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Alpha Bravo

2022-12-10T14:50:54Z

GomessQ: The character's name reflects a common, totally forgivable mistake, but if the wiki's going to "explain" the name origin then the explanation should be accurate.

{{faction|autobot|wreckers|primusvanguard}}
:''Alpha Bravo is an [[Autobot]] [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] from the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:GenerationsAlphaBravo-packagingart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Whoa mama!]]
'''Alpha Bravo''' is the newest member of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], bringing some variety to the team in the form of his assault helicopter mode. However, this also leaves him the slowest member of the group, and the new recruit consequently feels like he has something to prove to his comrades. Alpha Bravo is equipped with tracker missiles, which can lock on to the very [[spark]] of a target. He typically forms the right leg of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]],<ref>According to trivia on the official ''Transformers'' mobile app.</ref> but sometimes he forms the left arm of [[Ultra Prime]] or the left leg of [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]].
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==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World of Tomorrow|''Robots in Disguise'' #33]]}}
[[File:TheWorldofTomorrow-AlphaBravo.jpg|left|thumb|250px|More like...Beta Replace-o.]]
When it was unclear whether all of the damaged [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'s component robots could be saved, Alpha Bravo volunteered as a potential replacement. He coldly informed [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] that protecting [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was more important than matters of affiliation, prompting the more laid-back [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] to good-naturedly tell him off. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} He was present when Wheeljack received the [[Enigma of Combination]] from [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]. Alpha Bravo and Powerglide were both exposed to the energies of the artifact, granting them the power to combine with the other Aerialbots as part of the new Superion. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}}

As part of [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s political maneuvers, Silverbolt and the new Aerialbots were deployed to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] to stop [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Alpha Bravo was keen on the idea of combining, although [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] wasn't quite as enthused. Even so, Superion was able to dispatch the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] combiner. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} Following a clash with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Superion was briefly reduced to his components, although Starscream thought otherwise and forcibly reintegrated the Aerialbots back into Superion. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}}

[[File:EdgeOfTheEarth AerialbotsAttacked.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Also takes on [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]'s share of abuse.]]
Much to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s concern, Superion hadn't separated since the fight with Devastator; Prowl commented that for all intents and purposes Superion ''was'' the new default form for the Aerialbots. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

As Superion joined Optimus Prime's Autobots on [[Earth]], he disassembled into his individual Aerialbot components from time to time. Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots performed a "bombing" run in the arid desert, releasing payloads that caused dramatic botanical growth where they fell, providing food to support the local humans. Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots then fled the air resistance they faced, reluctantly holding to Prime's orders to not engage any human counter-strikes. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 2: Edge of the Earth|Edge of the Earth}} He was later seen on a raft recuperating with the rest of the Aerialbots while the remaining Decepticons were being taken into custody. {{storylink|White Light}}

Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots returned to Cybertron and took to the skies when [[Shockwave (G1)|Onyx Prime]] descended on their homeworld in his [[Nemesis (BW)|personal vessel]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} During the battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], he combined with his fellow Aerialbots into Superion to help defeat the planet-eater for good. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
[[File:DeadlyAim AlphaBravoOffroad.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Alpha Bravo was still in training when [[Thunder Mayhem]] ravaged Cybertron, and was spared the gruesome fate of the other Aerialbots when they fell victim to Thunder Mayhem. He fled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] shortly afterwards and travelled to [[Abraxas]]. There, he adopted a local vehicle mode as a disguise, and hid out in the motor pool of an urban rescue force. The pilot assigned to him, [[Feenliess|Lieutenant Feenliess]], had no idea that her vehicle was in fact a Transformer in hiding.

Alpha Bravo spent several years alone on the planet until a strange "meteor" crash-landed on the planet. Alpha Bravo investigated and discovered [[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]], another refugee from Cybertron. Alpha Bravo was momentarily put off by the fact that Offroad was a Decepticon, but promised to help him integrate into Abraxan society anyway. Alpha Bravo helped Offroad find a local disguise based on some of the local vehicles, and Offroad soon joined Alpha Bravo's rescue team.

The two Cybertronians helped out when they could, developing a deep friendship as they did so. Their friendship was paralleled by that of Feenliess and [[Jorrval|Captain Jorrval]], the rescue workers who regularly operated them. A string of mysterious fires led the Abraxan security forces to realize that a gang of local arsonists had provoked the blazes. Offroad broke cover to try and rescue four of their hostages, but neither he nor Alpha Bravo were able to extricate the hostages before the building went down, killing all the Abraxans. In the aftermath of this disastrous operation, Alpha Bravo fell into a deep depression, feigning engine trouble to discourage his human pilots from taking him out into the field. Offroad managed to comfort him and talk him out of his depression, and Alpha Bravo soon returned to active duty.

The two Transformers were later discovered by [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], who recruited them into his new makeshift team of [[Wrecker]]s, a team ''en route'' to Cybertron to confront Thunder Mayhem. [[Fractyl]] filled them in on Impactor's plan: to create a new combiner of their own to counter Thunder Mayhem. Both Offroad and Alpha Bravo had already been prepped with combiner technology. After Fractyl augmented [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]] with a sample of [[Greenergon]], the Wreckers headed out to test their strength against a nest of [[Mecannibal]]s. Their combined form, [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]], easily trounced the metal-eaters, but then quickly spiraled out of control.

After separating and regaining consciousness in the medbay, Alpha Bravo came to the conclusion that he had to stop Wreckage from re-forming by any means necessary. Though he considered committing suicide, he reasoned that another bot needed to die as well, lest Impactor simply take Alpha Bravo's place. The other members of the team were far too difficult to kill, so with a heavy [[Spark]], Alpha Bravo took advantage of a candid moment and murdered Offroad. Cradling his best friend's body, Alpha Bravo subsequently allowed himself to be slain by Toxitron. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Alpha Bravo was a member of the [[White Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He could be observed flying about his business above the [[White Planet]] as his commander [[White Gallant Convoy]] and his retinue drove by below. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}}
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==Commercial appearances==
Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots received a message from Optimus Prime alerting them that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] was wreaking havoc in a human city, and that the threat was "bigger than ever." The Aerialbots combined into Superion to better combat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#2015|Transformers Generations: Combiner Wars commercials}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
When the Autobots learned that the Decepticons were planning to create a new batch of Decepticons, the Autobots responded by returning to Cybertron and building the Aerialbots. Both they and the Stunticons were brought to life at the same time before Vector Sigma, and Alpha Bravo and the Aerialbots fought to defend the supercomputer from the Decepticons. Though it seemed that the Decepticons might win thanks to the power of Menasor, the Aerialbots managed to rout the Decepticons and chase them away. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1 (Legends)|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Alpha Bravo and the rest of the Aerialbots clashed against the Stunticons once more on Earth, when the Decepticons attempted to use the power of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to transform the planet into a new Cybertron. He and his teammates merged into Superion, and they were ultimately victorious. {{storylink|Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsAlphaBravo.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Did anybody call for backup?]]
Alpha Bravo participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character that could be recruited by collecting 105 units of Cybermetal, and 48 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Alpha-Bravo-Earth-Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75| Rockets for everyone!]]
Forget speed—that's for others. Alpha Bravo is all about precision and maneuverability—his helicopter alt-mode tailor-made for getting into tight spots no other flyer can reach.

Nevertheless, Alpha Bravo has the tiniest bit of an inferiority complex when in the company of his fellow Aerialbots, and sometimes takes unnecessary risks to prove he's every bit as good as them.{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Alpha Bravo Bio}}

*'''Class''': Gunner
*'''Weapons''' Alpha Bravo provides ground support and coverage using a standard issue [[grenade launcher]].
*'''Ability: Rocket Barrage''' Fire off 4 homing rockets from long range dealing damage from afar! Useful for taking out those pesky Mortars.
**'''**Cost:''' 6 ability points +2 for reuses.
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==Toys==
===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:CW-toy AlphaBravo.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Blades (G1)|Blades]]? [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]? Never heard of 'em.]]
*'''Alpha Bravo''' (Deluxe Class, [[2015]])
**'''4 OF 5: [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, Weapon/Combiner extremity
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Released as part of the first wave of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxes, Alpha Bravo transforms from a white helicopter that resembles an {{w|Aérospatiale Dauphin}} into a robot that resembles [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. He includes a large cannon sculpted to resemble a pair of chain guns and a smaller rifle designed after an M230 chain gun, plus a collector card featuring his packaging artwork.

:He is also able to form either an arm or leg for any Voyager Class toys from the ''Combiner Wars'' or ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' lines, or form one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, but is of course intended to combine with his fellow Deluxe Aerialbots ([[Air Raid (G1)#Generations|Air Raid]], [[Fireflight (G1)#Generations|Firefly]], and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)#Generations|Skydive]]) and Voyager Class [[Silverbolt (G1)#Generations|Silverbolt]] to form [[Superion (G1)#Generations|Superion]]. He is also officially associated with [[Ultra Prime#Toys|Ultra Prime]] and [[Wreckage (G1)#Toys|Wreckage]].

:Alpha Bravo lost blue [[paint operation]]s on his shoulders between [[:File:Alpha Bravo Generations.jpg|initial stock photos]] and the final product (likely because of the shoulders being molded with [[unpaintable plastic]]). In addition, some stock photos that depict a near-final sample feature [[:File:CW Alpha Bravo sample yellow stock.jpg|''yellow'' paint operations for his missiles]], which is different from all his other stock photos as well as the final figure, but explains that particular coloring choice for his [[package art]].

:As a part of the first and second wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Alpha Bravo was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-generations-combiner-wars-free-g1-sticker-sheet-with-tru-singapore/32469/ Aerialbot and Stunticon sticker promotion on Seibertron.com]</ref>

:Though designated for release in the first quarter of 2015, Alpha Bravo's wave reached U.S. store shelves in late 2014.

:He was [[redeco]]ed and [[retool]]ed various times throughout the ''Combiner Wars'' line, being the basis for [[Blades (G1)#Generations|Blades]] and [[Vortex (G1)#Generations|Vortex]] among many others. Alpha Bravo himself however did not receive a ''Unite Warriors'' release, and was replaced by [[Slingshot (G1)#Generations|Quickslinger]] in all Superion gift set releases.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWAlphaBravo/alphabravo.htm More information on Alpha Bravo at TFU.info]''
{{CWAlphaBravoMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W2AlphaBravo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T03/T46'''
**''Stars: ''5

:Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops was released as part of the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]'' Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners. Like all other members of [[combiner]] teams released in the set, Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops is a folding card, with the Bot and Alt modes being depicted when the card is folded in half, and a holofoil portion of the the combined mode depicted when unfolded. The reverse of Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops depicts [[Superion (G1)|Superion's]] right leg, which is formed by Alpha Bravo in the artwork.

:The artwork for Bot Mode is reused from the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] Air Raid toy's packaging art, and is based on said figure.

:Alpha Bravo, Airborne Special Ops can be used to form Superion, Sky Protector with the use of the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Aerialbot Enigma]] while he and the other Wave 2 Aerialbots are in Bot mode on the battlefield or KO area.
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==Notes==
*"Alfa Bravo" ("AB") are the first two letters in the {{w|NATO phonetic alphabet}}.
*Like most Scramble-City related Transformers, Alpha Bravo's nominal position in Superion's combination is not concrete, although he is most often seen acting as a leg for the Combiner.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Alpha Bravo''' (アルファブラボー ''Arufa Burabō'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Líng Yún''' (凌云, "Rising Cloud")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Combiner Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Aerialbots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]
[[Category:White Order]]

Mercenary Pursuits

2022-11-27T21:51:27Z

GomessQ: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=BMtoon
|ep=4
|image=Mercenary Pursuits Rattrap 2heads.jpg
|caption=So which one is Rosie Greer?
|title="Mercenary Pursuits"
|season=1
|season ep=4
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[October 9]], [[1999]]
|written by=[[Michael Reaves]]
|directed by=[[Raul Sanchez Inglis]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The Maximals have a second run-in with the Vehicon generals, and sense the presence of a familiar spark.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] rebukes his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] generals for failing to destroy the [[Maximal]]s, refusing to accept failure; he sends them forth with promises of rewards to whichever one captures the Maximals.

[[File:Mercenary Pursuits Optimus Primal holograms.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] contemplates the images of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and vows to find them. His meditation is interrupted when he senses the presence of a [[spark]]; the team goes out to find it. During the search, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] breaks into a secure laboratory and discovers the transformation inhibitor virus which Megatron used... and a counter-virus as well, a transformation enhancer. Rattrap swipes the enhancer while [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s back is turned.

[[File:Mercenary Pursuits Tankor search.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]
While [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] and [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] squabble, [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] manages to find the Maximals, who elude him by reverting to [[beast mode]]... until Rattrap shows up, able to transform at last thanks to the enhancer. This alerts Tankor, of course, who attacks the team. Rattrap finds he's unable to control his transformations, as he continually changes between [[robot mode|robot]] and beast mode, passing through strange intermediate forms.

Tankor manages to trap the Maximals under a metal dome. Thrust and Jetstorm arrive and fight Tankor for the right to bring in the captive Maximals; the distraction allows the Maximals escape from the dome, but an explosion knocks out all the Transformers present, leaving only the durable Tankor standing.

[[File:Mercenary Pursuits Megatron Optimus bound.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Now tell me, Maximal... how did you like my poem?]]
At the Citadel, Megatron gloats to the captured Maximals, while Tankor demands his reward: "freedom" via the removal of his spark. Rattrap's continual transformations strain his bonds to the breaking point, freeing him; he quickly releases the others. During the ensuing fight, Megatron loses control and breaks free of his control harness; Primal talks directly to Tankor's spark, compelling him to do what is right. After a moment of confusion, Tankor blasts open the door so the Maximals can escape, and leaves with them.

[[File:Mercenary Pursuits Tankor maximals.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|One of these things is not like the other...]]
Restored to his harness, Megatron interfaces directly with Tankor's CPU, deleting the last 20 cycles of his memory. Thus Tankor suddenly attacks the Maximals again as they travel underground; Megatron blocks Primal's attempts to speak to Tankor's Spark again. The Maximals trip up Tankor as he's preparing to fire; the cannon backblast sends him flying upwards through Cybertron's sublevels, only to crash back down to the surface atop a startled Thrust and Jetstorm.

Optimus Primal explains to the other Maximals that he sensed something familiar about Tankor's spark... but then it was gone.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (5)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (7)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)

|h2=[[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]
|c2=
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] (1)
*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] (2)
*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (3)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"An interesting tale. Now here are some meaningful words. I am your creator. Please me and I shall reward you. Disappoint me and you shall suffer. A difficult choice?"
:—'''Megatron''' attempts to raise his troops' morale.

'''Cheetor:''' Use me for target practice?! THAT'S IT!! I Am Trans... 
'''Optimus Primal:''' Negative. These storage bins may contain explosives. 
'''Blackarachnia:''' [''scoffs''] Aren't you being just a ''little'' overcautious? 
[''Tankor blows up a storage bin, triggering the explosion of other storage bins in the vicinity.''] 
'''Optimus Primal:''' Next question?
:—'''Optimus Primal''', showing the other Maximals why he's the big banana.

"Transform back before Tankor locks in on you." 
"But..but...I am ''transformed!''"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' talks sense to '''Rattrap''' who appears to be having an off-day.

"Now, if there are no further interruptions." 
"I'm afraid there will be."
:—'''Megatron''' is clued in by '''Optimus'''.

"Tankor! Tankor!" 
"I'm sorry, Tankor is not available at the present time. Would you like to leave a message?"
:—'''Optimus Primal''' tries to contact Tankor's spark again and gets '''Megatron''' instead.

[''After escaping Tankor, parts of Rattrap's body changes uncontrollably from beast to robot mode''] 
'''Blackarachnia:''' Rattrap, what are you doing? 
'''Rattrap:''' The hokey-pokey! What's it look like? I can't...stop! 
'''Cheetor:''' The transformation enhancers. Tell me you didn't! 
'''Rattrap:''' Can we.. [''twitches once, robot mode head pops out and speaks simultaneously with his beast mode head''] discuss this...later? 
:—Two heads are ''not'' better than one with '''Rattrap'''.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*As Optimus says "I'm closing in on the spark," the colored bands on his beast mode arms are turned sideways.
* When Jetstorm throws Thrust at the building, Thrust looks exactly the same as the Cycle Drones, but then at the just before he transforms, he is back to normal.
* When Blackarachnia tells Rattrap to transform back into beast mode, one of her legs clips through her abdomen.
* As Rattrap comes to a halt while he and his team are fleeing from the generals, his tails keeps clipping into the ground.
* When Optimus confronts Tankor, and then as the latter drops the dome the Maximals, Optimus' hand is clipping through his forearm-guards – not an uncommon error, due to his design.
*When Jetstorm and Thrust stand off against Tankor, in the shot from underneath Thrust as he rolls backward towards the camera, Tankor in the distance has a solid blue Tank Drone chestplate instead of his red-banded chestplate.
* When Megatron glares at the Maximals after they simultaneously transform, his scar is over his left eye instead of his right.
* As the Maximals react to Megatron closing the gate, Cheetor's legs clip through each other.
* The sparks shooting out of Tankor when Megatron electrocutes him cast shadows – another common error in the show.
* When Optimus calls out to Tankor to follow them, and he twists around, a piece in the middle of Tankor's back doesn't turn with him.

===Continuity errors===
* At the end of the previous episode, Rattrap was excited to inform Optimus about the missing Rhinox and Silverbolt. But in this episode, he is instead annoyed about Optimus having been told about them.
* If the Maximals are immune to the debilitating effects of the transformation virus, shouldn't the counter-virus have no effect on them either?

===Continuity notes===
* Optimus is mourning the missing-in-action [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] at the start of the episode. Clearly, Blackarachnia opted to tell her leader about her discoveries in "[[Fires of the Past]]".
* Blackarachnia mentions to her trip to [[Central Spaceport]] and Megatron almost hacking into her memories, which occurred in the same episode.
* Rattrap's inability to transform has been an issue since "[[Master of the House]]".
* Some more hints about the state of Cybertron: the transformation virus that prevented the Maximals from transforming in "[[The Reformatting]]" is finally identified.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Optimus Primal displays his burgeoning spiritual side as he telepathically contacts Tankor.

===Real-world references===
* As Rattrap finds the transformation enhancer, he exclaims "Good-bye fur coat; hello full metal jacket!" A ''full metal jacket'' is a copper bullet casing commonly used by infantrymen, as well as the {{w|Full Metal Jacket|title of a Stanley Kubrick film}}.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Poursuite'''" ("Pursuit")

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die Jagd'''" ("The Hunt")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 6]], [[2000]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Higan no Henshin'''" (悲願の変身, "The Dearly Wished Transformation")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 14]], [[2004]]

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Persecuciones Mercenarias'''" ("Mercenary Pursuits")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Shúxī de Huǒzhǒng '''" (熟悉的火种, "Familliar Sparks")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2004 — ''Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Returns'' — Volume 1 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Geneon Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2006 — ''Beast Machines: Transformers'' — The Complete Series ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — The Complete Series ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume One ([[Sony]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Season One: Volume One — Reformatting (Sony) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Complete Season One (Sony) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2009 — ''Transformers: Beast Machines'' — Intégrale Saison 1 (Sony) — French audio only.

[[Category:Beast Machines episodes]]

Herald

2022-11-08T21:45:36Z

GomessQ: /* Production notes */

{{disambig3|Herald}}
{{comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Reaching the Omega Point]]'', Prologue
|prev=Visitations
|next=Covenant (story)
|image=Antagony megatron.jpg
|caption=The perfect follow-up to a [[Visitations|lighthearted comedy]]!
|title="Herald"
|publisher=[[3H Productions|3H Enterprises]]
|date='''First version:''' [[August 13]], [[1999]] ([[BotCon Europe 1999]]) '''Second version:''' [[December 8]], [[2000]] (BotCon: Beyond)
|coverdate=July 28–30, 2000
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|illustrations=[[Lee Sullivan]]
|continuity=[[Beast Era timeline (3H)|3H Beast Era continuity]]
}}

'''Antagony remembers her past as Megatron interrogates her.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] inspects his captive, [[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]]. Through all of the tortures and tribulations he has subjected to her, Antagony has remained consistently unfazed. He knows not who she is, where she came from, whom she serves, or what her mission is. However, a thorough metallurgical examination of her superstructure has determined her to be a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from a distant future far beyond Megatron's own era of origin. Knowing this, Megatron aims to pry from her what info he can about the future of the Predacons and himself, to aid in his quest to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and rewrite history to suit his liking.

Antagony, meanwhile, is outraged and ashamed of her personal failing. She, a [[Herald of Shokaract]], forced to suffer such audacious humiliation at the hands of one as insignificant as Megatron! She had come on a mission to find an artifact that concerned her master, [[Shokaract]] (as well as to find the [[Dark Essence]]), only for her to drop her guard and end up Megatron's captive. She would have none of it!

Seeking a more cerebral approach in lieu of conventional torture, Megatron procures [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]' [[mind-drill]] and proceeds to use it on Antagony. As the drill's nanoprobes attempt to infiltrate her mind, Antagony builds up a mental resistance to disable the probes by focusing all of her emotions into an impenetrable wall of hatred; a hatred for her fellow Herald, [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]].

[[File:Herald Cataclysm's Ko-tu.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Antagony flashes back to Cataclysm's [[Ko-tu]], his ceremony of awakening, in which he first became a Herald of Shokaract. Previously, Cataclysm had singlehandedly dealt a significant blow to the [[Maximal]]/Predacon resistance that opposed Shokaract's empire, and when his and Antagony's eyes first met during the ceremony, Antagony took an immediate loathing of her fellow Herald.

Antagony and Cataclysm developed a bitter rivalry, with the latter constantly undermining the former, always managing to stay one step ahead in gaining Shokaract's favor. Their conflict eventually came to a head during the [[Horus Campaign]]. [[Horus]], a being worshiped by his people as a god and capable of harnessing solar energy, had resisted [[Shokaract]]'s expansion into the [[Argos Cluster]]. Both Antagony and Cataclysm saw an opportunity for self-advancement and sought to handle the problem in their own ways.

[[File:Herald Antagony survives.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Using meticulous diversionary tactics, Antagony distracted Horus's troops and engaged the despot in personal combat aboard his own flagship. While the battle raged, Cataclysm took a more direct approach by destroying the nearby sun, almost killing both Antagony and Horus. Despite her wounds, Antagony was able to finish off Horus, and Shokaract commended the two equally, believing they have been working together.

Incensed by Cataclysm's attempt to kill her, Antagony sought to uncover and exploit any of Cataclysm's weaknesses. She first struck back by nominating Cataclysm for a mission involving [[time travel]], a concept he secretly feared. Upon recognizing of Cataclysm's hesitance, Shokaract assigned the mission to Antagony, dealing a crushing blow to Cataclysm's ambitions. Before she departed, Antagony also exploited another of Cataclysm's weaknesses: She arranged for Cataclysm's [[Cub|fission-brother and pupil]] to be assigned to kill the fearsome [[Swoop (G1)|Veteran]] as part of his Ko-tu. Expecting the brother to fail, Antagony had relished the disgrace that would be wrought upon Cataclysm.

However, Antagony's hate-filled thoughts soon falter as she suddenly realizes that, for all her attempts to best Cataclysm, her own failure of this mission would inevitably pave the way for Cataclysm to swoop in and replace her as [[Herald Maximo]]. Realizing this, Antagony is overcome by despair and finally gives in to the mind-drill. As the nanoprobes enter her mind, a failsafe device installed in her head goes off and wipes her mind clean, leaving her a brain-dead husk. Though robbed of any future knowledge, Megatron is only mildly disappointed; he knows more will come.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic'' text appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c1=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] (2)
*''[[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]]'' (3)
*''[[Shokaract]]'' (4)
*''[[Cub|Cataclysm's brother]]'' (6)

|c4=
*''[[Horus]]'' (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"My kind of girl. My kind of girl." 
:—'''Megatron''' does no favors in helping make the top pic any less creepy.

==Notes==
===Production notes===
*Mentioned characters: [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], the [[Swoop (G1)|Veteran]] (first version only), [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (first version only)
*As indicated by the above release dates, there actually exist two different versions of this story:
**The first version tells a very lengthy, very detailed account of the story, written more as a direct follow-up to "Visitations" but with earlier ideas and concepts that Furman would revise or drop altogether in the later chapters of the ''Omega Point'' storyline. It was originally released unofficially at [[unofficial conventions|Transforce 1999]] on [[June 6]], three months ahead of its official release at [[BotCon Europe 1999]]. It was later posted on BotCon Online on [[August 22]] of that year.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19991008172747/http://www.botcon.com/new.html BotCon Online's "What's New?" section featuring the 8/22/99 update, retrieved October 8, 1999] (archived)</ref> An illustrated version was then featured in the [[BotCon 2000]] comic book, whose text and illustrations were later posted on BotCon: Beyond on [[December 10]], [[2000]]<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.toys.transformers/R2uONc6-y-4/dN-ifjDVe-gJ BotCon: Beyond launch date taken from alt.toys.transformers post by 3H Enterprises on 12/8/00]</ref><ref name="BotCon Beyond 1">[http://web.archive.org/web/20010407110720/http://www.botconbeyond.com/story/2000/00backstory2.html "'''''HERALD'': A bridging chapter of Reaching The Omega Point'''" on BotCon: Beyond, retrieved April 7, 2001] (archived)</ref> and later to BotCon Online after the site was revamped on [[November 13]], [[2001]].<ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.toys.transformers/pgp2vlHoS-k/8LbjhpMtfuwJ BotCon Online facelift date taken from alt.toys.transformers post by Glen Hallit on 11/13/01]</ref> Official scans of the comic version were later added to the site on [[December 12]], [[2003]], replacing the previous text-based version.<ref name="BotCon Online 3">[http://web.archive.org/web/20031221111054/http://www.botcon.com/ BotCon Online main page featuring the 2003-12-12 update, retrieved December 21, 2003] (archived)</ref>
**The second version gives a much shorter account with some details condensed and summarized, other dropped entirely, along with some updated information to make the story align better with the later developments of the larger storyline. It debuted first on BotCon: Beyond, where it was bizarrely presented as "Part 4" of the ''Omega Point'' prose stories, instead of its more properly serving as a prologue like the first version.<ref name="BotCon Beyond 2">[http://web.archive.org/web/20010307021441/http://www.botconbeyond.com:80/story/1999/99herald.html '''The Omega Point, Part 4 - "Herald"''' on BotCon: Beyond, retrieved March 7, 2001] (archived)</ref> This version was later moved to BotCon Online during the November 13, 2001 revamp, where it was still presented as "Part 4", a notion that has remained unchanged to this day. As for why the second version was even created in the first place, it was most likely meant to be another recap to be included with those of the other ''Omega Point'' installments that were recapped in the BotCon 2000 comic, but instead, it was the first version that was printed in the comic.
*Among the differences between the two versions, all of the following from the first version was left out of the second version:
**Megatron visually notes the physical details of Antagony's menacing superstructure, impressed as though she were a work of art.
**Megatron recalls how he and the [[Maximal]]s ended up in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] on prehistoric Earth.
**In her disgust of Megatron's attempts to torture her, Antagony reminisces about her past glories of conquest as a [[Herald of Shokaract]], the unusual anxiety she sensed from her master when he assigned her this mission, and the events that led from her arrival in the past to her present captivity by Megatron.
**The nature of the artifact Antagony was searching for is alluded to by Shokaract.
**Megatron muses about [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]' inventiveness when it comes to interrogation, in spite of the spider's deceitful nature.
**There is a brief scene of Megatron noticing Antagony's growing sense of hatred and realizing it to not be for him but for another of her acquaintances.
**Antagony recalls how often her duties as [[Herald Maximo]] took her away from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on missions of galactic conquest, explaining how personally little she originally knew of Cataclysm prior to his [[Ko-tu]].
**A earlier idea for the specifics of Cataclysm's Ko-tu is given: He infiltrated the Maximal/Predacon resistance, gained their trust, and led a massive assault on Shokaract's capital, only to betray every one of his resistance troops by leading them to a trap that slaughtered them all. This is changed in the second version (see below).
**There is a brief scene of Antagony continuing to successfully resist the nanoprobes, in which she compares Megatron to Cataclysm for their both having underestimated her.
**It is mentioned that Antagony had to depart for her mission before [[Cub|Cataclysm's brother]] could complete his Ko-tu, preventing her from learning of its outcome.
**Right before she finally gives in to the nanoprobes, Antagony had secretly siphoned energy from the other Predacons inside the [[Darksyde (BW)| base]], and was nearly ready to break free of her restraints and kill Megatron. Only the sudden despair that dawned upon her right then and there quashed her drive to free herself.
**It is specifically noted that Antagony was not killed when her mind went blank.
*The following new information added to the second version:
**Most notably, Antagony's mission is directly stated to involve her locating, safeguarding, and retrieving the [[Dark Essence]], in addition to finding the artifact. The Dark Essence isn't mentioned or even alluded to in the first version, suggesting that Furman hadn't yet conceived of the idea of the Dark Essence until his penning the later chapter "[[Schism (story)|Schism]]".
**Megatron obtains the [[mind-drill]] from Tarantulas by his having, ahem, "borrowed" it.
**Antagony stresses to herself the importance of preventing both the Dark Essence and the artifact from falling into Megatron's hands, no matter what.
**Instead of Cataclysm becoming a Herald by severely crippling the Maximal/Predacon resistance's numbers (as described in the first version), he simply killed "one of the toughest members" of the resistance as his alpha target, displaying its head on a trident for all to see. This is more in line with how the [[Cub]]'s Ko-tu would be carried out in "Schism".
**In addition to all of his other descriptions, Horus is said to also be a "mad despot".
*Partly due to this story's dual-nature, both its chapter and series titles have varied over the years depending on the source:
**When the first version was first posted on BotCon Online in [[1999]], it was given the series title of "Reaching the Omega Point" and the chapter title of "Prologue: Herald".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000118174941/http://botcon.com/1999/herald1.html "Reaching the Omega Point, Prologue: Herald" on the original BotCon 1999 history section of BotCon Online, retrieved January 18, 2000] (archived)</ref>
**The BotCon 2000 comic book release of the first version titled the story as just "'''''HERALD'''''", with a newly-added subtitle of "A bridging chapter of Reaching The Omega Point". Both were retained when the comic version's text and illustrations were added to BotCon: Beyond on December 10, 2000<ref name="BotCon Beyond 1"/> and to BotCon Online on November 13, 2001.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20011124052643/http://www.botcon.com/story/2000/00backstory2.html "'''''HERALD'': A bridging chapter of Reaching The Omega Point'''" on BotCon Online, retrieved November 24, 2001] (archived)</ref>

**When the second version debuted on BotCon: Beyond, the site's new Storyline section titled it as "Part 4: Herald (The Fate of Antagony)", and re-titled the first version as "Chapter 2: Herald (The Fate of Antagony)".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010405001001/http://www.botconbeyond.com/story/index.html "Chapter 2: Herald (The Fate of Antagony)" and "Part 4: Herald (The Fate of Antagony)" on the Storyline section of BotCon: Beyond, retrieved April 5, 2001] (archived)</ref> These titles were retained after BotCon Online was revamped on November 13, 2001, <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20011119120547/http://www.botcon.com/story/index.html "Chapter 2: Herald (The Fate of Antagony)" and "Part 4: Herald (The Fate of Antagony)" on the Storyline section of BotCon Online, retrieved November 19, 2001] (archived)</ref> with the former having remained unchanged throughout all proceeding updates made to that section,<ref>[http://botconarchives.com/archive/story/1999/index.html "Part 4: Herald (The Fate of Antagony)" on the BotCon 1999 Storyline section of the BotCon Online archives]</ref> while the latter was removed after the official scans of the comic were posted on December 12, 2003.
**Also when first put on BotCon: Beyond, the actual webpage of the second version changed both the series and chapter titles to "The Omega Point" and "Part 4 - "Herald" "<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010307021441/http://www.botconbeyond.com:80/story/1999/99herald.html '''The Omega Point, Part 4 - "Herald"''' on BotCon: Beyond, retrieved March 7, 2001] (archived)</ref> This too was retained when the story moved to BotCon Online during its 2001 revamp.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20011212141641/http://www.botcon.com/story/1999/99herald.html '''The Omega Point, Part 4 - "Herald"''' on BotCon Online, retrieved December 12, 2001] (archived)</ref>
**Finally, when BotCon Online was given its December 12, 2003 updates, the series and chapter titles on the second version's webpage were amended one final time into "''The Omega Point'': Part Four" and "Herald", their final and current renderings.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040221155624/http://botcon.com/story/1999/9904-herald.html "''The Omega Point'': Part Four - Herald" on BotCon Online, retrieved February 21, 2004] (archived)</ref><ref>[http://botconarchives.com/archive/story/1999/9904-herald.html "''The Omega Point'': Part Four - Herald" on the BotCon Online archives]</ref>


===Continuity notes===
*This story picks up immediately after the [[BotCon 1998]] script reading "[[Visitations]]", in which Antagony first arrived in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] via a [[unspace|Transwarp]] portal, sought a mysterious artifact, and was ultimately captured by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. As that story took place during Season 2 of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon, so too must this one.
**While torturing Antagony, Megatron notes that she has endured such degrees of pain that would have left any one of his troops long since broken and spilling any secrets they hide. This could be an indicator that [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] has not yet become a member of Megatron's crew, since his mutant nigh-indestructible spark enables him to endure such intense forms of pain and suffering.
**Megatron also expresses an open awareness of Tarantulas's traitorous nature. While he was aware of this throughout most of the series, Tarantulas makes his most direct declaration of defiance right to Megatron's face in "[[Other Visits (Part 1)]]". Megatron's colorful description of the spider in the story's first version could be read as a direct callback to the duplicitous partnership the two shared in that episode.
**Combined with the notion of Rampage most likely having not yet joined Megatron's team, this would place both "Visitations" and "Herald" directly between "[[Other Visits (Part 2)]]" and "[[Bad Spark]]".
*In the first version, Megatron states that the Beast Wars have been going on "for well over a year" by this point.
*This story introduces us to a future ruler named "Shokaract" who has conquered both Cybertron and much of the known galaxy at a point in the far future, far beyond that of Optimus Primal's Maximals and Megatron's Predacons.
*In "Visitations", Antagony had introduced herself as "Herald of the Destruction". Here, it is elaborated that she is a "[[Herald of Shokaract]]"; moreover, she is "[[Herald Maximo]]", the highest-ranking of the Heralds, second only to Shokaract himself.
*Antagony still aims to find the artifact that she came to search for in "Visitations". However, this story will be the last time that the artifact factors into the ''Omega Point'' storyline in any meaningful way. While it will reappear again later, its relevance is silently superseded by a completely different plot device in subsequent installments of the storyline, with its later reappearance only serving to remind readers that it simply exists.
*By Shokaract's time, the Maximals and Predacons have formed a united resistance movement against him.
*Cataclysm is stated to have a "fission-brother" (who will later be featured in "Schism"). This is one of the earliest allusions to an explanation for how [[Transformer]]s can physically have [[relatives|siblings]], suggesting that the Cub and Cataclysm underwent a sort of fission process in their creation, like [[Reproduction#Other means|Budding]].
*Cataclysm's fear of [[time travel]] would later prove to be justified in "Schism".
*The Maximal known simply as "the Veteran" is mentioned in the first version of this story. Like Cataclysm's brother, he too would later be further explored in "Schism".
*The [[Ko-tu]] of Cataclysm's brother would also later be witnessed in "Schism".
*In the second version, the Dark Essence is stated to be a vital object of Antagony's mission. While this version of the story wasn't released until ''after'' the very end of the ''Omega Point'' storyline, nothing about the Dark Essence beyond its name is actually stated here, so as to maintain the air of mystery that it is supposed to have at this point in the storyline.

===Continuity errors===
====First version====
*The artifact Antagony was searching for is described by Shokaract as a "key" capable of "breaching - or indeed sealing - the dimensional wall." Previously, "Visitations" described the artifact as a "Predacon" device of "futuristic" design. Coupled with the description given here, this all suggests that the device was originally supposed to have come from Antagony's future era. However, that notion would later be [[retcon]]ned by "[[Apelinq's War Journals]]", in which the artifact would instead be declared to be a personal belonging of the Maximal [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]], who did ''not'' come from Antagony's future era. Of note, this description of the artifact is not mentioned in the shortened version, aligning with that version's slight amendments made to fit better with the later chapters of ''Omega Point''.
*Antagony's recollections of how she was captured don't quite match up with how things played out in "Visitations":
**This story claims that she had gotten involved in a "petty dispute" between the Maximals and Predacons, which never happened in "Visitations".
**Antagony's power reserves are said here to have been depleted before she could make use of the local [[energon]] deposits, whereas in "Visitations", energon was never mentioned, while Antagony was instead bested in battle by Optimus Primal.
**Instead of tricking Antagony into wasting the last of her ammo on [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], Megatron is stated to have simply attacked and overpowered the weakened Antagony himself.
**Lastly, Antagony conveys an awareness of the artifact having been "stolen by party or parties unknown", when she instead only first arrived after the device was taken, having never learned of its true fate.

====Second version====
*Megatron expresses a pre-established awareness of the artifact that Antagony originally came to find, when the script reading gave no indication that Megatron had ever even known about it prior to this point. Unless she had mentioned it to him at some point between the two stories, possibly being the one and only bit of info he ever got out of her.

===Other errors===
====First version====
*In the first paragraph after the second break, the line "His mind spun seemingly endlessly variations on a well-worn theme," contains a typo. The word "endlessly" should instead be just "endless".
*In the single paragraph after the third break, the word "had" is missing from the phrase "to neutralize the virus that been introduced into her system." It should be between "that" and "been": "the virus that ''had'' been".
*In the third paragraph after the seventh break, the word "or" should be "nor" in the line "The potential here for self-advancement was lost on neither Antagony or Cataclysm."
*In the sixth paragraph after the seventh break, in the phrase "while Horus's divided fleet engaged the various Reavers divisions", the term "Reavers divisions" should instead be "Reaver divisions".
*In the original 1999 BotCon Online version and the BotCon 2000 comic version, in the second paragraph after the second break, the world "microscopic" was/is misspelled as "microscropic". This error was not present in either the BotCon: Beyond version<ref name="BotCon Beyond 1"/> or the 2001-2003 BotCon Online version.
*In both the BotCon: Beyond version<ref name="BotCon Beyond 1"/> and the version that was hosted on BotCon Online from [http://web.archive.org/web/20011124052643/http://www.botcon.com/story/2000/00backstory2.html November 13, 2001] to [http://web.archive.org/web/20031207223246/http://www.botcon.com/story/2000/00backstory2.html December 12, 2003]:
**In the second paragraph, the word "served" was misspelled as "sewed" in the phrase "Not for the first time, Megatron wondered who the visitor sewed."
**In the first paragraph after the first break, the first sentence ends with no punctuation mark (specifically, a period).
**In the first paragraph after the first break, the word "would-be" was mistyped as "wouldbe".
**The second break was misplaced one paragraph lower from where it was placed in all other releases of the first version.
**The third break was missing, its place taken instead by the illustration of Cataclysm's Ko-tu.
**In the single-sentence first paragraph after the sixth break, a comma is missing from right after "Corumkan".
**In the fourth paragraph after the sixth break,"Antagony know" is a typo of "Antagony knew"
**In the first paragraph after the seventh break, the phrase "a number of well-placed spies" is missing the word "placed", rendered as "a number of well- spies".
**In the second paragraph after the seventh break, the word "Reaver" was misspelled as "Heaver".
**Of the thirteen times the word "Horus" appears in the text, eight of those times misspelled the name as "Horns".
**The ninth break was missing, its place taken instead by the illustration of Antagony surviving her near-death experience in the Argos Cluster.
**In the third paragraph after the ninth break, the phrase "he would have to kill his own fission-brother." is missing the "brother." part.

====Second version====
*In the first paragraph, the word "painstaking" is misspelled as "paintaking".
*In the ninth paragraph, the word "Antagony" that begins the second sentence is misspelled as "Anatagony".
*In the tenth paragraph, the word "orchestrated" is misspelled as "ochestrated".

===Transformers references===
*Antagony's title of "[[Herald Maximo]]" calls to mind the name/title of the [[Liege Maximo]], another creation of Furman's.
*References given only in the first version:
**As noted above, Megatron recalls the events that led to the start of the Beast Wars, as seen in the opening moments of "[[Beast Wars (Part 1)]]".
**Shokaract had told Antagony of a "great unraveling, a disruption in the timeline that had to be righted." This would later be revealed in "[[Terminus (issue)|Terminus]]" to refer to a rupture in the fabric of space-time leftover by the [[timestorm]] that Megatron would cause in his later-set attempt to kill Optimus Prime in "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]", meaning Antagony ended up arriving in the Beast Wars before the "great unraveling" came into being.
**The Veteran is rumored to have "fought alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in the first [[Great War (G1)|great]] [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|civil war]] itself."

===Real world references===
* Horus's name and solar-based powers are obviously derived from the {{w|Horus|Egyptian deity of the same name}}, whom the story even alludes to as "some primitive sun god".
* In the illustration of Cataclysm's ceremony, a {{w|Cyberman}} from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' can be seen behind Antagony's right arm.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.botconarchives.com/archive/story/2000/index.html Scans of the BotCon 2000 comic, featuring the full-length version of "'''''HERALD'''''" (Pages 3-8), on the BotCon Online archives]
*[http://www.botconarchives.com/archive/story/1999/9904-herald.html "''The Omega Point'': Part Four - Herald" (the shortened version) on the BotCon Online archives]

[[Category:3H Beast Wars issues]]
[[Category:Text stories]]

Changing of the Guard

2022-10-27T13:04:37Z

GomessQ: ぶくぶく can be used to refer to baggy clothes, but here it's clearly used for its more common meaning of the sound or feeling of bubbles.

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=42
|series2=Metals
|ep2=16
|prev2=Deep Metal
|next2=Feral Scream Part 1
|image=Changing of the Guard title shot.JPG
|caption=Some days you just wish you hadn't gotten out of bed.
|title="Changing of the Guard"
|season=3
|season ep=3
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 8]], 1998
|written by=[[Evan Somers]]
|directed by=[[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''While trying to salvage the Sentinel module from the ruins of the Axalon, Rattrap finds himself caught between Depth Charge and Rampage.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] is in the process of engineering a way to use [[Teletraan I]]'s forcefield to protect the base. But mixing [[Autobot]] and [[Maximal]] tech is difficult, and the machinery fails. With that trick failed, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] puts together a plan to salvage the Maximals' old force field module, [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], from the wreckage of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] refuses to respond to any contacts. So instead the Maximals will use a [[subaquatic stealth vessel]]—a single-occupant submarine developed by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] is assigned to pilot the submersible, over his usual handful of whines and complaints.

[[Image:Rattrap-subaquatic2.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Rattrap makes a cameo in ''{{w|Atlantis: The Lost Empire}}''.]]
[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] delivers the submarine to the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s resting site. Under the lake, Rattrap is surprised to find himself having a good time exploring the water and passing by schools of fish to the sound of a jolly tune. The tune changes as Rattrap finds the fallen corpse of what used to be the Maximals' home. He slowly enters, looking through the darkened hallways. He finds Sentinel, and carefully begins to extract it—and is suddenly frightened by an eel who was hiding in the machinery. As he calms down, his radar detects something else approaching, and he realizes it's time to panic for real. Rattrap frantically tries to escape the ''Axalon'', but a massive claw emerges from the darkness and seizes the submarine—[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] has found him.

Rampage squeezes the entire ship, threatening to crush it completely. Luckily, Depth Charge, still hunting Protoform X, shows up and blasts him away, freeing Rattrap. Depth Charge agrees to keep Rampage busy while Rattrap continues his mission. He escapes the ''Axalon'' just as shockwaves from the battle cause the ship to fall over a ledge and plunge deeper into the lake. Rattrap surfaces and finds a worried Silverbolt, who starts to carry the submarine home. But [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] arrives, causing Doggybot to drop his passenger and cargo.

[[Image:Changing Guard Rampage Depthcharge.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It's crab rutting season again.]]
While Rampage and Depth Charge continue their match underwater, on the beach, [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] sends Waspinator to take Sentinel back to the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]] while the [[Fuzor]] takes care of the two Maximals. But Quickstrike ends up crushed by Rampage, tossed out of the water by Depth Charge. Silverbolt tries to convince Depth Charge to help recover Sentinel, but as usual, Depth Charge has no interest, wanting only to execute Protoform X, who has snuck away during the few seconds of conversation.

[[Image:Changing Guard Rattrap fleeing.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Burn rubber!]]
Together, using some incredible aerial acrobatics, Rattrap and Silverbolt steal back Sentinel from Waspinator... just when things were looking up for the poor Predacon. But [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] pushes a tree into Silverbolt's path. Silverbolt passes Sentinel to Rattrap, who races away with it. Depth Charge hears explosions in the distance and decides to go help.

Unrelenting, Inferno blows up a bridge in Rattrap's path, causing the rat to plunge—back into Silverbolt's arms. But the two Maximals crash into the incoming Depth Charge, and drop Sentinel into Inferno's hands. Thanks to Depth Charge's ill-timed arrival, the Maximals have lost.

[[Image:Changing Guard Megatron Sentinel.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Why won't the red button work?]]
At the Maximal base, Rattrap and Optimus Primal chew out Depth Charge for getting in their way and handing another major strategic advantage to the Predacons—but he did save Rattrap's life (which Rattrap initially left out, and was ''very'' begrudging to admit). Primal offers Depth Charge a place with the Maximals so mistakes like this can be avoided in the future, and Depth Charge agrees to consider it.

Meanwhile, in the Predacon base, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] activates Sentinel, encasing his base in a protective force field.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (1)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (4)
*[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (5)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (8)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (6)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (7)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (12)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==

"What are you grinnin' about, litter-butt?" 
"I was just thinking; with you inside, this'd make a swell cat toy."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Cheetor''', who will always remain a <s>cat</s> kid at heart.

"We're approaching the target area. How you faring in there, Rattrap?" 
"I'm hot, I'm cramped, I'm airsick. Eh, the next time that big ape asks me to do something for him, man I am gonna shove my blaster so far up his—" 
"Target dead ahead! Prepare for drop."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Looks like that Pred friend of yours finally did something right!" 
"Yes, my beloved has... many skills."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Silverbolt''', who isn't about to let us know what those "other" skills might be.

"How droll. Rat in a can." 
:—'''Rampage''' finds himself a new toy.

"Waspinator having good day! Not get shot once." 
''*BLAM!*''
:—'''Waspinator''', not having such a good day after all

'''Depth Charge:''' I knew saving your hide was a mistake. 
'''Optimus Primal:''' Rattrap? 
'''Rattrap:''' Oh, well, yeah, technically, he did ''kinda'' do that... um eh, thanks.
:—Rattrap gives credit where credit is due, but only because he has to.

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First draft: 5th May 1998
* Second draft: 18th May 1998
* Finalised: 21st May 1998
* As Air: 25th August 1998

===Animation and technical errors===
*The writer is mistakenly credited as "Evan Sommers".
*When Rampage falls backward after yanking Depth Charge's tail out from under the wreckage, he inexplicably has Depth Charge's legs.
*When Silverbolt circles in on Rattrap, who has just surfaced, we can see Rattrap's water-reflection inside the vessel, as if it was halfway filled with water.
*Watch Waspinator getting shot in slow-motion. It reveals his insect head isn't connected to his neck. There is a small gap between the two.
*In the scene where Inferno pushes a tree in Silverbolt and Rattrap's way, Rattrap's comm system is on the wrong side of his chest, possibly due to an overall "flopped" shot.
*While Inferno tries to grab Sentinel, just before Rattrap snatches it away from him with his tail, the insect leg on his right lower leg is tilted backwards, clipping through the rest of his leg, and through his thorax-propeller too.
*When Depth Charge emerges from the water to face Silverbolt, he isn't rendered in part of the frame at the very bottom.

===Continuity errors===
*Once again, Depth Charge uses "Maximize" to transform into his vehicle mode instead of his robot mode.

===Continuity notes===
[[Image:Changing Guard Cheetor cattoy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He's a pinball wizard...]]
*The ''Axalon'' was destroyed back in "[[Optimal Situation]]", with the Maximals salvaging what they could from its frontmost section, which landed on dry land rather than sinking into the lake like its aft section.
*Cheetor imagines himself in his organic beast mode from Season 1, complete with a cartoony "thought bubble".
*Since its last appearance in "[[A Better Mousetrap]]", Sentinel has gained a handle, presumably to make it easier for the characters to grab and hang onto it in this episode.
*Rattrap's successful attempt to shut down Sentinel in "A Better Mousetrap" is the reason he was chosen to retrieve it and not Blackarachnia, as Rattrap knew what to look for.
*This is the only episode in which Rampage uses his [[activation code]]. ("Rampage, terrorize!")
*Gadgets and powers:
**Depth Charge carries around an energon knife, much like the one that Megatron used on Rampage in "[[Bad Spark]]".
**Rattrap's beast mode tail can telescope, like a grappling hook.

===Real-world references===
*When Megatron contacts his henchmen, Inferno can be seen spending his free time playing cards with Waspinator and Quickstrike.
*The jaunty sea shanty heard in this episode has a very similar tempo and chordal arrangement to the popular [[Fab Four|Beatles]] song ''{{w|Yellow Submarine (song)|Yellow Submarine}}.'' Also, while clearly played for the audience, the puzzled look on Silverbolt's face suggests that he can [http://filmsound.org/terminology/diegetic.htm hear it as well with no explanation as to its origin].
*The "Changing of the Guard" traditionally refers to a formal ceremony in the [[United Kingdom]] wherein the sentries providing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. Its meaning here is somewhat more literal, with Sentinel being appropriated by the Predacons for their vessel.
*Rattrap's submarine bounces like a pinball after being dropped by Silverbolt (complete with pinball sound effects); after it comes to a halt, the word "TILT" flashes in each of Rattrap's eyes.
*Rattrap calls Depth Charge "Captain Minnow", referencing the boat of the same name from ''{{w|Gilligan's Island}}''.

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Protection'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uniti si vince'''" ("United We Win")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bukubuku!'''" (ぶくぶくっ!, "Bubble Bubble!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 19]] [[2000]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Troca da Guarda'''" ("Changing of the Guard")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cambio de Guardia'''" ("Changing of the Guard")

:*''Title:'' "'''Cambio de Guardia'''" (America, "Changing of the Guard")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Huàngǎng Fēngbō'''" (换岗风波, "Disturbance of Changing of the Guard")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Rrray! ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 1 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Vol. 1 (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Seasons 2 & 3 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Before the Storm

2022-10-05T10:45:31Z

GomessQ: /* Foreign localization */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=24
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=24
|prev2=Law of the Jungle
|next2=Other Voices, Part 1
|image=Before the Storm Megatron disc.jpg
|caption="At last, I have located the greatest chocolate coin in all history, ''yessss''..."
|title="Before the Storm"
|season=1
|season ep=24
|production company= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate= [[February 21]], 1997
|written by= [[Larry DiTillio]] [[Bob Forward]]
|directed by= [[Adam Wood]]
|animation studio= [[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Inferno brings Megatron an alien golden disk that causes him to offer a too good to be true cease fire to the Maximals.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:VokDisk Monolith.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Finders keepers.]]
[[Tigatron]] observes a strange energy pulse in a distant mountain. Simultaneously, within the [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is woken by his computer. It reports the energy anomaly, and that it is of alien origin. Megatron suspects this could be the start of something big and thus sends [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] to investigate. The fire ant burrows into the mountain and recovers a [[Golden Disk (Vok)|strange discus]].

[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Primal]] is on a scouting run looking for the energy anomaly that Tigatron reported. He sees a strange probe, and follows it. The probe stops and forms into a hologram of Megatron. He proposes to meet about a truce on neutral ground, between both leaders.

When they meet, Megatron insists that the truce is not an act of treachery. He explains that he has no time to fight [[Maximal]]s, and he needs time to think. Primal reluctantly agrees to a truce, bound by Maximal code. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] proposes that it's about the alien energy. Primal agrees, stating that something scared Megatron very badly. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] is sent—despite his usual complaints—to infiltrate the ''Darksyde''.

Meanwhile, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] hacks his way into a holding chamber to steal one of the Predacon ship's remaining [[transwarp cell]]s. [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] surprises him and demands an answer, and Tarantulas easily defeats him. Megatron, watching the exchange, decides to let Tarantulas do his work, and throw another kink in it—[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]].

[[File:Before the Storm Airazor rattrap.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Ride the wind, Rattrap.]]
[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] delivers Rattrap to the Predacon base—unarmed—and drops him off quickly before hailing the Predacon channels. Megatron casually disarms the perimeter defenses and asks Airazor to leave. As she leaves, he stops her a moment and suggests she take Rattrap with her. Foiled, they return to the base and report to Primal, but exchange knowing glances—the distraction was enough for [[Tigatron]] to make his entrance.

Blackarachnia surprises Tarantulas, and in the confusion, Megatron hacks the Transwarp cell and adds his own programming.

Tigatron hacks the Predacon database in a cool VR world, and discovers the second Golden Disk's datatracks. Terrorsaur finds Tigatron hacking and sounds the alarm, but Tigatron uses Terrorsaur and Scorponok's goonery against each other. Under orders not to fire, the Predacons chase Tigatron, leading into a battle with the rest of the Maximals.

[[File:Before the Storm Terrorsaur.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Pteranodon on a silver platter. Tasty.]]
Under the limitations of a truce, the Predacons and Maximals battle without using their weapons. Primal steals a wire from Inferno's rocket. Terrorsaur fails at dodging a piece of sheet metal that Cheetor and Rhinox move into position. The spiders are smart enough to avoid one trap set by Dinobot, but in doing so, are crushed by another. Without firing a single shot, the Maximals have won the day... unless, of course, Megatron intentionally let them get away.

On the Maximal base, Tigatron explains what Megatron discovered: a golden disk similar in size to the one Megatron originally stole, this one created by the same aliens who crafted [[Brigadoon|the flying island]], and seeded the energon on the planet. The disk itself was part of a signal that the aliens sent, ensuring that the planet received a message:

[[Vok|The aliens]] are on their way. And they are not very happy...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Tigatron]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (4)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (5)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (6)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (7)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (8)
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (2)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (3)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (10)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (13)
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"When Predacons talk truce, it just means they need time to reload their weapons." 
"Under normal circumstances, yes."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' correctly assesses '''Megatron'''.

"Do you take me for a fool?" 
"No. I take you for a Maximal."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' and '''Megatron'''

"What could I do? He was right, I'm a Maximal. I have to give peace a chance, no matter how unlikely it seems."
:—'''Optimus Primal''' channels John Lennon.

"Ehhhh we're gonna diieeee!" 
"Isn't there a rule that heroes have to face destruction with dignity?" 
"Hey! What's the use of dyin' if ya can't enjoy it?"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Airazor'''

"Well, well, looks like curiosity just claimed another cat."
:—'''Terrorsaur''', finding Tigatron inside the Predacon Base

"There is a storm approaching. A storm of such magnitude, of such power... it is ''beyond imagination''. And to think, I was once satisfied with mere energon. To think that my ambitions lofted no higher than the conquest of Cybertron. ''*laughs* *coughs*'' Well, no longer. For I have been given a glimpse of power. Real power. And that power shall be ''mine!''"
:—'''Megatron''' starts to acquire a taste for godhood.

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* Revised: 14th November 1996
* As Air: 26th March 1997

===Animation and technical errors===
* After Inferno transforms into [[robot mode]] to retrieve the alien disk, out of the three "bumps" adorning his forehead, only the middle one shows up. The other two briefly flicker in and out of existence in the wrong place as he takes off, then his head goes back to normal.
* When Megatron wakes up and the right-side panel on his chair warps back into shape, it's folded down farther than in the previous shot and clipping through some piece of machinery.
* When Optimus arrives at the neutral territory to talk with Megatron, his shoulder pads are missing. Megatron's ones are also missing when he speaks to Airazor.
* As Primal says "Megatron's found out something...", Cheetor's right leg is clipping into the machinery in the background.
* Blackarachnia's claws clip through her hip and legs multiple times as she "greets" Tarantulas in his lair.
* The container Tarantulas hides the Transwarp cell behind doesn't actually go in front of it, it completely clips through and goes around the cell.
* When Megatron turns off the monitor showing the two spiders bickering, both Tarantulas and Blackarachnia are missing their textures.
* Megatron's toothbrush clips through his knee when he pushes the switch to deactivate the auto-cannons.
* Before Airazor (seen through the view of Megatron's monitor screen) turns back to [[beast mode]], her right arm briefly clips through her knee.
* After Tigatron has infiltrated the Pred base and we cut back to the Maximals, Cheetor is tapping the buttons on a control panel to browse through the holographic projections of the alien sites. In the next shot, the panel's gone, the lighting on the table changes, and the projections keep changing by themselves.
* Megatron's hand clips through the alien disk's pedestal as he goes on about "power".
* The hole on the Predacon ship that Tigatron escapes through has blurry instead of sharp edges.
* While screaming he's about to capture Tigatron, Terrorsaur's running speed is noticeably slower than the speed of his actual running animation cycle.
* Terrorsaur covers his face when he's about to slam into Scorponok, but just before they do so, he's running again as normal.
* Blackarachnia is partially submerged in the hillside as she and Tarantulas approach Dinobot's impromptu trap.
* While Megatron is in his closing words of the episode, he is missing his beast mode kibble, except the head of course. In fact, Megatron is missing most of his kibble throughout the episode, especially the pieces on his back (which form the sides of his beast mode). He does spend almost all this episode sat down in a chair or in the bath, so removing the kibble probably made it easier for the animators.
* Not so much an error as it is an animation oversight, but if you look closely as Blackarachnia runs after Tigatron ''(right before the scene cuts to Dinobot)'', you can see her holding a gun, despite Megatron's emphasis on "No shooting" mere seconds ago. Blackarachnia probably remembers this in the next scene involving her, as her gun is nowhere to be seen then.

===Continuity errors===
*How exactly Megatron managed to reach the truce location is a bit sketchy. Optimus was only able to reach it by flight, and yet there were no other minions to carry Megatron up to such a high location, yet towards the end of the conversation, he simply turns to walk away... must have been a hard fall down.

===Continuity notes===
* When Megatron checks the location of the Alien Disk, we see a very brief map of the planet. It matches similar views we've [[Chain of Command (BW)|seen before]], featuring Earth-like continents that aren't quite in the same places that they are on present-day Earth. The map indicates the alien structure to be located on the west coast of North America, which means that Tigatron had a hell of a long way to walk to get there and back from the apparently Africa-located Maximal and Predacon bases.
* Rattrap makes mention about having to infiltrate the Predacon base "again", referring to his earlier infiltration in "[[Double Jeopardy]]".
* While discussing the aliens, Cheetor looks at a hologram that alternates between the [[Standing Stones]] and the [[Brigadoon|floating island]], with the latter's destruction also mentioned by Tigatron at the end of the episode.
*In ''[[A Better Mousetrap]]'', Optimus Primal snuck up on Waspinator much the same way he did to Inferno in this episode, including announcing himself by tapping the Predacon on the head and waving.
* The Alien Disk sure looks like the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] which we saw way back in the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|first episode]] and haven't seen since, doesn't it? The similarity of design has never been explained.
* Gadgets and powers:
** Tarantulas can deploy a microphone from his helmet that allows him to mimic Megatron's voice.
** The golden sphere in the center of Tarantulas' forehead can detach and be thrown as a smoke bomb. This might be a reference to his original bio, where he was described as a ninja.
** Tigatron can pop out a cable from the left side of his hip, which he can use to hack terminals.

===Transformers references===
*When Megatron is talking to Inferno in his room, there is a Generation 1 [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] head on his shelf, with an expression of pure horror. Either it's a reference to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s treachery in [[Possession|a previous episode]], or Megatron has some weird taste in ornaments.
*There's also a replica of [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron's]] [[fusion cannon]] on the shelf below the head.

===Real-world references===
[[File:Scorponok-beforethestorm.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|But where's the heart banging out through his chest?]]
*On the shelf in Megatron's room (aside from the Seeker head and a picture of himself in his pre-Beast Wars body), there is a Transformer sized trophy and bowling pin. He must have been good at that non-sport before he traded his hand for another head.
* Megatron's system provides him with a "Code A T T alert"; later when accessing the transwarp cell's programming, Megatron uses code "A T T override". Both are shout-outs to the Usenet newsgroup [[alt.toys.transformers]].
* As Megatron's screen unfolds, a rapid-fire sequence of images includes photographs of a NASA Space Shuttle lifting off, the Houses of Parliment in London, a oceanside sunset, a guy in a stocking cap, and several mountain ranges.
* Megatron mused that "There is a storm coming. A storm of such power, such magnitude, it is beyond imagination!" "Beyond Imagination" was at the time the website of James Hooks, a fan who'd had close contact with the series writers. His site took its name from a tagline for [[The Transformers: The Movie|the original movie]].
* The entire escape sequence contains a great deal of {{w|Looney Tunes}}-style sight gags. Scorponok's facial features contort wildly just before he collides with Terrorsaur; Blackarachnia and Tarantulas are squashed by an improbably fast rock; Terrorsaur flies into a sheet of metal, leaving a full-body impression; and Inferno comes to a dead halt in mid-air before realizing that his flight systems are disabled and that he's required to fall. A tiny poof of dust accompanies his impact on the ground far below.

===Trivia===
*Bob Forward has said this was originally planned to be part of a 4-part "Other Voices" but the plans were changed at the last minute—"Apparently anything more than a two-parter is too hard to schedule. Before The Storm had to be made into a stand-alone ep."<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&&q=%22before+the+storm%22 Bob Forward interview on alt.toys.transformers]</ref>
** Despite the "stand-alone" claim, this episode is the most continuity heavy so far. It advances the aliens mystery, showing Megatron moving towards long-term plans of conquest rather than single-episode "destroy the Maximals" schemes, and makes several other references to prior episodes. Tigatron's declaration that the aliens are on their way and Tarantulas's determination to leave the planet all lead into the season finale. The episode even opens with a shot prominently showing the two moons, just for an extra bit of foreshadowing.
* This is the first time Inferno is seen referring to Megatron as his "Queen", which would become an occasional recurring gag throughout the rest of the series.
* The idea Maximals and Predacons have of "truce" is rather odd. Instead of meaning a full end of hostilities, it seems to be a rather literal-minded interpretation of a "cease-fire", merely prohibiting the use of guns (and probably other conventional weaponry); unusual and comic violence such as boulder-throwing or use of a metal plate is still possible. Also, punching is still allowed.
*Apparently, all you have to do to hack all of [[Darksyde (BW)|the Predacon ship]]'s data is to play a virtual reality video game. The Predacons' computer virtual interface is similar to what's seen in early-to-mid 90s techno-films like ''{{w|Johnny Mnemonic (film)|Johnny Mnemonic}}''.
*Blackarachnia can be seen trapping a red poison-dart frog in her webbing when Megatron communicates with her via computer.
*Waspinator breaks the fourth wall after Tarantulas throws him the bomb, looking at the camera as he wails "oh, no!"
*In this episode specifically, Megatron's dinosaur head-arm acts as if it has a mind of its own, albeit in small ways and mostly for the sake of humor (as this doesn't happen in any other episode). Before the Predacon computer wakes him up, the dino head-arm is "awake" and looking around. Similarly, when observing Tarantulas's break-in, his dino hand is looking up at him, and he pets it affectionately, as if it was, well... a pet. Just before Airazor calls the Predacon base, he is brushing its teeth with a toothbrush. It's not clear what's going on here or how this works or even whether it's merely a bit of particularly self-indulgent self-puppetry, but clearly, Megatron has a very special relationship with his right hand (though considering that it has a ''T. rex'' mouth... ''[[Reproduction|yikes]].'')
* Standing besides each other at the episode's end is the only actual interaction Dinobot and Airazor ever have in the entire series.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le Calme Avant la Tempête'''" ("The Calm Before the Storm")

:*''Title:'' "'''Avant l'Orage'''" ("Before the Storm")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prima della tempesta'''" ("Before the Storm")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yatsura ga Kuru!'''" (やつらが来る!, "They Come!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 11|11 March]] [[1998]]
::*While slumbering at the beginning of the episode, in-between loud snores, Megatron mumbles, "''Hot springs...''"
::*While brushing the teeth on his ''T. rex'' head/hand, Megatron grumbles about all the chives stuck in his teeth.
::*As he's traveling through the "virtual reality" in the Predacon computer, Tigatron passes the time by singing a tune with lyrics made from his verbal tic, "''Goza Goza Gozaruuuuuu--!''"
::*Most of the end "battle" was showcased in the [[clip show|clip movie]] "[[Clash! Beast Warriors]]".

'''Latvian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Pirms vētras'''" ("Before the Storm")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Antes da Tempestade'''" ("Before the Stoem")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Antes de la Tormenta'''" ("Before the Storm")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fēngbào Qiánxī '''" (风暴前夕, "The Moment before the Storm")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Farewell Tigatron ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 ([[Universal]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 4 — The Predacons Advance! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Call of the Wild

2022-10-03T06:49:02Z

GomessQ: The actual final moment is pretty vital to the episode's theme, no?

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=19
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=19
|prev2=Spider's Game
|next2=Dark Voyage
|image=Call of the Wild Optimus scope.jpg
|caption=Scopes munky trial?
|title="Call of the Wild"
|season=1
|season ep=19
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[January 7]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Jonathan Goodwill]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The Predacons steal the rectifier coil from the Maximal base, which causes the Maximals to revert into a more feral state.'''

==Synopsis==
A cheetah enthusiastically chases some antelopes, when the ground around it breaks up and it is sent falling into hot lava. Before the cat gets burned, the sequence ends, revealed to be a dream of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s. Cheetor awakens from his nightmare in time to hear the alarms triggered by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] assault. As the other [[Maximal]]s prepare [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] drags Cheetor outside to battle.

[[File:Call of the Wild Waspinator Terrorsaur.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What do we do about the slime?]]
[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Primal]] exits the Maximals' control room via the roof hatch, but is unable to prevent [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] from grabbing a piece of Maximal hardware off the roof and retreating with the other Predacons. A well-placed rocket from [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] prevents Primal from chasing the fliers. [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] is just able to catch the Maximal leader before he crashes into the ground, but lowering Primal after taking a hit from Terrorsaur seriously taxes Airazor's systems. On the upside, the Predacons are no longer attacking.

Inside the base, recuperating, the Maximals suddenly feel the harmful effects of [[energon]] build-up. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] explains that without the [[rectifier coil]] the Predacons stole, the Maximals will have to stay in [[beast mode]]. Meanwhile, the Predacons, after an uncharacteristically successful mission, enjoy a hearty laugh together.

[[File:Call of the Wild Rhinox Optimus Rattrap.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|The Maximals look on as [[Michael Bay]] attempts to direct a scene.]]
Days later, Rhinox interrupts a dream Primal has (of being a real ape) to mention that Predacons are still haunting the local area. [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] suffers frustration from his beast mode's diminutive size and limb length. Primal and Rattrap almost get into a fight with each other, their minds suffering from bestial traits leaking into their personalities, but Rhinox lays down the line. Once the Preds leave, the Maximals take some much-needed rest.

[[File:Call of the Wild Hunt.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Shhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet. We'ah hunting Maxies. Heheheheheh.]]
In his dreams, Primal is tormented by eyes glowing in the dark, Dinobot dreams of hunting surprisingly tiny hadrosaurs, and Rattrap dreams of rat stuff. The dreams overpower their respective dreamers, and the Maximals awaken, trapped in the mindsets of the creatures whose forms they wear. The animals all eventually exit [[Axalon (BW)|their base]]. Their foes' intellects gone, Megatron and the Predacons begin their hunt.

Airazor exits the [[CR chamber]] to meet [[Tigatron]] in the empty Maximal base. Tigatron resolves to reform his Maximal companions before they're killed, while Airazor has her own mission. She heads to the unoccupied [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon base]], deftly dodging the automated defenses. Inside, the rectifier coil is under no protection she can't destroy.

[[File:Call of the Wild Optimus Megatron.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Peter Jackson likely watched this episode.]]
In the jungle, Tigatron comes to face the feral Cheetor and Rhinox. The two follow him for reasons their animal minds don't comprehend. Next Tigatron recruits the primal Optimus into his party, and finally Dinobot and Rattrap. His friends gathered, Tigatron speaks to the dormant minds of his friends. He explains how the schism that exists between the Maximals' two modes is a side effect of a programming block, and as long as that program exists, the animal and Maximal identities will never reach cohesion. Now embracing the beasts within, the restored Maximals are ready to "Slag some bot!"

Primal swings Megatron off of his throne as the two Maximal cats tackle the two Predacon goons who were carrying their leader. Dinobot's raptor mode conquers [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Rhinox knocks over a tree to ground the Predacon fliers, and a ratball special puts Rattrap into position to pump gunfire into Terrorsaur. After the Predacons start to feel the effects of energon build-up, Megatron orders a retreat, and Optimus beats his chest, roaring in victory.

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (4)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (5)
* [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (6)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (7)
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (12)
* [[Tigatron]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (2)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
* [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (9)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Man, I swear them polka-dots go clear through to the brain."
:—'''Rattrap''' on Cheetor.

"Trouble with the neighbors again."
:—'''Airazor''' spots the ''Axalon'' under attack.

"Predacons, fall back!" 
"''Now'' he tells me!"
:—'''Megatron''''s order comes a wee bit too late to save '''Tarantulas'''.

"Waszzpinator ''love'' it when prey cannot shoot back!"
:-'''Waspinator''' in a rare moment of having the upper hand... It won't last.

"Hunting from the air with automatic weapons—now ''that's'' a sport!"
:—'''Terrorsaur'''

"She stoops to conquer!"
:—'''Airazor''' shows some wit.

"Rat...robot. Rat...robot. I'm a robot ''and'' a rat! Yeahh, I ''like'' it!" 
"Hrmf, I do not see why."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Remember; do not fight your beast instincts. Let them help your robot forms, both in battle and in peace. But for now, let us Maximize..." 
''[Tigatron transforms, and cocks his gun!]'' 
"AND SLAG SOME BOT!!" 
:—Nothing short of poetry from '''Tigatron!'''

==Other notes==
===Script timeline===
* First draft: 29th August 1996
* Second draft: 11th September 1996
* Finalised: 20th September 1996
* As Air: 8th January 1997

===Animation and technical errors===
* When the Predacon hunting party arrives, Terrorsaur's gun appears to be floating between his hands.
* Tigatron's legs clip through a nearby rock after he beckons gorilla-Optimus to follow him.
* When he transforms after completing his speech, Tigatron's right arm passes through the moonrays, which seems to make its reflection textures vanish.

===Continuity errors===
* At first glance, Megatron's plan seems to have a rather large glitch / continuity error. If his theories are based on researching Maximal programming, ''why would Dinobot be affected as well?'' Still, none of the dialogue explicitly ''denounces'' the idea that Predacons rely on similar programming -- perhaps Megatron started from an identical flaw in Pred programming, and his research merely confirmed Maximals would have the same flaw. (They could have probably saved themselves the bother by having him say "Cybertronian programming", but oh well.)
* Primal seems obsessed with not letting the Maximals transform in case they are attacked. Would it really be that bad just to convert to robot mode for 5 minutes to clear their heads, especially if they did it one at a time? For that matter, what exactly was the plan? The Maximals clearly knew that their beast mode instincts were taking over, but seemed to be making no plans to either retrieve or repair the rectifier coil. Were they really just going to wait around for Tigatron to turn up and hope he'd solve everything?

===Continuity notes===
* When Optimus is dreaming in his quarters, the plant that Dinobot left for him at the end of "[[Gorilla Warfare]]" can be seen next to his bed.
* Rhinox mentions that the Predacons have been attacking the base off and on for "two days", an increasingly rare use of non-cycle based unit of time.
* Gadgets and powers:
** This episode marks the only use of Megatron's right arm-mounted missile launcher, which fires from the same port the laser beam emanates from. What is with Transformers and the one-use weapons?

===Transformers references===
* Tigatron says that once, the Maximals were merely "[[Robots in Disguise (disambiguation)|robots in disguise]]".

===Real-world references===
* The episode was likely named after {{w|Jack London}}'s 1903 novel ''{{w|The Call of the Wild}}''.
* Airazor's "she stoops to conquer" line is a ''double'' reference: first, and most obviously, to 1773 play ''{{w|She Stoops to Conquer}}'', and secondly to a ''stoop'', which is the dive of a bird of prey. [[Ben Yee|Some people]] do not get it.

===Trivia===
* An unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode named "[[A Greater Ape]]" would have adopted the basic premise of a Maximal believing themselves to be a real animal, focusing specifically on Optimus Primal. It's unknown if this episode was written after Mainframe scrapped the aforementioned concept, citing the need for too many expensive models.
** Similar concepts regarding how well Maximals integrate their beast and robot modes would later surface in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. The idea of the Maximals temporarily turning feral was revisited in that series in "[[Forbidden Fruit]]", but for different reasons.
* When the Maximal computer announces that the Predacons are withdrawing from the area, text in the Maximal version of the Cybertronix [[Cybertronian language|language]] scrolls by the bottom of the screen, and more text flashes in blue in the middle of the screen. The blue flashing text reads "area clear", and the text on the bottom reads "its been a long time since ive had sweet thistle pie".
* In his beast dream, Dinobot—supposedly experiencing the instincts of his [[beast mode]], Asia's ''{{w|Velociraptor}}''—dreams of chasing what appears to be a ''{{w|Parasaurolophus}}'', which only lived in the Americas and which furthermore is portrayed as far too small. Since the creature is never actually named, it may be taken as representing a different dinosaur species as-yet-undiscovered.
* When Megatron "suggests" to his troops to laugh with him, Blackarachnia is the only one who refuses to pay him that courtesy. Clearly, Dinobot is not the only who's got some bearings of chrome steel.
* Despite them regularly sporting Predacon symbols since "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]", Scorponok's missiles are yet again shown with Maximal insignias when he attacks the Axalon.
* This is the first and only appearance of Megatron's double-barreled hunting gun, a weapon that seemingly conceptualized out of nowhere rather than being taken from his toy, which included no such accessory. The purple scaly skin texture of the weapon suggests it originates from Megatron's Beast Mode construction as opposed to having been made just for the occasion, in the same vein as Cheetor's Gut Gun.
* If you look closely at the start of the hunt, Tarantulas seems to be struggling under Megatron's weight. Scorponok seems okay, though.
* Inferno appears but has no lines, despite this being his first appearance under Megatron's command. Perhaps [[Jim Byrnes]] wasn't available?

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chassez le Naturel'''" ("Hunt the Natural")

:*''Title:'' "'''Appel Sauvage'''" ("Savage Calling")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il richiamo della foresta'''" ("The Call of the Wild")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yomigaere Beast Power!'''" (よみがえれビーストパワー!, "Revive, Beast Power!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 4|4 February]] [[1998]]
::*During the opening assault on the Axalon, Tarantulas seems to have adopted Cheetor's habit of shouting "Utsumashi!" ("Fire!") every time he fires his weapon. He also giddily sings to himself as he opens fire on the base.
::*After Scorponok fumbles and falls off his hover platform, the other Predacons all chant ''sayonaraaaa'' in unison.
::*The tortured squealing of the small dinosaur Dinobot eats in his dream has strangely been dubbed. It now sounds "cuter", making high pitched, processed "peeping" noises like a baby chick.
::*Even when he's trapped in an animal mindset, Rattrap continues to speak and mutter asides to himself about food and danger... which completely defeats the purpose of the Maximals going feral and losing higher reasoning capabilities.
::*Perhaps the most infamous change made for the Japanese version of this episode (thanks to being prominently showcased in the clip movie "[[Clash! Beast Warriors]]"), when the Predacons begin their safari and start beating the drums, they sing a musical number. The lyrics aren't especially clever, as it's mostly each Predacon sounding off and then the others chanting their unique verbal tic ("Orya! Orya!" for Scorponok, "Bun! Bun!" for Waspinator, etc.).
::*Airazor's dramatic declaration, "She stoops to conquer!" is altered into the rather bland, "I will return the Rectifier Coil!"
::*After Megatron sees the explosions and says ''uh-oh'', Optimus Primal does the famous Tarzan yell (or ''tries'' to, anyway) as he comes swinging in on the vine.
::*In one of the worst moments of character brutalization, even by the Japanese dub's standards, when Dinobot pins Blackarachnia down with his foot and hisses at her, she pathetically cries, "It hurts! Stop!"
::*When the Predacons each retreat into the jungle upon defeat, each character calls out a humorous "excuse" for running away. Megatron whimpers a pathetic, "I have to return to my piano lessons" as he dashes away.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Instinto Selvagem'''" ("Wild Instinct")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Llamado de la Bestia'''" (America, "The Call of the Beast")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yěxìng de Hūhuàn '''" (野性的呼唤, "The Call of the Beast")

===Toys inspired by this episode===
*'''''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-43 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Masterpiece|Megatron (Beast Wars)]] ([[TakaraTomy]], 2019)
:Megatron includes the hunting rifle he wields during the Maximal hunt.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Resurrected Beast Power ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 3 ([[Universal]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 3 — The Battle Rages On! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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[[File:Call of the Wild Optimus scope.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|In Destiny's sights.]]
'''Optimus Primal''' is one of the most prominent and well recognized Maximals in Transformers history. He has saved the [[Maximal]]s, [[Earth]], [[time|history]], [[human]]ity, the universe, the [[Autobot]]s, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Transformer]]s, and the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]], starting from humble beginnings as an exploratory starship captain.

{{quote|Eh, sometimes crazy works.|Optimus Primal|"Power Surge"}}

==''Beast Wars'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)|[[Alexandr Novikov]] (Russian, 1st dub), [[Zhang Wenyu]] (Chinese), [[Guilherme Lopes]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Ben Hecker]] (German), [[Pascal Renwick]] (French), [[Riccardo Lombardo]] (Italian), [[Mario Sauret]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Juan Luis Rovira]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

Optimus Primal was the captain of the exploration ship ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} He and his crew were ordered to dispose the experiment gone wrong, Protoform X, {{storylink|Bad Spark}} who was brought in by Primal's coworker, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. Depth Charge wanted X destroyed, but the High Council ordered Primal's crew to dump Protoform X someplace far away and with minimal life. Depth Charge became resentful against Primal for this. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}

[[File:BeastWarsPt1 Primal in CR chamber.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Suddenly I have a lot more body hair.]]
On the way, they were tasked with pursuing the Predacon criminal [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who had stolen the Golden Disk and a [[unspace|transwarp]]-capable ship. In pursuit, the ''Axalon'' passed though a transwarp portal to a [[Earth|strange world]]. During the ensuing space battle, both ships were damaged and Primal ordered the [[stasis pod]]s carrying the rest of the crew to be ejected into orbit before the ''Axalon'' crashed.

The planet was rich with raw [[energon]]—so much that prolonged exposure would short out their bodies—so the Maximals and Predacons were forced to take organic forms from local creatures. Primal took the form of a silverback gorilla, remarking that his new form was "interesting" upon exit from the [[CR chamber]]. During their first skirmish with the Predacons, Optimus ordered [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] to retrieve the pinned-down [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rattrap refused, resulting in Optimus having to rescue Cheetor himself—as he later said, he wouldn't give someone an order he wouldn't be able to carry out himself.

On their return to base, Optimus was challenged to a duel by the estranged Predacon [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] for leadership of the Maximals. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} When talking sense to Dinobot didn't work, Optimus engaged him in combat. The other Predacons took this as an opportunity to attack, and Optimus risked his own life to save Dinobot from falling to his death. Dinobot repaid the favor during a later battle atop a mountain, by deflecting a missile fired at Primal by Megatron. Although the huge energon cache on the mountaintop exploded, everyone survived, and Optimus announced the start of the "[[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]". {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

[[File:TheWeb Optimus and Dinobot.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"Blame Rattrap?" "Blame Rattrap".]]
Optimus's men would often try his patience, such as when Cheetor's impulsive actions lead to an experimental comlink being destroyed. When the young Maximal left base in secret to try to put things right, the other Maximals covered for him when Primal asked where he was. {{storylink|The Web}} This perhaps led to Optimus scrubbing another of Cheetor's missions to install monitoring devices, though, again, the cat went out anyway. When lightning struck one of the devices and set up a two-way teleport between the Maximal and Predacon bases, Dinobot was able to persuade Optimus to send a bomb through, though Primal insisted on setting the timer to give the Predacons enough time to get to safety. Cheetor, meanwhile, had discovered that a common energon vein ran beneath both bases—an explosion at one would destroy both—and quickly got rid of the bomb. Optimus later lectured him on obeying orders, but Cheetor didn't seem too concerned. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}

After a battle at the [[Standing Stones]] resulted in an alien signal being broadcast into space, an [[Vok probe|alien probe]] absorbed Primal's form. Optimus was still functional and aware, and able to contact the ''Axalon'' to cut off the Maximals squabbling over selecting a new leader, nominating Rattrap to be in charge. An attempt by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] to build a device to free Primal failed, but [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] inadvertently caused the probe to expel the Maximal leader. Optimus later commended Rattrap on his leadership. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}}

[[File:Fallen Comrades Dinobot Optimus core.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|What? Shiny blue gorilla? Never happen.]]
[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]'s discovery of a [[flying mountain]] laced with high-energy energon resulted in Optimus facing the super-powered Predacon in combat, and almost lost before Terrorsaur had to recharge. As Rattrap's bombs destroyed the mountain, Optimus leapt to safety with the rat on his back. {{storylink|Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge}} When the first stasis pod crashed to the ground, Optimus set out first, being the Maximal's only flier, but no sooner had he left the ''Axalon'' than he was ambushed and badly damaged by Waspinator and Terrorsaur. Ensconced in a CR Chamber, Optimus's [[core consciousness]] was accessed by Dinobot, who took Primal's advice to set up a laser link. Dinobot was disabled by a Predacon attack, but Optimus himself was able to use the laser to link to the pod and command it to reformat the [[protoform]] inside. Repaired, Primal flew to the battlefield and greeted the new Maximal, [[Tigatron]]. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

[[File:BetterMousetrap Optimus in flight.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|"Oh crap, we're almost done with the episode, and I just realized my fly's undone.]]
After a particularly nasty ambush, during which Primal was shot down and the Predacons escaped with another stasis pod, Optimus hit on a new plan—faking Rattrap's defection in order to find out how the Predacons had been constantly warned of their plans in advance. Later, Optimus explained the plan to the other Maximals, who'd been left in the dark. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}} After the unveiling of Rhinox's [[Sentinel (BW)|new defense system]], Optimus and Tigatron went hunting for some Predacons it had detected. While chasing Waspinator, Primal became aware something was up back at base, and returned to find that a "malfunction" had caused the defense system to chase the Maximals out. As it later appeared that Rattrap's attempt to disarm the system had resulted in his death, the Maximals eulogized him, but it turned out he was still alive, after all. {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}}

Out on a specimen-gathering mission with Dinobot, Optimus took the opportunity to give the ex-Predacon a lesson in not underestimating flora. Unfortunately, they were soon attacked by [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], who managed to attach a [[Cyberbee]] to Optimus before being driven off. The Cyberbee injected Optimus with a virus intended to turn him into a coward, but resulted in the opposite effect, turning him berserk with rage. Rhinox quickly determined that removing it would kill Optimus and cause it to explode, removing that option from consideration. Optimus ordered himself locked up, as he was a danger to himself and everyone around him. With time to think, he came up with a plan to take the Predacons by surprise, persuading Cheetor to release him. He then fell into a craze, leaving the ''Axalon'' and making a beeline for the Predacon base. After ripping through the rest of the Predacons, he confronted Megatron, who attempted to bargain but ended up instead with the Cyberbee stuck to his back. Cheetor was able to administer the anti-viral to Optimus in time to save him, and Megatron and Scorponok were caught at ground zero during the Cyberbee explosion. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}}

[[File:Victory Optimus jetpack rescue.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|His chiropractor just bought a new car.]]
During an attempt to contact a passing Maximal [[temporal probe]], Optimus was locked in his [[beast mode]] by [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s [[Transformation Lock Lens]] and almost killed by Megatron, but Rhinox saved his life. As Optimus was poised to enter the code to signal the transwarp probe, the Predacons finally succeeded in destroying the communications array, dashing the Maximals' hopes for a rescue. {{storylink|The Probe}} After a spycam planted in the Predacon base showed the result of an apparently disastrous mutiny had wiped out the Predacons, the Maximals salvaged a [[transwarp cell]] from the Predacon ship. Although the ''Axalon'' was made ready to launch, Dinobot, who had elected to stay behind, stumbled on the concealed Predacons. The launch unable to be aborted, Optimus ordered the Maximals take off with or without him, and went to rescue Dinobot. As it turned out, Optimus was unable to get aboard before takeoff, being shot from the entry port by one of Scorponok's missiles. The ''Axalon'' was subsequently sent crashing again when Megatron trashed the controls. Optimus used his jetpack to slow the plummeting ship and allow it to land relatively safely. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

After another Predacon defeat, Rhinox was kidnapped by Tarantulas and turned into a Predacon by Megatron's [[Transmuter (BW)|Transmuter]]. Though the other Maximals wanted to rescue their friend, Optimus had them hold back, knowing that Rhinox would wreak havoc in the Predacon ranks. He only gave the order to attack once Megatron discovered that Rhinox had been undermining the Predacon cause. During the ensuing battle within the Predacons' ship, he managed to slice off one of Megatron's arms. {{storylink|Dark Designs}} A [[Clone One|fake Dinobot]] sent Optimus out on a wild goose chase to find Rattrap. By the time the Maximals got back, the real Dinobot had eaten the fake one, much to their disgust. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}} When Rhinox and Cheetor brought [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] online, they took her back to base to meet Optimus and the others. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:Call of the Wild Optimus Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Megatron was forced to ask Terrorsaur to take up the mantle of Badass.]]
Optimus headed out to rescue Tigatron, after the Maximal was ambushed while radioing base, only to find Tigatron had gone missing. The Maximals soon received a Cyberbee, reprogrammed with a message from Tigatron showing the [[Brigadoon|flying island]] he'd found. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Optimus headed for the island with Rattrap on his back, the pair scuffling with Terrorsaur and Waspinator on the way. On the island, the Maximals desperately tried to head off [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], but were unable to prevent her from taking over the island's control center. Fortunately, Tigatron's destruction of the island's power source saved both the ''Axalon'' and the Maximals. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Optimus was running a strategic simulation when a [[magna pulse]] triggered by Tarantulas knocked out the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s power systems. He headed out to warn the others and was in time to save Tigatron from [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] by blasting the new Predacon to pieces. {{storylink|Spider's Game}} Another gambit saw the Predacons stealing the [[rectifier coil]] from the Maximal base, effectively trapping the Maximals in their beast modes. Overcome by bestial instincts, the Maximals wandered off into the jungle, and it was only through Tigatron's intervention that they were able to delete the blocks separating their robot and beast psyches. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

[[File:Possession Optimus thoughtful.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Little do they know that I was the one who killed him, using the Candlestick, in the Ballroom.]]
After a group of Maximals were blinded by an energon explosion and trekked most of the way back to the base, Optimus arrived shortly after they'd fought off Terrorsaur and Waspinator, and gone into status lock. He was able to take them back to base for repairs. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}} During a storm, the ''Axalon'' was badly damaged, leaving it open to attack, and attack the Predacons did. With the aid of a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed Waspinator, they drove the Maximals out into the jungle. As Starscream was left in charge of the ''Axalon'', the Maximals surrendered as part of a plan to retake the base. Optimus easily escaped his bonds and recovered the Maximals' weapons, before defeating Starscream in combat and allowing Blackarachnia to deliver the ''coup de grâce''. {{storylink|Possession}}

Rattrap and Dinobot's habitual bickering finally came to a head when it resulted in Rhinox being hit with a new Predacon weapon, an [[energon discharge virus]]. Optimus sent the pair out to find an antidote, hoping that they would learn to work together. When this didn't get immediate results, he announced a frontal attack, and the Maximals arrived at Tarantulas's lab in time to help Dinobot and Rattrap recover the antidote. {{storylink|The Low Road}} [[Snowstalker]]'s death as the result of a battle motivated Tigatron to abandon the Maximal cause. Optimus lectured him that while they were on the planet, they had a duty to protect it from the Predacons. Dinobot and Optimus were subsequently defeated by the team of Terrorsaur, Waspinator and Inferno, leading Tigatron to lend a hand and rejoin the Maximal team. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

When [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] discovered evidence of the [[Vok]]'s imminent arrival, Megatron called a truce, to which Primal reluctantly agreed. Curious as to what was up, Optimus had Tigatron invade the Predacon base and find out what Megatron knew, and they discovered that the aliens behind the strange anomalies were on their way. {{storylink|Before the Storm}} While investigating a [[Bio-Dome|newly created Vok installation]], Primal was tortured and captured by the aliens, who spoke to him in the form of [[Unicron]], and told him of their plans to "sterilize" the planet. He was barely able to escape before the construct sent a signal to one of the planet's moons, triggering an activation sequence. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}}

[[File:Other Voices 2 Optimus pod.jpg|thumb|right|225px|"Oh, bother."]]

Returning to the ''Axalon'', Primal found that Tarantulas and Blackarachnia has turned a stasis pod into an escape ship in order to flee the doomed planet. As the planet's second moon was converted into a [[Planet Buster]], Primal took the ship to do battle with the superweapon, against the objections of his crew. Primal planned to detonate the ship's [[transwarp cell]] when in range of the weapon, after ejecting to safety. The plan worked—with the exception of the "ejecting" part. Megatron remotely seized control of the vessel, overriding Primal's ejection commands. The Predacon commander taunted Primal as he futilely beat his fists against the pod, until the detonation obliterated the pod, the Planet Buster, and Primal, reducing them all to so much space junk. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:ComingoftheFuzors2 Optimus surfingmonkeymode.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Board Ape Shot Clubs]]

Rhinox used a device to guide his core consciousness through the [[Transformer afterlife|Matrix]], retrieving Optimus Primal's spark and implanting it into a [[blank]] protoform. Reborn with a new [[Transmetal]] body, Optimus came to the aid of his troops as they were on the verge of defeat. [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]], a newly online [[Fuzor]], took the opportunity to apply for the Maximal ranks by taking out Megatron just as the Predacon leader was about to destroy Optimus. Once the greetings were done, Optimus turned to Rattrap and requested the rodent remove his stuff from the commander's quarters. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:OtherVisits1-Primalface.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]

Optimus would later submit himself to a battery of tests, as Rhinox attempted to find out the limitations of the new Transmetal forms. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} After an attempt by Dinobot to switch sides back to the Predacons, Optimus accepted his apology and left the final decision of whether Dinobot would stay with them to Rattrap, who agreed to let him stay. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}} When Rhinox worked out that another alien site was located in an area Tigatron and Airazor were patrolling, Optimus set out to warn them, but was too late to prevent them being apparently shot into space. The plants in the area subsequently grew into another [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]], which knocked out everyone present with an energy wave. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Though the Transmetals recovered quickly, Megatron was able to use the [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Golden Disk]] to take control of the construct, taking Optimus as a prisoner. Rattrap managed to get on board and free Optimus, allowing the Maximal leader to engage Megatron in a violent combat while Rattrap sabotaged the ship. Everyone was able to get clear before the ship exploded, and Optimus resolved that they would get Airazor and Tigatron back somehow. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:BadSpark Optimus robot mode.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Transmetal Rippedimus Primal.]]
After the discovery of a stasis pod containing [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]], Optimus explained the background of the Maximal experiment to Cheetor. The pair were damaged when a fight with the Predacons ignited an energon deposit beneath the pod and the Maximals were forced to return to base. Repairs were made, and the pair were able to return to the field in time to rescue Blackarachnia and Silverbolt from Protoform X, who was later named Rampage. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Optimus and all of the Maximals mourned the loss of Dinobot, after he was killed defending a valley of [[anthropoid]]s from the Predacons. {{storylink|Code of Hero}} The discovery of a [[Transmutate (BW)|strangely-mutated Transformer]] was tainted when it was subsequently destroyed in a fight between Silverbolt and Rampage. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

The [[transwarp wavefront]] from the Planet Buster's destruction finally reached Cybertron and help arrived, but in the unexpected form of [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who had come to arrest Megatron for his crimes against the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. Despite Rattrap's misgivings, Optimus agreed to assist Ravage, and after storming the Predacon base, they captured Megatron. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Primal was forced to chastise Silverbolt for his dangerous relationship with Blackarachnia, sending Cheetor out to retrieve the arachnid. After Silverbolt decked Cheetor and went out in his stead, Optimus and Cheetor went to fetch some energon from one of Tarantulas's stashes, only to be ambushed by Inferno. The fight effectively ended when Inferno ignited the energon, blowing himself and the cave up. On their way back to the ''Axalon'', Optimus and Cheetor received some unpleasant news—Ravage had changed sides and teamed up with Megatron. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

[[File:OptimusPrimal OpSit Matrixspark.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Continuity error!]]

The Predacons began an assault on the Maximal base, with Primal and Cheetor pinned down outside. The assault failed, thanks mainly to the efforts of Rattrap, and the Maximals set off in pursuit of Megatron. As it turned out, Megatron had found the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], the then-resting place of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s and, despite their efforts, Megatron was able to gain entry and shoot [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in the head. As Megatron gloated, a [[timestorm]] raged, threatening to erase the Maximals from existence. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[File:OptimalSituation-OpOpstandsup.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Look at how big I am! And how full of Optimus Prime my cockpit is!]]
In a desperate gambit, Optimus Primal took Optimus Prime's [[spark]] into himself to protect it while repairs were effected on his body. The presence of the extra spark caused Primal's body to mutate and grow larger, gaining new jet and ground [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s along with his gorilla form. Megatron sardonically dubbed his new body as "Optimal Optimus". Despite the new power, he was unable to stop the Predacons from trashing the ''Axalon''. Optimus Prime's spark was returned to its rightful home, preserving history, but Primal retained his new form. With Megatron now desperate to end the war at any cost, Primal was forced to move his Maximals into the volcano where the Ark lay. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] arrived on the planet in search of Rampage, encountering Cheetor. By the time Optimus reached their position, Rampage had thoroughly beaten the new arrival, and Optimus took him back to base for repairs. Depth Charge rebuffed Primal's offer to let him join the Maximals, making it clear he wasn't impressed with the mess Optimus had made of things. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} Primal came up with a new plan to salvage Sentinel from the wreck of the ''Axalon'' by sending Rattrap down in a [[subaquatic stealth vessel]]. Depth Charge's interference resulted in the Predacons gaining Sentinel instead. After Primal chewed him out, Depth Charge said he'd consider the offer to join the Maximals. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

[[File:OptimalSituation-OpOpjetandtank.jpg|right|thumb|350px|]]

After [[Chak]] and [[Una]] were separated from their tribe, Optimus assigned Cheetor and Blackarachnia, by now part of the Maximal ranks, to return them. Optimus and Silverbolt provided reinforcement when the group ran into a squad of [[cyber raptor]]s engineered by Megatron, but Tarantulas's new [[cyber venom]] disabled the Maximal leader for the duration of the battle. He did prove to have a lovely singing voice when Rattrap contacted him, though. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}} Optimus was injured again during another battle to save a stasis pod, and was forced to return to base. Cheetor, despite Optimus's orders to wait for backup, went in alone, and was apparently destroyed while retrieving a [[Transmetal driver]] from Megatron's cloning machine. Anguished, Optimus blamed himself for Cheetor's death.

