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Seismic-shock warhead

2017-09-01T23:38:06Z

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'''Seismic-shock warheads''' are [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] weapons. One single warhead has the power to blow up an entire planet.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Energon'' comic===
During the [[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|war]], [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] was captured by the [[Decepticon]]s and forced to built seismic-shock warheads for them. He did, but when the warhead designs were verified, the Decepticons left Ironhide alone to design and implement the bunker casements. It was through that that he could retake the Decepticons' advantage. By equipping the doomsday bunkers with echo cavity, a [[tritanium]]-lined resonant space that could redirect the shockwaves to pulverize the warhead on a subatomic level, if the warheads would ever be activated, they would have no effect on their surroundings.

The bunkers were code-locked for sound; only a specific combination of tones could grant access to the warheads. [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] had the warheads installed in and around key extraction points, so that if the war would not go his way, he could initiate Cybertron's destruction while getting himself and his troops underway to set up base on another planet. Evidently, he never got to doing that.

Ten years after the war, Ironhide was temporarily forced back into servitude by [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], who wanted him to help excavate one of the doomsday bunkers to obtain a warhead for [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. Ironhide led him to a spaceport nearby where one of them was stored and uncovered it with the appropriate tonal key. As this happened, Tidal Wave revealed that Scorponok intended to blow up [[Earth]] to get to its [[Energon]]. Ironhide faked to comply to remove the warhead from the rest of the structure, but instead activated the warhead, declaring to Tidal Wave he'd rather blow up Cybertron than be responsible for the deaths of innocents. Tidal Wave in return declared him an idiot and left quickly through a portal. At that point, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] appeared and Ironhide explained him why he didn't need to worry.

Some time later, Ironhide relayed the entire story to both Jetfire and [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. When they asked him why he didn't return sooner to destroy the warheads if he had designed them to be harmless, Ironhide admitted he felt ashamed of cooperating with the Decepticons and that he feared his [[Autobot]] colleagues wouldn't trust him anymore if they knew. To that, he added he realized now that secrecy wouldn't do any good and that he would no longer hide from the consequences of his deeds. Jetfire commended him for this. {{storylink|Aftershock (issue)|Aftershock}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:RiD2015 - The Golden Knight - Seismic-shock warhead (inactive).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb.]]
Considered one of the most dangerous Decepticon weapons ever created, according to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] a seismic-shock warhead would "hammer to a planet's core" before detonating and "cracking the planet in half".

[[Flamesnort]] was assigned to Earth by the Decepticons to guard a seismic-shock warhead hidden within an isle offshore of [[England]]. When Bumblebee and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] arrived on the island, his attempts to fight them were hampered by his extreme old age and Energon deprivation, and, faced with Bumblebee's tale of an Autobot invasion fleet being two days away, chose to execute "Plan Omega" - the detonation of the warhead, to deny the island (and the planet) to the evil Autobots. The two Autobots actually present arrived in his base just as the warhead powered up, but Bumblebee was able to distract Flamesnort from his control console long enough for Fixit to remove the weapon's ignition key before the warhead could detonate and destroy Earth. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising weapons]]
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) weapons]]

Exiles

2017-09-01T23:35:27Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|the Aligned novel|Transformers: Exiles}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 62
|image=TRID S3 E17 E MSS.jpg
|caption=''The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town...I said, the boys are back in town...''
|prev=Moon Breaker
|next=Breathing Room
|title="Exiles"
|airdate=[[August 26]], [[2017]] (Canada) [[September 9]], 2017 (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
}}
'''Steeljaw and his pack return and launch an attack on the Scrapyard, forcing the Autobots to abandon their home base; Sideswipe's fear of abandonment threatens the Bee Team when they face their foes again at the Crown River Dam.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What the hell was that?" "That was a bomb, jackass! He used the microwave as a detonator!"]]
In the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] begins a home video with [[Russell Clay|Russell]] to keep [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] up to date while he's away helping [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] on a secret mission. The video gets as far as [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] dazzling the camera with a new wax job and a shot of [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] mulling over a newly acquired [[Cybertronian technology finder|Cybertronian tech detector]] with [[Denny Clay|Denny]], before alarms blare and the base falls under attack by unknown assailants. A blast hits [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], Denny, and Russell, knocking all three over, with footage ending there.

Recovering from the blast, Denny and Russell are retrieved by [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], then set off to find Fixit. During the attack, Bumblebee is grazed, disabling his comm-link and preventing him to gather the team at the command center. He arrives at the meet-point with Grimlock behind him, running into Sideswipe who reports he thinks the attackers are stationed on a cliff above the base. Meanwhile, a terrified Fixit is nearly squished by falling pieces of vintage memorabilia, but is saved by Strongarm and the Clays. Bumblebee hands Sideswipe his blaster and orders him to cover him as he darts to the [[GroundBridge]], which he activates in order to evacuate as Strongarm and her precious cargo arrives on scene. As Sideswipe drives towards the groundbridge to join his teammates, he's hit by the nonstop blaster fire and goes flying off course. The same blast that hit him had destroyed the groundbridge, leaving the panicking Sideswipe to call out for help as he run amidst the blaster fire that was still raining down on the scrapyard. The continuous blasts knock a crane onto him, effectively pinning him down. As aiming beacons line up on his face, Bumblebee appears to pull the machinery off him and the two escape the base without much further ado, though Sideswipe begins to show signs of his abandonment issues and Bee explains that his broken comm prevented him from finding him earlier.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"All of your ridiculous pitiful antics aren't gonna change a thing. You and me, we're puppets in the same sick game. We serve the same master, and he's a lunatic and he's ungrateful. But there's nothing we can do about it. You and me, we're the same."]]
As the rest of the team waits where they had been sent, they worry about the two left behind, though Fixit reminds them that Bumblebee would be aware of their current location and would most likely be there as soon as he could. And as if on cue, the two missing Autobots drive up. After brief elation and more concern, Russell suggests they use the caves where they fought [[Nightstrike]] as their new temporary base and Fixit agrees, due to the mineral deposits in that area obstructing energy signals.

Back at the scrapyard, [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] have a conflict of interest, which ends with Thunderhoof reluctantly relenting. During the short scuffle, Steeljaw reveals that both he and their benefactors on Cybertron want Bumblebee's "hood ornament on a plate", along with the rest of the team. These "benefactors" are implied to be government officials, as Steeljaw and his pack (himself, Thunderhoof, [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], and [[Underbite]]) were pardoned of their crimes in order to (supposedly) capture the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]. In a moment of inspiration, Steeljaw decides to put humans at risk in order to lure Bee and his Autobots out from hiding.

Regrouping in the cave, Fixit repairs Bumblebee's comm system while Denny bemoans the loss of his collectibles. Sideswipe attempts to comfort him by revealing that he's moved homes a hundred times and it's not a big deal. He's then frightened by some bats and both Strongarm and Bee comment on his jumpiness, which he deflects. Bumblebee mentions how he doesn't know how to track down whoever is after them, and Fixit displays the tech detector he had brought with them, which wouldn't exactly find the attackers, but it would find their weapons. Bee suggests that Sideswipe be the one to step out of the cave and into possible scanning range to locate the antagonists, sparking Sideswipe's fear of abandonment and stalling on his part. The tech detector makes a quick change of hands before Fixit takes it back and does the scan himself, discovering five Cybertronian contacts at the [[Crown City]] dam. Bumblebee realizes that the attackers were most likely there to put humans at risk, and as Strongarm points out that it was most likely a trap, he refuses to put lives in danger and they take the bait anyway.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!"]]
On the way to the dam, Sideswipe nervously tailgates Strongarm until Bumblebee puts him on rear duty, which only further aggravates his fears as a train nearly cuts him off from the rest of the team. Once they reach their destination, Bumblebee formulates the plan to go into the dam control building alone to draw out their enemies, while the others split up and circle around to jump the attackers when they go for him. This also makes Sideswipe anxious.

Inside, Bumblebee is surprised to find out their attackers had been Steeljaw and his pack, who turn on him and knock him to the ground. Steeljaw then stands over him and monologues about revenge, also mentioning his benefactors, until the rest of the team sneaks in and opens fire on the Decepticons. As the fight breaks out, Grimlock slams Quillfire into machinery, jamming one of his quills into a turbine, creating the potential hazard of explosion. Bumblebee attempts to remove the quill, but is rammed by Underbite, and Steeljaw runs out of the building during the fog of war. Bee chases after Steeljaw, and Sideswipe chases after him, goaded by his fear of being left behind. Outside, Steeljaw blows a hole in the dam then turns on Bumblebee, but is toppled over the platform as Sideswipe intervenes. Thanking him, Bumblebee asks Sideswipe to take care of the broken dam so he can help Grimlock and Strongarm, assuring his younger teammate that he will be back for him.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You're in the Navy, remember? It's not a job, it's an adventure!"]]
Back inside, Bee tries to pull the quill from the turbine again, resulting in a shock and Strongarm's approval. Dazed and confused, Bumblebee wonders ''why'' she had praised him, until she uses the surging machine to electrocute the Decepticons. On the side of the dam, Sideswipe is overtaken by Steeljaw and a fight ensues, ending with Steeljaw being kicked into the water below. After the Decepticons inside flee the building, Bumblebee finally pulls the quill free of the turbine, nullifying that threat. The team then gives chase after the pack, which comes to little fruition, seeing as Underbite had accidentally knocked his fellow 'Cons off the dam and into the water below. Still on the side of the dam, Sideswipe uses his sword to chunk off pieces of concrete to fill the hole until a human repair crew could properly fix it.

Back at the cave, the field team finds Fixit and the humans with a projected image of the scrapyard, a heartfelt, if superficial, comfort. Denny, though still despondent over the loss of his property, claims home is where friends and family are, and Sideswipe wholeheartedly agrees.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (7)
|c2=
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (8)
*[[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] (9)
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (10)
*[[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] (11)
*[[Underbite]] (12)
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*[[Denny Clay]] (3)
*[[Russell Clay]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"Whoa! What is this? Did somebody forget to pay the electric bill?"
:—'''Sideswipe''' quips as he dodges incoming Decepticon fire.

"''Who'' is shooting at us?" 
"Unfortunately, someone with decent aim."
:—'''Fixit''' and '''Strongarm''' as ''they'' dodge blaster fire.

"''Capiche''?" 
"Well, I guess I could lend a hand, seeing as you uh, need me so bad. Oh, whatever. Fugget about it."
:— '''Steeljaw''', ironincally, and '''Thunderhoof''', unironically.

"They say you can't dream in stasis, but I did, Bumblebee. Of this moment, when I can pay you back for robbing Decepticon Island! Pay you back... ''in full.''" 
"I also dreamed... of a parade for the heroes of the revolution! Everyone was wearing hats."
:— '''Steeljaw''' and '''Quillfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Steeljaw and his cohorts were shipped off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]". The benefactors who freed them are presumably the same people [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] are investigating.
* The Autobots retreat to the caves [[Nightstrike]] used as a hideout in "[[Even Robots Have Nightmares]]".
* The Cybertronian tech-finder Fixit uses is said to have been confiscated from the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]] following their defeat, which took place in [[Moon Breaker|the last episode]]. Based on its coloration, it is the same one [[Heatseeker]] found in [[King of the Hill (Part 2)]], which [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] later used in [[Bee Cool]] and [[The Great Divide]].
* The corruption on Cybertron has been building up conflict in the background for the entire series and has generally served as a way to bring characters in;
** It was first alluded to in [[Can You Dig It?]], when the Council sent [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] to investigate the Alchemor crash site and we learned they were none to happy with Bee.
** The council's desire to have Bumblebee captured for his actions in [[Pilot (Part 1)]], was revealed in [[Hunting Season]], when Drift and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to collect a bounty on Bee's head.
** [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] revealed just how bad things had gotten, upon his arrival in [[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]], revealing [[Team Prime]] was blamed for the planet's destruction and that he was forced to capture war criminals. This prompted Optimus to leave Earth in order to investigate, though things had gotten so bad, he was unable to return and thus began working with "some old friends" to handle the situation, as stated in [[Worthy]].

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*This episode's name happens to be the same as the ''Aligned'' prequel novel ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]''.
*Apparently, according to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], bots can dream in [[stasis lock|stasis]].
*Another [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]] is destroyed. Interestingly, Bumblebee doesn't mention anything about the [[Darkest Hour (episode)|last time]] this happened to him.
*This episode noticeably takes a darker turn than most episodes given how much a threat Steeljaw's pack posed to Bee's team, destroying the scrapyard, and even harming their human allies. It's almost a callback to the darker storytelling of ''Prime''.

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Bumblebee (Movie)

2017-09-01T19:08:48Z

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:TF-Alliance03 Cover Nizzi.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb| Hi kids! I'm the new face of Transformers! Hope you enjoy!]]
'''Bumblebee''' is one of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s most trusted lieutenants. Although he is not the strongest or most powerful of the Autobots, Bumblebee more than makes up for this with a bottomless well of luck, determination and bravery. He would gladly give his life to protect others and stop the [[Decepticon]]s.

Badly damaged in battle, Bumblebee lost the ability to speak verbally, though he can still communicate over [[Inter-Autobot radio|inter-Autobot frequencies]] (in a fashion that seems somewhat akin to instant messaging, a usable but more distant and less personal means of interaction). He can also communicate with the Autobots' human allies and his friend, [[Sam Witwicky]], by playing audio clips from popular media on his radio.

Sometimes he is also known as '''N.B.E.-02''' or '''ZB-7'''. He is also partnered with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]], and is brothers-in-arms with fellow Autobot [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]].

{{quote|If there's anything you need, I won't be far away.|Bumblebee quoting ''{{w|Forrest Gump}}'' to Sam|''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The five 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|[[Mark Ryan]] (English), [[Hiroshi Iwasaki]] (Japan radio voice) [[Akio Kato]] (Japan normal voice)|[[Helmut Gauß]] (German), [[Eduardo Borgerth]] (Brazil), [[Omar Soto]] (Latin American-Spanish Radio voice), [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American-Spanish normal voice), [[Saverio Indrio]] (Italian)}}

[[File:Movie2007 Bumblebee dealership.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|Out with the old, and in with the new.]]

When the Autobots scattered to the stars in search of the lost [[AllSpark]], Bumblebee made his way to the planet [[Earth]], where he connected the trail of the lost relic to the [[Witwicky]] family line. Disguising himself as a battered 1970s Camaro, he followed [[Ron Witwicky]] and his son [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] to [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo|a second rate car dealership]] and slipped himself amongst the vehicles, intending to have the boy purchase him so that he could get close to the family. When proprietor [[Bobby Bolivia]] couldn't agree on a price, however, it looked like Sam would wind up buying another car, so Bumblebee used a high-frequency sound wave to blow out the windows of every other vehicle in the lot, leaving Bolivia with no choice but to sell him.

[[File:Movie Bumblebee winner.jpg|right|upright=1.8|thumb|YOU BIG WINNER, HAHAHA.]]

The next day, Sam and his friend [[Miles Lancaster]] drove Bumblebee down to a party at the lake, where the disguised Autobot decided to do the boy a favor, playing "Drive" on his radio to subtly convince Sam to kick Miles out and offer his crush [[Mikaela Banes]] a ride home. When he neared a romantic spot overlooking the city, Bumblebee turned off his engine and began playing romantically suggestive songs; this didn't have the intended effect, and Bumblebee had to abruptly turn himself back on again when Mikaela started to walk off. After they returned Mikaela home, Bumblebee drove off during the night; Sam, believing it to be a car theft, followed him to a junkyard and witnessed the robot-mode Bumblebee sending a beacon into space to summon his fellow Autobots. Apparently unaware that he had been spotted, Bumblebee then scared off the junkyard's two guard dogs when they menaced Sam.

[[File:TF2007 bumblebee 2009 camaro.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Out with the new, and in with the newer.]]

When Bumblebee returned to the Witwicky home the next day, a terrified Sam fled from what he dubbed "Satan's Camaro", only to wind up being attacked by the Decepticon [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], who was also on the trail of the AllSpark. While fleeing this new threat, Sam ran into Mikaela, and Bumblebee then snatched the pair up and drove them away, with Barricade in hot pursuit. Taking refuge at a deserted chemical plant, Bumblebee revealed his robot form to the two humans so he could engage Barricade in combat, eventually knocked the Decepticon out after a brawl. Afterward, Bumblebee—able only to communicate in sound bites broadcast over his radio—properly introduced himself to Sam and Mikaela, and drove them to nearby [[Griffith Observatory]] to watch as the other Autobots he had called upon arrived in the sky overhead. Along the way, when Mikaela wondered aloud why a super-advanced robot turned into a "piece of crap Camaro", a mildly insulted Bumblebee scanned a passing 2009 Camaro, taking on its sleek and shiny form himself.

[[File:Movie BumblebeeCC guardian.jpg|right|upright=1.8|thumb|I may be your guardian, but I will not carry you through a crowd to the music of Whitney Houston.]]

Bumblebee took his friends to a secluded alleyway, where Sam and Mikaela met the other Autobots, including their leader, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Medical officer [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] explained that Bumblebee's inability to speak was a result of an old injury to his [[processors|vocal processor]], which Ratchet then treated with a regenerative plasma beam.<ref name="Orci">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showthread.php?t=12054 Post-movie Q&A with screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman]</ref> Prime explained that Sam had been targeted because he owned a set of [[glasses]] belonging to his grandfather, [[Archibald Witwicky]], which had the location on the AllSpark inscribed on their lenses, and the entire group returned to the Witwicky home so they could obtain them.

[[File:Movie2007 Bumblebee lubricates Simmons.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"They should change my name to Bumble-PEE!!!" Ba Dum Tss! I'll be here all night!]]

Though the glasses were soon found, the forces of [[Sector Seven]] soon descended upon the house and apprehended Sam and Mikaela. The Autobots wasted no time in rescuing them, but when the interrogation of [[Seymour Simmons]] went nowhere, Bumblebee became so annoyed with his attitude that he released lubricant onto the agent. When Sector Seven reinforcements arrived, the Autobots were forced to hide; unfortunately, Sam and Mikaela fell from their hiding place beneath a bridge, and Bumblebee had to reveal himself to save them. Harpooned and frozen by Sector Seven agents, he was captured by the organization, with Optimus Prime regrettably unable to intercede as he knew the Autobots could not do so without harming the humans.

[[File:TF2007 bumblebee captured.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Taken to Sector Seven's base at [[Hoover Dam]], Bumblebee was continually doused with cryoblasts to keep him subdued while experiments were performed on him, until Sam and Mikaela (with some armed persuasion from [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]) convinced S7 to let him go. Upon his release, Bumblebee almost lashed out at his human oppressors until Sam calmed him down, informing him of the presence of the AllSpark and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in the facility, and that the Decepticons were coming for both. Following the humans to the AllSpark's chamber, Bumblebee hesitantly reached out to the life source of his people and reformatted it, shrinking the cube until it was a size that the humans could manipulate. Cube in hand, Bumblebee and a military escort fled to [[Mission City]], meeting the Autobots en route.

[[File:TF2007 bumblebee gives sam allspark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]

Soon after Bumblebee and the Autobots arrived in the city, the Decepticons descended in force, with a missile attack from Starscream blowing off Bumblebee's legs. To get him to safety, Mikaela and Sam hoisted Bumblebee onto an abandoned tow truck, but Bumblebee pushed the AllSpark into Sam's hands, urging him to run while he still could. As Sam reluctantly left, Mikaela drove Bumblebee away from the fighting to relative safety, but she was soon overcome with guilt for leaving Sam and the battle. With Bumblebee's assent, she turned headed back in, driving the truck in reverse so that Bumblebee could fire his weapons at [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], helping take the tank Decepticon out. Subsequently, Sam used the AllSpark to destroy Megatron, and in the aftermath, Bumblebee found that his voice had returned,<ref name="Orci"/> and he used it to request permission to remain with Sam. Optimus and Sam agreed, and after his legs were repaired, Bumblebee allowed Sam and Mikaela to make out on top of him as Optimus sent his message to space calling other Autobots to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Bumblebee'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 “[[Bumblebee Rumble]],” “[[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 several, Bumblebee has his own [[Moustache Man]] hologram driver, which does not appear in the finished film.}}
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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]] (dialogue cut from final movie)|[[Omar Soto]], [[Enrique Cervantes]] and [[Arturo Acosta]] (Latin American-Spanish radio voice)}}

[[File:ROTF bumblebee opens fire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Two years after the battle of Mission City, his voice still not properly repaired, Bumblebee was dozing in the Witwicky garage the day Sam was packing for [[Princeton University]] when a scream from Sam saw him called into action to blast the [[AllSpark Mutation]]s a surviving sliver of the AllSpark had made of the Witwicky kitchen appliances. Shrugging off [[Judy Witwicky]]'s complaints that he had blown up much of their house, 'Bee returned to the garage, where he was dismayed to learn that Sam was not planning on taking him to college with him, as just he wanted a normal life.

[[File:ROTF bee makes trouble.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Hoping that Sam could serve as an ambassador of sorts to help convince the [[President of the United States]] that it was important the Autobots stay on Earth to fight off the Decepticons, Optimus Prime had Bumblebee pick up Sam from college so he could talk to him. 'Bee caused trouble for Sam right away, disrupting a frat party he was attending, then wound up with an unwanted passenger in [[Alice]], about whom he could tell something wasn't right. Bonking her head off his dashboard and spraying her in liquid to get rid of her, he then took Sam to meet Optimus, but the boy turned down the Autobot leader's offer. Unfortunately, Sam soon proved to have little choice in whether or not he would be involved in the Transformers' war, when a resurrected Megatron captured him, and Bumblebee and Prime had to come to his rescue. 'Bee took Mikaela and Sam's roommate [[Leo Spitz]], to safety, but Optimus died protecting the boy.

[[File:ROTF bumblebee puppdogeyes.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Bumblebee, together with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], took the three humans to an abandoned prison where they would be safe, but soon, the Decepticons' master [[The Fallen]] struck across Earth, demanding Sam he turned over to them. Bearing Sam no grudge for Optimus's death, Bumblebee promised to help his fugitive friend in any way, though he advised against Sam turning himself in. At Leo's suggestion, the group went to [[New York City]] to meet his internet rival, the Robo-Warrior—in actuality, Bumblebee's old lubrication post Seymour Simmons, who provided evidence that [[Seeker (ROTF)|a group of Decepticons]] had been on Earth thousands of years ago. Following this information, the group located and reactivated the ancient [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], who teleported them to [[Egypt]] to search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which Sam hoped could be used to revive Optimus.

[[File:ROTF Bumblebee twin bash.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Respect my authoritah!]]

Bumblebee transported the humans to [[Petra (Earth)|Petra]], the supposed location of the [[Tomb of the Primes]], but when it appeared to be a dead end, the Twins got into an argument over why they were following Sam around. The argument turned into a brawl which threatened to crush the humans in the close quarters, so Bumblebee picked his two subordinates, slammed them together, and threw them out of the temple. However, the Twins' brawl had managed to unearth the Tomb of the Primes, and Bumblebee further opened the hole with his plasma cannon, where they found the Matrix...which instantly turned to dust. Gathering up the dust in hopes it would still work, the team headed back to Egypt, but were [[Operation: Firestorm|assaulted]] by Starscream on the way. 'Bee, Simmons, Leo, and the Twins led Starscream and the Decepticons away while Sam and Mikaela went on ahead, and when it became apparent that Starscream was no longer pursuing them, Bumblebee left to rejoin the pair.

[[File:ROTF movie BumblebeevsRampage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Move your body Rampage! Yeah, like that, gymnastics are really easy when you have two legs. Oh wait...]]

Arriving in the abandoned town Sam and Mikaela were hiding from the Decepticons in, Bumblebee found that Sam's parents were being held captive by [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]. Sam distracted the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] long enough for Bumblebee to jump him, but while they were grappling, [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] ambushed Bumblebee. The plucky Autobot managed to fight off Ravage and ''rip out his spine'', then overpowered and killed Rampage. At Sam's instruction, Bumblebee took the boy's parents to safety, returning in time to see Sam apparently be killed by a blast from Megatron, upon which he broke down in grief. However, Sam miraculously survived the attack, and with the reformed Matrix of Leadership, resurrected Optimus Prime. Together, the assembled Autobots and humans watched as Optimus combined with the remains of Jetfire, destroyed the harvester and killed The Fallen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Bumblebee’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 comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]”; and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]],” “[[When Robots Attack!]],” "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]," "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." In the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] of the film, Bumblebee speaks—with difficulty—in his own voice several times, a story element that was cut from the finished film.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|N/A (English)|[[Omar Soto]], [[Ferso Velázquez]] and [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American-Spanish radio voice)}}

[[File:DOTFfilm-BumblebeeStealthForce.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|''Stealth'' Force? Right...]]
Three years after the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee no longer lived with Sam, having been put back on active NEST duty now regularly engaged in top secret missions with the rest of the Autobots, mostly to prevent human conflict. Alongside [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], [[Mirage (Movie)|Dino]] and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], 'Bee investigated an illegal nuclear facility, employing his [[Stealth Force]] mode to destroy it. Upon returning to the [[NEST]] base, he assisted in teaching soldiers how to fight Decepticons.

[[File:DOTM bumblebee vs brazos.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Having received information from his co-worker [[Jerry Wang]] that suggested a conspiracy of humans collaborating with the Decepticons, Sam and his new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]] went to NEST headquarters to share what Sam had learned, but when the guards would not let him enter, he grabbed a radio and called for Bumblebee to "convince" them. The guards quickly backed off when Bumblebee burst out of the building, but the reunion wasn't an entirely happy one, as Sam made clear to his big 'bot buddy that he was upset that he wasn't around much any more. National Intelligence Director [[Charlotte Mearing]] had no interest in Sam's conspiracy theories, so Sam left with Bumblebee to investigate the matter himself. To "repay" Sam's boss eccentric [[Bruce Brazos]] for a few leads he was able to provide them, Bumblebee play-fought with the man, who tried some karate moves on him.

[[File:Dotm-sam&bumblebee-ahhh!-1-.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Here comes another Flight of the Bumblebee joke...]]

After Sam, [[Seymour Simmons|Simmons]] and [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] learned that the Autobots' recent actions—recovering their lost former leader [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and his [[space bridge]] [[pillar]]s from the wreck of the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' they had discovered on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]—had actually been orchestrated by the Decepticons, Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Dino escorted the humans and Sentinel back to the NEST base. En route, they were attacked by the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]], and Bumblebee was forced to execute an impressive mid-air transformation to avoid a crashed truck, tossing Sam into the air as he switched modes, before transforming back to vehicle mode around the boy. When the group arrived back at NEST, Sentinel revealed he was in league with Megatron, and Bumblebee was unable to prevent [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] from being killed and the base from being destroyed as Sentinel retrieved his pillars.

[[File:DOTM-bumblebeesamsfriend.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Bee good.]]
Sentinel used his pillars to open a space bridge in the heart of Washington, and Bumblebee and the Autobots were vastly outnumbered by the Decepticon forces that poured through and had to retreat. When Sentinel forced the humans to exile the Autobots on their ship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Bumblebee was allowed a short time to say goodbye to Sam, and assured him he was always going to be his friend, before helping the others prepare the ship for launch. However shortly after lift-off, the ''Xantium'' was destroyed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots were presumed dead.

[[File:DOTM bee and carly in ship.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]]
In actuality, the Autobots had hidden in a rocket booster that was jettisoned before the Xantium's destruction, and arrived in the Decepticon-occupied [[Chicago]] in time to help Sam, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] and a team of soldiers in finding the kidnapped Carly. Bumblebee piloted one of the downed Decepticon fighters to get Sam into the building in which Decepticon conspirator [[Dylan Gould]] was holding Carly, and used it to both rescue the pair and blast off [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]'s head. He rejoined his fellow Autobots in attacking the Decepticon forces, and arrived in time to save Sam and Lennox from falling to their deaths after Sam managed to kill Starscream.

[[File:830px-Dotm-helluvarun-1-.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|He's right behind me, isn't he?]]
Unfortunately, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Dino, Ratchet and Que were soon captured by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and his troops, and Bumblebee could only watch as Que was executed. He had barely a moment to mourn before he was pulled forward, sharing what seemed to be a final, heartfelt look with Sam... before [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]] suddenly started dropping Decepticon fighters from a Decepticon warship above. With Soundwave distracted, Bumblebee attacked his would-be executioner, and after a short but intense battle, killed the Decepticon spy-master by punching straight through his chest and blasting his head to bits. Subsequently, Bumblebee joined the final battle, and with Ratchet's help, he tackled and destroyed the space bridge's control pillar, shutting the bridge down. After the defeat of the Decepticons and Sentinel Prime, Bumblebee produced a selection of gears and washers from inside his body so that Sam could use one as a ring to propose to Carly with, but Sam just told him that he needed to slow it down. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{note|Bumblebee'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]]."}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
{{voiceactor|N/A (English), [[Kōichi Yamadera]] (Japanese radio voice)|[[Gerardo Alonso]], [[Ferso Velázquez]] and [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American Spanish radio voice)}}

[[File:AOEBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|After a wild bender, Bumblebee woke up in the desert, stripped of his 2011 Camaro kibble.]]

At some point in the past, Bumblebee had a phase where he became extremely insubordinate and disrespectful to his father figure Optimus Prime.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Chicago, Bumblebee remained on Earth with the other Autobots, but they were all soon forced to go on the run when US government disbanded [[NEST]], and [[Harold Attinger]]'s [[Cemetery Wind]] taskforce began hunting down Transformers. Disguised as a beat-up 1967 Camaro, Bumblebee even found himself having to take command of the remaining Autobot refugees when Optimus Prime disappeared, even though the others saw him as brash and inexperienced.

[[File:AOE bee and stinger.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Bumblebee shares the same feeling with [[Stephanie Sheh|Usagi Tsukino]] when it comes to clones.]]

Five years after Chicago, Optimus returned and Bumblebee relinquished command, but this did not stop [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] from complaining about Bumblebee's leadership skills. Indignant at being called a "child" by the Autobot samurai, Bumblebee briefly brawled with Drift, but greater matters soon demanded the Autobots' attention. Following information provided by Optimus's new human ally [[Cade Yeager]] that revealed Cemetery Wind were delivering the bodies of the Transformers they captured to [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]], the Autobots prepared to infiltrate the company's Chicago headquarters; Bumblebee falsified ID cards to get Cade and [[Shane Dyson]] into the building, then drove them to the site, masquerading as a non-sentient vehicle bring brought in for [[scanning]]. Upon seeing the company's display of [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]], a drone based on his own design, as well several videos and posters claiming that he was inferior to the human-made Transformer, Bumblebee flipped out and knocked over the prototype, then left Shane to take the blame for the accident.

[[File:AOE bumblebee missiles.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Hi Tom!]]

The information Cade brought out of KSI revealed to the Autobots that the captured Transformers were being melted down for their raw [[transformium]] metal. Learning that Ratchet had suffered this grisly fate, Bumblebee joined the Autobots in attacking the building, though not before he half-heartedly scanned a 2014 Camaro along the way, taking on a sleek new alternate mode. He got a lift from Drift's helicopter mode to the buildings upper levels and was able to rescue Cade from Attinger's clutches, having no regards for rampaging the building for ratchet. The Autobots then withdrew, but were pursued by Stinger and KSI's premiere creation, [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]; 'Bee attempted to blast Galvatron with a cluster of missiles, but was left in utter shock when the drone disintegrated and reassembled himself to avoid the attack.

[[File:AOE-BeeIsTheBest.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|Never mind the fact we should be ripped to shreds by the shattered glass from this skyscraper, you're the best, Bee!]]
When Optimus was captured by [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], Bumblebee and the Autobots infiltrated the [[Knight Ship|bounty hunter's ship]]. Bumblebee helped their human allies escape from several [[Steeljaw (AOE)|Steeljaw]]s, and though he could not stop the ships anchors from being detached, causing the humans to fall towards Chicago, he still managed to save them by swinging down on the cables and grabbing them out of the air. Given a lift by [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] in a stolen gunship, 'Bee had to take over piloting the craft while Crosshairs engaged Lockdown's pursuing henchmen, and although he managed to lose the ships chasing them by diving into an underground roadway, he then promptly crashed the gunship into the city streets.

Bumblebee and the humans regrouped with the other Autobots at a disused train yard, where they learned from Brains that Galvatron was, in actuality, a reborn Megatron, and was planning to detonate a cyberforming [[seed]]—given to KSI head [[Joshua Joyce]] by Lockdown—in [[Hong Kong]]. The team immediately headed for China, but upon arrival, their ship was shot down, and Bumblebee, [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] and the humans fell out and had to escort the seed out of the city. [[File:CheapKnockOffs.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|But how does he feel about the length of his toy page?]] Bumblebee and Hound acted as a defensive line against Galvatron's forces, and though they destroyed many drones, they slowly became overwhelmed by the onslaught. Salvation came in the form of Optimus Prime and the newly recruited [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]]; their airborne member [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]] partnered himself up with Bumblebee, and together, they took out Stinger, who 'Bee "eulogized" by calling him a "cheap knockoff" and let Strafe gnaw on his head. With the battle reaching fever pitch, Bumblebee was tasked by Cade with taking his daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and Shane out of the city, but the pair soon convinced him to turn around and help Optimus and Cade fight the returned Lockdown. Bumblebee quickly found he was no match for Lockdown, but his intervention gave Tessa and Shane enough time to help Optimus recover, and the Autobot leader slew the bounty hunter. Bumblebee, alongside the other Autobots, was tasked with protecting the Yeager family from any threats when Optimus left Earth to confront Lockdown's employers, the mysterious [[creator (AOE)|creators]]. With Optimus off-world, Bumblebee was left in charge of the Autobots.{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Erik Aadahl]] (English), [[Masato Obara]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:TLK Bumblebee versus Nazis.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|He shot fitty men.]]
During [[World War II]], Bumblebee and [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] arrived on Earth while searching for the AllSpark and wound up caught in the war fighting on the side of the Allies. During the war, the two met and befriended a young [[Edmund Burton]]. After the war however, Bumblebee left Earth to resume his search while Hot Rod remained behind. As the decades passed, Bumblebee would not come to remember World War II as a particularly noteworthy conflict.

In the years since Optimus Prime's departure into space in search of his [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]], Bumblebee retook command of the remaining team of Autobots on Earth. He accompanied Cade and Hound to the Chicago No Go-Zone: a hotspot of Cybertronian artifacts that landed on Earth since the Battle of Chicago. He and Cade came to the aid of [[Izabella]] after her Autobot companion [[Canopy]] was killed with Bumblebee himself destroying one of the attacking Sentinels. When Cade was held up by the TRF, Bumblebee came to his assistance, albeit in an unorthodox manner. He blew himself apart, only for his individual pieces to piece back together and reassemble himself in order to dispose of the TRF forces, giving their side the advantage. If it weren't for Lennox's intervention, Bumblebee would very likely have killed TRF Commander [[Santos]]. With Cade easing the standoff to prevent any collateral damage and Hound arriving at the scene, he urged the TRF to lower their weapons and allow them to leave, but not without the TRF tagging Bumblebee with a tracker.

[[File:TLK Bumblebee snags Santos.jpg|thumb|left|300px|If it's a Super Saiyan you're looking for, I can fill the part.]]

Back at the [[Junkyard (TLK)|junkyard]] where the other Autobots camped, he struggled to keep the team in order, with Grimlock stealing the local sheriff's cruiser and Crosshairs questioning his leadership skills, with whom he engaged in a small brawl. It wasn't helped by the arrival of the unscrupulous [[Daytrader]], who brought with him more of his shady trinkets, which included a [[Vatti Transformer]] (which Bumblebee angrily crushed) and the deceased Starscream's head. The next morning, however, a group of Decepticons led by Megatron himself arrived at the junkyard. While Hound and [[Trench]] held the line, Bumblebee and others fled to a nearby town where Crosshairs angrily discovered the tracker the TRF had placed on Bumblebee. After the Decepticons had been lured into a trap, Bumblebee personally slew [[Mohawk]] before a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] by the name of [[Cogman]] arrived on the scene to escort Cade to England to meet Sir Edmund Burton. Bumblebee accompanied Cade as extra muscle.

At the castle, they were initially greeted by [[Bulldog (TLK)|a tank Transformer suffering from "robot-dimentia"]] attack them before Sir Edmund scrolled him for firing at guests. Burton then expressed joy at seeing Bumblebee despite the Autobot not remembering him. It was then that Bumblebee was reunited with Hot Rod, who had sort of kidnapped a woman named [[Viviane Wembly]]. When the TRF arrived, Bumblebee served as a getaway car for Cade and Vivian, depositing them at her flat before he took the two the [[HMS Alliance]], during which he managed to get his Decepticon nemesis Barricade off his tail by blasting him aside. Leaving Hot Rod behind, Bumblebee took hold of the massive femme as she submerged and took the humans to a crashed Cybertronian ship. Inside the ship, however, the group was forced to split as ocean debris had made the path accessible to humans but inaccessible to Bumblebee. He caught up with the two soon after Viviane had found the [[Staff of Merlin]] and seconds before [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nemesis Prime]] arrived to demand the staff. After threatening Viviane's life for it, Nemesis walked out and Bumblebee, spurred on by Cade, followed Nemesis to try and reawaken his true personality.

On the deck of the ship, Nemesis promptly beat Bumblebee into submission only for the sound of Bumblebee's true voice to reawaken Optimus Prime. Allying with the [[Knights of Iacon|guardian knights]], the Autobots flew to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to confront and destroy [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] while Viviane removed the staff from the [[Ignition chamber|ignition chamber]] to halt her plan. Though Cybertron's reconnecting and shifting geology proved an obstacle, the Autobots made it to the area of the ignition chamber only to be faced by a Decepticon army backed up by a gun enplacement and [[Infernocus]]; they were eventually destroy by Optimus and [[Sqweeks]]. Salvation came when the human military caused a nearby chunk of Cybertron to swing and impact the ignition chamber. In the temporary state of zero gravity, Bumblebee took the opportunity to kill [[Nitro Zeus]] by blowing up his head. Optimus then distracted Quintessa allowing Bumblebee to blast her from behind (with a quippy one liner) and Viviane to remove the staff saving Earth. on the surface of Earth, Optimus had felt that Cybertron had healed enough that the Autobots could return home and Bumblebee, after thanking the humans for saving Optimus, boarded the Knight Ship as it blasted off for Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Before coming to Earth, Bumblebee was part of the crew of the [[Ark (Movie)|''Ark'']], searching through space for the lost AllSpark. In 1969, Earth-time, the crew encountered an alien ship, the ''[[Ghost 1]]'', in an abandoned solar system. After the ship turned tail and headed for one of the local planets, Optimus Prime sent Bumblebee down after it. Bumblebee located the ship, and was about to approach it when [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] arrived, and he was forced to retreat under the Decepticon's superior firepower. Shortly after Bumblebee discovered some apparently artificial pillars, the ground gave way beneath him, and 'Bee found himself plunged into a cave system. With his radio damaged, he explored the caves, and was attacked by giant, monstrous worm creatures, whose organic nature did not make them any less challenging as opponents. Fortunately, Optimus arrived in time to save him.

Prime and Bumblebee had a brief encounter with Starscream and the ''Ghost 1'', the crew of which had been persuaded by the Decepticon that the Autobots were the aggressors in the Transformer war. The pair retreated back below ground, and later found the ''Ghost 1'' in a battered state, having been abandoned by Starscream. Bumblebee made contact with its crew, a species known as "humans", and the earlier misunderstanding was soon cleared up. When more of the worm creatures turned up, Bumblebee acted as a diversion so Optimus could blast a way out of the caves, and everyone escaped intact. They returned to the ''Ark'' in time to fight the Decepticons once more. Bumblebee joined Ratchet in attacking Barricade, though the Decepticon gave them more than enough trouble. When the ''Ghost-1'' and its crew were lost during the battle, the Autobots turned their attention toward the planet from which it had hailed... Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====

Following the battle of Mission City and the destruction of the AllSpark, Bumblebee guardianship of Sam Witwicky meant that he was not an activate participant in any missions carried out by the forces of NEST. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Classified'' novels====
[[File:Tfc-switchinggears.jpg|right|thumb|Psst, down here!]]
After the defeat of The Fallen, NEST resumed their regular business of hunting down rogue Decepticons. Bumblebee was at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] with Ratchet when they received word that two Cybertronians in transition forms had landed near [[Hurley's Crossing]]. The pair went there by helicopter and encountered [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], who claimed to be a Decepticon defector hunting down another Decepticon who was after the technology at [[Hawthorne Army Depot]]. Though Bumblebee was highly skeptical, he followed Ratchet's lead, and they took Reverb to the depot. When they reached it, [[Kevin Bowman]] let them know that [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]] was an Autobot and in reality trying to protect an ancient weapons cache. The warning came too late, as Reverb turned the weapons on Bumblebee and Ratchet, who were unable to penetrate the personal forcefield Reverb had acquired. Despite this, Bumblebee lasted out Reverb's defeat with minimal damage. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

When Bumblebee and Gears were left at base, they received word from [[Douglas Porter]] that the Decepticon [[Blowback]] was heading up to [[Battle Mountain]] where a storehouse of Cybertronian artifacts had been discovered. The pair were compelled to travel to Battle Mountain with Kevin and Douglas, though Bumblebee made a detour to a [[Kwiki-Burger]] on the way. On arrival, they were attacked by Blowback and his men, and by the time they'd dispatched the four Decepticons, Kevin and Douglas had found the storehouse. They were subsequently picked up by Ironhide and taken back to face Optimus Prime's anger at them having gone off on their own. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

When the Battle Mountain cylinder was in danger of activating, Bumblebee and Gears took part in a convoy to transport the device to a NEST vault near [[Yucca Mountain]]. The trip was cut short when the convoy was ambushed outside [[Beatty]] by Reverb and some stolen [[Hyperdynamix]] autonomous tanks. They caught a break when Reverb was called away to the nearby Hyperdynamix Aerospace facility, and while Gears and Kevin followed the Decepticon, Bumblebee remained to protect the remains of the convoy. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Defiance1 Cliffjumper Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Tell Hasbro that [[Cliffjumper (disambiguation)|I]] don't want to be a [[repaint]] of [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|you]] anymore!"]]

Bumblebee was born over 10,000 years ago, one of the second generation of Cybertronians spawned by the [[AllSpark]] since its rediscovery and the revitalization of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} He and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] were guardians of the AllSpark at the [[Simfur Temple|Temple]] of [[Simfur]]. One day, when the AllSpark suddenly began giving off energy spikes, a nervous Bumblebee was troubled by the fact that planetary leaders Optimus and [[Lord High Protector]] Megatron were more concerned with a nearby archaeological excavation than with the source of the spikes, but Cliffjumper reassured him that they could handle whatever came their way. He would soon regret those words when [[Ejoornian|aliens]] from the nearby [[Eshems Nebula]] attacked Simfur. The pair were seeking cover inside the temple when Lord Megatron swooped in, berated them for not taking the fight to the enemy, and destroyed their opponent. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} Instructed to stay out of the military's way, Bumblebee was concerned that the attack signalled the start of something ''big'', but Cliffjumper was unconcerned on the basis that two lowly guards wouldn't be part of whatever it was. [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] agreed, ordering them to stay at their posts, after which he quizzed them on how the AllSpark had reacted during the battle. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[File:Defiance3 Optimus Bumblebee orders.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Well, that's one way to make a first impression.]]

His ambition ignited by the [[The Fallen|mysterious relic]] discovered at the archaeological dig, a power-hungry Megatron sought to have Optimus disposed of, and sent a team led by Prowl—including Bumblebee—to apprehend him on charges of treason. When Optimus angrily demanded to know what he had done, Bumblebee pointed his weapon at the science leader and said they were just following orders, which seemed to satisfy Optimus. What 'Bee and the other security officers didn't know, however, was they were being led into a trap; on the way to the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], they were ambushed by a soldiers loyal to Megatron, who had been ordered to kill them all, save Optimus. Bumblebee helped haul [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] to safety after the group was hit by an explosive round, and Optimus ordered them all to withdraw to [[Burthov]] while he took care of their attackers personally. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

[[File:Defiance Bumblebee vehiclemodes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|My alt mode is Pac-Man!]]

After it was learned that Megatron had rebuilt his Defense Force as an army known as the "Decepticons", Optimus—now Optimus ''Prime'', embracing his destiny—organized Bumblebee and the others loyal to him to stand against Megatron's forces as the "Autobots". While on an apparent scouting mission, Bumblebee and Arcee discovered the Decepticon starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' while it was under construction; some time later, when the vessel was complete, they also observed as the majority of the Decepticon forces boarded. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Returning to the camp at Burthov, they and all the assembled Autobots watched at the ''Nemesis'' took off. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} With the bulk of the Decepticons gone, the Autobots launched their first strike against the Decepticons, and the war between the two factions truly began. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

[[File:MovieMegatron Bumblebee torture comic.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Megatron's attempt at a "Give me your arm!" meme didn't really take off...]]

After years of war, with no end in sight, Bumblebee participated in an assault on Simfur Temple to activate the "[[pillar|torch]]" [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] had created, which Sentinel had promised would end the conflict. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Alas, Starscream blew up Sentinel's [[Ark (DOTM)|ship]], and Bumblebee retreated with the rest of the Autobots. However, the battle had weakened Decepticon forces to the extent that the Autobots were soon able to steal the AllSpark. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} After moving the relic around the planet, Optimus Prime finally made the desperate decision to launch the AllSpark into space to put it beyond Megatron's reach. This decision took Bumblebee by surprise, but he supported Optimus. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Bumblebee was placed in command of a small Autobot unit at the AllSpark's hiding place in [[Tyger Pax]], on the assumption that the Decepticon would focus their attention on Simfur; unfortunately, Megatron sensed the AllSpark's true location, and Bumblebee and his men found themselves under attack by the Decepticon leader and his troops. [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] tried and failed to torture the AllSpark's precise hiding spot out of Bumblebee, forcing Megatron to take up the task, but even 'Bee did not know ''exactly'' where it was—moments later, both he and Megatron could only watch as the cube was blasted into space from a launch site nearby. A furious Megatron crushed Bumblebee's voice capacitor beyond repair in a petty act of revenge and took off after the AllSpark; although the young bot survived and was dubbed a hero for his actions, he feared that all the Autobots had done was potentially spread their war to other worlds. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}}

[[File:MoviePrequel Interlude bee vs barricade.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6]]

In time, the Autobots left Cybertron aboard the ''Ark'' in search of the AllSpark. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} After years of questing, in 2003, Bumblebee traced the AllSpark to Earth's [[Solar System]], first touching down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], where his image was captured by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] and passed to human organization [[Sector Seven]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Landing on Earth in the state of [[Virginia (state)|Virginia]], 'Bee quickly evaded S7 by scanning a battered old Camaro and making for [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. There, he used a remote link to a coffee shop computer to search [[Shwiggle]] for any signs of extraterrestrial sightings, and discovered the story of Captain [[Archibald Witwicky]], who claimed to have seen an "Ice Man" that Bumblebee recognized as a frozen Megatron. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} Bumblebee's followed Witwicky's trail to an [[Psychopathic Institute for the Long-Term Insane|asylum]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], where the late captain had been committed, {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} then headed downtown to [[asylum|another asylum]] that had computerized records he could scan. Having thus obtained a list of Witwicky's descendants, Bumblebee set course for [[Springfield]], Missouri, in search of his son [[Clarence Witwicky|Clarence]], evading an attack by Sector Seven along the way. In Springfield, he found records of Clarence's children and started out to track them down, starting with his eldest son [[Ben Witwicky|Ben]] in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. Ben proved a dead end, so 'Bee took off for [[Tucson]], only to be again attacked by Sector Seven, evading their helicopters by blinding them and rocketing off at high speed. Not long after, he learned the Decepticons had followed him to Earth when he was attacked by Barricade in the desert. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} {{storylink|Interlude}}

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Escaping his various pursuers, a damaged and smoking Bumblebee stopped by the roadside on the way out of Colorado to rest and recover. Suddenly detecting a burst of AllSpark energy, he trace the source to [[New Mexico]], where Barricade tracked him down and attacked once again. Other Decepticons, meanwhile, attacked the energy source and found it to be a Sector Seven ruse; consequently, assuming Bumblebee would have further leads they could exploit, Barricade let 'Bee escape so that they would be able to covertly track his movements. Eventually, Bumblebee's search took him to [[Tranquility]], [[Nevada]], {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} where he would soon encounter Sam Witwicky, whom he befriended and allied with during the subsequent battle for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}}

[[File:Alliance2 Bumblebee takecove-rrk.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Why do they always aim for the throat!?"]]

Immediately following the battle in [[Mission City]], Bumblebee had his legs reattached by Ratchet, then he and the other Autobots rolled out to avoid Sector Seven's inquiries. 'Bee remained behind to guard Sam when the other Autobots were summoned to a meeting with Lennox a month later, {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} but then took part in the mission Lennox requested their help with: transporting the dead Decepticons' body to a navy base in [[San Diego]], [[California]] for disposal at sea. Before departing Sector Seven's [[Nevada]] base with the convoy, Optimus Prime gave the surviving AllSpark sliver to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping, but had second thoughts about his decision partway into the mision and sent Ironhide and Bumblebee back to the facility to retrieve it. Racing ahead, Bumblebee was greeted with an unexpected sight: the base aflame, and Decepticons [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and Starscream brawling in the midst of it all. 'Bee disarmed Wreckage with a well-aimed blast and Starscream finished him off, then turned his firepower on the humans; Bumblebee dived in front of them and took the blast, damaging his vocal processor once again. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Ironhide praised him for his bravery and selflessness, Bumblebee regretted not being able to save everybody. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

[[File:Alliance3 Ironhide Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"I see dead people, I mean it, look there's one right over there."]]

Two weeks later, Bumblebee was present for the burial at sea of [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and the Decepticons, following which it was announced that the Autobots and Lennox's team would be working together as a new special unit, dedicated to protecting the Earth from threats posed by the remaining Decepticons. They began training on the island of Diego Garcia, but it took time for the humans and Autobots to learn to work together; during a training exercise on a shooting range, when Bumblebee instinctively fired on a target, he only narrowly avoiding blasting Epps in the process. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For their first mission, NEST was deployed to [[San Francisco]] to take out the Decepticons [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and 'Bee's old opponent Swindle. Bumblebee and Lennox chased Swindle onto the deserted [[Golden Gate Bridge]], where the Decepticon was amused upon realizing who it was he was facing once again. When Swindle turned on Lennox, however, he learned the folly of underestimating Bumblebee, who blasted his one-time torturer through the back, killing him. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

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Concerned that Sam Witwicky would become the target of the Decepticons again, Optimus selected Bumblebee to act as Sam's guardian again and sent him to live with the boy. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} However, Bumblebee's attempts to integrate himself into Sam's life were not as smooth as he had hoped. Without the team structure of the Autobots, Bumblebee tended to act upon instinct, taking revenge on Mikaela's ex-boyfriend [[Trent DeMarco]] for his previous humiliations of Sam by wrecking his truck, smashing a would-be car thief with the door he was attempting to unlock, and inadvertently giving Sam traffic tickets by not observing the rules of the road. When Bumblebee was alone, he attempted to learn as much as he could about human culture, feeling that he owed it to his friend. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}} Though no longer on active NEST duty, Bumblebee very occasionally helped his Autobot allies out; in November 2008, he came on-scene to assist his team-mates after [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had... demolished a sizeable amount of human property in [[Uruguay]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

Soon, the problem of Sam's impending departure for college arose: 'Bee intended to follow Sam wherever he went, but Sam feared that he might not be able to bring his car along with him. Not thrilled the prospect of Bumblebee continuing to live with them, Sam's father Ron decreed that once Sam had gone to school, Bumblebee would have to leave. However, unexpectedly, Ron came to Bumblebee seeking aid when Mikaela reported that Sam had never made a rendezvous with her. Speeding out of the garage without Ron (and without waiting for the garage door to open), Bumblebee searched for clues to Sam's whereabouts and eventually found a message from his old foe Barricade, who demanded the AllSpark in exchange for the boy. Finding the pair at an car wrecking yard, Bumblebee attacked Barricade, but was considerably outmatched, with the Decepticon gloating that Earth had made the Autobot soft, and their last encounter was down to pure luck. Eventually, with a distraction from Sam, Bumblebee was able to force Barricade into a pool of gasoline. With the Decepticon hardly down for the count, Bumblebee told Sam to run and ignited the gasoline, causing a tremendous explosion that sent both Transformers flying. In the aftermath, Bumblebee told Sam he had a feeling they hadn't seen the last of Barricade. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}}

[[File:After fight with Soundwave Nefarious 1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|If you have a problem... if no one else can help... and if you can find them... maybe you can hire... The Bee Team.]]

In the wake of the Autobots' battle with The Fallen, {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen movie adaptation}} with more new Autobots arriving on Earth regularly, Bumblebee was brought back onto active duty and placed in charge of a team made up of rookies [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] and [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]]. Bumblebee's team responded to Decepticon activity at [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]] in [[Florida]], but 'Bee and the other ground-based team-members arrived too late to save Breakaway from dying at Soundwave's hands. The Decepticons soon fled, as did a mysterious group of humans also active at the sight, leaving Bumblebee mystified as to what was going on. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} He and his team returned to [[Edwards Air Force Base]], where Galloway was annoyed that he hadn't been notified about the arrival on Earth of some of the members of Bumblebee's team. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}

After Optimus managed to capture Soundwave in [[Utah]], Bumblebee's team was assigned to escort the captive Decepticon to a NEST base in [[Odessa]], [[Texas]]. Decepticon. En route, their transport plane was shot down by [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], and when they attempt to continue the mission on the ground, they were soon obstructed by Soundwave's "mini-militia". Bumblebee tussled with [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]], but quickly realized that his team was outmatched. Rather than a repeat of the loss of Breakaway, Bumblebee opted to release Soundwave. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} Subsequently, Soundwave chose to ally himself with the Autobots to bring down the [[Initiative]], the human organization who had also been at Kingdom Petrochemicals, who were conspiring against the Transformers. Bumblebee's team were part of the NEST unit that follow Soundwave to the supposed location of the [[Initiative base|Initiative's base]] in [[Inyokern]], but the mobile facility had already relocated to [[Crater Lake]], [[Oregon]], by the time they got there. Pursuing it, 'Bee's team was sent to assault the base from the north, but when Bumblebee broke through the base wall, he was confronted by a most unexpected set of opponents: Initiative-controlled Transformers! {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} The damage he took from the initial blast knocked him out of the fight, but he had recovered in time to help during the clean-up. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

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While Bumblebee was picnicking with Sam and Arcee, a small earthquake, followed by the emergence of a Transformer energy signature, prompted the trio to investigate. Tracing the signal to a nearby cave, they were attacked by [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]], who had been freed from his subterranean prison by the 'quake, and who promptly brought the cave down on top of the threesome. {{storylink|Transformers: Space Case}} Separated from Arcee in the cave-in, Bumblebee managed to hold up the collapsed ceiling, but could not get any transmissions out through the rocks, and found his strength slowly ebbing as the weight pressed down. 'Bee's mind drifted back to a recent encounter he and Sam had with Starscream, and remembered how the boy had aided him by using downed power lines to electrocute the Decepticon. Reminded that friendship meant trying your hardest and not letting your friends down, Bumblebee dug deep, and when a crack of light appeared overhead, managed to wrench the rocks clear. The pair were lifted to safety by Ratchet, who had been digging for them, and who was amazed that Bumblebee had had the strength to carry the weight for as long as he had. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee}}

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While visiting Sam at college in [[Philadelphia]], Bumblebee was parked at the roadside waiting for him while he grabbed lunch when he was approached by "[[Brains]]", a Decepticon brain unit who had just recently come online and escaped from [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]]. Believing him to be an ordinary Earth vehicle, but not understanding that said vehicles were not alive, Brains tried asking Bumblebee for help; naturally, Bee did not break cover by replying, but when an angry Brains then kicked him, 'Bee's temper got the better of him and he transformed. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} Sam and Bumblebee brought Brains back to his college, but this only made them targets for a force of Decepticons heralded by 'Bee's recurring opponent, Barricade. Vastly outnumbered, Bumblebee nearly met his maker at the end of [[Sonar (ROTF)|Sonar]]'s blaster, but was saved when NEST reinforcements [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] arrived. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} As the battle intensified, Bumblebee and Barricade squared off once more, {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} but as more Autobot backup came to join the fight, Bumblebee got the better of his old enemy and defeated him yet again. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

Concurrently with the battle in Philadelphia, Shockwave had staged a devastating attack on NEST's Diego Garcia base, necessitating a restructuring of the organization. NEST's [[Charlotte Mearing|new director]] removed Bumblebee from his position as Sam's guardian, and placed him on full-time NEST activity. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} Some time later, the Autobots faced the return of Sentinel Prime and Bumblebee and Sam were reunited to thwart his space bridge plot. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon movie adaptation}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
[[File:MoviePrequel bumblebee seeks allspark.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|It's a great big universe, and we're all really puny We're just tiny little specs about the size of Mickey Rooney]]
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]]}}

[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] entrusted Bumblebee with the secret that the AllSpark would be sent into deep space to prevent Lord Megatron from possessing and corrupting it. Just after the launch, Megatron attacked Bumblebee in rage at losing the AllSpark and shattered the Autobot's voice capacitor beyond repair.

Bumblebee arrived on Earth and, sensing the AllSpark was near, took on local camouflage to search for the artifact. He immediately attracted the attention of Sector Seven agents and the Decepticons. {{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''====
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===Titan movie comics===
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Bumblebee was part of a mission to trick Megatron into looking in the wrong place for the AllSpark{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Reprint of Prequel #1}}, in which he was the only one who knew the truth (not even team leader [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] knew!) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Recap in #2}} He lost his voice when Megatron crushed his vocal processor upon witnessing the launch of the AllSpark. The Decepticon leader immediately discarded his body and took off after the cube {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prelude: Megatron}} and it was a long while before he was recovered. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_3#Items of note|Prelude: Ratchet}}

Rendered voiceless, he continued to fight on Cybertron and would encounter [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] when the two were about to be thrown into a Decepticon smelting pool. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} In 2003, he travelled to Earth while tracing the AllSpark and would spend years evading Decepticons and Sector 7 alike. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Reprint of Prequel #3}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Reprint of Prequel #4}}

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Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots would ultimately follow the AllSpark to the planet Earth, where Bumblebee befriended the human Sam Witwicky. Some time after the battle of Mission City, Bumblebee was driven by the Witwickys to [[Princeton University|Sam's college]], where he quietly endured their bickering while scanning everything around him for potential threats. When he picked up radio transmissions from two new Autobots, he drove off into battle, and saved [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] from being slaughtered by [[Ransack (ROTF)|the Decepticon Ransack]]. But with the villain threatening a long game, Bumblebee knew that trouble was on the horizon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} 'Bee brought Skids and Mudflap to meet with the other Autobots at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in California, but no sooner had he turned his back than the pair snuck off to find Optimus Prime on their own, insisting they had a message for his ears only. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

[[File:Titan2-6 aimedatyourheart.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|There's only room for ''one'' kid-appeal character...]]

Some time later, Bumblebee was hanging out in Sam's garage when he received an emergency call from NEST: the twins, having apparently fallen in with the Decepticons, had abducted Sam! 'Bee tore out of the garage, tracked down the twins, and demanded they stop immediately. When they didn't, he launched suppressive fire and began ramming Skids, which soon convinced them to release Sam. As Bumblebee held the twins at gunpoint, ready to eliminate if necessary, Mudflap's tried to explain that they hadd been framed and there was a bigger threat coming... but before 'Bee could hear any more, he was gunned down in a surprise attack from Soundwave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} The "bigger threat" the twins had warned of soon arrived, in the form of The Fallen, but the Autobots were able to defeat the ancient Decepticon. Afterwards, back in the field in [[Beverly Hills]], Bumblebee was part of a unit assigned to captured [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]]; Jolt messed the mission up, but Bumblebee saved the day by ''ramming'' the bike head-on. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}}

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Later, with Lennox and his crew searching for [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], Bumblebee was left with only [[Robert Epps]] to investigate an attack on Malmstrom Air Force Base and the disappearance of Optimus Prime. Epps worked out that Optimus had been victim of an electromagnetic bomb, and Bumblebee tracked his leader to where he was being held (Poor Epps had to ride in Bumblebee jumping a ravine, and almost spewed up his breakfast). After locating Prime, they found he was a captive of the [[Free Men]] militia. At Epps command, Bumblebee hit the Free Men compound with his full firepower, swiftly defeating the militia. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10| Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:Titan18 Bumblethumbsup.jpg|thumb|upright=1|It's true!]]

Bumblebee selected [[Death Valley]] as the site for a survival exercise for raw recruits Jolt, Dune Runner, and [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]].{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}} Later, he was summoned as back-up by NEST [[South Africa]] alongside [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]] and Gears due to a Decepticon jailbreak led by [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], but Optimus ordered him to let the Decepticons leave to prevent civilian casualties. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} This failure left the Autobots' reputations in the toilet, and with concerns that public fights risked alienating humans, Bumblebee was tasked to head a covert unit with [[Slap Dash]] and [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]]. They were charged with operating under NEST's radar, monitoring Decepticons and waiting for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, before hitting hard and fast. In practice, this meant allowing Decepticons like [[Crankstart]], [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], and [[Trenchmouth]] to run amok in cities, with Bumblebee restraining his desire to stop them and keeping his men from taking action. After an uncomfortable period of hoping nobody would be killed, the Decepticons went to an isolated stretch of road: now free to act, Bumblebee led his men in a vicious ambush and personally drove ''through'' Crankshaft. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}}

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Intrigued by the human ritual of "[[Christmas]]", Bumblebee convinced Sam to let him secretly observe the Witwicky family during the festive proceedings. Unfortunately, the cannibalistic Decepticon [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]] tracked the Autobot to the Witwickys' house and attacked on Christmas Eve, tearing bits of Bumblebee's mechanisms out to integrate into his own body. Luckily, 'Bee managed to shock the zombie-con into submission before their fight awoke Sam's parents, and he was even able to get into the gift-giving on Christmas morning, buying Judy Witwicky car wax. Sam's present was particularly timely: a new traction bearing to replace the one Dead End had torn out! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.19|The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas}}

{{note|"The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas" reads like it was meant to go '''after''' the next two stories: it's the Russian battle that turns Dead End back into a monster, and he turns up at the Witwickys' because he's following Bumblebee.}}

Information obtained from the Decepticon unit Bumblebee's covert squad had brought in allowed the Autobots to trace the location of Bludgeon's Decepticons' base to [[Arkhangelskaya Oblast]] in [[Russia]]. Regrettably, while strategizing together, Bumblebee and Ironhide made the mistake of dismissing Wheelie when he offered to help; insulted and angry, the little scrap drone sold the Autobots out to Bludgeon's Decepticons, who were able to ambush 'Bee and the Autobots when they moved to attacked their base, with Springer being shot out of the sky by Decepticons, Slap Dash being killed by Bludgeon, and Hubcap being subsequently killed/wounded as well. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} Fortunately for the Autobots, Megatron himself soon arrived and slew Bludgeon for his transgressions, meaning Bumblebee and the others did not have to battle the rogue Decepticon at all. In the wake of the two Decepticons' brawl, Bumblebee discovered the shattered remains of Wheelie, torn to bits by Dead End. Unaware of his treachery, 'Bee gathered up his parts to take back to Ratchet for repair... unaware that Dead End was now on his trail once again! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

When the Autobots were summoned to [[Fiesole Cathedral]] in [[Fiesole]], [[Italy]] to examine a mysterious object discovered there by an archaeology professor, Bumblebee accidentally smashed the cathedrals shrine to Saint Donatus. Determined to prevent the Autobots from getting ahold of the object—actually a piece of Sentinel Prime's ''Ark''—Starscream attacked the cathedral, blasting Bumblebee through a wall with a volley of missiles. Recovering, 'Bee joined Optimus Prime in pursuing Starscream to the cathedral's belltower, but the Decepticon then brought the tower down on top of them and escaped with the ''Ark'' component. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

At some point, Bumblebee uncovered some intel, pointing towards Soundwave working in conjunction with the [[Tanto Gang]], and passed on the information to Lennox. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold And Blood}}

[[File:AcceptNoSubstitutes bumblebee vs stinger.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Can ''you'' tell which is the real Bumblebee out of the guy who can talk and the one who can't?]]

Bumblebee was later teamed with Robert Epps to hunt down Soundwave in the Spanish [[Sierra Nevada]] mountain range, but NEST's intelligence regarding the Decepticons' operational status was flawed: Soundwave's weapons systems were in perfect working order, and Bumblebee was badly damaged by his attacks. Luckily, Optimus Prime arrived to save them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

After the return of Sentinel Prime and the battle of Chicago, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] tracked three Decepticon survivors of the conflict to [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. When the Decepticons retreated and Crosshairs tracked them to [[Pulau Bidadari]], Bumblebee monitored the ranger and relayed the events to Optimus. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} Not long after, Bumblebee was shocked to see a news report claiming that he had attacked a human power plant. Though 'Bee was eager to hunt down his mysterious doppelgänger, Optimus Prime encouraged him to wait until he had the Autobot leader to back him up. The choice was soon taken out of Bumblebee's hands, however: responding to a fire at a remote human homestead, he was attacked by his mysterious duplicate, who introduced himself as "[[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]", and promptly welded 'Bee's battle mask shut so they would be totally indistinguishable from one another. Optimus Prime soon arrived and had to train his guns on the two identical Bumblebees... but the standoff was brief, as the real 'Bee revealed himself when he dived to save a human who had fallen from the burning building. Prime quickly sent Stinger packing, and he and Bumblebee rolled out together, wondering where Stinger had come from... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}
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====Alternate timeline====

[[File:Titan MikaelaBumblebee.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Why is he apologizing, you ask? Look where his left hand is.]]

In a parallel universe, the battle of Mission City turned out very differently—Megatron killed Sam, captured Optimus, and obtained the AllSpark. 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. Bumblebee—his voice still functional—and Mikaela Banes went underground, working with [[Tom Banachek]] to fight a guerilla war against the Decepticons.

Considering Optimus their last, best hope for victory, Bumblebee and Mikaela went on a mission to rescue him from the old Sector Seven base in Hoover Dam, which the Decepticons were now using as their headquarters. Mikaela quickly shot down Bumblebee's concerns about her safety, though she ''did'' almost get squished when 'Bee took out the bunker guard Swindle. Entering, the pair quickly located Optimus, but in a most unexpected condition: frozen solid in the old cryo-system previously used to contain Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} Stalked by Megatron, Bumblebee kept the Decepticon leader busy while Mikaela attempt to deactivate the freezing system, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} but was baited into revealing himself when the tyrant threatened to kill Mikaela. Bumblebee made a desperate attack, only to be beaten aside with ease, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} but he remained defiant to the end and refused to beg for mercy. Luckily, Autobot reinforcements arrived; although even they were no match for Megatron, their added distraction provided Mikaela time to thaw out Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} While Prime and Megatron battled, Mikaela arrived with Phase Two of their plan: a Sector Seven nanovirus that targeted AllSpark energy. Loading the virus into himself, Bumblebee charged Megatron, forcibly transmitting the nano-virus into him via a light-beam from his headlights. The virus killed Megatron once and for all, but Bumblebee did not celebrate too loudly, as he knew too well that this just left a [[Starscream (Movie)|power vacuum]]... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

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Bumblebee and the Autobots [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], to survey the damage done by the Decepticons' AllSpark cyberforming project. He took Mikaela to a nearby refugee camp, but as Optimus Prime had feared, the humans the were fearful of him, viewing all Cybertronians as an unwanted presence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Part 1}} In apparent further validation of this fear, the Autobots soon came under attack from a [[NATO]] unit while attempting to defend the camp from a Decepticon attack, but intel from Banachek suggested something was not right. Spotting the human in charge of the unit, Bumblebee and Mikaela ran a gauntlet of human and Decepticon firepower, blinding the former with his headlights and roasting the latter with his fiery exhaust, in order to get to the man. Having got in close enough, Bumblebee was able to detect a mind-controlling Decepticon [[cerebro-strip]] on the man, and Mikaela freed him from its effects, ending the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}} Following this battle, the Decepticons continued their attacks on human infrastructure; Bumblebee was part of a unit defending an oil pipeline in [[Crooked Creek]], [[Alaska]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:ReturntoCybertronpt2 ironhide restrained.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Leave it, mate, 'e's not worf it!]]

Bumblebee was part of a unit under Ironhide's command that was sent back to Cybertron in order to retrieve [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] in hopes it could be used to repair the damage inflicted upon the Earth by the AllSpark. Touching down on their homeworld, Bumblebee was sent on recon and discovered a strange satellite dish, but when the team investigated it, they were jumped by a team of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]. The revelation that Stockade's "New Decepticons" were in control of the planet's Nucleon supply, followed by the appearance of a strange energy anomaly in Cybertron's orbit, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} convinced Bumblebee to try talking, rather than fighting; after convincing Ironhide to stop throwing his face at Stockade's fists, he learned from Stockade that the anomaly was a living entity the Decepticons had deliberately summoned, believing it would rejuvenate Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

Not trusting this entity and wanting to stop all the Nucleon being used up, Bumblebee had the Autobots create a distraction while he turned the Nucleon transfer off, and sent a distress call to Optimus Prime on Earth. His efforts to prevent the arrival of the entity failed, and it revealed itself to be [[Unicron|Unicron, the Anti-Life]], as it began to possess Cybertron itself. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}} In the resulting chaos, Bumblebee had to rescue Ironhide when the satellite dish collapsed on him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} Optimus soon arrived in response to Bumblebee's summons, brokered an alliance with Stockade, and came up with a plan: Cut off the Nucleon that Unicron's body was using for power. Bumblebee and Armorhide were dispatched to drain the Nucleon seam, but were not able to siphon all of the fuel off fast enough, so Ratchet came up with a quicker alternative: blowing it up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

[[File:Titan MikaelaBumblebeereunion.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|OTP!]]

Upon returning to Earth, the Autobots found the Decepticons had pinched their base and all 600 square miles around it. They retreated, leaving Mikaela in Decepticon hands; Bumblebee was distraught over this. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} He would be part of the raid to get her back, perfectly aware it was an obvious trap, but not caring due to how much they owed Mikaela. The raid was successful and the two were reunited, awwww! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

The pair's time together was short, as soon, the Decepticon-blackmailed American government ordering the Autobots off the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part 1}} Knowing that the Decepticons were behind, Optimus Prime had Bumblebee and Ironhide prepare a decoy ship; {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}} the following day, after Bumblebee said his farewells to Mikaela (and beat up the Decepticon [[Dropkick]] as an "up yours" gesture), the Decepticons had the ship blown up shortly after take off. [[File:Revolutionpt3 the end.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part 1}} Believed dead, Bumblebee and the Autobots hid themselves on Cybertron, where they readied their final weapon against the Decepticons: a teleportation system that would trap the Decepticons on the dead planet, then teleport ''it'' off to the far reaches of the universe. When all was in readiness, the Autobots returned to Earth; Mikaela was ''not'' happy to find out they had not told her of their plan, but Bumblebee denied that it was because they didn't trust her—they had simply had to minimize any possible exposure. In the final battle that followed, Bumblebee tagged Megatron with the teleport tech, and the Decepticon leaders and his followers were soon exiled forever.

In the aftermath, after it became clear the Autobots had just exiled ''themselves'' to Earth forever—"Hey, there are worse fates," said Bumblebee—Mikaela forgave Bumblebee. Both had a lot of clean-up work to do, but also a brave new world to explore together...! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part 3}}
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===Toy bios===

Bumblebee learned hand-to-hand combat at the most prestigious combat training center on Cybertron, where he received his converting energon blade as a reward for his skills. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartRace|''Dark of the Moon'' Walmart-exclusive Bumblebee}} It was on the battlefields of Cybertron that Bumblebee first met the Decepticon Starscream, who he would meet again and again in combat. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Bumblebee/Starscream}} He also repeatedly crossed paths with fellow elite spy Decepticon [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]]; initially a professional rivalry, the relationship between the two 'bots slowly evolved into a personal vendetta that saw the pair battle across the galaxy. It was a crack shot by Hardtop that damaged Bumblebee's vocal processors, causing the Autobot pain when he tries to speak. {{storylink|Hardtop (Movie)#Transformers (2007)|Hardtop}}

Bumblebee was sent to Earth ahead of the other Autobot by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007_76deluxe|Deluxe Bumblebee ('76 Camaro)}} Prior to his arrival on the planet, Bumblebee cared little for the appearance of his alternate mode, simply scanning the first vehicle he saw, {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#evoofhero|Evolution of a Hero}} but that changed upon befriending Sam Witicky. At the boy's urging, Bumblebee scanned a new Concept Camaro form, and came to appreciate how stylish he looked. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007ConceptCamaro|Deluxe Bumblebee (Concept Camaro)}} His shiny new form was soon badly damaged, however, during the battle of Mission City—with his legs blown off, Bumblebee had to be towed to safety by the newborn [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TowedToSafety|Towed to Safety}}

When the AllSpark was destroyed, Bumblebee was briefly empowered by its radiation, and put the new power to use hunting down the straggling Decepticons. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#AllSparkPower|AllSpark Power Bumblebee}} One such Decepticon was [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], who he hunted across the [[Middle East]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Allspark2pack|Bumblebee vs. Scorponok}} Then, with the initial threat over, Bumblebee decided to kick back and relax. Transcanning a rally car, he began hanging around at race tracks, pitting himself against the human racers. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Rally Rocket Bumblebee}} Following this, he volunteered to be Sam's guardian. It was a pretty swank deal: he got to hang with Sam and Mikaela all the time, got lots of [[oil]], and could join Ironhide in killing Decepticons whenever he wanted. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ROTFdeluxe|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Bumblebee}} Peacetime afforded him the luxury of becoming meticulous about his alternate mode; he even had Ratchet learn a little about the cosmetic side of repair work. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Premium|Premium Series Bumblebee}}

In time, Bumblebee came to realize that with pictures of him all over the internet, ''everyone'' recognised him... including newly arriving Decepticons, which put Sam and others in danger! With Mikaela's help, Bumblebee recoloured himself to help restore his disguise and make it easier to sneak up on the enemy. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007Stealth|Stealth Bumblebee}} With the Decepticon forces constantly growing, he also decided to upgrade his arsenal and modified his vehicle mode so he could use weaponry in it, deciding he'd been caught off guard too many times before. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cannon|Cannon Bumblebee}} When the battle shifted to the deserts, he threw himself into the fray, upgrading himself for desert combat and wielding the mighty ''sand blast''! {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SandAttack|Sand Attack Bumblebee}}

Following the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee returned to active NEST duty, hunting down the Decepticons hiding across Earth; Sam even began joining him in the field. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ROTFHumanAlliance|Human Alliance Bumblebee}} Discovering that [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]] had secreted himself inside NEST itself, Bumblebee teamed with [[Armorhide (Movie)#ROTFdlx|Armorhide]] to ferret him out. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Alliance|Alliance Bumblebee}} He had particular dislike for [[Shadow Striker (ROTF)|Shadow Striker]], who really got under his metal skin. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#LegendsVsShadowStriker|Bumblebee vs Shadow Striker}} He later took on Soundwave, {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#VsSoundwave|Battlefield Bumblebee vs Infiltration Soundwave}} and brought his battle blade to bear in combat with Ravage and [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BattleBlade|Battle Blade Bumblebee}} His experience fighting fliers also meant that he was fully equipped to deal with [[Thrust (Movie)|Thrust]] {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CrashLandingAttack|Crash Landing Attack}} and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BombingRunBattle|Bombing Run Battle}}

Bumblebee was the first Autobot try out the new [[MechTech]] weapons developed by NEST, {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#DOTM|''Dark of the Moon'' Leader Bumblebee}} and also began toting a Mobile Battle Bunker around. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Bumblebee Mobile Battle Bunker}} Like several other Transformers, he took to inscribing [[Cyberglyphics]] on his armor before significant battles, out of a superstitious racial belief that they granted good luck. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cyberglyph|"Cyberglyph" Bumblebee}} When Soundwave reappeared on Earth, Bumblebee put a plan together to take care of him once and for all. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#|BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee/Soundwave}} Together with Sam and [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]], he formed the Autobot Daredevil Squad {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Daredevil|Autobot Daredevil Squad}} and battled Shockwave alongside Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Streetside Bot Brawl}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
In a celebration of the Transformers brand, Bumblebee showed up as the representative for the “Movie” era of the franchise. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Tom Anderson]], [[David Kledzik]], [[Tony Gialluca II]], [[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[José Antonio Macías]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:CyberMissions1 bumblebee datatrax lockdown.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]

Some time after the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee and Ironhide were reviewing some [[datatrax]] that Optimus Prime had made for preservation in [[Vector Sigma]] when they detected an explosion outside their base. Bumblebee remained to lock down the most important data tracks while Ironhide went to investigate [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|the cause]] of the explosion. However, that turned out to be just what the Decepticons wanted, as moments later, Soundwave burst into the base, overwhelming Bumblebee with a sonic attack. Bumblebee attempted to counter with a shot from his shoulder cannon, but Soundwave absorbed the sonic boom and sent the acoustic energy back at him, bragging about his mastery of sound. Bumblebee decided to put his sonic skills to the absolute test, and unleashed a barrage of automatic weaponsfire at the Decepticon. At ten thousand rounds per minute, Soundwave was faced with too many sonic booms to absorb, and was soon flat on his back. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} [[File:CyberMissions8 bumblebee in the arctic.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]] Bumblebee enclosed the defeated Soundwave in an electromagnetically sealed bubble, cut off from all sound. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}}

Ironhide, meanwhile, had gone missing in the jungle; Bumblebee reported the problem to Optimus, who had 'Bee perform a scan of the area. Bumblebee discovered several rich deposits of [[energon]] ore, which Prime pinpoint Ironhide's location. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}} Reunited, Bumblebee and Ironhide went on a training exercise in the Arctic, where the bigger 'bot put 'Bee through his paces. As Bumblebee was frequently singled out as a target by the Decepticons because of his small size, Ironhide taught him the importance of staying on guard and being mindful of his surroundings. As the pair sparred, Bumblebee learned another benefit of being aware of everything around him when Ironhide stopped their fight after they nearly crushed a strange little plant growing through the ice... a plant, Ironhide implied, that could well be sentient. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 8}}

[[File:CyberMissions9 Bumblebee.JPG|upright=1.5|thumb|BUUU!]]

When Decepticons [[Smolder]] and [[Chopster]] set fire to a building [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]], Bumblebee and Ratchet were dispatched to the scene by Optimus Prime. A menacing look from Bumblebee sent the diminutive Chopster running off in terror; 'Bee called after him to tell Smolder they would "like a word", hoping they could perhaps talk the situation out rather than fight, but Smolder wasn't interested. Bumblebee grappled with the pyromaniac Decepticon while Ratchet powered up his EMP blaster, which he then used to knock Smolder offline. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 9}}

[[File:CyberMissions12 cannon bumblebee vehicle.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]

Optimus reported finding Megatron and Starscream in the Arctic regions of Earth, and Bumblebee was summoned to aid his leader in battle alongside Ironhide, Ratchet and Sideswipe. Leaving Megatron to handle Prime, Starscream attacked all the Autobots at once, but the combined fire of the four heroes was enough to ground the Decepticon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

Optimus later laid a trap to lure the Decepticons to a final confrontation with a hologram of Soundwave, and Megatron indeed walked right into it. Bumblebee, Ironhide, and Ratchet arrived to join the battle, and in the ensuing fight, Bumblebee took on Mindwipe. The Decepticon tried to hypnotize Bumblebee into not fighting, but Bumblebee blocked out his voice and kept up the attack. An army of humans soon arrived and surrounded the combatants, and the day went to the Autobots. Optimus instructed the Decepticons to leave Earth to be destroyed, and after they had fled, Bumblebee stamped a huge Autobot symbol in the dirt, a marker visible from far away that let all Decepticons who saw it know that the Autobots protected the planet. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
Bumblebee charged to Sam's defense when Starscream tried to abduct the boy, but proved no match for the Decepticon, and was flung around the yard. As Starscream started making off with Sam, Bumblebee made another attempt to stop him, and was brushed aside. Luckily Optimus arrived to help, and Starscream soon fled, but the Witwicky's yard was in ruins. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''Unite for the Universe''===
[[File:UnitefortheUniverse bumblebee vs ravage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6]]
During NEST's ongoing worldwide hunt for the Decepticons after the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee paid a visit to NEST's regional headquarters in [[Bloemfontein]], [[South Africa]]. As he entered the facility, Decepticon spy Ravage was able to quickly sneak through the closing door behind him, but Bumblebee spotted him in his rear-view mirror and quickly went on the attack. When Ravage pounced on him, Bumblebee triggered his headlights, blinding the feline Decepticon and sending him fleeing, leaving Bumblebee confused as to the point of the infiltration... unaware that an airborne nano-virus Ravage had carried with him had already picked NEST's computers clean of information regarding [[Project: Unite]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}}
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===''I Can Read!'' books===
[[File:BumblebeeandSideswipe-TrainingDay.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Bumblebee met up with Optimus, Ironhide and Sideswipe in a desert to train. He raced Sideswipe, only for their training to be interrupted by a large boulder tumbling towards a nearby town. The two Autobots destroyed the boulder before resuming their race. They met back up with Optimus and Ironhide afterwards, and Optimus revealed the they had encountered a "natural disaster" as well. The source of the disturbances soon revealed itself to be Megatron and Starscream tunneling underground. Though the two Decepticons attempted to ambush the Autobots, Bumblebee 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}}

Bumblebee and Sideswipe had a nasty run-in with the Decepticons, leaving Bumblebee pinned under a massive metal bar. Thankfully, Ratchet came to their rescue, and repaired them both. Bumblebee later helped the Autobots defeat the Decepticons in Egypt. {{storylink|Ratchet to the Rescue}}

[[File:BeeandWheeliehighfive-BuddyBrawl.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
Bumblebee was out for a drive with Wheelie, Sam and Mikaela one day when Starscream swooped down and began to attack them! Bumblebee suggested to Wheelie that they gun for Starscream's wings to defeat the Decepticon. Wheelie disagreed, saying that they had to outsmart Starscream to defeat him. The two Autobots began to argue, becoming oblivious to Starscream attacking their human companions. Thankfully, Optimus Prime showed up to knock out Starscream. Optimus then chastised Bumblebee and Wheelie for allowing their feelings get in the way of protecting Sam and Mikaela. Bumblebee realized he was in the wrong, but was still too worked up to make his apologies to Wheelie. Instead, he stormed off. But he didn't get far before Starscream regained consciousness and resumed his attack. Optimus ordered Bumblebee to work with Wheelie to stop Starscream. The pair managed to do so by outwitting Starscream and destroying his wings, making the Decepticon crash into a nearby tunnel and crippling his flying abilities. With Starscream down, Bumblebee and the rest of the group celebrated another victory over the Decepticons. {{storylink|Buddy Brawl}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:AutobotsthankSam-SatelliteMeltdown.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Sam witnessed the Decepticons [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] tear up a human city, while Soundwave declared that the Autobots had abandoned the humans. Refusing to believe the Decepticon's lies, Sam and Bumblebee set out to find Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots. It turned out that the Autobots had been tricked by Soundwave to go to the wrong location when they rolled out to engage the Decepticons. Sam and Bumblebee led Optimus and his troops to the scene of the conflict, where Optimus quickly dispatched the Decepticons. Afterwards, Optimus thanked for Sam's part in the day's events, while Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots cheered. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}

===''Spot the 'Bots''===
Bumblebee helped Optimus chase down Megatron to an old warehouse. There, Bumblebee duked it out with Starscream. The battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that ensued would decide the fate of the Earth! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}
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===''How to Ride your Dinobot''===
====Cartoon====
[[File:Htryd-chapter-1-bumblebee-yikes.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|I'VE CHANGED INTO WILE E. COYOTE.]]
Bumblebee had never ridden a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] before, and decided to start by trying to mount [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]]. Guided by a kind but astonishingly unhelpful narrator, Bumblebee's attempts to mount Strafe left something to be desired. After many failed efforts, Bumblebee simply destroyed the instruction manual to riding Dinobots before storming off in annoyance, much to the narrator's surprise.
{{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 1: Getting on a Dinobot|Getting on a Dinobot}}
[[File:HowtoRide bumblebee and strafe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4]]
====Comic====

When Optimus Prime asked the Autobots to accompany him into the depths of a Chinese forest, Bumblebee was sure that their objective was important... but he never expected that the Autobot leader was taking them to learn the fine art of Dinobot riding! When Hound's tough-talking approach failed to win the Dinobots' hearts, 'Bee tried a kinder, gentler method, offering the Dinos a little snack. This worked a bit ''too'' well, and he would have been crushed when the Dinobots mobbed him to get the goodies had Strafe not lifted him into the air. Bumblebee pushed his luck when he climbed onto the flying Dinobot's back, however, and Strafe promptly threw him back to the ground. Subsequently, when Grimlock caught the scent of Decepticons nearby, Strafe and the other Dinobots relented and allowed Bumblebee and the Autobots to saddle up so they could all ride out to face the villains together. {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}
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===Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base===

[[File:YokohamaBase bumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Bumblebee was hanging out at the [[Transformers Expo]] in [[Yokohama]] when [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]] came crashing into the building. The evil Prime initially mistook Bumblebee for a cosplayer, only to realize that the little yellow Autobot was the real deal when he attacked him alongside the two versions of Optimus Prime also visiting the show. Nemesis soon got himself some backup in the form of a ''second'' [[Nemesis Prime (AOE)|Nemesis Prime]] and [[Nemesis Grimlock]], but before they could all do much more than glare at each other, the combined energies of the AllSpark, the Matrix of Leadership and the [[seed]]—all on display at the Expo, because why not—suddenly 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 channeled 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.

All together, pretty odd. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}
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===''Cheetos/Age of Extinction'' comic===
[[File:CheetosAOE bumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Discovering that the Decepticons were increasing their strength through artifacts from the [[Cheetos (galaxy)|Cheetos galaxy]], Bumblebee 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''===
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōhei Kimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:QTransformers the cast.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2]]
In this world, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, 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]]. Bumblebee occasionally changed his look to one more reminiscent of [[Bumblebee (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]], but his "default" form was that of a toy based on his ''Age of Extinction'' look. They hung 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]]''.

[[File:QTransformers1 Lockdown's bishonen fantasy.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Bumblebee suddenly realized, much to his horror, that he was trapped in an anime high school AU.]]

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. Bumblebee suggested that another way to tap that market would be to create "Zodiac Transformers", based on all the different animals of the Chinese zodiac, but Lockdown had a different idea: a humanized Transformers "Boys Love" romance, where he and Optimus competed for Bumblebee's affection. Bumblebee was not impressed. {{storylink|Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise}} The trio went on to talk about the original ''Mystery of Convoy'', and Bumblebee got a telling-off from Optimus when he pointed out that it was a famously terribly game. Discussing traits that they thought made games bad, Bumblebee suggested that an RPG already completed when you started would be pretty awful. {{storylink|Mystery of Reliably Crappy Games}} When Lockdown suggested that re-releasing such a terrible game was like rubbing salt in a wound, Bumblebee didn't understand the expression. Optimus explained, and they all tried to come up with situations the phrase was applicable to; taking it a bit too far, Bumblebee suggested getting pooped on by bird, then looking up to discover that a meteor was about to crash into the Earth. {{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:QTF bumblebee explorer.jpg|left|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": Bumblebee suggested a handsome young man cooking a nice meal... for his mother. {{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—Bumblebee thought a nice pillow would be just the thing. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Explorer}} [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] also talked about some famously awful old games, segueing into a discussion about psychokinetic powers; Bumblebee was concerned about the potential of such powers to interfere with television. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Psychic}}

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, with Bumblebee mentioning motion-control. {{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}}

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Bumblebee had changed his look when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] dropped in, to one resembling his Generation 1 self but with a Daihatsu Copen alternate mode. They talked about the constantly changing looks of Transformers through history, and how Bumblebee used to be called "Bumble" in Japan. {{storylink|Mystery of Convoy}} Still sporting his Daihatsu Copen form, Bumblebee dropped in on a conversation between [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], the star of ''Mystery of Convoy''. He told them how Optimus and Lockdown would argue over the crappy's games merits—but to be reminded of the games shortcomings only sent Magnus into floods of shameful tears. {{storylink|Mystery of Mystery of Convoy}}

When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] turned up to join the argument over just how bad ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, Optimus quickly switched bodies, taking on the form of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Generation 1 self]]; seeing this, Bumblebee also switched from his ''Age of Extinction'' form to his Daihatsu Copen body. They argued back and forth for a bit, discussing other ways the game could have been remade using staples of Japanese media, and Bumblebee proposed a "sports day"-style version. {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
In the "[[Legends Universe]]", Bumblebee was just a fictional character featured in a series of popular movies and toylines. When [[Rhinox (BW)|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 ''Q-Transformers'' incarnation of Bumblebee. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}

Bumblebee had a big presence at the ''Q-Transformers'' event held at the Decks Tokyo Beach shopping center which Rattrap, [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] attended, including a standee, a statue, an exclusive sticker, and even a themed "Bumblebee Mango" drink. At the neighboring Joypolis amusement park, his voice actor Ryōhei Kimura attended a Q&A! {{storylink|Deckss × Q-Transformers Collaboration Event Report|Deckss × Q-Transformers}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 511.0 Kappa]], Bumblebee survived [[Cemetery Wind]]'s massacre and joined Optimus Prime along with fellow Autobot survivors [[Bulkhead (DOTM)|Bulkhead]] and [[Backtrack (Movie)|Backtrack]] as well as the desperate Decepticons [[Axor|Axel]] and [[Wild Rider]]. Initially skeptical of the Decepticons, the Autobots learned to appreciate Wild Rider, but Axel tried and failed to betray them to Lockdown. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/16}}

===Bee's Backtalk===
[[File:Ask Vector Prime Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left]]

With [[Vector Prime]] still missing in action, Bumblebee became the fourth guest contributor to Vector Prime's [[Ask Vector Prime|column]]. He renamed the column to "Bee's Backtalk", answering questions from readers through patched-together audioclips.

Bumblebee gave us some more details about the state of the Autobots and their allies following the Chicago crisis. When asked about the fate of Sam following the rise of Cemetery Wind, Bumblebee became upset, and declined to comment. He noted that the Autobots were still searching for any more survivors of Cemetery Wind. A comment about the workmanship of KSI's Stinger units was enough to make him hopping mad, although he immediately apologized for his behavior. When someone asked Bumblebee why things in the [[Tyran|Tyran Cluster]] are prone to exploding, he suddenly found himself in the middle of a battleground as everything around him exploded. The Axiom Nexus News team lost contact with him (disappointing the editor, who was pleased that Bumblebee was able to stabilize ratings). As Andromeda was the one who found Bumblebee, she was tasked with finding his replacement: someone who, in contrast to Bumblebee's cryptic radio answers, could speak their mind in a straightforward manner.

[[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|And look how ''that'' turned out]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Bee's Backtalk|Bee's Backtalk}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Both Optimus and Bumblebee could be seen driving around the [[Speed Stars]] logo in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial#Speed Stars|Speed Stars commercials}}
*Bumblebee was resting in vehicle in Al's Chevrolet car dealership, getting caught on tape while the dealership's owner filmed a commercial. The place's squirrel mascot playfully bashed Bumblebee's hood with a foam hammer, provoking Bumblebee into transforming and tossing him away. Bumblebee then sped away in a huff. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Chevy|Dark of the Moon Super Bowl XLV Chevrolet Camaro TV Spot}}
*Bumblebee joined Optimus Prime on the road as part of the "[[Win A Ride To School With The Autobots]]" contest. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Win A Ride|Win A Ride To School With The Autobots contest and commercial}}
*Bumblebee dazzled a group of Valero patrons by showing up at the gas station in his vehicle mode and... popping his fuel filler flap. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Valero|Age of Extinction Valero tie-in commercial}}
*While driving about town, Bumblebee crossed paths with a little boy in possession of a Mega 1-Step Bumblebee toy. Impressed by his miniature likeness, he paused to admire it, then gave the boy a fist bump. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Flip and Change|1-Step Optimus Prime & Flip and Change Grimlock toy commercial}}

==Games==
{{main|Bumblebee (Movie)/games}}

==Toys==
{{main|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise}}

==''Second Life''==
In the online virtual world simulation/game ''Second Life'', there was a full replica of the Sector Seven base which contained a giant discussion room where Michael Bay held a question board. This room contained a giant frozen Megatron replica and free avatars of both Bumblebee and Barricade. Both freebies were non-transforming. Also, the Bumblebee avatar had his battle mask down and it could not be raised.

==Notes==
===Classic Camaro===
*According to an article on [http://web.archive.org/web/20071013122820/http://edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121138?imw=Y Edmunds.com], the film makers wanted Bumblebee's original Earth form to be the 1976 iteration of the Camaro because it was the worst Camaro possible that also had chrome bumpers.
*The same article indicates that the 1976 Camaros used in the film were all purchased via online auction for under $6000 each, one for less than $2000. That one didn't run.
*One of the 1976 Camaros was sold on eBay. The bidding ended on July 18, 2007; the final price was $40,100.01.

===Modern Camaro===
*The 2008 Concept Camaro used for Bumblebee in the first movie was built by Saleen in 30 days, using a heavily modified 2006 Holden Monaro chassis as the basis. The '08 Camaro was not in production at the time that the first film was being made, hence an identical mock-up was needed to fill the role.<ref>[http://www.saleen.com/transformers.htm Saleen article about the construction of the Barricade and Bumblebee vehicles]</ref>
*In ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', Bumblebee scans a working, driveable new generation Camaro — conveniently with the same paint job as his classic Camaro disguise at that time — that wouldn't be released until some time in the year 2009. However, it is possible that the Camaro in question was being road-tested by GM engineers, like they were doing in the real world.
*Although unexplained in the films, Bumblebee's vehicle mode changes appearance subtly between ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. This is probably because of product placement: Bumblebee's old [[alternate mode]] was an unavailable concept Camaro, while in ''Revenge'' he uses what seems to be the new Z/28 Camaro... whose mass production has since been canceled. Oops. However, it is perfectly reasonable to assume that it is the Camaro ZL1 that uses the same design.
*He changes models again between ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' and becomes a production Camaro SS (rather than the previous two movies GTO-Based mock-ups); the movie prop car changes include the addition of a rear spoiler, the black racing stripes now being further apart while at the same time losing the outer pinstripes, the racing stripes now also covering the roof and Autobot badges in the front fenders.

===Robot mode and CG model(s)===
[[File:MovieBumblebeeStinger.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He uses it once, then dies.]]

*The Bumblebee computer-generated model consisted of 7608 individual parts, 1,511,727 polygons, 19,722 rig nodes, and 8094 texture maps. The volume of all the pieces came to 1069.01 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
*Bumblebee's character animation is based on the performance of [[wikipedia:Michael J. Fox|Michael J. Fox]] in the ''[[wikipedia:Back to the Future|Back to the Future]]'' movies.<ref>From ''Cinefex'' magazine, issue number 111, published October 2007.</ref>
[[File:ROTFBumblebeeAltColorsConcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|But will we ever '''get''' an orange Bumblebee? No, we'll just keep getting slightly different yellow ones.]]
*Bumblebee is equipped with a pair of arm-mounted electrical "[[Stinger (weapon)|stingers]]."<ref>Bumblebee's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Battle Bio] at Hasbro.com</ref> While designed, the stingers were ultimately not featured in the movies, though they may have influenced [[Bumblebee (Animated)|other media]].
*Speaking of weapons, for someone whose main job is being subtle, Bumblebee is quite well armed, with a cannon powerful enough to rattle [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and a ring-shaped light missile launcher in each shoulder. He is also a capable close-combat fighter, as seen in his fights against [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]].
*Despite this, he has a [[Fireblast]] rating of ''three''.
*According to designer [[Paul Ozzimo]] on his website, at one point there were plans to make Bumblebee into a Z/28 convertible for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', and the possibility of changing his color to orange or black with yellow was also discussed. While none of these alterations happened, concept art for both appeared on the "25 Years of Transformers" feature on the ''Revenge'' DVD... though the black version is only seen from behind.
*Bumblebee stands approximately 16 feet tall, according to the [[Transformers The Game|official game]] strategy guide.
*In 2011, Bumblebee appeared in a Super Bowl XLV-related commercial, parodying car dealers by tossing a squirrel mascot knocking his hood to literally hammer the point of low prices. The TV spot also revealed ILM's modifications to his design for ''Dark of the Moon'', namely more pronounced shoulders and ribs ala his [[Bumblebee (WFC)|''Prime'' counterpart]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RttT4jC7_10&feature=player_embedded Chevrolet Super Bowl spot]</ref>
*Despite his Camaro alternate mode used for ''Dark of the Moon'' no longer sporting the outer pinstripes bordering his black racing stripes, the CG robot model still has them. Whoops.
*Similarly, in the first movie, after he gains the modern Camaro alt mode, Bumblebee's robot mode still features the scratches and dirt on his paint job of his original 1976 Camaro alt mode.
*In ''Age of Extinction'', Bumblebee's concept Camaro robot model sports a death-lock pincer similar to that of ''Revenge of the Fallen'''s Megatron.
*Bumblebee's arm cannon in ''The Last Knight'' undergoes a slight visual tweak. Using his original trilogy's cannon design, the main barrel has a narrow barrel as the main firearm.
*In a profile image posted by the Movie series' Facebook page, Bumblebee is depicted to retain his battle mask from his ''Age of Extinction'' body, while the final cut features his original battle mask seen in the first 3 films.

===License plates===
Bumblebee sported several different [[license plate]]s between the movies, the video games and the toys:

*'''489 PCE''', registered in [[California]], was the 1976 Camaro's license plate in the first movie, which was kept consistent between the car prop and the CG model for the robot mode. The license plate was later auctioned off in 2008.<ref name="plate1">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/movie-bumblebees-license-plate-for-sale/12255/ Movie Bumblebee (1976 Camaro edition) license plate for sale], Seibertron.com, January 2008.</ref>
*'''900 STRA''', without a state-specific registration, was the new license plate for the Concept Camaro car prop, which was kept for the production models used for all three subsequent movies. It was also used when the modern Camaro prop cars from the movies were on display at car shows and other events. Finally achieving consistency between both modes, Bumblebee also sported this plate in robot mode in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''. Furthermore, Hasbro started to use this license plate number with the Leader Class Bumblebee and Deluxe Class Nitro Bumblebee toys from the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'' toy line]] (both sporting ''sculpted'' license plate inscriptions in both modes), and the [[Activision Blizzard|Activision]] [[Dark of the Moon (video games)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]] also uses it for the vehicle mode. The license plate used in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' was auctioned off in October 2009.<ref name="2009auct">[http://www.icollector.com/Hero-Bumblebee-license-plate-from-Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen_i8633011 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Bumblebee license plate auction], icollector.com</ref> In ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', he even uses this license plate in his 1967 Camaro disguise, and still keeps it when he upgrades to his new 2014 Camaro concept form.
*'''4NZZ454''', registered in California, is probably the most well-known license plate number due to being used on the CG model for the robot mode in the 2007 movie and ''Revenge of the Fallen''.<ref name="proctercg">[http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/PROJPAGE_Trans_06.html Official Hasbro promo shots of the finalized CG model for Bumblebee] on Ben Procter's portfolio</ref> This number number was also used for a lot of Hasbro's toys from the first two movies' toy lines (in robot mode and often also in vehicle mode), including the Deluxe Class Classic Camaro.
*'''4NZZZ454''', with a red line indicative of a California registration, was an erroneous version of the above number with an extra "Z", used on some of Hasbro's toys, namely the Deluxe Class Concept Camaro Bumblebee toy from the [[Movie (toyline)|first movie's toy line]] (including several [[redeco]]s and [[retool]]s) and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Human Alliance]] Bumblebee.
*'''5LKZ213''' can be spotted on some photos of the life-sized robot prop from the Hoover Dam set from the first movie.<ref name="procterprop">[http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_24.html Life-sized Bumblebee prop] on Ben Procter's portfolio</ref><ref name="unicubb">[http://www.unicron.us/tf2007/toypix/ultimate_bumblebee.html Review of Ultimate Bumblebee] at Unicron.com, including a set photo of the life-sized Bumblebee prop used for the movies.</ref>
*'''BUMBLBE''', registered in California, was used for the life-sized robot prop on various exhibits in 2007.<ref name="premiere">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_karol/archives/date-taken/2007/06/27/ Transformers Movie premiere in Westwood Village, California], Flickr photostream of Candid Photos</ref><ref name="18foot">[http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/pictures-18-foot-bumblebee-transformer-invades-la "18 Foot Bumblebee Transformers invade LA"] at Techeblog</ref>
*'''FXPERTS''' (registered in California), a reference to the special effects company that built the life-sized robot prop,<ref name="fxperts">[http://www.fxpertsinc.com/trans.html Building the life-sized Bumblebee prop] at Fxperts</ref> was used on various exhibits in 2008.<ref name="dolby">[http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/ces-2008-giant-bumblebee-transformer-invades-the-dolby-booth "CES 2008: Giant BumbleBee Transformer Invades the Dolby Booth"] at Techeblog</ref><ref name="holloman08">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/61043118@N00/archives/date-taken/2008/09/22/ Transformers on display at Holloman Air Force Base in September 2008], Flickr photostream of snakebite000.</ref>
*'''KDM 0814''', registered in California, was used for the life-sized robot prop on various exhibits from 2009 to at least 2011.<ref name="sydney">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/movie-bumblebee-prop-appears-in-sydney-australia/17305/ Life-sized Bumblebee prop in Sydney, Australia] at Seibertron.com</ref><ref name="vegas">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/deltamike/archives/date-taken/2009/03/30/ Transformers on display at the Las Vegas Strip], Flickr photostream of Mike Renlund</ref><ref name="childmuseum">[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77515 "Bumblebee coming to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis"] at The Allspark, March 2011</ref> A variant of this, "KDM 814" minus the "0", had been previously used as the license plate of [[The Twins]]' combined ice cream truck mode in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
*'''5BBM2''' (registered in California), mirrored on the other side, is used by Activision for the robot models used in the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''[[Dark of the Moon (video games)|Dark of the Moon]]'' video games.<ref name="nextgen">[http://www.nextgn.com/2009/05/15/transformers-2-playable-characters-and-soundtrack-revealed/ ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game models] at Next Gen News</ref><ref name="actidotm">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/video-games-17/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-the-game-hands-on-171673/ Activision trailer and promo stills for Dark of the Moon video game] at TFW2005.</ref> Due to its partially mirrored nature, this plate wouldn't actually be legal.
*'''4N7 454''' (registered in California), another erroneous variant of the robot mode license plate from the first two films, was seen on a hand-painted prototype used for early official stock photos of the ''Masterpiece Movie Series'' Bumblebee figure.<ref name="mpmsbb">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/01/10/shadow-spark-optimus-masterpiece-movie-bumblebee-official-images-330837 "Shadow Spark Optimus and Masterpiece Movie Bumblebee Official Images"] at TFW2005.com.</ref> Samples on display at both Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair 2017 and [[Toy Fair|New York Toy Fair]] 2017, on the other hand, sported a regular "900 STRA" license plate.

===Lack of voice===
*For [[Transformers (film)|the first movie]], [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] had originally preferred the Transformers not to talk ''at all'' throughout the movie, a notion Hasbro heavily contested.<ref name="tfwtour">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/139273-botcon-2007-botcon-2007-hasbro-tour-updated-friday-12-45pm.html BotCon 2007 Hasbro tour report.]</ref> Bumblebee still ended up being mute throughout most of the movie, which, according to Orci and Kurtzman, was inspired by [[Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg's]] ''[[Wikipedia:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]]'' and is supposed to signify that his friendship with Sam transcends words.<ref name="mtv">[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1554426/20070312/story.jhtml MTV.com interview with Kurtzman and Orci.]</ref>
*According to the [[Movie Prequel issue 1|prequel comic]] by IDW Publishing, Megatron ripped out and crushed Bumblebee's voice capacitor during the battle at [[Tyger Pax]] back on Cybertron. [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]]'s toy bio claims the damage came from a shot fired by Hardtop. In the film itself, Ratchet only states to Sam that Bumblebee's "vocal processors were damaged in battle" and he was "still working on them" after firing a single plasma beam at Bumblebee's throat; by the end of all the conflict (the climax of the film proper), Bumblebee has regained his ability to speak. Although it was not confirmed on-screen, screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]] did confirm ''off''-screen<ref name="Orci"/> that Ratchet's (regenerative) beam was indeed the reason.
*Just as well, Roberto Orci ''also'' admitted that Bumblebee's brief contact with the AllSpark would be an equally valid (and an even more "in-continuity") explanation.<ref name="Orci"/>
*When asked, Orci admitted there had been plans to have Bumblebee speak in ''Revenge of the Fallen''; however, ultimately they liked his "musical ability" too much, and [[Michael Bay]] wanted to focus more on [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], since he thought kids would like the two characters.<ref name="orci">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-283.html#post3785383 Q&A with Roberto Orci at TFW2005]</ref>
*When Bumblebee finally did speak in the first movie, he had a slightly British accent. However, in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', it appears he in fact has an ''American'' accent. As of yet, no explanation for this discrepancy has been made.

===Other===
*Bumblebee is the only member of the original five Autobots to have appeared in all five ''Transformers'' films without dying.
*Bumblebee is a big fan of Earth cartoons! Some of his favourites include ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', ''{{w|Ren and Stimpy}}'', ''{{w|Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law}}'', ''{{w|Futurama}}'', ''{{w|Voltron}}'', and ''{{w|Rick and Morty}}'', as noted in [[Ask Vector Prime]]
*The modern Camaro makes a cameo in the new {{w|Power Rangers (film)|Power Rangers film}}; during the final battle, the Red Ranger, while piloting the T-Rex Zord, accidentally stepped on a Camaro before using it as a makeshift throwing weapon against a horde of Putties, shouting "Sorry, Bumblebee!" as the car made impact.
*Bumblebee is one of the characters of the movies with a distinctive transformation and weapon sound track.

===Foreign names===
*''Czech:'' '''Čmelák (first movie only) (Bumblebee)
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Korean:'' '''Bumblebee''' (범블비 ''Beombeulbi'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Daai Wong Fung''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Űrdongó''' ("Space Bumblebee")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dàhuángfēng''' (Taiwan, 大黃蜂, "Bumblebee"), '''Dàhuángfēng''' (China, 大黄蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Spanish:'' '''Abejorro''' ("Bumblebee")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Bdzhilka''' (Бджілка, "Bee")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=40&f_name=bumblebee&f_type=exact&Submit=Search Galleries of various different Bumblebee toys from the Movie]

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Bumblebee (Movie)

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:TF-Alliance03 Cover Nizzi.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb| Hi kids! I'm the new face of Transformers! Hope you enjoy!]]
'''Bumblebee''' is one of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s most trusted lieutenants. Although he is not the strongest or most powerful of the Autobots, Bumblebee more than makes up for this with a bottomless well of luck, determination and bravery. He would gladly give his life to protect others and stop the [[Decepticon]]s.

Badly damaged in battle, Bumblebee lost the ability to speak verbally, though he can still communicate over [[Inter-Autobot radio|inter-Autobot frequencies]] (in a fashion that seems somewhat akin to instant messaging, a usable but more distant and less personal means of interaction). He can also communicate with the Autobots' human allies and his friend, [[Sam Witwicky]], by playing audio clips from popular media on his radio.

Sometimes he is also known as '''N.B.E.-02''' or '''ZB-7'''. He is also partnered with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]], and is brothers-in-arms with fellow Autobot [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]].

{{quote|If there's anything you need, I won't be far away.|Bumblebee quoting ''{{w|Forrest Gump}}'' to Sam|''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The five 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|[[Mark Ryan]] (English), [[Hiroshi Iwasaki]] (Japan radio voice) [[Akio Kato]] (Japan normal voice)|[[Helmut Gauß]] (German), [[Eduardo Borgerth]] (Brazil), [[Omar Soto]] (Latin American-Spanish Radio voice), [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American-Spanish normal voice), [[Saverio Indrio]] (Italian)}}

[[File:Movie2007 Bumblebee dealership.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|Out with the old, and in with the new.]]

When the Autobots scattered to the stars in search of the lost [[AllSpark]], Bumblebee made his way to the planet [[Earth]], where he connected the trail of the lost relic to the [[Witwicky]] family line. Disguising himself as a battered 1970s Camaro, he followed [[Ron Witwicky]] and his son [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] to [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo|a second rate car dealership]] and slipped himself amongst the vehicles, intending to have the boy purchase him so that he could get close to the family. When proprietor [[Bobby Bolivia]] couldn't agree on a price, however, it looked like Sam would wind up buying another car, so Bumblebee used a high-frequency sound wave to blow out the windows of every other vehicle in the lot, leaving Bolivia with no choice but to sell him.

[[File:Movie Bumblebee winner.jpg|right|upright=1.8|thumb|YOU BIG WINNER, HAHAHA.]]

The next day, Sam and his friend [[Miles Lancaster]] drove Bumblebee down to a party at the lake, where the disguised Autobot decided to do the boy a favor, playing "Drive" on his radio to subtly convince Sam to kick Miles out and offer his crush [[Mikaela Banes]] a ride home. When he neared a romantic spot overlooking the city, Bumblebee turned off his engine and began playing romantically suggestive songs; this didn't have the intended effect, and Bumblebee had to abruptly turn himself back on again when Mikaela started to walk off. After they returned Mikaela home, Bumblebee drove off during the night; Sam, believing it to be a car theft, followed him to a junkyard and witnessed the robot-mode Bumblebee sending a beacon into space to summon his fellow Autobots. Apparently unaware that he had been spotted, Bumblebee then scared off the junkyard's two guard dogs when they menaced Sam.

[[File:TF2007 bumblebee 2009 camaro.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Out with the new, and in with the newer.]]

When Bumblebee returned to the Witwicky home the next day, a terrified Sam fled from what he dubbed "Satan's Camaro", only to wind up being attacked by the Decepticon [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], who was also on the trail of the AllSpark. While fleeing this new threat, Sam ran into Mikaela, and Bumblebee then snatched the pair up and drove them away, with Barricade in hot pursuit. Taking refuge at a deserted chemical plant, Bumblebee revealed his robot form to the two humans so he could engage Barricade in combat, eventually knocked the Decepticon out after a brawl. Afterward, Bumblebee—able only to communicate in sound bites broadcast over his radio—properly introduced himself to Sam and Mikaela, and drove them to nearby [[Griffith Observatory]] to watch as the other Autobots he had called upon arrived in the sky overhead. Along the way, when Mikaela wondered aloud why a super-advanced robot turned into a "piece of crap Camaro", a mildly insulted Bumblebee scanned a passing 2009 Camaro, taking on its sleek and shiny form himself.

[[File:Movie BumblebeeCC guardian.jpg|right|upright=1.8|thumb|I may be your guardian, but I will not carry you through a crowd to the music of Whitney Houston.]]

Bumblebee took his friends to a secluded alleyway, where Sam and Mikaela met the other Autobots, including their leader, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Medical officer [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] explained that Bumblebee's inability to speak was a result of an old injury to his [[processors|vocal processor]], which Ratchet then treated with a regenerative plasma beam.<ref name="Orci">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showthread.php?t=12054 Post-movie Q&A with screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman]</ref> Prime explained that Sam had been targeted because he owned a set of [[glasses]] belonging to his grandfather, [[Archibald Witwicky]], which had the location on the AllSpark inscribed on their lenses, and the entire group returned to the Witwicky home so they could obtain them.

[[File:Movie2007 Bumblebee lubricates Simmons.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"They should change my name to Bumble-PEE!!!" Ba Dum Tss! I'll be here all night!]]

Though the glasses were soon found, the forces of [[Sector Seven]] soon descended upon the house and apprehended Sam and Mikaela. The Autobots wasted no time in rescuing them, but when the interrogation of [[Seymour Simmons]] went nowhere, Bumblebee became so annoyed with his attitude that he released lubricant onto the agent. When Sector Seven reinforcements arrived, the Autobots were forced to hide; unfortunately, Sam and Mikaela fell from their hiding place beneath a bridge, and Bumblebee had to reveal himself to save them. Harpooned and frozen by Sector Seven agents, he was captured by the organization, with Optimus Prime regrettably unable to intercede as he knew the Autobots could not do so without harming the humans.

[[File:TF2007 bumblebee captured.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Taken to Sector Seven's base at [[Hoover Dam]], Bumblebee was continually doused with cryoblasts to keep him subdued while experiments were performed on him, until Sam and Mikaela (with some armed persuasion from [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]) convinced S7 to let him go. Upon his release, Bumblebee almost lashed out at his human oppressors until Sam calmed him down, informing him of the presence of the AllSpark and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in the facility, and that the Decepticons were coming for both. Following the humans to the AllSpark's chamber, Bumblebee hesitantly reached out to the life source of his people and reformatted it, shrinking the cube until it was a size that the humans could manipulate. Cube in hand, Bumblebee and a military escort fled to [[Mission City]], meeting the Autobots en route.

[[File:TF2007 bumblebee gives sam allspark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]

Soon after Bumblebee and the Autobots arrived in the city, the Decepticons descended in force, with a missile attack from Starscream blowing off Bumblebee's legs. To get him to safety, Mikaela and Sam hoisted Bumblebee onto an abandoned tow truck, but Bumblebee pushed the AllSpark into Sam's hands, urging him to run while he still could. As Sam reluctantly left, Mikaela drove Bumblebee away from the fighting to relative safety, but she was soon overcome with guilt for leaving Sam and the battle. With Bumblebee's assent, she turned headed back in, driving the truck in reverse so that Bumblebee could fire his weapons at [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], helping take the tank Decepticon out. Subsequently, Sam used the AllSpark to destroy Megatron, and in the aftermath, Bumblebee found that his voice had returned,<ref name="Orci"/> and he used it to request permission to remain with Sam. Optimus and Sam agreed, and after his legs were repaired, Bumblebee allowed Sam and Mikaela to make out on top of him as Optimus sent his message to space calling other Autobots to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Bumblebee'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 “[[Bumblebee Rumble]],” “[[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 several, Bumblebee has his own [[Moustache Man]] hologram driver, which does not appear in the finished film.}}
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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]] (dialogue cut from final movie)|[[Omar Soto]], [[Enrique Cervantes]] and [[Arturo Acosta]] (Latin American-Spanish radio voice)}}

[[File:ROTF bumblebee opens fire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Two years after the battle of Mission City, his voice still not properly repaired, Bumblebee was dozing in the Witwicky garage the day Sam was packing for [[Princeton University]] when a scream from Sam saw him called into action to blast the [[AllSpark Mutation]]s a surviving sliver of the AllSpark had made of the Witwicky kitchen appliances. Shrugging off [[Judy Witwicky]]'s complaints that he had blown up much of their house, 'Bee returned to the garage, where he was dismayed to learn that Sam was not planning on taking him to college with him, as just he wanted a normal life.

[[File:ROTF bee makes trouble.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Hoping that Sam could serve as an ambassador of sorts to help convince the [[President of the United States]] that it was important the Autobots stay on Earth to fight off the Decepticons, Optimus Prime had Bumblebee pick up Sam from college so he could talk to him. 'Bee caused trouble for Sam right away, disrupting a frat party he was attending, then wound up with an unwanted passenger in [[Alice]], about whom he could tell something wasn't right. Bonking her head off his dashboard and spraying her in liquid to get rid of her, he then took Sam to meet Optimus, but the boy turned down the Autobot leader's offer. Unfortunately, Sam soon proved to have little choice in whether or not he would be involved in the Transformers' war, when a resurrected Megatron captured him, and Bumblebee and Prime had to come to his rescue. 'Bee took Mikaela and Sam's roommate [[Leo Spitz]], to safety, but Optimus died protecting the boy.

[[File:ROTF bumblebee puppdogeyes.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Bumblebee, together with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], took the three humans to an abandoned prison where they would be safe, but soon, the Decepticons' master [[The Fallen]] struck across Earth, demanding Sam he turned over to them. Bearing Sam no grudge for Optimus's death, Bumblebee promised to help his fugitive friend in any way, though he advised against Sam turning himself in. At Leo's suggestion, the group went to [[New York City]] to meet his internet rival, the Robo-Warrior—in actuality, Bumblebee's old lubrication post Seymour Simmons, who provided evidence that [[Seeker (ROTF)|a group of Decepticons]] had been on Earth thousands of years ago. Following this information, the group located and reactivated the ancient [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], who teleported them to [[Egypt]] to search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which Sam hoped could be used to revive Optimus.

[[File:ROTF Bumblebee twin bash.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Respect my authoritah!]]

Bumblebee transported the humans to [[Petra (Earth)|Petra]], the supposed location of the [[Tomb of the Primes]], but when it appeared to be a dead end, the Twins got into an argument over why they were following Sam around. The argument turned into a brawl which threatened to crush the humans in the close quarters, so Bumblebee picked his two subordinates, slammed them together, and threw them out of the temple. However, the Twins' brawl had managed to unearth the Tomb of the Primes, and Bumblebee further opened the hole with his plasma cannon, where they found the Matrix...which instantly turned to dust. Gathering up the dust in hopes it would still work, the team headed back to Egypt, but were [[Operation: Firestorm|assaulted]] by Starscream on the way. 'Bee, Simmons, Leo, and the Twins led Starscream and the Decepticons away while Sam and Mikaela went on ahead, and when it became apparent that Starscream was no longer pursuing them, Bumblebee left to rejoin the pair.

[[File:ROTF movie BumblebeevsRampage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Move your body Rampage! Yeah, like that, gymnastics are really easy when you have two legs. Oh wait...]]

Arriving in the abandoned town Sam and Mikaela were hiding from the Decepticons in, Bumblebee found that Sam's parents were being held captive by [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]. Sam distracted the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] long enough for Bumblebee to jump him, but while they were grappling, [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] ambushed Bumblebee. The plucky Autobot managed to fight off Ravage and ''rip out his spine'', then overpowered and killed Rampage. At Sam's instruction, Bumblebee took the boy's parents to safety, returning in time to see Sam apparently be killed by a blast from Megatron, upon which he broke down in grief. However, Sam miraculously survived the attack, and with the reformed Matrix of Leadership, resurrected Optimus Prime. Together, the assembled Autobots and humans watched as Optimus combined with the remains of Jetfire, destroyed the harvester and killed The Fallen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Bumblebee’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 comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]”; and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]],” “[[When Robots Attack!]],” "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]," "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." In the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] of the film, Bumblebee speaks—with difficulty—in his own voice several times, a story element that was cut from the finished film.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|N/A (English)|[[Omar Soto]], [[Ferso Velázquez]] and [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American-Spanish radio voice)}}

[[File:DOTFfilm-BumblebeeStealthForce.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|''Stealth'' Force? Right...]]
Three years after the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee no longer lived with Sam, having been put back on active NEST duty now regularly engaged in top secret missions with the rest of the Autobots, mostly to prevent human conflict. Alongside [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], [[Mirage (Movie)|Dino]] and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], 'Bee investigated an illegal nuclear facility, employing his [[Stealth Force]] mode to destroy it. Upon returning to the [[NEST]] base, he assisted in teaching soldiers how to fight Decepticons.

[[File:DOTM bumblebee vs brazos.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Having received information from his co-worker [[Jerry Wang]] that suggested a conspiracy of humans collaborating with the Decepticons, Sam and his new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]] went to NEST headquarters to share what Sam had learned, but when the guards would not let him enter, he grabbed a radio and called for Bumblebee to "convince" them. The guards quickly backed off when Bumblebee burst out of the building, but the reunion wasn't an entirely happy one, as Sam made clear to his big 'bot buddy that he was upset that he wasn't around much any more. National Intelligence Director [[Charlotte Mearing]] had no interest in Sam's conspiracy theories, so Sam left with Bumblebee to investigate the matter himself. To "repay" Sam's boss eccentric [[Bruce Brazos]] for a few leads he was able to provide them, Bumblebee play-fought with the man, who tried some karate moves on him.

[[File:Dotm-sam&bumblebee-ahhh!-1-.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Here comes another Flight of the Bumblebee joke...]]

After Sam, [[Seymour Simmons|Simmons]] and [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] learned that the Autobots' recent actions—recovering their lost former leader [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and his [[space bridge]] [[pillar]]s from the wreck of the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' they had discovered on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]—had actually been orchestrated by the Decepticons, Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Dino escorted the humans and Sentinel back to the NEST base. En route, they were attacked by the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]], and Bumblebee was forced to execute an impressive mid-air transformation to avoid a crashed truck, tossing Sam into the air as he switched modes, before transforming back to vehicle mode around the boy. When the group arrived back at NEST, Sentinel revealed he was in league with Megatron, and Bumblebee was unable to prevent [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] from being killed and the base from being destroyed as Sentinel retrieved his pillars.

[[File:DOTM-bumblebeesamsfriend.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Bee good.]]
Sentinel used his pillars to open a space bridge in the heart of Washington, and Bumblebee and the Autobots were vastly outnumbered by the Decepticon forces that poured through and had to retreat. When Sentinel forced the humans to exile the Autobots on their ship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Bumblebee was allowed a short time to say goodbye to Sam, and assured him he was always going to be his friend, before helping the others prepare the ship for launch. However shortly after lift-off, the ''Xantium'' was destroyed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots were presumed dead.

[[File:DOTM bee and carly in ship.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]]
In actuality, the Autobots had hidden in a rocket booster that was jettisoned before the Xantium's destruction, and arrived in the Decepticon-occupied [[Chicago]] in time to help Sam, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] and a team of soldiers in finding the kidnapped Carly. Bumblebee piloted one of the downed Decepticon fighters to get Sam into the building in which Decepticon conspirator [[Dylan Gould]] was holding Carly, and used it to both rescue the pair and blast off [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]'s head. He rejoined his fellow Autobots in attacking the Decepticon forces, and arrived in time to save Sam and Lennox from falling to their deaths after Sam managed to kill Starscream.

[[File:830px-Dotm-helluvarun-1-.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|He's right behind me, isn't he?]]
Unfortunately, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Dino, Ratchet and Que were soon captured by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and his troops, and Bumblebee could only watch as Que was executed. He had barely a moment to mourn before he was pulled forward, sharing what seemed to be a final, heartfelt look with Sam... before [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]] suddenly started dropping Decepticon fighters from a Decepticon warship above. With Soundwave distracted, Bumblebee attacked his would-be executioner, and after a short but intense battle, killed the Decepticon spy-master by punching straight through his chest and blasting his head to bits. Subsequently, Bumblebee joined the final battle, and with Ratchet's help, he tackled and destroyed the space bridge's control pillar, shutting the bridge down. After the defeat of the Decepticons and Sentinel Prime, Bumblebee produced a selection of gears and washers from inside his body so that Sam could use one as a ring to propose to Carly with, but Sam just told him that he needed to slow it down. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{note|Bumblebee'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]]."}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
{{voiceactor|N/A (English), [[Kōichi Yamadera]] (Japanese radio voice)|[[Gerardo Alonso]], [[Ferso Velázquez]] and [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American Spanish radio voice)}}

[[File:AOEBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|After a wild bender, Bumblebee woke up in the desert, stripped of his 2011 Camaro kibble.]]

At some point in the past, Bumblebee had a phase where he became extremely insubordinate and disrespectful to his father figure Optimus Prime.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Chicago, Bumblebee remained on Earth with the other Autobots, but they were all soon forced to go on the run when US government disbanded [[NEST]], and [[Harold Attinger]]'s [[Cemetery Wind]] taskforce began hunting down Transformers. Disguised as a beat-up 1967 Camaro, Bumblebee even found himself having to take command of the remaining Autobot refugees when Optimus Prime disappeared, even though the others saw him as brash and inexperienced.

[[File:AOE bee and stinger.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Bumblebee shares the same feeling with [[Stephanie Sheh|Usagi Tsukino]] when it comes to clones.]]

Five years after Chicago, Optimus returned and Bumblebee relinquished command, but this did not stop [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] from complaining about Bumblebee's leadership skills. Indignant at being called a "child" by the Autobot samurai, Bumblebee briefly brawled with Drift, but greater matters soon demanded the Autobots' attention. Following information provided by Optimus's new human ally [[Cade Yeager]] that revealed Cemetery Wind were delivering the bodies of the Transformers they captured to [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]], the Autobots prepared to infiltrate the company's Chicago headquarters; Bumblebee falsified ID cards to get Cade and [[Shane Dyson]] into the building, then drove them to the site, masquerading as a non-sentient vehicle bring brought in for [[scanning]]. Upon seeing the company's display of [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]], a drone based on his own design, as well several videos and posters claiming that he was inferior to the human-made Transformer, Bumblebee flipped out and knocked over the prototype, then left Shane to take the blame for the accident.

[[File:AOE bumblebee missiles.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Hi Tom!]]

The information Cade brought out of KSI revealed to the Autobots that the captured Transformers were being melted down for their raw [[transformium]] metal. Learning that Ratchet had suffered this grisly fate, Bumblebee joined the Autobots in attacking the building, though not before he half-heartedly scanned a 2014 Camaro along the way, taking on a sleek new alternate mode. He got a lift from Drift's helicopter mode to the buildings upper levels and was able to rescue Cade from Attinger's clutches, having no regards for rampaging the building for ratchet. The Autobots then withdrew, but were pursued by Stinger and KSI's premiere creation, [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]; 'Bee attempted to blast Galvatron with a cluster of missiles, but was left in utter shock when the drone disintegrated and reassembled himself to avoid the attack.

[[File:AOE-BeeIsTheBest.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|Never mind the fact we should be ripped to shreds by the shattered glass from this skyscraper, you're the best, Bee!]]
When Optimus was captured by [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], Bumblebee and the Autobots infiltrated the [[Knight Ship|bounty hunter's ship]]. Bumblebee helped their human allies escape from several [[Steeljaw (AOE)|Steeljaw]]s, and though he could not stop the ships anchors from being detached, causing the humans to fall towards Chicago, he still managed to save them by swinging down on the cables and grabbing them out of the air. Given a lift by [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] in a stolen gunship, 'Bee had to take over piloting the craft while Crosshairs engaged Lockdown's pursuing henchmen, and although he managed to lose the ships chasing them by diving into an underground roadway, he then promptly crashed the gunship into the city streets.

Bumblebee and the humans regrouped with the other Autobots at a disused train yard, where they learned from Brains that Galvatron was, in actuality, a reborn Megatron, and was planning to detonate a cyberforming [[seed]]—given to KSI head [[Joshua Joyce]] by Lockdown—in [[Hong Kong]]. The team immediately headed for China, but upon arrival, their ship was shot down, and Bumblebee, [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] and the humans fell out and had to escort the seed out of the city. [[File:CheapKnockOffs.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|But how does he feel about the length of his toy page?]] Bumblebee and Hound acted as a defensive line against Galvatron's forces, and though they destroyed many drones, they slowly became overwhelmed by the onslaught. Salvation came in the form of Optimus Prime and the newly recruited [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]]; their airborne member [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]] partnered himself up with Bumblebee, and together, they took out Stinger, who 'Bee "eulogized" by calling him a "cheap knockoff" and let Strafe gnaw on his head. With the battle reaching fever pitch, Bumblebee was tasked by Cade with taking his daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and Shane out of the city, but the pair soon convinced him to turn around and help Optimus and Cade fight the returned Lockdown. Bumblebee quickly found he was no match for Lockdown, but his intervention gave Tessa and Shane enough time to help Optimus recover, and the Autobot leader slew the bounty hunter. Bumblebee, alongside the other Autobots, was tasked with protecting the Yeager family from any threats when Optimus left Earth to confront Lockdown's employers, the mysterious [[creator (AOE)|creators]]. With Optimus off-world, Bumblebee was left in charge of the Autobots.{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Erik Aadahl]] (English), [[Masato Obara]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:TLK Bumblebee versus Nazis.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|He shot fitty men.]]
During [[World War II]], Bumblebee and [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] arrived on Earth while searching for the AllSpark and wound up caught in the war fighting on the side of the Allies. During the war, the two met and befriended a young [[Edmund Burton]]. After the war however, Bumblebee left Earth to resume his search while Hot Rod remained behind. As the decades passed, Bumblebee would not come to remember World War II as a particularly noteworthy conflict.

In the years since Optimus Prime's departure into space in search of his [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]], Bumblebee retook command of the remaining team of Autobots on Earth. He accompanied Cade and Hound to the Chicago No Go-Zone: a hotspot of Cybertronian artifacts that landed on Earth since the Battle of Chicago. He and Cade came to the aid of [[Izabella]] after her Autobot companion [[Canopy]] was killed with Bumblebee himself destroying one of the attacking Sentinels. When Cade was held up by the TRF, Bumblebee came to his assistance, albeit in an unorthodox manner. He blew himself apart, only for his individual pieces to piece back together and reassemble himself in order to dispose of the TRF forces, giving their side the advantage. If it weren't for Lennox's intervention, Bumblebee would very likely have killed TRF Commander [[Santos]]. With Cade easing the standoff to prevent any collateral damage and Hound arriving at the scene, he urged the TRF to lower their weapons and allow them to leave, but not without the TRF tagging Bumblebee with a tracker.

[[File:TLK Bumblebee snags Santos.jpg|thumb|left|300px|If it's a Super Saiyan you're looking for, I can fill the part.]]

Back at the [[Junkyard (TLK)|junkyard]] where the other Autobots camped, he struggled to keep the team in order, with Grimlock stealing the local sheriff's cruiser and Crosshairs questioning his leadership skills, with whom he engaged in a small brawl. It wasn't helped by the arrival of the unscrupulous [[Daytrader]], who brought with him more of his shady trinkets, which included a [[Vatti Transformer]] (which Bumblebee angrily crushed) and the deceased Starscream's head. The next morning, however, a group of Decepticons led by Megatron himself arrived at the junkyard. While Hound and [[Trench]] held the line, Bumblebee and others fled to a nearby town where Crosshairs angrily discovered the tracker the TRF had placed on Bumblebee. After the Decepticons had been lured into a trap, Bumblebee personally slew [[Mohawk]] before a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] by the name of [[Cogman]] arrived on the scene to escort Cade to England to meet Sir Edmund Burton. Bumblebee accompanied Cade as extra muscle.

At the castle, they were initially greeted by [[Bulldog (TLK)|a tank Transformer suffering from "robot-dimentia"]] attack them before Sir Edmund scrolled him for firing at guests. Burton then expressed joy at seeing Bumblebee despite the Autobot not remembering him. It was then that Bumblebee was reunited with Hot Rod, who had sort of kidnapped a woman named [[Viviane Wembly]]. When the TRF arrived, Bumblebee served as a getaway car for Cade and Vivian, depositing them at her flat before he took the two the [[HMS Alliance]], during which he managed to get his Decepticon nemesis Barricade off his tail by blasting him aside. Leaving Hot Rod behind, Bumblebee took hold of the massive femme as she submerged and took the humans to a crashed Cybertronian ship. Inside the ship, however, the group was forced to split as ocean debris had made the path accessible to humans but inaccessible to Bumblebee. He caught up with the two soon after Viviane had found the [[Staff of Merlin]] and seconds before [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nemesis Prime]] arrived to demand the staff. After threatening Viviane's life for it, Nemesis walked out and Bumblebee, spurred on by Cade, followed Nemesis to try and reawaken his true personality.

On the deck of the ship, Nemesis promptly beat Bumblebee into submission only for the sound of Bumblebee's true voice to reawaken Optimus Prime. Allying with the [[Knights of Iacon|guardian knights]], the Autobots flew to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to confront and destroy [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] while Viviane removed the staff from the [[Ignition chamber|ignition chamber]] to halt her plan. Though Cybertron's reconnecting and shifting geology proved an obstacle, the Autobots made it to the area of the ignition chamber only to be faced by a Decepticon army backed up by a gun enplacement and [[Infernocus]]; they were eventually destroy by Optimus and [[Sqweeks]]. Salvation came when the human military caused a nearby chunk of Cybertron to swing and impact the ignition chamber. In the temporary state of zero gravity, Bumblebee took the opportunity to kill [[Nitro Zeus]] by blowing up his head. Optimus then distracted Quintessa allowing Bumblebee to blast her from behind (with a quippy one liner) and Viviane to remove the staff saving Earth. on the surface of Earth, Optimus had felt that Cybertron had healed enough that the Autobots could return home and Bumblebee, after thanking the humans for saving Optimus, boarded the Knight Ship as it blasted off for Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Before coming to Earth, Bumblebee was part of the crew of the [[Ark (Movie)|''Ark'']], searching through space for the lost AllSpark. In 1969, Earth-time, the crew encountered an alien ship, the ''[[Ghost 1]]'', in an abandoned solar system. After the ship turned tail and headed for one of the local planets, Optimus Prime sent Bumblebee down after it. Bumblebee located the ship, and was about to approach it when [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] arrived, and he was forced to retreat under the Decepticon's superior firepower. Shortly after Bumblebee discovered some apparently artificial pillars, the ground gave way beneath him, and 'Bee found himself plunged into a cave system. With his radio damaged, he explored the caves, and was attacked by giant, monstrous worm creatures, whose organic nature did not make them any less challenging as opponents. Fortunately, Optimus arrived in time to save him.

Prime and Bumblebee had a brief encounter with Starscream and the ''Ghost 1'', the crew of which had been persuaded by the Decepticon that the Autobots were the aggressors in the Transformer war. The pair retreated back below ground, and later found the ''Ghost 1'' in a battered state, having been abandoned by Starscream. Bumblebee made contact with its crew, a species known as "humans", and the earlier misunderstanding was soon cleared up. When more of the worm creatures turned up, Bumblebee acted as a diversion so Optimus could blast a way out of the caves, and everyone escaped intact. They returned to the ''Ark'' in time to fight the Decepticons once more. Bumblebee joined Ratchet in attacking Barricade, though the Decepticon gave them more than enough trouble. When the ''Ghost-1'' and its crew were lost during the battle, the Autobots turned their attention toward the planet from which it had hailed... Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====

Following the battle of Mission City and the destruction of the AllSpark, Bumblebee guardianship of Sam Witwicky meant that he was not an activate participant in any missions carried out by the forces of NEST. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Classified'' novels====
[[File:Tfc-switchinggears.jpg|right|thumb|Psst, down here!]]
After the defeat of The Fallen, NEST resumed their regular business of hunting down rogue Decepticons. Bumblebee was at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] with Ratchet when they received word that two Cybertronians in transition forms had landed near [[Hurley's Crossing]]. The pair went there by helicopter and encountered [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], who claimed to be a Decepticon defector hunting down another Decepticon who was after the technology at [[Hawthorne Army Depot]]. Though Bumblebee was highly skeptical, he followed Ratchet's lead, and they took Reverb to the depot. When they reached it, [[Kevin Bowman]] let them know that [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]] was an Autobot and in reality trying to protect an ancient weapons cache. The warning came too late, as Reverb turned the weapons on Bumblebee and Ratchet, who were unable to penetrate the personal forcefield Reverb had acquired. Despite this, Bumblebee lasted out Reverb's defeat with minimal damage. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

When Bumblebee and Gears were left at base, they received word from [[Douglas Porter]] that the Decepticon [[Blowback]] was heading up to [[Battle Mountain]] where a storehouse of Cybertronian artifacts had been discovered. The pair were compelled to travel to Battle Mountain with Kevin and Douglas, though Bumblebee made a detour to a [[Kwiki-Burger]] on the way. On arrival, they were attacked by Blowback and his men, and by the time they'd dispatched the four Decepticons, Kevin and Douglas had found the storehouse. They were subsequently picked up by Ironhide and taken back to face Optimus Prime's anger at them having gone off on their own. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

When the Battle Mountain cylinder was in danger of activating, Bumblebee and Gears took part in a convoy to transport the device to a NEST vault near [[Yucca Mountain]]. The trip was cut short when the convoy was ambushed outside [[Beatty]] by Reverb and some stolen [[Hyperdynamix]] autonomous tanks. They caught a break when Reverb was called away to the nearby Hyperdynamix Aerospace facility, and while Gears and Kevin followed the Decepticon, Bumblebee remained to protect the remains of the convoy. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Defiance1 Cliffjumper Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Tell Hasbro that [[Cliffjumper (disambiguation)|I]] don't want to be a [[repaint]] of [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|you]] anymore!"]]

Bumblebee was born over 10,000 years ago, one of the second generation of Cybertronians spawned by the [[AllSpark]] since its rediscovery and the revitalization of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} He and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] were guardians of the AllSpark at the [[Simfur Temple|Temple]] of [[Simfur]]. One day, when the AllSpark suddenly began giving off energy spikes, a nervous Bumblebee was troubled by the fact that planetary leaders Optimus and [[Lord High Protector]] Megatron were more concerned with a nearby archaeological excavation than with the source of the spikes, but Cliffjumper reassured him that they could handle whatever came their way. He would soon regret those words when [[Ejoornian|aliens]] from the nearby [[Eshems Nebula]] attacked Simfur. The pair were seeking cover inside the temple when Lord Megatron swooped in, berated them for not taking the fight to the enemy, and destroyed their opponent. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} Instructed to stay out of the military's way, Bumblebee was concerned that the attack signalled the start of something ''big'', but Cliffjumper was unconcerned on the basis that two lowly guards wouldn't be part of whatever it was. [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] agreed, ordering them to stay at their posts, after which he quizzed them on how the AllSpark had reacted during the battle. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[File:Defiance3 Optimus Bumblebee orders.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Well, that's one way to make a first impression.]]

His ambition ignited by the [[The Fallen|mysterious relic]] discovered at the archaeological dig, a power-hungry Megatron sought to have Optimus disposed of, and sent a team led by Prowl—including Bumblebee—to apprehend him on charges of treason. When Optimus angrily demanded to know what he had done, Bumblebee pointed his weapon at the science leader and said they were just following orders, which seemed to satisfy Optimus. What 'Bee and the other security officers didn't know, however, was they were being led into a trap; on the way to the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], they were ambushed by a soldiers loyal to Megatron, who had been ordered to kill them all, save Optimus. Bumblebee helped haul [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] to safety after the group was hit by an explosive round, and Optimus ordered them all to withdraw to [[Burthov]] while he took care of their attackers personally. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

[[File:Defiance Bumblebee vehiclemodes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|My alt mode is Pac-Man!]]

After it was learned that Megatron had rebuilt his Defense Force as an army known as the "Decepticons", Optimus—now Optimus ''Prime'', embracing his destiny—organized Bumblebee and the others loyal to him to stand against Megatron's forces as the "Autobots". While on an apparent scouting mission, Bumblebee and Arcee discovered the Decepticon starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' while it was under construction; some time later, when the vessel was complete, they also observed as the majority of the Decepticon forces boarded. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Returning to the camp at Burthov, they and all the assembled Autobots watched at the ''Nemesis'' took off. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} With the bulk of the Decepticons gone, the Autobots launched their first strike against the Decepticons, and the war between the two factions truly began. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

[[File:MovieMegatron Bumblebee torture comic.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Megatron's attempt at a "Give me your arm!" meme didn't really take off...]]

After years of war, with no end in sight, Bumblebee participated in an assault on Simfur Temple to activate the "[[pillar|torch]]" [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] had created, which Sentinel had promised would end the conflict. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Alas, Starscream blew up Sentinel's [[Ark (DOTM)|ship]], and Bumblebee retreated with the rest of the Autobots. However, the battle had weakened Decepticon forces to the extent that the Autobots were soon able to steal the AllSpark. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} After moving the relic around the planet, Optimus Prime finally made the desperate decision to launch the AllSpark into space to put it beyond Megatron's reach. This decision took Bumblebee by surprise, but he supported Optimus. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Bumblebee was placed in command of a small Autobot unit at the AllSpark's hiding place in [[Tyger Pax]], on the assumption that the Decepticon would focus their attention on Simfur; unfortunately, Megatron sensed the AllSpark's true location, and Bumblebee and his men found themselves under attack by the Decepticon leader and his troops. [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] tried and failed to torture the AllSpark's precise hiding spot out of Bumblebee, forcing Megatron to take up the task, but even 'Bee did not know ''exactly'' where it was—moments later, both he and Megatron could only watch as the cube was blasted into space from a launch site nearby. A furious Megatron crushed Bumblebee's voice capacitor beyond repair in a petty act of revenge and took off after the AllSpark; although the young bot survived and was dubbed a hero for his actions, he feared that all the Autobots had done was potentially spread their war to other worlds. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}}

[[File:MoviePrequel Interlude bee vs barricade.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6]]

In time, the Autobots left Cybertron aboard the ''Ark'' in search of the AllSpark. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} After years of questing, in 2003, Bumblebee traced the AllSpark to Earth's [[Solar System]], first touching down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], where his image was captured by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] and passed to human organization [[Sector Seven]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Landing on Earth in the state of [[Virginia (state)|Virginia]], 'Bee quickly evaded S7 by scanning a battered old Camaro and making for [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. There, he used a remote link to a coffee shop computer to search [[Shwiggle]] for any signs of extraterrestrial sightings, and discovered the story of Captain [[Archibald Witwicky]], who claimed to have seen an "Ice Man" that Bumblebee recognized as a frozen Megatron. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} Bumblebee's followed Witwicky's trail to an [[Psychopathic Institute for the Long-Term Insane|asylum]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], where the late captain had been committed, {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} then headed downtown to [[asylum|another asylum]] that had computerized records he could scan. Having thus obtained a list of Witwicky's descendants, Bumblebee set course for [[Springfield]], Missouri, in search of his son [[Clarence Witwicky|Clarence]], evading an attack by Sector Seven along the way. In Springfield, he found records of Clarence's children and started out to track them down, starting with his eldest son [[Ben Witwicky|Ben]] in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. Ben proved a dead end, so 'Bee took off for [[Tucson]], only to be again attacked by Sector Seven, evading their helicopters by blinding them and rocketing off at high speed. Not long after, he learned the Decepticons had followed him to Earth when he was attacked by Barricade in the desert. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} {{storylink|Interlude}}

[[File:Prequel3 bumblebee altmode.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Escaping his various pursuers, a damaged and smoking Bumblebee stopped by the roadside on the way out of Colorado to rest and recover. Suddenly detecting a burst of AllSpark energy, he trace the source to [[New Mexico]], where Barricade tracked him down and attacked once again. Other Decepticons, meanwhile, attacked the energy source and found it to be a Sector Seven ruse; consequently, assuming Bumblebee would have further leads they could exploit, Barricade let 'Bee escape so that they would be able to covertly track his movements. Eventually, Bumblebee's search took him to [[Tranquility]], [[Nevada]], {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} where he would soon encounter Sam Witwicky, whom he befriended and allied with during the subsequent battle for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}}

[[File:Alliance2 Bumblebee takecove-rrk.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Why do they always aim for the throat!?"]]

Immediately following the battle in [[Mission City]], Bumblebee had his legs reattached by Ratchet, then he and the other Autobots rolled out to avoid Sector Seven's inquiries. 'Bee remained behind to guard Sam when the other Autobots were summoned to a meeting with Lennox a month later, {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} but then took part in the mission Lennox requested their help with: transporting the dead Decepticons' body to a navy base in [[San Diego]], [[California]] for disposal at sea. Before departing Sector Seven's [[Nevada]] base with the convoy, Optimus Prime gave the surviving AllSpark sliver to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping, but had second thoughts about his decision partway into the mision and sent Ironhide and Bumblebee back to the facility to retrieve it. Racing ahead, Bumblebee was greeted with an unexpected sight: the base aflame, and Decepticons [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and Starscream brawling in the midst of it all. 'Bee disarmed Wreckage with a well-aimed blast and Starscream finished him off, then turned his firepower on the humans; Bumblebee dived in front of them and took the blast, damaging his vocal processor once again. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Ironhide praised him for his bravery and selflessness, Bumblebee regretted not being able to save everybody. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

[[File:Alliance3 Ironhide Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"I see dead people, I mean it, look there's one right over there."]]

Two weeks later, Bumblebee was present for the burial at sea of [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and the Decepticons, following which it was announced that the Autobots and Lennox's team would be working together as a new special unit, dedicated to protecting the Earth from threats posed by the remaining Decepticons. They began training on the island of Diego Garcia, but it took time for the humans and Autobots to learn to work together; during a training exercise on a shooting range, when Bumblebee instinctively fired on a target, he only narrowly avoiding blasting Epps in the process. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For their first mission, NEST was deployed to [[San Francisco]] to take out the Decepticons [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and 'Bee's old opponent Swindle. Bumblebee and Lennox chased Swindle onto the deserted [[Golden Gate Bridge]], where the Decepticon was amused upon realizing who it was he was facing once again. When Swindle turned on Lennox, however, he learned the folly of underestimating Bumblebee, who blasted his one-time torturer through the back, killing him. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

[[File:TotF1 bee vs barricade again.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]

Concerned that Sam Witwicky would become the target of the Decepticons again, Optimus selected Bumblebee to act as Sam's guardian again and sent him to live with the boy. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} However, Bumblebee's attempts to integrate himself into Sam's life were not as smooth as he had hoped. Without the team structure of the Autobots, Bumblebee tended to act upon instinct, taking revenge on Mikaela's ex-boyfriend [[Trent DeMarco]] for his previous humiliations of Sam by wrecking his truck, smashing a would-be car thief with the door he was attempting to unlock, and inadvertently giving Sam traffic tickets by not observing the rules of the road. When Bumblebee was alone, he attempted to learn as much as he could about human culture, feeling that he owed it to his friend. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}} Though no longer on active NEST duty, Bumblebee very occasionally helped his Autobot allies out; in November 2008, he came on-scene to assist his team-mates after [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had... demolished a sizeable amount of human property in [[Uruguay]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

Soon, the problem of Sam's impending departure for college arose: 'Bee intended to follow Sam wherever he went, but Sam feared that he might not be able to bring his car along with him. Not thrilled the prospect of Bumblebee continuing to live with them, Sam's father Ron decreed that once Sam had gone to school, Bumblebee would have to leave. However, unexpectedly, Ron came to Bumblebee seeking aid when Mikaela reported that Sam had never made a rendezvous with her. Speeding out of the garage without Ron (and without waiting for the garage door to open), Bumblebee searched for clues to Sam's whereabouts and eventually found a message from his old foe Barricade, who demanded the AllSpark in exchange for the boy. Finding the pair at an car wrecking yard, Bumblebee attacked Barricade, but was considerably outmatched, with the Decepticon gloating that Earth had made the Autobot soft, and their last encounter was down to pure luck. Eventually, with a distraction from Sam, Bumblebee was able to force Barricade into a pool of gasoline. With the Decepticon hardly down for the count, Bumblebee told Sam to run and ignited the gasoline, causing a tremendous explosion that sent both Transformers flying. In the aftermath, Bumblebee told Sam he had a feeling they hadn't seen the last of Barricade. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}}

[[File:After fight with Soundwave Nefarious 1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|If you have a problem... if no one else can help... and if you can find them... maybe you can hire... The Bee Team.]]

In the wake of the Autobots' battle with The Fallen, {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen movie adaptation}} with more new Autobots arriving on Earth regularly, Bumblebee was brought back onto active duty and placed in charge of a team made up of rookies [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] and [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]]. Bumblebee's team responded to Decepticon activity at [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]] in [[Florida]], but 'Bee and the other ground-based team-members arrived too late to save Breakaway from dying at Soundwave's hands. The Decepticons soon fled, as did a mysterious group of humans also active at the sight, leaving Bumblebee mystified as to what was going on. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} He and his team returned to [[Edwards Air Force Base]], where Galloway was annoyed that he hadn't been notified about the arrival on Earth of some of the members of Bumblebee's team. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}

After Optimus managed to capture Soundwave in [[Utah]], Bumblebee's team was assigned to escort the captive Decepticon to a NEST base in [[Odessa]], [[Texas]]. Decepticon. En route, their transport plane was shot down by [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], and when they attempt to continue the mission on the ground, they were soon obstructed by Soundwave's "mini-militia". Bumblebee tussled with [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]], but quickly realized that his team was outmatched. Rather than a repeat of the loss of Breakaway, Bumblebee opted to release Soundwave. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} Subsequently, Soundwave chose to ally himself with the Autobots to bring down the [[Initiative]], the human organization who had also been at Kingdom Petrochemicals, who were conspiring against the Transformers. Bumblebee's team were part of the NEST unit that follow Soundwave to the supposed location of the [[Initiative base|Initiative's base]] in [[Inyokern]], but the mobile facility had already relocated to [[Crater Lake]], [[Oregon]], by the time they got there. Pursuing it, 'Bee's team was sent to assault the base from the north, but when Bumblebee broke through the base wall, he was confronted by a most unexpected set of opponents: Initiative-controlled Transformers! {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} The damage he took from the initial blast knocked him out of the fight, but he had recovered in time to help during the clean-up. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

[[File:Cyberglyphicscomic bumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6]]

While Bumblebee was picnicking with Sam and Arcee, a small earthquake, followed by the emergence of a Transformer energy signature, prompted the trio to investigate. Tracing the signal to a nearby cave, they were attacked by [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]], who had been freed from his subterranean prison by the 'quake, and who promptly brought the cave down on top of the threesome. {{storylink|Transformers: Space Case}} Separated from Arcee in the cave-in, Bumblebee managed to hold up the collapsed ceiling, but could not get any transmissions out through the rocks, and found his strength slowly ebbing as the weight pressed down. 'Bee's mind drifted back to a recent encounter he and Sam had with Starscream, and remembered how the boy had aided him by using downed power lines to electrocute the Decepticon. Reminded that friendship meant trying your hardest and not letting your friends down, Bumblebee dug deep, and when a crack of light appeared overhead, managed to wrench the rocks clear. The pair were lifted to safety by Ratchet, who had been digging for them, and who was amazed that Bumblebee had had the strength to carry the weight for as long as he had. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee}}

[[File:RisingStorm2 bumblebee vs decepticons.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.7]]

While visiting Sam at college in [[Philadelphia]], Bumblebee was parked at the roadside waiting for him while he grabbed lunch when he was approached by "[[Brains]]", a Decepticon brain unit who had just recently come online and escaped from [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]]. Believing him to be an ordinary Earth vehicle, but not understanding that said vehicles were not alive, Brains tried asking Bumblebee for help; naturally, Bee did not break cover by replying, but when an angry Brains then kicked him, 'Bee's temper got the better of him and he transformed. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} Sam and Bumblebee brought Brains back to his college, but this only made them targets for a force of Decepticons heralded by 'Bee's recurring opponent, Barricade. Vastly outnumbered, Bumblebee nearly met his maker at the end of [[Sonar (ROTF)|Sonar]]'s blaster, but was saved when NEST reinforcements [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] arrived. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} As the battle intensified, Bumblebee and Barricade squared off once more, {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} but as more Autobot backup came to join the fight, Bumblebee got the better of his old enemy and defeated him yet again. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

Concurrently with the battle in Philadelphia, Shockwave had staged a devastating attack on NEST's Diego Garcia base, necessitating a restructuring of the organization. NEST's [[Charlotte Mearing|new director]] removed Bumblebee from his position as Sam's guardian, and placed him on full-time NEST activity. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} Some time later, the Autobots faced the return of Sentinel Prime and Bumblebee and Sam were reunited to thwart his space bridge plot. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon movie adaptation}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
[[File:MoviePrequel bumblebee seeks allspark.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|It's a great big universe, and we're all really puny We're just tiny little specs about the size of Mickey Rooney]]
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]]}}

[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] entrusted Bumblebee with the secret that the AllSpark would be sent into deep space to prevent Lord Megatron from possessing and corrupting it. Just after the launch, Megatron attacked Bumblebee in rage at losing the AllSpark and shattered the Autobot's voice capacitor beyond repair.

