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Lug (IDW)

2026-02-28T10:32:31Z

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{{disambig2|the treasure hunter|the Nebulan Headmaster|Lug (G1)}}
:''Lug is a [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:LugIDW.jpg|right|thumb|300px|At first she was essentially Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense.]]
A geologist born on Cybertron, '''Lug''' and her [[Conjunx Endura]], [[Anode]], did not stick around for the war, and instead began adventuring the galaxy, their treasure-hunting leading them to places such as the Terralese Acid Wastes, the Nightmare Spires, Killtopia, and [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], all of which Lug deems less dangerous than Cybertron. Being the much more cautious of the two, Lug often tries, and fails, to stop Anode from leading them to danger. But such is the life with Anode, and Lug wouldn't have it any other way. She transforms into a backpack, which allows Anode to carry her around, and stores multiple tools for archaeology in her chest. She likes [[mood pipes]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|''Lost Light'' #1]]}}

'''Lug of [[Celestica Tetracornacapria]]''' {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} was born on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before the war, and was friends with the blacksmith [[Wipe-Out]]. At some point of time, Lug met Anode, and Anode met Lug with the two eventually becoming [[Conjunx Endura]]. Like everyone else on Golden Age Cybertron, the two were born assigned male. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}} She was one of the many 'bots to abandon the planet due to the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and swore never to return. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} While travelling the stars, the two met several alien races with both male and female genders and came to realize they were more comfortable as "she". While Anode had her body rebuilt into a more feminine form, Lug opted to keep her old body. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}}

During their travels Lug and Anode met many dangers together, but they got separated when Anode went on to train in her profession at a [[Lighthouse|Camien medical facility]]. Some time later, Anode left Caminus and came back to Lug. Anode told her that she missed her too much, and that's why she quit. Lug would come to feel tremendous guilt for the event, thinking that she had ruined Anode's career.
{{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

[[File:LL1 Lug.jpg|left|upright=2.4|thumb|I just give up. I'm an old backpack vendor. I give gifts.]]
Five hundred years ago, Lug and Anode travelled to [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] at the request of their mysterious client, the "[[Adaptus|Grand Architect]]", to retrieve a metallic snowflake-like object. They found themselves being attacked by a [[Decepticon]] [[Cybernought]]; although Anode successfully deployed a forcefield, Lug was still convinced they were going to die. The time-travelling [[Mortilus|Necrobot]] arrived, attempting to rescue them both from what would have been their presumed deaths (as was his habit).

After recovering from the time jump in a stasis capsule, Anode awoke on the [[Necroworld]], and suggested to Lug that they'd been rescued. They were informed of recent events they had missed by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. After this, the two were met by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], who asked them some nonsensical questions under the guise of "background checks". After Anode was alarmed by hearing [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]]'s name uttered by Swerve, the duo attempted to leave by way of the [[Teleport chamber|teleporter]], but were stopped by [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Drift (G1)|Drift]].

When Rodimus and a small group of Transformers decided to use the teleporter to head back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pick up another ship, Anode stayed behind with the other time-displaced Cybertronians. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} After repairing diplomatic relations following Anode's insulting of Ultra Magnus, Lug sat by the Memorial to the Disappeared and played some music to relax before Anode tracked her down. The two discussed their plans for the future and whether or not they owed the Autobots anything, before [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] interrupted the discussion by being violently thrown into the memorial by [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]. When Anode tried to calm the minibot, he backhanded her, sending her flying, and to be impaled on a piece of debris. Panicking, Lug called for help and [[Kaput]] soon arrived. Lug was by Anode's bedside when she awoke and watched as Velocity tried (and failed) to perform a citizen's arrest on Anode for stealing from Caminus before the medic demanded to discuss the [[Lighthouse]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 2: Anomie|Anomie}}

Anode explained she was a [[blacksmith]] and the "snowflake" recovered from Luna 2 was a piece of [[Living metal|sentio metallico]], but that she hadn't stolen any as the records said. She'd falsified them to have a pretext to leave the planet. Realizing that she'd been left in the dark about this, Lug rushed out of the room, {{storylink|Dissolution Part 3: A World Misplaced|A World Misplaced}} and fled back to the memorial. Anode followed her back and Lug confessed her feelings of betrayal as she'd always believed ''she'' was the reason that Anode had abandoned her apprenticeship. Anode revealed the role she'd played in the death of a [[protoform]] and faked a theft as an excuse to flee despite her co-workers being understanding and sympathetic. Lug believed that Anode needed to feel hated for what she'd done. Anode offered an apology but when she looked up, Lug was gone...{{storylink|Dissolution Part 4: Bad Moon Rising|Bad Moon Rising}}

...because Lug hadn't ever ''been'' with her on Necroworld. She was just a hallucination that Anode had developed as a result of timesickness; a look at the security camera footage showed Anode exiting her [[stasis pod]] alone and talking to thin air. A despondent Anode checked the names on the Memorial to the Disappeared and mournfully concluded that Lug had not survived the explosion the Necrobot had saved her from. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 5: Modes of Production|Modes of Production}}

[[File:This Machine Kills Fascists - Lug Mark 2.jpg|right|upright=1.2|thumb|''She lives, she dies, she lives again!'']]
A disheartened Anode was taken by Kaput, [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]], and Velocity to where Lug's memorial flowers grew on Necroworld, and Kaput, having made a hobby of studying Censere's archives, explained that after saving Anode he had returned to find Lug barely still alive, allowing him to perform the [[Rites of Transition]] on her. Anode's explosive fury at the violation of her friend's lack of religiousness was cut off by Kaput's continuing: when the Necrobot found someone ''before'' they died, he would transfer the last flicker of their actual Spark into one of his flowers...a flower Kaput now offered to Anode. It only took a moment for Anode to realize the possibilities this and the sentio metallico, returned to her by Nautica, opened, and she bolted for the Necrobot's fortress.

Reaching a laboratory, she recruited Kaput into helping her transfer the Spark-flicker into the sentio metallico to create a protoform, noting that in principle it was no different than an assisted birth. The process seemed to go smoothly, until the new protoform's temperature began to precipitously drop, reminding Anode of her past failings at her calling—failings she determined not to repeat, as she desperately worked to save/revive her friend...successfully, as later she showed off her "new backpack" jubilantly to the returning [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}} After Lug regrew, Anode confessed the truth about the Lighthouse to her. After the two made up and shared an embrace on the field, Lug went to make friends, leading her to play with Roller. She was later part of the group that left Necroworld aboard the deceased [[Skip (IDW)|Skip]]. {{storylink|After Megatron (A Dissolution Epilogue)|After Megatron}}

[[File:AnAxeToBreakTheIce-survivalpresent.jpg|left|upright=2.4|thumb|These two would do well to take Koholint Island off of their list of anniversary travel options.]]
When the Rod Squad took a stop at [[Troja Major]]'s [[Howling Town]], Lug and Anode joined Velocity and Nautica in traversing the town. Nautica found them irritating, complaining how Lug's and Anode's detours slowed them down. Lug was complicit in Anode stealing [[mood pipe]]s from a [[Rust Giant]]. After fleeing for their lives, she received the stolen item as a survival gift from her conjunx, and was successfully enamored. Lug commented on how much the market had changed in the past five centuries which Velocity explained was due to a spiritual ley line the market was built on, leading Troja Major to a rebranding as the bereavement capital of the galaxy. After Nautica shooed away a [[Catharsian]] merchant praying on Lug, she followed Anode on the trail of some [[Living metal|sentio metallico]].