[[File:FeralScream2 Optimus gorillamode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.45|Oh riiiight...''Beast'' Wars. Now I get it.]]
Cheetor, however, was not dead, and stumbled back to base. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} After Cheetor was apparently spirited away by a savage feline monster during the night, Primal demanded the truth as to what happened from Depth Charge. Cheetor again returned to base, claiming that he'd destroyed the monster, but Optimus, suspecting the truth, insisted on viewing the remains. Cheetor was finally forced to admit that the monster was himself—the surge from the Transmetal driver had altered his form. Cheetor's new beast form turned out to be feral, and it was only through Optimus's coaxing that he was able to tame it. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

Optimus and Rhinox discussed the possibility of removing Blackarachnia's Predacon [[shell program]], causing her to flee when she overheard them talking. When they caught up to her, Primal explained that the decision to remove the shell program would always be hers to make. {{storylink|Proving Grounds}} After Una was kidnapped by Waspinator, Optimus instructed Cheetor to return to base for repair and sent Rattrap and Depth Charge to mount a rescue. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Blackarachia attempted to use the Transmetal driver to upgrade herself, but only ended up beginning the degradation of her shell program. While Rhinox worked to separate the Predacon shell program, Optimus and the rest of the Maximals defended the Ark from a Predacon attack, but to no avail—the power was interrupted and Blackarachnia apparently killed. Luckily, she was resurrected as a Transmetal 2 and Primal later pointed out that out that her immediately rushing out to save Silverbolt wasn't a very Maximal thing to do. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

Drawn out of the Maximal base by Waspinator, Optimus was hit by a dart fired by Tarantulas, which burrowed inside him and allowed [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] to take control. Primal was forced to watch helplessly as his body was used to subjugate the Maximals and allow Megatron to take the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s spark in emulation of Primal's feat with Optimus Prime's spark. Blackarachnia was able to free Optimus from Quickstrike's control, and the Maximal leader subsequently fought at length with the newly upgraded Megatron. The rest of the Maximals were released from their imprisonment in time to help him drive the Predacon off. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

The tide was finally turned when the Vok combined Airazor and Tigatron into the mighty [[Tigerhawk]], who obliterated the Predacon base. Optimus immediately traveled to the site, concerned that the destruction of the original Megatron's spark would endanger history. While attempting to reason with Tigerhawk, the Vok emissary plunged Optimus into the ground before being captured by Tarantulas. Following Tarantulas's destruction, Tigerhawk accepted Optimus's offer to rejoin the Maximals. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

[[File:Nemesis1-RattrapOpOpCovenant.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

Pursuing Megatron, Optimus discovered what Tarantulas had found—the ancient Decepticon warship, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. He and Tigerhawk headed for the ship's location by air, encountering a massive explosion caused by Depth Charge terminating Rampage. Optimus believed that the ''Nemesis'' had been dealt with, until the ship itself rose out of the ocean. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} At Tigerhawk's instruction, Primal left him to face the ''Nemesis'' alone, and returned to the Ark to start a new plan to try to get the ship online. The Maximals were unable to do so before the ''Nemesis'' arrived and turned a tractor beam on the Ark, so Primal himself flew up to the ship, pulling off his own wing and jamming it in the gears of the ship's pulverizer so that he could get aboard. He began duking it out with Megatron on the bridge of the Nemesis, despite the knowledge he was no match for two Megatrons.

[[File:Nemesis2-finishthequote.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Finish the quote, Megatron!" "...It still says you lose." "Yeah but it also says I'll be real annoying about it!"]]

{{quote|'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the trees, nor the seas, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail.'}}
{{quote|Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'|Megatron and Optimus Primal|"Nemesis Part 2"}}

By continuing the hopeless battle, Optimus managed to buy the Maximals the time they needed, and Rhinox took out Megatron by flying [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|a borrowed Autobot shuttle]] through the bridge of the ''Nemesis''. As the ship began its descent, Optimus reached out to [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]], who had regained some measure of his old self, but the warrior insisted on satisfying honor by going down with the ship, and so Optimus left before the ship crashed.

With the captured Predacon leader strapped to the roof of the Autobot shuttle, the Maximals at last headed home. Leaving the planet and memorializing his fallen comrades, Optimus Primal declared that the Beast Wars were over. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

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==''Beast Machines'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Wenyu]] (Chinese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Alfonso Ramírez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Juan Carballido]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Tilo Schmitz]] (German), [[Simone Mori]] (Italian), [[Erwin Grunspan]] (French)}}

[[File:Reformatting Primal technorganic beast mode.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|See this, this is what a gorilla looks like.]]

The flight through transwarp space was not a smooth one though, the shuttle encountering shockwaves in time that allowed Megatron to break free. After this caused one last shockwave, the shuttle emerged in orbit of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where it was immediately shot down by the orbiting satellites. Finding the planet overrun by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] drones, Optimus ordered a retreat only for he and Cheetor to be bombed by a gaseous form of the [[transformation virus]]. By virtue of being a [[Transmetal]], Primal was able to resist the full effects of the virus, though at the cost of his upgrades. Devolved back to the body he'd held at the start of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], unable to assume his [[robot mode]] and now having amnesia, Optimus continued his escape alone. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}} As he leapt through an industrial complex, Optimus began experiencing visions, which led him one-by-one to Rattrap, Cheetor, and Blackarachnia, before leading them to a chamber deep within Cybertron, the access point for the powerful and legendary [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]. As the other three Maximals watched, Primal entered into the bowels of the computer, within which he was granted visions he could not yet comprehend, including the prophetic statement that "the seeds of the future lie buried in the past". [[Reformatting|Reformatted]] by the Oracle, Primal emerged in a new, [[technorganic]] beast mode and urged the other dying Maximals to complete their "reformatting" as well. Shortly after this was achieved, the group was attacked by an underground army of Cycle Drones. During the ensuing fight, Primal plunged into a deep pit, but as he fell, was able to master the "art" of transformation and regain his [[robot mode]]. Flying out, Primal grabbed the nearest drone and demanded answers, but lost his concentration, causing him to revert to beast mode. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

[[File:MasteroftheHouse resolute Primal.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|[[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|"Must destroy the techno-organic".]]]]
Primal began to teach the three other Maximals the lost art of transformation, which was mastered by achieving an inner calmness and finding their spiritual centers. Though Cheetor and Blackarachnia were successful right off the bat, Rattrap was unable to transform at all. The search for answers lead them to the [[Council Citadel]], where Optimus encountered the mastermind behind the empty Cybertron—Megatron! Megatron claimed he had united Cybertron into one unified machine controlled by his mind, and purged his beast form from himself, however the combination of the Maximals besting his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] drones and Optimus's goading increased Megatron's rage until he involuntarily transformed into his dragon mode. Recovering quickly, Megatron gloated that he had done away with the millions of [[Transformer]]s inhabiting the planet, and Optimus demanded to know what he'd done with them all. Primal had to be dragged physically from the Citadel by the other Maximals, yelling Megatron's name as he went. Later, Optimus told the others that he blamed his own failure to stop Megatron for the downfall of Cybertron. {{storylink|Master of the House}}

[[File:FiresofthePast Optimus runs.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Dull heroic running!]]
Investigation of the [[Cybertron Archives]] revealed that they'd been erased clean. Optimus was so furious, he singlehandedly trashed an entire phalanx of tank drones, and later lectured his troops for their poor performance in combat. When Rattrap and Blackarachnia risked their own lives consulting the logs on the shuttle they arrived in, only to be attacked by Megatron's new [[Vehicon general]]s, Optimus came to their aid with Cheetor, but was even more furious at the loss of the ship and the fact they'd endangered themselves. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}} With the memories of Silverbolt and Rhinox reawakened, Optimus promised to find their lost friends. Sensing a [[spark]], Optimus led his men on a search, only for them all to be captured when Rattrap used a transformation enhancer to transform, alerting the Vehicons to their location. Taken to the Citadel, the Maximals were able to break free. Primal reached out to [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]'s spark, turning the Vehicon general to their side so that he helped them escape the building. Unfortunately he didn't remain their ally for long, as Megatron was subsequently able to erase his memory and lock Optimus out. Optimus told the others that he had sensed something... familiar about the Vehicon's spark. {{storylink|Mercenary Pursuits}}

[[File:ForbiddenFruit Optimus takes a bite.jpg|right|upright=1.45|thumb| But I wanted bananas! Oh well, these'll do.]]
The Maximals discovered that someone had survived Megatron's planet-wide purge, a Maximal named [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] who seemed to suffer from the same transformation lock virus that the Maximals had upon arrival. Nightscream led them to an underground tree he had been living off. Optimus told the other Maximals they should eat the fruit, but the fruit caused their beast instincts to overtake them. Complicating things, [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] picked this moment to attack. The Maximals snapped out of it when Cheetor destroyed the tree. Following the battle, Primal showed a new talent granted by the Oracle, reformatting Nightscream into a new, technorganic body. Optimus was critically weakened by the effort and requested the over-eager Cheetor to take command in his absence. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}}

During his rest, the other Maximals managed to drive Rattrap to Megatron's side. Optimus later convinced Rattrap to rejoin his friends, and reminded the others not to underestimate their comrade's strength in the face of adversity. {{storylink|The Weak Component}} The hunt for what happened to the inhabitants of Cybertron took another step when the Maximals discovered the empty shells of hundreds of Transformers, their sparks torn out. Inevitably Vehicon drones arrived and a battle began. The other Maximals became separated from Blackarachnia and were forced to search for her, even as it became obvious that the factory they were in was on the verge of exploding. After the found her, Optimus froze at the sight of the desparked bodies, anguished at all he'd allowed Megatron to do, and Cheetor was forced to take command from him in order to mount a retreat. As they fled, Blackarachnia revealed that the Vehicon Generals contained the sparks of their missing comrades. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery|Discovery}}

[[File:Revelations2 Optimus waves arms.jpg|left|upright=1.55|thumb|What? Apes throw poop, it's an instinct.]]
Optimus became increasingly withdrawn, demanding the other Maximals leave him alone and spending all of his time with the Oracle, experiencing visions. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}} Confused by what the Oracle was showing him, he nonetheless persevered, and was rewarded with a meeting with Rhinox in a vision. Unfortunately their talk did not go well, Rhinox siding with Megatron's ideal of a technological Cybertron and openly hostile to the idea of reintroducing the organic. Optimus awoke and rejoined his fellow Maximals, who had awakened Rhinox's spark within Tankor, only to find the same thing Optimus had—their old friend had changed. Primal confided to the others that he had realised the true mission which the Oracle intended for them to carry out: to make Cybertron wholly organic once more. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse|Apocalypse}}

While they were in search of the fruit tree Nightscream had originally lead them to, the Maximals were attacked by the Vehicons and Nightscream kidnapped. During the rescue, Nightscream discovered a cave lined with fossils, and Primal realised this proved that Cybertron was once organic. {{storylink|Survivor}} Optimus and Cheetor would continue to butt heads over what course of action they should take. The discovery of a [[organic goop|green goop]] from Cybertron's core which caused plants to spontaneously sprout appeared to justify Optimus's opinion they should concentrate on restoring the organic to the planet. When a subsequent attack by Tankor left Nightscream in a [[Living metal#Beast Era|technomatter]] state, more disagreement over the proper course of action ensued. They eventually stole a mole drone at great risk, and Optimus was able to guide it downwards, unleashing a torrent of green goo which cured everyone. Following the victory, Cheetor told Optimus that he refused to be treated like a kid any more, but grudgingly accepted Optimus's leadership. {{storylink|The Key}}

[[File:Catalyst Optimus eulogizes Rhinox.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Think this will pass for mistletoe?]]
Believing Tankor to be dead, the Maximals were finally able to hold a memorial for Rhinox. Tankor, however, still functioned and plotted to have Megatron use the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to purge all organic life from Cybertron. Hoping to force Megatron's hand, Tankor surreptitiously provided Rattrap with a catalyst to increase the plant growth, and Optimus and the other Maximals subsequently had to rescue Rattrap from the marauding vines. Though Optimus turned down Cheetor's suggestion that they use the rapidly-growing vines as a weapon, Cheetor went ahead and tried it anyway, almost spelling doom when the plan backfired. Quick work by Optimus saved the orchard, and he scolded Cheetor before breaking the news that he believed the Oracle had been tampered with. {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

[[File:EndofLine technomattered Optimus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Evil evil MONKEY!]]
Despite the apparent tampering, Optimus continued to follow the Oracle's visions, leading the Maximals to the [[plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], capable of wiping out everything technological on the planet. The Oracle had bestowed on Optimus the power to open the chamber, however Cheetor managed to talk him out of opening the chamber outright, and the Maximals set about finding a way to deactivate the Keys instead. Rattrap, hacking into Megatron's computer, was disabled by Tankor. Optimus sensed something was wrong and rushed in to confront Megatron directly. As the pair fought, Megatron revealed the defeat of the other Maximals, but Optimus wouldn't yield, attempting to reformat his opponent. Tankor arrived in time to use a Key to turn Optimus into technomatter, lecturing the Maximal on sporting behavior, only to be promptly captured by Megatron, who took the opportunity to gloat over Optimus. In desperation, the Maximal leader finally opened the Plasma Energy Chamber. At the same time, Megatron ordered his Tank drones to fire the Key, the energies released creating a planetwide storm. Optimus's body began to crumble before his eyes. {{storylink|End of the Line}}

[[File:Fallout Optimus in Oracle.jpg|right|upright=1.45|thumb| Watch out! He'll start throwing barrels!]]
Though his body was destroyed, Primal's spirit was transported into the Matrix, the Transformers' afterlife. As he and Megatron fought in the void, he pondered if this was his destiny, to fight his nemesis for eternity. Before him, he saw the faces of his comrades, the Maximals, berate him for his poor leadership and near-genocidal behavior. He then found himself back on prehistoric Earth, where a red-eyed copy of Primal attacked him, scolding him for his fanatical behavior. Floating in space, he saw the collective sparks of Cybertron, who similarly warned him of the consequences of his choices. Awakening back in the maelstrom of energy, Primal used himself as a power conduit, taking advantage of his techno-organic body by channeling both plasma and key energies through himself and back into their respective sources before being blasted into atoms.

Meanwhile, the other Maximals journeyed downwards once more, speaking to Optimus via the Oracle. Primal refused to lead the Maximals, asking only for their forgiveness, but they merely told him there was nothing to forgive—without his guidance, they'd never have made it this far. Preparing to become one with the Allspark, Optimus realized his mistake: his mission was not to create an organic Cybertron, but to restore the balance between the technological and the organic. As he chose life and was returned to the other Maximals, the Oracle congratulated him for passing his greatest test. A forest of technorganic trees sprang up in the chamber around the Maximals, as the Oracle vanished.

[[File:SavageNoble Optimus contacts Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3| Okay, why did you come to ME for guidance?]]
Believing their next task was to find the missing sparks, the Maximals headed for the Council Citadel, only for a [[Grand Mal|giant head]] with the likeness of Megatron to hove into view. {{storylink|Fallout (episode)|Fallout}} When the giant head failed to do anything, Optimus attempted to contact Megatron's spark directly, but received only confused images which didn't even come from a sentient mind. Meanwhile, the other Maximals had discovered two more beings roaming the city—an intelligent and sensitive wolf named [[Noble (BM)|Noble]] and a bestial dragon dubbed [[Savage]]. With Primal's help, they trapped Savage, only to discover that Savage and Noble were one and the same—a Transformer with two beast modes. Optimus vowed to do all he could to help their new friend. {{storylink|Savage Noble}}

Optimus ordered Noble and Nightscream remain outside the Council Citadel while he and the others ventured inside to look for clues to the lost sparks. His orders were, of course, disregarded, and it soon transpired that Noble was actually Megatron, attempting to access his control harness. After using a spark extractor on himself, Megatron took control of giant floating head, reactivating the drone armies and forcing the Maximals underground. {{storylink|Prometheus Unbound}} While rescuing Nightscream, who'd gone to try and find Noble, Optimus and Cheetor were pulled up to the floating head with a tractor beam. Megatron demanded information on the Oracle, attempting to take it from them by force, but they were rescued by Silverbolt, who has been reformatted from Jetstorm by Blackarachnia. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}

[[File:WolfintheFold Optimus and Silverbolt.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1| I know it's hard not being a badass wolf anymore...]]
Though the Maximals were happy to have Silverbolt back, Optimus was reminded of the loss of Rhinox. Their introspection was interrupted by an attack—Megatron unleashed a variation of the [[Hate Plague]] on them, infecting all of the Maximals but Optimus, who was scooped up by the Megatron's floating head. Inside, Optimus and Megatron argued at length on the topic of free will versus the harmony of one mind. Seeing his Maximals furiously infighting, Optimus returned to them to try to quell their anger, only to be infected himself. Still, with his help, the Maximals were able to overcome the effects of the virus. Despite their success through teamwork, Primal believed that the virus had only magnified existing tensions in the group. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}}

Down in the [[technorganic orchard]], the plants were faring poorly and beginning to wither. Worried, Primal wondered if the orchard was to be in vain. When an extraterrestrial shuttle crashed into Cybertron, Optimus led the Maximals toward the site. Discovering organic matter inside, the team was attacked by a strange plant-creature which headed for the orchard. Following it there, Optimus reformatted the creature into a techno-organic plant. The plant introduced itself as [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], a fellow Maximal scientist, and revealed that the only problem the orchard had was incorrect lighting. {{storylink|Home Soil}}

[[File:Sparkwar1 Optimus attacks.jpg|thumb|left|270px|Darn fireflies. Shoo! Shoo!]]
Optimus's depression about their inability to locate the missing sparks was interrupted by a vision, cluing him in to the fact that something was amiss. In fact, Megatron had taken two of the sparks and created two new Vehicon generals, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], who subsequently almost bested the Maximals in combat. The timely intervention of Botanica allowed the Maximals to escape, but Optimus vowed not to let Megatron violate any more sparks. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike|The Strike}} Another vision lead Optimus to believe the sparks were being moved. He and Nightscream ventured deep underground to the lost great city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. There Optimus encountered a giant hologram of Optimus Prime, however it turned out to be a trick on the part of Megatron, who forcibly extracted the Oracle access codes from Primal. As Primal later revealed, he had allowed it to happen so that he could access Megatron's systems and find out the location of the missing sparks. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}}

The Maximals infiltrated the Megatron's giant head, finally finding the lost sparks. They found themselves bound by metal tentacles as Megatron's spark began consuming their prize. Horrified, Optimus implored the sparks to resist, but to no avail. When Megatron killed Noble, Nightscream was moved to turn his sonic attack on Megatron, stopping their foe as he was on the verge of ripping the sparks from the Maximals' bodies. Megatron thus defeated, Rattrap managed to switch the plummeting Grand Mal to manual control, allowing Optimus to halt its descent. The Maximals later held a memorial for Noble and Primal gave a eulogy. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|The Siege}}

[[File:BMEndgame2 Optimus spark power.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4| Barrier burst!]]
The Maximals celebrated Megatron's defeat, with Optimus assuring the others he could confirm Megatron was definitely dead through virtue of the link to the Oracle which the two shared. However Megatron was not dead, existing as a free-floating spark and though Primal initially welcomed Obsidian and Strika to the Maximal team, they abandoned the cause when Megatron turned up, trapped in a [[Diagnostic Drone]] thanks to Rattrap's handiwork. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

[[File:Optimalmegatronoptimusprimal.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Yesss, I've skinned you and I'm wearing your head as a hat."]]
In control of the Grand Mal and the sparks within, the Maximals failed to convince Optimus they should give the sparks new bodies. He was worried it would leave the spark vulnerable to recapture by Megatron, and they needed to reformat Cybertron first. With Megatron back in control of the drone armies, the Maximals soon found themselves under siege in the giant head anyway. Rattrap's gamble to save Botanica's life backfired, leaving them vulnerable to the drones, who managed to penetrate the head's shields. Despite the best efforts of the Maximals, the ship plunged to the ground. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral|The Downward Spiral}} Down, but not out, the Maximals began preparing their defenses for the impending Vehicon assault. The shields did not hold long, and the Maximals found themselves fighting against hordes of drones. Outnumbered, the Maximals used spark power bestowed on them by the Oracle to decimate the drones, until Megatron took the Oracle from them. Finally, Optimus was confronted by Megatron in a new form—a replica of Primal's own "Optimal Optimus" body—while the other Maximals had their sparks ripped from their bodies. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}}

{{quote|We must seek the balance, Megatron. Not only between the organic and the technological, but the balance between eternal enemies.|Optimus Primal|"Seeds of the Future"}}

Enraged, Optimus struck out at Megatron, and their battle raged across the city. As the moved from location to location, Optimus found the bodies of his Maximal friends, and found the technorganic orchard ravaged. Returning above ground, Megatron unveiled a huge throne, drawing all of the sparks into himself, despite Primal's protests. Megatron began to reformat Cybertron's core using the Key to Vector Sigma, but Optimus managed to distract him long enough to throw him off balance. Together, the two enemies plunged into the heart of Cybertron and ushered in the reformatting that returned the deactivated population to life and gave birth to the new, technorganic Cybertron. As the surviving Maximals looked out over their new home, Primal and the Oracle spoke to [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and Primal departed with the words "Transform, and Transcend", as his Spark joined the Matrix. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}
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==Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity==
===''Kiss Players''===
Optimus Primal, unbeknownst to him, had "[[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] fragments" (in actuality [[Angolmois Energy]]) at various stages of his life. The invisible [[Atari Hitotonari]] and [[Star Dust]] attempted to retrieve it while Optimus was locked in battle with Waspinator, but it was snatched away by [[Primus]] before the two could get a decent grip on it. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}} This sequence of events would happen every time Atari would kiss other forms of Optimus to acquire the different fragments. {{Storylink|Kiss Players episode 45|Kiss Players #45}}

===''Cloud''===
While investigating an energon mine with the other Maximals in the 9-BW Spacetime, Optimus Primal encountered [[Hot Rodimus]] and [[SARA]], lost denizens of [[Cloud World]] who allowed most of the Maximals to believe they were from outer space and hunting [[Shockwave (Cloud)|a criminal]]. With their two new friends, the Maximals were about to reach the energon mine when they were ambushed by the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Hot Rodimus's battle with [[Shockwave (Cloud)|Shockwave]] caused an energon eruption that sent the Predacons fleeing and almost consumed the Maximals who were trying to save the local wildlife. Fortunately, SARA was able to convert the eruption into less dangerous [[energon crystal]]s and the visitors returned to their proper spacetime. {{storylink|Wild (Cloud)|Wild}}

During a later battle with the Decepticons, Hot Rodimus thought back to his time with the Maximals, including Optimus Primal. {{storylink|TFC-A03}}

===''Beast Wars Diorama Story''===
[[File:BWDS 1.jpg|thumb|left|I'm ready to unleash my primal rage!]]
Some time after Starscream fled from prehistorical Earth, Optimus Primal and a group of Maximals, including [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], and a time-displaced [[Colada]], battled a contingent of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] comprising [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Archadis]], and [[Wolfang (Predacon)|Wolfang]] in a forest. After all the Transformers transformed into robot mode, Megatron attacked Optimus Primal with the jaws of his ''T. rex'' head-hand. Primal blocked the attack with his dual Cyber Blades and then fought Megatron off with his Mega Blasters. {{storylink|Optimus Primal Chapter}} Though Primal blocked his "Tyranno Fang" attack, Megatron was able to counter by shooting a "Laser Buster" from the mouth of his ''T. rex'' head-hand. {{storylink|Megatron Chapter}}

[[File:BWDS 11.jpg|thumb|Empirical evidence suggests... I'm a ''real'' animal.]]

Some time into the battle, a warp opened, bringing with it [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who were all from another [[Movie (franchise)|universe]]. [[Tigatron]] and [[Gimlet]] also joined the battle, and the Autobots and Maximals teamed up against the combined Predacon and Decepticon forces. Primal and Prime punched Starscream at the same time and then shook hands to commemorate their accomplishment of teamwork. The Maximals and Ratchet looked upon with approval. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] later appeared and battled Optimus Primal during the next infraction. As the battled raged, the [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] from the other universe came in through the warp. {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}}

Megatron brought along [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], and the two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. Optimus Primal battled the Predacon Megatron and then Blackout in the ensuing skirmish. The Maximals' savior came in the form of [[Motorarm (BW)|Motorarm]], who then went on to battle [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. Primal battled Megatron and Blackout again, and the two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. With Motorarm leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}

Later, through the power of energon, both Optimus Primal and Megatron attained the giant "Energon Power Mode". The energies coursing in their bodies granted both improved abilities and the two battled. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Diorama Story#TM-SP Character Data File|TM-SP Character Data File}}

===''Beast Wars II'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Burningconvoy.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|All these compliments are making me blush.]]

In order to counter the threat of [[Majin Zarak]], the injured [[Magnaboss (BWII)|Magnaboss]] activated an alien teleport gate and transported Optimus Primal from [[Earth|Energoa]] to [[Gaia]]. Upon arriving, Optimus helped the injured Maximal to his feet and immediately issued a challenge to the Predacon [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]: "You think you've won, but we won't be defeated. Let us settle this. Come to point B-2."

As the enraged Galvatron headed to point B-2 to meet the challenge, Optimus Primal found what was left of the soundly defeated [[Lio Convoy]], buried beneath tons of rock and debris after a crushing battle with Majin Zarak. Communicating to him via cyberspace, Primal encouraged his companion to muster up the burning justice needed to dig himself out and face Majin Zarak down a second time. Spurred by the words of the strange glowing stranger, Lio Convoy broke free from his tomb to be greeted by Magnaboss, who had dug out the other injured Maximals who had also been defeated.

Optimus Primal then made his grand, melodramatic entrance from atop a cliff with the sun to his back, bathing him in a holy glow. The Maximals stood in awe, regarding him as a "legendary commander". Joining forces with Lio Convoy, the pair of [[Supreme Commander]]s then went about developing a strategy to defeat Majin Zarak.

Point B-2 happened to be a narrow canyon, making Zarak's massive, bulky body useless in battle. With the beast trapped Optimus and Lio Convoy made their presence known, enraging Galvatron greatly to see two commanders, and Magnaboss swiftly defeated Zarak. After disarming Zarak Optimus commended Magnaboss but suddenly, Zarak began to transform on his own. Scuba then discovered that Majin Zarak is alive and Galvatron never had control of him to begin with. While [[Diver (BW)|Diver]] and Scuba researched for his weakness Optimus, Lio Convoy, Magnaboss, [[Bighorn]], [[Apache]] attacked him head on but their weapons were almost completely ineffective. However Diver and Scuba eventually learned that their foe had a third eye where all its nerve endings were clustered; a good hit in the eye would destroy the behemoth for good.

[[File:BWIIMovieMonkeyRidesLion.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"The fiery ape shall ride a glowing lion" was by far the most misunderstood passage in the ''[[Covenant of Primus]]''.]]

As Majin Zarak closed in on them, Optimus Primal and Lio Convoy held hands, synchronized their [[Energon Matrix|Energon Matrices]] and transformed themselves into Flash Lio Convoy and '''Burning Convoy''' (バーニングコンボイ ''Bāningu Konboi''). Transforming to monkey mode, Burning Convoy jumped onto Flash Lio Convoy's lion mode's back and rode his buddy up to Majin Zarak's face. Leaping off his back, he then transformed back to robot mode and landed a mighty robot punch into Zarak's third eye. Weakened by the blow, Zarak was rendered immobile. Burning Convoy and Flash Lio Convoy then hovered together and with the power of their twin Energon Matrices unleashed the "Double Matrix Blaster". The absurdly powerful attack blew straight through Zarak's head, causing the monster to explode and die.

With the battle won, Optimus Primal returned to the alien teleport gate and asked to be sent home. The Maximals didn't want him to leave, but he insisted that he still had a Beast War on Energoa to win. He then assured them that they were all such good soldiers, they didn't need his help to win their war, ensuring them they were more than capable of winning their war on their own. As Optimus went through the gate, the Maximals then destroyed the device behind him so that its power could never be used to destroy the universe ever again. {{storylink|Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!}}
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===''Robotmasters'' comic===
[[File:Robot Masters comic Blastizone.jpg|thumb]]
After a suspicious period of inactivity during the Beast Wars, Optimus Primal personally went out to seek Megatron and found the [[Blastizone]], which took him to Earth in the year [[2004]]. Emerging from the time-space distortion, Primal found [[R-Blade]] under attack from [[Decepticon]]s. Their banter revealed to Primal that Megatron was in this time period, and the Maximal scared the Decepticons away. {{storylink|To War! Optimus Primal}} {{Storylink|The New Battle Begins!}} Optimus Primal later teamed up with [[Bound Rogue]] and helped defend [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] from [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and other Decepticons. At the end of the battle, Primal joined [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots. {{storylink|Bonds Stronger than Steel}}

[[File:Starsaber robotmasters minicomic.jpg|thumb|left]]

Later, Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime attempted to push Gigant Bomb and Smokesniper away from Bound Rogue and Mirage. Their efforts did little, as Gigant Bomb was powered by a piece of solitarium in his chest. Star Saber and Victory Leo soon came to the rescue, slicing the solitarium piece into two and sending the Decepticon duo into retreat. The two new Autobots then joined the Optimuses in their struggle against Megatron. {{Storylink|The Victory Warriors Enter!!}}

The Autobots developed the "[[Black body (technology)|black body]]" upgrade, which would allow them to safely absorb [[solitarium]] as a power source. Optimus Primal volunteered to be first in line for the process, but Optimus Prime would not have his soldiers take the risk before he would. Something did go wrong with the upgrade, as the Decepticons had managed to replace some of the process's data. This led to Optimus Prime needing to isolate himself so as to not drain his soldiers dry of their energy.

When the Predacon Megatron, also empowered by a "black body" upgrade, attacked the Autobots, Optimus Primal puzzled out that the corrupted version of the black body upgrade had no ill effects on transformers with "beast" physiology such as him and his rival. He applied the upgrade to himself, and took off to rescue Optimus Prime from his volatile state. Optimus Primal siphoned the excess solitarium from Prime's body, allowing the Autobot leader to return to his troops. Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime then defeated the Predacon Megatron together. {{storylink|Black Body (prose)|Black Body}}

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On a tip from [[Sideways (RM)|Sideways]], Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime were led by [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] to a [[solitarium]] horde on [[Chaar]]. However, Double Face turned out to be with the Decepticons and had set up a trap for the Autobots at the solitarium. The Autobots survived, but the Decepticons ran off with the solitarium. {{storylink|Defend the Solitarium!}} Later, in [[2005]], Optimus Primal joined R-Blade and [[Delta Seeker]] in an aerial patrol. They came across Starscream, [[X-Gunner]], and [[Wingstun]], who challenged the Autobots to a race. Optimus Primal proved to be the slowest competitor, but the race was won by R-Blade. {{storylink|Through Sea and Sky: The World's Fastest Race}} Optimus Primal later intervened with Optimus Prime when a confused [[Lio Convoy]] attacked [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]]. Once Lio Convoy was convinced of the good nature of the Autobots of the time, the four [[Supreme Commander]]s used the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and the [[Energon Matrix|Energon Matrices]] to attack and send the Decepticons fleeing. {{Storylink|Together, the 4 Great Supreme Commanders}}

When [[Reverse Convoy]] was rescued by the Autobots and claimed to have been attacked by the [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|original Megatron]] at [[Sherman Dam]], Optimus Primal joined Optimus Prime, Reverse Convoy, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and Victory Leo to Sherman Dam to confirm Reverse Convoy's story. {{Storylink|Strategic Meeting: The Mysterious New Warrior}} It turned out to be a Decepticon trap, and the five were incapacitated. To lure the other Autobots to the Dam, Reverse Convoy sent out an SOS call, which [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and Lio Convoy answered. Reverse Convoy shortly revealed himself to be Rebirth Megatron, the original Megatron reborn! Nevertheless, Star Saber freed the bound Autobots and Rebirth Megatron destroyed the Dam to cover his escape. {{Storylink|The Dark Emperor of Destruction, Reborn}} Rebirth Megatron joined with Beast Megatron and the two led a force to make one final attack on the Autobots for more solitarium. The battle went on for three days and three nights till the Megatrons were finally defeated. With the power of solitarium, Optimus Primal and Beast Megatron returned to their rightful time. {{Storylink|And Then}}
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===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
In the [[Precursor World]], Star Convoy did battle with [[King Poseidon]]. Through the power of the [[Silver Matrix]], he connected with the future Supreme Commanders he had met during the [[Robotmasters (franchise)|solitarium conflict]]—Lio Convoy, Star Saber, and Optimus Primal. With their strength feeding his own, Star Convoy healed his wounds and was revitalized. {{storylink|Seacons comic 5}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Before his death in the core of Cybertron, Optimus Primal somehow learned that Rhinox's spirit had moved into the [[Legends World]] and shared this information with Cheetor, who would send a search party after the war was over.

At some point, the [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] of [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (cartoon)|another universe]] retold the story of Primal's final battle with Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Rattrap}}

===''Beast Wars Reborn''===
[[File:BeastWarsRebornMegatronArtwork1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rebirth control.]]
After their death in the core of Cybertron, both Megatron and Optimus Primal awoke inside a bizarre temple-like spaceship which was hurtling through space. Neither had any memory of who they were or how they got there, only of their own names and a feeling of discomfort between one another. The pair went about investigating the ship in search of answers. While Megatron's memory was lost, his personality remained mostly intact: he was more concerned with seizing control of the ship before Primal did in order to gain the upper hand.

They eventually found a data log and discovered that their sparks had been taken and they were reborn into new bodies (unbeknownst to them, bodies identical to their original forms). However, their memories were intentionally not uploaded into their new bodies. While searching the log they discovered that the ship's main power source was a [[Golden Disk (BWR)|Golden Disk]] lodged within a giant pillar. Megatron immediately raced to obtain the Disk and Primal followed him. The closer they got to the disk, the more the ship attempted to thwart their advance by manipulating its atmospheric conditions.

Once they reached the chamber, the ship's environment suddenly morphed to that of a decaying planet littered with the corpses of robots. The corpses came to life and began shambling toward them, intent on eating their sparks. They made short work of the zombies, leaving Megatron to obtain the Golden Disk and Primal with a feeling that he shouldn't entirely trust Megatron. This was confirmed quite quickly when Megatron discovered a part of the ship capable of turning anything—or anyone—into pure [[antimatter]] and announced his intention to use it as a weapon. (Also, Primal somehow got [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G2reissue|the Laser body]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#G-2 story pages and pack-in manga|his predecessor]] after Megatron started fiddling with the ship's computer.) As the two of them prepared to fight, a strange Transformer interrupted them, causing the entire ship to shut itself off (and giving Primal his old body back in the process). This Transformer introduced himself as [[Logos Prime|Soundblaster]], announcing that the ship's power over space and time was his own—and that he wished to pass it to Megatron.

From another dimension beyond time and space, [[Primus]] recognized that something was amiss and sent [[Vector Prime]] to meet Primal and Megatron within the spaceship. {{storylink|The Mysterious Temple in Space}} He arrived just in time to confront Soundblaster. Referring to him by his true name of Logos Prime, Vector Prime questioned the Ancient's motives, only for Soundblaster to repeat his intention of passing his powers to Megatron. {{storylink|Master of the Game}}

[[File:Animatron form Optimus Megatron.jpg|thumb|right]]

Optimus tried to take down Soundblaster in response, only for his attack to prove ineffective against his opponent's infrasonic wave counter-attack. Soundblaster then declared that a rite of succession would take place in order for his power to be passed on. The details of the rite were contained on the Golden Disk, which Optimus snatched away before Soundblaster could finish his explanation. Soundblaster then restored both Optimus and Megatron's memories, and warped the two competitors down onto an [[Jungle Planet (colony)|organic planet]]. Optimus first mistook the place for Earth, but the appearance of [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] duking it out with a [[Bear Transformer]] changed his mind on the matter. Optimus readied himself to join the tussle, only to be slammed away by Scourge's tail. Fighting unconsciousness, Optimus was approached by [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]]. {{Storylink|Planetfall (BWR)|Planetfall}}

After explaining his origins to Backstop, Optimus Primal was brought to the [[Rectangular Valley]] temple, where he analyzed the Golden Disk with the attending priests' technology. Megatron would make an appearance a few days later in a new body adapted to their new universe's [[Cyber Key|properties]]. Primal had a plan for himself, borrowing Animatron's [[Cyber Planet Key]] from the local viceroy, Optimus Primal used its power to evolve into a new Animatronian form that could access the [[Zeonomicon]] left behind for Soundlaster's successor. The two nemeses rushed to the obelisk where the successor would have to lay the Golden Disk to become the inheritor of the Ancient's powers. Both vanished from sight of the others in the battle, but Backstop believed that the dawn of a new day signaled who won out. {{Storylink|The Extraordinary Reformat}}

===''Kiss Players''===
Upon meeting the lost [[Shaoshao Li]] on his universe's [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] noted that [[Logos Prime]] had brought two Transformers from Shaoshao's [[G1 World|world]] to this universe a long time ago. It was prudent for Shaoshao to find how they may have returned to their native universe, as she needed to return the [[Angolmois Energy|"Allspark" fragments she collected]] to ensure its future. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 50|Kiss Players #50}}

==3H comics==
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English)}}
Some time after Optimus Primal's rebirth as a Transmetal, [[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] arrived on prehistoric [[Earth]] in search for an artifact. Optimus was called in to assist the other Maximals in subduding the Predacon. She eventually ran out of power and collapsed. Before he could have a look at the mysterious assailant, Optimus was knocked out by Megatron, who abducted Antagony. {{storylink|Visitations}}

[[File:Terminus-OptimalOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
When another traveler from Antagony's time came, Megatron engineered a battle between his Predacons and Optimus Primal's Maximals so that he could personally investigate. Realizing Megatron's intentions, Optimus followed him into a cavern that contained [[Unicron]]'s [[Dark Essence]]. The time traveler, [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]], was soon possessed by the Dark Essence, and it used its powers to play with both Maximal and Predacon alike. However, thanks to the [[Cub]] and the [[Swoop (G1)|Veteran]] within Windrazor, the Dark Essence was expelled, but the future possessor of the Dark Essence, [[Shokaract]], arrived right after from the 32nd century. {{storylink|Paradox}} The Maximals' efforts against Shokaract were of little consequence and Optimus Primal in particular had a hole blasted in his chest, although he survived. Optimus watched as many warriors from various timelines and dimensions, such as [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]], arrived to [[Point Omega]] to battle the threat. While the Covenant battled the Dark Essence within Shokaract, Optimus Primal joined the others on the physical plane in distracting the demigod; with Shokaract's attention elsewhere, the Covenant were successful at separating the Dark Essence from Shokaract, destroying the warlord's timeline and erasing the battle and its build-up from existence in the process. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

[[File:Apelinqseemsfamiliar.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Like many beasts, Primal often has trouble recognizing himself in mirrors.]]

Some time after his return to Cybertron and his subsequent [[reformatting]], Optimus Primal recovered the [[Deployer (BM)|Deployer]] combat drones with [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]. They were cornered by [[Tank Drone]]s, but were saved with the intervention of [[Ramulus]], who had a dislike of Optimus for "abandoning" him on Earth, and [[Primal Prime]]. He soon met with Apelinq, whom he felt a familiarity with and who explained Point Omega and their presence to Optimus. They all went before the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], and Optimus Primal met the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]] and the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutants]]. He was elated at the existence of more free Cybertronians, but the Oracle deemed that he had seen too much and wiped Optimus Primal and Nightscream's memories of the others. The Oracle ordered Apelinq to return them to their base, which he did so. {{Storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Csoptimusprimalu2.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Look, up in the sky! It's... an ape?]]

As the denizens of post-Vehicon [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] just began to settle into their peaceful, [[technorganic]] world that Optimus Primal had given his life to create, [[Unicron]] unexpectedly struck from afar. He teleported several [[Transformer]]s into himself, a handful of the countless victims across the [[multiverse]] whom he pitted against each other in order to harvest their [[energon radiation]] and, eventually, [[spark]]s. Damaged in some unknown battle and trapped between dimensions, Unicron sought to revitalize himself in this fashion.

Deep within Cybertron, [[Primus]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] summoned Optimus Primal back from the dead and sent him on a raid to free Unicron's captives. {{storylink|Abduction}} Once inside the Chaos-Bringer, he found allies in the form of a [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and even a [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] from variant timelines. {{storylink|OTFCC Live-Action Drama}} He also found himself discolored by sinister [[Unicron virus|radiation]] that threatened not only his body, but also his spark. Nevertheless, he was quite successful in his mission, battling Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions]] until he had freed dozens of abductees. Then, still within Unicron, he sent them back to their home dimensions by the power of prayer.

Returning to Cybertron, Primal was glad for his victory, but he wondered if his own resurrection could bring about Megatron's return as well. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} More pressingly, Primal was unable to convince the [[Maximal High Council]] that any of this was actually ''happening'', so he ended up turning to the dead for new troops. Primus gave him a selection of fallen warriors to choose from, and he picked [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. They were to launch more raids within Unicron while an orbital defense platform was being constructed above Cybertron. But Depth Charge refused to take part in more violence, so Alpha Trion took a cue from Unicron and transported [[Omega Prime]] into their universe to fight in his place. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

[[File:Primal FPUnivBio.jpg|thumb|left|"Did I say ''Matrix'' of Purification? I meant Fist."]]

Optimus Primal took Omega Prime and others on raids within Unicron's internal "prison cities", freeing more captives. Primal then embarked on an even more proactive venture, leading teams to other universes in anticipation of Unicron's strikes and setting up defensive measures before the Chaos-Bringer could gather more victims. Despite gaining more followers in this process, Primal and other veterans were being worn down by Unicron's corruptive influence. Certainly, those who had been abducted and reformatted by Unicron were affected, but some (such as Primal himself) who had been exposed to Unicron's nanotech virus and its accompanying radiation were also suffering. In order to avert madness and death, Primus [[Reformatting|reformatted]] Primal and several of his [[Cheetor (BW)|comrades]]. Not only was his new form immune to the virus and radiation, but it also possessed the [[Matrix of Purification]], which could heal others of Unicronian corruption.

[[File:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|It's 11:00pm. Do you know where your Beast Wars cast is?]]

Months passed as the competing armies grew, their battles raging on a level comparable to the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|Great Wars]]. Cybertron itself remained stable, but only for a time. The planet fell victim to a massive invasion, later called "the [[Culling]]", in which Unicron's Minions swept across the globe in a killing frenzy, with the sparks of their victims feeding the Chaos-Bringer. Primal's army fended the invaders off, but, in the chaotic aftermath, Primal's earlier fears were realized as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] returned to lead the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s back to glory. He initially fought Primal, but he eventually called a truce to better face their common foe. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 9|Optimus Primal's profile in Club magazine #9}}

Continued raids saved many more captives and brought the Minions to near-defeat. Then as one raiding party including Primal and Omega Prime battled their way out, Unicron suddenly began to disappear. The raiders rapidly teleported away, but Omega Prime did not materialize with the rest. He was pulled in mid-teleport by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] into the Cybertron of the [[Unicron Singularity]], which had been the cause of the Unicron-war Unicron's disappearance. Presumably Optimus Primal made it back to his own universe safely, but this is unconfirmed. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

===''Wings Universe''===
In [[Primax 509.28 Epsilon|another universe]], another [[Apelinq (BM)#Wings Universe|Apelinq]] had visions of the great battle known as [[Point Omega]]. He saw Optimus Primal, whom he did not recognize. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

==Razorclaw continuity==
In one splinter timeline which diverged from [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]] shortly after Optimus Primal's death, Primal was not resurrected, and his remaining Maximals except for Tigatron and Airazor were killed by the Predacons. {{storylink|ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}} This timeline's [[Tigerhawk]], who later became the evil [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]], hated the memory of his constituents' commander, and this carried over to the [[Universe War]] wherein he fought [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon|another universe]]'s Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Abduction|''Universe'' Razorclaw profile}}

==''Robotmasters'' 3D diorama manga==
[[File:RM 3D Optimus Primal Starscream.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left]]
Optimus Primal was part of an [[Autobot]] force helping in construction at [[Athens]] in preparation of the [[Olympics]]. [[Gigant Bomb]] and [[Smokesniper]], sent by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], attacked, but the two [[Decepticon]]s soon discovered that they were outnumbered. After turning themselves over to the Autobots for mercy, they were put to work in helping out Athens. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 1}}

While on a mission in the [[Congo]], Optimus Primal received a message from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] about a strange frequency detected in the jungle. Investigating, Primal found [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] building a Decepticon airbase. After using vines to tie up Starscream, Optimus Primal used his Blast Jet Pu~nch on him, thwarting his dastardly plot. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 2}}

Primal borne witness to [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Reverse Convoy]]'s arrival at the Autobot base and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] chasing after him to stop him from revealing the location of the secret Decepticon base. Primal joined in the fight against Starscream, but it was Reverse Convoy who ultimately sent him fleeing. At the conclusion of the battle, Reverse Convoy agreed to lead the Autobots to the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 9}} It turned out that Reverse Convoy was the reborn G1 Megatron and that he led the Autobot leaders to a trap that sapped them of their energies. Thankfully, they were saved by the intervention of [[Lio Convoy]] and another [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. Together with the new Optimus Prime's Galaxy Cannon, G1 Optimus Prime, Lio Convoy, [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]], and Optimus Primal blasted away the Decepticons. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 11}}

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==''Robotmasters'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Yūto Kazama]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:RM Optimus Primal.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I can manipulate Lightning!]]

Optimus Primal chased Megatron into a time warp to Earth in 2004. There, he met and joined forces with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] during a battle against Megatron and his Decepticons. Together, the Optimuses performed a special attack, a massive energon whirlwind called the "Double Convoy Tornado" to force the malevolent robots away. {{storylink|Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!}}

Optimus Primal was later part of an Autobot force battling the Decepticons in a city. When he was assisted by a new arrival, [[Reverse Convoy]], Optimus Primal met him for introductions, and the Convoy explained that he wanted to assist in the fight against Megatron. However, Reverse Convoy soon shot [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] out of the sky and revealed himself to be [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rebirth Megatron]]. Optimus Primal was shocked, and Rebirth Megatron joined forces with Beast Megatron, creating the Double Megatron Tornado to counter the Double Convoy Tornado. But the Autobot tornado emerged victorious with the addition of Lio Convoy's Lio Typhoon Arrow, creating the Triple Convoy Tornado Link attack and sending the Megatrons into retreat. {{storylink|Lio Convoy Storms In (episode)|Lio Convoy Storms In}}
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==Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity==
On the trip back to Cybertron at the conclusion of the Beast Wars, Optimus Primal dozed off, but was woken up by Rattrap talking in his sleep. Primal asked Rattrap if he was okay, and he replied that it wasn't anything to be concerned about. {{storylink|Ain't No Rat}}

{{BW Shell Game}}
Optimus reflected on the events that had taken them through the Beast Wars to their current situation, riding aboard an Autobot shuttlecraft through transwarp, and made a speech to his Maximals about sticking together. Little did he know that a Transwarp agitator had been placed on the shuttle by a new team on Predacons hiding on Earth. The device caused Optimus and the rest of the Maximals to act aggressively towards one another. The only one unaffected was Rattrap, who was experiencing troubles of a different sort; he was being plagued by visions of Maximals he had supposedly "abandoned" on Earth. In response to the rodent's own unusual behavior, Optimus tried to force him in the C.R. Chamber with excessive force. Rattrap got away from him and managed to deactivate the ship's Transwarp drive, annulling the effects of the Transwarp agitator. Unfortunately, this also returned their ship to prehistoric Earth. Worse yet, Megatron took advantage of the situation and escaped his bonds from atop of the shuttle, and melted a hole into its bulkhead to attack the Maximals within. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

==''Transformers Legends'' anthology==
Following the explosion of the Planet Buster, Optimus Primal found himself in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where he encountered [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], an [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] from a [[Unicron Trilogy|different universe]], and a future version of himself. The four of them were able to overcome the alternate Prime's doubts about his leadership, before they all returned to the time streams from whence they came. Optimus Primal repeated the whole thing again much later, after his destruction facing Megatron in the [[Council Citadel]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Prime Spark (story)|Prime Spark}}

Much later, while angsting over the way the Predacons had used him to access the Ark, Optimus Primal failed to notice [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] flying overhead to deliver a device to the Maximal base. He was alerted a short time later when the device whipped up tensions in the Maximal ranks, causing them to fight amongst themselves. Primal fell prey to it for a brief period of time, but his recent experiences with mind control enabled him to overcome it and he was able to free his fellow Maximals from its grip before leading them in fighting off Megatron. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

While Megatron was being guided through the afterlife by Rhinox, he beheld a vision of himself slaughtering his allies and foes alike, Optimus Primal among them. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}

==2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity==
[[File:BWGatherOptimalOptimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The 'bot that would one day call himself "Optimus Primal" was aboard the ''Axalon'', along with the rest of its original crew, tasked with performing orbital scans of Cybertron. All the while, he had to put up with teasing from one of his [[Rattrap (BW)|subordinates]], who took to razzing him about his "Optimus Primey" look and behavior. The crew's survey yielded Transmatter energy signatures coming from the head of [[Unicron]], in orbit around the planet. Upon their approach, they detected a whole lot of activity within the satellite; several units evacuating a concealed base. The ship's captain had just enough time to order his crew to activate their shield before a Transmatter bomb erupted out of the satellite, and the Axalon accidentally came to meet its path. The ship avoided damage thanks to its shields, and the bomb was deflected away from the planet. Some Transmatter debris did reach Cybertron however, and all those touched by it were reduced to protoforms. A few of these unfortunates were later entrusted to the crew of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

Though the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s onboard computers originally suggested that Optimus Primal take on a bat as an [[alternate mode]], he knew that such a form would be insufficient to combat Megatron. Optimus Primal chose a more powerful gorilla form instead. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed various events of the Beast Wars, he witnessed several key moments involving Optimus Primal. Among them was Optimus's duel with Dinobot on the stone bridge leading to the Maximal base, and the events leading to Optimus's transformation into the Optimal Optimus body. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Some time after Depth Charge arrived on Earth, Optimus somehow felt the presence of [[Razorbeast]], [[Optimus Minor]], and [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] as they sneaked aboard the Ark, even though they were [[Chronal phase|chronically displaced]]. Optimus explained to Rhinox and Cheetor that he felt something familiar, yet wrong... Unable to feel the presence as Optimus did, Rhinox convinced him that he was simply "chasing ghosts". {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}
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==Waspscream continuity==
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Megatron's Predacons were aided by the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]], resulting in all the Maximals, including Optimus Primal, being defeated. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

==''Timelines''==
[[File:Optimusprimalbwtimelines.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Pre-fur Primal, Maximal nobody.]]
Optimus Primal was a veteran of the last [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], one waged between the Maximals and the Predacons. He was a distinguished graduate of the [[Maximal Military Academy]], where he was a diligent student of the accomplishments of past generations, both militaristic and scientific. {{Storylink|Dawn of Future's Past|Optimus Primal's bio}}

Captain of the ship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Optimus Primal and his crew had been stuck on a space station for weeks while awaiting [[Rampage (BW)|additional cargo]]. Finally, they were leaving and ready to return to embarking on their mission of exploration, but the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]] had a different idea. The [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] had been stolen by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and a group of rogue [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], and Optimus Primal's ship was closest to intercept.

They closed in on Megatron's stolen ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', but the ''Axalon'' suddenly came under attack by a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|second Predacon ship]]. The odds were evened again by the arrival of another Maximal ship, the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', which was crewed by its [[Airazor (BW)|Maximal owner]] and [[Tigatron|Unit 2]], a member of the [[Maximal Command Security Force]]. Both of these ships were ultimately destroyed, but Primal ordered the Maximals on board the ''Chromia 10'' be [[Spark core transfer|downloaded]] into [[blank]] [[stasis pod]]s to save their lives. The ''Axalon'' subsequently resumed its pursuit of the ''Darksyde''.

Via transmission, Megatron taunted Optimus Primal and his crew. The ''Darksyde'' opened a [[unspace|transwarp]] portal and jumped through. The ''Axalon'' followed. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Later, once the Beast Wars were underway, Optimus Primal was accompanied by Airazor on a mission to stop the Predacons from launching an orbital weapon that could attack anywhere on the planet's surface. The pair rendezvoused with Cheetor and Rhinox, and took on Megatron and his Predacons. Thanks to Airazor, the launch of the satellite failed. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

==''Wings Universe''==
After Primal's death and the Great Transformation, Cheetor felt lost and meditated hard in an attempt to reach his leader via the Oracle. Cheetor instead met [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and became Alpha Trizer. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag|Alpha Trizer's profile}} In [[2984]] as Alpha Trizer was engaged in combat against the [[Star Seeker]]s, the face of his mentor Optimus Primal flashed through his mind. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}

==The Protector==
===''Robots in Disguise'' toy bio===
[[File:Air-attack-optimus-primal.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]
After the conclusion of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] in [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], while on their way back to their home time, the Maximals' shuttle was struck by temporal interference waves caused by the time-displaced [[Ravage (G1)#Story of Binaltech|Ravage]]'s alteration of history in the year 2005 of [[G1 World|Primax 785.06 Alpha]]. Caught in the disruption, the shuttle and its crew were essentially "split" in two—one version of them continued home to Cybertron and battled Megatron for all the sparks of Cybertron, but one version wound up in the "[[BT World]]", the parallel universe Ravage's meddling had created. In this parallel world, the ship was observed by [[Unicron]] and blown to pieces, scattering Optimus, his crew, and Megatron into Transwarp space—temporal anomalies without a home. {{Storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

Megatron found himself in the future time period of [[Viron 102.0 Beta]], where he joined forces with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] to conquer that timeline's Cybertron. The guardians of causality known as the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]], a race of hyper-evolved Autobots from 900,000 years in the future, sought to give the lost Primal a purpose, and secretly directed him, Rhinox, Rattrap, and Silverbolt to Viron 102.0 Beta. There, they communed with him through the Oracle and guided him in stopping Megatron's schemes. In the war against Megatron that followed, Optimus took numerous forms; his final upgrade was into a flight-capable "Air Attack" body, so that he could battle the airborne "Megahead" form his arch-enemy had taken. Primal and his Maximals ultimately triumphed over Megatron, but Cryotek then took up his ally's ambition, seeking not just the ''domination'' of all sparks, but their outright destruction. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

Horrified to witness the results of Cryotek's horrendous experiments to replace sparks with physical operating systems, Primal—having already realized that there was a greater power behind the Oracle—petitioned the Alternity directly to send him after Cryotek, who had used Transwarp technology to escape to 21st century Earth and joined forces with the native Predacon leader [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]]. The Alternity agreed to his request, if he would join the ranks of their elite agents, the [[Protector]]s, in return. Primal accepted, and was sent to Earth with the former Spychanger [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage GT]] to serve as his guide. To reduce the risk of a time paradox, however, the Alternity had made it so that Primal's form while in the past was incorporeal, able to assume a physical aspect only to direct engage Cryotek. In this ghostly form, he served as a "spirit guide" to the native [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and helped him defeat the Megatron Megabolt-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], before the pair finally succeeded in defeating both Megatron and Cryotek. {{storylink|Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Air Attack Optimus Primal toy bio}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

His personal mission complete, Primal ascended into the ranks of the Protectors, and began combating threats to time and space all across the multiverse. For his first mission, he helped hunt down the Beast of Time, the [[Hytherion]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

===Controverse===
[[File:Controverse primal and elita.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
The Alternity dispatched Optimus Primal and [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Five]] to observe the trial of the ancient alien genius [[Primacron]] in [[G1 World|Primax 785.06 Alpha]]. {{storylink|Controverse}} The Alternity suspected Primacron of having created the Hytherion, though this theory was proven incorrect.

In the course of the trial, Primacron became aware of dimensions unlike his own, where robotic life was supposedly created by a [[Primus|divine being]]. After studying several such universes, Primacron concluded that such a thing could not possibly be true, and started attacking them instead. Primal and his fellow Protectors raced to stop the experiment, standing against Primacron's assault, but the power of the alien's [[Solduron]] exo-armor was too much for Primal to bear, and his body was destroyed completely. Fortunately, having had some experience as a non-corporeal being after his own "death" during the Beast Wars, Primal was able to maintain the cohesion of his consciousness, and succeeded in talking Primacron down. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

===''Story of Binaltech''===
[[File:AltNemesisPrimeArt.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
It was as a disembodied spark that Primal was charged with his most important mission: to ensure the very existence of the Alternity itself. The BT World, he learned, was the world from which the Alternity originated, but its existence was in danger as a result of the native Autobots of 2005 attempting to use the chronal energy of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] to undo the alteration of history that Ravage had wrought. The result was the unravelling of space and time itself—a maelstrom through which Primal's spark materialized, arriving in [[Doctor Arkeville]]'s laboratory, where he immediately possessed a black [[Binaltech (technology)|Binaltech]] body frame created by the doctor in the image of Optimus Prime. Primal proceeded to teleport to Dinobot Island, where he used the enhanced powers the Alternity had provided him to manipulate its chronal energy, accomplishing both objectives simultaneously: the restoration of the original timeline, and the preservation of the "BT World" as its own distinct parallel universe. In the wake of this great event, Primal met up with Optimus Prime's Autobots, and was able to drop a few cryptic hints about the future that awaited them before the personality data Arkeville had programmed into the black Prime body shell finally asserted itself, forcing Primal's spark out of the body. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

Some time later, at the same time as the Autobots were trying to shut down the rogue Binaltech projects happening around the world, they also began a series of experiments under Primal's direction that would eventually lead to their evolution into the Alternity. Chief among these was the [[Timaeus Project]], which would generate the [[Alternium]] the Alternity's bodies were composed of. While [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] was participating in that project, the Autobots prepared to transfer Primal's spark into a Binaltech body to restore him to mobility. Unfortunately, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] remotely took control of the [[Autosoldier]] frame before Primal's spark could be downloaded into it, and the Autosoldiers began to run amok inside [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Arcee attempted to come to Primal's aid, but when she exited the Timaeus Project's high-speed racetrack without initiating proper slowdown procedures, her body was crushed by the kinetic energy. In her unconscious state, Primal spoke directly to her spark, telling her to forget about him and to instead protect the project and its scientists, so vital were they were to the future. Reluctantly, Arcee did so, allowing the Shockwave-controlled Autosoldiers to make off with Primal's spark. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 3}}

The Autobots regrouped and went after Shockwave's agents, tracking Nemesis Prime and the Decepticons to Australia. Optimus Prime faced off against Nemesis Prime. but Prime found himself outmatched by Nemesis Prime's power, augmented by a synthetic Matrix he had created. During the battle, Arcee liberated Primal from the Decepticons, and he then merged his spark with Optimus Prime—something Prime [[Optimal Situation|had vague memories of experiencing previously]]. The power resulting from this fusion enabled Optimus Prime to deflect Nemesis Prime's attack, ultimately destroying the clone. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}

In the aftermath of the battle, the Protector was given a new Binaltech body, a replica of Nemesis Prime's form. He joined the Autobots in defending the [[Earth Defense Command]] Space Center when it came under attack by [[Decepticharge]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Optimus Primal, recognizing his friend, attempted to stop the battle between her and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]. However, [[Carly]] came to the rescue by using the [[Psychedevice]] to evolve into a telepathic entity that cured Grimlock and Blackarachnia's mental afflictions. Reacquainting with Blackarachnia, the Protector explained that he felt a responsibility to her to reunite her with their friends, since he helped maintain the timeline she was trapped in. {{storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

===''Alternity''===
Following the Decepticons' defeat in Australia, the alien [[Quintesson]]s placed a [[quadrant lock]] on Earth's [[Star system|solar system]] in order to trap the powerful Binaltech Autobots. This lock left Primal unable to leave the dimension, and he remained on Earth for the next 900,000 years (though only a few months passed inside the quadrant lock), watching as the Autobots steadily evolved into the Alternity and then broke the lock.

When the Alternity became aware of the [[Planicron]]s, a race of two-dimensional beings who were attempting to become higher-dimensional life-forms, they concluded that the gateway through which they needed to pass in order to evolve themselves was located somewhere on the BT World. Primal and Grimlock met the Alternity envoys who arrived on the planet, and informed them that they had located the doorway: it was the circuit diagram for the [[Critias Gate]], a super-dimensional reactor the Autobots had been experimenting with at the same time as the Timaeus Project. With a little help from [[Vector Prime]], the gate was set up and the Planicrons passed through it, evolving into higher-dimensional beings and taking the Alternity's place as the defenders of time and space. {{storylink|Alternation}}

The last that Vector Prime knew, the Flaternity and the Protectors were still adapting to their new circumstances. Vector Prime believed that Optimus Primal would rise to whatever duty fate gave him. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

==A Change to the Agenda==
After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and was thrown out of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] activated the ship's defense systems, Optimus Primal and the other Maximals attempted to heal the wounded Autobot. However, Megatron was not thrown far enough and the Predacon managed to reenter the Ark and blast the Autobot leader, decisively erasing the Maximals from the timeline. {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}} In [[Primax 209.0 Gamma|the wildly different timeline]] that followed, Optimus Primal's life would take [[Optimus Primal (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|a very different track]].

==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Optimus Primal.jpg|frame|Back in 1999, you thought these graphics were awesome! ADMIT IT!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)}}

The Beast Wars seemed over, but the captured Megatron had prepared for such a situation and was able to send a message to his past self via transwarp, causing history to be altered! These rewritten Beast Wars came to an end when Optimus led a final strike against the Predacon forces. The battle was hard-fought, resulting in tragic casualties on both sides, but ended with Megatron's capture.

After Megatron was secured to the outside of an Autobot escape shuttle, the remaining Maximals were on their way to return to Cybertron. Unfortunately, the captured Megatron had prepared for such a situation and was able to send a message to his past self via transwarp, causing history to be altered! These rewritten Beast Wars came to an end when Optimus... {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if Arcade Mode was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages; see the other characters' pages for Optimus's fate in those outcomes.}}

====Move list====
{{note|This list only includes the character's unique special moves in Beast Mode, as their attacks in Robot Mode and Vehicle Mode are identical to those of every other character.}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Beast Attacks'''
|-
|C-Right||Drumming Fury
|-
|C-Up||Primal Body Crush
|-
|C-Left||Primal Lariat
|}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)}}
====Maximal story====
When the ''Axalon'' came under heavy Predacon fire, Optimus saw the attack as an opening they could use to retake the Golden Disk. He quickly formulated a plan and led a team in chasing the Predacons back to the ''Darkside'', successfully retaking the Disk. However, though Megatron appeared cornered, the group learned that the Predacons had managed to infiltrate the ''Axalon'' in their absence. As Megatron took off, Optimus ordered everyone to hurry back to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Predacon story====
Optimus led an attack on the ''Darkside'', but this was revealed to be part of a plot by Megatron, and he and the other Maximals were swiftly overtaken, being beaten all the way back to the ''Axalon''. Left battered on the ground of the ship's bridge, Primal remained defiant even as Megatron prepared to finish him off. Fortunately, Rhinox arrived and activated Sentinel's defenses, forcing the Predacons to retreat and saving Primal's life. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Move list====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Robot Mode'''
!colspan=2|'''Beast Mode'''
|-
|Special attack||Prime Blaster
|Special attack||Drumming Fury
|-
|Super attack||Prime Gun Barrage
|Super attack||Primal Launch
|}

==Notes==
*Very rarely in the show's first season, Optimus Primal's open faceguard would "close" into a fully shielded Optimus Prime-like mouthless faceguard, typically when going into battle. Presumably this was done to better reflect his toy, which did not include a visible mouth.
*In his Transmetal form, Optimus Primal's spark chamber is on a hinge in his chest to swing down to the opening in his abdomen. In his Optimal Optimus form, he stored Prime's spark in his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] [[cockpit]].
*According to the diagram of Optimus Primal on the catalog packed with "TM-SP DX Convoy", his spark chamber is [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-shaped.
*Although the "Protector" iteration of Optimus Primal debuted in Japanese fiction, he originates from [[Primax 496.22 Alpha|the universe]] of the original American version of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon. This is presumably due to his creator [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]'s love for original American iterations of ''Transformers'' fiction and dislike of the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars''.

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Apache (BW)

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:''Apache is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:NewForces Apache.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Mandrill Sergeant]]

Second-in-command of the Maximals stationed on [[Gaia]], '''Apache''' (アパッチ ''Apatchi'') is a short-tempered, no-nonsense sort of officer. A perfectionist, he demands nothing but the best from his troops... and ''even more'' from himself. Apache takes failure hard and tends to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders; if something goes wrong, it's all ''his'' fault. He's especially loath to lose face in front of [[Lio Convoy]], whom he looks up to with awe and reverence.

Rigid and disciplined, Apache doesn't suffer reckless youths such as [[Tasmania Kid]] and [[Lio Junior]] particularly well, and he absolutely cannot ''stand'' the buffoonish antics of the [[Jointron]] brothers. His attempts to suppress his anger have combined with his own self-doubts, creating a subconscious dark side within the Maximal. On occasion, Apache will slip into his special third mode, a sort of artillery platform called "Angry Combat Mode", and explode into a destructive berserker. When he recovers, he has no memory of his third mode or any of the havoc it wrought.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Sanryō Odaka]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:Bwiie06 apache fuel.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He's dead Jim.]]

As a trainee, Apache fell on the battlefield during a live-fire exercise. A fellow trainee, [[Lio Convoy|Convoy]], ignored their hot-blooded instructor's command to leave behind their fallen comrades, who had washed out of the program and should be left to die. Despite being almost out of fuel himself, Convoy shared what he had with Apache, and the two of them, greatly weakened, supported one another through the final leg of the exercise. Both warriors made it to the checkpoint and neither washed out. Since then, Apache vowed to protect Convoy as his deputy. {{storylink|Mystery of the Ancient Ruins}}

[[File:ApacheAnime1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|What is your major malfunction!?!]]

Having received a mysterious SOS signal from within an asteroid field, Apache and Convoy went to investigate in small, one-man scout ships. Confident in his ability, Apache split off on his own, only to encounter a massive planetoid-ship on a collision course with his vessel. Convoy opened fire on the planetoid, causing a massive explosion that sent Apache's ship hurling through space while Convoy himself vanished.

Returning to the Maximal Space Station where he and his friends were stationed, Apache blamed himself for their commander's disappearance and drowned his sorrows in cheap [[oil]]. When the other Maximals voiced their concerns that Convoy probably wasn't coming back, Apache assured them that he would, then named himself commanding officer in Convoy's absence and passed out. [[Bighorn]] took command instead and took the team with him to investigate an abnormal energy reaction on the planet [[Gaia]]. They flew off in the ''[[Yukikaze (BW)|Yukikaze]]'' before Apache had a chance to wake up, leaving him to freeze in space as he held onto the outside of the vessel.

When the Maximals arrived at Gaia, the ''Yukikaze'' was shot down by [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], so Apache and his team had to flee to Gaia's surface in escape pods. The planet's atmosphere proved lethal to Transformers, however, so Apache [[Scanning|scanned]] a local mandrill to protect himself. After joining up with the rest of the team, Apache went to investigate a mysterious black fog that was killing the flora and fauna around them. They discovered [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] and his troops, who had earlier blasted the ''Yukikaze'' out of the sky. Unfortunately, the Predacons rather easily paralyzed Apache and his friends, and were prepared to kill them when a white lion came to their rescue. {{storylink|The New Forces Arrive!|The New Forces Arrive!}}

The lion led them back to the crashed ''Yukikaze'' and revealed itself to be Convoy, now going by the name of "Lio Convoy". While the other Maximals were taken aback by the lion's true identity, Apache had already figured it out. Nevertheless, he was delighted to have his commander back, and he cried tears of happiness when Convoy took back control of the troops. {{storylink|White Lion, Run!|White Lion, Run!}}

Unable to locate the ''Galvaburg II'' again, Lio Convoy and Apache dispatched their soldiers to find the Predacon base. Somewhat haplessly, the Maximals lured Megastorm out into the open, and Apache and Lio Convoy arrived to back up their subordinates. Apache balked when Bighorn refused to stand down from battle with Megastorm at Lio Convoy's order, but Convoy allowed the buffalo to continue venting his rage on Megastorm. {{storylink|Bighorn's Rage}} Always a stickler for rules, Apache bristled at [[Tasmania Kid]], [[Diver (BW)|Diver]] and [[Scuba]] failing to report back to base at the appointed hour. When the swimmers returned alone, Kid radioed in that he would have a special surprise for everyone soon. Apache chastised him for going off on his own to get the glory, and unwittingly continued dressing down Kid long after the transmission cut out. Sure enough, Kid was caught in a trap by the Predacons, and Apache and the other Maximals had to help rescue him. {{storylink|The Lake Trap}}

The Maximals were hard pressed to stop Megastorm's latest ploy to capture the planet's energy, dispatching an overwhelming quantity of autonomous robot drones to build fortresses for the Predacons. This became the least of their problems, however, when [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] emerged for the first time on Gaia. His dragon and drill tank modes proved virtually unstoppable, and Apache and the Maximals were barely able to slow him down. In the end, it was a sneak attack by Megastorm that upset his brother's footing and sent him tumbling into an open volcano, leaving the Maximals confused over who their secret ally was.{{storylink|Galvatron Revived}}

When the Maximals went to investigate a strange energy reading, Apache rigged a "draw straws" competition so that he could go with Lio Convoy. To his embarrassment, his commander noticed him cheating, and Apache confessed of his private vow to protect Lio Convoy ever since they were trainees together. When [[BB]] carpet-bombed the jungle to flush out the Maximals, Apache took a near-hit and collapsed, forcing Lio Convoy to drag him into the nearby ruins for safety. Apache lamented he was nothing but a burden, but Lio Convoy disagreed — pointing to a tunnel leading deeper into the ruins which they otherwise would never have found. Exploring deeper they were separated when Apache triggered a trap and was attacked by the [[Insectron]] [[Mantis]], who strung him up as bait for his commander. Mantis attacked Lio Convoy and was about to kill him when Apache called upon [[Burning justice|previously-undiscovered inner strength]] to transform into a powerful weapons platform which caused the ruins to collapse. Afterward Apache had no memory of what he had done, but was pleased that Lio Convoy credited his performance. {{storylink|Mystery of the Ancient Ruins}}

With the [[Insectron]]s as a new potential threat, Lio Convoy cautioned the Maximals not to make enemies of the Insectrons unnecessarily. As a result, he sent out teams of two to locate the Insectrons, and ordered his men not to fire on them, but engage in dialogue. Apache and Bighorn were teamed together and were the first to encounter the Insectrons. Unfortunately, Starscream of the Predacons had already filled the Insectrons with false information about the "evil Maximals", and so [[Bigmos]] and [[Tonbot]] came out swinging. Apache tried to adhere to Lio Convoy's wishes, but the constant missile-fire made non-violent dialogue difficult. He and Bighorn held out until Lio Convoy and Kid arrived. When Lio Convoy started to talk with the Insectrons, though, a hidden Starscream and BB opened fire on the lot of them to avoid any peace. Apache and the Maximals saved the Insectrons from a rockslide by protecting them with their own bodies, leading to a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|The Insect Corps Arrive}}

Soon after, several Maximals were tricked into another fight with the Insectrons by the Predacons. Apache helped Lio Convoy and Scuba save their friends from an opportunistic Predacon attack after the Maximals were low on energy. {{storylink|Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos}} When Starscream drugged the Insectrons with special oil, Apache and the Maximals arrived to help stop the Insectrons from fighting amongst themselves. The two groups then teamed up against the revived Galvatron, and made peace. {{storylink|The Strongest Tag Team?}} After Bigmos and Tonbot refused to aid the Maximals in battle with the [[Autoroller (BW)|Autorollers]], Apache approached them as a friend to find out what had changed. He came under fire from the Autorollers again, and soon learned [[Autostinger]] had called in a life-debt against Bigmos to tie his hands. Once Bigmos saw the opportunity to repay the favor and save Autostinger from and attack, however, he rejoined Apache and the Maximals in defending Gaa from the Predacons' exploitation. {{storylink|Autorollers Roll Out!}}

Apache and the Maximals intercepted the Autorollers after they captured Tasmania Kid and [[Scissor Boy]], freeing their friends after a fight with Megastorm and his mercenaries. {{storylink|Danger! Scissor Boy}} Apache and the Maximals later joined forces with the Autorollers when Galvatron went on a rampage while engorged on [[Angolmois Energy]]. The two groups overfed Galvatron with Angolmois Energy until his bloated form nearly exploded from within, rendering him harmless. {{storylink|Galvatron Rampages}}

When the Predacons launched a massive offensive on the Southern Continent, Apache and the Maximals teamed up with the Insectrons to foil their plans once again. {{storylink|Predacon General Offensive!}}

The Maximals were soon met by a trio called the [[Jointron]]s, who arrived on Gaia's Eastern continent and demonstrated their powerful [[Tripledacus]] combination. Thinking they could take on the entire Predacon army by themselves, the Jointrons flew into battle, followed by Bighorn, Diver, and Kid, who were worried the Jointrons would take all the credit for a victory, or possibly get themselves killed. As the dust settled, Apache looked to Lio Convoy for a response, and the commander sighed (''deeply'') before acknowledging they should follow and keep the younger Maximals out of trouble. Apache and Lio Convoy soon joined Scuba in helping Tripledacus escape the ''Galvaburg II'' when he bit off more than he could chew. {{storylink|The Combined Giant, Tripledacus}}

[[File:ApacheMexican1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|¡Vamonos, Muchachos!]]

The Jointrons remained an annoyance for the Maximals in the days to come. They barged into the Maximal scout ship and decorated it for a fiesta, dressing up Apache and Diver in ponchos and sombreros. Apache's rage only increased when the Jointrons launched into a half-baked scheme to lure the Predacons to the Maximals advance ship and then...do something clever they hadn't thought of yet. Diver and Apache couldn't stop the Jointrons from turning off the cloaking field, and sure enough Dirge and Thrust soon entered the ship and got the drop on them all. The unconcerned Jointrons invited the Predacons to the fiesta and got them ''really'' drunk, so they couldn't fight back when Lio Convoy and the other Maximals arrived to retake the ship. But when the Jointrons tried to call Maximal HQ to report their victory, they forgot the communications system was down and let Dirge and Thrust escape, making the whole day a wasted ordeal. {{storylink|The Festive Jointrons}}

While the Maximals were searching for the latest Predacon fortress, the Jointrons were exposed to a bacteria bomb that robbed them of their power. Apache and the other Maximals saved the Jointrons by posing as the massive Jointron II. They compensated for Kid and Diver's exposure to the bacteria by sharing energy between one another, in a proud display of teamwork. {{storylink|A Fearsome Combination Plan?}}

The Jointrons caused more chaos when they stole one of the base ships to approach a Predacon fortress from the air. Apache and the Maximals followed them in the second ship, but were rammed out of the sky by the Jointrons' poor piloting. The Predacons were engaged in an operation to kidnap the Jointrons and study their combination transformation. While the other Maximals worked to recover the kidnapped Jointron brothers, Lio Convoy and Apache made short work of the Autorollers back at the fortress, and the installation was soon destroyed. {{storylink|Who Is the Leader!?}}

One day, Tasmania Kid found a [[Copy Machine]] that scanned objects to create three-dimensional duplicates of the subject. Believing the machine could be used to bolster the Maximals' ranks, Kid shined the Machine's ray on Lio Convoy, creating "[[Black Lio Convoy|Copy Convoy]]". Unfortunately, the machine only created ''evil'' copies, and so Apache and the Maximals were forced to deal with a malevolent usurper that had all of Lio Convoy's knowledge and skills. He even captured the Copy Machine and used it to create "[[Copy Apache]]" and other copy Maximals. Fortunately, Diver's [[Niagara Base]] enhancements turned the tide in favor of the original Maximals. {{storylink|The Black Lio Convoy}}

Alerted to a new arrival on Gaia, Apache and the Maximals traveled to the Sea Continent and discovered a [[Photon sailer|pirate ship from space]]. The Maximals were soon confronted by [[Halfshell]], captain of the [[Seacon (BW)|Space Pirate Seacons]] who intended to plunder the world of Angolmois Energy. Lio Convoy had the idea of flipping the snapping turtle on his back, rendering him helpless, but Halfshell's beast mode was designed to counter that strategy, turning him into the Big Wheel Cutter that rampaged over the hills. Matters only deteriorated further when Halfshell called his crew and formed the colossal [[God Neptune]]. Outmatched by the combiner's sheer power, Lio Convoy directed Diver and Scuba to seize control of the deserted pirate ship while the land-based Maximals kept God Neptune busy. The distraction worked, as God Neptune chased after his stolen ship, only to get caught in a detonation of Angolmois Energy the Maximals rigged before abandoning ship. {{storylink|The Space Pirate Seacons!}}

When [[Artemis]] and [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] compared the strengths of the Maximal and Predacon armies, Apache was evaluated as Lio Convoy's lieutenant next to Megastorm, Galvatron's lieutenant. {{storylink|Who Is the Strongest Warrior!?}}

Apache and Lio Convoy cautioned the other Maximals not to antagonize the Seacons until they were sure the pirates were truly their foes. Later that day, Apache and Convoy were helping their subordinates escape a battle with God Neptune after they antagonized the Seacons against orders, because of course they did. {{storylink|The Tentacular Scuba}} When Megastorm and the Seacons teamed up, each of the Maximals was lured to a separate location by an Angolmois Energy signal transmitter. Apache came to some rocky shoals where he battled [[Terrormander]] until they were interrupted by Megastorm's ineptitude. {{storylink|Megastorm's Reckoning}}

Tasmania Kid alerted Lio Convoy when Bighorn seemingly got a love letter from [[Scylla]], the Seacon. The other Maximals feared Bighorn was being lured into a trap, and they were right—Bighorn and Kid were set adrift on a rock when the Seacons sprang their ambush. Trapped on land, Lio Convoy used his jump jets to launch out over the water where his troops were being assaulted, but was attacked by Halfshell himself. Apache followed Lio Convoy out into the sea, and activated his Angry Fire third mode. Interestingly defining his love and devotion for Lio Convoy with the same line Bighorn used earlier about Scylla, Apache unleashed a barrage that drove Halfshell back. The Maximals regrouped, but were confronted by God Neptune. Fortunately, the Insectrons arrived and turned the tide for their comrades. {{storylink|Showdown in the Sea}}

After receiving word of more hijinks involving Bighorn, Lio Convoy and Apache rushed to the scene and found a showdown between Tripledacus and God Neptune already in progress. They helped their Jointron comrades flush the Seacons back into the sea. {{storylink|Face the Setting Sun}} When the Seacons prepared to leave Gaia, Halfshell arranged to fight Lio Convoy one-on-one for the energy they needed to depart. Well, God Neptune is ''technically'' a "one". When Apache and the other Maximals heard about this technicality, they tried to race to the battleground, but were diverted by Dirge and Thrust. Apache made it through the blockade, but Lio Convoy survived the fight on his own anyway, and soon the Seacons departed the planet. {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWII)|The Final Battle}}

Apache was present when Lio Convoy first encountered the mysterious Maximal cub soon christened [[Lio Junior]]. The evidence indicated that Lio Junior was born out of the Angolmois Energy interacting with Lio Convoy's [[Energon Matrix]] when he first crashed on Gaia, effectively making Lio Junior his offspring. Apache gave his old friend and commander some serious side-eye as Lio Convoy refused to acknowledge even the possibility of Lio Junior being his son, but ultimately said nothing. {{storylink|Enter Lio Junior}} Apache also joined the Maximals in their first confrontation with the powered-up Megastorm, now the Angolmois-Energy-infused [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]. {{storylink|Megastorm Reborn}}

Apache was part of a Maximal plan to destroy Gigastorm. The Archduke of Destruction was lured into a mountain pass where the Maximals destroyed the ground under his feet, then set off a natural gas explosion. Unfortunately, even this amount of devastation wasn't enough to deal with Gigastorm. The conflict was interrupted by the arrival of Scuba's new vehicle, the [[Tako Tank]], which helped turn the tide against Gigastorm when the initial plan fell apart. {{storylink|The New Weapon, Tako Tank}}

After detecting a faint distress signal from space, Apache and the Maximals recalled their encounters with the Seacons. {{storylink|The Artificial Planet Nemesis}}

Apache was in the middle of discussing strategy with Lio Convoy, [[Santon]], and [[Skywarp (BW)|Skywarp]] when they learned Lio Junior had led an impulsive raid on a Predacon Angolmois Energy facility. Fearing their younger colleagues had bitten off more than they could chew, Apache and the elder Maximals raced to support their comrades. {{storylink|Gigastorm's Treachery}} When Tasmania Kid got caught in the out-of-control Tako Tank, Apache and the others chased him down until Scuba could disable the tank. This also led them into a battle with Starscream and BB, who were reborn by Angolmois Energy exposure into [[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] and [[BB|Max-B]]. {{storylink|The End of Starscream}} After Tasmania Kid and Bighorn were attacked by the reborn [[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]] and [[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]], they radioed in to Apache at their base. Apache passed on a warning to Lio Convoy that these new warriors seemed to be after him specifically. {{storylink|The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot}}

When a mysterious ship crashed on Gaia, the Maximals prepared to investigate. Lio Junior volunteered to lead the expedition, but Apache and many of the others teased Junior for his youth and inexperience, saying a more seasoned Maximal should be in charge. Tasmania Kid stepped up to support Lio Junior and volunteered to assist him on the mission, leading to Lio Convoy's approval. The mission revealed the crashed ship was a teleport gate, able to summon warriors from anywhere in space and time. Although the Maximals captured the command key for the gate, the gate itself was seized by the Predacons and Tasmania Kid was seriously injured defending Lio Junior. Apache and the Maximals blamed Lio Junior for Kid's injuries, leading Junior to take on the Predacons alone. Kid finally climbed off his sickbed to tell Apache and the others to leave Lio Junior alone, as he was only trying to show them he was a worthy comrade, and win their trust.

With Lio Junior's command key, the Predacons summoned an apocalyptic beast known as [[Majin Zarak]], and lay siege to Gaia. Apache and the Maximals were unable to get close enough to defeat Majin Zarak, but Lio Junior summoned [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] using the gate to supplement their forces. The Maximals lured Majin Zarak into a box canyon, where Lio Convoy and Optimus Primal combined the power of their Energon Matrixes to defeat the great beast. Apache watched on as Optimus Primal returned to his personal war through the gate. {{storylink|Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!}}

With the artificial planet Nemesis creeping ever closer to Gaia, its influence on the Angolmois Energy was ever more keenly felt. Apache and the Maximals tried using freeze devices to cool the unstable Angolmois Energy before it upset the planet's core. {{storylink|The Great Angolmois Freezing Tactic}} The Maximals' next plan to foil the Predacons involved upgrading an artillery cannon from the Niagara Base and then feeding it with Angolmois Energy to blast Nemesis out of the sky. To divert the Predacons, Apache led Tasmania Kid, Diver, and Bighorn in brazenly transporting a decoy cannon to the target site, while Scuba transported another decoy underwater. Their actions delayed the Cyborg Beasts, but Galvatron and Gigastorm caught the Magnaboss team with the real cannon atop the volcano firing position. The cannon overloaded on Lio Junior's pure Angolmois Energy and self-destructed before its beam reached Nemesis. {{storylink|Knock Out Nemesis}}

Apache was planning further action against Nemesis with Lio Convoy when the commander suddenly showed signs of pain. Convoy abruptly asked for a status report on Lio Junior's mission before making excuses to leave and "scout around" for a while. Apache knew about the sympathetic connection between Lio Convoy and Lio Junior through their Energon Matrix, but made no comment to his friend and commanding officer. He merely smiled knowingly to himself and returned to his duties.
{{storylink|Lio Junior's Revolt!?}}

The Maximals were working on breaking down the ''Yukikaze'' for Lio Convoy's latest plan against Nemesis when a UFO robot crashed nearby. NAVI determined the robot was sent by automatic signal from a Gaian colony temple on Mars in response to Nemesis's arrival. The emissary robot claimed it could stop the corrupted Angolmois Energy, and so Lio Convoy and Apache went to investigate. They found a mother computer in Gaia's ruins which relayed the history of the planet and how its people fled Gaia when they realized Angolmois Energy could be corrupted by the potential for evil. {{storylink|Emissary of the Fourth Planet}} Unfortunately, it turned out the robot planned to stop the corrupted Angolmois Energy by crashing the moon into Gaia and destroying everyone on it. Apache and the united Maximals attacked the mother computer to break through its defenses so that NAVI could reprogram it, saving the moon, Gaia, and everyone on both. {{storylink|The Crisis of Planet Gaia}}

Apache and Lio Convoy worked with NAVI and the Insectrons to finish construction on a launch tunnel to send their modified spaceship out to confront Nemesis. With Drill Nuts supervising construction, they worked in secret in the caves beneath the [[Rocky Mountains|Rock Mountains]] to construct the launch track without the Predacons noticing and attempting sabotage. When Hellscream became suspicious of activity at the mountain, half the team was dispatched to stage a diversion at their Niagara Base. The track was finished, but Drill Nuts cautioned Apache and Lio Convoy that they had to leave imminently, else the launch window to intercept Nemesis would be closed. Many distractions and obstacles slowed the rest of the team from returning to the Rock Mountains, and so Apache and Lio Convoy prepared to confront Nemesis alone. Fortunately, the other Maximals leapt aboard the craft at the last moment, and the Maximal team broke free from Gaia's gravity to proceed into space. {{storylink|Fly Out! Planet Gaia}}

Apache and the crew were cut down in their flight to Nemesis by the Seacons, who had been mesmerized into Galvatron's service. They crashed on an asteroid and battled God Neptune and his component parts. After God Neptune was defeated and the Seacons restored to normal, they offered the Maximals their energon to recharge their ship, and [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] and [[Artemis]] led the Maximals through a slingshot maneuver around the moon that got them back on track to Nemesis. {{storylink|Revenge of the Space Pirates}}

As the Maximals arrived on Nemesis, they abandoned ship so the Predacons shot down an empty vessel. Apache and the others gathered by an exhaust port, which NAVI calculated could lead to Nemesis's core. While Lio Convoy and Scuba went spelunking to shut down Nemesis at the core, Apache and his fellow Maximals remained behind to defend their rear flank. {{storylink|Breaking into Nemesis}} After Galvatron pulled the full force of Gaia's Angolmois Energy into Nemesis, he emerged from the core claiming Lio Convoy was dead. Despite this disheartening news, Apache and the Maximals continued to fight on in the name of their commander. {{storylink|Legend! The Green Warrior}}

In the end, Lio Convoy was not dead, but had combined with Lio Junior into a powerful Green Warrior. Moreover, Scuba and the Tako Tank had reached the core and arranged for Nemesis's destruction. As Galvatron and the Green Warrior battled, the Cyborg Beasts continued to hassle the Maximals. When Nemesis finally erupted, Lio Convoy used all the strength of his Energon Matrix to preserve the lives of Apache and his Maximal brethren. Although Gaia was saved, the Maximals were left floating in the void, caught in a wormhole created by Nemesis's destruction. They took heart, however, in the appearance of a great light Lio Convoy said would lead them to their next adventure. {{storylink|Farewell! Lio Convoy}}
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====The Maximal Brainwashing Operation====
An illusion of Apache was used to lure [[Diver (BW)|Diver]] and [[Tasmania Kid]] into a trap set by [[BB]], after which they were taken to the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'' to be brainwashed into being [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. In the meantime, the real Apache was at the ''[[Yukikaze (BW)|Yukikaze]]'', where the [[Maximal]]s were attacked by [[Dirge (BW)|Dirge]] and [[Thrust (BW)|Thrust]]. [[Lio Convoy]] shot them down and the ensuing shock to their systems made them think they were Maximals as well. When Diver and Tasmania Kid eventually turned up, Apache joined the other Maximals in investigating, but they were in for a surprise when their brainwashed comrades attacked them. Apache fought valiantly against Diver and Tasmania Kid, but, in the end, it was an errant shot from [[Megastorm]] that sent the Predacons fleeing and restored Diver and Tasmania Kid's original personalities. Not remembering any of their time as Predacons, Tasmania Kid and Diver were angry at Apache for "ambushing" them. {{storylink|The Maximal Brainwashing Operation}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Apache returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he slept during a meal hosted by [[Artemis]]. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

===''Beast Wars II'' manga===
When the rainy season rolled around, most of the Maximals used the foul weather as an excuse to not go out on their regular patrols, infuriating Apache to the point that he fired on them! The troops were quick to snap to attention when Lio Convoy came on deck however, leading Apache to demand why the others didn't show him the same courtesy. Tasmania Kid bluntly informed the sub-commander that he simply didn't have as much class as their leader. The lot of them were forced into action soon enough, as Diver then reported that the Predacons were approaching their headquarters aboard [[Galvatron Dekazura Tank|an enormous tank]]. Apache and Big Horn led the Maximals' primary offensive while Lio Convoy and Tasmania Kid tried to infiltrate the vehicle. But Apache and Bighorn's attacks had little effect on the tank's impenetrable armor, and the pair changed tactics to running away! The pair led the tank into a nearby river, where Scuba and Diver were lying in wait. The aquatic Maximals planted bombs on the juggernaut's more vulnerable underside once it had splashed down, crippling it. Lio Convoy then took over the battle, and defeated Megastorm, making the Predacon accidentally trigger the tank's self-destruct mechanism in the process. Following the tank's spectacular detontion, the overcast sky cleared up, signaling an end to the rainy season. {{storylink|Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!}}

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===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[File:BWAscendApacheCybertronmode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
He looks almost identical to [[B'Boom|another guy]].

Lio Convoy's deputy officer even back before the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed, Apache continued to serve him as a member of the covert special ops unit known as the [[Pack]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}
Apache was regaling his fellow Pack members with a tale of his recent encounter with a Predacon when Mach Kick received [[Razorbeast]]'s distress signal. Lio Convoy ordered Apache and the other Pack members to prepare to travel to Earth in order to rescue their comrade. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}
[[File:Ascending3 apache bboom.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Apache (lower left) and the near-identical B'Boom (upper right). ''I think I'm a clone now...'']]

En route to Earth's prehistory, Apache and the rest of the Pack adopted [[beast mode]]s. Upon arrival, they stumbled upon the Earth-bound Maximals and Predacons fighting it out, and so joined in the brawl. Apache himself grappled with the Predacon [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

A greater threat arose, however, when Razorbeast became infected by Angolmois by the recently arrived Blendtrons. Apache helped restrain the crazed Razorbeast before being ordered back to Cybertron to confront the greater threat; [[Shokaract]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

Though their shuttle was shot down upon travelling back to their homeworld, Apche and the rest of its passengers made it out, and met up with [[Big Convoy]] and [[Colada|Cohrada]]. After engaging the enemy, Apache was shot at by Shokaract's cannons, but they barely missed. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
Apache was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals. When this bestial horde invaded Cybertron, he was one of the many warriors who wound up battling [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}}

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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:Beast Wars II-Apache-toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Tonto! Jump on it! Kemosabe! Jump on it!]]
*'''Apache''' (March [[1998]])
**''ID number:'' '''C-12'''
**''Accessories'': "Apache Bazooka" missile launcher, 2 missiles

:Released in the first wave of ''Beast Wars II'' products in the [[Japan]]ese ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWII|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Apache is functionally identical to the American ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Mega Class [[B'Boom#Toys|B'Boom]], transforming into a blue mandrill. In [[beast mode]], pushing his right ear springs his mouth and eyes wide open. Once his mouth is opened, a slider on his back can be pushed forward to reveal his spring-loaded "Apache Bazooka" missile launcher and the two missiles on either side.

:In [[robot mode]], the Apache Bazooka and the two missiles end up stored just behind his head and can be used as a hand-held weapon. Among the molded details on his chest are twenty molded, non-firing missile pods. Additionally—and entirely based on the cartoon—either side of Apache's chest can be folded forward, and a slider on either side can extend his two "Apache Launchers". Apache also has an additional third "Angry Combat Mode"; complete with its own unique robot head.

:The most notable differences between [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s Apache and [[Hasbro]]'s B'Boom are the blue plastic hues; B'Boom's is more of a greenish color, while Apache's is more of a violet. It is a ''very'' miniscule difference and isn't all that noticeable at first glance.

:Apache's robot mode appearance in the cartoon left his gold heels folded away, with his Angry Combat Mode being the only mode to utilize them. The photography to the right reflects this choice of transformation. Also pictured is the alternate Angry Combat Mode configuration, as seen briefly in "[[Showdown in the Sea]]". For more, see "[[#Notes|Notes]]" below.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Cybertron/Apache/apache.htm More information on Apache at TFU.info]''

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*'''Cannon Showdown: Apache VS Megastorm''' (Vs pack, March 1998)
**''ID number:'' '''VS-12'''
**''Accessories'': "Apache Bazooka" missile launcher, 2 missiles

:Apache was also available in the "Cannon Showdown" (大砲の対決 ''taihō no taiketsu'') vs-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megastorm#VS12|Megastorm]].

:Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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*'''Telemaga Special Cybertron 6-piece Set''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': "Apache Bazooka" missile launcher, 2 missiles

: An olive, black and red of Apache was part of a six-piece set of unique redecoes of the main Cybertron cast of ''Beast Wars II'', the grand prize in the "New Beast Warriors Contest" in the February 1999 issue of ''[[TV Magazine]]''. The details of this contest are currently unknown.

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==Merchandise==
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*'''Beast Collection Special 10''' (PVC set, 1998)

: A clear-blue super-deformed PVC of robot-mode Apache, based on his animation model, was included as part of a ten-piece set of PVCs.

: This set was also marked as a "Clear Version Special Set", but it's unknown if an opaque set was ever released.

: This set also includes PVCs of [[Lio Convoy#bluePVC|Lio Convoy]] in both robot and beast modes, [[Galvatron (BW)#bluePVC|Galvatron]] in both robot and dragon modes, [[Bighorn#bluePVC|Bighorn]], [[Scuba#bluePVC|Scuba]], [[Tasmania Kid#bluePVC|Tasmania Kid]], [[Megastorm#bluePVC|Megastorm]], and [[Starscream (BW)#bluePVC|Starscream]].

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===''Beast Wars Gum''===
*'''Apache''' (candy toy, 1998)
:A snap together model kit of Apache was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Gum|Beast Wars Gum]]'', sculpted from purple and gold plastic. He could transform from robot to beast mode by being broken down into his component parts, then rebuilt into a new mode. He came with a stick of gum.

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===''Beast Fighters''===
*'''Apache''' (candy toy, 1998)
:Kabaya's ''[[Beast Fighters]]'' Apache was a small, [[super deformed]] PVC model which was hollow inside, designed to be used as a finger-puppet. It was available in a [[Blindpacking|blindpack]] with fizzy "Ramune" candy.
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==Notes==
[[File:Apache-charactersheets.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."]]
*Apache has two different "Angry Combat Mode" [[character model]] designs used within the ''Beast Wars II'' cartoon. While the quadruped design appears to be the one that appears the most within the show, one can still find the other design used for a split-second in the episode "[[Showdown in the Sea]]."
**Additionally, Apache's character model opts to have his golden heels left folded up in robot mode and only flipped out for his Angry Combat Mode.
*As B'Boom had already been well established in ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'', when Apache was set to appear, [[Don Figueroa]] drew Apache with the shoulder cannons retracted. Furthermore, he was given a lighter coloration and made less stocky to distinguish him from [[B'Boom]]. This is especially apparent in the scene where both have to help secure an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]]-infected [[Razorbeast]]. This was not the only time a [[Injector (BW)|design]] [[Latolata|adjustment]] was necessary.

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Apache''' (Taiwan, 阿帕契 ''Āpàqì''; China, 阿帕奇, ''Āpàqí'')

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Yukikaze (BW)

2022-09-30T08:07:00Z

GomessQ: /* Beast Wars II cartoon */

{{disambig2|the starship from ''Beast Wars II''|the Autobot Trainbot from ''The Headmasters''|Yukikaze (G1)}}
:''The ''Yukikaze'' is a [[Maximal]] starship from the [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BWIIYukikazeModel.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Maximal design aesthetics are weird.]]
The '''''Yukikaze''''' (ユキカゼ) is the [[Maximal]] starship commanded by the [[Supreme Commander]] [[Lio Convoy]]. The ''Yukikaze''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s onboard computer is the sweet-natured [[NAVI (Yukikaze)|NAVI]].