Bumblebee arrived on Earth and, sensing the AllSpark was near, took on local camouflage to search for the artifact. He immediately attracted the attention of Sector Seven agents and the Decepticons. {{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''====
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{{storylink|A New Friend|A New Friend}}
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===Titan movie comics===
[[File:TitanMag-BumblebeeMegatronAllSpark.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]

Bumblebee was part of a mission to trick Megatron into looking in the wrong place for the AllSpark{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Reprint of Prequel #1}}, in which he was the only one who knew the truth (not even team leader [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] knew!) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Recap in #2}} He lost his voice when Megatron crushed his vocal processor upon witnessing the launch of the AllSpark. The Decepticon leader immediately discarded his body and took off after the cube {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prelude: Megatron}} and it was a long while before he was recovered. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_3#Items of note|Prelude: Ratchet}}

Rendered voiceless, he continued to fight on Cybertron and would encounter [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] when the two were about to be thrown into a Decepticon smelting pool. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} In 2003, he travelled to Earth while tracing the AllSpark and would spend years evading Decepticons and Sector 7 alike. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Reprint of Prequel #3}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Reprint of Prequel #4}}

[[File:Titan2 BumblebeePOV.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb]]

Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots would ultimately follow the AllSpark to the planet Earth, where Bumblebee befriended the human Sam Witwicky. Some time after the battle of Mission City, Bumblebee was driven by the Witwickys to [[Princeton University|Sam's college]], where he quietly endured their bickering while scanning everything around him for potential threats. When he picked up radio transmissions from two new Autobots, he drove off into battle, and saved [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] from being slaughtered by [[Ransack (ROTF)|the Decepticon Ransack]]. But with the villain threatening a long game, Bumblebee knew that trouble was on the horizon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} 'Bee brought Skids and Mudflap to meet with the other Autobots at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in California, but no sooner had he turned his back than the pair snuck off to find Optimus Prime on their own, insisting they had a message for his ears only. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

[[File:Titan2-6 aimedatyourheart.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|There's only room for ''one'' kid-appeal character...]]

Some time later, Bumblebee was hanging out in Sam's garage when he received an emergency call from NEST: the twins, having apparently fallen in with the Decepticons, had abducted Sam! 'Bee tore out of the garage, tracked down the twins, and demanded they stop immediately. When they didn't, he launched suppressive fire and began ramming Skids, which soon convinced them to release Sam. As Bumblebee held the twins at gunpoint, ready to eliminate if necessary, Mudflap's tried to explain that they hadd been framed and there was a bigger threat coming... but before 'Bee could hear any more, he was gunned down in a surprise attack from Soundwave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} The "bigger threat" the twins had warned of soon arrived, in the form of The Fallen, but the Autobots were able to defeat the ancient Decepticon. Afterwards, back in the field in [[Beverly Hills]], Bumblebee was part of a unit assigned to captured [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]]; Jolt messed the mission up, but Bumblebee saved the day by ''ramming'' the bike head-on. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}}

[[File:Titan10 Eppsandbee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Later, with Lennox and his crew searching for [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], Bumblebee was left with only [[Robert Epps]] to investigate an attack on Malmstrom Air Force Base and the disappearance of Optimus Prime. Epps worked out that Optimus had been victim of an electromagnetic bomb, and Bumblebee tracked his leader to where he was being held (Poor Epps had to ride in Bumblebee jumping a ravine, and almost spewed up his breakfast). After locating Prime, they found he was a captive of the [[Free Men]] militia. At Epps command, Bumblebee hit the Free Men compound with his full firepower, swiftly defeating the militia. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10| Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:Titan18 Bumblethumbsup.jpg|thumb|upright=1|It's true!]]

Bumblebee selected [[Death Valley]] as the site for a survival exercise for raw recruits Jolt, Dune Runner, and [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]].{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}} Later, he was summoned as back-up by NEST [[South Africa]] alongside [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]] and Gears due to a Decepticon jailbreak led by [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], but Optimus ordered him to let the Decepticons leave to prevent civilian casualties. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} This failure left the Autobots' reputations in the toilet, and with concerns that public fights risked alienating humans, Bumblebee was tasked to head a covert unit with [[Slap Dash]] and [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]]. They were charged with operating under NEST's radar, monitoring Decepticons and waiting for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, before hitting hard and fast. In practice, this meant allowing Decepticons like [[Crankstart]], [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], and [[Trenchmouth]] to run amok in cities, with Bumblebee restraining his desire to stop them and keeping his men from taking action. After an uncomfortable period of hoping nobody would be killed, the Decepticons went to an isolated stretch of road: now free to act, Bumblebee led his men in a vicious ambush and personally drove ''through'' Crankshaft. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}}

[[File:NightBee4Xmas bumblebee vs deadend.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6]]

Intrigued by the human ritual of "[[Christmas]]", Bumblebee convinced Sam to let him secretly observe the Witwicky family during the festive proceedings. Unfortunately, the cannibalistic Decepticon [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]] tracked the Autobot to the Witwickys' house and attacked on Christmas Eve, tearing bits of Bumblebee's mechanisms out to integrate into his own body. Luckily, 'Bee managed to shock the zombie-con into submission before their fight awoke Sam's parents, and he was even able to get into the gift-giving on Christmas morning, buying Judy Witwicky car wax. Sam's present was particularly timely: a new traction bearing to replace the one Dead End had torn out! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.19|The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas}}

{{note|"The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas" reads like it was meant to go '''after''' the next two stories: it's the Russian battle that turns Dead End back into a monster, and he turns up at the Witwickys' because he's following Bumblebee.}}

Information obtained from the Decepticon unit Bumblebee's covert squad had brought in allowed the Autobots to trace the location of Bludgeon's Decepticons' base to [[Arkhangelskaya Oblast]] in [[Russia]]. Regrettably, while strategizing together, Bumblebee and Ironhide made the mistake of dismissing Wheelie when he offered to help; insulted and angry, the little scrap drone sold the Autobots out to Bludgeon's Decepticons, who were able to ambush 'Bee and the Autobots when they moved to attacked their base, with Springer being shot out of the sky by airborne Decepticons, Slap Dash being killed by Bludgeon and Hubcap being subsequently killed/wounded as well. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} Fortunately for the Autobots, Megatron himself soon arrived and slew Bludgeon for his transgressions, meaning Bumblebee and the others did not have to battle the rogue Decepticon at all. In the wake of the two Decepticons' brawl, Bumblebee discovered the shattered remains of Wheelie, torn to bits by Dead End. Unaware of his treachery, 'Bee gathered up his parts to take back to Ratchet for repair... unaware that Dead End was now on his trail once again! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

When the Autobots were summoned to [[Fiesole Cathedral]] in [[Fiesole]], [[Italy]] to examine a mysterious object discovered there by an archaeology professor, Bumblebee accidentally smashed the cathedrals shrine to Saint Donatus. Determined to prevent the Autobots from getting ahold of the object—actually a piece of Sentinel Prime's ''Ark''—Starscream attacked the cathedral, blasting Bumblebee through a wall with a volley of missiles. Recovering, 'Bee joined Optimus Prime in pursuing Starscream to the cathedral's belltower, but the Decepticon then brought the tower down on top of them and escaped with the ''Ark'' component. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

At some point, Bumblebee uncovered some intel, pointing towards Soundwave working in conjunction with the [[Tanto Gang]], and passed on the information to Lennox. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold And Blood}}

[[File:AcceptNoSubstitutes bumblebee vs stinger.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Can ''you'' tell which is the real Bumblebee out of the guy who can talk and the one who can't?]]

Bumblebee was later teamed with Robert Epps to hunt down Soundwave in the Spanish [[Sierra Nevada]] mountain range, but NEST's intelligence regarding the Decepticons' operational status was flawed: Soundwave's weapons systems were in perfect working order, and Bumblebee was badly damaged by his attacks. Luckily, Optimus Prime arrived to save them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

After the return of Sentinel Prime and the battle of Chicago, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] tracked three Decepticon survivors of the conflict to [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. When the Decepticons retreated and Crosshairs tracked them to [[Pulau Bidadari]], Bumblebee monitored the ranger and relayed the events to Optimus. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} Not long after, Bumblebee was shocked to see a news report claiming that he had attacked a human power plant. Though 'Bee was eager to hunt down his mysterious doppelgänger, Optimus Prime encouraged him to wait until he had the Autobot leader to back him up. The choice was soon taken out of Bumblebee's hands, however: responding to a fire at a remote human homestead, he was attacked by his mysterious duplicate, who introduced himself as "[[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]", and promptly welded 'Bee's battle mask shut so they would be totally indistinguishable from one another. Optimus Prime soon arrived and had to train his guns on the two identical Bumblebees... but the standoff was brief, as the real 'Bee revealed himself when he dived to save a human who had fallen from the burning building. Prime quickly sent Stinger packing, and he and Bumblebee rolled out together, wondering where Stinger had come from... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}
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====Alternate timeline====

[[File:Titan MikaelaBumblebee.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Why is he apologizing, you ask? Look where his left hand is.]]

In a parallel universe, the battle of Mission City turned out very differently—Megatron killed Sam, captured Optimus, and obtained the AllSpark. 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. Bumblebee—his voice still functional—and Mikaela Banes went underground, working with [[Tom Banachek]] to fight a guerilla war against the Decepticons.

Considering Optimus their last, best hope for victory, Bumblebee and Mikaela went on a mission to rescue him from the old Sector Seven base in Hoover Dam, which the Decepticons were now using as their headquarters. Mikaela quickly shot down Bumblebee's concerns about her safety, though she ''did'' almost get squished when 'Bee took out the bunker guard Swindle. Entering, the pair quickly located Optimus, but in a most unexpected condition: frozen solid in the old cryo-system previously used to contain Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} Stalked by Megatron, Bumblebee kept the Decepticon leader busy while Mikaela attempt to deactivate the freezing system, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} but was baited into revealing himself when the tyrant threatened to kill Mikaela. Bumblebee made a desperate attack, only to be beaten aside with ease, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} but he remained defiant to the end and refused to beg for mercy. Luckily, Autobot reinforcements arrived; although even they were no match for Megatron, their added distraction provided Mikaela time to thaw out Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} While Prime and Megatron battled, Mikaela arrived with Phase Two of their plan: a Sector Seven nanovirus that targeted AllSpark energy. Loading the virus into himself, Bumblebee charged Megatron, forcibly transmitting the nano-virus into him via a light-beam from his headlights. The virus killed Megatron once and for all, but Bumblebee did not celebrate too loudly, as he knew too well that this just left a [[Starscream (Movie)|power vacuum]]... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

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Bumblebee and the Autobots [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], to survey the damage done by the Decepticons' AllSpark cyberforming project. He took Mikaela to a nearby refugee camp, but as Optimus Prime had feared, the humans the were fearful of him, viewing all Cybertronians as an unwanted presence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Part 1}} In apparent further validation of this fear, the Autobots soon came under attack from a [[NATO]] unit while attempting to defend the camp from a Decepticon attack, but intel from Banachek suggested something was not right. Spotting the human in charge of the unit, Bumblebee and Mikaela ran a gauntlet of human and Decepticon firepower, blinding the former with his headlights and roasting the latter with his fiery exhaust, in order to get to the man. Having got in close enough, Bumblebee was able to detect a mind-controlling Decepticon [[cerebro-strip]] on the man, and Mikaela freed him from its effects, ending the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}} Following this battle, the Decepticons continued their attacks on human infrastructure; Bumblebee was part of a unit defending an oil pipeline in [[Crooked Creek]], [[Alaska]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:ReturntoCybertronpt2 ironhide restrained.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Leave it, mate, 'e's not worf it!]]

Bumblebee was part of a unit under Ironhide's command that was sent back to Cybertron in order to retrieve [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] in hopes it could be used to repair the damage inflicted upon the Earth by the AllSpark. Touching down on their homeworld, Bumblebee was sent on recon and discovered a strange satellite dish, but when the team investigated it, they were jumped by a team of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]. The revelation that Stockade's "New Decepticons" were in control of the planet's Nucleon supply, followed by the appearance of a strange energy anomaly in Cybertron's orbit, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} convinced Bumblebee to try talking, rather than fighting; after convincing Ironhide to stop throwing his face at Stockade's fists, he learned from Stockade that the anomaly was a living entity the Decepticons had deliberately summoned, believing it would rejuvenate Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

Not trusting this entity and wanting to stop all the Nucleon being used up, Bumblebee had the Autobots create a distraction while he turned the Nucleon transfer off, and sent a distress call to Optimus Prime on Earth. His efforts to prevent the arrival of the entity failed, and it revealed itself to be [[Unicron|Unicron, the Anti-Life]], as it began to possess Cybertron itself. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}} In the resulting chaos, Bumblebee had to rescue Ironhide when the satellite dish collapsed on him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} Optimus soon arrived in response to Bumblebee's summons, brokered an alliance with Stockade, and came up with a plan: Cut off the Nucleon that Unicron's body was using for power. Bumblebee and Armorhide were dispatched to drain the Nucleon seam, but were not able to siphon all of the fuel off fast enough, so Ratchet came up with a quicker alternative: blowing it up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

[[File:Titan MikaelaBumblebeereunion.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|OTP!]]

Upon returning to Earth, the Autobots found the Decepticons had pinched their base and all 600 square miles around it. They retreated, leaving Mikaela in Decepticon hands; Bumblebee was distraught over this. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} He would be part of the raid to get her back, perfectly aware it was an obvious trap, but not caring due to how much they owed Mikaela. The raid was successful and the two were reunited, awwww! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

The pair's time together was short, as soon, the Decepticon-blackmailed American government ordering the Autobots off the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part 1}} Knowing that the Decepticons were behind, Optimus Prime had Bumblebee and Ironhide prepare a decoy ship; {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}} the following day, after Bumblebee said his farewells to Mikaela (and beat up the Decepticon [[Dropkick]] as an "up yours" gesture), the Decepticons had the ship blown up shortly after take off. [[File:Revolutionpt3 the end.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part 1}} Believed dead, Bumblebee and the Autobots hid themselves on Cybertron, where they readied their final weapon against the Decepticons: a teleportation system that would trap the Decepticons on the dead planet, then teleport ''it'' off to the far reaches of the universe. When all was in readiness, the Autobots returned to Earth; Mikaela was ''not'' happy to find out they had not told her of their plan, but Bumblebee denied that it was because they didn't trust her—they had simply had to minimize any possible exposure. In the final battle that followed, Bumblebee tagged Megatron with the teleport tech, and the Decepticon leaders and his followers were soon exiled forever.

In the aftermath, after it became clear the Autobots had just exiled ''themselves'' to Earth forever—"Hey, there are worse fates," said Bumblebee—Mikaela forgave Bumblebee. Both had a lot of clean-up work to do, but also a brave new world to explore together...! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part 3}}
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===Toy bios===

Bumblebee learned hand-to-hand combat at the most prestigious combat training center on Cybertron, where he received his converting energon blade as a reward for his skills. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartRace|''Dark of the Moon'' Walmart-exclusive Bumblebee}} It was on the battlefields of Cybertron that Bumblebee first met the Decepticon Starscream, who he would meet again and again in combat. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Bumblebee/Starscream}} He also repeatedly crossed paths with fellow elite spy Decepticon [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]]; initially a professional rivalry, the relationship between the two 'bots slowly evolved into a personal vendetta that saw the pair battle across the galaxy. It was a crack shot by Hardtop that damaged Bumblebee's vocal processors, causing the Autobot pain when he tries to speak. {{storylink|Hardtop (Movie)#Transformers (2007)|Hardtop}}

Bumblebee was sent to Earth ahead of the other Autobot by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007_76deluxe|Deluxe Bumblebee ('76 Camaro)}} Prior to his arrival on the planet, Bumblebee cared little for the appearance of his alternate mode, simply scanning the first vehicle he saw, {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#evoofhero|Evolution of a Hero}} but that changed upon befriending Sam Witicky. At the boy's urging, Bumblebee scanned a new Concept Camaro form, and came to appreciate how stylish he looked. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007ConceptCamaro|Deluxe Bumblebee (Concept Camaro)}} His shiny new form was soon badly damaged, however, during the battle of Mission City—with his legs blown off, Bumblebee had to be towed to safety by the newborn [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TowedToSafety|Towed to Safety}}

When the AllSpark was destroyed, Bumblebee was briefly empowered by its radiation, and put the new power to use hunting down the straggling Decepticons. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#AllSparkPower|AllSpark Power Bumblebee}} One such Decepticon was [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], who he hunted across the [[Middle East]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Allspark2pack|Bumblebee vs. Scorponok}} Then, with the initial threat over, Bumblebee decided to kick back and relax. Transcanning a rally car, he began hanging around at race tracks, pitting himself against the human racers. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Rally Rocket Bumblebee}} Following this, he volunteered to be Sam's guardian. It was a pretty swank deal: he got to hang with Sam and Mikaela all the time, got lots of [[oil]], and could join Ironhide in killing Decepticons whenever he wanted. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ROTFdeluxe|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Bumblebee}} Peacetime afforded him the luxury of becoming meticulous about his alternate mode; he even had Ratchet learn a little about the cosmetic side of repair work. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Premium|Premium Series Bumblebee}}

In time, Bumblebee came to realize that with pictures of him all over the internet, ''everyone'' recognised him... including newly arriving Decepticons, which put Sam and others in danger! With Mikaela's help, Bumblebee recoloured himself to help restore his disguise and make it easier to sneak up on the enemy. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007Stealth|Stealth Bumblebee}} With the Decepticon forces constantly growing, he also decided to upgrade his arsenal and modified his vehicle mode so he could use weaponry in it, deciding he'd been caught off guard too many times before. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cannon|Cannon Bumblebee}} When the battle shifted to the deserts, he threw himself into the fray, upgrading himself for desert combat and wielding the mighty ''sand blast''! {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SandAttack|Sand Attack Bumblebee}}

Following the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee returned to active NEST duty, hunting down the Decepticons hiding across Earth; Sam even began joining him in the field. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ROTFHumanAlliance|Human Alliance Bumblebee}} Discovering that [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]] had secreted himself inside NEST itself, Bumblebee teamed with [[Armorhide (Movie)#ROTFdlx|Armorhide]] to ferret him out. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Alliance|Alliance Bumblebee}} He had particular dislike for [[Shadow Striker (ROTF)|Shadow Striker]], who really got under his metal skin. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#LegendsVsShadowStriker|Bumblebee vs Shadow Striker}} He later took on Soundwave, {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#VsSoundwave|Battlefield Bumblebee vs Infiltration Soundwave}} and brought his battle blade to bear in combat with Ravage and [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BattleBlade|Battle Blade Bumblebee}} His experience fighting fliers also meant that he was fully equipped to deal with [[Thrust (Movie)|Thrust]] {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CrashLandingAttack|Crash Landing Attack}} and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BombingRunBattle|Bombing Run Battle}}

Bumblebee was the first Autobot try out the new [[MechTech]] weapons developed by NEST, {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#DOTM|''Dark of the Moon'' Leader Bumblebee}} and also began toting a Mobile Battle Bunker around. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Bumblebee Mobile Battle Bunker}} Like several other Transformers, he took to inscribing [[Cyberglyphics]] on his armor before significant battles, out of a superstitious racial belief that they granted good luck. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cyberglyph|"Cyberglyph" Bumblebee}} When Soundwave reappeared on Earth, Bumblebee put a plan together to take care of him once and for all. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#|BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee/Soundwave}} Together with Sam and [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]], he formed the Autobot Daredevil Squad {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Daredevil|Autobot Daredevil Squad}} and battled Shockwave alongside Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Streetside Bot Brawl}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
In a celebration of the Transformers brand, Bumblebee showed up as the representative for the “Movie” era of the franchise. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Tom Anderson]], [[David Kledzik]], [[Tony Gialluca II]], [[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[José Antonio Macías]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:CyberMissions1 bumblebee datatrax lockdown.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]

Some time after the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee and Ironhide were reviewing some [[datatrax]] that Optimus Prime had made for preservation in [[Vector Sigma]] when they detected an explosion outside their base. Bumblebee remained to lock down the most important data tracks while Ironhide went to investigate [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|the cause]] of the explosion. However, that turned out to be just what the Decepticons wanted, as moments later, Soundwave burst into the base, overwhelming Bumblebee with a sonic attack. Bumblebee attempted to counter with a shot from his shoulder cannon, but Soundwave absorbed the sonic boom and sent the acoustic energy back at him, bragging about his mastery of sound. Bumblebee decided to put his sonic skills to the absolute test, and unleashed a barrage of automatic weaponsfire at the Decepticon. At ten thousand rounds per minute, Soundwave was faced with too many sonic booms to absorb, and was soon flat on his back. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} [[File:CyberMissions8 bumblebee in the arctic.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]] Bumblebee enclosed the defeated Soundwave in an electromagnetically sealed bubble, cut off from all sound. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}}

Ironhide, meanwhile, had gone missing in the jungle; Bumblebee reported the problem to Optimus, who had 'Bee perform a scan of the area. Bumblebee discovered several rich deposits of [[energon]] ore, which Prime pinpoint Ironhide's location. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}} Reunited, Bumblebee and Ironhide went on a training exercise in the Arctic, where the bigger 'bot put 'Bee through his paces. As Bumblebee was frequently singled out as a target by the Decepticons because of his small size, Ironhide taught him the importance of staying on guard and being mindful of his surroundings. As the pair sparred, Bumblebee learned another benefit of being aware of everything around him when Ironhide stopped their fight after they nearly crushed a strange little plant growing through the ice... a plant, Ironhide implied, that could well be sentient. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 8}}

[[File:CyberMissions9 Bumblebee.JPG|upright=1.5|thumb|BUUU!]]

When Decepticons [[Smolder]] and [[Chopster]] set fire to a building [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]], Bumblebee and Ratchet were dispatched to the scene by Optimus Prime. A menacing look from Bumblebee sent the diminutive Chopster running off in terror; 'Bee called after him to tell Smolder they would "like a word", hoping they could perhaps talk the situation out rather than fight, but Smolder wasn't interested. Bumblebee grappled with the pyromaniac Decepticon while Ratchet powered up his EMP blaster, which he then used to knock Smolder offline. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 9}}

[[File:CyberMissions12 cannon bumblebee vehicle.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]

Optimus reported finding Megatron and Starscream in the Arctic regions of Earth, and Bumblebee was summoned to aid his leader in battle alongside Ironhide, Ratchet and Sideswipe. Leaving Megatron to handle Prime, Starscream attacked all the Autobots at once, but the combined fire of the four heroes was enough to ground the Decepticon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

Optimus later laid a trap to lure the Decepticons to a final confrontation with a hologram of Soundwave, and Megatron indeed walked right into it. Bumblebee, Ironhide, and Ratchet arrived to join the battle, and in the ensuing fight, Bumblebee took on Mindwipe. The Decepticon tried to hypnotize Bumblebee into not fighting, but Bumblebee blocked out his voice and kept up the attack. An army of humans soon arrived and surrounded the combatants, and the day went to the Autobots. Optimus instructed the Decepticons to leave Earth to be destroyed, and after they had fled, Bumblebee stamped a huge Autobot symbol in the dirt, a marker visible from far away that let all Decepticons who saw it know that the Autobots protected the planet. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
Bumblebee charged to Sam's defense when Starscream tried to abduct the boy, but proved no match for the Decepticon, and was flung around the yard. As Starscream started making off with Sam, Bumblebee made another attempt to stop him, and was brushed aside. Luckily Optimus arrived to help, and Starscream soon fled, but the Witwicky's yard was in ruins. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''Unite for the Universe''===
[[File:UnitefortheUniverse bumblebee vs ravage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6]]
During NEST's ongoing worldwide hunt for the Decepticons after the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee paid a visit to NEST's regional headquarters in [[Bloemfontein]], [[South Africa]]. As he entered the facility, Decepticon spy Ravage was able to quickly sneak through the closing door behind him, but Bumblebee spotted him in his rear-view mirror and quickly went on the attack. When Ravage pounced on him, Bumblebee triggered his headlights, blinding the feline Decepticon and sending him fleeing, leaving Bumblebee confused as to the point of the infiltration... unaware that an airborne nano-virus Ravage had carried with him had already picked NEST's computers clean of information regarding [[Project: Unite]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}}
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===''I Can Read!'' books===
[[File:BumblebeeandSideswipe-TrainingDay.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Bumblebee met up with Optimus, Ironhide and Sideswipe in a desert to train. He raced Sideswipe, only for their training to be interrupted by a large boulder tumbling towards a nearby town. The two Autobots destroyed the boulder before resuming their race. They met back up with Optimus and Ironhide afterwards, and Optimus revealed the they had encountered a "natural disaster" as well. The source of the disturbances soon revealed itself to be Megatron and Starscream tunneling underground. Though the two Decepticons attempted to ambush the Autobots, Bumblebee 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}}

Bumblebee and Sideswipe had a nasty run-in with the Decepticons, leaving Bumblebee pinned under a massive metal bar. Thankfully, Ratchet came to their rescue, and repaired them both. Bumblebee later helped the Autobots defeat the Decepticons in Egypt. {{storylink|Ratchet to the Rescue}}

[[File:BeeandWheeliehighfive-BuddyBrawl.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
Bumblebee was out for a drive with Wheelie, Sam and Mikaela one day when Starscream swooped down and began to attack them! Bumblebee suggested to Wheelie that they gun for Starscream's wings to defeat the Decepticon. Wheelie disagreed, saying that they had to outsmart Starscream to defeat him. The two Autobots began to argue, becoming oblivious to Starscream attacking their human companions. Thankfully, Optimus Prime showed up to knock out Starscream. Optimus then chastised Bumblebee and Wheelie for allowing their feelings get in the way of protecting Sam and Mikaela. Bumblebee realized he was in the wrong, but was still too worked up to make his apologies to Wheelie. Instead, he stormed off. But he didn't get far before Starscream regained consciousness and resumed his attack. Optimus ordered Bumblebee to work with Wheelie to stop Starscream. The pair managed to do so by outwitting Starscream and destroying his wings, making the Decepticon crash into a nearby tunnel and crippling his flying abilities. With Starscream down, Bumblebee and the rest of the group celebrated another victory over the Decepticons. {{storylink|Buddy Brawl}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
[[File:AutobotsthankSam-SatelliteMeltdown.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Sam witnessed the Decepticons [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] tear up a human city, while Soundwave declared that the Autobots had abandoned the humans. Refusing to believe the Decepticon's lies, Sam and Bumblebee set out to find Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots. It turned out that the Autobots had been tricked by Soundwave to go to the wrong location when they rolled out to engage the Decepticons. Sam and Bumblebee led Optimus and his troops to the scene of the conflict, where Optimus quickly dispatched the Decepticons. Afterwards, Optimus thanked for Sam's part in the day's events, while Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots cheered. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}

===''Spot the 'Bots''===
Bumblebee helped Optimus chase down Megatron to an old warehouse. There, Bumblebee duked it out with Starscream. The battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that ensued would decide the fate of the Earth! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}
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===''How to Ride your Dinobot''===
====Cartoon====
[[File:Htryd-chapter-1-bumblebee-yikes.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|I'VE CHANGED INTO WILE E. COYOTE.]]
Bumblebee had never ridden a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] before, and decided to start by trying to mount [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]]. Guided by a kind but astonishingly unhelpful narrator, Bumblebee's attempts to mount Strafe left something to be desired. After many failed efforts, Bumblebee simply destroyed the instruction manual to riding Dinobots before storming off in annoyance, much to the narrator's surprise.
{{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 1: Getting on a Dinobot|Getting on a Dinobot}}
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====Comic====

When Optimus Prime asked the Autobots to accompany him into the depths of a Chinese forest, Bumblebee was sure that their objective was important... but he never expected that the Autobot leader was taking them to learn the fine art of Dinobot riding! When Hound's tough-talking approach failed to win the Dinobots' hearts, 'Bee tried a kinder, gentler method, offering the Dinos a little snack. This worked a bit ''too'' well, and he would have been crushed when the Dinobots mobbed him to get the goodies had Strafe not lifted him into the air. Bumblebee pushed his luck when he climbed onto the flying Dinobot's back, however, and Strafe promptly threw him back to the ground. Subsequently, when Grimlock caught the scent of Decepticons nearby, Strafe and the other Dinobots relented and allowed Bumblebee and the Autobots to saddle up so they could all ride out to face the villains together. {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}
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===Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base===

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Bumblebee was hanging out at the [[Transformers Expo]] in [[Yokohama]] when [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]] came crashing into the building. The evil Prime initially mistook Bumblebee for a cosplayer, only to realize that the little yellow Autobot was the real deal when he attacked him alongside the two versions of Optimus Prime also visiting the show. Nemesis soon got himself some backup in the form of a ''second'' [[Nemesis Prime (AOE)|Nemesis Prime]] and [[Nemesis Grimlock]], but before they could all do much more than glare at each other, the combined energies of the AllSpark, the Matrix of Leadership and the [[seed]]—all on display at the Expo, because why not—suddenly 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 channeled 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.

All together, pretty odd. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}
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===''Cheetos/Age of Extinction'' comic===
[[File:CheetosAOE bumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Discovering that the Decepticons were increasing their strength through artifacts from the [[Cheetos (galaxy)|Cheetos galaxy]], Bumblebee 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''===
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōhei Kimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:QTransformers the cast.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2]]
In this world, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, 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]]. Bumblebee occasionally changed his look to one more reminiscent of [[Bumblebee (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]], but his "default" form was that of a toy based on his ''Age of Extinction'' look. They hung 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]]''.

[[File:QTransformers1 Lockdown's bishonen fantasy.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Bumblebee suddenly realized, much to his horror, that he was trapped in an anime high school AU.]]

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. Bumblebee suggested that another way to tap that market would be to create "Zodiac Transformers", based on all the different animals of the Chinese zodiac, but Lockdown had a different idea: a humanized Transformers "Boys Love" romance, where he and Optimus competed for Bumblebee's affection. Bumblebee was not impressed. {{storylink|Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise}} The trio went on to talk about the original ''Mystery of Convoy'', and Bumblebee got a telling-off from Optimus when he pointed out that it was a famously terribly game. Discussing traits that they thought made games bad, Bumblebee suggested that an RPG already completed when you started would be pretty awful. {{storylink|Mystery of Reliably Crappy Games}} When Lockdown suggested that re-releasing such a terrible game was like rubbing salt in a wound, Bumblebee didn't understand the expression. Optimus explained, and they all tried to come up with situations the phrase was applicable to; taking it a bit too far, Bumblebee suggested getting pooped on by bird, then looking up to discover that a meteor was about to crash into the Earth. {{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:QTF bumblebee explorer.jpg|left|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": Bumblebee suggested a handsome young man cooking a nice meal... for his mother. {{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—Bumblebee thought a nice pillow would be just the thing. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Explorer}} [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] also talked about some famously awful old games, segueing into a discussion about psychokinetic powers; Bumblebee was concerned about the potential of such powers to interfere with television. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Psychic}}

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, with Bumblebee mentioning motion-control. {{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 gtoptimus copenbee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2]]

Bumblebee had changed his look when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] dropped in, to one resembling his Generation 1 self but with a Daihatsu Copen alternate mode. They talked about the constantly changing looks of Transformers through history, and how Bumblebee used to be called "Bumble" in Japan. {{storylink|Mystery of Convoy}} Still sporting his Daihatsu Copen form, Bumblebee dropped in on a conversation between [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], the star of ''Mystery of Convoy''. He told them how Optimus and Lockdown would argue over the crappy's games merits—but to be reminded of the games shortcomings only sent Magnus into floods of shameful tears. {{storylink|Mystery of Mystery of Convoy}}

When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] turned up to join the argument over just how bad ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, Optimus quickly switched bodies, taking on the form of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Generation 1 self]]; seeing this, Bumblebee also switched from his ''Age of Extinction'' form to his Daihatsu Copen body. They argued back and forth for a bit, discussing other ways the game could have been remade using staples of Japanese media, and Bumblebee proposed a "sports day"-style version. {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
In the "[[Legends Universe]]", Bumblebee was just a fictional character featured in a series of popular movies and toylines. When [[Rhinox (BW)|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 ''Q-Transformers'' incarnation of Bumblebee. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}

Bumblebee had a big presence at the ''Q-Transformers'' event held at the Decks Tokyo Beach shopping center which Rattrap, [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] attended, including a standee, a statue, an exclusive sticker, and even a themed "Bumblebee Mango" drink. At the neighboring Joypolis amusement park, his voice actor Ryōhei Kimura attended a Q&A! {{storylink|Deckss × Q-Transformers Collaboration Event Report|Deckss × Q-Transformers}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 511.0 Kappa]], Bumblebee survived [[Cemetery Wind]]'s massacre and joined Optimus Prime along with fellow Autobot survivors [[Bulkhead (DOTM)|Bulkhead]] and [[Backtrack (Movie)|Backtrack]] as well as the desperate Decepticons [[Axor|Axel]] and [[Wild Rider]]. Initially skeptical of the Decepticons, the Autobots learned to appreciate Wild Rider, but Axel tried and failed to betray them to Lockdown. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/16}}

===Bee's Backtalk===
[[File:Ask Vector Prime Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left]]

With [[Vector Prime]] still missing in action, Bumblebee became the fourth guest contributor to Vector Prime's [[Ask Vector Prime|column]]. He renamed the column to "Bee's Backtalk", answering questions from readers through patched-together audioclips.

Bumblebee gave us some more details about the state of the Autobots and their allies following the Chicago crisis. When asked about the fate of Sam following the rise of Cemetery Wind, Bumblebee became upset, and declined to comment. He noted that the Autobots were still searching for any more survivors of Cemetery Wind. A comment about the workmanship of KSI's Stinger units was enough to make him hopping mad, although he immediately apologized for his behavior. When someone asked Bumblebee why things in the [[Tyran|Tyran Cluster]] are prone to exploding, he suddenly found himself in the middle of a battleground as everything around him exploded. The Axiom Nexus News team lost contact with him (disappointing the editor, who was pleased that Bumblebee was able to stabilize ratings). As Andromeda was the one who found Bumblebee, she was tasked with finding his replacement: someone who, in contrast to Bumblebee's cryptic radio answers, could speak their mind in a straightforward manner.

[[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|And look how ''that'' turned out]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Bee's Backtalk|Bee's Backtalk}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Both Optimus and Bumblebee could be seen driving around the [[Speed Stars]] logo in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial#Speed Stars|Speed Stars commercials}}
*Bumblebee was resting in vehicle in Al's Chevrolet car dealership, getting caught on tape while the dealership's owner filmed a commercial. The place's squirrel mascot playfully bashed Bumblebee's hood with a foam hammer, provoking Bumblebee into transforming and tossing him away. Bumblebee then sped away in a huff. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Chevy|Dark of the Moon Super Bowl XLV Chevrolet Camaro TV Spot}}
*Bumblebee joined Optimus Prime on the road as part of the "[[Win A Ride To School With The Autobots]]" contest. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Win A Ride|Win A Ride To School With The Autobots contest and commercial}}
*Bumblebee dazzled a group of Valero patrons by showing up at the gas station in his vehicle mode and... popping his fuel filler flap. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Valero|Age of Extinction Valero tie-in commercial}}
*While driving about town, Bumblebee crossed paths with a little boy in possession of a Mega 1-Step Bumblebee toy. Impressed by his miniature likeness, he paused to admire it, then gave the boy a fist bump. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Flip and Change|1-Step Optimus Prime & Flip and Change Grimlock toy commercial}}

==Games==
{{main|Bumblebee (Movie)/games}}

==Toys==
{{main|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise}}

==''Second Life''==
In the online virtual world simulation/game ''Second Life'', there was a full replica of the Sector Seven base which contained a giant discussion room where Michael Bay held a question board. This room contained a giant frozen Megatron replica and free avatars of both Bumblebee and Barricade. Both freebies were non-transforming. Also, the Bumblebee avatar had his battle mask down and it could not be raised.

==Notes==
===Classic Camaro===
*According to an article on [http://web.archive.org/web/20071013122820/http://edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121138?imw=Y Edmunds.com], the film makers wanted Bumblebee's original Earth form to be the 1976 iteration of the Camaro because it was the worst Camaro possible that also had chrome bumpers.
*The same article indicates that the 1976 Camaros used in the film were all purchased via online auction for under $6000 each, one for less than $2000. That one didn't run.
*One of the 1976 Camaros was sold on eBay. The bidding ended on July 18, 2007; the final price was $40,100.01.

===Modern Camaro===
*The 2008 Concept Camaro used for Bumblebee in the first movie was built by Saleen in 30 days, using a heavily modified 2006 Holden Monaro chassis as the basis. The '08 Camaro was not in production at the time that the first film was being made, hence an identical mock-up was needed to fill the role.<ref>[http://www.saleen.com/transformers.htm Saleen article about the construction of the Barricade and Bumblebee vehicles]</ref>
*In ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', Bumblebee scans a working, driveable new generation Camaro — conveniently with the same paint job as his classic Camaro disguise at that time — that wouldn't be released until some time in the year 2009. However, it is possible that the Camaro in question was being road-tested by GM engineers, like they were doing in the real world.
*Although unexplained in the films, Bumblebee's vehicle mode changes appearance subtly between ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. This is probably because of product placement: Bumblebee's old [[alternate mode]] was an unavailable concept Camaro, while in ''Revenge'' he uses what seems to be the new Z/28 Camaro... whose mass production has since been canceled. Oops. However, it is perfectly reasonable to assume that it is the Camaro ZL1 that uses the same design.
*He changes models again between ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' and becomes a production Camaro SS (rather than the previous two movies GTO-Based mock-ups); the movie prop car changes include the addition of a rear spoiler, the black racing stripes now being further apart while at the same time losing the outer pinstripes, the racing stripes now also covering the roof and Autobot badges in the front fenders.

===Robot mode and CG model(s)===
[[File:MovieBumblebeeStinger.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He uses it once, then dies.]]

*The Bumblebee computer-generated model consisted of 7608 individual parts, 1,511,727 polygons, 19,722 rig nodes, and 8094 texture maps. The volume of all the pieces came to 1069.01 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
*Bumblebee's character animation is based on the performance of [[wikipedia:Michael J. Fox|Michael J. Fox]] in the ''[[wikipedia:Back to the Future|Back to the Future]]'' movies.<ref>From ''Cinefex'' magazine, issue number 111, published October 2007.</ref>
[[File:ROTFBumblebeeAltColorsConcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|But will we ever '''get''' an orange Bumblebee? No, we'll just keep getting slightly different yellow ones.]]
*Bumblebee is equipped with a pair of arm-mounted electrical "[[Stinger (weapon)|stingers]]."<ref>Bumblebee's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Battle Bio] at Hasbro.com</ref> While designed, the stingers were ultimately not featured in the movies, though they may have influenced [[Bumblebee (Animated)|other media]].
*Speaking of weapons, for someone whose main job is being subtle, Bumblebee is quite well armed, with a cannon powerful enough to rattle [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and a ring-shaped light missile launcher in each shoulder. He is also a capable close-combat fighter, as seen in his fights against [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]].
*Despite this, he has a [[Fireblast]] rating of ''three''.
*According to designer [[Paul Ozzimo]] on his website, at one point there were plans to make Bumblebee into a Z/28 convertible for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', and the possibility of changing his color to orange or black with yellow was also discussed. While none of these alterations happened, concept art for both appeared on the "25 Years of Transformers" feature on the ''Revenge'' DVD... though the black version is only seen from behind.
*Bumblebee stands approximately 16 feet tall, according to the [[Transformers The Game|official game]] strategy guide.
*In 2011, Bumblebee appeared in a Super Bowl XLV-related commercial, parodying car dealers by tossing a squirrel mascot knocking his hood to literally hammer the point of low prices. The TV spot also revealed ILM's modifications to his design for ''Dark of the Moon'', namely more pronounced shoulders and ribs ala his [[Bumblebee (WFC)|''Prime'' counterpart]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RttT4jC7_10&feature=player_embedded Chevrolet Super Bowl spot]</ref>
*Despite his Camaro alternate mode used for ''Dark of the Moon'' no longer sporting the outer pinstripes bordering his black racing stripes, the CG robot model still has them. Whoops.
*Similarly, in the first movie, after he gains the modern Camaro alt mode, Bumblebee's robot mode still features the scratches and dirt on his paint job of his original 1976 Camaro alt mode.
*In ''Age of Extinction'', Bumblebee's concept Camaro robot model sports a death-lock pincer similar to that of ''Revenge of the Fallen'''s Megatron.
*Bumblebee's arm cannon in ''The Last Knight'' undergoes a slight visual tweak. Using his original trilogy's cannon design, the main barrel has a narrow barrel as the main firearm.
*In a profile image posted by the Movie series' Facebook page, Bumblebee is depicted to retain his battle mask from his ''Age of Extinction'' body, while the final cut features his original battle mask seen in the first 3 films.

===License plates===
Bumblebee sported several different [[license plate]]s between the movies, the video games and the toys:

*'''489 PCE''', registered in [[California]], was the 1976 Camaro's license plate in the first movie, which was kept consistent between the car prop and the CG model for the robot mode. The license plate was later auctioned off in 2008.<ref name="plate1">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/movie-bumblebees-license-plate-for-sale/12255/ Movie Bumblebee (1976 Camaro edition) license plate for sale], Seibertron.com, January 2008.</ref>
*'''900 STRA''', without a state-specific registration, was the new license plate for the Concept Camaro car prop, which was kept for the production models used for all three subsequent movies. It was also used when the modern Camaro prop cars from the movies were on display at car shows and other events. Finally achieving consistency between both modes, Bumblebee also sported this plate in robot mode in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''. Furthermore, Hasbro started to use this license plate number with the Leader Class Bumblebee and Deluxe Class Nitro Bumblebee toys from the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'' toy line]] (both sporting ''sculpted'' license plate inscriptions in both modes), and the [[Activision Blizzard|Activision]] [[Dark of the Moon (video games)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]] also uses it for the vehicle mode. The license plate used in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' was auctioned off in October 2009.<ref name="2009auct">[http://www.icollector.com/Hero-Bumblebee-license-plate-from-Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen_i8633011 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Bumblebee license plate auction], icollector.com</ref> In ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', he even uses this license plate in his 1967 Camaro disguise, and still keeps it when he upgrades to his new 2014 Camaro concept form.
*'''4NZZ454''', registered in California, is probably the most well-known license plate number due to being used on the CG model for the robot mode in the 2007 movie and ''Revenge of the Fallen''.<ref name="proctercg">[http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/PROJPAGE_Trans_06.html Official Hasbro promo shots of the finalized CG model for Bumblebee] on Ben Procter's portfolio</ref> This number number was also used for a lot of Hasbro's toys from the first two movies' toy lines (in robot mode and often also in vehicle mode), including the Deluxe Class Classic Camaro.
*'''4NZZZ454''', with a red line indicative of a California registration, was an erroneous version of the above number with an extra "Z", used on some of Hasbro's toys, namely the Deluxe Class Concept Camaro Bumblebee toy from the [[Movie (toyline)|first movie's toy line]] (including several [[redeco]]s and [[retool]]s) and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Human Alliance]] Bumblebee.
*'''5LKZ213''' can be spotted on some photos of the life-sized robot prop from the Hoover Dam set from the first movie.<ref name="procterprop">[http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_24.html Life-sized Bumblebee prop] on Ben Procter's portfolio</ref><ref name="unicubb">[http://www.unicron.us/tf2007/toypix/ultimate_bumblebee.html Review of Ultimate Bumblebee] at Unicron.com, including a set photo of the life-sized Bumblebee prop used for the movies.</ref>
*'''BUMBLBE''', registered in California, was used for the life-sized robot prop on various exhibits in 2007.<ref name="premiere">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_karol/archives/date-taken/2007/06/27/ Transformers Movie premiere in Westwood Village, California], Flickr photostream of Candid Photos</ref><ref name="18foot">[http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/pictures-18-foot-bumblebee-transformer-invades-la "18 Foot Bumblebee Transformers invade LA"] at Techeblog</ref>
*'''FXPERTS''' (registered in California), a reference to the special effects company that built the life-sized robot prop,<ref name="fxperts">[http://www.fxpertsinc.com/trans.html Building the life-sized Bumblebee prop] at Fxperts</ref> was used on various exhibits in 2008.<ref name="dolby">[http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/ces-2008-giant-bumblebee-transformer-invades-the-dolby-booth "CES 2008: Giant BumbleBee Transformer Invades the Dolby Booth"] at Techeblog</ref><ref name="holloman08">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/61043118@N00/archives/date-taken/2008/09/22/ Transformers on display at Holloman Air Force Base in September 2008], Flickr photostream of snakebite000.</ref>
*'''KDM 0814''', registered in California, was used for the life-sized robot prop on various exhibits from 2009 to at least 2011.<ref name="sydney">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/movie-bumblebee-prop-appears-in-sydney-australia/17305/ Life-sized Bumblebee prop in Sydney, Australia] at Seibertron.com</ref><ref name="vegas">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/deltamike/archives/date-taken/2009/03/30/ Transformers on display at the Las Vegas Strip], Flickr photostream of Mike Renlund</ref><ref name="childmuseum">[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77515 "Bumblebee coming to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis"] at The Allspark, March 2011</ref> A variant of this, "KDM 814" minus the "0", had been previously used as the license plate of [[The Twins]]' combined ice cream truck mode in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
*'''5BBM2''' (registered in California), mirrored on the other side, is used by Activision for the robot models used in the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''[[Dark of the Moon (video games)|Dark of the Moon]]'' video games.<ref name="nextgen">[http://www.nextgn.com/2009/05/15/transformers-2-playable-characters-and-soundtrack-revealed/ ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game models] at Next Gen News</ref><ref name="actidotm">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/video-games-17/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-the-game-hands-on-171673/ Activision trailer and promo stills for Dark of the Moon video game] at TFW2005.</ref> Due to its partially mirrored nature, this plate wouldn't actually be legal.
*'''4N7 454''' (registered in California), another erroneous variant of the robot mode license plate from the first two films, was seen on a hand-painted prototype used for early official stock photos of the ''Masterpiece Movie Series'' Bumblebee figure.<ref name="mpmsbb">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/01/10/shadow-spark-optimus-masterpiece-movie-bumblebee-official-images-330837 "Shadow Spark Optimus and Masterpiece Movie Bumblebee Official Images"] at TFW2005.com.</ref> Samples on display at both Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair 2017 and [[Toy Fair|New York Toy Fair]] 2017, on the other hand, sported a regular "900 STRA" license plate.

===Lack of voice===
*For [[Transformers (film)|the first movie]], [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] had originally preferred the Transformers not to talk ''at all'' throughout the movie, a notion Hasbro heavily contested.<ref name="tfwtour">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/139273-botcon-2007-botcon-2007-hasbro-tour-updated-friday-12-45pm.html BotCon 2007 Hasbro tour report.]</ref> Bumblebee still ended up being mute throughout most of the movie, which, according to Orci and Kurtzman, was inspired by [[Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg's]] ''[[Wikipedia:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]]'' and is supposed to signify that his friendship with Sam transcends words.<ref name="mtv">[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1554426/20070312/story.jhtml MTV.com interview with Kurtzman and Orci.]</ref>
*According to the [[Movie Prequel issue 1|prequel comic]] by IDW Publishing, Megatron ripped out and crushed Bumblebee's voice capacitor during the battle at [[Tyger Pax]] back on Cybertron. [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]]'s toy bio claims the damage came from a shot fired by Hardtop. In the film itself, Ratchet only states to Sam that Bumblebee's "vocal processors were damaged in battle" and he was "still working on them" after firing a single plasma beam at Bumblebee's throat; by the end of all the conflict (the climax of the film proper), Bumblebee has regained his ability to speak. Although it was not confirmed on-screen, screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]] did confirm ''off''-screen<ref name="Orci"/> that Ratchet's (regenerative) beam was indeed the reason.
*Just as well, Roberto Orci ''also'' admitted that Bumblebee's brief contact with the AllSpark would be an equally valid (and an even more "in-continuity") explanation.<ref name="Orci"/>
*When asked, Orci admitted there had been plans to have Bumblebee speak in ''Revenge of the Fallen''; however, ultimately they liked his "musical ability" too much, and [[Michael Bay]] wanted to focus more on [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], since he thought kids would like the two characters.<ref name="orci">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-283.html#post3785383 Q&A with Roberto Orci at TFW2005]</ref>
*When Bumblebee finally did speak in the first movie, he had a slightly British accent. However, in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', it appears he in fact has an ''American'' accent. As of yet, no explanation for this discrepancy has been made.

===Other===
*Bumblebee is the only member of the original five Autobots to have appeared in all five ''Transformers'' films without dying.
*Bumblebee is a big fan of Earth cartoons! Some of his favourites include ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', ''{{w|Ren and Stimpy}}'', ''{{w|Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law}}'', ''{{w|Futurama}}'', ''{{w|Voltron}}'', and ''{{w|Rick and Morty}}'', as noted in [[Ask Vector Prime]]
*The modern Camaro makes a cameo in the new {{w|Power Rangers (film)|Power Rangers film}}; during the final battle, the Red Ranger, while piloting the T-Rex Zord, accidentally stepped on a Camaro before using it as a makeshift throwing weapon against a horde of Putties, shouting "Sorry, Bumblebee!" as the car made impact.
*Bumblebee is one of the characters of the movies with a distinctive transformation and weapon sound track.

===Foreign names===
*''Czech:'' '''Čmelák (first movie only) (Bumblebee)
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Korean:'' '''Bumblebee''' (범블비 ''Beombeulbi'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Daai Wong Fung''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Űrdongó''' ("Space Bumblebee")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dàhuángfēng''' (Taiwan, 大黃蜂, "Bumblebee"), '''Dàhuángfēng''' (China, 大黄蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Spanish:'' '''Abejorro''' ("Bumblebee")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Bdzhilka''' (Бджілка, "Bee")

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=40&f_name=bumblebee&f_type=exact&Submit=Search Galleries of various different Bumblebee toys from the Movie]

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Dead End (ROTF)

2017-09-01T19:04:09Z

DDelgado: /* Titan movie comics */

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:''Dead End is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ROTF_DeadEnd_PSP.jpg|thumb|300px|Put your left foot in, put your left foot out...]]
'''Dead End''' is as creepy, dark, and depressed as they come. He crawls on all fours in robot mode and keeps to the shadows so his optics will glow creepily. He isn't really capable of carrying on an ordinary conversation and has few friends, even among the other Decepticons. And when he has something to say at all, it is something strange or gloomy. And when he wants to recharge, he siphons off the fuel from other Transformers.

As a result, he's not very popular among his fellow [[Decepticon]]s. They know that if there's no Autobots to feed on, Dead End will sneak over while they're recharging and start feeding on ''them''...

He is also known as '''Detour'''.

{{bigquote|NEED... PARTS...|Dead End|"[[Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
If Dead End and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] weren't on opposite sides, they would have gotten along swimmingly—because they were both dysfunctional jerks. As it happened, the extent of their interpersonal relationship involved Dead End trying to creep Cliffjumper out, which typically ended with Dead End getting punched in the face. {{storylink|Dead End (ROTF)#Titanium Series|Dead End and Cliffjumper}}

===Titan movie comics===
[[Image:Titan_rotf_deadend.jpg|left|thumb|275px|"NEED... MORE DENTAL CARE..."]]
Dead End was used as a guinea pig for the test run of an experimental regeneration circuit, designed to automatically repair damage he sustained in combat. Unfortunately for Dead End, the unit malfunctioned and began eating away at the molecular cohesion of his body, driving him mad and leaving him a shambling half-'bot, wandering the wastes of [[Death Valley]], [[California]], mindlessly searching for spare parts to try and repair his crumbling frame.

When the Autobot rookies [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] and [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]] were sent to Death Valley on a survival exercise, Dead End caught their scent and followed them to a deserted gold mining town. Unaware they were being stalked, the trio split up to search the town for the recharge pack that had been placed there for them to find. Jolt found the pack, but was attacked by Dead End, who tore his arm off, then turned on the other two Autobots when they arrived in response to their comrade's cry of alarm.

[[Image:Titan11_deadendallbetter.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Great idea Ratchet. Let's fully restore the vampiric Decepticon. There's absolutely NOTHING that could go wrong here.]] After ripping Dune Runner's arm off, Dead End turned on Rollbar and punched him so hard that his own desiccated arm crumbled away. Dead End paused long enough to try welding Dune Runner's arm on in place of his own, giving Jolt enough time to seize the recharge pack, using it to super-charge his electro-whips. Howling that he "must obey Megatron", Dead End was downed by a massive electrical shock from Jolt's whips and was rendered unconscious.

Dune Runner advocated putting the Decepticon out of his misery, but Rollbar disagreed. The Autobots brought Dead End back to [[Diego Garcia]], where [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was able to remove his regeneration circuit and save his life, complimenting the true Autobot spirit the three rookies had shown. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}} However, Dead End was later part of [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]'s 2010 jailbreak and joined his splinter faction. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

[[File:NightBee4Xmas bumblebee vs deadend.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6]]

Apparently Ratchet is a crap doctor, because by [[Christmas|Christmas Eve]] poor Dead End was decaying again and running across America, looking for more SPARE PARTS. He located [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] at [[Sam Witwicky]]'s house and made an attack, also trying to eat ''Sam'' until the Autobot stepped in. A quick and brutal fight happened, with Dead End managing to eat one of Bumblebee's parts, but the Decepticon was eventually taken down. (Whether Bumblebee showed mercy or if he lacks Autobot spirit was not specified) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.19|The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas}}

Dead End was at Bludgeon's Arkhangelskaya Oblast, [[Russia]] base when the Autobots tracked it down... and now he ''was'' fixed and capable of normal speech! He and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] were told to prepare a suitable reception for their 'guests'. Unfortunately for him, he took damage in the fight {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} and that left him in need of SPARE PARTS once more. The traitor [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] had just enough time to wonder what was wrong with Dead End before he was ripped apart and his vitals eaten. When everyone else had departed from Russia, Dead End remained and began to track Bumblebeee... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

{{note|"The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas" reads like it was meant to go '''after''' the other two stories: it's the Russian battle that turns him back into a monster, and he turns up at the Witwickys' because he's following Bumblebee.}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game (Sony PSP)===
====Decepticon campaign====
{{note|Dead End is one of several Decepticons that can be played as during the campaign mode of the game, and thus has no real story of his own.}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
{{Note|Dead End appears in the [[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark]] game for Nintendo 3DS as a support unit. Equipping him allows all Earth Mercenaries to not be seen by Autobot units from more than 5 tiles away.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
[[Image:ROTF_Scout_DeadEnd_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Very ''not'' [[Dead End (G1)|G1 Dead End]]-ish]]
*'''Dead End''' or '''Detour''' (Scout Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-07'''
: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Scout Class toys, Dead End converts from a modified red and black [http://www.carsbase.com/photo/Peugeot_9009_Concept_model_6893.html Peugeot 9009] concept car to a robot with a bird-like head vaguely resembling [[wikipedia:Hawkman|Hawkman]]'s mask/helmet. Interestingly, while Dead End has no neck articulation, he does have a movable ''jaw''; the entire top of his head hinges backward, revealing a lower jaw and teeth. However, added plastic (most likely [[for safety reasons]]) makes his chest-plate unable to fold down all the way. As a result, many owners don't even see Dead End's lower jaw, and assume the upper jaw to be the entire head. It is possible to hinge the full head upwards by pulling on the lower jaw's cheek detailing.

[[Image:ROTFDetour.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Great. Now he's having an identity crisis, too.]]
:Before solid information regarding the name of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Scout Class toy became available, sellers of stolen [[prototype]]s alternatively referred to him as "Dead End"<ref name="scoutdeadend">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/images-of-new-rotf-figure/14674/ Seibertron reporting] on a rumor identifying the red ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Scout Class toy as "Dead End".</ref> and "Detour".<ref name="detour1">[http://tformers.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-dead-end-really-detour/10583/news.html TFormers reporting] on a Chinese Taobao seller identifying the red ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Scout Class toy as "Detour".</ref> Eventually the former name won out... but ultimately it turned out the name "Detour" hadn't come out of thin air either: Early shipments of the European release of the toy featured the name "Detour" on the cardboard insert on the packaging's front (the cardback and the instruction sheet still call him "Dead End", however), as did the official in-packaging [[stock photography|stock photo]] of the European version.<ref name="detour2">[http://www.tfw2005.com/resources/rotf-decepticons-384/dead-end-scout-2113/ Official Hasbro stock photos of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Scout Class Dead End], including European "Detour" version in packaging</ref> Later shipments then featured the correct "Dead End" insert instead.<ref name="eurodeadend">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/62713543@N00/3625412256/sizes/l/in/datetaken/ Scout Class Dead End in European packaging], named "Dead End".</ref> At least one sample has even been found at US retail, with a misapplied European "Detour" insert.<ref name="detour3">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/234588-package-variant-rotf-dead-end.html Standard US ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Dead End side by side with error version with misapplied ''European'' "Detour" name insert.]</ref>

:This sculpt was also used to make [[Nightbeat (ROTF)|Nightbeat]] and [[Slap Dash]].

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/DeadEnd/deadend.htm More information on Dead End at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Deluxe}}
[[Image:ROTF_Deluxe_DeadEnd_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|A lot more G1 <s>Dead End-ish</s> [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]-ish!.]]
*'''Dead End''' (Deluxe Class, 2009)

:Deluxe Class Dead End is a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Sideways (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys|Sideways]], with a color scheme resembling [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]. His head resembles Wildrider's animated model a bit, and he's even wearing Generation 1 [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End's]] [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] hood as a hat!

:Dead End features [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]] action during the conversion from car to robot mode. When the front bumper is pressed, his front pair of wheels automatically flip underneath the hood. There is also some [[Mech Alive]]: you can see internal gears moving in his fore-arms when moving his arms, as well as a turning disk on each of his elbows. On his right arm is a spinning "saw" blade.

:The original version of this mold would be retooled into ''Lost Age Advanced Line'' [[Mirage (Movie)#Lost Age Advanced Line|Dino]].

:In Japan, Dead End was only available as a Toy Hobby Market (now TakaraTomy Mall) [[exclusive]], with a pre-order window of [[August 13]]th through [[September 25]]th, 2009.

:During part of 2010, [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/transformers-toy-giveaway.cfm Hasbro did a promotion] wherein US fans could receive three free Deluxes in exchange for receipts showing the purchase of $25 or more of select Transformers product. As noted in [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=69645&st=0 this thread over at Allspark.com], and later confirmed by [http://web.archive.org/web/20110221171904/http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HT83971G3 this listing here], Deluxe-class Dead End was one of a pool of eight figures (all from the same wave) from which the free Deluxes were drawn, with several people having noted receiving him.

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/DeluxeDeadEnd/deadend.htm More information on Dead End at TFU.info]''

==Merchandise==
===''Titanium Series''===
[[Image:ROTF-toy DeadEndTitanium.jpg|thumb|300px|He looks like Jazz, but all he listens to is Bauhaus and Joy Division.]]
*'''Cliffjumper & Dead End''' (Two-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories'': Decepticon symbol display stand

: A black and red redeco of [[Jazz (Movie)#Titanium Series|Jazz]], ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Dead End is a non-transforming plastic figurine made of plastic and [[die-cast]] metal. He is sculpted holding a small handgun, and has articulation in his shoulders, neck and waist. Oh, and he comes with a movie-style Decepticon logo base to stand on.

: He was only available in a [[Toys"R"Us|Toys Я Us]]-[[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Cliffjumper (Movie)#Titanium Series|Cliffjumper]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TitDeadEnd/deadend.htm More information on Titanium Series Dead End at TFU.info]''

{{--}}

==Notes==
*Concept artist [[Ken Christiansen]] worked on the Dead End art featured at the top of this article using some very poor supplied images of Dead End some considerable time before the toy was released, so it is missing some details seen on the toy, such as Dead End's scary-ass lower jaw. For more information, see the external links below.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dead End''' (デッドエンド ''Deddo Endo'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* Dead End ''Revenge of the Fallen'' PSP game art [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/tf2-dead-end-psp-01.html concept], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/tf2-dead-end-psp-02.html greyscale] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/tf2-dead-end-psp-03.html final rendering], by artist Ken Christiansen.

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Bumblebee (Movie)

2017-09-01T18:59:08Z

DDelgado: /* The Last Knight film */

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:TF-Alliance03 Cover Nizzi.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb| Hi kids! I'm the new face of Transformers! Hope you enjoy!]]
'''Bumblebee''' is one of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s most trusted lieutenants. Although he is not the strongest or most powerful of the Autobots, Bumblebee more than makes up for this with a bottomless well of luck, determination and bravery. He would gladly give his life to protect others and stop the [[Decepticon]]s.

Badly damaged in battle, Bumblebee lost the ability to speak verbally, though he can still communicate over [[Inter-Autobot radio|inter-Autobot frequencies]] (in a fashion that seems somewhat akin to instant messaging, a usable but more distant and less personal means of interaction). He can also communicate with the Autobots' human allies and his friend, [[Sam Witwicky]], by playing audio clips from popular media on his radio.

Sometimes he is also known as '''N.B.E.-02''' or '''ZB-7'''. He is also partnered with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]], and is brothers-in-arms with fellow Autobot [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]].

{{quote|If there's anything you need, I won't be far away.|Bumblebee quoting ''{{w|Forrest Gump}}'' to Sam|''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The five 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|[[Mark Ryan]] (English), [[Hiroshi Iwasaki]] (Japan radio voice) [[Akio Kato]] (Japan normal voice)|[[Helmut Gauß]] (German), [[Eduardo Borgerth]] (Brazil), [[Omar Soto]] (Latin American-Spanish Radio voice), [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American-Spanish normal voice), [[Saverio Indrio]] (Italian)}}

[[File:Movie2007 Bumblebee dealership.jpg|left|upright=1.8|thumb|Out with the old, and in with the new.]]

When the Autobots scattered to the stars in search of the lost [[AllSpark]], Bumblebee made his way to the planet [[Earth]], where he connected the trail of the lost relic to the [[Witwicky]] family line. Disguising himself as a battered 1970s Camaro, he followed [[Ron Witwicky]] and his son [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] to [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo|a second rate car dealership]] and slipped himself amongst the vehicles, intending to have the boy purchase him so that he could get close to the family. When proprietor [[Bobby Bolivia]] couldn't agree on a price, however, it looked like Sam would wind up buying another car, so Bumblebee used a high-frequency sound wave to blow out the windows of every other vehicle in the lot, leaving Bolivia with no choice but to sell him.

[[File:Movie Bumblebee winner.jpg|right|upright=1.8|thumb|YOU BIG WINNER, HAHAHA.]]

The next day, Sam and his friend [[Miles Lancaster]] drove Bumblebee down to a party at the lake, where the disguised Autobot decided to do the boy a favor, playing "Drive" on his radio to subtly convince Sam to kick Miles out and offer his crush [[Mikaela Banes]] a ride home. When he neared a romantic spot overlooking the city, Bumblebee turned off his engine and began playing romantically suggestive songs; this didn't have the intended effect, and Bumblebee had to abruptly turn himself back on again when Mikaela started to walk off. After they returned Mikaela home, Bumblebee drove off during the night; Sam, believing it to be a car theft, followed him to a junkyard and witnessed the robot-mode Bumblebee sending a beacon into space to summon his fellow Autobots. Apparently unaware that he had been spotted, Bumblebee then scared off the junkyard's two guard dogs when they menaced Sam.

[[File:TF2007 bumblebee 2009 camaro.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Out with the new, and in with the newer.]]

When Bumblebee returned to the Witwicky home the next day, a terrified Sam fled from what he dubbed "Satan's Camaro", only to wind up being attacked by the Decepticon [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], who was also on the trail of the AllSpark. While fleeing this new threat, Sam ran into Mikaela, and Bumblebee then snatched the pair up and drove them away, with Barricade in hot pursuit. Taking refuge at a deserted chemical plant, Bumblebee revealed his robot form to the two humans so he could engage Barricade in combat, eventually knocked the Decepticon out after a brawl. Afterward, Bumblebee—able only to communicate in sound bites broadcast over his radio—properly introduced himself to Sam and Mikaela, and drove them to nearby [[Griffith Observatory]] to watch as the other Autobots he had called upon arrived in the sky overhead. Along the way, when Mikaela wondered aloud why a super-advanced robot turned into a "piece of crap Camaro", a mildly insulted Bumblebee scanned a passing 2009 Camaro, taking on its sleek and shiny form himself.

[[File:Movie BumblebeeCC guardian.jpg|right|upright=1.8|thumb|I may be your guardian, but I will not carry you through a crowd to the music of Whitney Houston.]]

Bumblebee took his friends to a secluded alleyway, where Sam and Mikaela met the other Autobots, including their leader, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Medical officer [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] explained that Bumblebee's inability to speak was a result of an old injury to his [[processors|vocal processor]], which Ratchet then treated with a regenerative plasma beam.<ref name="Orci">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showthread.php?t=12054 Post-movie Q&A with screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman]</ref> Prime explained that Sam had been targeted because he owned a set of [[glasses]] belonging to his grandfather, [[Archibald Witwicky]], which had the location on the AllSpark inscribed on their lenses, and the entire group returned to the Witwicky home so they could obtain them.

[[File:Movie2007 Bumblebee lubricates Simmons.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"They should change my name to Bumble-PEE!!!" Ba Dum Tss! I'll be here all night!]]

Though the glasses were soon found, the forces of [[Sector Seven]] soon descended upon the house and apprehended Sam and Mikaela. The Autobots wasted no time in rescuing them, but when the interrogation of [[Seymour Simmons]] went nowhere, Bumblebee became so annoyed with his attitude that he released lubricant onto the agent. When Sector Seven reinforcements arrived, the Autobots were forced to hide; unfortunately, Sam and Mikaela fell from their hiding place beneath a bridge, and Bumblebee had to reveal himself to save them. Harpooned and frozen by Sector Seven agents, he was captured by the organization, with Optimus Prime regrettably unable to intercede as he knew the Autobots could not do so without harming the humans.

[[File:TF2007 bumblebee captured.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Taken to Sector Seven's base at [[Hoover Dam]], Bumblebee was continually doused with cryoblasts to keep him subdued while experiments were performed on him, until Sam and Mikaela (with some armed persuasion from [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]) convinced S7 to let him go. Upon his release, Bumblebee almost lashed out at his human oppressors until Sam calmed him down, informing him of the presence of the AllSpark and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in the facility, and that the Decepticons were coming for both. Following the humans to the AllSpark's chamber, Bumblebee hesitantly reached out to the life source of his people and reformatted it, shrinking the cube until it was a size that the humans could manipulate. Cube in hand, Bumblebee and a military escort fled to [[Mission City]], meeting the Autobots en route.

[[File:TF2007 bumblebee gives sam allspark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]

Soon after Bumblebee and the Autobots arrived in the city, the Decepticons descended in force, with a missile attack from Starscream blowing off Bumblebee's legs. To get him to safety, Mikaela and Sam hoisted Bumblebee onto an abandoned tow truck, but Bumblebee pushed the AllSpark into Sam's hands, urging him to run while he still could. As Sam reluctantly left, Mikaela drove Bumblebee away from the fighting to relative safety, but she was soon overcome with guilt for leaving Sam and the battle. With Bumblebee's assent, she turned headed back in, driving the truck in reverse so that Bumblebee could fire his weapons at [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], helping take the tank Decepticon out. Subsequently, Sam used the AllSpark to destroy Megatron, and in the aftermath, Bumblebee found that his voice had returned,<ref name="Orci"/> and he used it to request permission to remain with Sam. Optimus and Sam agreed, and after his legs were repaired, Bumblebee allowed Sam and Mikaela to make out on top of him as Optimus sent his message to space calling other Autobots to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|Bumblebee'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 “[[Bumblebee Rumble]],” “[[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 several, Bumblebee has his own [[Moustache Man]] hologram driver, which does not appear in the finished film.}}
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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]] (dialogue cut from final movie)|[[Omar Soto]], [[Enrique Cervantes]] and [[Arturo Acosta]] (Latin American-Spanish radio voice)}}

[[File:ROTF bumblebee opens fire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Two years after the battle of Mission City, his voice still not properly repaired, Bumblebee was dozing in the Witwicky garage the day Sam was packing for [[Princeton University]] when a scream from Sam saw him called into action to blast the [[AllSpark Mutation]]s a surviving sliver of the AllSpark had made of the Witwicky kitchen appliances. Shrugging off [[Judy Witwicky]]'s complaints that he had blown up much of their house, 'Bee returned to the garage, where he was dismayed to learn that Sam was not planning on taking him to college with him, as just he wanted a normal life.

[[File:ROTF bee makes trouble.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Hoping that Sam could serve as an ambassador of sorts to help convince the [[President of the United States]] that it was important the Autobots stay on Earth to fight off the Decepticons, Optimus Prime had Bumblebee pick up Sam from college so he could talk to him. 'Bee caused trouble for Sam right away, disrupting a frat party he was attending, then wound up with an unwanted passenger in [[Alice]], about whom he could tell something wasn't right. Bonking her head off his dashboard and spraying her in liquid to get rid of her, he then took Sam to meet Optimus, but the boy turned down the Autobot leader's offer. Unfortunately, Sam soon proved to have little choice in whether or not he would be involved in the Transformers' war, when a resurrected Megatron captured him, and Bumblebee and Prime had to come to his rescue. 'Bee took Mikaela and Sam's roommate [[Leo Spitz]], to safety, but Optimus died protecting the boy.

[[File:ROTF bumblebee puppdogeyes.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Bumblebee, together with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], took the three humans to an abandoned prison where they would be safe, but soon, the Decepticons' master [[The Fallen]] struck across Earth, demanding Sam he turned over to them. Bearing Sam no grudge for Optimus's death, Bumblebee promised to help his fugitive friend in any way, though he advised against Sam turning himself in. At Leo's suggestion, the group went to [[New York City]] to meet his internet rival, the Robo-Warrior—in actuality, Bumblebee's old lubrication post Seymour Simmons, who provided evidence that [[Seeker (ROTF)|a group of Decepticons]] had been on Earth thousands of years ago. Following this information, the group located and reactivated the ancient [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], who teleported them to [[Egypt]] to search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which Sam hoped could be used to revive Optimus.

[[File:ROTF Bumblebee twin bash.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Respect my authoritah!]]

Bumblebee transported the humans to [[Petra (Earth)|Petra]], the supposed location of the [[Tomb of the Primes]], but when it appeared to be a dead end, the Twins got into an argument over why they were following Sam around. The argument turned into a brawl which threatened to crush the humans in the close quarters, so Bumblebee picked his two subordinates, slammed them together, and threw them out of the temple. However, the Twins' brawl had managed to unearth the Tomb of the Primes, and Bumblebee further opened the hole with his plasma cannon, where they found the Matrix...which instantly turned to dust. Gathering up the dust in hopes it would still work, the team headed back to Egypt, but were [[Operation: Firestorm|assaulted]] by Starscream on the way. 'Bee, Simmons, Leo, and the Twins led Starscream and the Decepticons away while Sam and Mikaela went on ahead, and when it became apparent that Starscream was no longer pursuing them, Bumblebee left to rejoin the pair.

[[File:ROTF movie BumblebeevsRampage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Move your body Rampage! Yeah, like that, gymnastics are really easy when you have two legs. Oh wait...]]

Arriving in the abandoned town Sam and Mikaela were hiding from the Decepticons in, Bumblebee found that Sam's parents were being held captive by [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]. Sam distracted the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]] long enough for Bumblebee to jump him, but while they were grappling, [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] ambushed Bumblebee. The plucky Autobot managed to fight off Ravage and ''rip out his spine'', then overpowered and killed Rampage. At Sam's instruction, Bumblebee took the boy's parents to safety, returning in time to see Sam apparently be killed by a blast from Megatron, upon which he broke down in grief. However, Sam miraculously survived the attack, and with the reformed Matrix of Leadership, resurrected Optimus Prime. Together, the assembled Autobots and humans watched as Optimus combined with the remains of Jetfire, destroyed the harvester and killed The Fallen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Bumblebee’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 comic mini-series “[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]”; and the storybooks "[[I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)|I Am Optimus Prime]],” “[[When Robots Attack!]],” "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]," "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Electronic Voice Changer]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]." In the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] of the film, Bumblebee speaks—with difficulty—in his own voice several times, a story element that was cut from the finished film.}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
{{voiceactor|N/A (English)|[[Omar Soto]], [[Ferso Velázquez]] and [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American-Spanish radio voice)}}

[[File:DOTFfilm-BumblebeeStealthForce.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|''Stealth'' Force? Right...]]
Three years after the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee no longer lived with Sam, having been put back on active NEST duty now regularly engaged in top secret missions with the rest of the Autobots, mostly to prevent human conflict. Alongside [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], [[Mirage (Movie)|Dino]] and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], 'Bee investigated an illegal nuclear facility, employing his [[Stealth Force]] mode to destroy it. Upon returning to the [[NEST]] base, he assisted in teaching soldiers how to fight Decepticons.

[[File:DOTM bumblebee vs brazos.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8]]

Having received information from his co-worker [[Jerry Wang]] that suggested a conspiracy of humans collaborating with the Decepticons, Sam and his new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]] went to NEST headquarters to share what Sam had learned, but when the guards would not let him enter, he grabbed a radio and called for Bumblebee to "convince" them. The guards quickly backed off when Bumblebee burst out of the building, but the reunion wasn't an entirely happy one, as Sam made clear to his big 'bot buddy that he was upset that he wasn't around much any more. National Intelligence Director [[Charlotte Mearing]] had no interest in Sam's conspiracy theories, so Sam left with Bumblebee to investigate the matter himself. To "repay" Sam's boss eccentric [[Bruce Brazos]] for a few leads he was able to provide them, Bumblebee play-fought with the man, who tried some karate moves on him.

[[File:Dotm-sam&bumblebee-ahhh!-1-.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Here comes another Flight of the Bumblebee joke...]]

After Sam, [[Seymour Simmons|Simmons]] and [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] learned that the Autobots' recent actions—recovering their lost former leader [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and his [[space bridge]] [[pillar]]s from the wreck of the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' they had discovered on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]—had actually been orchestrated by the Decepticons, Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Dino escorted the humans and Sentinel back to the NEST base. En route, they were attacked by the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]], and Bumblebee was forced to execute an impressive mid-air transformation to avoid a crashed truck, tossing Sam into the air as he switched modes, before transforming back to vehicle mode around the boy. When the group arrived back at NEST, Sentinel revealed he was in league with Megatron, and Bumblebee was unable to prevent [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] from being killed and the base from being destroyed as Sentinel retrieved his pillars.

[[File:DOTM-bumblebeesamsfriend.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Bee good.]]
Sentinel used his pillars to open a space bridge in the heart of Washington, and Bumblebee and the Autobots were vastly outnumbered by the Decepticon forces that poured through and had to retreat. When Sentinel forced the humans to exile the Autobots on their ship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Bumblebee was allowed a short time to say goodbye to Sam, and assured him he was always going to be his friend, before helping the others prepare the ship for launch. However shortly after lift-off, the ''Xantium'' was destroyed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots were presumed dead.

[[File:DOTM bee and carly in ship.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]]
In actuality, the Autobots had hidden in a rocket booster that was jettisoned before the Xantium's destruction, and arrived in the Decepticon-occupied [[Chicago]] in time to help Sam, [[Robert Epps|Epps]] and a team of soldiers in finding the kidnapped Carly. Bumblebee piloted one of the downed Decepticon fighters to get Sam into the building in which Decepticon conspirator [[Dylan Gould]] was holding Carly, and used it to both rescue the pair and blast off [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]'s head. He rejoined his fellow Autobots in attacking the Decepticon forces, and arrived in time to save Sam and Lennox from falling to their deaths after Sam managed to kill Starscream.

[[File:830px-Dotm-helluvarun-1-.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|He's right behind me, isn't he?]]
Unfortunately, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Dino, Ratchet and Que were soon captured by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and his troops, and Bumblebee could only watch as Que was executed. He had barely a moment to mourn before he was pulled forward, sharing what seemed to be a final, heartfelt look with Sam... before [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]] suddenly started dropping Decepticon fighters from a Decepticon warship above. With Soundwave distracted, Bumblebee attacked his would-be executioner, and after a short but intense battle, killed the Decepticon spy-master by punching straight through his chest and blasting his head to bits. Subsequently, Bumblebee joined the final battle, and with Ratchet's help, he tackled and destroyed the space bridge's control pillar, shutting the bridge down. After the defeat of the Decepticons and Sentinel Prime, Bumblebee produced a selection of gears and washers from inside his body so that Sam could use one as a ring to propose to Carly with, but Sam just told him that he needed to slow it down. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
{{note|Bumblebee'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]]."}}
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====''Age of Extinction'' film====
{{voiceactor|N/A (English), [[Kōichi Yamadera]] (Japanese radio voice)|[[Gerardo Alonso]], [[Ferso Velázquez]] and [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American Spanish radio voice)}}

[[File:AOEBumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|After a wild bender, Bumblebee woke up in the desert, stripped of his 2011 Camaro kibble.]]

At some point in the past, Bumblebee had a phase where he became extremely insubordinate and disrespectful to his father figure Optimus Prime.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Chicago, Bumblebee remained on Earth with the other Autobots, but they were all soon forced to go on the run when US government disbanded [[NEST]], and [[Harold Attinger]]'s [[Cemetery Wind]] taskforce began hunting down Transformers. Disguised as a beat-up 1967 Camaro, Bumblebee even found himself having to take command of the remaining Autobot refugees when Optimus Prime disappeared, even though the others saw him as brash and inexperienced.

[[File:AOE bee and stinger.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Bumblebee shares the same feeling with [[Stephanie Sheh|Usagi Tsukino]] when it comes to clones.]]

Five years after Chicago, Optimus returned and Bumblebee relinquished command, but this did not stop [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] from complaining about Bumblebee's leadership skills. Indignant at being called a "child" by the Autobot samurai, Bumblebee briefly brawled with Drift, but greater matters soon demanded the Autobots' attention. Following information provided by Optimus's new human ally [[Cade Yeager]] that revealed Cemetery Wind were delivering the bodies of the Transformers they captured to [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated]], the Autobots prepared to infiltrate the company's Chicago headquarters; Bumblebee falsified ID cards to get Cade and [[Shane Dyson]] into the building, then drove them to the site, masquerading as a non-sentient vehicle bring brought in for [[scanning]]. Upon seeing the company's display of [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]], a drone based on his own design, as well several videos and posters claiming that he was inferior to the human-made Transformer, Bumblebee flipped out and knocked over the prototype, then left Shane to take the blame for the accident.

[[File:AOE bumblebee missiles.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8|Hi Tom!]]

The information Cade brought out of KSI revealed to the Autobots that the captured Transformers were being melted down for their raw [[transformium]] metal. Learning that Ratchet had suffered this grisly fate, Bumblebee joined the Autobots in attacking the building, though not before he half-heartedly scanned a 2014 Camaro along the way, taking on a sleek new alternate mode. He got a lift from Drift's helicopter mode to the buildings upper levels and was able to rescue Cade from Attinger's clutches, having no regards for rampaging the building for ratchet. The Autobots then withdrew, but were pursued by Stinger and KSI's premiere creation, [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]; 'Bee attempted to blast Galvatron with a cluster of missiles, but was left in utter shock when the drone disintegrated and reassembled himself to avoid the attack.

[[File:AOE-BeeIsTheBest.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|Never mind the fact we should be ripped to shreds by the shattered glass from this skyscraper, you're the best, Bee!]]
When Optimus was captured by [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], Bumblebee and the Autobots infiltrated the [[Knight Ship|bounty hunter's ship]]. Bumblebee helped their human allies escape from several [[Steeljaw (AOE)|Steeljaw]]s, and though he could not stop the ships anchors from being detached, causing the humans to fall towards Chicago, he still managed to save them by swinging down on the cables and grabbing them out of the air. Given a lift by [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] in a stolen gunship, 'Bee had to take over piloting the craft while Crosshairs engaged Lockdown's pursuing henchmen, and although he managed to lose the ships chasing them by diving into an underground roadway, he then promptly crashed the gunship into the city streets.

Bumblebee and the humans regrouped with the other Autobots at a disused train yard, where they learned from Brains that Galvatron was, in actuality, a reborn Megatron, and was planning to detonate a cyberforming [[seed]]—given to KSI head [[Joshua Joyce]] by Lockdown—in [[Hong Kong]]. The team immediately headed for China, but upon arrival, their ship was shot down, and Bumblebee, [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] and the humans fell out and had to escort the seed out of the city. [[File:CheapKnockOffs.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|But how does he feel about the length of his toy page?]] Bumblebee and Hound acted as a defensive line against Galvatron's forces, and though they destroyed many drones, they slowly became overwhelmed by the onslaught. Salvation came in the form of Optimus Prime and the newly recruited [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]]; their airborne member [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]] partnered himself up with Bumblebee, and together, they took out Stinger, who 'Bee "eulogized" by calling him a "cheap knockoff" and let Strafe gnaw on his head. With the battle reaching fever pitch, Bumblebee was tasked by Cade with taking his daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and Shane out of the city, but the pair soon convinced him to turn around and help Optimus and Cade fight the returned Lockdown. Bumblebee quickly found he was no match for Lockdown, but his intervention gave Tessa and Shane enough time to help Optimus recover, and the Autobot leader slew the bounty hunter. Bumblebee, alongside the other Autobots, was tasked with protecting the Yeager family from any threats when Optimus left Earth to confront Lockdown's employers, the mysterious [[creator (AOE)|creators]]. With Optimus off-world, Bumblebee was left in charge of the Autobots.{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}
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====''The Last Knight'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Erik Aadahl]] (English), [[Masato Obara]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:TLK Bumblebee versus Nazis.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|He shot fitty men.]]
During [[World War II]], Bumblebee and [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] arrived on Earth while searching for the AllSpark and wound up caught in the war fighting on the side of the Allies. During the war, the two met and befriended a young [[Edmund Burton]]. After the war however, Bumblebee left Earth to resume his search while Hot Rod remained behind. As the decades passed, Bumblebee would not come to remember World War II as a particularly noteworthy conflict.

In the years since Optimus Prime's departure into space in search of his [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]], Bumblebee retook command of the remaining team of Autobots on Earth. He accompanied Cade and Hound to the Chicago No Go-Zone: a hotspot of Cybertronian artifacts that landed on Earth since the Battle of Chicago. He and Cade came to the aid of [[Izabella]] after her Autobot companion [[Canopy]] was killed with Bumblebee himself destroying one of the attacking Sentinels. When Cade was held up by the TRF, Bumblebee came to his assistance, albeit in an unorthodox manner. He blew himself apart, only for his individual pieces to piece back together and reassemble himself in order to dispose of the TRF forces, giving their side the advantage. If it weren't for Lennox's intervention, Bumblebee would very likely have killed TRF Commander [[Santos]]. With Cade easing the standoff to prevent any collateral damage and Hound arriving at the scene, he urged the TRF to lower their weapons and allow them to leave, but not without the TRF tagging Bumblebee with a tracker.

[[File:TLK Bumblebee snags Santos.jpg|thumb|left|300px|If it's a Super Saiyan you're looking for, I can fill the part.]]

Back at the [[Junkyard (TLK)|junkyard]] where the other Autobots camped, he struggled to keep the team in order, with Grimlock stealing the local sheriff's cruiser and Crosshairs questioning his leadership skills, with whom he engaged in a small brawl. It wasn't helped by the arrival of the unscrupulous [[Daytrader]], who brought with him more of his shady trinkets, which included a [[Vatti Transformer]] (which Bumblebee angrily crushed) and the deceased Starscream's head. The next morning, however, a group of Decepticons led by Megatron himself arrived at the junkyard. While Hound and [[Trench]] held the line, Bumblebee and others fled to a nearby town where Crosshairs angrily discovered the tracker the TRF had placed on Bumblebee. After the Decepticons had been lured into a trap, Bumblebee personally slew [[Mohawk]] before a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] by the name of [[Cogman]] arrived on the scene to escort Cade to England to meet Sir Edmund Burton. Bumblebee accompanied Cade as extra muscle.

At the castle, they were initially greeted by [[Bulldog (TLK)|a tank Transformer suffering from "robot-dimentia"]] attack them before Sir Edmund scrolled him for firing at guests. Burton then expressed joy at seeing Bumblebee despite the Autobot not remembering him. It was then that Bumblebee was reunited with Hot Rod, who had sort of kidnapped a woman named [[Viviane Wembly]]. When the TRF arrived, Bumblebee served as a getaway car for Cade and Vivian, depositing them at her flat before he took the two the [[HMS Alliance]], during which he managed to get his Decepticon nemesis Barricade off his tail by blasting him aside. Leaving Hot Rod behind, Bumblebee took hold of the massive femme as she submerged and took the humans to a crashed Cybertronian ship. Inside the ship, however, the group was forced to split as ocean debris had made the path accessible to humans but inaccessible to Bumblebee. He caught up with the two soon after Viviane had found the [[Staff of Merlin]] and seconds before [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nemesis Prime]] arrived to demand the staff. After threatening Viviane's life for it, Nemesis walked out and Bumblebee, spurred on by Cade, followed Nemesis to try and reawaken his true personality.

On the deck of the ship, Nemesis promptly beat Bumblebee into submission only for the sound of Bumblebee's true voice to reawaken Optimus Prime. Allying with the [[Knights of Iacon|guardian knights]], the Autobots flew to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to confront and destroy [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] while Viviane removed the staff from the [[Ignition chamber|ignition chamber]] to halt her plan. Though Cybertron's reconnecting and shifting geology proved an obstacle, the Autobots made it to the area of the ignition chamber only to be faced by a Decepticon army backed up by a gun enplacement and [[Infernocus]]; they were eventually destroy by Optimus and [[Sqweeks]]. Salvation came when the human military caused a nearby chunk of Cybertron to swing and impact the ignition chamber. In the temporary state of zero gravity, Bumblebee took the opportunity to kill [[Nitro Zeus]] by blowing up his head. Optimus then distracted Quintessa allowing Bumblebee to blast her from behind (with a quippy one liner) and Viviane to remove the staff saving Earth. on the surface of Earth, Optimus had felt that Cybertron had healed enough that the Autobots could return home and Bumblebee, after thanking the humans for saving Optimus, boarded the Knight Ship as it blasted off for Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===Novels===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
Before coming to Earth, Bumblebee was part of the crew of the [[Ark (Movie)|''Ark'']], searching through space for the lost AllSpark. In 1969, Earth-time, the crew encountered an alien ship, the ''[[Ghost 1]]'', in an abandoned solar system. After the ship turned tail and headed for one of the local planets, Optimus Prime sent Bumblebee down after it. Bumblebee located the ship, and was about to approach it when [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] arrived, and he was forced to retreat under the Decepticon's superior firepower. Shortly after Bumblebee discovered some apparently artificial pillars, the ground gave way beneath him, and 'Bee found himself plunged into a cave system. With his radio damaged, he explored the caves, and was attacked by giant, monstrous worm creatures, whose organic nature did not make them any less challenging as opponents. Fortunately, Optimus arrived in time to save him.

Prime and Bumblebee had a brief encounter with Starscream and the ''Ghost 1'', the crew of which had been persuaded by the Decepticon that the Autobots were the aggressors in the Transformer war. The pair retreated back below ground, and later found the ''Ghost 1'' in a battered state, having been abandoned by Starscream. Bumblebee made contact with its crew, a species known as "humans", and the earlier misunderstanding was soon cleared up. When more of the worm creatures turned up, Bumblebee acted as a diversion so Optimus could blast a way out of the caves, and everyone escaped intact. They returned to the ''Ark'' in time to fight the Decepticons once more. Bumblebee joined Ratchet in attacking Barricade, though the Decepticon gave them more than enough trouble. When the ''Ghost-1'' and its crew were lost during the battle, the Autobots turned their attention toward the planet from which it had hailed... Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Veiled Threat''====

Following the battle of Mission City and the destruction of the AllSpark, Bumblebee guardianship of Sam Witwicky meant that he was not an activate participant in any missions carried out by the forces of NEST. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Classified'' novels====
[[File:Tfc-switchinggears.jpg|right|thumb|Psst, down here!]]
After the defeat of The Fallen, NEST resumed their regular business of hunting down rogue Decepticons. Bumblebee was at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] with Ratchet when they received word that two Cybertronians in transition forms had landed near [[Hurley's Crossing]]. The pair went there by helicopter and encountered [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], who claimed to be a Decepticon defector hunting down another Decepticon who was after the technology at [[Hawthorne Army Depot]]. Though Bumblebee was highly skeptical, he followed Ratchet's lead, and they took Reverb to the depot. When they reached it, [[Kevin Bowman]] let them know that [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]] was an Autobot and in reality trying to protect an ancient weapons cache. The warning came too late, as Reverb turned the weapons on Bumblebee and Ratchet, who were unable to penetrate the personal forcefield Reverb had acquired. Despite this, Bumblebee lasted out Reverb's defeat with minimal damage. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

When Bumblebee and Gears were left at base, they received word from [[Douglas Porter]] that the Decepticon [[Blowback]] was heading up to [[Battle Mountain]] where a storehouse of Cybertronian artifacts had been discovered. The pair were compelled to travel to Battle Mountain with Kevin and Douglas, though Bumblebee made a detour to a [[Kwiki-Burger]] on the way. On arrival, they were attacked by Blowback and his men, and by the time they'd dispatched the four Decepticons, Kevin and Douglas had found the storehouse. They were subsequently picked up by Ironhide and taken back to face Optimus Prime's anger at them having gone off on their own. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

When the Battle Mountain cylinder was in danger of activating, Bumblebee and Gears took part in a convoy to transport the device to a NEST vault near [[Yucca Mountain]]. The trip was cut short when the convoy was ambushed outside [[Beatty]] by Reverb and some stolen [[Hyperdynamix]] autonomous tanks. They caught a break when Reverb was called away to the nearby Hyperdynamix Aerospace facility, and while Gears and Kevin followed the Decepticon, Bumblebee remained to protect the remains of the convoy. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}
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===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Defiance1 Cliffjumper Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Tell Hasbro that [[Cliffjumper (disambiguation)|I]] don't want to be a [[repaint]] of [[Bumblebee (disambiguation)|you]] anymore!"]]

Bumblebee was born over 10,000 years ago, one of the second generation of Cybertronians spawned by the [[AllSpark]] since its rediscovery and the revitalization of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} He and [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] were guardians of the AllSpark at the [[Simfur Temple|Temple]] of [[Simfur]]. One day, when the AllSpark suddenly began giving off energy spikes, a nervous Bumblebee was troubled by the fact that planetary leaders Optimus and [[Lord High Protector]] Megatron were more concerned with a nearby archaeological excavation than with the source of the spikes, but Cliffjumper reassured him that they could handle whatever came their way. He would soon regret those words when [[Ejoornian|aliens]] from the nearby [[Eshems Nebula]] attacked Simfur. The pair were seeking cover inside the temple when Lord Megatron swooped in, berated them for not taking the fight to the enemy, and destroyed their opponent. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} Instructed to stay out of the military's way, Bumblebee was concerned that the attack signalled the start of something ''big'', but Cliffjumper was unconcerned on the basis that two lowly guards wouldn't be part of whatever it was. [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] agreed, ordering them to stay at their posts, after which he quizzed them on how the AllSpark had reacted during the battle. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

[[File:Defiance3 Optimus Bumblebee orders.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Well, that's one way to make a first impression.]]

His ambition ignited by the [[The Fallen|mysterious relic]] discovered at the archaeological dig, a power-hungry Megatron sought to have Optimus disposed of, and sent a team led by Prowl—including Bumblebee—to apprehend him on charges of treason. When Optimus angrily demanded to know what he had done, Bumblebee pointed his weapon at the science leader and said they were just following orders, which seemed to satisfy Optimus. What 'Bee and the other security officers didn't know, however, was they were being led into a trap; on the way to the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], they were ambushed by a soldiers loyal to Megatron, who had been ordered to kill them all, save Optimus. Bumblebee helped haul [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] to safety after the group was hit by an explosive round, and Optimus ordered them all to withdraw to [[Burthov]] while he took care of their attackers personally. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

[[File:Defiance Bumblebee vehiclemodes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|My alt mode is Pac-Man!]]

After it was learned that Megatron had rebuilt his Defense Force as an army known as the "Decepticons", Optimus—now Optimus ''Prime'', embracing his destiny—organized Bumblebee and the others loyal to him to stand against Megatron's forces as the "Autobots". While on an apparent scouting mission, Bumblebee and Arcee discovered the Decepticon starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' while it was under construction; some time later, when the vessel was complete, they also observed as the majority of the Decepticon forces boarded. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Returning to the camp at Burthov, they and all the assembled Autobots watched at the ''Nemesis'' took off. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} With the bulk of the Decepticons gone, the Autobots launched their first strike against the Decepticons, and the war between the two factions truly began. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

[[File:MovieMegatron Bumblebee torture comic.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Megatron's attempt at a "Give me your arm!" meme didn't really take off...]]

After years of war, with no end in sight, Bumblebee participated in an assault on Simfur Temple to activate the "[[pillar|torch]]" [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] had created, which Sentinel had promised would end the conflict. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Alas, Starscream blew up Sentinel's [[Ark (DOTM)|ship]], and Bumblebee retreated with the rest of the Autobots. However, the battle had weakened Decepticon forces to the extent that the Autobots were soon able to steal the AllSpark. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} After moving the relic around the planet, Optimus Prime finally made the desperate decision to launch the AllSpark into space to put it beyond Megatron's reach. This decision took Bumblebee by surprise, but he supported Optimus. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Bumblebee was placed in command of a small Autobot unit at the AllSpark's hiding place in [[Tyger Pax]], on the assumption that the Decepticon would focus their attention on Simfur; unfortunately, Megatron sensed the AllSpark's true location, and Bumblebee and his men found themselves under attack by the Decepticon leader and his troops. [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] tried and failed to torture the AllSpark's precise hiding spot out of Bumblebee, forcing Megatron to take up the task, but even 'Bee did not know ''exactly'' where it was—moments later, both he and Megatron could only watch as the cube was blasted into space from a launch site nearby. A furious Megatron crushed Bumblebee's voice capacitor beyond repair in a petty act of revenge and took off after the AllSpark; although the young bot survived and was dubbed a hero for his actions, he feared that all the Autobots had done was potentially spread their war to other worlds. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}}

[[File:MoviePrequel Interlude bee vs barricade.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6]]

In time, the Autobots left Cybertron aboard the ''Ark'' in search of the AllSpark. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} After years of questing, in 2003, Bumblebee traced the AllSpark to Earth's [[Solar System]], first touching down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], where his image was captured by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] and passed to human organization [[Sector Seven]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Landing on Earth in the state of [[Virginia (state)|Virginia]], 'Bee quickly evaded S7 by scanning a battered old Camaro and making for [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]. There, he used a remote link to a coffee shop computer to search [[Shwiggle]] for any signs of extraterrestrial sightings, and discovered the story of Captain [[Archibald Witwicky]], who claimed to have seen an "Ice Man" that Bumblebee recognized as a frozen Megatron. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} Bumblebee's followed Witwicky's trail to an [[Psychopathic Institute for the Long-Term Insane|asylum]] in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]], where the late captain had been committed, {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} then headed downtown to [[asylum|another asylum]] that had computerized records he could scan. Having thus obtained a list of Witwicky's descendants, Bumblebee set course for [[Springfield]], Missouri, in search of his son [[Clarence Witwicky|Clarence]], evading an attack by Sector Seven along the way. In Springfield, he found records of Clarence's children and started out to track them down, starting with his eldest son [[Ben Witwicky|Ben]] in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. Ben proved a dead end, so 'Bee took off for [[Tucson]], only to be again attacked by Sector Seven, evading their helicopters by blinding them and rocketing off at high speed. Not long after, he learned the Decepticons had followed him to Earth when he was attacked by Barricade in the desert. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} {{storylink|Interlude}}

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Escaping his various pursuers, a damaged and smoking Bumblebee stopped by the roadside on the way out of Colorado to rest and recover. Suddenly detecting a burst of AllSpark energy, he trace the source to [[New Mexico]], where Barricade tracked him down and attacked once again. Other Decepticons, meanwhile, attacked the energy source and found it to be a Sector Seven ruse; consequently, assuming Bumblebee would have further leads they could exploit, Barricade let 'Bee escape so that they would be able to covertly track his movements. Eventually, Bumblebee's search took him to [[Tranquility]], [[Nevada]], {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}} where he would soon encounter Sam Witwicky, whom he befriended and allied with during the subsequent battle for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Adaptation}}

[[File:Alliance2 Bumblebee takecove-rrk.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|"Why do they always aim for the throat!?"]]

Immediately following the battle in [[Mission City]], Bumblebee had his legs reattached by Ratchet, then he and the other Autobots rolled out to avoid Sector Seven's inquiries. 'Bee remained behind to guard Sam when the other Autobots were summoned to a meeting with Lennox a month later, {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} but then took part in the mission Lennox requested their help with: transporting the dead Decepticons' body to a navy base in [[San Diego]], [[California]] for disposal at sea. Before departing Sector Seven's [[Nevada]] base with the convoy, Optimus Prime gave the surviving AllSpark sliver to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping, but had second thoughts about his decision partway into the mision and sent Ironhide and Bumblebee back to the facility to retrieve it. Racing ahead, Bumblebee was greeted with an unexpected sight: the base aflame, and Decepticons [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] and Starscream brawling in the midst of it all. 'Bee disarmed Wreckage with a well-aimed blast and Starscream finished him off, then turned his firepower on the humans; Bumblebee dived in front of them and took the blast, damaging his vocal processor once again. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Ironhide praised him for his bravery and selflessness, Bumblebee regretted not being able to save everybody. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

[[File:Alliance3 Ironhide Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"I see dead people, I mean it, look there's one right over there."]]

Two weeks later, Bumblebee was present for the burial at sea of [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and the Decepticons, following which it was announced that the Autobots and Lennox's team would be working together as a new special unit, dedicated to protecting the Earth from threats posed by the remaining Decepticons. They began training on the island of Diego Garcia, but it took time for the humans and Autobots to learn to work together; during a training exercise on a shooting range, when Bumblebee instinctively fired on a target, he only narrowly avoiding blasting Epps in the process. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For their first mission, NEST was deployed to [[San Francisco]] to take out the Decepticons [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and 'Bee's old opponent Swindle. Bumblebee and Lennox chased Swindle onto the deserted [[Golden Gate Bridge]], where the Decepticon was amused upon realizing who it was he was facing once again. When Swindle turned on Lennox, however, he learned the folly of underestimating Bumblebee, who blasted his one-time torturer through the back, killing him. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

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Concerned that Sam Witwicky would become the target of the Decepticons again, Optimus selected Bumblebee to act as Sam's guardian again and sent him to live with the boy. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} However, Bumblebee's attempts to integrate himself into Sam's life were not as smooth as he had hoped. Without the team structure of the Autobots, Bumblebee tended to act upon instinct, taking revenge on Mikaela's ex-boyfriend [[Trent DeMarco]] for his previous humiliations of Sam by wrecking his truck, smashing a would-be car thief with the door he was attempting to unlock, and inadvertently giving Sam traffic tickets by not observing the rules of the road. When Bumblebee was alone, he attempted to learn as much as he could about human culture, feeling that he owed it to his friend. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}} Though no longer on active NEST duty, Bumblebee very occasionally helped his Autobot allies out; in November 2008, he came on-scene to assist his team-mates after [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had... demolished a sizeable amount of human property in [[Uruguay]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

Soon, the problem of Sam's impending departure for college arose: 'Bee intended to follow Sam wherever he went, but Sam feared that he might not be able to bring his car along with him. Not thrilled the prospect of Bumblebee continuing to live with them, Sam's father Ron decreed that once Sam had gone to school, Bumblebee would have to leave. However, unexpectedly, Ron came to Bumblebee seeking aid when Mikaela reported that Sam had never made a rendezvous with her. Speeding out of the garage without Ron (and without waiting for the garage door to open), Bumblebee searched for clues to Sam's whereabouts and eventually found a message from his old foe Barricade, who demanded the AllSpark in exchange for the boy. Finding the pair at an car wrecking yard, Bumblebee attacked Barricade, but was considerably outmatched, with the Decepticon gloating that Earth had made the Autobot soft, and their last encounter was down to pure luck. Eventually, with a distraction from Sam, Bumblebee was able to force Barricade into a pool of gasoline. With the Decepticon hardly down for the count, Bumblebee told Sam to run and ignited the gasoline, causing a tremendous explosion that sent both Transformers flying. In the aftermath, Bumblebee told Sam he had a feeling they hadn't seen the last of Barricade. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}}

[[File:After fight with Soundwave Nefarious 1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|If you have a problem... if no one else can help... and if you can find them... maybe you can hire... The Bee Team.]]

In the wake of the Autobots' battle with The Fallen, {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|Revenge of the Fallen movie adaptation}} with more new Autobots arriving on Earth regularly, Bumblebee was brought back onto active duty and placed in charge of a team made up of rookies [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] and [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]]. Bumblebee's team responded to Decepticon activity at [[Kingdom Petrochemicals]] in [[Florida]], but 'Bee and the other ground-based team-members arrived too late to save Breakaway from dying at Soundwave's hands. The Decepticons soon fled, as did a mysterious group of humans also active at the sight, leaving Bumblebee mystified as to what was going on. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} He and his team returned to [[Edwards Air Force Base]], where Galloway was annoyed that he hadn't been notified about the arrival on Earth of some of the members of Bumblebee's team. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}

After Optimus managed to capture Soundwave in [[Utah]], Bumblebee's team was assigned to escort the captive Decepticon to a NEST base in [[Odessa]], [[Texas]]. Decepticon. En route, their transport plane was shot down by [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], and when they attempt to continue the mission on the ground, they were soon obstructed by Soundwave's "mini-militia". Bumblebee tussled with [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]], but quickly realized that his team was outmatched. Rather than a repeat of the loss of Breakaway, Bumblebee opted to release Soundwave. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} Subsequently, Soundwave chose to ally himself with the Autobots to bring down the [[Initiative]], the human organization who had also been at Kingdom Petrochemicals, who were conspiring against the Transformers. Bumblebee's team were part of the NEST unit that follow Soundwave to the supposed location of the [[Initiative base|Initiative's base]] in [[Inyokern]], but the mobile facility had already relocated to [[Crater Lake]], [[Oregon]], by the time they got there. Pursuing it, 'Bee's team was sent to assault the base from the north, but when Bumblebee broke through the base wall, he was confronted by a most unexpected set of opponents: Initiative-controlled Transformers! {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} The damage he took from the initial blast knocked him out of the fight, but he had recovered in time to help during the clean-up. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

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While Bumblebee was picnicking with Sam and Arcee, a small earthquake, followed by the emergence of a Transformer energy signature, prompted the trio to investigate. Tracing the signal to a nearby cave, they were attacked by [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]], who had been freed from his subterranean prison by the 'quake, and who promptly brought the cave down on top of the threesome. {{storylink|Transformers: Space Case}} Separated from Arcee in the cave-in, Bumblebee managed to hold up the collapsed ceiling, but could not get any transmissions out through the rocks, and found his strength slowly ebbing as the weight pressed down. 'Bee's mind drifted back to a recent encounter he and Sam had with Starscream, and remembered how the boy had aided him by using downed power lines to electrocute the Decepticon. Reminded that friendship meant trying your hardest and not letting your friends down, Bumblebee dug deep, and when a crack of light appeared overhead, managed to wrench the rocks clear. The pair were lifted to safety by Ratchet, who had been digging for them, and who was amazed that Bumblebee had had the strength to carry the weight for as long as he had. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee}}

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While visiting Sam at college in [[Philadelphia]], Bumblebee was parked at the roadside waiting for him while he grabbed lunch when he was approached by "[[Brains]]", a Decepticon brain unit who had just recently come online and escaped from [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]]. Believing him to be an ordinary Earth vehicle, but not understanding that said vehicles were not alive, Brains tried asking Bumblebee for help; naturally, Bee did not break cover by replying, but when an angry Brains then kicked him, 'Bee's temper got the better of him and he transformed. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} Sam and Bumblebee brought Brains back to his college, but this only made them targets for a force of Decepticons heralded by 'Bee's recurring opponent, Barricade. Vastly outnumbered, Bumblebee nearly met his maker at the end of [[Sonar (ROTF)|Sonar]]'s blaster, but was saved when NEST reinforcements [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] arrived. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} As the battle intensified, Bumblebee and Barricade squared off once more, {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} but as more Autobot backup came to join the fight, Bumblebee got the better of his old enemy and defeated him yet again. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}

Concurrently with the battle in Philadelphia, Shockwave had staged a devastating attack on NEST's Diego Garcia base, necessitating a restructuring of the organization. NEST's [[Charlotte Mearing|new director]] removed Bumblebee from his position as Sam's guardian, and placed him on full-time NEST activity. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} Some time later, the Autobots faced the return of Sentinel Prime and Bumblebee and Sam were reunited to thwart his space bridge plot. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon movie adaptation}}
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====''Transformers: Beginnings''====
[[File:MoviePrequel bumblebee seeks allspark.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|It's a great big universe, and we're all really puny We're just tiny little specs about the size of Mickey Rooney]]
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Ryan]]}}

[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] entrusted Bumblebee with the secret that the AllSpark would be sent into deep space to prevent Lord Megatron from possessing and corrupting it. Just after the launch, Megatron attacked Bumblebee in rage at losing the AllSpark and shattered the Autobot's voice capacitor beyond repair.

Bumblebee arrived on Earth and, sensing the AllSpark was near, took on local camouflage to search for the artifact. He immediately attracted the attention of Sector Seven agents and the Decepticons. {{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''====
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===Titan movie comics===
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Bumblebee was part of a mission to trick Megatron into looking in the wrong place for the AllSpark{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Reprint of Prequel #1}}, in which he was the only one who knew the truth (not even team leader [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] knew!) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Recap in #2}} He lost his voice when Megatron crushed his vocal processor upon witnessing the launch of the AllSpark. The Decepticon leader immediately discarded his body and took off after the cube {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prelude: Megatron}} and it was a long while before he was recovered. {{storylink|Transformers_Comic_issue_3#Items of note|Prelude: Ratchet}}

Rendered voiceless, he continued to fight on Cybertron and would encounter [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] when the two were about to be thrown into a Decepticon smelting pool. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} In 2003, he travelled to Earth while tracing the AllSpark and would spend years evading Decepticons and Sector 7 alike. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Reprint of Prequel #3}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Reprint of Prequel #4}}

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Bumblebee and his fellow Autobots would ultimately follow the AllSpark to the planet Earth, where Bumblebee befriended the human Sam Witwicky. Some time after the battle of Mission City, Bumblebee was driven by the Witwickys to [[Princeton University|Sam's college]], where he quietly endured their bickering while scanning everything around him for potential threats. When he picked up radio transmissions from two new Autobots, he drove off into battle, and saved [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] from being slaughtered by [[Ransack (ROTF)|the Decepticon Ransack]]. But with the villain threatening a long game, Bumblebee knew that trouble was on the horizon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} 'Bee brought Skids and Mudflap to meet with the other Autobots at [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in California, but no sooner had he turned his back than the pair snuck off to find Optimus Prime on their own, insisting they had a message for his ears only. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

[[File:Titan2-6 aimedatyourheart.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.8|There's only room for ''one'' kid-appeal character...]]

Some time later, Bumblebee was hanging out in Sam's garage when he received an emergency call from NEST: the twins, having apparently fallen in with the Decepticons, had abducted Sam! 'Bee tore out of the garage, tracked down the twins, and demanded they stop immediately. When they didn't, he launched suppressive fire and began ramming Skids, which soon convinced them to release Sam. As Bumblebee held the twins at gunpoint, ready to eliminate if necessary, Mudflap's tried to explain that they hadd been framed and there was a bigger threat coming... but before 'Bee could hear any more, he was gunned down in a surprise attack from Soundwave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} The "bigger threat" the twins had warned of soon arrived, in the form of The Fallen, but the Autobots were able to defeat the ancient Decepticon. Afterwards, back in the field in [[Beverly Hills]], Bumblebee was part of a unit assigned to captured [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]]; Jolt messed the mission up, but Bumblebee saved the day by ''ramming'' the bike head-on. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}}

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Later, with Lennox and his crew searching for [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], Bumblebee was left with only [[Robert Epps]] to investigate an attack on Malmstrom Air Force Base and the disappearance of Optimus Prime. Epps worked out that Optimus had been victim of an electromagnetic bomb, and Bumblebee tracked his leader to where he was being held (Poor Epps had to ride in Bumblebee jumping a ravine, and almost spewed up his breakfast). After locating Prime, they found he was a captive of the [[Free Men]] militia. At Epps command, Bumblebee hit the Free Men compound with his full firepower, swiftly defeating the militia. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10| Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}}

[[File:Titan18 Bumblethumbsup.jpg|thumb|upright=1|It's true!]]

Bumblebee selected [[Death Valley]] as the site for a survival exercise for raw recruits Jolt, Dune Runner, and [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]].{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}} Later, he was summoned as back-up by NEST [[South Africa]] due to a Decepticon jailbreak led by [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]], but Optimus ordered him to let the Decepticons leave to prevent civilian casualties. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} This failure left the Autobots' reputations in the toilet, and with concerns that public fights risked alienating humans, Bumblebee was tasked to head a covert unit with [[Slap Dash]] and [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]]. They were charged with operating under NEST's radar, monitoring Decepticons and waiting for windows of opportunity out of the public eye, before hitting hard and fast. In practice, this meant allowing Decepticons like [[Crankstart]], [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], and [[Trenchmouth]] to run amok in cities, with Bumblebee restraining his desire to stop them and keeping his men from taking action. After an uncomfortable period of hoping nobody would be killed, the Decepticons went to an isolated stretch of road: now free to act, Bumblebee led his men in a vicious ambush and personally drove ''through'' Crankshaft. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}}

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Intrigued by the human ritual of "[[Christmas]]", Bumblebee convinced Sam to let him secretly observe the Witwicky family during the festive proceedings. Unfortunately, the cannibalistic Decepticon [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]] tracked the Autobot to the Witwickys' house and attacked on Christmas Eve, tearing bits of Bumblebee's mechanisms out to integrate into his own body. Luckily, 'Bee managed to shock the zombie-con into submission before their fight awoke Sam's parents, and he was even able to get into the gift-giving on Christmas morning, buying Judy Witwicky car wax. Sam's present was particularly timely: a new traction bearing to replace the one Dead End had torn out! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.19|The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas}}

Information obtained from the Decepticon unit Bumblebee's covert squad had brought in allowed the Autobots to trace the location of Bludgeon's Decepticons' base to [[Arkhangelskaya Oblast]] in [[Russia]]. Regrettably, while strategizing together, Bumblebee and Ironhide made the mistake of dismissing Wheelie when he offered to help; insulted and angry, the little scrap drone sold the Autobots out to Bludgeon's Decepticons, who were able to ambush 'Bee and the Autobots when they moved to attacked their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} Fortunately for the Autobots, Megatron himself soon arrived and slew Bludgeon for his transgressions, meaning Bumblebee and the others did not have to battle the rogue Decepticon at all. In the wake of the two Decepticons' brawl, Bumblebee discovered the shattered remains of Wheelie, torn to bits by Dead End. Unaware of his treachery, 'Bee gathered up his parts to take back to Ratchet for repair... unaware that Dead End was now on his trail once again! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

When the Autobots were summoned to [[Fiesole Cathedral]] in [[Fiesole]], [[Italy]] to examine a mysterious object discovered there by an archaeology professor, Bumblebee accidentally smashed the cathedrals shrine to Saint Donatus. Determined to prevent the Autobots from getting ahold of the object—actually a piece of Sentinel Prime's ''Ark''—Starscream attacked the cathedral, blasting Bumblebee through a wall with a volley of missiles. Recovering, 'Bee joined Optimus Prime in pursuing Starscream to the cathedral's belltower, but the Decepticon then brought the tower down on top of them and escaped with the ''Ark'' component. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

At some point, Bumblebee uncovered some intel, pointing towards Soundwave working in conjunction with the [[Tanto Gang]], and passed on the information to Lennox. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold And Blood}}

[[File:AcceptNoSubstitutes bumblebee vs stinger.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Can ''you'' tell which is the real Bumblebee out of the guy who can talk and the one who can't?]]

Bumblebee was later teamed with Robert Epps to hunt down Soundwave in the Spanish [[Sierra Nevada]] mountain range, but NEST's intelligence regarding the Decepticons' operational status was flawed: Soundwave's weapons systems were in perfect working order, and Bumblebee was badly damaged by his attacks. Luckily, Optimus Prime arrived to save them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

After the return of Sentinel Prime and the battle of Chicago, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] tracked three Decepticon survivors of the conflict to [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]. When the Decepticons retreated and Crosshairs tracked them to [[Pulau Bidadari]], Bumblebee monitored the ranger and relayed the events to Optimus. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} Not long after, Bumblebee was shocked to see a news report claiming that he had attacked a human power plant. Though 'Bee was eager to hunt down his mysterious doppelgänger, Optimus Prime encouraged him to wait until he had the Autobot leader to back him up. The choice was soon taken out of Bumblebee's hands, however: responding to a fire at a remote human homestead, he was attacked by his mysterious duplicate, who introduced himself as "[[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]", and promptly welded 'Bee's battle mask shut so they would be totally indistinguishable from one another. Optimus Prime soon arrived and had to train his guns on the two identical Bumblebees... but the standoff was brief, as the real 'Bee revealed himself when he dived to save a human who had fallen from the burning building. Prime quickly sent Stinger packing, and he and Bumblebee rolled out together, wondering where Stinger had come from... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}
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====Alternate timeline====

[[File:Titan MikaelaBumblebee.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Why is he apologizing, you ask? Look where his left hand is.]]

In a parallel universe, the battle of Mission City turned out very differently—Megatron killed Sam, captured Optimus, and obtained the AllSpark. 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. Bumblebee—his voice still functional—and Mikaela Banes went underground, working with [[Tom Banachek]] to fight a guerilla war against the Decepticons.

Considering Optimus their last, best hope for victory, Bumblebee and Mikaela went on a mission to rescue him from the old Sector Seven base in Hoover Dam, which the Decepticons were now using as their headquarters. Mikaela quickly shot down Bumblebee's concerns about her safety, though she ''did'' almost get squished when 'Bee took out the bunker guard Swindle. Entering, the pair quickly located Optimus, but in a most unexpected condition: frozen solid in the old cryo-system previously used to contain Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} Stalked by Megatron, Bumblebee kept the Decepticon leader busy while Mikaela attempt to deactivate the freezing system, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} but was baited into revealing himself when the tyrant threatened to kill Mikaela. Bumblebee made a desperate attack, only to be beaten aside with ease, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} but he remained defiant to the end and refused to beg for mercy. Luckily, Autobot reinforcements arrived; although even they were no match for Megatron, their added distraction provided Mikaela time to thaw out Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} While Prime and Megatron battled, Mikaela arrived with Phase Two of their plan: a Sector Seven nanovirus that targeted AllSpark energy. Loading the virus into himself, Bumblebee charged Megatron, forcibly transmitting the nano-virus into him via a light-beam from his headlights. The virus killed Megatron once and for all, but Bumblebee did not celebrate too loudly, as he knew too well that this just left a [[Starscream (Movie)|power vacuum]]... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

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Bumblebee and the Autobots [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]], to survey the damage done by the Decepticons' AllSpark cyberforming project. He took Mikaela to a nearby refugee camp, but as Optimus Prime had feared, the humans the were fearful of him, viewing all Cybertronians as an unwanted presence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Part 1}} In apparent further validation of this fear, the Autobots soon came under attack from a [[NATO]] unit while attempting to defend the camp from a Decepticon attack, but intel from Banachek suggested something was not right. Spotting the human in charge of the unit, Bumblebee and Mikaela ran a gauntlet of human and Decepticon firepower, blinding the former with his headlights and roasting the latter with his fiery exhaust, in order to get to the man. Having got in close enough, Bumblebee was able to detect a mind-controlling Decepticon [[cerebro-strip]] on the man, and Mikaela freed him from its effects, ending the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}} Following this battle, the Decepticons continued their attacks on human infrastructure; Bumblebee was part of a unit defending an oil pipeline in [[Crooked Creek]], [[Alaska]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:ReturntoCybertronpt2 ironhide restrained.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Leave it, mate, 'e's not worf it!]]

Bumblebee was part of a unit under Ironhide's command that was sent back to Cybertron in order to retrieve [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] in hopes it could be used to repair the damage inflicted upon the Earth by the AllSpark. Touching down on their homeworld, Bumblebee was sent on recon and discovered a strange satellite dish, but when the team investigated it, they were jumped by a team of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]. The revelation that Stockade's "New Decepticons" were in control of the planet's Nucleon supply, followed by the appearance of a strange energy anomaly in Cybertron's orbit, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} convinced Bumblebee to try talking, rather than fighting; after convincing Ironhide to stop throwing his face at Stockade's fists, he learned from Stockade that the anomaly was a living entity the Decepticons had deliberately summoned, believing it would rejuvenate Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

Not trusting this entity and wanting to stop all the Nucleon being used up, Bumblebee had the Autobots create a distraction while he turned the Nucleon transfer off, and sent a distress call to Optimus Prime on Earth. His efforts to prevent the arrival of the entity failed, and it revealed itself to be [[Unicron|Unicron, the Anti-Life]], as it began to possess Cybertron itself. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}} In the resulting chaos, Bumblebee had to rescue Ironhide when the satellite dish collapsed on him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} Optimus soon arrived in response to Bumblebee's summons, brokered an alliance with Stockade, and came up with a plan: Cut off the Nucleon that Unicron's body was using for power. Bumblebee and Armorhide were dispatched to drain the Nucleon seam, but were not able to siphon all of the fuel off fast enough, so Ratchet came up with a quicker alternative: blowing it up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

[[File:Titan MikaelaBumblebeereunion.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|OTP!]]

Upon returning to Earth, the Autobots found the Decepticons had pinched their base and all 600 square miles around it. They retreated, leaving Mikaela in Decepticon hands; Bumblebee was distraught over this. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} He would be part of the raid to get her back, perfectly aware it was an obvious trap, but not caring due to how much they owed Mikaela. The raid was successful and the two were reunited, awwww! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

The pair's time together was short, as soon, the Decepticon-blackmailed American government ordering the Autobots off the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part 1}} Knowing that the Decepticons were behind, Optimus Prime had Bumblebee and Ironhide prepare a decoy ship; {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}} the following day, after Bumblebee said his farewells to Mikaela (and beat up the Decepticon [[Dropkick]] as an "up yours" gesture), the Decepticons had the ship blown up shortly after take off. [[File:Revolutionpt3 the end.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.8]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Part 1}} Believed dead, Bumblebee and the Autobots hid themselves on Cybertron, where they readied their final weapon against the Decepticons: a teleportation system that would trap the Decepticons on the dead planet, then teleport ''it'' off to the far reaches of the universe. When all was in readiness, the Autobots returned to Earth; Mikaela was ''not'' happy to find out they had not told her of their plan, but Bumblebee denied that it was because they didn't trust her—they had simply had to minimize any possible exposure. In the final battle that followed, Bumblebee tagged Megatron with the teleport tech, and the Decepticon leaders and his followers were soon exiled forever.

In the aftermath, after it became clear the Autobots had just exiled ''themselves'' to Earth forever—"Hey, there are worse fates," said Bumblebee—Mikaela forgave Bumblebee. Both had a lot of clean-up work to do, but also a brave new world to explore together...! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Part 3}}
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===Toy bios===

Bumblebee learned hand-to-hand combat at the most prestigious combat training center on Cybertron, where he received his converting energon blade as a reward for his skills. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartRace|''Dark of the Moon'' Walmart-exclusive Bumblebee}} It was on the battlefields of Cybertron that Bumblebee first met the Decepticon Starscream, who he would meet again and again in combat. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Bumblebee/Starscream}} He also repeatedly crossed paths with fellow elite spy Decepticon [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]]; initially a professional rivalry, the relationship between the two 'bots slowly evolved into a personal vendetta that saw the pair battle across the galaxy. It was a crack shot by Hardtop that damaged Bumblebee's vocal processors, causing the Autobot pain when he tries to speak. {{storylink|Hardtop (Movie)#Transformers (2007)|Hardtop}}

Bumblebee was sent to Earth ahead of the other Autobot by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007_76deluxe|Deluxe Bumblebee ('76 Camaro)}} Prior to his arrival on the planet, Bumblebee cared little for the appearance of his alternate mode, simply scanning the first vehicle he saw, {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#evoofhero|Evolution of a Hero}} but that changed upon befriending Sam Witicky. At the boy's urging, Bumblebee scanned a new Concept Camaro form, and came to appreciate how stylish he looked. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007ConceptCamaro|Deluxe Bumblebee (Concept Camaro)}} His shiny new form was soon badly damaged, however, during the battle of Mission City—with his legs blown off, Bumblebee had to be towed to safety by the newborn [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TowedToSafety|Towed to Safety}}

When the AllSpark was destroyed, Bumblebee was briefly empowered by its radiation, and put the new power to use hunting down the straggling Decepticons. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#AllSparkPower|AllSpark Power Bumblebee}} One such Decepticon was [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], who he hunted across the [[Middle East]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Allspark2pack|Bumblebee vs. Scorponok}} Then, with the initial threat over, Bumblebee decided to kick back and relax. Transcanning a rally car, he began hanging around at race tracks, pitting himself against the human racers. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Rally Rocket Bumblebee}} Following this, he volunteered to be Sam's guardian. It was a pretty swank deal: he got to hang with Sam and Mikaela all the time, got lots of [[oil]], and could join Ironhide in killing Decepticons whenever he wanted. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ROTFdeluxe|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Bumblebee}} Peacetime afforded him the luxury of becoming meticulous about his alternate mode; he even had Ratchet learn a little about the cosmetic side of repair work. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Premium|Premium Series Bumblebee}}

In time, Bumblebee came to realize that with pictures of him all over the internet, ''everyone'' recognised him... including newly arriving Decepticons, which put Sam and others in danger! With Mikaela's help, Bumblebee recoloured himself to help restore his disguise and make it easier to sneak up on the enemy. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007Stealth|Stealth Bumblebee}} With the Decepticon forces constantly growing, he also decided to upgrade his arsenal and modified his vehicle mode so he could use weaponry in it, deciding he'd been caught off guard too many times before. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cannon|Cannon Bumblebee}} When the battle shifted to the deserts, he threw himself into the fray, upgrading himself for desert combat and wielding the mighty ''sand blast''! {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#SandAttack|Sand Attack Bumblebee}}

Following the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee returned to active NEST duty, hunting down the Decepticons hiding across Earth; Sam even began joining him in the field. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ROTFHumanAlliance|Human Alliance Bumblebee}} Discovering that [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]] had secreted himself inside NEST itself, Bumblebee teamed with [[Armorhide (Movie)#ROTFdlx|Armorhide]] to ferret him out. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Alliance|Alliance Bumblebee}} He had particular dislike for [[Shadow Striker (ROTF)|Shadow Striker]], who really got under his metal skin. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#LegendsVsShadowStriker|Bumblebee vs Shadow Striker}} He later took on Soundwave, {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#VsSoundwave|Battlefield Bumblebee vs Infiltration Soundwave}} and brought his battle blade to bear in combat with Ravage and [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BattleBlade|Battle Blade Bumblebee}} His experience fighting fliers also meant that he was fully equipped to deal with [[Thrust (Movie)|Thrust]] {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CrashLandingAttack|Crash Landing Attack}} and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BombingRunBattle|Bombing Run Battle}}

Bumblebee was the first Autobot try out the new [[MechTech]] weapons developed by NEST, {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#DOTM|''Dark of the Moon'' Leader Bumblebee}} and also began toting a Mobile Battle Bunker around. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Bumblebee Mobile Battle Bunker}} Like several other Transformers, he took to inscribing [[Cyberglyphics]] on his armor before significant battles, out of a superstitious racial belief that they granted good luck. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cyberglyph|"Cyberglyph" Bumblebee}} When Soundwave reappeared on Earth, Bumblebee put a plan together to take care of him once and for all. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#|BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee/Soundwave}} Together with Sam and [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]], he formed the Autobot Daredevil Squad {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Daredevil|Autobot Daredevil Squad}} and battled Shockwave alongside Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Streetside Bot Brawl}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
In a celebration of the Transformers brand, Bumblebee showed up as the representative for the “Movie” era of the franchise. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===Cyber Missions===
{{voiceactor|[[Tom Anderson]], [[David Kledzik]], [[Tony Gialluca II]], [[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English)|[[José Antonio Macías]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

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Some time after the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee and Ironhide were reviewing some [[datatrax]] that Optimus Prime had made for preservation in [[Vector Sigma]] when they detected an explosion outside their base. Bumblebee remained to lock down the most important data tracks while Ironhide went to investigate [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|the cause]] of the explosion. However, that turned out to be just what the Decepticons wanted, as moments later, Soundwave burst into the base, overwhelming Bumblebee with a sonic attack. Bumblebee attempted to counter with a shot from his shoulder cannon, but Soundwave absorbed the sonic boom and sent the acoustic energy back at him, bragging about his mastery of sound. Bumblebee decided to put his sonic skills to the absolute test, and unleashed a barrage of automatic weaponsfire at the Decepticon. At ten thousand rounds per minute, Soundwave was faced with too many sonic booms to absorb, and was soon flat on his back. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} [[File:CyberMissions8 bumblebee in the arctic.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]] Bumblebee enclosed the defeated Soundwave in an electromagnetically sealed bubble, cut off from all sound. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}}

Ironhide, meanwhile, had gone missing in the jungle; Bumblebee reported the problem to Optimus, who had 'Bee perform a scan of the area. Bumblebee discovered several rich deposits of [[energon]] ore, which Prime pinpoint Ironhide's location. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}} Reunited, Bumblebee and Ironhide went on a training exercise in the Arctic, where the bigger 'bot put 'Bee through his paces. As Bumblebee was frequently singled out as a target by the Decepticons because of his small size, Ironhide taught him the importance of staying on guard and being mindful of his surroundings. As the pair sparred, Bumblebee learned another benefit of being aware of everything around him when Ironhide stopped their fight after they nearly crushed a strange little plant growing through the ice... a plant, Ironhide implied, that could well be sentient. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 8}}

[[File:CyberMissions9 Bumblebee.JPG|upright=1.5|thumb|BUUU!]]

When Decepticons [[Smolder]] and [[Chopster]] set fire to a building [[Scramble City (city)|Scramble City]], Bumblebee and Ratchet were dispatched to the scene by Optimus Prime. A menacing look from Bumblebee sent the diminutive Chopster running off in terror; 'Bee called after him to tell Smolder they would "like a word", hoping they could perhaps talk the situation out rather than fight, but Smolder wasn't interested. Bumblebee grappled with the pyromaniac Decepticon while Ratchet powered up his EMP blaster, which he then used to knock Smolder offline. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 9}}

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Optimus reported finding Megatron and Starscream in the Arctic regions of Earth, and Bumblebee was summoned to aid his leader in battle alongside Ironhide, Ratchet and Sideswipe. Leaving Megatron to handle Prime, Starscream attacked all the Autobots at once, but the combined fire of the four heroes was enough to ground the Decepticon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

Optimus later laid a trap to lure the Decepticons to a final confrontation with a hologram of Soundwave, and Megatron indeed walked right into it. Bumblebee, Ironhide, and Ratchet arrived to join the battle, and in the ensuing fight, Bumblebee took on Mindwipe. The Decepticon tried to hypnotize Bumblebee into not fighting, but Bumblebee blocked out his voice and kept up the attack. An army of humans soon arrived and surrounded the combatants, and the day went to the Autobots. Optimus instructed the Decepticons to leave Earth to be destroyed, and after they had fled, Bumblebee stamped a huge Autobot symbol in the dirt, a marker visible from far away that let all Decepticons who saw it know that the Autobots protected the planet. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Transformers Annual 2011===
Bumblebee charged to Sam's defense when Starscream tried to abduct the boy, but proved no match for the Decepticon, and was flung around the yard. As Starscream started making off with Sam, Bumblebee made another attempt to stop him, and was brushed aside. Luckily Optimus arrived to help, and Starscream soon fled, but the Witwicky's yard was in ruins. {{storylink|Sam in Danger}}

===''Unite for the Universe''===
[[File:UnitefortheUniverse bumblebee vs ravage.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.6]]
During NEST's ongoing worldwide hunt for the Decepticons after the defeat of The Fallen, Bumblebee paid a visit to NEST's regional headquarters in [[Bloemfontein]], [[South Africa]]. As he entered the facility, Decepticon spy Ravage was able to quickly sneak through the closing door behind him, but Bumblebee spotted him in his rear-view mirror and quickly went on the attack. When Ravage pounced on him, Bumblebee triggered his headlights, blinding the feline Decepticon and sending him fleeing, leaving Bumblebee confused as to the point of the infiltration... unaware that an airborne nano-virus Ravage had carried with him had already picked NEST's computers clean of information regarding [[Project: Unite]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}}
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===''I Can Read!'' books===
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Bumblebee met up with Optimus, Ironhide and Sideswipe in a desert to train. He raced Sideswipe, only for their training to be interrupted by a large boulder tumbling towards a nearby town. The two Autobots destroyed the boulder before resuming their race. They met back up with Optimus and Ironhide afterwards, and Optimus revealed the they had encountered a "natural disaster" as well. The source of the disturbances soon revealed itself to be Megatron and Starscream tunneling underground. Though the two Decepticons attempted to ambush the Autobots, Bumblebee 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}}

Bumblebee and Sideswipe had a nasty run-in with the Decepticons, leaving Bumblebee pinned under a massive metal bar. Thankfully, Ratchet came to their rescue, and repaired them both. Bumblebee later helped the Autobots defeat the Decepticons in Egypt. {{storylink|Ratchet to the Rescue}}

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Bumblebee was out for a drive with Wheelie, Sam and Mikaela one day when Starscream swooped down and began to attack them! Bumblebee suggested to Wheelie that they gun for Starscream's wings to defeat the Decepticon. Wheelie disagreed, saying that they had to outsmart Starscream to defeat him. The two Autobots began to argue, becoming oblivious to Starscream attacking their human companions. Thankfully, Optimus Prime showed up to knock out Starscream. Optimus then chastised Bumblebee and Wheelie for allowing their feelings get in the way of protecting Sam and Mikaela. Bumblebee realized he was in the wrong, but was still too worked up to make his apologies to Wheelie. Instead, he stormed off. But he didn't get far before Starscream regained consciousness and resumed his attack. Optimus ordered Bumblebee to work with Wheelie to stop Starscream. The pair managed to do so by outwitting Starscream and destroying his wings, making the Decepticon crash into a nearby tunnel and crippling his flying abilities. With Starscream down, Bumblebee and the rest of the group celebrated another victory over the Decepticons. {{storylink|Buddy Brawl}}
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===''Hunt for the Decepticons'' storybooks===
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Sam witnessed the Decepticons [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]] tear up a human city, while Soundwave declared that the Autobots had abandoned the humans. Refusing to believe the Decepticon's lies, Sam and Bumblebee set out to find Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots. It turned out that the Autobots had been tricked by Soundwave to go to the wrong location when they rolled out to engage the Decepticons. Sam and Bumblebee led Optimus and his troops to the scene of the conflict, where Optimus quickly dispatched the Decepticons. Afterwards, Optimus thanked for Sam's part in the day's events, while Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots cheered. {{storylink|Satellite Meltdown}}

===''Spot the 'Bots''===
Bumblebee helped Optimus chase down Megatron to an old warehouse. There, Bumblebee duked it out with Starscream. The battle between the Autobots and Decepticons that ensued would decide the fate of the Earth! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}
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===''How to Ride your Dinobot''===
====Cartoon====
[[File:Htryd-chapter-1-bumblebee-yikes.jpg|left|upright=1.6|thumb|I'VE CHANGED INTO WILE E. COYOTE.]]
Bumblebee had never ridden a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] before, and decided to start by trying to mount [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]]. Guided by a kind but astonishingly unhelpful narrator, Bumblebee's attempts to mount Strafe left something to be desired. After many failed efforts, Bumblebee simply destroyed the instruction manual to riding Dinobots before storming off in annoyance, much to the narrator's surprise.
{{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 1: Getting on a Dinobot|Getting on a Dinobot}}
[[File:HowtoRide bumblebee and strafe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4]]
====Comic====

When Optimus Prime asked the Autobots to accompany him into the depths of a Chinese forest, Bumblebee was sure that their objective was important... but he never expected that the Autobot leader was taking them to learn the fine art of Dinobot riding! When Hound's tough-talking approach failed to win the Dinobots' hearts, 'Bee tried a kinder, gentler method, offering the Dinos a little snack. This worked a bit ''too'' well, and he would have been crushed when the Dinobots mobbed him to get the goodies had Strafe not lifted him into the air. Bumblebee pushed his luck when he climbed onto the flying Dinobot's back, however, and Strafe promptly threw him back to the ground. Subsequently, when Grimlock caught the scent of Decepticons nearby, Strafe and the other Dinobots relented and allowed Bumblebee and the Autobots to saddle up so they could all ride out to face the villains together. {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}
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===Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base===

[[File:YokohamaBase bumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Bumblebee was hanging out at the [[Transformers Expo]] in [[Yokohama]] when [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]] came crashing into the building. The evil Prime initially mistook Bumblebee for a cosplayer, only to realize that the little yellow Autobot was the real deal when he attacked him alongside the two versions of Optimus Prime also visiting the show. Nemesis soon got himself some backup in the form of a ''second'' [[Nemesis Prime (AOE)|Nemesis Prime]] and [[Nemesis Grimlock]], but before they could all do much more than glare at each other, the combined energies of the AllSpark, the Matrix of Leadership and the [[seed]]—all on display at the Expo, because why not—suddenly 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 channeled 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.

All together, pretty odd. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}
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===''Cheetos/Age of Extinction'' comic===
[[File:CheetosAOE bumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Discovering that the Decepticons were increasing their strength through artifacts from the [[Cheetos (galaxy)|Cheetos galaxy]], Bumblebee 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''===
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōhei Kimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:QTransformers the cast.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2]]
In this world, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, 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]]. Bumblebee occasionally changed his look to one more reminiscent of [[Bumblebee (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]], but his "default" form was that of a toy based on his ''Age of Extinction'' look. They hung 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]]''.

[[File:QTransformers1 Lockdown's bishonen fantasy.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|Bumblebee suddenly realized, much to his horror, that he was trapped in an anime high school AU.]]

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. Bumblebee suggested that another way to tap that market would be to create "Zodiac Transformers", based on all the different animals of the Chinese zodiac, but Lockdown had a different idea: a humanized Transformers "Boys Love" romance, where he and Optimus competed for Bumblebee's affection. Bumblebee was not impressed. {{storylink|Mystery of the 30th Anniversary Merchandise}} The trio went on to talk about the original ''Mystery of Convoy'', and Bumblebee got a telling-off from Optimus when he pointed out that it was a famously terribly game. Discussing traits that they thought made games bad, Bumblebee suggested that an RPG already completed when you started would be pretty awful. {{storylink|Mystery of Reliably Crappy Games}} When Lockdown suggested that re-releasing such a terrible game was like rubbing salt in a wound, Bumblebee didn't understand the expression. Optimus explained, and they all tried to come up with situations the phrase was applicable to; taking it a bit too far, Bumblebee suggested getting pooped on by bird, then looking up to discover that a meteor was about to crash into the Earth. {{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:QTF bumblebee explorer.jpg|left|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": Bumblebee suggested a handsome young man cooking a nice meal... for his mother. {{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—Bumblebee thought a nice pillow would be just the thing. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Explorer}} [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] also talked about some famously awful old games, segueing into a discussion about psychokinetic powers; Bumblebee was concerned about the potential of such powers to interfere with television. {{storylink|Mystery of a Certain Psychic}}

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, with Bumblebee mentioning motion-control. {{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 gtoptimus copenbee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2]]

Bumblebee had changed his look when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] dropped in, to one resembling his Generation 1 self but with a Daihatsu Copen alternate mode. They talked about the constantly changing looks of Transformers through history, and how Bumblebee used to be called "Bumble" in Japan. {{storylink|Mystery of Convoy}} Still sporting his Daihatsu Copen form, Bumblebee dropped in on a conversation between [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], the star of ''Mystery of Convoy''. He told them how Optimus and Lockdown would argue over the crappy's games merits—but to be reminded of the games shortcomings only sent Magnus into floods of shameful tears. {{storylink|Mystery of Mystery of Convoy}}

When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] turned up to join the argument over just how bad ''Mystery of Convoy'' was, Optimus quickly switched bodies, taking on the form of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Generation 1 self]]; seeing this, Bumblebee also switched from his ''Age of Extinction'' form to his Daihatsu Copen body. They argued back and forth for a bit, discussing other ways the game could have been remade using staples of Japanese media, and Bumblebee proposed a "sports day"-style version. {{storylink|Mystery of Return of Convoy}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
In the "[[Legends Universe]]", Bumblebee was just a fictional character featured in a series of popular movies and toylines. When [[Rhinox (BW)|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 ''Q-Transformers'' incarnation of Bumblebee. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}}

Bumblebee had a big presence at the ''Q-Transformers'' event held at the Decks Tokyo Beach shopping center which Rattrap, [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] attended, including a standee, a statue, an exclusive sticker, and even a themed "Bumblebee Mango" drink. At the neighboring Joypolis amusement park, his voice actor Ryōhei Kimura attended a Q&A! {{storylink|Deckss × Q-Transformers Collaboration Event Report|Deckss × Q-Transformers}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Tyran 511.0 Kappa]], Bumblebee survived [[Cemetery Wind]]'s massacre and joined Optimus Prime along with fellow Autobot survivors [[Bulkhead (DOTM)|Bulkhead]] and [[Backtrack (Movie)|Backtrack]] as well as the desperate Decepticons [[Axor|Axel]] and [[Wild Rider]]. Initially skeptical of the Decepticons, the Autobots learned to appreciate Wild Rider, but Axel tried and failed to betray them to Lockdown. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/16}}

===Bee's Backtalk===
[[File:Ask Vector Prime Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left]]

With [[Vector Prime]] still missing in action, Bumblebee became the fourth guest contributor to Vector Prime's [[Ask Vector Prime|column]]. He renamed the column to "Bee's Backtalk", answering questions from readers through patched-together audioclips.

Bumblebee gave us some more details about the state of the Autobots and their allies following the Chicago crisis. When asked about the fate of Sam following the rise of Cemetery Wind, Bumblebee became upset, and declined to comment. He noted that the Autobots were still searching for any more survivors of Cemetery Wind. A comment about the workmanship of KSI's Stinger units was enough to make him hopping mad, although he immediately apologized for his behavior. When someone asked Bumblebee why things in the [[Tyran|Tyran Cluster]] are prone to exploding, he suddenly found himself in the middle of a battleground as everything around him exploded. The Axiom Nexus News team lost contact with him (disappointing the editor, who was pleased that Bumblebee was able to stabilize ratings). As Andromeda was the one who found Bumblebee, she was tasked with finding his replacement: someone who, in contrast to Bumblebee's cryptic radio answers, could speak their mind in a straightforward manner.

[[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|And look how ''that'' turned out]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Bee's Backtalk|Bee's Backtalk}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Both Optimus and Bumblebee could be seen driving around the [[Speed Stars]] logo in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Commercial#Speed Stars|Speed Stars commercials}}
*Bumblebee was resting in vehicle in Al's Chevrolet car dealership, getting caught on tape while the dealership's owner filmed a commercial. The place's squirrel mascot playfully bashed Bumblebee's hood with a foam hammer, provoking Bumblebee into transforming and tossing him away. Bumblebee then sped away in a huff. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Chevy|Dark of the Moon Super Bowl XLV Chevrolet Camaro TV Spot}}
*Bumblebee joined Optimus Prime on the road as part of the "[[Win A Ride To School With The Autobots]]" contest. {{storylink|Commercial/Dark of the Moon#Win A Ride|Win A Ride To School With The Autobots contest and commercial}}
*Bumblebee dazzled a group of Valero patrons by showing up at the gas station in his vehicle mode and... popping his fuel filler flap. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Valero|Age of Extinction Valero tie-in commercial}}
*While driving about town, Bumblebee crossed paths with a little boy in possession of a Mega 1-Step Bumblebee toy. Impressed by his miniature likeness, he paused to admire it, then gave the boy a fist bump. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Flip and Change|1-Step Optimus Prime & Flip and Change Grimlock toy commercial}}

==Games==
{{main|Bumblebee (Movie)/games}}

==Toys==
{{main|Bumblebee (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bumblebee (Movie)/merchandise}}

==''Second Life''==
In the online virtual world simulation/game ''Second Life'', there was a full replica of the Sector Seven base which contained a giant discussion room where Michael Bay held a question board. This room contained a giant frozen Megatron replica and free avatars of both Bumblebee and Barricade. Both freebies were non-transforming. Also, the Bumblebee avatar had his battle mask down and it could not be raised.

==Notes==
===Classic Camaro===
*According to an article on [http://web.archive.org/web/20071013122820/http://edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121138?imw=Y Edmunds.com], the film makers wanted Bumblebee's original Earth form to be the 1976 iteration of the Camaro because it was the worst Camaro possible that also had chrome bumpers.
*The same article indicates that the 1976 Camaros used in the film were all purchased via online auction for under $6000 each, one for less than $2000. That one didn't run.
*One of the 1976 Camaros was sold on eBay. The bidding ended on July 18, 2007; the final price was $40,100.01.

===Modern Camaro===
*The 2008 Concept Camaro used for Bumblebee in the first movie was built by Saleen in 30 days, using a heavily modified 2006 Holden Monaro chassis as the basis. The '08 Camaro was not in production at the time that the first film was being made, hence an identical mock-up was needed to fill the role.<ref>[http://www.saleen.com/transformers.htm Saleen article about the construction of the Barricade and Bumblebee vehicles]</ref>
*In ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', Bumblebee scans a working, driveable new generation Camaro — conveniently with the same paint job as his classic Camaro disguise at that time — that wouldn't be released until some time in the year 2009. However, it is possible that the Camaro in question was being road-tested by GM engineers, like they were doing in the real world.
*Although unexplained in the films, Bumblebee's vehicle mode changes appearance subtly between ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. This is probably because of product placement: Bumblebee's old [[alternate mode]] was an unavailable concept Camaro, while in ''Revenge'' he uses what seems to be the new Z/28 Camaro... whose mass production has since been canceled. Oops. However, it is perfectly reasonable to assume that it is the Camaro ZL1 that uses the same design.
*He changes models again between ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'' and becomes a production Camaro SS (rather than the previous two movies GTO-Based mock-ups); the movie prop car changes include the addition of a rear spoiler, the black racing stripes now being further apart while at the same time losing the outer pinstripes, the racing stripes now also covering the roof and Autobot badges in the front fenders.

===Robot mode and CG model(s)===
[[File:MovieBumblebeeStinger.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He uses it once, then dies.]]

*The Bumblebee computer-generated model consisted of 7608 individual parts, 1,511,727 polygons, 19,722 rig nodes, and 8094 texture maps. The volume of all the pieces came to 1069.01 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>
*Bumblebee's character animation is based on the performance of [[wikipedia:Michael J. Fox|Michael J. Fox]] in the ''[[wikipedia:Back to the Future|Back to the Future]]'' movies.<ref>From ''Cinefex'' magazine, issue number 111, published October 2007.</ref>
[[File:ROTFBumblebeeAltColorsConcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|But will we ever '''get''' an orange Bumblebee? No, we'll just keep getting slightly different yellow ones.]]
*Bumblebee is equipped with a pair of arm-mounted electrical "[[Stinger (weapon)|stingers]]."<ref>Bumblebee's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Battle Bio] at Hasbro.com</ref> While designed, the stingers were ultimately not featured in the movies, though they may have influenced [[Bumblebee (Animated)|other media]].
*Speaking of weapons, for someone whose main job is being subtle, Bumblebee is quite well armed, with a cannon powerful enough to rattle [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and a ring-shaped light missile launcher in each shoulder. He is also a capable close-combat fighter, as seen in his fights against [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]].
*Despite this, he has a [[Fireblast]] rating of ''three''.
*According to designer [[Paul Ozzimo]] on his website, at one point there were plans to make Bumblebee into a Z/28 convertible for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', and the possibility of changing his color to orange or black with yellow was also discussed. While none of these alterations happened, concept art for both appeared on the "25 Years of Transformers" feature on the ''Revenge'' DVD... though the black version is only seen from behind.
*Bumblebee stands approximately 16 feet tall, according to the [[Transformers The Game|official game]] strategy guide.
*In 2011, Bumblebee appeared in a Super Bowl XLV-related commercial, parodying car dealers by tossing a squirrel mascot knocking his hood to literally hammer the point of low prices. The TV spot also revealed ILM's modifications to his design for ''Dark of the Moon'', namely more pronounced shoulders and ribs ala his [[Bumblebee (WFC)|''Prime'' counterpart]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RttT4jC7_10&feature=player_embedded Chevrolet Super Bowl spot]</ref>
*Despite his Camaro alternate mode used for ''Dark of the Moon'' no longer sporting the outer pinstripes bordering his black racing stripes, the CG robot model still has them. Whoops.
*Similarly, in the first movie, after he gains the modern Camaro alt mode, Bumblebee's robot mode still features the scratches and dirt on his paint job of his original 1976 Camaro alt mode.
*In ''Age of Extinction'', Bumblebee's concept Camaro robot model sports a death-lock pincer similar to that of ''Revenge of the Fallen'''s Megatron.
*Bumblebee's arm cannon in ''The Last Knight'' undergoes a slight visual tweak. Using his original trilogy's cannon design, the main barrel has a narrow barrel as the main firearm.
*In a profile image posted by the Movie series' Facebook page, Bumblebee is depicted to retain his battle mask from his ''Age of Extinction'' body, while the final cut features his original battle mask seen in the first 3 films.

===License plates===
Bumblebee sported several different [[license plate]]s between the movies, the video games and the toys:

*'''489 PCE''', registered in [[California]], was the 1976 Camaro's license plate in the first movie, which was kept consistent between the car prop and the CG model for the robot mode. The license plate was later auctioned off in 2008.<ref name="plate1">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/movie-bumblebees-license-plate-for-sale/12255/ Movie Bumblebee (1976 Camaro edition) license plate for sale], Seibertron.com, January 2008.</ref>
*'''900 STRA''', without a state-specific registration, was the new license plate for the Concept Camaro car prop, which was kept for the production models used for all three subsequent movies. It was also used when the modern Camaro prop cars from the movies were on display at car shows and other events. Finally achieving consistency between both modes, Bumblebee also sported this plate in robot mode in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''. Furthermore, Hasbro started to use this license plate number with the Leader Class Bumblebee and Deluxe Class Nitro Bumblebee toys from the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'' toy line]] (both sporting ''sculpted'' license plate inscriptions in both modes), and the [[Activision Blizzard|Activision]] [[Dark of the Moon (video games)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]] also uses it for the vehicle mode. The license plate used in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' was auctioned off in October 2009.<ref name="2009auct">[http://www.icollector.com/Hero-Bumblebee-license-plate-from-Transformers-Revenge-of-the-Fallen_i8633011 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Bumblebee license plate auction], icollector.com</ref> In ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', he even uses this license plate in his 1967 Camaro disguise, and still keeps it when he upgrades to his new 2014 Camaro concept form.
*'''4NZZ454''', registered in California, is probably the most well-known license plate number due to being used on the CG model for the robot mode in the 2007 movie and ''Revenge of the Fallen''.<ref name="proctercg">[http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/PROJPAGE_Trans_06.html Official Hasbro promo shots of the finalized CG model for Bumblebee] on Ben Procter's portfolio</ref> This number number was also used for a lot of Hasbro's toys from the first two movies' toy lines (in robot mode and often also in vehicle mode), including the Deluxe Class Classic Camaro.
*'''4NZZZ454''', with a red line indicative of a California registration, was an erroneous version of the above number with an extra "Z", used on some of Hasbro's toys, namely the Deluxe Class Concept Camaro Bumblebee toy from the [[Movie (toyline)|first movie's toy line]] (including several [[redeco]]s and [[retool]]s) and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Human Alliance]] Bumblebee.
*'''5LKZ213''' can be spotted on some photos of the life-sized robot prop from the Hoover Dam set from the first movie.<ref name="procterprop">[http://www.benprocter.com/storage/oldersites/sitev2/html/ZOOM_Trans/ZOOM_24.html Life-sized Bumblebee prop] on Ben Procter's portfolio</ref><ref name="unicubb">[http://www.unicron.us/tf2007/toypix/ultimate_bumblebee.html Review of Ultimate Bumblebee] at Unicron.com, including a set photo of the life-sized Bumblebee prop used for the movies.</ref>
*'''BUMBLBE''', registered in California, was used for the life-sized robot prop on various exhibits in 2007.<ref name="premiere">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_karol/archives/date-taken/2007/06/27/ Transformers Movie premiere in Westwood Village, California], Flickr photostream of Candid Photos</ref><ref name="18foot">[http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/pictures-18-foot-bumblebee-transformer-invades-la "18 Foot Bumblebee Transformers invade LA"] at Techeblog</ref>
*'''FXPERTS''' (registered in California), a reference to the special effects company that built the life-sized robot prop,<ref name="fxperts">[http://www.fxpertsinc.com/trans.html Building the life-sized Bumblebee prop] at Fxperts</ref> was used on various exhibits in 2008.<ref name="dolby">[http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/ces-2008-giant-bumblebee-transformer-invades-the-dolby-booth "CES 2008: Giant BumbleBee Transformer Invades the Dolby Booth"] at Techeblog</ref><ref name="holloman08">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/61043118@N00/archives/date-taken/2008/09/22/ Transformers on display at Holloman Air Force Base in September 2008], Flickr photostream of snakebite000.</ref>
*'''KDM 0814''', registered in California, was used for the life-sized robot prop on various exhibits from 2009 to at least 2011.<ref name="sydney">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/movie-bumblebee-prop-appears-in-sydney-australia/17305/ Life-sized Bumblebee prop in Sydney, Australia] at Seibertron.com</ref><ref name="vegas">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/deltamike/archives/date-taken/2009/03/30/ Transformers on display at the Las Vegas Strip], Flickr photostream of Mike Renlund</ref><ref name="childmuseum">[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77515 "Bumblebee coming to the Children's Museum of Indianapolis"] at The Allspark, March 2011</ref> A variant of this, "KDM 814" minus the "0", had been previously used as the license plate of [[The Twins]]' combined ice cream truck mode in ''Revenge of the Fallen''.
*'''5BBM2''' (registered in California), mirrored on the other side, is used by Activision for the robot models used in the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''[[Dark of the Moon (video games)|Dark of the Moon]]'' video games.<ref name="nextgen">[http://www.nextgn.com/2009/05/15/transformers-2-playable-characters-and-soundtrack-revealed/ ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game models] at Next Gen News</ref><ref name="actidotm">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/video-games-17/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-the-game-hands-on-171673/ Activision trailer and promo stills for Dark of the Moon video game] at TFW2005.</ref> Due to its partially mirrored nature, this plate wouldn't actually be legal.
*'''4N7 454''' (registered in California), another erroneous variant of the robot mode license plate from the first two films, was seen on a hand-painted prototype used for early official stock photos of the ''Masterpiece Movie Series'' Bumblebee figure.<ref name="mpmsbb">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/01/10/shadow-spark-optimus-masterpiece-movie-bumblebee-official-images-330837 "Shadow Spark Optimus and Masterpiece Movie Bumblebee Official Images"] at TFW2005.com.</ref> Samples on display at both Hong Kong Toys & Games Fair 2017 and [[Toy Fair|New York Toy Fair]] 2017, on the other hand, sported a regular "900 STRA" license plate.

