzwing features an unprecedented light brown and red color scheme. The exact inspiration for this deco is unknown, with the currently prevalent theory being that it's supposedly an homage to the ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Duocon]] [[Flywheels]]'s colors.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/PlatinumBlitzwing/blitzwing.htm More information on ''Platinum Edition'' Blitzwing at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*[[Jim Sorenson]] has implied that Fever Dream's slipshod approach to journalism was... "inspired" by infamous [[Fun Publications]] editor [[Pete Sinclair]],<ref>Comments by Jimsorenson on the [https://discord.gg/N99Bygq Transformers Wiki Discord server], [https://discordapp.com/channels/656241088826441729/656241089312718860/709121029821169736 May 10 2020] — "I do love me some <s>Pete</s> Fever Dream"/"This was known, no? Where I was drawing inspiration from?"</ref> along with elements of on-and-off antagonist of [[Spider-Man]], {{w|J. Jonah Jameson}}.

==See also==
*[[Star Dasher]]

==References==
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Marc Swint

2020-11-08T10:50:36Z

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[[File:Marc Swint.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Foo-pitying intensifies.]]

'''Marcellus "Marc" Swint''' (born [[June 18]], [[1987]]) is an American voice actor and engineer known by his online handle as "Th3Engineer" (In case you haven't guessed). He's known for his roles as Kiawe in the ''Pokémon Sun & Moon'' anime, Barclay in ''Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: Bandit Flower'', Necalli in ''[[Street Fighter II × Transformers|Street Fighter V]]'' (a game in which he was also part of the localization team), Block Man in ''Mega Man 11'', and Mason in ''Mass Effect: Paragon Lost''.

Outside of professional voice acting, Swint has an extensive career in "new media", both as an actor and producer. He created the opening sequence of ''Anime Abandon'', and built and maintains the website for ''Atop the Fourth Wall''. He's had many collaborations with TeamFourStar, creating the web-series ''Dieseldust'', providing the voices of Rude from ''Final Fantasy VII: Machinabridged'', The Captain and [[Travis Willingham|Willingham]] from ''Hellsing Ultimate Abridged'', the ''Dukes of Hazard''-esque narrator from ''Dragon Ball Z Abridged: Super Android 13'' and Hannes from the sole episode of ''Attack on Titan Abridged''.

==Roles==
===''Transformers: Cyberverse''===
*[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]]
*[[Raddus]]

===''Transformers: Battlegrounds''===
*Soundwave
*Brawler Male 2
*[[Offroad (Cyberverse)|Offroad]]

==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4761131/ Marc Swint on IMDB]
*[https://twitter.com/th3Engineer Marc Swint on Twitter]

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Female protester

2020-11-07T12:19:57Z

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:''The female protester is a Transformer from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTE35 Female Protester.jpg|thumb|"Not a female [[Rung]]"]]
The '''female protester''' wants to change the world.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
====The Functionist Universe====
In [[Functionist Universe|an alternate timeline]] and as [[Minimus Ambus]] returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after 2 million years, [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] greeted him and took him back to his and [[Dominus Ambus]]'s home. While talking to Rewind, Minimus was shown footage of a 'bot protesting against the [[Functionist Council]], looking very much like a female version of [[Rung (G1)|another bot]], hurling her [[Transformation cog|t-cog]] in protest of the Council's grip on Cybertronian society. She was soon killed by a [[Functionary]] for her insolence. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}

==Notes==
*In IDW continuity, female Transformers didn't exist on Cybertron 2 million years ago, or at all, until the introduction of [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. It's possible that the alternate Cybertron came into contact with the Cybertronian colonies much earlier than in the main continuity, or that she changed her appearance and/or gender expression as a form of protest against the Functionist Council's strict adherence to form and function. Alas, we'll probably never find out, since she died shortly after her first appearance.

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Female protester

2020-11-07T12:19:37Z

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{{noname-nickname}}
:''The female protester is a Transformer from the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTE35 Female Protester.jpg|thumb|"Not a female [[Rung]]" upright=1.6]]
The '''female protester''' wants to change the world.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
====The Functionist Universe====
In [[Functionist Universe|an alternate timeline]] and as [[Minimus Ambus]] returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after 2 million years, [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] greeted him and took him back to his and [[Dominus Ambus]]'s home. While talking to Rewind, Minimus was shown footage of a 'bot protesting against the [[Functionist Council]], looking very much like a female version of [[Rung (G1)|another bot]], hurling her [[Transformation cog|t-cog]] in protest of the Council's grip on Cybertronian society. She was soon killed by a [[Functionary]] for her insolence. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}}

==Notes==
*In IDW continuity, female Transformers didn't exist on Cybertron 2 million years ago, or at all, until the introduction of [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. It's possible that the alternate Cybertron came into contact with the Cybertronian colonies much earlier than in the main continuity, or that she changed her appearance and/or gender expression as a form of protest against the Functionist Council's strict adherence to form and function. Alas, we'll probably never find out, since she died shortly after her first appearance.

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Tarn (G1)

2020-11-07T09:06:44Z

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{{disambigm|Tarn (polity)|Glitch (disambiguation)}}
:''Tarn is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:MTMTE Tarn Alex Milne.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He kills you with culture... and also ''violence''.]]
'''Tarn''' is an eloquent [[Decepticon]]. He enjoys nothing more than playing beautiful [[The Empyrean Suite|music]] as he waxes poetic quoting ''[[Towards Peace]]'' and other philosophical works by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. He tends to indulge these pleasures at the same time he's using his specially modulated vocal processor to cause the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]'s latest transgressor's spark to self-destruct. The leader of the D.J.D., Tarn epitomizes the mentality of the team. He is beyond zealous in his devotion to Megatron's cause, going so far as to emboss the Decepticon [[insignia]] onto his own faceplate. No traitor, no coward is capable of escaping his team.

Despite appearances, Tarn is a mess of contradictions. Viewing himself as the central pillar of the D.J.D., he can be as brutally violent as any other Decepticon, but views himself as a bureaucrat and his team as his administration. He believes his actions are entirely justified, yet sometimes his thoughts are a constant stream of self-denigration. He works hard to run a tight but fair ship, and is not above taking in an open-minded, needy stray. On the other hand, for all his thoughts of sophistication and control, Tarn can go from affable to life-threatening at the least provocation. His addictive tendencies have led to him burning out his original [[transformation cog]] years ago, and his reliance on the power-enhancing [[Nucleon (substance)|Nuke]] can lead to his losing himself to the lust for violence. And have no doubt that while he may try and convince himself otherwise, Tarn is a truly sociopathic murderer. Ultimately whether Tarn is a monster or not is irrelevant. His utter devotion to the Decepticon cause means he will ensure the fear of Megatron is put into any that would consider abandoning their noble goals.

{{quote|If you want to break someone—mentally, physically, emotionally—wait until they're happy. Let them live and love and thrive. Once they recognize the value of a life well lived... THAT'S when you move in for the kill. Because you can't take anything from someone who has nothing to lose.|Tarn|"[[The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight]]" teaser}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{First|[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|''More than Meets the Eye'' #5]] (shadowy image); [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|#7]] (full appearance, as Tarn); [[Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|#10]] (as Glitch)}}

[[File:Ratchet glitch shadowplay.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Glitch is [[Wolverine (superhero)|the one with the claws]].]]
'''Damus''' was [[reproduction|forged]], born an exceptionally powerful [[Point One Percenter]] {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} and an [[Outlier (group)|outlier]] who possessed the ability to render non-sentient machinery inoperative by touching it, but with one drawback: the power hurt him every time he used it. Before the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Damus attended the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] where they possibly attempted to analyze his brain-wave patterns and kept his outlier status hidden from the [[Senate]] and [[Functionist Council]].

At some point, he crossed the [[Senate]] and was subjected to [[empurata]]: his hands and head replaced to mark him out as someone to shun. After that, to tie in with his power, he started to call himself '''Glitch'''. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] devised a plan to steal a bomb disguised as the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] from [[Nominus Prime]]'s corpse his [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Senator friend]] recruited Damus, [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] from the Academy to participate in the heist. Damus's part in the plan was to deactivate the deflector beams above the [[Primal Basilica]] and despite a slight hitch when Damus accidentally jammed Skids's grappling hook by touching his arm, the plan succeeded. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Following Shockwave's capture and brainwashing by the [[Senate]], the Outliers stuck with Orion Pax and aided him in defending a [[hot spot]] in [[Alyon]] from [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s forces. By this time Damus had gotten replacement hands and learned to use his power from a distance, utilizing it to break down [[Elite Guard]] vehicles from afar. With help from a group of time travelers from the ''[[Lost Light]]'' of the future, the group took down a weapons platform sent to irradiate the hot spot's [[spark]]s, then had their memories of the travelers wiped by [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]].

[[File:PermanentRevolution-Backwards.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Keith David|"And what would you have your Justice Division do?"]]]]

During the whole affair, Orion Pax recommended reading Megatron's treatises around Glitch: "powerful stuff," he said. Considering Megatron's stated reasons for converting him to the Decepticon cause, we can only assume that he listened a little too well. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

Exactly how and when Damus joined the Decepticons is unknown, but Megatron would later claim he had deliberately "corrupted" Tarn to hurt ''someone'' and prove a point. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|Your Fierce Tears}} Damus joined early enough to be at the beginning of Megatron's march across Cybertron. Rebuilt under the supervision of [[Lobe]], {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} Damus's power and endurance was considered by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] to put him on the same level as a [[Phase Sixer]]. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} His mask was taken as a sign of Decepticon supremacy but, at least so he told himself, it was really so nobody would notice when he closed his eyes around Decepticon brutality. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} In one particular battle during the war, Damus tussled with [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

[[File:SpeakMemory2-results.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"How's it hanging? ... Oh... oh. That dude is ''really'' hanging there. My bad." "Stop it, you uncultured mech. You came here to report, not make puns."]]

Damus became commandant of [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore prison]], where he became associated with "[[The Empyrean Suite]]", playing it at maximum volume to drown out the screams of the prisoners he executed via smelting. {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} In this, he was trying to deliberately bastardize a song composed by [[Eucryphia]] to celebrate [[Prima]] and the [[Citadel of Light]]. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} One of his prisoners, soon after the prison's smelting chamber had malfunctioned, was his old comrade Skids. Damus bargained with Skids to fix it, telling him it was a "teleport chamber" and fifty prisoners would be released from Grindcore for this, and was able to con Skids into thinking that he could be trusted. Skids was relaxed enough around Damus to take praise genuinely and push for more freed prisoners later.

In the end, Damus sent all fifty prisoners to the "teleporation chamber" and cruelly forced Skids to watch as it was used to execute a group of prisoners, including Skids's cellmate [[Quark]], melting them down into raw materials for use in the creation of [[M.T.O.]]s. Damus deliberately used the event to cripple Skids' religious faith. {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} {{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}}

After Damus became leader of the D.J.D. as "Tarn" (and would never again use his old name), his powers developed to the point where he could shut down sentient machines using his voice alone. Under him, the group became ''very'' focused on paperwork: the [[Decepticon Empire]] required good administration, in his view. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} When [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], who had briefly defected to the Decepticons, {{storylink|Animals}} {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Grimlock profile}} returned to the Autobot ranks, Megatron was so incensed by the betrayal that he ordered the DJD to bump the Dynobot leader up to the top of the list. In a subsequent battle against Grimlock, Tarn had his face badly mangled by his opponent. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}}

Some two hundred years ago, Tarn was present at Megatron's current command center when [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] returned from a botched mission on [[Xetaxxis]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

[[File:LL14-tarn-unmasked.jpg|thumb|There's an ironic joke about [[empurata]] in here if someone cares to find it.]]

Some time later, the DJD established a base on the world of [[Messatine]] in order to obtain the "Nuke" superfuel there. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} Tarn coerced [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]], head surgeon of the planet's Autobot medical facility [[Delphi]], into helping feed his addiction by supplying him with an ever-increasing number of transformation cogs from deceased patients, in exchange for the hospital being unmolested by his team. Pharma would eventually cut off Tarn's supply by orchestrating the facility's shutdown. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

In 2009, following the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Tarn led the D.J.D. to [[Garrus-9]] to find and eliminate his old teacher Shockwave, who was now the most wanted Decepticon on [[The List|the D.J.D's master hit list]]. After intercepting his vessel, however, they discovered that Shockwave had prepared for this eventuality by staffing his ship with crewmembers who were also on the list, in the hopes of bartering their lives for his. Tarn opted to ignore the offer, using his voice to slowly talk the old Senator to death, but Shockwave was able to blast the radio in time. When Shockwave's backup arrived in the form of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and the [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]], the DJD retreated. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}}

[[File:Tarn transforms MTMTE08.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|He's got friends on the other side.]]

Though the war formally ended in 2012, Tarn and his group refused to give up the cause—indeed, they would only deign to stand down when Megatron personally commanded it—and continued to hunt down those Decepticons that had betrayed the cause and hadn't yet returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} Informed by Decepticon spy [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] that high-priority target [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was aboard the starship ''[[Lost Light]]'', Tarn and the D.J.D. continued to work through their list of offenders as they waited for Brainstorm to drop the ship's shielding so they could pick up Overlord's signal. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} One such unfortunate was [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]], whom Tarn explosively finished off with his deadly voice, after which the team set course of the planet [[Clemency]] to hunt down Decepticon deserter [[Fulcrum]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} Arriving on Clemency, the team discovered a mysterious [[stasis pod|stasis tube]] awaiting them; when Tarn investigated, he found it contained a deranged, [[circuit speeder]]-enhanced [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], unleashed by Fulcrum and his new allies, the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]]. Tarn was soon able to subdue the brain-damaged [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]], but was then crushed beneath the foot of a [[Cybernought]] battle-mech that [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] had activated. Tarn recovered in time to hear Fulcrum deliver a speech to all assembled about Decepticon ideals before apparently committing suicide. At that point, [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]] detected Overlord's long-awaited signal, and Tarn ordered the D.J.D. to head out—but not before warning the surviving Scavengers that their names had now made it onto [[The List]]. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

Tracking Overlord's signal, the D.J.D. found the ''Lost Light''—which was, unbeknownst to Tarn and his team, actually one of ''two'' versions of the ship created by a malfunction of its [[quantum generator]]s—near the planet [[Ofsted XVII]]. Despite having promised Brainstorm they would not harm any of the crew, the discovery that the traitor [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] was aboard the ship them set the D.J.D. off, and after dealing with him, they set about murdering the rest of the ship. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} Tarn personally destroyed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]], and forced a large portion of the crew to transform before executing them, leaving their transformation cogs warm for location and harvesting. Eventually, Tarn removed a still-restrained and suicidal Overlord's head with a chainsaw, and the D.J.D. left the ship. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

[[File:ThePermanentRevolution-goingtowar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|'''Cause when push'' ''Comes to shove'' ''I will send a fully armed battalion'' ''To remind you of my love'' <s>for the cause</s>]]

Sometime during the months that followed, Kaon spontaneously began [[universal killswitch|writhing in agony]] right in front of Tarn, who tried to get his teammate to tell him what he could do to help, before the mysterious effect subsided. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Also during this time, the D.J.D. welcomed a new member—[[Nickel]], last survivor of a Cybertronian colony wiped out by the [[Black Block Consortia]]. At Nickel's insistence, they returned to Ofsted XVII to salvage the quantum engines from the derelict ''Lost Light''. They wound up arriving in the middle of a battle between the Consortia and the [[Galactic Council]], who teamed up against the Cybertronians. Under attack by both sides and faced with additional enemy reinforcements, Tarn was forced to retreat, leaving Vos and Kaon behind. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} Tarn eventually gifted Nickel a phone onto which he recorded a message she could use to paralyze people who were threatening her. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

The diminished D.J.D. returned to their duties, though Tarn began to weary of the work. After apprehending the [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]]-worshipping [[Blip]], Tarn was about to end his life using his voice, until Blip used his last words to demand that Tarn remove his mask. Affronted, Tarn allowed [[Helex (DJD)|Helex]] and [[Tesarus (DJD)|Tesarus]] to finish Blip instead, averting his gaze beneath his mask. Tarn subsequently ordered performance reviews for the team, and nearly came to blows with Tesarus when he implied that abandoning Vos and Kaon was not the Decepticon thing to do. Calming himself, Tarn explained that they were returning to Ofsted XVII again in order to recover their bodies, but was interrupted by Helex's announcement that Vos and Kaon had returned to the ship safe, sound, and with something unbelievable: a postwar edition of ''[[Towards Peace]]'' that revealed Megatron himself had defected from the Decepticons.

His world shattered by this discovery, Tarn had the D.J.D. return to Messatine, where he attempted to fatally overdose on Nuke. Finding even the sensation of dying disappointing, Tarn opened his eyes to see a distraught Nickel pressed against the glass of his fueling capsule. The sight of her triggered a revelation for Tarn: she was a 'bot who had experienced first-hand the threat the predominantly-organic universe posed to Cybertronians, and who had fully embraced the Decepticon cause despite living her life outside of the war. The cause, Tarn now realized, was bigger than any one 'bot—bigger than Megatron. Galvanized, Tarn set up a meeting with the rogue Decepticon warlord [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] aboard his stolen [[Warworld]]. Knowing full well he was on the D.J.D.'s list, Deathsaurus pre-emptively attacked Tarn upon his arrival, even deactivating his audio receptors to protect himself from Tarn's voice, but Tarn was able to communicate with him and his troops through [[inter-Decepticon radio]] and explained the reason for his presence: he wished them to ally with him, in return for their being taken off The List. Deathsaurus agreed on the condition that Tarn kill the rest of the D.J.D., which Tarn refused to do—which was the response Deathsaurus had been hoping for. With their alliance cemented, Tarn declared their new objective: kill the traitorous Megatron and all of his allies! {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}}

[[File:TarnAltMode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|I'm about to drop the hammer and dispense some indiscriminate justice!]]

The allied forces of Tarn and Deathsaurus proceeded to attack the [[Necroworld|Necrobot's world]], killing [[Mortilus|its sole inhabitant]] and using his machinery to broadcast a message that lured Megatron and all those aboard the ''Lost Light'' sympathetic to him down to the planet. When they arrived, the villains shot them down and cornered them in the Necrobot's fortress. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} As an act of indirect torture, Tarn had their forces pull back, warning Megatron and his comrades that they would return at sunset, leaving them to stew in their own fear. Returning to the ''[[Peaceful Tyranny]]'', Tarn spent the time showing off his collection of Megatron's writings to Deathsaurus, and discussing tactics with his men; he did not take Tesarus's concerns about the Necrobot's fortress's storm shield seriously, but the discussion was interrupted by a call on Tarn's personal communicator from Megatron himself. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}}

[[File:YourFierceTears-byebyekaon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Give me your...you know the drill.]]

Tarn agreed to a meeting with Megatron alone, whereupon his former leader agreed to surrender in exchange for the rest of the Autobots being allowed to go free. Saddened and disgusted to truly see with his own eyes how far his idol had fallen, Tarn beat him to within an inch of his life, and was just about to deliver the killing shot when [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] suddenly appeared, insisting that it was his right to end Megatron's life. Both refused to stand down, resulting in a bickering battle between the two that gave Megatron the chance to escape. Realizing their folly, Tarn and Overlord agreed to a truce, though Overlord continued to needle Tarn all the way back to the ''Peaceful Tyranny''. The final straw came when a distraught Kaon arrived with the news that the Autobots had kidnapped the D.J.D.'s [[Dominus Ambus|pet sparkeater]]; determined to cut out of both the hearts of himself and his men the compassion that he saw as Megatron's downfall, Tarn slew Kaon on the spot, tearing his head from his shoulders. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|Your Fierce Tears}}

At sundown, Tarn led the Decepticons in their attack, {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} playing "The Empyrean Suite" across the battlefield as battle commenced. He initially hung back with Deathsaurus, but joined the fight in earnest after a temporary power-up acquired by the Autobots wore off, ripping [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] clean in half. Unfortunately, that turned out to be just the thing to bring Megatron out onto the battlefield, cutting swathes through the Decepticon troops. Tarn surreptitiously ordered the D.J.D. to retreat, whilst demanding Deathsaurus's troops enact a suicidal assault on Megatron. When the ex-Decepticon's new fusion cannon was destroyed, he unexpectedly sunk to his knees in panicked defeat, and Tarn and Overlord moved to strike the final blow together. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}}

[[File:mtmte55 goodbye tarn.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|You will die alone. Unmourned. And unloved.]]
Their shots, however, were reflected by the sudden activation of a forcefield by Megatron. Whilst Overlord and Deathsaurus abandoned the planet, unwilling to waste their time and troops respectively on Megatron, Tarn and the other remaining members of the D.J.D. assaulted the forcefield until they could finally force their way in. Things went very badly wrong after that, as as soon as the D.J.D. were all inside Megatron rose to his feet and chided Tarn, ripping the D.J.D. leader's fusion cannon off in disgust. With dawning horror the D.J.D. realised everything was all according to Megatron's plan–after years of study, he had finally managed to interlink his systems with a black hole to harvest [[antimatter]], and he had no intention of letting any of them leave alive. With his former enforcers now trapped, Megatron tore through them with tendrils of antimatter, speaking their true names at the moments of their deaths. Tarn was saved for last, his mask ripped off as Megatron called him by his previous name: "Glitch". Tarn first begged for Megatron to be "reasonable", then tried fake bravado, just as many of his own victims had done... and with as little success.

Completing his denouncement of his former enforcer, Megatron informed Damus that "Everything you did was for nothing" and obliterated him with antimatter. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

Much later, when Nickel was on the verge of being killed by [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]], she used Tarn's voicemail message to paralyze the ex-Decepticon, allowing her and the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]] to escape. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}
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====The Functionist Universe====
[[File:This Machine Kills Fascists-Functionist Glitch.jpg|thumb|"There must always be a Megatron."]]
Glitch was amongst a group of [[Anti-Vocationist League]] members who attended a secret meeting beneath [[Nova Point]]. There, he listened to the universally-displaced Megatron speak about how to fight the [[Functionist Council]] for the goal of "peace through empathy". {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-9-Tarn.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6]]
Tarn was part of [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Bludgeon]]'s forces when they uncovered the [[Red Bucket]]. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}}

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===''TransTech''===
An [[Lowtech|Offworlder]] in [[Axiom Nexus]], Tarn was a judge of ''[[Cybertron's Got Talent]]'' in the wake of [[Ego (TransTech)|Ego]]'s death. Tarn enjoyed calling out sub-par transformations as part of his judging. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/14}}

===An Arcee Sort of Day===
After the Great War ended, Damus joined a [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] cult, warning a passing [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] that the world was ending. {{storylink|An Arcee Sort of Day}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Damus was enjoying a drug den when [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] kicked down the door and requested both calm and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s squad from the [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Tarn and the rest of the DJD pursued Black Shadow for taking bribes from the Autobots. The DJD found their target hiding on planet Clemency, and dispatched them with extreme prejudice as Tarn set course for their next assignment. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement}}
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==Merchandise==
===Flame Toys===
[[File:FlameToysTarn.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yay.]]
*'''Tarn''' (August [[2018]])
**''Accessories'': mask, 2 fusion cannons, 2 back cannons, clean mask (exclusive), 2 vocal effector cannons (exclusive)

:Produced by [[Flame Toys]] as part of their ''Kuro Kara Kuri'' line, Tarn is a detailed non-transforming action figure featuring [[die-cast]] parts and LEDs in his head, chest, and legs. He comes with two fusion cannons that can be mounted on his arm or combined into one giant handheld weapon, two guns that attach to his back and a removable mask. If purchased via D4toys.com, SEN-TI-DEN Hong Kong, or events attended by Flame Toys, he also includes an alternate mask without scars and two speakers that can replace the back guns.

*'''Tarn (Power Burst ver.)''' ([[July 26]], [[2019]])
:Debuted by Flame Toys at ACGHK 2019, "Tarn (Power Burst ver.)" is a chrome-plated redeco of the above figure, limited to 300 pieces: 200 at ACGHK 2019 and 100 at D4toys.com.
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==Notes==
[[File:Tarn BlackShadow RulesofDisengagement.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|"What are you gonna do, talk me to death?" "Yup"]]
[[File: Tfhero_tarn_lookalike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I don’t really see it, to be honest.]]
*[[Alex Milne]] said in a Facebook interview that his ideal voice for Tarn is [[Keith David]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/notes/transformers/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-vol-2-alex-milne-interview/395646703838863 Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye vol. 2 Alex Milne interview]</ref>
*Like all non-toy robot [[Kreon]]s in the ''Kre-O'' manga, Kreon Tarn is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts, but extensively "painted". He uses the [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]] helmet, the [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] arm-cannon, and some kind of setup to wear the Bludgeon treads on his back.
*For some time, the popular speculation among the readership of ''More than Meets the Eye'' was that Tarn had originally been [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]]. [[Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays#Other trivia|''More than Meets the Eye'' #36]] dropped a number of clues to further this theory before the actual revelation in [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|issue #55]], which revealed these to be nothing more than red herrings. James Roberts cheekily had Roller reveal himself as still alive and intact on the page right after Velocity asked who Tarn really was and just before the actual unmasking.
*Damus's city of origin was never revealed in fiction, but was stated by [[James Roberts]] to be... Tarn.<ref>James Roberts Q&A at TFNation 2017</ref>
*Tarn’s design bears a fairly strong resemblance to a piece of concept artwork for Transformers: Hero, or what would eventually be developed into ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]''. Alex Milne says he’s never seen it before,<ref> [https://twitter.com/markerguru/status/1204197465248931840 Twitter conversation with Alex Milne on 9 December, 2019]</ref> which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise; in a franchise that’s this big, and that’s been around this long, some ideas are good enough to be had twice.
*Not only does he wear the Decepticon insignia on his face, his entire torso appears designed to evoke it too.
*Damus's name is derived from {{w|Nostradamus}}, a historical figure tied to prophecy.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1058379500898140161 Twitter conversation with James Roberts on 2 November, 2018]</ref>
*The [[Perfect Decepticon|Perfect Decepticons]] in [[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Transformers: Cyberverse]] are designed to resemble Tarn.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Tarn''' (ターン ''Tān'')

==References==
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Tarn (G1)

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{{disambigm|Tarn (polity)|Glitch (disambiguation)}}
:''Tarn is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:MTMTE Tarn Alex Milne.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He kills you with culture... and also ''violence''.]]
'''Tarn''' is an eloquent [[Decepticon]]. He enjoys nothing more than playing beautiful [[The Empyrean Suite|music]] as he waxes poetic quoting ''[[Towards Peace]]'' and other philosophical works by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. He tends to indulge these pleasures at the same time he's using his specially modulated vocal processor to cause the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]'s latest transgressor's spark to self-destruct. The leader of the D.J.D., Tarn epitomizes the mentality of the team. He is beyond zealous in his devotion to Megatron's cause, going so far as to emboss the Decepticon [[insignia]] onto his own faceplate. No traitor, no coward is capable of escaping his team.

Despite appearances, Tarn is a mess of contradictions. Viewing himself as the central pillar of the D.J.D., he can be as brutally violent as any other Decepticon, but views himself as a bureaucrat and his team as his administration. He believes his actions are entirely justified, yet sometimes his thoughts are a constant stream of self-denigration. He works hard to run a tight but fair ship, and is not above taking in an open-minded, needy stray. On the other hand, for all his thoughts of sophistication and control, Tarn can go from affable to life-threatening at the least provocation. His addictive tendencies have led to him burning out his original [[transformation cog]] years ago, and his reliance on the power-enhancing [[Nucleon (substance)|Nuke]] can lead to his losing himself to the lust for violence. And have no doubt that while he may try and convince himself otherwise, Tarn is a truly sociopathic murderer. Ultimately whether Tarn is a monster or not is irrelevant. His utter devotion to the Decepticon cause means he will ensure the fear of Megatron is put into any that would consider abandoning their noble goals.

{{quote|If you want to break someone—mentally, physically, emotionally—wait until they're happy. Let them live and love and thrive. Once they recognize the value of a life well lived... THAT'S when you move in for the kill. Because you can't take anything from someone who has nothing to lose.|Tarn|"[[The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight]]" teaser}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{First|[[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|''More than Meets the Eye'' #5]] (shadowy image); [[Rules of Disengagement (issue)|#7]] (full appearance, as Tarn); [[Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|#10]] (as Glitch)}}

[[File:Ratchet glitch shadowplay.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Glitch is [[Wolverine (superhero)|the one with the claws]].]]
'''Damus''' was [[reproduction|forged]], born an exceptionally powerful [[Point One Percenter]] {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} and an [[Outlier (group)|outlier]] who possessed the ability to render non-sentient machinery inoperative by touching it, but with one drawback: the power hurt him every time he used it. Before the [[Great War (G1)|war]], Damus attended the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] where they possibly attempted to analyze his brain-wave patterns and kept his outlier status hidden from the [[Senate]] and [[Functionist Council]].

At some point, he crossed the [[Senate]] and was subjected to [[empurata]]: his hands and head replaced to mark him out as someone to shun. After that, to tie in with his power, he started to call himself '''Glitch'''. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] devised a plan to steal a bomb disguised as the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] from [[Nominus Prime]]'s corpse his [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Senator friend]] recruited Damus, [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] from the Academy to participate in the heist. Damus's part in the plan was to deactivate the deflector beams above the [[Primal Basilica]] and despite a slight hitch when Damus accidentally jammed Skids's grappling hook by touching his arm, the plan succeeded. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

Following Shockwave's capture and brainwashing by the [[Senate]], the Outliers stuck with Orion Pax and aided him in defending a [[hot spot]] in [[Alyon]] from [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s forces. By this time Damus had gotten replacement hands and learned to use his power from a distance, utilizing it to break down [[Elite Guard]] vehicles from afar. With help from a group of time travelers from the ''[[Lost Light]]'' of the future, the group took down a weapons platform sent to irradiate the hot spot's [[spark]]s, then had their memories of the travelers wiped by [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]].

[[File:PermanentRevolution-Backwards.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Keith David|"And what would you have your Justice Division do?"]]]]

During the whole affair, Orion Pax recommended reading Megatron's treatises around Glitch: "powerful stuff," he said. Considering Megatron's stated reasons for converting him to the Decepticon cause, we can only assume that he listened a little too well. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

Exactly how and when Damus joined the Decepticons is unknown, but Megatron would later claim he had deliberately "corrupted" Tarn to hurt ''someone'' and prove a point. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|Your Fierce Tears}} Damus joined early enough to be at the beginning of Megatron's march across Cybertron. Rebuilt under the supervision of [[Lobe]], {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} Damus's power and endurance was considered by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] to put him on the same level as a [[Phase Sixer]]. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} His mask was taken as a sign of Decepticon supremacy but, at least so he told himself, it was really so nobody would notice when he closed his eyes around Decepticon brutality. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} In one particular battle during the war, Damus tussled with [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

[[File:SpeakMemory2-results.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"How's it hanging? ... Oh... oh. That dude is ''really'' hanging there. My bad." "Stop it, you uncultured mech. You came here to report, not make puns."]]

Damus became commandant of [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore prison]], where he became associated with "[[The Empyrean Suite]]", playing it at maximum volume to drown out the screams of the prisoners he executed via smelting. {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} In this, he was trying to deliberately bastardize a song composed by [[Eucryphia]] to celebrate [[Prima]] and the [[Citadel of Light]]. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} One of his prisoners, soon after the prison's smelting chamber had malfunctioned, was his old comrade Skids. Damus bargained with Skids to fix it, telling him it was a "teleport chamber" and fifty prisoners would be released from Grindcore for this, and was able to con Skids into thinking that he could be trusted. Skids was relaxed enough around Damus to take praise genuinely and push for more freed prisoners later.

In the end, Damus sent all fifty prisoners to the "teleporation chamber" and cruelly forced Skids to watch as it was used to execute a group of prisoners, including Skids's cellmate [[Quark]], melting them down into raw materials for use in the creation of [[M.T.O.]]s. Damus deliberately used the event to cripple Skids' religious faith. {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}} {{storylink|Speak, Memory! (Part 2)}}

After Damus became leader of the D.J.D. as "Tarn" (and would never again use his old name), his powers developed to the point where he could shut down sentient machines using his voice alone. Under him, the group became ''very'' focused on paperwork: the [[Decepticon Empire]] required good administration, in his view. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} When [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], who had briefly defected to the Decepticons, {{storylink|Animals}} {{storylink|Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook issue 2|Grimlock profile}} returned to the Autobot ranks, Megatron was so incensed by the betrayal that he ordered the DJD to bump the Dynobot leader up to the top of the list. In a subsequent battle against Grimlock, Tarn had his face badly mangled by his opponent. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}}

Some two hundred years ago, Tarn was present at Megatron's current command center when [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] returned from a botched mission on [[Xetaxxis]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

[[File:LL14-tarn-unmasked.jpg|thumb|There's an ironic joke about [[empurata]] in here if someone cares to find it.]]

Some time later, the DJD established a base on the world of [[Messatine]] in order to obtain the "Nuke" superfuel there. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} Tarn coerced [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]], head surgeon of the planet's Autobot medical facility [[Delphi]], into helping feed his addiction by supplying him with an ever-increasing number of transformation cogs from deceased patients, in exchange for the hospital being unmolested by his team. Pharma would eventually cut off Tarn's supply by orchestrating the facility's shutdown. {{storylink|How Ratchet Got His Hands Back}}

In 2009, following the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], Tarn led the D.J.D. to [[Garrus-9]] to find and eliminate his old teacher Shockwave, who was now the most wanted Decepticon on [[The List|the D.J.D's master hit list]]. After intercepting his vessel, however, they discovered that Shockwave had prepared for this eventuality by staffing his ship with crewmembers who were also on the list, in the hopes of bartering their lives for his. Tarn opted to ignore the offer, using his voice to slowly talk the old Senator to death, but Shockwave was able to blast the radio in time. When Shockwave's backup arrived in the form of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and the [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor Six]], the DJD retreated. {{storylink|The Ties That Bind (issue)|The Ties That Bind}}

[[File:Tarn transforms MTMTE08.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|He's got friends on the other side.]]

Though the war formally ended in 2012, Tarn and his group refused to give up the cause—indeed, they would only deign to stand down when Megatron personally commanded it—and continued to hunt down those Decepticons that had betrayed the cause and hadn't yet returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}} Informed by Decepticon spy [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] that high-priority target [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was aboard the starship ''[[Lost Light]]'', Tarn and the D.J.D. continued to work through their list of offenders as they waited for Brainstorm to drop the ship's shielding so they could pick up Overlord's signal. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} One such unfortunate was [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]], whom Tarn explosively finished off with his deadly voice, after which the team set course of the planet [[Clemency]] to hunt down Decepticon deserter [[Fulcrum]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} Arriving on Clemency, the team discovered a mysterious [[stasis pod|stasis tube]] awaiting them; when Tarn investigated, he found it contained a deranged, [[circuit speeder]]-enhanced [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], unleashed by Fulcrum and his new allies, the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]]. Tarn was soon able to subdue the brain-damaged [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]], but was then crushed beneath the foot of a [[Cybernought]] battle-mech that [[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] had activated. Tarn recovered in time to hear Fulcrum deliver a speech to all assembled about Decepticon ideals before apparently committing suicide. At that point, [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]] detected Overlord's long-awaited signal, and Tarn ordered the D.J.D. to head out—but not before warning the surviving Scavengers that their names had now made it onto [[The List]]. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

Tracking Overlord's signal, the D.J.D. found the ''Lost Light''—which was, unbeknownst to Tarn and his team, actually one of ''two'' versions of the ship created by a malfunction of its [[quantum generator]]s—near the planet [[Ofsted XVII]]. Despite having promised Brainstorm they would not harm any of the crew, the discovery that the traitor [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] was aboard the ship them set the D.J.D. off, and after dealing with him, they set about murdering the rest of the ship. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} Tarn personally destroyed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], and [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]], and forced a large portion of the crew to transform before executing them, leaving their transformation cogs warm for location and harvesting. Eventually, Tarn removed a still-restrained and suicidal Overlord's head with a chainsaw, and the D.J.D. left the ship. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} {{storylink|slaughterhouse Part 2: The Road Not Taken|The Road Not Taken}}

[[File:ThePermanentRevolution-goingtowar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|'''Cause when push'' ''Comes to shove'' ''I will send a fully armed battalion'' ''To remind you of my love'' <s>for the cause</s>]]

Sometime during the months that followed, Kaon spontaneously began [[universal killswitch|writhing in agony]] right in front of Tarn, who tried to get his teammate to tell him what he could do to help, before the mysterious effect subsided. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} Also during this time, the D.J.D. welcomed a new member—[[Nickel]], last survivor of a Cybertronian colony wiped out by the [[Black Block Consortia]]. At Nickel's insistence, they returned to Ofsted XVII to salvage the quantum engines from the derelict ''Lost Light''. They wound up arriving in the middle of a battle between the Consortia and the [[Galactic Council]], who teamed up against the Cybertronians. Under attack by both sides and faced with additional enemy reinforcements, Tarn was forced to retreat, leaving Vos and Kaon behind. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}} Tarn eventually gifted Nickel a phone onto which he recorded a message she could use to paralyze people who were threatening her. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}

The diminished D.J.D. returned to their duties, though Tarn began to weary of the work. After apprehending the [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]]-worshipping [[Blip]], Tarn was about to end his life using his voice, until Blip used his last words to demand that Tarn remove his mask. Affronted, Tarn allowed [[Helex (DJD)|Helex]] and [[Tesarus (DJD)|Tesarus]] to finish Blip instead, averting his gaze beneath his mask. Tarn subsequently ordered performance reviews for the team, and nearly came to blows with Tesarus when he implied that abandoning Vos and Kaon was not the Decepticon thing to do. Calming himself, Tarn explained that they were returning to Ofsted XVII again in order to recover their bodies, but was interrupted by Helex's announcement that Vos and Kaon had returned to the ship safe, sound, and with something unbelievable: a postwar edition of ''[[Towards Peace]]'' that revealed Megatron himself had defected from the Decepticons.

His world shattered by this discovery, Tarn had the D.J.D. return to Messatine, where he attempted to fatally overdose on Nuke. Finding even the sensation of dying disappointing, Tarn opened his eyes to see a distraught Nickel pressed against the glass of his fueling capsule. The sight of her triggered a revelation for Tarn: she was a 'bot who had experienced first-hand the threat the predominantly-organic universe posed to Cybertronians, and who had fully embraced the Decepticon cause despite living her life outside of the war. The cause, Tarn now realized, was bigger than any one 'bot—bigger than Megatron. Galvanized, Tarn set up a meeting with the rogue Decepticon warlord [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] aboard his stolen [[Warworld]]. Knowing full well he was on the D.J.D.'s list, Deathsaurus pre-emptively attacked Tarn upon his arrival, even deactivating his audio receptors to protect himself from Tarn's voice, but Tarn was able to communicate with him and his troops through [[inter-Decepticon radio]] and explained the reason for his presence: he wished them to ally with him, in return for their being taken off The List. Deathsaurus agreed on the condition that Tarn kill the rest of the D.J.D., which Tarn refused to do—which was the response Deathsaurus had been hoping for. With their alliance cemented, Tarn declared their new objective: kill the traitorous Megatron and all of his allies! {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}}

[[File:TarnAltMode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|I'm about to drop the hammer and dispense some indiscriminate justice!]]

The allied forces of Tarn and Deathsaurus proceeded to attack the [[Necroworld|Necrobot's world]], killing [[Mortilus|its sole inhabitant]] and using his machinery to broadcast a message that lured Megatron and all those aboard the ''Lost Light'' sympathetic to him down to the planet. When they arrived, the villains shot them down and cornered them in the Necrobot's fortress. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} As an act of indirect torture, Tarn had their forces pull back, warning Megatron and his comrades that they would return at sunset, leaving them to stew in their own fear. Returning to the ''[[Peaceful Tyranny]]'', Tarn spent the time showing off his collection of Megatron's writings to Deathsaurus, and discussing tactics with his men; he did not take Tesarus's concerns about the Necrobot's fortress's storm shield seriously, but the discussion was interrupted by a call on Tarn's personal communicator from Megatron himself. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 2: The Sun in Flight|The Sun in Flight}}

[[File:YourFierceTears-byebyekaon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Give me your...you know the drill.]]

Tarn agreed to a meeting with Megatron alone, whereupon his former leader agreed to surrender in exchange for the rest of the Autobots being allowed to go free. Saddened and disgusted to truly see with his own eyes how far his idol had fallen, Tarn beat him to within an inch of his life, and was just about to deliver the killing shot when [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] suddenly appeared, insisting that it was his right to end Megatron's life. Both refused to stand down, resulting in a bickering battle between the two that gave Megatron the chance to escape. Realizing their folly, Tarn and Overlord agreed to a truce, though Overlord continued to needle Tarn all the way back to the ''Peaceful Tyranny''. The final straw came when a distraught Kaon arrived with the news that the Autobots had kidnapped the D.J.D.'s [[Dominus Ambus|pet sparkeater]]; determined to cut out of both the hearts of himself and his men the compassion that he saw as Megatron's downfall, Tarn slew Kaon on the spot, tearing his head from his shoulders. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 3: Your Fierce Tears|Your Fierce Tears}}

At sundown, Tarn led the Decepticons in their attack, {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} playing "The Empyrean Suite" across the battlefield as battle commenced. He initially hung back with Deathsaurus, but joined the fight in earnest after a temporary power-up acquired by the Autobots wore off, ripping [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] clean in half. Unfortunately, that turned out to be just the thing to bring Megatron out onto the battlefield, cutting swathes through the Decepticon troops. Tarn surreptitiously ordered the D.J.D. to retreat, whilst demanding Deathsaurus's troops enact a suicidal assault on Megatron. When the ex-Decepticon's new fusion cannon was destroyed, he unexpectedly sunk to his knees in panicked defeat, and Tarn and Overlord moved to strike the final blow together. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}}

[[File:mtmte55 goodbye tarn.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|You will die alone. Unmourned. And unloved.]]
Their shots, however, were reflected by the sudden activation of a forcefield by Megatron. Whilst Overlord and Deathsaurus abandoned the planet, unwilling to waste their time and troops respectively on Megatron, Tarn and the other remaining members of the D.J.D. assaulted the forcefield until they could finally force their way in. Things went very badly wrong after that, as as soon as the D.J.D. were all inside Megatron rose to his feet and chided Tarn, ripping the D.J.D. leader's fusion cannon off in disgust. With dawning horror the D.J.D. realised everything was all according to Megatron's plan–after years of study, he had finally managed to interlink his systems with a black hole to harvest [[antimatter]], and he had no intention of letting any of them leave alive. With his former enforcers now trapped, Megatron tore through them with tendrils of antimatter, speaking their true names at the moments of their deaths. Tarn was saved for last, his mask ripped off as Megatron called him by his previous name: "Glitch". Tarn first begged for Megatron to be "reasonable", then tried fake bravado, just as many of his own victims had done... and with as little success.

Completing his denouncement of his former enforcer, Megatron informed Damus that "Everything you did was for nothing" and obliterated him with antimatter. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

Much later, when Nickel was on the verge of being killed by [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]], she used Tarn's voicemail message to paralyze the ex-Decepticon, allowing her and the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]] to escape. {{storylink|Kill All 'Cons}}
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====The Functionist Universe====
[[File:This Machine Kills Fascists-Functionist Glitch.jpg|thumb|"There must always be a Megatron."]]
Glitch was amongst a group of [[Anti-Vocationist League]] members who attended a secret meeting beneath [[Nova Point]]. There, he listened to the universally-displaced Megatron speak about how to fight the [[Functionist Council]] for the goal of "peace through empathy". {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-9-Tarn.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6]]
Tarn was part of [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Bludgeon]]'s forces when they uncovered the [[Red Bucket]]. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}}

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===''TransTech''===
An [[Lowtech|Offworlder]] in [[Axiom Nexus]], Tarn was a judge of ''[[Cybertron's Got Talent]]'' in the wake of [[Ego (TransTech)|Ego]]'s death. Tarn enjoyed calling out sub-par transformations as part of his judging. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/14}}

===An Arcee Sort of Day===
After the Great War ended, Damus joined a [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] cult, warning a passing [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] that the world was ending. {{storylink|An Arcee Sort of Day}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Damus was enjoying a drug den when [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] kicked down the door and requested both calm and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s squad from the [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Tarn and the rest of the DJD pursued Black Shadow for taking bribes from the Autobots. The DJD found their target hiding on planet Clemency, and dispatched them with extreme prejudice as Tarn set course for their next assignment. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (Legends)|Rules of Disengagement}}
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==Merchandise==
===Flame Toys===
[[File:FlameToysTarn.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yay.]]
*'''Tarn''' (August [[2018]])
**''Accessories'': mask, 2 fusion cannons, 2 back cannons, clean mask (exclusive), 2 vocal effector cannons (exclusive)

:Produced by [[Flame Toys]] as part of their ''Kuro Kara Kuri'' line, Tarn is a detailed non-transforming action figure featuring [[die-cast]] parts and LEDs in his head, chest, and legs. He comes with two fusion cannons that can be mounted on his arm or combined into one giant handheld weapon, two guns that attach to his back and a removable mask. If purchased via D4toys.com, SEN-TI-DEN Hong Kong, or events attended by Flame Toys, he also includes an alternate mask without scars and two speakers that can replace the back guns.

*'''Tarn (Power Burst ver.)''' ([[July 26]], [[2019]])
:Debuted by Flame Toys at ACGHK 2019, "Tarn (Power Burst ver.)" is a chrome-plated redeco of the above figure, limited to 300 pieces: 200 at ACGHK 2019 and 100 at D4toys.com.
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==Notes==
[[File:Tarn BlackShadow RulesofDisengagement.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|"What are you gonna do, talk me to death?" "Yup"]]
[[File: Tfhero_tarn_lookalike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I don’t really see it, to be honest.]]
*[[Alex Milne]] said in a Facebook interview that his ideal voice for Tarn is [[Keith David]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/notes/transformers/transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye-vol-2-alex-milne-interview/395646703838863 Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye vol. 2 Alex Milne interview]</ref>
*Like all non-toy robot [[Kreon]]s in the ''Kre-O'' manga, Kreon Tarn is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts, but extensively "painted". He uses the [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]] helmet, the [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] arm-cannon, and some kind of setup to wear the Bludgeon treads on his back.
*For some time, the popular speculation among the readership of ''More than Meets the Eye'' was that Tarn had originally been [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]]. [[Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays#Other trivia|''More than Meets the Eye'' #36]] dropped a number of clues to further this theory before the actual revelation in [[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|issue #55]], which revealed these to be nothing more than red herrings. James Roberts cheekily had Roller reveal himself as still alive and intact on the page right after Velocity asked who Tarn really was and just before the actual unmasking.
*Damus's city of origin was never revealed in fiction, but was stated by [[James Roberts]] to be... Tarn.<ref>James Roberts Q&A at TFNation 2017</ref>
*Tarn’s design bears a fairly strong resemblance to a piece of concept artwork for Transformers: Hero, or what would eventually be developed into ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]''. Alex Milne says he’s never seen it before,<ref> [https://twitter.com/markerguru/status/1204197465248931840 Twitter conversation with Alex Milne on 9 December, 2019]</ref> which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise; in a franchise that’s this big, and that’s been around this long, some ideas are good enough to be had twice.
*Not only does he wear the Decepticon insignia on his face, his entire torso appears designed to evoke it too.
*Damus's name is derived from {{w|Nostradamus}}, a historical figure tied to prophecy.<ref>[https://twitter.com/jroberts332/status/1058379500898140161 Twitter conversation with James Roberts on 2 November, 2018]</ref>
*The [[Perfect Decepticon|Perfect Decepticons]] in [[Transformers Cyberverse]] are designed to resemble Tarn.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Tarn''' (ターン ''Tān'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Anti-Vocationist League]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Point One Percenters]]
[[Category:TransTech Decepticons]]

Kup (Cyberverse)

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{{disambig3|Kup}}
:''Kup is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Kup-Cyberverse-Boulder-robot mode.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Where's my [[cy-gar]]?]]

'''Kup''' is a veteran Autobot soldier who's seen it all and knows how to tell a great story about it. Some could say he has maybe seen a little ''too'' much, given how there are plenty of things he feels he's getting too old for...

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==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Battle for Cybertron 2 - Kup robot mode.jpg|thumb|200px|right|"Metal heals, pain is temporary and scrapes look good""]]
{{voiceactor|[[Mike Rose]] (English)}}
During the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' crew's search for the [[AllSpark|Allspark]], Kup was among the Autobots who stayed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to fight off [[Decepticon]] forces. Upon their return with the artifact, he assisted them in their battle to restore the planet, during which he took down a [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] in jet mode with his bare hands before groaning how he was getting too old for this warfare. He was suddenly assaulted by [[Lockdown (Cyberverse)|Lockdown]] only to be saved by [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] was won in the Autobots' favor, Kup was among the Transformers imprisoned by the [[Quintesson]]s in the Loop, which made him relive the same five minutes of a parade over and over. {{storylink|The Loop}} {{storylink|The Sleeper}} Kup was eventually freed from the simulation alongside the other Autobots thanks to the Cybertronian resistance, who got them to transform when they unleashed [[Air Hammer (Cyberverse)|Air Hammer]]s into the Loop. {{storylink|The Scientist}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Alliance}} {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe II}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe III}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}} {{storylink|The Other One}}}}

==Toys==
==="Cyberverse"===
{{anchor|Tiny Turbo changers}}
*'''Kup''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2020)
**''Series'': '''4'''
**''Bag code'': '''?'''
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==Notes==
* Kup's design is based off his Generation 1 [[Kup (G1)|counterpart]]'s first ''[[Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Kup (G1)/toys#Generations|toy]] with minor stylistic tweaks based off his ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Kup (G1)/toys#Titans Return|toy]].
* Kup's concept art (shown above) depicts him with heavily shadowed cheekbones resembling wrinkles, which seems to have been misinterpreted as a thick black streak running across his jowls by the animators.

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Cyberverse Autobots]]
[[Category:Elderly Transformers]]

Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)

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{{disambig2|the 2018 toyline based on the animated series|the 2011 cross-series toy gimmick system|Cyberverse (toyline)}}
{{nav-cyberverse}}
[[File:Cyberverse overview small.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Who said that [[scale]] was a thing?]]
The '''''Transformers: Cyberverse''''' toyline continues the trend set by ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' of targeting the young demographic lying between the preschool and preteen audiences.

Announced in time for New York [[Toy Fair 2018]], ''Cyberverse'' brought with it the line-wide "Action Attack" [[gimmick]], with figures from most assortments including a unique "attacking" play feature. Starting in [[2019]], the toyline entered a new [[subline imprint]], '''''Power of the Spark''''', reflecting the second chapter of the television show. While the "Action Attack" subline continued under this, the new "Spark Armor" line-wide gimmick was added, involving accessory vehicles that could split apart into armor. ''Cyberverse'' also received a second, more ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''-esque subline of figures featuring [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] details and accessories, more complex transformations, and better [[articulation]]. The first wave also included pieces for a [[Maccadam]] build-a-bot figure.

The "Action Attack" line also reintroduces a line-wide [[size class]] naming system, following ''Robots in Disguise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s erratic mix of designations, with the one exception being the returning 1-Step Changers. Whilst Warrior Class remains similar to its ''Robots in Disguise'' counterpart, the new Scout, Ultra, and Ultimate Classes bear little correlation to previous assortments with those names, beyond relative sizing.

The ''Power of the Spark'' subline imprint introduces two completely new price points that utilize the "Spark Armor" gimmick at varying sizes, namely the Battle Class and Elite Class, along with the large 12 inch Optimus Prime with "Ark Power".

The ''Battle for Cybertron''/''Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures'' subline imprint also revamped Ultra and Ultimate Class figures, featuring similarly sized figures with flip-up energon armor and accompanying weapons, along with various toys (often retools of older Warrior Class figures) labeled with a "Cybertronian Mode." The Deluxe Class figures were released under this subline imprint.

The ''Battle Call'' subline imprint sees the introduction of "Officer" and "Trooper Class" figures making use of voice-activated commands, though while all figures feature Energon armor, only the Officer class figures armor up by voice command.

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==Toys==
===Action Attack===
====Scout Class====
While a similar size to previous Scout assortments, these figures possess the unique quirk of having only partial transformations, converting into hybrid robot/alt-mode forms in which their Action Attack gimmicks are activated as the final transformation step. Due to their simplicity, some figures' Action Attacks can also be activated in robot mode.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Slipstream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Windblade (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Windblade]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Shadow Striker]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#2019ScoutClass|Optimus Prime]] (retool)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scraplet#Cyberverse|Scraplet]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Scout-Class-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|Scout Class Bumblebee]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Ramjet (Cyberverse)#Toys|Ramjet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dead End (Cyberverse)#Toys|Dead End]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#POTSScout|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#Scout|Wheeljack]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#StealthForce|Stealth Force Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{Note|Officially, the second Bumblebee figure was slated to debut in a second wave of ''Power of the Spark''-branded Scout Class figures. However, that wave was ultimately never released, leaving a gap in the official wave numbering, and Bumblebee instead debuted in the wave that also included Wheeljack, in ''Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures''-branded packaging.}}

====1-Step Changers====
Initially, this assortment was essentially unchanged from previous toylines, even reusing ''Robots in Disguise'' molds for the entire first wave, but beginning with wave 3 (the first wave of 2019 product), the assortment introduced Action Attacks. These typically activate only in robot mode, but some (mostly those that fire projectiles) can also work in alt-mode.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blurr (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Blurr]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Bumblebee]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#1Step2ndMold|Megatron]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#1Step2ndMold|Optimus Prime]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Prowl]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Wheeljack]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Cyberverse-2018-1-Step-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|250px|1-Step Changer Soundwave]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Sky-Byte]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (Cyberverse)#Toys|Autobot Jazz]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bludgeon (Cyberverse)#Toys|Bludgeon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Autobot Whirl]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Repugnus (Cyberverse)#Toys|Repugnus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#|Stealth Force Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Megatron]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Toys|Autobot Ratchet]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 10''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron X (Cyberverse)#Toys|Megatron X]]}}
</ul>
|}

====Warrior Class====
''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class figures are broadly similar to the ''Robots in Disguise'' assortment of the same name, although they exhibit a greater willingness to forgo points of articulation which aren't required for transformation. Their Action Attacks are activated in robot mode, although some figures can also activate their Attack in vehicle mode.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Windblade (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Windblade]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Acid Storm]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Gnaw (Cyberverse)#Toys|Gnaw]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Drift (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Deadlock]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:CV-toy Gnaw.jpg|thumb|200px|Warrior Class Gnaw]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#POTSWarrior|Bumblebee]] (retool)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Drift (Cyberverse)#WarriorDrift|Autobot Drift]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Jetfire]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#CybertronianWarrior|Bumblebee]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#StealthForce|Stealth Force Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#CybertronianWarrior|Megatron]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hammerbyte]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Starscream]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Optimus Prime]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
</ul>
|}
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====Ultra Class====
Closest in size and design to 3-Step Changers, Ultra Class figures' Action Attacks activates in their alternate mode, though a few can also activate in robot mode. These were later dropped in favor of the energon armor.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Shadow Striker]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Slipstream]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Alpha Trion (Cyberverse)#Toys|Alpha Trion]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Prowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultra-Class-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|250px|Ultra Class Grimlock]]
|-
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Bumblebee]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Clobber (Cyberverse)#Toys|Clobber]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Hot Rod]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)#Toys|Rack'n'Ruin]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)#Toys|Thunderhowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Skullcruncher (Cyberverse)#Toys|Skullcruncher]]}}
</ul>
|
|}

====Ultimate Class====
Similar in size to a modern Leader Class figure, but significantly simpler, Ultimate Class figures feature Action Attacks specifically designed to be activated in both robot and alt-mode. These were later dropped in favor of the energon armor.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Grimlock]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Shockwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultimate-Class-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|250px|Ultimate Class Wave 1 Optimus Prime]]
|-
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Iaconus#Toys|Iaconus]]}}
</ul>
|
|}

===Spark Armor===
;Battle Class
Added for the ''Power of the Spark'' rebranding, these figures are in-between the Warrior and Scout toys size-wise. Each one includes a drone-vehicle that disassembles to form power-up armor, connected via [[5 mm post|5 mm attachment points]].

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Toys|Jetfire]] & [[Tank Cannon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Prowl]] & [[Cosmic Patrol]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Sky-Byte]] & [[Driller Drive]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Starscream]] & [[Demolition Destroyer]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Autobot Ratchet]] & [[Blizzard Breaker]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Decepticon Shockwave]] & [[Solar Shot]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Battle-Class-Sky-Byte.jpg|thumb|250px|Battle Class Sky-Byte]]
|}

;Elite Class
A slightly-upscaled version of the Battle Class figures, these Warrior-sized figures come with drone-vehicle/armors that transform "normally" into add-on armor, rather than splitting into multiple pieces. The armors also attach via twin pegs connecting with receiving ports on the back of each figure.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Bumblebee]] & [[Ocean Storm]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Megatron]] & [[Chopper Cut]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Optimus Prime]] & [[Sky Turbine]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Grimlock]] & [[Trash Crash]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Elite-Class-Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Elite Class Megatron]]
|}

;Ark Power
Ark Power Optimus is the size of a Leader Class figure, and has battle armor which can be assembled into a ship resembling the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']].
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ark Power|Optimus Prime]] & [[Ark (Cyberverse)#Toys|Ark Power]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ark-Power-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|250px|Optimus Prime & Ark Power]]
|}

===Battle Call===
The ''Battle Call'' subline makes use of voice-activated commands. The larger "Officer Class" armors up on command, while the "Trooper Class" features electronic lights. All figures feature Energon armor.

;Officer Class
<ul class="icon-list">
'''Wave 1'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#OfficerClass|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
;Trooper Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#TrooperClass|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Meteorfire#Toys|Meteorfire]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Wildwheel#Toys|Wildwheel]]}}
</ul>
|width="70%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Battle Call|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Battle Call|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Battle-Call-Trooper-Wild-Wheel.jpg|thumb|250px|Battle Call Trooper Class Wildwheel]]
|}

===Tiny Turbo Changers===
''[[Tiny Turbo Changers]]'' is a line of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] vinyl figures featuring characters from ''Cyberverse''. Despite them ostensibly being blind-bagged, it's possible to tell which figure you're getting thanks to a small clear window and embossed letter code on the reverse of the package.

The first Series barely made it to US retail, showing up at (some) [[Kmart]]s and later some grocery store chains during the holidays in 2019. Series 2 started to pop up in [[Target]]s in July 2020, while Series 3 was available in a few international markets (in some of them as early as late 2019), but has yet to be found in the United States. Series 4 has thus far only been found in Canada.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(D) [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(E) [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Jetfire]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(F) [[Drift (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Drift]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|(G) [[Blackarachnia (Cyberverse)|Blackarachnia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(H) [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(I) [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(J) [[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(K) [[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(L) [[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Prowl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Bumblebee]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Optimus Prime]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Grimlock]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-p1|(G) [[Blackarachnia (Cyberverse)#Toys|Blackarachnia]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|(H) [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Decepticon Shockwave]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|(I) [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Soundwave]] (re-release)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|(J) [[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Megatron]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(L) [[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Prowl]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(M) [[Silverbolt (Cyberverse)#Toys|Silverbolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(N) [[Sideswipe (Cyberverse)#Toys|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(O) [[Jazz (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(P) [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Acid Storm]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:CV-toy SoundwaveTTC.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Soundwave]][[File:CV-toy TTC Chromia.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Chromia]]
<ul class="iconlist">
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Bumblebee]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Optimus Prime]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Grimlock]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(E) [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Jetfire]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|(A2) [[Shrapnel (Cyberverse)#Toys|Skrapnel]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(B2) [[Whirl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Whirl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(C2) [[Chromia (Cyberverse)#Toys|Chromia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(D2) [[Dead End (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Dead End]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(E2) [[Arcee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(F2) [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(G2) [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)#Toys|Megatron X]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(H2) [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#StealthForceTTC|Stealth Force Hot Rod]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|(A) [[Gnaw (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Gnaw]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Kup (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Kup]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(C) [[Wildwheel#Tiny Turbo Changers|Wildwheel]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(D) [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Sky-Byte]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(E) [[Alphastrike#Toys|Alpha Strike]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(F) [[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Thunderhowl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(G) [[Ironhide (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(H) [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Slipstream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(I) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Energon Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(J) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Stealth Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(K) [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Dark Energon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(L) [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Wheeljack]]}}
|
|}

{{-}}

===Deluxe Class===
Traditional Deluxe Class figures debuted at the same MSRP as the concurrent ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'', aimed at older audiences and featuring similar elements, including 5 mm ports and effect parts. Each has a piece of [[Maccadam#Toys|Maccadam]] as a Build-A-Figure. The figures were also released in Japan under the name "'''Action Master'''" (Oh, the irony!). Originally regular releases with the "TCV" ID number, they were moved to being Takara Tomy Mall exclusives with an August 2020 release. The reason for this is unknown, though this is most likely due to poor sales of previous toys or in light of the current COVID-19 outbreak.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (Cyberverse)#Toys|Arcee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)#Toys|Thunderhowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Deluxe-Class-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Deluxe Class Shockwave]]
|}
{{-}}

===Exclusives===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Toys"R"Us'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|Warrior Class [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Thundercracker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#TrailerPlayset|Optimus Prime Battle Base Trailer]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Target'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|Elite Class [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Cheetor]] & [[Sea Fury]]}}
{{Bp-d1|Warrior Class [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Warrior|Slipstream]]}}
{{bp-a1d1|Quintesson Invasion (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#BattleForCybertron3Pack|Prowl]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#BattleForCybertron3Pack|Shockwave]]}}
:{{Bp-qu|[[Quintesson#Cyberverse|Quintesson Judge]]}}
{{bp-a1d1|Sharkticons Attack (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#SharkticonSet|Stealth Force Hot Rod]]}}
:{{bp-d1|3 [[Sharkticon (species)#Toys|Sharkticon]]s}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-d1|Seekers Sinister Strikeforce (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Thrust (Cyberverse)#Toys|Thrust]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Skywarp (Cyberverse)#Toys|Skywarp]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)#Sinister|Thundercracker]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Sinister|Starscream]]}}
{{bp-d1|Repugnus Revenge (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Repugnus (Cyberverse)#Revenge|Repugnus]]}}
:{{bp-d1|3 [[Monsterbot (Cyberverse)#Revenge|Pesticons]]}}
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Walmart'''
{{Bp-a1|Officer Class[[ Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Battle Call| Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:Cyberverse-Warrior-Thundercracker.jpg|thumb|250px|Warrior Class Thundercracker]]
|}
{{Note|Both Thundercracker and the Optimus Prime Battle Base Set were originally intended as Toys"R"Us exclusives, but due to the company's bankruptcy in the United States and several other countries in 2018, they were only released that way in markets that still ''have'' Toys"R"Us (which basically means Asia and Canada). In the United States, the Optimus Prime playset was instead available as a Walmart exclusive, while Thundercracker didn't show up until 2019, at the chains Go! Calendars, Tuesday Morning, and Ollie's. Spark Armor Cheetor, meanwhile, was a Target exclusive in the United States, but was available as a general retail release in Europe.}}

==Notes==
*Like with previous lines, Hasbro used character-specific code names for the toys.
:*For the 2018 releases, the theme was "''{{w|Seinfeld}}'' characters":
{{collist|3|
:::*Acid Storm: "Uncle Leo"
:::*Blurr: "Morty"
:::*Bumblebee: "Costanza"
:::*Grimlock: "Puddy"
:::*Megatron: "Newman"
:::*Optimus Prime: "Peterman"
:::*Shadow Striker: "Susie"
:::*Shockwave: "Kramer"
:::*Slipstream: "Estelle"
:::*Soundwave: "Kruger"
:::*Starscream: "Bania"
:::*Windblade: "Elaine"
}}

:*For the 2019 releases, Hasbro abandoned the "Seinfeld" theme in favor of a new "baseball teams" theme:
{{collist|3|
:::*Bumblebee: "Ironbirds"
:::*Hot Rod: "Isotopes"
:::*Megatron: "Quakes"
:::*Optimus Prime: "Woodducks"
:::*Prowl: "Flying Squirrels"
:::*Ratchet: "Aces"
:::*Shadow Striker: "Rockhounds"
:::*Slipstream: "Greenjackets"
:::*Soundwave: "Dust Devils"
:::*Wheeljack: "Blueclaws"
}}

:*For the 2020 releases, only one code name is currently known:
{{collist|3|
:::*Shadow Bumblebee: "Alpha Strike"
}}

:*The "Optimus Prime Battle Base Trailer" set didn't fall under either of those themes; instead, it used the code name "Radar" for toys of Optimus Prime's [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action film series counterpart]] from the ''[[Studio Series]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' lines, with the theme for the code names from ''those'' lines being "Australian race horses".
*Because Hasbro frequently uses the shorthand "TRA" for the brand name in solicitations to stores and on shipping cases, the name of the Ul'''tra''' Class assortment ended up being interpreted as "Ultransformers" in numerous places.
*''Cyberverse'' toys made their global retail debut at Toyworld stores in Australia on [[July 3|3 July]] [[2018]], before arriving at US retail at the end of the same month.
*''Cyberverse'' features a minor but still noteworthy difference compared to previous toy lines that had featured [[subline imprint]]s: In the case of those previous lines, any previously released toys that were re-released under those subline imprints were given new packaging that followed the design template for the subline imprint in question, but retained the original release's UPC (or EAN for European releases) barcode. By contrast, ''Cyberverse'' toys that were re-released in ''Power of the Spark'' packaging were all given new UPC (or EAN) barcodes. This even applied to the assortments themselves, which were also assigned new assortment UPC (or EAN) barcodes.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cyberverse (2018 toyline)}}
[[Category:Cyberverse (2018)| (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)

2020-10-26T12:23:43Z

Cyclonusawesome:

{{disambig2|the 2018 toyline based on the animated series|the 2011 cross-series toy gimmick system|Cyberverse (toyline)}}
{{nav-cyberverse}}
[[File:Cyberverse overview small.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Who said that [[scale]] was a thing?]]
The '''''Transformers: Cyberverse''''' toyline continues the trend set by ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' of targeting the young demographic lying between the preschool and preteen audiences.

Announced in time for New York [[Toy Fair 2018]], ''Cyberverse'' brought with it the line-wide "Action Attack" [[gimmick]], with figures from most assortments including a unique "attacking" play feature. Starting in [[2019]], the toyline entered a new [[subline imprint]], '''''Power of the Spark''''', reflecting the second chapter of the television show. While the "Action Attack" subline continued under this, the new "Spark Armor" line-wide gimmick was added, involving accessory vehicles that could split apart into armor. ''Cyberverse'' also received a second, more ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''-esque subline of figures featuring [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] details and accessories, more complex transformations, and better [[articulation]]. The first wave also included pieces for a [[Maccadam]] build-a-bot figure.

The "Action Attack" line also reintroduces a line-wide [[size class]] naming system, following ''Robots in Disguise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s erratic mix of designations, with the one exception being the returning 1-Step Changers. Whilst Warrior Class remains similar to its ''Robots in Disguise'' counterpart, the new Scout, Ultra, and Ultimate Classes bear little correlation to previous assortments with those names, beyond relative sizing.

The ''Power of the Spark'' subline imprint introduces two completely new price points that utilize the "Spark Armor" gimmick at varying sizes, namely the Battle Class and Elite Class, along with the large 12 inch Optimus Prime with "Ark Power".

The ''Battle for Cybertron''/''Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures'' subline imprint also revamped Ultra and Ultimate Class figures, featuring similarly sized figures with flip-up energon armor and accompanying weapons, along with various toys (often retools of older Warrior Class figures) labeled with a "Cybertronian Mode." The Deluxe Class figures were released under this subline imprint.

The ''Battle Call'' subline imprint sees the introduction of "Officer" and "Trooper Class" figures making use of voice-activated commands, though while all figures feature Energon armor, only the Officer class figures armor up by voice command.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===Action Attack===
====Scout Class====
While a similar size to previous Scout assortments, these figures possess the unique quirk of having only partial transformations, converting into hybrid robot/alt-mode forms in which their Action Attack gimmicks are activated as the final transformation step. Due to their simplicity, some figures' Action Attacks can also be activated in robot mode.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Slipstream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Windblade (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Windblade]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Shadow Striker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#2019ScoutClass|Optimus Prime]] (retool)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scraplet#Cyberverse|Scraplet]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Scout-Class-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|Scout Class Bumblebee]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Ramjet (Cyberverse)#Toys|Ramjet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dead End (Cyberverse)#Toys|Dead End]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#POTSScout|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#Scout|Wheeljack]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#StealthForce|Stealth Force Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{Note|Officially, the second Bumblebee figure was slated to debut in a second wave of ''Power of the Spark''-branded Scout Class figures. However, that wave was ultimately never released, leaving a gap in the official wave numbering, and Bumblebee instead debuted in the wave that also included Wheeljack, in ''Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures''-branded packaging.}}

====1-Step Changers====
Initially, this assortment was essentially unchanged from previous toylines, even reusing ''Robots in Disguise'' molds for the entire first wave, but beginning with wave 3 (the first wave of 2019 product), the assortment introduced Action Attacks. These typically activate only in robot mode, but some (mostly those that fire projectiles) can also work in alt-mode.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blurr (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Blurr]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Bumblebee]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#1Step2ndMold|Megatron]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#1Step2ndMold|Optimus Prime]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Prowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Wheeljack]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Cyberverse-2018-1-Step-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|250px|1-Step Changer Soundwave]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Sky-Byte]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (Cyberverse)#Toys|Autobot Jazz]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bludgeon (Cyberverse)#Toys|Bludgeon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Autobot Whirl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Repugnus (Cyberverse)#Toys|Repugnus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#|Stealth Force Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Megatron]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Toys|Autobot Ratchet]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 10''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron X (Cyberverse)#Toys|Megatron X]]}}
</ul>
|}

====Warrior Class====
''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class figures are broadly similar to the ''Robots in Disguise'' assortment of the same name, although they exhibit a greater willingness to forgo points of articulation which aren't required for transformation. Their Action Attacks are activated in robot mode, although some figures can also activate their Attack in vehicle mode.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Windblade (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Windblade]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Acid Storm]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Gnaw (Cyberverse)#Toys|Gnaw]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Drift (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Deadlock]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:CV-toy Gnaw.jpg|thumb|200px|Warrior Class Gnaw]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#POTSWarrior|Bumblebee]] (retool)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Drift (Cyberverse)#WarriorDrift|Autobot Drift]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Jetfire]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#CybertronianWarrior|Bumblebee]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#StealthForce|Stealth Force Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#CybertronianWarrior|Megatron]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hammerbyte]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Starscream]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Optimus Prime]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====Ultra Class====
Closest in size and design to 3-Step Changers, Ultra Class figures' Action Attacks activates in their alternate mode, though a few can also activate in robot mode. These were later dropped in favor of the energon armor.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Shadow Striker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Slipstream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Alpha Trion (Cyberverse)#Toys|Alpha Trion]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Prowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultra-Class-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|250px|Ultra Class Grimlock]]
|-
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Bumblebee]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Clobber (Cyberverse)#Toys|Clobber]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Hot Rod]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)#Toys|Rack'n'Ruin]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)#Toys|Thunderhowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Skullcruncher (Cyberverse)#Toys|Skullcruncher]]}}
</ul>
|
|}

====Ultimate Class====
Similar in size to a modern Leader Class figure, but significantly simpler, Ultimate Class figures feature Action Attacks specifically designed to be activated in both robot and alt-mode. These were later dropped in favor of the energon armor.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Grimlock]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Shockwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultimate-Class-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|250px|Ultimate Class Wave 1 Optimus Prime]]
|-
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Iaconus#Toys|Iaconus]]}}
</ul>
|
|}

===Spark Armor===
;Battle Class
Added for the ''Power of the Spark'' rebranding, these figures are in-between the Warrior and Scout toys size-wise. Each one includes a drone-vehicle that disassembles to form power-up armor, connected via [[5 mm post|5 mm attachment points]].

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Toys|Jetfire]] & [[Tank Cannon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Prowl]] & [[Cosmic Patrol]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Sky-Byte]] & [[Driller Drive]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Starscream]] & [[Demolition Destroyer]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Autobot Ratchet]] & [[Blizzard Breaker]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Decepticon Shockwave]] & [[Solar Shot]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Battle-Class-Sky-Byte.jpg|thumb|250px|Battle Class Sky-Byte]]
|}

;Elite Class
A slightly-upscaled version of the Battle Class figures, these Warrior-sized figures come with drone-vehicle/armors that transform "normally" into add-on armor, rather than splitting into multiple pieces. The armors also attach via twin pegs connecting with receiving ports on the back of each figure.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Bumblebee]] & [[Ocean Storm]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Megatron]] & [[Chopper Cut]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Optimus Prime]] & [[Sky Turbine]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Grimlock]] & [[Trash Crash]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Elite-Class-Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Elite Class Megatron]]
|}

;Ark Power
Ark Power Optimus is the size of a Leader Class figure, and has battle armor which can be assembled into a ship resembling the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']].
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ark Power|Optimus Prime]] & [[Ark (Cyberverse)#Toys|Ark Power]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ark-Power-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|250px|Optimus Prime & Ark Power]]
|}

===Battle Call===
The ''Battle Call'' subline makes use of voice-activated commands. The larger "Officer Class" armors up on command, while the "Trooper Class" features electronic lights. All figures feature Energon armor.

;Officer Class
<ul class="icon-list">
'''Wave 1'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#OfficerClass|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
;Trooper Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#TrooperClass|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Meteorfire#Toys|Meteorfire]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Wildwheel#Toys|Wildwheel]]}}
</ul>
|width="70%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Battle Call|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Battle Call|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Battle-Call-Trooper-Wild-Wheel.jpg|thumb|250px|Battle Call Trooper Class Wildwheel]]
|}

===Tiny Turbo Changers===
''[[Tiny Turbo Changers]]'' is a line of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] vinyl figures featuring characters from ''Cyberverse''. Despite them ostensibly being blind-bagged, it's possible to tell which figure you're getting thanks to a small clear window and embossed letter code on the reverse of the package.

The first Series barely made it to US retail, showing up at (some) [[Kmart]]s and later some grocery store chains during the holidays in 2019. Series 2 started to pop up in [[Target]]s in July 2020, while Series 3 was available in a few international markets (in some of them as early as late 2019), but has yet to be found in the United States. Series 4 has thus far only been found in Canada.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(D) [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(E) [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Jetfire]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(F) [[Drift (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Drift]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|(G) [[Blackarachnia (Cyberverse)|Blackarachnia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(H) [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(I) [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(J) [[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(K) [[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(L) [[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Prowl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Bumblebee]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Optimus Prime]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Grimlock]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-p1|(G) [[Blackarachnia (Cyberverse)#Toys|Blackarachnia]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|(H) [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Decepticon Shockwave]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|(I) [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Soundwave]] (re-release)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|(J) [[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Megatron]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(L) [[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Prowl]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(M) [[Silverbolt (Cyberverse)#Toys|Silverbolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(N) [[Sideswipe (Cyberverse)#Toys|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(O) [[Jazz (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(P) [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Acid Storm]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:CV-toy SoundwaveTTC.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Soundwave]][[File:CV-toy TTC Chromia.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Chromia]]
<ul class="iconlist">
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Bumblebee]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Optimus Prime]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Grimlock]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(E) [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Jetfire]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|(A2) [[Shrapnel (Cyberverse)#Toys|Skrapnel]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(B2) [[Whirl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Whirl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(C2) [[Chromia (Cyberverse)#Toys|Chromia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(D2) [[Dead End (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Dead End]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(E2) [[Arcee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(F2) [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(G2) [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)#Toys|Megatron X]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(H2) [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#StealthForceTTC|Stealth Force Hot Rod]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Gnaw (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Gnaw]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Kup (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Kup]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Wildwheel#Tiny Turbo Changers|Wildwheel]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(D) [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Sky-Byte]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(E) [[Alphastrike#Toys|Alpha Strike]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(F) [[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Thunderhowl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(G) [[Ironhide (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(H) [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Slipstream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(I) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Energon Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(J) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Stealth Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(K) [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Dark Energon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(L) [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Wheeljack]]}}
|
|}

{{-}}

===Deluxe Class===
Traditional Deluxe Class figures debuted at the same MSRP as the concurrent ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'', aimed at older audiences and featuring similar elements, including 5 mm ports and effect parts. Each has a piece of [[Maccadam#Toys|Maccadam]] as a Build-A-Figure. The figures were also released in Japan under the name "'''Action Master'''" (Oh, the irony!). Originally regular releases with the "TCV" ID number, they were moved to being Takara Tomy Mall exclusives with an August 2020 release. The reason for this is unknown, though this is most likely due to poor sales of previous toys or in light of the current COVID-19 outbreak.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (Cyberverse)#Toys|Arcee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)#Toys|Thunderhowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Deluxe-Class-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Deluxe Class Shockwave]]
|}
{{-}}

===Exclusives===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Toys"R"Us'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|Warrior Class [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Thundercracker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#TrailerPlayset|Optimus Prime Battle Base Trailer]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Target'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|Elite Class [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Cheetor]] & [[Sea Fury]]}}
{{Bp-d1|Warrior Class [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Warrior|Slipstream]]}}
{{bp-a1d1|Quintesson Invasion (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#BattleForCybertron3Pack|Prowl]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#BattleForCybertron3Pack|Shockwave]]}}
:{{Bp-qu|[[Quintesson#Cyberverse|Quintesson Judge]]}}
{{bp-a1d1|Sharkticons Attack (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#SharkticonSet|Stealth Force Hot Rod]]}}
:{{bp-d1|3 [[Sharkticon (species)#Toys|Sharkticon]]s}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-d1|Seekers Sinister Strikeforce (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Thrust (Cyberverse)#Toys|Thrust]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Skywarp (Cyberverse)#Toys|Skywarp]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)#Sinister|Thundercracker]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Sinister|Starscream]]}}
{{bp-d1|Repugnus Revenge (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Repugnus (Cyberverse)#Revenge|Repugnus]]}}
:{{bp-d1|3 [[Monsterbot (Cyberverse)#Revenge|Pesticons]]}}
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Walmart'''
{{Bp-a1|Officer Class[[ Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Battle Call| Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:Cyberverse-Warrior-Thundercracker.jpg|thumb|250px|Warrior Class Thundercracker]]
|}
{{Note|Both Thundercracker and the Optimus Prime Battle Base Set were originally intended as Toys"R"Us exclusives, but due to the company's bankruptcy in the United States and several other countries in 2018, they were only released that way in markets that still ''have'' Toys"R"Us (which basically means Asia and Canada). In the United States, the Optimus Prime playset was instead available as a Walmart exclusive, while Thundercracker didn't show up until 2019, at the chains Go! Calendars, Tuesday Morning, and Ollie's. Spark Armor Cheetor, meanwhile, was a Target exclusive in the United States, but was available as a general retail release in Europe.}}

==Notes==
*Like with previous lines, Hasbro used character-specific code names for the toys.
:*For the 2018 releases, the theme was "''{{w|Seinfeld}}'' characters":
{{collist|3|
:::*Acid Storm: "Uncle Leo"
:::*Blurr: "Morty"
:::*Bumblebee: "Costanza"
:::*Grimlock: "Puddy"
:::*Megatron: "Newman"
:::*Optimus Prime: "Peterman"
:::*Shadow Striker: "Susie"
:::*Shockwave: "Kramer"
:::*Slipstream: "Estelle"
:::*Soundwave: "Kruger"
:::*Starscream: "Bania"
:::*Windblade: "Elaine"
}}

:*For the 2019 releases, Hasbro abandoned the "Seinfeld" theme in favor of a new "baseball teams" theme:
{{collist|3|
:::*Bumblebee: "Ironbirds"
:::*Hot Rod: "Isotopes"
:::*Megatron: "Quakes"
:::*Optimus Prime: "Woodducks"
:::*Prowl: "Flying Squirrels"
:::*Ratchet: "Aces"
:::*Shadow Striker: "Rockhounds"
:::*Slipstream: "Greenjackets"
:::*Soundwave: "Dust Devils"
:::*Wheeljack: "Blueclaws"
}}

:*For the 2020 releases, only one code name is currently known:
{{collist|3|
:::*Shadow Bumblebee: "Alpha Strike"
}}

:*The "Optimus Prime Battle Base Trailer" set didn't fall under either of those themes; instead, it used the code name "Radar" for toys of Optimus Prime's [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action film series counterpart]] from the ''[[Studio Series]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' lines, with the theme for the code names from ''those'' lines being "Australian race horses".
*Because Hasbro frequently uses the shorthand "TRA" for the brand name in solicitations to stores and on shipping cases, the name of the Ul'''tra''' Class assortment ended up being interpreted as "Ultransformers" in numerous places.
*''Cyberverse'' toys made their global retail debut at Toyworld stores in Australia on [[July 3|3 July]] [[2018]], before arriving at US retail at the end of the same month.
*''Cyberverse'' features a minor but still noteworthy difference compared to previous toy lines that had featured [[subline imprint]]s: In the case of those previous lines, any previously released toys that were re-released under those subline imprints were given new packaging that followed the design template for the subline imprint in question, but retained the original release's UPC (or EAN for European releases) barcode. By contrast, ''Cyberverse'' toys that were re-released in ''Power of the Spark'' packaging were all given new UPC (or EAN) barcodes. This even applied to the assortments themselves, which were also assigned new assortment UPC (or EAN) barcodes.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cyberverse (2018 toyline)}}
[[Category:Cyberverse (2018)| (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

The Recruit (Decepticon)

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Cyclonusawesome:

{{factions|decepticonfilm}}
{{disambig2|the Decepticon|his heroic counterpart|The Recruit (Autobot)}}
:''The Recruit is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ROTF Decepticon Medium.png|thumb|right|]]

'''The Recruit''' is a Decepticon rookie who arrived on [[Earth]] during the Decepticon mission to find the [[Star Harvester]]. Unlike his [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|predecessor]], he can scan various weapons & power-ups that can help him during his missions. Guided by Decepticons like [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], and despite being called a liability by [[Grindor (ROTF)|certain bots]], as well as a common foot soldier by [[The Fallen|the one calling the shots]], the recruit is ready to show no mercy to his Autobot foes.

