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Skydive (BM)

2025-01-02T03:01:58Z

LilMissImpossible: Why so small?

{{factions|maximalbm|autobot|maximal|liegemaximo|unicron}}
{{disambig3|Skydive}}
:''Skydive is a [[Maximal]] or [[Autobot]] from the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Skydive-universe-packageart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|But he's not The Veteran. Promise.]]

'''Skydive''' (aka '''Sky-Dive''') acts all stoic and composed, but he relishes his flying skills to the point of occasionally buzzing his fellow Maximals just to get a reaction. Not only has he got the speed and maneuverability, but unlike many fliers his [[technorganic]] hide is actually incredibly resilient to damage. Combined with his energy-gathering wings that suck up [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] blaster-fire to give him a constant supply of fuel, Skydive is an aerial terror.

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
[[File:Skydive-beastmachines.jpg|left|400px|thumb]]
Less than three [[Units of time|deca-cycles]] after the [[reformatting]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Skydive ran recon for [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] and [[Longhorn]], bringing them news of the new [[Quintesson]] invasion of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}} After [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] sensed the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] calling him away from the battlefront, Snarl continued to rely on Skydive's reports to retain a fighting chance against the invaders. Skydive continuously supplied vital information even as he himself tore through his fair share of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Sky-Dive was a general in the army of the [[Resistance]] during the [[Grand Uprising]]. His unit, the [[Tol-Tech]], warred against the Micromaster 56th in [[Ky-Alexia]]. Unfortunately, the big push ordered by [[Lio Convoy]] proved disastrous, and the remaining Tol-Tech were on the run from [[Hydraulic]]'s forces. They tried to pull back through the [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]] to rendezvous in [[Hyperious]]. While guiding some of his surviving troops from the air in his [[quetzalcoatl (animal)|quetzalcoatl]] [[beast mode]], Sky-Dive spotted the relentless horde of the Vehicons moving towards Iacon. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Skydive was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals who joined forces with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. He was among the Maximals who invaded [[Toronto]] in advance of Unicron's arrival.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=As far as the battle yeah that's full of nods to certain characters. Some of the BW characters I used for reference in panel 1 are BW Snarl (foreground), Transquito (center left), Soundwave (bat), and Skydive (mid-right.)|link=https://twitter.com/glovestudios/status/1063207113193742336|name=Andrew Griffith|site=Twitter|year=2018|month=11|day=15|(defunct=)}}</ref> {{storylink|Ceremony}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:BM-toy Skydive.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m2|'''Skydive''' (Deluxe, 2000)}}</ul>
:*''Known designers'': [[Shogo Hasui]] (Takara), [[Tim Bradley]] (concept artist)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' deluxes, Skydive transforms into a technorganic ''{{w|Quetzalcoatlus}}''. His [[beast mode]] head and neck are spring-loaded to "snap" his beak when pushed.

: In [[robot mode]], his wings are also spring-loaded to form quick-snap melee weapons attached to his forearms.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Skydive/skydive.htm More information on Skydive at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-SkydiveDeluxe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Skydive''' (Deluxe, 2004)}}</ul>
:*''Known designers'': [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)

: Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' deluxes (and the only new toy in it!), Skydive is a [[redeco]] of his ''Beast Machines'' toy, changing the orange and purple to a somewhat more [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobotty]] gray and red scheme. An Autobot symbol was [[tampograph]]ed over his [[spark crystal]] for this release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Skydive/skydive.htm More information on Universe Skydive at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* The Skydive toy's lunging-neck gimmick is a bit at odds with actual ''Quetzalcoatlus'' physiology, as the real creature had a very stiff, straight neck. Well, he ''is'' an alien technorganic approximation, so hey. There's your fun trivia about ancient beasties for today, kids!
* In ''Beast Wars: Uprising'', Sky-Dive's Resistance unit, the Tol-Tech army, is named for the {{w|Toltec}} civilization, a precursor to the {{w|Aztec}}s, since Sky-Dive's alt mode is a Quetzalcoatlus, named for the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. It all makes sense!
* In what may be possibly one of the most obscure inspirations in a ''Transformers'' line, or just absolutely the most absurd coincidence ever, Skydive appears to be directly based on the minor enemy character "[[fandom:vampirehunterd:Gimlet|Gimlet]]" from the 1985 animated ''{{w|Vampire Hunter D (1985 film)|Vampire Hunter D}}'', with Skydive's particular sculpted slash across the torso even referencing exactly how Gimlet ''dies'' in the film. [[Shogo Hasui]], you so crazy!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Skydive''' (スカイダイブ ''Sukaidaibu'')

==References==
<references />
[[Category:Beast Machines Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Maximals]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]

Robotmasters (franchise)

2024-09-05T01:18:20Z

LilMissImpossible: Image rendering improperly, lets see if this fixes?

{{disambig3|Robot Master}}
{{nav-robotmasters}}

[[File:Robots masters.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Continuity? Pah!]]
'''''Robotmasters''''' (ロボットマスターズ ''Robottomasutāzu'', alternatively '''''Robot Masters''''') is a [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] franchise which ran from 2004 to 2005 consisting mainly of [[redeco]]es of previously released toys with several all-new molds of popular characters thrown into the mix. Every mold created for the line received at least one redeco, and the line itself was the sister range to the U.S.'s own ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'', except designed specifically to sell smaller toys at lower price points.

Most redecos in the line came with new or [[retool]]ed accessories, including some classic-style chromed-silver guns.

The only all-new molds created for toys were of existing characters, and popular ones at that. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys|Optimus Primal]], [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]], and [[Lio Convoy]] were given the star treatment for new, quasi-TV show-specific playthings.

As far as storyline goes, the tale of ''Robotmasters'' was told through packed-in minicomics, brief online mini-comics, 3D diorama comics, and DVDs that came with specific toys as mentioned below.

{{bigquote|In 2004, Optimus Prime is alerted to a disturbance at the gates of Autobot City; a force of Decepticons led by a vicious new enemy, a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' calling himself Megatron!! Autobots and Decepticons from across the eras have converged on this time to clash over the newly discovered energy source [[solitarium]]!|Opening to the [[Robotmasters (cartoon)|''Robotmasters'' cartoon]]}}

==Media==
The ''Robotmasters'' storyline was told through five(ish) outlets:

*[[Robotmasters (comic)|A comic series]], related through a web feature and a pair of catalogs.
*[[Robotmasters Story|A monthly prose series]] in ''[[Dengeki Hobby]]'' that presented an abridged telling of the comic's events.
*[[Robotmasters (cartoon)|A duology of short DVD animations]] presenting an ''even more'' abridged adaptation of the story.
*[[Robotmasters (3D diorama comic)|A "3D diorama comic" series]] illustrating the toys' action features via photocomics.
*[[Black Body (prose)|A second prose series]] told through a series of pamphlets chronicling a side story to justify the toyline's exclusive [[black repaint]]s.
*[[The Complete Transformers Encyclopedia: All About Robotmasters|A guidebook]] chronicling the history of the brand thus far with character profiles on the ''Robotmasters'' cast.

The most complete version of the story was delivered in the comic series written and drawn by brand stalwart [[Naoto Tsushima]], while highlights were dramatized in the duo of animated specials by the studio [[Actas Inc.]] of [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]] fame. When ''Robotmasters'' was included as part of Takara's [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline|official Generation 1 timeline]], it mainly referred to specific events featured only in the comics.

==Toys==
<big>'''Regular retail'''</big>

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[July 15]] [[2004]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|RM-01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|G1 Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-d1|RM-02 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|RM-03 [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Rijie]]}}
{{Bp-d1|RM-04 [[Tow-Line (RID)#Robotmasters|Wrecker Hook]]}}
{{Bp-a1|RM-05 [[R-Blade#Toys|R-Blade]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|RM-06 [[Air Hunter#Toys|Air Hunter]]}}
{{Bp-a1|RM-07 [[Bound Rogue#Toys|Bound Rogue]]}}
{{Bp-d1|RM-08 [[Wingstun#Toys|Wingstun]]}}
{{Bp-d1|RM-09 [[Psycho-Orb#Toys|Psycho-Orb]]}}
{{Bp-a1|RM-10 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#RobotmastersDVD|G1 Convoy]] + DVD}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' ([[August 5]] 2004)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|RM-11 [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robotmasters|Beast Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-d1|RM-12 [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Starscream]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' ([[September 9]] 2004)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|RM-13 [[Smokesniper#Toys|Smokesniper]]}}
{{Bp-d1|RM-14 [[Gigant Bomb#Toys|Gigant Bomb]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:RMConvoy_toy.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|G1 Convoy]]]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' ([[November 18]] 2004)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|RM-15 [[Star Saber (G1)#Robotmasters|Star Saber]]}}
{{Bp-a1|RM-16 [[Ginrai (robot)#Robotmasters 2|Victory Leo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|RM-17 [[Star Saber (G1)#RMVictorySaber|Victory Saber]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' ([[December 28]] 2004)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|RM-18 [[Road Rocket (G2)#Robotmasters|Road Rocket]]}}
{{Bp-d1|RM-19 [[Sideways (RM)#Toys|Double Face]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|RM-20 [[Delta Seeker#Toys|Delta Seeker]] vs [[X-Gunner#Toys|X-Gunner]]}}
{{Bp-a1|RM-21 [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#RMBURN|Burning Beast Convoy]] + DVD}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' ([[March 24]] [[2005]])
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|RM-22 [[Lio Convoy#Robotmasters 2|Lio Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|RM-23 [[Lio Convoy#RMDVD|Lio Convoy]] + DVD}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' ([[May 26]] 2005)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|RM-24 [[Reverse Convoy#Toys|Reverse Convoy]] (aka "[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Rebirth Megatron]]")}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Robotmasters Edition''' ([[August 11]] 2005)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Skywarp]] & [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Robotmasters|Thundercracker]]<ref>The box that Skywarp and Thundercracker come in does not have an "RM-##" number, but the words "Robotmasters Edition" appear in English on both the front of the box and the [[Robot Point]]s.</ref>}}
|}

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'''<big>Exclusives'''</big>

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Dengeki Hobby'' magazine'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#RobotmastersBlack|G1 Convoy Limited Black Version]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Black Lio Convoy#Robotmasters 2|Lio Convoy Limited Black Version]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[e-HOBBY]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Star Saber (G1)#RMeHobby|Victory Saber Limited Black Version]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Figure Ō'' magazine'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Fortress Maximus (RID)#Robotmasters|Cybertron Base]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#RobotmastersBlack|Starscream Limited Black Version]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Hobby Japan'' magazine'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#RMBLACK|Beast Convoy Limited Black Version]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Robot Masters black starscream.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#RobotmastersBlack|Starscream Limited Black Version]]]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''HyperHobby'' magazine'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#RobotmastersBlack|Beast Megatron Limited Black Version]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[TV Magazine]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#RobotmastersLuckyDraw|G1 Convoy]] ([[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]])}}
|}{{-}}

==Notes==
* A Fan's Choice poll was held at a Japanese toy convention around the line's debut that indicated characters like [[Big Convoy]] and [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] were being considered for the ''Robotmasters'' treatment. However, this poll also included the likes of [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]], who got a ''Robotmasters'' release anyway, so make of that what you will.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20070618040111/www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/robotmasters/main2.htm Takara's ''Robotmasters'' homepage] (archived)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20060214114550/actas-inc.co.jp/title/robot.html Actas Inc.] (archived)

[[Category:Generation 1 franchises]]
[[Category:Japanese franchises]]
[[Category:Japanese toylines]]
[[Category:Robotmasters| ]]

Hiroki Takahashi

2024-08-25T17:04:56Z

LilMissImpossible:

{{disambig2|the Japanese voice actor|the character from the ''DreamMix TV World Fighters'' video game|Takahashi Meijin}}

[[File:Hiroki Takahashi.JPG|thumb|right|So how'll his voice pitch this time?]]
'''Hiroki Takahashi''' (高橋広樹 ''Takahashi Hiroki'' born [[September 7]], [[1974]]) is a Japanese voice actor. Some of his better known anime and video games roles include Harima Kenji in ''School Rumble'', Impmon/Beelzemmon in ''Digimon Tamers'', Japan in ''Hetalia'', Crimson Rubeus in ''Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal'', Katsuya Jonouchi/Joey Wheeler in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters'' and the current voice of [[Ryu]] in the ''Street Fighter'' series.

In the world of dubbing, he has played Caleb (Jim Parsons) in ''iCarly'', William Stryker (Joshua Helman) in ''X-Men: Days of Future Past'', Amsterdam (Leonardo DiCaprio) in ''Gangs of New York'', [[Batman|Batman/Bruce Wayne]] (Christian Bale) in the Friday Prestige dub of ''Batman Begins'', [[Thor]] in ''Thor: Tales of Asgard'', Skullboy in ''Ruby Gloom'', and Mysterio in ''[[Spider-Man]]: Far From Home''.

==Roles==
===''Beast Wars II''===
*[[Starscream (BW)|Starscream/Hellscream]]
*[[Mantis]]
*[[Autolauncher]] (up until [[Autorollers Roll Out!|episode 10]])

===''Car Robots''===
*[[Dark Scream|Guildo]]
*[[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Build Hurricane]]

===''Animated''===
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]

== Notes ==
*In a behind-the-scenes short article published in the June 2010 issue of ''[[Hyper Hobby]]'' at the start of the Japanese broadcast of ''Animated'', Takahashi stated that during voice recording for that series, his body still reacted involuntarily to the mention of Starscream's name. Apparently, his role from ''Beast Wars II'' is still haunting him. [[Starscream's Ghost|How very like Starscream.]] <ref>[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/gallery/hyper+hobby/hyper+hobby+2010-06/592/2 Hyper Hobby June 2010 scan at Transformers @ the Moon]</ref>

== References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2164 Hiroki Takahashi] at Anime News Network
*{{w|Hiroki Takahashi}} at Wikipedia

{{DEFAULTSORT:Takahashi, Hiroki}}
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Brunt (ROTF)

2024-08-09T02:57:51Z

LilMissImpossible:

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' tank|the Generation 1 tank|Brunt (G1)}}
:''Brunt is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:BruntAutobotStronghold.jpg|thumb|300px]]
It's not clear if '''Brunt''' is a single Decepticon robot, a type of [[drone]], or a [[combiner|gestalt]] being. (He's known to carry ''ten'' [[spark]]s within his frame!) What is known is that these guys are damned hard to kill (well, he ''does'' have ten souls) and bad to have around. Brunt's mere presence on the battlefield forces [[Autobot]] defenders to prioritise him above all other foes.

==Games==
===''Autobot Stronghold''===
[[File:Brunt autobotstronghold.png|thumb|200px|left|Imagine how many souls Trypticon has.]]
The Autobots had to keep the Decepticons from reaching their "LG Stronghold". The Decepticons kept coming and coming in wave after wave. They were relentless! Fortunately, by taking the sparks of their fallen foes, the macabre Autobots could purchase LG technology to upgrade their offensive capabilities. They could also use the souls of the dead to buy duplicate versions of themselves to keep the Decepticon hordes occupied. It was kind of horrifying when you think too hard about it. Brunt units showed up after this terrible apocalypse had been going on for a while and generally caused some major trouble. {{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}

==Notes==
*Brunt's stats in the game are:
'''Brunt'''
:''Movement'' 1.00 speed
:''Sparks'' 10
:''Points'' 1000
:''Debut'' Wave 30
*A more detailed look at Brunt was revealed at [https://cargocollective.com/mattr/LG-Autobot-Stronghold cargocollective.com.], though the pixel art does seem to have some differences from the concept art, which is a recolor of [[Brunt (G1)|G1 Brunt]]'s [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|MTMTE]] [[:File:Brunt MTMTE.jpg|profile art]].

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

Insecticon (ROTF)

2024-08-09T02:57:10Z

LilMissImpossible:

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3.5|the non-screen [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]]|the on-screen ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' robotic insects|Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon}}
:''Insecticons are [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:InsecticonAutobotstronghold.jpg|thumb|120px]]
'''Insecticons''' are pests more than anything else. They are only dangerous in a swarm.
{{-}}

==Games==
===''Autobot Stronghold''===
[[File:Insecticon autobotstronghold.gif|left|100px]]
The Autobots had to keep the Decepticons from reaching their "LG Stronghold". The Decepticons kept coming and coming in wave after wave. They were relentless! Fortunately, by taking the sparks of their fallen foes, the macabre Autobots could purchase LG technology to upgrade their offensive capabilities. They could also use the souls of the dead to buy duplicate versions of themselves to keep the Decepticon hordes occupied. It was kind of horrifying when you think too hard about it. Insecticon units were the first to enter battle, and were very easily defeated. However, they become deadlier in high numbers. {{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}

==Notes==
*Insecticon's stats in the game are:
'''Insecticon'''
:''Movement'' 1.0 speed
:''Sparks'' 1
:''Points'' 100
:''Debut'' Wave 1
*A more detailed look at Insecticon was revealed at [https://cargocollective.com/mattr/LG-Autobot-Stronghold cargocollective.com.], though the pixel art does seem to have some differences from the concept art.
**The concept art uses a black and gray colored version of [[Shrapnel (G1)|G1 Shrapnel]]'s [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|MTMTE]] [[:File:ShrapnelDWMTME.jpg|profile art]].

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

Accent

2024-07-16T03:57:06Z

LilMissImpossible:

[[File:MMP2 Cosmos at controls.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wheeere eeess the Malteeese Faalcon?]]
Some [[Transformer]]s speak the same language as their fellow warriors, but their words sound slightly different. Maybe they pronounce their vowels a little differently, maybe they put more stress on certain consonants, and maybe they pepper their sentences with strange expressions—whatever the case, that Transformer is said to have an '''accent'''. Sometimes possessing an accent can affect a Transformer's relationship with those around them in odd ways, though most often they're simply someone who just doesn't speak the same, and its something that goes unremarked upon.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron''===
The residents of [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] had an accent closely resembling that of [[Australia]]. [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] spent some time there, and picked up the local accent, retaining it when he returned to fight alongside the other [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire's Cyber Key Code text}}

===''Bot Shots''===
[[Bot Shots (franchise)|Bot Shots]] such as [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] who lived on the far side of the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]] spoke with a slightly different accent. As a result, Skyquake sometimes mistakenly thought his comrades were making fun of him. {{storylink|Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake's online bio}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Transformers from [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] have an identifiable accent. Because [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] came from there, anyone with a Tarnian accent was seen as suspicious during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}}

[[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] has a thick [[Tetrahex]]ian accent. Singing in [[Cybertronian language#2005 IDW continuity|Old Cybertronian]] with a thick Tetrahexian accent sounds like screaming to non-Tetrahexians. {{storylink|Cybertronian Homesick Blues}}

[[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] pronounced the word "[[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]" as "Knee-cro-titan" {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} and is unable to distinguish between the pronunciation of the words "[[Mobile Anti-Assault Battlesuit|M.A.A.B.s]]" and "[[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay|M.A.R.B.s]]", implying he had an accent resembling British. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon|The Fecund Moon}}

===''Animated''===
[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] has a German accent. The twins [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] both have Russian accents!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Russian.|link=https://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/statuses/2212733768|name=Derrick J. Wyatt|site=Twitter|year=2009|month=06|day=17|(defunct=)}}</ref>

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
At one point [[Cody Burns]] and [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] asked [[Quickshadow]], a bot with a British accent and a British car for a vehicle mode, to open her trunk. She was very confused until she realized they meant her boot. {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}}

===''The Last Knight'' film===
[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Hot Rod]] had a French accent. To his chagrin, he was unable to remove it. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

==='' Rise of the Beasts '' film===
[[Wheeljack (ROTB)|Wheeljack]] didn't even realize that he had a Spanish accent, much to the confusion of [[Noah Díaz|Noah]]. {{storylink|Transformers:_Rise_of_the_Beasts_(film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had a thick [[Iacon (polity)|Iaconian]] accent, leading him to pronounce [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] as "Teletron-1". {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game}}

==Notes==
*Typically in ''Transformers'' fiction involving voice work, the vast majority of characters speak with what could be described as a generic US/Canada accent, however there are a plethora of examples across different continuities of Transformers who speak with strong accents that are similar or identical to other human accents. There are several reasons this is done.
**In a show where thirty different robot characters have speaking lines, a memorable accent or [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|vocal quirk]] helps distinguish between "[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|the red jet guy]]", "[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|the blue jet guy]]", and "[[Ramjet (G1)|the grey jet guy]]".
**For better or worse, these stereotypical presentations help give audiences a "mental image" of the character—[[Beachcomber (G1)|the guy who talks like a beatnik]] is probably laid-back, relaxed, and totally cool. The [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|guy with the slow drawl]] is a rough and tumble cowboy who doesn't particularly cotton to all that fancy business, pardner. Accents, in this context, provide a sort of "cultural shorthand," which is not even limited to Western audiences—Japanese audiences have their own cliched stereotypes as well.
**Some voice actors play multiple characters within the same series, and adding various accents helps distinguish between them. Having two characters who sound essentially similar, save that one is "[[Outback (G1)|Australian]]" and one is "[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|American]]" allows a voice actor to play multiple roles discreetly.
**Occasionally a voice actor will simply bring their own accent to a role.
*Most continuities do not explicitly point out how or when the Transformers learned to speak the dominant native language upon coming to [[Earth]], and indeed will often have scenes—particularly flashbacks—which depict them speaking Earthly languages with their individual accents while still on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], before encountering humans. If one takes these scenes somewhat literally, it would indicate that these accents or some kind of approximations (although probably not the language itself) are somehow native to Cybertron—after all, [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|lots of planets have a "north"]].
*As placing a particular accent can often vary depending on the ear of the listener and other factors, we have opted not to detail every instance of a Transformer sporting anything other than a generic American accent, unless it is story-relevant or otherwise called out by the fiction.

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Blaze Master (G1)

2024-07-16T02:50:06Z

LilMissImpossible:

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{{disambig2|the Micromaster helicopter from Generation 1|the helicopter from ''Revenge of the Fallen''|Blazemaster}}
:''Blaze Master is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BlazeMasterBoxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He loves the smell of napalm in the morning. And afternoon. Evening... late night...]]
The [[Air Patrol]] has never really gelled as a team, and a good chunk of that is because of '''Blaze Master''' (aka '''Choppermaster'''). It's not just because his cynical nature clashes with the ever-optimistic [[Sky High (Micromaster)|Sky High]]. Frankly, he scares them, and a lot of other Autobots as well. His favorite battle tactic is to fly slow and low over [[Decepticon]] positions, presenting himself as an easy target. Once he's sure they can see him, he releases his signature weapon, a napalm-like corrosive spray that incinerates anything it doesn't melt first. Then he just hovers there, watching his enemies die slowly and painfully... chuckling all the while. He can use the spray in robot mode too, but the "death from above" method is by far his favorite.<ref>''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' #1</ref>

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====Toy bio====
As a Micromaster, Blaze Master served under [[Eagle Eye (G1)|Eagle Eye]] in the [[Air Patrol]]. {{storylink|#Zone|''Zone'' toy bio}}

====''United EX''====
[[File:UnitedEX2 blazing alps.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
Blaze Master was one of several Autobots from [[Micro|Zone]] chosen for [[Power Core Combination]]. Taking the name '''Choppermaster''' (チョッパーマスター ''Choppāmasutā''), he was training in the Swiss alps with a group of drones when [[Straxus (G1)|Rollermaster]] attacked. Despite the [[Master Chaos]] Decepticon taking control of the drones, Choppermaster held his own fighting against the giant foe with his incendiary gel. {{storylink|In the Blazing Alps}} Choppermaster and Rollermaster beat each other to the point of shut down. A final victor was not decided, however, because another Decepticon named [[Onslaught (G1)|Combatmaster]] arrived on the scene to finish the battle. He carried Rollermaster to safety while collapsing a mountain on top of the fallen Autobot. {{storylink|Prelude to the Siege}}

Choppermaster was eventually recovered by his friend [[Sky High (Micromaster)|Airmaster]], but [[Roadblock (G2)|Dozermaster]] had secretly placed a homing beacon on him while he was deactivated, allowing the Decepticon to track Choppermaster and Airmaster back to the Autobots' secret headquarters. {{storylink|The Price of a Life}}

Using Jetmaster's drones for combination, Choppermaster engaged Combatmaster in battle and got revenge for his previous defeat. {{storylink|Unearthed Future}}

====''Legends'' comic====
When [[Dark Nova|Unicron Neo]] threatened [[Micro|Zone]], Choppermaster went into action with a combined Micromaster weapon, but was confronted by [[Eagle Eye (G1)|Hawking]], who mocked the Autobots' efforts. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
When the newly created Micromasters first took up sides in the Cybertronian Wars, Blaze Master chose to join the Decepticons. Working alongside [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] and his [[Race Track Patrol]], he attacked the Autobot Micromasters when they attempted to rescue the damaged [[Macromaster|guzzler]] named [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} Rumor had it, though, that he was discontent with the Decepticon way of doing things. [[Powertrain]] and [[Highjump (G1)|Highjump]] were discussing how to bring Blaze Master over to the Autobot side later that night in [[Little Iacon]]. Their conversation was interrupted when Blaze Master walked in on them. {{storylink|The Gray Race}} When [[Venom (G1)|Venom]] and his Decepticons took over and occupied the area, they demanded the Micros turn against each other on that formerly neutral turf. At that point, Blaze Master had definitely had enough: he tossed aside his allegiance and told the Decepticon guzzlers to slag off. Venom then had [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] shoot down the Micromaster. The Autobot [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] was seen caring for the fallen Blaze Master after that. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate|Recipe for Hate}} Venom and his men took the Autobot Micromasters into custody back at Decepticon headquarters, but [[Big Daddy (G1)|Big Daddy]] and the [[Hot Rod Patrol]] broke them out soon after. Blaze Master got his revenge on Venom shortly afterwards, stabbing the larger robot through the torso with his energo-rotors. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:SpotlightHardhead-CaughtInAVortex.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Blaze Master was one of the legions of [[Dead Universe]] Micromasters who pursued [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] on [[Gorlam Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Blaze Master and the [[Air Patrol]] were assigned to the Micromaster [[58th Division]] across the [[Sonic Canyons]] during the [[Grand Uprising]]. Although they mined the bridges to prevent the [[Maximal Nation]] from crossing, the Maximals made a daring maneuver to cross by haphazard force fields projected across the gap. The Micromasters pulled back from the canyons after this daredevil tactic brought the enemy to them. {{storylink|Derailment}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
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[[File:G1-toy BlazeMaster.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Air Patrol''' (Micromaster Patrol, [[1990]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Sky Patrol Team'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''C-352'''
:*''Accessories'': Rotor blade

: Released in the seventh (and final) year of Hasbro's US [[The Transformers (toyline)|''Transformers'' toyline]] (sixth and not-final year in European markets), Blaze Master transforms into a Sikorsky MH-53 Pave Low helicopter. His rotor blades can detach and be mounted as a melee weapon on his robot-mode arm. Blaze Master is gang molded with his teammate Tread Bolt, causing the two to share plastic colors.

: He was only available as part of the [[Air Patrol]] set with his teammates [[Eagle Eye (G1)#Toys|Eagle Eye]], [[Sky High (Micromaster)#Toys|Sky High]], and [[Tread Bolt#Toys|Tread Bolt]].

: In Takara's markets, the Team was released as the "Sky Patrol Team", released in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1990 (Zone)|Zone]]'' portion of Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' toyline. They are physically identical to their Hasbro counterparts.

: The rotor blade is the same mold as the one used by [[Tracer (Micromaster)#Toys|Tracer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/BlazeMaster/blazemaster.htm More information on Blaze Master at TFU.info]''
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===''United EX''===
[[File:UnitedEXtoy-Choppermaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Does this new look make me look chunky? Best go on a diet, by this time next year I'll be fit and fabulous again! Also, you know what's better than one rotor blade? TWO ROTOR BLADES. AH AH AH]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Rollermaster vs Choppermaster''' (Vs pack, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EX P1'''
:*''Release date'': [[September 22]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': 3-blade and 4-blade rotors

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers United EX|United EX]]'' product, Choppermaster is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Searchlight (PCC)#Toys|Searchlight]] toy, transforming into a tandem rotor rescue helicopter of indeterminate model. Choppermaster can swap between his normal head and a larger head so that he can also serve as a torso (dubbed "Prime Mode") for ''Power Core Combiner'' drone-limbs. His chestplate has a flip-up Mini-Con [[Powerlinx]] peg that allows him to use any Mini-Con as chest armor.

: He was only available in a set with [[Straxus (G1)#United EX|Rollermaster]], and the Mini-Cons [[Spanner (United)#Toys|Spanner]], and [[Firebug (United)#Toys|Firebug]].

:This mold was also used to make [[Windburn]].
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Gen-toy Blazemaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He'll shoot his eye out.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumblebee & Blazemaster''' (Legends Class, [[2013]])}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''02 / 002'''
:*''Accessories'': Rotors
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the third wave of 2012-2013 ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Thrilling 30 (2013–2014)|Generations]]'' Legends Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generations|Bumblebee]] comes with Blazemaster, who transforms into a helicopter, a robot with [[C joint|3 mm-compatible]] hands, and a large cannon with a [[5 mm post|5 mm handle]]. His rotor-blade assembly is detachable with a free-spinning 5mm post; typically it's mounted on Bumblebee's forearm (via the holes in his tires) when Blazemaster is in weapon mode. Considering his swapped colors and partnership with Bumblebee, Blazemaster may also be an [[homage]] to Bumblebee's [[Heli-pack]].

: There are two packaging [[variant]]s of this two-pack: one version (which is also reflected by the official [[stock photography|stock photo]] of the toy in packaging) features the same layout for the cardboard name insert as its [[wave]]mate [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Legends|Optimus Prime]] & [[Roller (G1)#Generations|Autobot Roller]], while the other version has various texts and logos rearranged and relocated, and is lacking both the difficulty level and the [[Hasbro]] company logo.<ref name="genvar">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/generations-legends-bumblebee-with-blazemaster-packaging-variant-177748/ Comparison] between both variants of ''Generations'' Bumblebee & Blaze Master's packaging</ref>

: This mold was redecoed into [[Jolt (Armada)#Transformers (campaign item)|Jolt]], ''Generations'' [[Spinister (G1)#Generations|Spinister]], and [[Shūta Gō#Generations|Shūta Gō]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/GenLegBlazemaster/blazemaster.htm More information on Blazemaster at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations'' (Japan)===
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[[File:TTGenerationsTG24BumblebeeBlazemaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Behold: Bling Master.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime & Bumblebee''' (Multi-pack, [[2013]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''TG-24'''
:*''Release date'': [[September 28]], 2013
:*''Accessories'': Rotors

: The TakaraTomy [[Transformers: Generations (Japan)|''Generations'']] release of ''Thrilling 30'' Legends Class Blazemaster [[redeco]]es him in metallic blue.

: He was only available in a four-pack with [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#TG24|Bumblebee]], as well as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#TG24|Optimus Prime]] and [[Roller (G1)#TG24|Roller]].
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==Notes==
*Most—if not all—of the toys pictured in the 1990 Hasbro ''Transformers'' catalog are unfinished prototypes or mock-ups, and a variety of differences from the final product are apparent. In Blaze Master's case, there are some minuscule sculpting differences...and the complete lack of robot-mode [[Paint operation|paint application]]s.
*Choppermaster's [http://www.allspark.com/content/view/10631/37/ bio notes] do not ''explicitly'' say he's Blaze Master, but... come on. Plus, the [[Andrew Hall|guy who wrote the bio and story and all that]] said he is.
*The ''United EX'' set bucks tradition by putting the Decepticon's name first.
*The 2013 ''Thrilling 30'' Blazemaster toy doesn't resemble its 1990 counterpart that closely. This is because it actually recycles two unrelated unused designs: a robot-mode design created for an MMO (presumably either ''[[Transformers Online (2012 video game)|Transformers Online]]'' or ''[[Transformers Universe (Jagex)|Transformers Universe]]''), and an unused vehicle-mode design for [[Springer (G1)/toys|Springer]].<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/96686-generations-legends-targetmaster-moulds/#entry2423893 Kyde's response on an Allspark Forums thread about the ''Thrilling 30'' Legends partners]</ref> He's [[Blazemaster|probably not the first Blazemaster]] to reuse a Springer design!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Breeze Master''' (ブリーズマスター ''Burīzu Masutā''),<ref>It is unclear whether Takara intentionally changed the first word from "Blaze" to "Breeze" or rather if the "breeze" pronunciation is merely the result of a misspelling.</ref> '''Blaze Master''' (ブレイズマスター ''Bureizu Masutā'')
*''French:'' '''Brasero''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Elicos'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yānhuǒ Dàshī''' (Taiwan, 煙火大師, "Fireworks Master")

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Carissa Carr (G1)

2024-05-21T17:39:02Z

LilMissImpossible: Thumbs up emoji

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 human|the ''Animated'' human|Carissa Carr (Animated)}}
:''Carissa Carr is a human from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:CarissaJakeCreep01.jpg|thumb|That's why they call it acting.]]

'''Ethel Stankiewicz''', alias '''Carissa Carr''', is a b-movie actress and befriender of giant scary robots.

She has gigantic '80s hair.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
Although her mother wanted her to be a nurse, Ethel Stankiewicz instead became an actress, using the screen name "Carissa Carr". [[Rollie Friendly (G1)|Rollie Friendly]] cast the neophyte as "[[Celestia]]" opposite [[Jake Colton (G1)|Jake Colton]] in his latest sci-fi opus ''[[Creepozoids of the Crab Nebula]]'', but filming was halted when the [[Creepozoid]] suffered a meltdown during filming. Carr, Colton, [[Ralph (cameraman)|Ralph]], and [[Fred (cameraman)|Fred]] were subsequently dragged off to the [[Great Smokies]] in [[North Carolina]] to locate a new monster—the so-called "[[Bigfoot]]" which had been terrorizing the locals. The creature, [[Skullgrin]], was hired by Friendly to star alongside Carr and Colton in ''[[Monster from Mars]]'', and soon became a media darling. Unlike Colton, who resented Skullgrin's fame, Carr befriended her monstrous co-star.

[[File:Carissa02.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Ethel is not method.]]

When prying questions sent Skullgrin into a violent rage at a press conference, Carr managed to calm him down, eliciting the interest of [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]]. Beller, who suspected that Skullgrin was a [[Transformer]], tried to sneak into the studio, but was stopped by security. Carr came to her aid, and told Beller, who claimed to be Skullgrin's biggest fan, of their upcoming shoot in the [[Grand Canyon]]. During a break from filming in the canyon, Carr revealed her real name to Skullgrin, who then revealed his true nature—that of a [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]]. Immediately after exposing his robotic form, he was attacked by Beller, in the guise of the vengeance-seeking Circuit Breaker!

As Carissa tried to flee the battle, Jake Colton wrangled her into acting on the battlefield, as Friendly's cameras were rolling. The battle eventually caused the cliffs to crumble, threatening to send Carr plunging to her death. Her pleas initially elicited no response from Skullgrin, who thought the human had betrayed him to Beller. Luckily for Carissa, the Pretender was convinced to rescue her when Circuit Breaker told him that the actress had not helped her. While Jake continued to try to act, Carissa pleaded with Beller for Skullgrin's life—successfully, as it turned out, as the cyborg settled for destroying Friendly's camera and flying off. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}

==Notes==
*The implication is that Ethel Stankiewicz, like a number of real-world actors, has changed her name for career reasons because it's 'too Jewish'.

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Primon

2024-05-20T15:25:42Z

LilMissImpossible:

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:''Primon is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Ancientrobot ffod.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|That's a beard you'll have. In the future past.]]
'''Primon''', the '''Alpha Prime''', is one of the oldest known bearers of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. As he predated [[Prima]], who is characterized as the first Transformer created on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], it is conceivable that he predates the planet itself (much like the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]).

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese)|[[Serge Bourrier]] (European French), [[Garcia Neto]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

Primon was the earliest documented bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], but how he came to hold the talisman, and his activities during the [[Quintesson]] occupation of Cybertron, are unknown. He was succeeded as Matrix-bearer by [[Prima]]. When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] voyaged into the Matrix in 2005, Primon was the first guide the Autobot leader encountered. Primon related to him the story of the [[Transformer]]s' creation by the Quintessons, and how they were endowed with sentience. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

===3H comics===
Primon was seen twice in a swirl of visions experienced by the Covenant at the coming of the [[Chronarchitect]]—once as part of a long lineage of [[Prime (rank)|Primes]], and again having the Matrix torn from his chest by the [[Liege Maximo]]. The Matrix eventually found its way to Prima. {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Alpha Prime was the first known Matrix-bearer and was succeeded by [[Guardian Prime]]. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More Than Meets The Eye #8}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Primon was known as the Alpha Prime and predated [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] according to legend. [[Vector Prime]] was unsure if Primon and the [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]] were a template for the [[Thirteen]], a version of the Thirteen, or just a legend for the Thirteen to believe in. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/31 and 2015/06/10}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
One of the spirits of former Autobot leaders who resided in the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Primon haunted [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] after he stole the artifact, warning the Decepticon that if he sought to control Cybertron, he would have to deal with its ghosts. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} Ghostly images of Primon and other leaders appeared in the sky when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] took back the Matrix. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

==Notes==
* "Primon" was first named in the 1999 [[BotCon]] prose story, "[[Covenant (story)|Covenant]]," which identified him as the bearer of the Matrix prior to [[Prima]]. This conflicted with the only pre-existing list of Matrix-bearers known at the time, from [[Dark Creation|issue #65]] of the Marvel comic book (written by [[Simon Furman]], the same author who wrote "Covenant"), which identified Prima as the first Transformer to carry the talisman. When questioned, Furman offered up "The Matrix forgot?" as an excuse.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Umm... pass. The Matrix forgot?|link=http://web.archive.org/web/20120713070554/http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/features/qanda/sfurman_3.php|name=Simon Furman|site=ASM|year=2002|month=10|day=30|archived=yes}}</ref>
* "Alpha Prime" was first named in a new list of Matrix-bearers provided in [[Dreamwave Productions]]' [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More than Mets the Eye'' #8]]. By coincidence or design, the name would also later be floated by [[Aaron Archer]] for a new character in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'' series, who evolved to become [[Vector Prime]].
* The robot ghost from "Five Faces of Darkness" was never named in the cartoon, having been referred to only as "'''Ancient Robot'''" in the episode's dialogue script. In 2010, ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'' retroactively consolidated all three of these characters into one, identifying the "Ancient Robot" as "Primon, the Alpha Prime."
**According to [[Recordicons issue 9|''Recordicons'' #9]], Vector Prime "always lies about Five Faces of Darkness". If true, this would mean that the guy in the image isn't necessarily Primon or the Alpha Prime; we're keeping this page as-is because there's no objective evidence either way, and Primon is more convenient as a page title than "Ancient Robot".
* The symbol stamped on cartoon Primon's forehead is a "prototype" version of the Autobot [[insignia]]. Although this is the only place it appears on a Cybertronian in-fiction, the symbol was later released as a sticker with [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]].

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Skyfall (G1)

2024-05-16T19:51:36Z

LilMissImpossible: /* Notes */

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{{disambig3|Skyfall}}
:''Skyfall is an [[Autobot]] [[Action Master]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:SkyfallG1.jpg|thumb|''Let the sky fall When it crumbles We will stand tall Face it all together'']]
'''Skyfall''' is an up-and-coming Autobot weapons engineer who envisions a very bright future for himself. He has an effusive and enthusiastic personality, always heaping praise on those around him and telling them things they already know, in a way that doesn't seem suspicious at all. Whenever his friends reach a major success, Skyfall is always there to join in the celebration (and glory), and wouldn't you know it, whenever his rivals fail, things just seem to work out to Skyfall's benefit too. What a lucky bot he is! One day, Skyfall will accomplish great things—you'll see! Oh, you'll see.

His [[Action Master partner]] is [[Top-Heavy]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{First|[[Spotlight: Arcee]] (cameo); [[Bullets]] (where everyone learns to hate the guy)}}
[[File:SpotlightArcee Autobotsfighting.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"We're not going to make it!" "Shut up, SHUT UP!"]]
Skyfall was a weapons-designer and a rival of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]. Ironfist designed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s signature [[ion blaster|rifle]], but the Autobot commander mistakenly believed it was Skyfall's work. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} Of course, it was only out of respect for Prime's image that Skyfall never corrected that misconception. Yeah.

Skyfall received plenty of praise for "designing" Prime's ion blaster, but it was Ironfist who received the next round of cheers for his development of cold phosphex, otherwise known as "[[glass gas]]". Perhaps feeling he needed to prove himself, Skyfall volunteered to take part in an advance patrol, which was then captured by Decepticons. He endured 100 years of captivity in the infamous [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore]] penal colony. Upon Skyfall's rescue, Ironfist strongly advocated for him to become one of the engineers at the [[Kimia Facility|Kimia design facility]]. Instead, Skyfall was brought into the less-prestigious manufacturing division, although Ironfist still let his good buddy use his workshop from time to time for personal projects. There, working side by side, the two renewed their friendship... except for the teensy little detail about how Skyfall was an amoral bastard out for no one but himself. After Ironfist had developed the fearsome chemical weapon known as [[Gideon's Glue|mycopropelene]], he himself was so shocked by its virulence that he attempted to destroy the entire stockpile of his creation, but Skyfall found out about it and leaked critical information to the Decepticons, who then used it in the massacre at [[Babu Yar]]. Skyfall then manipulated the subsequent Autobot investigation of the incident to direct suspicion towards Ironfist, but ultimately, nothing came of it.

Skyfall soon fell under official scrutiny too, when he used his time in Ironfist's workshop to further development of cold phosphex (which he "jokingly" swore had been his idea from the beginning and that Ironfist had stolen from him). His more extreme and poorly tested concoction, [[glass gas|black phosphex]], led to severe weapons malfunctions in the field. High Command forcibly transferred Skyfall out of weapons design and into the penal system, working as a guard on [[Garrus-9]]. While there, he accidentally fulfilled Ironfist's dream and helped the Wreckers in battle, fighting off a prison break side-by-side with [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]]'s team. {{storylink|Bullets}} He was among the personnel attempting to defend the G-9 penitentiary from [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]]'s assault {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} and later, [[Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime's]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} He, ah, ''did'' things while he was there.
[[File:Bullets-Skyfall.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Skyfall, the poison chosen especially to kill Skyfall, Skyfall's poison.]]
Once again, Ironfist intervened on his "friend"'s behalf, bringing him back to the Kimia engineering corps so he could enjoy Skyfall's company... which often took the form of passive-aggressive backhanded compliments about Ironfist's temperament during ethics investigations and the repetitiveness of many of his entries in the ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' series. At some point, Ironfist promised his good buddy Skyfall that he could have Ironfist's lab if anything ever happened to him. Wasting little time, Skyfall tampered with one of Ironfist's cerebro-guns, ensuring it would automatically fire when held at a certain angle and thus dooming Ironfist to a slow death by creeping brain-bullet. Naturally, Ironfist confided in his friend about his injury, to which Skyfall sensitively replied that he should have his head examined.

Skyfall essentially sabotaged himself, however, once [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] learned of Ironfist's injury (although not its cause). Thinking Ironfist's death sentence made him uniquely suitable for the [[Aequitas]] mission to Garrus-9, Prowl used his sway in High Command to get Ironfist named as a new Wrecker, replacing Springer's initial choice... Skyfall. Just as he was leaving Kimia for the Wreckers, however, Ironfist got the analysis reports back from [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] about the cerebro-gun that "malfunctioned". Realizing that Skyfall had enough access to his workshop to have rigged the gun to fire as it did, Ironfist still departed Kimia without confronting his "friend".

After Ironfist left, Skyfall took possession of that precious, long-sought lab. But Skyfall's true personality soon shone through: He was arrogant and dismissive enough to repeatedly ditch the requests of [[Xaaron]]'s investigative committee, and as punishment, the authorities repossessed all the weapon tech that the lab had housed. Skyfall had barely absorbed this setback when he found himself receiving a recorded message from Ironfist, who had just died at that moment. Revisiting all the strange coincidences that had accompanied Skyfall's career over the years, Ironfist had uploaded an automatic message and broadcast timer into his brain-bullet's internal computer, and he revealed the proof of all of Skyfall's crimes to every fan who was following "Fisitron"'s datafeeds.

[[File:Skyfall mtmte.JPG|thumb|150px|left]]
Skyfall soon found himself barricaded inside his lab with an angry mob of Autobot troopers banging on the door, as Ironfist laid out one condemnation after another. Knowing he would never survive among his former victims on Garrus-9, Skyfall happened across the one remaining weapon in the lab—Ironfist's last, secret sample of Gideon's Glue—and drank it, killing himself. {{storylink|Bullets}}

During Skyfall's autopsy, his memories were read by [[Mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeon]] [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] who as a result would later suffer an inherited flashback to Skyfall's last moments. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} [[Rewind (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rewind]] later made use of old footage of Skyfall in his final, spliced-together message to Chromedome. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In Cybertron's distant past, Skyfall was one of five members of the [[Elite Flying Corps]], under the command of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Along with [[Swoop (G1)|Divebomb]], [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]], [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]], and [[Doubleheader]], he engaged Decepticons in the skies. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/20}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Skyfall toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Gun-DAMMIT! ...Sorry.]]
*'''Skyfall with Top-Heavy''' (Action Master, [[1990]])
**''Accessories:'' Top-Heavy partner, [[cloudbuster cannon]]
:Skyfall is an Action Master, and as such does not transform (which, given [[#Notes|what it says in his toy bio]], is more than a little ironic), though his design shows hints of a vehicle mode, likely a Cybertronic jet fighter similar in style to early [[Pretender]] robots such as [[Cloudburst]], given the cockpit and vehicle details on his back. (Helps that his bio outright says "former jet fighter".) He is compatible with any Action Master weapon or vehicle. He came with his rhino-[[Action Master partner|partner]] [[Top-Heavy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Skyfall/skyfall.htm More information on Skyfall at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
{{twoimages|File:ActionMasterMuralSkyfallKickOff.jpg|File:Skyfall catalog.jpg|thumb|w1=280|w2=175|caption=}}
*Skyfall's toy bio<ref>[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Skyfall/skyfall.htm Skyfall at TFU.info]</ref> contains the rather outrageous line: "Can change into anything from a construction crane to a can opener, then into a weapon in less time than it takes to plug in a phone jack", implying he has some kind of super-transformational ability—which is, of course, outwardly nonsense, as he is a non-transforming Action Master, even described in the very next line of his bio as a "former jet fighter." It's apparent that, given that he's a weapons engineer, the line is ''supposed'' to read: "Can change <strike>into</strike> anything from a construction crane to a can opener into a weapon in less time than it takes to plug in a phone jack".
*Skyfall's colors went through several alterations before production.
**The 1990 boxback mural<ref>[http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=2&image=41 Back of the Box Art: 1990 - botchthecrab.com]</ref> and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime's]] [[Armored Convoy]] package art feature Skyfall in a grey and green color scheme (with [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] also in entirely different colors in those artworks).
**Meanwhile, Skyfall's catalog photography and [[Power Plans]] show him in red and white. The Hasbro "Spring 1990" Toy Fair catalog (printed in mid-to-late 1989) assigns the preproduction name "Fireball" to this deco, but the name had switched to Skyfall by the time the February 1990 Toy Fair catalog was printed.
*Skyfall's design seems to be strongly inspired by the Japanese ''Gundam'' robot line, with maybe a little Generation 1 [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] mixed in.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Skyfall''' (スカイフォール ''Sukaifōru'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Engineers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]

Optimus Maximus (G1)

2024-05-16T16:21:06Z

LilMissImpossible: /* Transformers Trading Card Game */

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{{disambig3|Optimus Maximus}}
:''Optimus Maximus is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:GenerationsOptimusMaximus-packageart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"By your powers combined, I am Captain Cybertron!"]]

The mighty '''Optimus Maximus''' was [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s last-ditch attempt to protect the world of [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]—and perhaps the entire galaxy—from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s political machinations. Every Autobot involved in the combination process brings some of their own unique traits to the composite individual that is Optimus Maximus – the dependability of Ironhide, the strategic genius of Prowl, Mirage's cloaking powers, the courage of Optimus Prime and Sunstreaker's... good looks.

Optimus Maximus is the combined form of several [[Autobot]]s, sometimes grouped together as the [[Sentinel (TCG)|Sentinels]], though the precise limb configuration is variable:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]

[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] is sometimes included as Optimus Maximus's chest piece. Optimus Prime can also form [[Ultra Prime]] by combining with a more random assortment of [[Transformer]]s.