===Lack of voice===
*For [[Transformers (film)|the first movie]], [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] had originally preferred the Transformers not to talk ''at all'' throughout the movie, a notion Hasbro heavily contested.<ref name="tfwtour">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/139273-botcon-2007-botcon-2007-hasbro-tour-updated-friday-12-45pm.html BotCon 2007 Hasbro tour report.]</ref> Bumblebee still ended up being mute throughout most of the movie, which, according to Orci and Kurtzman, was inspired by [[Steven Spielberg|Steven Spielberg's]] ''[[Wikipedia:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.]]'' and is supposed to signify that his friendship with Sam transcends words.<ref name="mtv">[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1554426/20070312/story.jhtml MTV.com interview with Kurtzman and Orci.]</ref>
*According to the [[Movie Prequel issue 1|prequel comic]] by IDW Publishing, Megatron ripped out and crushed Bumblebee's voice capacitor during the battle at [[Tyger Pax]] back on Cybertron. [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]]'s toy bio claims the damage came from a shot fired by Hardtop. In the film itself, Ratchet only states to Sam that Bumblebee's "vocal processors were damaged in battle" and he was "still working on them" after firing a single plasma beam at Bumblebee's throat; by the end of all the conflict (the climax of the film proper), Bumblebee has regained his ability to speak. Although it was not confirmed on-screen, screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]] did confirm ''off''-screen<ref name="Orci"/> that Ratchet's (regenerative) beam was indeed the reason.
*Just as well, Roberto Orci ''also'' admitted that Bumblebee's brief contact with the AllSpark would be an equally valid (and an even more "in-continuity") explanation.<ref name="Orci"/>
*When asked, Orci admitted there had been plans to have Bumblebee speak in ''Revenge of the Fallen''; however, ultimately they liked his "musical ability" too much, and [[Michael Bay]] wanted to focus more on [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], since he thought kids would like the two characters.<ref name="orci">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-283.html#post3785383 Q&A with Roberto Orci at TFW2005]</ref>
*When Bumblebee finally did speak in the first movie, he had a slightly British accent. However, in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', it appears he in fact has an ''American'' accent. As of yet, no explanation for this discrepancy has been made.

===Other===
*Bumblebee is the only member of the original five Autobots to have appeared in all five ''Transformers'' films without dying.
*Bumblebee is a big fan of Earth cartoons! Some of his favourites include ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', ''{{w|Ren and Stimpy}}'', ''{{w|Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law}}'', ''{{w|Futurama}}'', ''{{w|Voltron}}'', and ''{{w|Rick and Morty}}'', as noted in [[Ask Vector Prime]]
*The modern Camaro makes a cameo in the new {{w|Power Rangers (film)|Power Rangers film}}; during the final battle, the Red Ranger, while piloting the T-Rex Zord, accidentally stepped on a Camaro before using it as a makeshift throwing weapon against a horde of Putties, shouting "Sorry, Bumblebee!" as the car made impact.
*Bumblebee is one of the characters of the movies with a distinctive transformation and weapon sound track.

===Foreign names===
*''Czech:'' '''Čmelák (first movie only) (Bumblebee)
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Korean:'' '''Bumblebee''' (범블비 ''Beombeulbi'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Daai Wong Fung''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Űrdongó''' ("Space Bumblebee")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dàhuángfēng''' (Taiwan, 大黃蜂, "Bumblebee"), '''Dàhuángfēng''' (China, 大黄蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Spanish:'' '''Abejorro''' ("Bumblebee")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Bdzhilka''' (Бджілка, "Bee")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]
*[http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=40&f_name=bumblebee&f_type=exact&Submit=Search Galleries of various different Bumblebee toys from the Movie]

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Flattop (G1)

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:''Flattop is a [[Decepticon]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Flattop boxart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Did his legs get cut off?]]

'''Flattop's''' fantasies are of floating on a burning sea of fuel and charred [[Autobot]] remains. His days are spent flying sorties from his [[Platonix|aircraft carrier]], searching for targets (e.g., Autobots, fishing vessels, whales, fellow [[Decepticon]]s he doesn't particularly like). When he finds one, he sets the carrier to attack on automatic, and then strafes from another direction. Ah, simple pleasures.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
Flattop was clearly notorious, as the Autobots built [[Flattop (Autobot)|their own copy, also called Flattop]]! It's not a gaffe! {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream|#255's Dread Tidings}}

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

Flattop command the carrier ''[[Platonix]]'' on behalf of [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron]] and the Builders' Navy in the battle of the [[Great Rust Sea]] at the [[Yuss Straits]]. When the subsea element of the Navy was overwhelmed by the Resistance due to their Beast Upgrades, one of the surviving Micromasters tried to clamor aboard the ''Platonix'', but Flattop accidentally shot him before realizing friend from foe. Caught between a Resistance battleship above, and unknown dangers below, Flattop chose to abandon his post rather than remain, and converted his carrier to aerial mode to flee. {{Storylink|Derailment}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-Zone-toy FlattopCarrier-Skywave.jpg|350px|thumb|A jet that rides a jet... what?]]
* '''Flattop''' (Micromaster Transport, 1989)
** ''Accessories:'' 2 laser cannons

: Flattop transforms into a purple-and-gray F4 Phantom fighter jet. He has functional landing gear wheels in the rear, but has a peg in place of the front landing gear. Flattop is unusual for a [[Micromaster Transport]] in that he is not a "towing" vehicle with a large trailer accessory, but a fully-independent vehicle on his own with a fully-independent, non-towed [[Platonix|aircraft carrier]] Transport.

: The carrier vehicle transforms into an "interstellar jet"; Flattop can either clip into the cockpit area while standing or sit inside.

: This toy was released in Japan without changes as the Autobot [[Skywave]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Flattop/flattop.htm More information on Flattop at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Platonix''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Turbojet'''

==Footnotes==
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Platonix

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[[File:Flattop boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Look, it's got one of those safety bars like a roller coaster seat.]]

[[Flattop (Decepticon)|Flattop]] uses his aircraft carrier '''''Platonix''''' as a home away from home on his long, lonely missions into the ocean. Since he can fly on his own, he can use the vessel's jet mode in conjunction with his own to launch one-man two-pronged attacks on targets. The carrier is armed with heat seeking torpedoes, and adds x-ray laser cannons to the mix in its flight mode. Not limited to the seas, the carrier can fly between planets as well.

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

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==Toys==
[[File:G1-Zone-toy FlattopCarrier-Skywave.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|A boat carrying a jet, that changes into a jet carrying a jet.]]
===Generation 1===
* '''Flattop''' (Micromaster Transport, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' 2 laser cannons

: Flattop was sold carded with his aircraft carrier ''Platonix'' (despite it not being named as such back then). As a carrier, its top deck is large enough to transport Flattop in his jet mode, though not much else. The carrier has two large laser cannons port and starboard, and has two holes for the front landing gear peg on Flattop to plug into, either ready for take off or taxiing to a runway. The bottom of the carrier has three small wheels, allowing it to roll along a smooth surface, as well as wheels on ''top'' of the landing deck.

: The carrier transforms into an "interstellar jet", with the bow runways folding out as the wings. Flattop can either clip into the open cockpit area while standing or sit inside, with a "control bar" keeping him from flying out. The large laser cannons can be mounted on either the large wings or the smaller rear wings. The wheels that were once on the carrier deck now serve as the wheels for the jet mode.

: This toy was sold in Japan without changes as the [[Autobot]] [[Skywave]]'s "Micro TF DX" vehicle.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Flattop/flattop.htm More information on Flattop and the aircraft carrier at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* The ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile series makes the amusingly confused claim that the "jet" is "interstellar" and can travel "between planets in a [[Star System|solar system]]", which is a bit like saying that an automobile is capable of "international" travel and can therefore handle moving "between the neighborhoods in a city".
* Ordinarily "jets" cannot operate in space because they require oxygen.

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Platonix

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: ''The Platonix is a [[Decepticon]] [[Micromaster]] [[Micromaster Transport|Transport]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Flattop boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Look, it's got one of those safety bars like a roller coaster seat.]]

[[Flattop (Decepticon)|Flattop]] uses his aircraft carrier ''''Platonix'''' as a home away from home on his long, lonely missions into the ocean. Since he can fly on his own, he can use the vessel's jet mode in conjunction with his own to launch one-man two-pronged attacks on targets. The carrier is armed with heat seeking torpedoes, and adds x-ray laser cannons to the mix in its flight mode. Not limited to the seas, the carrier can fly between planets as well.

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

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==Toys==
[[File:G1-Zone-toy FlattopCarrier-Skywave.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|A boat carrying a jet, that changes into a jet carrying a jet.]]
===Generation 1===
* '''Flattop''' (Micromaster Transport, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' 2 laser cannons

: Flattop was sold carded with his aircraft carrier. As a carrier, its top deck is large enough to transport Flattop in his jet mode, though not much else. The carrier has two large laser cannons port and starboard, and has two holes for the front landing gear peg on Flattop to plug into, either ready for take off or taxiing to a runway. The bottom of the carrier has three small wheels, allowing it to roll along a smooth surface, as well as wheels on ''top'' of the landing deck.

: The carrier transforms into an "interstellar jet", with the bow runways folding out as the wings. Flattop can either clip into the open cockpit area while standing or sit inside, with a "control bar" keeping him from flying out. The large laser cannons can be mounted on either the large wings or the smaller rear wings. The wheels that were once on the carrier deck now serve as the wheels for the jet mode.

: This toy was sold in Japan without changes as the [[Autobot]] [[Skywave]]'s "Micro TF DX" vehicle.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Flattop/flattop.htm More information on Flattop and the aircraft carrier at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* The ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile series makes the amusingly confused claim that the "jet" is "interstellar" and can travel "between planets in a [[Star System|solar system]]", which is a bit like saying that an automobile is capable of "international" travel and can therefore handle moving "between the neighborhoods in a city".
* Ordinarily "jets" cannot operate in space because they require oxygen.

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[[File:Defiance4 history spread.jpg|upright=2.5|thumb|
''You who I called brother'' 
''How could you have come to hate me so?'' 
''Is this what you wanted?'' 
''Then let my heart be hardened'' 
''And never mind how high the cost may grow'' 
''This will still be so:'' 
''I will never let your people go''...]]
As was bound to be a great peril when multiple licensees were producing unrelated pieces of fiction, the '''timeline of the [[live-action film series]]''' is rife with contradictory stories, some minor that a [[John Barber|talented writer]] could overcome if he so chose, and some insurmountable. This timeline is of what are essentially the "main" components: the films themselves, naturally, followed by those pieces of fiction that have over time actively attempted to keep continuity with one another, such as the novels and [[IDW Publishing]]'s assorted comic books, and assorted helpful nuggets of info from a myriad of other minor sources. That is not to say that there are ''no'' contradictions to be found here, but time has papered over many of them, and this article relates details as generally as possible to minimize any confusion, with footnotes to explain any particularly egregious instances.

Elements actively excluded from in this timeline are those from the [[Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven alternate reality game]], because it is set in a parallel reality that represents the films and associated media not as fiction, but as a [[Hungry Dragon|fictionalization of a real-life-event]], and information from all but the earliest of the UK's ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers Comic]]'', which is mostly either actively set in a parallel timeline, or is otherwise utterly irreconcilable with the more prominent pieces of media. See [[#Alternate timelines|Alternate timelines]] below for these separate chronologies.

{{bigquote |We were once a peaceful race of intelligent mechanical beings. But then came the war... between the [[Autobot]]s who fought for freedom, and the [[Decepticon]]s who dreamt of tyranny.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]}}

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==Prehistory==
===The Very Beginning===
[[File:ExtinctionOfTheDinosaurus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It was "definitely" an asteroid]]
65 million years ago, a race of mysterious bio-mechanical beings known only as the [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]] uses "[[seed]]s" to [[Eco-structuring|cyberform]] many organic planets, converting their matter into a shapeshifting metal that would come to be known as [[Transformium]]. Prehistoric [[Earth]] is among the planets sown with the metal; the cyberforming of the planet triggers the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, wiping out the planet's native [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]]. The creators harvest the metal and take it to the planet that would become [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they imbue it with life using the [[AllSpark]] to create what they intend to be a race of robotic explorers. One way or another, the sorceress [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] is somehow also involved with these events, and is aware of the fact that Earth is formed around an inerit entity known as [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

[[File:Defianceissue4-creation.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Subsequent events are unclear, but it is apparent that the Cybertronian race had no knowledge of their origins from the outset, instead deifying the AllSpark cube and crediting it as the sole creator of their race, formulating a legend that claimed life began when it fell from the sky. The first Cybertronian created is [[Primus]], {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} and from Primus and the cube come the [[Dynasty of Primes]], a race of trans-dimensional beings able to walk across space and time through the use of [[sarcophagus|sarcophagi]]. The Primes live in contentment until the distressing revelation that the AllSpark's power is not infinite, requiring the energy of suns in order to sustain its constant flow of [[Energon]]. Despite their powers, the Dynasty find themselves unable to find any stars to sacrifice to the AllSpark, and so the AllSpark responds to their need, giving life to the next of many generations of Cybertronians that will follow. These new creations are able to exploit the properties of Transformium to reconfigure their bodies into [[alternate mode]]s that will enable them to aid the Dynasty in their task: [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] to search for suns, and [[Constructicon (ROTF)|construction drones]] to build the [[Star Harvester]]s that will absorb and convert the stars' energy into Energon. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} The AllSpark also creates the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the key that will activate these harvesters. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}
[[File:TalesoftheFallen4-theyshallpay.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Fallen in the Hiz-ouse!]]
Among the first Transformers is a pantheon of great knights, many of whom [[Dinobot (AOE)|owe their forms]] to the dinosaurs of Earth, while [[Knights of Iacon|several others]] are blessed with the ability to combine into [[Dragonstorm|a single three-headed dragon]]. These knights, either knowingly or unknowingly, fulfil the mandate of their creators and set out exploring the universe. Among their number is a direct descendant of the Primes known as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

One of the Primes comes to believe that the AllSpark is "speaking" to him, and, in his pursuit of power, he breaks the Dynasty's one law: he destroys the sun of a life-bearing world. This prompts the Dynasty to establish a new restriction, requiring them all to be present for the activation of a harvester. Undeterred, the renegade Prime secretly handpicks a selection of Cybertronians to be part of a new faction under his leadership- the [[Decepticon]]s. He builds a facsimile Matrix to carry on his work, but the counterfeit Matrix proves inferior when his next star-harvesting attempt backfires and floods his body with primal energies, driving him to total insanity. For his repeated infraction, the Prime is cast out of the Dynasty by his brethren and dubbed "[[The Fallen]]". {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}

===17,000 BC to 10,000 BC===

[[File:TOTF4 fallen vs dynasty.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]
Circa 17,000 BC, The Fallen brings his Decepticons to [[Earth]] and begins the construction of a star harvester, knowing that this attack on a life-bearing world will draw his brothers into the trap he has prepared. One of the Fallen's Seekers, [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], unable to countenance his master's dark acts any longer, rebels, prompting the Fallen to warp him and several of his other Decepticons away to battle elsewhere. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}} Subsequently, the Primes arrive to stop The Fallen's plan, but find themselves unprepared for his strength, and are slaughtered in quick succession until only [[Prima|one]] remains. The last survivor uses the combined lifeforce of his departed fellows to banish The Fallen to another plane of reality, sealing his sarcophagus to prevent him from returning. For his final act, the last Prime gives up his own life to fuse his body, and the bodies of his brothers, into a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] that will serve as the resting place of the Matrix. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}<ref>In ''Revenge of the Fallen'', when Jetfire recounts the Fallen's battle with the rest of the Dynasty, he projects an image of ''multiple'' surviving Primes forging their bodies into the tomb, not just one. But per the comics, Jetfire wasn't even there when this went down, and he's old and crazy anyway.</ref> The Fallen's Seekers begin searching the planet for the Matrix, but bereft of their master, their mission eventually degenerates into a series of interpersonal conflicts and challenges. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}}

[[File:Foundation1 freedom.jpg|thumb|We stand united for all time! Right guys? Guys? For all time? Guys?]]
Over the following 7,000 years, with none to tend the AllSpark, Cybertron's energy supply steadily diminishes, leading the Cybertronians to split into various warring factions, fighting over what little they had left. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} The ferocity of this war wipes out any remaining traces of the Prime Dynasty and its descendants, save two: Optimus, hidden away to keep him safe, his knowledge of his true heritage lost, {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}} and the elderly [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], the only robot who knows the stories of the Dynasty and the AllSpark to be anything more than legends. Recovering Optimus from hiding, Sentinel Prime rallies a small group to his side, including [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], and with their aid, he uncovers and raises the lost AllSpark from beneath the planet's surface. The scientific skill of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] is employed to teleport a sun into Cybertronic space, which proves able to feed the AllSpark without being absorbed, thereby restoring energy and peace to Cybertron. The AllSpark is enshrined in a temple at [[Simfur]], built by the [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} and protected by the [[Knights of Cybertron]], an elite group assembled by the antiquarian [[Alpha Trion (ROTF)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)|Prepare for Battle}}

Sentinel reveals Optimus's heritage to him and offers him the position of leader of the new unified Cybertron, but Optimus does not believe that he is a Prime, and turns the offer down. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Instead, a dual leadership system is employed, with Optimus in charge of the archaeological [[Science Division]], and Megatron in command of the militaristic [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} However, Megatron had overheard Sentinel and Optimus's conversation, and begins to resent his brother-in-arms thanks to the knowledge that he was always "second best" in Sentinel's eyes. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}
[[File:Foundation 2 Driller attack.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Around the same time, Shockwave and Megatron rescue [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] from a [[Driller]], the largest indigenous subterranean predator on Cybertron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Shockwave becomes fascinated with the creature, and his studies of it eventually lead to Drillers being tamed and used as beasts of burden. Shockwave keeps one as a "pet", which he trains and equips for military purposes. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon novelization}}

Optimus and Megatron successfully lead Cybertron together for two generations, until the rise in activity of [[Malcontent]]s who oppose the current government gives Megatron's rage and resentment an outlet, allowing him to claim the primary position of power in the name of protecting Cybertron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Not long after, a dig by Optimus's Science Division uncovers The Fallen's intact sarcophagus. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} [[File:Defiance4 Megatron TheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Wiki:Johnny The Homocidal Maniac|Megatron needs to feed his wall blood]].]] Through its eyes, the renegade Prime sees in Megatron the making of an apprentice, and he makes contact with him after he has been badly wounded following a battle with invading [[Ejoornian|aliens]] from the nearby [[Eshems Nebula]]. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} Under The Fallen's influence, Megatron reshapes his Defense Force into a military dictatorship that becomes the new incarnation of the Decepticons. Simultaneously, further archaeological discoveries lead Optimus to realize that Sentinel was correct, and that he is indeed descended from the Primes. Galvanized by this realization, he raises a small army of followers, the [[Autobot]]s, to stand against Megatron. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} Following The Fallen's direction, Megatron has the starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' constructed; learning of this, the Autobots refurbished an older craft, the [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]], in preparation for Megatron's next move. Soon, the ''Nemesis'' leaves the planet, captained by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and with The Fallen's sarcophagus on board, to seek out Earth and the Matrix. Following the departure of the ''Nemesis'', true war finally breaks out once more on Cybertron, and Optimus's Autobots and Megatron's Decepticons battle for control of the planet over untold years. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

In the very early stages of the war, the ancient technology known as [[Power Core Combination]] is lost, and in an attempt to recreate it, the Decepticons develop the monstrous [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 32|TFCC #32}} At some point, the Autobot [[Tailgate (Classified)|Tailgate]] is murdered by the Decepticon [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], adding another addition to [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]]'s list of dead friends. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

===10,000 BC onwards===
[[File:Foundation3 sentinels torch.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"...and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow."]]
As Cybertron is devastated by the worsening war, with Optimus Prime unwilling to take the decisive actions that will bring the conflict to an end, Sentinel Prime is forced to make a deal with Megatron to seek out another planet whose resources they can exploit to restore their homeworld. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} The chosen planet is the resting place of the Primes' Star Harvester. Sentinel recreates the Primes' lost [[space bridge]] technology, fashioning hundreds of pillars that will form a bridge large enough to teleport Cybertron itself across the cosmos, telling the Autobots it will be used to instantaneously teleport soldiers, supplies and refugees into and out of the battlefield, allowing them to defeat the Decepticons. The pillars are loaded onto a second [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]], while a strike team led by Optimus attacks Simfur in order to activate the control pillar for the space bridge by bringing it into contact with the AllSpark. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} While most of the Autobots keep the Decepticons busy, Elita-One and her sisters [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] successfully reach the AllSpark and activate the pillar, which Elita then delivers to Sentinel Prime. [[File:Foundation4 ark explodes.jpg|thumb|225px]] Sentinel takes his Ark to ostensibly collect Optimus and the others from Simfur, but upon arrival, the ship is attacked by Starscream, who is unaware of the secret deal his leader has made with the Prime. Starscream's attack triggers a huge explosion which consumes the Ark, leaving the Autobots to believe Sentinel, the space bridge and all others aboard have been destroyed. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Unbeknownst to any present, however, the Ark has not been destroyed: the space bridge tech aboard has in fact teleported it away through space and time, with all on board knocked into stasis by the blast. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}

Consumed with grief and rage at the apparent death of his mentor, Optimus Prime resolves to kill Megatron outright, and storms his fortress with aid from Ironhide. {{storylink|Transformers: Foundation|Foundation #1-3}} Concurrently, Wheeljack leads the rest of the Autobots in a second strike on Simfur, where they are able to overcome the weakened Decepticons and capture the AllSpark, removing it from the machine that brought Cybertron its sun. The sun disappears, plunging the planet into darkness, and Prime breaks off his confrontation with Megatron to save Ironhide from Shockwave and Starscream. Although he did not cross the line of no return, Optimus's actions forever taint his relationship with Elita-One, driving a wedge between the two friends. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

[[File:TitanMag-BumblebeeMegatronAllSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Where are those transmissions you intercepted? WHAT have you DONE with those plans?"]]
Resolving to keep the power of the captive AllSpark out of Megatron's hands, Optimus Prime has it moved to various locations around the planet before deciding to launch it into space. In an effort to disguise his plan, most of the Autobots are stationed at Simfur as misdirection, with only a small unit led by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] guarding its true hiding place at [[Tyger Pax]]. Unfortunately, Megatron is able to sense the AllSpark's true location and attacks Tyger Pax, crushing Bumblebee's vocal processor during the ensuing battle and robbing him of the ability to speak. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Simultaneously, at Simfur, Optimus Prime is attacked by a drone sent by Megatron before he can launch the AllSpark, so he entrusts the task to his assistant, [[Arctus]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prequel: Optimus Prime}} Observing the AllSpark as it takes off, Megatron immediately pursues it into space, {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} but is delayed by an Autobot tractor beam before he can stop it from plunging into the [[Alkaris Anomaly]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}} Cosmically drawn to the location of the star harvester left behind by The Fallen, {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} the cube is disgorged in the [[Solar System]] and crash-lands on Earth, in what will become [[Colorado]]. Megatron summons [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] to occupy the Autobots delaying him, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}} and follows the cube into the anomaly, but is spat out in the far reaches of the galaxy. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

Megatron and the AllSpark are not the only ones scattered across space: the overzealous Brawl detonates a [[foldspace warhead]] that warps himself, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] to the four corners of the universe. Ratchet helps quell an alien civil war, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Lost in Space 1}} Brawl defeats psychic apparitions of his worst fears, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost in Space 2}} Ironhide encounters digital "ghosts" on a derelict ship with some kind of ancient connection to the AllSpark {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}} and Jazz is nearly overwhelmed by the lure of a planet of pure information {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost in Space 4}} before they are able to return to Cybertron. But their return proves a short-lived one: without the AllSpark and the energy it provided, Cybertron begins to atrophy, and many of the Transformers depart the planet to find the AllSpark and restore life to their world. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} Optimus Prime's best and brightest depart aboard the Ark, while [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] takes a large force aboard a second ship christened the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'', including most of Megatron's elite troops, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} leaving [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] in charge of the Decepticons in the planet. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} The ''Nemesis'' is stymied by a volley of Autobot mines that badly damage the craft before it gets too far, forcing the Decepticons to return to Cybertron for repairs. After being fixed up, the ''Nemesis'' resumes the chase several cycles later, but have lost valuable ground to the Ark. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} The Ark and ''Nemesis'' crews pass the majority of the next twelve thousand years in stasis aboard their ships. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

[[File:MoviePrequel2-Megatrondownfall.jpg|thumb|[[Wiki:Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|YOU LEFT HULK IN THE POOL!]]]]
Out in space, the original ''Nemesis'' and Sentinel's Ark (still jinking through space and time) zero in on the energy signature of the AllSpark, and are both crippled when the Ark blindly teleports directly into the same physical space as the ''Nemesis''. The Ark makes one final jump, leaving a lingering space bridge portal in its wake; after setting the ruined ''Nemesis'' down on the dead moon of a nearby gas giant, the Decepticons board the smaller ship ''[[Longshot (DOTM)|Longshot]]'' and follow the Ark through the portal at The Fallen's urging, leaving his sarcophagus behind. Both ships are hurled into [[#1960s|the future]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}

Eventually, after "countless solar spans" of searching, Megatron zeroes in on the AllSpark's resting place on Earth. While on the approach, he detects a distress signal being broadcast by the wrecked ''Nemesis'' and detours to investigate, but when The Fallen learns of the fate of the AllSpark, he furiously commands Megatron to carry on his course. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Upon entering Earth's atmosphere, however, Megatron's navigation system malfunctions, causing him to crash in the [[Arctic]], where he is frozen solid, trapped in stasis.<ref>The Wal-Mart exclusive "Beginnings" story claims Megatron crash-landed on Earth "four million years" ago, which is in stark contradiction to the dates included everywhere else, including the films themselves.</ref> {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

The earliest [[human]] civilizations form on Earth, and build their monuments over remains of Transformer activity on the planet. Around 2560 BC, construction of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] around the solar harvester is completed, then later, in 1200 BC, the Tomb of the Primes is hidden beneath El Deir in [[Petra (Earth)|Petra]]. A riddle is crafted to mark the tomb's location: "When dawn alights the dagger's tip, three kings will reveal the doorway." Although some of the Seekers learn of this riddle during their search of the planet, none are able to actually solve it before the march of time sends most (if not all) of them into stasis. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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==5th Century==
[[File:TLK KingArthur knights.jpg|thumb|left|300px|]]
Rebelling against Quintessa, whom they considered "the deceiver", her twelve guardian knights steal [[Staff of Merlin|her control staff]] before departing Cybertron aboard a ship into space in hopes of finding worthy allies on another world. It is during this century that the guardian knights had land on Earth during the Dark Ages. While hiding out in [[United Kingdom|England]], they make contact with a native "wizard" named [[Merlin]], who promises to keep their existence a secret.

However in [[484]], Merlin beseeches them to help his people against the imminent threat of destruction by invading [[Saxon]]s. Seeing [[Camelot]]'s [[Knights of the Round Table|knights]] as proof of the worthiness of humankind, the knights decide to render assistance to [[King Arthur]] and his brethren. After granting Quintessa's staff to Merlin, the knights combine into [[Dragonstorm]] and easily bring devastation against the enemies of Camelot. Afterwards, knights both human and Cybertronian celebrate their alliance. The [[Order of the Witwiccans]] is founded to preserve and cover up the exploits of the guardian knights and all Cybertronians who would arrived on Earth in subsequent centuries. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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==19th Century==
[[File:Movie2007 Megatron ArchibaldWitwicky.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right]]
In the year [[1897]], [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]] of the [[National Arctic Circle Expedition]] discovers Megatron when the Arctic ice gives way under his feet and he tumbles into the cavern that holds Decepticon's frozen form.<ref>A document briefly seen while Frenzy hacks [[Air Force One]] in the film itself dates Witwicky's discovery of Megatron to September 7th, 1895, but is contradicted in dialogue by Sam, who dates his great-grandfather's voyage to 1897 during his class presentation. All tie-in media has supported Sam's version of events!</ref> Witwicky's inadvertent entry into the cave triggers Megatron's navigation system, causing the release of a beam of light that imprints the AllSpark's co-ordinates onto Witwicky's spectacles. Witwicky is rescued by his crew, but once on their way home, the full extent of the damage Megatron's beam has done to the captain's mind and body is revealed: his sanity slowly begins to slip away, and he is eventually rendered blind. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

[[File:Sector71 first seven.jpg|left|thumb|The <s>Magnificent</s> Okay-I-Guess Seven.]]
Upon their return to shore, Witwicky's first mate [[Reginald Danco]] brings his captain to the [[Boston Secure Hospital]], where his ramblings catch the attention of the United States government. On New Year's Day, [[1898]], gentleman adventurers [[Walter Simmons]] and [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] are drafted by [[President of the United States|presidential order]] to investigate his claims. After "interviewing" the raving Witwicky, they, Danco, and a team of [[First Seven|four other men]]—[[Billy North]], [[Theodore Grant]], [[Philippe Bowen]] and [[Jack Arden]]—head for the Arctic to see Megatron first-hand. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} {{storylink|Original}} The group arrives in the Arctic in February, where their entry into Megatron's cave trips another of the Decepticon's systems, causing him to send out an energy pulse that is detected by Jetfire, who had been in hiding on Earth for millennia. Believing the signal to be The Fallen himself and desiring revenge, Jetfire sheds his disguise as a portion of the cruiser [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Maine (ACR-1)|USS Maine]] (inadvertently starting the Spanish–American War in the process) and flies to the Arctic, resulting in a confrontation with Simmons's group that culminates in the humans blasting the ice out from underneath the Seeker, sending him to the ocean's depths. North does not survive the battle, and his death convinces the group to dedicate itself to protecting Earth against future Cybertronian threats. {{storylink|Original}} Simmons takes charge of the operation to excavate and study the frozen "Mega-Man", as he calls it, and an environment dome is constructed around the site by [[1899]], which is eventually expanded to become a fully-manned base which serves as the group's [[Sector Seven High Arctic Base|Alpha Command Post]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}
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==20th Century==
===1900s===
[[File:RisingStorm2-ShockwaveAllSpark.jpg|thumb|right|225px]]
Sent on a mission to Tianjin, China by the President just after the turn of the century to recover a mysterious scepter, Theodore Wells finds himself embroiled in the middle of the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. He is saved from death at the hands of rebels by American expatriates and intelligence agents [[Herbert Hoover]] and his wife [[Lou Hoover|Lou]]. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

In [[1902]], the AllSpark is discovered at the bottom of the Colorado River by Simmons's group. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} News of this discovery reaches Wells and the Hoovers in China, and Wells brings his new allies into the organization, hoping that their mining and metallurgical skills will help in excavating and analyzing the find. Herbert puts into motion an extensive plan to redirect the river around the cube. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

When divers are sent to examine the cube, it unleashes a cosmic "scream" of sorts, which echoes across space and is felt by Shockwave, just after he has killed Chromia in the middle of a battle on Cybertron. Appointing [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] leader in his absence, Shockwave immediately departs for Earth aboard a faster-than-light vessel with his Driller on board, reaching Earth on [[June 30]], [[1908]]. Unfortunately, he arrives at such speed that he loses control of his ship and crashes in Tunguska, [[Russia]], causing the [[Tunguska event]] and knocking himself into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}
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===1910s===
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The diversion of the Colorado River is successfully completed in [[1913]], but the attempted excavation of the AllSpark by Simmons, Wells, the Hoovers and new junior member [[Roy Thompson]] is interrupted by Jetfire, who has tracked the cube down through a series of subterranean tunnels he has spent over a decade trapped in. At Jetfire's touch, the cube releases a surge of Energon which overloads his systems and [[AllSpark Mutation|brings to life]] a [[Four original AllSpark Mutations|crane, a car, a radio and a gun]]. Jetfire escapes via [[space bridge]], while the humans are forced to break open the dam holding back the river to "drown" the AllSpark Mutations and the cube. [[Flathead|The car]] survives, and escapes into the desert. Having seen how Simmons's obsession with Cybertronian threats had consumed him, Wells convinces Simmons's wife [[Clara Simmons|Clara]] to elope with him. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

In [[1919]], the inert Shockwave is unearthed by the military forces of the burgeoning [[Soviet Union]]. Unable to master the technological secrets of his body, the Soviets keep the Decepticon in cold storage at a gulag in the Siberian wastes. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

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Around that same time, an Autobot disguised as a [[Bulldog (TLK)|British Mark IV tank]] takes part in [[World War I]]. Unfortunately, he spends the next century suffering from both severely degraded physical facilities and "robot dementia", in which he still thinks the war is still happening. On the bright side, his exploits are covered up by the [[Order of the Witwiccans]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===1920s===
[[File:Nefarious6 carter and fortress.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Carter Newell]] (right) becomes collateral damage in [[Fortress (ROTF)|Fortress]]'s battle.]]
By [[1924]], Archibald Witwicky has been relocated to the [[Psychopathic Institute for the Long-Term Insane]] in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his delusions and visions having progressed to the point that he is somehow experiencing visions of the future. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}

In [[1927]], Herbert Hoover formally dubs Simmons's group "[[Sector Seven]]", {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} named after the stable sector of ground along the Colorado riverbed to which they plan to move the AllSpark. The following year, Herbert begins his run for presidency, with a view to using the power the position would convey to arrange for the construction of a permanent housing for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

In [[1929]], a battle between a Seeker known as [[Fortress (ROTF)|Fortress]] and another of his kind over the latest potential lead to the location of the Matrix results in the accidental death of two civilians, and the crippling of their son, [[Carter Newell]]. Carter goes on to dedicate the next eighty years of his life to hunting down Transformers, founding the [[Initiative]] and capturing many of them, including Fortress himself. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}}
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===1930s===
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By [[1934]], Walter Simmons's estranged daughter [[Margaret Simmons|Margaret]] has married and given birth to a child, [[Bill Simmons|Billy]]. Following her separation from her husband (be it through death, divorce or something else), Margaret is given a low-level position in Sector Seven by her father, and together with Roy Thompson, she hunts down and destroys the [[Flathead|AllSpark Mutation]] that went missing in 1913, which had fallen in with outlaws [[Bonnie Parker|Bonnie]] and [[Clyde Barrow|Clyde]]. {{storylink|Together}}

Construction of Herbert Hoover's proposed enclosure for the AllSpark, the [[Hoover Dam]], is completed in [[1935]], including a subterranean facility that becomes Sector Seven's Beta Command Post. Walter Simmons visits the dam in the closing stages of construction, preparing to retire once Megatron is transported from there from the Arctic for study in conjunction with the cube. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} A malfunction in the cryo-blocks that will keep Megatron frozen delays the move, and the subsequent outbreak of [[World War II]] tables both Megatron's relocation and Simmons's retirement indefinitely. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}}

Archibald Witwicky dies on [[August 13]], [[1938]]. He is survived by his son [[Clarence Witwicky|Clarence]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}
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===1940s===
[[File:Sector7 4 jetfire panzer simmons.jpg|left|thumb|A movie villain with a proper face? ''HE MUST BE KILLED.'']]
At the height of [[World War II]], Jetfire is captured by Nazi scientists, who reverse-engineer his body to create assorted transforming mecha bonded with human pilots. In [[1944]], after learning of this, Walter Simmons forcibly drafts his grandson Bill into Sector Seven for a mission behind enemy lines to destroy all traces of the technology. Bill proves the only survivor of the mission, but winds up freeing rather than destroying Jetfire upon discovering his true nature. Having previously actively eschewed following in his mother and grandfather's footsteps, the experience convinces Bill to permanently transfer to Sector Seven. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}}

Around the same time, Bumblebee and his brother-in-arms [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] make their way to Earth in search of the Allspark. They and several other Autobots are active in World War II on the Allied side, though history remembers none of it due to their exploits also being covered up by the [[Order of the Witwiccans]]. One such Autobot is disguised as a [[Hurricane Autobot|Hawker Hurricane plane]] to defend [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. In one mission, Bumblebee and Hot Rod sneak a squad of U.S. soldiers into a German-occupied building for a successful surprise attack. At some point, they befriend a young [[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]]. While Bumblebee departs from Earth to resume his search, Hot Rod remains on the planet with Burton and his family's [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] envoy [[Cogman]]. As the war raged on, it wasn't until [[Adolf Hitler]]'s assasination at the hands of [[Watch that killed Hitler|his own watch]] that the war ended. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===1950s===
[[File:Sector7 5 megatron breaks free.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Would Barber care to explain where my nose has run to?]]
Bill proceeds to make quite a name for himself in Sector Seven, not least of all by leading a campaign to have scientist [[Robert Oppenheimer]] discredited and ejected from the organization on allegations of Communism. In [[1953]], Bill marries fellow agent [[Tova Anael Fischer|Anne Fischer]] in a secret ceremony, and close to the end of the year, Anne becomes pregnant with their son, [[Seymour Simmons]]. {{storylink|Frozen}}

Reginald Danco's grandson [[Joe Danco|Joe]], jealous of how his family has become sidelined in history in favour of the Simmons line, defects to the Communist Party. In February [[1954]], acting as an undercover agent, he sabotages the cooling system at Sector Seven's Arctic base, planning to use the escape of Megatron to cover his theft of Sector Seven data and flight to Russia. Walter Simmons calls for liquid nitrogen bombs to be dropped on the facility to stop Megatron from thawing out, at the expense of the lives of the base personnel, which includes his grandson Bill. This prompts Jetfire to intervene, but the Seeker proves able only to save the lives of Anne Fischer and [[Philip Nolan]]. {{storylink|Frozen}}
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Unbeknownst to Sector Seven, both Bill and Danco survive: Danco flees deeper into the tunnels and Bill pursues, but Bill is captured by a Soviet extraction team who have come to recover Danco. He is taken back to Russia for interrogation, and spends eight years being moved from facility to facility, often escaping, always being recaptured, but never breaking under torture. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}} The data stolen by Danco, meanwhile, allows the Soviets to finally utilize the technology taken from the captive Shockwave, and with it, they create the world's first nuclear power plant, the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, which is activated in June, 1954. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} {{storylink|Frozen}}

Seymour Simmons is born later in 1954. At Walter's wishes, Anne leaves Sector Seven in an effort to keep the child from ever learning of the legacy of obsession and death that has defined his family, changes her name to "Tova Simmons", and opens a delicatessen. {{storylink|Frozen}} But Seymour proves to be every inch his father's son, and as he grows older, he takes to sneaking out of the house, setting up a secret room in the basement of his mother's deli where he studies the paranormal and develops an ardent belief in the presence of aliens on Earth. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 3}}

The [[Vietnam War]] begins in 1955. Philip Nolan and [[Thomas Kinnear]] both serve in the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}
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===1960s===
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Sentinel Prime's Ark and the ''Longshot'' emerge from the space bridge in the vicinity of Earth in early [[1961]]. The Ark violently crash-lands on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], killing all on board save for Sentinel, who is safely sealed in the ship's crash vault. After examining the wreckage, Soundwave determines to keep the vessel out of the hands of the humans on the planet below, {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}} beginning with the removal of the space bridge pillars. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

The crash of the Ark is detected by both the United States and the Soviet Union, and a "space race" begins to be the first to reach the Moon and plunder this alien treasure. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Incorrectly believing Bill Simmons can tell them something about the moon event and America's plans, the Soviets relocate their prisoner to holding facilities at [[Soviet Research Station Oktober]] at the beginning of [[1962]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}} In [[1963]], the Soviet Union launches the space probe [[Luna 4]], which captures images of the Moon's surface, including the space bridge pillars as the Decepticons are in the process of transporting them, prompting Soundwave to take action to conceal their movements. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} To this end, in [[1964]], the Decepticons' human-form [[Alice|Pretender]] operative infiltrates the Soviet space program by killing Spetsnaz agent [[Alisa Morozov]] and adopting her appearance. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}}

That same year, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird jet makes its first flight. At an unknown point in time during the next three decades, one of the jets malfunctions and crashes on top of Jetfire while he is wandering through a desert, and he adopts its form. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}}

In the summer of [[1965]], as the Soviets launch the [[Luna 6]] probe, the Pretender uses her Morozov disguise to penetrate Research Station Oktober and massacre the scientists there, in order to prevent the relay of any data from the probe. Joe Danco also dies in the attack, but Bill Simmons is able to escape. In the process, the Pretender learns of the presence of two Cybertronians on Earth, but without the knowledge that they are his leaders Megatron and Shockwave, Soundwave disregards them as rumors and elects to focus on more important matters for the time being. Convinced by the Pretender that humans can be used as a means to their ends, Soundwave makes a deal with the sole surviving scientist, [[Voskhod]], to curtail any subsequent Soviet investigations into the Ark. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}}

Two months later, Bill Simmons successfully returns to the United States, but when he attempts to contact Sector Seven, Soundwave zeroes in on his position and sends the Pretender to take him out. Bill locates his wife's deli during the night, where he meets Seymour for the first time, on another of his midnight sneak-outs. When the Pretender arrives, Bill leaves the boy with contact information for Sector Seven, and disappears in an explosion, the Pretender hot on his heels. Seymour subsequently makes contact with Sector Seven and meets his great-grandfather Walter; now knowing that his long-held beliefs about aliens are true, Seymour grows up to join the organization as one of its most prestigious agents. The fate of Bill Simmons remains unknown. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 3}} As a consequence of this escapade, Soundwave becomes aware of the existence of Sector Seven. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

[[File:Dotm-Arkreflection.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"...then we'll ''really'' have to land on the moon! Invent NASA and tell them to get off their fannies!"]]
On [[July 16]], [[1969]], [[NASA]] carries out the [[Apollo 11]] mission, successfully sending astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] to the Moon. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} A strategic twenty-one-minute blackout is staged by Sector Seven at NASA command to keep the true purpose of the moon landing a secret, and Walter Simmons directs the men in their investigation of the Ark. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}}

Simultaneously, Sector Seven also exploits the fact that the eyes of the entire world are focused on Apollo 11 to stage two additional concurrent operations. First, they initiate the test flight of their own spacecraft, the ''[[Ghost 1]]'', created from Megatron's reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology and captained by [[Samuel Walker]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}} Incorrectly believing that this craft is more important than the Apollo 11, Soundwave focuses all his attentions on it, leaving him unable to stop Armstrong and Aldrin from exploring the Ark. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} The ''Ghost 1'' is inadvertently sucked through a wormhole and deposited in a distant solar system, its arrival drawing the attentions of Optimus Prime's Autobots and Starscream's Decepticons. When the ship sets down on a barren planet, Starscream makes first contact with Walker and his crew and learns that Megatron and the AllSpark are on Earth, then turns on the humans in order to keep this information secret from the other Decepticons. Allying with Optimus Prime to survive the dangers of the alien world and also sharing this information with him, the crew of the ''Ghost 1'' give their lives to save the Autobot leader from Starscream. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

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For their second operation, Sector Seven finally carry out the much-delayed move of Megatron form the Arctic to Hoover Dam. Sabotage by Soviet agent [[Sergei Tasarov]] causes the convoy transporting Megatron to crash, resulting in damage to the cooling systems that allows the Decepticon leader to thaw out. Thomas Kinnear and Philip Nolan sacrifice their lives to ensure he is re-frozen {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}} and successfully delivered to Hoover Dam. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

A second American manned moon landing is carried out in November 1969, to continue excavation and research of the remains of the Ark. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
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===1970s===
From [[1970]] to [[1972]], the United States stages three further manned missions to the moon to continue plundering the Ark. Incensed over his failure to stop the Apollo 11 mission, Soundwave has [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] scout for viable agents within the American space program, and makes contact with a NASA accountant named Gould. By tapping the stock market to provide Gould with all the money he desires, Soundwave procures his services to manipulate the NASA budget and make further moon missions financially unfeasible. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Consequently, the sixth and final mission, launched in December 1972, is deemed the last, and the astronauts trigger explosives to hide the wreck of the Ark beneath lunar dust. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}}
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Similarly, also in 1972, Soundwave employs his Soviet agents to ensure that the first Russian manned mission is cancelled. Soundwave spends the remainder of the decade manipulating his pawns, and "recruiting" more and more human agents in various areas of the American and Soviet government to ensure the Ark is never re-discovered. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

Continuing their use of Shockwave's technology to further their nuclear agenda, the Soviet Union spend most of this decade creating the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]]. The United States also continue with the construction of more nuclear facilities, including the [[Three Mile Island]] power plant. A botched experiment with the energy of the AllSpark at this facility on [[March 28]], [[1979]] leads to a partial core meltdown. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}

That same year, the Witwicky home in [[Springfield]], [[Missouri]], is sold by Clarence Witwicky's son [[Herbert Witwicky|Herbert]], and the proceeds are shared between his daughter and five sons, including [[Ben Witwicky|Ben]] and [[Ron Witwicky|Ronald]]. {{storylink|Interlude}}

Also in 1979, content that his plans to keep the Ark concealed are solid, Soundwave elects to return to the ''Nemesis'' and consult with The Fallen. He convenes with Gould to inform him of his departure, and meets Gould's son [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]], who will eventually take over his father's position as Decepticon liaison. Soundwave's crew depart Earth aboard the ''Longshot'', {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} save for the stumbling, bumbling [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]], who is left behind on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Jazz}} With no space bridge to teleport them, their journey takes over a decade. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

===1980s===

Unmanned probes are sent by the Soviet Union to the moon, where they uncover the remains of the Ark and return to Earth with a fuel cell salvaged from the ship's engine. The cell is experimented upon at Chernobyl, leading to a catastrophic nuclear accident on [[April 26]], [[1986]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===1990s===

[[Sam Witwicky]] is born to [[Ron Witwicky|Ronald]] and [[Judy Witwicky]].<ref>Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/timeline/sam_witwicky%27s_birth Vector Sigma timeline] states Sam was born [[October 10]], [[1990]]. However, Sam's driving license in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' reads [[September 13]] [[1991]]. Presumably, Sam's date of birth was adjusted so he would be 18 when he enrolled at college in 2009.</ref>

The Soviet Union collapses in [[1991]]. Knowledge of the captive Shockwave slips between the cracks; no digital records of his existence are kept, and the paper trail is lost in the chaos of the regime's fall, so he remains frozen and forgotten in Siberia. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Sometime around [[1993]], the ''Longshot'' completes its return journey to the resting place of the ''Nemesis''.<ref>The ''Longshot'' leaves Earth in 1979 and returns in 2007; assuming an equal amount of journey time on both trips, its return to the ''Nemesis'' would occur around this year.</ref> Soundwave presents The Fallen with one of the space bridge pillars, and is then informed of Megatron's visit during his pursuit of the AllSpark. Realizing that Megatron must be one of the imprisoned Cybertronians learned of on Earth, Soundwave immediately departs on a return journey to the planet; he has most of the crew put in stasis for the trip. After Soundwave leaves, The Fallen activates the space bridge pillar, sundering space and time and finally liberating himself from his sarcophagus prison. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

In [[1998]], Jetfire takes advantage of the SR-71 Blackbird's retirement from service to hole up in the [[Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]] and goes into stasis in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire's profile}}

==21st Century==
===2003 to 2007===
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Having followed a new lead on the AllSpark's whereabouts, Bumblebee returns to Earth's Solar System and briefly touches down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], where the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] captures an image of his arrival. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Designating him "[[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|N.B.E.-2]]", Sector Seven tracks him to his landing site in [[Virginia (state)|Virginia]], but the Autobot scout avoids capture by adopting a local alternate mode. Discovering the history of Archibald Witwicky via the internet, Bumblebee sets out to track down the man's descendants. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}

[[File:RoS1 cons on mars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Concentrate, GIR! It is time for [[Alternate mode|disguises!]]" 
"Can I be a mongoose?"]]
Hot on Bumblebee's trail, Starscream's ''Nemesis'' arrives on Mars, where an encounter with the [[Beagle 2 Rover]] prompts Starscream to lead a small group on to the rover's planet of origin. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)|Transformers teaser trailer}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Making planetfall in Afghanistan, the group attacks a local military base, where they learn of Sector Seven's "Project Iceman". In the course of the brief battle, [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] is disabled by an electromagnetic pulse, and after burying his body, the remaining Decepticons disseminate in disguise to carry out their quest.<ref>[[Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4]] and "[[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]" present two irreconcilable versions of the Decepticons' arrival on Earth. In the former, only Starscream, Barricade and Blackout arrive, in scattered locations around the world, with the date given as 2003 in accordance with the date given for the Mars Rover's destruction in the movie's teaser trailer. In the latter, Bonecrusher, Brawl and Wreckage are also part of the group, and they all arrive together in Afghanistan, with the end of the story implying they have arrived just before the beginning of the movie in 2007. The "Planetfall" version is used in this timeline because both ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' went on to corroborate it, and base a portion of their plots around it. However, ''Alliance'' also presented Wreckage as being captured by Sector Seven four months prior to the movie, contradicting the very narrow timeframe "Planetfall" suggests, indicating that the most "correct" combination of the stories is to place the events of "Planetfall" in 2003, per both the trailer and the original prequel.</ref> {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

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While tracking Archibald Witwicky's descendants across the country, Bumblebee clashes with both Sector Seven agents led by Seymour Simmons and the Decepticons, before finally tracking the Witwicky lineage to Sam, who has inherited his great grandfather's glasses, along with the secret of the AllSpark printed upon them.<ref>The timeframe of this whole affair is a bit wonky: per Movie Prequel #4's adherence to the 2003 date of the teaser trailer, Bumblebee and the Decepticons spend ''four years'' flouncing around on Earth before finding Sam.</ref> {{storylink|Interlude}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}

Left to his own devices on Mars along with [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]] and the rest of Starscream's ''Nemesis'' crew, [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] spends this time exploring the solar system. He discovers the Ark on Earth's moon and recovers a space bridge pillar, which he modifies using know-how gained from studying under the Decepticon mad scientist [[Flatline (ROTF)|Flatline]]. The resultant device is not quite a true space bridge, but allows the user to follow the passage travelled by the Ark, enabling instantaneous transit from Mars back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}}{{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}
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===2007===
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Wreckage's body is recovered from its desert resting place by Sector Seven and brought to their Nevada base for experimentation. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Reactivated by the organization, Wreckage trades information for his survival and provides Sector Seven with the means to create their [[Landmine (Movie)|L.M.-1 drones]], but is taken offline when he declines to co-operate any further and attempts escape. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}

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One month later, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] returns to Afghanistan, where he shoots down a military helicopter and takes its form. Three months after this, he stages attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] in an attempt to gain more information on Sector Seven and Project Iceman. Where he fails, [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] succeeds, hacking of [[Air Force One]] and learning of the Witwicky family and Archibald's glasses. To protect Sam from the Decepticons closing in around him, Bumblebee positions himself in a [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo|used car lot]] to ensure that he will be purchased as the boy's first car. After summoning Optimus Prime's team to Earth, he is forced to reveal himself to Sam and his girlfriend [[Mikaela Banes]] to protect them from [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], following which Sam agrees to help the Autobots in their quest. A clash with Sector Seven ensues, which results in Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela being taken to their Hoover Dam base as captives. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

Jazz is briefly distracted from the current dilemma when he detects a stray energy trace, which leads him to Space Case, still stuck on Earth, trying to rob a gas station. Jazz bests the Decepticon in battle and leaves him trapped in a cave. {{storylink|Transformers: Jazz}} Jazz rejoins the Autobots and tells them about his encounter, {{storylink|Transformers: Ratchet}} after which they use Archibald Witwicky's glasses to track the AllSpark and their captive friends to Hoover Dam. Unfortunately, in the process, they inadvertently lead the way for Starscream's Decepticons, who attack the base and bring Megatron back online. A truce is orchestrated between the Autobots and Sector Seven with help from soldiers [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]], and they ally to battle their common foes.

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Events culminate in a colossal battle over the AllSpark in [[Mission City]], during which Jazz, Blackout, Brawl, Frenzy, and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] are all killed. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} [[Kevin Bowman]]'s parents are among the human casualties. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}} The battle ends when Sam plunges the cube into Megatron's chest, killing him and leaving only a small fragment of the cube behind. With the majority of the Decepticons destroyed or otherwise routed in the battle, Starscream and Barricade are forced into retreat. Bumblebee regains his voice, and asks Optimus to remain with Sam. Optimus obliges, and, furthermore, announces that the other three Autobots will remain on Earth for the time being. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

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As the Autobots and government operatives begin clean-up, destroying or rounding up any [[AllSpark Mutation]]s created during the battle, {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Starscream flees the scenes and reclaims Frenzy's body from Hoover Dam. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Returning to Mars, where his ship and the rest of his crew have been waiting, Starscream has the information Frenzy had obtained on the AllSpark beamed back to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}} where it is used to create a huge [[replica AllSpark]]. After fending off an attack by a guerilla Autobot team led by Arcee, Starscream's forces use Thundercracker's jury-rigged space bridge to return to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}} planning to activate the facsimile cube through the sacrifice of five captive Autobots. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}} Arcee follows, and although she is unable to prevent the deaths of the Autobot captives—including her own sister, Elita-One—she is able to destroy the replica AllSpark, prompting Dreadwing to turn on Starscream for his failure. A brief battle for leadership ensues; Dreadwing sets the Nemesis to self-destruct and escapes back to Mars via the space bridge, but Starscream and a chunk of the ruined ship are sucked through the portal as well. Starscream survives and slays his opponent, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5}} then sets about carving cyberglyphs into his armor. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}

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Back on Earth, the Mission City incident is covered up by government with a cover story that claims the Transformers were rampaging robotic constructs created by the company [[McClaren Robotics]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} People such as [[Douglas Porter]] are able to buy this story. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}} One month after the battle of Mission City, Optimus Prime entrusts the remaining AllSpark fragment to Sector Seven scientists, but when it is brought to the same Nevada facility that houses Wreckage, its power inadvertently brings the Decepticon back online. Wreckage goes on a rampage, but is soon killed for treason by Starscream, who has been summoned back to Earth by Barricade. In the resultant firefight, Starscream badly wounds Bumblebee, robbing him of his voice once more, but also drops the remains of Frenzy, which are spirited away by Seymour Simmons. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} Simultaneous with this battle, the ''Longshot'' returns to Earth's solar system. Detecting trace energy from Thundercracker's space bridge on Mars, Soundwave investigates the wreckage of Starscream's ''Nemesis'', and learns of recent events. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Soundwave makes contact with Starscream and orders him to break off his fight, then dispatches a team under the command of [[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]] to begin searching for the Star Harvester. Starscream is ordered back to the ''Longshot'' to awaken the crew members that remain in stasis so they may join the search. Soundwave adopts the form of a satellite and takes up orbit around Earth, observing from afar. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}

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Sector Seven is officially disbanded by the government. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} The bodies of the deceased Decepticons are submerged in the [[Laurentian Abyss]], following which Optimus Prime broadcasts a message into space, encouraging other Autobots to join his team on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} A joint human-Transformer taskforce is assembled, dubbed the Non-Biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty, or "[[NEST]]", and is headquartered on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], where the AllSpark fragment is now stored. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For its first mission, NEST engages and defeats [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] in [[San Francisco]]. Bumblebee is reassigned from frontline combat to live with Sam Witwicky and serve as his guardian. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}}
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===2007 to 2009===
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Decepticon sightings and attacks continue around the world, with forces under the command of Starscream-including [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]], [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]], [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]], [[Ruination (ROTF)|Ruination]], and [[Blademaster]]-continuing the air commander's pursuit of power, while those directed by The Fallen via Soundwave-including [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]] and twins [[Tread]] and [[Trample]]-take on a secondary objective: the acquisition of large amounts of energy to facilitate the resurrection of Megatron. During this period, Autobots [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]] and [[Beachbreak]] arrive on Earth in response to Optimus Prime's summons and join NEST {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}, with [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] arriving a while later. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} Two AllSpark Mutations from the Mission City incident previously contained by Sector Seven take the names [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and also join the organization.

While a team led by Optimus Prime pursues Starscream, foiling his plans to manipulate human crime lords across Africa and Europe, other NEST squads become aware of the Decepticons' new mission when they respond to attacks on an [[oil]] refinery in [[Peru]] and a uranium mine in [[Australia]], though they remain unaware of their specific goal. In Italy, Starscream enters into a deal with an Italian criminal named [[Bruno Carrera]] to help destroy Optimus Prime in exchange for dominion over Europe when the Decepticons triumph. He and Barricade battle the Autobots and NEST, yet are once again defeated. Starscream takes the time to visit Carrera at this villa, where he pays him back for his "failure". {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

Concurrently with all of this, Decepticon activity continues across Earth. Together with NEST, the Autobots repeatedly engage them month after month, obliterating all opposition. Several examples include Fracture, [[Gunbarrel (Movie)|Gunbarrel]], and [[Reverb (Movie)|another guy named Reverb]] in [[Italy]], [[Overcast (Movie)|Overcast]] in [[Europe]], [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]] in the [[Middle East]], and Dropkick and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] in [[Florida]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} At Soundwave's direction, Starscream travels to the ruined ''Nemesis'' to help tend the compliment [[hatchling]]s in stasis within the ship, which will be sustained by the Energon obtained once the Decepticons find the Matrix and harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} Soundwave himself, meanwhile, re-establishes contact with his human agents and/or their offspring and inheritors, including Dylan Gould and [[Alexi Voskhod]], nephew of Soundwave's original Russian pawn. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

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Elsewhere, on an unknown planet, Flatline begins conducting experiments to create a new breed of soldier under the supervision of Thundercracker. Among the victims of his ministrations are the Autobot [[The Twins|Twins]] [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], whose processors are scrambled by the experience, Arcee, who is captured when Thundercracker shoots her ship down, and the deceased Elita-One and Chromia, whose remains have been claimed by Flatline. The Decepticon doctor uses Arcee's spark to reignite her siblings' lifeforces, bringing them back to life as a tripartate being bonded at the spark. The sisters use their new strength to free Skids and Mudflap and escape their captors, departing the planet in the Twins' ship. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 6|Tales of the Fallen #6}}{{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} They soon pick up Optimus Prime's signal and begin following it; en route, they meet up with [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and the [[Wrecker]]s and join them on their ship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', for the rest of the journey to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} The team arrives on Earth in late [[2008]]. Sideswipe, Arcee, and the Twins are quickly inducted into NEST and begin training. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} The Wreckers, on the other hand, are retained by NASA to keep the ''Xantium'' in working order, but also because their abrasive personalities make them liabilities in the field and unpleasant to work with. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Around this time, Seymour Simmons begins experimenting with Frenzy's head, bringing the Decepticon back online in order to gain information from him. Not particularly lucid, Frenzy causes a surge in Simmons's apartment building's electrical wiring, forcing Simmons to deactivate him and move the head to the basement of his mother's deli, where he has been working since Sector Seven's disbanding. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

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Sideswipe gets off to an ignominious start on Earth when he learns that his old foe, [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]], is in hiding somewhere on the planet, and on [[November 17]], 2008, tears up Montevideo, [[Uruguay]], searching for him. The chase leads to [[Buenos Aires]], where Ironhide attempts to talk Sideswipe down in order to prevent human military incursion. Initially recalcitrant, Sideswipe acquiesces when an airstrike injures Ironhide, and he opts to save him rather than pursue Demolishor. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

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Seeking the surviving fragment of the AllSpark as a means to revive Megatron, the Decepticons begin targeting Sam Witwicky as he is making preparations to go to [[Princeton University|college]]; Barricade abducts him and ransoms him for the fragment, but he is rescued by Bumblebee. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}} Consequently, subtler methods are soon employed, with the spy [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] being assigned to watch the Witwicky home, while the Pretender, now sporting a human guise copied from a [[Alice (animatronic)|theme park animatronic]] and going by "[[Alice]]", is installed at Sam's school in advance of his arrival. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 2|Revenge of the Fallen #2}} {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen novelization}}
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===2009===
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Word reaches NEST of a fresh sighting of the fugitive Demolishor, hiding out in [[Shanghai]], {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}} {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} and a strike team is able to successfully destroy both him and his companion [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. However, the massive amounts of collateral damage and the fact that both targets escaped quarantine offends NEST's government liaison, the officious bureaucrat [[Theodore Galloway]]. Simultaneously, Sam Witwicky discovers a second surviving sliver of the AllSpark embedded in his old clothes, and upon touching it, the knowledge of the cube floods into his mind, giving him visions of Cybertronian symbols. The sliver also brings to life the [[Appliancebot]]s, which are quickly destroyed by Bumblebee, but the Witwicky residence is left badly damaged as a result. Sam entrusts the sliver to Mikaela before departing for college, making her a target for Wheelie, but she is able to overpower and capture the little scrap drone, eventually convincing him to switch sides to the Autobots.

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Soundwave dispatches [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to recover the AllSpark fragment from Diego Garcia, after which [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] and the Constructicons put it to use restoring Megatron to life. Knowing that the knowledge of the AllSpark—including the location of the Matrix and the harvester—has entered Sam's mind, The Fallen directs Megatron to abduct the boy, leading to a ferocious forest battle that climaxes with [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] being offlined by Optimus Prime, followed by the death of the Autobot leader himself at Megatron's hands. With the last Prime's death, The Fallen believes his victory assured, and addresses Earth with the demand that Sam be handed over, forcing the youth to go on the run with Mikaela, his roommate [[Leo Spitz]], Bumblebee and the Twins.

[[File:TheFallen-ROTFfacegotten.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Well, I've got your ''face''! Nya-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh!]]
Leo is able to lead the group to Seymour Simmons, who shares them with them various purloined Sector Seven documents that Wheelie explains pinpoint the locations of the long-abandoned Seekers on Earth. The four humans break into the Smithsonian and locate Jetfire, reviving him with the second AllSpark fragment. Although initially disoriented and confused, he soon regains the majority of his bearings. He soon teleports them to Egypt and explains the story of the Primes, The Fallen, the Matrix and the harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} However, the energy discharge catches the attention of fellow Seeker [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], who has followed them through his own portal and wants to pick a fight with Jetfire. Unfortunately, he fires a shot that bounces off Jetfire, who stomps Ransack into the ground. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen novelizatiom}}

Meanwhile, NEST is alerted to the fact that Optimus might be able to be resurrected, and preparations begin to transport the Autobots to Egypt. After a long search, the group discovers the Tomb of the Primes, an impromptu wrestling match between Skids and Mudflap reveals the interior. Sam recovers the Matrix, only for it to disintegrate into dust at his touch. Undeterred, he heads towards Giza. While NEST quickly establishes a forward command post in the desert ruins, the Decepticon forces mobilize. Sam's group split up, with Leo, Simmons, Skids, and Mudflap arriving in a quarry and Bumblebee heads off Starscream. In the quarry, the quartet tangle with Devastator, and while the Twins attempt to slow down the colossus, they are thrown off. [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] tears open the pyramid to reveal the harvester inside. Sam and Mikaela try to reach Optimus by foot, but Sam is attacked by Rampage. Bumblebee saves him, and ferries his parents to safety. During [[Operation: Firestorm]], all Consctructicons, as well as Ravage, [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], Devastator, and several [[Buffalo MPV Decepticon|additional]] Decepticon troops, are killed. Not long after, a blast from Megatron kills Sam, leading his soul to commune with the Dynasty of Primes in the [[Allspark|afterlife]]. They return him to life, in the process transferring the AllSpark knowledge from his mind into the Matrix, reconstructing it. Sam successfully uses it to bring Optimus back to life, but The Fallen claims the Matrix immediately thereafter and activates the harvester. An injured Jetfire sacrifices his own life so that Optimus can bond with his parts, which gives the Autobot leader the necessary power to destroy both The Fallen and the harvester. The existence of the Autobots is made public, due in part to the destructive battle. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

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Around this time, stolen Soviet documents pertaining to Shockwave find their way into the hands of a human journalist. A mocking newspaper article is published, treating the whole thing as a Soviet joke, but a picture of Shockwave is included. In his constant monitoring of the planet, Soundwave discovers the article, realizes that Shockwave is the second captive Cybertronian hidden on the planet, and begins a search for him. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}
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===2009 to 2010===
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Megatron returns to the ''Nemesis'' to tend the protoforms there. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 4|Revenge of the Fallen #4}} While being awarded a medal for his heroism by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] at the [[White House]], Sam Witwicky has a brief encounter with [[Carly Spencer]], an administrative assistant from the British Embassy. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Either before or after this, Mikaela Banes breaks up with him for reasons unknown; Wheelie stays with Sam. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Seymour Simmons writes [[Code-Name Hero: How Seymour Simmons & the Aliens Saved the World|a book]] about his experiences, which soon makes him fabulously wealthy. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

The Autobots and NEST initiate several joint technological programs. [[Project Unite|Project: Unite]] is developed to re-engineer the deceased Jetfire's parts into a form that will allow Optimus Prime to sustain his powered-up combined form. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} With the knowledge of the AllSpark now residing within the Matrix of Leadership and accessible once again, the secrets of [[Power Core Combination]] are re-discovered and realized by the Autobots and their human allies, but then stolen by the Decepticons for their own use. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 32|TFCC #32}}

Soundwave maintains surveillance of Earth as more Autobots and Decepticons continue to arrive from space. While [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]], [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]], [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]], and others manage to join up with their respective factions {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}}, [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]], [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]], [[Blazemaster]], [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]], [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]], [[Sonar (ROTF)|Sonar]], [[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]], [[Thrust (Movie)|Thrust]], and a couple others all become captives of Carter Newell's Initiative without their comrades ever knowing. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} Also among the new arrivals are Wheeljack and [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]], who are assigned to a new NEST base in Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

[[File:Nefarious6 carter and allspark.jpg|left|thumb|Such power would put me above the ''gods''! ''AND THROUGH THE DALEKS, I HAVE THAT POWER!!''"]]
Several months after the battle in Egypt, the Initiative recovers and reanimates the remains of Ravage, who is sent to recover the deactivated Appliancebots from [[Guantanamo Bay]], {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 5|Tales of the Fallen #5}} from which the Initiative drains the animating energies of the AllSpark, in order to feed an [[Project Nefarious|artificial AllSpark construct]] they have created. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} Discovering his minion is still alive, Soundwave investigates, as do the Autobots, leading to several clashes between the two and Soundwave's capture by NEST, during which Brakedown and {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Soundwave is able to quickly engineer his escape through his numerous other minions, but while the Autobots are preoccupied with him, the Initiative raids Sector Seven's decommissioned Hoover Dam base for the residual AllSpark energy that remains there {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} while using Ransack (who they have also reanimated) to keep Galloway occupied. Soundwave attacks the Initiative's base, but is repelled by the brainwashed Transformers they have captured, forcing him to propose an uneasy alliance to the Autobots. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Soundwave, the Autobots and NEST converge on the Initiative's base just as Newell activates his artificial AllSpark and uses it to power all the Transformers under the Initiative's control and send them into battle. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} The artificial AllSpark goes into meltdown, threatening to take out the Earth's Solar System, but it is teleported away into the depths of space by Fortress when he is freed from the Initiative's clutches by Carter's young relative [[Ingrid]]. Soundwave has Carter killed, but recovers from the Initiative's computers all the data on the AllSpark project. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}} NEST takes in all the brain-damaged Autobots controlled by the Initiative for rehabilitation; the Decepticons are likewise able to recover their warriors and put them back on the front lines before long. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

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Learning of Project: Unite, Megatron charges [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] with obtaining its secrets for him, in return for command of the Earth-based Decepticon forces. With a strike team consisting of [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]], [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]], and Brakedown, and intel provided by Soundwave, Bludgeon journeys to the [[N.E.S.T. Advanced Research Facility]]. However, Starscream objects and attempts to beat Bludgeon to the punch, fouling up his mission, and in the process obtaining a portion of the project's data. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} Starscream sends Skystalker and Ravage to recover the deceased bodies of Decepticons currently in NEST custody and to infect NEST's systems using a [[Nano-virus|nano-virus]], {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}} and then replicates the Unite process with Bonecrusher's and Sideways' remains, giving himself a power-up. Sideswipe, [[Sea Spray (TF 2010)|Sea Spray]], and [[Breacher]] track him to his base among the [[Cyclades]] islands, but are preoccupied by Ravage, [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], and Skystalker. As this happens, Bludgeon takes the opportunity to exact his revenge against Starscream, only to be shot down by a Unite-enhanced Starscream. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Bludgeon's Revenge}} Starscream begins cutting a swathe of destruction across Earth, his mental state rapidly deteriorating due to his failure to obtain the neural upgrades necessary to process the strain of the combination on the mind. Optimus, Elita-One, [[Scattorshot (ROTF)|Scattorshot]], and [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]] arrive on the scene, but neither they nor Thundercracker and [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], who have been sent there on behalf of Soundwave, can match his power. However, they provide enough of a delay for Megatron to get the ''Nemesis'' airborne and return to Earth for a showdown. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|On the Road of Destruction}} The Autobots intervene in the resulting battle between the two Decepticons, only for [[Terradive (TF 2010)|Terradive]], [[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]], [[Hailstorm (TF 2010)|Hailstorm]], and [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon]] to arrive as well. During the now-battle royale, the Autobots create a distraction that allows Ratchet, escorted by [[Highbrow (TF 2010)|Highbrow]] and [[Tomahawk (TF 2010)|Tomahawk]], to hit Starscream with a blast that burns out the Unite technology, putting it beyond Megatron's reach. {{storylink|The Strongest Weapon}}

At [[NEST]] command, Bumblebee and Ironhide review some [[Datatrax|data tracks]] made by Optimus on the history of their war for preservation in [[Vector Sigma]], only to be interrupted an attack by Soundwave and Bludgeon. Soundwave is defeated by Bumblebee using his weakness of being unable to repel multiple sonic booms {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} and is sealed in a vacuum-sealed electromagnetic bubble by the Autobot's "smallest soldier". Ironhide, on the other hands, pursues Bludgeon into the surrounding jungle and offers him a chance to join the Autobots during their fight. Bludgeon refuses the offer on account of facing Megatron's wrath upon defection, and escapes by jumping off a cliff. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}} Searching for Bludgeon, Ironhide stumbles across a cave filled with Energon deposits only to be hypnotized by Mindwipe. Optimus arrives and takes down the Decepticon, freeing Ironhide, and confiscates the Energon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}} Starscream and Mindwipe attempt to retrieve the Energon only to have it destroyed by Ratchet and Sideswipe. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 10}}

In [[Mission City]], Ratchet resumes his old rivalry with Lockdown only to lose his [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] blaster to the Decepticon bounty hunter. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3}} Around the same time, Sideswipe pursues Barricade and a somehow-revived Frenzy in [[Scramble City]], but is unable to stop them from stealing NEST defense deactivate codes and has his swords broken. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 6}} Sideswipe gains some pistols as a replacement for his swords, and helps Ratchet reclaim his stolen EMP blaster from Lockdown. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 7}} Ironhide does the two Autobots a favor by taking down both Lockdown ''and'' Barricade. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11}}

Optimus and Sideswipe track down Megatron and battle him in sword fighting before he escapes by causing a distraction in his Cybertronian tank mode. Fortunately for the Autobots, he leaves a trail he cannot hide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}} While training in the Arctic, Bumblebee and Ironhide spare the life of a flower as a reminder of the Autobots' mission to defend all forms of sentient life. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 8}} The young Autobot later helps Ratchet defeat the Decepticon [[Smolder]] and his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Chopster]], who attempt to burn down Scramble City. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 9}} Sometime later, the Autobots track Megatron and Starscream into the Arctic, taking down the latter while allowing the former to escape once more. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

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With the Decepticons giving them little choice, the Autobots have the still-bubbled Soundwave being transported by Sideswipe on a train that is soon derailed by Megatron, accompanied by Starscream, Barricade, Bludgeon, and Mindwipe. However, it is all a ruse to lure the Decepticons into a trap, given the fact that the Sideswipe and Soundwave onboard the train are actually holograms. As soon as NEST reinforcements arrive, Optimus Prime gives the Decepticons a choice to either leave Earth or be destroyed. To Megatron's surprise, he is abandoned by the other Decepticons present with him, and swears revenge before departing. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}} Naturally, this is not an instruction Megatron takes to heart; instead, he forgoes his pride and finally adopts an Earth alternate mode to remain hidden on the planet, holing up in the deserts of [[Namibia]], [[Africa]] with the hatchlings from the ''Nemesis''.<ref>While ''[[Transformers: Starscream]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm|Rising Storm]]'' are both written by [[John Barber]] and are clearly intended to tie in to one another, Megatron appears in his ''Dark of the Moon'' body in the former, but in his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' body in the latter. Barber [https://twitter.com/TheJohnBarber/status/70847010252656640 confirms] he is supposed to be in his ''Dark of the Moon'' form in ''Rising Storm'', but did not appear that way because of either an artwork mistake or an active desire on the part of Hasbro and/or Paramount to not feature the body in that comic. This is not uncommon: his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' body was likewise the subject of secrecy in 2009, and Shockwave, Wheeljack and Mirage all featured different designs from their movie selves in ''Rising Storm'' (albeit with explanations for their changed appearances).</ref>

Starscream soon joins him there, but before long, the two have yet another altercation, prompting the second-in-command to finally break away from Megatron and begins reorganizing the scattered Decepticons under his own leadership. {{storylink|Transformers: Starscream}} Among their numbers is Space Case, who is eventually reawakened and freed from his cave prison by an earthquake. Bumblebee, Arcee and Sam arrive to investigate his energy signature, but are trapped in a rockslide by the Decepticon as he rockets out of the tunnel. {{storylink|Transformers: Space Case}} Ratchet picks up the trapped Autobots' distress signal, and briefly battles Space Case, who eventually turns tail when one of his engines is damaged. Ratchet digs Arcee out, and she leaves to pursue the fleeing Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers: Ratchet}} Beneath the rockslide, Bumblebee realizes Sam is running out of air, and is able to shift the debris enough to stop him suffocating. Ratchet, digging the other way, soon finds and rescues the trapped friends. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee}} Arcee, meanwhile, catches up to Space Case in a city, where a roof-level battle concludes with her taking out his other engine, sending him plummeting towards the coastline. {{storylink|Transformers: Arcee}} Starscream arrives on the scene just as Space Case crashes into a seaside pier, and chooses the bumbler to be the first of his personal army. Sore over recent events, Space Case immediately lashes out at Starscream, but is soon brought around to the air commander's side with flattery. {{storylink|Transformers: Starscream}}

At some point, [[Tracer (Classified)|Tracer]], [[Bombshock (PCC)|Bombshock]], [[Dropshot (Classified)|Dropshot]], who undertake an attack on the [[Nevada Test and Training Range]] and easily deal with the squad of F-22s scrambled to stop them. Their progress is watched from afar by [[Simon Clay]] AKA "Stealth One", as well as a young family who got lost in their SUV. Optimus Prime and Ironhide soon arrive by plane and executes the trio of 'Cons. Not far away, Clay reports the disappointing outcome to Douglas AKA "Stealth Leader".

In [[Hurley's Crossing]], Kevin and [[Gilbert Poole|Gilbert]] are unable to do their science project due to [[Charlene Poole|Gilbert's sister]] having a raucous birthday party thrown for her by Douglas, and are further distracted by a news report about the Transformers until they it is interrupted by the birthday girl's rich boyfriend changing the channel. This report is also witnessed by Bumblebee and Ratchet at the NEST Forward Strike Base at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], who are soon told that a couple of meteors, likely Cybertronians in transition forms, are approaching Earth. On his way home, Kevin witnesses Gears' arrival and is saved by the Autobot when he's nearly run down by Simon Clay's van. While he is taking a call from [[Duane Bowman|his brother Duane]], Kevin's phone suddenly goes dead as the very Reverb who killed Tailgate arrives as well, who immediately fights Gears and loses. Gears cannot finish off the unconscious Decepticon, so he resumes his mission with Kevin coming along for the ride as a native guide. A NEST team arrives at Hurley's Crossing a while later and find Reverb, securing him for transport and interrogation. Reverb recovers enough to spin a story about being a defector, in pursuit of another Decepticon who intends to destroy the [[Hawthorne Army Depot]] where Duane works. As there is a communication's blackout over the area, Ratchet decides to play along and try to find this other Decepticon despite Bumblebee's doubts.

Gears and Kevin near the army depot, where Gears again unsuccessfully attempts to ditch his human friend only for the to be attacked by remote-controlled tanks, which Gears manages to outwit. They then an ancient munitions stronghold filled with a multitude of Cybertronian weapons established there during the Dynasty's conflict with The Fallen, which Gears intends to protect against Reverb. Before long, the NEST helicopter carrying Reverb, Bumblebee, and Ratchet arrives at the army depot, followed by Duane and a convoy of army trucks. While Reverb chases Gears into the cave and gets the better of his rival, Kevin fills in the other two Autobots on the situation. Reverb loads up with the ancient tech and battles Bumblebee and Ratchet. At the same time, he uses [[Trans-spacial cylinder|the metal cylinder]] he was originally sent to find on Duane and four other humans soldiers, transporting them to [[Blue Planet|a location elsewhere]]. While Kevin goes to help Gears, Bumblebee and Ratchet continue to vainly fight Reverb when Optimus and Ironhide arrive. With his enhancements, Reverb is still a match for them and Kevin comes up with a desperate plan that utilizes a hologram of Tailgate to lure Reverb back into the cave where Gears manages to get off a lucky shot and wreck the Decepticon's personal force shield. Reverb attacks the battered Autobot, but now that the shield is down, Optimus is able to defeat Reverb and NEST takes him prisoner. The Autobot leader deduces the cylinder's function and convinces [[Marcus|General Marcus]] that Kevin should join NEST. Elsewhere, Douglas takes a call from Clay reporting the failure of the mission at Hawthorne and assures him that they have enough information to go ahead with [[Project Nightbridge]]. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

Sometime later, in a junkyard in a [[Nevada]] desert, Ironhide does battle with a remote-controlled prototype tank that is operated by Douglas. His father, [[Hyperdynamix]] company CEO [[Alexander Porter]], is unimpressed with how much damage Ironhide did to the prototype. Douglas is not particularly forgiving towards for failing to beat Inronhide, raising the Autobot's ire. Back at home, Douglas assumes his identity of "Stealth Leader" and has Clay send him footage of the battle with Reverb at Hawthorne Army Depot; recognizing Kevin from the footage, and comes up with a new plan.

Meanwhile at Hurley's Crossing, Kevin is paying a visit to his home to pick up some things when he gets a phone call from Gilbert Poole, who is unable to tell his friend much as Kevin is now part of NEST. He and Gears return to the [[NEST Rapid Response Base]] where General Marcus has news: NEST technicians have isolated a chemical signature unique to Cybertronian artifacts and used it to locate another such storehouse on [[Antler Peak]] near [[Battle Mountain]]. Kevin wonders if his brother might have been transported there, and plans are made to leave for Battle Mountain in the morning. However, the meeting is interrupted by news that the Decepticons are attacking Hyperdynamix Laboratories in Mission City, and Marcus and Optimus set off to help, leaving Kevin at the base with Gears and Bumblebee. They pay a visit to [[Lindsay]] in the lab, who has been analyzing Reverb's cylinder and identified it as a device for trans-special porting. Unfortunately, there is no way to determine where it transported Duane, or even if it transported him anywhere.

At Hyperdynamix, Porter discovers that the twelve prototype tanks are missing, despite the attacking Decepticons not having reached that area yet. Clay notifies Douglas that he has obtained the tanks, but Douglas refuses to give the order for the Decepticons to withdraw as he still needs them there as a distraction. The Autobots at the labs continue to hunt for the Decepticons, who appear to be in hiding. Meanwhile at the Rapid Response Base, Douglas apologizes to Kevin for their last encounter and reveals a recording of a Cybertronian transmission intercepted by Hyperdynamix which states that [[Blowback]] is heading for the Battle Mountain storehouse. Kevin wants to call in Optimus, but Douglas insists Optimus is needed to defend Hyperdynamix and manipulates Kevin into agreeing to an expedition there without the knowledge of any of the NEST superiors. They, Bumblebee, and Gears then set off for Battle Mountain. Douglas leaves his MP3 player at the base, which reveals itself to be [[Loudmouth|a highly-advanced drone]] and proceeds to free Reverb from NEST custody. Once the MP3 drone informs him of the Battle Mountain storehouse and the fact Gears will be there, Reverb heads in the same direction.

As they near Battle Mountain, Gears instructs Kevin and Douglas to hide as he and Bumblebee take on Blowback, unaware that he has reinforcements in the form of [[Sawtooth (Classified)|Sawtooth]], [[Roadrash]], and [[Burnrate]]. As the battle moves into Battle Mountain, forcing the residents to scramble to safety, Kevin and Douglas immediately start heading to Antler Peak to check out the storehouse and find a chamber of rusted, useless Cybertronian technology, but also an artificial intelligence guarding a second cylinder. Once they are finished dispatching Blowback's crew, Bumblebee and Gears head to the storehouse, where Douglas has already arranged a Hyperdynamix truck to take away the cylinder "to the NEST base". As they wait, they spot Reverb and are about to face him when Ironhide arrives in a NEST helicopter to take everyone and the cylinder back. Douglas suggests he leave the cylinder for the Hyperdynamix truck so he can pursue Reverb, but Ironhide turns down this idea.

They arrive back at Hyperdynamix just in time for Ironhide to miss out on killing any of the Decepticons, as Optimus and Ratchet have already finished all of them off. Kevin receives a telling-off from Optimus and General Marcus. Lindsay examines the second cylinder, and concludes it is operational yet only has enough charge for one journey, and they do not know what coordinates the first cylinder was set to. Douglas contacts Clay, who is now sharing quarters with Reverb, and declares the mission at least a success as far as stealing the prototype tanks and winning the confidence of Kevin and the Autobots goes. They also have an image of Reverb's cylinder showing the coordinates to Blue Planet as another bargaining chip. While trapped on Blue Planet {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}, Duane and his men lay a trap for two of the wolves that plague them. Though [[Anson]] is injured in the fight, they manage to dispatch the creatures, only to find that the wolves are robotic in nature. They barely escape the wolves by managing to shelter on a rocky ledge. Unfortunately, they find themselves surrounded by the predators until a giant [[Robo-pede|robot centipede]] attacks the wolves, killing or driving them off. Fortunately, Duane's team stumble across a Cybertronian cylinder identical to the ones found on Earth that activates as they watch.

Back on Earth, Kevin and Gears are in the lab catching up on the analysis of the Cybertronian cylinders as Chief Lindsay attempts to introduce power to the intact Battle Mountain cylinder gradually, only for it to unexpectedly climb to 600% power levels. They rapidly vacate the lab only to determine from its readings that the cylinder will not actually activate for another four days. Meanwhile, General Marcus, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and Ratchet preview Hyperdynamix's latest rocket technology: [[Reusable Launch Vehicle]]s, which service the [[Hyperdynamix Orbital Debris Disposal Initiative Station]], a space station which will clean up space junk in Earth orbit. Porter reveals that known to many working on the project, the station also includes an early detection system for incoming Cybertronians. Additionally, the latest two RLVs they are preparing to launch carry a satellite which will broadcast a signal to shut down Decepticons worldwide. Optimus is totally unconvinced that it will not affect Autobots as well, but Porter seems confident. The discussion is cut short when HODDIS detects four meteors heading for northern [[Idaho]]. Elsewhere, Douglas, who intends to ruin his father's plans, reviews footage from his spy drone hidden in the Rapid Response Base.

Optimus and his team arrive in a remote area of Idaho and soon find the fallen meteorites, which turn out to have been carrying giant robot centipedes. The Autobots come off second best during the initial encounter, and when Optimus comes around, the intruders have scattered. The Autobots likewise split up, with Optimus following and dispatching one pair of the creatures, who seem intelligent enough to lay traps. Ironhide and Ratchet follow the other pair before they reach the town of Sagle and manage to dispose of the first, though Ironhide has to chase the other into a lake to kill it, startling some fishermen.

Marcus orders the powered-up cylinder moved to a more secure location near [[Yucca Mountain]]. As it's the only way he might get Duane back, Kevin enlists Gear's help in persuading Lindsay to let them accompany the cylinder. Douglas, still spying via the drone, contacts Clay to organize an interception of the NEST convoy with Reverb and the stolen Hyperdynamix tanks. Bumblebee and Gears accompany the NEST convoy only for them to duly ambushed on Highway 99, just south of Beatty. While the Autobots scramble to defend the cargo, not far away at Hyperdynamix Aerospace, Porter and Marcus view footage of the battle and are surprised to see Reverb using the stolen tanks. Porter accelerates the launch of the RLVs to twenty minutes from now. Doug, spying on his father remotely, instructs Reverb to break off the ambush and stop the launch. The confusion allows the Autobots to get the upper hand, driving off the rest of the autonomous tanks, and Gears and Kevin likewise head for Hyperdynamix. Reverb gets there first and bursts into the control room, seriously injuring the elder Porter. As he is unable to stop the launch from there, the Decepticon attempts to attack the RLV directly, and is still on board as it launches. As Gears and Kevin arrive, Porter smugly reveals that the signal the satellite will generate will destroy Autobots as well as Decepticons. Gears and Kevin board the second RLV just before it also launches.

Witnessing his father's brush with death causes Douglas to have a change of heart, and he turns the information he has on the cylinders over to NEST. Gears and Kevin attempt an operation to stop the satellite with Reverb's help and some instructions from Hyperdynamix's fight controller [[Lyons]]. The first attempt goes poorly, so Kevin is forced to don a space suit and go outside to rewire to the satellite and succeeds only for Reverb to shoot Gears in the back. The crew on HODDIS use the station's anti-junk drones to send the Decepticon plummeting Earthward. While the badly-injured but functional Gears is taken on board the station, Kevin assumes manual control of and rides the RLV back down to Earth. Landing next to the activating trans-spacial cylinder, Kevin is transported to Blue Planet and uses the information provided by Douglas to reconfigure the cylinder Duane's team has found. The cylinder transports all six of them back to Earth, where they arrive back with the convoy in front of a startled Optimus Prime. Back at the NEST base, Marcus and the Autobots debrief on the giant centipedes and Reverb. Kevin visits Douglas at his father's bedside before he and the repaired Gears go for a drive. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}

Starscream proceeds to recruit more of the scattered Decepticons to his side, including Barricade, [[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]], Bludgeon, Tankor, Sonar, [[Storm Surge (Movie)|Storm Surge]], Brimstone, Ruination, Blademaster, Mindewipe, [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]], and Skystalker. Revisiting his previous plans to gain personal power by manipulating human criminals, he establishes a "gun running" scheme in which he and his Decepticons provide humans with Cybertronian weaponry. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}
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===2010 onwards===
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Soundwave's efforts bear fruit and Shockwave's resting place is at last located.<ref>''Rising Storm'' refers to Arcee having received wounds "in Egypt last year", placing the mini-series somewhere in 2010.</ref> This knowledge, coupled with all Soundwave has told him of the Ark on the Moon and his manipulation of humans over the last half-century, galvanizes Megatron into putting back into motion his millennia-old plan with Sentinel Prime. Before the plan can resume, the Decepticon house must be put back in order; to this end, Megatron liberates Shockwave and charges him with forcing the vast majority of his disenfranchised Decepticon followers back into line while allowing him to offline as many Autobots as possible, {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} starting with Longarm and Salvage. While the Autobots and NEST capture Fearswoop and eliminate Skystalker and Divebomb, Shockwave puts his plan into action. It entails allowing [[Brains]], a brain unit scrap drone, to "escape" from the clutches of Shockwave's partner [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]] and make contact with Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee in [[Philadelphia]], then forcing Starscream, Barricade, Space Case, and the rest of the former's followers back into Megatron's service and sending them to attack Sam's school to "recover" Brains. However, Wheeljack and Mirage arrive to help out. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} While Optimus Prime leads a NEST squad into action, Arcee, Elita-One and Chromia investigate Brains's point of origin, and discover that everything has been set up by Shockwave and are ambushed by Soundwave and his minions (Ravage, [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]], [[Beastbox (ROTF)|Beastbox]], [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]], and [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]]). {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} Shockwave assaults the undermanned Diego Garcia base, killing nearly all the Autobots and humans there, including Jolt, Knock Out, Dune Runner, and Galloway. Shockwave then heads to Philadelphia for a showdown, crushing and killing Elita-One in the process, and is pummelled to within an inch of his life by an enraged Optimus Prime, only to be rescued by his Driller. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} During the chaos at his school, Sam Witwicky again meets up with Carly, who is now working for Dylan Gould. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} By the end of this crisis, Astrotrain, Fearswoop, Brimstone, Storm Surge, and Blademaster, and possibly Bludgeon, Ravage, Rumble, Beastbox, Ratbat, and Buzzsaw are killed by the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Rising Storm|Rising Storm}}

Brains joins Wheelie in living with Sam, who begins a relationship with Carly. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Robert Epps retires from active duty and takes a consulting job, working with NASA and the Wreckers. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} Having been critically damaged during the battle in Philadelphia, Shockwave, Mirage and Wheeljack's bodies are rebuilt into new forms. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} In their new bodies, Mirage and Wheeljack take on the names "Dino" and "Que", respectively. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

National Security Director [[Charlotte Mearing]] is appointed the new director of NEST in place of the deceased Galloway, and quickly brings firm order to the organization, revoking Bumblebee's permission to live with Sam and arranging for the establishment of a network of [[Energon detector]]s around the globe to warn of any Decepticon threats. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} The devastated Diego Garcia NEST base is decommissioned, and the group moves its headquarters to its Washington, D.C. base. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}} While Decepticon high command remains hidden in Namibia, the vast majority of the villains' forces gather in seclusion on Earth's moon in preparation for Megatron's final plan. With this drastic reduction in Decepticon activity on Earth, NEST begins helping to resolve human disputes, though not always with government sanction. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

After Sam graduates college, he and Carly move to Washington D.C., with Wheelie and Brains in tow.<ref>No date for the events of ''Dark of the Moon'' is provided in the film. Given that Sam has recently graduated college by the time of the film, this would place it at least three years after ''Revenge of the Fallen''; the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]], while not workable in this timeline (as most video games tend not to be), employs a three year gap, while the novelization of the film puts the movies "several years" apart, which sure sounds like "more than two" to us. The junior novelization, meanwhile, implicitly sets ''Dark of the Moon'' in 2013, by noting that the ''Xantium'', which landed on Earth in late 2008 per ''Tales of the Fallen'', arrived "five years ago".</ref> Sam applies to work with NEST, but is turned down by Mearing, and spends three months struggling to both find a job, and to deal with his sudden lack of importance. Exploiting this, and seeking to use Sam as a mole through his connection to the Autobots, Dylan Gould begins an attempt at currying his favour by arranging a job for him at [[Accuretta Systems]].

[[File:DOTM-Moonspacebridge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|[[Dragstrip (WFC)|One of these days]], [[Alice]]... Bang! Pow! Straight to the moon!]]
Requiring the Autobots to learn of the Ark's resting place, Megatron has Soundwave call upon Alexi Voskhod to request NEST's investigation into some "alien activity" in the ruins of Chernobyl. There, as planned, the Autobots discover the fuel cell from the Ark, which leads them to the craft on the moon. Recovering Sentinel Prime's body, Optimus Prime uses the Matrix of Leadership to restore his mentor to life, just as Megatron intended.

[[File:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|Sentinel Prime's attempt to find the Honeycomb Hideout went sadly awry.]]
Another of Soundwave's pawns, Sam's Accuretta co-worker [[Jerry Wang]], manages to alert Sam to the Decepticon's plans, but is himself executed by [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]. With the help of Wheelie, Brains and Seymour Simmons (who, in the interim became famous with his tell-all book), Sam tracks down the cosmonauts from the cancelled Russian mission and learn of the hundreds of space bridge pillars the Decepticons removed from the ship. Believing that the Decepticons will come for Sentinel because they require him to activate the space bridge, Sam alerts the Autobots. Along the way, the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dread]]s-a unit of Decepticons ([[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]], [[Hatchet (DOTM)|Hatchet]], and [[Crowbar]]) fresh from the staging ground on the Moon-move in to intercept the convoy of Autobots tasked with defending the Prime. They are eventually dispatched by Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Dino, and Ironhide. Upon arriving at NEST headquarters, though, Sentinel reveals his ancient betrayal, killing Ironhide in the process. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} He proceeds to kill Bumblebee, only for Skids to take the shot. Mudflap makes a revengecrazed attempt to avenge his twin, but is unfortunately killed as well {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon}} {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation}} before Sentinel escapes with the pillars. Joining with Megatron, Sentinel triggers the space bridge, teleporting Decepticons and their associated war machines from the moon into the heart of Washington, D.C. for two reasons: 1) to devastate the city in a preliminary strike and 2) to entrench the Decepticon footsoldiers into human civilization by scanning [[alternate mode]]s. Sentinel addresses the United Nations, demanding the exile of Optimus Prime's Autobots from Earth. Sam learns that Dylan Gould is working for the Decepticons, but with Carly as his prisoner, he is unable to warn the Autobots of the conspiracy. The Autobot occupation force departs aboard the ''Xantium'', but the ship is attacked by Starscream moments after launch and explodes.

[[File:Dotm-decepticoncarrier-film-city.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Er, sir... Sir? I don't think you can park that there.]]
With the Autobot threat apparently gone, the Decepticons storm [[Chicago]] and begin fortifying it, turning it into a heavily guarded fortress bristling with troops and weaponry. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} [[Izabella]]'s parents are among the human casualties. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}} Sentinel announces that the human population will be enslaved and rebuild Cybertron. To accomplish this, Decepticons around the world begin setting up space bridge pillars to teleport Cybertron into the Solar System. Sam teams up with Robert Epps and his ex-NEST comrades to enter the city and save Carly from Dylan. After the [[Wrecker]]s rescue the group from a fighter, they soon learn they will not be fighting alone. The apparent death of the Autobots was merely a ruse to catch the Decepticons off guard. An apocalyptic battle ensues in the streets and skies of Chicago. Although the battle initially goes well for the Autobots, the Decepticons eventually take Bumblebee, Ratchet, Sideswipe, Dino, and Que prisoner while Optimus becomes snared in a network of crane cables. Dylan convinces them not to take prisoners and kill them all. Barricade begins the slaughter by executing Que, and Soundwave moves to kill Bumblebee next, but Wheelie and Brains hotwire one of the Decepticons' [[Mothership]]s and sabotage it, thereby distracting Soundwave long enough for Bumblebee and the other Autobots to get free. While NEST and the Autobots fight the Decepticons, Optimus Prime kills Shockwave and uses his arm cannon to topple over the space bridge's control pillar, deactivating the bridge. By the end of the conflict, Starscream, Soundwave, Laserbeak, and the Driller also perish alongside [[Devcon (DOTM)|many]] [[Loader|other]] [[Audi R8 Decepticon|Decepticon]] [[M1 Abrams Decepticon|troops]] {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}, whereas Wheelie, Brains, and Barricade are barely able to make it out alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

[[File:DOTM Autobots NEST victorious.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"It's all over, okay?. We won the war, there's nothing more to see... at least until summer 2014."]]
While Optimus faces off with Sentinel, Sam kills Dylan by hurling him into the space bridge control pillar, which is then destroyed by Ratchet and Bumblebee. The pillar's destruction causes the space bridge to collapse in upon itself, destroying Cybertron and forcing the Decepticon armada into retreat. Convinced by Carly that Sentinel will take Decepticon leadership from him, Megatron intervenes in the Primes' battle and badly wounds Sentinel. Megatron then tries to deceive Optimus into thinking that he wants peace, but Optimus sees through the ruse and tears off Megatron's head, finally killing the tyrant. Optimus then executes the weakened Sentinel for betraying not the Autobots, but his own principles. The Autobots know that with Cybertron truly gone, Earth is now their only home. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===Five years later===
The destruction and political fallout caused by the Battle of Chicago turns a large portion of humanity against the Transformers, and as a result NEST and all other human-Autobot cooperation programs are shut down. Taking advantage of the turn in public opinion, CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] forms a secret cabal of the organization called [[Cemetery Wind]] to hunt down all Transformers, regardless of faction. Cemetery Wind claims to only be hunting the Decepticons, and the White House is convinced that Cemetery Wind is working with the Autobots. All slain Transformers have their body harvested down for their raw material by [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]], whose leader [[Joshua Joyce]], a partner of Attinger, dubs "[[Living metal|Transformium]]." Additionally, the deceased Decepticons recovered from Chicago are used to assist in the process of creating man-made Transformers. Seeking to capture Optimus Prime for the mysterious Creators, Lockdown cuts a deal with Attinger and Joyce: in exchange for assistance in finding Optimus, Lockdown promises a Seed to his human allies. With this, they can cyberform a large area of land, creating enough Transformium to last for the next century. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

[[File:AOELockdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|"We're back, baby!"]]
Optimus orders his Autobots into hiding upon learning of humanity's betrayal, but five years after the Battle of Chicago, almost every Earth-bound Transformer-including Ratchet and [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]]-has been killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} During this period, Barricade reformats his body after surviving the Chicago battle and manages to avoid being hunted, all while being under the government's surveillance. Izabella is "adopted" by the Autobot [[Canopy]], who also takes in the small-sized Autobot [[Sqweeks]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}} Meanwhile, Optimus continues to evade Attinger's forces and eventually makes his way south to Mexico City. At some point, Lockdown and [[James Savoy]] manage to track down Optimus and badly damage him; as a result, Optimus is forced to take on a new disguise and flees north to [[Texas]]. While Optimus takes refuge in an abandoned movie theater, Bumblebee takes temporary command over the remaining Autobots, much to the displeasure of former Decepticon [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]].

Eventually, [[Cade Yeager]] purchases Optimus, intending to gut the "truck" for parts. Instead, he manages to reawaken the Autobot leader, and eventually offers to repair his injuries. Cemetery Wind tracks Optimus down to Cade's home, but Optimus is able to escape with Cade, his daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and her boyfriend [[Shane Dyson|Shane]]. Optimus regroups with Bumblebee, Drift, [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], and the group infiltrates KSI headquarters, learning of Ratchet's death and rescuing Brains, who had been captured by KSI to decode the dead Transformers' heads. Attinger orders KSI's most prestigious drones-Galvatron, who keeps turning out looking like Megatron rather than Optimus, and the Bumblebee lookalike [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]-to capture Optimus, but Lockdown arrives on the scene and kidnaps him and Tessa.

[[File:OptimusPrimeleavesAOE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|Cue the ''[[Superman]]'' [[theme song|theme]]]]
In Chicago, Lockdown gives Attinger the Seed with their deal done, but the Autobots free Optimus and Tessa from his ship without his knowledge using a smaller, detachable ship. Brains reveals that Galvatron is in fact Megatron in a new body, who is has been manipulating KSI to produce a new body for him as well as a new army of Decepticons, in order to get the Seed and wipe out millions of humans. Cade warns Joyce of Galvatron's true nature, but Galvatron breathes life into the KSI drones and escapes anyway. In Hong Kong, a repentant Joyce tries to give the Autobots the Seed, but he, Hound, Bumblebee, and the Yeager family are separated from Optimus by Galvatron's army. Optimus recruits the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]] to aid them against the Decepticons, destroying Stinger, [[Junkheap (AOE)|Junkheap]], [[Trax (AOE)|and]] [[KSI Boss|over 50]] [[Two Head|other drones]]. Galvatron escapes to parts unknown as the Autobots and Dinobots triumph. Lockdown returns, having learned of Optimus' escape, but is killed when the Yeager family and Bumblebee come to his aid. Attinger is slayed by Optimus, avenging all the Autobots who have died because of Cemetery Wind. With the battle won, Optimus allows the Dinobots to roam the Earth freely. Knowing that the Creators still have a price on his head, Optimus departs Earth with the Seed to confront them, assigning the Autobots to guard Cade and his family in his absence. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

In the aftermath of the conflict at Hong Kong, most of Earth's governments have declared Transformers illegal, with the sole exception of [[Cuba]] where Simmons manages to relocate [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] and [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]], among other Autobots. Cemetery Wind is shut down and the multinational [[Transformers Reaction Force]], or the TRF for short, is formed in its place to eliminate the remaining Autobots and Decepticons, yet are also able to capture the Decepticons [[Mohawk]], [[Dreadbot]], [[Nitro Zeus]], [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]], and [[Berserker]], the latter of which deemed unable to be released under any circumstances. Cade relocates Bumblebee, Hound, Drift, Crosshairs, the Dinobots, and [[Mini Dinobot|their newborn babies]] to a junkyard hideout in [[South Dakota]]. Wheelie and [[Trench|an Autobot disguised as an excavator]] are eventually found and brought to the junkyard as well. Cade also hires [[Jimmy (TLK)|a new employee]] to help out while he travels along the country in search of other surviving Autobots. Hoping to leave Earth while they still have a chance, the Autobots reluctantly enlist the help of the scavenger [[Daytrader]] with finding an operational ship. Around this time, Sir Burton (and later Simmons) are the last remaining members of the Order of the Witwiccans.

Despite the absence of Optimus, new Transformers continue to arrive regularly; the newest ship to arrive crash-lands in Chicago, where it is found by a group of children. When a TRF mecha confronts the kids, they are saved by Izabella, Sqweeks, and Canopy. Unfortunately, Canopy is killed by the TRF while Sqweeks loses both his right arm and his ability to transform. Fortunately, Bumblebee and Cade arrive and help Sqweeks and the children escape. Despite Yeager being unable to save the crashed ship's pilot, [[Talisman Knight|one of Quintessa's former guardian knights]], the ancient Cybertronian attaches [[Talisman (TLK)|a metallic talisman]] to Yeager’s body. Barricade observes and reports this to Galvatron, who has been reformatted into a yet ''another'' new body under unknown circumstances (most likely thanks to Quintessa) and has reprised his former identity of Megatron.

On the far reaches of the Solar System, Optimus Prime -having been put into stasis and no longer in possession of the Seed- arrives on a now-disassembled Cybertron as it is heading directly for Earth while under Quintessa's control. Using her powers, she places Optimus under her control, dubs him "Nemesis Prime," and charges him with recovering her staff in order to drain Unicron's life force so that Cybertron can be restored. Around that time, Unicron's six horns extend from the ground at six different locations around the Earth. Meanwhile, Lennox, now a member of the TRF, brokers a deal between the TRF and Megatron, releasing from their custody a squad of Decepticons who will help Megatron recover the talisman from Yeager: Mohawk, Dreadbot, Nitro, and Onslaught, the latter of which was settled mainly because Berserker was refused. The Decepticons hunt Yeager to his junkyard hideout before following them to an abandoned town. During the chaos of the ensuing battle, Onslaught, Dreadbot, and Mohawk are killed by the Autobots. Yeager is approached by Cogman, who takes him and Bumblebee to England to meet his master. There, Yeager also meets the Oxford professor [[Viviane Wembly]], who Burton has had Hot Rod kidnap. Burton reveals that Viviane is the last living descendant of Merlin, and tasks her and Cade in finding and using his staff to prevent the impending destruction of Earth by Cybertron.

Fleeing the TRF, Yeager and Wembly follow clues left by the latter's father that lead them, Bumblebee, and Cogman to take the submarine [[HMS Alliance]] into the sea to find the guardian knights' sunken ship, in which they discover the tomb of Merlin and the staff. Wembly activates the staff, and the ship rises to the surface when the TRF arrives to confront the group. Suddenly, several knights awaken and attack them, [[Skullitron|one of which]] is easily defeated by the TRF. The attack is cut short by the arrival of Nemesis Prime, who takes the staff from Viviane. After a brutal fight with Bumblebee, the young Autobots is finally able to speak once more. Recognizing the sound of Bumblebee's voice is enough to break Optimus free of Quintessa’s control. Megatron and Nitro arrive to steal the staff, where it is revealed that the Decepticon leader too has been working for Quintessa all along. As the Decepticons flee with their prize, the remaining guardian knights attack Optimus for his betrayal until Yeager stops the fight as talisman becomes the sword Excalibur. Realizing he is the last knight, the knights yield to Yeager, who urges Optimus to protect the Earth once more.

Megatron delivers the staff to Quintessa, who begins draining the life force of Earth/Unicron via [[Stonehenge]]. When the British military intervenes, Megatron shoots Burton, who dies with Cogman at his side. Using Lockdown's old ship, which had been procured by Daytrader, the Autobots arrive to join the fight, landing on Cybertron and battling against the surviving Decepticons and Quintessa's legion of [[Infernocon]]s. The Autobots and TRF are unable to advance due to both a gun emplacement and the Infernocons' combiner form [[Infernocus]]. Fortunately, Sqweeks is able to use his new arm's weaponry to destroy the gun emplacement while Optimus, backed up by Dragonstorm, weakens Infernocus long enough for the "ugly mess" to separate into his components before executing them. Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound, and Hot Rod battle and defeat Megatron just as Quintessa's [[Ignition chamber|ignition chamber]] is knocked off Cybertron. Bumblebee executes Nitro and manages to seemingly slay Quintessa while Viviane removes the staff, stopping Cybertron's destruction of Earth, but leaving the two planets connected. Optimus declares that humans and Transformers must work together to rebuild their worlds, and sends a message calling any surviving Autobots to come home. Having somehow survived being blasted, Quintessa (disguised as a human) encounters a group of scientists inspecting one of Unicron's horns in a desert and offers them a way to destroy Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

==Alternate timelines==

*[[Sector Seven ARG timeline]]—Detailing the history of the "alternate reality" that presents Transformers as real beings, and the fiction associated with them a cover story propagated by Sector Seven.
*[[Titan Magazines movie timeline]]—Covering the UK take on the live-action movie universe, which diverges following the events of the first film. Also includes a timeline of the parallel universe where the events of the movie turned out differently.

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZnCDcMccFg&t=207s IGN's video timeline (using just the information from the films)]

[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Live-action film series history]]

Movie timeline

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''You who I called brother'' 
''How could you have come to hate me so?'' 
''Is this what you wanted?'' 
''Then let my heart be hardened'' 
''And never mind how high the cost may grow'' 
''This will still be so:'' 
''I will never let your people go''...]]
As was bound to be a great peril when multiple licensees were producing unrelated pieces of fiction, the '''timeline of the [[live-action film series]]''' is rife with contradictory stories, some minor that a [[John Barber|talented writer]] could overcome if he so chose, and some insurmountable. This timeline is of what are essentially the "main" components: the films themselves, naturally, followed by those pieces of fiction that have over time actively attempted to keep continuity with one another, such as the novels and [[IDW Publishing]]'s assorted comic books, and assorted helpful nuggets of info from a myriad of other minor sources. That is not to say that there are ''no'' contradictions to be found here, but time has papered over many of them, and this article relates details as generally as possible to minimize any confusion, with footnotes to explain any particularly egregious instances.

Elements actively excluded from in this timeline are those from the [[Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven alternate reality game]], because it is set in a parallel reality that represents the films and associated media not as fiction, but as a [[Hungry Dragon|fictionalization of a real-life-event]], and information from all but the earliest of the UK's ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers Comic]]'', which is mostly either actively set in a parallel timeline, or is otherwise utterly irreconcilable with the more prominent pieces of media. See [[#Alternate timelines|Alternate timelines]] below for these separate chronologies.

{{bigquote |We were once a peaceful race of intelligent mechanical beings. But then came the war... between the [[Autobot]]s who fought for freedom, and the [[Decepticon]]s who dreamt of tyranny.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]}}

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==Prehistory==
===The Very Beginning===
[[File:ExtinctionOfTheDinosaurus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|It was "definitely" an asteroid]]
65 million years ago, a race of mysterious bio-mechanical beings known only as the [[Creator (AOE)|Creators]] uses "[[seed]]s" to [[Eco-structuring|cyberform]] many organic planets, converting their matter into a shapeshifting metal that would come to be known as [[Transformium]]. Prehistoric [[Earth]] is among the planets sown with the metal; the cyberforming of the planet triggers the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, wiping out the planet's native [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]]. The creators harvest the metal and take it to the planet that would become [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they imbue it with life using the [[AllSpark]] to create what they intend to be a race of robotic explorers. One way or another, the sorceress [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] is somehow also involved with these events, and is aware of the fact that Earth is formed around an inerit entity known as [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

[[File:Defianceissue4-creation.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Subsequent events are unclear, but it is apparent that the Cybertronian race had no knowledge of their origins from the outset, instead deifying the AllSpark cube and crediting it as the sole creator of their race, formulating a legend that claimed life began when it fell from the sky. The first Cybertronian created is [[Primus]], {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} and from Primus and the cube come the [[Dynasty of Primes]], a race of trans-dimensional beings able to walk across space and time through the use of [[sarcophagus|sarcophagi]]. The Primes live in contentment until the distressing revelation that the AllSpark's power is not infinite, requiring the energy of suns in order to sustain its constant flow of [[Energon]]. Despite their powers, the Dynasty find themselves unable to find any stars to sacrifice to the AllSpark, and so the AllSpark responds to their need, giving life to the next of many generations of Cybertronians that will follow. These new creations are able to exploit the properties of Transformium to reconfigure their bodies into [[alternate mode]]s that will enable them to aid the Dynasty in their task: [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]] to search for suns, and [[Constructicon (ROTF)|construction drones]] to build the [[Star Harvester]]s that will absorb and convert the stars' energy into Energon. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} The AllSpark also creates the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the key that will activate these harvesters. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}
[[File:TalesoftheFallen4-theyshallpay.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Fallen in the Hiz-ouse!]]
Among the first Transformers is a pantheon of great knights, many of whom [[Dinobot (AOE)|owe their forms]] to the dinosaurs of Earth, while [[Knights of Iacon|several others]] are blessed with the ability to combine into [[Dragonstorm|a single three-headed dragon]]. These knights, either knowingly or unknowingly, fulfil the mandate of their creators and set out exploring the universe. Among their number is a direct descendant of the Primes known as [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

One of the Primes comes to believe that the AllSpark is "speaking" to him, and, in his pursuit of power, he breaks the Dynasty's one law: he destroys the sun of a life-bearing world. This prompts the Dynasty to establish a new restriction, requiring them all to be present for the activation of a harvester. Undeterred, the renegade Prime secretly handpicks a selection of Cybertronians to be part of a new faction under his leadership- the [[Decepticon]]s. He builds a facsimile Matrix to carry on his work, but the counterfeit Matrix proves inferior when his next star-harvesting attempt backfires and floods his body with primal energies, driving him to total insanity. For his repeated infraction, the Prime is cast out of the Dynasty by his brethren and dubbed "[[The Fallen]]". {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}

===17,000 BC to 10,000 BC===

[[File:TOTF4 fallen vs dynasty.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]
Circa 17,000 BC, The Fallen brings his Decepticons to [[Earth]] and begins the construction of a star harvester, knowing that this attack on a life-bearing world will draw his brothers into the trap he has prepared. One of the Fallen's Seekers, [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], unable to countenance his master's dark acts any longer, rebels, prompting the Fallen to warp him and several of his other Decepticons away to battle elsewhere. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}} Subsequently, the Primes arrive to stop The Fallen's plan, but find themselves unprepared for his strength, and are slaughtered in quick succession until only [[Prima|one]] remains. The last survivor uses the combined lifeforce of his departed fellows to banish The Fallen to another plane of reality, sealing his sarcophagus to prevent him from returning. For his final act, the last Prime gives up his own life to fuse his body, and the bodies of his brothers, into a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] that will serve as the resting place of the Matrix. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 4|Tales of the Fallen #4}}<ref>In ''Revenge of the Fallen'', when Jetfire recounts the Fallen's battle with the rest of the Dynasty, he projects an image of ''multiple'' surviving Primes forging their bodies into the tomb, not just one. But per the comics, Jetfire wasn't even there when this went down, and he's old and crazy anyway.</ref> The Fallen's Seekers begin searching the planet for the Matrix, but bereft of their master, their mission eventually degenerates into a series of interpersonal conflicts and challenges. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}}

[[File:Foundation1 freedom.jpg|thumb|We stand united for all time! Right guys? Guys? For all time? Guys?]]
Over the following 7,000 years, with none to tend the AllSpark, Cybertron's energy supply steadily diminishes, leading the Cybertronians to split into various warring factions, fighting over what little they had left. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} The ferocity of this war wipes out any remaining traces of the Prime Dynasty and its descendants, save two: Optimus, hidden away to keep him safe, his knowledge of his true heritage lost, {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}} and the elderly [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], the only robot who knows the stories of the Dynasty and the AllSpark to be anything more than legends. Recovering Optimus from hiding, Sentinel Prime rallies a small group to his side, including [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], and with their aid, he uncovers and raises the lost AllSpark from beneath the planet's surface. The scientific skill of [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] is employed to teleport a sun into Cybertronic space, which proves able to feed the AllSpark without being absorbed, thereby restoring energy and peace to Cybertron. The AllSpark is enshrined in a temple at [[Simfur]], built by the [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} and protected by the [[Knights of Cybertron]], an elite group assembled by the antiquarian [[Alpha Trion (ROTF)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|Prepare for Battle (website)|Prepare for Battle}}

Sentinel reveals Optimus's heritage to him and offers him the position of leader of the new unified Cybertron, but Optimus does not believe that he is a Prime, and turns the offer down. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Instead, a dual leadership system is employed, with Optimus in charge of the archaeological [[Science Division]], and Megatron in command of the militaristic [[Defense Force]]. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} However, Megatron had overheard Sentinel and Optimus's conversation, and begins to resent his brother-in-arms thanks to the knowledge that he was always "second best" in Sentinel's eyes. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}
[[File:Foundation 2 Driller attack.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Around the same time, Shockwave and Megatron rescue [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] from a [[Driller]], the largest indigenous subterranean predator on Cybertron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Shockwave becomes fascinated with the creature, and his studies of it eventually lead to Drillers being tamed and used as beasts of burden. Shockwave keeps one as a "pet", which he trains and equips for military purposes. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon novelization}}

Optimus and Megatron successfully lead Cybertron together for two generations, until the rise in activity of [[Malcontent]]s who oppose the current government gives Megatron's rage and resentment an outlet, allowing him to claim the primary position of power in the name of protecting Cybertron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Not long after, a dig by Optimus's Science Division uncovers The Fallen's intact sarcophagus. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} [[File:Defiance4 Megatron TheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Wiki:Johnny The Homocidal Maniac|Megatron needs to feed his wall blood]].]] Through its eyes, the renegade Prime sees in Megatron the making of an apprentice, and he makes contact with him after he has been badly wounded following a battle with invading [[Ejoornian|aliens]] from the nearby [[Eshems Nebula]]. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} Under The Fallen's influence, Megatron reshapes his Defense Force into a military dictatorship that becomes the new incarnation of the Decepticons. Simultaneously, further archaeological discoveries lead Optimus to realize that Sentinel was correct, and that he is indeed descended from the Primes. Galvanized by this realization, he raises a small army of followers, the [[Autobot]]s, to stand against Megatron. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} Following The Fallen's direction, Megatron has the starship ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' constructed; learning of this, the Autobots refurbished an older craft, the [[Ark (Movie)|Ark]], in preparation for Megatron's next move. Soon, the ''Nemesis'' leaves the planet, captained by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and with The Fallen's sarcophagus on board, to seek out Earth and the Matrix. Following the departure of the ''Nemesis'', true war finally breaks out once more on Cybertron, and Optimus's Autobots and Megatron's Decepticons battle for control of the planet over untold years. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

In the very early stages of the war, the ancient technology known as [[Power Core Combination]] is lost, and in an attempt to recreate it, the Decepticons develop the monstrous [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 32|TFCC #32}} At some point, the Autobot [[Tailgate (Classified)|Tailgate]] is murdered by the Decepticon [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], adding another addition to [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]]'s list of dead friends. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

===10,000 BC onwards===
[[File:Foundation3 sentinels torch.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"...and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow."]]
As Cybertron is devastated by the worsening war, with Optimus Prime unwilling to take the decisive actions that will bring the conflict to an end, Sentinel Prime is forced to make a deal with Megatron to seek out another planet whose resources they can exploit to restore their homeworld. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} The chosen planet is the resting place of the Primes' Star Harvester. Sentinel recreates the Primes' lost [[space bridge]] technology, fashioning hundreds of pillars that will form a bridge large enough to teleport Cybertron itself across the cosmos, telling the Autobots it will be used to instantaneously teleport soldiers, supplies and refugees into and out of the battlefield, allowing them to defeat the Decepticons. The pillars are loaded onto a second [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]], while a strike team led by Optimus attacks Simfur in order to activate the control pillar for the space bridge by bringing it into contact with the AllSpark. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} While most of the Autobots keep the Decepticons busy, Elita-One and her sisters [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] successfully reach the AllSpark and activate the pillar, which Elita then delivers to Sentinel Prime. [[File:Foundation4 ark explodes.jpg|thumb|225px]] Sentinel takes his Ark to ostensibly collect Optimus and the others from Simfur, but upon arrival, the ship is attacked by Starscream, who is unaware of the secret deal his leader has made with the Prime. Starscream's attack triggers a huge explosion which consumes the Ark, leaving the Autobots to believe Sentinel, the space bridge and all others aboard have been destroyed. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}{{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Unbeknownst to any present, however, the Ark has not been destroyed: the space bridge tech aboard has in fact teleported it away through space and time, with all on board knocked into stasis by the blast. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}

Consumed with grief and rage at the apparent death of his mentor, Optimus Prime resolves to kill Megatron outright, and storms his fortress with aid from Ironhide. {{storylink|Transformers: Foundation|Foundation #1-3}} Concurrently, Wheeljack leads the rest of the Autobots in a second strike on Simfur, where they are able to overcome the weakened Decepticons and capture the AllSpark, removing it from the machine that brought Cybertron its sun. The sun disappears, plunging the planet into darkness, and Prime breaks off his confrontation with Megatron to save Ironhide from Shockwave and Starscream. Although he did not cross the line of no return, Optimus's actions forever taint his relationship with Elita-One, driving a wedge between the two friends. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

[[File:TitanMag-BumblebeeMegatronAllSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Where are those transmissions you intercepted? WHAT have you DONE with those plans?"]]
Resolving to keep the power of the captive AllSpark out of Megatron's hands, Optimus Prime has it moved to various locations around the planet before deciding to launch it into space. In an effort to disguise his plan, most of the Autobots are stationed at Simfur as misdirection, with only a small unit led by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] guarding its true hiding place at [[Tyger Pax]]. Unfortunately, Megatron is able to sense the AllSpark's true location and attacks Tyger Pax, crushing Bumblebee's vocal processor during the ensuing battle and robbing him of the ability to speak. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Simultaneously, at Simfur, Optimus Prime is attacked by a drone sent by Megatron before he can launch the AllSpark, so he entrusts the task to his assistant, [[Arctus]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prequel: Optimus Prime}} Observing the AllSpark as it takes off, Megatron immediately pursues it into space, {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} but is delayed by an Autobot tractor beam before he can stop it from plunging into the [[Alkaris Anomaly]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}} Cosmically drawn to the location of the star harvester left behind by The Fallen, {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} the cube is disgorged in the [[Solar System]] and crash-lands on Earth, in what will become [[Colorado]]. Megatron summons [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] to occupy the Autobots delaying him, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}} and follows the cube into the anomaly, but is spat out in the far reaches of the galaxy. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

Megatron and the AllSpark are not the only ones scattered across space: the overzealous Brawl detonates a [[foldspace warhead]] that warps himself, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] to the four corners of the universe. Ratchet helps quell an alien civil war, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Lost in Space 1}} Brawl defeats psychic apparitions of his worst fears, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost in Space 2}} Ironhide encounters digital "ghosts" on a derelict ship with some kind of ancient connection to the AllSpark {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}} and Jazz is nearly overwhelmed by the lure of a planet of pure information {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost in Space 4}} before they are able to return to Cybertron. But their return proves a short-lived one: without the AllSpark and the energy it provided, Cybertron begins to atrophy, and many of the Transformers depart the planet to find the AllSpark and restore life to their world. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} Optimus Prime's best and brightest depart aboard the Ark, while [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] takes a large force aboard a second ship christened the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'', including most of Megatron's elite troops, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} leaving [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] in charge of the Decepticons in the planet. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} The ''Nemesis'' is stymied by a volley of Autobot mines that badly damage the craft before it gets too far, forcing the Decepticons to return to Cybertron for repairs. After being fixed up, the ''Nemesis'' resumes the chase several cycles later, but have lost valuable ground to the Ark. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} The Ark and ''Nemesis'' crews pass the majority of the next twelve thousand years in stasis aboard their ships. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

[[File:MoviePrequel2-Megatrondownfall.jpg|thumb|[[Wiki:Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes|YOU LEFT HULK IN THE POOL!]]]]
Out in space, the original ''Nemesis'' and Sentinel's Ark (still jinking through space and time) zero in on the energy signature of the AllSpark, and are both crippled when the Ark blindly teleports directly into the same physical space as the ''Nemesis''. The Ark makes one final jump, leaving a lingering space bridge portal in its wake; after setting the ruined ''Nemesis'' down on the dead moon of a nearby gas giant, the Decepticons board the smaller ship ''[[Longshot (DOTM)|Longshot]]'' and follow the Ark through the portal at The Fallen's urging, leaving his sarcophagus behind. Both ships are hurled into [[#1960s|the future]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}}

Eventually, after "countless solar spans" of searching, Megatron zeroes in on the AllSpark's resting place on Earth. While on the approach, he detects a distress signal being broadcast by the wrecked ''Nemesis'' and detours to investigate, but when The Fallen learns of the fate of the AllSpark, he furiously commands Megatron to carry on his course. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Upon entering Earth's atmosphere, however, Megatron's navigation system malfunctions, causing him to crash in the [[Arctic]], where he is frozen solid, trapped in stasis.<ref>The Wal-Mart exclusive "Beginnings" story claims Megatron crash-landed on Earth "four million years" ago, which is in stark contradiction to the dates included everywhere else, including the films themselves.</ref> {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}

The earliest [[human]] civilizations form on Earth, and build their monuments over remains of Transformer activity on the planet. Around 2560 BC, construction of the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] around the solar harvester is completed, then later, in 1200 BC, the Tomb of the Primes is hidden beneath El Deir in [[Petra (Earth)|Petra]]. A riddle is crafted to mark the tomb's location: "When dawn alights the dagger's tip, three kings will reveal the doorway." Although some of the Seekers learn of this riddle during their search of the planet, none are able to actually solve it before the march of time sends most (if not all) of them into stasis. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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==5th Century==
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Rebelling against Quintessa, whom they considered "the deceiver", her twelve guardian knights steal [[Staff of Merlin|her control staff]] before departing Cybertron aboard a ship into space in hopes of finding worthy allies on another world. It is during this century that the guardian knights had land on Earth during the Dark Ages. While hiding out in [[United Kingdom|England]], they make contact with a native "wizard" named [[Merlin]], who promises to keep their existence a secret.

However in [[484]], Merlin beseeches them to help his people against the imminent threat of destruction by invading [[Saxon]]s. Seeing [[Camelot]]'s [[Knights of the Round Table|knights]] as proof of the worthiness of humankind, the knights decide to render assistance to [[King Arthur]] and his brethren. After granting Quintessa's staff to Merlin, the knights combine into [[Dragonstorm]] and easily bring devastation against the enemies of Camelot. Afterwards, knights both human and Cybertronian celebrate their alliance. The [[Order of the Witwiccans]] is founded to preserve and cover up the exploits of the guardian knights and all Cybertronians who would arrived on Earth in subsequent centuries. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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==19th Century==
[[File:Movie2007 Megatron ArchibaldWitwicky.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right]]
In the year [[1897]], [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]] of the [[National Arctic Circle Expedition]] discovers Megatron when the Arctic ice gives way under his feet and he tumbles into the cavern that holds Decepticon's frozen form.<ref>A document briefly seen while Frenzy hacks [[Air Force One]] in the film itself dates Witwicky's discovery of Megatron to September 7th, 1895, but is contradicted in dialogue by Sam, who dates his great-grandfather's voyage to 1897 during his class presentation. All tie-in media has supported Sam's version of events!</ref> Witwicky's inadvertent entry into the cave triggers Megatron's navigation system, causing the release of a beam of light that imprints the AllSpark's co-ordinates onto Witwicky's spectacles. Witwicky is rescued by his crew, but once on their way home, the full extent of the damage Megatron's beam has done to the captain's mind and body is revealed: his sanity slowly begins to slip away, and he is eventually rendered blind. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

[[File:Sector71 first seven.jpg|left|thumb|The <s>Magnificent</s> Okay-I-Guess Seven.]]
Upon their return to shore, Witwicky's first mate [[Reginald Danco]] brings his captain to the [[Boston Secure Hospital]], where his ramblings catch the attention of the United States government. On New Year's Day, [[1898]], gentleman adventurers [[Walter Simmons]] and [[Theodore Joseph Wells]] are drafted by [[President of the United States|presidential order]] to investigate his claims. After "interviewing" the raving Witwicky, they, Danco, and a team of [[First Seven|four other men]]—[[Billy North]], [[Theodore Grant]], [[Philippe Bowen]] and [[Jack Arden]]—head for the Arctic to see Megatron first-hand. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} {{storylink|Original}} The group arrives in the Arctic in February, where their entry into Megatron's cave trips another of the Decepticon's systems, causing him to send out an energy pulse that is detected by Jetfire, who had been in hiding on Earth for millennia. Believing the signal to be The Fallen himself and desiring revenge, Jetfire sheds his disguise as a portion of the cruiser [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Maine (ACR-1)|USS Maine]] (inadvertently starting the Spanish–American War in the process) and flies to the Arctic, resulting in a confrontation with Simmons's group that culminates in the humans blasting the ice out from underneath the Seeker, sending him to the ocean's depths. North does not survive the battle, and his death convinces the group to dedicate itself to protecting Earth against future Cybertronian threats. {{storylink|Original}} Simmons takes charge of the operation to excavate and study the frozen "Mega-Man", as he calls it, and an environment dome is constructed around the site by [[1899]], which is eventually expanded to become a fully-manned base which serves as the group's [[Sector Seven High Arctic Base|Alpha Command Post]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}}
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==20th Century==
===1900s===
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Sent on a mission to Tianjin, China by the President just after the turn of the century to recover a mysterious scepter, Theodore Wells finds himself embroiled in the middle of the [[Boxer Rebellion]]. He is saved from death at the hands of rebels by American expatriates and intelligence agents [[Herbert Hoover]] and his wife [[Lou Hoover|Lou]]. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

In [[1902]], the AllSpark is discovered at the bottom of the Colorado River by Simmons's group. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} News of this discovery reaches Wells and the Hoovers in China, and Wells brings his new allies into the organization, hoping that their mining and metallurgical skills will help in excavating and analyzing the find. Herbert puts into motion an extensive plan to redirect the river around the cube. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

When divers are sent to examine the cube, it unleashes a cosmic "scream" of sorts, which echoes across space and is felt by Shockwave, just after he has killed Chromia in the middle of a battle on Cybertron. Appointing [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] leader in his absence, Shockwave immediately departs for Earth aboard a faster-than-light vessel with his Driller on board, reaching Earth on [[June 30]], [[1908]]. Unfortunately, he arrives at such speed that he loses control of his ship and crashes in Tunguska, [[Russia]], causing the [[Tunguska event]] and knocking himself into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}
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===1910s===
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The diversion of the Colorado River is successfully completed in [[1913]], but the attempted excavation of the AllSpark by Simmons, Wells, the Hoovers and new junior member [[Roy Thompson]] is interrupted by Jetfire, who has tracked the cube down through a series of subterranean tunnels he has spent over a decade trapped in. At Jetfire's touch, the cube releases a surge of Energon which overloads his systems and [[AllSpark Mutation|brings to life]] a [[Four original AllSpark Mutations|crane, a car, a radio and a gun]]. Jetfire escapes via [[space bridge]], while the humans are forced to break open the dam holding back the river to "drown" the AllSpark Mutations and the cube. [[Flathead|The car]] survives, and escapes into the desert. Having seen how Simmons's obsession with Cybertronian threats had consumed him, Wells convinces Simmons's wife [[Clara Simmons|Clara]] to elope with him. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

In [[1919]], the inert Shockwave is unearthed by the military forces of the burgeoning [[Soviet Union]]. Unable to master the technological secrets of his body, the Soviets keep the Decepticon in cold storage at a gulag in the Siberian wastes. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

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Around that same time, an Autobot disguised as a [[Bulldog (TLK)|British Mark IV tank]] takes part in [[World War I]]. Unfortunately, he spends the next century suffering from both severely degraded physical facilities and "robot dementia", in which he still thinks the war is still happening. On the bright side, his exploits are covered up by the [[Order of the Witwiccans]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===1920s===
[[File:Nefarious6 carter and fortress.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Carter Newell]] (right) becomes collateral damage in [[Fortress (ROTF)|Fortress]]'s battle.]]
By [[1924]], Archibald Witwicky has been relocated to the [[Psychopathic Institute for the Long-Term Insane]] in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his delusions and visions having progressed to the point that he is somehow experiencing visions of the future. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}

In [[1927]], Herbert Hoover formally dubs Simmons's group "[[Sector Seven]]", {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} named after the stable sector of ground along the Colorado riverbed to which they plan to move the AllSpark. The following year, Herbert begins his run for presidency, with a view to using the power the position would convey to arrange for the construction of a permanent housing for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

In [[1929]], a battle between a Seeker known as [[Fortress (ROTF)|Fortress]] and another of his kind over the latest potential lead to the location of the Matrix results in the accidental death of two civilians, and the crippling of their son, [[Carter Newell]]. Carter goes on to dedicate the next eighty years of his life to hunting down Transformers, founding the [[Initiative]] and capturing many of them, including Fortress himself. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}}
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===1930s===
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By [[1934]], Walter Simmons's estranged daughter [[Margaret Simmons|Margaret]] has married and given birth to a child, [[Bill Simmons|Billy]]. Following her separation from her husband (be it through death, divorce or something else), Margaret is given a low-level position in Sector Seven by her father, and together with Roy Thompson, she hunts down and destroys the [[Flathead|AllSpark Mutation]] that went missing in 1913, which had fallen in with outlaws [[Bonnie Parker|Bonnie]] and [[Clyde Barrow|Clyde]]. {{storylink|Together}}

Construction of Herbert Hoover's proposed enclosure for the AllSpark, the [[Hoover Dam]], is completed in [[1935]], including a subterranean facility that becomes Sector Seven's Beta Command Post. Walter Simmons visits the dam in the closing stages of construction, preparing to retire once Megatron is transported from there from the Arctic for study in conjunction with the cube. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} A malfunction in the cryo-blocks that will keep Megatron frozen delays the move, and the subsequent outbreak of [[World War II]] tables both Megatron's relocation and Simmons's retirement indefinitely. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}}

Archibald Witwicky dies on [[August 13]], [[1938]]. He is survived by his son [[Clarence Witwicky|Clarence]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}
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===1940s===
[[File:Sector7 4 jetfire panzer simmons.jpg|left|thumb|A movie villain with a proper face? ''HE MUST BE KILLED.'']]
At the height of [[World War II]], Jetfire is captured by Nazi scientists, who reverse-engineer his body to create assorted transforming mecha bonded with human pilots. In [[1944]], after learning of this, Walter Simmons forcibly drafts his grandson Bill into Sector Seven for a mission behind enemy lines to destroy all traces of the technology. Bill proves the only survivor of the mission, but winds up freeing rather than destroying Jetfire upon discovering his true nature. Having previously actively eschewed following in his mother and grandfather's footsteps, the experience convinces Bill to permanently transfer to Sector Seven. {{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}}

Around the same time, Bumblebee and his brother-in-arms [[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] make their way to Earth in search of the Allspark. They and several other Autobots are active in World War II on the Allied side, though history remembers none of it due to their exploits also being covered up by the [[Order of the Witwiccans]]. One such Autobot is disguised as a [[Hurricane Autobot|Hawker Hurricane plane]] to defend [[United Kingdom|Britain]]. In one mission, Bumblebee and Hot Rod sneak a squad of U.S. soldiers into a German-occupied building for a successful surprise attack. At some point, they befriend a young [[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]]. While Bumblebee departs from Earth to resume his search, Hot Rod remains on the planet with Burton and his family's [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] envoy [[Cogman]]. As the war raged on, it wasn't until [[Adolf Hitler]]'s assasination at the hands of [[Watch that killed Hitler|his own watch]] that the war ended. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===1950s===
[[File:Sector7 5 megatron breaks free.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Would Barber care to explain where my nose has run to?]]
Bill proceeds to make quite a name for himself in Sector Seven, not least of all by leading a campaign to have scientist [[Robert Oppenheimer]] discredited and ejected from the organization on allegations of Communism. In [[1953]], Bill marries fellow agent [[Tova Anael Fischer|Anne Fischer]] in a secret ceremony, and close to the end of the year, Anne becomes pregnant with their son, [[Seymour Simmons]]. {{storylink|Frozen}}

Reginald Danco's grandson [[Joe Danco|Joe]], jealous of how his family has become sidelined in history in favour of the Simmons line, defects to the Communist Party. In February [[1954]], acting as an undercover agent, he sabotages the cooling system at Sector Seven's Arctic base, planning to use the escape of Megatron to cover his theft of Sector Seven data and flight to Russia. Walter Simmons calls for liquid nitrogen bombs to be dropped on the facility to stop Megatron from thawing out, at the expense of the lives of the base personnel, which includes his grandson Bill. This prompts Jetfire to intervene, but the Seeker proves able only to save the lives of Anne Fischer and [[Philip Nolan]]. {{storylink|Frozen}}
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Unbeknownst to Sector Seven, both Bill and Danco survive: Danco flees deeper into the tunnels and Bill pursues, but Bill is captured by a Soviet extraction team who have come to recover Danco. He is taken back to Russia for interrogation, and spends eight years being moved from facility to facility, often escaping, always being recaptured, but never breaking under torture. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}} The data stolen by Danco, meanwhile, allows the Soviets to finally utilize the technology taken from the captive Shockwave, and with it, they create the world's first nuclear power plant, the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, which is activated in June, 1954. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} {{storylink|Frozen}}

Seymour Simmons is born later in 1954. At Walter's wishes, Anne leaves Sector Seven in an effort to keep the child from ever learning of the legacy of obsession and death that has defined his family, changes her name to "Tova Simmons", and opens a delicatessen. {{storylink|Frozen}} But Seymour proves to be every inch his father's son, and as he grows older, he takes to sneaking out of the house, setting up a secret room in the basement of his mother's deli where he studies the paranormal and develops an ardent belief in the presence of aliens on Earth. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 3}}

The [[Vietnam War]] begins in 1955. Philip Nolan and [[Thomas Kinnear]] both serve in the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}
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===1960s===
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Sentinel Prime's Ark and the ''Longshot'' emerge from the space bridge in the vicinity of Earth in early [[1961]]. The Ark violently crash-lands on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], killing all on board save for Sentinel, who is safely sealed in the ship's crash vault. After examining the wreckage, Soundwave determines to keep the vessel out of the hands of the humans on the planet below, {{storylink|Convergence chapter 1}} beginning with the removal of the space bridge pillars. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

The crash of the Ark is detected by both the United States and the Soviet Union, and a "space race" begins to be the first to reach the Moon and plunder this alien treasure. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Incorrectly believing Bill Simmons can tell them something about the moon event and America's plans, the Soviets relocate their prisoner to holding facilities at [[Soviet Research Station Oktober]] at the beginning of [[1962]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}} In [[1963]], the Soviet Union launches the space probe [[Luna 4]], which captures images of the Moon's surface, including the space bridge pillars as the Decepticons are in the process of transporting them, prompting Soundwave to take action to conceal their movements. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} To this end, in [[1964]], the Decepticons' human-form [[Alice|Pretender]] operative infiltrates the Soviet space program by killing Spetsnaz agent [[Alisa Morozov]] and adopting her appearance. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}}

That same year, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird jet makes its first flight. At an unknown point in time during the next three decades, one of the jets malfunctions and crashes on top of Jetfire while he is wandering through a desert, and he adopts its form. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 3|Tales of the Fallen #3}}

In the summer of [[1965]], as the Soviets launch the [[Luna 6]] probe, the Pretender uses her Morozov disguise to penetrate Research Station Oktober and massacre the scientists there, in order to prevent the relay of any data from the probe. Joe Danco also dies in the attack, but Bill Simmons is able to escape. In the process, the Pretender learns of the presence of two Cybertronians on Earth, but without the knowledge that they are his leaders Megatron and Shockwave, Soundwave disregards them as rumors and elects to focus on more important matters for the time being. Convinced by the Pretender that humans can be used as a means to their ends, Soundwave makes a deal with the sole surviving scientist, [[Voskhod]], to curtail any subsequent Soviet investigations into the Ark. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 2}}

Two months later, Bill Simmons successfully returns to the United States, but when he attempts to contact Sector Seven, Soundwave zeroes in on his position and sends the Pretender to take him out. Bill locates his wife's deli during the night, where he meets Seymour for the first time, on another of his midnight sneak-outs. When the Pretender arrives, Bill leaves the boy with contact information for Sector Seven, and disappears in an explosion, the Pretender hot on his heels. Seymour subsequently makes contact with Sector Seven and meets his great-grandfather Walter; now knowing that his long-held beliefs about aliens are true, Seymour grows up to join the organization as one of its most prestigious agents. The fate of Bill Simmons remains unknown. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 3}} As a consequence of this escapade, Soundwave becomes aware of the existence of Sector Seven. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

[[File:Dotm-Arkreflection.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"...then we'll ''really'' have to land on the moon! Invent NASA and tell them to get off their fannies!"]]
On [[July 16]], [[1969]], [[NASA]] carries out the [[Apollo 11]] mission, successfully sending astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] to the Moon. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} A strategic twenty-one-minute blackout is staged by Sector Seven at NASA command to keep the true purpose of the moon landing a secret, and Walter Simmons directs the men in their investigation of the Ark. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}}

Simultaneously, Sector Seven also exploits the fact that the eyes of the entire world are focused on Apollo 11 to stage two additional concurrent operations. First, they initiate the test flight of their own spacecraft, the ''[[Ghost 1]]'', created from Megatron's reverse-engineered Cybertronian technology and captained by [[Samuel Walker]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}} Incorrectly believing that this craft is more important than the Apollo 11, Soundwave focuses all his attentions on it, leaving him unable to stop Armstrong and Aldrin from exploring the Ark. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} The ''Ghost 1'' is inadvertently sucked through a wormhole and deposited in a distant solar system, its arrival drawing the attentions of Optimus Prime's Autobots and Starscream's Decepticons. When the ship sets down on a barren planet, Starscream makes first contact with Walker and his crew and learns that Megatron and the AllSpark are on Earth, then turns on the humans in order to keep this information secret from the other Decepticons. Allying with Optimus Prime to survive the dangers of the alien world and also sharing this information with him, the crew of the ''Ghost 1'' give their lives to save the Autobot leader from Starscream. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

[[File:Movie-Megatronfrozen.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|I WAS FROZEN TODAY!]]
For their second operation, Sector Seven finally carry out the much-delayed move of Megatron form the Arctic to Hoover Dam. Sabotage by Soviet agent [[Sergei Tasarov]] causes the convoy transporting Megatron to crash, resulting in damage to the cooling systems that allows the Decepticon leader to thaw out. Thomas Kinnear and Philip Nolan sacrifice their lives to ensure he is re-frozen {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}} and successfully delivered to Hoover Dam. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

A second American manned moon landing is carried out in November 1969, to continue excavation and research of the remains of the Ark. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
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===1970s===
From [[1970]] to [[1972]], the United States stages three further manned missions to the moon to continue plundering the Ark. Incensed over his failure to stop the Apollo 11 mission, Soundwave has [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] scout for viable agents within the American space program, and makes contact with a NASA accountant named Gould. By tapping the stock market to provide Gould with all the money he desires, Soundwave procures his services to manipulate the NASA budget and make further moon missions financially unfeasible. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Consequently, the sixth and final mission, launched in December 1972, is deemed the last, and the astronauts trigger explosives to hide the wreck of the Ark beneath lunar dust. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}}
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Similarly, also in 1972, Soundwave employs his Soviet agents to ensure that the first Russian manned mission is cancelled. Soundwave spends the remainder of the decade manipulating his pawns, and "recruiting" more and more human agents in various areas of the American and Soviet government to ensure the Ark is never re-discovered. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

Continuing their use of Shockwave's technology to further their nuclear agenda, the Soviet Union spend most of this decade creating the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]]. The United States also continue with the construction of more nuclear facilities, including the [[Three Mile Island]] power plant. A botched experiment with the energy of the AllSpark at this facility on [[March 28]], [[1979]] leads to a partial core meltdown. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}

That same year, the Witwicky home in [[Springfield]], [[Missouri]], is sold by Clarence Witwicky's son [[Herbert Witwicky|Herbert]], and the proceeds are shared between his daughter and five sons, including [[Ben Witwicky|Ben]] and [[Ron Witwicky|Ronald]]. {{storylink|Interlude}}

Also in 1979, content that his plans to keep the Ark concealed are solid, Soundwave elects to return to the ''Nemesis'' and consult with The Fallen. He convenes with Gould to inform him of his departure, and meets Gould's son [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]], who will eventually take over his father's position as Decepticon liaison. Soundwave's crew depart Earth aboard the ''Longshot'', {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} save for the stumbling, bumbling [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]], who is left behind on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Jazz}} With no space bridge to teleport them, their journey takes over a decade. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

===1980s===

Unmanned probes are sent by the Soviet Union to the moon, where they uncover the remains of the Ark and return to Earth with a fuel cell salvaged from the ship's engine. The cell is experimented upon at Chernobyl, leading to a catastrophic nuclear accident on [[April 26]], [[1986]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===1990s===

[[Sam Witwicky]] is born to [[Ron Witwicky|Ronald]] and [[Judy Witwicky]].<ref>Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/timeline/sam_witwicky%27s_birth Vector Sigma timeline] states Sam was born [[October 10]], [[1990]]. However, Sam's driving license in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' reads [[September 13]] [[1991]]. Presumably, Sam's date of birth was adjusted so he would be 18 when he enrolled at college in 2009.</ref>

The Soviet Union collapses in [[1991]]. Knowledge of the captive Shockwave slips between the cracks; no digital records of his existence are kept, and the paper trail is lost in the chaos of the regime's fall, so he remains frozen and forgotten in Siberia. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Sometime around [[1993]], the ''Longshot'' completes its return journey to the resting place of the ''Nemesis''.<ref>The ''Longshot'' leaves Earth in 1979 and returns in 2007; assuming an equal amount of journey time on both trips, its return to the ''Nemesis'' would occur around this year.</ref> Soundwave presents The Fallen with one of the space bridge pillars, and is then informed of Megatron's visit during his pursuit of the AllSpark. Realizing that Megatron must be one of the imprisoned Cybertronians learned of on Earth, Soundwave immediately departs on a return journey to the planet; he has most of the crew put in stasis for the trip. After Soundwave leaves, The Fallen activates the space bridge pillar, sundering space and time and finally liberating himself from his sarcophagus prison. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

In [[1998]], Jetfire takes advantage of the SR-71 Blackbird's retirement from service to hole up in the [[Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum]] and goes into stasis in vehicle mode. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire's profile}}

==21st Century==
===2003 to 2007===
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Having followed a new lead on the AllSpark's whereabouts, Bumblebee returns to Earth's Solar System and briefly touches down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], where the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] captures an image of his arrival. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2|Movie Prequel #2}} Designating him "[[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|N.B.E.-2]]", Sector Seven tracks him to his landing site in [[Virginia (state)|Virginia]], but the Autobot scout avoids capture by adopting a local alternate mode. Discovering the history of Archibald Witwicky via the internet, Bumblebee sets out to track down the man's descendants. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}

[[File:RoS1 cons on mars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Concentrate, GIR! It is time for [[Alternate mode|disguises!]]" 
"Can I be a mongoose?"]]
Hot on Bumblebee's trail, Starscream's ''Nemesis'' arrives on Mars, where an encounter with the [[Beagle 2 Rover]] prompts Starscream to lead a small group on to the rover's planet of origin. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} {{storylink|Commercial/Transformers (2007)|Transformers teaser trailer}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Making planetfall in Afghanistan, the group attacks a local military base, where they learn of Sector Seven's "Project Iceman". In the course of the brief battle, [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] is disabled by an electromagnetic pulse, and after burying his body, the remaining Decepticons disseminate in disguise to carry out their quest.<ref>[[Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4]] and "[[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]" present two irreconcilable versions of the Decepticons' arrival on Earth. In the former, only Starscream, Barricade and Blackout arrive, in scattered locations around the world, with the date given as 2003 in accordance with the date given for the Mars Rover's destruction in the movie's teaser trailer. In the latter, Bonecrusher, Brawl and Wreckage are also part of the group, and they all arrive together in Afghanistan, with the end of the story implying they have arrived just before the beginning of the movie in 2007. The "Planetfall" version is used in this timeline because both ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' went on to corroborate it, and base a portion of their plots around it. However, ''Alliance'' also presented Wreckage as being captured by Sector Seven four months prior to the movie, contradicting the very narrow timeframe "Planetfall" suggests, indicating that the most "correct" combination of the stories is to place the events of "Planetfall" in 2003, per both the trailer and the original prequel.</ref> {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

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While tracking Archibald Witwicky's descendants across the country, Bumblebee clashes with both Sector Seven agents led by Seymour Simmons and the Decepticons, before finally tracking the Witwicky lineage to Sam, who has inherited his great grandfather's glasses, along with the secret of the AllSpark printed upon them.<ref>The timeframe of this whole affair is a bit wonky: per Movie Prequel #4's adherence to the 2003 date of the teaser trailer, Bumblebee and the Decepticons spend ''four years'' flouncing around on Earth before finding Sam.</ref> {{storylink|Interlude}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}

Left to his own devices on Mars along with [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]] and the rest of Starscream's ''Nemesis'' crew, [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] spends this time exploring the solar system. He discovers the Ark on Earth's moon and recovers a space bridge pillar, which he modifies using know-how gained from studying under the Decepticon mad scientist [[Flatline (ROTF)|Flatline]]. The resultant device is not quite a true space bridge, but allows the user to follow the passage travelled by the Ark, enabling instantaneous transit from Mars back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}}{{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}
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===2007===
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Wreckage's body is recovered from its desert resting place by Sector Seven and brought to their Nevada base for experimentation. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Reactivated by the organization, Wreckage trades information for his survival and provides Sector Seven with the means to create their [[Landmine (Movie)|L.M.-1 drones]], but is taken offline when he declines to co-operate any further and attempts escape. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}

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One month later, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] returns to Afghanistan, where he shoots down a military helicopter and takes its form. Three months after this, he stages attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] in an attempt to gain more information on Sector Seven and Project Iceman. Where he fails, [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] succeeds, hacking of [[Air Force One]] and learning of the Witwicky family and Archibald's glasses. To protect Sam from the Decepticons closing in around him, Bumblebee positions himself in a [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo|used car lot]] to ensure that he will be purchased as the boy's first car. After summoning Optimus Prime's team to Earth, he is forced to reveal himself to Sam and his girlfriend [[Mikaela Banes]] to protect them from [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], following which Sam agrees to help the Autobots in their quest. A clash with Sector Seven ensues, which results in Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela being taken to their Hoover Dam base as captives. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

Jazz is briefly distracted from the current dilemma when he detects a stray energy trace, which leads him to Space Case, still stuck on Earth, trying to rob a gas station. Jazz bests the Decepticon in battle and leaves him trapped in a cave. {{storylink|Transformers: Jazz}} Jazz rejoins the Autobots and tells them about his encounter, {{storylink|Transformers: Ratchet}} after which they use Archibald Witwicky's glasses to track the AllSpark and their captive friends to Hoover Dam. Unfortunately, in the process, they inadvertently lead the way for Starscream's Decepticons, who attack the base and bring Megatron back online. A truce is orchestrated between the Autobots and Sector Seven with help from soldiers [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]], and they ally to battle their common foes.