{{bigquote|Don't underestimate me, Autobot. There's more to me than meets the eye.|''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]''}}

{{note|The Recruit's in-game name is chosen by the players of the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|'''Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons''']] video game, and can be anything up to seven letters. Though it goes by the name "Decepticon Protoform" in the credits, he will be referred to as "recruit" & "rookie".}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots'' video game===
[[Image:ROTF Decepticon Counterpart Boss.png|thumb|right|]]
{{charstubgame}}

===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons'' video game===
{{voiceactor|[[James Arnold Taylor]]}}
[[Image:ROTF Decepticon Light.png|thumb|right| Who's Galvatron?]]
{{charstubgame}}

==Notes==
[[Image:ROTF Decepticon Heavy.png|thumb|right|]]
*In the tutorial level, after scanning the three available body types, the player is only allowed to choose one body type for the whole game, and cannot switch for another.
**Light: Fast, but weak.
***Robot Mode: Resembles [[Stunticon Sniper]], but with wheeled feet.
***Alternate Mode: A purple & grey Aston Martin DBS.
**Medium: Balanced status.
***Robot Mode: Modified Seeker drone.
***Alternate Mode: Blue Dodge Charger Sedan.
**Heavy: Strong, but slow.
***Robot Mode: [[Combaticon Warrior]].
***Alternate Mode: M1126 Stryker IAV with four wheels.

[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Video game-only characters]]

User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47

2020-09-24T11:23:03Z

Cyclonusawesome: /* Hey Are you a Admin? */

== Section names ==

It's just "Cybertron comic" and "Universe comic" because there are no other comics by those names. You do not need to add the publisher names. [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] ([[User talk:Mimi|talk]]) 01:53, 6 April 2015 (EDT)

== Contractions ==

Why are you expanding contractions in article writeups? That isn't necessary. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:28, 12 April 2015 (EDT)
:See above. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 23:55, 12 April 2015 (EDT)
::I thought that in a few instances, the sentence flowed better without the contraction. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:56, 12 April 2015 (EDT)
:::Hmm, fair enough! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 01:55, 13 April 2015 (EDT)

== Section headers ==

Pleeeease don't start adding "Beast Wars cartoon continuity" to every page for isolated sections without discussing its necessity. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 21:02, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
:Once again... [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:01, 9 May 2015 (EDT)

==Dimension hoppers==
Thank you for making it obvious why Axiom Nexus citizens make the Dimension Hoppers category pointless. Please undo your work. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 16:52, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
: I'm also wondering why a lot of these guys are being added to the Dimension Hoppers category. Why are the Autojetters and Seacons going in there? I don't see anything on their pages about going from one continuity family to another. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 16:55, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
: Okay okay, all right, apparently you have moved all of the G1 guys from "Invasion" into the category because they live in SG now. This is... arguably unnecessary, because if you read the dimension hoppers category, the category exists for characters who change continuity families, and both Classics and SG are Primax. Whether Positive Primax and Negative Primax constitute something different enough to warrant the category is NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE DISCUSSED, SO PLEASE MOVE THEM BACK UNTIL DISCUSSION IS HAD, THANK YOU. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:00, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
::Well they were there in "BW:SG" even though they didn't do anything with any actual Shattered Glass dudes. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 16:57, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::FACEPALM DIRECTED AT YOU, READ ABOVE --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:00, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::I hadn't noticed you'd updated with that when I began editing. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]])
::::When I started adding characters to the Dimension Hoppers category, characters like [[Ultra Magnus (SG)]] and [[Treadshot (SG)]] were already there. I figured that was because this wiki classifies G1 and ''Shattered Glass'' as different continuity families. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 17:05, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::::You also moved the entirety of the cast list of the Universe comics in there, despite the page explicitly excluding them. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:08, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::::For future reference, if you ever stumble across something that seemingly requires hundreds of edits, please please please please ask us about it first. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:11, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
::::::1. I apologize for breaking wiki protocol. 2. I guess I made a couple unnecessary edits with the ''Universe'' characters, but I was intentionally leaving out the characters who had only traveled to the Cauldron. 3. I moved the characters in "[[Invasion (issue)|Invasion]]" and ''[[Beast Wars Shattered Glass]]'' because I read on this wiki that G1 and Shattered Glass were different continuity families. I thought that the absence of all the ''Classics'' characters from "Invasion"/BWSG was a minor oversight to be corrected. 4. Why did you undo my alphebetization edit to [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and Child of Primus category edit to 2001 RID Optimus Prime? 5. Do rapid conversations on talk pages always happen at this rate? I've had trouble responding because of edit conflicts.
:::::::In the course of running down your contributions list to revert everything, I figured there may have been some false positives, which I am in the process of fixing on a case-by-case basis. Also, I have placed Omega Prime in the dimension hopper category since he's actually gone from RID to the UT. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:40, 26 April 2015 (EDT)

==Night Viper==

Just to clarify, he was always going to be a Maximal toy. The Predacon history was his original intended backstory. Makes sense, him being a snake and all. Most of the reptiles were Preds.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:53, 7 July 2015 (EDT)
:Apologies. I will rectify that. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 18:58, 7 July 2015 (EDT)

==Removing "cartoon-only" categories...==
If a formerly-cartoon-only character appears in a comic, then you need to replace "cartoon only" with "Category: Fiction-only Transformers", not just delete the category outright. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 23:59, 14 July 2015 (EDT)
:Sorry about that. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 00:00, 15 July 2015 (EDT)

==Universe==
Nice work on this section. If you're up for it, other attributions for Children/Minions would be useful. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 23:27, 31 July 2015 (EDT)

==Overbite==
I meant merge Overbite with the G1 one page, not adding the new information to his Universe page but actually, I already add that.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 17:38, 2 August 2015 (EDT)

==References==
Do you know why refs that I added don't show up at the end of the page? I referenced Ask Vctor Prime in [[Uniend 812.21 Kappa|this page]] but it don't show up.[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 20:15, 30 August 2015 (EDT)
: You have to put <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> at the bottom of the page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 20:23, 30 August 2015 (EDT)
::Thanks.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 20:35, 30 August 2015 (EDT)

== The reason for Grum's name not showing up==

Though I can't say for sure, I suspect that [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal&curid=474&diff=1041903&oldid=1041898 Grum's name was missing] because he inserted one too many tildes when signing his post, causing it to put only the date, like so: 22:26, 6 January 2016 (EST) -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 22:26, 6 January 2016 (EST)

==Gargent==

You deleted the Gargent image for the Universal stream page? Are we not allowed to use GoBots images like that? [[User:Lush City|Lush City]] ([[User talk:Lush City|talk]]) 19:56, 28 January 2016 (EST)
:I don't recall exactly which discussion it was, but I believe it was agreed that we shouldn't use images which AVP askers uploaded with their questions. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:05, 28 January 2016 (EST)

== Disambiguating Wilder ==

Hey, you're pretty knowledgeable about diambiguation pages and such, right? How would we handle [[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]], [[L. W. Wilder]], and [[Wilder (G1)]]? Would we need a <nowiki>[[Wilder (disambiguation)]]</nowiki>? I hate to bother you with this, but his stuff confuses me. -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 22:17, 22 February 2016 (EST)
:Huh. I've never noticed that before, but I beleive three guys like that is sufficient to merit a disambiguation. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:18, 22 February 2016 (EST)
::Yeah, that one must have slipped through the cracks. Anyway, I'll probably start fixing some links to Wilder, but I won't be able to do them all tonight. Thanks for your help! -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 22:29, 22 February 2016 (EST)

==Link fix==
Since I wasn't sure if you'd get a notification when I did it or not, I just wanted to let you know that I fixed a link on your talk page (specifically, Apelinq -> Apelinq (BM)) Cheers! -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 17:11, 29 February 2016 (EST)

== Ain't No Rat ==

To answer your question, Dreamwave was planning to tie Beast Wars into its G1 continuity, and its comics were written with that in mind. It also simplifies things by putting the MTMTE and Summer Special content together. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:36, 21 April 2016 (EDT)

== We don't do that? ==

http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Thrashclaw&diff=1097114&oldid=1097112

Surely we should link directly to [[Of Masters and Mayhem]] somewhere in that article? and that seems as good a place as any--better than anywhere else, even, because the text is already there; i just made it a link. No offense intended; i just don't understand why we don't/shouldn't do it this way.

Thanks. --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 20:12, 26 May 2016 (EDT)

P.S.--
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Slice&diff=1097118&oldid=1097108
...Wow. Thanks! --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 20:15, 26 May 2016 (EDT)
:I'm not aware if it is specifically stated in any rule, but we don't do it anywhere on the wiki. If you think we should, bring it to the talk page. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:28, 31 May 2016 (EDT)

== Changing dates ==

Why are you changing dates to have the year first? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 06:22, 19 August 2016 (EDT)
:I'm sick of the confusion between U.S. and UK order, and in any case, ymd format is how the Japanese do it. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 12:05, 19 August 2016 (EDT)
::Not a huge fan, as I've always grown up with MDY, but I guess as long as it's consistent. BTW, the wiki server itself has "19 August 2016". --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 15:53, 19 August 2016 (EDT)

== Deluge vs Drench ==

Thanks to [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Shatterpoint&diff=1124654&oldid=1124649 you], the [[Shatterpoint]] article once again SAYS Generation 2 Deluge while it LINKS to G1 Deluge (who has a rather different deco from [[Deluge (G2)]]). i explained this in my edit summary. Please revert your revert.

--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 04:28, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
:Then maybe next time you should use proper text formatting. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 04:38, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
::i see. i thought it'd be fine to leave the franchise identifiers as suffixes rather than prefixes. (The way i had it wasn't even grammatically incorrect.) Sorry. For future reference, how would you feel about ''His color scheme is based somewhat loosely on that of [[Deluge (G1)|G1 Deluge]] or [[Drench (G2)|G2 Drench]],'' or ''His color scheme is based somewhat loosely on that of [[Deluge (G1)|Deluge]] or [[Drench (G2)|Drench]]''? Also, is there a reason you italicized "''Generation 2''" but not "Generation 1"? --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 04:55, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
:::Either of those should be fine, though I think the latter is a bit vague to readers. And ''Generation 2'' is italicized because it is the actual published product branding; "Generation 1" is a retronym for ''The Transformers''. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 05:48, 31 August 2016 (EDT)

== Animated Blackout IS Prominent Enough ==

How is Animated Blackout not prominent enough? We have Animated Perceptor on the [[Perceptor (disambiguation)]] page, and unlike Blackout, he doesn't even have a toy. Heck, we have RID Kickback on [[Kickback (disambiguation)]]. --[[User:DannyBoy|DannyBoy]] ([[User talk:DannyBoy|talk]]) 07:12, 23 September 2016 (EDT)
:Perhaps I acted in haste, but I don't count a single episode appearance and a toy which wasn't released in the U.S. as sufficiently prominent. Heck, ''Animated'' Perceptor and ''Robots in Disguise'' Kickback could probably be removed. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 07:17, 23 September 2016 (EDT)

== Club magazine content ==

We have only three more months to go in which "we have a 30 day grace period for FP magazine content to go on the wiki" is still relevant, so, like.... --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:38, 22 October 2016 (EDT)
:? What have I done which hasn't been out for 30 days yet? Do you mean creating stubs for the SG Animated characters? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:43, 22 October 2016 (EDT)
::Isn't the Thunder Mayhem image from this most recent issue? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:55, 22 October 2016 (EDT)
:::Aha, it is not. Ignore me. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:56, 22 October 2016 (EDT)

==Date formatting==
We don't format dates year-first. Never have. Nobody does. Stop changing this. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 22:25, 27 October 2016 (EDT)

== Reflist ==

Thanks for the backstop on Gargent 984.08 Alpha. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 18:35, 13 December 2016 (EST)

== "Anomie" Date error ==
Ultra Magnus or anybody, the date "1st cycle 3041" is way off, isn't it? Why remove this error? --[[User:Kmc|Kmc]] ([[User talk:Kmc|talk]]) 21:08, 3 February 2017 (EST)
:I thought the logical explanation was that James Roberts had deliberately refreshed the calendar to a new cycle. In any event, Chris McFeely moved it to issue #1's page. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 10:27, 4 February 2017 (EST)

==Kre-O moves==
When you move the Kre-O character page contents, try to remember that you're going to have to make some alterations/additions to the text. These new sections in the toy area will need links to "[[Kre-O]]" and "[[Kreon]]" in them since these would likely be the first instances of those words on those pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:41, 19 February 2017 (EST)
:I'll keep that in mind. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 19:42, 19 February 2017 (EST)

== Nemesis Prime ==

That character is the same one as Optimus Prime, though? I mean, it's not like say, Tankor, cause the basic remnants of the personality are still there, but evil. He's more like Rhinox in Dark Designs. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 15:15, 7 March 2017 (EST)
:I can see where you are coming from. The Nemesis Prime personality has a coloration of its own which fits with the rest of the "[[Nemesis Prime (G1)]]" page; hence why I think it all belongs on the Nemesis Prime page. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:20, 7 March 2017 (EST)
::Sure but isn't that also the case of say, Yokohama Convoy? I mean obviously Optimus doesn't have stickers on him. but still. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 17:22, 7 March 2017 (EST)

==Mini-Cons==
Why are you wiping out information on those pages? What is the point of sending readers to a separate page for repurposed toys? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:33, 26 April 2017 (EDT)

==Invasion Boxart==
Hey, I noticed that your crop for [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]] had a better quality than simply cropping the lithograph online. Do you happen to have the entire Botcon 2012 lithograph by any chance? Thanks in advance
[[User:Ed|Ed]] ([[User talk:Ed|talk]]) 20:18, 26 April 2017 (EDT)
:I found a close-up shot from Seibertron from [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/exclusives/treadshot/2727/1/ their BotCon 2012 Treadshot gallery]. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:36, 26 April 2017 (EDT)
Oh, okay. Thanks [[User:Ed|Ed]] ([[User talk:Ed|talk]]) 00:04, 27 April 2017 (EDT)

== Foreign names ==

Pardon me if I'm wrong, but aren't all foreign names supposed to go at the end of articles? I thought that was the standard. [[User:Rotary|Rotary]] ([[User talk:Rotary|talk]]) 20:12, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
:When a character debuts in a foreign territory with a foreign-script name, the standard is just to put it at the top. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 20:27, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
::Oh, gotcha. My mistake. Thanks for fixing it! [[User:Rotary|Rotary]] ([[User talk:Rotary|talk]]) 20:32, 15 May 2017 (EDT)

== A Hopefully Friendly Suggestion ==
Hey, man, you're a friend, so I hope you take this the right way. I've noticed a recent trend in your edits towards trying to apply a kind of lawyery view of the wiky's policies towards the articles. Despite what Hermes Conrad says, technically correct is not always the best kind of correct. When you're faced with a corner case, like Clutch the Decepticon turned Renegade or the two Cryoteks, before you stake out a position, maybe you should ask yourself if you're actually making the wiki a better place. Is the Clutch article better now that it has an ugly "this article lacks any official visual representation" box? Would the two Cryoteks be better in any reasonable sense if you merge them? If the answer to either of those questions is no, then you should really take a step back and wonder if you are helping, or just stirring the pot. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 09:23, 18 June 2017 (EDT)

==Twinferno==
There is a Titans Return Deluxe Twinferno and a RID Warrior Twinferno. Please specify. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 20:56, 10 July 2017 (EDT)
:EDIT: Nevermind. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 20:57, 10 July 2017 (EDT)
::EDIT EDIT: I did some cross-checking, and to the best of my determination, Titans Return Voyager Alpha Trion came out around August and therefore wouldn't count as 4th quarter 2016 product. I realize you voted before I did the research, but would appreciate it if you would still alter your vote. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 22:46, 10 July 2017 (EDT)

== Bad Boy and Dealbreaker ==
I've noticed that you've restored these names on Powerflash and Tap-Out's pages, but why? Bad Boy and Deal Breaker weren't names they personally identified themselves with, those names were just disguises. That's like writing on Optimus Prime's page, "also goes by Motormaster because he disguised as him in that one G1 episode." --[[User:Nom|Nom]] ([[User talk:Nom|talk]]) 01:47, 11 July 2017 (EDT)
:<nowiki>*shrug*</nowiki> I thought it was interesting. If you think it really doesn't belong, be my guest. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:23, 11 July 2017 (EDT)

== Bluestreak box art ==

[[File_talk:G1_Bluestreak_Boxart-Blue.jpg|Thanks.]] i still think Bluestreak's article should actually [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bluestreak_%28G1%29&diff=1193253&oldid=1193203 show the miscolored art.] (Rather than just talking about it and linking to some [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|other article]] that shows it.) i used your pic this time. Let me know if there's a reason you think Bluestreak's article ''shouldn't'' show the Diaclone-colored box art.
--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 01:28, 16 July 2017 (EDT)

== "Autobot-allied Mini-Cons" ==

The Weaponizers ''did'' all explicitly become Autobots during the course of "[[Worthy]]", so I don't think saying "Autobot-allied" is accurate. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 00:27, 17 July 2017 (EDT)

== Shatterpoint ==

Thanks for catching that. I misread Wind-Sheer's page as SP being a Unicron BELIEVER. My bad. [[User:Crossfire|'''Cross''']][[User talk:Crossfire|'''fire''']] 21:48, 16 January 2018 (EST)
:No problem! [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:50, 16 January 2018 (EST)

== Size classes ==

Why do you keep adding size classes to Japanese releases that are not sold at consistent price points like Hasbro products or sometimes not engineered to fit budgetary concerns? Godbomber and Super Ginrai were not sold at the same price point and weren't made with consideration to Hasbro's size class limitations; likewise, Blitzwing with Big Fight isn't the same thing as Leo Prime sold by himself. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:24, 19 March 2018 (EDT)

== Studio Series ==

Why are you having it so characters say Generations and Studio Series when they only have one Generations toy? Take any character from Generations released under a subline imprint, and when that is there only toy, it goes under the general Generations subheading instead. Why are you changing this for the Studio Series guys? [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 15:59, 27 May 2018 (EDT)
:Okay I see, you posted something on the Community Portal, and I put my thoughts down. But I think you should've at least put the post up before you made all your changes to get more opinions on the subject. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 16:11, 27 May 2018 (EDT)

== Progress Report ==

All Combiner Wars images have been completed. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 23:48, 15 July 2018 (EDT)
:T30 too. This leaves POTP and Movie Editon images out of Generations. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 00:25, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

== JG1 toyline revamp ==

[[Generation 1 (Japanese toylines)|There]], better?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 06:22, 8 August 2018 (EDT)

== What's wrong with the redirects? ==

Why shouldn't we use redirects on pages? Should we avoid using redirects when the time arises? [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 00:49, 26 August 2018 (EDT)
:Yes, because it wastes time for users and is an unneeded load on the server. People eliminate redirects on the site all the time. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:03, 27 August 2018 (EDT)
::Okay, thank you, I wasn't aware. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:11, 27 August 2018 (EDT)

We could use some '''serious''' help with removing all Ker-O-related redirects. It's too tiresome for one person to do alone! -[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 09:51, 26 September 2018 (EDT)

== Page Delection ==
The page currently titled "Jetfire (Movie)" is ready for deletion. All the necessary information from that page has been moved to the one titled "Jetfire (ROTF)". I am asking for help with deleting "Jetfire (Movie)" so "Jetfire (ROTF)" can be renamed as such. --[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 09:14, 19 September 2018 (EDT)
:Uh, he isn't an admin. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 09:48, 19 September 2018 (EDT)
::If that's the case, then who ''is''? -[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 09:52, 26 September 2018 (EDT)

== Hachette covers main image ==

I started filling these out assuming Guido Guidi was by default the artist of the "new" image, but I now realize this is not always the case. Several are by Don Figueroa and others. Do the books themselves ID the cover art? I hate having to put "unknown" but may have to in some cases. Is it listed online anywhere? [[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 17:20, 24 September 2018 (EDT)
:Sorry, that's not what I have seen from Hachette. I was hoping that by enlisting your help, I could find out the artists more easily. I'm not much of an art identifier myself. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:23, 8 October 2018 (EDT)

== Siege Leader Class Ultra Magnus ==

Why did you undo my edit? And why is there no mention of the ''War For Cybertron: Siege'' Leader Class Optimus Prime anywhere on this wiki? [[User:Bumblebee392|My other car is an Autobot.]] ([[User talk:Bumblebee392|talk]]) 15:25, 10 February 2019 (EST)
:Presumably because Leader Class Optimus hasn't been officially announced yet. We don't cover leaks here. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:35, 10 February 2019 (EST)

== Why? ==

OK, WHY put Animated Punch and Computron's pages up for deletion when you can just improve them? I mean, I understand why there's no effort, as I made the pages when I was still new to the wiki, but still, why out them up for deletion?--[[User:CyclonustheWarrior|CyclonustheWarrior]] ([[User talk:CyclonustheWarrior|talk]]) 13:23, 11 February 2019 (EST)
: A: you made them when you hadn't even read ''anything'' about the characters. B: instead of demanding others to do it for you, you should find out for yourself what they did, and then edit it in. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:29, 11 February 2019 (EST)
::This is getting frustrating. Look, I'll be more specific when I add pages now.--[[User:CyclonustheWarrior|CyclonustheWarrior]] ([[User talk:CyclonustheWarrior|talk]]) 13:35, 11 February 2019 (EST)
:::If you are only creating a page to say "this thing exists", don't create the page. If you don't have some actual info to put on there, it is better to leave it as a red link. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:20, 11 February 2019 (EST)

== IDW categories ==

There's no "move" tab on categories for me. - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 21:59, 27 March 2019 (EDT)
And when I manually enter it, I get:
:Permissions errors
:You do not have permission to move this page, for the following reason:
:Cannot move pages in namespace "Category"
- [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 22:00, 27 March 2019 (EDT)
:Huh, I could have sworn there was. Never mind that then. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:02, 27 March 2019 (EDT)

== Treble redirects ==

[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&hidelinks=1&target=2005+IDW+continuity&namespace= Seriously?] - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 18:14, 3 April 2019 (EDT)
:Hold your horses; I will get to those soon enough. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 18:16, 3 April 2019 (EDT)

== BotCon Legacy Comic ==

I saw that you posted part of the 2015 BotCon Legacy comic on the Apelinq page and I was wondering if you had a scan of the full thing? - [[User:JDApex|JDApex]] ([[User talk:JDApex|talk]]) 20:30, 9 April 2019 (EDT)

== Hey Are you a Admin? ==
Hey I'm having some trouble finding the admins, I'm assuming because you make a lot of edits you're one? If not then that's okay. - https://tfwiki.net/wiki/User:Cyclonusawesome
:Haha, no I am merely a frequent user. If you would like to speak to active admins, your best bet is honestly to join the TFWiki's Discord server. https://discord.gg/N99Bygq [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 04:28, 24 September 2020 (EDT)
Oh thank you

User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47

2020-09-24T08:23:50Z

Cyclonusawesome:

== Hey Are you a Admin? ==
Hey I'm having some trouble finding the admins, I'm assuming because you make a lot of edits you're one? If not then that's okay. - https://tfwiki.net/wiki/User:Cyclonusawesome

== Section names ==

It's just "Cybertron comic" and "Universe comic" because there are no other comics by those names. You do not need to add the publisher names. [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] ([[User talk:Mimi|talk]]) 01:53, 6 April 2015 (EDT)

== Contractions ==

Why are you expanding contractions in article writeups? That isn't necessary. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:28, 12 April 2015 (EDT)
:See above. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 23:55, 12 April 2015 (EDT)
::I thought that in a few instances, the sentence flowed better without the contraction. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:56, 12 April 2015 (EDT)
:::Hmm, fair enough! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 01:55, 13 April 2015 (EDT)

== Section headers ==

Pleeeease don't start adding "Beast Wars cartoon continuity" to every page for isolated sections without discussing its necessity. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 21:02, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
:Once again... [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:01, 9 May 2015 (EDT)

==Dimension hoppers==
Thank you for making it obvious why Axiom Nexus citizens make the Dimension Hoppers category pointless. Please undo your work. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 16:52, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
: I'm also wondering why a lot of these guys are being added to the Dimension Hoppers category. Why are the Autojetters and Seacons going in there? I don't see anything on their pages about going from one continuity family to another. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 16:55, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
: Okay okay, all right, apparently you have moved all of the G1 guys from "Invasion" into the category because they live in SG now. This is... arguably unnecessary, because if you read the dimension hoppers category, the category exists for characters who change continuity families, and both Classics and SG are Primax. Whether Positive Primax and Negative Primax constitute something different enough to warrant the category is NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE DISCUSSED, SO PLEASE MOVE THEM BACK UNTIL DISCUSSION IS HAD, THANK YOU. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:00, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
::Well they were there in "BW:SG" even though they didn't do anything with any actual Shattered Glass dudes. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 16:57, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::FACEPALM DIRECTED AT YOU, READ ABOVE --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:00, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::I hadn't noticed you'd updated with that when I began editing. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]])
::::When I started adding characters to the Dimension Hoppers category, characters like [[Ultra Magnus (SG)]] and [[Treadshot (SG)]] were already there. I figured that was because this wiki classifies G1 and ''Shattered Glass'' as different continuity families. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 17:05, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::::You also moved the entirety of the cast list of the Universe comics in there, despite the page explicitly excluding them. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:08, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::::For future reference, if you ever stumble across something that seemingly requires hundreds of edits, please please please please ask us about it first. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:11, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
::::::1. I apologize for breaking wiki protocol. 2. I guess I made a couple unnecessary edits with the ''Universe'' characters, but I was intentionally leaving out the characters who had only traveled to the Cauldron. 3. I moved the characters in "[[Invasion (issue)|Invasion]]" and ''[[Beast Wars Shattered Glass]]'' because I read on this wiki that G1 and Shattered Glass were different continuity families. I thought that the absence of all the ''Classics'' characters from "Invasion"/BWSG was a minor oversight to be corrected. 4. Why did you undo my alphebetization edit to [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and Child of Primus category edit to 2001 RID Optimus Prime? 5. Do rapid conversations on talk pages always happen at this rate? I've had trouble responding because of edit conflicts.
:::::::In the course of running down your contributions list to revert everything, I figured there may have been some false positives, which I am in the process of fixing on a case-by-case basis. Also, I have placed Omega Prime in the dimension hopper category since he's actually gone from RID to the UT. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:40, 26 April 2015 (EDT)

==Night Viper==

Just to clarify, he was always going to be a Maximal toy. The Predacon history was his original intended backstory. Makes sense, him being a snake and all. Most of the reptiles were Preds.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:53, 7 July 2015 (EDT)
:Apologies. I will rectify that. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 18:58, 7 July 2015 (EDT)

==Removing "cartoon-only" categories...==
If a formerly-cartoon-only character appears in a comic, then you need to replace "cartoon only" with "Category: Fiction-only Transformers", not just delete the category outright. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 23:59, 14 July 2015 (EDT)
:Sorry about that. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 00:00, 15 July 2015 (EDT)

==Universe==
Nice work on this section. If you're up for it, other attributions for Children/Minions would be useful. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 23:27, 31 July 2015 (EDT)

==Overbite==
I meant merge Overbite with the G1 one page, not adding the new information to his Universe page but actually, I already add that.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 17:38, 2 August 2015 (EDT)

==References==
Do you know why refs that I added don't show up at the end of the page? I referenced Ask Vctor Prime in [[Uniend 812.21 Kappa|this page]] but it don't show up.[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 20:15, 30 August 2015 (EDT)
: You have to put <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> at the bottom of the page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 20:23, 30 August 2015 (EDT)
::Thanks.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 20:35, 30 August 2015 (EDT)

== The reason for Grum's name not showing up==

Though I can't say for sure, I suspect that [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal&curid=474&diff=1041903&oldid=1041898 Grum's name was missing] because he inserted one too many tildes when signing his post, causing it to put only the date, like so: 22:26, 6 January 2016 (EST) -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 22:26, 6 January 2016 (EST)

==Gargent==

You deleted the Gargent image for the Universal stream page? Are we not allowed to use GoBots images like that? [[User:Lush City|Lush City]] ([[User talk:Lush City|talk]]) 19:56, 28 January 2016 (EST)
:I don't recall exactly which discussion it was, but I believe it was agreed that we shouldn't use images which AVP askers uploaded with their questions. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:05, 28 January 2016 (EST)

== Disambiguating Wilder ==

Hey, you're pretty knowledgeable about diambiguation pages and such, right? How would we handle [[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]], [[L. W. Wilder]], and [[Wilder (G1)]]? Would we need a <nowiki>[[Wilder (disambiguation)]]</nowiki>? I hate to bother you with this, but his stuff confuses me. -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 22:17, 22 February 2016 (EST)
:Huh. I've never noticed that before, but I beleive three guys like that is sufficient to merit a disambiguation. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:18, 22 February 2016 (EST)
::Yeah, that one must have slipped through the cracks. Anyway, I'll probably start fixing some links to Wilder, but I won't be able to do them all tonight. Thanks for your help! -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 22:29, 22 February 2016 (EST)

==Link fix==
Since I wasn't sure if you'd get a notification when I did it or not, I just wanted to let you know that I fixed a link on your talk page (specifically, Apelinq -> Apelinq (BM)) Cheers! -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 17:11, 29 February 2016 (EST)

== Ain't No Rat ==

To answer your question, Dreamwave was planning to tie Beast Wars into its G1 continuity, and its comics were written with that in mind. It also simplifies things by putting the MTMTE and Summer Special content together. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:36, 21 April 2016 (EDT)

== We don't do that? ==

http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Thrashclaw&diff=1097114&oldid=1097112

Surely we should link directly to [[Of Masters and Mayhem]] somewhere in that article? and that seems as good a place as any--better than anywhere else, even, because the text is already there; i just made it a link. No offense intended; i just don't understand why we don't/shouldn't do it this way.

Thanks. --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 20:12, 26 May 2016 (EDT)

P.S.--
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Slice&diff=1097118&oldid=1097108
...Wow. Thanks! --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 20:15, 26 May 2016 (EDT)
:I'm not aware if it is specifically stated in any rule, but we don't do it anywhere on the wiki. If you think we should, bring it to the talk page. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:28, 31 May 2016 (EDT)

== Changing dates ==

Why are you changing dates to have the year first? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 06:22, 19 August 2016 (EDT)
:I'm sick of the confusion between U.S. and UK order, and in any case, ymd format is how the Japanese do it. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 12:05, 19 August 2016 (EDT)
::Not a huge fan, as I've always grown up with MDY, but I guess as long as it's consistent. BTW, the wiki server itself has "19 August 2016". --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 15:53, 19 August 2016 (EDT)

== Deluge vs Drench ==

Thanks to [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Shatterpoint&diff=1124654&oldid=1124649 you], the [[Shatterpoint]] article once again SAYS Generation 2 Deluge while it LINKS to G1 Deluge (who has a rather different deco from [[Deluge (G2)]]). i explained this in my edit summary. Please revert your revert.

--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 04:28, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
:Then maybe next time you should use proper text formatting. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 04:38, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
::i see. i thought it'd be fine to leave the franchise identifiers as suffixes rather than prefixes. (The way i had it wasn't even grammatically incorrect.) Sorry. For future reference, how would you feel about ''His color scheme is based somewhat loosely on that of [[Deluge (G1)|G1 Deluge]] or [[Drench (G2)|G2 Drench]],'' or ''His color scheme is based somewhat loosely on that of [[Deluge (G1)|Deluge]] or [[Drench (G2)|Drench]]''? Also, is there a reason you italicized "''Generation 2''" but not "Generation 1"? --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 04:55, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
:::Either of those should be fine, though I think the latter is a bit vague to readers. And ''Generation 2'' is italicized because it is the actual published product branding; "Generation 1" is a retronym for ''The Transformers''. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 05:48, 31 August 2016 (EDT)

== Animated Blackout IS Prominent Enough ==

How is Animated Blackout not prominent enough? We have Animated Perceptor on the [[Perceptor (disambiguation)]] page, and unlike Blackout, he doesn't even have a toy. Heck, we have RID Kickback on [[Kickback (disambiguation)]]. --[[User:DannyBoy|DannyBoy]] ([[User talk:DannyBoy|talk]]) 07:12, 23 September 2016 (EDT)
:Perhaps I acted in haste, but I don't count a single episode appearance and a toy which wasn't released in the U.S. as sufficiently prominent. Heck, ''Animated'' Perceptor and ''Robots in Disguise'' Kickback could probably be removed. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 07:17, 23 September 2016 (EDT)

== Club magazine content ==

We have only three more months to go in which "we have a 30 day grace period for FP magazine content to go on the wiki" is still relevant, so, like.... --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:38, 22 October 2016 (EDT)
:? What have I done which hasn't been out for 30 days yet? Do you mean creating stubs for the SG Animated characters? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:43, 22 October 2016 (EDT)
::Isn't the Thunder Mayhem image from this most recent issue? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:55, 22 October 2016 (EDT)
:::Aha, it is not. Ignore me. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:56, 22 October 2016 (EDT)

==Date formatting==
We don't format dates year-first. Never have. Nobody does. Stop changing this. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 22:25, 27 October 2016 (EDT)

== Reflist ==

Thanks for the backstop on Gargent 984.08 Alpha. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 18:35, 13 December 2016 (EST)

== "Anomie" Date error ==
Ultra Magnus or anybody, the date "1st cycle 3041" is way off, isn't it? Why remove this error? --[[User:Kmc|Kmc]] ([[User talk:Kmc|talk]]) 21:08, 3 February 2017 (EST)
:I thought the logical explanation was that James Roberts had deliberately refreshed the calendar to a new cycle. In any event, Chris McFeely moved it to issue #1's page. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 10:27, 4 February 2017 (EST)

==Kre-O moves==
When you move the Kre-O character page contents, try to remember that you're going to have to make some alterations/additions to the text. These new sections in the toy area will need links to "[[Kre-O]]" and "[[Kreon]]" in them since these would likely be the first instances of those words on those pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:41, 19 February 2017 (EST)
:I'll keep that in mind. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 19:42, 19 February 2017 (EST)

== Nemesis Prime ==

That character is the same one as Optimus Prime, though? I mean, it's not like say, Tankor, cause the basic remnants of the personality are still there, but evil. He's more like Rhinox in Dark Designs. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 15:15, 7 March 2017 (EST)
:I can see where you are coming from. The Nemesis Prime personality has a coloration of its own which fits with the rest of the "[[Nemesis Prime (G1)]]" page; hence why I think it all belongs on the Nemesis Prime page. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:20, 7 March 2017 (EST)
::Sure but isn't that also the case of say, Yokohama Convoy? I mean obviously Optimus doesn't have stickers on him. but still. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 17:22, 7 March 2017 (EST)

==Mini-Cons==
Why are you wiping out information on those pages? What is the point of sending readers to a separate page for repurposed toys? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:33, 26 April 2017 (EDT)

==Invasion Boxart==
Hey, I noticed that your crop for [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]] had a better quality than simply cropping the lithograph online. Do you happen to have the entire Botcon 2012 lithograph by any chance? Thanks in advance
[[User:Ed|Ed]] ([[User talk:Ed|talk]]) 20:18, 26 April 2017 (EDT)
:I found a close-up shot from Seibertron from [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/exclusives/treadshot/2727/1/ their BotCon 2012 Treadshot gallery]. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:36, 26 April 2017 (EDT)
Oh, okay. Thanks [[User:Ed|Ed]] ([[User talk:Ed|talk]]) 00:04, 27 April 2017 (EDT)

== Foreign names ==

Pardon me if I'm wrong, but aren't all foreign names supposed to go at the end of articles? I thought that was the standard. [[User:Rotary|Rotary]] ([[User talk:Rotary|talk]]) 20:12, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
:When a character debuts in a foreign territory with a foreign-script name, the standard is just to put it at the top. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 20:27, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
::Oh, gotcha. My mistake. Thanks for fixing it! [[User:Rotary|Rotary]] ([[User talk:Rotary|talk]]) 20:32, 15 May 2017 (EDT)

== A Hopefully Friendly Suggestion ==
Hey, man, you're a friend, so I hope you take this the right way. I've noticed a recent trend in your edits towards trying to apply a kind of lawyery view of the wiky's policies towards the articles. Despite what Hermes Conrad says, technically correct is not always the best kind of correct. When you're faced with a corner case, like Clutch the Decepticon turned Renegade or the two Cryoteks, before you stake out a position, maybe you should ask yourself if you're actually making the wiki a better place. Is the Clutch article better now that it has an ugly "this article lacks any official visual representation" box? Would the two Cryoteks be better in any reasonable sense if you merge them? If the answer to either of those questions is no, then you should really take a step back and wonder if you are helping, or just stirring the pot. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 09:23, 18 June 2017 (EDT)

==Twinferno==
There is a Titans Return Deluxe Twinferno and a RID Warrior Twinferno. Please specify. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 20:56, 10 July 2017 (EDT)
:EDIT: Nevermind. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 20:57, 10 July 2017 (EDT)
::EDIT EDIT: I did some cross-checking, and to the best of my determination, Titans Return Voyager Alpha Trion came out around August and therefore wouldn't count as 4th quarter 2016 product. I realize you voted before I did the research, but would appreciate it if you would still alter your vote. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 22:46, 10 July 2017 (EDT)

== Bad Boy and Dealbreaker ==
I've noticed that you've restored these names on Powerflash and Tap-Out's pages, but why? Bad Boy and Deal Breaker weren't names they personally identified themselves with, those names were just disguises. That's like writing on Optimus Prime's page, "also goes by Motormaster because he disguised as him in that one G1 episode." --[[User:Nom|Nom]] ([[User talk:Nom|talk]]) 01:47, 11 July 2017 (EDT)
:<nowiki>*shrug*</nowiki> I thought it was interesting. If you think it really doesn't belong, be my guest. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:23, 11 July 2017 (EDT)

== Bluestreak box art ==

[[File_talk:G1_Bluestreak_Boxart-Blue.jpg|Thanks.]] i still think Bluestreak's article should actually [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bluestreak_%28G1%29&diff=1193253&oldid=1193203 show the miscolored art.] (Rather than just talking about it and linking to some [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|other article]] that shows it.) i used your pic this time. Let me know if there's a reason you think Bluestreak's article ''shouldn't'' show the Diaclone-colored box art.
--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 01:28, 16 July 2017 (EDT)

== "Autobot-allied Mini-Cons" ==

The Weaponizers ''did'' all explicitly become Autobots during the course of "[[Worthy]]", so I don't think saying "Autobot-allied" is accurate. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 00:27, 17 July 2017 (EDT)

== Shatterpoint ==

Thanks for catching that. I misread Wind-Sheer's page as SP being a Unicron BELIEVER. My bad. [[User:Crossfire|'''Cross''']][[User talk:Crossfire|'''fire''']] 21:48, 16 January 2018 (EST)
:No problem! [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:50, 16 January 2018 (EST)

== Size classes ==

Why do you keep adding size classes to Japanese releases that are not sold at consistent price points like Hasbro products or sometimes not engineered to fit budgetary concerns? Godbomber and Super Ginrai were not sold at the same price point and weren't made with consideration to Hasbro's size class limitations; likewise, Blitzwing with Big Fight isn't the same thing as Leo Prime sold by himself. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:24, 19 March 2018 (EDT)

== Studio Series ==

Why are you having it so characters say Generations and Studio Series when they only have one Generations toy? Take any character from Generations released under a subline imprint, and when that is there only toy, it goes under the general Generations subheading instead. Why are you changing this for the Studio Series guys? [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 15:59, 27 May 2018 (EDT)
:Okay I see, you posted something on the Community Portal, and I put my thoughts down. But I think you should've at least put the post up before you made all your changes to get more opinions on the subject. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 16:11, 27 May 2018 (EDT)

== Progress Report ==

All Combiner Wars images have been completed. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 23:48, 15 July 2018 (EDT)
:T30 too. This leaves POTP and Movie Editon images out of Generations. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 00:25, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

== JG1 toyline revamp ==

[[Generation 1 (Japanese toylines)|There]], better?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 06:22, 8 August 2018 (EDT)

== What's wrong with the redirects? ==

Why shouldn't we use redirects on pages? Should we avoid using redirects when the time arises? [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 00:49, 26 August 2018 (EDT)
:Yes, because it wastes time for users and is an unneeded load on the server. People eliminate redirects on the site all the time. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:03, 27 August 2018 (EDT)
::Okay, thank you, I wasn't aware. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:11, 27 August 2018 (EDT)

We could use some '''serious''' help with removing all Ker-O-related redirects. It's too tiresome for one person to do alone! -[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 09:51, 26 September 2018 (EDT)

== Page Delection ==
The page currently titled "Jetfire (Movie)" is ready for deletion. All the necessary information from that page has been moved to the one titled "Jetfire (ROTF)". I am asking for help with deleting "Jetfire (Movie)" so "Jetfire (ROTF)" can be renamed as such. --[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 09:14, 19 September 2018 (EDT)
:Uh, he isn't an admin. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 09:48, 19 September 2018 (EDT)
::If that's the case, then who ''is''? -[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 09:52, 26 September 2018 (EDT)

== Hachette covers main image ==

I started filling these out assuming Guido Guidi was by default the artist of the "new" image, but I now realize this is not always the case. Several are by Don Figueroa and others. Do the books themselves ID the cover art? I hate having to put "unknown" but may have to in some cases. Is it listed online anywhere? [[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 17:20, 24 September 2018 (EDT)
:Sorry, that's not what I have seen from Hachette. I was hoping that by enlisting your help, I could find out the artists more easily. I'm not much of an art identifier myself. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:23, 8 October 2018 (EDT)

== Siege Leader Class Ultra Magnus ==

Why did you undo my edit? And why is there no mention of the ''War For Cybertron: Siege'' Leader Class Optimus Prime anywhere on this wiki? [[User:Bumblebee392|My other car is an Autobot.]] ([[User talk:Bumblebee392|talk]]) 15:25, 10 February 2019 (EST)
:Presumably because Leader Class Optimus hasn't been officially announced yet. We don't cover leaks here. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:35, 10 February 2019 (EST)

== Why? ==

OK, WHY put Animated Punch and Computron's pages up for deletion when you can just improve them? I mean, I understand why there's no effort, as I made the pages when I was still new to the wiki, but still, why out them up for deletion?--[[User:CyclonustheWarrior|CyclonustheWarrior]] ([[User talk:CyclonustheWarrior|talk]]) 13:23, 11 February 2019 (EST)
: A: you made them when you hadn't even read ''anything'' about the characters. B: instead of demanding others to do it for you, you should find out for yourself what they did, and then edit it in. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:29, 11 February 2019 (EST)
::This is getting frustrating. Look, I'll be more specific when I add pages now.--[[User:CyclonustheWarrior|CyclonustheWarrior]] ([[User talk:CyclonustheWarrior|talk]]) 13:35, 11 February 2019 (EST)
:::If you are only creating a page to say "this thing exists", don't create the page. If you don't have some actual info to put on there, it is better to leave it as a red link. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:20, 11 February 2019 (EST)

== IDW categories ==

There's no "move" tab on categories for me. - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 21:59, 27 March 2019 (EDT)
And when I manually enter it, I get:
:Permissions errors
:You do not have permission to move this page, for the following reason:
:Cannot move pages in namespace "Category"
- [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 22:00, 27 March 2019 (EDT)
:Huh, I could have sworn there was. Never mind that then. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:02, 27 March 2019 (EDT)

== Treble redirects ==

[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&hidelinks=1&target=2005+IDW+continuity&namespace= Seriously?] - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 18:14, 3 April 2019 (EDT)
:Hold your horses; I will get to those soon enough. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 18:16, 3 April 2019 (EDT)

== BotCon Legacy Comic ==

I saw that you posted part of the 2015 BotCon Legacy comic on the Apelinq page and I was wondering if you had a scan of the full thing? - [[User:JDApex|JDApex]] ([[User talk:JDApex|talk]]) 20:30, 9 April 2019 (EDT)

User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47

2020-09-24T08:23:08Z

Cyclonusawesome:

== Hey Are you a Admin? ==
Hey I'm having some trouble finding the admins, I'm assuming because you make a lot of edits you're one? If not then that's okay.

== Section names ==

It's just "Cybertron comic" and "Universe comic" because there are no other comics by those names. You do not need to add the publisher names. [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] ([[User talk:Mimi|talk]]) 01:53, 6 April 2015 (EDT)

== Contractions ==

Why are you expanding contractions in article writeups? That isn't necessary. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:28, 12 April 2015 (EDT)
:See above. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 23:55, 12 April 2015 (EDT)
::I thought that in a few instances, the sentence flowed better without the contraction. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:56, 12 April 2015 (EDT)
:::Hmm, fair enough! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 01:55, 13 April 2015 (EDT)

== Section headers ==

Pleeeease don't start adding "Beast Wars cartoon continuity" to every page for isolated sections without discussing its necessity. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 21:02, 16 April 2015 (EDT)
:Once again... [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:01, 9 May 2015 (EDT)

==Dimension hoppers==
Thank you for making it obvious why Axiom Nexus citizens make the Dimension Hoppers category pointless. Please undo your work. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 16:52, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
: I'm also wondering why a lot of these guys are being added to the Dimension Hoppers category. Why are the Autojetters and Seacons going in there? I don't see anything on their pages about going from one continuity family to another. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 16:55, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
: Okay okay, all right, apparently you have moved all of the G1 guys from "Invasion" into the category because they live in SG now. This is... arguably unnecessary, because if you read the dimension hoppers category, the category exists for characters who change continuity families, and both Classics and SG are Primax. Whether Positive Primax and Negative Primax constitute something different enough to warrant the category is NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE DISCUSSED, SO PLEASE MOVE THEM BACK UNTIL DISCUSSION IS HAD, THANK YOU. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:00, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
::Well they were there in "BW:SG" even though they didn't do anything with any actual Shattered Glass dudes. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 16:57, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::FACEPALM DIRECTED AT YOU, READ ABOVE --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:00, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::I hadn't noticed you'd updated with that when I began editing. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]])
::::When I started adding characters to the Dimension Hoppers category, characters like [[Ultra Magnus (SG)]] and [[Treadshot (SG)]] were already there. I figured that was because this wiki classifies G1 and ''Shattered Glass'' as different continuity families. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 17:05, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::::You also moved the entirety of the cast list of the Universe comics in there, despite the page explicitly excluding them. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:08, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
:::::For future reference, if you ever stumble across something that seemingly requires hundreds of edits, please please please please ask us about it first. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:11, 26 April 2015 (EDT)
::::::1. I apologize for breaking wiki protocol. 2. I guess I made a couple unnecessary edits with the ''Universe'' characters, but I was intentionally leaving out the characters who had only traveled to the Cauldron. 3. I moved the characters in "[[Invasion (issue)|Invasion]]" and ''[[Beast Wars Shattered Glass]]'' because I read on this wiki that G1 and Shattered Glass were different continuity families. I thought that the absence of all the ''Classics'' characters from "Invasion"/BWSG was a minor oversight to be corrected. 4. Why did you undo my alphebetization edit to [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and Child of Primus category edit to 2001 RID Optimus Prime? 5. Do rapid conversations on talk pages always happen at this rate? I've had trouble responding because of edit conflicts.
:::::::In the course of running down your contributions list to revert everything, I figured there may have been some false positives, which I am in the process of fixing on a case-by-case basis. Also, I have placed Omega Prime in the dimension hopper category since he's actually gone from RID to the UT. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:40, 26 April 2015 (EDT)

==Night Viper==

Just to clarify, he was always going to be a Maximal toy. The Predacon history was his original intended backstory. Makes sense, him being a snake and all. Most of the reptiles were Preds.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 18:53, 7 July 2015 (EDT)
:Apologies. I will rectify that. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 18:58, 7 July 2015 (EDT)

==Removing "cartoon-only" categories...==
If a formerly-cartoon-only character appears in a comic, then you need to replace "cartoon only" with "Category: Fiction-only Transformers", not just delete the category outright. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 23:59, 14 July 2015 (EDT)
:Sorry about that. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 00:00, 15 July 2015 (EDT)

==Universe==
Nice work on this section. If you're up for it, other attributions for Children/Minions would be useful. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 23:27, 31 July 2015 (EDT)

==Overbite==
I meant merge Overbite with the G1 one page, not adding the new information to his Universe page but actually, I already add that.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 17:38, 2 August 2015 (EDT)

==References==
Do you know why refs that I added don't show up at the end of the page? I referenced Ask Vctor Prime in [[Uniend 812.21 Kappa|this page]] but it don't show up.[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 20:15, 30 August 2015 (EDT)
: You have to put <nowiki>{{reflist}}</nowiki> at the bottom of the page. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 20:23, 30 August 2015 (EDT)
::Thanks.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 20:35, 30 August 2015 (EDT)

== The reason for Grum's name not showing up==

Though I can't say for sure, I suspect that [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal&curid=474&diff=1041903&oldid=1041898 Grum's name was missing] because he inserted one too many tildes when signing his post, causing it to put only the date, like so: 22:26, 6 January 2016 (EST) -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 22:26, 6 January 2016 (EST)

==Gargent==

You deleted the Gargent image for the Universal stream page? Are we not allowed to use GoBots images like that? [[User:Lush City|Lush City]] ([[User talk:Lush City|talk]]) 19:56, 28 January 2016 (EST)
:I don't recall exactly which discussion it was, but I believe it was agreed that we shouldn't use images which AVP askers uploaded with their questions. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:05, 28 January 2016 (EST)

== Disambiguating Wilder ==

Hey, you're pretty knowledgeable about diambiguation pages and such, right? How would we handle [[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]], [[L. W. Wilder]], and [[Wilder (G1)]]? Would we need a <nowiki>[[Wilder (disambiguation)]]</nowiki>? I hate to bother you with this, but his stuff confuses me. -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 22:17, 22 February 2016 (EST)
:Huh. I've never noticed that before, but I beleive three guys like that is sufficient to merit a disambiguation. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:18, 22 February 2016 (EST)
::Yeah, that one must have slipped through the cracks. Anyway, I'll probably start fixing some links to Wilder, but I won't be able to do them all tonight. Thanks for your help! -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 22:29, 22 February 2016 (EST)

==Link fix==
Since I wasn't sure if you'd get a notification when I did it or not, I just wanted to let you know that I fixed a link on your talk page (specifically, Apelinq -> Apelinq (BM)) Cheers! -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 17:11, 29 February 2016 (EST)

== Ain't No Rat ==

To answer your question, Dreamwave was planning to tie Beast Wars into its G1 continuity, and its comics were written with that in mind. It also simplifies things by putting the MTMTE and Summer Special content together. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:36, 21 April 2016 (EDT)

== We don't do that? ==

http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Thrashclaw&diff=1097114&oldid=1097112

Surely we should link directly to [[Of Masters and Mayhem]] somewhere in that article? and that seems as good a place as any--better than anywhere else, even, because the text is already there; i just made it a link. No offense intended; i just don't understand why we don't/shouldn't do it this way.

Thanks. --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 20:12, 26 May 2016 (EDT)

P.S.--
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Slice&diff=1097118&oldid=1097108
...Wow. Thanks! --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 20:15, 26 May 2016 (EDT)
:I'm not aware if it is specifically stated in any rule, but we don't do it anywhere on the wiki. If you think we should, bring it to the talk page. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:28, 31 May 2016 (EDT)

== Changing dates ==

Why are you changing dates to have the year first? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 06:22, 19 August 2016 (EDT)
:I'm sick of the confusion between U.S. and UK order, and in any case, ymd format is how the Japanese do it. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 12:05, 19 August 2016 (EDT)
::Not a huge fan, as I've always grown up with MDY, but I guess as long as it's consistent. BTW, the wiki server itself has "19 August 2016". --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 15:53, 19 August 2016 (EDT)

== Deluge vs Drench ==

Thanks to [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Shatterpoint&diff=1124654&oldid=1124649 you], the [[Shatterpoint]] article once again SAYS Generation 2 Deluge while it LINKS to G1 Deluge (who has a rather different deco from [[Deluge (G2)]]). i explained this in my edit summary. Please revert your revert.

--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 04:28, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
:Then maybe next time you should use proper text formatting. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 04:38, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
::i see. i thought it'd be fine to leave the franchise identifiers as suffixes rather than prefixes. (The way i had it wasn't even grammatically incorrect.) Sorry. For future reference, how would you feel about ''His color scheme is based somewhat loosely on that of [[Deluge (G1)|G1 Deluge]] or [[Drench (G2)|G2 Drench]],'' or ''His color scheme is based somewhat loosely on that of [[Deluge (G1)|Deluge]] or [[Drench (G2)|Drench]]''? Also, is there a reason you italicized "''Generation 2''" but not "Generation 1"? --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 04:55, 31 August 2016 (EDT)
:::Either of those should be fine, though I think the latter is a bit vague to readers. And ''Generation 2'' is italicized because it is the actual published product branding; "Generation 1" is a retronym for ''The Transformers''. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 05:48, 31 August 2016 (EDT)

== Animated Blackout IS Prominent Enough ==

How is Animated Blackout not prominent enough? We have Animated Perceptor on the [[Perceptor (disambiguation)]] page, and unlike Blackout, he doesn't even have a toy. Heck, we have RID Kickback on [[Kickback (disambiguation)]]. --[[User:DannyBoy|DannyBoy]] ([[User talk:DannyBoy|talk]]) 07:12, 23 September 2016 (EDT)
:Perhaps I acted in haste, but I don't count a single episode appearance and a toy which wasn't released in the U.S. as sufficiently prominent. Heck, ''Animated'' Perceptor and ''Robots in Disguise'' Kickback could probably be removed. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 07:17, 23 September 2016 (EDT)

== Club magazine content ==

We have only three more months to go in which "we have a 30 day grace period for FP magazine content to go on the wiki" is still relevant, so, like.... --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:38, 22 October 2016 (EDT)
:? What have I done which hasn't been out for 30 days yet? Do you mean creating stubs for the SG Animated characters? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:43, 22 October 2016 (EDT)
::Isn't the Thunder Mayhem image from this most recent issue? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:55, 22 October 2016 (EDT)
:::Aha, it is not. Ignore me. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 21:56, 22 October 2016 (EDT)

==Date formatting==
We don't format dates year-first. Never have. Nobody does. Stop changing this. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 22:25, 27 October 2016 (EDT)

== Reflist ==

Thanks for the backstop on Gargent 984.08 Alpha. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 18:35, 13 December 2016 (EST)

== "Anomie" Date error ==
Ultra Magnus or anybody, the date "1st cycle 3041" is way off, isn't it? Why remove this error? --[[User:Kmc|Kmc]] ([[User talk:Kmc|talk]]) 21:08, 3 February 2017 (EST)
:I thought the logical explanation was that James Roberts had deliberately refreshed the calendar to a new cycle. In any event, Chris McFeely moved it to issue #1's page. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 10:27, 4 February 2017 (EST)

==Kre-O moves==
When you move the Kre-O character page contents, try to remember that you're going to have to make some alterations/additions to the text. These new sections in the toy area will need links to "[[Kre-O]]" and "[[Kreon]]" in them since these would likely be the first instances of those words on those pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:41, 19 February 2017 (EST)
:I'll keep that in mind. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 19:42, 19 February 2017 (EST)

== Nemesis Prime ==

That character is the same one as Optimus Prime, though? I mean, it's not like say, Tankor, cause the basic remnants of the personality are still there, but evil. He's more like Rhinox in Dark Designs. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 15:15, 7 March 2017 (EST)
:I can see where you are coming from. The Nemesis Prime personality has a coloration of its own which fits with the rest of the "[[Nemesis Prime (G1)]]" page; hence why I think it all belongs on the Nemesis Prime page. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:20, 7 March 2017 (EST)
::Sure but isn't that also the case of say, Yokohama Convoy? I mean obviously Optimus doesn't have stickers on him. but still. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 17:22, 7 March 2017 (EST)

==Mini-Cons==
Why are you wiping out information on those pages? What is the point of sending readers to a separate page for repurposed toys? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:33, 26 April 2017 (EDT)

==Invasion Boxart==
Hey, I noticed that your crop for [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]] had a better quality than simply cropping the lithograph online. Do you happen to have the entire Botcon 2012 lithograph by any chance? Thanks in advance
[[User:Ed|Ed]] ([[User talk:Ed|talk]]) 20:18, 26 April 2017 (EDT)
:I found a close-up shot from Seibertron from [https://www.seibertron.com/transformers-toys/gallery/exclusives/treadshot/2727/1/ their BotCon 2012 Treadshot gallery]. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:36, 26 April 2017 (EDT)
Oh, okay. Thanks [[User:Ed|Ed]] ([[User talk:Ed|talk]]) 00:04, 27 April 2017 (EDT)

== Foreign names ==

Pardon me if I'm wrong, but aren't all foreign names supposed to go at the end of articles? I thought that was the standard. [[User:Rotary|Rotary]] ([[User talk:Rotary|talk]]) 20:12, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
:When a character debuts in a foreign territory with a foreign-script name, the standard is just to put it at the top. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 20:27, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
::Oh, gotcha. My mistake. Thanks for fixing it! [[User:Rotary|Rotary]] ([[User talk:Rotary|talk]]) 20:32, 15 May 2017 (EDT)

== A Hopefully Friendly Suggestion ==
Hey, man, you're a friend, so I hope you take this the right way. I've noticed a recent trend in your edits towards trying to apply a kind of lawyery view of the wiky's policies towards the articles. Despite what Hermes Conrad says, technically correct is not always the best kind of correct. When you're faced with a corner case, like Clutch the Decepticon turned Renegade or the two Cryoteks, before you stake out a position, maybe you should ask yourself if you're actually making the wiki a better place. Is the Clutch article better now that it has an ugly "this article lacks any official visual representation" box? Would the two Cryoteks be better in any reasonable sense if you merge them? If the answer to either of those questions is no, then you should really take a step back and wonder if you are helping, or just stirring the pot. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 09:23, 18 June 2017 (EDT)

==Twinferno==
There is a Titans Return Deluxe Twinferno and a RID Warrior Twinferno. Please specify. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 20:56, 10 July 2017 (EDT)
:EDIT: Nevermind. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 20:57, 10 July 2017 (EDT)
::EDIT EDIT: I did some cross-checking, and to the best of my determination, Titans Return Voyager Alpha Trion came out around August and therefore wouldn't count as 4th quarter 2016 product. I realize you voted before I did the research, but would appreciate it if you would still alter your vote. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 22:46, 10 July 2017 (EDT)

== Bad Boy and Dealbreaker ==
I've noticed that you've restored these names on Powerflash and Tap-Out's pages, but why? Bad Boy and Deal Breaker weren't names they personally identified themselves with, those names were just disguises. That's like writing on Optimus Prime's page, "also goes by Motormaster because he disguised as him in that one G1 episode." --[[User:Nom|Nom]] ([[User talk:Nom|talk]]) 01:47, 11 July 2017 (EDT)
:<nowiki>*shrug*</nowiki> I thought it was interesting. If you think it really doesn't belong, be my guest. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:23, 11 July 2017 (EDT)

== Bluestreak box art ==

[[File_talk:G1_Bluestreak_Boxart-Blue.jpg|Thanks.]] i still think Bluestreak's article should actually [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Bluestreak_%28G1%29&diff=1193253&oldid=1193203 show the miscolored art.] (Rather than just talking about it and linking to some [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|other article]] that shows it.) i used your pic this time. Let me know if there's a reason you think Bluestreak's article ''shouldn't'' show the Diaclone-colored box art.
--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 01:28, 16 July 2017 (EDT)

== "Autobot-allied Mini-Cons" ==

The Weaponizers ''did'' all explicitly become Autobots during the course of "[[Worthy]]", so I don't think saying "Autobot-allied" is accurate. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 00:27, 17 July 2017 (EDT)

== Shatterpoint ==

Thanks for catching that. I misread Wind-Sheer's page as SP being a Unicron BELIEVER. My bad. [[User:Crossfire|'''Cross''']][[User talk:Crossfire|'''fire''']] 21:48, 16 January 2018 (EST)
:No problem! [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:50, 16 January 2018 (EST)

== Size classes ==

Why do you keep adding size classes to Japanese releases that are not sold at consistent price points like Hasbro products or sometimes not engineered to fit budgetary concerns? Godbomber and Super Ginrai were not sold at the same price point and weren't made with consideration to Hasbro's size class limitations; likewise, Blitzwing with Big Fight isn't the same thing as Leo Prime sold by himself. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:24, 19 March 2018 (EDT)

== Studio Series ==

Why are you having it so characters say Generations and Studio Series when they only have one Generations toy? Take any character from Generations released under a subline imprint, and when that is there only toy, it goes under the general Generations subheading instead. Why are you changing this for the Studio Series guys? [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 15:59, 27 May 2018 (EDT)
:Okay I see, you posted something on the Community Portal, and I put my thoughts down. But I think you should've at least put the post up before you made all your changes to get more opinions on the subject. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 16:11, 27 May 2018 (EDT)

== Progress Report ==

All Combiner Wars images have been completed. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 23:48, 15 July 2018 (EDT)
:T30 too. This leaves POTP and Movie Editon images out of Generations. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 00:25, 16 July 2018 (EDT)

== JG1 toyline revamp ==

[[Generation 1 (Japanese toylines)|There]], better?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 06:22, 8 August 2018 (EDT)

== What's wrong with the redirects? ==

Why shouldn't we use redirects on pages? Should we avoid using redirects when the time arises? [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 00:49, 26 August 2018 (EDT)
:Yes, because it wastes time for users and is an unneeded load on the server. People eliminate redirects on the site all the time. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:03, 27 August 2018 (EDT)
::Okay, thank you, I wasn't aware. [[User:Notirishman|notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:11, 27 August 2018 (EDT)

We could use some '''serious''' help with removing all Ker-O-related redirects. It's too tiresome for one person to do alone! -[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 09:51, 26 September 2018 (EDT)

== Page Delection ==
The page currently titled "Jetfire (Movie)" is ready for deletion. All the necessary information from that page has been moved to the one titled "Jetfire (ROTF)". I am asking for help with deleting "Jetfire (Movie)" so "Jetfire (ROTF)" can be renamed as such. --[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 09:14, 19 September 2018 (EDT)
:Uh, he isn't an admin. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 09:48, 19 September 2018 (EDT)
::If that's the case, then who ''is''? -[[User:NexusShard17|NexusShard17]] ([[User talk:NexusShard17|talk]]) 09:52, 26 September 2018 (EDT)

== Hachette covers main image ==

I started filling these out assuming Guido Guidi was by default the artist of the "new" image, but I now realize this is not always the case. Several are by Don Figueroa and others. Do the books themselves ID the cover art? I hate having to put "unknown" but may have to in some cases. Is it listed online anywhere? [[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] ([[User talk:MistaTee|talk]]) 17:20, 24 September 2018 (EDT)
:Sorry, that's not what I have seen from Hachette. I was hoping that by enlisting your help, I could find out the artists more easily. I'm not much of an art identifier myself. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:23, 8 October 2018 (EDT)

== Siege Leader Class Ultra Magnus ==

Why did you undo my edit? And why is there no mention of the ''War For Cybertron: Siege'' Leader Class Optimus Prime anywhere on this wiki? [[User:Bumblebee392|My other car is an Autobot.]] ([[User talk:Bumblebee392|talk]]) 15:25, 10 February 2019 (EST)
:Presumably because Leader Class Optimus hasn't been officially announced yet. We don't cover leaks here. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:35, 10 February 2019 (EST)

== Why? ==

OK, WHY put Animated Punch and Computron's pages up for deletion when you can just improve them? I mean, I understand why there's no effort, as I made the pages when I was still new to the wiki, but still, why out them up for deletion?--[[User:CyclonustheWarrior|CyclonustheWarrior]] ([[User talk:CyclonustheWarrior|talk]]) 13:23, 11 February 2019 (EST)
: A: you made them when you hadn't even read ''anything'' about the characters. B: instead of demanding others to do it for you, you should find out for yourself what they did, and then edit it in. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:29, 11 February 2019 (EST)
::This is getting frustrating. Look, I'll be more specific when I add pages now.--[[User:CyclonustheWarrior|CyclonustheWarrior]] ([[User talk:CyclonustheWarrior|talk]]) 13:35, 11 February 2019 (EST)
:::If you are only creating a page to say "this thing exists", don't create the page. If you don't have some actual info to put on there, it is better to leave it as a red link. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:20, 11 February 2019 (EST)

== IDW categories ==

There's no "move" tab on categories for me. - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 21:59, 27 March 2019 (EDT)
And when I manually enter it, I get:
:Permissions errors
:You do not have permission to move this page, for the following reason:
:Cannot move pages in namespace "Category"
- [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 22:00, 27 March 2019 (EDT)
:Huh, I could have sworn there was. Never mind that then. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:02, 27 March 2019 (EDT)

== Treble redirects ==

[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special%3AWhatLinksHere&hidelinks=1&target=2005+IDW+continuity&namespace= Seriously?] - [[User:Mammalian Verisimilitude|Mammalian Verisimilitude]] ([[User talk:Mammalian Verisimilitude|talk]]) 18:14, 3 April 2019 (EDT)
:Hold your horses; I will get to those soon enough. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 18:16, 3 April 2019 (EDT)

== BotCon Legacy Comic ==

I saw that you posted part of the 2015 BotCon Legacy comic on the Apelinq page and I was wondering if you had a scan of the full thing? - [[User:JDApex|JDApex]] ([[User talk:JDApex|talk]]) 20:30, 9 April 2019 (EDT)

War for Cybertron: Kingdom

2020-09-24T05:04:38Z

Cyclonusawesome: /* Notes */

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'''''War For Cybertron: Kingdom''''' is a [[subline imprint]] of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toyline, and the final portion of the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]''.

First revealed in late-[[2020]] at [[Hasbro PulseCon]], ''War for Cybertron: Kingdom'' is a toyline in celebration of the 25th anniversary of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' and the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. A first for any toyline, this subline is generally split between “Generation 1” characters and those from ''Beast Wars''. As a direct continuation of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' and ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', ''Kingdom'' carries over the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], meaning most toys feature 3 mm and [[5 mm post]]s to accommodate the weapons and the effect parts from ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' and other toylines. Due to the realistic animal modes, ''Beast Wars'' characters only utilize the C.O.M.B.A.T. System in robot mode. 

This toyline sees the addition of the “Core Class”, a return to the Legends Class from the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'', replacing the [[Micromaster]]s and [[Battle Master]]s of previous lines. 

Not too dissimilar to ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'', all figures from Deluxe Class upwards include [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] cards with three different variants, each revealing a different destiny for the character.

==Toys==
====Core Class====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K2 [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rattrap]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:WFC-Kingdom Core Rattrap.jpg|thumb|250px|Core Class Rattrap]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy}}

====Deluxe Class====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|WFC-K4 [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Cheetor]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:WFC-Kingdom Deluxe Cheetor.jpg|thumb|250px|Deluxe Class Cheetor]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy}}

====Voyager Class====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|WFC-K9 [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Cyclonus]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:WFC-Kingdom Voyager Cyclonus.jpg|thumb|250px|Voyager Class Cyclonus]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy}}

====Leader Class====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|WFC-K10 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Megatron (Beast)]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:WFC-Kingdom Leader Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Leader Class Megatron]]
|}
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
*In July 2020, Chapter 1 of the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon, ''Siege'', was promoted with several motion posters highlighting members of the main cast. In each of these posters, a letter from the [[Cybertronian language|"Ancient Autobot" alphabet]] created by [[Jim Sorenson]] can be seen flashing in the background. When the letters are put in order, they spell out and officially reveal, the trilogy's final subline, ‘’Kingdom’’.<ref>[https://twitter.com/nxonnetflix/status/1283960126613774338 Netflix video of all motion posters with the announcement of KINGDOM.]</ref>
*In August 2020, various photos of toys were leaked to the public, along with [[Walmart]] listings revealing much of the general retail toyline.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Subline imprint]]
[[Category:Toylines]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom| ]]

Talk:Blurr (SG Animated)

2020-09-23T09:55:57Z

Cyclonusawesome: Created page with "Is it just me or does his colours look like that of his Original intended colour scheme."

Is it just me or does his colours look like that of his Original intended colour scheme.

Powerglide (G1)

2020-08-24T07:10:16Z

Cyclonusawesome: /* Notes */

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{{picsneeded|Henkei}}
{{disambig3|Powerglide}}
{{suite}}
:''Powerglide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEPowerglide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's sick of getting the bronze medal in the Ego Olympics. Sunstreaker and Tracks never let him live it down.]]

'''Powerglide''', unlike most Autobots, can fly under his own power, and it goes straight to his pointy head. Give him any excuse and awaa-aa-aay he goes, dashing off into the stratosphere at 500 mph—but not in a straight line. No, Powerglide is an aerial acrobat, able to perform stunts other Transformer planes would never dream of. Barrel rolls, tail stands, death spirals, screaming 3200-mph powerdives: none of these are too tough for this Autobot barnstormer, and if he has an audience, be they friendly or enemy, he is guaranteed to put on the air show of their lives.

Yet this seeming frivolity has saved his life countless times in combat. Powerglide is lightly armed with small [[concussion weapon|concussion bombs]] and a nose-mounted thermal beam, and the former is practically useless in the air. Furthermore, his speed and power, impressive as they are, are vastly outclassed by most [[Seeker (body-type)|aerial Decepticons]]. Like the flying aces of World War I, Powerglide resorts to dogfighting maneuvers, using his flying skills to confuse and evade the enemy. This tactic works very well.

In fact, Powerglide's skill only aggravates his greatest weakness. He is good, and he knows it, and he misses no chance to show it. If this means he will seek out ever tougher foes to prove his mettle—then he'll do that, even if it kills him. Some day, it might.

Sometimes he is a member of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]].

{{quote|And awaa-aa-aay we go!|Powerglide, pretty much all the time|"[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Chain]] (English), [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (Japanese), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "A Prime Problem"), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, ''2010'')|[[Yang Wenyuan]] (Chinese),[[Giorgio Locuratolo]] (Italian), [[Carlos Nieto]] (Latin-American Spanish, first voice), [[Javier Pontón]] (Latin-American Spanish, second voice), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, ''The Girl Who Loved Powerglide''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Hoist Goes Hollywood''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5''), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''Ghost in the Machine''), [[Crock Krumbiegel]] (German, Most of the Generation 2 Dub), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Revenge of Bruticus''), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[Jacques Ferrière]] (European French, "A Prime Problem"), [[Pierre Garin]] (European French, "Dinobot Island, Part 1"), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Blaster Blues")}}
[[File:DinobotIsland1 Powerglide.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Where did I come from?! Where did YOU come from?! Yeah, what do you say to that?!"]]
Powerglide was a brash barnstormer with a penchant for spouting gung-ho sayings like "And awaaa-aaa-aay we go!". He literally appeared out of ''nowhere'' to save [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] when the boy had been thrown overboard [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s spaceship, after the latter's plan to use a clone of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to destroy the Autobots failed. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and Powerglide were sent on a reconnaissance mission to investigate some strange energy readings out at sea. Inside the temporal anomaly, they discovered a [[Dinobot Island (G1)|prehistoric island]] inhabited by [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]]. Powerglide had to save Bumblebee from an aggressive pterodactyl, then attempted to repair Bumblebee's damaged [[jet pack]], before abandoning it and flying Bumblebee off the island. Later, after it was decided that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] should be relocated to the island, Powerglide led the large brutes and Spike to the island. After Spike unwittingly got himself into several dangerous situations, Powerglide flew him back home. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

[[File:MasterBuilders Powerglide jet mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Called on to find [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], Powerglide soon located the pair working on their [[Solar Power Tower]] with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. He reported back to Optimus and later took part in the battle to destroy the tower, attacking [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] and dogfighting with [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}} Though he was damaged during an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the Decepticons retrieving the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Powerglide volunteered to carry [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s miniaturised team and drop them off on Megatron's body. To his surprise, he found the Decepticons in a state of inebriation due to over-energizing. He dropped off his cargo and made a clean getaway, despite Megatron taking a shot at him. {{storylink|Microbots}}

[[File:DesertionDinobots1 Powerglide no head.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Little known fact: Powerglide was the first Headmaster.]]
All of the Autobots were exiled from Earth after being framed by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} They ended up being set on a collision course with the [[Sun]], but at the last minute, were able to return to Earth and kick Decepticon tailpipe. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} After a disastrous battle at an airport, Powerglide helped [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and Grapple reconstruct a building, only for it to be demolished by Grapple's inaccurate placing of the roof. Ironhide and Powerglide had a laugh at their friend's expense, but it soon turned out that the problem was more serious than a minor glitch—the Autobots were suffering by [[Cybertonium]] depletion. Powerglide's symptoms included his head falling off. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

When Megatron's latest plan blocked radio transmissions all over Earth, Powerglide, Spike and [[Carly]] helped Optimus guide commercial aircraft safely to the ground. They were attacked by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], leaving Prime incapacitated and Powerglide in danger of crashing. Spike used a spare [[jet pack|rocket pack]] to stabilise Powerglide's flight, and the Autobot was able to pick up Optimus and carry him back to base. There, Carly made emergency repairs, and they took [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where they watched Optimus and Megatron fight. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:GoldenLagoon Powerglide seashore.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Powerglide was part of a group of Autobots taking a walk along a beach when they were attacked by Decepticons. As the battle raged on, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] found a pool of [[Electrum]] and, once coated with the stuff, became impervious to the Autobot weapons. While [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and Perceptor were captured, Powerglide and the others escaped. Powerglide was part of the retaliatory mission; however, the rest of the Decepticons had already coated themselves in Electrum, rendering anything the Autobots could do ineffective. Damaged, Powerglide washed up on the shore in time to spy the Decepticons utilising the pool of Electrum, enabling him to fly back to base and warn the Autobots. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

The Autobots set up a sting operation in [[New York City]] to apprehend car thieves, of which Powerglide was a part. He and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] chased Starscream into a shopping mall, but the two Autobots were unable to prevent him from getting away. {{storylink|Make Tracks}} Cosmos suggested Powerglide lead an assault on the Constructicons, who were working on an asteroid, but, to Powerglide's disappointment, Prime went to talk to Omega Supreme instead. Powerglide later helped defend [[San Francisco]] from an [[Asteroid bird alien|alien creature]] unleashed from the asteroid. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} During a coup by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], Powerglide spied on what the triple changers were up to and was able to rescue Spike when the city was flooded. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

[[File:SearchAlphaTrion Powerglide and Moonracer.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Their 4 million year reunion. And yes, he cheats on her the very next episode.]]
After Megatron demanded Optimus Prime's surrender in exchange for [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], Powerglide was among the Autobots who followed him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Once there, he was disbelieving of Starscream's claim that Optimus Prime had been destroyed. During their vengeful attack on the Decepticons, Powerglide met up with his old friend [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

[[File:Pgalove.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Don't worry, I won't hug her too hard."]]
Soon after hooking up with Moonracer, he saved the fleshling female [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]] from being kidnapped by Ramjet, Thrust and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. He was assigned to escort her back to Autobot HQ, but they were again attacked by the coneheads, who injured Powerglide and snatched Astoria. After receiving some repairs from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], Powerglide set off for the Decepticon [[Sky Platform]] to rescue Astoria. Caught in the platform's security field, Powerglide was helped by Astoria herself, who destroyed an energy tower. Unfortunately the damage left the platform plummeting out of control, but Powerglide was able to rig it to crash into the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]].