{{bigquote|We are OPTIMUS MAXIMUS! We are the defender of all sentient beings!|Optimus Maximus pulls himself together|"[[All That Remains]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Optimusmaximus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|'Til all are one.]]
After [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s first two attempts at stopping [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] ended in his arrest, he fell back on his contingency plan: roping [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] into stealing the [[Enigma of Combination]] and delivering it to his cell—just as [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], [[Mirage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Mirage]], and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] arrived to meet with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Although Optimus tried to stop Rattrap, he activated the Enigma. The five Autobots were exposed to its energy, merging them into a new, combined form. With Prowl in control, the new combiner headed through the unstable [[space bridge]] portal, vowing to end the conflict once and for all. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

[[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]] was not impressed with Prowl's "upgrade", and made his displeasure clear by clobbering him. Within, the other Autobots struggled against Prowl's analytical personality, weakening the combination and causing them to collapse. [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] were forced to help the struggling gestalt against Devastator and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'s onslaught. Within the combiner's psyche, Optimus and Prowl finally reached a grudging understanding. As the brawling combiners bounced from world to world, the five separate minds united... causing the reinvigorated combiner to declare himself Optimus Maximus!

The three combiners managed to surround Devastator as they reappeared at Cybertron and tore him apart, reducing him to his components. With both combiners defeated, Optimus Maximus willingly separated himself so that Prowl could be arrested. Since Prowl was now in custody, a saddened Superion mused that Optimus Maximus might never form again. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

Prowl taunted Optimus Prime after his arrest, stating that their time together as Optimus Maximus meant that a part of Prowl would always exist in Prime's mind. {{storylink|Now and On Earth}}

Mirage also returned to the ''[[Lost Light]]'' along with the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], making any future formations of Optimus Maximus even more unlikely. {{storylink|The Transgressors}} His death later made any reformations even less likely. {{storylink|The Plotters' Club (Part 3): Journey's End|Journey's End}}

The brawl between Optimus Maximus and Devastator unfortunately led the inhabitants of the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Vigilem|Carcer]] to conclude that Cybertronians were conquerors only interested in exploiting other civilizations. {{storylink|The Will of the Few}}

After Optimus Prime had annexed Earth, [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] put forth the idea to [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] that Optimus' recent shift in attitude was a result of Prowl's personality influencing him due to their time spent as Optimus Maximus. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}}

Eventually, Optimus Prime and Ironhide both died in the final battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], so Optimus Maximus would never form again. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''Unite Warriors''/''Legends''===
[[File:ConvoyGrandPrime-MegatroniaChapter.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"Protect the environment, or I'll slagging kill you!"]]
Inspired by a [[Masquerade|previous incident]] in which several Autobots combined, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], and [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] initiated the "Masquerade Project" in the late 1980s, modifying their [[transformation cog]]s to adopt new combiner modes. Though the process was imperfect and unstable, they managed to combine into Optimus Maximus and defeat [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] during the battle for the [[Transform Super Cog]]. The combiner was then split apart when hit by an energy shockwave emitted by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

In [[2021]] on Cybertron, Optimus Prime was temporarily resurrected in a new body and joined with the other four to form Optimus Maximus in response to the intervention of [[Megaempress]] and her [[4 Guards]]. Optimus Maximus proceeded to struggle against the mighty Decepticon combiner, whose onslaught prompted Optimus Maximus to shield [[Marissa Faireborn]] and [[Sue Faireborn|Sue]] from falling debris. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} Their duel was interrupted by the arrival of [[Unicron]]'s head, prompting Optimus Maximus to disengage and separate into his components for the battle with Unicron's [[Commando (RID)|Combatrons]]. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part One}}When Unicron attempted to make Cybertron his new body, the Autobots reformed Optimus Maximus and fought the dark god directly until they were blown apart by his eye beams. Undaunted, Optimus Prime accepted [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] as his new right arm and became "Optimus Maximus Roller Edition", who punched Unicron's head so hard it was sent to the [[Triple Z Point]]. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}
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==Games==
===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Red (AB)#As Optimus Maximus}}
Optimus Maximus appears as the fourth unlockable Combiner. His head is Red's. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
[[File:Devastation-OptimusMaximus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|And just wait until you see all the add-ons!]]
After the incident with the [[Ferrotaxis]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] mused to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] about ending the war once and for all. They then both looked at a set of Combiner schematics on a computer screen, depicting Optimus Maximus. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Maximus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.33|See! Optimus Maximus at max level. Genius.]]
Optimus Maximus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He could be recruited if all six of his components were at max level. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:OptimusMaximus-EarthWars.jpg|thumb|250px| [[wikia:voltron:Voltron: Legendary Defender|I shall purge the darkness of the Galra with the power of FRIEN...]]*cough* Wait, wrong line.]]

When Optimus was in need of a new combiner to ease the burden of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], he employed himself, and four other volunteers to help in the endeavour. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

When Optimus Maximus was first formed, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] asked who was inside the combiner. Optimus Maximus replied that he fought for righteousness, and it was truly Optimus inside. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Countdown to Combination Event}}

Optimus Maximus could be obtained once all five 3-4 star Maximus Bots were collected and combined.

*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 3 stars
*'''Class''': Combiner
*'''Weapons''': Optimus Maximus uses many weapons, including knuckle gun gauntlets, but he usually just smashes things with his fists.
*'''Abilities''':
**''Earth Shatter'': Send a line of damage towards your target dealing damage! Deals '''600%''' Damage to walls!
** ''Righteous Rage'': Gain an immense power boost, splash damage, and take less damage for ten seconds.
**''Shockfire Missiles'': Fire off 4 missiles that lock onto key defenses, dealing damage, and stun the buildings for a set period of time. (4 Star only)
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
While considering the applications of the [[Enigma of Combination]], [[Vorath]] was concerned about what might happen if the Autobots combined their best and brightest into an unstoppable "Optimus Maximus" configuration. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

==Toys==
===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|Generations}}
[[File:TF-CW-Optimus-Maximus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Voted "most likely to be customized into the [[Turbomaster]]s".]]
*'''Sunstreaker''' (Deluxe Class, [[2015]])
*'''Mirage''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Battle Core Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2015)
*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Ironhide''' (Deluxe Class, 2015)
*'''Rodimus''' (Legends Class, 2015)
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Rodimus)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Optimus Maximus is a Combiner made up of four Deluxe Class figures ([[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations|Sunstreaker]], [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Mirage]], [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Generations|Prowl]], and [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ironhide]]) as limbs, a Voyager Class figure ([[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#BattleCoreOP|Battle Core Optimus Prime]]) as the torso, and the usual Legends Class figure ([[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Generations|Rodimus]]) to complete the set, all as part of the ''Combiner Wars'' line. As with the other Combiners in the line, any deluxe toy can become an arm or a leg, and each Deluxe figure comes with weapons that can become hands or feet for the combined mode. Whether by coincidence or design, all of Optimus Maximus's components are [[retool]]s of the [[Stunticon (G1)#Generations|Stunticon]]s, essentially making him a retool of [[Menasor (G1)#Generations|Menasor]].

:Battle Core Optimus Prime has the improved hip joints also featured on the second run of [[Motormaster (G1)#Combiner Wars|Motormaster]]. This allows for a more natural pose in robot mode, as well as a more stable combined mode. He also features improved pegs on the chest, allowing for a much more secure fit for Rodimus.

:As a part of the third and fourth wave promotion in Hasbro's Asian markets, a free sticker sheet for the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s and Optimus Maximus was given out when purchasing any four Deluxe Class toys from those waves. As such, Optimus Maximus was given Generation 1 toy-esque stickers for the owner to apply if they wanted.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2015/08/28/transformers-combiner-wars-sticker-sheet-for-wave-3-and-4-figures-300471 Protectobot and Optimus Maximus sticker promotion on TFW2005]</ref> These sticker sheets did not include stickers for Rodimus, however.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/CWOptimusMaximus/optimusmaximus.htm More information on Optimus Maximus at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:TF-UW05-Convoy-Grand-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''Energon'' fans, start customizing!]]
*'''Convoy Grand Prime''' (giftset, [[February 27]], [[2016]])
**''ID number:'' '''UW-05'''
**''Accessories'' Weapons, 4 Foot/Hand/Guns

:Takara's ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' iteration is sold in a gift set including all five Autobots (minus the Rodimus mold). He has numerous changes in deco to better match the components' appearances in the Generation 1 cartoon. Like ''Unite Warriors'' [[Menasor (G1)#Unite Warriors|Menasor]], the set also features some minor improvements to the original sculpts, such as improved hip-ratchets for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Convoy]] for increased stability.

:Printed on his instructions is the fifth chapter of ''[[Unite Warriors Offshot]]''. Undocumented in the instructions, [[Runabout (RID)#Adventure|''Adventure'' Runabout]] (or his mold mates [[Blackjack (G1)#Generations|Blackjack]] and Rodimus) can be attached to ''Unite Warriors'' Convoy Grand Prime's combined mode chest.

:Convoy Grand Prime was released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive, with the preorders opened at September 24 afternoon till October 23. It shipped in late February 2016. The giftset also includes a [[collector coin]] when purchased in select retailers outside Japan.
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W2OptimusMaximus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Optimus Maximus, Ultimate Defender''' (2019)
**[[Hot Rod (G1)|Autobot Hot Rod]], Impulsive Fighter
**[[Mirage (G1)|Autobot Mirage]], Counterintelligence
**[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], Steadfast Brawler
**[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Gleaming Commander
**[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], Strategic Mastermind
**[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], Bold Warrior
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Stars: ''46

:One of the titular [[combiner]]s from the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]'' Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners, Optimus Maximus, Ultimate Defender can be formed by playing the Action card [[Enigma of Combination|Sentinel Enigma]] while the Character cards for all six [[Sentinel (TCG)|Sentinels]] are in Bot Mode while on the battlefield and/or the KO area.

:Optimus Maximus, Ultimate Defender's artwork is reused from the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] Optimus Maximus packaging art.
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==Notes==
*In his first comic appearance, Optimus Maximus appears with the red and blue torso colors of the original ''Combiner Wars'' Optimus Prime toy. The subsequent issue, meanwhile, swaps out the blue for Battle Core Optimus's white and gold parts whilst retaining all the red, presumably as a compromise to promote the new toy whilst not completely ignoring the previous installment.
*Maximus's limbs call to mind [[:File:TwoHeros optimus supermode.jpg |''Energon'' Optimus Prime's super-mode]], with a white limb (Prowl), a yellow limb (Sunstreaker), a blue limb (Mirage), and an orange limb (Ironhide... kinda). [[TakaraTomy]] would take advantage of this when releasing their "Convoy Grand Prime" set, putting the limbs in the standard configuration of the [[Prime Force]] drones for art and stock photos.
*Optimus Maximus also shares his limbs with [[Betatron (CW)|Betatron]].
*Optimus Maximus reuses some of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' hand/foot pieces in some of his appearances.
*The difference between Ultra Prime and Optimus Maximus (one being any random combination that has Optimus Prime as its torso, whereas the other is a combination of Optimus with four very specific Autobots) is mirrored by the distinction between [[Elita-Infin1te]] and [[Orthia]], and possibly also by the one between [[Betatron (CW)|Betatron]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]].
*The Japanese name "Convoy Grand Prime" has also been mirrored by [[Grand Scourge|Scourge Grand Prime]] and [[White Gallant Convoy|White Convoy Grand Prime]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Convoy Grand Prime''' (コンボイグランドプライム ''Konboi Gurando Puraimu''), '''Optimus Maximus''' (オプティマスマキシマス ''Oputimasu Makishimasu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chāojí Qíng Tiān Zhù''' (超级擎天柱, "Super Optimus Prime")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Autobots]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Autobots]]

Star Trailer

2024-05-14T18:09:20Z

LilMissImpossible: mislinks

[[File:Star Trailer Punch.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Star Power|Stardust]] [[Primus|Crusader]]]]

Born from the [[Star Power]] of the [[Silver Matrix]], the '''Star Trailer''' (スタートレーラー ''Sutā Torērā'') is the erstwhile autonomous support drone, trailer, and power armor of the interdimensional warrior [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (2)|Star Convoy]] during his time in the [[Precursor World|mysterious world]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]].

It does its best, but according to Star Convoy it's no [[Roller (G1)|Roller]]. Poor thing.

==Fiction==
===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:Blue Planet Generations Surface.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Go on! Get!]]
The [[Vok]] of the [[G1 World|next universe]] set loose a [[Novaroid]] swarm on the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] as part of their efforts to alter the timeline. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}} In response, [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] plucked Optimus Prime and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic|Galvatron]] from [[2011]] of the G1 World into orbit, gifted Optimus the mysterious Silver Matrix and tasked them with sorting the problem. Optimus absorbed the Star Power within to upgrade himself into Star Convoy, bringing the Star Trailer into existence. He and the Star Trailer then combined for the first time and made short work of the Novaroids by combining the Silver Matrix with his ion blaster to create the Big Bang Cannon. {{storylink|Star Convoy comic}}

The Star Trailer socked a [[Gulf]] drone into oblivion in its power armor configuration before recombining with Star Convoy. {{storylink|Seacons comic 2}}
[[File:Star Trailer Evacuation.jpg|thumb|300px|Good box.]]
Later on the surface, Optimus decombined with the Star Trailer and directed it to ferry [[Beast People|civilians]] to safety while he kept the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] busy. He lamented the loss of his [[Roller (G1)|third component]] in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|Unicron War]], always a helpful friend in these situations. The Star Trailer later proved successful in its evacuation! {{storylink|Seacons comic 5}}

Optimus rode the Star Trailer as a jet board to do battle with the now similarly upgraded [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Super Megatron's]] jet mode, only for a lucky [[fusion cannon]] blast to send the two flying. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 1}}

A timely save by none other than [[King Poseidon]] gave Optimus the determination to summon the Star Trailer once more and recombine into Star Convoy to do battle with the twice-more-upgraded Megatron Omega. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}
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==Toys==
===Selects===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Star-Convoy.jpg|upright=3|thumb|The latest in [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Titans Return|a]] [[God Ginrai#Toys|proud]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Toys|lineage]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Armada|of]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon|trailer]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|pants]]]]
*'''Star Convoy''' ([[September 28]], 2019)
**''Accessories'': Star Trailer/evolution armor, ion-blaster (formed by two blasters), Silver Matrix

:Part of ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Selects|Star Convoy]], the Star Trailer is a retool of ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Power of the Primes|Optimus Prime's]] unnamed trailer, converting from a G1 Optimus Prime-inspired, uh, trailer, to power armor retooled to evoke the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Return of Convoy|original Star Convoy toy]].

:It features new lower legs, head, upper shoulders, and waist parts. Most of the armor's grey parts (especially the arms) are now remolded in red plastic to be more accurate to Star Convoy's character model, though there are a few sacrifices leaving some of the red patches on the Star Trailer. In another change, a sticker sheet for user application is included to evoke Prime's classic trailer stripes in lieu of the Power of the Primes trailer's factory applied stickers. The star-shaped piece introduces an additional step to access the matrix chamber and is prone to popping off from the chest if not transformed correctly.

:This toy was released exclusively through TakaraTomy Mall and, thanks to brand unification, Hasbro Pulse and other online retailers in the United States and Canada. It is the first Selects figure to be developed by TakaraTomy

{{--}}

==Notes==
*While the Star Trailer is decidedly not Roller, its relationship to the [[Combat Deck]] is much less clear.

==See also==
*[[Roller (G1)#The Battlestars|Micro Carrier, the original Star Convoy companion]]
*[[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck, the original (semi-)autonomous trailer]]
*[[Godbomber|Godbomber, the original autonomous super pants]]
*[[Optimus Prime Super Modes]]

[[Category:Generation 1 drones]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]

Prime Time!

2024-05-14T13:06:14Z

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{{disambig2|the Marvel Comics issue|other uses|Prime Time}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #12
|prev=Brainstorm!
|next=Shooting Star!
|title="Prime Time!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #39–40
|prev2=Brainstorm!
|next2=Christmas Breaker!
|image=MarvelUS-12.jpg
|caption=It may be prime time, but we only aired in syndication.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[September 24]],<ref>''Marvel Age'' #33 lists the shipping (and ergo publication) date as the 23rd, but the U.S. copyright registration for the issue lists the 24th, so we've gone for the latter.</ref> [[1985]] ("on sale" [[October 14]], 1985)
|coverdate=January [[1986]]
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|penciler=[[Herb Trimpe]]
|inker=[[Al Gordon]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]
|editor=[[Michael Carlin]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''The Autobots attempt to rescue Optimus Prime from the Decepticons.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Jetfireg1marvel1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|"Here I come to save the daaaay!"]]
Having used the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] within his mind to rebuild and reprogram [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] commands the giant jet to take him to the [[Decepticon]]s' base of operations in [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]], in hopes of rescuing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Unfortunately, en route, Jetfire is intercepted by [[United States military|human military aircraft]], and the dizzying dives and loops Jetfire automatically executes to evade them, heedless of his human passenger, cause Buster to lose consciousness. Without Buster to control him, Jetfire reverts to his original pre-programmed mission and delivers the boy to [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], who hooks Buster up to his machines with the intention of using the Matrix to give life to the new fleet of Decepticon jets he has used the plant to construct.

Meanwhile, an [[Autobot]] convoy speeds toward the plant on a rescue mission, bringing Optimus Prime's body with them, planning to reattach their leader's head to it once he is safely rescued. Unfortunately, the Autobots are unaware that [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] has discovered the monitoring device that has been allowing them to listen in on the Decepticons, and Shockwave now uses it to lure them into a trap, "announcing" his plan to have Jetfire dump Prime's head in a nearby swamp. The Autobots speed to the location, arriving just in time to see Jetfire drop Prime's head—but when they recover it and return it to Prime's body, they discover they have been duped: the head is a phony, which takes control of Prime's body and directs it to open fire on the Autobots! Caught by surprise, many of the Autobots are cut down, and are totally unprepared for the [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassettes]] to arrive on scene and take up the fight.

At the plant, Buster recovers consciousness and is able to use the Creation Matrix to control Jetfire once more. At Buster's direction, Jetfire knocks out Shockwave and departs for the swamp with the ''real'' head of Optimus Prime. Once in range, Optimus is able to take remote control of his body, and has it rip the fake head off his shoulders so he can reattach himself to it. With Prime back in action, the tables are quickly turned in the Autobots' favor as Optimus smashes apart Soundwave and his minions.

Shockwave, meanwhile, recovers to find that Optimus's head is gone, and that the plant's hostage human workforce has overpowered [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and escaped. Coldly furious, Shockwave heads for the swamp to finish Prime off personally, but Prime triumphs in their battle when he hurls Shockwave into the swamp. As the Decepticon leader helplessly sinks into the muck, the Autobots urge Optimus to blast him and finish him off once for all, but Prime, fearing for Buster's safety, simply leaves Shockwave to vanish into the swamp's depths while rushes back to the plant. There, he finds that Buster has been released by the human workers and the other Decepticons have fled. He takes back the Creation Matrix from Buster and mulls over the fact that innocent human lives are in danger because of their war.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*''[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]'' (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (10)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (11)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (12)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (13)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (14)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (15)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (16)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (17)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (18)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] (19)
}}
|c2=
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (1)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (5)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (6)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (20)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (21)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] (22)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (23)
|c3=
*[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (2)
*''[[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'' (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"The Autobots all lie in smoking ruins! We've won!" 
"Wrong, Soundwave." 
"Silence, slave!" 
"I can be silent no more!" 
"Very well, puppet. What is it you want?" 
"I want... '''''you!'''''"
:—'''Soundwave''' messed with the wrong '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:PrimeTime-ultimatelyfutile.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.25]]
*Buster flashes back to the events of [[The New Order|issue #5]] (when he found Optimus's head), [[The Worse of Two Evils!|issue #6]] (when Optimus Prime transferred the Matrix to him), and [[Brainstorm!|issue #11]] (when he encountered Jetfire and used the Matrix to stop him). It is revealed that between last issue and this one, Buster reprogrammed Jetfire's brain to obey him.
*Shockwave continues to hold Rumble responsible for allowing Buster to sneak into the Ark and obtain the Matrix from Optimus, as seen in issue #5, which Shockwave himself discovered last issue.
*It is not immediately apparent, as most of them appear to be operational at the end of this issue, but the injuries sustained by the eleven Autobots who come to Optimus Prime's rescue (right) will be revealed in [[Rock and Roll-Out!|issue #14]] to have put them on the "inactive" list, essentially removing them from the comic's cast for the next three years. Of the 1984 cast, only Optimus, [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] remain active, with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] existing in off-panel limbo.
*However, perhaps owing to the fact that this wasn't actually very obvious at the time of this issue's publication, the next few UK-exclusive stories ("[[Christmas Breaker!]]" and "[[Crisis of Command!]]") continue to show many of the injured characters as being operational. Following that, the UK story "[[Dinobot Hunt!]]" was used to patch over this plot hole a bit, subjecting several Autobots to severe injuries, thereby creating a new reason for them to be offline in the subsequently-published US issue #14. Not ''all'' the characters taken out in this issue would be accounted for by "Dinobot Hunt," however, and multiple later UK stories would continue to show them being active despite the US stories having phased them out of the cast.

===Transformers references===
[[File:PrimeTime proto dirge.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.25]]
*As seen in the previous issue, the jets being worked on by the plant's human workers look like upcoming 1985 Decepticon jet characters; specifically, this issue, they all look like [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (as seen at right). This issue confirms that these were intended by Shockwave to be the next wave of his Earth-made Decepticon troops, brought to life by the Matrix, but it remains unknown if this was genuinely intended as a way to introduce Dirge (and his fellow jets [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]) that didn't pan out, or if the artist was merely using the jets' [[character model]]s as [[generic]]s.

===Continuity and plotting errors===
*Where's Mirage? Bumblebee and Bluestreak were out on a mission to look for Buster when the Autobot rescue team departed last issue; Sunstreaker is offline; Ratchet's presumably standing guard at the Ark so as to not leave it unattended; and assuming Wheeljack is still not back to 100% after the injuries he suffered at [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]'s hands in issue #9, Mirage is the only 1984 Autobot without an excuse to not be part of this issue's events.

===Artwork and technical errors===
*As in the previous issue, Jetfire continues to be rendered in a preliminary colour scheme that adds larger areas of red to his jet mode, and makes his wings red in robot mode.
*Shockwave, meanwhile, once again has blue shoulders, as seen in both last issue and [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|issue #9]].
*Soundwave is a ''very'' dark purple in this issue, as opposed to his normal fuchsia.
*Optimus Prime's eyes fluctuate back and forth from their standard yellow to uncolored white all through the issue.
*Page 3, panel 6: Jetfire has an Autobot symbol instead of a Decepticon one.
*Page 5:
**Panel 4: Shockwave is absolutely huge as he crushes one of the jets, being able to pick it up in one hand (see right).
**Panel 5: As Shockwave crushes the jet, the front portion of it is left uncolored (making it look yellow, like the background).
*Page 6, panel 4: Huffer's exhaust pipes are colored orange like the rest of his cab.
*Page 7, panel 6: Though it's ''colored'' purple like a 'Con symbol, Jetfire's got an Autobot symbol again.
*Page 10:
**Panel 4: Jazz is colored like Bluestreak, while Sideswipe is colored like Gears.
**Panel 5: Prowl's Autobot insignia is uncolored.
*Page 11, panel 4: Windcharger's torso is red instead of grey, and Cliffjumper's got a blue-black section on the back of his head, which is still there in the next panel.
*Page 13: Jetfire's symbol is still colored Decepticon-purple, but it's drawn very vaguely, looking like an odd mash of the 'Bot and 'Con insignia.
*Page 14:
**Panel 1: Though not quite as egregious as on page 5, Shockwave once again looks overlarge as Jetfire punches him, compared to the jets and humans.
**Panel 4: The idea that the human workers would attack Rumble without hesitations, greater numbers or not, rather suggests this scene ought to have been drawn in a scale more reminiscent of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], where Rumble is only a few heads taller than an average human. Marvel Rumble is only a ''little'' shorter than an average 'bot!
*Page 17, panel 4: Frenzy is colored like Rumble as Optimus takes him out.
*Page 20, panel 1: Shockwave's gun is on his right arm instead of his left.

===UK printing===
'''Issue #39:'''
*'''Published:''' [[December 7|7th December]], 1985
*'''Cover date:''' [[December 14|14th December]], 1985
*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''Machine Man'' ("Victory," Part 1), ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''
*'''[[Fact File|Fact File Interface]]:''' [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]

'''Issue #40:'''
*'''Published:''' [[December 14|14th December]], 1985
*'''Cover date:''' [[December 21|21st December]], 1985
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' ("Victory," Part 2), ''Robo-Capers'' and ''Matt and the Cat''

===Other trivia===
*''Marvel Age'' #33 reported [http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=4613 Sam de la Rosa] as the inker of both this issue and "[[Shooting Star!]]" instead of Al Gordon. While de la Rosa would never work on ''Transformers'', he did go on to ink a number of comics starring [[Venom (Marvel)|Venom]].
*The editorial "Bullpen Bulletins" page for this month included an explanation on the different styles of boxes (M shape vs square boxes with Comic Code seal) used on Marvel comics that show the price, date, and issue number.

===Bot Roster===
*Autobots: 11 active, as Optimus Prime returns to active status; his 11 rescuers (Prowl, Hound, Gears, Huffer, Brawn, Jazz, Sideswipe, Ironhide, Trailbreaker, Cliffjumper, and Windcharger) join Sunstreaker on the inactive list. (23 total)
*Decepticons: 15 active; Shockwave and Megatron missing in action; Jetfire is left lifeless. (18 total)

===Courtesy of my...===
*Optimus Prime's [[laser rifle]] sees a lot of use.

===Covers (3)===
*'''US issue #12:''' Prime attacks the Autobots, by [[Herb Trimpe]].
*'''UK issue #39:''' reuse of art from US cover.
*'''UK issue #40:''' Prime vs Shockwave, by [[Jeff Anderson]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-12.jpg|'''US issue #12''' - His gun will turn you red, white and blue!
File:MarvelUK-039.jpg|'''UK issue #39''' - Ah, if only...
File:MarvelUK-040.jpg|'''UK issue #40''' - Head on!
</gallery>

===Reprints===
<gallery>
File:Transformers Digest 06-cover.jpg|'''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 6|''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' #6]]''' (Marvel US, 1987)
File:Titan-NewOrderSC.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: New Order]]'' paperback''' (Titan Books, 2003)
File:Titan-NewOrderHC.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: New Order]]'' hardback''' (Titan Books, 2003)
File:Classic Transformers Vol1.jpg|'''[[Classic Transformers Volume 1|''Classic Transformers'' Volume 1]]''' (IDW Publishing, 2008)
File:TFClassicsVol1.JPG|'''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 1|''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 1]]''' (IDW Publishing, 2011)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v3.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]], Vol. 3: Dinobot Hunt''''' (Hachette Partworks Ltd, 2018)
File:HXClassicsVol3.jpg|'''''[[The Transformers Classics#Japanese reprints|The Transformers Classics]], Vol. 3''''' ([[Mediaboy Mook]], 2019)
</gallery>
====IDW ''Transformers Classics'' edits====
[[File:PrimeTime something to give me.jpg|right|thumb]]
For ''[[The Transformers Classics]]'' series of trade paperbacks, IDW Publishing "remastered" the coloring of the series with varying degrees of success. These changes were sometimes to fix errors, but often to alter characters' color schemes to make them resemble their toy and/or cartoon selves, and were rarely applied with consistency. IDW's recolored version was also used for Hachette's ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|Definitive G1 Collection]]''.
*As usual, Soundwave's Marvel purple colors are erased and replaced with cartoon/toy blue.
*Page 7, panel 6: Jetfire's Autobot symbol has been re-drawn as a Decepticon one (right).
*Page 11, panel 1: For this panel alone, Optimus Prime's correct yellow eyes are changed to uncolored white. Okay. Whatever.

===Advertisements===
*[[M.A.S.K.|MASK]] toys by Kenner (inside front cover)
*Nabisco Big Time Watch offer - between pages 4 & 5
*[Fig] Newtons Fruit Chewy Mix-Up! - between pages 5 & 6
*Dorman's Cheese Spider-Man Backpack - between pages 9 & 10
*Cap'n Crunch / Spider-Man promo (2 pages - between pages 12 & 13)
*Pineapple Kids Club glow-in-the-dark posters - between pages 15 & 16
*Mile High Comics - between pages 16 & 17
*Bullpen Bulletins / checklist - between pages 18 & 19
*X-Factor series debut
*Marvel subscription form
*Starburst BMX sweepstakes (inside back cover)
*[[Nestlé]] Quik ''Challenge of the [[GoBots]]'' contest - back cover

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

Prime Time!

2024-05-14T13:05:27Z

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{{disambig2|the Marvel Comics issue|other uses|Prime Time}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #12
|prev=Brainstorm!
|next=Shooting Star!
|title="Prime Time!"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #39–40
|prev2=Brainstorm!
|next2=Christmas Breaker!
|image=MarvelUS-12.jpg
|caption=It may be prime time, but we only aired in syndication.
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|date=[[September 24]],<ref>''Marvel Age'' #33 lists the shipping (and ergo publication) date as the 23rd, but the U.S. copyright registration for the issue lists the 24th, so we've gone for the latter.</ref> [[1985]] ("on sale" [[October 14]], 1985)
|coverdate=January [[1986]]
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|penciler=[[Herb Trimpe]]
|inker=[[Al Gordon]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Janice Chiang]]
|editor=[[Michael Carlin]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''The Autobots attempt to rescue Optimus Prime from the Decepticons.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Jetfireg1marvel1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|"Here I come to save the daaaay!"]]
Having used the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] within his mind to rebuild and reprogram [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] commands the giant jet to take him to the [[Decepticon]]s' base of operations in [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]], in hopes of rescuing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Unfortunately, en route, Jetfire is intercepted by [[United States military|human military aircraft]], and the dizzying dives and loops Jetfire automatically executes to evade them, heedless of his human passenger, cause Buster to lose consciousness. Without Buster to control him, Jetfire reverts to his original pre-programmed mission and delivers the boy to [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], who hooks Buster up to his machines with the intention of using the Matrix to give life to the new fleet of Decepticon jets he has used the plant to construct.

Meanwhile, an [[Autobot]] convoy speeds toward the plant on a rescue mission, bringing Optimus Prime's body with them, planning to reattach their leader's head to it once he is safely rescued. Unfortunately, the Autobots are unaware that [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] has discovered the monitoring device that has been allowing them to listen in on the Decepticons, and Shockwave now uses it to lure them into a trap, "announcing" his plan to have Jetfire dump Prime's head in a nearby swamp. The Autobots speed to the location, arriving just in time to see Jetfire drop Prime's head—but when they recover it and return it to Prime's body, they discover they have been duped: the head is a phony, which takes control of Prime's body and directs it to open fire on the Autobots! Caught by surprise, many of the Autobots are cut down, and are totally unprepared for the [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassettes]] to arrive on scene and take up the fight.

At the plant, Buster recovers consciousness and is able to use the Creation Matrix to control Jetfire once more. At Buster's direction, Jetfire knocks out Shockwave and departs for the swamp with the ''real'' head of Optimus Prime. Once in range, Optimus is able to take remote control of his body, and has it rip the fake head off his shoulders so he can reattach himself to it. With Prime back in action, the tables are quickly turned in the Autobots' favor as Optimus smashes apart Soundwave and his minions.

Shockwave, meanwhile, recovers to find that Optimus's head is gone, and that the plant's hostage human workforce has overpowered [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and escaped. Coldly furious, Shockwave heads for the swamp to finish Prime off personally, but Prime triumphs in their battle when he hurls Shockwave into the swamp. As the Decepticon leader helplessly sinks into the muck, the Autobots urge Optimus to blast him and finish him off once for all, but Prime, fearing for Buster's safety, simply leaves Shockwave to vanish into the swamp's depths while rushes back to the plant. There, he finds that Buster has been released by the human workers and the other Decepticons have fled. He takes back the Creation Matrix from Buster and mulls over the fact that innocent human lives are in danger because of their war.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*''[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]'' (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (10)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (11)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (12)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (13)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] (14)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (15)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] (16)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (17)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (18)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] (19)
}}
|c2=
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (1)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (5)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] (6)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (7)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (20)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (21)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] (22)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (23)
|c3=
*[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (2)
*''[[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'' (4)
}}

==Quotes==
"The Autobots all lie in smoking ruins! We've won!" 
"Wrong, Soundwave." 
"Silence, slave!" 
"I can be silent no more!" 
"Very well, puppet. What is it you want?" 
"I want... '''''you!'''''"
:—'''Soundwave''' messed with the wrong '''Optimus Prime'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:PrimeTime-ultimatelyfutile.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.25]]
*Buster flashes back to the events of [[The New Order|issue #5]] (when he found Optimus's head), [[The Worse of Two Evils!|issue #6]] (when Optimus Prime transferred the Matrix to him), and [[Brainstorm!|issue #11]] (when he encountered Jetfire and used the Matrix to stop him). It is revealed that between last issue and this one, Buster reprogrammed Jetfire's brain to obey him.
*Shockwave continues to hold Rumble responsible for allowing Buster to sneak into the Ark and obtain the Matrix from Optimus, as seen in issue #5, which Shockwave himself discovered last issue.
*It is not immediately apparent, as most of them appear to be operational at the end of this issue, but the injuries sustained by the eleven Autobots who come to Optimus Prime's rescue (right) will be revealed in [[Rock and Roll-Out!|issue #14]] to have put them on the "inactive" list, essentially removing them from the comic's cast for the next three years. Of the 1984 cast, only Optimus, [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] remain active, with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] existing in off-panel limbo.
*However, perhaps owing to the fact that this wasn't actually very obvious at the time of this issue's publication, the next few UK-exclusive stories ("[[Christmas Breaker!]]" and "[[Crisis of Command!]]") continue to show many of the injured characters as being operational. Following that, the UK story "[[Dinobot Hunt!]]" was used to patch over this plot hole a bit, subjecting several Autobots to severe injuries, thereby creating a new reason for them to be offline in the subsequently-published US issue #14. Not ''all'' the characters taken out in this issue would be accounted for by "Dinobot Hunt," however, and multiple later UK stories would continue to show them being active despite the US stories having phased them out of the cast.

===Transformers references===
[[File:PrimeTime proto dirge.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.25]]
*As seen in the previous issue, the jets being worked on by the plant's human workers look like upcoming 1985 Decepticon jet characters; specifically, this issue, they all look like [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (as seen at right). This issue confirms that these were intended by Shockwave to be the next wave of his Earth-made Decepticon troops, brought to life by the Matrix, but it remains unknown if this was genuinely intended as a way to introduce Dirge (and his fellow jets [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]) that didn't pan out, or if the artist was merely using the jets' [[character model]]s as [[generic]]s.

===Continuity and plotting errors===
*Where's Mirage? Bumblebee and Bluestreak were out on a mission to look for Buster when the Autobot rescue team departed last issue; Sunstreaker is offline; Ratchet's presumably standing guard at the Ark so as to not leave it unattended; and assuming Wheeljack is still not back to 100% after the injuries he suffered at [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]'s hands in issue #9, Mirage is the only 1984 Autobot without an excuse to not be part of this issue's events.

===Artwork and technical errors===
*As in the previous issue, Jetfire continues to be rendered in a preliminary colour scheme that adds larger areas of red to his jet mode, and makes his wings red in robot mode.
*Shockwave, meanwhile, once again has blue shoulders, as seen in both last issue and [[DIS-Integrated Circuits!|issue #9]].
*Soundwave is a ''very'' dark purple in this issue, as opposed to his normal fuchsia.
*Optimus Prime's eyes fluctuate back and forth from their standard yellow to uncolored white all through the issue.
*Page 3, panel 6: Jetfire has an Autobot symbol instead of a Decepticon one.
*Page 5:
**Panel 4: Shockwave is absolutely huge as he crushes one of the jets, being able to pick it up in one hand (see right).
**Panel 5: As Shockwave crushes the jet, the front portion of it is left uncolored (making it look yellow, like the background).
*Page 6, panel 4: Huffer's exhaust pipes are colored orange like the rest of his cab.
*Page 7, panel 6: Though it's ''colored'' purple like a 'Con symbol, Jetfire's got an Autobot symbol again.
*Page 10:
**Panel 4: Jazz is colored like Bluestreak, while Sideswipe is colored like Gears.
**Panel 5: Prowl's Autobot insignia is uncolored.
*Page 11, panel 4: Windcharger's torso is red instead of grey, and Cliffjumper's got a blue-black section on the back of his head, which is still there in the next panel.
*Page 13: Jetfire's symbol is still colored Decepticon-purple, but it's drawn very vaguely, looking like an odd mash of the 'Bot and 'Con insignia.
*Page 14:
**Panel 1: Though not quite as egregious as on page 5, Shockwave once again looks overlarge as Jetfire punches him, compared to the jets and humans.
**Panel 4: The idea that the human workers would attack Rumble without hesitations, greater numbers or not, rather suggests this scene ought to have been drawn in a scale more reminiscent of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], where Rumble is only a few heads taller than an average human. Marvel Rumble is only a ''little'' shorter than an average 'bot!
*Page 17, panel 4: Frenzy is colored like Rumble as Optimus takes him out.
*Page 20, panel 1: Shockwave's gun is on his right arm instead of his left.

===UK printing===
'''Issue #39:'''
*'''Published:''' [[December 7|7th December]], 1985
*'''Cover date:''' [[December 14|14th December]], 1985
*'''[[Back-up strips]]:''' ''Machine Man'' ("Victory," Part 1), ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' and ''Matt and the Cat''
*'''[[Fact File|Fact File Interface]]:''' [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]

'''Issue #40:'''
*'''Published:''' [[December 14|14th December]], 1985
*'''Cover date:''' [[December 21|21st December]], 1985
*'''Back-up strips:''' ''Machine Man'' ("Victory," Part 2), ''Robo-Capers'' and ''Matt and the Cat''

===Other trivia===
*''Marvel Age'' #33 reported [http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=4613 Sam de la Rosa] as the inker of both this issue and "[[Shooting Star!]]" instead of Al Gordon. While de la Rosa would never work on ''Transformers'', he did go on to ink a number of comics starring [[Venom (Marvel)|Venom]].
*The editorial "Bullpen Bulletins" page for this month included an explanation on the different styles of boxes (M shape vs square boxes with Comic Code seal) used on Marvel comics that show the price, date, and issue number.

===Bot Roster===
*Autobots: 11 active, as Optimus Prime returns to active status; his 11 rescuers (Prowl, Hound, Gears, Huffer, Brawn, Jazz, Sideswipe, Ironhide, Trailbreaker, Cliffjumper, and Windcharger) join Sunstreaker on the inactive list. (23 total)
*Decepticons: 15 active; Shockwave and Megatron missing in action; Jetfire is left lifeless. (18 total)

===Courtesy of my...===
*Optimus Prime's [[laser rifle]] sees a lot of use.

===Covers (3)===
*'''US issue #12:''' Prime attacks the Autobots, by [[Herb Trimpe]].
*'''UK issue #39:''' reuse of art from US cover.
*'''UK issue #40:''' Prime vs Shockwave, by [[Jeff Anderson]].
<gallery>
File:MarvelUS-12.jpg|'''US issue #12''' - His gun will turn you red, white and blue!
File:MarvelUK-039.jpg|'''UK issue #39''' - Ah, if only...
File:MarvelUK-040.jpg|'''UK issue #40''' - Head on!
</gallery>

===Reprints===
<gallery>
File:Transformers Digest 06-cover.jpg|'''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine issue 6|''The Transformers Comics Magazine'' #6]]''' (Marvel US, 1987)
File:Titan-NewOrderSC.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: New Order]]'' paperback''' (Titan Books, 2003)
File:Titan-NewOrderHC.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: New Order]]'' hardback''' (Titan Books, 2003)
File:Classic Transformers Vol1.jpg|'''[[Classic Transformers Volume 1|''Classic Transformers'' Volume 1]]''' (IDW Publishing, 2008)
File:TFClassicsVol1.JPG|'''[[The Transformers Classics, Vol. 1|''The Transformers Classics,'' Vol. 1]]''' (IDW Publishing, 2011)
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v3.jpg|'''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]], Vol. 3: Dinobot Hunt''''' (Hachette Partworks Ltd, 2018)
File:HXClassicsVol3.jpg|'''''[[The Transformers Classics#Japanese reprints|The Transformers Classics]], Vol. 3''''' ([[Mediaboy Mook]], 2019)
</gallery>
====IDW ''Transformers Classics'' edits====
[[File:PrimeTime something to give me.jpg|right|thumb]]
For ''[[The Transformers Classics]]'' series of trade paperbacks, IDW Publishing "remastered" the coloring of the series with varying degrees of success. These changes were sometimes to fix errors, but often to alter characters' color schemes to make them resemble their toy and/or cartoon selves, and were rarely applied with consistency. IDW's recolored version was also used for Hachette's ''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection|Definitive G1 Collection]]''.
*As usual, Soundwave's Marvel purple colors are erased and replaced with cartoon/toy blue.
*Page 7, panel 6: Jetfire's Autobot symbol has been re-drawn as a Decepticon one (right).
*Page 11, panel 1: For this panel alone, Optimus Prime's correct yellow eyes are changed to uncolored white. Okay. Whatever.

====Advertisements====
*[[M.A.S.K.|MASK]] toys by Kenner (inside front cover)
*Nabisco Big Time Watch offer - between pages 4 & 5
*[Fig] Newtons Fruit Chewy Mix-Up! - between pages 5 & 6
*Dorman's Cheese Spider-Man Backpack - between pages 9 & 10
*Cap'n Crunch / Spider-Man promo (2 pages - between pages 12 & 13)
*Pineapple Kids Club glow-in-the-dark posters - between pages 15 & 16
*Mile High Comics - between pages 16 & 17
*Bullpen Bulletins / checklist - between pages 18 & 19
*X-Factor series debut
*Marvel subscription form
*Starburst BMX sweepstakes (inside back cover)
*[[Nestlé]] Quik ''Challenge of the [[GoBots]]'' contest - back cover

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)

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{{Nav-dotm}}
{{movie|
|seriess=[[Live-action film series]]
|prev=Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)
|next=Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)
|title=''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''
|image=DOTM-OPportraitposter.jpg
|caption="Of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|my friend]], I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered, he was the most... human."
|production companies=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Films]] [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura|di Bonaventura Pictures]]
|distributor=[[Paramount Pictures]]
|executive producer=[[Steven Spielberg]]
|producer=[[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] [[Tom DeSanto]] [[Don Murphy]] [[Ian Bryce]]
|written by=[[Ehren Kruger]]
|directed by=[[Michael Bay]]
|cinematography by=[[Amir Mokri]]
|edited by=[[Roger Barton]] [[William Goldenberg]] [[Joel Negron]]
|music by=[[Steve Jablonsky]]
|release date=[[June 29]], [[2011]]
|continuity=[[Live-action film series]]
|runtime=154 minutes
|budget=$195 million
|box office=$1.124 billion
}}
'''''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''''' is the third film in the [[live-action film series]]. It was released in 3D and IMAX at 9PM on [[June 28]], [[2011]]<ref name="open3D">[http://michaelbay.com/2011/06/18/see-dark-of-the-moon-one-day-earlier-on-imax-3d/ See Dark Of The Moon One Day Earlier on IMAX 3D | MichaelBay]</ref> and in wide release on [[June 29]], [[2011]]<ref name="open">[http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/paramount-moving-up-transformers-3/ Paramount Moving Up ‘T’formers 3′ Release – Deadline.com]</ref> in the United States, and between [[June 29]] and July 1 for other markets.

The film is set three years after the events of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The Autobots continue to work for NEST, but no longer in secret, and for the goal of keeping peace between humans by taking out volatile overseas political targets. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

And SCENE!

{{bigquote|Aw, shit, I seen this one. It's the one where [[Spock]] goes nuts.|Wheelie|''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:Dotm-Arkreflection.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Wha... this is the finest engine room in the whole Starfleet!"]]

In the distant past, during the later days of the [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] civil war, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] attempted to leave the planet with groundbreaking technology on board the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]''. However, his ship was shot down by the Decepticons and, after being sent hurling through space for a while, eventually crashed on the [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]] in 1961. The crash is noticed by the humans on Earth, leading to the {{w|Space Race}} under President [[John F. Kennedy]]. Landing on the Moon as part of the [[Apollo 11]] mission in 1969, astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] use several minutes of [[radio]] silence to investigate the spaceship and discover that Mankind is not alone in space.

[[File:DOTM - ShockwaveDriller.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|"When I swing around, I mean to deprive you of your life."]]
In the present day, the Autobots are still part of [[NEST]], cooperating with the [[United States military|US Armed Forces]]. They have also begun to help humanity in its local conflicts, as [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], and [[Dino]] destroy an illegal [[Iran]]ian nuclear facility. On a mission to the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], a NEST team led by [[William Lennox|Lt. Col. Lennox]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] discovers an unknown alien fuel cell which had led to the {{w|Chernobyl disaster}}. While trying to secure the cell, they are attacked by the Decepticon [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his "pet", the [[Driller]], who are eventually forced to retreat by Optimus Prime. Meanwhile, [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] kills [[Alexi Voskhod]], who had called NEST to Chernobyl and was secretly working for him. After securing the fuel cell and identifying it as part of the ''Ark'', Optimus Prime is angry at the humans for not following through with their agreement of sharing all known information relating to Cybertron and its inhabitants. Despite this, he eventually informs his allies and [[Charlotte Mearing]], the {{w|Director of National Intelligence}}, about the space bridge technology the ''Ark'' contains. Together with Ratchet, Optimus travels to the Moon, where they find Sentinel Prime inside the ship. Retrieving him along with four pillars of the space bridge and the accompanying control pillar, they return to Earth, where Optimus uses the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to reactivate Sentinel Prime. In [[Africa]], Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (still recovering from wounds [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|suffered]] in [[Egypt]]) meets with his lieutenants [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. Upon learning that the Autobots have recovered Sentinel and the pillars, Megatron orders Soundwave and Laserbeak to terminate their "loose ends".

Meanwhile, [[Sam Witwicky]], the Autobots' human friend, is suffering from everyday problems. Even though President [[Barack Obama]] has awarded him a medal for saving the Earth twice, Sam has trouble finding a job. Together with his new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]], whom he had met in the [[White House]] (after his former girlfriend [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] had left him), he also gives the stranded Autobots [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]] a home. After a long search, he finally finds a position as a mail carrier at a telecommunication company named [[Accuretta Systems]]. From his colleague, [[Jerry Wang]], he learns about a conspiracy by humans who collaborate with the Decepticons. Before Jerry can tell Sam more, however, he is killed by Laserbeak.

[[File:DOTM-Sentinelendofyourworld.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|"There's a man out there I haven't seen in fifteen years who's trying to kill me."]]

Locked out of participating in the investigation by Mearing, Sam turns to [[Seymour Simmons]] for help. Simmons, who has become a millionaire as a writer, and his aide, [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]], help Sam find out that the Soviets have taken photos of Decepticons removing hundreds of space bridge pillars out of the ''Ark'' even before Apollo 11 had landed on the Moon. Sam and Simmons conclude that the Decepticons had left Sentinel Prime behind on purpose, knowing that only he would be able to activate the space bridge, and only Optimus Prime could reactivate him. Sam is able to warn the Autobots in time so they can protect Sentinel from a Decepticon attack and escort him back to the NEST headquarters. Upon arriving there, however, Sentinel Prime betrays them, revealing that he made a deal with Megatron to ensure Cybertron's survival. After killing [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and most of the NEST soldiers, Sentinel claims the remaining pillars and escapes. The other Autobots track him down to [[Washington, D.C.]], but before Optimus can stop him, Sentinel activates a space bridge to the Moon. The portal allows dozens of Decepticon troops which had remained hidden under the Moon's surface to reach Earth, forcing the Autobots to retreat.

[[File:DOTM-Moonspacebridge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"We are one big, happy fleet! Ah, [[James T. Kirk|Kirk]], my old friend, do you know the [[Klingon]] proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is ''very'' cold in space."]]

In the meantime, Sam is worried about Carly and searches for her. He finds her with her employer, [[Dylan Gould]], who reveals to Sam that he not only arranged for Sam to get a job with Accuretta, but is also a collaborator with the Decepticons. At their request, his father had used his influence to ensure that [[NASA]] would not conduct any more missions to the Moon. When Sam and Carly attempt to flee, they discover Carly's car is a disguise for Soundwave, who takes her captive. Dylan instructs Sam to ask Optimus Prime about the Autobots' strategy, otherwise Carly will die. To ensure that Sam will not try to warn the Autobots, he attaches a Decepticon disguised as a [[Watch-bot|watch]] on Sam's wrist, and it taps into his nervous system.

Meanwhile, Sentinel Prime has given Mankind an ultimatum to exile the Autobots from Earth, since he is only trying to save Cybertron, or so he claims. The US government promptly passes a bill to this effect. Before the Autobots leave Earth aboard their spaceship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Sam asks Optimus about his plan. Optimus replies that there is no plan, and Mankind is on its own now. With all Autobots on board, the ''Xantium'' takes off, but is promptly intercepted by Starscream, who had waited in Earth's orbit. With the ''Xantium'' destroyed, the Decepticons believe the Autobots to be dead and let Sam go.

[[File:DarkoftheMoon-Chicago.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|left|"Let them eat static. "]]
With the Autobots out of the way, the Decepticons conquer [[Chicago]], kill most of its population and set up the control pillar for the space bridge inside the city, placing the other pillars around the world. Dylan informs Carly that the Decepticons do not intend to return to Cybertron; instead, they want to transport Cybertron into Earth's orbit, because Earth not only has the necessary resources, but also six billion slaves to rebuild the Transformers' home planet.