The couple found [[Infinite|a newborn mech]] (with a coffin alternate mode) before they were ambushed by the [[Black Block Consortia]]. When Anode refused to step aside however, Lug tackled her to safety which allowed the Consortia a clean shot at the newborn, killing him. As Anode grieved, their old friend Wipe-Out made himself known and spirited the two away to a bar where the three of them could compare notes. After the femmes explained their new genders, Wipe-Out explained the seeming hunt for [[blacksmith]]s and who the Black Block Consortia was. When the trio concluded the Grand Architect was on their tail again, they tried to cheese it only for his troops to teleport into the bar. {{storylink|An Axe to Break the Ice}} After Anode had thoroughly embarrassed herself thinking [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] was the Grand Architect, she turned to jet mode and flew Lug and Wipe-Out to safety. Returning to the funeral compound where they'd found the mysterious mech, Lug stood off to the side while Wipe-Out realized the mech had been able to turn into virtually anything before they got a call from Velocity. When the trio arrived, Nautica's super-sized alternate mode burst out of the building before the group made a brisk getaway. {{storylink|Chasing the Infinite}}

Back aboard Skip, Lug helped Anode engage in a prank war with Swerve by repainting herself and pretending to be Swerve's biggest fan, saying she would start "Swervecon", and she witnessed Swerve's retaliation when Velocity called Anode in for a medical exam to inform her she had a "second head" in her rear armature. Anode, furious at the false scare, thus upped the ante. Lug chatted with [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] while the two held a datapad, but she had to help pull a magnetized Anode off Ultra Magnus's front as the hijinks conflict continued, so Lug had to pull her off with all her might. This act threw herself to the ground and her beloved into a grief-stricken [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]], who attempted to cut her down where she knelt. Anode managed to somersault out of the way, so the blade cut across [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind's]] chest instead. The ship erupting in chaos, Lug also had a moment of pause when [[Ten]] unexpectedly spoke.
{{storylink|Sardines}}

On Ten's instructions, the crew modified the ship so they could jump through "compressed space" and get to a [[Mederi]] center so they could save the ailing [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]. However, as Skip was contracting in on them as his body returned to regular size, Anode and the others were forced to abandon ship and were subsequently exposed to compressed space, seemingly killing them and bringing them to the [[Transformer afterlife|Afterspark]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (1): Metastasis|Metastasis}} Not entirely concerned or convinced that they were dead, Anode and Lug went straight to stealing soft [[ununtrium]] from a temple, which earned them a scolding from Nautica. The couple then went for the giant [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] floating in the Afterspark's sky to see what they could pillage from it. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (2): The God War|The God War}} What they didn't realize however was that the "Afterspark" was in fact the original Mederi center, designed by the [[Omega Guardian]]s to euthanize its patients by generating illusions that made them happy and ready to "ascend". As Anode and Lug gathered under the Matrix so they could "ascend", Rodimus and his group destroyed Mederi's power source, shattering the illusion. Before the team could figure out where to go from there, they were approached by an army of [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeaters]] created from the crews of the ''[[Lost Light]]''. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}}

After Rodimus recognized the Sparkeaters as ''Lost Light'' crew, Anode questioned whether they were actually a threat. Discussion ensued as to what to do until [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] was attacked by Sparkeater-[[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]]. When [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] was dropped from high altitude into the attackers to cut them down, Lug exclaimed to Anode that "this isn't normal!" After the group's subsequent retreat from the Sparkeaters and team-up with allies aboard Wipe-Out's Q-class ship, Anode and her Conjunx joined the armed boarding team, using said vessel to land on the ''Lost Light'', and followed Rodimus off the ship into the ''Lost Light's'' shuttle bay. Almost immediately all the doors began shutting around them, cutting off Rodimus and Cyclonus from the others. Then the ship's oil reservoir poured on top of them, the ship's oil reservoir filled entirely with scraplets, causing Anode to have a panic attack. Lug tried reassuring her as those same Scraplets, merged into one, showed themselves. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 1): A Dance Before Dying|A Dance Before Dying}}

Anode feared that the scraplets were going to eat the team, but Ultra Magnus tried to reassure them by pointing out scraplets didn't actually have a digestive system. After Grimlock's attempt to slay the creatures didn't succeed, Anode, Lug, and Drift were grabbed by the scraplets, before they turned their attention on Whirl. As the scraplets turned out to be the adoptees of Whirl, they all survived and reunited with Rodimus and Cyclonus, just in time for space to tear itself a new one. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} The rift sucked in the ''Lost Light'', depositing it in what according to Lug's reading of the navicomp was the Benzene Cluster, now filled with duplicate Cybertrons. With the engines drained, the crew disembarked, and Anode used her metallurgical skills to analyse the planet, finding it "tasted" new. Almost immediately, several Black Block Consortia ships showed up, and the troops held everyone at gunpoint, ready to shoot them dead before some quick talking on Nautica's part got them transported to a cell instead. Their host insisted on Rodimus taking a small delegation, but Rodimus counter-insisted on taking everyone, Lug included. Lug pointed out Mederi had followed them through the rift, and remarked after Rodimus comment that the rift was resealing itself that perhaps it may not have been a rift, and instead a way of bringing Mederi to where they were now. From their cell, the team witnessed the end result of the Grand Architect's plan, which was to use five copies of Cybertron as a "God Gun" to drill through into another universe in order to fight an other-dimensional intruder. As everyone watched, a fleet of ships poured through from the Functionist universe, led by Megatron. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 3): Farsickness|Farsickness}}

As it quickly transpired, Megatron was not the enemy the Grand Architect had been preparing for. Rather, it was Functionist Cybertron, engineered into a representation of Primus himself, an alt-mode that Riptide pondered when Cybertron had ever had, which Lug uncertainly suggested was "since now?" Megatron explained over the [[Time phone|phone]] to Rodimus that this Primus-like form had been an end goal of the Functionists, a homeworld, avatar, and galactic deathbringer for their genocide against non-Cybertronian life. As the alternate Cybertron destroyed the God Gun, Rodimus and Megatron bickered, until the Grand Architect revealed himself. Megatron had his ship shoot out the Worldsweeper's windows, sucking several of Team Rodimus, Lug among them, out into space, where Megatron had them pulled in. As Megatron exposited on what he'd been up to, the Magnificence chimed in with its proposal, that they destroy the Functionist Primus, prompting Anode to point out how selective it was being with its interjections. However, Megatron revealed a complication: They ''couldn't'' destroy the alternate Cybertron, since it was still populated. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}}

As everyone rejoined onboard the ''Lost Light'', the Magnificence spoke up again, revealing there was a way to defeat the Functionists; have Rung create three Matrixes and unleash them inside the fake Primus' brain, cog and spark chamber. Cyclonus, not willing to sacrifice Tailgate to this plan, vetoed it, so an alternative plan was suggested, of using more Matrixes to overload Vector Sigma, purging the Council entirely. Anode suggested using Cybertron's Hot Spots as the attack sites, and Lug asked if it was even possible for Rung to make that many. However, the Magnificence objected to this plan, revealing itself to be the voice of the Omega Guardians, wishing to use the false Primus's destruction to return to the corporeal universe and devour it. Then Nickel crushed the Magnificence, shutting them up, and leaving the ''Lost Light'' crew to save the universe themselves. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}}

[[File:ASparkAmongEmbers-smoochy.jpg|left|upright=2.4|thumb|All set for a tête-à-tête with a rad brunette.]]
Part one of that involved finding a way to get the fake Primus to turn back into a planet so they could access the Hot Spots, a problem fortunately solved by the timely arrival of Luna-1 hitting it in the back of the head. With one of the twelve Matrixes provided by Rung in his last act, Anode and Lug (and Wipe-Out) went to Sansaw Sanserre, where the Functionist Council's goons were waiting for them. Facing them down, the two exchanged a [[kiss]] and a mutual declaration of love. However, a new problem presented itself, as the Matrixes refused to open. Rodimus gave the teams a pep talk as they were besieged from all sides, which proved enough to get Lug to open her Matrix as Anode watched. With that, the Council were annihilated and the universe saved. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

[[File:ASparkAmongEmbers-Lug,_a_Matrix_Bearer_and_her_beloved_adventurer_Anode.jpg|right|upright=1.2|thumb|Therapy is one hell of a drug.]]
In the aftermath, Anode and Lug joined the ''Lost Light'' crew on their "victory lap", before the ship was to be decommissioned. On the way, Brainstorm, Nautica and Perceptor conducted an experiment to duplicate the ship in another universe, where they would be free to explore forever. In "[[Swerve's]]", the two sat at the bar and talked with Bluestreak, before Anode suggested what to do next: Settle down on Luna 1 and raise some kids, to which Lug clinked her glass with Anode's. As everyone departed, Lug called out to everyone to keep in touch, before she and Anode made their own way.

Despite Lug's promise, however, neither she or Anode attended Ratchet's funeral in the far future, after he died of age-related burnout.