Afterwards, it seemed as though Powerglide had developed feelings for Astoria, much to the amusement of the other Autobots. The only lasting result was a series of flashing lights under his chestplate in the form of a stylized heart. What purpose this served (other than being disturbing) is not immediately clear. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}

[[File:Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Hey, human, when I'm in jet mode, you fit in my head."]]
After thoroughly embarrassing himself by accidentally destroying several sets and props in an attempt to show off, Powerglide was among [[Sunstreaker (G1)|several]] [[Tracks (G1)|egotistical]] [[Warpath (G1)|Autobots]] who demanded to be given a role in a movie that [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] was starring in. Initially, his "role" amounted to crashing into a STORE while in jet mode (supposedly to stop "the crooks"). Soon afterwards, Powerglide and the other would-be-actor Autobots asked Hoist to talk to the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] to get them some "real" acting roles. After reworking the movie into ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', the director had the Autobots given cheesy alien face masks. Powerglide remarked that the role was "the pits", and that he would rather do the stunt crashes. In a later scene, Powerglide demonstrated his rather wooden acting "skills". Guess he was better suited for stunts. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Powerglide was one of the Autobots who volunteered to rescue Perceptor from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} He took part in the defence of headquarters against another attack by the Decepticons, only to be puzzled when Megatron almost immediately called a retreat. After some investigation, it turned out Starscream had stolen some [[personality component]]s to create the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. Powerglide set out to find the rebel Decepticons, and soon found them fighting Megatron's forces at the [[Amalgamated Water and Power Plant]] {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} During a massive attack on a human city by the Insecticons, Powerglide dropped Spike and Perceptor off in the battle zone, so the pair could warn the Autobot leader about strange signals coming from Cybertron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Powerglide and the rest of the Minibots tried to repel the Decepticons' [[Trypticon (G1)|new mobile assault base]]—and failed. When the colossal 'con took several direct hits and seemed to be falling apart, Powerglide cheerfully reported that they had destroyed it—then in his shock, just happened to [[To sell toys|narrate aloud]] that it had a reptilian mode too. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:GhostinMachine Powerglide and Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Powerglide appeared to have been destroyed during a disastrous Autobot attack on the [[Quintesson]]s led by a resurrected, reprogrammed Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}} However, he was later among the Autobots who attempted to stop [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Starscream's [[Spark|ghost]] from stealing [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Sensor|eyes]], so he must have gotten better. Unfortunately, a blind Metroplex accidentally shot him down, but [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] saved him. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

{{note|The above appearance in "Dark Awakening" is likely a result of a careless animation team using the animation model of Powerglide to represent an Autobot spaceship rather than Powerglide himself, as the footage of "his" destruction is used twice during the battle sequence.}}
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====''The Transformers'' public service announcements====
When three boys dismissed a girl who wanted to join them in skateboarding around a park, Powerglide flew down from above and admonished them for their sexist assumptions about the girl's skateboarding ability. He then urged her to show what she could do, as she demonstrated her impressive skills to the boys' amazement. Powerglide once again reminded them not to pass premature judgment on others. {{storylink|Public service announcement#Transformers public service announcements|Don't Jump To Conclusions}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
[[File:Powerglide minibot combiner.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Arriving in Tokyo, [[Japan]], Powerglide intervened on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s attack on [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots' human friend, [[Kenji]]. Instead of shooting the Decepticon from the air, Powerglide zoomed in close and decked Ravage with a partially transformed hand. PG then grabbed Kenji and flew off, leaving Bumblebee alone to face [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and his cassettes. For some reason. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}} Later, Powerglide was also present when Optimus Prime was showing Kenji around the Autobots' base in Japan. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

While surveying the desert, Powerglide came across the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] hunting down an innocent [[Battle Dog|dog]]. He interfered with their mission, but took heavy firepower shielding the animal with his own body. Seriously injured, Powerglide transformed in a desperate attempt to keep the dog alive just a little longer inside his cockpit. Surprisingly, the puppy managed to operate his control console and keep Powerglide moving long enough for a [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] patrol to respond to his SOS. It seemed that Megatron had incorporated powerful energy inside the puppy as a plot to conquer Earth. In order to avoid being used by the Decepticons, the puppy sacrificed himself to channel massive amounts of [[Scramble Power]] into Powerglide. [[Minibot combiner|United as one]], Powerglide and the Minibots used Scramble Power to deliver a mighty blow against [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], defeating the Combaticons. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}
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=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms'' manga=====
Powerglide was stationed at Autobot City in 2010. He welcomed a group of children visiting the Autobot base as they were being shown around by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}

=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
Powerglide accompanied the massive Autobot reinforcements called in to counter Megatron's nefarious [[Omega Wave Cannon]]. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Powerglide was led to Japan by Optimus Prime, along with a small team of other Autobots, to stop the Decepticons' latest Energon-gathering scheme. Optimus ordered him to pursue Astrotrain to prevent the Decepticons from escaping with their loot. In the end, a duplicate Starscream appeared and took off with the Energon cache along with his other self. {{storylink|Activation}}

Powerglide was amongst the Autobots who once more confronted Megatron and his Decepticons at the ''[[Trigger]]'' in Earth orbit. When Starscream combined himself with the ''Trigger'' to create a powerful new body for himself, Powerglide had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream's star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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Powerglide was present at the first "meeting" of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Powerglidereadytoblastoffrightnow.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|We bet you are. Don't be crude, Powerglide.]]
Powerglide was a member of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[Cybertron Seven|resistance cell]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during the reign of [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. Like most of his comrades, he found more inspiration in [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s bravado than the calculated caution of Perceptor. When their untrustworthy scout, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] went missing, Powerglide and his peers fell in line with Blaster's plan to find and rescue him, overruling Perceptor. After much searching, all but Blaster had given up on Scrounge, but Powerglide had stayed to secretly shadow Blaster, allowing the air-capable Autobot to deliver him to safety out of the [[smelting pool]] (regrettably leaving Scrounge behind). This act gave Perceptor's small group of Autobots the first good news they had heard in eons, for Scrounge had handed them evidence that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] lived. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[File:Powerglideblastercybertronic.jpg|thumb|Cybertronic altmode: paper airplane]]
Further reconnaissance by Blaster and Powerglide revealed startling news—the Decepticons were building a [[space bridge]]! As this would spell certain doom for both Cybertron and [[Earth]], a desperate raid on Straxus's [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] fortress was launched. This attack was mostly successful, as it leveled Darkmount and ended in Straxus's destruction, but Powerglide and the rest of his Autobot comrades had to retreat to Earth over the Space Bridge as it self-destructed. Here they were greeted immediately by a group of humans. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Though Megatron and his troops spotted the Autobots upon their materialization on Earth, the Decepticons were distracted by a more pressing mission at the time, and left without attacking the new arrivals. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} However, the humans belonged to the anti-robot attack team, [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. While Powerglide and the other Autobots, unfamiliar with how things worked on Earth, tried to talk to their vehicles, RAAT deployed "electric snow" missiles to disorient the Transformers. Powerglide's group was then too dazed to fight back, and were captured with the help of [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} Powerglide and his fellows were disassembled, with their heads getting mounted on the wall of RAAT's headquarters. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} The Autobots were only given a chance at freedom after Circuit Breaker was forced to elicit their aid to defeat the [[Battlecharger]]s. Powerglide and the other Autobots' components were combined to form a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|jury-rigged robot]] that Circuit Breaker used to stop the duo while they were defacing the status of liberty. After [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] were sent packing, Powerglide and the Autobots were allowed to go free. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

''Following [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Powerglide and the others got lost after their guide spontaneously vanished into [[limbo]]. Even worse was the reason for the disappearance—[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had returned to the present. Unlike most of his fellows, Powerglide actually managed to get a good shot in before Galvatron knocked the circuits out of him. {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} After Galvatron was forced into retreat by the vagrant [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Perceptor's team finally managed to reach the Ark, where they learned of Optimus Prime's apparent demise at the hands of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Powerglide attended Prime's funeral and assimilated into Earth's depleted Autobot forces, though it was soon revealed that Prime's death was a ruse. {{storylink|Resurrection!}} ''

[[File:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"Is this the line for the mutiny?"]]
When Optimus Prime died ''(for real)'' after a digital battle with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Powerglide observed with the other Autobots as [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] failed to successfully repair their fallen leader. After attending Prime's ''(real)'' funeral, a criminal known as the [[Mechanic]] turned the Ark's new security systems on the mourning Autobots, with devastating results. Though Powerglide was counted among the wounded due to this incident, Ratchet was able to best the intruder and vowed to fix all of the Autobots post-haste afterwards. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} Powerglide was at the receiving end of massive firepower once more when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacked the Ark. Had it not been for the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots']] timely intervention, the behemoth would have likely reduced all of the Autobots' forces to scrap. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], Prime's successor in leadership, turned out to be a self-interested tyrant, but he did help get the Ark repaired and off of Earth, a large process that Powerglide contributed to by feeding [[Energon cube]]s to their new [[Geothermal Generator]]. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} Nevertheless, Powerglide was among the Autobots who begged Blaster to overthrow him, but the mutiny didn't pan out, as the Dinobots were able to get Blaster to surrender to them after they endangered some of his [[Spacehikers|human allies]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} Later, Blaster and Grimlock battled for supremacy on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], as Powerglide and the other Autobots cheered Blaster on. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Some time after Optimus Prime's return, Powerglide was among several Autobots who responded to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s distress call near the Decepticons' [[Club Con|arctic base]]. However, this was a trap, and Powerglide was shot down in battle by some Decepticon aerial aces, including [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] and the ever-frightening [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}} He was identified as deactivated several weeks later. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Lancer one crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The Autobots came to regret watching the new G.I. Joe movies.]]
Following the final battle with the Decepticons, the ''[[Warworld]]'' and the [[Blitz Engine]]s, Powerglide discovered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s body on the surface of Cybertron and hurried over to notify the freshly minted [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. When they realised that the Decepticon leader was still alive Prime had Powerglide notify a medic, leaving the Minibot to marvel with [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] at their leader's new-found maturity. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Later, Powerglide took part in the assault against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s forces at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], as part of the crew of ''[[Lancer One]]'' alongside [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] under the command of [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]. Although they successfully carried out their mission, Jhiaxus was prepared for them and the Autobots' attack fell to pieces shortly afterwards. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}
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===''Big Looker'' storybooks===

Powerglide did a reconnaissance flight over Decepticon headquarters before the Autobots stormed the base to get the cerebro-shelled [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] back. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In one micro-continuity-nexus in which four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were taken over by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell's]] [[cerebro-shell]]s, Powerglide was part of the Autobot attack force if Optimus Prime chose to attack immediately. He dropped a small concussion bomb near [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], bringing the Stegosaurus to his knees. This prompted [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] to spew a jet of fire at Powerglide, which he managed to dodge.

In an alternate ending, Powerglide was part of a full-scale land, air, and sea assault on the Decepticons' secret base in [[Mount Lomas]]. With a little backup from [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], he apparently took down all of Megatron's warrior jets with his thermal beam, giving the ground force the cover they needed to storm the base and torch the superfuel lab. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Earthquake====
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While the rest of the Autobots were discussing how nice the recent lull in Decepticon activity was, the fidgety Powerglide longed for the evil robots to surface once more, so that he'd get a chance to "teach them a thing or two."

In one possible sequence of events, Powerglide got his wish when Beachcomber returned to Autobot base from his day off, having discovered a secret Decepticon fortress. Powerglide, Beachcomber and Windcharger were sent out to investigate whatever ploy the Decepticons were hatching. Once the three Autobots arrived at the cliff face that concealed the Decepticons' base, the three of them debated on which course of action they should take. Powerglide advocated for walking in through the front door.

If the three Autobots decided to walk through the main entrance, Windcharger was promptly crushed by the fortress's doors, which then let loose a swarm of Decepticons. Rumble was tricked into causing an earthquake, which brough down the Decepticons and their fortress in one fell swoop. Beahcomber and Powerglie then retrieved the damaged Windcharger.

If the trio decided instead to look for an alternate entrance into the Decepticon fortress, they discovered a narrow passageway hidden behind bushes and scrubs. Beachcomber's squad went into the passage and emerged in storage room. Leading out of the storage room was a passage not unlike the one from which they had just emerged, and a brightly lit corridor. Powerglide opted to investigate the brightly-lit corridor.

In one possible sequence of events where Powerglide investigated the base on his own, he was captured by the Decepticons and reprogrammed to lead them to the Autobots’ headquarters. The Autobots, unprepared for a surprise attack were felled one by one.

If Beachcomber decided to explore the brightly-lit corridor with Powerglide, the pair soon found the entire fortress to be eerily silent, until they heard Megatron expositing his plan to Soundwave. Beachcomber and Powerglide learned that the Decepticons planned to use a Destruction Beam to create a fault line near Center City, which would in turn be exploited by Rumble's earthquake-inducing abilities to destroy the entire area. With this knowledge, Powerglide and Beachcomber raced out of the fortress, meeting up with Windcharger en route, and returned to Autobot headquarters. The Autobots then decided to split up in two groups, one to attack the Decepticons’ fortress, the other to stop Rumble in Center city. Powerglide was assigned to the secondary team.

If the secondary team was tasked with attacking the Decepticons’ fortress, they were able to stealthily infiltrate the base and discover the Decepticon's lab. In one possible version of the events that followed, the Autobots were then able to redirect the Destruction Beam back to its source, destroying the Decepticons and their base.

In another version of these events, Megatron called his troops to him so they could all partake in Cosmos's dismemberment. Before the Decepticons were able to begin, Cosmos spotted the secondary team hiding nearby. Surrounding the Decepticons, the secondary team engaged their enemies. Though the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, they were unable to interfere with the Destruction beam. The beam reached its target, and Center City was destroyed. Though the Autobots were able to gain control of the Decepticon fortress and destroy the lab, they were not able to wipe out all of the evil robots, and enjoyed a pyrrhic victory at best.

Alternatively, if Beachcomber decided to have Windcharger, Powerglide and himself each investigate a different area of the Decepticons’ fortress, Beachcomber would get himself captured, leading to his teammate's capture. Powerglide was ordered executed by Buzzsaw while the Decepticons carried on with their evil deeds. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====Desert Flight====
[[File:DesertFlightDirgeandThrustattackAutobots.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Powerglide was part of a group of the Autobots’ best scouts, led by Optimus on a fuel-finding mission. When the convoy came to a sudden halt, Powerglide's engines stalled an he nearly crashed before the Autobots’ newest adventure had even begun. Thankfully, Windcharger used his magnetic powers to halt Powerglide's decent. Back at a safe altitude, Powerglide offered to go check out the distant explosion that had caused the Autobots to suddenly halt in the first place. Optimus declined Powerglide's offer, opting to send Cosmos to investigate instead.

If Cosmos radioed his findings to Optimus immediately, Optimus's convoy moved in to investigate a nearby Decepticon base. As they approached it, the Autobots noted a nearby human settlement before their earthbound forces began floating in mid-air. Evidently, the phenomenon was caused by a Decepticon anti-gravity weapon.

If Optimus ordered his troops to come to the humans’ aid, they found themselves taking part in a struggle in futility, as the entire town was near-weightless, meaning they couldn't put the humans anywhere where they wouldn't float away once more. Then, the Autobots heard Decepticons approaching. Helpless in their current position, the Autobots were quickly eradicated by the Decepticons.

If Optimus ordered his troops to attack the Decepticon base, they soon reached an area free of the anti-gravity beam's influence. Flying ahead of the group, Powerglide was on the receiving end of Thrust's surprise attack. Undeterred, Powerglide charged Thrust, ready for a game of chicken. Having psyched out his opponent, Powerglide was able to quickly finish him off, before circling back and downing Ramjet. Losing their advantage quickly, the Decepticons retreated. But with the battle over, the Autobots noticed a small human boy at their feet. The Autobots then headed for the Decepticon base, with their stowaway. Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space.

If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, a decision Powerglide was all too happy to support, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth's surface to float helplessly out into space.

Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy's suggestion. In actuality, most of the Autobots were hidden away inside Optimus's trailer. Powerglide and Cosmos were themselves waiting outside the base for Windcharger to disable the forcefield from within.

In the event that Windcharger successfully turned the forcefield off, Powerglide burst into the base, guns ablaze, and foiled a sneak attack Megatron was about to perform upon Optimus. He then evaded an attack from both Ravage and Frenzy, causing the two Decepticons to crash into one another.

In the event that Buddy tampered with the gravity gun in the ensuing battle, the Autobots would emerge victorious.

In the event that Buddy instead entered a space-time anomaly created throughout the course of the battle, the Autobots would lose their fight against the Decepticons, and Powerglide wound up either injured or dead.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, wherein Cosmos had taken off to explore the Decepticon base on his own, The Autobot convoy were surprised to see two Cosmoses flying back towards them some time later. Both Cosmoses declared themselves to be the real one, and urged Optimus to destroy the other.

If Optimus destroyed the wrong Cosmos, the duplicate obliterated Smokescreen and the rest of the Autobots with the [[proton bomb]] it housed within its body.

If Optimus destroyed the duplicate Cosmos, the real one would inform the Autobots of the Decepticons’ schemes, and the convoy would roll out to take on their adversaries. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their vehicle modes possessed no weapons. The Autobots nonetheless managed to fight their way to the Decepticons’ base, one way or another, and defeated the Decepticons by using their own gravity weapon against them. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
As the Autobots were refuelling, they were interrupted by Red Alert, who warned the others that he had spotted nearby. All Autobots who had taken their fill of their newest batch of fuel found themselves unable to Transform, and correctly deduced that the Decepticons had poisoned their fuel supply. In a possible sequence of events wherein Optimus returned from the Decepticons’ lab with the antidote to the poison, the Autobot leader informed his troops of the Decepticons’ next plot. The evil robots were planning poison a nearby water reservoir in order to turn humans into mindless slaves. If Optimus decided to end his troops to the water reservoir to prevent this attack, Powerglide was amongst the group of Autobots that found the reservoir swarmed by Decepticons upon their arrival.

Seeing an opportunity to show off his aerial skills, Powerglide took off, announcing that he would lead the Decepticons on a wild goose chase. Optimus protested, ordering Powerglide to stay with the group.

If Powerglide continued despite Optimus's orders, he effortlessly dodged enemy fire only to mess things up when he downed Frenzy, causing the barrels of poison the Decepticon was carrying to explode into the water reservoir.

If Powerglide did as he was told, he and the other Autobots attempted to lure the Decepticons away from the reservoir and into some nearby woods, where they would have some cover against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
[[File:AutobotAlertCyclonusonscreen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Powerglide was in Metroplex city when an Autobot Alert sounded.

In one possible scenario, Powerglide was selected alongside Mirage, Swoop, Jazz and Prowl, to join Ultra Magnus on an orbital mission to both rescue Cosmos and halt a Decepticon plot to take over Earth's broadcast satellites.After donning special space gear for solar protection, the team took off and headed towards Cosmos's last coordinates. Arriving in orbit, Powerglide was the first to spot Cosmos drifting in the blackness of space. But looming nearby was also Cyclonus, Galvatron's ship. Powerglide and Mirage retrieved the Autobot saucer with the help of magnetic cables. Ultra Magnus ordered his troops to train all of their weapons on Cyclonus for a full-frontal assault. Doubting the wisdom of this plan, Powerglide pulled Swoop aside and suggested that they instead attempt a sneak attack on Cyclonus.

If the Autobots went along with Ultra Magnus's plan, Powerglide and the rest of the Autobots were horrorstruck when Galvatron himself emerged from Cyclonus, followed by an army of multiwing jet fighters. Ppwerglide and the others were left drifting helplessly into space as the Decepticons tore their shuttle apart.

If Swoop and Powerglide went ahead with their own plan, Powerglide worked on distracting Cyclonus with his fancy maneuvers while Swoop moved in position to use his superior firepower. With all of Cyclonus's attention trained onto Powerglide, Swoop was successful in destroying the Decepticons’ transmission apparatus, bringing their plot to an end.

In a completely different possible scenario, wherein Ultra Magnus agreed to prioritize theft of the coded message, Powerglide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Powerglide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Powerglide was sent ahead to scout out the California coast. Arriving ahead of the land-bound Autobots, Powerglide was able to quickly spot the sunken ship which held the cybertite sphere, and signalled the other Autobots about his find. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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====The Invisibility Factor====
[[File:Sarah Sanders.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Ultra Magnus, who stacked all that box art in the doorway?"]]
In one possible scenario, the Decepticons gained control of an [[Invisibility Device]]. When the invisible Decepticons attacked Metroplex city, Powerglide and the rest of the Autobots were reduced to scrap metal, unable to fight the unseen enemy.

In another scenario, where the Autobots gave up searching for a ship with invisibility capabilities, Powerglide and the rest of the Autobots within Metroplex were caught by surprise by a fleet of identical ships swooping down upon them. The Autobots were all destroyed as Galvatron gloated of his victory.

In yet another possible scenario, Powerglide participated in a battle against the Decepticons when the evil robots attacked Metroplex while using Invisibility Devices. Thanks to the Invisibility Device's inventor, Sarah Sanders, the Autobots were in possession of an [[Invisibility Scrambler]] to counteract the Decepticons’ Invisibility Device. Anticipating the Decepticons’ attack, the Autobots successfully defeated the evil robots when they came. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Powerglideoutbackwarwithin.jpg|100px|thumb|The paper-airplaneness of his Dreamwave Cybertronic altmode is unknown.]]
Powerglide was operational during the early days of the war, and was seen in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] shortly after [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s demise. After Optimus had ordered an Autobot exodus from Cybertron, Powerglide helped load up some crates in preparation for their departure. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} When the Decepticons attacked [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Powerglide was advised by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] mid-battle, who told him to target a Decepticon's lateral fuel line to deliver maximum damage to his opponent. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}}

[[File:Powerglidenightofthecombaticons.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Bumblebee needs a smaller command chair.]]
In the modern era, Powerglide was a member of one of the later-formed Autobot resistance cells on Cybertron, in communication with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] along with several other [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} He participated in the final insurrection which threw [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his Decepticons out of power on Cybertron. Afterwards, he was assigned to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s command and traveled to Earth on a supply run aboard the starship ''[[Orion]]''. While en route, the ''Orion'' received an emergency transmission from the ''Ark'': the Earthbound Autobots were under attack from the Decepticons! {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} The ''Orion''<nowiki>'</nowiki> simple supply mission ended with heavy combat against the amazingly-powerful clone, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], who overloaded the ''Orion'' with energy, causing it to crash. The ''Orion''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew walked away from their rough landing unharmed however, and Sunstorm left in pursuit of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Powerglide and his team set about repairing their ship, and accomplished the task in a few hours. The Autobots were getting ready for some well-earned rest when Starscream returned, now accompanied by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Recognizing the greater threat that Sunstorm posed, the Autobots agreed to ally themselves with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in order to deal with him. Powerglide might have raised a complaint to being assigned to guard their new "partner", but Starscream betrayed them and deactivated Powerglide's unit so fast, it's hard to be sure he even had a chance to speak up. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] presumably got him back online in time to help with the construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
Powerglide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got blasted out of the sky by Astrotrain early during the conflict. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Chaos Part Two: Numbers|''Transformers vol. 1'' #26]]

[[File:Powerglide Life After the Big Bang.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|I was on the ''Lost Light''?]]
Powerglide was among the Autobots poised to fight against [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s army on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Led by [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], he and the other Autobot fliers attacked [[Kimia Facility]] and fought with the many [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] defending it. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

Once the battle was won and the war was over, Powerglide joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' to participate in the search for the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} He spent some time in [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s bar where he was confused by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s drunken antics. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} When [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was unleashed within the ship, Powerglide joined the rest of the crew in trying to defeat him. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} After Swerve's bar was trashed by [[Legislator]]s and Swerve was considering closing down, Powerglide and several other Autobots cheered him up and helped him rebuild. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

[[File:TheWorldofTomorrow-AlphaBravo.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Powerglide left the crew of the ''Lost Light'' after [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]], and would later volunteer to act as a member of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in an effort to provide [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] with a [[combiner]] to defend against [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]]. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

He was present when Wheeljack received the [[Enigma of Combination]] from [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]. [[Alpha Bravo]] and Powerglide were both exposed to the energies of the artifact, granting them the power to combine with the other Aerialbots as part of the new Superion; in Powerglide's case, he gained the ability to transform into Superion's gun. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}}

As part of Starscream's political maneuvers, Powerglide and the new Aerialbots were deployed to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] to stop Menasor. Superion was able to dispatch the Stunticon combiner, blasting him using gun-mode Powerglide. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} Following a clash with Devastator, Superion was briefly reduced to his components, although Starscream thought otherwise and forcibly reintegrated the Aerialbots back into Superion. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

Much to Optimus Prime's concern, Superion hadn't separated since the fight with Devastator; [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] commented that for all intents and purposes Superion ''was'' the new default form for the Aerialbots. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

[[File:EdgeOfTheEarth AerialbotsAttacked.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
As Superion joined Optimus Prime's Autobots on Earth, he disassembled into his individual Aerialbot components from time to time. Powerglide and the Aerialbots performed a "bombing" run in the arid desert, releasing payloads that caused dramatic botanical growth where they fell, providing food to support the local humans. Powerglide and the Aerialbots then fled the air resistance they faced, reluctantly holding to Prime's orders to not engage any human counter-strikes. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}

During a conflict with [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], however, the ancient Decepticon manipulated the power of the Enigma of Combination through the Onyx Interface's source code, creating new combiners under his control and disrupting existing ones. As a natural-born combiner, uncreated by the Enigma, Superion had some immunity. He copied and isolated the Onyx code into his own core-processor then dismantled himself, neutralizing the Onyx code so long as the Aerialbots remained separated. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} Powerglide and the other discombobulated Aerialbots were recovered from the site of the ocean battle {{storylink|White Light}} and returned to the newly established [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Autobot City]] to recover. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Powerglide and the Aerialbots returned to Cybertron and took to the skies when [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] descended on their homeworld aboard [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} During the battle with [[Unicron]], he combined with his fellow Aerialbots into Superion to help defeat the planet-eater for good. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''BeCool'' shorts===
{{voiceactor|[[Takanori Yagi]] (Japanese)}}
'''Red Jet''' (赤のジェット機 ''Aka no Jettoki'') was a smug and self-assured flyer. {{storylink|The Self-Introduction Chapter}} Nevertheless, he managed to get lost in a forest, only to find [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]]... who was also lost. Together, they agreed to find their way out. The observing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Trailer]] wondered why Red Jet didn't just fly out. {{storylink|The Story of the Lost Plane!}}

Red Jet was later part of the audience for ''Quiz! BeCool'', {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} and witness to the filming of a movie interrupted by the fire brigade thinking it was a real emergency. {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===''Kre-O'' bio===
Powerglide was a supersonic daredevil and aerial acrobatic ace, but also a huge attention-seeking showoff—he didn't see the point of pulling off his amazing stunts unless he had an audience. His dream was to appear on his favorite show, ''[[KREONS Have Talent!]]''. {{storylink|Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Powerglide was stationed within [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] attacked the Autobot city. He bore witness to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Imhotep Rodimus]] seizing leadership from Grimlock in the middle of the siege. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Powerglide and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] were pinned down on the battlefield by the Decepticon triple-changers, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. Thankfully, the new recruits [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] arrived on the scene and were able to chase off the Decepticon aggressors. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane|Sandstorm, Broadside, and Octane commercial}}
*Powerglide and the Aerialbots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." The Aerialbots combined into Superion to better combat the Decepticon, with Powerglide delivering the first blow in his gun mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[Image:Bsbg-powerglide.jpg|thumb]]
Powerglide participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Part of a small task force led by Hound, Powerglide took part in a kerfuffle against the Decepticons and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]. The outcome of the fight was unclear. {{storylink|By Land, Sea, or Air}}

Powerglide was injured, and had [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] come to his aid. The trio were delayed when they became friendly with the Constructions, but after the sudden but inevitable betrayal, the three Autobots took him to safety. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} Powerglide fought against the combined Decepticon and Quintesson forces when they attacked Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsPowerglide.jpg|thumb|left|300px|He has a [[Kre-O]] cannon and he's not afraid to use it!]]

Powerglide participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Common character that could be recruited by collecting 24 units of Cybermetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:PowerglideEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=2|WHEEEEEEEEE!]]

When Silverbolt and the other Aerialbots came to earth, Powerglide combined with the others and formed the gun that Superion holds. He helped in destroying many Decepticon Headquarters. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Combiner Wars Campaign}}

*'''Class''': Aerial
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 1 star
*'''Weapons''': Powerglide uses a flamethrower to burn defenses.
*'''Ability: Bombing Run''': Drops 12 grenades in a line causing high damage to targets!
**'''Cost''': 4 ability points +1 for reuses.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:powerglide Powerglide at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Toys==
{{main|Powerglide (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
[[File:NowIKnow.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"We need an adult!" "I am an adult."]]
*In the episode [[Dinobot Island, Part 1]] Bumblebee tells Powerglide about the different types of dinosaurs, implying he wasn't on Earth when the Dinobots were constructed or just wasn't paying attention. Note that it still hasn't been explained at which specific time (or even how) most of the 1985 characters came to be on Earth.
*''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Fireflight (G1)#Classics|Fireflight]], a [[redeco]] of ''[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Jetfire (Armada)#LOC|Jetfire]], was originally intended to be Powerglide, but Hasbro apparently could not secure the [[trademark]] at the time.
*As an indirect result of the above, Powerglide has the honor of being the only Generation 1 character whose alternate mode was based on a specific make of a real life vehicle (airborne or ground-based) to have multiple new toys which all retain the same alternate mode (artistic license for the sake of circumventing licensing issues nonwithstanding), even extending to an [[Powerglide (DOTM)|alternate universe counterpart]]! This can also be considered a testament to the {{w|Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 Thunderbolt II}}, which has been in service for over 40 years at the time of this writing, despite repeated attempts at shutting down the A-10 program as a cost-cutting measure.
*The most progressive alteration to Powerglide's alternate mode thus far is the vehicle from the 2016 ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' set... which is a redecoed Cobra Rattler, itself a modified A-10 Thunderbolt II.
*Despite this, the original cartoon often interprets his alternate mode as a large civilian plane with a cargo hatch and a cockpit large enough to hold two seats.
*Powerglide makes an appearance in one of the five Transformers [[public service announcement]]s, speaking out against gender discrimination.
*3200 miles per hour is Mach 4.16, MUCH faster than ANY modern combat jet, let alone a real A-10 Thunderbolt II... not that jet-based alt modes are known for realism.
*Michael Chain based Powerglide's voice on the legendary {{w|Jackie Gleason}}.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Powerglide''' (パワーグライド ''Pawāguraido'')
*''French:'' '''Survolo''' (Canada)
*''Greek:'' '''Keraynόs''' (Κεραυνός, "Lightning")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Motorszárny''' ("Motorwing")
*''Italian:'' '''Jumbo'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tòng-lì Huá-Hsiáng''' (Taiwan, 動力滑翔, "Power Glide"), '''Huáxiángjī''' (China, 滑翔机, "Glider")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Planador''' (Portugal comics), '''Planador''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Vetrorez''' (Ветрорез, "Windcut")

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Powerglide/powerglide.htm Powerglide at TFU.info]

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Powerglide (G1)

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:''Powerglide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEPowerglide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's sick of getting the bronze medal in the Ego Olympics. Sunstreaker and Tracks never let him live it down.]]

'''Powerglide''', unlike most Autobots, can fly under his own power, and it goes straight to his pointy head. Give him any excuse and awaa-aa-aay he goes, dashing off into the stratosphere at 500 mph—but not in a straight line. No, Powerglide is an aerial acrobat, able to perform stunts other Transformer planes would never dream of. Barrel rolls, tail stands, death spirals, screaming 3200-mph powerdives: none of these are too tough for this Autobot barnstormer, and if he has an audience, be they friendly or enemy, he is guaranteed to put on the air show of their lives.

Yet this seeming frivolity has saved his life countless times in combat. Powerglide is lightly armed with small [[concussion weapon|concussion bombs]] and a nose-mounted thermal beam, and the former is practically useless in the air. Furthermore, his speed and power, impressive as they are, are vastly outclassed by most [[Seeker (body-type)|aerial Decepticons]]. Like the flying aces of World War I, Powerglide resorts to dogfighting maneuvers, using his flying skills to confuse and evade the enemy. This tactic works very well.

In fact, Powerglide's skill only aggravates his greatest weakness. He is good, and he knows it, and he misses no chance to show it. If this means he will seek out ever tougher foes to prove his mettle—then he'll do that, even if it kills him. Some day, it might.

Sometimes he is a member of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]].

{{quote|And awaa-aa-aay we go!|Powerglide, pretty much all the time|"[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Chain]] (English), [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (Japanese), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "A Prime Problem"), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, ''2010'')|[[Yang Wenyuan]] (Chinese),[[Giorgio Locuratolo]] (Italian), [[Carlos Nieto]] (Latin-American Spanish, first voice), [[Javier Pontón]] (Latin-American Spanish, second voice), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, ''The Girl Who Loved Powerglide''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Hoist Goes Hollywood''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5''), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''Ghost in the Machine''), [[Crock Krumbiegel]] (German, Most of the Generation 2 Dub), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Revenge of Bruticus''), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[Jacques Ferrière ]] (European French, "A Prime Problem"), [[Pierre Garin]] (European French, "Dinobot Island, Part 1"), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Blaster Blues")}}
[[File:DinobotIsland1 Powerglide.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Where did I come from?! Where did YOU come from?! Yeah, what do you say to that?!"]]
Powerglide was a brash barnstormer with a penchant for spouting gung-ho sayings like "And awaaa-aaa-aay we go!". He literally appeared out of ''nowhere'' to save [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] when the boy had been thrown overboard [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s spaceship, after the latter's plan to use a clone of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to destroy the Autobots failed. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and Powerglide were sent on a reconnaissance mission to investigate some strange energy readings out at sea. Inside the temporal anomaly, they discovered a [[Dinobot Island (G1)|prehistoric island]] inhabited by [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]]. Powerglide had to save Bumblebee from an aggressive pterodactyl, then attempted to repair Bumblebee's damaged [[jet pack]], before abandoning it and flying Bumblebee off the island. Later, after it was decided that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] should be relocated to the island, Powerglide led the large brutes and Spike to the island. After Spike unwittingly got himself into several dangerous situations, Powerglide flew him back home. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

[[File:MasterBuilders Powerglide jet mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Called on to find [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], Powerglide soon located the pair working on their [[Solar Power Tower]] with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. He reported back to Optimus and later took part in the battle to destroy the tower, attacking [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] and dogfighting with [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}} Though he was damaged during an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the Decepticons retrieving the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Powerglide volunteered to carry [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s miniaturised team and drop them off on Megatron's body. To his surprise, he found the Decepticons in a state of inebriation due to over-energizing. He dropped off his cargo and made a clean getaway, despite Megatron taking a shot at him. {{storylink|Microbots}}

[[File:DesertionDinobots1 Powerglide no head.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Little known fact: Powerglide was the first Headmaster.]]
All of the Autobots were exiled from Earth after being framed by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} They ended up being set on a collision course with the [[Sun]], but at the last minute, were able to return to Earth and kick Decepticon tailpipe. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} After a disastrous battle at an airport, Powerglide helped [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and Grapple reconstruct a building, only for it to be demolished by Grapple's inaccurate placing of the roof. Ironhide and Powerglide had a laugh at their friend's expense, but it soon turned out that the problem was more serious than a minor glitch—the Autobots were suffering by [[Cybertonium]] depletion. Powerglide's symptoms included his head falling off. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

When Megatron's latest plan blocked radio transmissions all over Earth, Powerglide, Spike and [[Carly]] helped Optimus guide commercial aircraft safely to the ground. They were attacked by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], leaving Prime incapacitated and Powerglide in danger of crashing. Spike used a spare [[jet pack|rocket pack]] to stabilise Powerglide's flight, and the Autobot was able to pick up Optimus and carry him back to base. There, Carly made emergency repairs, and they took [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where they watched Optimus and Megatron fight. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

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Powerglide was part of a group of Autobots taking a walk along a beach when they were attacked by Decepticons. As the battle raged on, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] found a pool of [[Electrum]] and, once coated with the stuff, became impervious to the Autobot weapons. While [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and Perceptor were captured, Powerglide and the others escaped. Powerglide was part of the retaliatory mission; however, the rest of the Decepticons had already coated themselves in Electrum, rendering anything the Autobots could do ineffective. Damaged, Powerglide washed up on the shore in time to spy the Decepticons utilising the pool of Electrum, enabling him to fly back to base and warn the Autobots. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

The Autobots set up a sting operation in [[New York City]] to apprehend car thieves, of which Powerglide was a part. He and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] chased Starscream into a shopping mall, but the two Autobots were unable to prevent him from getting away. {{storylink|Make Tracks}} Cosmos suggested Powerglide lead an assault on the Constructicons, who were working on an asteroid, but, to Powerglide's disappointment, Prime went to talk to Omega Supreme instead. Powerglide later helped defend [[San Francisco]] from an [[Asteroid bird alien|alien creature]] unleashed from the asteroid. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} During a coup by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], Powerglide spied on what the triple changers were up to and was able to rescue Spike when the city was flooded. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

[[File:SearchAlphaTrion Powerglide and Moonracer.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Their 4 million year reunion. And yes, he cheats on her the very next episode.]]
After Megatron demanded Optimus Prime's surrender in exchange for [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], Powerglide was among the Autobots who followed him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Once there, he was disbelieving of Starscream's claim that Optimus Prime had been destroyed. During their vengeful attack on the Decepticons, Powerglide met up with his old friend [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

[[File:Pgalove.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Don't worry, I won't hug her too hard."]]
Soon after hooking up with Moonracer, he saved the fleshling female [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]] from being kidnapped by Ramjet, Thrust and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. He was assigned to escort her back to Autobot HQ, but they were again attacked by the coneheads, who injured Powerglide and snatched Astoria. After receiving some repairs from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], Powerglide set off for the Decepticon [[Sky Platform]] to rescue Astoria. Caught in the platform's security field, Powerglide was helped by Astoria herself, who destroyed an energy tower. Unfortunately the damage left the platform plummeting out of control, but Powerglide was able to rig it to crash into the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]].

Afterwards, it seemed as though Powerglide had developed feelings for Astoria, much to the amusement of the other Autobots. The only lasting result was a series of flashing lights under his chestplate in the form of a stylized heart. What purpose this served (other than being disturbing) is not immediately clear. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}

[[File:Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Hey, human, when I'm in jet mode, you fit in my head."]]
After thoroughly embarrassing himself by accidentally destroying several sets and props in an attempt to show off, Powerglide was among [[Sunstreaker (G1)|several]] [[Tracks (G1)|egotistical]] [[Warpath (G1)|Autobots]] who demanded to be given a role in a movie that [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] was starring in. Initially, his "role" amounted to crashing into a STORE while in jet mode (supposedly to stop "the crooks"). Soon afterwards, Powerglide and the other would-be-actor Autobots asked Hoist to talk to the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] to get them some "real" acting roles. After reworking the movie into ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', the director had the Autobots given cheesy alien face masks. Powerglide remarked that the role was "the pits", and that he would rather do the stunt crashes. In a later scene, Powerglide demonstrated his rather wooden acting "skills". Guess he was better suited for stunts. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Powerglide was one of the Autobots who volunteered to rescue Perceptor from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} He took part in the defence of headquarters against another attack by the Decepticons, only to be puzzled when Megatron almost immediately called a retreat. After some investigation, it turned out Starscream had stolen some [[personality component]]s to create the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. Powerglide set out to find the rebel Decepticons, and soon found them fighting Megatron's forces at the [[Amalgamated Water and Power Plant]] {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} During a massive attack on a human city by the Insecticons, Powerglide dropped Spike and Perceptor off in the battle zone, so the pair could warn the Autobot leader about strange signals coming from Cybertron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Powerglide and the rest of the Minibots tried to repel the Decepticons' [[Trypticon (G1)|new mobile assault base]]—and failed. When the colossal 'con took several direct hits and seemed to be falling apart, Powerglide cheerfully reported that they had destroyed it—then in his shock, just happened to [[To sell toys|narrate aloud]] that it had a reptilian mode too. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

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Powerglide appeared to have been destroyed during a disastrous Autobot attack on the [[Quintesson]]s led by a resurrected, reprogrammed Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}} However, he was later among the Autobots who attempted to stop [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Starscream's [[Spark|ghost]] from stealing [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Sensor|eyes]], so he must have gotten better. Unfortunately, a blind Metroplex accidentally shot him down, but [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] saved him. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

{{note|The above appearance in "Dark Awakening" is likely a result of a careless animation team using the animation model of Powerglide to represent an Autobot spaceship rather than Powerglide himself, as the footage of "his" destruction is used twice during the battle sequence.}}
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====''The Transformers'' public service announcements====
When three boys dismissed a girl who wanted to join them in skateboarding around a park, Powerglide flew down from above and admonished them for their sexist assumptions about the girl's skateboarding ability. He then urged her to show what she could do, as she demonstrated her impressive skills to the boys' amazement. Powerglide once again reminded them not to pass premature judgment on others. {{storylink|Public service announcement#Transformers public service announcements|Don't Jump To Conclusions}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
[[File:Powerglide minibot combiner.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Arriving in Tokyo, [[Japan]], Powerglide intervened on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s attack on [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots' human friend, [[Kenji]]. Instead of shooting the Decepticon from the air, Powerglide zoomed in close and decked Ravage with a partially transformed hand. PG then grabbed Kenji and flew off, leaving Bumblebee alone to face [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and his cassettes. For some reason. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}} Later, Powerglide was also present when Optimus Prime was showing Kenji around the Autobots' base in Japan. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

While surveying the desert, Powerglide came across the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] hunting down an innocent [[Battle Dog|dog]]. He interfered with their mission, but took heavy firepower shielding the animal with his own body. Seriously injured, Powerglide transformed in a desperate attempt to keep the dog alive just a little longer inside his cockpit. Surprisingly, the puppy managed to operate his control console and keep Powerglide moving long enough for a [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] patrol to respond to his SOS. It seemed that Megatron had incorporated powerful energy inside the puppy as a plot to conquer Earth. In order to avoid being used by the Decepticons, the puppy sacrificed himself to channel massive amounts of [[Scramble Power]] into Powerglide. [[Minibot combiner|United as one]], Powerglide and the Minibots used Scramble Power to deliver a mighty blow against [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], defeating the Combaticons. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}
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=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms'' manga=====
Powerglide was stationed at Autobot City in 2010. He welcomed a group of children visiting the Autobot base as they were being shown around by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}

=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
Powerglide accompanied the massive Autobot reinforcements called in to counter Megatron's nefarious [[Omega Whip]]. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Powerglide was led to Japan by Optimus Prime, along with a small team of other Autobots, to stop the Decepticons' latest Energon-gathering scheme. Optimus ordered him to pursue Astrotrain to prevent the Decepticons from escaping with their loot. In the end, a duplicate Starscream appeared and took off with the Energon cache along with his other self. {{storylink|Activation}}

Powerglide was amongst the Autobots who once more confronted Megatron and his Decepticons at the ''[[Trigger]]'' in Earth orbit. When Starscream combined himself with the ''Trigger'' to create a powerful new body for himself, Powerglide had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream's star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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Powerglide was present at the first "meeting" of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Powerglidereadytoblastoffrightnow.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|We bet you are. Don't be crude, Powerglide.]]
Powerglide was a member of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[Cybertron Seven|resistance cell]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during the reign of [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. Like most of his comrades, he found more inspiration in [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s bravado than the calculated caution of Perceptor. When their untrustworthy scout, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] went missing, Powerglide and his peers fell in line with Blaster's plan to find and rescue him, overruling Perceptor. After much searching, all but Blaster had given up on Scrounge, but Powerglide had stayed to secretly shadow Blaster, allowing the air-capable Autobot to deliver him to safety out of the [[smelting pool]] (regrettably leaving Scrounge behind). This act gave Perceptor's small group of Autobots the first good news they had heard in eons, for Scrounge had handed them evidence that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] lived. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[File:Powerglideblastercybertronic.jpg|thumb|Cybertronic altmode: paper airplane]]
Further reconnaissance by Blaster and Powerglide revealed startling news—the Decepticons were building a [[space bridge]]! As this would spell certain doom for both Cybertron and [[Earth]], a desperate raid on Straxus's [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] fortress was launched. This attack was mostly successful, as it leveled Darkmount and ended in Straxus's destruction, but Powerglide and the rest of his Autobot comrades had to retreat to Earth over the Space Bridge as it self-destructed. Here they were greeted immediately by a group of humans. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Though Megatron and his troops spotted the Autobots upon their materialization on Earth, the Decepticons were distracted by a more pressing mission at the time, and left without attacking the new arrivals. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} However, the humans belonged to the anti-robot attack team, [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. While Powerglide and the other Autobots, unfamiliar with how things worked on Earth, tried to talk to their vehicles, RAAT deployed "electric snow" missiles to disorient the Transformers. Powerglide's group was then too dazed to fight back, and were captured with the help of [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} Powerglide and his fellows were disassembled, with their heads getting mounted on the wall of RAAT's headquarters. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} The Autobots were only given a chance at freedom after Circuit Breaker was forced to elicit their aid to defeat the [[Battlecharger]]s. Powerglide and the other Autobots' components were combined to form a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|jury-rigged robot]] that Circuit Breaker used to stop the duo while they were defacing the status of liberty. After [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] were sent packing, Powerglide and the Autobots were allowed to go free. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

''Following [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Powerglide and the others got lost after their guide spontaneously vanished into [[limbo]]. Even worse was the reason for the disappearance—[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had returned to the present. Unlike most of his fellows, Powerglide actually managed to get a good shot in before Galvatron knocked the circuits out of him. {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} After Galvatron was forced into retreat by the vagrant [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Perceptor's team finally managed to reach the Ark, where they learned of Optimus Prime's apparent demise at the hands of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Powerglide attended Prime's funeral and assimilated into Earth's depleted Autobot forces, though it was soon revealed that Prime's death was a ruse. {{storylink|Resurrection!}} ''

[[File:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"Is this the line for the mutiny?"]]
When Optimus Prime died ''(for real)'' after a digital battle with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Powerglide observed with the other Autobots as [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] failed to successfully repair their fallen leader. After attending Prime's ''(real)'' funeral, a criminal known as the [[Mechanic]] turned the Ark's new security systems on the mourning Autobots, with devastating results. Though Powerglide was counted among the wounded due to this incident, Ratchet was able to best the intruder and vowed to fix all of the Autobots post-haste afterwards. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} Powerglide was at the receiving end of massive firepower once more when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacked the Ark. Had it not been for the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots']] timely intervention, the behemoth would have likely reduced all of the Autobots' forces to scrap. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], Prime's successor in leadership, turned out to be a self-interested tyrant, but he did help get the Ark repaired and off of Earth, a large process that Powerglide contributed to by feeding [[Energon cube]]s to their new [[Geothermal Generator]]. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} Nevertheless, Powerglide was among the Autobots who begged Blaster to overthrow him, but the mutiny didn't pan out, as the Dinobots were able to get Blaster to surrender to them after they endangered some of his [[Spacehikers|human allies]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} Later, Blaster and Grimlock battled for supremacy on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], as Powerglide and the other Autobots cheered Blaster on. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Some time after Optimus Prime's return, Powerglide was among several Autobots who responded to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s distress call near the Decepticons' [[Club Con|arctic base]]. However, this was a trap, and Powerglide was shot down in battle by some Decepticon aerial aces, including [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] and the ever-frightening [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}} He was identified as deactivated several weeks later. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Lancer one crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The Autobots came to regret watching the new G.I. Joe movies.]]
Following the final battle with the Decepticons, the ''[[Warworld]]'' and the [[Blitz Engine]]s, Powerglide discovered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s body on the surface of Cybertron and hurried over to notify the freshly minted [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. When they realised that the Decepticon leader was still alive Prime had Powerglide notify a medic, leaving the Minibot to marvel with [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] at their leader's new-found maturity. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Later, Powerglide took part in the assault against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s forces at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], as part of the crew of ''[[Lancer One]]'' alongside [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] under the command of [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]. Although they successfully carried out their mission, Jhiaxus was prepared for them and the Autobots' attack fell to pieces shortly afterwards. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}
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===''Big Looker'' storybooks===

Powerglide did a reconnaissance flight over Decepticon headquarters before the Autobots stormed the base to get the cerebro-shelled [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] back. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In one micro-continuity-nexus in which four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were taken over by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell's]] [[cerebro-shell]]s, Powerglide was part of the Autobot attack force if Optimus Prime chose to attack immediately. He dropped a small concussion bomb near [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], bringing the Stegosaurus to his knees. This prompted [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] to spew a jet of fire at Powerglide, which he managed to dodge.

In an alternate ending, Powerglide was part of a full-scale land, air, and sea assault on the Decepticons' secret base in [[Mount Lomas]]. With a little backup from [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], he apparently took down all of Megatron's warrior jets with his thermal beam, giving the ground force the cover they needed to storm the base and torch the superfuel lab. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Earthquake====
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While the rest of the Autobots were discussing how nice the recent lull in Decepticon activity was, the fidgety Powerglide longed for the evil robots to surface once more, so that he'd get a chance to "teach them a thing or two."

In one possible sequence of events, Powerglide got his wish when Beachcomber returned to Autobot base from his day off, having discovered a secret Decepticon fortress. Powerglide, Beachcomber and Windcharger were sent out to investigate whatever ploy the Decepticons were hatching. Once the three Autobots arrived at the cliff face that concealed the Decepticons' base, the three of them debated on which course of action they should take. Powerglide advocated for walking in through the front door.

If the three Autobots decided to walk through the main entrance, Windcharger was promptly crushed by the fortress's doors, which then let loose a swarm of Decepticons. Rumble was tricked into causing an earthquake, which brough down the Decepticons and their fortress in one fell swoop. Beahcomber and Powerglie then retrieved the damaged Windcharger.

If the trio decided instead to look for an alternate entrance into the Decepticon fortress, they discovered a narrow passageway hidden behind bushes and scrubs. Beachcomber's squad went into the passage and emerged in storage room. Leading out of the storage room was a passage not unlike the one from which they had just emerged, and a brightly lit corridor. Powerglide opted to investigate the brightly-lit corridor.

In one possible sequence of events where Powerglide investigated the base on his own, he was captured by the Decepticons and reprogrammed to lead them to the Autobots’ headquarters. The Autobots, unprepared for a surprise attack were felled one by one.

If Beachcomber decided to explore the brightly-lit corridor with Powerglide, the pair soon found the entire fortress to be eerily silent, until they heard Megatron expositing his plan to Soundwave. Beachcomber and Powerglide learned that the Decepticons planned to use a Destruction Beam to create a fault line near Center City, which would in turn be exploited by Rumble's earthquake-inducing abilities to destroy the entire area. With this knowledge, Powerglide and Beachcomber raced out of the fortress, meeting up with Windcharger en route, and returned to Autobot headquarters. The Autobots then decided to split up in two groups, one to attack the Decepticons’ fortress, the other to stop Rumble in Center city. Powerglide was assigned to the secondary team.

If the secondary team was tasked with attacking the Decepticons’ fortress, they were able to stealthily infiltrate the base and discover the Decepticon's lab. In one possible version of the events that followed, the Autobots were then able to redirect the Destruction Beam back to its source, destroying the Decepticons and their base.

In another version of these events, Megatron called his troops to him so they could all partake in Cosmos's dismemberment. Before the Decepticons were able to begin, Cosmos spotted the secondary team hiding nearby. Surrounding the Decepticons, the secondary team engaged their enemies. Though the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, they were unable to interfere with the Destruction beam. The beam reached its target, and Center City was destroyed. Though the Autobots were able to gain control of the Decepticon fortress and destroy the lab, they were not able to wipe out all of the evil robots, and enjoyed a pyrrhic victory at best.

Alternatively, if Beachcomber decided to have Windcharger, Powerglide and himself each investigate a different area of the Decepticons’ fortress, Beachcomber would get himself captured, leading to his teammate's capture. Powerglide was ordered executed by Buzzsaw while the Decepticons carried on with their evil deeds. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====Desert Flight====
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Powerglide was part of a group of the Autobots’ best scouts, led by Optimus on a fuel-finding mission. When the convoy came to a sudden halt, Powerglide's engines stalled an he nearly crashed before the Autobots’ newest adventure had even begun. Thankfully, Windcharger used his magnetic powers to halt Powerglide's decent. Back at a safe altitude, Powerglide offered to go check out the distant explosion that had caused the Autobots to suddenly halt in the first place. Optimus declined Powerglide's offer, opting to send Cosmos to investigate instead.

If Cosmos radioed his findings to Optimus immediately, Optimus's convoy moved in to investigate a nearby Decepticon base. As they approached it, the Autobots noted a nearby human settlement before their earthbound forces began floating in mid-air. Evidently, the phenomenon was caused by a Decepticon anti-gravity weapon.

If Optimus ordered his troops to come to the humans’ aid, they found themselves taking part in a struggle in futility, as the entire town was near-weightless, meaning they couldn't put the humans anywhere where they wouldn't float away once more. Then, the Autobots heard Decepticons approaching. Helpless in their current position, the Autobots were quickly eradicated by the Decepticons.

If Optimus ordered his troops to attack the Decepticon base, they soon reached an area free of the anti-gravity beam's influence. Flying ahead of the group, Powerglide was on the receiving end of Thrust's surprise attack. Undeterred, Powerglide charged Thrust, ready for a game of chicken. Having psyched out his opponent, Powerglide was able to quickly finish him off, before circling back and downing Ramjet. Losing their advantage quickly, the Decepticons retreated. But with the battle over, the Autobots noticed a small human boy at their feet. The Autobots then headed for the Decepticon base, with their stowaway. Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space.

If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, a decision Powerglide was all too happy to support, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth's surface to float helplessly out into space.

Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy's suggestion. In actuality, most of the Autobots were hidden away inside Optimus's trailer. Powerglide and Cosmos were themselves waiting outside the base for Windcharger to disable the forcefield from within.

In the event that Windcharger successfully turned the forcefield off, Powerglide burst into the base, guns ablaze, and foiled a sneak attack Megatron was about to perform upon Optimus. He then evaded an attack from both Ravage and Frenzy, causing the two Decepticons to crash into one another.

In the event that Buddy tampered with the gravity gun in the ensuing battle, the Autobots would emerge victorious.

In the event that Buddy instead entered a space-time anomaly created throughout the course of the battle, the Autobots would lose their fight against the Decepticons, and Powerglide wound up either injured or dead.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, wherein Cosmos had taken off to explore the Decepticon base on his own, The Autobot convoy were surprised to see two Cosmoses flying back towards them some time later. Both Cosmoses declared themselves to be the real one, and urged Optimus to destroy the other.

If Optimus destroyed the wrong Cosmos, the duplicate obliterated Smokescreen and the rest of the Autobots with the [[proton bomb]] it housed within its body.

If Optimus destroyed the duplicate Cosmos, the real one would inform the Autobots of the Decepticons’ schemes, and the convoy would roll out to take on their adversaries. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their vehicle modes possessed no weapons. The Autobots nonetheless managed to fight their way to the Decepticons’ base, one way or another, and defeated the Decepticons by using their own gravity weapon against them. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
As the Autobots were refuelling, they were interrupted by Red Alert, who warned the others that he had spotted nearby. All Autobots who had taken their fill of their newest batch of fuel found themselves unable to Transform, and correctly deduced that the Decepticons had poisoned their fuel supply. In a possible sequence of events wherein Optimus returned from the Decepticons’ lab with the antidote to the poison, the Autobot leader informed his troops of the Decepticons’ next plot. The evil robots were planning poison a nearby water reservoir in order to turn humans into mindless slaves. If Optimus decided to end his troops to the water reservoir to prevent this attack, Powerglide was amongst the group of Autobots that found the reservoir swarmed by Decepticons upon their arrival.

Seeing an opportunity to show off his aerial skills, Powerglide took off, announcing that he would lead the Decepticons on a wild goose chase. Optimus protested, ordering Powerglide to stay with the group.

If Powerglide continued despite Optimus's orders, he effortlessly dodged enemy fire only to mess things up when he downed Frenzy, causing the barrels of poison the Decepticon was carrying to explode into the water reservoir.

If Powerglide did as he was told, he and the other Autobots attempted to lure the Decepticons away from the reservoir and into some nearby woods, where they would have some cover against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
[[File:AutobotAlertCyclonusonscreen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Powerglide was in Metroplex city when an Autobot Alert sounded.

In one possible scenario, Powerglide was selected alongside Mirage, Swoop, Jazz and Prowl, to join Ultra Magnus on an orbital mission to both rescue Cosmos and halt a Decepticon plot to take over Earth's broadcast satellites.After donning special space gear for solar protection, the team took off and headed towards Cosmos's last coordinates. Arriving in orbit, Powerglide was the first to spot Cosmos drifting in the blackness of space. But looming nearby was also Cyclonus, Galvatron's ship. Powerglide and Mirage retrieved the Autobot saucer with the help of magnetic cables. Ultra Magnus ordered his troops to train all of their weapons on Cyclonus for a full-frontal assault. Doubting the wisdom of this plan, Powerglide pulled Swoop aside and suggested that they instead attempt a sneak attack on Cyclonus.

If the Autobots went along with Ultra Magnus's plan, Powerglide and the rest of the Autobots were horrorstruck when Galvatron himself emerged from Cyclonus, followed by an army of multiwing jet fighters. Ppwerglide and the others were left drifting helplessly into space as the Decepticons tore their shuttle apart.

If Swoop and Powerglide went ahead with their own plan, Powerglide worked on distracting Cyclonus with his fancy maneuvers while Swoop moved in position to use his superior firepower. With all of Cyclonus's attention trained onto Powerglide, Swoop was successful in destroying the Decepticons’ transmission apparatus, bringing their plot to an end.

In a completely different possible scenario, wherein Ultra Magnus agreed to prioritize theft of the coded message, Powerglide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Powerglide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Powerglide was sent ahead to scout out the California coast. Arriving ahead of the land-bound Autobots, Powerglide was able to quickly spot the sunken ship which held the cybertite sphere, and signalled the other Autobots about his find. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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====The Invisibility Factor====
[[File:Sarah Sanders.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Ultra Magnus, who stacked all that box art in the doorway?"]]
In one possible scenario, the Decepticons gained control of an [[Invisibility Device]]. When the invisible Decepticons attacked Metroplex city, Powerglide and the rest of the Autobots were reduced to scrap metal, unable to fight the unseen enemy.

In another scenario, where the Autobots gave up searching for a ship with invisibility capabilities, Powerglide and the rest of the Autobots within Metroplex were caught by surprise by a fleet of identical ships swooping down upon them. The Autobots were all destroyed as Galvatron gloated of his victory.

In yet another possible scenario, Powerglide participated in a battle against the Decepticons when the evil robots attacked Metroplex while using Invisibility Devices. Thanks to the Invisibility Device's inventor, Sarah Sanders, the Autobots were in possession of an [[Invisibility Scrambler]] to counteract the Decepticons’ Invisibility Device. Anticipating the Decepticons’ attack, the Autobots successfully defeated the evil robots when they came. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Powerglideoutbackwarwithin.jpg|100px|thumb|The paper-airplaneness of his Dreamwave Cybertronic altmode is unknown.]]
Powerglide was operational during the early days of the war, and was seen in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] shortly after [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s demise. After Optimus had ordered an Autobot exodus from Cybertron, Powerglide helped load up some crates in preparation for their departure. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} When the Decepticons attacked [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Powerglide was advised by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] mid-battle, who told him to target a Decepticon's lateral fuel line to deliver maximum damage to his opponent. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}}

[[File:Powerglidenightofthecombaticons.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Bumblebee needs a smaller command chair.]]
In the modern era, Powerglide was a member of one of the later-formed Autobot resistance cells on Cybertron, in communication with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] along with several other [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} He participated in the final insurrection which threw [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his Decepticons out of power on Cybertron. Afterwards, he was assigned to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s command and traveled to Earth on a supply run aboard the starship ''[[Orion]]''. While en route, the ''Orion'' received an emergency transmission from the ''Ark'': the Earthbound Autobots were under attack from the Decepticons! {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} The ''Orion''<nowiki>'</nowiki> simple supply mission ended with heavy combat against the amazingly-powerful clone, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], who overloaded the ''Orion'' with energy, causing it to crash. The ''Orion''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew walked away from their rough landing unharmed however, and Sunstorm left in pursuit of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Powerglide and his team set about repairing their ship, and accomplished the task in a few hours. The Autobots were getting ready for some well-earned rest when Starscream returned, now accompanied by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Recognizing the greater threat that Sunstorm posed, the Autobots agreed to ally themselves with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in order to deal with him. Powerglide might have raised a complaint to being assigned to guard their new "partner", but Starscream betrayed them and deactivated Powerglide's unit so fast, it's hard to be sure he even had a chance to speak up. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] presumably got him back online in time to help with the construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
Powerglide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got blasted out of the sky by Astrotrain early during the conflict. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Chaos Part Two: Numbers|''Transformers vol. 1'' #26]]

[[File:Powerglide Life After the Big Bang.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|I was on the ''Lost Light''?]]
Powerglide was among the Autobots poised to fight against [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s army on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Led by [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], he and the other Autobot fliers attacked [[Kimia Facility]] and fought with the many [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] defending it. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

Once the battle was won and the war was over, Powerglide joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' to participate in the search for the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} He spent some time in [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s bar where he was confused by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s drunken antics. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} When [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was unleashed within the ship, Powerglide joined the rest of the crew in trying to defeat him. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} After Swerve's bar was trashed by [[Legislator]]s and Swerve was considering closing down, Powerglide and several other Autobots cheered him up and helped him rebuild. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

[[File:TheWorldofTomorrow-AlphaBravo.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|]]
Powerglide left the crew of the ''Lost Light'' after [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]], and would later volunteer to act as a member of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in an effort to provide [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] with a [[combiner]] to defend against [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]]. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

He was present when Wheeljack received the [[Enigma of Combination]] from [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]. [[Alpha Bravo]] and Powerglide were both exposed to the energies of the artifact, granting them the power to combine with the other Aerialbots as part of the new Superion; in Powerglide's case, he gained the ability to transform into Superion's gun. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}}

As part of Starscream's political maneuvers, Powerglide and the new Aerialbots were deployed to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] to stop Menasor. Superion was able to dispatch the Stunticon combiner, blasting him using gun-mode Powerglide. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} Following a clash with Devastator, Superion was briefly reduced to his components, although Starscream thought otherwise and forcibly reintegrated the Aerialbots back into Superion. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

Much to Optimus Prime's concern, Superion hadn't separated since the fight with Devastator; [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] commented that for all intents and purposes Superion ''was'' the new default form for the Aerialbots. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

[[File:EdgeOfTheEarth AerialbotsAttacked.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|]]
As Superion joined Optimus Prime's Autobots on Earth, he disassembled into his individual Aerialbot components from time to time. Powerglide and the Aerialbots performed a "bombing" run in the arid desert, releasing payloads that caused dramatic botanical growth where they fell, providing food to support the local humans. Powerglide and the Aerialbots then fled the air resistance they faced, reluctantly holding to Prime's orders to not engage any human counter-strikes. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}

During a conflict with [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], however, the ancient Decepticon manipulated the power of the Enigma of Combination through the Onyx Interface's source code, creating new combiners under his control and disrupting existing ones. As a natural-born combiner, uncreated by the Enigma, Superion had some immunity. He copied and isolated the Onyx code into his own core-processor then dismantled himself, neutralizing the Onyx code so long as the Aerialbots remained separated. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} Powerglide and the other discombobulated Aerialbots were recovered from the site of the ocean battle {{storylink|White Light}} and returned to the newly-established [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Autobot City]] to recover. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Powerglide and the Aerialbots returned to Cybertron and took to the skies when [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] descended on their homeworld aboard [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} During the battle with [[Unicron]], he combined with his fellow Aerialbots into Superion to help defeat the planet-eater for good. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''BeCool'' shorts===
{{voiceactor|[[Takanori Yagi]] (Japanese)}}
'''Red Jet''' (赤のジェット機 ''Aka no Jettoki'') was a smug and self-assured flyer. {{storylink|The Self-Introduction Chapter}} Nevertheless, he managed to get lost in a forest, only to find [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]]... who was also lost. Together, they agreed to find their way out. The observing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Trailer]] wondered why Red Jet didn't just fly out. {{storylink|The Story of the Lost Plane!}}

Red Jet was later part of the audience for ''Quiz! BeCool'', {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} and witness to the filming of a movie interrupted by the fire brigade thinking it was a real emergency. {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===''Kre-O'' bio===
Powerglide was a supersonic daredevil and aerial acrobatic ace, but also a huge attention-seeking showoff—he didn't see the point of pulling off his amazing stunts unless he had an audience. His dream was to appear on his favorite show, ''[[KREONS Have Talent!]]''. {{storylink|Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Powerglide was stationed within [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] attacked the Autobot city. He bore witness to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Imhotep Rodimus]] seizing leadership from Grimlock in the middle of the siege. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Powerglide and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] were pinned down on the battlefield by the Decepticon triple-changers, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. Thankfully, the new recruits [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] arrived on the scene and were able to chase off the Decepticon aggressors. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane|Sandstorm, Broadside, and Octane commercial}}
*Powerglide and the Aerialbots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." The Aerialbots combined into Superion to better combat the Decepticon, with Powerglide delivering the first blow in his gun mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[Image:Bsbg-powerglide.jpg|thumb]]
Powerglide participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Part of a small task force led by Hound, Powerglide took part in a kerfuffle against the Decepticons and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]. The outcome of the fight was unclear. {{storylink|By Land, Sea, or Air}}

Powerglide was injured, and had [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] come to his aid. The trio were delayed when they became friendly with the Constructions, but after the sudden but inevitable betrayal, the three Autobots took him to safety. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} Powerglide fought against the combined Decepticon and Quintesson forces when they attacked Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsPowerglide.jpg|thumb|left|300px|He has a [[Kre-O]] cannon and he's not afraid to use it!]]

Powerglide participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Common character that could be recruited by collecting 24 units of Cybermetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:PowerglideEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=2|WHEEEEEEEEE!]]

When Silverbolt and the other Aerialbots came to earth, Powerglide combined with the others and formed the gun that Superion holds. He helped in destroying many Decepticon Headquarters. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Combiner Wars Campaign}}

*'''Class''': Aerial
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 1 star
*'''Weapons''': Powerglide uses a flamethrower to burn defenses.
*'''Ability: Bombing Run''': Drops 12 grenades in a line causing high damage to targets!
**'''Cost''': 4 ability points +1 for reuses.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:powerglide Powerglide at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Toys==
{{main|Powerglide (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
[[File:NowIKnow.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"We need an adult!" "I am an adult."]]
*In the episode [[Dinobot Island, Part 1]] Bumblebee tells Powerglide about the different types of dinosaurs, implying he wasn't on Earth when they where constructed or just wasn't paying attention. Note that it still hasn't been explained at which specific time (or even how) most of the 1985 characters came to be on Earth.
*''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Fireflight (G1)#Classics|Fireflight]], a [[redeco]] of ''[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Jetfire (Armada)#LOC|Jetfire]], was originally intended to be Powerglide, but Hasbro apparently could not secure the [[trademark]] at the time.
*As an indirect result of the above, Powerglide has the honor of being the only Generation 1 character whose alternate mode was based on a specific make of a real life vehicle (airborne or ground-based) to have multiple new toys which all retain the same alternate mode (artistic license for the sake of circumventing licensing issues nonwithstanding), even extending to an [[Powerglide (DOTM)|alternate universe counterpart]]! This can also be considered a testament to the {{w|Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 Thunderbolt II}}, which has been in service for over 40 years at the time of this writing, despite repeated attempts at shutting down the A-10 program as a cost-cutting measure.
*The most progressive alteration to Powerglide's alternate mode thus far is the vehicle from the 2016 ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' set... which is a redecoed Cobra Rattler, itself a modified A-10 Thunderbolt II.
*Despite this, the original cartoon often interprets his alternate mode as a large civilian plane with a cargo hatch and a cockpit large enough to hold two seats.
*Powerglide makes an appearance in one of the five Transformers [[public service announcement]]s, speaking out against gender discrimination.
*3200 miles per hour is Mach 4.16, MUCH faster than ANY modern combat jet, let alone a real A-10 Thunderbolt II... not that jet-based alt modes are known for realism.
*Michael Chain based Powerglide's voice on the legendary {{w|Jackie Gleason}}.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Powerglide''' (パワーグライド ''Pawāguraido'')
*''French:'' '''Survolo''' (Canada)
*''Greek:'' '''Keraynόs''' (Κεραυνός, "Lightning")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Motorszárny''' ("Motorwing")
*''Italian:'' '''Jumbo'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tòng-lì Huá-Hsiáng''' (Taiwan, 動力滑翔, "Power Glide"), '''Huáxiángjī''' (China, 滑翔机, "Glider")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Planador''' (Portugal comics), '''Planador''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Vetrorez''' (Ветрорез, "Windcut")

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Powerglide/powerglide.htm Powerglide at TFU.info]

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Powerglide (G1)

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:''Powerglide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:MTMTEPowerglide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's sick of getting the bronze medal in the Ego Olympics. Sunstreaker and Tracks never let him live it down.]]

'''Powerglide''', unlike most Autobots, can fly under his own power, and it goes straight to his pointy head. Give him any excuse and awaa-aa-aay he goes, dashing off into the stratosphere at 500 mph—but not in a straight line. No, Powerglide is an aerial acrobat, able to perform stunts other Transformer planes would never dream of. Barrel rolls, tail stands, death spirals, screaming 3200-mph powerdives: none of these are too tough for this Autobot barnstormer, and if he has an audience, be they friendly or enemy, he is guaranteed to put on the air show of their lives.

Yet this seeming frivolity has saved his life countless times in combat. Powerglide is lightly armed with small [[concussion weapon|concussion bombs]] and a nose-mounted thermal beam, and the former is practically useless in the air. Furthermore, his speed and power, impressive as they are, are vastly outclassed by most [[Seeker (body-type)|aerial Decepticons]]. Like the flying aces of World War I, Powerglide resorts to dogfighting maneuvers, using his flying skills to confuse and evade the enemy. This tactic works very well.

In fact, Powerglide's skill only aggravates his greatest weakness. He is good, and he knows it, and he misses no chance to show it. If this means he will seek out ever tougher foes to prove his mettle—then he'll do that, even if it kills him. Some day, it might.

Sometimes he is a member of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]].

{{quote|And awaa-aa-aay we go!|Powerglide, pretty much all the time|"[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Chain]] (English), [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (Japanese), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "A Prime Problem"), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, ''2010'')|[[Yang Wenyuan]] (Chinese),[[Giorgio Locuratolo]] (Italian), [[Carlos Nieto]] (Latin-American Spanish, first voice), [[Javier Pontón]] (Latin-American Spanish, second voice), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, ''The Girl Who Loved Powerglide''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Hoist Goes Hollywood''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5''), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''Ghost in the Machine''), [[Crock Krumbiegel]] (German, Most of the Generation 2 Dub), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Revenge of Bruticus''), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[Jacques Ferrière ]] (European French, "A Prime Problem"), [[Pierre Garin]] (European French, "Dinobot Island, Part 1"), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "Blaster Blues")}}
[[File:DinobotIsland1 Powerglide.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Where did I come from?! Where did YOU come from?! Yeah, what do you say to that?!"]]
Powerglide was a brash barnstormer with a penchant for spouting gung-ho sayings like "And awaaa-aaa-aay we go!". He literally appeared out of ''nowhere'' to save [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] when the boy had been thrown overboard [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s spaceship, after the latter's plan to use a clone of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to destroy the Autobots failed. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and Powerglide were sent on a reconnaissance mission to investigate some strange energy readings out at sea. Inside the temporal anomaly, they discovered a [[Dinobot Island (G1)|prehistoric island]] inhabited by [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]]. Powerglide had to save Bumblebee from an aggressive pterodactyl, then attempted to repair Bumblebee's damaged [[jet pack]], before abandoning it and flying Bumblebee off the island. Later, after it was decided that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] should be relocated to the island, Powerglide led the large brutes and Spike to the island. After Spike unwittingly got himself into several dangerous situations, Powerglide flew him back home. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

[[File:MasterBuilders Powerglide jet mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Called on to find [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], Powerglide soon located the pair working on their [[Solar Power Tower]] with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. He reported back to Optimus and later took part in the battle to destroy the tower, attacking [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] and dogfighting with [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}} Though he was damaged during an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the Decepticons retrieving the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Powerglide volunteered to carry [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s miniaturised team and drop them off on Megatron's body. To his surprise, he found the Decepticons in a state of inebriation due to over-energizing. He dropped off his cargo and made a clean getaway, despite Megatron taking a shot at him. {{storylink|Microbots}}

[[File:DesertionDinobots1 Powerglide no head.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Little known fact: Powerglide was the first Headmaster.]]
All of the Autobots were exiled from Earth after being framed by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} They ended up being set on a collision course with the [[Sun]], but at the last minute, were able to return to Earth and kick Decepticon tailpipe. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} After a disastrous battle at an airport, Powerglide helped [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and Grapple reconstruct a building, only for it to be demolished by Grapple's inaccurate placing of the roof. Ironhide and Powerglide had a laugh at their friend's expense, but it soon turned out that the problem was more serious than a minor glitch—the Autobots were suffering by [[Cybertonium]] depletion. Powerglide's symptoms included his head falling off. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

When Megatron's latest plan blocked radio transmissions all over Earth, Powerglide, Spike and [[Carly]] helped Optimus guide commercial aircraft safely to the ground. They were attacked by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], leaving Prime incapacitated and Powerglide in danger of crashing. Spike used a spare [[jet pack|rocket pack]] to stabilise Powerglide's flight, and the Autobot was able to pick up Optimus and carry him back to base. There, Carly made emergency repairs, and they took [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where they watched Optimus and Megatron fight. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:GoldenLagoon Powerglide seashore.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Powerglide was part of a group of Autobots taking a walk along a beach when they were attacked by Decepticons. As the battle raged on, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] found a pool of [[Electrum]] and, once coated with the stuff, became impervious to the Autobot weapons. While [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and Perceptor were captured, Powerglide and the others escaped. Powerglide was part of the retaliatory mission; however, the rest of the Decepticons had already coated themselves in Electrum, rendering anything the Autobots could do ineffective. Damaged, Powerglide washed up on the shore in time to spy the Decepticons utilising the pool of Electrum, enabling him to fly back to base and warn the Autobots. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

The Autobots set up a sting operation in [[New York City]] to apprehend car thieves, of which Powerglide was a part. He and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] chased Starscream into a shopping mall, but the two Autobots were unable to prevent him from getting away. {{storylink|Make Tracks}} Cosmos suggested Powerglide lead an assault on the Constructicons, who were working on an asteroid, but, to Powerglide's disappointment, Prime went to talk to Omega Supreme instead. Powerglide later helped defend [[San Francisco]] from an [[Asteroid bird alien|alien creature]] unleashed from the asteroid. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} During a coup by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], Powerglide spied on what the triple changers were up to and was able to rescue Spike when the city was flooded. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

[[File:SearchAlphaTrion Powerglide and Moonracer.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Their 4 million year reunion. And yes, he cheats on her the very next episode.]]
After Megatron demanded Optimus Prime's surrender in exchange for [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]], Powerglide was among the Autobots who followed him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Once there, he was disbelieving of Starscream's claim that Optimus Prime had been destroyed. During their vengeful attack on the Decepticons, Powerglide met up with his old friend [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

[[File:Pgalove.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Don't worry, I won't hug her too hard."]]
Soon after hooking up with Moonracer, he saved the fleshling female [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]] from being kidnapped by Ramjet, Thrust and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. He was assigned to escort her back to Autobot HQ, but they were again attacked by the coneheads, who injured Powerglide and snatched Astoria. After receiving some repairs from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], Powerglide set off for the Decepticon [[Sky Platform]] to rescue Astoria. Caught in the platform's security field, Powerglide was helped by Astoria herself, who destroyed an energy tower. Unfortunately the damage left the platform plummeting out of control, but Powerglide was able to rig it to crash into the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]].