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Events culminate in a colossal battle over the AllSpark in [[Mission City]], during which Jazz, Blackout, Brawl, and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] are all killed. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} [[Kevin Bowman]]'s parents are among the human casualties. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}} The battle ends when Sam plunges the cube into Megatron's chest, killing him and leaving only a small fragment of the cube behind. With the majority of the Decepticons destroyed or otherwise routed in the battle, Starscream and Barricade are forced into retreat. Bumblebee regains his voice, and asks Optimus to remain with Sam. Optimus obliges, and, furthermore, announces that the other three Autobots will remain on Earth for the time being. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

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As the Autobots and government operatives begin clean-up, destroying or rounding up any [[AllSpark Mutation]]s created during the battle, {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}} Starscream flees the scenes and reclaims Frenzy's body from Hoover Dam. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}} Returning to Mars, where his ship and the rest of his crew have been waiting, Starscream has the information Frenzy had obtained on the AllSpark beamed back to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}} where it is used to create a huge [[replica AllSpark]]. After fending off an attack by a guerilla Autobot team led by Arcee, Starscream's forces use Thundercracker's jury-rigged space bridge to return to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}} planning to activate the facsimile cube through the sacrifice of five captive Autobots. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}} Arcee follows, and although she is unable to prevent the deaths of the Autobot captives—including her own sister, Elita-One—she is able to destroy the replica AllSpark, prompting Dreadwing to turn on Starscream for his failure. A brief battle for leadership ensues; Dreadwing sets the Nemesis to self-destruct and escapes back to Mars via the space bridge, but Starscream and a chunk of the ruined ship are sucked through the portal as well. Starscream survives and slays his opponent, {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5}} then sets about carving cyberglyphs into his armor. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}

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Back on Earth, the Mission City incident is covered up by government with a cover story that claims the Transformers were rampaging robotic constructs created by the company [[McClaren Robotics]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} People such as [[Douglas Porter]] are able to buy this story. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}} One month after the battle of Mission City, Optimus Prime entrusts the remaining AllSpark fragment to Sector Seven scientists, but when it is brought to the same Nevada facility that houses Wreckage, its power inadvertently brings the Decepticon back online. Wreckage goes on a rampage, but is soon killed for treason by Starscream, who has been summoned back to Earth by Barricade. In the resultant firefight, Starscream badly wounds Bumblebee, robbing him of his voice once more, but also drops the remains of Frenzy, which are spirited away by Seymour Simmons. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} Simultaneous with this battle, the ''Longshot'' returns to Earth's solar system. Detecting trace energy from Thundercracker's space bridge on Mars, Soundwave investigates the wreckage of Starscream's ''Nemesis'', and learns of recent events. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} Soundwave makes contact with Starscream and orders him to break off his fight, then dispatches a team under the command of [[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]] to begin searching for the Star Harvester. Starscream is ordered back to the ''Longshot'' to awaken the crew members that remain in stasis so they may join the search. Soundwave adopts the form of a satellite and takes up orbit around Earth, observing from afar. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}

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Sector Seven is officially disbanded by the government. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} The bodies of the deceased Decepticons are submerged in the [[Laurentian Abyss]], following which Optimus Prime broadcasts a message into space, encouraging other Autobots to join his team on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} A joint human-Transformer taskforce is assembled, dubbed the Non-Biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty, or "[[NEST]]", and is headquartered on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], where the AllSpark fragment is now stored. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} For its first mission, NEST engages and defeats [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] and [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] in [[San Francisco]]. Bumblebee is reassigned from frontline combat to live with Sam Witwicky and serve as his guardian. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}}
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===2007 to 2009===
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Decepticon sightings and attacks continue around the world, with forces under the command of Starscream-including [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]], [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]], [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]], [[Ruination (ROTF)|Ruination]], and [[Blademaster]]-continuing the air commander's pursuit of power, while those directed by The Fallen via Soundwave-including [[Kickback (ROTF)|Kickback]] and twins [[Tread]] and [[Trample]]-take on a secondary objective: the acquisition of large amounts of energy to facilitate the resurrection of Megatron. During this period, Autobots [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]] and [[Beachbreak]] arrive on Earth in response to Optimus Prime's summons and join NEST {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}, with [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] arriving a while later. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} Two AllSpark Mutations from the Mission City incident previously contained by Sector Seven take the names [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and also join the organization.

While a team led by Optimus Prime pursues Starscream, foiling his plans to manipulate human crime lords across Africa and Europe, other NEST squads become aware of the Decepticons' new mission when they respond to attacks on an [[oil]] refinery in [[Peru]] and a uranium mine in [[Australia]], though they remain unaware of their specific goal. In Italy, Starscream enters into a deal with an Italian criminal named [[Bruno Carrera]] to help destroy Optimus Prime in exchange for dominion over Europe when the Decepticons triumph. He and Barricade battle the Autobots and NEST, yet are once again defeated. Starscream takes the time to visit Carrera at this villa, where he pays him back for his "failure". {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

Concurrently with all of this, Decepticon activity continues across Earth. Together with NEST, the Autobots repeatedly engage them month after month, obliterating all opposition. Several examples include Fracture, [[Gunbarrel (Movie)|Gunbarrel]], and [[Reverb (Movie)| another guy named Reverb]] in [[Italy]], [[Overcast (Movie)|Overcast]] in [[Europe]], [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]] in the [[Middle East]], and Dropkick and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] in [[Florida]]. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} At Soundwave's direction, Starscream travels to the ruined ''Nemesis'' to help tend the compliment [[hatchling]]s in stasis within the ship, which will be sustained by the Energon obtained once the Decepticons find the Matrix and harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} Soundwave himself, meanwhile, re-establishes contact with his human agents and/or their offspring and inheritors, including Dylan Gould and [[Alexi Voskhod]], nephew of Soundwave's original Russian pawn. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

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Elsewhere, on an unknown planet, Flatline begins conducting experiments to create a new breed of soldier under the supervision of Thundercracker. Among the victims of his ministrations are the Autobot [[The Twins|Twins]] [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], whose processors are scrambled by the experience, Arcee, who is captured when Thundercracker shoots her ship down, and the deceased Elita-One and Chromia, whose remains have been claimed by Flatline. The Decepticon doctor uses Arcee's spark to reignite her siblings' lifeforces, bringing them back to life as a tripartate being bonded at the spark. The sisters use their new strength to free Skids and Mudflap and escape their captors, departing the planet in the Twins' ship. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 6|Tales of the Fallen #6}}{{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} They soon pick up Optimus Prime's signal and begin following it; en route, they meet up with [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and the [[Wrecker]]s and join them on their ship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', for the rest of the journey to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} The team arrives on Earth in late [[2008]]. Sideswipe, Arcee, and the Twins are quickly inducted into NEST and begin training. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} The Wreckers, on the other hand, are retained by NASA to keep the ''Xantium'' in working order, but also because their abrasive personalities make them liabilities in the field and unpleasant to work with. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Around this time, Seymour Simmons begins experimenting with Frenzy's head, bringing the Decepticon back online in order to gain information from him. Not particularly lucid, Frenzy causes a surge in Simmons's apartment building's electrical wiring, forcing Simmons to deactivate him and move the head to the basement of his mother's deli, where he has been working since Sector Seven's disbanding. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

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Sideswipe gets off to an ignominious start on Earth when he learns that his old foe, [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]], is in hiding somewhere on the planet, and on [[November 17]], 2008, tears up Montevideo, [[Uruguay]], searching for him. The chase leads to [[Buenos Aires]], where Ironhide attempts to talk Sideswipe down in order to prevent human military incursion. Initially recalcitrant, Sideswipe acquiesces when an airstrike injures Ironhide, and he opts to save him rather than pursue Demolishor. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 2|Tales of the Fallen #2}}

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Seeking the surviving fragment of the AllSpark as a means to revive Megatron, the Decepticons begin targeting Sam Witwicky as he is making preparations to go to [[Princeton University|college]]; Barricade abducts him and ransoms him for the fragment, but he is rescued by Bumblebee. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 1|Tales of the Fallen #1}} Consequently, subtler methods are soon employed, with the spy [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] being assigned to watch the Witwicky home, while the Pretender, now sporting a human guise copied from a [[Alice (animatronic)|theme park animatronic]] and going by "[[Alice]]", is installed at Sam's school in advance of his arrival. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 2|Revenge of the Fallen #2}} {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen novelization}}
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===2009===
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Word reaches NEST of a fresh sighting of the fugitive Demolishor, hiding out in [[Shanghai]], {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}{{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}} and a strike team is able to successfully destroy both him and his companion [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. However, the massive amounts of collateral damage and the fact that both targets escaped quarantine offends NEST's government liaison, the officious bureaucrat [[Theodore Galloway]]. Simultaneously, Sam Witwicky discovers a second surviving sliver of the AllSpark embedded in his old clothes, and upon touching it, the knowledge of the cube floods into his mind, giving him visions of Cybertronian symbols. The sliver also brings to life the [[Appliancebot]]s, which are quickly destroyed by Bumblebee, but the Witwicky residence is left badly damaged as a result. Sam entrusts the sliver to Mikaela before departing for college, making her a target for Wheelie, but she is able to overpower and capture the little scrap drone, eventually convincing him to switch sides to the Autobots.

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Soundwave dispatches [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to recover the AllSpark fragment from Diego Garcia, after which [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] and the Constructicons put it to use restoring Megatron to life. Knowing that the knowledge of the AllSpark—including the location of the Matrix and the harvester—has entered Sam's mind, The Fallen directs Megatron to abduct the boy, leading to a ferocious forest battle that climaxes with [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] being offlined by Optimus Prime, followed by the death of the Autobot leader himself at Megatron's hands. With the last Prime's death, The Fallen believes his victory assured, and addresses Earth with the demand that Sam be handed over, forcing the youth to go on the run with Mikaela, his roommate [[Leo Spitz]], Bumblebee and the Twins.

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Leo is able to lead the group to Seymour Simmons, who shares them with them various purloined Sector Seven documents that Wheelie explains pinpoint the locations of the long-abandoned Seekers on Earth. The four humans break into the Smithsonian and locate Jetfire, reviving him with the second AllSpark fragment. Although initially disoriented and confused, he soon regains the majority of his bearings. He soon teleports them to Egypt and explains the story of the Primes, The Fallen, the Matrix and the harvester. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} However, the energy discharge catches the attention of fellow Seeker [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], who has followed them through his own portal and wants to pick a fight with Jetfire. Unfortunately, he fires a shot that bounces off Jetfire, who stomps Ransack into the ground. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

Meanwhile, NEST is alerted to the fact that Optimus might be able to be resurrected, and preparations begin to transport the Autobots to Egypt. After a long search, the group discovers the Tomb of the Primes, an impromptu wrestling match between Skids and Mudflap reveals the interior. Sam recovers the Matrix, only for it to disintegrate into dust at his touch. Undeterred, he heads towards Giza. While NEST quickly establishes a forward command post in the desert ruins, the Decepticon forces mobilize. Sam's group split up, with Leo, Simmons, Skids, and Mudflap arriving in a quarry and Bumblebee heads off Starscream. In the quarry, the quartet tangle with Devastator, and while the Twins attempt to slow down the colossus, they are thrown off. [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] tears open the pyramid to reveal the harvester inside. Sam and Mikaela try to reach Optimus by foot, but Sam is attacked by Rampage. Bumblebee saves him, and ferries his parents to safety. During [[Operation: Firestorm]], all Consctructicons, as well as Ravage, Scorponok, Devsatator, and several [[Buffalo MPV Decepticon|additional]] Decepticon troops, are killed. Not long after, a blast from Megatron kills Sam, leading his soul to commune with the Dynasty of Primes in the [[Allspark|afterlife]]. They return him to life, in the process transferring the AllSpark knowledge from his mind into the Matrix, reconstructing it. Sam successfully uses it to bring Optimus back to life, but The Fallen claims the Matrix immediately thereafter and activates the harvester. An injured Jetfire sacrifices his own life so that Optimus can bond with his parts, which gives the Autobot leader the necessary power to destroy both The Fallen and the harvester. The existence of the Autobots is made public, due in part to the destructive battle. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

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Around this time, stolen Soviet documents pertaining to Shockwave find their way into the hands of a human journalist. A mocking newspaper article is published, treating the whole thing as a Soviet joke, but a picture of Shockwave is included. In his constant monitoring of the planet, Soundwave discovers the article, realizes that Shockwave is the second captive Cybertronian hidden on the planet, and begins a search for him. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}
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===2009 to 2010===
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Megatron returns to the ''Nemesis'' to tend the protoforms there. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 4|Revenge of the Fallen #4}} While being awarded a medal for his heroism by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]] at the [[White House]], Sam Witwicky has a brief encounter with [[Carly Spencer]], an administrative assistant from the British Embassy. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Either before or after this, Mikaela Banes breaks up with him for reasons unknown; Wheelie stays with Sam. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Seymour Simmons writes [[Code-Name Hero: How Seymour Simmons & the Aliens Saved the World|a book]] about his experiences, which soon makes him fabulously wealthy. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

The Autobots and NEST initiate several joint technological programs. [[Project Unite|Project: Unite]] is developed to re-engineer the deceased Jetfire's parts into a form that will allow Optimus Prime to sustain his powered-up combined form. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} With the knowledge of the AllSpark now residing within the Matrix of Leadership and accessible once again, the secrets of [[Power Core Combination]] are re-discovered and realized by the Autobots and their human allies, but then stolen by the Decepticons for their own use. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 32|TFCC #32}}

Soundwave maintains surveillance of Earth. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}}{{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} More Autobots and Decepticons continue to arrive from space. While [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]], [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]], [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]], and others manage to join up with their respective factions, [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]], [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]], [[Blazemaster]], [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]], [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]], [[Sonar (ROTF)|Sonar]], [[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]], and [[Thrust (Movie)|Thrust]] all become captives of Carter Newell's Initiative without their comrades ever knowing. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} Also among the new arrivals are Wheeljack and [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]], who are assigned to a new NEST base in Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

[[File:Nefarious6 carter and allspark.jpg|left|thumb|Such power would put me above the ''gods''! ''AND THROUGH THE DALEKS, I HAVE THAT POWER!!''"]]
Several months after the battle in Egypt, the Initiative recovers and reanimates the remains of Ravage, who is sent to recover the deactivated Appliancebots from [[Guantanamo Bay]], {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 5|Tales of the Fallen #5}} from which the Initiative drains the animating energies of the AllSpark, in order to feed an [[Project Nefarious|artificial AllSpark construct]] they have created. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} Discovering his minion is still alive, Soundwave investigates, as do the Autobots, leading to several clashes between the two and Soundwave's capture by NEST. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}} Soundwave is able to quickly engineer his escape through his numerous other minions, but while the Autobots are preoccupied with him, the Initiative raids Sector Seven's decommissioned Hoover Dam base for the residual AllSpark energy that remains there {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} while using Ransack (who they have also reanimated) to keep Galloway occupied. Soundwave attacks the Initiative's base, but is repelled by the brainwashed Transformers they have captured, forcing him to propose an uneasy alliance to the Autobots. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Soundwave, the Autobots and NEST converge on the Initiative's base just as Newell activates his artificial AllSpark and uses it to power all the Transformers under the Initiative's control and send them into battle. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 5|Nefarious #5}} The artificial AllSpark goes into meltdown, threatening to take out the Earth's Solar System, but it is teleported away into the depths of space by Fortress when he is freed from the Initiative's clutches by Carter's young relative [[Ingrid]]. Soundwave has Carter killed, but recovers from the Initiative's computers all the data on the AllSpark project. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}} NEST takes in all the brain-damaged Autobots controlled by the Initiative for rehabilitation; the Decepticons are likewise able to recover their warriors and put them back on the front lines before long. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

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Learning of Project: Unite, Megatron charges [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] with obtaining its secrets for him, in return for command of the Earth-based Decepticon forces. With a strike team consisting of [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]], [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]], and Brakedown, and intel provided by Soundwave, Bludgeon journeys to the [[N.E.S.T. Advanced Research Facility]]. However, Starscream objects and attempts to beat Bludgeon to the punch, fouling up his mission, and in the process obtaining a portion of the project's data. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|The Secret of Project: Unite}} Starscream sends Skystalker and Ravage to recover the deceased bodies of Decepticons currently in NEST custody and to infect NEST's systems using a [[Nano-virus|nano-virus]], {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}} and then replicates the Unite process with Bonecrusher's and Sideways' remains, giving himself a power-up. Sideswipe, [[Sea Spray (TF 2010)|Sea Spray]], and [[Breacher]] track him to his base among the [[Cyclades]] islands, but are preoccupied by Ravage, [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], and Skystalker. As this happens, Bludgeon takes the opportunity to exact his revenge against Starscream, only to be shot down by a Unite-enhanced Starscream. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Bludgeon's Revenge}} Starscream begins cutting a swathe of destruction across Earth, his mental state rapidly deteriorating due to his failure to obtain the neural upgrades necessary to process the strain of the combination on the mind. Optimus, Elita-One, [[Scattorshot (ROTF)|Scattorshot]], and [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]] arrive on the scene, but neither they nor Thundercracker and [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], who have been sent there on behalf of Soundwave, can match his power. However, they provide enough of a delay for Megatron to get the ''Nemesis'' airborne and return to Earth for a showdown. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|On the Road of Destruction}} The Autobots intervene in the resulting battle between the two Decepticons, only for [[Terradive (TF 2010)|Terradive]], [[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]], [[Hailstorm (TF 2010)|Hailstorm]], and [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon]] to arrive as well. During the now-battle royale, the Autobots create a distraction that allows Ratchet, escorted by [[Highbrow (TF 2010)|Highbrow]] and [[Tomahawk (TF 2010)|Tomahawk]], to hit Starscream with a blast that burns out the Unite technology, putting it beyond Megatron's reach. {{storylink|The Strongest Weapon}}

At [[NEST]] command, Bumblebee and Ironhide review some [[Datatrax|data tracks]] made by Optimus on the history of their war for preservation in [[Vector Sigma]], only to be interrupted an attack by Soundwave and Bludgeon. Soundwave is defeated by Bumblebee using his weakness of being unable to repel multiple sonic booms {{storylink|Cyber Missions 1}} and is sealed in a vacuum-sealed electromagnetic bubble by the Autobot's "smallest soldier". Ironhide, on the other hands, pursues Bludgeon into the surrounding jungle and offers him a chance to join the Autobots during their fight. Bludgeon refuses the offer on account of facing Megatron's wrath upon defection, and escapes by jumping off a cliff. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 2}} Searching for Bludgeon, Ironhide stumbles across a cave filled with Energon deposits only to be hypnotized by Mindwipe. Optimus arrives and takes down the Decepticon, freeing Ironhide, and confiscates the Energon. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 5}} Starscream and Mindwipe attempt to retrieve the Energon only to have it destroyed by Ratchet and Sideswipe. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 10}}

In [[Mission City]], Ratchet resumes his old rivalry with Lockdown only to lose his [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] blaster to the Decepticon bounty hunter. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 3}} Around the same time, Sideswipe pursues Barricade and a somehow-revived Frenzy in [[Scramble City]], but is unable to stop them from stealing NEST defense deactivate codes and has his swords broken. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 6}} Sideswipe gains some pistols as a replacement for his swords, and helps Ratchet reclaim his stolen EMP blaster from Lockdown. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 7}} Ironhide does the two Autobots a favor by taking down both Lockdown ''and'' Barricade. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 11}}

Optimus and Sideswipe track down Megatron and battle him in sword fighting before he escapes by causing a distraction in his Cybertronian tank mode. Fortunately for the Autobots, he leaves a trail he cannot hide. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 4}} While training in the Arctic, Bumblebee and Ironhide spare the life of a flower as a reminder of the Autobots' mission to defend all forms of sentient life. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 8}} The young Autobot later helps Ratchet defeat the Decepticon [[Smolder]] and his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Chopster]], who attempt to burn down Scramble City. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 9}} Sometime later, the Autobots track Megatron and Starscream into the Arctic, taking down the latter while allowing the former to escape once more. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

[[File:Cybermissions GTFO.jpg|left|thumb|275px|GTFO, n00b]]
With the Decepticons giving them little choice, the Autobots have the still-bubbled Soundwave being transported by Sideswipe on a train that is soon derailed by Megatron, accompanied by Starscream, Barricade, Bludgeon, and Mindwipe. However, it is all a ruse to lure the Decepticons into a trap, given the fact that the Sideswipe and Soundwave onboard the train are actually holograms. As soon as NEST reinforcements arrive, Optimus Prime gives the Decepticons a choice to either leave Earth or be destroyed. To Megatron's surprise, he is abandoned by the other Decepticons present with him, and swears revenge before departing. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}} Naturally, this is not an instruction Megatron takes to heart; instead, he forgoes his pride and finally adopts an Earth alternate mode to remain hidden on the planet, holing up in the deserts of [[Namibia]], [[Africa]] with the hatchlings from the ''Nemesis''.<ref>While ''[[Transformers: Starscream]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm|Rising Storm]]'' are both written by [[John Barber]] and are clearly intended to tie in to one another, Megatron appears in his ''Dark of the Moon'' body in the former, but in his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' body in the latter. Barber [https://twitter.com/TheJohnBarber/status/70847010252656640 confirms] he is supposed to be in his ''Dark of the Moon'' form in ''Rising Storm'', but did not appear that way because of either an artwork mistake or an active desire on the part of Hasbro and/or Paramount to not feature the body in that comic. This is not uncommon: his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' body was likewise the subject of secrecy in 2009, and Shockwave, Wheeljack and Mirage all featured different designs from their movie selves in ''Rising Storm'' (albeit with explanations for their changed appearances).</ref>

Starscream soon joins him there, but before long, the two have yet another altercation, prompting the second-in-command to finally break away from Megatron and begins reorganizing the scattered Decepticons under his own leadership. {{storylink|Transformers: Starscream}} Among their numbers are [[Tracer (Classified)|Tracer]], [[Bombshock (PCC)|Bombshock]], [[Dropshot (Classified)|Dropshot]], [[Blowback]], [[Sawtooth (Classified)|Sawtooth]], [[Roadrash]], and [[Burnrate]]. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}} {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}

Tracer, Bombshock, and Dropshot undertake an attack on the [[Nevada Test and Training Range]], easily dealing with the squad of F-22s scrambled to stop them. Their progress is watched from afar by [[Simon Clay]] AKA "Stealth One", as well as a young family who got lost in their SUV. Optimus Prime and Ironhide soon arrive by plane and executes the trio of 'Cons. Not far away, Clay reports the disappointing outcome to Douglas AKA "Stealth Leader".

In [[Hurley's Crossing]], Kevin and [[Gilbert Poole|Gilbert]] are unable to do their science project due to [[Charlene Poole|Gilbert's sister]] having a raucous birthday party thrown for her by Douglas, and are further distracted by a news report about the Transformers until they it is interrupted by the birthday girl's rich boyfriend changing the channel. This report is also witnessed by Bumblebee and Ratchet at the NEST Forward Strike Base at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], who are soon told that a couple of meteors, likely Cybertronians in transition forms, are approaching Earth. On his way home, Kevin witnesses Gears' arrival and is saved by the Autobot when he's nearly run down by Simon Clay's van. While he is taking a call from [[Duane Bowman|his brother Duane]], Kevin's phone suddenly goes dead as the very Reverb who killed Tailgate arrives as well, who immediately fights Gears and loses. Gears cannot finish off the unconscious Decepticon, so he resumes his mission with Kevin coming along for the ride as a native guide. A NEST team arrives at Hurley's Crossing a while later and find Reverb, securing him for transport and interrogation. Reverb recovers enough to spin a story about being a defector, in pursuit of another Decepticon who intends to destroy the [[Hawthorne Army Depot]] where Duane works. As there is a communication's blackout over the area, Ratchet decides to play along and try to find this other Decepticon despite Bumblebee's doubts.

Gears and Kevin near the army depot, where Gears again unsuccessfully attempts to ditch his human friend only for the to be attacked by remote-controlled tanks, which Gears manages to outwit. They then an ancient munitions stronghold filled with a multitude of Cybertronian weapons established there during the Dynasty's conflict with The Fallen, which Gears intends to protect against Reverb. Before long, the NEST helicopter carrying Reverb, Bumblebee, and Ratchet arrives at the army depot, followed by Duane and a convoy of army trucks. While Reverb chases Gears into the cave and gets the better of his rival, Kevin fills in the other two Autobots on the situation. Reverb loads up with the ancient tech and battles Bumblebee and Ratchet. At the same time, he uses [[Trans-spacial cylinder|the metal cylinder]] he was originally sent to find on Duane and four other humans soldiers, transporting them to [[Blue Planet|a location elsewhere]]. While Kevin goes to help Gears, Bumblebee and Ratchet continue to vainly fight Reverb when Optimus and Ironhide arrive. With his enhancements, Reverb is still a match for them and Kevin comes up with a desperate plan that utilizes a hologram of Tailgate to lure Reverb back into the cave where Gears manages to get off a lucky shot and wreck the Decepticon's personal force shield. Reverb attacks the battered Autobot, but now that the shield is down, Optimus is able to defeat Reverb and NEST takes him prisoner. The Autobot leader deduces the cylinder's function and convinces [[Marcus|General Marcus]] that Kevin should join NEST. Elsewhere, Douglas takes a call from Clay reporting the failure of the mission at Hawthorne and assures him that they have enough information to go ahead with [[Project Nightbridge]]. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears}}

Sometime later, in a junkyard in a [[Nevada]] desert, Ironhide does battle with a remote-controlled prototype tank that is operated by Douglas. His father, [[Hyperdynamix]] company CEO [[Alexander Porter]], is unimpressed with how much damage Ironhide did to the prototype. Douglas is not particularly forgiving towards for failing to beat Inronhide, raising the Autobot's ire. Back at home, Douglas assumes his identity of "Stealth Leader" and has Clay send him footage of the battle with Reverb at Hawthorne Army Depot; recognizing Kevin from the footage, and comes up with a new plan.

Meanwhile at Hurley's Crossing, Kevin is paying a visit to his home to pick up some things when he gets a phone call from Gilbert Poole, who is unable to tell his friend much as Kevin is now part of NEST. He and Gears return to the [[NEST Rapid Response Base]] where General Marcus has news: NEST technicians have isolated a chemical signature unique to Cybertronian artifacts and used it to locate another such storehouse on [[Antler Peak]] near [[Battle Mountain]]. Kevin wonders if his brother might have been transported there, and plans are made to leave for Battle Mountain in the morning. However, the meeting is interrupted by news that the Decepticons are attacking Hyperdynamix Laboratories in Mission City, and Marcus and Optimus set off to help, leaving Kevin at the base with Gears and Bumblebee. They pay a visit to [[Lindsay]] in the lab, who has been analyzing Reverb's cylinder and identified it as a device for trans-special porting. Unfortunately, there is no way to determine where it transported Duane, or even if it transported him anywhere.

At Hyperdynamix, Porter discovers that the twelve prototype tanks are missing, despite the attacking Decepticons not having reached that area yet. Clay notifies Douglas that he has obtained the tanks, but Douglas refuses to give the order for the Decepticons to withdraw as he still needs them there as a distraction. The Autobots at the labs continue to hunt for the Decepticons, who appear to be in hiding. Meanwhile at the Rapid Response Base, Douglas apologizes to Kevin for their last encounter and reveals a recording of a Cybertronian transmission intercepted by Hyperdynamix which states that Blowback is heading for the Battle Mountain storehouse. Kevin wants to call in Optimus, but Douglas insists Optimus is needed to defend Hyperdynamix and manipulates Kevin into agreeing to an expedition there without the knowledge of any of the NEST superiors. They, Bumblebee, and Gears then set off for Battle Mountain. Douglas leaves his MP3 player at the base, which reveals itself to be [[Loudmouth|a highly-advanced drone]] and proceeds to free Reverb from NEST custody. Once the MP3 drone informs him of the Battle Mountain storehouse and the fact Gears will be there, Reverb heads in the same direction.

As they near Battle Mountain, Gears instructs Kevin and Douglas to hide as he and Bumblebee take on Blowback, unaware that he has reinforcements in the form of Sawtooth, Roadrash and Burnrate. As the battle moves into Battle Mountain, forcing the residents to scramble to safety, Kevin and Douglas immediately start heading to Antler Peak to check out the storehouse and find a chamber of rusted, useless Cybertronian technology, but also an artificial intelligence guarding a second cylinder. Once they are finished dispatching Blowback's crew, Bumblebee and Gears head to the storehouse, where Douglas has already arranged a Hyperdynamix truck to take away the cylinder "to the NEST base". As they wait, they spot Reverb and are about to face him when Ironhide arrives in a NEST helicopter to take everyone and the cylinder back. Douglas suggests he leave the cylinder for the Hyperdynamix truck so he can pursue Reverb, but Ironhide turns down this idea.

They arrive back at Hyperdynamix just in time for Ironhide to miss out on killing any of the Decepticons, as Optimus and Ratchet have already finished all of them off. Kevin receives a telling-off from Optimus and General Marcus. Lindsay examines the second cylinder, and concludes it is operational yet only has enough charge for one journey, and they do not know what coordinates the first cylinder was set to. Douglas contacts Clay, who is now sharing quarters with Reverb, and declares the mission at least a success as far as stealing the prototype tanks and winning the confidence of Kevin and the Autobots goes. They also have an image of Reverb's cylinder showing the coordinates to Blue Planet as another bargaining chip. While trapped on Blue Planet {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain}}, Duane and his men lay a trap for two of the wolves that plague them. Though [[Anson]] is injured in the fight, they manage to dispatch the creatures, only to find that the wolves are robotic in nature. They barely escape the wolves by managing to shelter on a rocky ledge. Unfortunately, they find themselves surrounded by the predators until a giant [[Robo-pede|robot centipede]] attacks the wolves, killing or driving them off. Fortunately, Duane's team stumble across a Cybertronian cylinder identical to the ones found on Earth that activates as they watch.

Back on Earth, Kevin and Gears are in the lab catching up on the analysis of the Cybertronian cylinders as Chief Lindsay attempts to introduce power to the intact Battle Mountain cylinder gradually, only for it to unexpectedly climb to 600% power levels. They rapidly vacate the lab only to determine from its readings that the cylinder will not actually activate for another four days. Meanwhile, General Marcus, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and Ratchet preview Hyperdynamix's latest rocket technology: [[Reusable Launch Vehicle]]s, which service the [[Hyperdynamix Orbital Debris Disposal Initiative Station]], a space station which will clean up space junk in Earth orbit. Porter reveals that known to many working on the project, the station also includes an early detection system for incoming Cybertronians. Additionally, the latest two RLVs they are preparing to launch carry a satellite which will broadcast a signal to shut down Decepticons worldwide. Optimus is totally unconvinced that it will not affect Autobots as well, but Porter seems confident. The discussion is cut short when HODDIS detects four meteors heading for northern [[Idaho]]. Elsewhere, Douglas, who intends to ruin his father's plans, reviews footage from his spy drone hidden in the Rapid Response Base.

Optimus and his team arrive in a remote area of Idaho and soon find the fallen meteorites, which turn out to have been carrying giant robot centipedes. The Autobots come off second best during the initial encounter, and when Optimus comes around, the intruders have scattered. The Autobots likewise split up, with Optimus following and dispatching one pair of the creatures, who seem intelligent enough to lay traps. Ironhide and Ratchet follow the other pair before they reach the town of Sagle and manage to dispose of the first, though Ironhide has to chase the other into a lake to kill it, startling some fishermen.

Marcus orders the powered-up cylinder moved to a more secure location near [[Yucca Mountain]]. As it's the only way he might get Duane back, Kevin enlists Gear's help in persuading Lindsay to let them accompany the cylinder. Douglas, still spying via the drone, contacts Clay to organize an interception of the NEST convoy with Reverb and the stolen Hyperdynamix tanks. Bumblebee and Gears accompany the NEST convoy only for them to duly ambushed on Highway 99, just south of Beatty. While the Autobots scramble to defend the cargo, not far away at Hyperdynamix Aerospace, Porter and Marcus view footage of the battle and are surprised to see Reverb using the stolen tanks. Porter accelerates the launch of the RLVs to twenty minutes from now. Doug, spying on his father remotely, instructs Reverb to break off the ambush and stop the launch. The confusion allows the Autobots to get the upper hand, driving off the rest of the autonomous tanks, and Gears and Kevin likewise head for Hyperdynamix. Reverb gets there first and bursts into the control room, seriously injuring the elder Porter. As he is unable to stop the launch from there, the Decepticon attempts to attack the RLV directly, and is still on board as it launches. As Gears and Kevin arrive, Porter smugly reveals that the signal the satellite will generate will destroy Autobots as well as Decepticons. Gears and Kevin board the second RLV just before it also launches.

Witnessing his father's brush with death causes Douglas to have a change of heart, and he turns the information he has on the cylinders over to NEST. Gears and Kevin attempt an operation to stop the satellite with Reverb's help and some instructions from Hyperdynamix's fight controller [[Lyons]]. The first attempt goes poorly, so Kevin is forced to don a space suit and go outside to rewire to the satellite and succeeds only for Reverb to shoot Gears in the back. The crew on HODDIS use the station's anti-junk drones to send the Decepticon plummeting Earthward. While the badly-injured but functional Gears is taken on board the station, Kevin assumes manual control of and rides the RLV back down to Earth. Landing next to the activating trans-spacial cylinder, Kevin is transported to Blue Planet and uses the information provided by Douglas to reconfigure the cylinder Duane's team has found. The cylinder transports all six of them back to Earth, where they arrive back with the convoy in front of a startled Optimus Prime. Back at the NEST base, Marcus and the Autobots debrief on the giant centipedes and Reverb. Kevin visits Douglas at his father's bedside before he and the repaired Gears go for a drive. {{storylink|Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom}}

Space Case is eventually reawakened and freed from his cave prison by an earthquake. Bumblebee, Arcee and Sam arrive to investigate his energy signature, but are trapped in a rockslide by the Decepticon as he rockets out of the tunnel. {{storylink|Transformers: Space Case}} Ratchet picks up the trapped Autobots' distress signal, and briefly battles Space Case, who eventually turns tail when one of his engines is damaged. Ratchet digs Arcee out, and she leaves to pursue the fleeing Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers: Ratchet}} Beneath the rockslide, Bumblebee realizes Sam is running out of air, and is able to shift the debris enough to stop him suffocating. Ratchet, digging the other way, soon finds and rescues the trapped friends. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee}} Arcee, meanwhile, catches up to Space Case in a city, where a roof-level battle concludes with her taking out his other engine, sending him plummeting towards the coastline. {{storylink|Transformers: Arcee}} Starscream arrives on the scene just as Space Case crashes into a seaside pier, and chooses the bumbler to be the first of his personal army. Sore over recent events, Space Case immediately lashes out at Starscream, but is soon brought around to the air commander's side with flattery. {{storylink|Transformers: Starscream}} Starscream proceeds to recruit more of the Decepticons to his side. Revisiting his previous plans to gain personal power by manipulating human criminals, he establishes a "gun running" scheme in which he and his Decepticons provide humans with Cybertronian weaponry. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}
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===2010 onwards===
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Soundwave's efforts bear fruit and Shockwave's resting place is at last located.<ref>''Rising Storm'' refers to Arcee having received wounds "in Egypt last year", placing the mini-series somewhere in 2010.</ref> This knowledge, coupled with all Soundwave has told him of the Ark on the Moon and his manipulation of humans over the last half-century, galvanizes Megatron into putting back into motion his millennia-old plan with Sentinel Prime. Before the plan can resume, the Decepticon house must be put back in order; to this end, Megatron liberates Shockwave and charges him with forcing the vast majority of his disenfranchised Decepticon followers back into line while allowing him to offline as many Autobots as possible, {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} starting with Longarm and Salvage. Shockwave's plan entails allowing [[Brains]], a brain unit scrap drone, to "escape" from the clutches of Shockwave's partner [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]] and make contact with Sam Witwicky and Bumblebee in [[Philadelphia]], then forcing Starscream, Barricade, Space Case, and the rest of the former's followers back into Megatron's service and sending them to attack Sam's school to "recover" Brains. However, Wheeljack and Mirage arrive to help out. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}} {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} While Optimus Prime leads a NEST squad into action, Arcee, Elita-One and Chromia investigate Brains's point of origin, and discover that everything has been set up by Shockwave. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} Shockwave assaults the undermanned Diego Garcia base, killing nearly all the Autobots and humans there, including Jolt, Knock Out, Dune Runner, and Galloway. Shockwave then heads to Philadelphia for a showdown, only to be pummelled to within an inch of his life by an enraged Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} During the chaos at his school, Sam Witwicky again meets up with Carly, who is now working for Dylan Gould. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} By the end of this crisis, Astrotrain, [[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]], [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]], Skystalker, Brimstone, [[Storm Surge (Movie)|Storm Surge]], and Blademaster, and possibly Bludgeon, Ravage, [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]], [[Beastbox (ROTF)|Beastbox]], [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]], and [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Rising Storm|Rising Storm}}

Brains joins Wheelie in living with Sam, who begins a relationship with Carly. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Robert Epps retires from active duty and takes a consulting job, working with NASA and the Wreckers. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} Having been critically damaged during the battle in Philadelphia, Shockwave, Mirage and Wheeljack's bodies are rebuilt into new forms. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}} In their new bodies, Mirage and Wheeljack take on the names "Dino" and "Que", respectively. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

National Security Director [[Charlotte Mearing]] is appointed the new director of NEST in place of the deceased Galloway, and quickly brings firm order to the organization, revoking Bumblebee's permission to live with Sam and arranging for the establishment of a network of [[Energon detector]]s around the globe to warn of any Decepticon threats. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} The devastated Diego Garcia NEST base is decommissioned, and the group moves its headquarters to its Washington, D.C. base. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}} While Decepticon high command remains hidden in Namibia, the vast majority of the villains' forces gather in seclusion on Earth's moon in preparation for Megatron's final plan. With this drastic reduction in Decepticon activity on Earth, NEST begins helping to resolve human disputes, though not always with government sanction. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

After Sam graduates college, he and Carly move to Washington D.C., with Wheelie and Brains in tow.<ref>No date for the events of ''Dark of the Moon'' is provided in the film. Given that Sam has recently graduated college by the time of the film, this would place it at least three years after ''Revenge of the Fallen''; the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]], while not workable in this timeline (as most video games tend not to be), employs a three year gap, while the novelization of the film puts the movies "several years" apart, which sure sounds like "more than two" to us. The junior novelization, meanwhile, implicitly sets ''Dark of the Moon'' in 2013, by noting that the ''Xantium'', which landed on Earth in late 2008 per ''Tales of the Fallen'', arrived "five years ago".</ref> Sam applies to work with NEST, but is turned down by Mearing, and spends three months struggling to both find a job, and to deal with his sudden lack of importance. Exploiting this, and seeking to use Sam as a mole through his connection to the Autobots, Dylan Gould begins an attempt at currying his favour by arranging a job for him at [[Accuretta Systems]].

[[File:DOTM-Moonspacebridge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|[[Dragstrip (WFC)|One of these days]], [[Alice]]... Bang! Pow! Straight to the moon!]]
Requiring the Autobots to learn of the Ark's resting place, Megatron has Soundwave call upon Alexi Voskhod to request NEST's investigation into some "alien activity" in the ruins of Chernobyl. There, as planned, the Autobots discover the fuel cell from the Ark, which leads them to the craft on the moon. Recovering Sentinel Prime's body, Optimus Prime uses the Matrix of Leadership to restore his mentor to life, just as Megatron intended.

[[File:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|Sentinel Prime's attempt to find the Honeycomb Hideout went sadly awry.]]
Another of Soundwave's pawns, Sam's Accuretta co-worker [[Jerry Wang]], manages to alert Sam to the Decepticon's plans, but is himself executed by [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]. With the help of Wheelie, Brains and Seymour Simmons (who, in the interim became famous with his tell-all book), Sam tracks down the cosmonauts from the cancelled Russian mission and learn of the hundreds of space bridge pillars the Decepticons removed from the ship. Believing that the Decepticons will come for Sentinel because they require him to activate the space bridge, Sam alerts the Autobots. Along the way, the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dread]]s, fresh from the staging ground on the Moon, move in to intercept the convoy of Autobots tasked with defending the Prime. They are eventually dispatched by Sideswipe and Dino. Upon arriving at NEST headquarters, though, Sentinel reveals his ancient betrayal, killing Ironhide in the process. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} He proceeds to kill Bumblebee, only for Skids to take the shot. Mudflap makes a revengecrazed attempt to avenge his twin, but is unfortunately killed as well {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon}} {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation}} before Sentinel escapes with the pillars. Joining with Megatron, Sentinel triggers the space bridge, teleporting Decepticons and their associated war machines from the moon into the heart of Washington, D.C. for two reasons- to devastate the city in a preliminary strike and to entrench the Decepticon footsoldiers into human civilization by scanning [[alternate mode]]s. Sentinel addresses the United Nations, demanding the exile of Optimus Prime's Autobots from Earth. Sam learns that Dylan Gould is working for the Decepticons, but with Carly as his prisoner, he is unable to warn the Autobots of the conspiracy. The Autobot occupation force departs aboard the ''Xantium'', but the ship is attacked by Starscream moments after launch and explodes.

[[File:Dotm-decepticoncarrier-film-city.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Er, sir... Sir? I don't think you can park that there.]]
With the Autobot threat apparently gone, the Decepticons storm [[Chicago]] and begin fortifying it, turning it into a heavily guarded fortress bristling with troops and weaponry. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} [[Izabella]]'s parents are among the human casualties. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}} Sentinel announces that the human population will be enslaved and rebuild Cybertron. To accomplish this, Decepticons around the world begin setting up space bridge pillars to teleport Cybertron into the Solar System. Sam teams up with Robert Epps and his ex-NEST comrades to enter the city and save Carly from Dylan. After the [[Wrecker]]s rescue the group from a fighter, they soon learn they will not be fighting alone. The apparent death of the Autobots was merely a ruse to catch the Decepticons off guard. An apocalyptic battle ensues in the streets and skies of Chicago. Although the battle initially goes well for the Autobots, the Decepticons eventually take Bumblebee, Ratchet, Sideswipe, Dino, and Que prisoner while Optimus becomes snared in a network of crane cables. Dylan convinces them not to take prisoners and kill them all. Barricade begins the slaughter by executing Que, and Soundwave moves to kill Bumblebee next, but Wheelie and Brains hotwire one of the Decepticons' [[Mothership]]s and sabotage it, thereby distracting Soundwave long enough for Bumblebee and the other Autobots to get free. While NEST and the Autobots fight the Decepticons, Optimus Prime kills Shockwave and uses his arm cannon to topple over the space bridge's control pillar, deactivating the bridge. By the end of the conflict, Starscream, Soundwave, Laserbeak, and the Driller also perish alongside [[Devcon (DOTM)|many]] [[Loader|other]] [[Audi R8 Decepticon|Decepticon]] [[M1 Abrams Decepticon|troops]], whereas Wheelie, Brains, and Barricade are barely able to make it out alive. While Optimus faces off with Sentinel, Sam kills Dylan by hurling him into the space bridge control pillar, which is then destroyed by Ratchet and Bumblebee.

[[File:DOTM Autobots NEST victorious.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"It's all over, okay?. We won the war, there's nothing more to see... at least until summer 2014."]]
The pillar's destruction causes the space bridge to collapse in upon itself, destroying Cybertron and forcing the Decepticon armada into retreat. Convinced by Carly that Sentinel will take Decepticon leadership from him, Megatron intervenes in the Primes' battle and badly wounds Sentinel. Megatron then tries to deceive Optimus into thinking that he wants peace, but Optimus sees through the ruse and tears off Megatron's head, finally killing the tyrant. Optimus then executes the weakened Sentinel for betraying not the Autobots, but his own principles. The Autobots know that with Cybertron truly gone, Earth is now their only home. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===Five years later===
The destruction and political fallout caused by the Battle of Chicago turns a large portion of humanity against the Transformers, and as a result NEST and all other human-Autobot cooperation programs are shut down. Taking advantage of the turn in public opinion, CIA agent [[Harold Attinger]] forms a secret cabal of the organization called [[Cemetery Wind]] to hunt down all Transformers, regardless of faction. Cemetery Wind claims to only be hunting the Decepticons, and the White House is convinced that Cemetery Wind is working with the Autobots. All slain Transformers have their body harvested down for their raw material by [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]], whose leader [[Joshua Joyce]], a partner of Attinger, dubs "[[Living metal|Transformium]]." Additionally, the deceased Decepticons recovered from Chicago are used to assist in the process of creating man-made Transformers. Seeking to capture Optimus Prime for the mysterious Creators, Lockdown cuts a deal with Attinger and Joyce: in exchange for assistance in finding Optimus, Lockdown promises a Seed to his human allies. With this, they can cyberform a large area of land, creating enough Transformium to last for the next century. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

[[File:AOELockdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|"We're back, baby!"]]
Optimus orders his Autobots into hiding upon learning of humanity's betrayal, but five years after the Battle of Chicago, almost every Earth-bound Transformer-including Ratchet and [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]]-has been killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}} During this period, Barricade reformats his body after surviving the Chicago battle and manages to avoid being hunted, all while being under the government's surveillance. Izabella is "adopted" by the Autobot [[Canopy]], who also takes in the small-sized Autobot [[Sqweeks]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}} Meanwhile, Optimus continues to evade Attinger's forces and eventually makes his way south to Mexico City. At some point, Lockdown and [[James Savoy]] manage to track down Optimus and badly damage him; as a result, Optimus is forced to take on a new disguise and flees north to [[Texas]]. While Optimus takes refuge in an abandoned movie theater, Bumblebee takes temporary command over the remaining Autobots, much to the displeasure of former Decepticon [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]].

Eventually, [[Cade Yeager]] purchases Optimus, intending to gut the "truck" for parts. Instead, he manages to reawaken the Autobot leader, and eventually offers to repair his injuries. Cemetery Wind tracks Optimus down to Cade's home, but Optimus is able to escape with Cade, his daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]] and her boyfriend [[Shane Dyson|Shane]]. Optimus regroups with Bumblebee, Drift, [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], and [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], and the group infiltrates KSI headquarters, learning of Ratchet's death and rescuing Brains, who had been captured by KSI to decode the dead Transformers' heads. Attinger orders KSI's most prestigious drones [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]] and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] to capture Optimus, but Lockdown arrives on the scene and kidnaps him and Tessa.

[[File:OptimusPrimeleavesAOE.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|Cue the ''[[Superman]]'' [[theme song|theme]]]]
In Chicago, Lockdown gives Attinger the Seed with their deal done, but the Autobots free Optimus and Tessa from his ship without his knowledge using a smaller, detachable ship. Brains reveals that Galvatron is in fact Megatron in a new body, who is has been manipulating KSI to produce a new body for him as well as a new army of Decepticons, in order to get the Seed and wipe out millions of humans. Cade warns Joyce of Galvatron's true nature, but Galvatron breathes life into the KSI drones and escapes anyway. In Hong Kong, a repentant Joyce tries to give the Autobots the Seed, but he, Hound, Bumblebee, and the Yeager family are separated from Optimus by Galvatron's army. Optimus recruits the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]] to aid them against the Decepticons, destroying Stinger, [[Junkheap (AOE)|Junkheap]], [[Trax (AOE)|and]] [[KSI Boss|over 50]] [[Two Head|other drones]]. Galvatron escapes to parts unknown as the Autobots and Dinobots triumph. Lockdown returns, having learned of Optimus' escape, but is killed when the Yeager family and Bumblebee come to his aid. Attinger is slayed by Optimus, avenging all the Autobots who have died because of Cemetery Wind. With the battle won, Optimus allows the Dinobots to roam the Earth freely. Knowing that the Creators still have a price on his head, Optimus departs Earth with the Seed to confront them, assigning the Autobots to guard Cade and his family in his absence. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

In the aftermath of the conflict at Hong Kong, most of Earth's governments have declared Transformers illegal, with the sole exception of [[Cuba]] where Simmons manages to relocate [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] and [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]], among other Autobots. Cemetery Wind is shut down and the multinational [[Transformers Reaction Force]], or the TRF for short, is formed in its place to eliminate the remaining Autobots and Decepticons, yet are also able to capture the Decepticons [[Mohawk]], [[Dreadbot]], [[Nitro Zeus]], [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]], and [[Berserker]], the latter of which deemed unable to be released under any circumstances. Cade relocates Bumblebee, Hound, Drift, Crosshairs, the Dinobots, and [[Mini Dinobot|their newborn babies]] to a junkyard hideout in [[South Dakota]]. Wheelie and [[Trench|an Autobot disguised as an excavator]] are eventually found and brought to the junkyard as well. Cade also hires [[Jimmy (TLK)|a new employee]] to help out while he travels along the country in search of other surviving Autobots. Hoping to leave Earth while they still have a chance, the Autobots reluctantly enlist the help of the scavenger [[Daytrader]] with finding an operational ship. Around this time, Sir Burton (and later Simmons) are the last remaining members of the Order of the Witwiccans.

Despite the absence of Optimus, new Transformers continue to arrive regularly; the newest ship to arrive crash-lands in Chicago, where it is found by a group of children. When a TRF mecha confronts the kids, they are saved by Izabella, Sqweeks, and Canopy. Unfortunately, Canopy is killed by the TRF while Sqweeks loses both his right arm and his ability to transform. Fortunately, Bumblebee and Cade arrive and help Sqweeks and the children escape. Despite Yeager being unable to save the crashed ship's pilot, [[Talisman Knight|one of Quintessa's former guardian knights]], the ancient Cybertronian attaches [[Talisman (TLK)|a metallic talisman]] to Yeager’s body. Barricade observes and reports this to Galvatron, who has been reformatted into a yet ''another'' new body under unknown circumstances (most likely thanks to Quintessa) and has reprised his former identity of Megatron.

On the far reaches of the Solar System, Optimus Prime -having been put into stasis and no longer in possession of the Seed- arrives on a now-disassembled Cybertron as it is heading directly for Earth while under Quintessa's control. Using her powers, she places Optimus under her control, dubs him "Nemesis Prime," and charges him with recovering her staff in order to drain Unicron's life force so that Cybertron can be restored. Around that time, Unicron's six horns extend from the ground at six different locations around the Earth. Meanwhile, Lennox, now a member of the TRF, brokers a deal between the TRF and Megatron, releasing from their custody a squad of Decepticons who will help Megatron recover the talisman from Yeager: Mohawk, Dreadbot, Nitro, and Onslaught, the latter of which was settled mainly because Berserker was refused. The Decepticons hunt Yeager to his junkyard hideout before following them to an abandoned town. During the chaos of the ensuing battle, Onslaught, Dreadbot, and Mohawk are killed by the Autobots. Yeager is approached by Cogman, who takes him and Bumblebee to England to meet his master. There, Yeager also meets the Oxford professor [[Viviane Wembly]], who Burton has had Hot Rod kidnap. Burton reveals that Viviane is the last living descendant of Merlin, and tasks her and Cade in finding and using his staff to prevent the impending destruction of Earth by Cybertron.

Fleeing the TRF, Yeager and Wembly follow clues left by the latter's father that lead them, Bumblebee, and Cogman to take the submarine [[HMS Alliance]] into the sea to find the guardian knights' sunken ship, in which they discover the tomb of Merlin and the staff. Wembly activates the staff, and the ship rises to the surface when the TRF arrives to confront the group. Suddenly, several knights awaken and attack them, [[Skullitron|one of which]] is easily defeated by the TRF. The attack is cut short by the arrival of Nemesis Prime, who takes the staff from Viviane. After a brutal fight with Bumblebee, the young Autobots is finally able to speak once more. Recognizing the sound of Bumblebee's voice is enough to break Optimus free of Quintessa’s control. Megatron and Nitro arrive to steal the staff, where it is revealed that the Decepticon leader too has been working for Quintessa all along. As the Decepticons flee with their prize, the remaining guardian knights attack Optimus for his betrayal until Yeager stops the fight as talisman becomes the sword Excalibur. Realizing he is the last knight, the knights yield to Yeager, who urges Optimus to protect the Earth once more.

Megatron delivers the staff to Quintessa, who begins draining the life force of Earth/Unicron via [[Stonehenge]]. When the British military intervenes, Megatron shoots Burton, who dies with Cogman at his side. Using Lockdown's old ship, which had been procured by Daytrader, the Autobots arrive to join the fight, landing on Cybertron and battling against the surviving Decepticons and Quintessa's legion of [[Infernocon]]s. The Autobots and TRF are unable to advance due to both a gun emplacement and the Infernocons' combiner form [[Infernocus]]. Fortunately, Sqweeks is able to use his new arm's weaponry to destroy the gun emplacement while Optimus, backed up by Dragonstorm, weakens Infernocus long enough for the "ugly mess" to separate into his components before executing them. Optimus, Bumblebee, Hound, and Hot Rod battle and defeat Megatron just as Quintessa's [[Ignition chamber|ignition chamber]] is knocked off Cybertron. Bumblebee executes Nitro and manages to seemingly slay Quintessa while Viviane removes the staff, stopping Cybertron's destruction of Earth, but leaving the two planets connected. Optimus declares that humans and Transformers must work together to rebuild their worlds, and sends a message calling any surviving Autobots to come home. Having somehow survived being blasted, Quintessa (disguised as a human) encounters a group of scientists inspecting one of Unicron's horns in a desert and offers them a way to destroy Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

==Alternate timelines==

*[[Sector Seven ARG timeline]]—Detailing the history of the "alternate reality" that presents Transformers as real beings, and the fiction associated with them a cover story propagated by Sector Seven.
*[[Titan Magazines movie timeline]]—Covering the UK take on the live-action movie universe, which diverges following the events of the first film. Also includes a timeline of the parallel universe where the events of the movie turned out differently.

==Footnotes==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZnCDcMccFg&t=207s IGN's video timeline (using just the information from the films)]

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[[Category:Live-action film series history]]

Alchemor (RID)

2017-09-01T18:12:52Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' ship|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' ship|Alchemor (BW)}}
:''The ''Alchemor'' is a spacecraft from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RIDtitles Alchemor.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Were you surprised that a Cybertronian ship crash landed, and on Earth of all places?]]

There are some who might use the phrase "a wretched hive of scum and villainy" to describe the prisoner manifest of the '''''Alchemor'''''... and they'd be right. A maximum-security prison ship, the vessel was built by the [[Autobot]]s and designed to hold a cargo of defeated [[Decepticon]]s inside [[stasis pod]]s.

Hundreds of Decepticons were captured and interred aboard the vessel before its launch off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]—everything from [[Chop Shop (RID)|petty crooks]], to [[Simacore|disgruntled scientists]], all the way up to [[Stockade (RID)|high-ranking military officers]] and [[Steeljaw (RID)|political agitators]]. The unenviable duty of maintaining the vessel and its inmates fell to a skeleton crew of [[Caretaker Mini-Con]]s, who oversaw the ship's day-to-day operation.

The volatile cargo that the ''Alchemor'' carried left it open to attacks from raiders seeking to free their imprisoned comrades. To minimize the risk, the ship carried a cloaking device that allowed it to resupply on a planet without agitating the natives or any local Decepticon cells. Although the Autobots came up with a variety of security systems, most prominently a set of advanced [[Decepticon Hunter]]s in the ship's armories, they apparently didn't plan many contingency measures in case the ship crashed on an undeveloped [[Earth|planet]] where the escaped prisoners could easily run amok.

Whoops.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:MetalMeltdown-Alchemorstern.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay.]]
As the ''Alchemor'' passed by Earth, [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]—manipulating things from an alternate dimension—damaged the ''Alchemor'', causing the ship to fall towards Earth. {{storylink|Lockout}} The entry through Earth's atmosphere tore the ship in two. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} The front half, where prison guard [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] was stationed, crashed in the woods near [[Denny Clay]]'s [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. {{storylink|Lockout}} The impact of the crash damaged almost all of the stasis pods used to keep the prisoners under control, sparking a mass jailbreak. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}}

Damaged by the crash, Fixit was able to repair some of the ship's systems and tried to send a mayday to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his impromptu team discovered the wreck before the signal could reach Cybertron, having been led to Earth for then-unknown reasons by visions of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. (Well, Bumblebee was. The other two had just kinda tagged along.) Fixit got the ship's tracking systems online, allowing them to find [[Underbite]], though the crash site subsequently became the scene of a battle between the Autobots and the lone Decepticon. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}}

Meanwhile, the back half of the ship had landed in a bay near [[Crown City]]. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} The Decepticon prisoners aboard quickly rallied under the leadership of [[Glowstrike]], [[Saberhorn]], and [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]]. Under their direction, the Decepticons overthrew the Mini-Con guards assigned to keep them in line, and enslaved them with [[inhibitor collar]]s. Glowstrike planned to rebuild the ship, and use it to get off-world. Using the ship's still-intact cloaking function, she managed to hide the existence of her "Decepticon island" from Autobots and [[human]]s alike. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}}

Now stranded on Earth and charged with recapturing the ''Alchemor'' escapees, the Autobots and humans relocated large portions of the ship to Denny's scrapyard. From here, Fixit could utilize its tracking function, or consult its prisoner manifest for relevant information. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}} [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] made another sweep of the crash site, and managed to salvage a damaged [[Decepticon Hunter]]. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}} Due to the damage caused to him from the crash, a malfunctioning Fixit returned to the crashsite, repeating the word "escape", only to be found by Sideswipe, Jetstorm and Slipstream the following morning. Their arrival caught the attention of a bear, which the three Autobots engaged with in a brief skirmish. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} During an argument with Denny, Fixit spitefully wired the human's TV set into the ''Alchemor'''s computer system. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}}

When the Decepticon [[Saberhorn]] was discovered by Bumblebee's squad, Fixit was unable to find him in the ''Alchemor''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> prisoner manifest. Later, by remotely accessing a computer at one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s bases, he discovered that the Decepticon ''was'' listed as having been imprisoned on the ship, raising questions as to just what was going on with Fixit's records. Meanwhile, Saberhorn and [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]] returned to the back half of the crashed ship, the latter being trailed by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}}

Working himself into Glowstrike's command structure, Steeljaw won her good graces by springing a slew of captured Decepticons and returning them to the sunken ''Alchemor''. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

After overthrowing Scorponok and assuming his place among Glowstrike's inner retinue, Steeljaw accessed an armory and used it to stage a coup. From here, he took command of the hundreds of Decepticons aboard the vessel. A Mini-Con slave and former guard named [[Toolbox]] managed to escape captivity, and managed to alert the Autobots to the location of the ship. The Autobots, masquerading as [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]'s prisoners, slipped aboard, planning to detonate a [[stasis bomb]] in the ship's ventilation system. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} The Autobots were successful in defeating Steeljaw and detonating the bomb, thanks in part to a mass Mini-Con revolt led by Fixit. With their prisoners safely back in stasis, Toolbox and the other Mini-Cons promised to rebuild the ship and leave Earth for Cybertron as soon as possible. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

[[Springload (RID)|Several]] [[Zorillor|strangling]] [[Simacore|prisoners]] would remain on the planet months later {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} {{storylink|The Fastest Bot Alive!}}, though they were eventually taken back to Cybertron onboard ''[[Prime Force One]]''.

====Original prisoner manifest====
{{collist|3|
*[[Abominus (RID)|Abominus]]·
*[[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]]
*[[Axiom (RID)|Axiom]]
*[[Back]]
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]]
*[[Barrage (Prime)|Barrage]]·
*[[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]
*[[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]]
*[[Bounce]]
*[[Brakepad]]·
*[[Buzzclaw (RID)|Buzzclaw]]·
*[[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]]
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]]
*[[Clipshade]]·
*[[Clout]]
*[[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]]
*[[Filch]]
*[[Forth]]
*[[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]]·
*[[Forager]]·
*[[Foxtrot]]·
*[[Glacius]]
*[[Glowstrike]]
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]
*[[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]]
*[[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]]
*[[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]]
*[[Headlock]]
*[[Infernox]]·
*[[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]]
*[[Major Mayhem]]
*[[Malodor]]
*[[Minitron]]
*[[Needler (RID)|Needler]]·
*[[Nightstrike]]
*[[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]]
*[[Overhead]]·
*[[Overload (RID)|Overload]]
*[[Ped (RID)|Ped]]
*[[Polarclaw]]
*[[Pseudo]]
*[[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]]
*[[Ransack (RID Insecticon)|Ransack]] (Insecticon)·
*[[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] (Mini-Con)
*[[Razorgrille (RID)|Razorgrille]]·
*[[Razorpaw]]
*[[Saberhorn]]
*[[Scorpinok (RID)|Scorpinok]]·
*[[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]]
*[[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]]
*[[Scratch]]
*[[Scuzzard]]·
*[[Shocksprocket]]·
*[[Silverhound]]
*[[Simacore]]
*[[Skinkbomb]]·
*[[Skrapnel (RID)|Skrapnel]]·
*[[Skullcruncher (RID)|Skullcruncher]]·
*[[Slicedice]]
*[[Slink]]·
*[[Sneak]]·
*[[Snitch (RID)|Snitch]]·
*[[Spinhead]]·
*[[Springbolt]]·
*[[Springload (RID)|Springload]]
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]
*[[Stilts]]·
*[[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]]
*[[Swelter]]
*[[Terrashock]]
*[[Theorem]]
*[[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]]
*[[Transit (RID)|Transit]]·
*[[Underbite]]
*[[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]]
*[[Waspinator (RID)|Waspinator]]·
*[[Zizza]]
*[[Zorillor]]
}}

And "a couple of hundred" more, according to Fixit.

· Prisoners that have only appeared in the books and games.

==Notes==
* Up until "[[Metal Meltdown]]", the wreck of the ''Alchemor'' only appeared in the longer [[title sequence]], which has only appeared on non-English versions of the show.
*The name ''Alchemor'' is probably a fairly subtle pun on {{w|Alcatraz}}.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Alchemor''''' (アルケモア号 ''Arukemoa-gō'')

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) starships]]

Prime Force One

2017-09-01T18:08:12Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

:Prime Force One ''is a spacecraft from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise cartoon portion]] of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RiD2015 Mighty Big Trouble Optimus' Ship.jpg|thumb|350px|''[ Furmanisms intensify ]'']]

'''''Prime Force One''''' is a spacecraft used by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] for transport between Earth and Cybertron. It gets more use than he probably would prefer, but it hasn't let him down yet.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Following the defeat of [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], Optimus Prime departed for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' to investigate the actions of the planet's governing body. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} When the discovery of the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] proved that Decepticon activity was still rampant on [[Earth]], however, he delayed his journey to return to the planet, arriving at [[Denny Clay]]'s [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]] via ''Prime Force One'' just after [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] had surrendered himself to [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. As it [[Furmanism|hovered over the scrapyard menacingly]], the ship's tractor beam allowed Optimus to make a dignified-yet-determined entrance. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

Following Starscream's defeat, the Decepticon and his [[Shadelock|hired]] [[RoughEdge|bounty]] [[Razorhorn|hunters]], along with the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]], were loaded onto ''Prime Force One'' in stasis to face justice on Cybertron, which Optimus admitted he hadn't yet reached before being recalled to Earth, as he had detoured to visit "some old friends" for assistance. The [[Dark Star Saber]] was also carefully secured for transport. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Optimus Prime later returned to Earth to recruit [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] to assist him in investigating corruption in Cybertron's governing council. As the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] was in the process of preparing to travel to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] to retrieve one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches to keep it safe from the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]], Optimus agreed to accompany them aboard his ship. After being intercepted by the [[Stunticons' ship]], a space duel ensued; the Autobots were able to fend them off, Optimus Prime and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] departing to deal with a deorbiting satellite before both ships arrived at the Moon and landed. After a battle at the cache site, [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]] attempted to destroy ''Prime Force One'', but was defeated by [[Ultra Bee]]. After returning to Earth, the Stunticons, [[Crustacion|along]] [[Ragebyte|with]] [[Zorillor|the]] [[Springload (RID)|Bee]] [[Boostwing|Team's]] [[Jacknab|other]] [[Pilfer|recently]] [[Shadow Raker|captured]] [[Flamesnort|Decepticon]] [[Simacore|prisoners]], were loaded aboard before Optimus and Drift departed for Cybertron aboard the ship. {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}

==Notes==
* Based on Optimus' itinerary, the ship ''may'' be a shuttle that was assigned to the ''Alchemor''.

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) starships]]

Prime Force One

2017-09-01T18:07:41Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

:Prime Force One ''is a spacecraft from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise cartoon portion]] of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RiD2015 Mighty Big Trouble Optimus' Ship.jpg|thumb|350px|''[ Furmanisms intensify ]'']]

'''''Prime Force One''''' is a spacecraft used by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] for transport between Earth and Cybertron. It gets more use than he probably would prefer, but it hasn't let him down yet.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Following the defeat of [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], Optimus Prime departed for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' to investigate the actions of the planet's governing body. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} When the discovery of the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] proved that Decepticon activity was still rampant on [[Earth]], however, he delayed his journey to return to the planet, arriving at [[Denny Clay]]'s [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]] via ''Prime Force One'' just after [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] had surrendered himself to [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. As it [[Furmanism|hovered over the scrapyard menacingly]], the ship's tractor beam allowed Optimus to make a dignified-yet-determined entrance. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

Following Starscream's defeat, the Decepticon and his [[Shadelock|hired]] [[RoughEdge|bounty]] [[Razorhorn|hunters]], along with the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]], were loaded onto ''Prime Force One'' in stasis to face justice on Cybertron, which Optimus admitted he hadn't yet reached before being recalled to Earth, as he had detoured to visit "some old friends" for assistance. The [[Dark Star Saber]] was also carefully secured for transport. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Optimus Prime later returned to Earth to recruit [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] to assist him in investigating corruption in Cybertron's governing council. As the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] was in the process of preparing to travel to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] to retrieve one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s caches to keep it safe from the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]], Optimus agreed to accompany them aboard his ship. After being intercepted by the [[Stunticons' ship]], a space duel ensued; the Autobots were able to fend them off, Optimus Prime and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] departing to deal with a deorbiting satellite before both ships arrived at the Moon and landed. After a battle at the cache site, [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]] attempted to destroy ''Prime Force One'', but was defeated by [[Ultra Bee]]. After returning to Earth, the Stunticons, [[Crustation|along]] [[Ragebyte|with]] [[Zorillor|the]] [[Springload (RID)|Bee]] [[Boostwing|Team's]] [[Jacknab|other]] [[Pilfer|recently]] [[Shadow Raker|captured]] [[Flamesnort|Decepticon]] [[Simacore|prisoners]], were loaded aboard before Optimus and Drift departed for Cybertron aboard the ship. {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}

==Notes==
* Based on Optimus' itinerary, the ship ''may'' be a shuttle that was assigned to the ''Alchemor''.

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Worthy

2017-09-01T18:02:20Z

DDelgado: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 45
|image=TRID S2 E19 W MSS.jpg
|caption="It means 'god'. Now ''bow''."
|prev=Mini-Con Madness (RID)
|next=King of the Hill (Part 1)
|title="Worthy"
|airdate=[[October 15]], [[2016]] (Canada) [[November 26]], 2016 (USA)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}

'''The fate of the Weaponizers hangs in the balance as the Bee Team goes up against Starscream.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I had a heck of a day. I sank their battleship...and their whales.]]
[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] drop down into the bridge of [[Starscream's ship]] and free [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Worried about what [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] is doing with the captured [[Mini-Con]]s, they use the ship's internal cameras to spy on the [[Decepticon]] setting up in a laboratory. Starscream's furious that he only has six of the seven needed, but goes ahead with the merging procedure anyway, only for it to leave both him and the Mini-Cons screaming in agony. Bumblebee realizes they need to keep the last Mini-Con from Starscream.

[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I have to admit; this is new, monkey. This is definitely new. But a monkey is still a monkey, and I've killed plenty in my day.]]
[[Thermidor]] attempts to grab [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]]'s [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]], only to instead receive a shock from the net restraining the Autobots, which then breaks. A fight ensues, however the four [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] are able to hold their own thanks to the relics they've collected, until [[Tricerashot]] appears, transforms into weapon mode and jumps into [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]'s hand. The duo proceed to take down the Scavengers in seconds. As [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] restrains the prisoners, Tricerashot reveals he has a psychic link with the other Weaponizer Mini-Cons and felt their pain as they were abducted. He's luckily also able to track them, and starts leading the Autobots to Starscream's ship.

Starscream returns to the bridge, only to be jumped by Bumblebee and the Mini-Cons. After the scanner is damaged in the fight, the four Autobots head for the lab, only to run into Starscream's men again. [[Shadelock]] threatens to blast the Weaponizer Mini-Cons if Bumblebee takes another step, but Bumblebee simply calls his bluff. Moments later, Optimus's group arrives and Optimus carves a hole in the nearby hull to take the fight outside. When the Cons don't follow, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] makes a hole in the roof of the lab so Grimlock can drop in, only to discover the Cons have gone. The Decepticons are outside, knocking out Optimus and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]. Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm join the fight, and Slipstream and Jetstorm, wishing to prove themselves after Sideswipe is dismissive towards them, manage to take down Shadelock. When [[RoughEdge]] tries to blast the pair, Sideswipe jumps in front of them, taking the shot. The fight is abruptly ended when Starscream zaps everyone with the [[Dark Star Saber]]. Taking Tricerashot, he returns to the lab and begins the linking process with all seven Mini-Cons.

[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I own you! I own your planet! I own ''this'' planet! In fact...SLAG THIS PLANET!]]
Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream recover first, and head over to Sideswipe's motionless body, believing he's sacrificed himself by way of an apology. Fortunately Sideswipe still functions, however as they go to wake the others, Starscream, now fully fused with the seven Weaponizers, levitates out of the nearby ship. Sideswipe makes himself busy as a distraction while the three Mini-Cons head into the ship to look for something that might help. They find a console they can use to transmit a signal that will separate Starscream and his new power, so long as Starscream's in range. Sideswipe returns to the lab, drawing Starscream in. The signal causes Starscream to drop out of the air and separates [[Aerobolt]], however the Con manages to fly clear of the ship before they can free the others.

[[File:TRID S2 E19 W SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I can't be this useless! It's not fair! Why are there so many ostriches? The brochure said there'd only be a few of them!]]
Aerobolt finds Optimus and links with him. The pair face off against the super-powered Starscream. Observing the battle from the ground, Shadelock and his buddies opt to cut and run, only to face the rest of Team Bee who flatten them as they try to flee. On Fixit's instruction, Optimus tries to lure Starscream back to the ship, but Starscream keeps a safe distance, until Bumblebee catches hold of his leg, having been tossed up by Grimlock. Starscream fights, but Bumblebee is quickly joined by Optimus and the rest of Team Bee, and the Con is dragged down until the Mini-Cons are separated from him. Starscream falls unconscious, the Dark Star Saber dropping from his hand, and is caught by Optimus.

Sideswipe officially apologizes to Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream, though they tell him his earlier actions were apology enough. Optimus stows Starscream and the captive bounty hunters in [[Prime Force One|his ship]], revealing that he hasn't been to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] yet and is working with "some old friends" to investigate what has been going on there. Once Optimus takes off, Fixit reveals he's modified the Mini-Cons' [[Weaponizers' ship|suborbital ship]] for space travel, so Aerobolt and his companions are able to leave [[Earth]] at last. As Team Bee heads off to check out more Cybertronian sites, Jetstorm and Slipstream ask Drift if they can team up with Sideswipe for a while.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (2)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (3)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[RoughEdge]] (5)
*[[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] (7)
*[[Bashbreaker]] (8)
*[[Lancelon]] (9)
*[[Aerobolt]] (10)
*[[Buzzstrike]] (11)
*[[Windstrike]] (12)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (15)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (16)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (17)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (18)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (23)
*[[Tricerashot]] (24)

|c2=
*[[Razorhorn]] (6)
*[[Shadelock]] (13)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (14)
*[[Clawtrap]] (19)
*[[Thermidor]] (20)
*[[Scatterspike]] (21)
*[[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] (22)

}}

==Quotes==
"I shoulda stayed unconscious."
:—'''Sideswipe''' witnesses Starscream's new power.

"I may no longer have the power to defeat you on my own, Optimus, but I still have six Mini-Cons and the Dark Star Saber." 
"And still you will not achieve your goal, Starscream."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Make two fists." 
"Huh? Why would I- ''waaaaaaah!''"
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Sideswipe''' improvise {{w|Fastball Special|a new combat maneuver}}.

'''Starscream''': "No! I will have my revenge! I will have my victory!" 
'''Bumblebee''': "Not today, Starscream." 
'''Optimus Prime''': "Not ever."
:—Starscream loses again.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Optimus admits that he hasn't actually returned to Cybertron yet, despite setting course for the planet back in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]".

===Errors===
* The damage to Sideswipe's chest vanishes when he wakes up.

===Trivia===
* The on-screen events leave the fate of the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] slightly uncertain, as Optimus only mentions that the "bounty hunters" (i.e. Shadelock's crew) were secured for transport to Cybertron along with Starscream; showrunner [[Adam Beechen]] would [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-289 later confirm] that Optimus took them to Cybertron as well.
* Starscream is the first Decepticon to be shown flying in robot mode in the Aligned shows (the first Autobot to do so was [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], in "[[Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion]]").
* Neither Starscream or any of his hired bounty hunters transformed at any time during their time on the show.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Le MiniCon manquant''' ("The Missing MiniCon")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]], 2016

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Méltó rá''' ("Worthy of It")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 21]], 2016

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Questioni di Merito''' ("Worthiness Issues")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 30]], 2016

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Sōryokusen! Starscream o Taose''' (総力戦！スタースクリームを倒せ, "All-Out War! Take Down Starscream")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 18]], 2016

==Home video releases==
{{epstub}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Clawtrap

2017-09-01T18:01:33Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Clawtrap is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RiD 2015 Mighty Big Trouble Clawtrap.jpg|thumb|right|350px|You just activated my Clawtrap card!]]

If anyone is leading the ragtag crew of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]], it's '''Clawtrap'''. When it comes to digging up old Cybertronian relics, Clawtrap leads by example, such as stealing [[Thermidor]]'s old rusty ship. And if more persuasion is need, he's not afraid to mete out some old-fashioned violence, though a threat is usually just enough.

He'd prefer to be partnered with that high-flying [[Aerobolt]]. But since that ungrateful bird thinks he's too good for him, he'll settle for [[Bashbreaker]]. After all, if those Mini-Cons want his protection, they have to do what he says.

==Ficiton==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[André Sogliuzzo]] (English), [[Haruo Yamagishi]] (Japanese)|[[Michele Radice]] (Italian)}}
[[File:MiniConMadness Clawtrap sword.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A COSTLY MISTAKE]]
Clawtrap was unhappy when [[Scatterspike]] returned empty-handed from a scavenging mission, but told her the planet still harbored great treasures. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} He dispatched Thermidor and [[Tricerashot]] to find another relic, and had to put up with Thermidor's complaining over the comm. When the pair were defeated, he forcibly hauled them back through the [[GroundBridge]]. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

Claptrap and his crew followed a signal to an automated vessel, from which they were able to retrieve the [[Dark Star Saber]] from the sea floor. Clawtrap's joy was shortlived, as the Mini-Cons abruptly stole their [[Weaponizers' ship|sub-orbital craft]], and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] arrived through a GroundBridge to claim the sword. Starscream demanded the location of the Mini-Cons, and when Clawtrap revealed they'd already fled, Starscream sent him flying into the ocean with a swipe of the sword. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Swearing vengeance on Starscream, Clawtrap and his crew attempted to hunt down the Mini-Cons, and indeed found them, however the Mini-Cons had teamed up with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Team Bee. With the use of the relics they'd recovered, the scavengers put up a decent fight against the Autobots and trapped them in an energy net, only for Starscream to swoop in and snatch up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Thanks to Thermidor, the Autobots escaped their net and, with some help from Tricerashot, defeated the scavengers and put them in restraints; Clawtrap and his crew were then secured by Optimus Prime aboard [[Prime Force One|his ship]] for transport back to Cybertron and justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Clawtrap shares a [[body-type]] with [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], though he lacks eyestalks.
*Clawtrap was called "'''Scuttle'''" in development. This preliminary name was used in Thermidor's online toy bio.<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/product/transformers-rid-combiner-force-warriors-class-thermidor:CAA2ACC0-5056-9047-F524-83544072E6E4 TRANSFORMERS: RID COMBINER FORCE WARRIORS CLASS THERMIDOR listing]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Clawtrap''' (クロートラップ ''Kurōtorappu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Thieves]]

Thermidor

2017-09-01T18:01:02Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Thermidor be a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RiD 2015 Mighty Big Trouble Thermidor.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Full name: Thermidor Aux Crevettes With A Mornay Sauce Garnished With Truffle Pâté, Brandy And With A Fried Egg On Top And Spam.]]

Avast! '''Thermidor''' be the crustiest crustacean ever to ply the Cybertronian space lanes, a cranky ole [[Lobstercon]] who's thrown his lot in with the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] after that bilge rat [[Clawtrap]] pilfered his prized ship from him.<ref>Hasbro.com Warrior Class Thermidor bio</ref> Quick with a jibe and even quicker with a claw, Thermidor's eager to keelhaul any landlubbers who get in his way. He's not fond of his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Tricerashot]], who has yet to develop his sea legs when it comes to lootin', plunderin', and the finer points o' Decepticon piracy.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Minoru Hirota]] (Japanese)|[[Giovanni Battezzato]] (Italian)}}
[[File:PretzelLogic Tricerashot rides on Thermidor.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Just when you thought "Card Games on Motorcycles" was too much.]]
Thermidor looked on when [[Scatterspike]] and [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] returned to the Scavengers' base. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} Teamed with Tricerashot, Thermidor went in search of a relic, which he secretly intended to use to retake command of [[Thermidor's ship|his ship]] from Clawtrap. He located the relic in a cave, only to come up against the formidable team of [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] and [[Gunter|Brother Gunter]]. When the rest of Team Bee arrived, Thermidor and Tricerashot fled by road. Discovering that their GroundBridge was temporarily out, Thermidor thought it would be a good idea to make a diversion by threatening to bring down a ski lift full of people, however he was neatly defeated by Grimlock. He and Tricerashot were dragged back through a GroundBridge portal by Clawtrap, minus the relic. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

He and the other Scavengers tracked a signal to an automated vessel, where they found the [[Dark Star Saber]], only for the Mini-Cons to run off in their [[Weaponizers' ship|sub-orbital craft]], and for [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] to arrive and claim the sword, using it to sweep them all into the sea. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Using the relics they'd recovered, the scavengers were able to hold their own, especially when Thermidor discovered his relic could create energy shields. The scavengers finally managed to trap the Autobots in a net, only for Starscream to swoop in and snatch up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Thermidor attempted to claim Optimus's [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]], but only succeeded in shorting out the energy net. With some help from Tricerashot, the Autobots defeated the Scavengers and put them in restraints; they were then secured by Optimus Prime aboard [[Prime Force One|his ship]] for transport back to Cybertron and justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}

{{--}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
*'''Thermidor''' (Warrior Class, 2017)
[[File:Warrior-thermidor.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's basically alternate universe Zoidberg on steroids.]]
**''Japanese release date'': '''???'''
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''N/A'''
**''Accessories'': Blasters
:Part of the 11th wave of the Warrior Class line, and the third wave of the ''[[Combiner Force]]'' subline, Thermidor is a retool/recolor of [[Bisk (RID)#Warrior|Bisk]] and as such transforms from a lobster-bot into a futuristic sports car. He comes with a pair of non-firing blasters, which can slot into the top of his claws via [[5mm post]]s. Like his mold-mate Bisk, two-thirds of his head is molded in a softer plastic to safely transform the figure without damaging any of his many spindly facial features.

:Thermidor's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his robot front, accessible while still in-package.

{{--}}

==Notes==
*As mentioned in the section above, Thermidor shares a [[body-type]] with [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], but has a totally different head that lacks eyestalks and features a horn-like protrusion above his eyes (just like on real lobsters).
*Like Bisk, his name is a reference to a lobster dish—in his case {{w|Lobster Thermidor|lobster thermidor}}.
*Believe it or not, blue lobsters actually exist! They're incredibly rare, though. It's estimated only one in two million lobsters are the same bright blue Thermidor is.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Thermidor''' (サーミドー, ''Sāmidō'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Pirates]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Thieves]]

Scatterspike (RID)

2017-09-01T18:00:27Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Scatterspike is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]]
[[File:RIDart-Scatterspike.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Will eventually be replaced by her son, Scatterdaniel.]]

'''Scatterspike''' is the rowdiest, quick-slingin'est member of them [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavenger]]s. There's nothin' in life that she likes more than gettin' her paws on some good ol' fashioned [[Autobot]] salvage, even if it means tunnelin' through a whole mountain's worth o' dirt and muck and what have ya. Any dadburned claim-jumpers in the area know better than to try and tangle with Scatterspike, as they'll wind up with a mess o' her spines in their armor. Her quills have all kinds o' wild effects capable of hornswogglin' any of the varmits she deals with, just like [[Quillfire|some other feller]].

As o' late, she's been workin' with the [[Mini-Con]] [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]], although the li'l critter's a bit too yellow-bellied for her rootin', tootin', tastes–prone to runnin' when the going gets hard and suchlike.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[File:RiD 2015 Mighty Big Trouble Scatterspike.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Ya plum done gone dad-gum did it now, son!"]]
{{voiceactor|[[Robin Weigert]] (English), [[Michiko Kaiden]] (Japanese)|[[Francesco Mei]] (Italian), [[Ruth Toscano]] (Latin-American Spanish) }}
Aiming to find a big haul, Scatterspike and Sawtooth headed to [[Mount St. Hilary]], location of the first [[Autobot]] base on [[Earth]], and set about drilling. The operation was stumbled on by [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], though the two scavengers both immediately got the drop on them. When the Autobots persisted, Scatterspike hit Strongarm with her quills, only for Strongarm to become magnetized, sticking the two foes together. The fight spilled out into a nearby [[Star Visitor Estates|human settlement]], causing Strongarm to have to explain Scatterspike as construction equipment. When it turned out the drilling was causing the volcano to become unstable, Strongarm finished the fight quickly by cuffing Scatterspike. Sawtooth was later able to free her, and in return when they returned to the other Scavengers in [[Thermidor's ship|their ship]], Scattertooth blamed their lack of success on the Mini-Con. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}}

She and the other Scavengers tracked a signal to an automated vessel, where they found the [[Dark Star Saber]], only for the Mini-Cons to run off in their [[Weaponizers' ship|sub-orbital craft]], and for [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] to arrive and claim the sword, using it to sweep them all into the sea. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Searching to reclaim the Mini-Cons, the scavengers found their quarry had teamed up with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Team Bee. Using the relics they'd recovered, the scavengers were able to hold their own, until they succeeded in trapping the Autobots in a net, only for Starscream to swoop in and snatch up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Thanks to [[Thermidor]], the Autobots escaped their net and, with some help from [[Tricerashot]], defeated the Scavengers and put them in restraints; they were then secured by Optimus Prime aboard [[Prime Force One|his ship]] for transport back to Cybertron and justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
*''unlock Warrior'' — 4000 Energon Cubes or 80 Ultra Sparks

Scatterspike could be recruited to help fight off the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] clone army overrunning [[Crown City]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:RID2015-Warrior-Class-Scatterspike.jpg|upright=2|thumb|]]
*'''Scatterspike''' (Warrior Class, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Blaster, quill

:Scatterspike is a [[redeco]] of [[Quillfire#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Quillfire]], and transforms from a spiky porcupine-like Decepticon into an off-road vehicle. She does not, alas, feature a new head to match her [[character model]], instead retaining Quillfire's. She includes a small non-firing blaster weapon, as well as a single quill which she can either hold in her hand or plug into her back with a solid-molded array of quills.
{{--}}

==Notes==
* In the Italian dub, Scatterspike was turned into a male for unknown reasons.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scatterspike''' (スキャッタースパイク ''Skyattāsupaiku'')

[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Gender-switch characters]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Thieves]]

Paralon (RID)

2017-09-01T17:59:28Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Decepticon|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Predacon|Paralon (BW)}}
:''Paralon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]]
[[File:RiD 2015 Mighty Big Trouble Paralon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Just your [[Spider-Man|friendly neighborhood]] "Beast Era" [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] cosplayer.]]

'''Paralon''' has something to prove. As a member of the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]], a clan of Decepticon relic hunters, he's looking to find his next big score before somebody else can beat him to it and steal his glory. To this end, he'll do just about anything to gain a reputation, even brutalize his own kind to get what he wants. Recently, he's been working with [[Buzzstrike]], who has some pretty mysterious abilities and a powerful axe mode that he uses to his advantage.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jason Spisak]] (English), [[Rintarō Nishi]] (Japanese)|[[Diego Sabre]] (Italian)}}
After torturing another Decepticon to get a map of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], Paralon headed with Buzzstrike with the intention of salvaging any Cybertronian artifacts they could find. Setting up a bomb so they could break into the lower levels, the pair commenced searching the upper levels. They were discovered by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], leading Paralon to convince the reluctant Buzzstrike to link with him so they could fight the two Autobots. They managed to defeat the pair, along with [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and his Mini-Con students, and Paralon opted to accelerate the countdown on the bomb and headed outside where he discovered a weapon half-buried in rubble. Sideswipe caught up with them and in the ensuing fight, Paralon was rendered unconscious. When he came to, he was furious to find Buzzstrike had sleep-walked him a safe distance from the base and hadn't even recovered the weapon. {{storylink|History Lessons}} Paralon was present aboard the [[Thermidor's ship|Scavengers' mothership]] when [[Scatterspike]] and [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] reported back. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}}

He and the other Scavengers tracked a signal to an automated vessel, where they found the [[Dark Star Saber]], only for the Mini-Cons to run off in their [[Weaponizers' ship|sub-orbital craft]], and for [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] to arrive and claim the sword, using it to sweep them all into the sea. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Searching to reclaim the Mini-Cons, the Scavengers found their quarry had teamed up with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Team Bee. Using the relics they'd recovered, the Scavengers were able to hold their own, though when [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and Sawtooth teamed up, Paralon came out worst off. The Scavengers finally managed to trap the Autobots in a net only for Starscream to swoop in and snatch up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Thanks to [[Thermidor]], the Autobots escaped their net and, with some help from [[Tricerashot]], defeated the Scavengers and put them in restraints; they were then secured by Optimus Prime aboard [[Prime Force One|his ship]] for transport back to Cybertron and justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
*''unlock Warrior'' — 4000 Energon Cubes or 80 Ultra Sparks

Paralon could be recruited to help fight off the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] clone army overrunning [[Crown City]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Warrior-Class-Paralon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He'll sting you with his dreams of power and wealth! Beware of Scorpio!]]
*'''Paralon''' (Clash of the Transformers Warrior Class, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Sword

:Part of a new wave of [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive ''Clash of the Transformers'' Warrior figures, Paralon is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of [[Scorponok (WFC)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Scorponok]], and transforms from a purple scorpion to robot and back. Whilst his [[package art]] depicts his on-screen head (albeit missing its visor), the actual toy's new head is instead sculpted in homage to ''Beast Wars'' [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]'s cartoon appearance.

:Despite being a retool of Scorponok, Paralon showed up in stores ''way'' before him.

:The toy was released in Japan as a Toys"R"Us exclusive under the name "Scavenger", in modified packaging (that still reads "Paralon" in English) and with the usual Takara-style sticker replacing the Hasbro one.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Paralon/paralon.htm More information on Warrior Class Paralon at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
* [[:File:RIDart-Paralon.jpg|Paralon's package art]] shows him with regular eyes, however in most of his appearances in the cartoon he wears a visor-like eyepiece. "Most" as one episode has him without it, in a manner that is indicitive of an animation error instead of intent.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Paralon''' (パラロン ''Pararon''), '''Scavenger''' (スカベンジャー ''Sukabenjā'')

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Thieves]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]

Paralon (RID)

2017-09-01T17:58:26Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Decepticon|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Predacon|Paralon (BW)}}
:''Paralon is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]]
[[File:RiD 2015 Mighty Big Trouble Paralon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Just your [[Spider-Man|friendly neighborhood]] "Beast Era" [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] cosplayer.]]

'''Paralon''' has something to prove. As a member of the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]], a clan of Decepticon relic hunters, he's looking to find his next big score before somebody else can beat him to it and steal his glory. To this end, he'll do just about anything to gain a reputation, even brutalize his own kind to get what he wants. Recently, he's been working with [[Buzzstrike]], who has some pretty mysterious abilities and a powerful axe mode that he uses to his advantage.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jason Spisak]] (English), [[Rintarō Nishi]] (Japanese)|[[Diego Sabre]] (Italian)}}
After torturing another Decepticon to get a map of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], Paralon headed with Buzzstrike with the intention of salvaging any Cybertronian artifacts they could find. Setting up a bomb so they could break into the lower levels, the pair commenced searching the upper levels. They were discovered by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], leading Paralon to convince the reluctant Buzzstrike to link with him so they could fight the two Autobots. They managed to defeat the pair, along with [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and his Mini-Con students, and Paralon opted to accelerate the countdown on the bomb and headed outside where he discovered a weapon half-buried in rubble. Sideswipe caught up with them and in the ensuing fight, Paralon was rendered unconscious. When he came to, he was furious to find Buzzstrike had sleep-walked him a safe distance from the base and hadn't even recovered the weapon. {{storylink|History Lessons}} Paralon was present aboard the [[Thermidor's ship|Scavengers' mothership]] when [[Scatterspike]] and [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] reported back. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}}

He and the other Scavengers tracked a signal to an automated vessel, where they found the [[Dark Star Saber]], only for the Mini-Cons to run off in their [[Weaponizers' ship|sub-orbital craft]], and for [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] to arrive and claim the sword, using it to sweep them all into the sea. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Searching to reclaim the Mini-Cons, the Scavengers found their quarry had teamed up with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Team Bee. Using the relics they'd recovered, the Scavengers were able to hold their own, though when [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] teamed up, Paralon came out worst off. The Scavengers finally managed to trap the Autobots in a net only for Starscream to swoop in and snatch up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Thanks to Thermidor, the Autobots escaped their net and, with some help from [[Tricerashot]], defeated the Scavengers and put them in restraints; they were then secured by Optimus Prime aboard [[Prime Force One|his ship]] for transport back to Cybertron and justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
*''unlock Warrior'' — 4000 Energon Cubes or 80 Ultra Sparks

Paralon could be recruited to help fight off the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] clone army overrunning [[Crown City]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Warrior-Class-Paralon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He'll sting you with his dreams of power and wealth! Beware of Scorpio!]]
*'''Paralon''' (Clash of the Transformers Warrior Class, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Sword

:Part of a new wave of [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive ''Clash of the Transformers'' Warrior figures, Paralon is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of [[Scorponok (WFC)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Scorponok]], and transforms from a purple scorpion to robot and back. Whilst his [[package art]] depicts his on-screen head (albeit missing its visor), the actual toy's new head is instead sculpted in homage to ''Beast Wars'' [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]'s cartoon appearance.

:Despite being a retool of Scorponok, Paralon showed up in stores ''way'' before him.

:The toy was released in Japan as a Toys"R"Us exclusive under the name "Scavenger", in modified packaging (that still reads "Paralon" in English) and with the usual Takara-style sticker replacing the Hasbro one.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Paralon/paralon.htm More information on Warrior Class Paralon at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
* [[:File:RIDart-Paralon.jpg|Paralon's package art]] shows him with regular eyes, however in most of his appearances in the cartoon he wears a visor-like eyepiece. "Most" as one episode has him without it, in a manner that is indicitive of an animation error instead of intent.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Paralon''' (パラロン ''Pararon''), '''Scavenger''' (スカベンジャー ''Sukabenjā'')

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Thieves]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]

Mighty Big Trouble

2017-09-01T17:57:49Z

DDelgado: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 43
|image=TRID S2 E17 MBT MSS.jpg
|caption=WHOSO PULLETH OUT THIS SWORD...
|prev=Pretzel Logic
|next=Mini-Con Madness (RID)
|title="Mighty Big Trouble"
|airdate=[[October 1]], [[2016]] (Canada) [[November 12]], 2016 (USA)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Johnny Hartmann]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Frank Marino]]
}}

'''Sideswipe puts his foot in his mouth and Clawtrap digs up something Starscream is more than happy to relieve him of.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S2 E17 MBT SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|To make extra-super-jumbo-sized omelettes...]]
The team return from a mission in [[Egypt]] with a new relic. [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] identifies it as a [[high energy pulse generator]], which could produce short, intense energy bursts that could shut down or destroy a bot's neural net. Unfortunately, [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] trip up on the sand and accidentally activate it. When the Mini-Cons trip themselves up, [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] slashes the generator apart with his [[Decepticon Hunter]] before it can fry their brains. Sideswipe then makes a few jokes at the Mini-Cons' expense, something no one finds funny, particularly the Mini-Cons.

At an uncrewed, automated cargo vessel, the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] arrive in [[Weaponizers' ship|their shuttle]]. They're [[Cybertronian technology finder|tracking]] something that's giving off more power than they've ever found before. [[Clawtrap]], [[Thermidor]], and [[Scatterspike]] grab three Mini-Cons for a power boost before they start searching the ocean, leaving [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] with the rest. The trio soon come across [[Dark Star Saber|a sinister-looking sword]] buried in the ocean floor.

[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] asks Fixit if there's any sign of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]], but there's still nothing. Sideswipe tries to join in with humor, but he's met with cold reception from the others and silence from Fixit. Sideswipe makes a half-hearted apology to Fixit but he only leaves. Bumblebee and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] tell him he needs to make a proper, sincere apology.

The Scavengers emerge from the ocean with their prize. However, as soon as their back is turned, the Mini-Cons steal their ship and fly off. Moments later, a portal opens and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] emerges from it, demanding to know where ''his'' Mini-Cons are. Clawtrap is shocked that the Mini-Cons have been running from Starscream and tries to cut a deal as the rest of Starscream's crew comes out of the portal. Then Starscream sees the sword and identifies it as the Dark Star Saber. Starscream takes the sword and boasts with it and the Mini-Cons, he'll able to not only take revenge on [[Megatron (WFC)|his old master]], but conquer galaxies. He demonstrates its power by sending Paralon, Scatterspike, and Thermidor into the ocean with an energy wave, though the Saber starts resisting afterwards. Starscream demands Clawtrap tell him where the Mini-Cons are and sends the Scavenger into the sea after learning the Mini-Cons have fled. [[Shadelock]] points out that Starscream doesn't need the Mini-Cons with the Dark Star Saber, but Starscream disagrees. He tells [[RoughEdge]] to bring his ship down from orbit and start scanning for the Mini-Cons' energy signatures.

[[File:TRID S2 E17 MBT SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|There ''will'' be Brawl.]]

Sideswipe tries to think of a way to ''properly'' apologize to the Mini-Cons, [[Russell Clay|Russell]] suggests he use flowers and a poem. Bumblebee and Strongarm discuss how the new Mini-Cons seemed reluctant to aid their Decepticon partners as well as how powerful they are. Fixit notes that there is a strong symbiosis between Weaponizer and Bot; the host gets powered up, though it's unknown to what extent. And yet Bumblebee felt that the Weaponizer was holding back for some reason. Unknown to them, [[Aerobolt]] infiltrates the scrapyard and disables the defenses, allowing the other Weaponizers to get in to look for the Cybertronian tech they detected so they can modify their ship.

Jetstorm and Slipstream spar and complain about Sideswipe's behavior when they hear a noise. Spotting [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] and thinking they can handle one Mini-Con, the duo attack him only to soon find themselves surrounded by the Weaponizers. Sideswipe tries to deliver an apologetic poem to Fixit, but it's less than impressive. The team soon hears the fight and rush to investigate. The Autobots arrive just after Jetstorm and Slipstream are disarmed and knocked down. Despite trying to keep the Weaponizers out of their hands, the Mini-Cons seize control of the Autobots one by one. Fixit comes across the controlled Autobots and claims he'll be on vacation on [[Alpha Centauri]] before trying to run. Sawtooth stops Tricerashot from pursuing Fixit and reminds him they're only here for the H.E.P. generator. When Fixit tells them it was destroyed, the Weaponizers abandon their hosts and leave. The Autobots give chase while [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] leaves his students behind in case they return.

[[File:TRID S2 E17 MBT SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I can't quite be a racist against a race that doesn't exist. Like the Clorfors. Dirty money-grubbing Clorfors. Tried to clorf me right out of my money. Blew those little bastards up is what I did.]]
However, as soon as the Autobots leave, a [[GroundBridge]] portal opens and Starscream's crew emerge. Shadelock mistakes the Autobots' Mini-Cons for the Weaponizers and captures them, taking them back to Starscream. The Decepticon commander is annoyed that his men have brought him the wrong Mini-Cons. Fixit tries to clear up the confusion, but soon lets slip that Bumblebee is his commanding officer. Starscream is delighted by this news.

[[File:TRID S2 E17 MBT SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Oh please, if I'm as evil as you say I am then let Primus strike me down where I stand.]]

The Autobots return to the scrapyard to check on the Mini-Cons, only for [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and Russell to tell them that Decepticons have captured them. Starscream soon sends a holographic message to Bumblebee, saying he's willing to return their Mini-Cons if Bumblebee surrenders. Bumblebee drops his Decepticon hunter and Starscream opens a GroundBridge for him to step through. Bumblebee promises his team this isn't over before going through. Sideswipe and Drift are worried about Bumblebee and the Mini-Cons, but Strongarm points out that Starscream is out of their league. Fortunately, [[Prime Force One|a Cybertronian ship]] arrives; Optimus Prime has returned.

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (4)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (9)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (10)
*[[RoughEdge]] (23)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (26)

|c2=
*[[Clawtrap]] (11)
*[[Paralon]] (12)
*[[Scatterspike]] (13)
*[[Thermidor]] (14)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (22)
*[[Razorhorn]] (24)
*[[Shadelock]] (25)

|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (1)
*[[Russell Clay]] (2)

|c4=
*[[Windstrike]] (15)
*[[Bashbreaker]] (16)
*[[Lancelon]] (17)
*[[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] (18)
*[[Buzzstrike]] (19)
*[[Tricerashot]] (20)
*[[Aerobolt]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"Oh please; there will be ''plenty'' of time for bowing and scraping. Now, where are my Mini-Cons?"
:—'''Starscream's''' back.

"There's no such thing as too much power. Not as long as there's more to be had."
:—'''Starscream''' lets the power he has go straight to his head.

"Autobots are good, 
Decepticons are bad. 
I'm so very sorry 
That I made you...angry." 
''(The others stare at him)'' 
"I couldn't think of anything that rhymes with 'bad'. What?"
:—'''Sideswipe's''' no poet.

"How...how can you control me when..." 
"When I couldn't control you? Maybe it's because we're both ''dinos'', I don't know!"
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Tricerashot''' try to explain last episode's inconsistency.

"Hello, Bumblebee. Nice to see me, isn't it?"
:—'''Starscream''' metaphorically strokes his [[Chin|goatee]].

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* The [[Dark Star Saber]] was last seen in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'' episode "[[Deadlock]]", falling off the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' to plummet to Earth.
* Tricerashot attempted to take over Grimlock in [[Pretzel Logic|the previous episode]].
* Fixit notes that Starscream's chassis does not match his records, a rare instance of visual differences between series being called out among the "Aligned" shows.
* Starscream's motive of getting revenge on Megatron seemed questionable considering his loyalty to him near the end of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', as well as the thrill of Megatron essentially "surrendering" the throne to him in ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''. However, he would later clarify in [[Mini-Con Madness (RID)|the next episode]] that he wanted revenge for all of Megatron's cruel actions towards him. So much for time heals all wounds; it made them ''worse'' in this case!

===Transformers references===
* The high energy pulse generator resembles the relic containers seen in season 2 of ''Prime''.
*[[Alpha Centauri]] is a real star that has been featured in ''Transformers'' fiction before, sometimes as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] sun.

===Trivia===
* The "automated vessel" the Scavengers land on appears to re-use the animation model of the oil tanker ''[[Windward]]'' from "[[Trust Exercises]]".

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''De très gros ennuis''' ("Very Big Trouble")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 8]], 2016

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Egy régi ismerős''' ("An Old Acquaintance")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 19]], 2016

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Problemi in Vista''' ("Incoming Problems")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 23]], 2016

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' '''Micron Zeninshūgō''' (マイクロン全員集合！, "All-Minicon Assembly!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 4]], 2016

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Razorhorn

2017-09-01T17:57:15Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Razorhorn is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RiD 2015 Insecticon.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Those Mini-Cons? They bug me.]]

'''Razorhorn''' is a bounty hunter working under [[Shadelock]]. He doesn't have much to say, but this [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] is happy to use his hulking size and massive strength to do his talking for him.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Razorhorn was part of Shadelock's crew, hired by Starscream as muscle as he tried to capture seven Mini-Cons on Earth. The trio accompanied Starscream through a [[GroundBridge]] to confront the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] who had been harboring the Mini-Cons, only to find their quarry had already escaped. Razorhorn accompanied Shadelock to a [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]] and captured three Mini-Cons, however it turned out they were the wrong ones. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

When Bumblebee escaped from the bridge, Shadelock's crew prevented him from leaving the ship—though Razorhorn was taken out by Bee in the process. They flanked Bumblebee on the bridge of the ship as Starscream related how he had escaped the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Razorhorn and the others guarded the Mini-Cons while Starscream searched for the seventh, and threatened to terminate them when Bumblebee again broke free. When the other Autobots arrived, the battle spilled outside, until the combatants were all rendered unconscious by Starscream using the Dark Star Saber.

When Shadelock, [[RoughEdge]], and Razorhorn came around, they saw Starscream and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] dueling, and opted to forget getting paid. Their escape was thwarted by the rest of Team Bee, with Razorhorn being taken down by [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], and they were later secured aboard [[Prime Force One|Optimus's ship]] for transport. {{storylink|Worthy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Razorhorn was not named in his appearances on the show. His name was eventually revealed by showrunner [[Adam Beechen]] on his website.<ref>[https://adambeechen.com/#comment-217 Adam Beechen comment on his blog, 2017/07/31]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Insecticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

RoughEdge

2017-09-01T17:56:51Z

DDelgado:

{{faction|autobot}}
:''RoughEdge is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RID2015 MightyBigTrouble Roughedge.jpg|thumb|250px|High in dietary fiber]]
'''RoughEdge''' is an Autobot who works for [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. Yeah, we're not sure how this happened.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
RoughEdge was part of [[Shadelock]]'s crew, hired by Starscream as muscle as he tried to capture seven Mini-Cons on Earth. The trio accompanied Starscream through a [[GroundBridge]] to confront the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] who had been harboring the Mini-Cons, only to find their quarry had already escaped. RoughEdge accompanied Shadelock to a [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]] and captured three Mini-Cons, however it turned out they were the wrong ones. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

When Bumblebee escaped from the bridge, Shadelock's crew prevented him from leaving the ship—though RoughEdge was taken out by Bee in the process. They flanked Bumblebee on the bridge of the ship as Starscream related how he had escaped the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} RoughEdge and the others guarded the Mini-Cons while Starscream searched for the seventh, and threatened to terminate them when Bumblebee again broke free. When the other Autobots arrived, the battle spilled outside, until the combatants were all rendered unconscious by Starscream using the Dark Star Saber.

When Shadelock, RoughEdge and [[Razorhorn]] came around, they saw Starscream and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] dueling, and opted to forget getting paid. Their escape was thwarted by the rest of Team Bee, with RoughEdge being taken down by [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]], and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], and they were later secured aboard [[Prime Force One|Optimus's ship]] for transport. {{storylink|Worthy}}

==Notes==
*The Autobot insignias on RoughEdge's shoulders appear to have been scratched through. [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-285| According to Adam Beechen], these scratches are from years of combat situations, and are not meant to be political statements. However, RoughEdge can't explain that very easily because of a "vocal condition".
*RoughEdge uses an altered version of the [[character model]] of the [[museum guard]]s from "[[Pilot (Part 1)]]".
*[[Adam Beechen]] [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-225 noted] that the emphasized capitalization of RoughEdge's name was an attempt to make it clearer the character's name wasn't 'Roughage', "so people wouldn't make jokes about lettuce". And then we went and made one anyway.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Roughedge''' (ラフェッジ ''Rafejji'')

[[Category:Bounty hunters]]
[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]

Shadelock

2017-09-01T17:56:14Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Shadelock is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID2015 Shadelock.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Aspire to become a distinguished hero like me!"]]

'''Shadelock''' is really only in it for the money. A cold and tenacious bounty hunter, he's cool under fire and heavily armed. While he's completely fine with committing truly atrocious acts as part of a contract, unlike [[Fracture (RID)|some other bounty hunters]], he doesn't really seem to take any pleasure from such cruelties... it's just part of the job. A job he's going to do well.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kirk Thornton]] (English), [[Kosuke Sakaki]] (Japanese)|[[Pino Pirovano]] (Italian)}}

During his hunt for the [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]], Starscream hired Shadelock and his crew to assist him. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

Shadelock informed Starscream that he had found [[Tricerashot|"one of them"]] as he watched a battle between [[Bee Team (RID)|some Autobots]] and a [[Thermidor|Decepticon]] over a minicon. Starscream instructed him to keep watching, in the hopes that he would lead them to the other Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

Shadelock and his team followed Starscream when he confronted the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]], as he believed them to have the Mini-Cons he desired. Unfortunately, said Mini-Cons had already abandoned them before they arrived. The mission wasn't a total bust, however, as the Scavengers had managed to get their hands on the [[Dark Star Saber]], which Starscream took for himself. After Starscream noted how powerful the Saber was, Shadelock insisted that he just pay him and his team and get on with his plan. Starscream, however, declined, claiming that there was no such thing as "too much power".

Shadelock tracked the Mini-Cons to a [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], however the particular Mini-Cons Starscream was looking for had managed to evade them ''again'', causing Shadelock to kidnap [[Fixit (RID)|the]] [[Slipstream (RID)|wrong]] [[Jetstorm (RID)|ones]], which Starscream chastised Shadelock for. However, the revelation from one of the Mini-Cons that Starscream's old enemy [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] was on Earth as well was enough to change his tune.{{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

When Bumblebee escaped from the bridge, Shadelock and his crew prevented him from leaving the ship, with Shadelock himself stunning the prisoner after a brief fight. They flanked Bumblebee on the bridge of the ship as Starscream related how he had escaped the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Shadelock operated the tractor beam which snatched up the Mini-Cons, and therefore bore Starscream's ire when it turned out they had only captured six of the seven. He and his men guarded the Mini-Cons while Starscream searched for the seventh, and threatened to terminate them when Bumblebee again broke free. When the other Autobots arrived, the battle spilled outside, until the combatants were all rendered unconscious by Starscream using the Dark Star Saber.

When Shadelock and his men came around, they saw Starscream and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] dueling, and opted to forget getting paid. Their escape was thwarted by the rest of Team Bee, and they were later secured aboard [[Prime Force One|Optimus's ship]] for transport. {{storylink|Worthy}}

==Notes==
*Shadelock's design is modified from the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Decepticon Miner]] model.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shadelock''' (シェードロック ''Shēdorokku'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Bounty hunters]]

Starscream (WFC)

2017-09-01T17:55:39Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Starscream}}
:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:StarscreamPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|In a cruel twist of fate, perhaps the most legitimately competent Starscream ever, but no one will take him seriously for even a minute.]]
'''Starscream''' was an Air Commander of the [[Energon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s finest air warriors. His dream was to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and become the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] that would return the Transformers to the [[Golden Age]], and he saw opportunity with the rebel upstart [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. A patient and polite schemer, Starscream used to wish Megatron would drop the heroic anti-[[caste system|caste]] charade and be more honest about his lust for power.

These days, he alternatively wishes Megatron would stop being obsessed with his lust for power and chafes under having to work for such a madman. While he serves as Megatron's right-hand man, he constantly looks for a way to become the commander himself and Megatron knows it: Starscream's extremely volatile personality means he is not adept at hiding his true intent. Fortunately for Megatron, Starscream is prone to panic, cowardice and bombastic gestures, meaning that it'd take exceptional circumstances for Starscream to actually manage to get behind him to shove the knife in.

He may be a scientist, but [[#Notes|we're not quite sure]].

{{quote|That shot was perfect, much like the one who fired it!|Starscream after achieving a headshot|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Starscream may or may not have had a history as a scientist. Regardless of what he did prior, in the early days before the war began he was one of the leaders of the Cybertronian Air Command. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] fell into chaos following bombings by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]] followers, Starscream was posted as [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]'s bodyguard. He was with the Prime at [[Altihex]] Casino during a performance by comedian [[Armorhide (WFC)|Armorhide]] when the Decepticons attacked. Sentinel's attempt to flee rather than fight back made Starscream ashamed of his leader, so he had [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] take him to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Prison rather than the safety of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. This earned him loyalty with Megatron, but wary of how sour a revolution could quickly turn Starscream opted not to be directly involved in the gladiator's operations, posting his Seekers at [[Moonbase One|Moon Base One]] and [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station. Megatron was intrigued by why Starscream wanted to occupy "that semi-sentient pile of junk" but despite [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]]'s research they found no clues, with information regarding the Station seemingly censored.

Whenever Starscream's Seekers were present, the Decepticons were victorious in battle against the [[Autobot]]s. Starscream however, found Megatron's strategies overly convoluted. As the war devolved into a siege of Iacon, Megatron and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], by probing into forgotten areas of the [[DataNet]], discovered Trypticon was a storage of [[Dark Energon]], the life essence of [[Unicron]]. When questioned, Starscream explained since even the Air Command was not sure what Dark Energon was, he had forbidden its use, fearing the damage Megatron's gladiators would unleash. Megatron forgave Starscream, noting how he "was smart enough to be afraid of it", and was granted access.

Starscream sent a message to the Autobots proposing a meeting. Optimus only granted him a communication channel. Starscream stated if the Autobots did not know what Dark Energon was (they did) they would need to find out — and asked what would he could expect from them if something happened to Megatron. Optimus replied that he sought a just peace. Starscream said he understood, broke off the conversation and flew to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Prison where Sentinel was held. Starscream offered Sentinel a chance to redeem his cowardly behavior at Altihex. The ultimate aim of this road to becoming Decepticon leader was to become [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in a peace settlement with Optimus, and lead Cybertron back to its [[Golden Age]]. Starscream then flew to Moon Base One when Megatron ordered him to Trypticon, where he found the Decepticons had invaded the Station and slaughtered and maimed his scientists.

Megatron and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] forced Starscream to select two survivors to absorb [[Dark Energon]], for what was a successful experiment. Requiring more for the Decepticon war effort, Megatron ordered Starscream to capture the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], below the ruins of [[Crystal City]]. Empowered by his first taste of Dark Energon, Starscream activated the device that transmitted Energon to the Station for it to be Darkened. But the Bridge still did not produce enough, and Starscream was ordered to find the [[Code Key]] of Power and Key of Justice to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] underneath the [[High Council Tower]] in Iacon. Starscream decided it was time to release Sentinel, renouncing Dark Energon after realizing Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts. Starscream found the Key of Power within the [[High Council Tower|Hall of Justice]] and flew underground to find his plan had failed, as Megatron had mortally wounded Sentinel. He could see within Sentinel's body was the Key of Justice, but was prevented from taking it by [[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]]. Megatron fought Starscream to a standstill, sparing him because he realized he was a better soldier than a would-be example.

As Megatron entered the Chamber, [[Teletraan-1]] activated the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to fly it away. Aware Starscream had a better chance of escaping Omega's awakening, Megatron ordered Starscream and his Seekers to down Omega, in exchange for more Dark Energon. Giving up on his attempt to give up his addiction, Starscream gleefully accepted and they successfully blew Omega out of the sky, allowing the Decepticons to retrieve the Chamber and corrupt the [[core]]. As Cybertron became uninhabitable, the Autobots left on the largest starship ever built - the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Starscream left the planet with Megatron as they gave pursuit on Trypticon, now a ''Nemesis''-class supercruiser. The two ships entered a [[space bridge]], which separated the two ships to unknown parts of space... {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{note|Starscream's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic "[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]."}}

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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Starscream lead the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s in the Battle at [[Tyger Pax]]. Focused on taking the pressure off the Decepticons' vulnerable rear, Starscream opened fire on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to protect [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], and then forced the Autobot into a retreat, despite [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s attempts to bring Starscream down.

After the [[AllSpark]] was launched into space, Starscream, stunned and damaged, tumbled out of control and crashed on the surface of Tyger Pax, though he recovered in time to retreat with Megatron. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

===IDW Aligned comics===
Visiting [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s citadel to check up on his research, Starscream was annoyed to find that the scientist was prioritizing his experiments on [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] over supplying the Decepticon war effort with more energon. He failed to see how the "bugs" would win them the war but gave up on trying to convince Shockwave otherwise, choosing to let Megatron deal with him instead. {{storylink|Secrets (FOC)|Secrets}} Starscream later participated in Megatron's assault on [[Metroplex (FOC)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Fragmentation (FOC)|Fragmentation}}

While [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s mind was suffering from Shockwave's experiments, he had a vision of himself being approached by Starscream and throwing him into a nearby console. {{storylink|Fall}} This vision eventually came to pass, and Grimlock was able to escape from Shockwave's lab by exploiting Starscream's greed and lust for power. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

[[File:Primecomic-Starscream.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I am okay with the events that unfolding currently.]]
Starscream had been on [[Earth]] at some point, but was assigned by Megatron to scour the galaxy for remnants of space bridge technology. Returning to their dead homeworld, Starscream built a weapons lab in Kaon and began building a space bridge. He was informed by his [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s elsewhere they had apprehended the Autobot spy [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. Later, after basking in the glory of successfully activating the space bridge that would return them to Earth and its [[Energon]], Starscream realized Cliffjumper was present. The Autobot claimed to be freed by his captors after defecting to the Decepticons, and warned them of [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]: this ruse successfully distracted Starscream long enough for Arcee to activate and overload the space bridge, but he jumped in after them moments before the lab was blown sky high.

Falling to Earth, a dazed Starscream picked up a [[bunny rabbit]], commenting that [[human]]s were smaller than he remembered. [[Scanning]] a fleet of jets flying overhead, he found Cliffjumper and Arcee driving on a road and launched a missile at them. He picked up Arcee's blown off arm and started battering Cliffjumper with it, but the Autobot blew up the rock formation above them and crushed Starscream with the rubble. Having received Starscream's signal, [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] came to his rescue, and the duo pursued and overwhelmed the Autobots. Just as Starscream was about to send them back to the [[AllSpark]], Optimus jumped and landed on him, while gunning Breakdown away. As Starscream greeted his opponent, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] tapped him on the shoulder and sent him flying. Optimus opted not to finish the job, allowing Starscream to escape and fight another day as he got Cliffjumper and Arcee to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
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[[File:DarknessRising1-Starscreamsneer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|One look sells him as Starscream.]]
Before Starscream joined Megatron and the Decepticons, he was commander of a squadron of Energon Seekers on Cybertron. {{Storylink|Partners}} During the War, Starscream was present at [[Tyger Pax]] when [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] interrogated the Autobot [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Following the [[Great Exodus]], Starscream intercepted a coded Autobot transmission and managed to trap [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. When his interrogation methods failed to extract anything he could use to decode the transmission, he took them to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], who used a [[cortical psychic patch]] on Arcee and revealed the transmission to be from Optimus Prime on [[Earth]]. Upon being questioned by Cliffjumper of his lack of bravery, Starscream tried to kill the Autobot only to be captured by Arcee. Upon being threatened by Arcee he cracked and revealed Shockwave's plan; to build a space bridge under Kaon. Starscream was then knocked out but regained contentiousness and perused the two Autobots to the space bridge. Unfortunately the space bridge was destroyed with Shockwave, Cliffjumper and Arcee still inside but Starscream was able to escape. Starscream presumably took the Decepticons to earth via the Nemesis soon after. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When the Decepticons arrived on Earth, Starscream scouted an old Decepticon ship called the ''[[Harbinger]]'' that had crashed landed years back. However he failed to record the coordinates of the crash site or find the [[Immobilizer]]. {{Storylink|Partners}} In time, Megatron departed Earth to gather an army out in space, leaving Starscream in charge. Starscream spent his time sending out [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon grunts]] to search for [[Energon]] deposits{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}, and managed to set up a lucrative energon mine in secret. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

Three years later, one of Starscream's energon searches was interrupted by Cliffjumper. Once Cliffjumper was defeated by the Vehicons, Starscream personally killed the Autobot. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] alerted him to Arcee's location, and Starscream decided she would be their next target. Later, when Soundwave received a signal from deep space, Starscream hesitantly opened the space bridge for Megatron's return. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Megatron revealed to Starscream that he'd brought back [[Dark Energon]], and Starscream provided Cliffjumper's corpse so they could test the substance's reanimation properties. When the undead Cliffjumper's signal led the Autobots to the mine, Starscream blew the facility up on Megatron's orders. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:DarknessRising3-interrogateFowler.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"No, Mister Fowler, I expect you to be saved at the last minute!"]]
Following a test of Dark Energon on himself, Megatron took off for parts unknown, leaving Starscream in charge once more. When Soundwave picked up [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s transmissions, Starscream had the human captured and began trying to extract the location of the Autobot base from him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} The interrogation almost succeeded, but for the arrival of Arcee, Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] who, after a standoff, forced Starscream to retreat. Once Megatron returned to the ship, he was outraged at Starscream's actions and proceeded to beat his subordinate for "delaying his plans". Starscream managed to quell his master's anger by announcing he had a way to get their plans back on course. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-ohgeez.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh my God. It's called toothpaste, use it.]]
As it turned out, his plan was to send Soundwave down to use the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope on Earth to set the space bridge's target. Once the bridge was properly targeted, Starscream opened it so that Megatron could throw the chunk of Dark Energon though. Starscream moved the ship back to a safe distance when the fighting on the rim of the space bridge became more intense, while imploring his master to withdraw as well. Alas, the space bridge exploded, apparently taking Megatron with it, and Starscream gave a brief eulogy before declaring himself leader {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}} and danced in celebration while imploring the troops to chant his name. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}}
[[File:Patch Starscream dances.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|What'cha doin' on your back?! You should be dancing, YEAH!!!!]]

[[File:Masters&Students-SoundwaveStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|*ping*"FINE! FINE! I'LL WRITE A THANK-YOU NOTE!"]]
Starscream's speeches were poorly received. Intending to find more potentially-loyal warriors, Starscream took Soundwave to try to revive the long-dormant [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. To Starscream's disappointment, Skyquake was loyal only to Megatron, and interested only in fighting the Autobots who arrived. A signal detected by Soundwave sent Starscream to the location of the space bridge explosion, where he found Megatron's body and ripped the sliver of Dark Energon from it. He was forced by the observing [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] to return the body to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', where he also learned that Skyquake had been terminated by the Autobots. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

When [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on Earth, Starscream had him captured and substituted [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] with the mission to open the Autobot [[GroundBridge]] to let the Decepticon forces into the Autobot base. Unfortunately Wheeljack broke free before the plan could succeed, and as a result, Makeshift was expelled from the Autobot base onto the ''Nemesis'' hull with an activated grenade. Starscream vacated the hull before Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}} After Soundwave picked up on [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System|another Autobot operation]], Starscream figured it was a good opportunity to get rid of the Autobots while they were distracted, and sent a squadron of Vehicons on a search and destroy mission. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[File:DeusExMachina-Screamer grins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"We've had too much Energon shed. I think that a cleansing is in order."]]
To Starscream's discomfort, the crew held a vote and he was obliged to call in [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to aid in Megatron's recovery. The discovery that an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in an museum on Earth was all the excuse Starscream needed to put that on hold, and the other Decepticons soon obtained the device for him. While they were testing it in [[Greece]], Bulkhead attacked them and destroyed the Harvester. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Starscream was irritated by Knock Out's participation in street racing, and eventually decided to make an example of him. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:OutOfHisHead-grabby.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|That's ''not'' how ATB Megatron and Starscream combine!]]
Some time later, after the ship's electromagnetic shielding failed, Starscream put the Vehicons to work fixing it. Offering Knock Out a post as second-in-command, Starscream persuaded him to help convince Soundwave that Megatron was a lost cause. They were interrupted by Arcee and Bumblebee, who were doing something with Megatron's corpse, and after chasing the two Autobots off, they discovered that Megatron no longer had any brain activity. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Overjoyed at this, Starscream began a new plan, constructing a heat ray which he attempted to use to melt a glacier to get to a huge [[energon]] deposit. Unfortunately, not only did the Autobots arrive and destroy the heat ray, but Megatron was resurrected and dragged the protesting Starscream away for punishment. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-gah.jpg|thumb|225px|Damn, in another [[Starscream (Movie)|continuity]] the arm comes off and they mock it in this one.]]
Starscream ended up in the infirmary as a result of Megatron's punishment, but continued undaunted in his plans. He took the chunk of Dark Energon he'd been hiding, and went to the site of Skyquake's grave, intending to resurrect the warrior as well as imbuing himself with Dark Energon. Unfortunately the Autobots arrived before Skyquake rose, and Starscream had to retreat through the Decepticon GroundBridge, albeit minus his right arm. After subjecting himself to treatment from Knock Out, Starscream returned to the site to confirm whether Skyquake had risen, only to be attacked by Skyquake's zombified right arm. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured to [[MECH]], Starscream's suggestion they rescue their comrade was turned down by Megatron. Starscream went anyway, and found Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead, but escorted Breakdown back to the ship. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} At an old energon mine, Megatron confronted Starscream about his many transgressions and prepared to terminate his subordinate. Starscream was only saved by the arrival of the Autobots, but on escaping the collapsed mine, realized that he would have to go back in and attempt to rescue Megatron, or face his master's possible wrath later. Venturing back inside, he ended up tangling with the Autobots, and when Megatron later found him, he had been left supporting a large boulder. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

[[File:Partners-ScreamPrisoner.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Why am I always seen like this? Chest and lower body off to one side, head towards y'all.]]
Starscream was sent with [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] to locate the ''Harbinger'' wreck, only for the spider to leave him webbed up when it turned out the ship was broken in half and the weapon they sought was in the other half. Starscream was found by the Autobots and attempted to convince them he wanted to switch sides, even pointing them to the location of the weapon Airachnid was after. Unfortunately he let slip he'd been the one to kill Cliffjumper, provoking Arcee into attacking him. After fighting her, he was able to limp away, though he decided from then on he would be an independent. {{storylink|Partners}}

Many months later, Starscream snuck on board the ''Nemesis'' to steal [[energon cube]]s and blundered into the workroom that was being used by the recently-amnesiac Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Starscream soon realized what was going on, but when more Vehicons arrived, he was wounded while fleeing the ship. He contacted the Autobots to exchange information for medical help. When [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bulkhead arrived, it turned out they already knew about Optimus's situation, but were interested in what he knew about the space bridge, so he was able to trade the information for aid. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee1 Silas meets Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Wanna know how I got these scars?"]]
Tracking a signal, Starscream stumbled upon a MECH trap already sprung by Bumblebee. He was intrigued and followed the MECH helicopter and watched as they tried to install the [[transformation cog|T-cog]] they'd taken into a robot. When their attempt to make the robot work failed, Starscream revealed himself and managed to strike a partnership with them. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} With Starscream's help, MECH secured a source of energon and Starscream was there when they used it on their robot. As Bumblebee came looking for his T-cog, Starscream helped defend it, but when it looked like Bumblebee might get it back, Starscream blasted it and left. Unfortunately Silas was less than impressed, and after a short nap thanks to MECH's weapons, Starscream woke up minus his own T-cog. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

When [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] arrived on Earth looking for Skyquake, Megatron informed him of Skyquake's passing, noting that Skyquake had perished under Starscream's command. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[File:Crossfire Starscream injured.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Ouch.]]
While scavenging for energon, Starscream found that Airachnid had been cast out from the Decepticons and obtained a pet in the form of an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]. She spurned his suggestion that they team up to defeat Megatron, and he barely escaped with his life. Wounded, he employed his previous trick to get medical help from the Autobots in exchange for information about Airachnid's activities, and even later saved Arcee from Airachnid, sparing her life like she spared his much, much earlier. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

Starscream returned to the ''Harbinger'' in search of energon, and instead found a laboratory containing five [[protoform]]s and the equipment necessary for [[cloning]]. He had soon whipped up five [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream clone]]s, which he dispatched to dispatch Megatron. Unfortunately he soon discovered that he could sympathetically feel every injury they suffered, which gave him a good idea how the mission was going. When the last clone returned to report failure, Starscream sensed the clone's treachery and blasted it. Fully aware of the effect on him, he terminated the clone, screaming in their shared pain as he did. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

[[File:Triangulation Starscream Apex armor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34|Starscream SMASH!]]
He was about to operate on himself to install the clone's T-cog when the ship detected the Decepticons sending teams out to locations around the globe. Intrigued, he used the ship's GroundBridge to reach [[Antarctica]], only to be captured by Dreadwing, whom he at first mistook for Skyquake. Eventually, Optimus arrived, and after Dreadwing was buried in an avalanche and the Vehicons accompanying him were dispatched, Starscream now found himself as Optimus's prisoner. The two followed a trail to a human research station where the relic everyone was after was being held. Dreadwing soon arrived and another battle between him and Optimus took place. As they fought, Starscream freed the relic, the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], from the ice block containing it and claimed it as his own. Covered in a full body suit and towering over both of them, Starscream used the armor to fight both Optimus and Dreadwing, a fight in which he was the aggressor for once in a long time. Though Starscream had enhanced strength and was rendered invulnerable, he still couldn't fly, and a few of Dreadwing's bombs created a hole in the ice which he fell through. He was subsequently forced to plod along the bottom of the ocean. {{storylink|Triangulation}}

[[File:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Next on his list of cat-related videos is Nyan Ravage.]]
Back at the ''Harbinger'', Starscream discovered a photo of [[Red Energon]] on the [[Internet]], as well as a dancing monkey which came as much amusement to him. He took the Apex Armor with him, tracking the substance down to a dockyard where he was confronted by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee. Donning the armor, he attempted to retrieve the Red Energon first, and managed to rip a chunk off after Optimus knocked him off the crane. While he was trying to tip the crane over, [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived, and using a [[phase shifter]], removed Starscream from the Apex Armor. The Decepticon responded by firing a missile at the three Autobots on the crane and escaping with a chunk of Red Energon. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

Starscream set about refining the Red Energon, though the process was slow and only yielded enough for one or two doses. Alerted to a Decepticon operation by the ''Harbinger'''s computers, he used it on himself and soon found Smokescreen had uncovered a relic. Using his new hyperspeed to blindside him, Starscream was able to obtain one of the [[Omega Key]]s, which he later overheard Bulkhead describing as a way to revitalize Cybertron. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}}

[[File:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|SQUEE! I've collected all four!]]
Though thinking of restoring Cybertron and ruling it himself, Starscream decided that he didn't have the proper resources to do so. Coming up with a plan, Starscream lured Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead to a remote location with the promise of the key he'd found in return for the installation of the T-Cog from his clone. In reality, he used his remaining Red Energon to allow him to infiltrate the Autobot base while leaving the clone behind for the Autobots to find. While stealing the other three keys from, the Autobots figured out his clone was a ruse, and Starscream only just managed to get back through the Ground Bridge. After taking a moment to taunt the Autobots, the Red Energon wore off, and he quickly bridged away to the ''Nemesis'', with the Omega Keys as a peace offering to Megatron. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PatchMegatronStarscream.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4| This feels familiar...]]
Requesting to rejoin the Decepticons, the unconvinced Megatron subjected Starscream to a cortical psychic patch and began rummaging in his memories to determine his true motives. Despite the incriminating nature of most of the memories, Megatron's analysis of Starscream's strengths and weaknesses (including the loss of his T-cog and the fact that Starscream is not the only untrustworthy Decepticon on the Nemesis), has him decide to allow Starscream to serve by his side, as he is better with him than against him. Starscream was so relieved by the turn of events that he thanked the All Spark, but Dreadwing was not so pleased about this development. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}}

[[File:RegenerationOmegaKeysHologram.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Knock Out restored Starscream's T-Cog, though immediately afterwards Starscream was attacked by a murderous Dreadwing and had to be saved by Megatron. After Starscream helped Knock Out unlock the secret of the Omega Keys, Megatron left him in charge of the ''Nemesis''. Starscream used information gathered by Soundwave to kidnap the Autobots' three human friends and took them to Cybertron for Megatron to use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}}

After handing over [[Jack Darby]] in exchange for two of the keys, Starscream took part in the activation of the [[Omega Lock]]. He survived the explosion caused by the Lock's destruction at Optimus's hand, and when Knock Out attempted a quip, knocked the medic down and demanded he tend to Megatron. Starscream returned to Earth with Megatron to take part in an attack on the Autobot base, during which he shot down Wheeljack's ship, the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'', with Wheeljack still inside. Following the attack, he and Megatron landed in the remains of the base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

While the other Decepticons dug around in the ruins, Starscream more productively had Wheeljack pulled from the wreckage of the ''Jackhammer''. When human military forces turned up, Starscream offered to unleash the armada on them, but Megatron dealt with the matter using [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]'s fusion cannons. His interrogation of Wheeljack did not go nearly as well. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

With the arrival of Shockwave, Megatron appointed the newcomer second lieutenant in charge of science, usurping Starscream's role slightly. Starscream attempted to get his own back by discovering a photo of Ratchet on the internet, only to be embarrassed when it was switched for a picture of a dancing monkey by Raf. He attempted a new gambit—allowing Wheeljack to escape with a tracking device, believing it would lead them to the other Autobots, however Wheeljack discovered the bug and turned the tables on the pursuing Decepticons. Megatron's anger was only stemmed by Shockwave bringing [[Predaking (Prime)|a Predacon he cloned]] to Earth. {{storylink|Scattered}}

Starscream complained to Knock Out about the pressures of his position. When the Predacon returned from its flight to catch Autobots empty-handed, Starscream noted it was a pity the beast couldn't tell them why it failed. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Starscream was pleased when Decepticon monitoring finally bore fruit and located the Autobots. Unfortunate this turned out to be a series of diversions designed to have the Decepticons spread their forces out, and Megatron was not happy that Starscream fell for it. Darkmount subsequently came under attack and though Starscream did his best to coordinate a defense, the battle ended with him ordering a retreat to the ''Nemesis'' as the base was destroyed. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}} When it looked like the Decepticons were about to embark on another scavenger hunt, Starscream was dismayed, but fortunately it turned out that Shockwave had micro-chipped all his creations, and the fossils they needed would be easy to find. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

[[File:ChainOfCommandInForItNow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The hills are alive with the sound of Starscream's butthurt.]]
Following the surprise return of the existing Predacon, Starscream was dismayed to find it put in his charge. He had immense trouble controlling the beast and resorted to using the Apex Armor to protect himself from its attacks. Megatron sent Starscream and the Predacon to [[Scotland]], where they found the Autobots had destroyed a team of Decepticons hunting for bones there. While the Predacon took on the Autobots, Starscream found Miko trying to reach Magnus's ship and accidentally lost the Apex Armor to her. Battle ensued, but when the Predacon left for the ''Nemesis'', Starscream and his two seekers found themselves outnumbered by Autobots and retreated. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} In Megatron's bad books again, Starscream was further inconvenienced when the Predacon damaged the ship's communication dish. Though he tried to have it repaired by the Vehicons, it didn't go so well, and Megatron eventually found out. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

Starscream found Knock Out in the middle of experimenting with [[Synthetic Energon]], and had the medic add Dark Energon to the mix, believing it would allow Megatron to control the results. Instead the new mix transformed Cylas into an energon-sucking zombie and created a plague which resulted in Knock Out and Starscream being chased through the ship. Confronted by Megatron, they were forced to admit what they were done, and were sent to locate and destroy Cylas. They eventually found he had already been dispatched, but to Starscream's dismay, the deed had been done by the recently freed Airachnid. Fortunately he didn't have to deal with her as well, but he later had to face Megatron's wrath over his part in the affair. {{storylink|Thirst}}

When Megatron took him to another abandoned mine, Starscream assumed his demise was near, but they were merely visiting Shockwave's off-site laboratory. The Predacon unexpectedly arrived and Starscream hit it with a metal bar, only for it to transform and speak. The Decepticons quickly realized that despite Predaking's loyalty, it would not take him and his fellow Predacons long to realize their superiority to the Decepticons, so Starscream hatched a plan to kill two birds with one stone, luring the Autobots to the laboratory so its destruction could be blamed on them. The plan succeeded, and in the aftermath, the Decepticons discovered that the synthetic energon stored at the base had created cybermatter. {{storylink|Evolution}} Starscream managed to talk his way out of being disfigured by Shockwave over not warning the latter that the Autobots were attacking the lab. As Shockwave was put in charge of perfecting the Synthetic Energon formula, Megatron assigned Starscream to gather technology to repair the Omega Lock, which they would need for a delivery mechanism. {{storylink|Minus One}}

After establishing the location of the Autobot base when they kidnapped Ratchet, Starscream was sent with his armada to destroy the hanger. He did so with aplomb, unaware that the Autobots had swapped the letters on the hangers and he'd destroyed the wrong one. {{storylink|Persuasion}} The error came back to bite him when the Decepticons detected an [[Chip|Autobot probe]] carrying Laserbeak's transponder. Starscream went out and personally destroyed the probe before fleeing through a GroundBridge to escape Optimus. Back on the ''Nemesis'', when Predaking found out about the Decepticons' earlier treachery and went on a rampage, Starscream aided Megatron by blasting Predaking in the back. Though the Predacon was defeated, the ship next came under attack by Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

Starscream took his squad of Vehicons and encountered Arcee and Bumblebee. They battled the two Autobots, but were driven back to the Omega Lock room where Starscream tried unsuccessfully to get his hands on the Star Saber which Smokescreen had brought along. Starscream watched in horror as Megatron was killed by Bumblebee, but his desire to avenge his leader was unable to be fulfilled, as Shockwave dragged him away. The pair escaped the ship in a lifepod, somewhere over Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

[[File:Predaconsrising-Starscreamupthecreek.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|No! Bad pets! Bad! Don't you want to know what the fox says?!?]]
As Shockwave continued to try to clone Predacons, Starscream searched for more bones, and was soon assisted by [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx]]. The two Predacons eventually led him to a whole burial ground of Predacon remains, but as they were gathering their find up, they were witness to the apparent return of Megatron. Unfortunately it instead turned out to be Unicron using Megatron's body, and as the dark god created an army of undead Predacons, Starscream fled.

Finding the warship, he freed Knock Out and some Vehicons and attempted to retake the ship, only for Knock Out to betray him. He was locked in a cell, however when the warship crashed during the battle against Unicron, he was freed. Once Megatron was free of Unicron's will, Starscream approached him, believing he would resume leadership of the Decepticons, but Megatron was no longer interested in the Decepticon cause. Starscream therefore went to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] to take his own rightful place as Decepticon ruler, only for Predaking, Darksteel and Skylynx to arrive looking to settle scores with him. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===Toy bios===
Once upon a time, Starscream was an honorable soldier who fought to defend Cybertron. His long isloation aboard an orbital platform changed all that, making him greedy and ambitious, and he jumped at the chance to join Decepticons and get to lead troops again. {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Generations|Generations Starscream}} This path would lead to him binging on Dark Energon, revelling in the power it gave him! {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Prime|Dark Energon Starscream}}

Starscream, whatever you might think, ''isn't'' running away all the time: he's actually making calculated retreats and when the enemy is going "ha ha Starscream's run away", he comes back without warning and wipes them out. {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Prime|Voyager Starscream}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.6 Starscream holding president.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The president's been kidnapped by Decepticons! Are you a bad enough dude to save the president?]]
Starscream accompanied [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] on a trip to [[Antarctica]] to attack the [[Yamal|NS ''Yamal'']]. He carried the [[static lance]] that Megatron intended to use to detonate the ship's nuclear reactors, and when the Autobots arrived to intercede, Starscream used the weapon to knock [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] out. He tried to do the same to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], but the Autobot dodged the blow and kicked him in the head, taking the lance himself and ruining the Decepticons' plan. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Tasked by Megatron with trying to draw the Autobots out, Starscream attacked and captured [[Air Force One]], taking it to the [[Grand Canyon]]. He sent a message demanding Optimus Prime's surrender in exchange for the safe return of the [[President of the United States|President]], but the Autobots turned up in force. Starscream's accompaniment of Vehicons was soon quashed, and Optimus rescued the President, whom Starscream was using as a human shield, by chopping the Decepticon's left arm off. Defeated, Starscream fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Starscream was appalled when Megatron revealed the latest plan—pitting the Vehicons against each other in a series of deathmatches to ensure their army contained only the toughest. He was even more shocked when Megatron expected ''him'' to fight against [[Fearstorm]]. Starscream was able to defeat the much-larger Decepticon through application of his wits; he first managed to snap off the pointed end of on the bars enclosing their match, then used it to pin Fearstorm's arms to the ground. Fearstorm was thus incapacitated, leaving Starscream easy access to the key that granted him victory; his opponent's spark. Afterwards, Megatron was content to let Starscream return to the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}}

On Soundwave's prompting, Starscream set up an ambush for the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. When it predictably went badly for the Decepticons, Starscream demanded his companion take matters into his own hands. Soundwave did, and as a result Starscream had to later help Soundwave look for his missing hand. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}
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===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
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===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
When [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] returned from a battle with the news that [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had apparently perished in a mysterious explosion, everyone on the ''Nemesis'' assumed Starscream was to blame, simply because he had repeatedly expressed an interest in becoming Decepticon leader. He had to go on the run, all the while Megatron would turn up alive so his name would be cleared. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7}} Dreadwing managed to track him down, but he convinced Dreadwing that he was not the one who eliminated Megatron, on the grounds that he would immediately take [[Decepticon leader]]ship, rather than flee, should Megatron die by his hands. Dreadwing believed him, and ordered his assistance in finding Megatron. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 14}}

===''Regeneration One''===
[[File:Gas skunk blackarachnia jetstorm leobreaker starscream war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67]]
As the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix creature]] tortured [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] with visions of his [[Sparkplug Witwicky|dead father]] in [[Zero Space]], cracks began to appear in the membrane of infinite worlds. Starscream could be seen through one, alongside [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]], [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and [[Gas Skunk]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
After the Transformers had made their way to Earth, Starscream encountered Bumblebee. Not fooled by the Autobot's vehicle disguise, Starscream pursued the Autobot scout. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
When captured by Chumley, Heatwave was rescued by Kade and asked if he was expecting Starscream.
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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Daisuke Hirakawa]] (Japanese) [[Gerardo Alonso]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Axel Lutter]] (German)}}
[[File:MightyBigTrouble Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hi, I'm SpaceNapoleHitler. Give me the thing!]]
Starscream managed to survive his encounter with the Predacons by <s>strategically luring them</s> sheer dumb luck, stumbling upon a weapons cache with enough power to kill [[Skylynx]] and [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]]. He then explored the fortress and found the laboratory where the Decepticons had bred the Weaponizer Mini-Cons and sought to use them to take revenge on Megatron for his cruel acts towards him. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Starscream then reformatted himself {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} to his old body type, before he freed the Mini-Cons but they managed to escape him. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} The Autobots believed him to be dead following his encounter with the Predacons, but he was remembered as a dangerous Decepticon in the records of the War. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

After he had "helped save the universe, from Starscream, Megatron, and Dark Energon", [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] refused to be defeated by [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}} When Bumblebee attempted to inspire his team with an [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] impression, [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] instead believed Bumblebee to be going for a bad Starscream. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}

In his hunt for the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, Starscream hired [[Shadelock]], [[RoughEdge]], and [[Razorhorn]] to procure them. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} His hunt forced the Mini-Cons off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and led them to joining a group of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|scavengers]]. {{storylink|History Lessons}} He tracked them down to the planet Earth, where Shadelock found [[Tricerashot]]. Starscream ordered him to follow the Mini-Con to lead them to the remainder of them. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}} He tracked the Mini-Cons to a human ship, missing them by seconds. There he found the scavengers and the [[Dark Star Saber]]. He immediately claimed the weapon as his own intending to use it for conquest before he noted that it seemed to be operating at less than full power. Nonetheless he still desired the Mini-Cons and ordered his minions to track them and bring them to him. His minions brought him the wrong Mini-Cons. [[Fixit (RID)|One of them]] accidentally revealed [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] was back on Earth and Starscream was able to take the yellow Autobot prisoner by threatening the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

[[File:RiD 2015 Worthy One-Winged Seeker.jpg|thumb|left|280px|At least he's not a giant screaming head this time.]]
When Bumblebee was aboard, Starscream gloated about his good fortune before the Autobot escaped only to be quickly recaptured. With his captive now in [[Stasis cuffs|stasis cuffs]], Starscream monologued about his cunning escape from the Predacons and his plan to use the Weaponizer Mini-Cons and the Dark Star Saber to not only kill Megatron but conquer the galaxy. He then resumed scanning for his "little doomsday devices" before Bumblebee began taunting him that no one, not even the Dark Star Saber, took him seriously. Starscream swore that everyone would take him seriously, aiming the cursed blade at Bumblebee's throat. A nearby battle between Autobots and scavengers caught his attention where he used his ship's tractor beam to abduct the Weaponizer Mini-Cons before flying off and gloating to Bumblebee of his imminent victory. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Unfortunately it turned out he only had six of the seven Mini-Cons needed, with an attempt at merging resulting in failure. Luckily the last Mini-Con needed turned up at his ship with the Autobots, and he was able to obtain it by knocking everyone out with the Dark Star Saber. He successfully merged with the Mini-Cons, only to lose [[Aerobolt]] thanks to a signal initiated from the ship by Fixit. Starscream managed to fly clear of the ship and engage Optimus and Aerobolt, now merged, in combat until the Autobots succeeded in dragging him back into range of the signal. Separated from the Mini-Cons, Starscream fell comatose and was loaded onto [[Prime Force One|Optimus's ship]] for transport back to Cybertron and justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}
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===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
Years ago, Starscream assigned three Vehicons to construct an [[energon]] mine near the [[Sierra Ridge]] mountains, {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} and left them with a bomb triggered by a dead man's switch as an "explosive insurance policy".

At some point after [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Cybertron's restoration]], Starscream's severed arm was brought to Earth with [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] fought Predaking for the arm, so they could convince the three Sierra Ridge Vehicons that [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] was not their superior officer. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)|[[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Spain-Spanish)}}
[[File:WFC Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Where are your stupid Macross jokes now?!]]

{{quote|Have no fear, Lord Megatron. Under my leadership, Decepticon victory is assured!|Starscream being all modest|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

For the last thousand years of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Starscream was in charge of an orbital facility that had the capability of producing [[Dark Energon]], though they maintained only a small stockpile because of its unpredictable and uncontrollable nature. The station's force of neutral soldiers were no match for Megatron's invading forces, while Starscream and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]]'s repeated warnings that no one could control Dark Energon had no effect on Megatron's determination. Instead, Megatron tempted Starscream with knowledge of his past, reminding him of his demotion from Sky Commander to a mere guard over an all-but-derelict station, and offered to let him join the Decepticons, something Starscream scoffed at — at least, at first. Starscream attempted to destroy the station's stock of Dark Energon before the Decepticon leader could reach it, but failed, and watched, first with amusement as Megatron entered the storage chamber...and then with shock as Megatron infused himself with the substance and bent it to his will within moments. Starscream quickly volunteered his services for the Decepticon cause, causing Jetfire to label him a traitor and leave to warn [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]. Megatron sent him with [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to reactivate the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge|Energon Bridge]]. Starscream performed the mission successfully using his trademark style, flair, and modesty, never mind Megatron's taunting and unreasonable impatience, or Thundercracker's warning him of the danger of certain courses of action, or even Skywarp's cluing in to his constant insults.

During the Battle of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]], Starscream led the Decepticons aerial squadrons and [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] led the Decepticons' ground assault, while Megatron, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] went behind enemy lines and tried to secure the [[Omega Key]]. When Megatron's group met up with Brawl, Starscream refused to send Dark Energon bombers, saying that he wouldn't let Brawl waste anymore of "his ships". Megatron took issue with Starscream dubbing the bombers his, and overrode Starscream's refusal. Later that evening, while looking for the "real" Omega Key, they ran into it: [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Starscream assumed Megatron was killed when Omega attacked a [[dropship (WFC)|dropship]] Megatron was heading for and declared himself Decepticon commander. Shortly afterward, Megatron managed to communicate with Starscream and ordered him to attack Omega Supreme, getting the massive Autobot off Megatron's back. By the time Megatron's group were heading for the Autobot turrets, Starscream was ready to sound a retreat, which Megatron overrode with the threat of marking any retreating Decepticon as "kill on sight". Fortunately, Megatron arrived moments later and managed to defeat Omega Supreme, making the retreat unnecessary. Later on, he was present at the [[Core]] of Cybertron as Megatron corrupted it with Dark Energon.

As the Battle of Iacon continued, Starscream fought through Jetfire and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], and attacked [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]]'s group in the [[Decagon]]. However, the Air Commander was injured by Optimus's [[Energon-axe]] and forced to retreat. The wound was apparently bad enough to cause him to sit out the remainder of the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
:''Voice actor'': Sam Riegel (English), Gianluca Iacono (Italian)
Starscream had been in control of Trypticon Space Station for years, until Megatron and his forces invaded. Megatron wished to revive the Dark Energon project to aid him in his conquest of Cybertron, but Starscream would have none of it. Megatron was able to fight his way to Starscream himself, and after a brief battle, Starscream had lost. He begged for mercy, and Megatrons spared Starscream in exchange for loyalty to the Decepticons. Starscream obliged and Megatron was taken to the core of the station.

After a test run of the Dark Energon's effects on Decepticons in Kaon Prison, Soundwave deduced the element would only destroy the host. A furious Megatron set Starscream to work on fixing the problem, with Starscream continuously bickering with Barricade over his usefulness. The problem was eventually solved in time for an attack on Iacon City. When Megatron felled Zeta Prime and found the Omega Key, the titanic Autobot Omega Supreme was unleashed upon the Decepticons, quickly crushing them with ease.

Megatron was downright furious with Starscream, declaring he had brought Omega Supreme's rampage upon them all. Starscream retorted that if it wasn't for Megatron and his blind troops, none of this would've happened. Starscream invited Megatron to kill him, but warned him it wouldn't do a thing about Omega Supreme out for their blood. Megatron for the moment let it go, and finally felled Omega Supreme, gaining total dominance over Cybertron.

Sometime later, Starscream ambushed an [[Autobot rookie|Autobot recruit-in-training]], and would've killed him if it wasn't for Optimus charging to the rescue. He wasn't seen again after that.
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}
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===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
:''Voice actor'': [[Sam Riegel]] (English), [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian)

Being Megatron's "right-hand man," he wonders how the war could have changed if HE were to be the leader, not Megatron. Still he was ordered by Megatron to do his dirty work, and growing jealous, he waits for the right time, to take his place, as leader of the Decepticons.
{{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)}}
Under Megatron's orders, Starscream and the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] ambushed and captured Optimus Prime under the ruins of Iacon during the assault on the Ark. Starscream's gloating on how he defeated Megatron's nemesis would earn him a blast from the Decepticon's leader's fusion cannon. Starscream's luck would take an uphill turn, however, for Megatron was soon crushed by Metroplex, leaving him the new leader of the Decepticons. At the urging of both Prime and Metroplex, Starscream ordered the Decepticons to retreat.

Starscream's reign as a leader was lackluster at best. He used most of the Decepticon energon and supplies to further his own ego and cover the Decepticon bases with portraits and effigies of himself and constantly broadcasting self glorifying speeches to his troops. Anyone who wasn't on board with Starscream's reign was thrown into the prisons of Kaon. Needless to say, the prisons were full to bursting as barely a handful of Decepticons had any faith in their new leader. When the Autobots acquired the entire energon supply the Decepticons kept in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. Starscream sent the Combaticons to stop the transport. When the transport was out in the open, Starscream ordered an assault on it, despite the fact the anti-aircraft guns were still functional. As the Decepticons suffered heavy losses, Starscream aborted the mission and ordered a full retreat. The Combaticons ignored the order and brought the transport down, at the cost of half the energon on board. Despite the fact that the Combaticons had saved the mission he had abandoned, Starscream accused them of failing and had them arrested.

Later, Starscream decided to have a coronation for himself (despite the fact he had been in charge for some time now). Though sadly it was not to be, as [[The Transformers: The Movie|a newly rebuilt Megatron crashed the event]] and took his crown back from the would-be king, much to everyone else's elation. Luckily, the Air Commander escaped Megatron's wrath, swearing revenge.

Seeking the means to get back at Megatron, Starscream made his way to Shockwave's lab. He came across [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and promised to free him and his team if they would serve him. The Dinobot kindly refused the offer by throwing him into the control panel, freeing himself. This apparently knocked Starscream out as he didn't get back up. What happened to him afterwords is unknown, since most of Decepticons that might have arrested him were cut to pieces by Grimlock. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:TransformersPrimeTheGame Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)}}
Starscream was present when the Decepticons were hauling in an asteroid rich with Dark Energon heading toward Earth. When the Autobots came to stop them, he witnessed the asteroid explode and the Autobots fall out of orbit. He then mocked their inability to fly, which annoyed Megatron. He commissioned Knock Out and Airachnid to seek and retrieve the Autobots, joining in the hunt himself.

Starscream found Bulkhead and Miko in some sort of tomb, and played on his life by nearly collapsing the whole cave on him. Bulkhead escaped the falling cave, and the big guy unleashed tenfold on him. However, one of the Vehicons managed to swipe Miko and take her captive, and Starscream retreated with them.

Starscream later assisted Megatron in finding a missing component of Thunderwing's, and managed to run into his old pal Bulkhead again. Unfortunately, Bulkhead bested him again, this time taking him captive in his own ship! The treacherous Decepticon tricked Bulkhead, however, into bringing him into a room where he was ambushed by Vehicon troopers. Yet again, Bulkhead came out on top of the pile with Starscream retreating in defeat.