Meanwhile, in another corner of the multiverse, the experiment produced a duplicate ''Lost Light'', with its own version of Anode and Lug, ready to set off into the unknown. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Lug worked with [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] when they instructed the newly forged [[Gauge]] about their efforts in architectural design. {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Lug, an Autobot xenogeologist, mirthfully accompanied her spouse Anode, acting as her toolkit and pack. She was an expert in the risks of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian regions]] and had a die-hard dedication to the safety of Anode and to science. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Notes==
*Lug's [[transformation]] scheme is patterned on ''[[Rewind_(G1)#Titans_Return|Titans Return Rewind]].
*"Lug" is a type of {{w|electrical connector}}, linking the character's name with Anode's.
**Its also a verb meaning to carry, like one would with a backpack. Her alternate mode! Double meaning!
*Lug and Anode in ''Lost Light'', as trans lesbians, were developed with the consultation of [[Rachel Stevens]].<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2018/03/a-sit-down-with-transformers-lost-lights-rachel-stevens/|site=Women Write Write About Comics|title=Trans Voices: A Sit Down with Transformers Lost Light’s Rachel Stevens|name=Rachel Stevens|quote=It helped that it was, in Lost Light’s case, about two trans lesbians, because I’m one myself, and I could consult directly based on my own experiences. Several of my suggestions as a consultant weren’t used, but that’s perfectly okay–either I’ll use them sometime down the road, or someone else will.|year=2018|month=03|day=13}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Archaeologists]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Geologists]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots]]
[[Category:Transgender characters]]

Kranix (G1)

2015-10-24T00:54:43Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Generation 1'' Lithone|the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] scientist|Kranix (ROTDS)}}
:''Kranix is a [[Lithone (species)|Lithone]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Kranix TFUniverse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"The ships! Get to the ships, it's our only... Wait, I'M a ship!"]]
'''Kranix''' is the last survivor of the consumed planet [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]]. Well-versed in the art of combat, the friar warrior Kranix has an advanced artificial intelligence, possessing a full range of emotion. But unlike his companion [[Arblus]], this emotion does not cripple him with fear. Rather, he's friendly and polite, seeming almost human.

That is, until his present situation, which has carved a faultline in his chivalrous exterior.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Norman Alden]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)
[[File:TFTMKranixArblus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|Kranix is the one carrying the flasks.]]
On the planet Lithone, Arblus and Kranix were either friends with or the assistants to [[Lithone scientist|a scientist]]. The pair brought the scientist a couple of fluid-filled vials while he worked, although Kranix was the only one to do any carrying (lazy Arblus). Unfortunately, the building shook, sending the chemicals to the floor.

It wasn't seismic activity, however — running to a nearby window, the Lithones saw it was the menace they knew as [[Unicron]]! Kranix compelled his companions to get to the escape ships, but only the one he was on managed to escape his planet's destruction, as Arblus's shuttle was caught in Unicron's pull as he finished his destruction of the planet itself. After Lithone was destroyed, Kranix somehow became a prisoner on [[Quintessa]], the home of the dreaded [[Quintesson]]s and [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]].

Not long afterward, the [[Autobot]]s [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] were placed in the cell next to Kranix. Kranix told them of the Quintessons and his planet's demise, but would not enjoy their company long, for Quintesson guards soon came to take Kranix to his fate, while he plead for mercy, as he was the last survivor of his planet (to anyone's knowledge). Over the plank above the Sharkticon pit, Kranix protested the mockery of justice that the Quintessons represented in their so-called court. He was then sentenced to death by the Quintesson judges and fed to the Sharkticons and eaten by them. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Kranix’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]]."}}

====''The Transformers: The Movie'' comic====
When Unicron attacked the planet Lithone, he devoured it by emitting a corrosive mist. Arblus was dissolved and eaten by the mist, but Kranix was able to transform into a spaceship and escape. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} He was inevitably captured by the Quintessons, at which point he was tried and fed to the Sharkticons. {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' continuity===
Kranix and Arblus could do nothing but watch as their world was consumed by the recently awakened Unicron. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}

===''Knights of Unicron''===

The Kranix Memorial Stadium, located on Planet Lithone, was the nineteenth venue for the [[Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour.{{storylink|Knights of Unicron}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{Spoiler|Transformers: Devastation|November 6, 2015}}
Kranix (apparently a Cybertronian in this continuity) lived a simple life in Tagon Heights on Cybertron before becoming part of the crew of the [[Proudstar|Proudstar]], traveling the galaxy cyberforming planets, such as [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]] even injecting [[Ore-13]] into its core. These planets would find future use as Cybertronian colonies. He was proud of this mission, that is until a dark pallor fell over the ship. Many of his fellow crew mates changed, even the noble Nova Prime seemed to be driven more by ego rather than his righteous mission.

This came to a head when Nova Prime selected an [[Earth|inhabited planet]] for his causes. though disgusted by its [[human|non mechanical inhabitants]] he felt that had as much right to live as any and secretly sabotaged the Proudstar to collide with the planet when its cyberforming protocols were initiated. Praying that [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] wouldn't find his treachery he planned to make his escape back to Lithone.
{{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

==Toys==
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===Transformers (2010)===
[[File:TF2010-toy Kranix.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Unicron''' (Supreme, 2011)

:Kranix is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Dead End (Armada)#Toys|Dead End]] figure, coming with [[Unicron]] and coloured in homage of his original form. Kranix transforms into a mechanical "moon" with a cannon, and can fit into a specially-shaped socket on Unicron's planet form to act as a turret.

:This mold was used to make [[Dead End Drone|Bug Drone]] and [[Dead End General|Bug General]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Mini-Con/Kranix/kranix.htm More information on Kranix at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*In a very early draft of ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Lithone was a planet of living rock creatures, and Kranix was named '''G'''ranix (from "granite", you get it?). Although this was amended for later drafts, one or two instances of this original spelling made it through the spell-check, into a much later version of the script, puzzling fans for over a decade.
*It is never revealed within the film how Kranix ended up on Quintessa after escaping Unicron. A deleted line of dialogue explained that the Quintessons hunted down those who escaped the wrath of Unicron and put them on trial, with the sentence always being the same—'''death!''' In the same draft that had the Lithones as rock creatures, meanwhile, Kranix had actually come to Quintessa on a scientific expedition.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kranix''' (クラニクス ''Kuranikusu'')

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Nova Prime

2015-10-24T00:15:42Z

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{{disambig3|Nova Prime}}
{{disambig2|the undead Prime from the IDW Generation 1 continuity who is also known as Nemesis Prime|other evil primes|Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)}}

:''Nova Prime is a [[Transformer]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He was formerly known as '''Nova Major''' and for a time was known as '''Nemesis Prime'''.''

[[File:Novaprime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Furmanism|Ahead, hovering, like some vast, predatory bird...]]]]
'''Nova Prime''' was the predecessor to [[Nominus Prime]]. An expansionist and a supremacist, Nova Prime believed that [[Transformer]]s were the greatest among all life forms and that they should bring their glory to the myriad of lesser races throughout the universe.

After being sucked into the [[Dead Universe]], Nova was chosen to be the host for [[Darkness (G1)|the Darkness]], an otherworldly counterpart of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] which worked by transforming the inhabitants of the Dead Universe into [[Zombie|undead wielders of anti-life]]. Upon merging, Nova was reborn as the sinister and extremely powerful '''Nemesis Prime'''. He now sees it as his mission to fulfil the Darkness' imperative by expanding the Dead Universe's hold into the living realm.

Nemesis may seem to hold sway over both his troops and the Darkness, but nothing could be further from the truth. The powerful [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] sees the Darkness as his rightful inheritance. And then, there is the fear. The fear that the Darkness has more in common with the Matrix than Nemesis is comfortable with. He feels he has earned this power, and isn't willing to see it follow its natural path. It is for this reason he must eliminate Optimus Prime. And it is for this reason he fears to face his successor.

{{bigquote|''Nova was forever seeking, forever testing the limits of science and faith. He had a certain moral...ambiguity about the Cybertronian ideal''.|[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]|"[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
{{quote|'''I AM THE LEGACY OF PRIMUS!'''|Nova Prime|"[[Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things]]"}}

Long ago in [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] past, there was a [[First Cybertronian Civil War|great war]] (no, not [[Great War (G1)|that one]]) and Nova Major fought for his tribe's leader [[Prima (G1)|Prima]]. Ten million years ago, Prima flew the coop and Nova was left as the last soldier standing at the Siege of the [[Citadel of Light]] until [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] arrived out of the wilderness. The two fought against the beast hordes and drove them back, turning the siege into a by-word for courage. [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], the last Prime on the planet, was the one who brought them together in the hope that they could end the war.

Realizing the Primes were gone, Nova went out and united the tribes (starting with [[Rhinox (BW)|the beasts]]) to create a unified Cybertronian society, one for all Cybertronians and where everyone would be "[[functionism|in their place]]." Trion later claimed that this did not sound sinister at the time.

[[File:PrimusAllGoodThings-introdump.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"I, '''Nova Prime''', stand ready to use my '''homage''' powers to enforce a pleasing '''metafictionality!'''"]]