Afterwards, it seemed as though Powerglide had developed feelings for Astoria, much to the amusement of the other Autobots. The only lasting result was a series of flashing lights under his chestplate in the form of a stylized heart. What purpose this served (other than being disturbing) is not immediately clear. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}

[[File:Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Hey, human, when I'm in jet mode, you fit in my head."]]
After thoroughly embarrassing himself by accidentally destroying several sets and props in an attempt to show off, Powerglide was among [[Sunstreaker (G1)|several]] [[Tracks (G1)|egotistical]] [[Warpath (G1)|Autobots]] who demanded to be given a role in a movie that [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] was starring in. Initially, his "role" amounted to crashing into a STORE while in jet mode (supposedly to stop "the crooks"). Soon afterwards, Powerglide and the other would-be-actor Autobots asked Hoist to talk to the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] to get them some "real" acting roles. After reworking the movie into ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', the director had the Autobots given cheesy alien face masks. Powerglide remarked that the role was "the pits", and that he would rather do the stunt crashes. In a later scene, Powerglide demonstrated his rather wooden acting "skills". Guess he was better suited for stunts. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Powerglide was one of the Autobots who volunteered to rescue Perceptor from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} He took part in the defence of headquarters against another attack by the Decepticons, only to be puzzled when Megatron almost immediately called a retreat. After some investigation, it turned out Starscream had stolen some [[personality component]]s to create the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. Powerglide set out to find the rebel Decepticons, and soon found them fighting Megatron's forces at the [[Amalgamated Water and Power Plant]] {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} During a massive attack on a human city by the Insecticons, Powerglide dropped Spike and Perceptor off in the battle zone, so the pair could warn the Autobot leader about strange signals coming from Cybertron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Powerglide and the rest of the Minibots tried to repel the Decepticons' [[Trypticon (G1)|new mobile assault base]]—and failed. When the colossal 'con took several direct hits and seemed to be falling apart, Powerglide cheerfully reported that they had destroyed it—then in his shock, just happened to [[To sell toys|narrate aloud]] that it had a reptilian mode too. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:GhostinMachine Powerglide and Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Powerglide appeared to have been destroyed during a disastrous Autobot attack on the [[Quintesson]]s led by a resurrected, reprogrammed Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}} However, he was later among the Autobots who attempted to stop [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Starscream's [[Spark|ghost]] from stealing [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Sensor|eyes]], so he must have gotten better. Unfortunately, a blind Metroplex accidentally shot him down, but [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] saved him. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

{{note|The above appearance in "Dark Awakening" is likely a result of a careless animation team using the animation model of Powerglide to represent an Autobot spaceship rather than Powerglide himself, as the footage of "his" destruction is used twice during the battle sequence.}}
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====''The Transformers'' public service announcements====
When three boys dismissed a girl who wanted to join them in skateboarding around a park, Powerglide flew down from above and admonished them for their sexist assumptions about the girl's skateboarding ability. He then urged her to show what she could do, as she demonstrated her impressive skills to the boys' amazement. Powerglide once again reminded them not to pass premature judgment on others. {{storylink|Public service announcement#Transformers public service announcements|Don't Jump To Conclusions}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
[[File:Powerglide minibot combiner.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Arriving in Tokyo, [[Japan]], Powerglide intervened on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s attack on [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots' human friend, [[Kenji]]. Instead of shooting the Decepticon from the air, Powerglide zoomed in close and decked Ravage with a partially transformed hand. PG then grabbed Kenji and flew off, leaving Bumblebee alone to face [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and his cassettes. For some reason. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}} Later, Powerglide was also present when Optimus Prime was showing Kenji around the Autobots' base in Japan. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

While surveying the desert, Powerglide came across the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] hunting down an innocent [[Battle Dog|dog]]. He interfered with their mission, but took heavy firepower shielding the animal with his own body. Seriously injured, Powerglide transformed in a desperate attempt to keep the dog alive just a little longer inside his cockpit. Surprisingly, the puppy managed to operate his control console and keep Powerglide moving long enough for a [[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]] patrol to respond to his SOS. It seemed that Megatron had incorporated powerful energy inside the puppy as a plot to conquer Earth. In order to avoid being used by the Decepticons, the puppy sacrificed himself to channel massive amounts of [[Scramble Power]] into Powerglide. [[Minibot combiner|United as one]], Powerglide and the Minibots used Scramble Power to deliver a mighty blow against [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], defeating the Combaticons. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}
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=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms'' manga=====
Powerglide was stationed at Autobot City in 2010. He welcomed a group of children visiting the Autobot base as they were being shown around by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}

=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
Powerglide accompanied the massive Autobot reinforcements called in to counter Megatron's nefarious [[Omega Whip]]. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Powerglide was led to Japan by Optimus Prime, along with a small team of other Autobots, to stop the Decepticons' latest Energon-gathering scheme. Optimus ordered him to pursue Astrotrain to prevent the Decepticons from escaping with their loot. In the end, a duplicate Starscream appeared and took off with the Energon cache along with his other self. {{storylink|Activation}}

Powerglide was amongst the Autobots who once more confronted Megatron and his Decepticons at the ''[[Trigger]]'' in Earth orbit. When Starscream combined himself with the ''Trigger'' to create a powerful new body for himself, Powerglide had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream's star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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Powerglide was present at the first "meeting" of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Powerglidereadytoblastoffrightnow.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|We bet you are. Don't be crude, Powerglide.]]
Powerglide was a member of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[Cybertron Seven|resistance cell]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during the reign of [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. Like most of his comrades, he found more inspiration in [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s bravado than the calculated caution of Perceptor. When their untrustworthy scout, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] went missing, Powerglide and his peers fell in line with Blaster's plan to find and rescue him, overruling Perceptor. After much searching, all but Blaster had given up on Scrounge, but Powerglide had stayed to secretly shadow Blaster, allowing the air-capable Autobot to deliver him to safety out of the [[smelting pool]] (regrettably leaving Scrounge behind). This act gave Perceptor's small group of Autobots the first good news they had heard in eons, for Scrounge had handed them evidence that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] lived. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[File:Powerglideblastercybertronic.jpg|thumb|Cybertronic altmode: paper airplane]]
Further reconnaissance by Blaster and Powerglide revealed startling news—the Decepticons were building a [[space bridge]]! As this would spell certain doom for both Cybertron and [[Earth]], a desperate raid on Straxus's [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] fortress was launched. This attack was mostly successful, as it leveled Darkmount and ended in Straxus's destruction, but Powerglide and the rest of his Autobot comrades had to retreat to Earth over the Space Bridge as it self-destructed. Here they were greeted immediately by a group of humans. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Though Megatron and his troops spotted the Autobots upon their materialization on Earth, the Decepticons were distracted by a more pressing mission at the time, and left without attacking the new arrivals. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} However, the humans belonged to the anti-robot attack team, [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. While Powerglide and the other Autobots, unfamiliar with how things worked on Earth, tried to talk to their vehicles, RAAT deployed "electric snow" missiles to disorient the Transformers. Powerglide's group was then too dazed to fight back, and were captured with the help of [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} Powerglide and his fellows were disassembled, with their heads getting mounted on the wall of RAAT's headquarters. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} The Autobots were only given a chance at freedom after Circuit Breaker was forced to elicit their aid to defeat the [[Battlecharger]]s. Powerglide and the other Autobots' components were combined to form a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|jury-rigged robot]] that Circuit Breaker used to stop the duo while they were defacing the status of liberty. After [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] were sent packing, Powerglide and the Autobots were allowed to go free. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

''Following [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Powerglide and the others got lost after their guide spontaneously vanished into [[limbo]]. Even worse was the reason for the disappearance—[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had returned to the present. Unlike most of his fellows, Powerglide actually managed to get a good shot in before Galvatron knocked the circuits out of him. {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} After Galvatron was forced into retreat by the vagrant [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Perceptor's team finally managed to reach the Ark, where they learned of Optimus Prime's apparent demise at the hands of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Powerglide attended Prime's funeral and assimilated into Earth's depleted Autobot forces, though it was soon revealed that Prime's death was a ruse. {{storylink|Resurrection!}} ''

[[File:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"Is this the line for the mutiny?"]]
When Optimus Prime died ''(for real)'' after a digital battle with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Powerglide observed with the other Autobots as [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] failed to successfully repair their fallen leader. After attending Prime's ''(real)'' funeral, a criminal known as the [[Mechanic]] turned the Ark's new security systems on the mourning Autobots, with devastating results. Though Powerglide was counted among the wounded due to this incident, Ratchet was able to best the intruder and vowed to fix all of the Autobots post-haste afterwards. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} Powerglide was at the receiving end of massive firepower once more when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacked the Ark. Had it not been for the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots']] timely intervention, the behemoth would have likely reduced all of the Autobots' forces to scrap. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], Prime's successor in leadership, turned out to be a self-interested tyrant, but he did help get the Ark repaired and off of Earth, a large process that Powerglide contributed to by feeding [[Energon cube]]s to their new [[Geothermal Generator]]. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} Nevertheless, Powerglide was among the Autobots who begged Blaster to overthrow him, but the mutiny didn't pan out, as the Dinobots were able to get Blaster to surrender to them after they endangered some of his [[Spacehikers|human allies]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} Later, Blaster and Grimlock battled for supremacy on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], as Powerglide and the other Autobots cheered Blaster on. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Some time after Optimus Prime's return, Powerglide was among several Autobots who responded to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s distress call near the Decepticons' [[Club Con|arctic base]]. However, this was a trap, and Powerglide was shot down in battle by some Decepticon aerial aces, including [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] and the ever-frightening [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}} He was identified as deactivated several weeks later. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Lancer one crew war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The Autobots came to regret watching the new G.I. Joe movies.]]
Following the final battle with the Decepticons, the ''[[Warworld]]'' and the [[Blitz Engine]]s, Powerglide discovered [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s body on the surface of Cybertron and hurried over to notify the freshly minted [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. When they realised that the Decepticon leader was still alive Prime had Powerglide notify a medic, leaving the Minibot to marvel with [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] at their leader's new-found maturity. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Later, Powerglide took part in the assault against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s forces at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], as part of the crew of ''[[Lancer One]]'' alongside [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] and [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] under the command of [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]]. Although they successfully carried out their mission, Jhiaxus was prepared for them and the Autobots' attack fell to pieces shortly afterwards. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}
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===''Big Looker'' storybooks===

Powerglide did a reconnaissance flight over Decepticon headquarters before the Autobots stormed the base to get the cerebro-shelled [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] back. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In one micro-continuity-nexus in which four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were taken over by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell's]] [[cerebro-shell]]s, Powerglide was part of the Autobot attack force if Optimus Prime chose to attack immediately. He dropped a small concussion bomb near [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], bringing the Stegosaurus to his knees. This prompted [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] to spew a jet of fire at Powerglide, which he managed to dodge.

In an alternate ending, Powerglide was part of a full-scale land, air, and sea assault on the Decepticons' secret base in [[Mount Lomas]]. With a little backup from [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], he apparently took down all of Megatron's warrior jets with his thermal beam, giving the ground force the cover they needed to storm the base and torch the superfuel lab. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Earthquake====
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While the rest of the Autobots were discussing how nice the recent lull in Decepticon activity was, the fidgety Powerglide longed for the evil robots to surface once more, so that he'd get a chance to "teach them a thing or two."

In one possible sequence of events, Powerglide got his wish when Beachcomber returned to Autobot base from his day off, having discovered a secret Decepticon fortress. Powerglide, Beachcomber and Windcharger were sent out to investigate whatever ploy the Decepticons were hatching. Once the three Autobots arrived at the cliff face that concealed the Decepticons' base, the three of them debated on which course of action they should take. Powerglide advocated for walking in through the front door.

If the three Autobots decided to walk through the main entrance, Windcharger was promptly crushed by the fortress's doors, which then let loose a swarm of Decepticons. Rumble was tricked into causing an earthquake, which brough down the Decepticons and their fortress in one fell swoop. Beahcomber and Powerglie then retrieved the damaged Windcharger.

If the trio decided instead to look for an alternate entrance into the Decepticon fortress, they discovered a narrow passageway hidden behind bushes and scrubs. Beachcomber's squad went into the passage and emerged in storage room. Leading out of the storage room was a passage not unlike the one from which they had just emerged, and a brightly lit corridor. Powerglide opted to investigate the brightly-lit corridor.

In one possible sequence of events where Powerglide investigated the base on his own, he was captured by the Decepticons and reprogrammed to lead them to the Autobots’ headquarters. The Autobots, unprepared for a surprise attack were felled one by one.

If Beachcomber decided to explore the brightly-lit corridor with Powerglide, the pair soon found the entire fortress to be eerily silent, until they heard Megatron expositing his plan to Soundwave. Beachcomber and Powerglide learned that the Decepticons planned to use a Destruction Beam to create a fault line near Center City, which would in turn be exploited by Rumble's earthquake-inducing abilities to destroy the entire area. With this knowledge, Powerglide and Beachcomber raced out of the fortress, meeting up with Windcharger en route, and returned to Autobot headquarters. The Autobots then decided to split up in two groups, one to attack the Decepticons’ fortress, the other to stop Rumble in Center city. Powerglide was assigned to the secondary team.

If the secondary team was tasked with attacking the Decepticons’ fortress, they were able to stealthily infiltrate the base and discover the Decepticon's lab. In one possible version of the events that followed, the Autobots were then able to redirect the Destruction Beam back to its source, destroying the Decepticons and their base.

In another version of these events, Megatron called his troops to him so they could all partake in Cosmos's dismemberment. Before the Decepticons were able to begin, Cosmos spotted the secondary team hiding nearby. Surrounding the Decepticons, the secondary team engaged their enemies. Though the Autobots defeated the Decepticons, they were unable to interfere with the Destruction beam. The beam reached its target, and Center City was destroyed. Though the Autobots were able to gain control of the Decepticon fortress and destroy the lab, they were not able to wipe out all of the evil robots, and enjoyed a pyrrhic victory at best.

Alternatively, if Beachcomber decided to have Windcharger, Powerglide and himself each investigate a different area of the Decepticons’ fortress, Beachcomber would get himself captured, leading to his teammate's capture. Powerglide was ordered executed by Buzzsaw while the Decepticons carried on with their evil deeds. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====Desert Flight====
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Powerglide was part of a group of the Autobots’ best scouts, led by Optimus on a fuel-finding mission. When the convoy came to a sudden halt, Powerglide's engines stalled an he nearly crashed before the Autobots’ newest adventure had even begun. Thankfully, Windcharger used his magnetic powers to halt Powerglide's decent. Back at a safe altitude, Powerglide offered to go check out the distant explosion that had caused the Autobots to suddenly halt in the first place. Optimus declined Powerglide's offer, opting to send Cosmos to investigate instead.

If Cosmos radioed his findings to Optimus immediately, Optimus's convoy moved in to investigate a nearby Decepticon base. As they approached it, the Autobots noted a nearby human settlement before their earthbound forces began floating in mid-air. Evidently, the phenomenon was caused by a Decepticon anti-gravity weapon.

If Optimus ordered his troops to come to the humans’ aid, they found themselves taking part in a struggle in futility, as the entire town was near-weightless, meaning they couldn't put the humans anywhere where they wouldn't float away once more. Then, the Autobots heard Decepticons approaching. Helpless in their current position, the Autobots were quickly eradicated by the Decepticons.

If Optimus ordered his troops to attack the Decepticon base, they soon reached an area free of the anti-gravity beam's influence. Flying ahead of the group, Powerglide was on the receiving end of Thrust's surprise attack. Undeterred, Powerglide charged Thrust, ready for a game of chicken. Having psyched out his opponent, Powerglide was able to quickly finish him off, before circling back and downing Ramjet. Losing their advantage quickly, the Decepticons retreated. But with the battle over, the Autobots noticed a small human boy at their feet. The Autobots then headed for the Decepticon base, with their stowaway. Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space.

If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, a decision Powerglide was all too happy to support, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth's surface to float helplessly out into space.

Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy's suggestion. In actuality, most of the Autobots were hidden away inside Optimus's trailer. Powerglide and Cosmos were themselves waiting outside the base for Windcharger to disable the forcefield from within.

In the event that Windcharger successfully turned the forcefield off, Powerglide burst into the base, guns ablaze, and foiled a sneak attack Megatron was about to perform upon Optimus. He then evaded an attack from both Ravage and Frenzy, causing the two Decepticons to crash into one another.

In the event that Buddy tampered with the gravity gun in the ensuing battle, the Autobots would emerge victorious.

In the event that Buddy instead entered a space-time anomaly created throughout the course of the battle, the Autobots would lose their fight against the Decepticons, and Powerglide wound up either injured or dead.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, wherein Cosmos had taken off to explore the Decepticon base on his own, The Autobot convoy were surprised to see two Cosmoses flying back towards them some time later. Both Cosmoses declared themselves to be the real one, and urged Optimus to destroy the other.

If Optimus destroyed the wrong Cosmos, the duplicate obliterated Smokescreen and the rest of the Autobots with the [[proton bomb]] it housed within its body.

If Optimus destroyed the duplicate Cosmos, the real one would inform the Autobots of the Decepticons’ schemes, and the convoy would roll out to take on their adversaries. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their vehicle modes possessed no weapons. The Autobots nonetheless managed to fight their way to the Decepticons’ base, one way or another, and defeated the Decepticons by using their own gravity weapon against them. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
As the Autobots were refuelling, they were interrupted by Red Alert, who warned the others that he had spotted nearby. All Autobots who had taken their fill of their newest batch of fuel found themselves unable to Transform, and correctly deduced that the Decepticons had poisoned their fuel supply. In a possible sequence of events wherein Optimus returned from the Decepticons’ lab with the antidote to the poison, the Autobot leader informed his troops of the Decepticons’ next plot. The evil robots were planning poison a nearby water reservoir in order to turn humans into mindless slaves. If Optimus decided to end his troops to the water reservoir to prevent this attack, Powerglide was amongst the group of Autobots that found the reservoir swarmed by Decepticons upon their arrival.

Seeing an opportunity to show off his aerial skills, Powerglide took off, announcing that he would lead the Decepticons on a wild goose chase. Optimus protested, ordering Powerglide to stay with the group.

If Powerglide continued despite Optimus's orders, he effortlessly dodged enemy fire only to mess things up when he downed Frenzy, causing the barrels of poison the Decepticon was carrying to explode into the water reservoir.

If Powerglide did as he was told, he and the other Autobots attempted to lure the Decepticons away from the reservoir and into some nearby woods, where they would have some cover against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
[[File:AutobotAlertCyclonusonscreen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Powerglide was in Metroplex city when an Autobot Alert sounded.

In one possible scenario, Powerglide was selected alongside Mirage, Swoop, Jazz and Prowl, to join Ultra Magnus on an orbital mission to both rescue Cosmos and halt a Decepticon plot to take over Earth's broadcast satellites.After donning special space gear for solar protection, the team took off and headed towards Cosmos's last coordinates. Arriving in orbit, Powerglide was the first to spot Cosmos drifting in the blackness of space. But looming nearby was also Cyclonus, Galvatron's ship. Powerglide and Mirage retrieved the Autobot saucer with the help of magnetic cables. Ultra Magnus ordered his troops to train all of their weapons on Cyclonus for a full-frontal assault. Doubting the wisdom of this plan, Powerglide pulled Swoop aside and suggested that they instead attempt a sneak attack on Cyclonus.

If the Autobots went along with Ultra Magnus's plan, Powerglide and the rest of the Autobots were horrorstruck when Galvatron himself emerged from Cyclonus, followed by an army of multiwing jet fighters. Ppwerglide and the others were left drifting helplessly into space as the Decepticons tore their shuttle apart.

If Swoop and Powerglide went ahead with their own plan, Powerglide worked on distracting Cyclonus with his fancy maneuvers while Swoop moved in position to use his superior firepower. With all of Cyclonus's attention trained onto Powerglide, Swoop was successful in destroying the Decepticons’ transmission apparatus, bringing their plot to an end.

In a completely different possible scenario, wherein Ultra Magnus agreed to prioritize theft of the coded message, Powerglide was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Powerglide took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Powerglide was sent ahead to scout out the California coast. Arriving ahead of the land-bound Autobots, Powerglide was able to quickly spot the sunken ship which held the cybertite sphere, and signalled the other Autobots about his find. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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====The Invisibility Factor====
[[File:Sarah Sanders.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Ultra Magnus, who stacked all that box art in the doorway?"]]
In one possible scenario, the Decepticons gained control of an [[Invisibility Device]]. When the invisible Decepticons attacked Metroplex city, Powerglide and the rest of the Autobots were reduced to scrap metal, unable to fight the unseen enemy.

In another scenario, where the Autobots gave up searching for a ship with invisibility capabilities, Powerglide and the rest of the Autobots within Metroplex were caught by surprise by a fleet of identical ships swooping down upon them. The Autobots were all destroyed as Galvatron gloated of his victory.

In yet another possible scenario, Powerglide participated in a battle against the Decepticons when the evil robots attacked Metroplex while using Invisibility Devices. Thanks to the Invisibility Device's inventor, Sarah Sanders, the Autobots were in possession of an [[Invisibility Scrambler]] to counteract the Decepticons’ Invisibility Device. Anticipating the Decepticons’ attack, the Autobots successfully defeated the evil robots when they came. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Powerglideoutbackwarwithin.jpg|100px|thumb|The paper-airplaneness of his Dreamwave Cybertronic altmode is unknown.]]
Powerglide was operational during the early days of the war, and was seen in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] shortly after [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s demise. After Optimus had ordered an Autobot exodus from Cybertron, Powerglide helped load up some crates in preparation for their departure. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} When the Decepticons attacked [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Powerglide was advised by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] mid-battle, who told him to target a Decepticon's lateral fuel line to deliver maximum damage to his opponent. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}}

[[File:Powerglidenightofthecombaticons.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Bumblebee needs a smaller command chair.]]
In the modern era, Powerglide was a member of one of the later-formed Autobot resistance cells on Cybertron, in communication with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] along with several other [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} He participated in the final insurrection which threw [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his Decepticons out of power on Cybertron. Afterwards, he was assigned to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s command and traveled to Earth on a supply run aboard the starship ''[[Orion]]''. While en route, the ''Orion'' received an emergency transmission from the ''Ark'': the Earthbound Autobots were under attack from the Decepticons! {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} The ''Orion''<nowiki>'</nowiki> simple supply mission ended with heavy combat against the amazingly-powerful clone, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], who overloaded the ''Orion'' with energy, causing it to crash. The ''Orion''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew walked away from their rough landing unharmed however, and Sunstorm left in pursuit of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Powerglide and his team set about repairing their ship, and accomplished the task in a few hours. The Autobots were getting ready for some well-earned rest when Starscream returned, now accompanied by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Recognizing the greater threat that Sunstorm posed, the Autobots agreed to ally themselves with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in order to deal with him. Powerglide might have raised a complaint to being assigned to guard their new "partner", but Starscream betrayed them and deactivated Powerglide's unit so fast, it's hard to be sure he even had a chance to speak up. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] presumably got him back online in time to help with the construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
Powerglide participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons, though he did not fare too well, and got blasted out of the sky by Astrotrain early during the conflict. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Chaos Part Two: Numbers|''Transformers vol. 1'' #26]]

[[File:Powerglide Life After the Big Bang.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|I was on the ''Lost Light''?]]
Powerglide was among the Autobots poised to fight against [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]'s army on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Led by [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], he and the other Autobot fliers attacked [[Kimia Facility]] and fought with the many [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] defending it. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}}

Once the battle was won and the war was over, Powerglide joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' to participate in the search for the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} He spent some time in [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s bar where he was confused by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s drunken antics. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}} When [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] was unleashed within the ship, Powerglide joined the rest of the crew in trying to defeat him. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}} After Swerve's bar was trashed by [[Legislator]]s and Swerve was considering closing down, Powerglide and several other Autobots cheered him up and helped him rebuild. {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}}

[[File:TheWorldofTomorrow-AlphaBravo.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|]]
Powerglide left the crew of the ''Lost Light'' after [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]], and would later volunteer to act as a member of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in an effort to provide [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] with a [[combiner]] to defend against [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]]. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

He was present when Wheeljack received the [[Enigma of Combination]] from [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]. [[Alpha Bravo]] and Powerglide were both exposed to the energies of the artifact, granting them the power to combine with the other Aerialbots as part of the new Superion; in Powerglide's case, he gained the ability to transform into Superion's gun. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}}

As part of Starscream's political maneuvers, Powerglide and the new Aerialbots were deployed to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] to stop Menasor. Superion was able to dispatch the Stunticon combiner, blasting him using gun-mode Powerglide. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} Following a clash with Devastator, Superion was briefly reduced to his components, although Starscream thought otherwise and forcibly reintegrated the Aerialbots back into Superion. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

Much to Optimus Prime's concern, Superion hadn't separated since the fight with Devastator; [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] commented that for all intents and purposes Superion ''was'' the new default form for the Aerialbots. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

[[File:EdgeOfTheEarth AerialbotsAttacked.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|]]
As Superion joined Optimus Prime's Autobots on Earth, he disassembled into his individual Aerialbot components from time to time. Powerglide and the Aerialbots performed a "bombing" run in the arid desert, releasing payloads that caused dramatic botanical growth where they fell, providing food to support the local humans. Powerglide and the Aerialbots then fled the air resistance they faced, reluctantly holding to Prime's orders to not engage any human counter-strikes. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}}

During a conflict with [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], however, the ancient Decepticon manipulated the power of the Enigma of Combination through the Onyx Interface's source code, creating new combiners under his control and disrupting existing ones. As a natural-born combiner, uncreated by the Enigma, Superion had some immunity. He copied and isolated the Onyx code into his own core-processor then dismantled himself, neutralizing the Onyx code so long as the Aerialbots remained separated. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} Powerglide and the other discombobulated Aerialbots were recovered from the site of the ocean battle {{storylink|White Light}} and returned to the newly-established [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Autobot City]] to recover. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Powerglide and the Aerialbots returned to Cybertron and took to the skies when [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] descended on their homeworld aboard [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} During the battle with [[Unicron]], he combined with his fellow Aerialbots into Superion to help defeat the planet-eater for good. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''BeCool'' shorts===
{{voiceactor|[[Takanori Yagi]] (Japanese)}}
'''Red Jet''' (赤のジェット機 ''Aka no Jettoki'') was a smug and self-assured flyer. {{storylink|The Self-Introduction Chapter}} Nevertheless, he managed to get lost in a forest, only to find [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Sports Car]]... who was also lost. Together, they agreed to find their way out. The observing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Trailer]] wondered why Red Jet didn't just fly out. {{storylink|The Story of the Lost Plane!}}

Red Jet was later part of the audience for ''Quiz! BeCool'', {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} and witness to the filming of a movie interrupted by the fire brigade thinking it was a real emergency. {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===''Kre-O'' bio===
Powerglide was a supersonic daredevil and aerial acrobatic ace, but also a huge attention-seeking showoff—he didn't see the point of pulling off his amazing stunts unless he had an audience. His dream was to appear on his favorite show, ''[[KREONS Have Talent!]]''. {{storylink|Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Powerglide was stationed within [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] attacked the Autobot city. He bore witness to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Imhotep Rodimus]] seizing leadership from Grimlock in the middle of the siege. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Powerglide and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] were pinned down on the battlefield by the Decepticon triple-changers, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. Thankfully, the new recruits [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] arrived on the scene and were able to chase off the Decepticon aggressors. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sandstorm, Broadside, Octane|Sandstorm, Broadside, and Octane commercial}}
*Powerglide and the Aerialbots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." The Aerialbots combined into Superion to better combat the Decepticon, with Powerglide delivering the first blow in his gun mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[Image:Bsbg-powerglide.jpg|thumb]]
Powerglide participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Part of a small task force led by Hound, Powerglide took part in a kerfuffle against the Decepticons and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]. The outcome of the fight was unclear. {{storylink|By Land, Sea, or Air}}

Powerglide was injured, and had [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] come to his aid. The trio were delayed when they became friendly with the Constructions, but after the sudden but inevitable betrayal, the three Autobots took him to safety. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} Powerglide fought against the combined Decepticon and Quintesson forces when they attacked Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsPowerglide.jpg|thumb|left|300px|He has a [[Kre-O]] cannon and he's not afraid to use it!]]

Powerglide participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Common character that could be recruited by collecting 24 units of Cybermetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:PowerglideEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=2|WHEEEEEEEEE!]]

When Silverbolt and the other Aerialbots came to earth, Powerglide combined with the others and formed the gun that Superion holds. He helped in destroying many Decepticon Headquarters. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Combiner Wars Campaign}}

*'''Class''': Aerial
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 1 star
*'''Weapons''': Powerglide uses a flamethrower to burn defenses.
*'''Ability: Bombing Run''': Drops 12 grenades in a line causing high damage to targets!
**'''Cost''': 4 ability points +1 for reuses.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:powerglide Powerglide at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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==Toys==
{{main|Powerglide (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
[[File:NowIKnow.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"We need an adult!" "I am an adult."]]
*In the episode [[Dinobot Island, Part 1]] Bumblebee tells Powerglide about the different types of dinosaurs, implying he wasn't there when they where constructed or just wasn't paying attention. Note that it still hasn't been explained at which specific time (or even how) most of the 1985 characters came to be on Earth.
*''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Fireflight (G1)#Classics|Fireflight]], a [[redeco]] of ''[[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Jetfire (Armada)#LOC|Jetfire]], was originally intended to be Powerglide, but Hasbro apparently could not secure the [[trademark]] at the time.
*As an indirect result of the above, Powerglide has the honor of being the only Generation 1 character whose alternate mode was based on a specific make of a real life vehicle (airborne or ground-based) to have multiple new toys which all retain the same alternate mode (artistic license for the sake of circumventing licensing issues nonwithstanding), even extending to an [[Powerglide (DOTM)|alternate universe counterpart]]! This can also be considered a testament to the {{w|Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 Thunderbolt II}}, which has been in service for over 40 years at the time of this writing, despite repeated attempts at shutting down the A-10 program as a cost-cutting measure.
*The most progressive alteration to Powerglide's alternate mode thus far is the vehicle from the 2016 ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (toyline)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' set... which is a redecoed Cobra Rattler, itself a modified A-10 Thunderbolt II.
*Despite this, the original cartoon often interprets his alternate mode as a large civilian plane with a cargo hatch and a cockpit large enough to hold two seats.
*Powerglide makes an appearance in one of the five Transformers [[public service announcement]]s, speaking out against gender discrimination.
*3200 miles per hour is Mach 4.16, MUCH faster than ANY modern combat jet, let alone a real A-10 Thunderbolt II... not that jet-based alt modes are known for realism.
*Michael Chain based Powerglide's voice on the legendary {{w|Jackie Gleason}}.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Powerglide''' (パワーグライド ''Pawāguraido'')
*''French:'' '''Survolo''' (Canada)
*''Greek:'' '''Keraynόs''' (Κεραυνός, "Lightning")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Motorszárny''' ("Motorwing")
*''Italian:'' '''Jumbo'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tòng-lì Huá-Hsiáng''' (Taiwan, 動力滑翔, "Power Glide"), '''Huáxiángjī''' (China, 滑翔机, "Glider")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Planador''' (Portugal comics), '''Planador''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Vetrorez''' (Ветрорез, "Windcut")

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Powerglide/powerglide.htm Powerglide at TFU.info]

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Armorhide (Cybertron)

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

[[Image:Armorhide-UTA.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If Bill Hicks were an Autobot...]]
Before the war with the [[Decepticon]]s, '''Armorhide''' was a stand-up comic, performing most of his shows in the great hall of [[Altihex]]. But when Altihex was destroyed in a Decepticon raid while Armorhide was touring other cities, Armorhide joined the Autobot ranks, eager for revenge.

His comedy and desire to make people laugh sometimes seem at odds with his nature on the battlefield; he is a tough, merciless fighter who gets angry and frustrated when things seem to turn against the Autobots. It's possible his anger at a mission that doesn't run perfectly is somehow related to his time as a comedian... on the stage or in the trenches, he gives his all to get the desired result, be it a standing ovation or the destruction of his enemies.

==Fiction==
===Force of Habit===
Armorhide joined up with [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]] and the crew of the ''[[Spanner (ship)|Spanner]]'' looking for [[Cyber Planet Key]]s and lost colony worlds in the [[Delta Draconis]] sector. What they found was a mass graveyard, a planet littered with the corpses of more than a half-dozen different robot factions, based on Autobot and Decepticon ideals. Armorhide aptly nicknamed it the "[[Combatron (planet)|Apocalypse Planet]]". Assigned to search for viable radio transmissions, Armorhide had barely begun before his teammate [[Blurr (Cybertron)|Blurr]] got into a firefight, prompting the rest of the team to investigate.

The fight was with [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]], a private in one of the Autobot descendant factions of Combatron, and his [[Mini-Con]] allies. Once both sides got their stories straightened out, they realized there was a greater threat on the horizon — the Decepticons had landed on Combatron, and had location a doomsday arsenal, ripe for the picking. Armorhide and the team went out to intercept the 'Cons, but they had already begun raiding the arsenal. One swipe from [[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]] and his [[nucleon shock gauntlet]]s sent Armorhide flying through the air. Although Blurr managed to swipe the gauntlets on a high-speed run past the Decepticons, the Autobots were still overwhelmed by a swarm of [[Decepticlone]]s produced by the drone generator [[Brushguard]] and his team uncovered.

Armorhide was the only Autobot to remain free, and he tried to make his way back to the ''Spanner'' only to be cut off by a squadron of Decepticlones. Combining his [[Cyber Key|Cyber Key Power]] with the purloined shock gauntlets, Armorhide fought against massive odds and finally managed to break through the Decepticlone lines when the gauntlets overloaded and detonated, taking most of his hand with them. Armorhide still remained in good humor, however, and made efforts to share the punch-line with Brushguard's Decepticons...by dropping the ''Spanner'' out of the sky right on top of their highly-explosive munitions cache and doomsday arsenal. Ha HA! Leaping free of plummeting ship, Armorhide was caught mid-drop by Whirl, and he even managed to get the stiff private to make a quip or two. The Autobots piled into the shanghaied Decepticon shuttle ''[[Upstart]]'' and made for deep space, leaving Brushguard's crew behind to deal with the mess on Combatron. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron Armorhide toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wow, it's Reginald, here again ahead of schedule! It's as though... he ain't stoppin' out there!]]
*'''Armorhide''' (Scout class, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Crane-cannon, Earth-style Cyber Key

: Armorhide transforms into a first-generation Volvo FH Globetrotter tractor-trailer cab, debadged and with the serial numbers filed off, and a hook-crane attachment plugged into the fifth wheel. Plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into the back of his cab flips his grill up, exposing a rack of eight (non-firing) missiles. This feature is also available in his robot mode. Unlike most ''Cybertron'' toys, Armorhide can store a Cyber Key using tabs on his hook-crane/rifle. He came with a silver-bordered [[Earth]] Key with the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''s645''' stamped on the back.

: Armorhide was ''not'' sold in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s counterpart line, ''Galaxy Force''.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|movie-franchise]] [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] (which was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Huffer (SG)|Huffer]]).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Armorhide/armorhide.htm More info on Armorhide at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*His head seems to have a passing resemblance to Generation 1 [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s. If this was intentional or not is still unknown.

[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Entertainers]]

Armorhide (Cybertron)

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Cyclonusawesome:

{{factions|autobot|cybearth}}{{disambig3|Armorhide}}
:''Armorhide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Armorhide-UTA.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If Bill Hicks were an Autobot...]]
Before the war with the [[Decepticon]]s, '''Armorhide''' was a stand-up comic, performing most of his shows in the great hall of [[Altihex]]. But when Altihex was destroyed in a Decepticon raid while Armorhide was touring other cities, Armorhide joined the Autobot ranks, eager for revenge.

His comedy and desire to make people laugh sometimes seem at odds with his nature on the battlefield; he is a tough, merciless fighter who gets angry and frustrated when things seem to turn against the Autobots. It's possible his anger at a mission that doesn't run perfectly is somehow related to his time as a comedian... on the stage or in the trenches, he gives his all to get the desired result, be it a standing ovation or the destruction of his enemies.

==Fiction==
===Force of Habit===
Armorhide joined up with [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]] and the crew of the ''[[Spanner (ship)|Spanner]]'' looking for [[Cyber Planet Key]]s and lost colony worlds in the [[Delta Draconis]] sector. What they found was a mass graveyard, a planet littered with the corpses of more than a half-dozen different robot factions, based on Autobot and Decepticon ideals. Armorhide aptly nicknamed it the "[[Combatron (planet)|Apocalypse Planet]]". Assigned to search for viable radio transmissions, Armorhide had barely begun before his teammate [[Blurr (Cybertron)|Blurr]] got into a firefight, prompting the rest of the team to investigate.

The fight was with [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]], a private in one of the Autobot descendant factions of Combatron, and his [[Mini-Con]] allies. Once both sides got their stories straightened out, they realized there was a greater threat on the horizon — the Decepticons had landed on Combatron, and had location a doomsday arsenal, ripe for the picking. Armorhide and the team went out to intercept the 'Cons, but they had already begun raiding the arsenal. One swipe from [[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]] and his [[nucleon shock gauntlet]]s sent Armorhide flying through the air. Although Blurr managed to swipe the gauntlets on a high-speed run past the Decepticons, the Autobots were still overwhelmed by a swarm of [[Decepticlone]]s produced by the drone generator [[Brushguard]] and his team uncovered.

Armorhide was the only Autobot to remain free, and he tried to make his way back to the ''Spanner'' only to be cut off by a squadron of Decepticlones. Combining his [[Cyber Key|Cyber Key Power]] with the purloined shock gauntlets, Armorhide fought against massive odds and finally managed to break through the Decepticlone lines when the gauntlets overloaded and detonated, taking most of his hand with them. Armorhide still remained in good humor, however, and made efforts to share the punch-line with Brushguard's Decepticons...by dropping the ''Spanner'' out of the sky right on top of their highly-explosive munitions cache and doomsday arsenal. Ha HA! Leaping free of plummeting ship, Armorhide was caught mid-drop by Whirl, and he even managed to get the stiff private to make a quip or two. The Autobots piled into the shanghaied Decepticon shuttle ''[[Upstart]]'' and made for deep space, leaving Brushguard's crew behind to deal with the mess on Combatron. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron Armorhide toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wow, it's Reginald, here again ahead of schedule! It's as though... he ain't stoppin' out there!]]
*'''Armorhide''' (Scout class, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Crane-cannon, Earth-style Cyber Key

: Armorhide transforms into a first-generation Volvo FH Globetrotter tractor-trailer cab, debadged and with the serial numbers filed off, and a hook-crane attachment plugged into the fifth wheel. Plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into the back of his cab flips his grill up, exposing a rack of eight (non-firing) missiles. This feature is also available in his robot mode. Unlike most ''Cybertron'' toys, Armorhide can store a Cyber Key using tabs on his hook-crane/rifle. He came with a silver-bordered [[Earth]] Key with the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''s645''' stamped on the back.

: Armorhide was ''not'' sold in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s counterpart line, ''Galaxy Force''.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|movie-franchise]] [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] (which was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Huffer (SG)|Huffer]]).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Armorhide/armorhide.htm More info on Armorhide at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*His head seems to have a passing resemblance to Generation 1 [[Ironhide (G1)]]'s. If this was intentional or not is still unknown.

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[[Category:Entertainers]]

Armorhide (Cybertron)

2020-08-17T11:08:17Z

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

[[Image:Armorhide-UTA.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If Bill Hicks were an Autobot...]]
Before the war with the [[Decepticon]]s, '''Armorhide''' was a stand-up comic, performing most of his shows in the great hall of [[Altihex]]. But when Altihex was destroyed in a Decepticon raid while Armorhide was touring other cities, Armorhide joined the Autobot ranks, eager for revenge.

His comedy and desire to make people laugh sometimes seem at odds with his nature on the battlefield; he is a tough, merciless fighter who gets angry and frustrated when things seem to turn against the Autobots. It's possible his anger at a mission that doesn't run perfectly is somehow related to his time as a comedian... on the stage or in the trenches, he gives his all to get the desired result, be it a standing ovation or the destruction of his enemies.

==Fiction==
===Force of Habit===
Armorhide joined up with [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]] and the crew of the ''[[Spanner (ship)|Spanner]]'' looking for [[Cyber Planet Key]]s and lost colony worlds in the [[Delta Draconis]] sector. What they found was a mass graveyard, a planet littered with the corpses of more than a half-dozen different robot factions, based on Autobot and Decepticon ideals. Armorhide aptly nicknamed it the "[[Combatron (planet)|Apocalypse Planet]]". Assigned to search for viable radio transmissions, Armorhide had barely begun before his teammate [[Blurr (Cybertron)|Blurr]] got into a firefight, prompting the rest of the team to investigate.

The fight was with [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]], a private in one of the Autobot descendant factions of Combatron, and his [[Mini-Con]] allies. Once both sides got their stories straightened out, they realized there was a greater threat on the horizon — the Decepticons had landed on Combatron, and had location a doomsday arsenal, ripe for the picking. Armorhide and the team went out to intercept the 'Cons, but they had already begun raiding the arsenal. One swipe from [[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]] and his [[nucleon shock gauntlet]]s sent Armorhide flying through the air. Although Blurr managed to swipe the gauntlets on a high-speed run past the Decepticons, the Autobots were still overwhelmed by a swarm of [[Decepticlone]]s produced by the drone generator [[Brushguard]] and his team uncovered.

Armorhide was the only Autobot to remain free, and he tried to make his way back to the ''Spanner'' only to be cut off by a squadron of Decepticlones. Combining his [[Cyber Key|Cyber Key Power]] with the purloined shock gauntlets, Armorhide fought against massive odds and finally managed to break through the Decepticlone lines when the gauntlets overloaded and detonated, taking most of his hand with them. Armorhide still remained in good humor, however, and made efforts to share the punch-line with Brushguard's Decepticons...by dropping the ''Spanner'' out of the sky right on top of their highly-explosive munitions cache and doomsday arsenal. Ha HA! Leaping free of plummeting ship, Armorhide was caught mid-drop by Whirl, and he even managed to get the stiff private to make a quip or two. The Autobots piled into the shanghaied Decepticon shuttle ''[[Upstart]]'' and made for deep space, leaving Brushguard's crew behind to deal with the mess on Combatron. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron Armorhide toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wow, it's Reginald, here again ahead of schedule! It's as though... he ain't stoppin' out there!]]
*'''Armorhide''' (Scout class, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Crane-cannon, Earth-style Cyber Key

: Armorhide transforms into a first-generation Volvo FH Globetrotter tractor-trailer cab, debadged and with the serial numbers filed off, and a hook-crane attachment plugged into the fifth wheel. Plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into the back of his cab flips his grill up, exposing a rack of eight (non-firing) missiles. This feature is also available in his robot mode. Unlike most ''Cybertron'' toys, Armorhide can store a Cyber Key using tabs on his hook-crane/rifle. He came with a silver-bordered [[Earth]] Key with the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] '''s645''' stamped on the back.

: Armorhide was ''not'' sold in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s counterpart line, ''Galaxy Force''.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|movie-franchise]] [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] (which was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Huffer (SG)|Huffer]]).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Armorhide/armorhide.htm More info on Armorhide at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*His head seems to have a passing resemblance to Generation 1 Ironhide's. If this was intentional or not is still unknown.

[[Category:Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Entertainers]]

RoboCo

2020-08-15T07:28:18Z

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:''RoboCo is a corporation from the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] continuity.''

'''RoboCo''' is an extremely successful company, run by CEO [[Bulletbike (TransTech)|Bulletbike]]. It specializes in manufacturing, especially [[Vehidrone]]s, widely used for security around [[Axiom Nexus]]. The company's rivals include [[C-Kar Technologies]], run by [[Ego]] and [[BioDyne]], run by [[Corvo]]. It often employs [[Omnicon]]s in its factories.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
Bulletbike started RoboCo in a scrapyard garage, and built it up into a huge corporation. Hugely successful, RoboCo even supplied Vehidrones to the [[Offworlder Zone Security Administration]]. After gaining several lucrative defence contracts with the [[High Senate]], Bulletbike held a party with copious amounts of [[energon]] and high-grade [[Schaeffer Energy]]. Shortly after this, he was abducted and had his [[spark]] transplanted into a lowtech body by [[Topspin (Classics)|unknown parties]]. While he was stuck scurrying around the [[Offworlder Zone]]s, an imposter took his place running the company (and not as well as the original Bulletbike would have liked). Desperate, Bulletbike went to made a deal with Ego, providing proof of flaws in the design of the Vehidrones in exchange for help. Instead he ended up killing Ego, and using items from Ego's collection to break into RoboCo HQ and make an attempt to kill the impostor. The incident ended with Bulletbike dead, and the impostor being questioned by the authorities. {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}

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Optimus Prime (Movie)

2020-08-05T11:54:05Z

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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Movieprime meettheautobots.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Hello, pretty bird. GIVE ME YOUR FACE.]]

'''Optimus Prime''' is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s. Long ago, he was the humble leader of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s science division, which studied the [[AllSpark]], and were protected by [[Lord High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s military. When Megatron was corrupted by [[The Fallen]], Optimus discovered that he was the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], hidden away when The Fallen destroyed their lineage. In response to Megatron's attempts to seize the AllSpark and conquer other worlds, Optimus assumed his proper [[Prime (rank)|title]] and rallied the Autobots to stand against the [[Decepticon]]s.

As obsessively as Megatron strives to achieve his objective, Optimus is equally as dedicated to stopping him, even at the cost of his life, his world, and—if necessary—his own people. It was on his order that the AllSpark was jettisoned into space, dooming Cybertron to a slow death and his people to a nomadic life. The sacrifices he has made weigh heavily on his [[spark]], but they must be done, for there is no other choice. He knows the ambitions that lurk in Megatron's spark, and they must never see the light of day. Lives must be kept free from the threat of Megatron's tyranny, no matter the cost. This obsession with the defeat of Megatron has robbed Optimus of some of his early idealism. This has created a certain ruthlessness beneath his otherwise honest and caring personality. Prime is not one for second chances and is willing to consider any action that might lead to victory, short of directly sacrificing those he cares about.

{{bigquote|You just wanna die for the guy! That's leadership... or brainwashin', or somethin'.}}
{{bigquote|No... that's ''Optimus Prime.''|[[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] and [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] on their leader|''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Transformers'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi)}}

[[File:TF2007 optimus meets sam.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.85|"I will peer into your spark..." Wait wait wrong line. CUT, TAPE 4, ACTION... 
"I will peer into your aplahds" sorry sorry. CUT, read the script, you're supposed to say "I am Optimus Prime" "Okay okay I got it"...]]

Optimus Prime and his Autobots were forced to depart their homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] thousands of years ago, after the life-giving [[AllSpark]] was lost to the far reaches of space. In the year 2007, having received word from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] that the AllSpark was on the planet [[Earth]], Optimus brought his troops to the small, blue world. After descending through Earth's atmosphere in his [[transition form]], Optimus [[Trans-scan|scanned]] a passing truck, then quickly learned the planet's languages via the [[internet]]. Meeting up with Bumblebee, Prime and his men were introduced to [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]], with whom Prime shared their history and their reason for being on Earth.

[[File:TF2007 optimus truckmode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Like a Boss.]]

Prime and the Autobots returned with Sam to his house, so that he could obtain for them [[Archibald Witwicky's glasses|a family heirloom]]: a pair of [[glasses]] belonging to his ancestor [[Archibald Witwicky]], which contained the location of the AllSpark encoded across its lenses. Prime had his troops wait outside while Sam and Mikaela searched for the glasses, but the Autobot leader's thunderous footsteps, clumsy attempts to hide, and general impatience made the whole experience quite a trial. Nevertheless, the Autobots managed to keep themselves hidden from Sam's parents long enough for Sam to find the glasses—at which point, the forces of [[Sector Seven]] arrived to take Sam and Mikaela into custody. Prime intercepted the S7 convoy, tearing the roof off the SUV containing the two kids and demanding that the organization's director [[Seymour Simmons]] release them. Sector Seven back-up soon arrived, however, forcing Prime to hide beneath a bridge, carrying Sam and Mikaela on his shoulders. When the humans slipped, Bumblebee was forced to break cover to rescue them, which resulted in all three of them being captured by S7. Now in possession of the glasses which could tell him the location of the AllSpark, Optimus remorsefully left Bumblebee in Sector Seven's hands despite protestations from [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]; Prime was unwilling to employ the deadly force he knew would be required to save their teammate, as he knew humanity held the potential to be something great.

[[File:Movie2007 Prime sword.jpg|left|upright=1.85|thumb|Swiss army Prime.]]

Using the glasses to trace the AllSpark to the [[Hoover Dam]], Prime led his men there, but while they were en route, the [[Decepticon]]s who were also in hiding on the planet launched an attack on the facility. Sam, Mikaela, Bumblebee and the forces of Sector Seven met up with Prime and his team on the road, and they all headed for nearby [[Mission City]] to hide the AllSpark. On the way, Prime was attacked by [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]; a brief but brutal struggle followed, concluding when Prime succeeded in decapitating the hate-filled Decepticon. Joining his men in the streets of Mission City, Prime was met in battle by his ancient enemy Megatron, who quickly proved to be superior both in physical strength and in terms of firepower. [[File:TF2007 optimus vs megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.85|"You, Kakarot. I choose you to be the first of my victims."]] Realizing that there was only one way to end the fighting, Optimus instructed Sam to push the AllSpark into his chest if all hope seemed lost, which would merge the cube with his own [[spark]], destroying both it and himself. As it turned out, Sam did just the opposite, instead thrusting it into ''Megatron's'' chest, killing the Decepticon leader and destroying the AllSpark. Prime regretted the necessity of the action, but knew there had been no other choice.

Though the Decepticons were defeated and their bodies dumped in the [[Laurentian Abyss]] by the military, the loss of the AllSpark meant the Autobots were unable to use its power to restore their homeworld. Electing to remain on Earth, Prime sent a message into deep space to any surviving Autobots in the galaxy to come to join them there. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]," "[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]";
the "[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron]]," "[[Sam's New Car]]," "[[Transformers (interactive Play-a-Sound Storybook)|Transformers Play-a-Sound]]," "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]," "[[Meet the Autobots]]," "[[Meet the Decepticons]]," and "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]." In the comic book and novel adaptations of the film, Prime also kills [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] after his altercation with Bonecrusher.}}
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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi)}}

[[File:ROTF optimus takes aim.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|''My OptiPrime don't want none Unless he's got GUNS Hun'']]

In the two years which followed the events in Mission City, Optimus Prime and the Autobots—including a group of new arrivals who had responded to Prime's message—became part of a Transformer/human military group called [[NEST]]. Together, they hunted down the remaining Decepticons in hiding across Earth. After a destructive clash with [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] in [[Shanghai]] went awry, Optimus was air-dropped onto a highway and crippled the Decepticon. Demolishor taunted Optimus about the mysterious force known as "[[The Fallen]]", who would rise again. Prime ensured that Demolishor would not be around to see it, as he unceremoniously executed him.

[[File:ROTF Prime blades.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Optimus' rampage through the Hundred Acre Wood left no survivors.]]

When the Decepticon [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] stole the remaining shard of the AllSpark from NEST's [[Diego Garcia]] base, Optimus Prime arranged a meeting with Sam Witwicky, who had since left home to go to college, hoping for the boy's help. Sam, unfortunately, was presently focused on having some semblance of a normal life, and was not receptive Optimus's pleas, but Optimus feared that the choice to be involved would soon be taken out of Sam's hands. This soon proved true when Megatron—resurrected by the AllSpark shard—abducted Sam to draw out the wisdom of the AllSpark that was hidden within the human's mind. Optimus and Bumblebee ambushed the Decepticons in the [[Broadwater Metal Works|abandoned industrial complex]] where Sam was being held and managed to whisk the boy away, but Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] gave chase, resulting in a ferocious three-on-one battle between Prime and the Decepticons in the depths of the nearby forest. Prime held his own, even managing to kill Grindor, but the underhanded Megatron was able to impale him on his pincer-blade and blast him open with point-blank shot. Although the rest of the Autobots soon arrived and drove off Megatron and Starscream, Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]].

[[File:ROTF optimus dead body.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|This is what happens when you get close to [[Stephanie Sheh|Nui Harime]].]]

Prime's body was brought back to Diego Garcia, but was soon covertly transported to [[Egypt]] by [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] when they got word from Sam that he had discovered a possible means of restoring the Autobot leader to life: the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. In the midst of a battle between the Autobots and The Fallen's Decepticons in the Egyptian desert, Sam plunged the Matrix into Optimus's chest, and his gamble proved successful, as Optimus Prime lived again. To help Prime defeat The Fallen and destroy his [[Star Harvester|sun-harvesting weapon]] hidden within the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], the turncoat Decepticon [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] sacrificed his life, entreating Prime to use his parts to gain "a power he had never known". [[File:ROTF movie Powered-Up Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|I'm bringing sexy back.]] [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] transplanted Jetfire's remains onto Prime's body, upgrading him into a heavily-armed, flight-capable powerhouse. Prime immediately took flight and disabled the harvester, after which he engaged The Fallen in battle. Megatron attempted to intervene, but Optimus overpowered his old enemy and used his own fusion cannon to shoot half his face off. Resuming his fight with The Fallen, Optimus tore the ancient Decepticon's face off, and when the villain attempted to flee, Prime punched through his abdomen and crushed his spark, finally killing him.

On the return voyage home, Optimus thanked Sam for saving his life, as the boy thanked the Autobot leader for believing in him. Following this, Optimus Prime sent another transmission into space, detailing recent events so that the pasts of both races would be remembered, and also declaring that Humanity and the Autobots would face the future together. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]," "[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Last Prime]]"; the "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]]," "[[Operation Autobot]]," "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]," "[[When Robots Attack!]]," "[[Ratchet to the Rescue]]," "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." The publications targeted at younger readers tending to downplay Optimus's ferocity—in several, he defeats The Fallen not by killing him, but by [[:File:TheFallen-thrownintospace.jpg|hurling him into space]]. In the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] of the film, Prime is not killed by Megatron's attack, but rather sent into [[stasis lock]], and would have stayed that way for years if not for Sam's intervention.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Akshay Kumar]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:DOTM optimus armored weapons platform.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Chevron seven locked.]]
Three years after the defeat of The Fallen, the Autobots and NEST took to dealing with human conflicts in the absence of the Decepticons. Optimus's vehicle mode was now complemented by a [[Armored Weapons Platform|large transformable trailer]], containing an armory of various weapons and flight equipment. While investigating a tip that a piece of Cybertronian technology could be found in the ruins of the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], Optimus and his NEST allies were attacked by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his pet [[Driller]], who attempted to steal the component. Optimus drove off Shockwave and his monstrous "pet", but was perturbed to discover that the recovered Cybertronian tech was a piece of the ancient Autobot spacecraft known as the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]''—flagship of his mentor and predecessor, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], and believed destroyed during the war on Cybertron millennia beforehand.
[[File:DOTM optimus with trailer.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|"Callin' all trucks, this here's the duck. We're about to go a-huntin' bear."]]
Demanding an explanation from National Intelligence Director [[Charlotte Mearing]], Prime learned from both her and astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]] that humanity had discovered the ruins of the ''Ark'' on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] in the 1960s. Travelling to the moon with Ratchet aboard the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Prime discovered the comatose form of Sentinel within the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash vault, along with a small fraction of the special cargo the ''Ark'' had been carrying—five [[pillar]]s capable of opening a [[space bridge]]. Optimus brought his old mentor back to Earth and used the Matrix of Leadership to reactivate him; showing him the peace and beauty of Earth, Optimus expressed his willingness to cede leadership back to Sentinel once more, but Sentinel refused.

[[File:DOTMSentinelOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Sentinel, can you put that sword somewhere else so we can talk?]]

Unfortunately, it would soon transpire that Sentinel was in league with Megatron, when he murdered Ironhide and brought the pillars to [[Washington, D.C.]]. A shocked Optimus confronted his mentor at the National Mall reflecting pool, pleading with him to stop, but Sentinel was unmoved, and opened a space bridge through which at 200 Decepticon troops launched a vicious assault on the city. In the chaos that followed, Optimus tried to fight Sentinel; Sentinel defeated him, but spared his life in the belief he would come around to his side eventually. Naturally, Optimus refused, which led to Sentinel publicly denouncing him and his Autobots as rebels, falsely leading humanity to believe that their planet would be spared if they exiled Optimus's team into space aboard the ''Xantium''. Appearing to willingly comply, Optimus suspected Decepticon treachery—and he was right, as Starscream fired upon the ''Xantium'' soon after launch, destroying it. To all watching, it appeared Optimus and the Autobots had been destroyed, but in actuality, Prime had had his men hide within one of the ship's booster rockets, which had detached before the vessel's destruction.
[[File:DOTM optimus with flight tech.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|"That's my secret, Captain. I ''always'' want faces."]]
Optimus's team headed for [[Chicago]], which had been conquered by the Decepticons in their absence, and arrived just in time to rescue Sam, Epps and a team of former NEST soldiers from a Decepticon [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighter ship]]. Venturing into the heart of the city, the Autobots were ambushed by Shockwave and the Driller, and Prime was separated from his trailer in the brawl. Leaving his Autobots to battle on without him, Prime quickly recovered the trailer and donned the flight tech within, which he used slay the Driller. Unfortunately, he was then blasted by Shockwave and wound up tangled in the cables of a construction crane, temporarily taking him out of the fight.

By the time the [[Wrecker]]s cut Optimus free, Sentinel had activated his space bridge and begun teleporting Cybertron itself into Earth's [[Solar System]]. Prime went on a rampage, scything through the Decepticons on the main battlefield on his way to a final confrontation with Shockwave; after killing the cyclopean Decepticon, he used Shockwave's own cannon to blast the space bridge's control pillar, stalling Cybertron's transportation. [[File:DOTM optimus executes sentinel.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Hey, you guys remember when Optimus Prime used to crack jokes and play basketball? Good times.]] Optimus then demanded that Sentinel face him; his one-time mentor complied, and the pair engaged one another in a battle which Optimus initially dominated, but in which Sentinel eventually got the upper hand when he sliced off Prime's right arm. Before Sentinel could deliver a killing blow, however, Megatron himself intervened, attacking the elder Prime from behind and heavily damaging him. Megatron proposed a truce to Optimus, wishing only to be in charge of the Decepticons again; Optimus's response was to plunge his energon axe into Megatron's head and tear it from his shoulders, killing his eternal foe once more. The damaged and helpless Sentinel begged for mercy, claiming that all he ever wanted was their race's survival, but Optimus refused, claiming Sentinel didn't betray the Autobots, but rather ''himself.'' With bitter regret, Optimus executed his treacherous master with Megatron's shotgun. With Cybertron now apparently destroyed by the deactivation of the space bridge, Prime and the Autobots accepted Earth as their new home, and Optimus declared that the Autobots would never forsake the defense of the planet or its people. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]"; the "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]," "[[The Lost Autobot]]," "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]," "[[Bumblebee's Best Friend]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]." Numerous adaptations targeted at younger readers scaled back the film's violence. In the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|comic book]] and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novel]] adaptations of the film, Optimus accepts Megatron's truce and allows him to leave, and he kills Sentinel not with Megatron's gun, but with Sentinel's own [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] cannon.}}
{{--}}

====''Age of Extinction'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Alfonso Ramírez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain - Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:AoE-junkeroptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Optimus' years of hard drinking and wild partying had finally caught up with him.]]

Following the battle in Chicago and the dissolution of NEST, the US government continued granting Optimus and the other Autobots asylum on Earth, in spite of the negative reputation the Autobots had gained. The White House believed that [[Harold Attinger]] was working alongside Optimus Prime to hunt down the last of the Decepticon fugitives; what the President didn't know was that Attinger's [[Cemetery Wind]] taskforce had began hunting down Autobots and terminating them. Learning of the betrayal, Optimus broadcast an urgent message to the Autobots on Earth, ordering his troops to cut off all contact with humans and go into hiding. Optimus successfully evaded Cemetery Wind for several years, but was eventually pinned down in [[Mexico]], caught in an ambush set by Attinger's lieutenant [[James Savoy]] and their Cybertronian ally, the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]. Though badly wounded, Prime threw off his pursuers by scanning a dilapidated cab-over truck, and fled north to Paris, [[Texas]], where he hid in an abandoned movie theater and succumbed to stasis lock induced by his grevious injuries.

[[File:AOE-injuredoptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Cade Yeager was able to rebuild Optimus in a BARN! [[Iron Man|With a BOX OF SCRAPS!]]]]

Prime remained inert until aspiring roboticist [[Cade Yeager]] visited the theater for salvage. Hoping to strip the seemingly ordinary truck and sell the parts, he purchased Optimus and towed him home to his workshop, whereupon his examination of the truck's unusual inner workings led him to realize he had discovered a Transformer. Though Cade's daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and partner [[Lucas Flannery|Lucas]] wanted to turn Optimus in for a cash reward, Cade argued against it, wanting to increase his technical expertise by studying Optimus's systems further. To prove that the Transformer was "dead" and unable to retaliate, Cade opened the truck up and discovered a live missile from the truck's inner workings. When the missile was removed, Optimus suddenly awoke and transformed into robot mode. Confused and disoriented, Optimus threatened the humans, but Cade was able to calm him down, and offered to help repair him as best he could. Before he could get very far, Savoy's forces stormed the farm, forcing Optimus to hide underneath the barn, but when Savoy threatened Tessa's life, Optimus burst from concealment to aid his new human friends. A running battle with Lockdown ensued, culminating in an abandoned factory, where Prime regrouped with the Yaegers and Tessa's boyfriend [[Shane Dyson]] and escaped.

[[File:AOE optimus new altmode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Cemetery Wind would never think to go after a red and blue truck covered in flames!]]

After confirming that they had shaken their pursuers, Optimus summoned the surviving Autobots to a rendezvous point in the desert, scanning a passing truck on the way to adopt a new alternate mode and repair his injuries. Reuniting with Bumblebee, [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], an angry and embittered Prime announced his intent to break his long-held vow and kill the humans responsible for the Autobots' suffering. With Cade's help, the Autobots learned that the bodies of their fallen comrades were being taken to [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] in [[Chicago]], where they were being melted down for [[Living metal|raw material]] to produce KSI's own Transformers. Enraged to learn that Ratchet had recently suffered this gruesome fate, Optimus led the Autobots in a furious attack on KSI, but stopped short of killing company head [[Joshua Joyce]] when the human shamed him by declaring the mankind had advanced past the Transformers. [[File:AOE optimus reformatted.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6|I need a face. '''AND I'M LOOKIN' AT YOURS!''']] The Autobots pulled out, but Attinger ordered KSI creations "Galvatron" and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] to be sent after them; Optimus faced off against Galvatron, but before the battle could conclude, Lockdown shot down Optimus and dragged him away.

Imprisoned aboard Lockdown's ship, Optimus learned that the bounty hunter had been hired by the Transformers' mysterious [[Creator (AOE)|creators]] to round up their renegade creations, starting with the ancient "knights" to whom the ship had once belonged, a group that Optimus himself had apparently once been part of. Optimus was soon rescued by his fellow Autobots, and they escaped by detaching the section of the ship they were in from the main body without Lockdown's notice. After the team regrouped, [[Brains]] revealed that Galvatron was, in fact, a rebuilt Megatron, and was planning to detonate a cyberforming [[seed]]—given to Attinger by Lockdown—in [[Hong Kong]]. Though Prime lacked a strong reason to defend humankind after his recent experiences, Cade petitioned him to have faith in, if not humanity itself, then in their potential to be better.

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|I have a giant robot dinosaur. Your argument is invalid.]]

Arriving in Hong Kong, the Autobots' stolen ship was shot down by Galvatron's forces and crashed in the Wulong Valley. In need of reinforcements, Optimus took a shield and sword from the ship's armory and freed the other captive knights aboard the ship, the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]], and proposed that they let him lead them into battle. Their leader [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] was not receptive to this idea, and challenged Optimus, but the Autobot leader triumphed over him, and offered Grimlock freedom under his leadership, or death under his foot. Grimlock conceded defeat, and allowed Optimus to ride him into battle in his massive ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' mode. The Autobot-Dinobot alliance decimated Galvatron's army, forcing the Decepticon to retreat, but just when it seemed the day was won, Lockdown returned. Optimus disabled Lockdown's ship's tractor beam in order to allow his comrades to pull back while he faced the bounty hunter alone; during the course of their one-on-one fight, Optimus was forced to briefly break away to save Cade's life by shooting Attinger. [[File:OptimusPrimeleavesAOE.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8| ''So if you care to find me'' ''Look to the western sky!'' ''As someone told me lately'' ''Everyone deserves a chance to fly!'']] Unfortunately, this distraction allowed Lockdown to impale Optimus on his own sword, immobilizing him, but Bumblebee and Cade intervened to hold off Lockdown while Shane and Tessa freed Optimus, enabling him to finally kill Lockdown. Optimus set off one of Lockdown's grenades to finish off Galvatron's remaining drones, and flew the humans to safety as it detonated.

After releasing the Dinobots from his command, Optimus prepared to depart into space, to both remove the seed from Earth, and to investigate the mystery of his creators, who still had a price on his head. His innate faith in humanity reignited by Cade and his family and friends, Optimus entreated the humans to think of one of the stars as his soul, and instructed the Autobots to guard the Yaegers, their allies, and all the humans they could.

As he left the planet, Optimus sent a message to the creators: leave Earth alone, because he was coming for them... {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain - Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:TLK Optimus on Cybertron.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|He's alive!]]
Optimus's decision proved a foolish one, however, as he exhausted his Energon in the vicinity of [[Jupiter]] and fell into [[stasis lock]], drifting through space. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] entered the Sol system, its gravitational pull affected Optimus and caused him to crash land on his homeworld, its atmosphere reviving him. Optimus awoke and despaired at the state of Cybertron. It was at this point that [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] made herself known to Optimus, claiming to be his creator. Optimus cared very little for that and demanded to know what she'd done to Cybertron, trying to attack her when she refused to answer him, only to be overwhelmed by her powers and her [[Infernocon]]s. Quintessa accused Optimus of destroying Cybertron, but Optimus protested that Megatron had started the Great War. Quintessa however, retorted Optimus was responsible for Cybertron's state as he had been the one to launch the [[AllSpark]].

[[File:TLK Optimus chained.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Such folly and futility in the grand design.]]
With the Prime in chains, Quintessa explained her plan to him and why she needed him. She revealed to him that the Earth had formed around the body of [[Unicron]] and that she wanted Optimus to retrieve [[Staff of Merlin|her staff]] from the [[Guardian Knight|Knights of Iacon]] on Earth. With the staff, Quintessa would drain the life out of Unicron and use his energy to revive Cybertron. Brainwashing Optimus into "'''Nemesis Prime'''", she sent him back to Earth to complete the task.

[[File:TLK Optimus confronts Viviane.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Happy birthday, Kryptonian. I give you oblivion.]]
Nemesis Prime arrived back on Earth in the Knights' ship and slew two of their number before demanding that [[Viviane Wembly]] hand over the staff. His former ally Cade Yeager tried to reason with Optimus but Nemesis Prime reasserted his identity and claimed to fight only for Cybertron and its people. Once Viviane had handed over the staff, [[Santos]] (futilely) opened fire on Nemesis, who swatted the [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] aside with his [[Quad Barrel Shotgun|shotgun]] and exited the ship. On the surface, Nemesis was assaulted by Bumblebee, whom the Prime easily bested in combat before the sound of Bumblebee's true voice allowed Optimus Prime to return.

[[File:TLKOptimusVsBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|300px|It was at this point that Optimus' obsession with faces went too far.]]
The moment was short lived, as [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] flew in to steal the staff and the Knights arrived to slay Optimus for serving "Quintessa the Deceiver". While Optimus offered no resistance, viewing his execution as proper atonement, Cade managed to activate the [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]] and call off the Knights. Optimus then allied with the Knights and they flew off in the [[Knight Ship]] to confront Megatron and Quintessa on Cybertron. Arriving on [[Dragonstorm]], Optimus finally destroyed Infernocus by [[decapitation|decapitating]] all six Infernocons in a single mighty swing of his sword, reminding them that he is Optimus Prime. [[File:TLK Optimus decapitates Infernocons.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Yeeart!"]]

In the [[ignition chamber]], Optimus engaged his old foe once again who tried to reignite their old friendship and offered Optimus the chance to stand beside them as they restored Cybertron. Optimus rebuked him, and was forced on the defensive before his fellow Autobots intervened and the Prime kicked Megatron out the side of the chamber.. Optimus then distracted Quintessa so Bumblebee could slay her when her defences were down as Vivian removed the staff, stopping Cybertron's destruction of Earth but leaving the two planets connected to one another. Optimus saved Cade and Vivian from falling to their death and, to the relief of their human allies, emerged from the destruction of the ignition chamber in his alternate mode with the two humans in his cab.

Despite the destruction of Earth being stopped, enough of Unicron's life force had been transmitted to Cybertron that it could again support its people. Optimus reflected that both humans and Cybertronians would have to work together to rebuild both their worlds before he sent out a call for all Autobots across the galaxy to return to Cybertron so they could begin rebuilding.
{{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

====''Bumblebee'' film====
[[File:BBfilm-Optimus-Prime-model.jpg|thumb|Boxy and blocky is the new sexy.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Jon Bailey]] (English international trailers), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)| [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
{{note|''Bumblebee'' takes place before the other films (supposedly), but was released last. As such, it is placed at the bottom here.}}
[[File:BBfilm-Optimus-Prime-leaps-into-battle.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Hey, it's like the scene in the '86 film but with more three-dimension-ess!]]
Leader of the Autobot rebels during the war for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Optimus Prime took part in the final battle for Cybertron against the Decepticons. Though he dispatched numerous [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]]s in the fight, he soon concluded that the Autobots were on the brink of being overrun by the Decepticon advance. As the Autobot rearguard battled [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], Optimus explained to his troops that they would need to abandon Cybertron and regroup elsewhere in the galaxy, and as they headed to a nearby launchpad. Prime explained to his scout, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]], that he had selected [[Earth]] as the site of a new Autobot base, instructing him to reconnoiter the planet while he and the other refugees gathered Autobots throughout the galaxy to rendezvous at Earth.

As the other Autobots evacuated via escape pods, Optimus Prime stayed behind to delay any pursuit, leaping from the launchpad just as the Decepticons brought it down and fighting on alone. Soundwave confronted him, forcing Optimus to struggle briefly against Ravage. Though Optimus fought Ravage off, the distraction cost him his gun and allowed the Decepticons to surround him. Together, they advanced on the outnumbered and defenseless Autobot leader.

Prime was somehow able to escape the Decepticons and leave Cybertron; at some point afterwards, the Decepticons [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] fruitlessly attempted to interrogate [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] about Prime's whereabouts. What the Decepticons didn't know was that Prime had landed on Earth shortly before the other Autobots made planetfall, and adopted a cab-over truck mode as a terrestrial disguise. It was in this form that he met up with B-127—now calling himself "Bumblebee"—on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] after Bumblebee and [[Charlie Watson]] parted ways.

That night, Prime and Bumblebee took refuge in a nearby forest, with Optimus thanking the scout for his efforts and commending his bravery as they watched more Autobot escape crafts descend to Earth. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]".}}

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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Before coming to Earth, Optimus Prime led the search for the AllSpark in the transport vessel, the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]''. In 1969, Earth-time, in an abandoned solar system, Prime and the crew discovered [[Ghost 1|a vessel]] of strangely Cybertronian design, which they pursued to a nearby planet. Prime dispatched Bumblebee to the surface to investigate the ship while he and the other Autobots battled Decepticons from the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''; Prime personally took on and defeated [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]. Contact having been lost with Bumblebee during the fight, Prime headed down to the planet to join him, where a joint attack by Starscream and the alien ship sent the two Autobots tumbling into a subterranean cavern network.

Fleeing an attack by [[Worm-thing|indigenous worm-creatures]], Optimus Prime and Bumblebee came across the alien vessel, which Prime deduced was trying to surrender. Lines of communication were opened, and Prime realized that Starscream had duped the little aliens into attacking him. However, the creatures, who called themselves "[[human]]s", explained that they held Megatron, whom they called the Ice Man, on their home world, [[Earth]]. Realizing the destruction Megatron would wreak upon the defenseless humans if he escaped, Prime vowed to see them return to their world to warn it.

Prime blasted a way out of the caverns, but on the way back to the ''Ark'', the Decepticons attacked again, and Prime found himself in the difficult position of fighting Starscream and protecting the human ship. Speared by Bonecrusher's tail, Optimus seemed doomed to perish at Starscream's hand until the humans interceded, opening fire on Starscream. The Decepticon destroyed the humans and their ship in retaliation, but Optimus Prime, inspired by their courage and sacrifice, resolved to locate Earth—and the AllSpark which he speculated had come to rest there—before the Decepticons did... and hopefully before Megatron came back online. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====

{{bigquote|I know Megatron. I know all of you. You would not have taken the AllSpark and left this world in peace. You would have subdued it and made slaves of its people. Even in the absence of the AllSpark, my conscience and that of my friends could not have allowed that.|Optimus Prime to [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]]}}

Following the battle for the AllSpark in Mission City and the formation of NEST, Optimus and Lennox led a team of Autobots to investigate a Decepticon sighting in [[Zambia]]. They found a trap waiting for them, which resulted in Optimus being dragged over [[Victoria Falls]] by the Decepticon [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]]; Prime saved himself by grabbing an outcropping and was hauled to safety by rookie Autobot [[Beachbreak]]'s tow line, but Starscream then killed Beachbreak in retaliation. Prime took the Autobot's death personally, regarding it as a failure of his leadership. The team proceeded to hunt down their Decepticons prey, and after a lengthy fight at the [[Kariba dam]], Optimus decapitated Macerator. The other Decepticons escaped however, and Optimus prevented Ironhide from firing after [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] for fear of harming nearby humans.

Another mission to [[Australia]] saw Optimus and his team spend days searching the outback for Decepticons, during which they discussed the possibility that the Decepticons might be hunting for energy to resurrect Megatron. Optimus doubted there was an energy source on the planet that could do so. They eventually encountered [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Trample]] and [[Tread]], three [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s mining for minerals. Optimus found Kickback's sonic charge weapon to be a challenge, but with some help from Lennox, killed the Decepticon.

The narrow streets of [[Rome]] proved a challenge for Optimus's truck mode to navigate when NEST travelled there to hunt down [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]]. After [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knockout]] dealt to the two Decepticons, a furious Starscream challenged Optimus to one-on-one combat in the nearby [[Colosseum]]. Naturally it was a trap — Starscream had allied himself with a human, [[Bruno Carrera]], and together they trapped Optimus in a pit and set Barricade on him. With the help of four humans, Optimus broke free, threw Barricade into the pit and sealed him there. He then had only to show his face outside to where Starscream was fighting Ironhide, Ratchet and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]], and the would-be Decepticon leader fled. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Classified''====
[[File:Tfc-battlemountain.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1]]

After the massive battle in Egypt and the defeat of The Fallen, NEST continued to hunt Decepticons around the Earth. When a trio of Decepticons
attacked the [[United States Air Force]] [[Nevada Test and Training Range]], Optimus Prime and Ironhide responded; Optimus attempted to talk [[Dropshot (Classified)|Dropshot]] into abandoning the Decepticon cause, but was forced to kill him when he attempted to kill some human soldiers. Likewise, when [[Bombshock (PCC)|Bombshock]] threatened to blow up some humans, Optimus and Ironhide took him down with a pincer movement they had practised during the war back on Cybertron, in the [[Battle of Polyhex]]. Returning to base, Optimus took part in a meeting of some generals, though he had to talk his way into doing so, as they were initially reluctant to include the aliens. Optimus disagreed that the Decepticons' target was [[Area 51]] and correctly deduced it to be [[Hawthorne Army Depot]]. When he arrived there with Ironhide, Bumblebee and Ratchet were already engaged in a battle with [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], however the Decepticon's personal [[force field]] made him impossible to hit and he did substantial damage to Prime. Once the shield was eliminated, Optimus defeated Reverb. Though Reverb asked Optimus to finish him off, Optimus instead took him prisoner. He also talked [[Marcus|General Marcus]] into allowing [[Kevin Bowman]] to join NEST. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

After supervising a test of a prototype [[Hyperdynamix]] tank, Optimus returned to the [[NEST Rapid Response Base]] for a briefing on a new Cybertronian storehouse detected at [[Battle Mountain]]. Before they had a chance to investigate, Optimus was forced to go defend Hyperdynamix against Decepticon attackers and was kept busy there trying to find the three aggressors. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

During a visit to Hyperdynamix Aerospace to learn about the [[Hyperdynamix Orbital Debris Disposal Initiative Station|HODDIS]] station intended to track incoming Cybertronians, and the satellite with which [[Alexander Porter|Dr. Porter]] intended to wipe out the Decepticons, incoming meteoroids were detected. Optimus and his team went to the crash site in [[Idaho]], and found themselves having to fight the giant [[robo-pede|robot centipedes]] which came out of the meteoroids. Despite suffering major damage, Optimus was able to dispatch two of them on his own. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation1 optimus and sentinel.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|'''Optimus:''' Hey Sentinel! Wouldn't it be funny if you died on a ship, came back to life using the Matrix, betrayed your own kin, aided Megatron and killed my right-hand man? '''Sentinel:''' Heh, heh, heh. That'll never happen!]]

Optimus Prime was the last surviving descendant of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], orphaned and hidden away to protect him from the evil of The Fallen. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}} Optimus grew up with no knowledge of who he was, and was eventually found by Sentinel Prime, who claimed to be descended from [[Primus]] himself. Joining Sentinel's tribe of "Autobots", Optimus worked with his teacher and other pupils Megatron and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] to restore order to an energy-starved Cybertron by helping to locate the lost AllSpark, buried far beneath Cybertron's surface. Re-energized by a star harnessed by the science of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]], the AllSpark restored life and energy to Cybertron, unifying the planet once more, but the old and weary Sentinel Prime had no desire to lead this new, united populace. At last, he revealed to Optimus the secret of his heritage, and that he, as "Optimus Prime", ought to succeed him as leader. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Unable to believe that he was a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Optimus turned the role down, proposing instead that he investigate Cybertron's history, in an attempt to bring some of the good the Primes created back to the world. Accordingly, Sentinel redrew his plans for Cybertron, having Optimus lead the archaeological [[Science Division]], while placing Megatron in charge of Cybertron's [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Alas, neither Sentinel nor Optimus realized that Megatron had eavesdropped on their conversation. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Megatron was consumed with anger and jealousy at the knowledge that he was Sentinel's second choice, and further lost all respect for Prime because he had turned down an incredible birthright. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Nevertheless, the pair were able to govern Cybertron together for two generations, their two personalities creating a balance; Prime was fair while Megatron was firm. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} When [[Malcontent]] activity opposing Sentinel's order began escalating, however, Megatron intimidated Optimus into giving him supreme power in defense of the planet. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|upright=2|thumb|"Hey, I wanted a mouthplate!"]]

When ''Lord'' High Protector Megatron toured a Science Division excavation site near the AllSpark [[Simfur Temple|temple]] at [[Simfur]], he and Optimus clashed over several issues; all Megatron cared about was whether the site contained power similar to the AllSpark, while Optimus insisted on taking things slowly with the reminder that it was ''his'' division was in charge of the proceedings. Subsequently, after the dig uncovered a mysterious [[sarcophagus|relic]], Optimus and Megatron's argument over what should be done with it was interrupted by an attack from [[Ejoornian|aliens]] from the neighbouring [[Eshems Nebula]]. Megatron ordered that the relic be taken to his personal quarters for protection during the battle, and Optimus could not argue. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} After the aliens were repelled, Optimus ordered his science teams to help the survivors of the attack while he went to confer with Megtron, only to nearly come to blows with the High Protector when he demanded that Optimus marshal the Science Division for war against the aliens. Fear that Megatron sought to divide Cybertron, Optimus called a meeting of the Science Division and appealed to all those who served under him not to join Megatron on his crusade, asking them instead to stay by his side and continue on with their mission of peaceful research. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} With help from closest confidants [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], Optimus broke into Megatron's quarters in search of some clue to his brother-in-arms' sudden compulsion towards war, but only had time to observe that the enigmatic relic had somehow been restored to pristine condition before he was forced to leave to avoid detection. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

[[File:Defiance3 optimus cybertron alt mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Guys, stop look'n at me! I'm transforming here!]]