Starscream quickly installed the biggest component in Thunderwing, which resulted in him attacking Megatron... ''Megatron used Starscream as a shield.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Online''===
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
====Console====
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====3DS====
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===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
When Bulkhead infiltrate the Nemesis to snatch away the Decepticons' Energon stores, Starscream faced off against the Autobot before he could take his leave. Starscream was defeated, and Bulkhead took off with the Energon in hand. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Starscream led a battalion of Vehicon drones to the town of [[Jasper]] in order to secure Dark Energon from a nearby mine. His efforts were thwarted by Arcee. Starscream then attempted to escape from an abandoned military installation with the Vehicons under his command, only to be stopped by both Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
Starscream and the other Decepticons attempted to prevent the Autobots from constructing a [[Pulsar Dish]], which would destroy the [[Energon Drain]] that the Decepticons had built in an asteroid field. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Using his jet mode to fire upon the Autobot leader, and leaving floating "aerial mines" behind him, Starscream fought it out against Optimus Prime in the skies over a lush tropical forest. Optimus managed to drive off Starscream nevertheless, and Starscream howled back that he wouldn't forget his defeat as he sped away. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Starscream-(WFC).jpg|thumb|400px|So I'm ''Cybertron'' Starscream as WFC Starscream, introduced in a WFC event with seekers from ''Cybertron''. Confused? ''Good!'' '''*Hotshot 47 BLAM!*''']]
Starscream participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who was available as a reward in the "Cybertron Episode 2 - Seekers" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] arrived to a location where [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], Starscream, and Soundwave were battling Autobots. Megatron left, leaving Shockwave in charge. Shockwave ordered Soundwave to [[Transformation|Transform]] and play "[[The Touch]]." Starscream was displeased with Shockwave's choice of song, but Shockwave told him that once he got a higher hit percentage than his own, then Starscream could choose a soundtrack. {{storylink|Commercial#War for Cybertron|GameSpot's commercial for their Shockwave multiplayer exclusive}}
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==Toys==
===War for Cybertron===
[[File:WFC Legends Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|So I'm ''Cybertron'' Starscream in Generation 1 Starscream colors as ''Prime'' Starscream. Confused? ''Good!'' '''*BLAM*''']]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2010)

:This [[redeco]] of [[Legends Class]] [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Starscream (Armada)#LOC|Starscream]] appeared pretty much out of the blue one day, when, without fanfare, it was offered as a promotional giveaway in the United Kingdom to those who purchased the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' video game from [http://www.shopto.net ShopTo.Net]. He transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter and features hidden weapons in his wing-sections/biceps: the right arm hides a blade, while the left arm has a non-firing cannon.

:This toy was later offered as a gift to attendees at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong fair 2010 if they made a combined purchase of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' toys]] amounting to more than HK$400.

:This mold was also used the make ''Cybertron'' [[Ramjet (Universe)#Cybertron|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (Armada)#Cybertron|Skywarp]] and [[Sunstorm (Universe)#Cybertron|Sunstorm]], ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)#Classic Series|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)#Classic Series|Thrust]], and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'']] [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Starscream]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/WFCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''War for Cybertron'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Prime: First Edition===
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[[File:Primetoy-StarscreamDeluxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|He's got legs, and he knows how to attach them to the underside of his jet mode.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''003'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2011-[[December 28|12-28]]'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile pods, stand (Hasbro only)

:Part of the first wave of ''[[transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Starscream transforms from a jet resembling a [[Wikipedia:General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon]] into a skinny robot and back! He comes with two missile pod accessories that can either attach onto tabs on the underside of his wings, or onto the rear wings on his arms in [[robot mode]]. Additionally, he has a [[5mm post|5mm peg]] hole that goes through each arm, both of which become the sides of his jet mode tail. Since the tail stabilizers fold into the sides of the tail to become the arms, the hole isn't very deep in robot mode unless you leave these fins folded out.

:Undocumented in either of his [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] [[instructions]], Starscream has a couple of features that help make him slightly more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]]: he has a deployable winglet on the back of each of his legs, and his large wing kibble can tilt slightly upward.

:Some units have the head aerial deformed in-package due to being made of soft plastic. This is due to friction preventing it from hinging back. The aerial is supposed to fold back along the head for transformation, but can be tough enough to get in place due to simply flexing instead of changing position. His knee spikes also tend to deform.

:As with all Hasbro-release "First Edition" toys, a cardboard stand is included. The Takara release omits the stand in order to fit the toy into the bubble in robot mode.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed/redecoed to make [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Skywarp (WFC)#Prime|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]], and was differently retooled to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Slipstream (WFC)|Slipstream]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeStarscream/starscream.htm More information on First Edition Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Cyberverse===
[[File:Primetoy-Cyberverse-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 003'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''EZ-03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2012-[[March 31|03-31]]
**''Accessories'': 2 missile cannons

:Part of the first wave of ''Prime'' [[Cyberverse#Series 2|Series 2 Cyberverse]] Commander Class toys, this smaller-scale Starscream is cast partly in translucent plastic so that the toy can be lit using the electronic lights featured in the larger playsets. He also comes with two translucent "missile cannon" weapons that can peg in various ways onto Starscream and each other via their numerous [[C joint|3mm posts and ports]].

:Starscream's arms can separate from the nosecone fuselage on the elbow joint for greater show-accuracy, if you ignore the giant jet pieces hanging off his arms. He features a small, almost irrelevant partial autotransform gimmick: When his shoulders are swung out into place, his head moves out a little bit, allowing you to swing the head into position easily.

:The Hasbro release comes with a pack-in file card. In addition to the regular version, Starscream was also released in a special "advance release" assortment alongside [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Cyberverse|Optimus Prime]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Cyberverse|Bulkhead]] and [[Megatron (WFC)#Cyberverse|Megatron]], with each figure including a mini-DVD that contains the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' episode "[[Masters & Students]]". Yes, all four of them come with the same episode.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/CommStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Cyberverse Starscream at TFU.info]''
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[[File:PrimeEZCollectionDecepticonSet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, 2012-[[November 24|11-24]])
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile cannons

:This redeco of Starscream is cast in bluish plastics. He was only available in a TakaraTomy six-pack with [[Megatron (WFC)#EZ6pack|Megatron]], the [[Vehicon (Prime)#EZ6pack|Vehicon]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

:Oddly, his weapons are cast in a significantly more flexible (and also more creamy and less translucent) plastic than the ones that come with his Hasbro counterpart. In addition, the ridge on the forehead is slightly thicker and thus less pointy. [[For safety reasons|Usually, it's the other way round.]]
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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''3 / 006'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher & missile (combine to form Thunder Talon)

:Part of the third wave of ''Prime: [[Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse#Series 3|Series 3 Cyberverse]] Commander Class toys, Starscream is a redeco and extensive [[retool]] of Series 2 Starscream. He features 3mm ports in the same places as before, loses the post on his back, and gains a new port on his chest/jet underside. He now comes with the "[[Thunder Talon]]", a massive claw-like weapon which can mount via 3mm post, and launch its "claw" as a [[missile]] via pressure-launch.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybCommStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Cyberverse Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Prime===
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[[File:Primetoy-BumblebeevsStarscreamStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I'd be a poor man's Skywarp if I didn't cost more to import.]]
*'''Bumblebee vs. Starscream: Ultimate Opponents''' (Entertainment Pack, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile pods

:This Deluxe Class ''[[transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Starscream is a [[redeco]] of his First Edition release in lighter gray plastic with several purple highlights, possibly intended to represent his powering up with [[Dark Energon]] in the episode [[Shadowzone (episode)|''Shadowzone'']]. Unlike the original release of this mold, this version features [[paint operation]]s on its soft plastic parts, such as his forehead crest and missile-tips.

:Starscream came packed-in with a redeco of First Edition [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#EntertainmentPack|Bumblebee]], small unarticulated figurines of [[Silas#Prime|Silas]] and [[MECH Commando|a MECH soldier]], as well as a DVD containing the episodes "[[Convoy (episode)|Convoy]]", "[[Sick Mind]]", and "[[Out of His Head]]". The two-pack was also available in Australian markets virtually unchanged, except the DVD was replaced with a booklet including short (and by that, we mean one sentence) [[bio]]s as well as [[Tech Spec]]s for [[Breakdown (WFC)|most]] [[Airachnid (Prime)|of]] the characters.

:The [[stock photography]] on the packaging depicts Starscream's cockpit and abdomen as translucent, and with the stripes on his wings being on the leading edges instead of their final placement.
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[[File:PrimeRIDtoy-StarscreamVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh, that can't be aerodynamic.]]
[[File:Prime-toy StarscreamVoyagerTakTom.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Much better.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 003'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2012-[[June 30|06-30]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AM-07'''
**''Accessories'': Missile pod/light-up [[null-ray]] blaster & two missiles (Hasbro only), "Gul" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)

:Part of the second wave of ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Voyager Class toys, Starscream now comes with two missiles, as well as a missile pod attached to a half-translucent base of random parts, both of which can be mounted (via 5mm posts) behind his canopy/on his back, or onto his wings, arms, and hands. Additionally, the missile pod itself features a peg-hole on each side, and his wings each feature a [[Mini-Con]]-compatible peg. The missile pod transforms into his "null-ray blaster", all while being illuminated by a red LED as a sort of "Energon glow". As with other Robots in Disguise Voyager Class toys, the deployed weapon cannot lock into place.

:His prototype stock photography depicts additional [[paint operation]]s on the wings and vertical stabilizer that were omitted in the final product. His [[instructions]] and stock photos also incorrectly show his completed robot mode's shoulder-pads as being left flipped-up, despite the instructions telling [[you]] to flip them down ''just a few steps before''.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] release, which was part of the fourth wave of ''Prime'' product in Japan (despite his ID numbering placing him ''before'' toys released in the third wave), loses many of his detail-based [[paint operation]]s, replacing them with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s. Instead of the light-up cannon-thing, he comes with the Arms Micron [[Gul]], a robotic eagle that transforms into a bladed plasma weapon.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Hasbro Voyager Starscream at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1592.html Arms Micron Starscream at Alfes's toy blog (part 1)]''
::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1593.html Arms Micron Starscream at Alfes's toy blog (part 2)]''
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[[File:Primetoy-StarscreamDarkEnergon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|So, does this mean "[[Synthetic Energon]] Starscream" will be in [[Acid Storm|Acid Storm's]] colors?]]
*'''Starscream''' (Dark Energon Series Deluxe, 2012)
**''Number'': '''003'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missile pods

:''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Dark Energon Series|Prime: Dark Energon]]'' Starscream is a [[BigBadToyStore]]-exclusive redeco of "First Edition" Starscream in translucent black, opaque pink, and dark blue, as a possible [[homage]] to Skywarp.

: Though he was packaged on an individual card, he was initially sold as part of a set with the Dark Energon versions of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#DarkEnergon|Bumblebee]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Wheeljack]], and [[Knock Out (Prime)#DarkEnergon|Knock Out]]. He was eventually made available on his own, and the Dark Energon Series toys were eventually made available in Singapore as mass-retail releases.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/DEStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Dark Energon Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Generationstoy-FOCStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh geeze, it's going to be [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Timelines|Seeker-Gate]] all over again.]]
[[File:Generationstoy-TakaraTomy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''01 / #010'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2013-[[February 23|02-23]]'''
**''Japanese number:'' '''TG09'''
**''Accessories:'' Two assault cannons, tail-fin

:Part of the third wave of [[2012]]-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Starscream transforms into a Cybertronian jet fighter. He comes with two spinning, triple-barreled "assault cannons" which can combine to form a larger hand-held weapon that is geared to spin its two triple-barrels together, and resembles the [[Neutron assault rifle]] from ''Fall of Cybertron''. Each of the weapon halves features two [[5mm post]]s, as well as a peg-hole on their hollow sides, while the combined form features another peg-hole at the top, but makes the peg-holes on the hollow sides inaccessible. Starscream features numerous 5mm peg-holes, such as his hands, forearms, lower legs, and wing undersides.

:In an undocumented feature, Starscream's tail-fin is attached via a 5mm post on its underside, and can be detached to reveal three additional peg-holes, with two of these peg-holes being just the right distance to accommodate the combined assault cannons/rifle, with the tail-fin pegging on the rifle's top peg-hole. This allows the weapon to mount on top of the [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], and store on his back in robot mode. He was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generations|Generation 1 Starscream]] in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comics.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the third wave of Japanese ''Generations'' toys, is noticeably shinier. Among other deco changes, his gray vehicle parts have been coated in silver paint, and most of his red parts in glossy metallic red paint, all while featuring numerous additional [[Paint operation|paint details]]. His gray plastic is slightly warmer in tone, and his gunmetal plastic has been replaced with metallic blue.

:This toy was later redecoed into TakaraTomy [[Skywarp (WFC)#Generations|Skywarp]] and ''Thrilling 30'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Thrilling30|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Generations|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Generations'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Hunters===
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[[File:PrimeBeastHunterstoy-Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"Why does everyone keep pointing their remote controllers at me!?"]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Series / Number'': '''2 / 005'''
**''Accessories'': Thunder Talon, two missiles

:Part of the second wave of ''Prime: Beast Hunters'' toys, Starscream is a new mold, and is somewhat shorter at the head than his ''First Edition'' toy. He transforms into a fighter jet resembling a heavily-modified General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. He features 5mm ports for his hands, forearms, and fuselage/robot back. He comes with two missiles which each feature tabs on one side and a slot on the other, allowing them to peg onto his wings, or be pegged onto his forearms/jet underside.

:He also comes with a larger-scale "Thunder Talon" with clenching claws and a small, molded circular saw at the end. It features a 5mm peg on its underside and on the tail-end, allowing the weapon to be held/mounted in different ways, as well as store on his back. The weapon also features places to mount the missiles onto, with a pair of slots on its top and underside, as well as a pair of tabs on top. The slots also allow the weapon to be mounted onto the underside of the jet mode.

:His instructions include the [[Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7|seventh chapter]] of the ''[[Tales of the Beast Hunters]]'' series.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots_BeastHuntersStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Beast Hunters'' version.]]
*'''Beast Hunters Starscream''' (Scout, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''33'''
: Starscream can transform into a jet.

:Like most [[Beast Hunters]] Construct-Bots, Starscream never saw release in the United States.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBBHStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Beast Hunters Starscream at TFU.info]''
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===Go!===
[[File:TF-GO-G17-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Hunter Starscream''' (2013-[[April 27|04-27]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''G17'''
**''Accessories'': "Hunting Claw", two missiles

:Part of the first wave of TakaraTomy ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]'' toys, Hunter Starscream is a [[redeco]] of ''Beast Hunters'' Deluxe Class Starscream, hewing closer to the character's original ''Prime'' color scheme. His claw weapon is now blue.

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===Kre-O===
{{anchor|KreoArmy}}
[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Army.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Snoopy]] better watch his back.]]
*'''Army Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0945'''
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, 2 clip-on rifles

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Kreon]] Warriors, Starscream has been re-imagined as if he was part of a World War I era fighting force, with prop-plane vehicle kibble deco and an old-timey leather pilots' helmet and goggles (originally used by ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)| Age of Extinction]]'' [[Crosshairs (AOE)#Kre-O)|Crosshairs]]). His face deco (like all of the Kreon Warrior Starscreams) is very, very ''Prime'' Starscream, even if his colors owe more to the [[Starscream (G1)|original Starscream]].

: Like all the Kreons released that year (at normal retail at least), he uses the new 2015-tooling Kreon body, which basically involves small construction changes on every part below the head, making them largely incompatible with the prior Kreon parts (heads still work fine), but the new tooling adds some extra functionality and structural support.

: The Kreon Warriors were only released in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. The individual bags had also abandoned any kind of coding that identified the contents. This means getting the one you want from an unopened bag involves either trying to feel out the unique parts, or just buying the whole dang case.

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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Pirate.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Captain Jackass Sparrow.]]
*'''Pirate Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0945'''
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, clip-on cannon

: Also part of the first wave of Kreon Warriors, Pirate Starscream is a fancy-dancy buccaneer, with a frilly neck-ruffle and a plume in his hat. What a toff! The plume can also be plugged into the back of his old-timey cannon to simulate a hissing fuse (which other Pirate-themed Kreons in the series actually do).

: All the aggravation of the blind-bagged, non-US distribution above applies to this one as well.

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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Ninja.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Ninja Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0955'''
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, 2 sais, 2 pegged shuriken

: Back for more in the second assortment of Kreon Warriors, the backstabber is now ''literally'' a backstabber, having been re-envisioned as a ninja! His sais are clipped to his arms by a pair of small double-clips, evoking his arm-cannons, while his bladed straw hat (originally from the [[Hard Master]] Kreon in the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] Kre-O'' series) can be held by its edge as a massive weapon.

: Still fully blind-bagged, still not sold at US retail.

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[[File:KreO-toy StarscreamKW Wiseguy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Pull a comb through your coal black hair, for crying out loud, it's a mess.]]
*'''Wiseguy Starscream''' (Kreon Warrior, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0955'''
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Stand-plate, 2 clip-on gatling guns

: Who's that whisperin' in the trees? It's Starscream in full-on gangster mode, with an old-fashioned car-parts deco and a pair of gatling guns. His helmet replacement is oddly a black "wild-hair" piece originally from the ''CityVille Invasion'' sets, possibly because [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Wiseguy|Wiseguy Bumblebee]] already used the only fedora-like hat mold back in Series 1.

:Ibid on the distribution et al.
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===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{anchor|Warrior}}
[[File:RID2015WarriorStarscream.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|And this is my fourth and final form.''(Hasbro version/ToysЯUs Japan exclusive pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV62-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Starscream''' (Warrior Class, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV62'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': 2016-[[November 26|11-26]]
**''Accessories'': 2 Rifles
:Initially released as part of the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive ''Clash of the Transformers'' subline imprint, Warrior Class Starscream is a new mold which transforms from robot and fighter jet inspired by both his [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]] and his look during the coronation scene in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the G1 movie]]. He comes with 2 rifles with 5mm posts which can be hand-held or mounted on his forearms (as small null-rays) or his wings. The small tabs on top of the guns also allow them to fit into the slots on his shoulders, which can each hold both guns at once. The fandom knew ''nothing'' about the existence of this toy before it suddenly appeared at retail—something that basically never happens in the modern era.

:His scannable Decepticon insignia is on his left shoulder. scanning the badge temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game, and can only be scanned once per day. While accessible in Robot Mode, the badge is impossible to be scanned in vehicle mode.

:The ''Adventure'' series release of the toy features some paint applications to closely match his appearances in the cartoon.

:The first stock photos of the figure seems to be missing his insignia sticker. This was later revised.

: Later that year, Starscream was re-released as part of the general retail ''Combiner Force'' subline imprint with no known changes other than the packaging. In Japan, this version of the toy was released as a Toys"R"Us exclusive, ''also'' with almost no changes aside from a different sticker badge.

: This mold was also used to make [[Skywarp (WFC)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Skywarp]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Warrior Class Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Power-Surge-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Hasbro version/ToysЯUs Japan exclusive pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-57-Hyper-Surge-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Power Surge Starscream''' (Power Hero, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV57'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': 2016-[[October 29|10-29]]
**''Accessories'': Lancelon Mini-Con

:Released as a ToysЯUs exclusive under the ''Clash of the Transformers'' subline, Power Surge Starscream is a Voyager-sized figure that transforms into a robot to fighter plane and back in just a few steps. He also comes with [[Lancelon]], a Mini-Con that transforms into a sword and also be worn as chest armor for Starscream. Power Surge Starscream also features a voice gimmick, activated by pressing down his head:

:*"No one can stop me now!"
:*"Decepticons Unite!"
:*"Mini-Con Power Up!"
:*A flying sound effect.

:When you leave the toy idled for several seconds, he will play a transforming sound accompanied with a flying sound effect.

:As with the Warrior Class figure, his scannable Decepticon insignia is on his left shoulder, accessible when in-package.

:The ''Adventure'' release of the toy, released under the name '''Hyper Surge Starscream''', features some show-accurate paint details, and a different insignia sticker which is compatible to TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app. The Hasbro version of the toy was ''also'' released as a ToysЯUs Japan exclusive, with no changes on the original deco with an exception of the badge.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legion Class, 2016)

:Part of the first wave of Combiner Force legion class figures, Starscream changes from fighter jet to robot in a few steps. While being a completely new figure, his arms are borrowed from Legion Class [[Windblade (RID)#Legion|Windblade]]. For some reason, his nose cone has been completely covered in the same light blue as his shoulders and feet, presumably to better match the small hinge that connects it to his body. He is decently articulated for a Legion class figure, but lacks forward movement at the shoulder.

:Along with his wave-mate [[Springload (RID)#Legion|Springload]], Starscream was released at retail in Australia without any prior announcement by Hasbro whatsoever.
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==Merchandise==
===McDonald's===
*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
:*''McNumber:'' '''4'''
: Part of McDonald's ''Transformers: Prime'' promotion, Starscream is depicted as a non-transformable, simplified version of his jet mode, cast in light and dark gray plastic with some blue, black, and purple paint applications. Pressing the raised Decepticon symbol on the fuselage causes the cockpit to pop up on a hinge, revealing two non-firing missiles.
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*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal, 2013)
:*''McNumber:'' '''?'''
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Prime''' (2014)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Prime'' series, this buildable Starscream mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He has articulation on his shoulders and upper legs.
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===Eaglemoss cards===
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==Notes==
[[File:Tfprimestarscreamjet.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''ooooo-ooooo/We fade to grey!'']]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Fabulouscream.]]
*Starscream's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Energon Seeker-type chassis for [[Scientist (WFC)|Scientist]]-class characters. His parts are also available to Scientists in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Arclight-type components.
*Starscream's backstory in ''Exodus'' is self-contradictory:
:''"Not even Starscream, who had spent much of his scientific career in the labs contained within these refracting walls..."'' (p. 78).
:''"See what?" Starscream asked. Neither Starscream nor Megatron were scientists."'' (p. 158).
:*When asked via Twitter, Exodus's writer [[Alex Irvine]] stated "Let's say he's always been scientifically curious."<ref>[http://twitter.com/alexirvine/status/36051088754868224 Twitter post]</ref>
:*In ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]'', when Starscream sarcastically remarks how Shockwave is "ever the scientist", Shockwave replies with "as you once were". This implies that Starscream had been a scientist at some point in time, but has since left that field.
*Despite being a [[Neutral]] before joining Megatron's cause in War for Cybertron, Starscream begins the game with his glowing details already in Decepticon purple as opposed to Neutral yellow. The Decepticon symbols do not appear on his wings until AFTER he has been recruited by Megatron however.
*Starscream's thin body and narrow, upward-swept wings in [[robot mode]] recalls [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' Starscream]], but his voice, colour scheme, Igor-like posture and subservience to Megatron recalls the [[Starscream (Movie)|live-action incarnation]]. The game design has the movie bulk but with a [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1]] head and colours.
*Starscream's chest design is basically his live-action incarnation's head design. Now that's a visual homage.
**And an unintentional one at that, according to the [[New York Comic Con]] Transformers: Prime panel.
*''Prime'''s Starscream has [[Starscream (SG)|a red Decepticon insignia]].
*Starscream's feet have pointed toes and elevated heels that make them resemble a pair of women's pumps. They are quite daring.
*[[Steve Blum]] said he was a fan of [[Charlie Adler]] and [[Tom Kenny]]'s portrayals of Starscream, and had Adler give him his blessing after he got the part.<ref>[http://sknr.net/2011/04/20/steve-blum-talks-transformers-prime-guild-wars-2-bulletstorm-more/ Skewed magazine Steve Blum interview.]</ref> Coincidentally, Blum, Adler, and Kenny are all in ''The Super Hero Squad Show''. Blum would later take over the role of Adler's [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] for the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon]]'' game.
*Screamer appears to have [[Decepticon]] logos on his legs. They disappeared after "[[Masters & Students]]".
*For the rest of the series after "[[Partners]]", Starscream has a scar on his right cheek from his battle with Arcee. However, after [[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]] it is gone. It is possible that in addition to restoring his T-cog, Knock Out also got rid of the scar.
*Up until "Partners", his eyes were empty (like Arcee's eyes) with a solid red iris and lighter red pupils, but following said episode, his eyes change color from episode to episode. On some occasions, they are solid red with lighter red dots for his pupils.
*Sometimes during the series, depending on Starscream's mood (usually when scared), the wings on his back in robot mode tend to droop down like an animal's ears when scared or saddened. It's quite adorable, really.
*Starscream's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Starscream parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*In Starscream's dedicated level in ''Fall Of Cybertron'', a secret room on the exterior of Shockwave's tower complex contains a very G1-esque gold crown that can be picked up by the player and worn for the remainder of the level. Words cannot describe how awesome this is..
*Starscream seems to be entertained by dancing monkeys.
*His arm blasters appear to have the ability to disrupt a Transformer's systems. In "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", one shot from them briefly disables Bumblebee. Maybe he picked the [[null-ray]] upgrade after all.
*Starscream's Hasbro bio takes Fowler's comment "Starscream is his own worst enemy", a little too literally as it lists his arch-enemy as himself. And his ally is Optimus, for some reason...

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Starscream has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Full Weapon Mode''' (フルウェポンモード ''Furu Wepon Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Balo, Gora, Gul, Jida, Zori
:Starscream's box-back Arms Up mode has him using the [[Laser Gunblade]] on his right arm, the [[High-Defense Shield]] on the left, and [[Zori]] in "Flexible Rod Mode" (yyyyeah) on his back.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tīen-wáng-hsīng''' (Taiwan, 天王星, "Uranus"), '''Hóng Zhīzhū''' (China, 紅蜘蛛, "Red Spider")
*''Russian:'' '''Skandalist''' (''Fall of Cybertron'', Скандалист, "Troublemaker"), '''Starscream''' (''Prime'')

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Bumblebee (WFC)

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:PrimeBee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|... and, from the Planet of the Mimes, the Copper Kidd!]]
'''Bumblebee''' is a young and eager Autobot, a member of the last generation to be created before the loss of the [[AllSpark]]. He's full of energy and determination to do the right thing, and can always be counted on to volunteer for action. His small size, matched with his impressive speed, made him an excellent scout and messenger on war-torn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Grievously injured and rendered mute by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] during the war for Cybertron, Bumblebee was haunted by the loss of his [[voice box]] for many years, creating a ruthless streak at odds with his otherwise friendly personality. Determined to prove himself, Bumblebee kept fighting even after the Transformers' age-old war spilled over to [[Earth]].

Earth was a far cry from the ravaged wasteland of his birth, and Bumblebee adapted to his new home faster than any of his fellow Autobots. He's grown to like and understand [[human]]s, particularly [[Raf Esquivel]], and [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay]]. In befriending the natives, Bumblebee also developed a love for human culture, be it the historical exploits of Earth's cowboys or [[Rear Axle|cheesy hair-metal bands]]. In some ways, he considers the planet to be his adopted homeworld.

Towards the end of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] would officially promote Bumblebee to a full-fledged warrior. Years later, Lieutenant Bumblebee would wind up in charge of his own team. In his new role as commander, Bumblebee's old gung-ho enthusiasm has been tempered by his newfound maturity and the burdens of leadership... and doubts about whether or not he can fill the shoes of his mentor. That said, he's learning through trial and error to lead in his ''own'' way, and slowly but surely Bumblebee is stepping out of Optimus's shadow to become a capable leader in his own right.

Sometimes he works with the [[Mini-Con]]s [[B.2]], [[Buzzstrike]], [[Ironjam]], or [[Stuntwing]]. He can also combine with [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] to form [[Beeside]], and they can combine even further with the rest of the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] to form [[Ultra Bee]].

{{quote|Bumblebee, it wouldn't kill you to exercise caution.|[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Bumblebee was part of the last generation of Cybertronians that emerged from the [[Well of All Sparks]] after it had stopped producing life in a lull at the beginning of the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war. Like all born during the war, he joined the Autobots. He became part of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s inner circle with [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]], and also befriended [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], learning first aid skills from him in the few battles they fought together.

When Optimus ejected the [[AllSpark]] from the Well into space, Bumblebee distracted [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] at [[Tyger Pax]], and paid the ultimate price when the tyrant destroyed his vocoder. Ratchet repaired it, but Bumblebee was only able to speak from time to time. When Megatron stole the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] underneath the [[Autobot High Council|High Council Tower]], Bumblebee followed him to the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]] below the ruins of [[Crystal City]] and witnessed him use it to corrupt Cybertron's [[core]] with [[Dark Energon]].

Bumblebee informed Optimus of what he saw, but first he had to serve as part of the extraction unit in Optimus's rescue of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] from [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. Afterwards Optimus, Bumblebee and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] journeyed to the core through the Well. Due to the heavy buildup of Dark Energon, Bumblebee found it a distressing experience and lost it when they reached the core, silently tearing out the protruding Corruption Spikes. Though fearful of what would happen, Optimus was able to remove the Chamber and begin Cybertron's healing.

Back at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Optimus announced [[Ark (WFC)|Project Generation One]] to evacuate Cybertron, for the planet could not sustain a fraction of the life it currently supported if it were to survive. Bumblebee boarded the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' with the other elite Autobots and drew out and entered [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. Avoiding Trypticon's corridor drones and [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] they blew up the Dark Energon Facility, causing him to crash. Bumblebee boarded the ''Ark'', which flew him and his friends through the last [[space bridge]] to a [[Milky Way|spiral galaxy]] with the AllSpark detected nearby. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

After passing through the unstable [[space bridge]], Bumblebee and the Autobots aboard the Ark found themselves in the vicinity of a Cybertronian colony world called [[Velocitron]]. Bumblebee was part of Optimus Prime's initial landing team, who made contact with the planet's rulers, [[Override (Prime)|Override]] and [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]]. It was a time of great stress between Velocitron's rulers, and the Autobots' arrival from mythical Cybertron only exacerbated the situation. Although the Autobots secured an ally in Override, they left Velocitron on the brink of civil war during their departure.

The next leg of their journey through the Space Bridge brought the Autobots to fabled [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], a world composed entirely of space junk. Bumblebee and the Autobots met [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]] and his ever-busy people, the Junkions, who maintained an entire planet made of derelict ships and space junk that gravitated together over time. Optimus Prime's Matrix-induced visions led him on a quest through one of the four Space Bridge nodes surrounding Junkion, and he selected Bumblebee and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] to accompany him. Through the Bridge they came across the lonely tomb of [[Solus Prime]], fabled artifacer of the [[Thirteen]]. Her holographic spirit was called forth by the Matrix and informed the Autobots that the [[Requiem Blaster (Prime)|Requiem Blaster]], most deadly of her creations, rested on Junkion and must be kept out of Decepticon hands.

Returning to Junkion, Bumblebee joined the other Autobots in a struggle with the Decepticons aboard the newly arriving ''Nemesis''. The Requiem Blaster was uncovered inside a ship at the planet's core. A weapon capable of drawing infinite power from nearby stellar sources, the Requiem Blaster had its own gravity field, and had literally been the core around which Junkion's "junk" had formed. The fighting over the Requiem Blaster ripped the planet apart, but both sides eventually called off the melee and abandoned the Blaster after learning the location of the Allspark itself. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and the rest of the Autobots boarded the Ark and began the long race to reach their civilization's greatest prize before Megatron could. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

As the ''Ark'' travelled deeper into unknown space, the Autobots came across the mysterious planet of [[Aquatron]]. Along with [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]], Prowl, and [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]], Bumblebee was part of the initial away team aboard the ''Ark'''s dropship, sent to scout out the planet. They discovered a civilization of benevolent amphibious robots skilled in the art of processing Energon, and made contact with [[Inquirata (Prime)|the Curator]], who claimed to be an emissary sent to welcome the to Aquatron. When Optimus Prime and some other Autobots arrived as a larger greeting envoy, Optimus collapsed and was rushed to a nearby medical center for diagnostics. Rodimus, Kup, and Bumblebee set off on the dropship to see if the Aquatronians were as benevolent as they claimed. Their dropship malfunctioned and sank, stranding them in a large underwater complex. Bumblebee used his navigational skills to try and plot a safe route back to the surface, and on the way up the trio stumbled across an armada of dormant [[Sharkticon (Prime)|Sharkticon]]s. Before they could report their find to Optimus, they also encountered the [[Hydratron]], which hypnotized them into submission. They were then restrained while the Curator tampered with their minds, and subsequently released on the surface without any memories of the event.

When the Aquatronians revealed themselves to be servants of the [[Quintesson]]s and arrested both Autobots and Decepticons, Bumblebee was one of the Cybertronians called to testify against his leader in the Quintesson's kangaroo court. The Curator's tampering caused Bumblebee, Kup, and Rodimus to denounce Optimus Prime as a warmonger and a tyrant. Bumblebee eventually snapped out of his trance when the Autobots and Decepticons were forced into an uneasy alliance in their battle to escape from Aquatron. In the aftermath, the Autobots and Decepticons, still in a temporary truce, peacefully departed Aquatron to continue their search for the Allspark. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
During the war on Cybertron in [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Bumblebee caught Optimus's attention by distinguishing himself at the [[Tagan Heights]] stalemate and the Autobot victory at [[Kalis]].

He attended a meeting of Optimus's most trusted lieutenants, where the Autobot leader announced his plans to keep the AllSpark from Megatron by launching it into space. Bumblebee was uneasy with this course of action, but did not argue after Ironhide told him to trust in Optimus.

When they neared the Well of AllSparks, Optimus, Bumblebee, and the others learned that Megatron was moving in much earlier than expected. Bumblebee volunteered to act as the group's secondary line of defense should Megatron get past the Wreckers. Optimus granted Bumblebee's request, though he had Cliffjumper join him. On their way to their post, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper ran afoul of Barricade. They engaged the Decepticon, and after a brief tussle, left him behind beaten and unconscious. In doing so, they helped disrupt the Decepticons' entire field position.

When the Decepticons' main force arrived at the Well's brim, Bumblebee gunned for Megatron until the AllSpark was launched. Bumblebee then laughed in Megatron’s face over the Decepticons' failure to secure the artifact. Megatron responded by telling Bumblebee that he would never mock anyone else again, and crushed his voice box with a squeeze to the throat. Bumblebee was left to rejoin his team, mute and crippled, only because Megatron abhorred creating another martyr for the Autobots to rally around. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

===Coloring pages===
Bumblebee was the first Autobot to arrive on [[Earth]], having been sent there to scout things out.<ref>Bumblebee's [http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/specials/transformers-prime-downloadables/printables/tprime-bumblebee-coloring-page.pdf online coloring page] at hubworld.com</ref>

===IDW ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:PrimeComicBumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I have a mouth?!]]
Bumblebee and Optimus were on [[Earth]] when they detected [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s arrival and went to their rescue. After Optimus crushed [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], Bumblebee sent the Decepticon flying with a single punch, and escorted the others back to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{Voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English),<ref>''Frank Welker records actual words written for Bumblebee which are later replaced with sound effects.'' -- Revealed in "The Autobits Edition" of [[Darkmount, NV|episode 53]].</ref> [[Will Friedle]] (English, "[[Deadlock]]", "[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]")|[[Su-jin Gang]] (Korean), [[José Antonio Macías]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Hossam Adel]] (Arabic), [[Juhani Rajalin]] (Finnish, "[[Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock]]"), [[Petri Hanttu]] (Finnish, "[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]")}}

[[File:Predatory-ArceeBeeCliff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Hey Cliff, aren't you supposed to be a red version of me?]]
During the Great War, Bumblebee was captured at [[Tyger Pax]]. The interrogation by Megatron was brutal, but he was later found and a [[Ratchet (WFC)|field medic]] saved his life, though his [[voice box]] was a loss. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Bumblebee and Cliffjumper invaded [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'s lair to rescue Arcee and [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Bumblebee blasted a couple of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, but they were too late to save Tailgate. They carried Arcee out as she told them she'd been unable to save her partner. {{storylink|Predatory}}

Years later, after the war, Bumblebee was stationed on [[Earth]] under Optimus Prime's command. He was patrolling a desert area when Optimus ordered everyone back to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]] so that they could use the [[GroundBridge]] to provide Cliffjumper with backup. They did so, but arrived at the battle site too late—Cliffjumper had been taken by the Decepticons, and apparently killed. The Autobots held a brief memorial for their friend.

[[File:Bumblebee Bulkhead Arcee Darkness Rising 1.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.95|''Voice actor:'' [[R2-D2]] (English)]]

When Arcee and [[Jack Darby]] were pursued by Decepticons, Bumblebee joined in the chase as it moved onto the freeway. After a brief attempt to slow the Decepticons, he joined Arcee in facing the foe in a drainage canal, accidentally crushing a toy car belonging to [[Raf Esquivel|Rafael Esquivel]]. During the fight Bumblebee was knocked to the ground, and only Raf's timely distraction allowed him to temporarily get the better of the Decepticons, until [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] arrived and helped them scare the Decepticons off.

Optimus was disappointed that humans had gotten involved, and had Bumblebee and Arcee bring them back to the base. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} When [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] detected Cliffjumper's signal, Bumblebee was part of the team that went to try and rescue their comrade. Though he and the others valiantly fought through the multitudes of Decepticons at an energon mine, their mission was ultimately a failure, and they had to return to base hastily as the mine exploded. Prime later assigned him to watch over Raf to keep the boy safe from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:DarknessRising3-BumblebeeArceevehicles.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Drive on the right side of the road, Bumblebee!]]

The next day, Bumblebee discovered that he was a lot better than Raf at computer games, though Raf blamed it on Bumblebee's greater experience in driving. When they reached the base, Optimus and Ratchet left on a mission, placing Arcee in charge. Arcee promptly went out on patrol, taking Bumblebee with her and leaving Bulkhead in charge. As they drove through the Nevada desert, Bulkhead reported that [[William Fowler|Fowler]] had been abducted by the Decepticons. When it turned out there was no one left at base to bridge them back, Arcee and Bumblebee were forced to drive back. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-Bumblebeeshoot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Sting like a bee = die by fire]]

Bumblebee and Arcee arrived at the Decepticon ship in time to rescue Raf and Jack from a pair of Decepticons. They quickly located Bulkhead and [[Miko Nakadai]], also moving through the ship, but after it became obvious that the humans were in too much danger as they fought their way through the ship, the Autobots cleared out the ship's bridge for the kids to hide out in. They eventually reached the brig where Fowler was being held, and Bumblebee and Bulkhead burst through the main door while Arcee slipped in through a top vent. A standoff ensued, until Fowler distracted Starscream long enough for the Autobots to start firing. Starscream chased off, the Autobots took off with Fowler and rescued the kids on the way out. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

Once the Autobots had located the whereabouts of the Decepticon [[space bridge]]—Earth orbit—Optimus, Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee used the GroundBridge to reach it. They were spotted by Megatron and Starscream, who sent a force of flying Decepticons to attack them. While they battled, Ratchet determined a way to destroy the space bridge, so Bumblebee and Bulkhead covered Arcee while she followed his instructions. They committed the necessary act of sabotage before Megatron fired on them, hitting Arcee. As the Autobots jumped back into the GroundBridge, Bumblebee collected Arcee's drifting body and carried her back to base where she recovered enough to stand on her own. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[File:Masters&Students-BeeQuake.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Bumblebee comes up with his own version of punch buggy blue.]]
Bumblebee helped Raf with his science project, building a small replica of a volcano while they discussed how Bumblebee had not yet risen to the rank of Warrior. As Optimus pointed out, Bumblebee still had much to learn before he could reach that level. Optimus subsequently picked Bumblebee to go on a mission to investigate Decepticon activity, but warned the smaller Autobot to hold back. When Optimus came to blows with [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], Bumblebee decided to disregard the earlier order and charged into battle. Though he was no match for Skyquake, he and Optimus led the Decepticon into a trap and seemed victorious, until Skyquake [[scanning|scanned]] Fowler's jet. Bumblebee managed to end the fight by jumping onto Skyquake's jet form and causing critical damage, jumping to Fowler's jet as Skyquake crashed to the ground. After some repairs, Optimus commended him on his performance. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

Bulkhead and Bumblebee discovered a strange pod in the [[Arctic]] which they brought back to base. When the kids arrived at base, Bumblebee was keen to play some video games with Raf, but he and Bulkhead were roped into helping Ratchet repair the GroundBridge, which broke shortly after Optimus and Arcee used it to go to the Arctic. The cause of the problem was revealed when Raf found a [[Scraplet]], which started gnawing on Bumblebee. Raf killed it with a crowbar before it could do much more damage, but Bumblebee ended up having to search the base with Raf for more of the Scraplets. After finding quite a lot of Scraplets, they returned to the control room, where another mass of them overwhelmed Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Ratchet. Though the kids were able to get rid of the attacking Scraplets, Bumblebee was out of it for the rest of the incident, and ended up on a repair bed, being tended to by the kids. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

When [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] landed on Earth, Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee turned out to welcome him and arrived in time to see him trash some Vehicons. The Autobots celebrated their new friend's arrival, and Bumblebee and Raf danced The Robot to Miko's guitar playing. Bumblebee also stood around a lot while Bulkhead proved that "Wheeljack" was a Decepticon spy and the real Wheeljack turned up. After everything was resolved, the Autobots had another party to welcome the real Wheeljack, and Bumblebee got to bust out some more dance moves. He and Arcee turned out with Bulkhead to see Wheeljack off when the Autobot returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:Convoy-Bumblebeeboxing.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|[[Jazz (Movie)|YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?! YOU WANT A PIECE?!]] And please don't say you want two, because I know you're not Megatron. ]]

Bumblebee took part in the Autobot convoy to transport Fowler's [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] across the US countryside. When [[MECH]] attacked them, he bashed into one of the cars they were using, flipping it over. The Autobots successfully passed the D.N.G.S. over to a train, but were shortly after confronted by a squadron of flying Vehicons, and were forced to return to their [[robot mode]]s to fight. Bumblebee got to try out some boxing moves on a Vehicon, but while the Autobots were occupied, MECH made another attempt to obtain the D.N.G.S. which was foiled by Optimus. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

When an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in a museum, the Autobots surrounded the building while the kids went in to steal it. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] appeared at the front of the museum to attack Optimus, and as Breakdown charged at the museum, Bumblebee and Arcee attempted to stop him. Bumblebee was hit by a missile, sending him tumbling, and then by Arcee who'd just missed catching another missile. He, Arcee and Prime later attempted to track down the Decepticons before the Harvester could be used, but they ended up coming to Bulkhead's rescue after he found and stopped the Decepticons himself. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[File:SpeedMetal-BBvsBreakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I want a new dance partner.]]
When Arcee refused to go street racing with Jack, Bumblebee was more receptive, though they asked Raf's permission beforehand. Unfortunately also participating in the race was Knock Out, who started firing on Bumblebee. After calling base and letting them know what was up, Bumblebee used an oil slick to slow down Knock Out, and hid under a bridge. They would have escaped detection had another human, [[Vince]], not confronted Jack about apparently pulling out of the race, and Vince was subsequently captured by Knock Out. After Arcee and Bulkhead arrived, the three Autobots pursued Knock Out to a storage facility, where Bumblebee and Bulkhead were ambushed by Breakdown. They defeated Breakdown and caught up with Knock Out. The other 'Con had already been stopped by Optimus, who was very interested in some explanations. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

When Optimus was infected with [[Cybonic plague]], Bumblebee and Arcee GroundBridged to the ''Nemesis'' to find a cure. Bumblebee discovered Megatron had survived their last battle and was recovering in sickbay. Unable to find the cure on the Decepticons' computer, Bumblebee offered to use the [[cortical psychic patch]] to enter Megatron's mind and locate it. Finding himself in a [[Kaon (polity)|Kaonian]] dreamscape, Bumblebee saw Megatron killing Optimus repeatedly. Megatron realized he could not harm Bumblebee and demanded to know why he was intruding on his mind. Bumblebee reminded him of the space bridge explosion and implored him to give him the cure, playing on his desire to kill Optimus for real rather than have him succumb to a virus. Megatron showed him the cure but demanded Bumblebee help him out of his stasis lock. Ratchet was recording what Bumblebee saw though, and because they had the cure, Arcee disconnected Bumblebee and GroundBridged back to base. However, Megatron's spark had left his body and escaped into Bumblebee's... {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

[[File:OutOfHisHead-evileye.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|He is no longer the boy you once knew, [[Obi-Wan Kenobi|Obi-Wan]].]]
Bumblebee began to experience visions of Megatron, causing him to stop dead during a [[basketball]] game with Bulkhead. After Megatron forced him to crush one of Ratchet's devices, Bumblebee told Ratchet about the visions, and Ratchet induced a power down to give Bumblebee's mind time to recover. Bumblebee reactivated, under the control of Megatron, and, retrieving a piece of Dark Energon from an old battlefield, bridged to the Decepticon warship over the Arctic. Although Ratchet and Raf tried to stop him, even managing to get Bumblebee to reassert control for a few moments, Bumblebee successfully brought Megatron back online and transferred his mind back to his body. Free of Megatron's influence, Bumblebee beat a hasty retreat with Ratchet and Raf. Later at base, Ratchet checked Bumblebee was completely free of Megatron, and the small Autobot thanked Raf for coming to help him. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

After a Dark Energon signature was detected, Optimus took a team including Bumblebee to investigate. They instead found Starscream trying to resurrect Skyquake. During the ensuing conflict, the Autobots discovered their human friends had followed them to the battlefield, and the three kids were caught in a freak GroundBridge accident, causing them to disappear.The Autobots returned to base to try and locate their friends, but it wasn't until Bumblebee suggested trying to ring the kids that they found Miko's cellphone, and the kids were able to send a text to it. Ratchet subsequently engineered a portal to rescue the kids from the other dimension they'd become trapped in. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured by MECH, Bumblebee and the others were more than happy to leave them to it, but Optimus insisted that they rescue the Decepticon to avoid Cybertronian technology falling into MECH hands. The team arrived in [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] and Bumblebee spotted some vehicle tracks, but they opted instead to follow the energon signal Ratchet had detected. After they escaped the bomb that the trace led them to, the team tracked down Bulkhead in time to chase off Starscream and some Vehicons. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Arcee and Bumblebee were in the middle of a fight with some Vehicons when Arcee got a call informing her she had to be in Jack's garage ASAP. After checking if Bumblebee could handle it, Arcee left. Evidently he was able to, as he was later in the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee turned up with [[June Darby]]. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[File:Partners-BeepunchesAirachnid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[wikipedia:Cyborg (comics)|Boo-yah]]!]]
Bumblebee was part of the team that investigated the wreck of a crashed [[Harbinger|Decepticon ship]] and found Airachnid and Starscream. He guarded the bound Starscream while the others decided what to do with the Decepticon. Prime, Bulkhead and Bumblebee went to check out the rear half of the ship, crashed some distance away, and were ambushed by Airachnid who had found an experimental weapon named the [[Immobilizer]]. She froze Prime and Bulkhead, but Bumblebee managed to trick her by kicking up a dust cloud with his guns, and then pretending to be frozen after she fired the Immobilizer into it. Once she turned her back, he crept up and sucker punched her before blasting the Immobilizer. After she fled, Bumblebee went back to find Arcee, and interrupted her when she was about to offline Starscream. They returned the pieces of Immobilizer to base, along with Bulkhead and Optimus, and Ratchet was able to repair the device and unfreeze their comrades. {{storylink|Partners}}

Bumblebee accompanied Prime and Arcee as they tried to retrieve a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] before the Decepticons did. Ultimately the Decepticons made off with the cylinder, and later Bumblebee listened as Ratchet told them the cylinder's contents had ended up in Bulkhead's brain, though the Autobots were excited to find that the equations being scrawled by Bulkhead were a set of formula for synthetic energon. Unfortunately it later turned out that the data was eating Bulkhead's brain. Bumblebee and Arcee accompanied Optimus on an unsuccessful attempt to get the cylinder back from Megatron, and they ended up fighting a bunch of Vehicons. Later they came to Miko and Bulkhead's aid to save the pair from Knock Out and Breakdown, and were present when Miko managed to rouse the comatose Bulkhead with her guitar. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

During a mission to stop Knock Out and Breakdown who were transporting energon, Bumblebee, Prime and Bulkhead were separated from Arcee. They caught up to find that Ratchet had already dealt with the Vehicons who'd been attacking Arcee, and they returned to base where Ratchet revealed he'd taken the synthetic energon he'd been working on. Ratchet, amped up on the substance, insisted on going on their next mission, which meant Bumblebee got left at base operating the GroundBridge. The other Autobots returned minus Ratchet, who had gone to tackle Megatron on his own. Once they'd gotten a fix on Ratchet's signal, they left Bumblebee at base again. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

[[File:PrimeEp23-BumblebeeRaf.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|I didn't mean to break it]]
Bumblebee was taking Raf to play with Raf's remote-control car when he was called on to join the battle at a military base. Unfortunately Megatron found them before he could drop Raf off, and Bumblebee was hit by a blast from Megatron's cannon. Though Bumblebee himself was mostly unaffected, Raf was gravely injured. Bumblebee arrived at the battle and had to be restrained from attacking Megatron so he and Arcee could take Raf back to base. Bumblebee watched helplessly as Ratchet and June Darby tried to save the boy. At one point, the frustration became too much, and he knocked a chunk out of the wall with his fist, but Arcee talked him down, and eventually Ratchet worked out that an energon infusion would save Raf. Bumblebee gave some of his own energon for the procedure, which was ultimately successful. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

After the other Autobots saved Optimus from Megatron, Bumblebee bridged them back to base. June decided to take Raf to the hospital, and didn't intend to bring him back, so Bumblebee had to sadly watch them drive from the base. When it transpired that the Dark Energon volcano was causing global disasters, he went to find June and Raf, and managed to save them from a tornado by grabbing the front end of their car. After he returned to base with them, the assembled Autobots and humans worked out that [[Unicron]] was at the center of the Earth. He and the other Autobots began investigating the sites of the earthquakes Unicron had generated. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

Though Optimus ordered the other Autobots to remain at base, Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead joined him anyway. They fought increasingly larger stone Unicrons, until to their surprise, help came in the form of Megatron. When Optimus gave the other three Autobots the choice of whether to accompany him and Megatron to [[Earth's core]], Bumblebee opted to go for Raf's sake. He, Arcee and Bulkhead greeted Megatron to the Autobot base by aiming their guns at him. Before long, they stepped through the GroundBridge once again, this time into [[Earth's core]]. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

As they made their way through Unicron's internals, they encountered [[Unicron's antibodies|antibodies]] which aggressively attacked them. When during the fight Bulkhead almost fell to his doom, Bumblebee grabbed his arm and held him long enough for Optimus to help. He, Bulkhead and Arcee remained outside Unicron's spark chamber to hold off the antibodies, but after Unicron's defeat, they entered to find Optimus had lost his memory. The trio had to GroundBridge back to base without their leader. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

The Autobots puzzled over how to get their leader back but made little progress. When Fowler warned them of an attack on a military base, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee went to try and deal with it, but Knock Out and Breakdown succeeded in getting away with the power source they needed. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Bumblebee and the others fruitlessly searched for the space bridge until a breakthrough came in the form of information from Starscream. Using said information, the Autobots stormed the mine containing the space bridge and secured it so they could send Jack and Arcee through to Cybertron. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Ratchet, Bulkhead and Bumblebee monitored Jack's progress from the Earth end of the space bridge. When Megatron arrived to take back control, Bumblebee was grabbed by the head and tossed aside. Luckily it all turned out, and Bumblebee and the others returned to base with Optimus Prime restored. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee1 Bumblebee's new ride.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Privacy please"]]
During a mission to retrieve a Cybertronian artifact, Bumblebee followed Megatron into the Decepticon GroundBridge and snatched the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] right out of his hand. Responding to another signal, Bumblebee was ambushed by MECH, who took his [[transformation cog|T-cog]]. Unable to transform, he became more and more testy despite the attempts of Raf to cheer him up. Bumblebee finally talked Bulkhead into taking him along on a mission to find another artifact, only for his lack of a T-cog to become a liability as he tried to chase Knock Out. The pursuit ended when Bumblebee plunged out-of-control off a cliff. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee2 Bumblebee damaged T-cog.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|My precious...]]
When he came around back at base, Optimus restricted him to base. After an attempt to transplant Ratchet's T-cog into him was aborted, Bumblebee was pointed in the direction of the MECH base and opted to go on a one-bot assault. Though he floored Starscream and MECH in the process of getting the cog back, the vital component was blasted by Starscream. After some repair work by Ratchet, the T-cog was reinstalled in Bumblebee, and his ability to [[transformation|transform]] restored. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

Bumblebee and the others came to Wheeljack's aid when he returned to Earth to battle [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} Bumblebee was part of an Optimus-led mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]. When the fight was finished, the Autobots surrounded the exhausted Megatron, but were prevented from finishing him off by the arrival of Dreadwing. Though they trashed a bunch of Vehicons, Megatron and Dreadwing escaped them. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

When Fowler was attacked by a truck resembling Optimus, Bumblebee caught his car as it plunged from a bridge. Returning to base, they established the truck was a MECH-created clone of Optimus, and began searching for the MECH base. Bumblebee found the hideout, but after alerting the other Autobots, was knocked out by [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]]. Following Optimus's defeat of MECH, the Autobots returned to base for repairs. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} Bumblebee went with Optimus and Arcee to investigate some Decepticon activity and found Airachnid sending out a swarm of Insecticons. He and Optimus ended up having to fight a bunch of them and won. They got to return to base with Airachnid, whom Arcee had stasis-locked. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

After the ''Nemesis'' crashed, Bumblebee took part in an attack on it with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], only to be put into stasis by its weapons. He recovered back at base once the kids disabled the ship. {{storylink|Flying Mind}} Bumblebee was sent to [[New York City]] with Arcee, Jack and Miko to look for one of the Iacon relics. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} In the subway, they ran into Knock Out and an Insecticon, the latter of which temporarily floored Bumblebee. He recovered in time to pursue Knock Out, catching up with the Decepticon and getting the relic back. The relic turned out to be a [[phase shifter]], which saved Bumblebee from being hit by an out-of-control sweeper train. After they chased Knock Out off, Bumblebee and Arcee were introduced to [[Vogel]]. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}}

They returned to base to find Bulkhead critically injured after his mission, and Bumblebee and Arcee helped get the Wrecker to the medical bay. {{storylink|Hurt}} During Bulkhead's recovery period, Bumblebee arrived back at base to find Miko was upset at her friend's lack of progress. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} Bumblebee was part of Optimus's team investigating a crashed escape pod when they encountered [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]]. When Raf discovered the presence of [[Red Energon]] on Earth, Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee headed to a dock to retrieve it, only to run into Starscream and the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. Bumblebee and Arcee attempted to scale the crane but were attacked by Starscream, and Smokescreen had to come to their rescue using the phase shifter. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

When Fowler notified them that a [[Project Damocles]] satellite had been stolen by Breakdown and Silas, Optimus took a team including Bumblebee to a military base in the hope of securing the satellite control codes before the Decepticons could get them. Instead they found themselves facing both Decepticon troopers and the orbital death ray itself, controlled by Soundwave. {{storylink|The Human Factor}} During an energon hunt, Bumblebee tried to stop Smokescreen harassing a human, resulting in them both getting their picture on the net. Bumblebee later accompanied Optimus on a search for another Iacon relic, which turned out to be a Decepticon hoax, and helped secure the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

[[File:HardKnocksBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Well, it's not a couch, but... it'll have to do.]]
After Optimus received a message from [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] revealing the existence of the [[Omega Key]]s, Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead were happy that they might soon be able to restore Cybertron, but quickly realized there would be a downside in that they would have to leave their friends on Earth behind. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} Bumblebee was sent with Arcee to retrieve one of the keys, but they encountered Knock Out. Bumblebee was significantly damaged by the [[Resonance Blaster]] before the Decepticon got away with the key, and had to undergo repairs when the two Autobots returned to base. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After Smokescreen escaped the ''Nemesis'' with two of the Omega Keys, the Autobots received a message from Starscream offering a trade for the fourth and final key. Bumblebee guarded the base with Smokescreen and Arcee, but using Red Energon, Starscream was able to infiltrate the base and steal their three keys anyway. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

As the Autobots equipped themselves to go to Cybertron in a last-ditch attempt to stop the Decepticons from using the [[Omega Lock]], Bumblebee took the [[polarity gauntlet]] from storage. During their battle with the Decepticons, he used it to reclaim the Omega Keys. The Autobots subsequently found the Omega Lock, only for the Decepticons to unveil their trump card in the form of the three kids as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Bumblebee was forced to hand over his Omega Key in exchange for Raf. After Optimus destroyed the Omega Lock to prevent Megatron destroying Earth, Bumblebee returned with the others to base, only to find that the Decepticons were attacking it. The Autobots were forced to abandon base, and Bumblebee and Raf bridged to a point somewhere in the US. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

[[File:DarkmountNV-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Fired?]]
After changing his paint scheme to foil the searching Vehicons, Bumblebee headed back towards Jasper with Raf. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} When Raf discovered a photo of Ratchet on a conspiracy website, the pair tracked him down in a junkyard and tried to convince him to help them use the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> systems. Apparently failing, Bumblebee and Raf went to the derelict ship themselves, and were joined shortly afterwards by Ratchet, who had had a change of heart. {{storylink|Scattered}} They managed to get some of the ship's systems working before Bumblebee spotted a starship incoming, which turned out to be [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] with most of the rest of Team Prime. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Bumblebee and Arcee joined the attack on [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], acting as a "stealth team" and infiltrating the citadel under cover of a diversion. Unfortunately they ran into heavy resistance and were taken captive, but when Optimus Prime arrived to join the assault, they renewed their attack on the Decepticons. Following the destruction of Darkmount, the Autobots assembled at a human military base. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

When it turned out the Decepticons were aiming to clone more Predacons, Optimus took Bumblebee and Smokescreen with him to [[Texas]] to investigate Decepticon activity. Despite the trio's best efforts, they were unable to prevent Shockwave and Soundwave obtaining more Predacon [[CNA]]. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

Bumblebee and the others took time out from hunting for Predacon fossils to secure some energon supplies, unaware it was part of a Decepticon plan to deceive the newly-intelligent [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Evolution}} He became upset when Smokescreen suggested that his broken voicebox was his "signature", as he would prefer to have his own voice back. He and the other Autobots attempted to stop the Decepticons from executing a series of raid on human technology, and were caught in a fire fight at the [[Solaris particle collider]] in Antarctica. {{storylink|Minus One}} Though they fought their way through the Decepticons, they were ultimately unable to stop the Decepticons stealing the needed technology, and on top of this, when they returned to base it was to find Ratchet had been abducted by Soundwave. {{storylink|Persuasion}} They launched the probe and monitored it and Optimus's progress from the base. Though the probe was destroyed, Ratchet was able to send them the coordinates to the Decepticon warship, and Bumblebee and the others geared up in preparation to assault the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

[[File:Tfp bee down.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[http://www.toonzone.net/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation/ "When we kill a character, we kill a character."]]]
Bumblebee joined Arcee and Smokescreen in heading for the Omega Lock control room, though Smokescreen left them for a mission of his own. Despite encountering heavy resistance from Starscream, Arcee and Bumblebee made it to the control room, and when Smokescreen arrived with the Star Saber, Bumblebee attempted to pass the weapon to Optimus. As he jumped, he was hit by three blasts from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]] and died, however, he fell into the Omega Lock's energy field which restored him, including his damaged voice box.

Bumblebee took the opportunity to impale Megatron with the Star Saber, killing the Decepticon leader. With the ''Nemesis'' secured, the Autobots were able to take the ship to Cybertron, where they used the Omega Lock to restore their home world. Bumblebee gave Raf a sad farewell before he and the other Autobots returned home. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

In the aftermath of Cybertron's rebirth, Bumblebee was promoted to warrior, shortly before Optimus went off to find the AllSpark. With the discovery that there were two new Predacons on the loose, Bumblebee led a team of Autobots to find Predaking, but was unsuccessful in persuading him to help them. After encountering Unicron, in possession of Megatron's rebuilt form, the Autobots realized that the dark god intended to destroy their world. After foiling an attempt by Starscream to retake the warship, the Autobots attempted to defend the Well of All Sparks from Unicron's onslaught. It was only when Optimus returned that Unicron was defeated, and Bumblebee was later present when Optimus sacrificed himself to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.3 Bumblekick.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|BUMBLEKICK!]]
Bumblebee took part in the testing of Ratchet's newly developed [[Safe]]. After Bulkhead uncovered a nuke which attracted the attention of some Vehicons, Bumblebee, Optimus and Arcee went out to deal with the 'Cons. As Bumblebee knocked the Vehicons into the air, Optimus and Arcee blasted them, though Bumblebee was less than happy with the arrangement as he wanted to get to shoot them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

During some downtime, Optimus took the other Autobots, including Bumblebee, on a trip to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Bumblebee was playing video games with Raf when Fowler reported that the Decepticons had commandeered a [[Yamal|nuclear-powered ship]] near [[Antarctica]]. Optimus, Bumblebee and Ratchet GroundBridged to the ship, but on arrival Ratchet was knocked out by Starscream's [[static lance]]. Bumblebee attacked the Decepticon, dodging a swipe of the [[lance]] and then delivering a kick. Once he had possession of the lance, Bumblebee threw it to Optimus, who used it to defeat Megatron. After guiding the ship to its destination, the trio returned to base, which had been turned into an ice rink by Arcee and Bulkhead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Raf and Bumblebee stopped off at [[Plug and Play]] to pick up Raf's copy of ''[[Invasionauts II]]''. Later at the base, Bumblebee found that Raf had let a bunch of Vehicons into the base, and was about to shut the [[GroundBridge]] down, when Raf stopped him. Raf, who had been temporarily hypnotised by the game, instead shut the bridge down in a way that sucked the remaining Vehicons back through and kept the location of the base concealed from the enemy. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

[[File:Titan4.9 Bumblebee and Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I R serious Bee. this is serious wiki.]]
After the [[President of the United States]] was kidnapped, the Autobots traced the culprit, Starscream, to the [[Grand Canyon]]. Bumblebee and Arcee teamed up to take out the cannons manned by Vehicons that Starscream had brought along. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}} Bulkhead and Bumblebee retrieved Knock Out's [[neuron refractor]] from China, unaware that a MECH agent had stowed away in it. After [[Novo|Agent Novo]] kidnapped Miko, the Autobots searched for the two humans, and located the MECH base in time for Novo, now occupying a mechanoid body, to return Miko. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

Bumblebee was on a team which went to the [[Deep Driller]] oil rig and fell into [[Rufus Madison|General Madison]]'s trap, finding themselves facing soldiers in [[robotic battle suit]]s. Bumblebee was able to defeat a couple of them by tricking them into bringing a crane down on themselves. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} After Bulkhead was abducted by the Decepticons following a solo mission, Bumblebee accompanied team Prime to the ''Nemesis'' to rescue him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

During a battle in [[The Wave]], Bumblebee tried to protect the three kids, only to be knocked down by a projectile from [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]. Ratchet patched him up and sent him back to base with Raf, but after the pair fell asleep watching a horror cartoon, Soundwave's disembodied hand crawled out of Bumblebee's chest wound and tried to kill them. Raf helped Bumblebee dispose of the hand by strapping it to a firework from [[Miko's Party Kit]], leaving their next task to explain to the arriving Autobots why the base was in such a mess. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

Bumblebee and Prime went on a stealth mission to stop Megatron destroying the [[Statue of Liberty]], but it wasn't long until they were spotted by the enemy. As Megatron immediately began climbing the statue, Optimus left Bumblebee to deal with the other Decepticons on his own. Despite Optimus's misgivings on doing so, Bumblebee claimed he was brave enough to handle the task at hand. As Megatron was about to decapitate the statue, Bumblebee threw one of the Vehicons at him, almost knocking him off. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}}

Bumblebee accompanied Miko, Jack and Raf to Devil's Cove when Raf surmised that sightings of a "monster" there might actually be a Decepticon. As he kept watch on the kids, he noticed a large object heading for them underwater and jumped in to save them, only to find himself face-to-face with the Decepticon [[Piranacon (Prime)|Piranacon]]. He engaged him in battle, but was quickly defeated by the mighty combiner, escaping when a boulder from the kids' escape plan fatally wounded Piranacon. He then made a successful attempt to save the trio from a watery grave, and relaxed on the beach for the remainder of the day {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.16|Fury from the Deep}}
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===Mega-Mouth===
One of Arcee's nicknames for Bumblebee is "the Big Buzz". {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|Mega-Mouth #14}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{Voiceactor|[[Nicole Dubuc]],<ref>Like in ''Prime'', Bumblebee's speech in the first two seasons was replaced with sound effects in the episodes themselves.</ref> [[Will Friedle]] (English, "[[Uninvited Guest]]" onwards)}}
[[File:Bttr bumblebee blades.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|My name is Bumblebee, and I approve this crossover.]]
Bumblebee tracked a meteor to [[Wayward Island]], and ran into the [[Rescue Bot]]s and their attendant humans during his search. After joining up with them to find the meteorite, he returned with them to [[Griffin Rock]] and reported back to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who ordered him to spend some time with the team. When three of the Rescue Bots were stricken with a strange virus, Bumblebee helped out in a rescue, following which he accompanied the humans back to Wayward Island to deal with the meteorite. He ended up stuck in an undersea trench after rescuing [[Graham Burns]], and was himself rescued by [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. Faced with an out-of-control bomb, the two Bots used it to destroy the meteorite, but were infected by the virus themselves. Luckily Bumblebee had picked up a sample of the meteorite which was used to find a cure to the virus, and after some photos, Bumblebee returned home. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

[[File:BumblebeeToTheRescue Bumblebee vehicle mode.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
When the Rescue Bots were sent back in time to [[1939]], Bumblebee and Optimus went to Griffin Rock to embark on a journey back in time to help. They arrived in time to rescue the four Bots from [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] and returned with them to the [[Temporal Station|time machine]]. Back in the present, however, they found themselves in a Griffin Rock overrun with [[MorBot]]s. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} Optimus and Bumblebee were kept busy trashing MorBots while the Rescue Bots worked out what was going on. By the time the pair ran out of MorBots, the team was ready to return to 1939, where they rescued [[Dither]] from Morocco, restoring the timeline to normal, before traveling back to the present. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

Optimus and Bumblebee visited Griffin Rock as part of a relic hunt. Bumblebee found himself teamed up with [[Dani Burns]] after her pilot license expired, resulting in a blossoming jealousy on Blades's part, however once Bumblebee saved Dani from some quicksand, Blades was happy he'd been there. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}}

Several years later, Bumblebee had his voice back, along with a new team and mission. While on a solo mission in [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]'s ship, Bumblebee hit a meteor and had to crashland at the new [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] on the mainland. As the Rescue Bots took him on a tour of the center, it turned out that the meteor he'd hit had contained an [[energon eater]]. Bumblebee ended up teaming up with Blades and [[Cody Burns]] to capture the creature as it tried to hunt them through the center. Before leaving with the energon eater in a stasis pod, he invited Blades to join his team on a mission. {{storylink|Uninvited Guest}}
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===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
After successfully halting a Decepticon attack, the Autobots drove into a GroundBridge opened by Raf, only for the bridge to malfunction. {{storylink|On Thin Ice}} Separated from the other Autobots, Bumblebee splashed-down in a lake and was promptly pulled out by Breakdown and Knock Out. Aiming to settle [[Speed Metal|a score]], Knock Out challenged Bee to a race around a disused paint factory with Breakdown as referee. Aware that he'd be finished off afterwards, Bumblebee belted Breakdown halfway through the race and then knocked yellow paint on Knock Out. While the dazed Breakdown attacked his own comrade, Bumblebee took a GroundBridge back to base. {{storylink|King of the Road}} Bumblebee later joined in a battle in space to stop Soundwave hijacking [[COMSAT-1]]. {{storylink|Horrible TV}} He was also around when Ratchet had to repair Bulkhead's T-Cog. {{storylink|Cell}}
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===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
Searching for a way to combat [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], Bumblebee stumbled on data stored with an Iacon relic pointing to the location of a derelict starship containing a cache of weapons, hidden in the [[asteroid belt]]. He contacted [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 1}} and the pair blasted off in the [[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 2}} After finding the ship and the weapons it contained, the two Autobots discovered that they'd been followed by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and Predaking. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 4}} [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] soon came to their aid via GroundBridge {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5}} and was able to keep the enemy busy long enough for Bumblebee and Wheeljack to escape with some of the weapon crates. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6}} Bumblebee was nonetheless left injured and unable to go on further missions. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 10}}

When Bumblebee finally recovered, Ratchet assigned him to light duties patrolling with [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]]. Resenting the fact that everyone else was off fighting Predacons, Bumblebee was almost resigned to the most boring mission ever when Megatron turned up. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 23}} Bumblebee didn't get to take part in the fight though, because Prowl opted to let Megatron duke it out with the swarm of Predacons which promptly attacked the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 24}}

===Full of Fire!===
As part of preparations to fight back against the new Predacon, Bumblebee was given an [[Eagleshot Bow]] constructed by Ratchet. He, Ratchet and Bulkhead went out into a [[New Mexico]] desert to test the Autobots' new weapons, and Bumblebee used his bow to hit a target 2.76 miles away. When the trio were joined by Optimus Prime, Bumblebee suddenly detected a signal incoming, which turned out to be no less than six Predacons. Luckily the new weapons gave the Autobots the edge they needed, and Bumblebee was able to use his bow to take out [[Twinstrike (Prime)|Twinstrike]]. The enemy soon fled, though Optimus was pessimistic about the victory. {{storylink|Full of Fire!}}

===''Beast Hunters'' comic===
Bumblebee, Arcee, and Bulkhead encountered [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]], who lead them back to the other [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]] as well as the Autobots who escaped the quakes which had accompanied the revival of Cybertron, scaring off a Predacon upon arrival. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 7|Beast Hunters #7}} Bumblebee then assisted the other Autobots in dealing with the remaining [[Forged]]; the Dinobots then proposed to go back to Kaon while the 'bots from Earth filled in on what happened during their stay on Earth and Optimus Prime's sacrifice. After the Predacon attacked again, [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] came up with a plan to trap it underneath a Decepticon bunker; when the plan was successful Bee asked why Grimlock didn't kill it, to which he replied he had seen enough destruction. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 8|Beast Hunters #8}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Will Friedle]] (English), [[Ryōhei Kimura]] (Japanese)|[[Alessandro Capra]] (Italian),[[Hossam Adel]] (Arabic), [[Steven Merting]] (German), [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Riku Korhonen]] (Finnish)}}

[[File:RID-CybertronianBumblebeeStrongarm.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Oh, joy. [[Rattrap (BW)|Cyber-puberty]].]]

During the war, Bumblebee took part in an operation which resulted in the capture of the Decepticon spy [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], but was badly injured. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}

When Bumblebee [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|first arrived on Earth]], he frequently felt homesick for Cybertron. He managed to overcome his grief by learning about and adopting various Earth customs. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} He maintained a video diary for for a time, {{storylink|History Lessons}}, and as he learned more about Earth he developed an interest in Earth cowboys, {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}, exercise videos, {{storylink|History Lessons}}, and the band [[Rear Axle]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}}

After the end of the war, Bumblebee was effectively given the role of a beat cop once Cybertron was repopulated with Autobots, though he was still renowned as a war hero for his part in Cybertron's restoration. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} While patrolling Kaon City, {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} with his parter, Cadet [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], Bumblebee was responding to a criminal act on the part of [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] when he experienced a vision of Optimus telling him to go to Earth. With the unwelcome company of Strongarm and Sideswipe, Bumblebee made illegal use of a space bridge in the [[Cybertron History Museum]] to reach Earth, where they discovered [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] and the remains of the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', which had crashed and scattered its Decepticon prisoners. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Pursuing the Decepticon [[Underbite]], Bumblebee found his team joined by [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] and the humans [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay]]. They managed to prevent Underbite reaching nearby [[Crown City]] and lured him to a quarry, where Optimus Prime unexpectedly manifested to aid them in capturing the Decepticon. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

When the Autobots received a distress call from the oil tanker ''[[Windward]]'', Bumblebee took Grimlock with him to investigate. The pair tussled with [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] and though their first encounter didn't go well, they subsequently tracked him to a nearby oil refinery and managed to catch him in a barrel. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}}

[[File:WWOD Bumblebee's Prime impression.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Auto... Auto... Auto... AUTOBOTS, ROOOOOOOOOLL!]]
After the successful capture of [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], Bumblebee and his team went in search of a Deception at an airfield. They were unprepared for [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]]'s ability to split into component bugs and during their next encounter, the Decepticon claimed Fixit as a replacement arm. The team eventually tracked him to his hideout where Bumblebee managed to get Fixit to fight back against the Decepticon, resulting in (most of) Chop Shop being captured. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}} As Bumblebee had more and more trouble commanding his team, he attempted to emulate Optimus Prime, with little success. He and his team visited the [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences]], where they tangled with [[Terrashock]]. A vision from Optimus inspired Bumblebee to lead in his own way, and the team managed to track down and capture the Decepticon, cowboy style. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}

Bumblebee's attempts to deal with [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], a Decepticon who was attempting to build a space bridge, was complicated by Sideswipe's laziness. The pair managed to overcome Thunderhoof and destroy his space bridge before it could threaten Earth by creating a black hole. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}} Bumblebee and his team later encountered [[Filch]], who complicated matters by being flight capable. When Strongarm felt particularly out of place on Earth, Bumblebee told her about his first time on the planet, hoping to cheer her up. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}}

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After Grimlock turned on the other Autobots and stole Underbite's stasis pod, Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm tracked him to the [[Crown River Dam]], where they discovered he had been under the control of the Decepticon [[Minitron]]. {{storylink|True Colors}} Bumblebee let Strongarm go on a solo mission, but then followed her anyway much to her dismay. He insisted on accompanying her as "an observer", and ended up helping her capture [[Springload (RID)|Springload]]. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}} A visit from [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] was interrupted by Bumblebee and his team having to pursue the Decepticon [[Ped (RID)|Ped]]. Ped's digging almost caused part of Crown City to collapse, forcing Bumblebee and Strongarm to prop it up. They later successfully captured Ped. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}}

[[File:BumblebeeSitting Bumblebee sees TV.jpg|thumb|right|360px|Bumblebee watches "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]"]]
A run-in with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]]'s toxic spines caused Bumblebee to regress in maturity, and he began playing elaborate pranks on his team mates. Drawn to a nearby carnival, Bee enjoyed the rides and inadvertently helped capture Quillfire in the process. Fortunately for all concerned, Quillfire's toxin eventually wore off and Bee returned to normal, although he had no memory of his escapades. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

When [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] arrived on Earth to collect the bounty on Bumblebee, Bee saved Drift's life and found the Autobot now owed him a life debt. That mostly meant Drift followed him around constantly, however when Fracture captured the other Autobots, Bee reminded Drift that honor also meant helping friends. After Fracture's defeat, Drift considered the debt repaid. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} Bumblebee attempted to find his calm place as his team continued bickering during the pursuit of [[Malodor]]'s [[Skunkticon]] gang, and was eventually able to use a mantra to clear his mind enough to find a solution to the problem and capture the four Decepticons. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

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Feeling anxious at the lack of Decepticon activity, Bumblebee got the action he craved when their attempt to capture [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] led the Autobots to tangle with Steeljaw's gang. Though the gang ultimately got away, Bumblebee found a carwash to be relaxing. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}} One night, Bumblebee, Denny, and Fixit headed out in search of more energon. On returning to the scrapyard, they discovered multiple Decepticon signals in a nearby cave system; believing it to be Steeljaw's gang Bumblebee and his team headed there. The signal turned out to belong to [[Nightstrike]] and his hostage Chop Shop. Nightstrike captured the Autobots and immobilized them with his fear-inducing scream- Bumblebee experienced a nightmare about disappointing Optimus Prime. Bumblebee was able to escape with the unexpected help of Chop Shop and managed to capture Nightstrike after deactivating his audio receptors. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Bumblebee and the other Autobots headed to Crown City's subway system after Sideswipe scouted it out. On arriving, they discovered that the mad scientist [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] had hijacked Sideswipe's body. Thanks to Sideswipe's guidance, Bumblebee and the team managed to knock Vertebreak unconscious, and captured him after outrunning an oncoming train. {{storylink|Some Body, Any Body}} After Jetstorm returned to Earth and claimed Russell as his new sensei, Bumblebee was left in an awkward predicament as he tried to negotiate with Drift and Slipstream. The escape of Quillfire and Springload complicated things further. Bumblebee and his team chased the duo, who had stolen a human tank, across a local highway and eventually managed to bring them in. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

Bumblebee oversaw a training exercise for his teammates. Later, the team went underwater in pursuit of [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], who was planning to steal an abandoned Cybertronian spaceship. After fighting off the ship's various security measures, Bumblebee and Grimlock went up against Octopunch himself, and managed to best him by knotting his tentacles together. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}} Bumblebee and the team, minus Grimlock, went after [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] and his cheating manager [[Headlock]], who were posing as remote-controlled robots in the [[Rumbledome]]'s demolition derby. Unfortunately, the GroundBridge malfunctioned, first stranding the team in the Arctic and then depositing them outside the city limits. Bumblebee and the others were held up by traffic while Grimlock and Fixit fought the two Decepticons. {{storylink|The Champ}}

[[File:TroubleWithFixit Fixit versus Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|350px|In hindsight, Bumblebee shouldn't have bought Fixit those Flintstones DVDs.]]
Fixit's glitches began worsening, and Bumblebee had no choice but to order repairs on the damaged Mini-Con. Denny's attempts to repair Fixit only reactivated his sentry protocol. Bumblebee was forced to deal with the scrapyard's various security measures and the escaped Chop Shop, but with Denny's assistance he managed to force Fixit to stand down after the Mini-con incapacitated Chop Shop. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} Bumblebee and the Autobots helped Denny set up a rollercoaster he had purchased on the scrapyard. The job was cut short after they detected [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]], who had been captured by Steeljaw to serve as bait for the Autobots. After returning to the scrapyard, Bumblebee discovered that Steeljaw and his crew had taken over the scrapyard and set up a subsonic pulse to prevent them from entering. While Denny and Russell distracted the Decepticons, Bumblebee and Drift built a catapult and launched Slipstream and Jetstorm into the scrapyard. Bumblebee tangled with Steeljaw again and managed to see him off. {{storylink|Lockout}}

Bumblebee welcomed Grimlock back from a routine patrol, only for Grimlock to break down and confess that he had let the Decepticon [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]] walk away free. After searching up Scowl's extensive criminal record, the Autobots tried to track him down. Instead, Scowl flattened them with a tree and headed out to wreck a train station. Bumblebee tried to talk Scowl down, but the Dinobot would have none of it and began smashing the tracks. Bumblebee's attempts to shore up the destroyed structure were unsuccessful, and eventually the Autobots were forced to grab the train and redirect its path. After Grimlock prevented Scowl from attacking a local spa, Bumblebee consoled Grimlock, who had hoped he could change Scowl's ways. {{storylink|Similarly Different}}

Bumblebee listened to Strongarm's presentation about the dangers of horses, although he was skeptical of its significance. The newly arrived [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] won over most of his team, and even impressed Bumblebee by coming up with a catchy motto. Along with Windblade, Bumblebee and his team worked together to re-capture [[Zizza]] and safely redirect human aircraft away from Zizza's brainwashed human pilots. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}} When his team felt homesick for Cybertron, Bumblebee tried to cheer them up by reminding them of Earth's many interesting locations, and offered to take the team on a vacation. Since an erupting volcano proved unpopular, the team visited the abandoned town of [[Edmondville]]. After scaring off a busload of human tourists, Bumblebee and his team ran afoul of [[Pseudo]], who first tried to off Bumblebee and Grimlock with a cart of dynamite. Bumblebee and his team chased Pseudo into the town's old mines, and temporarily cornered him. Pseudo managed to escape again, but Bumblebee and the team chased him down. {{storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

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When Strongarm and Sideswipe were taken hostage by the Decepticons, Bumblebee realized that they'd have to mount a rescue mission. This was made easier by the reappearance of Windblade, and together the group prepared to raid the Decepticon's steel mill base. After Windblade was also taken out of the fight, Bumblebee, Grimlock and Drift headed to the [[Crown City Colossus]], where Steeljaw's portal was nearing construction. The trio arrived too late, and [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] was freed from his dimensional prison. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

Bumblebee's team was reinforced by the arrival of a reborn Optimus Prime; while Optimus dueled with Megatronus, Bumblebee and the other Autobots worked to stave off Steeljaw's gang. After Optimus was badly injured and sent flying, Bumblebee tried to help him come round. Fortunately, Bumblebee's [[Decepticon Hunter]] gave him, Sideswipe, and Strongarm an additional boost of power. Working with Optimus, the group managed to pin Megatronus beneath the Colossus's severed arm, and a concentrated burst of energy destroyed Megatronus's body. Back at the scrapyard, Bumblebee told his team that they were free to return to Cybertron, although all of them opted to stay. Prime congratulated Bumblebee on his leadership skills, and also agreed to stay on Earth — as Bumblebee's equal, rather than his leader. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

After the Primes took back Optimus's extra power, Bumblebee attempted to sideline Optimus without success. Optimus joined the team Bumblebee assigned to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard. While the away team was away, Overload arrived at the scrapyard, and despite the best efforts of Bumblebee and the others, they were unable to stop the Decepticon. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} After tracking Overload to a parking lot, Bumblebee assumed a recent battle there had been between Overload and the two missing [[Cyclone]] Mini-Cons, and sent the others off while he continued after Overload on his own. As it turned out, Overload and the Mini-Cons were still together, however Bumblebee managed to convince [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] and [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] to turn on the Decepticon and captured all three. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

Bumblebee and his team pursued [[Saberhorn]] and discovered the Decepticon didn't appear in the ''Alchemor'' database. They proved unable to capture him after Bumblebee was almost melted down thanks to Russell getting taken hostage. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} When Strongarm became demoralized during the pursuit of [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] and [[Slicedice]], Bumblebee failed to encourage her by getting her to help Fixit. He and Grimlock attempted to deal with a fire caused by the two Cons, and managed to get Strongarm out of the scrapyard to join them in saving some humans. {{storylink|Suspended}}

[[File:MisdirectionCrazyboltBumblebee-Ride.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Bumblebee wants to make his own [[How to Ride Your Dinobot]] videos]]Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock captured the Mini-Con [[Torpor]], though the mission was nearly botched when Grimlock stumbled in on the other two Autobots as they strategised, tipping their target off to their whereabouts. After Grimlock gained super-intelligence from a data cylinder, Bumblebee was reluctant to let him join on a hunt for [[Simacore]], only agreeing to it after Grimlock pointed out that the mission had a low chance of success without him. During the attempt to capture the Con, Bumblebee and Strongarm were placed in peril by being restrained against a particle accelerator. However Fixit was able to restore Grimlock's brain to normal, and the Dinobot rescued them through brute force, taking down Simacore in the process. {{storylink|Brainpower}} When a wounded Steeljaw turned up at the scrapyard, Bumblebee, Strongarm and Grimlock followed the trail of energon he'd left behind to a disused drive in. There, the Autobots saw [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], Crazybolt, and Slicedice arrive, and by eavesdropping on their conversation, Bumblebee discovered that Steeljaw had been feigning to gain access to the scrapyard. Bumblebee sent Strongarm back to the base while he and Grimlock took care of the Decepticons, and Bumblebee managed to distract his opponents long enough with a magic trick he'd learn from Russel for Grimlock to pummel them. However, he returned too late to prevent Steeljaw from freeing a bunch of the prisoners and escaping with them once more. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

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After weeks of trying to track down the new group of Decepticons, Bumblebee accidentally shot Grimlock during an encounter with Springload. With the entire team mentally taxed, Denny suggested the Autobots take a break, but Bumblebee was unwilling to do so while there were still Decepticon plots to foil. Fixit suggested that Bumblebee could do both; another lead pointed towards soundboards being stolen, the Decepticons' next likely target being a Rear Axel Concert. Bumblebee staked out the show with Russell, which led to him fighting Bisk on stage while the band played. Luckily the audience assumed it was part of the show, and Bisk was apprehended alongside the Mini-Cons [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] and [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}} Following a near disaster, where Grimlock was spotted by several children at a carnival while trying to apprehend [[Silverhound]], Bumblebee banned Grimlock from being part of their field missions. Subsequently, Bumblebee and Strongarm attempted to capture Quillfire, only to be knocked out by his quills. They awakened dazed and booted in an impound lot, requiring Denny and Russell to bust them out. The Autobots resumed pursuing the Decepticon and his two new Mini-Con partners, [[Back]] and [[Forth]]. Upon catching up with them, Bumblebee was flabbergasted to see Grimlock out in the field, sporting a construction crane disguise for his dino mode. Having no time to argue with his teammate, Bumblebee and the others once more engaged Quillfire. With Grimlock's help, the Decepticons were captured before they could retrieve the auto parts they were after, and Bumblebee gave his approval of the Dinobot's new disguise, allowing him once more to go out on missions. {{storylink|Impounded}}

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After the newly repaired GroundBridge malfunctioned, Soundwave returned to Earth and trapped Bumblebee in the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]]. Bumblebee was still able to communicate with the rest of his team by radio and tried to dissuade Denny, Russel, and Fixit from taking on Megatron's former right-hand-bot, thinking the Decepticon was out of his team's league. However, a fumbled first attempt at destroying a long-range communicator Soundwave was building inspired Bumblebee to come up with a plan of his own to defeat Soundwave. Using the fact that Soundwave was out of practice in creating portals to their advantage, Bumblebee coordinated his team to create another door to the shadowzone, escaped back to normal space through it, and returned both Soundwave and Laserbeak to their other-dimensional prison. {{storylink|Portals}} After returning from a mission in an area that interfered with Fixit's communication equipment, Bumblebee learned that Optimus and the away team had been pinned down by [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]]'s troops and sent Grimlock to assist them. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

Though the Autobots were reunited as a single unit once the stealth team returned to the scrapyard, Bumblebee found his orders were being double-guessed by Optimus at every turn. Despite Strongarm's insistence that he should talk it out with the Prime, Bumblebee found no time to do so, as events began to unfold more and more quickly around him. A chance encounter reunited the team with Ratchet, and soon afterwards the Autobots got help in the form of the Mini-Con [[Toolbox]], recent escapee from "Decepticon Island." The Autobots used a ruse to infiltrate the crash of the rest of the ''Alchemor'', separated from Fixit's section upon its arrival on Earth, and since taken over by its prisoners. Though they made good headway at first, Optimus and Bumblebee strained for leadership at a crucial juncture during the infiltration; Optimus wanted to pause and liberate several more Mini-Cons kept as slaves, whereas Bumblebee wanted to press on to disable all of the Decepticons with a stasis bomb. This hiccup stalled the Autobots long enough for the Decepticons to take notice of them, and Bumblebee's team soon found themselves surrounded by Steeljaw and his troops. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}}

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Optimus and Bumblebee began to argue once more, with Bumblebee wanting them to stay their ground and fight while Optimus wanted to allow themselves to be taken prisoners to plan for a counter-strike. The choice was taken out of their hands by Windblade, who flew up and provided the rest of the team with the distraction necessary for them to slip away. The Autobots then split up into smaller groups, with Bumblebee taking Optimus and Toolbox to fix a [[cryo-gas]] bomb to the ship's ventilation hub. After sorting out their leadership issues, Optimus agreed to allow Bumblebee to helm the rest of the mission on his own. Before they could set up their bomb however, they were confronted by Steeljaw, who used three Decepticon hunters to greatly empower himself. Bumblebee and Optimus held off against their opponent long enough for the now freed Mini-Cons to come to their assistance and wrestle the Decepticon Hunters from Steeljaw's grip. Bumblebee then took hold of the weapons himself, and used them to melt Steeljaw into the floor, leaving him unable to escape as the cry-bomb detonated. Bumblebee, Optimus, and the Mini-Cons escaped just in time to be outside of the bomb's range, before it froze everyone on the ship.

In the aftermath of the Decepticon threat being dealt with, several Autobots decided to return to their homeworld. Bumblebee was not among them, as he announced it was time to establish a permanent base on Earth. Strongarm, Sideswipe, Drift, Jetstorm, Slipstream, and Grimlock joined him in this endeavor, and the team sped off together. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

[[File:HistoryLessons Bumblebee exercise vid.jpg|thumb|right|350px|How you doin'?]]
With the Decepticons no longer a problem, Bumblebee took his team on a tour of Earth, ending up in a visit to the remains of Output Omega One where they stumbled on a bomb. The team split up, and Bumblebee and Sideswipe stumbled on the scavengers [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] and [[Buzzstrike]], who were trying to find useful artifacts. Though Bee was knocked out cold after being controlled by Buzzstrike, he managed to prevent the bomb from doing any major damage. Unfortunately Sideswipe found his old diary, which included the exercise video he'd made. {{storylink|History Lessons}}

After it became clear that an unknown group was looking for, Bumblebee split up the team to search Cybertronian sites and personally went to western [[Africa]]. He and the rest of the team were accidentally GroundBridged back to the scrapyard instead of [[Mount St. Hilary]] because Denny and Russell couldn't work the controls. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} Continuing the search, Bumblebee and Sideswipe ended up in a desert. They later joined Grimlock when the Dinobot encountered [[Thermidor]] and [[Tricerashot]], however when Thermidor threatened to bring down a ski lift, Bumblebee's impatience resulted in him being defeated by the scavenger and it was down to Grimlock to retrieve the artifact. Bumblebee later worked on learning patience from Brother [[Gunter]]. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

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Bumblebee and his team retrieved a [[high energy pulse generator]] from [[Egypt]], only to have to destroy it when it threatened to fry their brains. Following the invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, Team Bee's Mini-Con members were mistakenly abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s men, and Starscream then used them to force Bumblebee to surrender himself. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} After an aborted attempt to escape and find the Mini-Cons, Bumblebee was tied up on the bridge of [[Starscream's ship]] and forced to listen to the Decepticon's rambling. He did manage to distract Starscream when Jetstorm got free. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} He was eventually freed by Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream and joined by Optimus and the rest of Team Bee, fought Starscream's men. They eventually managed to defeat Starscream, despite him successfully merging with the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, by dragging him down into range of Fixit's signal so he could be de-merged. After farewelling Optimus and the Mini-Cons, Bumblebee and his team split up to search more Cybertronian sites. {{storylink|Worthy}}

[[File:KingOfTheHillPart2-UpgradedBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Let's see [[Matt Trakker]] beat ''this''.]]
When a Decepticon was detected, Bumblebee was confident that Sideswipe and Strongarm could handle it. Bee and the rest of the team had to join them when it turned out they couldn't. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} During the battle against [[Heatseeker]], Bumblebee found himself unexpectedly linked to [[Stuntwing|a Mini-Con]] which gave him a flight mode, and an explosion resulted in the entire team being merged into [[Ultra Bee|one robot]] while unconscious. In the aftermath, Bumblebee realized he'd lost his Decepticon Hunter. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

He searched for his weapon in the scrapyard, fruitlessly, though his search was put on hold when the team had to head to one of Windblade's caches in [[Antarctica]] to secure [[Crustacion]]. {{storylink|Defrosted}} While trying to secure another cache, the team encountered Rescue Bot [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], resulting in Bumblebee having to handle Sideswipe being paranoid about being replaced. As a result, they had to chase down [[Ragebyte]] after the Sharkticon prisoner escaped. {{storylink|Blurred}}

Bee and the rest of his team found themselves coveting the [[Sphere of Doradus]] thanks to the energies the artifact was giving off, and had to resist it so they could capture Springload. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} Bumblebee became jealous of the rapport Blurr and Sideswipe had, and his attempts to be cool caused trouble as the team tried to apprehend [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]] and [[Wildbreak]]. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

During another attempt to capture Drag Strip, the team once again inadvertently merged, and in the aftermath found themselves having to cope with two Sideswipes. {{storylink|The Great Divide}} As the team investigated a series of Decepticon thefts, Bumblebee encouraged Strongarm to cultivate her detective skills, leading them to capturing three Decepticon brothers: [[Boostwing]], [[Pilfer]], and [[Jacknab]]. {{storylink|Get a Clue}}

When Drift's old mentor [[Shadow Raker]] showed up on Earth, Bumblebee and the team helped Drift recover his Mini-Con students after the Decepticon kidnapped them. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}} Another of Fixit's combiner experiments led to the Autobots temporarily switching bodies. Stuck in Grimlock's body, Bumblebee was forced to sit out the subsequent road race mission to defeat the Stunticons. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}} Bee and the rest of the team attempted to help Strongarm's friend [[Nightra]] after she turned up apparently being pursued by [[Blastwave]], only to discover that Nightra was the criminal and Blastwave was an Autobot bounty hunter. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}}

Bumblebee took Fixit with him to an English island where they encountered [[Flamesnort]] and had to shut down the Decepticon's [[seismic-shock warhead]] before it destroyed Earth. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}} After an experiment led to Grimlock developing super speed, Bumblebee confined him to base. During an attempt to recapture Simacore, Bee had to contend with Grimlock turning up to help as well. {{storylink|The Fastest Bot Alive!}}

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===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Bumblebee watched Grimlock and Fixit perform in a talent show. {{storylink|Fixit Jam}} He tried into the night to think up a new catchphrase, but couldn't find a rhyme for orange. {{storylink|To Catch a Phrase}} He regretted giving Denny a ride after the human left him covered in food. He washed off in the car wash, only to be promptly covered in mud by Sideswipe. {{storylink|Sticky Situation}} Bumblebee electrified a would-be car thief. {{storylink|Carjacked!}}

He was present with the rest of his team when Fixit picked up the signal of an open stasis pod, formerly containing the [[Cyclone]] Mini-Cons [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]]. [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] called "dibs" on capturing the Cyclones, which concerned Bumblebee, as it seemed a big job for a lone Mini-Con. Drift assured him that he was okay with Slipstream taking on the task. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
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During his time as a street cop on Cybertron, Bumblebee arrested the crime boss [[Clipshade]]. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}} Unbeknownst to Bumblebee, Clipshade was really an Autobot double agent under the employ of Ultra Magnus; the entire operation had been staged. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}}

When Grimlock and Strongarm were tracking a Decepticon whom Fixit identified as [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]], Bumblebee headed out to join them with Denny. They tracked Flamefeather to the [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park where they managed to capture their quarry before the morning crowds showed up. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} After their squabbling compromised a training session, Bumblebee send Strongarm and Sideswipe out to investigate a destroyed transformer. After they returned empty-handed, Bumblebee came up with a new plan, having the team appear completely disorganized and taking [[Spinhead]] by surprise. In the aftermath of the battle, Bumblebee was shocked to learn that Arcee and Bulkhead had been secretly spying on him and his team. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Following the capture of [[Transit]], Bumblebee asked Fixit for a report on investigations into Team Prime, only for Ultra Magnus, Arcee and Bulkhead to arrive, wanting to question prisoners over the whereabouts of Clipshade. Bumblebee insisted on his team taking part in the capture, however afterwards Magnus announced they were taking Clipshade back to their ship. Bumblebee subsequently had a vision from Optimus telling him to trust his instincts regarding his old team. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

Fixit's investigation of Clipshade resulted in Bumblebee and his team capturing [[Overhead]], another [[Cybercomrade Sect]] member. She supplied them with a distress beacon she claimed would attract the leader of the sect, however when Bumblebee and Grimlock used it, Clipshade turned up. After a brief fight, it turned out Clipshade was an Autobot double-agent who'd been trying to find out the real sect leader, who it turned out was Overhead herself. They soon returned to Strongarm to find that Overhead had escaped, and Ultra Magnus arrived to provide some explanations. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}} Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus argued for a while about their priorities and the competence of Bumblebee's team, but Magnus eventually relented and invited Team Bee to join forces with his own team. The group headed to the abandoned [[Petrosynthesis Chemical Plant]] to bring in Overhead and stop her plan to build a new space bridge. While Ultra Magnus's team handled [[Skullcruncher (RID)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Razorgrille]], Bumblebee grappled with Overhead. Overhead detonated the bridge out of desperation, creating a miniature black hole. Although Bumblebee tried to shut it down, Overhead revealed that only she possessed the means to turn it off; taking the direct route, Bumblebee smashed Overhead into the control panel and shut down the space bridge.

With Overhead and the rest of the Cybercomrade Sect now recaptured, Bumblebee bid farewell to Ultra Magnus and his team, noting that he and the others still had unfinished business on Earth. Magnus congratulated Bumblebee on his leadership skills and noted that he was on the way to becoming an accomplished leader. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

Following the defeat of Megatronus, Bumblebee's brief moments of relaxation were interrupted when Optimus and Windblade took off on a mission from the Primes, and Decepticon signals were detected at [[Fort Tucker]]. Bumblebee and his team found themselves battling a pair of Vehicons, only to discover the whole thing had been a distraction while Steeljaw and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] abducted Fixit and Russell from the scrapyard. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Returning to base, the team found empty stasis pods and the computer trashed, and were forced to resort to their own wits to work out where Steeljaw was. They successfully located the cave, rescuing Fixit and Russell before engaging Steeljaw's crew. Bumblebee attempted to wrestle a bomb away from Steve, until the three Vehicons realized that Steeljaw was not part of Megatron's command. In the aftermath Bumblebee's team was left with the majority of Steeljaw's team as prisoners. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
During training, Bumblebee had to contend with Sideswipe and Grimlock playing lob-ball with Fixit as the ball. When the Autobots detected [[Scuzzard]] on the loose, Bumblebee came up with a plan which, despite going slightly wrong, still netted them Scuzzard. The Decepticon was snatched from them by the newly escaped Filch, and the Autobots were forced to track down and capture both of the birdbots. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} Detecting Autobot signals at the docks, the Autobots stumbled on a fight between Underbite, Thunderhoof, and [[Slink]]'s gang. Despite falling foul of [[Sneak]]'s underarm odor, Bumblebee helped Grimlock take down Underbite, and the team subsequently managed to capture Slink and her gang. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

Despite a failed attempt at running a drill, Bumblebee was able to lead his team in the capture of [[Forager]], whose comments led him to suspect that Drift might be a Decepticon. Bumblebee and his team were captured a short time later when [[Foxtrot]] and [[Stilts]] took over the scrapyard and put the team in stasis pods. The team was eventually freed with Drift's help, and turned the tables on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

Bumblebee began seeing strange visions of Optimus Prime claiming to have become a Decepticon, distracting him during a mission to capture [[Skinkbomb]] and resulting in Sideswipe becoming seriously injured. Fixit thought that Bumblebee might have developed brain rust, but Bumblebee was sure that it was a trick intended to distract him. The next time the false Optimus appeared, Bumblebee was able to keep ordering his team and capture Skinkbomb, and the real Optimus later filled him in on events. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}

Bumblebee, Grimlock and Strongarm attempted to arrest the Decepticon [[Brakepad]], only to fall foul of his lethargy-inducing powers. After they returned to the scrapyard empty-handed, Denny and Russell had to force them to go back out into the field and capture Brakepad. {{Storylink|Autobot World Tour}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space, Bumblebee was one of the many Autobots that found their way to Earth. He encountered Starscream, who wasn't fooled by Bubmblebee's vehicle disguise. He later participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. He was wounded on the battlefield, and tended to by Ratchet. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Bumblebee appeared on an advertisement for ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers Adventure]]'' during [[Christmas]] season. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} In one of [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]'s dreams, Bumblebee and his friends responded when Optimus Prime called their names in a display of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Adventure|new toy]]'s speaking gimmick, then joined Optimus in dancing to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

Later in the real world, Bumblebee was shocked by Rattrap and [[Tigatron]]'s sudden appearance among his Autobots. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

===''Birth! Black Knight Bumblebee''===
Bumblebee was attempting to prepare to fight [[Phantomjaw]] with the assistance of Drift. He was having little luck until one of Drift's sword strikes sent him flying into mud, the dark color of which hid him from the samurai. There was little time to contemplate this, though, as Phantomjaw himself arrived, quickly putting Bee on the defensive. Thinking quickly, Drift told him to scan a nearby black car, and his new "Black Knight" coloration hid him from the Decepticon much as the mud had previous hidden him from Drift. Thus cloaked, Bumblebee made short work of Phantomjaw. {{storylink|Birth! Black Knight Bumblebee}}

===Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
{{Charstubfiction}}{{Storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Bumblebee was weirded out by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker]] singing Christmas carols. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}
*Bumblebee leapt into a theatre to watch some family movies alongside various other cartoon characters. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Family Movie|Hub Family Movie commercial}}
*Fowler summoned the Autobots for a vague special mission, where they would be backed up by [[Batman]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Impossibly Awesome|Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon}}
*Bumblebee received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, and then proceeded to use his shoulder-mounted guns to mow down some Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}
*Ratchet took Bumblebee through a tour of the Autobots' armory which culminated in Ratchet presenting [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]]. The two of them then rode the mech into battle, plowing through ranks of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Optimus Maximus|Optimus Maximus commercial}}
*Optimus, Bumblebee, [[Boulder]] and Predaking attended a pool party with various entities from other universes. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pool Party|Hub Network Summer Pool Party}}
*Toy versions of Optimus and Bumblebee came to life to duke it out against toy versions of Predaking and [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] in a child's room. Bumblebee and Optimus came out victorious, and bumped fists while their restrained opponents dangled beneath them. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Beast Hunters toys|Beast Hunters toys commercial}}
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]], Bumblebee, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Boulder]] rushed out of [[Fire Station Prime]] in response to a nearby fire. They watched Heatwave put out the blaze, then all posed heroically in a v-formation. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots toys commercial}}
*Optimus and Bumblebee joined the Rescue Bots in response to a fire emergency. Once on-scene, Bumblebee energized his jackhammer, and used it to clear away some rubble. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Energize figures commercial}}
*When a child holding a Bumblebee toy came under threat from Steeljaw, Bumblebee rushed to the boy's rescue. Bumblebee tossed the Decepticon into a nearby body of water, telling him to "cool off" before turning to his admirer and giving him a "thumbs up." {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise One-Step and Three-Step toy commercial}}
*Bumblebee dueled against Steeljaw once more, but this time as "Super Bumblebee!" Towering over his opponent, Bumblebee picked him up and transformed the Decepticon into his vehicle mode as though he was just a toy. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Super Bumblebee commercial}}

==Games==

===''Transformers Online''===
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Johnny Yong Bosch]] (English)|[[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian), [[Renato Novara]] (Italian)}}

[[File:WfC-IGN-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The time has come and so have I... I'll laugh last 'cause you came to die.]]
During the Decepticons siege of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]], Bumblebee volunteered to be a message courier when communications became unreliable. Bumblebee was searching for the one called [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] when he was caught by a pair of Decepticons, only to be saved by Optimus and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. Informing Optimus of the death of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]], Bumblebee accompanied Optimus and Ratchet to a command center where they were contacted by [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], who was leading the aerial counterattack and wanted Zeta to activate the [[planetary gun]]s. After informing Jetfire of Prime's death, Bumblebee helped Optimus and Ratchet make their way to the orbital defenses control room, where they activated the guns. Their next stop was the [[Decagon]], where they could reestablish communications and coordinate Iacon's defense. They hit serious Decepticon resistance, including several [[Decepticon war machine]]s, but ultimately, with help from Jetfire and [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]], the three made their way to the Decagon, where they faced the last obstacle: [[Air Commander|Sky Commander]] [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. Beating the traitorous Seeker, Bumblebee witnessed a desperate communication from Zeta Prime, who was being held in the [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] [[Kaon Prison Complex|Prison Complex]]. Optimus resolved to rescue Zeta, and Bumblebee accompanied him.

[[File:WFC Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Autobots... [[Johnny Yong Bosch|It's Morphin' Time?"]]]]
Bumblebee, Optimus, and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] allowed themselves to be captured raiding supplies outside Kaon, and taken to the prison within the city. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] ordered them taken to recycling. Bumblebee didn't think that sounded bad, until Sideswipe told him to consider ''what'' they were recycling. As they made their way through the prison, Bumblebee's horror grew, until he was in a near panic when they placed against the firing wall. Fortunately, [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] finally arrived and killed the [[Heavy Soldier]]s about to execute them. Air Raid was forced to let himself be captured to let the others escape. Finally finding some weapons, the three made their way to a [[wall crawler]] and descended into the prison. Bumblebee asked if this was good or bad, and Optimus replied that it was purely a matter of perspective, while Sideswipe said he was enjoying himself. Soon, they reached a room where Megatron revealed that he had allowed Zeta's message to be broadcast simply to lure Optimus into a trap. After they fought off some Decepticons, Megatron simply teleported them to a prison cell without their weapons. Fortunately, Optimus managed to break the wall with his axe, freeing them. Optimus then explained he could not open the other prisoners' cells, despite Bumblebee's pleas. Heading to retrieve Air Raid, the three Autobots rescued the flier, who took them to the control which would open all the prison's hard locks. Unfortunately, Zeta was trapped under the facility, so the control wouldn't release him. While Air Raid took the freed Autobots back to Iacon, Bumblebee accompanied Optimus and Sideswipe underground to free Zeta, racing through the caverns as the Decepticons blew out the ground. Reaching Zeta Prime's cell, Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe had to fight through Soundwave's minions to rescue the Autobot leader, but Soundwave stole some of Zeta's life energy and fled, killing the Prime. Taking his body back to Iacon, Bumblebee and Sideswipe bore witness to the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] declaring that Optimus was now Optimus [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], leader of the Autobots.

During the evacuation of Cybertron, Megatron used Trypticon Station to fire on the Autobots' escape pods. After the Aerialbots destroyed Trypticon's conversion cog and sent him plummeting to the planet's surface, Bumblebee accompanied Optimus Prime and Ironhide to look for the crash site. Once Trypticon was found to still function, Bumblebee assisted in fighting him, overloading his shoulder cannons with energon batteries and destroying his heat vents. After greatly damaging Trypticon, Optimus Prime declared Trypticon had lost and knocked him into an energon lake with his axe. Afterward, Bumblebee was present at the unveiling of the Ark, where he reminded Optimus Prime that Megatron was "still out there". {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Johnny Yong Bosch]] (English)}}
{{quote|Watch out, Decepticons! I'm kind of a big deal!|Bumblebee}}
[[File:WFCDS Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|89px|Small, but noisy.]]
When a distress call from Zeta Prime was received by the Autobots, they sent Bumblebee to find Optimus so they could repair the communications system. Bumblebee and Optimus were seen battling Decepticons together by an Autobot rookie when he arrived at the Autobot base. When Optimus was later disabled by [[laser guard]]s, Bumblebee was instrumental in reviving him, and helped him defeat [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]]. After the Autobots retook [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Bumblebee exploded verbally at Ironhide, complaining that they'd already lost the war. Optimus told him that that attitude was just what Megatron wanted.

Prime's transmissions led the Autobots to infiltrate Kaon Prison, a place Bumblebee found terrifying to the point where Ironhide had to try and calm him and Optimus told them both to quiet down. They eventually found Zeta Prime, in time for their leader to expire. After Optimus was made the new Prime, the Autobots tried to enlist the help of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]. Bumblebee slyly goaded Grimlock into challenging Optimus to a contest, however instead the Autobots ended up rescuing Swoop who'd been kidnapped by the Decepticons. The Autobots were forced to venture down to Cybertron's core to disable the Dark Energon corruptors, so that Cybertron's core could begin repairing itself, however the planet was left unable to sustain Transformer life.

As the Autobots began to evacuate in arks, Trypticon station began firing on them. Optimus prepared to take a team to the station to attack it from the inside, and Bumblebee was the first to volunteer to go along. They infiltrated the station and destroyed its power core, causing it to plunge from orbit. To the Autobots' surprise, the station transformed into a monster which Bumblebee found terrifying, but he still took part in the battle to destroy it. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
{{voiceactor|[[Johnny Yong Bosch]] (English)|[[Renato Novara]] (Italian)}}

In order to find out more about "Trypticon", Bumblebee and Ironhide were ordered to infiltrate a Decepticon datacore and extract the info stored inside it. Looking for a back way in, Ironhide uncovered a transit shaft, but it was too small for him to reconnoiter. Splitting up, Bumblebee took the shaft while Ironhide circled around to find another way in. Inside the datacore, they retrieved the intel on Trypticon, but were unable to escape without being noticed. The ruckus they raised in Kaon caught Megatron's attempt, and he arrived to fell both Autobots before they made it out of the city-state. Megatron subjected Bumblebee to a neural scanner to forcibly extract Autobot secrets from his mind. Bumblebee struggled to resist the scanner, but still unwillingly gave up some intel before Ironhide broke them both free. They eventually made it out of Kaon in one piece, thanks in part to the air support provided by Air Raid.

After the power supply was cut off to Trypticon from the Geosynchronous Energy Bridge, the Autobots began to prep supplies for their evacuation of the planet. On one such supply convoy, Bumblebee ran defensive reconnaissance to protect the convoy from Decepticon attack. Bumblebee blamed himself for allowing the Decepticons to access his mind using the neural scanner, and was extra dedicated to the mission in his effort to redeem himself, even if only in his own eyes. He uncovered an ambush plot on the roadway, and alerted Optimus to the threat. Taking point, he intervened on several other ambush attempts along the way.

After Trypticon Station fell to Cybertron's surface and revealed itself as a gi-normous transforming creature, Bumblebee joined Optimus Prime and Ironhide in racing to the crash site to finish him off. They were separated during the journey, and had to fight through multiple Decepticon vanguards before even reaching Trypticon. Eventually, it was the combined firepower and teamwork of the Autobot forces that brought down the dangerous dinosaur. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (PC/PS3/PS4/Wii U/Xbox 360/Xbox One)===
{{Note|Bumblebee is available in Escalation Mode and has the Ammo Supply Core as his default ability.}}

Bumblebee waited with Optimus at the train station for Ironhide and Sideswipe to retrieve the [[Dark Spark]]. When the first train came, Bumblebee was the only one who made it on board, due to it having a timer. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
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===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[File:FOC-GameInformerPrimeBumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Oh my God, they killed Kenny! You bastards!]]
As the Autobots worked towards preparing the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]] for launch, the Decepticons attacked the city. Bumblebee was helping out [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] with the wounded when [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] arrived, and helped with an injured soldier. He was part of the bridge crew when the ship launched, and when they were intercepted by the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', defended the bridge alongside Optimus. Prime left to tend to the engine room, and Bumblebee was sent to replace a [[moleculon fuse|fuse]] so they could get the defense systems back up and running. He succeeded, allowing the ''Ark'' to start returning fire on the Decepticon ship, and began heading for the engine room. By the time he got there, Optimus and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] were engaged in a ferocious battle, with Optimus losing. As Megatron fired off a killing shot, Bumblebee threw himself in the way and took the shot to the chest. Enraged, Optimus renewed his assault on Megatron, but a short time later both ships were sucked through the [[space bridge]] portal. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
When an earthquake unearthed an Energon mine, Bumblebee was deployed to stop the Vehicon hordes from plundering it. Even after he successfully defended the mine, one of the Vehicons escaped. Bumblebee followed it to an abandoned building that the Decepticons were using as an Energon processing plant. He fought off the Vehicons here as well. He then accompanied Arcee in order to help her stop the Vehicons from reaching an abandoned military base.

Bumblebee could summon "Cannon Turrets," "Corrosion Turrets," and "Energy Beam Turrets" through the Ground Bridge to aid him in his fight against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}
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===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:Transformers prime the game bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|I should probably say something...but that might be difficult.]]
The Autobots detected a massive asteroid of Dark Energon headed toward Earth, and intercepted the ''Nemesis'' crew attempting to retrieve the asteroid when bridging to the location. At the climax of the battle, the asteroid began to split apart and exploded. Team Prime fell to Earth and scattered across the country.

Bumblebee was captured by the Decepticons at some point, likely by Knock Out. However, when Raf had detected Bumblebee's life signal on Earth, he had come to rescue his friend. Freed by the human, Bumblebee followed Raf's directions in order to escape. Eventually, Bumblebee encountered Knock Out and Raf was kidnapped by the Decepticons while he was distracted.

Optimus dispatched Bumblebee and Arcee to investigate a part of the asteroid that landed on Earth being checked by a Decepticon signal, though Bumblebee scouted ahead and found that the signal was Dreadwing unearthing one of Thunderwing's missing components. Arcee helped Bumblebee in grounding Dreadwing, though he was the one who did the work in defeating him. Later, Arcee joined Bumblebee in bridging to the Nemesis to save Ratchet and the children, who had been captured by the Decepticons over this period of time. He was met yet again by Knock Out, and through trial & error had defeated him by driving him off the Nemesis.

The team regrouped, though missing Optimus, and Ratchet dispatched Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee to chase Thunderwing in order to give him time to create a device to corrupt his Dark Energon core. Bumblebee was pretty shaken up by Megatron. Bumblebee later joined the rest of the team in watching the sun set after a day's hard work. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Bumblebee and the Autobots countered it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris. While the dish was under construction, Bumblebee and Raf could help out by causing more power-ups to drift towards the dish. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===Transformers Universe===
[[File:Tu-character-art bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Bumblecat?]]
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===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{note|The Starter Bumblebee is already unlocked when the game is turned on for the first time.}}
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|1500
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|2000
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|3000
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|4000
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|4000
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|4000
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|4000
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|4000
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|4000
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|4000
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|6000
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|6000
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When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe and Grimlock captured escaped Decepticons, and secured them back in their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}

===Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker===
Bumblebee was a spectator for a soccer match between Autobots and Decepticons. He enjoyed whenever players would tackle one another. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Bumblebee-(WFC).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Bumblebee (WFC) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward in the "Cybertron: Episode 1" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Bumblebee (WFC)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderBumblebee.jpg|thumb|Cheddar-flavored.]]
*''War for Cybertron'' Bumblebee was designed by [[Jim Daly]], and it's that specific character concept art that won [[Hasbro]] over on giving [[High Moon Studios]] the game.
*Bumblebee's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Runner-type chassis for [[Scout (WFC)|Scout]]-class characters. His parts are also available in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Recon-type components for the [[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrator]] class (although his wheels can also be used by [[Destroyer (FOC)|Destroyers]]).
*[[Alex Irvine]] wrote the short story ''[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]'', expanding on how Bumblebee lost his vocoder in ''Exodus''.
*In the end credits for WFC, Bee drives up, and '''HALF''' of the Autobots get out. Weird. Guess his father was a clown car.
*Bumblebee's [[license plate]] in "[[Speed Metal]]" is "'''936 SOH'''".
*Unlike [[Bumblebee (Movie)|that other mute Bumblebee]], who cannot directly communicate at all, and who splices together radio signals as a primitive method of conveying his thoughts, the beeps and tones produced by ''Prime'' Bumblebee seem to be a language of their own, which is fully understood by other Cybertronians (and, oddly, Raf).
*Bumblebee's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Bumblebee parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop. Unlike most of his peers, who were hue-shifted into different colors, Bumblebee seems to look exactly the same as he always does.
*Bumblebee is a guest on the DVD/Blu-ray commentary for "Shadowzone". [[Dave Hartman]] apparently shares Raf's ability to understand him.
*According to the Autobits version of [[Darkmount, NV]], [[Frank Welker]] records words for Bumblebee, which are then replaced with the character's normal beeping sounds.
*Prior to Will Friedle's casting on a interview with ''[http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/07/25/will-friedle-on-playing-transformers-primes-bumblebee-ultimate-spider-mans-deadpool-and-his-thoughts-on-girl-meets-world IGN]'', he had originally gone in to audition for a character called "[[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]]," but was later given the role of Bumblebee when they were ready to supply him with a voice.
*For [[Christmas]] [[2013]], [[The Hub]] aired a special "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" video yule log. This hour-long special consisted of music and cameo appearances by several characters or pieces from Hub properties in addition to the ponies themselves. Among the characters who made cameos were Beast Hunters Bumblebee (who beeped as he drove across the screen), [[Blades (RB)|Rescue Bots Blades]] (who stumbled onto the screen before being pulled back off), Strawberry Shortcake, Lil' Bat (mascot for The Aquabats), a Sorry! game piece, a character from "Pound Puppies", the main lead from "SheZow!", and several characters from the "Littlest Pet Shop" cartoon. This special was aired back-to-back for four hours on Christmas morning, possibly as a means of giving the bulk of the network staff a chance to spend Christmas morning with their families.
*A running gag in the first season of ''Robots in Disguise'' was Bumblebee's inability to come up with a decent command for his team to mobilize, in the vein of Optimus Prime's famous "[[roll out|Autobots, transform and roll out]]". He tried out roughly a dozen rallying cries at the beginning of missions, all greeted with reactions ranging from unimpressed stares to open laughter, his team convinced he was joking, before finally coming up with "Rev up and roll out" in [[Battlegrounds, Part 2]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Bumblebee''', '''Űrdongó''' (''Rescue Bots'' cartoon, "Space-Bumblebee")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dàhuángfēng''' (大黃蜂, "Hornet")
*''Russian:'' '''Shershen'''' (Шершень, "Hornet") - FOC & ROTDS only

==References==
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Optimus Prime (WFC)

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:''Optimus Prime is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s and briefly [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:PrimeOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Megatron awakened within him a secret yearning. The slashfic writes itself.]]

'''Optimus Prime''' was the last born of the original [[Thirteen]] Transformers. His spark was the most like their progenitor [[Primus]], its frequency nearly identical. He was the mediator and visionary of the group, passing among them all as a calm, inspiring, thoughtful, unifying and well-liked friend. It was his unique spark and his inspiring reassurance that "All are One" that allowed the Primes to rally and succeed in their battle against the Chaos Bringer [[Unicron]]. When tragedy at last ended the era of the Primes and brought forth the new race of lesser descendant Transformers he alone chose to be reborn in the [[Well of All Sparks]] as one of them, that he might know them and their needs more completely.

All memory of his past life gone, he took the name '''Orion Pax''' and sought his way like any other robot on the new world. Eventually he found his place as a simple data clerk, satisfied with his job. He was always anxious of the inequality amongst Cybertronians and thus, after gaining inspiration from an outspoken gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s call for an upheaval of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s society, took a stand to rid the oppressive [[caste system]] which hindered the freedom of all the sentient beings on Cybertron. Little did he realize that his instructor, the master archivist [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], was also one of the Thirteen and knew of the secret within the data clerk. Once Pax and Megatron discovered they did not have as much in common as they once believed, the lowly data clerk was promoted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] to be the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. With the claiming of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] Orion Pax became Optimus Prime once more, regaining his memory and rising to lead his people.

Over the centuries, loss and war have led Optimus to appear stern and serious to most. But scratch the surface, and you'll find an individual who greatly cares for his fellow living beings, with a warmth and kindness his closest friends can rely on. You'll also find regret over the loss of a comrade to darkness, and the faintest glimmer of hope that he can be saved.

He is sometimes partnered with Chief [[Charlie Burns]] or a whole host of [[Mini-Con]]s, including [[Aerobolt]], [[Dragonblaster]], [[Gravity]], [[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]], and [[O.P.]] He can also combine with either [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] to form [[Primestrong]] or [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] to form [[Primelock]].

{{bigquote|We will [[Theme song|wage our battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons]] wherever it may take us. And one day, we will go home.|Optimus Prime|''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
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Optimus Prime was created as the last of the [[Thirteen]], the first generation of Transformers, each created directly by Primus as a band of unique warriors to combat and defeat Unicron. Upon his creation, Optimus united the Thirteen by his greeting: "All are one." While all of the other members of the Thirteen each possessed unique abilities and artifacts, Optimus wielded no special powers or weapons. It was only through his vision and encouraging words that allowed the Thirteen to finally defeat Unicron.

In the era that followed, Optimus served as the mediator and voice of reason among the increasingly argumentative group of Primes. When these conflicts and power plays finally boiled over after the death of [[Solus Prime]], the Primes descended into full on conflict against one another. Optimus emerged mostly unharmed from the final conflict that split the Thirteen. However, upon the activation of the [[Well of All Sparks]], Optimus chose to enter into the Well and be reborn as a lesser Cybertronian, in order to know them and their needs better. Before doing so, he asked [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] to remove all references to his name from the [[Covenant of Primus]], so that he could not be found unless in the most dire of circumstances.

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Carrying the damaged body of [[Onyx Prime]] and accompanied by [[Micronus Prime]], Optimus bid farewell to his brothers, and announced that the era of the Primes had ended. The three of them entered and activated the Well, which began producing new mechanical life. Among the many humanoid Cybertronians that emerged from the Well was Orion Pax, a humble bot with no memories of his previous life. Alpha Trion recognized what had once been his fellow Prime, and made a note to keep an eye on him later.

Orion eventually moved to the city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], where he found work as an archivist in the newly established [[Hall of Records]], under Alpha Trion's watchful eye. During the [[Age of Wrath]], Orion Pax became Alpha Trion's aide. Orion eventually became friends with [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], a member of the underground resistance movement that had formed against the [[Quintesson]]s. When the Cybertronians finally rebelled against the Quintessons, Orion confided to Alpha Trion that there may be more than one variety of Quintesson. Alpha Trion told him that he needed to keep this knowledge a secret to aid the war effort, and that he needed to pass on these orders to every officer in person. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] served as his bodyguard. Although the duo faced many hardships along the way, Orion Pax eventually fulfilled his mission.

When the Quintessons were finally routed from the system, Orion was present to witness the activation of the first [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]]s, which heralded the arrival of Cybertron's [[Golden Age]].

After the Golden Age, [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]]'s [[caste system]] became increasingly oppressive and stifling. Orion developed a friendship with a [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]ian gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. The two sought to revitalize Cybertron's rigid caste system, although they differed in their ideals. They remained friends until a fateful meeting with the High Council, in which Orion was named the next Prime- "Optimus Prime". Consumed by jealousy, Megatron and his "[[Decepticon]]s" declared war on Optimus and his "[[Autobot]]" followers.

Over the course of the war, Optimus eventually discovered the [[Matrix of Leadership]] after Megatron poisoned Cybertron with [[Dark Energon]]. The Matrix cast all doubt from Optimus's mind about his worthiness as a Prime, and once on the surface he asked Alpha Trion to help build a starship- the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' so that the Autobots could evacuate the planet while it recovered. They were pursued by Megatron aboard his own ship, and the two factions traveled through the last working space bridge, scattering them across the galaxy.

Over the course of the journey, Optimus's crew visited several lost Cybertronian colonies, and ran afoul of the Quintessons once again. They also encountered a tribe of nomadic Cybertronian mutants named [[Mutacon]]s; their leader [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] temporarily aided the Autobots in battle against both the Decepticons and the [[Star Seeker]]s.

Eventually, the ''Ark'' reached an organic planet known as [[Earth]], where Optimus and a small group of Autobots took up residence. The Autobots secretly allied themselves with the [[United States of America|United States]] government and set up a permanent base in [[Nevada]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Aligned novels===

Orion Pax was put to work in the [[Hall of Records]] soon after emerging from the Well of All Sparks. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} At some point in the distant past, the first Quintessons arrived in gigantic silver ships, the first alien life-forms ever to contact Cybertron. Orion Pax was present to see the first Quintessons emerge from these ships and give the gift of [[transformation]] to the assembled Cybertronians by reactivating their dormant [[transformation cog]]s. Throughout the [[Age of Wrath]], Orion Pax continued to work in the Hall of Records, but like many other Cybertronians he chafed under the Quintesson's increasingly oppressive rule and their vicious, circus-like courts that dispensed a twisted brand of justice. The Quintessons were eventually defeated by the incumbent [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]] of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and an energon miner named D-16, and Orion—who had no part in the revolution—eventually suppressed his traumatic memories of the alien invasion. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

During the era of the [[caste system]], Orion would read and index information in the [[Hall of Records]] from the [[Communication Grid]], but was forbidden to analyze it. That was [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]'s job, and the two became friends. Orion began monitoring Megatron's transmissions, and began a secret correspondence with him because he agreed with his beliefs. They had intense but friendly debates over the nature of free will and the dangerousness of their ideals, and Megatron suggested Orion learn how to fight for his beliefs. Orion began training with Jazz, learning to fire an [[ion blaster|ion-cannon]] and to fashion his arms into an [[energon-axe|axe]] and a [[Dual Energon Swords|sword]].

Orion made his first trip to Kaon to meet Megatron in person at his base. Megatron was the only gladiator who gave Orion a warm welcome. Terrorists began bombings in Megatron's name, and he made his first public announcement on the Grid, stating he was not responsible for the attacks and would bring the perpetrators to justice. Orion followed him up with a speech of his own. Orion trusted Megatron, believing if he were responsible for the attacks, he would have wanted to be associated with them. Later, when [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] took him to meet Megatron at an arena beneath the [[Observatory of Iacon]], Orion was shocked to see Jazz in attendance, and that Megatron had heard rumors about the bombings but did nothing to prevent them.

[[File:War for Cybertron comic - Orion testimony.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Lookin' awful buff and armored for an insignificant young library clerk. One has to wonder if the [[Guilds of Cybertron|Guilds]] may have dropped the ball on this one.]]
When "Decepticons" kidnapped [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], Orion requested Alpha Trion arrange an audience with [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for him and Megatron. During their hearing in the [[High Council Tower]], Orion rigorously defended their ideals, even reviving the ancient philosophical phrase "Autobots" to describe the autonomy his brethren sought. It was then Councilor [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]] declared Orion the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]: Optimus Prime. An outraged Megatron accused his brother of treachery, and then murdered Halogen. When Optimus ordered the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] to not harm Megatron, Megatron declared Optimus had fallen into the trappings of power the High Council had foisted upon him, and those in attendance dispersed, with the planet forever divided into Autobots and Decepticons.

Optimus forgoed the first engagement of the war, allowing the Decepticons to take [[Fort Scyk]] so he would gain time to recruit more Autobots. Optimus learned from Jazz after the fall of Scyk that he would have to learn to not mourn every soldier. Optimus fought for the first time during the next battle, the siege of the [[Hydrax Plateau]]. The first Cybertronian he ever killed was a former industrial drone named [[Drixco]]. Afterwards Optimus confided to Alpha Trion that the act of killing alone made him feel he was on the wrong side. Despite the efforts of Optimus and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] the Decepticons conquered the Hydrax Plateau. It was at the stalemate of [[Praxus]] that Optimus gained the indispensable allies [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] and [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]]. The first Autobot victory was at [[Kalis]], a vital area due to its fusion reactor that powered Iacon. Optimus, Jazz and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] worked together to bring down the monstrous [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus Maximus]], but the battle was mostly won due to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s' absence. As Energon depleted, the war descended into a mere siege of Iacon lasting millions of cycles, and Optimus opted to eject the [[AllSpark]] itself into space: during this battle Optimus gained another great friend in [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]].

Following a lull in the war, the Decepticons began using [[Dark Energon]] and routed the Autobots, but Optimus wisely predicted it was an inefficient resource that would run out soon. To his horror, Megatron and Starscream infiltrated [[Teletraan-1]] to steal the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], and although Teletraan-1 awakened the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to ferry the Chamber to safety, the Dark Energon-powered Decepticons overpowered the Autobots and used the Chamber to corrupt the [[Core]] of Cybertron and infested the planet with Dark Energon. During the battle, Megatron revealed he had killed Sentinel Prime below the High Council Tower to gain access to the Chamber. Afterwards Prowl picked up a message from Sentinel on the Grid, and Optimus, realizing he had not found Sentinel's body in Iacon, deduced Sentinel was alive. When Optimus, Jazz and Prowl rescued him from Kaon Prison, they found the city strangely deserted. Optimus believed Dark Energon was having a severe effect on Decepticon morale. When they found Sentinel, he was dying. He regretted his overlong reign as Prime, and that the High Council had made the right decision in appointing Optimus a Prime. He finally told him he had to go to the Core and purge its corruption of Dark Energon.

After Sentinel's funeral in Iacon, where Optimus was officially appointed Prime after holding the de facto position for so long, he journeyed to the Core with Bumblebee and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and removed the Plasma Energy Chamber. It was there that a voice from the Core told Optimus he was too late, and the Autobots would have to leave Cybertron as the planet healed itself. But it finally bestowed upon him the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the essence of [[Primus]], explaining that while Sentinel lived, he was still Prime, and that he had been unworthy of the Matrix. It told him that when the day came that they would return to Cybertron, the Core and the Matrix would restore the planet and Optimus would lead the Autobots in an "age of unimagined wonders". Afterwards, Optimus launched [[Ark (WFC)|Project Generation One]], to build a ship—that Jazz dubbed the ''Ark''—to take them to the stars, a plan some Autobots objected to.

But before their exodus, Optimus planned to fool Megatron by gathering every spaceworthy vessel and having them rendezvous at what was apparently the last remaining [[space bridge]] in orbit. Megatron ordered [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] fire on the ships, but Optimus ordered a fallback as he, Jetfire, Jazz, Ironhide, Prowl, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee flew the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' to board the monster and knocked him from orbit by blasting his [[Spark]] containment field. Optimus's team returned to find the ''Ark'' ready at the Well of All Sparks, and bid goodbye to those—including Jetfire, Magnus and Omega—who stayed to fend off Trypticon as he transformed to attack. Optimus also bade farewell to Alpha Trion, who believed [[Vector Sigma]] would protect him when the rest of the planet would be unable to sustain life: it was then Optimus realized Alpha Trion was one of the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]].

Yet as the ''Ark'' took off the Decepticons overran Iacon and Megatron and his elite boarded Trypticon, who transformed into a ''Nemesis''-class cruiser and pursued the Autobots. Megatron used his and Orion's old frequency to inform Optimus that he would pursue him across the stars and eventually kill him. The ''Ark'' entered the last space bridge and emerged with the ''Nemesis'' gone. They were near a [[Milky Way|spiral galaxy]] and Prowl detected the AllSpark. Knowing the Matrix within would help them find a way home, Optimus vowed that the Autobots would continue to wage their battle across the stars. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{note|Orion Pax/Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic "[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]."}}

After passing through the unstable Space Bridge, Optimus Prime and his crew found themselves in the vicinity of the lost Cybertronian colony world of [[Velocitron]], and with the help of a starmap projected by the Matrix, the Autobots entered orbit above the planet. Optimus Prime led a small exploratory team to the planet's surface, where they met [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], [[Override (Prime)|Override]] and [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]]. It was a time of great stress between Velocitron's rulers, and the Autobots' arrival from mythical Cybertron only exacerbated the situation. Worse still, active acts of sabotage on the Ark led the Autobots to the conclusion that one of their crew was actually a Decepticon agent. Optimus concluded there was little they could do at the moment other than remain on guard. Later, Optimus traveled with a young Velocitronian named [[Clocker (Prime)|Clocker]] to Velocitron's south pole, where he discovered a fragment of metal that he thought might belong to the mythical [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. His investigations were cut short by an attack of rebel Velocitronians, forcing him to return to the city of [[Delta]], where he discovered what he thought was another fragment. Although the Autobots secured an ally in Override, they left Velocitron on the brink of civil war during their departure, as Ransack's followers had been corrupted by the Decepticon rhetoric of "peace through tyranny" spread by the Ark's traitor.

The next leg of their journey through the Space Bridge brought the Autobots to fabled Junkion, a world composed entirely of space junk. Optimus Prime made contact with the leader of the planet's inhabitants, a scatterbrained robot named [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]], who was spurred to action by the appearance of the Matrix. The Autobots went to work repairing the Ark, with the relative assistance of the Junkions. Prime discovered another fragment in a forge, and barely managed to rescue it. When Prowl discovered the traitorous [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] was aboard, Optimus and Jazz managed to identify and trap the shifter in a stasis field, ending his threat to the Autobots. However, Optimus Prime's Matrix-induced visions led him on a quest through one of the four Space Bridge nodes surrounding Junkion, and he selected Bumblebee and Silverbolt to accompany him. Through the Bridge they came across the lonely tomb of Solus Prime, fabled artificer of the Thirteen. Her holographic spirit was called forth by the Matrix and informed the Autobots that the Requiem Blaster, most deadly of her creations, rested on Junkion and must be kept out of Decepticon hands. When the group returned to Junkion with Chaindrive in tow, Optimus assembled his findings, the [[Blades of Time]], and contacted the reclusive [[Vector Prime]].

The Decepticons eventually arrived on Junkion in force, and the two sides warred over a hidden treasure at the planet's core...the Requiem Blaster. A weapon capable of drawing infinite power from nearby stellar sources, the Requiem Blaster had its own gravity field, and had literally been the core around which Junkion's "junk" had formed. Optimus and Megatron dueled once more as the planet tore itself apart, but the arrival of the mythical hero [[Nexus Prime]] helped to turn the tide. From him, Optimus received the [[Cyber Caliber]], a powerful sword that he used to fight Megatron to a standstill. The fighting over the Requiem Blaster ripped the planet apart, but both sides eventually called off the melee and abandoned the Blaster after learning the location of the Allspark itself. Optimus Prime and the Autobots boarded the Ark and began the long race to reach their civilization's greatest prize before Megatron could. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Some time after the battle over Junkion, the Matrix of Leadership began to behave erratically, transmitting strange visions the further the ''Ark'' travelled into deep space and causing Optimus Prime to doubt his own leadership capabilities. The ''Ark'' eventually discovered the world of [[Aquatron]], rich with Energon. Prime ordered an away party to land and investigate the planet's surface. The friendly Aquatronians eventually invited Optimus himself to one of their cities, where he met the [[Inquirata (Prime)|Curator]], who claimed to speak on the behalf of all Aquatronians. Before Optimus could explore any further, he was struck with another vision of himself, in his Orion Pax state, being menaced by a sinister figure. Crying out Megatron's name, Optimus collapsed and was rushed to the nearest Aquatronian medical center for diagnostic investigations. Doctor [[Xeros]] took a particular interest in his Matrix and scanned it, clandestinely transmitting its schematics back to the Curator to further their own plan.

Later that evening, at yet another welcome celebration, Ratchet privately confided in Optimus that Optimus may be suppressing traumatic memories from his days as Orion Pax. Ironhide interrupted the conversation to tell him that [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]], [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]], and Bumblebee had gone missing somewhere beneath Aquatron's deep oceanic trenches. Optimus immediately ordered a search party to find the missing Autobots, even though the Curator warned Optimus that Aquatron's deepest depths were inhabited by vicious, less-evolved creatures. Before the search party could begin its task, Sideswipe warned Optimus of the approaching ''Nemesis'', who had been trailing the Ark and also chanced upon Aquatron. Optimus asked the Curator for help, worrying that the ''Ark'' would be shot down, and the Curator responded by cutting power to both ships, angered that the Cybertronians had chosen to fight their war over a neutral planet. He invited both Optimus and Megatron—forced into a temporary truce—to a peace talk, apparently in the hopes of forging a true peace treaty to permanently ending the war. When both sides had arrived and temporarily disarmed, the Curator revealed his true allegiance... that he was, in fact, a Quintesson. A sceptical Optimus, who had studied the Quintesson occupation of Cybertron (although he did not personally remember his own time under Quintesson rule) found it hard to trust the Curator, even when the Quintesson claimed that his formerly violent race had reformed into a peaceful federation. Even so, Optimus decided to play along until he could find some way to escape.

The Curator visited Prime that night, promising him the current location of the Allspark if he cooperated the next morning, and also mentioning that the Aquatronians could subliminally influence Megatron's mind to make the Decepticon leader more suggestible and easier to manipulate—although Prime steadfastly refused the latter option. Optimus and Megatron prepared to negotiate the next morning. However, Megatron took the opportunity to backstab Prime by siccing six Vehicon troopers on him. Before either side could finish their fight, Skywarp—acting on Starscream's orders—detonated a bomb beneath the building, flooding it. Optimus—who had to shut off his Matrix to quell the tide of Quintesson visions—and Megatron temporarily put aside their differences and helped one another to escape from the rapidly sinking building... only to be met with a horde of angry [[Sharkticon (Prime)|Sharkticon]]s and their general [[Tyrannicon]], who placed Optimus, Megatron, and all the other Autobots and Decepticons under arrest for public mayhem and blasphemy.

Transported underwater and by rail, the defeated party of Cybertronians eventually arrived at Aquatron's capital of Hydratron. Once there, the Quintessons sent Optimus to stand trial for his numerous crimes against the Quintesson Imperium, including treachery and blasphemy against his creators. The Quintessons claimed that they had colonized Cybertron long ago and built the first Transformers, who subsequently revolted against them. Optimus, initially swayed by the stories—and partially remembering his own time spent under Quintesson rule—sadly pleaded guilty to his imagined crimes. However, he suddenly recalled ''more'' memories, including his life before the Quintesson invasion, and denounced the Quintessons as self-serving and manipulative egotists. Even though his brainwashed troops decried him as a maniac and a warmonger, Megatron, his memories also jogged, corroborated Optimus's testimony. The Quintesson judges considered this, and eventually declared Optimus and the assembled Cybertronians innocent. Being Quintessons, they immediately began executing the Cybertronians by pushing them into a Pirhanacon pit, while forcing Optimus and Megatron to fight one another in hand-to-hand gladiatorial combat.

Unbeknownst to either party, the Quintessons harvested the energy exerted by Optimus to power up an abandoned space bridge located beneath Aquatron, from which they eventually launched a Sharkticon invasion force to retake Cybertron, intending to re-colonize it and enslave its inhabitants once more. With Optimus and Megatron no longer needed, they too were plunged into the execution pit. In the fight for survival, Optimus reactivated his Matrix, giving both him and Megatron additional power, even though the Quintessons once again launched a stream of propaganda to further destabilize him. The two managed to escape and came face-to-face with the [[Gamekeeper]] and a mysterious set of carvings depicting a Megatron-like being surrounded by Sharkticons. Megatron killed the Gamekeeper, but Optimus had doubts about the carving's veracity. The temporary alliance fractured as soon as Megatron discovered the decoy Matrix hidden in Xeros's inner sanctum. He plunged the [[Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership]] into his chest, transformed into a Sharkticon-like form, and hurled Optimus down the elevator shaft.

As Prime fell to certain death, he was briefly visited by [[Thirteen|thirteen mysterious figures]], who informed him that it was not yet his time to depart from this realm. Indeed, Optimus's fall was broken by a recently freed [[Leviacon]], who carried him to the Curator's fortified command bubble hidden deep beneath the surface. Optimus arrived to find Megatron —who had usurped control over the Sharkticons—fighting Tyrannicon over control of the Matrix. Although Tyrannicon soon gained the upperhand and stole Megatron's new Matrix, he was eaten by Hydratron, who had transformed into a monstrous beast that the Curator intended to unleash on Cybertron. Even as the Curator attacked him with its powerful control wand, Optimus managed to ignite the Energon beneath the space bridge and cause a colossal explosion. Despite the Leviacon's misgivings, Optimus stopped to rescue the unconscious Megatron from the explosion as well, and the three of them headed up to the surface of the planet. With the Matrix free of Quintesson interference, Optimus and the Autobots departed to resume their search for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} after the Autobots barely emerged victorious in a battle at [[Kalis]], Optimus visited Alpha Trion. Within the Iacon archives, he expected to find a more hopeful atmosphere than on the battlefield. Instead, he learned that the Covenant of Primus foretold of a dire threat looming towards the AllSpark. Alpha Trion suggested launching the AllSpark from Cybertron to protect it, and Optimus reluctantly agreed to do so.

Optimus then called a meeting of his most trusted lieutenants: Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide, Ultra Magnus, and the young Bumblebee, and laid out his plan to keep the AllSpark out of Megatron's reach for the duration of their war. When the group, accompanied by the Wreckers and Jetfire, approached the Well of AllSparks, they learned that the Decepticons were moving in on their position much earlier than anticipated. Optimus modified his plan accordingly, having Jetfire provide his grounded soldiers with a distraction, while the Wreckers were posted as their first line of against Megatron's troops. At Bumblebee's insistence, he and Cliffjumper were granted permission to back up the Wreckers.

Within the Well, Optimus had Arcee activate the mechanisms needed to launch the AllSpark, as it could not be activated by a Prime. She did so, and with the AllSpark now away, the Decepticons fell back. Optimus and his troops were then set out to finding Bumblebee out on the battlefield, after he had been left crippled and mute by his encounter with Megatron. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

Optimus Prime and the [[Earth Protection Taskforce]] unsuccessfully attempted to capture [[Starquest]] and [[Thundertron]]. {{Storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===IDW Aligned comics===
[[File:GoodIntentions-GrimlockOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|The possibility of the Dinobots reacting negatively was a factor I allowed for in my planning.]]
During the war for Cybertron, Optimus Prime and the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] leader [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] didn't see eye to eye. Optimus preferred playing the long game, but Grimlock felt that caution would hinder their attempts at quick victory. Optimus attempted to reign in Grimlock when the latter attempted to defend Autobot City by himself. {{storylink|Fall}} On another one of the Lightning Strike Coalition's reckless missions, Optimus Prime ordered them to return to base and abandon their battle, lest they waste precious energon. Grimlock reluctantly obeyed. However, when it was discovered that [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] was in Decepticon custody, the Lightning Strike Coalition ignored Optimus Prime's orders, broke ranks, and went after him on their own. {{storylink|Good Intentions}}

[[File:PrimeComicOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Manga is the right of all sentient beings.]]
In the modern day, Optimus sent an encrypted message from [[Earth]] directing the Autobots to their new world. When [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] landed, Optimus and Bumblebee detected them and came to retrieve them. For Optimus to find them under attack from [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] was no matter, for Optimus crushed the air commander and sent his brawny accomplice running. Optimus picked up the wounded Arcee, and took her through a [[GroundBridge]] to his base for [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] to repair her, while informing Cliffjumper that while his journey was over, their battle was just beginning. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Alfredo Martínez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Wan-gyeong Seong]] (Korean), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German, Season One), [[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German, Season 2), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Dariusz Odija]] (Polish), [[César Marchetti]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Pekka Lehtosaari]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|One does not simply see a strong friendship between a bully and a nerd.]]

In the waning years of the [[Golden Age]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Orion Pax was a clerk in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Hall of Records]], {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} mentored by Alpha Trion. {{storylink|New Recruit}} His interests lay with the tales of ancient Cybertronian history, but the more he learned about the past, the more he grew concerned about the present. There was a disparity in freedom among the classes of his race, and the ruling class was corrupt and all-powerful. In seeking a solution to this inequity, he found inspiration in the words of a gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatronus]], and the two joined forces to end corruption and bring equality to the masses. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} Orion and Megatronus became close allies, almost like brothers. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} But soon Megatronus' ideals would become corrupted, and the two would become bitter enemies. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:OneShallRise3-cametobe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|If you squint, I look sort of like this in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]''. Okay, that's a lie.]]
Both Megatronus — now "Megatron" — and Orion Pax appeared before the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], and Megatron stated it was his intention to overthrow the High Council by force and instate himself as the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. But it was Orion's speech that drew their attention. Jealous, Megatron left angrily and began his [[Great War (Prime)|conquest]], which resulted in countless casualties and left the [[Core]] of Cybertron itself [[Dark Energon|poisoned]]. It was Orion's subsequent search for the Core that completed his transformation into Optimus Prime. The Core, the essence of their creator [[Primus]], relinquished the [[Matrix of Leadership]] into his chassis. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

During the war, Optimus encountered [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] at the [[Battle of Technahar]] when the Decepticon was sent by Megatron to kill him. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} With the help of Alpha Trion, Optimus fired the [[AllSpark]] into space to hide it from Megatron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}} After Cybertron was abandoned, Optimus Prime's [[Team Prime|elite team]] of Autobots eventually made their way to Earth, where they allied themselves with the [[United States of America|United States]] government. The Autobots were assigned [[William Fowler]] as their liaison, and provided an [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|abandoned missile silo]] as a base in exchange for keeping the Decepticon threat contained. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} Optimus then sent a message into space, calling any Autobot survivors to Earth. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

[[File:DarknessRising1-fairquestion.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Do you have your grandfather's glasses—er, wait.]]

After three years of Decepticon absence, Prime was out on the road when word reached him that [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] was facing down an entire contingent of Decepticons. Arriving to the battlefield too late, Prime delivered a eulogy for their fallen comrade. Soon after, some humans were caught up in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, and Optimus, knowing that they would now be targeted by the Decepticons, had them brought to the Autobot base. There, he told them about the Transformer war and assigned the Autobots to be their individual guardians. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Presently, the apparent reactivation of Cliffjumper's lifesigns was detected by the Autobots, and they tracked it to a Decepticon [[Energon]] mine, where they discovered that Megatron had returned to Earth with Dark Energon, used to revive Cliffjumper as a zombie [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

Realizing that Megatron's goal was to create an undead army, Optimus and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] headed to the site of an ancient Transformer battleground on Earth, arriving just as Megatron used a sliver of Dark Energon to reanimate the corpses buried there into a Terrorcon legion. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} Struggling against the detrimental effects of Dark Energon, the pair cut their way through the Terrorcons, but Megatron escaped before Optimus could get his hands on him. Returning to base, Optimus was disappointed to find that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] had let the kids go out into battle in his absence, but disturbing intel had been recovered in the process: the Decepticons were planning to use a [[space bridge]] to revive the dead of Cybertron with Dark Energon. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}} [[GroundBridge|GroundBridging]] to the Decepticon's space bridge in Earth orbit, Optimus faced Megatron down in a one-on-one battle while the other Autobots sabotage the bridge, causing it to explode and destroy the Terrorcons, and apparently, Megatron himself. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-OptimusPrimeguns.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Pssst, Prime, your barrel openings are just painted detail.]]

Despite the victory, Optimus regretted not having been able to turn Megatron to the path of peace, and Ratchet consoled the Autobot leader. When Decepticon activity was detected in an area of the desert, Optimus and Bumblebee went to investigate, discovering that Starscream had located and reactivated Skyquake from stasis. Optimus tried to appeal to the two Decepticons to consider a truce now that Megatron had gone, but Starscream merely mocked his request and Skyquake was determined to carry out his late master's wishes and terminate Prime. Optimus and Bumblebee found themselves forced to battle and destroy Skyquake, with some assistance from Fowler, but they respectfully buried their fallen foe and Prime lamented the circumstances. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:Scrapheap-cloudsbreak.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Okay, ''now'' I'm ready to call Bulkhead fat."]]
After Bulkhead and Bumblebee found a pod in the [[Arctic]] and brought it back to base, Optimus and Arcee went back to the Arctic to check for clues as to the pod's origin. After some time searching, the temperature sensors Ratchet had given them went off, so Optimus attempted to contact base, only to find the comms were down. The pair sought shelter, but as their temperatures slowly dropped, things looked grim. Just as they were losing hope, the GroundBridge opened and ejected Bulkhead and the swarm of [[Scraplet]]s that had been causing havoc at base. The three Autobots were subsequently able to return home, and Optimus paid tribute to their human friends who had helped eliminate the Scraplets. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[File:Convoy-Optimustrailer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"This here's [[Rubber Ducky|Rubber Duck]] and I'm about to put the hammer down."]]
When Bulkhead's old buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on Earth, Optimus excused himself from the welcome party and went out on patrol, since "Primes don't party". As such, he missed all the fun when Wheeljack turned out to be a [[Makeshift (Prime)|Decepticon spy]], but he stuck around for the second part to welcome the real Wheeljack, telling the visiting Autobot that he'd always be welcome on Earth. {{storylink|Con Job}} Not long after, when the Autobots were contracted by Fowler to help transport the experimental [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], Optimus carried the device in a [[trailer]] to the rendezvous point, where it was transferred to a train. Unfortunately, the D.N.G.S. became a target for both the Decepticons and the human terrorist organization [[MECH]], and Prime was forced to have his Autobots break cover to fight [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] while he dispatched MECH's leader [[Silas]]. A poor loser, Silas took out the train track ahead and Optimus went into [[maximum overdrive]], grabbing the train and physically halting it. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[File:Optimuselectrocuted.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] were right, I should've gone for this earlier!]]
Tracking an [[Energon Harvester]] to a museum, Optimus Prime and the Autobots were attacked by new Decepticons arrivals [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], and Prime got the business end of Knock Out's [[Energon prod]], taking him out of the fight long enough for Soundwave to make off with the Harvester. Optimus led the Autobots in following the villains to Greece, and stopped their attempts to harvest an Energon seam there. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Prime had another clash with Knock Out soon after: when he discovered that Arcee and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] had disobeyed his orders against using powers for personal gain by participating in illegal street races, Optimus intervened, and helped rescued a [[Vince|captive human]] from Knock Out's clutches by ripping the Decepticon's door off. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:SickMind-OPinfected.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I woke up late one morning with a black eye. Why the heck does everyone think I'm sick? I could've just been punched in the face. Really hard.]]
While investigating a [[Autobot plague ship|crashed Autobot spacecraft]], Optimus Prime's hopes of helping any survivors were dashed when the craft turned out to be a corpse-strewn plague ship from which he contracted [[Cybonic plague]], a pathogen engineered by Megatron himself. Arcee and Bumblebee boarded the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in search of a cure, and, discovering that Megatron was still alive and in stasis, Bumblebee entered his mind via a [[cortical psychic patch]]. In his dreamworld, Megatron was constantly killing imaginary Optimus Primes, and Bumblebee played on Megatron's desire to kill Optimus himself, rather than have him succumb to the plague, to convince him to hand over the cure. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} After getting back up to full health, Optimus led the Autobots to the Arctic, where Starscream was using a heat ray to melt a glacier in order to access an energon deposit. Prime boldly ploughed through the weapon's beam in order to get close enough to destroy it, but the resultant explosion left him helpless before Starscream—until he was saved at the last moment when the resurrected Megatron arrived to haul Starscream away for punishment. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone HappymusPrime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|:D]]

Optimus Prime led the Autobots in investigating a Dark Energon energy signature, and found Starscream using the substance to resurrect Skyquake. Fortunately, the additional power conveyed upon Starscream by the Dark Energon was not enough to prevent Optimus Prime from blasting his arm clean off. Presently, a GroundBridge accident catapulted Jack, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] into an alternate dimension, and when the Autobots opened a portal to bring them back, Prime took the Autobots back to the battlefield to protect them from Starscream. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Optimus's inimitable compassion even extended to Breakdown, when he was captured by the forces of MECH and Optimus determined they would rescue him. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} Later, Optimus was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross}} He was out on a scouting mission with Bumblebee when Ratchet detected a strange magnetic signature that turned out to be a [[Polarity gauntlet]], {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} and also missed out on an adventure in a collapsed mine, but when he heard that Jack had shown mercy to an immobilized Megatron, he was proud of the boy. {{storylink|Raf's Notes#Note15|Raf's Notes}}


[[File:Partners-StiffOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|We've replaced Optimus with a statue. Think anyone will notice?]]

Exploring the wreck of a crashed [[Harbinger|Decepticon ship]], Optimus Prime and his team fell victim to [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], who paralyzed Prime and Bulkhead with the ship's cargo: an experimental [[Immobilizer]]. Prime would have wound up handed over to Megatron and mounted on the bow of the ''Nemesis'' if not for Bumblebee, who saw the villainess off, and Ratchet, who repaired the damaged device and unfroze the pair. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[File:StrongerFaster-RatchetPrime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Who will join me? Who will become stronger, faster, more insubordinate?]]

Lost Cybertronian technology continued to cause problems for Prime and the Autobots when a formula for [[Synthetic Energon]] was beamed from a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] into Bulkhead's mind, putting his life at risk. Refusing to sacrifice Bulkhead despite the advantage the formula would give the Autobots, Prime petitioned Megatron for the return of the cylinder so they could extract the data. In exchange, he would hand it over to the Decepticons, but Megatron refused and destroyed the device after a battle. The formula was subsequently beamed out of Bulkhead's mind into space, {{storylink|T.M.I.}} but when Ratchet proceeded to generate a batch of "SynthEn" and was driven mentally unstable after testing it on himself, he and Optimus came to blows, and Optimus confined him to base. Ratchet instead took off to face Megatron, forcing Prime to lead a team into a Decepticon mine to rescue him. Cured of the SynthEn's effects, Optimus reminded Ratchet that he was a vital member of the team. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

[[File:PrimeEp23-PrimeMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Slap slap.]]