With Trion's blessing, Nova took the mantle of Prime. {{storylink|The Crucible}} With the war over, he and his closest friends and advisors Galvatron, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]], and [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] went on a quest in Cybertron's underground, hoping to rediscover the lost principles of their gods, the [[Guiding Hand]]. Nova found the Hand's old home: [[Crystal City]], with its guardian [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Omega joined Nova's crew and they worked to bring about the legendary [[Golden Age]]. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}}

Soon, Nova's ambition grew and he secretly began planning the [[Expansion]], the Cybertronian conquest of the universe. Obsessed with the Hand's prophecy that "[['Til all are one|all shall be one]]", he intended to enslave all other lifeforms in order to "free" them from their individual wills and make them part of something greater—Nova's empire. He formed the [[Primal Vanguard]] for off-world peacekeeping and began work on the first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', claiming it was meant for trade and exploration when it was in truth the first step of the Expansion. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}} {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} However, his plans hit a snag when [[Vector Sigma]]'s flow of new [[spark]]s began to cease. Fearing that his Expansion would be impossible with a limited population of Cybertronians at his disposal, Nova had a team of scientists led by [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]] tap into the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and use its power to create new life, a process that was covered up as a "population augmentation program" that made use of [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|"spark splicing"]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} Nova Prime also wished to evolve Cybertronians in preparation for their destiny as rulers of the universe, and against Omega's wishes, he had Jhiaxus re-engineer [[Pretender Monster|six Transformers]] to be able to [[Combiner|combine]] into a being of higher intellect and strength, in hopes of uncovering the secret of [[Nexus Prime (Classics)|Nexus Prime]]'s [[Enigma of Combination]]. However they were driven mad by the merging, and they devolved into [[Monstructor (G1)|a monster]] that tore through Crystal City before they were stopped. Nova didn't care about the destruction though, feeling the city had outlived its usefulness. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} {{storylink|The Crucible}}

Nova Prime and his closest comrades boarded the ''Ark'' to enact the Expansion, making their way to the [[Benzuli Expanse]] where they discovered a portal to the [[Dead Universe]]. Seeing it as just ''another'' universe to conquer, Nova ordered the ship to pass through, not worried at all by the fact that the portal itself was pulling them in. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} The ship never reappeared and the crew was presumed dead, but Nova's aggressive intentions never came to light, and the Transformers honored his memory with a statue. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} The Matrix he once carried remained on Cybertron, hidden in the [[Undergrid]] {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}}, with a fake one (that everyone believed was real) left behind for his successor, [[Nominus Prime]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Meanwhile, his population expansion had left Cybertron with energon shortages and caused an outburst of racism, complete with a period of apartheid, against the constructed Transformers created by his spark splicing program. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}

[[File:Jhiaxusnemesisprimedevastation.jpg|left|thumb|Not even a toy yet and he's already got a [[black repaint]].]]
The Prime was thought dead but countless years later, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] downloaded himself into [[infraspace]] to survive an attack from [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]], he sensed the presence of Nova Prime... and was filled with an incredible sense of dread. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}} These feelings led Optimus Prime to seek information from Omega Supreme, and shared with him his belief that Nova might still be alive, and his feelings of dread. In turn, Omega told Optimus of Nova's story, and later learned of Monstructor. Optimus was left with the knowledge that the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] lineage had been corrupt from the start, and it gave the Autobot leader something to ponder about. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

It was later learned that Optimus Prime's assessment was right: Nova Prime was still functioning, though in a strange half-dead state in the [[Dead Universe]], and was now the fearsome figure known as Nemesis Prime, powered by the almighty mind-altering anti-Matrix, the [[Darkness (G1)|Darkness]], which ruled the Dead Universe. His grand plan, the Expansion, was now intended to merge the Dead Universe with the real one, allowing him to both return home at long last ''and'' direct the merged universe into a new, more ''ordered'' era.

He already had an outpost and minions on [[Gorlam Prime]], ready to direct his coming Expansion. He had [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] captured by [[Sports Car Patrol|some of his minions]] and programmed {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} to assassinate Optimus Prime at a set time, {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}, as he subconsciously knew the Darkness would behave like the Matrix and jump from him to Optimus if given the chance. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

With that secured, Nemesis Prime decided that the Expansion was ready to begin. He dispatched [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in a mission to secure [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], kill the Autobots guarding him, and bring the [[Pretender]] to the Dead Universe. Galvatron secured Thunderwing, but spared the Autobots, viewing it as a small rebellion against Nova. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}} After observing the [[Reaper]]s about to destroy [[Earth]], he ordered Galvatron there to stop them, since the Earth was part of their expansion plan. {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}} Galvatron performed his task well, but Prime remarked to Jhiaxus that he was aware that Galvatron had his own agendas and secrets. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

After [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] secured the [[Nega-Core]] and activated its guardian, Nemesis Prime initiated the [[Expansion]] with the rest of the [[Dead Universe]] crew. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Nemesis Prime was found by Jhiaxus on the remains of the ''Ark'', thinking back on old times and planning for the future. Upon receiving the latest intelligence on both Cyclonus and Nightbeat, he dismissed the former and requested Jhiaxus take care of the Nightbeat situation personally. When Jhiaxus reported Nightbeat's death, Nemesis was unmoved, deciding he would take over Nightbeat's mission and deal with Optimus Prime himself. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

[[File:DarknessNemesis.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He's an 8.5 on the Kirby Dot Scale!]]
Nemesis Prime attacked the prison facility on [[Garrus-9]] while Optimus Prime was inspecting it. The Autobot defense forces were helpless against him: Nemesis was immune to all their firepower and used his deadly decaying touch to instantly snuff out their lives. Seeing that conflict was futile, Optimus Prime ordered all the defenders to retreat, then faced Nemesis Prime directly. Nemesis gloated about the upcoming Expansion, then revealed to Optimus Prime the nature of the Darkness and channeled it as a weapon against Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

Unfortunately for Nemesis, the Darkness ''did'' want to leap to Optimus as he had feared, and it would do so if he either used it or touched Optimus. Enraged, Nemesis backed off and resorted to firing a torrent of normal energy. Optimus was able to withstand the blast however, but their fight ended abruptly when Nemesis, distracted by the battle, was shot in the back and killed by Galvatron, as part of his plan to claim the Darkness for himself.

Though Optimus Prime soon destroyed the Darkness-infused Galvatron (or so he thought), Optimus remarked that he could not mourn his predecessor, noting that Nova Prime was long dead. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:HoD3 NemesisPrimeRevealed.jpg|thumb|left]]
Nemesis Prime resurfaced years later, alive and with his wounds pulsating with dark energy. He appeared from a portal to the Dead Universe on the planet [[Dykayra]], greeting a shocked Galvatron. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 3|Heart of Darkness #3}} He claimed that [[D-Void]], a malevolent and powerful entity within the Dead Universe, had restored his spark, allowing him to take revenge on Galvatron and take back the Darkness. After a brief battle between the two, Galvatron's minions intervened, but Nemesis brushed off their firepower and destroyed several of them by devouring their energy. He then mutated into a gigantic, horrible monster, seemingly falling under D-Void's direct control in the process, and continued the fight against Galvatron. In the end, Galvatron was able to summon his army and force what had once been Nemesis Prime's body back through the portal before destroying it. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}}

While his very essence had returned to the Dead Universe following his first defeat at Galvatron's hand, Nemesis's original body ended up in [[Brainstorm|Brainstorm's]] lab, where the scientist studied it in the hopes of finding out more about the Dead Universe. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

Prime nevertheless endured, still surviving in the Dead Universe. He took up the name of "Nova Prime" again and joined with Galvatron and [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] in an apparent plot to conquer Cybertron and return it to Nova's leadership. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Initially hoping to use the [[space bridge]] of Shockwave's [[Necrotitan]] as transport out of the Dead Universe, {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} Nova and Galvatron were forced to use Megatron's personal space bridge. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} However, as Nova was about to emerge in the living universe, the united forces of [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee's]] Autobots and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave's]] Decepticons attacked Shockwave's lair, and in the chaos, Nova was punched by [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] back into the Dead Universe.

Trapped yet again, Nova Prime went to contend with intruders to the universe: Orion Pax and his band. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} Amused with Orion's choice to no longer call himself a Prime, Nova proceeded to mock Cyclonus, claiming that his former crew mate had been nothing but a hanger-on. After [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] broke out of the group's containment, Nova destroyed his forcefield generator, allowing the Autobot to be consumed and disintegrated by the Dead Universe. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} Demonstrating his growing ability to manipulate the energies of the Dead Universe, Nova took the remainder of the group to his citadel, where he kept [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], whom he had been attempting to convert into a living space bridge. With the energies held by the [[spark]]s of his captives, Nova Prime finally had a chance to escape the universe. {{Storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} However, the prisoners escaped their cage once Nightbeat was freed of Nova's control, and Nova Prime took the initiative to challenge his successor. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} The confrontation that followed had Nova attempt psychological warfare on Orion, literally showing the evil within the Prime lineage as he used his control of the Dead Universe to make himself shape-shift into his successors. But Orion, inspired by [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]], accepted his role as Prime and soundly vanquished his dark predecessor. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

Hearing music emanating from Nova's corpse, Optimus and his team managed to convert him into a portal back to the living universe, emerging out from within Brainstorm's chest, who had being affected by a bolt of energy from Nova's corpse during his studies. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
The peace of Nova Prime's rule over Cybertron was shattered by the arrival of a future version of himself named Nemesis Prime. Though Nova Prime rallied [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] in an attempt to quell this future shade, Nemesis Prime triumphed over the Autobots. {{storylink|Prime Evil}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{Spoiler|Transformers: Devastation|November 6, 2015}}
Nova Prime known as the conqueror of the [[Benzuli Expanse]], Greatest Autobot to bear the Matrix and all around great guy. He inspired [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Bad Bots]] to be good and [[Kranix (G1)|Good Bots]] to be better. It was his plan expand Cybertron beyond its planetary borders and create a colony of cyberformed planets for future Cybertronians to inhabit thereby preserving their culture forever.