Returning to Science Division headquarters, Optimus was greeted with a stunning discovery: Ratchet, Elita-One and Arcee had uncovered other ancient artefacts, each of which bore a symbol that matched one on Optimus's helmet: a symbol that proved Optimus was indeed a descendant of the Dynasty of Primes. Prime went with Arcee and Ratchet to the excavation site, where they discussed the ramifications of this new information, only for the group to be apprehended for treason by an unwilling Prowl, forced to do so on the orders of Megatron. This turned out to be a trap, however: while they were being escorted to the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], Megatron's forces ambushed them with intent to kill. Optimus bested Starscream and collapsed [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]] on top of the attackers, {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} then raced back to the embattled excavation site to usher Elite-One, Sentinel Prime and Wheeljack to safety, with a little help from Elita's sister [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]. Optimus informed Sentinel of the marking on his head that proved his mentor had been right all along: now, he was Optimus ''Prime''. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} All those loyal to Optimus regrouped at [[Burthov]], where Optimus was recognized as the leader of the group, with Prowl serving as his lieutenant. [[File:Foundation1 optimus is mad.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3| If I had a face everytime I got angry, I'd be rich.]] Captain Ironhide—a former member of Megatron's Defense Force, who had now christened themselves the "Decepticons"—informed Optimus of the huge starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' that Megatron was building, and the newly christened Prime began working toward equipping his own side with similar vessels. Though the Autobots found themselves at an advantage when the ''Nemesis'' left Cybertron with the balance of the Decepticon forces, it was then that ''true'' war finally broke out between Optimus's and Megatron's forces. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

The war raged for thousands of years, with no end in sight until Sentinel came up with a solution: a "torch" that could bring the conflict to an end without the mass murder of the Decepticons. Contact with the AllSpark was required to activate it, so the Autobots made for Simfur Temple, {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} where Optimus held off Megatron so that Elita-One could activate the torch and deliver it to Sentinel. Sentinel loaded the torch aboard the Autobots' ship, the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', but to Optimus and Megatron's disbelief, Starscream blew the ship out of the air. Consumed with grief and rage at the apparent death of his mentor, Optimus ordered Wheeljack to use the second, remaining ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' to transport the AllSpark away Simfur, then declared he would be going on a suicide mission to kill Megatron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} Concerned for their friend, Ironhide and Elita-One stayed by Prime's side as he made his way through the soldiers guarding Megatron's [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Optimus demanded Megatron face him, but the Decepticon leader responded by dropping the [[smelting pool]] on him. Ironhide saved Prime from the fiery rain, and Optimus then entered Megatron's chamber alone, to discover his former ally surrounded by hungry [[hatchling]]s, confident that the "weak" Optimus would not harm the infants to get to him. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} At that point, Wheeljack's team removed the AllSpark from its temple, plunging Cybertron into darkness. Optimus escaped, leaving Megatron to fend off his ravenous hatchlings, and joined Ironhide in fending off Starscream and Shockwave. Returning to oversee the AllSpark's transportation, Optimus recognized that the drastic actions he had taken had forever fractured his relationship with Elita-One, and observed he still had a long way to go to being a great leader. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

[[File:Ark Bridge Defiance4.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|"Who ''are'' all you people?"]]

To put the AllSpark's power beyond Megatron's reach, Optimus Prime made preparations to send it off-planet. Allowing word to reach the Decepticons that the cube was being held at Simfur, Prime and the main force of his Autobots occupied their enemies in battle there, while a small team led by Bumblebee guarded the AllSpark's true hiding place, [[Tyger Pax]]. The cube was launched into space, and Megatron immediately gave chase. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Optimus was immediately regretful of his decision, feeling that in buying the Autobots some time in the war, he had sentenced their world to death, but Prowl insisted he had made the right choice, and that he had turned death into a fighting chance to live. Bolstered by Prowl's words, Prime and his Autobots took off after the AllSpark and Megatron aboard the ''Ark'', hopeful that they could defeat the Decepticon leader while he was alone, and bring the cube back to heal their homeworld. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[File:AllianceOptimusHoloDriver.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|[[Peter Cullen|Optimus Prime]] driving Optimus Prime! Sheer awesomeness!]]

Following Optimus and the Autobots' arrival on Earth, and the subsequent battle of [[Mission City]] and the destruction of Megatron and the AllSpark, {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}} Optimus Prime helped eliminate the remaining [[AllSpark Mutation]]s skittering around the city, then requested the help of William Lennox and his men in getting the Autobots out of the city before other, less trustworthy humans could arrive. They located a trailer that Prime could use to transport the deceased body of his first lieutenant [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], and, equipped with a hologrammatic driver to avoid suspicion on the road, Prime led his Autobots in rolling out. Sector Seven's Seymour Simmons would later exploit this friendship between Prime and Lennox when, a month later, he convinced Lennox to request assistance from Prime and the Autobots in transporting the Decepticons' remains. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Prime's team was to escort a Sector Seven convoy from their Nevada base to a naval base at [[California|San Diego, California]], from whence the Decepticons and Jazz's remains would be buried at sea. Before departing Nevada, he entrusted the remaining AllSpark fragment to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping, but had second thoughts soon after leaving, and ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to turn around and retrieve it. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} The two returned to discover that the base had been attacked in their absence by Decepticons [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and Starscream; Prime soon arrived back to retake ownership of the shard. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

[[File:Alliance4 angryLennox Prime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8| Did I ever tell you about my unhealthy addiction?]]

Weeks later, following the aquatic interment of Jazz and the Decepticons, Optimus and Lennox agreed to a formal [[NEST|alliance between the Autobots and humans]] as the first line of offense and defense against the Decepticons. The team trained on the island of Diego Garcia, their mutual respect for one another growing, and soon word came in of new Decepticon sightings around Earth. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For their first mission, NEST was deployed to [[San Francisco]] to take out the Decepticons Deadend and Swindle, the former of whom was quickly dispatched by Prime via a head-on collision. Swindle's last words caused Prime concern, as they suggested more Decepticons would soon be coming to search the Earth for something; Lennox feared it might be Sam Witwicky, and Prime, sadly convinced the boy was destined to be a part of the conflict, decided to send Bumblebee to resume his role as Sam's guardian. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:Alliance4 Prime killingspree.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|Freedom is the right of all '''non-Decepticon''' sentient beings.]]

Knowing that Lennox's superiors held little trust in the Autobots, Optimus Prime dedicated himself and his Autobots to working harder to prove their goodwill through continued success. NEST proceeded to hunt for Decepticons around the world over the next year, with Optimus Prime personally destroying [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]], [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]. NEST's ranks continued to grow, with Autobot refugees even arriving on Earth in response to the message Optimus had sent into space, including Prime's old friend Elita-One. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} One particular new arrival proved a little troublesome, however: in November 2008, [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] caused chaos in [[Uruguay]] when he recklessly pursued his old Decepticon foe [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] towards [[Buenos Aires]]. Prime assured [[Morshower|Admiral Morshower]] that they would forcibly bring Sideswipe in if necessary, but fortunately, Ironhide was able to calm the rampaging Autobot down. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}} Demolishor escaped, but was tracked to Shanghai by NEST the following year, and Prime's team headed out to finally take the giant Decepticon down. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:Nefarious2 Prime on Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95|Ass-whooping. Noun. To have your posterior presented to you with overwhelming force.]]

After Optimus's death and rebirth during the conflict with The Fallen, {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen movie adaptation}} NEST resumed its day-to-day business of hunting down rogue Decepticons. Optimus was dissatisfied with their present reactive state, however, insisting that they begin proactively rooting out Decepticons before they struck. With NEST low on resources, Optimus deployed several new Autobot arrivals to deal with a Decepticon attack on [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} The presence of [[Initiative|unknown humans]] at the petrochemical plant gave Prime and Lennox something to puzzle over, and soon after, when NEST was tipped off to Decepticon activity in [[Utah]], the pair believed things to be connected. Optimus went to Ironhide and Sideswie's aid in Utah, besting [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and taking him into Autobot custody in order to learn everything he knew about the enigmatic human organization. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Optimus oversaw the preparations of the facilities for holding Soundwave, rather than face having to tell Major Lennox what they'd done, but this proved the wrong choice: when the plane carrying Soundwave was shot down by [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], Prime's off-the-record actions meant that Lennox was unable to call in any help. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

[[File:Nefarious6 Optimus must feed allspark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|I hope [[Rubik's Cube#Revenge of the Fallen|this cube]] isn't like the ones you find in [[Walgreens]].]]

When [[Theodore Galloway]] got too close to discovering the actions of the [[Initiative]], the mysterious human group, they sent the mind-controlled Decepticon [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] to eliminate him. Optimus sent [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to help him, after which Soundwave returned and proposed an alliance between himself and the Autobots to stop the Initiative for good. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Soundwave led the Autobots to the location of the [[Initiative base]] in [[California]], but the mobile headquarters had moved on by the time they arrived. Following its trail to Utah, Optimus sensed the power of something very like the [[AllSpark]] upon approach, and began to realize what they were up against—though he did not expect that the Autobots would then find themselves facing brainwashed Transformers, including [[Armorhide (Movie)|some]] [[Blazemaster|of]] [[Brawn (ROTF)|their]] [[Smokescreen (Movie)|own]] comrades! {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}}

During the battle, Optimus demanded their foe surrender the [[Project Nefarious|artificial AllSpark]] they possessed, but [[Carter Newell]], head of the Initiative, responded by trying to use the artifact to terminate all Cybertronian life. An injury courtesy of [[Reedman]] aborted the attempt, and Newell tried to flee, forcing Optimus to ram the truck he was in. From the wreck, Optimus pulled the rapidly-destabilizing faux-AllSpark, and was ready to feed it his own [[spark]] to stop the deadly chain reaction building within it. Luckily that turned out to be unnecessary, as [[Fortress (ROTF)|Fortress]]—a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] who had long been the Initiative's captive—took the AllSpark from him and carried it into space, where it exploded safely. In the aftermath, Optimus noted that the Initiative databanks had been picked clean by Soundwave, and feared the possibility that anyone else might attempt to recreate the AllSpark. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

[[File:RisingStorm1 ElitaandOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Optimus, you don't wanna know.]]

The Autobot refugees rescued from the Initiative were eager to get back in the field, but Optimus encouraged them to take more time to recuperate, as they were clearly not fully healed. The havoc the Initiative wrought had convinced Optimus that the Autobots had to refocus their efforts on a new objective: ensuring that no other humans could exploit Cybertronian technology. A team inducing Elita-One and her sisters was deployed to recover Cybertronian weapons from an arms dealer; upon their return to Diego Garcia, Prime shared a quiet moment with Elita, learning more about the new symbiotic bond that had recently been forged between her and her sisters, and growing fearful of the violent streak she had developed. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

When word reached NEST that Sam Witwicky had come under attack from Decepticons in [[Philadelphia]], Optimus mobilized the Autobots to respond. With Arcee having been injured on the previous mission, he initially wanted her and her sisters to stay behind, but they insisted on going. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

During the flight to Philadelphia, Optimus tried once more to have Arcee sit out of the mission, but Elita reinforced her need for revenge—a sentiment that only opened old wounds between her and Prime, reminding both of the time in the past when Prime let his rage get the better of him. Elita's anger over Prime's abandonment of her on Cybertron, and the fact that her death and reunion with him had only led to more fighting and killing, boiled over, and she and her sisters angrily departed on their own mission: to infiltrate what the Autobots believe to be the Decepticons' base of operations in upstate New York. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

[[File:RisingStorm4 shockers vs prime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Shockwave threatens his face collection.]]

Optimus and the rest of the team proceeded on to Philadelphia, where they engaged and contained the Decepticons, but after a while, Elita reappeared, attempting to warn them that the whole thing was a trap laid by Shockwave. No sooner had she spoken his name, the cyclopean Decepticon himself rocketed down out of the air and crushed the life out of her. Driven into a rage by her death, Optimus Prime took Shockwave on one-on-one, and would have killed him had Shockwave's pet [[Driller]] not came to save his master. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

Shockwave had also ravaged the Diego Garcia base and killed all the Autobots stationed there, requiring it to be shut down and NEST operations moved to Washington, D.C. Optimus oversaw the decommissioning of the facility, {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}} which was soon followed by the return and betrayal of Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon adaptation}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
[[File:Optimusprimemovieprequel.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Black and white is edgy and cool, so we use it Bumbles.]]

{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

Bumblebee remembered Optimus Prime's orders that they must launch the AllSpark into space, for it was better to lose it to the depths of space than allow Lord Megatron to corrupt it with his evil. For wherever there is hope, there is life. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the events of the [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]], described in the above section.}}
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====''Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers''====
[[File:OptimusMegatronSchickComic.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|No Megatron! '''THAT FACE IS MINE!''']]
While searching for Decepticons, who had plans to build an Energon converter to create a massive army and enslave the Earth, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Hound came across [[Hydrobot (TLK)|Hydrobot]] and mistook him for a [[Decepticon]]. Before they could catch him, Hydrobot escaped from the Autobots' clutches. The trio started to realize that they might have judged the small 'bot wrongly when Hound found out that the [[H-Boostium|substance]] Hydrobot left behind was nothing like something a Decepticon would use. Optimus requested Hound to trace its source, which led the Autobots to a [[Schick]] R&D department. They gained access into it in vehicle mode by fooling the guard into believing that the vehicles modes they were using was ordered by the scientist Dr. [[Hiroshi Benson]] himself. Upon gaining access to the laboratory, they confronted Hiroshi in robot mode, which left the human scientist baffled.

Shortly after the scientist finished explaining the origin of the substance and Hydrobot, a squadron of Decepticons led by Megatron suddenly bursted through the wall, explaining their intent to use the devices inside Hiroshi's laboratory to build the Energon converter. Luckily, Hydrobot arrived at the scene to help the Autobots. Just before Megatron and Optimus could dish it out, Megatron grabbed a hold of Hiroshi but failed to stop the human from explaining how to use the [[Energy-field razor|control set]] against Decepticons. A surprise punch from Optimus staggered Megatron and gave Hydrobot enough time to snitch the device away and use it to release a shock burst through Bumblebee towards the Decepticons, prompting them to retreat. After all was said and done, Optimus apologised to Hydrobot for the misunderstanding. The trio and Hiroshi later realised that Hydrobot had forged a new life for himself. The trio then gave Hydrobot a lift and bid their farewells. {{storylink|A New Friend|A New Friend}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[File:OptimusMovie GeoffSenior.JPG|upright=1.4|left|thumb|Starting as he means to go on.]]

When war broke out, Optimus Prime studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find—he studied whole campaigns to desperate last stands, gaining a focused "playbook" of warfare strategy. He understands warfare on a practical and psychological level, and in desperate battles knows to show no mercy to opponents beyond a swift death. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Autobot VS Decepticon Smackdown!}}

While preparing to launch the AllSpark into space, Optimus hesitated before pressing the fateful button, fearful that he was condemning his world to a slow death. Before he could reach a conclusion, Prime came under attack from a drone sent by Megatron to kill him, and instructed his assistant [[Arctus]] to launch the AllSpark if he had not returned from the fight within ten cycles. When Prime's battle with the drone carried them both into the AllSpark chamber, the drone attempted to alert Megatron to the cube's location, forcing a desperate Prime to transform into his cometary protoform and cannonball directly into his opponent. The drone was successfully blown it pieces, but Prime was knocked out by the impact, and experienced a prophetic vision of [[Mission City|a battle on another world]]. Realizing that the AllSpark's ejection could spread the Transformers' war to other planets, Prime awoke too late to change the course of fate, and could only watch as the AllSpark rocketed off into the sky... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prelude: Optimus Prime}}

Prime and his Autobots pursued the AllSpark to Earth and battled the Decepticons for it. Almost immediately after triumphing over their foes, however, Optimus and his men had to face them ''again'' when they somehow rose as [[zombie]]s. Despite having no idea how they could be stopped and having had his power drained by fighting Megatron, Optimus continued to fight the monsters rather than let them run amok. Fortunately, Ratchet deduced that they had been reanimated by energies scavenged from the AllSpark by Starscream, enabling the Autobots to target their power sources and slay them once more. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

[[File:Titan5 Optimustwins.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|"Your slang is bad and you should ''feel'' bad!"]]

With the formation of NEST, Optimus found he had to strive daily to gain credibility with the human powers-that-be. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Working diligently to root out Decepticon threats around the globe, Prime was too busy to meet with new Autobot arrivals Skids and Mudflap, who claimed to have important information for him, though Ironhide noted that the twins had cried wolf so many times, even Optimus had trouble believing their stories these days. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} While in [[Australia]] on NEST business, Prime went into action alongside Arcee to apprehend [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]; the two Autobots found the terrain down under to be a challenge, while Sideways was in his element, so Prime elect to just ''blow up'' the terrain instead. Taking the captive Sideways back to Diego Garcia, Prime was greeted on arrival with the sight of Skids and Mudflap brawling on the runway. He bawled them out over improper conduct, but before he could go further, Scorponok made an attack. In the firefight that followed, Optimus tripped over Skids, and by the time he had righted himself, Scorponok and Sideways had both escaped. Knowing that the enemy could ''not'' have got this close without NEST security being compromised, Optimus was convinced by Sideswipe's argument that the twins had turned traitor and had them taken away for questioning. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

When the twins were sprung by Decepticons, Prime agreed with Theodore Galloway that the Autobots would make finding the twins a number one priority. However, Optimus was left suspicious when a [[Soundwave (ROTF)|mysterious "friend"]] tipped the Autobots off about the twins. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} [[File:Titan10 Optimusgetsout.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Never had a human face before. GIVE ME IT ANYWAY!]] Soon, it came out that the twins were being framed and by tracking the two, Optimus and his men found out about a Decepticon base near [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. Optimus led a raid on it, taking down the [[Purple generic drone|drone army]] stationed there. But he never did get to hear Skids and Mudflap's intel, about a mysterious threat known as The Fallen... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

Following The Fallen's attack on Earth, Optimus continued operations against the Decepticons. [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt's]] over-enthusiasm began to muck that up, causing damage and getting NEST into trouble, despite Optimus's attempts to point this out to him. Optimus had to confine him to base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} Soon after that, he was drawn out into a trap by [[Trophy White]] and the [[Free Men]], who wanted to take his head as a trophy. Optimus worked out their plan and allowed himself to be captured by the deranged hunter, in order to keep the fight away from civilians. He pretended to be securely chained down and listened to White's sociopathic ravings, before (at the moment he considered funniest) breaking free and taking White prisoner. Shockingly, he found keeping the severed heads of animals as trophies to be ''bad'', and destroyed Trophy's trophies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10| Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:DividedLoyalties prime striketeam.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

When several Decepticons escaped from NEST's [[Bloemfontein]], [[South Africa]] holding facility, Optimus ordered his men to let the prisoners flee: a battle outside [[World Cup|a major sports event]] would cause unacceptable civilian casualties. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} This led to a major collapse in Autobot popularity, and open battles with Decepticons in cities were just risking further alienation. In response, Prime created a secret covert unit (even under NEST's radar) that would monitor the Decepticons, wait for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, and then hit hard and fast. While this worked, Optimus was left disquieted: the tactics he was using were too akin to the Decepticons, and a fine line was being walked. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}} Tracking the Decepticons, led by [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], to a base in [[Russia]], Optimus led a strike team in, unaware that [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] had sold them all out to Bludgeon and that they were walking into an ambush. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} "Luckily," Megatron arrived to destroy Bludgeon in punishment for running a rival faction; rather than engage Optimus, Megatron departed with the ominous warning that a day of reckoning was coming soon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

[[File:Titan3-3 OpSoundwavefaceoff.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Sorry Soundwave, you're going to need braces."]]

When a relic of [[Ark (DOTM)|an unknown UFO]] was discovered in Fiesole, [[Italy]], Optimus led a NEST team to secure the find. Starscream launched a surprise attack to claim it: Optimus ordered the human archaeologist to keep digging and fought the Decepticon, taking two blows before overpowering and thrashing him. But Starscream kept fighting, asking Optimus if there were things worth dying for. Optimus agreed and said he was willing to die to save Earth from Decepticons... at which point Starscream suckerpunched him and stole the artifact. Optimus was left concerned about what the 'cons were up to {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}} but found himself distract by other plots hatched by Soundwave. After intel from Bumblebee led NEST to the Laguna De Guatavita, Optimus and Ratchet tracked down Soundwave working alongside the [[Tanto Gang]]. After the Decepticon and his allies had uncovered [[El Dorado]], Soundwave turned on the Tanto Gang, and the Autobots swooped in the middle of the carnage. Optimus beat down the Decepticon, and forced him to explain his motives: using El Dorado's gold, Soundwave planned on crashing the Earth's economy. Though the Autobots foiled the plot, both Soundwave and the Tanto Gang escaped when the latter triggered a bomb to cover their retreat. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Blood And Gold}} Optimus then encountered Soundwave in [[Spain]] after he'd drawn [[Robert Epps]] and Bumblebee into an ambush. With Bumblebee near death, Optimus agreed to fight Soundwave without weapons if it would mean his comrade's survived, and he was nearly sent plummeting off the mountaintop in the resulting fight. However, he managed to use Soundwave's sonic blasts and the local environment against his foe; by locating a fissure, he snuck behind Soundwave, and shoved him into an avalanche triggered by the Decepticon's attacks. Soundwave was swept away and Optimus emerged victorious. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

When Ratchet contacted NEST to let them know there was trouble at the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]], Optimus himself turned out to help chase off Starscream and Barricade. He later tried to convince the anti-[[Transformer|Cybertronian]] protesters that the Autobots were here to help, but Ratchet and Ironhide's actions during the fight had already convinced them of that, and their leader, [[Marcus Castor]], was already producing anti-Decepticon T-shirts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

[[File:ThousandIslandFight prime shield.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2]]

In the aftermath of the battle for Chicago, Optimus and Decepticon defector [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] were cleaning up ''Ark'' debris on the Moon. Optimus was bemused that Drift would rather be hunting down Decepticons instead, asking if he really wanted to fight his former allies, and pointing out this was necessary work. Soon after, Drift was horrified to find the corpse of his old comrade [[Knucklehead]]. He recounted a story involving them and the murderer, [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], and Prime said he was sorry for the loss. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Space and Time}}

A while later, Optimus, Bumblebee, and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] engaged a trio of Decepticon survivors in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. When their charges retreated, Optimus suggested that the three Autobots follow together, but Crosshairs insisted that he go it alone. After giving permission for this action, Prime commanded Bumblebee to keep a watchful eye on the new arrival and relay any findings back to him. With the three Decepticons located and single-handedly defeated by Crosshairs on the island of [[Pulau Bidadari]], Optimus informed Crosshairs that he was more than combat ready, but he had the feeling that they may have missed [[Lockdown (ROTF)|something...]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}}

[[File:AcceptNoSubstitute prime vs stinger.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2]]

When [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] impersonated Bumblebee, Optimus found himself training his weapons on both of the 'bots, confident that the true Bumblebee would be able to prove his identity. He did not have long to wait, as Bumblebee saved a human who had fallen from a nearby burning building, and Optimus quickly overpowered Stinger and ordered him to get out of his sight, repulsed by his artificial nature. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

Hearing a news report suggesting a potential Transformer threat in the town of [[Cullum]], Optimus Prime investigated alongside Crosshairs, and discovered that the area was being menaced by a powerful [[turbofox]]. Crosshairs had once lost an entire platoon to a pack of turbofoxes and struggled to overcome his fears in order to help Prime battle the creature, but fortunately, just as Prime was about to become fox-food, Crosshairs got his head in order and blasted the beast. Optimus congratulated him on conquering his fear, and hoped that humankind would be able to do the same and become allies of the Autobots' once again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}
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====Alternate timeline====

[[File:TitanUK9 frozen prime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|The Prime Who Came In From The Cold]]

In a parallel universe, the battle of Mission City turned out very differently—Optimus was defeated and captured by Megatron, and the AllSpark fell into Decepticon hands. The Decepticons proceeded to conquer North America, and by the start of 2008, had begun a plan to cyberform the Earth using the AllSpark's energies. Working with Mikaela Banes and [[Tom Banachek]], the Autobots staged a plan to rescue Prime, who they knew was being held in Sector Seven's old Hoover Dam base, repurposed by the Decepticons as their new headquarters... but when Bumblebee and Mikaela infiltrated the base, they did not expect to find Prime frozen solid by the liquid nitrogen cooling system previously used to imprison Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} While Bumblebee distracted Megatron, Mikaela began her attempt to deactivate the system, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} but soon came under attack herself by [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} Fortunately, she was able to dupe Frenzy into rupturing the liquid nitrogen tanks with his blades, damaging the system to the point where Prime began to thaw out. The revived Prime challenged Megatron to a duel, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} but as they fought, Optimus learned that Megatron's link to the AllSpark allowed his old enemy to instantly heal any damage Prime managed to inflict. Luckily, Bumblebee and Mikaela saved the day, hitting the distracted Megatron with an old [[Sector Seven]] nanovirus, which destroyed him from within. Simultaneously, Autobots elsewhere destroyed the AllSpark to halt its cyberforming of Earth, but despite this success and the death of Megatron, Prime could take no satisfaction in victory: this battle was won, but the war remained... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

[[File:Aftermathpt2 prime attacked by NATO.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Proportions? Never heard of it!]]

Surveying the damage done to Earth, Prime became resigned to the fact that Humanity, battered by Decepticon occupation, would view both Autobot and Decepticon as hostile invaders. Worse yet, although a fragment of the AllSpark had survived the cube's destruction, Optimus feared its contact with Megatron had corrupted it beyond all hope. In spite of these concerns, Prime was quick to order his men to protect a human shelter against Decepticon attack, but the Autobots' defense was misinterpreted as hostile action, and they came under attack from a [[NATO]] unit. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Part 1}} Optimus refused to allow his men to return fire, but fortunately, the crisis soon passed when the human who had ordered the attack was freed from the Decepticon mind-control that had guided his actions. Optimus surrendered to the humans, beginning an alliance between the Autobots and the United States government. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

After examining a particularly volatile spot of geological flux brought on by the AllSpark's energy in [[Okeechobee]], [[Florida]] alongside Tom Banachek and recently appointed [[Theodore Allen|President Theodore Allen]], Optimus Prime returned to the Autobots' base in [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], where he was shocked to discover that Ratchet had used the AllSpark fragment that Prime had entrusted to him to resurrect Jazz. Prime assigned Ratchet and Jazz to monitor the Okeechobee situation, but warned Ratchet to keep a close eye on Jazz, fearing what the potentially-tainted AllSpark had done to him. Unfortunately, Prime's fears proved true, and Jazz soon revealed himself to have been left corrupted and amoral by the shard's power. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:ReturntoCybertron optimus allies with stockade.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6|"Don't worry, readers, I'll just leave him to starve to death in #25." "What was that?" "I SAID I'M GONNA KILL YA"]]

Optimus Prime soon worked out that while the AllSpark's transformation of Earth had been halted, the damage had been done: the infection had reached [[Earth's core|the planet's core]], and the organic Earth and the technological transformation were now fighting for supremacy, killing the planet in the process. While he arranged for a specialist team to investigate and limit the damage, Prime reported his findings to President Allen, but refrained from telling him of the back-up plan he was putting into action lest humanity's hopes be unduly raised: a team led by Ironhide was to retrieve [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] from the dead Cybertron in the hope it could be used to save Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron, Part 1}} Planetary surveyor [[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft]] was appalled when Prime revealed the plan to him, knowing how unstable Nucleon could be, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron, Part 2}} and the bad news continued to pour in when a distress call from Ironhide's team reported that a band of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] already had control of Cybertron's Nucleon. Optimus led the entirety of the Earth-bound Autobots (save Camshaft's team) to Cybertron as back-up, but was surprised to see Cybertron coming to ''them'', possessed by the evil entity [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron, Part 3}} Shot down by Unicron, Prime's team abandoned ship and made it to Cybertron using their cometary protoforms. Forming an alliance with Stockade, Prime formed a plan to drain off the Nucleon so Unicron couldn't use it as a power source, while the bulk of the Transformers provided a distraction by going underground and shooting up Unicron's body. The plan worked, Nucleon was secured for Earth, and Optimus extended an offer for Stockade to join them on Earth whenever he wished. Optimus was left optimistic that Autobots and Decepticons had come together in a common cause. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

[[File:Optimus Titan22.JPG|upright=1.6|left|thumb|Freedom is not dispensed here, sentient fools, only DEATH!]]

On returning to Earth, Prime found the Decepticons had seized the Autobot base and surrounding area; he made the decision to withdraw to [[Washington, D.C.]], knowing that this meant leaving Mikaela in Decepticon hands. Upon landing at an air base, the Decepticon-controlled President Allen lured him into a trap, and he found himself fighting Jazz, now a Decepticon hired gun. Optimus lured him away from humans and prepared to engage him, but when a second assassin named [[Kullt]] turned up, Jazz gunned it down out of annoyance. Optimus had viewed Jazz as a lost cause but now stated there was still some Autobot in him: he ''could'' have let Kullt do the work for him and then killed him, but he saved Prime instead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} Prime then took the Autobots to rescue Mikaela; he himself went first, launching himself in protoform mode to land in Savannah like a bomb and tearing his way through [[Swindle (Movie)|drone hordes]]. He was quickly gunned down by aerial units and about to be killed by Starscream, but this whole flashy attack had been a diversion—allowing other Autobots a chance to hit the distracted air forces and nab Mikaela. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

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Optimus seemed to quickly bond with [[Seward|General Seward]], his military liaison at Andrews Air Base, but that didn't help when the mind-controlled President Allen had the government order the Autobots out of America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part One}} However, having deduced that Allen was under Decepticon control following his clash with Jazz, Prime had anticipated this. As expected, Allen attempted to nuke the Autobots' ship as it departed, but he only succeeded in blowing up a decoy ship Prime had had Ironhide and Bumblebee prepare. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part Three}} Believed dead, the Autobots went undercover on Cybertron, making another deal with Stockade to have his team protect Earth in their absence, kicking off a [[Decepticon Civil War]]. Optimus didn't trust Stockade to not renege on the deal and just take control of Earth for himself, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution, Part Two}} but he ensured the Decepticons were set up for the Autobot's final strike: forcibly teleporting all of the enemy to Cybertron via Unicron's leftover teleportational engines, then stranding Cybertron in a remote solar system. Optimus led the troops to Earth and witnessed Megatron's return from the dead, but this proved no impediment to the Autobots' plan: Prime briefly distracted Megatron so he could be tagged with a teleporter like the other Decepticons, and the next minute, both Megatron, Stockade, and their entire armies were all teleported away. This left the Autobots stranded on Earth and with a lot of clean-up to do... but at long last, Optimus Prime had finally brought the war to an end. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part Three}}

===Toy bios===
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The truck Optimus Prime [[trans-scan]]ned upon arrival on Earth was ''the coolest thing he ever saw''. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Robo-Vision Optimus Prime}}

When the AllSpark was destroyed in Mission City, Optimus was bathed in its power and became a living receptacle: he could destroy or heal with the merest thought. He still remained dedicated to peace, and altered his exterior decorations to match the ones he bore as a young leader, before the beginning of the war. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|First Strike Optimus Prime}} When Starscream came out of hiding, Prime teamed with Arcee to hunt him down, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SamsClub3pk|Arcee, Starscream & Optimus Prime}} but as more Decepticons under Starscream's command began appearing on Earth, Prime had to use the AllSpark power within him to alter his body into a new sensor-transparent, super-silent form for stealth missions. Prime considered it dishonourable, but knew had to be done. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime}} Unfortunately, Starscream followed his lead and also modified himself for stealth so he could target Prime personally. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream}}

Once the Decepticons were beaten on Earth, Optimus was provided with intelligence by [[Sector Seven]] about Decepticon bases on Mars. After assuming new colors, he headed to the red planet. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Fire Blast Optimus Prime}} As it turned out, though, the Decepticons would soon strike at Earth again; Prime upgraded his sensor suite and trained with Ironhide to better track their enemies. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#ROTFvoyager|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Voyager Optimus Prime}}

Following the battle with The Fallen in Egypt, Optimus made a particular point of tracking down Starscream, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#HFTDleader|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' Leader Optimus Prime}} and enhanced his arsenal with weapons designed to take on airborne Decepticons. Unfortunately, these new weapons were not a great help in battling hypnotic Decepticon [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]], who prevented Prime from opening fire by attacking him with mind-controlled humans. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VoyagerDefender|Defender Optimus Prime}} Prime had more luck against [[Banzaitron (TF 2010)|Banzaitron]], who mistakenly believed that Optimus won his fights through raw power; in actuality, Prime's decades of training made him one of Cybertron's most skilled fighters, and Banzaitron held little challenge for him. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BattleBlades|Battle Blades Optimus Prime}}

Optimus was known to team up with [[Comettor (DOTM)|Comettor]] for lunar missions. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#OptimusComettor|Optimus Prime & Comettor}} It was on the lunar surface that lost Autobot leader Sentinel Prime was found, and the team-up of these two Primes meant the Decepticons didn't stand a chance! {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#walmartdlx|Walmart Deluxe Optimus Prime}} Optimus continued to combat threats to the Autobots with various new upgrades like armor reinforced with [[Cybertanium]] {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Lunarfire|Lunarfire Optimus Prime}} and [[Tritanium]], {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#TritaniumPrime|Tritanium Optimus Prime}}, [[MechTech]] weapons that included a powerful Cybertanium battle axe {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DOTMVoyFireburst|Fireburst Optimus Prime}} and the combining [[Mega Striker]] cannon, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#StrikerOptimus|Striker Optimus}} and the incredible [[Omega Combat Armor]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#UltimatePrime|Ultimate Optimus Prime}}

Eventually the human alliances came into question. As Earth still needed him, Optimus altered his form so he could move around unrecognised and commit covert strikes on Decepticons. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 5|Evasion Mode Optimus Prime}}

===''Beast Wars Diorama Story''===
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Under mysterious circumstances, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Jazz, Ratchet, and Starscream were transported through a warp in space and time and deposited on the prehistoric Earth of another universe, smack into the middle of the [[Beast Wars (event)|"Beast Wars"]] between [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s [[Maximal]]s and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Prime made fast friends with Primal; they joined their forces and double-teamed the injured [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who had just taken a blast to the face from [[Tigatron]]. The two Optimuses commemorated their accomplishment of teamwork by shaking hands, while the Maximals and Ratchet looked on in approval. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}}

Starscream allied with the Predacons, and was soon joined by Blackout, his own Megatron, {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}} and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] who all also travelled through the warp. The two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. Fortunately for the Autobots and Maximals, [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] arrived to assist. The two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. With [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}
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===''Cyber Missions''===
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Edwards]] (English)|[[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[File:CyberMissions1 Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Yes, I know, I'm scary.]]
During NEST's ongoing hunt for the Decepticons after the death of The Fallen, Optimus Prime recorded some information on the Autobot-Decepticon war for preservation in [[Vector Sigma]]. Bumblebee and Ironhide were reviewing the data when Bludgeon and Soundwave launched an attack on NEST command. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} The next morning, Optimus had been informed of the attack and Soundwave's capture, and he ordered Ironhide to wait for reinforcements to assist in pursuing Bludgeon. Bludgeon made that difficult for Ironhide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}} Later, Optimus contacted Ratchet to inform him that [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] was causing chaos in [[Mission City]], and he reminded the Autobot medic to be careful. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3}}

Optimus and Sideswipe tracked Megatron to a disused factory, but the Decepticon leader eluded them by cloaking his spark signature. The hidden Megatron ambushed the two Autobots, and Optimus brought his swords to bear in battle, though he tried appealing to Megatron to surrender. Megatron's response came in the form of a blast that brought the fatory's roof down on the two Autobots, and though Megatron escaped, Optimus promised that he would no longer be able to hide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}}

When Ironhide went missing after the incident with Bludgeon, Optimus searched for him, following directions from Bumblebee to a cave loaded with [[Energon]]. That cave turned out to be the hiding place of Decepticon hypnotist Mindwipe, who had Ironhide in his thrall, and tried to do the same to Optimus. The Autobot leader was able to resist Mindwipe's mesmerizing powers with a little help from his blaring truck horns, and defeated him, leaving a confused Ironhide to wonder what was going on. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}}

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Reports of [[Smolder]] attacking a building in [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]] resulted in Optimus dispatching Bumblebee and Ratchet to investigate. He filled them in on the situation en route. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 9}} During another mission, Optimus warned Sideswipe and Ratchet that they were being tracked, moments before the pair were attacked by Starscream and Mindwipe. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 10}}

Bumblebee reported to Optimus that he'd managed to pinpoint the location where Megatron and Starscream were meeting, leading Optimus to confront the two Decepticons in an Arctic region. When Megatron expressed surprise that he'd come to fight them without backup, Optimus assured him that the Autobots were never far from their leader's side. While Starscream went to attack the others, Optimus and Megatron continued to fight, with Optimus emerging the eventual victor. As Megatron tried to goad him into finishing the fight, Optimus announced that the Autobots protected all sentient life, and that included the Decepticons. He subsequently allowed Megatron to flee. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

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{{quote|By showing even one such as him the power of mercy, Megatron might realize that we'll never give up, no matter the cost.|Optimus Prime|''Cyber Missions'' #12}}

Prime set up an elaborate trap involving a hologram of Soundwave to lure the Decepticons to a spot in the wilderness. The ploy worked, and Optimus attacked Megatron while his men attacked Megatron's troops. At one point during the battle, Megatron threw a train car at him, and he simply somersaulted along its length. Though Megatron boasted that the Decepticons would win through sheer determination, Optimus knocked him to the ground and gave a speech about building alliances, which was the cue for the [[human]]s to turn up in force and surround the Decepticons. Optimus informed Megatron that he could either leave the planet peacefully or be destroyed. Once the rest of the Decepticons fled, Megatron delivered a final threat before taking off. Prime celebrated with another speech, before admiring the huge Autobot [[insignia]] Bumblebee had stomped into the ground. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
During NEST's global hunt for Decepticons in the time period between the battle of Mission City and The Fallen's attack on Earth, an alert of Decepticon activity in [[Tokyo]] sent Optimus, Ironhide, Ratchet and Sideswipe to investigate. Prime intervened in Sideswipe and Barricade's battle to lift the Decepticon into the air, only to find himself under attack by Grindor. Ordering Sideswipe and Ratchet to cover him, Optimus scaled the side of a nearby office block so he could punch the helicopter out of the air. Standing over the two Decepticons, Optimus was surprised when they informed him that they were simply providing a diversion. Optimus realised that Sam was in danger, and rushed back to America in time to find Starscream attempting to abduct the boy. He jumped on Starscream's back, causing the Decepticon to flee and saving Sam from a kidnapping. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''I Can Read!'' books===
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Optimus met up with Ironhide, Sideswipe and Bumblebee in a desert to train. He and Ironhide tackled a rough off-road trail, only for their training to be interrupted by a nearby dam bursting open. The two Autobots sealed up the dam using rocks from a nearby quarry. They met back up with Bumblebee and Sideswipe afterwards, who admitted to have encountered their own "natural disaster." The source of the disturbances soon revealed itself to be Megatron and Starscream tunneling underground. Though the two Decepticons attempted to ambush the Autobots, Optimus and the others were able to send them running thanks to the training they had gone through that day. {{storylink|Training Day (book)|Training Day}}

[[File:OptimusKOsStarscream-BuddyBrawl.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|And that's terrible]]
Optimus came upon Starscream attacking Sam and Mikaela, while Bumblebee and Wheelie argued with one another nearby on how to defeat the Decepticon. Optimus knocked out Starscream with a single punch before chastising both his subordinates for allowing their feelings get in the way of their mission to protect the humans. Sam and Mikaela attempted to have Wheelie and Bumblebee reconcile, but the two Autobots were too stubborn to apologize to one another. Optimus suggested that the humans give Bumblebee and Wheelie time to work things out. But Starscream suddenly regained consciousness, prompting Optimus to order Wheelie and Bumblebee to work together to defeat him while he protected the humans. The two Autobots managed to put their differences aside and accomplished their task. Optimus looked on with pride as the two friends thanked each other afterwards. {{storylink|Buddy Brawl}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:OptimusgetsSamsmessage-PrimeTarget.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Optimus "likes" Sam's status before going back to looking at cat videos.]]
Optimus had assigned Skids and Mudflap to watch over Sam while Bumblebee was away on a mission. When he asked the Twins for their report on the situation, they informed him that they suspected the [[new lab assistant]] working at Sam's university to be a Decepticon spy. Optimus ordered the two Autobots to continue their vigil over Sam. The Twins' hunch turned out to be correct, and the Decepticon spy sent Optimus a false distress signal through Sam's computer. Optimus sped to meet Sam at his university, where he encountered Megatron. Using a supermagnet within the University lab, Megatron was able to lock Optimus in his vehicle mode. Megatron would have destroyed Optimus if not for Sam's timely intervention. Sam used the supermagnet on Megatron, allowing Optimus to escape, and get repaired by Ratchet. {{storylink|Prime Target (book)|Prime Target}}

[[File:AutobotsthankSam-SatelliteMeltdown.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|May I ''please'' take your face?]]
Optimus received word from human authorities that [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] were causing trouble. But thanks to Soundwave's tampering with communications, he and his Autobots wound up driving to an empty warehouse miles away instead of the location of the conflict. Upon arriving at the warehouse, Optimus and his troops quickly realized that they had been tricked. Thankfull, Sam and Bumblebee met them there, and led them to the correct location. Optimus took care of both Decepticons by himself, sending them fleeing. Optimus then met with the human military, and informed them of Soundwave in Earth orbit. Together, they managed to have the satellite to which Soundwave was attached to self-destruct, sending the Decepticon tumbling off into outer space. Sam later thanked Sam for his help in the mission. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}
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===''Spot the 'Bots''===
While on a mission to find Decepticons, Optimus found Megatron hiding behind a tree. Megatron tried to scamper away, but Optimus and his Autobots gave chase. A small group of both factions then met at an old warehouse, and they began to duke it out for the fate of the Earth! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
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In the wake of The Fallen's defeat, NEST initiated [[Project Unite]] to find a way of modifying Jetfire's parts so that Optimus could use them again. Unaware of the project's objective, but knowing that it held a great power, Starscream attacked the Unite facility to try stealing its fruits for himself, only to find a successfully powered-up Optimus Prime ready and waiting to take him on. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} Starscream fled, but immediately began plotting on how he could take Optimus's new power for himself. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}}

When word came in of another Starscream sighting on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of Delos, Optimus used his new abilities to fly there personally, where Sideswipe briefed him on what the Autobots had deduced: Starscream had managed to replicate the Unite process using the bodies of dead Decepticons, and was making a play for power. Knowing that Starscream did not have the necessary neural interface protocols to handle the Unite upgrade and would soon be driven mad, Optimus led the Autobots in tracking him to [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] for a confrontation... only for Megatron himself to show up, also dedicated to bring Starscream to heel! {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|On the Road of Destruction}} Tempting as it was to stand back and watch Megatron and Starscream duke it out, Optimus could not risk the Unite technology falling into Megatron's hands, and soon interceded in the Decepticons' battle. While Optimus kept Megatron busy, Ratchet hit Starscream with a scrambler weapon that burned out Starscream's new cyber-genetic sequencing, rending the Unite tech useless; Megatron departed, vowing vengeance. Optimus sadly reflected that in striving to create new and better weapons, the Autobots had almost handed the Decepticons victory, and swore that fortitude and valour would be the only weapons he relied on henceforth. {{storylink|The Strongest Weapon}}
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===The Creation Revoltech!===
[[File:The Creation Revoltech.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|From about this point on, things get progressively sillier. You've been warned.]]
At the mercy of Megatron and the powerful [[Revocube]], Optimus Prime, at Ratchet's urging, called upon the power of the [[Revoltech]] universal joint. As the Wreckers watched, Prime surged with energy—and guns!—and prepared to renew the fight. {{storylink|The Creation Revoltech!}}
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===''How to Ride Your Dinobot''===
====Cartoon====
[[File:Htryd-chapter-2-optimus-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|We all did this with our toys as kids. Now Optimus hates us for it.]]

Optimus found trying to ride [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] was far from an easy task, which wasn't helped by his notably impatient attitude. First, Grimlock flung him into a wall when he first tried to get him to move. After [[Humanization|receiving a cast on his leg]] following the incident, he again lost his patience when trying to get his steed to move. However, it was all for naught, as now it was time for Grimlock to ride on Optimus's shoulders. Optimus could only groan in pain as he carried the massive Dinobot around, who was having a much better day than he was. {{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 2: How to Ride|How to Ride}}

====Comic====
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Intending to teach his Autobots the fine art of Dinobot-riding, Optimus Prime led his men through a Chinese forest to the Dinobots' stomping ground—though he refrained from ''telling'' the Autobots where he was taking them, so they couldn't say no! Hound and Bumblebee had little luck taming [[Slash (AOE)|Slash]] and [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]], but when Drift and Crosshairs managed to saddle up atop [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and [[Scorn]], Optimus cautioned them against overconfidence, but suggested they try practising combat scenario. It did not go well. Bruised and tired, Hound pointed out that Optimus hadn't done any riding, but Optimus professed that he didn't ''need'' to, since he was already an expert. Grimlock evidently didn't get the message, as he flipped the unsuspecting Optimus onto his back, then took off running. Optimus called to the Autobots that Grimlock had picked up the scent of Decepticons, and instructed them all to RIDE OUT! {{storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}
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===Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base===
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''Two'' versions of Optimus Prime were hanging out at the [[Transformers Expo]] in [[Yokohama]] at the same time—one in his original Earth body, the other in his ''Age of Extinction'' form—when the evil clone of a ''different'' Optimus Prime, [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]], came crashing into the building. The Primes attacked him alongside Bumblebee, at which point Nemesis was backed up by some of the other Expo attendees: a ''second'' [[Nemesis Prime (AOE)|Nemesis Prime]] (this one Optimus's ''own'' evil duplicate) and [[Nemesis Grimlock]]! They glared at each other a bit, until suddenly, the combined energies of the AllSpark, the Matrix of Leadership and the [[seed]]—all on display at the Expo, naturally—began reacting with the [[Dark Energon]] within the first Nemesis Prime. This was all part of a complicated plot by [[Unicron]], but fortunately, Nemesis resisted the dark urges within himself, and channelled all the Dark Energon into the stickers his creator [[Doctor Arkeville]] had used to make him evil. Nemesis ripped the stickers off and hurled them into the air, where all the Autobots and Decepticons—and even the Expo's human attendees, using their cell phones—blasted them and stopped the chain reaction.

It was a ''super'' weird day. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}
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===''Cheetos/Age of Extinction'' comic===
[[File:CheetosAOE optimusprime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|What is this? Yellow [[JaAm]]? Get [[Hot Shot (AOE)|Hot Shot]] on this ASAP!]]
Discovering that the Decepticons were increasing their strength through artifacts from the [[Cheetos (galaxy)|Cheetos galaxy]], Optimus Prime and the Autobots recruited [[you]]r help to acquire the power-enhancing objects. {{storylink|Cheetos/Transformers: Age of Extinction}}
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===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Yoshimasa Hosoya]] (Japanese)}}
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In this world, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Lockdown were aware that they were toys: specifically, ''Q-Transformers'', a new line of cute-looking ''Transformers'' merchandise produced to tie-in with the 30th anniversary of the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]]. Optimus sometimes changed his look to match other Optimus Prime toys, but his "default" form was that of a toy based on his ''Age of Extinction'' look. They hanged out at different famous service areas on Japanese expressways, and talked about the ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'' video game, and the remake produced as a tie-in with their toyline, ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (mobile game)|Mystery of Convoy Returns]]''.

Discussing the ins and outs of their cute designs, Optimus and his pals explained that they were created for the purpose of appealing to non-Transformers fans; Optimus suggested plush Transformers could be another way of tapping that market. {{storylink|Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise}} When the trio talked about and how terrible ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, Optimus huffed, insisting that, at the very least, it wasn't ''unbeatable''. Discussing traits that they thought made games bad, Optimus voiced a dislike for games without different difficulty settings. {{storylink|Mystery of Reliably Crappy Games}}

[[File:Qtransformers optimus on underwear.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|See? We weren't lying.]]

Lockdown suggested that re-releasing such a terrible game was like rubbing salt in a wound; Bumblebee didn't understand the expression, since, as Optimus pointed out, they were robots, and it didn't mean anything to them. While trying to come up with situations the phrase was applicable to, Lockdown suggested "accidentally sending your father an "I love you" text instead of your boyfriend or girlfriend"; the trio joked about what sort of response the father would send, and Optimus silenced everyone with the thoughtful answer: "I know". {{storylink|Mystery of Smearing Salt in the Open Wound}} The group then talked about the rubbish stage bosses in ''Mystery of Convoy'', particularly the [[Destron Mark|floating Decepticon insignia]], and wondered what sort of fictional scenarios it could be used in. {{storylink|Mystery of the Stage Bosses}}

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Prime and company began being joined by their friends to discuss facets of the game. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] participated in a talk about the differences between the original and the remake, {{storylink|Mystery of the Wittily Similar Circumstances}} while [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] highlighted the tonal "gap" between the cute character designs and the very ''un''-cute action in the game. Everyone tried to think of examples of similar "gaps": Optimus suggested a stylish young dude wearing unfashionable underwear, and started sweating when everyone laughed. {{storylink|Mystery of the Gap of Unpopular Men}} [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] joined them to talk about classic terrible games, which turned into a discussion about adventure and exploring, and the comforts an explorer might like to have with them on such a journey. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Explorer}} [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] also talked about some famously awful old games, seguing into a discussion about psychokinetic powers; Optimus remembered seeing a guy on TV who had the power to magnetize cutlery to his body. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Psychic}}

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When [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] came along to share his thoughts on points of commonality among famously awful games, the group talked about the technical advancements of video games, but when Optimus wanted to talk about motion capture technology, he got confused and mixed it up with a CAT scan! {{storylink|Mystery of Game Balance}} [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] also had some opinions on the common themes of bad games, but Bumblebee and Optimus's willingness to settle for less frustrated Lockdown. {{storylink|Mystery of the Lowest Possible Standards}}

[[File:Qtransformers g1 convoy.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Only you, could prevent wild fires.]]

Optimus had changed his look to match that of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GTR|his ''Transformers GT'' incarnation]] when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] dropped in. They talked about the changing faces of Optimus Prime through history, and how he used to be called "Convoy" in Japan, then Lockdown compared "Optimus Prime" and "Convoy" to the Mario Brothers. Everyone had a good chuckle when Jazz specified that Optimus would be the "Luigi" of the pair. {{storylink|Mystery of Convoy}} Bumblebee later told [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] about Optimus's fondness for ''Mystery of Convoy''. {{storylink|Mystery of Mystery of Convoy}}

When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] turned up to join the argument over just how bad ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, the shocked Optimus quickly switched bodies, taking on the form of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Generation 1 self]]. They argued back and forth for a bit, discussing other ways the game could have been remade, until Optimus proposed the most drastic rebranding he could think of: calling it "Mysteryvoy of Con". {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}

Tiring of talking about ''Mystery of Convoy'', Optimus noted the unexpected popularity of ''Q-Transformers'' itself and steered the towards other ways to reach a wider audience for ''Transformers''. His own suggestion was to make the franchise more like ''[[w:Mito Kōmon|Mito Kōmon]]''. {{storylink|The Road to Winning a New Fanbase}} The three decided to go over previous ''Transformers'' series to make sure they'd stay within established rules, but Optimus and Bumblebee immediately ran into an argument with Lockdown when they refused to acknowledge anything bad about [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]. Lockdown argued that it was hard to tell the difference between Autobots and Decepticons, so the three discussed ways of making it more obvious. {{storylink|The Road to Easy Identification}}

Introducing a new "Q-Transformers Radio" segment, the trio invited Tracks to talk about popularity, and he brought along [[Yukimura Sanada]] from ''[[w:Sengoku Basara|Sengoku Basara]]''. After interviewing their guest on his franchise of origin, they struck upon the idea of having Transformers appear in ''Basara'' games, and Optimus failed to impress by imagining his in-game super move would be a car horn. {{storylink|The Road to Borrowing Popularity from Sengoku Basara}}

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===''Legends'' comic===
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In the [[Legends World]], Optimus Prime was just a fictional character featured in a series of popular movies and toylines. When the newest film, ''Age of Extinction'' came out, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and the other employees of the [[Axalon Trading Company]] went crazy for the new toys. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] got the Leader-class figure, {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 1|TF4 Toy Party Part 1}} while [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], being more of a fan of the Generation 1 series, instead opted for the "Evasion Mode" figure, with its Generation 1-inspired alternate mode. He was disgusted to discover that such a classic, '80s-looking toy transformed into Optimus's movie-based robot mode design, and was even more put out when Silverbolt had the figure ride the new Grimlock toy. {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 2|TF4 Toy Party Part 2}}

A new Optimus Prime toy was on show when the Axalon gang went to the 2014 Tokyo Toy Show during the summer. {{storylink|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report#Part 2|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report Part 2}} Six months later, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] spent [[Christmas]] enjoying Prime's exploits in the new ''Age of Extinction'' DVD. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} When Rhinox turned into [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and tried to revert the world back to how it was in the '80s, Rattrap attempted to stop him by singing the praises of modern-day Transformers, including the movie incarnation of Optimus. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}

When [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Gelshark]] arrived in the Legends World and found that "Optimus Prime" was the English name of his enemy, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]], he sought to ruin his reputation by dressing up as the ''Age of Extinction'' version of the character. The masses of adoring young fans that showed up made Gelshark unable to bring himself to crush their dreams. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}}

At [[Tokyo Toy Show|Tokyo Toy Show 2015]], [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] appeared and took down somebody in an Optimus Prime costume. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Black Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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===Bot on the Street===
Optimus was asked if Frenzy was red or blue, but as far as he was concerned, [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] was silver. {{storylink|Bot on the Street}}

===''Timelines''===
In one reality, Megatron suddenly shifted position during the Battle of Chicago and thus took advantage of his mysteriously good luck to kill both Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime. Eventually, though, a new Prime arose, [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|BotCon 2015 Megatron profile card}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]], Megatron defeated [[The Fallen]] and returned to space to gather the Decepticon army, beginning new engagements which sent the Autobots on the defensive. Optimus Prime rose to the bait planted by Soundwave for Sam Witwicky and took the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' to the Moon to revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Backed into a corner by the Decepticon offensive, Optimus revived Sentinel on the lunar surface, and Sentinel helped Megatron capture Optimus. The Decepticons gained control of Earth and brought Cybertron to Earth orbit. Sentinel spent time unsuccessfully trying to turn Optimus over to his way of thinking.

Everything changed with the arrival of [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] to Decepticon-controlled Earth. The bounty hunter demanded that Optimus be handed over to him; Megatron refused out of pride while Sentinel refused out of loyalty. While Sentinel debated over Lockdown's offer of a protomatter [[seed]], Optimus used the opportunity to reignite Sentinel's cold spark. Sentinel thus tricked Lockdown to seize control of [[Knight Ship|Lockdown's ship]]. Allying themselves with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s, Optimus and Sentinel waged a long guerrilla war against the Decepticons. After the long struggle, they managed to liberate Earth and revitalize Cybertron with the seed. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/22}}

In [[Tyran 511.0 Kappa]], once [[Cade Yeager]] had revived Optimus Prime, Optimus put out the call to all surviving Autobots. Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (DOTM)|Bulkhead]], and [[Backtrack (Movie)|Backtrack]] joined...and so did the desperate Decepticons [[Axor|Axel]] and [[Wild Rider]]! The Autobots were initially skeptical of them but learned to appreciate Wild Rider, who remained loyal even in the face of Megatron's return as Galvatron. Axel on the other hand attempted to sell out the Autobots to Lockdown only to be killed by Lockdown. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/16}}

===''Mission to Cybertron'' comic===
While searching for the Creator, Optimus arrived on [[Paradron]] to refuel on Energon, but was denied by a [[Gyronian Sentry]] and his pet Guard Cats. Optimus explained his past to the Sentry, who was not impressed, demanding a passcode. The passcode was written in Old Cybertronian, but the gate didn't open even with a decoder. Prime and Sentry's egos clashed, causing a fight to break out. Optimus tried directly inserting the decoder into the door, with the passcode: "In Primus We Trust". The door opened, allowing Optimus to drink half of the Energon, giving the other half to Sentry. Optimus told Sentry he did a good job, relieved him of his guard duties, and flew off into space.
{{storylink|Mission to Cybertron}}
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===Gathering of the Strongest Robots DVD===
{{storylink|Gathering of the Strongest Robots}}

===''Bumblebee's First Life on Earth''===
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==Games==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/games}}

==Commercial appearances==
*As part of the hype buildup to the first movie's release, Optimus Prime made a brief cameo at the {{w|2007 MTV Movie Awards}}, interacting with host Sarah Silverman. The scene spliced Silverman into pre-existing movie footage, but featured new dialogue recorded for the event by Peter Cullen. Prime heavily hinted that he wanted to present an award, but was rejected for a regular MTV fan.

*According to a tie-in advertisement for [[Burger King]], Prime likes his Whoppers with no onions, no cheese, extra pickles, with a side of ????. However, due to a cruel twist of fate, he can never enjoy the sweet taste of beefy victory (and all because he needed a driver for him to receive his order). He saved the world from the Decepticons, and still he can't even have it his way? Where's the justice? {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)#Burger King|Transformers Burger King tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus fell on some guy's car, smashing it to scrap. The car's owner was rather upset about this development, but Optimus could only respond with "My bad..." {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)#General Motors|Transformers Chevy tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus Prime (in truck mode) made an appearance at [[BotCon 2007]], alongside the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. He was available for pictures all weekend. He made a second appearance at [[BotCon 2009]].

*Optimus was convinced that a man's new LG Versa was really a Decepticon in disguise. The phone's owner vehemently denied this, despite the phone demonstrating transformation capabilities. He laughed off Optimus's apparent fixation with Decepticons...until one dropped down behind him, sending him running. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#LG Versa|Revenge of the Fallen LG Versa tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus was tasked with delivering trailers of Strawberry and Peanut Butter [[M&M's]]. Instead of hauling them in his truck mode, he picked one up and threw it into the distance, clipping some power lines in the process. This earned him some sarcastic clapping from [[Red (M&M)|Red]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#M&Ms|Revenge of the Fallen M&Ms tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus was seen sporting an [[Robot Powered Machines|RPMs]] logo as a grill ornament. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#RPMs|Robot Powered Machines toy commercial}}

*During the 2009 NBA Finals, a commercial aired where [[The Master Builders (episode)|Optimus made a slam dunk]] and shattered the backboard.

*On [[July 6]], 2009, Optimus appeared on ''The {{w|Late Show With David Letterman}}'' to declare the "Top Ten Things That Sound Cool When Said By A Giant Robot". Optimus said it was nice to be there, although David was ''clearly'' concerned with having a 28-foot tall robot in the studio because of a bad history of robots messing up the place, and during the presentation Letterman decided there was something about Prime he didn't like. Anyway, the top ten was:
<ol>
<li value="10">"Jergens lotion leaves my hands silky smooth."</li>
<li value="9">"Do you have these khakis in a Size 114?"</li>
<li value="8">"My perfect night involves a pint of Häagen-Dazs and season three of ''Sex and the City''."</li>
<li value="7">"Man, do I love me some 'taters."</li>
<li value="6">"It was so hot in Central Park today, I saw a squirrel rubbing sunblock on his nuts."</li>
<li value="5">"You seemed a little pitchy, dawg."</li>
<li value="4">"Brody Jenner has added you as a friend on Facebook."</li>
<li value="3">"Live from New York...it's Saturday night!"</li>
<li value="2">"My parents wanted me to be a Rabbi."</li>
<li value="1">"All the slammin' shorties in the house say 'Yeah'!"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v-P5x1Mp00 Archive video of Optimus's guest spot.]</ref></li>
</ol>

*To promote the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Paramount set up a website where US fans could request Optimus call up their friends, warning them of Starscream's attempts to recruit human civilian allies.

*In the Discovery Channel promo, "The World Is Just Awesome," Optimus made a brief cameo, singing the words "boom-de-ya-da, boom-de-ya-da."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0jZzBEKIMc Discovery commercial] on YouTube.</ref>

*Prime (voiced by Cullen, but not animated by ILM) appeared to promote a NASA competition to vote for videos made by children about NASA's impact on commonplace technology.<ref>[http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/optimus/ NASA Optimus Prime]</ref>

*Optimus appeared in truck mode at [[Toy Fair 2011]]. He got a $115 parking ticket.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1357327/Transformers-truck-gets-parking-ticket-toy-fair.html ''Daily Mail'' article on Prime's fine.]</ref>

*Optimus duked it out with [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] in front of a [[Burger King]] restaurant, while some of the patrons inside were too enraptured with savoring their Bacon Cheddar Ranch Tendercrisp sandwiches to notice. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Burger King|Dark of the Moon Burger King tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus was seen firing a [[basketball]] from his blaster in an ESPN commercial with [[Mark Cuban]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Burger King|Dark of the Moon ESPN commercial}}

*Optimus Prime joined Bumblebee on the road as part of the "[[Win A Ride To School With The Autobots]]" contest. He also delivered $1000 worth of Transformers toys to a lucky winner. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Win A Ride|Win A Ride To School With The Autobots contest and commercial}}

*To promote Age Of Extinction, Optimus appeared on screen during the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards to warn Mark Wahlberg that he was in danger of being slimed.

*Both Optimus and Bumblebee could be seen driving around the [[Speed Stars]] logo in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial#Speed Stars|Speed Stars commercials}}

*Optimus acted as goalkeeper as Diego Poyet, Gor Grigoryan and Patrick Otte practiced for the World Cup. After stopping a goal, he deflated the ball with his hand and commented that Diego was "Not bad... for a human." {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#ESPN|"The Future of Soccer" Age of Extinction tie-in commercial}}

*After Optimus was injured by a shot, a little boy come over to him and offered him an Oreo cookie. The generous act somehow gave Optimus the strength to go on, and he thanked the child before running off to do whatever heroic thing he was in the middle of. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Oreo|Age of Extinction Oreo tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus happened upon an excavation site, where several children were unearthing Grimlock. Soon after his arrival, Grimlock awakened, prompting Prime to hop on his back and order his mount to "Roll Out!" {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Mega|Mega 1-Step Bumblebee toy commercial}}

*After helping some guy shave, Hydrobot immediately transformed to robot mode to fist bump Optimus, who destroyed the wall of the man's bathroom while trying to do so. Optimus then accidentally destroyed the man's daughter's personal playground, trying to use it as a stand. {{storylink|Commercial/The Last Knight#Schick|The Last Knight Schick commercial}}

*Optimus Prime's voice also narrated some commercials:
**A Revenge of the Fallen toy commercial for the figures of the main cast. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Movie Characters|Revenge of the Fallen movie characters toy commercial}}
**A [[Power Bots]] and [[Gravity Bot]]s toy commercial. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Power Bots and Gravity Bots|Power Bots and Gravity Bots toy commercial}}
**The Bumblebee Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon toy commercial. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon|Bumblebee Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon commercial}}
**An ad for the Supreme [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] set. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Supreme Devastator|Supreme Devastator commercial}}
**The N.E.S.T. Global Alliance figures. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Global Alliance|N.E.S.T. Global Alliance toy commercial}}
**The Double Your Action Giveaway ad. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Double|Double Your Action Giveaway commercial}}

==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise}}

==Notes==
===''Transformers''===
[[File:Movie Primetruck before.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|8:30 pm: "Trick My Truck". Tonight's guest: [[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]].]]
[[File:Movie OptimusPrime truckrear.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]
[[File:Movie Prime Trucklogomistake.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|In the darkness, a PA will misread "Truck A" as "Truck B", and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth — Revelation 11:7.]]
[[File:MBMovieOptimusAttacks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*When Optimus's design was first revealed, [[GEEWUN|many fans of the Generation 1 series objected to the flames seen on Prime's body]]. When asked in an interview why he put the flames on, [[Michael Bay]] claimed he liked them because it was "cool". It was later revealed on a special featurette on the DVD that the flames were added because, apparently, red is not very good to film on camera, so Bay chose a blue truck but used the flames so that when Optimus transformed, the layout would result in maintaining his iconic red chest.
*In the director's commentary of the 2007 Transformers DVD, Michael Bay said that he had told the animators to seek inspiration from Liam Neeson in creating Optimus Prime's body language. ''Awesome.''
*Optimus Prime's truck mode is apparently intended to haul a flatbed trailer, based on the presence of the large silver "headache rack", a piece of optional equipment that protects the driver in case a flatbed load breaks free during braking. It is generally not installed on trucks hauling enclosed container trailers.
*[[TakaraTomy]] officially recognizes Optimus Prime's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] as a Kenworth W900 truck, even though the vehicle used for filming was a modified Peterbilt 379, a different model from a different brand, although both are made by the PACCAR company.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070809065140/http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121424 Article at Edmunds.com on some of the vehicles used in the movie]</ref>
*When Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill, which looks rather more like that of Peterbilt. Then, Prime has an Autobot sigil on his grill while driving to meet the other Autobots.
*According to the free trading cards from the Boston Globe, Optimus is 28 feet tall, weighs 4.3 metric tons, and his primary weapon is an [[ion blaster]]. (Considering Optimus's height, however, this weight would seem implausible. It's also roughly half of the actual weight of the truck he's based on.)
*The [[Milton Bradley]] [[Transformers Battling Card Game]] depicts Prime with a unique a magnetic grapple attack, fired from the side of his arm. It also declares his forearm gun to be a chain gun (it's an ion blaster in other sources), and has him using a "judo kick", which... while it may not be out of the realm of plausibility for Prime to have learned an Earth martial art, judo does not actually '''use''' kicks, being focused on throwing moves. Oops.
*The Optimus Prime computer generated model consisted of 10,108 individual parts, 1,830,898 polygons, 27,744 rig nodes, and 2336 texture maps. The volume of all pieces combined came to 5445 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
*The [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|''Autobots'' DS game]] notes that Megatron killed Optimus's father. Considering several pieces of movie tie-in fiction treat Optimus and Megatron as brothers, it's entirely possible that he killed his ''own'' father too. ''Dark of the Moon'' may have unintentionally (given the obscurity of the four-year-old tie-in game) retconned this, as Optimus believed [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], the mentor figure to both of them, had perished during a Decepticon attack as he tried to escape from Cybertron.
*During Optimus Prime's transformation from vehicle into robot in Mission City, a piece of Chevrolet intake manifold can be seen on Optimus Prime's left collar.
* After he left the screen following ''Dark of the Moon'' and returned with a new form, the truck was sold at the Barret Jackson Auction in 2016 for $110.000. Another prop was kept around for attraction purposes, while another sold prop was converted into a tow truck.
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===Other films===
[[File:ROTF Optimus trailer super mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"One shall be scrawny...One shall be brawny"]]
*Optimus was supposed to combine with a trailer for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', something for which [[Ben Procter]] and [[Josh Nizzi]] drew up designs. In the end, Nizzi designed the combination with Jetfire. However, the idea of Optimus combining with his trailer was not forgotten, and showed up on screen in ''Dark of the Moon''.
*In ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', Optimus has ''[[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|Faux-parts]]'', when he transforms inside of the NEST base facing [[Charlotte Mearing|Mearing]] and [[William Lennox|Lennox]]. It is noticeable that the Optimus robot truck parts are not the same as that of the actual truck mode body parts (or at least not all of them). Notice the red chest panels are in fact hidden under the truck nose panels and his arm appears (God knows from where) already with its red/blue flames parts; meanwhile the rest of the front of the vehicle fragments and hides into the robot. This is the only Optimus transformation that occurs this way. In the other in-movie conversions some of his alternate mode's appearances seem to be absorbed into his body or outright disappear.
[[File:AOEOptimusComparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! Those are the facts of this world, and you will all surrender to them. You pigs in human clothing!]]
*The overwhelming majority of ''Age of Extinction'' toys and promotional images for Optimus, not to mention his RotDS in-game model, are based on a preliminary design for the character, not used in the final film. The differences are most noticeable on the chest, although there are minor design variations across pretty much the entire body. [[TakaraTomy]]'s later release schedule for their version of the line allowed them to somewhat remedy this situation – their Battle Command Optimus Prime toy appears to have had its chest and feet retooled before release to match the newer design, and their 'Armor Knight' re-release of the Leader Class toy features extensive retooling to similar effect.
*Optimus's "evasion mode" body possesses one of the more cheatsy transformation schemes in the series. Not only does Optimus manage to turn into a fairly small truck while retaining his normal [[robot mode]] height and mass, his windows and grille rather conspicuously change size whenever he transforms. The paint job is still Optimus Prime as in the first three films, but heavily saturated in brown rust.
*On [[September 30]], [[2014]], Optimus Prime was immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a cement printing ceremony outside [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]. In lieu of hand prints, Optimus provided tire prints. [[Peter Cullen]] was also in attendance and provided hand prints alongside his alter ego.
*The truck used as Prime's earth mode in ''Bumblebee'' was actually a rental, but given a new coat of paint heavily influenced by his Generation 1 namesake for the role.

===Other notes===
*According to [[TakaraTomy]] marketing director [[Masahiko Yamazaki]], for the Japanese dub of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', the [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] featured in that show would become a young version of this one. Ultimately, this didn't make it into the end product as the show went largely unchanged.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu''), '''Nemesis Prime''' (ネメシスプライム ''Nemeshisu Puraimu''), '''Orion Pax''' (''Tribute'', オライオンパックス ''Oraion Pakkusu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''O Baak Man''' (Hong Kong, 柯柏文)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Leader Optimus")
*''Indonesian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' ('''Sang Ketujuh''' ("The Seventh") (In Indonesian Optimus is known as the seventh Prime) or '''Pemimpin Para Autobot''' ("The Leader of the Autobots")
*''Korean:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (옵티머스 프라임 ''Obtimeoseu Peulaim''), '''Nemesis Prime''' (네메시스프라임 ''Nemesisu Peulaim'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kēbówén''' (Taiwan, 柯博文), '''Qíngtīanzhù''' (China, 擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Optimus Naikrashchiy''' (Оптимус Найкращий, "Optimus the Best")

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Optimus Prime (Movie)

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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Movieprime meettheautobots.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Hello, pretty bird. GIVE ME YOUR FACE.]]

'''Optimus Prime''' is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s. Long ago, he was the humble leader of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s science division, which studied the [[AllSpark]], and were protected by [[Lord High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s military. When Megatron was corrupted by [[The Fallen]], Optimus discovered that he was the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], hidden away when The Fallen destroyed their lineage. In response to Megatron's attempts to seize the AllSpark and conquer other worlds, Optimus assumed his proper [[Prime (rank)|title]] and rallied the Autobots to stand against the [[Decepticon]]s.

As obsessively as Megatron strives to achieve his objective, Optimus is equally as dedicated to stopping him, even at the cost of his life, his world, and—if necessary—his own people. It was on his order that the AllSpark was jettisoned into space, dooming Cybertron to a slow death and his people to a nomadic life. The sacrifices he has made weigh heavily on his [[spark]], but they must be done, for there is no other choice. He knows the ambitions that lurk in Megatron's spark, and they must never see the light of day. Lives must be kept free from the threat of Megatron's tyranny, no matter the cost. This obsession with the defeat of Megatron has robbed Optimus of some of his early idealism. This has created a certain ruthlessness beneath his otherwise honest and caring personality. Prime is not one for second chances and is willing to consider any action that might lead to victory, short of directly sacrificing those he cares about.

{{bigquote|You just wanna die for the guy! That's leadership... or brainwashin', or somethin'.}}
{{bigquote|No... that's ''Optimus Prime.''|[[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] and [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] on their leader|''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Transformers'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi)}}

[[File:TF2007 optimus meets sam.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.85|"I will peer into your spark..." Wait wait wrong line. CUT, TAPE 4, ACTION... 
"I will peer into your aplahds" sorry sorry. CUT, read the script, you're supposed to say "I am Optimus Prime" "Okay okay I got it"...]]

Optimus Prime and his Autobots were forced to depart their homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] thousands of years ago, after the life-giving [[AllSpark]] was lost to the far reaches of space. In the year 2007, having received word from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] that the AllSpark was on the planet [[Earth]], Optimus brought his troops to the small, blue world. After descending through Earth's atmosphere in his [[transition form]], Optimus [[Trans-scan|scanned]] a passing truck, then quickly learned the planet's languages via the [[internet]]. Meeting up with Bumblebee, Prime and his men were introduced to [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]], with whom Prime shared their history and their reason for being on Earth.

[[File:TF2007 optimus truckmode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Like a Boss.]]

Prime and the Autobots returned with Sam to his house, so that he could obtain for them [[Archibald Witwicky's glasses|a family heirloom]]: a pair of [[glasses]] belonging to his ancestor [[Archibald Witwicky]], which contained the location of the AllSpark encoded across its lenses. Prime had his troops wait outside while Sam and Mikaela searched for the glasses, but the Autobot leader's thunderous footsteps, clumsy attempts to hide, and general impatience made the whole experience quite a trial. Nevertheless, the Autobots managed to keep themselves hidden from Sam's parents long enough for Sam to find the glasses—at which point, the forces of [[Sector Seven]] arrived to take Sam and Mikaela into custody. Prime intercepted the S7 convoy, tearing the roof off the SUV containing the two kids and demanding that the organization's director [[Seymour Simmons]] release them. Sector Seven back-up soon arrived, however, forcing Prime to hide beneath a bridge, carrying Sam and Mikaela on his shoulders. When the humans slipped, Bumblebee was forced to break cover to rescue them, which resulted in all three of them being captured by S7. Now in possession of the glasses which could tell him the location of the AllSpark, Optimus remorsefully left Bumblebee in Sector Seven's hands despite protestations from [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]; Prime was unwilling to employ the deadly force he knew would be required to save their teammate, as he knew humanity held the potential to be something great.

[[File:Movie2007 Prime sword.jpg|left|upright=1.85|thumb|Swiss army Prime.]]

Using the glasses to trace the AllSpark to the [[Hoover Dam]], Prime led his men there, but while they were en route, the [[Decepticon]]s who were also in hiding on the planet launched an attack on the facility. Sam, Mikaela, Bumblebee and the forces of Sector Seven met up with Prime and his team on the road, and they all headed for nearby [[Mission City]] to hide the AllSpark. On the way, Prime was attacked by [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]; a brief but brutal struggle followed, concluding when Prime succeeded in decapitating the hate-filled Decepticon. Joining his men in the streets of Mission City, Prime was met in battle by his ancient enemy Megatron, who quickly proved to be superior both in physical strength and in terms of firepower. [[File:TF2007 optimus vs megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.85|"You, Kakarot. I choose you to be the first of my victims."]] Realizing that there was only one way to end the fighting, Optimus instructed Sam to push the AllSpark into his chest if all hope seemed lost, which would merge the cube with his own [[spark]], destroying both it and himself. As it turned out, Sam did just the opposite, instead thrusting it into ''Megatron's'' chest, killing the Decepticon leader and destroying the AllSpark. Prime regretted the necessity of the action, but knew there had been no other choice.

Though the Decepticons were defeated and their bodies dumped in the [[Laurentian Abyss]] by the military, the loss of the AllSpark meant the Autobots were unable to use its power to restore their homeworld. Electing to remain on Earth, Prime sent a message into deep space to any surviving Autobots in the galaxy to come to join them there. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]," "[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]";
the "[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron]]," "[[Sam's New Car]]," "[[Transformers (interactive Play-a-Sound Storybook)|Transformers Play-a-Sound]]," "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]," "[[Meet the Autobots]]," "[[Meet the Decepticons]]," and "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]." In the comic book and novel adaptations of the film, Prime also kills [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] after his altercation with Bonecrusher.}}
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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi)}}

[[File:ROTF optimus takes aim.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|''My OptiPrime don't want none Unless he's got GUNS Hun'']]

In the two years which followed the events in Mission City, Optimus Prime and the Autobots—including a group of new arrivals who had responded to Prime's message—became part of a Transformer/human military group called [[NEST]]. Together, they hunted down the remaining Decepticons in hiding across Earth. After a destructive clash with [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] in [[Shanghai]] went awry, Optimus was air-dropped onto a highway and crippled the Decepticon. Demolishor taunted Optimus about the mysterious force known as "[[The Fallen]]", who would rise again. Prime ensured that Demolishor would not be around to see it, as he unceremoniously executed him.

[[File:ROTF Prime blades.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Optimus' rampage through the Hundred Acre Wood left no survivors.]]

When the Decepticon [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] stole the remaining shard of the AllSpark from NEST's [[Diego Garcia]] base, Optimus Prime arranged a meeting with Sam Witwicky, who had since left home to go to college, hoping for the boy's help. Sam, unfortunately, was presently focused on having some semblance of a normal life, and was not receptive Optimus's pleas, but Optimus feared that the choice to be involved would soon be taken out of Sam's hands. This soon proved true when Megatron—resurrected by the AllSpark shard—abducted Sam to draw out the wisdom of the AllSpark that was hidden within the human's mind. Optimus and Bumblebee ambushed the Decepticons in the [[Broadwater Metal Works|abandoned industrial complex]] where Sam was being held and managed to whisk the boy away, but Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] gave chase, resulting in a ferocious three-on-one battle between Prime and the Decepticons in the depths of the nearby forest. Prime held his own, even managing to kill Grindor, but the underhanded Megatron was able to impale him on his pincer-blade and blast him open with point-blank shot. Although the rest of the Autobots soon arrived and drove off Megatron and Starscream, Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]].

[[File:ROTF optimus dead body.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|This is what happens when you get close to [[Stephanie Sheh|Nui Harime]].]]

Prime's body was brought back to Diego Garcia, but was soon covertly transported to [[Egypt]] by [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] when they got word from Sam that he had discovered a possible means of restoring the Autobot leader to life: the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. In the midst of a battle between the Autobots and The Fallen's Decepticons in the Egyptian desert, Sam plunged the Matrix into Optimus's chest, and his gamble proved successful, as Optimus Prime lived again. To help Prime defeat The Fallen and destroy his [[Star Harvester|sun-harvesting weapon]] hidden within the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], the turncoat Decepticon [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] sacrificed his life, entreating Prime to use his parts to gain "a power he had never known". [[File:ROTF movie Powered-Up Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|I'm bringing sexy back.]] [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] transplanted Jetfire's remains onto Prime's body, upgrading him into a heavily-armed, flight-capable powerhouse. Prime immediately took flight and disabled the harvester, after which he engaged The Fallen in battle. Megatron attempted to intervene, but Optimus overpowered his old enemy and used his own fusion cannon to shoot half his face off. Resuming his fight with The Fallen, Optimus tore the ancient Decepticon's face off, and when the villain attempted to flee, Prime punched through his abdomen and crushed his spark, finally killing him.