The ''Yukikaze'' is equipped with several smaller, terrestrial shuttles to transport the Maximals across the planet's surface. It is also equipped with an operational cloaking mechanism that projects a hologram around the perimeter of the ship, making it appear to be an unassuming rock formation.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars II'' cartoon===
[[File:YukikazeBWII1.jpg|left|thumb|Jukebox Crazy?]]

Lio Convoy and his crew of Maximals used the ''Yukikaze'' to chase [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] and his [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] on board the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'' across space to [[Gaia]]. However, shortly after reaching Gaia, the ''Yukikaze'' was damaged and rendered unable to achieve space flight. The Maximals made the stranded ''Yukikaze'' their base of operations on Gaia.
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===''Beast Wars II'' comic===
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==Notes==
*The name "Yukikaze" (written in kanji as 雪風) literally translates to "snowy wind" in Japanese. It's commonly used in anime for everything from jets to spaceships to snow-cone makers.

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DNAVI (BW)

2022-09-26T05:46:42Z

GomessQ: /* Foreign names */

{{faction|predacon}}
:''DNAVI is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] computer AI from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
{{excessivesarcasm|Intro paragraph yet to be DeSpenglered}}
[[File:DNaviNeo1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I'm making a note here; 'Huge Success'."]]

'''DNAVI''' (short for '''Devil NAVI''') is the [[NAVI]] unit serving the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]''... and a spoiled rotten little brat. Flaky, moody, and hopelessly self-absorbed, DNAVI sees her position as the artificial intelligence in control of the ''Dinosaur'' as license to treat every Predacon like dirt. Often referring to herself as a "Predacon Princess", DNAVI takes any opportunity she can get to abuse her power over the ship's teleporter, be it purposefully trying to abandon [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] or refusing to teleport her crew until they've properly sung her praises.

Aside from [[Magmatron]] (the single Predacon she considers to have authority over her), DNAVI spares only one other individual from her fitful wrath: [[Guiledart]]. She's developed quite the [[Transformer romance|crush]] on the ''Triceratops'', though the attraction isn't exactly a mutual one.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Maki Miyamae]] (Japanese)|[[Yeong-seon Eun]] (Korean)}}

When the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] called for teleportation off [[Gaia]], DNAVI attempted to leave [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] behind "accidentally", beaming him up only when he raised a fuss. She then saw to the dressing-down of Magmatron's troops, castigating their failure to capture even a single [[Maximal]]. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} {{storylink|Chase the Mysterious Capsule}} {{storylink|Burning Heart Below Freezing}} {{storylink|Hang in There, Stampy}} {{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}} {{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} {{storylink|Duel in the Labyrinth}} {{storylink|The Black Hole Crisis}} {{storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}} {{storylink|Waa! They Got Eaten}} {{storylink|Planet of Time}} {{storylink|Lonely Hydra}} {{storylink|Break Is a Predacon?}} {{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Attack! Randy}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}} {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blentrons!}} {{storylink|Angry Magmatron}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}} {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}} {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}} {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}
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===''Beast Wars Neo'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}} {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}}}

===''Legends'' comic===
DNAVI of the [[Legends World]] was the school nurse at Magmatron's high school. She diagnosed [[Big Convoy|Big]] with [[Transformers sickness]] and prescribed him medicine, but to her shock he refused to be cured and threw it out a window. {{Storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei#When I Awoke One Morning...|When I Awoke One Morning...}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''DNAVI''' (ディーナビ ''Dīnabi'')

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dnavi}}
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DNAVI (BW)

2022-09-26T05:46:13Z

GomessQ: That was Korean, not Japanese

{{faction|predacon}}
:''DNAVI is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] computer AI from the [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
{{excessivesarcasm|Intro paragraph yet to be DeSpenglered}}
[[File:DNaviNeo1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I'm making a note here; 'Huge Success'."]]

'''DNAVI''' (short for '''Devil NAVI''') is the [[NAVI]] unit serving the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]''... and a spoiled rotten little brat. Flaky, moody, and hopelessly self-absorbed, DNAVI sees her position as the artificial intelligence in control of the ''Dinosaur'' as license to treat every Predacon like dirt. Often referring to herself as a "Predacon Princess", DNAVI takes any opportunity she can get to abuse her power over the ship's teleporter, be it purposefully trying to abandon [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] or refusing to teleport her crew until they've properly sung her praises.

Aside from [[Magmatron]] (the single Predacon she considers to have authority over her), DNAVI spares only one other individual from her fitful wrath: [[Guiledart]]. She's developed quite the [[Transformer romance|crush]] on the ''Triceratops'', though the attraction isn't exactly a mutual one.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Maki Miyamae]] (Japanese)|[[Yeong-seon Eun]] (Korean)}}

When the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] called for teleportation off [[Gaia]], DNAVI attempted to leave [[Sling (BW)|Sling]] behind "accidentally", beaming him up only when he raised a fuss. She then saw to the dressing-down of Magmatron's troops, castigating their failure to capture even a single [[Maximal]]. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} {{storylink|Chase the Mysterious Capsule}} {{storylink|Burning Heart Below Freezing}} {{storylink|Hang in There, Stampy}} {{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}} {{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} {{storylink|Duel in the Labyrinth}} {{storylink|The Black Hole Crisis}} {{storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}} {{storylink|Waa! They Got Eaten}} {{storylink|Planet of Time}} {{storylink|Lonely Hydra}} {{storylink|Break Is a Predacon?}} {{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Attack! Randy}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}} {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blentrons!}} {{storylink|Angry Magmatron}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}} {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}} {{storylink|End of the Maximals!?}} {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}
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===''Beast Wars Neo'' manga===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}} {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}}}

===''Legends'' comic===
DNAVI of the [[Legends World]] was the school nurse at Magmatron's high school. She diagnosed [[Big Convoy|Big]] with [[Transformers sickness]] and prescribed him medicine, but to her shock he refused to be cured and threw it out a window. {{Storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei#When I Awoke One Morning...|When I Awoke One Morning...}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''DNAVI''' (ディーナビ ''Dinabi'')

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Magmatron (BW)

2022-09-25T11:12:15Z

GomessQ: I suppose we'll never know what the thought process behind this was, but according to their tech specs Magmatron outranks the "Dinobot commander" both quantitatively AND qualitatively.

{{factions|predacon|dinobot|maximalbm}}''
{{picsneeded|fictional appearances}}

:''Magmatron is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[File:Magmatronbm.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Part robot, part 3 different prehistoric animals, and he can ''dance''.]]
As befits a decorated Warrior-General, '''Magmatron''' (マグマトロン ''Magumatoron'') is capable of both elegant, reasoned judgment and wild, vicious action. Once he has set his sights on a goal, his drive to achieve it is unwavering and he will accept nothing less than total victory. Despite these attributes, and prodigious physical power, Magmatron's greatest advantage often lies in his charismatic leadership. Revered and admired by his soldiers, Magmatron fits the title "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" better than most.

On the surface, Magmatron seems to have much in common with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Both are schemers and planners, willing to subvert the established Predacon power structure to suit their plans and ultimate ambition for power, and possessing the strength to fight off any who challenge them. Their key difference lies in their relationships to that power structure. Megatron is at heart a rebel, working outside existing society. Magmatron, on the other hand, values his position of power and eminence in the current Predacon hierarchy, and though he schemes to someday stand at the top of that body, he is unwilling to risk his current high standings any more than he must to achieve those future goals. Also, while Megatron is more openly abusive and harsh with his troops, Magmatron operates with more military professionalism when interacting with his own soldiers. This aspect of Magmatron's personality may also be due to his more professional background, as opposed to Megatron's more rogue-ish ways.

Magmatron possesses a [[mitotic spark]] which allows him to separate into three dinosaur forms called '''Landsaurus''' (ランドサウルス ''Randosaurus''), '''Seasaurus''' (シーサウルス ''Shīsaurus''), and '''Skysaurus''' (スカイサウルス ''Sukaisaurus''),<ref>Referred to as "Landsaur", "Seasaur", and "Skysaur" in Magmatron's ''Beast Machines Dinobots'' bio.</ref> or merge them into a single monstrosity called '''Magmasaurus''' (マグマサウルス ''Magumasaurus'').

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Show Ryuzanji]] (Japanese)|[[Kwan-cheol Kim]] (Korean)}}

[[File:Magmatron cartoon.jpg|left|thumb|No, the toy isn't this cool.]]

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} {{storylink|Chase the Mysterious Capsule}} {{storylink|Burning Heart Below Freezing}} {{storylink|Hang in There, Stampy}} {{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}} {{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} {{storylink|Duel in the Labyrinth}} {{storylink|The Black Hole Crisis}} {{storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}} {{storylink|Waa! They Got Eaten}} {{storylink|Planet of Time}} {{storylink|Lonely Hydra}} {{storylink|Break Is a Predacon?}} {{storylink|Ship's Log}} {{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Attack! Randy}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|The Stolen Gung Ho}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}} {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blentrons!}} {{storylink|Angry Magmatron}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}} {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}} {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}}}

===''Bom Bom'' manga continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' manga====
Magmatron was a ''Giganotosaurus'' who led a gang of dinosaur rowdies on a primitive world in the [[7th Cosmos]]. After exposure to the Angolmois Capsule that crashed on the planet, the gang became more ferocious and killed [[Big Convoy#Beast Wars Neo comic|Big]]'s friends. The gang attacked [[Lio Convoy]], who had just arrived on the planet by accident, but failed because of Big's interruption. The gang followed Lio Convoy and Big's trails to the site where the capsule fell. Big pushed the gang into the valley, where the ''Giganotosaurus'' and its minions were caught in the explosion of the Angolmois Capsule and evolved into Transformers. The ''Giganotosaurus'' was fused with a ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and an ''Elasmosaurus'', becoming Magmasaurus. The Magmasaurus transformed into Magmatron, commanding his just-evolved minions to attack Lio Convoy and Big. Lio Convoy managed to defeat the henchmen with ease, but Magmatron took him out with one blast. With the power he now possessed, Magmatron claimed they would travel to various planets to kill every living thing. {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' manga====
[[File:bwn-bigconvoy&magmatron-manga-06-riding.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}} {{storylink|100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!}}}}

Later, Magmatron again met Big, now the Maximal Big Convoy. During a fierce battle, Magmatron indicated they had a history but Big Convoy couldn't remember and was surprised by Magmatron's words. When Magmatron thought he gained the upper hand, he was surprised by multiple blasts from his foe's [[Big Cannon]]. {{storylink|Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}}

The badly wounded Magmatron now had to separate himself into the three dinosaurs and stay in healing chambers. He ordered his henchmen to go to the planet [[Jörmungandr]] to retrieve an Angolmois Capsule. The group, however, failed and was sucked into space. The mysterious [[Unicron|Black Ball]], which had been retrieved by Big Convoy's crew, suddenly appeared in the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', offering his troops, the [[Blentron]]s, to Magmatron. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

Magmatron and Big Convoy were tricked to an {{w|amphitheatre}} where the last capsule was located by the Black Ball. Magmatron commanded the Blentron to attack Big Convoy's crew. During the battle, Magmatron was attacked from behind by a Blentron. It was revealed that both Magmatron and Big Convoy were the last Angolmois Capsule, and thus the Black Ball, who was actually Unicron, desired to consume them to regain the energy. Magmatron saved his old rival, who was despairing upon regaining his memory,and convinced him to team up to fight Unicron and the Blentrons. Magmatron was eventually chewed up and spat out by Unicron. A dying Magmatron, now reduced to only a head, left his [[Magma Blade (BW)|Magma Blade]] to Big Convoy as a "parting gift" and asked Big Convoy to give him an honorable "warrior's death" with his own sword. Big Convoy conceded to the request. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

Big Convoy later struck the blow that finished off Unicron's physical body with Magmatron's sword, avenging his death. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}

===''Beast Machines'' toy bio===
Magmatron was a member of the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot faction]], revered and reviled in equal measure. He had been on an intergalactic quest for energy capsules, but when he returned to Cybertron he found it being overrun by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones!]]

He served under [[T-Wrecks]], despite bearing a higher numerical rank and the nickname "Emperor of Destruction."

===3H comics===
Magmatron had become part of the new Dinobots, and was sent on a mission, given to them by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], {{Storylink|Departure}} to the planet [[Arkus]]. The mission was a trap, however, and Magmatron and his Dinobots were attacked by [[energy vampire]]s and their master known as the [[Dweller (G1)|Dweller]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}} Magmatron fought off the Dweller long enough for the Dinobots to escape. When they returned to rescue him, they found nothing but his sword. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
{{BW Shell Game}}
Magmatron made his way to prehistoric Earth, with the intention of raising an army out of the protoforms left behind by the Axalon's crew. He watched from afar as Optimus Primal's team launched from the planet aboard an Autobot shuttlecraft, with Megatron as their prisoner.
As one of his agents, Razorbeast, activated the stasis pods remotely, another one of his lackeys, Spittor, reported that one of the protoforms had been activated as a Maximal instead of a Predacon. Abandoning his cover as a Maximal double-agent, Razorbeast fled from Magmatron and into the wild. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
According to one account, Magmatron was the result of one of many experiments conducted by the [[Tripredacus Council]] in the advent of protoform technology, after the signing of the Pax Cybertronia. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

[[File:Magmatron speech TheGathering1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb]]

Another account has it that, during the early days of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], Magmatron endangered the fragile peace, being an indomitable general who would not accept defeat. When he was finally brought to heel by the [[Tripredacus Council]], he still chafed under the terms of the treaty and the council's apparent willingness to roll over for the Maximals. However, he accepted his change in status and maneuvered into a position on the [[Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs]] alongside his old enemy, [[Big Convoy]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #2}}

Frustrated by the Council's decision to bide its time, Magmatron recruited a small band of disenchanted warriors and fostered a professional relationship with the Tripredacus agent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to keep abreast of the situation on [[Earth]]. With this information, he formed an elegant and tightly knit plan to travel backwards in time to prehistoric Earth and reprogram all of the remaining [[protoform]] Maximals into Predacons. Keeping his plans secret until the last moment, he revealed to his forces that the Council had ordered him to pick up the task where their previous agent failed: capture the rogue [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].

[[Chronal phase|Chronically displacing]] his crew so that they could not be detected by the beast warriors who are already there, they set to work. He ordered [[Razorbeast]] to begin activating the [[stasis pod]]s while [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Manterror]], [[Transquito]], and [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] reported on their progress. They witnessed the birth of three Predacons, but Spittor was greeted by the Maximal, [[Polar Claw]]. More Maximals were spotted, revealing Razorbeast as a spy, but the warthog escaped into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Once his new army was assembled, Magmatron ordered them to hunt down the Maximals. [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] and Spittor, however, accompanied Magmatron on his personal quest to find Razorbeast. He located the spy and quickly gained the upper hand with his three dinosaur modes, but Razorbeast pulled a fast one, and buried the Predacon leader beneath a mountainside. Magmatron soon recouped his losses by recovering the spark of the Tripredacus agent, Ravage. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}}

[[File:Gathering3-Megatron Magmatron.jpg|right|upright=1.5|thumb|Insert "Megatron not pleased a BWN character is stealing his role" joke here.]]

Iguanus, having located a [[blank]] protoform, assisted Magmatron with rebirthing Ravage in a new, [[Transmetal 2]] body. Magmatron ordered Ravage to hunt down and terminate Razorbeast's Maximals. Magmatron proceeded to set forth on his next mission; locating and capturing Megatron to ensure the Tripredacus Council didn't catch on to his real plans. He confronted Megatron, and the two engaged in battle. Megatron insisted that Magmatron was foolish for coming after him alone, as Ravage did, but Magmatron was not alone— Iguanus and Drill Bit ambushed Megatron and disabled him. The Predacons brought Megatron to a [[unspace|transwarp]] platform they had set up and prepared to send Megatron into the hands of the Council, but they were interrupted by the wandering [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

[[File:MagmatronVGrimlock TheGathering4.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]

Magmatron engaged Grimlock in a vicious [[beast mode]] battle, and despite the Maximal's resilence, Magmatron eventually overwhelmed him. Grimlock was enough of a distraction, however, to let Razorbeast and [[Optimus Minor]] enter the camp undetected and steal a [[chronal phase facilitator]]. When Razorbeast confronted Magmatron in the open, the Predacon general saw an opportunity to settle an old score. But with Razorbeast using the facilitator to shift out of his chronal phase, Magmatron was unable to land a single hit on his smaller opponent. Optimus Minor removed the facilitator attached to the unconscious Megatron, returning the rogue to his proper chronal state. Magmatron lunged to stop it, and ended up falling onto the transwarp platform just as it activated. Razorbeast blasted the device, causing it to malfunction and send Magmatron to parts unknown. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

Razorbeast's meddling in Magmatron's transwarp shunt caused the Predacon commander to be consigned to a temporal limbo, able to traverse the whole of history but unable to affect any of the events he witnessed. Through this, he saw the eventual end of Cybertron as its inhabitants set upon each other with beastly fury while [[Shokaract]] summoned [[Unicron]] to devour the planet. Knowing that the roots of this catastrophic event were already beginning in his time, Magmatron turned to the enemy who had consigned him to this fate. Exerting what little influence he could, he stabilized the Transwarp carrier signal sent by the Maximals weeks earlier, allowing the time-lost distress call to be received by [[Lio Convoy]] and the [[Pack]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

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Magmatron's meddling effect on the timestream was noticed by Unicron, who dispatched [[Latolata|Rartorata]] to Earth to deal with the assembling combatants there. His ability to change the future was increased further, however, when during the confusion of the battle on Earth between the Maximal and Predacon forces, a playing 'possum Ravage made contact with the chronal displacement bands. Magmatron was able to use his limited influence to hold Ravage inside chronospace, where he was able to make contact with the former [[Decepticon]]. Magmatron briefed him on the apocalypse that could yet come, urging him to call a truce with the Maximals in an effort to stop the end of all things. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

From his chronal prison, Magmatron watched his rival Big Convoy die at Shokaract's hands in the future, knowing that it was only a prelude to the destruction to come. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}} A combined group of Maximals and Predacons returned with Ravage to present-day Cybertron to battle Shokaract, arriving before Big Convoy could be killed. Ravage again briefed with Magmatron, who instructed him to send a Maximal to attach a chronal-displacement device onto Shokaract's body. This was eventually accomplished at the cost of many lives and Shokaract was brought to Magmatron within chronospace. Magmatron showed him Cybertron's future and the realization that he was a pawn of Unicron caused a distraught Shokaract to commit suicide, causing a "time-lash" that freed Magmatron from limbo.

The restored Magmatron informed the assembled Maximals and Predacons that the threat had ended. He also reported that his old foe Razorbeast had died on Earth and respectfully declared the Maximal worthy of a momument. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
[[Vector Prime]] and his [[Time Warrior (AVP)|Time Warrior]]s prevented Magmatron from falling prey to the [[X-Dimension]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/12}}

===Waspscream continuity===
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Magmatron and the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]s were among the resistance groups against [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]'s [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] rule of Cybertron. After the defeat of the Vehicons, Magmatron formed a new High Council with [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspscream]], [[Icebird]], and [[Rodimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:BWU Magmatron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]

Magmatron was chief engineering specialist aboard the ''Dinosaur'', overseeing junior engineers [[Crazybolt (BW)|Crazybolt]] and [[Dead End (BW)|Dead-End]]. During the launch of an away mission to [[Metascan Omega|LGC-8803]], the ''Dinosaur'' was attacked by an [[Intruder]] craft, putting Magmatron to work maintaining the integrity of his ship.

He had little time to spare when [[Killer Punch]] came by with a tale of the hallways moving on him and [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] possibly being killed. Still, the intelligence specialist's sensor logs were compelling, so Magmatron arranged for a localized brown-out so that Killer Punch could reach the laboratory the ship seemed dedicated to keeping from him. It was only due to Killer Punch's paranoid comms channel that Magmatron saw what happened next. The Builder political officer [[Synapse (BWU)|Synapse]] bragged about killing Hydra before having Killer Punch killed as well. An uprising had begun on Cybertron, and Synapse couldn't have the proto-former crew getting any sympathetic ideas.

Magmatron rallied the remaining members of the crew on board in a plan to reach the captain's chambers and disable the ship's internal defenses. He and [[Guiledart]] made their way to the captain, only to find [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] wasn't responsible for the attacks on the crew. He had been severed from control of the ''Dinosaur'', actually the [[Titan (group)|Megamaster]] war criminal once known as [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. Additional damage done by the [[Destructon]] intruders only made the situation more perilous, forcing the chief back to engineering to keep the ship in the air long enough to seize control of it. Once Dead-End disabled Trypticon's higher consciousness, Magmatron and Full-Tilt were able to preserve the ship's integrity long enough to crash it on LGC-8803, opening the starship up into a new colony dubbed [[Dinosaur City]].

Leaving Full-Tilt, first officer [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]], and others behind on Dinosaur City, Magmatron manned a shuttle with a contingent of his crew who wished to return to Cybertron and fight in the [[Grand Uprising]]. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

Magmatron's crew remained intact as a unit when they joined the Resistance. Guiledart, Bazooka, Crazybolt and Rampage were only joined by two additional resistance fighters named [[Archadis]] and [[Sling]]. Archadis was an arrogant lout, but his prior loyalty to [[Lio Convoy]] led to him being named second-in-command of Magmatron's squad. During a mission to eliminate a traitor named [[Snapper]] in the midst of a prisoner transfer, Magmatron's unit was separated from Rampage and got into a protracted shoot-out with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] guards. Rampage returned, uncharacteristically asking for help. He had been drafted into the defense of Cybertron by the Oracle against the [[Antares Eight]], disguised aliens intent on exposing Cybertron to conflict with the [[Human Confederacy]]. Magmatron abandoned Lio Convoy's mission to help Rampage, even fighting alongside Snapper and the Constructicons in the process. Once the dust settled, these united Cybertronians mostly chose to remain together as the [[Ex-Bot (BWU)|Ex-Bots]], defending innocents in [[Proximax]] and beyond from the fallout of the Builders' war with the Resistance. Archadis and Sling left to return to Lio Convoy, but the others remained with Magmatron and Rampage. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

Magmatron and the Ex-Bots defended Proximax from the horrors of war over the next stellar cycle. Magmatron and the former MaxCop [[Stiletto]] rose to the top as co-leaders of the motley collection of bots from different factions. They captured a renegade Predacon scientist named [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] intent on using a [[Robo-Smasher]] on the populace. The war between the Builders and the Resistance was soon overcome by the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], as the Builders latest weapon turned against them and the planet at large. The Ex-Bots joined the fight, and advanced with various armies on the [[Grand Mal]], center of Vehicon activity. Magmatron and Guiledart found themselves fighting alongside the [[Legion of the Inferno]], army of the [[Independent Predacus States]]. When the Mal fell (thanks to Rampage), Magmatron's three forms coordinated the various forces in corralling and eliminating as many disoriented but functional Vehicons remained.

In the aftermath, Magmatron's battlefield activities had impressed [[Ram Horn]], last survivor of the previous [[Tripredacus Council]]. He was offered a place on the new council, joining Ram Horn and [[Ser-Ket (BWU)|Ser-Ket]], protege of the fallen founder of the Predacons, [[Preditron]]. Magmatron represented the Independent Predacus States at the Grand Summit orchestrated by Lio Convoy, as the [[Cybertronian Parliament]] was forged to lead Cybertron into the next millennium. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===Legends World===
Magmatron of the [[Legends World]] was the principal at a school. When [[Big Convoy|Big]] suggested changing the "HR" for "home room" to "TF" for "''Transformers''" during a staff meeting, Magmatron asked what he was going to do during "TF" period. When the teacher said he'd talk about ''Transformers'', Magmatron noted that was he already was doing and considered firing him. {{Storylink|LG59 Blitzwing Prologue: Big-sensei#Very Strange|Very Strange}}

After the Legends World was destroyed, Magmatron ended up on [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], where he became a full-fledged Beast Warrior through [[Transformers sickness]] and helped fight against [[Galvatron II]] and his [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]]. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}} When the Legends World was restored, Magmatron returned to it, and was present when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] announced he was leaving the universe. He later was present for the graduation ceremony of Big's class. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:Beast Wars-Magmatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|My entire body is hinges!]]
*'''Magmatron''' (February, [[1999]])
**''Takara ID number'': '''D-35'''
**''Sonokong ID number'': '''D-05'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Magma Blade (BW)|Magma Blade]]" Sword-hilt/launcher, "Magma Blade" sword-blade/missile, left & right "Wing Missiles", 2 "Giga Missiles"
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''Beast Wars Neo'' products in the [[Japan]]ese ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWN|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Magmatron is an Ultra-sized figure that transforms from a massive robot into three prehistoric reptiles—a ''{{w|Quetzalcoatlus}}'' ("Skysaurus"), a ''{{w|Giganotosaurus}}'' ("Landsaurus"), and an ''{{w|Elasmosaurus}}'' ("Seasaurus").

: Each of his individual [[beast mode]]s feature a [[spark crystal]] and a form of storage for all of his accessories: Skysaurus's wings house his "Wing Missiles"; Landsaurus stores his spring-loaded "Magma Blade" hilt in its throat and the blade itself inside the tail; and Seasaurus stores his two "Giga Missiles" inside its body. Each of the individual beast modes also feature a gimmick: Skysaurus's gimmick is activated by pulling on the tail to move the wings in a flapping action; Landsaurus's mouth can plug either of the Skysaurus's Wing Missiles, which are fired by pulling back on the top of the head; and for Seasaurus, pinching on the back flippers makes the front ones move in unison to simulate a swimming motion. All three components of Magmatron can combine to form his "Magmasaurus" mode.

: In [[robot mode]], Magmatron—like most Ultra-sized figures—features multiple gimmicks and weapons. Magmatron's Magma Blade can be used in two different configurations; the first is the standard sword configuration, however, a second handle can be flipped out, allowing him to hold it as a blaster. Activating the trigger allows for any of his five missiles to be fired as his "Magma Rocket" attack. The lower section of Seasaurus becomes his "Magma Shield", that mounts on his left arm, and features the swimming gimmick from beast mode, which can now be used as his "Shield Crusher" pincer. As Seasaurus's neck is made up of multiple ball joints, its head can be manuevered through the gap between his shoulder and his left wing to simulate the "Magma Attack" from the cartoon. Magmatron also features free-rolling wheels on his robot feet which don't serve much of a purpose, though, they can be flipped down on Landsaurus to somewhat replicate [[Transmetal]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s "third mode" if so desired.

: Pictured in the box just below Magmatron's Magmasaurus mode (in the image to the right), is a recommended configuration for Seasaurus's neck joints to be positioned that enables you to have its head pegged onto his left shoulder snuggly. It's not very appealing to look at from behind, but it reduces the amount of neck hanging from his back and cleans up his silhouette from the front. All of the curves of of his back-[[kibble]] make everything sit nice and tight against each other too!

: [[Sonokong]] released Magmatron in the [[South Korea|Korean]] ''Beast-War Neo'' toyline. This release features no changes to the toy itself, with the only differences being [[:File:D-05 Magmatron Sonokong.jpg|the packaging]] and bio cards.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/Magmatron/magmatron.htm More information on Magmatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Cosmic Showdown: Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (Vs pack, February 1999)
**''Takara ID number'': '''VS-35'''
**''Sonokong ID number'': '''DX-05'''
**''Accessories'': "Magma Blade" Sword-hilt/launcher, "Magma Blade" sword-blade/missile, left & right "Wing Missiles", 2 "Giga Missiles"

: Magmatron was also available in the "Cosmic Showdown" (大宇宙の対決 ''Daiuchū no Taiketsu'') vs-pack with [[Big Convoy#VS35|Big Convoy]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

:This vs-pack was also released in Korea by Sonokong. Much like the single release of Magmatron, both toys are identical to the Takara releases, the only differences being the packaging and bio cards.

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*'''Kinpika Magmatron''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': "Magma Blade" Sword-hilt/launcher, "Magma Blade" sword-blade/missile, left & right "Wing Missiles", 2 "Giga Missiles"

:This gold [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] Magmatron was featured as a [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] giveaway.

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*'''Black Magmatron''' (1999)
**''Accessories'': "Magma Blade" Sword-hilt/launcher, "Magma Blade" sword-blade/missile, left & right "Wing Missiles", 2 "Giga Missiles"

:This figure is a [[Black repaint|black]] [[redeco]]ed Magmatron and is a Lucky Draw item.

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===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:BM Magmatron Toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|"HasLab Star Saber is the first Japanese Transformer to be introduced in the US? That's cute."]]
*'''Magmatron''' (Ultra, [[2000]])
**''Accessories'': "Magma Blade" Sword-hilt/launcher, "Magma Blade" sword-blade/missile, left & right "Wing Missiles", 2 "Giga Missiles"

:One year after his Japanese release, Hasbro made Magmatron available to customers in the United States. The toy itself was slightly changed from his original release, with his missiles and sword "rounded off" to better conform with [[For safety reasons|United States safety laws]], and overall has a less "metallic" sheen to his plastic. Another more prominent difference is a duller-mustard shade of yellow paint being present on the pelvis of the robot mode, whereas the original has bright yellow.

:Hasbro's version of Magmatron was available [[exclusive]]ly through [[Target]] stores in the USA, in a box branded as part of the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline. For the most part, the packaging bore little resemblance to its Takara counterpart; however, it ''did'' feature a few elements in Japanese, meant to emphasize the "exotic" origin of the figure, namely a small version of the official Japanese ''Transformers'' logo (トランスフォーマー), the names of the toy itself, its combined beast mode and its three individual components in katakana, as well as a promotional blurb advertising the toy's features in Japanese that was lifted verbatim from the packaging of Takara's original ''Beast Wars'' release.

: His [[bio]] card describes him as a Maximal, and also places him on [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]-dominated Cybertron. However, his separate [[beast mode]]s still retain their Predacon [[spark crystal]]s.
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==Notes==
*Magmatron's Maximal on-package bio gives his quotation as "Til all is won", an obvious reference to a similar [['Til all are one|phrase]] that pops up in numerous other places in ''Transformers'' lore.
*Magmatron's ''Beast Machines'' instructions also erroneously call Landsaurus a "raptor", and it also calls Skysaurus a ''Pteranodon''. The combined beast mode is termed as a "Monster mode".
* The ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of Magmatron is a "virtual redeco" of the revived ''[[Diaclone]]'' line's [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/pictorial-review-of-diaclone-reboot-diabattles-v2/35531/ Dia-Battles V2] (ダイアバトルスV2) toy. A transformation video of that toy can be [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOjNZI12uU seen here.]

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Magmatron''' (메그마트론 ''Megeumateuron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yán Chōng Tiān''' (炎冲天, "Soaring Flame")

==References==
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Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity

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[[File:Call of the Wild Optimus scope.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|In Destiny's sights.]]
'''Optimus Primal''' is one of the most prominent and well recognized Maximals in Transformers history. He has saved the [[Maximal]]s, [[Earth]], [[time|history]], [[human]]ity, the universe, the [[Autobot]]s, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Transformer]]s, and the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]], starting from humble beginnings as an exploratory starship captain.

{{quote|Eh, sometimes crazy works.|Optimus Primal|"Power Surge"}}

==''Beast Wars'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)|[[Alexandr Novikov]] (Russian, 1st dub), [[Zhang Wenyu]] (Chinese), [[Guilherme Lopes]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Ben Hecker]] (German), [[Pascal Renwick]] (French), [[Riccardo Lombardo]] (Italian), [[Mario Sauret]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Juan Luis Rovira]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

Optimus Primal was the captain of the exploration ship ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} He and his crew were ordered to dispose the experiment gone wrong, Protoform X, {{storylink|Bad Spark}} who was brought in by Primal's coworker, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. Depth Charge wanted X destroyed, but the High Council ordered Primal's crew to dump Protoform X someplace far away and with minimal life. Depth Charge became resentful against Primal for this. {{storylink|Deep Metal}}

[[File:BeastWarsPt1 Primal in CR chamber.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Suddenly I have a lot more body hair.]]
On the way, they were tasked with pursuing the Predacon criminal [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], who had stolen the Golden Disk and a [[unspace|transwarp]]-capable ship. In pursuit, the ''Axalon'' passed though a transwarp portal to a [[Earth|strange world]]. During the ensuing space battle, both ships were damaged and Primal ordered the [[stasis pod]]s carrying the rest of the crew to be ejected into orbit before the ''Axalon'' crashed.

The planet was rich with raw [[energon]]—so much that prolonged exposure would short out their bodies—so the Maximals and Predacons were forced to take organic forms from local creatures. Primal took the form of a silverback gorilla, remarking that his new form was "interesting" upon exit from the [[CR chamber]]. During their first skirmish with the Predacons, Optimus ordered [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] to retrieve the pinned-down [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rattrap refused, resulting in Optimus having to rescue Cheetor himself—as he later said, he wouldn't give someone an order he wouldn't be able to carry out himself.

On their return to base, Optimus was challenged to a duel by the estranged Predacon [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] for leadership of the Maximals. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} When talking sense to Dinobot didn't work, Optimus engaged him in combat. The other Predacons took this as an opportunity to attack, and Optimus risked his own life to save Dinobot from falling to his death. Dinobot repaid the favor during a later battle atop a mountain, by deflecting a missile fired at Primal by Megatron. Although the huge energon cache on the mountaintop exploded, everyone survived, and Optimus announced the start of the "[[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]". {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

[[File:TheWeb Optimus and Dinobot.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"Blame Rattrap?" "Blame Rattrap".]]
Optimus's men would often try his patience, such as when Cheetor's impulsive actions lead to an experimental comlink being destroyed. When the young Maximal left base in secret to try to put things right, the other Maximals covered for him when Primal asked where he was. {{storylink|The Web}} This perhaps led to Optimus scrubbing another of Cheetor's missions to install monitoring devices, though, again, the cat went out anyway. When lightning struck one of the devices and set up a two-way teleport between the Maximal and Predacon bases, Dinobot was able to persuade Optimus to send a bomb through, though Primal insisted on setting the timer to give the Predacons enough time to get to safety. Cheetor, meanwhile, had discovered that a common energon vein ran beneath both bases—an explosion at one would destroy both—and quickly got rid of the bomb. Optimus later lectured him on obeying orders, but Cheetor didn't seem too concerned. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}

After a battle at the [[Standing Stones]] resulted in an alien signal being broadcast into space, an [[Vok probe|alien probe]] absorbed Primal's form. Optimus was still functional and aware, and able to contact the ''Axalon'' to cut off the Maximals squabbling over selecting a new leader, nominating Rattrap to be in charge. An attempt by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] to build a device to free Primal failed, but [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] inadvertently caused the probe to expel the Maximal leader. Optimus later commended Rattrap on his leadership. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}}

[[File:Fallen Comrades Dinobot Optimus core.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|What? Shiny blue gorilla? Never happen.]]
[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]'s discovery of a [[flying mountain]] laced with high-energy energon resulted in Optimus facing the super-powered Predacon in combat, and almost lost before Terrorsaur had to recharge. As Rattrap's bombs destroyed the mountain, Optimus leapt to safety with the rat on his back. {{storylink|Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge}} When the first stasis pod crashed to the ground, Optimus set out first, being the Maximal's only flier, but no sooner had he left the ''Axalon'' than he was ambushed and badly damaged by Waspinator and Terrorsaur. Ensconced in a CR Chamber, Optimus's [[core consciousness]] was accessed by Dinobot, who took Primal's advice to set up a laser link. Dinobot was disabled by a Predacon attack, but Optimus himself was able to use the laser to link to the pod and command it to reformat the [[protoform]] inside. Repaired, Primal flew to the battlefield and greeted the new Maximal, [[Tigatron]]. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

[[File:BetterMousetrap Optimus in flight.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|"Oh crap, we're almost done with the episode, and I just realized my fly's undone.]]
After a particularly nasty ambush, during which Primal was shot down and the Predacons escaped with another stasis pod, Optimus hit on a new plan—faking Rattrap's defection in order to find out how the Predacons had been constantly warned of their plans in advance. Later, Optimus explained the plan to the other Maximals, who'd been left in the dark. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}} After the unveiling of Rhinox's [[Sentinel (BW)|new defense system]], Optimus and Tigatron went hunting for some Predacons it had detected. While chasing Waspinator, Primal became aware something was up back at base, and returned to find that a "malfunction" had caused the defense system to chase the Maximals out. As it later appeared that Rattrap's attempt to disarm the system had resulted in his death, the Maximals eulogized him, but it turned out he was still alive, after all. {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}}

Out on a specimen-gathering mission with Dinobot, Optimus took the opportunity to give the ex-Predacon a lesson in not underestimating flora. Unfortunately, they were soon attacked by [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]], who managed to attach a [[Cyberbee]] to Optimus before being driven off. The Cyberbee injected Optimus with a virus intended to turn him into a coward, but resulted in the opposite effect, turning him berserk with rage. Rhinox quickly determined that removing it would kill Optimus and cause it to explode, removing that option from consideration. Optimus ordered himself locked up, as he was a danger to himself and everyone around him. With time to think, he came up with a plan to take the Predacons by surprise, persuading Cheetor to release him. He then fell into a craze, leaving the ''Axalon'' and making a beeline for the Predacon base. After ripping through the rest of the Predacons, he confronted Megatron, who attempted to bargain but ended up instead with the Cyberbee stuck to his back. Cheetor was able to administer the anti-viral to Optimus in time to save him, and Megatron and Scorponok were caught at ground zero during the Cyberbee explosion. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}}

[[File:Victory Optimus jetpack rescue.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|His chiropractor just bought a new car.]]
During an attempt to contact a passing Maximal [[temporal probe]], Optimus was locked in his [[beast mode]] by [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s [[Transformation Lock Lens]] and almost killed by Megatron, but Rhinox saved his life. As Optimus was poised to enter the code to signal the transwarp probe, the Predacons finally succeeded in destroying the communications array, dashing the Maximals' hopes for a rescue. {{storylink|The Probe}} After a spycam planted in the Predacon base showed the result of an apparently disastrous mutiny had wiped out the Predacons, the Maximals salvaged a [[transwarp cell]] from the Predacon ship. Although the ''Axalon'' was made ready to launch, Dinobot, who had elected to stay behind, stumbled on the concealed Predacons. The launch unable to be aborted, Optimus ordered the Maximals take off with or without him, and went to rescue Dinobot. As it turned out, Optimus was unable to get aboard before takeoff, being shot from the entry port by one of Scorponok's missiles. The ''Axalon'' was subsequently sent crashing again when Megatron trashed the controls. Optimus used his jetpack to slow the plummeting ship and allow it to land relatively safely. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

After another Predacon defeat, Rhinox was kidnapped by Tarantulas and turned into a Predacon by Megatron's [[Transmuter (BW)|Transmuter]]. Though the other Maximals wanted to rescue their friend, Optimus had them hold back, knowing that Rhinox would wreak havoc in the Predacon ranks. He only gave the order to attack once Megatron discovered that Rhinox had been undermining the Predacon cause. During the ensuing battle within the Predacons' ship, he managed to slice off one of Megatron's arms. {{storylink|Dark Designs}} A [[Clone One|fake Dinobot]] sent Optimus out on a wild goose chase to find Rattrap. By the time the Maximals got back, the real Dinobot had eaten the fake one, much to their disgust. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}} When Rhinox and Cheetor brought [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] online, they took her back to base to meet Optimus and the others. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:Call of the Wild Optimus Megatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Megatron was forced to ask Terrorsaur to take up the mantle of Badass.]]
Optimus headed out to rescue Tigatron, after the Maximal was ambushed while radioing base, only to find Tigatron had gone missing. The Maximals soon received a Cyberbee, reprogrammed with a message from Tigatron showing the [[Brigadoon|flying island]] he'd found. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Optimus headed for the island with Rattrap on his back, the pair scuffling with Terrorsaur and Waspinator on the way. On the island, the Maximals desperately tried to head off [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], but were unable to prevent her from taking over the island's control center. Fortunately, Tigatron's destruction of the island's power source saved both the ''Axalon'' and the Maximals. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Optimus was running a strategic simulation when a [[magna pulse]] triggered by Tarantulas knocked out the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s power systems. He headed out to warn the others and was in time to save Tigatron from [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] by blasting the new Predacon to pieces. {{storylink|Spider's Game}} Another gambit saw the Predacons stealing the [[rectifier coil]] from the Maximal base, effectively trapping the Maximals in their beast modes. Overcome by bestial instincts, the Maximals wandered off into the jungle, and it was only through Tigatron's intervention that they were able to delete the blocks separating their robot and beast psyches. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

[[File:Possession Optimus thoughtful.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Little do they know that I was the one who killed him, using the Candlestick, in the Ballroom.]]
After a group of Maximals were blinded by an energon explosion and trekked most of the way back to the base, Optimus arrived shortly after they'd fought off Terrorsaur and Waspinator, and gone into status lock. He was able to take them back to base for repairs. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}} During a storm, the ''Axalon'' was badly damaged, leaving it open to attack, and attack the Predacons did. With the aid of a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed Waspinator, they drove the Maximals out into the jungle. As Starscream was left in charge of the ''Axalon'', the Maximals surrendered as part of a plan to retake the base. Optimus easily escaped his bonds and recovered the Maximals' weapons, before defeating Starscream in combat and allowing Blackarachnia to deliver the ''coup de grâce''. {{storylink|Possession}}

Rattrap and Dinobot's habitual bickering finally came to a head when it resulted in Rhinox being hit with a new Predacon weapon, an [[energon discharge virus]]. Optimus sent the pair out to find an antidote, hoping that they would learn to work together. When this didn't get immediate results, he announced a frontal attack, and the Maximals arrived at Tarantulas's lab in time to help Dinobot and Rattrap recover the antidote. {{storylink|The Low Road}} [[Snowstalker]]'s death as the result of a battle motivated Tigatron to abandon the Maximal cause. Optimus lectured him that while they were on the planet, they had a duty to protect it from the Predacons. Dinobot and Optimus were subsequently defeated by the team of Terrorsaur, Waspinator and Inferno, leading Tigatron to lend a hand and rejoin the Maximal team. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

When [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] discovered evidence of the [[Vok]]'s imminent arrival, Megatron called a truce, to which Primal reluctantly agreed. Curious as to what was up, Optimus had Tigatron invade the Predacon base and find out what Megatron knew, and they discovered that the aliens behind the strange anomalies were on their way. {{storylink|Before the Storm}} While investigating a [[Bio-Dome|newly created Vok installation]], Primal was tortured and captured by the aliens, who spoke to him in the form of [[Unicron]], and told him of their plans to "sterilize" the planet. He was barely able to escape before the construct sent a signal to one of the planet's moons, triggering an activation sequence. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}}

[[File:Other Voices 2 Optimus pod.jpg|thumb|right|225px|"Oh, bother."]]

Returning to the ''Axalon'', Primal found that Tarantulas and Blackarachnia has turned a stasis pod into an escape ship in order to flee the doomed planet. As the planet's second moon was converted into a [[Planet Buster]], Primal took the ship to do battle with the superweapon, against the objections of his crew. Primal planned to detonate the ship's [[transwarp cell]] when in range of the weapon, after ejecting to safety. The plan worked—with the exception of the "ejecting" part. Megatron remotely seized control of the vessel, overriding Primal's ejection commands. The Predacon commander taunted Primal as he futilely beat his fists against the pod, until the detonation obliterated the pod, the Planet Buster, and Primal, reducing them all to so much space junk. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

[[File:ComingoftheFuzors2 Optimus surfingmonkeymode.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Board Ape Shot Clubs]]

Rhinox used a device to guide his core consciousness through the [[Transformer afterlife|Matrix]], retrieving Optimus Primal's spark and implanting it into a [[blank]] protoform. Reborn with a new [[Transmetal]] body, Optimus came to the aid of his troops as they were on the verge of defeat. [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]], a newly online [[Fuzor]], took the opportunity to apply for the Maximal ranks by taking out Megatron just as the Predacon leader was about to destroy Optimus. Once the greetings were done, Optimus turned to Rattrap and requested the rodent remove his stuff from the commander's quarters. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[File:OtherVisits1-Primalface.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]

Optimus would later submit himself to a battery of tests, as Rhinox attempted to find out the limitations of the new Transmetal forms. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} After an attempt by Dinobot to switch sides back to the Predacons, Optimus accepted his apology and left the final decision of whether Dinobot would stay with them to Rattrap, who agreed to let him stay. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}} When Rhinox worked out that another alien site was located in an area Tigatron and Airazor were patrolling, Optimus set out to warn them, but was too late to prevent them being apparently shot into space. The plants in the area subsequently grew into another [[Metal Hunter|alien construct]], which knocked out everyone present with an energy wave. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} Though the Transmetals recovered quickly, Megatron was able to use the [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Golden Disk]] to take control of the construct, taking Optimus as a prisoner. Rattrap managed to get on board and free Optimus, allowing the Maximal leader to engage Megatron in a violent combat while Rattrap sabotaged the ship. Everyone was able to get clear before the ship exploded, and Optimus resolved that they would get Airazor and Tigatron back somehow. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[File:BadSpark Optimus robot mode.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Transmetal Rippedimus Primal.]]
After the discovery of a stasis pod containing [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]], Optimus explained the background of the Maximal experiment to Cheetor. The pair were damaged when a fight with the Predacons ignited an energon deposit beneath the pod and the Maximals were forced to return to base. Repairs were made, and the pair were able to return to the field in time to rescue Blackarachnia and Silverbolt from Protoform X, who was later named Rampage. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} Optimus and all of the Maximals mourned the loss of Dinobot, after he was killed defending a valley of [[anthropoid]]s from the Predacons. {{storylink|Code of Hero}} The discovery of a [[Transmutate (BW)|strangely-mutated Transformer]] was tainted when it was subsequently destroyed in a fight between Silverbolt and Rampage. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

The [[transwarp wavefront]] from the Planet Buster's destruction finally reached Cybertron and help arrived, but in the unexpected form of [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who had come to arrest Megatron for his crimes against the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. Despite Rattrap's misgivings, Optimus agreed to assist Ravage, and after storming the Predacon base, they captured Megatron. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Primal was forced to chastise Silverbolt for his dangerous relationship with Blackarachnia, sending Cheetor out to retrieve the arachnid. After Silverbolt decked Cheetor and went out in his stead, Optimus and Cheetor went to fetch some energon from one of Tarantulas's stashes, only to be ambushed by Inferno. The fight effectively ended when Inferno ignited the energon, blowing himself and the cave up. On their way back to the ''Axalon'', Optimus and Cheetor received some unpleasant news—Ravage had changed sides and teamed up with Megatron. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

[[File:OptimusPrimal OpSit Matrixspark.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Continuity error!]]

The Predacons began an assault on the Maximal base, with Primal and Cheetor pinned down outside. The assault failed, thanks mainly to the efforts of Rattrap, and the Maximals set off in pursuit of Megatron. As it turned out, Megatron had found the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], the then-resting place of the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s and, despite their efforts, Megatron was able to gain entry and shoot [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in the head. As Megatron gloated, a [[timestorm]] raged, threatening to erase the Maximals from existence. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[File:OptimalSituation-OpOpstandsup.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Look at how big I am! And how full of Optimus Prime my cockpit is!]]
In a desperate gambit, Optimus Primal took Optimus Prime's [[spark]] into himself to protect it while repairs were effected on his body. The presence of the extra spark caused Primal's body to mutate and grow larger, gaining new jet and ground [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s along with his gorilla form. Megatron sardonically dubbed his new body as "Optimal Optimus". Despite the new power, he was unable to stop the Predacons from trashing the ''Axalon''. Optimus Prime's spark was returned to its rightful home, preserving history, but Primal retained his new form. With Megatron now desperate to end the war at any cost, Primal was forced to move his Maximals into the volcano where the Ark lay. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] arrived on the planet in search of Rampage, encountering Cheetor. By the time Optimus reached their position, Rampage had thoroughly beaten the new arrival, and Optimus took him back to base for repairs. Depth Charge rebuffed Primal's offer to let him join the Maximals, making it clear he wasn't impressed with the mess Optimus had made of things. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} Primal came up with a new plan to salvage Sentinel from the wreck of the ''Axalon'' by sending Rattrap down in a [[subaquatic stealth vessel]]. Depth Charge's interference resulted in the Predacons gaining Sentinel instead. After Primal chewed him out, Depth Charge said he'd consider the offer to join the Maximals. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

[[File:OptimalSituation-OpOpjetandtank.jpg|right|thumb|350px|]]

After [[Chak]] and [[Una]] were separated from their tribe, Optimus assigned Cheetor and Blackarachnia, by now part of the Maximal ranks, to return them. Optimus and Silverbolt provided reinforcement when the group ran into a squad of [[cyber raptor]]s engineered by Megatron, but Tarantulas's new [[cyber venom]] disabled the Maximal leader for the duration of the battle. He did prove to have a lovely singing voice when Rattrap contacted him, though. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}} Optimus was injured again during another battle to save a stasis pod, and was forced to return to base. Cheetor, despite Optimus's orders to wait for backup, went in alone, and was apparently destroyed while retrieving a [[Transmetal driver]] from Megatron's cloning machine. Anguished, Optimus blamed himself for Cheetor's death.

[[File:FeralScream2 Optimus gorillamode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.45|Oh riiiight...''Beast'' Wars. Now I get it.]]
Cheetor, however, was not dead, and stumbled back to base. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}} After Cheetor was apparently spirited away by a savage feline monster during the night, Primal demanded the truth as to what happened from Depth Charge. Cheetor again returned to base, claiming that he'd destroyed the monster, but Optimus, suspecting the truth, insisted on viewing the remains. Cheetor was finally forced to admit that the monster was himself—the surge from the Transmetal driver had altered his form. Cheetor's new beast form turned out to be feral, and it was only through Optimus's coaxing that he was able to tame it. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

Optimus and Rhinox discussed the possibility of removing Blackarachnia's Predacon [[shell program]], causing her to flee when she overheard them talking. When they caught up to her, Primal explained that the decision to remove the shell program would always be hers to make. {{storylink|Proving Grounds}} After Una was kidnapped by Waspinator, Optimus instructed Cheetor to return to base for repair and sent Rattrap and Depth Charge to mount a rescue. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} Blackarachia attempted to use the Transmetal driver to upgrade herself, but only ended up beginning the degradation of her shell program. While Rhinox worked to separate the Predacon shell program, Optimus and the rest of the Maximals defended the Ark from a Predacon attack, but to no avail—the power was interrupted and Blackarachnia apparently killed. Luckily, she was resurrected as a Transmetal 2 and Primal later pointed out that out that her immediately rushing out to save Silverbolt wasn't a very Maximal thing to do. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

Drawn out of the Maximal base by Waspinator, Optimus was hit by a dart fired by Tarantulas, which burrowed inside him and allowed [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] to take control. Primal was forced to watch helplessly as his body was used to subjugate the Maximals and allow Megatron to take the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s spark in emulation of Primal's feat with Optimus Prime's spark. Blackarachnia was able to free Optimus from Quickstrike's control, and the Maximal leader subsequently fought at length with the newly upgraded Megatron. The rest of the Maximals were released from their imprisonment in time to help him drive the Predacon off. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

The tide was finally turned when the Vok combined Airazor and Tigatron into the mighty [[Tigerhawk]], who obliterated the Predacon base. Optimus immediately traveled to the site, concerned that the destruction of the original Megatron's spark would endanger history. While attempting to reason with Tigerhawk, the Vok emissary plunged Optimus into the ground before being captured by Tarantulas. Following Tarantulas's destruction, Tigerhawk accepted Optimus's offer to rejoin the Maximals. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

[[File:Nemesis1-RattrapOpOpCovenant.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

Pursuing Megatron, Optimus discovered what Tarantulas had found—the ancient Decepticon warship, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. He and Tigerhawk headed for the ship's location by air, encountering a massive explosion caused by Depth Charge terminating Rampage. Optimus believed that the ''Nemesis'' had been dealt with, until the ship itself rose out of the ocean. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} At Tigerhawk's instruction, Primal left him to face the ''Nemesis'' alone, and returned to the Ark to start a new plan to try to get the ship online. The Maximals were unable to do so before the ''Nemesis'' arrived and turned a tractor beam on the Ark, so Primal himself flew up to the ship, pulling off his own wing and jamming it in the gears of the ship's pulverizer so that he could get aboard. He began duking it out with Megatron on the bridge of the Nemesis, despite the knowledge he was no match for two Megatrons.

[[File:Nemesis2-finishthequote.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Finish the quote, Megatron!" "...It still says you lose." "Yeah but it also says I'll be real annoying about it!"]]

{{quote|'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the trees, nor the seas, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail.'}}
{{quote|Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'|Megatron and Optimus Primal|"Nemesis Part 2"}}

By continuing the hopeless battle, Optimus managed to buy the Maximals the time they needed, and Rhinox took out Megatron by flying [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|a borrowed Autobot shuttle]] through the bridge of the ''Nemesis''. As the ship began its descent, Optimus reached out to [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]], who had regained some measure of his old self, but the warrior insisted on satisfying honor by going down with the ship, and so Optimus left before the ship crashed.

With the captured Predacon leader strapped to the roof of the Autobot shuttle, the Maximals at last headed home. Leaving the planet and memorializing his fallen comrades, Optimus Primal declared that the Beast Wars were over. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

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==''Beast Machines'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Wenyu]] (Chinese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Alfonso Ramírez]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Juan Carballido]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Tilo Schmitz]] (German), [[Simone Mori]] (Italian), [[Erwin Grunspan]] (French)}}

[[File:Reformatting Primal technorganic beast mode.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|See this, this is what a gorilla looks like.]]

The flight through transwarp space was not a smooth one though, the shuttle encountering shockwaves in time that allowed Megatron to break free. After this caused one last shockwave, the shuttle emerged in orbit of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where it was immediately shot down by the orbiting satellites. Finding the planet overrun by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] drones, Optimus ordered a retreat only for he and Cheetor to be bombed by a gaseous form of the [[transformation virus]]. By virtue of being a [[Transmetal]], Primal was able to resist the full effects of the virus, though at the cost of his upgrades. Devolved back to the body he'd held at the start of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], unable to assume his [[robot mode]] and now having amnesia, Optimus continued his escape alone. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}} As he leapt through an industrial complex, Optimus began experiencing visions, which lead him one-by-one to Rattrap, Cheetor, and Blackarachnia, before leading them to a chamber deep within Cybertron, the access point for the powerful and legendary [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]. As the other three Maximals watched, Primal entered into the bowels of the computer, within which he was granted visions he could not yet comprehend, including the prophetic statement that "the seeds of the future lie buried in the past". [[Reformatting|Reformatted]] by the Oracle, Primal emerged in a new, [[technorganic]] beast mode and urged the other dying Maximals to complete their "reformatting" as well. Shortly after this was achieved, the group was attacked by an underground army of Cycle Drones. During the ensuing fight, Primal plunged into a deep pit, but as he fell, was able to master the "art" of transformation and regain his [[robot mode]]. Flying out, Primal grabbed the nearest drone and demanded answers, but lost his concentration, causing him to revert to beast mode. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

[[File:MasteroftheHouse resolute Primal.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|[[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|"Must destroy the techno-organic".]]]]
Primal began to teach the three other Maximals the lost art of transformation, which was mastered by achieving an inner calmness and finding their spiritual centers. Though Cheetor and Blackarachnia were successful right off the bat, Rattrap was unable to transform at all. The search for answers lead them to the [[Council Citadel]], where Optimus encountered the mastermind behind the empty Cybertron—Megatron! Megatron claimed he had united Cybertron into one unified machine controlled by his mind, and purged his beast form from himself, however the combination of the Maximals besting his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] drones and Optimus's goading increased Megatron's rage until he involuntarily transformed into his dragon mode. Recovering quickly, Megatron gloated that he had done away with the millions of [[Transformer]]s inhabiting the planet, and Optimus demanded to know what he'd done with them all. Primal had to be dragged physically from the Citadel by the other Maximals, yelling Megatron's name as he went. Later, Optimus told the others that he blamed his own failure to stop Megatron for the downfall of Cybertron. {{storylink|Master of the House}}

[[File:FiresofthePast Optimus runs.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Dull heroic running!]]
Investigation of the [[Cybertron Archives]] revealed that they'd been erased clean. Optimus was so furious, he singlehandedly trashed an entire phalanx of tank drones, and later lectured his troops for their poor performance in combat. When Rattrap and Blackarachnia risked their own lives consulting the logs on the shuttle they arrived in, only to be attacked by Megatron's new [[Vehicon general]]s, Optimus came to their aid with Cheetor, but was even more furious at the loss of the ship and the fact they'd endangered themselves. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}} With the memories of Silverbolt and Rhinox reawakened, Optimus promised to find their lost friends. Sensing a [[spark]], Optimus led his men on a search, only for them all to be captured when Rattrap used a transformation enhancer to transform, alerting the Vehicons to their location. Taken to the Citadel, the Maximals were able to break free. Primal reached out to [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]'s spark, turning the Vehicon general to their side so that he helped them escape the building. Unfortunately he didn't remain their ally for long, as Megatron was subsequently able to erase his memory and lock Optimus out. Optimus told the others that he had sensed something... familiar about the Vehicon's spark. {{storylink|Mercenary Pursuits}}

[[File:ForbiddenFruit Optimus takes a bite.jpg|right|upright=1.45|thumb| But I wanted bananas! Oh well, these'll do.]]
The Maximals discovered that someone had survived Megatron's planet-wide purge, a Maximal named [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] who seemed to suffer from the same transformation lock virus that the Maximals had upon arrival. Nightscream led them to an underground tree he had been living off. Optimus told the other Maximals they should eat the fruit, but the fruit caused their beast instincts to overtake them. Complicating things, [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] picked this moment to attack. The Maximals snapped out of it when Cheetor destroyed the tree. Following the battle, Primal showed a new talent granted by the Oracle, reformatting Nightscream into a new, technorganic body. Optimus was critically weakened by the effort and requested the over-eager Cheetor to take command in his absence. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}}

During his rest, the other Maximals managed to drive Rattrap to Megatron's side. Optimus later convinced Rattrap to rejoin his friends, and reminded the others not to underestimate their comrade's strength in the face of adversity. {{storylink|The Weak Component}} The hunt for what happened to the inhabitants of Cybertron took another step when the Maximals discovered the empty shells of hundreds of Transformers, their sparks torn out. Inevitably Vehicon drones arrived and a battle began. The other Maximals became separated from Blackarachnia and were forced to search for her, even as it became obvious that the factory they were in was on the verge of exploding. After the found her, Optimus froze at the sight of the desparked bodies, anguished at all he'd allowed Megatron to do, and Cheetor was forced to take command from him in order to mount a retreat. As they fled, Blackarachnia revealed that the Vehicon Generals contained the sparks of their missing comrades. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery|Discovery}}

[[File:Revelations2 Optimus waves arms.jpg|left|upright=1.55|thumb|What? Apes throw poop, it's an instinct.]]
Optimus became increasingly withdrawn, demanding the other Maximals leave him alone and spending all of his time with the Oracle, experiencing visions. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}} Confused by what the Oracle was showing him, he nonetheless persevered, and was rewarded with a meeting with Rhinox in a vision. Unfortunately their talk did not go well, Rhinox siding with Megatron's ideal of a technological Cybertron and openly hostile to the idea of reintroducing the organic. Optimus awoke and rejoined his fellow Maximals, who had awakened Rhinox's spark within Tankor, only to find the same thing Optimus had—their old friend had changed. Primal confided to the others that he had realised the true mission which the Oracle intended for them to carry out: to make Cybertron wholly organic once more. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse|Apocalypse}}

While they were in search of the fruit tree Nightscream had originally lead them to, the Maximals were attacked by the Vehicons and Nightscream kidnapped. During the rescue, Nightscream discovered a cave lined with fossils, and Primal realised this proved that Cybertron was once organic. {{storylink|Survivor}} Optimus and Cheetor would continue to butt heads over what course of action they should take. The discovery of a [[organic goop|green goop]] from Cybertron's core which caused plants to spontaneously sprout appeared to justify Optimus's opinion they should concentrate on restoring the organic to the planet. When a subsequent attack by Tankor left Nightscream in a [[Living metal#Beast Era|technomatter]] state, more disagreement over the proper course of action ensued. They eventually stole a mole drone at great risk, and Optimus was able to guide it downwards, unleashing a torrent of green goo which cured everyone. Following the victory, Cheetor told Optimus that he refused to be treated like a kid any more, but grudgingly accepted Optimus's leadership. {{storylink|The Key}}

[[File:Catalyst Optimus eulogizes Rhinox.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Think this will pass for mistletoe?]]
Believing Tankor to be dead, the Maximals were finally able to hold a memorial for Rhinox. Tankor, however, still functioned and plotted to have Megatron use the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to purge all organic life from Cybertron. Hoping to force Megatron's hand, Tankor surreptitiously provided Rattrap with a catalyst to increase the plant growth, and Optimus and the other Maximals subsequently had to rescue Rattrap from the marauding vines. Though Optimus turned down Cheetor's suggestion that they use the rapidly-growing vines as a weapon, Cheetor went ahead and tried it anyway, almost spelling doom when the plan backfired. Quick work by Optimus saved the orchard, and he scolded Cheetor before breaking the news that he believed the Oracle had been tampered with. {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

[[File:EndofLine technomattered Optimus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Evil evil MONKEY!]]
Despite the apparent tampering, Optimus continued to follow the Oracle's visions, leading the Maximals to the [[plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], capable of wiping out everything technological on the planet. The Oracle had bestowed on Optimus the power to open the chamber, however Cheetor managed to talk him out of opening the chamber outright, and the Maximals set about finding a way to deactivate the Keys instead. Rattrap, hacking into Megatron's computer, was disabled by Tankor. Optimus sensed something was wrong and rushed in to confront Megatron directly. As the pair fought, Megatron revealed the defeat of the other Maximals, but Optimus wouldn't yield, attempting to reformat his opponent. Tankor arrived in time to use a Key to turn Optimus into technomatter, lecturing the Maximal on sporting behavior, only to be promptly captured by Megatron, who took the opportunity to gloat over Optimus. In desperation, the Maximal leader finally opened the Plasma Energy Chamber. At the same time, Megatron ordered his Tank drones to fire the Key, the energies released creating a planetwide storm. Optimus's body began to crumble before his eyes. {{storylink|End of the Line}}

[[File:Fallout Optimus in Oracle.jpg|right|upright=1.45|thumb| Watch out! He'll start throwing barrels!]]
Though his body was destroyed, Primal's spirit was transported into the Matrix, the Transformers' afterlife. As he and Megatron fought in the void, he pondered if this was his destiny, to fight his nemesis for eternity. Before him, he saw the faces of his comrades, the Maximals, berate him for his poor leadership and near-genocidal behavior. He then found himself back on prehistoric Earth, where a red-eyed copy of Primal attacked him, scolding him for his fanatical behavior. Floating in space, he saw the collective sparks of Cybertron, who similarly warned him of the consequences of his choices. Awakening back in the maelstrom of energy, Primal used himself as a power conduit, taking advantage of his techno-organic body by channeling both plasma and key energies through himself and back into their respective sources before being blasted into atoms.

Meanwhile, the other Maximals journeyed downwards once more, speaking to Optimus via the Oracle. Primal refused to lead the Maximals, asking only for their forgiveness, but they merely told him there was nothing to forgive—without his guidance, they'd never have made it this far. Preparing to become one with the Allspark, Optimus realized his mistake: his mission was not to create an organic Cybertron, but to restore the balance between the technological and the organic. As he chose life and was returned to the other Maximals, the Oracle congratulated him for passing his greatest test. A forest of technorganic trees sprang up in the chamber around the Maximals, as the Oracle vanished.

[[File:SavageNoble Optimus contacts Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3| Okay, why did you come to ME for guidance?]]
Believing their next task was to find the missing sparks, the Maximals headed for the Council Citadel, only for a [[Grand Mal|giant head]] with the likeness of Megatron to hove into view. {{storylink|Fallout (episode)|Fallout}} When the giant head failed to do anything, Optimus attempted to contact Megatron's spark directly, but received only confused images which didn't even come from a sentient mind. Meanwhile, the other Maximals had discovered two more beings roaming the city—an intelligent and sensitive wolf named [[Noble (BM)|Noble]] and a bestial dragon dubbed [[Savage]]. With Primal's help, they trapped Savage, only to discover that Savage and Noble were one and the same—a Transformer with two beast modes. Optimus vowed to do all he could to help their new friend. {{storylink|Savage Noble}}

Optimus ordered Noble and Nightscream remain outside the Council Citadel while he and the others ventured inside to look for clues to the lost sparks. His orders were, of course, disregarded, and it soon transpired that Noble was actually Megatron, attempting to access his control harness. After using a spark extractor on himself, Megatron took control of giant floating head, reactivating the drone armies and forcing the Maximals underground. {{storylink|Prometheus Unbound}} While rescuing Nightscream, who'd gone to try and find Noble, Optimus and Cheetor were pulled up to the floating head with a tractor beam. Megatron demanded information on the Oracle, attempting to take it from them by force, but they were rescued by Silverbolt, who has been reformatted from Jetstorm by Blackarachnia. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}

[[File:WolfintheFold Optimus and Silverbolt.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1| I know it's hard not being a badass wolf anymore...]]
Though the Maximals were happy to have Silverbolt back, Optimus was reminded of the loss of Rhinox. Their introspection was interrupted by an attack—Megatron unleashed a variation of the [[Hate Plague]] on them, infecting all of the Maximals but Optimus, who was scooped up by the Megatron's floating head. Inside, Optimus and Megatron argued at length on the topic of free will versus the harmony of one mind. Seeing his Maximals furiously infighting, Optimus returned to them to try to quell their anger, only to be infected himself. Still, with his help, the Maximals were able to overcome the effects of the virus. Despite their success through teamwork, Primal believed that the virus had only magnified existing tensions in the group. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}}

Down in the [[technorganic orchard]], the plants were faring poorly and beginning to wither. Worried, Primal wondered if the orchard was to be in vain. When an extraterrestrial shuttle crashed into Cybertron, Optimus led the Maximals toward the site. Discovering organic matter inside, the team was attacked by a strange plant-creature which headed for the orchard. Following it there, Optimus reformatted the creature into a techno-organic plant. The plant introduced itself as [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], a fellow Maximal scientist, and revealed that the only problem the orchard had was incorrect lighting. {{storylink|Home Soil}}

[[File:Sparkwar1 Optimus attacks.jpg|thumb|left|270px|Darn fireflies. Shoo! Shoo!]]
Optimus's depression about their inability to locate the missing sparks was interrupted by a vision, cluing him in to the fact that something was amiss. In fact, Megatron had taken two of the sparks and created two new Vehicon generals, [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], who subsequently almost bested the Maximals in combat. The timely intervention of Botanica allowed the Maximals to escape, but Optimus vowed not to let Megatron violate any more sparks. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike|The Strike}} Another vision lead Optimus to believe the sparks were being moved. He and Nightscream ventured deep underground to the lost great city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. There Optimus encountered a giant hologram of Optimus Prime, however it turned out to be a trick on the part of Megatron, who forcibly extracted the Oracle access codes from Primal. As Primal later revealed, he had allowed it to happen so that he could access Megatron's systems and find out the location of the missing sparks. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}}

The Maximals infiltrated the Megatron's giant head, finally finding the lost sparks. They found themselves bound by metal tentacles as Megatron's spark began consuming their prize. Horrified, Optimus implored the sparks to resist, but to no avail. When Megatron killed Noble, Nightscream was moved to turn his sonic attack on Megatron, stopping their foe as he was on the verge of ripping the sparks from the Maximals' bodies. Megatron thus defeated, Rattrap managed to switch the plummeting Grand Mal to manual control, allowing Optimus to halt its descent. The Maximals later held a memorial for Noble and Primal gave a eulogy. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|The Siege}}

[[File:BMEndgame2 Optimus spark power.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4| Barrier burst!]]
The Maximals celebrated Megatron's defeat, with Optimus assuring the others he could confirm Megatron was definitely dead through virtue of the link to the Oracle which the two shared. However Megatron was not dead, existing as a free-floating spark and though Primal initially welcomed Obsidian and Strika to the Maximal team, they abandoned the cause when Megatron turned up, trapped in a [[Diagnostic Drone]] thanks to Rattrap's handiwork. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

[[File:Optimalmegatronoptimusprimal.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Yesss, I've skinned you and I'm wearing your head as a hat."]]
In control of the Grand Mal and the sparks within, the Maximals failed to convince Optimus they should give the sparks new bodies. He was worried it would leave the spark vulnerable to recapture by Megatron, and they needed to reformat Cybertron first. With Megatron back in control of the drone armies, the Maximals soon found themselves under siege in the giant head anyway. Rattrap's gamble to save Botanica's life backfired, leaving them vulnerable to the drones, who managed to penetrate the head's shields. Despite the best efforts of the Maximals, the ship plunged to the ground. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral|The Downward Spiral}} Down, but not out, the Maximals began preparing their defenses for the impending Vehicon assault. The shields did not hold long, and the Maximals found themselves fighting against hordes of drones. Outnumbered, the Maximals used spark power bestowed on them by the Oracle to decimate the drones, until Megatron took the Oracle from them. Finally, Optimus was confronted by Megatron in a new form—a replica of Primal's own "Optimal Optimus" body—while the other Maximals had their sparks ripped from their bodies. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}}

{{quote|We must seek the balance, Megatron. Not only between the organic and the technological, but the balance between eternal enemies.|Optimus Primal|"Seeds of the Future"}}

Enraged, Optimus struck out at Megatron, and their battle raged across the city. As the moved from location to location, Optimus found the bodies of his Maximal friends, and found the technorganic orchard ravaged. Returning above ground, Megatron unveiled a huge throne, drawing all of the sparks into himself, despite Primal's protests. Megatron began to reformat Cybertron's core using the Key to Vector Sigma, but Optimus managed to distract him long enough to throw him off balance. Together, the two enemies plunged into the heart of Cybertron and ushered in the reformatting that returned the deactivated population to life and gave birth to the new, technorganic Cybertron. As the surviving Maximals looked out over their new home, Primal and the Oracle spoke to [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and Primal departed with the words "Transform, and Transcend", as his Spark joined the Matrix. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}
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==Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity==
===''Kiss Players''===
Optimus Primal, unbeknownst to him, had "[[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]] fragments" (in actuality [[Angolmois Energy]]) at various stages of his life. The invisible [[Atari Hitotonari]] and [[Star Dust]] attempted to retrieve it while Optimus was locked in battle with Waspinator, but it was snatched away by [[Primus]] before the two could get a decent grip on it. {{storylink|Sparkbots Volume 2}} This sequence of events would happen every time Atari would kiss other forms of Optimus to acquire the different fragments. {{Storylink|Kiss Players episode 45|Kiss Players #45}}

===''Cloud''===
While investigating an energon mine with the other Maximals in the 9-BW Spacetime, Optimus Primal encountered [[Hot Rodimus]] and [[SARA]], lost denizens of [[Cloud World]] who allowed most of the Maximals to believe they were from outer space and hunting [[Shockwave (Cloud)|a criminal]]. With their two new friends, the Maximals were about to reach the energon mine when they were ambushed by the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Hot Rodimus's battle with [[Shockwave (Cloud)|Shockwave]] caused an energon eruption that sent the Predacons fleeing and almost consumed the Maximals who were trying to save the local wildlife. Fortunately, SARA was able to convert the eruption into less dangerous [[energon crystal]]s and the visitors returned to their proper spacetime. {{storylink|Wild (Cloud)|Wild}}

During a later battle with the Decepticons, Hot Rodimus thought back to his time with the Maximals, including Optimus Primal. {{storylink|TFC-A03}}

===''Beast Wars Diorama Story''===
[[File:BWDS 1.jpg|thumb|left|I'm ready to unleash my primal rage!]]
Some time after Starscream fled from prehistorical Earth, Optimus Primal and a group of Maximals, including [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], and a time-displaced [[Colada]], battled a contingent of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] comprising [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], [[Archadis]], and [[Wolfang (Predacon)|Wolfang]] in a forest. After all the Transformers transformed into robot mode, Megatron attacked Optimus Primal with the jaws of his ''T. rex'' head-hand. Primal blocked the attack with his dual Cyber Blades and then fought Megatron off with his Mega Blasters. {{storylink|Optimus Primal Chapter}} Though Primal blocked his "Tyranno Fang" attack, Megatron was able to counter by shooting a "Laser Buster" from the mouth of his ''T. rex'' head-hand. {{storylink|Megatron Chapter}}

[[File:BWDS 11.jpg|thumb|Empirical evidence suggests... I'm a ''real'' animal.]]

Some time into the battle, a warp opened, bringing with it [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], who were all from another [[Movie (franchise)|universe]]. [[Tigatron]] and [[Gimlet]] also joined the battle, and the Autobots and Maximals teamed up against the combined Predacon and Decepticon forces. Primal and Prime punched Starscream at the same time and then shook hands to commemorate their accomplishment of teamwork. The Maximals and Ratchet looked upon with approval. {{storylink|Tigatron Chapter}} [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] later appeared and battled Optimus Primal during the next infraction. As the battled raged, the [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] from the other universe came in through the warp. {{storylink|Gimlet Chapter}}

Megatron brought along [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], and the two Megatrons combined their troops into a fearsome force against the Autobots and Maximals. Optimus Primal battled the Predacon Megatron and then Blackout in the ensuing skirmish. The Maximals' savior came in the form of [[Motorarm (BW)|Motorarm]], who then went on to battle [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. Primal battled Megatron and Blackout again, and the two factions then took formation against each other with the intention of combining their energies to attack the opposing side. With Motorarm leading the charge, the Maximals and the Autobots attacked first. {{storylink|Motorarm Chapter}}

Later, through the power of energon, both Optimus Primal and Megatron attained the giant "Energon Power Mode". The energies coursing in their bodies granted both improved abilities and the two battled. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Diorama Story#TM-SP Character Data File|TM-SP Character Data File}}

===''Beast Wars II'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Burningconvoy.jpg|right|upright=0.85|thumb|All these compliments are making me blush.]]

In order to counter the threat of [[Majin Zarak]], the injured [[Magnaboss (BWII)|Magnaboss]] activated an alien teleport gate and transported Optimus Primal from [[Earth|Energoa]] to [[Gaia]]. Upon arriving, Optimus helped the injured Maximal to his feet and immediately issued a challenge to the Predacon [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]: "You think you've won, but we won't be defeated. Let us settle this. Come to point B-2."

As the enraged Galvatron headed to point B-2 to meet the challenge, Optimus Primal found what was left of the soundly defeated [[Lio Convoy]], buried beneath tons of rock and debris after a crushing battle with Majin Zarak. Communicating to him via cyberspace, Primal encouraged his companion to muster up the burning justice needed to dig himself out and face Majin Zarak down a second time. Spurred by the words of the strange glowing stranger, Lio Convoy broke free from his tomb to be greeted by Magnaboss, who had dug out the other injured Maximals who had also been defeated.

Optimus Primal then made his grand, melodramatic entrance from atop a cliff with the sun to his back, bathing him in a holy glow. The Maximals stood in awe, regarding him as a "legendary commander". Joining forces with Lio Convoy, the pair of [[Supreme Commander]]s then went about developing a strategy to defeat Majin Zarak.

Point B-2 happened to be a narrow canyon, making Zarak's massive, bulky body useless in battle. With the beast trapped Optimus and Lio Convoy made their presence known, enraging Galvatron greatly to see two commanders, and Magnaboss swiftly defeated Zarak. After disarming Zarak Optimus commended Magnaboss but suddenly, Zarak began to transform on his own. Scuba then discovered that Majin Zarak is alive and Galvatron never had control of him to begin with. While [[Diver (BW)|Diver]] and Scuba researched for his weakness Optimus, Lio Convoy, Magnaboss, [[Bighorn]], [[Apache]] attacked him head on but their weapons were almost completely ineffective. However Diver and Scuba eventually learned that their foe had a third eye where all its nerve endings were clustered; a good hit in the eye would destroy the behemoth for good.

[[File:BWIIMovieMonkeyRidesLion.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"The fiery ape shall ride a glowing lion" was by far the most misunderstood passage in the ''[[Covenant of Primus]]''.]]

As Majin Zarak closed in on them, Optimus Primal and Lio Convoy held hands, synchronized their [[Energon Matrix|Energon Matrices]] and transformed themselves into Flash Lio Convoy and '''Burning Convoy''' (バーニングコンボイ ''Bāningu Konboi''). Transforming to monkey mode, Burning Convoy jumped onto Flash Lio Convoy's lion mode's back and rode his buddy up to Majin Zarak's face. Leaping off his back, he then transformed back to robot mode and landed a mighty robot punch into Zarak's third eye. Weakened by the blow, Zarak was rendered immobile. Burning Convoy and Flash Lio Convoy then hovered together and with the power of their twin Energon Matrices unleashed the "Double Matrix Blaster". The absurdly powerful attack blew straight through Zarak's head, causing the monster to explode and die.

With the battle won, Optimus Primal returned to the alien teleport gate and asked to be sent home. The Maximals didn't want him to leave, but he insisted that he still had a Beast War on Energoa to win. He then assured them that they were all such good soldiers, they didn't need his help to win their war, ensuring them they were more than capable of winning their war on their own. As Optimus went through the gate, the Maximals then destroyed the device behind him so that its power could never be used to destroy the universe ever again. {{storylink|Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!}}
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===''Robotmasters'' comic===
[[File:Robot Masters comic Blastizone.jpg|thumb]]
After a suspicious period of inactivity during the Beast Wars, Optimus Primal personally went out to seek Megatron and found the [[Blastizone]], which took him to Earth in the year [[2004]]. Emerging from the time-space distortion, Primal found [[R-Blade]] under attack from [[Decepticon]]s. Their banter revealed to Primal that Megatron was in this time period, and the Maximal scared the Decepticons away. {{storylink|To War! Optimus Primal}} {{Storylink|The New Battle Begins!}} Optimus Primal later teamed up with [[Bound Rogue]] and helped defend [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] from [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and other Decepticons. At the end of the battle, Primal joined [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots. {{storylink|Bonds Stronger than Steel}}

[[File:Starsaber robotmasters minicomic.jpg|thumb|left]]

Later, Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime attempted to push Gigant Bomb and Smokesniper away from Bound Rogue and Mirage. Their efforts did little, as Gigant Bomb was powered by a piece of solitarium in his chest. Star Saber and Victory Leo soon came to the rescue, slicing the solitarium piece into two and sending the Decepticon duo into retreat. The two new Autobots then joined the Optimuses in their struggle against Megatron. {{Storylink|The Victory Warriors Enter!!}}

The Autobots developed the "[[Black body (technology)|black body]]" upgrade, which would allow them to safely absorb [[solitarium]] as a power source. Optimus Primal volunteered to be first in line for the process, but Optimus Prime would not have his soldiers take the risk before he would. Something did go wrong with the upgrade, as the Decepticons had managed to replace some of the process's data. This led to Optimus Prime needing to isolate himself so as to not drain his soldiers dry of their energy.

When the Predacon Megatron, also empowered by a "black body" upgrade, attacked the Autobots, Optimus Primal puzzled out that the corrupted version of the black body upgrade had no ill effects on transformers with "beast" physiology such as him and his rival. He applied the upgrade to himself, and took off to rescue Optimus Prime from his volatile state. Optimus Primal siphoned the excess solitarium from Prime's body, allowing the Autobot leader to return to his troops. Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime then defeated the Predacon Megatron together. {{storylink|Black Body (prose)|Black Body}}

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On a tip from [[Sideways (RM)|Sideways]], Optimus Primal and Optimus Prime were led by [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] to a [[solitarium]] horde on [[Chaar]]. However, Double Face turned out to be with the Decepticons and had set up a trap for the Autobots at the solitarium. The Autobots survived, but the Decepticons ran off with the solitarium. {{storylink|Defend the Solitarium!}} Later, in [[2005]], Optimus Primal joined R-Blade and [[Delta Seeker]] in an aerial patrol. They came across Starscream, [[X-Gunner]], and [[Wingstun]], who challenged the Autobots to a race. Optimus Primal proved to be the slowest competitor, but the race was won by R-Blade. {{storylink|Through Sea and Sky: The World's Fastest Race}} Optimus Primal later intervened with Optimus Prime when a confused [[Lio Convoy]] attacked [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]]. Once Lio Convoy was convinced of the good nature of the Autobots of the time, the four [[Supreme Commander]]s used the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and the [[Energon Matrix|Energon Matrices]] to attack and send the Decepticons fleeing. {{Storylink|Together, the 4 Great Supreme Commanders}}

When [[Reverse Convoy]] was rescued by the Autobots and claimed to have been attacked by the [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|original Megatron]] at [[Sherman Dam]], Optimus Primal joined Optimus Prime, Reverse Convoy, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and Victory Leo to Sherman Dam to confirm Reverse Convoy's story. {{Storylink|Strategic Meeting: The Mysterious New Warrior}} It turned out to be a Decepticon trap, and the five were incapacitated. To lure the other Autobots to the Dam, Reverse Convoy sent out an SOS call, which [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and Lio Convoy answered. Reverse Convoy shortly revealed himself to be Rebirth Megatron, the original Megatron reborn! Nevertheless, Star Saber freed the bound Autobots and Rebirth Megatron destroyed the Dam to cover his escape. {{Storylink|The Dark Emperor of Destruction, Reborn}} Rebirth Megatron joined with Beast Megatron and the two led a force to make one final attack on the Autobots for more solitarium. The battle went on for three days and three nights till the Megatrons were finally defeated. With the power of solitarium, Optimus Primal and Beast Megatron returned to their rightful time. {{Storylink|And Then}}
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===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
In the [[Precursor World]], Star Convoy did battle with [[King Poseidon]]. Through the power of the [[Silver Matrix]], he connected with the future Supreme Commanders he had met during the [[Robotmasters (franchise)|solitarium conflict]]—Lio Convoy, Star Saber, and Optimus Primal. With their strength feeding his own, Star Convoy healed his wounds and was revitalized. {{storylink|Seacons comic 5}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Before his death in the core of Cybertron, Optimus Primal somehow learned that Rhinox's spirit had moved into the [[Legends World]] and shared this information with Cheetor, who would send a search party after the war was over.

At some point, the [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] of [[Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns (cartoon)|another universe]] retold the story of Primal's final battle with Megatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Rattrap}}

===''Beast Wars Reborn''===
[[File:BeastWarsRebornMegatronArtwork1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Rebirth control.]]
After their death in the core of Cybertron, both Megatron and Optimus Primal awoke inside a bizarre temple-like spaceship which was hurtling through space. Neither had any memory of who they were or how they got there, only of their own names and a feeling of discomfort between one another. The pair went about investigating the ship in search of answers. While Megatron's memory was lost, his personality remained mostly intact: he was more concerned with seizing control of the ship before Primal did in order to gain the upper hand.

They eventually found a data log and discovered that their sparks had been taken and they were reborn into new bodies (unbeknownst to them, bodies identical to their original forms). However, their memories were intentionally not uploaded into their new bodies. While searching the log they discovered that the ship's main power source was a [[Golden Disk (BWR)|Golden Disk]] lodged within a giant pillar. Megatron immediately raced to obtain the Disk and Primal followed him. The closer they got to the disk, the more the ship attempted to thwart their advance by manipulating its atmospheric conditions.

Once they reached the chamber, the ship's environment suddenly morphed to that of a decaying planet littered with the corpses of robots. The corpses came to life and began shambling toward them, intent on eating their sparks. They made short work of the zombies, leaving Megatron to obtain the Golden Disk and Primal with a feeling that he shouldn't entirely trust Megatron. This was confirmed quite quickly when Megatron discovered a part of the ship capable of turning anything—or anyone—into pure [[antimatter]] and announced his intention to use it as a weapon. (Also, Primal somehow got [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G2reissue|the Laser body]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#G-2 story pages and pack-in manga|his predecessor]] after Megatron started fiddling with the ship's computer.) As the two of them prepared to fight, a strange Transformer interrupted them, causing the entire ship to shut itself off (and giving Primal his old body back in the process). This Transformer introduced himself as [[Logos Prime|Soundblaster]], announcing that the ship's power over space and time was his own—and that he wished to pass it to Megatron.

From another dimension beyond time and space, [[Primus]] recognized that something was amiss and sent [[Vector Prime]] to meet Primal and Megatron within the spaceship. {{storylink|The Mysterious Temple in Space}} He arrived just in time to confront Soundblaster. Referring to him by his true name of Logos Prime, Vector Prime questioned the Ancient's motives, only for Soundblaster to repeat his intention of passing his powers to Megatron. {{storylink|Master of the Game}}

[[File:Animatron form Optimus Megatron.jpg|thumb|right]]

Optimus tried to take down Soundblaster in response, only for his attack to prove ineffective against his opponent's infrasonic wave counter-attack. Soundblaster then declared that a rite of succession would take place in order for his power to be passed on. The details of the rite were contained on the Golden Disk, which Optimus snatched away before Soundblaster could finish his explanation. Soundblaster then restored both Optimus and Megatron's memories, and warped the two competitors down onto an [[Jungle Planet (colony)|organic planet]]. Optimus first mistook the place for Earth, but the appearance of [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] duking it out with a [[Bear Transformer]] changed his mind on the matter. Optimus readied himself to join the tussle, only to be slammed away by Scourge's tail. Fighting unconsciousness, Optimus was approached by [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]]. {{Storylink|Planetfall (BWR)|Planetfall}}

After explaining his origins to Backstop, Optimus Primal was brought to the [[Rectangular Valley]] temple, where he analyzed the Golden Disk with the attending priests' technology. Megatron would make an appearance a few days later in a new body adapted to their new universe's [[Cyber Key|properties]]. Primal had a plan for himself, borrowing Animatron's [[Cyber Planet Key]] from the local viceroy, Optimus Primal used its power to evolve into a new Animatronian form that could access the [[Zeonomicon]] left behind for Soundlaster's successor. The two nemeses rushed to the obelisk where the successor would have to lay the Golden Disk to become the inheritor of the Ancient's powers. Both vanished from sight of the others in the battle, but Backstop believed that the dawn of a new day signaled who won out. {{Storylink|The Extraordinary Reformat}}

===''Kiss Players''===
Upon meeting the lost [[Shaoshao Li]] on his universe's [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] noted that [[Logos Prime]] had brought two Transformers from Shaoshao's [[G1 World|world]] to this universe a long time ago. It was prudent for Shaoshao to find how they may have returned to their native universe, as she needed to return the [[Angolmois Energy|"Allspark" fragments she collected]] to ensure its future. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 50|Kiss Players #50}}

==3H comics==
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English)}}
Some time after Optimus Primal's rebirth as a Transmetal, [[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] arrived on prehistoric [[Earth]] in search for an artifact. Optimus was called in to assist the other Maximals in subduding the Predacon. She eventually ran out of power and collapsed. Before he could have a look at the mysterious assailant, Optimus was knocked out by Megatron, who abducted Antagony. {{storylink|Visitations}}

[[File:Terminus-OptimalOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
When another traveler from Antagony's time came, Megatron engineered a battle between his Predacons and Optimus Primal's Maximals so that he could personally investigate. Realizing Megatron's intentions, Optimus followed him into a cavern that contained [[Unicron]]'s [[Dark Essence]]. The time traveler, [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]], was soon possessed by the Dark Essence, and it used its powers to play with both Maximal and Predacon alike. However, thanks to the [[Cub]] and the [[Swoop (G1)|Veteran]] within Windrazor, the Dark Essence was expelled, but the future possessor of the Dark Essence, [[Shokaract]], arrived right after from the 32nd century. {{storylink|Paradox}} The Maximals' efforts against Shokaract were of little consequence and Optimus Primal in particular had a hole blasted in his chest, although he survived. Optimus watched as many warriors from various timelines and dimensions, such as [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]], arrived to [[Point Omega]] to battle the threat. While the Covenant battled the Dark Essence within Shokaract, Optimus Primal joined the others on the physical plane in distracting the demigod; with Shokaract's attention elsewhere, the Covenant were successful at separating the Dark Essence from Shokaract, destroying the warlord's timeline and erasing the battle and its build-up from existence in the process. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

[[File:Apelinqseemsfamiliar.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Like many beasts, Primal often has trouble recognizing himself in mirrors.]]

Some time after his return to Cybertron and his subsequent [[reformatting]], Optimus Primal recovered the [[Deployer (BM)|Deployer]] combat drones with [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]. They were cornered by [[Tank Drone]]s, but were saved with the intervention of [[Ramulus]], who had a dislike of Optimus for "abandoning" him on Earth, and [[Primal Prime]]. He soon met with Apelinq, whom he felt a familiarity with and who explained Point Omega and their presence to Optimus. They all went before the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], and Optimus Primal met the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]] and the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutants]]. He was elated at the existence of more free Cybertronians, but the Oracle deemed that he had seen too much and wiped Optimus Primal and Nightscream's memories of the others. The Oracle ordered Apelinq to return them to their base, which he did so. {{Storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Csoptimusprimalu2.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Look, up in the sky! It's... an ape?]]

As the denizens of post-Vehicon [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] just began to settle into their peaceful, [[technorganic]] world that Optimus Primal had given his life to create, [[Unicron]] unexpectedly struck from afar. He teleported several [[Transformer]]s into himself, a handful of the countless victims across the [[multiverse]] whom he pitted against each other in order to harvest their [[energon radiation]] and, eventually, [[spark]]s. Damaged in some unknown battle and trapped between dimensions, Unicron sought to revitalize himself in this fashion.

Deep within Cybertron, [[Primus]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] summoned Optimus Primal back from the dead and sent him on a raid to free Unicron's captives. {{storylink|Abduction}} Once inside the Chaos-Bringer, he found allies in the form of a [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and even a [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] from variant timelines. {{storylink|OTFCC Live-Action Drama}} He also found himself discolored by sinister [[Unicron virus|radiation]] that threatened not only his body, but also his spark. Nevertheless, he was quite successful in his mission, battling Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions]] until he had freed dozens of abductees. Then, still within Unicron, he sent them back to their home dimensions by the power of prayer.

Returning to Cybertron, Primal was glad for his victory, but he wondered if his own resurrection could bring about Megatron's return as well. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} More pressingly, Primal was unable to convince the [[Maximal High Council]] that any of this was actually ''happening'', so he ended up turning to the dead for new troops. Primus gave him a selection of fallen warriors to choose from, and he picked [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. They were to launch more raids within Unicron while an orbital defense platform was being constructed above Cybertron. But Depth Charge refused to take part in more violence, so Alpha Trion took a cue from Unicron and transported [[Omega Prime]] into their universe to fight in his place. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

[[File:Primal FPUnivBio.jpg|thumb|left|"Did I say ''Matrix'' of Purification? I meant Fist."]]

Optimus Primal took Omega Prime and others on raids within Unicron's internal "prison cities", freeing more captives. Primal then embarked on an even more proactive venture, leading teams to other universes in anticipation of Unicron's strikes and setting up defensive measures before the Chaos-Bringer could gather more victims. Despite gaining more followers in this process, Primal and other veterans were being worn down by Unicron's corruptive influence. Certainly, those who had been abducted and reformatted by Unicron were affected, but some (such as Primal himself) who had been exposed to Unicron's nanotech virus and its accompanying radiation were also suffering. In order to avert madness and death, Primus [[Reformatting|reformatted]] Primal and several of his [[Cheetor (BW)|comrades]]. Not only was his new form immune to the virus and radiation, but it also possessed the [[Matrix of Purification]], which could heal others of Unicronian corruption.

[[File:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|It's 11:00pm. Do you know where your Beast Wars cast is?]]

Months passed as the competing armies grew, their battles raging on a level comparable to the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|Great Wars]]. Cybertron itself remained stable, but only for a time. The planet fell victim to a massive invasion, later called "the [[Culling]]", in which Unicron's Minions swept across the globe in a killing frenzy, with the sparks of their victims feeding the Chaos-Bringer. Primal's army fended the invaders off, but, in the chaotic aftermath, Primal's earlier fears were realized as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] returned to lead the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s back to glory. He initially fought Primal, but he eventually called a truce to better face their common foe. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 9|Optimus Primal's profile in Club magazine #9}}

Continued raids saved many more captives and brought the Minions to near-defeat. Then as one raiding party including Primal and Omega Prime battled their way out, Unicron suddenly began to disappear. The raiders rapidly teleported away, but Omega Prime did not materialize with the rest. He was pulled in mid-teleport by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] into the Cybertron of the [[Unicron Singularity]], which had been the cause of the Unicron-war Unicron's disappearance. Presumably Optimus Primal made it back to his own universe safely, but this is unconfirmed. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

===''Wings Universe''===
In [[Primax 509.28 Epsilon|another universe]], another [[Apelinq (BM)#Wings Universe|Apelinq]] had visions of the great battle known as [[Point Omega]]. He saw Optimus Primal, whom he did not recognize. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs}}

==Razorclaw continuity==
In one splinter timeline which diverged from [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]] shortly after Optimus Primal's death, Primal was not resurrected, and his remaining Maximals except for Tigatron and Airazor were killed by the Predacons. {{storylink|ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/07}} This timeline's [[Tigerhawk]], who later became the evil [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]], hated the memory of his constituents' commander, and this carried over to the [[Universe War]] wherein he fought [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon|another universe]]'s Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Abduction|''Universe'' Razorclaw profile}}

==''Robotmasters'' 3D diorama manga==
[[File:RM 3D Optimus Primal Starscream.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left]]
Optimus Primal was part of an [[Autobot]] force helping in construction at [[Athens]] in preparation of the [[Olympics]]. [[Gigant Bomb]] and [[Smokesniper]], sent by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], attacked, but the two [[Decepticon]]s soon discovered that they were outnumbered. After turning themselves over to the Autobots for mercy, they were put to work in helping out Athens. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 1}}

While on a mission in the [[Congo]], Optimus Primal received a message from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] about a strange frequency detected in the jungle. Investigating, Primal found [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] building a Decepticon airbase. After using vines to tie up Starscream, Optimus Primal used his Blast Jet Pu~nch on him, thwarting his dastardly plot. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 2}}

Primal borne witness to [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Reverse Convoy]]'s arrival at the Autobot base and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] chasing after him to stop him from revealing the location of the secret Decepticon base. Primal joined in the fight against Starscream, but it was Reverse Convoy who ultimately sent him fleeing. At the conclusion of the battle, Reverse Convoy agreed to lead the Autobots to the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 9}} It turned out that Reverse Convoy was the reborn G1 Megatron and that he led the Autobot leaders to a trap that sapped them of their energies. Thankfully, they were saved by the intervention of [[Lio Convoy]] and another [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. Together with the new Optimus Prime's Galaxy Cannon, G1 Optimus Prime, Lio Convoy, [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]], and Optimus Primal blasted away the Decepticons. {{storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 11}}

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==''Robotmasters'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Yūto Kazama]] (Japanese)}}

[[File:RM Optimus Primal.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I can manipulate Lightning!]]