Sam decides to go to Chicago, where Dylan has taken Carly. Former NEST soldier [[Robert Epps]], who now works for NASA, accompanies him, together with other former NEST members. Upon arrival in Chicago, they are promptly attacked by the Decepticons, but are rescued by Optimus Prime and the other Autobots. Having never intended to leave Earth, they had hidden themselves inside a modified rocket booster that was jettisoned before Starscream destroyed the ''Xantium''.

[[File:DOTM Driller vs Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"From Hell's heart, I stab at thee!"]]

The Autobots and the humans soldiers make their way to the skyscraper where Dylan is located in order to destroy the space bridge's control pillar. Sam and Bumblebee rescue Carly, killing Laserbeak in the process, during which they find a damaged UAV and alert the military to the Decepticons plans. Due to another attack by a team of Decepticons led by Shockwave, the team is separated once more. While the Autobots battle the Decepticons, Epps and his team try to destroy the pillar from another skyscraper. However, they are attacked by Shockwave and the Driller, who brings the skyscraper crashing down. Optimus Prime comes to their aid and destroys the Driller, but is shot by Shockwave and becomes trapped in crane cables.

In the meantime, Lennox and the rest of NEST have managed to make their way into the city using [[wingsuit]]s, and with Lennox's help, Sam destroys Starscream using weapons provided to him by the Autobot scientist Que. Meanwhile, the Decepticons have captured several Autobots, but Dylan convinces them not to keep prisoners and kill them all. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] executes Que, and Soundwave moves to kill Bumblebee next, but the Autobots Wheelie and Brains have managed to make one of the Decepticons' ships crash, thereby distracting Soundwave long enough for Bumblebee and the other Autobots to get free. Bumblebee overpowers and kills Soundwave. NEST soldiers and US Marines snipe the Decepticons. Autobots and Tanks roll in and ambush the Decepticons. Optimus Prime returns and massacres a large group of Decepticons. He then kills Shockwave and uses the Decepticon's arm cannon to topple over the space bridge's control pillar, deactivating the bridge.

[[File:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|"Earth was created in six days. Now, watch out! Here comes Genesis! We'll do it for you in six minutes!"]]

Optimus Prime then confronts Sentinel Prime and the two engage in a ferocious battle of Student vs Master. Carly stumbles across Megatron outside the main battle zone. Having previously witnessed a violent argument between Sentinel Prime and Megatron, she appeals to his pride and makes him realize that he will never be able to rule over Cybertron as long as Sentinel is alive. Meanwhile, after a long fight, Sentinel gains the upper hand over Optimus and severs his right arm. However, before he can execute his former pupil, an infuriated Megatron attacks Sentinel and severely damages him, declaring that Earth is his planet to rule. Megatron realized how far he had fallen in power within the past few years, and has decided to once again take his rightful place at the top of the command chain. Meanwhile, Dylan manages to reactivate the toppled pillar, but is attacked by Sam, who hurls him against the pillar, killing him. Subsequently, Bumblebee destroys the pillar for good, thus destroying the space bridge and, presumably, Cybertron with it. Seeing this, Megatron half-heartedly offers Optimus Prime a truce on the condition that he will remain in charge of the Decepticons, mockingly saying that they would be nothing without each other. Realizing that the offer is less than sincere, Optimus refuses and attacks Megatron, decapitating him with an axe. The weakened Sentinel Prime tries to excuse his actions, but Optimus, claiming Sentinel "betrayed himself," executes the treacherous Prime with Megatron's shotgun.

[[File:DOTM Autobots NEST victorious.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"Live long... and prosper..."]]

With the battle over, Sam and Carly are reunited, and Simmons takes an opportunity to kiss Mearing, who he still has feelings for, and she has him arrested. With their home planet now forever beyond reach, and the forces of the Decepticons destroyed, the remaining Autobots finally accept Earth as their new home, as Optimus Prime states that the Autobots will always be here, to protect the Earth and all who live on it.
{{--}}
==Main cast==

{{featuredcharacters|
h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] ([[Leonard Nimoy]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Robert Foxworth]])
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] ([[James Remar]])
*[[Dino]] ([[Francesco Quinn]])<ref group=note name="credits">Mirage and Wheeljack, known by those names in the toyline and essentially all supporting media, are respectively named "Dino" and "Que" in the film. While Dino is simply credited as such, Que is listed in the credits as "Que/Wheeljack".</ref>
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que/Wheeljack]] ([[George Coe]])<ref group=note name="credits"/>
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Brains]] ([[Reno Wilson]])

'''[[Twins (ROTF)|Twins]]'''
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] (cameo)<ref group=note name=skidsandmudflap>Skids and Mudflap only appear during the convoy scene at the beginning of the film.</ref>
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] (cameo)<ref group=note name=skidsandmudflap/>

'''[[Wreckers]]'''
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] ([[Ron Bottitta]])<ref group=note>Roadbuster is listed as "Roadbuster/Amp" in the credits, a reference to his car mode's sponsor. His name is not used in the film, but he is called "Roadbuster" in the toyline and supporting media.</ref>
*[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]]
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] ([[John DiMaggio]])<ref group=note>Leadfoot is listed in the film's end credits as "Leadfoot/Target", a reference to his car mode's sponsor. His name is not spoken in the film, but he is called "Leadfoot" in the toyline and the supporting media.</ref>

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ([[Hugo Weaving]])
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] ([[Charlie Adler]])
*[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] ([[Frank Welker]])
**[[Driller]]
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] ([[Frank Welker]])
**[[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] ([[Keith Szarabajka]])
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (''Frank Welker'')<ref group=note>Barricade doesn't ''technically'' speak in the movie, an editing gaffe as he kicks Que around before executing him sees Soundwave's voice (provided by Frank Welker) coming out of his mouth for the scene.</ref>
*[[Loader]]
*[[Devcon (DOTM)|Devcon]]
*[[Igor]] ([[Greg Berg]])
*[[Hatchling]]s
*[[Audi R8 Decepticon]]
*Two [[M1 Abrams Decepticon]]s
*[[Garagebot]]
*[[Lensmeter Decepticon]]s
*[[Protoform]]s
*[[Watch-bot]]<ref group=note>Repeatedly referred to as the "Watch-bot" (proper noun) in the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]''</ref>
*[[Pickup Decepticon]]
*[[Police car Decepticon]]

'''[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]]'''
*[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]] type Decepticon
*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] type Decepticon

'''[[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]]'''
*[[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]]
*[[Crowbar]] (''[[Jimmie Wood]]'')<ref group=note>During the highway battle scene where Crowbar flips over a sign, recycled screams and grunts from Jimmie Wood's [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] performance in ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' can be heard.</ref>
*[[Hatchet (DOTM)|Hatchet]]

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])
*[[Carly Spencer]] ([[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]])
*[[Seymour Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]])
*[[Charlotte Mearing]] ([[Frances McDormand]])
*[[Dylan Gould]] ([[Patrick Dempsey]])
*[[Bruce Brazos]] ([[John Malkovich]])
*[[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] ([[Alan Tudyk]])
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])
*[[Jerry Wang]] ([[Ken Jeong]])
*[[Neil Armstrong]] ([[Don Jeanes]])
*[[Buzz Aldrin]] ([[Cory Tucker]]/himself)
*[[Walter Cronkite]]
*[[Bill O'Reilly]] (himself)
*[[Alexi Voskhod]] ([[Ravil Isyanov]])
'''[[United States Army|US Military]]/[[NEST]]'''
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])
*[[Morshower]] ([[Glenn Morshower]])
*[[Baby Face]] ([[Markiss McFadden]])
*Former members
**[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])
**[[Hardcore Eddie]] ([[Lester Speight]])

|nonumbering=true
}}
<references group=note/>

==Quotes==

'''Mission Control''': We are not alone after all, are we? 
'''Buzz Aldrin''': No, sir. We are not alone.
:—'''Buzz Aldrin''' makes history, and raises the hackles of conspiracy theorists.

'''Dino''': "He's in a bad mood. He's not talking to anybody today." 
'''Mearing''': "What is this, the silent treatment?" 
'''Ironhide''': "We've seen that and this is ''not'' that." 
'''Que''': "Definitely not." 
'''Ironhide''': "This is ''worse''. Prime! Make something of yourself! (Ironhide taps Optimus's roof) He's pissed."
:—'''Ironhide''' discusses '''Optimus Prime's''' foul mood.

"Who wants some chicken dinner now, bitch? Huh? 'Cause somebody messed with the wrong Wang today!"
:—'''Jerry Wang''', being crazy. But also awesome.

"The thing about Russians is, they never like to talk. Gonna take a little of the 'international language.'" <Doorman opens sliding hatch> "''Do svidaniya''." 
"That means 'goodbye!'" <closes hatch>
:—'''Simmons''' tries to reason with a '''Russian''', to no avail.

"It's a Cyrillic alphabet; it's like all the buttons you never push on a calculator!"
:—'''Dutch''' tries to translate Russian, also to no avail.

"Woah! Little Mexican standoff we got here!"
:-'''Sideswipe''', talking to Ironhide and the Dreads.

"Class dismissed."
:—'''Ironhide''', after dispatching the Dreads.

"What you must realize, my Autobot brothers, is that we were never going to win the war. For the sake of our planet's survival, a deal had to be made...with ''Megatron''."
:—'''Sentinel Prime''' reveals his treachery.

[[File:DOTM-MegatronLincoln.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"I'll give him this: [[Atlantis, Arise!|he]]'s [[Transformers The Game (console)|consistent]]!"]] 
"Here we are. Fight us ''now''."
:—'''Megatron''', pulling the evil overlord cliché on us while sitting atop the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]

"If you go in this building, that's if she's even still alive, there's no way you're going to reach her!" 
"What do you suggest I do?!" 
"...it's over. I'm sorry, but it's over."
:—'''Robert Epps''' tells '''Sam Witwicky''' that they've run out of plans.

"We will kill them all."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' offers an alternative plan.

"They got my trailer. I ''need'' that flight tech!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''', valiantly [[To sell toys|selling toys]].

"I bring you Cybertron, your home! and still you choose humanity." 
"You are the one who taught me [[Bio|freedom is everyone's right]]."
:—'''Sentinel''' VS '''Optimus Prime'''.

"Your Decepticons are finally conquering this planet, and yet their leader won't be you." 
"IT WILL BE ME! It will ''always'' be me! 
"In any minute now, you'll be nothing but Sentinel's bitch."
:—'''Carly Spencer''' tells '''Megatron''' that if he's going to be the Starscream, he should ''act'' like it.

"Who would you be without me, Prime?" 
"Time to find out."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' exchange pre-fight banter one last time.

"Optimus. All I ever wanted...was the survival of our race. You must see why I had to betray you..." 
"You didn't betray me. You betrayed yourself..."
:—'''Optimus Prime''''s final exchange with '''Sentinel Prime''' before effectively ''double-tapping'' him.

"In any war, there are calms between storms. There will be days when we lose faith. Days when our allies turn against us... but the day will never come that we forsake this planet and its people."
:—'''Optimus Prime's''' closing narration, [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|which predicts what will]] [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|happen to them years later]].

==Continuity notes==
*Sam has since graduated from college, being three months out of school, and is currently looking for a job. Since the events of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Sam and Mikaela had broke up (despite having to spend an entire film of Sam needing to say the L-word). Prior to the events of this film, he started a relationship with Carly Spencer.
*Megatron's camp is full of salvaged artifacts from the previous film, along with several Decepticon corpses laying around the area. While most are unrecognizable, one of them is a headless Long Haul; his head was presumably used to create Igor. Megatron's new right hand appears to be salvaged from a fallen Decepticon, as the matching left hand can be seen laying around the campsite.
*The Wreckers, according to Charlotte Mearing arrived on Earth aboard the ''Xantium'' and brought the second wave of Autobots with them. The Wreckers were not seen in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', which is given an in-universe explanation that their bloodthirsty attitudes mean they are usually confined to base.
*Barricade makes a surprising return during the final battle in Chicago, last seen driving alongside Bonecrusher on the highway before the latter engaged the Autobot Leader in the first film.
*Megatron is still critically wounded after the final battle of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', notably still missing half of his head.
*Optimus Prime's main moral compass that "freedom is the right of all sentient beings", is revealed to have been taught to him by his predecessor and mentor, Sentinel Prime.
*Introduced in the second film, Optimus uses The Matrix of Leadership to revive Sentinel Prime, having retrieved it from the remains of the Star Harvester sometime following the climax of the second film. In the same previous film, Megatron had suspected the Matrix could be used to revive Optimus and was proven right when Sam succeeded, a fact Megatron exploits in his master plan enacted this film.
*Sentinel Prime was first mentioned in the previous film, by Sam Witwicky during one of his many Allspark induced exposition dump.
*In the previous film, [[Theodore Galloway]] asked Optimus that if humanity asked the Autobots to leave whether they'd cooperate, and Optimus promised to do so. This film sees them seemingly comply with such demands, only to reveal themselves to have stayed behind anyway to defeat the Decepticons.
*Ironhide no longer has his cannons, having lost them in the final battle of the previous film.

==Errors==
===Filming, animation and technical errors===
*When Sam is holding Brains in his hand after catching him spying on him and Carly, there is a short shot in which Sam is briefly seen in the background, holding nothing in hand, Brains is missing. In the next shot, Brains is back in the hand.
*After killing Ironhide, while Sentinel Prime is storming the NEST base, Sentinel Prime, Ironhide and most likely Bumblebee are all missing in a short shot in which we see two cars projected by an explosion, supposed to be a result of one of Sentinel's gun shots.
*Ironhide in alt-form appears in a short shot among the Autobots in Chicago, riding ahead of Optimus, at 01:43:21-01:43:22, but after that he disappears completely.

===Astronomical and historical errors===
*The Moon does not rotate with respect to Earth, and Mare Tranquillitatis is near the middle of the near side. Therefore, Tranquility Base could never be described as being on the far side, and Earth is never as close to the horizon as shown in the movie.
*The Apollo 11 Command/Service Module is seen flying to the Moon without the Lunar Module. The Lunar Module is attached when the vehicle is orbiting the Moon, however.
*When the modern day site of the Apollo 11 landing is seen, the ascent module (the cabin Buzz and Neil flew back to orbit in) is still there.
*In real life, Apollo 11 did not land on the far side of the Moon. Tranquility Base is on the near side of the Moon.
*One of the directors of NASA says that all six Apollo missions recovered parts of the Ark but this not possible as the six missions all had different landing sites which were all a significant distance apart.
*Cybertron is apparently several times the size of Earth, yet the characters talk of bringing it "into Earth's atmosphere"; at that size, it would be more like bringing ''Earth'' into ''Cybertron's'' atmosphere, but see below for the problem with that.
*The Space Bridge starts to bring Cybertron amazingly close to Earth - less than one Earth-diameter away. Assuming Cybertron's mass is proportional to its size, Cybertron's gravitational field would [[The Ultimate Doom|tear the Earth apart]] at that distance.

===Geographic discontinuities===
*The [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] is shown to be located ''inside'' of, or at least right next to the abandoned city of {{w|Pripyat}}, and the human characters access it through nearby buildings. In reality, the power plant is situated on the outskirts of the city. Even worse, [[Alexi Voskhod]] ''explicitly'' says that the entrance leads through a ''school''. Who builds a ''school'' right next to a ''nuclear power plant''?
*Furthermore, Pripyat's infamous Ferris wheel as shown in the movie is not only the wrong model (the real one's passenger cabins have canopies), but the real one is also located in an open field far away from any buildings.<ref name="ferris">[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pripyat_-_Ferris_wheel.jpg Photo of the Pripyat Ferris wheel] showing the closest nearby buildings.</ref> But hey, at least it's the right color!
*Also, why exactly is the Sputnik mission case inside the Chernobyl reactor building? Did the Soviets never bother to discard the packaging of their toy after starting to play with it?
*When Megatron transforms for the first time, he's in a grassy savannah. In the next shot, he's standing in the middle of a desert... and in the establishing shot of the Decepticon camp, it's back in the savannah.
*{{w|Mount Kilimanjaro}} is seen in the background of many of the scenes in Namibia; in reality, the mountain is located in Tanzania, more than three thousand kilometers away.
[[File:DOTM-Wreckers-Prime-Cables.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Chicago's own [[knockoff]] of a prominent Chinese building.]]
*In a [[Atlantis, Arise!|fairly common cinematic contrivance]], the film depicts multiple skyscrapers in the background of many scenes set in Washington, D.C., while the real-life city has no skyscrapers.
*Also, Washington, D.C. almost entirely lacks old industrial buildings that could be converted into lofts, and likewise doesn't have the kind of densely urban streets that Sam is shown to live on.
*NEST Headquarters, supposedly in Washington, is actually Chicago's abandoned Main Post Office.
*Likewise, Dylan's auto collection museum, also set in (land-locked) Washington, is actually the Milwaukee Art Museum. [[Lake Michigan]] is even visible through the windows!
*When Optimus Prime (using his jetpack) gets himself caught in wires below an under-construction building, that building bears a striking resemblance to the {{w|China Central Television Headquarters}} in [[Beijing]], [[China]]... a far shot from [[Chicago]]. Since construction for the CCTV building was finished in 2008, long before ''Dark of the Moon'' was even ''conceived'', this appears to be an intentional instance of a "cool building" being inserted just for the sake of it.

===Continuity errors===
*Like in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Ironhide sports his [[license plate]] from the [[Transformers (film)|first movie]], "4PCI382", on his robot mode chest, but doesn't have a license plate in vehicle mode. (According to set photos, his license plate in vehicle mode is mostly black, with a NEST logo on it.)
*Speaking of inconsistencies between robot and vehicle mode: Bumblebee's updated Chevrolet Camaro alternate mode no longer has pinstripes bordering his black racing stripes, but the CG robot model still has the pinstripes.
[[Image:DOTM-SoundwaveMercedesStar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9|right|Is this the reverse of hidden faction insignias in vehicle mode?]]
*Soundwave has [[kibble]] from his [[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] alternate mode while he is in Africa, but his chest has only a blank grille. The Mercedes star is only added to his chest from the scene where he reveals himself to be Carly's car onward. This is most likely a deliberate choice made to avoid spoiling the plot twist.
*After Megatron pulls out his shotgun for the first time, he holsters it on the right side of his back. In the next scene it is on his left side.
*In the highway battle scene with the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]], Crowbar smashes into some traffic signs and knocks them over. In the next shot when the other two Dreads use them as ramps, the angle at which the signs fell has changed. After Hatchet and Crankcase transform, the signs revert into their original position.
*Also in the highway battle, Bumblebee enhances only his front wheels to evade Hatchet, yet in the next shot he's fully in Stealth Force mode.
*When Hatchet is killed by Bumblebee and Dino, the last shot shows him being thrown onto a car (using footage recycled from Michael Bay's 2005 film ''{{w|The Island (2005 film)|The Island}}'', as elaborated on below), with Dino's grappling hook cables still attached to Hatchet, which would imply that Dino is still in robot mode at this point. However, the very next shot shows Dino in the far background, driving behind Bumblebee in vehicle mode.
*Immediately after crashing into Ironhide, two of Crowbar's hair strands fall to the ground, but he has all six strands from the next shot onwards.
*During Ironhide and Sideswipe's "Mexican standoff" with Crankcase and Crowbar, all combatants drop their firearms, but when Ironhide is speared, his guns are on his back again. They disappear in subsequent shots.
*In addition, the spear impaled in Ironhide disappears when he shoots Crowbar, only to reappear in subsequent shots.
*Despite being captured by Soundwave in her evening gown, Carly is somehow able to change into more convenient clothes (but still wearing high heels!) after arriving at Dylan's place, and has yet another outfit following the attack on Chicago the following day. Not only that, she changes her earrings, too!
*When the Autobots are boarding the ''Xantium,'' Simmons mentions that nine Autobots are leaving. Former Decepticons Wheelie and Brains apparently don't count. Poor little guys!
*The Wreckers claim they had been hiding inside a rocket booster that was jettisoned from the ''Xantium'' before Starscream destroyed it. The boosters are only seen to be detached after Starscream destroys the ship, after it has barely taken off from the ground.
*Though it's a standard action movie contrivance, it sure is convenient that the glass windows inside skyscrapers are extremely fragile when needed, and glass shards are as dangerous as bread crumbs so nobody suffers a single cut from sliding across them.
*Shortly after everyone jumps through the window and starts sliding down, a downwards shot of the building shows all of the windows behind them are intact.
*As everyone tumbles through a lower floor of the building, [[Stone]] is shown to fall right through and out the other side with a collection of office furniture, but not long after is back with Epps's squad.
*Despite the Decepticons taking over Chicago and killing a whole bunch of people, there seem to be a lot of people continuing to go about their daily lives. The skyscraper Epps's team goes into to launch a rocket from still seems to have plenty of office workers in it when the Driller attacks it. When Sam's being thrown around on the end of the grapple glove rope while fighting Starscream, he crashes through a wall into a dry-cleaning business where a woman appears to be calmly hanging up a shirt. Did they all just not get the memo?
*The sequence beginning with Sam, Carly, Epps and the rest of the soldiers jumping out of the windows of the tilted skyscraper is one giant continuity headache: First they jump out of the windows, then slide down several stories, then the camera angle changes and they're sliding down several more stories, and ''then'' a wide shot shows the top of the skyscraper from an angle where the characters cannot be seen, then slowly pans around and eventually shows them all sliding down from one of the topmosts floors all over again! Eventually, they crash back into one of the lowest floors near the break. After the Driller has toppled the top portion of the skyscraper over, the group is ''again'' shown to escape from one one of the topmost floors to the neighboring building!
*Though it is Barricade who kicks and shoves Que along before executing him, the voice heard is Soundwave's. Presumably, this was an artifact of the early alternate version of the scene, in which Soundwave was to kill Dino, and they just re-used the audio.
*While fighting the Autobots at the end of the film, Sentinel Prime's cape disappears for a brief scene before reappearing on his back when the camera angle changes.
*When Sam and Dylan are fighting, the clock behind them changes to different times every shot. It starts at 00:40, then 02:25, 00:15 and 11:00 in the following shots.
*When Sam and Carly are reunited after the final battle, Carly's hands keep changing the position on every cut, sometimes on Sam's neck, sometimes on his shoulders.
*Not intentional: Skids and Mudflap appear for a brief few seconds in the film. This leaves questions as to what happened to them. They weren't seen departing from Earth or taking part in the Chicago battle.
*It's said that four Autobots were captured by the Decepticons in Chicago, but actually five Autobots were captured. (Unless this observation was made ''before'' Bumblebee arrived after saving Sam and Lennox)
*When Que is about to be executed, the "cardboard head on a stick" prop used for [[Dino]] during the shooting of the movie (a common method used for the movies to give the actors ''something'' to react to) can be spotted in the final edit of the film,<ref name="headprop">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/494618-movies-errors-mirage-prop-final-movie-edit.html "Movies Errors - Mirage prop in final movie edit"] at TFW2005</ref> possibly a leftover from an earlier draft of the script where Soundwave mocked Bumblebee with Dino's disembodied head.

==Transformers references==
In addition to recurring elements from the previous films, ''Dark of the Moon'' bases a number of elements on previous versions of the ''Transformers'' mythos, including plot elements based on older stories, something fairly rare in the other two movies:
*New characters [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] are heavily based upon their Generation 1 counterparts. [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] is derived from G1 character [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. [[Sentinel Prime (disambiguation)|Sentinel Prime]] is the name of Optimus's predecessor in many continuities, and in this instance, he continues his [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|predecessor]]'s [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|legacy]] of being a giant jerk.

*"Carly" was the name of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'s [[Carly|girlfriend and eventual wife]] in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]].

*The ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' gets its name from the Autobots' crashed spaceship in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Transformers'' comics]].

*The ''[[Xantium (G1)|Xantium]]'' is the name of the [[Wreckers]]' spaceship in the [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Transformers'' comics.

*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] and [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] being members of the Wreckers recalls their original G1 counterparts being likewise part of the Wreckers.

*Optimus's new trailer is based on the trailer that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]] hauled around, including its ability to open up into a weapons base.

*Optimus now carries the Matrix around in his chest as he has in past incarnations.

*The corrosive end met by Ironhide comes at the hands of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]], the oxidizing pathogen that first appeared in the Generation 1 cartoon episode [[Cosmic Rust (episode)|of the same name]]. Though not named in the film, its identity is made clear by production artwork by [[Josh Nizzi]] which labels Sentinel Prime's gun a "Cosmic Rust gun".

*Megatron removing [[Abraham Lincoln]] from his chair at the {{w|Lincoln Memorial}} and then sitting in it is a scene taken directly from the Generation 1 cartoon episode, "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]", and the Decepticon ending for ''[[Transformers The Game]]'' (sort of).

*The idea of bringing Cybertron to Earth via space bridge and enslaving humans was the plot of the Generation 1 multi-part episode "[[The Ultimate Doom]]".

*Likewise, the idea of an influential and powerful human joining forces with the Decepticons, resulting in the Autobots being exiled from Earth by the government via a spacecraft, only for that spacecraft to be destroyed, was the plot behind another Generation 1 cartoon multi-part episode, "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|Megatron's Master Plan]]."

*Megatron's first line - a weary "[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All hail Megatron]]" - is the title of IDW's direction-changing comic maxi-series, which had just wrapped up when production on the film was beginning.

*When the worker at Accureta Systems is trying to make the [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|photocopier]] work, it beeps the "more than meets the eye" refrain from the original cartoon's [[theme song]].

*The [[Transformation#The noise|transformation noise]] can be heard at the end of the film when Bumblebee transforms to robot mode, the final onscreen transformation, just as it was heard during [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s transformation, which was also the first onscreen transformation in the first film.

*The technique of shooting at a skyscraper until it breaks in half and the top falls horizontally on other buildings has been done by [[Megatron (BW)|another Megatron]] in [[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|another city]].

==Real-world references==
*When Brains and Wheelie are watching ''{{w|Star Trek: The Original Series}}'', the screen features [[Spock|Mr. Spock]], portrayed by Leonard Nimoy—who voices Sentinel Prime. Wheelie comments that it is "the one where Spock goes nuts," which foreshadows Sentinel's heel turn. The episode itself is the famous ''TOS'' episode "{{w|Amok Time}}", although for some inexplicable reason, the first of the two clips shown on-screen is mirrored.
*Sentinel Prime says "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." The voice actor said the same line in the 1982 film ''{{w|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan}}'' as Mr. Spock. However, in that movie, Nimoy's character dies a hero.
*To finish the Spock trifecta, when Bumblebee says his goodbyes to Sam, he uses a clip of Leonard Nimoy, as Spock, saying "I will always be your friend," another line from ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''.
*[[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] and his fake girlfriend's name, "India", are a reference to {{w|Dutch India}}.
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]'s name is a reference to {{w|Q (James Bond)|Q}} from ''{{w|James Bond}}'' novels and films. Que also gives weapons to NEST soldiers while explaining the advantages and abilities for the weapons much like Q does for James Bond.
*When Bumblebee brings forth "rings" for Sam and Carly, he "hums" the {{w|Wedding March}} (or, more correctly, the {{w|Bridal Chorus}} from {{w|Richard Wagner}}'s 1850 opera ''{{w|Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin}}'').
*Before Sentinel gets attacked by Megatron, he says "There can only be one", a popular misquote of the line "There can be only one" from the film Highlander. Sentinel is also modeled after one of the film's lead stars Sean Connery.

==Other editions==
*The version of the film available for streaming on Star+ cuts all scenes where humans are desintegrated to the bone by the Decepticons. As a result, the initial invasion of Chicago is cut significantly short.
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==Prequel material==
*''[[Transformers: Sector 7]]''
A five-issue limited mini-series chronicling the foundation of [[Sector Seven|Sector 7]] leading up to ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.
*''[[Transformers: Foundation]]''
A four-issue limited mini-series set during the events of ''[[Transformers: Defiance|Defiance]]'' telling the events that lead-up to the original ''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel|Movie Prequel]]''.
*''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]''
A four-issue limited mini-series set after ''[[Transformers: Nefarious|Nefarious]]'' cronicling Shockwave's arrival and the task given to him by Megatron.
*''[[Cyberglyphics pack-in comics]]''
A six-issue miniseries by IDW, produced in cooperation with [[Target]], available only in printed form as [[pack-in material]] with a small Target-[[exclusive]] [[Target#Dark of the Moon|range of toys]], following [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]]'s encounters with the Autobots and the Decepticons and leads up to ''Rising Storm''.
*''[[Transformers: Convergence]]''
A four-part prose story exclusive to the individual issues of IDW Publishing's ''Dark of the Moon comic adaptation'', chronicles both the Simmons lineage in the aftermath of ''Sector 7'' and Soundwave's activites on Earth, tying the remaining loose ends and setting the stage for ''Dark of the Moon''.
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)]]''
A video game developed by [[High Moon Studios]] for [[Xbox 360]] & [[PlayStation|PS3]].
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Stealth Force Edition]]''
A [[Wii]] & [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]] port of the game developed by [[Behaviour Interactive]] focusing only on [[Stealth Force]].
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons]]''
A [[Nintendo DS]] port of the game also developed by Behaviour Interactive, with each factions separated in two titles.
*''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)#Dark of the Moon|Transformers (Titan Magazine)]]''
A monthly title by Titan in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] (another rebranding of their existing comic).
*''[[Transformers Classified]]''
A prequel novel trilogy in the same vein as ''Ghosts of Yesterday'' and ''[[Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The veiled Threat]]'' that was published after the movie, composed by ''[[Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears]]'', ''[[Transformers Classified: Battle Mountain|Battle Mountain]]'' & ''[[Transformers Classified: Satellite of Doom|Satellite of Doom]]'', later published together as ''[[Transformers Classified: The Complete Mission]]'' it cronicles how the Autobots & Decepticons fight against each other on Earth in the aftermath of [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|The Fallen's death]].

==Adaptations==
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]''
The novelization of the film by [[Peter David]].
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]''
IDW Publishing's comic adaptation of the movie.

'''Children's adaptations'''
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]''
The movie novelization for kids.

==Sequels==
{{main|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|Bumblebee (film)}}

==Soundtrack==
{{main|Dark of the Moon: The Album}}

==Score==
{{main|Dark of the Moon: The Score}}

==Home video releases==
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''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' was released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Digital Download on September 30, 2011, followed by the 2-Disc Special Edition in December.<ref>[TFW2005 - Official Transformers Movie Website Updated With Transformers 3 Home Release Info http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/official-transformers-movie-website-updated-with-transformers-3-home-release-info-173245/]</ref>

===Additional Information===
*Close Captions in English
*Audio Description as Audio Description in English <ref>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005G4TJUC/audiodescriin-20</ref>

==Theatrical posters==
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==Reception==
{{quote|Time will tell whether Transformers: Dark of the Moon really is the final Transformers film for both director Michael Bay and star Shia LaBeouf, but it's certainly the best one in this hugely successful, but widely loathed franchise.|[https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/06/27/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-review They've Fallen, but can the Transformers get up?], Jim Vejvoda|[https://www.ign.com ign.com] [[June 27]] [[2011]]}}

{{quote|Rarely has a movie had less of a soul and less interesting characters.|Richard Roeper, [http://www.richardroeper.com/reviews/transformersdarkofthemoon.aspx richardroeper.com] [[June 28]], [[2011]]}}

On June 23, 2011, the world premiere of ''Dark of the Moon'' was held in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], with band [[Linkin Park]] performing a concert that included their title song for the movie, "Iridescent".

The official release date was moved up from July 1 to June 29 to allow breathing room between its release and ''{{w|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2}}''. On June 28, 2011, the film was released in 3D and IMAX in the US.

The film received mixed reviews from the critical reception, who praised the visual effects, action sequences, musical score, voice acting, and use of 3D, while criticizing the runtime, storyline, the performances of [[Shia LaBeouf]] and [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]], and screenplay. ''Dark of the Moon'' was considered at least an improvement from ''Revenge of the Fallen'', receiving a tomatometer score of 35% and an audience score of 55% on Rotten Tomatoes.<ref>https://rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_dark_of_the_moon</ref>

''Dark of the Moon'' launched with nearly 10,000 copies in 4011 theaters nationwide. On its opening day, the movie earned $37.3 million, making not only for the best opening day of 2011 up to that point, but also ranking as the sixth most successful opening on a Wednesday ever, while at the same time ranking well behind ''Revenge of the Fallen'', with $60 million on its opening day (also a Wednesday).<ref name="openingday">[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3197&p=.htm "'Transformers' Suboptimal on Wednesday"], Box Office Mojo, June 2011.</ref> (Of course, a lot of the print material still listed the release date as [[July 1]]st, the following Friday.)

On [[August 2]], it crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide gross, just under 5 weeks after its release, landing it in the #9 spot for worldwide gross of all time.<ref>http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-crosses-1-billion-worldwide-mark-for-paramount/ Deadline Hollywood</ref> Of that, $338 million came from the US. It is currently one of two Paramount pictures to have made the $1 billion mark, the other being [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|its sequel]]. (While ''Titanic'' also made over $1 billion worldwide, it was only a Paramount movie ''domestically'', where it made "only" $620 million.)

''Dark of the Moon'' ended its theatrical run in the #4 spot for highest worldwide gross of all time.

Upon its' release, the ''Transformers'' fanbase generally had a warmer reception to the film over its' predecessor, with praise going to the action, score, and particularly [[Leonard Nimoy]]'s performance and role as [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Several moments in the film caused no shortage of discussion, with Optimus Prime's more ruthless, violent actions ([[Peter Cullen]] himself disliked the "we will kill them all" line) and the handling of the deaths of major franchise characters being notable sore spots for the film's detractors. Over a decade since its' release, ''Dark of the Moon'' still retains the warmest reception to a Bay film outside of the first film, though those more ambivalent towards the series don't consider it that different from the lesser films.

===Awards and recognition===
''Dark of the Moon'' was nominated for three Academy Awards, in the categories of Best Visual Effects, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing, losing all to ''{{w|Hugo (film)|Hugo}}''.<ref>[http://oscar.go.com/nominees#t Official 2012 Oscar nominees page]</ref>

On February 25, 2012, it was announced that ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' was nominated for eight {{w|Golden Raspberry Award}}s. Unlike ''Revenge of the Fallen'', however, it did not receive the awards for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, & Worst Director, losing all of its nominations to ''{{w|Jack & Jill (film)|Jack & Jill}}''.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-is-safe-from-razzies-174726/]</ref>

==Technical details==
'''Length:''' 154 minutes
'''Audio:''' Dolby Digital / DTS / SDDS 
'''Content Rating:'''
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*PG-13 (USA/MPAA)
*G (Japan)
*12A (United Kingdom)
*PG (Canada; Ontario)
*G (Canada; Quebec)
*PG-12 (Taiwan)
*PG13 (Singapore)
*PG-13 (Philippines/MTRCB)
*IIA (China)
*PG-13 (Malaysia)
*M (Australia)
*M (New Zealand)
*12 (Brazil)
*K-11 (Finland)
*12 (Germany)
*12A (Ireland)
*12 (Netherlands)
*M/12 (Portugal)
*12 (South Korea)
*B (Mexico)
*12+ (Russia)}}

==Production staff==
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===Visual effects===
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===Locations department===
{{quote|The Decepticons' decision to attack Chicago<ref>http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-471495</ref> seems inexplicable, until you take into consideration the generous tax credits offered by the Illinois Film Office.|film critic Roger Ebert|[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/07/on_the_origin_of_transformers.html On the Origin of Transformers]}}

==Development details==
===Cast and crew signing on===
[[File:TF3-licensingPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Featuring a surprise appearance by Optimus Prime!]]
On May 30, 2007, a month before the official release of ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', [[DreamWorks]] announced that two sequels were already being planned.<ref name="spy">[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a58430/two-transformers-sequels-in-pipeline.html Digital Spy article from May 2007, confirming that two sequels were being planned]</ref> On March 16, 2009, over three months before the premiere of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] announced the third movie for July 1, 2011.<ref name="3release">Pamela McClintock: [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001280?refCatId=13 Variety article from March 2009], confirming Transformers 3 for July 2011.</ref> Director [[Michael Bay]] promptly backpedaled, as he had intended for the third ''Transformers'' movie to be released in 2012.<ref name="baywait">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?3947-Wait-a-minute! Michael Bay's reaction to Paramount's July 2011 date for ''Transformers 3''], March 2009.</ref> He officially changed his mind in October 2009, agreeing to the release date set by Paramount.<ref name="bay3-2011">[http://michaelbay.com/2009/10/01/transformers-3-july-1st-2011/ Michael Bay officially confirms the 2011 release date], October 2009.</ref>

[[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]], two of the previous two movies' screenwriters, had already announced in March 2009 that they would not return for a third part.<ref name="noorcikurtz">[http://www.slashfilm.com/orci-and-kurtzman-not-returning-for-transformers-3-will-leonard-nimoy-voice-the-fallen/ Slashfilm quoting Roberto Orci that he and Kurtzman would not return for a third movie], March 2009. (Original post on Don Murphy's message board appears to no longer exist.)</ref> In September 2009, their ''Revenge'' co-writer [[Ehren Kruger]] was confirmed as the screenwriter of ''Transformers 3''.<ref name="krugernelson">[http://michaelbay.com/2009/09/14/transformers-3-pain-gain-bad-boys-3/ Michael Bay's website admin Nelson Lauren sorta-confirms Ehren Kruger as TF3's screenwriter], September 2009.</ref> Kruger had already impressed both director Michael Bay and [[Hasbro]] CEO [[Brian Goldner]] with his knowledge of ''Transformers'' mythology prior to working on ''Revenge''.<ref name="writersr">[http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-transformers2writers,0,1938976.story Zap2it story about the ROTF writers]</ref>

In an interview with ''Wonderland'' magazine in September 2009, [[Megan Fox]], the main female star of the previous two movies, discussed the harsh conditions on the sets and compared director Michael Bay to [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref name="latimesfox">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2009/09/megan-fox-on-michael-bay-he-wants-to-be-hitler.html Los Angeles Times article about Megan Fox's fatal interview with ''Wonderland'' magazine], September 2009.</ref> Bay initially played down the affair and still welcomed Fox back for the third installment a month later.<ref name="bay3-2011"/> Even though Fox was still spotted on the ''Transformers 3'' set in May 2010,<ref name="foxonset">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/100786-megan-fox-on-set-for-transformers-3-previz Megan Fox on the DOTM set], May 2010.</ref> Paramount announced a few weeks later that she wouldn't return for a third movie after all.<ref name="nomorefox">[http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/michael-bays-revenge-no-more-megan/ Deadline article confirming that Megan Fox had been dropped off ''Transformers 3''], May 2010.</ref> Still that same month, [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] was confirmed to replace her as the lead female actress.<ref name="rosierepl">[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1640047/model-rosie-huntingtonwhiteley-cast-transformers-3.jhtml MTV.com article confirming Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as the new female star of ''Transformers ''], May 2010.</ref> Her character's name was confirmed as "[[Carly Spencer|Carly]]" by Nelson Lauren, the webmaster of Michael Bay's official website, in July 2010.<ref name="nelsonchicagojul">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?7566-Transformers-3-Chicago-Set-Photos Nelson posts about his visit to the Chicago set at shootfortheedit.com's forums], July 2010.</ref> In 2011, Michael Bay finally confirmed in an interview with ''GQ'' magazine that it had been [[Steven Spielberg]], executive producer of the ''Transformers'' movies, who had urged him to fire Fox following the Hitler comparison.<ref name="baygq">[http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201107/michael-bay-steven-spielberg-fired-megan-fox-transformers GQ interview with Michael Bay], June 2011.</ref> In a later interview, however, he claimed this statement had been taken out of context.<ref name="baych">[http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kino/Diese-Autos-muessen-zerstoert-werden--und-da-bin-ich-der-richtige-Mann/story/23997460 Interview with Michael Bay from Switzerland] (German language), July 2011.</ref>

In March 2010, Oscar winners [[John Malkovich]] and [[Frances McDormand]] as well as comedian [[Ken Jeong]] were confirmed having signed on for supporting roles.<ref name="malkomcdor">[http://michaelbay.com/2010/03/22/transformers-3-update-from-michael-bay/ Michael Bay confirming John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Ken Jeong for ''Transformers 3''], March 2010.</ref>

In April 2010, [[Kevin Dunn]] and [[Julie White]] were confirmed to return as Sam Witwicky's parents.<ref name="varietydunnwhite">[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017329.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1 'Dunn, White sign on for 'Transformers 3''], Variety, April 2010.</ref>

In May 2010, Paramount confirmed that [[Patrick Dempsey]] was cast in ''Transformers 3'' to play Mikaela Banes' boss (this was before Megan Fox was fired from the production).<ref name="dempsey">[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/04/patrick-dempsey-confirmed-for-transformers-3/ "Patrick Dempsey confirmed for Transformers 3"], Hollywood Insider, May 2010.</ref>

In July 2010, Nelson Lauren confirmed that former American footballer [[Lester Speight]] would play a soldier in the movie.<ref name="nelsonchicagophotos">[http://michaelbay.com/2010/07/20/transformers-3-chicago-set-photos/ Photos of the Chicago set by michaelbay.com webmaster Nelson Lauren], July 2010.</ref>

[[Leonard Nimoy]] was confirmed as the voice actor for [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] in March 2011.<ref name="nimoysent">[http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/31/leonard-nimoy-transformers-dark-of-the-moon Entertainment Weekly announces Leonard Nimoy's involvement], March 2011]</ref> Nimoy, who had previously voiced [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in 1986's ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and was married to Michael Bay's cousin Susan, had previously been under consideration for [[The Fallen]]'s voice in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', but Bay had been hesitant for fear of offending his relative with the relatively low pay allotted to voice actors.<ref name="nimoy1">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/21/michael-bay-afraid-to-offend-leonard-nimoy-with-transformers-family-reunion-offer/ ''Michael Bay Afraid To Offend Leonard Nimoy With ‘Transformers’ Family Reunion Offer''], MTV.com Movies blog, April 2009.</ref> Even though Nimoy openly asked Bay to simply give him a call,<ref name="nimoy2">[http://www.latinoreview.com/news/leonard-nimoy-to-michael-bay-call-me-6682 Leonard Nimoy To Michael Bay: "Call Me!"], Latino Review, April 2009.</ref> it ultimately never worked out, and The Fallen was voiced by [[Tony Todd]] instead. For ''Dark of the Moon'', Bay finally overcame his anxiety and hired Nimoy, who accepted the offer.<ref name="nimoy3">[http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/31/leonard-nimoy-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ "Leonard Nimoy joins 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' voice cast -- EXCLUSIVE"], Entertainment Weekly, March 2011.</ref> In return, screenwriter Ehren Kruger included several nods to Nimoy's well-known character as Mr. Spock from ''[[Star Trek]]'' in the movie.<ref name="nimoystartrek">[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666643/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-star-trek-references.jhtml "'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon': Behind The 'Star Trek' Nods"], MTV.com, July 2011.</ref> ''Dark of the Moon'' would be Nimoy's final performance in the ''Transformers'' franchise before his death in early 2015.

===Writing and production===
After having defended the almost universally critically panned ''Revenge of the Fallen'' for a long time, Michael Bay finally acknowledged flaws of the script, but blamed the {{w|2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike}} prior to the movie for many problems. As a definite error, he singled out the "dork comedy", which he promised to avoid with ''Dark of the Moon''.<ref name="bayvisit">[http://collider.com/michael-bay-interview-transformers-dark-moon-edit-bay-visit/63824/ Collider.com article about DOTM], December 2010.</ref>

Principal shooting began in May 2010. Shooting locations included [[Chicago]] (and nearby East Chicago and Gary Indiana), Moscow,<ref name="locations">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=63682 "Transformers 3 Headed to Chicago and Moscow"], Comingsoon.net, February 2010.</ref> the [[Kennedy Space Center]] in Florida,<ref name="kennedyspace">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/101114-the-transformers-3-shoot-at-kennedy-space-center "The Transformers 3 Shoot at Kennedy Space Center"], SuperHeroHype.com, May 2010.</ref> Milwaukee (Wisconsin),<ref name="milwaukee">[http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/98266574.html "'Transformers 3' takes over Milwaukee Art Museum"], Journal Sentinel Online, July 2010.</ref> Detroit,<ref name="detroit">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/107775-photos-from-the-detroit-transformers-3-set "Photos From the Detroit Transformers 3 Set"], SuperHeroHype.com, September 2010.</ref> [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="militaryextras">[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=473674758199&id=114648515718 US Department of Defense casting call for ''Dark of the Moon''], October 2010.</ref> and Angkor Wat in Cambodia.<ref name="angkor">[http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=1184 "'Transformers 3' To Be Shot in Cambodia"], Agence Kampuchea Presse, January 2011.</ref>

For the scene where Lennox and his soldier jump out of a V-22 Osprey using wingsuits, Michael Bay used real parachutists and thus avoided unnecessary CG effects. In fact, he had been inspired for this scene in the first place by watching the parachutists in their wingsuits on television<ref name="wingsuits">[http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/1498-transformers-wingsuits-no-cgi-required Yahoo! Movies article on the wingsuit parachutists], June 2011.</ref> and wrote the scene with the intention of using the parachutists in the movie.<ref name="bayvisit"/>

For the Apollo 11 moon landing mission in the flashback sequence at the beginning of the movie, astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] are played by actors Don Jeanes and Cory Tucker, respectively. In the present day timeline, Aldrin himself appears briefly as his own older self.<ref name="aldrin">[http://movies.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-contributor-network/astronaut-buzz-aldrin-hangs-out-with-optimus-prime-transformers-dark-moon Yahoo! Movies article on Buzz Aldrin's appearance in DOTM], July 2011.</ref>

Over 500 cars were destroyed in the making of ''Dark of the Moon'', all of them damaged property from insurance companies intended for destruction.<ref name="baych"/>
[[Image:ROTFvsDOTMUSNavyHollenbeck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|Wherever General Morshower goes, I go.]]

Two accidents happened during shooting: In September 2010, while shooting in East Chicago, Indiana, a female extra was severely injured when a stunt scene went wrong, leaving her with permanent brain damage, the left side of her body paralyzed and her left eye stitched shut. Paramount was subsequently sued for damages by the victim's family.<ref name="extrastunt">[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-10-05/news/ct-met-transformers-lawsuit-20101005_1_gabriela-cedillo-stunt-welding Chicago tibune article on the injured extra and the subsequent lawsuit], October 2010.</ref> She was eventually granted an $18.5 million settlement in May 2012.<ref name="settlement">[http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/23/transfomers-3-injured-extra-gets-18-million-settlement/ TMZ story about Gabriela Cedillo's settlement]</ref> As a consequence, part of the scene of the car chase battle in Washington, D.C. (which would have included the shoot that had led to the accident) was instead "[[Stock footage|borrowed]]" from Michael Bay's 2005 film ''{{w|The Island (2005 film)|The Island}}''.<ref name="island1">[https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/07/04/transformers-3-re-uses-car-crash-from-the-island "Transformers 3 Re-Uses Car Crash From The Island"], IGN Movies, July 2011.</ref> While shooting in Washington, D.C., in October 2010, one of the Chevrolet Camaro prop cars that served as Bumblebee's [[alternate mode]] crashed into a {{w|Metropolitan Police}} SUV. Nobody was seriously injured this time, though Bumblebee sustained severe front-end damage.<ref name="camarocrash">[http://jalopnik.com/5661321/bumblebee-smashes-cop-car-in-yet-another-transformers-3-accident Jalopnik article on the Camaro crash], October 2010.</ref> Hasbro would later "commemorate" this latter event with the [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] [[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]] "Cybertronian Warriors Pack". Fans, meanwhile, joked that the SUV was Barricade getting revenge.