On the return voyage home, Optimus thanked Sam for saving his life, as the boy thanked the Autobot leader for believing in him. Following this, Optimus Prime sent another transmission into space, detailing recent events so that the pasts of both races would be remembered, and also declaring that Humanity and the Autobots would face the future together. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]," "[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Last Prime]]"; the "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]]," "[[Operation Autobot]]," "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]," "[[When Robots Attack!]]," "[[Ratchet to the Rescue]]," "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." The publications targeted at younger readers tending to downplay Optimus's ferocity—in several, he defeats The Fallen not by killing him, but by [[:File:TheFallen-thrownintospace.jpg|hurling him into space]]. In the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] of the film, Prime is not killed by Megatron's attack, but rather sent into [[stasis lock]], and would have stayed that way for years if not for Sam's intervention.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Akshay Kumar]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:DOTM optimus armored weapons platform.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Chevron seven locked.]]
Three years after the defeat of The Fallen, the Autobots and NEST took to dealing with human conflicts in the absence of the Decepticons. Optimus's vehicle mode was now complemented by a [[Armored Weapons Platform|large transformable trailer]], containing an armory of various weapons and flight equipment. While investigating a tip that a piece of Cybertronian technology could be found in the ruins of the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], Optimus and his NEST allies were attacked by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his pet [[Driller]], who attempted to steal the component. Optimus drove off Shockwave and his monstrous "pet", but was perturbed to discover that the recovered Cybertronian tech was a piece of the ancient Autobot spacecraft known as the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]''—flagship of his mentor and predecessor, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], and believed destroyed during the war on Cybertron millennia beforehand.
[[File:DOTM optimus with trailer.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|"Callin' all trucks, this here's the duck. We're about to go a-huntin' bear."]]
Demanding an explanation from National Intelligence Director [[Charlotte Mearing]], Prime learned from both her and astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]] that humanity had discovered the ruins of the ''Ark'' on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] in the 1960s. Travelling to the moon with Ratchet aboard the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Prime discovered the comatose form of Sentinel within the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash vault, along with a small fraction of the special cargo the ''Ark'' had been carrying—five [[pillar]]s capable of opening a [[space bridge]]. Optimus brought his old mentor back to Earth and used the Matrix of Leadership to reactivate him; showing him the peace and beauty of Earth, Optimus expressed his willingness to cede leadership back to Sentinel once more, but Sentinel refused.

[[File:DOTMSentinelOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Sentinel, can you put that sword somewhere else so we can talk?]]

Unfortunately, it would soon transpire that Sentinel was in league with Megatron, when he murdered Ironhide and brought the pillars to [[Washington, D.C.]]. A shocked Optimus confronted his mentor at the National Mall reflecting pool, pleading with him to stop, but Sentinel was unmoved, and opened a space bridge through which at 200 Decepticon troops launched a vicious assault on the city. In the chaos that followed, Optimus tried to fight Sentinel; Sentinel defeated him, but spared his life in the belief he would come around to his side eventually. Naturally, Optimus refused, which led to Sentinel publicly denouncing him and his Autobots as rebels, falsely leading humanity to believe that their planet would be spared if they exiled Optimus's team into space aboard the ''Xantium''. Appearing to willingly comply, Optimus suspected Decepticon treachery—and he was right, as Starscream fired upon the ''Xantium'' soon after launch, destroying it. To all watching, it appeared Optimus and the Autobots had been destroyed, but in actuality, Prime had had his men hide within one of the ship's booster rockets, which had detached before the vessel's destruction.
[[File:DOTM optimus with flight tech.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|"That's my secret, Captain. I ''always'' want faces."]]
Optimus's team headed for [[Chicago]], which had been conquered by the Decepticons in their absence, and arrived just in time to rescue Sam, Epps and a team of former NEST soldiers from a Decepticon [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighter ship]]. Venturing into the heart of the city, the Autobots were ambushed by Shockwave and the Driller, and Prime was separated from his trailer in the brawl. Leaving his Autobots to battle on without him, Prime quickly recovered the trailer and donned the flight tech within, which he used slay the Driller. Unfortunately, he was then blasted by Shockwave and wound up tangled in the cables of a construction crane, temporarily taking him out of the fight.

By the time the [[Wrecker]]s cut Optimus free, Sentinel had activated his space bridge and begun teleporting Cybertron itself into Earth's [[Solar System]]. Prime went on a rampage, scything through the Decepticons on the main battlefield on his way to a final confrontation with Shockwave; after killing the cyclopean Decepticon, he used Shockwave's own cannon to blast the space bridge's control pillar, stalling Cybertron's transportation. [[File:DOTM optimus executes sentinel.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Hey, you guys remember when Optimus Prime used to crack jokes and play basketball? Good times.]] Optimus then demanded that Sentinel face him; his one-time mentor complied, and the pair engaged one another in a battle which Optimus initially dominated, but in which Sentinel eventually got the upper hand when he sliced off Prime's right arm. Before Sentinel could deliver a killing blow, however, Megatron himself intervened, attacking the elder Prime from behind and heavily damaging him. Megatron proposed a truce to Optimus, wishing only to be in charge of the Decepticons again; Optimus's response was to plunge his energon axe into Megatron's head and tear it from his shoulders, killing his eternal foe once more. The damaged and helpless Sentinel begged for mercy, claiming that all he ever wanted was their race's survival, but Optimus refused, claiming Sentinel didn't betray the Autobots, but rather ''himself.'' With bitter regret, Optimus executed his treacherous master with Megatron's shotgun. With Cybertron now apparently destroyed by the deactivation of the space bridge, Prime and the Autobots accepted Earth as their new home, and Optimus declared that the Autobots would never forsake the defense of the planet or its people. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]"; the "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]," "[[The Lost Autobot]]," "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]," "[[Bumblebee's Best Friend]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]." Numerous adaptations targeted at younger readers scaled back the film's violence. In the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|comic book]] and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novel]] adaptations of the film, Optimus accepts Megatron's truce and allows him to leave, and he kills Sentinel not with Megatron's gun, but with Sentinel's own [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] cannon.}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Alfonso Ramírez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain - Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:AoE-junkeroptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Optimus' years of hard drinking and wild partying had finally caught up with him.]]

Following the battle in Chicago and the dissolution of NEST, the US government continued granting Optimus and the other Autobots asylum on Earth, in spite of the negative reputation the Autobots had gained. The White House believed that [[Harold Attinger]] was working alongside Optimus Prime to hunt down the last of the Decepticon fugitives; what the President didn't know was that Attinger's [[Cemetery Wind]] taskforce had began hunting down Autobots and terminating them. Learning of the betrayal, Optimus broadcast an urgent message to the Autobots on Earth, ordering his troops to cut off all contact with humans and go into hiding. Optimus successfully evaded Cemetery Wind for several years, but was eventually pinned down in [[Mexico]], caught in an ambush set by Attinger's lieutenant [[James Savoy]] and their Cybertronian ally, the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]. Though badly wounded, Prime threw off his pursuers by scanning a dilapidated cab-over truck, and fled north to Paris, [[Texas]], where he hid in an abandoned movie theater and succumbed to stasis lock induced by his grevious injuries.

[[File:AOE-injuredoptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Cade Yeager was able to rebuild Optimus in a BARN! [[Iron Man|With a BOX OF SCRAPS!]]]]

Prime remained inert until aspiring roboticist [[Cade Yeager]] visited the theater for salvage. Hoping to strip the seemingly ordinary truck and sell the parts, he purchased Optimus and towed him home to his workshop, whereupon his examination of the truck's unusual inner workings led him to realize he had discovered a Transformer. Though Cade's daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and partner [[Lucas Flannery|Lucas]] wanted to turn Optimus in for a cash reward, Cade argued against it, wanting to increase his technical expertise by studying Optimus's systems further. To prove that the Transformer was "dead" and unable to retaliate, Cade opened the truck up and discovered a live missile from the truck's inner workings. When the missile was removed, Optimus suddenly awoke and transformed into robot mode. Confused and disoriented, Optimus threatened the humans, but Cade was able to calm him down, and offered to help repair him as best he could. Before he could get very far, Savoy's forces stormed the farm, forcing Optimus to hide underneath the barn, but when Savoy threatened Tessa's life, Optimus burst from concealment to aid his new human friends. A running battle with Lockdown ensued, culminating in an abandoned factory, where Prime regrouped with the Yaegers and Tessa's boyfriend [[Shane Dyson]] and escaped.

[[File:AOE optimus new altmode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Cemetery Wind would never think to go after a red and blue truck covered in flames!]]

After confirming that they had shaken their pursuers, Optimus summoned the surviving Autobots to a rendezvous point in the desert, scanning a passing truck on the way to adopt a new alternate mode and repair his injuries. Reuniting with Bumblebee, [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], an angry and embittered Prime announced his intent to break his long-held vow and kill the humans responsible for the Autobots' suffering. With Cade's help, the Autobots learned that the bodies of their fallen comrades were being taken to [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] in [[Chicago]], where they were being melted down for [[Living metal|raw material]] to produce KSI's own Transformers. Enraged to learn that Ratchet had recently suffered this gruesome fate, Optimus led the Autobots in a furious attack on KSI, but stopped short of killing company head [[Joshua Joyce]] when the human shamed him by declaring the mankind had advanced past the Transformers. [[File:AOE optimus reformatted.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6|I need a face. '''AND I'M LOOKIN' AT YOURS!''']] The Autobots pulled out, but Attinger ordered KSI creations "Galvatron" and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] to be sent after them; Optimus faced off against Galvatron, but before the battle could conclude, Lockdown shot down Optimus and dragged him away.

Imprisoned aboard Lockdown's ship, Optimus learned that the bounty hunter had been hired by the Transformers' mysterious [[Creator (AOE)|creators]] to round up their renegade creations, starting with the ancient "knights" to whom the ship had once belonged, a group that Optimus himself had apparently once been part of. Optimus was soon rescued by his fellow Autobots, and they escaped by detaching the section of the ship they were in from the main body without Lockdown's notice. After the team regrouped, [[Brains]] revealed that Galvatron was, in fact, a rebuilt Megatron, and was planning to detonate a cyberforming [[seed]]—given to Attinger by Lockdown—in [[Hong Kong]]. Though Prime lacked a strong reason to defend humankind after his recent experiences, Cade petitioned him to have faith in, if not humanity itself, then in their potential to be better.

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|I have a giant robot dinosaur. Your argument is invalid.]]

Arriving in Hong Kong, the Autobots' stolen ship was shot down by Galvatron's forces and crashed in the Wulong Valley. In need of reinforcements, Optimus took a shield and sword from the ship's armory and freed the other captive knights aboard the ship, the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]], and proposed that they let him lead them into battle. Their leader [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] was not receptive to this idea, and challenged Optimus, but the Autobot leader triumphed over him, and offered Grimlock freedom under his leadership, or death under his foot. Grimlock conceded defeat, and allowed Optimus to ride him into battle in his massive ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' mode. The Autobot-Dinobot alliance decimated Galvatron's army, forcing the Decepticon to retreat, but just when it seemed the day was won, Lockdown returned. Optimus disabled Lockdown's ship's tractor beam in order to allow his comrades to pull back while he faced the bounty hunter alone; during the course of their one-on-one fight, Optimus was forced to briefly break away to save Cade's life by shooting Attinger. [[File:OptimusPrimeleavesAOE.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8| ''So if you care to find me'' ''Look to the western sky!'' ''As someone told me lately'' ''Everyone deserves a chance to fly!'']] Unfortunately, this distraction allowed Lockdown to impale Optimus on his own sword, immobilizing him, but Bumblebee and Cade intervened to hold off Lockdown while Shane and Tessa freed Optimus, enabling him to finally kill Lockdown. Optimus set off one of Lockdown's grenades to finish off Galvatron's remaining drones, and flew the humans to safety as it detonated.

After releasing the Dinobots from his command, Optimus prepared to depart into space, to both remove the seed from Earth, and to investigate the mystery of his creators, who still had a price on his head. His innate faith in humanity reignited by Cade and his family and friends, Optimus entreated the humans to think of one of the stars as his soul, and instructed the Autobots to guard the Yaegers, their allies, and all the humans they could.

As he left the planet, Optimus sent a message to the creators: leave Earth alone, because he was coming for them... {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain - Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:TLK Optimus on Cybertron.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|He's alive!]]
Optimus's decision proved a foolish one, however, as he exhausted his Energon in the vicinity of [[Jupiter]] and fell into [[stasis lock]], drifting through space. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] entered the Sol system, its gravitational pull affected Optimus and caused him to crash land on his homeworld, its atmosphere reviving him. Optimus awoke and despaired at the state of Cybertron. It was at this point that [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] made herself known to Optimus, claiming to be his creator. Optimus cared very little for that and demanded to know what she'd done to Cybertron, trying to attack her when she refused to answer him, only to be overwhelmed by her powers and her [[Infernocon]]s. Quintessa accused Optimus of destroying Cybertron, but Optimus protested that Megatron had started the Great War. Quintessa however, retorted Optimus was responsible for Cybertron's state as he had been the one to launch the [[AllSpark]].

[[File:TLK Optimus chained.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Such folly and futility in the grand design.]]
With the Prime in chains, Quintessa explained her plan to him and why she needed him. She revealed to him that the Earth had formed around the body of [[Unicron]] and that she wanted Optimus to retrieve [[Staff of Merlin|her staff]] from the [[Guardian Knight|Knights of Iacon]] on Earth. With the staff, Quintessa would drain the life out of Unicron and use his energy to revive Cybertron. Brainwashing Optimus into "'''Nemesis Prime'''", she sent him back to Earth to complete the task.

[[File:TLK Optimus confronts Viviane.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Happy birthday, Kryptonian. I give you oblivion.]]
Nemesis Prime arrived back on Earth in the Knights' ship and slew two of their number before demanding that [[Viviane Wembly]] hand over the staff. His former ally Cade Yeager tried to reason with Optimus but Nemesis Prime reasserted his identity and claimed to fight only for Cybertron and its people. Once Viviane had handed over the staff, [[Santos]] (futilely) opened fire on Nemesis, who swatted the [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] aside with his [[Quad Barrel Shotgun|shotgun]] and exited the ship. On the surface, Nemesis was assaulted by Bumblebee, whom the Prime easily bested in combat before the sound of Bumblebee's true voice allowed Optimus Prime to return.

[[File:TLKOptimusVsBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|300px|It was at this point that Optimus's obsession with faces went too far.]]
The moment was short lived, as [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] flew in to steal the staff and the Knights arrived to slay Optimus for serving "Quintessa the Deceiver". While Optimus offered no resistance, viewing his execution as proper atonement, Cade managed to activate the [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]] and call off the Knights. Optimus then allied with the Knights and they flew off in the [[Knight Ship]] to confront Megatron and Quintessa on Cybertron. Arriving on [[Dragonstorm]], Optimus finally destroyed Infernocus by [[decapitation|decapitating]] all six Infernocons in a single mighty swing of his sword, reminding them that he is Optimus Prime. [[File:TLK Optimus decapitates Infernocons.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Yeeart!"]]

In the [[ignition chamber]], Optimus engaged his old foe once again who tried to reignite their old friendship and offered Optimus the chance to stand beside them as they restored Cybertron. Optimus rebuked him, and was forced on the defensive before his fellow Autobots intervened and the Prime kicked Megatron out the side of the chamber.. Optimus then distracted Quintessa so Bumblebee could slay her when her defences were down as Vivian removed the staff, stopping Cybertron's destruction of Earth but leaving the two planets connected to one another. Optimus saved Cade and Vivian from falling to their death and, to the relief of their human allies, emerged from the destruction of the ignition chamber in his alternate mode with the two humans in his cab.

Despite the destruction of Earth being stopped, enough of Unicron's life force had been transmitted to Cybertron that it could again support its people. Optimus reflected that both humans and Cybertronians would have to work together to rebuild both their worlds before he sent out a call for all Autobots across the galaxy to return to Cybertron so they could begin rebuilding.
{{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

====''Bumblebee'' film====
[[File:BBfilm-Optimus-Prime-model.jpg|thumb|Boxy and blocky is the new sexy.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Jon Bailey]] (English international trailers), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)| [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
{{note|''Bumblebee'' takes place before the other films (supposedly), but was released last. As such, it is placed at the bottom here.}}
[[File:BBfilm-Optimus-Prime-leaps-into-battle.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Hey, it's like the scene in the '86 film but with more three-dimension-ess!]]
Leader of the Autobot rebels during the war for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Optimus Prime took part in the final battle for Cybertron against the Decepticons. Though he dispatched numerous [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]]s in the fight, he soon concluded that the Autobots were on the brink of being overrun by the Decepticon advance. As the Autobot rearguard battled [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], Optimus explained to his troops that they would need to abandon Cybertron and regroup elsewhere in the galaxy, and as they headed to a nearby launchpad. Prime explained to his scout, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]], that he had selected [[Earth]] as the site of a new Autobot base, instructing him to reconnoiter the planet while he and the other refugees gathered Autobots throughout the galaxy to rendezvous at Earth.

As the other Autobots evacuated via escape pods, Optimus Prime stayed behind to delay any pursuit, leaping from the launchpad just as the Decepticons brought it down and fighting on alone. Soundwave confronted him, forcing Optimus to struggle briefly against Ravage. Though Optimus fought Ravage off, the distraction cost him his gun and allowed the Decepticons to surround him. Together, they advanced on the outnumbered and defenseless Autobot leader.

Prime was somehow able to escape the Decepticons and leave Cybertron; at some point afterwards, the Decepticons [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] fruitlessly attempted to interrogate [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] about Prime's whereabouts. What the Decepticons didn't know was that Prime had landed on Earth shortly before the other Autobots made planetfall, and adopted a cab-over truck mode as a terrestrial disguise. It was in this form that he met up with B-127—now calling himself "Bumblebee"—on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] after Bumblebee and [[Charlie Watson]] parted ways.

That night, Prime and Bumblebee took refuge in a nearby forest, with Optimus thanking the scout for his efforts and commending his bravery as they watched more Autobot escape crafts descend to Earth. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]".}}

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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Before coming to Earth, Optimus Prime led the search for the AllSpark in the transport vessel, the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]''. In 1969, Earth-time, in an abandoned solar system, Prime and the crew discovered [[Ghost 1|a vessel]] of strangely Cybertronian design, which they pursued to a nearby planet. Prime dispatched Bumblebee to the surface to investigate the ship while he and the other Autobots battled Decepticons from the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''; Prime personally took on and defeated [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]. Contact having been lost with Bumblebee during the fight, Prime headed down to the planet to join him, where a joint attack by Starscream and the alien ship sent the two Autobots tumbling into a subterranean cavern network.

Fleeing an attack by [[Worm-thing|indigenous worm-creatures]], Optimus Prime and Bumblebee came across the alien vessel, which Prime deduced was trying to surrender. Lines of communication were opened, and Prime realized that Starscream had duped the little aliens into attacking him. However, the creatures, who called themselves "[[human]]s", explained that they held Megatron, whom they called the Ice Man, on their home world, [[Earth]]. Realizing the destruction Megatron would wreak upon the defenseless humans if he escaped, Prime vowed to see them return to their world to warn it.

Prime blasted a way out of the caverns, but on the way back to the ''Ark'', the Decepticons attacked again, and Prime found himself in the difficult position of fighting Starscream and protecting the human ship. Speared by Bonecrusher's tail, Optimus seemed doomed to perish at Starscream's hand until the humans interceded, opening fire on Starscream. The Decepticon destroyed the humans and their ship in retaliation, but Optimus Prime, inspired by their courage and sacrifice, resolved to locate Earth—and the AllSpark which he speculated had come to rest there—before the Decepticons did... and hopefully before Megatron came back online. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====

{{bigquote|I know Megatron. I know all of you. You would not have taken the AllSpark and left this world in peace. You would have subdued it and made slaves of its people. Even in the absence of the AllSpark, my conscience and that of my friends could not have allowed that.|Optimus Prime to [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]]}}

Following the battle for the AllSpark in Mission City and the formation of NEST, Optimus and Lennox led a team of Autobots to investigate a Decepticon sighting in [[Zambia]]. They found a trap waiting for them, which resulted in Optimus being dragged over [[Victoria Falls]] by the Decepticon [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]]; Prime saved himself by grabbing an outcropping and was hauled to safety by rookie Autobot [[Beachbreak]]'s tow line, but Starscream then killed Beachbreak in retaliation. Prime took the Autobot's death personally, regarding it as a failure of his leadership. The team proceeded to hunt down their Decepticons prey, and after a lengthy fight at the [[Kariba dam]], Optimus decapitated Macerator. The other Decepticons escaped however, and Optimus prevented Ironhide from firing after [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] for fear of harming nearby humans.

Another mission to [[Australia]] saw Optimus and his team spend days searching the outback for Decepticons, during which they discussed the possibility that the Decepticons might be hunting for energy to resurrect Megatron. Optimus doubted there was an energy source on the planet that could do so. They eventually encountered [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Trample]] and [[Tread]], three [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s mining for minerals. Optimus found Kickback's sonic charge weapon to be a challenge, but with some help from Lennox, killed the Decepticon.

The narrow streets of [[Rome]] proved a challenge for Optimus's truck mode to navigate when NEST travelled there to hunt down [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]]. After [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knockout]] dealt to the two Decepticons, a furious Starscream challenged Optimus to one-on-one combat in the nearby [[Colosseum]]. Naturally it was a trap — Starscream had allied himself with a human, [[Bruno Carrera]], and together they trapped Optimus in a pit and set Barricade on him. With the help of four humans, Optimus broke free, threw Barricade into the pit and sealed him there. He then had only to show his face outside to where Starscream was fighting Ironhide, Ratchet and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]], and the would-be Decepticon leader fled. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Classified''====
[[File:Tfc-battlemountain.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1]]

After the massive battle in Egypt and the defeat of The Fallen, NEST continued to hunt Decepticons around the Earth. When a trio of Decepticons
attacked the [[United States Air Force]] [[Nevada Test and Training Range]], Optimus Prime and Ironhide responded; Optimus attempted to talk [[Dropshot (Classified)|Dropshot]] into abandoning the Decepticon cause, but was forced to kill him when he attempted to kill some human soldiers. Likewise, when [[Bombshock (PCC)|Bombshock]] threatened to blow up some humans, Optimus and Ironhide took him down with a pincer movement they had practised during the war back on Cybertron, in the [[Battle of Polyhex]]. Returning to base, Optimus took part in a meeting of some generals, though he had to talk his way into doing so, as they were initially reluctant to include the aliens. Optimus disagreed that the Decepticons' target was [[Area 51]] and correctly deduced it to be [[Hawthorne Army Depot]]. When he arrived there with Ironhide, Bumblebee and Ratchet were already engaged in a battle with [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], however the Decepticon's personal [[force field]] made him impossible to hit and he did substantial damage to Prime. Once the shield was eliminated, Optimus defeated Reverb. Though Reverb asked Optimus to finish him off, Optimus instead took him prisoner. He also talked [[Marcus|General Marcus]] into allowing [[Kevin Bowman]] to join NEST. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

After supervising a test of a prototype [[Hyperdynamix]] tank, Optimus returned to the [[NEST Rapid Response Base]] for a briefing on a new Cybertronian storehouse detected at [[Battle Mountain]]. Before they had a chance to investigate, Optimus was forced to go defend Hyperdynamix against Decepticon attackers and was kept busy there trying to find the three aggressors. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

During a visit to Hyperdynamix Aerospace to learn about the [[Hyperdynamix Orbital Debris Disposal Initiative Station|HODDIS]] station intended to track incoming Cybertronians, and the satellite with which [[Alexander Porter|Dr. Porter]] intended to wipe out the Decepticons, incoming meteoroids were detected. Optimus and his team went to the crash site in [[Idaho]], and found themselves having to fight the giant [[robo-pede|robot centipedes]] which came out of the meteoroids. Despite suffering major damage, Optimus was able to dispatch two of them on his own. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation1 optimus and sentinel.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|'''Optimus:''' Hey Sentinel! Wouldn't it be funny if you died on a ship, came back to life using the Matrix, betrayed your own kin, aided Megatron and killed my right-hand man? '''Sentinel:''' Heh, heh, heh. That'll never happen!]]

Optimus Prime was the last surviving descendant of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], orphaned and hidden away to protect him from the evil of The Fallen. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}} Optimus grew up with no knowledge of who he was, and was eventually found by Sentinel Prime, who claimed to be descended from [[Primus]] himself. Joining Sentinel's tribe of "Autobots", Optimus worked with his teacher and other pupils Megatron and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] to restore order to an energy-starved Cybertron by helping to locate the lost AllSpark, buried far beneath Cybertron's surface. Re-energized by a star harnessed by the science of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]], the AllSpark restored life and energy to Cybertron, unifying the planet once more, but the old and weary Sentinel Prime had no desire to lead this new, united populace. At last, he revealed to Optimus the secret of his heritage, and that he, as "Optimus Prime", ought to succeed him as leader. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Unable to believe that he was a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Optimus turned the role down, proposing instead that he investigate Cybertron's history, in an attempt to bring some of the good the Primes created back to the world. Accordingly, Sentinel redrew his plans for Cybertron, having Optimus lead the archaeological [[Science Division]], while placing Megatron in charge of Cybertron's [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Alas, neither Sentinel nor Optimus realized that Megatron had eavesdropped on their conversation. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Megatron was consumed with anger and jealousy at the knowledge that he was Sentinel's second choice, and further lost all respect for Prime because he had turned down an incredible birthright. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Nevertheless, the pair were able to govern Cybertron together for two generations, their two personalities creating a balance; Prime was fair while Megatron was firm. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} When [[Malcontent]] activity opposing Sentinel's order began escalating, however, Megatron intimidated Optimus into giving him supreme power in defense of the planet. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|upright=2|thumb|"Hey, I wanted a mouthplate!"]]

When ''Lord'' High Protector Megatron toured a Science Division excavation site near the AllSpark [[Simfur Temple|temple]] at [[Simfur]], he and Optimus clashed over several issues; all Megatron cared about was whether the site contained power similar to the AllSpark, while Optimus insisted on taking things slowly with the reminder that it was ''his'' division was in charge of the proceedings. Subsequently, after the dig uncovered a mysterious [[sarcophagus|relic]], Optimus and Megatron's argument over what should be done with it was interrupted by an attack from [[Ejoornian|aliens]] from the neighbouring [[Eshems Nebula]]. Megatron ordered that the relic be taken to his personal quarters for protection during the battle, and Optimus could not argue. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} After the aliens were repelled, Optimus ordered his science teams to help the survivors of the attack while he went to confer with Megtron, only to nearly come to blows with the High Protector when he demanded that Optimus marshal the Science Division for war against the aliens. Fear that Megatron sought to divide Cybertron, Optimus called a meeting of the Science Division and appealed to all those who served under him not to join Megatron on his crusade, asking them instead to stay by his side and continue on with their mission of peaceful research. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} With help from closest confidants [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], Optimus broke into Megatron's quarters in search of some clue to his brother-in-arms' sudden compulsion towards war, but only had time to observe that the enigmatic relic had somehow been restored to pristine condition before he was forced to leave to avoid detection. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

[[File:Defiance3 optimus cybertron alt mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Guys, stop look'n at me! I'm transforming here!]]

Returning to Science Division headquarters, Optimus was greeted with a stunning discovery: Ratchet, Elita-One and Arcee had uncovered other ancient artefacts, each of which bore a symbol that matched one on Optimus's helmet: a symbol that proved Optimus was indeed a descendant of the Dynasty of Primes. Prime went with Arcee and Ratchet to the excavation site, where they discussed the ramifications of this new information, only for the group to be apprehended for treason by an unwilling Prowl, forced to do so on the orders of Megatron. This turned out to be a trap, however: while they were being escorted to the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], Megatron's forces ambushed them with intent to kill. Optimus bested Starscream and collapsed [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]] on top of the attackers, {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} then raced back to the embattled excavation site to usher Elite-One, Sentinel Prime and Wheeljack to safety, with a little help from Elita's sister [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]. Optimus informed Sentinel of the marking on his head that proved his mentor had been right all along: now, he was Optimus ''Prime''. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} All those loyal to Optimus regrouped at [[Burthov]], where Optimus was recognized as the leader of the group, with Prowl serving as his lieutenant. [[File:Foundation1 optimus is mad.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3| If I had a face everytime I got angry, I'd be rich.]] Captain Ironhide—a former member of Megatron's Defense Force, who had now christened themselves the "Decepticons"—informed Optimus of the huge starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' that Megatron was building, and the newly christened Prime began working toward equipping his own side with similar vessels. Though the Autobots found themselves at an advantage when the ''Nemesis'' left Cybertron with the balance of the Decepticon forces, it was then that ''true'' war finally broke out between Optimus's and Megatron's forces. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

The war raged for thousands of years, with no end in sight until Sentinel came up with a solution: a "torch" that could bring the conflict to an end without the mass murder of the Decepticons. Contact with the AllSpark was required to activate it, so the Autobots made for Simfur Temple, {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} where Optimus held off Megatron so that Elita-One could activate the torch and deliver it to Sentinel. Sentinel loaded the torch aboard the Autobots' ship, the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', but to Optimus and Megatron's disbelief, Starscream blew the ship out of the air. Consumed with grief and rage at the apparent death of his mentor, Optimus ordered Wheeljack to use the second, remaining ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' to transport the AllSpark away Simfur, then declared he would be going on a suicide mission to kill Megatron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} Concerned for their friend, Ironhide and Elita-One stayed by Prime's side as he made his way through the soldiers guarding Megatron's [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Optimus demanded Megatron face him, but the Decepticon leader responded by dropping the [[smelting pool]] on him. Ironhide saved Prime from the fiery rain, and Optimus then entered Megatron's chamber alone, to discover his former ally surrounded by hungry [[hatchling]]s, confident that the "weak" Optimus would not harm the infants to get to him. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} At that point, Wheeljack's team removed the AllSpark from its temple, plunging Cybertron into darkness. Optimus escaped, leaving Megatron to fend off his ravenous hatchlings, and joined Ironhide in fending off Starscream and Shockwave. Returning to oversee the AllSpark's transportation, Optimus recognized that the drastic actions he had taken had forever fractured his relationship with Elita-One, and observed he still had a long way to go to being a great leader. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

[[File:Ark Bridge Defiance4.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|"Who ''are'' all you people?"]]

To put the AllSpark's power beyond Megatron's reach, Optimus Prime made preparations to send it off-planet. Allowing word to reach the Decepticons that the cube was being held at Simfur, Prime and the main force of his Autobots occupied their enemies in battle there, while a small team led by Bumblebee guarded the AllSpark's true hiding place, [[Tyger Pax]]. The cube was launched into space, and Megatron immediately gave chase. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Optimus was immediately regretful of his decision, feeling that in buying the Autobots some time in the war, he had sentenced their world to death, but Prowl insisted he had made the right choice, and that he had turned death into a fighting chance to live. Bolstered by Prowl's words, Prime and his Autobots took off after the AllSpark and Megatron aboard the ''Ark'', hopeful that they could defeat the Decepticon leader while he was alone, and bring the cube back to heal their homeworld. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[File:AllianceOptimusHoloDriver.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|[[Peter Cullen|Optimus Prime]] driving Optimus Prime! Sheer awesomeness!]]

Following Optimus and the Autobots' arrival on Earth, and the subsequent battle of [[Mission City]] and the destruction of Megatron and the AllSpark, {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}} Optimus Prime helped eliminate the remaining [[AllSpark Mutation]]s skittering around the city, then requested the help of William Lennox and his men in getting the Autobots out of the city before other, less trustworthy humans could arrive. They located a trailer that Prime could use to transport the deceased body of his first lieutenant [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], and, equipped with a hologrammatic driver to avoid suspicion on the road, Prime led his Autobots in rolling out. Sector Seven's Seymour Simmons would later exploit this friendship between Prime and Lennox when, a month later, he convinced Lennox to request assistance from Prime and the Autobots in transporting the Decepticons' remains. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Prime's team was to escort a Sector Seven convoy from their Nevada base to a naval base at [[California|San Diego, California]], from whence the Decepticons and Jazz's remains would be buried at sea. Before departing Nevada, he entrusted the remaining AllSpark fragment to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping, but had second thoughts soon after leaving, and ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to turn around and retrieve it. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} The two returned to discover that the base had been attacked in their absence by Decepticons [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and Starscream; Prime soon arrived back to retake ownership of the shard. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

[[File:Alliance4 angryLennox Prime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8| Did I ever tell you about my unhealthy addiction?]]

Weeks later, following the aquatic interment of Jazz and the Decepticons, Optimus and Lennox agreed to a formal [[NEST|alliance between the Autobots and humans]] as the first line of offense and defense against the Decepticons. The team trained on the island of Diego Garcia, their mutual respect for one another growing, and soon word came in of new Decepticon sightings around Earth. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For their first mission, NEST was deployed to [[San Francisco]] to take out the Decepticons Deadend and Swindle, the former of whom was quickly dispatched by Prime via a head-on collision. Swindle's last words caused Prime concern, as they suggested more Decepticons would soon be coming to search the Earth for something; Lennox feared it might be Sam Witwicky, and Prime, sadly convinced the boy was destined to be a part of the conflict, decided to send Bumblebee to resume his role as Sam's guardian. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:Alliance4 Prime killingspree.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|Freedom is the right of all '''non-Decepticon''' sentient beings.]]

Knowing that Lennox's superiors held little trust in the Autobots, Optimus Prime dedicated himself and his Autobots to working harder to prove their goodwill through continued success. NEST proceeded to hunt for Decepticons around the world over the next year, with Optimus Prime personally destroying [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]], [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]. NEST's ranks continued to grow, with Autobot refugees even arriving on Earth in response to the message Optimus had sent into space, including Prime's old friend Elita-One. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} One particular new arrival proved a little troublesome, however: in November 2008, [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] caused chaos in [[Uruguay]] when he recklessly pursued his old Decepticon foe [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] towards [[Buenos Aires]]. Prime assured [[Morshower|Admiral Morshower]] that they would forcibly bring Sideswipe in if necessary, but fortunately, Ironhide was able to calm the rampaging Autobot down. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}} Demolishor escaped, but was tracked to Shanghai by NEST the following year, and Prime's team headed out to finally take the giant Decepticon down. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:Nefarious2 Prime on Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95|Ass-whooping. Noun. To have your posterior presented to you with overwhelming force.]]

After Optimus's death and rebirth during the conflict with The Fallen, {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen movie adaptation}} NEST resumed its day-to-day business of hunting down rogue Decepticons. Optimus was dissatisfied with their present reactive state, however, insisting that they begin proactively rooting out Decepticons before they struck. With NEST low on resources, Optimus deployed several new Autobot arrivals to deal with a Decepticon attack on [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} The presence of [[Initiative|unknown humans]] at the petrochemical plant gave Prime and Lennox something to puzzle over, and soon after, when NEST was tipped off to Decepticon activity in [[Utah]], the pair believed things to be connected. Optimus went to Ironhide and Sideswie's aid in Utah, besting [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and taking him into Autobot custody in order to learn everything he knew about the enigmatic human organization. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Optimus oversaw the preparations of the facilities for holding Soundwave, rather than face having to tell Major Lennox what they'd done, but this proved the wrong choice: when the plane carrying Soundwave was shot down by [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], Prime's off-the-record actions meant that Lennox was unable to call in any help. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

[[File:Nefarious6 Optimus must feed allspark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|I hope [[Rubik's Cube#Revenge of the Fallen|this cube]] isn't like the ones you find in [[Walgreens]].]]

When [[Theodore Galloway]] got too close to discovering the actions of the [[Initiative]], the mysterious human group, they sent the mind-controlled Decepticon [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] to eliminate him. Optimus sent [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to help him, after which Soundwave returned and proposed an alliance between himself and the Autobots to stop the Initiative for good. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Soundwave led the Autobots to the location of the [[Initiative base]] in [[California]], but the mobile headquarters had moved on by the time they arrived. Following its trail to Utah, Optimus sensed the power of something very like the [[AllSpark]] upon approach, and began to realize what they were up against—though he did not expect that the Autobots would then find themselves facing brainwashed Transformers, including [[Armorhide (Movie)|some]] [[Blazemaster|of]] [[Brawn (ROTF)|their]] [[Smokescreen (Movie)|own]] comrades! {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}}

During the battle, Optimus demanded their foe surrender the [[Project Nefarious|artificial AllSpark]] they possessed, but [[Carter Newell]], head of the Initiative, responded by trying to use the artifact to terminate all Cybertronian life. An injury courtesy of [[Reedman]] aborted the attempt, and Newell tried to flee, forcing Optimus to ram the truck he was in. From the wreck, Optimus pulled the rapidly-destabilizing faux-AllSpark, and was ready to feed it his own [[spark]] to stop the deadly chain reaction building within it. Luckily that turned out to be unnecessary, as [[Fortress (ROTF)|Fortress]]—a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] who had long been the Initiative's captive—took the AllSpark from him and carried it into space, where it exploded safely. In the aftermath, Optimus noted that the Initiative databanks had been picked clean by Soundwave, and feared the possibility that anyone else might attempt to recreate the AllSpark. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

[[File:RisingStorm1 ElitaandOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Optimus, you don't wanna know.]]

The Autobot refugees rescued from the Initiative were eager to get back in the field, but Optimus encouraged them to take more time to recuperate, as they were clearly not fully healed. The havoc the Initiative wrought had convinced Optimus that the Autobots had to refocus their efforts on a new objective: ensuring that no other humans could exploit Cybertronian technology. A team inducing Elita-One and her sisters was deployed to recover Cybertronian weapons from an arms dealer; upon their return to Diego Garcia, Prime shared a quiet moment with Elita, learning more about the new symbiotic bond that had recently been forged between her and her sisters, and growing fearful of the violent streak she had developed. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

When word reached NEST that Sam Witwicky had come under attack from Decepticons in [[Philadelphia]], Optimus mobilized the Autobots to respond. With Arcee having been injured on the previous mission, he initially wanted her and her sisters to stay behind, but they insisted on going. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

During the flight to Philadelphia, Optimus tried once more to have Arcee sit out of the mission, but Elita reinforced her need for revenge—a sentiment that only opened old wounds between her and Prime, reminding both of the time in the past when Prime let his rage get the better of him. Elita's anger over Prime's abandonment of her on Cybertron, and the fact that her death and reunion with him had only led to more fighting and killing, boiled over, and she and her sisters angrily departed on their own mission: to infiltrate what the Autobots believe to be the Decepticons' base of operations in upstate New York. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

[[File:RisingStorm4 shockers vs prime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Shockwave threatens his face collection.]]

Optimus and the rest of the team proceeded on to Philadelphia, where they engaged and contained the Decepticons, but after a while, Elita reappeared, attempting to warn them that the whole thing was a trap laid by Shockwave. No sooner had she spoken his name, the cyclopean Decepticon himself rocketed down out of the air and crushed the life out of her. Driven into a rage by her death, Optimus Prime took Shockwave on one-on-one, and would have killed him had Shockwave's pet [[Driller]] not came to save his master. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

Shockwave had also ravaged the Diego Garcia base and killed all the Autobots stationed there, requiring it to be shut down and NEST operations moved to Washington, D.C. Optimus oversaw the decommissioning of the facility, {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}} which was soon followed by the return and betrayal of Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon adaptation}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
[[File:Optimusprimemovieprequel.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Black and white is edgy and cool, so we use it Bumbles.]]

{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

Bumblebee remembered Optimus Prime's orders that they must launch the AllSpark into space, for it was better to lose it to the depths of space than allow Lord Megatron to corrupt it with his evil. For wherever there is hope, there is life. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the events of the [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]], described in the above section.}}
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====''Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers''====
[[File:OptimusMegatronSchickComic.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|No Megatron! '''THAT FACE IS MINE!''']]
While searching for Decepticons, who had plans to build an Energon converter to create a massive army and enslave the Earth, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Hound came across [[Hydrobot (TLK)|Hydrobot]] and mistook him for a [[Decepticon]]. Before they could catch him, Hydrobot escaped from the Autobots' clutches. The trio started to realize that they might have judged the small 'bot wrongly when Hound found out that the [[H-Boostium|substance]] Hydrobot left behind was nothing like something a Decepticon would use. Optimus requested Hound to trace its source, which led the Autobots to a [[Schick]] R&D department. They gained access into it in vehicle mode by fooling the guard into believing that the vehicles modes they were using was ordered by the scientist Dr. [[Hiroshi Benson]] himself. Upon gaining access to the laboratory, they confronted Hiroshi in robot mode, which left the human scientist baffled.

Shortly after the scientist finished explaining the origin of the substance and Hydrobot, a squadron of Decepticons led by Megatron suddenly bursted through the wall, explaining their intent to use the devices inside Hiroshi's laboratory to build the Energon converter. Luckily, Hydrobot arrived at the scene to help the Autobots. Just before Megatron and Optimus could dish it out, Megatron grabbed a hold of Hiroshi but failed to stop the human from explaining how to use the [[Energy-field razor|control set]] against Decepticons. A surprise punch from Optimus staggered Megatron and gave Hydrobot enough time to snitch the device away and use it to release a shock burst through Bumblebee towards the Decepticons, prompting them to retreat. After all was said and done, Optimus apologised to Hydrobot for the misunderstanding. The trio and Hiroshi later realised that Hydrobot had forged a new life for himself. The trio then gave Hydrobot a lift and bid their farewells. {{storylink|A New Friend|A New Friend}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[File:OptimusMovie GeoffSenior.JPG|upright=1.4|left|thumb|Starting as he means to go on.]]

When war broke out, Optimus Prime studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find—he studied whole campaigns to desperate last stands, gaining a focused "playbook" of warfare strategy. He understands warfare on a practical and psychological level, and in desperate battles knows to show no mercy to opponents beyond a swift death. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Autobot VS Decepticon Smackdown!}}

While preparing to launch the AllSpark into space, Optimus hesitated before pressing the fateful button, fearful that he was condemning his world to a slow death. Before he could reach a conclusion, Prime came under attack from a drone sent by Megatron to kill him, and instructed his assistant [[Arctus]] to launch the AllSpark if he had not returned from the fight within ten cycles. When Prime's battle with the drone carried them both into the AllSpark chamber, the drone attempted to alert Megatron to the cube's location, forcing a desperate Prime to transform into his cometary protoform and cannonball directly into his opponent. The drone was successfully blown it pieces, but Prime was knocked out by the impact, and experienced a prophetic vision of [[Mission City|a battle on another world]]. Realizing that the AllSpark's ejection could spread the Transformers' war to other planets, Prime awoke too late to change the course of fate, and could only watch as the AllSpark rocketed off into the sky... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prelude: Optimus Prime}}

Prime and his Autobots pursued the AllSpark to Earth and battled the Decepticons for it. Almost immediately after triumphing over their foes, however, Optimus and his men had to face them ''again'' when they somehow rose as [[zombie]]s. Despite having no idea how they could be stopped and having had his power drained by fighting Megatron, Optimus continued to fight the monsters rather than let them run amok. Fortunately, Ratchet deduced that they had been reanimated by energies scavenged from the AllSpark by Starscream, enabling the Autobots to target their power sources and slay them once more. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

[[File:Titan5 Optimustwins.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|"Your slang is bad and you should ''feel'' bad!"]]

With the formation of NEST, Optimus found he had to strive daily to gain credibility with the human powers-that-be. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Working diligently to root out Decepticon threats around the globe, Prime was too busy to meet with new Autobot arrivals Skids and Mudflap, who claimed to have important information for him, though Ironhide noted that the twins had cried wolf so many times, even Optimus had trouble believing their stories these days. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} While in [[Australia]] on NEST business, Prime went into action alongside Arcee to apprehend [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]; the two Autobots found the terrain down under to be a challenge, while Sideways was in his element, so Prime elect to just ''blow up'' the terrain instead. Taking the captive Sideways back to Diego Garcia, Prime was greeted on arrival with the sight of Skids and Mudflap brawling on the runway. He bawled them out over improper conduct, but before he could go further, Scorponok made an attack. In the firefight that followed, Optimus tripped over Skids, and by the time he had righted himself, Scorponok and Sideways had both escaped. Knowing that the enemy could ''not'' have got this close without NEST security being compromised, Optimus was convinced by Sideswipe's argument that the twins had turned traitor and had them taken away for questioning. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

When the twins were sprung by Decepticons, Prime agreed with Theodore Galloway that the Autobots would make finding the twins a number one priority. However, Optimus was left suspicious when a [[Soundwave (ROTF)|mysterious "friend"]] tipped the Autobots off about the twins. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} [[File:Titan10 Optimusgetsout.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Never had a human face before. GIVE ME IT ANYWAY!]] Soon, it came out that the twins were being framed and by tracking the two, Optimus and his men found out about a Decepticon base near [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. Optimus led a raid on it, taking down the [[Purple generic drone|drone army]] stationed there. But he never did get to hear Skids and Mudflap's intel, about a mysterious threat known as The Fallen... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

Following The Fallen's attack on Earth, Optimus continued operations against the Decepticons. [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt's]] over-enthusiasm began to muck that up, causing damage and getting NEST into trouble, despite Optimus's attempts to point this out to him. Optimus had to confine him to base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} Soon after that, he was drawn out into a trap by [[Trophy White]] and the [[Free Men]], who wanted to take his head as a trophy. Optimus worked out their plan and allowed himself to be captured by the deranged hunter, in order to keep the fight away from civilians. He pretended to be securely chained down and listened to White's sociopathic ravings, before (at the moment he considered funniest) breaking free and taking White prisoner. Shockingly, he found keeping the severed heads of animals as trophies to be ''bad'', and destroyed Trophy's trophies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10| Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:DividedLoyalties prime striketeam.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

When several Decepticons escaped from NEST's [[Bloemfontein]], [[South Africa]] holding facility, Optimus ordered his men to let the prisoners flee: a battle outside [[World Cup|a major sports event]] would cause unacceptable civilian casualties. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} This led to a major collapse in Autobot popularity, and open battles with Decepticons in cities were just risking further alienation. In response, Prime created a secret covert unit (even under NEST's radar) that would monitor the Decepticons, wait for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, and then hit hard and fast. While this worked, Optimus was left disquieted: the tactics he was using were too akin to the Decepticons, and a fine line was being walked. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}} Tracking the Decepticons, led by [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], to a base in [[Russia]], Optimus led a strike team in, unaware that [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] had sold them all out to Bludgeon and that they were walking into an ambush. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} "Luckily," Megatron arrived to destroy Bludgeon in punishment for running a rival faction; rather than engage Optimus, Megatron departed with the ominous warning that a day of reckoning was coming soon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

[[File:Titan3-3 OpSoundwavefaceoff.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Sorry Soundwave, you're going to need braces."]]

When a relic of [[Ark (DOTM)|an unknown UFO]] was discovered in Fiesole, [[Italy]], Optimus led a NEST team to secure the find. Starscream launched a surprise attack to claim it: Optimus ordered the human archaeologist to keep digging and fought the Decepticon, taking two blows before overpowering and thrashing him. But Starscream kept fighting, asking Optimus if there were things worth dying for. Optimus agreed and said he was willing to die to save Earth from Decepticons... at which point Starscream suckerpunched him and stole the artifact. Optimus was left concerned about what the 'cons were up to {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}} but found himself distract by other plots hatched by Soundwave. After intel from Bumblebee led NEST to the Laguna De Guatavita, Optimus and Ratchet tracked down Soundwave working alongside the [[Tanto Gang]]. After the Decepticon and his allies had uncovered [[El Dorado]], Soundwave turned on the Tanto Gang, and the Autobots swooped in the middle of the carnage. Optimus beat down the Decepticon, and forced him to explain his motives: using El Dorado's gold, Soundwave planned on crashing the Earth's economy. Though the Autobots foiled the plot, both Soundwave and the Tanto Gang escaped when the latter triggered a bomb to cover their retreat. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Blood And Gold}} Optimus then encountered Soundwave in [[Spain]] after he'd drawn [[Robert Epps]] and Bumblebee into an ambush. With Bumblebee near death, Optimus agreed to fight Soundwave without weapons if it would mean his comrade's survived, and he was nearly sent plummeting off the mountaintop in the resulting fight. However, he managed to use Soundwave's sonic blasts and the local environment against his foe; by locating a fissure, he snuck behind Soundwave, and shoved him into an avalanche triggered by the Decepticon's attacks. Soundwave was swept away and Optimus emerged victorious. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

When Ratchet contacted NEST to let them know there was trouble at the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]], Optimus himself turned out to help chase off Starscream and Barricade. He later tried to convince the anti-[[Transformer|Cybertronian]] protesters that the Autobots were here to help, but Ratchet and Ironhide's actions during the fight had already convinced them of that, and their leader, [[Marcus Castor]], was already producing anti-Decepticon T-shirts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

[[File:ThousandIslandFight prime shield.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2]]

In the aftermath of the battle for Chicago, Optimus and Decepticon defector [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] were cleaning up ''Ark'' debris on the Moon. Optimus was bemused that Drift would rather be hunting down Decepticons instead, asking if he really wanted to fight his former allies, and pointing out this was necessary work. Soon after, Drift was horrified to find the corpse of his old comrade [[Knucklehead]]. He recounted a story involving them and the murderer, [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], and Prime said he was sorry for the loss. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Space and Time}}

A while later, Optimus, Bumblebee, and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] engaged a trio of Decepticon survivors in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. When their charges retreated, Optimus suggested that the three Autobots follow together, but Crosshairs insisted that he go it alone. After giving permission for this action, Prime commanded Bumblebee to keep a watchful eye on the new arrival and relay any findings back to him. With the three Decepticons located and single-handedly defeated by Crosshairs on the island of [[Pulau Bidadari]], Optimus informed Crosshairs that he was more than combat ready, but he had the feeling that they may have missed [[Lockdown (ROTF)|something...]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}}

[[File:AcceptNoSubstitute prime vs stinger.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2]]

When [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] impersonated Bumblebee, Optimus found himself training his weapons on both of the 'bots, confident that the true Bumblebee would be able to prove his identity. He did not have long to wait, as Bumblebee saved a human who had fallen from a nearby burning building, and Optimus quickly overpowered Stinger and ordered him to get out of his sight, repulsed by his artificial nature. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

Hearing a news report suggesting a potential Transformer threat in the town of [[Cullum]], Optimus Prime investigated alongside Crosshairs, and discovered that the area was being menaced by a powerful [[turbofox]]. Crosshairs had once lost an entire platoon to a pack of turbofoxes and struggled to overcome his fears in order to help Prime battle the creature, but fortunately, just as Prime was about to become fox-food, Crosshairs got his head in order and blasted the beast. Optimus congratulated him on conquering his fear, and hoped that humankind would be able to do the same and become allies of the Autobots' once again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}
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====Alternate timeline====

[[File:TitanUK9 frozen prime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|The Prime Who Came In From The Cold]]

In a parallel universe, the battle of Mission City turned out very differently—Optimus was defeated and captured by Megatron, and the AllSpark fell into Decepticon hands. The Decepticons proceeded to conquer North America, and by the start of 2008, had begun a plan to cyberform the Earth using the AllSpark's energies. Working with Mikaela Banes and [[Tom Banachek]], the Autobots staged a plan to rescue Prime, who they knew was being held in Sector Seven's old Hoover Dam base, repurposed by the Decepticons as their new headquarters... but when Bumblebee and Mikaela infiltrated the base, they did not expect to find Prime frozen solid by the liquid nitrogen cooling system previously used to imprison Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} While Bumblebee distracted Megatron, Mikaela began her attempt to deactivate the system, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} but soon came under attack herself by [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} Fortunately, she was able to dupe Frenzy into rupturing the liquid nitrogen tanks with his blades, damaging the system to the point where Prime began to thaw out. The revived Prime challenged Megatron to a duel, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} but as they fought, Optimus learned that Megatron's link to the AllSpark allowed his old enemy to instantly heal any damage Prime managed to inflict. Luckily, Bumblebee and Mikaela saved the day, hitting the distracted Megatron with an old [[Sector Seven]] nanovirus, which destroyed him from within. Simultaneously, Autobots elsewhere destroyed the AllSpark to halt its cyberforming of Earth, but despite this success and the death of Megatron, Prime could take no satisfaction in victory: this battle was won, but the war remained... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

[[File:Aftermathpt2 prime attacked by NATO.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Proportions? Never heard of it!]]

Surveying the damage done to Earth, Prime became resigned to the fact that Humanity, battered by Decepticon occupation, would view both Autobot and Decepticon as hostile invaders. Worse yet, although a fragment of the AllSpark had survived the cube's destruction, Optimus feared its contact with Megatron had corrupted it beyond all hope. In spite of these concerns, Prime was quick to order his men to protect a human shelter against Decepticon attack, but the Autobots' defense was misinterpreted as hostile action, and they came under attack from a [[NATO]] unit. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Part 1}} Optimus refused to allow his men to return fire, but fortunately, the crisis soon passed when the human who had ordered the attack was freed from the Decepticon mind-control that had guided his actions. Optimus surrendered to the humans, beginning an alliance between the Autobots and the United States government. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

After examining a particularly volatile spot of geological flux brought on by the AllSpark's energy in [[Okeechobee]], [[Florida]] alongside Tom Banachek and recently appointed [[Theodore Allen|President Theodore Allen]], Optimus Prime returned to the Autobots' base in [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], where he was shocked to discover that Ratchet had used the AllSpark fragment that Prime had entrusted to him to resurrect Jazz. Prime assigned Ratchet and Jazz to monitor the Okeechobee situation, but warned Ratchet to keep a close eye on Jazz, fearing what the potentially-tainted AllSpark had done to him. Unfortunately, Prime's fears proved true, and Jazz soon revealed himself to have been left corrupted and amoral by the shard's power. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:ReturntoCybertron optimus allies with stockade.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6|"Don't worry, readers, I'll just leave him to starve to death in #25." "What was that?" "I SAID I'M GONNA KILL YA"]]

Optimus Prime soon worked out that while the AllSpark's transformation of Earth had been halted, the damage had been done: the infection had reached [[Earth's core|the planet's core]], and the organic Earth and the technological transformation were now fighting for supremacy, killing the planet in the process. While he arranged for a specialist team to investigate and limit the damage, Prime reported his findings to President Allen, but refrained from telling him of the back-up plan he was putting into action lest humanity's hopes be unduly raised: a team led by Ironhide was to retrieve [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] from the dead Cybertron in the hope it could be used to save Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron, Part 1}} Planetary surveyor [[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft]] was appalled when Prime revealed the plan to him, knowing how unstable Nucleon could be, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron, Part 2}} and the bad news continued to pour in when a distress call from Ironhide's team reported that a band of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] already had control of Cybertron's Nucleon. Optimus led the entirety of the Earth-bound Autobots (save Camshaft's team) to Cybertron as back-up, but was surprised to see Cybertron coming to ''them'', possessed by the evil entity [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron, Part 3}} Shot down by Unicron, Prime's team abandoned ship and made it to Cybertron using their cometary protoforms. Forming an alliance with Stockade, Prime formed a plan to drain off the Nucleon so Unicron couldn't use it as a power source, while the bulk of the Transformers provided a distraction by going underground and shooting up Unicron's body. The plan worked, Nucleon was secured for Earth, and Optimus extended an offer for Stockade to join them on Earth whenever he wished. Optimus was left optimistic that Autobots and Decepticons had come together in a common cause. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

[[File:Optimus Titan22.JPG|upright=1.6|left|thumb|Freedom is not dispensed here, sentient fools, only DEATH!]]

On returning to Earth, Prime found the Decepticons had seized the Autobot base and surrounding area; he made the decision to withdraw to [[Washington, D.C.]], knowing that this meant leaving Mikaela in Decepticon hands. Upon landing at an air base, the Decepticon-controlled President Allen lured him into a trap, and he found himself fighting Jazz, now a Decepticon hired gun. Optimus lured him away from humans and prepared to engage him, but when a second assassin named [[Kullt]] turned up, Jazz gunned it down out of annoyance. Optimus had viewed Jazz as a lost cause but now stated there was still some Autobot in him: he ''could'' have let Kullt do the work for him and then killed him, but he saved Prime instead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} Prime then took the Autobots to rescue Mikaela; he himself went first, launching himself in protoform mode to land in Savannah like a bomb and tearing his way through [[Swindle (Movie)|drone hordes]]. He was quickly gunned down by aerial units and about to be killed by Starscream, but this whole flashy attack had been a diversion—allowing other Autobots a chance to hit the distracted air forces and nab Mikaela. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

[[File:Revolutionpt3 optimus vs megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6]]

Optimus seemed to quickly bond with [[Seward|General Seward]], his military liaison at Andrews Air Base, but that didn't help when the mind-controlled President Allen had the government order the Autobots out of America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part One}} However, having deduced that Allen was under Decepticon control following his clash with Jazz, Prime had anticipated this. As expected, Allen attempted to nuke the Autobots' ship as it departed, but he only succeeded in blowing up a decoy ship Prime had had Ironhide and Bumblebee prepare. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part Three}} Believed dead, the Autobots went undercover on Cybertron, making another deal with Stockade to have his team protect Earth in their absence, kicking off a [[Decepticon Civil War]]. Optimus didn't trust Stockade to not renege on the deal and just take control of Earth for himself, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution, Part Two}} but he ensured the Decepticons were set up for the Autobot's final strike: forcibly teleporting all of the enemy to Cybertron via Unicron's leftover teleportational engines, then stranding Cybertron in a remote solar system. Optimus led the troops to Earth and witnessed Megatron's return from the dead, but this proved no impediment to the Autobots' plan: Prime briefly distracted Megatron so he could be tagged with a teleporter like the other Decepticons, and the next minute, both Megatron, Stockade, and their entire armies were all teleported away. This left the Autobots stranded on Earth and with a lot of clean-up to do... but at long last, Optimus Prime had finally brought the war to an end. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part Three}}

===Toy bios===
[[File:FireBlastOptimusart.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7]]
The truck Optimus Prime [[trans-scan]]ned upon arrival on Earth was ''the coolest thing he ever saw''. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Robo-Vision Optimus Prime}}

When the AllSpark was destroyed in Mission City, Optimus was bathed in its power and became a living receptacle: he could destroy or heal with the merest thought. He still remained dedicated to peace, and altered his exterior decorations to match the ones he bore as a young leader, before the beginning of the war. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|First Strike Optimus Prime}} When Starscream came out of hiding, Prime teamed with Arcee to hunt him down, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SamsClub3pk|Arcee, Starscream & Optimus Prime}} but as more Decepticons under Starscream's command began appearing on Earth, Prime had to use the AllSpark power within him to alter his body into a new sensor-transparent, super-silent form for stealth missions. Prime considered it dishonourable, but knew had to be done. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime}} Unfortunately, Starscream followed his lead and also modified himself for stealth so he could target Prime personally. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream}}

Once the Decepticons were beaten on Earth, Optimus was provided with intelligence by [[Sector Seven]] about Decepticon bases on Mars. After assuming new colors, he headed to the red planet. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Fire Blast Optimus Prime}} As it turned out, though, the Decepticons would soon strike at Earth again; Prime upgraded his sensor suite and trained with Ironhide to better track their enemies. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#ROTFvoyager|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Voyager Optimus Prime}}

Following the battle with The Fallen in Egypt, Optimus made a particular point of tracking down Starscream, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#HFTDleader|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' Leader Optimus Prime}} and enhanced his arsenal with weapons designed to take on airborne Decepticons. Unfortunately, these new weapons were not a great help in battling hypnotic Decepticon [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]], who prevented Prime from opening fire by attacking him with mind-controlled humans. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VoyagerDefender|Defender Optimus Prime}} Prime had more luck against [[Banzaitron (TF 2010)|Banzaitron]], who mistakenly believed that Optimus won his fights through raw power; in actuality, Prime's decades of training made him one of Cybertron's most skilled fighters, and Banzaitron held little challenge for him. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BattleBlades|Battle Blades Optimus Prime}}

Optimus was known to team up with [[Comettor (DOTM)|Comettor]] for lunar missions. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#OptimusComettor|Optimus Prime & Comettor}} It was on the lunar surface that lost Autobot leader Sentinel Prime was found, and the team-up of these two Primes meant the Decepticons didn't stand a chance! {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#walmartdlx|Walmart Deluxe Optimus Prime}} Optimus continued to combat threats to the Autobots with various new upgrades like armor reinforced with [[Cybertanium]] {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Lunarfire|Lunarfire Optimus Prime}} and [[Tritanium]], {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#TritaniumPrime|Tritanium Optimus Prime}}, [[MechTech]] weapons that included a powerful Cybertanium battle axe {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DOTMVoyFireburst|Fireburst Optimus Prime}} and the combining [[Mega Striker]] cannon, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#StrikerOptimus|Striker Optimus}} and the incredible [[Omega Combat Armor]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#UltimatePrime|Ultimate Optimus Prime}}

Eventually the human alliances came into question. As Earth still needed him, Optimus altered his form so he could move around unrecognised and commit covert strikes on Decepticons. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 5|Evasion Mode Optimus Prime}}

===''Beast Wars Diorama Story''===
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Under mysterious circumstances, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Jazz, Ratchet, and Starscream were transported through a warp in space and time and deposited on the prehistoric Earth of another universe, smack into the middle of the [[Beast Wars (event)|"Beast Wars"]] between [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s [[Maximal]]s and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Prime made fast friends with Primal; they joined their forces and double-teamed the injured [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who had just taken a blast to the face from [[Tigatron]]. The two Optimuses commemorated their accomplishment of teamwork by shaking hands, while the Maximals and Ratchet looked on in approval. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}}

Starscream allied with the Predacons, and was soon joined by Blackout, his own Megatron, {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}} and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] who all also travelled through the warp. The two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. Fortunately for the Autobots and Maximals, [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] arrived to assist. The two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. With [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}
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===''Cyber Missions''===
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Edwards]] (English)|[[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[File:CyberMissions1 Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Yes, I know, I'm scary.]]
During NEST's ongoing hunt for the Decepticons after the death of The Fallen, Optimus Prime recorded some information on the Autobot-Decepticon war for preservation in [[Vector Sigma]]. Bumblebee and Ironhide were reviewing the data when Bludgeon and Soundwave launched an attack on NEST command. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} The next morning, Optimus had been informed of the attack and Soundwave's capture, and he ordered Ironhide to wait for reinforcements to assist in pursuing Bludgeon. Bludgeon made that difficult for Ironhide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}} Later, Optimus contacted Ratchet to inform him that [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] was causing chaos in [[Mission City]], and he reminded the Autobot medic to be careful. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3}}

Optimus and Sideswipe tracked Megatron to a disused factory, but the Decepticon leader eluded them by cloaking his spark signature. The hidden Megatron ambushed the two Autobots, and Optimus brought his swords to bear in battle, though he tried appealing to Megatron to surrender. Megatron's response came in the form of a blast that brought the fatory's roof down on the two Autobots, and though Megatron escaped, Optimus promised that he would no longer be able to hide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}}

When Ironhide went missing after the incident with Bludgeon, Optimus searched for him, following directions from Bumblebee to a cave loaded with [[Energon]]. That cave turned out to be the hiding place of Decepticon hypnotist Mindwipe, who had Ironhide in his thrall, and tried to do the same to Optimus. The Autobot leader was able to resist Mindwipe's mesmerizing powers with a little help from his blaring truck horns, and defeated him, leaving a confused Ironhide to wonder what was going on. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}}

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Reports of [[Smolder]] attacking a building in [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]] resulted in Optimus dispatching Bumblebee and Ratchet to investigate. He filled them in on the situation en route. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 9}} During another mission, Optimus warned Sideswipe and Ratchet that they were being tracked, moments before the pair were attacked by Starscream and Mindwipe. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 10}}

Bumblebee reported to Optimus that he'd managed to pinpoint the location where Megatron and Starscream were meeting, leading Optimus to confront the two Decepticons in an Arctic region. When Megatron expressed surprise that he'd come to fight them without backup, Optimus assured him that the Autobots were never far from their leader's side. While Starscream went to attack the others, Optimus and Megatron continued to fight, with Optimus emerging the eventual victor. As Megatron tried to goad him into finishing the fight, Optimus announced that the Autobots protected all sentient life, and that included the Decepticons. He subsequently allowed Megatron to flee. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

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{{quote|By showing even one such as him the power of mercy, Megatron might realize that we'll never give up, no matter the cost.|Optimus Prime|''Cyber Missions'' #12}}

Prime set up an elaborate trap involving a hologram of Soundwave to lure the Decepticons to a spot in the wilderness. The ploy worked, and Optimus attacked Megatron while his men attacked Megatron's troops. At one point during the battle, Megatron threw a train car at him, and he simply somersaulted along its length. Though Megatron boasted that the Decepticons would win through sheer determination, Optimus knocked him to the ground and gave a speech about building alliances, which was the cue for the [[human]]s to turn up in force and surround the Decepticons. Optimus informed Megatron that he could either leave the planet peacefully or be destroyed. Once the rest of the Decepticons fled, Megatron delivered a final threat before taking off. Prime celebrated with another speech, before admiring the huge Autobot [[insignia]] Bumblebee had stomped into the ground. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
During NEST's global hunt for Decepticons in the time period between the battle of Mission City and The Fallen's attack on Earth, an alert of Decepticon activity in [[Tokyo]] sent Optimus, Ironhide, Ratchet and Sideswipe to investigate. Prime intervened in Sideswipe and Barricade's battle to lift the Decepticon into the air, only to find himself under attack by Grindor. Ordering Sideswipe and Ratchet to cover him, Optimus scaled the side of a nearby office block so he could punch the helicopter out of the air. Standing over the two Decepticons, Optimus was surprised when they informed him that they were simply providing a diversion. Optimus realised that Sam was in danger, and rushed back to America in time to find Starscream attempting to abduct the boy. He jumped on Starscream's back, causing the Decepticon to flee and saving Sam from a kidnapping. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''I Can Read!'' books===
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Optimus met up with Ironhide, Sideswipe and Bumblebee in a desert to train. He and Ironhide tackled a rough off-road trail, only for their training to be interrupted by a nearby dam bursting open. The two Autobots sealed up the dam using rocks from a nearby quarry. They met back up with Bumblebee and Sideswipe afterwards, who admitted to have encountered their own "natural disaster." The source of the disturbances soon revealed itself to be Megatron and Starscream tunneling underground. Though the two Decepticons attempted to ambush the Autobots, Optimus and the others were able to send them running thanks to the training they had gone through that day. {{storylink|Training Day (book)|Training Day}}

[[File:OptimusKOsStarscream-BuddyBrawl.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|And that's terrible]]
Optimus came upon Starscream attacking Sam and Mikaela, while Bumblebee and Wheelie argued with one another nearby on how to defeat the Decepticon. Optimus knocked out Starscream with a single punch before chastising both his subordinates for allowing their feelings get in the way of their mission to protect the humans. Sam and Mikaela attempted to have Wheelie and Bumblebee reconcile, but the two Autobots were too stubborn to apologize to one another. Optimus suggested that the humans give Bumblebee and Wheelie time to work things out. But Starscream suddenly regained consciousness, prompting Optimus to order Wheelie and Bumblebee to work together to defeat him while he protected the humans. The two Autobots managed to put their differences aside and accomplished their task. Optimus looked on with pride as the two friends thanked each other afterwards. {{storylink|Buddy Brawl}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:OptimusgetsSamsmessage-PrimeTarget.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Optimus "likes" Sam's status before going back to looking at cat videos.]]
Optimus had assigned Skids and Mudflap to watch over Sam while Bumblebee was away on a mission. When he asked the Twins for their report on the situation, they informed him that they suspected the [[new lab assistant]] working at Sam's university to be a Decepticon spy. Optimus ordered the two Autobots to continue their vigil over Sam. The Twins' hunch turned out to be correct, and the Decepticon spy sent Optimus a false distress signal through Sam's computer. Optimus sped to meet Sam at his university, where he encountered Megatron. Using a supermagnet within the University lab, Megatron was able to lock Optimus in his vehicle mode. Megatron would have destroyed Optimus if not for Sam's timely intervention. Sam used the supermagnet on Megatron, allowing Optimus to escape, and get repaired by Ratchet. {{storylink|Prime Target (book)|Prime Target}}

[[File:AutobotsthankSam-SatelliteMeltdown.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|May I ''please'' take your face?]]
Optimus received word from human authorities that [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] were causing trouble. But thanks to Soundwave's tampering with communications, he and his Autobots wound up driving to an empty warehouse miles away instead of the location of the conflict. Upon arriving at the warehouse, Optimus and his troops quickly realized that they had been tricked. Thankfull, Sam and Bumblebee met them there, and led them to the correct location. Optimus took care of both Decepticons by himself, sending them fleeing. Optimus then met with the human military, and informed them of Soundwave in Earth orbit. Together, they managed to have the satellite to which Soundwave was attached to self-destruct, sending the Decepticon tumbling off into outer space. Sam later thanked Sam for his help in the mission. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}
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===''Spot the 'Bots''===
While on a mission to find Decepticons, Optimus found Megatron hiding behind a tree. Megatron tried to scamper away, but Optimus and his Autobots gave chase. A small group of both factions then met at an old warehouse, and they began to duke it out for the fate of the Earth! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
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In the wake of The Fallen's defeat, NEST initiated [[Project Unite]] to find a way of modifying Jetfire's parts so that Optimus could use them again. Unaware of the project's objective, but knowing that it held a great power, Starscream attacked the Unite facility to try stealing its fruits for himself, only to find a successfully powered-up Optimus Prime ready and waiting to take him on. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} Starscream fled, but immediately began plotting on how he could take Optimus's new power for himself. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}}

When word came in of another Starscream sighting on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of Delos, Optimus used his new abilities to fly there personally, where Sideswipe briefed him on what the Autobots had deduced: Starscream had managed to replicate the Unite process using the bodies of dead Decepticons, and was making a play for power. Knowing that Starscream did not have the necessary neural interface protocols to handle the Unite upgrade and would soon be driven mad, Optimus led the Autobots in tracking him to [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] for a confrontation... only for Megatron himself to show up, also dedicated to bring Starscream to heel! {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|On the Road of Destruction}} Tempting as it was to stand back and watch Megatron and Starscream duke it out, Optimus could not risk the Unite technology falling into Megatron's hands, and soon interceded in the Decepticons' battle. While Optimus kept Megatron busy, Ratchet hit Starscream with a scrambler weapon that burned out Starscream's new cyber-genetic sequencing, rending the Unite tech useless; Megatron departed, vowing vengeance. Optimus sadly reflected that in striving to create new and better weapons, the Autobots had almost handed the Decepticons victory, and swore that fortitude and valour would be the only weapons he relied on henceforth. {{storylink|The Strongest Weapon}}
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===The Creation Revoltech!===
[[File:The Creation Revoltech.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|From about this point on, things get progressively sillier. You've been warned.]]
At the mercy of Megatron and the powerful [[Revocube]], Optimus Prime, at Ratchet's urging, called upon the power of the [[Revoltech]] universal joint. As the Wreckers watched, Prime surged with energy—and guns!—and prepared to renew the fight. {{storylink|The Creation Revoltech!}}
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===''How to Ride Your Dinobot''===
====Cartoon====
[[File:Htryd-chapter-2-optimus-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|We all did this with our toys as kids. Now Optimus hates us for it.]]

Optimus found trying to ride [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] was far from an easy task, which wasn't helped by his notably impatient attitude. First, Grimlock flung him into a wall when he first tried to get him to move. After [[Humanization|receiving a cast on his leg]] following the incident, he again lost his patience when trying to get his steed to move. However, it was all for naught, as now it was time for Grimlock to ride on Optimus's shoulders. Optimus could only groan in pain as he carried the massive Dinobot around, who was having a much better day than he was. {{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 2: How to Ride|How to Ride}}

====Comic====
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Intending to teach his Autobots the fine art of Dinobot-riding, Optimus Prime led his men through a Chinese forest to the Dinobots' stomping ground—though he refrained from ''telling'' the Autobots where he was taking them, so they couldn't say no! Hound and Bumblebee had little luck taming [[Slash (AOE)|Slash]] and [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]], but when Drift and Crosshairs managed to saddle up atop [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and [[Scorn]], Optimus cautioned them against overconfidence, but suggested they try practising combat scenario. It did not go well. Bruised and tired, Hound pointed out that Optimus hadn't done any riding, but Optimus professed that he didn't ''need'' to, since he was already an expert. Grimlock evidently didn't get the message, as he flipped the unsuspecting Optimus onto his back, then took off running. Optimus called to the Autobots that Grimlock had picked up the scent of Decepticons, and instructed them all to RIDE OUT! {{storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}
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===Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base===
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''Two'' versions of Optimus Prime were hanging out at the [[Transformers Expo]] in [[Yokohama]] at the same time—one in his original Earth body, the other in his ''Age of Extinction'' form—when the evil clone of a ''different'' Optimus Prime, [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]], came crashing into the building. The Primes attacked him alongside Bumblebee, at which point Nemesis was backed up by some of the other Expo attendees: a ''second'' [[Nemesis Prime (AOE)|Nemesis Prime]] (this one Optimus's ''own'' evil duplicate) and [[Nemesis Grimlock]]! They glared at each other a bit, until suddenly, the combined energies of the AllSpark, the Matrix of Leadership and the [[seed]]—all on display at the Expo, naturally—began reacting with the [[Dark Energon]] within the first Nemesis Prime. This was all part of a complicated plot by [[Unicron]], but fortunately, Nemesis resisted the dark urges within himself, and channelled all the Dark Energon into the stickers his creator [[Doctor Arkeville]] had used to make him evil. Nemesis ripped the stickers off and hurled them into the air, where all the Autobots and Decepticons—and even the Expo's human attendees, using their cell phones—blasted them and stopped the chain reaction.

It was a ''super'' weird day. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}
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===''Cheetos/Age of Extinction'' comic===
[[File:CheetosAOE optimusprime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|What is this? Yellow [[JaAm]]? Get [[Hot Shot (AOE)|Hot Shot]] on this ASAP!]]
Discovering that the Decepticons were increasing their strength through artifacts from the [[Cheetos (galaxy)|Cheetos galaxy]], Optimus Prime and the Autobots recruited [[you]]r help to acquire the power-enhancing objects. {{storylink|Cheetos/Transformers: Age of Extinction}}
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===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Yoshimasa Hosoya]] (Japanese)}}
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In this world, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Lockdown were aware that they were toys: specifically, ''Q-Transformers'', a new line of cute-looking ''Transformers'' merchandise produced to tie-in with the 30th anniversary of the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]]. Optimus sometimes changed his look to match other Optimus Prime toys, but his "default" form was that of a toy based on his ''Age of Extinction'' look. They hanged out at different famous service areas on Japanese expressways, and talked about the ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'' video game, and the remake produced as a tie-in with their toyline, ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (mobile game)|Mystery of Convoy Returns]]''.

Discussing the ins and outs of their cute designs, Optimus and his pals explained that they were created for the purpose of appealing to non-Transformers fans; Optimus suggested plush Transformers could be another way of tapping that market. {{storylink|Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise}} When the trio talked about and how terrible ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, Optimus huffed, insisting that, at the very least, it wasn't ''unbeatable''. Discussing traits that they thought made games bad, Optimus voiced a dislike for games without different difficulty settings. {{storylink|Mystery of Reliably Crappy Games}}

[[File:Qtransformers optimus on underwear.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|See? We weren't lying.]]

Lockdown suggested that re-releasing such a terrible game was like rubbing salt in a wound; Bumblebee didn't understand the expression, since, as Optimus pointed out, they were robots, and it didn't mean anything to them. While trying to come up with situations the phrase was applicable to, Lockdown suggested "accidentally sending your father an "I love you" text instead of your boyfriend or girlfriend"; the trio joked about what sort of response the father would send, and Optimus silenced everyone with the thoughtful answer: "I know". {{storylink|Mystery of Smearing Salt in the Open Wound}} The group then talked about the rubbish stage bosses in ''Mystery of Convoy'', particularly the [[Destron Mark|floating Decepticon insignia]], and wondered what sort of fictional scenarios it could be used in. {{storylink|Mystery of the Stage Bosses}}

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Prime and company began being joined by their friends to discuss facets of the game. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] participated in a talk about the differences between the original and the remake, {{storylink|Mystery of the Wittily Similar Circumstances}} while [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] highlighted the tonal "gap" between the cute character designs and the very ''un''-cute action in the game. Everyone tried to think of examples of similar "gaps": Optimus suggested a stylish young dude wearing unfashionable underwear, and started sweating when everyone laughed. {{storylink|Mystery of the Gap of Unpopular Men}} [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] joined them to talk about classic terrible games, which turned into a discussion about adventure and exploring, and the comforts an explorer might like to have with them on such a journey. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Explorer}} [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] also talked about some famously awful old games, seguing into a discussion about psychokinetic powers; Optimus remembered seeing a guy on TV who had the power to magnetize cutlery to his body. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Psychic}}

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When [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] came along to share his thoughts on points of commonality among famously awful games, the group talked about the technical advancements of video games, but when Optimus wanted to talk about motion capture technology, he got confused and mixed it up with a CAT scan! {{storylink|Mystery of Game Balance}} [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] also had some opinions on the common themes of bad games, but Bumblebee and Optimus's willingness to settle for less frustrated Lockdown. {{storylink|Mystery of the Lowest Possible Standards}}

[[File:Qtransformers g1 convoy.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Only you, could prevent wild fires.]]