Believing that a prophecy in the [[Covenant of Primus]] was soon to come true and that Megatron could regard it as his destiny, Optimus Prime was finally forced to abandon any illusions of turning his old foe to the path of good after the Decepticon leader grievously wounded Raf during a battle over a power source for the villain's new space bridge. Optimus boarded the ''Nemesis'' and called Megatron out for a one-on-one battle that he vowed would be their last. The two ancient enemies fought before a volcano, and Optimus managed to fell Megatron, but just before he could deliver the killing blow, the volcano erupted with Dark Energon. Megatron experienced an increase in power, and turned the tide, {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} but thankfully, the intervention of the other Autobots saved Optimus's life. Retreating to base to review this new nightmare scenario, Optimus recounting the tale of [[Primus]], [[Unicron]] and the [[Thirteen]] to the gathered humans and told them he believed that Earth had formed around the slumbering form of Unicron, who was now in the process of awakening. Examining areas of the planet struck by earthquakes at the moment of the eruption, Optimus soon found himself confronted by Unicron himself, in an avatar formed from rock and stone. He prostrated himself before the Chaos Bringer and tried to plead for the lives of the billions of [[human]]s who dwelt on Earth, but Unicron considered them parasites and attacked Prime with wave after wave of avatars. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

[[File:OneShallRise2-shake.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Kiss kiss.]]

He ordered the other Autobots ''not'' to come to his aid, so naturally they came anyway. After fighting increasingly larger Unicrons, they came up against one that was too much for them. Just as it was about to step on Optimus, help came in the unlikely form of Megatron, who offered his services in eliminating Unicron and revealed that only the [[Matrix of Leadership]] held by Optimus could achieve that aim. The Autobots returned to base, where the others were horrified that Prime was intending to take up Megatron's offer, but he was resolute that all care would be taken to make sure it was a safe as possible. When Megatron stepped into the base, Optimus and the other Autobots welcomed him appropriately. Before they left on their mission, Optimus presented Jack with the key to the GroundBridge power supply. Optimus, Megatron and the Autobots were soon stepping through the GroundBridge to [[Earth's core]], Unicron himself. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

As they moved through Unicron's internal structure, they came under attack from [[Unicron's antibodies|antibodies]]. Optimus and Megatron fought back to back, though Optimus took time out to rescue Bulkhead from falling. When they reach Unicron's spark chamber, Optimus and Megatron went inside, and, though the dark god possessed Megatron, Optimus unleashed the Matrix, apparently extinguishing Unicron's spark. However the price was high—Optimus's memory was lost and he believed himself to be Orion Pax. Megatron played along, and took him back to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

[[File:Orion-Pax-Part-1-OP-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You mean I can't just go [[Super Mode]] and kick your ass in this show? Crap."]]

Megatron wasted no time in convincing Orion that black was white and up was down. Branded with the Decepticon insignia by Knock Out, Orion was shown false history of Cybertron's destruction, and convinced that the Autobots were the aggressors. Angered at Cybertron's loss, Orion promised Megatron he would do his part to help. He was put to work decoding information stolen from the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] archives, and told Megatron they were of locations of Earth, and feared that they could be weapons of mass destruction. Later, there was a commotion in the corridors, and Orion decided to investigate despite being ordered to remain in his lab, however Soundwave managed to prevent him from seeing Arcee when the Autobot managed to get on board. Not long after, the long-absent Starscream sneaked onto the ship to steal [[energon cube]]s and ended up blundering into Orion's work room. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

Surprised to see Starscream, not least because Megatron had said he was dead, Orion's suspicions became aroused as Starscream noted Megatron would likely have told him many lies. Despite asking what he knew, Starscream was quick to depart when more Vehicon guards arrived and in spite of Orion attempting to convince them to hold their fire. After Megatron's subsequent covering of the incident, Orion decided to poke through the Decepticon database and learned that he was Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[File:OrionPax3 Optimus Decepticon insignia.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|What did I do last night?]]

Megatron, as it turned out, already knew he knew since his work was being monitored. Orion decided to delete his discoveries so that Megatron could not use them, however Megatron revealed he was also having his work copied. As Soundwave reported activity on Cybertron, Megatron had more Vehicon guards put at his back while he dealt with the matter, and threatened to kill him if he didn't continue his work. Orion tried to appeal to the guards to help him warn the Autobots, but they responded with a beating until he discovered he was armed and stopped them. Having realised he was meant to be an Autobot, Orion went to confront Megatron at the space bridge. However, he found he was no match for the Decepticon leader and was quickly overpowered. Just then, Arcee leapt through the space bridge from Cybertron and tackled Megatron. Behind her was Jack with the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], loaded with the information from the Matrix of Leadership. Orion questioned whether he was worthy, and Jack assured him he was. When his memory was restored, albeit minus his time as Orion, Optimus prevented Megatron from exterminating his comrades, and they returned to the Autobot base for a big reunion. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Optimus and Ratchet followed an ancient signal, and found Megatron and his forces unearthing a Cybertronian artifact, the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]]. While the two Autobots fought the other Decepticons, Bumblebee snatched the extractor from Megatron inside the GroundBridge. Later at base, Optimus theorized that the Spark Extractor was among the many Decepticon weapons confiscated during the Great War, and worried that he couldn't remember what he had revealed to Megatron when he was suffering amnesia. To compound matters, a short time later, MECH stole Bumblebee's [[transformation cog|T-cog]], causing Prime more worry. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Despite Optimus's misgivings, Ratchet talked him into approving a T-cog transplant between Ratchet and Bumblebee. When a signal indicating an artifact was detected, he cut the operation short to take Arcee and Bulkhead to secure it. Unfortunately, he and Arcee were unable to penetrate Knock Out's force field, and the Decepticons got away with the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[File:LooseCannons Optimus and Wheeljack in Jackhammer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This scene is even funnier if you imagine "Mahna Mahna" playing on the radio.]]

When Wheeljack returned to Earth in pursuit of [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], Optimus attempted to convince him to join the Autobot team. Wheeljack instead took Bulkhead to try and trap Dreadwing, only to fall into a trap themselves. Prime had to dig Wheeljack out of the resulting rubble, and joined him to rescue Bulkhead, who was strapped to one of Dreadwing's explosives. When Optimus managed to defeat the Decepticon and pin him, his gambit to make Dreadwing defuse the bomb worked, and Wheeljack gained a new respect for the Autobot leader. {{Storylink|Loose Cannons}}

After obtaining information on Airachnid's whereabouts from Starscream, Optimus led a mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] under Airachnid's control. When the fight was finished, the Autobots surrounded the exhausted Megatron, but were prevented from finishing him off by the arrival of Dreadwing. Outnumbered, Optimus offered to allow Megatron go if Dreadwing extended the same courtesy. Though Dreadwing kept his word, Megatron ordered the Vehicons to attack while he and Dreadwing escaped, but luckily the Autobots trashed them. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

[[File:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|"Optimus Prime, slavery is the right of all sentient beings!" "Wow, am I really that annoying?"]]
Optimus returned to base from an energon mine to find that MECH had created a clone of him and were using it to attack the military. He and the Autobots attempted to stop [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] from attacking [[Alden Military Base]], but had to retreat under fire from the military. They began scouring the area, and located the MECH base, where Optimus fought one-on-one with Nemesis Prime, until a distraction by Fowler allowed him to finish off the Silas-controlled machine, dropping it on Silas himself. Optimus returned to base for repairs, and Fowler gave them the news that Silas had disappeared. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} During Fowler's debriefing by [[Bryce|General Bryce]], Optimus revealed himself to the general to prove he was still alive and on the military's side. {{storylink|Grill}}

Optimus took Bumblebee and Arcee to investigate some activity and found Airachnid sending out a swarm of Insecticons to attack the ''Nemesis''. He and Bumblebee ended up having to fight a bunch of them and won. They got to return to base with Airachnid, whom Arcee had trapped in stasis-lock. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}} After the ''Nemesis'' crashed, and was reactivated with Dark Energon, Optimus took a team with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to attack the warship, only for them to all be knocked into stasis lock by the ship's weapons. Ratchet took them back to base, where they recovered after the conscious ship was disabled by the kids. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

With the locations of four relics now in their possession, Optimus dispatched Arcee and Bumblebee to [[New York City]] to find the first {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} and warned Bulkhead to be careful in obtaining another near the equator. {{storylink|Toxicity}} Optimus himself went to [[Antarctica]], where he found the relic had already been taken, and Dreadwing had Starscream a prisoner. During the ensuing fight, Optimus brought tons of ice down on Dreadwing, before forcing Starscream to lead him to a human base where the relic was being kept. Dreadwing caught up with them, and while Optimus fought the Decepticon, Starscream obtained the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], forcing Optimus and Dreadwing to team up to defeat him. Though Dreadwing intended to fight him again, Optimus convinced him that there would be no point in continuing their fight, so Dreadwing left. {{storylink|Triangulation}}

Back at base, Prime found that Bulkhead had been critically wounded during the relic missions. Optimus refused to tell Wheeljack who was responsible, but the Wrecker rushed off anyway. When Wheeljack and Miko later returned having killed [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]], Optimus stopped Ratchet from preventing Miko from running to Bulkhead's side. {{storylink|Hurt}} Optimus began attempting to decode the Iacon database, though it was hard going with the Earth technology he was forced to use. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

[[File:Legacy-PrimeStarSaber.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|By the power of Iacon, I HAVE THE POWER!]]
During a mission to investigate a crashed escape pod, the team encountered [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] whose tales of guarding Alpha Trion convinced Optimus that he was on the level. Optimus still believed Smokescreen was too green to go into combat, so the new Autobot was left at base when Prime took a team to recover some [[Red Energon]]. When they encountered Starscream, still in possession of the Apex Armor, Optimus took the Decepticon on himself, kicking Starscream off a crane. After Smokescreen used the [[phase shifter]] to separate Starscream from the armor, Optimus officially welcomed the new Autobot to the team. {{storylink|New Recruit}} When Fowler notified them that a [[Project Damocles]] satellite had been stolen by Breakdown and Silas, Optimus took a team to a military base in the hope of securing the satellite control codes before the Decepticons could get them. Instead they found themselves facing both Decepticon troopers and the orbital death ray itself, controlled by Soundwave. {{storylink|The Human Factor}} Optimus assigned Jack to help Smokescreen adapt to Earth. He had almost finished decoding another set of Iacon coordinates when a signal led him and his team on a wild goose chase. Despite this, they found the location of the real relic, the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], and Optimus managed to wrest control of it off the Decepticons. Through the sword's power, he received a message from Alpha Trion. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

[[File:AlphaOmega-ohmy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You must not sacrifice a piece of the future to bring back the past." "But you flung all of the artifacts from the past onto Earth!" "... right, right, sorry. [[Five Servos of Doom|Wrong script]].]]
Trion told him of the existence of the [[Omega Key]]s on Earth, and Prime immediately set about decoding the four final coordinates from the Iacon database. After Arcee returned from the first set of coordinates with news that Megatron had invited Prime to come get the first key, Optimus went to [[Egypt]] to find that Megatron had grafted the arm of a Prime onto himself and forged the [[Dark Star Saber]]. Though Megatron's new weapon shattered the Star Saber, with Smokescreen's help Prime returned to base with the first Omega Key and resumed his decoding work. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

He soon decoded more coordinates decoded though in both cases the Autobots failed to secure the Omega Keys. Smokescreen was hit hard by the failure, and Optimus told the other other Autobots to allow the upset rookie space. When the final coordinates he decoded turned out to be an image of Smokescreen, he took the team to find their comrade, only to arrive too late as Smokescreen was captured by Soundwave. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After Smokescreen escaped the ''Nemesis'' with two of the keys, the Autobots received a message from Starscream offering the final key in exchange for surgical help. Optimus took Bulkhead and Ratchet out to Starscream's location, only to realize too late that they'd been tricked, and Starscream got away with all three of the Autobots' three Omega Keys. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

After Dreadwing returned the Forge of Solus Prime to the Autobots, Optimus used it to modify the GroundBridge into a space bridge. Believing that Megatron would use the keys to restore Cybertron for political points, Optimus took the Autobots to their home world, and kept Megatron busy with the reforged Star Saber while the others took back the keys. Though they succeeded, and reached the [[Omega Lock]], Megatron revealed he had taken the Autobots' human friends hostage. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourOPArm.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"...Nothing ever dies we will rise again."]]
With no other choice, Optimus had everyone hand over the Omega Keys in exchange for the kids, however when it turned out Megatron intended to use the Omega Lock on Earth as well, Optimus was compelled to use the Star Saber to destroy the lock. He and his team returned to Earth, only to find that the Omega Lock had created a [[Darkmount (Earth)|Decepticon fortress]] on their doorstep, and he ordered the others to evacuate. Prime himself stayed behind to destroy the GroundBridge, and was caught in the explosion as the Decepticons destroyed the base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Optimus was salvaged from the wreckage by Smokescreen, who sheltered Prime in an underground cavern. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Though Smokescreen was unable to find any medical supplies for his badly-damaged leader, Optimus asked after the Forge of Solus Prime. {{storylink|Scattered}} Smokescreen retrieved the relic from the Decepticon warship, however Optimus refused to use it on himself, believing the power should be conserved for later use in repairing the Omega Lock, and that the Autobots needed a new leader—Smokescreen. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

[[File:Rebellion-prepunch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Here's your damn beef!]]
As his life faded, Optimus had a vision of approaching Alpha Trion and the [[Allspark]]. His journey to the afterlife was cut short, as Smokescreen used the Forge to revive him, bestowing on him a new, more powerful body. He flew to [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], where he rescued [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] from Megatron's tender mercies, and proceeded to throw the Decepticon leader into the power core for the fortress's [[fusion cannon]]s. His efforts allowed Fowler's squadron to destroy the fortress, and the Autobots reassembled at a military base. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

After [[scanning]] a new [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] provided by Fowler, Optimus scouted some Decepticon activity and found some Insecticons digging up a skull. He managed to secure the skull, which turned out to be [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains, leading the Autobots to conclude [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] was planning to clone more. After reports of Decepticon activity in [[Texas]], Optimus took Smokescreen and Bumblebee there, but faced with Shockwave and Soundwave, the trio proved unable to prevent the Decepticons obtaining more Predacon [[CNA]]. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

A lull in Decepticon activity made Optimus suspect that their enemy had collected sufficient fossils. He and the others went on a mission to secure more energon, only for Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack to find and destroy the Decepticon cloning laboratory. When the pair were attacked by the newly-intelligent [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], Optimus arrived in the nick of time to save them from termination and flew them back to base. {{storylink|Evolution}}

[[File:MinusOne-staredown.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Imagine waking up to this one day... *squeals with excitement*]]
When the Decepticons started raiding technology from the humans again, Optimus wondered what they were up to this time. He led a team to one of the thefts, and though they were unable to prevent the Vehicons from getting away, Optimus managed to shoot down Soundwave and take the Decepticon captive. Their attempts to interrogate Soundwave were unsuccessful, and Optimus took his team to the [[Solaris particle collider]] in response to another Decepticon attack. He found himself facing Predaking, and though he initially gained the upper hand, Predaking turned the tables and sent Prime plunging to the ground. {{storylink|Minus One}} Optimus continued to fight, but was only saved by the fact that Predaking was called away to rescue Shockwave. He and the rest of the team returned to base to find Ratchet had been abducted by Soundwave. {{storylink|Persuasion}}

The Autobots launched [[Chip|a probe]] containing Laserbeak's transponder and Optimus followed it in the hopes it would lead him to the Decepticon warship. Unfortunately he was intercepted by Starscream and some Seekers along the way, and though he dealt with the Vehicons, Starscream destroyed the probe and escaped, leaving him none-the-wiser as to the warship's location. He continued to fly around until Ratchet contacted the Autobots to reveal the location of the warship, and Optimus ordered the others to storm the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

[[File:PredaconsRisingOptimusPrimeFinalGlance.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Um, Luna? Do you have time to sing a 'Goodbye Song' before you go?]]
Optimus himself reached the ship by air, only to be immediately attacked by Megatron wielding the Dark Star Saber. With his [[jet pack]] damaged, Optimus still managed to climb onto the ship and eventually make his way to the Omega Lock on its underside, allowing him to briefly attack Shockwave before Megatron caught up with him to resume their duel. After Bumblebee's death, Optimus found himself dangling from the ship. Before Megatron could deal a final blow, the warlord was terminated by Bumblebee, who'd been resurrected by the Omega Lock's power. Optimus took command of the warship and flew it to Cybertron, where they used the Omega Lock to resurrect their home world.

After a final visit back to Earth, and a farewell to both their human friends and Ratchet, Optimus and his team finally departed back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock|Deadlock}} Optimus held a ceremony to promote Bumblebee to the rank of warrior, shortly before taking the [[Iron Will]] and heading off to find the AllSpark. He and Wheeljack located it near [[Theta Scorpii]], and managed to retrieve it, but arrived back on Cybertron to find Unicron had taken control of Megatron's body and was trying to destroy the planet. Optimus merged the AllSpark with the Matrix of Leadership, allowing him to use the container that had held it to trap Unicron's anti-spark. Unfortunately this also meant that his own spark was inextricably merged with the AllSpark, and he was forced to sacrifice his own life to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
After dealing with a Decepticon incursion, Prime contacted Raf at base to request a GroundBridge. Unfortunately the bridge collapsed as the Autobots went through, scattering them to the four corners of the Earth. {{storylink|On Thin Ice}} Optimus landed up in an Amazon jungle, where he stumbled on a Vehicon sinking in quicksand, having been left there by Starscream. After rescuing the Vehicon, Optimus found himself webbed to a tree by Airachnid. She was about to start cutting him when the Vehicon saved him, and leaving Airachnid in the quicksand, Optimus took a GroundBridge back to base. {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}} When the Decepticons hijacked [[COMSAT-1]] so they could broadcast warning worldwide and terrify the earthlings, Optimus and his team GroundBridged up to stop them. {{storylink|Horrible TV}} When Bulkhead was hit mid-transformation, trapping Miko inside, Optimus said cutting him open to get her out would be a last resort, as he had confidence Ratchet could fix the problem. {{storylink|Cell}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.2 Optimus and Miko.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|"Except when I'm making air-quotes."]]
As the Decepticons slowly conquered Cybertron, Optimus knew they'd try to attack [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and set up defences at the [[Iacon Energon Refinery]]. Sure enough, Megatron attacked with a small team of Decepticons but the Autobot gunners managed to take out all but Megatron. To Optimus's surprise, Megatron didn't abandon his men, instead rescuing them under heavy fire. When Optimus had the opportunity to take a shot, he hesitated and Megatron's team escaped. For that, Optimus took the blame and was even regarded as a traitor by some. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Many years later, Optimus's team had settled on [[Earth]]. After Ratchet somewhat apologetically unveiled the [[Safe]], Optimus told him to have more confidence in his work. When Bulkhead managed to uncover a hidden nuclear missile and a scouting party of Vehicons neared the base, Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee went out to greet the Decepticons. While Bumblebee knocked the Vehicons into the air, Prime and Arcee blasted them. They reentered at the base in time to see Fowler arriving with some scientists, and Optimus had some stern words with their liaison about the mystery bomb and its intended purpose, insisting that Fowler take it with him when he left. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

During some downtime, Prime took the other Autobots and the kids to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. At Miko's request, he told the story of his battle with Megatron in the Iacon Energon Refinery. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

[[File:Titan4.3 Optimus ready to roll out.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|MUNKY ARMS! MUNKY ARMS!]]
On [[Christmas]], Fowler reported to Optimus that Megatron and Starscream had taken control of the [[Yamal|NS ''Yamal'']], a nuclear-powered Russian icebreaker. Leaving Arcee and Bulkhead in charge of the base, Optimus took the other Autobots to the ship and attacked Megatron. As Optimus fought Megatron, the Decepticon leader outlined his plan to detonate the ship's reactors with a [[static lance]]. Bumblebee managed to wrest the lance off Starscream and threw it to Optimus who used it to hit Megatron. Once the Decepticons had been dealt with, Optimus's team returned to the base, where they found it had been turned into an impromptu ice skating rink. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Optimus was surprised to find the GroundBridge active and asked Bulkhead what the problem was. Bulkhead tried to cover for Raf, who had been temporarily hypnotised into opening the GroundBridge. But his denials were undermined by the Vehicons pouring into the base, and Optimus led the counter-attack. While Optimus and the others kept the Decepticons busy, Raf and Bumblebee managed to shut down the bridge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

Upon hearing of several schools in Jasper County mysteriously exploding, Optimus shared Jack's suspicions about something being afoot. He had the Autobots check out the other schools in the area. Sure enough, the buildings came under attack by [[MECH]], and Optimus helped fend off the organization. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}}

After Starscream stole [[Air Force One]] and held the [[President of the United States]] ransom, demanding Optimus Prime be turned over bound and gagged, the Autobot leader worked out from the ransom note where Starscream was. While the other Autobots protected the plane and took on the Vehicons, Optimus rescued the President by cutting off Starscream's arm and catching her as she fell. After the Decepticon retreated, Optimus made sure the Autobots left before the aircraft's crew recovered consciousness. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

[[File:Titan4.6 Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|240px]]
Lured into a trap in a scrap-metal facility in [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]], Optimus found his mind had been zapped into a human by [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s [[neuron refractor]]. The Autobot leader mentally contacted the human, [[Lin-Che]], and guided him in fighting off the attacking Vehicons with the help of an [[The Claw|excavator]]. With the drones bested, they then returned to the refractor to reverse its effect. Back in his own body, Optimus broke out of the crusher he'd been stuffed into, and fought off Knock-Out and the remaining Decepticons. He later drove Lin-Che home, to return the favor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Miko was kidnapped by MECH agent [[Novo]], Optimus joined the hunt to find her. When Novo, now in a mechanoid body thanks to a MECH experiment, returned Miko to them, Optimus offered him the help of Ratchet and the Autobots' technical expertise, but Novo turned him down. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

Optimus led a team to the [[Deep Driller]] oil platform, and found not the expected environmental terrorists, but human soldiers in [[robotic battle suit]]s. After finding dealing with the humans in a non-lethal matter difficult, Optimus took Jack's suggestion of surrendering, and once [[Rufus Madison|General Madison]] realised his opponents were alien robots, he stopped fighting. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} After it turned out that the missing Bulkhead had been imprisoned on the Decepticon warship, Optimus took a team, including the three kids, to the ship to mount a rescue. During the course of freeing Bulkhead, he trashed at least two Decepticons and blew a hole through the side of the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

Optimus and his team took part in a battle against the Decepticons in [[The Wave]]. Unsurprisingly, they survived and returned to base to find Bumblebee and Raf had made a mess in their absence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} Optimus and Bumblebee went on a stealth mission to stop Megatron attacking the [[Statue of Liberty]], though they found the Decepticon forces there to be more than they expected. Optimus pursued Megatron up the side of the statue, and managed to defeat the Decepticon leader, but did substantial damage to the statue in the process. He later promised Fowler that the Autobots would fix it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}}

Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] specifically demanded Optimus and Bulkhead come after the two Decepticons took over a TV studio. The Autobots found themselves forced to run the ''[[Down and Out]]'' course, lest the Decepticons' hostages be harmed. Though Optimus was confused by the inaccurate nature of the ''Down and Out'' set, he and Bulkhead managed to get through the course and rescue the hostages, leading to Knock Out and Breakdown's defeat at the hands of Arcee. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

Upon hearing of strange seismic movements throughout the Northen hemisphere, Optimus ordered a mission to a military base which had been hit by a quake, and contained a Particle Accelerator, and travelled there along with Wheeljack, Bulkhead and Arcee. Upon discovering the Decepticons' intent to use the Particle Aceelerator to open a permanent [[space bridge]] to Cybertron, Optimus changed into his Beast Hunters body for no readily apparent reason and ordered Arcee to clear the area of humans. After failing to stop [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] from opening the space bridge and releasing [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], Optimus flew up to the plant's reactor core with the intention of deactivating it, but Predaking blew it up instead. He, Bulkhead and Wheeljack then reflected on their chances of ever returning home. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider-Scope}}
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===''Rescue Bots'' pack-in storybooks===
Optimus Prime sent a special message to the [[Rescue Bot]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], calling on them to come to [[Earth]]. He met them on arrival with the news they would be working with [[human]]s to improve inter-species relations. He accompanied them to [[Griffin Rock]] where he introduced them to his friend [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie]], before leaving to help other Transformers. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Roll Out}} After [[Cody Burns]] helped [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] put out a fire that had threatened [[Fire Station Prime|Prime Fire Station]], Optimus Prime spoke to them through a screen, asking if Cody would join the Rescue Bots. Cody accepted. {{storylink|Prime Alert}} Once [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Sawyer Storm]] joined the team, Chief Charlie asked Optimus about the other two Rescue Bots, but only got an enigmatic response. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Respond}} Following another rescue conducted by [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder]], Optimus talked [[Walker Cleveland|Walker]] and [[Jack Tracker|Hunter]] into joining the team. {{storylink|Rapid Rescue}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)|[[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Jacek Mikołajczak]] (Polish), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pekka Lehtosaari]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:UnderPressure Optimus on monitor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Playskool]] is the right of all sentient beings.]]
Optimus Prime sent out a call to all Autobots to come to their new home on [[Earth]]. When a team of [[Rescue Bot]]s arrived at a military base, Optimus met them there and gave them their new mission: to team up with the Burns family and help them keep [[Griffin Rock]] safe. After presenting them with vehicles to [[scanning|scan]], he introduced them to [[Charlie Burns]] and left them to get acquainted. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}} The Rescue Bots had trouble learning to work with their new human friends, and they contacted Optimus to tell him as much, but he was confident that they and the humans would learn to work together. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

After the Rescue Bots were fired by the Griffin Rock city council, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] attempted, but failed, to contact Optimus Prime to request the reassignment of Rescue Force Sigma-17. The Rescue Bots were later reinstated. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

[[File:ItsABotTime Optimus vehicle mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Optimus drops by Griffin Rock whenever he's in the mood for G1.]]
When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] tracked a meteor to Griffin Rock, he used the Rescue Bots' comms screen to report in with Optimus, who commended [[Cody Burns]] on his work helping the Bots to acclimate. Three of the Rescue Bots were struck with a strange virus from the meteorite, and they consulted with Optimus and Ratchet on the best way to deal with it. Optimus was concerned that the virus could fall into [[Megatron (WFC)|evil]] [[Silas|hands]] and ordered they destroy the meteorite. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

[[File:BotToTheFuture Optimus steps forward.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Guest starring in an all new ''Tiny Titans'' comic book.]]
Notified that the Rescue Bots had been inadvertently sent back in time, Optimus and Bumblebee returned to Griffin Rock. Optimus deduced that [[energon]] would be enough to power the [[Temporal Station|time machine]], so he and Bumblebee went back to 1939, arriving in time to rescue the Rescue Bots from [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]]. The team returned to the present, only to find Griffin Rock overrun by [[MorBot]]s. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} Optimus and Bumblebee were kept busy trashing MorBots while the Rescue Bots worked out what was going on. By the time the pair ran out of MorBots to destroy, the team was ready to return to 1939 where they rescued [[Dither]] and returned the timeline to normal. Back in the present, Optimus congratulated the Rescue Bots team for their work. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

Alerted to the presence of energon beneath the island of Griffin Rock, Optimus journeyed there with a trailer to retrieve the substance. When Chief Burns's brother [[Woodrow Burns|Woodrow]] became trapped in a cavern deep underground with Cody, it turned into a rescue mission, and Optimus carried the team to the cavern on his trailer. {{storylink|What Lies Below}} Separated from the rest of the team, Optimus and Heatwave discovered the main shaft of [[Mount Magma]], and nearby, a sizable deposit of energon. When they were later reunited with the rest of the team, they were able to ignite the energon in a plan to blast themselves out of the top of the volcano. Optimus later farewelled the Rescue Bots, informing Heatwave that he should prepare for greater responsibility some time soon. {{storylink|What Rises Above}}

[[File:OddBotOut Optimus Matrix.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
The time eventually came, when Optimus ordered Heatwave to the mainland. Rendezvousing at a military base, Optimus trained Heatwave on focusing his energies, so that Heatwave could take on a second [[alternate mode]]. {{storylink|Changes}}

On a relic-finding mission, Optimus and Bumblebee searched near Griffin Rock for a [[Liquefier|liquefying relic]]. Optimus enlisted [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]'s help to reach the relic at sea, and successfully used the Matrix of Leadership to shut it down before it could destroy the island. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}}

When Doctor Morocco kidnapped the Rescue Bots, he showed them some photos of Optimus and claimed that Optimus had assigned him as the Rescue Bots liaison on Earth. {{storylink|Double Villainy}} The amnesiac Rescue Bots later tried to contact Optimus but received no response. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

[[File:BigGame Dinoptimus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Just imagine the look on [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s face when he sees this coming at him.]]
Optimus made another routine inspection to Griffin Rock, and when a pterodactyl mysteriously appeared on the island, took the opportunity to observe the rescue team on an investigation mission to [[Wayward Island]]. When the Rescue Bots ran into trouble in the form of some [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], Optimus was forced to intervene and ended up scanning robo-dino [[Trex]] to gain a third ''tyrannosaurus rex'' mode. With this, he was able to earn the trust of the dinosaurs and discover they were merely protecting their young. {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} Staying on at Griffin Rock to acclimatise to his new dino-mode, a lack of [[energon]] resulted in Optimus becoming feral. The out-of-control Autobot was abducted by big game hunter [[Quint Quarry|Colonel Quint Quarry]], who spirited Optimus away to [[Quarry Safariland]] and began hunting him through the jungle. With the help of Cody, Optimus evaded Quarry long enough for [[Boulder]] to manufacture a cure for his condition. Optimus was returned to normal, and helped Boulder rescue the rest of the rescue team from Quarry. {{storylink|Big Game}}

After capturing an [[Energon eater]], Chase and Boulder dropped it off with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}} Chief Burns again called in Optimus when Quarry kidnapped [[Anna Baranova|Professor Baranova]] and demanded five dinobots as ransom. Optimus and the four Rescue Bots were turned over to Quarry, who took them back to his island and subjected them to physical tests, before imprisoning them ready to be sold. Blades was able to knock out the Q-Drone restraining Optimus and the others, and Quarry was swiftly arrested. {{storylink|Quarry's Quarry}} Optimus alerted the Rescue Bots to a faint energon signal on Wayward Island. {{storylink|Did You See What I Thaw?}}

[[File:ANewHero Optimus laser hand.jpg|thumb|left|290px]]
When some water rescues were imminent, Optimus called [[High Tide]] to Earth to train the Rescue Bots. Later, after High Tide and Heatwave had a fight, Heatwave contacted Optimus to inform him that he was dropping out. Optimus encouraged him to return and he did. After the mission was complete, High Tide contacted Optimus informing him of the mission's success and Optimus requested that High Tide stay on the island to help out, following the destruction of [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s [[floating lab]]. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}}

When the Autobots [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] and [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] were discovered on Wayward Island, Optimus visited Griffin Rock to welcome them to Earth and assign them to be trained by Heatwave's team. With Doc Greene's help, he uncovered the fact that Blurr had been less than truthful about his past. {{storylink|The New Recruits}} Optimus was disappointed to hear that Blurr had stolen the ''[[Sigma]]'' and tried to contact the ship. After Blurr saved the day in Griffin Rock, Prime presented him and Salvage with Rescue Bots insignias, announcing that they would be assigned to a location elsewhere on Earth. {{storylink|A New Hero}}

After being contacted by High Tide, {{storylink|Now and Then}} Optimus Prime rushed to the location where Griffin Rock had been and helped clear the crater so the island could be flown back from where it had teleported in the [[Arctic]]. He, Blurr and Salvage helped it fly the remaining distance after the rocket engine gave out, and Optimus later decided that the Rescue Bots could let the whole town know that they were Cybertronians. {{storylink|Today and Forever}}

At some point during the next several years, [[Madeline Pynch]]'s activities gained Optimus's attention, and he dispatched [[Quickshadow]] to spy on the tycoon. {{storylink|Cody's 11}}

Several years later, Optimus contacted Heatwave with plans for a [[Rescue Bot Training Center|new base]] on the mainland. When Heatwave admitted he still hadn't revealed the Rescue Bots' secret to the humans, Optimus said he'd know when it was time. {{storylink|New Normal}} Optimus also ordered Quickshadow to work with the Griffin Rock rescue team, {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}} and she later recorded a report for Optimus on events at the training center. {{storylink|The More Things Stay the Same}}

Unknown to the Rescue Bots, Optimus had also been involved in the [[Scrubber Initiative]]. When the project's lab in [[Faxian]] was imperiled by runaway [[Scrubmite|Scrubbers]], Optimus observed the Rescue Bots response, and subsequently appeared to them via hologram to give them new assignments protecting the project. {{storylink|Upgrades}} Following the defeat of the [[Morocco virus]], Optimus turned up at the Training Center and assigned the Bots all to separate missions around the world. {{storylink|Transformations}}

===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
As [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] hunted for weapons to combat [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], they ran into trouble and sent a distress call. Optimus had [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] GroundBridge him into a derelict starship in the [[asteroid belt]]. On arrival, he attacked Predaking. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5}} He managed to buy Bumblebee and Wheeljack the time they needed to get away with some of the weapons. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6}}

With the Autobot forces falling before the Predacons, Optimus took the [[Firebreath Cyclocannons]] and set out into the desert in search of Predaking. He found his target, just as Ratchet managed to unlock the power of their new weapons. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 17}} With his newfound power, Optimus was able to instill fear into Predaking for the first time in millions of years. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 18}} The battle ended in Optimus's victory. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 23}}

===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Go ep 1 Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|Hi, this is all of my frontal shots.]]
Optimus Prime was a warrior of justice who fought the Decepticons for many years. {{Storylink|Pursue! The Legendiscs!}} Somewhere off [[Earth]], Optimus Prime was alerted to the awakening of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Four Oni]]. He soon detected [[Swordbot|six individual signals]] that he recognized. {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!}} {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!}}

[[File:TFGoSamurai5 Optimus Exprime modes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Those six signals turned out to be the [[Swordbot]] [[Swordbot Samurai Team|Samurai]] and [[Swordbot Shinobi Team|Shinobi]] teams. Both teams came in contact with Optimus Prime, and the Autobot commander set to analyzing the [[Legendisc]]s. Optimus contacted both teams in their newly-built bases and let them know of the Legendiscs' number, locations, and their ability to travel through time. He tasked [[Isami Tatewaki]] and [[Tobio Fūma]] with acquiring the Legendiscs and protecting Earth at all costs. {{Storylink|Pursue! The Legendiscs!}} {{storylink|Discover! The Legendiscs!}} He later warned the Samurai teams that it was only a matter of time before Dragotron awoke, and they needed to find all the Legendiscs. {{storylink|The Invincible Swordsman - Ryōma Sakamoto!?}}

When he detected Dragotron's awakening, he was spurred to adopt a new body with dragon and train alternate modes, and as '''Optimus Exprime''', head to Earth to help the Swordbots in battle against the Predacon leader. {{storylink|Depart! Optimus Exprime!}} {{storylink|Enter! The New Warrior!}} Even with him as added reinforcements, Dragotron proved too much for him. When the Predacon abducted Tobio Fūma and Isami Tatewaki, the young humans who had been helping the Swordbots, Optimus and the Swordbot teams pursued him to [[Mount Fuji]], only to find he had absorbed the boys and the Legendiscs, gaining the power to Cyberform the mountain. Though the two boys manage to resist and escape the Predacon, the power of the Legendisc and the Four Oni which Dragotron also absorbed meant Optimus and the Swordbots had no chance of beating him.

Until, that is, it turned out that Tobio and Isami had duplicated the power of the Legendiscs in their [[burning justice|hearts of justice]], empowering Optimus to combine with [[Kenzan]] and [[Gekisoumaru]]. The Autobots' new combined form was powerful enough to take down Dragotron and use the Legendiscs to once again seal the Predacons away. The decombined Autobots promised that if the Predacons ever returned, they would be there to again defend the Earth. {{storylink|Final Battle! Link-Up Triple Combination DaiKenzan!}} {{storylink|Final Battle! Link-Up Triple Combination DaiGekisou!}}

{{note|The Samurai and Shinobi Go! series have near-identical finales, with differences such as Kenzan forming the top of the Optimus combiner in the Samurai volume and Gekisoumaru forming the top in the Shinobi volume. A generalized retelling of events is presented here for simplicity's sake.}}

===Full of Fire!===
[[File:FullOfFire Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|I'm [[Batman]].]]
Optimus joined Ratchet, Bumblebee and Bulkhead who were testing new Beast Hunters weapons in a [[New Mexico]] desert. When they were attacked by Predacons, Optimus took the opportunity to test out his [[Firebreath Cyclocannons|Dragon Cannons]], and successfully countered Predaking's flame. But as the Predacons retreated, Optimus told the others he believed this was just a test so the Predacons would know the Autobots' comparative strength. {{storylink|Full of Fire!}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Once known as Orion Pax, Optimus is now inspirational leader and friend to the Autobots under his command. He carries within him the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Seung-uk Jeong]], [[Ki-hyeon Kim]] (Korean), [[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)}}

During the great war, Optimus led an operation to capture the Decepticon spy [[Overload (RID)|Overload]]. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}

Before [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|he could join with the Allspark]], Optimus was saved from death by the Primes, {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} and brought to the [[Realm of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Out of Focus}} Some years after Cybertron's rebirth, a statue of Optimus was constructed in his honor, and he also had a bust of his head in the [[Cybertron History Museum]].

[[File:RID2015Optimusreturns.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|He's gonna die and come back here too. I give it a week.]]
One day, while Bumblebee and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] were chasing down [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], Optimus appeared to Bumblebee in a vision in an [[Energon]] pool pointing to a map of Earth inscribed at the nearby [[Cybertron History Museum]]. He later appeared again to Bumblebee, directing him to a decommissioned Space Bridge with Earth's coordinates already programmed in. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} When Bumblebee and his makeshift crew cornered the Decepticon [[Underbite]], they were forced to fall back after Underbite unwittingly took a hostage in the form of [[Denny Clay]]. Before Underbite could devour the truck that Denny was trapped in, Optimus Prime manifested himself to the entire group, then easily trounced the Decepticon and rescued Denny. After complimenting Bumblebee's team, Optimus admitted he wasn't sure whether he was alive or not, nor what fate had in store for him, and then disappeared. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

Bumblebee continued to worry about his inability to control his troops when compared to Optimus's own command style, and tried calling upon him for guidance- to no avail. Bumblebee later tried to emulate Optimus's authoritative leadership approach while his team tracked down the Decepticon [[Terrashock]], which failed to impress anyone. Eventually, Optimus appeared to Bumblebee in another vision, though Prime disappeared before he could clarify his statement that Bumblebee was not him. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} [[Russell Clay]] bluffed a mind-controlled Grimlock into thinking Optimus Prime was about to turn up, resulting in Grimlock fleeing. {{storylink|True Colors}}

[[File:OptimusOutOfFocus.JPG|thumb|left|250px|"Say Cheese!"]]

Optimus began training with the other Primes in the [[Realm of the Primes]], who began testing him in preparation for a new mission on Earth. In one such test, [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] served as Optimus Prime's mentor, and Micronus challenged Optimus to climb a hill. At the same time, Micronus also manifested a group of humans and a threatening robot to attack them. Optimus tried to defend the humans and begged Micronus to help, although Micronus declined. Eventually, Optimus realized that he needed to climb the hill first, which would activate his [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]] and allow him to defeat the robot. At the end of the test, Micronus revealed that the humans were merely illusions, and the Minicon congratulated Optimus for his accomplishments. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

When suffering nightmares as the result of [[Nightstrike]]'s abilities, Bumblebee saw Optimus Prime being disappointed in him. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}} The real Optimus made a brief appearance to Bumblebee to warn him of an evil soon to appear. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}}

[[File:Battlegrounds1 Optimus has arrived.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Guess who's back. Back again.]]
Optimus continued his training in the Realm of the Primes with Micronus but still wasn't meeting the skill level Micronus expected of him, to make matters worse the realm was shrouded in darkness which signaled that the threat he was training for was finally about to arrive and he was not ready. Regardless Micronus took Optimus to the ones who ordered his training, the [[Thirteen|Primes]], and Optimus was able to persuade them to allow him some of their power. Reformatted into a new body, he was sent to Earth, arriving in time to save Denny, Russell and Fixit from [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]]. Informed of events, he headed to the [[Crown City Colossus]] when he tried to destroy the gateway [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]'s team had constructed, however he was too late to prevent [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s arrival on Earth. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

[[File:Battlegrounds2 Optimus and Megatronus fight.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Prime is back. Tell a friend.]]
Optimus engaged Megatronus but the latter's nearly invincible armor and even telekinesis left him at a disadvantage. A blow from Megatronus left Optimus unconscious, and he Optimus eventually came around to see Megatronus using a [[spark fuser]] to attempt to combine the AllSpark with what remained of the Anti-Spark from Earth's core. Optimus returned to battle with Megatronus until Bumblebee tried to get him to move Megatronus in front of the statue. As the AllSpark neared them, Optimus destroyed Megatronus's spark fuser and, with Grimlock's help, got Megatronus into position so the others could drop the statue's arm on him. Following Megatronus's defeat, Optimus intended to leave Earth, but Bumblebee persuaded him otherwise; Optimus agreed to stay but as Bumblebee's equal rather than his leader. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

[[File:TRID E 28 Optimus Prime Polar Stealth.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I just got done racing a polar bear down a mountain. Stepped on some weird orange bandicoot or something on the way, though.]]
Optimus spent several weeks in the scrapyard, recounting war stories to Strongarm to pass the downtime. The Primes reclaimed the additional power which they had bestowed upon Optimus, leaving him in a severely weakened state. Despite this, Optimus insisted on joining the "away team" Bumblebee assigned to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard. When going on a mission to the Arctic, Optimus's changed biology caused the GroundBridge to explode after he passed through it. Optimus and his team started tracking a Decepticon hiding on a mountain, but Optimus continued to have trouble, and was knocked off the patch by a chunk of ice. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} After his rescue by his teammates, Optimus taught the others a trick he'd learned from the Primes, allowing them all to take on the color scheme of a vehicle they scanned. He was also able to come up with a plan on the fly that enabled them to capture [[Polarclaw]] by luring him underwater, and they took the Decepticon to be safely stored away. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

[[File:TRID E 31 Optimus Prime Desert Stealth.jpg|thumb|left|250px|What happened to you? I joined the Army.]]
Though he was still weakened, Optimus and his team went hunting a Decepticon in the desert. Optimus became aware that the Decepticons they were hunting were preying on the weakest, and so feigned being more injured than he was so that he could take [[Razorpaw]] unawares. Noting that Prime was apparently performing poorly in the field, Windblade began acting overly protective towards him, leading to her getting injured. When the Autobots wound up facing up against Razorpaw and his Mini-Con accomplices, Windblade became their opponents' primary target, yet still interfered with Optimus's attacks so that she could keep him out of harm's way. Prime pretended to be completely disabled during the battle so that the Decepticons' attentions would shift back to him, and managed to defeat all three of the Decepticons in quick succession. He then tasked himself with freeing Sideswipe, Drift, and the Mini-Cons, who had gotten trapped by the enemy during the fight... though Drift told him to take his time, as Sideswipe's blabbermouth had gotten covered up in the process. {{storylink|Cover Me}}

When [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] escaped the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]], Fixit tried to contact Optimus and the away team, but received no reply. {{storylink|Portals}} Investigating possible interference with one of Windblade's caches, Optimus's team found themselves up against [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] and his army of Mini-Cons. Optimus and Windblade were temporarily trapped in a bunker, but escaped with Sideswipe's help in time to take down the Decepticon. They subsequently GroundBridged back to the scrapyard with their new captives. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

[[File:TRID E 43 Optimus Prime Signaute Red & Blue.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This better be an emergency...]]
Once both teams were reunited, Optimus found himself increasingly questioning Bumblebee's orders and felt under the circumstances that he should take the lead. After a chance encounter reunited them with Ratchet, the Autobot medic tried to discuss the situation Optimus found himself with his former scout, only for Optimus to dodge the conversation. Soon after, the Autobots got help in the form of the Mini-Con [[Toolbox]], recent escapee from "Decepticon Island." The Autobots used a ruse to infiltrate the crash of the ''Alchemor,'' being used as a base by a group of Decepticons. Unfortunately, Optimus second guessed Bumblebee's leadership at a crucial stage of their infiltration; whereas Bumblebee wanted to press on to plant a stasis bomb as quickly as possible to disable their enemies, Optimus felt that they should instead pause to rescue several Mini-Cons being kept as slave. The Autobots were stalled while Optimus and Bumblebee argued, and were found out by the Decepticons. Steeljaw was alerted to the security breach, and Optimus and his team soon found themselves completely surrounded by the enemy. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Optimus and Bumblebee began to agree once more, with Optimus wanting to willingly be taken prisoner to prepare a counter-strike. Windblade took the choice out of their hands by flying up and acting as a distraction, allowing the rest of the team to make a break for it and split up. Optimus accompanied Bumblebee and Toolbox to attach a [[cryo-gas]] bomb to the ship's ventilation hub. They were able to work out their leadership issues on the way and, after a fight with a [[Decepticon Hunter]] empowered Steeljaw, succeeded in freezing the Decepticons on the ship. With the Decepticon threat on Earth dealt with, Optimus announced he intended to return to Cybertron on the repaired ''Alchemor'' and investigate the new government there. He said his goodbyes to Bumblebee, telling him that he could always call on him should the need arise. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

[[File:TRID E 45 Optimus Prime Aerobolt Power Surge.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh sun, source of all life and energy, give me greater strength.]]
The need arose and Bumblebee called Optimus to inform him about the new threat. Optimus told Bumblebee that he did the right thing calling him and that he'd be there soon. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} He eventually turned up in [[Prime Force One|a ship]] {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} and found that Bumblebee had been abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] along with the team's Mini-Cons. Optimus had the team split up to search and they found the seven Mini-Cons Starscream was hunting. As their leader, Aerobolt, recognized Optimus, the two groups joined forces, only to come up against a group of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] who managed to get the better of the Optimus's group. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

Despite the capture of the Mini-Cons by Starscream, Optimus's team was able to overcome the Scavengers and track down Starscream's ship. After Starscream merged with the Mini-Cons, Optimus linked with Aerobolt and gained enough power to go toe-to-toe with the super-powered Decepticon. Optimus later loaded the comatose Starscream and associated lackeys onto his ship to take them back with him. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Bumblebee contacted Optimus to see if he knew anything about the odd sphere they'd found. Optimus thought it looked like the [[Sphere of Doradus]], something he believed was a myth. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
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During [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]'s battle to revert the world back to how it was in the '80s, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] attempted to stop him by singing the praises of modern-day Transformers such as Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}} Rattrap later had a dream in which he met Optimus Prime in the form of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV21|latest toy]]. Prime explained that he could play 200 different sounds and phrases, including the names of everyone in Bumblebee's team, though doing so dried out his throat and forced him to have a glass of water. He went on to show off his truck mode, get surprised yet intrigued by a third "base mode" Rattrap invented for him, and dance with the other Autobots to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
As Bumblebee looked into the sea while at the docks, Optimus Prime momentarily appeared to give him an inspirational speech. After his team captured [[Slink]] and her gang, Optimus appeared briefly to give Bumblebee a proud smile. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

During his training, Optimus found that the challenges were getting harder and harder, but hid some of the damage he sustained for fear it would impact his chances of returning to Earth. When it became obvious that Micronus was not behind the raising intensity, the pair investigated further. They determined that [[Liege Maximo]] was behind the trickery, and once Optimus was able to dismiss the apparitions of Bumblebee's team conjured by the rogue Prime, he and Micronus were able to overcome the foe. Optimus was then allowed to communicate with Bumblebee and gave his former scout some words of encouragement. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}
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===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:IDWRID5 Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|280px|right|"I regret now I have the power of the Primes, I am unable to give a straight answer to any question you may pose."]]
While struggling to get his team to work together, Bumblebee recalled happier times under Optimus's leadership. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}} Optimus later appeared to Bumblebee in a vision to tell him to trust his instincts about the visit by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

After joining Team Bee following the defeat of Megatronus, Optimus received a directive from the Primes which sent him with Windblade to the [[Sierra Ridge]] mountains. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} The pair searched various caves until they stumbled on Predaking. The Predacon escaped, but left behind a piece of Starscream. Optimus and Windblade took the arm back with them and were able to use it to convince some Vehicons who'd teamed up with Steeljaw that Starscream was dead and the Decepticon army defeated. Though Optimus offered to allow the Vehicons to peacefully return to Cybertron, they turned down his offer and went back into hiding. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

==Commercial appearances==

{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]]}}

*Bulkhead received a phone call from [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|Strawberry Shortcake]], juvenile provider of baked goods, inviting him to the Berryfest Princess Parade in which he would be extremely glittered. When Optimus asked who the caller was, Bulkhead stated that it was for Optimus. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Strawberry Shortcake|Strawberry Shortcake and Bulkhead}}

*Optimus was weirded out by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker]] singing Christmas carols. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}

*Optimus participated in a conference call with Fowler, who informed the Autobots that [[Batman]] was to backup the team for a mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Impossibly Awesome|Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon}}

*Optimus received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, and then proceeded to use his shoulder-mounted guns to mow down some Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}

*Optimus was lifted by an ant who had engaged in a proper nutrition regiment, yet eats Happy Meals. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Happy Meal|McDonald's Happy Meal}}

*Optimus, Bumblebee, [[Boulder]], and Predaking attended a pool party with various entities from other universes. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pool Party|Hub Network Summer Pool Party}}

*Toy versions of Optimus and Bumblebee came to life to duke it out against toy versions of Predaking and [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] in a child's room. Bumblebee and Optimus came out victorious, and bumped fists while their restrained opponents dangled beneath them. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Beast Hunters toys|Beast Hunters toys commercial}}

*Optimus, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], and [[Boulder]] rushed out of [[Fire Station Prime]] in response to a nearby fire. They watched Heatwave put out the blaze, then all posed heroically in a v-formation. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots toys commercial}}

*Optimus and Bumblebee and the Rescue Bots responded to a fire emergency. Once on-scene, Optimus energized his saw weapon to better deal with the situation. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Energize figures commercial}}

*A child playing with the "Optimus Primal" Rescue Bots toy was turned into an animated version of himself and met with the Rescue Bots! He directed Optimus into rescuing Chase, who had been pinned under a boulder. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots Optimus Primal toy commercial}}

*Optimus came upon [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] and his two Mini-Cons in a parking lot. Though Fracture believe nothing could stop him, Optimus proved him wrong by first ramming the two smaller 'bots, then clobbering their boss in the jaw. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Mega Optimus Prime toy commercial}}

*At a [[Toys"R"Us]] somewhere in a [[Quadwal]] universe, sentient versions of toy baby [[wikipedia:Baby Alive|Snackin' Sara]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Robots in Disguise|toy Optimus]] have a discussion involving the store's Price Match guarantee that concludes with toy Optimus getting distraught at the existence of an entire shelf with clones of himself. {{storylink|Commercial#2015 2|Toys"R"Us Commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)|[[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Alfredo Martínez]] (Spain-Spanish)}}

[[File:WFC-OptimusPrimeconcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Steroids are the right of all sentient beings.]]
In the waning days of the war for Cybertron, Optimus spotted a little yellow Autobot in trouble, and defeated the surrounding drone forces. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] arrived on the scene, and Optimus helped up the Autobot scout, who revealed his name was [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Bumblebee informed Optimus that the Decepticons had taken control of communication relays, so that the only way to contact Optimus was by messenger. He also informed Optimus that their leader, [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]], was dead. Optimus suspected [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s hand, and was informed by Bumblebee that the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] had gone into hiding because of this. Optimus believed that the Council would emerge during a safer time, and formed a team with Bumblebee and Ratchet.

They drove to the [[Decagon]], where they found [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] battling the forces of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. After assisting him in defeating Starscream's army, they confronted Starscream himself within the Decagon. After the trio combated and drove off Starscream, a hologram of Zeta Prime's face appeared in the center of the room, stating that he is being held in the Kaon prison complex. Optimus took Bumblebee and Sideswipe to the Kaon prison, allowing themselves to be captured so that they could infiltrate the facility. The Decepticons prepared to execute them, but [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] lent a hand so they could escape, though he himself was captured. While sneaking through the corridors, the three managed to free Air Raid, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], and others. They continued through the hallways, and finally located the room where Zeta is being held, only to face [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]. The Decepticon cowered behind a force field, sending [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]], [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]], and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] out to fight for him, only venturing out to administer needed repairs to his minions. As Soundwave's energy became low, he attempted to drain Zeta Prime, only to be interrupted by Optimus, who took a shot meant for Zeta. Though Soundwave and his minions retreated, the damage was done, and Zeta Prime died before Optimus could free him.

Optimus brought Zeta's corpse to the site of the hiding High Council, where he lay the dead body in the center of the room. Optimus stated that the Autobots craved their guidance, but the Council stated that their mission was to choose the Primes, not to lead them. They then told him that Optimus himself is a Prime, and that he had changed the lives around him. Optimus was then told that Megatron had corrupted the core of Cybertron, and that he was the one that could remove this blight. He took this burden and responsibility, then was told by the Council that he was now Optimus ''Prime'', the last Prime.

[[File:WFC-OptimusPrimeAltmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Welcome to the ''Twilight Zone'' Prime.]]
For a new mission, Optimus selected Ironhide and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]], and the team ventured to the entrance of the core, where a corrupted [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] was being tortured. After a prolonged battle, the Autobots defeated the torturers and freed Omega Supreme from the Dark Energon influence. Omega Supreme escaped, and the Autobots found some [[space slug]]s to use as steeds. One long journey later, they reached the core and defeated a corrupted slug. Unfortunately the core itself had become contaminated, and informed Optimus as much. The only solution was for the core to reboot, which would take millions of years, during which the planet would be unusable, and Optimus realized that the Autobots would have to leave their home. Before shutting down, the core revealed the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which it installed inside Optimus Prime's chest.

Optimus arrived back at Iacon, where he ordered all Autobots to evacuate the planet. Megatron announced that everyone must stay or face destruction, and fired a massive cannon installed in the Dark Energon space station. Optimus Prime ordered his Air Commander [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] to shut down the cannon with his team. They succeeded, and the station crashed into Iacon. Optimus, Bumblebee, and Ironhide discovered that the "space station" wasn't a space station at all: it was the giant Decepticon, [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. They managed to defeat the heavily-armed menace, who plunged into a pool of energon. The Autobots celebrated their victory, but noticed that ''they'' have to evacuate as well. Optimus revealed a massive starship they would use called the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]], a ship still under construction that would allow them to take a part of Cybertron with them across the galaxy. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
[[File:WFCDS Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|124px|Origamimus Prime]]
Optimus was a dock worker who found himself caught up in the war against the Decepticons. With the Decepticons on the hunt for the Omega Key, Zeta Prime sent Optimus and his team to protect the library, knowing he could count on his old friend. When Zeta Prime was later captured by the Decepticons, he attempted to contact Optimus. The data links keeping him in contact with the Autobots were severed, so Bumblebee tracked down Optimus at an Autobot base. Optimus subsequently rescued an [[Autobot rookie]] from Starscream, chasing the Decepticon off before joining up with Jetfire and destroying other intruders at the base. Optimus was felled by a [[laser guard]], but revived with the help of Jetfire and Bumblebee. They completed clearing the base by defeating [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]], and Optimus announced that the next step was to retake Iacon.

He and his team entered Decepticon-occupied Iacon and destroyed the Dark Energon corruptors, allowing them to get the Decagon's defense systems back online. While they waited for Zeta Prime to make contact again, Optimus reminded Bumblebee that they couldn't let Megatron win just by giving up. Zeta let them know that he was being held in Kaon Prison, and Optimus's team infiltrated the prison in search of him. After an encounter with [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]], they ran into Megatron himself, who set more Decepticons on them. When they eventually found Zeta Prime, their leader expired. Optimus returned his body to the High Council, who appointed Optimus the new Prime.

Optimus Prime attempted to solicit [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s help. Grimlock challenged him to a fight to decide whether to join up, but [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]'s capture by Decepticons sent the Autobots off on a rescue mission instead. The Autobots tracked Swoop down to a Dark Energon laboratory on the outskirts of Iacon and freed him from Dark Energon contamination. Swoop's services were subsequently offered to the Autobots by Grimlock, who said he'd follow along to protect Swoop. Analysis of core samples by Jetfire and Ratchet indicated that they would need to disable to corrupters preventing it from repairing itself. To this end, Optimus's team traveled to the core and freed it after defeating [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]].

Realising that the core needed time to repair itself, Optimus ordered the Autobots to evacuate the planet in Arks. He and his team ascended the space bridge to attack the Trypticon space station and take out its main power core. They escaped during the station's plunge towards Cybertron, but as it fell, it transformed. Optimus rallied his men against this new threat, leading the way to the crash site, where the Autobots confronted Trypticon. After the titan's downfall, Optimus and his men left Cybertron in search of a new source of energy. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)|[[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)}}

Optimus Prime coordinated many of the Autobot campaigns during the war. He dispatched Ironhide and Bumblebee to retrieve a datacore of information about Trypticon from Kaon. He later coordinated the evac measures for Cybertron, personally guarding a supply convoy while Bumblebee ran point and ensuring the safe launch of an airlift while the Aerialbots prevented Seekers from taking potshots at it. He also sent the Aerialbots up to Trypticon Station itself when its orbital weapon systems began annihilating the Autobot ranks.

When Trypticon itself fell to Cybertron after the Aerialbot assault, it transformed into a tremendous warbot, and Optimus Prime raced out to meet it. Bumblebee and Ironhide accompanied Prime to the blast site, fighting through numerous Decepticon embankments to reach the monster. Trypticon himself proved to be an implaccable foe, and Optimus coordinated both ground-based flanking attacks and strafing runs by the Aerialbots. Eventually, the mighty menace went down, and Prime saluted Trypticon on his way to extinction. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
[[File:FOC-GameInformerPrimeBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"No, not in the chest, you guys! The throat! The throat!"]]
As the Ark neared completion, Optimus was alerted to the fact that [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s team had deserted their post and the Decepticons were consequently attacking with giant [[Warp Cannon]]s. He made haste back to Autobot City where he sent [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] off in search of the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] before joining [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] in fending off the Decepticons attacking the nerve center. When it turned out they didn't have enough energon for the defences, Optimus and [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] decided to divert some of the energon from Ark. With Perceptor's help, Optimus got an old artillery piece working and reached the neutron cannon which he used to take out some of the attackers before running out of energon. At that point he was drawn to the city core, where he managed to awaken [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]]. Optimus guided the giant in destroying the Warp Cannons, but the last of them felled Metroplex, forcing Optimus to go inside it himself.

[[File:FOC-OptimusPrimetruckart.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"WFC Optimus will be so jealous!"]]
He didn't get very far before encountering [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] who took him prisoner. Dragged before Megatron, Optimus was only saved by the timely reactivation of Metroplex. Once Megatron was a messy stain on the ground, Prime strongly recommended Starscream and the others leave. Some time later, Jazz and Cliffjumper reported that they'd found a massive [[energon lake]], and Optimus organized a transport to pick it up. During a Decepticon attack on [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]'s crash site, Optimus was contacted by Autobots guarding the site who said that Megatron was alive. His request for confirmation was given by none other than Megatron himself, who killed the Autobots who contacted Prime. Recognizing that the Decepticons would only try to retrieve Trypticon's power core if their energon levels were dangerously low, Optimus offered a ceasefire to share what was left, but Megatron rejected his offer, saying that Optimus and the Autobots were responsible for Cybertron's death.

When he was contacted by Grimlock's team who reported [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s experiments, Optimus ordered them back to base, only for Grimlock to ignore him. The Ark was eventually launched thanks to a last-minute sacrifice by Metroplex, but didn't get far before the Decepticons caught up in the ''Nemesis'' and attacked it. Optimus headed to the engine room to assist with the defenses there, only to encounter Megatron himself. As the two fought, Bumblebee threw himself in front of a shot meant for Optimus, and the young bot's sacrifice sent an enraged Optimus back into battle against his nemesis. The pair's fight wasn't yet finished when both they and their ships were sucked into the space bridge portal. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

{{note|Optimus Prime also appears in the game's 'Escalation' mode, on the 'Ignition' map. He fights alongside [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]]. Optimus serves as the team's [[Tank (FOC)|Tank]].}}

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Optimus sent Bulkhead on multiple missions within a Decepticon Dark Energon Mine, the Nemesis Battle Cruiser and back to Autobot Headquarters after it had been infiltrated by Megatron himself. He would warn Bulkhead before he would face off against a particularly dangerous Decepticon foe. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Optimus Prime helped Arcee in stopping Starscream and his horde of Vehicons from escaping from an abandoned military outpost. Upon Megatron's arrival to the battlefield, he and Arcee defended Autobot headquarters. Though they were victorious, the Autobots swore to remain vigilant, as the future might bring innumerable threats yet!

Optimus Prime could deploy "Cannon Turrets," "Freeze Turrets," and "Missile Turrets" through the Ground Bridge to aid in destroying Vehicons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}

===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
In the aftermath of a devastating Decepticon attack, the Autobots' home base was destroyed and Optimus was left in critical condition. Thankfully, Alpha Trion intervened, healed Optimus and granted him new flight capabilities. With renewed strength and resolved, Optimus fought his way through Megatron's troops until finally squaring off against the Decepticon leader himself. Once he defeated Megatron, Optimus returned to the other Autobots, and together they rebuilt their base in anticipation to the next Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:Transformers prime the game optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Drop an' give me fifty. ''Now''.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

Optimus Prime and the Autobots detected a massive asteroid of Dark Energon headed towards Earth, and used the GroundBridge to intercept the Decepticons aboard the ''Nemesis'' as they tried to retrieve the asteroid. During the battle, the asteroid broke up and Prime fell to Earth from orbit, and his team was scattered.

Optimus was located by Ratchet via the GroundBridge, where he lay buried beneath Dark Energon debris. The secret of the asteroid was revealed, as a powerful Cybertronian named [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]] emerged, ready to claim the Matrix and destroy it on behalf of his master, Unicron. Optimus and Ratchet evaded the giant's attacks until the ''Nemesis'' intervened. Stray blaster fire sent Optimus through a GroundBridge to his rescue, but Ratchet was inadvertently left behind.

Learning that the Decepticons planned to full repair Thunderwing, Optimus and the Autobots raced to stop the 'Cons from collecting Thunderwing's missing pieces. Optimus and Bulkhead battled Megatron and Starscream for one of the pieces, but Megatron escaped with the prize, leaving Prime buried alive.

Prime rescued himself, and GroundBridged to join the other Autobots in finale battle with the repaired Thunderwing. Optimus Prime succeeded in fending off Megatron and, with the help of one of Ratchet's inventions, defeated Thunderwing as well. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

===''Transformers Online''===
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
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===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Optimus had the Autobots counter it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris, and defended the construction using the Star Saber. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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=== ''Transformers Universe'' ===
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{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

During the journey back to Cybertron the ''[[Arclight (ship)|Arclight]]'' was ambushed by the Decepticons. Ultimately the ''Arclight'' was destroyed, but Optimus along with the Autobots escaped the destruction of the ship and took refuge on Earth. Optimus Prime called upon [[General Freeman]] to provide his fellow Autobots with a base of operations and to hide Optimus Prime himself, just as Megatron ordered the Decepticons to search Earth for Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
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File:TFUniverseJagex-Optimus Prime hologram.jpg|This is probably the most you'll ever see of him in-game
File:TFUniverseJagex-OptimusPrimeVehicle.jpg|The Flameless 379. It won't just rock your logistics, it'll transform them.
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===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

===Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker===
Optimus Prime was a spectator for a soccer match between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Prime-(WFC).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Prime-(FOC).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Optimus Prime participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:
*''Optimus Prime (WFC)'' — This Epic character could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Optimus Prime (FOC)'' — This Epic character could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFPrimeOptimustruck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|So, it hasn't got [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|flames]]. [[Ruined FOREVER|It's still not a flat nose truck.]]]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It am [[Optimus_Prime_(WFC)/toys#BHWeaponizer|BIZARRO OPTIMUS PRIME!]]]]
*''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron'' are different continuities within the same "continuity family", so their difference on Optimus Prime's pre-Prime name is not a real contradiction in and of itself. However [[Hasbro]]'s [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=7fd5ecd9-19b9-f369-1041-a7635be83172 online timeline]—meant as prequel to ''War for Cybertron''—refers to Optimus's pre-Prime name as "Orion Pax" like ''Exodus''. To confuse matters even more, in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|War for Cybertron]]'' comic, [[Alex Irvine]], in adapting scenes from his novel, still keeps the character's name as "Orion Pax", when it is also meant to occur prior the game's events. Also, ''Fall of Cybertron'', the sequel to ''War for Cybertron'', uses the name "Orion Pax".
*Optimus is rather forgetful in ''Exodus''. Alpha Trion tells him twice that he had suggested to the High Council that Orion might be the Prime foretold in the [[Covenant of Primus]]. Then he tells Jetfire that the Core told him of Project Generation One, when it was a contingency plan Trion told him about, put in place since the Breaking of the Primes. Then again, leading an army for thousands or millions of years may place a strain on a bot's memory servers.
*Optimus's CG model underwent modifications between "[[Darkness Rising]]" and the first season proper, with his chest windows lowered somewhat during scenes when he is not in battle.
*Optimus Prime's truck mode in ''Fall of Cybertron'' is described by [[High Moon Studios]] principal artist [[Mike Brown]] as a "fist with wheels attached to it." [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/10/fall-of-cybertron-the-new-optimus-prime.aspx]
*At [[BotCon 2012]], High Moon Studios stated that [[Path Blaster|"Optimus Prime's weapon"]] was designed to look like an earlier version of the rifles he wields in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' television series.
*Optimus Prime's body parts are available to use in [[Hub Network|The Hub]] website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Optimus Prime parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマス・プライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kē Bó Wén''' (Taiwan, 柯博文), '''Qíng Tīan Zhù''' (China, 擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimus Prime''', '''Optimusz Vezér''' ("Optimus Leader", used in ''Rescue Bots'' intro and 2nd season)

==References==
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Optimus Prime (WFC)

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:''Optimus Prime is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s and briefly [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:PrimeOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Megatron awakened within him a secret yearning. The slashfic writes itself.]]

'''Optimus Prime''' was the last born of the original [[Thirteen]] Transformers. His spark was the most like their progenitor [[Primus]], its frequency nearly identical. He was the mediator and visionary of the group, passing among them all as a calm, inspiring, thoughtful, unifying and well-liked friend. It was his unique spark and his inspiring reassurance that "All are One" that allowed the Primes to rally and succeed in their battle against the Chaos Bringer [[Unicron]]. When tragedy at last ended the era of the Primes and brought forth the new race of lesser descendant Transformers he alone chose to be reborn in the [[Well of All Sparks]] as one of them, that he might know them and their needs more completely.

All memory of his past life gone, he took the name '''Orion Pax''' and sought his way like any other robot on the new world. Eventually he found his place as a simple data clerk, satisfied with his job. He was always anxious of the inequality amongst Cybertronians and thus, after gaining inspiration from an outspoken gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s call for an upheaval of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s society, took a stand to rid the oppressive [[caste system]] which hindered the freedom of all the sentient beings on Cybertron. Little did he realize that his instructor, the master archivist [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], was also one of the Thirteen and knew of the secret within the data clerk. Once Pax and Megatron discovered they did not have as much in common as they once believed, the lowly data clerk was promoted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] to be the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. With the claiming of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] Orion Pax became Optimus Prime once more, regaining his memory and rising to lead his people.

Over the centuries, loss and war have led Optimus to appear stern and serious to most. But scratch the surface, and you'll find an individual who greatly cares for his fellow living beings, with a warmth and kindness his closest friends can rely on. You'll also find regret over the loss of a comrade to darkness, and the faintest glimmer of hope that he can be saved.

He is sometimes partnered with Chief [[Charlie Burns]] or a whole host of [[Mini-Con]]s, including [[Aerobolt]], [[Dragonblaster]], [[Gravity]], [[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]], and [[O.P.]] He can also combine with either [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] to form [[Primestrong]] or [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] to form [[Primelock]].

{{bigquote|We will [[Theme song|wage our battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons]] wherever it may take us. And one day, we will go home.|Optimus Prime|''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
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Optimus Prime was created as the last of the [[Thirteen]], the first generation of Transformers, each created directly by Primus as a band of unique warriors to combat and defeat Unicron. Upon his creation, Optimus united the Thirteen by his greeting: "All are one." While all of the other members of the Thirteen each possessed unique abilities and artifacts, Optimus wielded no special powers or weapons. It was only through his vision and encouraging words that allowed the Thirteen to finally defeat Unicron.

In the era that followed, Optimus served as the mediator and voice of reason among the increasingly argumentative group of Primes. When these conflicts and power plays finally boiled over after the death of [[Solus Prime]], the Primes descended into full on conflict against one another. Optimus emerged mostly unharmed from the final conflict that split the Thirteen. However, upon the activation of the [[Well of All Sparks]], Optimus chose to enter into the Well and be reborn as a lesser Cybertronian, in order to know them and their needs better. Before doing so, he asked [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] to remove all references to his name from the [[Covenant of Primus]], so that he could not be found unless in the most dire of circumstances.

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Carrying the damaged body of [[Onyx Prime]] and accompanied by [[Micronus Prime]], Optimus bid farewell to his brothers, and announced that the era of the Primes had ended. The three of them entered and activated the Well, which began producing new mechanical life. Among the many humanoid Cybertronians that emerged from the Well was Orion Pax, a humble bot with no memories of his previous life. Alpha Trion recognized what had once been his fellow Prime, and made a note to keep an eye on him later.

Orion eventually moved to the city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], where he found work as an archivist in the newly established [[Hall of Records]], under Alpha Trion's watchful eye. During the [[Age of Wrath]], Orion Pax became Alpha Trion's aide. Orion eventually became friends with [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], a member of the underground resistance movement that had formed against the [[Quintesson]]s. When the Cybertronians finally rebelled against the Quintessons, Orion confided to Alpha Trion that there may be more than one variety of Quintesson. Alpha Trion told him that he needed to keep this knowledge a secret to aid the war effort, and that he needed to pass on these orders to every officer in person. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] served as his bodyguard. Although the duo faced many hardships along the way, Orion Pax eventually fulfilled his mission.

When the Quintessons were finally routed from the system, Orion was present to witness the activation of the first [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]]s, which heralded the arrival of Cybertron's [[Golden Age]].

After the Golden Age, [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]]'s [[caste system]] became increasingly oppressive and stifling. Orion developed a friendship with a [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]ian gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. The two sought to revitalize Cybertron's rigid caste system, although they differed in their ideals. They remained friends until a fateful meeting with the High Council, in which Orion was named the next Prime- "Optimus Prime". Consumed by jealousy, Megatron and his "[[Decepticon]]s" declared war on Optimus and his "[[Autobot]]" followers.

Over the course of the war, Optimus eventually discovered the [[Matrix of Leadership]] after Megatron poisoned Cybertron with [[Dark Energon]]. The Matrix cast all doubt from Optimus's mind about his worthiness as a Prime, and once on the surface he asked Alpha Trion to help build a starship- the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' so that the Autobots could evacuate the planet while it recovered. They were pursued by Megatron aboard his own ship, and the two factions traveled through the last working space bridge, scattering them across the galaxy.

Over the course of the journey, Optimus's crew visited several lost Cybertronian colonies, and ran afoul of the Quintessons once again. They also encountered a tribe of nomadic Cybertronian mutants named [[Mutacon]]s; their leader [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] temporarily aided the Autobots in battle against both the Decepticons and the [[Star Seeker]]s.

Eventually, the ''Ark'' reached an organic planet known as [[Earth]], where Optimus and a small group of Autobots took up residence. The Autobots secretly allied themselves with the [[United States of America|United States]] government and set up a permanent base in [[Nevada]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Aligned novels===

Orion Pax was put to work in the [[Hall of Records]] soon after emerging from the Well of All Sparks. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} At some point in the distant past, the first Quintessons arrived in gigantic silver ships, the first alien life-forms ever to contact Cybertron. Orion Pax was present to see the first Quintessons emerge from these ships and give the gift of [[transformation]] to the assembled Cybertronians by reactivating their dormant [[transformation cog]]s. Throughout the [[Age of Wrath]], Orion Pax continued to work in the Hall of Records, but like many other Cybertronians he chafed under the Quintesson's increasingly oppressive rule and their vicious, circus-like courts that dispensed a twisted brand of justice. The Quintessons were eventually defeated by the incumbent [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]] of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and an energon miner named D-16, and Orion—who had no part in the revolution—eventually suppressed his traumatic memories of the alien invasion. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

During the era of the [[caste system]], Orion would read and index information in the [[Hall of Records]] from the [[Communication Grid]], but was forbidden to analyze it. That was [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]'s job, and the two became friends. Orion began monitoring Megatron's transmissions, and began a secret correspondence with him because he agreed with his beliefs. They had intense but friendly debates over the nature of free will and the dangerousness of their ideals, and Megatron suggested Orion learn how to fight for his beliefs. Orion began training with Jazz, learning to fire an [[ion blaster|ion-cannon]] and to fashion his arms into an [[energon-axe|axe]] and a [[Dual Energon Swords|sword]].

Orion made his first trip to Kaon to meet Megatron in person at his base. Megatron was the only gladiator who gave Orion a warm welcome. Terrorists began bombings in Megatron's name, and he made his first public announcement on the Grid, stating he was not responsible for the attacks and would bring the perpetrators to justice. Orion followed him up with a speech of his own. Orion trusted Megatron, believing if he were responsible for the attacks, he would have wanted to be associated with them. Later, when [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] took him to meet Megatron at an arena beneath the [[Observatory of Iacon]], Orion was shocked to see Jazz in attendance, and that Megatron had heard rumors about the bombings but did nothing to prevent them.

[[File:War for Cybertron comic - Orion testimony.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Lookin' awful buff and armored for an insignificant young library clerk. One has to wonder if the [[Guilds of Cybertron|Guilds]] may have dropped the ball on this one.]]
When "Decepticons" kidnapped [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], Orion requested Alpha Trion arrange an audience with [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for him and Megatron. During their hearing in the [[High Council Tower]], Orion rigorously defended their ideals, even reviving the ancient philosophical phrase "Autobots" to describe the autonomy his brethren sought. It was then Councilor [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]] declared Orion the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]: Optimus Prime. An outraged Megatron accused his brother of treachery, and then murdered Halogen. When Optimus ordered the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] to not harm Megatron, Megatron declared Optimus had fallen into the trappings of power the High Council had foisted upon him, and those in attendance dispersed, with the planet forever divided into Autobots and Decepticons.

Optimus forgoed the first engagement of the war, allowing the Decepticons to take [[Fort Scyk]] so he would gain time to recruit more Autobots. Optimus learned from Jazz after the fall of Scyk that he would have to learn to not mourn every soldier. Optimus fought for the first time during the next battle, the siege of the [[Hydrax Plateau]]. The first Cybertronian he ever killed was a former industrial drone named [[Drixco]]. Afterwards Optimus confided to Alpha Trion that the act of killing alone made him feel he was on the wrong side. Despite the efforts of Optimus and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] the Decepticons conquered the Hydrax Plateau. It was at the stalemate of [[Praxus]] that Optimus gained the indispensable allies [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] and [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]]. The first Autobot victory was at [[Kalis]], a vital area due to its fusion reactor that powered Iacon. Optimus, Jazz and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] worked together to bring down the monstrous [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus Maximus]], but the battle was mostly won due to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s' absence. As Energon depleted, the war descended into a mere siege of Iacon lasting millions of cycles, and Optimus opted to eject the [[AllSpark]] itself into space: during this battle Optimus gained another great friend in [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]].

Following a lull in the war, the Decepticons began using [[Dark Energon]] and routed the Autobots, but Optimus wisely predicted it was an inefficient resource that would run out soon. To his horror, Megatron and Starscream infiltrated [[Teletraan-1]] to steal the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], and although Teletraan-1 awakened the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to ferry the Chamber to safety, the Dark Energon-powered Decepticons overpowered the Autobots and used the Chamber to corrupt the [[Core]] of Cybertron and infested the planet with Dark Energon. During the battle, Megatron revealed he had killed Sentinel Prime below the High Council Tower to gain access to the Chamber. Afterwards Prowl picked up a message from Sentinel on the Grid, and Optimus, realizing he had not found Sentinel's body in Iacon, deduced Sentinel was alive. When Optimus, Jazz and Prowl rescued him from Kaon Prison, they found the city strangely deserted. Optimus believed Dark Energon was having a severe effect on Decepticon morale. When they found Sentinel, he was dying. He regretted his overlong reign as Prime, and that the High Council had made the right decision in appointing Optimus a Prime. He finally told him he had to go to the Core and purge its corruption of Dark Energon.

After Sentinel's funeral in Iacon, where Optimus was officially appointed Prime after holding the de facto position for so long, he journeyed to the Core with Bumblebee and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and removed the Plasma Energy Chamber. It was there that a voice from the Core told Optimus he was too late, and the Autobots would have to leave Cybertron as the planet healed itself. But it finally bestowed upon him the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the essence of [[Primus]], explaining that while Sentinel lived, he was still Prime, and that he had been unworthy of the Matrix. It told him that when the day came that they would return to Cybertron, the Core and the Matrix would restore the planet and Optimus would lead the Autobots in an "age of unimagined wonders". Afterwards, Optimus launched [[Ark (WFC)|Project Generation One]], to build a ship—that Jazz dubbed the ''Ark''—to take them to the stars, a plan some Autobots objected to.

But before their exodus, Optimus planned to fool Megatron by gathering every spaceworthy vessel and having them rendezvous at what was apparently the last remaining [[space bridge]] in orbit. Megatron ordered [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] fire on the ships, but Optimus ordered a fallback as he, Jetfire, Jazz, Ironhide, Prowl, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee flew the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' to board the monster and knocked him from orbit by blasting his [[Spark]] containment field. Optimus's team returned to find the ''Ark'' ready at the Well of All Sparks, and bid goodbye to those—including Jetfire, Magnus and Omega—who stayed to fend off Trypticon as he transformed to attack. Optimus also bade farewell to Alpha Trion, who believed [[Vector Sigma]] would protect him when the rest of the planet would be unable to sustain life: it was then Optimus realized Alpha Trion was one of the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]].

Yet as the ''Ark'' took off the Decepticons overran Iacon and Megatron and his elite boarded Trypticon, who transformed into a ''Nemesis''-class cruiser and pursued the Autobots. Megatron used his and Orion's old frequency to inform Optimus that he would pursue him across the stars and eventually kill him. The ''Ark'' entered the last space bridge and emerged with the ''Nemesis'' gone. They were near a [[Milky Way|spiral galaxy]] and Prowl detected the AllSpark. Knowing the Matrix within would help them find a way home, Optimus vowed that the Autobots would continue to wage their battle across the stars. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{note|Orion Pax/Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic "[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]."}}

After passing through the unstable Space Bridge, Optimus Prime and his crew found themselves in the vicinity of the lost Cybertronian colony world of [[Velocitron]], and with the help of a starmap projected by the Matrix, the Autobots entered orbit above the planet. Optimus Prime led a small exploratory team to the planet's surface, where they met [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], [[Override (Prime)|Override]] and [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]]. It was a time of great stress between Velocitron's rulers, and the Autobots' arrival from mythical Cybertron only exacerbated the situation. Worse still, active acts of sabotage on the Ark led the Autobots to the conclusion that one of their crew was actually a Decepticon agent. Optimus concluded there was little they could do at the moment other than remain on guard. Later, Optimus traveled with a young Velocitronian named [[Clocker (Prime)|Clocker]] to Velocitron's south pole, where he discovered a fragment of metal that he thought might belong to the mythical [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. His investigations were cut short by an attack of rebel Velocitronians, forcing him to return to the city of [[Delta]], where he discovered what he thought was another fragment. Although the Autobots secured an ally in Override, they left Velocitron on the brink of civil war during their departure, as Ransack's followers had been corrupted by the Decepticon rhetoric of "peace through tyranny" spread by the Ark's traitor.

The next leg of their journey through the Space Bridge brought the Autobots to fabled Junkion, a world composed entirely of space junk. Optimus Prime made contact with the leader of the planet's inhabitants, a scatterbrained robot named [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]], who was spurred to action by the appearance of the Matrix. The Autobots went to work repairing the Ark, with the relative assistance of the Junkions. Prime discovered another fragment in a forge, and barely managed to rescue it. When Prowl discovered the traitorous [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] was aboard, Optimus and Jazz managed to identify and trap the shifter in a stasis field, ending his threat to the Autobots. However, Optimus Prime's Matrix-induced visions led him on a quest through one of the four Space Bridge nodes surrounding Junkion, and he selected Bumblebee and Silverbolt to accompany him. Through the Bridge they came across the lonely tomb of Solus Prime, fabled artificer of the Thirteen. Her holographic spirit was called forth by the Matrix and informed the Autobots that the Requiem Blaster, most deadly of her creations, rested on Junkion and must be kept out of Decepticon hands. When the group returned to Junkion with Chaindrive in tow, Optimus assembled his findings, the [[Blades of Time]], and contacted the reclusive [[Vector Prime]].

The Decepticons eventually arrived on Junkion in force, and the two sides warred over a hidden treasure at the planet's core...the Requiem Blaster. A weapon capable of drawing infinite power from nearby stellar sources, the Requiem Blaster had its own gravity field, and had literally been the core around which Junkion's "junk" had formed. Optimus and Megatron dueled once more as the planet tore itself apart, but the arrival of the mythical hero [[Nexus Prime]] helped to turn the tide. From him, Optimus received the [[Cyber Caliber]], a powerful sword that he used to fight Megatron to a standstill. The fighting over the Requiem Blaster ripped the planet apart, but both sides eventually called off the melee and abandoned the Blaster after learning the location of the Allspark itself. Optimus Prime and the Autobots boarded the Ark and began the long race to reach their civilization's greatest prize before Megatron could. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Some time after the battle over Junkion, the Matrix of Leadership began to behave erratically, transmitting strange visions the further the ''Ark'' travelled into deep space and causing Optimus Prime to doubt his own leadership capabilities. The ''Ark'' eventually discovered the world of [[Aquatron]], rich with Energon. Prime ordered an away party to land and investigate the planet's surface. The friendly Aquatronians eventually invited Optimus himself to one of their cities, where he met the [[Inquirata (Prime)|Curator]], who claimed to speak on the behalf of all Aquatronians. Before Optimus could explore any further, he was struck with another vision of himself, in his Orion Pax state, being menaced by a sinister figure. Crying out Megatron's name, Optimus collapsed and was rushed to the nearest Aquatronian medical center for diagnostic investigations. Doctor [[Xeros]] took a particular interest in his Matrix and scanned it, clandestinely transmitting its schematics back to the Curator to further their own plan.

Later that evening, at yet another welcome celebration, Ratchet privately confided in Optimus that Optimus may be suppressing traumatic memories from his days as Orion Pax. Ironhide interrupted the conversation to tell him that [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]], [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]], and Bumblebee had gone missing somewhere beneath Aquatron's deep oceanic trenches. Optimus immediately ordered a search party to find the missing Autobots, even though the Curator warned Optimus that Aquatron's deepest depths were inhabited by vicious, less-evolved creatures. Before the search party could begin its task, Sideswipe warned Optimus of the approaching ''Nemesis'', who had been trailing the Ark and also chanced upon Aquatron. Optimus asked the Curator for help, worrying that the ''Ark'' would be shot down, and the Curator responded by cutting power to both ships, angered that the Cybertronians had chosen to fight their war over a neutral planet. He invited both Optimus and Megatron—forced into a temporary truce—to a peace talk, apparently in the hopes of forging a true peace treaty to permanently ending the war. When both sides had arrived and temporarily disarmed, the Curator revealed his true allegiance... that he was, in fact, a Quintesson. A sceptical Optimus, who had studied the Quintesson occupation of Cybertron (although he did not personally remember his own time under Quintesson rule) found it hard to trust the Curator, even when the Quintesson claimed that his formerly violent race had reformed into a peaceful federation. Even so, Optimus decided to play along until he could find some way to escape.

The Curator visited Prime that night, promising him the current location of the Allspark if he cooperated the next morning, and also mentioning that the Aquatronians could subliminally influence Megatron's mind to make the Decepticon leader more suggestible and easier to manipulate—although Prime steadfastly refused the latter option. Optimus and Megatron prepared to negotiate the next morning. However, Megatron took the opportunity to backstab Prime by siccing six Vehicon troopers on him. Before either side could finish their fight, Skywarp—acting on Starscream's orders—detonated a bomb beneath the building, flooding it. Optimus—who had to shut off his Matrix to quell the tide of Quintesson visions—and Megatron temporarily put aside their differences and helped one another to escape from the rapidly sinking building... only to be met with a horde of angry [[Sharkticon (Prime)|Sharkticon]]s and their general [[Tyrannicon]], who placed Optimus, Megatron, and all the other Autobots and Decepticons under arrest for public mayhem and blasphemy.

Transported underwater and by rail, the defeated party of Cybertronians eventually arrived at Aquatron's capital of Hydratron. Once there, the Quintessons sent Optimus to stand trial for his numerous crimes against the Quintesson Imperium, including treachery and blasphemy against his creators. The Quintessons claimed that they had colonized Cybertron long ago and built the first Transformers, who subsequently revolted against them. Optimus, initially swayed by the stories—and partially remembering his own time spent under Quintesson rule—sadly pleaded guilty to his imagined crimes. However, he suddenly recalled ''more'' memories, including his life before the Quintesson invasion, and denounced the Quintessons as self-serving and manipulative egotists. Even though his brainwashed troops decried him as a maniac and a warmonger, Megatron, his memories also jogged, corroborated Optimus's testimony. The Quintesson judges considered this, and eventually declared Optimus and the assembled Cybertronians innocent. Being Quintessons, they immediately began executing the Cybertronians by pushing them into a Pirhanacon pit, while forcing Optimus and Megatron to fight one another in hand-to-hand gladiatorial combat.

Unbeknownst to either party, the Quintessons harvested the energy exerted by Optimus to power up an abandoned space bridge located beneath Aquatron, from which they eventually launched a Sharkticon invasion force to retake Cybertron, intending to re-colonize it and enslave its inhabitants once more. With Optimus and Megatron no longer needed, they too were plunged into the execution pit. In the fight for survival, Optimus reactivated his Matrix, giving both him and Megatron additional power, even though the Quintessons once again launched a stream of propaganda to further destabilize him. The two managed to escape and came face-to-face with the [[Gamekeeper]] and a mysterious set of carvings depicting a Megatron-like being surrounded by Sharkticons. Megatron killed the Gamekeeper, but Optimus had doubts about the carving's veracity. The temporary alliance fractured as soon as Megatron discovered the decoy Matrix hidden in Xeros's inner sanctum. He plunged the [[Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership]] into his chest, transformed into a Sharkticon-like form, and hurled Optimus down the elevator shaft.

As Prime fell to certain death, he was briefly visited by [[Thirteen|thirteen mysterious figures]], who informed him that it was not yet his time to depart from this realm. Indeed, Optimus's fall was broken by a recently freed [[Leviacon]], who carried him to the Curator's fortified command bubble hidden deep beneath the surface. Optimus arrived to find Megatron —who had usurped control over the Sharkticons—fighting Tyrannicon over control of the Matrix. Although Tyrannicon soon gained the upperhand and stole Megatron's new Matrix, he was eaten by Hydratron, who had transformed into a monstrous beast that the Curator intended to unleash on Cybertron. Even as the Curator attacked him with its powerful control wand, Optimus managed to ignite the Energon beneath the space bridge and cause a colossal explosion. Despite the Leviacon's misgivings, Optimus stopped to rescue the unconscious Megatron from the explosion as well, and the three of them headed up to the surface of the planet. With the Matrix free of Quintesson interference, Optimus and the Autobots departed to resume their search for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} after the Autobots barely emerged victorious in a battle at [[Kalis]], Optimus visited Alpha Trion. Within the Iacon archives, he expected to find a more hopeful atmosphere than on the battlefield. Instead, he learned that the Covenant of Primus foretold of a dire threat looming towards the AllSpark. Alpha Trion suggested launching the AllSpark from Cybertron to protect it, and Optimus reluctantly agreed to do so.

Optimus then called a meeting of his most trusted lieutenants: Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide, Ultra Magnus, and the young Bumblebee, and laid out his plan to keep the AllSpark out of Megatron's reach for the duration of their war. When the group, accompanied by the Wreckers and Jetfire, approached the Well of AllSparks, they learned that the Decepticons were moving in on their position much earlier than anticipated. Optimus modified his plan accordingly, having Jetfire provide his grounded soldiers with a distraction, while the Wreckers were posted as their first line of against Megatron's troops. At Bumblebee's insistence, he and Cliffjumper were granted permission to back up the Wreckers.

Within the Well, Optimus had Arcee activate the mechanisms needed to launch the AllSpark, as it could not be activated by a Prime. She did so, and with the AllSpark now away, the Decepticons fell back. Optimus and his troops were then set out to finding Bumblebee out on the battlefield, after he had been left crippled and mute by his encounter with Megatron. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

Optimus Prime and the [[Earth Protection Taskforce]] unsuccessfully attempted to capture [[Starquest]] and [[Thundertron]]. {{Storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===IDW Aligned comics===
[[File:GoodIntentions-GrimlockOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|The possibility of the Dinobots reacting negatively was a factor I allowed for in my planning.]]
During the war for Cybertron, Optimus Prime and the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] leader [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] didn't see eye to eye. Optimus preferred playing the long game, but Grimlock felt that caution would hinder their attempts at quick victory. Optimus attempted to reign in Grimlock when the latter attempted to defend Autobot City by himself. {{storylink|Fall}} On another one of the Lightning Strike Coalition's reckless missions, Optimus Prime ordered them to return to base and abandon their battle, lest they waste precious energon. Grimlock reluctantly obeyed. However, when it was discovered that [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] was in Decepticon custody, the Lightning Strike Coalition ignored Optimus Prime's orders, broke ranks, and went after him on their own. {{storylink|Good Intentions}}

[[File:PrimeComicOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Manga is the right of all sentient beings.]]
In the modern day, Optimus sent an encrypted message from [[Earth]] directing the Autobots to their new world. When [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] landed, Optimus and Bumblebee detected them and came to retrieve them. For Optimus to find them under attack from [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] was no matter, for Optimus crushed the air commander and sent his brawny accomplice running. Optimus picked up the wounded Arcee, and took her through a [[GroundBridge]] to his base for [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] to repair her, while informing Cliffjumper that while his journey was over, their battle was just beginning. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Alfredo Martínez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Wan-gyeong Seong]] (Korean), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German, Season One), [[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German, Season 2), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Dariusz Odija]] (Polish), [[César Marchetti]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Pekka Lehtosaari]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|One does not simply see a strong friendship between a bully and a nerd.]]

In the waning years of the [[Golden Age]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Orion Pax was a clerk in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Hall of Records]], {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} mentored by Alpha Trion. {{storylink|New Recruit}} His interests lay with the tales of ancient Cybertronian history, but the more he learned about the past, the more he grew concerned about the present. There was a disparity in freedom among the classes of his race, and the ruling class was corrupt and all-powerful. In seeking a solution to this inequity, he found inspiration in the words of a gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatronus]], and the two joined forces to end corruption and bring equality to the masses. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} Orion and Megatronus became close allies, almost like brothers. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} But soon Megatronus' ideals would become corrupted, and the two would become bitter enemies. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:OneShallRise3-cametobe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|If you squint, I look sort of like this in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]''. Okay, that's a lie.]]
Both Megatronus — now "Megatron" — and Orion Pax appeared before the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], and Megatron stated it was his intention to overthrow the High Council by force and instate himself as the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. But it was Orion's speech that drew their attention. Jealous, Megatron left angrily and began his [[Great War (Prime)|conquest]], which resulted in countless casualties and left the [[Core]] of Cybertron itself [[Dark Energon|poisoned]]. It was Orion's subsequent search for the Core that completed his transformation into Optimus Prime. The Core, the essence of their creator [[Primus]], relinquished the [[Matrix of Leadership]] into his chassis. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

During the war, Optimus encountered [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] at the [[Battle of Technahar]] when the Decepticon was sent by Megatron to kill him. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} With the help of Alpha Trion, Optimus fired the [[AllSpark]] into space to hide it from Megatron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}} After Cybertron was abandoned, Optimus Prime's [[Team Prime|elite team]] of Autobots eventually made their way to Earth, where they allied themselves with the [[United States of America|United States]] government. The Autobots were assigned [[William Fowler]] as their liaison, and provided an [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|abandoned missile silo]] as a base in exchange for keeping the Decepticon threat contained. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} Optimus then sent a message into space, calling any Autobot survivors to Earth. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

[[File:DarknessRising1-fairquestion.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Do you have your grandfather's glasses—er, wait.]]

After three years of Decepticon absence, Prime was out on the road when word reached him that [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] was facing down an entire contingent of Decepticons. Arriving to the battlefield too late, Prime delivered a eulogy for their fallen comrade. Soon after, some humans were caught up in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, and Optimus, knowing that they would now be targeted by the Decepticons, had them brought to the Autobot base. There, he told them about the Transformer war and assigned the Autobots to be their individual guardians. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Presently, the apparent reactivation of Cliffjumper's lifesigns was detected by the Autobots, and they tracked it to a Decepticon [[Energon]] mine, where they discovered that Megatron had returned to Earth with Dark Energon, used to revive Cliffjumper as a zombie [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

Realizing that Megatron's goal was to create an undead army, Optimus and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] headed to the site of an ancient Transformer battleground on Earth, arriving just as Megatron used a sliver of Dark Energon to reanimate the corpses buried there into a Terrorcon legion. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} Struggling against the detrimental effects of Dark Energon, the pair cut their way through the Terrorcons, but Megatron escaped before Optimus could get his hands on him. Returning to base, Optimus was disappointed to find that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] had let the kids go out into battle in his absence, but disturbing intel had been recovered in the process: the Decepticons were planning to use a [[space bridge]] to revive the dead of Cybertron with Dark Energon. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}} [[GroundBridge|GroundBridging]] to the Decepticon's space bridge in Earth orbit, Optimus faced Megatron down in a one-on-one battle while the other Autobots sabotage the bridge, causing it to explode and destroy the Terrorcons, and apparently, Megatron himself. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-OptimusPrimeguns.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Pssst, Prime, your barrel openings are just painted detail.]]

Despite the victory, Optimus regretted not having been able to turn Megatron to the path of peace, and Ratchet consoled the Autobot leader. When Decepticon activity was detected in an area of the desert, Optimus and Bumblebee went to investigate, discovering that Starscream had located and reactivated Skyquake from stasis. Optimus tried to appeal to the two Decepticons to consider a truce now that Megatron had gone, but Starscream merely mocked his request and Skyquake was determined to carry out his late master's wishes and terminate Prime. Optimus and Bumblebee found themselves forced to battle and destroy Skyquake, with some assistance from Fowler, but they respectfully buried their fallen foe and Prime lamented the circumstances. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:Scrapheap-cloudsbreak.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Okay, ''now'' I'm ready to call Bulkhead fat."]]
After Bulkhead and Bumblebee found a pod in the [[Arctic]] and brought it back to base, Optimus and Arcee went back to the Arctic to check for clues as to the pod's origin. After some time searching, the temperature sensors Ratchet had given them went off, so Optimus attempted to contact base, only to find the comms were down. The pair sought shelter, but as their temperatures slowly dropped, things looked grim. Just as they were losing hope, the GroundBridge opened and ejected Bulkhead and the swarm of [[Scraplet]]s that had been causing havoc at base. The three Autobots were subsequently able to return home, and Optimus paid tribute to their human friends who had helped eliminate the Scraplets. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[File:Convoy-Optimustrailer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"This here's [[Rubber Ducky|Rubber Duck]] and I'm about to put the hammer down."]]
When Bulkhead's old buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on Earth, Optimus excused himself from the welcome party and went out on patrol, since "Primes don't party". As such, he missed all the fun when Wheeljack turned out to be a [[Makeshift (Prime)|Decepticon spy]], but he stuck around for the second part to welcome the real Wheeljack, telling the visiting Autobot that he'd always be welcome on Earth. {{storylink|Con Job}} Not long after, when the Autobots were contracted by Fowler to help transport the experimental [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], Optimus carried the device in a [[trailer]] to the rendezvous point, where it was transferred to a train. Unfortunately, the D.N.G.S. became a target for both the Decepticons and the human terrorist organization [[MECH]], and Prime was forced to have his Autobots break cover to fight [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] while he dispatched MECH's leader [[Silas]]. A poor loser, Silas took out the train track ahead and Optimus went into [[maximum overdrive]], grabbing the train and physically halting it. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[File:Optimuselectrocuted.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] were right, I should've gone for this earlier!]]
Tracking an [[Energon Harvester]] to a museum, Optimus Prime and the Autobots were attacked by new Decepticons arrivals [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], and Prime got the business end of Knock Out's [[Energon prod]], taking him out of the fight long enough for Soundwave to make off with the Harvester. Optimus led the Autobots in following the villains to Greece, and stopped their attempts to harvest an Energon seam there. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Prime had another clash with Knock Out soon after: when he discovered that Arcee and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] had disobeyed his orders against using powers for personal gain by participating in illegal street races, Optimus intervened, and helped rescued a [[Vince|captive human]] from Knock Out's clutches by ripping the Decepticon's door off. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:SickMind-OPinfected.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I woke up late one morning with a black eye. Why the heck does everyone think I'm sick? I could've just been punched in the face. Really hard.]]
While investigating a [[Autobot plague ship|crashed Autobot spacecraft]], Optimus Prime's hopes of helping any survivors were dashed when the craft turned out to be a corpse-strewn plague ship from which he contracted [[Cybonic plague]], a pathogen engineered by Megatron himself. Arcee and Bumblebee boarded the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in search of a cure, and, discovering that Megatron was still alive and in stasis, Bumblebee entered his mind via a [[cortical psychic patch]]. In his dreamworld, Megatron was constantly killing imaginary Optimus Primes, and Bumblebee played on Megatron's desire to kill Optimus himself, rather than have him succumb to the plague, to convince him to hand over the cure. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} After getting back up to full health, Optimus led the Autobots to the Arctic, where Starscream was using a heat ray to melt a glacier in order to access an energon deposit. Prime boldly ploughed through the weapon's beam in order to get close enough to destroy it, but the resultant explosion left him helpless before Starscream—until he was saved at the last moment when the resurrected Megatron arrived to haul Starscream away for punishment. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone HappymusPrime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|:D]]

Optimus Prime led the Autobots in investigating a Dark Energon energy signature, and found Starscream using the substance to resurrect Skyquake. Fortunately, the additional power conveyed upon Starscream by the Dark Energon was not enough to prevent Optimus Prime from blasting his arm clean off. Presently, a GroundBridge accident catapulted Jack, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] into an alternate dimension, and when the Autobots opened a portal to bring them back, Prime took the Autobots back to the battlefield to protect them from Starscream. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Optimus's inimitable compassion even extended to Breakdown, when he was captured by the forces of MECH and Optimus determined they would rescue him. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} Later, Optimus was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross}} He was out on a scouting mission with Bumblebee when Ratchet detected a strange magnetic signature that turned out to be a [[Polarity gauntlet]], {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} and also missed out on an adventure in a collapsed mine, but when he heard that Jack had shown mercy to an immobilized Megatron, he was proud of the boy. {{storylink|Raf's Notes#Note15|Raf's Notes}}


[[File:Partners-StiffOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|We've replaced Optimus with a statue. Think anyone will notice?]]

Exploring the wreck of a crashed [[Harbinger|Decepticon ship]], Optimus Prime and his team fell victim to [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], who paralyzed Prime and Bulkhead with the ship's cargo: an experimental [[Immobilizer]]. Prime would have wound up handed over to Megatron and mounted on the bow of the ''Nemesis'' if not for Bumblebee, who saw the villainess off, and Ratchet, who repaired the damaged device and unfroze the pair. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[File:StrongerFaster-RatchetPrime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Who will join me? Who will become stronger, faster, more insubordinate?]]

Lost Cybertronian technology continued to cause problems for Prime and the Autobots when a formula for [[Synthetic Energon]] was beamed from a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] into Bulkhead's mind, putting his life at risk. Refusing to sacrifice Bulkhead despite the advantage the formula would give the Autobots, Prime petitioned Megatron for the return of the cylinder so they could extract the data. In exchange, he would hand it over to the Decepticons, but Megatron refused and destroyed the device after a battle. The formula was subsequently beamed out of Bulkhead's mind into space, {{storylink|T.M.I.}} but when Ratchet proceeded to generate a batch of "SynthEn" and was driven mentally unstable after testing it on himself, he and Optimus came to blows, and Optimus confined him to base. Ratchet instead took off to face Megatron, forcing Prime to lead a team into a Decepticon mine to rescue him. Cured of the SynthEn's effects, Optimus reminded Ratchet that he was a vital member of the team. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

[[File:PrimeEp23-PrimeMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Slap slap.]]

Believing that a prophecy in the [[Covenant of Primus]] was soon to come true and that Megatron could regard it as his destiny, Optimus Prime was finally forced to abandon any illusions of turning his old foe to the path of good after the Decepticon leader grievously wounded Raf during a battle over a power source for the villain's new space bridge. Optimus boarded the ''Nemesis'' and called Megatron out for a one-on-one battle that he vowed would be their last. The two ancient enemies fought before a volcano, and Optimus managed to fell Megatron, but just before he could deliver the killing blow, the volcano erupted with Dark Energon. Megatron experienced an increase in power, and turned the tide, {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} but thankfully, the intervention of the other Autobots saved Optimus's life. Retreating to base to review this new nightmare scenario, Optimus recounting the tale of [[Primus]], [[Unicron]] and the [[Thirteen]] to the gathered humans and told them he believed that Earth had formed around the slumbering form of Unicron, who was now in the process of awakening. Examining areas of the planet struck by earthquakes at the moment of the eruption, Optimus soon found himself confronted by Unicron himself, in an avatar formed from rock and stone. He prostrated himself before the Chaos Bringer and tried to plead for the lives of the billions of [[human]]s who dwelt on Earth, but Unicron considered them parasites and attacked Prime with wave after wave of avatars. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

[[File:OneShallRise2-shake.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Kiss kiss.]]

He ordered the other Autobots ''not'' to come to his aid, so naturally they came anyway. After fighting increasingly larger Unicrons, they came up against one that was too much for them. Just as it was about to step on Optimus, help came in the unlikely form of Megatron, who offered his services in eliminating Unicron and revealed that only the [[Matrix of Leadership]] held by Optimus could achieve that aim. The Autobots returned to base, where the others were horrified that Prime was intending to take up Megatron's offer, but he was resolute that all care would be taken to make sure it was a safe as possible. When Megatron stepped into the base, Optimus and the other Autobots welcomed him appropriately. Before they left on their mission, Optimus presented Jack with the key to the GroundBridge power supply. Optimus, Megatron and the Autobots were soon stepping through the GroundBridge to [[Earth's core]], Unicron himself. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

As they moved through Unicron's internal structure, they came under attack from [[Unicron's antibodies|antibodies]]. Optimus and Megatron fought back to back, though Optimus took time out to rescue Bulkhead from falling. When they reach Unicron's spark chamber, Optimus and Megatron went inside, and, though the dark god possessed Megatron, Optimus unleashed the Matrix, apparently extinguishing Unicron's spark. However the price was high—Optimus's memory was lost and he believed himself to be Orion Pax. Megatron played along, and took him back to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

[[File:Orion-Pax-Part-1-OP-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You mean I can't just go [[Super Mode]] and kick your ass in this show? Crap."]]

Megatron wasted no time in convincing Orion that black was white and up was down. Branded with the Decepticon insignia by Knock Out, Orion was shown false history of Cybertron's destruction, and convinced that the Autobots were the aggressors. Angered at Cybertron's loss, Orion promised Megatron he would do his part to help. He was put to work decoding information stolen from the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] archives, and told Megatron they were of locations of Earth, and feared that they could be weapons of mass destruction. Later, there was a commotion in the corridors, and Orion decided to investigate despite being ordered to remain in his lab, however Soundwave managed to prevent him from seeing Arcee when the Autobot managed to get on board. Not long after, the long-absent Starscream sneaked onto the ship to steal [[energon cube]]s and ended up blundering into Orion's work room. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

Surprised to see Starscream, not least because Megatron had said he was dead, Orion's suspicions became aroused as Starscream noted Megatron would likely have told him many lies. Despite asking what he knew, Starscream was quick to depart when more Vehicon guards arrived and in spite of Orion attempting to convince them to hold their fire. After Megatron's subsequent covering of the incident, Orion decided to poke through the Decepticon database and learned that he was Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[File:OrionPax3 Optimus Decepticon insignia.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|What did I do last night?]]

Megatron, as it turned out, already knew he knew since his work was being monitored. Orion decided to delete his discoveries so that Megatron could not use them, however Megatron revealed he was also having his work copied. As Soundwave reported activity on Cybertron, Megatron had more Vehicon guards put at his back while he dealt with the matter, and threatened to kill him if he didn't continue his work. Orion tried to appeal to the guards to help him warn the Autobots, but they responded with a beating until he discovered he was armed and stopped them. Having realised he was meant to be an Autobot, Orion went to confront Megatron at the space bridge. However, he found he was no match for the Decepticon leader and was quickly overpowered. Just then, Arcee leapt through the space bridge from Cybertron and tackled Megatron. Behind her was Jack with the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], loaded with the information from the Matrix of Leadership. Orion questioned whether he was worthy, and Jack assured him he was. When his memory was restored, albeit minus his time as Orion, Optimus prevented Megatron from exterminating his comrades, and they returned to the Autobot base for a big reunion. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Optimus and Ratchet followed an ancient signal, and found Megatron and his forces unearthing a Cybertronian artifact, the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]]. While the two Autobots fought the other Decepticons, Bumblebee snatched the extractor from Megatron inside the GroundBridge. Later at base, Optimus theorized that the Spark Extractor was among the many Decepticon weapons confiscated during the Great War, and worried that he couldn't remember what he had revealed to Megatron when he was suffering amnesia. To compound matters, a short time later, MECH stole Bumblebee's [[transformation cog|T-cog]], causing Prime more worry. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Despite Optimus's misgivings, Ratchet talked him into approving a T-cog transplant between Ratchet and Bumblebee. When a signal indicating an artifact was detected, he cut the operation short to take Arcee and Bulkhead to secure it. Unfortunately, he and Arcee were unable to penetrate Knock Out's force field, and the Decepticons got away with the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[File:LooseCannons Optimus and Wheeljack in Jackhammer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This scene is even funnier if you imagine "Mahna Mahna" playing on the radio.]]

When Wheeljack returned to Earth in pursuit of [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], Optimus attempted to convince him to join the Autobot team. Wheeljack instead took Bulkhead to try and trap Dreadwing, only to fall into a trap themselves. Prime had to dig Wheeljack out of the resulting rubble, and joined him to rescue Bulkhead, who was strapped to one of Dreadwing's explosives. When Optimus managed to defeat the Decepticon and pin him, his gambit to make Dreadwing defuse the bomb worked, and Wheeljack gained a new respect for the Autobot leader. {{Storylink|Loose Cannons}}

After obtaining information on Airachnid's whereabouts from Starscream, Optimus led a mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] under Airachnid's control. When the fight was finished, the Autobots surrounded the exhausted Megatron, but were prevented from finishing him off by the arrival of Dreadwing. Outnumbered, Optimus offered to allow Megatron go if Dreadwing extended the same courtesy. Though Dreadwing kept his word, Megatron ordered the Vehicons to attack while he and Dreadwing escaped, but luckily the Autobots trashed them. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

[[File:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|"Optimus Prime, slavery is the right of all sentient beings!" "Wow, am I really that annoying?"]]
Optimus returned to base from an energon mine to find that MECH had created a clone of him and were using it to attack the military. He and the Autobots attempted to stop [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] from attacking [[Alden Military Base]], but had to retreat under fire from the military. They began scouring the area, and located the MECH base, where Optimus fought one-on-one with Nemesis Prime, until a distraction by Fowler allowed him to finish off the Silas-controlled machine, dropping it on Silas himself. Optimus returned to base for repairs, and Fowler gave them the news that Silas had disappeared. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} During Fowler's debriefing by [[Bryce|General Bryce]], Optimus revealed himself to the general to prove he was still alive and on the military's side. {{storylink|Grill}}

Optimus took Bumblebee and Arcee to investigate some activity and found Airachnid sending out a swarm of Insecticons to attack the ''Nemesis''. He and Bumblebee ended up having to fight a bunch of them and won. They got to return to base with Airachnid, whom Arcee had trapped in stasis-lock. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}} After the ''Nemesis'' crashed, and was reactivated with Dark Energon, Optimus took a team with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to attack the warship, only for them to all be knocked into stasis lock by the ship's weapons. Ratchet took them back to base, where they recovered after the conscious ship was disabled by the kids. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

With the locations of four relics now in their possession, Optimus dispatched Arcee and Bumblebee to [[New York City]] to find the first {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} and warned Bulkhead to be careful in obtaining another near the equator. {{storylink|Toxicity}} Optimus himself went to [[Antarctica]], where he found the relic had already been taken, and Dreadwing had Starscream a prisoner. During the ensuing fight, Optimus brought tons of ice down on Dreadwing, before forcing Starscream to lead him to a human base where the relic was being kept. Dreadwing caught up with them, and while Optimus fought the Decepticon, Starscream obtained the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], forcing Optimus and Dreadwing to team up to defeat him. Though Dreadwing intended to fight him again, Optimus convinced him that there would be no point in continuing their fight, so Dreadwing left. {{storylink|Triangulation}}

Back at base, Prime found that Bulkhead had been critically wounded during the relic missions. Optimus refused to tell Wheeljack who was responsible, but the Wrecker rushed off anyway. When Wheeljack and Miko later returned having killed [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]], Optimus stopped Ratchet from preventing Miko from running to Bulkhead's side. {{storylink|Hurt}} Optimus began attempting to decode the Iacon database, though it was hard going with the Earth technology he was forced to use. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

[[File:Legacy-PrimeStarSaber.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|By the power of Iacon, I HAVE THE POWER!]]
During a mission to investigate a crashed escape pod, the team encountered [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] whose tales of guarding Alpha Trion convinced Optimus that he was on the level. Optimus still believed Smokescreen was too green to go into combat, so the new Autobot was left at base when Prime took a team to recover some [[Red Energon]]. When they encountered Starscream, still in possession of the Apex Armor, Optimus took the Decepticon on himself, kicking Starscream off a crane. After Smokescreen used the [[phase shifter]] to separate Starscream from the armor, Optimus officially welcomed the new Autobot to the team. {{storylink|New Recruit}} When Fowler notified them that a [[Project Damocles]] satellite had been stolen by Breakdown and Silas, Optimus took a team to a military base in the hope of securing the satellite control codes before the Decepticons could get them. Instead they found themselves facing both Decepticon troopers and the orbital death ray itself, controlled by Soundwave. {{storylink|The Human Factor}} Optimus assigned Jack to help Smokescreen adapt to Earth. He had almost finished decoding another set of Iacon coordinates when a signal led him and his team on a wild goose chase. Despite this, they found the location of the real relic, the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], and Optimus managed to wrest control of it off the Decepticons. Through the sword's power, he received a message from Alpha Trion. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

[[File:AlphaOmega-ohmy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You must not sacrifice a piece of the future to bring back the past." "But you flung all of the artifacts from the past onto Earth!" "... right, right, sorry. [[Five Servos of Doom|Wrong script]].]]
Trion told him of the existence of the [[Omega Key]]s on Earth, and Prime immediately set about decoding the four final coordinates from the Iacon database. After Arcee returned from the first set of coordinates with news that Megatron had invited Prime to come get the first key, Optimus went to [[Egypt]] to find that Megatron had grafted the arm of a Prime onto himself and forged the [[Dark Star Saber]]. Though Megatron's new weapon shattered the Star Saber, with Smokescreen's help Prime returned to base with the first Omega Key and resumed his decoding work. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

He soon decoded more coordinates decoded though in both cases the Autobots failed to secure the Omega Keys. Smokescreen was hit hard by the failure, and Optimus told the other other Autobots to allow the upset rookie space. When the final coordinates he decoded turned out to be an image of Smokescreen, he took the team to find their comrade, only to arrive too late as Smokescreen was captured by Soundwave. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After Smokescreen escaped the ''Nemesis'' with two of the keys, the Autobots received a message from Starscream offering the final key in exchange for surgical help. Optimus took Bulkhead and Ratchet out to Starscream's location, only to realize too late that they'd been tricked, and Starscream got away with all three of the Autobots' three Omega Keys. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

After Dreadwing returned the Forge of Solus Prime to the Autobots, Optimus used it to modify the GroundBridge into a space bridge. Believing that Megatron would use the keys to restore Cybertron for political points, Optimus took the Autobots to their home world, and kept Megatron busy with the reforged Star Saber while the others took back the keys. Though they succeeded, and reached the [[Omega Lock]], Megatron revealed he had taken the Autobots' human friends hostage. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourOPArm.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"...Nothing ever dies we will rise again."]]
With no other choice, Optimus had everyone hand over the Omega Keys in exchange for the kids, however when it turned out Megatron intended to use the Omega Lock on Earth as well, Optimus was compelled to use the Star Saber to destroy the lock. He and his team returned to Earth, only to find that the Omega Lock had created a [[Darkmount (Earth)|Decepticon fortress]] on their doorstep, and he ordered the others to evacuate. Prime himself stayed behind to destroy the GroundBridge, and was caught in the explosion as the Decepticons destroyed the base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Optimus was salvaged from the wreckage by Smokescreen, who sheltered Prime in an underground cavern. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Though Smokescreen was unable to find any medical supplies for his badly-damaged leader, Optimus asked after the Forge of Solus Prime. {{storylink|Scattered}} Smokescreen retrieved the relic from the Decepticon warship, however Optimus refused to use it on himself, believing the power should be conserved for later use in repairing the Omega Lock, and that the Autobots needed a new leader—Smokescreen. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

[[File:Rebellion-prepunch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Here's your damn beef!]]
As his life faded, Optimus had a vision of approaching Alpha Trion and the [[Allspark]]. His journey to the afterlife was cut short, as Smokescreen used the Forge to revive him, bestowing on him a new, more powerful body. He flew to [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], where he rescued [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] from Megatron's tender mercies, and proceeded to throw the Decepticon leader into the power core for the fortress's [[fusion cannon]]s. His efforts allowed Fowler's squadron to destroy the fortress, and the Autobots reassembled at a military base. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

After [[scanning]] a new [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] provided by Fowler, Optimus scouted some Decepticon activity and found some Insecticons digging up a skull. He managed to secure the skull, which turned out to be [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains, leading the Autobots to conclude [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] was planning to clone more. After reports of Decepticon activity in [[Texas]], Optimus took Smokescreen and Bumblebee there, but faced with Shockwave and Soundwave, the trio proved unable to prevent the Decepticons obtaining more Predacon [[CNA]]. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

A lull in Decepticon activity made Optimus suspect that their enemy had collected sufficient fossils. He and the others went on a mission to secure more energon, only for Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack to find and destroy the Decepticon cloning laboratory. When the pair were attacked by the newly-intelligent [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], Optimus arrived in the nick of time to save them from termination and flew them back to base. {{storylink|Evolution}}

[[File:MinusOne-staredown.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Imagine waking up to this one day... *squeals with excitement*]]
When the Decepticons started raiding technology from the humans again, Optimus wondered what they were up to this time. He led a team to one of the thefts, and though they were unable to prevent the Vehicons from getting away, Optimus managed to shoot down Soundwave and take the Decepticon captive. Their attempts to interrogate Soundwave were unsuccessful, and Optimus took his team to the [[Solaris particle collider]] in response to another Decepticon attack. He found himself facing Predaking, and though he initially gained the upper hand, Predaking turned the tables and sent Prime plunging to the ground. {{storylink|Minus One}} Optimus continued to fight, but was only saved by the fact that Predaking was called away to rescue Shockwave. He and the rest of the team returned to base to find Ratchet had been abducted by Soundwave. {{storylink|Persuasion}}

The Autobots launched [[Chip|a probe]] containing Laserbeak's transponder and Optimus followed it in the hopes it would lead him to the Decepticon warship. Unfortunately he was intercepted by Starscream and some Seekers along the way, and though he dealt with the Vehicons, Starscream destroyed the probe and escaped, leaving him none-the-wiser as to the warship's location. He continued to fly around until Ratchet contacted the Autobots to reveal the location of the warship, and Optimus ordered the others to storm the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

[[File:PredaconsRisingOptimusPrimeFinalGlance.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Um, Luna? Do you have time to sing a 'Goodbye Song' before you go?]]
Optimus himself reached the ship by air, only to be immediately attacked by Megatron wielding the Dark Star Saber. With his [[jet pack]] damaged, Optimus still managed to climb onto the ship and eventually make his way to the Omega Lock on its underside, allowing him to briefly attack Shockwave before Megatron caught up with him to resume their duel. After Bumblebee's death, Optimus found himself dangling from the ship. Before Megatron could deal a final blow, the warlord was terminated by Bumblebee, who'd been resurrected by the Omega Lock's power. Optimus took command of the warship and flew it to Cybertron, where they used the Omega Lock to resurrect their home world.

After a final visit back to Earth, and a farewell to both their human friends and Ratchet, Optimus and his team finally departed back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock|Deadlock}} Optimus held a ceremony to promote Bumblebee to the rank of warrior, shortly before taking the [[Iron Will]] and heading off to find the AllSpark. He and Wheeljack located it near [[Theta Scorpii]], and managed to retrieve it, but arrived back on Cybertron to find Unicron had taken control of Megatron's body and was trying to destroy the planet. Optimus merged the AllSpark with the Matrix of Leadership, allowing him to use the container that had held it to trap Unicron's anti-spark. Unfortunately this also meant that his own spark was inextricably merged with the AllSpark, and he was forced to sacrifice his own life to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
After dealing with a Decepticon incursion, Prime contacted Raf at base to request a GroundBridge. Unfortunately the bridge collapsed as the Autobots went through, scattering them to the four corners of the Earth. {{storylink|On Thin Ice}} Optimus landed up in an Amazon jungle, where he stumbled on a Vehicon sinking in quicksand, having been left there by Starscream. After rescuing the Vehicon, Optimus found himself webbed to a tree by Airachnid. She was about to start cutting him when the Vehicon saved him, and leaving Airachnid in the quicksand, Optimus took a GroundBridge back to base. {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}} When the Decepticons hijacked [[COMSAT-1]] so they could broadcast warning worldwide and terrify the earthlings, Optimus and his team GroundBridged up to stop them. {{storylink|Horrible TV}} When Bulkhead was hit mid-transformation, trapping Miko inside, Optimus said cutting him open to get her out would be a last resort, as he had confidence Ratchet could fix the problem. {{storylink|Cell}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.2 Optimus and Miko.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|"Except when I'm making air-quotes."]]
As the Decepticons slowly conquered Cybertron, Optimus knew they'd try to attack [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and set up defences at the [[Iacon Energon Refinery]]. Sure enough, Megatron attacked with a small team of Decepticons but the Autobot gunners managed to take out all but Megatron. To Optimus's surprise, Megatron didn't abandon his men, instead rescuing them under heavy fire. When Optimus had the opportunity to take a shot, he hesitated and Megatron's team escaped. For that, Optimus took the blame and was even regarded as a traitor by some. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Many years later, Optimus's team had settled on [[Earth]]. After Ratchet somewhat apologetically unveiled the [[Safe]], Optimus told him to have more confidence in his work. When Bulkhead managed to uncover a hidden nuclear missile and a scouting party of Vehicons neared the base, Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee went out to greet the Decepticons. While Bumblebee knocked the Vehicons into the air, Prime and Arcee blasted them. They reentered at the base in time to see Fowler arriving with some scientists, and Optimus had some stern words with their liaison about the mystery bomb and its intended purpose, insisting that Fowler take it with him when he left. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

During some downtime, Prime took the other Autobots and the kids to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. At Miko's request, he told the story of his battle with Megatron in the Iacon Energon Refinery. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

[[File:Titan4.3 Optimus ready to roll out.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|MUNKY ARMS! MUNKY ARMS!]]
On [[Christmas]], Fowler reported to Optimus that Megatron and Starscream had taken control of the [[Yamal|NS ''Yamal'']], a nuclear-powered Russian icebreaker. Leaving Arcee and Bulkhead in charge of the base, Optimus took the other Autobots to the ship and attacked Megatron. As Optimus fought Megatron, the Decepticon leader outlined his plan to detonate the ship's reactors with a [[static lance]]. Bumblebee managed to wrest the lance off Starscream and threw it to Optimus who used it to hit Megatron. Once the Decepticons had been dealt with, Optimus's team returned to the base, where they found it had been turned into an impromptu ice skating rink. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Optimus was surprised to find the GroundBridge active and asked Bulkhead what the problem was. Bulkhead tried to cover for Raf, who had been temporarily hypnotised into opening the GroundBridge. But his denials were undermined by the Vehicons pouring into the base, and Optimus led the counter-attack. While Optimus and the others kept the Decepticons busy, Raf and Bumblebee managed to shut down the bridge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

Upon hearing of several schools in Jasper County mysteriously exploding, Optimus shared Jack's suspicions about something being afoot. He had the Autobots check out the other schools in the area. Sure enough, the buildings came under attack by [[MECH]], and Optimus helped fend off the organization. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}}

After Starscream stole [[Air Force One]] and held the [[President of the United States]] ransom, demanding Optimus Prime be turned over bound and gagged, the Autobot leader worked out from the ransom note where Starscream was. While the other Autobots protected the plane and took on the Vehicons, Optimus rescued the President by cutting off Starscream's arm and catching her as she fell. After the Decepticon retreated, Optimus made sure the Autobots left before the aircraft's crew recovered consciousness. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

[[File:Titan4.6 Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|240px]]
Lured into a trap in a scrap-metal facility in [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]], Optimus found his mind had been zapped into a human by [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s [[neuron refractor]]. The Autobot leader mentally contacted the human, [[Lin-Che]], and guided him in fighting off the attacking Vehicons with the help of an [[The Claw|excavator]]. With the drones bested, they then returned to the refractor to reverse its effect. Back in his own body, Optimus broke out of the crusher he'd been stuffed into, and fought off Knock-Out and the remaining Decepticons. He later drove Lin-Che home, to return the favor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Miko was kidnapped by MECH agent [[Novo]], Optimus joined the hunt to find her. When Novo, now in a mechanoid body thanks to a MECH experiment, returned Miko to them, Optimus offered him the help of Ratchet and the Autobots' technical expertise, but Novo turned him down. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

Optimus led a team to the [[Deep Driller]] oil platform, and found not the expected environmental terrorists, but human soldiers in [[robotic battle suit]]s. After finding dealing with the humans in a non-lethal matter difficult, Optimus took Jack's suggestion of surrendering, and once [[Rufus Madison|General Madison]] realised his opponents were alien robots, he stopped fighting. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} After it turned out that the missing Bulkhead had been imprisoned on the Decepticon warship, Optimus took a team, including the three kids, to the ship to mount a rescue. During the course of freeing Bulkhead, he trashed at least two Decepticons and blew a hole through the side of the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

Optimus and his team took part in a battle against the Decepticons in [[The Wave]]. Unsurprisingly, they survived and returned to base to find Bumblebee and Raf had made a mess in their absence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} Optimus and Bumblebee went on a stealth mission to stop Megatron attacking the [[Statue of Liberty]], though they found the Decepticon forces there to be more than they expected. Optimus pursued Megatron up the side of the statue, and managed to defeat the Decepticon leader, but did substantial damage to the statue in the process. He later promised Fowler that the Autobots would fix it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}}

Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] specifically demanded Optimus and Bulkhead come after the two Decepticons took over a TV studio. The Autobots found themselves forced to run the ''[[Down and Out]]'' course, lest the Decepticons' hostages be harmed. Though Optimus was confused by the inaccurate nature of the ''Down and Out'' set, he and Bulkhead managed to get through the course and rescue the hostages, leading to Knock Out and Breakdown's defeat at the hands of Arcee. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

Upon hearing of strange seismic movements throughout the Northen hemisphere, Optimus ordered a mission to a military base which had been hit by a quake, and contained a Particle Accelerator, and travelled there along with Wheeljack, Bulkhead and Arcee. Upon discovering the Decepticons' intent to use the Particle Aceelerator to open a permanent [[space bridge]] to Cybertron, Optimus changed into his Beast Hunters body for no readily apparent reason and ordered Arcee to clear the area of humans. After failing to stop [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] from opening the space bridge and releasing [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], Optimus flew up to the plant's reactor core with the intention of deactivating it, but Predaking blew it up instead. He, Bulkhead and Wheeljack then reflected on their chances of ever returning home. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider-Scope}}
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===''Rescue Bots'' pack-in storybooks===
Optimus Prime sent a special message to the [[Rescue Bot]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], calling on them to come to [[Earth]]. He met them on arrival with the news they would be working with [[human]]s to improve inter-species relations. He accompanied them to [[Griffin Rock]] where he introduced them to his friend [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie]], before leaving to help other Transformers. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Roll Out}} After [[Cody Burns]] helped [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] put out a fire that had threatened [[Fire Station Prime|Prime Fire Station]], Optimus Prime spoke to them through a screen, asking if Cody would join the Rescue Bots. Cody accepted. {{storylink|Prime Alert}} Once [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Sawyer Storm]] joined the team, Chief Charlie asked Optimus about the other two Rescue Bots, but only got an enigmatic response. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Respond}} Following another rescue conducted by [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder]], Optimus talked [[Walker Cleveland|Walker]] and [[Jack Tracker|Hunter]] into joining the team. {{storylink|Rapid Rescue}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)|[[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Jacek Mikołajczak]] (Polish), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pekka Lehtosaari]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:UnderPressure Optimus on monitor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Playskool]] is the right of all sentient beings.]]
Optimus Prime sent out a call to all Autobots to come to their new home on [[Earth]]. When a team of [[Rescue Bot]]s arrived at a military base, Optimus met them there and gave them their new mission: to team up with the Burns family and help them keep [[Griffin Rock]] safe. After presenting them with vehicles to [[scanning|scan]], he introduced them to [[Charlie Burns]] and left them to get acquainted. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}} The Rescue Bots had trouble learning to work with their new human friends, and they contacted Optimus to tell him as much, but he was confident that they and the humans would learn to work together. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

After the Rescue Bots were fired by the Griffin Rock city council, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] attempted, but failed, to contact Optimus Prime to request the reassignment of Rescue Force Sigma-17. The Rescue Bots were later reinstated. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

[[File:ItsABotTime Optimus vehicle mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Optimus drops by Griffin Rock whenever he's in the mood for G1.]]
When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] tracked a meteor to Griffin Rock, he used the Rescue Bots' comms screen to report in with Optimus, who commended [[Cody Burns]] on his work helping the Bots to acclimate. Three of the Rescue Bots were struck with a strange virus from the meteorite, and they consulted with Optimus and Ratchet on the best way to deal with it. Optimus was concerned that the virus could fall into [[Megatron (WFC)|evil]] [[Silas|hands]] and ordered they destroy the meteorite. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

[[File:BotToTheFuture Optimus steps forward.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Guest starring in an all new ''Tiny Titans'' comic book.]]
Notified that the Rescue Bots had been inadvertently sent back in time, Optimus and Bumblebee returned to Griffin Rock. Optimus deduced that [[energon]] would be enough to power the [[Temporal Station|time machine]], so he and Bumblebee went back to 1939, arriving in time to rescue the Rescue Bots from [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]]. The team returned to the present, only to find Griffin Rock overrun by [[MorBot]]s. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} Optimus and Bumblebee were kept busy trashing MorBots while the Rescue Bots worked out what was going on. By the time the pair ran out of MorBots to destroy, the team was ready to return to 1939 where they rescued [[Dither]] and returned the timeline to normal. Back in the present, Optimus congratulated the Rescue Bots team for their work. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

Alerted to the presence of energon beneath the island of Griffin Rock, Optimus journeyed there with a trailer to retrieve the substance. When Chief Burns's brother [[Woodrow Burns|Woodrow]] became trapped in a cavern deep underground with Cody, it turned into a rescue mission, and Optimus carried the team to the cavern on his trailer. {{storylink|What Lies Below}} Separated from the rest of the team, Optimus and Heatwave discovered the main shaft of [[Mount Magma]], and nearby, a sizable deposit of energon. When they were later reunited with the rest of the team, they were able to ignite the energon in a plan to blast themselves out of the top of the volcano. Optimus later farewelled the Rescue Bots, informing Heatwave that he should prepare for greater responsibility some time soon. {{storylink|What Rises Above}}

[[File:OddBotOut Optimus Matrix.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
The time eventually came, when Optimus ordered Heatwave to the mainland. Rendezvousing at a military base, Optimus trained Heatwave on focusing his energies, so that Heatwave could take on a second [[alternate mode]]. {{storylink|Changes}}

On a relic-finding mission, Optimus and Bumblebee searched near Griffin Rock for a [[Liquefier|liquefying relic]]. Optimus enlisted [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]'s help to reach the relic at sea, and successfully used the Matrix of Leadership to shut it down before it could destroy the island. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}}

When Doctor Morocco kidnapped the Rescue Bots, he showed them some photos of Optimus and claimed that Optimus had assigned him as the Rescue Bots liaison on Earth. {{storylink|Double Villainy}} The amnesiac Rescue Bots later tried to contact Optimus but received no response. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

[[File:BigGame Dinoptimus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Just imagine the look on [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s face when he sees this coming at him.]]
Optimus made another routine inspection to Griffin Rock, and when a pterodactyl mysteriously appeared on the island, took the opportunity to observe the rescue team on an investigation mission to [[Wayward Island]]. When the Rescue Bots ran into trouble in the form of some [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], Optimus was forced to intervene and ended up scanning robo-dino [[Trex]] to gain a third ''tyrannosaurus rex'' mode. With this, he was able to earn the trust of the dinosaurs and discover they were merely protecting their young. {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} Staying on at Griffin Rock to acclimatise to his new dino-mode, a lack of [[energon]] resulted in Optimus becoming feral. The out-of-control Autobot was abducted by big game hunter [[Quint Quarry|Colonel Quint Quarry]], who spirited Optimus away to [[Quarry Safariland]] and began hunting him through the jungle. With the help of Cody, Optimus evaded Quarry long enough for [[Boulder]] to manufacture a cure for his condition. Optimus was returned to normal, and helped Boulder rescue the rest of the rescue team from Quarry. {{storylink|Big Game}}

After capturing an [[Energon eater]], Chase and Boulder dropped it off with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}} Chief Burns again called in Optimus when Quarry kidnapped [[Anna Baranova|Professor Baranova]] and demanded five dinobots as ransom. Optimus and the four Rescue Bots were turned over to Quarry, who took them back to his island and subjected them to physical tests, before imprisoning them ready to be sold. Blades was able to knock out the Q-Drone restraining Optimus and the others, and Quarry was swiftly arrested. {{storylink|Quarry's Quarry}} Optimus alerted the Rescue Bots to a faint energon signal on Wayward Island. {{storylink|Did You See What I Thaw?}}

[[File:ANewHero Optimus laser hand.jpg|thumb|left|290px]]
When some water rescues were imminent, Optimus called [[High Tide]] to Earth to train the Rescue Bots. Later, after High Tide and Heatwave had a fight, Heatwave contacted Optimus to inform him that he was dropping out. Optimus encouraged him to return and he did. After the mission was complete, High Tide contacted Optimus informing him of the mission's success and Optimus requested that High Tide stay on the island to help out, following the destruction of [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s [[floating lab]]. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}}

When the Autobots [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] and [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] were discovered on Wayward Island, Optimus visited Griffin Rock to welcome them to Earth and assign them to be trained by Heatwave's team. With Doc Greene's help, he uncovered the fact that Blurr had been less than truthful about his past. {{storylink|The New Recruits}} Optimus was disappointed to hear that Blurr had stolen the ''[[Sigma]]'' and tried to contact the ship. After Blurr saved the day in Griffin Rock, Prime presented him and Salvage with Rescue Bots insignias, announcing that they would be assigned to a location elsewhere on Earth. {{storylink|A New Hero}}

After being contacted by High Tide, {{storylink|Now and Then}} Optimus Prime rushed to the location where Griffin Rock had been and helped clear the crater so the island could be flown back from where it had teleported in the [[Arctic]]. He, Blurr and Salvage helped it fly the remaining distance after the rocket engine gave out, and Optimus later decided that the Rescue Bots could let the whole town know that they were Cybertronians. {{storylink|Today and Forever}}

At some point during the next several years, [[Madeline Pynch]]'s activities gained Optimus's attention, and he dispatched [[Quickshadow]] to spy on the tycoon. {{storylink|Cody's 11}}

Several years later, Optimus contacted Heatwave with plans for a [[Rescue Bot Training Center|new base]] on the mainland. When Heatwave admitted he still hadn't revealed the Rescue Bots' secret to the humans, Optimus said he'd know when it was time. {{storylink|New Normal}} Optimus also ordered Quickshadow to work with the Griffin Rock rescue team, {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}} and she later recorded a report for Optimus on events at the training center. {{storylink|The More Things Stay the Same}}

Unknown to the Rescue Bots, Optimus had also been involved in the [[Scrubber Initiative]]. When the project's lab in [[Faxian]] was imperiled by runaway [[Scrubmite|Scrubbers]], Optimus observed the Rescue Bots response, and subsequently appeared to them via hologram to give them new assignments protecting the project. {{storylink|Upgrades}} Following the defeat of the [[Morocco virus]], Optimus turned up at the Training Center and assigned the Bots all to separate missions around the world. {{storylink|Transformations}}

===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
As [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] hunted for weapons to combat [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], they ran into trouble and sent a distress call. Optimus had [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] GroundBridge him into a derelict starship in the [[asteroid belt]]. On arrival, he attacked Predaking. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5}} He managed to buy Bumblebee and Wheeljack the time they needed to get away with some of the weapons. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6}}

With the Autobot forces falling before the Predacons, Optimus took the [[Firebreath Cyclocannons]] and set out into the desert in search of Predaking. He found his target, just as Ratchet managed to unlock the power of their new weapons. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 17}} With his newfound power, Optimus was able to instill fear into Predaking for the first time in millions of years. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 18}} The battle ended in Optimus's victory. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 23}}

===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Go ep 1 Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|Hi, this is all of my frontal shots.]]
Optimus Prime was a warrior of justice who fought the Decepticons for many years. {{Storylink|Pursue! The Legendiscs!}} Somewhere off [[Earth]], Optimus Prime was alerted to the awakening of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Four Oni]]. He soon detected [[Swordbot|six individual signals]] that he recognized. {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!}} {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!}}

[[File:TFGoSamurai5 Optimus Exprime modes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Those six signals turned out to be the [[Swordbot]] [[Swordbot Samurai Team|Samurai]] and [[Swordbot Shinobi Team|Shinobi]] teams. Both teams came in contact with Optimus Prime, and the Autobot commander set to analyzing the [[Legendisc]]s. Optimus contacted both teams in their newly-built bases and let them know of the Legendiscs' number, locations, and their ability to travel through time. He tasked [[Isami Tatewaki]] and [[Tobio Fūma]] with acquiring the Legendiscs and protecting Earth at all costs. {{Storylink|Pursue! The Legendiscs!}} {{storylink|Discover! The Legendiscs!}} He later warned the Samurai teams that it was only a matter of time before Dragotron awoke, and they needed to find all the Legendiscs. {{storylink|The Invincible Swordsman - Ryōma Sakamoto!?}}

When he detected Dragotron's awakening, he was spurred to adopt a new body with dragon and train alternate modes, and as '''Optimus Exprime''', head to Earth to help the Swordbots in battle against the Predacon leader. {{storylink|Depart! Optimus Exprime!}} {{storylink|Enter! The New Warrior!}} Even with him as added reinforcements, Dragotron proved too much for him. When the Predacon abducted Tobio Fūma and Isami Tatewaki, the young humans who had been helping the Swordbots, Optimus and the Swordbot teams pursued him to [[Mount Fuji]], only to find he had absorbed the boys and the Legendiscs, gaining the power to Cyberform the mountain. Though the two boys manage to resist and escape the Predacon, the power of the Legendisc and the Four Oni which Dragotron also absorbed meant Optimus and the Swordbots had no chance of beating him.

Until, that is, it turned out that Tobio and Isami had duplicated the power of the Legendiscs in their [[burning justice|hearts of justice]], empowering Optimus to combine with [[Kenzan]] and [[Gekisoumaru]]. The Autobots' new combined form was powerful enough to take down Dragotron and use the Legendiscs to once again seal the Predacons away. The decombined Autobots promised that if the Predacons ever returned, they would be there to again defend the Earth. {{storylink|Final Battle! Link-Up Triple Combination DaiKenzan!}} {{storylink|Final Battle! Link-Up Triple Combination DaiGekisou!}}

{{note|The Samurai and Shinobi Go! series have near-identical finales, with differences such as Kenzan forming the top of the Optimus combiner in the Samurai volume and Gekisoumaru forming the top in the Shinobi volume. A generalized retelling of events is presented here for simplicity's sake.}}

===Full of Fire!===
[[File:FullOfFire Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|I'm [[Batman]].]]
Optimus joined Ratchet, Bumblebee and Bulkhead who were testing new Beast Hunters weapons in a [[New Mexico]] desert. When they were attacked by Predacons, Optimus took the opportunity to test out his [[Firebreath Cyclocannons|Dragon Cannons]], and successfully countered Predaking's flame. But as the Predacons retreated, Optimus told the others he believed this was just a test so the Predacons would know the Autobots' comparative strength. {{storylink|Full of Fire!}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Once known as Orion Pax, Optimus is now inspirational leader and friend to the Autobots under his command. He carries within him the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Seung-uk Jeong]], [[Ki-hyeon Kim]] (Korean), [[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)}}

During the great war, Optimus led an operation to capture the Decepticon spy [[Overload (RID)|Overload]]. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}

Before [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|he could join with the Allspark]], Optimus was saved from death by the Primes, {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} and brought to the [[Realm of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Out of Focus}} Some years after Cybertron's rebirth, a statue of Optimus was constructed in his honor, and he also had a bust of his head in the [[Cybertron History Museum]].

[[File:RID2015Optimusreturns.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|He's gonna die and come back here too. I give it a week.]]
One day, while Bumblebee and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] were chasing down [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], Optimus appeared to Bumblebee in a vision in an [[Energon]] pool pointing to a map of Earth inscribed at the nearby [[Cybertron History Museum]]. He later appeared again to Bumblebee, directing him to a decommissioned Space Bridge with Earth's coordinates already programmed in. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} When Bumblebee and his makeshift crew cornered the Decepticon [[Underbite]], they were forced to fall back after Underbite unwittingly took a hostage in the form of [[Denny Clay]]. Before Underbite could devour the truck that Denny was trapped in, Optimus Prime manifested himself to the entire group, then easily trounced the Decepticon and rescued Denny. After complimenting Bumblebee's team, Optimus admitted he wasn't sure whether he was alive or not, nor what fate had in store for him, and then disappeared. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

Bumblebee continued to worry about his inability to control his troops when compared to Optimus's own command style, and tried calling upon him for guidance- to no avail. Bumblebee later tried to emulate Optimus's authoritative leadership approach while his team tracked down the Decepticon [[Terrashock]], which failed to impress anyone. Eventually, Optimus appeared to Bumblebee in another vision, though Prime disappeared before he could clarify his statement that Bumblebee was not him. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} [[Russell Clay]] bluffed a mind-controlled Grimlock into thinking Optimus Prime was about to turn up, resulting in Grimlock fleeing. {{storylink|True Colors}}

[[File:OptimusOutOfFocus.JPG|thumb|left|250px|"Say Cheese!"]]

Optimus began training with the other Primes in the [[Realm of the Primes]], who began testing him in preparation for a new mission on Earth. In one such test, [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] served as Optimus Prime's mentor, and Micronus challenged Optimus to climb a hill. At the same time, Micronus also manifested a group of humans and a threatening robot to attack them. Optimus tried to defend the humans and begged Micronus to help, although Micronus declined. Eventually, Optimus realized that he needed to climb the hill first, which would activate his [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]] and allow him to defeat the robot. At the end of the test, Micronus revealed that the humans were merely illusions, and the Minicon congratulated Optimus for his accomplishments. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

When suffering nightmares as the result of [[Nightstrike]]'s abilities, Bumblebee saw Optimus Prime being disappointed in him. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}} The real Optimus made a brief appearance to Bumblebee to warn him of an evil soon to appear. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}}

[[File:Battlegrounds1 Optimus has arrived.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Guess who's back. Back again.]]
Optimus continued his training in the Realm of the Primes with Micronus but still wasn't meeting the skill level Micronus expected of him, to make matters worse the realm was shrouded in darkness which signaled that the threat he was training for was finally about to arrive and he was not ready. Regardless Micronus took Optimus to the ones who ordered his training, the [[Thirteen|Primes]], and Optimus was able to persuade them to allow him some of their power. Reformatted into a new body, he was sent to Earth, arriving in time to save Denny, Russell and Fixit from [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]]. Informed of events, he headed to the [[Crown City Colossus]] when he tried to destroy the gateway [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]'s team had constructed, however he was too late to prevent [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s arrival on Earth. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

[[File:Battlegrounds2 Optimus and Megatronus fight.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Prime is back. Tell a friend.]]
Optimus engaged Megatronus but the latter's nearly invincible armor and even telekinesis left him at a disadvantage. A blow from Megatronus left Optimus unconscious, and he Optimus eventually came around to see Megatronus using a [[spark fuser]] to attempt to combine the AllSpark with what remained of the Anti-Spark from Earth's core. Optimus returned to battle with Megatronus until Bumblebee tried to get him to move Megatronus in front of the statue. As the AllSpark neared them, Optimus destroyed Megatronus's spark fuser and, with Grimlock's help, got Megatronus into position so the others could drop the statue's arm on him. Following Megatronus's defeat, Optimus intended to leave Earth, but Bumblebee persuaded him otherwise; Optimus agreed to stay but as Bumblebee's equal rather than his leader. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

[[File:TRID E 28 Optimus Prime Polar Stealth.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I just got done racing a polar bear down a mountain. Stepped on some weird orange bandicoot or something on the way, though.]]
Optimus spent several weeks in the scrapyard, recounting war stories to Strongarm to pass the downtime. The Primes reclaimed the additional power which they had bestowed upon Optimus, leaving him in a severely weakened state. Despite this, Optimus insisted on joining the "away team" Bumblebee assigned to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard. When going on a mission to the Arctic, Optimus's changed biology caused the GroundBridge to explode after he passed through it. Optimus and his team started tracking a Decepticon hiding on a mountain, but Optimus continued to have trouble, and was knocked off the patch by a chunk of ice. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} After his rescue by his teammates, Optimus taught the others a trick he'd learned from the Primes, allowing them all to take on the color scheme of a vehicle they scanned. He was also able to come up with a plan on the fly that enabled them to capture [[Polarclaw]] by luring him underwater, and they took the Decepticon to be safely stored away. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

[[File:TRID E 31 Optimus Prime Desert Stealth.jpg|thumb|left|250px|What happened to you? I joined the Army.]]
Though he was still weakened, Optimus and his team went hunting a Decepticon in the desert. Optimus became aware that the Decepticons they were hunting were preying on the weakest, and so feigned being more injured than he was so that he could take [[Razorpaw]] unawares. Noting that Prime was apparently performing poorly in the field, Windblade began acting overly protective towards him, leading to her getting injured. When the Autobots wound up facing up against Razorpaw and his Mini-Con accomplices, Windblade became their opponents' primary target, yet still interfered with Optimus's attacks so that she could keep him out of harm's way. Prime pretended to be completely disabled during the battle so that the Decepticons' attentions would shift back to him, and managed to defeat all three of the Decepticons in quick succession. He then tasked himself with freeing Sideswipe, Drift, and the Mini-Cons, who had gotten trapped by the enemy during the fight... though Drift told him to take his time, as Sideswipe's blabbermouth had gotten covered up in the process. {{storylink|Cover Me}}

When [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] escaped the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]], Fixit tried to contact Optimus and the away team, but received no reply. {{storylink|Portals}} Investigating possible interference with one of Windblade's caches, Optimus's team found themselves up against [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] and his army of Mini-Cons. Optimus and Windblade were temporarily trapped in a bunker, but escaped with Sideswipe's help in time to take down the Decepticon. They subsequently GroundBridged back to the scrapyard with their new captives. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

[[File:TRID E 43 Optimus Prime Signaute Red & Blue.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This better be an emergency...]]
Once both teams were reunited, Optimus found himself increasingly questioning Bumblebee's orders and felt under the circumstances that he should take the lead. After a chance encounter reunited them with Ratchet, the Autobot medic tried to discuss the situation Optimus found himself with his former scout, only for Optimus to dodge the conversation. Soon after, the Autobots got help in the form of the Mini-Con [[Toolbox]], recent escapee from "Decepticon Island." The Autobots used a ruse to infiltrate the crash of the ''Alchemor,'' being used as a base by a group of Decepticons. Unfortunately, Optimus second guessed Bumblebee's leadership at a crucial stage of their infiltration; whereas Bumblebee wanted to press on to plant a stasis bomb as quickly as possible to disable their enemies, Optimus felt that they should instead pause to rescue several Mini-Cons being kept as slave. The Autobots were stalled while Optimus and Bumblebee argued, and were found out by the Decepticons. Steeljaw was alerted to the security breach, and Optimus and his team soon found themselves completely surrounded by the enemy. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Optimus and Bumblebee began to agree once more, with Optimus wanting to willingly be taken prisoner to prepare a counter-strike. Windblade took the choice out of their hands by flying up and acting as a distraction, allowing the rest of the team to make a break for it and split up. Optimus accompanied Bumblebee and Toolbox to attach a [[cryo-gas]] bomb to the ship's ventilation hub. They were able to work out their leadership issues on the way and, after a fight with a [[Decepticon Hunter]] empowered Steeljaw, succeeded in freezing the Decepticons on the ship. With the Decepticon threat on Earth dealt with, Optimus announced he intended to return to Cybertron on the repaired ''Alchemor'' and investigate the new government there. He said his goodbyes to Bumblebee, telling him that he could always call on him should the need arise. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

[[File:TRID E 45 Optimus Prime Aerobolt Power Surge.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh sun, source of all life and energy, give me greater strength.]]
The need arose and Bumblebee called Optimus to inform him about the new threat. Optimus told Bumblebee that he did the right thing calling him and that he'd be there soon. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} He eventually turned up in [[Optimus Prime's ship|a ship]] {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} and found that Bumblebee had been abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] along with the team's Mini-Cons. Optimus had the team split up to search and they found the seven Mini-Cons Starscream was hunting. As their leader, Aerobolt, recognized Optimus, the two groups joined forces, only to come up against a group of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] who managed to get the better of the Optimus's group. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

Despite the capture of the Mini-Cons by Starscream, Optimus's team was able to overcome the Scavengers and track down Starscream's ship. After Starscream merged with the Mini-Cons, Optimus linked with Aerobolt and gained enough power to go toe-to-toe with the super-powered Decepticon. Optimus later loaded the comatose Starscream and associated lackeys onto his ship to take them back with him. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Bumblebee contacted Optimus to see if he knew anything about the odd sphere they'd found. Optimus thought it looked like the [[Sphere of Doradus]], something he believed was a myth. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
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During [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]'s battle to revert the world back to how it was in the '80s, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] attempted to stop him by singing the praises of modern-day Transformers such as Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}} Rattrap later had a dream in which he met Optimus Prime in the form of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV21|latest toy]]. Prime explained that he could play 200 different sounds and phrases, including the names of everyone in Bumblebee's team, though doing so dried out his throat and forced him to have a glass of water. He went on to show off his truck mode, get surprised yet intrigued by a third "base mode" Rattrap invented for him, and dance with the other Autobots to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
As Bumblebee looked into the sea while at the docks, Optimus Prime momentarily appeared to give him an inspirational speech. After his team captured [[Slink]] and her gang, Optimus appeared briefly to give Bumblebee a proud smile. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

During his training, Optimus found that the challenges were getting harder and harder, but hid some of the damage he sustained for fear it would impact his chances of returning to Earth. When it became obvious that Micronus was not behind the raising intensity, the pair investigated further. They determined that [[Liege Maximo]] was behind the trickery, and once Optimus was able to dismiss the apparitions of Bumblebee's team conjured by the rogue Prime, he and Micronus were able to overcome the foe. Optimus was then allowed to communicate with Bumblebee and gave his former scout some words of encouragement. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Autobot World Tour}}}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:IDWRID5 Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|280px|right|"I regret now I have the power of the Primes, I am unable to give a straight answer to any question you may pose."]]
While struggling to get his team to work together, Bumblebee recalled happier times under Optimus's leadership. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}} Optimus later appeared to Bumblebee in a vision to tell him to trust his instincts about the visit by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

After joining Team Bee following the defeat of Megatronus, Optimus received a directive from the Primes which sent him with Windblade to the [[Sierra Ridge]] mountains. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} The pair searched various caves until they stumbled on Predaking. The Predacon escaped, but left behind a piece of Starscream. Optimus and Windblade took the arm back with them and were able to use it to convince some Vehicons who'd teamed up with Steeljaw that Starscream was dead and the Decepticon army defeated. Though Optimus offered to allow the Vehicons to peacefully return to Cybertron, they turned down his offer and went back into hiding. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

==Commercial appearances==

{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]]}}

*Bulkhead received a phone call from [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|Strawberry Shortcake]], juvenile provider of baked goods, inviting him to the Berryfest Princess Parade in which he would be extremely glittered. When Optimus asked who the caller was, Bulkhead stated that it was for Optimus. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Strawberry Shortcake|Strawberry Shortcake and Bulkhead}}

*Optimus was weirded out by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker]] singing Christmas carols. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}

*Optimus participated in a conference call with Fowler, who informed the Autobots that [[Batman]] was to backup the team for a mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Impossibly Awesome|Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon}}

*Optimus received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, and then proceeded to use his shoulder-mounted guns to mow down some Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}

*Optimus was lifted by an ant who had engaged in a proper nutrition regiment, yet eats Happy Meals. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Happy Meal|McDonald's Happy Meal}}

*Optimus, Bumblebee, [[Boulder]], and Predaking attended a pool party with various entities from other universes. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pool Party|Hub Network Summer Pool Party}}

*Toy versions of Optimus and Bumblebee came to life to duke it out against toy versions of Predaking and [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] in a child's room. Bumblebee and Optimus came out victorious, and bumped fists while their restrained opponents dangled beneath them. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Beast Hunters toys|Beast Hunters toys commercial}}

*Optimus, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], and [[Boulder]] rushed out of [[Fire Station Prime]] in response to a nearby fire. They watched Heatwave put out the blaze, then all posed heroically in a v-formation. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots toys commercial}}

*Optimus and Bumblebee and the Rescue Bots responded to a fire emergency. Once on-scene, Optimus energized his saw weapon to better deal with the situation. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Energize figures commercial}}

*A child playing with the "Optimus Primal" Rescue Bots toy was turned into an animated version of himself and met with the Rescue Bots! He directed Optimus into rescuing Chase, who had been pinned under a boulder. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots Optimus Primal toy commercial}}

*Optimus came upon [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] and his two Mini-Cons in a parking lot. Though Fracture believe nothing could stop him, Optimus proved him wrong by first ramming the two smaller 'bots, then clobbering their boss in the jaw. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Mega Optimus Prime toy commercial}}

*At a [[Toys"R"Us]] somewhere in a [[Quadwal]] universe, sentient versions of toy baby [[wikipedia:Baby Alive|Snackin' Sara]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Robots in Disguise|toy Optimus]] have a discussion involving the store's Price Match guarantee that concludes with toy Optimus getting distraught at the existence of an entire shelf with clones of himself. {{storylink|Commercial#2015 2|Toys"R"Us Commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)|[[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Alfredo Martínez]] (Spain-Spanish)}}

[[File:WFC-OptimusPrimeconcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Steroids are the right of all sentient beings.]]
In the waning days of the war for Cybertron, Optimus spotted a little yellow Autobot in trouble, and defeated the surrounding drone forces. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] arrived on the scene, and Optimus helped up the Autobot scout, who revealed his name was [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Bumblebee informed Optimus that the Decepticons had taken control of communication relays, so that the only way to contact Optimus was by messenger. He also informed Optimus that their leader, [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]], was dead. Optimus suspected [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s hand, and was informed by Bumblebee that the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] had gone into hiding because of this. Optimus believed that the Council would emerge during a safer time, and formed a team with Bumblebee and Ratchet.