Another (brief) instance of recycled footage occurs during the Chicago battle: When the Navy fires several Tomahawks at the Decepticons, the mission control room scene was previously used to depict the interior of the [[USS Kidd]] in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The most obvious similarity is the [[Hollenbeck|same operator]] saying "Target acquired" both times.<ref name="recycled">[https://youtube.com/watch?v=6tSMdR8vH0s YouTube video] featuring brief clips from ''Dark of the Moon'' and ''Revenge of the Fallen'', highlighting the recycled footage.</ref>

''Dark of the Moon'' is the first of the ''Transformers'' movies to be released in 3D. Despite early considerations to shoot the movie in 2D and convert it into 3D later, Michael Bay ultimately shot 60% of the film in native 3D, another 15% were done digitally, and the rest was shot in 2D and converted later. [[James Cameron]] assisted Michael Bay with the 3D effects. The movie's budget amounted to $195 million, which is about the same budget ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had. About $30 million went into the 3D effects.<ref name="cameron">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-bay-reveals-james-camerons-191774 "Michael Bay Reveals James Cameron's Secret Role in the Making of 'Transformers'"], The Hollywood Reporter, May 2011.</ref>

===Sponsors and partners===
====Hasbro====
Hasbro, licensor of the [[Transformers brand]], hoped that the third movie would once again boost toy sales, after profits had dropped in the first quarter of 2011.<ref name="hasbroq12011">[http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Hasbro-1Q-profit-drops-71-pct-apf-664090076.html?x=0&.v=11 Yahoo! Finance article about weak Hasbro toy sales in 2011's first quarter], April 2011.</ref> For the second quarter of 2011, Hasbro reported a net revenue growth of 23 percent to $908.5 million, citing brands such as ''Transformers'' and ''[[Beyblade]]'' as the main sources of the increased income.<ref name="hasbro2nsq">[http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Hasbro-Reports-Revenue-and-bw-4063497156.html?x=0&.v=1 "Hasbro Reports Revenue and Earnings Growth for the Second Quarter 2011"], Yahoo! Finance, July 2011.</ref>

====US military and NASA====
Like the previous two movies, ''Dark of the Moon'' featured real military personnel as extras, supported by the [[United States Department of Defense]].<ref name="militaryextras"/> Shooting locations were Hurlburt Field and [[Edwards Air Force Base]].<ref name="hurlburt">[http://www.shadowspear.com/special-operations-entertainment/105725-transformers-filmed-at-hurlburt.html "'Transformers 3 Filmed at Hurlburt, 1SOW Included as 'Extras'"], ShadowSpear Special Operations, July 2011.</ref>

In addition, ''Dark of the Moon'' was also supported by NASA, and NASA employees appear as extras in the movie as well.<ref name="nasa">[http://www.space.com/12142-transformers-film-nasa-space-program-touches.html "'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Has Real-Life NASA Touches"], Space.com, July 2011.</ref>

====General Motors and other car manufacturers====
[[General Motors]] once again provided several vehicles. All recurring Autobots retain their [[alternate mode]]s from ''Revenge of the Fallen'' despite some minor tweaks, such as Sideswipe now being a convertible, and Bumblebee now sporting a rear spoiler. Once again, the cooperation was mutual, with General Motors using Bumblebee for TV commercials. The first of those, aired during the 2011 Super Bowl, also revealed some minor tweaks to Bumblebee's robot mode.<ref name="bumblebeead1">[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/02/-bumblebee-appears-in-a-chevrolet-camaro-super-bowl-ad/1 "'Bumblebee' appears in Chevrolet's Super Bowl ad"], USA Today, February 2011.</ref><ref name="bumblebeead2">[http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/06/chevy-drops-new-ad-touting-transformers-3-tie-in/ "Video: Chevy drops new ad touting Transformers 3 tie-in"], Autoblog.com, June 2011.</ref> According to Chevrolet, the ''Transformers'' movies notably affect car sales, as about ten percent of all Camaros sold in the preceding year were yellow, twice as many as with other models.<ref name="carstarscast">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-dark-moon-how-sequels-204557 "'Transformers: Dark of the Moon': How the Sequel's Star Cars Were Cast"], The Hollywood Reporter, June 2011.</ref>

New additions for ''Dark of the Moon'' are a Ferrari 458 Italia and a Mercedes-Benz E550 as Autobots ([[Dino]] and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], respectively) and a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG as a Decepticon ([[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]). In the movie, both Autobots sport names which aren't recycled from existing Hasbro toys. In the Ferrari's case, the reason for this is that Hasbro's greatest competitor, Mattel, has an exclusive license for Ferrari toys.<ref name="ferrarimattel">[http://www.ferrari.com/English/Pages/Mattel.aspx Mattel license information], Ferrari.com.</ref><ref name="nelsonnomirage">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/409844-mirage-no-longer-name-red-italia-dotm-3.html#post6103423 Michael Bay's website admin, Nelson Lauren, explaining why the Ferrari isn't named "Mirage"], TFW2005, May 2011.</ref> "Dino" is named in reference to {{w|Alfredo Ferrari|Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari}}, as per Ferrari's request. The Mercedes-Benz E550, meanwhile, was specifically customized for the movie.<ref name="e550tuning">[http://www.eurotuner.com/news/eurp_1102_mercedes_benz_e550_for_next_transformers_movie/index.html "Mercedes-Benz E550 for Next Transformers Movie - Web Exclusive"], Eurotuner.com, February 2011.</ref> "Que" is named in homage to {{w|Q (James Bond)|Q}} from ''{{w|James Bond}}''. A Maybach 62S Landaulet is also featured in the movie, albeit not as a Transformer, but merely as a regular car used by [[Seymour Simmons]] and his assistant [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]].

Unlike Optimus Prime, whose alternate mode was not licensed for any of the three movies, the Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 airport fire truck used for [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was officially provided by the Rosenbauer International AG and entirely repainted specifically for the film, at a cost of thousands of dollars, as real-world aircraft fire-fighting vehicles are required by FAA regulations to have a much lighter color scheme, which didn't appeal to director [[Michael Bay]].<ref name="rosenbauer">[http://www.rosenbaueramerica.com/press/2011/06/rosenbauer-panther-6x6-to-be-f/ Rosenbauer America press release, June 28, 2011]</ref>

Since the heavily armed Chevrolet Impalas that serve as the [[Wreckers]]' alternate modes are directly based on existing NASCAR race cars, the prop versions of [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]], [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]], and [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] made an appearance at [[2011]] Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on [[February 20]], four month before the movie's release, appearing both off the track as display cars, and on the track, participating in the ceremonial first lap.<ref name="daytona">[http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news/photos/2011/02/18/TRANSFORMERS-cars-on-display-at-Daytona "'TRANSFORMERS' cars on display at Daytona"], Hendrick Motorsports, February 2011.</ref> Director Michael Bay, actor [[Josh Duhamel]] and actress [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] also attended the event, and during the television broadcast of the race, a new ''Dark of the Moon'' television spot was aired.

====Other product placement====
As always, various companies have their products and names prominently displayed throughout the movie, such as {{w|Northrop Grumman}}, [[CNN]], [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]], {{w|Cisco}} and {{w|Superfund}}.<ref name="brands1">[http://www.brandchannel.com/brandcameo_films.asp?movie_year_az=2011 "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"] at brandchannel.com.</ref> Paper manufacturer Double A also cooperated with Paramount and even had Michael Bay direct a commercial that features scenes from ''Dark of the Moon'', notably [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]].<ref name="paper">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167497-transformers-featured-in-double-a-paper-ad "Transformers Featured in Double A Paper Ad"] at SuperHeroHype, June 2011.</ref> Of particular note is the large number of Chinese brands such as {{w|Lenovo}}, {{w|Yili Group|Yili}} Shuhua Milk, {{w|Metersbonwe Group|Metersbonwe}} Mtee shirts and {{w|TCL Corporation|TCL}} HDTV screens.<ref name="chinesebrands">[http://advertising.chinasmack.com/2011/transformers-the-rise-of-chinese-product-placement.html "Transformers: The Rise Of Chinese Product Placement"] at Chinasmack.</ref><ref name="brands2">[http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2011/07/05/Brandcameo-070411-Transformers-3.aspx "Transformers 3 Product Placement: If Tom Hanks Gets a Pass, Michael Bay Does Not"] at brandchannel, July 2011.</ref>

For [[Nokia]], the product placement turned out to be dated by the time the movie came out, as a mobile phone featured in the movie ran on {{w|Symbian}}, despite Nokia mostly dropping Symbian as an operating system due to their recent partnership with {{w|Microsoft}}.<ref name="nokiaobit">[http://www.thenoisecast.com/2011/07/nokia-x7-product-placement-in-transformers-3-feels-like-an-obituary/ "Nokia X7 Product Placement In Transformers 3 Feels Like An Obituary"], Noisecast, July 2011.</ref>

===Changes before, during and after production===
[[File:DOTM Skids, Mudflap, Que and Sideswipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Eat this, Megan Fox.]]
*In an interview with the Los Angeles Times in June 2009, Michael Bay suggested that [[Ramon Rodriguez]] would reprise his role as [[Leo Spitz]] from ''Revenge of the Fallen'' for the third movie.<ref name="bayramon">[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2009/06/30/ramon-rodriguez-will-have-bigger-role-in-third-transformers-movie-bay-hints/ "Ramon Rodriguez will have bigger role in third ‘Transformers’ movie, Bay hints"], Los Angeles Times, June 2009.</ref>

*As stated above, [[Megan Fox]] was originally intended to reprise her role as [[Mikaela Banes]] from the previous two movies. She was still spotted on the ''Dark of the Moon'' set during the previsualization stage in May 2010,<ref name="foxonset"/> but was fired from the production shortly afterwards due to a falling out with director [[Michael Bay]]. [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]]'s character of [[Carly Spencer]] was written in as a replacement, though the fact that her part was originally written for Mikaela still shows in some parts: For example, Carly is overseeing [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]]'s car collection, which could be viewed as an extension of Mikaela's history with working with cars. Furthermore, Sam and Carly not only have [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] (who had been previously "domesticated" by Mikaela) as a "pet", but also her dog [[Bonecrusher (dog)|Bonecrusher]] (played by Michael Bay's eponymous real-life dog).

*In January 2010, actor James Avery claimed in an interview that he would be playing a new Autobot named "Silverbolt".<ref name="avery">[http://web.archive.org/web/20120401095240/http://unscripted.ca/episodes/show/136 James Avery interview on Unscripted], January 2010</ref> In June 2010, representatives of James Avery, responding to a bizarre rumor that he had passed away, confirmed that the actor was indeed alive and would be playing Silverbolt in ''Transformers 3''.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20151107012047/http://www.examiner.com/article/uncle-phil-james-avery-isn-t-dead-after-all James Avery isn't dead after all], The Examiner, June 2010.</ref> Despite this, neither Avery nor Silverbolt ultimately appear in ''Dark of the Moon''.

*In January 2011, an Idaho newspaper<ref>[http://magicvalley.com/news/local/article_d4f374a4-d960-5589-8d0c-be37df66fc40.html?mode=story "Rupert's Fagerbakke finds a voice that is truly golden"]</ref> announced voice actor [[Bill Fagerbakke]] as the voice of a "Chevy Impala stock car" that would appear in ''Dark of the Moon'' (presumably meaning one of the three [[Wreckers]], who share that base altmode). Why Fagerbakke did not end up voicing any of the Wreckers in the final cut of the film is unknown.

[[File:DOTM-SentinelPrimetrailer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Colour me your colour, baby Colour me your car Colour me your colour, darling I know who you are]]
*Shockwave's original voice actor, [[Corey Burton]], expressed that he had no interest in voicing him for ''Dark of the Moon'', explaining "[I] have practically no interest in that kind of mega-budget movie enterprise involvement" and that the inspiration for his Shockwave voice, {{w|David Warner (actor)|David Warner}}, was rumored to have been considered.<ref>[http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2707&highlight=#2707 Corey Burton's message board post.]</ref> In the end, Shockwave's almost-entirely-wordless-snarl-based role would have been something of a waste of Warner; the role ultimately went to Frank Welker. There's a nice touch of symmetry in the casting, with Welker taking over a Burton-originated role not long after Burton took on a Welker-originated character in [[Megatron (Animated)|''Animated'' Megatron]].

*In an earlier draft of the movie's script, Megatron is sincere when he offers Optimus Prime a truce at the end. Optimus accepts, and Megatron and the remaining Decepticons leave Earth to rebuild Cybertron. This ending is used for the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novelization]] and the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]]. According to Michael Bay's website administrator Nelson, the ending was changed because the studio didn't want the adaptations to share the same ending with the film.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/nelson-47919.html#vmessage284191</ref>

*Furthermore, it was originally supposed to be [[Dino|Mirage/"Dino"]] rather than [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack/"Que"]] who would have been executed by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in Chicago. This version made it into the comic adaptation and the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel|junior novelization]].

*Another scrapped death for Mirage is seen in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novelization]], in which he's decapitated by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. His severed head is subsequently used by Soundwave to mock the Autobots before they are executed.

*A scrapped death for Wheeljack/"Que" involved the Autobot being run off of a Chicago street and into a river by the [[Driller]], where he would have been torn to pieces by Decepticon troopers lying in wait in the river.

*The [[Twins (ROTF)|Twins]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], were originally supposed to return for ''Dark of the Moon'', and to die at the hands of Sentinel Prime shortly after Ironhide. Even though [[General Motors]] provided two Chevrolet Sparks to serve as their alternate modes<ref name="chevyspark">[http://www.leftlanenews.com/chevrolet-spark-transformers-3.html Left Lane News article on two Chevrolet Sparks spotted on the DOTM set], May 2010.</ref> which were still spotted on the set as late as October 2010,<ref name="dcparking">[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2010/10/transformers-3-dc-parking-lot-gallery.html "Transformers 3 DC Parking Lot Gallery"], Transformers Live Action Movie Blog, October 2010.</ref> the two were mostly edited out of the final movie (their vehicle modes can barely be glimpsed in a few brief shots). Michael Bay even went so far as to offer a $25,000 reward for anyone who would see the Twins "perform" in the movie.<ref name="reward">[http://collider.com/transformers-3-twins-skids-mudflap-michael-bay/91104/ Collider.com article on Michael Bay's "reward" for spotting Skids and Mudflap "perform" in DOTM], May 2011.</ref> In the novelization and the comic adaptation, Skids and Mudflap still appear.

[[File:DOTMSuperBowlvsTrailer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|So does this qualify as a retcon?]]
*Another plot point that was apparently dropped was an anti-Autobot sentiment among the human populace. Graffiti with a crossed out Autobot [[insignia|logo]] with the words "go home" below it showed up in several set photos.<ref name="gohome1">[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2010/05/transformers-3-filming-with-twins.html Photos from the set in Sherman Oaks, California] at the Transformers Live Action Movie Blog, May 2010.</ref><ref name="gohome2">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/possible-tf3-plot-point-revealed-autobots-go-home/19188/ Photos from the Chicago set] at Seibertron.com, July 2010.</ref> In the movie, Congress instantly passes a law exiling the Autobots from Earth following Sentinel Prime's ultimatum.

*Early working names included "[[Ultra Magnus (disambiguation)|Ultra Magnus]]" for [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]],<ref name="chicagocall">[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2011/06/chicgo-call-sheet-for-ultra-magnus.html "Chicago Call Sheet For Ultra Magnus"], Transformers Live Action Movie Blog, June 2011.</ref> "Enzo" (after {{w|Enzo Ferrari}})<ref name="callsheet2">[http://tilallaremine.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/dark-of-the-moon-call-sheets/ Dark of the Moon Call Sheets!] at Til All Are Mine blog, July 2011.</ref> and "Rush" for Mirage/"Dino", "[[Warpath (disambiguation)|Warpath]]" for both [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] and [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]], "Tempest" for Topspin, "[[Flash (disambiguation)|Flash]]" for [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]], "[[Dreadwind (disambiguation)|Dreadwind]]" for [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]], "[[Hooligan (disambiguation)|Hooligan]]" for [[Crowbar]], "[[Dirtbag]]" for [[Hatchet (DOTM)|Hatchet]], "[[Blitzwing (disambiguation)|Blitzwing]]" for [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], "[[Breakdown (disambiguation)|Breakdown]]" for Soundwave's new vehicular design, "[[Clench (G1)|Colossus]]" for the [[Driller]],<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref> "Buzzard" for [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]], "[[Undermine (Cybertron)|Undermine]]" for [[Igor]] and "[[Steeljaw (disambiguation)|Steeljaw]]" for Wheeljack/"Que". However, it's quite possible a few of these were code names used to keep character identities a secret during production as images of Megatron's new cloak obscured face refer to the character as "[[Cyclonus (disambiguation)|Cyclonus]]".<ref name="wburt">[http://conceptartworld.com/?p=8388 Wesley Burt DOTM concepts.]</ref>

*Roadbuster was originally intended to have {{w|Jeff Gordon}}'s #24 {{w|DuPont}}-sponsored Chevrolet Impala as his alternate mode, rather than {{w|Dale Earnhardt, Jr.}}'s #88 Impala sponsored by {{w|AMP Energy}}.<ref name="nizzi"/>

*Que/Wheeljack's head was once considered to be based on {{w|Christopher Lloyd}}'s [[Doc Brown]] from ''[[Back to the Future]]'', rather than [[Albert Einstein]].<ref name="wburt"/>

*The Wreckers were originally intended to have a robot pet dog, whose working names also included "Warpath".<ref name="nizzi"/> Hasbro released a toy of the dog with the [[Human Alliance]] version of Leadfoot, named "[[Steeljaw (DOTM)|Steeljaw]]".

*Megatron was originally supposed to appear in his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' form.<ref>http://joshnizzi.com/images/TF3/JoshNizzi_TF3_56.jpg</ref>

*In an interview with MTV.com, actors [[Shia LaBeouf]] and [[John Malkovich]] hinted at some smaller scenes that were cut from the final edit of the movie. In addition to some ad-libbing by the actors, one scene would have featured Malkovich's character, [[Bruce Brazos]], attempting to get Carly's phone number.<ref name="deletedmtv">[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666772/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-dvd-deleted-scenes.jhtml MTV.com on deleted scenes], July 2011.</ref>

*In the original announcement trailer for ''Dark of the Moon'' that was released in December 2010, the opening scene that featured [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] investigate the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' on the moon had Sentinel Prime sport a gold and silver color scheme. For the final movie, his base color was changed to red, his left shoulder was lowered, his facial expression was changed to look more droopy, and the whole scene was given a considerable blue tint.

*Similar to the announcement trailer, the Super Bowl spot also features footage that contains unfinished CG effects. Most notably, the shot that depicts Optimus Prime, equipped with his flight pack, swooping down on the Decepticons before starting his epic rampage on the ground was changed by the time the first full trailer was released: Optimus himself and the first [[M1 Abrams Decepticon]] are both rescaled and moved to different positions on-screen; a Decepticon using the same [[body-type]] as [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] is removed entirely; and a Decepticon using the same body-type as Long Haul, as well as other [[generic]]s, are added. The final movie uses pretty much the same version as seen in the trailer.
{{-}}

===Leaks and disinformation===
[[File:DOTMgameSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What you're about to see is totally classified.]]
The movie's title, then "Transformers: ''The'' Dark of the Moon", was first discovered on October 6, 2010 via listings for childrens' books on [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]]. The title was further confirmed by a whois check for "www.transformersdarkofthemoonmovie.com".<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-3-title-revealed-170697/ Transformers 3 Title Revealed?] @ TFW2005.com</ref> On October 31, the official website for all three movies, [http://www.transformersmovie.com/ transformersmovie.com], was updated to show the ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' logo as well as international release dates.

[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] was heavily touted as the new main villain, no doubt in an attempt to conceal [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s unexpected betrayal halfway through the movie. A piece of information that commonly popped up in media coverage was the claim that Shockwave was the ruler of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while the other Autobots and Decepticons were duking it out on Earth.<ref name="pushpops">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-3-plot-summary-revealed-170756/ "Transformers 3 Plot Summary Revealed"], TFW2005, October 2010.</ref> The last bit could be written off as a case of {{w|Chinese whispers}}: Shockwave got announced as the villain for ''Dark of the Moon'', mainstream media (such as USA Today<ref name="usatodayswitch">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-06-11-Transformers11_ST_N.htm "Next 'Transformers' is due for a switch"], USA Today, June 2010.</ref>) who aren't versed in Transformers lore looked up the character, found out about his ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)|namesake]]'s role in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], included it as a piece of trivia to show they did their research, and then the trivia note got picked up as gospel by other media. Nevertheless, it was included in the ''official plot summary'' by Paramount's German branch (which also claimed that ''Shockwave'' was the robot discovered inside the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' as seen in the trailer).<ref name="germansite">[http://www.transformers3-film.de/ Official German DOTM site] including faulty plot summary.</ref>

[[File:TF3HasbroSoundwaveBio.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|left|If you breathe a word of what you see in here, you will do time for treason.]]Michael Bay and other official parties tried ''really'' hard to suppress the plot twist of the silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG given to [[Carly Spencer|Carly]] by [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]] turning out to be the new [[alternate mode]] of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. After the Mercedes had been spotted on the set, with [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] exiting it,<ref name="mercedesset">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=67518 DOTM Set Photos], ComingSoon.net, July 2010.</ref> the first hint that it was more than meets the eye came with the trailer for the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|video game]], which showed Soundwave's robot mode with car [[kibble]] such as wheels that heavily resembled those of the Mercedes. In addition, [[Rising Storm issue 2|issue 2]] of ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' depicted Soundwave's robot mode not only with car kibble, but with a Mercedes star on his chest, yet in [[Rising Storm issue 3|issue 3]], he appeared in his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' design again. Despite this, director Michael Bay insisted that the Mercedes was simply Carly's car, claiming that "Mercedes would never let us make their car into a bad Decepticon. Car company's {{sic}} really frown on that. I can't say what the game company and comics do that's their own thing. They don't have the same constraints movies do. It's Carly's car."<ref name="baynomerc">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?8724-Update-Is-Soundwave-the-silver-Mercedes-on-set-of-DOTM&p=169598&viewfull=1#post169598 Michael Bay's response to the fan theory that Soundwave is the Silver Mercedes.], April 2011.</ref> On April 19, 2011, an event for promoting the ''Spider-Man: Edge of Time'' and ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' video games was held in London. As part of this, [[High Moon Studios]] released promotional stills from the ''Dark of the Moon'' game, one of which depicted Soundwave's new robot mode, again with Mercedes parts. However, a news embargo was enforced on the attending press, which was broken by South African video game site [http://egamer.co.za egamer].<ref name="egamera">[http://egamer.co.za/2011/05/exclusive-hands-on-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ egamer's preview of the ''Dark of the Moon'' video game]</ref> The site was soon asked to take down the article and images, as were various ''Transformers'' fan sites that had reported on the article and mirrored the images. On May 2, 2011, Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/ official Transformers website] was given a massive overhaul, including the addition of the new [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm Vector Sigma database]. The entry for Soundwave initially identified his alternate mode as a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, but was soon changed to "satellite". On May 3, 2011, the embargo for the video game article and promotional stills was finally lifted, allowing sites to freely show the image of Soundwave's new robot mode.

On May 5, 2011, six days before the trade paperback collection's official release, preview pages from [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|''Dark of the Moon'' comic adaptation]] were discovered at [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]]. Through some bizarre system error, ''several dozen pages'' were made available, which included the major plot twist of Sentinel Prime showing his true colors and killing [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. Unsurprisingly, this discovery was quickly posted on several major Transformers [[fandom|fan sites]], often without a spoiler warning. The fact that, even without this leak, the trade paperback of the comic adaptation was released well over a month before the film's theatrical release probably didn't help matters either.

==Notes==
*A 126-page script for the movie was leaked in December 2009,<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/6435/20/ The Allspark: Transformers News Movie Comics Animated - Script Treatment for Transformers 3? Bogus or Not, Here You Go!]</ref> causing much discussion among the fandom. It was later confirmed as fake.<ref>[http://shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6532 Script]</ref>
*When word hit that [[Megan Fox]] was off the picture, [https://youtube.com/watch?v=3VTs5ESycpY Heidi Montag] put an "audition" for her part on YouTube. [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/114ce28ddd/sir-ben-kingsley-shows-up-heidi-montag Sir Ben Kingsley] and [https://youtube.com/watch?v=N4FZeucBO0c Ashton Kutcher] made fun of her, because life is rad.
*Several concepts that had been established by the [[Transformers (film)|first movie]] were (more or less) dropped with ''Dark of the Moon'' in favor for a more traditional, ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]''-esque approach:
**In the 2007 movie, the Autobots arrive on Earth in "[[Protoform]]" entry modes (which was subsequently used as the basis for the Decepticons' arrival in [[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]). Prior to the release of the movie, screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]] defended this choice over the use of a spaceship such as the ''Ark'' by asking why "aliens who moonlight as vehicles need other vehicles to travel".<ref name="orcitravel">[http://tformers.com/Ark-Not-Making-An-Appearance-In-the-Movie/6513/news.html TFormers quoting Roberto Orci], because Don Murphy's board can only be read by registered members.</ref> He somewhat changed his mind after the movie had been released, however.<ref name="orciship">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=388596&postcount=271 Roberto Orci on the Transformers Live Action Movie Boards], July 2007.</ref> After the Decepticons' ship, the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', had made an appearance in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''Dark of the Moon'' not only introduces the movieverse version of the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', but also reveals that all the new Autobots who have been on Earth since before ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had arrived in their own spaceship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', making the notion of individual Transformers traveling through space as "comets" an exception rather than the rule. ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' would also later depict the Autobots as stranded on Earth after the destruction of the ''Xantium'' in this film, further pointing towards the "comet" transportation as an abandoned concept. ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'' would also show this idea when the Autobots again declare themselves stranded, as they don't know where the [[Knight Ship]] is, only being able to finally go home after they acquired it.
**Furthermore, ''Dark of the Moon'' largely abandons the idea of Transformers having all their weapons integrated into their bodies in favor of more traditional, separate weapons. For example, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], who had blades and hooks emerging from his forearms in the previous two movies now stores all his weapons (including an axe) as accessories inside his trailer (though he still carries some on his person). Also, Ironhide, whose cannons were previously affixed to his arms, now sports handheld firearms instead. Even Megatron, whose [[fusion cannon]] previously grew out of his arms, now has a hand-held shotgun. Though it can be argued that Optimus still has his swords in his arms during the Chicago battle, and both Ironhide and Megatron lost their integrated weapons in the previous film, the general change is still noticeable. The only ones who still seem to have the same converting arm cannons as in the previous movies are Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Starscream.
*Another change from the previous movies (though not rooted in ''Generation 1'') is that Transformers that take damage in battle now spill a red liquid that is very obviously meant to resemble human blood.
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] finally achieves a certain consistency between his two primary modes: Ever since his upgrade to a modern Camaro in ''Transformers'' (2007), his [[license plate]] had alternated between "900 STRA" in vehicle mode and "4NZZ 454" in robot mode. ''Dark of the Moon'' finally uses "900 STRA" for the robot mode as well. Hasbro's toys, which had previously favored the CG robot model's "4NZZ 454" (barring the occasional "4NZZ'''Z''' 454" flub), follow suit.
*Speaking of license plates: [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]]'s Maybach 62S Landaulet sports a German license plate, "'''S MM 6201'''", registered in the city of Stuttgart. In reality, that plate is registered to the manufacturer and used for promotional photos.<ref name="maybach">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/update--transformers-3-rumor--who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-170533/ Set photos and promo photos of the Maybach 62S Landaulet] at TFW2005.</ref>
*Michael Bay's private Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A jet (registration number N4500X) has a cameo in the movie as [[Charlotte Mearing]]'s plane.
*For eleven years, ''Dark of the Moon'' held the record for the biggest Independence Day opening weekend at $115.9 million. And then, {{w|Minions: The Rise of Gru|an animated movie starring Steve Carell with yellow henchmen on his side}} beat it by earning $128 million.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2022/07/03/box-office-minions-the-rise-of-gru-breaks-records-with-128-million-holiday-weekend/ Box Office: ‘Minions 2’ Breaks Records With $128 Million Holiday Weekend - Forbes]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers/Darkside Moon''''' (トランスフォーマー/ダークサイド・ムーン ''Toransufōmā Dākusaido Mūn'')
*''Arabic:'' '''''Almtahawilun: Aljanib Almuzlim Lilqamar''''' (المتحولون: الجانب المظلم للقمر, "Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon")
*''Cantonese:'' (變形金剛: 黑月降臨, "Transformers: The Arrival of the Black Moon")
*''Croatian:'' '''''Transformeri: Tamna strana Mjeseca''''' ("Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon")
*''Czech:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Finnish:'' '''''Transformers: Kuun pimeä puoli''''' ("Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon")
*''French:'' '''''Transformers 3 : La Face cachée de la Lune''''' ("Transformers 3: The Hidden Side of the Moon")
*''German:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Greek:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Hebrew:'' '''''Rvvvtrkm 3. Flt hrch''''' (רובוטריקים 3: אפלת הירח, "Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon")
*''Hindi:'' '''''Traansaphormars: Chaand ka Andhera''''' (ट्राँसफॉर्मर्स: चांद का अंधेरा, "Transformers: Darkness of the Moon")
*''Hungarian:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Italian:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Korean:'' '''''Teulaenseupomeo 3''''' (트랜스포머 3, "Transformers 3")
*''Latvian:'' '''''Transformeri 3: Mēness no otras puses''''' ("Transformers 3: The Moon on the Other Side")
*''Lithuanian:'' '''''Transformeriai: tamsioji Mėnulio pusė''''' ("Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng 3''''' (Taiwan, 變形金剛３, "Transformers 3"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Yuè Hēi zhī Shí''''' (China, 变形金刚：月黑之时, "Transformers: When the Moon Becomes Black")
*''Polish:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: O Lado Oculto da Lua''''' (Brazil, "Transformers: The Hidden Side of the Moon"), '''''Transformers 3''''' (Portugal)
*''Romanian:'' '''''Transformers: Fața ascunsă a Lunii''''' ("Transformers: The Hidden Face of the Moon")
*''Russian:'' '''''Transformery 3: Tjomnaja storona Luny''''' (Трансформеры 3: Тёмная сторона Луны, "Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon")
*''Serbian:'' '''''Transformers 3: Tama Meseca''''' ("Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers: El Lado Oscuro de la Luna''''' (Latin American, "Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon"), '''''Transformers 3''''' (Spain)
*''Swedish:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Tamil:'' '''''Ṭirāṉsḥpārmas: Ṭārk op ti mūṉ''''' (டிரான்ஸ்ஃபார்மஸ்: டார்க் ஒப் தி மூன், "Transformers: Dark of the Moon")
*''Thai:'' '''''Thrāns̄̒ fxr̒m me xr̒s̄ 3''''' (ทรานส์ฟอร์มเมอร์ส 3, "Transformers 3")
*''Turkish:'' '''''Transformers: Ayın Karanlık Yüzü''''' ("Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''''Transformery: Temnyy bik Misyatsya''''' (Трансформери: Темний бік Місяця, "Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon")

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Transformersmovie.com]
*[http://www.imdb.com/tt1399103/ ''Dark of the Moon'' at IMDB.com]
*{{w|Transformers: Dark of the Moon|''Dark of the Moon'' film on Wikipedia}}
*[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_dark_of_the_moon/ ''Dark of the Moon'' on RottenTomatoes.com]

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

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Official ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' website]
*[http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/transformersdarkofthemoon/ Trailers.Apple.com ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' page]
*Designer portfolios: [http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi], [http://www.warrenmanser.com/WarrenManser.com/PORTFOLIO_M/Pages/TRANSFORMERS_3.html Warren Manser], [http://www.joelchang.com/index.php?/projects/transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ Joel Chang], [http://conceptartworld.com/?p=8293 The Aaron Sims Company] (at Concept Art World), [http://conceptartworld.com/?p=8388 Wesley Burt] (at Concept Art World), [http://massiveblack.com/MBwebolution/blog/?p=301 Massive Black], [http://www.ghull.com/#/125195 George Hull]

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[[Category:Dark of the Moon media| ]]
[[Category:Real world films]]

Ron Hayden

2024-05-10T15:16:23Z

LilMissImpossible: MIB2 is old now and Ron is still active

{{disambig3|Ron}}
'''Ron Hayden''' is an American voice actor specialized in over 200 celebrity impressions, ranging from toys to corporate training, who started his career in 1988. In the last 25 years, he has done stand-in voices for Will Smith (''Men in Black II''), Mike Myers (''Shrek''), and Hasbro and Fisher Price's ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' toys (Qui-Gon Jinn, Watto, Yoda, and Darth Sidious).

He was used as a stand-in for [[Garry Chalk]] from 2006 onwards.<ref>[[Hasbro Q&A/March 2009: Answers|Hasbro's {{SITENAME_SHORT}} Q&A answers for March 2009]]</ref>

==Voice roles==

===''Universe''===
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in "[[Action Blast 1]]" and "[[Fight for Energon]]"

===Toys===
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise|Optimus Prime Voice Changer helmet]] (first version only)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|20th Anniversary Optimus Prime figure]] (voice over on DVD and display base voice clips)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ronhayden.com/ Ron Hayden's personal website]

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[[Category:English voice actors]]

Deadguy

2024-05-08T13:11:08Z

LilMissImpossible:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Deadguy is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Foundation1 Deadguy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Plenty contenders for [[Sinnertwin|best]] [[Rotgut|name]]... is this the [[Heave|worst?]]]]
'''Deadguy''' died.

==Fiction==
===IDW movie comics===
Deadguy was among the assembled Autobots who witnessed the launch of the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' into space, in the opening stages of the war that would soon consume [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Later, he was part of the Autobot strikeforce that ventured into [[Simfur]] with the mission of bringing [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s "torch" into contact with the [[AllSpark]]. [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] confronted the team, but Deadguy was fortunate enough to survive the encounter with the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

Scant hours later, however, he joined [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]], and [[Cannonfodder]] in an attack on [[Lord High Protector citadel|Megatron's citadel]], and met his end at the hands of a huge Decepticon battalion that barred their way. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Elita-One then tried to dissuade Ironhide from continuing with the mission, showing him Deadguy's corpse as an example of what would happen to him and Optimus Prime if they pressed on, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

==Notes==
*Deadguy was not named in the issue itself, but his name was revealed by the artist in a forum post.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=c1340578b6a3a5e9bceebad2932e74e6&showtopic=77072&st=0&p=1765317&#entry1765317]</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Comic-only Autobots]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]

The Fallen/toys

2024-04-30T15:00:37Z

LilMissImpossible: /* Power of the Primes */

{{suite}}

[[File:StudioSeries-The-Fallen-art.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|We told you he would rise again.]]

By going from obscure comic book dude to the arch-villain of a blockbuster movie, '''The Fallen''' wound up with more than a few toys.

==Toys==
===''Titanium Series''===
[[File:Thefallentitanium.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Hey, Stegmutt! Mister The Fallen is ON FIRE!]]
*'''Fallen'''/'''War Within Fallen''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Display stand, left & right cannons
: Instead of being based on his comic appearance, the Fallen toy is loosely based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s design for pre-[[Earth]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as seen in ''[[The Transformers: Infiltration|Infiltration]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer|Stormbringer]]'', though obviously with The Fallen's head and deco. He transforms into a Cybertronic tank. Sadly his tank form doesn't hold together well, nor does he have actual hands; just blocks with holes in them. His side-mounted cannons can peg into his forearms in robot mode, or be held in his fists.

: He features flames sculpted into the tread sections behind his head in an attempt to emulate the constant flames spewing from his iconic appearance in the ''War Within'' comic. He wears a faction symbol of his own effigy, and this same symbol is used for his included display stand. The Fallen is, by a fraction of an inch, the tallest (and the bulkiest) of the 6" Titanium Series figures.

: The Fallen received two packaging [[variant]]s, alternately sporting the name "Fallen" (sans definite article) or the trademarked name "War Within Fallen"; similarly, the nameplate on his display stand featured either "The Fallen" or "War Within Fallen".
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Unicron/TheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Legends Class toys====
[[File:TF-ROTF-Legends-Class-The-Fallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''*high-pitched helium voice*'' "What, how dare they make me so small?! I was worshipped as a ''GOD!''"]]
*'''The Fallen''' (Legends Class, 2009)
{{toydesigner|[[Alex Androski]] (deco artist)}}

:Part of the third wave of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class toys, The Fallen transforms from robot mode to a "Cybertronian Destroyer". For whatever peculiar reason, his legs are sculpted backwards, with the front (kneecaps and all) being on the back and vice versa. This is ''not'' a factory assembly error, however, as swapping the legs makes him impossible to transform, so it can only be chalked up to miscommunication somewhere along the line. As with all wave three Legends figures, the photo on the back of the figure's packaging shows a mistransformed robot mode, where the vehicle nosecone is not folded up against his back. For some reason, he has a swiveling waist. Also, due to his head flipping backwards on his alternate mode, it's pretty impossible to balance it on a flat surface.

:The instructions for transforming the alternate mode's feet are ''pretty'' vague: the 4th step tells you to flip the feet until his front "toes" face against the arms, while the prototype photos and the 6th step tells you to let his rear ankle pieces rest against the arms instead.

*'''Soundwave / EZ Collection The Fallen''' (2009)
:Available exclusively at the Lawson convenience store in Japan, this version of Legends class The Fallen is the same as the Hasbro release, despite [[:File:TF-ROTF-Legends-Class-The-Fallen-(Prototype).jpg|earlier pictures]] showing different [[paint operation]]s. The Deluxe Class Preview Soundwave it comes with is unchanged from the regular release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/LegTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Legends The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[File:ROTFtoy-TheFallenVoyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Smokin'!]]
*'''The Fallen''' (Voyager Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-10'''
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Part of wave two of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Voyager Class figures, The Fallen transforms from a robot into a "Cybertronian Destroyer" mode. The robot mode features several "slide-out energy absorption panels" on his head and arms which can either be deployed or hidden. In addition to that [[Mech Alive]] feature, his feet are spring-actioned so that when the toy is not standing on a surface (in other words, in jet mode), the toes ball up together. Setting the robot back down on a flat surface will splay the toes open again.

:There are rubbery connectors that attach his arms to his torso that increase accuracy to his visual portrayal in the live-action film, but this restricts his arm movement severely.

:There are at least two features to the toy not addressed in his instructions: first, the panels over the robot's forearms, which can be moved forward to cover the hands in vehicle mode; secondly, curved spikes which are normally in line with the upper legs can be rotated to point forward.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Voyager The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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[[File:ROTFtoy-GatheringattheNemesis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hi, I'm the same!]]
*'''Gathering at Nemesis''' (Toys"R"Us-exclusive box set, 2009)
: This version of The Fallen comes with a [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#GatheringNemesis|silver Voyager Class Megatron]] from the first movie toyline. [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#GatheringNemesis|Soundwave]] was [[redeco]]ed predominantly in blue as an homage to the [[Soundwave (G1)|original Soundwave]]. The 3-pack Fallen has no color differences compared to the original single-boxed release, however, early samples of this 3-pack from China featured a voyager Fallen with 1 unique difference: the tip of the nose of his "Cybertronian Destroyer" mode was colored in the same grey plastic as his grey landing gear. It is not known if this sample's minor variation ever made it out to mass markets.
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[[File:ROTFtoy-TheFallenVoyagerorange.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|CAUTION: HOT ''(Target-exclusive Hasbro version pictured)'']]
*'''The Fallen''' (Voyager Class, 2009)
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: A Target-[[exclusive]] redeco of The Fallen in black and orange (with translucent red) was released just before Thanksgiving weekend 2009 along with two other Target-exclusive Transformers sets. The fire-like deco likely homages The Fallen's beginnings as a creature perpetually aflame. He was packaged in a clear hexagonal package in robot mode, and his original Voyager Class packaging bio was used again, unaltered.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TargetTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Target The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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[[File:2010-WonFes-Tokyo-Blazing-Fallen.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(WonFes 2010 TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''The Fallen Blazing Edition''' (2010 Tokyo Winter Wonder Festival exclusive)

: This version is very close to the Target-exclusive redeco, but with translucent plastic instead of opaque.
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====''Robot Replicas''====
[[File:ROTFtoy-TheFallenRobotReplica.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Yes! We come from France!]]
*'''The Fallen''' (Robot Replica, 2009)
:This nonconvertible figurine of The Fallen boasts several points of articulation, a faithful replication of the robot mode, and little else. Like the Voyager Class toy, the forearms can be attached to the struts leading from his torso (here via a tiny balljoint), severely restricting his arm poseability, but increasing accuracy to his film design.

: Because he doesn't have an [[Alternate mode|alt-mode]] in the film, this technically makes him an almost-perfect replica of his CGI appearance.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RRTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Robot Replica The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF-2010-VotF-Legends-Class-The-Fallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Some victory for The Fallen would be novel!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''The Victory of The Fallen''' (Multi-pack, 2010)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]: [[Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' The Fallen is an orange and black redeco of his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class toy. This deco is inspired by his earlier Target exclusive Voyager Class figure.

: It was only available as part of a [[Kmart]]-exclusive five-pack that includes redecoes of Legends Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys 3|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#VictoryFallen|Optimus Prime]], [[Jetfire (Movie)#Legends Class toys 2|Jetfire]], and [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys 3|Starscream]].

: The set included a "Most-Wanted Decepticons" collectible card that featured The Fallen. It provided a code to enter into the "[[Hunt for the Decepticons]]" website to reveal the end of the story set up on the back of the package. Surprise, it's just the live-action film's ending, with no victory for The Fallen whatsoever. There is no truth in advertising!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/KMLegTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on "Victory" The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TF2010toy-TheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You'd be blue, too, if you had a removable face!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''The Fallen''' (Voyager Class, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Staff, mask

: Released in the third wave of ''Trasformers'' Voyagers, this iteration of The Fallen is a blue and teal [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of Voyager Class ''Revenge of the Fallen'' The Fallen, with new (and more [[Show-accuracy|movie-accurate]]) hands and head. The new face is removable, revealing a skull beneath, allowing for "give me your face" reenactment possibilities. The new head also has a much greater range of motion compared to the original. Due to the head retooling, he no longer features the deployable "energy absorption panels" behind his head as seen in previous Voyager Fallen figures.

: He is also the first toy of The Fallen to come with the [[void Scepter|"Command Staff"]] he wielded in the film, which necessitated the hand remolds. The staff folds in half and pegs underneath the toy in vehicle mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/TheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on "blue" The Fallen at TFU.info]''
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===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every Robots in Disguise (2015) toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}
[[File:RID2015-Legion-Class-Megatronus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bound to be repainted into Bowser at any minute.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Optimus Prime VS Megatronus''' (Legion 2-pack, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Fusion Cannon

: Packaged with Optimus Prime, this Megatronus is a Legion-sized mold which can transform from a tank to robot and back. His Fusion Cannon can be mounted on his vehicle mode, his robot mode arms, and can be wielded like a rifle via 3mm hand ports.

:His scannable Decepticon insignia is on his robot-mode right shoulder. Stock photos of the figure did not feature the badge.

:The "Clash of the Transformers" 2-packs are only available as Toys"R"Us exclusives. So far he's the only Legion Class figure not to get an individual release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TRULegMegatronus/megatronus.htm More information on Legion Class Megatronus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID2015-Warrior-Class-Megatronus-CotT.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fresh out of the Netherrealm. ''(Hasbro TRU exclusive version pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatronus''' (Deluxe, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Spear

:The Deluxe-sized Megatronus is the fourth figure in the Clash of the Transformers line. He comes with a spear, which can be attached to his alt mode tank cannon. He is missing the purple highlights he has in the show, as well as in the (strangely more accurate) Legion-Class version from the same line. While the turret of his tank mode can turn on his waist pivot, the missile racks on his treads and the chest plate bumping into each other limits the range to about 90 degrees. It also cannot angle up or down very far due to how the arms attach to the torso. He also features a scan-badge on his chest, accessible when in-package.

:Unlike all other ''Clash of the Transformers'' figures (which were available as [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusives all around the world), Warrior Class Megatronus was only ever available at Toys"R"Us stores in the United States for reasons unknown.

:Megatronus was later retooled into [[Blastwave#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Blastwave]], who was himself redecoed into [[Bludgeon (Prime)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Bludgeon]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TRUMegatronus/megatronus.htm More information on ''Clash of the Transformers'' Warrior Class Megatronus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID2015-Warrior-Class-Megatronus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"You see it now Raiden, your legacy". ''(Hasbro retail version pictured)'']]
[[File:Transformers-adventure-TAV37-Megatronus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"You poison their hearts with hope". ''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatronus''' (Warrior Class, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[February 27]], 2016
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TAV37'''
:*''Accessories'': Spear

:This Megatronus figure is a redeco and retool of the Warrior Class figure above, sporting a maskless head. As with the original release, he features a scan-badge on his chest.

:The ''Adventure Series'' release of Megatronus features some paint applications to better resemble his appearance in the cartoon.

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[[File:RID2015-Ultra-5-Step-Changer-Megatronus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Remove the shadow from the light, the shadow grows". ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Transformers-Adventure-CotT-5-Step-Megatronus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"The legacy of life is death, Raiden. My followers accept this and live on. They fight for me." ''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatronus''' (Mega 5-Step Changer, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Spark Merger, Cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:5-Step Changer Megatronus transforms from robot to tank and back in just 5 easy steps! The toy's arms feature a transformation similar to [[Automorph Technology|Automorph technology]], triggered by turning the tank turret and folding the torso up. Due to the gimmick, his articulation is limited to his elbows. Megatronus features 5mm ports on his hand, his shoulders, and 3 on his tank turret. Mega 5-Step Megatronus was released in an open package which allowed children to touch the toy.

:His scannable Decepticon insignia is on his robot-mode chest/vehicle-mode front plate. Awkwardly, his scan-badge features different patterns depending on the individual toy, and due to the latest update of the mobile game, scanning the differently-patterned badges only gives a random power-up item (Stomp). Because of this, unlocking Megatronus was completely useless until the mobile game's 2016 July update.

:Take extreme care with the transformation: the Automorph-style gears are somewhat prone to breakage if not properly transformed. One must first pull up and turn the tank turret and then transform the legs immediately after.

:Mega 5-Step Megatronus was initially only available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive, but was later sold at TJMaxx/Ross stores.

:The TakaraTomy release of the toy (as part of the Easy Dynamic Series) features a different scannable badge, which is compatible with the ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TRU5StepMegatronus/megatronus.htm More information on 5-step Megatronus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TFAdv-toy Megatronus EZ.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"There will be no surprises from you, Mr. Cage."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Team Bumblebee VS Megatronus Set''' (EZ Collection 4-pack, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TAV34'''
:*''Accessories'': Fusion Cannon

:This version of Megatronus is a redeco of the original Legion Class Megatronus toy, featuring plastic color changes, and additional paint details. He was released in a four-pack along with [[Strongarm (RID)#TAV34|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID)#TAV34|Sideswipe]], and [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#TAV34|Bumblebee]].

:Unlike the Hasbro release, the toy features no scan-badges; instead, one was printed on a small card, along with three other badges.

:Like the rest of the ''Adventure'' EZ Collection sets, some online retailers — including Amazon Japan — were still selling it two years later at greatly reduced prices (70% off).
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:POTP-Prime-Master-Megatronus-Bomb-Burst.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You thought it was that guy you don't remember, but it was that guy you kinda remember!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatronus''' (Prime Master, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''PP-37'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November 24]], 2018
:*''Accessories'': [[Bomb-Burst (G1)#Generations|Bomb-Burst]] decoy armor, claw
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Megatronus is a [[Prime Master]] with [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]] decoy armor, visually based on the original [[Pretender]]'s shell. Megatronus/Bomb-Burst is a [[Retool|retool]] of [[Liege Maximo#Power of the Primes|Liege Maximo]]/[[Skullgrin#Power of the Primes|Skullgrin]], with a new [[Prime Master]] sigil and decoy armor front.

:This toy has identical features to the other Prime Masters in the line. The decoy armor has a weapon piece which can fold out to create a weapon mode, or detach and be held in the armor's 3 mm-compatible hand. The [[Titan Master]]-like robot can store inside the decoy armor or ride [[Size class|Legends Class]] figures in vehicle mode, and is fully compatible with toys from the previous ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' line. The "Power Swap" gimmick means its [[spark]] form can plug onto any decoy armor's weapon form (which has a [[5 mm post]] to be held by larger figures), Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, Leader Class figures' [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] (in place of their Matrix core), [[combiner]]s' torsos (in place of their [[Enigma of Combination#Power of the Primes|Enigma of Combination]]), or the [[Scepter of Sparks#Generations|Scepter of Sparks]]. With the power of [[you]]r imagination, this bestows the Prime Master's [[Prime Master/Combinations|unique power]] on the larger figure.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
[[File:Combiner-Wars-Special-Edition-Prime-Master-Megatronus.jpg|thumb|250px|Guess he got the ''short'' end of the stick.]]
*'''Decepticon Blast Off''' (Special Edition, 2018)

:Redecoed from the above figure sans decoy armor, "Special Edition" Megatronus comes with ''Combiner Wars'' [[Blast Off (G1)#SpecialEdition|Decepticon Blast Off]]. Megatronus is mostly made from translucent red plastic, but painted over with grey, leaving a few important spots out to resemble Megatronus' fiery aura. However, as Blast Off comes with a ''Combiner Wars''-style hand/foot/gun rather than ''Power of the Primes'' [[Prime Armor]], there is no built-in way to attach Megatronus to Blast Off.

:Megatronus and Blast Off were initially revealed via preorder listings on [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and several Asia-based toy retailers prior to any official announcement from Hasbro. This set was an Amazon exclusive in the U.S. but was available through retailers such as [[Toys"R"Us]] in Asian markets. Unfortunately, as Blast Off wasn't given a localized release in Japan (due to the mold [[Blast Off (G1)#Unite Warriors 2|already being distributed]] throughout the last 2 years), Japanese fans would need to import to obtain Megatronus.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Leader-ROTF-The-Fallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|PUT ON YOUR FACE!]]
*'''The Fallen''' (Leader Class, [[2022]])
**''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''91'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-100'''
**''Accessories'': Removable face, [[Void Scepter|two-part staff]], "Pyramid Desert Battle" backdrop (1st version)
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Released in the tenth wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'' Leader Class figures, the long-anticipated The Fallen is a highly screen-accurate version of the character that transforms into a "Cybertronian spacecraft" in 17 steps. Like [[Shockwave_(Movie)#Studio Series|Shockwave]] from the same line, much of his budget is spent making the robot mode look as accurate as possible. The Fallen is constructed largely of dark translucent plastics, with silver and 'burning' orange highlights, as well as metallic blue [[Paint operation|paint applications]] are indeed accurate to [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]]'s CGI model. The Fallen also features a movie-accurate pair of 'secondary forearms' connecting his waist to his elbows, which include multiple [[Swivel joint|swivel]] and [[ball joint]]s to make sure his [[articulation]] remains as unhindered as possible despite the highly unconventional design. However, they can be detached from their ball joints to free up their shoulders if they do get in the way... sometimes ''too'' easily.