Optimus had changed his look to match that of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GTR|his ''Transformers GT'' incarnation]] when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] dropped in. They talked about the changing faces of Optimus Prime through history, and how he used to be called "Convoy" in Japan, then Lockdown compared "Optimus Prime" and "Convoy" to the Mario Brothers. Everyone had a good chuckle when Jazz specified that Optimus would be the "Luigi" of the pair. {{storylink|Mystery of Convoy}} Bumblebee later told [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] about Optimus's fondness for ''Mystery of Convoy''. {{storylink|Mystery of Mystery of Convoy}}

When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] turned up to join the argument over just how bad ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, the shocked Optimus quickly switched bodies, taking on the form of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Generation 1 self]]. They argued back and forth for a bit, discussing other ways the game could have been remade, until Optimus proposed the most drastic rebranding he could think of: calling it "Mysteryvoy of Con". {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}

Tiring of talking about ''Mystery of Convoy'', Optimus noted the unexpected popularity of ''Q-Transformers'' itself and steered the towards other ways to reach a wider audience for ''Transformers''. His own suggestion was to make the franchise more like ''[[w:Mito Kōmon|Mito Kōmon]]''. {{storylink|The Road to Winning a New Fanbase}} The three decided to go over previous ''Transformers'' series to make sure they'd stay within established rules, but Optimus and Bumblebee immediately ran into an argument with Lockdown when they refused to acknowledge anything bad about [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]. Lockdown argued that it was hard to tell the difference between Autobots and Decepticons, so the three discussed ways of making it more obvious. {{storylink|The Road to Easy Identification}}

Introducing a new "Q-Transformers Radio" segment, the trio invited Tracks to talk about popularity, and he brought along [[Yukimura Sanada]] from ''[[w:Sengoku Basara|Sengoku Basara]]''. After interviewing their guest on his franchise of origin, they struck upon the idea of having Transformers appear in ''Basara'' games, and Optimus failed to impress by imagining his in-game super move would be a car horn. {{storylink|The Road to Borrowing Popularity from Sengoku Basara}}

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===''Legends'' comic===
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In the [[Legends World]], Optimus Prime was just a fictional character featured in a series of popular movies and toylines. When the newest film, ''Age of Extinction'' came out, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and the other employees of the [[Axalon Trading Company]] went crazy for the new toys. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] got the Leader-class figure, {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 1|TF4 Toy Party Part 1}} while [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], being more of a fan of the Generation 1 series, instead opted for the "Evasion Mode" figure, with its Generation 1-inspired alternate mode. He was disgusted to discover that such a classic, '80s-looking toy transformed into Optimus's movie-based robot mode design, and was even more put out when Silverbolt had the figure ride the new Grimlock toy. {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 2|TF4 Toy Party Part 2}}

A new Optimus Prime toy was on show when the Axalon gang went to the 2014 Tokyo Toy Show during the summer. {{storylink|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report#Part 2|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report Part 2}} Six months later, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] spent [[Christmas]] enjoying Prime's exploits in the new ''Age of Extinction'' DVD. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} When Rhinox turned into [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and tried to revert the world back to how it was in the '80s, Rattrap attempted to stop him by singing the praises of modern-day Transformers, including the movie incarnation of Optimus. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}

When [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Gelshark]] arrived in the Legends World and found that "Optimus Prime" was the English name of his enemy, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]], he sought to ruin his reputation by dressing up as the ''Age of Extinction'' version of the character. The masses of adoring young fans that showed up made Gelshark unable to bring himself to crush their dreams. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}}

At [[Tokyo Toy Show|Tokyo Toy Show 2015]], [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] appeared and took down somebody in an Optimus Prime costume. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Black Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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===Bot on the Street===
Optimus was asked if Frenzy was red or blue, but as far as he was concerned, [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] was silver. {{storylink|Bot on the Street}}

===''Timelines''===
In one reality, Megatron suddenly shifted position during the Battle of Chicago and thus took advantage of his mysteriously good luck to kill both Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime. Eventually, though, a new Prime arose, [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|BotCon 2015 Megatron profile card}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]], Megatron defeated [[The Fallen]] and returned to space to gather the Decepticon army, beginning new engagements which sent the Autobots on the defensive. Optimus Prime rose to the bait planted by Soundwave for Sam Witwicky and took the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' to the Moon to revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Backed into a corner by the Decepticon offensive, Optimus revived Sentinel on the lunar surface, and Sentinel helped Megatron capture Optimus. The Decepticons gained control of Earth and brought Cybertron to Earth orbit. Sentinel spent time unsuccessfully trying to turn Optimus over to his way of thinking.

Everything changed with the arrival of [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] to Decepticon-controlled Earth. The bounty hunter demanded that Optimus be handed over to him; Megatron refused out of pride while Sentinel refused out of loyalty. While Sentinel debated over Lockdown's offer of a protomatter [[seed]], Optimus used the opportunity to reignite Sentinel's cold spark. Sentinel thus tricked Lockdown to seize control of [[Knight Ship|Lockdown's ship]]. Allying themselves with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s, Optimus and Sentinel waged a long guerrilla war against the Decepticons. After the long struggle, they managed to liberate Earth and revitalize Cybertron with the seed. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/22}}

In [[Tyran 511.0 Kappa]], once [[Cade Yeager]] had revived Optimus Prime, Optimus put out the call to all surviving Autobots. Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (DOTM)|Bulkhead]], and [[Backtrack (Movie)|Backtrack]] joined...and so did the desperate Decepticons [[Axor|Axel]] and [[Wild Rider]]! The Autobots were initially skeptical of them but learned to appreciate Wild Rider, who remained loyal even in the face of Megatron's return as Galvatron. Axel on the other hand attempted to sell out the Autobots to Lockdown only to be killed by Lockdown. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/16}}

===''Mission to Cybertron'' comic===
While searching for the Creator, Optimus arrived on [[Paradron]] to refuel on Energon, but was denied by a [[Gyronian Sentry]] and his pet Guard Cats. Optimus explained his past to the Sentry, who was not impressed, demanding a passcode. The passcode was written in Old Cybertronian, but the gate didn't open even with a decoder. Prime and Sentry's egos clashed, causing a fight to break out. Optimus tried directly inserting the decoder into the door, with the passcode: "In Primus We Trust". The door opened, allowing Optimus to drink half of the Energon, giving the other half to Sentry. Optimus told Sentry he did a good job, relieved him of his guard duties, and flew off into space.
{{storylink|Mission to Cybertron}}
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===Gathering of the Strongest Robots DVD===
{{storylink|Gathering of the Strongest Robots}}

===''Bumblebee's First Life on Earth''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Picked Up from the Junkyard}}}}

==Games==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/games}}

==Commercial appearances==
*As part of the hype buildup to the first movie's release, Optimus Prime made a brief cameo at the {{w|2007 MTV Movie Awards}}, interacting with host Sarah Silverman. The scene spliced Silverman into pre-existing movie footage, but featured new dialogue recorded for the event by Peter Cullen. Prime heavily hinted that he wanted to present an award, but was rejected for a regular MTV fan.

*According to a tie-in advertisement for [[Burger King]], Prime likes his Whoppers with no onions, no cheese, extra pickles, with a side of ????. However, due to a cruel twist of fate, he can never enjoy the sweet taste of beefy victory (and all because he needed a driver for him to receive his order). He saved the world from the Decepticons, and still he can't even have it his way? Where's the justice? {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)#Burger King|Transformers Burger King tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus fell on some guy's car, smashing it to scrap. The car's owner was rather upset about this development, but Optimus could only respond with "My bad..." {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)#General Motors|Transformers Chevy tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus Prime (in truck mode) made an appearance at [[BotCon 2007]], alongside the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. He was available for pictures all weekend. He made a second appearance at [[BotCon 2009]].

*Optimus was convinced that a man's new LG Versa was really a Decepticon in disguise. The phone's owner vehemently denied this, despite the phone demonstrating transformation capabilities. He laughed off Optimus's apparent fixation with Decepticons...until one dropped down behind him, sending him running. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#LG Versa|Revenge of the Fallen LG Versa tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus was tasked with delivering trailers of Strawberry and Peanut Butter [[M&M's]]. Instead of hauling them in his truck mode, he picked one up and threw it into the distance, clipping some power lines in the process. This earned him some sarcastic clapping from [[Red (M&M)|Red]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#M&Ms|Revenge of the Fallen M&Ms tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus was seen sporting an [[Robot Powered Machines|RPMs]] logo as a grill ornament. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#RPMs|Robot Powered Machines toy commercial}}

*During the 2009 NBA Finals, a commercial aired where [[The Master Builders (episode)|Optimus made a slam dunk]] and shattered the backboard.

*On [[July 6]], 2009, Optimus appeared on ''The {{w|Late Show With David Letterman}}'' to declare the "Top Ten Things That Sound Cool When Said By A Giant Robot". Optimus said it was nice to be there, although David was ''clearly'' concerned with having a 28-foot tall robot in the studio because of a bad history of robots messing up the place, and during the presentation Letterman decided there was something about Prime he didn't like. Anyway, the top ten was:
<ol>
<li value="10">"Jergens lotion leaves my hands silky smooth."</li>
<li value="9">"Do you have these khakis in a Size 114?"</li>
<li value="8">"My perfect night involves a pint of Häagen-Dazs and season three of ''Sex and the City''."</li>
<li value="7">"Man, do I love me some 'taters."</li>
<li value="6">"It was so hot in Central Park today, I saw a squirrel rubbing sunblock on his nuts."</li>
<li value="5">"You seemed a little pitchy, dawg."</li>
<li value="4">"Brody Jenner has added you as a friend on Facebook."</li>
<li value="3">"Live from New York...it's Saturday night!"</li>
<li value="2">"My parents wanted me to be a Rabbi."</li>
<li value="1">"All the slammin' shorties in the house say 'Yeah'!"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v-P5x1Mp00 Archive video of Optimus's guest spot.]</ref></li>
</ol>

*To promote the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Paramount set up a website where US fans could request Optimus call up their friends, warning them of Starscream's attempts to recruit human civilian allies.

*In the Discovery Channel promo, "The World Is Just Awesome," Optimus made a brief cameo, singing the words "boom-de-ya-da, boom-de-ya-da."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0jZzBEKIMc Discovery commercial] on YouTube.</ref>

*Prime (voiced by Cullen, but not animated by ILM) appeared to promote a NASA competition to vote for videos made by children about NASA's impact on commonplace technology.<ref>[http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/optimus/ NASA Optimus Prime]</ref>

*Optimus appeared in truck mode at [[Toy Fair 2011]]. He got a $115 parking ticket.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1357327/Transformers-truck-gets-parking-ticket-toy-fair.html ''Daily Mail'' article on Prime's fine.]</ref>

*Optimus duked it out with [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] in front of a [[Burger King]] restaurant, while some of the patrons inside were too enraptured with savoring their Bacon Cheddar Ranch Tendercrisp sandwiches to notice. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Burger King|Dark of the Moon Burger King tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus was seen firing a [[basketball]] from his blaster in an ESPN commercial with [[Mark Cuban]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Burger King|Dark of the Moon ESPN commercial}}

*Optimus Prime joined Bumblebee on the road as part of the "[[Win A Ride To School With The Autobots]]" contest. He also delivered $1000 worth of Transformers toys to a lucky winner. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Win A Ride|Win A Ride To School With The Autobots contest and commercial}}

*To promote Age Of Extinction, Optimus appeared on screen during the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards to warn Mark Wahlberg that he was in danger of being slimed.

*Both Optimus and Bumblebee could be seen driving around the [[Speed Stars]] logo in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial#Speed Stars|Speed Stars commercials}}

*Optimus acted as goalkeeper as Diego Poyet, Gor Grigoryan and Patrick Otte practiced for the World Cup. After stopping a goal, he deflated the ball with his hand and commented that Diego was "Not bad... for a human." {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#ESPN|"The Future of Soccer" Age of Extinction tie-in commercial}}

*After Optimus was injured by a shot, a little boy come over to him and offered him an Oreo cookie. The generous act somehow gave Optimus the strength to go on, and he thanked the child before running off to do whatever heroic thing he was in the middle of. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Oreo|Age of Extinction Oreo tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus happened upon an excavation site, where several children were unearthing Grimlock. Soon after his arrival, Grimlock awakened, prompting Prime to hop on his back and order his mount to "Roll Out!" {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Mega|Mega 1-Step Bumblebee toy commercial}}

*After helping some guy shave, Hydrobot immediately transformed to robot mode to fist bump Optimus, who destroyed the wall of the man's bathroom while trying to do so. Optimus then accidentally destroyed the man's daughter's personal playground, trying to use it as a stand. {{storylink|Commercial/The Last Knight#Schick|The Last Knight Schick commercial}}

*Optimus Prime's voice also narrated some commercials:
**A Revenge of the Fallen toy commercial for the figures of the main cast. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Movie Characters|Revenge of the Fallen movie characters toy commercial}}
**A [[Power Bots]] and [[Gravity Bot]]s toy commercial. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Power Bots and Gravity Bots|Power Bots and Gravity Bots toy commercial}}
**The Bumblebee Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon toy commercial. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon|Bumblebee Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon commercial}}
**An ad for the Supreme [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] set. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Supreme Devastator|Supreme Devastator commercial}}
**The N.E.S.T. Global Alliance figures. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Global Alliance|N.E.S.T. Global Alliance toy commercial}}
**The Double Your Action Giveaway ad. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Double|Double Your Action Giveaway commercial}}

==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise}}

==Notes==
===''Transformers''===
[[File:Movie Primetruck before.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|8:30 pm: "Trick My Truck". Tonight's guest: [[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]].]]
[[File:Movie OptimusPrime truckrear.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]
[[File:Movie Prime Trucklogomistake.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|In the darkness, a PA will misread "Truck A" as "Truck B", and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth — Revelation 11:7.]]
[[File:MBMovieOptimusAttacks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*When Optimus's design was first revealed, [[GEEWUN|many fans of the Generation 1 series objected to the flames seen on Prime's body]]. When asked in an interview why he put the flames on, [[Michael Bay]] claimed he liked them because it was "cool". It was later revealed on a special featurette on the DVD that the flames were added because, apparently, red is not very good to film on camera, so Bay chose a blue truck but used the flames so that when Optimus transformed, the layout would result in maintaining his iconic red chest.
*In the director's commentary of the 2007 Transformers DVD, Michael Bay said that he had told the animators to seek inspiration from Liam Neeson in creating Optimus Prime's body language. ''Awesome.''
*Optimus Prime's truck mode is apparently intended to haul a flatbed trailer, based on the presence of the large silver "headache rack", a piece of optional equipment that protects the driver in case a flatbed load breaks free during braking. It is generally not installed on trucks hauling enclosed container trailers.
*[[TakaraTomy]] officially recognizes Optimus Prime's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] as a Kenworth W900 truck, even though the vehicle used for filming was a modified Peterbilt 379, a different model from a different brand, although both are made by the PACCAR company.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070809065140/http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121424 Article at Edmunds.com on some of the vehicles used in the movie]</ref>
*When Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill, which looks rather more like that of Peterbilt. Then, Prime has an Autobot sigil on his grill while driving to meet the other Autobots.
*According to the free trading cards from the Boston Globe, Optimus is 28 feet tall, weighs 4.3 metric tons, and his primary weapon is an [[ion blaster]]. (Considering Optimus's height, however, this weight would seem implausible. It's also roughly half of the actual weight of the truck he's based on.)
*The [[Milton Bradley]] [[Transformers Battling Card Game]] depicts Prime with a unique a magnetic grapple attack, fired from the side of his arm. It also declares his forearm gun to be a chain gun (it's an ion blaster in other sources), and has him using a "judo kick", which... while it may not be out of the realm of plausibility for Prime to have learned an Earth martial art, judo does not actually '''use''' kicks, being focused on throwing moves. Oops.
*The Optimus Prime computer generated model consisted of 10,108 individual parts, 1,830,898 polygons, 27,744 rig nodes, and 2336 texture maps. The volume of all pieces combined came to 5445 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
*The [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|''Autobots'' DS game]] notes that Megatron killed Optimus's father. Considering several pieces of movie tie-in fiction treat Optimus and Megatron as brothers, it's entirely possible that he killed his ''own'' father too. ''Dark of the Moon'' may have unintentionally (given the obscurity of the four-year-old tie-in game) retconned this, as Optimus believed [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], the mentor figure to both of them, had perished during a Decepticon attack as he tried to escape from Cybertron.
*During Optimus Prime's transformation from vehicle into robot in Mission City, a piece of Chevrolet intake manifold can be seen on Optimus Prime's left collar.
* After he left the screen following ''Dark of the Moon'' and returned with a new form, the truck was sold at the Barret Jackson Auction in 2016 for $110.000. Another prop was kept around for attraction purposes, while another sold prop was converted into a tow truck.
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===Other films===
[[File:ROTF Optimus trailer super mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"One shall be scrawny...One shall be brawny"]]
*Optimus was supposed to combine with a trailer for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', something for which [[Ben Procter]] and [[Josh Nizzi]] drew up designs. In the end, Nizzi designed the combination with Jetfire. However, the idea of Optimus combining with his trailer was not forgotten, and showed up on screen in ''Dark of the Moon''.
*In ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', Optimus has ''[[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|Faux-parts]]'', when he transforms inside of the NEST base facing [[Charlotte Mearing|Mearing]] and [[William Lennox|Lennox]]. It is noticeable that the Optimus robot truck parts are not the same as that of the actual truck mode body parts (or at least not all of them). Notice the red chest panels are in fact hidden under the truck nose panels and his arm appears (God knows from where) already with its red/blue flames parts; meanwhile the rest of the front of the vehicle fragments and hides into the robot. This is the only Optimus transformation that occurs this way. In the other in-movie conversions some of his alternate mode's appearances seem to be absorbed into his body or outright disappear.
[[File:AOEOptimusComparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! Those are the facts of this world, and you will all surrender to them. You pigs in human clothing!]]
*The overwhelming majority of ''Age of Extinction'' toys and promotional images for Optimus, not to mention his RotDS in-game model, are based on a preliminary design for the character, not used in the final film. The differences are most noticeable on the chest, although there are minor design variations across pretty much the entire body. [[TakaraTomy]]'s later release schedule for their version of the line allowed them to somewhat remedy this situation – their Battle Command Optimus Prime toy appears to have had its chest and feet retooled before release to match the newer design, and their 'Armor Knight' re-release of the Leader Class toy features extensive retooling to similar effect.
*Optimus's "evasion mode" body possesses one of the more cheatsy transformation schemes in the series. Not only does Optimus manage to turn into a fairly small truck while retaining his normal [[robot mode]] height and mass, his windows and grille rather conspicuously change size whenever he transforms. The paint job is still Optimus Prime as in the first three films, but heavily saturated in brown rust.
*On [[September 30]], [[2014]], Optimus Prime was immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a cement printing ceremony outside [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]. In lieu of hand prints, Optimus provided tire prints. [[Peter Cullen]] was also in attendance and provided hand prints alongside his alter ego.
*The truck used as Prime's earth mode in ''Bumblebee'' was actually a rental, but given a new coat of paint heavily influenced by his Generation 1 namesake for the role.

===Other notes===
*According to [[TakaraTomy]] marketing director [[Masahiko Yamazaki]], for the Japanese dub of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', the [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] featured in that show would become a young version of this one. Ultimately, this didn't make it into the end product as the show went largely unchanged.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu''), '''Nemesis Prime''' (ネメシスプライム ''Nemeshisu Puraimu''), '''Orion Pax''' (''Tribute'', オライオンパックス ''Oraion Pakkusu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''O Baak Man''' (Hong Kong, 柯柏文)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Leader Optimus")
*''Indonesian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' ('''Sang Ketujuh''' ("The Seventh") (In Indonesian Optimus is known as the seventh Prime) or '''Pemimpin Para Autobot''' ("The Leader of the Autobots")
*''Korean:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (옵티머스 프라임 ''Obtimeoseu Peulaim''), '''Nemesis Prime''' (네메시스프라임 ''Nemesisu Peulaim'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kēbówén''' (Taiwan, 柯博文), '''Qíngtīanzhù''' (China, 擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Optimus Naikrashchiy''' (Оптимус Найкращий, "Optimus the Best")

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Optimus Prime (Movie)

2020-08-05T11:51:53Z

Cyclonusawesome: /* Revenge of the Fallen film */

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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Movieprime meettheautobots.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Hello, pretty bird. GIVE ME YOUR FACE.]]

'''Optimus Prime''' is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s. Long ago, he was the humble leader of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s science division, which studied the [[AllSpark]], and were protected by [[Lord High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s military. When Megatron was corrupted by [[The Fallen]], Optimus discovered that he was the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], hidden away when The Fallen destroyed their lineage. In response to Megatron's attempts to seize the AllSpark and conquer other worlds, Optimus assumed his proper [[Prime (rank)|title]] and rallied the Autobots to stand against the [[Decepticon]]s.

As obsessively as Megatron strives to achieve his objective, Optimus is equally as dedicated to stopping him, even at the cost of his life, his world, and—if necessary—his own people. It was on his order that the AllSpark was jettisoned into space, dooming Cybertron to a slow death and his people to a nomadic life. The sacrifices he has made weigh heavily on his [[spark]], but they must be done, for there is no other choice. He knows the ambitions that lurk in Megatron's spark, and they must never see the light of day. Lives must be kept free from the threat of Megatron's tyranny, no matter the cost. This obsession with the defeat of Megatron has robbed Optimus of some of his early idealism. This has created a certain ruthlessness beneath his otherwise honest and caring personality. Prime is not one for second chances and is willing to consider any action that might lead to victory, short of directly sacrificing those he cares about.

{{bigquote|You just wanna die for the guy! That's leadership... or brainwashin', or somethin'.}}
{{bigquote|No... that's ''Optimus Prime.''|[[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] and [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] on their leader|''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Transformers'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi)}}

[[File:TF2007 optimus meets sam.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.85|"I will peer into your spark..." Wait wait wrong line. CUT, TAPE 4, ACTION... 
"I will peer into your aplahds" sorry sorry. CUT, read the script, you're supposed to say "I am Optimus Prime" "Okay okay I got it"...]]

Optimus Prime and his Autobots were forced to depart their homeworld of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] thousands of years ago, after the life-giving [[AllSpark]] was lost to the far reaches of space. In the year 2007, having received word from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] that the AllSpark was on the planet [[Earth]], Optimus brought his troops to the small, blue world. After descending through Earth's atmosphere in his [[transition form]], Optimus [[Trans-scan|scanned]] a passing truck, then quickly learned the planet's languages via the [[internet]]. Meeting up with Bumblebee, Prime and his men were introduced to [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]], with whom Prime shared their history and their reason for being on Earth.

[[File:TF2007 optimus truckmode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Like a Boss.]]

Prime and the Autobots returned with Sam to his house, so that he could obtain for them [[Archibald Witwicky's glasses|a family heirloom]]: a pair of [[glasses]] belonging to his ancestor [[Archibald Witwicky]], which contained the location of the AllSpark encoded across its lenses. Prime had his troops wait outside while Sam and Mikaela searched for the glasses, but the Autobot leader's thunderous footsteps, clumsy attempts to hide, and general impatience made the whole experience quite a trial. Nevertheless, the Autobots managed to keep themselves hidden from Sam's parents long enough for Sam to find the glasses—at which point, the forces of [[Sector Seven]] arrived to take Sam and Mikaela into custody. Prime intercepted the S7 convoy, tearing the roof off the SUV containing the two kids and demanding that the organization's director [[Seymour Simmons]] release them. Sector Seven back-up soon arrived, however, forcing Prime to hide beneath a bridge, carrying Sam and Mikaela on his shoulders. When the humans slipped, Bumblebee was forced to break cover to rescue them, which resulted in all three of them being captured by S7. Now in possession of the glasses which could tell him the location of the AllSpark, Optimus remorsefully left Bumblebee in Sector Seven's hands despite protestations from [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]; Prime was unwilling to employ the deadly force he knew would be required to save their teammate, as he knew humanity held the potential to be something great.

[[File:Movie2007 Prime sword.jpg|left|upright=1.85|thumb|Swiss army Prime.]]

Using the glasses to trace the AllSpark to the [[Hoover Dam]], Prime led his men there, but while they were en route, the [[Decepticon]]s who were also in hiding on the planet launched an attack on the facility. Sam, Mikaela, Bumblebee and the forces of Sector Seven met up with Prime and his team on the road, and they all headed for nearby [[Mission City]] to hide the AllSpark. On the way, Prime was attacked by [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]; a brief but brutal struggle followed, concluding when Prime succeeded in decapitating the hate-filled Decepticon. Joining his men in the streets of Mission City, Prime was met in battle by his ancient enemy Megatron, who quickly proved to be superior both in physical strength and in terms of firepower. [[File:TF2007 optimus vs megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.85|"You, Kakarot. I choose you to be the first of my victims."]] Realizing that there was only one way to end the fighting, Optimus instructed Sam to push the AllSpark into his chest if all hope seemed lost, which would merge the cube with his own [[spark]], destroying both it and himself. As it turned out, Sam did just the opposite, instead thrusting it into ''Megatron's'' chest, killing the Decepticon leader and destroying the AllSpark. Prime regretted the necessity of the action, but knew there had been no other choice.

Though the Decepticons were defeated and their bodies dumped in the [[Laurentian Abyss]] by the military, the loss of the AllSpark meant the Autobots were unable to use its power to restore their homeworld. Electing to remain on Earth, Prime sent a message into deep space to any surviving Autobots in the galaxy to come to join them there. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers (novel)|Transformers]]," "[[Transformers: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Quest for the AllSpark]]";
the "[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; the activity book "[[Look and Find Transformers]]"; and the storybooks "[[Optimus Prime Versus Megatron]]," "[[Sam's New Car]]," "[[Transformers (interactive Play-a-Sound Storybook)|Transformers Play-a-Sound]]," "[[Transformers Mix & Match]]," "[[Meet the Autobots]]," "[[Meet the Decepticons]]," and "[[Transformers: The Movie Storybook]]." In the comic book and novel adaptations of the film, Prime also kills [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] after his altercation with Bonecrusher.}}
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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Alessandro Rossi]] (Italian), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi)}}

[[File:ROTF optimus takes aim.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|''My OptiPrime don't want none Unless he's got GUNS Hun'']]

In the two years which followed the events in Mission City, Optimus Prime and the Autobots—including a group of new arrivals who had responded to Prime's message—became part of a Transformer/human military group called [[NEST]]. Together, they hunted down the remaining Decepticons in hiding across Earth. After a destructive clash with [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] in [[Shanghai]] went awry, Optimus was air-dropped onto a highway and crippled the Decepticon. Demolishor taunted Optimus about the mysterious force known as "[[The Fallen]]", who would rise again. Prime ensured that Demolishor would not be around to see it, as he unceremoniously executed him.

[[File:ROTF Prime blades.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Optimus' rampage through the Hundred Acre Wood left no survivors.]]

When the Decepticon [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] stole the remaining shard of the AllSpark from NEST's [[Diego Garcia]] base, Optimus Prime arranged a meeting with Sam Witwicky, who had since left home to go to college, hoping for the boy's help. Sam, unfortunately, was presently focused on having some semblance of a normal life, and was not receptive Optimus's pleas, but Optimus feared that the choice to be involved would soon be taken out of Sam's hands. This soon proved true when Megatron—resurrected by the AllSpark shard—abducted Sam to draw out the wisdom of the AllSpark that was hidden within the human's mind. Optimus and Bumblebee ambushed the Decepticons in the [[Broadwater Metal Works|abandoned industrial complex]] where Sam was being held and managed to whisk the boy away, but Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] gave chase, resulting in a ferocious three-on-one battle between Prime and the Decepticons in the depths of the nearby forest. Prime held his own, even managing to kill Grindor, but the underhanded Megatron was able to impale him on his pincer-blade and blast him open with point-blank shot. Although the rest of the Autobots soon arrived and drove off Megatron and Starscream, Optimus Prime was [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|dead]].

[[File:ROTF optimus dead body.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|This is what happens when you get close to [[Stephanie Sheh|Nui Harime]].]]

Prime's body was brought back to Diego Garcia, but was soon covertly transported to [[Egypt]] by [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] when they got word from Sam that he had discovered a possible means of restoring the Autobot leader to life: the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. In the midst of a battle between the Autobots and The Fallen's Decepticons in the Egyptian desert, Sam plunged the Matrix into Optimus's chest, and his gamble proved successful, as Optimus Prime lived again. To help Prime defeat The Fallen and destroy his [[Star Harvester|sun-harvesting weapon]] hidden within the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], the turncoat Decepticon [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] sacrificed his life, entreating Prime to use his parts to gain "a power he had never known". [[File:ROTF movie Powered-Up Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|I'm bringing sexy back.]] [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] transplanted Jetfire's remains onto Prime's body, upgrading him into a heavily-armed, flight-capable powerhouse. Prime immediately took flight and disabled the harvester, after which he engaged The Fallen in battle. Megatron attempted to intervene, but Optimus overpowered his old enemy and used his own fusion cannon to shoot half his face off. Resuming his fight with The Fallen, Optimus tore the ancient Decepticon's face off, and when the villain attempted to flee, Prime punched through his abdomen and crushed his spark, finally killing him.

On the return voyage home, Optimus thanked Sam for saving his life, as the boy thanked the Autobot leader for believing in him. Following this, Optimus Prime sent another transmission into space, detailing recent events so that the pasts of both races would be remembered, and also declaring that Humanity and the Autobots would face the future together. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]," "[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]" and "[[The Last Prime]]"; the "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]]," "[[Operation Autobot]]," "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]," "[[When Robots Attack!]]," "[[Ratchet to the Rescue]]," "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." The publications targeted at younger readers tending to downplay Optimus's ferocity—in several, he defeats The Fallen not by killing him, but by [[:File:TheFallen-thrownintospace.jpg|hurling him into space]]. In the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] of the film, Prime is not killed by Megatron's attack, but rather sent into [[stasis lock]], and would have stayed that way for years if not for Sam's intervention.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Akshay Kumar]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:DOTM optimus armored weapons platform.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Chevron seven locked.]]
Three years after the defeat of The Fallen, the Autobots and NEST took to dealing with human conflicts in the absence of the Decepticons. Optimus's vehicle mode was now complemented by a [[Armored Weapons Platform|large transformable trailer]], containing an armory of various weapons and flight equipment. While investigating a tip that a piece of Cybertronian technology could be found in the ruins of the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], Optimus and his NEST allies were attacked by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his pet [[Driller]], who attempted to steal the component. Optimus drove off Shockwave and his monstrous "pet", but was perturbed to discover that the recovered Cybertronian tech was a piece of the ancient Autobot spacecraft known as the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]''—flagship of his mentor and predecessor, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], and believed destroyed during the war on Cybertron millennia beforehand.
[[File:DOTM optimus with trailer.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|"Callin' all trucks, this here's the duck. We're about to go a-huntin' bear."]]
Demanding an explanation from National Intelligence Director [[Charlotte Mearing]], Prime learned from both her and astronaut [[Buzz Aldrin]] that humanity had discovered the ruins of the ''Ark'' on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] in the 1960s. Travelling to the moon with Ratchet aboard the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Prime discovered the comatose form of Sentinel within the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crash vault, along with a small fraction of the special cargo the ''Ark'' had been carrying—five [[pillar]]s capable of opening a [[space bridge]]. Optimus brought his old mentor back to Earth and used the Matrix of Leadership to reactivate him; showing him the peace and beauty of Earth, Optimus expressed his willingness to cede leadership back to Sentinel once more, but Sentinel refused.

[[File:DOTMSentinelOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Sentinel, can you put that sword somewhere else so we can talk?]]

Unfortunately, it would soon transpire that Sentinel was in league with Megatron, when he murdered Ironhide and brought the pillars to [[Washington, D.C.]]. A shocked Optimus confronted his mentor at the National Mall reflecting pool, pleading with him to stop, but Sentinel was unmoved, and opened a space bridge through which at 200 Decepticon troops launched a vicious assault on the city. In the chaos that followed, Optimus tried to fight Sentinel; Sentinel defeated him, but spared his life in the belief he would come around to his side eventually. Naturally, Optimus refused, which led to Sentinel publicly denouncing him and his Autobots as rebels, falsely leading humanity to believe that their planet would be spared if they exiled Optimus's team into space aboard the ''Xantium''. Appearing to willingly comply, Optimus suspected Decepticon treachery—and he was right, as Starscream fired upon the ''Xantium'' soon after launch, destroying it. To all watching, it appeared Optimus and the Autobots had been destroyed, but in actuality, Prime had had his men hide within one of the ship's booster rockets, which had detached before the vessel's destruction.
[[File:DOTM optimus with flight tech.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|"That's my secret, Captain. I ''always'' want faces."]]
Optimus's team headed for [[Chicago]], which had been conquered by the Decepticons in their absence, and arrived just in time to rescue Sam, Epps and a team of former NEST soldiers from a Decepticon [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighter ship]]. Venturing into the heart of the city, the Autobots were ambushed by Shockwave and the Driller, and Prime was separated from his trailer in the brawl. Leaving his Autobots to battle on without him, Prime quickly recovered the trailer and donned the flight tech within, which he used slay the Driller. Unfortunately, he was then blasted by Shockwave and wound up tangled in the cables of a construction crane, temporarily taking him out of the fight.

By the time the [[Wrecker]]s cut Optimus free, Sentinel had activated his space bridge and begun teleporting Cybertron itself into Earth's [[Solar System]]. Prime went on a rampage, scything through the Decepticons on the main battlefield on his way to a final confrontation with Shockwave; after killing the cyclopean Decepticon, he used Shockwave's own cannon to blast the space bridge's control pillar, stalling Cybertron's transportation. [[File:DOTM optimus executes sentinel.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Hey, you guys remember when Optimus Prime used to crack jokes and play basketball? Good times.]] Optimus then demanded that Sentinel face him; his one-time mentor complied, and the pair engaged one another in a battle which Optimus initially dominated, but in which Sentinel eventually got the upper hand when he sliced off Prime's right arm. Before Sentinel could deliver a killing blow, however, Megatron himself intervened, attacking the elder Prime from behind and heavily damaging him. Megatron proposed a truce to Optimus, wishing only to be in charge of the Decepticons again; Optimus's response was to plunge his energon axe into Megatron's head and tear it from his shoulders, killing his eternal foe once more. The damaged and helpless Sentinel begged for mercy, claiming that all he ever wanted was their race's survival, but Optimus refused, claiming Sentinel didn't betray the Autobots, but rather ''himself.'' With bitter regret, Optimus executed his treacherous master with Megatron's shotgun. With Cybertron now apparently destroyed by the deactivation of the space bridge, Prime and the Autobots accepted Earth as their new home, and Optimus declared that the Autobots would never forsake the defense of the planet or its people. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]"; the "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]" and "[[Movie Trilogy]]" comics; and the storybooks "[[Autobots Versus Decepticons]]," "[[The Lost Autobot]]," "[[Optimus Prime's Friends and Foes]]," "[[Bumblebee's Best Friend]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]." Numerous adaptations targeted at younger readers scaled back the film's violence. In the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|comic book]] and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novel]] adaptations of the film, Optimus accepts Megatron's truce and allows him to leave, and he kills Sentinel not with Megatron's gun, but with Sentinel's own [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] cannon.}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Alfonso Ramírez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain - Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:AoE-junkeroptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Optimus's years of hard drinking and wild partying had finally caught up with him.]]

Following the battle in Chicago and the dissolution of NEST, the US government continued granting Optimus and the other Autobots asylum on Earth, in spite of the negative reputation the Autobots had gained. The White House believed that [[Harold Attinger]] was working alongside Optimus Prime to hunt down the last of the Decepticon fugitives; what the President didn't know was that Attinger's [[Cemetery Wind]] taskforce had began hunting down Autobots and terminating them. Learning of the betrayal, Optimus broadcast an urgent message to the Autobots on Earth, ordering his troops to cut off all contact with humans and go into hiding. Optimus successfully evaded Cemetery Wind for several years, but was eventually pinned down in [[Mexico]], caught in an ambush set by Attinger's lieutenant [[James Savoy]] and their Cybertronian ally, the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]. Though badly wounded, Prime threw off his pursuers by scanning a dilapidated cab-over truck, and fled north to Paris, [[Texas]], where he hid in an abandoned movie theater and succumbed to stasis lock induced by his grevious injuries.

[[File:AOE-injuredoptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Cade Yeager was able to rebuild Optimus in a BARN! [[Iron Man|With a BOX OF SCRAPS!]]]]

Prime remained inert until aspiring roboticist [[Cade Yeager]] visited the theater for salvage. Hoping to strip the seemingly ordinary truck and sell the parts, he purchased Optimus and towed him home to his workshop, whereupon his examination of the truck's unusual inner workings led him to realize he had discovered a Transformer. Though Cade's daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and partner [[Lucas Flannery|Lucas]] wanted to turn Optimus in for a cash reward, Cade argued against it, wanting to increase his technical expertise by studying Optimus's systems further. To prove that the Transformer was "dead" and unable to retaliate, Cade opened the truck up and discovered a live missile from the truck's inner workings. When the missile was removed, Optimus suddenly awoke and transformed into robot mode. Confused and disoriented, Optimus threatened the humans, but Cade was able to calm him down, and offered to help repair him as best he could. Before he could get very far, Savoy's forces stormed the farm, forcing Optimus to hide underneath the barn, but when Savoy threatened Tessa's life, Optimus burst from concealment to aid his new human friends. A running battle with Lockdown ensued, culminating in an abandoned factory, where Prime regrouped with the Yaegers and Tessa's boyfriend [[Shane Dyson]] and escaped.

[[File:AOE optimus new altmode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Cemetery Wind would never think to go after a red and blue truck covered in flames!]]

After confirming that they had shaken their pursuers, Optimus summoned the surviving Autobots to a rendezvous point in the desert, scanning a passing truck on the way to adopt a new alternate mode and repair his injuries. Reuniting with Bumblebee, [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], an angry and embittered Prime announced his intent to break his long-held vow and kill the humans responsible for the Autobots' suffering. With Cade's help, the Autobots learned that the bodies of their fallen comrades were being taken to [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]] in [[Chicago]], where they were being melted down for [[Living metal|raw material]] to produce KSI's own Transformers. Enraged to learn that Ratchet had recently suffered this gruesome fate, Optimus led the Autobots in a furious attack on KSI, but stopped short of killing company head [[Joshua Joyce]] when the human shamed him by declaring the mankind had advanced past the Transformers. [[File:AOE optimus reformatted.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6|I need a face. '''AND I'M LOOKIN' AT YOURS!''']] The Autobots pulled out, but Attinger ordered KSI creations "Galvatron" and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] to be sent after them; Optimus faced off against Galvatron, but before the battle could conclude, Lockdown shot down Optimus and dragged him away.

Imprisoned aboard Lockdown's ship, Optimus learned that the bounty hunter had been hired by the Transformers' mysterious [[Creator (AOE)|creators]] to round up their renegade creations, starting with the ancient "knights" to whom the ship had once belonged, a group that Optimus himself had apparently once been part of. Optimus was soon rescued by his fellow Autobots, and they escaped by detaching the section of the ship they were in from the main body without Lockdown's notice. After the team regrouped, [[Brains]] revealed that Galvatron was, in fact, a rebuilt Megatron, and was planning to detonate a cyberforming [[seed]]—given to Attinger by Lockdown—in [[Hong Kong]]. Though Prime lacked a strong reason to defend humankind after his recent experiences, Cade petitioned him to have faith in, if not humanity itself, then in their potential to be better.

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|I have a giant robot dinosaur. Your argument is invalid.]]

Arriving in Hong Kong, the Autobots' stolen ship was shot down by Galvatron's forces and crashed in the Wulong Valley. In need of reinforcements, Optimus took a shield and sword from the ship's armory and freed the other captive knights aboard the ship, the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]], and proposed that they let him lead them into battle. Their leader [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] was not receptive to this idea, and challenged Optimus, but the Autobot leader triumphed over him, and offered Grimlock freedom under his leadership, or death under his foot. Grimlock conceded defeat, and allowed Optimus to ride him into battle in his massive ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' mode. The Autobot-Dinobot alliance decimated Galvatron's army, forcing the Decepticon to retreat, but just when it seemed the day was won, Lockdown returned. Optimus disabled Lockdown's ship's tractor beam in order to allow his comrades to pull back while he faced the bounty hunter alone; during the course of their one-on-one fight, Optimus was forced to briefly break away to save Cade's life by shooting Attinger. [[File:OptimusPrimeleavesAOE.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8| ''So if you care to find me'' ''Look to the western sky!'' ''As someone told me lately'' ''Everyone deserves a chance to fly!'']] Unfortunately, this distraction allowed Lockdown to impale Optimus on his own sword, immobilizing him, but Bumblebee and Cade intervened to hold off Lockdown while Shane and Tessa freed Optimus, enabling him to finally kill Lockdown. Optimus set off one of Lockdown's grenades to finish off Galvatron's remaining drones, and flew the humans to safety as it detonated.

After releasing the Dinobots from his command, Optimus prepared to depart into space, to both remove the seed from Earth, and to investigate the mystery of his creators, who still had a price on his head. His innate faith in humanity reignited by Cade and his family and friends, Optimus entreated the humans to think of one of the stars as his soul, and instructed the Autobots to guard the Yaegers, their allies, and all the humans they could.

As he left the planet, Optimus sent a message to the creators: leave Earth alone, because he was coming for them... {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)|[[Wang Kai]] (Chinese), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German), [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain - Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:TLK Optimus on Cybertron.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|He's alive!]]
Optimus's decision proved a foolish one, however, as he exhausted his Energon in the vicinity of [[Jupiter]] and fell into [[stasis lock]], drifting through space. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] entered the Sol system, its gravitational pull affected Optimus and caused him to crash land on his homeworld, its atmosphere reviving him. Optimus awoke and despaired at the state of Cybertron. It was at this point that [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] made herself known to Optimus, claiming to be his creator. Optimus cared very little for that and demanded to know what she'd done to Cybertron, trying to attack her when she refused to answer him, only to be overwhelmed by her powers and her [[Infernocon]]s. Quintessa accused Optimus of destroying Cybertron, but Optimus protested that Megatron had started the Great War. Quintessa however, retorted Optimus was responsible for Cybertron's state as he had been the one to launch the [[AllSpark]].

[[File:TLK Optimus chained.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Such folly and futility in the grand design.]]
With the Prime in chains, Quintessa explained her plan to him and why she needed him. She revealed to him that the Earth had formed around the body of [[Unicron]] and that she wanted Optimus to retrieve [[Staff of Merlin|her staff]] from the [[Guardian Knight|Knights of Iacon]] on Earth. With the staff, Quintessa would drain the life out of Unicron and use his energy to revive Cybertron. Brainwashing Optimus into "'''Nemesis Prime'''", she sent him back to Earth to complete the task.

[[File:TLK Optimus confronts Viviane.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Happy birthday, Kryptonian. I give you oblivion.]]
Nemesis Prime arrived back on Earth in the Knights' ship and slew two of their number before demanding that [[Viviane Wembly]] hand over the staff. His former ally Cade Yeager tried to reason with Optimus but Nemesis Prime reasserted his identity and claimed to fight only for Cybertron and its people. Once Viviane had handed over the staff, [[Santos]] (futilely) opened fire on Nemesis, who swatted the [[Transformers Reaction Force|TRF]] aside with his [[Quad Barrel Shotgun|shotgun]] and exited the ship. On the surface, Nemesis was assaulted by Bumblebee, whom the Prime easily bested in combat before the sound of Bumblebee's true voice allowed Optimus Prime to return.

[[File:TLKOptimusVsBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|300px|It was at this point that Optimus's obsession with faces went too far.]]
The moment was short lived, as [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] flew in to steal the staff and the Knights arrived to slay Optimus for serving "Quintessa the Deceiver". While Optimus offered no resistance, viewing his execution as proper atonement, Cade managed to activate the [[Talisman (TLK)|Talisman]] and call off the Knights. Optimus then allied with the Knights and they flew off in the [[Knight Ship]] to confront Megatron and Quintessa on Cybertron. Arriving on [[Dragonstorm]], Optimus finally destroyed Infernocus by [[decapitation|decapitating]] all six Infernocons in a single mighty swing of his sword, reminding them that he is Optimus Prime. [[File:TLK Optimus decapitates Infernocons.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Yeeart!"]]

In the [[ignition chamber]], Optimus engaged his old foe once again who tried to reignite their old friendship and offered Optimus the chance to stand beside them as they restored Cybertron. Optimus rebuked him, and was forced on the defensive before his fellow Autobots intervened and the Prime kicked Megatron out the side of the chamber.. Optimus then distracted Quintessa so Bumblebee could slay her when her defences were down as Vivian removed the staff, stopping Cybertron's destruction of Earth but leaving the two planets connected to one another. Optimus saved Cade and Vivian from falling to their death and, to the relief of their human allies, emerged from the destruction of the ignition chamber in his alternate mode with the two humans in his cab.

Despite the destruction of Earth being stopped, enough of Unicron's life force had been transmitted to Cybertron that it could again support its people. Optimus reflected that both humans and Cybertronians would have to work together to rebuild both their worlds before he sent out a call for all Autobots across the galaxy to return to Cybertron so they could begin rebuilding.
{{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

====''Bumblebee'' film====
[[File:BBfilm-Optimus-Prime-model.jpg|thumb|Boxy and blocky is the new sexy.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Jon Bailey]] (English international trailers), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese)| [[Jacques Frantz]] (European French), [[Guy Nadon]] (Canadian French), [[Jordi Boixaderas]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Shailendra Pandey]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)}}
{{note|''Bumblebee'' takes place before the other films (supposedly), but was released last. As such, it is placed at the bottom here.}}
[[File:BBfilm-Optimus-Prime-leaps-into-battle.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Hey, it's like the scene in the '86 film but with more three-dimension-ess!]]
Leader of the Autobot rebels during the war for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Optimus Prime took part in the final battle for Cybertron against the Decepticons. Though he dispatched numerous [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]]s in the fight, he soon concluded that the Autobots were on the brink of being overrun by the Decepticon advance. As the Autobot rearguard battled [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], Optimus explained to his troops that they would need to abandon Cybertron and regroup elsewhere in the galaxy, and as they headed to a nearby launchpad. Prime explained to his scout, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]], that he had selected [[Earth]] as the site of a new Autobot base, instructing him to reconnoiter the planet while he and the other refugees gathered Autobots throughout the galaxy to rendezvous at Earth.

As the other Autobots evacuated via escape pods, Optimus Prime stayed behind to delay any pursuit, leaping from the launchpad just as the Decepticons brought it down and fighting on alone. Soundwave confronted him, forcing Optimus to struggle briefly against Ravage. Though Optimus fought Ravage off, the distraction cost him his gun and allowed the Decepticons to surround him. Together, they advanced on the outnumbered and defenseless Autobot leader.

Prime was somehow able to escape the Decepticons and leave Cybertron; at some point afterwards, the Decepticons [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] fruitlessly attempted to interrogate [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] about Prime's whereabouts. What the Decepticons didn't know was that Prime had landed on Earth shortly before the other Autobots made planetfall, and adopted a cab-over truck mode as a terrestrial disguise. It was in this form that he met up with B-127—now calling himself "Bumblebee"—on the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] after Bumblebee and [[Charlie Watson]] parted ways.

That night, Prime and Bumblebee took refuge in a nearby forest, with Optimus thanking the scout for his efforts and commending his bravery as they watched more Autobot escape crafts descend to Earth. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]".}}

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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Before coming to Earth, Optimus Prime led the search for the AllSpark in the transport vessel, the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]''. In 1969, Earth-time, in an abandoned solar system, Prime and the crew discovered [[Ghost 1|a vessel]] of strangely Cybertronian design, which they pursued to a nearby planet. Prime dispatched Bumblebee to the surface to investigate the ship while he and the other Autobots battled Decepticons from the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''; Prime personally took on and defeated [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]. Contact having been lost with Bumblebee during the fight, Prime headed down to the planet to join him, where a joint attack by Starscream and the alien ship sent the two Autobots tumbling into a subterranean cavern network.

Fleeing an attack by [[Worm-thing|indigenous worm-creatures]], Optimus Prime and Bumblebee came across the alien vessel, which Prime deduced was trying to surrender. Lines of communication were opened, and Prime realized that Starscream had duped the little aliens into attacking him. However, the creatures, who called themselves "[[human]]s", explained that they held Megatron, whom they called the Ice Man, on their home world, [[Earth]]. Realizing the destruction Megatron would wreak upon the defenseless humans if he escaped, Prime vowed to see them return to their world to warn it.

Prime blasted a way out of the caverns, but on the way back to the ''Ark'', the Decepticons attacked again, and Prime found himself in the difficult position of fighting Starscream and protecting the human ship. Speared by Bonecrusher's tail, Optimus seemed doomed to perish at Starscream's hand until the humans interceded, opening fire on Starscream. The Decepticon destroyed the humans and their ship in retaliation, but Optimus Prime, inspired by their courage and sacrifice, resolved to locate Earth—and the AllSpark which he speculated had come to rest there—before the Decepticons did... and hopefully before Megatron came back online. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====

{{bigquote|I know Megatron. I know all of you. You would not have taken the AllSpark and left this world in peace. You would have subdued it and made slaves of its people. Even in the absence of the AllSpark, my conscience and that of my friends could not have allowed that.|Optimus Prime to [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]]}}

Following the battle for the AllSpark in Mission City and the formation of NEST, Optimus and Lennox led a team of Autobots to investigate a Decepticon sighting in [[Zambia]]. They found a trap waiting for them, which resulted in Optimus being dragged over [[Victoria Falls]] by the Decepticon [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]]; Prime saved himself by grabbing an outcropping and was hauled to safety by rookie Autobot [[Beachbreak]]'s tow line, but Starscream then killed Beachbreak in retaliation. Prime took the Autobot's death personally, regarding it as a failure of his leadership. The team proceeded to hunt down their Decepticons prey, and after a lengthy fight at the [[Kariba dam]], Optimus decapitated Macerator. The other Decepticons escaped however, and Optimus prevented Ironhide from firing after [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] for fear of harming nearby humans.

Another mission to [[Australia]] saw Optimus and his team spend days searching the outback for Decepticons, during which they discussed the possibility that the Decepticons might be hunting for energy to resurrect Megatron. Optimus doubted there was an energy source on the planet that could do so. They eventually encountered [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]], [[Trample]] and [[Tread]], three [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s mining for minerals. Optimus found Kickback's sonic charge weapon to be a challenge, but with some help from Lennox, killed the Decepticon.

The narrow streets of [[Rome]] proved a challenge for Optimus's truck mode to navigate when NEST travelled there to hunt down [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]]. After [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knockout]] dealt to the two Decepticons, a furious Starscream challenged Optimus to one-on-one combat in the nearby [[Colosseum]]. Naturally it was a trap — Starscream had allied himself with a human, [[Bruno Carrera]], and together they trapped Optimus in a pit and set Barricade on him. With the help of four humans, Optimus broke free, threw Barricade into the pit and sealed him there. He then had only to show his face outside to where Starscream was fighting Ironhide, Ratchet and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]], and the would-be Decepticon leader fled. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Classified''====
[[File:Tfc-battlemountain.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1]]

After the massive battle in Egypt and the defeat of The Fallen, NEST continued to hunt Decepticons around the Earth. When a trio of Decepticons
attacked the [[United States Air Force]] [[Nevada Test and Training Range]], Optimus Prime and Ironhide responded; Optimus attempted to talk [[Dropshot (Classified)|Dropshot]] into abandoning the Decepticon cause, but was forced to kill him when he attempted to kill some human soldiers. Likewise, when [[Bombshock (PCC)|Bombshock]] threatened to blow up some humans, Optimus and Ironhide took him down with a pincer movement they had practised during the war back on Cybertron, in the [[Battle of Polyhex]]. Returning to base, Optimus took part in a meeting of some generals, though he had to talk his way into doing so, as they were initially reluctant to include the aliens. Optimus disagreed that the Decepticons' target was [[Area 51]] and correctly deduced it to be [[Hawthorne Army Depot]]. When he arrived there with Ironhide, Bumblebee and Ratchet were already engaged in a battle with [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], however the Decepticon's personal [[force field]] made him impossible to hit and he did substantial damage to Prime. Once the shield was eliminated, Optimus defeated Reverb. Though Reverb asked Optimus to finish him off, Optimus instead took him prisoner. He also talked [[Marcus|General Marcus]] into allowing [[Kevin Bowman]] to join NEST. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

After supervising a test of a prototype [[Hyperdynamix]] tank, Optimus returned to the [[NEST Rapid Response Base]] for a briefing on a new Cybertronian storehouse detected at [[Battle Mountain]]. Before they had a chance to investigate, Optimus was forced to go defend Hyperdynamix against Decepticon attackers and was kept busy there trying to find the three aggressors. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

During a visit to Hyperdynamix Aerospace to learn about the [[Hyperdynamix Orbital Debris Disposal Initiative Station|HODDIS]] station intended to track incoming Cybertronians, and the satellite with which [[Alexander Porter|Dr. Porter]] intended to wipe out the Decepticons, incoming meteoroids were detected. Optimus and his team went to the crash site in [[Idaho]], and found themselves having to fight the giant [[robo-pede|robot centipedes]] which came out of the meteoroids. Despite suffering major damage, Optimus was able to dispatch two of them on his own. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Foundation1 optimus and sentinel.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|'''Optimus:''' Hey Sentinel! Wouldn't it be funny if you died on a ship, came back to life using the Matrix, betrayed your own kin, aided Megatron and killed my right-hand man? '''Sentinel:''' Heh, heh, heh. That'll never happen!]]

Optimus Prime was the last surviving descendant of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], orphaned and hidden away to protect him from the evil of The Fallen. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}} Optimus grew up with no knowledge of who he was, and was eventually found by Sentinel Prime, who claimed to be descended from [[Primus]] himself. Joining Sentinel's tribe of "Autobots", Optimus worked with his teacher and other pupils Megatron and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] to restore order to an energy-starved Cybertron by helping to locate the lost AllSpark, buried far beneath Cybertron's surface. Re-energized by a star harnessed by the science of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]], the AllSpark restored life and energy to Cybertron, unifying the planet once more, but the old and weary Sentinel Prime had no desire to lead this new, united populace. At last, he revealed to Optimus the secret of his heritage, and that he, as "Optimus Prime", ought to succeed him as leader. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Unable to believe that he was a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Optimus turned the role down, proposing instead that he investigate Cybertron's history, in an attempt to bring some of the good the Primes created back to the world. Accordingly, Sentinel redrew his plans for Cybertron, having Optimus lead the archaeological [[Science Division]], while placing Megatron in charge of Cybertron's [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Alas, neither Sentinel nor Optimus realized that Megatron had eavesdropped on their conversation. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Megatron was consumed with anger and jealousy at the knowledge that he was Sentinel's second choice, and further lost all respect for Prime because he had turned down an incredible birthright. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Nevertheless, the pair were able to govern Cybertron together for two generations, their two personalities creating a balance; Prime was fair while Megatron was firm. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} When [[Malcontent]] activity opposing Sentinel's order began escalating, however, Megatron intimidated Optimus into giving him supreme power in defense of the planet. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[File:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|upright=2|thumb|"Hey, I wanted a mouthplate!"]]

When ''Lord'' High Protector Megatron toured a Science Division excavation site near the AllSpark [[Simfur Temple|temple]] at [[Simfur]], he and Optimus clashed over several issues; all Megatron cared about was whether the site contained power similar to the AllSpark, while Optimus insisted on taking things slowly with the reminder that it was ''his'' division was in charge of the proceedings. Subsequently, after the dig uncovered a mysterious [[sarcophagus|relic]], Optimus and Megatron's argument over what should be done with it was interrupted by an attack from [[Ejoornian|aliens]] from the neighbouring [[Eshems Nebula]]. Megatron ordered that the relic be taken to his personal quarters for protection during the battle, and Optimus could not argue. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} After the aliens were repelled, Optimus ordered his science teams to help the survivors of the attack while he went to confer with Megtron, only to nearly come to blows with the High Protector when he demanded that Optimus marshal the Science Division for war against the aliens. Fear that Megatron sought to divide Cybertron, Optimus called a meeting of the Science Division and appealed to all those who served under him not to join Megatron on his crusade, asking them instead to stay by his side and continue on with their mission of peaceful research. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} With help from closest confidants [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], Optimus broke into Megatron's quarters in search of some clue to his brother-in-arms' sudden compulsion towards war, but only had time to observe that the enigmatic relic had somehow been restored to pristine condition before he was forced to leave to avoid detection. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

[[File:Defiance3 optimus cybertron alt mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|Guys, stop look'n at me! I'm transforming here!]]

Returning to Science Division headquarters, Optimus was greeted with a stunning discovery: Ratchet, Elita-One and Arcee had uncovered other ancient artefacts, each of which bore a symbol that matched one on Optimus's helmet: a symbol that proved Optimus was indeed a descendant of the Dynasty of Primes. Prime went with Arcee and Ratchet to the excavation site, where they discussed the ramifications of this new information, only for the group to be apprehended for treason by an unwilling Prowl, forced to do so on the orders of Megatron. This turned out to be a trap, however: while they were being escorted to the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], Megatron's forces ambushed them with intent to kill. Optimus bested Starscream and collapsed [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]] on top of the attackers, {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} then raced back to the embattled excavation site to usher Elite-One, Sentinel Prime and Wheeljack to safety, with a little help from Elita's sister [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]. Optimus informed Sentinel of the marking on his head that proved his mentor had been right all along: now, he was Optimus ''Prime''. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} All those loyal to Optimus regrouped at [[Burthov]], where Optimus was recognized as the leader of the group, with Prowl serving as his lieutenant. [[File:Foundation1 optimus is mad.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.3| If I had a face everytime I got angry, I'd be rich.]] Captain Ironhide—a former member of Megatron's Defense Force, who had now christened themselves the "Decepticons"—informed Optimus of the huge starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' that Megatron was building, and the newly christened Prime began working toward equipping his own side with similar vessels. Though the Autobots found themselves at an advantage when the ''Nemesis'' left Cybertron with the balance of the Decepticon forces, it was then that ''true'' war finally broke out between Optimus's and Megatron's forces. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

The war raged for thousands of years, with no end in sight until Sentinel came up with a solution: a "torch" that could bring the conflict to an end without the mass murder of the Decepticons. Contact with the AllSpark was required to activate it, so the Autobots made for Simfur Temple, {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} where Optimus held off Megatron so that Elita-One could activate the torch and deliver it to Sentinel. Sentinel loaded the torch aboard the Autobots' ship, the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', but to Optimus and Megatron's disbelief, Starscream blew the ship out of the air. Consumed with grief and rage at the apparent death of his mentor, Optimus ordered Wheeljack to use the second, remaining ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' to transport the AllSpark away Simfur, then declared he would be going on a suicide mission to kill Megatron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} Concerned for their friend, Ironhide and Elita-One stayed by Prime's side as he made his way through the soldiers guarding Megatron's [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Optimus demanded Megatron face him, but the Decepticon leader responded by dropping the [[smelting pool]] on him. Ironhide saved Prime from the fiery rain, and Optimus then entered Megatron's chamber alone, to discover his former ally surrounded by hungry [[hatchling]]s, confident that the "weak" Optimus would not harm the infants to get to him. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} At that point, Wheeljack's team removed the AllSpark from its temple, plunging Cybertron into darkness. Optimus escaped, leaving Megatron to fend off his ravenous hatchlings, and joined Ironhide in fending off Starscream and Shockwave. Returning to oversee the AllSpark's transportation, Optimus recognized that the drastic actions he had taken had forever fractured his relationship with Elita-One, and observed he still had a long way to go to being a great leader. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

[[File:Ark Bridge Defiance4.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|"Who ''are'' all you people?"]]

To put the AllSpark's power beyond Megatron's reach, Optimus Prime made preparations to send it off-planet. Allowing word to reach the Decepticons that the cube was being held at Simfur, Prime and the main force of his Autobots occupied their enemies in battle there, while a small team led by Bumblebee guarded the AllSpark's true hiding place, [[Tyger Pax]]. The cube was launched into space, and Megatron immediately gave chase. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Optimus was immediately regretful of his decision, feeling that in buying the Autobots some time in the war, he had sentenced their world to death, but Prowl insisted he had made the right choice, and that he had turned death into a fighting chance to live. Bolstered by Prowl's words, Prime and his Autobots took off after the AllSpark and Megatron aboard the ''Ark'', hopeful that they could defeat the Decepticon leader while he was alone, and bring the cube back to heal their homeworld. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

[[File:AllianceOptimusHoloDriver.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|[[Peter Cullen|Optimus Prime]] driving Optimus Prime! Sheer awesomeness!]]

Following Optimus and the Autobots' arrival on Earth, and the subsequent battle of [[Mission City]] and the destruction of Megatron and the AllSpark, {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}} Optimus Prime helped eliminate the remaining [[AllSpark Mutation]]s skittering around the city, then requested the help of William Lennox and his men in getting the Autobots out of the city before other, less trustworthy humans could arrive. They located a trailer that Prime could use to transport the deceased body of his first lieutenant [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], and, equipped with a hologrammatic driver to avoid suspicion on the road, Prime led his Autobots in rolling out. Sector Seven's Seymour Simmons would later exploit this friendship between Prime and Lennox when, a month later, he convinced Lennox to request assistance from Prime and the Autobots in transporting the Decepticons' remains. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Prime's team was to escort a Sector Seven convoy from their Nevada base to a naval base at [[California|San Diego, California]], from whence the Decepticons and Jazz's remains would be buried at sea. Before departing Nevada, he entrusted the remaining AllSpark fragment to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping, but had second thoughts soon after leaving, and ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to turn around and retrieve it. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} The two returned to discover that the base had been attacked in their absence by Decepticons [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and Starscream; Prime soon arrived back to retake ownership of the shard. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

[[File:Alliance4 angryLennox Prime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8| Did I ever tell you about my unhealthy addiction?]]

Weeks later, following the aquatic interment of Jazz and the Decepticons, Optimus and Lennox agreed to a formal [[NEST|alliance between the Autobots and humans]] as the first line of offense and defense against the Decepticons. The team trained on the island of Diego Garcia, their mutual respect for one another growing, and soon word came in of new Decepticon sightings around Earth. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For their first mission, NEST was deployed to [[San Francisco]] to take out the Decepticons Deadend and Swindle, the former of whom was quickly dispatched by Prime via a head-on collision. Swindle's last words caused Prime concern, as they suggested more Decepticons would soon be coming to search the Earth for something; Lennox feared it might be Sam Witwicky, and Prime, sadly convinced the boy was destined to be a part of the conflict, decided to send Bumblebee to resume his role as Sam's guardian. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:Alliance4 Prime killingspree.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|Freedom is the right of all '''non-Decepticon''' sentient beings.]]

Knowing that Lennox's superiors held little trust in the Autobots, Optimus Prime dedicated himself and his Autobots to working harder to prove their goodwill through continued success. NEST proceeded to hunt for Decepticons around the world over the next year, with Optimus Prime personally destroying [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]], [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]. NEST's ranks continued to grow, with Autobot refugees even arriving on Earth in response to the message Optimus had sent into space, including Prime's old friend Elita-One. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} One particular new arrival proved a little troublesome, however: in November 2008, [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] caused chaos in [[Uruguay]] when he recklessly pursued his old Decepticon foe [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] towards [[Buenos Aires]]. Prime assured [[Morshower|Admiral Morshower]] that they would forcibly bring Sideswipe in if necessary, but fortunately, Ironhide was able to calm the rampaging Autobot down. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}} Demolishor escaped, but was tracked to Shanghai by NEST the following year, and Prime's team headed out to finally take the giant Decepticon down. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:Nefarious2 Prime on Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95|Ass-whooping. Noun. To have your posterior presented to you with overwhelming force.]]

After Optimus's death and rebirth during the conflict with The Fallen, {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen movie adaptation}} NEST resumed its day-to-day business of hunting down rogue Decepticons. Optimus was dissatisfied with their present reactive state, however, insisting that they begin proactively rooting out Decepticons before they struck. With NEST low on resources, Optimus deployed several new Autobot arrivals to deal with a Decepticon attack on [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} The presence of [[Initiative|unknown humans]] at the petrochemical plant gave Prime and Lennox something to puzzle over, and soon after, when NEST was tipped off to Decepticon activity in [[Utah]], the pair believed things to be connected. Optimus went to Ironhide and Sideswie's aid in Utah, besting [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and taking him into Autobot custody in order to learn everything he knew about the enigmatic human organization. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Optimus oversaw the preparations of the facilities for holding Soundwave, rather than face having to tell Major Lennox what they'd done, but this proved the wrong choice: when the plane carrying Soundwave was shot down by [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], Prime's off-the-record actions meant that Lennox was unable to call in any help. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}}

[[File:Nefarious6 Optimus must feed allspark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|I hope [[Rubik's Cube#Revenge of the Fallen|this cube]] isn't like the ones you find in [[Walgreens]].]]

When [[Theodore Galloway]] got too close to discovering the actions of the [[Initiative]], the mysterious human group, they sent the mind-controlled Decepticon [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] to eliminate him. Optimus sent [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to help him, after which Soundwave returned and proposed an alliance between himself and the Autobots to stop the Initiative for good. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Soundwave led the Autobots to the location of the [[Initiative base]] in [[California]], but the mobile headquarters had moved on by the time they arrived. Following its trail to Utah, Optimus sensed the power of something very like the [[AllSpark]] upon approach, and began to realize what they were up against—though he did not expect that the Autobots would then find themselves facing brainwashed Transformers, including [[Armorhide (Movie)|some]] [[Blazemaster|of]] [[Brawn (ROTF)|their]] [[Smokescreen (Movie)|own]] comrades! {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}}

During the battle, Optimus demanded their foe surrender the [[Project Nefarious|artificial AllSpark]] they possessed, but [[Carter Newell]], head of the Initiative, responded by trying to use the artifact to terminate all Cybertronian life. An injury courtesy of [[Reedman]] aborted the attempt, and Newell tried to flee, forcing Optimus to ram the truck he was in. From the wreck, Optimus pulled the rapidly-destabilizing faux-AllSpark, and was ready to feed it his own [[spark]] to stop the deadly chain reaction building within it. Luckily that turned out to be unnecessary, as [[Fortress (ROTF)|Fortress]]—a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] who had long been the Initiative's captive—took the AllSpark from him and carried it into space, where it exploded safely. In the aftermath, Optimus noted that the Initiative databanks had been picked clean by Soundwave, and feared the possibility that anyone else might attempt to recreate the AllSpark. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

[[File:RisingStorm1 ElitaandOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Optimus, you don't wanna know.]]

The Autobot refugees rescued from the Initiative were eager to get back in the field, but Optimus encouraged them to take more time to recuperate, as they were clearly not fully healed. The havoc the Initiative wrought had convinced Optimus that the Autobots had to refocus their efforts on a new objective: ensuring that no other humans could exploit Cybertronian technology. A team inducing Elita-One and her sisters was deployed to recover Cybertronian weapons from an arms dealer; upon their return to Diego Garcia, Prime shared a quiet moment with Elita, learning more about the new symbiotic bond that had recently been forged between her and her sisters, and growing fearful of the violent streak she had developed. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

When word reached NEST that Sam Witwicky had come under attack from Decepticons in [[Philadelphia]], Optimus mobilized the Autobots to respond. With Arcee having been injured on the previous mission, he initially wanted her and her sisters to stay behind, but they insisted on going. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

During the flight to Philadelphia, Optimus tried once more to have Arcee sit out of the mission, but Elita reinforced her need for revenge—a sentiment that only opened old wounds between her and Prime, reminding both of the time in the past when Prime let his rage get the better of him. Elita's anger over Prime's abandonment of her on Cybertron, and the fact that her death and reunion with him had only led to more fighting and killing, boiled over, and she and her sisters angrily departed on their own mission: to infiltrate what the Autobots believe to be the Decepticons' base of operations in upstate New York. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

[[File:RisingStorm4 shockers vs prime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Shockwave threatens his face collection.]]

Optimus and the rest of the team proceeded on to Philadelphia, where they engaged and contained the Decepticons, but after a while, Elita reappeared, attempting to warn them that the whole thing was a trap laid by Shockwave. No sooner had she spoken his name, the cyclopean Decepticon himself rocketed down out of the air and crushed the life out of her. Driven into a rage by her death, Optimus Prime took Shockwave on one-on-one, and would have killed him had Shockwave's pet [[Driller]] not came to save his master. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

Shockwave had also ravaged the Diego Garcia base and killed all the Autobots stationed there, requiring it to be shut down and NEST operations moved to Washington, D.C. Optimus oversaw the decommissioning of the facility, {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}} which was soon followed by the return and betrayal of Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon adaptation}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
[[File:Optimusprimemovieprequel.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Black and white is edgy and cool, so we use it Bumbles.]]

{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

Bumblebee remembered Optimus Prime's orders that they must launch the AllSpark into space, for it was better to lose it to the depths of space than allow Lord Megatron to corrupt it with his evil. For wherever there is hope, there is life. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the events of the [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]], described in the above section.}}
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====''Schick Hydrobot and the Transformers''====
[[File:OptimusMegatronSchickComic.jpeg|thumb|right|300px|No Megatron! '''THAT FACE IS MINE!''']]
While searching for Decepticons, who had plans to build an Energon converter to create a massive army and enslave the Earth, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Hound came across [[Hydrobot (TLK)|Hydrobot]] and mistook him for a [[Decepticon]]. Before they could catch him, Hydrobot escaped from the Autobots' clutches. The trio started to realize that they might have judged the small 'bot wrongly when Hound found out that the [[H-Boostium|substance]] Hydrobot left behind was nothing like something a Decepticon would use. Optimus requested Hound to trace its source, which led the Autobots to a [[Schick]] R&D department. They gained access into it in vehicle mode by fooling the guard into believing that the vehicles modes they were using was ordered by the scientist Dr. [[Hiroshi Benson]] himself. Upon gaining access to the laboratory, they confronted Hiroshi in robot mode, which left the human scientist baffled.

Shortly after the scientist finished explaining the origin of the substance and Hydrobot, a squadron of Decepticons led by Megatron suddenly bursted through the wall, explaining their intent to use the devices inside Hiroshi's laboratory to build the Energon converter. Luckily, Hydrobot arrived at the scene to help the Autobots. Just before Megatron and Optimus could dish it out, Megatron grabbed a hold of Hiroshi but failed to stop the human from explaining how to use the [[Energy-field razor|control set]] against Decepticons. A surprise punch from Optimus staggered Megatron and gave Hydrobot enough time to snitch the device away and use it to release a shock burst through Bumblebee towards the Decepticons, prompting them to retreat. After all was said and done, Optimus apologised to Hydrobot for the misunderstanding. The trio and Hiroshi later realised that Hydrobot had forged a new life for himself. The trio then gave Hydrobot a lift and bid their farewells. {{storylink|A New Friend|A New Friend}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[File:OptimusMovie GeoffSenior.JPG|upright=1.4|left|thumb|Starting as he means to go on.]]

When war broke out, Optimus Prime studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find—he studied whole campaigns to desperate last stands, gaining a focused "playbook" of warfare strategy. He understands warfare on a practical and psychological level, and in desperate battles knows to show no mercy to opponents beyond a swift death. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Autobot VS Decepticon Smackdown!}}

While preparing to launch the AllSpark into space, Optimus hesitated before pressing the fateful button, fearful that he was condemning his world to a slow death. Before he could reach a conclusion, Prime came under attack from a drone sent by Megatron to kill him, and instructed his assistant [[Arctus]] to launch the AllSpark if he had not returned from the fight within ten cycles. When Prime's battle with the drone carried them both into the AllSpark chamber, the drone attempted to alert Megatron to the cube's location, forcing a desperate Prime to transform into his cometary protoform and cannonball directly into his opponent. The drone was successfully blown it pieces, but Prime was knocked out by the impact, and experienced a prophetic vision of [[Mission City|a battle on another world]]. Realizing that the AllSpark's ejection could spread the Transformers' war to other planets, Prime awoke too late to change the course of fate, and could only watch as the AllSpark rocketed off into the sky... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prelude: Optimus Prime}}

Prime and his Autobots pursued the AllSpark to Earth and battled the Decepticons for it. Almost immediately after triumphing over their foes, however, Optimus and his men had to face them ''again'' when they somehow rose as [[zombie]]s. Despite having no idea how they could be stopped and having had his power drained by fighting Megatron, Optimus continued to fight the monsters rather than let them run amok. Fortunately, Ratchet deduced that they had been reanimated by energies scavenged from the AllSpark by Starscream, enabling the Autobots to target their power sources and slay them once more. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

[[File:Titan5 Optimustwins.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|"Your slang is bad and you should ''feel'' bad!"]]

With the formation of NEST, Optimus found he had to strive daily to gain credibility with the human powers-that-be. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Working diligently to root out Decepticon threats around the globe, Prime was too busy to meet with new Autobot arrivals Skids and Mudflap, who claimed to have important information for him, though Ironhide noted that the twins had cried wolf so many times, even Optimus had trouble believing their stories these days. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} While in [[Australia]] on NEST business, Prime went into action alongside Arcee to apprehend [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]; the two Autobots found the terrain down under to be a challenge, while Sideways was in his element, so Prime elect to just ''blow up'' the terrain instead. Taking the captive Sideways back to Diego Garcia, Prime was greeted on arrival with the sight of Skids and Mudflap brawling on the runway. He bawled them out over improper conduct, but before he could go further, Scorponok made an attack. In the firefight that followed, Optimus tripped over Skids, and by the time he had righted himself, Scorponok and Sideways had both escaped. Knowing that the enemy could ''not'' have got this close without NEST security being compromised, Optimus was convinced by Sideswipe's argument that the twins had turned traitor and had them taken away for questioning. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

When the twins were sprung by Decepticons, Prime agreed with Theodore Galloway that the Autobots would make finding the twins a number one priority. However, Optimus was left suspicious when a [[Soundwave (ROTF)|mysterious "friend"]] tipped the Autobots off about the twins. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} [[File:Titan10 Optimusgetsout.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Never had a human face before. GIVE ME IT ANYWAY!]] Soon, it came out that the twins were being framed and by tracking the two, Optimus and his men found out about a Decepticon base near [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. Optimus led a raid on it, taking down the [[Purple generic drone|drone army]] stationed there. But he never did get to hear Skids and Mudflap's intel, about a mysterious threat known as The Fallen... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

Following The Fallen's attack on Earth, Optimus continued operations against the Decepticons. [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt's]] over-enthusiasm began to muck that up, causing damage and getting NEST into trouble, despite Optimus's attempts to point this out to him. Optimus had to confine him to base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} Soon after that, he was drawn out into a trap by [[Trophy White]] and the [[Free Men]], who wanted to take his head as a trophy. Optimus worked out their plan and allowed himself to be captured by the deranged hunter, in order to keep the fight away from civilians. He pretended to be securely chained down and listened to White's sociopathic ravings, before (at the moment he considered funniest) breaking free and taking White prisoner. Shockingly, he found keeping the severed heads of animals as trophies to be ''bad'', and destroyed Trophy's trophies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10| Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}

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When several Decepticons escaped from NEST's [[Bloemfontein]], [[South Africa]] holding facility, Optimus ordered his men to let the prisoners flee: a battle outside [[World Cup|a major sports event]] would cause unacceptable civilian casualties. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} This led to a major collapse in Autobot popularity, and open battles with Decepticons in cities were just risking further alienation. In response, Prime created a secret covert unit (even under NEST's radar) that would monitor the Decepticons, wait for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, and then hit hard and fast. While this worked, Optimus was left disquieted: the tactics he was using were too akin to the Decepticons, and a fine line was being walked. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}} Tracking the Decepticons, led by [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], to a base in [[Russia]], Optimus led a strike team in, unaware that [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] had sold them all out to Bludgeon and that they were walking into an ambush. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} "Luckily," Megatron arrived to destroy Bludgeon in punishment for running a rival faction; rather than engage Optimus, Megatron departed with the ominous warning that a day of reckoning was coming soon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

[[File:Titan3-3 OpSoundwavefaceoff.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Sorry Soundwave, you're going to need braces."]]

When a relic of [[Ark (DOTM)|an unknown UFO]] was discovered in Fiesole, [[Italy]], Optimus led a NEST team to secure the find. Starscream launched a surprise attack to claim it: Optimus ordered the human archaeologist to keep digging and fought the Decepticon, taking two blows before overpowering and thrashing him. But Starscream kept fighting, asking Optimus if there were things worth dying for. Optimus agreed and said he was willing to die to save Earth from Decepticons... at which point Starscream suckerpunched him and stole the artifact. Optimus was left concerned about what the 'cons were up to {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}} but found himself distract by other plots hatched by Soundwave. After intel from Bumblebee led NEST to the Laguna De Guatavita, Optimus and Ratchet tracked down Soundwave working alongside the [[Tanto Gang]]. After the Decepticon and his allies had uncovered [[El Dorado]], Soundwave turned on the Tanto Gang, and the Autobots swooped in the middle of the carnage. Optimus beat down the Decepticon, and forced him to explain his motives: using El Dorado's gold, Soundwave planned on crashing the Earth's economy. Though the Autobots foiled the plot, both Soundwave and the Tanto Gang escaped when the latter triggered a bomb to cover their retreat. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Blood And Gold}} Optimus then encountered Soundwave in [[Spain]] after he'd drawn [[Robert Epps]] and Bumblebee into an ambush. With Bumblebee near death, Optimus agreed to fight Soundwave without weapons if it would mean his comrade's survived, and he was nearly sent plummeting off the mountaintop in the resulting fight. However, he managed to use Soundwave's sonic blasts and the local environment against his foe; by locating a fissure, he snuck behind Soundwave, and shoved him into an avalanche triggered by the Decepticon's attacks. Soundwave was swept away and Optimus emerged victorious. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

When Ratchet contacted NEST to let them know there was trouble at the [[Tech Museum of Innovation]], Optimus himself turned out to help chase off Starscream and Barricade. He later tried to convince the anti-[[Transformer|Cybertronian]] protesters that the Autobots were here to help, but Ratchet and Ironhide's actions during the fight had already convinced them of that, and their leader, [[Marcus Castor]], was already producing anti-Decepticon T-shirts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

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In the aftermath of the battle for Chicago, Optimus and Decepticon defector [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] were cleaning up ''Ark'' debris on the Moon. Optimus was bemused that Drift would rather be hunting down Decepticons instead, asking if he really wanted to fight his former allies, and pointing out this was necessary work. Soon after, Drift was horrified to find the corpse of his old comrade [[Knucklehead]]. He recounted a story involving them and the murderer, [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], and Prime said he was sorry for the loss. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Space and Time}}

A while later, Optimus, Bumblebee, and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] engaged a trio of Decepticon survivors in [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. When their charges retreated, Optimus suggested that the three Autobots follow together, but Crosshairs insisted that he go it alone. After giving permission for this action, Prime commanded Bumblebee to keep a watchful eye on the new arrival and relay any findings back to him. With the three Decepticons located and single-handedly defeated by Crosshairs on the island of [[Pulau Bidadari]], Optimus informed Crosshairs that he was more than combat ready, but he had the feeling that they may have missed [[Lockdown (ROTF)|something...]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}}

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When [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] impersonated Bumblebee, Optimus found himself training his weapons on both of the 'bots, confident that the true Bumblebee would be able to prove his identity. He did not have long to wait, as Bumblebee saved a human who had fallen from a nearby burning building, and Optimus quickly overpowered Stinger and ordered him to get out of his sight, repulsed by his artificial nature. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

Hearing a news report suggesting a potential Transformer threat in the town of [[Cullum]], Optimus Prime investigated alongside Crosshairs, and discovered that the area was being menaced by a powerful [[turbofox]]. Crosshairs had once lost an entire platoon to a pack of turbofoxes and struggled to overcome his fears in order to help Prime battle the creature, but fortunately, just as Prime was about to become fox-food, Crosshairs got his head in order and blasted the beast. Optimus congratulated him on conquering his fear, and hoped that humankind would be able to do the same and become allies of the Autobots' once again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}
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====Alternate timeline====

[[File:TitanUK9 frozen prime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|The Prime Who Came In From The Cold]]

In a parallel universe, the battle of Mission City turned out very differently—Optimus was defeated and captured by Megatron, and the AllSpark fell into Decepticon hands. The Decepticons proceeded to conquer North America, and by the start of 2008, had begun a plan to cyberform the Earth using the AllSpark's energies. Working with Mikaela Banes and [[Tom Banachek]], the Autobots staged a plan to rescue Prime, who they knew was being held in Sector Seven's old Hoover Dam base, repurposed by the Decepticons as their new headquarters... but when Bumblebee and Mikaela infiltrated the base, they did not expect to find Prime frozen solid by the liquid nitrogen cooling system previously used to imprison Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} While Bumblebee distracted Megatron, Mikaela began her attempt to deactivate the system, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} but soon came under attack herself by [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} Fortunately, she was able to dupe Frenzy into rupturing the liquid nitrogen tanks with his blades, damaging the system to the point where Prime began to thaw out. The revived Prime challenged Megatron to a duel, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} but as they fought, Optimus learned that Megatron's link to the AllSpark allowed his old enemy to instantly heal any damage Prime managed to inflict. Luckily, Bumblebee and Mikaela saved the day, hitting the distracted Megatron with an old [[Sector Seven]] nanovirus, which destroyed him from within. Simultaneously, Autobots elsewhere destroyed the AllSpark to halt its cyberforming of Earth, but despite this success and the death of Megatron, Prime could take no satisfaction in victory: this battle was won, but the war remained... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

[[File:Aftermathpt2 prime attacked by NATO.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5|Proportions? Never heard of it!]]