They drove to the [[Decagon]], where they found [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] battling the forces of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. After assisting him in defeating Starscream's army, they confronted Starscream himself within the Decagon. After the trio combated and drove off Starscream, a hologram of Zeta Prime's face appeared in the center of the room, stating that he is being held in the Kaon prison complex. Optimus took Bumblebee and Sideswipe to the Kaon prison, allowing themselves to be captured so that they could infiltrate the facility. The Decepticons prepared to execute them, but [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] lent a hand so they could escape, though he himself was captured. While sneaking through the corridors, the three managed to free Air Raid, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], and others. They continued through the hallways, and finally located the room where Zeta is being held, only to face [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]. The Decepticon cowered behind a force field, sending [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]], [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]], and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] out to fight for him, only venturing out to administer needed repairs to his minions. As Soundwave's energy became low, he attempted to drain Zeta Prime, only to be interrupted by Optimus, who took a shot meant for Zeta. Though Soundwave and his minions retreated, the damage was done, and Zeta Prime died before Optimus could free him.

Optimus brought Zeta's corpse to the site of the hiding High Council, where he lay the dead body in the center of the room. Optimus stated that the Autobots craved their guidance, but the Council stated that their mission was to choose the Primes, not to lead them. They then told him that Optimus himself is a Prime, and that he had changed the lives around him. Optimus was then told that Megatron had corrupted the core of Cybertron, and that he was the one that could remove this blight. He took this burden and responsibility, then was told by the Council that he was now Optimus ''Prime'', the last Prime.

[[File:WFC-OptimusPrimeAltmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Welcome to the ''Twilight Zone'' Prime.]]
For a new mission, Optimus selected Ironhide and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]], and the team ventured to the entrance of the core, where a corrupted [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] was being tortured. After a prolonged battle, the Autobots defeated the torturers and freed Omega Supreme from the Dark Energon influence. Omega Supreme escaped, and the Autobots found some [[space slug]]s to use as steeds. One long journey later, they reached the core and defeated a corrupted slug. Unfortunately the core itself had become contaminated, and informed Optimus as much. The only solution was for the core to reboot, which would take millions of years, during which the planet would be unusable, and Optimus realized that the Autobots would have to leave their home. Before shutting down, the core revealed the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which it installed inside Optimus Prime's chest.

Optimus arrived back at Iacon, where he ordered all Autobots to evacuate the planet. Megatron announced that everyone must stay or face destruction, and fired a massive cannon installed in the Dark Energon space station. Optimus Prime ordered his Air Commander [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] to shut down the cannon with his team. They succeeded, and the station crashed into Iacon. Optimus, Bumblebee, and Ironhide discovered that the "space station" wasn't a space station at all: it was the giant Decepticon, [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. They managed to defeat the heavily-armed menace, who plunged into a pool of energon. The Autobots celebrated their victory, but noticed that ''they'' have to evacuate as well. Optimus revealed a massive starship they would use called the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]], a ship still under construction that would allow them to take a part of Cybertron with them across the galaxy. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
[[File:WFCDS Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|124px|Origamimus Prime]]
Optimus was a dock worker who found himself caught up in the war against the Decepticons. With the Decepticons on the hunt for the Omega Key, Zeta Prime sent Optimus and his team to protect the library, knowing he could count on his old friend. When Zeta Prime was later captured by the Decepticons, he attempted to contact Optimus. The data links keeping him in contact with the Autobots were severed, so Bumblebee tracked down Optimus at an Autobot base. Optimus subsequently rescued an [[Autobot rookie]] from Starscream, chasing the Decepticon off before joining up with Jetfire and destroying other intruders at the base. Optimus was felled by a [[laser guard]], but revived with the help of Jetfire and Bumblebee. They completed clearing the base by defeating [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]], and Optimus announced that the next step was to retake Iacon.

He and his team entered Decepticon-occupied Iacon and destroyed the Dark Energon corruptors, allowing them to get the Decagon's defense systems back online. While they waited for Zeta Prime to make contact again, Optimus reminded Bumblebee that they couldn't let Megatron win just by giving up. Zeta let them know that he was being held in Kaon Prison, and Optimus's team infiltrated the prison in search of him. After an encounter with [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]], they ran into Megatron himself, who set more Decepticons on them. When they eventually found Zeta Prime, their leader expired. Optimus returned his body to the High Council, who appointed Optimus the new Prime.

Optimus Prime attempted to solicit [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s help. Grimlock challenged him to a fight to decide whether to join up, but [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]'s capture by Decepticons sent the Autobots off on a rescue mission instead. The Autobots tracked Swoop down to a Dark Energon laboratory on the outskirts of Iacon and freed him from Dark Energon contamination. Swoop's services were subsequently offered to the Autobots by Grimlock, who said he'd follow along to protect Swoop. Analysis of core samples by Jetfire and Ratchet indicated that they would need to disable to corrupters preventing it from repairing itself. To this end, Optimus's team traveled to the core and freed it after defeating [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]].

Realising that the core needed time to repair itself, Optimus ordered the Autobots to evacuate the planet in Arks. He and his team ascended the space bridge to attack the Trypticon space station and take out its main power core. They escaped during the station's plunge towards Cybertron, but as it fell, it transformed. Optimus rallied his men against this new threat, leading the way to the crash site, where the Autobots confronted Trypticon. After the titan's downfall, Optimus and his men left Cybertron in search of a new source of energy. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)|[[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)}}

Optimus Prime coordinated many of the Autobot campaigns during the war. He dispatched Ironhide and Bumblebee to retrieve a datacore of information about Trypticon from Kaon. He later coordinated the evac measures for Cybertron, personally guarding a supply convoy while Bumblebee ran point and ensuring the safe launch of an airlift while the Aerialbots prevented Seekers from taking potshots at it. He also sent the Aerialbots up to Trypticon Station itself when its orbital weapon systems began annihilating the Autobot ranks.

When Trypticon itself fell to Cybertron after the Aerialbot assault, it transformed into a tremendous warbot, and Optimus Prime raced out to meet it. Bumblebee and Ironhide accompanied Prime to the blast site, fighting through numerous Decepticon embankments to reach the monster. Trypticon himself proved to be an implaccable foe, and Optimus coordinated both ground-based flanking attacks and strafing runs by the Aerialbots. Eventually, the mighty menace went down, and Prime saluted Trypticon on his way to extinction. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
[[File:FOC-GameInformerPrimeBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"No, not in the chest, you guys! The throat! The throat!"]]
As the Ark neared completion, Optimus was alerted to the fact that [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s team had deserted their post and the Decepticons were consequently attacking with giant [[Warp Cannon]]s. He made haste back to Autobot City where he sent [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] off in search of the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] before joining [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] in fending off the Decepticons attacking the nerve center. When it turned out they didn't have enough energon for the defences, Optimus and [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] decided to divert some of the energon from Ark. With Perceptor's help, Optimus got an old artillery piece working and reached the neutron cannon which he used to take out some of the attackers before running out of energon. At that point he was drawn to the city core, where he managed to awaken [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]]. Optimus guided the giant in destroying the Warp Cannons, but the last of them felled Metroplex, forcing Optimus to go inside it himself.

[[File:FOC-OptimusPrimetruckart.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"WFC Optimus will be so jealous!"]]
He didn't get very far before encountering [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] who took him prisoner. Dragged before Megatron, Optimus was only saved by the timely reactivation of Metroplex. Once Megatron was a messy stain on the ground, Prime strongly recommended Starscream and the others leave. Some time later, Jazz and Cliffjumper reported that they'd found a massive [[energon lake]], and Optimus organized a transport to pick it up. During a Decepticon attack on [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]'s crash site, Optimus was contacted by Autobots guarding the site who said that Megatron was alive. His request for confirmation was given by none other than Megatron himself, who killed the Autobots who contacted Prime. Recognizing that the Decepticons would only try to retrieve Trypticon's power core if their energon levels were dangerously low, Optimus offered a ceasefire to share what was left, but Megatron rejected his offer, saying that Optimus and the Autobots were responsible for Cybertron's death.

When he was contacted by Grimlock's team who reported [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s experiments, Optimus ordered them back to base, only for Grimlock to ignore him. The Ark was eventually launched thanks to a last-minute sacrifice by Metroplex, but didn't get far before the Decepticons caught up in the ''Nemesis'' and attacked it. Optimus headed to the engine room to assist with the defenses there, only to encounter Megatron himself. As the two fought, Bumblebee threw himself in front of a shot meant for Optimus, and the young bot's sacrifice sent an enraged Optimus back into battle against his nemesis. The pair's fight wasn't yet finished when both they and their ships were sucked into the space bridge portal. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

{{note|Optimus Prime also appears in the game's 'Escalation' mode, on the 'Ignition' map. He fights alongside [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]]. Optimus serves as the team's [[Tank (FOC)|Tank]].}}

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Optimus sent Bulkhead on multiple missions within a Decepticon Dark Energon Mine, the Nemesis Battle Cruiser and back to Autobot Headquarters after it had been infiltrated by Megatron himself. He would warn Bulkhead before he would face off against a particularly dangerous Decepticon foe. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Optimus Prime helped Arcee in stopping Starscream and his horde of Vehicons from escaping from an abandoned military outpost. Upon Megatron's arrival to the battlefield, he and Arcee defended Autobot headquarters. Though they were victorious, the Autobots swore to remain vigilant, as the future might bring innumerable threats yet!

Optimus Prime could deploy "Cannon Turrets," "Freeze Turrets," and "Missile Turrets" through the Ground Bridge to aid in destroying Vehicons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}

===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
In the aftermath of a devastating Decepticon attack, the Autobots' home base was destroyed and Optimus was left in critical condition. Thankfully, Alpha Trion intervened, healed Optimus and granted him new flight capabilities. With renewed strength and resolved, Optimus fought his way through Megatron's troops until finally squaring off against the Decepticon leader himself. Once he defeated Megatron, Optimus returned to the other Autobots, and together they rebuilt their base in anticipation to the next Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:Transformers prime the game optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Drop an' give me fifty. ''Now''.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

Optimus Prime and the Autobots detected a massive asteroid of Dark Energon headed towards Earth, and used the GroundBridge to intercept the Decepticons aboard the ''Nemesis'' as they tried to retrieve the asteroid. During the battle, the asteroid broke up and Prime fell to Earth from orbit, and his team was scattered.

Optimus was located by Ratchet via the GroundBridge, where he lay buried beneath Dark Energon debris. The secret of the asteroid was revealed, as a powerful Cybertronian named [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]] emerged, ready to claim the Matrix and destroy it on behalf of his master, Unicron. Optimus and Ratchet evaded the giant's attacks until the ''Nemesis'' intervened. Stray blaster fire sent Optimus through a GroundBridge to his rescue, but Ratchet was inadvertently left behind.

Learning that the Decepticons planned to full repair Thunderwing, Optimus and the Autobots raced to stop the 'Cons from collecting Thunderwing's missing pieces. Optimus and Bulkhead battled Megatron and Starscream for one of the pieces, but Megatron escaped with the prize, leaving Prime buried alive.

Prime rescued himself, and GroundBridged to join the other Autobots in finale battle with the repaired Thunderwing. Optimus Prime succeeded in fending off Megatron and, with the help of one of Ratchet's inventions, defeated Thunderwing as well. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

===''Transformers Online''===
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{{storylink|Transformers Online}}
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
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{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}
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{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Optimus had the Autobots counter it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris, and defended the construction using the Star Saber. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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=== ''Transformers Universe'' ===
[[File:Tu-character-art optimus.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|right]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

During the journey back to Cybertron the ''[[Arclight (ship)|Arclight]]'' was ambushed by the Decepticons. Ultimately the ''Arclight'' was destroyed, but Optimus along with the Autobots escaped the destruction of the ship and took refuge on Earth. Optimus Prime called upon [[General Freeman]] to provide his fellow Autobots with a base of operations and to hide Optimus Prime himself, just as Megatron ordered the Decepticons to search Earth for Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
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File:TFUniverseJagex-Optimus Prime hologram.jpg|This is probably the most you'll ever see of him in-game
File:TFUniverseJagex-OptimusPrimeVehicle.jpg|The Flameless 379. It won't just rock your logistics, it'll transform them.
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===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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|1500
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|2000
|40
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|2000
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|3000
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|4000
|80
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|4000
|80
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|4000
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|Warrior Power Surge
|4000
|80
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|4000
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|4000
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When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

===Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker===
Optimus Prime was a spectator for a soccer match between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Prime-(WFC).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Prime-(FOC).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Optimus Prime participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:
*''Optimus Prime (WFC)'' — This Epic character could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Optimus Prime (FOC)'' — This Epic character could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFPrimeOptimustruck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|So, it hasn't got [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|flames]]. [[Ruined FOREVER|It's still not a flat nose truck.]]]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It am [[Optimus_Prime_(WFC)/toys#BHWeaponizer|BIZARRO OPTIMUS PRIME!]]]]
*''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron'' are different continuities within the same "continuity family", so their difference on Optimus Prime's pre-Prime name is not a real contradiction in and of itself. However [[Hasbro]]'s [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=7fd5ecd9-19b9-f369-1041-a7635be83172 online timeline]—meant as prequel to ''War for Cybertron''—refers to Optimus's pre-Prime name as "Orion Pax" like ''Exodus''. To confuse matters even more, in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|War for Cybertron]]'' comic, [[Alex Irvine]], in adapting scenes from his novel, still keeps the character's name as "Orion Pax", when it is also meant to occur prior the game's events. Also, ''Fall of Cybertron'', the sequel to ''War for Cybertron'', uses the name "Orion Pax".
*Optimus is rather forgetful in ''Exodus''. Alpha Trion tells him twice that he had suggested to the High Council that Orion might be the Prime foretold in the [[Covenant of Primus]]. Then he tells Jetfire that the Core told him of Project Generation One, when it was a contingency plan Trion told him about, put in place since the Breaking of the Primes. Then again, leading an army for thousands or millions of years may place a strain on a bot's memory servers.
*Optimus's CG model underwent modifications between "[[Darkness Rising]]" and the first season proper, with his chest windows lowered somewhat during scenes when he is not in battle.
*Optimus Prime's truck mode in ''Fall of Cybertron'' is described by [[High Moon Studios]] principal artist [[Mike Brown]] as a "fist with wheels attached to it." [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/10/fall-of-cybertron-the-new-optimus-prime.aspx]
*At [[BotCon 2012]], High Moon Studios stated that [[Path Blaster|"Optimus Prime's weapon"]] was designed to look like an earlier version of the rifles he wields in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' television series.
*Optimus Prime's body parts are available to use in [[Hub Network|The Hub]] website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Optimus Prime parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマス・プライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kē Bó Wén''' (Taiwan, 柯博文), '''Qíng Tīan Zhù''' (China, 擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimus Prime''', '''Optimusz Vezér''' ("Optimus Leader", used in ''Rescue Bots'' intro and 2nd season)

==References==
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Steeljaw (RID)

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:''Steeljaw is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Steeljawaligned.jpg|thumb|350px|"Paul, you is a wurrwilf!"]]

The silver-tongued '''Steeljaw''' is everything [[Starscream (disambiguation)|certain schemers]] ''wish'' they could be. A revolutionary on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], his aims have turned to taking over [[Earth]] and turning it into a homeworld for Decepticons... under ''his'' benevolent guiding paw, of course. A brilliant schemer, he's always planning ahead, seeking out opportunity, and unlike some, he has the patience to sit and wait for ''just'' the right moment to pounce. He carries himself with a soft-spoken, easy-going air, quick to offer compliments, but it's all an act. He'll tell you what you want to hear, carefully planting suggestions, so that you'll willingly throw ''yourself'' under the bus for him. Or, failing that, the facade will drop just long enough to show you how bloodthirsty he ''truly'' is. If you think you've found an ally in Steeljaw, think again – there's nobody he won't sacrifice for his goals.

Physically, he is a tough combatant, with razor-sharp claws and impressive speed and agility, plus his bark is certainly as bad as his bite. He's a master with sub-sonic technology, and with the right parts, can create sonic devices capable of interfering with Autobot technology, creating force fields, and more.

He leads his own [[Steeljaw's Pack|pack]] in contrast to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee's]] [[Bee Team (RID)|team]]–fierce, formidable and as mean as mean can be. He also has a brother named [[Phantomjaw]].

{{quote|Savor the daylight. Things are about to get rather dark.|Steeljaw|"[[True Colors]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Troy Baker]] (English), [[Yūichi Nakamura]] (Japanese)|[[Andrea Bolognini]] (Italian), [[Nicolas Böll]] (German), [[Osku Ärilä]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:TrustExercises Steeljaw convincing Strongarm.jpg|left|300px|thumb|I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand, walking through the streets of Soho in the rain.]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Steeljaw studied sub-sonics and tried to instigate a rebellion. He was arrested and imprisoned on the ''[[Alchemor]]'', and freed when [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] crashed the prison ship on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Lockout}}

While hiding in the woods outside [[Crown City]], he encountered [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], and tried to bluff her by claiming he'd been a guard aboard the ship. When that didn't work, he knocked her out, tied her up, and tried to convince her that he intended to dwell peacefully on the planet. [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] distracted Steeljaw by masquerading as another Decepticon, and as a result Strongarm was freed, though Steeljaw escaped in the confusion. {{Storylink|Trust Exercises}}

[[File:Sideways SteeljawVehicleMode.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|A wolf in jeep's clothing.]]
After [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] was knocked into the black hole caused by his makeshift [[space bridge]], he landed in a forest area where Steeljaw was hiding out. Steeljaw approached Thunderhoof and invited him to team up. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}} The duo used the [[Crown River Dam]] as a temporary base of operations. From here, Steeljaw recruited the [[cyber-tick]] [[Minitron]], who hijacked [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]'s body and managed to retrieve a [[stasis pod]] containing [[Underbite]]. Minitron inadvertently led the Autobots to their base. Following the inevitable battle, Steeljaw escaped with the stasis pod and reactivated Underbite, inducting him into the gang but abandoned Minitron to the Autobots. {{storylink|True Colors}}

[[File:RID-steeljawsgang.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Today Anthrocon, tomorrow the world!]]
The growing force eventually set up shop in an abandoned steel mill. After [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] joined the gang, Steeljaw attempted to pick up [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] as the next inductee. However, Clampdown turned out to have an unpleasant history with Thunderhoof, forcing Steeljaw to intervene. Thunderhoof managed to scare off Clampdown, and their pursuit led them into a confrontation with the Autobots. In the ensuing fight, Steeljaw almost trapped Bumblebee in a trash compactor; he was bested by the Autobots and captured with the rest of his Decepticons. Slipping his cuffs, he succeeded in creating a diversion by unmooring a garbage barge, then released the other Decepticons while the Autobots had their hands full. Back at their hideout, he inducted Clampdown into the gang even though Fracture questioned his loyalties but Steeljaw reassured him with the not-so-subtle threat of violence if Clampdown ever tried to betray his new benefactors. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

[[File:RID-steeljawshostages.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Let that Child alone".]]

When [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] picked up Decepticon signals from the Crown City Tunnels, Bumblebee believed them to belong to Steeljaw and his gang. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Seeking access to the stasis pods and all their Decepticon inmates in the scrapyard, Steeljaw engineered a diversion by using [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]] as bait. While Bumblebee's team was distracted, Steeljaw broke into the scrapyard, and his gang quickly took Fixit, [[Russell Clay|Russell]], and [[Denny Clay|Denny]] hostage. Steeljaw also rigged up a sub-sonic pulse that would disable the Autobots and prevent them from gaining access. Steeljaw tried to get Fixit to free the other Decepticon convicts, then ordered Thunderhoof and Clampdown to try and recapture the missing humans. Fixit managed to stall long enough, despite Steeljaw's threats to terminate Denny, for the Autobots to break in and deactivate the sonic weaponry; in the ensuing fight, Steeljaw was defeated yet again by Bumblebee.

Back at the Decepticon hideout, Steeljaw exploded at his comrades and ordered them to leave. Upon falling into a sulk he was contacted by a [[The Fallen|mysterious entity]] claiming to the the "first Decepticon" who also claimed to be responsible for the ''Alchemor's'' crash in order to free Steeljaw to serve him. Despite threats of violence Steeljaw was not intimidated by this entity and refused to serve him, but after the entity offered to give him control of Earth in exchange for his service Steeljaw finally agreed to build him his gateway. {{storylink|Lockout}}

[[File:Battlegrounds2 Megatronus levitates Steeljaw.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Steeljaw channels his inner Ash Ketchum]]

Following the instructions of his mysterious caller, Steeljaw and his gang gathered various supplies to build the gateway. After the group captured Sideswipe and Strongarm, Steeljaw sent Fracture in the hopes of freeing more Decepticons from the scrapyard. Though Steeljaw attempted to delay the plan until Fracture succeeded, the entity convinced him to press on with the plan and, after capturing [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] as well, the group headed to the [[Crown City Colossus]] to begin construction. The arrival of Bumblebee's team meant Steeljaw had to finish the gateway on his own, which he accomplished and activated the gateway. Despite the intervention of a newly revived [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] the entity made his way through the gate regardless and identified himself as Megatronus. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} Though Steeljaw and his gang initially aided Megatronus, the First Decepticon revealed that he intended to use the [[spark fuser]] they'd built to merge the [[AllSpark]] and [[Unicron|Anti-Spark]] from the cores of Earth and Cybertron, destroying both planets in the process. Steeljaw realized he had been used and attacked Megatronus in anger while his followers fled in fear. Steeljaw continued to fight Megatronus but he used his telekinetic powers to hurl Steeljaw away. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

[[File:Misdirection Steeljaw collapses.jpg|thumb|right|300px|He knows they'll throw him in that briar patch.]]

Intent on building a new team, Steeljaw tried to recruit Kickback, only to find that the other Con had already joined up with another group. He tailed Kickback to a swamp and a crashed starship, where he volunteered his services to [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]] and [[Glowstrike]]. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} Promising his new friends some "elite warriors", Steeljaw directed Scorponok to a disused drive in before leaving a trail of energon from there to the scrapyard. Feigning an injury, he was taken into the scrapyard and sealed in a stasis pod, which he was able to escape thanks to a subsonic device. With Bumblebee, Grimlock, and Strongarm away, following the trail Steeljaw had left for them, he sealed Fixit and the Autobots' pets in a force field and freed a bunch of the prisoners before Strongarm returned. Though he attempted to obtain her [[Decepticon Hunter]], she bested him in combat, and he was forced to flee. He was later able to present the Decepticons he'd rescued to Glowstrike. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

Steeljaw sent [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] to retrieve a high output cable for him and, in return, promised to lead Springload to [[Doradus]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}}

[[File:PortalsSteeljaw-LeadershipMe.jpg|thumb|left|300px|How they don't see through his terrible acting is one of the greatest mysteries of the universe]]

Taking advantage of a growing ideological rift among the Decepticons, Steeljaw gathered his team on the roof of the ship, where he mused about the possibility of staging a coup and overthrowing Glowstrike. He was interrupted by the return of Glowstrike and [[Saberhorn]], who were pleased with his performance. Rather than having to take the position through force, he was promoted to sub-commander of the Decepticon forces. To prove his loyalty to the cause, he savagely attacked a [[Sharkticon (Prime)|Sharkticon]] whom Glowstrike had accused of treachery. That job done, Steeljaw joined the other two Decepticon commanders, who were hoping to gain access to the ship's armory, particularly a pair of [[Decepticon Hunter]]s. {{storylink|Portals}}

[[File:DecepticonIslandP2-I'mThatPowerful.jpg|thumb|right|300px|I'd like to meet his tailor.]]

After finding a way to access the armory, Steeljaw immediately took advantage of the Decepticon Hutners, using them to overthrow Saberhorn and Glowstrike and sieze control of the ship and its inhabitants. When Bumblebee's Autobots broke into the ship, Steeljaw had his new Decepticon army surround the Autobots, grandly welcoming them to the first settlement of his new Decepticon empire. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Steeljaw paraded his prisoners out in front of the Autobots as proof of his victory, disarming Glowstrike using a Decepticon Hunter. The Autobots managed to make a break for it, but Bumblebee left his Decepticon Hunter behind in the escape. Steeljaw managed to incercept Bumblebee and Optimus Prime at the ship's ventilation hub, where he proudly displayed all three of his new weapons before using them to power himself up. Bumblebee and Optimus struggled against the empowered Steeljaw until a swarm of escaped [[Mini-Con]]s stormed the room, occupying the Decepticon leader long enough for Bumblebee to finish arming a [[cryo-gas]] bomb. The Mini-Cons managed to deprive Steeljaw of his weapons, reverting him to normal. Bumblebee took advantage of Steeljaw's momentary weakness to grab the Decepticon Hunters himself and power himself up as Steeljaw had just done beforehand. Thus empowered, Bumblebee melted Steeljaw into the floor before escaping, leaving the would-be Decepticon conqueror howling in rage at his failure. Unable to escape the bomb's detonation, he was placed back in stasis. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
Annoyed by Thunderhoof and Underbite bickering, Steeljaw reminded them that he only tolerated them because their help was necessary in his quest to obtain the [[Anti-Spark]]. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:RIDissue6-SteeljawandVehicon.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Would ''I'' lie?"]]
Following the disastrous business with Megatronus, Steeljaw was lurking near the [[Sierra Ridge]] mountains when he spotted Optimus and Windblade out on a mission. Shortly afterwards, he stumbled on an energon mine being constructed by three abandoned [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, and managed to convince them that he was their superior officer. While two of the Vehicons lured Team Bee away from the scrapyard, he and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] kidnapped Fixit and Russell Clay, {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} as well as freeing those Decepticons Steeljaw could trust, {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}} before inviting the Autobots to come find them. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Steeljaw had the Decepticons set about mining energon, and when Bumblebee's team inevitably turned up, Steeljaw revealed his trump card: a bomb left with the Vechicons by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. During the fight, Steeljaw ordered Steve to set off the bomb, however the Vehicons realized that Steeljaw was pursuing his own vendetta and not the Decepticon cause. After Optimus Prime arrived to reveal that Steeljaw had been lying about being part of Starscream's command, the Vehicons turned on their would-be master, using the bomb to take out the other Decepticons. Steeljaw fled the scene while the Autobots were taking his men into custody. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

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==Commercial appearances==
*Steeljaw tried to attack a young boy with a Bumblebee toy in hand, only for the real Bumblebee to wrestle with the Decepticon and toss him into a nearby body of water. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise One-Step and Three-Step toy commercial}}

*Steeljaw burst through a billboard only to find himself facing a giant-sized "Super Bumblebee!" Though he tried to flee, Bumblebee picked up Steeljaw and transformed the Decepticon into his vehicle mode as though he was just a toy. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Super Bumblebee commercial}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
*''unlock Starter'' — 500 Energon Cubes or 10 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Titan Guardian'' — 1000 Energon Cubes or 20 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Legion'' — 1500 Energon Cubes or 30 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock 1-Step'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Titan Hero'' — 3000 Energon Cubes or 60 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Warrior'' — 4000 Energon Cubes or 80 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Hero'' — 6000 Energon Cubes or 120 Ultra Sparks

{{note|Though he appears in the story as a CPU-controlled boss, Steeljaw is also a playable character. Yes, he can beat himself up. His six toy-forms can be temporarily unlocked by scanning the badges on said toys. However, these and his show-accurate "Starter" form (which the CPU boss uses) can also be permanently unlocked by spending Energon Cubes.}} {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
There were lots of Steeljaws! They attempted to escape before the Autobots secured them back into their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}

====Legion Class====
[[File:Legionsteeljaw.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''Where, oh werewolf, I've looked everywhere wolf. Where oh where is my werewolf?'']]
*'''Steeljaw''' (Legion Class, 2015)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Legion-class toys, Steeljaw transforms from a <s>yetiglanchi</s> werewolf-like Decepticon into an off-road vehicle. He has one of the shortest robot modes of all of the Legion Class figures to date until [[Groundpounder_(RID)#Robots_in_Disguise_.282015.29|Groundbuster]] and then, [[Springload (RID)#Legion|Springload]].

: His Decepticon [[insignia]] is on his passenger-side door, which becomes his left forearm in robot mode. The symbol can be scanned while Steeljaw is still in-package.

: His stock photo is mistransformed in vehicle mode (not the right picture, the other one): His legs are sticking out of his front.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/LegSteeljaw/steeljaw.htm More information on Legion Steeljaw at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF-Adventure-EZ-Collection-Clear-Steeljaw.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
*'''Steeljaw Clear Ver''' (Legion Class, 2015)
:A redeco of Legion Class Steeljaw in clear plastic, Steeljaw Clear Ver. was given away at Japanese stores like EDION, Bic Camera and Kojira toy department from March 21, 2015 to customers who spent ¥3000 or more on Adventure product. Like most of the clear colored ''Adventure'' Legion Class exclusives, Steeljaw has no paint operations save for his face.

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[[File:TAV-35-EZ-Collection-Steeljaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Autobot VS Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 4-pack, 2015)

: This version of Steeljaw is a redeco of the original Legion Class toy, featuring additional paint details. Although stock photos for the packaging showed that Steeljaw features birch grey plastic, the actual product retains the original plastic color from the Hasbro toy.

: Unlike the Hasbro release, the toy features no scan-badges on the toy, instead it was printed on one small card, along with the other 3 badges.

: He was available only in a four-pack along with similarly-painted-up versions of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV35|Optimus Prime]], [[Underbite#TAV35|Underbite]], and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#TAV35|Grimlock]].

:Like the rest of the ''Adventure'' EZ Collection sets, some online retailers like Amazon Japan were still selling it 2 years later at greatly reduced prices (70% off).

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====Warrior Class====
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[[File:RID15-toy SteeljawWarrior.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Best there is at what he does, bub! ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-04-Steeljaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, I still fall off with no support. Buy me. ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Steeljaw''' (Warrior Class, 2014/2015)
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[March 21|3-21]]-2015'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TAV-04'''
**''Accessories'': Bladed claw

: From the first wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' Warrior-class figures, Steeljaw transforms from a werewolf-like Decepticon, complete with articulated tail, into an off-road vehicle. He comes with a [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine-like]] claw weapon that he can either wield or attach to the roof of his vehicle mode. His scannable insignia is on his vehicle-mode windshield, which becomes his robot-mode chest, easily scannable while still on-package.

: The TakaraTomy release of the Warrior Class Steeljaw, as part of the initial assortment of ''Adventure'' product, features a flatter shade of blue-ish grey plastic, and several extra paint details on his head and wheels. His scan-badge is covered in-package by a "dummy sticker" to prevent scanning without purchase.

:Due to a lack of heel-spurs and the uneven surfaces on the soles of his feet (being made up of the vehicle-mode grill and bumper), he has problems standing upright without using his tail as a stabilizing tripod.

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

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/Steeljaw/steeljaw.htm More information on Warrior Steeljaw at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/include.php?path=content/ToyDB_Info.php&Toy_ID=5799&Sprache=0 More information on Steeljaw at Transformers-Universe.com]''

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Decepticon-Island-Showdown-packaging.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Decepticon Island Showdown''' (2-pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Decepticon Hunter, Axe, 2 Decepticon Hunter Swords, Decepticon Hunter longstaff, smaller staff, stasis chamber

:Available as a 2-pack with Bumblebee, Decepticon Island Showdown Steeljaw is completely unchanged from his individual Warrior Class figure, and he comes with various Decepticon Hunter weapons. The 2-pack also comes with a large stasis chamber, which Warrior Class Decepticons can fit into.
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====One-Step Changers====
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[[File:Onestepsteeljaw.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A Cybertronian werewolf in traffic. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TED-08-Steeljaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Steeljaw''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[June 27|6-27]]-2015'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TED-08'''

: Part of the second wave of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#One-Step Changers|One Step Changers]], Steeljaw transforms in one step (see?) from a werewolf-like Decepticon into an off-road vehicle, triggered by his vehicle front/tail. Steeljaw can ride on [[Grimlock_(RID_2015)#Stomp_.26_Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], but does not activate any of the larger figure's gimmicks.

: His Decepticon [[insignia]] is on his vehicle-mode roof, which becomes his tail. Unlike several One-step Changers, his badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changers-Collection-6-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Robots in Disguise Collection''' (6-pack, 2015)

:A 6-pack featuring the One-Step figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Bumblebee]], Steeljaw, [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#RIDCollection|Grimlock]], [[Sideswipe (RID)#RIDCollection|Sideswipe]], [[Underbite#RIDCollection|Underbite]] (all of them unchanged from their individual releases), and a new One-Step [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Optimus Prime]] figure available only in this set. This set was exclusive to [[Target]] stores in the United States and to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Canada.

: Sideswipe, Steeljaw, Underbite, and Bumblebee's badges are all scannable in-package.

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====Hyper Change Heroes/3-Step Changer====
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[[File:RID20153StepSteeljaw.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Better stay away from him. He'll rip your lungs out, Jim! ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TED-11-Big-Steeljaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Steeljaw''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[August 29|8-29]]-2015'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TED-11'''

:Part of the third wave of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Three-Step Changers .2F Hyper Change Heroes|''Robots in Disguise'' Three-Step Changers]], this considerably larger version of Steeljaw transforms from an off-road vehicle to robot in just <s>3</s> 2 easy steps!...yeah!

:His scannable badge is on his vehicle bonnet/robot mode chest. Like most of the Three-Step Changers, his badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:The TakaraTomy "Easy Dynamic" release of Three-Step Steeljaw, titled '''Big Steeljaw''', features additional paint applications. features extra paint applications on the robot/vehicle mode parts, including his mouth. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Decepticon insignia is in his robot mode, middle of his chest. Scanning this in the Transformers Chronicle Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list. Unlike the American release, Big Steeljaw is packaged in a windowed box, instead of an an open package.
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[[File:TF-RID2015-Three-Step-Cybertron-Strike-Steeljaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Cybertron Strike Steeljaw''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2015)

:Released as part of the ''[[Combiner Force]]'' rebranding, Cybertron Strike Steeljaw is a redeco of the figure above, 2 years later after its release. He now features computer circuit-sque details. His scannable badge is on his vehicle bonnet/robot mode chest. Like most of the Three-Step Changers, his badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:His packaging advises as "Hyper Turn" Gimmick.

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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy SteeljawCustomKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Steeljaw''' (Custom Kreon, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B1236'''
**''Pieces'': 26
**''Accessories'': Extra body parts, parts rack, buildable sword, buildable staff

:Part of the sixth wave of Custom [[Kreon]]s, and the first (and only) ''Robots in Disguise''-themed wave, Kreon Steeljaw has extra body parts cast in transparent plastic, if you're into that kinda thing. His weapons and parts can be stored on a buildable weapons rack. Despite what the instructions said, the body piece cannot be pegged down between the leg parts installed on the display stand. However this can be amended by putting a 2x1 brick piece.

:Unlike the larger ''Robots in Disguise Kre-O'' kits, the Customs do not have any scan-badges on their packaging ''at all''. The mobile game isn't even mentioned ''anywhere''.

:This wave was skipped by US retailers at first, so the set only saw release in Canadian, European and Asian markets. In late 2015 they (briefly) showed up at TJ Maxx discount chains in the US.

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===Hero Mashers===
[[File:HeroMashers-toy Steeljaw.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Steeljaw''' (2015)
**''Accessories'': Twin-blade, tail/sword

: Part of the first wave of ''Robots in Disguise''-branded [[Hero Mashers]], Steeljaw is a 6-inch tall non-transforming action figure. He has pop-off forearms, thighs, lower-legs and head, which are interchangeable with ''any'' Hero Mashers figure, which includes properties like ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' and ''Jurassic World''. Every body part except his head also has at least one accessory-attachment point, though only his tail/sword has the proper peg to use them. In what appears to be a budget cut, every toy in this wave has single-swivel shoulders, as opposed to double-swivels, restricting arm articulation. (The rocker-ankles from the original waves remain gone.)

:The figure itself lacks a scannable badge, but the packaging has a unique scan-badge for the mobile game that grants a randomized amount of "Energon cube" currency. The scan-badge is the same for all toys in the wave.

: Originally this wave was skipped by US retailers, seeing release only in Canada and European markets. In December 2015, they started to pop up in US discount stores like TJ Maxx and Marshalls.

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==Merchandise==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:TinyTitans SteeljawS1.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Steeljaw''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''4/12'''

: Part of the initial assortment of [[Tiny Titans]], this version of Steeljaw is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode. Sold in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie, he comes with a collectible card with a unique scan-badge for the mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TTSteeljaw/steeljaw.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Steeljaw at TFU.info]''

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*'''Steel Jaw'''{{sic}} (Radz candy dispenser, 2015)
**''Blindbag code'': '''E'''

: The [[Radz]] candy-dispenser version of Steeljaw is a plastic sphereoid with feet, spiky "hair", and a keychain fob. Pulling the hair back opens the toy's "mouth" and projects a little bowl-like tongue, dispensing a single colored sugar pellet. The hair can be taken off to refill the dispenser, and swapped with any other Radz.

:Steeljaw was only available in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie, though the bag has a code number on the back under the "best by" date that tells you what's inside (only the last letter is the important part). He comes with a bag of sugar pellets, and a mini-poster with a collection checklist on the back. The packaging and poster use the generic scan-badge found on almost all toy and merchandise packaging, granting an amount of "Energon cube" currency.

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*'''Steeljaw''' (McDonald's toy, 2016)
**''McNumber'': '''7'''
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''' (2015)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' series, this buildable Steeljaw mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He has articulation on his shoulders, upper legs and tail.
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===Dickie Toys===
====Die-Cast Cars====
*'''Steeljaw''' (Single Pack, 2016/2017)
:Released as part of the Single Pack assortment, Steeljaw is a show-accurate, non-transforming die-cast vehicle based on his alternate mode. He features through-axle construction, allowing for super-speedy racing on smooth surfaces, and his car mode is compatible with many tracks and playsets from ''Hot Wheels'' and ''Matchbox''.

:His other redeco variants include a Stealth-themed color.
{{comingsoontoy|Redecoes not yet released}}
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*'''Steeljaw''' (Tin Box, 2016)
:This Steeljaw toy car is unchanged, with a new collectible tin box featured in the packaging...and a random transformation scene card.

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*'''Steeljaw''' (Light Up Racer, 2016/2017)
:This Steeljaw toy car features a (pointless) blue-colored light-up gimmick underneath, which is probably meant to represent him having an LED underbody. Once activated, the light emits to a smoke grey plate underneath with Steeljaw's head sculpted on it. He also comes with his own Tech Spec collector card. Batteries also included.
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*'''Robot Team 5-pack''' (2016)
:An unchanged Steeljaw car is pack with either of these two 5-pack sets.
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*'''Steeljaw''' (Plastic Robots & Car 2-pack, 2017)
:This 2-pack features an again, unchanged Steeljaw toy car, but with a show-accurate, non-transforming robot mode figure as a bonus!
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*'''Robots in Disguise 5-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 8-pack''' (2017)
*'''Robots in Disguise 11-Pack''' (2017)

:The unchanged Steeljaw car (or his Stealth redeco) was also available in either of these multi-packs. He would probably be bundled with his robot mode figurine though.
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====Play Sets====
*'''Capture Pod Track Set''' (2016)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, Track, Ramp, Capture Pod, stand

:The Steeljaw Die-cast Car is also available with the play set, which consists on launching him to the Capture Pod...which means the whole point of this set is capturing Steeljaw while he's flying off the ramp. However, any Autobot cars is also compatible if you decided to do the other way around.

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==Notes==
*Steeljaw is the first main antagonist of a western ''Transformers'' series who is ''not'' a [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]] or [[Galvatron (disambiguation)|Galvatron]] (not counting [[Thaddeus Morocco]], the on-off overarching antagonist of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'').

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Steeljaw''' (スチールジョー ''Suchīrujō'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāngqián''' (钢钳, "Steel Clamp")

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Prepare for Departure

2017-09-01T15:59:17Z

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'''.'''
==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=September 23, 2017}}

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Breathing Room

2017-09-01T15:58:53Z

DDelgado:

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'''Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm are captured by Steeljaw's Decepticons; Fixit works to keep Steeljaw and the 'Cons at bay while the captured Autobots attempt to escape.'''
==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=September 16, 2017}}

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Breathing Room

2017-09-01T15:58:29Z

DDelgado: /* Synopsis */

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'''Bee, Sideswipe and Strongarm are captured by Steeljaw's Decepticons; Fixit works to keep Steeljaw and the 'Cons at bay while the captured Autobots attempt to escape.'''
==Synopsis==
{{comingsoon|when=September 16, 2017}}

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Exiles

2017-09-01T15:57:59Z

DDelgado: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|the Aligned novel|Transformers: Exiles}}
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'''Steeljaw and his pack return and launch an attack on the Scrapyard, forcing the Autobots to abandon their home base; Sideswipe's fear of abandonment threatens the Bee Team when they face their foes again at the Crown River Dam.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What the hell was that?" "That was a bomb, jackass! He used the microwave as a detonator!"]]
In the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] begins a home video with [[Russell Clay|Russell]] to keep [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] up to date while he's away helping [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] on a secret mission. The video gets as far as [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] dazzling the camera with a new wax job and a shot of [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] mulling over a newly acquired [[Cybertronian technology finder|Cybertronian tech detector]] with [[Denny Clay|Denny]], before alarms blare and the base falls under attack by unknown assailants. A blast hits [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], Denny, and Russell, knocking all three over, with footage ending there.

Recovering from the blast, Denny and Russell are retrieved by [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], then set off to find Fixit. During the attack, Bumblebee is grazed, disabling his comm-link and preventing him to gather the team at the command center. He arrives at the meet-point with Grimlock behind him, running into Sideswipe who reports he thinks the attackers are stationed on a cliff above the base. Meanwhile, a terrified Fixit is nearly squished by falling pieces of vintage memorabilia, but is saved by Strongarm and the Clays. Bumblebee hands Sideswipe his blaster and orders him to cover him as he darts to the [[GroundBridge]], which he activates in order to evacuate as Strongarm and her precious cargo arrives on scene. As Sideswipe drives towards the groundbridge to join his teammates, he's hit by the nonstop blaster fire and goes flying off course. The same blast that hit him had destroyed the groundbridge, leaving the panicking Sideswipe to call out for help as he run amidst the blaster fire that was still raining down on the scrapyard. The continuous blasts knock a crane onto him, effectively pinning him down. As aiming beacons line up on his face, Bumblebee appears to pull the machinery off him and the two escape the base without much further ado, though Sideswipe begins to show signs of his abandonment issues and Bee explains that his broken comm prevented him from finding him earlier.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"All of your ridiculous pitiful antics aren't gonna change a thing. You and me, we're puppets in the same sick game. We serve the same master, and he's a lunatic and he's ungrateful. But there's nothing we can do about it. You and me, we're the same."]]
As the rest of the team waits where they had been sent, they worry about the two left behind, though Fixit reminds them that Bumblebee would be aware of their current location and would most likely be there as soon as he could. And as if on cue, the two missing Autobots drive up. After brief elation and more concern, Russell suggests they use the caves where they fought [[Nightstrike]] as their new temporary base and Fixit agrees, due to the mineral deposits in that area obstructing energy signals.

Back at the scrapyard, [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] have a conflict of interest, which ends with Thunderhoof reluctantly relenting. During the short scuffle, Steeljaw reveals that both he and their benefactors on Cybertron want Bumblebee's "hood ornament on a plate", along with the rest of the team. These "benefactors" are implied to be government officials, as Steeljaw and his pack (himself, Thunderhoof, [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], and [[Underbite]]) were pardoned of their crimes in order to (supposedly) capture the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]. In a moment of inspiration, Steeljaw decides to put humans at risk in order to lure Bee and his Autobots out from hiding.

Regrouping in the cave, Fixit repairs Bumblebee's comm system while Denny bemoans the loss of his collectibles. Sideswipe attempts to comfort him by revealing that he's moved homes a hundred times and it's not a big deal. He's then frightened by some bats and both Strongarm and Bee comment on his jumpiness, which he deflects. Bumblebee mentions how he doesn't know how to track down whoever is after them, and Fixit displays the tech detector he had brought with them, which wouldn't exactly find the attackers, but it would find their weapons. Bee suggests that Sideswipe be the one to step out of the cave and into possible scanning range to locate the antagonists, sparking Sideswipe's fear of abandonment and stalling on his part. The tech detector makes a quick change of hands before Fixit takes it back and does the scan himself, discovering five Cybertronian contacts at the [[Crown City]] dam. Bumblebee realizes that the attackers were most likely there to put humans at risk, and as Strongarm points out that it was most likely a trap, he refuses to put lives in danger and they take the bait anyway.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!"]]
On the way to the dam, Sideswipe nervously tailgates Strongarm until Bumblebee puts him on rear duty, which only further aggravates his fears as a train nearly cuts him off from the rest of the team. Once they reach their destination, Bumblebee formulates the plan to go into the dam control building alone to draw out their enemies, while the others split up and circle around to jump the attackers when they go for him. This also makes Sideswipe anxious.

Inside, Bumblebee is surprised to find out their attackers had been Steeljaw and his pack, who turn on him and knock him to the ground. Steeljaw then stands over him and monologues about revenge, also mentioning his benefactors, until the rest of the team sneaks in and opens fire on the Decepticons. As the fight breaks out, Grimlock slams Quillfire into machinery, jamming one of his quills into a turbine, creating the potential hazard of explosion. Bumblebee attempts to remove the quill, but is rammed by Underbite, and Steeljaw runs out of the building during the fog of war. Bee chases after Steeljaw, and Sideswipe chases after him, goaded by his fear of being left behind. Outside, Steeljaw blows a hole in the dam then turns on Bumblebee, but is toppled over the platform as Sideswipe intervenes. Thanking him, Bumblebee asks Sideswipe to take care of the broken dam so he can help Grimlock and Strongarm, assuring his younger teammate that he will be back for him.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You're in the Navy, remember? It's not a job, it's an adventure!"]]
Back inside, Bee tries to pull the quill from the turbine again, resulting in a shock and Strongarm's approval. Dazed and confused, Bumblebee wonders ''why'' she had praised him, until she uses the surging machine to electrocute the Decepticons. On the side of the dam, Sideswipe is overtaken by Steeljaw and a fight ensues, ending with Steeljaw being kicked into the water below. After the Decepticons inside flee the building, Bumblebee finally pulls the quill free of the turbine, nullifying that threat. The team then gives chase after the pack, which comes to little fruition, seeing as Underbite had accidentally knocked his fellow 'Cons off the dam and into the water below. Still on the side of the dam, Sideswipe uses his sword to chunk off pieces of concrete to fill the hole until a human repair crew could properly fix it.

Back at the cave, the field team finds Fixit and the humans with a projected image of the scrapyard, a heartfelt, if superficial, comfort. Denny, though still despondent over the loss of his property, claims home is where friends and family are, and Sideswipe wholeheartedly agrees.

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==Quotes==
"Whoa! What is this? Did somebody forget to pay the electric bill?"
:—'''Sideswipe''' quips as he dodges incoming Decepticon fire.

"''Who'' is shooting at us?" 
"Unfortunately, someone with decent aim."
:—'''Fixit''' and '''Strongarm''' as ''they'' dodge blaster fire.

"''Capiche''?" 
"Well, I guess I could lend a hand, seeing as you uh, need me so bad. Oh, whatever. Fugget about it."
:— '''Steeljaw''', ironincally, and '''Thunderhoof''', unironically.

"They say you can't dream in stasis, but I did, Bumblebee. Of this moment, when I can pay you back for robbing Decepticon Island! Pay you back... ''in full.''" 
"I also dreamed... of a parade for the heroes of the revolution! Everyone was wearing hats."
:— '''Steeljaw''' and '''Quillfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Steeljaw and his cohorts were shipped off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]". The benefactors who freed them are presumably the same people [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] are investigating.
* The Autobots retreat to the caves [[Nightstrike]] used as a hideout in "[[Even Robots Have Nightmares]]".
* The Cybertronian tech-finder Fixit uses is said to have been confiscated from the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]] following their defeat, which took place in [[Moon Breaker|the last episode]]. Based on its coloration, it is the same one [[Heatseeker]] found in [[King of the Hill (Part 2)]], which [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] later used in [[Bee Cool]] and [[The Great Divide]].
* The corruption on Cybertron has been building up conflict in the background for the entire series and has generally served as a way to bring characters in;
** It was first alluded to in [[Can You Dig It?]], when the Council sent [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] to investigate the Alchemor crash site and we learned they were none to happy with Bee.
** The council's desire to have Bumblebee captured for his actions in [[Pilot (Part 1)]], was revealed in [[Hunting Season]], when Drift and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to collect a bounty on Bee's head.
** [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] revealed just how bad things had gotten, upon his arrival in [[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]], revealing [[Team Prime]] was blamed for the planet's destruction and that he was forced to capture war criminals. This prompted Optimus to leave Earth in order to investigate, though things had gotten so bad, he was unable to return and thus began working with "some old friends" to handle the situation, as stated in [[Worthy]].

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*This episode's name happens to be the same as the ''Aligned'' prequel novel ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]''.
*Apparently, according to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], bots can dream in [[stasis lock|stasis]].

===Foreign localization===

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Dragstrip (WFC)

2017-09-01T15:55:30Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{disambig3|Drag Strip}}
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:''Dragstrip is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:TRID E 51 Dragstrip RM.jpg|thumb|right|320px|"Wildbreak, my Pebbles!"]]

'''Dragstrip''' (or '''Drag Strip''') is always looking for a way to get ahead. Vicious and opportunistic, it doesn't take much for him to set his sights on higher and higher prizes... even if it means selling out his fellow [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]]s. He's not the brightest or the strongest Decepticon around, but he's ''just'' bright enough and ''just'' strong enough to be a major pain in the rear axle. And with a [[Nitro Booster|nitro-powered booster-rocket]] available in both vehicle and robot mode, chasing him is a risky prospect.

Often he finds himself paired with the considerably weaker-strutted [[Wildbreak]], who he has to browbeat and threaten on a regular basis to get their job done. When the two combine into "[[Dragbreak]]", Dragstrip is the one in command of the combiner mode's motor functions. The two of them can combine further with their fellow Stunticons to form [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]].

{{quote|I can win this war by myself! Ha ha!|Dragstrip|''War for Cybertron''}}

{{quote|One of these days, Wildbreak! ONE OF THESE DAYS!|Drag Strip|"[[Bee Cool]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Maurice LaMarche]] (English), TBA (Japanese)}}
[[File:TRID S3 E7 TGD SC 2.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"All right funny men, I'll prove to you you're wasting your money."]]
Drag Strip borrowed [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]]'s [[Cybertronian technology finder|Cybertronian technology detector]], intending to use it to find something to get himself in his boss's good graces. He and Wildbreak headed to the human city of [[West Rock]] and broke into a cache of Cybertronian loot. Despite a few minor setbacks involving Drag Strip being frozen solid, they were packing to leave when [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team turned up. The two Cons eventually managed to give them the slip, but discovered that the Autobots had shut off the only bridge accessing the city. The pair merged into Dragbreak to fight the Autobots atop a parking building — though initially successful, they were ultimately defeated when Bumblebee dropped the roof on them, but escaped after the damaged parking structure partially collapsed. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

[[File:TRID E 55 Dragstrip VM.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You have just broken the camel's back with that straw. You have ridiculed my brother Stunticons. You have just made fun of something very big that's close to my heart."]]
Having gotten his hands on a Cybertronian relic, Drag Strip was pursued by the Autobots until he caught them in a methane explosion. He returned to Motormaster with the relic, which turned out to be a [[Gravitic Adjuster]] when he tried it out on Wildbreak. Sent to cause some havoc with the device, Drag Strip attacked a State Trooper station, successfully drawing out the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]. Though the Adjuster gave him an edge, he was eventually defeated by the two [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipes]] (long story) and the Autobots relieved him of his new weapon. {{storylink|The Great Divide}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Disordered Personalities}} {{storylink|The Golden Knight}} {{storylink|Railroad Rage}} {{storylink|Combine and Conquer}} {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[File:Wfc-dragstrip-1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Bang! Zoom! Straight to the moon!"]]

:''Voice actor:'' [[Eric Artell]]
{{Note|Dragstrip is an unlockable character for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Nintendo DS version]] of ''War for Cybertron'' (Decepticon version), unlocked by finding a disc in the mission "The Attack of Iacon" (requires Flying class character). Like the other unlockable characters, he can replace any of the other Decepticons in the campaign mode.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}
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===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[File:DragStripFOC.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|"Pow! Right in the kisser!"]]
{{Note|Dragstrip does not appear in the campaign of ''Fall of Cybertron''. However, he is available in multiplayer.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{Note|Dragstrip appears as an Escalation only character. His default weopon is the Neutron Assault Rifle.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
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[[File:RIDdragstriptoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"One a' these days..."]]
* '''Menasor''' (Team Combiner, 2017)

:Released as part of the Team Combiner set along with Motormaster, Wildbreak, Heatseeker, and Slashmark, "Decepticon Dragstrip" is a Scout-sized figure that transforms from vehicle to robot in just a few simple steps. In robot mode, he has very limited articulation. He can convert into an arm for any Team Combiner set, although he usually forms Menasor's right arm.
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* '''Drag Strip & Wildbreak''' (Crash Combiners, 2017)
[[File:TF-RID2015-Crash-Combiner-Dragstrip.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"ONE OF THESE DAYS WILDBREAK, I'LL BE THE TORSO ONCE AGAIN!!!"]]
:Part of wave 3 of Crash Combiner sets, Dragstrip comes in a two-pack with [[Wildbreak]]. He changes from robot to stunt car in a few simple steps. He features a spring-loaded transformation to legs mode when Wildbreak (or any torso figure) combines with him to form [[Dragbreak]].
:There appears to have been an error at some point in the development of this two-pack wherein Dragstrip and Wildbreak's colors have been swapped, not only robbing Dragstrip of his body and show-accurate role of torso in their combined form, but also the more 'traditional' Dragstrip vehicle mode (which is ''still'' inaccurate to Dragstrip's vehicle mode in the show).

{{-}}

==Notes==
* Drag Strip's portrayal in ''Robots in Disguise'' owes something to legendary actor and comedian {{w|Jackie Gleason}}, in particular his character of Ralph Kramden on ''[[The Honeymooners]]''. Thus Drag Strip's frequent utterance of Ralph's threatening catchphrase "One of these days..."
* Dragstrip's parts are available in ''Fall of Cybertron'' multiplayer, classified as Slayer-type components for the [[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrator]] class (although his wheels can also be used by [[Destroyer (FOC)|Destroyers]]).

===Foreign names===
*''Russian:'' '''Gonki''' (''Fall of Cybertron'', Гонки, "Race"), '''Ruchnik''' (''Rise of the Dark Spark'', Ручник, "Hand-Brake")

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Cybertronian technology finder

2017-09-01T15:53:50Z

DDelgado:

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[[File:The Whatchamacallit.jpg|thumb|right|Now detecting cluelessness in the vicinity...]]
'''Cybertronian technology finders''' find Cybertronian technology. Simple as that.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[Clawtrap]] had a device that tracked the energy signatures of Cybertronian equipment, aiding the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] in their pursuit of lost treasure on [[Earth]]. It led them (and their [[Weaponizer]] reluctant allies) to the [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{Storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

While fleeing from an overwhelming number of [[Autobot]]s, the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] [[Heatseeker]] stumbled across a similar device just sticking out of the ground by an abandoned gas station. He wasted no time in collecting it, realizing it would give him a good excuse when [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] asked why he was back at base so early; Motormaster was skeptical but quickly realised the possibilities such a device presented. {{Storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

When [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] decided that he and [[Wildbreak]] should pursue promotion to Motormaster's Chief Lieutenants, he took the "whatchamacallit" ("showing initiative" instead of asking permission to do so) and they set out to see what they could find. What they could find turned out to be one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade's]] caches in a self-storage joint in [[West Rock]], {{Storylink|Bee Cool}} and Drag Strip went on to locate and raid other caches later. {{storylink|The Great Divide}}

The Stunticons' device was later confiscated by the Autobots, and was used by [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to locate [[Steeljaw's Pack]] due to their news weapons. {{storylink|Exiles}}

==Notes==
* Clawtrap's device is steel gray in color, while the one the Stunticons, and later Autobots, acquire is a fetching shade of mustard.
* The device appears to possess only a two-dimensional display, although it's reasonable to assume Drag Strip might not be ''entirely'' familiar with its use.

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) technology]]

Exiles

2017-09-01T15:53:19Z

DDelgado: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|the Aligned novel|Transformers: Exiles}}
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|caption=''The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town...I said, the boys are back in town...''
|prev=Moon Breaker
|next=Breathing Room
|title="Exiles"
|airdate=[[August 26]], [[2017]] (Canada) [[September 9]], 2017 (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
}}
'''Steeljaw and his pack return and launch an attack on the Scrapyard, forcing the Autobots to abandon their home base; Sideswipe's fear of abandonment threatens the Bee Team when they face their foes again at the Crown River Dam.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What the hell was that?" "That was a bomb, jackass! He used the microwave as a detonator!"]]
In the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] begins a home video with [[Russell Clay|Russell]] to keep [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] up to date while he's away helping [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] on a secret mission. The video gets as far as [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] dazzling the camera with a new wax job and a shot of [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] mulling over a newly acquired [[Cybertronian technology finder|Cybertronian tech detector]] with [[Denny Clay|Denny]], before alarms blare and the base falls under attack by unknown assailants. A blast hits [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], Denny, and Russell, knocking all three over, with footage ending there.

Recovering from the blast, Denny and Russell are retrieved by [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], then set off to find Fixit. During the attack, Bumblebee is grazed, disabling his comm-link and preventing him to gather the team at the command center. He arrives at the meet-point with Grimlock behind him, running into Sideswipe who reports he thinks the attackers are stationed on a cliff above the base. Meanwhile, a terrified Fixit is nearly squished by falling pieces of vintage memorabilia, but is saved by Strongarm and the Clays. Bumblebee hands Sideswipe his blaster and orders him to cover him as he darts to the [[GroundBridge]], which he activates in order to evacuate as Strongarm and her precious cargo arrives on scene. As Sideswipe drives towards the groundbridge to join his teammates, he's hit by the nonstop blaster fire and goes flying off course. The same blast that hit him had destroyed the groundbridge, leaving the panicking Sideswipe to call out for help as he run amidst the blaster fire that was still raining down on the scrapyard. The continuous blasts knock a crane onto him, effectively pinning him down. As aiming beacons line up on his face, Bumblebee appears to pull the machinery off him and the two escape the base without much further ado, though Sideswipe begins to show signs of his abandonment issues and Bee explains that his broken comm prevented him from finding him earlier.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"All of your ridiculous pitiful antics aren't gonna change a thing. You and me, we're puppets in the same sick game. We serve the same master, and he's a lunatic and he's ungrateful. But there's nothing we can do about it. You and me, we're the same."]]
As the rest of the team waits where they had been sent, they worry about the two left behind, though Fixit reminds them that Bumblebee would be aware of their current location and would most likely be there as soon as he could. And as if on cue, the two missing Autobots drive up. After brief elation and more concern, Russell suggests they use the caves where they fought [[Nightstrike]] as their new temporary base and Fixit agrees, due to the mineral deposits in that area obstructing energy signals.

Back at the scrapyard, [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] have a conflict of interest, which ends with Thunderhoof reluctantly relenting. During the short scuffle, Steeljaw reveals that both he and their benefactors on Cybertron want Bumblebee's "hood ornament on a plate", along with the rest of the team. These "benefactors" are implied to be government officials, as Steeljaw and his pack (himself, Thunderhoof, [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], and [[Underbite]]) were pardoned of their crimes in order to (supposedly) capture the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]. In a moment of inspiration, Steeljaw decides to put humans at risk in order to lure Bee and his Autobots out from hiding.

Regrouping in the cave, Fixit repairs Bumblebee's comm system while Denny bemoans the loss of his collectibles. Sideswipe attempts to comfort him by revealing that he's moved homes a hundred times and it's not a big deal. He's then frightened by some bats and both Strongarm and Bee comment on his jumpiness, which he deflects. Bumblebee mentions how he doesn't know how to track down whoever is after them, and Fixit displays the tech detector he had brought with them, which wouldn't exactly find the attackers, but it would find their weapons. Bee suggests that Sideswipe be the one to step out of the cave and into possible scanning range to locate the antagonists, sparking Sideswipe's fear of abandonment and stalling on his part. The tech detector makes a quick change of hands before Fixit takes it back and does the scan himself, discovering five Cybertronian contacts at the [[Crown City]] dam. Bumblebee realizes that the attackers were most likely there to put humans at risk, and as Strongarm points out that it was most likely a trap, he refuses to put lives in danger and they take the bait anyway.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!"]]
On the way to the dam, Sideswipe nervously tailgates Strongarm until Bumblebee puts him on rear duty, which only further aggravates his fears as a train nearly cuts him off from the rest of the team. Once they reach their destination, Bumblebee formulates the plan to go into the dam control building alone to draw out their enemies, while the others split up and circle around to jump the attackers when they go for him. This also makes Sideswipe anxious.

Inside, Bumblebee is surprised to find out their attackers had been Steeljaw and his pack, who turn on him and knock him to the ground. Steeljaw then stands over him and monologues about revenge, also mentioning his benefactors, until the rest of the team sneaks in and opens fire on the Decepticons. As the fight breaks out, Grimlock slams Quillfire into machinery, jamming one of his quills into a turbine, creating the potential hazard of explosion. Bumblebee attempts to remove the quill, but is rammed by Underbite, and Steeljaw runs out of the building during the fog of war. Bee chases after Steeljaw, and Sideswipe chases after him, goaded by his fear of being left behind. Outside, Steeljaw blows a hole in the dam then turns on Bumblebee, but is toppled over the platform as Sideswipe intervenes. Thanking him, Bumblebee asks Sideswipe to take care of the broken dam so he can help Grimlock and Strongarm, assuring his younger teammate that he will be back for him.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You're in the Navy, remember? It's not a job, it's an adventure!"]]
Back inside, Bee tries to pull the quill from the turbine again, resulting in a shock and Strongarm's approval. Dazed and confused, Bumblebee wonders ''why'' she had praised him, until she uses the surging machine to electrocute the Decepticons. On the side of the dam, Sideswipe is overtaken by Steeljaw and a fight ensues, ending with Steeljaw being kicked into the water below. After the Decepticons inside flee the building, Bumblebee finally pulls the quill free of the turbine, nullifying that threat. The team then gives chase after the pack, which comes to little fruition, seeing as Underbite had accidentally knocked his fellow 'Cons off the dam and into the water below. Still on the side of the dam, Sideswipe uses his sword to chunk off pieces of concrete to fill the hole until a human repair crew could properly fix it.

Back at the cave, the field team finds Fixit and the humans with a projected image of the scrapyard, a heartfelt, if superficial, comfort. Denny, though still despondent over the loss of his property, claims home is where friends and family are, and Sideswipe wholeheartedly agrees.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (7)
|c2=
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (8)
*[[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] (9)
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (10)
*[[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] (11)
*[[Underbite]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (3)
*[[Russell Clay]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"Whoa! What is this? Did somebody forget to pay the electric bill?"
:—'''Sideswipe''' quips as he dodges incoming Decepticon fire.

"''Who'' is shooting at us?" 
"Unfortunately, someone with decent aim."
:—'''Fixit''' and '''Strongarm''' as ''they'' dodge blaster fire.

"''Capiche''?" 
"Well, I guess I could lend a hand, seeing as you uh, need me so bad. Oh, whatever. Fugget about it."
:— '''Steeljaw''', ironincally, and '''Thunderhoof''', unironically.

"They say you can't dream in stasis, but I did, Bumblebee. Of this moment, when I can pay you back for robbing Decepticon Island! Pay you back... ''in full.''" 
"I also dreamed... of a parade for the heroes of the revolution! Everyone was wearing hats."
:— '''Steeljaw''' and '''Quillfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Steeljaw and his cohorts were shipped off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]". The benefactors who freed them are presumably the same people [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] are investigating.
* The Autobots retreat to the caves [[Nightstrike]] used as a hideout in "[[Even Robots Have Nightmares]]".
* The Cybertronian tech-finder Fixit uses is said to have been confiscated from the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]] following their defeat, which took place in [[Moon Breaker|the last episode]]. Based on its coloration, it is the same one [[Heatseeker]] found in [[King of the Hill (Part 2)]], which [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] later used in [[Bee Cool]] and [[The Great Divide]].
* The corruption on Cybertron has been building up conflict in the background for the entire series and has generally served as a way to bring characters in;
** It was first alluded to in [[Can You Dig It?]], when the Council sent [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] to investigate the Alchemor crash site and we learned they were none to happy with Bee.
** The council's desire to have Bumblebee captured for his actions in [[Pilot (Part 1)]], was revealed in [[Hunting Season]], when [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to collect a bounty on Bee's head.
** Ratchet revealed just how bad things had gotten, upon his arrival in [[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]], revealing [[Team Prime]] was blamed for the planet's destruction and that he was forced to capture war criminals. This prompted Optimus to leave Earth in order to investigate, though things had gotten so bad, he was unable to return and thus began working with "some old friends" to handle the situation.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*This episode's name happens to be the same as the ''Aligned'' prequel novel ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]''.
*Apparently, according to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], bots can dream in [[stasis lock|stasis]].

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

Cybertronian technology finder

2017-09-01T15:50:18Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{noname-nickname}}
[[File:The Whatchamacallit.jpg|thumb|right|Now detecting cluelessness in the vicinity...]]
'''Cybertronian technology finders''' find Cybertronian technology.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[Clawtrap]] had a device that tracked the energy signatures of Cybertronian equipment, aiding the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] in their pursuit of lost treasure on [[Earth]]. It led them (and their [[Weaponizer]] reluctant allies) to the [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{Storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

While fleeing from an overwhelming number of [[Autobot]]s, the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] [[Heatseeker]] stumbled across a similar device just sticking out of the ground by an abandoned gas station. He wasted no time in collecting it, realizing it would give him a good excuse when [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] asked why he was back at base so early; Motormaster was skeptical but quickly realised the possibilities such a device presented. {{Storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

When [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] decided that he and [[Wildbreak]] should pursue promotion to Motormaster's Chief Lieutenants, he took the "whatchamacallit" ("showing initiative" instead of asking permission to do so) and they set out to see what they could find. What they could find turned out to be one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade's]] caches in a self-storage joint in [[West Rock]], {{Storylink|Bee Cool}} and Drag Strip went on to locate and raid other caches later. {{storylink|The Great Divide}}

The Stunticons' device was later confiscated by the Autobots, and was used by [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to locate [[Steeljaw's Pack]] due to their news weapons. {{storylink|Exiles}}

==Notes==
* Clawtrap's device is steel gray in color, while the one the Stunticons, and later Autobots, acquire is a fetching shade of mustard.
* The device appears to possess only a two-dimensional display, although it's reasonable to assume Drag Strip might not be ''entirely'' familiar with its use.

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) technology]]

Cybertronian technology finder

2017-09-01T15:49:52Z

DDelgado: /* Notes */

{{noname-nickname}}
[[File:The Whatchamacallit.jpg|thumb|right|Now detecting cluelessness in the vicinity...]]
'''Cybertronian technology finders''' find Cybertronian technology.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[Clawtrap]] had a device that tracked the energy signatures of Cybertronian equipment, aiding the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] in their pursuit of lost treasure on [[Earth]]. It led them (and their [[Weaponizer]] reluctant allies) to the [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{Storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

While fleeing from an overwhelming number of [[Autobot]]s, [[Heatseeker]] stumbled across a similar device just sticking out of the ground by an abandoned gas station. He wasted no time in collecting it, realizing it would give him a good excuse when [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] asked why he was back at base so early; Motormaster was skeptical but quickly realised the possibilities such a device presented. {{Storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

When [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] decided that he and [[Wildbreak]] should pursue promotion to Motormaster's Chief Lieutenants, he took the "whatchamacallit" ("showing initiative" instead of asking permission to do so) and they set out to see what they could find. What they could find turned out to be one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade's]] caches in a self-storage joint in [[West Rock]], {{Storylink|Bee Cool}} and Drag Strip went on to locate and raid other caches later. {{storylink|The Great Divide}}

The Stunticons' device was later confiscated by the Autobots, and was used by [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to locate [[Steeljaw's Pack]] due to their news weapons. {{storylink|Exiles}}

==Notes==
* Clawtrap's device is steel gray in color, while the one the Stunticons, and later Autobots, acquire is a fetching shade of mustard.
* The device appears to possess only a two-dimensional display, although it's reasonable to assume Drag Strip might not be ''entirely'' familiar with its use.

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) technology]]

Cybertronian technology finder

2017-09-01T15:49:21Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{noname-nickname}}
[[File:The Whatchamacallit.jpg|thumb|right|Now detecting cluelessness in the vicinity...]]
'''Cybertronian technology finders''' find Cybertronian technology.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[Clawtrap]] had a device that tracked the energy signatures of Cybertronian equipment, aiding the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] in their pursuit of lost treasure on [[Earth]]. It led them (and their [[Weaponizer]] reluctant allies) to the [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{Storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

While fleeing from an overwhelming number of [[Autobot]]s, [[Heatseeker]] stumbled across a similar device just sticking out of the ground by an abandoned gas station. He wasted no time in collecting it, realizing it would give him a good excuse when [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] asked why he was back at base so early; Motormaster was skeptical but quickly realised the possibilities such a device presented. {{Storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

When [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] decided that he and [[Wildbreak]] should pursue promotion to Motormaster's Chief Lieutenants, he took the "whatchamacallit" ("showing initiative" instead of asking permission to do so) and they set out to see what they could find. What they could find turned out to be one of [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade's]] caches in a self-storage joint in [[West Rock]], {{Storylink|Bee Cool}} and Drag Strip went on to locate and raid other caches later. {{storylink|The Great Divide}}

The Stunticons' device was later confiscated by the Autobots, and was used by [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] to locate [[Steeljaw's Pack]] due to their news weapons. {{storylink|Exiles}}

==Notes==
* Clawtrap's device is steel gray in color, while the one the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]] acquire is a fetching shade of mustard.
* The device appears to possess only a two-dimensional display, although it's reasonable to assume Drag Strip might not be ''entirely'' familiar with its use.

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) technology]]

Russell Clay

2017-09-01T15:46:59Z

DDelgado: /* 2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon */

{{disambig3|Russell}}
:''Russell Clay is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:RID Russell Clay.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
'''Russell "Rusty" Clay''' never expected a visit to his father's junkyard to have so much adventure. Sure, he expected [[Denny Clay|Denny]] to possibly obsess over his scrapy-sorry, "vintage salvage depot for the discriminating nostalgist," all day, but upon meeting [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], as well as [[Strongarm (RID)|the]] [[Bumblebee (WFC)|rest of]] [[Fixit (RID)|the]] [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|team,]] Rusty has made it part of his duty to provide a place for the [[Autobot]]s to stay alongside his dad, who he had been recently getting to know better.

== Fiction ==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stuart Allan]] (English), [[Tomo Muranaka]] (Japanese)|[[Andrea Oldani]] (Italian), [[Hamdi Abbas]] (Arabic), [[Luisa Wietzorek]] (German), [[Akira Takaki]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:Pilot1 Russell shocked.jpg|thumb|left|220px|"They did ''what'' with the ''[[Fantastic Four]]'' movie?!"]]
While his mother was in [[Copenhagen]], Russell unenthusiastically arrived at [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|Denny's scrapyard]] to stay. After he and his dad heard an explosion, Russell investigated what they'd thought might be a meteorite, and instead ran into [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] and [[Underbite]]. After he witnessed a battle between Underbite and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team, Russell realized the Decepticon was heading for his dad's scrapyard. {{Storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} After Russell alerted his dad to the danger, Underbite became distracted by the sight of Crown City and started heading there. The Autobots and Denny set off in pursuit, leaving Sideswipe to look after Russell, however Russell had an idea and helped Sideswipe lure Underbite to a quarry, where the Decepticon was defeated. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

[[File:WWOD McPlank.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Russell came up with a plan to disguise Sideswipe as a Decepticon, allowing them to rescue [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] from [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] after she was kidnapped. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}} Bored with life in the scrapyard, Russell reluctantly went to a nearby football field where he befriended some of the local kids. Though he initially didn't feel included, [[Hank]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] managed to persuade him to persevere, and once he found he had some skill at kicking a ball, he enjoyed playing football with the kids. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}} When Denny needed to pretend to be an archaeologist so they could get the Autobots into [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences|the museum]], Russell insisted on going too, and adopted the identity "McPlank". Once they got in, he immediately ran off and encountered [[Terrashock]], but went on to help the Autobots capture the Decepticon and maintain their cover. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}

Bumblebee instructed Denny and Russell not to sell a generator to some weirdos who said they were working for the [[Kospego]], as they were building a [[space bridge]] that could potentially destroy [[Earth]]. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}} When [[Larry LaRue]] turned up wanting to put Denny's scrapyard on television, Russell thought it was a good idea. Not so much when Larry later sneaked back in and Russell had to try to prevent him discovering Fixit and Grimlock. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} When Grimlock suddenly turned on his teammates, Russell figured that the Dinobot was being controlled. He and Fixit determined it was the Decepticon [[Minitron]] and were able to warn the other Autobots. {{storylink|True Colors}}

[[File:BumblebeeSitting bored Russell.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Russell found himself having to try to mediate between his father and Fixit when the pair fought over who was fixing what in the scrapyard. He eventually managed to get them to work together by sabotaging a piece of Cybertronian technology with a kazoo. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}} Russell helped guard the Autobots' energon supply, and also provided a diversion during a later attempt to trap [[Ped (RID)|Ped]]. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} After Bumblebee was regressed to immaturity, Russell figured that babysitting the Autobot leader would be easy. He and Sideswipe were left to keep Bee occupied, and pretty much failed to do so. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

Denny forbade Russell from going on any more missions. When [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] kidnapped Denny and the other Autobots in an attempt to capture Bumblebee, Russell tried unsuccessfully to bluff the Decepticon into thinking there were a fleet of warships on their way. Denny later reversed his decision and said Russell could go on missions again. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} He wouldn't let Russell have a [[Decepticon Hunter]] however. There are limits. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

Russell proved impossible for the Autobots to scare. When the Autobots and Denny were all captured by the Decepticon [[Nightstrike]], Russell bravely went into the cave after them and managed to mount a rescue. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}} After [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] returned to Earth claiming he wanted to be Russell's student, Russell stuck up for the Mini-Con against Drift as they tracked down [[Springload (RID)|Springload]] and [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]]. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

[[File:Lockout Russell football.jpg|thumb|right|270px]]
Russell had to help clean up after Fixit accidentally flooded the scrapyard. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}} He also helped his dad and Grimlock enter the giant robot fights in the [[Rumbledome]] so they could capture [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]]. {{storylink|The Champ}} Russell and the others briefly found themselves on the run from Fixit after Denny accidentally reactivated the Mini-Con's guard program. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} Russell attempted with little success to teach the Autobots about football. After the Decepticons managed to take over the scrapyard, he and his dad worked using the scrapyard's resources to help the Autobots recapture it and make sure the prisoners were secure. {{storylink|Lockout}}

Irked by his father's snoring keeping him up all night, Russell decided he needed somewhere of his own to sleep, however when Denny insisted on fixing up an RV, Russell soon realized he was going to be stuck with "Denny Style". The RV ended up a wreck, so the pair instead fixed up another vehicle and then celebrated with some disco. {{storylink|Similarly Different}} The pair returned to the scrapyard soaking wet after a disastrous camping trip. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

While the Autobots went to rescue Sideswipe and Strongarm from the Decepticons, Denny and Russell kept themselves busy organizing the scrapyard's sock of bicycles. Following a visit by Hank, Russell inadvertently let Fracture into the base, however they were saved by the timely arrival of Optimus Prime, whom the two humans accompanied to the battleground near Crown City. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} Posing as filmmakers, the pair attempted to persuade a police officer to evacuate the area and eventually succeeded just before the battle reached its climax. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

[[File:MetalMeltdown Russell's collection.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Russell helped out by buffing Grimlock. After the GroundBridge exploded, Grimlock returned the favor by drenching him with water while putting out the fire. He and his dad had to run for cover when [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] attacked the scrapyard. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} Russell paused while cleaning up to throw a piece of trash at Fixit's head to break the Mini-Con out of a vocal skip. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}} Russell found a display case to store some of his souvenirs from the Autobots fights in, however his determination to get a trophy from their battle with [[Saberhorn]] led him to be taken captive by the Decepticon and almost resulted in Bumblebee getting melted down. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}}

Russell helped Fixit provide Grimlock with a study guide to improve the Dinobot's intelligence, but when it all went wrong and gave Grimlock super-genius but a limited life span, he had to help Fixit come up with a solution and then help Grimlock try to help capture [[Simacore]]. {{storylink|Brainpower}} On his father's insistence, Russell performed a magic show for the Autobots, where demonstrated an illusion and then explained the concept of misdirection to them. He, Denny and Fixit were later captured in a subsonic force field when Steeljaw managed to infiltrate the scrapyard, however the trio were rescued by Strongarm before they could be crushed by the shrinking field. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

[[File:BumblebeesNightOff Russell devil horns.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
He reluctantly accompanied Bumblebee along on a stakeout at a [[Rear Axle]] concert, and stumbled on [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]] attempting to steal a sound board. With Russell's help (who posed as the son of Rear Axel's drummer), Bumblebee was able to capture the Con and smuggle him out of the venue. After the adventure, Russell gained a new appreciaton for his father's favorite band. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}} When Bumblebee and Strongarm got themselves impounded during a chase, Denny and Russell had to go and rescue them. The pair sneaked into the impound lot, and Russel then disabled the lot's security measures and distracted its guard. Denny removed the boots keeping the Autobots stationary in the meantime, and the lot of them drove out without being noticed. {{storylink|Impounded}} When [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] escaped the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]], Russell helped Denny and Fixit fight the Decepticon, mainly by acting as distraction. Though their first attempt at tackling the Decepticon ended in failure, the clash inspired Bumblebee, then trapped in the shadowzone himself, to formulate a more effective battle plan. The humans distracted Soundwave long enough for Fixit to regain access to the GroundBridge, allowing Bumblebee to return to normal space, and forcing the Decepticon back in his other-dimensional prison. {{storylink|Portals}}

Having obtained a lead regarding the colony of Decepticons, the Autobots headed to the harbor to try and infiltrate the Decepticon base. Denny and Russell stayed on shore with Fixit, at the ready should the Autobots call on them for help. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} While the two humans were preparing disguises in case anyone turned up, Fixit left them to try and free the Mini-Con slaves in the base. The Autobots wound up being victorious, and the Decepticon crisis finally came to an end. Though many Autobots decided to head back to Cybertron, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Strongarm, Sideswipe, Drift, Jetstorm, and Slipstream were not among them; instead this team decided to stay behind to set up a permanent base of operations on Earth. Before speeding off, Bumblebee assured his human friends that the junkyard would always be another home to them. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

[[File:StrongarmsBigScore Russell at controls.jpg|thumb|left|230px]]
When Strongarm wanted to take Fixit with her on a mission, Denny and Russell volunteered to operate the command center. It was a disaster, culminating in them accidentally bridging the team to the scrapyard instead of [[Mount St. Hilary]]. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} Fixit later gave them training so they'd be able to work the command center. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Denny and Russell were present when the Autobots returned from [[Egypt]] with a [[high energy pulse generator]]. As Sideswipe struggled to find a way to apologize to the three Mini-Cons, Russell suggested flowers and a poem, though the results left a lot to be desired. Russell and his dad had to take cover when the scrapyard was invaded by hostile Mini-Cons, and then a group of Decepticons arrived and abducted Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream. It turned out the Decepticons were working for [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], who used the captured Mini-Cons as leverage to take Bumblebee prisoner. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} The pair helped fill in Optimus once he arrived, and worked the command center while the rest of the team went in search of Starscream. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

Russell was confident going into the championship football game that he could kick any field goal, but it turned out the opposing team had a really tall kid who was able to block his kicks. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} He feigned an ankle injury, but after a pep talk from his father, he came up with a way to kick a goal over the tall kid. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}} After lending his handheld game to Fixit, Russell found it extremely difficult to get the game back. While the other Autobots were on a mission, Russell watched Fixit attempt to cheat at the game, and eventually had to operate the GroundBridge himself to bring the team back. {{storylink|Defrosted}}

Denny and Russell had to cope with the Autobots going gaga over the [[Sphere of Doradus]], thanks to the bizarre energies it emitted, and help them to stop Springload opening the sphere and potentially destroying the city. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} Russell and Denny were moving a washing machine around when they narrowly missed being stomped on by [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]]. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

Strongarm took Denny and Russell with her so they could interrogate a potential witness to a burglary by a Decepticon. The pair impersonated insurance company employees, though it turned out the witness hadn't seen much. Russell later helped Strongarm tracks a Decepticon to the [[Crown City Gold Depository]]. {{storylink|Get a Clue}} While waiting for a scary movie to start, Russell tuned in to a news report that revealed the location of [[Crustacion]]'s missing [[Shanix]]. {{Storylink|Out of the Shadows}} Denny and Russell spotted the Stunticons on television taking part in the [[Crown City Grand Prix]]. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Exiles}}}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Once when looking for Fixit, Russell discovered that the Mini-Con was stuck to Grimlock's foot. His attempts at rescue were less than successful. {{storylink|Fixit Jam}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
Russell and Sideswipe goofed off running circles around the scrapyard until Bumblebee found out. Despite being restricted to the scrapyard by Denny, Russell talked Sideswipe into taking him to the [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park, where it turned out the other Autobots had tracked [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]]. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} Russell was annoyed to learn he'd missed out on a training session, and attempted to accompany Sideswipe on a mission. He later guessed where [[Spinhead]] was headed, and used the knowledge to get himself on the mission to capture the Decepticon. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Russell aided in the capture of [[Transit]] by covering up a fight at the Crown City Transportation Center. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}} Aiming to distract Ultra Magnus, whom they believed was monitoring the team, Russell, Denny and Sideswipe went on a tour of nearby storage facilities. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}} Denny and Russell tried to help [[Clipshade]] coach the Autobots on their acting. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

After another incident-filled football practice session, Russell returned to the scrapyard dejected over the fact all his role models were giant robots. When the Autobots had to head to [[Fort Tucker]], Russell opted to stay at base, and hence was kidnapped along with Fixit by Steeljaw and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] while the Autobots were distracted. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Thanks to Fixit's drilling, the pair were able to escape the cave they'd been imprisoned in, only to run into Fracture. They almost got past him were it not for Russell accidentally kicking a piece of energon, however just as all seemed lost, Bumblebee's team arrived and Russell and Fixit were helped to safety by Drift's Mini-Cons. Russell was subsequently reunited with his dad. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
During spring break, Russell went with his dad to [[Doug's Den]] to pick up some old pinball machines. They were attacked on the way back by [[Scuzzard]], but managed to make it back to the scrapyard. Later he played football with Grimlock, resulting in the clumsy Dinobot accidentally freeing Filch. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} Russell's jerky schoolmates [[Joey (RID)|Joey]], [[Johnny (RID)|Johnny]], and [[Steve (human)|Steve]] paid a visit to the scrapyard, but were scared off by the Autobots. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

Russell was woken in the middle of the night when Bumblebee helf a nighttime Decepticon drill. The next morning he woke to find Drift had gone and the Autobots were interrogating the Mini-Cons. He was able to get the needed information by winning the pair over with a game of tag. After the Autobots were drawn away by a trick and the scrapyard was taken over by Decepticon Ronin, Russell managed to escape with Jetstorm and find Drift. They returned to the scrapyard with Russell and Jetstorm masquerading as Drift's prisoners so Drift could pretend to be a Decepticon, and eventually free the captive Autobots. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

Russell attempted to play football with the Autobots, only for Grimlock to puncture the football. After Fixit mangled the ball further in an attempt at repair, Russell figured he could probably just get a vintage football off his father. He and Denny later dressed as policemen and made sure [[Crown City Bridge]] was cleared while the Autobots fought [[Skinkbomb]] underneath it. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}

While watching ''[[Beyond the Mysterious Unknown with Loren Fortean]]'', Russell saw footage of what [[Loren Fortean|Fortean]] claimed was a "[[Yeti]]" and, recognizing it as a Decepticon who turned out to be [[Abominus (RID)|Abominus]], had Fixit alert the away team. In the meantime, he and Denny had to cope with Bumblebee's half of the team falling victim to [[Brakepad]]'s lethargy-inducing power. {{storylink|Autobot World Tour}}

===Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
{{Charstubfiction|{{Storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Russell was present when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Tigatron]] appeared before the Autobots, claiming to be from another world, and wondered what world they were talking about. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

===Renegade Rhetoric===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/16}}}}

==Notes==
*[[Adam Beechen]] has [https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-2/#comment-364 stated] that Russell "has a very good relationship" with his mother.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Russell''' (ラッセル ''Rasseru'')

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Denny Clay

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:''Denny Clay is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:RID Denny Clay.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Basically, he's what Dean from ''The Iron Giant'' would have been had he grown up in the 60's.]]

'''Denny Clay''' lives up to the saying that growing old doesn't necessarily mean "growing up". Owner and proprietor of the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist]] outside [[Crown City]], Denny is a consummate collector of... well, junk. Junk he ''insists'' will be worth a fortune to the right people, someday, but in the meantime isn't it ''cool''? (Doesn't [[fandom|sound familiar at all]], does it?)

In some ways, Denny is less mature than his son [[Russell Clay|Russell]]. He wears his heart on his sleeve, still geeks out to [[Rear Axle|cheesy glam-rock]], and was flabbergasted to find out that professional wrestling is scripted... and he only learned that in the months following the arrival of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and the [[Autobot]]s to his scrapya- er, salvage depot. But that childlike manner of his is also a boon to the Autobots. He's more than ready to bend the rules and harmlessly break a few laws to help keep the presence of the Cybertronians on [[Earth]] a secret, quick with a disguise and a fake name (almost always the ''same'' name but still) to keep the local authorities distracted. And sometimes he even shows his "good dad" cred in helping Bumblebee better deal with his young, inexperienced team's personal problems. Add in a real know-how for mechanical work, enabling him to work with Cybertronian technology alongside [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], and Denny's a major asset to the team.

Just... don't let him eat while inside an Autobot's passenger compartment. The results are not pretty.

{{bigquote|He's the closest thing to a responsible adult!|Bumblebee sums up Denny's status among the team, "[[The Champ]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ted McGinley]] (English), [[Masamichi Kitada]] (Japanese)|[[Riccardo Lombardo]] (Italian),[[Hani Abdulhai]] (Arabic), [[Thomas Schmuckert]] (German), [[Juha Haukka]] (Finnish, episodes 1 - 14), [[Petri Hanttu]] (Finnish, since episode 15)}}
[[File:Pilot2 Denny is upset.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Some dad. Shops at the same consignment stores as Glenn Quagmire.]]
In his youth, Denny was an avid fan of the band [[Rear Axle]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}}

Denny welcomed Russell- who was visiting his dad while his mom was in Copenhagen- to the scrapyard, though Russell was less than enthusiastic. When an apparent meteorite crashed nearby, Denny was too busy closing a deal on some [[Billy the Breakfast Beaver]] figures to investigate. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Denny succeeded in making the purchase, but while he was putting the figures away, the scrapyard was unexpectedly the scene of a giant robot fight. He aided [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team in trying to prevent [[Underbite]] from reaching [[Crown City]], and ended up being saved from the [[Decepticon]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] himself. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

[[File:WWOD Nevada Flieber and McPlank.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
Denny left his son under the care of the Autobots while he went to get supplies. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}} When Russell complained about the dull time he was having, Denny suggested he check out a nearby football field. As the team tried to track down [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], Denny helped out by aiding [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] as they infiltrated a manufacturing park. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}} When a stasis pod ended up in [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences|the museum]], Denny got the Autobots in by pretending to be noted archaeologist "Nevada Flieber". He assisted the Autobots in maintaining their cover by pretending Bumblebee was an ordinary animatronic, and in the capture of [[Terrashock]]. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}

Bumblebee instructed Denny and Russell not to sell a generator to some weirdos who said they were working for the [[Kospego]], as they were building a [[space bridge]] that could potentially destroy [[Earth]]. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}} After an unwelcome visit to the scrapyard by [[Larry LaRue]], Denny helped the Autobots by keeping other humans out of their hair as they tried to capture the Decepticon [[Filch]]. Unfortunately Filch mistook Denny for something valuable and carried him off to her nest at the top of a statue, and he had to be rescued by [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]]. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} Denny began clashing with Fixit over the former's participation in the repair of the Cybertronian weapons they'd found, leading to an all-out feud between pair until Russell succeeded in getting them to work together. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}}

[[File:Sideways Denny with Hunters.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Denny Clay. Cybertronian technology. You can practically hear the terror alert being raised to the next highest level.]]
During the attempt to capture [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], Denny used a piece of construction equipment to batter the Decepticon and to extract the Autobots from a pit Ped had dug. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} Denny came to the decision not to let Russell go along on any more missions. After the Decepticon [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] set his sights on collecting the bounty on Bumblebee and kidnapped Denny, Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Grimlock, Denny decided to change his mind. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} Fixit and Denny finally succeeded in reproducing two more Decepticon hunters, presenting them to Strongarm and Sideswipe. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

After going on an energon scrounging mission with Fixit and Bumblebee, Denny found himself caught up in the hunt for the Decepticon [[Nightstrike]] and was temporary trapped in a cocoon. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}} Denny was alarmed by his son repeatedly standing up to Drift and suggested Russell not hassle the giant alien robots. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

[[File:TheChamp Denny trapped in cage.jpg|thumb|right|240px]]
Denny was unimpressed when Fixit managed to flood the scrapyard while [[GroundBridge|GroundBridging]] the other Autobots to an undersea location. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}} While the other Autobots were indisposed, Denny was forced to pretend to be Grimlock's driver so they could enter the giant robot fights at the [[Rumbledome]], however they successfully managed to defeat [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]]. {{storylink|The Champ}} Denny was surprised when Fixit insisted he conduct a diagnostic on the Mini-Con, however he accidentally revived Fixit's guard programming. After Fixit chased everyone around the scrapyard, Denny was able to disable him and restore him to normal. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}}

After purchasing a roller coaster for the scrapyard, Denny reflected on how insignificant humans seemed alongside their robot friends. When [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]'s Decepticon team took over the scrapyard and trapped the Autobots outside using a subsonic field, Denny and Russell managed to fight back using the scrapyard's resources. Though Denny was recaptured by the Decepticons, once the Autobots had succeeded in regaining access to the yard and Denny helped reclose the stasis pods, he felt more useful in the Autobots' ongoing fight. {{storylink|Lockout}} After his snoring kept Russell awake, Denny tried to fix up an RV for his son to sleep in, but only succeeded in destroying the RV. He and Russell later managed to fix up another vehicle and celebrated with some disco. {{storylink|Similarly Different}} The pair returned to the scrapyard soaking wet after a disastrous camping trip. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

[[File:Battlegrounds2 filmproducer Denny.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Denny Spielberg]]
While the Autobots went to rescue Sideswipe and Strongarm from the Decepticons, Denny and Russell kept themselves busy organizing the scrapyard's sock of bicycles. They were almost captured by Fracture, but instead were saved by the timely arrival of Optimus Prime, whom they accompanied to the battleground near Crown City. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} Posing as filmmakers, the pair attempted to persuade a police officer to evacuate the area and eventually succeeded just before the battle reached its climax. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

Denny played Go Fish with Fixit. They had to deal with the fallout after the GroundBridge exploded, and when [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] invaded the scrapyard, he and Russell had to run for cover. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} While cleaning up, Denny watched Russell throw trash at Fixit's head. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}} Denny and Russell helped deal with the security guards at the steel mill when the Autobots tracked [[Saberhorn]] there. When Russell was taken hostage by the Decepticon, Bumblebee made sure Denny was safely out of harm's way. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}}

[[File:Brainpower shocked Denny.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Despite the destruction of his collection of gnomes at her hand, Denny attempted to help the others encourage Strongarm when she became demoralized. Though an attempt to give her some confidence using the scrapyard's systems went badly, Denny and Fixit later helped her go to the aid of some bird watchers trapped by fire. {{storylink|Suspended}} Denny bought a collection of vintage toasters for Russell's college fund, but sadly Grimlock sat on them. He later helped Fixit deliver the cure after Grimlock gained super-genius from a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], a process which had left the Dinobot's brain in danger of degrading into mush if not reversed. {{storylink|Brainpower}}

He, Russell and Fixit were captured in a subsonic force field when Steeljaw managed to infiltrate the scrapyard, however the trio were rescued by Strongarm before the shrinking field could crush them. {{storylink|Misdirection}} When Bumblebee had to stake out a Rear Axle concert, Denny was unfortunately unable to go as he had a prior appointment with [[Crackpot Carl]]. Russel was sent to accompany Bumblebee instead, and returned from the show with a T-shirt for his dad. Denny was ecstatic that the shirt was dirty from spilled concert snacks when he received it. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}} When Bumblebee and Strongarm got themselves impounded during a chase, Denny and Russell had to go and rescue them. While his son disabled the lot's security measures and distracted its guard, Denny sawed off the boots keeping the Autobots stationary. The four of them then drove out without being noticed. {{storylink|Impounded}} [[File:Portals armored Denny.jpg|thumb|left|270px|No worries; this is how he usually dresses to clean the... diner.]]When [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] escaped the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]], Denny, Russell and Fixit donned some makeshift armor and tried to fight the Decepticon as well as they could. Their first attempt ended in failure. However, Bumblebee, then observing from the shadowzone, was inspired to formulate a plan of his own after seeing the clash. Denny was made to distract Soundwave long enough for Fixit to regain access to the GroundBridge, allowing Bumblebee to return to normal space. Afterwards Denny succeeded in whacking Soundwave back into the shadowzone using his crane. {{storylink|Portals}}

Having obtained a lead regarding the colony of Decepticons, the Autobots headed to the harbor to try and infiltrate the Decepticon base. Denny and Russell stayed on shore with Fixit. Though mostly the entire team participated in the raid, included Bumblebee's old friend [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], Denny had his doubts whether a handful of Autobots had any chance of winning against an entire army of Decepticons. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} While the two humans were preparing disguises in case anyone turned up, Fixit left them to try and free the Mini-Con slaves in the base. The Autobots wound up being victorious, and the Decepticon crisis finally came to an end. Though many Autobots decided to head back to Cybertron, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Strongarm, Sideswipe, Drift, Jetstorm, and Slipstream were not among them; instead this team decided to stay behind to set up a permanent base of operations on Earth. Before speeding off, Bumblebee assured his human friends that the junkyard would always be another home to them. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

When Strongarm wanted to take Fixit with her on a mission, Denny and Russell volunteered to operate the command center. It was a disaster, culminating in them accidentally bridging the team to the scrapyard instead of [[Mount St. Hilary]]. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} Fixit later gave them training so they'd be able to work the command center. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Denny and Russell were present when the Autobots returned from [[Egypt]] with a [[high energy pulse generator]]. The pair had to take cover when the scrapyard was invaded by hostile Mini-Cons, and then a group of Decepticons arrived and abducted Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream. It turned out the Decepticons were working for [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], who used the captured Mini-Cons as leverage to take Bumblebee prisoner. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Denny and his son helped fill in Optimus once he arrived, and worked the command center while the rest of the team went in search of Starscream. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

Denny played cheerleader at Russell's championship football match. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} When Russell became discouraged because the opposing team had a kid who was able to block his kicks, Denny gave him a pep talk, and Russell was able to return to the game and help win it. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}} Bumblebee annoyed Denny by searching through the scrapyard for his Decepticon Hunter. While the rest of the team were on a mission, Denny and Russell had to cover for Fixit, who had becoming addicted to a handheld game. {{storylink|Defrosted}} During another mission, Drift borrowed a jet boat from Denny. {{storylink|Blurred}}

Denny and Russell had to cope with the Autobots going gaga over the [[Sphere of Doradus]], thanks to the bizarre energies it emitted, and help them to stop Springload opening the sphere and potentially destroying the city. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} Denny again acted as part of Grimlock's crane disguise as the Autobots tried to capture [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]], taking part in an impromptu blockade of the only bridge out of [[West Rock]]. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

Strongarm took Denny and Russell with her so they could interrogate a potential witness to a burglary by a Decepticon. The pair impersonated insurance company employees, though it turned out the witness hadn't seen much. {{storylink|Get a Clue}} Denny helped Fixit wire Sideswipe and Grimlock up for a combiner experiment. It did not go well. {{Storylink|Out of the Shadows}} Denny and Russell spotted the Stunticons on television taking part in the [[Crown City Grand Prix]]. Denny later had to help Fixit after the Mini-Con beamed himself into a control console. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Combine and Conquer}} {{storylink|Exiles}}}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Bumblebee regretted giving Denny a ride after the human made a mess of his interior. {{storylink|Sticky Situation}} Denny counciled Grimlock on the search for his signature weapon. {{storylink|Perfect}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
After restricting Russell to the scrapyard, Denny joined Bumblebee in the hunt for [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]]. This took them to the [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park, where they found Russell had sneaked out with Sideswipe for some fun. Once the Decepticon was captured, Denny helped maintain the Autobots' cover with the park staff. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} Denny listened to Bumblebee grouse about how badly his team did in combat situations, and Bumblebee later confided that he'd learned that other members of [[Team Prime]] were secretly on Earth. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Denny aided in the capture of [[Transit]] by posing as a bus company official so that the humans Transit had on board his bus mode could be unloaded. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}} Aiming to distract Ultra Magnus, whom they believed was monitoring the team, Denny, Russell and Sideswipe went on a tour of nearby storage facilities and Denny bought a ton of junk at auction, much to Sideswipe's annoyance. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}} Denny and Russell tried to help [[Clipshade]] coach the Autobots on their acting. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

When Decepticon activity was detected at [[Fort Tucker]], Denny again took on the identity of Major Thaddeus Q. Flieber so the Autobots could work undetected, only to discover that all the humans on the base were unconscious anyway. Following the ensuing battle with a pair of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]], Denny rang for medical help for the unconscious soldiers shortly before they received a message from Steeljaw informing them that he had Fixit and Russell as hostages. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Returning to the scrapyard, Denny and the Autobots found trashed stasis pods and the computer system busted—Denny didn't think he could fix it without Fixit's help. Fortunately the Autobots succeeded in rescuing Fixit and Russell, reuniting Denny with his son. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
Denny took Russell to [[Doug's Den]] where he picked up some vintage pinball machines. When they were attacked on their way back by [[Scuzzard]], Denny's driving saw them make it safely to the scrapyard where they told Bumblebee about the Decepticon on the loose. Denny set about repairing the surviving pinball machine. After Filch escaped, Denny was able to help recapture her by snaring her with his electromagnet. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} When three of Russell's jerky schoolmates invaded the scrapyard, Denny offered to let them use it as a hangout so long as they paid the real estate taxes. His attempt to convince them that Grimlock was a Japanese movie plot was somewhat stymied when the dinobot reacted to a boy's cat tattoo. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

Denny had his sleep interrupted when Bumblebee held a nighttime Decepticon drill. The next morning, he woke to find Drift had deserted and the Autobots were interrogating the Mini-Cons for info. After the Autobots were drawn away by a trick, Denny was captured by the Decepticon [[Ronin]] who took over the scrapyard. He was locked up until Drift managed to free everyone and the Ronin were defeated. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

While the Autobots played football (or at least tried), Denny was busy cataloging some 80s barbarian toys he'd purchased online. He later disguised himself as a police officer in an attempt to clear [[Crown City Bridge]] while the Autobots fought [[Skinkbomb]] beneath it. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}

Denny and Russell had to deal with Bumblebee's team after they fell victim to [[Brakepad]]'s lethargy-inducing power. {{storylink|Autobot World Tour}}

===Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
Denny Clay and Rusty helped Bumblebee and Sideswipe recapture Springload at the Crash Cragster movie set. {{storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Denny was present when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Tigatron]] from the [[Legends Universe]] suddenly appeared before the Autobots. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Denny''' (デニー ''Denī'')

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Fixit (RID)

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{{disambig3|Fixit}}
[[File:Fixit-Tranformers-Robots-in-Disguise-Animated-Series.jpg|thumb|300px|Wheels for feet, no weapons... [[The Weak Component|does this mean that he'll team up with Megatron?]]]]
:''Fixit is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

Left aboard the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' for who-knows-how-long, '''Fixit''' has a few tires truce- pliers moose- ''wires loose''. Damaged by the crash that stranded him and his [[Decepticon]] prisoners on [[Earth]], Fixit's developed a few glitches, mostly an unfortunate tendency to get words wrong. Occasionally he'll even lock himself in a verbal loop... but it's nothing that a little percussive maintenance can't temporarily fix. He’s a bit of a motor-mouth, a bit gullible, and sometimes gets a little carried away in his need to be useful, but it’s hard not to like someone who's just so eager to help out.

Luckily, his scatterbrained nature hasn't affected his technical skills ''too'' much. His arms contain a multitude of tools, plus he can transform into a larger repair omni-tool, allowing him to tackle just about any repair job the [[Autobot]]s might need. He spends most of his time at the [[Autobot]]s' [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard base]], where he maintains and repairs the Cybertronian technology salvaged from the wreck of his old ship. Lacking any real combat skills, he usually acts as "mission control" for [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]. His behind-the-scenes duties include tracking errant Decepticon signals, consulting the ''Alchemor's'' old prisoner manifest, and calling up the relevant technical information required to help the Autobots get the job done in secrecy.

{{quote|Oooh! This wire needs surveillance—graciousness—<FZZZT>—maintenance! See? Fun!|Fixit|''[[Fire, When Ready!]]''}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Mitchell Whitfield]] (English), [[Yoshiyuki Matsūra]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Federico Viola]] (Italian), [[Ahmed Abdul-Hameed]] (Arabic), [[Gerald Schaale]] (German), [[Miguel Angel Leal]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Ari Hursti]] (Finnish), [[Robson Kumode]] (Portuguese)}}
[[File:PilotPart1 Fixit zaps Grimlock.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Better than the electric chair, I suppose.]]
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Fixit was an avid sports fan, with a particular fondness for [[gladiatorial combat]]. His favorite competitor was the hulking gladiator [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]]. {{storylink|The Champ}} He was good friends with fellow Mini-Cons [[Flowchart]], [[Schematic]], and [[Rundown]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}}

Fixit would go on to work aboard the maximum-security prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', which contained some of Cybertron's most dangerous Decepticon war criminals. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Stationed alongside a complement of identical [[Caretaker Mini-Con]]s, Fixit spent an indeterminate amount of time aboard, monitoring a small section of the ship and the prisoners stored there. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Like the other Mini-Cons aboard, he relied on his built-in weapons to keep the inmates under control, in the event of a prison break. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} He apparently spent most of his time doing nothing. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

As the ''Alchemor'' passed the planet [[Earth]], [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], manipulating things from an alternate dimension, damaged the ship, sending it plummeting to the planet below. {{storylink|Lockout}} As it passed through Earth's atmosphere, the ship broke apart. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} The prow of the ship, where Fixit was stationed, crashed in the woods outside [[Denny Clay]]'s [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}}

Fixit sustained major damage in the crash, leaving him with his verbal tic, major gaps in his memory (leaving him erroneously believing that he was the only conscious member of the ship's crew), and an inability to access his weapons systems. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} The crash also deactivated most of the [[stasis pod]]s intended to keep the ship's inmates under control. Fixit struggled to reactivate the ship while trying to reestablish contact with Cybertron. He was eventually found by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], who had arrived on the planet in response to a vision from [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. Fixit briefed them on the ''Alchemor'' and its cargo until the ship's tracking system eventually rebooted, and the pair went to investigate a nearby signal. The Autobots encountered [[Underbite]], and ended up having a fight in the wreck of the ''Alchemor'' while Fixit tried to take cover with [[Russell Clay|Russell]]. As the Autobots fought Underbite, Fixit restrained [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] from joining in. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} While the others pursued Underbite, Fixit failed to make friends with [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], and continued with his repair work. He was able to get a [[stasis pod|stasis cell]] back online and scrounge up some capture tools which he supplied to the rest of the team. After Underbite's defeat, he and the other Autobots moved their equipment to [[Denny Clay]]'s [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]]. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

[[File:RIDMTMTE Fixit in disguise.jpg|thumb|right|320px|M'inicon.]]
Fixit succeeded in detecting some nearby fugitive signals, and also in receiving a human distress signal. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}} After hearing tales of the Autobot's fight against [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], Fixit wished to be able to go out on a field mission, though it was against regulations. He got his chance when [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] attempted to steal liquid oxygen from a manufacturing plant, accompanying Denny while disguised as a [[human]] as they searched the plant for the Decepticon. Unfortunately Fixit found himself captured by Chop Shop and forced to act as the combiner's right arm, and to his alarm, he was used to batter his own friends. He finally managed to fight back, allowing the Autobots to capture Chop Shop. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

Fixit undermined the sobriety of Bumblebee's presentation of stasis pod locations by pointing out they resembled [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. After the team was sent to the [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences]], he was able to fill them in on the [[Buffaloid]] [[Terrashock]]. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} Sideswipe took advantage of Fixit's gullibility in order to skive off. He was later able to identify a [[Decepticon Hunter]] Strongarm managed to find, and also work out that [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] was working in the area. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}} While trying to monitor the capture of [[Filch]], Fixit managed to record himself on [[Larry LaRue]]'s camera in the process of trying to work out how it induced stellar fusion. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}}

Fixit rigged up a proximity alarm for the scrapyard. After Grimlock turned on the others and demolished them, including Fixit, Russell and Fixit discovered that Grimlock was being controlled by the [[cyber-tick]] [[Minitron]]. Fixit repaired the comms system so that they could warn the other Autobots. {{storylink|True Colors}} Denny began clashing with Fixit over the former's participation in the repair of the Cybertronian weapons they'd found, leading to an all-out feud between pair until Russell succeeded in getting them to work together. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}}

[[File:BumblebeeSitting Fixit pincer mode.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Arms up!]]
Caught up in an attempt to capture [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], Fixit found himself being hit in the face a lot. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} He operated on Bumblebee, extracting one of [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]]'s quills from his leader's posterior, and later guided Strongarm and Grimlock as they hunted the Decepticon. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

After Fixit pointed the Autobots to the site of two Cybertronian ship landings, they returned with [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and his two Mini-Cons. When [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] turned up looking to collect the bounty on Bumblebee, Fixit helped Russell attempt to bluff the Decepticon with a video game. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} Fixit alerted Bumblebee to the four Decepticon signals he detected, which he later identified as [[Malodor]] and his crew of [[Skunkticon]]s. When the automated dam was about to dump a load of water, Fixit assisted Bumblebee remotely in shutting down the emergency locks. {{storylink|Out of Focus}} Fixit and Denny managed to finish two replica Decepticon Hunters, which they presented to Strongarm and Sideswipe. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

[[File:RID-fixitsnightmare.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''Worthless, and there ain't nothing you can do about it!'']]
After a trip to scavenge energon with Bumblebee and Denny, Fixit joined the team as they hunted for a Decepticon in a nearby cave. The team, including the terrified Mini-Con, were captured by [[Nightstrike]], who caused them to live out their worst fears — Fixit's was being on the junk heap — so he could feed on their energon. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}} During a mission in the subways, Sideswipe's head was detached from his body by [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], and Fixit got the job of reading Vertebreak's notes so he could reattach Sideswipe's head. The operation was a success, although Sideswipe was temporarily left unable to transform; a glitch Fixit promised to repair. {{storylink|Some Body, Any Body}}

[[File:RID-fixitvsheadlock.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Did I make a terrible mistake?" "More like, you picked the best character!" "Sweet, that's how I do it!"]]
Fixit warned the others of an incoming signal, which turned out to be the Mini-Con [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]]. While the Autobots pursued the escaped Quillfire and [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], Fixit assisted by helping maintain Denny's cover as an army major. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}} After inadvertently flooding the scrapyard while [[GroundBridge|GroundBridging]] the team to an undersea location, an apologetic Fixit helped Denny clean up. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}} When Groundpounder resurfaced taking part in the [[Rumbledome]]'s demolition derby, Fixit was shocked to discover that the gladiatorial warrior actually was a cheat. Fixit helped Grimlock take down Groundpounder by demonstrating moves on Groundpounder's manager [[Headlock]]. {{storylink|The Champ}}

[[File:RID-fixitdefeatschopshop.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Watch him get all turbo-charged when he eats a pie.]]
After a major malfunction left Fixit stationary and repeating the word "escape", the other Autobots insisted he get repairs. Fixit asked Denny to perform a diagnostic, however Fixit's original guard programming reactivated during the procedure. The more robotic guard Fixit revealed a plethora of weapon systems and began hunting down the Autobots, mistaking them for escaped prisoners. The escape of Chop Shop turned his attention from his friends long enough for Denny to deactivate him and restore him to his regular self. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}}

Fixit picked up a Decepticon signal from outside the scrapyard, which belonged to [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]]. Unfortunately, Kickback was bait for the other Autobots, and while the other Autobots were out Steeljaw and his gang broke into the scrapyard, intending to free their Decepticon brethren. Pressganged into following Steeljaw's orders, Fixit managed to stall long enough for the Clays to rig up a distraction. Although he was eventually forced to deactivate the stasis pods, the Autobots managed to retake their base and reactivate the stasis pods before any more Decepticons could escape. {{storylink|Lockout}}

[[File:SimilarlyDifferent Fixit dances.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Would anyone care for a rousing game of Donkey Dong? Schlong?! KONG!!?]]
Fixit tried to help Russel spy on Denny's attempt to build a new trailer for his son. He later called up information on the Decepticon thug [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]] to assure Grimlock that Scowl had no intention of changing his ways. After Fixit and the Clays worked together to finish off the new trailer, they all celebrated by boogieing down to some disco music. {{storylink|Similarly Different}} The Autobots met [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], another Autobot on a mission of her own. She won over Fixit by complimenting his knowledge and technical expertise, and helped him to pinpoint a concealed Decepticon signal. When the other Autobots set out to recapture [[Zizza]], Fixit recounted Zizza's rap sheet, and helped to redirect air traffic away from the fight. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}}

After the Autobots decided to take a vacation of their own, Fixit helped by GroundBridging them to a random location on Earth. This turned out to be an active volcano, which wasn't as pleasant as he had hoped. Fixit tried again and sent them to scenic [[Edmondville]]. He later helped fill them in on [[Pseudo]], who was also hiding out in the town, and opened a GroundBridge home after Pseudo had been captured. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

At some point, a series of mishaps resulted in Fixit becoming lodged in Grimlock's foot. {{storylink|Fixit Jam}} When [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] escaped from their stasis pod, Fixit picked up their signals and warned the Bee Team that the [[Cyclone]]s were on the loose. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

When Strongarm and Sideswipe were kidnapped by Decepticons, Fixit managed to pinpoint the Decepticon's base. While the Autobots were out, Fracture and his Mini-Cons broke into the base and cornered Fixit and the Clays. They were saved by a resurrected Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} Fixit informed the other Autobots about the legendary [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], who had returned to the material plane. After Megatronus was defeated, Fixit opted to stay on Earth with the rest of the Autobot team. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

[[File:Overloaded1 Fixit Go Fish.jpg|thumb|right|240px]]
Fixit engaged in playing Go Fish with Denny. After detecting a Decepticon in the Arctic, Fixit had to deal with the fallout from a GroundBridge explosion and Grimlock's attempts to help, then ended up running for cover when [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] attacked the scrapyard. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} On request, he looked up [[Polarclaw]] for Optimus when the away team encountered the Decepticon in the [[Arctic]]. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

After detecting a new Decepticon, Fixit was perturbed by the fact the newcomer wasn't in the ''Alchemor'' databanks, and more so when he was able to connect to a Cybertronian database and confirm that [[Saberhorn]] was definitely an ''Alchemor'' prisoner. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} When Strongarm became demoralized following some mishaps during a Decepticon hunt, Fixit attempted to cheer her up by creating a console so she could use the ''Alchemor''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> systems to help out, but this resulted in her accidentally triggering the base's security system. He and Denny later helped prepare her to save some humans. {{storylink|Suspended}} Fixit was able to look up [[Swelter]] and [[Glacius]] for Optimus's team, but turned up no information on [[Razorpaw]]. {{storylink|Cover Me}}

[[File:Brainpower Fixit data cylinder.jpg|thumb|left|280px]]
Fixit attempted to help Grimlock better himself by downloading a study guide from a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] into his brain, however a mishap resulted in Grimlock becoming a super genius with a limited life span. Fixit was eventually able to come up with a solution, though he had to rush out into the field while the other Autobots were dealing with Decepticon savant [[Simacore]]. After Grimlock had been returned to normal intelligence, he was no longer in danger of shutting down, though he was left temporarily paralyzed. In order to stall for time, Grimlock challenged Simacore to a battle of wits, relying on Fixit to provide him with the smarts needed to win. Unfortunately, Fixit buckled under the pressure, and wasn't able to help Grimlock at all. But Grimlock recovered completely before Simacore got wise to their ruse, and the Decepticon was soundly thrashed and captured. {{storylink|Brainpower}} When a wounded Steeljaw turned up in the Autobots' doorstep, it turned out that the Con had been feigning. He captured Fixit, Denny and Russell in a subsonic forcefield and freed many of the prisoners, however Strongarm rescued the trio. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

Fixit helped as the Autobots tried to track down the new group of Decepticons operating in the area. He was able to determine that the Cons would be after a sound board, leading Bumblebee and Russell to stake out a [[Rear Axle]] concert. The other Autobots, not sharing Bumblebee's enthusiasm for the band, stayed behind at the base. Fixit was entreated to seeing Grimlock practicing his "sculpting." When Fixit commented that Grimlock was simply smashing big rocks into smaller rocks, the Dinobot grumbled to himself that some people had no appreciation for the arts. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}} When Grimlock was banned from field missions due to being too hard to conceal, Fixit produced a list of potential disguises and ended up disguising Grimlock as a crane. Though the disguise seemed flimsy at first, Fixit announced to nearby motorists that Grimlock was a "Dino Crane," designed to help build schools, since "kids love dinosaurs." The humans bought the story, and the pair caught up to Bumblebee, already out on a mission. They helped their commander in taking down Quillfire and his new Mini-Con partners, [[Back]] and [[Forth]], making good use of the hook incorporated in Grimlock's disguise to do so. When Bumblebee approved Grimlock's disguise for subsequent missions, Fixit was overjoyed and congratulated himself on his "genius." {{storylink|Impounded}}

[[File:Portals-salvagedgear.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
Fixit finally completed repairs on the GroundBridge, only for a malfunction to accidentally let [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] out of the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]]. The Decepticon swiftly sent Bumblebee to the other dimension, and warped Strongarm and Grimlock away from the base, allowing him free range to complete his own scheme. But Fixit was still able to communicate with Bumblebee through his communicator, and he, Denny, and Russell made an abortive attempt to stop Soundwave building a long-range transmitter. Though this first attempt at defeating the Decepticon ended in failure, it inspired Bumblebee to concoct a plan of his own. Using their commander's stratagem, Fixit and the humans managed to regain control of the GroundBridge. Fixit successfully created a portal back to the shadowzone so Bumblebee could escape and Soundwave could be sent back. {{storylink|Portals}}

When the stealth team came to blows against [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] and his Mini-Con army, Optimus contacted Fixit to get reinforcements from the rest of Bumblebee's team. Though he was unable to contact Bumblebee for Optimus Prime, Fixit was able to assist the Autobot leader by looking up Stockade in his database. After Bumblebee and the others had returned from their mission, Fixit sent Grimlock to help the away team through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

[[File:DecepticonIsland2 Fixit stands up to Decepticon.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Let my people go!"]]
Fixit was present when the Bee Team reunited with [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], who had come to Earth in pursuit of a Decepticon. Shortly afterwards, another ''Alchemor'' Mini-Con named [[Toolbox]] arrived. His memories jogged by the presence of his old shipmate, Fixit realized that there had been more to the ''Alchemor'' than the section he had been assigned to. Fixit gave him a tune-up and helped to deactivate the [[inhibitor collar]] that had been affixed to the Mini-Con. Fixit stayed behind as backup when the team took to the water to assault "Decepticon Island" - the back half of the ''Alchemor'', which had been overrun by Decepticon escapees. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Feeling guilty about having to stay behind, Fixit commandeered a boat and headed off to the wreck himself. Fixit arrived just in time to save one of his comrades from being brutalized by a [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]. Elsewhere on the ship, Strongarm and Sideswipe managed to deactivate the Mini-Con's collars en masse, and Fixit wound up leading the charge against their Decepticon tormentors. Acting on a distress call from Toolbox, Fixit and his new army stormed the ventilation room, just in time to provide Optimus and Bumblebee with some much-needed firepower against a supercharged Steeljaw. Bumblebee retrieved the Decepticon Hunters which had powered-up the Decepticon, and the Mini-Cons allowed themselves to be towed to safety as Optimus and Bumblebee made their escape from a [[cryo-gas]] bomb they had set up.

With all of the Decepticons in stasis thanks to being within the bomb's detonation range, the crisis on Earth had come to an end. The rest of the Mini-Cons decided to finish the repairs on their ship and return to Cybertron. Fixit bid farewell to Toolbox and his other brethren, insisting that he had a new home with Bumblebee and his crew on Earth. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

[[File:StrongarmsBigScore eager Fixit.jpg|thumb|right|350px]]
Fixit indulged Bumblebee's desire to take his team on a tour of historically significant sites on Earth. When during their visit to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], the team stumbled on a bomb, they asked Fixit to look up how to disarm it, however in the end they lost comms with him and had to improvise. {{storylink|History Lessons}} Fixit prepared [[PASERQuAT]] scores for everyone, resulting in Strongarm insisting on taking him along with her on her next mission so she could improve her score. The pair encountered [[Scatterspike]] and [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] at [[Mount St. Hilary]], engaged in a drilling operation that threatened to cause the volcano to erupt, and when Fixit and Sawtooth became trapped in the main cavern, Fixit had to instruct Strongarm on preventing the eruption. He later raised Strongarm's score by a point and half, and in return she prepared a score for him, but (to his great distress) wouldn't tell him what it was. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} Fixit had the rest of the team report in as they searched more sites of Cybertronian significance. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

Following a mishap with a [[high energy pulse generator]], Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream were the butt of yet another of Sideswipe's jokes, leaving them mad at him. After the scrapyard was temporarily invaded by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, the trio were abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], and used as leverage to also capture Bumblebee. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} The three Mini-Cons were imprisoned aboard [[Starscream's ship]], and set about trying to escape. Fixit had the idea of getting Jetstorm out via a vent in the roof. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Jetstorm later returned to free Fixit and Slipstream, and the trio rescued Bumblebee. After Starscream merged with the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, Fixit was able to use a signal to force a separation. Fixit later forgave Sideswipe for his earlier comments, and upgraded the [[Weaponizers' ship]] to be capable of spaceflight. After saying farewell to Optimus, Team Bee rolled out to check more sites of Cybertronian significance... except for Fixit who was left to make his own way back to the scrapyard. {{storylink|Worthy}}

[[File:Defrosted Fixit reclaims video game.jpg|thumb|left|260px]]
Fixit picked up reports suggesting a Decepticon was on the loose, though he couldn't detect a signal. On Bumblebee's orders, he GroundBridged Strongarm and Sideswipe to investigate, and later sent the rest of the team to join them when the Decepticon proved more than they could handle. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} Fixit became addicted to Russell's handheld game, refusing to give it back, and continuing to play it while sending the rest of the team on another mission. He attempted and failed to cheat at the game, and eventually it broke when he dropped it during the team's return. {{storylink|Defrosted}} As the team tried to stop a stricken plane from crashing into one of Windblade's caches, Fixit kept them updated on the state of the pilot and was able to fill them in on the Decepticon, [[Ragebyte]], who was the sole occupant of the cache. {{storylink|Blurred}}

Along wit the rest of the team, Fixit found himself drawn to desire the [[Sphere of Doradus]], though once the rest of the team drove off with it, the effect faded and he was able to come up with some more information on the relic for them. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} Though unable to find the parts to build Bumblebee a new Decepticon Hunter, Fixit managed to determine the location of one of Windblade's caches in [[West Rock]] which contained one. He had trouble tracking [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]] due to the intense interference in the city. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

After the rest of the Bee Team were again merge into a giant robot, Fixit worked on determining what had happened, and came up with a way to merge Sideswipe back into one bot. {{storylink|The Great Divide}} When he heard Strongarm missed the Academy, Fixit attempted to help by getting her to select a specialty, leading her to use her detective skills to solve a series of Decepticon thefts. {{storylink|Get a Clue}}

[[File:RiD2015 - Disordered Personalities - Technical Difficulties.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fixit controls the vertical, Fixit controls the horizontal]]
Another experiment with combining resulted in Fixit combining Sideswipe and Grimlock, though [[Sidelock|the results]] were less than desirable. He was able to track Jetstorm and Slipstream after the pair were abducted by [[Shadow Raker]]. {{storylink|Out of the Shadows}} Fixit continued his experiments, but only succeeded in body-swapping the entire team. After repairing the equipment, he successfully swapped them back, but zapped himself into the control console. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}}

Strongarm's friend [[Nightra]] turned up at the scrapyard and was captured by a 'Con. Fixit was able to GroundBridge the team onto the 'Con's ship, at which point they discovered the "Decepticon" was an Autobot bounty hunter, and Nightra was the criminal she was after. {{storylink|Guilty As Charged}} [[File:TRID S3 E12 TGK SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|''I...have...the power!'']] Learning that a mission would take them to England, Fixit, chivalry-mad from a movie marathon with Russell, insisted on accompanying Bumblebee and ended up having to help stop [[Flamesnort]]'s [[seismic-shock warhead]] from destroying the planet. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}} Another of Fixit's combiner experiments managed to merge Bumblebee and Strongarm into [[Bumblearm]], but also left Grimlock with super speed. {{storylink|The Fastest Bot Alive!}}

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===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:IDWRID1 Fixit blaster.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This is a good guy, we swear.]]
When the Autobots encountered a Decepticon who liked making fires, Fixit narrowed the choices down to [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]]. While the others went to hunt the Decepticon, he started on a six-hour full-spectrum diagnostic of the computer systems. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} Fixit played as a Decepticon for a training exercise, and the other Autobots' lack of co-ordination resulted in him winning. He later alerted them to the fact that a power transformer had been destroyed, leading to the capture of [[Spinhead]]. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Fixit was able to engineer a traffic jam so that the Decepticon [[Transit]] could be captured. He also acted as Strongarm's prisoner as she masqueraded as [[Retrofit]] in an attempt to capture [[Clipshade]], though after she was rumbled, he ended up being flung at Bumblebee by the Decepticon. Following Clipshade's capture, Bumblebee asked Fixit to dig up information on the crime boss. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

Fixit's research into Clipshade (while not watching [[Bin Battles]] or fixing stasis pods) resulted in him locating [[Overhead]], another [[Cybercomrade Sect]] member, whom the rest of the team went after. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}} Fixit was present as Ultra Magnus filled the Autobots in on the operation to capture Overhead. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

After trying to commiserate with Russell, Fixit detected Decepticons near the [[Sierra Ridge]] mountains. Unfortunately this turned out to be a ruse on the part of Steeljaw, who kidnapped Fixit and Russell while the other Autobots were absent from the scrapyard. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} Imprisoned in a cave with Russell, Fixit used his drills to make an escape attempt and impersonated Steeljaw in order to get past the slumbering Fracture. Unfortunately Russell gave them away, but as they were about to be recaptured, the rest of Team Bee arrived for a timely rescue. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

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The rest of the team attempted to play [[Lobbing|lob-ball]] using Fixit as the ball, and he was relieved when they switched to using something more like an actual ball. He later looked up [[Scuzzard]] in the ''Alchemor'' database, providing the others with info that helped capture the Decepticon. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} Fixit detected intruders in the scrapyard, though they merely turned out to be some of Russell's classmates, and later detected some Decepticon signals at the docks. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

After alerting the team to the whereabouts of [[Forager]], Fixit soon got to put the captured Decepticon on ice. Unfortunately the other [[Ronin]], [[Foxtrot]] and [[Stilts]], managed to lure the rest of the team away from the scrapyard with fake Decepticons signals, and forced Fixit to free Forager. Fixit was then locked up with the humans and Drift's Mini-Cons, until Drift himself was able to free them. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

When Grimlock punctured a football with his teeth, Fixit attempted to make repairs with a drill with unsurprising results. He was able to detect the Decepticon [[Skinkbomb]] when Bumblebee got a message of warning from Optimus. Bumblebee's visions of Optimus took a surprising turn, leading Fixit to theorize that he was suffering from brain rust, however it later turned out that it was just one of the Primes playing tricks on them. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}
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===''TransTech''===
[[file:Fixit lobbing.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The thrill of victory.]]
At one point, Fixit went to [[Axiom Nexus]] and won a [[Sub-Metro Amateur League Lobbing]] championship playing in a team with other [[Fixit (G1)|Fixits]]. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/28}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Fixit and the other members of Bumblebee's team responded when Optimus Prime called their names in a display of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Adventure|new toy]]'s speaking gimmick, then joined Optimus in dancing to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

When [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Tigatron]] appeared among the Autobots, Fixit scanned them with a device that suggested they came from another dimension. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

===Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
{{Charstubfiction}}{{Storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}
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==Toys==
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{anchor|OneStepChanger}}
[[File:2015 RID One-Step Fixit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"While you were out, I spent six hours trying to reach a coffee cup up on a shelf. When I finally got it down, I was so happy, I cried. I hate my life!"''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:Transformer-Adventure-Series-TAV05-One-Step-Fixit.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Of course I'm obsessed! They made me this way! You think I don't know how crazy I sound? Of course I do! They programmed me to know that, too!" ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Fixit''' (One Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date'': [[March 21]] 2015
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV05'''

:Part of the second wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[One Step Changer]]s, Fixit transforms into some kind of a driller unit via simple [[Autotransformation|spring-loaded auto-transformation]], triggered by the "handlebars" attached to his wheel-base. Due to how the legs are molded, Fixit cannot ride on [[Grimlock_(RID_2015)#Stomp_.26_Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]].

:His scannable [[insignia]] is on his right arm, where it is inaccessible for in-package scanning. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the One Step Changer Fixit figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] version of this toy, part of the first wave of ''Adventure'' product, uses a lighter shade of orange, and features dark grey plastic. He also features a different scannable badge, which is compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

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[[File:RID15-toy FixitLegends.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|"You! Hey, you! Yeah you! Got any mugs?"]]
*'''Fixit''' (Legion Class, 2015)

:Part of the third wave of Legion-class toys, this considerably smaller (and therefore more accurate to show [[scale]] with the Warrior figures) version of Fixit transforms into the same drill-device-thing. His drills do rotate, but not freely. His torso features ball-joint articulation that has absolutely nothing to do with his transformation, giving him some incredible robot-mode body language.

:''He has a painted smile, people. A great big adorable painted smile!''

: His scannable insignia is right there in the middle of his chest, easily scanned while still in-package.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2015/Autobot/LegFixit/fixit.htm More information on Legion Fixit at TFU.info]''

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===Adventure===
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-48-Legion-Fixit.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"You... you really want to know about... me? No one ever asks about Muggy! You've made me so happy!"]]
*'''Team Bumblebee vs Thunderhoof Set''' (EZ Collection 4-pack, [[2016]]-[[May 31|05-31]])
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV48'''

:A redeco of the Legion Class Fixit figure with extensive paint applications to most paintable plastic and plastic color changes to make him show-accurate.

:Fixit was released as a four-pack along with Bumblebee, Windblade, and Thunderhoof. Like the rest of the ''Adventure'' EZ Collection sets, some online retailers like Amazon Japan were still selling it 2 years later at greatly reduced prices (70% off).
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==Merchandise==
*'''Fixit''' (Tiny Titan, 2015)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Number'' : '''4/12'''

: Part of the third [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'', this is a small, soft-plastic figurine of Fixit with one of his arms converted into a tool.

: He comes with a trading card with a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

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*'''Fixit''' (Radz candy dispenser, 2015)
**''Blindbag code'': '''H'''

: The [[Radz]] candy-dispenser version of Fixit is a plastic sphereoid with feet, spiky "hair", and a keychain fob. Pulling the hair back opens the toy's "mouth" and projects a little bowl-like tongue, dispensing a single colored sugar pellet. The hair can be taken off to refill the dispenser, and swapped with any other Radz.

:Fixit was available only in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie, though the bag has a code number on the back under the "best by" date that tells you what's inside (only the last letter is the important part). Fixit is not advertised on the packaging checklists in any way, as he is the "secret limited edition character" of the ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' Radz series. He comes with a bag of sugar pellets, and a mini-poster with a collection checklist on the back.

===Transformers Adventure Shokugan===
*'''Fixit & Underbite''' (2016)
:Part of the new ''Adventure'' Shokugan series, this Fixit is a snap-fit kit based on his One-Step Changer toy. Fixit is molded in entirely red plastic with detailing from stickers. The kit can convert into a drill-device thing...if by transform, it mean you have to raise his arms up and lying the figure on the front.

:The kit is bundled with Underbite.

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==Notes==
*In the Japanese dub of ''Robots in Disguise'', Fixit speaks with a [[w:Kansai dialect|Kansai dialect]].
*Fixit's favorite color is red.
*Fixit appears in an [[Easter egg]] cameo in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s [[The Life of Sideswipe|''Optimus Prime'' #9]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Fixit''' (フィクシット ''Fikushitto'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hēimiànshén''' (China, 黑面神, "[http://www.hkflora.com/v2/leaf/euphor_show_plant.php?plantid=1018 Waxy Leaf]", literally "Black-faced Deity")

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Exiles

2017-09-01T15:44:26Z

DDelgado: /* Synopsis */

{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|the Aligned novel|Transformers: Exiles}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 62
|image=TRID S3 E17 E MSS.jpg
|caption=''The boys are back in town, the boys are back in town...I said, the boys are back in town...''
|prev=Moon Breaker
|next=Breathing Room
|title="Exiles"
|airdate=[[August 26]], [[2017]] (Canada) [[September 9]], 2017 (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Scooter Tidwell]]
}}
'''Steeljaw and his pack return and launch an attack on the Scrapyard, forcing the Autobots to abandon their home base; Sideswipe's fear of abandonment threatens the Bee Team when they face their foes again at the Crown River Dam.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"What the hell was that?" "That was a bomb, jackass! He used the microwave as a detonator!"]]
In the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] begins a home video with [[Russell Clay|Russell]] to keep [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] up to date while he's away helping [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] on a secret mission. The video gets as far as [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] dazzling the camera with a new wax job and a shot of [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] mulling over a newly acquired [[Cybertronian technology finder|Cybertronian tech detector]] with [[Denny Clay|Denny]], before alarms blare and the base falls under attack by unknown assailants. A blast hits [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], Denny, and Russell, knocking all three over, with footage ending there.

Recovering from the blast, Denny and Russell are retrieved by [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], then set off to find Fixit. During the attack, Bumblebee is grazed, disabling his comm-link and preventing him to gather the team at the command center. He arrives at the meet-point with Grimlock behind him, running into Sideswipe who reports he thinks the attackers are stationed on a cliff above the base. Meanwhile, a terrified Fixit is nearly squished by falling pieces of vintage memorabilia, but is saved by Strongarm and the Clays. Bumblebee hands Sideswipe his blaster and orders him to cover him as he darts to the [[GroundBridge]], which he activates in order to evacuate as Strongarm and her precious cargo arrives on scene. As Sideswipe drives towards the groundbridge to join his teammates, he's hit by the nonstop blaster fire and goes flying off course. The same blast that hit him had destroyed the groundbridge, leaving the panicking Sideswipe to call out for help as he run amidst the blaster fire that was still raining down on the scrapyard. The continuous blasts knock a crane onto him, effectively pinning him down. As aiming beacons line up on his face, Bumblebee appears to pull the machinery off him and the two escape the base without much further ado, though Sideswipe begins to show signs of his abandonment issues and Bee explains that his broken comm prevented him from finding him earlier.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"All of your ridiculous pitiful antics aren't gonna change a thing. You and me, we're puppets in the same sick game. We serve the same master, and he's a lunatic and he's ungrateful. But there's nothing we can do about it. You and me, we're the same."]]
As the rest of the team waits where they had been sent, they worry about the two left behind, though Fixit reminds them that Bumblebee would be aware of their current location and would most likely be there as soon as he could. And as if on cue, the two missing Autobots drive up. After brief elation and more concern, Russell suggests they use the caves where they fought [[Nightstrike]] as their new temporary base and Fixit agrees, due to the mineral deposits in that area obstructing energy signals.

Back at the scrapyard, [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] have a conflict of interest, which ends with Thunderhoof reluctantly relenting. During the short scuffle, Steeljaw reveals that both he and their benefactors on Cybertron want Bumblebee's "hood ornament on a plate", along with the rest of the team. These "benefactors" are implied to be government officials, as Steeljaw and his pack (himself, Thunderhoof, [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], and [[Underbite]]) were pardoned of their crimes in order to (supposedly) capture the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]. In a moment of inspiration, Steeljaw decides to put humans at risk in order to lure Bee and his Autobots out from hiding.

Regrouping in the cave, Fixit repairs Bumblebee's comm system while Denny bemoans the loss of his collectibles. Sideswipe attempts to comfort him by revealing that he's moved homes a hundred times and it's not a big deal. He's then frightened by some bats and both Strongarm and Bee comment on his jumpiness, which he deflects. Bumblebee mentions how he doesn't know how to track down whoever is after them, and Fixit displays the tech detector he had brought with them, which wouldn't exactly find the attackers, but it would find their weapons. Bee suggests that Sideswipe be the one to step out of the cave and into possible scanning range to locate the antagonists, sparking Sideswipe's fear of abandonment and stalling on his part. The tech detector makes a quick change of hands before Fixit takes it back and does the scan himself, discovering five Cybertronian contacts at the [[Crown City]] dam. Bumblebee realizes that the attackers were most likely there to put humans at risk, and as Strongarm points out that it was most likely a trap, he refuses to put lives in danger and they take the bait anyway.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Looks like Team Rocket is blasting off again!"]]
On the way to the dam, Sideswipe nervously tailgates Strongarm until Bumblebee puts him on rear duty, which only further aggravates his fears as a train nearly cuts him off from the rest of the team. Once they reach their destination, Bumblebee formulates the plan to go into the dam control building alone to draw out their enemies, while the others split up and circle around to jump the attackers when they go for him. This also makes Sideswipe anxious.

Inside, Bumblebee is surprised to find out their attackers had been Steeljaw and his pack, who turn on him and knock him to the ground. Steeljaw then stands over him and monologues about revenge, also mentioning his benefactors, until the rest of the team sneaks in and opens fire on the Decepticons. As the fight breaks out, Grimlock slams Quillfire into machinery, jamming one of his quills into a turbine, creating the potential hazard of explosion. Bumblebee attempts to remove the quill, but is rammed by Underbite, and Steeljaw runs out of the building during the fog of war. Bee chases after Steeljaw, and Sideswipe chases after him, goaded by his fear of being left behind. Outside, Steeljaw blows a hole in the dam then turns on Bumblebee, but is toppled over the platform as Sideswipe intervenes. Thanking him, Bumblebee asks Sideswipe to take care of the broken dam so he can help Grimlock and Strongarm, assuring his younger teammate that he will be back for him.

[[File:TRID S3 E17 E SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You're in the Navy, remember? It's not a job, it's an adventure!"]]
Back inside, Bee tries to pull the quill from the turbine again, resulting in a shock and Strongarm's approval. Dazed and confused, Bumblebee wonders ''why'' she had praised him, until she uses the surging machine to electrocute the Decepticons. On the side of the dam, Sideswipe is overtaken by Steeljaw and a fight ensues, ending with Steeljaw being kicked into the water below. After the Decepticons inside flee the building, Bumblebee finally pulls the quill free of the turbine, nullifying that threat. The team then gives chase after the pack, which comes to little fruition, seeing as Underbite had accidentally knocked his fellow 'Cons off the dam and into the water below. Still on the side of the dam, Sideswipe uses his sword to chunk off pieces of concrete to fill the hole until a human repair crew could properly fix it.

Back at the cave, the field team finds Fixit and the humans with a projected image of the scrapyard, a heartfelt, if superficial, comfort. Denny, though still despondent over the loss of his property, claims home is where friends and family are, and Sideswipe wholeheartedly agrees.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (1)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (2)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (7)
|c2=
*[[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] (8)
*[[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] (9)
*[[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] (10)
*[[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] (11)
*[[Underbite]] (12)
|c3=
*[[Denny Clay]] (3)
*[[Russell Clay]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"Whoa! What is this? Did somebody forget to pay the electric bill?"
:—'''Sideswipe''' quips as he dodges incoming Decepticon fire.

"''Who'' is shooting at us?" 
"Unfortunately, someone with decent aim."
:—'''Fixit''' and '''Strongarm''' as ''they'' dodge blaster fire.

"''Capiche''?" 
"Well, I guess I could lend a hand, seeing as you uh, need me so bad. Oh, whatever. Fugget about it."
:— '''Steeljaw''', ironincally, and '''Thunderhoof''', unironically.

"They say you can't dream in stasis, but I did, Bumblebee. Of this moment, when I can pay you back for robbing Decepticon Island! Pay you back... ''in full.''" 
"I also dreamed... of a parade for the heroes of the revolution! Everyone was wearing hats."
:— '''Steeljaw''' and '''Quillfire'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Steeljaw and his cohorts were shipped off to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]". The benefactors who freed them are presumably the same people [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] are investigating.
* The Autobots retreat to the caves [[Nightstrike]] used as a hideout in "[[Even Robots Have Nightmares]]".
* The corruption on Cybertron has been building up conflict in the background for the entire series and has generally served as a way to bring characters in;
** It was first alluded to in [[Can You Dig It?]], when the Council sent [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] to investigate the Alchemor crash site and we learned they were none to happy with Bee.
** The council's desire to have Bumblebee captured for his actions in [[Pilot (Part 1)]], was revealed in [[Hunting Season]], when [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to collect a bounty on Bee's head.
** Ratchet revealed just how bad things had gotten, upon his arrival in [[Decepticon Island (Part 1)]], revealing [[Team Prime]] was blamed for the planet's destruction and that he was forced to capture war criminals. This prompted Optimus to leave Earth in order to investigate, though things had gotten so bad, he was unable to return and thus began working with "some old friends" to handle the situation.

===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*This episode's name happens to be the same as the ''Aligned'' prequel novel ''[[Transformers: Exiles]]''.
*Apparently, according to [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], bots can dream in [[stasis lock|stasis]].

===Foreign localization===

==Home video releases==
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Titan Magazines movie timeline

2017-09-01T15:41:44Z

DDelgado: /* 2012 to 2017 */

[[File:Tf mag 01 2007.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67|This IS Your Son's Autobot.]]
Back in the 1980s, an [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|American Transformers comic]] and a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|UK one]] were able to simultaneously co-exist, the latter weaving around the continuity of the former to create a larger, richer tapestry that essentially remained one singular universe. In the 21st century, [[Titan Books|Titan]] sought to continue this dream with their [[live-action film series|movie-based]] ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers]]'' comic, but after managing only a few issues that wove themselves around what [[IDW Publishing]] was doing with their own titles, lack of room to manoeuvre and a general absence of knowledge about what would be [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|coming next]] for the movie universe made it apparent that in the long-term, this was an unworkable goal.

To compensate for this hurdle, Titan took a surprising approach: for the remainder of its first volume, the comic would be set in an ''alternate universe'', one where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had ''won'' the battle of [[Mission City]], claimed the [[AllSpark]], and dominated the [[Earth]]. This freed up the creators to do whatever they wished with the movie characters, and allowed them to incorporate other toy-only characters without fear of disrupting the continuity.

The alternate universe story was brought to a close so that the comic could be rebooted for a second volume, which would tie in with the imminent ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Now realizing the impossibility of a successful interwoven story with IDW's material, Titan essentially said "Sod it," and produced their own prequel to the film, centering on [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. The original material continued after this story, with new stories set after the second film that firmly established themselves as separate timeline from the "American" one.

The timelines of both these takes on the movie universe are featured in this article. The divergences only settle in 2007, following the events of the ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie, so that is where each timeline begins; for a full coverage of the history of the movie universe prior to this point, see the "mainstream" [[movie timeline]].

==Main timeline==
===Pre-19th century===

[[Primus]] was the first Cybertronian and he begat the [[Dynasty of Primes]], who ruled Cybertron and protected the [[AllSpark]] thousands of years ago. (The later Primes, for their part, didn't believe Primus had spawned them) It was a time when warriors stood by a code of honour. But during the rule of seven Primes, one of their number, [[the Fallen|Megatronus]], betrayed the other six in his lust to harvest Earth's sun! He imprisoned them (except when he killed them), but they sacrificed themselves to keep the Creation Matrix from him and imprison ''him'' on one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. His acolytes, the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], remained on Earth and searched for the lost [[Tomb of the Primes]] so they could help their master when he returned. [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] was the lone Autobot there, switching sides in horror at "the Fallen's" actions. The Seekers continued to search, dwindling in number over the years: [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] and Jetfire were the longest holdouts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen Profile}}

[[File:MegatronMovie GeoffSenior.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!]]

A Prime on Cybertron, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], ruled the Autobots after the Fallen's betrayal and would continue to do so throughout the pre-war period. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}} While he was leader, during the [[Golden Age]] it would be [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], working together as civilian leader and [[Lord High Protector]], who'd do most of the work of running things.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}<ref>Titan's Sentinel profile says he didn't name Optimus Prime his successor until the Ark left and was shot down. Since Optimus was clearly running things long before then, we have to assume Optimus was a ''de facto'' leader before he became the nominal one.</ref> Civilian politics were strong and stable, with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] being a noted player who would become Optimus' chief liaison to the [[High Council of Ancients]] legislative body. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

But even back then Megatron was scheming to take power of Cybertron and worlds beyond. He believed the Transformers could gain ultimate power via the All Spark, power to reshape their [[alternate mode]]s into anything they imagined. Breaking all Cybertronian laws, he made direct contact with the All Spark to test his theory and found himself with a mighty new alternate mode. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Megatron Profile}} War was declared and Megatron's army of Decepticons swept the planet. Optimus reluctantly studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find, ensuring he could match Megatron with high strategic knowledge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}} [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] played a vital role in the early stages of the Decepticon campaign, amassing data behind enemy lines and hacking Autobot Command Hub transmissions. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Frenzy Profile}} Ratchet tried to negotiate a peace and was almost murdered by Megatron in the process, and so he became a battlefield medic as a better way of frustrating the monster's murderous agenda. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

[[File:TitanOmnicons.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]

Numerous battles raged across Cybertron. [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], a freelance guerrilla, would be captured by Decepticon agents and was rescued by [[Kup (Movie)|Kup]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Arcee Profile}} [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] would rise to the top of the Decepticons by stepping on the rest of them, with a habit of doing a splashy attack at the ''end'' of a battle so he could steal the credit (as he did when ''[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'' had done all the hard work of breaking the defences at the Autobot stronghold [[Ky-Alexia]]). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Starscream Profile}} [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] became a scourge of the battlefield, hiding after the other Decepticons had left so he could murder any Autobot stragglers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Scorponok Profile}} [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] did so well they were both promoted, to senior battlefield tactician and First Lieutenant respectively. This raised a few optics among the Autobots but in Bonecrusher's case, his new job bored him ''so much'' (rearguard commanders don't get to hit things!) that he'd go bugnuts in ''any'' fight he actually got to have.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Jazz Profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Bonecrusher Profile}} [[Longview (Movie)|Longview]] did ''not'' do well and needed rescuing from a Decepticon camp. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

A new generation of robots, such as [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], would grow up perfectly designed for warfare and knowing nothing ''but''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Sideswipe profile}} Ironhide, among his other duties, would train up Autobot recruits with on-the-job experience: future heavyweights like [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] trained under him. By this point, the Decepticons had overstretched themselves and had automated many of their outposts, so they could be staffed by just one Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

[[File:TitanMag-BumblebeeMegatronAllSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|''Waaaa waaaaa waaaaa...'']]

Resolving to keep the power of the captive AllSpark out of Megatron's hands, Optimus Prime decided to move it around the planet and, when this proved to be not enough, to launch it into deep space. While Arcee unwittingly provided a diversion, conning the 'Cons into thinking the AllSpark was at [[Tyger Pax]] (only [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] knew the truth), Prime had it fired into space by [[Arctus]]... only too late having a vision that this would bring the war to other planets. While interrogating Bumblebee, Megatron observes the relic and realised he'd been tricked. Megatron immediately pursues it into space but is delayed by an Autobot tractor beam before he can stop it from plunging into the [[Alkaris Anomaly]]. In response, he has the overzealous <s>Devastator</s> [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] detonates a [[foldspace warhead]] that warps himself, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] to the four corners of the universe. What goes around comes around though: Megatron tracked the AllSpark all the way to Earth and was so obsessed that he let all his power be drained entering atmosphere, leaving himself to collapse and freeze in the Arctic. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prequel: Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} En route to Earth, Megatron had found and released the Fallen from his prison around [[Saturn]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Fallen Profile}}<ref>The profiles and Smackdown feature do state explicitly that Megatron was plotting all along and the Fallen's profile explicitly says Megatron met him at Saturn, where Megatron would not ''be'' until late in. So in this timeline, the Fallen just wasn't that influential!</ref>

While lost in space, Ratchet helps quell an alien civil war, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Lost in Space 1}} Brawl defeats psychic apparitions of his worst fears, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost in Space 2}} and Ironhide encounters digital "ghosts" on a derelict ship with some kind of ancient connection to the AllSpark {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}. Jazz found a planet of pure information and was strongly tempted to abandoning the war but the planet turned out to be a predatory organism; he was almost devoured until Ratchet and Ironhide came to save him. All of them returned to {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost in Space 4}} where Ratchet found and repaired Bumblebee, all but his voicebox.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}

With the war going badly, Sentinel Prime left Cybertron for deep space on board the first ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', taking a secret weapon with him. He officially named Optimus his successor, but Decepticon fire blasted the ''Ark'' out of the skies and it was presumed destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}}

In one battle, [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] led a small group of Autobots. He was the only one of them to survive a [[turbofox]] attack, having been scouting ahead at the time, and was gripped by fear of the creatures and survivor's guilt for years. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

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===1897 to 2007===

[[File:Prequel2 wells simmons and witwicky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|"*sigh*Alright, Archie. What happened after this 'transforming alien' had eaten the huskies?"]]

Back on [[Earth]], [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]] of the [[National Arctic Circle Expedition]] discovered Megatron's inert body and was driven blind and insane by the contact. His last three months of sight are spent drawing Cybertronian symbols and he was confined to a 'secure hospital' (cough) in Boston. A new agency called [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]], who have already investigated some other paranormal activity from their Boston house,<ref>It's strongly implied in the Movie Prequel comics that this is Sector 7 in 1898, meaning they pre-exist the discovery of Megatron. For Titan continuity, the "Story So Far" in [[Transformers Comic issue 7|Titan's #7]] says Witwicky's discovery "falls into the hands of a new ultra-secret agency"</ref> covered it up and went to the Arctic to start digging up the "Mega-Man". In 1902, under cover of [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt's]] [[Newlands Reclamation Act]], they dig around the Colorado River and locate the lost AllSpark. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} Sector 7 finally moved Megatron to the new [[Hoover Dam]] in 1935.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

When [[World War I]] broke out, Ransack took the form of a [[Germany|German]] biplane.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} (The [[USS Cyclops]] went missing in the same war, around the dreaded [[Bermuda Triangle]]...) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}}

The Autobot-Decepticon war rages on but none are aware that the Ark had survived and drift through space. It finally crashed on Earth's moon in 1962;<ref>In the films it was in 1961 but the comics point to 1962</ref> a fragment landed in Fiesole, [[Italy]], and was buried in the local cathedral by an [[United Kingdom|English]] priest who feared the object was supernatural and could cause a religious backlash. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}} This helped fire up the space race {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} which was won by America because they could nick technology from Megatron. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

In 1998, a weary Jetfire took advantage of the SR-71 spyplane being decommissioned to get into a museum and take a long sleep. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} Ransack remained active but all other Seekers had gone dormant long ago (all without Sector 7 ever noticing them!). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

Bumblebee, tracking the AllSpark in 2003, took a pitstop on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and was detected by Sector 7 (hijacking the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]). They tracked his planetfall in Virginia but, taking Chevy Camero form, he evaded them. [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] planned to draw him into an ambush with an artificial AllSpark isotope but Sector 7 were so focused on the Autobot, they didn't notice a Decepticon team of Starscream, Barricade, and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] ''also'' entering the solar system! Starscream was after the AllSpark (conning the others to think they wanted Megatron too) and the 'Cons found the fake isotope first, slaughtering Sector agents before getting bored and deciding to let Bumblebee do the heavy lifting while Barricade monitored him. Meanwhile, a young [[Sam Witwicky]] inherited his grandfather's old junk and didn't care much, not knowing they had the path to the AllSpark engraved in the lenses. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4}}

[[File:Titan AOE Drif's crew.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"Who would have noticed another madman around here? Good luck, everyone."]]