:The Fallen comes with his [[Void Scepter|staff]], which can split into two pieces, allowing for display as two hand-held weapons or even to recreate the scene where [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] snaps it in two to rip off The Fallen's face! Unfortunately, the staff is larger than the usual 5 mm, meaning only the Fallen can hold it properly. However, it does have two [[5 mm post]]s, one at each end, allowing for some use with other figures. The posts are meant for attaching the staff halves onto his spacecraft mode.

:The Fallen's pharaoh-esque mask (hilariously, packaged separately) is removable, revealing his hideous (and movie-accurate) skull underneath. This unmasked face features an articulated jaw, presumably to recreate the scene where he screams in agony as Optimus rips his [[spark]] out. Both his head and mask feature separate [[light-piping]] effects.

:Unfortunately, he does ''not'' include his disemboweled spark or the Matrix of Leadership as accessories. Bummer.

:The Fallen's alternate mode is partially based on the [[:File:ROTFtoy-TheFallenVoyager.jpg|alternate mode]] created for the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|2009 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline]], but modified to skew closer to the style of the other Cybertronian jet designs seen within the live-action films.

:The instructions repeat plugging in the forearms for vehicle mode twice (steps 9 and 17), using different highlighting art for each.

:Like most ''Studio Series'' figures, the Fallen features a cardboard backdrop. In his case, it depicts the site of his [[Operation:_Firestorm|final battle]] against Optimus in [[Egypt]].

:The Fallen had the honor of being released as SS-100 in Japan. To celebrate, TakaraTomy held a giveaway via Twitter for 100 lucky winners to randomly receive one of the past 100 Studio Series figures.<ref>[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/news/ss-twitter-campaign.html TakaraTomy's SS-100 The Fallen Giveaway rules]</ref>

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==Merchandise==
===Missile Mania Board Game===
*'''The Fallen'''
: The Fallen is one of eight characters featured in the [[Missile Mania]] board game, represented by a small standee adorned with artwork of the character.
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===7-11 Slurpee tie-in merchandise===
[[File:ROTFmerchandise-TheFallenstraw.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|''Great'' Transformers tie-in merchandise or the ''greatest'' Transformers tie-in merchandise?]]
*'''The Fallen'''
: The Fallen will help you uncreate your Slurpee with this Slurpee straw topper figurine! Comes attached to a straw in a baggie and is available at your local 7-11 while supplies last!
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===Burger King===
[[File:ROTFmerchandise-BurgerKingTheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Flame grilled to perfection]]
*'''The Fallen Flip-Out''' (2009)
:An embossed [[Temporary Decepticon base|plastic Decepticon insignia]], which flips up into a flat representation of The Fallen with some shoulder articulation. All of his robot mode details are stickers. The Fallen, naturally, has flames behind him.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/BKTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on Burger King The Fallen at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=14653 More information on The Fallen at Toy News International]''
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroesmegatronfallenprimejetfireironhide.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Whoa, who ordered the extra-large The Fallen?]]
*'''Battle of the Fallen''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
{{toydesigner|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

:This ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' box set of figures comes with The Fallen, [[Megatron (Movie)/merchandise#RHBattleFallen|Megatron]] in tank mode, [[Jetfire (Movie)#Robot Heroes|Jetpower]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#RHBattleFallen|Optimus Prime]], and [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#RHBattleFallen|Ironhide]] in truck mode. The Fallen is twice as large as a regular ''Robot Heroes'' figure, and has simple swivel joints at his shoulders and neck.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RHTheFallen/thefallen.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' The Fallen at TFU.info]''

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===''Tiny Titans''===
*'''Megatron'''{{sic}} (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''4'''
**''Number'': '''9/12'''

: Part of the fourth assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of "Megatron" is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode, based on the design of Megatronus found in the ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus]]'' book.

: He includes a collectible card that renders him in his [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] design. The card includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

: This wave saw fairly minimal release at "big box" retailers, but unlike other waves, was ''not'' later picked up by drug stores and the like, making them particularly hard to find.

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===Prime 1 Studio===
[[File:Prime 1 Studio The Fallen Staff Spark.jpg|upright=1.44|thumb|"Oh c'mon, all I asked was the guy's face!"]]
*'''Jetpower Optimus Prime''' (2018)
**''Movie:'' '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''ID number:'' '''MMTFM-21EX'''

:The exclusive version of the [[Prime 1 Studio]] ''Museum Masterline'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#P1SJetpower|Jetpower Optimus Prime]] statue comes with a replica of The Fallen's [[spark]] and his Command Staff in reference to the villain's demise in the end of the movie.

:This version of Jetpower Optimus Prime is limited to 500 pieces.

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===Flame Toys===
====''Kuro Kara Kuri''====
[[File:FlameToysTheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.44]]
*'''The Fallen''' (September 2021)
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==Notes==
[[File:TFGenerations2014 Rejected TheFallen.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*The Fallen's appearance in the ''[[Train Wars]]'' manga is based on a mock-up created for a [[Fan polls#Generations Magazine Exclusive Character Popularity Vote|poll]] in ''[[Transformers Generations 2014 Volume 1]]'', one of ten potential exclusives for Vol. 2. A redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Onslaught (WFC)#Generations|Onslaught]], it would have featured the [[Ruination (FOC)|Ruination]] head in combiner mode, which would have been making its Japanese market debut. Ultimately, the Fallen only claimed 5% of the votes.<ref>[http://millionhero.sblo.jp/article/101898683.html Poll results at Hero-X]</ref>

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Sentinel Prime (G1)

2024-04-26T18:18:30Z

LilMissImpossible: Missed one

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

[[File:Sentinel prime lou.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Well, shoot, who wants the Matrix?]]

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

Sentinel Prime is typically, but not always, depicted as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s immediate predecessor as [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

{{bigquote|He was flawed, as we all are. Perhaps he failed. But he faced a choice, when the Matrix came to him. And in that moment, he chose to '''try'''.|Optimus Prime|"[[War World: Awakenings|Awakenings]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Angel]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Éric Etcheverry]] (European French), [[Older Cazarré]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

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

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

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

When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] journeyed into the Matrix in 2005, Sentinel Prime was the sixth guide he encountered. Sentinel Prime recounted the development of transformation, the Autobot victory in the war and the rise of Megatron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

====''Legends'' comic====
The U-Haul robot's spirit was present within the Matrix alongside [[It]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] when [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] approached Magnus with an offer to bring him back to life. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue#Resurrection Chapter|Resurrection Chapter}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{wingsnote}}
Sentinel Prime was presumably a descendant of the first of the Sentinel line, [[Sentinel EnN]]. {{storylink|A Team Effort}} Before ascending to the rank of Prime, Sentinel Prime was known as Sentinel Major. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/28}} Sentinel Prime's legacy lived on in other 'bots who took on the "Sentinel" name, including another [[Sentinel Major]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 35|''Wings Universe'' Sentinel Major profile}}

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

===''Beast Machines'' toy bios===
"An ancient Autobot tracker" taught his apprentice [[Dillo]] how to use the mace bollo. {{storylink|Dillo|Dillo toy bio}}

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

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

8.2 million years ago, Sentinel Prime faced Megatron on the battlefields of [[Tyrest]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|The Ultimate Guide}} He proved no match for the Decepticon leader; with his last words, he tried in vain to reason with Megatron, but Megatron was unmoved by his "sermon and doctrine" and slew him. Sentinel, however, had considered his death a likely possibility, and had already removed the Matrix of Leadership from his body before entering battle, preventing Megatron from acquiring it. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}}

Millions of years later, during the war on Earth, the Matrix used a vision of Sentinel Prime to strengthen Optimus Prime's resolve during a battle with Megatron by confronting him with the claim that Megatron had chosen Optimus to be Prime, knowing that he was weak. Megatron's alleged influence over the Prime selection process was never substantiated. Soon after, the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] created a robotic duplicate of Sentinel Prime to confuse Optimus and undermine his confidence. Though possessing all of Sentinel Prime's considerable abilities, Optimus eventually realized that the duplicate had been created from his own memories of Sentinel Prime, and was incapable of doing anything ''new''. Optimus destroyed the duplicate of Sentinel Prime, having largely overcome his own doubts about his fitness to be Autobot leader. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}

===''Tranformers/G.I. Joe''===
Sentinel Prime was defeated by [[Megatron (G1)#Transformers/G.I. Joe|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Megatron (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Titanium Series Megatron toy bio}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Megatron Origin issue 1|''Megatron Origin'' #1]]}}

{{quote|In '''my''' day, the '''good''' knew their responsibility... and the '''weak''' knew their place.|Sentinel Prime|"[[White Light]]"}}

[[File:Primes IDW.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.3| Quick, shoot 'em in the back, while they're not looking!]]

Long ago, the [[Titan Master]] '''[[Infinitus]]''' served as a herald of his master [[Nexus Prime]]; when Nexus fell in the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] at the hands of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], Infinitus joined forces with Nexus's ally, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]. {{storylink|White Heat}} As the Primes faded into the realm of myths, Infinitus remained on Cybertron and used his Titan Master talents to control a larger body, taking on the identity of "Sentinel" to disguise his ''true'' lineage while he awaited Onyx's eventual return. In time, Sentinel decided that he would use the teachings of the Primes to bring "light" to the "tarnished world" of his birth... even if it meant killing everyone who stood in his way. {{storylink|White Light}} {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin1 Sentinel Prime.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|My fellow Earthicans, we enjoy so much freedom, it's almost sickening. We're free to chose which hand our sex-monitoring chip is implanted in. And if we don't want to pay our taxes, why, we're free to spend a weekend with the Pain Monster.]]

In the years before the dawn of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Sentinel had worked his way up to becoming the head of security for the [[Senate]]; {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} unbeknownst to his employers, he secretly assembled a militia of sleeper agents, recruited from his closest informants. Using a forerunner of the infamous [[shadowplay]] technique, Sentinel conditioned them to serve him if the time ever came. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

One of the duties of his security force was to go around threatening and killing people who got in the Senate's way or risked embarrassing it. Shortly after an assassination attempt on [[Nominus Prime]], he eagerly watched Senator [[Proteus (G1)|Proteus]] announcing the implementation of the "[[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]]", which would improve security at the cost of "some of the freedoms" of the populace. He was constantly interrupted by reports that an intruder was fighting his way into the [[Grand Imperium]], defeating all the security squadrons Sentinel sent at him. Interested in seeing how things would play out, he stood by as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] entered the Senate's chamber and confronted them over their corruption and detached relation to the populace. Proteus eventually ordered Sentinel to have him removed. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}}

As the Clampdown began, the Senate, who were behind the attack on Nominus Prime to begin with, had Sentinel try to tap into the powers of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in the Prime's chest. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} In the process, Sentinel discovered that the Matrix was merely a fake, and with this revelation the Senate decided they had no more use for Nominus and had him killed. They went on to spread rumours that Sentinel was showing signs of affinity for being a Prime {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} while he got to work on planning a "Decepticon terrorist attack" that would give him an excuse to round up all proto-Decepticons and send them [[Institute|off for brainwashing]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 2: Patternism|Patternism}} While [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] thwarted this, Sentinel's men were still able to discover that [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Senator Shockwave]] was quietly forming an army of dissident [[Outlier (group)|outliers]]. Sentinel ordered Shockwave's academy destroyed in an "accident" and Shockwave himself taken into custody. The rebellious Senator confronted Sentinel and Proteus with his knowledge of their illegal takeover of the Senate, but they were nonplussed and had him subjected to [[empurata]] and [[shadowplay|Brainwashing]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} {{storylink|Shockwaves}} Orion Pax and his team had a Dead <s>Or Alive</s> warrant put on their heads. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

Upon assuming office, Sentinel Prime operated out of the [[Security Services Headquarters]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], generally regarded as "the worst place on Cybertron." By this point Sentinel had developed great disdain for government authority, irritated that they kept telling him how to ''do things'' instead of just giving him what he asked for. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} He would even claim he didn't get to set policy. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Years later, [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] would say Sentinel took the bad Senate and made it get worse. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} He worked alongside [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], his [[Second-in-command|lieutenant]], and didn't seem that keen on him either, viewing Prowl's methodical approach as anathema to his more straightforward and brutal tactics. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}} Sentinel also formed an [[Elite Guard]] for all the important work he wanted done and not known about, like secretly capturing a spark hot spot so it could be experimented on and the [[Functionist Council]] couldn't use it. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}} During this time, Sentinel and Prowl briefly visited [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]] to check up on the progress of a new [[energon]] mine supervised by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin1 Sentinel face.jpg|upright=1.5|left|thumb|I am not a crook's head!]]

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

When Senator [[Decimus (G1)|Decimus]] was badly injured in a riot, Sentinel ordered Prowl to handle the situation as he didn't "have the struts to deal with another whining senator": if only they gave him "what I need"! {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} After a surge in illegal [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial bloodsports]] where [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron's]] rose to prominence, he personally took charge of the investigation from Prowl, ordered tactical recon teams ("Panorama") to watch eight potential venues and intelligence officers to watch ''everything'', and a core strike team ("Hammer") to hit Megatron's "cult" when the venue was identified. Officers [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] did indeed find a venue but unfortunately, both were murdered before they could report in. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

[[File:MegatronOrigin4-SentinelPrime Apexarmor.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I remember my body. Flabby, pasty-skinned, riddled with phlebitis. A good Republican body. God, how I loved it.]]

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

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

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

[[File:LastLight-Infinitusescapes.jpg|upright=1.5|left|thumb|Time for Dicky to get tricky!]]

From his hiding spot, Infinitus worked to build a new body for himself. This took longer than he expected; according to Infinitus, he was "subconsciously attuning" himself to the [[spark]] frequencies of the Titans, and slipped in and out of consciousness over many millions of years. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

Shortly before the [[Dead Universe]] invasion in 2006, Optimus Prime would recall Sentinel Prime as he ruminated on the supposed infallibility of a Prime versus the depressing reality. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

Following the end of the war in 2012, Prowl recalled Sentinel's militarism as part of the lineage of 'false Primes' and their failings, expressing that while the Decepticons may have had noble intentions back then, they were long lost by the modern era. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} [[Nova Prime]] briefly took on the appearance of Sentinel Prime as he battled Optimus within the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

[[File:TitansReturn Infinitus Sentinel.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|NIXON'S BAAAAACK!]]

In 2016, an irate Starscream—now running Cybertron—was left spitting teeth at the idea anyone might give Optimus a pass for annexing Earth. He compared the action to Sentinel, saying he'd been the last Prime to lay claim to a populated world. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} When the [[Council of Worlds]] next convened, Starscream cited Sentinel Prime as one in a series of increasingly corrupt Primes in an attempt to discredit Optimus's recent annexation of [[Earth]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|The Medium and the Message}} The crewmembers on the ''[[Lost Light]]'' discussed Sentinel frankly as a dangerous ideologue with [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] calling him the first Decepticon. Since everyone usually referred to Sentinel Prime in heroic terms, [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] was left confused; Chromedome explained that he'd "lived badly but died well".

Meanwhile, the emergence of [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] on [[Earth]] had prompted the creation of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], accompanied an energy broadcast immortalizing the deeds of Optimus Prime. This burst awoke Sentinel Prime, still hiding beneath Kaon. The former leader viewed Metrotitan's transmission... only to be disgusted by the sight of Autobots fraternizing with Decepticons and the "malformed" colonists from the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] colonies—signs of ''compromise'' that he could not abide. Sentinel activated his new body, then headed to the Decepticon ghetto outside of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], vowing to purge his planet of "inferiors" {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} Trouncing [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]'s security forces, Sentinel opened fire indiscriminately and killed 23 individuals before attacking Starscream with a [[spark disruptor]]. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} {{storylink|The Last Autobot}} [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] managed to save Starscream's life by taking the weapon into her own Spark chamber, but the two were unable to stop Sentinel from bridging to Earth. After arriving outside Autobot City, he took down [[Aileron]] and destroyed the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] behind him. Sentinel took a moment to appreciate Optimus Prime's imperialistic spirit... a moment that was cut short when Infinitus detached himself from his host body, vowing to burn down everything that his successor had created. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

[[File:WhiteLight-bodyjackinginfinitus.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|left|"Now look here, you drugged-out Communist. I paid for this body and I'd no sooner return it than I would my little cocker spaniel dog, Checkers!"]]

His first obstacle was Alpha Trion, who he sneered at for only ever talking and ''doing'' nothing during his reign. In a brief fight, Sentinel cut Trion's head off and took control of his alternate mode as a personal plane, while Sentinel's headless body stayed behind to engage the Autobots as a distraction. Wearing Trion's body, Sentinel retrieved his fellow Titan Master [[Sovereign]], who had been under a deep-cover identity as the human [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]], and flew him back to Metrotitan to be fully transformed. After reuniting with his main body, he had Sovereign warp them, Soundwave, and Optimus Prime away. {{storylink|White Light}}

The quartet traveled to the remains of the planet [[Prion (planet)|Prion]], abandoned by [[Micronus Prime]] to die with the [[Mini-Con]]s he had watched over. Sentinel explained his history to Optimus, revealed that the identity of "Sentinel" had always been a lie to conceal his true heritage as a Titan Master, and, with Onyx's return imminent, offered his successor a chance to join him and Sovereign in their new crusade. When Soundwave insulted his Primehood, Infinitus had Sovereign impale him using Alpha Trion's body before Optimus then tackled Sentinel into Sovereign, freeing Soundwave and giving the Decepticon enough time to reawaken Sovereign's "Blackrock" persona. Undeterred, Sentinel simply grabbed Sovereign and fled through Prion's spacebridge vowing to destroy the current Cybertron. {{storylink|White Heat}}

[[File:TenToMidnight-twovstwo.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"I've become bitter, and, let's face it, crazy over the years. And once I'm swept into office, I'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat, and I'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place!"]]

The Titan Master duo arrived on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]], where Sentinel intended to finally put his old contingency plan into play by first reactivating the hordes of dead Titans that littered the moon's surface. Along the way, Sentinel cut down the Autobot [[Outrigger]] and ordered Sovereign to devour his spark to power his own system; when Sovereign refused and Outrigger escaped, Sentinel hardwired him into a Titan's brain module and had it make a beeline for the moon's [[Planetary engine|thruster]]s. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] tried to stand up to Sentinel, but the evil Prime revealed that Red Alert had been one of his many sleeper agents, and promptly triggered the mental conditioning that led him to shoot Prowl, leaving only [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] to stand up to Sentinel. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}}

As Red Alert battled Fortress Maximus, Sentinel gloated to Cerebros and revealed the full scope of his plan: using the [[quantum foam]] from Luna 1's engines, he would supercharge a spacebridge to Cybertron, allowing a horde of reanimated Titan corpses to travel through the portal and destroy everything on Cybertron, leaving a blank slate on which he could rebuild his "perfect" Autobot society. But before he could deliver the final blow, Prowl smashed a [[Mobile Autobot Repair Bay|M.A.R.B.]] over his head; Fortress Maximus commandeered one of the many Titans to fend off the [[zombie]] horde, holding off as many of Sentinel's Titans as he could, while Prowl and Cerebros confronted Sentinel himself. Sentinel quickly dispatched the pair and ordered Red Alert to shoot Prowl in the back of the head—but Red Alert had already broken Sentinel's conditioning, and shot his Titan Master self off of his larger body. Sentinel was quick to reassert a measure of control over Red Alert, nearly forcing him to blast his own head off before [[Beak]] slammed into Sentinel, sending the Titan Master plummeting into one of the moon's thrusters where he unceremoniously perished. The spacebridge closed without his thoughts keeping it open; {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}} although Fortress Maximus had not been able to prevent ''all'' of the Titans from making it through the bridge, the disruption meant that the Titans would materialize far away from Cybertron and ultimately took many weeks to finally arrive. {{storylink|Ping}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
Sentinel Prime died during the Great War, and Optimus Prime succeeded him. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Among others, Sentinel Prime appeared to haunt Megatron through the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Sentinel in particular mocked the Decepticon's gladiatorial origins and the fact that he considered himself an emperor. Megatron, however, refused to break and continued with his plans. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[File:PowerOfTheTitanMasters-sentinel.jpg|thumb|left|245px|I'm meeting you halfway, you stupid hippies!]]
Sentinel Prime unexpectedly returned after unspecified circumstances. He proved himself to be an unpredictable force, with his own plans to return Cybertron to its former glory.<ref name="TRTF">''Titans Return'' ''[[Titans Return (toyline)#Summer convention exclusives|Titan Force]] 3-pack'' bio material/instructions.</ref> When the [[Titan Master]]s reemerged into the modern Autobot-Decepticon war, Sentinel Prime was partnered with the Titan Master [[Infinitus]], whose ability to slow time allowed Sentinel to unleash precision attacks even in the middle of raging battles. {{storylink|#Generations|''Titans Return'' Infinitus/Sentinel Prime toy bio}}

When [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Crashbash]] attacked [[Velocitron]] during the planet's biggest race, Sentinel Prime fought alongside [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and Optimus Prime to repel the invaders, defending [[Haywire (Targetmaster)|Hyperfire]] from Decepticon abduction. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

When [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] returned to full size and unleashed his power on the universe, Sentinel Prime went rogue and sought to control him by using a loyal Titan Master. His plans for domination put him in conflict with [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], [[Arcana|Teslor]], and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]].<ref name="TRTF"/>

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
When the [[Mistress of Flame]] visited the [[Primal Basilica]], she invoked the names of the [[Thirteen]] [[Prime (rank)|Primes]] in prayer, calling for the wisdom of Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Overlord and Emissary}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part Three|''Transformers'' #3]] (mentioned); [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four|''Transformers'' #10]] (full appearance)}}

[[File:WannabeePart2-Sentinel.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.65|"This is incredible. It’s God’s most wondrous miracle." "Sir, I think your wife wants to hold the baby." "My wife?? Where? WHERE??" ''(Runs off)'']]

During the reign of [[Nominus Prime]], Sentinel was called in into investigate an unprecedented accidental forging at the site of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[Forge Pyramid|Pyramid]], and was thus the first 'bot encountered by the newly forged [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]. {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 2}} Eventually, Sentinel would himself rise to the rank of Prime after Nominus Prime surrendered leadership of the Autobots; accepting the Matrix of Leadership, Sentinel Prime took over as the new First Senator. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} In his new role, the Prime adhered to his predecessor's doctrine: his party continued to uphold the historic [[Nominus Edict]] that limited Cybertronian expansionism, {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} supported Nominus's decision to keep the [[Great General]] [[Pyra Magna]] indefinitely imprisoned, {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} and restrict the forging of new [[Titan (group)|Titan]]s, {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} as well as abolishing the traditional sport of [[gladiatorial combat]]. {{storylink|Transformers Valentine's Day Special}} Before long, Sentinel had developed a reputation for a straightforward and unsubtle approach to diplomacy, {{storylink|Nautica: Home}} although the gravitas that his force of personality exerted over the [[Senate]] was indisputable: without his presence, the Senate would be paralyzed by indecision and infighting. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 2}} To keep the existence of hidden-away Titansparks under the Pyramid a secret, Sentinel bribed [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] with the position of Head of Intelligence. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

An image of Sentinel Prime appeared over the Senate as Termagax promoted her new Ascenticon political party, in opposition to his ideals. {{storylink|End of Time}}

[[File:NauticaHome-SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|""Demand?" Who are you to demand anything? I run this town! You're just a bunch of low income nobodies!"]]

Just before the outbreak of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Sentinel Prime and his inner retinue conducted a goodwill tour of Cybertron's various [[Cybertronian colonies|colony worlds]] aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], unaware of mounting political tensions on Cybertron between Senator [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]]'s Autobots and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon|Ascenticons]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} With Sentinel Prime offworld, Orion opted to take command of the Senate in between filling in for Sentinel's other duties, such as welcoming newly forged Transformers like [[Gauge]] into the world, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} while instructing [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to keep Sentinel Prime informed. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}}

The situation quickly escalated beyond Pax's ability to control the Ascenticons, and upon learning of both [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] and [[Rubble]]'s murders Sentinel Prime promptly cut his tour short. At the colony world of [[Hexagon]], Sentinel informed his cadre of specialists and diplomats that they would set course for Cybertron immediately after all visiting aliens had departed. As Lodestar prepared to set course for home, [[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] informed him that she and [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] had foiled a [[Thraal]] plot to destroy their Titan in an attempt to intimidate Cybertron into surrendering their [[A'ovan]] refugees. Unwilling to import such troubles into Cybertronian society, Sentinel ordered Nautica to be silent on this incident and allow it to be handled quietly. {{storylink|Nautica: Home}}

Once Lodestar touched down on Cybertron, Sentinel dismissed Ironhide and made his way directly to the Senate. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} When he arrived, [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] briefed him on the situation, specifically the events concerning [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]], who had sought asylum at [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Ascenticon Headquarters]]. Though allowing Orion Pax to try and reason with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], he only gave him until sundown to retrieve Barricade, whereupon he would give Chromia ''carte blanche'' to get to the rogue. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} Sentinel spent the next few days catching up on what had been going on while he was away, which began to rapidly chip away at what little patience he had. The last straw came when Senator [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] delivered the Ascenticons' demand that, in light of the situation, there be an immediate election. Sentinel emphatically said "no" and subsequently ordered literally every [[Security Operations]] agent out into the field to root out [[The Rise]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}

[[File:TheChangeInYourNaturePart3-SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7|"I propose that I use what's left of the town treasury to move to a more prosperous town and run for mayor. And, er, once elected, I will send for the rest of you."]]

Flanked by Orion, Sentinel made a public address where he condemned the Ascenticons and their empty promises. When Pax and Chromia later brought Sentinel an update on the situation, the First Senator allowed the rules of the [[Nominus Edict]] to be bent for the purposes of Security Operations' mission but also made several other changes to their normal operations while stressing success over a zero-fatality rate, deputizing [[Colonial Security]] chiefs [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] to organize proactive response teams. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} To stamp out the Ascenticons before they could do any more damage, Sentinel also planned to arrest Senator Soundwave at an upcoming debate in a sting operation, only for fellow senator [[Heretech]] to covertly forewarn Megatron of the plan. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}}

[[File:RiseOfTheDecepticonsAllFallDown SentinelRejectsOrion.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|"Uh, election in November, election in November." "What? ''Again?!'' This stupid country..."]]
Following a major terrorist attack on Cybertron and the destruction of the [[Tether]], Sentinel and Orion met to assess the scope and scale of the damage. Although Orion urged caution and restraint—rebuilding and reassessing rather than going after the Ascenticons—Sentinel would not be dissuaded from his course of action, and Orion's suggestion that Pyra Magna be released from prison to coordinate an anti-Ascenticon crackdown eroded Sentinel's patience to nothing. Storming from the room, Sentinel shouted that he would pass the Matrix to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] when he stepped down, ''not'' Orion. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} When inflaming societal tensions led to protest marches, Sentinel ordered Ironhide to clear out the crowd. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}}

When [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] had finally been detained, Sentinel arranged for the murderer to be publicly marched directly to the [[Senate]] building in the hopes that the spectacle would discourage the Ascenticons and their supporters. However, his unwise pageantry only led to a coordinated strike that ended with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] murdering the escaped Quake before he could be tried. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}} Finally, Sentinel convened an emergency session of the Senate without the Ascenticons, and coined the name "[[Decepticon]]s" as a way to condemn Megatron's underhanded tactics. He didn't get far into this speech before Megatron and his retinue barged into the Senate floor; while [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] restrained Sentinel, Megatron made his own speech that began with him reclaiming Sentinel's off-the-cuff insult and ended with his Decepticon troopers taking over the Senate. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}}

[[File:WarWorldPrime-SentinelDies.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Oh, I bet I'll get blamed for this..."]]
While Megatron kept most of his prisoners on the Senate floor itself, he had Sentinel and Orion moved to a high-security prison wing, and took a moment to gloat in front of the imprisoned First Senator. Despite Sentinel's final warning—that if Megatron restarted the cycle of colonization and expansion that had defined Cybertron's past, other races would surely fight back against Cybertron—Megatron was more interested in the Matrix he carried. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and the [[Senate Guard]] eventually broke into the Senate building and freed Sentinel, but stopped their leader from going to personally settle his score with Megatron. After escaping to the Autobot fallback point, Sentinel instead decided to find a relay tower and broadcast a message that Megatron had not yet won—but as he transformed and flew off, he recklessly ignored the fact that the Autobot resistance didn't have any fliers to cover his departure. Sure enough, Megatron ordered the [[Rainmaker]]s to bring him back, and the three knocked him out of the sky and sent him crashing into a nearby [[The Slaarg & Turbofox|bar]]. While Sentinel easily pounded [[Ion Storm]] into a nearby wall, [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]'s corrosive barrage weakened him and [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]] sliced him in half. Chromia and Orion arrived too late to save him. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} Deducing Starscream's betrayal, to protect the Titansparks from the Decepticons, {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} Sentinel, with his last words, told Orion to warn [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], kill Starscream, and pass his Matrix on to Ultra Magnus before he succumbed to his wounds and died. After taking the Matrix, Orion Pax glimpsed Sentinel Prime's spirit among the many other Cybertronian leaders who had carried the artifact before accepting the mantle of ''Optimus'' Prime. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}}

Laying Sentinel Prime's tattered body to rest, Optimus and Ironhide reflected on his last words and their meaning. Despite their past differences, Optimus Prime respectfully praised Sentinel for rising to meet the demands of leadership the Matrix placed on him and hoped to do the same. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}}

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

As [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s forces made their way to activate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s [[planetary engine]]s in order to wipe out the Autobots, Sentinel Prime went to meet with the Decepticon leader in [[Tyrest]], believing Megatron could be reasoned with. Instead Megatron ambushed Sentinel Prime's group and slew the Prime. Sadly for Megatron, Sentinel was not carrying the coveted [[Matrix of Leadership]], having sensibly left it behind. {{storylink|The War Within}}
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===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
During the Cybertronian Civil War, Sentinel Prime was killed. Prior to his destruction, he bestowed the Matrix of Leadership to Optimus Prime, who became the new leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero9.shtml G1 Optimus Prime on the Transformers Online website]</ref>
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==Toys==
===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-SentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|He's easily confused with Astrotrain. No, he's not Quintessa.]]
*'''Autobot Infinitus & Sentinel Prime''' (Voyager Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns, Infinitus Titan Master
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:Sentinel Prime is part of the first wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Voyager Class toys. He transforms from a robot to a shuttle to an armored train and back. Both vehicle modes use many flip-out panels to fill in his vehicle mode, leaving minimal robot kibble visible. Sentinel takes design cues from both Generation 1 [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Alex Milne]]'s IDW Sentinel Prime, while Infinitus's robot mode is entirely the Sentinel design.

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

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

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

:Unfortunately, due to being used for transformation, the port for the collector display stand on his two-piece rear waist tends to be misaligned, and the hole is not shallow enough to fully secure its connection.

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

:This mold was also made into ''Titans Return'' [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Astrotrain]] and served as the model for [[Omega Sentinel (Energon)|Omega Sentinel]] in the [[Primus Vanguard]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRSentinelPrime/sentinelprime.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Sentinel Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Titan-Force-Sentinel-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now with extra BURNING SPIRIT!]]
*'''Titan Force''' (Multi-pack, [[July 21]], 2016)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Guns, Infinitus Titan Master

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

:In the United States, this set was [[exclusive]] to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] website and the Hasbro Toy Shop booth at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016. In the United Kingdom, it was exclusive to the A1 Toys website and their booth at London Film & Comic Con 2016 (with Brainstorm renamed into "Charon" for [[trademark]] reasons); in China, it was exclusive to Cybertron Con Shanghai; in Hong Kong, it was exclusive to Animation-Comic-Game 2016; and in Canada, it was exclusive to the HasbroStore booth at Fan Expo 2016.

:This toy is used for [[Red Sentinel Prime]] in the ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic|Generations Selects]]'' comics.
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==Notes==
*In an impressive case of [[size changing]], U-Haul Robot's head alone forms the ''entire'' driver's section of the truck cab!
*In a few instances throughout the third season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 animated series]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] appears in the U-Haul Robot's color scheme. Guess [[AKOM]] got their "Hauls" mixed up!
*The retelling of [[Unicron]]'s origin in the UK comics included a brief glimpse of a dying Matrix bearer passing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to Optimus Prime. However, as he is unnamed, the only way we can presume this being is Sentinel Prime is because, as we are told later, Sentinel Prime was the leader before Optimus. Fun fact: "[[State Games]]" calling Optimus Prime "Optimus Prime" means Sentinel does this pre-war!
*Sentinel's 2007 IDW design was based on his first (and otherwise only prior) appearance in the 1988 Marvel comics panel shown above. The resemblance is a little more obvious in ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'' than it is in his more stylized appearance in ''Megatron Origin'', but his yellow-red-and-orange armor, crested helm, and the row of three small "windows" on his chest are all derived from his Marvel look. IDW's Sentinel is also very heavily armed, not unlike the description of the character given by the ''Hardwired'' novel.
*Sentinel Prime didn't receive a proper toy until 2016, but he did come close previously. As revealed in the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] roundtable panel at [[BotCon 2007]], the original concept for the convention-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class [[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense]] [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#CyCDF|Hot Shot]] was Sentinel Prime. The mold DOES bear a decent resemblance to his IDW appearance, but in the end it was decided that [[Springer (G1)/toys#Timelines|Springer]] was a better choice for the mold (and likely for the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|ongoing club comic]] story).
*The resurrected Sentinel in the 2005-2018 IDW continuity appears to be wearing modular, black armor over his toy design, rather than having the toy design itself.
*According to [[ABN]] in [[Recordicons issue 9|''Recordicons'' #9]], Vector Prime "always lies about Five Faces of Darkness". If true, this would mean that the guy from Five Faces isn't necessarily Sentinel Prime; we're keeping this page as-is because there's no objective evidence either way, and Sentinel Prime is more convenient as a page title than "U-Haul Robot".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sentinel Prime''' (センチネル・プライム ''Senchineru Puraimu'')

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To sell toys

2024-04-26T17:59:23Z

LilMissImpossible:

[[File:MarvelUS-19.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hasbro wasn't quite sure whether to advertise this expensive toy until the fans forced their hand.]]
To understand ''Transformers'' fiction, it is important to understand that it exists '''to sell toys.''' [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] are toy companies, and they are primarily interested in continuing to sell [[toy]]s to children and adults. The cartoons, comic books, etc., mostly exist to make this happen. To be sure, they normally [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)#Reception|make a profit in their own right]], but this is regarded as mere gravy.

The "to sell toys" effect often distorts the fiction in interesting ways. Primarily, since you can't ([[Army-building|usually]]) sell someone the same toy twice,<ref>Although the toy lines from the [[live-action film series]] have given us multiple ''different'' toys of the ''same characters''.</ref> Hasbro and Takara constantly introduce new toys, and often require the creators of the fiction to introduce the new characters into ongoing storylines. Older characters (whose toys are no longer being sold) are shoved aside to make room.

Another effect of "to sell toys" is when the toys have gimmicks which must be explained in the fiction. Sometimes ([[Mini-Con]]s) this is relatively easy, while other times it requires a lot of imagination on the part of the writers (the in-comic explanations for the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] are kinda wonky).

[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Japanese]] [[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (cartoon)|shows]] are normally the worst offenders, because ''Transformers'' doesn't take itself very seriously over there.

The UK [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|movie-based ''Transformers'' comic]] took this to more blatant heights. For its first year, it had a specific four-page feature every week called ''Top Gear'', which existed solely to promote the newest ''Transformers'' merchandise. ''Any'' merchandise. This led to readers being told how great [[Optimash Prime]] was. For the [[2010]] ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' game franchise, [[Ironhide (Movie)|''Ironhide himself'']] opened letters pages by telling readers how ''awesome'' the game was and how [[you]] should buy it.

{{bigquote|Truly, I'm speechless. Your species characterizes the infinite wonders of the churning, whorling, chaotic cosmos through the lens of... merchandising?

I can see why Swindle loves you idiots.|[[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] on the concept, [[Ask Vector Prime]].}}

==Casting==
===Huge casts===
[[File:CosmicRust-BigGroup.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Pokeformers|Gotta catch 'em all!]]]]
Hasbro makes a lot of toys at once, and they generally want all of them to appear in their fiction. This can force writers to bring in vast numbers of characters all at once, sometimes with awkward results. Examples include:

*The first issue of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 comic]], "[[The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers]]", in which ''twenty-eight'' different robots appeared and introduced themselves, even though only a handful are important to the plot.
*"[[The Special Teams Have Arrived]]", a free mini-comic given away with issue [[Rock and Roll-Out!|#54]] of the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|comic]], notoriously introduces the reader to ''twenty-four'' new Transformers in just three pages. Granted, four of those are the [[Combiner|combined forms]] of the other twenty, but that's still a lot of new names to remember.
*The 1987 ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' Limited Series, which introduced over ''sixty'' characters in the course of four issues, including all the first waves of [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]], all their [[Nebulan]] partners, the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], and [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s.
*The cartoon episode trilogy "[[The Rebirth]]" likewise abruptly introduced well over ''forty'' of the 1987 toyline characters, mostly the same ones seen in ''Headmasters''. In both cases, this wasn't helped by the fact that the nature of Headmasters and Targetmasters meant every new toy had to effectively get two introductions.
*In the first four episodes of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], eighteen characters are introduced in quick succession.
*From #9 onwards, [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan's movie-based ''Transformers'']] heavily bumped up the cast with new toys. In one example, #17 brought in nine new toys in eleven pages; only one of the five Decepticons got any real focus or dialogue.

===Random casting===
The Hasbro-induced need to show all the toys can also cause stories to suddenly focus on a new character, sometimes dropping ongoing plot threads about older ones. Examples include:

*Season 2 of the cartoon introduced many new characters/buyable toys with no explanation; despite never having been seen before, the story treats them as though they have [[Beachcomber (G1)|been there]] [[Perceptor (G1)|the whole]] [[Tracks (G1)|time]]. [[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1|One episode]] even hinges on this idea.
[[File:Decepticonpretenders-behold.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|After seven issues, it's finally time for these six dudes to do something!]]
[[File:FlamesofBoltax-Triggerbots.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Apparently, the Triggerbots didn't make much of an impression on Prime.]]
*The comic issue "[[Pretender to the Throne!]]" suddenly introduces a dozen Autobots and Decepticons that we've never met before, and follows their adventures. The story adds nothing to the long-range plot that couldn't have been accomplished by using existing characters; these teams were added to the mix to promote their new toys.
*Many issues of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]] had cover blurbs in the form "Introducing the _______!", where the blank was whatever the latest line of toys was. The following issues specifically introduce new toys on the cover: [[Repeat Performance!|#8]], [[The Next Best Thing to Being There!|#10]], [[Brainstorm!|#11]], [[Command Performances!|#19]], [[Aerialbots over America!|#21]], [[Crater Critters|#29]], [[The Cure!|#30]], [[Pretender to the Throne!|#40]], [[People Power!|#42]], [[Ca$h and Car-nage!|#46]], [[Club Con!|#47]], and [[Yesterday's Heroes!|#60]]. Throw in a few covers where new characters were pictured but not named, and that's 1/5th of the series.
*In [[Spacehikers!|issue #36]] of the Marvel comics, when [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] decides that he needs help in dealing with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s inept leadership, he doesn't turn to any of the ''dozens'' of Autobots aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], which include two combiner teams and Omega Supreme. No, he has to call in his "old buddy"/new toy, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]].
*In the prelude to the [[Underbase Saga]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] were the lead characters in a story set before the Transformers came to [[Earth]]. But rather than palling around with the likes of Jazz or Soundwave, they are instead shown alongside the newest "gimmick" characters, the [[Triggercon]]s and the [[Triggerbot]]s.
*[[Mainframe Entertainment]] planned to use [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] in ''Beast Wars'', but [[Tigatron]] appeared instead because he had an upcoming toy, and to save money as his CGI model was only a slight tweak of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/9c79c4226fc6dd28/30c3cdf158ea6e52?lnk=st&q=bob+forward+beast+wars+tigatron+wolfang&rnum=1#30c3cdf158ea6e52 Ben Yee relays some info from Bob Forward in regards to Wolfang being replaced by Tigatron in the Beast Wars cartoon]</ref>
*Rather than revealing stuff about the [[Vok]] and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], a long-running subplot, "[[Other Victories]]" spends much of its time telling us how great [[Tigerhawk]] is and how we should buy his toy.
*Material released by both [[3H Productions|3H]] and [[Fun Publications]] tends to release characters from various series and continuities and then write stories featuring every character (usually with a particular focus on that year's box set), which often leads to some bizarre casting choices. [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] were all retroactively added to [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] and [[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]] because they wanted to do toys of them that year. The [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] version of [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]] is introduced from nowhere, has minimal characterization, and doesn't do anything, because they wanted to do [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Tracks's 2010 toy]] in [[Diaclone]]/[[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] colors. And pretty much every story taking place in the [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|Classicsverse]], ostensibly a [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel G1]]-based series, will introduce or reintroduce characters who were dead (the various [[Underbase Saga]] casualties), not even implied in the original stories ([[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]), or [[Female Transformer#Marvel Comics continuity|don't make sense in that universe to begin with]] ([[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]). Sometimes this gets a token justification, other times not.
*The [[First (and Second) in Flight|sixth issue]] of ''[[Transformers Animated: The Arrival|The Arrival]]'' stops following the regular cast so it can flag the awesome cool out-now-in-shops [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] toy.
*Prominent generals in [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan's movieverse]] Decepticon army change frequently and without any acknowledgment as new toys jostle for (and gain) space.
*[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]] and its lead-ins were packed with ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' toys, so suddenly ''Beast Wars'' characters [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] are in G1. Things got worse in later issues when [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and [[Crosscut (G1)|Crosscut]] needed a comic; Tankor berates Starscream for a few panels in [[No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|''Dark Cybertron'' #6]], while Crosscut and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] briefly halt the plot in [[The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|''Dark Cybertron'' #7]] to tell you who Crosscut ''is''. Then he vanishes. They did end up getting increased roles in IDW fiction later, though.
*For "[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]", several Autobots had to abruptly depart the ''[[Lost Light]]'' for Cybertron so they could appear in their combiner teams. In the case of [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], this was despite him having just become the Chief Medical Officer: a long-running plot!
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] appeared in the IDWverse after a seven-year absence in ''[[Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie]]'' and ''[[The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine]]''. The fact that those two oft-ignored characters had new ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' and ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Legends Class toys released recently probably had something to do with the matter.

===Limited casting===
On the opposite side of things, Hasbro doesn't want to pay to depict characters that aren't selling toys. This can force a story, particularly an animated cartoon, to have a smaller cast than it otherwise might.

[[File:Metamorphdeceps2.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|The full might of the Decepticon army.]]
*The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]] and [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|early Marvel comics]] both featured an oddly lopsided cast, particularly at the beginning, with the Autobot forces on Earth outnumbering the Decepticons two to one. This difference was never really acknowledged, though the cartoon also used [[generic]]s to make it look like Megatron had more than four guys, three pets, and [[Reflector (G1)|a camera]] under his command.
*The early episodes of ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' featured only the toys available on the shelves. This resulted in two ridiculously small teams going to [[Earth]] for the all-important mission of gathering Mini-Cons, rather inexplicable in story terms.
*[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Both the Dreamwave]] and [[Transformers: Armada (Panini)|Panini comics]] suffered exactly the same problem, but it gets worse: [[First Encounter|The first ''Armada'' episode]] reused models of older Transformers as [[generic]] background guys to bump numbers up. The comics ''didn't''. So Megatron apparently conquers all of planet Cybertron with an army of three guys, whereas the city/planet defending Autobots are just five blokes.
*Dreamwave would also [[Dreamwave Armada issue 10|feature a scene on Cybertron]], where the ''only'' Autobot who seemed to exist was [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]].
*For [[Transformers: Movie Prequel|the movie prequels]], IDW got around this by deciding that [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] was going to be a [[Class Alpha drone unit|series of drones]] instead of one guy, allowing for really big battle scenes despite a then-limited number of toys. (It would later turn out there was ''also'' a Dreadwing who was one guy.) Titan Magazines would borrow this, and turn other Decepticons into drone series too.
*It seems unlikely that four bots and their human partners would be sufficient to handle every emergency on [[Griffin Rock]], but those four bots [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (toyline)|were the only ones on shelves at the time]] (other than [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who were needed [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|elsewhere]]), so they were the ones who went into [[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|the show]]. As the toyline expanded, toy characters Blurr, Salvage, High Tide and Quickshadow were introduced into the cast.
*''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Kingdom]]'' acts as a celebration of the 25th anniversary of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', but only includes characters who were slated for the first three waves of the accompanying toyline (with the exception of [[Tigatron]], likely due to the ease of retooling [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s animation model into a spare character). This means that notable cartoon characters like [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] or [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] who didn't have toys in the first three waves never put in an appearance in the season. To compensate for the Predacons having depleted ranks as a result, [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] stays with the Predacons for most of his screentime while [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] was turned into a group of generics; Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] also says many Predacons have been lost in his war with the Maximals.
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==Plot==
===Forced explication===
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Rather than simply showing up in the background, new toy/characters often overtly introduce themselves, often with a ridiculous description of their special abilities. The Marvel comic is rife with examples, but it shows up across numerous fictions.

[[File:Introdump decepticons marvelus01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Reflector is actually here, he's just buried underneath a pile of speech bubbles.]]
*Again, [[The Transformers (issue)|''Transformers'' #1]] has two huge splash pages in which 28 characters do nothing but stand around and tell each other who they are and what they can do.
*Towards the end of "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", Jazz puts together a strike team. Naturally, he does this by calling out their names one by one, so that the camera can cut to each Autobot in turn and show them transform in noticeable detail.
*The two-part original ''Transformers'' cartoon episode "[[Dinobot Island, Part 1|Dinobot Island]]" features many new 1985 characters getting their own short little introductory scene, often with a characteristic bit of self-description ([[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]: "I'd rather stay in my stunning auto mode!" [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]: "I'm ''always'' ready for action!" [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]: "Wow, like, I hope we don't destroy this place before we can study it!")
*"[[The Rebirth]]" has ''three different sequences'' in which large new groups of characters form a lineup and introduce themselves to viewers one after another. Strangely enough, much of this screen- and dialogue-time is given over to Nebulan partners; the "main" Transformer characters get no such introductions, even though they are the items kids would have to purchase to acquire the Nebulan accessories. For instance, [[Spasma]], [[Monzo]], and [[Peacemaker]] (all speaking characters) are introduced by name as part of various lineups, but their in-store hosts [[Apeface]], [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], and [[Pointblank]] are never named (and Weirdwolf never even speaks).
*"[[Beast Wars (Part 1)]]" has the Maximals walk on one-by-one admiring their [[beast mode]]s, loudly explaining their names and showing character traits. This even gives the impression they deliberately changed their names to fit these new beast modes for no apparent reason.
*Crosscut and Swerve fill in Crosscut's backstory and job during a fight. That's all Crosscut does in [[The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|''Dark Cybertron'' #7]].

===Gimmicks===
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When the toys can do something special, fiction writers must often go out of their way to show the gimmick in action.