Surveying the damage done to Earth, Prime became resigned to the fact that Humanity, battered by Decepticon occupation, would view both Autobot and Decepticon as hostile invaders. Worse yet, although a fragment of the AllSpark had survived the cube's destruction, Optimus feared its contact with Megatron had corrupted it beyond all hope. In spite of these concerns, Prime was quick to order his men to protect a human shelter against Decepticon attack, but the Autobots' defense was misinterpreted as hostile action, and they came under attack from a [[NATO]] unit. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Part 1}} Optimus refused to allow his men to return fire, but fortunately, the crisis soon passed when the human who had ordered the attack was freed from the Decepticon mind-control that had guided his actions. Optimus surrendered to the humans, beginning an alliance between the Autobots and the United States government. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

After examining a particularly volatile spot of geological flux brought on by the AllSpark's energy in [[Okeechobee]], [[Florida]] alongside Tom Banachek and recently appointed [[Theodore Allen|President Theodore Allen]], Optimus Prime returned to the Autobots' base in [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], where he was shocked to discover that Ratchet had used the AllSpark fragment that Prime had entrusted to him to resurrect Jazz. Prime assigned Ratchet and Jazz to monitor the Okeechobee situation, but warned Ratchet to keep a close eye on Jazz, fearing what the potentially-tainted AllSpark had done to him. Unfortunately, Prime's fears proved true, and Jazz soon revealed himself to have been left corrupted and amoral by the shard's power. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:ReturntoCybertron optimus allies with stockade.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6|"Don't worry, readers, I'll just leave him to starve to death in #25." "What was that?" "I SAID I'M GONNA KILL YA"]]

Optimus Prime soon worked out that while the AllSpark's transformation of Earth had been halted, the damage had been done: the infection had reached [[Earth's core|the planet's core]], and the organic Earth and the technological transformation were now fighting for supremacy, killing the planet in the process. While he arranged for a specialist team to investigate and limit the damage, Prime reported his findings to President Allen, but refrained from telling him of the back-up plan he was putting into action lest humanity's hopes be unduly raised: a team led by Ironhide was to retrieve [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] from the dead Cybertron in the hope it could be used to save Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron, Part 1}} Planetary surveyor [[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft]] was appalled when Prime revealed the plan to him, knowing how unstable Nucleon could be, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron, Part 2}} and the bad news continued to pour in when a distress call from Ironhide's team reported that a band of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] already had control of Cybertron's Nucleon. Optimus led the entirety of the Earth-bound Autobots (save Camshaft's team) to Cybertron as back-up, but was surprised to see Cybertron coming to ''them'', possessed by the evil entity [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron, Part 3}} Shot down by Unicron, Prime's team abandoned ship and made it to Cybertron using their cometary protoforms. Forming an alliance with Stockade, Prime formed a plan to drain off the Nucleon so Unicron couldn't use it as a power source, while the bulk of the Transformers provided a distraction by going underground and shooting up Unicron's body. The plan worked, Nucleon was secured for Earth, and Optimus extended an offer for Stockade to join them on Earth whenever he wished. Optimus was left optimistic that Autobots and Decepticons had come together in a common cause. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

[[File:Optimus Titan22.JPG|upright=1.6|left|thumb|Freedom is not dispensed here, sentient fools, only DEATH!]]

On returning to Earth, Prime found the Decepticons had seized the Autobot base and surrounding area; he made the decision to withdraw to [[Washington, D.C.]], knowing that this meant leaving Mikaela in Decepticon hands. Upon landing at an air base, the Decepticon-controlled President Allen lured him into a trap, and he found himself fighting Jazz, now a Decepticon hired gun. Optimus lured him away from humans and prepared to engage him, but when a second assassin named [[Kullt]] turned up, Jazz gunned it down out of annoyance. Optimus had viewed Jazz as a lost cause but now stated there was still some Autobot in him: he ''could'' have let Kullt do the work for him and then killed him, but he saved Prime instead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} Prime then took the Autobots to rescue Mikaela; he himself went first, launching himself in protoform mode to land in Savannah like a bomb and tearing his way through [[Swindle (Movie)|drone hordes]]. He was quickly gunned down by aerial units and about to be killed by Starscream, but this whole flashy attack had been a diversion—allowing other Autobots a chance to hit the distracted air forces and nab Mikaela. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

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Optimus seemed to quickly bond with [[Seward|General Seward]], his military liaison at Andrews Air Base, but that didn't help when the mind-controlled President Allen had the government order the Autobots out of America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part One}} However, having deduced that Allen was under Decepticon control following his clash with Jazz, Prime had anticipated this. As expected, Allen attempted to nuke the Autobots' ship as it departed, but he only succeeded in blowing up a decoy ship Prime had had Ironhide and Bumblebee prepare. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part Three}} Believed dead, the Autobots went undercover on Cybertron, making another deal with Stockade to have his team protect Earth in their absence, kicking off a [[Decepticon Civil War]]. Optimus didn't trust Stockade to not renege on the deal and just take control of Earth for himself, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution, Part Two}} but he ensured the Decepticons were set up for the Autobot's final strike: forcibly teleporting all of the enemy to Cybertron via Unicron's leftover teleportational engines, then stranding Cybertron in a remote solar system. Optimus led the troops to Earth and witnessed Megatron's return from the dead, but this proved no impediment to the Autobots' plan: Prime briefly distracted Megatron so he could be tagged with a teleporter like the other Decepticons, and the next minute, both Megatron, Stockade, and their entire armies were all teleported away. This left the Autobots stranded on Earth and with a lot of clean-up to do... but at long last, Optimus Prime had finally brought the war to an end. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part Three}}

===Toy bios===
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The truck Optimus Prime [[trans-scan]]ned upon arrival on Earth was ''the coolest thing he ever saw''. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Robo-Vision Optimus Prime}}

When the AllSpark was destroyed in Mission City, Optimus was bathed in its power and became a living receptacle: he could destroy or heal with the merest thought. He still remained dedicated to peace, and altered his exterior decorations to match the ones he bore as a young leader, before the beginning of the war. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|First Strike Optimus Prime}} When Starscream came out of hiding, Prime teamed with Arcee to hunt him down, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SamsClub3pk|Arcee, Starscream & Optimus Prime}} but as more Decepticons under Starscream's command began appearing on Earth, Prime had to use the AllSpark power within him to alter his body into a new sensor-transparent, super-silent form for stealth missions. Prime considered it dishonourable, but knew had to be done. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime}} Unfortunately, Starscream followed his lead and also modified himself for stealth so he could target Prime personally. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream}}

Once the Decepticons were beaten on Earth, Optimus was provided with intelligence by [[Sector Seven]] about Decepticon bases on Mars. After assuming new colors, he headed to the red planet. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Fire Blast Optimus Prime}} As it turned out, though, the Decepticons would soon strike at Earth again; Prime upgraded his sensor suite and trained with Ironhide to better track their enemies. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#ROTFvoyager|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Voyager Optimus Prime}}

Following the battle with The Fallen in Egypt, Optimus made a particular point of tracking down Starscream, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#HFTDleader|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' Leader Optimus Prime}} and enhanced his arsenal with weapons designed to take on airborne Decepticons. Unfortunately, these new weapons were not a great help in battling hypnotic Decepticon [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]], who prevented Prime from opening fire by attacking him with mind-controlled humans. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VoyagerDefender|Defender Optimus Prime}} Prime had more luck against [[Banzaitron (TF 2010)|Banzaitron]], who mistakenly believed that Optimus won his fights through raw power; in actuality, Prime's decades of training made him one of Cybertron's most skilled fighters, and Banzaitron held little challenge for him. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BattleBlades|Battle Blades Optimus Prime}}

Optimus was known to team up with [[Comettor (DOTM)|Comettor]] for lunar missions. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#OptimusComettor|Optimus Prime & Comettor}} It was on the lunar surface that lost Autobot leader Sentinel Prime was found, and the team-up of these two Primes meant the Decepticons didn't stand a chance! {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#walmartdlx|Walmart Deluxe Optimus Prime}} Optimus continued to combat threats to the Autobots with various new upgrades like armor reinforced with [[Cybertanium]] {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Lunarfire|Lunarfire Optimus Prime}} and [[Tritanium]], {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#TritaniumPrime|Tritanium Optimus Prime}}, [[MechTech]] weapons that included a powerful Cybertanium battle axe {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DOTMVoyFireburst|Fireburst Optimus Prime}} and the combining [[Mega Striker]] cannon, {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#StrikerOptimus|Striker Optimus}} and the incredible [[Omega Combat Armor]]. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#UltimatePrime|Ultimate Optimus Prime}}

Eventually the human alliances came into question. As Earth still needed him, Optimus altered his form so he could move around unrecognised and commit covert strikes on Decepticons. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 5|Evasion Mode Optimus Prime}}

===''Beast Wars Diorama Story''===
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Under mysterious circumstances, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Jazz, Ratchet, and Starscream were transported through a warp in space and time and deposited on the prehistoric Earth of another universe, smack into the middle of the [[Beast Wars (event)|"Beast Wars"]] between [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s [[Maximal]]s and [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Prime made fast friends with Primal; they joined their forces and double-teamed the injured [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who had just taken a blast to the face from [[Tigatron]]. The two Optimuses commemorated their accomplishment of teamwork by shaking hands, while the Maximals and Ratchet looked on in approval. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}}

Starscream allied with the Predacons, and was soon joined by Blackout, his own Megatron, {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}} and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] who all also travelled through the warp. The two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. Fortunately for the Autobots and Maximals, [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] arrived to assist. The two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. With [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}
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===''Cyber Missions''===
{{voiceactor|[[Eric Edwards]] (English)|[[Blas Garcia]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[File:CyberMissions1 Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Yes, I know, I'm scary.]]
During NEST's ongoing hunt for the Decepticons after the death of The Fallen, Optimus Prime recorded some information on the Autobot-Decepticon war for preservation in [[Vector Sigma]]. Bumblebee and Ironhide were reviewing the data when Bludgeon and Soundwave launched an attack on NEST command. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} The next morning, Optimus had been informed of the attack and Soundwave's capture, and he ordered Ironhide to wait for reinforcements to assist in pursuing Bludgeon. Bludgeon made that difficult for Ironhide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}} Later, Optimus contacted Ratchet to inform him that [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] was causing chaos in [[Mission City]], and he reminded the Autobot medic to be careful. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3}}

Optimus and Sideswipe tracked Megatron to a disused factory, but the Decepticon leader eluded them by cloaking his spark signature. The hidden Megatron ambushed the two Autobots, and Optimus brought his swords to bear in battle, though he tried appealing to Megatron to surrender. Megatron's response came in the form of a blast that brought the fatory's roof down on the two Autobots, and though Megatron escaped, Optimus promised that he would no longer be able to hide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}}

When Ironhide went missing after the incident with Bludgeon, Optimus searched for him, following directions from Bumblebee to a cave loaded with [[Energon]]. That cave turned out to be the hiding place of Decepticon hypnotist Mindwipe, who had Ironhide in his thrall, and tried to do the same to Optimus. The Autobot leader was able to resist Mindwipe's mesmerizing powers with a little help from his blaring truck horns, and defeated him, leaving a confused Ironhide to wonder what was going on. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}}

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Reports of [[Smolder]] attacking a building in [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]] resulted in Optimus dispatching Bumblebee and Ratchet to investigate. He filled them in on the situation en route. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 9}} During another mission, Optimus warned Sideswipe and Ratchet that they were being tracked, moments before the pair were attacked by Starscream and Mindwipe. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 10}}

Bumblebee reported to Optimus that he'd managed to pinpoint the location where Megatron and Starscream were meeting, leading Optimus to confront the two Decepticons in an Arctic region. When Megatron expressed surprise that he'd come to fight them without backup, Optimus assured him that the Autobots were never far from their leader's side. While Starscream went to attack the others, Optimus and Megatron continued to fight, with Optimus emerging the eventual victor. As Megatron tried to goad him into finishing the fight, Optimus announced that the Autobots protected all sentient life, and that included the Decepticons. He subsequently allowed Megatron to flee. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

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{{quote|By showing even one such as him the power of mercy, Megatron might realize that we'll never give up, no matter the cost.|Optimus Prime|''Cyber Missions'' #12}}

Prime set up an elaborate trap involving a hologram of Soundwave to lure the Decepticons to a spot in the wilderness. The ploy worked, and Optimus attacked Megatron while his men attacked Megatron's troops. At one point during the battle, Megatron threw a train car at him, and he simply somersaulted along its length. Though Megatron boasted that the Decepticons would win through sheer determination, Optimus knocked him to the ground and gave a speech about building alliances, which was the cue for the [[human]]s to turn up in force and surround the Decepticons. Optimus informed Megatron that he could either leave the planet peacefully or be destroyed. Once the rest of the Decepticons fled, Megatron delivered a final threat before taking off. Prime celebrated with another speech, before admiring the huge Autobot [[insignia]] Bumblebee had stomped into the ground. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
During NEST's global hunt for Decepticons in the time period between the battle of Mission City and The Fallen's attack on Earth, an alert of Decepticon activity in [[Tokyo]] sent Optimus, Ironhide, Ratchet and Sideswipe to investigate. Prime intervened in Sideswipe and Barricade's battle to lift the Decepticon into the air, only to find himself under attack by Grindor. Ordering Sideswipe and Ratchet to cover him, Optimus scaled the side of a nearby office block so he could punch the helicopter out of the air. Standing over the two Decepticons, Optimus was surprised when they informed him that they were simply providing a diversion. Optimus realised that Sam was in danger, and rushed back to America in time to find Starscream attempting to abduct the boy. He jumped on Starscream's back, causing the Decepticon to flee and saving Sam from a kidnapping. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''I Can Read!'' books===
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Optimus met up with Ironhide, Sideswipe and Bumblebee in a desert to train. He and Ironhide tackled a rough off-road trail, only for their training to be interrupted by a nearby dam bursting open. The two Autobots sealed up the dam using rocks from a nearby quarry. They met back up with Bumblebee and Sideswipe afterwards, who admitted to have encountered their own "natural disaster." The source of the disturbances soon revealed itself to be Megatron and Starscream tunneling underground. Though the two Decepticons attempted to ambush the Autobots, Optimus and the others were able to send them running thanks to the training they had gone through that day. {{storylink|Training Day (book)|Training Day}}

[[File:OptimusKOsStarscream-BuddyBrawl.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|And that's terrible]]
Optimus came upon Starscream attacking Sam and Mikaela, while Bumblebee and Wheelie argued with one another nearby on how to defeat the Decepticon. Optimus knocked out Starscream with a single punch before chastising both his subordinates for allowing their feelings get in the way of their mission to protect the humans. Sam and Mikaela attempted to have Wheelie and Bumblebee reconcile, but the two Autobots were too stubborn to apologize to one another. Optimus suggested that the humans give Bumblebee and Wheelie time to work things out. But Starscream suddenly regained consciousness, prompting Optimus to order Wheelie and Bumblebee to work together to defeat him while he protected the humans. The two Autobots managed to put their differences aside and accomplished their task. Optimus looked on with pride as the two friends thanked each other afterwards. {{storylink|Buddy Brawl}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:OptimusgetsSamsmessage-PrimeTarget.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Optimus "likes" Sam's status before going back to looking at cat videos.]]
Optimus had assigned Skids and Mudflap to watch over Sam while Bumblebee was away on a mission. When he asked the Twins for their report on the situation, they informed him that they suspected the [[new lab assistant]] working at Sam's university to be a Decepticon spy. Optimus ordered the two Autobots to continue their vigil over Sam. The Twins' hunch turned out to be correct, and the Decepticon spy sent Optimus a false distress signal through Sam's computer. Optimus sped to meet Sam at his university, where he encountered Megatron. Using a supermagnet within the University lab, Megatron was able to lock Optimus in his vehicle mode. Megatron would have destroyed Optimus if not for Sam's timely intervention. Sam used the supermagnet on Megatron, allowing Optimus to escape, and get repaired by Ratchet. {{storylink|Prime Target (book)|Prime Target}}

[[File:AutobotsthankSam-SatelliteMeltdown.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|May I ''please'' take your face?]]
Optimus received word from human authorities that [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] were causing trouble. But thanks to Soundwave's tampering with communications, he and his Autobots wound up driving to an empty warehouse miles away instead of the location of the conflict. Upon arriving at the warehouse, Optimus and his troops quickly realized that they had been tricked. Thankfull, Sam and Bumblebee met them there, and led them to the correct location. Optimus took care of both Decepticons by himself, sending them fleeing. Optimus then met with the human military, and informed them of Soundwave in Earth orbit. Together, they managed to have the satellite to which Soundwave was attached to self-destruct, sending the Decepticon tumbling off into outer space. Sam later thanked Sam for his help in the mission. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}
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===''Spot the 'Bots''===
While on a mission to find Decepticons, Optimus found Megatron hiding behind a tree. Megatron tried to scamper away, but Optimus and his Autobots gave chase. A small group of both factions then met at an old warehouse, and they began to duke it out for the fate of the Earth! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}
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===''Unite for the Universe''===
[[File:Project Unite.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
In the wake of The Fallen's defeat, NEST initiated [[Project Unite]] to find a way of modifying Jetfire's parts so that Optimus could use them again. Unaware of the project's objective, but knowing that it held a great power, Starscream attacked the Unite facility to try stealing its fruits for himself, only to find a successfully powered-up Optimus Prime ready and waiting to take him on. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} Starscream fled, but immediately began plotting on how he could take Optimus's new power for himself. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}}

When word came in of another Starscream sighting on the [[Greece|Greek]] island of Delos, Optimus used his new abilities to fly there personally, where Sideswipe briefed him on what the Autobots had deduced: Starscream had managed to replicate the Unite process using the bodies of dead Decepticons, and was making a play for power. Knowing that Starscream did not have the necessary neural interface protocols to handle the Unite upgrade and would soon be driven mad, Optimus led the Autobots in tracking him to [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] for a confrontation... only for Megatron himself to show up, also dedicated to bring Starscream to heel! {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|On the Road of Destruction}} Tempting as it was to stand back and watch Megatron and Starscream duke it out, Optimus could not risk the Unite technology falling into Megatron's hands, and soon interceded in the Decepticons' battle. While Optimus kept Megatron busy, Ratchet hit Starscream with a scrambler weapon that burned out Starscream's new cyber-genetic sequencing, rending the Unite tech useless; Megatron departed, vowing vengeance. Optimus sadly reflected that in striving to create new and better weapons, the Autobots had almost handed the Decepticons victory, and swore that fortitude and valour would be the only weapons he relied on henceforth. {{storylink|The Strongest Weapon}}
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===The Creation Revoltech!===
[[File:The Creation Revoltech.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|From about this point on, things get progressively sillier. You've been warned.]]
At the mercy of Megatron and the powerful [[Revocube]], Optimus Prime, at Ratchet's urging, called upon the power of the [[Revoltech]] universal joint. As the Wreckers watched, Prime surged with energy—and guns!—and prepared to renew the fight. {{storylink|The Creation Revoltech!}}
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===''How to Ride Your Dinobot''===
====Cartoon====
[[File:Htryd-chapter-2-optimus-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|We all did this with our toys as kids. Now Optimus hates us for it.]]

Optimus found trying to ride [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] was far from an easy task, which wasn't helped by his notably impatient attitude. First, Grimlock flung him into a wall when he first tried to get him to move. After [[Humanization|receiving a cast on his leg]] following the incident, he again lost his patience when trying to get his steed to move. However, it was all for naught, as now it was time for Grimlock to ride on Optimus's shoulders. Optimus could only groan in pain as he carried the massive Dinobot around, who was having a much better day than he was. {{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 2: How to Ride|How to Ride}}

====Comic====
[[File:HowtoRide prime is an expert.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Intending to teach his Autobots the fine art of Dinobot-riding, Optimus Prime led his men through a Chinese forest to the Dinobots' stomping ground—though he refrained from ''telling'' the Autobots where he was taking them, so they couldn't say no! Hound and Bumblebee had little luck taming [[Slash (AOE)|Slash]] and [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]], but when Drift and Crosshairs managed to saddle up atop [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and [[Scorn]], Optimus cautioned them against overconfidence, but suggested they try practising combat scenario. It did not go well. Bruised and tired, Hound pointed out that Optimus hadn't done any riding, but Optimus professed that he didn't ''need'' to, since he was already an expert. Grimlock evidently didn't get the message, as he flipped the unsuspecting Optimus onto his back, then took off running. Optimus called to the Autobots that Grimlock had picked up the scent of Decepticons, and instructed them all to RIDE OUT! {{storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}
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===Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base===
[[File:YokohamaBase movie primes vs nemesis.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.75]]
''Two'' versions of Optimus Prime were hanging out at the [[Transformers Expo]] in [[Yokohama]] at the same time—one in his original Earth body, the other in his ''Age of Extinction'' form—when the evil clone of a ''different'' Optimus Prime, [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]], came crashing into the building. The Primes attacked him alongside Bumblebee, at which point Nemesis was backed up by some of the other Expo attendees: a ''second'' [[Nemesis Prime (AOE)|Nemesis Prime]] (this one Optimus's ''own'' evil duplicate) and [[Nemesis Grimlock]]! They glared at each other a bit, until suddenly, the combined energies of the AllSpark, the Matrix of Leadership and the [[seed]]—all on display at the Expo, naturally—began reacting with the [[Dark Energon]] within the first Nemesis Prime. This was all part of a complicated plot by [[Unicron]], but fortunately, Nemesis resisted the dark urges within himself, and channelled all the Dark Energon into the stickers his creator [[Doctor Arkeville]] had used to make him evil. Nemesis ripped the stickers off and hurled them into the air, where all the Autobots and Decepticons—and even the Expo's human attendees, using their cell phones—blasted them and stopped the chain reaction.

It was a ''super'' weird day. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}
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===''Cheetos/Age of Extinction'' comic===
[[File:CheetosAOE optimusprime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|What is this? Yellow [[JaAm]]? Get [[Hot Shot (AOE)|Hot Shot]] on this ASAP!]]
Discovering that the Decepticons were increasing their strength through artifacts from the [[Cheetos (galaxy)|Cheetos galaxy]], Optimus Prime and the Autobots recruited [[you]]r help to acquire the power-enhancing objects. {{storylink|Cheetos/Transformers: Age of Extinction}}
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===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Yoshimasa Hosoya]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:QTransformers the cast.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2]]
In this world, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Lockdown were aware that they were toys: specifically, ''Q-Transformers'', a new line of cute-looking ''Transformers'' merchandise produced to tie-in with the 30th anniversary of the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]]. Optimus sometimes changed his look to match other Optimus Prime toys, but his "default" form was that of a toy based on his ''Age of Extinction'' look. They hanged out at different famous service areas on Japanese expressways, and talked about the ''[[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Mystery of Convoy]]'' video game, and the remake produced as a tie-in with their toyline, ''[[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (mobile game)|Mystery of Convoy Returns]]''.

Discussing the ins and outs of their cute designs, Optimus and his pals explained that they were created for the purpose of appealing to non-Transformers fans; Optimus suggested plush Transformers could be another way of tapping that market. {{storylink|Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise}} When the trio talked about and how terrible ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, Optimus huffed, insisting that, at the very least, it wasn't ''unbeatable''. Discussing traits that they thought made games bad, Optimus voiced a dislike for games without different difficulty settings. {{storylink|Mystery of Reliably Crappy Games}}

[[File:Qtransformers optimus on underwear.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|See? We weren't lying.]]

Lockdown suggested that re-releasing such a terrible game was like rubbing salt in a wound; Bumblebee didn't understand the expression, since, as Optimus pointed out, they were robots, and it didn't mean anything to them. While trying to come up with situations the phrase was applicable to, Lockdown suggested "accidentally sending your father an "I love you" text instead of your boyfriend or girlfriend"; the trio joked about what sort of response the father would send, and Optimus silenced everyone with the thoughtful answer: "I know". {{storylink|Mystery of Smearing Salt in the Open Wound}} The group then talked about the rubbish stage bosses in ''Mystery of Convoy'', particularly the [[Destron Mark|floating Decepticon insignia]], and wondered what sort of fictional scenarios it could be used in. {{storylink|Mystery of the Stage Bosses}}

[[File:Qtransformers optimus on psychics.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Prime and company began being joined by their friends to discuss facets of the game. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] participated in a talk about the differences between the original and the remake, {{storylink|Mystery of the Wittily Similar Circumstances}} while [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] highlighted the tonal "gap" between the cute character designs and the very ''un''-cute action in the game. Everyone tried to think of examples of similar "gaps": Optimus suggested a stylish young dude wearing unfashionable underwear, and started sweating when everyone laughed. {{storylink|Mystery of the Gap of Unpopular Men}} [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] joined them to talk about classic terrible games, which turned into a discussion about adventure and exploring, and the comforts an explorer might like to have with them on such a journey. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Explorer}} [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] also talked about some famously awful old games, seguing into a discussion about psychokinetic powers; Optimus remembered seeing a guy on TV who had the power to magnetize cutlery to his body. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Psychic}}

[[File:Qtransformers gtoptimus copenbee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2]]

When [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] came along to share his thoughts on points of commonality among famously awful games, the group talked about the technical advancements of video games, but when Optimus wanted to talk about motion capture technology, he got confused and mixed it up with a CAT scan! {{storylink|Mystery of Game Balance}} [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] also had some opinions on the common themes of bad games, but Bumblebee and Optimus's willingness to settle for less frustrated Lockdown. {{storylink|Mystery of the Lowest Possible Standards}}

[[File:Qtransformers g1 convoy.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Only you, could prevent wild fires.]]

Optimus had changed his look to match that of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GTR|his ''Transformers GT'' incarnation]] when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] dropped in. They talked about the changing faces of Optimus Prime through history, and how he used to be called "Convoy" in Japan, then Lockdown compared "Optimus Prime" and "Convoy" to the Mario Brothers. Everyone had a good chuckle when Jazz specified that Optimus would be the "Luigi" of the pair. {{storylink|Mystery of Convoy}} Bumblebee later told [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] about Optimus's fondness for ''Mystery of Convoy''. {{storylink|Mystery of Mystery of Convoy}}

When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] turned up to join the argument over just how bad ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, the shocked Optimus quickly switched bodies, taking on the form of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Generation 1 self]]. They argued back and forth for a bit, discussing other ways the game could have been remade, until Optimus proposed the most drastic rebranding he could think of: calling it "Mysteryvoy of Con". {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}

Tiring of talking about ''Mystery of Convoy'', Optimus noted the unexpected popularity of ''Q-Transformers'' itself and steered the towards other ways to reach a wider audience for ''Transformers''. His own suggestion was to make the franchise more like ''[[w:Mito Kōmon|Mito Kōmon]]''. {{storylink|The Road to Winning a New Fanbase}} The three decided to go over previous ''Transformers'' series to make sure they'd stay within established rules, but Optimus and Bumblebee immediately ran into an argument with Lockdown when they refused to acknowledge anything bad about [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]. Lockdown argued that it was hard to tell the difference between Autobots and Decepticons, so the three discussed ways of making it more obvious. {{storylink|The Road to Easy Identification}}

Introducing a new "Q-Transformers Radio" segment, the trio invited Tracks to talk about popularity, and he brought along [[Yukimura Sanada]] from ''[[w:Sengoku Basara|Sengoku Basara]]''. After interviewing their guest on his franchise of origin, they struck upon the idea of having Transformers appear in ''Basara'' games, and Optimus failed to impress by imagining his in-game super move would be a car horn. {{storylink|The Road to Borrowing Popularity from Sengoku Basara}}

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===''Legends'' comic===
[[File:TFLegends optimus rides grimlock.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
In the [[Legends World]], Optimus Prime was just a fictional character featured in a series of popular movies and toylines. When the newest film, ''Age of Extinction'' came out, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and the other employees of the [[Axalon Trading Company]] went crazy for the new toys. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] got the Leader-class figure, {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 1|TF4 Toy Party Part 1}} while [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], being more of a fan of the Generation 1 series, instead opted for the "Evasion Mode" figure, with its Generation 1-inspired alternate mode. He was disgusted to discover that such a classic, '80s-looking toy transformed into Optimus's movie-based robot mode design, and was even more put out when Silverbolt had the figure ride the new Grimlock toy. {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 2|TF4 Toy Party Part 2}}

A new Optimus Prime toy was on show when the Axalon gang went to the 2014 Tokyo Toy Show during the summer. {{storylink|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report#Part 2|Tokyo Toy Show 2014 Report Part 2}} Six months later, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] spent [[Christmas]] enjoying Prime's exploits in the new ''Age of Extinction'' DVD. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} When Rhinox turned into [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and tried to revert the world back to how it was in the '80s, Rattrap attempted to stop him by singing the praises of modern-day Transformers, including the movie incarnation of Optimus. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}

When [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Gelshark]] arrived in the Legends World and found that "Optimus Prime" was the English name of his enemy, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Fire Convoy]], he sought to ruin his reputation by dressing up as the ''Age of Extinction'' version of the character. The masses of adoring young fans that showed up made Gelshark unable to bring himself to crush their dreams. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 6|Bonus Edition Vol. 6}}

At [[Tokyo Toy Show|Tokyo Toy Show 2015]], [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]] appeared and took down somebody in an Optimus Prime costume. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Black Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}
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===Bot on the Street===
Optimus was asked if Frenzy was red or blue, but as far as he was concerned, [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] was silver. {{storylink|Bot on the Street}}

===''Timelines''===
In one reality, Megatron suddenly shifted position during the Battle of Chicago and thus took advantage of his mysteriously good luck to kill both Optimus Prime and Sentinel Prime. Eventually, though, a new Prime arose, [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|BotCon 2015 Megatron profile card}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 609.23-PX Kappa]], Megatron defeated [[The Fallen]] and returned to space to gather the Decepticon army, beginning new engagements which sent the Autobots on the defensive. Optimus Prime rose to the bait planted by Soundwave for Sam Witwicky and took the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' to the Moon to revive [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Backed into a corner by the Decepticon offensive, Optimus revived Sentinel on the lunar surface, and Sentinel helped Megatron capture Optimus. The Decepticons gained control of Earth and brought Cybertron to Earth orbit. Sentinel spent time unsuccessfully trying to turn Optimus over to his way of thinking.

Everything changed with the arrival of [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] to Decepticon-controlled Earth. The bounty hunter demanded that Optimus be handed over to him; Megatron refused out of pride while Sentinel refused out of loyalty. While Sentinel debated over Lockdown's offer of a protomatter [[seed]], Optimus used the opportunity to reignite Sentinel's cold spark. Sentinel thus tricked Lockdown to seize control of [[Knight Ship|Lockdown's ship]]. Allying themselves with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]s, Optimus and Sentinel waged a long guerrilla war against the Decepticons. After the long struggle, they managed to liberate Earth and revitalize Cybertron with the seed. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/22}}

In [[Tyran 511.0 Kappa]], once [[Cade Yeager]] had revived Optimus Prime, Optimus put out the call to all surviving Autobots. Bumblebee, [[Bulkhead (DOTM)|Bulkhead]], and [[Backtrack (Movie)|Backtrack]] joined...and so did the desperate Decepticons [[Axor|Axel]] and [[Wild Rider]]! The Autobots were initially skeptical of them but learned to appreciate Wild Rider, who remained loyal even in the face of Megatron's return as Galvatron. Axel on the other hand attempted to sell out the Autobots to Lockdown only to be killed by Lockdown. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/16}}

===''Mission to Cybertron'' comic===
While searching for the Creator, Optimus arrived on [[Paradron]] to refuel on Energon, but was denied by a [[Gyronian Sentry]] and his pet Guard Cats. Optimus explained his past to the Sentry, who was not impressed, demanding a passcode. The passcode was written in Old Cybertronian, but the gate didn't open even with a decoder. Prime and Sentry's egos clashed, causing a fight to break out. Optimus tried directly inserting the decoder into the door, with the passcode: "In Primus We Trust". The door opened, allowing Optimus to drink half of the Energon, giving the other half to Sentry. Optimus told Sentry he did a good job, relieved him of his guard duties, and flew off into space.
{{storylink|Mission to Cybertron}}
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===Gathering of the Strongest Robots DVD===
{{storylink|Gathering of the Strongest Robots}}

===''Bumblebee's First Life on Earth''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Picked Up from the Junkyard}}}}

==Games==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/games}}

==Commercial appearances==
*As part of the hype buildup to the first movie's release, Optimus Prime made a brief cameo at the {{w|2007 MTV Movie Awards}}, interacting with host Sarah Silverman. The scene spliced Silverman into pre-existing movie footage, but featured new dialogue recorded for the event by Peter Cullen. Prime heavily hinted that he wanted to present an award, but was rejected for a regular MTV fan.

*According to a tie-in advertisement for [[Burger King]], Prime likes his Whoppers with no onions, no cheese, extra pickles, with a side of ????. However, due to a cruel twist of fate, he can never enjoy the sweet taste of beefy victory (and all because he needed a driver for him to receive his order). He saved the world from the Decepticons, and still he can't even have it his way? Where's the justice? {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)#Burger King|Transformers Burger King tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus fell on some guy's car, smashing it to scrap. The car's owner was rather upset about this development, but Optimus could only respond with "My bad..." {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)#General Motors|Transformers Chevy tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus Prime (in truck mode) made an appearance at [[BotCon 2007]], alongside the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. He was available for pictures all weekend. He made a second appearance at [[BotCon 2009]].

*Optimus was convinced that a man's new LG Versa was really a Decepticon in disguise. The phone's owner vehemently denied this, despite the phone demonstrating transformation capabilities. He laughed off Optimus's apparent fixation with Decepticons...until one dropped down behind him, sending him running. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#LG Versa|Revenge of the Fallen LG Versa tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus was tasked with delivering trailers of Strawberry and Peanut Butter [[M&M's]]. Instead of hauling them in his truck mode, he picked one up and threw it into the distance, clipping some power lines in the process. This earned him some sarcastic clapping from [[Red (M&M)|Red]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#M&Ms|Revenge of the Fallen M&Ms tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus was seen sporting an [[Robot Powered Machines|RPMs]] logo as a grill ornament. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#RPMs|Robot Powered Machines toy commercial}}

*During the 2009 NBA Finals, a commercial aired where [[The Master Builders (episode)|Optimus made a slam dunk]] and shattered the backboard.

*On [[July 6]], 2009, Optimus appeared on ''The {{w|Late Show With David Letterman}}'' to declare the "Top Ten Things That Sound Cool When Said By A Giant Robot". Optimus said it was nice to be there, although David was ''clearly'' concerned with having a 28-foot tall robot in the studio because of a bad history of robots messing up the place, and during the presentation Letterman decided there was something about Prime he didn't like. Anyway, the top ten was:
<ol>
<li value="10">"Jergens lotion leaves my hands silky smooth."</li>
<li value="9">"Do you have these khakis in a Size 114?"</li>
<li value="8">"My perfect night involves a pint of Häagen-Dazs and season three of ''Sex and the City''."</li>
<li value="7">"Man, do I love me some 'taters."</li>
<li value="6">"It was so hot in Central Park today, I saw a squirrel rubbing sunblock on his nuts."</li>
<li value="5">"You seemed a little pitchy, dawg."</li>
<li value="4">"Brody Jenner has added you as a friend on Facebook."</li>
<li value="3">"Live from New York...it's Saturday night!"</li>
<li value="2">"My parents wanted me to be a Rabbi."</li>
<li value="1">"All the slammin' shorties in the house say 'Yeah'!"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v-P5x1Mp00 Archive video of Optimus's guest spot.]</ref></li>
</ol>

*To promote the DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Paramount set up a website where US fans could request Optimus call up their friends, warning them of Starscream's attempts to recruit human civilian allies.

*In the Discovery Channel promo, "The World Is Just Awesome," Optimus made a brief cameo, singing the words "boom-de-ya-da, boom-de-ya-da."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0jZzBEKIMc Discovery commercial] on YouTube.</ref>

*Prime (voiced by Cullen, but not animated by ILM) appeared to promote a NASA competition to vote for videos made by children about NASA's impact on commonplace technology.<ref>[http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/optimus/ NASA Optimus Prime]</ref>

*Optimus appeared in truck mode at [[Toy Fair 2011]]. He got a $115 parking ticket.<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1357327/Transformers-truck-gets-parking-ticket-toy-fair.html ''Daily Mail'' article on Prime's fine.]</ref>

*Optimus duked it out with [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] in front of a [[Burger King]] restaurant, while some of the patrons inside were too enraptured with savoring their Bacon Cheddar Ranch Tendercrisp sandwiches to notice. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Burger King|Dark of the Moon Burger King tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus was seen firing a [[basketball]] from his blaster in an ESPN commercial with [[Mark Cuban]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Burger King|Dark of the Moon ESPN commercial}}

*Optimus Prime joined Bumblebee on the road as part of the "[[Win A Ride To School With The Autobots]]" contest. He also delivered $1000 worth of Transformers toys to a lucky winner. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Win A Ride|Win A Ride To School With The Autobots contest and commercial}}

*To promote Age Of Extinction, Optimus appeared on screen during the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards to warn Mark Wahlberg that he was in danger of being slimed.

*Both Optimus and Bumblebee could be seen driving around the [[Speed Stars]] logo in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial#Speed Stars|Speed Stars commercials}}

*Optimus acted as goalkeeper as Diego Poyet, Gor Grigoryan and Patrick Otte practiced for the World Cup. After stopping a goal, he deflated the ball with his hand and commented that Diego was "Not bad... for a human." {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#ESPN|"The Future of Soccer" Age of Extinction tie-in commercial}}

*After Optimus was injured by a shot, a little boy come over to him and offered him an Oreo cookie. The generous act somehow gave Optimus the strength to go on, and he thanked the child before running off to do whatever heroic thing he was in the middle of. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Oreo|Age of Extinction Oreo tie-in commercial}}

*Optimus happened upon an excavation site, where several children were unearthing Grimlock. Soon after his arrival, Grimlock awakened, prompting Prime to hop on his back and order his mount to "Roll Out!" {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Mega|Mega 1-Step Bumblebee toy commercial}}

*After helping some guy shave, Hydrobot immediately transformed to robot mode to fist bump Optimus, who destroyed the wall of the man's bathroom while trying to do so. Optimus then accidentally destroyed the man's daughter's personal playground, trying to use it as a stand. {{storylink|Commercial/The Last Knight#Schick|The Last Knight Schick commercial}}

*Optimus Prime's voice also narrated some commercials:
**A Revenge of the Fallen toy commercial for the figures of the main cast. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Movie Characters|Revenge of the Fallen movie characters toy commercial}}
**A [[Power Bots]] and [[Gravity Bot]]s toy commercial. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Power Bots and Gravity Bots|Power Bots and Gravity Bots toy commercial}}
**The Bumblebee Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon toy commercial. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon|Bumblebee Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon commercial}}
**An ad for the Supreme [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] set. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Supreme Devastator|Supreme Devastator commercial}}
**The N.E.S.T. Global Alliance figures. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Global Alliance|N.E.S.T. Global Alliance toy commercial}}
**The Double Your Action Giveaway ad. {{storylink|Commercial/Revenge of the Fallen#Double|Double Your Action Giveaway commercial}}

==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
{{Main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise}}

==Notes==
===''Transformers''===
[[File:Movie Primetruck before.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|8:30 pm: "Trick My Truck". Tonight's guest: [[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]].]]
[[File:Movie OptimusPrime truckrear.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]
[[File:Movie Prime Trucklogomistake.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|In the darkness, a PA will misread "Truck A" as "Truck B", and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth — Revelation 11:7.]]
[[File:MBMovieOptimusAttacks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*When Optimus's design was first revealed, [[GEEWUN|many fans of the Generation 1 series objected to the flames seen on Prime's body]]. When asked in an interview why he put the flames on, [[Michael Bay]] claimed he liked them because it was "cool". It was later revealed on a special featurette on the DVD that the flames were added because, apparently, red is not very good to film on camera, so Bay chose a blue truck but used the flames so that when Optimus transformed, the layout would result in maintaining his iconic red chest.
*In the director's commentary of the 2007 Transformers DVD, Michael Bay said that he had told the animators to seek inspiration from Liam Neeson in creating Optimus Prime's body language. ''Awesome.''
*Optimus Prime's truck mode is apparently intended to haul a flatbed trailer, based on the presence of the large silver "headache rack", a piece of optional equipment that protects the driver in case a flatbed load breaks free during braking. It is generally not installed on trucks hauling enclosed container trailers.
*[[TakaraTomy]] officially recognizes Optimus Prime's [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] as a Kenworth W900 truck, even though the vehicle used for filming was a modified Peterbilt 379, a different model from a different brand, although both are made by the PACCAR company.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070809065140/http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121424 Article at Edmunds.com on some of the vehicles used in the movie]</ref>
*When Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill, which looks rather more like that of Peterbilt. Then, Prime has an Autobot sigil on his grill while driving to meet the other Autobots.
*According to the free trading cards from the Boston Globe, Optimus is 28 feet tall, weighs 4.3 metric tons, and his primary weapon is an [[ion blaster]]. (Considering Optimus's height, however, this weight would seem implausible. It's also roughly half of the actual weight of the truck he's based on.)
*The [[Milton Bradley]] [[Transformers Battling Card Game]] depicts Prime with a unique a magnetic grapple attack, fired from the side of his arm. It also declares his forearm gun to be a chain gun (it's an ion blaster in other sources), and has him using a "judo kick", which... while it may not be out of the realm of plausibility for Prime to have learned an Earth martial art, judo does not actually '''use''' kicks, being focused on throwing moves. Oops.
*The Optimus Prime computer generated model consisted of 10,108 individual parts, 1,830,898 polygons, 27,744 rig nodes, and 2336 texture maps. The volume of all pieces combined came to 5445 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
*The [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|''Autobots'' DS game]] notes that Megatron killed Optimus's father. Considering several pieces of movie tie-in fiction treat Optimus and Megatron as brothers, it's entirely possible that he killed his ''own'' father too. ''Dark of the Moon'' may have unintentionally (given the obscurity of the four-year-old tie-in game) retconned this, as Optimus believed [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], the mentor figure to both of them, had perished during a Decepticon attack as he tried to escape from Cybertron.
*During Optimus Prime's transformation from vehicle into robot in Mission City, a piece of Chevrolet intake manifold can be seen on Optimus Prime's left collar.
* After he left the screen following ''Dark of the Moon'' and returned with a new form, the truck was sold at the Barret Jackson Auction in 2016 for $110.000. Another prop was kept around for attraction purposes, while another sold prop was converted into a tow truck.
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===Other films===
[[File:ROTF Optimus trailer super mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"One shall be scrawny...One shall be brawny"]]
*Optimus was supposed to combine with a trailer for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', something for which [[Ben Procter]] and [[Josh Nizzi]] drew up designs. In the end, Nizzi designed the combination with Jetfire. However, the idea of Optimus combining with his trailer was not forgotten, and showed up on screen in ''Dark of the Moon''.
*In ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', Optimus has ''[[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|Faux-parts]]'', when he transforms inside of the NEST base facing [[Charlotte Mearing|Mearing]] and [[William Lennox|Lennox]]. It is noticeable that the Optimus robot truck parts are not the same as that of the actual truck mode body parts (or at least not all of them). Notice the red chest panels are in fact hidden under the truck nose panels and his arm appears (God knows from where) already with its red/blue flames parts; meanwhile the rest of the front of the vehicle fragments and hides into the robot. This is the only Optimus transformation that occurs this way. In the other in-movie conversions some of his alternate mode's appearances seem to be absorbed into his body or outright disappear.
[[File:AOEOptimusComparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! Those are the facts of this world, and you will all surrender to them. You pigs in human clothing!]]
*The overwhelming majority of ''Age of Extinction'' toys and promotional images for Optimus, not to mention his RotDS in-game model, are based on a preliminary design for the character, not used in the final film. The differences are most noticeable on the chest, although there are minor design variations across pretty much the entire body. [[TakaraTomy]]'s later release schedule for their version of the line allowed them to somewhat remedy this situation – their Battle Command Optimus Prime toy appears to have had its chest and feet retooled before release to match the newer design, and their 'Armor Knight' re-release of the Leader Class toy features extensive retooling to similar effect.
*Optimus's "evasion mode" body possesses one of the more cheatsy transformation schemes in the series. Not only does Optimus manage to turn into a fairly small truck while retaining his normal [[robot mode]] height and mass, his windows and grille rather conspicuously change size whenever he transforms. The paint job is still Optimus Prime as in the first three films, but heavily saturated in brown rust.
*On [[September 30]], [[2014]], Optimus Prime was immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a cement printing ceremony outside [[Grauman's Chinese Theatre]]. In lieu of hand prints, Optimus provided tire prints. [[Peter Cullen]] was also in attendance and provided hand prints alongside his alter ego.
*The truck used as Prime's earth mode in ''Bumblebee'' was actually a rental, but given a new coat of paint heavily influenced by his Generation 1 namesake for the role.

===Other notes===
*According to [[TakaraTomy]] marketing director [[Masahiko Yamazaki]], for the Japanese dub of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', the [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] featured in that show would become a young version of this one. Ultimately, this didn't make it into the end product as the show went largely unchanged.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマスプライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu''), '''Nemesis Prime''' (ネメシスプライム ''Nemeshisu Puraimu''), '''Orion Pax''' (''Tribute'', オライオンパックス ''Oraion Pakkusu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''O Baak Man''' (Hong Kong, 柯柏文)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Leader Optimus")
*''Indonesian:'' '''Optimus Prime''' ('''Sang Ketujuh''' ("The Seventh") (In Indonesian Optimus is known as the seventh Prime) or '''Pemimpin Para Autobot''' ("The Leader of the Autobots")
*''Korean:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (옵티머스 프라임 ''Obtimeoseu Peulaim''), '''Nemesis Prime''' (네메시스프라임 ''Nemesisu Peulaim'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kēbówén''' (Taiwan, 柯博文), '''Qíngtīanzhù''' (China, 擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Optimus Naikrashchiy''' (Оптимус Найкращий, "Optimus the Best")

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==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Bumblebee Autobots]]
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[[Category:Cyber Missions characters]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
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[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Autobots]]
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Siege episode 2

2020-07-31T15:36:45Z

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|airdate=[[July 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
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|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
}}

'''TBD'''

==Synopsis==
As Megatron addresses his troops to hunt down the Autobots, Skywarp reports they have a visitor, who marches forwards towards the command chair. The cons prepare to fire, but although Megatron orders them to fire on his command, Starscream and Jetfire engage in another argument, both shutting up at the command of Megatron. As the visitor prepares to get shot, Barricade defies orders and fires a stray shot that misses, earning him Megatron's scorn. The visitor then reveals himself as Ultra Magnus, who willing surrenders to the Cons in good faith. After a series of discussions, Magnus fails to negotiate peace and is thrown into a cell. News of his surrender reaches Autobot headquarters, where it falls on negative responses. A series of arguments soon flood the numbers, though everything simmered down long enough for Optimus to appoint a reluctant Elita-1 to Magnus's old post.

On the con side of things, Shockwave brings to Megatron the idea of harnessing the AllSpark to reformat all Autobots into Decepticons, a plan that reaches the audio receptors of Ultra Magnus. As he begins warning the autobots, Megatron expresses reluctance to engage in such a task, but decides to consider it. Magnus's message soon reaches the Autobots, prompting Optimus to rally his troops. The reception is less than positive when the AllSpark and Ultra Magnus are brought up, but Optimus remains undeterred. Strategies are soon developed, though Soundwave reveals the transmission to a furious Megatron. His rage is soon quelled when he realizes that the Autobots will save him the extra effort of finding the artifact.

In one of the corridors, Optimus and Elita exchange a few words before the alarm sounds. As Cog alerts them of a transmission, it reveals itself as Ultra Magnus transmitting the AllSpark's coordinates. As Optimus orders all available teams to prep for the search, none of them realize it to be a false message fabricated by the Decepticons as bait. As soldiers are dispatched, Megatron visits Ultra Magnus's cell, revealing the benefits of his transmission before smugly leaving Magnus to stew in anger.

As the Autobots reach Iacon, they spread out, unaware of the Decepticons preparing to attack. As the teams spread out, Cog and Chromia detect what they think is the AllSpark, but as soon as they find a cube of concentrated energon, the other units realize they have been set up, and Impactor takes out Cog. All units soon engage in combat, and burying the main strike force under a building, the Autobots retreat, leaving Cog in the repair bay before continuing the search for the AllSpark. The Decepticons dig themselves out in the meantime, but could only salvage Impactor's arm. Unable to find the energon cube, Megatron is furious with the losses until Shockwave reveals that an unknown figure took the purified energon. As they prod Ultra Magnus for answers, Megatron makes it VERY clear that he doesn't intend on ending the war with honor... He intends on eliminating all Autobots in existence.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Transformers references===

===Animation and technical errors===

===Trivia===
* Ulra Magnus mentioned in his conversation with Megatron the Battle of Tarn-Hauser Gate

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056814 Episode 2 on Netflix]

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[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Siege episode 6

2020-07-31T14:17:53Z

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'''Omega Supreme rises, Optimus Prime sends the Allspark through a Spacebridge and the Ark takes off. This all happens under 30 minutes...'''

==Synopsis==
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==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Transformers references===

===Animation and technical errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056818 Episode 6 on Netflix]

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Siege episode 6

2020-07-31T11:58:09Z

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|image=
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|prev=Siege episode 5
|next=
|title=Episode 6
|airdate=[[July 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[Brandon Easton]] and [[Gavin Hignight]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
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'''Omega Supreme rises, Optimus Prime sends the all spark through a space bridge and the Ark takes off. This all happens under 30 minutes...'''

==Synopsis==
{{episodestub}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.
{{episodestub}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Transformers references===

===Animation and technical errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056818 Episode 6 on Netflix]

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege‎]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Siege episode 6

2020-07-31T11:57:44Z

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{{episode|
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|image=
|caption=
|prev=Siege episode 5
|next=
|title=Episode 6
|airdate=[[July 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[Brandon Easton]] and [[Gavin Hignight]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
}}

'''Omega Supreme rises, Optimus Prime sends the all spark through a space bridge and the ark takes off. This all happens under 30 minutes...'''

==Synopsis==
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==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.
{{episodestub}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Transformers references===

===Animation and technical errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056818 Episode 6 on Netflix]

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Soon

2020-07-30T16:39:53Z

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'''Soon''' is the name of the region in the time-domain (familiar to all marketing departments and to the moderators and staff of [[Fun Publications]]) which sees release of all [[BotCon]] news, [[Transformers Collectors' Club|club]] [[Exclusive|exclusives]], and other fan desirables. Soon is when ''then'' will become ''now''.

[[Unicron Singularity|Peculiar properties of spacetime]] ensure that the [[Scale|perception of the magnitude]] of Soon is fluid and dependent, not on an individual's time-reference, but on spatial and [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|cultural location]]. A marketer generally perceives Soon as a finite, known, yet unspeakable time-interval; to a fan, the interval appears greater, and may in fact approach the infinite, becoming [[Drench (Universe)|Never]]. Once the interval has passed, however, a certain time-lensing effect seems to occur, and the time-interval becomes [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Smallest_Transforming_Transformers|vanishingly small]]. We therefore see the strange result that the same fragment of spacetime may be observed, in quick succession, as [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Soon]], [[Transtech|Never]], and [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|All Too Quickly]].

[[Category:Fandom]]

Comms Officer

2020-07-30T16:36:00Z

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{{Noname-designation}}
:''Comms Officer is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:CommsOfficer.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sure, my name's my job, but have you met [[Swindler|Swindler]]?]]

Congratulations on being given life, '''Comms Officer''' and we welcome you to the Autobot ranks! What's your job, you ask? Guess!

Go on, guess.

''Guess.''

==Fiction==
===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brook Chalmers]] (English)}}
{{spoiler|Episode 2|August 29, 2020}}

[[File:Episode5-CommsOfficeragain.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Why couldn't they have named me Super Popular Guy Who Appears In All The Scenes?]]
When [[Ark (G1)|Autobot headquarters]] received a transmission, Comms Officer explained that it had been sent from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Episode 2}} Later, he explained to [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] that they'd lost [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s signal while Prime's team was in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. When the Ark was infected by a virus, he looked around in shock as the virus visibly pulsed through the equipment on the bridge. {{storylink|Episode 5}} As the Decepticons assaulted the damaged Ark, Comms Officer joined the other Autobots in attempting to repel them. {{storylink|Episode 6}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
* Comms Officer is [[Cog (G1)|Cog]] but with brown instead of blue. Different voice actor, too! He's credited simply as "Comms Officer."

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Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)

2020-07-30T14:24:18Z

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[[File:Netflix-WFC-Siege-season-poster.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Haven't we been here before?]]]]

'''''Transformers: War For Cybertron''''' is an animated series produced by [[Hasbro]] and [[Rooster Teeth]], with animation by [[Polygon Pictures]], based on the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' franchise. [[F.J. DeSanto]] acts as the series showrunner, a role he previously held for the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' web series, with [[George Krstic]], [[Gavin Hignight]], and [[Brandon M. Easton]] as writers. The show also sees [[Jake Foushee]], [[Jason Marnocha]], and [[Frank Todaro]] reprising their respective roles as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], as well as previous ''Transformers'' alumni [[Keith Silverstein]] and [[Sophia Isabella]] returning for voicework as new characters. Three seasons of the show are planned for release via [[Netflix]], one for each of the franchise's three lines, with the first season planned for release on [[July 30]], [[2020]].

In conjunction with the series, Hasbro released a [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#Netflix|small toyline]] featuring ''extremely'' [[show-accuracy|animation accurate]] paint jobs.

==Overview==
In the final hours of the civil war between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has been ravaged by endless battle. With both their forces growing weaker, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] plots to use the [[AllSpark|Allspark]] to reformat all the Autobots on the planet into Decepticons, unifying them as one faction under his rule. Thus it falls to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his forces to prevent the Allspark's misuse, potentially at the cost of the planet itself.

==Cast==
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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Jake Foushee]])
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] ([[Linsay Rousseau]])
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Joe Zieja]])
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] ([[Rafael Goldstein]])
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] ([[Todd Haberkorn]])
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] ([[Edward Bosco]])
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] ([[Bill Rogers]])
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] ([[Sophia Isabella]])
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] ([[Kaiser Johnson]])
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] ([[Miles Luna]])
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] ([[Shawn Hawkins]])
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] ([[Mark Whitten]])
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] ([[Georgia Reed]])
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] ([[JW Stafford]])
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Cog (G1)|Cog]]
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([[Jason Marnocha]])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([[Frank Todaro]])
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (Todd Haberkorn)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (Edward Bosco)
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
**[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (Mark Whitten)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] ([[Keith Silverstein]])
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] ([[Brook Chalmers]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] ([[Danny Hansen]])
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]]
*[[Flywheels|Skytread]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]]
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]]

|c5=
*[[Teletraan I]] (Miles Luna)

'''[[Mercenary]]'''
*[[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]
**[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Episodes==
===Chapter 1: Siege===
{{collist|2|
# [[Episode 1 (WFCT)|Episode 1]]
# [[Episode 2 (WFCT)|Episode 2]]
# [[Episode 3 (WFCT)|Episode 3]]
# [[Episode 4 (WFCT)|Episode 4]]
# [[Episode 5 (WFCT)|Episode 5]]
# [[Episode 6 (WFCT)|Episode 6]]
}}

===Chapter 2: Earthrise===
{{comingsoon}}

===Chapter 3: Kingdom===
{{comingsoon}}

==Other notes==
* Originally planned for a June 2020 release, the series premiere was delayed one month, reportedly due to production delays with its foreign-language dubs caused by the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}.
* During production, the animation team utilized Hasbro's original CAD files for the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toyline. As a result, the character models are absurdly [[show-accuracy|toy-accurate]], down to several even retaining their [[5 mm post]] holes.
* Both Elita-1 and Bumblebee have character models which are not based exactly on any previously-existing toy, unlike the rest of the cast which seem to have character models converted directly from their toys' design files. The [[Transformers (2019 comic)|unrelated IDW comics]] concurrently used these Elita-1 and Bumblebee character models as reference.
* ''Siege'' was promoted with several motion posters highlighting members of the main cast. In each of these posters, a letter from the [[Cybertronian language|"Ancient Autobot" alphabet]] created by [[Jim Sorenson]] can be seen flashing in the background. When the letters are put in order, they spell out the word "KINGDOM", the name of the trilogy's third subline/season.
* The series features an extensive use of generics, though both sides use different characters as the base for their generics. The Autobots use Cog, Sideswipe, Mirage, Ironhide and Hound to pad their forces while the Decepticons use Impactor, Refraktor, Barricade, and, as usual. the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. Time will tell if other seasons add more designs for the factions' unnamed warriors

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Alpha Strike

2020-07-08T07:48:09Z

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon from ''Cyberverse''|characters of a similar appearance|Strika (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Battle for Cybertron 2 - Alphastrike robot mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Ready for Termination.]]
:''Alphastrike is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Alphastrike''' is armed with a lot of brawn and heavy artillery.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jaime Lamchick]] (English)}}
During the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' crew's search for the [[AllSpark]], Alphastrike was among the Decepticons who stayed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to fight off [[Autobot]] forces. During the climatic battle against the Autobots after surviving the destruction of the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'', she joined [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] in opening fire on Autobot soldiers in vehicle mode. She later attacked [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] and [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]] and was about to tear open Grimlock's mouth before getting blasted by his [[fire-breath]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}} Alphastrike later bore witness to the rebirth of Cybertron and the end of the war. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron IV}}

{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|The Dead End}} {{storylink|The Scientist}} {{storylink|The Alliance}} {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} {{storylink|Enemy Line}} {{storylink|Silent Strike}} {{storylink|The Other One}}}}

==Notes==
*Alphastrike is based on [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] general from ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''. ''Cyberverse'' writer [[Randolph Heard]] explained that she was renamed for this series due to [[trademark]] issues.<ref>[https://twitter.com/RandolphHeard/status/1229106478427987968 Tweet by @RandolphHeard, 16 February 2020]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]

Redeco

2020-06-27T16:28:00Z

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{{disambig2|'''toys''' sharing a physical model|'''characters''' sharing a physical model|Body-type}}
[[File:G1catalog84-DecepticonPlanes-Redeco.jpg|upright=2|thumb|It may be a surprise to some that these three toys are actually the same toy but in three different color schemes!]]
A '''redeco''', or recolor, is a toy which uses the same [[mold]]s as a previously-released toy, but has been reproduced with different plastic colors and/or different paint applications. A redeco can either be officially marketed as the same [[character]] in different colors or as a different character. A redeco uses exactly the same tools or molds as the original toy. If any changes have been made, even something as simple as giving the toy a different head or additional pegs for locking body parts into place, it is more properly categorized as a [[retool]].

For example: the first three [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys|Skywarp]], are redecos while the second year Seekers [[Dirge (G1)/toys|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)/toys|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)/toys|Thrust]] are retools of the same base mold.

The term "[[repaint]]" is also in wide use among fans as a synonym for "redeco". "Redeco", however, is the term used by the people on [[Hasbro]]'s ''Transformers'' team. Additionally, the term "repaint" is technically wrong* in almost all instances of a same-mold-new-colors toy, as typically more than the paint applications are changed when a toy is redecoed.

*Don't worry, you won't be burned at the stake for calling redecos "repaints". Still, we use the proper term for this wiki.

==Why redecos?==
[[File:Encoreratchetemergencygreen.jpg|left|upright=1.35|thumb|Some people just don't know when to stop.]]
The single most expensive step in making a Transformers toy is making the steel-cut [[mold]]s required to hold then cool molten plastic. Add to this the salaries of the designers and engineers, and there is a very considerable expense involved in making a single new-mold toy. Many of these development expenses are not involved in making a redeco, giving the company a chance to make a larger profit on a single mold and put more product on the shelves with a smaller investment.

Another reason is that the toy market moves far, far faster today than it did when the line first started. Retailers do not like product to linger, and shipping older toys in new assortments can give the impression that some items simply do not sell. (Of course, [[Shelfwarmer|some don't anyway]], but that's beside the point.) With this much shorter sales window in mind, companies use redecoes to keep molds in use longer (to help make back the money spent in development plus a worthwhile profit), and oftentimes keep popular characters still in circulation while maintaining a "fresh" look on the shelves, making the retailers happy. [[Retool]]s have a much longer development lead time than redecoes, even for small parts. It may not cost much more to give a reused mold a new robot mode head, but timing concerns may be the deciding factor in choosing to redeco the old one.<ref>[http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?t=11518 Hasbro Q&A at cybertron.ca]</ref>

Members of the [[Hasbro]] Transformers team have repeatedly pointed out that they never expected anyone to ''buy'' all the redecoes made; [[Aaron Archer]] was apparently baffled by the premise.
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==Redecos as exclusives==
[[File:Megazarakotfcctoy.jpg|right|upright=1.2|thumb]]
Most [[exclusive]] toys, be they for conventions<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/50ee7c561e688de7/50b5edb5139f83a1?lnk=st&&rnum=7&hl=en#50b5edb5139f83a1 Tengu explains why convention toys aren't new molds, alt.toys.transformers post archived on Google]</ref> or stores, are redecoes and [[retool]]s of previously-released toys. With just one exception, all exclusives that used previously-unreleased molds are toys that had been developed for normal retail but were temporarily in "limbo" when their intended toylines were ended. The one exception, [[Swerve (Chevy)|Aveo Swerve]], was a new mold produced for a gigantic multinational corporation.

The simple reason for this is, again, cost; making the steel molds is prohibitively expensive, as well as the engineering and so forth. Because most exclusives are produced in numbers far less than a normal retail toy, there are fewer units to amortize what production costs ''do'' remain, which means the toys must either sell for more to cover costs and make a worthwhile profit, or the profit margin per item must be reduced, or even both at once.

While it is certainly not outside the realm of possibility that a major retail chain might get a new-mold toy as an exclusive (as they can move thousands and thousands of units nationwide over several months), the odds of a convention getting one are almost nonexistent due to these cost considerations, as the production runs of these toys rarely reach far beyond 1000. At most, therefore, one can expect a few retools of select parts from a toy, often a new-mold robot mode head.

==Popular redeco themes==
[[File:Bruticus redecos.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|Not [[knockoff]]s.....]]
Redecos can be marketed either as the same [[character]] in different colors, or as a different character. For both versions, some recurring themes have been established between Hasbro and Takara.

*[[Black repaint|Black redecoes]] - commonly used for "stealth" forms and evil clones.
*Clear redecoes - sometimes inspired by specific character abilities or plots (such as Generation 1 [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage's]] invisibility or [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] as a ghost).
*"Fire"-themed redecoes - often representing a power-enhanced version of a character (such as the "Fire Guts" version of [[Ginrai (robot)|God Ginrai]] or the "Super" redeco of [[Side Burn (RID)#Super|Side Burn]]).
*Metallic redecoes - particularly gold or silver [[vacuum metallizing|chromed]]. These are often used for [[Lucky Draw figure]]s.
*[[Homage]] redecoes - designed to resemble a previous (often ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'') character. This is particularly prevalent with [[Constructicon (G1)|construction vehicles]] and [[Dinobot (G1)|dinosaurs]].
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==Popular redeco characters==
[[File:Class06-toy Skywarp.jpg|right|upright=1.45|thumb|[[Skywarp]] is usually redecoed from [[Starscream]].]]
Some toys of a certain character are frequently designed to be redecoed as one or more other characters (with or without various levels of retooling). Some of those different-character redeco themes are directly rooted in [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]], while others are indirectly inspired by Generation 1, and still others are more recent additions to the Transformers lore. Some well-known examples include:
*[[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] into [[Ultra Magnus (disambiguation)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|Nemesis Prime]] and [[Motormaster (disambiguation)|Motormaster]].
*[[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]] into [[Galvatron (disambiguation)|Galvatron]].
*[[Soundwave (disambiguation)|Soundwave]] into [[Blaster (disambiguation)|Blaster]].
*[[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|Bumblebee]] into [[Cliffjumper (disambiguation)|Cliffjumper]].
*[[Seeker (body-type)|The Seekers]].
*[[Prowl (disambiguation)|Prowl]], [[Bluestreak (disambiguation)|Bluestreak]], [[Smokescreen (disambiguation)|Smokescreen]], and [[Barricade (disambiguation)|Barricade]].
*[[Ironhide (disambiguation)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (disambiguation)|Ratchet]].
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys|Sunstreaker]], and [[Red Alert (G1)/toys|Red Alert]].
*[[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]] [[Tigatron|into]] [[Cataclysm (BW)|various]] [[Ravage (G1)/toys|other]] [[CatSCAN|cats]].

==See also==
*[[Repaint]]
*[[Retool]]
*[[Gang-molding]]
*[[Mold]]
*[[Paint operation]]
*[[Body-type]]

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Redeco''' (リデコ ''Rideko'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Toys]]

Red Five

2020-06-16T21:35:14Z

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:''"Red Five" is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Cyberverse-s2e13-"Red-Five"-in-a-shuttle.jpg|right|Okay, kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home!|thumb|300px]]
A friendly and eager chap, "'''Red Five'''" is standing by.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Marc Thompson]] (English)}}
After the Autobots had seized the [[AllSpark]], they immediately intended to leave [[Earth]] so the artifact could heal [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Aware that the [[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|''Nemesis'']] would overwhelm and cripple the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] as it travelled to the orbiting [[space bridge]], [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] enacted a plan to draw away the enemy warship with remotely piloted [[Autobot shuttle]]s. Eagerly, "Red Five" guided a shuttle into orbit before he detected the arriving ''Nemesis'' which summarily deployed [[Decepticon scout ship]]s to engage the snubfighters.

Throwing himself into battle, "Red Five" shot down one of the enemy ships but in his boasting left himself open for his ship to be shot down by another. Soon enough, all five shuttles had been destroyed but the ruse had bought Hot Rod the time he needed to get the ''Ark'' spaceworthy. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}}

Following the Autobots' return to Cybertron and subsequent bailing of the ''Ark'', "Red Five" was among the Autobot soldiers who participated in the climatic battle with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

==Notes==
*Yes, his name refers to the callsign used by [[Luke Skywalker]] during the run on the [[Death Star]].
* He is obviously a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshirt_(stock_character)| Red Shirt]].

[[Category:Cyberverse Autobots]]
[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]

Red Five

2020-06-16T21:34:57Z

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{{noname-designation}}
{{factions|autobot}}
:''"Red Five" is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Cyberverse-s2e13-"Red-Five"-in-a-shuttle.jpg|right|Okay, kid! Now let's blow this thing and go home!|thumb|300px]]
A friendly and eager chap, "'''Red Five'''" is standing by.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Marc Thompson]] (English)}}
After the Autobots had seized the [[AllSpark]], they immediately intended to leave [[Earth]] so the artifact could heal [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Aware that the [[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|''Nemesis'']] would overwhelm and cripple the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] as it travelled to the orbiting [[space bridge]], [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] enacted a plan to draw away the enemy warship with remotely piloted [[Autobot shuttle]]s. Eagerly, "Red Five" guided a shuttle into orbit before he detected the arriving ''Nemesis'' which summarily deployed [[Decepticon scout ship]]s to engage the snubfighters.

Throwing himself into battle, "Red Five" shot down one of the enemy ships but in his boasting left himself open for his ship to be shot down by another. Soon enough, all five shuttles had been destroyed but the ruse had bought Hot Rod the time he needed to get the ''Ark'' spaceworthy. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}}

Following the Autobots' return to Cybertron and subsequent bailing of the ''Ark'', "Red Five" was among the Autobot soldiers who participated in the climatic battle with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

==Notes==
*Yes, his name refers to the callsign used by [[Luke Skywalker]] during the run on the [[Death Star]].
* He is obviously a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redshirt_(stock_character)|Red Shirt]].

[[Category:Cyberverse Autobots]]
[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]

User:Cyclonusawesome

2020-06-14T20:19:24Z

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Flatline (G1)

2020-06-14T20:18:36Z

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{{disambig3|Flatline}}
:''Flatline is a former [[Decepticon]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity|2005 IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]''
[[File:RID20_Flatline.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Customizing|We're gonna need]] a [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Trailcutter]], a [[Hoist (G1)#Deluxe|Hoist]] head, and a bit of black paint.]]

'''Flatline''' is a Decepticon medic turned [[neutral]] who is adept at building new bodies for folks.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
Flatline was among those who remained in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] after [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] took command of the [[NAIL|neutral population]] and banished both Autobots and Decepticons. When [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] refused to leave injured Autobots behind, Starscream argued that they didn't need him since they had Flatline and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]], who were both medics. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} Starscream then tasked Flatline with building him a new body, though he got annoyed when the medic started going on about why the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were so popular. {{storylink|Three Monologues}}

[[File:BurningBright MedicFight.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
Flatline got his work cut out for him after a "death wave" emitted from the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] killed and injured many of Iacon's citizens. Whilst diagnosing Starscream's injury, he let out a flippant remark about leadership that caused the stressed-out jet to snap and start yelling at him, but Flatline was too busy watching the Necrotitan stomp into the city to listen. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} When the Autobots returned to lend a hand, an angry Flatline confronted Fixit, outraged that he was keeping their wounded in a ''trailer'' and accusing him of failing to repair the Aerialbots or [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] before he left. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} He then got back to gathering the injured and evacuating the city. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

[[File:PrimelessPt1 Flatline.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.9]]
In the calm that followed the Necrotitan's defeat, Flatline helped [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] bring a bisected [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] in for repairs and build a new body for [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} He reactivated [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] after he'd spent months recovering in a [[CR chamber]], and was among the 'bots repairing Superion when Starscream brought Wheeljack to the facility. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

Sent by Starscream to examine the fresh [[hot spot]] in [[Alyon]], Flatline reported having found hints of someone having visited recently—that someone being [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who soon returned and cut down Flatline as well as all the [[Badgeless]] posted there. He survived and was later involved with an experiment involving inserting one of Bludgeon's corrupted sparks into the remains of [[Slag (G1)|Slug]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

Following [[Joe Colton|Baron Ironblood]]'s attack on Iacon, Flatline was of the opinion that humans—due to their brief lifespans—were intrinsically violent creatures, and was displeased that such a species would be joining the [[Council of Worlds]]. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 1}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
Flatline tended to [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] at Security headquarters after a disastrous raid on a [[The Rise|Rise]] facility. He was less than enthused about Sideswipe focusing on having been insulted by [[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]]. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}}

Later on, Flatline appeared at the [[Rise]] hideout tending to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s injuries. Instead of being a secret member of the terrorist cell, Flatline indicated he was ethically bound to provide aid to all Cybertronians, regardless of character, in the local version of the Hippocratic oath. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

==Notes==
*Artist [[Andrew Griffith]] designed Flatline as a [[retool]] of the ''[[Transformers: Generations#T30|Thriling 30]]'' [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Trailcutter]] toy, but he did so on his own initiative and thus there are no known plans for an actual Flatline toy from [[Hasbro]].

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[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Medics]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]

Flatline (G1)

2020-06-14T20:18:03Z

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Shrapnel (Cyberverse)

2020-03-03T14:13:19Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Shrapnel}}
:''Shrapnel is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
{{mainpic}}
'''Shrapnel''' (aka '''Skrapnel''') is an [[Insecticon (Cyberverse)|Insecticon]].

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Levinson]] (English)}}
Shrapnel was among the Insecticons freed by an alternate [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] and [[Dead End (Cyberverse)|Dead End]]. {{storylink|Enemy Line}} The Insecticons helped their liberator retrieve their [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|former master]]'s [[Matrix of Leadership]]. When they returned under heavy fire, [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]] opened a portal to another universe and flew them through. {{storylink|Silent Strike}}

Shrapnel was seen disembarking Astrotrain after Megatron helped [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] save the universe from the threat of the [[Quintesson]]s. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

{{{Storylink|enemyline}}}

Shrapnel and his fellow Insecticons left the decepticons behind after hearing that the OTHER ONE was coming.{{{storylink|Silentstrike}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
{{anchor||Tiny Turbo Changers}}
*'''Skrapnel''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Bag code'': '''A2'''
{{toystub}}

==Notes==
*While the ''Cyberverse'' series is no stranger to renaming [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|legacy]] [[Alphastrike|characters]], this Insecticon is known in the cartoon by the classic rendition "Shrapnel" whereas the toy refers to him by the frequently-used [[trademark]] rename "Skrapnel".
*Shrapnel's design is heavily inspired by his Generation 1 [[Shrapnel (G1)|counterpart]] (specifically the Legends Class [[Shrapnel (G1)#Generations|toy mold]] introduced in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations]]''), and is the only Insecticon in ''Cyberverse'' to share the same color scheme as G1 Shrapnel.

[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Insecticons]]

Shrapnel (Cyberverse)

2020-03-03T14:12:50Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Shrapnel}}
:''Shrapnel is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
{{mainpic}}
'''Shrapnel''' (aka '''Skrapnel''') is an [[Insecticon (Cyberverse)|Insecticon]].

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Levinson]] (English)}}
Shrapnel was among the Insecticons freed by an alternate [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] and [[Dead End (Cyberverse)|Dead End]]. {{storylink|Enemy Line}} The Insecticons helped their liberator retrieve their [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|former master]]'s [[Matrix of Leadership]]. When they returned under heavy fire, [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]] opened a portal to another universe and flew them through. {{storylink|Silent Strike}}

Shrapnel was seen disembarking Astrotrain after Megatron helped [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] save the universe from the threat of the [[Quintesson]]s. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

{{Storylink|enemyline}}

Shrapnel and his fellow Insecticons left the decepticons behind after hearing that the OTHER ONE was coming.{{{storylink|Silentstrike}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
{{anchor||Tiny Turbo Changers}}
*'''Skrapnel''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Bag code'': '''A2'''
{{toystub}}

==Notes==
*While the ''Cyberverse'' series is no stranger to renaming [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|legacy]] [[Alphastrike|characters]], this Insecticon is known in the cartoon by the classic rendition "Shrapnel" whereas the toy refers to him by the frequently-used [[trademark]] rename "Skrapnel".
*Shrapnel's design is heavily inspired by his Generation 1 [[Shrapnel (G1)|counterpart]] (specifically the Legends Class [[Shrapnel (G1)#Generations|toy mold]] introduced in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations]]''), and is the only Insecticon in ''Cyberverse'' to share the same color scheme as G1 Shrapnel.

[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Insecticons]]

Shrapnel (Cyberverse)

2020-03-03T14:10:30Z

Cyclonusawesome: /* Cyberverse cartoon */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Shrapnel}}
:''Shrapnel is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
{{mainpic}}
'''Shrapnel''' (aka '''Skrapnel''') is an [[Insecticon (Cyberverse)|Insecticon]].

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Levinson]] (English)}}
Shrapnel was among the Insecticons freed by an alternate [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] and [[Dead End (Cyberverse)|Dead End]]. {{storylink|Enemy Line}} The Insecticons helped their liberator retrieve their [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|former master]]'s [[Matrix of Leadership]]. When they returned under heavy fire, [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]] opened a portal to another universe and flew them through. {{storylink|Silent Strike}}

Shrapnel was seen disembarking Astrotrain after Megatron helped [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] save the universe from the threat of the [[Quintesson]]s. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

Shrapnel and his fellow Insecticons left the decepticons behind after hearing that the OTHER ONE was coming.{{{storylink|Silent strike}}}}{{-}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
{{anchor||Tiny Turbo Changers}}
*'''Skrapnel''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Bag code'': '''A2'''
{{toystub}}

==Notes==
*While the ''Cyberverse'' series is no stranger to renaming [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|legacy]] [[Alphastrike|characters]], this Insecticon is known in the cartoon by the classic rendition "Shrapnel" whereas the toy refers to him by the frequently-used [[trademark]] rename "Skrapnel".
*Shrapnel's design is heavily inspired by his Generation 1 [[Shrapnel (G1)|counterpart]] (specifically the Legends Class [[Shrapnel (G1)#Generations|toy mold]] introduced in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations]]''), and is the only Insecticon in ''Cyberverse'' to share the same color scheme as G1 Shrapnel.

[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Insecticons]]

Shrapnel (Cyberverse)

2020-03-03T14:07:41Z

Cyclonusawesome: /* Cyberverse cartoon */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Shrapnel}}
:''Shrapnel is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
{{mainpic}}
'''Shrapnel''' (aka '''Skrapnel''') is an [[Insecticon (Cyberverse)|Insecticon]].

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Brian Levinson]] (English)}}
Shrapnel was among the Insecticons freed by an alternate [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] and [[Dead End (Cyberverse)|Dead End]]. {{storylink|Enemy Line}} The Insecticons helped their liberator retrieve their [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|former master]]'s [[Matrix of Leadership]]. When they returned under heavy fire, [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]] opened a portal to another universe and flew them through. {{storylink|Silent Strike}}

Shrapnel was seen disembarking Astrotrain after Megatron helped [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] save the universe from the threat of the [[Quintesson]]s. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

Shrapnel and his fellow Insecticons left the decepticons behind after hearing that the OTHER ONE was coming.{{{storylink|Enemy Line}}}}{{-}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
{{anchor||Tiny Turbo Changers}}
*'''Skrapnel''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Bag code'': '''A2'''
{{toystub}}

==Notes==
*While the ''Cyberverse'' series is no stranger to renaming [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|legacy]] [[Alphastrike|characters]], this Insecticon is known in the cartoon by the classic rendition "Shrapnel" whereas the toy refers to him by the frequently-used [[trademark]] rename "Skrapnel".
*Shrapnel's design is heavily inspired by his Generation 1 [[Shrapnel (G1)|counterpart]] (specifically the Legends Class [[Shrapnel (G1)#Generations|toy mold]] introduced in ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations]]''), and is the only Insecticon in ''Cyberverse'' to share the same color scheme as G1 Shrapnel.

[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Insecticons]]