[[File:Transformers Devastation Nova Prime going mad.jpg|right|thumb|Insane in the Mainframe]]And it started out pretty good too! They would find uninhabited planets and using the [[Ferrotaxis]], a [[Plasma Core]], and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons Swarm]] aboard Nova Primes ship the [[Proudstar]] a planet could be quickly cyberformed and ready for colonization. Unfortunately a mysterious darkness fell over the ship and crew, causing them to become corrupt and mad. This darkness effected Nova Prime as well causing him to seek out inhabited planets in spite of his original peaceful intentions. One of these planets was [[Earth]] where, thanks to some sabotage courtesy of a guilt ridden [[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] the Proudstar crashed into the surface, trapping its crew and resources in stasis.

[[File:Transformers Devastation Nova Prime wakes up.jpg|left|thumb|Nova Prime is awake, and he's mad you broke all his stuff]]However after [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] plan to use the Proudstar and Cyberform Earth was foiled by Nova's eventual successor Optimus Prime, deep within the Proudstar some unseen power supply still thrummed, and within a broken Stasis Pod, Nova Prime awoke!
{{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
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==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-NovaPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|That's weird, she doesn't look anything like Glenn Close.]]
*'''Nova Prime''' (Deluxe, 2015)
**''Accessories'': blaster, axe
: The first of two [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusives for 2015, Nova Prime is a [[redeco]] of that same year's member incentive figure, [[Lio Convoy (BWII)|Lio Convoy]]. Both were retooled from ''Thrilling 30'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Orion Pax]] and feature a new head. Nova still comes with the blaster and axe, which can store via a 5mm peg on either side of the vehicle mode. Nova Prime comes in a box with an additional space to store Lio Convoy inside as well.

{{-}}

==Notes==
[[File:NovaPrime variousmodes.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Nova Prime's smaller inner robot. Toy, Hasbro, please? Pretty please?]]
*Nova Prime was actually an Optimus Prime design that artist [[Don Figueroa]] had made for [[Hasbro]], but it was never made as a toy. In fact, part of the combined super [[robot mode]] concept art was first seen on the [[BotCon 2005]]-exclusive cover for [[Infiltration issue 0|''Infiltration'' #0]].
*According to Nova Prime's design sketches by Don, seen in the back of "[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]", the form seen in the story is Nova Prime's winged cab/trailer super robot. He also has a smaller robot mode consisting of only the cab. The transformation of the cab is pretty similar to that of [[Rodimus (Energon)|''Energon'' Rodimus]].
*Apparently, being an undead Prime means you have to reverse your color scheme.

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File:Devastation-Nova-Awakens.jpg

2015-10-23T23:53:07Z

HotRodimusPrime: The Stinger at the end of Transformers Devastation! Nova Prime Awakens!

The Stinger at the end of Transformers Devastation! Nova Prime Awakens!

File:Devastation-Nova-Madness.jpg

2015-10-23T23:19:42Z

HotRodimusPrime: A clip of a cutscene in Transformers Devastation showing Nova Prime being driven to madness

A clip of a cutscene in Transformers Devastation showing Nova Prime being driven to madness

Talk:Transformers: Devastation

2015-10-23T22:57:34Z

HotRodimusPrime:

<s>So how did the other VA's for Starscream, Motormaster & Shockwave got confirmed recently?</s>
Never mind about that, I went to the source of the Problem. [[User:Energizer|Energizer]] ([[User talk:Energizer|talk]]) 16:51, 5 September 2015 (EDT)

How come only people trying to sell this game seam to be able to make edits.. oh well.. should be expect as too much of this site, while good, has 'to sell latest gear' comments, even when they go against fact and neutrally.. [[User:Tempy|Tempy]] ([[User talk:Tempy|talk]]) 13:08, 6 September 2015 (EDT)
:Nobody knows what the fuck you're talking about. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 14:58, 6 September 2015 (EDT)
ehuh.. first, no need for such childish language and it seams interesting how you can talk for everyone, secondly the game is pretty simpler to the Japanese 'Call of the Future', featuring a number of the same mistakes as well as some of the same good things. It's not a copy by any means, but a lot of simpler features and gameplay. When a compassing is made, (which is natural as Call of the Future was mostly the same as a 3D version of the older games like the Headmasters and Mystery of Convoy) it gets removed seemingly because of the mistakes made in that game. [[User:Tempy|Tempy]] ([[User talk:Tempy|talk]]) 02:56, 7 September 2015 (EDT)
:Actually, I agree, I have no idea what you're talking about. No one's trying to "sell" the game; every statement on the page is accurate and backed up by hands-on impressions and promotional material. Also, it's hard for you to claim what a game's weaknesses are or that it's simpler than a previous release when there's NO possible way you could have played it yet. That said, however, it's very clear based on the provided footage and demos that this is a VERY different game from Call of the Future, and is more reasonably compared in its gameplay to, as it says in the article, Platinum's other titles. Comparing Devastation and CotF is like comparing Super Mario Bros. to Symphony of the Night; just because they technically fall into the same genre doesn't mean they are at all similar in their execution. And I'd hardly call CotF a "3D version of Headmasters and Mystery of Convoy"; again, they are NOTHING alike other than being based on G1. (Also, I would recommend not being accursatory or talking down to one of the site administrators in the near future; it makes for a bad first impression.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 03:29, 7 September 2015 (EDT)
::The word is "comparison". [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 05:20, 7 September 2015 (EDT)
::And "similar". --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 09:19, 7 September 2015 (EDT)
None of that has anything to do with "neutrality" or has anything to do with "selling" the game. You are talking ''nonsense''. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 05:59, 7 September 2015 (EDT)

Transformers: Ethics In Games Journalism. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 17:58, 15 September 2015 (EDT)
:Gamergator is the worst combiner. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 18:16, 15 September 2015 (EDT)
::Did we ''have'' to go there? Though I don't understand Tempy, for the record. --([[User:TheTFGeek]])

Why do Jhiaxus and Kranix have sections of their articles for Devastation? I'm pretty sure no mention has been made of them.
If there are no objections, I'm going to go ahead and remove them.

EDIT: Defensor, Superion and...Nova Prime? What the Hell?

[[User:Carprillo|Carprillo]] ([[User talk:Carprillo|talk]]) 21:19, 8 October 2015 (EDT)
:Dude, haven't you seen any videos on YouTube? They're all in there. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 21:47, 8 October 2015 (EDT)
::There's nothing on there about Defensor, though. My point still stands there. Regardless, I'll go ahead and fix the Nova Prime error. EDIT: Nothing about Jhiaxus, Kranix, or Superion either. [[User:Carprillo|Carprillo]] ([[User talk:Carprillo|talk]]) 22:07, 8 October 2015 (EDT)
:::I watched a complete playthrough of the game. They are all in the game. Don't know what videos you were watching. [[User:Zakor1138|Zakor1138]] ([[User talk:Zakor1138|talk]]) 22:12, 8 October 2015 (EDT)
::::Ah. In that case, I apologize for my mis-deletions. My bad, there. [[User:Carprillo|Carprillo]] ([[User talk:Carprillo|talk]]) 22:18, 8 October 2015 (EDT)
:::::For clarification in case anyone else isn't sure: Jhiaxus and Kranix are listed as the authors of the "Proudstar I-V" journal entries among the collectible info logs, filling in part of the game's backstory. Nova Prime is mentioned in those journal entries, as well as making a physical appearance in a flashback sequence and the post-credits stinger. Teletraan Alpha is the original Teletraan computer from which all others are derived, stationed aboard the Proudstar. And Defensor and Superion appear on Teletraan-1's monitor communicating with Optimus in the final scene before the credits. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 22:48, 8 October 2015 (EDT)