*The ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 .28Scramble City and 2010.29|Scramble City]]'' category of G1 combiner teams have the ability to freely swap around their limbs. Because of this, an unusual amount of Japanese fiction focuses on the idea of characters swapping limbs, best shown by ''[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]'', with rather variable consequences, and sometimes resulting in the creation of [[Scramble 7|whole new combiner characters]]. Sometimes, this purportedly results in some kind of increase in power or the combiner gaining different traits, but these changes are almost invariably told more than shown. In some cases, simply [[Free-Combination|changing the arrangement of an existing set of limbs]] is cited as something that can vastly alter a character's capabilities, with little real explanation.
*The Headmaster gimmick got [[The Transformers: Headmasters|an entire Limited Series comic book]] devoted to it.
*The comic issue "[[Pretender to the Throne!]]" features [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] proudly creating the [[Pretender]]s, gloating that they will hide the Decepticons' identities from the Autobots "until it is too late". Not only does the plan not actually work, it's also a plot point with absolutely zero lead-in or build-up—at no point has Scorponok ever expressed concern about his troops being detected by the Autobots (if anything, considering the altmodes of his troops, he seems to be the ''least'' concerned with stealth), nor has he demonstrated the science skills to pull this off, and we've never even met the Pretender characters before. It was brought about solely because the new toys had to be jammed into the story. (The, uh, story of returning Optimus Prime's character to the comic book because he had [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#PMOP|a new toy]].)
*[[Rotor Force]] made their debut in "[[New Dawn]]", and both here and in subsequent ''Generation 2'' issues would primarily fight enemies not with guns like everyone else, but by firing their giant rotors at them. Page 3 of ''New Dawn'' actually shows them having to ''stop and reattach their rotors'' before they can carry on fighting.
[[File:Mistaken Identity Galvatronscourge.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|[[Johnny Yong Bosch|It's Morphin Time! MASTODON!]]]]
*The [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' franchise]] [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] had six alternate modes and [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the cartoon]] really wanted you to see them, which is why [[Battle Protocol!|his first appearance]] was as ''a giant hand punching through a building for no apparent reason''. The series would also make it routine for him to use different modes for specific purposes: He would arrive to battles in Jet Mode, observe fights and command his troops in Robot Mode, personally engage his foes in Dragon Mode, and retreat from battle in Bat Mode. His Car Mode and Hand Mode would be used far less often than those four, but situations that deliberately called for their use ''would'' still crop up. Things got even sillier when he turned into Galvatron and gained four ''more'' modes. In "[[Mistaken Identity]]", he turned into his "Iron Mammoth" form to brace himself against a hostile [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]... only for the form to prove ''useless'' when Maximus called off his attack. His griffin form was later made out to be his most powerful form, which he used prominently during the series' [[The Final Battle (RID)|final episode]], while his Pteranodon and hydrofoil modes would each only be used once, in cases where Galvatron barely did ''anything'' in those modes (much like the case with his mammoth mode).
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] are the only Autobot jets in the ''Animated'' line. (Not counting the toyless [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]].) To fully big this up, their origin story has it that there have ''never been'' any flying Autobots before, despite them having been in (and won) a long and bitter war with enemies who ''often fly''. This one was silly enough that [[Endgame, Part I|a later episode]] explicitly joked on this, pointing out that there were multiple Autobots before and after Jetfire and Jetstorm with some kind of flight capability.
*The second season of the 2015 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoon coincided with the release of the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] toys, which fire smaller [[Mini-Con]] figures. Suddenly, every Decepticon in the cartoon was partnered with a Mini-Con or two, even Decepticons who'd appeared in the past as solo operatives.

The [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]], noted for its gimmicks in all three toylines, was particularly notorious in this regard:

*The quest for power-enhancing [[Mini-Con]]s practically defined the plot of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon, with both factions out to recruit or capture all the Mini-Cons.
*[[Powerlinx]]ing is shown again and again and again in ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'', despite having comparatively little relevance to most episode plotlines. In fact, due to the fact much of Energon's action was firefights, Powerlinxing seemed to be a disadvantage, since it resulted in a single larger Autobot shooting instead of two smaller ones.
*[[Cyber Key]] powerups are likewise shown repeatedly in ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]].'' In this case, while most characters had basic weapons, the Cyber Keys were necessary to unlock hidden weaponry or special techniques. So, for example, Optimus might be able to shoot at the Decepticons with a smaller firearm, but to fire his larger cannons he would need to summon his Cyber Key. Some characters, however, needed their Cyber Keys to activate what one would expect to be their main weapons (e.g. Starscream activating his Null Ray Cannon).
*All three series were also marked by lengthy transformation sequences which highlighted the gimmicks in very toy-accurate animation (and also made production cheaper, thanks to [[Stock footage|recycled footage]]).

===Strange developments===
Shoehorning loads of new characters with new powers can compel the writers to do things with the plot that, in all probability, they otherwise wouldn't.

*Marvel UK had to promote the [[Special Teams]] toys ''before'' they knew how they'd be appearing in the US reprints. To get around this, [[Simon Furman]] wrote a story arc titled "[[Second Generation!]]", where [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], Optimus and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] <s>watched an advert</s> saw a Matrix-induced vision of the Special Teams in action. These events were previewed in "The Special Teams Have Arrived", nine issues earlier, with no indication that they were part of a vision, making their place in continuity uncertain.
*In the US Marvel comics, the simultaneous introduction of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] and [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] and the introduction of the Pretenders both saw a lot of rigamarole involved in explaining why both the Autobots and the Decepticons had new members with identical numbers/gimmicks at the same time.
*Season 3 of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] almost completely ignored the characters of the previous two seasons that were no longer on toy shelves. The 1985 Autobot cars, for example, are not seen at all. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and the 1985 Mini-Vehicles, by contrast, show up now and again, as their toys were still shipping. Even Starscream, who was ''dead'', managed to get a couple of Season 3 episodes all to himself; again, his toy sold through 1986.
*One season later, "[[The Rebirth]]" — the last episodes of the entire series — was almost entirely spent on introducing new characters and giving old ones upgrades, leaving just barely enough time to provide any kind of conclusion.
*''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'' was absolutely crazy about this. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus]] (whose toy was long gone) kicks the bucket only three episodes in for the sake of a sacrifice that would be nullified only a few episodes later, putting new(er) toy [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] back in the command chair for a short while. In the tenth episode, Rodimus departs the series and hands the title of Supreme Commander to brand-spanking-new toy [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], who's had a few months, tops, of combat experience. Much like Season 3, ''Headmasters'' also ignored most of the Season 3 regulars ([[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, the [[Quintesson]]s) or removed them altogether, sometimes fairly dubiously ([[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] leave with Rodimus, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gets shot a bit and dies, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] is buried in ice and nobody digs him up until ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|Battlestars]]''). By the end of the series, the only remaining Autobots from the first three seasons were the [[Special Teams]], [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] and his cassettes, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]].
*[[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 2|''Transformers Comic-Magazin'' #2]] wrote an entire story devoted to Optimus sternly explaining which Autobots and Decepticons were on sale in [[Germany]] in 1989. The reason he had to? [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] had ''shot an Autobot''!
*The first thirteen issues of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Armada]]'' comic were focused around the Mini-Cons, with plots often revolving around their desire to be seen as equals and not be enslaved. Then without ''any'' prior set-up, the last five issues turn into a dimension-spanning battle against [[Unicron]]—who had just had a new and expensive toy.
*[[Tigerhawk]] debuts in "[[Other Victories]]", where he's the reason the Predacons lose their base and [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] is killed. This disrupts any ending for the Tarantulas/[[Vok]] storyline, as the episode is left with little time to properly explain the mysteries of either character and the plot of last episode, Tarantulas trying to destroy the whole ''Ark'', is reduced to two lines about the [[Tripredacus Council]].
[[File:Samprowl.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|<s>Upgrades are bad.</s> Upgrades are GOOD. We have always been at war with <s>Eurasia</s> Eastasia.]]
*"[[A Fistful of Energon]]" has [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] learn not to use upgrades, and he gives up using powerful samurai armour. But whoops, Hasbro thought "hey, we could make a toy out of that armour"! And so in [[Five Servos of Doom|a later episode]], Prowl ''regains'' it and the show hurriedly claims that the upgrade is fine ''now'' because Prowl realizes now that it's the Autobot, not the upgrade.
*The [[France|French]] decided to be good sports and start using propeller-driven nuclear bombers again in [[All Hail Megatron issue 11|''All Hail Megatron'' #11]], just so [[Octane|Tankor]] could be used.
*[[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]] has been on Earth for a while, in hiding from other Decepticons while he waits for orders from [[the Fallen]] in "[[Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout]]". Ransack is a member of a race that can scan any object and take its form as a disguise. Ransack moves around in the cunning disguise of ''a 100-year-old plane''. (At least, unlike the previous example, the oldness of the alt mode was pointed out.)
*In Titan's ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comic, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] go from being [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee's]] responsibility to bugging [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] to being [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe's]] responsibility in the space of three issues, all to allow each issue to focus on a specific toy-bearing movie star. Similarly, only one or two Decepticons per issue are sent on a mission, when presumably the Fallen might want to send loads of guys to silence the twins.
*In ''Dark of the Moon'', nearly all of the Transformers switch from built-in weaponry to handheld weaponry. It just so happens that the gimmick of the ''Dark of the Moon'' toys was that they had "MechTech" weapons that could be held by any other figure.
*Also in ''Dark of the Moon'', most Autobots transform into [[Stealth Force]] mode, a weaponized vehicle mode that allows them to access various weapons in their otherwise defenseless disguises, an incredibly useful combat mode that's never used in any prior or later films. Uniquely, this was something Hasbro came up with for the toyline on their own; director [[Michael Bay]] decided to incorporate it into the film only after seeing what they were working on for the then-upcoming toyline and taking a personal liking to it.
*The [[subline imprint]] of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|toyline]] was the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Beast Hunters]]'' line, which took hold at about the time of the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|show]]'s third season, which was given the subtitle of the imprint. In the episode "[[Project Predacon]]", [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] awkwardly redubs [[Team Prime]] as the "Beast Hunters", when they begin looking for Predacon fossils. The Autobots must've felt the same way as we did about the sudden name change, since really only the protocol-obsessed [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] begins using the term. Thanks to behind the scene troubles and the whole concept being a late addition to the series, the team never actually ''hunts any beasts'', as only three Predacons ever take a central role in the story.
[[File:YouMeAndTheUniverse-Scoopcolors.jpg||thumb|upright=1.4|Talk about "shoehorned in".]]
*The [[subline imprint]] for the ''Generations'' line from 2015 to 2016 was ''[[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]]'', hence IDW's tie-in comic had to introduce a heapload of combiners in a universe that regarded combination as a lost art with unpredictable side-effects. (Devastator, Menasor, Superion, and Monstructor were around, but they had each been introduced separately, and each with their own unique explanations, over the course of ''ten years''.) Enter the [[Enigma of Combination]], an artifact of Nexus Prime with the power to merge any Transformers into a combiner. Not only is this artifact used on Superion, Menasor, and Defensor, it is also used on Optimus Prime and other selected Autobots to create [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]. The fact that Optimus had two Combiner Wars toys (one released, one upcoming at the time of the story's publication) might have influenced this decision.
*Also, the big toy of 2015 was a Titan Class Devastator... in his classic configuration instead of IDW's newly introduced 'Prowlastator' form. Unfortunately, Scrapper had been long dead and hence was unable to take his spot as the combiner's leg. However, IDW had another bulldozer-bot conveniently lying around — [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]. Naturally, he was merged with the other Constructicons by the aforementioned Enigma, restoring Devastator's classic silhouette.
*A long-running plot thread of ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'', starting all the way back in [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|issue 5]], was [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] preparing [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] to succeed him as the ''[[Lost Light]]''{{'}}s Chief Medical Officer. [[Our Steps Will Always Rhyme|Issue 40]] ''finally'' sees Ratchet stepping down and leaving the ship (so he could participate in the events of ''[[The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone|Drift - Empire of Stone]]''), officially declaring First Aid "the new Chief Medical Officer"... but after only two issues in his new position, [[The One Where They Go to Earth|issue 43]] sees First Aid himself leave the ''Lost Light'' under a flimsy in-story pretense so he could participate in the events of ''Combiner Wars'', appointing [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] as his own successor (although he would later return to the ''Lost Light'' following the conclusion of ''Combiner Wars'').
*In a follow-up story, Galvatron creates two combiners out of random soldiers and foes. To plug the new merch, these are called [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]] and [[Sky Reign]] but most of the characters that made them up in toy form were either on Cybertron, the ''[[Lost Light]]'', or dead at the time. Unusually for this page, Hasbro allowed IDW to use random limbs as long as the names were right but this leads to the comic pimping a toy you can't buy (though you could make it with others), and in Galvatronus' case a toy that doesn't even have the same face as in the comic.
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===Awkward continuity===
[[File:Earthforce.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This happened... er.... look just buy the toys, ok?!]]
Sometimes the requirement to feature new toys can be so strong that continuity takes a major backseat and stories are produced that feature combinations of characters that make the story very difficult to slot into the main continuity. The Marvel UK comic was especially prone to this as it could not always foresee where, when and how characters would be introduced:

*The ''[[Transformers Annual 1985]]'' contains many stories featuring toys from the 1985 release long before they were formally introduced in the regular comic, often interacting with other characters who would be out of action by then. As a result, few of the stories easily fit the continuity of the weekly comic.
*The demands of Hasbro UK for the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] to be featured heavily even before the US ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' mini-series was available meant that both the ''[[Transformers Annual 1987]]'' and the regular strip "[[Worlds Apart!]]" contain a slightly different set of events that are at odds with the mini-series.
*The requirement to give prominence to the rereleased toys in the [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] range resulted in one of the biggest continuity trainwrecks of all, [[Earthforce]]. Over three decades later fans are still uncertain where it fits in continuity, and even [[Simon Furman]] admits to being unsure.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Looking back, as I try my hardest not to do, it's very hard to tie the Earthforce stories into a specific time frame (in terms of the US continuity), because (if I'm brutally honest) I didn't try too hard to make it work in the first place. By that point, I was just trying to tell a bunch of fun UK stories that didn't necessarily impact on the larger (US) storyline. How was I to know 15 or so years later people would be trying to reconcile it all?|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914233035/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman.php|name=Simon Furman|site=TransFans.co.uk|title=Interviews: Simon Furman - Part 1 'The Past'|year=2004|month=08}}</ref>
*Germany's ''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin]]'' started in 1989 and reprinted older Marvel US and UK strips. Since, of course, these would rarely show the current toys, Comic-Magazin ran text stories from #2 that showcased ''completely different'' Transformers that were on Earth at the same time, and just happened not to be seen in the strips.
*Trapped between the need to pimp toys and the problem of not knowing what the plot of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' would be, Titan just threw up their hands and unambiguously set their lead strip in [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)#Alternate universe|an alternate universe]]. Similarly, the [[Dark of the Moon (video games)|video games]] for ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' were all prequels so that the games would not directly contradict the then-upcoming movie's plot while still using some of the characters and settings who would be featured (some minor plot contradictions ''did'' occur, but few fans have ever accepted the video games to be in perfect continuity with the films anyway).
*Based on evidence from various sources, it's been speculated that the episode "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" was originally meant to star [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], who at the time had been exiled from the Decepticons and was on somewhat friendly terms with the Autobots. Instead, his role was taken over by new toy [[Octane]]. The only other episode to prominently feature Octane, "[[Thief in the Night]]", which was aired ''after'' "Starscream's Ghost", kinda sorta explains his falling out with the Decepticons—except it doesn't: While said episode ''does'' have him go rogue, not only is he ''still'' a bad guy—by the end of that episode, ''Galvatron is no longer on bad terms with Octane''! Likewise, the episode "[[The God Gambit]]" starred [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Starscream and Thrust, with Astrotrain (a new toy at the time) taking on a leadership role more akin to Megatron rather than the bus he's reduced to in almost every other episode.
*The Japanese broadcast of ''Animated'' outright skipped "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]" and "[[Sari, No One's Home]]", as they largely revolve around the toy-less [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]. Meanwhile, "[[Sound and Fury]]" was moved up to be the first episode to air after the pilot to promote Soundwave's toys, which is at odds with continuity since Megatron only came back online during "[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]", which was pushed to air ''after'' "Sound and Fury".
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===Power levels===
In order to make new characters seem more ''totally awesome'', they're often depicted as ultra-powerful in their initial appearances. Once they become old news, they frequently seem to lose their super-charged abilities.

*The original ''Transformers'' cartoon introduced [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] as the ultimate threat. Once newer combiner teams came along, however, he was less of a threat, easily defeated at various times by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and even [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]].
[[File:Buzzsawyikes4.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Buzzsaw reminds Omega Supreme he's not a new toy any more.]]
*The Marvel comics feature [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as nigh-invulnerable and ultimately powerful in [[Command Performances!|his debut issue]], slaughtering all but two of the Decepticon forces sent to attack him. Just [[Dark Star|two years later]], he's getting his butt handed to him by the likes of [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], one of his original victims. He was also drawn as [[Scale|truly colossal]] in his first appearance, before becoming just a head taller than [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] by the time of his death.
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], in a weird case of this, actually seemingly ''[[Scale|shrank]]'' between the third season of the G1 toon and [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'']], going from being drawn as a genuine giant to barely bigger than the average combiner. Even in official [[scale charts]], he dropped from being shown as 800 meters tall to about 45. This was likely to avoid upstaging new-kid-on-the-block [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus.]]
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] was, amazingly, something of a threat in early episodes; he holds his own against [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] in his debut. He only became significantly weaker than the other Predacons during the second season.
*In her first appearance on the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] effortlessly blasts [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] to pieces. She never displays such a level of power again.
*Similarly, [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] was presented as a huge threat when he first appeared, but just a few episodes later, he seems just slightly tougher than the average Predacon (save for a few notable occasions).
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] was actually a credible threat for his first couple of episodes.
*The [[Commando (RID)|Commandos]] were far more powerful and competent than the Predacons, who were made even ''less'' powerful and competent as episodes went on. Remarkably, this was actually used in the plot, with Megatron focusing on the new toys while the Predacons became underdogs trying to get their old status back and one-up the new guys.
[[File:ArmTVTidalWave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Before he shrank in the wash.]]
*''Any'' new toy character in the Unicron Trilogy cartoons is almost guaranteed to win the day's battle.
*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] was a staggering behemoth as big as the sky in his introduction, and his ability to combine with Megatron gave the battle advantage to the Decepticons until his equally powerful counterpart [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] was introduced. By the time of the ''Energon'' cartoon, Tidal Wave is just this tall guy (but not as tall as he used to be) and is treated as just another Decepticon, even after he gets a body upgrade in the form of "Mirage".
*When the newly redecoed Jetfire and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]] combine in Dreamwave's Armada comic, they are so powerful ''they can hurt Unicron himself''.
*[[Jungle Planet (colony)|Jungle Planet]] ruler [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] was incredibly powerful when he was first introduced, but later on, he's getting slaps on the wrist by [[Lori Jiménez|Lori]] and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]], and schooled by [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], ultimately becoming more of a sympathetic comedic bumbler than a credible threat.
*The Decepticons in ''Animated'' started off as being so horrifically powerful that the entire Autobot team had to take on a ''single'' one. By Season 3, this no longer happens. Uniquely, this was ''deliberate'' by the writers: they wanted to show the Decepticons as supreme threats, and have the Autobots gradually being better at dealing with them.
*The [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] in ''Prime'' started off pretty tough; easily wearing down [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] in a group, then just two giving [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] a tough time. In the next episode, they've got Stormtrooper aim, and basically exist to give the Autobots someone to kill while saving the named Decepticons from the scrapheap. It gets to the point where in the third season, [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] actually ''counts'' on the Vehicons failing to execute [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], and Wheeljack makes several amusing comments about the Vehicons' incompetence.
*Additionally, the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] started off as nightmarishly strong monsters. One wears ''[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'' to the point of exhaustion before dying (admittedly, Megs was deprived of his main asset when Airachnid webbed his fusion cannon). However, for the remainder of the series, the Insecticons are just as weak as the Vehicons, being blasted down in one shot, despite a return to form in "[[Tunnel Vision]]" and "[[Toxicity]]" (the latter of which saw the debut of notorious Autobot killer [[Hardshell]]).
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===New bodies===
There's rarely a compelling reason for a Transformer to get a brand-new body in fiction; it's simply to promote a new toy. It has become a default way to keep a popular character on shelves, rather than having to kill them off and introduce a new character to keep moving toys. Sometimes fiction writers are able to work these alterations in elegantly... sometimes not.

[[File:Bumblebeeskindeep.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Ratchet pulls a Kitty Pryde on Bumblebee.]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] was rebuilt into Goldbug following his near-destruction... and was later re-rebuilt back into Bumblebee to sell the [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Pretender|new Classic Pretender toy]]. The reason given in [[Skin Deep|the comic storyline]] was that [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] reverted him without his consent because Ratchet liked his old form better, something Bumblebee is strangely fine with.
*Season 2 of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' introduced the new [[Transmetal]] toys in short order, requiring some strange sci-fi waffling to explain why members of both teams suddenly got special new bodies. The writers had originally planned to introduce these changes gradually, across the length of Season 2, but Hasbro ordered them to be brought in immediately. (The slow-and-gradual notion would eventually appear during Season 3.)
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*The [[Unicron Trilogy]] cartoons feature [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] getting recolored and renamed "Galvatron" ''three times''; at the start of each subsequent series, he's given a different body but called Megatron ''again'', because the name "Megatron" just sells more toys. (This also means Hasbro gets to keep the [[trademark]] "Galvatron".) The Japanese versions handled this differently (with Megatron known as Megatron throughout Armada even after his upgrade, and being known as Galvatron throughout all of Energon) due to different trademark laws. Galaxy Force (the Japanese version of Cybertron) played it straight with Master Megatron being upgraded into Master Galvatron.
*Several times during the Unicron Trilogy, characters get new paint jobs as part of some magical power-up enhancement. These new color schemes exist solely to promote redecorated toys like "[[Ironhide (Energon)|Energon Ironhide]]" or "[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Powerlinx Hot Shot]]". Even the comics got in on the action, introducing the redecorated versions of Jetfire and Optimus during the Unicron arc.
*The three future members of the [[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense Team]] get shot up by Megatron, then transmogrify through the power of [[burning spirit]] into new forms. These new forms, of course, were just hitting shelves at a toy store near you.
*In the course of the [[Transformers (film)|live-action movie]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] gets irritated at a slight against his alternate mode, and scans a new form. Voilà, suddenly he's got ''two'' toys on the shelf! He later pulls the ''exact same thing'' in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', but by now, he's been established as having a fragile ego, explaining the constant desire to switch alternate modes.
*When [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s ''Transformers'' comic originally came out, there were no Generation 1-themed toys to flog, and many characters were given altered designs for the series. Then along came ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'', featuring new toys of Generation 1 characters, and suddenly multiple characters get new, toy-accurate bodies in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', for no apparent in-story reason. Later, [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] even gets a namechange to ''Silver''streak to fit his toy.
*Sometimes, IDW's comics don't even bother with a reason: you just get the latest issue and a character suddenly resembles the latest toy. This can sometimes be explained as artist interpretation, but at other times...
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] was originally grey, but when he was reunited with the ''Animated'' Decepticons, he changed his colours to purple while referring to it as his proper look. Why he changed colouration to go undercover was not explained, but it may have something to do with a purple-coloured Shockwave toy being out when that episode aired.
*In ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] start out as an old ice cream truck combiner but after a disastrous mission [[NEST]] decides to upgrade them to new individual [[General Motors]] vehicles. New toys ''and'' product placement!
*[[Starscream (Armada)#Generations|''Armada'' Starscream]] got a new toy in 2014. There wasn't an ''Armada'' comic but there ''was'' a Generation 1 comic with a Starscream, which was then [[pack-in material|packed in]] with the toy series including Armada Starscream. And lo and behold, for ''[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]'' Starscream got a new body! A year later, he swapped to ''another'' body for "[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]", which was his then-new Leader Class toy, and several issues were devoted to him choosing it and then flaunting it. Then again, this ''is'' Starscream we're talking about...
*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] finally got a new toy as well. Problem is, his comic body didn't look much like the toy. Then, in ''[[Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Dark Cybertron Chapter 11]]'', he revealed his new invention: reactive armor that changed his body to look like his opponent's. Who did he use this armor to battle? Why, it's Starscream, the guy his toy was retooled from!
*2015's "[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]" comic series brought back almost all of the combiner characters that have appeared in the IDW continuity thus far. However, [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] was apparently killed by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] quit the Stunticons... so that [[Alpha Bravo]] and [[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]] can replace them! Meanwhile, Starscream rebuilds Devastator; not only does Devastator suddenly resemble his toy counterpart, but [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] is no longer a required member of the combiner team, leaving him free to combine with Optimus Prime and company to become the brand-new combiner [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]]. Superion and Menasor, who had made previous appearances in IDW fiction, are both rebuilt by the [[Enigma of Combination]], causing their bodies to more closely resemble their toy counterparts.

===Character pimping===
Characters with toys may get more attention than those without:

*"[[Matrix Quest]]" has four separate teams on a mission. You could use any three Transformers in one of these teams, right? Nope, Furman has toys to promote: out go nine new Autobot characters and three existing ones with new toys.
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge's]] presence in all three of his first three ''Beast Wars'' episodes: one for his origin, another for him joining the Maximals after all, and then an abrupt appearance at the very end of "[[Cutting Edge]]" where he turns up and single-handedly drives off a Predacon force.
*When ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)#Japanese release|Animated]]'' was released in Japan, episodes focusing on the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicon]]s were never broadcast on television (instead being reduced to bonus content on the DVDs), as the Constructicons did not have toys. The episode order was also rearranged (and thus the internal narrative of the series, as well) so that episodes introducing new toys could air earlier than those that didn't.
*IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight|Spotlight]]'' came back in 2013 in order to promote six of the upcoming ''Generations'' toys. Even [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], a little-used character who would never have been given a ''Spotlight'' otherwise! (Initially published through Diamond and Comixology as per IDW's usual practice, these comics were subsequently packed-in with the toys they were based on, aiming to use the higher sales of the toys to boost comic sales in a "I'll scratch your back, you scratch mine" scenario.) Likewise, Waspinator, having a new toy out in late 2013, began making appearances and took on increased importance in the IDW universe. An upcoming [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] toy brought forth a Tankor appearance in Dark Cybertron. The opening arcs of the second seasons of ''More Than Meets The Eye'' and ''Robots in Disguise'' (as well as ''Windblade'' vol. 1) in 2014 also heavily feature casts of characters with new toys, such as Nightbeat, Rattrap, Arcee, and Jetfire.
* When [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] frees some Decepticons in the second season of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'', the freed 'Cons include his former minions [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] and [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], yet not the other two members of the Pack, [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] and [[Underbite]]. He instead frees [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]], [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] and [[Springload (RID)|Springload]]. There's no reason to neglect those who have already proven to be able to work together in the Pack (and thus Steeljaw should know would help in his eventual coup), except for the fact that the toys of both Fracture and Underbite had already sold, and the newly freed Decepticons have new figures on the shelves.

===Abrupt conclusions===
[[File:MarvelUSG2-12.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|It's the end of the road for Transformers Generation 2! That can't bode well for the toyline.]]
Just as ''Transformers'' fiction lives at Hasbro's pleasure, so too does it die. Falling sales, a change of plans, and standard [[rebranding]] can all cause a storyline to come to a sudden end when Hasbro decides to pull the plug.

*The American Generation 1 cartoon got a somewhat rushed conclusion in the form of "[[The Rebirth]]", rather than a full fourth season.
*The Generation 1 comics were nearly canceled at [[On the Edge of Extinction!|issue #75]], but granted a reprieve. The stay of execution was only temporary, however; with the Generation 1 toyline ending, the comic was terminated a mere five issues later, resulting in a rather hasty concluding plotline.
*Hasbro was only willing to support the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]] for twelve issues, unless it proved an unqualified (perhaps phenomenal) success. Aware of this from the start, writer Simon Furman was able to plot a story arc that reached its finale as the series ended (and poked fun at it with a character whose name is a pun on "[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Gee, axe us]]".)
*The writers of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon reportedly never had any idea if they'd be back for another season. When the axe fell with Season 3, they had only three episodes left to wrap up the whole series.
*Hasbro nearly killed off the just-begun comic series ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers|The Wreckers]]'' in 2003, wishing instead for [[3H Productions|3H]] to focus on a ''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)|Universe]]'' comic advertising its current toyline.
*Even though ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' wasn't abruptly canceled, Kids WB ended the series on the [[cliffhanger]] of the episode "[[Revelation (episode)|Revelation]]", leaving millions of kids tuning in next time only to get a re-run of ''Xiaolin Showdown''. The reason? The Cybertron Defense Team toys hadn't hit stores yet.
*With ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' coming out in June, Titan had to end their alternate universe storyline in May so they could tie in early—an issue earlier than planned. The main strip handled this, with the notable exception of [[Jazz (Movie)#Titan Magazines Transformers movie comics|the Jazz plot arc]] going completely unresolved, but it played havoc with working out the IDW reprints!
*According to [[Rik Alvarez]], IDW was asked to drop their G1 continuity and move to the brand-spanking new [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] one. (They said "nah".)
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==Death==
===Killing off old product===
[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Guess who's no longer in the Mini Vehicles case assortment?]]
[[File:Newyorkunderbase.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Publisher's clearing house.]]
[[File:BW Scorponok Terrorsaur deaths.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Scorponok, Terrorsaur, we're condemning you to a fiery death 'cause Waspinator has a bigger fan club.]]
The most obvious To Sell Toys effect comes from the temporary nature of retail sales. Even in the 1980s, toys rarely stayed on the shelves past two years; today that timespan is much smaller. Once a toy is no longer selling, Hasbro has no interest in supporting fiction about that character—especially when there are newer toys to promote. Therefore, writers are often compelled to remove characters from the story by killing them off. Sometimes this happens through carefully developed story arcs, but it's easier to do it with huge, apocalyptic battles with massive numbers of casualties.

*Right before the introduction of most of the 1985 cast, the Marvel comic saw eleven of the original Autobots taken offline within a single issue in "[[Prime Time!]]". A few issues later, six of the original Decepticons met [[Command Performances!|a similar fate]] at the hands of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (which doubled as character pimping for the big guy). Though it was suggested they could be repaired, the vast majority of casualties wouldn't reappear in the US until they popped up in crowd shots [[Totaled!|thirty issues later]], and a number had their next appearance being a ''second'' death in the Underbase Saga.
*In ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', numerous main characters are killed or changed in the movie's first 30 minutes, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]]. They are replaced by a slew of new characters; in fact, the poster for the movie shows ''only'' new characters.
*Numerous characters are killed in the Marvel UK comics saga "[[Time Wars]]". The Grim Reaper seemed to spare either popular characters (Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]) or newer characters ([[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], for example.)
*The [[Underbase Saga]] features a super-powerful [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] killing literally ''dozens'' of characters; some place the count over fifty. The survivors were mostly from the [[Pretender]], [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] ranks, those being the then-current toy lines. However, the explanation ([[Underbase]] power didn't affect those TFs with organic components) meant that even the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]], new toys at the time and introduced three issues before, met their end.
*The climactic [[On the Edge of Extinction!|battle with Unicron]] 25 issues later killed off many of the Underbase survivors, whose shelf run had ended.
*With its enormously expensive CGI animation, ''Beast Wars'' was particularly vulnerable to toy-based interference. The expense of creating and animating a CGI body model meant that the character roster had to remain fairly constant; the introduction of all-new characters usually required the removal of an equal number of existing characters. And so, [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] die just in time for the arrival of [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]. (Frustrated with the situation, the writers carefully planned out<ref>http://www.builtstlouis.net/tf/manic/m-botcon.html</ref> the demise of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], anticipating that someone would have to be removed to make way for [[Rampage (BW)|newer characters]].)
*''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' would end up killing a large number of Autobots in [[The Reign of Starscream issue 5|issue #5]], after their toys had been around for a while; as they'd not made an appearance in the comics until this mini, this is both an example of Huge Cast ''and'' Product Clearing. It would then go on to bump off some Decepticons, while its sequel ''[[Transformers: Alliance|Alliance]]'' slaughtered ''hordes'' of Decepticons with old toys. Mowry is the new Furman...
*The ''Dark of the Moon'' [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|console video game]] is a prequel to the film and can't afford to kill off most of its characters due for an appearance in the then-upcoming film. Luckily, there's several characters who've been around since the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' franchise who can be used to give the game some bosses to kill off like [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]], [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]], and [[Stratosphere]]! Like the prior comics, ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' also wipes out a lot of characters not due for an appearance in ''Dark of the Moon'' like [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]], though some stragglers like the Twins, Arcee, and Chromia survive.
*Another odd case of this in the [[live-action film series]], which, as well as advertising toys, also serves as advertising for [[General Motors]] vehicles. Hence, Autobots whose cars are no longer in demand have an uncanny tendency to either lose prominence or perish. The most prominent example would be [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] — the GMC Topkick had been discontinued for two years by ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'', and so, despite a fifty-dollar toy on the shelves, Ironhide dies halfway in. Similarly, [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] is the major Autobot casualty of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' due to his Hummer H2 vehicle mode being a thing of the past by the time the film hit theaters (though unlike Ironhide, Ratchet had next to no representation in the toyline).
*IDW's [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''Robots in Disguise'']] ongoing has to promote a [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]... with [[Alpha Bravo|a new helicopter]] instead of [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]. Hence, Slingshot is the one to suffer most and die from the injuries caused when [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] tore him in half. This is especially weird considering that Devastator tore through Superion from the ''right'', and Slingshot was Superion's ''left'' arm at the time. Not to mention that Silverbolt, the torso, was explicitly ripped in half... The series would go on to have [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] leave the Stunticons over a humiliating defeat... one he suffered years ago, in [[The Question|Spotlight: Bumblebee]]. Naturally, the empty position was filled by new toy [[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]]. Then Hasbro decided to release Quickslinger and Brake-Neck (Slingshot and Wildrider renamed for trademark issues) ''much'' later after the others' release, part of a strategy that effectively forced fans to buy toys ''both'' of the "replacement" characters ''and'' the original characters.

This has become less common in recent years, as Hasbro has come to realize that their target audiences can actually get attached to certain [[character]]s, and might not enjoy seeing them die random, brutal, meaningless [[death]]s.
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===Hi-and-die===
[[File:Chuffer cof.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Likely dialog: "SHEEEAAGH!!"]]
Kids don't want to buy a toy of a character who's dead. So if the plot calls for someone to die, smart money bets on the character who has a toy as the survivor. The guy without a toy, who you've never heard of before? Toast. This is the ''Transformers'' version of ''[[Star Trek]]''{{'}}s infamous {{w|redshirt syndrome}}. The stereotypical hi-and-die character is killed off in the same episode/issue that introduces him, if not the very same scene.

*This approach was particularly common in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#UK comics|UK comics]]. Characters created specifically so they could be killed off include Wrecker leader [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], Autobot/zombie food [[Chuffer]], Tailgate's Autobot trainee buddies/mutant fodder [[Subsea]] and [[Flattop (Marvel)|Flattop]], and the sixth member of the "Magnificent Six", [[Stampede]].
*The U.S. comics also used this approach on occasion, as with [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s poignantly adorable buddy [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]].
*[[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]] showed up and died in [[Transmutate (episode)|that episode]], of course Hasbro doesn't make [[Transmutate (BW)#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|a toy]] [[Action Master|that don't transform]], right?
*The ''Energon'' cartoon introduced [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]], whose purpose was to die at [[Shockblast]]'s hands, providing motivation for toy-character [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]].
*''Animated'' chucked in [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] so Ratchet could have a tragic past where he failed to save someone. (And ''then'' she got a toy!)
*The [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|''Animated'' comic]] wants to do a story arc about an Autobot who's really a spy and then have him killed. Quick, [[Afterburn|make someone up]]!
*''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]'' invents hordes of characters solely to populate the story with casualties while preserving the classic characters: [[Chromatron]], [[Gauntlet (WFC)|Gauntlet]], [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]], [[Drixco]], [[Revo]], [[Catalycon]], and dozens of other unnamed Autobots, Decepticons and [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]].
*[[James Roberts]] elevated hi-and-die to an artform; though his run on ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' is crammed with minor non-toy characters who wind up dead, many still received some backstory, history, or distinctive characterization before — or even after — being killed off. Examples from ''More than Meets the Eye''{{'}}s first "season" include [[Polaris]], [[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]], [[Shock (G1)|Shock]], [[Ore]], [[Animus]], [[Dent]], [[Sonic (IDW)|Sonic]], [[Boom]], [[Piston (Wrecker)|Piston]], [[Crest]], [[Torque (G1)|Torque]], [[Sherma]], [[Momus]], "[[Fallout (G1)|Fallout]]", "[[Streaker]]", [[Heavies|Hammer and Anvil]], [[Trepan]], [[Frak]], [[Rushcut]], [[Rossum]], [[Tripodeca]], [[Pivot]], [[Scattergun]], [[Blockus]], [[Datum]], [[Ramp]], and [[Suture (G1)|Suture]]. Similarly, ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' introduced us to [[Squadron X]], comprising just about every Decepticon hi-and-die character from the Marvel continuity, who were then all slaughtered by Impactor.
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===Resurrection===
Killing off a character isn't always toy-motivated; sometimes it's a dramatic plot development. But it can also be a problem if Hasbro decides to make a new toy of that character.

[[File:Inferno dies agenda2.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Only a flesh wound!]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] has been resurrected [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|so many times]] that it's practically a defining character trait. His original revival in the cartoon didn't correspond to any actual toy release, but the Marvel comic brought him back specifically to advertise his [[Powermaster]] form. A second death-and-revival introduced his [[Action Master]] body. And a ''third'' death-and-revival in ''Generation 2'' brought him into his [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G2Hero|Hero]] toy form.
*The Japanese killed off Optimus (or "Convoy" as they called him) in [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''The Headmasters'']]. A few years later, they not only brought him back with a new toy, the ''entire franchise'' for that year was called ''[[Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]]''.
*Numerous "dead" characters were brought back into the Marvel comic series when their Classics and/or Action Master versions were released. Many were "deactivated" rather than outright dead; however, very few ''non'' Action Master characters showed up alongside them.
*The series writers for ''Beast Wars'' considered [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] dead and gone at the end of Season 1. Hasbro, however, had a [[Transmetal]] Optimus Primal toy to promote, and so he was returned to life in Season 2. Hasbro wanted him brought back in the first minutes of the season premiere, but the writers managed to convince them that it would be better to do so at the ''end'' of the two-episode story following the premiere.
*At the end of Season 2 of ''Beast Wars'', [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] was pretty clearly shown being killed—being ''disintegrated''—but in the next season appeared to have just been bruised and cracked, because Hasbro was not ready to have a Mega-scaled toy removed from the series.
*Pretty much ''nobody'' could successfully die in the [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]]. [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]], [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]], and [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] all die and/or are resurrected from the dead during the course of the show.
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] still had toys out in 2008. The [[bio]] for AllSpark-Enhanced Autobot Jazz states he was brought back from near-death by the AllSpark and is "more powerful than ever". Voilà, Jazz comes back from the dead thanks to the AllSpark in [[Transformers Comic issue 16|Titan's tie-in comic]]! Optimus even uses the ''term'' "Autobot Jazz" in [[Transformers Comic issue 21|a later issue]]...
*[[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] was shot in the head and abandoned on [[Gorlam Prime]] back in "[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]". Six years later, Hasbro were releasing a new Nightbeat toy and back he comes into ''Dark Cybertron'', a chatty undead from the [[Dead Universe]]. He proceeds to survive the destruction of the Dead Universe and wound up on the ''Lost Light'' before dying again years kater.
*[[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s IDW incarnation first appeared in the ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' limited series, set millions of years in the past. The final issue originally left his exact fate following his final confrontation with Megatron ambiguous; according to artist [[Alex Milne]], Sentinel was ''not'' dead ''yet'' as far as he was concerned, and the script had called for him to look like he could go either way.<ref name="milne">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110822003501/http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=37411 Post by Alex Milne on the IDW Publishing Forums]</ref> However, ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'', published around the same time, at least ''implied'' that he was dead in the present day just like in other continuities, given how Optimus Prime had succeeded him. Subsequently, ''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'', among others, presented [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] as the Prime who chronologically succeeded Sentinel, before being himself killed by Megatron and succeeded by Optimus. Fast forward to several years later, when Hasbro's [[Titans Return (toyline)|''Titans Return'' toy line]] introduced a new Sentinel Prime toy that was also a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] with a [[Titan Master]] named [[Infinitus]], and lo and behold, the IDW version of Sentinel, having been presumed dead for four million years, suddenly makes an unexpected return in a ''[[The Last Autobot|Titans Return]]'' one-shot, with absolutely no buildup beforehand, and is revealed to actually ''be'' a smaller robot named Infinitus who survived the destruction of his larger body. After menacing everyone a little for a few issues, he gets dropped down a very big hole, never to be spoken of again.
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===Untouchables===
[[File:Armorhide drawhisfire.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Really, they could just stand there making rude noises at Starscream.]]
Obviously, if a character ''does'' have a current toy (or soon will), they're ([[Cliffjumper (WFC)|usually]]) not going to die, even if the plot or common sense indicates they should. This is sometimes because Hasbro itself declares a character unkillable, and so comics and TV writers must follow suit.
*In "[[Optimal Situation]]", [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] had betrayed [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to the Maximals, ruining his greatest shot at victory. As he declared, "There will be no more betrayals!", she would pay the price: being knocked into stasis lock so the Maximals could fix her and she could stay on their team.
*Megatron himself was in a prime position to be terminated, as were the Maximals later on, in "[[The Weak Component]]". Since this was only episode 6 and everyone had toys out, the cast politely agreed not to take this opportunity to end a brutal war for the planet.
*Titan's Movie strip was moved to an alternate universe, where you'd [[Rhythms of Darkness!|expect nobody to be safe from death]]. However, most of the cast had toys out, so whether it was a desperate guerrilla fight against Decepticon occupation, the rise of [[Unicron]], a [[Decepticon Civil War]], or the final battle, very few characters bought it. The big exception was [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]], dying in his first battle.
*In ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' (mentioned earlier), James Roberts observed that Impactor was the only character who was guaranteed not to be killed. However, Hasbro shot down the idea of Perceptor or Springer dying, and so most of the fatalities were less well-known characters like Pyro, Ironfist, and eternally unlucky Wreckers Twin Twist and Topspin.
*Similar to his Beast Era counterpart, ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was worn down to the point of exhaustion, and was at [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s mercy. Optimus, now [[One Shall Fall|sworn to outright kill Megatron when he gets the chance]], is about to pull the trigger, but ends up backing down when he's threatened by Decepticon reinforcements... in this case, the laughing stock redshirt Vehicons. It doesn't help that the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toyline had ''just'' gotten on shelves, but seriously? Optimus felt threatened by ''Vehicons''?
*If a Decepticon with a current toy is about to be captured in ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'', they can pull off the most miraculous of escapes, sometimes [[Bee Cool|disappearing under our heroes' noses]].
*Starscream, the end.

==Notable exceptions==
There are, however, a few notable exceptions to the To Sell Toys effect, such as fictional characters without a toy counterpart, and other anomalies:

===Toys not released in the relevant market===
[[File:Swoopg1marvelukfirst.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|YOU CAN'T HAVE ME.]]
Occasionally the ''Transformers'' fiction released in a particular country features characters whose toys were not released in that country. The Marvel UK comic featured two variations of this phenomenon:

*Characters inherited from the U.S. strips. Some, such as [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], were given fairly prominent roles in the U.S. stories reprinted in the UK comic and so it was hard to ignore them completely in the UK originated material despite their toys not being around to need advertising. However the decision to develop the Predacons (even before their US appearances were reprinted), to have entire storylines focusing on Swoop, and also to keep Shockwave in continuity even after he'd been (supposedly) killed off in the US comic goes beyond this.
*Characters not featured in the U.S. strips. Bizarrely the UK comic also made use of some characters such as [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]], and [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], despite their toys not being available on UK toy shelves. None of these characters were inherited from the US material.

Writer [[Simon Furman]] has since stated that when writing the stories he was generally unaware of which toys were unavailable in the UK.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=We largely took our cue from what characters were being introduced into the US storyline. If there was a release schedule for the toys in the UK, we rarely saw it... But in the case of Swoop and the Predacons, I don't think I was consciously aware (at the time) that we were dealing with toys not generally available in the UK. They were just extant characters, and therefore fair game.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914233035/http://transfans.co.uk/interviews_furman.php|name=Simon Furman|site=TransFans.co.uk|title=Interviews: Simon Furman - Part 1 'The Past'|year=2004|month=08}}</ref>

This would happen again with Titan, as foreign exclusives such as [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] and [[Slap Dash (ROTF)|Slap Dash]] palled around with UK-available toys.

Another example would be the original text stores published by [[Condor Verlag]] in their ''[[Transformers Comic-Magazin]]'': The text story from [[Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 11|issue 11]] features the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], even though catalogs from the era, backed up by German fans' recollections, suggest that the German release of the ''[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]'' line-up omitted the Classic Combaticons, possibly due to their "war" theme.
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===Post-Marvel, pre-2013 G1 comics===
[[File:Infiltration 1b.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Hey, Runamuck, it's our first appearance on a comic book cover in twenty years!" "Heh heh, now if only we could appear on toy store shelves..."]]
Both [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] and [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] comics, the two recent holders of the license to publish ''Transformers'' comic books, sometimes produce comics using whichever toy line is current (e.g., Dreamwave's ''[[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Armada]]'' comic or IDW's [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie]] tie-ins), and sometimes publish comics using whatever characters they please (e.g., ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' and ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]''). The characters in their "discretionary" comics are often not currently available in toy form ([[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], a character appearing in numerous stories from IDW's G1 continuity during their early years, only had [[Hardhead (G1)#Universe (2008)|another toy]] on shelves at around 2009, a good twenty-two years since [[Hardhead (G1)#Generation 1|his last toy]]), sometimes are drawn with bodies that have ''never'' been toys (most of the ''War Within'' characters), and sometimes are toys that were never available outside of specific countries ([[Lio Convoy]] in IDW's ''Beast Wars'').

[[Chris Ryall]], IDW Editor-in-Chief and writer of the miniseries adapting the 2007 movie to comics, had stated on IDW's forums that Hasbro does not dictate what comics IDW must make ("Nope, no dictates at all from Hasbro. We put the plan together, send to them for approval.").<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=69377</ref> By the time of ''All Hail Megatron'', however, the ''Universe'' line came out and Hasbro asked IDW to start using some of those designs.<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=102461#102461 Guido reveals the Hasbro request]</ref> Though this practice did not influence the subsequent [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing series]], it did raise its head again in 2013, as Hasbro and IDW began working together to create new toys based on character designs from the comics, to promote upcoming toys with New Bodies and to include the [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]] event (including various preludes) with the toys.

===New toys, same basic design===
In more recent times (mostly in the case of the [[live-action film series]]), Hasbro has used a combination of minor [[redeco]]s, [[retool]]s and sculpts based on the same basic designs to create new toys, instead of giving recurring characters a major design overhaul for the next installment. The fiction then rarely, if ever, acknowledges any of those minor design changes. According to screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]], some people at Hasbro even argued against changing the designs of some returning characters in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', so that parents would '''not''' have to buy the same toy twice for their children just because of a minor change or modification to the characters' designs.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2186879&postcount=171 Roberto Orci posting at TFW2005.com]</ref> (Hasbro still released new, or modified, toys of those characters, prompting [[completist]]s to buy them as well, and the film gave some of the characters slight tweaks in their [[alternate mode]]s, based on changes in the real-life vehicle designs, which the toys had to incorporate.)

===Killing off characters with new toys===
Even characters with new or expensive toys can get the axe early on if the plot calls for it... or when poor timing caused by unplanned executive decisions resulted in bad coordination between in-fiction developments and toy release schedules.
* In ''Beast Wars'', [[Tigerhawk]] was introduced and then killed off within three episodes, due to corporate uncertainty about whether the [[Size class#Beast Wars|Ultra-sized toy]] would actually be produced.
*Despite being killed off in the middle of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] got a lot of new toys, including a Leader Class figure, a Voyager Class figure, and a Halloween costume for children!
*''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] was hyped up as a major character in the lead-up to the show's premiere, and got several toys like the other members of the main cast. He dies within the first five minutes of the [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|premiere episode]]. However, later he gets his fair share of screentime by [[Out of the Past|flashbacks]] and the like.
*Due to behind the scenes budget issues and the ''Prime'' [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|toyline]] getting pushed back thanks to the ''Dark of the Moon'' [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|toyline]], [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] is quickly shut away inside a stasis pod in "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]" for much of the remainder of the series at the ''same time'' as the mass release of her toy; [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] also suffered a grimmer fate as he was killed off just a few episodes earlier (by Airachnid herself, no less). On a similar beat, poor [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] died in "[[Masters & Students]]", but his toys weren't released until well over a year later, making them posthumous toy releases.
*IDW [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] gets a new ''Titans Return'' toy in mid late 2016, but was killed off at about the same time his toy was hitting shelves in the [[All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|final issue]] of the second season of ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|The Transformers]]''.