Optimus Primal chased Megatron into a time warp to Earth in 2004. There, he met and joined forces with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] during a battle against Megatron and his Decepticons. Together, the Optimuses performed a special attack, a massive energon whirlwind called the "Double Convoy Tornado" to force the malevolent robots away. {{storylink|Fight! The Group of the Strongest Commanders!}}

Optimus Primal was later part of an Autobot force battling the Decepticons in a city. When he was assisted by a new arrival, [[Reverse Convoy]], Optimus Primal met him for introductions, and the Convoy explained that he wanted to assist in the fight against Megatron. However, Reverse Convoy soon shot [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]] out of the sky and revealed himself to be [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rebirth Megatron]]. Optimus Primal was shocked, and Rebirth Megatron joined forces with Beast Megatron, creating the Double Megatron Tornado to counter the Double Convoy Tornado. But the Autobot tornado emerged victorious with the addition of Lio Convoy's Lio Typhoon Arrow, creating the Triple Convoy Tornado Link attack and sending the Megatrons into retreat. {{storylink|Lio Convoy Storms In (episode)|Lio Convoy Storms In}}
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==Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity==
On the trip back to Cybertron at the conclusion of the Beast Wars, Optimus Primal dozed off, but was woken up by Rattrap talking in his sleep. Primal asked Rattrap if he was okay, and he replied that it wasn't anything to be concerned about. {{storylink|Ain't No Rat}}

{{BW Shell Game}}
Optimus reflected on the events that had taken them through the Beast Wars to their current situation, riding aboard an Autobot shuttlecraft through transwarp, and made a speech to his Maximals about sticking together. Little did he know that a Transwarp agitator had been placed on the shuttle by a new team on Predacons hiding on Earth. The device caused Optimus and the rest of the Maximals to act aggressively towards one another. The only one unaffected was Rattrap, who was experiencing troubles of a different sort; he was being plagued by visions of Maximals he had supposedly "abandoned" on Earth. In response to the rodent's own unusual behavior, Optimus tried to force him in the C.R. Chamber with excessive force. Rattrap got away from him and managed to deactivate the ship's Transwarp drive, annulling the effects of the Transwarp agitator. Unfortunately, this also returned their ship to prehistoric Earth. Worse yet, Megatron took advantage of the situation and escaped his bonds from atop of the shuttle, and melted a hole into its bulkhead to attack the Maximals within. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

==''Transformers Legends'' anthology==
Following the explosion of the Planet Buster, Optimus Primal found himself in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where he encountered [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], an [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] from a [[Unicron Trilogy|different universe]], and a future version of himself. The four of them were able to overcome the alternate Prime's doubts about his leadership, before they all returned to the time streams from whence they came. Optimus Primal repeated the whole thing again much later, after his destruction facing Megatron in the [[Council Citadel]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Prime Spark (story)|Prime Spark}}

Much later, while angsting over the way the Predacons had used him to access the Ark, Optimus Primal failed to notice [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] flying overhead to deliver a device to the Maximal base. He was alerted a short time later when the device whipped up tensions in the Maximal ranks, causing them to fight amongst themselves. Primal fell prey to it for a brief period of time, but his recent experiences with mind control enabled him to overcome it and he was able to free his fellow Maximals from its grip before leading them in fighting off Megatron. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

While Megatron was being guided through the afterlife by Rhinox, he beheld a vision of himself slaughtering his allies and foes alike, Optimus Primal among them. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}

==2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity==
[[File:BWGatherOptimalOptimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The 'bot that would one day call himself "Optimus Primal" was aboard the ''Axalon'', along with the rest of its original crew, tasked with performing orbital scans of Cybertron. All the while, he had to put up with teasing from one of his [[Rattrap (BW)|subordinates]], who took to razzing him about his "Optimus Primey" look and behavior. The crew's survey yielded Transmatter energy signatures coming from the head of [[Unicron]], in orbit around the planet. Upon their approach, they detected a whole lot of activity within the satellite; several units evacuating a concealed base. The ship's captain had just enough time to order his crew to activate their shield before a Transmatter bomb erupted out of the satellite, and the Axalon accidentally came to meet its path. The ship avoided damage thanks to its shields, and the bomb was deflected away from the planet. Some Transmatter debris did reach Cybertron however, and all those touched by it were reduced to protoforms. A few of these unfortunates were later entrusted to the crew of the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

Though the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s onboard computers originally suggested that Optimus Primal take on a bat as an [[alternate mode]], he knew that such a form would be insufficient to combat Megatron. Optimus Primal chose a more powerful gorilla form instead. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

As [[Magmatron]] surveyed various events of the Beast Wars, he witnessed several key moments involving Optimus Primal. Among them was Optimus's duel with Dinobot on the stone bridge leading to the Maximal base, and the events leading to Optimus's transformation into the Optimal Optimus body. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Some time after Depth Charge arrived on Earth, Optimus somehow felt the presence of [[Razorbeast]], [[Optimus Minor]], and [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] as they sneaked aboard the Ark, even though they were [[Chronal phase|chronically displaced]]. Optimus explained to Rhinox and Cheetor that he felt something familiar, yet wrong... Unable to feel the presence as Optimus did, Rhinox convinced him that he was simply "chasing ghosts". {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}
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==Waspscream continuity==
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Megatron's Predacons were aided by the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]], resulting in all the Maximals, including Optimus Primal, being defeated. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

==''Timelines''==
[[File:Optimusprimalbwtimelines.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Pre-fur Primal, Maximal nobody.]]
Optimus Primal was a veteran of the last [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], one waged between the Maximals and the Predacons. He was a distinguished graduate of the [[Maximal Military Academy]], where he was a diligent student of the accomplishments of past generations, both militaristic and scientific. {{Storylink|Dawn of Future's Past|Optimus Primal's bio}}

Captain of the ship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Optimus Primal and his crew had been stuck on a space station for weeks while awaiting [[Rampage (BW)|additional cargo]]. Finally, they were leaving and ready to return to embarking on their mission of exploration, but the [[Maximal Defense Command Center]] had a different idea. The [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] had been stolen by [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and a group of rogue [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], and Optimus Primal's ship was closest to intercept.

They closed in on Megatron's stolen ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', but the ''Axalon'' suddenly came under attack by a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|second Predacon ship]]. The odds were evened again by the arrival of another Maximal ship, the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', which was crewed by its [[Airazor (BW)|Maximal owner]] and [[Tigatron|Unit 2]], a member of the [[Maximal Command Security Force]]. Both of these ships were ultimately destroyed, but Primal ordered the Maximals on board the ''Chromia 10'' be [[Spark core transfer|downloaded]] into [[blank]] [[stasis pod]]s to save their lives. The ''Axalon'' subsequently resumed its pursuit of the ''Darksyde''.

Via transmission, Megatron taunted Optimus Primal and his crew. The ''Darksyde'' opened a [[unspace|transwarp]] portal and jumped through. The ''Axalon'' followed. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Later, once the Beast Wars were underway, Optimus Primal was accompanied by Airazor on a mission to stop the Predacons from launching an orbital weapon that could attack anywhere on the planet's surface. The pair rendezvoused with Cheetor and Rhinox, and took on Megatron and his Predacons. Thanks to Airazor, the launch of the satellite failed. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

==''Wings Universe''==
After Primal's death and the Great Transformation, Cheetor felt lost and meditated hard in an attempt to reach his leader via the Oracle. Cheetor instead met [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and became Alpha Trizer. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag|Alpha Trizer's profile}} In [[2984]] as Alpha Trizer was engaged in combat against the [[Star Seeker]]s, the face of his mentor Optimus Primal flashed through his mind. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}

==The Protector==
===''Robots in Disguise'' toy bio===
[[File:Air-attack-optimus-primal.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]
After the conclusion of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] in [[Primax 496.22 Alpha]], while on their way back to their home time, the Maximals' shuttle was struck by temporal interference waves caused by the time-displaced [[Ravage (G1)#Story of Binaltech|Ravage]]'s alteration of history in the year 2005 of [[G1 World|Primax 785.06 Alpha]]. Caught in the disruption, the shuttle and its crew were essentially "split" in two—one version of them continued home to Cybertron and battled Megatron for all the sparks of Cybertron, but one version wound up in the "[[BT World]]", the parallel universe Ravage's meddling had created. In this parallel world, the ship was observed by [[Unicron]] and blown to pieces, scattering Optimus, his crew, and Megatron into Transwarp space—temporal anomalies without a home. {{Storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

Megatron found himself in the future time period of [[Viron 102.0 Beta]], where he joined forces with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] to conquer that timeline's Cybertron. The guardians of causality known as the [[Alternity (species)|Alternity]], a race of hyper-evolved Autobots from 900,000 years in the future, sought to give the lost Primal a purpose, and secretly directed him, Rhinox, Rattrap, and Silverbolt to Viron 102.0 Beta. There, they communed with him through the Oracle and guided him in stopping Megatron's schemes. In the war against Megatron that followed, Optimus took numerous forms; his final upgrade was into a flight-capable "Air Attack" body, so that he could battle the airborne "Megahead" form his arch-enemy had taken. Primal and his Maximals ultimately triumphed over Megatron, but Cryotek then took up his ally's ambition, seeking not just the ''domination'' of all sparks, but their outright destruction. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

Horrified to witness the results of Cryotek's horrendous experiments to replace sparks with physical operating systems, Primal—having already realized that there was a greater power behind the Oracle—petitioned the Alternity directly to send him after Cryotek, who had used Transwarp technology to escape to 21st century Earth and joined forces with the native Predacon leader [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]]. The Alternity agreed to his request, if he would join the ranks of their elite agents, the [[Protector]]s, in return. Primal accepted, and was sent to Earth with the former Spychanger [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage GT]] to serve as his guide. To reduce the risk of a time paradox, however, the Alternity had made it so that Primal's form while in the past was incorporeal, able to assume a physical aspect only to direct engage Cryotek. In this ghostly form, he served as a "spirit guide" to the native [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and helped him defeat the Megatron Megabolt-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], before the pair finally succeeded in defeating both Megatron and Cryotek. {{storylink|Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Air Attack Optimus Primal toy bio}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

His personal mission complete, Primal ascended into the ranks of the Protectors, and began combating threats to time and space all across the multiverse. For his first mission, he helped hunt down the Beast of Time, the [[Hytherion]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

===Controverse===
[[File:Controverse primal and elita.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5]]
The Alternity dispatched Optimus Primal and [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Five]] to observe the trial of the ancient alien genius [[Primacron]] in [[G1 World|Primax 785.06 Alpha]]. {{storylink|Controverse}} The Alternity suspected Primacron of having created the Hytherion, though this theory was proven incorrect.

In the course of the trial, Primacron became aware of dimensions unlike his own, where robotic life was supposedly created by a [[Primus|divine being]]. After studying several such universes, Primacron concluded that such a thing could not possibly be true, and started attacking them instead. Primal and his fellow Protectors raced to stop the experiment, standing against Primacron's assault, but the power of the alien's [[Solduron]] exo-armor was too much for Primal to bear, and his body was destroyed completely. Fortunately, having had some experience as a non-corporeal being after his own "death" during the Beast Wars, Primal was able to maintain the cohesion of his consciousness, and succeeded in talking Primacron down. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

===''Story of Binaltech''===
[[File:AltNemesisPrimeArt.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.5]]
It was as a disembodied spark that Primal was charged with his most important mission: to ensure the very existence of the Alternity itself. The BT World, he learned, was the world from which the Alternity originated, but its existence was in danger as a result of the native Autobots of 2005 attempting to use the chronal energy of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] to undo the alteration of history that Ravage had wrought. The result was the unravelling of space and time itself—a maelstrom through which Primal's spark materialized, arriving in [[Doctor Arkeville]]'s laboratory, where he immediately possessed a black [[Binaltech (technology)|Binaltech]] body frame created by the doctor in the image of Optimus Prime. Primal proceeded to teleport to Dinobot Island, where he used the enhanced powers the Alternity had provided him to manipulate its chronal energy, accomplishing both objectives simultaneously: the restoration of the original timeline, and the preservation of the "BT World" as its own distinct parallel universe. In the wake of this great event, Primal met up with Optimus Prime's Autobots, and was able to drop a few cryptic hints about the future that awaited them before the personality data Arkeville had programmed into the black Prime body shell finally asserted itself, forcing Primal's spark out of the body. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

Some time later, at the same time as the Autobots were trying to shut down the rogue Binaltech projects happening around the world, they also began a series of experiments under Primal's direction that would eventually lead to their evolution into the Alternity. Chief among these was the [[Timaeus Project]], which would generate the [[Alternium]] the Alternity's bodies were composed of. While [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] was participating in that project, the Autobots prepared to transfer Primal's spark into a Binaltech body to restore him to mobility. Unfortunately, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] remotely took control of the [[Autosoldier]] frame before Primal's spark could be downloaded into it, and the Autosoldiers began to run amok inside [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Arcee attempted to come to Primal's aid, but when she exited the Timaeus Project's high-speed racetrack without initiating proper slowdown procedures, her body was crushed by the kinetic energy. In her unconscious state, Primal spoke directly to her spark, telling her to forget about him and to instead protect the project and its scientists, so vital were they were to the future. Reluctantly, Arcee did so, allowing the Shockwave-controlled Autosoldiers to make off with Primal's spark. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 3}}

The Autobots regrouped and went after Shockwave's agents, tracking Nemesis Prime and the Decepticons to Australia. Optimus Prime faced off against Nemesis Prime. but Prime found himself outmatched by Nemesis Prime's power, augmented by a synthetic Matrix he had created. During the battle, Arcee liberated Primal from the Decepticons, and he then merged his spark with Optimus Prime—something Prime [[Optimal Situation|had vague memories of experiencing previously]]. The power resulting from this fusion enabled Optimus Prime to deflect Nemesis Prime's attack, ultimately destroying the clone. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}

In the aftermath of the battle, the Protector was given a new Binaltech body, a replica of Nemesis Prime's form. He joined the Autobots in defending the [[Earth Defense Command]] Space Center when it came under attack by [[Decepticharge]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Optimus Primal, recognizing his friend, attempted to stop the battle between her and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]. However, [[Carly]] came to the rescue by using the [[Psychedevice]] to evolve into a telepathic entity that cured Grimlock and Blackarachnia's mental afflictions. Reacquainting with Blackarachnia, the Protector explained that he felt a responsibility to her to reunite her with their friends, since he helped maintain the timeline she was trapped in. {{storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}

===''Alternity''===
Following the Decepticons' defeat in Australia, the alien [[Quintesson]]s placed a [[quadrant lock]] on Earth's [[Star system|solar system]] in order to trap the powerful Binaltech Autobots. This lock left Primal unable to leave the dimension, and he remained on Earth for the next 900,000 years (though only a few months passed inside the quadrant lock), watching as the Autobots steadily evolved into the Alternity and then broke the lock.

When the Alternity became aware of the [[Planicron]]s, a race of two-dimensional beings who were attempting to become higher-dimensional life-forms, they concluded that the gateway through which they needed to pass in order to evolve themselves was located somewhere on the BT World. Primal and Grimlock met the Alternity envoys who arrived on the planet, and informed them that they had located the doorway: it was the circuit diagram for the [[Critias Gate]], a super-dimensional reactor the Autobots had been experimenting with at the same time as the Timaeus Project. With a little help from [[Vector Prime]], the gate was set up and the Planicrons passed through it, evolving into higher-dimensional beings and taking the Alternity's place as the defenders of time and space. {{storylink|Alternation}}

The last that Vector Prime knew, the Flaternity and the Protectors were still adapting to their new circumstances. Vector Prime believed that Optimus Primal would rise to whatever duty fate gave him. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

==A Change to the Agenda==
After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and was thrown out of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] activated the ship's defense systems, Optimus Primal and the other Maximals attempted to heal the wounded Autobot. However, Megatron was not thrown far enough and the Predacon managed to reenter the Ark and blast the Autobot leader, decisively erasing the Maximals from the timeline. {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}} In [[Primax 209.0 Gamma|the wildly different timeline]] that followed, Optimus Primal's life would take [[Optimus Primal (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|a very different track]].

==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Optimus Primal.jpg|frame|Back in 1999, you thought these graphics were awesome! ADMIT IT!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)}}

The Beast Wars seemed over, but the captured Megatron had prepared for such a situation and was able to send a message to his past self via transwarp, causing history to be altered! These rewritten Beast Wars came to an end when Optimus led a final strike against the Predacon forces. The battle was hard-fought, resulting in tragic casualties on both sides, but ended with Megatron's capture.

After Megatron was secured to the outside of an Autobot escape shuttle, the remaining Maximals were on their way to return to Cybertron. Unfortunately, the captured Megatron had prepared for such a situation and was able to send a message to his past self via transwarp, causing history to be altered! These rewritten Beast Wars came to an end when Optimus... {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if Arcade Mode was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages; see the other characters' pages for Optimus's fate in those outcomes.}}

====Move list====
{{note|This list only includes the character's unique special moves in Beast Mode, as their attacks in Robot Mode and Vehicle Mode are identical to those of every other character.}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Beast Attacks'''
|-
|C-Right||Drumming Fury
|-
|C-Up||Primal Body Crush
|-
|C-Left||Primal Lariat
|}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese)}}
====Maximal story====
When the ''Axalon'' came under heavy Predacon fire, Optimus saw the attack as an opening they could use to retake the Golden Disk. He quickly formulated a plan and led a team in chasing the Predacons back to the ''Darkside'', successfully retaking the Disk. However, though Megatron appeared cornered, the group learned that the Predacons had managed to infiltrate the ''Axalon'' in their absence. As Megatron took off, Optimus ordered everyone to hurry back to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Predacon story====
Optimus led an attack on the ''Darkside'', but this was revealed to be part of a plot by Megatron, and he and the other Maximals were swiftly overtaken, being beaten all the way back to the ''Axalon''. Left battered on the ground of the ship's bridge, Primal remained defiant even as Megatron prepared to finish him off. Fortunately, Rhinox arrived and activated Sentinel's defenses, forcing the Predacons to retreat and saving Primal's life. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}

====Move list====
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Robot Mode'''
!colspan=2|'''Beast Mode'''
|-
|Special attack||Prime Blaster
|Special attack||Drumming Fury
|-
|Super attack||Prime Gun Barrage
|Super attack||Primal Launch
|}

==Notes==
*Very rarely in the show's first season, Optimus Primal's open faceguard would "close" into a fully shielded Optimus Prime-like mouthless faceguard, typically when going into battle. Presumably this was done to better reflect his toy, which did not include a visible mouth.
*In his Transmetal form, Optimus Primal's spark chamber is on a hinge in his chest to swing down to the opening in his abdomen. In his Optimal Optimus form, he stored Prime's spark in his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] [[cockpit]].
*According to the diagram of Optimus Primal on the catalog packed with "TM-SP DX Convoy", his spark chamber is [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-shaped.
*Although the "Protector" iteration of Optimus Primal debuted in Japanese fiction, he originates from [[Primax 496.22 Alpha|the universe]] of the original American version of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon. This is presumably due to his creator [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]'s love for original American iterations of ''Transformers'' fiction and dislike of the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars''.

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A Rage in Heaven!

2022-07-19T21:23:44Z

GomessQ: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig2|the final issue of the ''Generation 2'' comic book series|the Titan Books collection|Transformers: Rage in Heaven}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Transformers: Generation 2]]'' #12
|prev=Dark Shadows!
|next=Alignment
|title="A Rage in Heaven!"
|image=MarvelUSG2-12.jpg
|caption=Prime seriously needs to switch to a different brand of deodorant.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=August [[1994]]
|coverdate=October 1994
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|artist=[[Geoff Senior]] (Book Two & Book Four)
|penciler=[[Manny Galan]] (Book One & Book Three)
|inker=[[Jim Amash]] (Book One & Book Three)
|colorist=[[Sarra Mossoff]]
|letterers=[[Richard Starkings]] with [[Comicraft]]
|editor=[[Rob Tokar]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''The Autobot-Decepticon alliance makes its final stand against the Swarm.'''

==Synopsis==
===Book One: Judgment===
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] recalls the racial history that has brought the [[Transformer]]s to this moment. The [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]-possessed ''[[Warworld]]'', the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] warships, and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] all face off above [[Earth]]. Aboard the ''Warworld'', Starscream confesses that he's feeling an irrational urge to fight the Swarm, to protect and do good, against all his native instincts. Prime explains that it's the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]'s influence, altering him to suit its preferences. Starscream, terrified at the thought of being a hero, and especially a ''dead'' one, pleads for help, saying he'll do anything.

On the ''Twilight'', [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s troops are baffled by the Swarm, but he dismisses it as some last-ditch trick by the [[Autobot]]s, and gives the order to attack, figuring that if the substance has mass, it can be destroyed.

Back on the ''Warworld'', Megatron is confused by Starscream's apparent change of heart, thinking it's some trick, but it's merely his treacherous lieutenant wanting to give up the Matrix before it alters his personality further. Starscream prepares to give up the Matrix to Optimus Prime; before doing so, he alerts Prime and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to the Cybertronians' attack, which is likely to provoke the Swarm out of its momentary hesitation. The Swarm easily devours the Cybertronians' [[X-S warship|finest warships]], leaving tens of thousands of troopers dead. With some final reluctance, Starscream returns the Matrix to Prime, making Prime whole again and leaving himself back in his original body.

Jhiaxus orders a full assault on the Swarm, crushing the head of a trooper who suggests they cannot fight it. As Optimus Prime approaches the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'' on a [[sky-sled]], Jhiaxus gives orders to ''"Let him come!"''

===Book Two: Twilight===
[[File:Starscream uscomics.png|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"Death is too good for you, Starscream! I'm going to put you to work ''loading cargo!''"]]
In the ''Warworld'', Megatron drags a protesting Starscream along, as the seeker tries to beg off whatever it is Megs wants him for. After all, hasn't he done enough? The Decepticon leader stops and tells him the only reason Megatron isn't tearing him apart with his teeth for what Starscream's done over the last few hours is because he's still of some use, but if he starts being an impediment, Megatron might just decide some repayment is overdue. Starscream wisely declares himself Megatron's, then asks what they're going to do about the Swarm, given it just made mincemeat of Jhiaxus' ships. But Megatron has no intention of ''defeating'' the Swarm, just surviving. And part one of that plan involves the[[rheanimum]] gas the Decepticons plundered from Tychos. Part two is Starscream loading that gas onto a shuttle.

Optimus Prime makes his way through the chaos of the ''Twilight'', where frantic troopers are scrambling to escape. The chaos gives him an easy path to the bridge, where he hopes to reach Jhiaxus and use the Cybertronian connection to the Swarm to make a rapport with the entity —but when he finds Jhiaxus, the enraged Cybertronian attacks him furiously, blaming Prime for his world coming apart. His first blow takes out Optimus's vocal chords, but he figures Jhiaxus is unreachable anyway, whatever veneer of sanity there was has been stripped from him. Jhiaxus is seconds away from crushing Prime's head, when the Swarm bursts through the ship's shields. Jhiaxus challenges it, and it responds, mimicking his shape, then consuming him. An explosion destroys the ''Twilight''. Prime is blasted free, but the Swarm pursues him.

Megatron observes the ship's demise and reflects that he can no longer help Optimus Prime. Regardless, his responsibility is to the Transformers below, on the planet's surface. He's coated himself with the rheanimum, and hopes that the gas will protect him. To make planetfall, he's going to have to test it the hard way, as the Swarm has surrounded Earth.

===Book Three: Siege===
On Earth, a group of Autobots and [[Decepticon]]s under [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s command prepares to make a final stand, fortifying their position, though Kup and Perceptor point out it was never meant to serve as a place for a last stand. The Swarm moves in on them, and they trigger their defenses. As they do, [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]] ignores [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'s orders in favor of Grimlock's, prompting Razorclaw to reach breaking point with the new recruit, and brand him a traitor. As he pounces to carry out his death sentence, however, [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] (a Decepticon to this point) chops off Razorclaw's head—''Autobots'' have to stick together, after all. The Swarm breaks down the group's force shields, and they prepare for their final stand.

In space, Optimus Prime wakes to find that he's alive and aboard the ''Warworld'', saved by Starscream. Starscream offers him a shot of rheanimum as the Swarm approaches, but Prime refuses. In his brief contact with the Swarm, Prime realized that the mass is alive, but empty and searching—and he may have the answer to what it wants.

[[File:Dirge DeathSwarm.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Dirge really wishes his [[Furmanism|famous last words]] hadn't been used by Megatron ''just last issue.'']]
Grimlock's troops try all manner of weapons, but nothing stops the Swarm. Casualties mount, but at last Megatron arrives. Both he and the rheanimum canisters survived the Swarm's touch, but his shuttle did not. The Transformers quickly distribute the rheanimum to protect themselves.

Starscream prepares to leave the ''Warworld'', but tosses a canister to Optimus Prime just in case he changes his mind, as the Matrix's aftereffects still linger within him. Prime resists the temptation—for his plan to work, he must die.

===Book Four: Creation===
[[File:Swarmoptimus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Ow! Ow! OW!]]
The Swarm devours Optimus Prime, consuming him molecule by molecule. Prime's initial panic gives way to calm acceptance as he's devoured. But when it breaks through to the Matrix chamber, light and life burst forth. In an instant, Prime and the Swarm become one, the Matrix momentarily sustaining Optimus beyond his physical death, before Prime takes all the goodness of [[Primus]] and gives it to the Swarm. As the stunned Autobots and Decepticons watch, a light grows, changing the Swarm. Amid the light, which soothes any thoughts of violence from the assembled armies they witness the miracle of creation... as Optimus Prime steps forth, reconstituted as a parting gift from the reborn Swarm. The survivors gather and rally around their newfound unity, but even as the assembled Autobots and Decepticon cheer for peace, Optimus is troubled, recalling the names Jhiaxus dropped in his last moments, and deep down Optimus knows the truth; ''it never ends''.

Sure enough, far away, in a region of space known as the [[Hub (G2)|Hub]], [[Rook (G2)|Rook]] reports to the titanic entity known as the [[Liege Maximo]]. The Liege notes that Megatron does indeed live; he would feel the death of one of his descendants. He is unconcerned by the loss of Jhiaxus and his battalions; they are but a fraction of his empire, and the Autobot-Decepticon Alliance is fragile. The day of reckoning will come!

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (5)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (10)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (14)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (16)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (20)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (21)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (23)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (24)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (27)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (31)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (32)
*[[Volt]] (34)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] (37)
*''[[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]]'' (38)
*''[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]'' (39)
}}
|c2=
{{collist|2|
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]] (9)
*[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (11)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (12)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (13)
*[[Powerdive]] (15)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]] (17)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (18)
*[[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]] (19)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (22)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (25)
*[[Electro]] (26)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (28)
*[[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]] (29)
*[[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] (30)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (33)
*[[Sizzle (G2)|Sizzle]] (35)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (36)
}}
|h3=[[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]|c3=
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (4)
*''Assorted Cybertronian soldiers'' (7)
*[[Crushable Cybertronian soldier]] (8)
*[[Rook (G2)|Rook]] (40)
*[[Liege Maximo]] (41)

|c4=
*[[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"'''Prime''', what is it? What does it '''want?'''" 
"For lack of a better term, it's '''the Swarm'''. And simply put...'''it wants us!'''"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"All my innate survival instincts seem to have been buried under an insane urge to save lives! '''What's happening''' to me?"
:—'''Starscream''' doesn't like being a good guy.

"Prime? '''Are you-?'''" 
"'''Oh yes!''' And now, Megatron...'''it's time to go to work!'''"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"'''Wonderful!''' One thing at least, it can't get any..." 
"'''Grimlock!'''" 
"Me and my ''big mouth''."
:—'''Grimlock''''s sense of despair is made worse by '''Hot Rod'''.

"In my heart of hearts I '''know'''...it '''never ends!'''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' says farewell. For now.

==Notes==
===Production===
*Furman and Starkings both wrote memorials for the series.
*The demise of the comic is blamed on market forces: the summer of 1994 was most of a year into [[w:Direct_market#1990s|the notorious direct market crash]], caused when speculators abandoned an overheated comic market after realising five holo-foil copies of ''[[Robot-Master (comic)|Robot-Master Extreme Force]]'' #1 wasn't actually going to be worth much. Furman says it was launched at the "wrong time", and would later reveal Jhiaxus' very name was an in-joke about how successful he thought G2 might be ("gee, axe us").
*In Furman's afterword, we learned colorist Sarra Mossoff apparently wasn't ''supposed'' to colour all the fiddly little idents in the word balloons to match the speakers but this was instead her personal "attention to detail".

===Artwork and technical errors===
*Manny Galan neglects to draw the third nose-horn on Slag's triceratops mode while he's being attacked by the Swarm.
*Liege Maximo is spelled both "Leige Maximo" and "Liege Maximo" in the very same speech bubble.

===Continuity errors===
*In the US continuity, Dirge was [[Ashes, Ashes...|killed years ago]] by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. However, he's far from the first character to be resurrected and then killed again.

===Continuity notes===
[[File:Liegemaximo.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Evil, like my belly, is infinite.]]
*Leadfoot and Manta Ray's turn, and Razorclaw's distrust of the latter, started two issues ago, though their going to the side of the goody-goods isn't much of a surprise given the two were sold as Autobots in the toyline.
*This is the ''third'' time [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime has died]] in the Marvel US continuity, and the second time he has sacrificed himself specifically by unleashing the light of the Matrix into a devouring evil.
*Prime's new form is based on his [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Combat Hero toy]], which was then his most recent toy incarnation.
*During Prime's victory speech, Megatron is visible standing at his feet. One would normally expect him to be standing ''beside'' Prime as co-leader of the Alliance... but he did seem ''really'' impressed by Prime's resurrection...
*The Liege Maximo's speech on the last page states that the he was created as an "evil" balance to the first "good" Prime, and that all Decepticons and Autobots are descendants of the Liege and the first Prime, respectively. The notion that Autobots being good and the Decepticons being evil is down to genetics was raised back in "[[Still Life!]]" by Grimlock, but at the time there wasn't really anything to suggest Grimlock wasn't just talking out his aft. This is contradicted by the occasional examples of Transformers changing sides, including the example of Leadfoot and Manta Ray in this very issue. It also removes free will from the equation, and has thus been met with resistance from fans who prefer the war to be ideological, and not mandated by heredity.
*This is nominally the end of the Marvel US continuity, one of the [[Marvel Comics continuity|core continuities]] of the [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1 franchise]]. (Yes, after ninety-plus issues, it ends on a cliffhanger.)
**However, the plot continues in the non-[[canon]] story "[[Alignment]]". Also, potential subsequent events involving the Liege and Prime are hinted at in "[[Covenant (story)|Covenant]]".
*Starscream refers to the swarm as [[Scraplet]]s.

===Real-life references===
*The title is possibly taken from the 1941 psychological thriller ''[[w:Rage in Heaven|Rage in Heaven]]''.

===Transformers references===
* The header on the cover states "It's the ''End Of The Road''". This is not the [[End of the Road! (US)|first]] time this [[End of the Road! (UK)|phrase]] has been used by Simon Furman to mark the end of a series.

===Furminated===
*The Cybertronians continue to be slaughtered. The Swarm eats a ship with 16,000 of them aboard. Jhiaxus crushes the head of one of them in a fit of rage. Most if not all of the crew of ''Twilight'' are devoured by the Swarm.
*Jhiaxus is consumed and sort of exploded by the Swarm.
*Razorclaw gets his lion head sliced off by Leadfoot.
*Ramjet, Slag and Slingshot are all consumed by the Swarm.
*Frenzy is vaporized by his own amplified sonic powers.
*Nightbeat and Dirge self-destruct to avoid being eaten by the Swarm.
*Optimus Prime is slowly and painfully devoured by the Swarm... only to come back to life three pages later.
*Confirmed survivors include Optimus, Megatron, Grimlock, Hot Rod, Kup, and possibly Blaster. Numerous other 'bots appear in the final two pages, post-Swarm, but almost none are identifiable.
*The comic only explicitly shows the Swarm attacking Transformers and says nothing about what (if anything) it’s doing to the people of Earth. [[Larry DiTillio]] [[Personal canon|personally envisioned]] this issue as depicting ''the extinction of humanity'' at the Swarm’s hands, with its purification via the Matrix causing it to eventually evolve into the [[Vok]] and try to make amends for the destruction. This is questionable and inconsistent with [[Swarm_(issue)|issue 9]], which shows the Swarm ignoring organic life altogether. Still, since none of this has ever been mentioned in canon material, it remains firmly in the realms of [[Pseudocanon]] and [[Authorial intent]]; but, if one takes it as true, then the entire human race got Furminated and this issue has the single biggest death toll of any TF comic ever. Way to go out on a high note!

===Cover===
<gallery>
File:MarvelUSG2-12.jpg|Optimus Prime is consumed by the Swarm, by [[Derek Yaniger]].
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*None yet identified.

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Rage in Heaven]]'' TPB''' ([[February 5]], [[2003]]) ISBN 1-84023-528-4: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and half of the [[Liege Maximo]], by [[Andrew Wildman|Andy Wildman]].
*'''''Transformers: Rage in Heaven'' HC''' ISBN 1-84023-577-2: [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], by [[Phil Jimenez]], [[Andy Lanning]], and [[Chris Blythe]].
* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 91: Generation 2 Part 2''''' ([[August 12]], [[2020]]): [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], by [[Dreamwave Productions]] and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] smashing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], by [[Geoff Senior]]
:* Collects ''Generation 2'' issues 7–12.
:* Bonus material includes an article about [[Derek Yaniger]], an outro by Simon Furman discussing the working of ''Generation 2'' concepts into [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]'', small-scale scans of "[[War Zone]]", a cover gallery (including the [[Titan Books|Titan]] trades) and an intro by Furman.

<gallery>
File:Rage in heaven tpb cover.jpg|'''''Rage in Heaven'' TPB'''
File:Rage in heaven hardcover.jpg|'''''Rage in Heaven'' HC'''
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v91.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 91: Generation 2 Part 2'''''
</gallery>

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War Without End!

2022-07-05T22:35:28Z

GomessQ: /* Other trivia */

{{disambig3|War Without End}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Transformers: Generation 2]]'' #1
|prev=Ghosts
|next=All or Nothing!
|title="War Without End!"
|image=MarvelUSG2-01A.jpg
|caption=Optimus Prime hates YOU, personally!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=September [[1993]]
|coverdate=November 1993
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Derek Yaniger]]
|inker=
|colors=[[Sarra Mossoff]]
|lettering=[[Richard Starkings]] with [[Gaushell]]
|editor=[[Rob Tokar]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''They're baaaaaack...'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:WarWithoutEnd-Firestormers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.9|"So, which colors should I use for this page?" "ALL OF THEM!"]]
In deep space, a group of [[Outpost B-67 exo-structuring party|construction workers]] are brutally slaughtered, without warning or quarter, by heavily armed brutes who enjoy their work... Yes, it's a team of [[Autobot]]s led by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], and they've just stopped some Decepticons from destroying the planet of [[Nexus Seven]]. When [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] begin arguing about each other's conduct, Grimlock tells them to remember that they're all Autobots: "good guys". Later, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], the leader of this group of [[Decepticon]]s, hears about the attack and decides to take matters into his own hands. Curiously, he has to explain to his aide [[Rook (G2)|Rook]] what the 'archaic' terms "Autobot" and "Decepticon" mean...

[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] is called for a meeting on an uninhabited world with Grimlock. (Actually some of Jhiaxus' Decepticons are still there but Optimus, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] kill them all) He's troubled: the war is over and all their old enemies are gone, but many Autobots like Grimlock have gone off looking for ''new'' reasons to fight. He himself is having visions of a great and terrible apocalypse, and worries he too is just looking for another reason to fight. This concern ends when Grimlock and his team reveal that this dead planet used to be inhabited and the Decepticon colonists "miscalculated", destroying the environment. Worse, they've found ''seventeen'' inhabited planets that have been violently eco-structured into replica Cybertrons! Optimus knows that even if [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] lied about giving up war, he'd never be able to do all this... which is when Jhiaxus catches up and captures them all!

Meanwhile, on [[Earth]], the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] military unit send a message to Cybertron: [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] is back with a new body!

[[File:Jhiaxuswarwithoutend.jpg|thumb|Jhiaxus has big ol' yaoi hands.]]
On Jhiaxus' flagship, Grimlock and Prime are taken before the Decepticon leader to be informed of the truth: the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] is ''not'', in their mind, a group of Decepticons, but people who've put the war and the factions behind them. They realised Cybertron was a wreck four million years ago, while Prime was asleep on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and left it behind, leaving behind all the uncool losers like [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. The Autobots, the Decepticons, and the war are outdated ideas. When Optimus protests that the Empire, for all Jhiaxus' polite words, is still oppressing and killing worlds, Jhiaxus says that they simply don't ''care'' about other life forms: the genocides aren't about malice, the aliens just get in the way.

Optimus is left shaken by the discovery of this larger picture but Grimlock snaps him out of it, pointing out how the Cybertronians see ''too'' big a picture: the Autobots learned on Earth how important the 'lesser' life forms were. He breaks them out and they spring their fellow Autobots, cripple the ship with an explosive, and escape on a stolen vessel. Jhiaxus is annoyed but lets them run... so he can pursue them to their base and destroy ''all'' of them!

The Autobots now know the war is still on and even greater than they knew, but terrible as this threat is, Optimus Prime is still having visions: there's something even ''worse'' on the horizon...
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.) 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (3)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (4)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (5)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (7)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (8)
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (9)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (10)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (11)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (14)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (15)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (17)
*''[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'' (18)
*''[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'' (19)
*''[[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'' (20)
*''[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'' (21)
*''[[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'' (25)
*''[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'' (27)
|c3=
*[[Mott]] (23)
*[[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] (22)
*[[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] (24)
*''[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'' (26)
|c4=
*[[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] (13)
*''[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'' (16)
|h5=[[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]|c5=
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (1)
*[[Rook (G2)|Rook]] (2)
}}

* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and the [[Skyscorcher]]s ([[Afterburner (G2)|Afterburner]], [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]], [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]], and [[Windrazor (G2)|Windrazor]]) appear in a gatefold pin-up included with the foil variant, but not in the story itself.

==Quotes==
"If there are any impressions to be made around here...'''me make 'em!'''"
:—'''Grimlock''' shows some things never change.

"Is that '''so?''' Well, for your information, mister holier-than-thou, the creep you thought was surrendering was about to nail your worthless hide to a '''wall!''' And you know '''what''', Hound? I should've let him '''do it'''...because you're a liability to yourself - '''and to us!'''"
:—'''Blades''', dick.

"'''Commander Jhiaxus''', you must forgive my ignorance, but...'''Autobots?''' They are Cybertronians...Transformers. '''Just like us.''' Autobot - Decepticon, I do not understand the distinction." 
"They are '''throwbacks''', Rook. '''Anachronisms'''. A race '''out of time'''. It therefore falls to '''me'''...to bring them '''screaming''' into the '''present day!'''"
:—'''Rook''' makes a good point and '''Jhiaxus''' ignores it.

"No! '''Nonono!''' It all sounds very '''wholesome'''. But however you dress it, it is still '''conquest and oppression!''' You - and this new regime - are as '''evil''' and '''contemptible''' as Megatron and his Decepticons ever were!" 
"Hhh. How can I '''simplify''' this for You? It is not a question of '''good''' or '''evil''' - lesser beings simply have '''no value''' to us." 
:—'''Jhiaxus''' explains the situation to a sarcastic '''Optimus Prime'''.

"We're a joke and everyone knew the '''punchline''', except us."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' gets a little emo.

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*Optimus Prime is depicted on the cover as having bullet casings lodged in his head, despite the fact that the casing remains in the chamber of the firing weapon, only the bullet itself being launched.

===Continuity errors===
*Optimus Prime mentions [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] among the threats the Autobots have overcome. In the US continuity, most of the people who actually encountered [[Galvatron II|one Galvatron]] ended up dead, and the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|few]] that survived didn't learn his name. So how does Prime know it? (In the UK continuity, Optimus encountered Galvatron (or Galvatrons) on several occasions, but whether ''this'' issue has a place in UK continuity is debatable.)

===Continuity notes===
*Grimlock and others revived with [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] can transform again, with no explanation. Since "[[Another Time & Place]]" doesn't fit into this continuity, we are to assume they found some other way of canceling Nucleon's effects. A later letters page briefly explained that upon retaking Cybertron the Autobots had found a proper energy source, restoring their transformation.
*The [[Last Autobot]] was activated at the end of the Generation 1 comic to watch over the [[Transformer|children of Primus]]. He appears to be no longer around.
*Grimlock cites Earth as a place where the Autobots learnt the value of human life. That's a big step for him as aside from a few exceptions, ''he'' did not see the value of human life for most of the G1 run.
*Megatron and the Joes' cameo is a tie-in to the prequel run in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'': Megatron has gained his new body in an alliance with [[Cobra]]. A version of the same scene appeared in "[[Goin' South]]", although Optimus was around to pick the phone up in that story and Megatron was in [[Milleville|a town]] and not the Ark.
*Jhiaxus' describes the Cybertronian Empire as "one race", made up solely of former Decepticons who left Cybertron shortly after the Ark set off four million years ago (Rook doesn't even understand the difference between Autobots and Decepticons.) They have been spreading and conquering the universe ever since, while the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth and Cybertron were fighting an ancient war that was long over. Essentially, Jhiaxus is saying the whole [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel G1]] canon was insignificant and meaningless!
*The Autobots now have warp gate technology.
*On page 16, Optimus Prime reflects on threats faced in the original Marvel comic series. Optimus later refers to Bludgeon's claim to be taking the Decepticons into voluntary exile from [[End of the Road! (US)|the final Generation 1 issue]].
*Pages 25–26 tie in to the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] comics tie-in from issues #138–142.
*Page 28 shows [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] in a flashback, describing him as a "small-minded tyrant".
*Page 31 depicts a flashback of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] attacking [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], presumably from issue #37 of the US series.

===Real-life references===
*The cover tagline "This is not your father's Autobot!" is a play on the then-current advertising slogan for Oldsmobile cars.

===Other trivia===
*The term "Autobot" isn't even mentioned, nor the symbol shown, until the end of the first battle: Grimlock symbolically wipes mud off his Autobrand when telling Blades to remember "we the ''good guys''".
*In a letter to readers, Furman, for the first time, admits he was wrong to think ''Transformers'' had ended. He also says he thinks he is "confident we can make TRANSFORMERS GENERATION 2 a hit"... which was a bit of a porkie as he would reveal years later that Jhiaxus' name is meant to sound like "gee, axe us", as he thought it wasn't likely they'd last beyond twelve issues.
*As the first issue, this was 50% longer than normal - 33 pages of action instead of the usual 22.
*In the first draft of the fold-out cover's battle scene, Generation 1 [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] was used rather than the ''Generation 2'' tank model.{{fact|First draft? Published where?}}

===Furminated===
*A variety of unnamed Decepticons get blasted to shreds by Grimlock's squadron.

===Covers (2)===
*'''''Generation 2'' #1 cover A:''' Optimus Prime with bullets in his head, by [[Derek Yaniger]].
*'''''Generation 2'' #1 RI cover:''' foil version of cover A.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUSG2-01A.jpg|It's the 90s so let's be EXTREEEEEEMMMMME!
File:MarvelUSG2-01.jpg|It's a foil cover, not a [[black repaint]].
</gallery>

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===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Dark Designs]]'' TPB''' ([[November 6]], [[2002]]) ISBN 1-84023-525-X: Megatron, Swoop, Bludgeon, Grimlock's toe and half of the [[Liege Maximo]], by [[Andrew Wildman|Andy Wildman]].
*'''''Transformers: Dark Designs'' hardback''' ISBN 1-84023-527-6: Megatron and the graves of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], Bludgeon, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] and Optimus Prime, by [[John Byrne]] and [[Chris Blythe]].
* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 90: Generation 2 Part 1''''' ([[February 5]], [[2020]]): [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], by [[Dreamwave Productions]] and [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], by [[Derek Yaniger]]
:* Also includes ''Generation 2'' issues 0–6.
:* Bonus material includes an article about [[Fleetway]]'s [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Fleetway)|UK ''Generation 2'' comic]], including [small-scale scans of] "[[War Without End (issue)|War Without End]]", their first UK-original ''G2'' strip, a cover gallery and an intro by Simon Furman.
<gallery>
File:Dark designs tpb cover.jpg|'''''Dark Designs'' TPB'''
File:Dark designs hb cover.jpg|'''''Dark Designs'' hardback'''
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v90.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection Vol. 90: Generation 2 Part 1'''''
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 issues]]

End of the Road! (US)

2022-07-05T07:18:51Z

GomessQ: We all do it

{{disambig3|End of the Road}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #80
|prev=The Last Autobot?
|next=Unfoldings!
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #331–332
|prev2=The Last Autobot?
|next2=Another Time & Place
|seriesissue3=''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]''
|next3=The New World
|seriesissue4=''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]''
|next4=Counterpoint
|title="End of the Road!"
|image=MarvelUS-80.jpg
|caption="I am victorious! Is there any who can challenge [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]?!" "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Me]]." "...Oh, [[Slag (slang)|slag]]."
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=May [[1991]]
|coverdate=July 1991
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Rick Parker]]
|editor=[[Rob Tokar]]
|chronology=1991
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''All good things...'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Klo]], a cornered Getaway is blown to pieces by Dreadwind and Darkwing, their grandstanding irritating Bludgeon, though he admits as he looks at the battered remains of the Autobots, his Decepticons haven't done a bad job. Strangehold asks about the survivors, noting the job's not done 'till the last Autobot falls. Bludgeon reassures him they will be found, as his best warriors are on the job. A short distance away, Octopunch leads a hunting team, but is irritated by [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]]'s inability to sniff their prey out, and puts Fangry in charge, declaring they can't have gotten far. His claim is proven as they move out of range, and the last five Autobots left emerge from a nearby pool.

Unfortunately for Grimlock, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] is one of the survivors, and spares no breath berating him for their situation. It seems the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were led into an obvious trap upon the Autobots' arrival on Klo, the Decepticons having realized they were coming after finding Grimlock's tracer aboard their ship, and the resulting melee was a slaughter. Prowl's pontificating is cut short when the Decepticons make their presence known by blasting Blaster to pieces, [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] having smelled them even in their hiding place. Having enjoyed letting them think they were safe, the Decepticons close in for the kill.

Back at the scene of the first battle, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] is about to administer another execution to a not-quite dead Wheeljack when he and his warriors are suddenly caught off guard by the arriving [[Neo-Knights]]. The Decepticons quickly learn that the [[human]]s are only the first wave, and onto the battlefield drops the second wave—[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], alive and kicking.

Meanwhile, Grimlock has an answer to Prowl's question about what they're supposed to do: Fight, to the death if necessary, as he demonstrates by putting his fist through Fangry's chest.

Despite Bludgeon's disbelieving cries, Prime is indeed back, and he introduces his new friend, the legendary [[Last Autobot]]. The child of [[Primus]] relates how he had slumbered beneath Cybertron, designed by Primus to wait until the god's foreseen demise, when a chosen one would find and awake him. Much to his surprise, that chosen one was [[Hi-Q]], until the Last Autobot saw the Nebulon had become part organic and part machine, and more - Hi-Q's very soul had become enmeshed with that of Optimus. Using his powers, the Last Autobot reformatted the [[Nebulan]] into a new Optimus, merging the best aspects of both.

His exposition finished, the Last Autobot states definitively that the war is over, but Bludgeon refuses to surrender, attacking Optimus. Bludgeon sees himself as a follower of the Ultimate Warrior, the ravager of worlds, and the Last Autobot is blasphemy to his view. Ignoring Optimus's explanation that this is merely a corruption of the truth, he orders his troops to attack. The Decepticons dogpile on Optimus Prime, much to Dynamo's alarm, but his pleas to the Last Autobot to intervene go unheeded, as the gargantuan robot begins reviving the fallen Autobots. Fortunately, the human's concerns prove unwarranted, as Optimus shrugs off his attackers.

Joined by Grimlock and his group of survivors, charging over the hillside, the tide of battle quickly turns towards the Autobots, and Bludgeon's troops are put to retreat. As Bludgeon proclaims he will lead his troops into the voluntary exile that honor demands, he quietly tells [[Stranglehold]] to gather their forces, to live to fight another day.

As the Autobots wrap up, Prowl laments they have nowhere to go, but Optimus Prime informs his brethren that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] survives, restored by the Last Autobot's power and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] energy that washed over the planet in the final battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The Autobots prepare to help the [[Klozian]]s rebuild, take the Neo-Knights home and, finally, return to their home planet for a new era of peace and enlightenment.

[['Til all are one]].

{{note|Multiple companies have continued the story of the Marvel Comics universe in different ways, meaning that story is continued in several mutually-exclusive directions:''
*The UK Annual story "[[Another Time & Place]]".
*The ''[[G.I. Joe (comic)|G.I. Joe]]'' issue "[[Unfoldings!]]", leading into the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' series.
*The [[Fun Publications]] "[[Transformers: Classics|Classicverse]]", starting chronologically with "[[The New World]]".
*The [[IDW Publishing]] maxi-series ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]''.

'''''It never ends!'''''}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Getaway]] (1)
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (8)
*[[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] (9)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] (10)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (11)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (12)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (13)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (14)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (15)
*[[Siren (G1)|Siren]] (16)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (21)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (22)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (23)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (24)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (25)
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (26)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (27)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (28)
*[[Last Autobot]] (29)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (32)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (33)
}}
|c2=
*[[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] (2)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (3)
*[[Battletrap (G1)|Battletrap]] (4)
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] (5)
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] (6)
*[[Stranglehold]] (7)
*[[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] (17)
*[[Quake (G1)|Quake]] (18)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (19)
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (20)
*[[Horri-Bull]] (37)
*[[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] (38)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (39)
|c3=
*[[Thunderpunch]] (29)
*[[Dynamo]] (30)
*[[Rapture]] (31)
*[[G.B. Blackrock]] (35)
*[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] (36)
|h4=[[Nebulan]]s
|c4=
*[[Hi-Q]] (34)
}}

==Quotes==
"Do you not understand? [[Furmanism|It's OVER—FINISHED!]]"
:—'''Bludgeon''', executing Siren

"'''''That.''''' [''puts his fist straight through Fangry's torso''] '''That''' what we do, Prowl. We fight... '''''to the death!'''''"
:—'''Grimlock''' rallies his troops.

"As it was foretold, so it came to pass. But [[Hi-Q|the chosen one]]... was something of a surprise. Until I saw that there was [[More than Meets the Eye (disambiguation)|more to this tiny being than met the eye]]."
:—The '''Last Autobot'''

"And now... it is time for this mindless war to cease. It is [[Furmanism|done, finished.]]"
:—The '''Last Autobot'''

"ENOUGH! Do you not understand, Decepticons? [[Furmanism|It is over—FINISHED!]] A new age has dawned, and we must herald it in... with '''peace''' and '''harmony!'''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''', while pulverizing a squad of Decepticons

"Hear me, Autobots -- we are destroyed, whipped like '''curs!''' We have failed, and in that failure shamed ourselves ''beyond redemption!'' We leave you now to begin the '''solitary exile''' that '''honor''' demands! Farewell, Autobots -- I '''salute you!'''"
:—'''Bludgeon''' spins a fakey tale to cover the Decepticons' tracks.

"For me, personally, [[Furmanism|it never ends!]]"
:—'''Simon Furman''', giving mixed messages as he concludes the letters page

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*On the final page, Wheeljack is colored medium and dark gray, while Kup has a helmet like that of Wreck-Gar.

===Continuity errors===
[[File:EndoftheRoad-Stranglehold.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|...But, on the other hand, it beats Stranglehold fantasizing about scantily-clad Bludgeon and Octopunch.]]
*"[[Recipe for Disaster!]]" and, in the UK, "[[Prime's Rib!]]" say that the Transformers have no gender and no "mates". Tell that to Stranglehold, whose fantasies involve scantily-clad maybe-robot women!

===Continuity notes===
*Optimus Prime appears in his Action Master design, but Nucleon is not explicitly mentioned here as being a part of his transformation. However, Hi-Q absorbed energy during Grimlock's metamorphosis to Action Master form in "[[Still Life!]]", an indirect appropriation of Nucleon that is confirmed in Transformers UK Annual #7, "[[Another Time & Place]]".
*If a ([[Headmaster (technology)|Fill]] [[Targetmaster (technology)|in the]] [[Powermaster|Blank]])master is killed with their partner, could the Last Autobot still resurrect them?
*On page 19, Optimus Prime seems to be shattering or completely crushing Crankcase's head; despite this, Crankcase is shown running off in retreat on page 21. He doesn't seem to have a head as he retreats, though!
*Though the story certainly implies that all the destroyed Autobots were revived, the only ''confirmed'' survivors are Optimus, Grimlock, Slag, Sludge, Prowl, Hot Rod, Inferno, Blaster, Kup, and Wheeljack.
*When last seen, in the flashback sequence, Circuit Breaker's still comatose, with no word given as to her ultimate fate.
*Powers and abilities:
**Judging by Octopunch's comments, Fangry can see in infra-red while Weirdwolf can't. Fangry also claims he could smell the Autobots underneath the layer of mud as well.
**Dynamo has an easier time using his powers on Klo than he did on Cybertron.

===Real-life references===
*TBD

===UK printing===
'''Issue #331:'''
*'''Reprint ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[The Big Shutdown!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Combat Colin]]''

'''Issue #332:'''
*'''Reprint ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[The Greatest Gift of All!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''Combat Colin''
*Whereas "The Big Shutdown" was reprinted in colour, "The Greatest Gift of All" wasn't.

===Other trivia===
*With typical Marvel humor, this issue is billed as '''#80''' in a [[The Transformers Four-Issue Limited Series|'''four-issue''' limited series]].
**Twenty-three years later, [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One]]'' comic would recycle this gag for [[The War to End All Wars, Part 5|its own final issue]].
*This is obviously a very abridged version of Furman's plans but he did reveal to the Collectors' Club that his original plan was indeed that a resurrected Prime would go after Bludgeon. However, Optimus would decide to do this instead of staying on Cybertron, a crushing blow to the Autobots who'd have gone on the Last Autobot quest as he'd just abandoned them; he would also have felt guilty about not being on Earth.<ref>[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 2|Club magazine #2]]</ref>
*Nobody gets the final US cover corner box; instead, an orange and yellow beveled [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] appears here, contrasting the [[Autobot]] symbol featured in the cover's logo.
*Weirdwolf makes the most adorably hurt expression when Octopunch jabs him for his failure.
*How high were sales in the 90s speculator boom? This comic was cancelled for low sales of ''70,000 copies an issue''.<ref>[http://www.camphortree.net/tf/tidbits/otfcc2004.txt Steve-o Stonebreaker's OTFCC 2004 notes]</ref>
*Simon Furman's "send-off" message at the end of the issue claims that this will almost certainly mark the end of the Transformers franchise, but that he hopes to continue to write stories about the Neo-Knights. Wonder how that turned out?
*Game over, man—game over.

===Covers (3)===
*'''US cover:''' Bludgeon about to dismember Wheeljack, as the shadow of Optimus Prime looms in the mist, by [[Andrew Wildman]].
*'''UK issue #331 cover:''' Optimus Prime by Andrew Wildman; recolored version of page 12 of the story.
*'''UK issue #332 cover:''' recolored version of US cover.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-80.jpg|'''US issue #80''' - Wheeljack never gets a break.
File:MarvelUK-331.jpg|'''UK issue #331''' - All action, no [[Powermaster|'Master]].
File:MarvelUK-332.jpg|'''UK issue #332''' - It's the end... but the moment has been prepared for.
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*None yet identified.

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: End of the Road]]'' TPB''' ([[November 23]], [[2001]]) ISBN 1840233729
*'''''End of the Road'' hardback''' (November 23, 2001) ISBN 1840234199
*'''[[Classic Transformers Volume 6|''Classic Transformers'' Volume 6]]''' ([[August 11]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600106722 / ISBN 978-1600106729
*'''''[[Transformers: Regeneration One 100-Page Spectacular]]'' cover A:''' Action Master Grimlock smashes
<gallery>
File:End of the road tpb cover.jpg|'''''End of the Road'' TPB'''; cover art by [[Andrew Wildman]]
File:Titan-EndOfTheRoadHC.jpg|'''''End of the Road'' hardback'''; cover art by [[Bryan Hitch]], [[Andrew Currie]] & [[Chris Blythe]]
File:Classic Transformers Vol6.jpg|'''''Classic Transformers'' Volume 6'''; cover art by Andrew Wildman and [[Stephen Baskerville]]
File:RG1 76-80 100pgSpectacular.jpg|'''''Regeneration One 100 Page Spectacular'' cover A'''; cover art by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]]
</gallery>
*'''''Regeneration One 100 Page Spectacular'' cover B:''' Hi-Q writhes in pain with the memories of Optimus Prime, surrounded by (anti-clockwise from top) The Last Autobot, Grimlock, Prowl, Ratchet, Galvatron, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]], Shockwave, Megatron and Bludgeon
*'''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 7|''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 7]]''' ([[July 23]], [[2014]]) ISBN 1613779879 / ISBN 978-1613779873
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' ([[January 10]], [[2018]])
<gallery>
File:RG1 76-80 100pgSpectacular B.jpg|'''''Regeneration One 100 Page Spectacular'' cover B'''; cover art by [[Guido Guidi]]
File:TFClassicsVol7.jpg|'''''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 7'''; cover art by Guido Guidi
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''; cover art by ??? and Andrew Wildman
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

Front Line! (issue)

2022-05-03T08:18:20Z

GomessQ:

{{disambig3|Front Line}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #288
|prev=Inside Story!
|title="Front Line!"
|next=End of the Road! (UK)
|image=MarvelUK-288.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[September 15|15th September]] [[1990]]
|coverdate=[[September 22|22nd September]] 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Pete Knifton]]
|inks=[[Pete Venters]]
|lettering=[[Stuart Bartlett]]
|editor=
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]/[[Earthforce]]
}}
'''Both the Autobots and Decepticons try their hand at spin doctoring.'''

==Synopsis==
{{Earthforcefiction}}
At the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Louisiana bayou base|base]], [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] shows [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] a copy of the newspaper ''[[Front Line! (G1 newspaper)|Front Line!]]'' and explains that [[Project Smear|Project: Smear]] has gone wrong. Unless action is taken quickly, the [[Autobot]]s will be seen by the humans as the heroes they are.

[[File:Earthbase front line.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|[[Elvis]]...according to ''[[Front Line! (G1 newspaper)|Front Line!]]'']]
At the [[Autobot]] [[Earthbase]], [[Irwin Spoon|Irwin]] is being shown around by [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], though the latter is having a hard time concealing his disdain for the whole idea in spite of Prowl regularly reminding him how important it is. After seeing the Equipment Room, Irwin asks to see the Combat Room before conducting the interview.

Earthbase has another visitor—[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]! The [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] radios Soundwave and Starscream to report that Irwin is going to write about the Autobots in his newspaper. Whilst Bombshell's takeover of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] was intended to discredit them, this story will have the opposite effect. He requests orders. Soundwave wants to stop the [[human]] writing the story, but Starscream suggests instead making sure he writes it the Decepticons' way!

The [[Combat Room]] is incredibly noisy so Irwin suggests conducting the interview somewhere else. Grimlock suggests outside, despite the freezing temperatures, as there's no-one around for miles. But then he is blasted by the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] as they speed up to the base. Prowl raises his rifle but is rammed by [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], who transforms and picks up Irwin...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (4)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (5)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (7)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (8)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (1)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (6)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (10)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (11)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (12)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (13)
|c3=
*[[Irwin Spoon|Irwin]] (3)
}}

==Quotes==
"A '''great kidder''' our leader is... a laugh a minute!"
:—'''Prowl''' gives the official line on Grimlock.

"The human must '''not''' write this story!" 
"Wrong! He '''must''' write it...'''our way!'''"
:—'''Soundwave''' is worried and '''Starscream''' is ominous.

"Hey, what better than '''this?''' No-one for miles around - [''Gets blasted in the chest''] - '''DAAAGH!'''"
:—'''Grimlock''' tempts fate.

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*The headline ''COMIC CONVENTION SCANDAL!'' is larger than ''Front Line'', making it look like this is the title of the story.

===Continuity errors===
*Previous stories have stated that the Earthbase has massive surveillance systems to detect any Decepticons. Yet Bombshell is able to fly through unnoticed.
*Why do the Decepticons need to capture Irwin, rather than simply have Bombshell follow him and implant a [[cerebro-shell]] as soon as he's alone?

===Continuity notes===
*This story continues the theme that in the comic continuity the Autobots have never successfully convinced the humans that there are good robots and bad robots.
*The front page of ''Front Line!'' highlights the stories "COMIC CONVENTION SCANDAL!!", "MAN BITES DOG!" and "ELVIS... [[Polar bear|POLAR BEAR]] EXPOSÉ!!" One has to wonder quite why both the Autobots and Decepticons are so concerned about what will appear in a US {{w|supermarket tabloid}}.

===Real-life references===
*TBD

===Other trivia===
*A thirteen year old [[James Roberts]] had his letter published, a very, very verbose and long letter ("a very concise letter there," says [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]). Both Roberts and Dreadwind agree that ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers (comic)|G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' is dull.
===Back-up material===
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Deadly Obsession]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]'' - "Fair Trade" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]

===Cover===
*'''Issue #288 cover:''' Grimlock dangles Irwin Spoon, by [[Pete Knifton]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-288.jpg|'''Issue #288'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Perchance to Dream]]'' TPB''' ([[February 22]], [[2006]]) ASIN B01FIX784E
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' ([[January 10]], [[2018]])
<gallery>
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Perchance to Dream.jpg|'''''Perchance to Dream'''''; cover art by [[Andrew Wildman]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''; cover art by ??? and Andrew Wildman
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Manoeuvres!

2022-04-30T16:26:39Z

GomessQ: /* Continuity notes */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #283
|prev=Shut Up!
|next=Assassins
|title="Manoeuvres!"
|image=MarvelUK-283.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[August 11|11th August]] [[1990]]
|coverdate=[[August 18|18th August]] 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Pete Knifton]]
|inks= [[Pete Venters]]
|lettering=[[Sophie Heath]]
|editor=
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]/[[Earthforce]]
}}

'''Octane takes a seriously bad wrong turning!'''

==Synopsis==
{{Earthforcefiction}}
[[Octane]] explains how, as per usual, he was stealing fuel for the [[Decepticon]]s and took an accidental turning that took him onto an army testing range.

[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] respond that this is no "odd mistake", but agree to help their fellow [[Triple Changer]] and get some target practice in at the same time. They start attacking the tanks and helicopters, but find that the [[human]]s are good, though the Decepticons are better.

Octane has not joined in the battle, which annoys Blitzwing and Astrotrain. Octane explains that he is full of fuel and one shot will mean he explodes like a nuke. Blitzwing demands the truth as to how Octane got into the mess.

Octane admits he was playing with human cars but one of them almost got the better of him so he pursued it for many miles, finally getting the better of it as he entered the test range.

Blitzwing is outraged that the whole situation is a result of Octane's silly games and he and Astrotrain take off, hoping that if Octane survives the experience will teach him a lesson. Octane is left pleading for help as shells explode around him.

Nearby, the car is revealed to be [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]]. He comments that Octane needed to be taught a lesson as too many humans were being hurt, but now he's been outmanoeuvred.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (5)
|c2=
*[[Octane]] (1)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (2)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (3)
|c3=
*[[United States military]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"[''Narrating''] I mean work, work, work. It's '''all''' I seem to do! All day every day, filling me tank to its 10,000 gallon capacity. All for '''the Decepticons'''...for '''you!''' Is it '''surprising''' I get tired? Even when I get time to '''enjoy''' myself - is it '''surprising''' I make the '''odd mistake?'''"
:—'''Octane''' bemoans his lot in life.

"What the-? Is this part of the test?"
:—A '''human soldier''' spots the triple-changers.

"Hardly '''fair play''', Octane. But you had to be taught a lesson! Too many humans were being hurt. Face it, Decepticon - you've been '''out-manoeuvred!'''"
:—'''Jazz'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*Even though this story is set in America, there are occasions where the background text uses international spellings.

===Continuity errors===
*Why can't Octane just transform to his jet mode and take off? One possible explanation is that he's only able to store fuel when he's in tanker mode.

===Continuity notes===
[[File:Manoeuvres! Octane robs gas station.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|All work and no play makes Octane a dull bot.]]
*This is the last time Octane shows up in the Earthforce stories. Uh oh!
*Octane's habit of telling tall stories to make himself look good and not being believed occurs once again. It was previously seen in "[[Resurrection!]]".
*In the story's very first panel, the gas station that Octane attacks has written "-XXON" (the beginning of the word is off-panel). This could either be a reference to real-life oil company Exxon, or [[Roxxon Oil]], a fictional company from the Marvel Universe. The latter was featured in ''Transformers'' fiction previously in "[[The Icarus Theory]]".

===Real-life references===
*TBD

===Other trivia===
*TBD

===Back-up material===
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]'' - "Into the Breach" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*This was the only time AtoZ was printed in black and white and after readers' complaints the profiles were reprinted in issue [[The Pri¢e of Life!|#309]], this time in full colour.

===Cover===
*'''Issue #283 cover:''' The military fire on Octane, by [[Robin Smith]].
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUK-283.jpg|'''Issue #283'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Way of the Warrior]]'' TPB''' ([[July 22]], [[2005]]) ISBN 184576059X
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' ([[January 10]], [[2018]])
<gallery>
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Way of the Warrior.jpg|'''''Transformers: Way of the Warrior'''''; cover art by [[Simon Coleby]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''; cover art by ??? and [[Andrew Wildman]]
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Manoeuvres!

2022-04-30T16:26:23Z

GomessQ: We weren't reading a lot of Iron Man by this point, whereas Exxon were still in the news here. Seems a 50/50 to me.

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #283
|prev=Shut Up!
|next=Assassins
|title="Manoeuvres!"
|image=MarvelUK-283.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[August 11|11th August]] [[1990]]
|coverdate=[[August 18|18th August]] 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|pencils=[[Pete Knifton]]
|inks= [[Pete Venters]]
|lettering=[[Sophie Heath]]
|editor=
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]/[[Earthforce]]
}}

'''Octane takes a seriously bad wrong turning!'''

==Synopsis==
{{Earthforcefiction}}
[[Octane]] explains how, as per usual, he was stealing fuel for the [[Decepticon]]s and took an accidental turning that took him onto an army testing range.

[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] respond that this is no "odd mistake", but agree to help their fellow [[Triple Changer]] and get some target practice in at the same time. They start attacking the tanks and helicopters, but find that the [[human]]s are good, though the Decepticons are better.

Octane has not joined in the battle, which annoys Blitzwing and Astrotrain. Octane explains that he is full of fuel and one shot will mean he explodes like a nuke. Blitzwing demands the truth as to how Octane got into the mess.

Octane admits he was playing with human cars but one of them almost got the better of him so he pursued it for many miles, finally getting the better of it as he entered the test range.

Blitzwing is outraged that the whole situation is a result of Octane's silly games and he and Astrotrain take off, hoping that if Octane survives the experience will teach him a lesson. Octane is left pleading for help as shells explode around him.

Nearby, the car is revealed to be [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]]. He comments that Octane needed to be taught a lesson as too many humans were being hurt, but now he's been outmanoeuvred.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (5)
|c2=
*[[Octane]] (1)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (2)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (3)
|c3=
*[[United States military]] (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"[''Narrating''] I mean work, work, work. It's '''all''' I seem to do! All day every day, filling me tank to its 10,000 gallon capacity. All for '''the Decepticons'''...for '''you!''' Is it '''surprising''' I get tired? Even when I get time to '''enjoy''' myself - is it '''surprising''' I make the '''odd mistake?'''"
:—'''Octane''' bemoans his lot in life.

"What the-? Is this part of the test?"
:—A '''human soldier''' spots the triple-changers.

"Hardly '''fair play''', Octane. But you had to be taught a lesson! Too many humans were being hurt. Face it, Decepticon - you've been '''out-manoeuvred!'''"
:—'''Jazz'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*Even though this story is set in America, there are occasions where the background text uses international spellings.

===Continuity errors===
*Why can't Octane just transform to his jet mode and take off? One possible explanation is that he's only able to store fuel when he's in tanker mode.

===Continuity notes===
[[File:Manoeuvres! Octane robs gas station.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|All work and no play makes Octane a dull bot.]]
*This is the last time Octane shows up in the Earthforce stories. Uh oh!
*Octane's habit of telling tall stories to make himself look good and not being believed occurs once again. It was previously seen in "[[Resurrection!]]".
*In the story's very first panel, the gas station that Octane attacks has written "-XXON" (the beginning of the word is off-panel). This coudl either be a reference to real-life oil company Exxon, or [[Roxxon Oil]], a fictional company from the Marvel Universe. The latter was featured in ''Transformers'' fiction previously in "[[The Icarus Theory]]".

===Real-life references===
*TBD

===Other trivia===
*TBD

===Back-up material===
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Kings of the Wild Frontier.]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]'' - "Into the Breach" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*This was the only time AtoZ was printed in black and white and after readers' complaints the profiles were reprinted in issue [[The Pri¢e of Life!|#309]], this time in full colour.

===Cover===
*'''Issue #283 cover:''' The military fire on Octane, by [[Robin Smith]].
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUK-283.jpg|'''Issue #283'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Way of the Warrior]]'' TPB''' ([[July 22]], [[2005]]) ISBN 184576059X
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' ([[January 10]], [[2018]])
<gallery>
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Way of the Warrior.jpg|'''''Transformers: Way of the Warrior'''''; cover art by [[Simon Coleby]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''; cover art by ??? and [[Andrew Wildman]]
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

The House that Wheeljack Built!

2022-04-28T20:01:59Z

GomessQ: The first panel features a polar bear, as seen on this very wiki: https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/f/f4/Wheeljack-housethatwheeljack.jpg

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #278
|prev=Internal Affairs!
|next=Divide and Conquer!
|title="The House that Wheeljack Built!"
|image=MarvelUK-278.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[July 7|7th July]] [[1990]]
|coverdate=[[July 14|14th July]] 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Pete Knifton]]
|inker=[[Michael Eve]]
|cover=[[Jeff Anderson]]
|letterer=[[Gary Gilbert|Glib]]
|editor=
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]/[[Earthforce]]
}}
'''Wheeljack discovers you can be too clever by half!'''

==Synopsis==
{{Earthforcefiction}}
[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] presents the newly built [[Autobot]] [[Earthbase]] for [[Earthforce]]. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] likes it, but [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] is concerned about the lack of defences. Wheeljack replies that the defences are hidden and produces a remote control. Prowl presses the red button on it and nothing happens... until Wheeljack throws a rock and immediately guns rise from the snow and destroy it. Wheeljack explains that many more defences are hidden in the snow to defend the base. Prowl asks about how strong they are—can they be knocked out? Can they be disabled by destroying the remote? Wheeljack replies that they can't and the only way to deactivate the system is a control panel inside the base.

[[File:Earthforce house that wheeljack built.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb]]
Prowl points to where [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]], [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]], [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]], [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]], [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]], and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] are standing. It's a silly question, but he asks anyway "Who exactly is inside the base to operate the control?" Wheeljack realises his slight mistake and Grimlock explodes in rage that they cannot get into their own base.

Realising that this will test the defences, Prowl orders Jazz and Bumblebee to follow him and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to provide air cover whilst the other Autobots do what they can to help. Jazz and Bumblebee shoot out the guns that blast Prowl, then heat seekers follow him. Prowl transforms to [[robot mode]] to dodge [[Heat Seeker (G1)|heat seeking drones]] and is met by [[Acid Bat|acid spitting bats]]. Fortunately, the Aerialbots are overhead and shoot the bats down. Prowl enters the base, only to be confronted by electric shock tentacles.

'''Finally''', Prowl reaches the control and deactivates the defences. He radios Grimlock, who is holding Wheeljack upside down, and tells him to tell the inventor that next time he shouldn't do such a good job!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (2)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (3)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] (6)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (7)
*[[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] (8)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (9)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (10)
*[[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] (11)
*[[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] (12)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (13)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (14)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (15)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] (16)
}}
}}

==Quotes==
"Well? What do you think?" 
"Good job, '''Wheeljack!''' [''Smacks him on the back way too hard''] 
"'''Unff!'''"
:—'''Wheeljack''' experiences the full force of '''Grimlock''''s gratitude.

"Okay, but what about the mechanisms themselves? Can they be knocked out? Maybe by '''destroying''' the remote?" 
"Nope. It only '''activates''' the defences. To shut them off, you have to operate a control '''within the base itself.'''" 
[''Everyone stares silently at Wheeljack''] 
"Ah...I almost '''hate''' to ask this, Wheeljack, but...who '''exactly''' is inside the base to operate the control?" 
"Oh..."
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Wheeljack'''

"'''Uuh!''' At last! [''Over the comm.''] Grimlock, read me?" 
"[''Dangling Wheeljack by his ankle''] Me read you, Prowl. You okay?" 
"Yeah, I'm okay. The '''defence grid''' is down. I've a '''message''' for Wheeljack." 
"Go ahead. He '''listening'''." 
"Next time, Wheeljack - don't make such a '''good job''' of it!"
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Grimlock'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
*TBD

===Continuity errors===
*Prowl's transformation immediately removes the heat he was generating, in spite of the law of conservation of energy. This sort of thing has happened [[To a Power Unknown!|before]].

===Continuity notes===
*The [[Survivors]] are noticeably absent from the story, but they are accounted for [[Divide and Conquer!|in the next issue]].

===Real-life references===
*The title comes from a popular British nursery rhyme ("{{w|This is the House that Jack Built}}"), whose title (and variations thereof) has graced many songs, novels, TV shows, etc.

===Back-up material===
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[...All Fall Down!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Action Force (comic)|G.I. Joe the Action Force]]'' - "Cut and Freeze Dried" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]

===Cover===
*'''Issue #278 cover:''' Prowl and Wheeljack are ambushed, by Jeff Anderson.
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-278.jpg|'''Issue #278'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers: Earthforce]]'' TPB''' ([[December 14]], [[2005]]) ISBN 1845760611
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 20: End of the Road:''''' ([[January 10]], [[2018]])
<gallery>
File:Titan B&W Compilation-Earthforce.jpg|'''''Transformers: Earthforce'''''; cover art by [[Stephen Baskerville]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v20.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 20'''''; cover art by ??? and [[Andrew Wildman]]
</gallery>

{{DEFAULTSORT:House that Wheeljack Built!}}
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Beast Wars Metals issue 6

2021-12-14T15:34:44Z

GomessQ: Now that I think about it, the ending is presumably a reference to the BWII cinema special.

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' #6
|prev=Beast Wars Metals issue 5
|next=
|title=
|japanese=
|romaji=
|image=BWM 6 title page.jpg
|caption=
|date=April 2000
|art by=[[Shōji Imaki]]
|story by= [[Shōji Imaki]]
|published in=''[[Comic Bom Bom]]''
}}

'''Optimus Primal gets his ultimate upgrade and is joined by a new-yet-familiar ally: Tigerhawk! Together, they intend to finish Megatron and the Beast Wars once and for all.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] proclaims victory over a horrified [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]!

[[Tigatron]] is dismayed to find that his beloved [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] appears to be under some sort of mind control!

[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] use their [[Transmetal]] vehicle modes to race to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' to give Primal backup!

[[File:CheetasManga1.jpg|left|thumb|150px]]

As it turns out, having merged with [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]]'s spark has also given Beast Megatron the Decepticon's massive size. Optimus is barely a fly to him and is swatted like such. Megatron and Primal see the loose spark of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] floating around and both try to reach it in time, but Megatron appears to stomp on it. But he hasn't! [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] has made it to the party at long last and saves the spark in the nick of time. Primal gets the spark from Cheetor and in order to keep it safe... he eats it.

Meanwhile, not wanting to hurt his beloved again, Tigatron offers Airazor his sword and bends down to let her decapitate him. The possessed Airazor does so, but as soon as she strikes, Airazor's consciousness travels out of her tainted body and travels through the sword, entering Tigatron. Their sparks unite and they vow never to be parted again. In the real world, the blow shatters Tigatron's body like glass and a new being emerges: [[Tigerhawk]]!

At the Ark, Primal grows to a size to match Megatron, now also boasting a new body. They fight and Primal headbutts Megatron's head into scrap, but that doesn't stop the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], who rips off Primal's right arm.

Elsewhere, Tigerhawk uses his elemental powers (channeled through his four katana) to destroy the zombie Predacon troopers with tornadoes and earthquakes.

At the Ark, both leaders have torn each other apart so badly their sparks are exposed. Megatron tears Primal's remaining arm off and then lunges for his spark. But Primal's in gorilla mode and his feet are prehensile! He dodges and plucks Megatron's spark out with his toes. He then crushes it like a beer can in front of the horrified Predacon, who promptly explodes and dies.

Tigerhawk then arrives with the rest of the lost Maximals (including numerous generics). [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] appears, revealing that he and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have been "getting along very well" since she found him injured. Rhinox is keen to tend to Primal's wounds, but Primal declares that he's already received new orders; to [[Lio_Convoy_in_Imminent_Danger!|aid]] [[Lio Convoy]] on the planet [[Gaia]]!

{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (2)
*[[Tigatron]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (4)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (5)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] (6)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (8)
* [[Tigerhawk]] (10)
* [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (11)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (1)
* Predacon troopers (9)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (12)

|c4=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
}}

==Notes==
* So what DO the Maximals do now!? They've effed up the timestream just as badly as Megatron was going to do, what with Generation 1 Megatron's spark now being obliterated and Optimus Prime's spark evidently still fused with Primal's.
* The ''Metals'' manga was a bit shorter than the previous ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (manga)|Neo]]'' series and these last two chapters, with their rushed conclusion, would seem to indicate the truncated length was a mid-series editorial mandate.
*The way these zombies work is inconsistent. Most of them, including Airazor, are presented as mindless monsters. And yet Tigatron keeps his faculties for some reason.
*Cheetor and Silverbolt were last seen stranded on Earth in [[Beast Wars Metals issue 1|issue 1]] and hadn't been seen or mentioned till this issue.
*So, uh, Waspinator sorta just disappears...

[[Category:Beast Wars Metals issues]]

Beast Wars Metals issue 6

2021-12-14T15:33:03Z

GomessQ: I can only assume the original synopsis was written by someone who doesn't read Japanese, and... guessed what was happening based on the art?

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' #6
|prev=Beast Wars Metals issue 5
|next=
|title=
|japanese=
|romaji=
|image=BWM 6 title page.jpg
|caption=
|date=April 2000
|art by=[[Shōji Imaki]]
|story by= [[Shōji Imaki]]
|published in=''[[Comic Bom Bom]]''
}}

'''Optimus Primal gets his ultimate upgrade and is joined by a new-yet-familiar ally: Tigerhawk! Together, they intend to finish Megatron and the Beast Wars once and for all.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] proclaims victory over a horrified [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]!

[[Tigatron]] is dismayed to find that his beloved [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] appears to be under some sort of mind control!

[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] use their [[Transmetal]] vehicle modes to race to the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' to give Primal backup!

[[File:CheetasManga1.jpg|left|thumb|150px]]

As it turns out, having merged with [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]]'s spark has also given Beast Megatron the Decepticon's massive size. Optimus is barely a fly to him and is swatted like such. Megatron and Primal see the loose spark of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] floating around and both try to reach it in time, but Megatron appears to stomp on it. But he hasn't! [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] has made it to the party at long last and saves the spark in the nick of time. Primal gets the spark from Cheetor and in order to keep it safe... he eats it.

Meanwhile, not wanting to hurt his beloved again, Tigatron offers Airazor his sword and bends down to let her decapitate him. The possessed Airazor does so, but as soon as she strikes, Airazor's consciousness travels out of her tainted body and travels through the sword, entering Tigatron. Their sparks unite and they vow never to be parted again. In the real world, the blow shatters Tigatron's body like glass and a new being emerges: [[Tigerhawk]]!

At the Ark, Primal grows to a size to match Megatron, now also boasting a new body. They fight and Primal headbutts Megatron's head into scrap, but that doesn't stop the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], who rips off Primal's right arm.

Elsewhere, Tigerhawk uses his elemental powers (channeled through his four katana) to destroy the zombie Predacon troopers with tornadoes and earthquakes.

At the Ark, both leaders have torn each other apart so badly their sparks are exposed. Megatron tears Primal's remaining arm off and then lunges for his spark. But Primal's in gorilla mode and his feet are prehensile! He dodges and plucks Megatron's spark out with his toes. He then crushes it like a beer can in front of the horrified Predacon, who promptly explodes and dies.

Tigerhawk then arrives with the rest of the lost Maximals (including numerous generics). [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] appears, revealing that he and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] have been "getting along very well" since she found him injured. Rhinox is keen to tend to Primal's wounds, but Primal declares that he's already received new orders; to aid [[Lio Convoy]] on the planet [[Gaia]]!

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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (2)
*[[Tigatron]] (3)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (4)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (5)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] (6)
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (8)
* [[Tigerhawk]] (10)
* [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] (11)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (1)
* Predacon troopers (9)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (12)

|c4=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (7)
}}

==Notes==
* So what DO the Maximals do now!? They've effed up the timestream just as badly as Megatron was going to do, what with Generation 1 Megatron's spark now being obliterated and Optimus Prime's spark evidently still fused with Primal's.
* The ''Metals'' manga was a bit shorter than the previous ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (manga)|Neo]]'' series and these last two chapters, with their rushed conclusion, would seem to indicate the truncated length was a mid-series editorial mandate.
*The way these zombies work is inconsistent. Most of them, including Airazor, are presented as mindless monsters. And yet Tigatron keeps his faculties for some reason.
*Cheetor and Silverbolt were last seen stranded on Earth in [[Beast Wars Metals issue 1|issue 1]] and hadn't been seen or mentioned till this issue.
*So, uh, Waspinator sorta just disappears...

[[Category:Beast Wars Metals issues]]

BotCon

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[[File:BotCon2008-FridayFloor.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|That sign down front is good advice. Especially for your bank account.]]

'''BotCon''' was Transformers Nerd Mecca.

It was the annual [[convention]] for Transformers fans and collectors. The convention was held, in one form or another, annually starting in [[1994]]. Locations changed from year to year. Though originally "unofficial" (wink wink), it became the officially-official Transformers convention in 2002, openly and fully endorsed and licensed by [[Hasbro]]. For a short period of time after this, it was known simply as the '''Official Transformers Collectors' Convention'''.

In [[2016]], Hasbro removed the license from then-showrunners [[Fun Publications]], making [[BotCon 2016]] the final "BotCon" show. [[HasCon 2017]] acted as a convention for all of Hasbro's brands, ''Transformers'' included.

On February 3, 2020, [[Karl Hartman]] posted that BotCon will return in 2021,<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/2020/02/its-official-botcon-is-back/ News article from The Allspark, 3 February 2020]</ref> though no longer as a Hasbro-sponsored event. It was then delayed again due to the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/2021/02/botcon-has-updated-information-about-scheduling-and-other-news/ Reschedule announcement from Allspark, 22nd Feb 2021]</ref> and it's unclear if it will happen due to an ongoing fandom backlash over management.

The name "BotCon" comes from both "ro'''bot''' '''con'''vention", and the names "[[Autobot|Auto'''bot''']]" and "[[Decepticon|Decepti'''con''']]".

==Individual conventions==
For details of each convention, click on the appropriate link below.
{{chapters|align=left|title=BotCons:|content=
<div class="list-header">1990s:</div>
*[[BotCon 1994|1994]]
*[[BotCon 1995|1995]]
*[[BotCon 1996|1996]]
*[[BotCon Japan 1997|Japan 1997]]
*[[BotCon 1997|1997]]
*[[BotCon 1998|1998]]
*[[BotCon Japan 1998|Japan 1998]]
*[[BotCon Europe 1999|Europe 1999]]
*[[BotCon 1999|1999]]

 <div class="list-header">2000s:</div>
*[[BotCon 2000|2000]]
*[[BotCon Japan 2000|Japan 2000]]
*[[BotCon 2001|2001]]
*[[BotCon 2002|2002]]
*[[BotCon Europe 2002|Europe 2002]]
*[[OTFCC 2003]]
*[[OTFCC 2004]]
*[[BotCon 2004|2004]]
*[[BotCon 2005|2005]]
*[[BotCon 2006|2006]]
*[[BotCon 2007|2007]]
*[[BotCon 2008|2008]]
*[[BotCon 2009|2009]]

 <div class="list-header">2010s:</div>
*[[BotCon 2010|2010]]
*[[BotCon 2011|2011]]
*[[BotCon 2012|2012]]
*[[BotCon 2013|2013]]
*[[BotCon 2014|2014]]
*[[BotCon 2015|2015]]
*[[BotCon 2016|2016]]

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==BotCon history==
[[File:BotCon94Program.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|BotCon: Slightly less old than the photocopier.]]
The [[BotCon 1994|first BotCon]] was held in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1994. Organized by brothers [[Jon Hartman|Jon]] and [[Karl Hartman]], the convention had 180 attendees. [[BotCon 1995]] was organized by [[Raksha]], a prominent figure in the fan community, and 1996 by [[Men in Black|Men in Black Productions]], headed up by [[Dennis Barger]]. During this time, the show primarily took up a single space at the convention center, with the dealer room and panel space in the same area. Botcon 1996 added a small art room just outside the main hall, and had a one-night video event in another small space. Guests were minimal, being mostly only that year's [[Hasbro]] representatives.

In 1997, the Hartmans took the BotCon name back (since they owned it and only licensed it out to the previous organizers) and brought fellow fan [[Glen Hallit]] into the fold, forming [[3H Productions|3H Enterprises]] (based upon the first letter of all three organizers' last names). In response to the lukewarm-at-best reception to 1996's show, 3H's [[BotCon 1997]] would pile on the improvements and additions, quickly establishing multiple features that have since come to be expected as standard at any BotCon (see below).

(One other thing that happened with BotCon 1997 is that the [[Wu-Tang Clan]] were performing in an arena next door, and their fans got rowdy and caused the hotel to be evacuated!)

Each year's show would get bigger and bigger, taking up multiple rooms throughout the weekend. During this era, the BotCon name was also licensed out for several conventions outside of the United States. It was repeatedly stated by the organizers that BotCon was a labor of love, because they sure weren't making any money off it. In fact, it was several years into the life of 3H before they were able to say the convention was "in the black".

[[File:OTFCC logo.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|THIS... is the wave of the future! What's that? Really? We now return you to your regularly scheduled convention.]]

At [[BotCon 2002]], it was announced that 3H had secured the officially-official Transformers convention license (they'd been "unofficially" endorsed by Hasbro for years prior, but this was kind of the "putting a ring on it" moment), as well as licenses to produce comic books and start a fan club. However, the Hartmans were pressured by Hallit out of planning or running the convention, leaving Glen Hallit as the sole organizer. As a result, the BotCon name, which was owned by the Hartmans, ceased to exist for a time, as 3H's convention was called "The Official Transformers Collectors' Convention," or OTFCC for short.

In 2004, BotCon made a comeback as an [[BotCon 2004|unofficial convention]], which was held in Pasadena, California. The history of the BotCon franchise up to that point was covered in great detail in the ''[[Unofficial guidebooks|BotCon Legends]]'' magazine. At the end of 2004, 3H lost all its ''Transformers'' licenses, which were soon picked up by [[Fun Publications]], owned by [[Brian Savage]]. The Hartman brothers accepted places in an advisory board for the new convention, along with other prominent fans [[Ben Yee|Benson Yee]] and [[Rik Alvarez]], and the convention became "BotCon" once again.

BotCon attendance grew steadily over the years, with dramatic increases with the advent of the [[live-action film series]] in particular. Though Fun Publications generally did not release attendance numbers, there are casual estimations that between pre-registrants and walk-ins, attendance is somewhere around the 3000~4000 mark for the last few years. ([[BotCon 2009]] in Pasadena is particularly noted for having a ''massive'' number of walk-in attendees, with the line easily stretching around the block even on late Sunday.)

In February 2012, people who'd renewed their fan club membership or bought items from BotCon's store found their credit cards had been compromised. FunPub refunded people and assured them "all of your transactions are in a secure socket with the strongest encryption available to any site on the web".<ref>[https://tformers.com/transformers-fun-publications-releases-statement-regarding/17152/news.html TFormers.com: "Fun Publications Releases Statement Regarding Increase In Fraud Associated with Credit Cards Tied to Club Purchases"], 9th Feb 2012</ref> This turned out to be a porkie: over time it would come out that they had quite terrible website security and the credit card info was allegedly kept in an unencrypted text file (eeeek!!).

BotCon 2014 was their big anniversary special, with fiction and toys harking back to the Omega Point, Wreckers, and Universe stories, and returning BotCon-created characters like Flamewar.

In 2016, Hasbro announced that it was not continuing the licensing of BotCon through Fun Publications after BotCon 2016, as well as discontinuing the Collectors' Club rights at the end of that year. [[HasCon 2017]], a multi-Hasbro-brand show seemingly aimed more at families and younger children, was announced later, and naturally ''Transformers'' was a major feature. However, a planned [[HasCon 2019]] event was ultimately cancelled.

In January 2020, it was announced that BotCon would be returning the following year under new management, though the event is no longer sponsored by Hasbro. In February 2021, however, it was announced that it'd be returning in 2022 instead (due to that ongoing "pandemic" thing). In spring of 2021, various fans would ask questions about who the new management was (many unhappy if [[Pete Sinclair]] was involved) and Botcon and its team would ''not'' respond well, with some fans being harassed.

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==BotCon basics==
BotCon featured exhibitions of loads of Transformers merchandise and toys all on tables for sale. These are commonly traded among fans and sell for extortionate amounts on eBay. Other stuff included cosplaying, art contests, and signatures from numerous voice actors.<ref>http://www.botcon.com/BotCon2016/Louisville%202016.pdf</ref>
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==Special guests==
Over the years, BotCon featured many individuals who have worked to bring the Transformers multiverse to life, including voice actors, animation staff, comic creators, and design team members from both [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]]. Guests usually had a question-and-answer panel (or two), and were most often openly available for autographs and general talking throughout the show. Fun Publications also set autograph table schedules for most of its guests.

''See also:''
*[[:Category:Convention guests]]

==Exclusive toys and merchandise==
[[File:G2-toy Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|1994 exclusive: Hasbro's leftovers.]]

One of BotCon's most popular features was the sale of [[exclusive]] toys to the guests. Although the toys were always unique, financial costs prohibit the creation of entirely new molds. As such, the toys were [[redeco]]s of previously used toys, but given new identities, occasionally switching allegiances and even gender. From 2003 on, various toys have had [[retool|new toolings]] added to them, most typically new heads. After the convention, exclusive toys often became valuable collector's items in the community, particularly among fans who missed the convention. However as time went on (and the sheer amount of available ''Transformers'' product on the market exploded) this was less and less assured, and in fact by the end of BotCon's run, many exclusives from the entire history of the show had their secondary market values shrink considerably.

BotCon 1994 featured a single toy, ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Breakdown (G1)#Generation 2 2|Breakdown]], which was originally developed for retail but canceled. 1995 saw the first toy ''specifically'' made for the convention, [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]]. 1996 had the first (and thankfully ''only'') dealer-exclusive toy, which was just the regular exclusive [[Onyx Primal]] with gold lettering stamped on his back and a new box.

3H then upped the ante in 1997 with two toys sold in a single set. The following year had two toys again, but this time sold individually. Over the next decade the number of toys per year grew steadily, ''coincidentally enough'' (wink) as the franchise's retail presence did. In [[OTFCC 2003|2003]], the convention offered the first (and only) "hotel exclusive", [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Sunstreaker]], which attendees could get by getting a room in the official block at the convention hotel. In [[BotCon 2005|2005]] with the changeover to Fun Publications, the number of toys made for the show took a massive jump from 2004's four exclusives to a whopping ''ten'' (if you don't count "[[army-building]]" duplicates sold in multi-packs); a main "box set" of toys, an "attendance freebie" available only to those directly attending the convention, and multiple additional souvenir sets. Fun Publications had used this model for exclusives for their official ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' convention since 2002.

[[File:BC-toy G2Redux-Boxset.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|2010 exclusive: Big box set including a loving homage to Hasbro's leftovers. (Keep in mind, this is only ''half'' of the toys available that year.)]]

The identity and design of the toys were originally kept a close secret until the opening of the convention, although in the later years of the convention the organizers often chose to reveal one or more of the exclusives ahead of time, due to repeated problems with stolen prototypes being sold on eBay, plus the need to hype the convention as awareness of Transformers grew. Fun Publications revealed the identities of the box set toys months before the show, over the course of several weeks, while keeping its freebie and souvenirs a secret until the first day of the convention (though factory thieves tend to get their hands on production samples and reveal them anyway).

Through most of the 3H run, the toys were —for the most part— available in an "a la carte" method, with the attendee choosing which toys they wanted with their registration... even though the toys were held a secret up until the convention proper, for a while, at least. By OTFCC, 3H began revealing exclusives beforehand in order to push attendance numbers. These toys were available ''only'' to attendees; people who couldn't make it were more or less relegated to having an attending friend pick up extras, or dealing with [[eBay]]. [[BotCon Europe 2002]]'s [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]] would be the first convention toy made available to non-attendees, partially due to the sheer demand for him outside Europe, and partially because 3H had to order ''so many'' just to get the toy made that they were drowning in them. A few other toys would follow suit for the same "overproduced" reason.

The switchover to Fun Publications' model of a big box set that could not be broken up initially [[Ruined FOREVER|caused some contention in the fandom]]. However, they also offered the box set to non-attendees right out of the gate. In addition, the set also came in "bagged" form, with just the figures, accessories and bio cards, as an add-on to a boxed set. The attendance freebie and souvenirs were for attendees only... up until the end of the convention. Any souvenirs unsold by the con's end were put on the Club store for members to purchase. The attendance freebie, however, remained not-for-sale (though Fun Publications has used them as prizes for online contests).

[[File:BotCon2010-customclassSideswipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|And there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth.]]

Starting in [[BotCon 2004|2004]], a toy customizing instructional class was added to the BotCon schedule, and the first attempt to create a unique toy/character from this event was in [[BotCon 2005|2005]]. Since then, the customization class exclusive was the rarest of each year's exclusive toys, limited to roughly 50 pieces. Most of these customization class exclusives were unpainted samples of production toys, which participants assembled themselves and apply a suggested paint job. In [[BotCon 2010|2010]], ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Timelines|Sideswipe]] was the first customization class exclusive with entirely new plastic colors not found in previous releases of the mold, creating an instant "holy grail". For [[BotCon 2013|2013]], in response to the fandom's ever-growing demand for Things They Can't Have, the toy was also offered as an add-on to normal attendees, unpainted but fully assembled (as Hasbro is not super-keen to let unassembled Transformers out there willy-nilly).

Over the years, a wide variety of non-toy merchandise was made available as well. Almost every year featured an exclusive T-shirt, and in the last few years of the show, posters and prints became more common. The Fun Publications box sets each featured an exclusive pin, plus the first 100 attending pre-registrants got ''another'' special pin. Quite a few other more esoteric pieces were made, including wristwatches, lollipops(!), pitchers and glass sets, accessory kits, and more.

''See also:''
* [[:Category:Convention exclusives]]
* [[:Category:Customization class toys]]

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===Proposed/unreleased exclusives===
A number of toys were planned over the years but never produced, for various reasons. Note that some of these entries are essentially jokes from the organizers' brainstorming sessions, which they then later mentioned to other fans:

[[File:OTFCC05-Megatronunused.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Show me "What we can [[BotCon 2016|finally]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Combiner Wars|stop asking]] [[Fun Publications]] about for $1000," Alex.]]