== Last scene ==

Okay, so I think I've filled in the plot the best I can, but I'm a little bit unsure about my interpretation of the ending. Spoiler alert: Here's the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y1wNhOxOeQ&t=8m13s last scene] for those who haven't reached it on their own yet (and the stinger a little further on in the video). I'm pretty sure those are Nova Prime's specs on Teletraan in that final shot, though it's hard to derive the context of why. Wheeljack said the plan was risky; are they meant to be bringing Nova back online? If so, was that wake-up scene at the end really unknown to the rest of the cast as I stated, or were they intentionally reviving him, hence the on-screen readout? Or am I completely wrong about that being Nova on screen, and it was meant to be Prime getting a risky upgrade (i.e. infused with plasma energy), or perhaps even someone totally different like Ultra Magnus? I'm fine leaving it as is, and I realize that it was probably left purposefully ambiguous as a potential sequel hook, but I'd like to get a few different opinions before I commit to this interpretation. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:19, 9 October 2015 (EDT)
:That was the Optimus Maximus combiner on the screen. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 14:27, 9 October 2015 (EDT)
::Okay, yeah, you're right, it's definitely Maximus. Good catch. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:41, 9 October 2015 (EDT)

== Combiner Wars tie-in? ==

So according to [http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-10-09-all-transformers-games-toys-and-comics-will-be-part-of-the-same-story these] [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-forming-epic-storyline-toys-830399 articles], it sounds like this game is meant to be a prequel to Combiner Wars. That said, I'm not exactly sure how the two are compatible...like, at all. Any idea how to approach this one? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:52, 12 October 2015 (EDT)
:From the game's ending, it can be sumrised that to Hasbro, a "prequel to Combiner Wars" means a G1-based continuity where Combiners are totally set to duke it out- which is what the ending pretty firmly suggests, what with the video call of Superion and Defensor followed by the schematics for Optimus Maximus (in which Optimus says it is a "price [he] has to pay"). [[User:Sky Shadow|Sky Shadow]] ([[User talk:Sky Shadow|talk]]) 11:18, 23 October 2015 (EDT)

==Unicron?==

The article seems to put the corruption of the Proudstar crew on Unicron, but having just finished the game i dont remember anything of the sort
did i miss something?
[[User:HotRodimusPrime|HotRodimusPrime]] ([[User talk:HotRodimusPrime|talk]]) 18:57, 23 October 2015 (EDT)

Kremzeek

2015-10-23T05:01:51Z

HotRodimusPrime: /* Transformers: Devastation */ put in info for Kremseek regarding their minute presence in the game and the in description of them and the reward for doing so

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the characters called Kremzeeks|the episode in which they are introduced|Kremzeek!}}

[[File:Kremzeekkp.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Let's ignore the obvious reaction here and instead pose this: Why does he cast ''shadows''?]]
'''Kremzeek''', an electrically-charged energy being, is quite the sneaky bastard. It doesn't take much for [[Blaster (G1)|some]] [[Bumblebee (G1)|people]] to like him or think he's cute, at least until you find out how mischievous he can be. With his abilities to jump through screens and teleport, frazzle the circuits of [[Autobot]]s, and even multiply if given enough energy, [[Megatron (G1)|others]] may find use for him as a weapon.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Wally Burr]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)|[[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German), [[Kai Taschner]] (German ''Generation 2'')}}

[[File:Kremzeek.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Louie the Lightning Bug's nastier cousin.]]
Kremzeek was accidentally created by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] whilst experimenting in the lab of the Decepticons' crashed starship-base. Kremzeek immediately began making the electrical equipment aboard the ship malfunction, giving Megatron the idea to use him as a weapon against the [[Autobot]]s. Kremzeek succeeded in damaging most of the Autobots (leaving only [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] functional) before entering [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] and traveling to [[Japan]] by riding through the computer's connection to [[Sky Spy]] satellite.

[[File:Kremzeek multiple Kremzeeks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Kremzeeks come in various flavors...]]

The remaining Autobots followed in Omega Supreme, after being made invulnerable to Kremzeek's effects by [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s (patent pending) Magical Insulating Spray, but no sooner had they set down on the shores of Tokyo than the electrical imp took down the unprotected Omega. Kremzeek proceeded to wreak havoc through the city, terrorizing a bullet train, a hapless passer-by's walkman and a video arcade, before the Autobots cornered him in the [[Shibuya Manufacturing Corporation]] building. The chief engineer there, Doctor [[Sōji Yoshikawa]], suggested that Blaster try weakening Kremzeek with radio waves, but the little gremlin tried to fight back by leaping into Blaster's chest compartment. Blaster figured to "fry him with his own juice", but he only wound up feeding Kremzeek with his own energy, and caused him to multiply.

[[File:Kremzeek Autobots create giant Kremzeek.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|...and sizes.]]

The Kremzeek swarm began tearing through Tokyo, but Prime and Yoshikawa quickly put their heads together and deduced to a way to reunite the individual creatures. Jury-rigging a tower and charging it with all the energy from a local power plant, the Autobots drew all the Kremzeeks in, but the flaw in their plan was revealed when they merged into a ''giant'' Kremzeek! As the ''kaiju''-sized Kremzeek stomped through the city, both it and the Autobots began to feel the effects of the Decepticons' [[energy magnet]]—the energy-draining device the villains had created while the Autobots were distracted dealing with Kremzeek. Finally hitting on a plan to stop both threats, the Autobots used a nearby radio tower to broadcast Kremzeek straight to the energy magnet, which he destroyed.

As Kremzeek cavorted amongst the remains of the energy magnet, the Autobots approached on a boat with Yoshikawa and some equipment that the scientist could use to disperse Kremzeek's energy and effectively destroy him. Bumblebee spoke out against the plan, dubbing Kremzeek "cute", but Optimus Prime solemnly pressed the fateful button that eradicated the little critter. Reflecting on the whole adventure as they prepared to return home, Blaster remarked that he couldn't help but miss Kremzeek somehow... at which point a solitary Kremzeek, which had previously jumped inside his body, burst from his chest compartment, and the hilarious pursuit antics restarted. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}
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====''Kiss Players''====
[[File:Kremzeek bullet.jpg|thumb|225px]]
Over the next twenty years, Yoshikawa began breeding Kremzeeks in captivity (perhaps after studying the lone remaining creature following its recapture by the Autobots), and weaponized the technology behind the belligerent beasties, creating the "Yoshikawa Type 5 Auto-Kremzeek Launcher" for the [[Earth Defense Command]]. These guns, wielded by the E.D.C.'s [[Autorooper]] mechanoids, fired "Kremzeek bullets": ceramic shells that each contained a Kremzeek, which would be released when the shell shattered on impact to absorb the electrical energy of any mechanoid it struck. The bullets even had a limited paralytic effect on the nervous systems of humans.

When the hapless EDC [[Kiss Player]] [[Atari Hitotonari (KP)|Atari Hitotonari]] wound up swallowing a [[Legion (KP)|Legion]], her Autorooper shrunk down to enter her body and destroy the beast, but when it tried shooting its Kremzeek bullets inside her, she violently protested. The Autorooper didn't listen, but it depleted its ammo reserves before doing Atari any damage. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)|Atari's Close Call?!}}

[[Kayu Michikusa (KP)|Kayu Michikusa]]'s Autorooper was seen firing a Kremzeek bullet at [[Marissa Faireborn]], who was partially paralyzed by the little creature. {{storylink|Kiss Players issue 2|Kiss Players #2}}

{{note|Kremzeek was not shown doing much of anything within the actual ''Kiss Players'' fiction, but packaging illustrations depicted him getting up to more mischief, such as getting under Atari's skirt and blowing bubbles into [[Shaoshao Li (KP)|Shaoshao]]'s drink.}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Kremzeek yum.jpg|left|thumb|"Tastes great!" "Less filling!"]][[File:OriginalSin PushButton.jpg|100px|thumb]]
After a long day at work, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] enjoyed sneaking off to the [[Alpha Preserve|nature preserve]] and sippin' on cans of delicious, oily Kremzeek-brand refresher.