===New toys with minimal fictional appearances===
Sometimes, characters that have a new or expensive toy barely see use in fiction.
*Generation 1 Whirl and Roadbuster were larger and more expensive than many of the other Autobots, but never appeared in the original cartoon. They were featured in the UK comics as members of the Wreckers.
*Sixshot's only appearance in the original cartoon is a quick sequence where he transforms into each of his alt modes to defeat the Aerialbots. He is never seen again.
*In ''Transformers: Armada'', Optimus Prime is the only character to not receive an upgrade after being defeated by Nemesis Prime, despite having an expensive $40 redeco on store shelves. Optimus does receive the redeco colors in the final episode of the series, but he returns to his old colors by the episode's conclusion.
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|"Silver Knight" Optimus Prime]] had an entire thematic segment of the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|''Age of Extinction'' toyline]] dedicated to him that was exclusive to [[Target]] stores. However, the planned upgrade of Optimus Prime was cut from the theatrical release of ''Age of Extinction''.
*''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Quickslinger and Brake-Neck, meant to be [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]], did not get any focus in the accompanying IDW fiction: Slingshot is dead and Wildrider's whereabouts are unknown after his leaving the Stunticons. Instead, their selling point is giving fans the chance to complete G1-accurate [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] toys. Meanwhile, the Autobot [[Rook (CW)|Rook]] made only a background appearance in the event, and was so overlooked he had to be digitally added ''to'' those backgrounds; [[Alpha Bravo]], his [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] counterpart, gets a bit more but nothing you'd miss. (When Rook ''did'' get some work later, he was promptly killed off!)
*''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' introduced a massive amount of new toys and a ''massive'' amount of Headmasters, including many familiar G1 characters redone as Headmasters. However, very few of these new toys were given focus in IDW's [[Titans Return (comic)|tie-in comic arc]], including prominent characters such as [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. ([[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] is a notable exception, returning after a long absence.) Also, despite the heavy emphasis on [[Titan Master]]s in the toyline, only one character, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], displayed actual Headmaster ability. [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] is briefly decapitated and turned into a lifeless body for [[Infinitus]] to take control of, for no real reason other than to show off the head-swapping gimmick inherent in all ''Titans Return'' figures. And, with a colossal new [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generations|Titan-class]] toy for [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] as the centerpiece of the line, you'd expect some significant toy-shilling action. Instead, Fortress Maximus's brand-new Titan body gets smacked around a bit before utterly failing in its one job of defending [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]'s [[space bridge]] from the [[zombie]] Titans.
*Most likely caused by the complaints from fans about the small amount of Decepticons in the 2015 [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|''Robots in Disguise'' toyline]], [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] breaks out many monsters of the week from the first season. Each one gets a figure, yet they all get one or two episodes to shine. [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]] is the greatest example, appearing very briefly in Episode 4 of Season 1, getting captured, going free, and getting captured again in the next Episode.
**Every major 'Con from or affiliated with Decepticon Island gets Mini-Cons, who do very little but appear anyway only because they had toys. Ratchet gets one as well.
[[File:TF-TLK-Berserker.jpg|right|upright=1.7|thumb|'''DELUXE ROOK''' with Amazing '''STANDING AROUND ACTION!''']]
* After having a Deluxe-sized figure despite being the largest [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', [[Scorn]] got a larger, more movie-accurate Voyager class figure for the toyline of ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]''. Unfortunately, Scorn didn't even appear in the [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|actual film]]!
* A more egregious ''The Last Knight'' example occurs in the case of [[Berserker]]. Despite being on-screen for only ''8.39 seconds'' (in which he's a prisoner of war and not even released from incarceration), and having only one line, Berserker got several toys to himself, one of which was an entirely new Deluxe class figure. This is in stark contrast to more prominent Decepticons [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]], [[Dreadbot]], and [[Mohawk]], none of whom received toys until Mohawk got a ''[[Studio Series]]'' figure ''seven years later''. Set photos seem to indicate that Berserker was going to have a larger role than he did, explaining why he was given such a prominent role in the toyline.

==References==
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Bullhorn (robot)

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

[[File:G1-HorriBull-boxart.jpg|thumb|300px]]

'''Bullhorn''' (ブルホーン ''Buruhōn'') is a former [[transtector]] who gained life from and independently of his former owner, [[Bullhorn (G1)|Bullhorn]], via the power of [[Masterforce (technology)|Masterforce]]. As such, Bullhorn takes after the human's personality.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Battle in the g nebula.jpg|left|thumb]]

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
The three former Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior]]s, along with Clouder, accompanied the Autobots to the [[Grand Canyon]] on a mission to stop the composite [[Devil Z]]/[[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] entity. During the battle, however, all four of them were struck with a blast of the villain's [[Devil Power]], and were shocked to find their [[Master-Brace]]s had disappeared from their wrists. Devil Z had, in fact, separated them from their transtectors and brought the robot bodies to life as true super-robot lifeforms, all four of which rejoined the Decepticon side. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} After God Ginrai destroyed Devil Z, all the other Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors were also separated from their transtectors. Bullhorn's living transtector departed Earth with all the other Deception transtectors, and was pursued by the Autobots' transtectors to carry on the Transformers' war in space. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

====''Victory'' cartoon====
Bullhorn was among the Decepticons under the command of Overlord, often battling the Autobots led by God Ginrai in the [[G Nebula 89|G Nebula]]. {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
With Devil Z's death, the bond he had forged between the humans and their transtectors was severed, and the transtectors themselves were truly brought to life. Bullhorn's transtector subsequently departed for space along with all the others. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Life-Forms}}

===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:Kre-O Horri-Bull.jpg|thumb]]

Bullhorn looked in confusion at the massive golden effigy of [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s head. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}}
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==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
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[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Nice puppy... cute lil' pooch... maybe I got a Milk Bone?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bullhorn''' (Headmaster Junior Monster, [[1988]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-302'''
:*''Accessories'': Transtector, "small laser," "laser cannon"

: Released in the fourth year of Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' line under the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1988 (Super-God Masterforce)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' banner, Bullhorn is identical to the [[Hasbro]]-release [[Kreb#Toys|Kreb]]; a small armored humanoid that transforms into a robot head compatible with any Headmaster body.

: He comes with his Headmaster Transtector, which is identical to the Hasbro-release [[Horri-Bull#Toys|Horri-Bull]], transforming into... well, it's identified as a "buffalo", although it ''really'' looks like a "terror dog" from the first ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' movie. The Bullhorn Headmaster figure fits in a cockpit in the Transtector's back in its beast mode. The creature's tail disconnects and becomes a double-barrelled laser for robot mode.

: Like all Headmaster toys, Bullhorn's robot mode features a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter in its chest, which gives readings for Speed, Strength, and Intelligence (although he and the other Decepticon Junior molds are unique in that their meters are not covered by flip-down panels). The tumblers are activated when Bullhorn (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into the neck socket. Bullhorn has his robot-mode face plainly visible on his back because, as a smaller Headmaster toy, he lacks the flip-down panel that covers the face featured on larger Headmasters.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Horri-Bull/horri-bull.htm More information on Bullhorn/Horri-Bull at TFU.info]''

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Megatron (Animated)

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:''Megatron is a [[Decepticon leader]] from the [[Animated continuity family]].''

[[File:Megatronanimated.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[GEEWUN|An insult to G1, we swear!]]]]
If you were to ask '''Megatron''' to describe himself in one word, he'd probably go with [[Megatron (SG)|"heroic"]]. He sees himself as a freedom fighter [[Decepticon leader|leading the Decepticons]] in a righteous struggle against "[[Autobot]] tyranny". The fact he's hoping to replace that with ''Decepticon'' tyranny isn't really a concern... to him, at least. A fanatic at [[spark]], he revels in every Autobot who suffers at Decepticon hands and doesn't register beings like [[human]]s as anything more than "collateral damage."

Megatron demands loyalty from the [[Decepticon]]s as a whole, loyalty he gains through his fear and awe-inspiring power and abilities. With the combined threat of a sharp mind, his signature [[fusion cannon]], a pair of deadly [[sword]]s and simple brute strength, there aren't many who would dare cross him. Still, he has no problem occasionally manhandling his troops as a gentle reminder.

The loss of [[Structure|his body]] and former glory was only a minor setback for him as Megatron proved himself a true master manipulator. He all-too-easily duped the rather absentminded [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] into helping him—and [[AllSpark Key|once Megatron was restored]] he turned the tables on his old captor.

He is extremely intolerant of treachery and deals with [[Starscream (Animated)|said treacherous bots]] using methods of vicious no-nonsense efficiency, [[Megatron (G1)|unlike other Decepticon leaders]]. He is also a shrewd strategist who [[Dinobot (Animated)|effortlessly]] [[Scrapper (Animated)|wraps]] [[Mixmaster (Animated)|others]] around his fingers.

{{bigquote|Decepticons... ''transform and rise up!''|Megatron puts a new twist on [[Roll out|an old saying]]|"[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Animated'' cartoon====
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{{voiceactor|[[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Norio Wakamoto]] (Japanese)|[[Jan Spitzer]] (German), [[Mirosław Neinert]] (Polish), [[Raffaele Farina]] (Italian), [[Vincent Violette]] (French), [[Jun-seok Song|Junseok Song]] (Korean), [[Affonso Amajones]] (Portuguese), [[Mario Santander]] (Latin American Spanish, season 1 and 2), [[Alexander Páez]] (Latin American Spanish, season 3), [[Santiago Salorio]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Arto Nieminen]] (Finnish, [[Fredrik Hiller]] (Swedish)}}

[[File:Megatron Cybertron.jpg|left|thumb|Pointier than thou.]]
''Eons ago, Megatron overthrew the previous Decepticon leader [[Megazarak (Animated)|Megazarak]] and took control of the faction for himself. He gave speeches and wrote manifestos calling for the Decepticons to rise up and take control of both Cybertron and the [[AllSpark]] from the Autobots. Finally, on the [[Cycle of Infamy]], he took the Decepticons from mere rhetoric to outright war.''

''The Decepticons overran Autobot space, but the Autobots under [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] had one major advantage—[[space bridge]] technology which allowed them to move about the galaxy more easily. The Decepticon advance ground to a halt.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}} However, Megatron's forces continued to fight on until the Autobots sent the AllSpark through the space bridge to random coordinates. Realizing that the AllSpark was the key to defeating the Autobots, Megatron abandoned the Cybertron theater and began searching the galaxy aboard his massive flagship the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} Megatron also lost the codes to [[Project Omega]] when the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] failed to bring him [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}} ''With the war going badly after this, Megatron tried a last-ditch attempt with the [[False Calm]] and sent his troops at sub-light speeds to Cybertron. During the [[Battle for Iacon]], Megatron destroyed [[Gamma Supreme]]. Ultimately, the attack failed and the Decepticons were finally forced to agree to an armistice and exile.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[File:TFA TARO Decepticons attention.JPG|thumb|He's not planning on shaking Prime's hand...he's going to tear it off.]]
However, Megatron continued to search for the AllSpark. Four million years later, the ''Nemesis's'' crew discovered [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|a small Autobot repair vessel]] after detecting the AllSpark. When [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] volunteered to attack, Megatron saw his ambitions all too clearly, and pointedly remarked that he wasn't about to let four million solar cycles of searching for the AllSpark end with Starscream "[laying his] greasy wings on it". No, Megatron would strike the Autobot ship and take the AllSpark himself. Just prior to his departure, Starscream approached him again, ostensibly to wish him luck but actually to place an overload device on his leader's back. This device went off just as Megatron's fusion cannon was about to breach the hull of the Autobots' ship. The Autobot crew managed to steer the now-failing ship through an asteroid field and into a nearby [[space bridge]].

With the ship now plummeting through the Earth's atmosphere, a wounded Megatron still managed to thrash the crew soundly and nearly claimed the AllSpark. Quick thinking on the part of the ship's [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|captain]] sent the Decepticon leader out the cargo hatch and into free fall. Megatron [[Megatron (Movie)|fell from the sky and crashed]] in Paw Paw, [[Michigan]], where his head (and later, a hand) was found by a young [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]].

Over the next fifty years, Sumdac built a robotics empire by reverse-engineering Megatron's components while Megatron's inert head remained secretly in Sumdac's private lab, the source of the human's engineering genius and also a secret shame. Megatron's severed hand was there as well, used by Sumdac as a piece of furniture. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} {{storylink|Dispatches}}

[[File:AniMegsHead-TransformAndRollout.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey Megatron, don't lose your... oh.]]
After the Autobots re-awoke, [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]]—Isaac's daughter—used her [[AllSpark Key]] to sneak into her father's lab. He stopped her from seeing anything it contained, but the Key's AllSpark energy was absorbed by Megatron's head, reawakening his spark and mind and bringing him back online. Confused and disoriented, he automatically brought up video footage of Starscream and the Autobots, footage in which Starscream admitted to his treachery. Furious both at Starscream's betrayal and the fact he didn't have the proper appendages to reach out and take the AllSpark which was finally within his relative grasp, he released a burst of energy which activated a small drone Prof. Sumdac had been working on. Megatron realized he could control the extremely primitive (by his race's standards) technology around him. Learning Sari was going to spend the night at the Autobot base, he secreted his drone into her backpack. Once she arrived Megatron sent the drone to look for the AllSpark but his search was fruitless. He decided to try a simpler method: [[Death|Kill]] the Autobots and extract the data from their lifeless corpses. Interfacing with the factory's assembly line, he attacked. As the Autobots fought back, he decided to cut out the middleman and knocked a hole in a fuel tank. [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] realized the factory was working via motion sensors and managed to get close to the control panel. To counter him, Megatron simply took over the factory arms and snatched up Prowl. However, he failed to stop [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], due to the primitive tools he was forced to use. With his plans foiled, Megatron was out of patience, refusing to work through these worthless proxy machines. He needed a body, which meant it was time to provide some more advanced technology to Sumdac... {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}}

[[File:Stiletto-Megatronsuccessfulfieldtest.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5]]
''Megatron hired the industrial saboteur [[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]] to steal from Sumdac enterprises a high-powered laser scalpel and an experimental metal alloy and then use them to collapse Detroit's Ambassador Bridge. In truth, Megatron didn't care much about whether or not she succeeded in collapsing the bridge, as he simply desired to see if the materials she had stolen would be suitable for his new body. He was satisfied with the results he saw broadcast on television.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3|Stiletto}}

Megatron soon revealed to Isaac that he still functioned and, when Isaac guessed he was a friend of the Autobots, Megatron played along. He persuaded Isaac to keep his existence secret until Isaac had built him a new body, as then the Autobots would be more forgiving of how Isaac had reverse-engineered their friend. Megatron then helped construct the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]], deliberately programming them to go on a rampage and building fire-breath into them as a prototype for a planned army of drones. When they were defeated, Megatron despaired he might never gain a new body, but upon discovering they'd been turned into sentient Transformers, he quickly convinced them that cars, trucks and "[[Autobot|car robots]]" were evil beings that ate the fossil fuels supposedly derived from dinosaurs.

During their second rampage, Isaac realized Megatron had deliberately built weapons into the Dinobots. The tyrant feigned shame, saying he'd added experimental features out of a desire to have a body again. Isaac promised not to tell the Autobots and that Megatron would have a body again one day... {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

[[File:TFA Nanosec Sumdac Megatron chill.JPG|upright=1.1|left|thumb|Rub it in, why don't you?]]
Soon, Dr. Sumdac began attempting to build him some new servos, but these proved inadequate. Megatron revealed that his body would need [[Destronium]] to work, but Isaac responded there was only a small amount available and that it would have to be delivered across town in less than 10 minutes or it would become unstable. Taking notice of an experimental turbo suit Sumdac's labs were developing (with flaws that possibly precluded Isaac considering it as a solution), Megatron manipulated computer systems so the suit was delivered to small-time hood [[Nanosec|Nino Sexton]]. Once Sexton began using the suit to commit crimes too quickly to be stopped, Megatron contacted him with an offer of much money out of Dr. Sumdac's private account if Sexton used the suit to steal and deliver the Destronium. Between Autobot interference and the suit aging him prematurely, Sexton failed. Worse, the Destronium was energized to a critical level, risking an explosion that would destroy [[Detroit]]. The Autobots barely managed to send the Destronium sample into the upper atmosphere before it exploded, and they were left to wonder why a human had tried to steal it in the first place. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}}

After Megatron learned of the power of Sari's AllSpark Key and the careless nature in which she used it, he attempted to trick her into assisting him. He designed [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], a musical toy that was secretly meant to grow more powerful every time Sari used the Key upon it, until eventually it would be a suitable robotic body for Megatron himself. When the Key instead brought Soundwave to independent life, Megatron changed his plan and, with convincing logic, recruited Soundwave as a Decepticon warrior. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, Megatron, remembering Starscream's betrayal, was hesitant to act. After witnessing a battle between his soldiers and the Autobots, Megatron concluded that Blitzwing was too unstable, but Lugnut was genuinely loyal. He contacted Lugnut only, instructing him to locate the AllSpark, which would help restore him. Later, he also informed Lugnut about the Key. Unfortunately, Lugnut and Blitzwing were defeated and damaged by the Autobots, severing Lugnut's link with Megatron—and Megatron's only link to the outside world. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

[[File:Sumdac megatron's body.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|Yeah, it's a fixer-upper.]]
Although Megatron himself was not mentally involved, his headless body was infected with [[space barnacle]]s, causing the barnacles to mutate into a semi-sentient form. After absorbing two mining bots and attacking a [[Sparkplug (Animated human)|miner]], it was defeated by Bumblebee and Prowl. Later, the body was discovered (minus space barnacles) by Isaac Sumdac and most likely brought back to his laboratory. Sumdac remarked that Megatron would be ''very'' pleased with the find... {{storylink|Nature Calls}}

[[File:MegRisingRebuilt.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't call it a comeback; I've been here for years.]]
Sumdac attempted to rebuild Megatron, but progress was slowed by a power failure. Frustrated, Megatron again contacted Lugnut and ordered him to bring him the AllSpark Key. This communication triggered Starscream's curiosity, and the treacherous jet located Megatron. Starscream didn't have time to <s>finish his speech</s> slay Megatron before he was distracted by the Autobots—and Megatron used that distraction to take Starscream by surprise and eject him from the lab. When Blitzwing and Lugnut arrived with the Key, Megatron revealed his true identity to his human "friend". Sumdac, seized by the mechanical hand he had so long used as a chair, could only watch and wail in horror as the Decepticon tyrant used the power of the AllSpark to reconstruct himself, more powerful than ever. Finally restored, he burst through the roof of [[Sumdac Tower]], to the horror of the Autobots and Starscream, ready to unleash his vengeance on all of them. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[File:PayThePiper.JPG|upright=1.1|left|thumb|"Will anyone else attempt to fill his shoes?"]] Megatron's revenge was quick and brutal. Trashing the Autobots in short order, he called his Decepticons to him. As Starscream bootlicked, Megatron powered up his fusion cannon to destroy the one responsible for his defeat—then used the AllSpark Key to send a painful power surge through Starscream, extinguishing the traitor's spark and reinforcing his authority over Blitzwing and Lugnut. He commanded them to "transform and rise up," and the three Decepticons took to the sky, using the Key to track the AllSpark.

[[File:Megatron Rising 2 All Spark Megs boom.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is not good...]] Finding it aboard the Autobots' ship, the Decepticons caused the ship to crash on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], where Megatron proceeded to beat the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of Optimus Prime. Getting into the ship, Megatron removed the AllSpark from its casing and placed it in his chest, preparing to devastate Earth before conquering Cybertron. However, Professor Sumdac used his knowledge of Megatron's circuitry to disrupt his equilibrium sensors, causing Megatron to drop the AllSpark Key. Optimus Prime used the Key to force a surge of power through the AllSpark within Megatron, causing it to explode and disperse its energy.

And yet, it was not a total loss for Megatron; despite the damage, he escaped and managed to abduct Sumdac. Once again, their fates were intertwined, only this time Sumdac was Megatron's prisoner. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

Establishing a base deep underground in a mine, Megatron quickly adjusted his plans after the loss of the AllSpark. During his battle aboard the Autobot ship, he had managed to download a partial [[space bridge]] schematic from their computers. He planned to use the space bridge to teleport himself, Lugnut, and Blitzwing to Cybertron, then conquer the planet from within. To facilitate this plan, Megatron used the captive Professor Sumdac to reverse-engineer the space bridge and fill in the "gaps" within the schematics. However, when a service bot suddenly malfunctioned, it was revealed that a shard of the AllSpark was embedded within it. This gave Megatron hope that the AllSpark was not destroyed, but dispersed throughout the city of Detroit. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

[[File:Swordscream.JPG|upright=1.1|left|thumb|Yes, Starscream, and we'll keep doing it until you get it right!]]
Finding out about the AllSpark fragments, however, didn't seem to result in any changes in his plans. Megatron received word from a spy that the Decepticons had begun making random assaults on the Autobots. He realized that they needed to make a concentrated effort in order to secure his victory. He had Lugnut and Blitzwing steal a tachyon transmitter from the [[Elite Guard]] so he could send his message, but was interrupted during his transmission by a revived Starscream. After quickly beating him to a pulp, Megatron relayed his commands to the spacefaring 'Cons, only to be repeatedly attacked by a seemingly invincible Starscream. The renegade even attempted to draw Megatron out with an AllSpark fragment. Megatron emerged victorious every time and was informed by his spy that all was going as planned: With his [[Decepticon Uprisings|forces now drawing the Autobots away from Cybertron]], Megatron could attack a weakened Cybertron from within as soon as his space bridge was completed. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

Later, while at the Decepticon base, Lugnut detected an AllSpark energy signal emanating from Detroit. Megatron quickly dispatched Lugnut to retrieve the AllSpark shard before the Autobots could. Lugnut proceeded to praise his master's "grand and glorious plan", but Megatron, fed up with the adulation to the point of involuntary optic-twitching, curtly commanded his enforcer to get going. {{storylink|Garbage In, Garbage Out}} As Lugnut failed to retrieve this fragment, Megatron tasked Blitzwing with retrieving the next one the Decepticons detected. The triple-changer proved just as incapable when it came to securing AllSpark fragments. {{storylink|Velocity (episode)|Velocity}}

[[File:RiseoftheConstructicons-Megatron'sprivateblend.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Gentlemen, to evil.]]
When Lugnut and Blitzwing brought the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructobots]] back to base, Megatron saw the advantage of keeping them alive, and he invited them to have a look at his space bridge schematics. Impressed by their knowledge, he decided to put them to work stealing supplies. After an encounter with [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], the Constructobots became convinced of "the funny guy's" less-than-noble intentions, and they returned to the mine to confront him. Megatron calmly slammed them both against a rock face and asked them to explain. He feigned shock and brought them in to discuss things over his own private oil blend. Megatron showed himself to be a bit of an oil connoisseur, possessing stylish little goblets for it made of twisted oil drums, as well as a secret stash of top-quality oil and a chamber to drink it in. Megatron spoke of the glories they could achieve as Constructicons: the adulation, the statues in their honor...the barrels of oil they could down. Ever the shrewd worker, it didn't take much for him to convince them to join up and he promptly sent them to the Autobot base to retrieve the AllSpark fragments. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

[[File:Rise Constructicons Megatron what.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|Constructicons say WHAAAAAT?]]
When Starscream escaped from the Elite Guard's ship, Megatron received [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]'s alert to the Autobots thanks to the stolen tachyon transmitter. Megatron had placed a bounty on the traitor and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] (with the unknowing aid of Prowl) pretty much took the opportunity to bring him to the Decepticon leader. Lockdown contacted Megatron to confirm that he had captured a purple-ish "Starscream" (who was acting quite odd and cowardly) and agreed to meet at an abandoned warehouse for the exchange. As "Starscream" was brought to Megatron, Prowl, who was hiding on a rafter high above, accidentally scuffed a small bolt, which grabbed the Decepticons' attention. Not too long after, the Autobots appeared with another, different-colored Starscream. Megatron intercepted Lockdown's escape and announced confusedly that no one was to leave until they found out which was the true Starscream. However, it soon turned out that ''both'' Starscreams were clones with bombs in their [[spark]] chambers designed to destroy Megatron and the Autobots in one go. Not content to stand by and be blown up, Megatron quickly blasted the skylight of the warehouse and called for his Decepticons to transform and rise up, leaving the soon-to-explode clones with the Autobots. This turned out to be a mistake, as Prowl used the upgrades given to him by Lockdown to send the [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clones]] into the air, and the fleeing Decepticons were caught in the wake of the blast. Still in one piece despite the explosion, Megatron later raised the bounty on Starscream—insisting on the ''real'' one this time. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

He was later contacted by [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]], who attempted to sell him a new weapon. Nothing came of this as Swindle was defeated before the deal could be closed. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}} Megatron also made some ''"secret"'' transmissions to [[Shockwave (Animated)|his double agent]] on Cybertron in order to settle his new plans for the coming Autobot-Decepticon war. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}} Blitzwing also successfully retrieved the Constructicons for him. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

[[File:TFA ABTC1 Megatron Sumdac Hostage.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Did I tell you about the time I killed the cult leader?"]]
Megatron's plans finally seemed on the verge of fruition when Sumdac and the Constructicons completed the space bridge. However, some vital technical aspects made it inoperable. In order to remedy this, Megatron contacted Shockwave to learn who was Cybertron's leading [[space bridge technician]] which turned out to be the Autobot Bulkhead. Not wishing to leave Doctor Sumdac alone to sabotage the Constructicons' efforts, Megatron took him along as a hostage while he went to capture Bulkhead. Once he had the big Autobot in custody, Megatron threatened to use the [[Headmaster unit]] on him if he didn't help make the space bridge operational. To Megatron's satisfaction, Bulkhead agreed and finished the project. Just as the machine was activated both the Autobots and Starscream and his clone army attacked. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

The three-way free-for-all ironically forced Megatron and Optimus Prime to team up temporarily, but this quickly ended when Megatron used Prime's body as a shield against one of Starscream's clone's attacks. Despite putting up a decent resistance, Megatron was overwhelmed and held down by two of the Starscream clones. As the original Starscream gloated, he was head-jacked by Isaac Sumdac in the Headmaster unit. Sumdac prepared to fight the Decepticon leader himself but an unimpressed Megatron simply used his strength to throw the distracted Starscream clones at him then blasted the Headmaster unit off with his fusion cannon, quickly proving himself the victor. With Starscream incapacitated the clones sided with Megatron. He then made his own victory speech to his soldiers, declaring he would send Optimus through the bridge to test it. However, the Autobots got some reinforcements - in the form of their own ship, now revealed to be the surviving [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinel]] Omega Supreme. Megatron quickly ordered the majority of his forces to deal with this new menace while the Constructicons cleared the space bridge area of rubble. Grabbing Optimus, Megatron threw him into the portal but was frustrated when Prowl freed his leader in the nick of time at which point the bridge shut down. Bulkhead declared the power source wasn't strong enough to maintain the link for long so Megatron grabbed Starscream's AllSpark-powered head to maintain the gateway. However, this provided too much power, sending the space bridge portal out of control. An enraged Megatron decided to terminate Optimus Prime only for Optimus to slap [[stasis cuffs]] on him causing him to lose his grip and fall into the portal.

[[File:TFA ABTC2 Megatron Screamer End.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|"Stop staring at me!"]]
With the overload having deleted the space bridge's receiving coordinates, the defeated Megatron was transported to some unknown sector of space. Still immobilized by the stasis cuffs, Megatron's only companion was now Starscream's head which a cruel twist of fate had deposited right next to him. Forced to remain face to face with his traitorous ex-lieutenant, Megatron could only trade verbal blows. A most cruel fate, indeed. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

After their bickering subsided, Starscream began trying to free Megatron from the stasis cuffs, but having no body was a hindrance. Megatron was only freed when Starscream revealed a previously unseen weapon from his mouth. Before they could react, Omega Supreme appeared, offline. Getting aboard him, Megatron was captured by Omega but was able to convince the simple processor-possessing behemoth to take him to Cybertron to face a war crimes tribunal. However, Omega Supreme's attempt to transwarp to Cybertron left them somewhere else in space but did drain Omega for the time being. Initially disgusted that he was trapped aboard the cause of the Decepticons' defeat without his weapons and only Starscream for company, Megatron soon realized that if he could reprogram Omega to serve him he would be at a great advantage.

Managing to hotwire the Autobot with the stasis cuffs and Starscream's AllSpark charged head, Megatron contacted Shockwave to give him a status report on the Earth space bridge. However, the situation was worse than Megatron realized: not only was the space bridge network shut down, but the Earth Autobots could expose Shockwave at any moment. Although Omega Supreme provided an advantage that could end both problems, Megatron decided that the space bridge invasion plan was a failure, and issued a fleet wide stand down order. Heading to Earth, Megatron attempted to use Omega to destroy the Autobots (even though he couldn't remember their names). However, Prowl and Optimus Prime managed to board Omega and sever Megatron's control over him. Unfortunately, Starscream managed to gain control over Omega Supreme, capturing Megatron again. Ever the manipulator, Megatron convinced Starscream that his time would be better spent conquering Cybertron. However, the Autobots managed to install the [[plasma dynamic thruster]] from Megatron's space bridge into Omega Supreme, sending Omega and the two Decepticons aboard warping through space randomly. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

When the Autobots became trapped in Soundwave's virtual reality, Megatron led the Decepticons into invading and attacking Detroit. As the Autobots realized what was going on Prowl was able to break free of Megatron's grip and severed his arm with a single swipe of his hand. He was later beaten by Optimus who destroyed his fusion cannon by tossing his axe at the cannon's barrel. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[File:TFAni Decepticon Air Lugnut Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't you just hate it when fanboys keep following you?]]
Later, as Lugnut was floating through space following his half-successful escape from the Elite Guard flagship, Omega Supreme transwarped to directly in front of him and he smashed into the bridge window. When Starscream asked Megatron if they were picking up hitchhickers, Megatron simply slapped his head off its position. That was for asking stupid questions.{{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

Soon thereafter, Megatron gained control of Omega Supreme's transforming mechanism, and by detaching the plasma dynamic thruster was also able to direct their transwarp jumps; however, he could not get the weapons online without the proper access codes. Megatron brought the ship to Cybertron, where they could do little but float helplessly in the air; Megatron reasoned—correctly—that the Autobots would not dare fire on their own most famous weapon (though [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel "Magnus"]] sure wanted to). Megatron ordered Shockwave to hurry up his search for the access codes; once Shockwave successfully abducted Arcee and boarded the ship, they transwarped into Earth orbit right before Sentinel opened fire. Megatron welcomed Shockwave aboard as his "most loyal" servant, to the great concern of Lugnut. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

Now on the moon, Megatron commanded Shockwave to extract the access codes from Arcee's mind. When Starscream re-attached his head to another clone body, Megatron pursued him and destroyed all the remaining clones, teasing Starscream for having always thought on a small scale. Megatron's ultimate plans for the protoforms aboard the ''Nemesis'' was to use them to create his own clone fleet of Omega Supremes—based on the personality template of his ''truly'' most loyal minion, Lugnut. That part of the plan went just fine, but Shockwave was still unable to get Arcee to do his bidding—perhaps because although she was fooled by his Longarm Prime persona, she saw the evil Megatron standing right behind him and refused to cooperate. After a few technical bypasses put Lugnut in mental command of the "[[Lugnut Supreme]]" fleet, Megatron ordered his new weapons to test their skills by destroying the Earthbound Autobots. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

[[File:TFA-Endgame-PanAcrossEveryone.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.34|...No Comment]]
Observing from within one of the Lugnut Supremes, Megatron's first target for destruction was his former prison, Sumdac Tower. But when the tower's forcefield proved impenetrable and Optimus Prime was able to destroy the Lugnut Supremes he was riding in and severely damage the other two by using the [[Magnus Hammer]], Megatron settled on a new plan: destroying everything that wasn't him. He flew cover over the advancing Lugnut Supremes, directly engaging Optimus Prime (at first mistaken for [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], then dismissed as a [[knockoff|"cheap imitation"]]) so Prime would not again be able to use the Magnus Hammer on the giants. As the battle raged and failures mounted, Megatron finally addressed Prime by his real name to the Autobot's bitter satisfaction. The two were later trapped within a prison of AllSpark energy—meant to seal in the timebomb that Starscream had secretly placed in one of the Lugnut Supremes.

[[File:StunticonJob-LugnutMegatronPrison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|'''[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]''': Master, do you have anymore toilet paper? '''Megatron''': WE'RE GIANT ROBOTS YOU ''BLOATED BEAN BAG'' [[Humanization|WHY DO YOU EVEN ''NEED'' TOILET PAPER?!?]]]]
Undeterred, Megatron accepted that even if he himself had to die he could at least take Prime with him. But Prowl's [[ghost]] was having none of that and Megatron soon found himself left alone to be blown up. Though massively damaged, he survived this and turned to attack the Autobots once more. He was quickly defeated by Optimus Prime and when Megatron wearily invited Prime ''to kill him'', Prime retorted that that would be "the easy way out" which he claimed Megatron did not deserve. Megatron was placed in [[stasis cuffs]] and arrested, then brought back to Cybertron and displayed as a prisoner before the cheering Autobot masses. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

''He was incarcerated in [[Trypticon Prison]] and [[Team Stunticon]] failed to rescue him.'' {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}} ''While this happened Shockwave's old [[Kremzeek]] program became active and began making its way to Fortress Maximus to destroy Cybertron. Megatron then questioned what could prompt Shockwave to create such a stupid program and the scientist meekly admitted that the program was only supposed to be activated if they were not on Cybertron.'' {{storylink|The Return of Blurr}}

''If [[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] is to be believed, Megatron will become '''Galvatron''' in the future and kill [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]].'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

====Titan ''Animated'' comic====
[[File:MegatronTitan23.jpg|thumb|"NIXON'S BAAACK!"|left]]
Apart from showing interest in the activities of [[Quake-Maker]], {{storylink|Animated Comic issue 1|Burnout!}} Megatron seemed idle... but what the Autobots were unaware of was that he'd constructed a Spark-less drone unit, [[Afterburn]], as a prototype of a future army, and then sent Afterburn off to spy on the Autobots.

He not only received repeated communications from his spy but gained directions to the Autobot base! Megatron entered with explosive results {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Divebomb}} and then ''killed'' Afterburn while rubbing [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]'s nose in it. He proceeded to summon the other Decepticons and thrash most of the Autobots with ease making some really bad puns along the way, only stopped when [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] secretly got him buried under a crane. Starscream then "saved" him, making Megatron think he'd turned over a new leaf and thus giving him temporary command until he got better. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}
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====''Animated'' shorts====
[[File:MockMegs-bunny.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|If only [[Cyclonus (Animated)|he]] was around to see this]]
While Megatron gave an inspirational speech to his Decepticons (which seemed to be very similar to [[Mission Accomplished|another message]] he'd sent out), Starscream proceeded to make fun of him behind his back—making faces, giving Megatron bunny ears, and shaking his butt at his leader. Megatron was suspicious of Starscream's actions, but each time he turned to look, his lieutenant was standing there innocently, doing nothing unseemly. Megatron apparently decided to let it go, as did the other Decepticons (even Lugnut), until he finally caught Starscream in mid-heckle and dealt with him by blasting him through a wall. {{storylink|Starscream Heckles Megatron}}

After the defeat of the Autobots, Megatron became the personal servant of new Decepticon leader Starscream. He was all too eager to accept the role, apologizing for never seeing Starscream's potential until now...or, at least, the imagined version in Starscream's dream did. The real Megatron punched Starscream awake, threatening to terminate him if he ever nodded off during a staff meeting again. {{storylink|Starscream's Fantasy}}
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===''Quest for the AllSpark''===
Megatron took to hanging around [[Internet|online]] using the alias "Meg A. Tron". Masquerading thusly, he was able to recruit the unwitting help of [[Heinz Von Furstwartz|Professor Heinz Von Furstwartz]] in his scheme to sow confusion amongst the Autobots and get a hold of the AllSpark. He was also able to take control of Detroit's legion of robot workers forcing the Autobots to enact an elaborate plan to keep the AllSpark safe. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

{{Note|As "Quest for the AllSpark" is a multipath adventure, some accounts of the events may vary.}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
[[File:TheCoolMegatronChokesPrime01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|All aboard the Crazy Train! ''Toot! Toot!'']]
Stumbling across Optimus Prime's band of Autobots, who had recently discovered the long-lost Allspark, Megatron pursued the Space Bridge repair crew relentlessly even after they lost the rest of Megatron's band of Decepticons by going through a Space Bridge gate. Having invaded the Autobot's ship, he beat down the entirety of its crew, save for their leader. Though already having all-but lost an arm in combat when he confronted Optimus, Megatron engaged in vicious melee combat, gloating all-the-while that when he claimed the AllSpark for himself, he would rule the Universe. Defiantly, Optimus managed to expulse Megatron from the ship's cargo bay door as the vessel was plummeting through the Earth's atmosphere, reducing the mighty Decepticon to a smoldering head, to be discovered by a young boy... {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 3}}

At some point, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] double-crossed Megatron and attempted to kill him. Unbeknownst to anyone, Megatron's head survived his destruction and had hooked into [[Detroit]]'s closed-circuit video surveillance system. Following the dispersion of the [[AllSpark]] (and Starscream's apparent demise), Megatron became intrigued by [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]]'s [[AllSpark Key|key]] after she used it to bring [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] back to life. Interests piqued, Megatron declared the time was right to initiate the next phase of his operation. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 2}}

Megatron eventually got his hands on the key and used its power to revive himself. After killing Starscream, Megatron engaged Optimus Prime in a sword-to-axe duel. The outcome of that fight is unknown though apparently the Autobots survived the day. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

Megatron later hired [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] to capture the (somehow still alive) Starscream. Lockdown mistakenly captured [[Clone number 3370318|Clone #3370318]] instead while the Autobots captured [[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]]. Megatron was met with both clones at his meeting place in a warehouse and demanded to know why there were ''two'' Starscreams. When the clones turned out to be bombs Megatron attempted to flee in helicopter mode only to be chased down by the explosives after [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] attached a pair of rockets to them. Megatron screamed in confusion as he was caught in the explosion. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 6}}

With the [[space bridge#Animated cartoon|Space Bridge]] nearly completed, Megatron was caught off-guard by a surprise attack from Optimus Prime and the Autobots. Clashing sword with Prime's axe, Megatron arrogantly told the Autobot he could never win, though his efforts were amusing. Megatron was then met by a second surprise: an attack by Starscream and his [[Starscream clone (Animated)|Clone Army]]. Megatron was forced to fight side by side with Optimus but quickly dissolved the partnership when he use Prime as a shield to block one of [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]]'s shots. Dropping Prime's smoking body, Megatron informed all listening that the universe belonged to him. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 7}}

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Megatron then installed the severed head of Starscream into the Space Bridge in order to power it with his AllSpark fragment. The fragment proved ''too'' powerful and caused the Space Bridge to overload. Optimus recovered and took Megatron's distraction as an opportunity to defeat the villain once and for all. Slapping a pair of stasis cuffs on him, Optimus kicked Megatron in the jaw and sent him hurtling into the vortex. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 8}}

Megatron found himself warped to the same coordinates as Starscream's head and Omega Supreme. Megatron attempted to use Starscream's [[spark]] to jumpstart Omega Supreme but the plan backfired and Starscream took control of Omega's systems. Starscream sized Megatron in his giant hand and, taunting him returned to [[Earth]] for vengeance against the Autobots. Megatron would not be so easily defeated however, and breaking free teamed with Optimus Prime to sever Starscream's connection to Omega. That dealt with, Megatron and Optimus then agreed to end their rivalry with a final battle. Flying off into the sky, the enemies clashed sword with hammer. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 9}}

Megatron found himself outmatched by Optimus's Wingblade and Magnus Hammer however, and chose to even the odds by blasting his foe with his fusion cannon powered by Starscream's AllSpark fragment! The blast blew Optimus to pieces, but just to be sure Megatron impaled his foe through the spark chamber with his sword anyway. Optimus refused to be beaten and absorbed the power of the AllSpark fragment into himself... somehow. Repaired and now apparently invincible, Prime mopped the floor with Megatron. The defeated [[Emperor of Destruction]] was then carted back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in shackles. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}
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==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[Corey Burton]] (English)|[[Marc Alfos]] (French)}}
[[File:TFAnimated Game Megatron.jpg|thumb|left|126px|Helmet design provided by Lego.]]
After completing a space bridge terminal in his hidden mine base on [[Earth]], Megatron began to prepare to attack Cybertron. He hired [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] to collect [[AllSpark]] fragments to power his Space Bridge and obtained enough to do so, however while he was in the process of powering it up [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s team found the base and attacked him. Though he boasted he could beat them easily without the use of weapons they used an electromagnet to defeat him and he was forced to escape by transwarping to Cybertron.
There, he was able to take control of some of the planetary defense systems driving the Autobots away from the [[Space Bridge Nexus]] and sent out a message ordering his forces to take control of the Space Bridges around the rim of the galaxy. [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] soon reported that they'd captured more than a dozen Space Bridges. Before Megatron could take control of the nexus, Optimus's team caught up with him. Commandeering some of the defense systems, they managed to defeat him. Growling that the Decepticons would rise again, Megatron transwarped out to parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}
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===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Megatron is featured as a playable game card. He is a silver card, has a value of 6 points and has the following power: "+1 to every Decepticon in play."}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

===Transformers Battle Universe===
At the edge of time, when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] needed a new host, Megatron was among several warriors (and [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatrons]]) summoned from the multiverse to battle for control of the prize. {{storylink|Transformers Battle Universe}}
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==Toys==
===''Animated''===
====Deluxe Class====
[[File:TFAnimated Deluxe BattleBegins Megatron toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|SPAAAACE ROOOAAACH!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Optimus Prime vs. Megatron: The Battle Begins''' (Entertainment Pack, 2008)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Bladed cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Megatron transforms into a sleek spacecraft with, er, VTOL turbofans (presumably designed to show some lineage with his eventual helicopter mode. It's best if you don't think about it too hard). His signature fusion cannon forms the central chassis and cockpit section of the spacecraft (officially, a "Fusion Fighter"); his sword sections mount on the sides of the cannon for storage, though the blade is unremovable and effectively useless. Like the [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Prime]] figure he comes with, he features a punching gimmick, having a spring-loaded waist that snaps back when twisted. Unfortunately, Megatron's balljoint hips and the swivel joints between his thighs and knees are rather loose, making it difficult to pose the figure in such a way that he stands on his own. The figure features a silver color scheme and battle damage paint applications. Also included was [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video#Pack-in disc|a DVD]] featuring the first episode of ''Transformers Animated''.

: The design makes it impossible to mount his fusion cannon beneath his cockpit like in the show.

: If you want to be pedantic about it, the battle implied by the battle-pack pairing is technically a timeline impossibility, insofar as it depicts Cybertron Mode Megatron versus Earth Mode Optimus. It is also [[scale]]d incorrectly, as Megatron was shown as being notably larger than Optimus in "[[Transform and Roll Out]]".

: This mold was used to make the third prize of the [[Hasbro UK exclusive limited Edition Handmade Samples]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/BattleBeginsMegatron/megatron.htm More information on "The Battle Begins" Megatron at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Battle in Space''' (Deluxe 2-pack, 2008)}}</ul>

: This two-pack features an unchanged Battle Damaged Deluxe Megatron from the ''Battle Begins'' two-pack above, and unchanged Deluxe [[Prowl (Animated)#Deluxe Class|Prowl]].

: The bundle was a 2008 [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] [[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]] release in 2008.

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[[File:TF-Animated-VSF-Fight-of-Start-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''The Beginning Showdown: Optimus Prime / Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[March 27]], 2010
:*''Accessories'': Bladed cannon

: Released in the first wave o TakaraTomy's [[Transformers Animated (toyline)#TakaraTomy Animated toyline|''Animated'' toyline]], "Battle Begins" Megatron is the Deluxe mold once again, but this time given a shiny metallic paint job (sans battle damage) and white-bordered purple Decepticon symbols, like the majority of the TakaraTomy ''Animated'' toys.

: The figure was only available in a "The Beginning Showdown" (始まりの対決, ''hajimari no taiketsu'', also called "Fight of Start" on English on the box-back) 2-pack with a redecoed version of the Deluxe-scale Cybertronian [[Optimus Prime (Animated)#TakaraVsMegatron|Optimus Prime]] from the "Optimus Prime vs. Megatron: The Battle Begins" set.

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[[File:AniDXMegsGoldVersion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| All that glitters is gold.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron Gold Version''' (Deluxe, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Bladed cannon

: An entirely-gold-chromed version of the Deluxe-class Battle Begins Megatron limited to 1,000 pieces, "Megatron Gold Version" was made available to residents of Japan via a lottery.

: There were several ways to enter the drawing for him: one could clip out and send in a barcode from a single standard ''Animated'' toy or a single standard ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#TakaraTomy Autobot Alliance toyline|Autobot Alliance]]'' live action film series toy (or four ''[[EZ Collection]]'' barcodes), '''or''' send in five [[Sega]] Transformers trading cards, '''or''' cut out and send in the appropriate portion of the character cards included with volumes 4 or 5 of [[Paramount Pictures |Paramount of Japan]]'s ''Animated'' DVDs or the "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge]] Greatest Hits" DVD. The entry period of the drawing was [[November 1]]st, 2010 to [[January 16]]th, 2011.

: In 2014, Megatron Gold Version was one of the prize figures that were re-issued (probably remaining stock) again for the ''Transformers Celebration 2014'' event held at Ikebukuro Sunshine City store's [[Toys"R"Us]].
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====Voyager Class====
[[File:Animated megatron voyager.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Curse you, Earth's atmosphere! ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:TFA-TA06-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Cybertron Mode Megatron''' (Voyager, 2008 / 2010)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Megatron'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TA-06'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 27]], [[2010]]
:*''Accessories'': Missile
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of Hasbro ''Animated'' Voyager Class toys, this Megatron toy is a larger, bulkier, more detailed, and more gimmick-laden iteration of the same character design used in the Deluxe-scaled versus pack toy. While both modes of both toys look very similar, they have different transformation mechanisms and are not a simple upscaling/downscaling of each other. Where the Deluxe version is straight silver, this version has a pearl-gray paint scheme. The figure features an [[Automorph Technology|automorph]] gimmick in the chest, which closes like a clamshell in transforming to robot mode. A second automorph gimmick is built into the energon blades on the cannon, swinging them into place to form a polearm. Red translucent plastic is heavily used throughout the figure, including in the light piping for the head and the missile for the spring-loaded cannon. Even his ''fingers'' are made of energon, it seems. As with the smaller figure above, it's not possible to have the fusion cannon mounted in a way that's accurate to the show or the later Leader Class toy.

: This toy apparently had a safety modification done late on in the design process (late enough that it doesn't show up on the instructions), possibly as a result of drop test failure. The strut that holds his fusion cannon has been reinforced, and as a result, his cannon cannot be mounted flush against his arm. It is also noted that his cannon easily pops off.

: The (much later) TakaraTomy release, also in the first wave of their ''Animated'' toyline, much like the Deluxe Class figure released in the same country, coats much of his gray plastics in metallic silver overspray paint, and replaces the plain gold Decepticon symbol with a white-bordered purple one.

: Takara's Megatron was part of a pair of different store-exclusive [[campaign item|promotional giveaways]] in April. Buying him from [[AEON|JUSCO]] stores netted customers the [[EZ Collection]] [[Starscream (Animated)#ClearPurple|Starscream Clear Purple Ver.]] toy. Meanwhile, buying him from Apita stores got you the [[Prowl (Animated)#ClearSmokeLOC|Prowl Clear Smoke Ver.]] EZ Collection toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/VoyagerMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Cybertron Mode Megatron at TFU.info]''
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====Leader Class====
[[File:Animated megatron leader.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I kill you till you're dead!" ''(Hasbro Version pictured)'']]
[[File:TFA-TA26-Light-and-Sound-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|<big>'''''You UTTER FOOL! Metallic paint operations are the finest in the world!!!'''''</big> ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2008 / 2010)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TA-26'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[July 10]], 2010
:*''Accessories'': Missile, 2 rotor-swords
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of Hasbro's Leader-class toys, Megatron's "Earth" mode transforms into a high-tech dual-rotor assault helicopter, with his signature (spring-loaded missile launching) cannon mounted under the cockpit. Interestingly, it seems the alt-mode was originally intended to allow for the removal of the cannon without the removal of the bottom half of the fuselage. With a fair amount of force, the cannon can be popped off (and will reattach), but the cannon mount/fuselage lower half does not provide the front landing gear with sufficient clearance to fully extend. The fusion cannon is attached to the left arm out of the box, but it can be detached and put on either arm. It has wheels for use in vehicle mode, and if it is removed, then (undocumented) landing gear can be deployed to make up for the loss. Each rotor blade assembly becomes a sword for robot-mode use.

: The toy has a [[Gimmick|voice chip]], activated by pressing the Decepticon symbol on his chest. If used in robot mode it says one of three quotes: "Crush the Autobots!", "Where is the AllSpark?", and (glorious) evil laughter. All three lines are terrifically cheesy, as you might guess. In helicopter mode, it makes the sound of the rotors warming up, spinning, and powering down. When the cockpit is moved during transformation the classic G1/Animated [[Transformation#The noise|transformation noise]] is heard. While the toy is compatible with the [[Headmaster unit#Toys|Headmaster]] "helmet" that comes with Leader-class [[Bulkhead (Animated)#Leader Class|Bulkhead]], but it does not change his quotes.

: The instructions leave a couple of things out. First, the shoulders should be pushed backwards/upwards for vehicle mode. This lowers the wings down and aligns the front of the engines with the back. Second, the barrel of the cannon can be rotated 180 degrees (at a separate pivot from the one at its base) for robot mode, to better match how it looks in the cartoon, with the red stripes facing his arm. Considering how padded the instructions are to mask the relatively simple transformation (two whole steps just to move the rear landing gear), leaving all this out is quite a feat. Bad Hasbro.