*The exclusive for [[BotCon 1994]] could have been the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|''Generation 2'']] version of [[Blades (G1)|Blades]], before they decided to go with [[Breakdown (G1)#Generation 2|Breakdown]].
*Lickme, a redeco of [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] as a Poison Arrow Frog. Function: Psychological Warfare. Mentioned at the BotCon '99 Organizers Panel.
*[[Jai-Alai]], a black redeco of [[Manterror]]. Function: Ninja. Mentioned at the BotCon '99 Organizers Panel.
*[[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]], a green and purple redeco of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]]. This character actually appeared in the convention storyline and was thought to be the lower priced exclusive in 2000 until Apelinq was revealed instead. It is unclear whether Cataclysm was ever truly intended to be released.
*[[Rodimus Primal|Optimal Rodimus Primal]], mentioned by the Hartmans at the organizer's panel at [[BotCon 2000]], this would have been an updated version of Rodimus Prime made from the Optimal Optimus mold. Plans were nixed very early on as [[Primal Prime#Beast Machines|Primal Prime]] was going into its limited production run and Hasbro didn't give licensees the leeway they now enjoy. Optimal Rodimus Primal's role in the ''Wreckers'' storyline was revised for Primal Prime and Rodimus instead.
*Blue Balls Attack Team, from an anecdote shared by Karl Hartman on the now defunct BotCon: Beyond message board, a planning session for BotCon had run much later than anticipated and an exhausted Hartman proposed a pair of blue repaints of ''Beast Wars'' [[Retrax]]. Obviously not a serious proposal.
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[X-Brawn#Toys|X-Brawn]] mold as a convention exclusive in 2003.
*[[Defensor (OTFCC)|Hot Spot]], a blue redeco of [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Toys|''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime]] as a new Autobot leader modelled after the Generation 1 character. The toy would have featured a new headsculpt for the robot's larger "[[Defensor (OTFCC)#Toys|Defensor]]" mode. This toy was originally solicited for OTFCC 2004, then pushed back for OTFCC 2005. When the license was removed from 3H Productions, this figure was cancelled.
*For [[OTFCC 2004]], the [[Rail Racer (RID)#Toys|Rail Racer]] trains were offered to [[3H Productions]] as a possible set of [[exclusive]]s. Due to a suggestion from [[Graham Weaver]], [[Steamhammer (RID)|one of them]] was planned to be named after the original [[Steamhammer (G1)|Steamhammer]], as it was a train-y kind of name. Another of the three trains would be [[Astrotrain (RID)|Astrotrain]] and the third was never decided on, though [[Loco (RID)|"Loco" or "Cowcatcher"]] was favored, and the combined mode would have been named "[[Dominus Trannis]]", named similarly to the original [[Trannis]]. [[Hasbro]] changed their minds on the molds' availability, but they later used the "[[Steamhammer (Energon)|Steamhammer]]" name themselves, as they did similarly with "[[Vector Prime]]".
*Several toys were proposed for the 2005 Official Transformers Collectors' Convention. Due to 3H's loss of the ''Transformers'' license these plans never came to fruition. All of the known toys from this proposal were to have new headsculpts and some were to have new accessories.
**[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Combiner Wars|Megatron]], a red redeco of [[Megatron (RID)#Toys|''Robots in Disguise'' Megatron]] as an upgraded (and resurrected) ''Beast Wars'' Megatron. (The concept eventually reached fruition as a [[BotCon 2016]] exclusive!)
**[[Devcon (G1)#Universe (2003)|Devcon]], a blue redeco of [[Slugslinger (Energon)#Toys|''Energon'' Slugslinger]] as the Generation 1 character.
**[[Brawn (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Brawn]], a green redeco of [[Strongarm (Energon)#Toys|''Energon'' Strongarm]] as the Generation 1 character. This toy would have featured new snap on Energon gauntlets.
**[[Roadbuster (G1)#Universe (2003)|Roadbuster]], an orange and green redeco of ''Energon'' Strongarm as the Generation 1 character. This toy would have featured a new Energon rifle.
*[[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], originally conceived as the ''Cybertron Defense'' Hot Shot redeco for 2007. He was dropped in favor of [[Springer (G1)/toys#Timelines|Springer]], who fit the mold and the story/theme better.
*The developers of BotCon were given a slight chance of using [[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]] in 2007, so they proposed a 4-pack boxset which would have consisted of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (from [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]]), [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (from [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Alternators|Mirage]]), [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Optimus Prime]]), and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] (from what, they couldn't remember at the time, but likely the [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Alternators|Rodimus mold]]).
*The 2011 boxset underwent a few revisions before they settled on [[Team Stunticon|''Animated'' Stunticons]].
**First was [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|''Shattered Glass'']] [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|''Beast Wars'']].
**Then it was going to be [[Transformers: Classics|''Classics'']] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]].
**Then it was going to be assorted [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'']] characters.
***The boxset would have featured [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] and [[Jackpot (Animated)|Jackpot]] (both of which were released), [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (from Voyager [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]) while the other two figures were unknowns that would have been a cream-colored [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], and...something else.
***The figures available at the show would have been [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]], (from [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Voyager Class|Hydrodive Bumblebee]]), [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]] (from [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Voyager Class|Wingblade Optimus Prime]]), [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] (from Jazz), [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] (from [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime]]), [[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] (from [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus]] and utilizing the colors of [[Sideswipe (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Sideswipe]]/[[Wheeljack (Armada)|''Armada'' Wheeljack]]), [[Tigatron]] (also from Rodimus), [[Shokaract]] (from [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]), [[Springer (Animated)|Springer]] (from [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]]), and a three-pack consisting of [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]], [[Antagony (Animated)|Antagony]], and [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]] (all sharing the [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] mold).
****Other suggested ''Animated'' figures include [[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] from [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] and [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] from [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Voyager Bulkhead]].
*A redeco of [[Mindwipe (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Mindwipe]] into [[Mega]]bolt was considered as a counterpart to [[BotCon 2012]]'s [[Overlord (G1)#Timelines|Gigatron]].
*As part of the [[Machine Wars: Transformers|''Machine Wars'']] theme for [[BotCon 2013]], [[Prowl (G1)|''Machine Wars'' Prowl]] (from [[Transformers: Classics|''Classics'']] [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Classics|Mirage]]) and [[Hubcap (MW)|''Machine Wars'' Hubcap]] (from [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']] [[Kup (G1)/toys#Generations|Sergeant Kup]]) were considered.
*A number of figures were considered for [[BotCon 2014]] that did not end up occurring, including:
**[[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], a redeco of [[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|''Generations'']] [[Kickback (FOC)#Generations|Kickback]] as the G1 character and would have been a pirate. Two [[Arms Micron]]s would have been included as well.
**[[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]], a redeco of [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'']] [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Toys|Wheeljack]], likely an idea before they settled on the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'']] [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] mold for the final figure.
**[[Megabolt]], a redeco of [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'']] [[Skyquake (Prime)#Toys|Skyquake]] and would have also been a pirate, though it's probably a good thing he wasn't released as the mold was used [[Megaplex#Timelines|the previous year]].
**[[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]], a redeco of [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'']] [[Rumble (WFC)#Toys|Rumble]] as the G1 character.
*At one point, a boxset of the Turbomasters was considered. It would have included [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]], [[Boss (G1)|Boss]], [[Hurricane]], [[Flash (G1)|Flash]], and [[Thunder Clash]]; all of whom would have been made from [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Transformers: Prime'']] figures. Specifically, [[Ironhide (WFC)#Deluxe|Ironhide]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Robots in Disguise|Wheeljack]], [[Smokescreen (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Smokescreen]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Prime: Robots in Disguise|Bumblebee]], and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)#Robots in Disguise|Ultra Magnus]], respectively.
*The [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'']] [[Silverbolt (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Silverbolt]] mold was rather popular for possible exclusives, having been planned to be made into [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]/[[Scrash (G1)|Scrash]] and [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]]/[[King Atlas]].
*The [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Revenge of the Fallen|''Revenge of the Fallen'' Lockdown]] mold was suggested as "Marlboro", a modern update of the Diaclone [[Exhaust|"Marlboor Wheeljack"]]. Additionally, the mold's [[Axor#Toys|Axor]] retool was suggested for a [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|''Shattered Glass'']] [[Stranglehold]], complete with a mustache.
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell/Hardshell]], a redeco of [[Straxus (G1)|''Generations'' Straxus]] as the original character.
*"[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking BW style]]", a non-combiner redeco from the [[Transmetal 2]] [[Tigerhawk#Toys|Tigerhawk]].
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Pinpointer (G1)|Pinpointer]] were planned to be made from [[Kup (G1)/toys#Generations|''Generations'' Sergeant Kup]] and ''Universe'' [[Nightstick (G1)#Universe (2008)|Nightstick]].
*Proposals for [[Bruton]] were made from both [[Bulkhead (Prime)/toys#First Edition|''Prime: First Edition'' Bulkhead]] and [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|''Generations: Fall of Cybertron'' Grimlock]], but neither would happen due to the character's obscurity.
*"Femme Fatale [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|CyKill]]" {{sic}}, redecoed from one of the [[Arcee (WFC)#Prime|''Prime'' Arcee]] Deluxe molds, was sadly never produced.
*Twilight Sparkle Prime, based on the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' character [[Twilight Sparkle]], a redeco of [[Battle Unicorn#Toys|Battle Unicorn]].
*Rodimouse, a [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#TM1|Transmetal Rattrap]] redecoed as a ''Beast Wars'' version of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. (Whether serious or not, it would have paired well with [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ultra Mammoth]]).
*When asked at [[BotCon 2016]] what exclusive he regretted not being able to do, [[Pete Sinclair]] stated that he wanted to make a [[Rodimus (SG)|''Shattered Glass'' Rodimus (Prime)]] from [[Springer (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|''Generations'' Springer]].
*Sinclair also wanted a retool of [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Generations|''Generations'' Armada Starscream]] into [[Jetstorm (BM)|''Beast Machines'' Jetstorm]], which had been proposed for BotCon 2016 before the convention's theme was changed.

====BotCon 2017====
Though Fun Publications lost the ''Transformers'' convention license after BotCon 2016, an [[Action Master]]-themed, ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''-based "Action on [[Hydrus Four]]" boxset was planned for the potential 2017 BotCon that never came to be; the unreleased toys were concepts revealed through painted mock-ups at [[Unofficial conventions|Pete's Robot Convention]] in 2017. The proposed set used as models:
*[[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Highbrow (G1)#Generations|Highbrow]] with Titan Master from [[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]]
*[[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Triggerhappy (G1)#Generations|Triggerhappy]] with Titan Master from ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf's Headmaster]] and [[Attack Cruiser]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Brawn]]'s vehicle accessory
*"Action Master" [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#AM|Optimus Prime]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Titans Return|Optimus Prime]] with Titan Master from [[Infinitus#Generations|Infinitus]], Titan Master [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] from [[Diac]], and [[Lionizer (G1)|Lionizer]] from [[Lione#Generations|Sawback]]'s beast accessory
*[[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Blitzwing]] with Titan Master from [[Doomshot#Generations|Doomshot]]/[[Hazard#Generations|Hazard]] but with a newly-tooled face, and with "[[Stratotronic Jet|Scout Tank]]" from ''Titans Return'' [[Horri-Bull#Generations|Terri-Bull]]'s vehicle accessory
*"Action Master" [[Megatron (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Megatron]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Sixshot (G1)#Generations|Sixshot]] with Titan Master from [[Nucleon (TR)#Generations|Nucleon]] and Titan Master [[Devastator (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Devastator]] from [[Repugnus (G1)#Generations|Repugnus]]
Other proposed exclusives for 2017 included:
*[[Dion (G1)|Dion]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Kup (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Sergeant Kup]] with Titan Master from [[Haywire#Generations|Hyperfire]] as the attendee freebie
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Chromedome (G1)#Generations|Chromedome]] with Titan Master [[Alexis Thi Dang]] from [[Stylor#Generations|Stylor]] and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] from ''Generations'' [[Blaze Master#Generations|Blazemaster]]. Hot Shot would have had a newly-tooled face on the Alexis Titan Master (the mock up just used the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Hot Shot's face as a placeholder).
*[[Onyx Primal]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Mindwipe (G1)#Generations|Mindwipe]] with "Nightwatch" from Infinitus
*[[Doubledealer#Generation 1|Doubledealer]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Hardhead (G1)#Generations|Hardhead]] with two Titan Masters: [[Knok]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Nightbeat (G1)#Titans Return|Nightbeat]] and [[Skar (G1)|Skar]] from Sawback with newly-tooled bat wings, legs, and a new face.
* ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Energon|Megatron]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Black Shadow (G1)#Titans Return|Sky Shadow]] with Titan Master [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] from [[Swoop (G1)#Generations|Ptero]] with the face of [[Ominus#Toys|Ominus]]
*[[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] and [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Rewind (G1)#Generations|Rewind]], and [[Enemy (G1)|Decepticon Enemy]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Rumble]], as the troop builder set
*A six-pack of [[Pretender]]-based [[Titan Master]]s, including [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] from [[Gort#Generations|Xort]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] from [[Firebolt (G1)#Generations|Firedrive]], [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]] from Diac, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Generations|Crashbash]], [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]] from [[Grax#Generations|Grax]], and [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] from [[Revolver#Generations|Revolver]]
*[[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]] from the box set's Sprocket with "B² Attack Team" (har har, yes, they went there), two flail weapons from [[B.H.#Prime|B.H.]], as the customization class figure
On top of that, "PeteCon" showed off backup plans for alternative exclusive options:
*''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Jetfire (Armada)#Armada|Jetfire]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Generations|Sentinel Prime]] with Titan Master [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] from [[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]]
*[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Brainstorm (G1)#Titans Return|Brainstorm]] with Titan Master [[Slizardo]] from [[Haywire#Generations|Hyperfire]]
*[[Turbo Master]] from ''Titans Return'' [[Highbrow (G1)#Generations|Highbrow]] with Titan Master [[Take-Off]] from [[Blowpipe (G1)#Generations|Blowpipe]]
And the remaining Transformers/G.I. Joe crossover human figures, which would have been shared [[Transformers Collectors' Club|Collectors' Club]] exclusives, were shown:
*"[[Only Human]]" versions of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and [[Victor Drath]] made from retooled ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' toys

Phew!

==Exclusive fiction==
[[File:Beastwarscriticalmass.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It all starts here.]]
Fiction did not really play into the first few years of BotCon. While attendees of [[BotCon 1995]] did get an exclusive fanzine, it was just that; a magazine full of fan-written stories and fan-drawn art, none of which was approved by Hasbro.

When 3H took the convention back for [[BotCon 1997|1997]], one of the many ways they set out to make the show a real mother of a blowout was by adding an [[Ground Zero|exclusive comic story]] to accompany the toys, penned by "the" Transformers scribe [[Simon Furman]], with art by Marvel comics artist [[Andrew Wildman]]. The hugely positive response to this story (even though it was a stand-alone tale that was irreconcilable with the then-running [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] that it used as a setting<ref>3H members indicated that the story of how the various non-show characters from later storylines arrived on ancient Earth and why they weren't seen in the show would be later told, but this never happened.</ref>) cemented the need for fiction to bring the exclusive toy characters to life, though it would take some time to settle on a format. [[BotCon 1998|1998]] started the multi-year "[[Reaching the Omega Point]]" story, which was kicked off with a [[Visitations|tongue-in-cheek live script reading]], followed up by a series of text stories released online, and ultimately ended in [[BotCon 2000|2000]] with a full-color comic that assembled the prior text stories before jumping into the final battle.

[[File:Timelines v2n3ce.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|2008 also marked an increased influx of robo-[[facial hair]].]]

From then on, each convention had at least one new comic book featuring its exclusive toy characters in action, with a few pieces of ancillary fiction told in other formats. However, in short order there were ''three'' different stories running concurrently across two different books (with a few pieces of online prose and a live script reading in 2004), and the problems from prior years with having stories that were told in installments with nearly year-long gaps between them were amplified to a ridiculous degree. With Hasbro pulling the license from 3H after [[BotCon 2004|2004's convention]], all three storylines were left uncompleted. The next convention license-holder, [[Fun Publications]], would later go on to provide conclusions to two of them in their [[Transformers Collectors' Club|online fan club subscription]], but the final story, "[[Primeval Dawn]]", remains open-ended to this day.

When Fun Publications took control of BotCon, the use of a yearly comic continued under the "[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]]" banner, but with a very important change. Instead of following a single multi-year-spanning story arc, each issue is meant to stand on its own as a single story with a conclusive ending (even if it's part of an ongoing arc told elsewhere), typically set in a different universe every year. Starting in 2006, each year's comic is made available through Diamond at comic shops a few months after the convention. Some shows would also feature live script readings, plus [[BotCon 2007]] would reveal [[Theft of the Golden Disk|a CGI-animated short film]] serving as a prequel to [[Dawn of Future's Past|the prior year's story]].

Some of the BotCon storylines have been later continued through the Collectors' Club web site and magazine, primarily in the form of prose stories.

''See also:''
*[[:Category:3H issues]]
*[[:Category:Timelines issues]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.botcon.com Official site]
*[http://www.transformersclub.com/ Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]
*[http://www.camphortree.net/tf/faq/fandom/conventions.php Convention info from the Transformers FAQ]

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Windrazor (BW)

2021-12-13T12:30:42Z

GomessQ: /* 3H comics */

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{{disambig3|Windrazor}}
:''Windrazor is a [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Windrazor bw.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|"The Autobot legacy lives on!"]]
'''Windrazor''' was the imperfect result of a radical experiment conducted under the most desperate conditions. In the 32nd Century, Cybertron is ruled by the Predacon Warlord [[Shokaract]] and only a tiny resistance of Maximals and Predacons remains to fight him. In order to gain vital intelligence, a Maximal known as [[Swoop (G1)|the Veteran]] merged his [[spark]] with a dying Predacon—the [[Cub]], resulting in a dual-sparked hybrid, Windrazor himself. He possesses both youthful recklessness and battle-tested wisdom, and should potentially benefit from both, but the merging was imperfect, and Windrazor's two component personalities can clash for control of his actions.

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
[[File:Sandstormwindrazor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Buy us last year!]]
Windrazor, despite his inner struggle between two disparate sparks, was deemed the best hope to destroy Shokaract and end his dystopian reign. He travelled to the [[Royal Palace]]'s [[Empire Room]] to stop [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] from travelling back and securing the [[Dark Essence]] for [[Shokaract]]. The two met in a ferocious battle that threw them through the [[unspace|transwarp]] portal and Cataclysm was destroyed in overspace. Windrazor found himself thrown far into the past, into the prehistoric [[Earth]] of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. He immediately recognized [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], recently having taken a dragon form, as the Predacon criminal ascended from the throat of the volcano in which the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] lay. {{storylink|Schism (story)|Schism}}

Windrazor picked up the tracking device that Cataclysm had dropped during their battle, and began following its signal to the Dark Essence. At his destination, Windrazor could sense the dark energies below the Earth's crust, and the Dark Essence tore up the earth beneath him, revealing itself. The area was on the verge of a temporal collapse. Windrazor's dual nature fought within his mind, one half wishing to leave the area to its inevitable collapse, the other wishing to take the Dark Essence back to his own time and present it as a trophy to Shokaract. But before Windrazor could make a decision, Megatron arrived, recognizing the Dark Essence as belonging to [[Unicron]], and intending to take it for himself. During the scuffle, Windrazor was seized by influence of the Dark Essence, and became the vessel of Unicron himself.

[[File:Windrazorgrabbed.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|"Grabbed", "completely forgot about", potato potahto.]]

Optimus Primal and his Maximals valiantly fought the possessed Windrazor, but were unsuccessful. Just as all hope seemed lost, the two minds within Windrazor were able to break free of Unicron's influence, and Windrazor recomposed himself. Just in time for Shokaract himself to arrive... {{storylink|Paradox}}

Again, the Maximals were no match for their adversary, and they quickly fell, leaving only Primal and Windrazor. But they weren't alone for long, as the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]] arrived through a portal, ready to fulfill their destiny. They, too, began falling at Shokaract's hand, one by one. Not even the arrival of [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]], displaced beast warriors, or an army of retired legends from [[J'nwan]] could stand up to Shokaract's might. Just as Windrazor was beginning to wonder if this all was futile, the Covenant regrouped. Their combined essence plunged into Shokaract's [[Matrix of Conquest]], where it severed the link between him and Unicron. With Shokaract's origin now nullified, his entire timeline—and thus the events necessary for Windrazor's creation—ceased to exist. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}} [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] grabbed Windrazor and flew through a transwarp portal back to his [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|own time]], only to find upon arrival that Windrazor had vanished without a trace. {{storylink|Departure}}

While in transwarp space, Windrazor was retrieved by [[Primus]], whose divine intervention protected the young Maximal from being nullified along with the timeline of his origin. Windrazor was safely deposited in a new location to serve as a sort of "spirit guide" for other champions of Primus. Eventually, he was able to convey his gratitude to Apelinq's [[Sentinel Maximus|upgraded form]]. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
Windrazor is the fusion of a young Maximal's spark and the mysterious Veteran, formed to save the former's life after a savage betrayal. Before long, Windrazor was corrupted by the [[Angolmois Energy]] and served as [[Herald of Unicron|Unicron's herald]]. He traveled from universe to universe, enacting Unicron's will until he was eventually able to wrest free of its influence and become a force for good. The remaining Angolmois Energy in Windrazor's body allows him to continue traveling between dimensions and through time. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:AloneTogetherPerception Trans-MutatePod.jpg|thumb|400px|right]]
With [[Bigmos]], Windrazor stuffed [[Transmutate (BW)|Trans-Mutate]] into a [[stasis pod]] for transport to the [[Garrus-16]] penal colony. {{storylink|Perception}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
[[File:Windrazor-psx.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Windrazor's 'player two' colors from the game—so pretty! (But not as pretty as Silverbolt's!)]]
{{voiceactor|[[Chris Tang]]}}

Windrazor battled the Predacons, using his special attack "Spark Extinguisher" to fight back Megatron and his minions. He encouraged all to learn from the past so they may live for the future. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BWtoy-Windrazor.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"Spaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrk extinguisher!"]]
*'''Windrazor''' (Deluxe, 1999)
**''Accessories'': Left & right feather-missiles

: Windrazor is a white-with-purple-accents [[redeco]] of the Maximal [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]], transforming into an eagle-wolf hybrid creature. His wings have spring-loaded missile launchers, while pulling on his [[beast mode]] tail swings them forward. These missiles can also be used as hand-held melee weapons in [[robot mode]]. He was available [[exclusive]]ly at the [[BotCon 1999]] Transformers Convention. 1200 were made of both him and [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]].
[[File:BWtoy-Windrazorcarded.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|You had to destroy this beautiful thing to get your toy out.]]
: Windrazor is the only convention-original exclusive sold on a card with a sealed plastic bubble. The packaging proved unpopular with collectors as it is impossible to remove the toy without destroying its packaging, and so that style was never used again.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Windrazor/windrazor.htm More information on Windrazor at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* Windrazor's pre-release name was the terrible pun '''Soulstice'''.
* His video game appearance afforded fans a chance to hear what Windrazor [[:File:Windrazor.ogg|sounds like]].
* The ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' gives Windrazor the same weapons as Generation 1 Swoop—heat seeking missiles and thermal swords. Despite the fact that the swords and missiles are, y'know, the same thing. He has thermal heat seeking missile swords!
* Both Windrazor's toy bio and the ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' claim [[Cub|his younger part]] was a Maximal, which wasn't exactly the case in his fictional appearances.
* Prior to his appearance in "Wreckers: Finale Part II", Windrazor had not appeared in fiction for seven years, leading some fans in the interim to conclude that he had been erased from existence.
* Windrazor's ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' body is based on the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]] [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Dreadwing (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Dreadwing]] toy.
* As well as being aware of the Beast Wars, Windrazor can recognize Megatron's dragon form on sight. This, along with Shokaract's backstory as a hunter on Megatron-ruled Cybertron, is likely an attempted tie-in to the upcoming [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)#Notes|''Beast <s>Machines</s> Hunters'']], whose press release referred to "the evil dragon Megatron" ruling "hordes of Predacons".

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Buster (G1)

2021-12-03T13:49:21Z

GomessQ: /* Super-God Masterforce cpmic */

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{{disambig3|Buster}}
:''Buster is a [[human]] and [[Decepticon]] [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] from the [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Buster masterforce.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|Buster? He hardly knew 'er!]]
Hailing from East [[Germany]],<ref>''Masterforce'' was released in [[1988]], its writers not anticipating the impending {{w|German reunification|reunification of Germany}}. Alas, the ''Masterforce'' anime does indeed take place in the 21st century, retroactively specified as [[2020]]. What this means for the state of European geopolitics in this universe, you will have to imagine on your own.</ref> '''Buster''' (バスター ''Basutā'') was a deejay before he and his older brother, [[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] were recruited by the [[Decepticon]]s. He is an enigmatic sort who does not really have much of a personality of his own, instead serving as a (vaguely creepy) extension of his brother's whim, following his lead in combat and turning to him for direction in all things. While Buster is not nearly as cruel and detached as the sociopathic Hydra, he remains a fearsome fighter of great power.

As a [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]], Buster is bonded to a [[Transtector]] from the [[G Nebula 89|G Nebula]], which he can combine with his brother's Transtector to form the giant jet [[Darkwings]]. Like all Godmasters, Buster can manipulate [[Chōkon Power]], with his specialty being the control of wind. Additionally, Buster possesses an affinity for birds, owning some and even being able to convey his thoughts to them.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese), [[Simon Broad]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

[[File:Buster armor.jpg|left|upright=0.9|thumb|Yea that's right, give the scary German kid an exo-suit. That sounds like a good idea.]]
Buster and Hydra were in North America when they were approached by [[Giga]] and [[Mega]], agents of the Decepticon leader [[Devil Z]], and bonded to a pair of Transtectors that had taken the forms of jet planes. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}} The brothers were brought to a hidden island, where they were trained in the use of their new Godmaster powers until it was decided that they join up with the rest of the Decepticons already operating under the command of [[Blood]]. Blood's [[Pretender]]s and [[Headmaster Junior]]s were summoned to the island, where Buster and Hydra, disguised in suits of medieval armor, promptly attacked and bested them as a demonstration of their powers. Blood bristled at the notion that two humans could be stronger than true Decepticons, and challenged the two Godmasters to prove themselves by attacking the [[Mt Fuji Foothills Hang Gliding Competition Tournament]]. It just so happened that the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors were participating in the contest, leading to a battle between the Godmaster brothers and the Autobot Pretenders. Although they had their Autobot foes massively overpowered, the arrival of [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] left them outnumbered, and the brothers opted to withdraw. {{storylink|Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers}} Buster and Hydra next went into battle when the Decepticons attacked the tidal power plant on [[Karin Islands|Viscas Island]], but the battle was brought to an end when the Autobot [[Diver (G1)|Diver]] was able to lodge his Sea Axe in Buster's arm. Unable to heal the wound, Buster panicked and Hydra called retreat. Once they returned to the Decepticon base, Buster cursed himself, believing that he was less powerful than his brother. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Autobots Are in Trouble}}

[[File:Hydra and buster human.jpg|225px|thumb|Tori Amos and Dwight Schrute, on the lam.]]
When Mega and Giga revealed that there were other Godmaster on Earth, Buster and Hydra were charged with locating them before the Autobots did. Hydra decided that they would search North America first, on the basis that it was where they became Godmasters themselves, and with a little help from the Headmaster Juniors, the brothers were soon on the trail of a mysterious truck that had been rumoured to be able to heal any damage to itself. The brothers found the truck crashed at the bottom of a cliff along with the Autobot Diver, but when they attempted to take it, the truck's driver, [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], revealed that he was indeed a Godmaster, and that that truck was his Transtector, by transforming to robot mode for the first time. Shocked by what they had witnessed, Buster and Hydra retreated. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}} Before long, however, the brothers were back on Ginrai's trail, and attacked numerous tractor trailers in their search for him, killing many of Ginrai's trucker friends before finally locating him. Buster held off the other Autobots while Hydra battled Ginrai, but the brothers were ultimately bested once more. {{storylink|Ginrai: God On of Rage!!}}

When [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] was captured by the Autobots for interrogation, Buster and Hydra arrived to retrieve him. The Autobots released their prisoner, but Hydra immediately discovered a homing beacon planted on Cancer's shirt, and attacked the Autobots in retribution. During the fight, Buster seized the Autobot [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] and placed his blaster to her head, only to have Cancer snatch her away, begging that nobody be killed. This distraction turned the tide of the battle and forced the villains to fall back. {{storylink|A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva}} Things didn't go much better during the brothers' next battle with Ginrai, at Mount Yatsugatake in Nagano, where the brothers were blasted by Ginrai's newly obtained trailer. {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}}

[[File:Buster robotmode.jpg|left|upright=1.45|thumb|Oh great, now you gave him a giant robot-exo-suit of mass destruction with a huge gun. That sounds like a great idea.]]
Hungry for revenge, Buster and Hydra were not content simply with destroying Ginrai, but also sought to discredit him and the Autobots into the bargain. Luring Ginrai into a battle in a city, the brothers loudly blamed him for starting the battle so that the population could overhear, and then summoned some [[Lobclaw]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] to finish the Autobot off. Luckily, Diver and [[Lander]] arrived to deal with the Seacons, and the enraged Ginrai unleashed a blast of Chōkon Power that saw the villains off. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}}

Learning that Ginrai had appeared on a television show in an attempt to find the remaining Godmasters on Earth, Buster and Hydra tried menacing a producer at the TV station in order to find out what Ginrai had learned from the correspondence that had come in. The tactic had no luck, so they resorted to searching the continent with the help of the Pretenders; the Pretenders later found Ginrai in [[Canada]], but were unable to stop the next Godmaster, [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] from joining the Autobots. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}} After this failure, the Decepticons were even more determined to recruit the next Godmaster, a Canadian forest patrolman named [[Ranger]]. During the battle with the Autobots that resulted in the Rocky Mountains, however, Buster and Hydra were left badly outnumbered and had to flee when the Headmaster Juniors abandoned them out of spite after they carelessly put [[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]] in danger in their zeal to destroy Ginrai. {{storylink|An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger}}

[[File:Buster armless.jpg|225px|thumb|Buster had always thought that "disarmed" was just a figure of speech.]]
Buster and Hydra stepped back from the front lines for a short time, instead trying their hand at formulating a plan for the Pretenders to carry out. This outlandish plot to capture doctors was soon botched, much to their distaste, {{storylink|Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters}} and they again took an active hand in matters, starting with a scheme to divide and conquer the Autobot Godmasters, starting with Lightfoot. Hydra put his makeup talents to use disguising himself and Buster as reporters so that they could get close to Lightfoot's father [[Leftfoot]] and take him prisoner. The brothers sent a message to Lightfoot, who was faced with the choice of either joining the Autobots or having his [[Master-Brace]]s (and hands!) cut off, but luckily, the other Autobot Godmasters soon arrived to help give the Darkwings Brothers one of their most severe beatings yet. When Buster's arm was actually torn off, the horrified Hydra called retreat, but they weren't above spitefully blowing up some factory buildings as they left. {{storylink|Life? Death? The Desperate Lightfoot}}

After serving as chauffeurs for Mega when she was posing as a fortune teller, {{storylink|Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!}} Buster and Hydra were next charged with destroying Ginrai's trailer. By posing as a movie producer, Hydra was able to lure Ginrai into a desert under auspices of performing some stunt-driving, while Buster planted the explosive charges that would be used in the stunt. A hidden, extra charge separated Ginrai from his trailer, and the brothers combined into Darkwings in an attempt to destroy the latter component. Before they could strike, Ginrai merged with his trailer and blew the villains out of the air with his Special Fire Guts attack. Ginrai was, however, subsequently badly wounded by Giga and Mega's combined form, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], {{storylink|Super Ginrai Gets Blown Away in the Desert!?}} and the brothers decided to strike while the Autobots were a man down by attempting to destroy the [[Godbomber]] drone the heroes were in the midst of constructing. The brothers were duped into following a disguised truck into the nearby mountains, thinking that it was carrying Godbomber, when in fact, it was simply the Autobot, [[Road King]], who joined with Ranger and Lightfoot in beating the brothers to a pulp. {{storylink|Will the Bomber Project Be Destroyed!?}}

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In the next attempt to destroy Godbomber, Buster and Hydra attacked a Middle-East oil refinery in order to draw the Autobots out, only to be met with failure once more. {{storylink|Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado}} The Decepticons tried yet again, this time by separating Godbomber from Ginrai and having Buster and Hydra target the unprotected drone. With a little help from [[Sixknight]], however, the Autobot Headmaster Juniors discovered that they were able to pilot Godbomber and personally took out Buster. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}

When the final Godmaster, [[Clouder]], joined the Decepticons, the villains installed him within the Autobot ranks as a spy, who fed them inside information on the Autobots' base. Buster and Hydra proceeded to attack a nearby city in order to occupy the attentions of Ginrai and the Godmasters while the rest of the Decepticons initiated an all-out attack on the Autobots' headquarters {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} and although the brothers were eventually defeated, the larger plan to destroy the base succeeded. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

Soon thereafter, when BlackZarak arrived on Earth, Buster and Hydra traveled into space with the rest of the Decepticons when the villain prepared to unleash the unholy [[Death Para-Machine]] upon the [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction}} Later, they battled Lightfoot in northern Europe, {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}} and when the Autobots attacked the Decepticon base in force, clashed with Ginrai and the Godmasters, until Devil Z brought the battle to an end by fusing with BlackZarak and collapsing the base into an undersea chasm. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

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Frustrated by their numerous defeats at the hands of Ginrai, Buster demanded to know why they were unable to best their Autobot opponent. Hydra opined that he and Buster were weakened by their humanity, and the brothers petitioned Devil Z to use his powers to transform them into true robots. The evil being complied, fusing the brothers with their Transtectors and replacing their Jinchōkon Power—lost to them along with their humanity—with his own [[Devil Power]]. The Darkwings Brothers attacked Ginrai in the Grand Canyon, and Ginrai, appalled at what they had done to themselves, called upon his God Fire Guts attack. The brothers responded by diving at Ginrai in a flaming "Hellfire Attack", resulting in a huge explosion when the attacks collided. The battered brothers limped away from the battle, declaring it a draw. {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}} While Ginrai then went on to battle Overlord, Buster and Hydra attacked Lightfoot and Road King, trapping them in a cave. They then took on the Autobot Headmaster Juniors, almost cutting off Shūta's arms before Ginrai returned and saw them off. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}}

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During the final conflict on the Matterhorn, Buster and Hydra unveiled the mightiest weapon in their arsenal, the "Mach X Flight", allowing them to move faster than the eye could follow. They did not predict, however, that Ginrai could replicate the effect with his own Chōkon Power, and the Autobot once again proved to be their better, searing their bodies with his burning backwash and sending them crashing into the mountain. The brothers rejoined the other Decepticons at the mountain's peak, where BlackZarak unleashed his fury on the two failures, pummelling them until Overlord stepped in to try and stop the punishment. This only resulted in BlackZarak turning on him as well, at which point Ginrai arrived to save his foes and engage BlackZarak in final battle. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} As the Autobot leader battled BlackZarak, Buster and Hydra recovered from their beating, with Hydra calmly writing it off as proof that they were weak, and that they needed to fight even harder. At that point, the Autobot Godmasters arrived and Buster and Hydra plunged into battle right away, despite the fact that they were on the verge of collapse. Eventually, they could fight no further, and combined into Darkwings to flee. In the moments that followed, Ginrai succeeded in destroying BlackZarak and Devil Z, which resulted in all the other humans becoming separated from their Transtectors. The Transtectors themselves continued to live as true super-robot lifeforms, and Buster and Hydra promptly joined with the other Decepticons in departing Earth. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!}} {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}} {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}}}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic''====
While battling [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] in the [[Precursor World]], Turtler remembered how Buster and the other Decepticons showed their lack of respect for him. {{storylink|Seacons comic 5}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
[[File:Decepticons in the g nebula.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, it's me. You know, the jet behind Overlord.]]
Buster and Hydra served as part of the Decepticon forces under Overlord's command, often battling the Autobot forces led by Ginrai in the [[G Nebula 89|G Nebula]]. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}}

====Wars comics====
After [[Violengiguar]]'s defeat, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]]'s troop reformed and Hydra and Buster hired [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]] and [[Blue Bacchus]] to serve as support. Together, the four of them attacked the [[Autobot]] [[Second Army]] in [[G Nebula 89]] to capture the [[transtector]] factory there. In the end, they were repelled by the [[Chōkon Power]] of the Godmaster Jr, [[Shūta Gō]]. {{storylink|Train Wars: Goshooter & Shūta Gō Chapter}}
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===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
[[File:Hydra buster manga.jpg|left|275px|thumb|Godmasterobics.]]
Decepticon leaders Giga and Mega unveiled their Godmaster warriors, Buster and Hydra, to the world by sending them to "welcome" the Autobot Godmaster, Ginrai, to Japan. After bombing Tokyo on their way to Harumi Wharf, Buster and Hydra merged into Darkwings and immediately attacked Metalhawk and the Autobot Headmaster Juniors, who were at the wharf awaiting Ginrai's arrival. After taking the Juniors out of the fight, the brothers then transformed into robot mode to tackle Metalhawk, but thankfully, Ginrai chose that moment to make his entrance and promptly launched the villains over the horizon with a blast of Chōkon Power. {{storylink|On Scene! Our Savior's Name Is Ginrai!}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!}}}}

When the Autobots traveled to the planet [[Athenia]] so that Ginrai could be appointed [[Supreme Commander]], Buster and Hydra followed, joining up with the other Decepticons out in space and attacking the planet with [[Scramble 7]]. The Autobots were able to defeat Scramble 7, but Buster and Hydra informed them that they had been united under the leadership of Devil Z, and were heading back to Earth to await the Autobots' return. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}} Soon after, the two were present when [[Jin (Masterforce)|Jin]] and [[Mirai]] were to be inducted into the Decepticons. {{Storylink|Headmasters VS Masterforce}}

Buster and Hydra later joined the other Decepticons in an attack on Tokyo, {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Divine Combination!}}, battled the Autobot Godmasters and [[Grand Maximus]] in space {{storylink|The Good and Evil Families of Earth}} and lured Ginrai into a Decepticon ambush atop [[Chomolungma]]. {{storylink|The Decepticons' Great Counterattack!}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Great Turnabout of the Autobots}}}}

Eventually, the two brothers had Devil Z transform them into entirely robotic beings, and joined him in attacking the other Autobots and Decepticons as he attempted to drain their Jinchōkon and become the ultimate lifeform. The Autobots and Decepticons struck back by combining their powers together into the "Perfect Transform Attack", destroying Devil Z for good. As their leader was wiped out before their eyes, Buster and Hydra combined into Darkwings and fled into space. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Life-Forms}}

==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
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[[File:MF-toy Buster.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|A scrub is a guy who thinks he's fly.]]
*'''Buster''' (''Godmaster'', [[1988]])
**''ID number'': '''D-305'''
**''Accessories'': Godmaster Transtector, Sky Laser, Plasma Missile

:Buster's Transtector transforms into an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] fighter jet. As a Godmaster, he is unable to transform to robot mode until the Buster Godmaster figure is transformed into engine mode and snapped into the socket on the Transtector's back, unlocking the figure for transformation. Once unlocked, Buster can also combine with his brother Hydra (sold separately) to form the super-jet, Darkwings.

:Buster was sold concurrently in Hasbro market as [[Dreadwind (G1)#Generation 1|Dreadwind]] and [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]], with the significant difference of teal plastic instead of Buster's red.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Destron/Buster/buster.htm More information on Buster at TFU.info]''

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*'''Darkwings''' (''Godmaster'' multi-pack, 1988)
**''ID number'': '''D-306'''
**''Accessories'': Hydra Transtector, Buster Transtector, 2 Sky Lasers, 2 Plasma Missiles

: Buster and Hydra were both made available in a special multi-pack as well as individuals. This set came with a unique [[bio]]/[[Tech Spec]] for the combined Darkwings mode. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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*'''Buster Dreadwind''' (''Godmaster'', 1988)
**''Accessories'': Godmaster Transtector, Sky Laser, Plasma Missile

: Essentially just a Japanese release of Hasbro's Dreadwind figure, this version of the Buster toy was only available by mail-order, for the price of 1980 yen and four [[Robot Point]]s.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Dreadwind/dreadwind.htm More information on Buster Dreadwind (well, Dreadwind) at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Caramel===
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*'''Buster''' (1988)
:A pair of small non-transforming Decoy-style rubber figurines of Buster were released as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel|Transformers Caramel]]'' line of candy toys, depicting Buster in both robot and jet mode. Around half the size of the more familiar [[Decoy]]s, the two figures were bundled together, attached to a rubber sprue, and came in either blue, red, or yellow.
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===Transformers Gum===
*'''Buster''' (1988)
**''Accessories:'' Godmaster Transtector

:Part of the ninth wave of Kabaya's ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' candy toy series, this version of Buster is a snap-together model kit cast in blue, red and grey plastic. Although lacking in any paint applications, the figure features stickers for detail, and retains all the accessories and features of the actual Buster toy, including a functioning Godmaster gimmick and the ability to combine with ''Gum'' Hydra to make a ''Gum'' Darkwings.
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*'''Buster''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Godmaster Transtector, 2 guns

:Released as part of the 8th wave of Kabaya's 2009 series of standard model kits, Buster is a snap-together model kit that can transform into a jet with the aid of partsforming. Buster retains all the gimmickry of the 1988 version, complete with fully transformable (and downright ''tiny'') Godmaster engine, and can combine with the concurrently released [[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]] kit to form [[Darkwings]]. Like most Kabaya model kits, Buster has no paint applications and relies on stickers for added details.

==Notes==
[[File:Masterforce Buster talk1.gif|thumb|200px]]
*According to his supplementary [[bio]] card, Buster is 17 years old. As well, the card contradicts the ''Masterforce'' [[Title sequence|opening sequence]] by declaring him to be American rather than East German.
*Buster is an oddity among Transformers with [[mouthplate]]s in that his mouthplate doesn't wobble up and down when he talks, but instead opens vertically.
*Given his connection with birds, Buster might be named after the {{w|bustard}}.

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Dreadwind''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Tornado'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiānshà''' (China, 天煞, "Sky Devil")
*''Russian:'' '''Smerch''' (Смерч, "Tornado")

==References==
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[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Godmasters]]
[[Category:Mail order exclusives]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce humans]]

Cybertron (planet)

2021-09-22T14:59:01Z

GomessQ: The JP term for Autobots is サイバトロン, not サイバートロン. Render it "Cybertrons" if you will, but we should acknowledge the difference in pronunciation, which is after all the subject here.

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[[File:Cybertronplanet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The planet Cybertron, as seen in the original series. Not pictured: Realistically sized buildings.]]

'''Cybertron''' is the home planet of the [[Transformer]]s and (usually) the body of their creator, [[Primus]]. Cybertron is ([[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|almost]] [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|always]]) a shining metal, technological world; a planet of towering future cities without end and vast metallic plains, spiraling metal mountains and bottomless neon-lit chasms. Battling over control of Cybertron and its resources is frequently the motivation for, or origin of, the Transformers' epic wars. Beyond these facts much about Cybertron can differ between continuities, see individual entries below.

{{bigquote|This world is older than you can imagine. It has sailed the starscape... tending budding galaxies... forever a buffer to [[Unicron|the approaching darkness]]. And now its fate... is in your hands.|A voice to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]|[[The War Within issue 6|''The War Within'' #6]]}}

==Generation 1 continuity family==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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Cybertron was the adopted form of the lord of the light gods [[Primus]], who trapped himself and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in barren asteroids which they then shaped into their physical forms. While Unicron turned his prison into a transformable, humanoid body, Primus reformed himself into a vast [[Saturn]]-sized machine-world, home for a [[Transformer|robotic race]] he created to fight Unicron with similar [[transformation]] abilities. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}

It has been suggested that the [[Demon]]s in the darkness were the world's original inhabitants, locked away beneath the world by Primus, though this remains unconfirmed.

Aside from the Transformers, the world seems to possess the mechanical equivalent of plant and animal life, though the exact nature and origin of this lower "life" has never been examined in detail. This version of Cybertron has rough hewn [[Manganese Mountains|mountain ranges]] and great [[Rust Sea|seas]]. (Though of note these seas are not made of water. Liquid water is so rare on Cybertron as to be thought a mythical substance. Alternative substances these bodies are filled with are mercury {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} and liquid helium {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}/{{storylink|Letters page (Marvel UK)|Darn 'n' Blast #303}}) The atmosphere and temperature on most of the surface is such that human life can survive unaided.

[[File:Marvel issue 1 Cybertron.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|Just another Alpha Centauri sunrise.]]

In its earliest recorded era Cybertron orbited [[Alpha Centauri]], and the Transformers were at peace. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''From an unknown point of time, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]], a governing council of absolute rulers. Over time, their power and number dwindled, until Cybertron was composed of multiple city-states who were constantly clashing with each other; the key three powers were [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. While all the major cities were using their might to pork energy at the expense of others, Iacon did ration theirs out to neighbouring smaller cities. Tarn and Vos, by comparison, built up vast armies. In an attempt to lessen growing hostilities caused by the splintering governments and the dwindling resources on Cybertron, the last Overlord started the [[Games (competition)|Games]]: an inter-city [[gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial tournament]]. This allowed the population to exorcise their hostilities, and soon the vicious athlete [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] had a cult of personality based around him and his feats. He built this up, quietly planning to unite Cybertron under his own rule and turn it into a mighty cosmic dreadnought! One of his great rivals was Optimus Prime, the champion of Iacon.''

''Vos — ruled by a [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]-headed criminal syndicate — sent its athletic team to bomb Tarn (ruled by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]) and finger Iacon as the culprit. As with all plans by Starscream, this cocked up — Tarn realised Vos had attacked it, and war broke out that devastated both cities. Iacon happily let its rivals beat on each other. During the conflict, Optimus Prime tries to get the Overlord to safety but Megatron secretly ensures the leader starves to death; once the war ended, Megatron used his fame and charisma to convince the war's survivors that Iacon was at fault for not stepping in to prevent the war, and that Iacon was the enemy. This angry mass became the first Decepticons.'' {{storylink|State Games}}

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Megatron rallied his army to march on the Autobot cities, conquering large swaths of Cybertron until [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arose from the Autobots ranks to match his old foe. Megatron's ultimate aim was to turn Cybertron into a "cosmic dreadnought", intending to his homeworld as a galaxy conquering warship. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''To achieve this, Megatron constructed a prototype set of [[planetary engine]]s in [[Kalis]].'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}}

Before Megatron could achieve his dream, the sheer firepower unleashed by the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] tore Cybertron from its orbit and sent it hurtling aimlessly throughout the cosmos. When it passed through the [[Solar System|Sol system]], the [[asteroid belt]] threatened to destroy Cybertron forcing the Autobots to use the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to clear a path for their world. Though they were successful, they were ambushed by [[Decepticon]]s led by Megatron, and their battle ended with a crash-landing on Earth that left all the combatants deactivated. Their compatriots on Cybertron mourned their loss but continued the wars. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

''The young warlord [[Trannis]] seized on his opportunity and assumed command of the Decepticon forces, reorganizing the army and conquering all but [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. After a long stalemate, Trannis decided "screw it" and razed Iacon, finally putting Cybertron under Decepticon rule. As the centuries passed, Trannis grew complacent in his rule allowing the [[Wrecker]]s to assassinate him which only served to allow for the more brutal [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] to take command.'' {{storylink|Cybertron: The Middle Years!}}

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By [[1985]], the Autobots had been forced into guerrilla warfare against their foes. When the Earth-bound Transformers contacted their homeworld, the Decepticons made plans to connect the two planets via [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} Though [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s resistance cell managed to destroy the bridge and kill Straxus, they were left stranded on Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

[[File:Edgeofextinction-someonefight.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't worry, if Unicron eats this Cybertron, Marvel can xerox another copy of the model sheet.]]

After Optimus Prime's physical demise, Megatron went properly off his rocker and blew up the space bridge he was standing on, {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} which transported him to the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]] on Cybertron, spending the next few years as a mindless [[Empty]]. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}}

Circa [[1990]], members of the Ark crew fought with the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] in a chamber containing the giant head of Primus. A stray shot hit the god's face, and he awoke with a scream that alerted Unicron to his location. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}}

When the Chaos Bringer arrived, the Autobots and Decepticons united against him, but the battle still wreaked havoc on the planet. Unicron was defeated by the opening of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], but only after he'd already destroyed Primus. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} In the aftermath, Cybertron suffered storms and earthquakes that many believed would tear the world apart. {{storylink|Exodus!}} The remaining Transformers evacuated, but Cybertron was ultimately saved by the united efforts of Optimus Prime and the [[Neo-Knights]] who awakened the [[Last Autobot]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} The ancient steward revealed that upon the Matrix's opening, the planet had been bathed in its energy and was in fact healing itself. After he guided the process in a steady manner, he and Prime recalled out the Autobots before returning the humans to Earth and finally bringing peace to the metallic planet. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====Significant locations====
*Cybertron has two moons. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}
*Cybertron was historically organized into city-states, the largest and most important being [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Others have included [[Kalis]], [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], and [[Vos (polity)|Vos]]. Within the province of [[Polyhex]] was the Decepticon stronghold called [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]].
*Beneath the [[Mutant (G1)|Mutant]] filled sewers, the [[Demon|Demons in the Darkness]] were locked away.
*At the center of this Cybertron there was a room with a huge head of Primus on the wall where he slept and was watched over by the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. Somewhere within the depths of Cybertron could also be found a chamber containing the [[Last Autobot]].
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====''Regeneration One''====
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Before creating the Cybertronians, [[Primus]] created the [[Demon]]s as a first run. The creatures' free will however caused them to turn each other and Primus attempt to wipe the slate clean. Though most perished, a few survived beneath Cybertron's surface, unnoticed by the Cybertronians who took their place. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

Prior to the Great War, Cybertron had trade relations with other mechanical planets. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

As Cybertron reconstructed itself following Unicron's defeat, the [[Dark Matrix]] entity merged itself with the planet infecting every crack and becoming one with it as Primus had done before. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} After the end of the Great War, the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed which brought peace to the planet. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

[[File:WarToEndAllWarsPart5-itneverends.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

After 21 years of relative peace, however, the planet was again thrown into the fire by the machinations of the Dark Matrix entity, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} marked by the destruction of the Last Autobot. {{storylink|Counterpoint}} After learning that Megatron still lived and was wreaking havoc on Earth, Optimus left the planet under [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]'s leadership. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] planned to use a [[Gene Key]] to turn all on the planet into Decepticons.
{{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} Though the Decepticon was halted, his scheme had caused great damage to Cybertron, {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} with many turning themselves in or asking to be prosecuted for war crimes. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Cybertron however was soon invaded by Bludgeon's ''[[Warworld]]'', {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} which soon turned into all out war before the [[Wrecker]]s destroyed the ship. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

As Cybertron began (another) cleanup, rogue senator [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] arrived, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} and offered to integrate Cybertron into the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} The Autobots soon went to war with the Hub and while they were offworld, the Dark Matrix struck out on Cybertron, turning everyone on the planet into [[shadow-leech]]es. Hot Rod, now Rodimus Prime, eventually realized the Dark Matrix creature had been posing as Primus and confronted it in [[Zero Space]]. There, Optimus Prime revealed the entity's plan to Rodimus and that the only way to prevent it was to sever their own reality from the multiverse which Rodimus reluctantly did. Cut off from Primus, Cybertron and its people became mortal, with the latter abandoning the planet in the aftermath. When Rodimus Prime returned to Cybertron after untold eons to finally die, the last vestiges of his Spark energy flowed to one of the stasis pods inhabited by the Demons and [[Botanica (BM)|a new breed of Cybertronian]] emerged to tame the planet. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

====''Transformers '84''====
After Cybertron had been ripped from its orbit, Shockwave test fired a [[planetary engine|planetary turbine]] that directed the planet towards the dangerous [[Stellae Cimeterium]] to try and have Megatron refocus on [[Project Dreadnought]] to no avail. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}

Despite this, Optimus Prime felt that Megatron represented the greatest threat to Cybertron, not least because Cybertron's errant course could be halted by a series of controlled explosions, and launched the Ark in an attempt to lure [[Decepticon High Command]] off Cybertron forever, entrusting [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] to ensure that Megatron never saw their home planet again, so that the Autobot army could have a fighting chance. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|Transformers '84 #0}}

After clearing away the [[asteroid belt]] that threatened Cybertron, Optimus crashed the Ark on Earth once it had been boarded by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}} Despite this, the situation on Cybertron deteriorated for the Autobot army, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] emerging as the ''de facto'' [[Decepticon leader]] and leading a brutal campaign against the remaining Autobots. Once he was secure in his power, he gave Counterpunch the clearance to reactivate Project Dreadnought. Punch brought the information back to the Autobots who formed the [[Wrecker]]s to end Dreadnought. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}

Despite coming up against [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], the Wreckers succeeded in destroying Project Dreadnought, leaving Cybertron to continue its errant course throughout the cosmos. With the Decepticons firmly in control of the planet, the Autobots opted for a decentralized approach to warfare under a shared high command. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards1.jpg|left|thumb|250px|And that, my friends, is when you say "Look out below!"]]
Cybertron appeared [[Scale|considerably smaller than the planet Earth]]. Entirely metallic on the surface, some of the [[Organic core|lowest levels]] of Cybertron consisted of rock and dirt, suggesting an organic beginning to the planet. Its gravity was light enough that [[human]]s were able to traverse the surface without any trouble, and it possessed a breathable atmosphere. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} [[Water]], or at least a substance resembling it, was in evidence on the planet—lakes and rivers have been shown to exist, albeit sparingly. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}} Many levels below the surface was the energy-furnace, the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], {{storylink|The Rebirth}} and at the heart of the planet was the spherical mega-computer, [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:G1 Cybertron's galaxy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|LOOK HOW LOUD I HAVE TO YELL!]]
Cybertron was orbited by at least three unnamed moons, but its own place in the cosmos appears unfixed—in [[1984]], it was clearly shown to exist outside of the [[Milky Way]]; on the cusp of an entirely different galaxy, in fact. {{storylink|Roll for It}} Nine million years prior, however, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] had been able to fly from their home planet to Earth under their own power, {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} suggesting that it may drift freely through space, and had been passing through the Sol System at that point, going on to drift out of the galaxy over the ensuing millennia.

If the assorted colourful exclamations made by numerous Transformers are anything to go by, Cybertron also played host to [[:Category:Cybertronic wildlife|a vast array of fauna]], including but not limited to: [[antroid]]s, [[bolt-bat]]s, [[cyber-duck]]s, [[dynametal duck]]s, [[electro-toad]]s, [[glitch mouse|glitch mice]], [[guinea pigatron]]s, [[helio-hamster]]s, [[hydro-weasel]]s, [[photovoltaic pussycat]]s, [[pigeonoid]]s, [[retrorat]]s, [[robo-rat]]s, [[sheepacron]]s, [[titanium moosebot]]s, [[turbofox]]es, [[zap-mouse|zap-mice]] and [[robotopossum]]s.

Twelve million years ago, the [[Quintesson]]s used Cybertron as a factory to manufacture their robot creations. Notably, the origins of the planet are never explicitly stated—the Quintessons may have built it, terraformed an organic world, or colonized an existing metal planet. Whatever the case, after a million years, the Quintessons were forced to abandon Cybertron when their robots evolved true sentience and feelings, and knew they were being used as slaves, rebelling in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|First Cybertronian War]].

[[File:Ffod4 early soldiers.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Though the early Cybertronians were able to successfully drive their cruel masters offworld, this new peace was short-lived; "consumer goods" robots developed into the peace-loving [[Autobot]]s, while "military hardware" evolved into the warmongering [[Decepticon]]s, and the two factions went to war. With the Autobots' innovation of transformation, they were able to win—or at least stalemate—the war, and a period of peace descended on Cybertron, which shone with a healthy golden glow, distinguishing the period as the "[[Golden Age]]". {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

Eventually, however, Decepticons adopted transformation as well, along with [[robot mode]] flight, and around nine million years ago, the creation of the Decepticon [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] re-ignited the war on Cybertron. Megatron rallied like-minded individuals to his cause, and brainwashed others into his service, quickly killing the current Autobot leader in a strike on one of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s outer cities. With this act kept out of the public knowledge, rumors circulated as Autobot machinesmith [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] worked diligently on a new process to reconstruct Autobots into battle-hardy configurations for the war he knew was coming. That war finally erupted in full when Megatron fatally injured a naive young dock worker, Orion Pax, and Alpha Trion made him the first subject of his new process, reconstructing him into [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], who would lead the Autobots in the [[Great War (G1)|Third Cybertronian War]]. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

[[File:Cybertron-mtmte-actioncards3.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The white zone is for blasting Autobots only.]]

After a further five million years of war, during which many Autobots fled the planet, the Decepticons had acquired a large hold on the planet, with the majority of it under their control. The main Autobot force continued to operate from the capital city-state of Iacon, but Cybertron's energy levels were depleted to a dangerous low, necessitating a space mission to locate a new planet with new sources of energy that the Transformers could harness. Optimus Prime led his best and brightest on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], but they were pursued by Megatron's elite troops, and all were stranded in stasis on Earth for four million years. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

In the ensuing four million years, [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]], who Megatron had left in charge as guardian of the planet, maintained the Decepticon hold on the planet, though he was unaware of the continued guerrilla efforts of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s [[Female Autobots]] to undermine him as they raided his energy supplies. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} Eventually, Cybertron's energy level dipped so low as to put the planet in immediate, mortal danger. Reestablishing contact with Megatron, who had awoken with the other Transformers on Earth in the year 1984, Shockwave co-designed the [[space bridge]], an intergalactic transport system that could transport [[energon]] [[energon cube|cubes]] from Earth to Cybertron, abating the planet's impending doom. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

[[File:UltimateDoom2 Cybertron Earth.JPG|thumb|left|250px|I see a Cybertron a-risin'. I see trouble on the way.]]

Cybertron's place in the universe was forcibly altered in 1984 when the Decepticons constructed a colossal space bridge that actually transported the entire planet into the [[Solar System|Sol system]], into Earth's orbit,{{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} where its gravity wreaked havoc with the planet's natural balance, unleashing an unending torrent of energy created by natural disasters. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} The energy acquired re-energized Cybertron enough to put it out of the danger zone, but the planet was soon knocked out of orbit by a massive energon explosion, and set drifting off through the solar system. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} At this closer range, Cybertron remained easily accessed throughout 1985 at least, with the Autobots now able to reach it by conventional transportation ([[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]), rather than having to constantly hijack use of the spacebridge. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:TFTM Autobot Cybertron.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]

By the Earth year 2005, Cybertron had exited the Sol system, but, remaining within the Milky Way, was still relatively easily accessible by shuttlecraft from Earth. By this time, the Decepticon forces had succeeded in conquering the entire planet, forcing all the Autobots off it, leading them to relocate to [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth, and to two staging ground bases on two of [[Moonbase One|Cybertron]]'s [[Moonbase Two|moons]]. It was at this time that Cybertron came under attack from the world eater, [[Unicron]], who consumed the two moonbases and assaulted Cybertron itself, only to be destroyed by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix of Leadership]]. His deactivated, decapitated head fell into orbit around Cybertron, a grisly new satellite to replace those he had destroyed. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} With the Decepticon forces in disarray after Unicron's attack, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his troops succeeded in driving their foes off Cybertron, reclaiming the planet for the Autobots, and restoring and re-energizing much of the planet by 2006, {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} when the world came under frequent attacks from the returning Quintessons, whose previously-secret history with the Transformers came to light. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:Rebirth 3 Cybertron gold.JPG|thumb|left|250px]]

In the year 2007, Cybertron was once again wrenched from its place in space when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons invaded the planet and constructed a massive [[planetary engine]] that propelled Cybertron back into Earth orbit once more. Once there, Galvatron opened the Plasma Energy Chamber, intending for the energy release to drive the Sun supernova, consuming Earth, Cybertron and everything else in one final destructive blow. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and the Autobots' [[Nebulan]] allies were able to stop this plan by reversing the rocket engine, which drained off the excess solar energy and channeled it straight into Vector Sigma, which used it to fully re-energize Cybertron. Its rich golden hue restored, Cybertron entered a new Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese cartoon continuity as detailed above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the timeline, including an extensive 2007 retcon that revealed the complicated origins of Cybertron in this continuity.}}

=====''Kiss Players''=====
[[File:Methusula Call-of-the-Primatives.jpg|thumb|250px|"It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree."]]
12 billion years ago, the ancient genius [[Primacron]] and his assistant, the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] were attacked by Primacron's renegade creation Unicron. The Oracle's body was destroyed, but his essence, encased within a protective shell, fled to a dead planet at the center of the universe, which he proceeded to transform into a verdant, living world.

In time, the Quintessons discovered the Oracle's world and invaded, taking control of the Oracle and his powers. The Oracle was transformed by the Quintessons into the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]] and also obtained the shell that had held his essence, which went on to become the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Using the power of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], the Quintessons transformed the Oracle's green planet into the metallic Cybertron. {{storylink|Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 TakaraTomy Transformers timeline}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:HM10 Cybertron destroyed.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
In 2011, it was discovered that the release of the energy of the Matrix by Optimus Prime to cure the [[Hate Plague]] had much more far-reaching consequences that anyone suspected. With the Matrix's energy depleted, Vector Sigma's balance—permanently tilted in favor of the Autobots by the existence of the Matrix—was reset to neutrality, allowing the Decepticons, bolstered by their new [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] troops, to freely invade Cybertron. Eventually, this forced Optimus Prime to sacrifice his life by merging with Vector Sigma in order to stabilize the computer before it destroyed Cybertron from within. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Not long thereafter, Vector Sigma developed a new metal alloy dubbed [[Cybertonuron]], which enticed Galvatron into another raid on the planet. However, the Decepticon Headmaster leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Zarak]], feared the power that Galvatron would gain from the alloy, and so, to prevent either him or the Autobots from obtaining it, arranged for his Headmasters to plant bombs at the core of the planet, within Vector Sigma's chamber. The Autobots were unable to stop the countdown and the bombs detonated, tearing Cybertron apart and leaving it a charred uninhabitable ruin drifting in space. {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{Storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

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=====''Unite Warriors''=====
[[File:CybertronUnicron.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
Having survived the devastation of Cybertron, Vector Sigma granted the Autobot [[Disaster Relief Team]] new bodies and powers so that they could rebuild the planet. By 2021, Cybertron had been made inhabitable once more. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} That same year, Unicron's head returned and attempted to turn the planet into his new body, but was repelled. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

=====Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio=====
Some time beyond the year 2036, Cybertron began to suffer from a major energy shortage. In order to re-energize the struggling planet, Optimus Prime upgraded into a [[Powermaster]] and ventured into a black hole to obtain the super-energy [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]], which was used to restore Cybertron to its former glory. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#NucleonQuestSuperConvoy|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy bio}}

=====''Beast Wars'' cartoon=====
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=====''Beast Wars Returns'' cartoon=====
{{see|#Beast Machines cartoon}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
Following the conversion of Cybertron into a technorganic planet, Vector Sigma also underwent an upgrade and effectively turned into the "soul" of the planet, becoming the ultimate authority of the planet who issued its will through the newly created [[Convoy Council]]. Tens of thousands of years later, when Vector Sigma discovered that the [[Blentron]]s were trying to resurrect Unicron with [[Angolmois Energy]], the supercomputer converted Cybertron back to a wholly mechanical planet in preparation for war. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Blue Big Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

=====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon=====
Tens of thousands of years into the future, in the era of the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], the mechanical Cybertron was reigned over by Vector Sigma, who handed down orders through the ruling body known as the [[Convoy Council]]. {{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} By this point, the planet had come to reside in the center of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}}

When Unicron was resurrected as an energy being, he sought to use Cybertron as a new physical body, as his original body at the [[Triple Z Point]] was too ravaged to serve as a suitable vessel. {{storylink|Fight! Maximals}} Unicron was able to get through all of Cybertron's defenses and merged with Vector Sigma itself, granting him absolute control over Cybertron and the planet began converting into an imitation of Unicron's original planet mode. {{Storylink|End of the Maximals!?}} However, thanks to the efforts of [[Big Convoy]]'s unit, [[Magmatron]], and [[Lio Convoy]], Unicron was able to be drawn out of Vector Sigma {{Storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} and defeated in his weaker form. In the aftermath, Predacons and Maximals united to rebuild the planet. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:HtF-RookUnicronandUnicorn.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The second [[Golden Age]] of Cybertron came to an end in [[2013]] when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] initiated the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]. However, the Machine Wars ended in a matter of weeks and inadvertently brought about the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|Termination}} {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

In [[2984]], the [[Star Seeker]]s arrived from a temporal journey through [[Unspace|transwarp]] to enact Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]]'s newest scheme: plunder Cybertron of all its energon using Unicron's head when Cybertron would be at peace and have high levels of energy. The pirates attracted the attention of Cybertron's elite defenders, the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s, but during the clash aboard Unicron's head, [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] gave Cannonball a crushing revelation: his scheme was doomed to fail from the start because the Cybertron he was attacking was technorganic and ''no longer ran on energon'' (as a result of the [[Great Transformation]]). {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}

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===''A Birth of Planet Saybertron''===
[[File:Birth Saybertron.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Cybertron was originally a mere satellite, built to ensure peace between a coalition of planets. But the powerful computer within the satellite proved too advanced for it to remain in its initial form; using electromagnetic forces to draw in other satellites, it used their materials to build itself up. This ultimately led to a malfunction of the computer, and the civilizations that had built it found themselves no longer able to access it. Though the united civilizations tried to stop the satellite, it kept on growing and becoming more sophisticated, eventually plundering all nearby resources and leaving its galactic neighborhood bare of resources. Ages passed and Cybertron became a planet proper, with metallic mountains and oceans of oil. From it sprung primitive machines, which evolved into Transformers over the millennia. {{storylink|A Birth of Planet Saybertron}}

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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
[[File:CybertronBM Season1.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Eons ago, Cybertron was a verdant, Earthlike world, populated by a wide variety of organic creatures. {{storylink|Survivor}} This idyllic period came to an end when the first Transformers arrived on the planet, an event foreseen by the mystical [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] that surrounded [[Vector Sigma]]; {{storylink|The Reformatting}} their arrival evidently coincided with the extinction of Cybertron's natural biosphere, {{storylink|Survivor}} and over the eons Cybertronian civilizations would build over the rock and soil with metal upon metal, giving rise to the illusion that Cybertron was, and always had been, a world of technology alone. {{storylink|The Reformatting}} Remnants of the past persisted in the lowermost levels of the planet, including stray plant life, {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}} [[Fossil chamber|fossilized remains of the animals that had once roamed the surface]], {{storylink|Survivor}} and an "[[organic core]]" composed of [[Organic goop|concentrated biological matter]]. {{storylink|The Key}} Successive generations of Cybertronians built atop old cities, layer after layer, only to be gradually forgotten. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], four million years before the present day, the Autobots left Cybertron aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}} but were intercepted by the Decepticon starship ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} eventually coming to crash-land on prehistoric [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

[[File:CybertronBW SolarSystem.jpg|thumb|right|250px|At least it's finally trying to keep an orbit.]]

Three hundred years after the end of this conflict and the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Cybertron would come to be populated by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, descendants of the Autobots and Decepticons. This great metamorphosis was precipitated by the "[[Great Upgrade]]," described as the period of time when Cybertron's Autobot population transitioned to Maximals; old cities like [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] were once again abandoned and paved over to make way for new cities, like [[Cybertropolis]]. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}} Three hundred years after the end of the conflict, Cybetron was once more a peaceful, prosperous planet, governed by the [[Maximal Elder]]s, {{storylink|Possession}} while the [[Tripredacus Council]] controlled the affairs of the Predacons. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

Peacetime diversions included the [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron]] amusement park; "mature" entertainment included joints where the servers went around without their torso plates on. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

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====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:CybertronBW Transwarp.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Sunny with an 80% chance of lens flares. If you're traveling, watch out for transwarp waves.]]
When [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and his [[Axalon (BW)|starship]] went missing, [[temporal probe]]s were dispatched from Cybertron in the hopes of finding where he and his crew had vanished to. {{storylink|The Probe}} Not long afterwards, the [[transwarp wavefront]] generated by the destruction of the [[Planet Buster]] superweapon was due to hit the planet only for the [[Tripredacus Council]] to disrupt it before it reached Cybertron, allowing them to covertly dispatch [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to bring in [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
[[File:SeedsOfTheFuture-cybertropolis.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This was a Pizza Hut, now it's all covered with daisies.]]

The tranquility of this age would come to a rapid end when [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] returned from the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] and set a [[Transformation virus|virus]] loose on the world that incapacitated the population and paved the way for [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] rule. Under Megatron's reign, the villain sought to reorganize the entirety of Cybertronian civilization into one vast machine controlled by a single, overriding intellect—his own. {{storylink|Master of the House}} Megatron would be opposed, however, by Optimus Primal and his band of Maximals, who, after discovering the Oracle, befriending [[Nightscream (BM)|a survivor of Megatron's attack]], and learning the truth behind Cybertron's organic nature, {{storylink|Survivor}} believed that they needed to restore the organic to Cybertron and destroy all technology—a conflict that came to a head when Primal and Megatron pitted the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] against the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], unleashing a doomsday energy storm. {{storylink|End of the Line}}

In the aftermath, Primal realized he had been wrong in his mission; rather, the Oracle wanted him to create a balance, a peaceful equilibrium of the organic and the technological. In the end, Primal would see his dream accomplished when he applied the power of the Oracle to the exposed organic core of Cybertron, his sacrifice converting the entire planet into a lush paradise where [[technorganic]] plants and animals coexisted with Transformers. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}

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====3H comics====
[[File:Disclosure-Quintessons.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
According to [[Al-Badur]], the Quintessons had once served Unicron, and in doing so, they'd found the "dimensional landing" of Primus: Cybertron. Rather than alert their master, however, they decided to capitalize on their discovery for their own purposes. They attempted to subvert Primus's creations via the Plasma Energy Chamber, but the [[Trans-Organic|results]] were disastrous. Success came when they placed a shell program over [[Vector Sigma]] and channeled the divine power into creating a subservient race. That race would one day rebel and become the Transformers, but the Quintessons' influence remained in the form of the Vector Sigma shell program—otherwise known as the Oracle. Primus could nonetheless sometimes send messages from Vector Sigma through the Oracle, but it is difficult to tell the difference. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

[[File:WreckersFinalePartI-rook.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Almost three months after the [[Great Transformation]], the Quintessons invaded Cybertron, hoping the sudden transition to technorganic would leave the Transformers disoriented. Instead, the population of Cybertron successfully repelled the invaders—and the Quintessons learned that they themselves had been pawns of Primus, who had deliberately manipulated the aliens so that Cybertron and his creations could make this great evolutionary leap. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}} {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

One year later, this reality's Cybertron later became became the home base of the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] in the multiverse-spanning [[Universe War]] against Unicron. {{storylink|Abduction}} {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}} Unfortunately during the war, Cybertron fell victim to the "Culling", where Unicron's [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion]]s cut a swath across the planet to feed the sparks of the victims to the Chaos-Bringer, though the invaders were ultimately repelled. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 9|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal's bio}} The Children continued the war, and eventually emerged victorious. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:MTMTE-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"They lied to us. Founding fathers of Cybertron. Everything we were told was a lie. Built on the lie of the sparkless child."]]
The planet Cybertron and its two moons orbited [[Alpha Centauri]]; a Saturn-sized mechanical world, the planet possessed an oxygen-based atmosphere capable of supporting carbon-based life. Complex tunnel networks and advanced machinery existed in the deepest levels of the planet; some Decepticons, like Megatron, believed that Cybertron could become a mobile fortress equipped with [[planetary engine]]s, and sought to make this dream a reality. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye}}

The earliest Cybertronians supposedly arose from the [[Well of All Sparks]], {{storylink|Conflagration}} but after creating the Transformers, Primus went dormant so as to avoid the attention of his ancient nemesis Unicron. The [[Sonic Canyons]] that spanned the planet's southern equator gathered data from across the universe so as to be analyzed by Vector Sigma, {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} while Primus sealed the well to prevent Unicron from locating his physical form. {{storylink|Conflagration}} Prior to the Great War, Megatron claimed to have discovered an [[Golden Disk (ancient)|artifact]] which suggested the [[Quintesson|truth]] behind the origins of the Cybertronian species, which would, over time, lead to the formation of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

[[File:GreatShutdown.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Everyone died, the end.]]

The war between the Autobots and Decepticons would eventually lead to Optimus Prime and Megatron disappearing in a [[space bridge]] explosion; in their absence, however, the conflict continued, with Autobots, Decepticons, joined by various splinter factions. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}. The arrival of [[The Fallen]] briefly forced these competing factions to briefly work together, {{storylink|Conflagration}} and dwindling fuel supplies eventually led to the construction of energy-efficient [[Micromaster]]s—though these warriors were eventually forced to take up arms as well.

3.5 million years ago, continued energon shortages finally culminated in the event known as the "[[Great Shutdown]]," where all Transformers on the planet simply ground to a halt after Cybertron's natural supplies of [[energon]] completely dried up. This state of affairs lasted for many millions of years; it would not be until some three thousand years ago that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] reactivated and worked to bring other Transformers back online. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Initially, after Cybertron's reawakening, Autobots were reluctant to trust Shockwave until key Autobots agreed to share leadership of Cybertron with him. An underground resistance movement was formed and a young [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] rose to leadership of one such faction. It wasn't until Optimus Prime's return to Cybertron that the majority of Autobots rededicated themselves to eliminating the Decepticons. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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The [[Quintesson]]s created both [[Trans-Organic|transorganics]] and the gladiator and slave races that would evolve into the Decepticons and Autobots. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}

Following Optimus Prime and Megatron's crash on Earth, Cybertron was conquered by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. The planet was also the location of [[Teletran 3]], which accidentally transported members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] to the alien world. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs the Transformers #1}}

Shockwave was eventually defeated and the Decepticons were driven back to the [[Gladiator Zone]], allowing Cybertron to be at peace for the first time in millennia. A [[warp gate]] was set up between Cybertron and [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} The peace was interrupted when [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]] warped to Cybertron and took control of the Decepticons, but he was eventually defeated. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}} Notable locations on Cybertron included [[Capitol City]] and the large junkyards where the [[cannibalizer]]s would reside. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

After the death of Serpent O.R., Cybertron was peaceful yet again, and seemingly stayed that way. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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Cybertron and its two moons orbited a yellow dwarf.<ref>Author [[Simon Furman]] stated that Cybertron orbits the star {{w|Lambda Scorpii|Shaula}}, a real star that can be observed from Earth as the second-brightest object in the tail of the constellation {{w|Scorpius}}, though this information never made it into an actual issue.</ref> {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} The precise origins of the planet are not known; various religious sects held that the planet had a relation to [[Primus]], who either arose from the surface of Cybertron {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} or had himself created the mechanical world, {{storylink|Crisis Intervention|Timeline in Revolutionaries #1}} perhaps after vanquishing the mythological [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] at the dawn of time. {{storylink|Last Stand (Unicron)|Last Stand}}

Another theory postulates that Cybertron may have once been an organic world, one whose biological inhabitants made an evolutionary leap to a cybernetic existence before eventually discarding their organic heritage to become fully-mechanical lifeforms. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} Evidence for this theory is corroborated by the planet [[Gorlam Prime]], whose inhabitants underwent such a transition; after emerging from this "chrysalis state," they renamed their world "Cybertron," which raises some interesting questions about the origins of the Transformers. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

The first known Cybertronian to come into existence was [[Rung (G1)|Primus]] himself; though later Transformers would deify him as a warrior-god, {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations}} Primus's only unique trait was the ability to manufacture [[photonic crystal]]s. He would be joined by four other Transformers—[[Epistemus]], [[Mortilus]], [[Solomus]], and [[Adaptus]]—and together this first generation of Transformers would become known as the [[Guiding Hand]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Together, they would go on to ignite the twelve [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spots]] across the planet, allowing Vector Sigma to begin sending the life-giving pulses of energy that ignited new sparks and gave rise to the first true "generation" of Transformers: the [[Knights of Cybertron]], who turned the prehistoric planet into a paradise for both body and sprit. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The predecessors of [[Functionism|Functionist]] doctrine believed that, if tilted at just the right angle, Cybertron could refract the light of a sun, turning the planet itself into [[God Gun|a weapon]] to be used against asteroids and other spaceborne threats. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

Some twelve million years ago, the ambitious Adaptus would turn on his comrades; seeking to introduce the notion of war to the species so as to avoid the stagnation he feared would soon grip the planet, he battled the other four members of the Guiding Hand in what would come to be called the "[[God War]]". Although the other members of the Hand fought back, they were unable to vanquish their enemy, who fled to [[Moonbase One|the planet's first moon]], readying an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that would leave the inhabitants of Cybertron disoriented while he retrofitted the moon into a primitive spaceship and fled. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Though this [[information creep]] would distort reality into garbled legends, the Knights of Cybertron remained known, and eventually opted to leave Cybertron aboard a fleet of [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s. Deprived of their benevolent oversight, Cybertronian society regressed back to an era of barbarism, splintering into numerous smaller city-states and tribes. {{storylink|The Crucible}} This sequence of events would be noted as atypical compared to the development of most other civilizations, who established permanent world governments before mastering faster-than-light space travel. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

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It was in this primitive landscape that the Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] found himself after the destruction of his [[chronal drive]] in 2013. Unable to return to his own time, Shockwave slew the shepherd [[Onyx Prime|Onyx]] and manipulated events to bring the [[Thirteen]] together. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} In his new role, "Onyx" encouraged expansion and the colonization of distant worlds. Titans colonized distant worlds to expand the aegis of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], including [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]], [[Velocitron]], and [[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]], all in service to Shockwave's infinitely longer game. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Eventually, Shockwave would also mastermind the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], {{storylink|Heavy}} {{storylink|The Crucible}} which ended in the ascension of [[Nova Prime]] and a grand reordering of the planet's society under Functionist doctrine. {{storylink|The Crucible}} It quickly became clear, however, that Cybertron's rapidly urbanizing population was not infinitely sustainable, prompting the younger version of Shockave to begin a [[Regenesis|plan]] to ensure that Cybertron could meet its energy needs; {{storylink|Shockwaves}} while Nova Prime planned a grand [[Expansion]] that would see Cybertron the capital of a grand interstellar empire, this plan fell through when he and his innermost retinue vanished aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark-1]]'' in the [[Benzuli Expanse]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

The reign of [[Nominus Prime]] saw the widespread automation of Cybertron's old [[energon]] mines, leading to an employment crisis as labourers lost their livelihoods. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} Antebellum Cybertron was seen as a backwater placed by [[alien]] civilizations, owing to the cultural stagnation Functionism brought to the planet. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

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The subsequent [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] began four million years ago, and ravaged Cybertron until [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s experiments with [[Pretender]] technology led to a mad rampage that left the planet completely uninhabitable. With no atmosphere, Cybertron's surface was unprotected from cosmic radiation and was wracked by plasma storms. Transformers had to divert energy to their personal shielding in order to remain on the surface for short periods; the surface was presumably immediately lethal for humans. Gravity was also weaker than normal and Transformers needed [[magno-tread]]s to walk on the surface. The Transformer race abandoned the planet (save for occasional scientific surveys from orbit) and began conducting their conflict across the galaxy. According to Autobot command directives, landing on Cybertron was forbidden. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} However, with the resurrection (and subsequent defeat) of Thunderwing, this directive was lifted due to the unusual circumstances. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

Around the year 1997, the wise [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] returned to Cybertron, with a plan to revive the planet. Over the next few years, Trion worked to repair Cybertron's atmosphere and rid it of radiation, though the planet remained dead and resourceless. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}}

[[File:TheIronAge-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|It was after the apocalypse. No one was prepared... for the Robot Holocaust.]]

A decade later, the Decepticons created the three [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on Cybertron from a naturally-occurring subterannean species, {{storylink|Transformers: Historia|Historia}}, and left the thousands of [[Insecticon swarm|failed clones]] to their own devices. When the Decepticons defeated the Autobots on Earth during the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], they sent their battered enemies through a portal to Cybertron, where the swarm would finish them off. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} By this time, Alpha Trion's hard work had eliminated much of the radiation and electromagnetic storms, so the Autobots survived their stay on the planet with only minor pains. {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} Later, the Autobot starship ''[[Trion]]'' was shot down over Cybertron, and its crew joined the rest of the survivors on its surface. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}} They were eventually rescued by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], leaving Alpha Trion and Metroplex to continue their work uninterrupted. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}

In order to make Cybertron habitable again, Trion revived [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], who had been recently slain on [[Earth]], to help take out the swarm. {{storylink|Ironing Out the Details}} Trion then left again, with only Ironhide, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and a few hundred swarm members remaining on the planet, {{storylink|Any Old Iron}} which were eventually quashed by the time that [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] returned to Cybertron, intent on turning the metal world into his first line of defense against [[D-Void]], a malevolent entity set on devouring all Transformers. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} By the time his army arrived on the planet, the swarm had seemingly been exterminated. The arrival of Galvatron caused Ironhide and Sunstreaker to flee on [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]]'s newly arrived ship, after which they traveled to Earth to alert the rest of the Autobots to Galvatron's occupation. {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}}

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Led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], the Autobots on Earth returned to Cybertron and confronted Galvatron. {{storylink|Chaos Part One: Lamentations|Lamentations}} During the battle, Galvatron inserted his [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] into the remains of Vector Sigma, in the belief that this would stop D-Void from entering the universe. In reality, the Heart of Darkness was an aspect of D-Void, and doing so would allow the entity to turn the dead planet of Cybertron into a giant portal to the Dead Universe. To stop this from happening, Optimus Prime opened the [[Matrix of Leadership]] into Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}} Somehow, the Matrix of Leadership was able to restart Vector Sigma, and its energies worked to "reset" the entire planet into a primordial state. Almost every structure and geographic landmark on the planet was wiped out, and the only Transformer-made structure remaining was the crashed remains of [[Kimia Facility]]. Simultaneously, Cybertron itself sent out a signal to all Cybertronians out in space, telling them to come home. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} The only known structures that were spared this reformatting were [[Crystal City]], resurrected by [[Ore-14]], {{storylink|Shockwaves}} and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] which had been buried beneath the new layer of metal. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

With Cybertron restored, most Decepticons captured and thousands of [[NAIL|neutrals]] returning to repopulate their planet, the war was considered over. When the planet came alive again, it began transmitting energy to its two moons, reviving Luna 2 as well. Since Luna 1 was missing, its share of the energy ended up in the atmosphere instead, supercharging it and causing "ball lighting" effects to strike the planet's surface until [[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]] got a temporary satellite in orbit. {{storylink|Stick Together}} After a brief revival of the Autobot/Decepticon war, the neutrals kicked the two factions out of Iacon and briefly assumed control of the planet under the leadership of Starscream, {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} who established the [[Republic of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Sound of Breaking Glass}}

Soon afterwards, Shockwave attempted to bring his Regenesis plan to fruition, collapsing all of space-time into a singularity to fuel Cybertron for eternity which would have made the planet the sole thing that existed, had ever existed or would exist before he was defeated by Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}} The destruction of his chronal drive caused the formation of a [[black hole]] that sent him back to the planet's prehistoric past, free to take up the mantle of "Onyx Prime" and shape the history of Cybertron in a great ontological paradox. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

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In the aftermath of the cataclysm, Metroplex was able to locate five of Cybertron's colonies, {{storylink|The Transformers: Windblade}} leading to the formation of the [[Council of Worlds]], {{storylink|All That Remains}} which eventually came to encompass [[Earth]] after Optimus chose to annex the organic world into the Cybertronian Council for its own protection. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} When [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] abruptly returned to life, he viewed modern Cybertron as a world built on compromise; {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} disgusted, he planned to wipe the slate clean with an army of [[zombie]] Titans. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} Though he perished, {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}} the Titans arrived at Cybertron and began destroying all in sight {{storylink|Ping}} before they were stopped by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Vigilem]]. {{storylink|Rubicon}}

Earth would soon come to join the Council of Worlds as an official member state, not a mere protectorate, and various human dignitaries were shuttled from Earth to Cybertron via [[space bridge]] to prepare for the ceremony in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Unfortunately, repeated Cybertronian incursions had also convinced [[Joe Colton]] that one day Cybertron would destroy Earth, {{storylink|First Strike issue 1|First Strike #1}} and so he assembled an [[Iron Ring|cabal of supervillains]] who would poison Cybertron's energon from within by harnessing the power of the alien [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]], launching an all-out assault on Iacon while he and his inner team of supervillains travelled into the core of the planet to enact the plan. {{storylink|First Strike issue 2|First Strike #2}} Though Optimus Prime and his allies raced to stop the villains as they travelled to the core of Cybertron, it was soon revealed that the entire scheme had been masterminded by Colton's second-in-command; revealed as the [[Prysmosian]] wizard [[Merklynn]], he used the Talisman to transform a small fragment of the planet into [[New Prysmos]], a copy of his [[Prysmos|lost homeworld]].

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The process drained nearly half of Cybertron's energon supply which caused the planet to "scream", the missing energon sent into space as a communication signal that translated to "Welcome. Death". The signal struck the slumbering form of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], and roused the ancient monster into action. {{storylink|First Strike issue 6|First Strike #6}} As Cybertron rebuilt from the invasion, "Onyx Prime" arrived alongside [[Liege Maximo]] and his [[Maximal]] hordes to put the final stages of his plan into action: {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} now convinced that Cybertron itself was not worth saving, "Onyx" revealed his true identity to Cybertron, engineering a series of crises designed to break the collective faith of Cybertron in everything that they believed in. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}} Everything Shockwave had worked towards for the last twelve million years was in anticipation of Unicron's arrival: the very Talisman itself was poisoned bait; when Unicron consumed the planet, its corrosive energies would kill him from the inside out. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}}

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In the meantime, however, the Talisman was still in service to the [[Darkling Lord]]s of Prysmos, who had recently come to inhabit the caverns beneath the planet, burrowing its way to Vector Sigma to complete its mission of transforming the entire planet into a copy of Prysmos. {{storylink|Schismatic}} To save the planet, Wheeljack constructed an anti-Talisman bomb that would counteract its [[magic]], and when the bomb detonated, the exotic energies had the combined effect of transforming a patch of Cybertron into a copy of Prysmos' old biosphere, while also beaming a second message out into space: one that simply said "Unicron." {{storylink|Transformers vs. Visionaries}} {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}}

Indeed, Unicron awoke and began his assault on the galaxy not long afterwards, and after destroying eleven of the worlds affiliated with the Transformers, Unicron attacked Cybertron directly. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} Though the populace initially attempted to fight back, {{storylink|Our Finest}} Windblade was forced to call on the Visionaries, who used a combination of their magic and the Talisman to teleport the population of Iacon to Earth. Contrary to Shockwave's predictions, the destruction of Cybertron did ''not'' spell the destruction of Unicron; the planet-eater, intelligent enough to realize the threat that the tainted planet posed to his own body, simply destroyed the planet by tearing it apart, unleashing a burst of energy that ripped the planet in half. {{storylink|Road's End}}
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====The Functionist Universe====
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In a world where Megatron had never been created, the [[Functionist Council]] grew ever more powerful, to the point where they eventually usurped the [[Senate]] and functionally conquered the planet. {{storylink|The Custom-Made Now - An Elegant Chaos Prologue|The Custom-Made Now}} When the Council concluded that alien life had no purpose in [[Primus]]'s grand design, they isolated their homeworld from the rest of the galaxy to stoke the fires of fear and xenophobia, while they worked to create an army powerful enough to wage war on the galaxy. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

After the intervention of [[Team Rodimus (G1)|Team Rodimus]] cost the Council [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]], {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} the Council turned Cybertron itself into their instrument of destruction, outfitting it with a set of [[planetary engine]]s and using the [[Warren]] to travel from world to world. The planet's lack of mobility proved a hindrance, prompting the Council to reengineer the planet so that it possessed a robot mode, cast in the likeness of the mythological Primus. With this new avatar, the Functionists were able to breach realities, and crossed over from their home reality to make war against the primariy timeline—an event briefly glimpsed by [[Adaptus]], who had himself used the Warren to flee across time and space so as to prepare for the threat. Rationalizing that ''five'' Cybertrons, untouched by war, could command exponentially more power, he commissioned a planet-sized mold and created the "[[God Gun]]". {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

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Pursued by the dimensionally displaced Megatron and the [[Anti-Vocationist League]] back into Megatron's home reality, the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] offered the suggestion to blow up Cybertron, though Megatron overruled it on account of the trillions of innocents still trapped on the planet. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} The crew soon deduced a way to overload Vector Sigma, preserving Cybertron while killing the Functionists. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} After forcing "Primus" back into planet mode, the crew allied with the Architect's forces to stage an invasion of Cybertron, battling [[Functionary|Functionaries]] until they opened twelve duplicate Matrices at each of Cybertron's hot spots, the surge of energy overloading Vector Sigma and vaporizing the Functionists. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

With the native Cybertron recently annihilated by Unicron, this world—now stranded in a parallel reality—was eventually christened "New Cybertron" by those who chose to live there. [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] made the decision to remove the ''Lost Light''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s quantum engines to double the universally displaced planet's energon reserves. With most of the Cybertronian population now based on Earth, New Cybertron was largely left to its own devices; in the years to come, the crew of the ''Lost Light'' took up residence there, while other inhabitants would include millions of [[Lunarian]]s spawned from Luna 1's [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Cybertron was the alternate mode of [[Primus]], one of the many living worlds created by [[Daiakuron]] at the dawn of time. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Though none of the inhabitants of either world were aware of it, Cybertron had a deep connection with the planet Earth, for the organic world was ''also'' a creation of Daiakuron, and Cybertronian artifacts from ancient times could be found across the planet. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

Originally located in a distant galaxy, the planet had been ruled by Decepticons ever since the abrupt departure of Optimus Prime, leaving Megatron and his forces free reign of the planet, with the Autobots in disarray under Grimlock's unruly leadership. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} When Starscream brought Bumblebee's head to Megatron, Megatron pronounced that the Decepticons had won the Great War, {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} and, binding the stolen [[Matrix of Leadership]] to his Spark, {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} he subjugated Primus to his will via [[Vector Sigma]]. Cybertron then slowly began to transform into a massive spaceship in the shape of Megatron's face that would cyberform the galaxy. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} [[Psych Out]] described Cybertron as "the ultimate Transformer" owing to its constantly shifting geography though whether this was a natural phenomenon or a side-effect of Megatron's plan is unclear. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

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Cybertron then moved into Earth's solar system, {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}} before it was invaded by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], using a combination of a "[[G.I.Rocket|green bomb]]" fusillade and a strategically deployed [[Weather Dominator]] to terraform portions of Iacon into a an environment capable of sustaining human life. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} Soon after, Cybertron grew a pair of mega mountains that reached high into its atmosphere. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Megatron then used the horns to gouge into the Earth, seemingly destroying it {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} so as to clear a path to the Sun, intending to consume the star and supercharge his creation powers. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}} Believing Earth to be destroyed, various surviving groups, such as the [[Oktober Guard]], attempted to claim Cybertron as their new homeworld. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}}

Starved of energy, Primus needed little incentive to consume the star, creating a dyson sphere from his own body to speed up its consumption before Primus was stopped by [[Atlas (G1)|Atlas]]—Earth's own robotic form. Though many Cybertronians chose to emigrate from Cybertron to various planets and moons in Earth's solar system, Rodimus guided the impaired but functional Primus back to his original orbit. With Optimus on a mission to the find the [[Quintesson|Makers]], Rodimus took charge of the planet. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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Cybertron orbits the star [[Hadean]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} Following the [[Scouring of Nebulos]] in [[2031]] and the [[Great Push]] of [[2033]], the Transformers were forcibly pacified by the [[Human Confederacy]] and exiled back to Cybertron and a [[Allowed Zone|small region of surrounding space]]. After eleven million years of civil war, Cybertron had become a dying planet drained of energy, {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} and after a final battle against the maddened Thunderwing, who had absorbed the power of the [[Underbase]], the war settled into an uneasy truce. The Autobots and Decepticons became known as the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s and hard-wired themselves into the architecture and landscape of their planet as a means of saving fuel. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

[[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] eventually constructed the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s as successors to the old factions; the Builders, however, preferred to use them for sport in a series of violent [[Games (competition)|Games]] fought in the ruined remains of the old Builder cities. {{storylink|Head Games}} At the same time, new breeds of Cybertronian life—[[mechanimal]]s—began to emerge in the ruins of these old cities. While the older generations of Cybertronians considered them vermin, the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] had masterminded the process after the return of the Underbase to Cybertron's core as a means for the wounded planet to heal itself by generating a functioning, self-sustaining ecosystem. {{storylink|Derailment}}

This dystopian Cybertron was rocked by the [[Grand Uprising]], a protracted war where the Maximals and Predacons fought to topple the stagnant oligarchy that their predecessors had established. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} Shortly after the Beast Upgrade hit the planet, [[Overshoot]] claimed that the Oracle had ''also'' engineered this war, an evolutionary step forward that would free the citizens of Cybertron from their dependence on energon cubes. The war ended with the disastrous [[Vehicon Apocalypse]], and although the [[Resistance]] had ostensibly won the war by that point, it took the united forces of Maximal, Predacon, and Builder alike to curtail the genocidal ambitions of [[Lord Imperious Delirious]]. In the end, the planet was reorganized under the egalitarian [[Cybertronian Parliament]]. {{storylink|Derailment}}

Years afterwards, as the Human Confederacy fell victim to the [[Fall of Man]], the Cybertronian race ventured beyond the Allowed Zone once again. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}} While communing with the Oracle during the Grand Uprising, Overshoot glimpsed visions of the distant future, and saw a time when Earth and Cybertron would first unite against a grave threat before eventually merging into a single, technorganic planet. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
As the Great War continued, Decepticon science created [[Thunder Mayhem]], a combiner so destructive that it was thought to have destroyed Cybertron outright and brought about the functional extinction of the Cybertronian race. {{storylink|Life Finds a Way}} {{storylink|History}} In reality, the combiner, while enacting a near-genocide, had simply devastated the planet's surface. {{storylink|Divination}} The Decepticon remained there for a while before he left to destroy other worlds. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}

When [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], [[Fractyl]] and [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] were seeking out allies for their crusade, they travelled to the ruins of their homeworld and found [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]]. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}}

Left on Cybertron, [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] eeked out an existence before he was contacted by the [[Teklaan]]s who claimed that they could restore his world. Eager to bring about "New Cybertron", Bluestreak made contact with the [[Wrecker]]s and brought them back home, sacrificing them to the Teklaans to provide them with the information they needed to rejuvenate the biosphere. As the prodding happened, Fractyl remembered that the Teklaans' last creation had fallen victim to a virus, implanted by the Teklaans themselves, and died off in a few generations. After convincing Bluestreak to aid them, the Wreckers confronted the Teklaans only to learn that the cyberforming had already begun. After incorporating Bluestreak and Impactor into [[Wreckage (G1)|Wreckage]], the combiner destroyed the Teklaan ship, the central node of the cyberforming, and sent the [[alien]]s running. Upon leaving Cybertron, Impactor assured Bluestreak that his plan had been a good one but until Thunder Mayhem was defeated, it wasn't viable. {{storylink|Lively Pursuit}}

===Prime Wars Trilogy===
====''Combiner Wars'' toy bios====
Cybertron was drained of life by the war of conquest which [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] started. {{storylink|Megatron (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Megatron toy bio}}

====''Titans Return'' marketing material====
Cybertron was the possible location of one of thirteen [[Titan (group)|Titans]], alongside [[Unicron]], [[Master (planet)|Dominius]], [[Nebulos]], [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], [[Antilla]], [[Paradron]], [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], [[Earth]], [[Velocitron]], [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Biosfera]], [[Aquatron]], [[Botropolis]], [[Micro]]n, and [[Gigantion]].<ref>[[:File:TR_Titan_Force_map.jpg|''Titans Return'' Titan Force 3-pack map]]</ref>

[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] once led a Decepticon attack on an Autobot base on Cybertron only to be routed when the base transformed into [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|''Titans Return'' Fortress Maximus online bio}}

====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
[[File:TF-CW-EP2-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Aw, it's all cracked! That's bound to hurt its resale value.]]
In eons past, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Thirteen]], who successfully vanquished [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] with the help of the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|The Swamp}} In the age that followed, the Thirteen were known to have inhabited, and subsequently sealed away, a variety of locations such as the mythical library of knowledge, the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]]. Finally, however, Megatronus would accidentally murder his beloved, [[Solus Prime]], and for this punishment he banished himself from the planet. The Requiem Blaster would be sealed within a dome inside the [[Primal Swamp]], guarded by a lineage of warriors; by the present day, the most recently appointed guardian of the Blaster was [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}}

Though Cybertron and many other planets were ravaged by the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons, the conclusion of the conflict allowed for the [[Council of Worlds|Council]]—consisting of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and the [[Mistress of Flame]]—to serve as the heads of the new postwar government, {{storylink|The Council}} while Megatron and Optimus Prime both chose to leave Cybertronian civilization to develop and retreated to the wildernesses of Cybertron to continue their lives in self-imposed exile. {{storylink|The Duel}} {{storylink|Unforgotten}}

It would not be until the events of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]] that both Prime and Megatron would return to civilization to help deal with the [[Enigma of Combination]], {{storylink|Unforgotten}} and were subsequently instrumental in combating the threat that a Starscream-possessed [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] posed to the planet. Prime perished during Megatronus's return, {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}} causing many of Cybertron's people to turn on one another for fear of the coming apocalypse. {{storylink|The Swamp}}. Optimus Primal was later upgraded by the Matrix into the powerful "Optimal Optimus" {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} and, after Megatronus's defeat, would become the next leader of Cybertron, supported by the wisdom of the newly revived Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Saga's End}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
[[File:PrimesDirectivePart2-cybertron.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Four million years in the past, Cybertron was a rogue planetoid menaced by asteroids, leading to the launch of the ''Ark'' and its subsequent crash on [[Earth]].