Ironhide carelessly discarded one of his cans, allowing it to dribble into the preserve's unsullied waters. [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] probably shed a tear, just off-panel. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}}

[[Push-Button]] was later seen serving these Kremzeek beverages and [[Energon goodie]]s in the [[Autobase]] war room, just before Prowl briefed the assembled Autobots on threat [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] posed to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Original Sin}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MO1 Kremzeek.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Friendliest he ever looked. Kaon indeed is the worst place on Cybertron.]]
Kremzeek appeared as a billboard-image in [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}

[[File:Shadowplay Roller feet up.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
The Kremzeek drinks exist in this universe as well, where they are enjoyed by many Cybertronians, from [[Drift (G1)|homeless robots]] {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}} to [[Roller (IDW)|police officers]] {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}}.
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===Live-action film series===
[[File:Kremzeek lamp movieadaption2007.jpg|thumb|Just hope the [[AllSpark]] doesn't give life to this lamp.]]
[[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]] has a desklamp with a light-up figure based on Kremzeek. {{storylink|Movie Adaptation issue 1|Movie Adaptation #1}} {{storylink|Movie Adaptation issue 3|Movie Adaption #3}}

The floors of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s home on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] featured Kremzeek-shaped images as well. Kremzeek must be some sort of intergalactic celebrity in this continuity. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}} Later, [[Starscream (Movie)|Lord Starscream]] was holding a can of Kremzeek as [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] reported that he had found another test subject. Even tyrants with noble ambitions need that extra boost. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[File:Animated kremzeek.JPG|thumb|Please stand by as this annoying electric lifeform causes havoc with our machinery.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Susan Blu]] ([[BotCon 2015]])}}

Kremzeek appeared on the "please stand by" screen of the local television news station when their feed was interrupted. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

Kremzeek was an ancient Decepticon weapon, inadvertently unleashed by [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] when she found herself in the bowels of [[Metroplex (Animated)|The Metroplex]] in a school field trip gone wrong. Kremzeek tried to use the machinery of the [[Central Cybertronian Recycling Plant]] to dispatch Sari and [[Blurr (Animated)|the Blurr cube]], but was foiled by the arrival of [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] and the rest of Sari's classmates. Kremzeek then revealed itself and possessed each of Sari's classmates in turn; [[Nightbeat (Animated)|Nightbeat]], [[Siren (Animated)|Siren]], and [[Hosehead (Animated)|Hosehead]] before appropriating Sari's jetpack and flying towards [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]. It attempted to destroy [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], but Sari's quick thinking enabled her to trap it in a soda can and save the day. {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
Kremzeeks dotted the landscape of The City and the Proudstar, bouncing about and repeating their name and not doing much harm beyond being a pain in the aft to catch. Counter to this Teletraan-1 observed the could be quite the menace that that they named themselves, though they always named themselves Kremzeek.
The reward for snatching up the would be menaces is art for the in game gallery
{{Storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

==Toys==
===Kiss Players===
*'''Autorooper X Atari''' (2006)

:A figurine of Kremzeek comes with this package to menace [[Atari Hitotonari (KP)|Atari]].

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===Masterpiece===
[[File:MP05 megatron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (2007)

:[[Megatron (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|Megatron]] comes with a Kremzeek figurine of his own. Sweetness.

[[File:MPSkywarp stickers.jpg|100px|thumb|And our most tenacious scouts just may receive the much-sought-after Kremzeek badge.]]
*'''Skywarp''' (2007)

:[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Skywarp]] comes with some Kremzeek stickers.

*'''Thundercracker''' (2008)

:As does [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Thundercracker]], only in different colors.

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kremzeek''' (クレムジーク ''Kuremujīku'')

==External links==
* [http://seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=1142&size=0&start=26 Kremzeek figure gallery at Seibertron.com]

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Talk:Stan Bush

2009-05-18T06:19:29Z

HotRodimusPrime:

This will probably get lost in the flood of "holy crap new TFA episode", but I found this wandering around youtube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_EXxwDpq0

Words fail me, so I leave it in your hands.{{unsigned|76.252.39.26|20:32, 16 May 2009}}
:Sadly, Stan did this unofficially and the song was unsolicited. Ergo, it's outside our purview.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 21:51, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
::Stil pretty kickass though [[User:HotRodimusPrime|HotRodimusPrime]]

Talk:Stan Bush

2009-05-18T06:15:02Z

HotRodimusPrime:

Jan Minakaze

2009-05-17T16:00:56Z

HotRodimusPrime: /* Victory comic */

{{picsneeded}}
:''Jean Minakaze is a [[human]] from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AnimeJeanMinakaze.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Really a lost infant bird. We swear.]]
'''Jean Minakaze''' (南風ジャン ''Minakaze Jan'') is a human boy orphaned after a spacecraft carrying him and his family was destroyed by the [[Dinoforce]]. He was adopted by [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], who acts as his father. He is very protective of Star Saber and does not enjoy watching him go off into battle. He greatly admires his "father" and treats him with the utmost respect. He works along with the [[Rescue Patrol]] in giving innocent bystanders aid against [[Decepticon]] attacks.

Jean's exposure to an Autobot upbringing has made him very intelligent for his age and species (that is, human). While he has no special weapons, he has built for himself a vehicle capable moving on two robotic legs. He named his creation the [[Illumina II]], after [[Illumina]], a girl from his school. When indoors, he uses a hover-board to get around and attract attention. He is also very brave for a boy his age.

His normal outfit includes a hoodie overshirt with suspenders and hightop sneakers with no socks, suggesting the Autobots of 2025 are not particularly fashion-conscious.

{{note|The proper [[romanization]] of Jean's name is not clear. The standard (and long-used by the fandom) transliteration of his name is "Jan", but the character being half-French lends credence to the "Jean" romanization, it being a French male name.}}

:''English/Malay dub name'': '''Meekon'''
:''Latin American dub name'': '''Marcos'''

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Miyako Endō]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Jean levers.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."]]
Jean was instructed in the proper usage of levers by [[Wingwaver]] and the rest of the [[Multiforce]]. He then had a fantasy about playing on a giant [[wikipedia:Seesaw|teeter-totter]]; with [[Deathsaurus]]. {{storylink|Assemble! The Warrior Combiner|Assemble! The Warrior Combiner}}

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===''Victory'' comic===
[[Image:Bathmasters.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Even Transformers need to take a bath.]]

After the ship containing his parents was destroyed by the [[Dinoforce]], Jean was adopted as a baby by [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] and went to live with the [[Autobot]]s out in space.

Many years later, when the [[Earth]] came under attack from [[Deathsaurus]], Jean returned to his homeworld alongside his surrogate father. There, they met Deathsaurus and the "Decepticon Boy", [[Solon Kitakaze|Solon]]. Star Saber defeated the Decepticons with ease and sent them into retreat. As they fled, Jean vowed to help his father protect the Earth. {{storylink|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!}}

Later, Deathsaurus began a large forest fire and absorbed its energy to increase his own power. As Star Saber fought his nemesis, Jean was taken hostage by the mysterious Solon. With Jean in a deadly headlock, Solon presented his hostage to Deathsaurus. Fearing for Jean's safety, Deathsaurus slapped Solon, freeing Jean and knocking off Solon's helmet. Jean was shocked to see that Solon, by all appearances, was a [[human]] boy the same age as him. As Star Saber defeated Deathsaurus, the Decepticons retreated. Jean was still in shock over Solon's identity, leaving Star Saber to remark that it was as if Solon was Jean's darker half. {{storylink|Great Turn-Around! Star Saber}}

Enrolling in an Earth school, Jean made fast friends with the girl [[Illumina]]. His fun didn't last long, however, as his class soon received a new foreign exchange student: Solon! Confronting Solon after class, Jean's rival explained to him that he was a highly advanced cyborg and was enrolling in an Earth school so he could gather information on the "inferior humans" and determine their weaknesses. Jean wasn't about to take this lying down, but before they could rumble, [[Leozack]] began attacking the city.

Star Saber soon arrived and took the Decepticon out, then approached Jean and his friends. While Jean was happy to introduce Illumina to his dad, he made it a point to insist that Solon was ''not'' his friend. This hurt Solon's feelings, and the Decepticon boy vowed to be better than Jean at everything, including grades and sports. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}}

Out in some barren wasteland, Star Saber was making short work of the [[Breastforce]]. Following their defeat, Jean began to tease Solon. Their rough-housing was interrupted by the sudden appearance of [[Shūta Gō]] and [[Cab]], who made it clear that they felt Star Saber was an inferior [[Supreme Commander]] to [[Ginrai]], a statement which infuriated Jean. Suddenly, [[Kakuryū]] burst from the ground and attacked Star Saber. He didn't fare well, almost immediately being thrown over a cliff. As Saber loomed menacingly over the Decepticon, Jean begged him not to destroy him. Star Saber instead helped Kakuryū up and sent him on his way. Though Solon still wasn't impressed with Star Saber, Shūta Gō and Cab were won over. {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}}

Jean and his two new buddies soon built a treehouse and formed the "Autobot Boy Team", though their meaningful dialogues typically extended no further than what toy was cooler. Their first meeting was a short one, as Jean was kidnapped by [[Yokuryū]] and whisked away to the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]''. Jean's captor, Deathsaurus, revealed that he had a soft spot for little kids and offered him a place on the "Decepticon Boy Team" he was forming. Solon encouraged Jean to join, informing him that he could become a cyborg just like him. Deathsaurus sweetened the deal by offering Jean lots of gifts (such as toys, fruit and a [[Famicom]]) as well as wads of cash.