In 2004, the [[United States of America]] elected/re-elected [[George W. Bush|a President]] with [[Theodore Allen]] as his Vice-President. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Parts 1}}

Warfare continued on the dying Cybertron up until 2007 at the latest.<ref>Dated "Five Years Earlier" than a scene set right after the third movie, which occurs at least three years after the second - see below.</ref> During one battle, Decepticons [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and his friend [[Knucklehead]] violently stopped [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] from killing prisoners. Lockdown vowed revenge, though with Megatron in charge he could never carry it out. (The Megatron who was frozen ''yes I know'') Soon after, Drift would defect to the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}}

On Earth, a rattled Sector 7 created a self-invigorating nano-virus designed to block all the AllSpark frequences in case the cube was used against them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming Part 5}}

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===2007===
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Then a lot of stuff happens! P.S., Jazz, Blackout, Brawl, Bonecrusher, and Frenzy (and maybe Barricade) are killed. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

In the minutes that follow Megatron's death at the conclusion of the battle of <s>Mission City</s> <s>[[Los Angeles]]</s> ''a city'',<ref>The issue said "Los Angeles", based on an earlier draft, but editorial material in the comic would later say "Mission City".</ref> Starscream immediately sets about cementing his position as new [[Decepticon]] leader by destroying the lingering [[AllSpark Mutation]]s and harvesting the animating AllSpark energies from their bodies. Using these energy fragments, Starscream reanimates the bodies of Barricade, Blackout and Brawl as [[zombie]]s and sends them to attack the [[Autobot]]s. They initially prove unstoppable, but when [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] deduces that they are being animated by AllSpark energy, the Autobots are able to target the cube's energy signature and take them out. Starscream escapes. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Milita}}

Later, continuing the Decepticon clean-up operation, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] is teamed with a squad of Army Rangers to hunt down [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], still hiding in the Qatari desert. Ambushed by the arachnoid Decepticon, Ironhide's motor functions are overridden by Scorponok and he is forced to attack his allies until they can shoot Scorponok off him, allowing Ironhide to finish him off. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Scorpion Sting}}<ref>Yep, Scorponok was explicitly blow to bits! Since he returns in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', we have to assume he either got rebuilt or he has a twin brother, like Devastator and Brawl.</ref>

Meanwhile, Cybertron has finally been abandoned. The Autobot [[The Twins|Twins]] [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] are the only Transformers to remain on the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

At some point around all this, the Fallen had made contact with the Decepticons and taken control of them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1}}<ref>The complete absence of the Fallen until issue 2.1 implies <s>nobody at Titan knew he was showing up</s> that the Decepticons only met him in the 2000s, when they entered Earth's solar system like Megatron. Logically it's around 2007, as Starscream goes from assuming he now runs the show in "Starscream's Militia" to following orders in "Training Day".</ref>

===2007 to 2009===

Starscream comes under the command of [[The Fallen]], and returns to the dead Cybertron to assemble an army that will scour Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], meanwhile, establishes a staging base on [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]], a moon of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], from which the army shall carry out its attack on Earth. The pair apparently get the notion to take the power of the Matrix for themselves, cutting the Fallen out of the deal. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

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In response to the message [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] sent into space, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] arrive on Earth and join up with the new joint Transformer-human organization being established on the planet, [[NEST]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Skids and Mudflap also receive the message, but blow it off, electing to remain on the deserted Cybertron where they can have fun. Their minds are changed for them when they stumble across Starscream and his army and overhear talk of the [[Star Harvester]], and they decided to head for Earth to pass the information along. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} Starscream's troops fail to prevent their escape to Earth, so The Fallen has Soundwave call upon one of his [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], to intercept them and prevent them from making contact with the other Earthbound Autobots. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] saves the Twins from Ransack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} The Twins refuse to give their intel to anyone other than Optimus Prime, but he is away on an extended mission in [[Australia]] with Arcee, hunting the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. [[File:Titan4 Ravagedescends.jpg|left|thumb]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} The other Autobots are not convinced by the Twins' claims, prompting the two young 'bots to defy orders and tag along on a NEST mission to [[Las Vegas]] in order to prove themselves. Unfortunately, their interference allows [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to escape with the memory core of a deactivated Seeker. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] is dispatched by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to learn what the Twins have done with their information. The ferrous feline knocks out their training instructor Sideswipe to get to them, but the Twins are able to use a training simulator to take him down. Unfortunately, Ravage escapes, and Sideswipe believes that the Twins were responsible for everything, causing the Autobots to further distrust them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}
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The Twins' reputation steadily worsens when Optimus and Arcee return with the captive Sideways. A resurrected (new?) Scorponok somehow bypasses all of NEST's security to break Sideways out, and the Twins' bumbling accidentally allows both Decepticons to escape. Believing this deliberate and that the bumblers had helped Scorponok through security, the Autobots take them into custody and prepare to exile them from the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Having observed the Twins' series of unfortunate events, Soundwave exploits it for his own ends by sending [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] in to "rescue" the pair from the Autobots. Now on the run from their own faction, the Twins are approached by Soundwave, who offers them a place in the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} They pretend to accept in hopes of gaining more concrete proof of the villains' plans, unaware that Soundwave intends to use them as bait to flush out Ransack, who knows the location of the Matrix but is refusing to answer to anyone other than The Fallen directly. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} They succeed in bringing Ransack to the Decepticon's Phobos base, but as Soundwave and Starscream attempt to force the information from him, the Twins make their play, allowing Ransack to escape, threatening to tell the Fallen of Soundwave and Starscream's conspiracy (he is quite likely murdered before he can talk). The Decepticon army from Cybertron arrives and Skids and Mudflap fear they are done for... until Optimus Prime and the Autobots arrive to save them, convinced of their good intentions at last. Welcomed into the ranks of NEST, the Twins decide to keep that "Fallen" stuff to themselves. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

Thanks for that, guys. P.P.S. Grindor, Ravage, [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], Jetfire, and even the Fallen himself are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} And perhaps Ransack did as well. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen novel}}

===2009 to 2010===
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Following the defeat of The Fallen in Egypt, the Decepticon faction is once again left in disarray despite the resurrection of Megatron, with many warriors carrying out their own agendas. More and more Autobots continue to arrive on Earth, and although they are put through their paces by NEST and veteran combat officer [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} a lot of them remain reckless and impetuous: not least of all [[Jolt (Movie)|Jolt]], who blacks out all of [[Las Vegas]] apprehending [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} He, [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]], and [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] are placed in a training unit and put through their paces to become a proper team. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Other assorted Decepticons—including [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]], [[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]], [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]], [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]], Lockdown (temporarily in a new form), and the dreaded [[Hoist (Movie)|Hoist]] (what, what?!)—arrive on Earth but are ignored by Megatron and are swiftly rounded by the Autobots as well. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} However, the fractured Decepticons are not all the Autobots have to worry about: human enemies also spring up in the form of groups like the [[Free Men]] militia, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}} and although Megatron himself remains behind the scenes, he begins experimenting on the protoforms from the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', creating the monstrous [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]. It's Rollbar that shows true Autobot spirit when his team take Dead End down and instead of killing him, he has them take the Decepticon to Ratchet to be cured. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Now aware the Transformers exist, the human race slowly gets used to the fact. [[Theodore Galloway]], on the other hand, continues to try and shut down NEST out of sheer pettiness, though this seems to fizzle out. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}}
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===2010===
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Concurrently with the [[World Cup]] final in Bloenfontein, [[South Africa]], Bludgeon stages an escape from NEST's local holding facility with the aid of the smuggled-in [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]]: he had, in fact, been deliberately arrested so he'd be able to stage a jail break. The numerous Decepticons that he frees fall into line behind him as a splinter faction of Decepticons under his command. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

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Bludgeon's Decepticons recover the remains of Devastator and attempt to rebuild him in the mountains of British Columbia, but the plan is foiled when it is inadvertently discovered by the Autobot [[Stratosphere]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.14|Head in the Clouds}} Decepticons like Reverb prove dissatisfied with Bludgeon's leadership, prompting the attempted recruitment of those Autobots with more violent tendencies, such as [[Blazemaster]], to thankfully no success. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|Turn and Burn}} The numerous acts of destruction Bludgeon's forces are able to carry out turns public opinion against the Autobots, prompting the formation of a new stealth unit-Bumblebee, [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]], and [[Slap Dash]]-operating below NEST's radar. They successfully take out [[Crankstart]], [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], and [[Trenchmouth]], convincing Bludgeon to declare full-scale war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}}

As all of this goes on, Soundwave and Starscream are left to investigate Earth's mysteries on their own. Soundwave stumbles into the [[Bermuda Triangle]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}} while Starscream tries looking for ''anything'' in the Amazon rainforest, and winds up being worshipped by a native tribe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}

At [[Christmas]], Sam Witwicky allows Bumblebee to secretly observe the festivities at the family home. Dead End attacks during the night, but Bumblebee defeats him, leaving the Witwicky parents none the wiser. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.19|The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas}}
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===2011===
The Autobots deduce the location of Bludgeon's primary command hub in [[Russia]], but their stealthy approach is blown when Wheelie, angered that the Autobots have yet to fully accept him into their ranks, returns to his old Decepticon ways and reveals their position to Bludgeon. As the Autobots and Bludgeon clash, Wheelie then contacts Megatron himself, calling him down upon the battle so that he can put his house in order by defeating all those who would oppose him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} Wheelie's dreams are realized as Megatron lays Bludgeon low and reconsolidates the Decepticons under his command, but the scrap done doesn't live long enough to enjoy it, as the marauding Dead End rips him apart for spare parts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

An archaeologist in [[Italy]] discovers a fragment of some alien artifact and calls in NEST. The Autobots are unaware of what it is but the Decepticons know: it's a fragment of Sentinel Prime's Ark and could lead the Autobots to him, a prospect that seems to terrify Starscream and Soundwave.<ref>In the film, Soundwave is on Megatron's plan to bring Sentinel back but yet here he is, trying to undermine it. This ''is'' the same Soundwave who tried to cut the Fallen out of the loop so maybe he's playing his own angle.</ref> Starscream makes a single-handed attack on Fiesole Cathedral, almost dying in a (successful) attempt to steal the fragment. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

[[File:Titan3.4 Tech Museum.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|''Whose timeline?'' ''OUR TIMELINE!'']]

[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] is responsible for some minor incidents, first attempting to crash the global economy with the discovery of El Dorado {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold and Blood}} and then allowing NEST to track him so he could take wounded hostages and blackmail Optimus into a fight to the death. While Optimus survived, the incident caused Robert Epps to quit NEST. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

The lingering anti-Transformer sentiment would reach a head when [[Marcus Castor]] led a rally that was interrupted by a Decepticon attack. After seeing the Autobots try to save them, the protestors mobbed the Decepticons to stop them killing their enemies and Castor switched to being a ''pro''-Autobot agitator. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

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===2012 to 2017===
<ref>No date for the events of ''Dark of the Moon'' is provided in the film but as Sam has recently graduated college, it's at least three years after ''Revenge of the Fallen''; the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]] and the novelization of the film puts the movies at three years/"several years" apart respectively. That puts us at 2012.</ref>

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Something happened involved Sentinel Prime and some big explosions in [[Chicago]]! He, Starscream, Soundwave, Ironhide, and a whole lotta Decepticons are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} And so are Skids and Mudflap (sorry, guys). {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon novel}} Knucklehead was part of the mission but once Megatron was dead, Lockdown butchered him as he'd promised five years ago. Drift built him a grave on the moon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}} In the aftermath of Chicago, the humans became frightened of all Transformers, Autobot included; it became clear the Autobots may no longer be able to work with their former allies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} There's also [[Cemetery Wind|some crazy-bad people]] hunting down ''all'' Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

The Autobots began hunting down the last of the Decepticon forces, tracking one cell to [[Indonesia]]. Thanks to quick thinking by the newly-arrived Crosshairs, an attempted Decepticon ambush became a victory when he subverted their plan. Unknown to the heroes, Lockdown was running the Decepticon resistance and had avoided being killed with the rest. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} Soon after, one of [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s early [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] drones escaped and went on a rampage disguised as Bumblebee in order to draw the Autobot out; this meant even more humans distrusted the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

Lockdown left Earth to continue bounty hunting. One of his older jobs caught up with him though: [[Sojex]], member of a crime family he'd nabbed the leader of, let herself be captured so she could wipe him out. He managed to survive. He then travelled back to Earth, having a new job offer from [[Creator (AOE)|the Creators]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.4|Locked In!}} His calling card was to release one of his [[turbofox]]'s on the planet. Optimus Prime and Crosshairs took it down: Crosshairs able to face his fear of the creatures through the wonders of violence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

Five years after the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Battle of Chicago]], another apocalyptic Transformer battle happened but ''this'' time in [[China]]! Both Lockdown and Stinger are killed. P.P.P.S. Megatron comes back to life as KSI's prized prototype Galvatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Alternate timeline==

Under the [[universal stream]] terminology, this timeline counts as '''[[Tyran 208.28 Gamma]]'''.<ref>"Tyran" meaning "the movie" and "Gamma" meaning a comic, and the first issue was 28/2/08</ref>

===2007===
[[File:TwilightsLastGleaming1.JPG|thumb|"We're facing war with a technological civilisation far superior to our own."]]
The Battle of [[Mission City]] results in Decepticon victory; Sam Witwicky is killed, Megatron gains the AllSpark, and Optimus Prime is taken prisoner, kept in cryo-stasis in [[Sector Seven]]'s old base at [[Hoover Dam]]. North America is conquered, resulting in the death of the [[President of the United States]]. Megatron develops a control module that allows him to directly manipulate the AllSpark's energies without fear of harm, and sets about using those energies to transform Earth into a new Cybertron. Bumblebee, Ironhide, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Tom Banachek]] go underground as rebels. [[Russia]] works alongside [[NATO]], trying to prevent the Decepticons from expanding their borders. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming Parts 1-5}}

===2008<ref>Theodore Allen claims two years have passed since the Decepticon conquest began in [[Transformers Comic issue 23|#23]]; events are being assumed to take place in the year they were published, for ease of book-keeping.</ref>===
[[File:TitanUK9 frozen prime.jpg|left|thumb|"What you're about to see is totally classified!" "''Dear god'', what is this?"]]
By the start of the year, NATO's efforts to contain the Decepticons have met with failure, and Paris, [[France]] is bombed in retaliation. The Autobots finally stage a desperate rebel action to rescue Optimus and call in a handful of offworld reinforcements under [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and Arcee. While humanity's remaining powers go for the nuclear option, Bumblebee and Mikaela penetrate Hoover Dam to get Optimus and recover a nano-virus designed by Sector Seven to block the AllSpark's energy, while Ironhide and Ratchet simultaneously target the [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]] facility that houses the AllSpark. But both rebel teams are compromised, by Optimus being in an unexpected cryo-stasis and by Savannah's guards under [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] creating an ambush, while NATO is routed and the French government & NATO command decapitated in ten minutes of humiliation. Megatron himself arrives to stop Bumblebee, who is outmatched once again. Luckily, Starscream sees a chance to nobble his leader and deliberately causes the Autobot reinforcements to leave the moon and join the fight: the Savannah team overcome the enemy and Ratchet destroys the AllSpark, leaving only scattered fragments, while the Autobots at Hoover Dam give Mikaela the time to free Prime from cryo-stasis and locate the virus. Prime takes over the fight, giving Bumblebee the chance to infect Megatron's system with the virus. His control over the AllSpark broken, Megatron's body is torn apart by its energies and he is apparently destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Parts 1-5}}

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Unbeknownst to any present, however, he actually uploads his consciousness into the AllSpark interface module, which Starscream unwittingly recovers and integrates into his own systems. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}} The victory is further tarnished by the sheer scale of the damage Decepticon rule has done: NATO troops have to temporarily occupy the continent for security reasons, millions are living in shelters and reliant on food aid, and the people are frightened and the new President [[Theodore Allen]] is distrusting of the Autobots. The Decepticons, now under Starscream's command, begin waging scorched earth tactics to prevent the liberated America from recovering, and use [[cerebro-strip]]s to covertly control key human begins... including Allen. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Parts 1-2}} Worse, the All Spark is no longer 'cyberforming' Earth but its infection has gone to [[Earth's core|the planet's core]] nonetheless, causing our world to tear itself apart. In the midst of this chaos, Ratchet uses an AllSpark fragment to resurrect [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], but the AllSpark's energies prove to have been corrupted through extended contact with Megatron, and Jazz returns to life as an amoral double-dealer who abandons the Autobots for a mercenary career. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:Unicron Titan19.JPG|left|thumb|'''"ARE YOU LADIESMAN217"''']]
Increasing numbers of Autobots arrive on Earth and join the effort to suppress the worsening AllSpark-born devastation of the planet. Believing an untapped fuel from Cybertron known as [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] may hold the answer, Optimus Prime sends a team of Autobots back to their home planet, where they discover that a small rebel cell of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] has already started using Nucleon as their own power source. Stockade's Decepticons have made contact with a mysterious entity from deep space, one that resembles the All Spark in enough ways that it could possibly restore the dying Cybertron to life... but when it arrives, it possesses the planet, revealing itself to be [[Unicron]] the Anti-Life. The planet-eater teleports the transformed Cybertron into the Solar System with the intent of consuming Earth, but Optimus Prime and Stockade's teams join forces, draining off the nucleon for use on Earth, and leaving Unicron with no power source, reducing him to a dead husk. Unfortunately, while the Autobots' attentions have been focused on Unicron, the Decepticons have exploited the opportunity to make Mikaela their latest mind-controlled pawn. Alerted that the Autobots are away and with Mikaela minding the Autobot base in Savannah, Starscream seizes control of it and uses it as the centre of a [[Decepticon Heartland]], restoring Decepticon dominion to a large chunk of the southern states. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron, Parts 1-4}}
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===2009===
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Almost immediately upon the Autobots' return to Earth, Optimus Prime is targeted for assassination by Jazz, hired for the job by Starscream. When a rival assassin named [[Kullt]] tries to steal the kill, Jazz takes him down instead, but refuses Prime's offer to rejoin the Autobots. The circumstances of Jazz's ambush makes it clear that President Allen is under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} Presumably, the nucleon is used to heal the AllSpark corruption soon after. That done, the Autobots stage a rescue mission, disabling the cerebro-strip controlling Mikaela with a jamming frequency and recovering her from the Decepticon Heartland. With this failure, Starscream realizes that his actions have all along been controlled by Megatron, whose consciousness has been dwelling within his own mind he absorbed the AllSpark interface module. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Aware that they're living on borrowed time, Optimus covertly contacts Tom Banachek (now the head of [[Sector Seven]]) and has him start identifying who in the government is a Decepticon servant. He also makes contact with Stockade, striking up a deal (though he doesn't expect the Decepticon to live up to his end). As Prime expected, the Decepticons stage a series of lightning strikes around the United States in order to force the government to the bargaining table with the promise of peace in return for the Autobots being exile from the planet. Pressured into compliance, the Autobots depart, only for Starscream to have them shot out of the sky by a nuclear missile that he instructs President Allen to order the firing of; a full Decepticon onslaught across the Eastern Seaboard follows, with the cerebro-compromised government and military preventing the humans from fighting back. However, the Autobots have merely staged their demise and secretly returned to Cybertron. While Stockade's team heads to Earth and defend it against the Decepticons, who are utterly unprepared for them and are swiftly driven back to the Heartland, [[File:TitanUK25 back to cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]] the Autobots get to work on the systems of the inert Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Parts 1-3}}

Starscream uses an AllSpark fragment and the interface module to restore Megatron to life in his own body so that he can put down Stockade's rebellion, but no sooner has he returned than Prime and the Autobots make their move, using Unicron's teleportation systems to send all the Decepticons to Cybertron, then teleport the planet itself to the far reaches of the galaxy, with no hope of return. The Decepticons are left exiles on an dead world, while the Autobots themselves are happily "stranded" on Earth, a clean-up ahead of them but still victorious at last. Mikaela and Bumblebee rode off into the sunset to see what was out there.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Parts 3}} [[File:Revolutionpt3 the end.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|They have much to learn... but I've seen goodness in them.]]

(They didn't let on but they then sent a fellow ''Autobot'', [[Circuit (Movie)|Circuit]], to the dead Cybertron: Circuit's scheming had caused ''that much'' anger. {{storylink|Circuit (Movie)#Timelines|''Timelines'' Circuit bio card}})

===Onwards===

Of course, ''it never ends''. [[The Fallen]] detected what had happened to the Decepticons and gathered a new army for revenge. [[Blue Maximus]], [[Chopsaw]], [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]], and [[Duststorm (TF 2010)|Duststorm]] answered his call, while new Autobots including [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)|Bodyblock]], [[Downshift (TF 2010)|Downshift]], [[Fallback (TF 2010)|Fallback]], [[Mindset (TF 2010)|Mindset]], and [[Deep Dive]] moved to the planet. Later, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] would arrive as well but the skittish [[Strafe (TF 2010)|Strafe]] would reveal Sentinel's true monstrous nature.

Epic battles would be fought but whatever the threats and challenges, the Autobots and their harried humans allies have constantly risen to the occasion. Maybe one day, we shall see them again... {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

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==Other chronologies==

*[[Movie timeline]]—The chronology of the "mainstream" live-action movie universe, incorporating comics, novels and more.
*[[Sector Seven ARG timeline]]—Detailing the history of the "alternate reality" that presents Transformers as real beings, and the fiction associated with them a cover story propagated by Sector Seven. Also includes material from Titan's letters pages, which take the same approach.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Live-action film series history]]

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[[File:Tf mag 01 2007.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67|This IS Your Son's Autobot.]]
Back in the 1980s, an [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|American Transformers comic]] and a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|UK one]] were able to simultaneously co-exist, the latter weaving around the continuity of the former to create a larger, richer tapestry that essentially remained one singular universe. In the 21st century, [[Titan Books|Titan]] sought to continue this dream with their [[live-action film series|movie-based]] ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers]]'' comic, but after managing only a few issues that wove themselves around what [[IDW Publishing]] was doing with their own titles, lack of room to manoeuvre and a general absence of knowledge about what would be [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|coming next]] for the movie universe made it apparent that in the long-term, this was an unworkable goal.

To compensate for this hurdle, Titan took a surprising approach: for the remainder of its first volume, the comic would be set in an ''alternate universe'', one where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had ''won'' the battle of [[Mission City]], claimed the [[AllSpark]], and dominated the [[Earth]]. This freed up the creators to do whatever they wished with the movie characters, and allowed them to incorporate other toy-only characters without fear of disrupting the continuity.

The alternate universe story was brought to a close so that the comic could be rebooted for a second volume, which would tie in with the imminent ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Now realizing the impossibility of a successful interwoven story with IDW's material, Titan essentially said "Sod it," and produced their own prequel to the film, centering on [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. The original material continued after this story, with new stories set after the second film that firmly established themselves as separate timeline from the "American" one.

The timelines of both these takes on the movie universe are featured in this article. The divergences only settle in 2007, following the events of the ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie, so that is where each timeline begins; for a full coverage of the history of the movie universe prior to this point, see the "mainstream" [[movie timeline]].

==Main timeline==
===Pre-19th century===

[[Primus]] was the first Cybertronian and he begat the [[Dynasty of Primes]], who ruled Cybertron and protected the [[AllSpark]] thousands of years ago. (The later Primes, for their part, didn't believe Primus had spawned them) It was a time when warriors stood by a code of honour. But during the rule of seven Primes, one of their number, [[the Fallen|Megatronus]], betrayed the other six in his lust to harvest Earth's sun! He imprisoned them (except when he killed them), but they sacrificed themselves to keep the Creation Matrix from him and imprison ''him'' on one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. His acolytes, the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], remained on Earth and searched for the lost [[Tomb of the Primes]] so they could help their master when he returned. [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] was the lone Autobot there, switching sides in horror at "the Fallen's" actions. The Seekers continued to search, dwindling in number over the years: [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] and Jetfire were the longest holdouts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen Profile}}

[[File:MegatronMovie GeoffSenior.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!]]

A Prime on Cybertron, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], ruled the Autobots after the Fallen's betrayal and would continue to do so throughout the pre-war period. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}} While he was leader, during the [[Golden Age]] it would be [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], working together as civilian leader and [[Lord High Protector]], who'd do most of the work of running things.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}<ref>Titan's Sentinel profile says he didn't name Optimus Prime his successor until the Ark left and was shot down. Since Optimus was clearly running things long before then, we have to assume Optimus was a ''de facto'' leader before he became the nominal one.</ref> Civilian politics were strong and stable, with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] being a noted player who would become Optimus' chief liaison to the [[High Council of Ancients]] legislative body. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

But even back then Megatron was scheming to take power of Cybertron and worlds beyond. He believed the Transformers could gain ultimate power via the All Spark, power to reshape their [[alternate mode]]s into anything they imagined. Breaking all Cybertronian laws, he made direct contact with the All Spark to test his theory and found himself with a mighty new alternate mode. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Megatron Profile}} War was declared and Megatron's army of Decepticons swept the planet. Optimus reluctantly studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find, ensuring he could match Megatron with high strategic knowledge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}} [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] played a vital role in the early stages of the Decepticon campaign, amassing data behind enemy lines and hacking Autobot Command Hub transmissions. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Frenzy Profile}} Ratchet tried to negotiate a peace and was almost murdered by Megatron in the process, and so he became a battlefield medic as a better way of frustrating the monster's murderous agenda. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

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Numerous battles raged across Cybertron. [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], a freelance guerrilla, would be captured by Decepticon agents and was rescued by [[Kup (Movie)|Kup]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Arcee Profile}} [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] would rise to the top of the Decepticons by stepping on the rest of them, with a habit of doing a splashy attack at the ''end'' of a battle so he could steal the credit (as he did when ''[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'' had done all the hard work of breaking the defences at the Autobot stronghold [[Ky-Alexia]]). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Starscream Profile}} [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] became a scourge of the battlefield, hiding after the other Decepticons had left so he could murder any Autobot stragglers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Scorponok Profile}} [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] did so well they were both promoted, to senior battlefield tactician and First Lieutenant respectively. This raised a few optics among the Autobots but in Bonecrusher's case, his new job bored him ''so much'' (rearguard commanders don't get to hit things!) that he'd go bugnuts in ''any'' fight he actually got to have.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Jazz Profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Bonecrusher Profile}} [[Longview (Movie)|Longview]] did ''not'' do well and needed rescuing from a Decepticon camp. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

A new generation of robots, such as [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], would grow up perfectly designed for warfare and knowing nothing ''but''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Sideswipe profile}} Ironhide, among his other duties, would train up Autobot recruits with on-the-job experience: future heavyweights like [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] trained under him. By this point, the Decepticons had overstretched themselves and had automated many of their outposts, so they could be staffed by just one Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

[[File:TitanMag-BumblebeeMegatronAllSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|''Waaaa waaaaa waaaaa...'']]

Resolving to keep the power of the captive AllSpark out of Megatron's hands, Optimus Prime decided to move it around the planet and, when this proved to be not enough, to launch it into deep space. While Arcee unwittingly provided a diversion, conning the 'Cons into thinking the AllSpark was at [[Tyger Pax]] (only [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] knew the truth), Prime had it fired into space by [[Arctus]]... only too late having a vision that this would bring the war to other planets. While interrogating Bumblebee, Megatron observes the relic and realised he'd been tricked. Megatron immediately pursues it into space but is delayed by an Autobot tractor beam before he can stop it from plunging into the [[Alkaris Anomaly]]. In response, he has the overzealous <s>Devastator</s> [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] detonates a [[foldspace warhead]] that warps himself, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] to the four corners of the universe. What goes around comes around though: Megatron tracked the AllSpark all the way to Earth and was so obsessed that he let all his power be drained entering atmosphere, leaving himself to collapse and freeze in the Arctic. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prequel: Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} En route to Earth, Megatron had found and released the Fallen from his prison around [[Saturn]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Fallen Profile}}<ref>The profiles and Smackdown feature do state explicitly that Megatron was plotting all along and the Fallen's profile explicitly says Megatron met him at Saturn, where Megatron would not ''be'' until late in. So in this timeline, the Fallen just wasn't that influential!</ref>

While lost in space, Ratchet helps quell an alien civil war, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Lost in Space 1}} Brawl defeats psychic apparitions of his worst fears, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost in Space 2}} and Ironhide encounters digital "ghosts" on a derelict ship with some kind of ancient connection to the AllSpark {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}. Jazz found a planet of pure information and was strongly tempted to abandoning the war but the planet turned out to be a predatory organism; he was almost devoured until Ratchet and Ironhide came to save him. All of them returned to {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost in Space 4}} where Ratchet found and repaired Bumblebee, all but his voicebox.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}

With the war going badly, Sentinel Prime left Cybertron for deep space on board the first ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', taking a secret weapon with him. He officially named Optimus his successor, but Decepticon fire blasted the ''Ark'' out of the skies and it was presumed destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}}

In one battle, [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] led a small group of Autobots. He was the only one of them to survive a [[turbofox]] attack, having been scouting ahead at the time, and was gripped by fear of the creatures and survivor's guilt for years. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

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===1897 to 2007===

[[File:Prequel2 wells simmons and witwicky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|"*sigh*Alright, Archie. What happened after this 'transforming alien' had eaten the huskies?"]]

Back on [[Earth]], [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]] of the [[National Arctic Circle Expedition]] discovered Megatron's inert body and was driven blind and insane by the contact. His last three months of sight are spent drawing Cybertronian symbols and he was confined to a 'secure hospital' (cough) in Boston. A new agency called [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]], who have already investigated some other paranormal activity from their Boston house,<ref>It's strongly implied in the Movie Prequel comics that this is Sector 7 in 1898, meaning they pre-exist the discovery of Megatron. For Titan continuity, the "Story So Far" in [[Transformers Comic issue 7|Titan's #7]] says Witwicky's discovery "falls into the hands of a new ultra-secret agency"</ref> covered it up and went to the Arctic to start digging up the "Mega-Man". In 1902, under cover of [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt's]] [[Newlands Reclamation Act]], they dig around the Colorado River and locate the lost AllSpark. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} Sector 7 finally moved Megatron to the new [[Hoover Dam]] in 1935.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

When [[World War I]] broke out, Ransack took the form of a [[Germany|German]] biplane.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} (The [[USS Cyclops]] went missing in the same war, around the dreaded [[Bermuda Triangle]]...) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}}

The Autobot-Decepticon war rages on but none are aware that the Ark had survived and drift through space. It finally crashed on Earth's moon in 1962;<ref>In the films it was in 1961 but the comics point to 1962</ref> a fragment landed in Fiesole, [[Italy]], and was buried in the local cathedral by an [[United Kingdom|English]] priest who feared the object was supernatural and could cause a religious backlash. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}} This helped fire up the space race {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} which was won by America because they could nick technology from Megatron. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

In 1998, a weary Jetfire took advantage of the SR-71 spyplane being decommissioned to get into a museum and take a long sleep. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} Ransack remained active but all other Seekers had gone dormant long ago (all without Sector 7 ever noticing them!). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

Bumblebee, tracking the AllSpark in 2003, took a pitstop on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and was detected by Sector 7 (hijacking the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]). They tracked his planetfall in Virginia but, taking Chevy Camero form, he evaded them. [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] planned to draw him into an ambush with an artificial AllSpark isotope but Sector 7 were so focused on the Autobot, they didn't notice a Decepticon team of Starscream, Barricade, and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] ''also'' entering the solar system! Starscream was after the AllSpark (conning the others to think they wanted Megatron too) and the 'Cons found the fake isotope first, slaughtering Sector agents before getting bored and deciding to let Bumblebee do the heavy lifting while Barricade monitored him. Meanwhile, a young [[Sam Witwicky]] inherited his grandfather's old junk and didn't care much, not knowing they had the path to the AllSpark engraved in the lenses. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4}}

[[File:Titan AOE Drif's crew.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"Who would have noticed another madman around here? Good luck, everyone."]]

In 2004, the [[United States of America]] elected/re-elected [[George W. Bush|a President]] with [[Theodore Allen]] as his Vice-President. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Parts 1}}

Warfare continued on the dying Cybertron up until 2007 at the latest.<ref>Dated "Five Years Earlier" than a scene set right after the third movie, which occurs at least three years after the second - see below.</ref> During one battle, Decepticons [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and his friend [[Knucklehead]] violently stopped [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] from killing prisoners. Lockdown vowed revenge, though with Megatron in charge he could never carry it out. (The Megatron who was frozen ''yes I know'') Soon after, Drift would defect to the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}}

On Earth, a rattled Sector 7 created a self-invigorating nano-virus designed to block all the AllSpark frequences in case the cube was used against them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming Part 5}}

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===2007===
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Then a lot of stuff happens! P.S., Jazz, Blackout, Brawl, Bonecrusher, and Frenzy (and maybe Barricade) are killed. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

In the minutes that follow Megatron's death at the conclusion of the battle of <s>Mission City</s> <s>[[Los Angeles]]</s> ''a city'',<ref>The issue said "Los Angeles", based on an earlier draft, but editorial material in the comic would later say "Mission City".</ref> Starscream immediately sets about cementing his position as new [[Decepticon]] leader by destroying the lingering [[AllSpark Mutation]]s and harvesting the animating AllSpark energies from their bodies. Using these energy fragments, Starscream reanimates the bodies of Barricade, Blackout and Brawl as [[zombie]]s and sends them to attack the [[Autobot]]s. They initially prove unstoppable, but when [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] deduces that they are being animated by AllSpark energy, the Autobots are able to target the cube's energy signature and take them out. Starscream escapes. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Milita}}

Later, continuing the Decepticon clean-up operation, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] is teamed with a squad of Army Rangers to hunt down [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], still hiding in the Qatari desert. Ambushed by the arachnoid Decepticon, Ironhide's motor functions are overridden by Scorponok and he is forced to attack his allies until they can shoot Scorponok off him, allowing Ironhide to finish him off. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Scorpion Sting}}<ref>Yep, Scorponok was explicitly blow to bits! Since he returns in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', we have to assume he either got rebuilt or he has a twin brother, like Devastator and Brawl.</ref>

Meanwhile, Cybertron has finally been abandoned. The Autobot [[The Twins|Twins]] [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] are the only Transformers to remain on the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

At some point around all this, the Fallen had made contact with the Decepticons and taken control of them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1}}<ref>The complete absence of the Fallen until issue 2.1 implies <s>nobody at Titan knew he was showing up</s> that the Decepticons only met him in the 2000s, when they entered Earth's solar system like Megatron. Logically it's around 2007, as Starscream goes from assuming he now runs the show in "Starscream's Militia" to following orders in "Training Day".</ref>

===2007 to 2009===

Starscream comes under the command of [[The Fallen]], and returns to the dead Cybertron to assemble an army that will scour Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], meanwhile, establishes a staging base on [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]], a moon of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], from which the army shall carry out its attack on Earth. The pair apparently get the notion to take the power of the Matrix for themselves, cutting the Fallen out of the deal. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

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In response to the message [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] sent into space, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] arrive on Earth and join up with the new joint Transformer-human organization being established on the planet, [[NEST]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Skids and Mudflap also receive the message, but blow it off, electing to remain on the deserted Cybertron where they can have fun. Their minds are changed for them when they stumble across Starscream and his army and overhear talk of the [[Star Harvester]], and they decided to head for Earth to pass the information along. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} Starscream's troops fail to prevent their escape to Earth, so The Fallen has Soundwave call upon one of his [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], to intercept them and prevent them from making contact with the other Earthbound Autobots. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] saves the Twins from Ransack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} The Twins refuse to give their intel to anyone other than Optimus Prime, but he is away on an extended mission in [[Australia]] with Arcee, hunting the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. [[File:Titan4 Ravagedescends.jpg|left|thumb]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} The other Autobots are not convinced by the Twins' claims, prompting the two young 'bots to defy orders and tag along on a NEST mission to [[Las Vegas]] in order to prove themselves. Unfortunately, their interference allows [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to escape with the memory core of a deactivated Seeker. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] is dispatched by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to learn what the Twins have done with their information. The ferrous feline knocks out their training instructor Sideswipe to get to them, but the Twins are able to use a training simulator to take him down. Unfortunately, Ravage escapes, and Sideswipe believes that the Twins were responsible for everything, causing the Autobots to further distrust them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}
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The Twins' reputation steadily worsens when Optimus and Arcee return with the captive Sideways. A resurrected (new?) Scorponok somehow bypasses all of NEST's security to break Sideways out, and the Twins' bumbling accidentally allows both Decepticons to escape. Believing this deliberate and that the bumblers had helped Scorponok through security, the Autobots take them into custody and prepare to exile them from the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Having observed the Twins' series of unfortunate events, Soundwave exploits it for his own ends by sending [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] in to "rescue" the pair from the Autobots. Now on the run from their own faction, the Twins are approached by Soundwave, who offers them a place in the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} They pretend to accept in hopes of gaining more concrete proof of the villains' plans, unaware that Soundwave intends to use them as bait to flush out Ransack, who knows the location of the Matrix but is refusing to answer to anyone other than The Fallen directly. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} They succeed in bringing Ransack to the Decepticon's Phobos base, but as Soundwave and Starscream attempt to force the information from him, the Twins make their play, allowing Ransack to escape, threatening to tell the Fallen of Soundwave and Starscream's conspiracy (he is quite likely murdered before he can talk). The Decepticon army from Cybertron arrives and Skids and Mudflap fear they are done for... until Optimus Prime and the Autobots arrive to save them, convinced of their good intentions at last. Welcomed into the ranks of NEST, the Twins decide to keep that "Fallen" stuff to themselves. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

Thanks for that, guys. P.P.S. Grindor, Ravage, [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], Jetfire, and even the Fallen himself are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} And perhaps Ransack did as well. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen novel}}

===2009 to 2010===
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Following the defeat of The Fallen in Egypt, the Decepticon faction is once again left in disarray despite the resurrection of Megatron, with many warriors carrying out their own agendas. More and more Autobots continue to arrive on Earth, and although they are put through their paces by NEST and veteran combat officer [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} a lot of them remain reckless and impetuous: not least of all [[Jolt (Movie)|Jolt]], who blacks out all of [[Las Vegas]] apprehending [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} He, [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]], and [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] are placed in a training unit and put through their paces to become a proper team. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Other assorted Decepticons—including [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]], [[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]], [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]], [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]], Lockdown (temporarily in a new form), and the dreaded [[Hoist (Movie)|Hoist]] (what, what?!)—arrive on Earth but are ignored by Megatron and are swiftly rounded by the Autobots as well. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} However, the fractured Decepticons are not all the Autobots have to worry about: human enemies also spring up in the form of groups like the [[Free Men]] militia, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}} and although Megatron himself remains behind the scenes, he begins experimenting on the protoforms from the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', creating the monstrous [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]. It's Rollbar that shows true Autobot spirit when his team take Dead End down and instead of killing him, he has them take the Decepticon to Ratchet to be cured. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Now aware the Transformers exist, the human race slowly gets used to the fact. [[Theodore Galloway]], on the other hand, continues to try and shut down NEST out of sheer pettiness, though this seems to fizzle out. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}}
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===2010===
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Concurrently with the [[World Cup]] final in Bloenfontein, [[South Africa]], Bludgeon stages an escape from NEST's local holding facility with the aid of the smuggled-in [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]]: he had, in fact, been deliberately arrested so he'd be able to stage a jail break. The numerous Decepticons that he frees fall into line behind him as a splinter faction of Decepticons under his command. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

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Bludgeon's Decepticons recover the remains of Devastator and attempt to rebuild him in the mountains of British Columbia, but the plan is foiled when it is inadvertently discovered by the Autobot [[Stratosphere]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.14|Head in the Clouds}} Decepticons like Reverb prove dissatisfied with Bludgeon's leadership, prompting the attempted recruitment of those Autobots with more violent tendencies, such as [[Blazemaster]], to thankfully no success. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|Turn and Burn}} The numerous acts of destruction Bludgeon's forces are able to carry out turns public opinion against the Autobots, prompting the formation of a new stealth unit-Bumblebee, [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]], and [[Slap Dash]]-operating below NEST's radar. They successfully take out [[Crankstart]], [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], and [[Trenchmouth]], convincing Bludgeon to declare full-scale war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}}

As all of this goes on, Soundwave and Starscream are left to investigate Earth's mysteries on their own. Soundwave stumbles into the [[Bermuda Triangle]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}} while Starscream tries looking for ''anything'' in the Amazon rainforest, and winds up being worshipped by a native tribe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}

At [[Christmas]], Sam Witwicky allows Bumblebee to secretly observe the festivities at the family home. Dead End attacks during the night, but Bumblebee defeats him, leaving the Witwicky parents none the wiser. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.19|The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas}}
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===2011===
The Autobots deduce the location of Bludgeon's primary command hub in [[Russia]], but their stealthy approach is blown when Wheelie, angered that the Autobots have yet to fully accept him into their ranks, returns to his old Decepticon ways and reveals their position to Bludgeon. As the Autobots and Bludgeon clash, Wheelie then contacts Megatron himself, calling him down upon the battle so that he can put his house in order by defeating all those who would oppose him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} Wheelie's dreams are realized as Megatron lays Bludgeon low and reconsolidates the Decepticons under his command, but the scrap done doesn't live long enough to enjoy it, as the marauding Dead End rips him apart for spare parts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

An archaeologist in [[Italy]] discovers a fragment of some alien artifact and calls in NEST. The Autobots are unaware of what it is but the Decepticons know: it's a fragment of Sentinel Prime's Ark and could lead the Autobots to him, a prospect that seems to terrify Starscream and Soundwave.<ref>In the film, Soundwave is on Megatron's plan to bring Sentinel back but yet here he is, trying to undermine it. This ''is'' the same Soundwave who tried to cut the Fallen out of the loop so maybe he's playing his own angle.</ref> Starscream makes a single-handed attack on Fiesole Cathedral, almost dying in a (successful) attempt to steal the fragment. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

[[File:Titan3.4 Tech Museum.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|''Whose timeline?'' ''OUR TIMELINE!'']]

[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] is responsible for some minor incidents, first attempting to crash the global economy with the discovery of El Dorado {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold and Blood}} and then allowing NEST to track him so he could take wounded hostages and blackmail Optimus into a fight to the death. While Optimus survived, the incident caused Robert Epps to quit NEST. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

The lingering anti-Transformer sentiment would reach a head when [[Marcus Castor]] led a rally that was interrupted by a Decepticon attack. After seeing the Autobots try to save them, the protestors mobbed the Decepticons to stop them killing their enemies and Castor switched to being a ''pro''-Autobot agitator. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

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===2012 to 2017===
<ref>No date for the events of ''Dark of the Moon'' is provided in the film but as Sam has recently graduated college, it's at least three years after ''Revenge of the Fallen''; the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]] and the novelization of the film puts the movies at three years/"several years" apart respectively. That puts us at 2012.</ref>

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Something happened involved Sentinel Prime and some big explosions in [[Chicago]]! He, Starscream, Soundwave, Ironhide, and a whole lotta Decepticons are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} And so are Skids and Mudflap (sorry, guys). {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon novel}} Knucklehead was part of the mission but once Megatron was dead, Lockdown butchered him as he'd promised five years ago. Drift built him a grave on the moon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}} In the aftermath of Chicago, the humans became frightened of all Transformers, Autobot included; it became clear the Autobots may no longer be able to work with their former allies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} There's also [[Cemetery Wind|some crazy-bad people]] hunting down ''all'' Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]

The Autobots began hunting down the last of the Decepticon forces, tracking one cell to [[Indonesia]]. Thanks to quick thinking by the newly-arrived Crosshairs, an attempted Decepticon ambush became a victory when he subverted their plan. Unknown to the heroes, Lockdown was running the Decepticon resistance and had avoided being killed with the rest. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} Soon after, one of [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s early [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] drones escaped and went on a rampage disguised as Bumblebee in order to draw the Autobot out; this meant even more humans distrusted the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

Lockdown left Earth to continue bounty hunting. One of his older jobs caught up with him though: [[Sojex]], member of a crime family he'd nabbed the leader of, let herself be captured so she could wipe him out. He managed to survive. He then travelled back to Earth, having a new job offer from [[Creator (AOE)|the Creators]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.4|Locked In!}} His calling card was to release one of his [[turbofox]]'s on the planet. Optimus Prime and Crosshairs took it down: Crosshairs able to face his fear of the creatures through the wonders of violence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

Five years after the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Battle of Chicago]], another apocalyptic Transformer battle happened but ''this'' time in [[China]]! Both Lockdown and Stinger are killed. P.P.P.S. Megatron comes back to life as KSI's prized prototype Galvatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Alternate timeline==

Under the [[universal stream]] terminology, this timeline counts as '''[[Tyran 208.28 Gamma]]'''.<ref>"Tyran" meaning "the movie" and "Gamma" meaning a comic, and the first issue was 28/2/08</ref>

===2007===
[[File:TwilightsLastGleaming1.JPG|thumb|"We're facing war with a technological civilisation far superior to our own."]]
The Battle of [[Mission City]] results in Decepticon victory; Sam Witwicky is killed, Megatron gains the AllSpark, and Optimus Prime is taken prisoner, kept in cryo-stasis in [[Sector Seven]]'s old base at [[Hoover Dam]]. North America is conquered, resulting in the death of the [[President of the United States]]. Megatron develops a control module that allows him to directly manipulate the AllSpark's energies without fear of harm, and sets about using those energies to transform Earth into a new Cybertron. Bumblebee, Ironhide, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Tom Banachek]] go underground as rebels. [[Russia]] works alongside [[NATO]], trying to prevent the Decepticons from expanding their borders. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming Parts 1-5}}

===2008<ref>Theodore Allen claims two years have passed since the Decepticon conquest began in [[Transformers Comic issue 23|#23]]; events are being assumed to take place in the year they were published, for ease of book-keeping.</ref>===
[[File:TitanUK9 frozen prime.jpg|left|thumb|"What you're about to see is totally classified!" "''Dear god'', what is this?"]]
By the start of the year, NATO's efforts to contain the Decepticons have met with failure, and Paris, [[France]] is bombed in retaliation. The Autobots finally stage a desperate rebel action to rescue Optimus and call in a handful of offworld reinforcements under [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and Arcee. While humanity's remaining powers go for the nuclear option, Bumblebee and Mikaela penetrate Hoover Dam to get Optimus and recover a nano-virus designed by Sector Seven to block the AllSpark's energy, while Ironhide and Ratchet simultaneously target the [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]] facility that houses the AllSpark. But both rebel teams are compromised, by Optimus being in an unexpected cryo-stasis and by Savannah's guards under [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] creating an ambush, while NATO is routed and the French government & NATO command decapitated in ten minutes of humiliation. Megatron himself arrives to stop Bumblebee, who is outmatched once again. Luckily, Starscream sees a chance to nobble his leader and deliberately causes the Autobot reinforcements to leave the moon and join the fight: the Savannah team overcome the enemy and Ratchet destroys the AllSpark, leaving only scattered fragments, while the Autobots at Hoover Dam give Mikaela the time to free Prime from cryo-stasis and locate the virus. Prime takes over the fight, giving Bumblebee the chance to infect Megatron's system with the virus. His control over the AllSpark broken, Megatron's body is torn apart by its energies and he is apparently destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Parts 1-5}}

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Unbeknownst to any present, however, he actually uploads his consciousness into the AllSpark interface module, which Starscream unwittingly recovers and integrates into his own systems. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}} The victory is further tarnished by the sheer scale of the damage Decepticon rule has done: NATO troops have to temporarily occupy the continent for security reasons, millions are living in shelters and reliant on food aid, and the people are frightened and the new President [[Theodore Allen]] is distrusting of the Autobots. The Decepticons, now under Starscream's command, begin waging scorched earth tactics to prevent the liberated America from recovering, and use [[cerebro-strip]]s to covertly control key human begins... including Allen. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Parts 1-2}} Worse, the All Spark is no longer 'cyberforming' Earth but its infection has gone to [[Earth's core|the planet's core]] nonetheless, causing our world to tear itself apart. In the midst of this chaos, Ratchet uses an AllSpark fragment to resurrect [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], but the AllSpark's energies prove to have been corrupted through extended contact with Megatron, and Jazz returns to life as an amoral double-dealer who abandons the Autobots for a mercenary career. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:Unicron Titan19.JPG|left|thumb|'''"ARE YOU LADIESMAN217"''']]
Increasing numbers of Autobots arrive on Earth and join the effort to suppress the worsening AllSpark-born devastation of the planet. Believing an untapped fuel from Cybertron known as [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] may hold the answer, Optimus Prime sends a team of Autobots back to their home planet, where they discover that a small rebel cell of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] has already started using Nucleon as their own power source. Stockade's Decepticons have made contact with a mysterious entity from deep space, one that resembles the All Spark in enough ways that it could possibly restore the dying Cybertron to life... but when it arrives, it possesses the planet, revealing itself to be [[Unicron]] the Anti-Life. The planet-eater teleports the transformed Cybertron into the Solar System with the intent of consuming Earth, but Optimus Prime and Stockade's teams join forces, draining off the nucleon for use on Earth, and leaving Unicron with no power source, reducing him to a dead husk. Unfortunately, while the Autobots' attentions have been focused on Unicron, the Decepticons have exploited the opportunity to make Mikaela their latest mind-controlled pawn. Alerted that the Autobots are away and with Mikaela minding the Autobot base in Savannah, Starscream seizes control of it and uses it as the centre of a [[Decepticon Heartland]], restoring Decepticon dominion to a large chunk of the southern states. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron, Parts 1-4}}
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===2009===
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Almost immediately upon the Autobots' return to Earth, Optimus Prime is targeted for assassination by Jazz, hired for the job by Starscream. When a rival assassin named [[Kullt]] tries to steal the kill, Jazz takes him down instead, but refuses Prime's offer to rejoin the Autobots. The circumstances of Jazz's ambush makes it clear that President Allen is under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} Presumably, the nucleon is used to heal the AllSpark corruption soon after. That done, the Autobots stage a rescue mission, disabling the cerebro-strip controlling Mikaela with a jamming frequency and recovering her from the Decepticon Heartland. With this failure, Starscream realizes that his actions have all along been controlled by Megatron, whose consciousness has been dwelling within his own mind he absorbed the AllSpark interface module. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Aware that they're living on borrowed time, Optimus covertly contacts Tom Banachek (now the head of [[Sector Seven]]) and has him start identifying who in the government is a Decepticon servant. He also makes contact with Stockade, striking up a deal (though he doesn't expect the Decepticon to live up to his end). As Prime expected, the Decepticons stage a series of lightning strikes around the United States in order to force the government to the bargaining table with the promise of peace in return for the Autobots being exile from the planet. Pressured into compliance, the Autobots depart, only for Starscream to have them shot out of the sky by a nuclear missile that he instructs President Allen to order the firing of; a full Decepticon onslaught across the Eastern Seaboard follows, with the cerebro-compromised government and military preventing the humans from fighting back. However, the Autobots have merely staged their demise and secretly returned to Cybertron. While Stockade's team heads to Earth and defend it against the Decepticons, who are utterly unprepared for them and are swiftly driven back to the Heartland, [[File:TitanUK25 back to cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]] the Autobots get to work on the systems of the inert Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Parts 1-3}}

Starscream uses an AllSpark fragment and the interface module to restore Megatron to life in his own body so that he can put down Stockade's rebellion, but no sooner has he returned than Prime and the Autobots make their move, using Unicron's teleportation systems to send all the Decepticons to Cybertron, then teleport the planet itself to the far reaches of the galaxy, with no hope of return. The Decepticons are left exiles on an dead world, while the Autobots themselves are happily "stranded" on Earth, a clean-up ahead of them but still victorious at last. Mikaela and Bumblebee rode off into the sunset to see what was out there.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Parts 3}} [[File:Revolutionpt3 the end.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|They have much to learn... but I've seen goodness in them.]]

(They didn't let on but they then sent a fellow ''Autobot'', [[Circuit (Movie)|Circuit]], to the dead Cybertron: Circuit's scheming had caused ''that much'' anger. {{storylink|Circuit (Movie)#Timelines|''Timelines'' Circuit bio card}})

===Onwards===

Of course, ''it never ends''. [[The Fallen]] detected what had happened to the Decepticons and gathered a new army for revenge. [[Blue Maximus]], [[Chopsaw]], [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]], and [[Duststorm (TF 2010)|Duststorm]] answered his call, while new Autobots including [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)|Bodyblock]], [[Downshift (TF 2010)|Downshift]], [[Fallback (TF 2010)|Fallback]], [[Mindset (TF 2010)|Mindset]], and [[Deep Dive]] moved to the planet. Later, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] would arrive as well but the skittish [[Strafe (TF 2010)|Strafe]] would reveal Sentinel's true monstrous nature.

Epic battles would be fought but whatever the threats and challenges, the Autobots and their harried humans allies have constantly risen to the occasion. Maybe one day, we shall see them again... {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

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==Other chronologies==

*[[Movie timeline]]—The chronology of the "mainstream" live-action movie universe, incorporating comics, novels and more.
*[[Sector Seven ARG timeline]]—Detailing the history of the "alternate reality" that presents Transformers as real beings, and the fiction associated with them a cover story propagated by Sector Seven. Also includes material from Titan's letters pages, which take the same approach.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Live-action film series history]]

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[[File:Tf mag 01 2007.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67|This IS Your Son's Autobot.]]
Back in the 1980s, an [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|American Transformers comic]] and a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|UK one]] were able to simultaneously co-exist, the latter weaving around the continuity of the former to create a larger, richer tapestry that essentially remained one singular universe. In the 21st century, [[Titan Books|Titan]] sought to continue this dream with their [[live-action film series|movie-based]] ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers]]'' comic, but after managing only a few issues that wove themselves around what [[IDW Publishing]] was doing with their own titles, lack of room to manoeuvre and a general absence of knowledge about what would be [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|coming next]] for the movie universe made it apparent that in the long-term, this was an unworkable goal.

To compensate for this hurdle, Titan took a surprising approach: for the remainder of its first volume, the comic would be set in an ''alternate universe'', one where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had ''won'' the battle of [[Mission City]], claimed the [[AllSpark]], and dominated the [[Earth]]. This freed up the creators to do whatever they wished with the movie characters, and allowed them to incorporate other toy-only characters without fear of disrupting the continuity.

The alternate universe story was brought to a close so that the comic could be rebooted for a second volume, which would tie in with the imminent ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Now realizing the impossibility of a successful interwoven story with IDW's material, Titan essentially said "Sod it," and produced their own prequel to the film, centering on [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. The original material continued after this story, with new stories set after the second film that firmly established themselves as separate timeline from the "American" one.

The timelines of both these takes on the movie universe are featured in this article. The divergences only settle in 2007, following the events of the ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie, so that is where each timeline begins; for a full coverage of the history of the movie universe prior to this point, see the "mainstream" [[movie timeline]].

==Main timeline==
===Pre-19th century===

[[Primus]] was the first Cybertronian and he begat the [[Dynasty of Primes]], who ruled Cybertron and protected the [[AllSpark]] thousands of years ago. (The later Primes, for their part, didn't believe Primus had spawned them) It was a time when warriors stood by a code of honour. But during the rule of seven Primes, one of their number, [[the Fallen|Megatronus]], betrayed the other six in his lust to harvest Earth's sun! He imprisoned them (except when he killed them), but they sacrificed themselves to keep the Creation Matrix from him and imprison ''him'' on one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. His acolytes, the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], remained on Earth and searched for the lost [[Tomb of the Primes]] so they could help their master when he returned. [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] was the lone Autobot there, switching sides in horror at "the Fallen's" actions. The Seekers continued to search, dwindling in number over the years: [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] and Jetfire were the longest holdouts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen Profile}}

[[File:MegatronMovie GeoffSenior.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!]]

A Prime on Cybertron, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], ruled the Autobots after the Fallen's betrayal and would continue to do so throughout the pre-war period. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}} While he was leader, during the [[Golden Age]] it would be [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], working together as civilian leader and [[Lord High Protector]], who'd do most of the work of running things.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}<ref>Titan's Sentinel profile says he didn't name Optimus Prime his successor until the Ark left and was shot down. Since Optimus was clearly running things long before then, we have to assume Optimus was a ''de facto'' leader before he became the nominal one.</ref> Civilian politics were strong and stable, with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] being a noted player who would become Optimus' chief liaison to the [[High Council of Ancients]] legislative body. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

But even back then Megatron was scheming to take power of Cybertron and worlds beyond. He believed the Transformers could gain ultimate power via the All Spark, power to reshape their [[alternate mode]]s into anything they imagined. Breaking all Cybertronian laws, he made direct contact with the All Spark to test his theory and found himself with a mighty new alternate mode. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Megatron Profile}} War was declared and Megatron's army of Decepticons swept the planet. Optimus reluctantly studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find, ensuring he could match Megatron with high strategic knowledge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}} [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] played a vital role in the early stages of the Decepticon campaign, amassing data behind enemy lines and hacking Autobot Command Hub transmissions. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Frenzy Profile}} Ratchet tried to negotiate a peace and was almost murdered by Megatron in the process, and so he became a battlefield medic as a better way of frustrating the monster's murderous agenda. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

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Numerous battles raged across Cybertron. [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], a freelance guerrilla, would be captured by Decepticon agents and was rescued by [[Kup (Movie)|Kup]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Arcee Profile}} [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] would rise to the top of the Decepticons by stepping on the rest of them, with a habit of doing a splashy attack at the ''end'' of a battle so he could steal the credit (as he did when ''[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'' had done all the hard work of breaking the defences at the Autobot stronghold [[Ky-Alexia]]). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Starscream Profile}} [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] became a scourge of the battlefield, hiding after the other Decepticons had left so he could murder any Autobot stragglers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Scorponok Profile}} [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] did so well they were both promoted, to senior battlefield tactician and First Lieutenant respectively. This raised a few optics among the Autobots but in Bonecrusher's case, his new job bored him ''so much'' (rearguard commanders don't get to hit things!) that he'd go bugnuts in ''any'' fight he actually got to have.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Jazz Profile}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Bonecrusher Profile}} [[Longview (Movie)|Longview]] did ''not'' do well and needed rescuing from a Decepticon camp. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

A new generation of robots, such as [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], would grow up perfectly designed for warfare and knowing nothing ''but''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Sideswipe profile}} Ironhide, among his other duties, would train up Autobot recruits with on-the-job experience: future heavyweights like [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] trained under him. By this point, the Decepticons had overstretched themselves and had automated many of their outposts, so they could be staffed by just one Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

[[File:TitanMag-BumblebeeMegatronAllSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|''Waaaa waaaaa waaaaa...'']]

Resolving to keep the power of the captive AllSpark out of Megatron's hands, Optimus Prime decided to move it around the planet and, when this proved to be not enough, to launch it into deep space. While Arcee unwittingly provided a diversion, conning the 'Cons into thinking the AllSpark was at [[Tyger Pax]] (only [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] knew the truth), Prime had it fired into space by [[Arctus]]... only too late having a vision that this would bring the war to other planets. While interrogating Bumblebee, Megatron observes the relic and realised he'd been tricked. Megatron immediately pursues it into space but is delayed by an Autobot tractor beam before he can stop it from plunging into the [[Alkaris Anomaly]]. In response, he has the overzealous <s>Devastator</s> [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] detonates a [[foldspace warhead]] that warps himself, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] to the four corners of the universe. What goes around comes around though: Megatron tracked the AllSpark all the way to Earth and was so obsessed that he let all his power be drained entering atmosphere, leaving himself to collapse and freeze in the Arctic. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prequel: Optimus Prime}}{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}}{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} En route to Earth, Megatron had found and released the Fallen from his prison around [[Saturn]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Fallen Profile}}<ref>The profiles and Smackdown feature do state explicitly that Megatron was plotting all along and the Fallen's profile explicitly says Megatron met him at Saturn, where Megatron would not ''be'' until late in. So in this timeline, the Fallen just wasn't that influential!</ref>

While lost in space, Ratchet helps quell an alien civil war, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Lost in Space 1}} Brawl defeats psychic apparitions of his worst fears, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost in Space 2}} and Ironhide encounters digital "ghosts" on a derelict ship with some kind of ancient connection to the AllSpark {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}. Jazz found a planet of pure information and was strongly tempted to abandoning the war but the planet turned out to be a predatory organism; he was almost devoured until Ratchet and Ironhide came to save him. All of them returned to {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost in Space 4}} where Ratchet found and repaired Bumblebee, all but his voicebox.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}

With the war going badly, Sentinel Prime left Cybertron for deep space on board the first ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', taking a secret weapon with him. He officially named Optimus his successor, but Decepticon fire blasted the ''Ark'' out of the skies and it was presumed destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}}

In one battle, [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] led a small group of Autobots. He was the only one of them to survive a [[turbofox]] attack, having been scouting ahead at the time, and was gripped by fear of the creatures and survivor's guilt for years. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

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===1897 to 2007===

[[File:Prequel2 wells simmons and witwicky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|"*sigh*Alright, Archie. What happened after this 'transforming alien' had eaten the huskies?"]]

Back on [[Earth]], [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]] of the [[National Arctic Circle Expedition]] discovered Megatron's inert body and was driven blind and insane by the contact. His last three months of sight are spent drawing Cybertronian symbols and he was confined to a 'secure hospital' (cough) in Boston. A new agency called [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]], who have already investigated some other paranormal activity from their Boston house,<ref>It's strongly implied in the Movie Prequel comics that this is Sector 7 in 1898, meaning they pre-exist the discovery of Megatron. For Titan continuity, the "Story So Far" in [[Transformers Comic issue 7|Titan's #7]] says Witwicky's discovery "falls into the hands of a new ultra-secret agency"</ref> covered it up and went to the Arctic to start digging up the "Mega-Man". In 1902, under cover of [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt's]] [[Newlands Reclamation Act]], they dig around the Colorado River and locate the lost AllSpark. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} Sector 7 finally moved Megatron to the new [[Hoover Dam]] in 1935.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

When [[World War I]] broke out, Ransack took the form of a [[Germany|German]] biplane.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} (The [[USS Cyclops]] went missing in the same war, around the dreaded [[Bermuda Triangle]]...) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}}

The Autobot-Decepticon war rages on but none are aware that the Ark had survived and drift through space. It finally crashed on Earth's moon in 1962;<ref>In the films it was in 1961 but the comics point to 1962</ref> a fragment landed in Fiesole, [[Italy]], and was buried in the local cathedral by an [[United Kingdom|English]] priest who feared the object was supernatural and could cause a religious backlash. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}} This helped fire up the space race {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} which was won by America because they could nick technology from Megatron. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

In 1998, a weary Jetfire took advantage of the SR-71 spyplane being decommissioned to get into a museum and take a long sleep. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} Ransack remained active but all other Seekers had gone dormant long ago (all without Sector 7 ever noticing them!). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

Bumblebee, tracking the AllSpark in 2003, took a pitstop on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and was detected by Sector 7 (hijacking the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]). They tracked his planetfall in Virginia but, taking Chevy Camero form, he evaded them. [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] planned to draw him into an ambush with an artificial AllSpark isotope but Sector 7 were so focused on the Autobot, they didn't notice a Decepticon team of Starscream, Barricade, and Blackout ''also'' entering the solar system! Starscream was after the AllSpark (conning the others to think they wanted Megatron too) and the 'Cons found the fake isotope first, slaughtering Sector agents before getting bored and deciding to let Bumblebee do the heavy lifting while Barricade monitored him. Meanwhile, a young [[Sam Witwicky]] inherited his grandfather's old junk and didn't care much, not knowing they had the path to the AllSpark engraved in the lenses. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4}}

[[File:Titan AOE Drif's crew.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"Who would have noticed another madman around here? Good luck, everyone."]]

In 2004, the [[United States of America]] elected/re-elected [[George W. Bush|a President]] with [[Theodore Allen]] as his Vice-President. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Parts 1}}

Warfare continued on the dying Cybertron up until 2007 at the latest.<ref>Dated "Five Years Earlier" than a scene set right after the third movie, which occurs at least three years after the second - see below.</ref> During one battle, Decepticons [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and his friend [[Knucklehead]] violently stopped [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] from killing prisoners. Lockdown vowed revenge, though with Megatron in charge he could never carry it out. (The Megatron who was frozen ''yes I know'') Soon after, Drift would defect to the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}}

On Earth, a rattled Sector 7 created a self-invigorating nano-virus designed to block all the AllSpark frequences in case the cube was used against them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming Part 5}}

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===2007===
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Then a lot of stuff happens! P.S., Jazz, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], Brawl, Bonecrusher, and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] (and maybe Barricade) are killed. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

In the minutes that follow Megatron's death at the conclusion of the battle of <s>Mission City</s> <s>[[Los Angeles]]</s> ''a city'',<ref>The issue said "Los Angeles", based on an earlier draft, but editorial material in the comic would later say "Mission City".</ref> Starscream immediately sets about cementing his position as new [[Decepticon]] leader by destroying the lingering [[AllSpark Mutation]]s and harvesting the animating AllSpark energies from their bodies. Using these energy fragments, Starscream reanimates the bodies of Barricade, Blackout and Brawl as [[zombie]]s and sends them to attack the [[Autobot]]s. They initially prove unstoppable, but when [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] deduces that they are being animated by AllSpark energy, the Autobots are able to target the cube's energy signature and take them out. Starscream escapes. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Milita}}

Later, continuing the Decepticon clean-up operation, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] is teamed with a squad of Army Rangers to hunt down [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], still hiding in the Qatari desert. Ambushed by the arachnoid Decepticon, Ironhide's motor functions are overridden by Scorponok and he is forced to attack his allies until they can shoot Scorponok off him, allowing Ironhide to finish him off. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Scorpion Sting}}<ref>Yep, Scorponok was explicitly blow to bits! Since he returns in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', we have to assume he either got rebuilt or he has a twin brother, like Devastator and Brawl.</ref>

Meanwhile, Cybertron has finally been abandoned. The Autobot [[The Twins|Twins]] Skids and Mudflap are the only Transformers to remain on the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

At some point around all this, the Fallen had made contact with the Decepticons and taken control of them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1}}<ref>The complete absence of the Fallen until issue 2.1 implies <s>nobody at Titan knew he was showing up</s> that the Decepticons only met him in the 2000s, when they entered Earth's solar system like Megatron. Logically it's around 2007, as Starscream goes from assuming he now runs the show in "Starscream's Militia" to following orders in "Training Day".</ref>

===2007 to 2009===

Starscream comes under the command of [[The Fallen]], and returns to the dead Cybertron to assemble an army that will scour Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], meanwhile, establishes a staging base on [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]], a moon of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], from which the army shall carry out its attack on Earth. The pair apparently get the notion to take the power of the Matrix for themselves, cutting the Fallen out of the deal. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}
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In response to the message [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] sent into space, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] arrive on Earth and join up with the new joint Transformer-human organization being established on the planet, [[NEST]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Skids and Mudflap also receive the message, but blow it off, electing to remain on the deserted Cybertron where they can have fun. Their minds are changed for them when they stumble across Starscream and his army and overhear talk of the [[Star Harvester]], and they decided to head for Earth to pass the information along. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} Starscream's troops fail to prevent their escape to Earth, so The Fallen has Soundwave call upon one of his [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], to intercept them and prevent them from making contact with the other Earthbound Autobots. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] saves the Twins from Ransack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} The Twins refuse to give their intel to anyone other than Optimus Prime, but he is away on an extended mission in [[Australia]] with Arcee, hunting the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. [[File:Titan4 Ravagedescends.jpg|left|thumb]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} The other Autobots are not convinced by the Twins' claims, prompting the two young 'bots to defy orders and tag along on a NEST mission to [[Las Vegas]] in order to prove themselves. Unfortunately, their interference allows [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to escape with the memory core of a deactivated Seeker. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] is dispatched by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to learn what the Twins have done with their information. The ferrous feline knocks out their training instructor Sideswipe to get to them, but the Twins are able to use a training simulator to take him down. Unfortunately, Ravage escapes, and Sideswipe believes that the Twins were responsible for everything, causing the Autobots to further distrust them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}
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The Twins' reputation steadily worsens when Optimus and Arcee return with the captive Sideways. A resurrected (new?) Scorponok somehow bypasses all of NEST's security to break Sideways out, and the Twins' bumbling accidentally allows both Decepticons to escape. Believing this deliberate and that the bumblers had helped Scorponok through security, the Autobots take them into custody and prepare to exile them from the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Having observed the Twins' series of unfortunate events, Soundwave exploits it for his own ends by sending [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] in to "rescue" the pair from the Autobots. Now on the run from their own faction, the Twins are approached by Soundwave, who offers them a place in the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} They pretend to accept in hopes of gaining more concrete proof of the villains' plans, unaware that Soundwave intends to use them as bait to flush out Ransack, who knows the location of the Matrix but is refusing to answer to anyone other than The Fallen directly. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} They succeed in bringing Ransack to the Decepticon's Phobos base, but as Soundwave and Starscream attempt to force the information from him, the Twins make their play, allowing Ransack to escape, threatening to tell the Fallen of Soundwave and Starscream's conspiracy (he is quite likely murdered before he can talk). The Decepticon army from Cybertron arrives and Skids and Mudflap fear they are done for... until Optimus Prime and the Autobots arrive to save them, convinced of their good intentions at last. Welcomed into the ranks of NEST, the Twins decide to keep that "Fallen" stuff to themselves. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

Thanks for that, guys. P.P.S. Grindor, Ravage, [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], Jetfire, and even the Fallen himself are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} And perhaps Ransack did as well. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen novel}}

===2009 to 2010===
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Following the defeat of The Fallen in Egypt, the Decepticon faction is once again left in disarray despite the resurrection of Megatron, with many warriors carrying out their own agendas. More and more Autobots continue to arrive on Earth, and although they are put through their paces by NEST and veteran combat officer [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} a lot of them remain reckless and impetuous: not least of all [[Jolt (Movie)|Jolt]], who blacks out all of [[Las Vegas]] apprehending [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} He, [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]], and [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] are placed in a training unit and put through their paces to become a proper team. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Other assorted Decepticons—including [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]], [[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]], [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]], [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]], Lockdown (temporarily in a new form), and the dreaded [[Hoist (Movie)|Hoist]] (what, what?!)—arrive on Earth but are ignored by Megatron and are swiftly rounded by the Autobots as well. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} However, the fractured Decepticons are not all the Autobots have to worry about: human enemies also spring up in the form of groups like the [[Free Men]] militia, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}} and although Megatron himself remains behind the scenes, he begins experimenting on the protoforms from the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', creating the monstrous [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]. It's Rollbar that shows true Autobot spirit when his team take Dead End down and instead of killing him, he has them take the Decepticon to Ratchet to be cured. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Now aware the Transformers exist, the human race slowly gets used to the fact. [[Theodore Galloway]], on the other hand, continues to try and shut down NEST out of sheer pettiness, though this seems to fizzle out. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}}
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===2010===
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Concurrently with the [[World Cup]] final in Bloenfontein, [[South Africa]], Bludgeon stages an escape from NEST's local holding facility with the aid of the smuggled-in [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]]: he had, in fact, been deliberately arrested so he'd be able to stage a jail break. The numerous Decepticons that he frees fall into line behind him as a splinter faction of Decepticons under his command. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

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Bludgeon's Decepticons recover the remains of Devastator and attempt to rebuild him in the mountains of British Columbia, but the plan is foiled when it is inadvertently discovered by the Autobot [[Stratosphere]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.14|Head in the Clouds}} Decepticons like Reverb prove dissatisfied with Bludgeon's leadership, prompting the attempted recruitment of those Autobots with more violent tendencies, such as [[Blazemaster]], to thankfully no success. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|Turn and Burn}} The numerous acts of destruction Bludgeon's forces are able to carry out turns public opinion against the Autobots, prompting the formation of a new stealth unit-Bumblebee, [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]], and [[Slap Dash]]-operating below NEST's radar. They successfully take out [[Crankstart]], [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], and [[Trenchmouth]], convincing Bludgeon to declare full-scale war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}}

As all of this goes on, Soundwave and Starscream are left to investigate Earth's mysteries on their own. Soundwave stumbles into the [[Bermuda Triangle]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}} while Starscream tries looking for ''anything'' in the Amazon rainforest, and winds up being worshipped by a native tribe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}

At [[Christmas]], Sam Witwicky allows Bumblebee to secretly observe the festivities at the family home. Dead End attacks during the night, but Bumblebee defeats him, leaving the Witwicky parents none the wiser. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.19|The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas}}
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===2011===
The Autobots deduce the location of Bludgeon's primary command hub in [[Russia]], but their stealthy approach is blown when Wheelie, angered that the Autobots have yet to fully accept him into their ranks, returns to his old Decepticon ways and reveals their position to Bludgeon. As the Autobots and Bludgeon clash, Wheelie then contacts Megatron himself, calling him down upon the battle so that he can put his house in order by defeating all those who would oppose him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} Wheelie's dreams are realized as Megatron lays Bludgeon low and reconsolidates the Decepticons under his command, but the scrap done doesn't live long enough to enjoy it, as the marauding Dead End rips him apart for spare parts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

An archaeologist in [[Italy]] discovers a fragment of some alien artifact and calls in NEST. The Autobots are unaware of what it is but the Decepticons know: it's a fragment of Sentinel Prime's Ark and could lead the Autobots to him, a prospect that seems to terrify Starscream and Soundwave.<ref>In the film, Soundwave is on Megatron's plan to bring Sentinel back but yet here he is, trying to undermine it. This ''is'' the same Soundwave who tried to cut the Fallen out of the loop so maybe he's playing his own angle.</ref> Starscream makes a single-handed attack on Fiesole Cathedral, almost dying in a (successful) attempt to steal the fragment. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

[[File:Titan3.4 Tech Museum.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|''Whose timeline?'' ''OUR TIMELINE!'']]

[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] is responsible for some minor incidents, first attempting to crash the global economy with the discovery of El Dorado {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold and Blood}} and then allowing NEST to track him so he could take wounded hostages and blackmail Optimus into a fight to the death. While Optimus survived, the incident caused Robert Epps to quit NEST. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

The lingering anti-Transformer sentiment would reach a head when [[Marcus Castor]] led a rally that was interrupted by a Decepticon attack. After seeing the Autobots try to save them, the protestors mobbed the Decepticons to stop them killing their enemies and Castor switched to being a ''pro''-Autobot agitator. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

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===2012 to 2017===
<ref>No date for the events of ''Dark of the Moon'' is provided in the film but as Sam has recently graduated college, it's at least three years after ''Revenge of the Fallen''; the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]] and the novelization of the film puts the movies at three years/"several years" apart respectively. That puts us at 2012.</ref>

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Something happened involved Sentinel Prime and some big explosions in [[Chicago]]! He, Starscream, Soundwave, Ironhide, and a whole lotta Decepticons are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} And so are Skids and Mudflap (sorry, guys). {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon novel}} Knucklehead was part of the mission but once Megatron was dead, Lockdown butchered him as he'd promised five years ago. Drift built him a grave on the moon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}} In the aftermath of Chicago, the humans became frightened of all Transformers, Autobot included; it became clear the Autobots may no longer be able to work with their former allies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} There's also [[Cemetery Wind|some crazy-bad people]] hunting down ''all'' Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]

The Autobots began hunting down the last of the Decepticon forces, tracking one cell to [[Indonesia]]. Thanks to quick thinking by the newly-arrived Crosshairs, an attempted Decepticon ambush became a victory when he subverted their plan. Unknown to the heroes, Lockdown was running the Decepticon resistance and had avoided being killed with the rest. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} Soon after, one of [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s early [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] drones escaped and went on a rampage disguised as Bumblebee in order to draw the Autobot out; this meant even more humans distrusted the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

Lockdown left Earth to continue bounty hunting. One of his older jobs caught up with him though: [[Sojex]], member of a crime family he'd nabbed the leader of, let herself be captured so she could wipe him out. He managed to survive. He then travelled back to Earth, having a new job offer from [[Creator (AOE)|the Creators]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.4|Locked In!}} His calling card was to release one of his [[turbofox]]'s on the planet. Optimus Prime and Crosshairs took it down: Crosshairs able to face his fear of the creatures through the wonders of violence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

Five years after the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Battle of Chicago]], another apocalyptic Transformer battle happened but ''this'' time in [[China]]! Both Lockdown and Stinger are killed. P.P.P.S. Megatron comes back to life as KSI's prized prototype Galvatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Alternate timeline==

Under the [[universal stream]] terminology, this timeline counts as '''[[Tyran 208.28 Gamma]]'''.<ref>"Tyran" meaning "the movie" and "Gamma" meaning a comic, and the first issue was 28/2/08</ref>

===2007===
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The Battle of [[Mission City]] results in Decepticon victory; Sam Witwicky is killed, Megatron gains the AllSpark, and Optimus Prime is taken prisoner, kept in cryo-stasis in [[Sector Seven]]'s old base at [[Hoover Dam]]. North America is conquered, resulting in the death of the [[President of the United States]]. Megatron develops a control module that allows him to directly manipulate the AllSpark's energies without fear of harm, and sets about using those energies to transform Earth into a new Cybertron. Bumblebee, Ironhide, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Tom Banachek]] go underground as rebels. [[Russia]] works alongside [[NATO]], trying to prevent the Decepticons from expanding their borders. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming Parts 1-5}}

===2008<ref>Theodore Allen claims two years have passed since the Decepticon conquest began in [[Transformers Comic issue 23|#23]]; events are being assumed to take place in the year they were published, for ease of book-keeping.</ref>===
[[File:TitanUK9 frozen prime.jpg|left|thumb|"What you're about to see is totally classified!" "''Dear god'', what is this?"]]
By the start of the year, NATO's efforts to contain the Decepticons have met with failure, and Paris, [[France]] is bombed in retaliation. The Autobots finally stage a desperate rebel action to rescue Optimus and call in a handful of offworld reinforcements under [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and Arcee. While humanity's remaining powers go for the nuclear option, Bumblebee and Mikaela penetrate Hoover Dam to get Optimus and recover a nano-virus designed by Sector Seven to block the AllSpark's energy, while Ironhide and Ratchet simultaneously target the [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]] facility that houses the AllSpark. But both rebel teams are compromised, by Optimus being in an unexpected cryo-stasis and by Savannah's guards under [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] creating an ambush, while NATO is routed and the French government & NATO command decapitated in ten minutes of humiliation. Megatron himself arrives to stop Bumblebee, who is outmatched once again. Luckily, Starscream sees a chance to nobble his leader and deliberately causes the Autobot reinforcements to leave the moon and join the fight: the Savannah team overcome the enemy and Ratchet destroys the AllSpark, leaving only scattered fragments, while the Autobots at Hoover Dam give Mikaela the time to free Prime from cryo-stasis and locate the virus. Prime takes over the fight, giving Bumblebee the chance to infect Megatron's system with the virus. His control over the AllSpark broken, Megatron's body is torn apart by its energies and he is apparently destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Parts 1-5}}

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Unbeknownst to any present, however, he actually uploads his consciousness into the AllSpark interface module, which Starscream unwittingly recovers and integrates into his own systems. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}} The victory is further tarnished by the sheer scale of the damage Decepticon rule has done: NATO troops have to temporarily occupy the continent for security reasons, millions are living in shelters and reliant on food aid, and the people are frightened and the new President [[Theodore Allen]] is distrusting of the Autobots. The Decepticons, now under Starscream's command, begin waging scorched earth tactics to prevent the liberated America from recovering, and use [[cerebro-strip]]s to covertly control key human begins... including Allen. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Parts 1-2}} Worse, the All Spark is no longer 'cyberforming' Earth but its infection has gone to [[Earth's core|the planet's core]] nonetheless, causing our world to tear itself apart. In the midst of this chaos, Ratchet uses an AllSpark fragment to resurrect [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], but the AllSpark's energies prove to have been corrupted through extended contact with Megatron, and Jazz returns to life as an amoral double-dealer who abandons the Autobots for a mercenary career. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

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Increasing numbers of Autobots arrive on Earth and join the effort to suppress the worsening AllSpark-born devastation of the planet. Believing an untapped fuel from Cybertron known as [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] may hold the answer, Optimus Prime sends a team of Autobots back to their home planet, where they discover that a small rebel cell of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] has already started using Nucleon as their own power source. Stockade's Decepticons have made contact with a mysterious entity from deep space, one that resembles the All Spark in enough ways that it could possibly restore the dying Cybertron to life... but when it arrives, it possesses the planet, revealing itself to be [[Unicron]] the Anti-Life. The planet-eater teleports the transformed Cybertron into the Solar System with the intent of consuming Earth, but Optimus Prime and Stockade's teams join forces, draining off the nucleon for use on Earth, and leaving Unicron with no power source, reducing him to a dead husk. Unfortunately, while the Autobots' attentions have been focused on Unicron, the Decepticons have exploited the opportunity to make Mikaela their latest mind-controlled pawn. Alerted that the Autobots are away and with Mikaela minding the Autobot base in Savannah, Starscream seizes control of it and uses it as the centre of a [[Decepticon Heartland]], restoring Decepticon dominion to a large chunk of the southern states. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron, Parts 1-4}}
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===2009===
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Almost immediately upon the Autobots' return to Earth, Optimus Prime is targeted for assassination by Jazz, hired for the job by Starscream. When a rival assassin named [[Kullt]] tries to steal the kill, Jazz takes him down instead, but refuses Prime's offer to rejoin the Autobots. The circumstances of Jazz's ambush makes it clear that President Allen is under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} Presumably, the nucleon is used to heal the AllSpark corruption soon after. That done, the Autobots stage a rescue mission, disabling the cerebro-strip controlling Mikaela with a jamming frequency and recovering her from the Decepticon Heartland. With this failure, Starscream realizes that his actions have all along been controlled by Megatron, whose consciousness has been dwelling within his own mind he absorbed the AllSpark interface module. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Aware that they're living on borrowed time, Optimus covertly contacts Tom Banachek (now the head of [[Sector Seven]]) and has him start identifying who in the government is a Decepticon servant. He also makes contact with Stockade, striking up a deal (though he doesn't expect the Decepticon to live up to his end). As Prime expected, the Decepticons stage a series of lightning strikes around the United States in order to force the government to the bargaining table with the promise of peace in return for the Autobots being exile from the planet. Pressured into compliance, the Autobots depart, only for Starscream to have them shot out of the sky by a nuclear missile that he instructs President Allen to order the firing of; a full Decepticon onslaught across the Eastern Seaboard follows, with the cerebro-compromised government and military preventing the humans from fighting back. However, the Autobots have merely staged their demise and secretly returned to Cybertron. While Stockade's team heads to Earth and defend it against the Decepticons, who are utterly unprepared for them and are swiftly driven back to the Heartland, [[File:TitanUK25 back to cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]] the Autobots get to work on the systems of the inert Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Parts 1-3}}

Starscream uses an AllSpark fragment and the interface module to restore Megatron to life in his own body so that he can put down Stockade's rebellion, but no sooner has he returned than Prime and the Autobots make their move, using Unicron's teleportation systems to send all the Decepticons to Cybertron, then teleport the planet itself to the far reaches of the galaxy, with no hope of return. The Decepticons are left exiles on an dead world, while the Autobots themselves are happily "stranded" on Earth, a clean-up ahead of them but still victorious at last. Mikaela and Bumblebee rode off into the sunset to see what was out there.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Parts 3}} [[File:Revolutionpt3 the end.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|They have much to learn... but I've seen goodness in them.]]

(They didn't let on but they then sent a fellow ''Autobot'', [[Circuit (Movie)|Circuit]], to the dead Cybertron: Circuit's scheming had caused ''that much'' anger. {{storylink|Circuit (Movie)#Timelines|''Timelines'' Circuit bio card}})

===Onwards===

Of course, ''it never ends''. [[The Fallen]] detected what had happened to the Decepticons and gathered a new army for revenge. [[Blue Maximus]], [[Chopsaw]], [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]], and [[Duststorm (TF 2010)|Duststorm]] answered his call, while new Autobots including [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)|Bodyblock]], [[Downshift (TF 2010)|Downshift]], [[Fallback (TF 2010)|Fallback]], [[Mindset (TF 2010)|Mindset]], and [[Deep Dive]] moved to the planet. Later, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] would arrive as well but the skittish [[Strafe (TF 2010)|Strafe]] would reveal Sentinel's true monstrous nature.

Epic battles would be fought but whatever the threats and challenges, the Autobots and their harried humans allies have constantly risen to the occasion. Maybe one day, we shall see them again... {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

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==Other chronologies==

*[[Movie timeline]]—The chronology of the "mainstream" live-action movie universe, incorporating comics, novels and more.
*[[Sector Seven ARG timeline]]—Detailing the history of the "alternate reality" that presents Transformers as real beings, and the fiction associated with them a cover story propagated by Sector Seven. Also includes material from Titan's letters pages, which take the same approach.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Live-action film series history]]

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[[File:Tf mag 01 2007.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67|This IS Your Son's Autobot.]]
Back in the 1980s, an [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|American Transformers comic]] and a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|UK one]] were able to simultaneously co-exist, the latter weaving around the continuity of the former to create a larger, richer tapestry that essentially remained one singular universe. In the 21st century, [[Titan Books|Titan]] sought to continue this dream with their [[live-action film series|movie-based]] ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers]]'' comic, but after managing only a few issues that wove themselves around what [[IDW Publishing]] was doing with their own titles, lack of room to manoeuvre and a general absence of knowledge about what would be [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|coming next]] for the movie universe made it apparent that in the long-term, this was an unworkable goal.

To compensate for this hurdle, Titan took a surprising approach: for the remainder of its first volume, the comic would be set in an ''alternate universe'', one where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had ''won'' the battle of [[Mission City]], claimed the [[AllSpark]], and dominated the [[Earth]]. This freed up the creators to do whatever they wished with the movie characters, and allowed them to incorporate other toy-only characters without fear of disrupting the continuity.

The alternate universe story was brought to a close so that the comic could be rebooted for a second volume, which would tie in with the imminent ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Now realizing the impossibility of a successful interwoven story with IDW's material, Titan essentially said "Sod it," and produced their own prequel to the film, centering on [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. The original material continued after this story, with new stories set after the second film that firmly established themselves as separate timeline from the "American" one.

The timelines of both these takes on the movie universe are featured in this article. The divergences only settle in 2007, following the events of the ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie, so that is where each timeline begins; for a full coverage of the history of the movie universe prior to this point, see the "mainstream" [[movie timeline]].

==Main timeline==
===Pre-19th century===

[[Primus]] was the first Cybertronian and he begat the [[Dynasty of Primes]], who ruled Cybertron and protected the [[AllSpark]] thousands of years ago. (The later Primes, for their part, didn't believe Primus had spawned them) It was a time when warriors stood by a code of honour. But during the rule of seven Primes, one of their number, [[the Fallen|Megatronus]], betrayed the other six in his lust to harvest Earth's sun! He imprisoned them (except when he killed them), but they sacrificed themselves to keep the Creation Matrix from him and imprison ''him'' on one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. His acolytes, the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], remained on Earth and searched for the lost [[Tomb of the Primes]] so they could help their master when he returned. [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] was the lone Autobot there, switching sides in horror at "the Fallen's" actions. The Seekers continued to search, dwindling in number over the years: [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] and Jetfire were the longest holdouts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen Profile}}

[[File:MegatronMovie GeoffSenior.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!]]

A Prime on Cybertron, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], ruled the Autobots after the Fallen's betrayal and would continue to do so throughout the pre-war period. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}} While he was leader, during the [[Golden Age]] it would be [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], working together as civilian leader and [[Lord High Protector]], who'd do most of the work of running things.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}<ref>Titan's Sentinel profile says he didn't name Optimus Prime his successor until the Ark left and was shot down. Since Optimus was clearly running things long before then, we have to assume Optimus was a ''de facto'' leader before he became the nominal one.</ref> Civilian politics were strong and stable, with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] being a noted player who would become Optimus' chief liaison to the [[High Council of Ancients]] legislative body. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

But even back then Megatron was scheming to take power of Cybertron and worlds beyond. He believed the Transformers could gain ultimate power via the All Spark, power to reshape their [[alternate mode]]s into anything they imagined. Breaking all Cybertronian laws, he made direct contact with the All Spark to test his theory and found himself with a mighty new alternate mode. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Megatron Profile}} War was declared and Megatron's army of Decepticons swept the planet. Optimus reluctantly studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find, ensuring he could match Megatron with high strategic knowledge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}} [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] played a vital role in the early stages of the Decepticon campaign, amassing data behind enemy lines and hacking Autobot Command Hub transmissions. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Frenzy Profile}} Ratchet tried to negotiate a peace and was almost murdered by Megatron in the process, and so he became a battlefield medic as a better way of frustrating the monster's murderous agenda. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

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Numerous battles raged across Cybertron. [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], a freelance guerrilla, would be captured by Decepticon agents and was rescued by [[Kup (Movie)|Kup]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Arcee Profile}} [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] would rise to the top of the Decepticons by stepping on the rest of them, with a habit of doing a splashy attack at the ''end'' of a battle so he could steal the credit (as he did when ''[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'' had done all the hard work of breaking the defences at the Autobot stronghold [[Ky-Alexia]]). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Starscream Profile}} [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] became a scourge of the battlefield, hiding after the other Decepticons had left so he could murder any Autobot stragglers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Scorponok Profile}} [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] did so well they were both promoted, to senior battlefield tactician and First Lieutenant respectively. This raised a few optics among the Autobots but in Bonecrusher's case, his new job bored him ''so much'' (rearguard commanders don't get to hit things!) that he'd go bugnuts in ''any'' fight he actually got to have.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Jazz Profile}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Bonecrusher Profile}} [[Longview (Movie)|Longview]] did ''not'' do well and needed rescuing from a Decepticon camp. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

A new generation of robots, such as [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], would grow up perfectly designed for warfare and knowing nothing ''but''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Sideswipe profile}} Ironhide, among his other duties, would train up Autobot recruits with on-the-job experience: future heavyweights like [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] trained under him. By this point, the Decepticons had overstretched themselves and had automated many of their outposts, so they could be staffed by just one Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

[[File:TitanMag-BumblebeeMegatronAllSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|''Waaaa waaaaa waaaaa...'']]

Resolving to keep the power of the captive AllSpark out of Megatron's hands, Optimus Prime decided to move it around the planet and, when this proved to be not enough, to launch it into deep space. While Arcee unwittingly provided a diversion, conning the 'Cons into thinking the AllSpark was at [[Tyger Pax]] (only [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] knew the truth), Prime had it fired into space by [[Arctus]]... only too late having a vision that this would bring the war to other planets. While interrogating Bumblebee, Megatron observes the relic and realised he'd been tricked. Megatron immediately pursues it into space but is delayed by an Autobot tractor beam before he can stop it from plunging into the [[Alkaris Anomaly]]. In response, he has the overzealous <s>Devastator</s> [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] detonates a [[foldspace warhead]] that warps himself, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] to the four corners of the universe. What goes around comes around though: Megatron tracked the AllSpark all the way to Earth and was so obsessed that he let all his power be drained entering atmosphere, leaving himself to collapse and freeze in the Arctic. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prequel: Optimus Prime}}{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}}{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} En route to Earth, Megatron had found and released the Fallen from his prison around [[Saturn]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Fallen Profile}}<ref>The profiles and Smackdown feature do state explicitly that Megatron was plotting all along and the Fallen's profile explicitly says Megatron met him at Saturn, where Megatron would not ''be'' until late in. So in this timeline, the Fallen just wasn't that influential!</ref>

While lost in space, Ratchet helps quell an alien civil war, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Lost in Space 1}} Brawl defeats psychic apparitions of his worst fears, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost in Space 2}} and Ironhide encounters digital "ghosts" on a derelict ship with some kind of ancient connection to the AllSpark {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}. Jazz found a planet of pure information and was strongly tempted to abandoning the war but the planet turned out to be a predatory organism; he was almost devoured until Ratchet and Ironhide came to save him. All of them returned to {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost in Space 4}} where Ratchet found and repaired Bumblebee, all but his voicebox.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}

With the war going badly, Sentinel Prime left Cybertron for deep space on board the first ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', taking a secret weapon with him. He officially named Optimus his successor, but Decepticon fire blasted the ''Ark'' out of the skies and it was presumed destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}}

In one battle, [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] led a small group of Autobots. He was the only one of them to survive a [[turbofox]] attack, having been scouting ahead at the time, and was gripped by fear of the creatures and survivor's guilt for years. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

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===1897 to 2007===

[[File:Prequel2 wells simmons and witwicky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|"*sigh*Alright, Archie. What happened after this 'transforming alien' had eaten the huskies?"]]

Back on [[Earth]], [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]] of the [[National Arctic Circle Expedition]] discovered Megatron's inert body and was driven blind and insane by the contact. His last three months of sight are spent drawing Cybertronian symbols and he was confined to a 'secure hospital' (cough) in Boston. A new agency called [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]], who have already investigated some other paranormal activity from their Boston house,<ref>It's strongly implied in the Movie Prequel comics that this is Sector 7 in 1898, meaning they pre-exist the discovery of Megatron. For Titan continuity, the "Story So Far" in [[Transformers Comic issue 7|Titan's #7]] says Witwicky's discovery "falls into the hands of a new ultra-secret agency"</ref> covered it up and went to the Arctic to start digging up the "Mega-Man". In 1902, under cover of [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt's]] [[Newlands Reclamation Act]], they dig around the Colorado River and locate the lost AllSpark. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} Sector 7 finally moved Megatron to the new [[Hoover Dam]] in 1935.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

When [[World War I]] broke out, Ransack took the form of a [[Germany|German]] biplane.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} (The [[USS Cyclops]] went missing in the same war, around the dreaded [[Bermuda Triangle]]...) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}}

The Autobot-Decepticon war rages on but none are aware that the Ark had survived and drift through space. It finally crashed on Earth's moon in 1962;<ref>In the films it was in 1961 but the comics point to 1962</ref> a fragment landed in Fiesole, [[Italy]], and was buried in the local cathedral by an [[United Kingdom|English]] priest who feared the object was supernatural and could cause a religious backlash. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}} This helped fire up the space race {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} which was won by America because they could nick technology from Megatron. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

In 1998, a weary Jetfire took advantage of the SR-71 spyplane being decommissioned to get into a museum and take a long sleep. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} Ransack remained active but all other Seekers had gone dormant long ago (all without Sector 7 ever noticing them!). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

Bumblebee, tracking the AllSpark in 2003, took a pitstop on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and was detected by Sector 7 (hijacking the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]). They tracked his planetfall in Virginia but, taking Chevy Camero form, he evaded them. [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] planned to draw him into an ambush with an artificial AllSpark isotope but Sector 7 were so focused on the Autobot, they didn't notice a Decepticon team of Starscream, Barricade, and Blackout ''also'' entering the solar system! Starscream was after the AllSpark (conning the others to think they wanted Megatron too) and the 'Cons found the fake isotope first, slaughtering Sector agents before getting bored and deciding to let Bumblebee do the heavy lifting while Barricade monitored him. Meanwhile, a young [[Sam Witwicky]] inherited his grandfather's old junk and didn't care much, not knowing they had the path to the AllSpark engraved in the lenses. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4}}

[[File:Titan AOE Drif's crew.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"Who would have noticed another madman around here? Good luck, everyone."]]

In 2004, the [[United States of America]] elected/re-elected [[George W. Bush|a President]] with [[Theodore Allen]] as his Vice-President. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Parts 1}}

Warfare continued on the dying Cybertron up until 2007 at the latest.<ref>Dated "Five Years Earlier" than a scene set right after the third movie, which occurs at least three years after the second - see below.</ref> During one battle, Decepticons [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and his friend [[Knucklehead]] violently stopped [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] from killing prisoners. Lockdown vowed revenge, though with Megatron in charge he could never carry it out. (The Megatron who was frozen ''yes I know'') Soon after, Drift would defect to the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}}

On Earth, a rattled Sector 7 created a self-invigorating nano-virus designed to block all the AllSpark frequences in case the cube was used against them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming Part 5}}

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===2007===
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Then a lot of stuff happens! P.S., Jazz, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], Brawl, Bonecrusher, and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] (and maybe Barricade) are killed. {{storylink|Transformers (film)}}

In the minutes that follow Megatron's death at the conclusion of the battle of <s>Mission City</s> <s>[[Los Angeles]]</s> ''a city'',<ref>The issue said "Los Angeles", based on an earlier draft, but editorial material in the comic would later say "Mission City".</ref> Starscream immediately sets about cementing his position as new [[Decepticon]] leader by destroying the lingering [[AllSpark Mutation]]s and harvesting the animating AllSpark energies from their bodies. Using these energy fragments, Starscream reanimates the bodies of Barricade, Blackout and Brawl as [[zombie]]s and sends them to attack the [[Autobot]]s. They initially prove unstoppable, but when [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] deduces that they are being animated by AllSpark energy, the Autobots are able to target the cube's energy signature and take them out. Starscream escapes. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Milita}}

Later, continuing the Decepticon clean-up operation, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] is teamed with a squad of Army Rangers to hunt down [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], still hiding in the Qatari desert. Ambushed by the arachnoid Decepticon, Ironhide's motor functions are overridden by Scorponok and he is forced to attack his allies until they can shoot Scorponok off him, allowing Ironhide to finish him off. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Scorpion Sting}}<ref>Yep, Scorponok was explicitly blow to bits! Since he returns in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', we have to assume he either got rebuilt or he has a twin brother, like Devastator and Brawl.</ref>

Meanwhile, Cybertron has finally been abandoned. The Autobot [[The Twins|Twins]] Skids and Mudflap are the only Transformers to remain on the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

At some point around all this, the Fallen had made contact with the Decepticons and taken control of them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1}}<ref>The complete absence of the Fallen until issue 2.1 implies <s>nobody at Titan knew he was showing up</s> that the Decepticons only met him in the 2000s, when they entered Earth's solar system like Megatron. Logically it's around 2007, as Starscream goes from assuming he now runs the show in "Starscream's Militia" to following orders in "Training Day".</ref>

===2007 to 2009===

Starscream comes under the command of [[The Fallen]], and returns to the dead Cybertron to assemble an army that will scour Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], meanwhile, establishes a staging base on [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]], a moon of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], from which the army shall carry out its attack on Earth. The pair apparently get the notion to take the power of the Matrix for themselves, cutting the Fallen out of the deal. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}
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In response to the message [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] sent into space, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] arrive on Earth and join up with the new joint Transformer-human organization being established on the planet, [[NEST]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Skids and Mudflap also receive the message, but blow it off, electing to remain on the deserted Cybertron where they can have fun. Their minds are changed for them when they stumble across Starscream and his army and overhear talk of the [[Star Harvester]], and they decided to head for Earth to pass the information along. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} Starscream's troops fail to prevent their escape to Earth, so The Fallen has Soundwave call upon one of his [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], to intercept them and prevent them from making contact with the other Earthbound Autobots. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] saves the Twins from Ransack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} The Twins refuse to give their intel to anyone other than Optimus Prime, but he is away on an extended mission in [[Australia]] with Arcee, hunting the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. [[File:Titan4 Ravagedescends.jpg|left|thumb]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} The other Autobots are not convinced by the Twins' claims, prompting the two young 'bots to defy orders and tag along on a NEST mission to [[Las Vegas]] in order to prove themselves. Unfortunately, their interference allows [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to escape with the memory core of a deactivated Seeker. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] is dispatched by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to learn what the Twins have done with their information. The ferrous feline knocks out their training instructor Sideswipe to get to them, but the Twins are able to use a training simulator to take him down. Unfortunately, Ravage escapes, and Sideswipe believes that the Twins were responsible for everything, causing the Autobots to further distrust them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}
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The Twins' reputation steadily worsens when Optimus and Arcee return with the captive Sideways. A resurrected (new?) Scorponok somehow bypasses all of NEST's security to break Sideways out, and the Twins' bumbling accidentally allows both Decepticons to escape. Believing this deliberate and that the bumblers had helped Scorponok through security, the Autobots take them into custody and prepare to exile them from the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Having observed the Twins' series of unfortunate events, Soundwave exploits it for his own ends by sending [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] in to "rescue" the pair from the Autobots. Now on the run from their own faction, the Twins are approached by Soundwave, who offers them a place in the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} They pretend to accept in hopes of gaining more concrete proof of the villains' plans, unaware that Soundwave intends to use them as bait to flush out Ransack, who knows the location of the Matrix but is refusing to answer to anyone other than The Fallen directly. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} They succeed in bringing Ransack to the Decepticon's Phobos base, but as Soundwave and Starscream attempt to force the information from him, the Twins make their play, allowing Ransack to escape, threatening to tell the Fallen of Soundwave and Starscream's conspiracy (he is quite likely murdered before he can talk). The Decepticon army from Cybertron arrives and Skids and Mudflap fear they are done for... until Optimus Prime and the Autobots arrive to save them, convinced of their good intentions at last. Welcomed into the ranks of NEST, the Twins decide to keep that "Fallen" stuff to themselves. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

Thanks for that, guys. P.P.S. Grindor, Ravage, [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], Jetfire, and even the Fallen himself are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} And perhaps Ransack did as well. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen novel}}

===2009 to 2010===
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Following the defeat of The Fallen in Egypt, the Decepticon faction is once again left in disarray despite the resurrection of Megatron, with many warriors carrying out their own agendas. More and more Autobots continue to arrive on Earth, and although they are put through their paces by NEST and veteran combat officer [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} a lot of them remain reckless and impetuous: not least of all [[Jolt (Movie)|Jolt]], who blacks out all of [[Las Vegas]] apprehending [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} He, [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]], and [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] are placed in a training unit and put through their paces to become a proper team. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Other assorted Decepticons—including [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]], [[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]], [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]], [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]], Lockdown (temporarily in a new form), and the dreaded [[Hoist (Movie)|Hoist]] (what, what?!)—arrive on Earth but are ignored by Megatron and are swiftly rounded by the Autobots as well. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} However, the fractured Decepticons are not all the Autobots have to worry about: human enemies also spring up in the form of groups like the [[Free Men]] militia, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}} and although Megatron himself remains behind the scenes, he begins experimenting on the protoforms from the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', creating the monstrous [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]. It's Rollbar that shows true Autobot spirit when his team take Dead End down and instead of killing him, he has them take the Decepticon to Ratchet to be cured. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Now aware the Transformers exist, the human race slowly gets used to the fact. [[Theodore Galloway]], on the other hand, continues to try and shut down NEST out of sheer pettiness, though this seems to fizzle out. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}}
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===2010===
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Concurrently with the [[World Cup]] final in Bloenfontein, [[South Africa]], Bludgeon stages an escape from NEST's local holding facility with the aid of the smuggled-in [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]]: he had, in fact, been deliberately arrested so he'd be able to stage a jail break. The numerous Decepticons that he frees fall into line behind him as a splinter faction of Decepticons under his command. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

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Bludgeon's Decepticons recover the remains of Devastator and attempt to rebuild him in the mountains of British Columbia, but the plan is foiled when it is inadvertently discovered by the Autobot [[Stratosphere]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.14|Head in the Clouds}} Decepticons like Reverb prove dissatisfied with Bludgeon's leadership, prompting the attempted recruitment of those Autobots with more violent tendencies, such as [[Blazemaster]], to thankfully no success. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|Turn and Burn}} The numerous acts of destruction Bludgeon's forces are able to carry out turns public opinion against the Autobots, prompting the formation of a new stealth unit-Bumblebee, [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]], and [[Slap Dash]]-operating below NEST's radar. They successfully take out [[Crankstart]], [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], and [[Trenchmouth]], convincing Bludgeon to declare full-scale war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}}

As all of this goes on, Soundwave and Starscream are left to investigate Earth's mysteries on their own. Soundwave stumbles into the [[Bermuda Triangle]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}} while Starscream tries looking for ''anything'' in the Amazon rainforest, and winds up being worshipped by a native tribe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}

At [[Christmas]], Sam Witwicky allows Bumblebee to secretly observe the festivities at the family home. Dead End attacks during the night, but Bumblebee defeats him, leaving the Witwicky parents none the wiser. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.19|The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas}}
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===2011===
The Autobots deduce the location of Bludgeon's primary command hub in [[Russia]], but their stealthy approach is blown when Wheelie, angered that the Autobots have yet to fully accept him into their ranks, returns to his old Decepticon ways and reveals their position to Bludgeon. As the Autobots and Bludgeon clash, Wheelie then contacts Megatron himself, calling him down upon the battle so that he can put his house in order by defeating all those who would oppose him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} Wheelie's dreams are realized as Megatron lays Bludgeon low and reconsolidates the Decepticons under his command, but the scrap done doesn't live long enough to enjoy it, as the marauding Dead End rips him apart for spare parts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

An archaeologist in [[Italy]] discovers a fragment of some alien artifact and calls in NEST. The Autobots are unaware of what it is but the Decepticons know: it's a fragment of Sentinel Prime's Ark and could lead the Autobots to him, a prospect that seems to terrify Starscream and Soundwave.<ref>In the film, Soundwave is on Megatron's plan to bring Sentinel back but yet here he is, trying to undermine it. This ''is'' the same Soundwave who tried to cut the Fallen out of the loop so maybe he's playing his own angle.</ref> Starscream makes a single-handed attack on Fiesole Cathedral, almost dying in a (successful) attempt to steal the fragment. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

[[File:Titan3.4 Tech Museum.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|''Whose timeline?'' ''OUR TIMELINE!'']]

[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] is responsible for some minor incidents, first attempting to crash the global economy with the discovery of El Dorado {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold and Blood}} and then allowing NEST to track him so he could take wounded hostages and blackmail Optimus into a fight to the death. While Optimus survived, the incident caused Robert Epps to quit NEST. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

The lingering anti-Transformer sentiment would reach a head when [[Marcus Castor]] led a rally that was interrupted by a Decepticon attack. After seeing the Autobots try to save them, the protestors mobbed the Decepticons to stop them killing their enemies and Castor switched to being a ''pro''-Autobot agitator. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

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===2012 to 2017===
<ref>No date for the events of ''Dark of the Moon'' is provided in the film but as Sam has recently graduated college, it's at least three years after ''Revenge of the Fallen''; the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]] and the novelization of the film puts the movies at three years/"several years" apart respectively. That puts us at 2012.</ref>

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Something happened involved Sentinel Prime and some big explosions in [[Chicago]]! He, Starscream, Soundwave, Ironhide, and a whole lotta Decepticons are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} And so are Skids and Mudflap (sorry, guys). {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon novel}} Knucklehead was part of the mission but once Megatron was dead, Lockdown butchered him as he'd promised five years ago. Drift built him a grave on the moon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}} In the aftermath of Chicago, the humans became frightened of all Transformers, Autobot included; it became clear the Autobots may no longer be able to work with their former allies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} There's also [[Cemetery Wind|some crazy-bad people]] hunting down ''all'' Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]

The Autobots began hunting down the last of the Decepticon forces, tracking one cell to [[Indonesia]]. Thanks to quick thinking by the newly-arrived Crosshairs, an attempted Decepticon ambush became a victory when he subverted their plan. Unknown to the heroes, Lockdown was running the Decepticon resistance and had avoided being killed with the rest. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} Soon after, one of [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s early [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] drones escaped and went on a rampage disguised as Bumblebee in order to draw the Autobot out; this meant even more humans distrusted the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

Lockdown left Earth to continue bounty hunting. One of his older jobs caught up with him though: [[Sojex]], member of a crime family he'd nabbed the leader of, let herself be captured so she could wipe him out. He managed to survive. He then travelled back to Earth, having a new job offer from [[Creator (AOE)|the Creators]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.4|Locked In!}} His calling card was to release one of his [[turbofox]]'s on the planet. Optimus Prime and Crosshairs took it down: Crosshairs able to face his fear of the creatures through the wonders of violence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

Five years after the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Battle of Chicago]], another apocalyptic Transformer battle happened but ''this'' time in [[China]]! Both Lockdown and Stinger are killed. P.P.P.S. Megatron comes back to life as KSI's prized prototype Galvatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Alternate timeline==

Under the [[universal stream]] terminology, this timeline counts as '''[[Tyran 208.28 Gamma]]'''.<ref>"Tyran" meaning "the movie" and "Gamma" meaning a comic, and the first issue was 28/2/08</ref>

===2007===
[[File:TwilightsLastGleaming1.JPG|thumb|"We're facing war with a technological civilisation far superior to our own."]]
The Battle of [[Mission City]] results in Decepticon victory; Sam Witwicky is killed, Megatron gains the AllSpark, and Optimus Prime is taken prisoner, kept in cryo-stasis in [[Sector Seven]]'s old base at [[Hoover Dam]]. North America is conquered, resulting in the death of the [[President of the United States]]. Megatron develops a control module that allows him to directly manipulate the AllSpark's energies without fear of harm, and sets about using those energies to transform Earth into a new Cybertron. Bumblebee, Ironhide, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Tom Banachek]] go underground as rebels. [[Russia]] works alongside [[NATO]], trying to prevent the Decepticons from expanding their borders. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming Parts 1-5}}

===2008<ref>Theodore Allen claims two years have passed since the Decepticon conquest began in [[Transformers Comic issue 23|#23]]; events are being assumed to take place in the year they were published, for ease of book-keeping.</ref>===
[[File:TitanUK9 frozen prime.jpg|left|thumb|"What you're about to see is totally classified!" "''Dear god'', what is this?"]]
By the start of the year, NATO's efforts to contain the Decepticons have met with failure, and Paris, [[France]] is bombed in retaliation. The Autobots finally stage a desperate rebel action to rescue Optimus and call in a handful of offworld reinforcements under [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and Arcee. While humanity's remaining powers go for the nuclear option, Bumblebee and Mikaela penetrate Hoover Dam to get Optimus and recover a nano-virus designed by Sector Seven to block the AllSpark's energy, while Ironhide and Ratchet simultaneously target the [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]] facility that houses the AllSpark. But both rebel teams are compromised, by Optimus being in an unexpected cryo-stasis and by Savannah's guards under [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] creating an ambush, while NATO is routed and the French government & NATO command decapitated in ten minutes of humiliation. Megatron himself arrives to stop Bumblebee, who is outmatched once again. Luckily, Starscream sees a chance to nobble his leader and deliberately causes the Autobot reinforcements to leave the moon and join the fight: the Savannah team overcome the enemy and Ratchet destroys the AllSpark, leaving only scattered fragments, while the Autobots at Hoover Dam give Mikaela the time to free Prime from cryo-stasis and locate the virus. Prime takes over the fight, giving Bumblebee the chance to infect Megatron's system with the virus. His control over the AllSpark broken, Megatron's body is torn apart by its energies and he is apparently destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Parts 1-5}}

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Unbeknownst to any present, however, he actually uploads his consciousness into the AllSpark interface module, which Starscream unwittingly recovers and integrates into his own systems. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}} The victory is further tarnished by the sheer scale of the damage Decepticon rule has done: NATO troops have to temporarily occupy the continent for security reasons, millions are living in shelters and reliant on food aid, and the people are frightened and the new President [[Theodore Allen]] is distrusting of the Autobots. The Decepticons, now under Starscream's command, begin waging scorched earth tactics to prevent the liberated America from recovering, and use [[cerebro-strip]]s to covertly control key human begins... including Allen. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Parts 1-2}} Worse, the All Spark is no longer 'cyberforming' Earth but its infection has gone to [[Earth's core|the planet's core]] nonetheless, causing our world to tear itself apart. In the midst of this chaos, Ratchet uses an AllSpark fragment to resurrect [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], but the AllSpark's energies prove to have been corrupted through extended contact with Megatron, and Jazz returns to life as an amoral double-dealer who abandons the Autobots for a mercenary career. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[File:Unicron Titan19.JPG|left|thumb|'''"ARE YOU LADIESMAN217"''']]
Increasing numbers of Autobots arrive on Earth and join the effort to suppress the worsening AllSpark-born devastation of the planet. Believing an untapped fuel from Cybertron known as [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] may hold the answer, Optimus Prime sends a team of Autobots back to their home planet, where they discover that a small rebel cell of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] has already started using Nucleon as their own power source. Stockade's Decepticons have made contact with a mysterious entity from deep space, one that resembles the All Spark in enough ways that it could possibly restore the dying Cybertron to life... but when it arrives, it possesses the planet, revealing itself to be [[Unicron]] the Anti-Life. The planet-eater teleports the transformed Cybertron into the Solar System with the intent of consuming Earth, but Optimus Prime and Stockade's teams join forces, draining off the nucleon for use on Earth, and leaving Unicron with no power source, reducing him to a dead husk. Unfortunately, while the Autobots' attentions have been focused on Unicron, the Decepticons have exploited the opportunity to make Mikaela their latest mind-controlled pawn. Alerted that the Autobots are away and with Mikaela minding the Autobot base in Savannah, Starscream seizes control of it and uses it as the centre of a [[Decepticon Heartland]], restoring Decepticon dominion to a large chunk of the southern states. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron, Parts 1-4}}
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===2009===
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Almost immediately upon the Autobots' return to Earth, Optimus Prime is targeted for assassination by Jazz, hired for the job by Starscream. When a rival assassin named [[Kullt]] tries to steal the kill, Jazz takes him down instead, but refuses Prime's offer to rejoin the Autobots. The circumstances of Jazz's ambush makes it clear that President Allen is under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} Presumably, the nucleon is used to heal the AllSpark corruption soon after. That done, the Autobots stage a rescue mission, disabling the cerebro-strip controlling Mikaela with a jamming frequency and recovering her from the Decepticon Heartland. With this failure, Starscream realizes that his actions have all along been controlled by Megatron, whose consciousness has been dwelling within his own mind he absorbed the AllSpark interface module. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Aware that they're living on borrowed time, Optimus covertly contacts Tom Banachek (now the head of [[Sector Seven]]) and has him start identifying who in the government is a Decepticon servant. He also makes contact with Stockade, striking up a deal (though he doesn't expect the Decepticon to live up to his end). As Prime expected, the Decepticons stage a series of lightning strikes around the United States in order to force the government to the bargaining table with the promise of peace in return for the Autobots being exile from the planet. Pressured into compliance, the Autobots depart, only for Starscream to have them shot out of the sky by a nuclear missile that he instructs President Allen to order the firing of; a full Decepticon onslaught across the Eastern Seaboard follows, with the cerebro-compromised government and military preventing the humans from fighting back. However, the Autobots have merely staged their demise and secretly returned to Cybertron. While Stockade's team heads to Earth and defend it against the Decepticons, who are utterly unprepared for them and are swiftly driven back to the Heartland, [[File:TitanUK25 back to cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]] the Autobots get to work on the systems of the inert Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Parts 1-3}}

Starscream uses an AllSpark fragment and the interface module to restore Megatron to life in his own body so that he can put down Stockade's rebellion, but no sooner has he returned than Prime and the Autobots make their move, using Unicron's teleportation systems to send all the Decepticons to Cybertron, then teleport the planet itself to the far reaches of the galaxy, with no hope of return. The Decepticons are left exiles on an dead world, while the Autobots themselves are happily "stranded" on Earth, a clean-up ahead of them but still victorious at last. Mikaela and Bumblebee rode off into the sunset to see what was out there.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Parts 3}} [[File:Revolutionpt3 the end.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|They have much to learn... but I've seen goodness in them.]]

(They didn't let on but they then sent a fellow ''Autobot'', [[Circuit (Movie)|Circuit]], to the dead Cybertron: Circuit's scheming had caused ''that much'' anger. {{storylink|Circuit (Movie)#Timelines|''Timelines'' Circuit bio card}})

===Onwards===

Of course, ''it never ends''. [[The Fallen]] detected what had happened to the Decepticons and gathered a new army for revenge. [[Blue Maximus]], [[Chopsaw]], [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]], and [[Duststorm (TF 2010)|Duststorm]] answered his call, while new Autobots including [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)|Bodyblock]], [[Downshift (TF 2010)|Downshift]], [[Fallback (TF 2010)|Fallback]], [[Mindset (TF 2010)|Mindset]], and [[Deep Dive]] moved to the planet. Later, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] would arrive as well but the skittish [[Strafe (TF 2010)|Strafe]] would reveal Sentinel's true monstrous nature.

Epic battles would be fought but whatever the threats and challenges, the Autobots and their harried humans allies have constantly risen to the occasion. Maybe one day, we shall see them again... {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

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==Other chronologies==

*[[Movie timeline]]—The chronology of the "mainstream" live-action movie universe, incorporating comics, novels and more.
*[[Sector Seven ARG timeline]]—Detailing the history of the "alternate reality" that presents Transformers as real beings, and the fiction associated with them a cover story propagated by Sector Seven. Also includes material from Titan's letters pages, which take the same approach.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Live-action film series history]]

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[[File:Tf mag 01 2007.JPG|thumb|upright=1.67|This IS Your Son's Autobot.]]
Back in the 1980s, an [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|American Transformers comic]] and a [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|UK one]] were able to simultaneously co-exist, the latter weaving around the continuity of the former to create a larger, richer tapestry that essentially remained one singular universe. In the 21st century, [[Titan Books|Titan]] sought to continue this dream with their [[live-action film series|movie-based]] ''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers]]'' comic, but after managing only a few issues that wove themselves around what [[IDW Publishing]] was doing with their own titles, lack of room to manoeuvre and a general absence of knowledge about what would be [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|coming next]] for the movie universe made it apparent that in the long-term, this was an unworkable goal.

To compensate for this hurdle, Titan took a surprising approach: for the remainder of its first volume, the comic would be set in an ''alternate universe'', one where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had ''won'' the battle of [[Mission City]], claimed the [[AllSpark]], and dominated the [[Earth]]. This freed up the creators to do whatever they wished with the movie characters, and allowed them to incorporate other toy-only characters without fear of disrupting the continuity.

The alternate universe story was brought to a close so that the comic could be rebooted for a second volume, which would tie in with the imminent ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. Now realizing the impossibility of a successful interwoven story with IDW's material, Titan essentially said "Sod it," and produced their own prequel to the film, centering on [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. The original material continued after this story, with new stories set after the second film that firmly established themselves as separate timeline from the "American" one.

The timelines of both these takes on the movie universe are featured in this article. The divergences only settle in 2007, following the events of the ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie, so that is where each timeline begins; for a full coverage of the history of the movie universe prior to this point, see the "mainstream" [[movie timeline]].

==Main timeline==
===Pre-19th century===

[[Primus]] was the first Cybertronian and he begat the [[Dynasty of Primes]], who ruled Cybertron and protected the [[AllSpark]] thousands of years ago. (The later Primes, for their part, didn't believe Primus had spawned them) It was a time when warriors stood by a code of honour. But during the rule of seven Primes, one of their number, [[the Fallen|Megatronus]], betrayed the other six in his lust to harvest Earth's sun! He imprisoned them (except when he killed them), but they sacrificed themselves to keep the Creation Matrix from him and imprison ''him'' on one of [[Saturn]]'s moons. His acolytes, the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], remained on Earth and searched for the lost [[Tomb of the Primes]] so they could help their master when he returned. [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] was the lone Autobot there, switching sides in horror at "the Fallen's" actions. The Seekers continued to search, dwindling in number over the years: [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] and Jetfire were the longest holdouts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|The Fallen Profile}}

[[File:MegatronMovie GeoffSenior.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!]]

A Prime on Cybertron, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], ruled the Autobots after the Fallen's betrayal and would continue to do so throughout the pre-war period. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}} While he was leader, during the [[Golden Age]] it would be [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], working together as civilian leader and [[Lord High Protector]], who'd do most of the work of running things.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}<ref>Titan's Sentinel profile says he didn't name Optimus Prime his successor until the Ark left and was shot down. Since Optimus was clearly running things long before then, we have to assume Optimus was a ''de facto'' leader before he became the nominal one.</ref> Civilian politics were strong and stable, with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] being a noted player who would become Optimus' chief liaison to the [[High Council of Ancients]] legislative body. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

But even back then Megatron was scheming to take power of Cybertron and worlds beyond. He believed the Transformers could gain ultimate power via the All Spark, power to reshape their [[alternate mode]]s into anything they imagined. Breaking all Cybertronian laws, he made direct contact with the All Spark to test his theory and found himself with a mighty new alternate mode. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Megatron Profile}} War was declared and Megatron's army of Decepticons swept the planet. Optimus reluctantly studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find, ensuring he could match Megatron with high strategic knowledge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Megatron V. Optimus Prime}} [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] played a vital role in the early stages of the Decepticon campaign, amassing data behind enemy lines and hacking Autobot Command Hub transmissions. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Frenzy Profile}} Ratchet tried to negotiate a peace and was almost murdered by Megatron in the process, and so he became a battlefield medic as a better way of frustrating the monster's murderous agenda. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Ratchet Profile}}

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Numerous battles raged across Cybertron. [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], a freelance guerrilla, would be captured by Decepticon agents and was rescued by [[Kup (Movie)|Kup]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Arcee Profile}} [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] would rise to the top of the Decepticons by stepping on the rest of them, with a habit of doing a splashy attack at the ''end'' of a battle so he could steal the credit (as he did when ''[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]'' had done all the hard work of breaking the defences at the Autobot stronghold [[Ky-Alexia]]). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Starscream Profile}} [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] became a scourge of the battlefield, hiding after the other Decepticons had left so he could murder any Autobot stragglers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Scorponok Profile}} [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] did so well they were both promoted, to senior battlefield tactician and First Lieutenant respectively. This raised a few optics among the Autobots but in Bonecrusher's case, his new job bored him ''so much'' (rearguard commanders don't get to hit things!) that he'd go bugnuts in ''any'' fight he actually got to have.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Jazz Profile}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Bonecrusher Profile}} [[Longview (Movie)|Longview]] did ''not'' do well and needed rescuing from a Decepticon camp. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

A new generation of robots, such as [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], would grow up perfectly designed for warfare and knowing nothing ''but''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Sideswipe profile}} Ironhide, among his other duties, would train up Autobot recruits with on-the-job experience: future heavyweights like [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] trained under him. By this point, the Decepticons had overstretched themselves and had automated many of their outposts, so they could be staffed by just one Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}

[[File:TitanMag-BumblebeeMegatronAllSpark.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|''Waaaa waaaaa waaaaa...'']]

Resolving to keep the power of the captive AllSpark out of Megatron's hands, Optimus Prime decided to move it around the planet and, when this proved to be not enough, to launch it into deep space. While Arcee unwittingly provided a diversion, conning the 'Cons into thinking the AllSpark was at [[Tyger Pax]] (only [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] knew the truth), Prime had it fired into space by [[Arctus]]... only too late having a vision that this would bring the war to other planets. While interrogating Bumblebee, Megatron observes the relic and realised he'd been tricked. Megatron immediately pursues it into space but is delayed by an Autobot tractor beam before he can stop it from plunging into the [[Alkaris Anomaly]]. In response, he has the overzealous <s>Devastator</s> [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] detonates a [[foldspace warhead]] that warps himself, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] to the four corners of the universe. What goes around comes around though: Megatron tracked the AllSpark all the way to Earth and was so obsessed that he let all his power be drained entering atmosphere, leaving himself to collapse and freeze in the Arctic. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prequel: Optimus Prime}}{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2|Prequel: Megatron}}{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} En route to Earth, Megatron had found and released the Fallen from his prison around [[Saturn]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Fallen Profile}}<ref>The profiles and Smackdown feature do state explicitly that Megatron was plotting all along and the Fallen's profile explicitly says Megatron met him at Saturn, where Megatron would not ''be'' until late in. So in this timeline, the Fallen just wasn't that influential!</ref>

While lost in space, Ratchet helps quell an alien civil war, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3|Lost in Space 1}} Brawl defeats psychic apparitions of his worst fears, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4|Lost in Space 2}} and Ironhide encounters digital "ghosts" on a derelict ship with some kind of ancient connection to the AllSpark {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5|Lost in Space 3}}. Jazz found a planet of pure information and was strongly tempted to abandoning the war but the planet turned out to be a predatory organism; he was almost devoured until Ratchet and Ironhide came to save him. All of them returned to {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6|Lost in Space 4}} where Ratchet found and repaired Bumblebee, all but his voicebox.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}}

With the war going badly, Sentinel Prime left Cybertron for deep space on board the first ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', taking a secret weapon with him. He officially named Optimus his successor, but Decepticon fire blasted the ''Ark'' out of the skies and it was presumed destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Sentinel Prime Profile}}

In one battle, [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] led a small group of Autobots. He was the only one of them to survive a [[turbofox]] attack, having been scouting ahead at the time, and was gripped by fear of the creatures and survivor's guilt for years. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

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===1897 to 2007===

[[File:Prequel2 wells simmons and witwicky.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|"*sigh*Alright, Archie. What happened after this 'transforming alien' had eaten the huskies?"]]

Back on [[Earth]], [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]] of the [[National Arctic Circle Expedition]] discovered Megatron's inert body and was driven blind and insane by the contact. His last three months of sight are spent drawing Cybertronian symbols and he was confined to a 'secure hospital' (cough) in Boston. A new agency called [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]], who have already investigated some other paranormal activity from their Boston house,<ref>It's strongly implied in the Movie Prequel comics that this is Sector 7 in 1898, meaning they pre-exist the discovery of Megatron. For Titan continuity, the "Story So Far" in [[Transformers Comic issue 7|Titan's #7]] says Witwicky's discovery "falls into the hands of a new ultra-secret agency"</ref> covered it up and went to the Arctic to start digging up the "Mega-Man". In 1902, under cover of [[Theodore Roosevelt|Roosevelt's]] [[Newlands Reclamation Act]], they dig around the Colorado River and locate the lost AllSpark. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 2}} Sector 7 finally moved Megatron to the new [[Hoover Dam]] in 1935.{{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

When [[World War I]] broke out, Ransack took the form of a [[Germany|German]] biplane.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} (The [[USS Cyclops]] went missing in the same war, around the dreaded [[Bermuda Triangle]]...) {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}}

The Autobot-Decepticon war rages on but none are aware that the Ark had survived and drift through space. It finally crashed on Earth's moon in 1962;<ref>In the films it was in 1961 but the comics point to 1962</ref> a fragment landed in Fiesole, [[Italy]], and was buried in the local cathedral by an [[United Kingdom|English]] priest who feared the object was supernatural and could cause a religious backlash. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}} This helped fire up the space race {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} which was won by America because they could nick technology from Megatron. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}}

In 1998, a weary Jetfire took advantage of the SR-71 spyplane being decommissioned to get into a museum and take a long sleep. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Jetfire Profile}} Ransack remained active but all other Seekers had gone dormant long ago (all without Sector 7 ever noticing them!). {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

Bumblebee, tracking the AllSpark in 2003, took a pitstop on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and was detected by Sector 7 (hijacking the [[Hubble Space Telescope]]). They tracked his planetfall in Virginia but, taking Chevy Camero form, he evaded them. [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] planned to draw him into an ambush with an artificial AllSpark isotope but Sector 7 were so focused on the Autobot, they didn't notice a Decepticon team of Starscream, Barricade, and Blackout ''also'' entering the solar system! Starscream was after the AllSpark (conning the others to think they wanted Megatron too) and the 'Cons found the fake isotope first, slaughtering Sector agents before getting bored and deciding to let Bumblebee do the heavy lifting while Barricade monitored him. Meanwhile, a young [[Sam Witwicky]] inherited his grandfather's old junk and didn't care much, not knowing they had the path to the AllSpark engraved in the lenses. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}} {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4}}

[[File:Titan AOE Drif's crew.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"Who would have noticed another madman around here? Good luck, everyone."]]

In 2004, the [[United States of America]] elected/re-elected [[George W. Bush|a President]] with [[Theodore Allen]] as his Vice-President. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Parts 1}}

Warfare continued on the dying Cybertron up until 2007 at the latest.<ref>Dated "Five Years Earlier" than a scene set right after the third movie, which occurs at least three years after the second - see below.</ref> During one battle, Decepticons [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] and his friend [[Knucklehead]] violently stopped [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] from killing prisoners. Lockdown vowed revenge, though with Megatron in charge he could never carry it out. (The Megatron who was frozen ''yes I know'') Soon after, Drift would defect to the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}}

On Earth, a rattled Sector 7 created a self-invigorating nano-virus designed to block all the AllSpark frequences in case the cube was used against them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming Part 5}}

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===2007===
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Then a lot of stuff happens! P.S., Jazz, [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], Brawl, Bonecrusher, and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] (and maybe [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]) are killed. {{storylink|Transformers (film)}}

In the minutes that follow Megatron's death at the conclusion of the battle of <s>Mission City</s> <s>[[Los Angeles]]</s> ''a city'',<ref>The issue said "Los Angeles", based on an earlier draft, but editorial material in the comic would later say "Mission City".</ref> Starscream immediately sets about cementing his position as new [[Decepticon]] leader by destroying the lingering [[AllSpark Mutation]]s and harvesting the animating AllSpark energies from their bodies. Using these energy fragments, Starscream reanimates the bodies of Barricade, Blackout and Brawl as [[zombie]]s and sends them to attack the [[Autobot]]s. They initially prove unstoppable, but when [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] deduces that they are being animated by AllSpark energy, the Autobots are able to target the cube's energy signature and take them out. Starscream escapes. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Milita}}

Later, continuing the Decepticon clean-up operation, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] is teamed with a squad of Army Rangers to hunt down [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], still hiding in the Qatari desert. Ambushed by the arachnoid Decepticon, Ironhide's motor functions are overridden by Scorponok and he is forced to attack his allies until they can shoot Scorponok off him, allowing Ironhide to finish him off. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Scorpion Sting}}<ref>Yep, Scorponok was explicitly blow to bits! Since he returns in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', we have to assume he either got rebuilt or he has a twin brother, like Devastator and Brawl.</ref>

Meanwhile, Cybertron has finally been abandoned. The Autobot [[The Twins|Twins]] Skids and Mudflap are the only Transformers to remain on the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

At some point around all this, the Fallen had made contact with the Decepticons and taken control of them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1}}<ref>The complete absence of the Fallen until issue 2.1 implies <s>nobody at Titan knew he was showing up</s> that the Decepticons only met him in the 2000s, when they entered Earth's solar system like Megatron. Logically it's around 2007, as Starscream goes from assuming he now runs the show in "Starscream's Militia" to following orders in "Training Day".</ref>

===2007 to 2009===

Starscream comes under the command of [[The Fallen]], and returns to the dead Cybertron to assemble an army that will scour Earth for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], meanwhile, establishes a staging base on [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]], a moon of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], from which the army shall carry out its attack on Earth. The pair apparently get the notion to take the power of the Matrix for themselves, cutting the Fallen out of the deal. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}
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In response to the message [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] sent into space, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] arrive on Earth and join up with the new joint Transformer-human organization being established on the planet, [[NEST]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Skids and Mudflap also receive the message, but blow it off, electing to remain on the deserted Cybertron where they can have fun. Their minds are changed for them when they stumble across Starscream and his army and overhear talk of the [[Star Harvester]], and they decided to head for Earth to pass the information along. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} Starscream's troops fail to prevent their escape to Earth, so The Fallen has Soundwave call upon one of his [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], to intercept them and prevent them from making contact with the other Earthbound Autobots. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] saves the Twins from Ransack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} The Twins refuse to give their intel to anyone other than Optimus Prime, but he is away on an extended mission in [[Australia]] with Arcee, hunting the Decepticon [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. [[File:Titan4 Ravagedescends.jpg|left|thumb]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} The other Autobots are not convinced by the Twins' claims, prompting the two young 'bots to defy orders and tag along on a NEST mission to [[Las Vegas]] in order to prove themselves. Unfortunately, their interference allows [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] to escape with the memory core of a deactivated Seeker. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}} [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] is dispatched by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to learn what the Twins have done with their information. The ferrous feline knocks out their training instructor Sideswipe to get to them, but the Twins are able to use a training simulator to take him down. Unfortunately, Ravage escapes, and Sideswipe believes that the Twins were responsible for everything, causing the Autobots to further distrust them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}
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The Twins' reputation steadily worsens when Optimus and Arcee return with the captive Sideways. A resurrected (new?) Scorponok somehow bypasses all of NEST's security to break Sideways out, and the Twins' bumbling accidentally allows both Decepticons to escape. Believing this deliberate and that the bumblers had helped Scorponok through security, the Autobots take them into custody and prepare to exile them from the planet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}} Having observed the Twins' series of unfortunate events, Soundwave exploits it for his own ends by sending [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] in to "rescue" the pair from the Autobots. Now on the run from their own faction, the Twins are approached by Soundwave, who offers them a place in the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}} They pretend to accept in hopes of gaining more concrete proof of the villains' plans, unaware that Soundwave intends to use them as bait to flush out Ransack, who knows the location of the Matrix but is refusing to answer to anyone other than The Fallen directly. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} They succeed in bringing Ransack to the Decepticon's Phobos base, but as Soundwave and Starscream attempt to force the information from him, the Twins make their play, allowing Ransack to escape, threatening to tell the Fallen of Soundwave and Starscream's conspiracy (he is quite likely murdered before he can talk). The Decepticon army from Cybertron arrives and Skids and Mudflap fear they are done for... until Optimus Prime and the Autobots arrive to save them, convinced of their good intentions at last. Welcomed into the ranks of NEST, the Twins decide to keep that "Fallen" stuff to themselves. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

Thanks for that, guys. P.P.S. Grindor, Ravage, [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], Jetfire, and even the Fallen himself are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} And perhaps Ransack did as well. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen novel}}

===2009 to 2010===
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Following the defeat of The Fallen in Egypt, the Decepticon faction is once again left in disarray despite the resurrection of Megatron, with many warriors carrying out their own agendas. More and more Autobots continue to arrive on Earth, and although they are put through their paces by NEST and veteran combat officer [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} a lot of them remain reckless and impetuous: not least of all [[Jolt (Movie)|Jolt]], who blacks out all of [[Las Vegas]] apprehending [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} He, [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]], and [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] are placed in a training unit and put through their paces to become a proper team. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Other assorted Decepticons—including [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]], [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]], [[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]], [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Brakedown]], [[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]], Lockdown (temporarily in a new form), and the dreaded [[Hoist (Movie)|Hoist]] (what, what?!)—arrive on Earth but are ignored by Megatron and are swiftly rounded by the Autobots as well. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.12|Rules of Engagement}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}} However, the fractured Decepticons are not all the Autobots have to worry about: human enemies also spring up in the form of groups like the [[Free Men]] militia, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.10|Bring Me the Head of Optimus Prime}} and although Megatron himself remains behind the scenes, he begins experimenting on the protoforms from the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', creating the monstrous [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]. It's Rollbar that shows true Autobot spirit when his team take Dead End down and instead of killing him, he has them take the Decepticon to Ratchet to be cured. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.11|Spare Parts!}}

Now aware the Transformers exist, the human race slowly gets used to the fact. [[Theodore Galloway]], on the other hand, continues to try and shut down NEST out of sheer pettiness, though this seems to fizzle out. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.9|Culture Shock}}
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===2010===
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Concurrently with the [[World Cup]] final in Bloenfontein, [[South Africa]], Bludgeon stages an escape from NEST's local holding facility with the aid of the smuggled-in [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]]: he had, in fact, been deliberately arrested so he'd be able to stage a jail break. The numerous Decepticons that he frees fall into line behind him as a splinter faction of Decepticons under his command. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

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Bludgeon's Decepticons recover the remains of Devastator and attempt to rebuild him in the mountains of British Columbia, but the plan is foiled when it is inadvertently discovered by the Autobot [[Stratosphere]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.14|Head in the Clouds}} Decepticons like Reverb prove dissatisfied with Bludgeon's leadership, prompting the attempted recruitment of those Autobots with more violent tendencies, such as [[Blazemaster]], to thankfully no success. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|Turn and Burn}} The numerous acts of destruction Bludgeon's forces are able to carry out turns public opinion against the Autobots, prompting the formation of a new stealth unit-Bumblebee, [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]], and [[Slap Dash]]-operating below NEST's radar. They successfully take out [[Crankstart]], [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]], and [[Trenchmouth]], convincing Bludgeon to declare full-scale war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.18|Shadow War}}

As all of this goes on, Soundwave and Starscream are left to investigate Earth's mysteries on their own. Soundwave stumbles into the [[Bermuda Triangle]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.15|Making Waves}} while Starscream tries looking for ''anything'' in the Amazon rainforest, and winds up being worshipped by a native tribe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}

At [[Christmas]], Sam Witwicky allows Bumblebee to secretly observe the festivities at the family home. Dead End attacks during the night, but Bumblebee defeats him, leaving the Witwicky parents none the wiser. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.19|The Nightmare Bee-4 Christmas}}
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===2011===
The Autobots deduce the location of Bludgeon's primary command hub in [[Russia]], but their stealthy approach is blown when Wheelie, angered that the Autobots have yet to fully accept him into their ranks, returns to his old Decepticon ways and reveals their position to Bludgeon. As the Autobots and Bludgeon clash, Wheelie then contacts Megatron himself, calling him down upon the battle so that he can put his house in order by defeating all those who would oppose him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.20|Divided Loyalties}} Wheelie's dreams are realized as Megatron lays Bludgeon low and reconsolidates the Decepticons under his command, but the scrap done doesn't live long enough to enjoy it, as the marauding Dead End rips him apart for spare parts. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.21|A Short, Sharp Lesson!}}

An archaeologist in [[Italy]] discovers a fragment of some alien artifact and calls in NEST. The Autobots are unaware of what it is but the Decepticons know: it's a fragment of Sentinel Prime's Ark and could lead the Autobots to him, a prospect that seems to terrify Starscream and Soundwave.<ref>In the film, Soundwave is on Megatron's plan to bring Sentinel back but yet here he is, trying to undermine it. This ''is'' the same Soundwave who tried to cut the Fallen out of the loop so maybe he's playing his own angle.</ref> Starscream makes a single-handed attack on Fiesole Cathedral, almost dying in a (successful) attempt to steal the fragment. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.1|Fight for Fiesole}}

[[File:Titan3.4 Tech Museum.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|''Whose timeline?'' ''OUR TIMELINE!'']]

[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] is responsible for some minor incidents, first attempting to crash the global economy with the discovery of El Dorado {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.2|Gold and Blood}} and then allowing NEST to track him so he could take wounded hostages and blackmail Optimus into a fight to the death. While Optimus survived, the incident caused Robert Epps to quit NEST. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.3|Dealing with the Devil}}

The lingering anti-Transformer sentiment would reach a head when [[Marcus Castor]] led a rally that was interrupted by a Decepticon attack. After seeing the Autobots try to save them, the protestors mobbed the Decepticons to stop them killing their enemies and Castor switched to being a ''pro''-Autobot agitator. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 3.4|Automatic for the People}}

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===2012 to 2017===
<ref>No date for the events of ''Dark of the Moon'' is provided in the film but as Sam has recently graduated college, it's at least three years after ''Revenge of the Fallen''; the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]] and the novelization of the film puts the movies at three years/"several years" apart respectively. That puts us at 2012.</ref>

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Something happened involved Sentinel Prime and some big explosions in [[Chicago]]! He, Starscream, Soundwave, Ironhide, and a whole lotta Decepticons are killed. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} And so are Skids and Mudflap (sorry, guys). {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon novel}} Knucklehead was part of the mission but once Megatron was dead, Lockdown butchered him as he'd promised five years ago. Drift built him a grave on the moon. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Adrift in Time and Space}} In the aftermath of Chicago, the humans became frightened of all Transformers, Autobot included; it became clear the Autobots may no longer be able to work with their former allies. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} There's also [[Cemetery Wind|some crazy-bad people]] hunting down ''all'' Transformers. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]

The Autobots began hunting down the last of the Decepticon forces, tracking one cell to [[Indonesia]]. Thanks to quick thinking by the newly-arrived Crosshairs, an attempted Decepticon ambush became a victory when he subverted their plan. Unknown to the heroes, Lockdown was running the Decepticon resistance and had avoided being killed with the rest. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.2|Thousand Island Fight}} Soon after, one of [[Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|KSI]]'s early [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]] drones escaped and went on a rampage disguised as Bumblebee in order to draw the Autobot out; this meant even more humans distrusted the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.3|Accept No Substitutes!}}

Lockdown left Earth to continue bounty hunting. One of his older jobs caught up with him though: [[Sojex]], member of a crime family he'd nabbed the leader of, let herself be captured so she could wipe him out. He managed to survive. He then travelled back to Earth, having a new job offer from [[Creator (AOE)|the Creators]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.4|Locked In!}} His calling card was to release one of his [[turbofox]]'s on the planet. Optimus Prime and Crosshairs took it down: Crosshairs able to face his fear of the creatures through the wonders of violence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 5.5|Creature of Chaos}}

Five years after the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Battle of Chicago]], another apocalyptic Transformer battle happened but ''this'' time in [[China]]! Both Lockdown and Stinger are killed. P.P.P.S. Megatron comes back to life as KSI's prized prototype Galvatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Alternate timeline==

Under the [[universal stream]] terminology, this timeline counts as '''[[Tyran 208.28 Gamma]]'''.<ref>"Tyran" meaning "the movie" and "Gamma" meaning a comic, and the first issue was 28/2/08</ref>

===2007===
[[File:TwilightsLastGleaming1.JPG|thumb|"We're facing war with a technological civilisation far superior to our own."]]
The Battle of [[Mission City]] results in Decepticon victory; Sam Witwicky is killed, Megatron gains the AllSpark, and Optimus Prime is taken prisoner, kept in cryo-stasis in [[Sector Seven]]'s old base at [[Hoover Dam]]. North America is conquered, resulting in the death of the [[President of the United States]]. Megatron develops a control module that allows him to directly manipulate the AllSpark's energies without fear of harm, and sets about using those energies to transform Earth into a new Cybertron. Bumblebee, Ironhide, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Tom Banachek]] go underground as rebels. [[Russia]] works alongside [[NATO]], trying to prevent the Decepticons from expanding their borders. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming Parts 1-5}}

===2008<ref>Theodore Allen claims two years have passed since the Decepticon conquest began in [[Transformers Comic issue 23|#23]]; events are being assumed to take place in the year they were published, for ease of book-keeping.</ref>===
[[File:TitanUK9 frozen prime.jpg|left|thumb|"What you're about to see is totally classified!" "''Dear god'', what is this?"]]
By the start of the year, NATO's efforts to contain the Decepticons have met with failure, and Paris, [[France]] is bombed in retaliation. The Autobots finally stage a desperate rebel action to rescue Optimus and call in a handful of offworld reinforcements under [[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] and Arcee. While humanity's remaining powers go for the nuclear option, Bumblebee and Mikaela penetrate Hoover Dam to get Optimus and recover a nano-virus designed by Sector Seven to block the AllSpark's energy, while Ironhide and Ratchet simultaneously target the [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]] facility that houses the AllSpark. But both rebel teams are compromised, by Optimus being in an unexpected cryo-stasis and by Savannah's guards under [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] creating an ambush, while NATO is routed and the French government & NATO command decapitated in ten minutes of humiliation. Megatron himself arrives to stop Bumblebee, who is outmatched once again. Luckily, Starscream sees a chance to nobble his leader and deliberately causes the Autobot reinforcements to leave the moon and join the fight: the Savannah team overcome the enemy and Ratchet destroys the AllSpark, leaving only scattered fragments, while the Autobots at Hoover Dam give Mikaela the time to free Prime from cryo-stasis and locate the virus. Prime takes over the fight, giving Bumblebee the chance to infect Megatron's system with the virus. His control over the AllSpark broken, Megatron's body is torn apart by its energies and he is apparently destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Parts 1-5}}

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Unbeknownst to any present, however, he actually uploads his consciousness into the AllSpark interface module, which Starscream unwittingly recovers and integrates into his own systems. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}} The victory is further tarnished by the sheer scale of the damage Decepticon rule has done: NATO troops have to temporarily occupy the continent for security reasons, millions are living in shelters and reliant on food aid, and the people are frightened and the new President [[Theodore Allen]] is distrusting of the Autobots. The Decepticons, now under Starscream's command, begin waging scorched earth tactics to prevent the liberated America from recovering, and use [[cerebro-strip]]s to covertly control key human begins... including Allen. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath, Parts 1-2}} Worse, the All Spark is no longer 'cyberforming' Earth but its infection has gone to [[Earth's core|the planet's core]] nonetheless, causing our world to tear itself apart. In the midst of this chaos, Ratchet uses an AllSpark fragment to resurrect [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], but the AllSpark's energies prove to have been corrupted through extended contact with Megatron, and Jazz returns to life as an amoral double-dealer who abandons the Autobots for a mercenary career. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

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Increasing numbers of Autobots arrive on Earth and join the effort to suppress the worsening AllSpark-born devastation of the planet. Believing an untapped fuel from Cybertron known as [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] may hold the answer, Optimus Prime sends a team of Autobots back to their home planet, where they discover that a small rebel cell of Decepticons led by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] has already started using Nucleon as their own power source. Stockade's Decepticons have made contact with a mysterious entity from deep space, one that resembles the All Spark in enough ways that it could possibly restore the dying Cybertron to life... but when it arrives, it possesses the planet, revealing itself to be [[Unicron]] the Anti-Life. The planet-eater teleports the transformed Cybertron into the Solar System with the intent of consuming Earth, but Optimus Prime and Stockade's teams join forces, draining off the nucleon for use on Earth, and leaving Unicron with no power source, reducing him to a dead husk. Unfortunately, while the Autobots' attentions have been focused on Unicron, the Decepticons have exploited the opportunity to make Mikaela their latest mind-controlled pawn. Alerted that the Autobots are away and with Mikaela minding the Autobot base in Savannah, Starscream seizes control of it and uses it as the centre of a [[Decepticon Heartland]], restoring Decepticon dominion to a large chunk of the southern states. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron, Parts 1-4}}
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===2009===
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Almost immediately upon the Autobots' return to Earth, Optimus Prime is targeted for assassination by Jazz, hired for the job by Starscream. When a rival assassin named [[Kullt]] tries to steal the kill, Jazz takes him down instead, but refuses Prime's offer to rejoin the Autobots. The circumstances of Jazz's ambush makes it clear that President Allen is under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}} Presumably, the nucleon is used to heal the AllSpark corruption soon after. That done, the Autobots stage a rescue mission, disabling the cerebro-strip controlling Mikaela with a jamming frequency and recovering her from the Decepticon Heartland. With this failure, Starscream realizes that his actions have all along been controlled by Megatron, whose consciousness has been dwelling within his own mind he absorbed the AllSpark interface module. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Aware that they're living on borrowed time, Optimus covertly contacts Tom Banachek (now the head of [[Sector Seven]]) and has him start identifying who in the government is a Decepticon servant. He also makes contact with Stockade, striking up a deal (though he doesn't expect the Decepticon to live up to his end). As Prime expected, the Decepticons stage a series of lightning strikes around the United States in order to force the government to the bargaining table with the promise of peace in return for the Autobots being exile from the planet. Pressured into compliance, the Autobots depart, only for Starscream to have them shot out of the sky by a nuclear missile that he instructs President Allen to order the firing of; a full Decepticon onslaught across the Eastern Seaboard follows, with the cerebro-compromised government and military preventing the humans from fighting back. However, the Autobots have merely staged their demise and secretly returned to Cybertron. While Stockade's team heads to Earth and defend it against the Decepticons, who are utterly unprepared for them and are swiftly driven back to the Heartland, [[File:TitanUK25 back to cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]] the Autobots get to work on the systems of the inert Unicron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution, Parts 1-3}}

Starscream uses an AllSpark fragment and the interface module to restore Megatron to life in his own body so that he can put down Stockade's rebellion, but no sooner has he returned than Prime and the Autobots make their move, using Unicron's teleportation systems to send all the Decepticons to Cybertron, then teleport the planet itself to the far reaches of the galaxy, with no hope of return. The Decepticons are left exiles on an dead world, while the Autobots themselves are happily "stranded" on Earth, a clean-up ahead of them but still victorious at last. Mikaela and Bumblebee rode off into the sunset to see what was out there.{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution, Parts 3}} [[File:Revolutionpt3 the end.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.8|They have much to learn... but I've seen goodness in them.]]

(They didn't let on but they then sent a fellow ''Autobot'', [[Circuit (Movie)|Circuit]], to the dead Cybertron: Circuit's scheming had caused ''that much'' anger. {{storylink|Circuit (Movie)#Timelines|''Timelines'' Circuit bio card}})

===Onwards===

Of course, ''it never ends''. [[The Fallen]] detected what had happened to the Decepticons and gathered a new army for revenge. [[Blue Maximus]], [[Chopsaw]], [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]], and [[Duststorm (TF 2010)|Duststorm]] answered his call, while new Autobots including [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)|Bodyblock]], [[Downshift (TF 2010)|Downshift]], [[Fallback (TF 2010)|Fallback]], [[Mindset (TF 2010)|Mindset]], and [[Deep Dive]] moved to the planet. Later, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] would arrive as well but the skittish [[Strafe (TF 2010)|Strafe]] would reveal Sentinel's true monstrous nature.

Epic battles would be fought but whatever the threats and challenges, the Autobots and their harried humans allies have constantly risen to the occasion. Maybe one day, we shall see them again... {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

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==Other chronologies==

*[[Movie timeline]]—The chronology of the "mainstream" live-action movie universe, incorporating comics, novels and more.
*[[Sector Seven ARG timeline]]—Detailing the history of the "alternate reality" that presents Transformers as real beings, and the fiction associated with them a cover story propagated by Sector Seven. Also includes material from Titan's letters pages, which take the same approach.

==References==
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[[Category:Live-action film series history]]