While mind-melded with Optimus Prime, [[Spock]] experienced a vision of Cybertron during the planet's [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} while [[James T. Kirk]] glimpsed flashes of the planet's [[Golden Age]] when he [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===

[[File:GaugingTheTruthPart1-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ]]

A living mechanical planet, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} Cybertron had been home to the Transformer race since the [[Age of the Firstforged]], a primordial era that saw [[Halonix Maximus]] battle [[Preditron]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors}}

Long ago, a group of Cybertronians once used the [[Enigma of Combination]] to become [[Abominus (G1)|"The Abomination"]], a monstrous, fuel-guzzling combiner which ravaged the planet until a group of Transformers successfully felled the creature in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} Over time, the Cybertronians established a planetary [[Senate]] led by a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], who served as the assembly's "First Senator." {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}}

Eventually, the Cybertronian race began their [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]]; as the [[Pyramid (Cybertron)|Pyramid]] birthed many new Transformers, {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 2}} the people of Cybertron [[Cybertronian colonies|colonized]] new worlds with the assistance of many [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s and vanquished rival galactic powers. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}} But this prosperous age came to an end when one Transformer, [[Exarchon]], was "corrupted" on a voyage away from Cybertron, and plunged his homeworld into the catastrophic [[War of the Threefold Spark]]. The war saw the mass conscription of many Cybertronians to stop the menace; although Exarchon's forces were defeated, the cost was high, and Cybertron was left broken and ravaged by the war. To limit further Cybertronian expansionism and help rebuild their planet, then-Autobot leader [[Nominus Prime]] passed the [[Nominus Edict]], which forbade the colonization of other worlds, mandated strict laws regarding [[energon]] rationing and storage, and limited the forging of new Transformers. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}}

[[File:TheWorldInYourEyesPart1-Iacon.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

The ensuing era saw the rebuilding of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], the construction of the [[Winged Moon]] to provide Cybertron with a limitless supply of energon, and the great [[Tether]] that connected it to Cybertron. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}} {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} While some Transformers looked back on the past with regret, noting that their expansion had caused other races to fear their destructive nature, {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}} other Cybertronians like [[Termagax]] mourned a lost age of prosperity and potential that'd been cut short and felt that the Nominus Edict had overstayed its welcome. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall}}

By the time that [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] supplanted Nominus Prime, Cybertron had established diplomatic relations with other neighboring powers such as the [[Thraal]], [[Occulted Dremden]], and [[Voin]]; {{storylink|Nautica: Home}} in time, different [[alien]] species immigrated to Cybertron and established various ethnic enclaves, such as Iacon's sprawling [[Xeno-Quarter]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}} They brought them with them animals like [[skitter]]s and [[flyt]]s, which turned invasive and established breeding populations on the metal planet. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}}

Termagax's "[[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]" movement grew to become a substantial political party that advocated for the abolition of the Nominus Edict in order to restart a new age of colonization and conquest; despite this sentiment, the Edict had indeed brought peace to the metallic planet, to the extent that [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s murder was the first in living memory. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} {{storylink|Nautica: Home}} Eventually, however, tensions between the Autobots and Ascenticons flared, and their early conflicts saw the destruction of the [[Memorial Crater]] {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three}} and a sleeping Titan in the [[Cybertronian Mountains]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} One particularly vicious terrorist attack saw the Ascenticons hijack the Titan [[Vigilem]] and use him to destroy the Tether. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Five}} In response, [[Heretech]]'s [[Reversionist]]s opted to flee the planet. {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}}

The Reversionists soon returned to the planet however, intending to purify of sinners, {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth for a Truth|A Truth for a Truth}} before [[Gauge]] exposed Heretech as nothing more than an ordinary Cybertronian, denouncing his zealotry. As Heretech was taken away, some of the Reversionists opted to remain on Cybertron while the rest intended to leave once the ''[[Exodus (G1 ship)|Exodus]]'' was repaired. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Three: Moment of Truth|Moment of Truth}}

When Sentinel Prime sought to denounce the Ascenticons, the party - now calling themselves the "Decepticons" - stormed the [[Senate]] building and seized it by force, {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}} locking up the Senators. When Sentinel Prime managed to escape, the [[Rainmaker]]s slew him, the [[Matrix of Leadership]], and rightful rulership of Cybertron, passing onto his second Orion Pax, now renamed as Optimus Prime. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} As Optimus rallied the Autobots against the Decepticons, {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} their forces began targeting Iacon's [[Xeno-Quarter]], Optimus ordering the evacuation of all aliens from the planet. {{storylink|Escape Part One}}

As tensions mounted, unusually intense geological activity began plaguing Cybertron, {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}} mounting to such a degree that [[Straxus (G1)|Straxxus]] began to fear that the quakes might rupture the strata formed to limit the Sea of Rust, running the risk of unleashing the rust worms into the very fabric of Cybertron, disintegrating it. For this reason, Straxxus began restoring one of the old ''Ark''-class vessels to evacuate [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]'s citizens, generously turning over the other three to [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] to evacuate the alien immigrants. {{storylink|Escape Part Two}}
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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
[[File:GhostsofCybertron2-DecepticonMassacre.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Why the artists failed to sneak in another [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] death cameo, we'll never know.]]
While the Autobots fled Cybertron at the end of the Great War, [[Decepticon High Command]] was visited by [[Gozer]] who proceeded to take Starscream's form and attack Cybertron. Though the Decepticons fought back, they found their power outmatched by the invader. Unable to flee, Megatron was approached by [[Kremzeek|Kremzeek the Scavenger]] who had come seeking the [[AllSpark]], shuttled off Cybertron by the recently departed Autobots. Bargaining with the Decepticon leader, Kremzeek turned Megatron and his inner retinue into [[ghost]]s, leaving the majority of the Cybertronian race to be destroyed by Gozer along with their planet. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}} {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}} {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}
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===''Transformers vs. The Terminator''===
When the Autobots reawoke, thanks to the interference of the time-travelling [[T-800]], Optimus Prime questioned what the intruder knew of Cybertron. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}} When the time traveller later destroyed the ''Ark'', the Autobots and Decepticons agreed to a truce until they could find an alternate method of returning to Cybertron. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
Long before the Great War, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Quintesson]] Empire who sold off its population as slaves. The Cybertronians eventually rebelled against their masters and reclaimed their world. The [[Quintesson Judge|Judge]] [[Deseeus]] would later claim credit for emancipating the Cybertronians though the veracity of this claim is unknown. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

In the era prior to the Great War, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] was a revolutionary leader who brought freedom to Cybertron, taking on Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and Megatron as his students. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}} A great battle took place at [[Tarn-Hauser Gate]], with it becoming the largest mass grave in Cybertron's history. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}} The Autobots rebuilt Cybertron, {{storylink|Siege episode 5}} before the Transformers began colonizing other worlds, such as [[Velocitron]], travelling to them via [[space bridge|Space Bridges]]. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

Under as of yet unrevealed circumstances, Megatron led the Decepticons into the destructive Great War against the Autobots. The Decepticons proved the superior fighting force, setting up [[Surrender Station]]s across Cybertron. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}} As energon became ever scarcer, neutrals across Cybertron began hoarding and trading the substance among themselves. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

Outmatched, the Autobots constructed the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] to flee their world. As they scavenged for enough energon to power the ship, they discovered the last Space Bridge. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}} After learning that Megatron sought the Allspark to reformat all Autobots into Decepticons, {{storylink|Siege episode 2}} the Autobots decided to launch the Allspark off the planet. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}}

After Bumblebee had inherited the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]], he used the information to pinpoint the Allspark's current location. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}} Learning about the protocols, the Decepticons used Ultra Magnus' corpse to engineer a virus that destroyed them, though their similarity to Autobot code led to a widescale crippling of planetary infrastructure. Upon the Autobots retrieving the Allspark from the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], they managed to launch it through the Space Bridge, the ''Ark'' following shortly afterwards. A handful of Autobots, either by choice or circumstance, had remained behind, pledging to continue the fight against Megatron. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

As Cybertron's condition deteriorated, the Decepticons began construction of their escape ship, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', fuelling it with the harvested [[spark]]s of a thousand Autobots and Decepticons, setting course for the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

As Megatron led the ''Nemesis'' after the ''Ark'', Shockwave took command of Cybertron, continuing to harvest its citizenry to keep the planet running. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}} The Autobots remaining on Cybertron later confronted at [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Arena, destroying his facility, {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}} and killing all present.

Without the Allspark, Cybertron's condition continued to worsen, freezing over. When the ''Ark'' returned with the Allspark, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] arrived to try and claim the artifact to destroy [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Despite their best efforts, Bumblebee succeeded in returning the Allspark to its rightful place, bringing the planet back to life. In the new era, the Autobots and Maximals kept to one side of Cybertron while the Decepticons and Predacons took the other, though Starscream worryingly noted to [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] that Unicron would one day come for them. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

==== Alternate timeline ====
In the dark future from which the Maximals and Predacons hailed from, the Allspark never returned to Cybertron with Optimus Prime and Megatron being reformatted into Nemesis Prime and Galvatron respectively and made servants to Unicron. Despite the hellish world they lived on, the Maximals and Predacons managed to continue their civilization and develop increasingly advanced technology, including time travel. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} Seeking to change the past, [[Megatron (BW)|a new Megatron]] stole the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}} unknowingly playing into Galvatron's plans. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}} After the Maximals had the chance to alter their past by joining with the Autobots, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] theorized that this Cybertron might have been erased from existence by the changes to the timeline. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
The [[radiant shrall]]s stopped off at Cybertron during the annual migration, roosting outside the planet's cities. {{storylink|The Beauty of Cybertron}}

In the midst of a battle for a space bridge that managed to pierce the barrier between realities, the Autobots and Decepticons were transported through the portal to the realm of [[Equestria]] as a result of the machine connecting to the [[magic]] of [[Queen Chrysalis]]. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}}

Though it was initially believed that [[changeling]] magic was required to reopen a portal to Cybertron, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Spike (MLP)|Spike]] found a way to manage without, prompting Optimus Prime and [[Twilight Sparkle]] to combine the Matrix of Leadership with the power of friendship and banish the Decepticons back to their homeworld. After a delightful tea and energon party, the Autobots followed suit. Though Optimus destroyed the space bridge to prevent Cybertron from menacing Equestria ever again, Shockwave had retained the dimensional coordinates of the equine realm and noted it was possible to bring its magic to Cybertron. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

Constructing a new space bridge, the Decepticons pilfered several magical artifacts and natives from Equestria only to come to blows with Twilight Sparkle and her friends once again. In the conflict, Twilight fired a blast of magic at one of the Decepticons' prizes, freeing [[King Sombra]]. When the evil unicorn king took in his new surroundings, he deemed Cybertron a suitable place to build a new army, enthralling some of his old foes and several Decepticons to his will. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

The young [[Scootaloo]] was among the many ponies that the Decepticons had brought to their home, with her caretakers [[Holiday]] and [[Lofty]] following to find her. After the two had befriended Arcee and Greenlight and helped them see off the enthralled [[Killmaster]], Scootaloo arrived, having befriended some Cybertronian youths. Content that the children were safe, the four adults settled down to a picnic. {{storylink|A Real Mother}}

Sombra's thralls were sent across the planet, stealing energy infrastructure from various sites. When Knock Out took Ratchet and [[Rarity]] on a tour of Cybertron's tourist spots, the three discovered that using Cybertronian technology to enhance [[unicorn]] magic negated Sombra's spell. {{storylink|The Beauty of Cybertron}}

When Sombra sought to enthral the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], the Cybertronian/pony alliance confronted him, freeing his slaves with the power of friendship and overloading the Titan's systems, ending the threat. In the aftermath, hostilities between Autobot and Decepticon diminished as, Cybertron began moving towards an official alliance with Equestria. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
In the centuries following the Great War, the Autobots and Decepticons had been supplanted by the Maximals and Predacons, with the former holding the majority of the power on Cybertron. When the Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Galavar]] went rogue, his followers stole the Golden Disk from the [[Wheeljack Ministry of Science|Science Ministry]] and a warship from the [[Great Shipyard]] while destroying all the others, fleeing from Cybertron to plan without interference. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}}
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==''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)==
[[File:RID Cybertron.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Well, it's... uh... it's green!]]
Cybertron was located near or orbiting a larger ringed world, {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} and had an [[asteroid prison colony]] in which dangerous [[Predacon (BW)#2001 Robots in Disguise Continuity family|Predacon]] prisoners were interred. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}} At one point there were a series of civil wars, in which [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], both creations of [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]], fought side by side. Following the wars, Magnus was honored, but [[Vector Sigma]] selected Optimus as Autobot leader and bestowed on him the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

The Predacons on Cybertron were ruled over by a [[Predacon Council|council]], of which [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] was a subordinate, {{storylink|Mystery of the Ultra Magnus}} though he once claimed to be "leader of the Predacons and future ruler of the galaxy" and that he was already "ruler of many worlds". {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} Cybertron is also known to have an education system in place, featuring courses for such topics as Theoretical Mechanics, of which the Autobot [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] had been first in his class. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}
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==Unicron Trilogy==
Cybertron was the body of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Nine billion years ago, he created the [[Thirteen]] to aid him in his fight against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

Another account claimed that Primus was a "unique digital entity" that came into existence eons ago. To search for other life in the universe, it sent out the Transformers as explorers. One of the first places the Transformers settled was the planet that would eventually become known as Cybertron. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

Unicron made another attempt to attack Cybertron but he was stopped by the mighty warrior [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} Joined by the four "Maximus" combiners he went into stasis lock deep beneath Cybertron to guard a reservoir of [[Super Energon]]. {{storylink|Ambition}} The Chaos Bringer however went into stasis lock and disguised himself as a moon orbiting Cybertron. {{storylink|Alliance}} Cybertron had at least two other moons. {{storylink|Titans}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron Armada.jpg|left|165px|thumb|Flaky crust.]]

The Cybertronians attempted to turn Cybertron into the centre of a galaxy spanning empire via establishing four colony worlds with the intent of using the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] them into mechanical worlds before connecting them all via a galaxy wide [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]]. For unknown reasons however, the plan fell through with Cybertron losing contact with the ships it sent out. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} The four worlds evolved in their own way with most considering Cybertron to be little more than a legend. {{storylink|Invasion (episode)|Invasion}}

As the millennia rolled past, the Cybertronians fell into civil war. {{storylink|First Encounter}} Seeing an opportunity at revival, Unicron spawned the [[Mini-Con]]s intending for these diminutive robots to grant additional power to the Autobots and Decepticons so he could feed off the escalating war. {{storylink|Prehistory}} As a result of their unintended sentience however, {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} the Mini-Cons soon realized what they were doing to Cybertron and its people and promptly left the planet so that their power could do no harm. [[Exodus (Armada)|Their ship]] crashed on one of the four ancient colony worlds, [[Earth]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}} At some point during the war, [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] gathered [[Team Rodimus (Energon)|a crew]] to escape the endless battle. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}} Composed of both Autobots and Decepticons, these warriors left Cybertron behind for [[Omnitron]]. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

In [[2010]], the unwitting [[Rad White]] activated [[High Wire (Armada)|one of the Mini-Cons]] which beamed a signal to Cybertron alerting the planet to the Mini-Cons' location. While [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] led their inner circles to Earth to retrieve the Mini-Cons, the bulk of the Cybertronians remained on their homeworld to continue battle. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

After repeated battles on Earth, Megatron managed to slay Optimus Prime and obtain all three Mini-Con superweapons. The Decepticons set course back for Cybertron, followed by the Autobots. {{storylink|Depart}} Unicron however made his move prompting [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] to sacrifice himself to unite the warring planet. {{storylink|Cramp}} Unicron's defeat marked the end of the war and both Autobots and Decepticons began working together to rebuild their world. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron Energon.jpg|165px|thumb|I can see my house from here!]]

In the aftermath, the existence of Cybertronians was revealed to the human race who sent an envoy to Cybertron in [[2012]] to establish friendly relations. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

In [[2020]], however, Unicron and Megatron returned. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}} After Cybertron had been protected by [[Energon tower (technology)|energon towers]], the Autobots and Decepticons fought Unicron. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}} After Unicron's physical form had been destroyed, {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}} he possessed Megatron and travelled to the [[Super Energon]] reservoir below the planet to properly revive himself turning Megatron into Galvatron once again. {{storylink|Wishes}} The release of energon gas however moved the planet from its orbit into [[Alpha Q's universe]]. {{storylink|Formidable}} Primus trapped Unicron's essence in a star composed of [[Super Energon]]. {{storylink|The Sun}}

[[File:PlanetCybertron GalaxyForce.jpg|left|165px|thumb|You DENTED it!]]

The conflict ended (again), the now predominantly Autobot and Neutral population began to rebuild their world. A further ten years later however, Primus's plan failed when the star collapsed into a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] so powerful it not only threatened to consume reality itself but warped space/time, altering the past to an extent. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}} With the black hole hovering above Cybertron, Optimus gave the order to evacuate. [[Vector Prime]] returned to the planet for the first time in eons and revealed to Optimus that the Cyber Planet Keys were required to save their homeworld. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} Though Optimus was skeptical at first, he eventually made the search for the keys the top priority of the Autobots. {{storylink|Hidden}} After the Autobots had retrieved the [[Omega Lock]] and the keys from [[Velocitron]], [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] and [[Earth]], they brought them all to an altar deep beneath Cybertron where the energy of the three relics (bolstered by the [[Matrix of Leadership]]'s energies) allowed Primus to transform to robot mode. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

After all four Cyber Planet Keys had been restored to the Omega Lock, Primus was restored to his full power which allowed him to close the black hole and save the multiverse. With peace now secured, Primus transformed into a new Cybertron which incorporated aspects of all four colony worlds. {{storylink|End}}

The closing of the black hole had left the Jungle Planet drifting near Cybertron. When Galvatron damaged one of the planetary engines being used to restore the colony to its rightful orbit, the Jungle Planet risked slamming into Cybertron before the damage was mended. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

With peace finally restored to the universe, the Autobots hosted the first intergalactic peace conference to decide what to do with the Cyber Planet Keys on Cybertron. At Optimus Prime's suggestion, the four great colony ships launched from Cybertron once again to continue their ancestors' dream of colonizing the universe. {{storylink|Beginning}}
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==Live-action film series==
===Movies===
====''Transformers'' film====
[[File:Movie Cybertron surfaceconcept.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hell on Cybertron. Image taken from New York skyline.]]
Cybertron was a world created by a device known as the [[AllSpark]]. With its power, it gave rise to the Transformers, but their civilization soon fell to war over control of the AllSpark—and when the AllSpark was jettisoned from Cybertron, both Autobots and Decepticons chose to pursue it into the depths of space.

Shortly after arriving on Earth, Optimus Prime showed [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]] a hologram of Cybertron so as to highlight the ruthlessness of his ancient foe [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

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====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
In ancient times, Cybertron was ruled by the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s, a powerful race of Transformers who refuelled the AllSpark by extinguishing suns, constructing vast [[Star Harvester|harvester]]s that would extinguish suns to refuel the life-giving device. When the Primes visited Earth 17,000 years in the past, however, [[The Fallen|one of their number]] chose to sacrifice Earth by constructing a harvester on the planetary surface. This, in turn, would lead to the sacrifice of the Primes, who sealed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] required to activate said machine in a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] composed of their own bodies.

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
[[File:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Honeycomb's big, yeah yeah yeah.]]
At the end of the Great War, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] attempted to leave Cybertron aboard the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', carrying a cargo of [[space bridge]] pillars; using these, he hoped, he would be able to teleport Cybertron to Earth, and plunder the resources of the organic world in order to restore his ruined planet.

[[File:DOTM space bridge collapse.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Attempts to replicate the giant gash from Generation 1 have gone horribly wrong.]]
Though his plan would be delayed by the crash of his ship on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Sentinel would reveal his alliance of convenience with the Decepticons in 2011, and attempt to teleport his homeworld into orbit. However, Bumblebee destroyed the master pillar before Cybertron could fully emerge from the portal, and the planet seemingly collapsed as it fell back through the portal. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

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====''The Last Knight'' film====
[[File:TLKCybertronArrives.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Well, there goes the neighborhood... and that neighborhood. And that neighborhood. And that one.]]
Though Cybertron had survived its apparent destruction, the cataclysm left it condensed to a much smaller size than before (only slightly larger than Earth's moon) with several of its continents precariously attached to its core by large metallic cables. The sorceress [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] based herself on Cybertron, along with several Decepticon forces, and opted for a variation of Sentinel Prime's plan to restore Cybertron. Instead of draining Earth's resources to revive Cybertron, she would drain the life from [[Unicron]] (the core of the Earth) to revive Cybertron. To do this, she required a staff from Earth and Optimus Prime and thus sent [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] to retrieve the latter while she moved Cybertron into Earth's orbit. As the planet entered the Sol system, Optimus Prime crashed landed on it where Quintessa found him, brainwashed him and sent him back to Earth after she explained her plan to him. Cybertron's entry into the solar system caused Unicron's six horns to sprout from Earth's crust as the Chaos Bringer reacted to Primus' approach. Human scientists tracked Cybertron's approach and predicted it would collide with, and destroy, the Earth. Cybertron hid its final approach into the solar system behind the [[Sun]], blinding the [[European Space Agency]] from tracking it before its trailing continents caused large gashes on the surface of the [[Moon (moon)|moon]].

When Cybertron arrived in Earth's orbit, its continents slammed into the Earth and caused massive destruction. Quintessa and Megatron then began the ritual, draining Unicron's life force into Cybertron. Cybertron then began knitting itself back together, its continents reconnecting and the damage from the Great War vanishing as the planet began to regain its larger size. The Autobots and the TRF however managed to halt their efforts which left Cybertron in Earth's orbit. Enough of Unicron's life force had been transmitted to it that it had healed most of its damage and that Optimus felt it was time for all Autobots in the galaxy to return to their homeworld.

At the time of its partial restoration, Cybertron possessed notably organic landscapes such as grassy hills. As these were visible from space as the planet approached Earth, it is unknown if they were a natural part of the planet or if Cybertron collected this feature during its journey through interstellar space. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

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====''Bumblebee'' film====
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Wracked by civil war between the Decepticons and the Autobot resistance, it became clear to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] that the Autobots could not hold out on their besieged planet forever, and ordered his Autobot soldiers to abandon their home and regroup elsewhere in the cosmos. One such warrior, the young Autobot [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] was sent to scout out the planet [[Earth]], which, eventually, became the temporary fallback position for other Autobot refugees from across the galaxy. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

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===IDW movie comics===
The AllSpark created a race of dimensional travelers, the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]], and made Cybertron suitable for their habitation. The Primes soon discovered that while the AllSpark's power was vast, it was also finite, needing to be recharged. The universe soon provided the answer, for a nearby star went nova, recharging the AllSpark. Though the Primes could travel dimensions, they needed help locating stars and harvesting their energy. The AllSpark responded by creating two things to help the Primes. The first gift was the second race of Cybertronians, the [[Transformer]]s, who could change their forms. The Thirteen Primes ruled over the Transformers with their descendants, forming the [[Dynasty of Primes]], to protect the AllSpark and Cybertron, while seeking out stars to harvest. The Dynasty even shared their dimensional traveling abilities with the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]s, those tasked with finding stars. Once they found a star, the Dynasty would follow with [[Constructicon (ROTF)|builders]] to forge a [[Star Harvester|harvester]] to drain a star of its energy and send it to the AllSpark to form [[energon]]. The second gift the AllSpark gave the Dynasty was the [[Matrix of Leadership]], a key which contained the essence of the AllSpark and powered the harvesters. The Dynasty of Primes recognized the potential for destruction the harvesters presented, so they decreed that any star system which supported life was to be spared.

One day, the Dynasty of Primes and their attendants came to [[Earth|a world]] to harvest its [[sun|star]]. Just as the harvester was completed, the Primes discovered [[human|primitive but sentient creatures]]. Twelve of the Primes upheld the sanctity of life, but the thirteenth despised the creatures as insects and sought to steal the AllSpark's power for himself. What followed was the very first battle of Transformer against Transformer, as the rogue Prime and his loyalists waged war against the Dynasty of Primes and their loyalists. The rogue Prime murdered eleven of his brothers, but the twelfth stole the Matrix and hid it a [[Tomb of the Primes|tomb]] forged from the bodies of his brothers, sacrificing his own spark to seal the Tomb. The rogue Prime, now known as [[The Fallen]], dispatched the Seekers to find the Matrix. When he returned to Cybertron, he brought his war there as well, killing the rest of the Primes and destroying his brothers' [[Sarcophagus|sarcophagi]] to prevent them from returning. However, he expended much of his power in this process and withdrew to his own sarcophagus to heal. It was there that he learned that he'd made two mistakes: First, the spirits of his brothers were able to seal him in the sarcophagus, preventing him taking over Cybertron. Second, the warriors of the Dynasty had managed to save a single orphan, hiding him from the Fallen. The Dynasty of Primes passed into the realm of legend. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen issue 3|Revenge of the Fallen #3}}

Eventually, what little the Transformers knew of their origins would be lost to time. A new society arose, known as the [[Autobot]]s. The Autobots were a peaceful people, led by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], head of the [[Science Division]], and [[Megatron (Movie)|Protector Megatron]], head of the [[Defense Force]]. The two leaders created a balance; Optimus was fair while Megatron was firm. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}} Their world's main cities included [[Tyger Pax]], [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]], [[Simfur]], and the capital city of [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]]. Another area of importance was [[Burthov]], where the Science Division had many facilities. In time, the Autobots began work on a dig near the [[Simfur Temple]], discovering the remains of the Twelve's sarcophagi and the intact sarcophagus of The Fallen. At the same time, unknown [[Ejoornian|alien hostiles]] attacked Cybertron. Megatron had Optimus remove the intact artifact to his quarters to better protect it, allowing him to come under the influence of The Fallen. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}} {{storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}}

As Megatron began to grow more aggressive, Optimus discovered that he was the orphaned Prime hidden away when the Dynasty fell. Megatron raised an army, the Decepticons, and sought to take the AllSpark to conquer the universe. However, most of the early Decepticon forces left on the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|''Nemesis'']] with The Fallen and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to seek out the harvester. With the number of Megatron's Decepticons now diminished, Optimus assumed his proper [[Prime (rank)|title]] and raised his own army of Autobots. In the war that followed, Cybertron was decimated. Prime eventually sent the AllSpark through a wormhole into deep space, and Megatron pursued it. Both were lost. Without the AllSpark's power, Cybertron became a dead world. The Autobots and the Decepticons scattered across the galaxy, hoping either to create a new world or locate the AllSpark and restore Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} A number of Transformers remained, with the Decepticons centered in Trypticon (now a ''Decepticon'' capital), but this didn't last long. {{storylink|Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream}}

===Titan movie comics===
Internally, Cybertron has similar features to the inside of a ''Transformer'', including gyroscopic joints. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron, Part: 4}}

While everyone had abandoned Cybertron, the twin Autobot [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] hung out there for a while, and Starscream began organising [[Purple generic drone|an army]] there in secret. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

====Alternate timeline====
In a timeline where Megatron won the Battle of Mission City, Cybertron's status was unknown, with everyone abandoning it as it began to die. However, [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and a group of Decepticons remained, staying alive by using [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]]. Stockade believed they could renew Cybertron by summoning a new power source, one related to the AllSpark. They succeeded in summoning such an energy being, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} which did enter Cybertron to renew it...

[[File:Unicron Titan19.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|The Beast Planet!]]
...and to everyone's horror, announced itself as [[Unicron|Unicron, the Anti-Life]]! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

The possessed Cybertron was swiftly altered into a scarier-looking form with a large mouth and grasping prongs, turned hostile to those on it, and warped to the Sol system. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} The Autobots and Decepticons were able to destroy Unicron, but Cybertron was left in its transformed state and seemingly in the Sol system, as well as continuing to be dead and powerless. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

When the Autobots were ordered off American soil, they regrouped ''under'' Cybertron and began working on the teleportation engines that Unicron had left there when he transformed the planet. Using these, they were able to make a decisive strike by teleporting the entire Decepticon army to Cybertron, then teleporting ''Cybertron'' to the far reaches of space. With the engines now burnt out and no energy on the planet, the Decepticons were marooned there, at the cost of the Autobots never being able to go home. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}}
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==''TransTech''==
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This version of Cybertron occupies a unique position within the [[multiverse]]—the [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon|dimension it occupies]] is an overlapping "hub" for many different universes. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/14}} The topology of the multiverse means that careless dimensional travellers may simply "fall through the cracks" and end up on this universe's Cybertron. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015}} In the past, the native Transformers simply assumed that these strange visitors were aliens and helped them offworld. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}} At one point, a group of dimensionally-displaced [[Waruder]]s took up residence underneath the planet and fed off the planet's supplies of [[Cybertonium]]. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

The Autobots and Decepticons of this universe never fell to war; they focussed on the sciences and constrained most of their disagreements to the political arena. {{storylink|Withered Hope}} Without an endless conflict to blunt their development, they made incredible scientific and technological progress, and eventually evolved into highly advanced "[[Transcendent Technomorph]]s". However, many of these breakthroughs were only made possible through the amoral experimentation of [[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]] and his master [[Jhiaxus (TransTech)|Jhiaxus]], under a secret government partnership with the Liege Maximo.<ref>[[Shockwave (TransTech)|Shockwave]]'s profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #22]].</ref>

The archivist [[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|Optimus]] and the military professional [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]] exposed [[Sentinel Prime (TransTech)|Sentinel Prime]]'s ties with the Liege Maximo, and after a dramatic battle most of the old [[High Senate]] was swept away and restructured under the auspices of Optimus, who became the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]].<ref>[[Starscream (TransTech)|Starscream]]'s profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 23|''Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club'' #23]].</ref> Around this point, more and more dimensionally-displaced travellers began arriving, which forced the government to take an active role in accommodating the newcomers {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}} Under the supervision of [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]], Cybertron's science ministry established monitoring stations across Cybertron, which tracked potential alternate universes and redirected all dimensional traffic through to the processing stations in Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Withered Hope}} Most dimensional newcomers would be "processed", fitted with an identification bolt, and released into the segregated "Offworlder Zone" reserved for "lowtech" Cybertronians and other alien races, {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}} {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}} while more dangerous beings—including "offworlder" versions of Optimus Prime, Megatron, and other faction leaders—would be returned to their home dimension. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/08}} At some point, the inhabitants of this Cybertron encountered and successfully repelled their universe's iteration of [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

When the Waruders made themselves known and attacked the city of Axiom Nexus, they successfully shut down most of Cybertron with their venom and left only the various "lowtechs" in the Offworlder Zone functional. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}} After they'd been dealt with, the Science Ministry took a more proactive role by launching hundreds of dimensional probes into distant universes to search for any more potential threats. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/06}} This didn't last long, however; the coming of the [[Shroud]] fundamentally altered the nature of the multiverse and made dimensional travel much harder, essentially stranding most of the offworlders who had hoped one day to return home in Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/10/29}}

==''Shattered Glass''==
In this backwards universe, the malevolent [[Omega Terminus]] supercomputer exists deep within Cybertron and creates new Transformers by recycling fallen corpses and imbuing them with "embers" instead of [[spark]]s. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}} Like many other Cybertrons, this iteration does not possess a fixed orbit; {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}} ''unlike'' most versions of Cybertron, however, this particular version possesses water vapor in its atmosphere. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Cybertron was a peaceful planet whose inhabitants pursued only science and social harmony until the ambitious librarian-turned-warlord [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] founded the warmongering "[[Autobot]]s" bent on conquest and plunder. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} Only the heroic [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]]s took a stand against the villains, but their destructive civil war gradually drained the planet of its energy and resources. {{storylink|Do Over}} By the time that the Autobot [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] stumbled into this universe, Cybertron's trajectory had brought it close to [[Earth]] and a dangerous nebula known as the [[Plait Expanse]] that would severely limit travel to and from their homeworld. Optimus constructed the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' to conquer the organic planet, but the Decepticons stymied his first attempt to get off-world. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} With his window of opportunity closing, Prime made a second attempt to launch the ''Ark''; however, the Decepticons pursued the Autobots aboard the starship ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'' and the battle that precipitated their launch left both Megatron and Optimus stranded on their homeworld as it entered the Plait Nebula. {{storylink|Do Over}}

This Cybertron received a new satellite when the Earth of [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]] entered its orbit as a result of the destruction of its home reality by [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]]'s multiversal villainy. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

Following the [[Shroud]], [[Primus/Shattered Glass|Primus]] reawakened and assumed his robot form for the first time in eons, but had developed an evil personality as a result of ceasing being a [[multiversal singularity]]. Primus attacked the displaced Earth in his orbit but the planet fought back, revealing itself to be Primus's "sister" [[Gaea]]! Gaea was more than capable of defending herself and the [[Knights of Unicron (SG)|Knights of Unicron]] helped her at a pivotal moment in the great clash, blinding Primus, and allowing her to obliterate her foe, destroying his body and thus the Cybertron of this reality. Only Primus's head remained, orbiting Gaea in her planet mode as she became "New Cybertron". {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}

==''Animated''==
[[File:Animated Cybertron.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Pointier than most.]]

The ancient world of Cybertron orbited the star [[Hadean]], and was considered by the [[Autobot]]s to be one of the most important planets in the [[Milky Way]]. Its true origins are unknown, though various theories suggested that it could have begun as a planet-sized factory, a product of [[atechnogenesis]], or played a role in a clash between primordial titans. Chronometric dating suggests that Cybertron is approximately ten billion years old, with the earliest Cybertronian civilizations roughly eight billion years ago, a product of the mysterious, life-giving artifact known as the [[AllSpark]]. By six billion years ago, the [[Guardian (Animated)|Guardians]] and [[Malignus (Animated)|Malignus]] factions had colonized much of the Hadean system; by 750 million years ago, after the conclusion of the [[Third Cybertronian War]], Cybertron had become the heart of a nascent interstellar empire that would come to be known as the [[Autobot Commonwealth]] as it underwent the Age of [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

The [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]] between the Autobots and Decepticons began ten million years ago, when [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] expressed his plan of using the Allspark to transform Cybertron into an "interstellar juggernaut". {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} The war razed Cybertron, {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}} but the Autobots finally found a lasting advantage with the construction of the [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinels]] {{storylink|TransWarped}} Autobot mastery of [[space bridge]] technology and their strategic relocation of the Allspark led to ultimate victory, where the Decepticons were driven from the planet entirely; a unique departure from other fictions. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|TransWarped}} Cybertron was once again dedicated to peace and an entire generation had seen neither [[armor-plating]] nor the transistor of a Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

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The Autobot culture under commander [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] was primarily peaceful, although there was an organized militancy in the form of active boot camps {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}. The ancient building [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]] was home to the [[Autobot High Council]] and [[Guilds Domesticus]], while the head of military operations was [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]. The capital of Iacon was a major location, home to destinations such as [[Maccadam's Old Oil House#Animated Cartoon|Maccadam's Old Oil House]], {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} and the abandoned [[Cyber-Ninja Dojo]]. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} Cybertron and its citizens were very unfamiliar with and afraid of organic life. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}} According to [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], it doesn't rain liquid on Cybertron; {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} despite this, it is has been shown raining. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}} Make of this what you will.

Many stellar cycles later, a web of uncoordinated Decepticon attacks on the rim of the galaxy began taking place, in an attempt to claim control of the space bridges and TransWarp to the [[Emirate Xaaron Spacebridge Nexus|Spacebridge Nexus]] in Iacon, to wipe out the unarmed Autobot populace from within. Receiving wind of these attacks from a [[Shockwave (Animated)|double agent on Cybertron]], Megatron sent a transmission to the Decepticon cells and ordered the organizing of the attacks, {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} and he himself began constructing a Space Bridge to lead his armies. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

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However, Megatron's space bridge was destroyed by the reactivated Omega Sentinel [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} The attacks were subsequently called off, much to the disappointment of the Decepticons who had managed to secure the bridges. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

When Megatron's double agent, Shockwave, sensed that his cover was about to be blown, he attacked Ultra Magnus, mangling the Autobot leader {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}} and causing him to be put on severe life-support. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}} This was not enough to save him, unfortunately, and he soon went offline. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} Sentinel Prime, the acting Magnus, took advantage of the fear and paranoia created by the attack to grant himself emergency powers and aggressively remilitarize Cybertron, in an effort to combat the growing Decepticon threat. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

However, Megatron, Shockwave and the other Decepticons immediately under his command were subsequently captured by the maintenance bot [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his team on [[Earth]], {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}} where they were imprisoned in [[Trypticon Prison]], part of the Decepticon City State of Kaon. A failed breakout attempt followed, with the Decepticons then diverting their attention to the (forceful) acquisition of Energon. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}

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==Aligned continuity family==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
[[File:CovenantOfPrimus-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Cybertron was the mortal form of [[Primus]], who, in aeons past, chose to enter into a deep hypersleep to as to avoid the depredations of his aggressive sibling [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]]. After Primus removed himself from the conflict, he created the [[Thirteen]] to fight in his stead, and the warriors successfully managed to defeat and exile Unicron, banishing his dormant body into a distant region of the galaxy.

Left to their own devices, the Thirteen began laying the foundations for a new society, only for the machinations of [[Liege Maximo]] to start the War of the Primes. The brief but violent battle concluded with the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the Liege Maximo, while [[Onyx Prime]] sustained mortal injuries and [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] exiled himself into deep space. Realizing that they themselves would need to leave Cybertron behind if the planet was to stand any chance of developing, the remaining Primes hatched a new plan to populate the planet with a race of being based on their forms. Using a combination of Onyx Prime's [[Triptych Mask]] and the [[Well of All Sparks]] that had developed on the planet after Solus's passing, Vector Sigma itself was able to scan and gather data on all living creatures from across the universe and used that information to synthesize the first true generation of Cybertronian lifeforms: first, primitive bestial creatures, then the first humanoid Cybertronians—the Transformers themselves—and, finally, the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s. This era would later be known as the "Age of Evolution".

Early civilizations grew and thrived amidst this mechanical ecosystem, with the Thirteen defending these primitive villages against the aggressive Predacons, until Cybertron was menaced by the [[Great Cataclysm]], which rendered most Cybertronian life, including the Predacons, extinct. In the subsequent "Age of Origins," the Cybertronian wilds would be tamed by increasingly sophisticated Cybertronian societies, with [[Azimuth (COP)|Azimuth]] and her [[Patterner]]s responsible for reshaping vast swathe's of Cybertron's wilderness with the ritualistic astrological charts necessary to predict another potential Great Cataclysm. It was in this state that Cybertron was discovered by the [[Quintesson]]s, the rogue creations of [[Quintus Prime]]. The subsequent "Age of Wrath" saw Quintesson interference transform the planet into a spacefaring civilization almost overnight, installing [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]] as a puppet ruler while they manipulated the populace into an increasingly malleable and complacent state. As time went on, however, it became clear that the Quintessons had ulterior motives for the planet, and a Cybertronian rebellion that put their newfound [[transformation]]al abilities to the test saw the Quintessons and their servants forced back offworld.

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In their haste to flee the planet, however, the Quintessons had left their technology behind, and Cybertronians were able to reverse-engineer the principles behind [[space bridge]]s. Using these devices, Cybertron began an age of colonization, the "[[Golden Age]]," settling worlds that included [[Archon]], and [[Velocitron]], [[cyberforming|cyberformed]] via a [[conversion beam]]. The prosperous Cybertronian empire collapsed when the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Rust Plague]] hit, a virulent disease that corroded all metal it touched; recognizing that the space bridges allowed it to jump from world to world, Sentinel ordered them all destroyed, cutting off Cybertron from the rest of the galaxy.

The Golden Age over, Cybertron entered the "Age of Rust," a period marked by strict social stratification and the consolidation of power under an ever-increasingly corrupt and stagnant [[Senate]]. This moribund state of affairs ended when an outspoken gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] emerged, his words inspiring Cybertron to accept a new generation of change. Among those who heard his message was the archivist [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]], but circumstances would drive the two friends apart, sparking the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]] that would ultimately see Cybertron poisoned by [[Dark Energon]] and rendered uninhabitable for millennia until the end of the war, when the planet was re-energized and reborn. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Video games===
====''Transformers: War for Cybertron''====
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When Megatron discovered the powerful substance known as [[Dark Energon]], and that he could control it, he sought to use it to bring Cybertron under his control by infusing it into Cybertron's very [[core]]. Unaware of the true nature of the substance, the Dark Energon poisoned the planet. Though Cybertron's immune system initially fought back against the corruption, the spread proved too rapid and the planet was forced to shut down, Optimus Prime sending the [[Autobot fleet]] elsewhere in the galaxy to wait out Cybertron healing itself. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}}
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====''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''====
In Cybertron's prehistoric era, the early Cybertronians discovered the [[Dark Spark]], purported to be the antithesis to the Matrix of Leadership. Unable to decipher the truth of its origins, or properly tame its terrible power, the artifact was locked away within [[Crystal City]].

In the modern era, as Cybertron continued to shut down following the Dark Energon corruption, the Autobots and Decepticons clashed over possession of the Dark Spark, Optimus eventually managing to use the Matrix of Leadership to send the Dark Spark off of Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

====''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''====
As Cybertron entered the final stages of shutdown, Shockwave re-discovered [[space bridge]] technology, using it to find a distant, primitive world that possessed a rich enough energy supply to reboot Cybertron. When he opened up a space bridge to this world, the tower was attacked by the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]] damaging it and rendering the portal unstable. Taking the chance to get off-world, the Autobots raced for the singularity, the Decepticons following for the chance to destroy their foes. The portal violently consumed both ships before it closed, cutting all combatants off from Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

===Aligned novels===
Cybertron's origins are lost to time. It is known that the planet predated both Primus and Unicron, serving as their battleground in its prehistory. After Primus removed himself from the conflict and created the Thirteen, the warriors managed to exile Unicron from the planet. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} Early Cybertronian civilization can trace its roots back to [[Alchemist Prime]], who was known to have lived on the planet and shaped the development of prehistoric Transformer societies. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}} The planet was also visited by the Quintessons in the distant past, who reorganized much of the planet's civilization under their cruel and barbaric rule of law, though [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] was able to successfully oust the invaders when the Cybertronians saw through their lies. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

During the planet's Golden Age, Cybertronians colonized distant worlds that included Velocitron, Gigantion, [[Hub (G2)|the Hub]], {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} and [[Aquatron]], {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}} until the Rust Plague necessitated the destruction of the network. In the aftermath, only one space bridge was left in orbit of Cybertron alongside [[Moonbase One|Moon Bases One]], [[Moonbase Two|Two]] and the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon Asteroid Belt Station]].

In the new era they found themselves in, Sentinel and the Guilds instituted the [[Functionism|caste system]] to slow their civilization's decline. The High Council and their Guards were in charge of law and order, but each state controlled its own militia. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} But as the nameless miners resorted to [[gladiatorial combat]] as an outlet for their misery, a champion named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] rose to seize the title of Prime for himself. Unwittingly, his Iaconian ally was appointed [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] instead, and their anti-caste movement became a civil war for Cybertron's future. The [[AllSpark]] was lost to space, whole regions of the planet were laid waste, and the [[core]] of Cybertron was poisoned by [[Dark Energon]], the remnants of Unicron's attack, prompting the Autobots to evacuate on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Megatron and his elite forces left on Trypticon too, now modified into the ''Nemesis'', leaving [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] to deal with the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} The largely-devastated planet would be invaded again by the Quintessons from their Aquatronian staging ground some years later, facing minimal resistance from the worn-down Autobot and Decepticon remnants that stayed on the planet, though their invasion was quickly thwarted. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:DarknessRising4-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Well, at least there's ''one'' consistency.]]

Though Cybertron was once a thriving world, the former battleground between the Thirteen and Unicron in ancient times, {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}} the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons led to the planet's poisoning, leaving it completely uninhabitable. During this conflict, Orion Pax retrieved the Matrix of Leadership from Cybertron's [[Core]], which transformed him into Optimus Prime. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

In the present, Megatron raised a [[zombie]] [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] army from Cybertron's dead by hurling solidified Dark Energon at it through a space bridge. His plan to have them sack Earth was foiled, when the Autobots turned the Energon pump on the space bridge and caused it to implode. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

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When Optimus lost his memories, [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] sent [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] to Cybertron to find [[Vector Sigma]]. Arcee told Jack to watch out for vermin. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} They were attacked by an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]], left behind as a sentry, and a swarm of [[scraplet]]s, but managed to get the information they needed from Vector Sigma, deep under [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Seeking to gain an advantage over Optimus Prime and his newly acquired [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], Megatron and Dreadwing used a space bridge to travel to Cybertron to acquire the hand of an unnamed [[Liege Maximo|dead Prime]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

After acquiring the four [[Omega Key]]s, the Autobots returned to Cybertron to activate the [[Omega Lock]] and restore the planet. However, as they were about to activate the lock, Megatron and his subordinates arrived with the Autobots' human allies, threatening to expose them to Cybertron's atmosphere if they did not give him the Omega Keys. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Prime and the Autobots surrendered, handing over the Omega Keys in exchange for the humans. However, before Megatron could use the Omega Lock to [[cyberforming|cyberform]] [[Earth]], Optimus Prime used the Star Saber to destroy it and save the human planet. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

[[File:Tfp cybertron restored.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Eventually, the Decepticons, with help from Ratchet, built a second functioning Omega Lock on the exterior of the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Following their defeat of Megatron, the Autobots commandeered the ship and flew to Cybertron. There, they fired the Omega Lock into the [[Well of All Sparks]], which healed the wounded planet. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

During the process of rebuilding the planet for returning refugees, Optimus Prime and Wheeljack flew off to retrieve the AllSpark, which had been removed from the planet during the war. During this time, however, Unicron revived and took control of Megatron's body, and returned to Cybertron to destroy Primus. The chaos god led an army of Predacon Terrorcons to the Well of All Sparks, and the Autobots and Predacons joined forces to oppose them. Their efforts failed, but Optimus Prime arrived with the AllSpark and was able to use its container to trap Unicron, returning his undead army to dust in the process.

Afterwards, Optimus Prime revealed that, in order to use the container, he had transferred the AllSpark into the Matrix of Leadership, rendering his own spark inseparable from multitude within the AllSpark in the process. Consequently, the only way to return the AllSpark to the core would be to give his own life. With his farewells complete, the Prime flew into the Well of All Sparks, returning the AllSpark to Cybertron's core and causing numerous sparks to soar into the sky. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
Some starships, such as the ''[[Sigma]]'', were occasionally sent out from Cybertron to conduct deep space missions and patrols. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
After the restoration of the Well of All Sparks, Cybertron once again returned to a period of peace and prosperity. Statues commemorating various figures in the war were constructed. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} A new [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] was chosen to rule the planet {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} but they were usurped by [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]]'s Decepticon cell. Via the use of a [[Light Bender|light bender]], the five Decepticons assumed control of their homeworld and began making preparations for the return of Megatron and the rebirth of the [[Decepticon Empire]]. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}} As part of their plans, they kept Cybertron isolated from the rest of the galaxy and blamed the Autobots (Optimus Prime in particular) for the damage that the Great War did to Cybertron. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Those who stood by Optimus Prime were blacklisted and were forced to find work in the lower rungs of society. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

Lieutenant Bumblebee eventually found employment as a street patrol officer, but eventually returned to Earth via space bridge on the orders of a ghostly Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} This act caused the High Council to place a bounty on Bumblebee's head for his illegal use of a space bridge. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} The Council also sent Jazz to Earth to respond to the distress signal from the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''. After capturing [[Ped (RID)|Ped]], Jazz promised he'd smooth things over with the Council, {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} but later Drift and Fracture (and their Mini-Cons) arrived on Earth to capture Bumblebee and collect the bounty. {{storylink|Hunting Season}}

Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron aboard the rebuilt ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' to confront the new Council. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}} During the flight, he made contact with several old friends, {{storylink|Worthy}} but returned to Earth in a smaller craft when Bumblebee put out a distress signal. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} When he departed Earth again, he said the political situation on Cybertron was fluid but he was working with his friends to change it. {{storylink|Worthy}} On Cybertron however, the Council freed [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and his [[Steeljaw's Pack|pack]] to capture the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] in exchange for a full pardon. {{storylink|Exiles}} {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}} When Bumblebee became aware of this, he commented on the growing corruption on Cybertron. {{storylink|Exiles}} After [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s defeat, Optimus took him and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] back to Cybertron to stand trial. {{storylink|Collateral Damage}}

Knowing the people of Cybertron would never support galactic conquest, the Council developed powerful mind-control techniques through which they could control the entire planet's population. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}} {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} The mind control was powerful enough to keep Cybertronians enthralled even if they were off Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Fugitives}}

The Bee Team eventually returned to Cybertron aboard [[Prime Force One]] only to come under attack from the planet's orbital defences. As a result of their situational ally, Steeljaw, they managed to land on their homeworld where they were soon surrounded by the Council's security forces {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy}} only to be rescued by [[Dropforge]]. The High Council soon made a planet wide broadcast announcing the "glorious invasion of Earth" and the coming prosperity before the Bee Team destroyed their light bender and exposed their Decepticon bodies. When the mind-control signal had been destroyed, all of Cybertron bore witness to [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]] proclaiming loyalty to [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] before [[Ultra Bee]] defeated him, freeing Cybertron from Decepticon control.

In the aftermath, Optimus Prime declined the opportunity to rule Cybertron and left [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] in charge until free elections could be held. The Bee Team opted to return to Earth however as Cybertron's first ambassadors to the planet. {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}}

===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] travelled Cybertron to collect new students for the [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] on Earth. {{storylink|Recruits Part I}}
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==''Knights of Unicron''==
[[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], the [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]], [[Smelting pool|The Smelting Pool]], and [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Great Dome|Stadium]], all located on Planet Cybertron, were the final venues for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

==''Cyberverse'' continuity==
[[File:Cyberverse Cybertron.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
Cybertron's precise origins are lost to history, though sometime after [[2007]], the Autobots found evidence that led them to theorize that the [[Monsterbot (Cyberverse)|Monsterbots]] and the environment that they lived in were evident of Cybertron's prehistoric era. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron III}}

During an era that would come to be known as the [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]], [[Prime (rank)|Primes]] and [[Titan (group)|Titans]] walked the planet but these had all faded into myths and legends by the modern day. {{storylink|The Citizen}} {{storylink|Thunderhowl (episode)|Thunderhowl}}

The Age of Expansion saw Cybertron colonize multiple planets often founded through the efforts of a Titan. {{storylink|Ghost Town}} A special class of Titan, the War Titans, carried Cybertron's conquering armies to other planets and waged wars on alien races for their worlds. Once the Age of Expansion had ended, only one of these giants, the mighty [[Iaconus]], survived to return to Cybertron. Unable to cope with the peacetime, he went mad and attacked Cybertron, only being felled through the sacrificial efforts of his crew. {{storylink|The Citizen}}

Some 66 million years before 2007, Cybertron kept in contact with at least two of its colonies, [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]] and [[Velocitron]]. {{storylink|Terminal Velocity}} {{storylink|Maccadam's}}
[[File:Cyberverse Cybertron surface.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Overseen by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] and/or the [[Senate]], {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}} the government on Cybertron was a corrupt one, so much so that [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] was able to rally a following based on his promise of equal rights to all citizens. As time passed however, it transpired that Megatron served only his own powerlust and plunged Cybertron into the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] to try and gain control of the planet. To that end, he aimed to seize control of the [[AllSpark]] and have it birth a new generation of troops. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}} Learning of this plan, the Autobots seized the AllSpark and sent it through a space bridge to prevent anyone from abusing its power. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}} As a consequence however, Cybertron's condition began to deteriorate prompting [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] to lead a mission on the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' to retrieve the artifact. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}

Some 66 million years later, Cybertron was still habitable but overrun by the Decepticons who'd tracked the AllSpark to [[Earth]], sending [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]]'s squadron to retrieve it, the Autobot resistance sending [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to do the same. {{storylink|Fractured}} [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] was able to remotely tie into [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]'s [[cortical psychic patch]] from Cybertron, {{storylink|Sabotage}} and eventually came to Earth personally to take command of the operations. {{storylink|The Extinction Event}}

After the AllSpark had been recovered by the Autobots on Earth, they attempted to return to Cybertron and restore their world with it only for the Decepticons to dupe them into thinking the space bridge had been destroyed. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}} Using the space bridge, the Decepticons arrived home long before their foes and quickly occupied the remains of their planet, taking [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]] and [[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]] prisoner and forcing them to send out a distress signal to the ''Ark''. {{storylink|The Crossroads}} {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}}

When the Autobots returned home, the battle for the AllSpark saw Cybertron be regenerated by the artifact's energies. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron IV}} The peace would be an extremely short-lived one however for [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]], having been found by the extra-dimensional creatures known as the [[Quintesson]]s, sold out his species and planet to the aliens, leading them to invade Cybertron. As the Quintessons incorporated Starscream into their new [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]], {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} they began draining the energy of Cybertron into him {{storylink|The Alliance}} before the Autobots and Decepticons defeated the invaders. When Starscream revealed himself, {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} he was felled through the combined power of two versions of the Matrix of Leadership. Along with simultaneous death of the [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]], the invasion was considered over. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

In this new era of tentative peace, Megatron divided the planet in half. {{storylink|Enemy Line}} With Windblade's mind scattered following the Quintesson invasion, the Autobots searched the planet for her psychic shards so that they could repair their friend. {{storylink|Thunderhowl (episode)|Thunderhowl}} {{storylink|Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos}} {{storylink|Journey To The Valley Of Repugnus}} {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} The war's end saw many Cybertronians, since scattered across the galaxy, return home. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}

Cybertron would soon be invaded by another universe once again. The invader, [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|an alternate version of Megatron]], came from a timeline where he had won the war in its early stages and claimed the Matrix of Leadership, since stolen from him by the primary universe Megatron, and sought his prize. A psychic shard of Windblade had founds its way within this Matrix with the ghosts within it guiding her to destroy it, short-circuiting the alternate Megatron who was taken away by his former servant, [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]]. With the threat of both Megatrons neutralized, peace reigned on Cybertron once again. {{storylink|The Other One}}

===Alternate universes===
In their travels across the multiverse, the Quintessons had come into contact with Cybertron several times, enough for their Scientist to build a collection of [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwaves]]. {{storylink|The Scientist}}

In the timeline from which Megatron X hailed from, the tyrant recognized that the rift between him and Optimus would never be mended and took the initiative, killing his old friend and claiming the Matrix for himself. With it, he defeated the Autobots and had the AllSpark create him a race of [[Perfect Decepticon]]s before ridding himself of any "unneeded" troops. When the Quintessons sought to invade this Cybertron, Megatron simply used a [[laser snare]] to defeat them before harvesting their technology for his own ends. Cybertron was eventually visited by an alternate Megatron who stole the Matrix and fled with Astrotrain. {{storylink|The Other One}}
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==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
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[[File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven imag— You know what, just forget it. It's not like we have rules for a reason.]]
*'''Primus''' ([[2006]])
**''ID number:'' '''00'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Generation 1|Omega Lock]], two [[missile]]s, silver Cybertron planet-type [[Cyber Key]]

:[[Primus#CybG1|Primus]] was developed by Hasbro and Takara as a toy for their joint [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron/Galaxy Force'' toylines]], but was released in Japan as a Generation 1 ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toy a few months after ''Galaxy Force'' had ended its run. This release can be considered a pre-release of the ''Cybertron'' toy because it features Hasbro's [[Cyber Key Codes]] that the ''Galaxy Force'' line lacked.

:Primus is the first toy representation of the Transformers' creator as their home planet of Cybertron. In planet mode, he is considerably more detailed than [[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|''Armada'']] [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]], with visible cities, including [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], based upon its appearance in the [[DK Publishing]] book, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], specifically [[Kolkular]], as seen in ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''. On the "bottom" of the planet mode, there are four hard rubber legs, molded to be shaped like towers, allowing Primus to be displayed in planet mode, yet not require a flat base as Unicron did.

:Primus's transformation is unusual, in many ways similar to a [[Powermaster]], in that he requires the owner to insert his accompanying Omega Lock accessory into several special ports around the planet, then manipulate it to unlock his parts and transform him. When the Omega Lock is inserted into the "top" of his planet mode and pulled back, a transforming sound is heard, and two spring-loaded missile-firing "Stellar Converter Cannons" swing out. When it is inserted into his chest and pushed up, his head is revealed, his shoulder-pads pop-up, his eyes glow red, and a laser-type sound effect is played. The Lock itself lights up red when it is inserted into any of the ports.

: In [[robot mode]], Primus resembles both the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Unicron prototype as well as [[Don Figueroa]]'s Primus concept, created for ''The War Within'' and used in ''The Ultimate Guide''. He is bristling with weaponry in this mode, with the Stellar Converter Cannons ending up on his shoulders, and the Omega Lock revealing several banks of Gatling guns, lasers, and missiles in his shins and legs. Each of his legs also contains extendable [[Articulation|articulated]] "manipulator arms".

:Primus also has what might charitably be called a third mode—a "battle station" mode, which is basically formed by transforming the figure halfway and leaving the head down and the legs backward. It features no dedicated parts or transformation steps, making it very obvious that it was created after the fact. It looks kinda like the ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]''... backwards.

:In any mode, he is armed with two double-barreled cannons which pop-up and extend when a Cyber Key is inserted. He has a special silver Cybertron-type Cyber Key, with the key code '''sp8u''' [[tampograph]]ed onto the back. His Omega Lock also features four slots at its base, which are meant to accommodate the four [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, although inserting them does not activate any features. There are also nine inactive Mini-Con [[5 mm post|5 mm]] [[powerlinx]] posts on his person, including two on the claw arms on his legs.
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:CybertronPrimusPackagingComparison.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|This was an expensive time for completists.]]
*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme Class, [[2006]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Cybertron|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key, [[Unicron/toys#PrimusUnicronHead|Unicron head]] (second wave only)

:''Cybertron'' "[[Primus#Cybertron|Cybertron Primus]]" is the North American version of Supreme Class Primus, released a few months after the Japanese version. The toys are identical.

:In North America, Cybertron Primus was initially released in the second wave of ''Cybertron'' Supreme Class toys. This version came packaged with a very creepy "battle damaged" Unicron head based upon his Armada appearance, whereas the following wave did not come with the Unicron head. Unusually, both waves ended up shipping simultaneously.

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*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme Class, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#Walmart|Omega Lock]], two missiles, silver Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:A later version of Supreme Class [[Primus#Walmart|Cybertron Primus]] was [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] as a [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] 2006 special, and included four Mini-Cons: [[Strongarm (Cybertron)|Strongarm]], [[Knockdown (Cybertron)|Knockdown]], [[Nightscream (Cybertron)|Nightscream]], and [[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]].
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
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[[File:Primus 2010.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Oh. Your. God.]]
*'''Creator Primus''' ([[2010]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock#2010|Omega Lock]], two missiles, clear Cybertron planet-type Cyber Key

:To celebrate the year 2010, Takara [[redeco]]ed the Supreme Class Primus toy and released him in TakaraTomy's [[Transformers (2010 toyline)#TakaraTomy Welcome to Transformers 2010 campaign|''Welcome to Transformers 2010'' campaign]], being packaged in a special box that is meant to go with the [[Unicron/toys#Transformers (2010)|Unicron]] toy released the same year. "[[Primus#2010|Creator Primus]]" is primarily metallic gunmetal in planet mode, with metallic blue robot parts, and a large number of black paint washes here and there. His Omega Lock is now blue.

:Primus comes with a [[retool]]ed Cybertron-style Cyber Key which was originally available with both [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#CybDx|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Optimus Prime]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)#Cybertron 2|Cybertron Planet Deluxe Class Demolisher]]. This Cyber Key features a "smooth" central area with no molded [[insignia]], and a Mini-Con-style Powerlinx socket on the back. The Cyber Key included with this figure is entirely unpainted, aside from the [[tampograph]]ed Autobot symbol at the center.
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===''The Last Knight''===
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[[File:TF-TLK-MtS-Planet-Cybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Just ''try'' to tell us this isn't [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|G2 Primus]], we dare you. ]]
*'''Cybertron''' ([[2017]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Omega Lock]], two missiles, Autobot Cybertron-type Cyber Key

:''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' Cybertron is a redeco of the Supreme Class Primus mold. Contrary to [[stock photography]], which depict the Matrix-styled Cyber Key originally sold with ''Cybertron'' Leader Class Optimus Prime, it instead comes with the standard Autobot Cybertron Cyber Key, just as the older releases of the mold did. It is advertised on the box as having a third mode, "Defense Mode", that like his Battle Station mode appears to be an intermediate between his robot and planet modes. This figure was exclusive to [[Toys"R"Us]] under the ''Mission to Cybertron'' banner. As the rest of the toys under this banner, he has decodeable [[Cyberglyphics]] on his body that spell out '''CYBERTRON''' and two cards that can form a bigger picture of Optimus and Megatron fighting on Cybertron, with Cyberglyphic writing on the back.
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==Notes==
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*The name "Cybertron" was used by Marvel Comics long before the Transformers series came about. In issue 48 of the original ''X-Men'' title (released in September 1968), a computer named Computo created a race of robots named the "Cybertrons".<ref>[http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/computoxm.htm Computo and the "Cybertrons" at the Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe]</ref>
*The size of the planet Cybertron varies between different continuities. In one, the diameter of the planet is smaller than Earth's while the Marvel comics describe it as "Saturn-sized," placing its diameter at around 120,000 km.<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/wottf.html World of TRANSFORMERS]</ref> We can probably lay these at the feet of Primus, who is a god after all, and can decide to be whatever size he wants.
*Towards the end of the original comic run, Blaster was asked in the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|UK Letters Page]] whether Cybertron would be turned into a Transformer. His response was "No. More likely it will turn into a rapidly expanding ball of component molecules, the way things are going at the moment". [[:File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|Oh, what fools time makes of us all]].<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/darnnblast/Issue323.jpg Letters page for Marvel UK Issue #323]</ref>
*Cybertron's "gashed" moon, often glimpsed during the course of ''Beast Machines'', is heavily based on one side of a modern sculpture by Arnaldo Pomodoro, "Sphere with Sphere" ("Sfera con Sfera"), that can be found in the Vatican City's Courtyard of the Pinecone.<ref>[http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/italy/rome/pomodoro/0003.jpg Photo of ''Sfera con Sfera'']</ref> See, kids? Transformers IS educational.
*In the Japanese Headmasters continuity, the planet is repeatedly called ''Cyberton''. This is most likely due to bad translation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybertron''' (セイバートロン ''Seibātoron'',<ref>For decades, Western fans have typically opted to render the Japanese pronunciation of the planet's name as "Seibertron" (pronounced "Say-ber-tron") in order to distinguish it from the Japanese name of the Autobots, the "Cybertrons" (pronounced "Sigh-ba-tron"). However, several Japanese sources actually spell it as "Cybertron" in English, including the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|''Headmasters'' video game]], the covers of the ''"Planet of Cybertron Guide"'' books included with Takara's mid-90s {{w|LaserDisc}} sets of the original cartoon, a ''Beast Wars'' [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bwtcard_2/img/043.jpg trading card], and the packaging for ''Galaxy Force'' toys. Sources beyond these are surprisingly scarce, although [[A Birth of Planet Saybertron|an article]] in the December 1985 issue of ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' did render the planet's name in English as, of all things, "Saybertron".</ref> サイバトロン ''Saibatoron'', サイバートロン ''Saibātoron'')
*''Armenian:'' '''Kibertron''' (Կիբերտրոն, "Cybertron")
*''Cantonese:'' '''Cybertron''' (斯比頓 ''Si1 bei2 deon6'')
*''English:'' '''Cyberton''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kibertron''', '''Kájbertron''' (first ''The Movie'' dub), '''Mesterséges bolygó''' (''Energon'', "Artificial planet")
*''Indonesian:'' '''Saibertron'''
*''Korean:'' '''Cybertron''' (사이버트론 "Saibeoteulon")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Cybertron''' (赛博坦/塞伯坦 "Sàibótǎn"; 賽博創 "Sàibóchuàng"; 賽博宙 "Sàibózhòu")
*''Russian:'' '''Kibertron''' (Кибертрон, "Cybertron")
*''Serbian:'' '''Kibortron''' (Generation 1 dub and first dub of ''Generation 2''), '''Sajbertron''' (Second ''G2'' dub, ''Armada'', ''Cybertron'', ''Animated'', ''Prime'')
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Kibertron''' (Кібертрон, "Cybertron")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/darnnblast/Issue303.jpg Transformers #303 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]
*{{i|Cybertron}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki
*[[wikia:memory-beta:Cybertron|Cybertron]] at Memory Beta, the non-canon ''Star Trek'' wiki
*[[wikia:ghostbusters:Cybertron|Cybertron]] at the Ghostbusters Wiki

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Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen

2021-09-21T18:04:49Z

GomessQ: Seems relevant to explain the title, which I've seen puzzled over before.

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=19
|image=Fullstrength.jpg
|caption=You can pretend it's [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]], but it's not.
|title="Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen"
|japanese=勢揃い! ゴッドマスター四銃士
|romaji=Seizoroi! Godmaster Yonjūshi
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 30|30 August]] 1988
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Michihiro Kanayama]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The search for the fourth Godmaster brings the Autobots and Decepticons to France, where the Headmaster Juniors attend the finale of the World Grand Prix, and meet the champion racer, Road King.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:FullStrengthGodmasterGunmen sign Cab's chest.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"I've been working out. Wanna see my abs?"]]
The [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s are hanging out in a bar, where [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] plays a racing arcade game and [[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]] reads a magazine on Formula-1 racing. Wilder's interest is piqued by an article on a retired French racer named [[Germain]], who won the Grand Prix five times, and whose car miraculously survived every crash it was in. Although Cancer and [[Bullhorn (G1)|Bullhorn]] don't pick up on it immediately, Wilder is sure that this invulnerable car must belong to the next [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]]!

In [[France]], the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors accompany [[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] to the [[Rouen Circuit]], where the F1 [[World Grand Prix]] is about to begin. [[British Motors]] has a car in the race, but Lightfoot admits that even its driver, [[Carl (Masterforce)|Carl]], is no match for the reigning champ, the so-called "British Wolf", [[Road King]]. [[Cab (human)|Cab]] and [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] have heard of the famous young racer, so Lightfoot introduces them to him just before the race starts and they get autographs. While they're having fun, though, [[Ranger]] and [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] are busy scouring Europe for the remaining Godmaster, searching in [[Spain]] and [[Germany]], respectively.

[[File:FullStrengthGodmasterGunmen Wilder is owned.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|PWNED!]]
Meanwhile, the Decepticon Juniors have made their way to the small French town of [[Dagneux]], and, after hiding their [[transtector]]s in the woods nearby, head for the restaurant-and-bar that the retired Germain now runs. With patrons around them busy watching the Grand Prix, Wilder starts questioning Germain on the location of his race car, and the conversation gets more and more threatening until Wilder seizes the old man. He's got a few tricks up his sleeve, though, and quickly twists Wilder's arm back and throws him out of the bar. Bullhorn and Cancer try to jump him, but Germain easily parries their attacks and hurls them aside. Bruised and beaten, Wilder tells the old man that he'll be sorry as the Juniors slink back to the forest.

[[File:FullStrengthGodmasterGunmen Road King is born.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"OK, now see what happens when you say 'I am transformed'."]]
Back at the Rouen Circuit, the Grand Prix continues, until suddenly, there is a catastrophic crash. Many cars are sent spinning and flying, with Road King's being launched into the air, although it makes a safe landing. Carl manages to escape his car before it explodes, but Lightfoot's attention is then drawn to Road King's car... which spontaneously repairs all the damage it has taken! There is no doubt in Lightfoot's mind that the search for the fourth Autobot Godmaster is over, and he radios Ginrai to bring the last set of [[Master-Brace]]s right away. Road King proceeds to win the race, and Lightfoot introduces him to Ginrai, who wastes no time in giving Lightfoot the Master-Braces. Road King slips them on, and in a flash of light, Lightfoot's suspicions are proven correct—Road King is the fourth Godmaster, and his race car is his transtector! Road King is amazed that his car possesses this sort of power, recounting how it was given to him by his sponsor when he was in a slump. His tale is interrupted by a communiqué from Ranger, who reveals that the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors are attacking Dagneux in their transtectors! Before Ginrai can even look back up from his bracelet, Road King is already racing away.

[[File:FullStrengthGodmasterGunmen four Godmasters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The Godmasters take the phrase "put the whole world behind you" literally.]]

In Dagneux, Ranger attempts to hold off the Decepticon Juniors himself, but Road King comes driving by, and Wilder believes that he is at the wheel of the car they are looking for, and pursue him. The other Autobots soon arrive and fill Ranger in, while Road King heads for Germain's restaurant—Germain is his sponsor, but thankfully, the Decepticons haven't made it that far into the town yet. They're right behind Road King, however, and transform into their robot mode to take his car, but he transforms to robot mode himself and holds them off until the other Autobots join the fight. Wilder summons an army of [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]], but even as [[Turtler]] orders them to combine, their numbers are so badly depleted by the large number of Autobots present that there aren't even enough of them left to form [[King Poseidon]]! After Turtler and the Juniors retreat, Road King introduces Germain to the other Autobots as his sponsor, and a celebratory toast for his victory in the Grand Prix, and his first victory in battle, is had.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
'''Human Autobots'''

*[[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]] (4)
*[[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] (5)
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]] (6)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (7)
*[[Road King]] (8)
*[[Ranger]] (9)
*[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (15)
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (16)
*[[Kraken]] (17)
*[[Turtler]] (18)
*[[Lobclaw]] (19)

'''Human Decepticons'''

*[[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] (1)
*[[Bullhorn (G1)|Bullhorn]] (2)
*[[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]] (3)

|c3=
*[[Carl (Masterforce)|Carl]] (11)
*[[Germain]] (12)
*Customer (13)
*[[Breuters]] (14)

}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The people sitting behind Lightfoot and the kids never move an inch or change expression, no matter what's happening. One guy is permanently holding a camera up to his face. However the people sitting behind them also varies from shot to shot—one background image is used behind separate shots of Minerva and Lightfoot.

===Continuity errors===
*Again, precisely what happens when one becomes a Godmaster remains inconsistent with past episodes. In this case, Road King transforms in the same way Lightfoot did (in "[[Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter]]"): his arms are pulled together by the Master-Braces and he doesn't have to say "Masterforce", but he does have to say "God On." This is in contradiction to the ways in which Ginrai and Ranger first transformed.
*Ginrai only tells Road King to say "God on!", but Road King then uses the complete "Transform! God on!" phrase.

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai found the three additional pairs of Master-Braces in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]". This episode wraps up that plot thread, with the third and final owner being found, although as it's been pointed out in a few other episodes, viewers must remember for the future that there is still one more Godmaster out there...

===Real world references===
*This episode is a bit of a treat for Formula 1 fans, as many of the cars competing in the World Grand Prix race are surprisingly faithful recreations of entrants in the real Formula 1 World Championship of 1988, even down to some car numbers and driver helmets, albeit with brand names purposefully misspelt (similar to the decals on the G1 [[Mirage (G1)/toys|Mirage]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]] toys). Recognisable in this episode are:
** Car 2 - "{{w|Lotus 100T|Totus}}-{{w|Honda in Formula One|Homda}}" of Satoru Nakajima, with a simplified version of his helmet design. Nakajima was the only Japanese driver in the field that year, which is possibly why his car was featured heavily and instead of his teammate and reigning World Champion, Nelson Piquet.
** Car 3 - {{w|Tyrrell 017|Tyrrell-Ford}} of Jonathan Palmer.
** Car 6 - "{{w|Canon (company)|Camon}}" {{w|Williams FW12|Williams-Judd}} of Riccardo Patrese. Close-ups of the driver show him with the helmet design of Patrese's teammate, Nigel Mansell, but the car features a white or black 6 rather than Mansell's distinctive red 5.
** Car 10 - "{{w|West (cigarette)|Wost}}" {{w|Zakspeed 881|Zakspeed}} of Bernd Schneider, including an accurate replication of his helmet design in close-up.
** Car 11 - "{{w|Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlbora}}" {{w|MclAren MP4/4|McLaren-"Homda"}} of Alain Prost.
** Car 12 - "Marlbora" McLaren-"Homda" of Ayrton Senna.
** Car 27 - {{w|Ferrari F1/87|Ferrari}} of Michele Alboreto (recognisable by the FIAT badge on the side) albeit in an inaccurate lemon yellow colour. Another unnumbered yellow Ferrari is also seen.
** An unnumbered {{w|AGS JH23|AGS-Ford}} with its lesser used white nose livery.
** A red and white car distinct from the McLarens and Zakspeeds that is perhaps meant to be the {{w|Arrows A10|Arrows}}-{{w|BMW M12#Megatron|Megatron}} (and even if it's not, hey, we get to tell you there was an F1 engine called Megatron).
** And what could charitably be considered a {{w|Rial ARC1|Rial-Ford}}.

*Other brands visible throughout the episode include include "{{w|Royal Dutch Shell|Sall}}", "{{w|Dunlop Tyres|Dunpop}}", "{{w|Coca-Cola|Poca-Cola}}", "{{w|Mobil|Moolel}}", "{{w|Pirelli|Fireiil}}" and lots, ''lots'' more.
*{{w|Rouen-Les-Essarts|Rouen-Les-Essarts}} was a real race circuit, though on public roads, not a dedicated race track. The last F1 race was held there in 1968, well before this episode was made.

*This episode's seemingly odd title is a reference to the Japanese rendering of {{w|The Three Musketeers}} (三銃士).

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Emergence of the Fourth Powermaster'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 21]], [[1990]]

:*''Title:'' "'''At Full Strength! The Four Godmaster Gunmen'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce'' (Shout! Factory)

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Tackle

2021-09-21T15:46:27Z

GomessQ:

{{factions|autobot}}
{{picsneeded|cartoon appearances}}
:''Tackle is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AnimeTackle.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|No, [[Tacker]] is that other guy. The green one.]]

'''Tackle''' (タックル ''Takkuru''), [[Multiforce]]'s "Warrior of the Earth", lives up to his title. A rugged outdoorsbot, Tackle is the team's survivalist, taking on the elements with a smile. He loves the wilds of [[Earth]] and takes every opportunity to explore them, climbing the mountains and traveling the deserts. He's even taken up fishing as a hobby. He can also turn the environment against his foes, channeling energy into earthquake-like attacks.

Though he's often alone in the wild, he shares a very close bond with his teammate [[Mach (G1)|Mach]], who often finds himself alone in orbit above the planet. Despite the vast distances, the two still coordinate to bring down their foes, and spend most of their time together combined into [[Machtackle]].

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Shinobu Satouchi]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}

Tackle defeated the [[Breastforce]] member [[Killbison]] without having to fire a single shot by making him so dizzy the [[Decepticon]] simply collapsed. Considering the usual combat effectiveness of the Breastforce members, this is an accomplishment on par with Davidbot versus Goliathtron. Later he trounced [[Jallguar]], teaching him how to impersonate an ostrich. Pretty impressive work for a pair of pants. {{storylink|Mach and Tackle}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} {{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}} {{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}} {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}} {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}} {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}}}

====''Micromaster''====
While testing out stealth technology, Tackle and the rest of the Multiforce stumbled through a dimensional rift that brought them years into the past. There, Micromasters battled over Mount St. Hillary, where Optimus Prime, Megatron, and their troops slumbered within the Ark. Before Wing could introduce him to the local Autobots, the Multiforce had to head out to meet a Decepticon threat. He combined with [[Mach (G1)|Mach]] to form [[Machtackle]] and helped taking on the [[Decepticon Sixbuilder]]s. Tackle then combined with the rest of the Multiforce into [[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]] to send [[Sixwing|Berserker Sixwing]] packing. {{storylink|The Menace of Landcross's Combining Formation!}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
The Multiforce followed the normal flow of time to return to their native period, making sure to not interfere with events they knew had to transpire. To this end, they avoided the other Transformers and explored the [[Skomiloch Territories]] and clashed with the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]]. Their journey enabled them to be able to stop the [[Praetorian]] from using the corrupted [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to rewrite all robotic life in the [[Vega Sector]] into loyal [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/01}}

===''Victory'' comic===
The Multiforce was summoned to Earth by Star Saber and battled [[Dinoking]] as Landcross. After defeating Dinoking, Landcross separated in order to swarm [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] with superior numbers. {{storylink|So Cool! Our Ally, Star Saber!}}

After having lost a battle to Deathsaurus as Landcross, and being subsequently rescued by [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], Tackle helped rescue the animals hurt by the forest fire caused by the Decepticon Emperor. {{storylink|Great Reversal! Star Saber}}

Tackle once enjoyed a communal bath with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Star Saber, Warrior of Love!}}

Tackle also fought against the Decepticons inside their space base as it was raining down meteors onto the Earth. The war ended peacefully with a truce between both factions. {{storylink|The Grand Victory War}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|Victory}}
[[File:Victory-toy Tackle.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Tackle, use... tackle.]]
*'''Machtackle''' (Multiforce, [[1989]])
**''ID number:'' '''C-318'''
**''Accessories'': "Multi-Tackle Gun", Landcross footplate

: Sold in a two-pack with his partner [[Mach (G1)#Toys|Mach]], Tackle transforms into a pickup truck of indeterminate model with a camper bed-attachment. In vehicle mode, he can mount Landcross's footplate on his roof as a double-cannon.

: He can also transform into either the upper or lower half of a two-robot combiner, though his nominal combination is with his pack-in partner Mach , forming the bottom half of [[Machtackle#Toys|Machtackle]].

: He can ''also also'' form any limb to [[Landcross (G1)#Toys|Landcross]], with his default placement as the left leg. If used as a leg, [[Tacker#Toys|Tacker]] needs to be used as the other leg, otherwise the two legs will be ''very'' different lengths. In ''theory'' he can also form part of the super robot torso (as the entire team shares the same general engineering and transformation scheme), but he lacks the proper connections to attach limb-bots or super robot armor.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/Tackle/tackle.htm More information on Tackle at TFU.info]''

{{anchor|Landcross}}
*'''Landcross''' (Gift set, 1989)
**''ID number'': '''C-319'''
**''Accessories'': "Multi-Tackle Gun", Landcross footplate

: Tacker was also available in a gift set containing the entire Multiforce team. All of the toys in this set are physically identical to their individual releases.

: However, this set does ''not'' include the bio/trading cards for any of the component duos, only the combined Landcross mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Cybertron/Landcross/landcross.htm More information on Landcross at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

===''Micromaster''===
*'''Tackle''' (CX Micromaster, [[2002]])
**''Micromaster ID number'': '''6'''
**''Accessories'': "Multi-Tackle Gun", Landcross footplate

: Released in the final wave of ''[[The Transformers: Micromaster|Micromaster]]'' as a "DX [[Micromaster]]", this reissue of Tackle was sold in a single-bot box. The box has a small hole in the front to show a number printed on the instructions, revealing which toy is inside.

: Tackle has undergone the most significant color changes of the team: aside from the black joints changing to dark gunmetal (a change made to the entire team), his orange plastic is now significantly lighter and paler. His robot mode faces have changed to silver with red optics. The yellow "vent" stickers on his chest also have much thinner black borders, meaning a lot more yellow inside. In truck mode, he has lost the window deco on his camper cover, and Autobot symbol has been added to the passenger-side hood.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/Tackle/tackle.htm More information on ''Micromaster'' Tackle at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Stealth}}
*'''Tackle''' (DX Micromaster, 2002)
**''Micromaster ID number'': '''6'''
**''Accessories'': "Multi-Tackle Gun", Landcross footplate

: A special "chase" version of Tackle was also available, in mostly black plastic and minimal paint operations.

: All six members were available in "stealth mode", but only two out of every twelve toys in a case were black versions, and which two the case had was randomized. And no, you can't peek in through the hole in the box to see if it's a chase or not, as the instructions block it off.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/BlackTackle/tackle.htm More information on Stealth Mode Tackle at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:Tackle.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
* The animation model for [[:File:TackleTruckModel.jpg|Tackle's vehicle mode]] looks strikingly like a less-chibified version of [[Gears (G1)|Gears]].
* Hasbro evidently planned a U.S. release of the Multiforce long enough for Tacker, Tackle, and Mach to receive dedicated packaging art (at right), which was eventually uncovered and published by [[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]] in ''[[Legacy: The Art of Transformers Packaging]]''.

[[Category:Multiforce]]

Zodiac

2021-09-21T14:58:20Z

GomessQ: /* The Battlestars story pages */

[[File:Z01 zoodiaku.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It's the Magic Cyst of Archimedes!]]
The '''Zodiac''' (ゾディアック ''Zodiakku'') is a mysterious energy source, supposedly responsible for the creation of all life in the universe.

==Fiction==
===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''Generations Selects Special Comic'' (1)====
{{stub|{{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 2|Finale 2}}}}
====''Unite Warriors/Legends''====
Millenia ago, a malevolent energy being learned that the Zodiac was present on [[Earth]] and moved several stolen [[Powermaster]] bodies there to absorb residual energy from the planet's Zodiac and [[Angolmois Energy]], transforming them into [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]]. The entity itself also absorbed this same energy, adopting the name "[[Devil Z]]odiac" to reflect the source of his powers. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} As [[Vector Sigma]] explained that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] could no longer be revived without an energy source equal to the power that created the universe, the Zodiac lay waiting somewhere on Earth. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages====
When the enigmatic supernatural creature [[Violengiguar]] took control of the [[Decepticon]]s, he schemed to harness the power of the Zodiac and merge it with the new super-fuel, [[Energon Z]], which the [[Autobot]]s had developed, in order to dominate the universe. Recruiting a team of [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from throughout Decepticon history, Violengiguar dispatched his new troops to steal the Energon Z from planet [[Micro|Zone]], and to locate the Zodiac, which was hidden somewhere on [[Earth]].

[[King Poseidon]], [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]], and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] ravaged Earth in search of the Zodiac, but when they converged in Japan, they found themselves opposed by the Autobot [[Powered Master]]s, [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber]]. When Devastator broke off from the battle and headed underground, Dai Atlas gave chase, and the pair discovered the Zodiac, which had taken the form of something akin to a human heart. Although Dai Atlas was able to bury Devastator beneath a wave of lava, the Zodiac was handed off to King Poseidon, who headed back to the surface with the Autobot in hot pursuit. After a scuffle between the Autobots and Decepticons, the Zodiac wound up in Dai Atlas's hands, just as Trypticon unleashed a destructive beam of Energon Z upon the heroes. As the beam bore down on them, Dai Atlas held the Zodiac aloft, allowing the Energon Z to wash over it. With the two energies united, the true power of the Zodiac was unlocked, and it changed shape, now resembling a translucent blue sphere that contained a galaxy. Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber were filled with Zodiac energy, and given the ability to transform into powerful new "Zone Mode" battle stations. With the firepower of their new forms, they sent the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}/{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

After the failure of his generals and [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] to recover the Zodiac, Violengiguar took matters into his own talons and headed for Earth. Unfazed by the Powered Masters' attacks, Violengiguar seized the Zodiac, his own evil energies corrupting it into a hideous organ-like ''thing''. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #10}} Violengiguar then returned to his birthplace on the [[Tenth Planet]]. The Powered Masters pursued him and managed to defeated his three insectoid forms, allowing them to reclaim the Zodiac, {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #11}} but Violengiguar was not yet defeated, and revealed his true form as a flaming, phoenix-like mass of Decepticon spirits. The Powered Masters placed their hands upon the Zodiac and channeled its energy into themselves, then united into their combined form of [[Big Powered]] to destroy Violengiguar with the Zodiac-powered "Rainbow Powered Attack". With Violengiguar eliminated, the rainbow of Zodiac energy transformed the Tenth Planet into a paradise for human and Transformer alike. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone story page #12}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Once Dai Atlas was done with the Zodiac, it was stolen by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]] who used it in conjunction with [[proton energy]] and the telepathic powers of the [[Zamojin (species)|Zamojin]] to create another universe known as the [[Legends World]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}} After crossing over to the Legends World, [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] set his sights on powering up with the Zodiac. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}} Somehow acquiring it, Scourge was transformed by its power into a giant two-headed monster and went on a rampage through [[Tokyo]] until [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] took the energy source from him, causing its energies to transform his [[transtector]] into a new base mode that allowed him to defeat Scourge with a mighty barrage. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 27|Bonus Edition Vol. 27}} [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] borrowed the Zodiac from Blaster as part of his research into the origins of the Legends World. Figuring out its relation to telepathic energy, he removed a fragment from it and fed it to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], reversing the effects of his overuse of that same energy. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 33|Bonus Edition Vol. 33}}

Since the Zodiac could transform a transtector into a base, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] theorized that the opposite could hold true as well. He stole the power source from Blaster and, after using its energies to hold the Autobots at bay by forcing their transtectors into base modes, hurled it into the [[Dancitron]], causing the club to transform into a Soundwave transtector. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}} Scourge ordered his [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] to find a second Zodiac in the Legends World, but their failure to locate one prompted [[Sweep No. 5]] to surmise that there was likely only one Zodiac per universe. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} Upon returning to the Legends World to protect it from [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], Twin Twist retrieved the Zodiac from Soundblaster and used his mastery of its energies to change his head into a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] and his body into a base that he used to battle Windblade. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 65|Bonus Edition Vol. 65}} He then handed the Zodiac to Topspin, who also became a Headmaster before using it to restore everything Windblade had destroyed. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 66|Bonus Edition Vol. 66}}

====''The Battlestars'' story pages====
[[File:PrimeZodiak.jpg|275px|thumb|Convoy prepares for his "How Many Things Can You Cram In Your Chest?" contest against Soundwave.]]
When the Decepticon [[Dark Nova]] threatened the universe, Dai Atlas formed the elite sub-group known as the [[Battlestars]] to revive [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] in the hopes that he could thwart Dark Nova. To this end, Battlestars commander [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]] was given the Zodiac by Dai Atlas. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #1}}

Dark Nova beat the Battlestars to the punch, however, when he stole Prime's body and created a duplicate known as "[[False Convoy]]" which he used to attack the Autobots. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #3}} The Battlestars managed to defeat False Convoy and rescue Prime's lifeless corpse from Dark Nova's [[Novaroid|Great Novaroid]] forces, and Sky Garry then restored him to life by placing the Zodiac in his chest (cuz it's just that easy). The power of the Zodiac turned Optimus Prime into the even more powerful Star Convoy. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars story page #4}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic'' (2)====
In the year [[2050]], the [[Powered Masters]] succeeded in assembling all of the disparate energies of the Zodiac into a single complete vessel, only to see it congeal into the shape of a [[Silver Matrix]]. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}
{{-}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
In some strange parallel reality, where the Autobots were on the verge of losing their war with the Decepticons, [[Hound (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hound]] experimented with Zodiac energy as a replacement for their long-exhausted supply of [[energon]]. When the Decepticon [[Mirage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Mirage]] infiltrated the Autobots' base, Optimus Prime charged the invader and sent him crashing into the Zodiac energy chamber. The strange cross-dimensional properties of the Zodiac energy offered Mirage a glimpse of another universe, in which he was an Autobot... but that was all just a dream, surely? {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 1086.0 Kappa]], the inhabitants of [[Micropolis]] had supposedly created Zodiac energon, which the enigmatic Bio Ranger Iga wanted. He told the disoriented [[Zarak Maximus]] that it would calm the voices in his head, but he was unable to claim it. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/11}}

===Swindle's Spiel===
[[Swindle, Swindle and Swindle]] claimed to have Zodiac energy for sale. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Swindle's Spiel, 2015/10/04}}

[[Category:IDW (2005) substances]]
[[Category:Legends franchise]]
[[Category:Physics]]
[[Category:Power sources]]
[[Category:Return of Convoy]]
[[Category:TransTech]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors]]
[[Category:Zone]]

Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!

2021-09-14T09:25:22Z

GomessQ: /* Synopsis */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (manga)|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce]]'' #5
|prev=On Scene! Our Savior's Name Is Ginrai!
|next=The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army
|title="Burn, Chokon! New Commander Super Ginrai!"
|japanese=燃やせ、超魂! 新司令官スーパージンライ!
|romaji=Moyase, Chōkon! Shin Shireikan Super Ginrai!
|image=SGM manga 5 title page.jpg
|caption=
|published in=''[[TV Magazine]]''
|publisher=[[Kodansha]]
|date=July 1988
|coverdate=August 1988
|script=[[Masumi Kaneda]]
|artist=[[Ban Magami]]
|continuity=
}}

'''Galvatron and his army are back! But the rest of the Autobot Godmasters show up with secret equipment to take them down.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] leads the [[Autobot]]s against some unknown evil plan of the [[Decepticon]]s (proactive!).

Eventually, they see something approach them. What they see shocks them with panic: [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], who was [[The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg|believed dead]], and other legendary Decepticons, who haven't been seen in a long time. Ginrai and [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] are stunned by the sight, then [[King Poseidon]] appears from behind. The Autobots are completely surrounded by the Decepticons and have no idea what to do. In the nick of time, [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]], who drives his [[Transtector|car]] hauling a container, shows up with [[Ranger]] and [[Road King]]. After Lightfoot tells him to combine with it, Ginrai performs a "Double On" with the container to become ''Super'' Ginrai.

Ginrai proceeds to beat up the Decepticons with his [[Chōkon Power]]. He smashes the legendary Decepticons by summoning the Tenchōkon power, the energy from the Universe. Then he roasts King Poseidon with the Chichōkon power, in the form of magma. And finally, he finishes King Poseidon with the "Super Fire Guts" attack by using the Jinchōkon power.

[[Turtler]] manages to survive and goes back to report about the incident. It turns out that the legendary Decepticons were just [[Hologram|holographic images]] used to confuse the Autobots. [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] asks [[Giga]] if there are any more available troops. Giga tells him they must wait for [[Devil Z]]'s order.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] (1)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (2)
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]] (3)
*[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (4)
*[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] (5)
*[[Lander]] (6)
*[[Minerva (Masterforce human)|Minerva]] (7)
*[[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (8)
*[[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]] (19)
*[[Ranger]] (20)
*[[Road King]] (21)

|c2=
{{collist|2|*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]*(9)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]*(10)
*A [[Conehead]]*(11)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]*(12)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]*(13)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]*(14)
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]]*(15)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]*(16)
*[[King Poseidon]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]*(18)
*[[Blood]] (22)
*[[Dauros]] (23)
*[[Gilmer]] (24)
*[[Turtler]] (25)
*[[Giga]] (26)
*[[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (27)
*[[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (28)
*[[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]] (29)
*[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (30)
*[[Mega]] (31)
*[[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]] (32)}}
}}

:<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Indicates character ultimately revealed to be just a hologram.''

==Notes==
*None of the Autobots find out those legendary Decepticons are just holographic images — even if all those Decepticons did was just stand there.
*Lightfoot's car can haul Ginrai's container? ''Wow.''
*Lightfoot tells Ginrai that he would be the greatest Godmaster in the universe. "[[:File:MF-GodGinrai-boxart.jpg|Well]]."
*After being hit by Ginrai's Tenchōkon power, the Decepticon holographic images all become weird {{w|The Scream|screaming}} {{w|File:Ghostface.jpg|images}}.

*Special moves in this issue:
**Super Fire Guts (Super Ginrai)

===Reprints===
*2002 — ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics]]''
*2020 — ''[[Transformers: The Manga Volume 2]]''

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce issues]]

Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen

2021-09-03T20:21:07Z

GomessQ:

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=19
|image=Fullstrength.jpg
|caption=You can pretend it's [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]], but it's not.
|title="Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen"
|japanese=勢揃い! ゴッドマスター四銃士
|romaji=Seizoroi! Godmaster Yonjūshi
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[August 30|30 August]] 1988
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Michihiro Kanayama]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The search for the fourth Godmaster brings the Autobots and Decepticons to France, where the Headmaster Juniors attend the finale of the World Grand Prix, and meet the champion racer, Road King.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:FullStrengthGodmasterGunmen sign Cab's chest.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"I've been working out. Wanna see my abs?"]]
The [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]]s are hanging out in a bar, where [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] plays a racing arcade game and [[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]] reads a magazine on Formula-1 racing. Wilder's interest is piqued by an article on a retired French racer named [[Germain]], who won the Grand Prix five times, and whose car miraculously survived every crash it was in. Although Cancer and [[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]] don't pick up on it immediately, Wilder is sure that this invulnerable car must belong to the next [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]]!

In [[France]], the [[Autobot]] Headmaster Juniors accompany [[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]] to the [[Rouen Circuit]], where the F1 [[World Grand Prix]] is about to begin. [[British Motors]] has a car in the race, but Lightfoot admits that even its driver, [[Carl (Masterforce)|Carl]], is no match for the reigning champ, the so-called "British Wolf", [[Road King]]. [[Cab (human)|Cab]] and [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] have heard of the famous young racer, so Lightfoot introduces them to him just before the race starts and they get autographs. While they're having fun, though, [[Ranger]] and [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] are busy scouring Europe for the remaining Godmaster, searching in [[Spain]] and [[Germany]], respectively.

[[File:FullStrengthGodmasterGunmen Wilder is owned.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|PWNED!]]
Meanwhile, the Decepticon Juniors have made their way to the small French town of [[Dagneux]], and, after hiding their [[transtector]]s in the woods nearby, head for the restaurant-and-bar that the retired Germain now runs. With patrons around them busy watching the Grand Prix, Wilder starts questioning Germain on the location of his race car, and the conversation gets more and more threatening until Wilder seizes the old man. He's got a few tricks up his sleeve, though, and quickly twists Wilder's arm back and throws him out of the bar. Bullhorn and Cancer try to jump him, but Germain easily parries their attacks and hurls them aside. Bruised and beaten, Wilder tells the old man that he'll be sorry as the Juniors slink back to the forest.

[[File:FullStrengthGodmasterGunmen Road King is born.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"OK, now see what happens when you say 'I am transformed'."]]
Back at the Rouen Circuit, the Grand Prix continues, until suddenly, there is a catastrophic crash. Many cars are sent spinning and flying, with Road King's being launched into the air, although it makes a safe landing. Carl manages to escape his car before it explodes, but Lightfoot's attention is then drawn to Road King's car... which spontaneously repairs all the damage it has taken! There is no doubt in Lightfoot's mind that the search for the fourth Autobot Godmaster is over, and he radios Ginrai to bring the last set of [[Master-Brace]]s right away. Road King proceeds to win the race, and Lightfoot introduces him to Ginrai, who wastes no time in giving Lightfoot the Master-Braces. Road King slips them on, and in a flash of light, Lightfoot's suspicions are proven correct—Road King is the fourth Godmaster, and his race car is his transtector! Road King is amazed that his car possesses this sort of power, recounting how it was given to him by his sponsor when he was in a slump. His tale is interrupted by a communiqué from Ranger, who reveals that the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors are attacking Dagneux in their transtectors! Before Ginrai can even look back up from his bracelet, Road King is already racing away.