Star Saber soon arrived to rescue his son, though Jean was still thinking over the offer. Jean decided that, although Star Saber was really stingy with his allowance, the Autobot was still family, and Jean chose to leave with him. Star Saber proceeded to trounce Deathsaurus and return to Earth, with Jean telling Solon he'd see him at school the next day. Deathsaurus quickly abandoned all further plans for a Decepticon Boy Team. {{storylink|Watch Out, Jean! Hurry, Star Saber!}}

The Autobot Boy Team soon changed their name to the [[Victories]] and donned sets of silly armor, Jean's being modeled after Star Saber. Jean and Star Saber left to chase [[Liokaiser]] across the galaxy, eventually losing his trail on [[Energy Planet X]]. Frustrated, the two began to bicker like brats, exchanging childish insults. As Star Saber began to wonder if he was treating Jean too much like a soldier and not enough like a son, Liokaiser pounced. About to deliver the deathblow, the Decepticon was momentarily halted as the individual Breastforce members began to argue over who would get to kill the Autobot. Star Saber and Jean took this opportunity to break free and defeat the Decepticon. With their enemy in retreat, Jean and Star Saber vowed that, even if they fought, they'd never let their disagreements get in the way of their duty. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

[[Image:PattyJeanBlush01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This speaks for itself really.]]

Not long after, Star Saber fell to a united attack from Deathsaurus, Liokaiser and [[Dinoking]]. With his father about to be killed, all hope seemed lost. Suddenly, a hot blonde chick arrived with a new Autobot named [[Victory Leo]]. Victory Leo combined with Star Saber to form [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]], who quickly defeated the Decepticons. As Jean began to swoon at the sight of the bodacious blonde, she quickly introduced herself as [[Patty Minakaze]]...''his sister''. Patty explained that after their parents were killed, she'd left to live with Victory Leo on [[Victory (planet)|Planet V]]. The [[gurunium]] alloy their father discovered was used to built Victory Leo's body, making the Victory Combination possible. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}}

Jean began to regret having a sibling, as Patty usurped leadership of the Victories from him and began (sweetly) working her teammates to the bone mopping floors. Jean's janitorial duties were soon interrupted by a crisis on planet [[Guard]], so he, Patty, Victory Leo and Star Saber left to investigate. There they were met by Deathsaurus and King Solon, Solon's new giant mech unit. The two Decepticons merged into [[King Zaras]] and attacked Victory Saber. The pair were evenly matched until Solon was distracted by Patty saying the word "mother", and that momentary pause gave Victory Saber the chance he needed to destroy the King Solon mech. As Solon's flaming body hurtled to the ground, Jean and Patty offered to help him and even let him join the Victories. Solon refused and fled, though he felt Patty reminded him of his deceased mother. {{storylink|Mighty! Victory Saber}}

During another battle, Victory Saber and the [[Brainmaster]]s proved unable to defeat Deathsaurus and Liokaiser. Jean began to lose hope until Solon arrived, having at last switched sides at the urging of [[Blacker]]. With Solon's help, the Victories performed the "Five Stars of Victory" attack, sending the Decepticons retreating to their [[Planet-Destroying Fortress|Space Stronghold]]. Jean asked Solon if he'd officially join the Victories, but Solon said only under one condition: if Patty would be his big sister, too. While Patty found this flattering, Jean found it infuriating. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}}

With the final confrontation at hand, Jean and the Victories, aboard [[Galaxy Shuttle]], invaded the Space Stronghold. Their part in the battle was a short one, however, as Leozack quickly immobilized them with an exploding trap. Eventually, Victory Saber won the day and Deathsaurus conceded defeat. Deathsaurus then revealed that the Decepticons had been fighting for their families aboard the Stronghold all along—a noble act. Patty invited the Decepticon families to live in harmony with the Autobots on Planet V. With the battle over, Jean and his ex-rival Solon encouraged their fathers to set aside their differences and shake hands. The pair of Transformers did so, and good times were had by all. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

==Notes==
*Jean's appearance in the manga is slightly different from his appearance in the cartoon. Also, more… well… to be blunt, [[Cain|gay]].

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Talk:Endgame, Part I

2009-05-17T05:30:17Z

HotRodimusPrime:

== Body templates ==

Omega Supreme and Lugnut seem to clearly have the same bodyform, and it seems impossible that Lugnut was ever an Autobot. Could somebody tweet Wyatt and ask him if Omega was built based on Lugnut?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 09:05, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
* It's probably just a co-incidence. Personally, I don't find the two much similar-structure wise. [[User:New Era Outlaw|New Era Outlaw]] 09:13, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
:They don't have the same bodyform! What are you talking about? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:19, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
::Obviously not at the same size, but look at them - same hands, both have shoulder wings, lobe-head with no neck, same kind of legs, vent-shoulders...Omega's pretty much an upsized-version of Lugnut. Hell, even though I knew they were building Dark Sentinels, they looked exactly like giant Lugnut's until they did the visor face.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 09:25, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
:::[[Image:No.jpg]] --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:32, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
::::And those seriously don't look at all similar to you? Huh.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 09:39, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::In the same way that Oil Slick and Prowl are similar, yes. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 09:44, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
::::::They're both massive guys. That's all. Contrary to your original assertion, they don't have the same hands. They don't have the same lobe-head with no neck (Omega Supreme HAS A NECK), they don't have the same legs, and they don't have the same shoulders. The only thing that you said was true is that they both have shoulder wings. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 09:51, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
I don't see it with Lugnut and Omega. I just don't see how it's even possible. No Offense.[[User:TransformerChick|TransformerChick]] 09:41, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
::I guess I was just seeing things then. Sorry if I annoyed anyone.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 10:03, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
:::For "Lugnut Supreme", though - that Tweet seemed more like Wyatt playing around with the guy wanting a Supreme-class Lugnut/Omega redeco, instead of giving an official name. Did anyone else get that vibe?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 13:58, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

==Adding Information==

When would be an acceptable time to start adding information on this page? [[User:New Era Outlaw|New Era Outlaw]] 09:14, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
:As soon as you have seen the episode?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 09:16, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

==Optimus' jetpack==

*Don't you think this is the new 'Wingblade Optimus Prime' Voyager? I do. --[[Special:Contributions/206.253.51.107|206.253.51.107]] 14:26, 16 May 2009 (EDT) 
*I think the Boosters unit is clearly a reference to Sideswipe's Jetpack. The fact that it look a bit like G1 Jetfire's booster is more of a coincidence. If anything else, I think it would be more pertinent to mention Sideswipe's Jetpack and remove Jetfire's reference.--[[User:GUIGUI|GUIGUI]] 14:41, 16 May 2009 (EDT)
*Look carefully at the design of Optimus' gauntlets, too....they're now more stylised, and they even have little wingtips protruding from them![[User:New Era Outlaw|New Era Outlaw]] 17:38, 16 May 2009 (EDT)

==The Final Stretch?==

I hate to be the one ask the obvious questions but the various comments on the page (that and the episode name) but are these the last episodes? [[User:HotRodimusPrime|HotRodimusPrime]]

Grandus (Animated)

2009-05-09T17:22:41Z

HotRodimusPrime: /* Notes */

{{Factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the Autobot from ''Animated''|the Autobot Battlestar from ''Return of Convoy''|Grandus (G1)}}
:''Grandus is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Grandus-Pic.JPG|right|thumb|300px|"Big guy" would be an understatement, yes?]]

'''Grandus''' is kinda wimpy!

Apparently, he is a sumo wrestler.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (English)

Grandus's accomplishments as a member of the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]] were immortalized by a holographic bust inside Master [[Yoketron]]'s dojo. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

Grandus, in vehicle mode, carried a triumphant "[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Magnus]]", along with [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] and [[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]], in a victory parade before adoring masses. Behind them, the Decepticon prisoners were carried by [[Dug Base|another Transformer of the same model]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

{{spoilers|This Is Why I Hate Machines|5/16/09}}
He was later seen on Cybertron, minding his own business when some [[Ratchet (Animated)|old bot]] and an [[Captain Fanzone|organic]] transwarped right in front of him. All bots proceeded to run from it while it insulted him for almost stepping on it. Grandus was told by [[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] to step on it, which he tried, only to be stopped by Ratchet who took Fanzone in vehicle mode and ran.{{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

==Notes==
* Grandus was first revealed in a [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] interview with [[Derrick Wyatt]] and [[Eric Siebenaler]].
* He talks like charles nelson riley.
* He also screams like a little girl.

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