[[File:FullStrengthGodmasterGunmen four Godmasters.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The Godmasters take the phrase "put the whole world behind you" literally.]]

In Dagneux, Ranger attempts to hold off the Decepticon Juniors himself, but Road King comes driving by, and Wilder believes that he is at the wheel of the car they are looking for, and pursue him. The other Autobots soon arrive and fill Ranger in, while Road King heads for Germain's restaurant—Germain is his sponsor, but thankfully, the Decepticons haven't made it that far into the town yet. They're right behind Road King, however, and transform into their robot mode to take his car, but he transforms to robot mode himself and holds them off until the other Autobots join the fight. Wilder summons an army of [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]], but even as [[Turtler]] orders them to combine, their numbers are so badly depleted by the large number of Autobots present that there aren't even enough of them left to form [[King Poseidon]]! After Turtler and the Juniors retreat, Road King introduces Germain to the other Autobots as his sponsor, and a celebratory toast for his victory in the Grand Prix, and his first victory in battle, is had.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
'''Human Autobots'''

*[[Lightfoot (Masterforce)|Lightfoot]] (4)
*[[Minerva (Masterforce human)|Minerva]] (5)
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]] (6)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (7)
*[[Road King]] (8)
*[[Ranger]] (9)
*[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]] (15)
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]] (16)
*[[Kraken]] (17)
*[[Turtler]] (18)
*[[Lobclaw]] (19)

'''Human Decepticons'''

*[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (1)
*[[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]] (2)
*[[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]] (3)

|c3=
*[[Carl (Masterforce)|Carl]] (11)
*[[Germain]] (12)
*Customer (13)
*[[Breuters]] (14)

}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The people sitting behind Lightfoot and the kids never move an inch or change expression, no matter what's happening. One guy is permanently holding a camera up to his face. However the people sitting behind them also varies from shot to shot—one background image is used behind separate shots of Minerva and Lightfoot.

===Continuity errors===
*Again, precisely what happens when one becomes a Godmaster remains inconsistent with past episodes. In this case, Road King transforms in the same way Lightfoot did (in "[[Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter]]"): his arms are pulled together by the Master-Braces and he doesn't have to say "Masterforce", but he does have to say "God On." This is in contradiction to the ways in which Ginrai and Ranger first transformed.
*Ginrai only tells Road King to say "God on!", but Road King then uses the complete "Transform! God on!" phrase.

===Continuity notes===
*Ginrai found the three additional pairs of Master-Braces in "[[A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva]]". This episode wraps up that plot thread, with the third and final owner being found, although as it's been pointed out in a few other episodes, viewers must remember for the future that there is still one more Godmaster out there...

===Real world references===
*This episode is a bit of a treat for Formula 1 fans, as many of the cars competing in the World Grand Prix race are surprisingly faithful recreations of entrants in the real Formula 1 World Championship of 1988, even down to some car numbers and driver helmets, albeit with brand names purposefully misspelt (similar to the decals on the G1 [[Mirage (G1)/toys|Mirage]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]] toys). Recognisable in this episode are:
** Car 2 - "{{w|Lotus 100T|Totus}}-{{w|Honda in Formula One|Homda}}" of Satoru Nakajima, with a simplified version of his helmet design. Nakajima was the only Japanese driver in the field that year, which is possibly why his car was featured heavily and instead of his teammate and reigning World Champion, Nelson Piquet.
** Car 3 - {{w|Tyrrell 017|Tyrrell-Ford}} of Jonathan Palmer.
** Car 6 - "{{w|Canon (company)|Camon}}" {{w|Williams FW12|Williams-Judd}} of Riccardo Patrese. Close-ups of the driver show him with the helmet design of Patrese's teammate, Nigel Mansell, but the car features a white or black 6 rather than Mansell's distinctive red 5.
** Car 10 - "{{w|West (cigarette)|Wost}}" {{w|Zakspeed 881|Zakspeed}} of Bernd Schneider, including an accurate replication of his helmet design in close-up.
** Car 11 - "{{w|Marlboro (cigarette)|Marlbora}}" {{w|MclAren MP4/4|McLaren-"Homda"}} of Alain Prost.
** Car 12 - "Marlbora" McLaren-"Homda" of Ayrton Senna.
** Car 27 - {{w|Ferrari F1/87|Ferrari}} of Michele Alboreto (recognisable by the FIAT badge on the side) albeit in an inaccurate lemon yellow colour. Another unnumbered yellow Ferrari is also seen.
** An unnumbered {{w|AGS JH23|AGS-Ford}} with its lesser used white nose livery.
** A red and white car distinct from the McLarens and Zakspeeds that is perhaps meant to be the {{w|Arrows A10|Arrows}}-{{w|BMW M12#Megatron|Megatron}} (and even if it's not, hey, we get to tell you there was an F1 engine called Megatron).
** And what could charitably be considered a {{w|Rial ARC1|Rial-Ford}}.

*Other brands visible throughout the episode include include "{{w|Royal Dutch Shell|Sall}}", "{{w|Dunlop Tyres|Dunpop}}", "{{w|Coca-Cola|Poca-Cola}}", "{{w|Mobil|Moolel}}", "{{w|Pirelli|Fireiil}}" and lots, ''lots'' more.
*{{w|Rouen-Les-Essarts|Rouen-Les-Essarts}} was a real race circuit, though on public roads, not a dedicated race track. The last F1 race was held there in 1968, well before this episode was made.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Emergence of the Fourth Powermaster'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 21]], [[1990]]

:*''Title:'' "'''At Full Strength! The Four Godmaster Gunmen'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce'' (Shout! Factory)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Peace

2021-09-02T07:26:23Z

GomessQ: /* Notes */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[Transformers Annual 1989]]
|prev=All in the Minds!
|next=Transformers Annual 1990
|title="Peace"
|image=Peace war begins anew.jpg
|caption=Rejected alternate title: ''Peace: You're Doing It Wrong''
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=September [[1988]]
|coverdate=[[1989]]
|writer=[[Richard Starkings|Richard Alan]]
|art=[[Robin Smith]]
|lettering=[[Gary Gilbert|Glib]]
|colours=[[Steve White]]
|editor=
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline#2510|2510]] ([[Marvel Comics timeline#Post-Time Wars future|Post-Time Wars future?]] See [[#Notes|Notes]])
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] ([[Primax 984.20 Gamma|Marvel UK]])
}}
'''In the far future the Autobots finally win the war against the Decepticons...but everything doesn't go as planned.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Rodimus technobots wreckers peace.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
In the year [[2510]], long after most can remember how the war started and when few can distinguish between the faction's motives, the final [[Decepticon]] falls in battle with the [[Wrecker]]s. Relieved that [[Great War (G1)|the war]] is finally over, the fatigued [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] decides to step down as leader and selects [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] as his replacement.

However, a Decepticon double agent called [[Triton]] has infiltrated the [[Autobot]] ranks and is determined to prevent the war from ending. When Rodimus announces Springer as his successor, Triton objects, saying that Springer is a warrior, not a leader. He suggests [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] would make a better leader.

Arguments break out amongst the Autobots over who should be leader, with Whirl demanding to know where Triton's "precious Ultra Magnus" was when the Wreckers were ending the war. Triton responds by hitting him; [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] responds by pulling a gun and threatening to kill him; and [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] responds by gunning down Roadbuster in the back before he can.

A moment of horrified silence is broken by [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] blaming Triton for Roadbuster’s death. The Decepticon is killed, the Autobots split into factions and a new war begins as Rodimus Prime wails in despair.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (1)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (2)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (3)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (4)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (5)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (6)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (7)
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (8)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (10)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (11)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (12)
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (13)
*[[Twin Twist]] (14)
*[[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (15)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (16)
{{!}}}
|c2=
*[[Triton]] (9)
}}

==Notes==
[[File:Peace THE END.jpg|thumb|center|upright=2]]
*This is one of only a handful of stories from this era not to be written by [[Simon Furman]].
*Richard Starkings (AKA "Richard Alan") got the idea from a friend who ran a ''Doctor Who'' fanzine, and had a story planned where the [[Dalek]]s win and then wonder what they're going to do now. That made him wonder what would happen if the Autobots ever won.<ref>[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 5|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 5]]</ref>
*The Decepticons had been holding out in the northern hemisphere.
*Triton cites Magnus' credentials by bringing up how he held the Matrix before Rodimus.
*Chronologically, this is the final story to feature the future Autobots, set two hundred years after the later "[[Aspects of Evil!]]". However, it seems this story was never intended to be "the" future of the Transformers timeline, as <s>the editor</s> [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] gives different explanations for it:
**When one reader wrote in to ask why the Wreckers are alive in "Peace" but dead in "[[Time Wars]]", Dreadwind told him that this was likely an alternate timeline where they didn't die.<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue212.jpg #212's letters page]</ref>
**When another reader asked why Rodimus is healthy in "Peace" and not dead of Unicron, Dreadwind explained that Rodimus was just ill in "Aspects" and not dying ("which is a shame") -- tacitly putting the stories in the same timeline.<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue236.jpg #238's letters page]</ref>
**When someone asked if these were all the Autobots left, their concerns were dismissed by saying "Peace" was "just a story about the stupidity of war".<ref>[http://transfans.co.uk/media/2KX/media/comics/the_transformers_uk/dreadtidings/Issue264.jpg #264's letters page]</ref>
*A young [[James Roberts]] wrote in to the comic lamenting how bleak an ending this was!<ref>[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 5|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 5]] - "Not surprisingly, I never got a reply."</ref>

===Cover===
*'''Transformers Annual 1989 cover:''' Scorponok, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
<gallery>
File:Transformers annual 1989.jpg|'''Transformers Annual 1989'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*'''[[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 5|''The Transformers Classics UK'' Volume 5]]:''' ([[August 6]], [[2014]]) ISBN 1613777140 / ISBN 978-1613777145
* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 22: Natural Selection]]''''' ([[September 20]], [[2017]])
:*Bonus material includes an overview of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic]] and several cover sketches.
<gallery>
File:Classicuk5.jpg|'''''Classics UK'' Volume 5'''; cover art by [[Andrew Wildman]].
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v22.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Chapter 22'''''; cover art by Andrew Wildman and [[Stephen Baskerville]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]

Firebug!

2021-09-01T08:04:07Z

GomessQ: /* Continuity notes */

{{disambig3|Firebug}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #188
|prev=Space Pirates!
|next=Dry Run!
|title="Firebug!"
|image=MarvelUK-188.jpg
|caption=...Oh no he's not!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[October 15|15th October]] [[1988]]
|coverdate=[[October 22|22nd October]] 1988
|plot=[[Simon Furman]]
|script=[[Dan Abnett]]
|art=[[Jeff Anderson]]
|colour=[[Euan Peters]]
|letters=[[Tom Frame]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''Inferno meets his match...'''

==Synopsis==
A meteorite hits the base of [[Mount St. Hilary]], containing a strange creature aboard it. The next day, an [[Autobot]] [[Ark shuttlecraft#"Dome"-type|shuttlecraft]] carrying the [[Advance Surveillance Unit]] lands on the other side and its passengers disembark, activating its [[scan cloak]]. [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] reminds [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] that [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] wants a permanent reconnaissance base on [[Earth]] to increase their knowledge of the terrain. Inferno guesses that this is to prevent a repeat of the disaster when the [[Wrecker]]s attacked [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Broadside is angry because the Wreckers didn't know where they'd arrive, but Sandstorm prevents a fight. He then notices a fire in the distance and transforms into his new buggy mode to check it out.

[[File:A Firebug.jpg|thumb|left]]
Sandstorm discovers an entire town ablaze. Changing to his helicopter mode he notices something in the shadows but it disappears before he can reach it. Broadside orders Sandstorm to return to base, but the latter argues that they must help the humans. Broadside reiterates that they must maintain non-intervention, but Inferno agrees with Sandstorm that they have a duty to protect all lifeforms. Broadside agrees to go but tells the others that if asked they are investigating a sighting of Galvatron.

Soon after arriving, Inferno and Broadside have the fire under control. But Broadside can't extinguish one section. Inferno soon recognises the creature at its centre—a [[Firebug (G1)|Firebug]]! The creature escapes as Inferno explains that it is from the planet [[Furnacia]], feeds on high temperatures and combusts matter. Most perished when their planet burnt itself out and the survivors landed on the ice world of [[Thessin]].

The three Autobots pursue the Firebug through the town and eventually corner it. Whilst the [[Triple Changer]]s block its escape with lasers, Inferno douses it with water. Broadside wants to kill the creature but Inferno reminds him they're not murderers. After checking the ship's files on the [[Solar System]], Inferno comes up with an idea. The Firebug is placed in a message pod and dispatched to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]], where the creature can live happily in temperatures of over 400 degrees centigrade.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (2)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (3)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (4)
|c4=
*[[Firebug (G1)|Unnamed Firebug]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"'''Scan cloak''' operational. Someone remember where we parked, eh?"
:—'''Sandstorm'''

"[''Thinking''] Wait just a minute! Looks like a big fire over yonder. Just the sort of thing I should be...er, observing."
:—'''Sandstorm'''

"Let's see how he fares against my '''silica gun!''' It'll erode anything it hits...including the '''wrong''' thing!"
:—'''Sandstorm''' accidentally melts some poor shlub's car.

==Notes==

===Artwork and technical errors===
*TBD
===Continuity errors===
*Sandstorm claims that Xaaron had Earthen forms prepared for them despite having the same helicopter mode he used in "[[Target: 2006]]".

===Continuity notes===
*This is the first appearance of Inferno in the present-day timeline, discounting a possible cameo in the flashback in "[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!]]" and an appearance in the annual story "[[Missing in Action]]", which is hard to place in continuity. His [[2008]] counterpart had previously appeared in "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]".
*Inferno's previous possible cameo has led to fan speculation that he has been an unseen character on Earth for the past few years and has been assigned as a liaison with the Wreckers. There is nothing in this story itself that contradicts this theory.

===Real-life references===
*TBD

===Back-up material===
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Visionaries]]'' - "Wings" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''

===Cover===
*'''Issue #188 cover:''' Sandstorm, Inferno, Broadside and the Firebug, by [[Jeff Anderson]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUK-188.jpg|'''Issue #188'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*'''[[Transformers Annual 1991]]''''': [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]], [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]], by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''''[[Transformers: City of Fear]]''''': Broadside, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] take on a horde of [[zombie]]s, by Geoff Senior.
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Time Wars]]'' #2 cover A:''' The [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] run amok, by [[Dan Khanna]] and [[Liam Shalloo]].
*'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' #2 cover RI:''' reuse of a panel from UK issue [[Time Wars|#199]], by [[Andrew Wildman]], [[Stephen Baskerville]] and [[Euan Peters]].
<gallery>
File:Transformers annual 1991.jpg|'''''Transformers Annual 1991'''''
File:TitanCoF.jpg|'''''City of Fear'''''
File:IDWBofUKTW2A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' #2 cover A'''
File:IDWBofUKTW2RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' #2 cover RI'''
</gallery>
*'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' TPB''': reuse of ''Best of UK: Time Wars'' issue #1 cover A.
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK]]'' Omnibus''': crop of ''Best of UK: Time Wars'' issue #4 cover A.
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 14: Space Pirates''''': Hot Rod and a scene of the Blaster and Wheeljack strung up
*'''''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]'' [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 6|Volume 6]] cover:''' General [[Ghyrik]], a [[Quintesson]] Judge, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Snarler]]. Art and colors by [[Andrew Wildman]].
<gallery>
File:IDWBofUKTW.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKOmnibus.jpg|'''''Best of UK'' Omnibus'''
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v14.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 14'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Dougie Braithwaite]] and [[Dave Harwood]]
File:ClassicsUK6.jpg|'''''Classics UK'' Volume 6 TPB'''
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel UK Annual stories]]
[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Dougie Braithwaite

2021-08-29T09:37:48Z

GomessQ: Let's give the brother his due

{{disambig3|Dougie}}
{{picsneeded}}

'''Dougie Braithwaite''' is a British comic artist, and his work on ''Transformers'' is some of his earliest. At the age of 15, he was encouraged by a teacher to send his art to [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]], and he eventually got work from them in the form of ''Transformers'', ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'', and ''Doctor Who''. From there, he worked for ''2000 A.D.'', and has since risen to fame working for both Marvel and D.C. Comics. Between [[2008]] and [[2013]] he worked for Marvel on titles such as ''[[Thor]]'', ''[[Wolverine (Marvel)|Wolverine]]'' and ''[[Spider-Man]]'', and has predominantly worked for Valiant Entertainment since [[2013]].

==Credited work==
===Penciling===
*"[[Space Pirates!]]" part 3 and 4

===Covers===
*''[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|The Transformers]]'' (UK) [[Trial by Fire!|#156]]

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Image:Autobases MarvelUK184.jpg
Image:MarvelUK-156.jpg
Image:Astrotrain space pirates.jpg
Image:Wheeliefurmanism.jpg
</gallery>

''[[:Category:Images by Dougie Braithwaite|Extended Dougie Braithwaite gallery]]''</center>

==External links==

{{DEFAULTSORT:Braithwaite, Dougie}}
[[Category:Illustrators]]
[[Category:Marvel Comics]]

Dry Run!

2021-08-18T13:40:37Z

GomessQ:

{{comicstory
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #189
|prev=Firebug!
|next=Monstercon from Mars!
|next2=Altered Image!
|image=MarvelUK-189.jpg
|caption=Megatron plays rough with his toys.
|title="Dry Run!"
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[October 22|22nd October]] [[1988]]
|coverdate=[[October 29|29th October]] 1988
|plotter=[[Simon Furman]]
|scripter=[[Dan Abnett]]
|penciler=[[Jeff Anderson]]
|inker=[[Cam Smith]]
|colorist=[[Euan Peters]]
|letterer=[[Tom Frame]]
|chronology=[[Marvel Comics timeline#1988|1988]]/[[Marvel Comics timeline#Original future|Original future (2008)]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]] ([[Primax 984.20 Gamma|Marvel UK]])}}
'''Shockwave seeks to destroy all those who would try to usurp him...'''

==Synopsis==
In the [[Fortress Sinister]], an unseen subject is fighting a [[facsimile construct]] of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and destroys it in just ten seconds. [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] is pleased that the subject's mental programming is working and curses the existence of the real Galvatron, who is seeking to usurp him. He wishes he could test his agent further on a more worthy opponent, but has other matters to deal with. He had agreed to provided [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] with sanctuary from Galvatron if their attempt to secure Galvatron's [[Time-jump trigger device|time-jump device]] failed, in exchange for their joining his forces. He now wants them to honour their side of the bargain.

In the main audience chamber, Cyclonus and Scourge are frustrated to be serving under Shockwave, when in [[2008]] they will succeed him as joint commanders of the Decepticons. [[Fracas]] suggests just killing Shockwave again, but Scourge dismisses the idea as they [[Death's Head (G1)|had help last time]]. Shockwave now enters and tells the future Decepticons that they must do a lot for him. They don't take kindly to this and respond angrily. Cyclonus screams "Why should we serve someone we're going to kill and succeed in twenty years?"

[[File:Cyclonus death.jpg|left|thumb|"No don't! One day I'll be your loyal second-in... darn! [[Cyclonus (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Wrong continuity]]!"]]
Scourge hits Cyclonus for not realising the effects of what he is saying. Shockwave deduces that to preserve his life he must end theirs, blasting at them. But Fracas and [[Nightstick (G1)|Nightstick]] transform into weapons mode and have superior fire-power. Shockwave flees, realising he can solve two problems at once.

Cyclonus and Scourge chase Shockwave into another chamber where they see another [[Transformer]] in the shadows. Cyclonus is blasted... by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]! Scourge is rapidly subdued and thrown in a corner. Megatron turns his attention to Cyclonus, who blasts him. But Megatron merely snatches Nightstick and crushes him. Then he prepares to kill Cyclonus, who screams for Scourge's help.

Scourge is not as dead as Megatron thought, and is preparing to blast him with full power, a blast that not even Megatron can survive. But then Scourge realises this could be dangerous—in the future Megatron will be transformed into Galvatron by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and only then will Scourge and Cyclonus be created to serve him. Scourge isn't sure but worries that if he kills Megatron he too will cease to exist. All he can do is flee.

Cyclonus can only weakly call for help and doesn't even scream as Megatron kills him. "Instead, twenty years in the future, the heavens scream in his stead."

Shockwave is pleased that Megatron has completed the final test and it is now time for the main target. A human news report shows Galvatron rampaging through a town. Shockwave orders Megatron to find Galvatron and destroy him!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c2=
*[[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]-[[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (2)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (3)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (4)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (7)
|h3=[[Nebulan]]s|c3=
*[[Fracas]] (5)
*[[Nightstick (G1)|Nightstick]] (6)
}}

==Notes==

===Artwork and technical errors===
*Cyclonus is drawn with his shoulder wings pointed inward when drawn from the front, and pointed outward when his back is turned.

===Continuity errors===
*TPB

===Continuity notes===
*Shockwave conceived the idea of using Megatron as a weapon in "[[Enemy Action!]]" and recovered Megatron's body in "[[Salvage!]]".
*Shockwave states that "clearly to preserve my life I must end yours!" This is slightly illogical as from Cyclonus and Scourge's perspective they have already killed him. The effects of this logical paradox upon Shockwave are explored further in "[[Time Wars]]".
*This story is continued in the 1989 Annual in "[[Altered Image!]]".
*Scourge's dilemma about killing Megatron is an example of facing the {{w|grandfather paradox}}. There's also a fairly good chance that he's wrong, as by this point Galvatron, Cyclonus, and Scourge have mucked up the past considerably without writing themselves out of existence (as we later see, Unicron is going to arrive 15 years too early and Megatron ''isn't'' going to get turned into Galvatron). There's also the argument as to whether his Galvatron was made from Megatron or the Straxus-clone. Of course, Scourge isn't an expert in temporal mechanics. As he himself states, he doesn't know what will happen if he kills Megatron, but he's afraid enough not to take the risk.
*On the letters page in a later issue, Dreadwind is asked how come removing his head kills Cyclonus, when [[Cloudburst|other]] [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Transformers]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|have]] survived similar. He states that Fortress Maximus removed it voluntarily, and in Cloudburst's case there was someone around to reattach it. Presumably being a Headmaster is what allowed Scorponok to survive.

===Real-life references===
*TPB

===Back-up material===
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''[[Visionaries]]'' - "Wings" and ''[[Combat Colin]]''

===Cover===
*'''Issue #189 cover:''' Megatron victorious over Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge, by [[Jeff Anderson]].
<gallery>
MarvelUK-189.jpg|'''Issue #189'''
</gallery>

===Reprints===
*'''''[[Transformers Collected Comics]]'' #16 cover:''' Galvatron and Unicron, reuse of the cover to UK issue [[Target: 2006|#84]].
*'''''[[Transformers Collected Comics|Transformers Summer Special]]'' cover:''' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] flies inside Unicron with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], reuse of the cover to UK issue [[On the Edge of Extinction!|#322]].
*'''''[[Transformers: Time Wars]]'' TPB:''' Optimus Prime and Galvatron fight, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Oliver Harud]].
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK: Time Wars|Best of UK: Time Wars]]'' #1 cover A:''' Megatron and Galvatron fight, by [[Dan Khanna]] and [[Liam Shalloo]].
<gallery>
File:Tfcolcom16.jpg|'''''Collected Comics'' #16'''
File:Tfcolcom26.jpg|'''Summer Special 1994'''
File:TitanTW.jpg|'''''Time Wars'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKTW1A.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' #1 cover A'''
</gallery>
*'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' #1 cover RI:''' Galvatron admires his reflection, reuse of a panel from "[[Altered Image!]]", by [[Lee Sullivan]] and [[Steve White]].
*'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' TPB cover:''' reuse of issue #1 cover A.
*'''''[[The Transformers: Best of UK]]'' Omnibus:''' Megatron and Galvatron versus the [[Wrecker]]s and [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhems]], cropped from ''Best of UK: Time Wars'' issue #4 cover A.
*'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 14: Space Pirates''''': Hot Rod and a scene of the Blaster and Wheeljack strung up
<gallery>
File:IDWBofUKTW1RI.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' #1 cover RI'''
File:IDWBofUKTW.jpg|'''''Best of UK: Time Wars'' TPB'''
File:IDWBofUKOmnibus.jpg|'''''Best of UK'' Omnibus'''
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v14.jpg|'''''The Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 14'''''; cover art by [[Don Figueroa]], [[Dougie Braithwaite]] and [[Dave Harwood]]
</gallery>
*'''''[[The Transformers Classics UK]]'' [[The Transformers Classics UK Volume 6|Volume 6]]:''' General [[Ghyrik]], a [[Quintesson]] Judge, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] and [[Snarler]]. Art and colors by [[Andrew Wildman]].
<gallery>
File:ClassicsUK6.jpg|'''''Classics UK'' Volume 6 TPB'''
</gallery>

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Birth! Headmaster Jrs

2021-07-12T20:14:43Z

GomessQ: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=4
|image=Hmjrbirth.jpg
|caption=Man and Machine... Power Extreme!
|title="Birth! Headmaster Jrs"
|japanese=誕生!ヘッドマスターJr
|romaji=Tanjō! Headmaster Jr
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[May 3|3 May]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Shūta, Cab and Minerva become Headmaster Juniors, but the Decepticons have recruited humans to their side as well.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:BirthHeadmasterJrs Autobot Jrs in armor.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Hawk and Diver motion towards the flesh-eating monster just off screen.]]
[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Hawk]] recounts historical mysteries and legends to Earth to [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] and [[Cab (human)|Cab]], like UFO sightings and the [[Bermuda Triangle]], and they wonder if the [[Decepticon]]s could have been responsible for them. What is certain for now, however, is that the Decepticon are ''definitely'' active and posing a threat, and when Cab and Shūta wish that they had powers like the [[Autobot]]s, Hawk grows silent, and after hearing the boys' determination, asks them to come to [[Autobot Base]] after school. In the afternoon, Shūta and Cab discover that [[Minerva (Masterforce human)|Minerva]] has also been asked to go to the base, although when the trio arrive, Hawk is not sure she is up to the "work" he has planned. Minerva asserts that she has [[Minerva's parents|her parents]]' permission, and since being saved by the Autobots, wants to put her life to use saving others. Hawk accepts her decision, and hands to each of the three children a golden sphere. The puzzled kids are then directed to open them, and inside find a pair of shimmering silver bracelets imprinted with the Autobot [[insignia]]. Hawk explains that they are "[[Master-Brace]]s", and once the kids don them, he direct them to cross their arms, touching the bracelets, and say "Masterforce!" After a moment of hesitation, the trio do as told, and their bodies explode with light and energy. When the blinding colours fade, the kids are suited from head to toe in robotic armor! Dubbed "[[Headmaster Junior]]s", they are now officially Autobot warriors!

[[File:BirthHeadmasterJrs Shuta Minerva driving.jpg|thumb|200px|"So when are we getting driver's licenses?"]]
The kids soon discover that their physical abilities have been massively enhanced by the power of the Masterforce, but when Cab and Shūta go a little nuts hacking up trees in the forest, Hawk threatens to take their powers away if they don't rein in their violent impulses. A communication from [[Lander]] brings the group back to base, where the kids are presented with three vehicles—Shūta receives a police car, Cab a fire truck, and Minerva an emergency rescue vehicle. They are amazed when the Autobots tell them that they are theirs—with the power of the Masterforce, they have no trouble driving the vehicles expertly. The overjoyed kids race around town all day until the sun hangs low in the sky, and Hawk summons them back to the base for one last surprise. Their vehicles are not simply ordinary Earth machines—they are, in fact, [[Transtector]]s that will allow the kids to transform into robots! However, Hawk makes it clear that he wants the trio to be a rescue squad for battlegrounds, not front-line fighters, and Shūta happily agrees.

[[File:BirthHeadmasterJrs Decepticon Jrs in transtectors.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Pink? Check! Must be Decepticons.]]
Elsewhere, beneath the ocean in [[Decepticon Base]], a similar scene is occurring. The Decepticons have recruited three human teenagers—surly punk [[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]], street thug [[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]] and diminutive martial artist [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]]—and given them their own Master-Braces and Transtectors. The boys are growing restless when [[Blood]] and [[Gilmer]] arrive to inform them that it's time for a test of their abilities, and that they are to go to the surface and run wild. Crossing their Master-Braces, the boys summon their own suits of armor and climb inside the three monstrous mechs waiting for them.

[[File:BirthHeadmasterJrs Bullhorn stacks cars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|No human being would stack cars like this.]]
Back in the Autobot base, Shūta is the first to put the true power of the Masterforce to the test. Climbing into the driver's seat, he gives the famous command—"Transform! Head On!"—and his police car Transtector transforms into a headless robotic body. Shūta himself is launched through the roof, and by the power of the Masterforce, his armored body changes into a head that connects to the Transtector. Much to both his own amazement and that of Cab and Minerva, Shūta is now a Transformer! Cab and Minerva eagerly follow his lead and assume their robot modes, after which Lander and Hawk give them a brief Transformers history lesson, explaining that the other Autobots and Decepticons are fighting a war out in space. In preparation for the possibility of the Decepticons' return, the [[Pretender]]s on Earth had contacted [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] of the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], in hopes of finding a way to allow humans to fight in the battle, should it ever come. The Master-Brace was the innovation that allowed this to come to pass, and Chromedome was the one who sent the Transtectors and bracelets to Earth. After viewing a recorded message from Chromedome, however, Hawk explains that the transport ship bringing the Transtectors to Earth was attacked, and three sets of bracelets and Transtectors were stolen. It was only a few months after this that the Decepticons' attacks began, and the connection is obvious to Shūta, but before any further discussion can be had, a report comes in from [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] that the Decepticons are attacking Tokyo Harbor!

[[File:BirthHeadmasterJrs Wilder pokes Shuta.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''*BOOP!*'']]
At the harbor, a police riot squad is under attack by [[Lobclaw]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] as Blood and the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors watch from a nearby rooftop. The order is given by Blood for the three boys to run wild, and they transform into their robot modes and begin causing chaos. The Autobots soon arrive and Shūta is all set to leap into combat, but Metalhawk bars his way, reminding him of his promise to work as a rescue operative. While the Pretenders deal with the Seacons and Blood, the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors are busy messing around with cars, kicking them like footballs and batting them around like baseballs. At the same time, Cab is putting out fires when a weeping woman pleads for Minerva to rescue her baby from a burning building. Shūta springs into action, but is confronted by the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors, and realises that they're using the stolen Transtectors. All the same, he has no time for them and tries to get back to the job of saving the baby, but Wilder won't let him, and Minerva won't let him break his promise to Hawk by fighting. As Shūta is shoved around like he's in a schoolyard and the Decepticons are the bullies, he finally snaps and decks Wilder. Before he can retaliate, though, Metalhawk arrives and deals with the three tearaways, allowing Shūta to save the baby. Although the child has to be taken to hospital, everything turns out fine, and the mother thanks the Autobots, making Shūta realise the importance of saving lives over fighting. Shūta regrets almost breaking his promise, but Hawk tells him that learning from your mistakes is the first step to overcoming them.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] (1)
*[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (6)
*[[Lander]] (8)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (18)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (19)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (20)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (21)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (22)
*[[Raiden]] (23)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (26)
*[[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (28)

'''Human Autobots'''

*[[Cab (human)|Cab]] (2)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (3)
*[[Minerva (Masterforce human)|Minerva]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Gilmer]] (12)
*[[Blood]] (13)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (14)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (15)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (16)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (17)
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] (24)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (25)
*[[Dauros]] (27)
*[[Lobclaw]] (29)

'''Human Decepticons'''

*[[Wilder (Masterforce)|Wilder]] (9)
*[[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]] (10)
*[[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]] (11)

|c3=
*Mother (30)
*Doctor (31)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (4)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (7)

}}

With this episode, Shūta, Cab and Minerva officially become members of the Autobot army, and are now listed in the Autobots section of the character table.

==Quotes==

{{Note|The following quotes are from the Omni Productions dub}}

"This is a Transformer!"
:—'''Hawk''', as Minerva's Master-Braces are revealed.

"They must be responsible! They're bandits and villains! I'm gonna clean out all of them!"
:—'''Shūta''' on the Decepticons.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Shūta and Cab show their determination to Hawk, and react with surprise when he tells them he has something to show them, Cab is colored with a Caucasian skin-tone, as opposed to his normal dark shade.
*When Shūta goes to punch Wilder for the first time, the white part of his head is colored blue.

===Continuity errors===
*When the Autobots attack the Lobclaws, two policemen are heard shouting.
**The first one says "Oh, the Autobots!" Now, this is not strictly a continuity error compared to what we have already seen of the series, as the frequent activity of Transformers on Earth throughout the previous series should mean that they are well-known creatures. However, as the series progresses, it becomes readily apparent that next to no-one has any idea what Transformers are—when introduced, [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] is clueless and has to have it explained with old newspaper cuttings, and particularly, in "[[Expose the Decepticons' Dark Trap!]]", the existence of Transformers is regarded as a horrifying revelation by the population of Earth. Just how long ''is'' this series supposed to be set after ''The Headmasters''—and why does that one fairly-young-looking policeman know about Autobots when no-one else seems to?
**The second policeman shouts "The Pretenders have come!" Well, that's much more cut and dried—how would a human know what a Pretender is?
*Metalhawk's sexist comment that Minerva shouldn't join the Headmaster Juniors because she's a girl doesn't make a lot of sense since a moment later he reveals he's already made up the gear for her.

===Transformers references===
*Among the mysteries and legends listed by Hawk are the [[Nazca Lines]] of [[Peru]]. These were the site of [[Dauros]]'s prison, as seen in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]".
*This episode also contains a few callbacks to the previous series, ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]].''
**When the history of the Transformers' war is recounted, a clip from the [[title sequence]] of ''The Headmasters'' is used to illustrate it, followed by the scene of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] destroying [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] from "[[The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)]]".
**The piece of animation used to begin Chromedome's message (which depicts him dodging laser fire in car mode then transforming) is taken from his eyecatch ([[commercial bumper]]) from ''The Headmasters''.
**Transtectors were the robotic bodies of the Headmasters featured in the series, a product of the super-science of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. The invention of the [[Master-Brace]]s now allows humans to operate them—a way to allow Earth's own inhabitants to defend the planet, given that the Autobots in space can not easily return to Earth in a hurry following the destruction of the [[space bridge]] in "[[Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!]]"

===Trivia===
*In the previous two episodes, the Decepticons have been attempting to create 'human Decepticons' in the [[Destroid]]s, first with corpses, then with live subjects. The goal of a Transformer-powered human becomes a reality in this episode with the successful deployment of the Headmaster Juniors, and the Destroid plan is never revisited.
*As the introduction of the Headmaster Juniors, this episode establishes the main concept of ''Super-God Masterforce''—humans as Transformers. The concept, however, is often regarded as a major turn-off for traditional Transformers fans, given how strange and different it is from anything seen before or after it. That said, often the case is that fans have not seen anything from the show, and the descriptions they hear of it conjure up mental images of Shūta and co. sitting in cockpits, piloting their mecha ''Power Rangers''-style. In truth, it is not a case of a human ''piloting'' a Transformer—the human ''is'' the Transformer. The process is exactly the same as with the Headmasters from the previous series, only the heads happen to be humans instead of little robots.
*In Japan, the traditional way to write one's name is family name first, given name second. Hence, "Shūta Gō" is written as "Gō Shūta". It is from this that Shūta's "Transformer" name is created—when bonded to his Transtector, he's known as "Goshooter". Of course, this is really just his "merchandising" name, used on his toy and the one-time on-screen caption that appears when he first transforms in this episode—otherwise, throughout the show, whatever mode he's in, everyone still just refers to him as "Shūta".

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Junior Headmaster'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 17]], [[1990]]
::*When asking to join the Autobots, rather than claiming to be good with computers, Shūta claims to be good at... snooker. Wha?
::*Cancer asks if Wilder needs any help during their attack and seems quite concerned for his fellow Decepticon.
::*Shūta's "Look, I've changed!" line right after the kids activate their bracers for the first time is delivered by Cab's voice actor. In turn, a short time later, Cab's "So now we're all junior warriors?" line is delivered by Shūta's voice actor.

:*''Title:'' "'''Birth of the Headmaster Jrs!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::*Name Changes: Wilder is [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]], Cancer is [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] and Bullhorn is [[Horri-Bull]].
::*Cancer receives a secondary name "Plague" to add to the confusion.

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Los Pequeños Guerreros'''" ("The Young Warriors")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) — Optional [[Omni Productions|Omni]] dub. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) — Optional Omni dub. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce'' (Shout! Factory)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet

2021-07-08T21:49:41Z

GomessQ: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=3
|image=Jumbojet.jpg
|caption="Oh, it's a big, pretty, white plane with red stripes, curtains in the window and wheels, and it looks like a big Tylenol."
|title="Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet"
|japanese=誘拐!?狙われたジャンボジェット
|romaji=Yūkai!? Nerawareta Jumbo Jet
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[April 26|26 April]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Seeking live humans for their Destroid experiments, the Decepticons attack jumbo jets, bringing the Autobots into contact with a young girl named Minerva.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:KidnappingTargettedJet Blood peers in.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Ya wanna chuck a coupla bags of peanuts out here, mate?"]]
In the skies above the Strait of Dover, just off the [[United Kingdom|English]] coast, [[Mont Porte Airlines Flight 308|Flight 308]] from the Republic of [[Mont Porte]] suddenly hits unexpected turbulence and is bombarded by purple lightning—the work of [[Blood]], who spirits the plane and all its passengers away!

Meanwhile, in Japan, [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] searches for [[Cab (human)|Cab]] in the forest surrounding the [[Autobot]]s' [[Autobot Base|new base]], and is quite amazed to discover that the wild boy has built a live-in [[Cab's treehouse|treehouse]] there, rather than move into the school dormitory. It's at this point that Cab drops out of a tree and holds his knife to Shūta's throat—but he's just playing, as Cab's pet [[parrot and armadillo|parrot]] confirms when it flies out cheering that Cab has "won". Cab shows Shūta around his treehouse, where his pet [[parrot and armadillo|armadillo]] is lounging around, and the two boys admire the view from the treetops, talking about how they can help the Autobots fight the [[Decepticon]]s. Across the forest, in the Autobot Base, [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Hawk]] is looking into the disappearance of the Mont Porte jumbo jet, and receives a report from [[Lander]] that no trace of it has been found. Naturally, Hawk suspects Decepticon involvement, as does [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]], when he radios in that a second jet has been attacked near Corsica. This jet, however, has crashed, rather than disappeared, and the Pretenders head for the accident site to help. Cab and Shūta catch Metalhawk before he leaves; both beg to come along, and their incessant arguing amongst each other is enough to convince Metalhawk to make commercial flight arrangements for the boys so that they can come and help out.

[[Image:KidnappingTargettedJet Hawk Diver talk to Minerva.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"I'm Chris Hansen, from Dateline NBC..."]]
Metalhawk meets with Diver on the Corsican coast, and they head for the hospital where the plane's injured passengers have been taken. There, posing as government investigators, they encounter a young girl who was on the craft, but escaped mostly uninjured—[[Minerva (Masterforce human)|Minerva]], daughter of Mont Porte's ambassador to Japan, who was also on the flight. She tells the two men of the "bat monster" she saw attacking the plane, and it becomes clear to the Autobots that the Decepticons' evil is at work.

[[Image:KidnappingTargettedJet Phoenix sprays Destroids.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Gah! 'Thriller' extras! Back! Back, I say!"]]
At the same time, in Rome, Blood, [[Gilmer]] and [[Dauros]] unleash their newest creations on the unsuspecting populace—[[Destroid]]s created from the living passengers of Flight 308. Dauros berates Blood for allowing the second jet to escape his clutches, and exposition from Gilmer reveals that the Decepticons are searching for Mont Porte's famous Nobel-Prize-winning biologist, [[Blanieux|Professor Blanieux]], to put his knowledge to use in improving their Destroid experiments. News reports of the attack on Rome soon reach the Autobots in Corsica (now joined by Cab, Shūta, Lander and [[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]]), and they realize what the Decepticons have done with Flight 308. Speeding to Rome, they employ knock-out gas to avoid hurting the Destroids, and Lander and Diver pursue the Decepticon [[Pretender]]s into tunnels beneath the city, only to turn up nothing.

Back in Corsica, Cab and Shūta meet Minerva, and both boys are instantly smitten with the pretty girl, instantly leading to more arguments. Hawk soon returns from the Autobots' mission, and talks with Minerva's father, who intends to complete his trip to Japan the next day. Professor Blanieux is coming with him to attend an academic conference, having taken a chartered flight from Mont Porte to Corsica after news of the first attack. Hawk requests that he and Phoenix be allowed to accompany them, and the ambassador allows it.

[[Image:KidnappingTargettedJet Shuta Cab fight destroid.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Coffee, tea, or braaaains?!"]]
The next day, Hawk, Phoenix, Cab and Shūta join Minerva, her family and Blanieux on their flight to Japan, but it's not long before Hawk spots a crackle of purple lightning in the clouds nearby, followed by the silhouetted form of Blood. He and Phoenix Suit On and confront the Decepticon on the wing of the plane—much to the shock of Minerva, who turns on Cab and Shūta for lying to her. However, the true danger then becomes apparent—the plane's flight attendant has secretly been transformed into a Destroid! Cab and Shūta defend the professor from the Destroid, and then hold her back as she attempts to bring the plane down, while Blood, Metalhawk and Phoenix transform to jet mode and dogfight in the skies outside. The two Autobots are struck from behind by [[Kraken]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] which emerge from the waves below, but they easily dispatch them and Blood flees. Cab and Shūta, meanwhile, manage to incapacitate the Destroid, but the plane is still in nosedive, until Phoenix and Metalhawk slip under its wings and lift it on their own backs, carrying to safety.

Back on the ground, the Autobots apologize for lying to Minerva, but she forgives them after seeing both their and Cab and Shūta's heroic actions. As she is coming to live in Japan with [[Minerva's parents|her parents]], the two boys invite Minerva to attend the [[International School]] with them. With the people turned into Destroids returned to normal through the expertise of Professor Blanieux, all is well for now... but the most incredible transformation yet is just about to occur!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] (7)
*[[Lander]] (8)
*[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (9)
*[[Phoenix (Masterforce)|Phoenix]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Blood]] (2)
*[[Gilmer]] (12)
*[[Dauros]] (13)
*[[Kraken]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Stewardess]] (1)
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]] (3)
*[[Shūta Gō]] (5)
*[[Minerva (Masterforce human)|Minerva]] (10)
*[[Minerva's parents]] (11)
*[[Blanieux]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Parrot]] (4)
*[[Parrot and armadillo|Armadillo]] (6)

}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*After rising from his chair, Hawk's "suit on" has him vanishing for a split second.
*Metalhawk and Phoenix casually open a door on a pressurised airliner (apparently without consequence).

===Continuity notes===
*The Destroids, which previously appeared in "[[Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt]]", are named here for the first time. It's also their ''last'' appearance.

===Real-world references===
*As in the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' episode, "[[Terror! The Six Shadows]]", [[London]] is depicted as being famously foggy (but not, at least, as a forest with a clock in it). Indeed, this is a not-uncommon depiction of London in fiction written by people who've never been there. London hasn't had thick fog of the type such stories talk about since the 1950s.
*The fountain which the Destroids break through in Rome is the famous {{w|Trevi Fountain}}.

===Trivia===
*As will become more and more clear as the series progresses, ''Super-God Masterforce'' is not a show that spoon-feeds its audience the obvious, but rather relies on the intelligence of the viewers to put two and two together without having to be explicitly told that they make four. For example, in this episode, it is simply said that the Decepticons want Blanieux "for their experiments"—it is up to the audience to realise that they want his prize-winning biological skills to improve the Destroid conversion process.
*Gadgets and powers:
**All of the Autobot Pretenders can extend anesthetic gas nozzles from their left wrists.
*Despite the title, this episode does not feature any actual Jumbo Jets being attacked. The planes which are attacked bear a closer resemblance to the {{w|Boeing 757}} and only have dual engines, whereas the {{w|Boeing 747}}, also known as the Jumbo Jet, features four engines. Of course, no airliner features a door directly over the wing either, so...

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Case of the Missing Plane'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 10]], [[1990]]

:*''Title:'' "'''Kidnapping!? The Targeted Jumbo Jet'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::*Name change: Kraken to [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|jsubs}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' — DVD Box 01 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — The Takara Collection Vol 2 — ''Transformers: Super-God Masterforce'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2008 — ''The Transformers: Super God Masterforce'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Super-God Masterforce'' (Shout! Factory)

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

Ramjet (G1)

2021-06-19T10:38:35Z

GomessQ: /* Marvel The Transformers comics */

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{{disambig3|Ramjet}}
{{suite}}
:''Ramjet is a [[Decepticon]] or [[Mercenary]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TFU Ramjet.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Ramjet likes toast.]]
What can really be said about someone whose only idea of strategy is to smash into things with his head? In '''Ramjet'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s defense, he's specifically built to survive such midair collisions and his prey most definitely is not. The strategy can be frighteningly effective, since no one expects a fighter jet to ram them. Ramjet has a tendency to regard the sky as belonging only to him, and will frequently ram even neutral or friendly targets. Though he is built to take such hits, frequent collisions and crashes can still take their toll on his internal mechanisms.

And yet, despite all of this, he's still convinced he's an evil genius. Some mechs never learn.

{{bigquote|They say, ''[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]'', [ramming into things] knocked some screws loose over the years. But I always say they was loose to start with, y'know.|Ramjet|"[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Angel]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese, "The Master Builders", "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2"), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japanese, "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1"), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide"), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese, ''The Movie''), [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Zhan Che]] (Chinese), [[Lucas Cisneros]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" and "Hoist Goes Hollywood"), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Imo Heite]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, "Thief in the Night"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2''), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Auto Berserk" and "Triple Takeover"), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Portuguese), [[Francisco José]] (Portuguese, "Auto Berserk"), [[Olney Cazarré]] (Portuguese, "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"), [[Marco Antônio Costa]] (Portuguese, "The Gambler"), [[Mário Monjardim]] (Portuguese, "Triple Takeover"), [[Ronaldo Magalhães]] (Portuguese, "The Search for Alpha Trion" to "Hoist Goes Hollywood"), [[Dario de Castro]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Márcio Simões]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5")}}

[[File:DinobotIsland2 Ramjet Thrust with cubes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Shut up, they're not THAT heavy.]]
Ramjet was first seen on Earth when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his ilk raided [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] for its energy resources. He and his fellow Decepticons went to work filling their energon cubes to maximum capacity. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} They were eventually opposed by the Autobots, however, and engaged in a heavy metal war for control of the island. Eventually, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] turned their fellow dinosaurs against the Decepticons. Ramjet and Thrust were run down by a stampeding herd of dinosaurs before Megatron finally called it quits. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[File:AutoBerserk Megatron and Ramjet watching surveillance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"So much of my schemes have been thwarted by the Autobots, let me tell you Ramjet that sometimes I feel like growing a cone head!"
"Err, pardon?"]]
Later, Ramjet was sent into battle by Megatron to intercept the Autobots' sole aerial ace, [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], before he interfered with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] guarding the solar power tower that Megatron had rightfully stolen. Ramjet tried to ram Powerglide out of the sky, but flew too close to his massive comrade, and was swatted down by Devastator himself. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}} When [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and his Cassettes failed to steal the [[Negavator]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and Ramjet led the Seekers in an aerial raid. Once [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] triggered an avalanche to trap the Autobots in a box canyon, it should have been easy pickings. Unfortunately, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] unleashed his magnetic clouds and then electro-disrupted the jets' radar, leaving them completely blind-flying and Yoda-talking. Ramjet tried to make his crash count by landing on an Autobot, but comically managed to land right on top of Megatron, just after the Decepticon leader had secured the all-powerful Negavator machine for himself.'' "I've got morons on my team!",'' Megatron screamed, and it was hard to disagree. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

[[File:MMP1 Ramjet rams Tracks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|That's either a tiny jet or a big-ass car!]]
When a new solar energy facility opened up in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], Starscream led Dirge, Ramjet and Thrust to steal its power. The facility proved to be a trap, however, set by Shawn Berger to elevate himself in the public eye by taking down the Decepticons with his private militia. Berger's operatives failed, but the Autobots soon arrived to engage the Decepticons as well. [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] took to the air and zapped Dirge with his blackout beam. Luckily for Dirge, Ramjet managed to pull off a loopity-loop and ram the flying Autobot into the ground. Megatron then "requested" the pleasure of Shawn Berger's presence, not to punish him, but to play a subtler game. He attempted to convince the industrialist that the Decepticons were good, and the Autobots evil. Ramjet was one of the key players in Megatron's staged videos to tarnish the Autobots' reputation. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} Later, after the Autobots were successfully vilified in the public eye and exiled to deep space, the Seekers turned on the people of Central City, opening fire in the middle of the streets. Ramjet in particular expressed his frustrations over having to act "good", even for a little while, by flying straight ''through'' a building, bringing the whole mess down. Although the Seekers fared well against an attack by the Air Force, the eventual return of the Autobots proved to be more than the Decepticons could handle. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

After Megatron took over Earth's airwaves from the moon, Ramjet and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] did their bit to speed the chaos along, attacking the Autobots during their various rescue missions. Ramjet even got a chance to pay back Powerglide for an old injury, shooting down the Autobot flier over the airport. Very nearly got rid of two [[Carly|annoying]] [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|humans]], too. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:Ramjetinpast.gif|upright=1.1|thumb|Ramjet could have been a great soccer player.]]
Once, Ramjet was working with Starscream, Rumble and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in the United Kingdom, when they got low on energon fighting the Autobots. Sensing energy inside the mysterious [[Dragon Mound]], the Decepticons accidentally activated a timewarp and were transported back to the days of Camelot. Running across a pair of errant knights, Ramjet found that lasers could not function in the Dark Ages, so he merely headbutted his opponent into submission. After a brief exchange, Starscream realized the situation and made a pact with the knight, Sir [[Wigend of Blackthorn]], to aid him against his enemies. At a pre-arranged tournament the next afternoon, Rumble and Ramjet acted as knight and steed in Sir Wigend's stead, against the [[Aetheling the Red|Red Knight]]. The Decepticons' coup was cut short, however, due to the arrival of the Red Knight's champions, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. With Warpath serving as the Red Knight's steed, Ramjet ended up ruining his nose in the joust. Although the Decepticons tried to build their own kingdom after that by inventing gunpowder and the electric dynamo before their time, they were eventually defeated, and all the Transformers returned to the 20th century through the Dragon Mound. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

On one occasion, Ramjet and Thrust joined [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] in an air strike on an Autobot geological survey near the rocky coastline. Ramjet attempted to engage [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] over the open seas, and was trading firepower pretty well until his instincts got the best of him and he tried to ram the Autobot hovercraft. Seaspray easily dodged the knuckleheaded Decepticon, who plummeted into the briny deep. During this exchange, though, Thrust discovered a pool of [[electrum]], and soon all the Decepticons were rendered completely invulnerable. Ramjet and the others relished in their invincibility for a time, but soon the Autobots discovered the pool as well, and the supply of electrum was quickly exhausted by both factions. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} Ramjet was involved in the strike on the [[Morphobot]]s, but was driven off by the Autobots after the [[robotic insecticide]] was destroyed. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[File:Gambler Gyconi Ramjet and Dirge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Gambling is bad for you kids, you have to keep so much in mind that you'll end up with a cone head like these two fellas!" "I BEG YOUR PARDON!?"]]
Later on, Dirge, Ramjet and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] came to [[Monacus]] to look after Megatron's interests in [[Sheol]], and his less than reputable partner, Lord [[Gyconi]]. They were putting the squeeze on Gyconi when a program caught Dirge's optic, inviting one-and-all to see the Autobots in pit battle against Gyconi's [[animalien]]s. They decided to take in a show while on Monacus, but quickly realized what was going on when Smokescreen flooded the arena with smoke to stop the games and save his friends. Dirge and Ramjet set off after the Autobot in jet mode, and very nearly destroyed him before the bounty hunting Autobot named [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] stepped in to blast them out of the air. There's nothing a Decepticon fears more than a fair fight, and the two Seekers skedaddled as soon as they were able to get back in the sky. They retreated back to Astrotrain with their share of Gyconi's energon, and eventually fled the planet, with Devcon chasing their smoke trail. {{storylink|The Gambler}}

When the [[Triple Changer]]s temporarily disposed of Megatron and Starscream, Decepticon leadership became a free-for-all. Instead of choosing sides like the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, Ramjet and the Seekers were mostly content just to watch the hilarity ensue, like Blitzwing's football antics and Astrotrain's army of idiot trains. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

[[File:SearchForAlphaTrion Ramjet and Shockwave cower.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1| [[Starscream (Movie)|Sometimes, cowards who block their faces, survive!]]]]
One day, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] found himself under siege from a lost tribe of [[Female Autobots]] on Cybertron, and so Megatron sent Ramjet and a small group of Decepticons via the [[space bridge]] to assist him. He tried to take down the team leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] with a missile, only to have her grab it in mid-flight and hurl it back at him. Ramjet survived that, only to have a tower dropped on him later by [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]'s sharpshooting skills. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

Ramjet and his buddies tried to kidnap [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]], CEO of [[Hybrid Technologies]] but failed, miserably and repeatedly. Although they eventually captured her, it's hard to call anyone who ended up with Astoria the "winner". {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}} They proved to be just as hapless when Megatron sent them on an ultra-secret mission to recover a [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|mysterious cargo]] when even he didn't know what it was. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} In the latest in a long series of ineptitudes, Ramjet and his flying partners were outmaneuvered by the Autobots on the ground while trying to steal an experimental superfuel. Dirge and Thrust were taken out of action when Prime and the others tricked them into flying into the side of a mountain above the road. Ramjet was too quick for them but, when the Autobots pulled exactly the same maneuver moments later, he ran into the mountain just as hard as his buddies did. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:AerialAssault Ramjet crashed.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|It's just the time to think...]]
Dirge and Ramjet were briefly seen using Megatron's [[Lightning Bug]] in defense of the Decepticons' undersea base. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} The two were later captured by Starscream and the renegade [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], and pilfered for their energy absorbers. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} Still, Ramjet was repaired rather quickly, and was seen helping Megatron and the Insecticons in another joint scheme soon thereafter. He and Dirge were commissioned to find the Insecticons when [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] stole a vital part of the Space Bridge machinery. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}} During a Decepticon mission in the Middle East, Ramjet helped the Decepticons create an army of drone jets out of stolen parts, commanding them as his own personal flight wing against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s. Even with back-up, however, Ramjet was tossed out of the sky by [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}} He was briefly seen as part of Megatron's scheme to throw the moon out of orbit. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

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Ramjet later participated in the [[Battle of Autobot City]], where he was shot by a high-jumping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Luckily he wasn't damaged enough by the blast to be tossed into space for being dead weight later on, and was present at [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream's]] crowning as the new Decepticon leader. Ramjet, or a random Decepticon jet with his color scheme, later flew into [[Unicron|Unicron's]] mouth and exploded. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Ramjet’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

[[File:FFOD1 Dirge and Ramjet shot down.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Here are two great grey-faced trackers: Big Blue Fathead and Big White Fathead...]]
Ramjet and Dirge were later hiding in [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]], but were found out by [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] and his "[[Decepticon detector]]", and the two Seekers were interrogated to reveal the location of [[Chaar]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} Ramjet was able to rendezvous with the other Decepticons on Chaar, before the [[Quintesson]]s arrived to bribe them all with energon cubes and take them to attack a group of Autobots on the planet [[Goo 8739B|Goo]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} The attack was halted when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] arrived an reclaimed his army. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Ramjet took part in the assault on Cybertron, and was totally blownuptified when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] decided to deal with him by chucking the conehead into a wall. Dude. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Somehow still alive and well, Ramjet was among the group of Decepticons who Galvatron lead to Carbombya to find [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and [[Octane]], only to discover that the country's oil supply produced high quality energon. When [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]] tried to send a warning to the Autobots, Ramjet lead him away and locked him up. Ramjet survived the inevitable battle, and was seen retreating with the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

====''The Battle of the Star Gate''====
Ramjet was among the Decepticons Megatron brought to the ''[[Trigger]]'' to confront two Starscreams, one from the present, one from the future, who were in the middle of conspiring against the Decepticon leader. When Starscream combined himself with the ''Trigger'' to create a powerful new body for himself, Ramjet had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream's star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

====''Wings Universe''====
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When most of the Decepticons left for the stars with Galvatron and Scorponok, Ramjet remained behind on Earth. Without any true purpose of his own, Ramjet hired himself out as a mercenary to human dictators and criminal organizations. He caught a lucky break when he attacked the Go-Bot named [[Motormouth]] and uncovered a supply of [[forestonite]]. With this substance, Ramjet augmented himself like many of the other Transformers still on Earth. {{storylink|Ramjet (G1)/toys#Timelines|''Timelines'' Ramjet bio card}}

At some point, Ramjet officially became a member of the [[Decepticon Syndicate]] led by [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]. He broke into [[Quantum Laboratories]] and stole a number of documents of interest to [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] during one of the Syndicate's dealings with the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}
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====Ask Vector Prime====
In an unstable amalgam universe, Ramjet was one of the many Decepticons who assaulted [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian City]] in the year 2005, critically wounding {{gb|Spay-C}} and {{gb|Good Knight}}. Not long afterwards, he was shot down by [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] when the Guardian leader arrived. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
Ramjet was one of the many warriors who retreated from Autobot City after Optimus Prime turned the tide, and was shocked when Starscream revealed that Megatron hadn't made it out. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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Ramjet was one of Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s warriors operating out of [[Polyhex]]. Along with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] and the other [[conehead]]s, he pursued another sextet of Autobots who had just carried out some sort of raid on the [[smelting pool]], only to be forced to retreat by a torrent of liquid metal that had just been siphoned off of it. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

He continued to serve under Straxus on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] until the Decepticon overlord was assassinated. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} ''He was [[Ten Deadliest Killers|one of the most feared and deadly killers]] on Cybertron, and would have been a key target in [[Operation: Volcano]] if he hadn't been abruptly ordered to Earth by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], along with [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]].'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

[[File:Thetorquerifle.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|I HATE it when I get my Schwartz twisted!]]
They were given Earth jet forms specified by Megatron and provided air support when the Decepticons attempted to exploit [[Hoover Dam]] for energy. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] arrived to deal with them, but Ramjet scored first blood for the Decepticons by ramming [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] right out of the sky. His early victory didn't help Ramjet in his fight with [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]], however, as the Autobot's [[torque rifle]] twisted his beautiful nosecone all out of shape. As the Aerialbots successfully reorganized, Ramjet led the Decepticon jets in a swift tactical advance to the rear. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

''Optimus Prime would later review footage of Ramjet's arrival on Earth and his subsequent antics to determine that his Autobots were insufficiently prepared should he meet his demise.'' {{storylink|Prey!}}

[[File:Decepticons enemy action.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Even Ramjet was quick to deduce that Shockwave was the one who farted.]]
Ramjet was seen to be shot down in flames during battle against the combined forces of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]]. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

Under [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], Ramjet participated in a raid on a fleshling [[oil tanker]] alongside [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. After [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] had electronically taken command of the ship's controls, Ramjet forced the passengers onto life-rafts and had them sail off to sea. But though the Decepticons successfully took control of the ship, they did so after it had already dispensed it cargo, leaving them with no fuel for their efforts. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

''Later, he was among the Decepticons present when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] attacked their [[Club Con|new underwater headquarters]], ready to try and gun down their near-invincible opponent as he breached their defenses. However, upon doing so, Galvatron told the Decepticons that he had only wished to talk to them, and that Shockwave's choice to respond to his arrival with violence had taken that option off the table. Ramjet turned to Shockwave, none-too-impressed with how he had handled the matter as Galvatron took off.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}} ''Shockwave dispatched Ramjet to [[London]] along with Thrust, Dirge, [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], and [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]] to recover the deactivated [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] from the [[Thames|River Thames]], inadvertently stealing [[Richard Branson]] (or [[Mister Johnson]])'s thunder.'' {{storylink|Salvage!}} Under [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s command, he participated in a daring attack against the Autobots on the Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. The Decepticon forces were ultimately driven back when [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], then squabbling over leadership of the Autobots, managed to put aside their differences for long enough to rally the Autobots into a counterattack. {{storylink|Totaled!}} Afterwards, the Decepticons disguised their island base as a tropical vacationing resort. Ramjet was put to work transporting humans to and from the island. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
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In [[2008]], Ramjet was seen among the Decepticon fliers being led into battle by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and his flagship, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]; the Decepticons had been fed information that the Autobots had mostly left Cybertron, leaving their territories vulnerable. This turned out to be a Quintesson ruse, and the aliens ambushed the Decepticons in a bid to forcefully colonize the Transformer homeworld. The Decepticons wound up having to temporarily join forces with the Autobots to thwart them. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Ramjetg2comics.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Shouldn't he be teal now?]]
When [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] returned and overthrew [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command, Ramjet was aggravated that Megatron brought a revived Starscream with him. Starscream was arrogant, loud, and would never shut up, so why didn't Megatron leave him dead? Seriously, what was Megatron's problem? {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} Optimus soon turned up, but instead of fighting Megatron, attempted to convince him to join forces against the greater threat of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus's]] [[Cybertronian (faction)|Advanced-Decepticons]]. Ramjet looked on as Megatron responded by beating Optimus to near-death, and pilfering the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]'s energies. Ramjet was blasted at when a group of Autobot reinforcements came to Prime's rescue, but the Decepticons simply retreated rather than risk losing their means to bring a [[Bludgeon's new army|new Decepticon army]] to life. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

Ramjet was among the Decepticons killed in the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]'s final attack on [[Autobase]]. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Ramjet war without end.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Perfect, now I'm ready for G2-OW, he shot me in the boob!]]
Ramjet was sporting a new paintjob and an odd lack of cone when he joined Bludgeon's forces in attacking Earth. He was shot down in battle by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}
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====''Classics''====
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Ramjet was deactivated by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] during his stint with the [[Underbase]]'s power. Thanks to Shockwave making personality back-ups of the Decepticons, he was successfully rebuilt, though a tad more unstable than he had been in his previous life. Ramjet didn't mind, especially since his death was among the many memories he had now lost. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 15|Ramjet's profile in Club magazine #15}}

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Ramjet was part of Megatron's forces on Earth years after his initial destruction. When Skywarp was reactivated as well, Ramjet was the one to inform him that Starscream was to blame for his previous deactivation. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|Skywarp's profile in Club magazine #14}} When the Decepticons detected [[rarified Energon|a powerful source of energy]], the Decepticons, including Ramjet, were gathered to find and exploit it. They met with a squadron of [[human]] jet fighters, but the Decepticon jets easily took care of them. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}} When [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] attempted to assist the humans, Ramjet took his own name quite literally and physically knocked the Autobot aside. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} In the following battle between Autobots and Decepticons, Ramjet provided airborne fire. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}} When Megatron ordered Ramjet and Starscream to enter the power source's chamber, Ramjet left Starscream behind to deal with Jetfire. Once deep inside, Ramjet spotted [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] and other Transformers and claimed the energon for Megatron just before a bomb planted by Cliffjumper blew him aside. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

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Despite the face-full of explosion, he recovered from the ordeal quickly and accompanied Starscream in his meeting with [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]], However, it turned out to be a ruse and Ramjet was [[cerebro-shell]]ed by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] as part of Bug Bite's plan to gain revenge on and wrest control from Megatron. Interference from the Autobots freed the Decepticons from Bug Bite's control and Ramjet rejoined his group in battle against the traitors and Autobots. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

At some point, Ramjet participated in an attack on a human city with his old wingmen, Thrust and Dirge. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
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Ramjet was part of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s crew for the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' but shortly before the vessel's launch, [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] went missing and Megatron ordered Ramjet, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to go and find him. [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] suggested that they might find him at the [[Project Dreadnought]] control hub and they arrived to find Shockwave standing over the wrecked bodies of [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]]. When they relayed Megatron's orders, Shockwave acquiesced and they returned to board the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}

Ramjet and his fellow [[Conehead]]s joined in the assault on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] as it emerged from the [[Stellae Cimeterium]] but on Megatron's orders did not board the vessel with the rest of the Decepticons, instead remaining in flight mode in case any Autobots attempted to escape. When the Ark crashed into prehistoric [[Earth]] with everyone aboard, Ramjet, Dirge, and Thrust returned to the ''Nemesis'' to confront Shockwave over his inaction regarding their comrades' fates but Shockwave incapacitated them with a derivative of the [[Scraplet]] virus before heading to Earth himself to tidy up some "loose ends". {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}}

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Awakening a short time later, Ramjet, Dirge, and Thrust travelled down to the surface of the planet in pursuit of Shockwave, but on arriving at the Ark they were instead confronted by five drones, constructed in the images of [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] by the Ark's computer [[Aunty|AUNTIE]] to defend against the approaching threat of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. Battle was swiftly joined, though the Coneheads found the drones tough to outmanoeuvre, unencumbered as they were by Autobot morality. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}

They were then shocked to see Grimlock burst out of the Ark, locked in combat with Megatron, who was also being controlled by AUNTIE. Ramjet was the first to notice that there was something wrong with Megatron's eyes and warned Grimlock that the Decepticon leader was channelling pure [[Antimatter|anti-matter]] from a [[black hole]] before the three [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] retreated back to the ''Nemesis''. Subsequently, they reported back to [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] that they had located Megatron and the Ark, but that the ''Nemesis'' was too badly damaged to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Lord Straxus agreed to send a rescue ship for them and offered them places in his new hierarchy if they conveniently forgot all about the location of the Ark; given that the alternative was a slow and painful death, all three readily agreed to his terms. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}
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===The Special Teams===
Ramjet was summoned by Megatron to raid a power plant of its energy, after it had been evacuated of its human occupants due to the danger of landslides in the area. As the Decepticons prepared to attack the [[Pullen Power Plant]], Ramjet nervously asked Megatron on what they were to do if they found the Autobots and Aerialbots guarding the location. Megatron dismissed Ramjet's concerns, pointing out that the Decepticons had the Stunticons as their secret weapons. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Catching the Dinobots flying on route from the Antarctic towards the Autobots’ headquarters, Ramjet and the rest of the Decepticon superjets attacked them in mid-air. Ramjet managed to catch Slag unawares, and damaged the Dinobot by ramming into his side. The Decepticons then broke off their attack. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Ramjet and the other Decepticon jets took part in a series of hit-and-run attacks on Autobot superjet forces around the Pacific Rim to draw attention away from their operations on the island of [[Buru]]. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}
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===Sticker Adventures books===
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===Marvel coloring books===
When the Decepticons learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site, Galvatron ordered them to head to Mt. St. Hillary to uncover it. There, Ramjet fought the Autobots over possession of it. The brawl ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the Energon, and proceeded to pick a fight with Galvatron. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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====Earthquake====
In one possible sequence of events, Ramjet was one of the many Decepticons sent out to make sure the destruction of Center City went without incident. Unfortunately for Ramjet, a hidden team of Autobots were waiting for the Decepticons' arrival, and Ramjet was shot out of the sky.

In another possible scenario, Ramjet came upon Beachcomber, Buster and Jessie snooping around the Decepticons’ newest secret headquarters. After firing a few shots at the Autobot, Ramjet swooped down and captured Jessie, bringing her within the fortress.

In one possible scenario, Ramjet encountered an Autobot raid team infiltrating the Decepticons’ base. Though he was backed up by Buzzsaw and Skywarp, the three of them were felled in one blow by Optimus Prime.{{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====Desert Flight====
Ramjet was part of a Decepticon deployment stationed in a desert base. The Decepticons plotted to lure the Autobots in a trap through the use of an anti-gravity beam. Using the beam on a nearby human settlement, the Autobots would be duped into coming to the fleshliness’ rescue, only to be themselves trapped by the effects of the beam.

If the Autobots fell into the Decepticons’ trap, Ramjet, alongside Buzzsaw, Dirge, and Thrustt would swoop down upon their helpless prey for the kill. The Autobots destroyed, they would then turn off their gravity weapon, and force the townsfolk to drill oil to fuel the Decepticon army.

If the Autobots bypassed the anti-gravity field, Ramjet was part of the squad that intercepted the Autobot convoy headed for the Decepticon base, tasked with backing-up his squad leader, Dirge. He was taken out by Powerglide, and deprived of any backup, Dirge was forced to retreat.{{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
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Ramjet was tasked with poisoning the Autobots’ latest batch of fuel with a poison which would prevent the Autobots from assuming their robot forms. He was spotted fleeing the area around the Autobot headquarters before all of Optimus's troops had the chance to ingest the tainted fuel however, and as a result only about half of the Autobots were poisoned.

In one possible sequence of events, Ramjet then returned to the Autobots’ base, this time accompanied by Megatron and a number of Decepticon warriors. The squad met with the recently cured Autobots, and a fierce battle began between both sides. Ramjet was downed when Brawn threw a boulder at him, crippling his wing.

In another possible scenario, Megatron and his Decepticon squad were tricked into thinking that the Autobots were already dead, and strode into the Autobots’ base. The Decepticons lay down their weapons in order to carry out the Autobots’ "corpses," but were ambushed once they had disarmed themselves. Ramjet and the others were then quickly defeated.

In another possible scenario, Ramjet led the led of a full-scale Decepticon assault. The Autobots, having miscalculated on how much antidote they had taken to cure themselves of the Decepticons’ poison, found themselves falling apart, leading to an easy victory for the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots weaponized the tainted fuel, lighting it aflame as the Decepticons approached the Autobot base. Ramjet was poisoned by the toxic fumes that emerged from the fire, and crashed in a nearby hillside.

In completely different possible series of events, Ramjet and Starscream had the bad habit of loudly gloating about the Decepticons’ plan to enslave the human race, unawares that there might be Autobot spies lurking in the shadows nearby.

If the Autobots snuck up on the two Decepticons, Starscream and Ramjet were quickly overpowered and forced to watch as the Autobots destroyed the lab. Optimus then gloated to the pair, telling them that the Autobots would soon be back in full fighting force, before driving off.

In one possible scenario that followed, Laserbeak, Ramjet and Skywarp were hauling tanks of poison out of the lab when the Autobots returned, after having stolen the antidote to the Decepticon's poison from right under their noses.

One possible scenario saw the Autobots using Windcharger's magnetic abilities to levitate the drums of poison above Ramjet and company, and then ignite the poison over the Decepticons’ heads. The Decepticons were forced to retreat as their lab was destroyed.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, Ramjet was one of the many Decepticons who attempted to poison a water supply facility in order to turn the nearby human population into mindless slaves. Whether or not the Decepticons succeeded depended on what choices the Autobots made. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
In one possible scenario, Ramjet accompanied Galvatron on a campaign to retrieve an ancient sphere of cybertite that contained the secrets to an ancient Autobot power-booster. Learning that the sphere was located within a sunken ship off the California coast, Ramjet and the others headed for its location.

If they found the Autobots in the middle of retrieving it, the Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the sphere, and proceeded to rain superior Decepticon firepower upon their foes.

If the Decepticons found the coast deserted, they retrieved the ship themselves, using the might of Devastator.

If Ironhide, Brawn and Grapple attempted to snatch the ship away from the Decepticons, Ramjet and his comrades destroyed the ship and the sphere contained within to keep it out of Autobot hands. The Decepticons then proceeded to pin down the Autobots in their hiding spots, leaving the heroic robots at their mercy.

If Springer, Topspin and Seaspray executed their plan to retrieve the sphere from Decepticon clutches, they successfully distracted the evil robots for long enough to whisk the cybertite sphere back to Metroplex. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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====Project Brain Drain====
In one possible scenario, Ramjet was posted as a guard to keep safe the Decepticons’ lab. Disguised as an old building, the lab housed the Decepticons’ latest invention, a [[Brain Drain device]].

In the event that Sparkplug and Wreck-Gar attempted to infiltrate to lab and were caught by Soundwave, Ramjet was called over to block off the duo’d escape, alongside a whole detachment of Decepticons. If the pair surrendered, the Decepticons blew them up anyways. If Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug made a run for it, Ramjet was unable to halt them, and the Junkion motorcycle and his rider zoomed right past him. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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===The Official ''Transformers: Generation 2'' Annual===
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On Cybertron, Ramjet was rumored to be the Decepticon who had downed the most Autobot flyers, earning him a fearsome reputation. Upon awakening on Earth, Ramjet became quite pleased with his new form, and used it to lead more stealth-oriented attacks against the enemy. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Ramjet's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] returned from a scouting mission with exciting news, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who gathered around to hear his report. Starscream's dramatic pausing throughout his story soon got on Ramjet's nerves, and he started walking away when Starscream blurted out that the Autobots had found the means to return to Cybertron. The Air Commander had eavesdropped on the Autobots, and learned that they had uncovered an ancient Cybertronian ship atop of [[Table Mountain]] in [[Africa]]. Naturally, the Decepticons attacked right away to take it for themselves. Ramjet, Skywarp, and Starscream buzzed the Autobots from above, distracting them from the approach of the Decepticons' ground forces as they scaled the mountain. The Decepticons thought they had won when the Autobots retreated, leaving the ship theirs for the taking. They realized they had been tricked when the vessel proved to be an Autobot trap that blasted them off into space uncontrollably. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:DWvol2 BrothersBurden Ramjet.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.]]
Soon after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had been selected as [[Prime (rank)|leader of the Autobots]], the Decepticons launched a massive attack on the Autobot stronghold in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Ramjet shot at a [[Guardian robot]] during this offensive, {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} and flew to the fore of the attack as the Decepticons managed to penetrate the last of the Autobots' defenses. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

''In the early days of the Decepticon offensive, Ramjet participated in the annihilation of the city-state known as [[Praxus]] and its inhabitants. At [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s behest, Ramjet shielded an unwitting Autobot named [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] from harm during the devastation, ensuring that one living survivor would live to tell the tale of the fall of Praxus... and the might of Megatron.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}

Ramjet was under the command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in his assault on the Autobot stronghold in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] shortly after the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the rise of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} After Megatron disappeared in a [[space bridge]] accident with Optimus Prime, Ramjet came to serve under Shockwave. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

The [[Micromaster]]s were thereafter developed, and recruited to both side of the conflict. But when [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] joined the Decepticons, he soon learned that his larger compatriots didn't treat him with much respect; Thrust and Ramjet were among those who made it clear that they didn't see him as a ''true'' warrior. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}} When [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] took over the Decepticons and posed as Shockwave to retain command over the other full-sized Transformers in the ranks, Ramjet was among the troops duped by the diminutive 'bot into launching an all-out offensive, despite their resources being at an all-time low. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} During what was meant to be a suicide mission, the Decepticons nearly claimed victory against the Autobots... until both factions' Micromasters turned up to put an end to the conflict. After the miniature 'bots began brandishing about Shockwave's decapitated head, the Decepticon forces got spooked and fled the battlefield. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

After the [[Great Shutdown]], he continued working for Shockwave as one of his top agents, and joined his expedition to Earth to forcibly collect the crews of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|New World Order}} After Ultra Magnus arrived to take command of the team attempting to arrest the Optimus Prime's Autobots, Ramjet disobeyed orders and made a foolhardy dash for the Ark, only to be cut down in a hail of [[autogun]] fire. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Ramjet was once more operational by the time several insurgents started to rise up against Shockwave's rule. He flew over Iacon as the Dinobots rampaged through it, causing many explosions in their wake. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Ultimately, the Autobots were successful in overthrowing Shockwave's regime. After the battle's end, Ramjet was cuffed and escorted away from the battlefield. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Soon after Shockwave was dethroned, Ramjet escaped capture by Autobot authorities and met with Shockwave's remaining troops in the [[Wastelands]]. They remained there until the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] overthrew Shockwave in the name of Megatron, and Ramjet and the [[Conehead]]s returned to his control. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Ramjet and Shockwave GIJoevsTFsII3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
Along with [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], Ramjet was one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s personal bodyguards. After a failed attempt to stop [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] from stealing [[energon cube]]s from them, the Decepticons tried to take control of [[Teletran 3]], but were stopped by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}}

Eventually Magnus's force field around Teletran 3 went down, and Ramjet helped capture the Autobots and shoot [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in the back. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}} He later attacked the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] in his Cybertronian jet mode, but how he fared in the battle is unknown. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ramjet participated in a savage all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. With the Decepticons maintaining the advantage throughout the battle, Ramjet was amongst those who approached a crippled Optimus Prime, ready to dispatch the Autobot leader. Before they could deliver the finishing blow, the Dinobots combined into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], shifting the Decepticons’ priorities. Ramjet joined several other flying Decepticons in a direct assault against The Beast, to little avail. The Beast then killed him. {{storylink|The Beast Within}} His corpse would later be one of many that littered the battlefield as Autobot survivors tried to escape the Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Man and Machine, Part Two|''New Avengers/Transformers'' #2]]}}

Ramjet and several other Decepticons ambushed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team of Autobots near the borders of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], stopping them from apprehending [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} He was then present at the [[Jump Joint]] during Orion's little chat with [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], and was caught by surprise when the other Autobots came to rescue him. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}} Megatron then led him and several other Decepticons to [[Nyon]], where they prevented [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] from killing Orion Pax. {{storylink|Choices}} After Megatron and Orion joined forces to overthrow Zeta, the Seekers participated in the attack on his [[Citadel]]. {{storylink|Overthrown}}

With the death of Zeta Prime, Megatron took control of Cybertron and had his troops hunt down and arrest any Autobots who tried to resist. Ramjet helped capture [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] by cutting off the escape routes from their safe-house in [[Ultrix]]. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} Ramjet battled against the Autobots when they made an assault on the [[Citadel]] but was intercepted by the newly recruited Aerialbots. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

Ramjet later fell under the command of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} who led him and the other Seekers on an attack on the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]]. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} He later served as [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'s escort during a retreat from [[Starsreach Spaceport]]. {{storylink|Unleashed}}

[[File:Ramjet ManAndMachine.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Okay, who looked at the actual toy!?]]
Ramjet was assigned as scout and guard to an energon convoy bringing supplies to Megatron. He was too busy complaining about Megatron's orders to stay on the ground to notice the approach of Optimus Prime and Ironhide. He noticed the butt of Prime's [[ion blaster]], though. Briefly. Painfully. Before blacking out. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

Cybertron was rendered uninhabitable after [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s rampage, {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} and some two hundred years ago Ramjet had joined up with [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration unit]] to successfully infiltrate and topple a backwater planet in the [[Huni System]]. No sooner had they finished laying waste to the planet when they encountered a swarm of [[Dire Wraith]]s led by [[Vekktral]]. The alien proposed an alliance of convenience: if the Decepticons helped them attack the [[Solstar Order]], their hated foes, the Decepticons would be free to steal the [[energon synthesizer]] that belonged to the orphaned Cybertronian [[Space Knight]] [[Stardrive]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

The Decepticon-Wraith force subsequently infiltrated and laid siege to the ''[[Orchid Crossing]]'' over [[Xetaxxis]], engaging the Space Knights [[Rom]], [[Livia]], [[Auxin]], and [[Stardrive]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}} They were unprepared, however, for the arrival of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]]. In the chaos, one of the Wraiths attempted to merge with Sky Blast, but the resulting fusion only created an out-of-control monster that tore the station to bits. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}} Ramjet and the other Decepticon fliers helped evacuate their Wraith partners to the icy planet below. Following the loss of the mutation, Ramjet joined the other Seekers as they flew to the wreckage of the ''Orchid Crossing'' and dogfought with the Space Knights. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

The three Coneheads continued to grapple with their organic enemies, and held out long enough for the Space Knights to refocus on dealing with an emotional Stardrive; Starscream ignored Ramjet's suggestion to strike then and there in favor of watching their enemies finish one another off. Though it appeared that help had arrived when a Vekktral-possessed Ultra Magnus intervened, the shapeshifting organics betrayed their Decepticon allies and began possessing them. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 4|Shining Armor #4}}

[[File:Spotlight-ramjet-big-plans.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"...the Superstring Space Bridge will assure my eternal dominion over - what'd you call this? - oh yeah, eternal dominion over Dreamwave posing!"]]

In the modern day, Ramjet joined Megatron's unit on Earth as it was going into [[mirror response mode]] in [[Latveria]]. Due to his late arrival, Megatron didn't trust him yet, and thus refused to power him up using [[Spider-Man]]'s blood. Instead, Ramjet was assigned to guard the [[Psycho-Prism]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Disgruntled that Megatron didn't respect him, he seemingly ignored his duties and let [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] pass by on his way to the prism... and into [[Doctor Doom]]'s trap. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} However, Doom soon betrayed the Decepticons and led [[Wolverine (Marvel)|Wolverine]] and some more Autobots to the Psycho-Prism. This time, Ramjet abandoned his duties for real and left without a fight, telling the heroes that causing Megatron's plans to fail was great, since it'd bring ''him'' one step closer to becoming [[Decepticon leader]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

[[File:Spotlight-ramjet-jetmode.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|And a few weeks later, he's evolved into his ''Classics'' toy.]]
Ramjet had aspirations to rule the universe and began to carry out a very ambitious plan to achieve this, one clearly too ambitious for his actual resources and chances but which his ego told him was working ''great''. With the 'help' of duped humans, a [[Harrison (G1)|sub-par facsimile]], and disinterested, fart-joke loving [[Mini-Constructicon]] units, he planned to acquire an [[Energon]] substitute, kill Megatron, destroy the United States, track and enslave all Cybertronians, mind-control the entire human race, and use a [[superstring spacebridge]] to dominate the galaxy. Unfortunately, Megatron had a simpler plan: beat Ramjet to death, tear out his spark, scatter his dismembered corpse across the world, and keep his severed head as a trophy. Megatron's plan worked. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ramjet}}

Ramjet's remains eventually found their way into the possession of [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]] and the [[Earth Defense Command]], who used them—as well as the remains of [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]—to create an army of combining [[Seeker clone]]s. {{Storylink|Earthfall Chapter 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
When he was called useless and ineffective, the only response Ramjet could muster up was a deep sigh. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
Ramjet helped Starscream excavate [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] from the Arctic ice, asking the air commander how he knew the frozen Cybertronian as he worked. Starscream explained that they used to be old friends, and that their friendship would continue to prosper thanks to a mind-control helmet he planned on using on the scientist. Later, several Decepticon jets, including Ramjet, staged an attack on a human power plant, and met against the Autobots during their raid. Skyfire broke free of Starscream's control during the attack and joined the Autobots, forcing the remaining Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4|Henkei! Henkei! #4}}

Some time later, Ramjet, Skywarp, and Thundercracker had their alternate modes graffitied by a little kid. Flaming mad, they went after the kid, who was being sped to safety by [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. The jets were able to catch up to them when Prowl pulled Sunstreaker over for speeding, but once he understood the situation, the 'cop-bot helped his fellow Autobot send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 5}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bun Bun manga===
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Peekaboo.]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Ramjet and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Ramjet and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader Straxus was singled out and defeated. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}}}}

===''Angry Birds'' comic===
Ramjet participated in a Decepticon attack on the Autobot shuttle carrying the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Ramjet followed Megatron to Earth in his quest for the Allspark. There, he encountered Omega Supreme. The battle did not go in the Decepticons' favour, and Ramjet soon found himself on the ground, his nocecone crumpled up into slag. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

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

During the Great War, Ramjet was killed in an incident directly involving a [[Universal Cybertronic Tracker]]. That UCT was immortalized as an exhibit at the [[Museum of Decepticon Heritage]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
One of the Decepticons under Megatron's immediate command, Ramjet followed his leader aboard [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] when [[World War III]] turned Earth into a wasteland. Trailing the Autobots aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], the Decepticons struck above [[Cygnus Seven]] only for their boarding to send the Autobot [[Titan (group)|Titan]] crashing down into the planet below. In the 23rd century, the [[Federation]] moved in, with a survey team unwittingly reactivating Maximus's autonomous systems which proceeded to revive Megatron who reactivated his troops and led an attack on the surface. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} Though Decepticon firepower proved superior to the Federation's, the group retreated when the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']] was called in. Falling back to Trypticon's resting point, they soon aligned themselves with the [[Klingon Empire]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

When Starscream betrayed the Decepticons however, Megatron ordered the battle abandoned so he could pursue his traitorous first lieutenant. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
Ramjet was a member of [[Doubledealer]]'s crew of [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]], {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}} hired by [[Deseeus]] to bring in the [[Autobot]]s aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. However, after Deseeus refused to pay them, Ramjet helped the Autobots escape and battled the [[Quintesson]]'s [[Deseeus Army Drone|forces]]. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}} By the time Deseeus took a hands-on approach by controlling Doubledealer's mind, Ramjet cut his losses and defected from the ''[[Fool's Fortune]]'' crew. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
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==Commercial appearances==
*Ramjet swooped down towards Prime in his ''Generation 2'' colors, then engaged in a brutal fight with the Autobot leader. Despite managing to blast a hole in Optimus's chest, Ramjet lost the fight. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Generation 2 comic|Generation 2 comic commercial}}
*He then flew alongside [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] over a rocky desert, shooting his blasters at apparently nothing in particular. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Jets and cars|Generation 2 jets and cars commercial}}
*Ramjet grappled with Optimus once more during a promotional video re-visiting the "Generation 2" era of the Transformers franchise. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 - Generation 2: Redux}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:MysteryofConvoy jetron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|All these jets look the same, but they ''say'' one of 'em is Ramjet, so whatevs.]]
Ramjet was among the [[Decepticon]] troops who sought to destroy [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his journey, confronting him in the [[Wasteland Zone]]... in theory. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|Ramjet's supposed appearance in this game is from a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], calling him one of the "[[Seeker (body-type)|Jetron]]" foes (while using the early Starscream-colored Ramjet concept artwork). These enemies being copies of Ramjet is... dubious, especially given the poor visual resemblance.}}

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
Ramjet serves under [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as one of his Decepticon soldiers, battling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===The Transformers (PS2)===
{{Note|Ramjet is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] marched on the Decepticon base, Ramjet joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] in bringing them to a halt. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}} Ramjet was among a group of Decepticons who accidentally time travelled back to the sixth century and ended up having to battle some similarly displaced Autobots using medieval technology. They lost, and returned to the present as prisoners of the Autobots. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}} After [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] crashed into a movie set, [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], Ramjet, and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] were sent to retrieve him and the weapon he was transporting. Unfortunately they got into an altercation with the Autobots and failed to destroy the film evidence of the crash, which subsequently made it into a blockbuster film. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Ramjet took part in the battle of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], attempting to take down the city's power grid with a bombing run. He and the other Decepticons fled following Megatron's defeat. {{storylink|The Battle for Autobot City}} In a series of battles led by Galvatron to overtake Autobot territory, Ramjet fought alongside Trypticon and the other Decepticons. The Decepticons emerged triumphant in the end, forcing the Autobots into a retreat. {{storylink|The Colossus War}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Minion Pig#As Ramjet}}
Ramjet appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by a Minion Pig. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsRamjet.jpg|thumb|400px|Fly through and in outer space. Not to join him but to beat him.]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Ramjet-(G2).jpg|thumb|400px|For his adventure just be sure and stay tuned to this station.]]
Ramjet participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in two different bodies:
*''Ramjet''—This Uncommon character could be recruited by collecting 65 units of Cybermetal, and 30 units of Transmetal.
*''Generation 2 Ramjet''—This Super Rare character was available as a reward in the "Generation 2 Episode 1" event.
There's also a G2 Ramjet based on his Timelines toy which only appears in promotional images, including the "Transformers: Till All are One!" grand finale event.

{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Ramjet_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|Gonna smash into this here base... and I'm gonna do a thing...]]
In 1987, Ramjet raided a forwards scientific base because of an energy fluctuation. After breaking in and smashing all the automated turrets, he soon broke his way into the forwards operating lab to steal <s> all the toast</s> the Prime core. When [[Bumblebee (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|an unknown bot]] came out to confront him, Ramjet beat him into submission, only to have [[Bumblebee (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|an annoying runt]] blast him with electricity. Noticing a [[Harmony Keen|squishy fleshling]] Ramjet picked her up and threatened to crush her. Bumblebee gave up the Prime Core, but as soon as Harmony was out of the picture, Bumblebee snagged it, and knocked out Ramjet. When Ramjet woke up, he was on earth, and being pulled into a spacebridge where he later met up with Megatron and the other decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

Later, Ramjet demonstrated to [[Headstrong (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Headstrong]] and [[Tantrum (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Tantrum]] his method of relieving stress... which consisted of beating his head repeatedly against a wall. After some banter, the two predacons asked if they could join in, before all of them indulged in smashing their heads against the walls, much to everyone's chagin. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Ramjet Research}}

*'''Class''': Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 Stars
*'''Weapons''': Ramjet uses his custom modified Null-Rays to blast everything into submission. In jet mode, he literally rams into his targets with his specially-modified nosecone.He also punches and kicks things. A lot.
*'''Ability''': Blazing Charge! - Rush into combat setting buildings on fire and dealing damage to each of them over time. The effect will spread if the building is destroyed during this time.
*'''Cost''': 3 energy points. +3 for reuses.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:Ramjet Ramjet on Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:ForgedToFight-Ramjet.jpg|thumb|300px|A Toast to wrecking things! And a Toast for my new Toaster!]]

One of Starscream's most unpredictable Seekers, Ramjet takes hardheadedness to new extremes by smashing into any foes, and sometimes friends, that cross his flight path. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBORamjet.jpg|thumb|100px]]
Ramjet was in command of the twelfth Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots during a series of raids. He fought the invaders using his air advantage, but was eventually defeated. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Ramjet (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
*Ramjet's name makes sense for the character, as he's a jet that rams into things. However, real-world {{w|ramjet}}s are a specialized kind of jet engine with no moving parts. They have nothing to do with jets ramming into each other. And F-15s don't have 'em. (Although, the secondary engines on his non-F-15 wings ''could'' possibly be ramjets.) His French-Canadian name is a [[w:fr:Statoréacteur|reference to this kind of engine]] and totally misses the English pun.
*The original [[character model]]s of the coneheads all feature design elements simplified from [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]'s robot mode stickers - which were themselves originally recolored from [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'s robot mode stickers.
*Ramjet was supposed to appear in the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' episode]] "[[Nemesis Part 2]]", alongside [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and have a kickass mid-air fight scene with the [[Maximal]]s, but this didn't happen due to budget constraints.
*IDW Ramjet was robbed of his conehead in ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]''. However, this proved to just be a mistake of the artist, as ''[[Spotlight: Ramjet]]'' depicted him in a form closely resembling his ''Classics'' toy.
*''Transformers'' fan Robowang started a meme in his [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/1c7ef3ed5be91bf3?dmode=source alt.toys.transformers signature] which claimed that Ramjet likes toast. This sort of caught on, and [[Canonizing|was referenced]] subtly in [http://www.transformersclub.com/ramjet11.cfm ''Timelines'' Ramjet's online profile].
*Ramjet's ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' character model is unique. Rather than being based directly off of his [[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]] toy, Ramjet only retains his toy model head, with the rest of his body being a carbon copy of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] model.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ramjet''' (ラムジェット ''Ramujetto'')
*''French:'' '''Statoréacto''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Nibbio''' (Kite bird)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pēnqìjī''' (China, 喷气机, "Jet")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Motor''' (Portugal comics), '''Rajada''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Revun''' (Ревун, "Roarer")

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersclub.com/ramjet11.cfm ''Timelines'' Ramjet's online profile]

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'''''Beast Wars''''' is a [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'']] [[franchises|franchise]] that began in [[1996]], following the end of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''. It was a massive reinvention of the brand, featuring robots that changed into realistic, organically-styled animals instead of the traditional vehicles or mechanical beasts. The accompanying cartoon was another visual break, being the first fully-[[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] ''Transformers'' series. It also did the seemingly unthinkable and replaced the original two factions, the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, with the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Though originally [[Ruined FOREVER|decried by fans]], ''Beast Wars'' dramatically reinvigorated the brand, the sales of which had been flagging under the ''Generation 2'' franchise.

"Beast Wars" is also frequently used as a catchall term for the [[Beast Era]] in which ''Beast Wars'' and other series occur.

{{bigquote|In the beginning came the beasts, and all that creeps, crawls and flies - but nature lies, they're robots in disguise!|[[Commercial]] narrator [[Victor Caroli]] ushers in the new era}}

{{bigquote|Their ancestors waged war
across the galaxy.
The conflict continues as
two opposing factions
renew their struggle
for control of the universe.

Once again,
on a new battleground,
"The Beast Wars" have begun...}}

==Franchise elements==
The ''Beast Wars'' franchise features the following primary components:

* [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|A toyline]] — (1996–[[2000]])
* [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|A cartoon series]] — (1996–[[1999]]) called ''Beasties'' in many Canadian markets to appear less violent. Ha.
* [[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|A video game]] for PC and PS based on ''Beast Wars'' (specifically, the original organic exterior versions).
* [[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|A video game]] for N64 based on ''Beast Wars'' (specifically, the Transmetal versions).
* [[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)|A video game]] for the Playstation, with the same name and general concept as the N64 game, but significant differences.
* [[Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|A video game]] for Game Boy Color based on ''Beast Wars'', ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Beast Wars Neo''.
* Several later [[Beast Wars (comic)|comic series]] that [[retcon]] the cartoon and Japanese series.

==Japanese release==
In Japan, the first season of the North American cartoon was aired with a markedly "kiddified" dub, accompanied by releases of the concurrent toys. Then two cel-animated series unique to Japan were aired, with their own toylines and manga. After those finished, the remaining two North American CGI seasons were aired and toys released under the name "Beast Wars Metals".

While the Japanese-produced Beast Wars animated productions used cel animation, the toys' box art was rendered in a similar style to the original Mainframe cartoon, whereas the Western releases of the toys were the complete reverse, featuring hand drawn box art.

* [[1997]] — ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers|Beast Wars]]''
* [[1998]] — ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]''
* [[1999]] — ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (franchise)|Beast Wars Neo]]''
* 1999–[[2000]] — ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (franchise)|Beast Wars Metals]]''

==Continuations and addenda==
There are several 'expanded' ''Beast Wars'' storylines featuring events taking place 'just offscreen' of the cartoon series. Though the ''events'' of cartoon series are understood to occur just as had been portrayed, the ''context'' may be different, taking place in different time periods, etc. These contradictory stories all co-exist within the vast Transformers [[Continuity#Multiverse|Multiverse]].

Most of these exist mainly through [[Beast Wars (comic)|''Beast Wars'' comics]].

Highlights include:

* From 1997–2004, [[3H Productions|3H]] featured a series of comics, toy-exclusives and text stories set in the same continuity as the ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'' cartoon series, continuing into the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Transformers: Universe]]'' series.
* IDW Publishing has produced 2 series and a profile sourcebook This continuity is notable for including toys and events from several Japanese Beast Wars series. (See [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)]])
* [[Fun Publications]] ''[[Transformers Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]'' imprint (2005–2016) has published several ''Beast Wars'' comics and text stories.
* In addition, the Fun Publications-exclusive ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a nearly unaltered version of the North American [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]], also contains "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' in its continuity.

==Prehistoric Earth==
The Beast Wars' exact time period was never specified within the show. Early on, Rhinox stated that they did not have the ability to determine how far in time they had traveled. Geographic location was equally vague: evidence in many episodes suggests African savannah, but characters would easily walk to snowy tundra or tropical rainforests, or fly to what may have been North America, as episode plots required. Both Megatron and Optimus Primal at times would say that the Great War between Autobots and Decepticons was four million years in the future - but they said this only after discovering the Ark. In the years ''after'' the cartoon ended several official dates have been given:

* 3,000,000 years ago — "[[Sixtrain! Activate Red Mode!!]]" — (2003)<ref>The Japanese dating of the events of Beast Wars as "3 Million Years Ago" appears to stem from mis-reading Optimus Primal's statement in the episode "[[Optimal Situation]]" that they would have four million years to "scrape Megatron off the walls" as a literal rather than figurative timeframe. Regardless, three million years is unquestionably 'correct' for ''[[The Transformers: Micromaster|Micromaster]]'' continuity... it was the age of wreckage discovered from that era.</ref> — (August, 2003)
* 180,000 {{w|Anno Domini|BC}} — "[[Primeval Dawn Part 2]]" — (July, 2004)
* 70,000 BC — [[The Gathering issue 2|''Beast Wars: The Gathering'' #2]] — (March, 2006)

Each of these dates applies to a different [[continuity]] or "alternate dimension" within the Transformers Multiverse, so they do not ''conflict'' with one another. The Maximals and Predacons in those dimensions simply crashed at different times, but had otherwise identical adventures. (Generally with different events taking place 'offscreen' unique to each [[Beast Wars continuity|expanded continuity]].)

Earth's geology and biology seen in the cartoon does not cleanly fit any of those eras, mostly due to the ''extremely'' rapid evolutionary development of the [[protohuman]]s.

=="Other" ''Beast Wars''==
* The initial toys and the [[Optimus Primal vs Megatron!|mini-comic]] packed with the basic Optimus Primal VS Megatron two-pack toy strongly implied that ''Beast Wars'' was a continuation of the previous [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] conflict on present day Earth, with Primal and Megatron simply new forms of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Megatron (G1)|original Megatron]]. This setting was abandoned when the 1996 cartoon established its futuristic setting. This remains an intriguing [[micro-continuity]].
* The war fought between the Maximals led by [[Lio Convoy]] and the Predacons led by [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] in the Japanese ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' series has been termed the "[[Second Beast Wars]]" by [[Transformers I.Q.]]
* A version of the ''Beast Wars'' occurred in the past of one [[Unicron Trilogy]] micro-continuity. The text story "[[Fire in the Dark]]" in the 2004 ''[[Transformers Legends (book)|Transformers Legends]]'' anthology is set in this version of ''Beast Wars''.
* The [[Movie (franchise)|2007 live-action movie franchise]] has a version of the ''Beast Wars'' in its past.<ref>[[Sector Seven]] had the shattered [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|golden disk]] (and possibly the [[Covenant of Primus]]) in its archives in [[1898]], some 80 years before the disk's creation.</ref><ref>The [[Sector Seven (game)|Sector Seven Alternate Reality Game]] indicates Sector Seven is at least partially aware of the events of the ''Beast Wars'' as early as [[1983]], as they are mentioned in the [[Hungry Dragon|Takara Agreement]].</ref>
* The ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' franchise had its own Beast Wars as a campaign of the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]] fought on the planet [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Animatron]].<ref>''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]''</ref>
* The 2013 [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Collectors' Club Magazine]] comic arc ''[[Beast Wars Shattered Glass]]'' features a group of Autobots and a group of Decepticons from the "[[Transformers: Classics#Fiction|Classicsverse]]" crashing on prehistoric ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)|Shattered Glass]]'' Earth and fighting as "Maximals" and "Predacons". The arc then concludes with the ''Shattered Glass'' reality's own ''[[Axalon (BWSG)|Axalon]]'' and ''[[Darksyde (BWSG)|Darksyde]]'' being pulled from the future to prehistoric Earth.
* 2014's ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' depicts the Maximals and Predacons as creations of the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders]], former Autobots and Decepticons too decrepit to carry on their war. Pitted against one another in dystopic gladiatorial combat, the Maximal Guardian of Order [[Lio Convoy]] eventually sparks [[Grand Uprising|a rebellion]] against their hedonistic ancestors.
* In 2015, the Facebook edition of "[[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime]]" described the Beast Wars of [[Aurex 615.03 Epsilon]]. This solar system-spanning conflict took place in [[Alpha Q's universe]]; both sides wound up adopting bizarre beast modes that varied by planet. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 3, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 03/06/2015}} {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 23, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 23/09/2015}}
* In 2017, [[Strange Visitors|''Revolutionaries'' #5]] introduced a very ''Beast Wars''-like backstory into the [[2005 IDW continuity]], featuring a crew of bestial Transformers searching for [[Energon]] and crash-landing on prehistoric [[Earth]] aboard the ''Axalon''. This sequence of events, however, spins into a version of the ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' tale, with the survivors of the crash (brainwashed by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]) eventually waking up in the 19th century and adopting steam-powered vehicle modes.

==A dramatic change==
The major change in direction for Transformers followed organizational changes within [[Hasbro]]. Hasbro had acquired rival toy manufacturer [[Kenner]] as part of their 1991 [[Tonka]] acquisition,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20081102035722/http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?page=ci_history_hasbro The History of Hasbro] (archive copy)</ref> and in [[1995]] they transferred their boys' toy lines from the Hasbro headquarters in Rhode Island to Kenner's offices in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kenner was asked to revitalize the brand with new ideas, and that is exactly what they did.

Then lead designer [[Chris Gross]] inadvertently kicked off the Beast Wars concept when he proposed a stylistic change from hard-edged, blocky robots to {{w|Bio Booster Armor Guyver|Guyver}}-inspired "organic" machines.<ref name="vinnie" /> The "[[mutant head|Beast Masks]]" on the first few Beast Wars toy designs were conceived of as a way of easing the transition from traditional Transformers into Beast Wars by showing that there was a robot within the beast, not just an animal that transforms into some kind of monster.<ref name="vinnie" /> The ''Beast Wars'' line title was inspired by a past toyline of Kenner's, namely the ''Future War'' line of ''[[Terminator]]'' toys. It was chosen based on the idea that it portrayed a "visceral conflict".<ref name="vinnie">[http://obscuretf.com/hhk/BC04interviews.html Botcon 2004 Interview with Vinnie D'Alleva], p1</ref> The show would not have been made unless a drastically new concept from the original Transformers was created, as G1 was considered a stale property at the time.<ref name="vinnie" />

==Reception==
''Beast Wars'' was the first complete reinvention of the [[Transformers brand]], discarding the previous setting/characters/factions to create a new story, set several hundred years in the future. Transformers in the Beast Era are much smaller (often human-sized) and transform into 'fleshy' non-robotic animals. Initially met with [[Trukk not munky|outrage]] by many fans (for a variety of reasons) ''Beast Wars'' would eventually become highly regarded, largely due to the exceptional quality of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon series]]. It is now not unusual for even longtime [[The Transformers (franchise)|1980s ''The Transformers'']] fans to consider ''Beast Wars'' to be their favorite Transformers franchise. This is perhaps best shown by the fact that, fifteen years later, the first two fan-chosen characters to enter the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] were [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

==20th Anniversary==
[[File:BW20.png|200px|center]]

After the bombastic celebration [[Hasbro]] threw for the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] in [[2014]] to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the franchise, the '''''[[Thrilling 30]]''''', the [[fandom]] waited with bated breath to see how Hasbro would handle [[2016]], the 20th anniversary of ''Beast Wars''.

[[File:Beast Wars Chilling 20th Logo.jpg|right|100px]]
Alas, there was little fanfare from Hasbro proper. The one nod to the anniversary was the last-[[2015]] release of the Year of the Monkey [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Platinum Edition|Optimus Primal]], which did sport a celebratory logo.

Hasbro licensee [[Fun Publications]] paid more heed. They themed [[BotCon 2016]] around ''Beast Wars'' and released several ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' prose stories, [[Intersectionality|one of which]] included its own '''Chilling 20''' logo as a joke.

[[TakaraTomy]] also released a bit of ''Beast Wars'' themed product in 2016. [[Exclusive]] versions of [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#LGEX|Rattle]], [[Rhinox (BW)#Legends|Rhinox]], and [[Waspinator (BW)/toys#Legends|Waspeeter]] were available at Transformers Fes2016. They released a ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Masterpiece|Optimus Primal]] for October 2016. [[E-HOBBY]] also released a new [[Convobat#Legends|Convobat]] in December 2016. All in all, it was a rather lackluster showing for the sub-line which reinvigorated the brand.

The twenty-fifth anniversary in [[2021]] was met with significantly more fanfare, which featured the debut of the ''Beast Wars''-themed ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' toyline and a [[Transformers: Beast Wars|new ongoing ''Beast Wars'' comic]] from [[IDW Publishing]].

==Notes==
*On April 4, 2019, [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] listed a live-action adaptation to ''Beast Wars'' as a potential future entry to the [[live-action film series]].<ref>[https://www.slashfilm.com/lorenzo-di-bonaventura-pet-sematary-interview/3/]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Era]]
[[Category:Beast Wars| ]]
[[Category:Franchises]]

The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)

2021-06-06T18:34:40Z

GomessQ: Hi I speak JP, and Fortress clearly starts his sentence "Beginning with Mars,"

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=35
|image=Earthshowdown2.jpg
|caption=Earth, right before being demolished for a hyperspace bypass.
|title="The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)"
|japanese=最後の地球大決戦 (後編)
|romaji=Saigo no Chikyū Daikessen (Kōhen)
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[March 28|28 March]] 1988
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=Toei
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''With Death Towers threatening to tear the Earth apart, everything comes down to a climactic battle between the Autobots and Decepticons at the North Pole, where Fortress Maximus and Scorponok have their final showdown!'''

==Synopsis==
[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrives at [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] to inform the [[Autobot]]s of the emergence of the third [[Death Tower]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]. Mapping out the locations of the existing towers, Fortress speculates on the location of the fourth tower, and they theorise that the [[Decepticon]]s may be hiding beneath the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] goes one better, putting the pieces of the puzzle together—according to [[Earth]] legends, the ancient continent of [[Lemuria (myth)|Lemuria]] was said to have sunk beneath the [[Indian Ocean]], and could be where the Decepticons are getting the [[crysmagnetal]] used to make the Death Towers. Just then, a report comes in from [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], revealing that [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] is outfitting the various Death Towers with energy induction boosters to amplify their effects, and that the fourth tower is about to be set up in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]]. Battleship Maximus immediately lifts off for Egypt.

[[File:Horrorcons Trio Formation.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|The Decepticon version of the {{w|Town Musicians of Bremen|Bremen Town Musicians}} was ridiculous at best.]]
Meanwhile, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] is already in Egypt, examining the area. And he's not the only Decepticon around—[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] is stationed in the [[Alps]], and reports to [[Apeface]], standing guard by a pyramid, that Battleship Maximus is approaching. Apeface alerts Scorponok, and the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] are sent out to attack. They clash with the Autobot Headmasters on the hull of Maximus, revealing their new "[[Trio Formation]]"—they transform to [[beast mode]] and stack on top of each other like a totem pole. The Autobots are not quite sure what to make of it, but any worries are taken care of when Apeface and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] pile on top of the formation, unbalancing it; Fortress then fires Maximus's boosters, and the sudden jolt sends the villains toppling off. At that point, the fourth Death Tower emerges!

In [[San Francisco]], while [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] is talking with his injured [[Carly|mother]], Wheelie reports that Fortress has called for all available Autobots. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] tells Daniel that he will take care of Carly, and not to be distracted from the task before him, and Daniel and Wheelie head off.

[[File:Hm35 master sword zappped.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"Why does...the Power of Grayskull...hurt so much?"]]
Back in Egypt, Scorponok directs [[Wingspan]] and [[Pounce]], seemingly repaired after their clash with Sixshot, in setting the energy induction booster into the Death Tower. With this task accomplished, the tower begins to surge violently with energy, and Scorponok emerges from beneath the desert sands and orders the Decepticons to climb aboard. Cackling that even Fortress has a role in his plan, Scorponok lifts off, promising to see the Autobots at the [[Arctic|North Pole]]. Fortress transforms into Fortress Maximus and attempts to stop him, but a tendril of energy from the Death Tower blasts him out of the sky. Sixshot, however, is able to stay on Scorponok's tail, and follows him as he dives deep into the Indian Ocean and vanishes into the inky depths. Sixshot finds himself caught up in a sub-aquatic whirlpool, and when he is disgorged, is stunned to discover that he has been swept into the undersea ruins of Lemuria! Scorponok is stunned to see Sixshot alive, but maintains his facade of happiness at the ninja's safe return, and shows him the furnace that is smelting the crysmagnetal. After Scorponok explains that the Earth will be destroyed thanks to the energy-accumulating satellite he has placed in orbit, Sixshot bids him farewell, and Scorponok accuses him of scheming to betray him. Scorponok opens fire on the ninja, but his blast passes harmlessly through him—he has merely fired upon one of Sixshot's hologram duplicates, and the true Sixshot escapes.

[[File:HM35 Wheelie Daniel help Maximus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Daniel and Wheelie sting Scorponok before he can step on them, which is quite ironic.]]
With energy emissions from all the Death Towers increasing, and a fifth Death Tower appearing at the South Pole, Earth is encircled by a field of energy that is wreaking havoc with the natural balance of the planet. Following Scorponok's last words, Fortress pilots Battleship Maximus to the North Pole, with the whole Autobot army in tow. Unsurprisingly, the entire Decepticon army is waiting for them, with a dais of inactive crysmagnetal behind them. A hail of laser fire heralds the beginning of a colossal battle—Battleship Maximus collides with the [[Zarak Shield]], the Targetmasters square off, [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] and his cassettes save [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] from [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnosis, and Fortress becomes Fortress Maximus to confront Scorponok directly. As the two giant foes grapple, Scorponok distracts Maximus by telling him to watch out for their fortress overhead—a complete lie that Maximus falls straight into, allowing Scorponok to deprive him of the [[Master Sword]] and knock him aside. Wheelie and Daniel come to his aid, distracting Scorponok with a few blasts of their own and allowing Maximus to regain his sword, but then [[Battletrap (G1)|Battletrap]] attacks the two youths. A laser beam comes out of nowhere to strike Battletrap, who is then tackled by [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]; Daniel realizes that Sixshot has come to their rescue, but the ninja refuses to show himself, until [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] attempts to stomp Daniel, forcing Sixshot to save him. Sixshot tells Daniel to take care of himself, and vanishes once more.

[[File:HM35 Maximus unleashes power.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"By the power of <s>Grayskull</s> [[Head Formation|The Final Formation]]!"]]
Meanwhile, Fortress Maximus and Scorponok's duel has moved, allowing Scorponok to position himself on the crysmagnetal dais. As Fortress leaps at his opponent, a glint of light in the sky heralds the arrival overhead of the energy-absorbing satellite, which discharges its energy back into the dais, completing the circuit and threatening to tear the Earth apart. With both Maximus and Scorponok caught in the beam, Scorponok disconnects from his [[transtector]], retreating to the fringes of Earth's atmosphere with the rest of the Decepticons to watch. The Headmasters attempt to power up their commander, entering [[Head Formation]] and sending their energy to him, but it is not enough, and Fortress begins to buckle. Daniel recalls Sixshot telling him about the strong bond of friendship the Autobots have, and hits upon the idea to have all the Autobots lend Maximus their strength. Wheelie calls out to the assembled Autobot forces, and they all link arms in a ring around the Headmasters—thus combined in "Final Formation", the Headmasters channel the combined energy of the entire Autobot army into Fortress Maximus. Supercharged by his troops, Fortress Maximus uses the Master Sword to redirect the energy beam back into the satellite, destroying it, much to the shock of the watching Decepticons. Then, with a single slash of his mighty blade, Fortress Maximus destroys the Zarak Shield and bisects Scorponok's transtector, which explodes into smithereens.

Time passes. With the victory at the North Pole, the Decepticon forces have finally been broken, and they withdraw from Earth, but they still pose a threat to the other planets in the universe, and it is the duty of the Autobots to pursue them and stop them. As the entirety of the Autobots forces gather to leave Earth for good, Fortress, the Headmasters and Wheelie say goodbye to Daniel, Spike and Carly. The farewell between Daniel and Wheelie is especially tearful, and the two vow to see each other again. Battleship Maximus lifts off, and Daniel cries out his goodbyes, which echo through the air as the Autobots vanish into the setting sun.

[['Til all are one]].

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==Quotes==
{{note|The following quotes are from the [[Omni Productions]] dub.}}

"Commander, pull yourself together!"
:—'''Fortress Maximus'''

"Wahahaha! I'm going to betray you! Goodbye!" 
"Darn it! I'm going to totally destroy you along with Earth!"
:—'''Sixshot''' lays his cards on the table. '''Scorponok''' isn't impressed.

"Just look above you." 
"Above me?!" 
"HAW!"
:—'''Scorponok''' tricks '''Fortress Maximus'''.

"Darn it!"
:—'''Scorponok''' reacts to his master plan being ruined.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*The map of the world viewed by the Autobots near the start is woefully off. Africa is the size of Australia and North America is almost as big as Europe and Russia. Greenland appears to neighbor Great Britain.
*As Metroplex holds Wheelie and Daniel in his hand, his head is offmodel—his antennae appear to be freestanding instead of attached to the sides, the slot on his forehead is red, and his cheek lines extend right up to his forehead.
*When Fortress Maximus lifts the Master Sword after striking, the lowest segment of the blade has orange and yellow stripes on it that it's never had before. These details actually ''are'' on the toy of the sword, but they've not appeared in the cartoon before!

===Continuity errors===
*The ''Queen World'' was a marine blue last episode, but this episode is pale purple.
*Seems there were a few crossed wires regarding the Decepticon attacks last episode. Here, the injured Carly is seen being carried off the ''Queen World'' luxury liner—except that she was hurt in a plane crash caused by the energy discharge from the Death Towers, and the ''Queen World'' ''sank'' as a direct result of a Decepticon attack. Whoops!
*Despite it seeming very much like Sixshot killed them last episode (knocking their heads off, with wires and circuits lying all over the place), Wingspan and Pounce are up and about with no ill effects here.
*As in "[[The Master Sword Is in Danger!!]]", Scorponok's smaller form is depicted as tiny compared to the other Decepticons, whereas he's usually about the same size as Sixshot.

===Transformers references===
*The Decepticons all apparently disappeared from Earth back in "[[Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)]]", but we only ever saw a small number of them in the intervening episodes. This episode reveals that the characters that we have not seen since then, like Scourge, Menasor, and Devastator, have been hiding in [[Lemuria (myth)|Lemuria]], preparing for Scorponok's plan.

===Trivia===
*According to ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'', as noted above, this episode aired on the 28th of March. This would make it the only ''The Headmasters'' episode to air on a day other than the show's normal Friday, being screened on the following Monday, only three days after [[The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)|Part 1]].
*After the closing scene of the episode, but before the credits, the episode ends with the [[theme song|theme tune]] playing alongside a "clean" version of the opening sequence (devoid of on-screen text). The Decepticons do ''not'' flicker in this segment, as they have been doing in the actual opening since "[[Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger]]", and a shot from the conclusion of Fortress Maximus's transformation sequence is added to the end of the segment.
*The [[The Headmasters issue 8|eighth and final chapter]] of the manga version of ''The Headmasters'' published in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' consist of an additional scene that fits into this episode, between the destruction of Scorponok's transtector, but before the Autobots leave Earth. In this short story, Soundblaster makes a last ditch attack against Chromedome, Spike, Carly, Daniel and Wheelie with [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] (who did not appear in the ''Headmasters'' anime at all), [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] returns, having been gone since "[[Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2]]", and Sixshot plans to travel to many different planets, to learn new transformations. Comments made by Rodimus about humans and Transformers working and evolving together, Sixshot's desire to "transform" into a human, and the narrative's promise that Earth will not go unguarded all seem to foreshadow the next series, ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]''.
*A special prose "epilogue" published in ''TV Magazine'' filled in the gap between ''The Headmasters'' and ''Super-God Masterforce'', explaining that, after the events of this episode, the conflict shifted to a space-based war between the two sides, involving exchanges between [[Chaar]] and [[Athenia]]. The advanced technology of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] formed the backbone of this conflict, but the destruction of the [[space bridge]] back in "[[Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!]]" meant that transport to and from the Earth were severely limited, hence the large role played by humans in ''Masterforce''.
*The Latin American dub for this episode is just crazy, as if the voice actors thought that nobody was watching the show anymore, since they use the opportunity to have everybody either making jokes or acting out of character, like Weirdwolf being "weird" for once, even breaking the "fourth wall" when mentioning staff from the dubbing studio; also, the narrator changed his voice from an energetic person to an old one. Of course, there ''were'' people seeing the show, (and still seeing it through ''Masterforce'' and ''Victory''). At least they didn't make Wheelie rhyme.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Last Battle on Earth, Part 2'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 14]], [[1993]]
:**The "[[Trio Formation]]" performed by the Decepticon Headmasters is inexplicably (even for the Omni dub) referred to as the "[[Buddha]] Formation".
:**The reprise of the title sequence at the end of the episode is accompanied by complete silence, rather than the [[The Headmasters (song)|theme song]] as on the Japanese soundtrack.

:*''Title:'' "'''The Final Showdown on Earth: Part 2'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Zuìhòu de Dìqiú Dà Juézhàn (Xià)'''" (最后的地球大决战(下), "The Final Great Decisive Battle on Earth, Part II")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'ultima battaglia sulla Terra'''" ("The last battle on Earth")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1996 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' (Shout! Factory) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

My Friend Sixshot!

2021-05-31T19:07:04Z

GomessQ: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=32
|image=Myfriend6shot.jpg
|caption=Daniel want a cracker.
|title="My Friend Sixshot!"
|japanese=わが友シックスショット!
|romaji=Waga Tomo Sixshot!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[March 18|18 March]] 1988
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Masao Itō]], [[Fumiji Kitazume]]
|animation studio=Toei
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Separated from their comrades by an asteroid storm, Daniel and Sixshot are thrust together when they become stranded on a dangerous planet, and Daniel discovers that the ninja may not be all that he appears.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HM32 Sixshot catches Scorponok.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Under Decepticon law, they are now married.]]
The [[Decepticon]]s are headed for [[Earth]] at full speed after their departure from [[Master (planet)|Master]], but find an asteroid storm directly in their path. Despite [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s belief that they should go around, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] insists that they go through, with predictably painful results, setting the ninja and his commander at each other's throats.

Battleship Maximus, on the other hand, diverts its course around the asteroids, and while the [[Autobot]]s are voyaging smoothly along, Daniel and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] sneak inside the ship's laser turret to see what it's like. [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] almost notices the door opening on his screens, but Scorponok comes into view, and it is quickly forgotten as battle stations are assumed. Unfortunately for Daniel, this means that blast doors fall into place throughout the ship, cutting him off from Wheelie and trapping him in the turret. To make matters worse, a hit from Scorponok strikes the turret and causes it to malfunction, prompting the unwitting Headmasters to jettison it from the craft, with Daniel inside! At the same time, Scorponok orders Sixshot to disembark the ship and attack Maximus personally—both he and the laser turret are then swept up in the asteroid storm and are sent hurtling through space. Scorponok is not exactly concerned with the loss of Sixshot, and continues on his way to Earth; discovering Daniel's fate, the Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s keep on Scorponok's trail while the Headmasters turn their attention to finding and rescuing their human friend.

[[File:Sixshot Daniel Daira.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"You're like a different Sixshot." "No, I've just been drawn off-model."]]
Sixshot and Daniel, meanwhile, have crash-landed on the barren planet [[Daira]], a world which is actually one large living organism. Recovering first, Sixshot explores and comes upon the laser turret, popping it open and finding the unconscious Daniel inside. Daniel promptly awakens, and is horrified to see the Decepticon ninja looming over him, but Sixshot tells him to relax—he's not in the habit of killing children. Daniel is naturally untrusting, and Sixshot, not bothered, simply gets up and walks away. Within seconds, however, a rocky humanoid creature suddenly appears and attempts to seize Daniel from behind. Sixshot opens fire on it, blowing it to pebbles, and realizes that it must be one of Daira's fabled rock-people. Daniel is unsure what to make of the situation, having been saved by a Decepticon, but the unease is set aside when he spots a strange rainbow in the sky—in truth, it is an energy shield, impervious to Sixshot's blasts, that has been set up by the rock-people to keep them in one place.

Back out in space, the Autobots successfully deduce the trajectory of the winds that pulled Daniel away, and immediately set course after him. A little time has passed on Daira, meanwhile, and Sixshot and Daniel are simply sitting, waiting, on a cliff-edge. Sixshot inquires if Daniel has any food, and the solitary home-made [[space ration]] that he has with him only reminds him of his parents. Sixshot insists that he eat it now, to build up his strength for when the rock-people return; Daniel is amazed at how different Sixshot seems to him. Sixshot brushes off his kindness, simply telling Daniel not to overestimate him. It is at that point that the rock-people arrive en masse, and Daniel and Sixshot work together to reduce them to rubble.

[[File:HM32 Daniel faces rock creature.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|[[Rock Lord|Powerful living rocks!]]]]
More time passes, and while the Autobots on Battleship Maximus deal with the difficult task of riding the asteroid storm, Daniel and Sixshot track the rock-people back to their base of operations. It consists purely of a massive, flaming pit—a furnace-like "mouth" of sorts for the living planet, into which the rock-people hurl "food" in the form of wrecked spaceships, fallen meteorites, or whatever else is unfortunate enough to fit the bill. Sixshot is in favor of completely destroying the living planet, to eliminate the shield holding them in, but Daniel is sure that Battleship Maximus will come. The two admit the strange, inexplicable kinship they feel, and Sixshot promises to return Daniel to Earth. Once again, the rock-creatures attack, but this time, Daniel is seized, and almost tossed into the flames, before Sixshot comes to his rescue.

In space, Battleship Maximus is still buffeted by space-winds, unable to break free of the hurricane they have trapped themselves in, until [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] fires the ship's freeze ray, crystallizing the atmosphere and allowing them to break through. They can see planet Daira in the distance, and, noticing that nearby asteroids are being drawn down to it, realize that Daniel probably went the same way.

[[File:HM32 Sixshot shoots giant rock creature.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Thank goodness this will [[One Shall Rise, Part 2|never happen again!]].]]
Down on Daira, the rock-creatures revive and plunge themselves into the flame-pit, where they are fused together into one, gigantic stone monster. The creature seems impervious to attack from any of Sixshot's modes, but when Daniel opens fire on it, sheer luck sees him strike its weak point, between its eyes. Sixshot transforms to wolf mode and hits it just right, taking its head off its shoulders and destroying it outright. At that point, Battleship Maximus appears overhead and lands in front of the pair; the Headmasters emerge and, mistaking the situation, demand that Sixshot hand Daniel over. Daniel explains the situation to the amazed Headmasters, but Chromedome in particular is not totally convinced. Sixshot departs quickly, even as Daniel calls after him.

A little later, as Battleship Maximus continues on his way, Daniel laments that Sixshot will be returning to the Decepticons, and says that without the war, he is sure they could be friends. The Headmasters silently agree, but more fighting is ahead, as [[Pointblank]] reports in that Scorponok has just entered Earth's solar system...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] (6)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (8)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (9)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (10)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (11)
*[[Pointblank]] (12)
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (13)
*[[Spoilsport]] (14)
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (15)
*[[Pinpointer (G1)|Pinpointer]] (16)
*[[Peacemaker]] (17)
*[[Shouki]] (18)
*[[Suiken]] (19)
*[[Getsuei]] (20)
*[[Seizan]] (21)
*[[Kaen]] (22)
*[[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]] (23)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (26)

|c2=
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (1)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (2)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (3)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (4)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (5)

|c3=
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (7)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (24)
*[[Carly|Carly Witwicky]] (25)

}}

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Daniel is using his [[Video Challenger|Challenge Blaster]] video game light gun (originally introduced in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]") as a weapon again, as he previously did in episodes like "[[Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship]]", "[[The Master Sword Is in Danger!!]]" and "[[The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide]]."
*Chromedome's vendetta against Sixshot still remains, after his hand in the deaths of [[Abel]] (in "[[Terror! The Six Shadows]]"), [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (in "[[Ultra Magnus Dies!!]]") and [[Jack (Headmasters)|Jack]] (in "[[Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)]]"). This sub-plot will come to a head in the next episode.
*This isn't the ''first'' time Daniel and Sixshot have been stranded on a planet together, forced to team-up, only for Daniel to learn that Sixshot isn't such a bad guy. They previously bonded in [[The Headmasters issue 4|Issue 4]] of the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (manga)|Headmasters]]'' manga. Of course, shortly after that encounter, Sixshot killed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in "[[Ultra Magnus Dies!!]]", thus the need for him to prove his inner goodness to Daniel all over again. Regardless, you'd think one of them would have mentioned this earlier team-up at some point in this episode, wouldn't you?

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''From Enemy to Friend'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 21]], [[1993]]
:**No reference is made to the planet being alive in itself. The rock creatures throw stuff into the fire pit to make food for themselves.

:*''Title:'' "'''My Friend Sixshot!'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Wǒ de Péngyǒu Liùmiànshòu'''" (我的朋友六面兽, "My Friend Sixshot")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vragi stanovyatsya druziamy'''" (Враги становятся друзьями, "The Enemies Become Friends")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il mio amico Iperbot'''" ("My friend Sixshot")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;Laserdisc
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1996 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' (Shout! Factory) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only.

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

Operation: Destroy the Decepticons

2021-05-29T19:57:07Z

GomessQ: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=headmasters
|ep=31
|title="Operation: Destroy the Decepticons"
|japanese=デストロン全滅作戦
|romaji=Destron Zenmetsu Sakusen
|translation=
|image=Opdestroycons.jpg
|caption=You'll believe a giant robotic scorpion can fly.
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=Toei
|airdate=[[March 11|11 March]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Autobot Headmasters team up with the young warriors of planet Master for an attack on the Decepticons, but when things go wrong, the Master Sword and the Zarak Shield finally meet in combat!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HM31 endless meetings.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Battle plans? I thought this was our usual Thursday poker night."]]
As [[Raiden]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] repair the damage to Battleship Maximus caused by [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]]'s bombs, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and the [[Autobot]]s discuss strategies while [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] take out their frustrations on video games. Fortress fears that [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] is going to make a fresh attempt at blowing up the [[Earth]] for its [[plasma energy]], and the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s advocate a divide and conquer tactic, separating the [[Decepticon]]s and luring them into space to pick them off, thereby isolating Scorponok. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] opposes the plan, fearing that the expanse of space is too vast a battleground, and the chance of the enemy escaping is too great. The Targetmasters dismiss his reservations and depart on a scouting mission; Chromedome is not best pleased about this, nor about the fact that Fortress also agrees with their plan because of the low risk to planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] itself.

A short time later, Chromedome leads his fellow [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s on a winding path through a mountainous region—his three companions all agree that the Targetmasters shouldn't be allowed to boss them around, and Chromedome is leading them to the staging ground of a plan of his own. The team arrives at an abandoned mine, which, it is revealed, is being used as a staging base by [[Autobot Master Warrior|a group of young warriors-in-training]] to organize a strike against the Decepticons. They are greeted by the leader, [[Kirk]], and begin planning a strategy with him.

[[File:HM31 Chromedome outlines plan.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"...and I'll draw some horsies here..."]]
Meanwhile, [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]], his cassettes and the Decepticon Targetmaster partners are patrolling the area around the Decepticons' new base of operations, hidden within a mountain. They spot the approaching Autobot Targetmasters and alert the base—[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and the Decepticon Headmasters and Targetmasters attack the three Autobots en masse, and succeeding surrounding them.

Back at the mine, Chromedome presents his strategy to an uneasy [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]—to lure the Decepticons into the confines of a cloudy mountain range nearby, thereby trapping them and leaving them open to attack. Just then, [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] enter with a report from an aerial scout craft, revealing the Autobot Targetmasters' predicament. The location of this conflict allows the Chromedome to deduce the location of the Decepticon base and put the final touches to his plan, although he is left to wonder where on the map the Decepticons will make their appearance when they exit their base. At the same moment, that same scout craft distracts the attention of the Decepticon Headmasters, giving the Targetmasters the opening they need to break through the enemy barrage and escape. Returning to Battleship Maximus, they come across a battery of guns manned by young Master warriors, and suspect Chromedome's hand in their mobilization.

[[File:HM31 Decepticons under attack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|The other Transformers are like insects to Scorponok...which is kinda ironic if you think about it.]]
Back at the Decepticon base, Soundblaster reports his discovery of the alliance of the Autobot Headmasters and the Master warriors, just Scorponok announces his plan to strike at the centre of the nearby city. Just as the Targetmasters report their discovery to Fortress, prompting him to telepathically contact Chromedome to determine the truth of the matter, the Decepticons make their move—Scorponok emerges from beneath the city itself, appearing in its very heart, throwing everything into chaos as the Autobots and Master warriors are caught off-guard by this unexpected tactic. As the Targetmasters gun down civilians, the two groups of Headmasters meet in battle, which tips in favor of the Autobots when [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] accidentally afflicts [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] with his hypnosis. Just then, a fleet of ships piloted by the Master warriors appear in the sky and bombard Scorponok and the Decepticons with firepower—even the multiplying powers of Sixshot are no match for the combined might of the warriors and Headmasters, and Scorponok is unable to spare the energy to transform to robot mode.

[[File:Hm31 fortmax defeated.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|This could have gone better.]]
Battleship Maximus, meanwhile, is approaching the city, and arrives just as the warriors manage to successfully force the Decepticons into the midst of the cloudy mountain peaks. However, Chromedome has failed to account for one major flaw in his plan, which the Decepticons immediately exploit—by using the clouds to ''conceal'' themselves! Striking from hidden positions beneath the clouds, the Decepticons down the vast majority of the ships, including Kirk's, and Fortress convinces Chromedome to call retreat. Scorponok orders the Decepticons to pull out and make for Earth, but Fortress has other plans—transforming to Fortress Maximus, he bars their way. But this is the chance Scorponok has been waiting for, as he too assumes his robot mode, and [[Master Sword]] meets [[Zarak Shield]] in a mighty clash... and the Zarak Shield emerges triumphant!

With Fortress Maximus downed and the Decepticons on their way to Earth, Chromedome moves to follow them, but Pointblank stops him and forces him to realize the damage and loss of life his strategy has caused. Kirk stumbles from the wreckage of his craft, and Chromedome apologises for putting his life in danger; Kirk says that he is equally to blame, as he was well aware of what he was getting himself into. The two friends shake hands, and soon after, Battleship Maximus heads back into space, hot on the trail of the Decepticons.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Raiden]] (1)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (2)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] (3)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (4)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (5)
*[[Pinpointer (G1)|Pinpointer]] (6)
*[[Peacemaker]] (7)
*[[Spoilsport]] (8)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (9)
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (10)
*[[Pointblank]] (11)
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (12)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (13)
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] (14)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (18)
*[[Rodney]]? (20)
*[[Loafer]]? (21)
*[[Kirk]] (22)
*[[Toraizer]]? (36)

|c2=
*[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] (15)
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (16)
*[[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] (17)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] (23)
*[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (24)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (25)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] (26)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (27)
*[[Caliburst (G1)|Caliburst]] (28)
*[[Blowpipe (G1)|Blowpipe]] (29)
*[[Aimless (G1)|Aimless]] (30)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (31)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (32)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (33)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (34)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (35)
*[[Battletrap (G1)|Battletrap]] (37)
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] (38)

|c3=
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
{{note|The following quotes are from the [[Omni Productions]] dub.}}
"There's some highly explosive weapons here." 
"Do you think the warriors of planet Julian will come to attack here?"
:—'''Pointblank''' and '''Sureshot''', the latter of whom appears to be making up new planets.

"Hrh, this is the wrong time! We always get the difficult ones. If only I could enlarge myself. I can't—I can't waste any more power."
:—'''Scorponok'''

"You're not dead...that's great."
:—'''Chromedome''' sure sounds glad '''Kirk''' is still alive.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Defensor's left arm ([[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]) should have the word "EMERGENCY" written on the side of it. Instead the bottom half has "TCMEGRIE". Close enough?
*Throughout this episode, several robots appear based on the animation models of the [[Autobot Master Warrior]]s. The only referred to by name is Kirk, but his color scheme is ''nothing'' like his actual toy, leaving it unclear whether or not any of the generic, unnamed robots are intended to be the actual characters, afflicted with a similar case of color-blindness. See the characters' own articles for details.
*After the Targetmasters are discovered by the Decepticons and begin charging up the side of the mountain, Sureshot's red parts are colored purple.
*As Soundblaster reports that the Autobot Headmasters are working with the Autobot Master Warriors, he's drawn as Soundwave, but with his Soundblaster color scheme.

===Continuity notes===
*Battleship Maximus was damaged in the previous episode.
*Scorponok has been working on the Zarak Shield since "[[The Master Sword Is in Danger!!]]".
*Daniel is using his [[Challenge Blaster]] (which originally introduced in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]") again in this episode—it's back to just being a toy now, after being upgraded into a real pistol by Highbrow in "The Master Sword is in Danger!!"
*Skullcruncher has previously been accidentally hypnotised by Mindwipe in both "[[Four Warriors Come out of the Sky]]" and "[[Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger]]".

===Trivia===
[[File:Fortress using telepathy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*"[[Tate! Ikari no Headmasters]]" plays once more as Fortress Maximus and Scorponok battle. This time, however, the Malaysian dub does ''not'' cut the song out.
*Fortress, in his giant head alternate mode, is totally seen using a giant-sized version of Professor X's Cerebro to communicate with Chromedome telepathically.
*Japanese puns are never easy to translate to English. When Chromedome meets up with Kirk and the other Headmasters ask who the others are, Chromedome answers "They're our comrades" using ''dōshi'', as in 同士 or 同志 for "comrade" (although 同士 would be more appropriate). Highbrow repeats "Dōshi?", to which Hardhead supplies "Dōshi... yō", as in どうしよう for "what to do". Chromedome then admonishes them that it's no time for puns. Easier said than done.
*When discussing the Decepticons' hiding spot, Kirk notes 灯台下暗し (''tōdai moto kurashi''), meaning "can't see the forest for the trees" (lit. "It's darkest at the base of the lighthouse").

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Full-Scale Assault'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 14]], [[1993]]

:*''Title:'' "'''Operation: Destroy the Decepticons'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::*The review of the last episode shown before the title card is omitted.

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Kuáng Pài /Bàtiānhǔ Jiānmièzhàn '''" (狂派/霸天虎歼灭战, "The War of Annihilation on the Decepticons")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il piano disperato di Duobot'''" ("Chromedome's desperate plan")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;Laserdisc
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1996 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' (Shout! Factory) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only.

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

G-Metal

2021-05-26T09:05:47Z

GomessQ: No problem with the Z-Metal theory, but let's not ignore the actual content of the episode

[[Image:Gmetal.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Scorponok watches as G-Metal is forged.]]
'''G-Metal''' (ジーメタル ''Jīmetaru'') is a rare substance found on planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. Virtually indestructible, it was targeted by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to use in the creation of a shield that could repel the [[Master Sword]].

==Fiction==
===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
Returning to planet Master after being forced off of [[Earth]] when his [[Transtector]]'s weak spot was exposed, Scorponok took refuge beneath the surface of the planet, where his Transtector detected the presence of G-Metal ore. He planned to forge it into a shield to counter [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s [[Master Sword]], but was aware that the Master Sword was even more durable than G-Metal alone, and abducted [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] in order to trade him for the secrets of the sword's construction. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

With this information, Scorponok perfected the [[Zarak Shield]] despite repeated attempts by the Autobots to prevent it. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} During a battle with Fortress Maximus, the shield proved strong enough to hold off an attack by the Master Sword, allowing Scorponok to claim victory in the fight and return to Earth to begin his final plan. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
When [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] was rebuilt into a new body following a defeat in the [[Mirtonian constellation|Mirtonian Quadrant]], he was also fashioned a new sword crafted from mysterious G-Metal. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (SG)#BotCon2012|BotCon 2012 Optimus Prime profile card}}

As Nova Prime, he carried a G-Metal Battle Axe. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (SG)#NovaPrime|''Timelines'' Nova Prime profile card}}

===Swindle's Spiel===
[[Swindle, Swindle and Swindle]] had ten G-Metal girders for sale. 40,000 for one, 350,000 for the lot. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Swindle's Spiel, 2015/10/04}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] carried a G-Metal blade. {{storylink|Ravage (G1)/toys#Generations|BotCon 2016 Ravage profile card}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Universe''===
[[Drive-By]]'s [[Veil Rocket Launcher]] could fire rockets reinforced with G-Metal. {{storylink|Drive-By|Drive-By's Transformers Universe profile}} [[Triage (Prime)|Triage]] could infuse the repairs he carried out with G-Metal, reinforcing the patient's hull. {{storylink|Triage (Prime)|Triage's Transformers Universe profile}}

==Notes==
* Although the Decepticons discuss the metal in terms of how many "G"s it can withstand, it is entirely possible that the name "G-Metal" was meant to be rendered as "Z-Metal" in English, since ジー is used to approximate the English "zee" sound in Japanese, despite sounding more like "jee" when spoken phonetically. Not to mention that the metal's sole purpose in ''The Headmasters'' cartoon was to be used to create the '''''Z'''''arak Shield. However, the longstanding [[fanon|fandom belief]] that it was indeed named "G-Metal" led to it being rendered as such in the subtitles for all of ''The Headmasters'' DVD sets, and then [[canonizing|officially]] used in the [[bio]]s for a number of ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Transformers: Timelines]]'' toys.

[[Category:Metals]]
[[Category:The Headmasters]]
[[Category:TransTech substances]]

Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship

2021-04-26T22:26:39Z

GomessQ: The stern's the back.

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=23
|image=Pirateship.jpg
|caption=Slated to appear in the next ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film.
|title="Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship"
|japanese=宇宙海賊船の謎
|romaji=Uchū Kaizokusen no Nazo
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[December 25|25 December]] 1987
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|animation studio=Toei
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The Autobot and Decepticon Clones enter the fray as both factions search for the hidden proton energy of Pirate Planet.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HM23 Decepticon clones grab skull.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Ha! Now ''I'' have the pirate cookie!]]
Somewhere in the depths of space, on a barren world known only as the "[[Pirate Planet]]," the Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clones]], [[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]] touch down on the rocky surface. They are searching for the second half of a small, golden skull-shaped idol—an item that is in the possession of the Autobot Clones, [[Fastlane]] and [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]], who are lying in ambush! The two sets of Clones engage in battle over the skull, and the Autobots take the upper hand until [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] appears and aids the Decepticon Clones in defeating their opponents. As the Autobots escape, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] appears, demanding to know why the Decepticon Clones have not yet discovered the secret store of energy hidden on Pirate Planet. The skull, they explain, will reveal all, which is why they must obtain the second half from the Autobots.

Fastlane and Cloudraker contact Battleship Maximus, summoning the Autobots aboard to Pirate Planet. As they set forth, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] wonders if everyone that lives on the planet is a pirate, but [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] sets him straight, explaining that it was used by [[Space Pirates|pirates]] in the past to store the energy and wealth they plundered from neighboring planets. While the Autobots reflect on Galvatron's mysterious plan for the energy the Decepticons have gathered and Highbrow's continued attempts to identify [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s weak spot, Battleship Maximus enters the "[[Space Graveyard]]", a mass of debris from wrecked spaceships. Highbrow and Daniel are particularly interested in [[Space Pirate Ship|a nearly-intact spacecraft]] that resembles an earthly pirate ship, and Highbrow notes that the skull of the ship's bow is emitting a strange signal.

Back on Pirate Planet, the Clones are again battling each other, this time with the [[Horrorcon]]s adding their firepower to the Decepticon side. A tackle from [[Apeface]] knocks the second half of the skull from the Autobots' grasp, and the Decepticons pull out, returning to Scorponok. There, Galvatron links the two skull-halves together, activating an electronic map that pinpoints the location of the "[[proton energy]]" stockpiled by the pirates.

[[File:HM23 Highbrow finds pyramid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Apparently they are ''Egyptian'' space pirates.]]
Elsewhere, Battleship Maximus has landed, and the Autobot Clones report their sad situation to the crew. They recount their history with the Decepticon Clones—formerly friends before either group had sided with a faction, the two teams separated to travel through space to train and increase their skills. It was during this period that Fastlane and Cloudraker came upon the skull, and soon met up with the Wingspan and Pounce again, only to discover that their former friends had joined the Decepticons, and had half of the skull stolen from them. [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] reports in that the Decepticons have located the proton energy, and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] head out to meet them in battle at an old ruined site in a desert. The skull is reclaimed and the Decepticons are quickly repelled, allowing Highbrow to study the skull and figure out what to do next—when the skull is placed in another skull-shaped receptacle on the desert floor, a signal is transmitted that raises a giant pyramid from beneath the sand. A sneak attack from Galvatron fells Highbrow, and he is taken back to Battleship Maximus for medical attention. The door of the pyramid proves so tough, however, that Galvatron is forced to have Scorponok pound on it with his claws, to no avail.

[[File:HM23 Trainbots grab skull.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Yes! We found the secret of the Unicorn!]]
Recuperating on Battleship Maximus, Highbrow realises that the signal emitted by the skull in the desert is the same as the one being emitted by the skull on the ship out in the space graveyard. He and Daniel board [[Shouki]] and [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]] and head for the graveyard, although their departure is observed by [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]], and he pursues them. While on the journey, Highbrow notices that Daniel has brought his video-game light gun with him, and switches its power cartridge while the boy is not looking. Subsequently, they arrive at the pirate ship, and Shouki and Yukikaze tear off the skull. Soundblaster then appears and holds the Autobots at gunpoint, demanding to know the connection. Highbrow whispers to Daniel to use his gun, explaining that he has swapped the cartridges to give the gun real power, but when Daniel hesitates, Soundblaster nicks Highbrow with a blast of his own, spurring Daniel on to open fire and send Soundblaster flying off through space.

[[File:HM23 inside the pyramid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Not identical in the back.]]
Back down on Pirate Planet, Battleship Maximus joins the fight, and while everyone is occupied with the fighting, Highbrow connects the skull from the ship to a headless skeleton positioned by the pyramid door. The pyramid opens up and Highbrow and Daniel head inside; they are attacked by the Decepticon Clones, but the Autobot Clones come to their rescue and send them packing. Outside, Scorponok transforms to robot mode, and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] becomes Fortress Maximus; as the Headmasters distract Scorponok, Maximus delivers a slash to his chest with the [[Master Sword]], causing him to start bleeding energy badly and forcing the Decepticons to retreat.

As the Autobots gather themselves at the battle's end, Highbrow reveals that the pyramid contains no energy at all, showing the others a message carved in stone by the pirates. The message explains that the proton energy is unstable, and if it misused, it will bring only death to those who would manipulate it—a fate that has already befallen some poor, unknown souls in the past, which is what caused the once-green Pirate Planet to become the barren wasteland it is now. Twincast reports that the Decepticons are now on their way back to [[Chaar]]—the planet-plundering is done, and now it is time for the real war to begin!

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] (3)
*[[Fastlane]] (4)
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] (8)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (10)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (11)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (12)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (13)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (14)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress/Fortress Maximus]] (15)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] (18)
*[[Shouki]] (23)
*[[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]] (24)
*[[Suiken]] (25)
*[[Getsuei]] (26)
*[[Seizan]] (27)
*[[Kaen]] (28)
*[[Raiden]] (29)

|c2=
*[[Wingspan]] (1)
*[[Pounce]] (2)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (5)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (6)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (7)
*[[Apeface]] (16)
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] (17)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (19)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (20)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (21)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] (22)

|c3=
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (9)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*In the first scene of the episode, Wingspan and Pounce each speak a line, but Pounce is animated as speaking both of them. Consequently, both the [[Omni Productions]] dub and the R2 DVD subtitles rework the two lines into one.
*As they first transform, the Decepticon clones get the vehicle-to-robot transformation sound effect when switching to their animal forms.
*As Wingspan crashes through the pillars of rock, his cell is actually layered so he's in front of the rocks before he smashes into them from behind.
*Just before Cloudraker is hit by Sixshot's laser, his vehicle mode is drawn with the nose drooping downwards oddly.

===Continuity notes===
*Galvatron's unknown master plan was first hinted at in "[[Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!]]".
*The existence of Scorponok's mysterious weak spot was revealed in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]".
*Daniel's video game light gun previously appeared in "[[Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!]]".
*As in "[[Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!]]", Scorponok takes a slash to the chest from the Master Sword and immediately retreats. Just as in that episode, you might think that it's simply 1980s cartoon villain logic, but just wait for "[[I Risk My Life for Earth]]".

===Trivia===
*Highbrow switches Daniel's gun to live rounds without telling him. That's shockingly bad gun safety.
*When Highbrow checks out the skull and wanders off to follow the map, why do the other three Headmasters just stand there and watch him go instead of following him?

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''The Mystery of the Pirate Ship'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 20]], [[1992]]
:**The Autobot clones are referred to collectively as Cloudraker, and the Decepticon clones as Wingspan.
:**A section of the fight when the Autobot Headmasters first reach the ruins appears to be without sound effects.

:*''Title:'' "'''Mystery of the Pirate Space Ship'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub), "'''Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship'''" (Shout! Factory menu)
::*[[Chaar]] is spelled as "Charr".
::*When performing their "Master Jump", the Autobot Headmasters mistakenly call themselves "Horrorcons".

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yǔzhòu Hǎidào-chuán de Mìmi'''" (宇宙海盗船的秘密, "Secret of the Space Pirate Ship")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il mistero del corsaro spaziale'''" ("The Space Pirate Mystery")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;Laserdisc
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1996 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' (Shout! Factory) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only.

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

Curl

2021-04-24T21:22:44Z

GomessQ: Curl's name is absolutely audible, said both by the narrator after his face turn, and by Fortress when he declares him the planet's new leader.

:''Curl is an alien from the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Headmasters Curl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Hey Moe! Woo woo woo woo woo!"]]

'''Curl''' (カール ''Kāru'') is an inhabitant of [[Daros]], one of many who suffered under the opulence of the ruling class. He has curly hair!

==Fiction==
===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Shingo Hiromori]] (Japanese)}}
Curl was one of many poor Daros citizens forced into labor at a penal colony in the northern hemisphere for trying to overthrow the powerful elite. When the [[Autobot]]s arrived in response to a SOS signal, Curl and two other prisoners were the only ones still alive after the [[Decepticon]]s massacred the prisoners. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] asked Curl if he was the one who sent the SOS signal; Curl responded that it was actually [[Tekna|a Beastformer]]. The [[Trainbot]]s then transported the three to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]], where they were greeted by Fortress and brought to a room to rest.

[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], eager to see the new visitors, accidentally woke up the prisoners. Curl nevertheless greeted the two, and brought in Daniel with the promise to be friends. However, he had sinister intentions and held Daniel hostage with a knife, threatening to cut the boy if Fortress did not turn over the ship to the prisoners. Curl had planned to use Battleship Maximus to kill the ruling class of Daros. Fortress brought some time by claiming that the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] who rescued the prisoners were the pilots of the ship and requested that Curl wait for them to return. Frustrated, Curl told Fortress to call them back. Daniel was able to escape by biting on Curl's arm and using his [[Video Challenger|Challenge Blaster]] toy to blind the prisoners, allowing Fortress the opportunity to use the ship's defense systems to paralyze the prisoners.

Once unfrozen, Curl explained his motivations: to overthrow the ruling class that monopolized all of the wealth that the resources of the southern hemisphere afforded them. Their greed left most of the people of Daros in poverty, and many tried to oppose this, only to be thrown into the penal colony, where they did hard labor. Moved by his story, Fortress agreed to help Curl.

Unsurprisingly, the ruling class were aided by the Decepticons, who took much of the planet's energy in exchange. Curl pleaded with Fortress to allow the prisoners to fight, but Fortress refused and had the Trainbots transport them off Battleship Maximus.

Once the Decepticons were pushed off the planet the Daros elite tried to bribe the Autobots with energy in exchange for protection, but were very sternly refused. As far as they were concerned, the reign of the ruling class had ended, with Curl as the new leader of Daros. {{Storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

==Notes==
*Curl is never referred to by name in any official subtitles.
===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Lander''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:The Headmasters aliens]]

Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!

2021-04-20T09:54:35Z

GomessQ: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=21
|image=Weakspot.jpg
|caption=It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A!
|title=Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!
|japanese=メガザラックの弱点をあばけ!!
|romaji=MegaZarak no Jakuten o Abake!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[December 18|18 December]] 1987
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=Toei
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''On the planet Daros, the Autobots aid desperate prisoners in overthrowing the Decepticons and the planet's decadent ruling class. But that's not all—the key to defeating Scorponok is also hidden on this world!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HM21 Gunslinger Daniel.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|[[Carly]], don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.]]
As the [[Autobot]]s onboard Battleship Maximus continue in their pursuit of the Decepticons from planet to planet, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] are afforded a brief moment of relaxation, which Daniel spends playing [[Video Challenger]], shooting holographic Decepticons with his [[Challenge Blaster]]. Wheelie is unimpressed with his marksmanship and plays William Tell with a ball, challenging Daniel to shoot it out of his hand—only to wind up getting shot in the arm.

On the bridge, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s detect an SOS signal, which they trace to the planet [[Daros]]. Setting down in the planet's northern hemisphere, they trace the signal to a factory, where the Decepticon Headmasters are playing target practice with the human-like workers. As the villains kill the workers with a hail of laser fire, they justify their actions by pointing out that this is a penal colony, and the dead are convicted criminals. This, of course, does not wash with the Autobots, who attack the Decepticons, forcing them into a quick and painful retreat. Searching for their enemies, the Autobots come upon a group of three prisoners, who explain that a [[Beastformer]] named [[Tekna]] was responsible for sending the SOS.

[[File:HM21 Curl holds Daniel.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Alright, show of hands, who was rooting for Curl during this moment?]]
The three prisoners are brought to Battleship Maximus to recuperate, and Daniel and Wheelie attempt to make friends with them. Unfortunately, the lead prisoner, [[Curl]], seizes the boy and holds a knife to his throat, demanding control of Battleship Maximus in exchange for Daniel's life. As [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] stalls for time, telling the prisoners that the Headmasters must return to the ship in order to pilot it, Daniel is able to wrestle free and use his video game gun to blind the prisoners, who are then hit with a paralysis ray by Fortress. Their advantage lost, the trio explain the reason for their actions—in the past, the wealth of the energy-rich southern hemisphere of Daros was shared amongst its inhabitants, until an elite group seized power and monopolized control of the planet's resources. The lead prisoner was in charge of a failed rebellion against this corrupt ruling class, and consigned to the prison camp. Now knowing the truth of the matter, Fortress offers the Autobots' aid.

[[File:HM21 meeting Tekna.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Aw, look, it's sucking on my fing--OW! GET IT OFF!]]
Meanwhile, still out exploring, the Headmasters come upon a mass grave of dead prisoners. [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] arrives on the scene, and explains to the Headmasters that this massacre was ordered by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], to prevent the secret weakness of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Transtector]] being revealed. The being who knew this secret, Tekna, was one of the Beastformers who worked on the construction of the Transtector, but who managed to escape the killing and is currently hiding in the [[South-North Caves]]. While [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] return to Battleship Maximus, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] head into the caves to search for Tekna, who they soon locate. Tekna explains that Scorponok's Transtector has a secret weak spot hidden on it—but before he can tell the Autobots what it is, he is cut down from behind by a laser blast from [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]]! As Chromedome holds off the Decepticon, Highbrow takes Tekna to Battleship Maximus for medical care.

[[File:HM21 Head Formation.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The Autobot Headmasters first use of the <s>Care Bear Stare</s> Head Formation.]]
Meanwhile, Battleship Maximus has set down in the southern hemisphere, where the ruling class and the Decepticons are enjoying a feast as energy from the planet's sub-aquatic oilfields is being loaded into Scorponok as part of the deal between the two groups. A battle between Hardhead and Brainstorm and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and the [[Horrorcon]]s erupts, while Chromedome and Highbrow soon returning from their mission to join in. The Headmasters suggest using the Master Shot attack, but Hardhead and Brainstorm find that the battle has depleted their energy, leaving them unable to transform. Leaping from their Transtectors, the four Headmasters initiate the "[[Head Formation]]", linking hands and pooling their internal energies, recharging Hardhead and Brainstorm and allowing all four to transform to robot form. Battleship Maximus disconnects its cannon, and the Headmasters take control of it, opening fire on the Decepticons. When the weapon is turned on Scorponok, he transforms to [[robot mode]], and Fortress retaliates by transforming into Fortress Maximus. As the two titans battle, Galvatron orders Scorponok to retreat—although defeated in battle, the Decepticons still successfully escape will all the energy they have acquired from Daros.

Shortly, the Autobots confront the planet's rulers, who offer them energy in exchange for protecting them. Daniel speaks up for the group, who shouts the Autobots' refusal in the [[King of Daros|king]]'s face so hard that he collapses back into a reflecting pool. It's soon made abundantly clear that Curl will be taking charge of the planet, and the Autobots depart, with more pressing matters still to be dealt with. As Chromedome tries to gently coax the information on Scorponok from the badly-injured Tekna, the Beastformer raises one hand, and then drops it, as he dies. Beneath the fur of his forearm, however, the Autobots discover a strip of microfilm, which Higbrow suspects contains the secret of Scorponok's weak spot. Tekna's body is given a space burial, and Highbrow sets to work attempting to decode the information.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (1)
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress/Fortress Maximus]] (7)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (8)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (9)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (10)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (11)
*[[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]] (13)
*[[Shouki]] (14)
*[[Suiken]] (15)
*[[Getsuei]] (16)
*[[Seizan]] (17)
*[[Kaen]] (18)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] (19)
*[[Punch (G1)|Punch/Counterpunch]] (20)
|c2=
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (3)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (4)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (5)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (21)
*[[Apeface]] (22)
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] (23)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (25)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] (26)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (27)
|c3=
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (6)
|c4=
*[[Curl]] (12)
*[[King of Daros]] (24)
*[[Tekna]] (27)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When Danny first appears to "save" Arcee and Wheelie, the animation has been flipped, apparently to accommodate a production boo-boo that would otherwise cause his gun holster to switch hips. As a result, the "D" on Danny's jumpsuit is backwards and appears on the wrong side.
*As Brainstorm and Headhead "head on" shortly after landing on Daros, their heads disappear for a bunch of frames.
*When we first see Curl's group, the rotund chap in the brown outfit is standing at the back, but in the next show he switches places with the fellow in blue.
*As Curl tells his tale of woe, in some shots Daniel's left arm appears to be in a sling, while in others it isn't.
*When Scorponok departs Daros, he's about three or four times longer than he should be. He actually looks more like a ship, instead of just a giant flying scorpion.
*During the pan across the Autobot Headmasters as they confront the rulers of Daros, the top of Brainstorm's head is blue.

===Continuity errors===
*How would Daniel's light gun, essentially just an NES Zapper, be able to hit the ball, let alone injure Wheelie's arm?
*Fortress seems oddly keen on regime change for a planet he's never been to before based on the word of a guy who was holding a child hostage at knifepoint mere minutes earlier.

===Continuity notes===
*Enslaved Beastformers were shown working on Scorponok's Transtector back in "[[The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok]]". Tekna is a generic Beastformer, not based on any figure from the toyline, but similar dog-based Beastformers appeared in "[[Rebellion on Planet Beast]]".
*The power-up ability used by three of the Headmasters in the previous episode returns in this episode, only now, all four Headmasters are involved, and they connect to their ''own'' Transtectors, rather than swapping between each other's, as with the "Cross-Head On". This process is given the name "Head Formation", and will be an important power for the remainder of the series, and key in the final battle.

===Trivia===
*As in "[[Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears]]", the MegaZarak mentioned in the title is, of course, the Japanese name for Scorponok's Transtector.
*This episode originally aired in Japan as part of a triple bill alongside "[[Battle for Defense of the False Planet]]" and "[[Head Formation of Friendship]]" on December 18.
*The R2 DVD release of this episode suffers from a subtitling glitch, in which, on a few occasions throughout the episode, subtitles from another episode appear onscreen. Painfully ironically, the subtitles are from "[[I Risk My Life for Earth]]", the episode in which Scorponok's weak spot is ''revealed'', and one of the subs which appears is ''the very line that contains that revelation''. Oy.
*The R4 release of this episode, despite being released ''two years'' after the R2 release, ''still'' contains the same subtitle errors, including spoiling the actual location of Scorponok's weakness. Way to be observant there, [[Madman Entertainment|Madman]].
*This episode is one of the very few times in any media where Decepticons are shown killing humans.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Scorponok's Weakness'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 6]], [[1992]]

:*''Title:'' "'''Find Scorponok's Weak Spot'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Jiēchuān Sàkè Jùrén de Ruòdiǎn '''" (揭穿萨克巨人的弱点, "Expose Scorponok's Weakness")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il Segreto di Lord Zarak'''" ("The Secret of Lord Zarak")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1996 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' (Shout! Factory) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only.

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!

2021-04-20T09:38:14Z

GomessQ: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=18
|image=Danielcrisis.jpg
|caption=Star Blazers: The Next Generation
|title="Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!"
|japanese=ダニエル史上最大のピンチ!!
|romaji=Daniel Shijō Saidai no Pinch!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|airdate=[[December 4]], [[1987]]
|writer=[[Toyohiro Ando]]
|director=[[Takao Yoshizawa]]
|animation studio=Toei
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''Spike attempts to negotiate peace with Galvatron, but all is not as it seems as the Decepticons, now joined by the Horrorcons, plan their next evil scheme.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:HM18 meet the new guys.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|In this continuity, Horrorcons are kind of a big deal... for about 5 minutes.]]
When the [[Decepticon]]s' early warning system on [[Chaar]] detects two unidentified robots entering the planet's atmosphere, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] leap to the conclusion that the [[Autobot]]s have launched an attack on them. The Headmasters open fire on the two jet mode robots, who land and transform into animal forms to battle the [[beast mode]] Headmasters, but the battle is soon halted by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], who reveals that these two new robots are the [[Horrorcon]]s, [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]], who he has summoned to bolster their forces.

Autobot double-agent [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] informs the Autobots on [[Athenia]] of the Horrorcons' arrival, and the Autobot Headmasters recall how, on planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], the two villains had been allies of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and had been exiled to space for the crimes they committed. In the midst of this discussion, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] suddenly makes an announcement—he wishes to arrange to personally negotiate with Galvatron, in hopes that the Autobots and Decepticons can work together to develop a new energy generation program. Spike expresses to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] his fear that further damage to the universe could be caused by the Decepticons' continued destruction of more planets, like [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] before them, but Fortress is unsure. When [[Shouki]] presents Fortress with tangible proof of that damage—noting that [[space bridge]] travel has already become unstable due to the disruption of the solar system's gravimetric balance caused by the loss of Mars—Fortress is convinced to allow Spike's plan.

[[File:HM18 Spike receives response.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"This script makes me look horrible. I look gullible and callous to my own family. I won't do it!" "We'll make you command Fortress Maximus in the Hasbro version." "... Alright. Deal."]]
A communication from the Autobots soon reaches Chaar, but Galvatron crumples it and tosses it away in utter disgust. Scorponok speaks up, however, suggesting that they use the Autobots' offer as a cover, using it to lure them into an attack, and Galvatron agrees. The response is sent back to Athenia, with one condition—that Spike bring [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] and [[Carly]] with him. Perturbed by the request, the Headmasters come along as guards, and the [[Trainbot]]s carry the group on an unpleasant, unsteady space bridge journey to Earth. They set down on [[Shangri-La Island]] in the South Pacific, where they are soon met by Galvatron, the Decepticon Headmasters and the Horrorcons. Galvatron reveals that either Carly and Daniel are to be held hostage by the Decepticons for the duration of the meeting as a safety measure, or the Decepticons will refuse negotiations. The pained Witwicky family agrees, and Galvatron warns the Headmasters not to interfere if they value the humans' lives.

[[File:Hm18 negotiating with galvatron.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Holy crap, would you look at the size of that chair?]]
Shortly, the talks between Spike and Galvatron begin, with Spike offering peaceful co-existence and a joint ownership of any new energy that their alliance will develop. Galvatron, on the other hand, insists on complete control of all energy, questioning Spike's allegedly neutral standing as an [[Human|earthling]] by pointing out that he lives with the Autobots on Athenia and demanding that he return to Earth to prove that he is unbiased. Spike cannot comply, as his energy research requires that he remain on Athenia, so Galvatron offers an alternative—as a show of good faith, Spike must leave the thing which is most precious to him on Earth... his son, Daniel. A tearful Daniel agrees to the request, and Carly decides to stay with him.

[[File:HM18 Apeface vs trees.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|One of Apeface's biggest victories in this series.]]
Back on Chaar, in his Counterpunch guise, Punch is gathered with the other Decepticons in their base, but receives a rude shock when the doors open and Galvatron, supposedly in negotiations on Earth, enters! Galvatron reveals his new plan to ransack other planets for their energy, and Punch immediately reports to Athenia that the negotiations are being used as a distraction to cover this scheme. The news is relayed to the Autobots on Earth, and, not wanting to tip their hand, the Autobots have Shouki and [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]] stage an impromptu sumo match to distract the Decepticons while the Headmasters sneak away. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] bursts in on the meeting, and the "Galvatron" negotiating with Spike reveals his true identity—a disguised [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]! With [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] having already seen to the rescue of Daniel and Carly, a battle erupts, ending when Galvatron orders the Decepticons to return to Chaar. The villains escape via the Decepticon space bridge, but as he vanishes through it, Sixshot prevents the Autobots from following by triggering an explosion that tears the bridge apart. The explosion causes a chain reaction throughout the space bridge, which destroys the Autobot installations linking Earth and Athenia as well, leaving the Autobots stuck on Earth.

On Chaar, the Decepticon army boards Scorponok, and the giant craft takes off, setting course for other energy-rich planets while the Autobots are fractured and unable to immediately pursue. Some time later, Fortress arrives on Earth with Battleship Maximus and gathers a team of Autobots to join him in following the Decepticons' trail. Furious and emotional over having had his family manipulated by the Decepticons, Daniel requests that he be allowed to go on the mission, and Fortress and Spike permit it. Battleship Maximus blasts off, marking the beginning of a new stage in the Headmasters' battle!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Punch (G1)|Punch/Counterpunch]] (8)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] (9)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (10)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (11)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (14)
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] (15)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (16)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (17)
*[[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]] (18)
*[[Shouki]] (19)
*[[Suiken]] (20)
*[[Getsuei]] (21)
*[[Kaen]] (22)
*[[Seizan]] (23)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (30)
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (31)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (32)

|c2=
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (1)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] (3)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (4)
*[[Apeface]] (5)
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] (6)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (7)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (24)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (26)
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] (27)
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] (28)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (29)

|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (13)
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (14)
*[[Carly|Carly Witwicky]] (25)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*When the Autobots are studying the computer information on the Horrorcons, Fortress is colored like Fortress Maximus.
*When Scorponok proposes attacking the Autobots, Soundblaster is colored in the traditional blue of Soundwave.
*As the Autobot Headmasters react to the Decepticons landing on Earth, Brainstorm's chest is white instead of dark blue. The same error occurs later when Chromedome's team receives the news that Galvatron is a fake.
*The very last shot of Fortress has him missing his chest Autobot insignia.
*As Spike, Carly and Daniel depart from Athenia aboard the Trainbots, the dark gray square on Fortress's chest is miscolored.

===Continuity notes===
[[File:Hmep18 teletraan1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|right]]

*Cybertron was destroyed in "[[Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2]]".
*Mars met its end in "[[Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears]]".
*As ''The Headmasters'' crosses the halfway-point, this episode marks the beginning of a new story arc for the series. Running for the next half-dozen or so episodes, the Decepticons travel from planet to planet gathering energy for Galvatron's new, mysterious master plan, culminating in "[[The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg]]".
*[[Teletraan I]] is mentioned by name as the computer the Autobots use to send their message to Galvatron. This is the first time Teletraan I has been seen or heard from since "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]" when it was (presumably) destroyed by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. It is never mentioned by name again in the series.

===Trivia===
*Jaar, the Japanese name of [[Chaar]], is [[Romanization|romanized]] in this episode as "Jarl".
*This episode is also known by the title "The Most Important Thing in the World". This title originates with the ancient list of ''The Headmasters'' episodes that has been on the Internet since man rode around on dinosaurs, but precisely ''how'' it came to be called this is a mystery that will likely never be solved, because, although it's perfectly appropriate as a title for the episode, it is not even ''close'' to the actual translation. Frustratingly, because this oh-so-old episode list was the basis for most online ''The Headmasters'' episode guides, this is actually the title that the episode is most frequently known by!
*This episode marks the destruction of the Space Bridge network, which is treated as a big deal. Its impact is questionable though, as by this point in the series practically every Autobot is able to fly (and seemingly break orbit) and they frequently use Broadside and the Trainbots, not least Maximus, for interstellar travel.

===Foreign localization===
'''English
:*''Title:'' "'''Danny, the Little Hero'''" ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 15]], [[1992]]
::*Mindwipe notes that the Horrorcons wear the Autobot symbol.
::*In the [[Omni Productions]] dialogue script for this episode, Apeface is called "Sela", Snapdragon is referred to as "Wimpus" whilst Punch/Counterpunch is "Carter".

:*''Title:'' "'''Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)

'''Spanish'''
:*''Spanish:'' "'''La Trampa de Galvatrón'''" ("Galvatron's Trap")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*The Spanish translation of the ''Headmasters'' cartoon presents some problems with Snapdragon's name. On Snapdragon's first appearance, Galvatron himself calls him "Zela". (However, it's a bit hard to understand Galvatron; if you don't listen carefully, it sounds like he says "Zedda", which has caused further confusion.) Then Snapdragon presents himself as "Ozela", after which both the narrator and Chromedome call him "Zela". Later, Hardhead calls him "Zedda", and finally, Galvatron calls him "Zela" again. This would seem to make "Zela" his official name, since it's used the most frequently.
::*Also, in the Spanish dub, Mindwipe mentions both Horrorcons have the Autobot symbol, just as the Horrorcons' Decepticon symbols shine.

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Un patto per salvare lo spazio'''" ("A pact to save space")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Dānní'ěr de Tòngkǔ Juézé '''" (丹尼尔的痛苦抉择, "Daniel's Painful Choice")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1996 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' (Shout! Factory) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only.

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

Ring of Hate!

2021-03-28T10:16:50Z

GomessQ: Caption sez so~

{{comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Headmasters]]'' #1
|prev=
|next=Broken Glass!
|title="Ring of Hate!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #130–133
|prev2=Worlds Apart!
|next2=Kup's Story!
|image=MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg
|caption="All-powerful"? But we haven't gotten to the [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]] yet.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=March [[1987]]
|coverdate=July 1987
|script=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|pencils=[[Frank Springer]]
|inks=[[Ian Akin]] & [[Brian Garvey]]
|lettering=[[Diana Albers]]
|colors=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''A group of Autobots, tired of fighting an endless war, seek to escape by traveling to a world known for its peaceful ways. But can they prove their peaceable intentions?'''

==Synopsis==
Somewhere on war-torn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], a band of [[Decepticon]]s under the command of the cruel [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] leads captive [[Autobot]]s to their death at the [[smelting pool]]s. En route, however, a squadron of Autobots led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] attacks, driving off the Decepticons and freeing the prisoners. Overwhelmed, the Decepticons retreat, and the Autobots return to their hidden base.

The Autobot troops are jubilant in the wake of their victory, but Fortress Maximus silences them angrily—even when they win, the planet suffers, and lives are lost. Maximus has had enough, and intends to leave Cybertron and the endless cycle of war altogether; he has set his sights on the world of [[Nebulos]], a peaceful planet he has watched for many [[Units of time|vorns]]. His stunned troops have little option but to go along.

The Autobots construct a starcraft dubbed the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'', and Autobots from all over come to join the mission for peace. After a short warp across the void, the ship arrives on orbit around Nebulos.

[[File:Bonk.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|The Transformers' greatest battle on Nebulos.]]
The Autobots land in the planet's wilds; Fortress Maximus dispatches [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] to make contact with the planet's inhabitants. Highbrow comes across [[Gort]] and [[Marita|his lover]] engaged in "[[Kiss|a primitive form of communication]]". Gort panics at the sight of Highbrow, and in his haste to fight off the monster for his lover, trips and is injured. An apologetic Highbrow passes a small holo-projector to the woman, containing a message from Fortress Maximus, and leaves. In [[Koraja]] the next day, the [[Council of Peers]] meets to discuss the Autobots' message. [[Zarak (G1)|Lord Zarak]] eagerly attempts to stir the [[Nebulan]]s up into war. [[Galen]] disagrees, arguing that Nebulos has been peaceful for years and must make peace the first choice. [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] arrives in the capital city the next day, and began to speak of his desire to live in peace. However, [[Krunk]], one of Lord Zarak's henchmen, uses a weapon to magnetize Blurr's arm, causing him to dislodge a nearby sculpture and send it crashing into a crowd of panicked Nebulans. Under fire from the city's guards, Blurr retreats, his message of peace lost.

Soon, the Nebulans resurrect their long-buried machines of war and attack the Autobot encampment, wounding many of the Autobots. Under explicit orders from Fortress Maximus, the Autobots do not fight back and retreat further into the wilderness.

Several days later, Fortress Maximus and ten other Autobots march to the capital city and throw their weapons down, begging for peace one last time. Zarak urges Galen to fire, but Galen refuses. Fortress Maximus, Highbrow, [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] all pull their heads from their body and place them on the ground, rendering their bodies useless. Galen accepts the offering, stating that "there will be no war today."

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (8)
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (9)
*[[Pointblank]] (10)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] (11)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (12)
*[[Cog (G1)|Cog]] (13)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (14)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (15)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (16)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (17)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (19)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (20)
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (21)
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] (22)
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (23)
*[[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]] (24)
*[[Grotusque|Grotesque]] (25)
*[[Doublecross]] (26)
}}
|c2=
*[[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] (1)
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (2)
*[[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] (3)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (4)
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] (5)
*[[Apeface]] (6)
*[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] (7)
*[[Fasttrack (G1)|Fasttrack]] (18)
|h3=[[Nebulan]]s|c3=
*[[Gort]] (27)
*[[Marita]] (28)
*[[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] (29)
*[[Sorgen]] (30)
*[[Galen]] (31)
*[[Krunk]] (32)
*[[Duros]] (33)
}}

==Quotes==

"We and the Decepticons are more '''partners''' than enemies! We are connected by a '''circle''' of war and hate and death!"
:— '''Fortress Maximus''' despairs of the ongoing war.

"We must be brave enough to wage peace."
:— '''Fortress Maximus''' to beleaguered Autobots

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
This mini-series in general is rife with mis-colorings, mis-namings and misused character models. From the top:
*Cover — Fortress Maximus is mostly grey and brown, while Brainstorm is brown and dark green. Scorponok is the wrong shade of green, and is missing half of his claw.
*Page 1 — Gort is in the line of prisoners. Brainstorm is also in the line of prisoners, even though he shows up among Fortress Maximus's troops at the start of the attack.
*Page 2/3 — Third panel: When Blurr transforms, his [[robot mode]] is drawn as Crosshairs. Fifth panel: Is that [[Fasttrack (G1)|Fasttrack]]? If so, he should be gray. Scattershot and Lightspeed show up with Fortress Maximus's forces, even though the Technobots don't join Max's band until after the battle. Snapdragon appears twice in the two-page battle spread, once in jet mode, once as a robot (colored pink instead of white.) In addition, there is a Chromedome-like robot, but Chromedome appears already in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].
*Page 4 —
** First panel: Blot (or a generic based on him) is colored light blue and orange. He should be dark blue and purple.
** Sixth panel: Fasttrack again, but his colors are reversed. Battletrap's truck component—an incongruous Earth vehicle—is visible as well.
*Page 5 — First panel: [[Cog (G1)|Cog]] is colored like Hardhead; Hardhead is colored like Cog. Hardhead's response sounds like he should have been Fortress Maximus. Second Panel: Afterburner shows up, although he also doesn't show up until later. Third panel: [[Cog (G1)|Gasket and Grommet]]'s vehicle modes are colored as Chromedome and Hardhead. And is that the destroyed form of Apeface in the foreground? Guess he got better.
*Page 7 — Sixth panel: Why is [[Arcana]] there?
*Page 9 — Two Brainstorms are shown ferrying Autobots to the surface.
*Page 16 — Second panel: a green and yellow [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]]/Galen. Third panel: Highbrow's face is yellow.
*Page 18 — Second panel: [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] being here is kind of iffy.
*Page 19 — First panel: More Cerebros and Spike/Galen.
*Page 21 — Hardhead has a red visor.
*Grotusque's name is (understandably) misspelled as "Grotesque".

===Continuity errors===
*It never occurs to any of the Autobots that the Decepticons might simply follow them and continue the war on Nebulos. Somehow, the Decepticons will only learn where the Autobots went upon receiving Zarak's transmission in "[[Broken Glass!]]".

===Continuity notes===
*The story concepts introduced in ''Headmasters''—two large crews of [[Transformer]]s traveling to a new world—was used to introduce many characters from the 1987 and 1988 toy assortments. When a new batch of characters had to be brought into the comic per Hasbro's mandate (such as the [[Powermaster]]s and [[Pretender]]s), they were simply introduced as part of the ships' crews who hadn't been shown before. This worked well as many of the new toys had [[alternate mode]]s clearly not based on Earth vehicles.
*On the flip side, the premise of the Autobots leaving in search of peace results in some exceedingly strange choices among the ''Steelhaven''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew. Rabblerousers like [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]], [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]] are all seen to have left Cybertron to seek a peaceful existence, somewhat at odds with their characterization.
*The introductory narrative describes Cybertron as suffering physical pain during the course of the battle, as though it were a living being—long before the idea of Cybertron being the embodiment of the Transformers' living god, [[Primus]], had entered the American version of the mythos.

===Real-life references===
*TBD

===UK printing===
'''Issue #130'''
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Worlds Apart!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Robo-Capers]]''
'''Issue #131'''
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "Worlds Apart!"
*'''Other strips:''' ''Robo-Capers''
'''Issue #132'''
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Kup's Story!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Spider-Man]]'' - "Children in Danger" and ''Robo-Capers''
'''Issue #133'''
*'''Additional Transformers story:''' "[[Headhunt]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''Robo-Capers''
*'''[[Transformers AtoZ|AtoZ]]:''' [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]

===Other trivia===
*The story takes place on Nebulos, the first time in the US continuity not on [[Earth]] or [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The UK continuity by this point had already been to [[Elpasos]] in "[[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!]]".

===Covers (5)===
*'''Headmasters #1 cover:''' Fortress Maximus removes his head for the Nebulans, by [[Bob Budiansky]], [[Ian Akin]], and [[Brian Garvey]].
*'''UK issue #130 cover:''' the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] introduce themselves, by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''UK issue #131 cover:''' Scorponok crushing Highbrow, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''UK issue #132 cover:''' a giant hand squeezes Hot Rod, by [[Dan Reed]].
*'''UK issue #133 cover:''' [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] about to strike down Rodimus Prime, by [[Dave Gibbons]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelHeadmasters-1.jpg|'''Headmasters #1''' - Way to stick your neck out
File:MarvelUK-130.jpg|'''UK issue #130''' - Such polite chaps.
File:MarvelUK-131.jpg|'''UK issue #131''' - Sting the singer, or the wrestler?
File:MarvelUK-132.jpg|'''UK issue #132''' - Kup is a heartless bastard.
File:MarvelUK-133.jpg|'''UK issue #133''' - Uh, NO! No, you didn't!
</gallery>

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====UK====
'''Issue 130'''
*Transformers: The Movie video - page 9
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*Targetmasters - back cover

'''Issue 131'''
*Cherry Coca-Cola - page 9
*Headmasters video competition - page 15
*Targetmasters - page 16
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'''Issue 132'''
*Headmasters - page 9
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*Transformers: The Movie video - back cover

'''Issue 133'''

===Reprints===
Other than reprints of the [[The Transformers: Headmasters#Collections|full miniseries]]:
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[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2

2021-03-22T21:39:23Z

GomessQ: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Headmasters
|ep=10
|image=Cybertrondanger2.jpg
|caption=You might want to get that Van de Graaf generator fixed.
|title="Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2"
|japanese=セイバートロン星危機一髪後編
|romaji=Cybertron-sei Kikiippatsu Kōhen
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=Toei
|airdate=[[September 11]], [[1987]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The end looms for Cybertron as Scorponok's plan to secure power nears fruition.'''

==Synopsis==
As [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] outfit [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] with the bombs Scorponok has specially prepared, the [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] wonder why the villains broke off their fight so suddenly, and begin investigating.

[[File:HM10 Defensor and Bruticus close up.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Kiss me, you fool!" "...I don't have a mouth, you idiot."]]
Elsewhere, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s are brought to a halt by the [[Trainbot]]s and quickly begin fighting them. [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] grapple. As [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] orders [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] to call for reinforcements, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] pops up to suggest maybe it's time to change strategy, and Galvatron tells him to get lost.

[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] announces that the [[Cybertonuron]] is completed and must not fall into Decepticon hands!

As the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s and [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s clash, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] spots Mindwipe and Weirdwolf, and follows them as they meet Skullcruncher at an entrance to the planet's sub-levels. After Mindwipe disappears inside, Chromedome summons the other Headmasters with his telepathic powers. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] lets him know that the Cybertonuron is complete and the Headmasters assume that that's what the Decepticons are after. Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher block their way, but Chromedome makes it through and pursues Mindwipe. Minutes later, Battleship Maximus arrives overhead and provides covering fire so the other Headmasters can run inside as well.

[[File:HM10 Chromedome dangling.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Hang in There!"]]
Chromedome somehow takes a wrong turn, and gets into trouble as the walkway collapses under him, sending him plummeting into the depths. The other three Headmasters run into other defenses, while Mindwipe finds himself under attack by [[bolt-bat|bats]]. Chromedome comes around to find himself in an area filled with sulfuric acid. On the surface, the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons for control of the planet rages on.

In the Autobot base, Rodimus tells [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] that he believes with the Cybertonuron, they'll soon gain more allies, but first they must repel the Decepticon attack.

[[File:Hmep10 mindwipe and bomb.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"I know that ain't the bomb!"]]
Shaking his bat escort, Mindwipe reaches [[Vector Sigma]] and starts planting the bombs. Chromedome arrives and challenges him, but Mindwipe informs him that the bombs are tamper proof, and they have 30 minutes to get out. While the Decepticon scarpers, the other Headmasters arrive. Skullcruncher and Weirdwolf spot that the bombs are set and immediately head in the other direction while the four Autobots make a futile attempt to try and remove the bombs. With time running short, the Headmasters are forced to abandon their attempt and flee to the surface to sound the alarm.

[[File:HM10 Cybertron destroyed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't worry, the explosives are always defused right when the countdown reaches 1... ah, crap.]]
On the surface, Scorponok informs [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] that he has arranged for the planting of the bombs and the destruction of Cybertron, ostensibly to prevent the newly-created [[Cybertonuron]] from falling into Autobot hands. As Galvatron departs for Vector Sigma's chamber to stop Scorponok's plan, the Autobot Headmasters inform Rodimus of the situation, and he quickly and regretfully arranges for the evacuation of the planet. As the Autobots and Decepticons escape to safety, Galvatron enters Vector Sigma's chamber—just as the bombs go off and he is consumed in the fireball. The explosion devastates Cybertron utterly, reducing it to a charred, broken hunk floating in space.

Touching down on the ruined, uninhabitable surface of Cybertron, Rodimus Prime realises that the age of his generation of Transformers has come to an end. Vowing to find a new planet for the Transformers to live on, he appoints Fortress as the new [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots, and accepts [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]'s offer to accompany him. When [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] moves to join them, he refuses, telling her to stay and take care of [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. Promising to return, Rodimus and his companions depart for space.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (5)
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (6)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (7)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (8)
*[[Shouki]] (12)
*[[Seizan]] (13)
*[[Getsuei]] (14)
*[[Suiken]] (15)
*[[Kaen]] (16)
*[[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]] (17)
*[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (18)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] (22)
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] (23)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] (24)
*[[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] (25)
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] (26)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (30)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (31)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (33)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (34)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (37)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (38)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (41)

|c2=
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (1)
*[[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] (2)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (3)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (4)
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (9)
*[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] (10)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (11)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (19)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundblaster]] (20)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] (21)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (27)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (28)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (29)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (32)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (35)
*[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (36)
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] (39)
*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (40)

|c3=
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] (42)
}}

==Quotes==
{{note|The following quotes are from the [[Omni Productions]] dub.}}
"Eh, you bunch of mooncalves!"
:—'''Galvatron''' breaks out one of the more {{w|Mooncalf|obscure insults}} for his men.

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
*Several pieces of footage are reused from "[[Four Warriors Come out of the Sky]]", including aerial dives by Vortex and Blast Off, Jazz returning fire, and a skirmish between Superion, Abominus and Devastator.

===Continuity Errors===
*Not only does Rodimus feel the need to run away very quickly on his Boy's Own mission with Kup and Blurr (presumably lest Arcee followed them), it doesn't seem to occur to him that the Autobots already have a peaceful planet to live on — [[Athenia]]. But of course that wouldn't allow for him to get out of the way and let Fortress assume command.
*Furthermore, his decision to install Fortress as new leader because of his 'youth' makes little sense given that Fortress is roughly the same age as most other Transformers seen since the start of G1, having left Cybertron 4 million years ago and having known Kup. If anything, Rodimus is the more youthful of the two given that, as Hot Rod, he was shown to be something of a Cybertronian teenager, implying that he was built later than Optimus and co. It's ''probably'' supposed to refer to Fortress and the other Headmasters not literally being "younger", but being more of a "new generation" of Transformers, with their crazy new powers and tech, but it's still really iffy.
*It certainly doesn't help that Cybertron's destruction makes not only Optimus's sacrifice back in "[[Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime]]" completely pointless, but pretty much every character who died on both sides did so completely in vain.
*How is Daniel breathing when the Autobots stand on the shattered chunk of Cybertron at the end? Would it really retain an atmosphere? Or sufficient gravity for that matter?

===Continuity Notes===
*Previously hinted at in "[[Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime]]", the Headmasters' telepathic powers are properly explained in this episode (albeit by the [[narrator]]) as an ability they developed on planet [[Master (planet)|Master]].
*Galvatron is not out of commission for too long—although he is missing for several episodes, he returns in "[[Return of the Immortal Emperor]]".
*Despite his promise, Rodimus Prime did not return in the course of the ''Headmasters'' cartoon. He did, however, come back from his journey in [[The Headmasters issue 8|the final chapter]] of the comic.

===Trivia===
*The devastation of Cybertron is probably the single most famous event from the ''Headmasters'' anime, and is well-known even among those fans who have not seen the series themselves. The planet would later show up seemingly unscathed by the time of ''[[Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2]]'', and its rebuilding was depicted decades later in ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]''.
*On occasion, people wonder why Rodimus did not give Fortress the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] when he made him leader. Well, for no real reason, that's just not really how things work in Japan—there are fewer Supreme Commanders who have held the Matrix than there are those who haven't.
*It had been speculated for years that the planet Rodimus goes out to find is [[Micro]], because when Rodimus returns years later in ''[[Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]'', he is a [[Micromaster]]. The ''[[Transformers 2015 Tailgate/G1 Mini-Con Chapter|Transformers Legends]]'' comic would eventually confirm this.
*Mindwipe doesn't seem to like [[bolt-bat|bats]]. Hmm.
*Horrid pun: Razorclaw asks if Shouki is 正気 ("sane", and which is pronounced "shouki"). The Autobot simply replies "I'm Shouki".
*Years later, the authors of the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] would utilize the destruction of Cybertron in this episode as an in-universe way to explain [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|this highly convoluted thing]]. See [[Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 22, 2015|this]] and [[Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#July 19, 2015|this]] for details.

===Foreign localization===
'''English'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Crisis on Cyberton, Part 2'''" {{sic}} ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 20]], [[1992]]
::*The Omni Productions dialogue script included on the R2 release of the ''Headmasters'' series gives the episode title as "Crisis on Cybertons Part Two".
::**Shouki, rather than Raiden, is identified as "Grimlock" in this script. Razorclaw and Soundblaster are still identified as "Sogo" and "Puda", respectively. Divebomb is referred to as "Bo".

:*''Title:'' "'''Planet Cybertron Is in Grave Danger: Part 2'''" ([[Shout! Factory]] sub)
::*The review of the last episode shown before the title card is omitted.
::*The bombs' countdown in "minutes" is at first translated as "cycles" and then as "clicks" onward.

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Wēijī Lóngzhào xià de Sāibótǎn (Xià)'''" (危机笼罩下的塞伯坦(下), "Cybertron under the Shadow of Crisis, Part II")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Crisis en el Planeta Cybertron, Segunda Parte'''" ("Crisis on the Planet Cybertron, Second Part")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cybertron è in pericolo - Parte 2'''" ("Cybertron is in danger - Part 2")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|omni}}
;Laserdisc
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1996 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2002 — ''Transformers: The Headmasters'' — DVD Box ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — The Takara Collection Vol 1 — ''Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Takara Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers: Headmasters'' ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Japan Generation 1'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Transformers Japanese Collection: Headmasters'' ([[Shout! Factory]]) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2012 — ''Transformers: The Japanese Collection'' (Shout! Factory) — Japanese audio with optional English subtitles only.

[[Category:The Headmasters episodes]]

Chaar

2021-03-03T13:01:17Z

GomessQ: /* The Headmasters cartoon */

{{disambig3|Chaar}}
[[File:Chaar EstablishingShot.jpg|center|800px|thumb|The original inhabitants were very big on domes.]]
'''Chaar''' is the planet where the [[Decepticon]]s settled after being driven from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. It is a burned-out, barren husk of a planet. The planet is far from dead, however; in its caves lurk [[energy leech (species)|energy leech]]es and a [[Chaar spider|monstrous spider]]. It has at least one metal moon and what seems to be a blue-white sun.

{{quote|Our charts don't show any planets in that sector... no, wait, here it is. I thought it was a smudge on the screen.|[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] finds Chaar on the galactic map|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Chaar City.JPG|upright=1.3|left|thumb|Sure the rent's low, but would you want Galvatron as your landlord? Or Soundwave as your neighbor? And you know the Predacons are just gonna mess up your yard.]]
After the battle against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in [[2005]], the [[Autobot]]s successfully drove away all the Decepticons occupying [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. With [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] missing, the Decepticons became directionless and chose to seek refuge on the burned-out world of Chaar. Starved of [[energon]], they were reduced to scrounging for scraps. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] visited the planet in search of kidnapped Autobots and found their old foes in this sorry state. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} While [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] went to retrieve Galvatron from his resting place on [[Thrull]], the rest of the Decepticons were recruited by the [[Quintesson]]s to take part in an assault on Cybertron. Thus when Galvatron arrived on Chaar, the only one left to greet him was [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], who explained what had happened. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

Reinvigorated, the Decepticons gradually transformed the planet into a suitable place to live, {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} though some ruins still littered the landscape. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}} The Decepticons made use of the damaged buildings, even for delicate medical procedures. {{storylink|Webworld}} Eventually a substantial portion of the planet was [[Eco-structuring|altered]] to be Cybertron-like. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

Not even Chaar was safe from the [[Hate Plague]], and Galvatron found himself the only Decepticon left uninfected. A group of Autobots led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived there in search of the samples of [[Impervious alloy|an alloy]] stolen earlier by the Decepticons. Galvatron guided them through one of Chaar's caverns, infested with many examples of the planet's native wildlife, until they found the storehouse containing the metal. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}
{{--}}

====''Robotmasters''====
The Autobot [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] resided on Chaar before coming to Earth to be [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s bodyguard in 2004. {{storylink|Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket's ''Robotmasters'' toy bio}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
[[File:GreatCassetteOp Chaar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
The Decepticons continued to use Chaar as a base of operation into [[2011]], {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} although by then it had lost both its moons and was considerably more desolate. The Decepticons operated out of a single small city, though their facilities were sufficient to reconstruct [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] as Soundblaster after he was killed. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[File:ExplosionMarsMegaZarak Chaar base.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The planet apparently occasionally experienced heavy fog, such as when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] arrived to report to Galvatron. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Their security was not particularly efficient however, as demonstrated when [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] managed to sneak through the [[space bridge]] and spy on a Decepticon meeting. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} The Decepticon ranks were also infiltrated by the Autobot [[Punch (G1)|Punch]]. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} The Decepticon early warning system ''was'' sufficient to detect the incoming [[Horrorcon (G1)|Horrorcons]] though. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

The Decepticons continued to use their planet as a base of operations though their quest for power would see them occasionally leaving the planet to carry out tasks on other worlds, such as when they went to [[Master (planet)|Master]] to forge the [[Zarak Shield]]. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Following a failed attempt to destroy [[Earth]], {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}} the Decepticon main force abandoned that world completely and consolidated on Chaar. They continued to operate from there as they battled the Autobots based on [[Athenia]]. {{storylink|TV Magazine|TV Magazine prose epilogue}}
{{--}}

====''Victory''====
The [[Dinoforce]] hailed from Chaar. {{storylink|Dinoforce|Dinoforce's toy bios}}

===The Big Broadcast of 2006===
{{NoteMarvelBB2006}}
By the year [[2006]], the Decepticons under [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s command had claimed Chaar as their home base of operations. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Once a populated planet, Charr became a barren wasteland crisscrossed by lava flows as a result of natural disaster. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #8}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Chaar is a world within the once mighty [[Decepticon Empire]], ruled by [[Strika (Animated)|General Strika]]. [[Team Chaar]] is stationed there. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===''Knights of Unicron''===
The Trypticon Dinobase, located on Planet Chaar, was the eighth venue for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. The planet also inspired the title of their studio album, "Bot Out of Chaar". {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
The [[Quintesson Judge]] [[Deseeus]] was based on Chaar, meeting there with [[Doubledealer]] who had captured the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' at Deseeus' command. When it became clear that Deseeus would not be paying Doubledealer and his crew, they aided the Autobots in escaping Chaar. The Autobots quickly flew away from the planet, unaware that Doubledealer had already sold out their position to Megatron. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

==Notes==
[[File:Chaar concept art.jpg|thumb|upright=1|It's a pretty rough place. No, literally.]]
*[[Floro Dery]]'s original design for Chaar was considerably more gnarly and sinister-looking than the version that made it to screen. The planet was jagged (its moon even more so) and had those weird rocky rings similar to the ones that appeared around [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. The caption on Dery's production art describes Chaar as, "a burned-out, Hellish and God-forsaken planet".<ref>http://www.etsy.com/listing/168663286/space-carrier-planet-chaar-signed-print?ref=shop_home_active</ref>
[[File:BurdenHardest Chaar and moons.jpg|thumb|upright=1|The Decepticons broke Chaar while Galvatron was away and tried replacing it with Cybertron, hoping he wouldn't notice.]]
*It's not clear there was a final design for the planet; Chaar hardly ever appears the same way twice on screen. In [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3|one case]], it's portrayed by a stock shot of [[Goo 8739B|the planet Goo]]; [[The Burden Hardest to Bear|another time]], it's shown looking like [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself.
*The image at the top of this article is the very first establishing shot of Chaar, animated with an absurdly fast simultaneous sunrise/moonset. The two bodies pass into and out of frame in about five seconds. Then later in [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1|the same episode]], another establishing shot shows the moon stationary in the sky. Make of that what you will.
*According to the audio description on the DVD release of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', the crash site of the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' is on Chaar.
*The spelling "Chaar" (two As, one R) was first revealed in the Marvel Comics adaptation of ''[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]''. Years later, the same spelling was found in internal [[Sunbow Productions]] documents, such as the [[dialogue script]]s. This means that the planet's official spelling has been known since 1988... yet "Charr" still persists in the [[fandom]] to this day, even cropping up in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' guidebook. Oh well.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jaar''' (ジャール ''Jāru'')<ref>ジャール is [[Romanization|romanized]] on a computer screen in "[[Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!]]" as "Jarl". Even so, "Jaar" is preferred due to its closer similarity to "Chaar".</ref>
*''English:'' '''Jolo''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chaar''' (查尔 ''Cháěr'')
*''Russian:'' '''Yurona''' (Юрона)
*''Spanish:'' '''Estrella Mortis''' (American ''The Headmasters'')

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