: The TakaraTomy version of the toy, released in the fifth wave of the line (and the only item in said wave), adds a silver overspray to much of his gray plastic, changes his red paint to metallic red, and as per usual changes the faction symbol to the white-outlined full-color version. It also replaces the English voice clips with typically hammy Japanese ones by [[Norio Wakamoto]]: "I am Megatron" in Japanese and "Megatron, transform!" and "Fusion Cannon!" in English.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Leader Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:SBAniMegs..jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I defy the Unicron Trilogy. Defy it, I say!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Shadow Blade Megatron''' (Leader, 2008)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Missile, 2 rotor-swords
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: The only new item in the third wave of Hasbro Leader-class toys, "Shadow Blade Megatron" is a [[Black redeco|black]], grey and purple redeco of Megatron's Leader class mold with a slight remolding to the tail... that's NOT called [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Galvatron]]. YeabuhWHA? He is cast entirely in black plastic except for his translucent parts. His nose is not painted, so whenever his lights light up... his nose glows red.

: Many units of this figure have a slight molding problem that prevents him from moving his face when the Decepticon logo is pressed. However, as many units are also unaffected, this may have been an inconsistent problem or corrected by a running change.

: This toy was repurposed as [[Black Megatron]] in ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/SBMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Shadow Blade Megatron at TFU.info]''
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[[File:MarauderMegatron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Tonight, I dine on turtle soup!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Marauder Megatron''' (Leader, <s>2010</s>)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: Based on the Megatron design for the ultimately-canceled fourth season of the show, a new toy of "Marauder Megaton" made it to a gray-resin sculpt before also being canceled.

: Now a [[Triple Changer]], he transforms into both a Cybertronian jet and a Cybertroian tank, armed with a pair of spring-loaded missile launching "fusion cannons" in all three modes. His robot mode head has a muzzle-like plate over the mouth in a homage to ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] also based the design on [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#The Battlestars story pages and comic|Super and Ultra Megatron]] from ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Return of Convoy|Return of Convoy]]''. [http://www.formspring.me/DerrickJWyatt/q/878717866] ''14 years later'', this canceled design was homaged in the concept art [[Studio Series]] toy for [[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]] [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#SSConcept|Megatron]].

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====Activators====
{{anchor|Activator}}
[[File:TFA-Activators-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Transform and shrink down!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Activators, 2008)}}</ul>
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fourth wave of [[Activators]], this version of Megatron is a very simplified, roughly-Basic-sized version of his Earth mode. His spring-loaded transformation from vehicle to robot mode is activated by a single switch on the back of his copter mode. A simplified transformation means most of his Helicopter kibble hungs on his back. Despite having a cannon on the bottom of his vehicle mode, he does not possess one on either arm in robot mode, and the robot mode art in the instructions still depict him possessing a detachable fusion cannon accessory.

: Unlike most Hasbro ''Animated'' Activators, Megatron features a sculpted insignia painted purple, rather than the standard gold/black.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/ActMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Activators Megatron at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Animated Super Collection Vol. 1''' (Multi-pack, 2010)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[October 2]], 2010

: Released in the ninth wave of the TakaraTomy line, the "Animated Super Collection Vol. 1" giftset contains (some) (very) slight redecos of Activators Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)#Activators|Optimus Prime]], [[Lockdown (Animated)#Activators|Lockdown]] and [[Ratchet (Animated)#Activators|Ratchet]].

: While the overwhelming majority of Takara ''Animated'' toys have altered faction symbols, Megatron is actually unchanged from the Hasbro release, which had a purple symbol already.
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===''Mini EZ Collection''===
[[File:TFA-Mini-EZ-Colle-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"WHAT HAPPENED TO 2 AND 3!?" "I don't want to know, because a Con only needs to remember number 1 to live."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (Mini EZ Collection, <s>2010?</s>)}}</ul>

: Intended to be released as part of TakaraTomy's new ''Mini EZ Collection'' line, Megatron is an all new, 2-inch mold that converts from robot into a futuristic helicopter, although the simplified transformation makes him looks like he's lying down.

: The figures were set for a November 2010 release, but were quietly canceled.

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====Fast Food toys====
{{anchor|McDonalds}}
[[File:McdonaldsAnimatedMegatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|right|Nope, it's still just a robot lying down.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (McDonald's Happy Meal Toys, 2008)}}</ul>
:*''McNumber'': '''2'''

: Part of the [[McDonald's]] ''Transformers Animated'' Happy Meal promotion, this is a very simple representation of Megatron in his Earth form. The robot mode seems to have taken priority in the design process, since the vehicle mode looks like his robot mode lying down. Megatron does not come with his signature arm cannon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/McMegatron/megatron.htm More information on McDonald's Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TFA McD Megatron Jumpstarter.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Look on the bright side: at least he has his arm cannon this time.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Megatron''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toys, 2008) }}</ul>

: This is very simplistic version of Megatron converts from non-articulated robot mode to a "folded" robot with three wheels (which is a very non-show-accurate alt-mode). Like the [[Jumpstarter]]s toys, he features a pull-back motor in vehicle mode that propels him forward on smooth surfaces; after a short run the latch that keeps his spring-loaded legs releases, causing him to flip forward and into upright robot mode.

: Like the rest of his assortment, this Megatron was only available in Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela.
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==Merchandise==
[[File:TFA Battle Blaster Megatron .jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Admit it, you're disappointed you can't pretend to blast Autobots with this.]]
*'''Megatron Battle Blaster''' (2009)

: This [[roleplay toys|roleplay toy]] would have been able to transform from helicopter mode by wrapping around the user's hand to become a vague version of Megatron's fist topped with a truncated version of his fusion cannon. Humorously, the actual fusion cannon from vehicle mode points backwards when in fist mode, pointing at the wearer. Due to it being unreleased it's unknown what, if any, voice lines or other sound effect it may have had. The Battle Blaster initially had stock photos sent out in [[February]] of [[2008]] by Hasbro<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2008/02/26/official-images-of-animated-leader-class-bulkhead-and-megatron-arm-blaster-164313</ref> and later appeared on the website of the store Boscov in [[January]] of [[2009]] <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20090107043903/https://www.boscovs.com/StoreFrontWeb/Product.bos?quantity=1&itemNumber=31374&type=Product</ref> before ultimately going unreleased.

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===Transformers Cards===
* '''Megatron''' (2010?)
** ''Card number'': '''D-001'''
: Part of the ''[[Transformers Cards]]'' series used in the ''[[Transformers Animated: The Chase]]'' and ''[[Transformers Animated: The Shooting]]'' arcade card-reading games by [[Sega]].

:* ''Promotion number'': '''P-010''', '''P-010a''', '''P-031'''
: Also part of the Transformers Cards series in the Sega arcade games, except the art is mostly character art in motion.

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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Animated Megatron and Wingblade OP.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Megatron Set''' ([[February]], [[2024]])
**''ID number:'' '''77 & 78'''

:Released as part of the eleventh wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#78|Translation of ''Animated'' Megatron's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
[[File:AnimatedMegatronMovieHat.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|They moonlight as lawn darts.]]
[[File:AnimatedMegatronAltmode.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"''That's'' a ship?!" "Who cares, as long as it flies."]]
[[File:AniMegsKatana.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Where is my [[fusion cannon]]?! All Megatrons should have them! ALL OF THEM, I TELL YOU!!!]]

* Megatron's pre-Earth head has a rather pointed resemblance to the somewhat early head of 2007 movie's [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], which went unused in the actual movie but appeared on loads of promotional materials and merchandise. Also in common with Movie Megatron, ''Animated'' Megatron lay inert for many years while his technology was [[Sector Seven|reverse-engineered by humans]].
* Megatron's cannon makes the same sound as his [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Generation 1 counterpart]]'s weapon, except with additional effects mixed in to make it actually sound like a laser cannon and not a blender.
* Megatron's outer space alternate mode, shown for all of 20 seconds, has ''two'' toy molds devoted to it. Though these "Cybertron mode" toys resemble each other, neither looks anything like the alt mode of the pre-Earth Megatron seen on the show.
* Megatron is the only one of the original five Decepticons in ''Animated'' actually to have a Cybertronian vehicle mode design. Although the others have different robot mode kibble before they scan their Earth modes, none of them had an alt-mode created. Having a toy helps (this is in contrast to the Autobots, who all had Cybertronian-modes designed for them from the start, even if we didn't see them in the first episode).
* Sumdac found Megatron's head intact in its original Cybertronian mode. The head housed in his lab, however, is essentially a damaged version of his Earth-mode head. Presumably, this change is the result of Sumdac's destructive tinkering and research over the fifty years Megatron was in stasis lock.
* According to ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The Allspark Almanac]]'', Megatron's Earth mode cockpit seats five.
* When he was a disembodied head, Megatron had a pupil in his right eye, similar to the Autobots. Once he regained his body, this never appeared again.
* An early image of Megatron's Earth body had slight differences from the finished product, most notably the lack of a fusion cannon and the presence of a katana instead of his twin swords. This image originally appeared as part of an Amazon.com listing for [[Transformers Animated Volume 2|volume 2]] of [[IDW Publishing]]'s screenshot-based ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW)|Transformers Animated]]'' adaption series.
* In the initial planning phases of the never-greenlit [[Transformers Animated season 4|fourth season]], Megatron would have broken out of prison on Cybertron and become a [[Triple Changer]], as detailed in the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The Allspark Almanac II]]''. This upgrade would have been courtesy of Blackarachnia and rendered him "unstable" for a time.
*In the Transformers Animated profile shorts, Megatron is introduced to the audience by Optimus in "[[Meet Megatron]]."

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

==References==
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[[Category:Animated Decepticons]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Emperors of Destruction]]
[[Category:Engineers]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]

Scowl (G1)

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{{disambig3|Scowl}}
:''Scowl is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Scowl-mtmte.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|I'm terrifying! No, really!!]]
There are many words that can be used to describe a Decepticon warrior, but {{w|Chibi (Japanese term)|"chibi"}} should NEVER, EVER be one. Imagine the horror of the terrible and mighty '''Scowl''' when he learned that not only didn't his fat, [[super deformed]] little werewolf alternate form scare anyone, but that it was considered actively "CUTE". ''shudder!'' [[Bristleback]] may hate his [[Pretender]] shell, but Scowl's was his salvation. Now suitably monstrous on the outside, he uses his powerful sonic screams and super-sensitive hearing to prove his bark is just as bad as his bite. His fellow Decepticons wish he'd take the shell off now and again, as it amplifies his already loud voice to an uncomfortable volume.

He can combine with his fellow [[Pretender Monster]]s to form [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Scowl-rhythmsofdarkness1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He's like a walking pile of teeth.]]
In [[Primax 490.0 Gamma|an alternate future]] where the Decepticons had conquered much of Earth, Scowl and his fellow Pretender Monsters were led by [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] to the remains of [[New York City]] in an attempt to root out the last remaining vestiges of Autobot and human resistance. All they managed to find, however, was a human-made booby trap that buried [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]] under tons of debris.

Not long later, he and the others rejoined the Decepticons to defend the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against an Autobot attack. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====''Transformers '84''====
In the early days of the [[Great War (G1)|war]] on Cybertron, Scowl was part of [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s forces assaulting an Autobot fort in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[Border Regions]]. When Autobots led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] arrived to defend the fort, Straxus ordered his troops to seize as many prisoners as they could and retreat. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Scowl-blackhorizon-cover.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|These people, they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good... they wake up the next day and their mouth's on fire.]]
Scowl was among a group of Decepticons who made a deal with [[Cobra-La]], receiving power-enhancing organic shells in exchange for defending Cobra-La's underground kingdom. During Cobra-La's scheme to summon [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] to Earth, the Pretender Monsters were sent to attack a trio of Autobots aboard the submerged [[Arc II]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}} Later, they combined into Monstructor to defend Cobra-La's kingdom against surface attack by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], but were defeated by the [[Laser Squad]]. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 2 of 2}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]''}}
[[File:Spotlight Optimus Prime Monstructor Six.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
Millions of years ago, Scowl and five others volunteered for [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] to merge them into the first combiner, becoming known as the "Monstructor Six". Created under the direction of [[Nova Prime]], they were intended to be the ultimate fusion of mind and body, a vast amount of intellect combined with unparalleled strength. Unfortunately, they were driven into insanity by the merging process and became monsters. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} After Nova Prime departed Cybertron aboard the ''Ark'', [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] locked them in a dimensionally-displaced prison to live out the rest of their horrid existence. Eventually, they escaped and tracked down and attacked Omega Supreme, but were defeated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and split apart into their individual bodies. Despite Omega Supreme's protestations about the dangers of gestalt technology falling into Decepticon hands, Prime had them taken into custody in an attempt to repair their shattered minds. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

Scowl and his comrades were incarcerated at the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary where [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] attempted to carry out Optimus Prime's orders despite [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]]'s misgivings about the whole endeavour. Thanks to a tipoff from the double-agent [[Doubledealer|Dealer]], [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzai-Tron's]] [[Decepticon Secret Service]] attacked the facility and absconded with the monsters. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} However, the Decepticons were later attacked in turn by the minions of Jhiaxus and Nova Prime (now Nemesis Prime), who took the gestalt Transformers for the purpose of making Monstructor a guardian of a [[Nega-Core]], a device crucial to Nemesis Prime's grand plans. The Autobot [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] and the Decepticon survivors struck a deal to capture Monstructor. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} They engaged Monstructor on [[Rotan]], but Arcee left mid-battle to confront Jhiaxus. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Falling back into the hands of the Decepticons, Scowl and the others came under the command of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. While hunting down [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]], they were confronted by [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]]'s elite Autobot team, and combined into Monstructor to do battle with them. After Monstructor was downed by a precise shot from [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]], his components fled the scene with Bludgeon. {{storylink|Lost & Found}}

[[File:Syndromica 1 Monstructor Six.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Bludgeon later patched up Monstructor's weak spot and, after learning of Jhiaxus's capture, traveled to [[Arduria]] where he used Monstructor to distract the Autobots while personally freeing Jhiaxus. The plan worked and they retreated in their separate components to continue Jhiaxus's mission of finding [[Regenesis]] missiles for [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}} Ending up on [[Gorlam Prime]] in search of a dormant [[Titan (group)|Titan]], Scowl and the others lured the Autobots out by attacking [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], then formed Monstructor to force Orion Pax's hand so that he'd reawaken the Titan. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} The Monstructor Six then followed their masters to Cybertron as they reunited with Shockwave to enact his master plan. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} The plan ultimately failed and Monstructor was defeated by [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]] and the ''[[Lost Light]]'', but the Monstructor Six evaded captivity and remained at large. {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}}

Years later, the Monstructor Six resurfaced as Bludgeon's minions once more, joining their master during [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron. Though they were able to combine and overpower [[Victorion]] during the battle in Cybertron's upper atmosphere, {{storylink|Our Finest}} when the battle moved to [[Earth]], Monstructor was tag-teamed and destroyed by Victorion and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], killing Scowl and the other members of the team. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Scowl was presumably present as part of Monstructor when the combiner became one of [[Violengiguar|Bio Ranger Iga]]'s [[Thirteen Great Demon Generals]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/27}}

===Precursor World===
Scowl was among [[Purple Wicked Convoy]]'s collection of monsters. When [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron Omega]] and the [[Blue Order]]'s [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] twins came to the [[Purple Planet]] in an attempt to take the power of the [[Purple Matrix]], the monsters attacked them before their master decided to ally with the three instead. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

==Commercial appearances==
Scowl, [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]], and [[Wildfly]] were granted Pretender shells by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. After the process was complete, the three newly empowered Decepticons leaped forwards, ready to charge into battle. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretender Monsters|Pretender Monsters commercial}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Scowl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He'll eat you with his pink nuclear mouth.]]
*'''Scowl''' (Pretender Monster, [[1989]])
**''Team ID number:'' '''PM4'''
**''Accessories:'' dual-[[sonic disrupter gun]], shell, shell back plate, Monstructor foot
:Released in the penultimate year of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original ''The Transformers'' toyline]], [[Pretender Monster]] Scowl is a [[Micromaster]]-sized robot that transforms into a bipedal kinda-werewolf-ish monster-thing. He can also form either leg of the team's combined mode [[Monstructor (G1)#Toys|Monstructor]], though his nominal placement is as the left leg.

:He comes with a rubbery Pretender shell of an upright, hunchbacked rocklike monster with a HUGE fanged mouth. The shell's solid-plastic back panel can also hold his pistol and the included Monstructor footplate. This shell, like all the Pretender Monster shells, has a nasty tendency to "sweat" an oily residue over time, plus it is possible for them to develop spotty miscoloration. While some water and a little bit of hand-soap should take care of the slime, there's not much to be done about the spots should they appear.

:Scowl's inner robot monster mode head is very fragile and is pretty easy to snap off its hinge when trying to transform between modes.

:The inner robot mold and combiner [[kibble]] were also used to make [[Doryu (G1)#Toys|Doryu]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Scowl/scowl.htm More information on Scowl at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Boxus''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Morcos''' ("Grouchy")
*''Italian:'' '''Raptor'''

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Killer Fish

2024-04-04T17:50:32Z

LilMissImpossible:

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{{disambig2|the villainous Beastformer|the heroic ancient Beastformer|Crystal Killer Fish}}
:''Killer Fish is a [[Beastformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:KillerFish-card.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Killer Fish are attacking!!!]]

Few Beastformers can claim a more sordid past than '''Killer Fish''' (キラーフィッシュ ''Kirā Fisshu''). Even well before [[Alligatron]]'s rebellion, Killer Fish was the greatest crime boss of [[Beast (planet)|planet Beast]], a ruthless, utterly cold-blooded being who held incredible power and kept millions living in fear. It's small wonder he joined with Alligatron in an attempted takeover of the planet.

Those days are behind him, though. With the end of the Great War, he returned to his homeland of [[South Snarl|Lennonia]], and like the reborn Alligatron, vowed to change for the better. The pair rule Lennonia with Killer Fish serving as subordinate Emperor to King Alligatron, and are dedicated to leading the country in peace. The burning drive and strong personality that led him to his life of crime are now channeled into acts of kindness and building up his people. Not that Killer Fish denies his past; in fact, he's written a memoir of his crime boss days that has become a bestseller. He also has an old scar that hurts to this day, from a wound inflicted in a battle with [[Big Serow]], serving as an endless reminder.

But while he may no longer rule a crime empire, his skills as a brutal combatant have not diminished in any way. He has few equals in underwater mobility, boasting the speed and stamina to cover 9800 meters of ocean in a few hours, especially with his [[MVP Weapon]] the Killer Anchor, which can create incredibly powerful whirlpools and water funnels he can use to both propel himself great distances and attack with enough force to sink ships. His internal sonar helps him track ally and enemy alike, and in close combat he can always rely on his razor-sharp teeth to take a chunk out of his foes. And he is more than ready to bring his terrible might to bear in defense of his country.

His relationship with the the ancient being known as [[Crystal Killer Fish]] is unknown.

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==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
[[Image:Killerfish.jpg|right|142px|thumb|[[Bill Mumy]] once took me out to see a movie. Didn't have to pay to get me in.]]

The Killer Fish were a species of [[Beastformer]], part of [[Alligatron]]'s cadre of Beasts that allied with the [[Decepticon]]s. When a rebel force led by [[Big Serow]] tried to take the Decepticon stronghold, the Killer Fish were among those fighting back, helping force the rebels into retreat with their firepower.

The Killer Fish guarded the Decepticon stronghold in the nearby waters, and those Killer Fish leapt out to cut off [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]'s escape from the other evil Beastformers. {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}}

====''The Headmasters'' comic====
Hordes of Killer Fish, backed by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]], enforced the will of Alligatron. But with the interference of the [[Autobot]]s, the Killer Fish were driven back. {{storylink|The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

====''Beastformers'' comic====
Following the end of the Beastformers' civil war, Killer Fish stood in defense of [[Bistoram]] when the [[Laser Beast]]s invaded the surface. {{storylink|Beastformers VS Laser Beasts}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Killer Fish fought alongside Alligatron and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in the Decepticons' first invasion of Beast in [[2011]]. {{storylink|LG51 Doublecross Prologue}}

Killer Fish took part in the final battle between the Beastformers and the [[Laser Beast]]s on Beast in [[2023]]. He blocked a shot from [[Brainmouse]] with his Killer Anchor. {{Storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 1}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
Killer Fish was part of the front-line assault against [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Air Warrior]]s when the Decepticons arrived on Planet Beest to retrieve the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Welcome to the Jungle}}

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==Toys==
===Transformers: Beastformers===
[[File:BF-toy KillerFish.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|The one that got away... ''with murder!'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Killer Fish''' (Beastformer, 1987)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''5'''
:*''Pack'': '''A, D, E'''
:*''Accessories'': Anchor weapon

: Part of the first series of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]'' toys, Killer Fish is an anthropomorphic fish with pink-maroon robotic armor. The [[rubsign|Battle Emblem]] on his chest reveals one of three symbols; Fire, Water or Wood.

: He ''usually'' comes with a silver anchor-weapon marked with the same ID number as on his back. However, ''Beastformers'' is notorious for toys coming with someone else's weapon; it's unclear if this was just poor QC or intentional.

: The [[Hasbro]] ''Battle Beasts'' release of the figure can vary in the tone of the pink paint used on its armor, with some samples being a more desaturated and matte olive; it's uncertain if the Takara version has similar (minor) paint variation.

: He was re-released in the second and third series; while the toy proper was not changed, the packaging and packed-in bio card was. The Series 1 release comes in a generic purple-grid "Destron Beastformer" box, with a purple-grid bio card with a painted character image on the front, though there was a random chance of his card being replaced by the rare "[[Holography Mirror]]" card. Series 2 came in a green-grid generic "Destron Beastformer" box, with the bio card putting the painted image on a jungle backdrop, though as part of the "Pack D" case there was a chance of his card being replaced with the rare "[[Bewitching Serpent Seal]]" card. Series 3 had no real changes to the box or bio card, but this time the card could be replaced with the rare "VS Holography Mirror" card.

: This mold was also used to make [[Crystal Killer Fish#Toys|Crystal Killer Fish]].
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===Beastformers===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Killer Fish''' (Beastformer, 1988)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''5'''
:*''Accessories'': "Killer Anchor" MVP Weapon

: Re-released in the ''Transformers''-less ''Beastformers'' sequel series, Killer Fish was given a straight re-release with new packaging and a new, more filled-out bio card with corrected coloring. This new card also gave his weapon, now branded an "[[MVP Weapon]]", the name "Killer Anchor" (キラーアンカー ''Kirā Ankā''). Speaking of the weapon, there is also a chance he could come with the weapon from one of the other Beastformers in his shipping case; matching the Beasts with their same-numbered weapons was part of the "role-playing game" attached to the line, encouraging kids to buy more of the toys.

:He was sold in the second assortment of individually-packed Beastformers, with a peg-hole in the top flap, and a sticker on the bottom with his name and role on it. This series did not have any kind of "rare card" random pack-in promotion. There have also been samples of Killer Fish (and several others) found on small generic bubble-cards, but it is uncertain if these were ever officially released at retail.

: Late in the run, the "mood ring" styled rubsigns were replaced with new rubsigns that revealed full-color Fire/Wood/Water images on black backdrops. (These rubsign variants also happened at the same time in the Hasbro ''Battle Beast'' version of the line.)

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[[File:BF-toy KillerFish white.jpg|upright=1|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Killer Fish''' (Gashapon Beastformer, 1987)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''5'''
:*''Accessories'': Weapon

: Many of the first-series Beastformers were also sold in [[gacha|gashapon]] capsule machines, Killer Fish included. This version is identical to the regularly-released boxed version, including the randomized rubsign, except the gashapons appear to have randomized weapons (or just crummy quality control).

: There is also a rare all-white/cream version of Killer Fish; these rare versions can vary in how white they actually are, and it's uncertain if that's how they started or if some have simply [[photodegradation|yellowed]] with age. These white versions tend to be ''very'' expensive on the secondary market.
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==Merchandise==
===Candy toys===
{{anchor|Meiji}}
*'''Killer Fish''' (Gashapon/candy-toy Beastformer, 1988)
**''ID number'': '''13'''
**''Accessories'': "Platinum Sword" MVP Weapon

: A 1-inch-tall, super-deformed, articulation-free version of White Leo that could come in red, blue or green plastic, representing the Fire, Water and Wood elements (even though he still had a rubsign). All of the SD Beastformers come with a ''different'' Beastformer's weapon attached to their left shoulder by a snippable sprue: Killer Fish came with [[Platinum Tiger#Meiji|Platinum Tiger's]] "Platinum Sword", while Killer Fish's "Killer Anchor" came with [[Giader#Meiji|Giader]].

: This toy was sold in three different ways. First it was available as a [[gacha|gashapon]] capsule prize by Takara. Then it was sold as a [[candy toy]] from Takara, randomly-packed in a box of three with a packet of ramune-flavored candy tablets. Then ''again'' as a candy toy, this time through candy/snack company [[Meiji]], in randomized packs of two{{fact}} with a packet of "chocoballs" (chocolate covered malted milk balls). The Meiji release also has much more elaborate packaging, with newly-painted box art (which sometimes shows characters not made in this assortment), and the ''entire'' interior of the box printed with game rules, character bios, chunks of lore, etc.

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* '''Ramune Beastformers Battle Card''' (1988)
**''ID number'': '''13'''

: A gold-foil "Battle Card" of Killer Fish, featuring the painted character art from his original ''Transformers: Beastformers'' bio card, was available in randomly-packed sets of cards that came with ramune-flavored candy tablets. The back of the card features a severely truncated bio, with data for the game from the Meiji chocoball SD figures' packaging.

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==Notes==
* His 1988 "RPG" bio gives him the nickname "Killer" (キラー ''Kirā''), and notes he was born in the Wow River (ワウ川 ''Wau gawa'').
**His pack-in bio card actually says he was born in "ワウル", ''Wauru'', which is very likely a typo for "ワウ川", given Alligatron's card says he was born in "バウ川", the Bow River (''Bau gawa''). His ''[[Hero Special 4: Beastformers]]'' mook bio uses "ワウ川".
* In the ''Battle Beasts'' toy commercial (animated by [[Toei Animation|Toei]]), Killer Carp is voiced by [[Michael Bell]] and said words to the effect of, "WWWWWATER! Water puts OUT fire!".

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Killer Carp'''

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Cerebros (G1)

2024-04-04T17:39:19Z

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{{disambig3|Cerebros}}
:''Cerebros is an [[Autobot]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:G1Cerebros MTMTE.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Must I always strike poses wielding weapons? Can I have no peace?! And can I have my legs transformed correctly?!]]

'''Cerebros''' is the robot that transforms into [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s head, and is itself [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]].

{{note|Whether Cerebros is a sentient robot or just a mid-sized mecha suit for Spike depends on the continuity. See below for elaboration.}}

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==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{note|Cerebros made cameo appearances in the ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries as an individual Autobot. However, that series contains many art errors, so the significance of those appearances is questionable.}}

[[File:CerebrosG1-TrialByFire.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|He probably wouldn't get along well with his cartoon counterpart...]]

After [[Galen]] chose to flee [[Nebulos]] along with the rest of the Autobots under Fortress Maximus's command, the former pacifist had resigned himself to a life of war. He decided that all resources must be put into winning that war, so during the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s journey to Earth, he ordered Fortress Maximus's body be doubled in size for greater power in combat. Now, Fortress Maximus's larger head transformed into the Autobot Cerebros, while Galen transformed into the head of Cerebros. (Cerebros was a robot entirely under the control of Galen.) {{storylink|The Transformers Universe|Fortress Maximus's ''Universe'' entry}}

Once the Autobots arrived on Earth, they encountered the Decepticons under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok's command]]. The Decepticons remarked that Fortress Maximus seemed larger than usual, but no matter—Scorponok kidnapped a young [[human]] named [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and retreated deep into the caverns of [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] that housed the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. The caverns were too small for the larger Fortress Maximus to navigate, so he sent the smaller Cerebros in his stead. When the battle moved to a narrow rock bridge, Cerebros threw his own head into battle. Unfortunately, his head, Galen, perished protecting the human. Subsequently, Spike Witwicky assumed Galen's role as Cerebros's head (and through him Fortress Maximus's), hoping to aid the Autobots in finding his younger brother, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]]. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

[[File:CerebrosG1-everyCerebrosappearanceever.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Cerebros doesn't get to do much beyond the same expository panels over and over and over.]]

After Spike had been surgically altered for the Headmaster process, Spike accidentally revealed his changes to his father [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. He showed his father how he could transform into Cerebros's head and then into Fortress Maximus's head, and with the Autobot [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s at his side, he pledged to his father to find his brother Buster.

Buster had been spotted on [[Club Con|a tropical island]], but [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] refused to let Spike participate for fear of his emotional attachments gumming up their rescue mission. So, Spike, binary-bonded to Cerebros, stood outside the perimeter of the battle. But when the mission failed and the island transformed into a space-faring vessel, launching into space, Spike took matters into his own hands. He and Cerebros recombined with Fortress Maximus and grabbed onto the spaceship as it entered orbit. In space, Fortress Maximus's body was dealt a serious blow from the spaceship through the chest, forcing Cerebros to disengage. This led to Decepticon leader [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] himself confronting Cerebros in combat, and the Autobot was deactivated in one blast. Spike, disconnecting from Cerebros, was eventually able to defeat Shockwave himself. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

After Fortress Maximus was repaired, their group of Autobots met the other group of Earthbound Autobots led by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. When their two groups met, Grimlock belittled Earth's humans, and Spike showed Grimlock how a "worthless human" led his contingent of Autobots by transforming from Fortress Maximus to Cerebros to his own binary-bonded self. Grimlock laughed and challenged Fortress Maximus to a duel for Autobot leadership supremacy, but the recent damage to Fortress Maximus and Cerebros at the hands of Shockwave worried Spike. Fortunately, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] was called on to fight in place of Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[File:CerebrosG1-ManinMachine.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Later, though, they were a lot more efficient about it.]]

Later, Buster was found in the Arctic due to a distress signal. Cerebros was once again seen when Spike transformed from Fortress Maximus's head to Cerebros and again to Spike's binary-bonded suit to show Buster that he was his brother. {{storylink|Dark Star}} Once Buster was retrieved and home safe, Spike saw no reason to continue his campaign with the Autobots, and so he tried to return to his previous life. Unfortunately, Decepticons came looking for him, and Spike had to telepathically call on the power of Fortress Maximus's body from space. Cerebros was very (very) briefly seen as Spike transformed into Fortress Maximus's head. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}}

Cerebros was seen one last time, again merely as an intermediate transitional mode, when Spike was once again called back into action, this time against the increasingly deranged [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Spike transformed directly into Fortress Maximus's head, bypassing Cerebros. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}

====''Classics''====
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[[File:Invasion-FortMax.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

In [[2012]], Cerebros was stationed in [[South America]] along with Spike inside Fortress Maximus. His body was present behind Spike one day when [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] reported from the [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] base in [[Oregon]] about a foiled attack by [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron]] and his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] from [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|another dimension]], a rift of space-time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Cerebros, merged with Spike, gathered civilians inside Fortress Maximus for safety. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
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===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jered Barclay]] (English), [[Ken Narita]] (Japanese)|[[Francis Lax]] (European French)}}

[[File:CerebrosRebirth1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"I hate guns! I hate them so much!"]]
On Cybertron in 2007, Cerebros observed a race between [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], the latter of whom was assisted by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], an experiment by [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] to show the advantages of a unity between the humans and Autobots. Cerebros would express concern regarding [[human]]ity's growing involvement in the Transformers' conflict. The debate was cut short, however, when the Decepticons attacked Cybertron, with the intent of unleashing the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]] on the Autobots. During the conflict, Cerebros, eleven other Autobots, Spike and Daniel took a ship to the chamber in pursuit of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], who unwittingly unleashed the power of the Chamber. As Scourge was overloaded by the chamber's power, Cerebros took back the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]] and returned to the ship. A bolt of energy hit the ship and sent them flying across the galaxy to the planet [[Nebulos]]. Cerebros and the other Autobots wandered around the planet looking for a way off, but were captured and almost destroyed by Nebulon rebels who mistook them for [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] machines. When the Decepticons attacked, the Nebulon leader [[Gort]] freed them and they counterattacked. Unfortunately, this resulted in six Autobot's being captured, and Daniel getting injured. Brainstorm's idea of merging humans, or in this case Nebulons, with Autobots came up as a solution, and five of the six remaining Autobots agreed to become [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Cerebros refused to undergo the process, reiterating his belief that human(oid)s shouldn't endanger themselves by fighting alongside Autobots. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} As the new Headmaster Autobots attacked the Decepticons and rescued the other Autobots, Cerebros wandered off exploring the planet, but came across a Hive city and was attacked by them. He barely escaped with his life and managed to make it back to the cave, wounded. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

[[File:Rebirth3-Cerebrosgun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|*cry*]]
When he awakened, he found out things had gotten worse. The Decepticons now had [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (controlled by [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]]) as well as Headmasters of their own, with the addition of [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s. At Spike's insistence, he and Cerebros remained behind on Nebulos as the other Autobots departed to stop Scorponok. The two made their way back to the city where they were chased by Hive machines, but Spike was able to gain control of them. The two used the machines to create [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Cerebros finally underwent the Headmaster process, with Spike as his partner, and was further modified to become the head of Fortress Maximus itself.

When the city was completed, the duo left for Cybertron to repel the Decepticon invasion. Though Cerebros was less than thrilled with the idea of fighting again, Spike assured Cerebros that it would be the last time. Maximus was transformed into battle mode and engaged the Decepticons, but Scorponok quickly followed suit. Soon the two city-bots revealed their secrets and transformed into two gigantic robots, engaging in combat. Scorponok was about to deliver the final blow, but Spike managed to distract Zarak, allowing Maximus to force him back into city mode. Cerebros then detached and infiltrated Scorponok to retrieve a captured Daniel and Arcee. Soon after, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] unleashed the Chamber and took out every Autobot, including Cerebros and the Decepticons themselves. However, Spike and the Nebulon rebels were able to save Cybertron and restore it to its Golden Age. Cerebros was reawakened by Spike (who was unable to see the planet in his alt mode) and both were congratulated by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Cerebros questioned the Decepticons' fates, with Prime stating that they may always be around but had a more important task. Cerebros, Optimus, the other Headmasters and Targetmasters took Maximus back to Nebulos were they all vowed to stop the Hive's machines. Optimus promised that when the machines were gone, Cerebros would live there in peace as the planet's guardian. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Cerebros_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|upright=0.4|left|thumb]]
Among with other Autobots, Cerebros was facing against the [[Alligaticon]] to get [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]]'s body/parts back. {{storylink|Negligence Is the Greatest Enemy! Optimus Became a Monster!?}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:EverybodyHatesMetroplex-Cerebros.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Cerebros was infiltrated and corrupted by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], causing Fortress Maximus to deteriorate into a mindless zombie-like state until the spider was defeated. He was then ripped off of Maximus's shoulders in battle with [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], only to transform in the dinosaur's mouth and hold its jaws open while his own head, Galen, detached and led several Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] hidden in Cerebros's body to infiltrate Trypticon. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Cerebros, [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] to [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], was turned into Fortress Maximus when [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]] threatened Nebulos, but the destructive power of the cityformer ultimately destroyed the entire planet's capacity to support life—an event remembered infamously as the "[[Scouring of Nebulos]]". {{storylink|Head Games}} {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} The existence of Maximus and weapons like him was a major reason why post-singularity [[human]]ity confined the Transformers and their war to a small region of space. A traumatized Cerebros was fully in favor of this.
{{storylink|Head Games}}

When the Decepticons unleashed MegaZarak on the colony world of [[Master (planet)|Rebirth]], Cerebros and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] deployed Fortress Maximus against their old foe. Their destructive battle ended with Rebirth devastated and MegaZarak triumphant, forcing the Autobots into a retreat. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

At some point, presumably after Daniel's passing, Cerebros binary-bonded himself to [[Galen Witwicky]], the third and last in a line of Witwickys. {{storylink|Head Games}}

Cerebros contacted the humans when he learned of [[Eutychus Project|their plans to resurrect]] all pre-singularity humans and while they wouldn't hand that knowledge over, they did help him create the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] so his race could have a future. The [[Builder of Cybertron|self-styled "Builders"]] used them to have [[Games (competition)|brutal bloodsports]] but, to Cerebros, this was acceptable as it was a smaller and more formalized conflict than the Great War.

As energy became scarce, Fortress Maximus could no longer move and ground to a halt in robot mode in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]], where his frozen, towering form was repurposed as a prison by the Builders. Cerebros himself died at some point, but his consciousness remained active within Maximus through three [[Cyberdroid]]s: [[Grand Maximus|Gran]], [[Galen|Kord]], and [[Cerebros (RID)|Plasma]].

When [[Lio Convoy#Beast Wars: Uprising|Lio Convoy]]'s [[Grand Uprising|rebellion]] started, Cerebros saw it as a threat: if the [[Resistance]] won, Lio Convoy would take the Transformers back off Cybertron and potentially upset the vastly superior [[Human Confederacy]]. When rebels broke in to free prisoners, he launched psychic attacks to brainwash them into turning on each other. The ''third'' raid took [[Buzzclaw (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Buzzclaw]] as a patsy, hoping Cerebros would target him and thus, when they killed their comrade, the rebels would be able to kill Cerebros. It worked, ending the 'bot forever. {{storylink|Head Games}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Animals|''More than Meets the Eye'' #46]] (mentioned); [[Ten to Midnight|#56]] (on-panel)}}

[[File:Cerebros IDW.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb]]

Cerebros was a mental health specialist who used to work for the [[Institute]] in some capacity. He maintained that he wasn't one of the [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgeons]] responsible for the infamous [[shadowplay]] procedure. At one point, he worked for [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}}

In the present day, Cerebros was stationed on [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]]. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] suggested to Fortress Maximus that he could have a look at the mentally damaged [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]], but this didn't come to pass. {{storylink|Animals}} [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] struck a deal with Cerebros to send bottles of [[engex]] from Luna 1 to the ''[[Lost Light]]'' via [[unspace|subspace]]. {{storylink|Silent Light}}

After Fortress Maximus brought the [[Roboid]]s with him back to the moon, Cerebros turned his talents toward helping the mutilated Transformers, repairing their [[transformation cog]]s one by one while restoring their higher functions. It was a slow, laborious process, and months after their arrival Cerebros had only cured a fraction of the afflicted Transformers. Cerebros woke Red Alert from a nightmare, and the two of them visited the moon's [[space bridge]] chamber to bid farewell to [[Bolt (G1)|Bolt]], the most recently treated Roboid. Inspired by [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s recent encounter with [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]], Cerebros voiced a controversial idea: developing a brain implant that would remotely repair the brain damage the Roboids had suffered. Neither Red Alert or Fortress Maximus were on board with the idea—Red Alert brought up Cerebros's shady past with the Institute to make a point. The debate was cut short when [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] bridged through, Cerebros calmed down Maximus long enough for Prowl to reveal the reason for his visit: [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had returned to life and was intent on bridging to Luna 1; Prowl theorized that he was planning to find a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] to follow through with his original plan, which Cerebros dismissed as impossible.

The quartet traveled to the Titan graveyard, where they discovered that Sentinel had followed through on his plan, having hijacked a dormant Titan. Worse yet, Red Alert seemingly changed sides, shooting Prowl down. {{storylink|Ten to Midnight}} While Sentinel was busy explaining his evil plan to resurrect the dead Titans as zombies and use them to attack Cybertron, Cerebros used his implant on the unconscious Prowl, taking control of his body and distracting Sentinel long enough for them and Fortress to escape. Transforming their own Titan base into robot mode, they used the implant to have Fortress take direct control of it, allowing him to battle the undead Titans while Cerebros and Prowl confronted Sentinel Prime and Red Alert. After Sentinel was defeated, Cerebros's invention had proven its worth and he was allowed to use it to cure the remaining Roboids. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

[[File:Sardines RedAlertCerebrosTidyUp.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|right|Oh god, what am I doing??]]
Having traced a distress call from [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]], Cerebros accompanied Fortress Maximus and the others to [[Necroworld]]. There, they found the planet overrun by Decepticons that had [[Disappeared|long been thought dead]]. They fought their way through the 'Cons and reclaimed Necroworld, but only after most of the Autobots that had been present were dead. Cerebros then attempted to free [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] from the [[isolation chamber]] he had been trapped in, only to find that the [[Mini Vehicle|Mini-Bot]] was gone. {{storylink|Sardines}}

Having returned to Luna 1, Cerebros was washing their Titan-base's [[transformation cog|t-cogs]] when Prowl returned and announced he was staying there for a brief while. Fortress Maximus told Cerebros and the others he was grateful for their company now that most of the Roboids had departed after having been cured. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

After receiving a bizarre message from Rodimus, Fortress Maximus had Luna 1 enter the [[Warren]], through which Cerebros and the others stumbled into a battle against a giant [[Primus]] avatar controlled by the [[Functionist Council]]. After crashing Luna 1 into the back of the avatar's head and forcing it to assume planet mode, Cerebros and the others looked on from above as Rodimus' group managed to end the threat, which also had the side-effect of re-igniting Luna 1's dormant [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
The legendary Fortress Maximus, accompanied by Cerebros and Emissary, had slumbered underneath Cybertron until the battle for the [[Titan Master]]s roused him from his slumber. They awoke just in time to witness Soundwave's attack on Cybertron, frightening the Decepticon communications officer something fierce. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1Cerebrostoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This little gun couldn't hurt anyone! I'm cool with it.]]
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster Base, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-114'''
**''Accessories:'' Mini-Laser Rifle
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: An accessory to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Generation 1|Fortress Maximus]], Cerebros is a large Headmaster unit whose head is formed by the [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Generation 1|Spike]] toy. In turn, Cerebros transforms into the head of Fortress Maximus but does not actually need Spike to do so. Cerebros can also take the shape of a "communications room" when Maximus is in city mode.

: The Japanese release of the toy also included a sword accessory for Cerebros (a.k.a "Fortress").

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Grand Maximus#Super-God Masterforce|Grand]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' [[Emissary (RID)#Car Robots|Brave]], and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Zebres]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Cerebros/cerebros.htm More information on Cerebros at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
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[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Cerebros.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Oh god, you made me look like my "The Rebirth" pacifist self while also giving me a much larger weapon! Why would you DO this?!?!]]
*'''Emissary & Cerebros & Fortress Maximus''' (Titan Class, [[2016]]/[[2024]])
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:Only available with his partners (both large and small), Cerebros once again forms the head of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Titans Return|Fortress Maximus]] in the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' subline of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''. He retains the double Headmaster gimmick of the original by having a small robot, [[Emissary (TR)#Titans Return|Emissary]], form his head. Cerebros is based entirely on his [[Cerebros (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|US cartoon model]], complete with the chest details and mouthplate, and the black-and-silver coloration to match. ''Titans Return'' Cerebros has electronic lights and sounds, and stores the two AAA batteries in his chest which power the rest of Fortress Maximus's electronic features. While flipping Fortress Maximus's face cover, Cerebros activates a transformation sound, and then while in robot mode, pressing down on Cerebros's head, first a robotic "CEREBROS" is uttered, and thereafter a sci-fi-y laser noise. A red light on his chest flashes while sounds are played.

:Cerebros, as a part of Fortress Maximus's base mode, technically is a component of the [[Cybertron City (TR)|Cybertron City]] combination, as depicted on the box and instructions.

:Fortress Maximus was reissued in [[February]] [[2024]]. This mold, with the Emissary mold from the Convention Edition below, was also used to make ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Legends|Fortress]] and into ''Transformers & Downtown No Gaki No Tsukai Ya Arahende! Crossover'' [[Donarimasu]] and [[Guchirimasu]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRCerebros/cerebros.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Cerebros at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Titans-Return-SDCC-Cerebros.jpg|300px|thumb|Well now I don't even know WHO I am!]]
*'''Fortress Maximus Convention Edition''' (Titan Class, 2016)
:Available as an exclusive for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2016, the Cerebros included with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#SDCC2016|Fortress Maximus Convention Edition]] is a slight [[repaint]] of the above toy featuring additional paint details. He also has a different head, owing to this version of [[Emissary (TR)#SDCC2016|Emissary]] being retooled to resemble the appearance of Fortress in ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''.
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==Notes==
[[File:CerebrosCityMode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|So Fortress Maximus is a robot that turns into a base whose head is a robot who turns into a base. Inception Maximus.]]
*In "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", Cerebros is depicted as having an [[alternate mode]]. Curiously, it is in fact Fortress Maximus's city mode. Whether Spike based the larger Transformer's design on Cerebros, if it was a side effect of the binary bonding process, or [[Animation error|yet another mistake from the wonderful world of AKOM]] is unknown.
*Cerebros's [[character model]]'s head bears more resemblance to [[Cog (G1)|Cog]]'s, as opposed to the Cerebros toy's, which is functionally a smaller version of Fortress Maximus's head.
*As you'll probably figure from its absence on this page, Cerebros doesn't really "exist" in the Japanese ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' cartoon. There, as with all Headmasters, Fortress Maximus's head is not a separate character, but actually the same guy as Maximus himself, going by the diminutive name of "Fortress". To keep the characters distinct, in the way we normally do here at TFWiki, we've listed all of the exploits of "Fortress" on Fortress Maximus's page, and refer to him with that name, which was also used by [[Metrodome]] and [[Madman Entertainment]] on their DVD releases of the series. The reason we point this out is because the subtitles for the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release, which used naming conventions established by Hasbro,<ref>According to Shout!'s Brian Ward, "Hasbro provided each of the names" used in the subtitles. http://www.shoutfactory.com/?q=node/177838&page=46</ref> refer to the character as "Cerebros". That has made our position (which was in place for some years before Shout! Factory's DVD came out) seem a ''bit'' confusing, but it's the most straightforward way of distinguishing the characters.
*Like other cameo Kreons before him, Cerebros is made up from existing Kre-O parts, in this case the famously generic [[Hound (Kre-O)|Hound]] helmet.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cerebros''' (セレブロス ''Sereburosu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Cerebro'''
*''Russian:'' '''Celebros''' (Целеброс)

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
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Tasmania Kid (BW)

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:''Tasmania Kid is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BWIITasmaniaKidColorModel.jpg|right|upright=1.5|thumb|Where's Digeri Dingo and Wendell T. Wolf?]]

There's the young, there's the restless, and then there's '''Tasmania Kid''' (タスマニアキッド ''Tasumania Kiddo'', aka '''Tasmanian Kid'''), who has both of those qualities to spare. A fairly green recruit, Kid's enthusiasm to prove himself and bask in the spotlight is as unbridled as it is ''dangerously stupid''. Kid is desperate to see himself recognized and honored as one of the greatest Maximal warriors of all time, but he wants that recognition ''now'' and preferably without all that training, strategy and diplomacy stuff.

Mischievous, reckless, insubordinate and disrespectful, his fool-hardy search for a "big break" on the battlefield often lands him in hot water... both with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s ''and'' the Maximals. Despite his shortcomings, Kid's ambition and enthusiasm are seen by his superiors as qualities to be molded and directed rather than fully discouraged. And with each catastrophic mistake, he learns another valuable lesson about what it means to be a soldier.

Tasmania Kid's closest friend is the unmotivated slacker [[Diver (BW)|Diver]], whom he often leads astray into his hare-brained schemes. Kid also has a kindred spirit in [[Scissor Boy]], who shares in many of his youthful interests.

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

[[File:NewForces CybertronDiverKid.JPG|left|upright=1.3|thumb|"Once again, Apache's [[Myths#Drunk Apache|crippling alcoholism]] amuses us all."]]

Tasmania Kid, simply known as '''Kid''' at the time, was under the command of [[Lio Convoy]] (who similarly was just named "Convoy") on a Maximal Space Station. When Convoy went missing, Kid was unwilling to go on missions without him, instead spending his time losing at chess against [[Diver (BW)|Diver]]. Eventually [[Bighorn]] took charge of the team and they went to investigate a suspicious energy flare on the planet [[Gaia]]. Upon arrival, [[Yukikaze (BW)|their ship]] was shot down by [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]'s [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], so Kid took an escape pod down to the planet's surface.

Gaia's atmosphere proved hazardous to [[Transformer]]s, so Kid was forced to scan himself an [[beast mode]] in order to survive. He considered either a leopard or a bird, and soon settled on a nearby eagle. However, a Tasmanian devil jumped in his face as he activated his scanners, and Kid accidentally scanned its DNA and became Tasmania Kid. He wasn't very happy with this turn of events, since, well, Tasmanian devils just aren't ''cool''. Tasmania Kid soon met up with Diver, [[Scuba]], [[Apache]] and Bighorn, and together they investigated a mysterious black fog that had enshrouded the area.

The fog turned out to be emanating from the Predacons' spaceship, the ''[[Galvaburg II]]'', but before they could do anything about it, Tasmania Kid and the others were attacked and pinned down by the Predacons. They were rescued by the emergence of a large white lion, and heavily damaged the ''Galvaburg II'' before following the lion into the wilderness. {{storylink|The New Forces Arrive!}}

[[File:Tasmaniakid pee.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Cybertronians pee from their hands.]]

The Maximals were led back to their crashed spaceship, where they took up headquarters. The lion then revealed itself to be Lio Convoy, whose earlier disappearance was due to crashing on Gaia. Reunited with their leader, the Maximals prepared to stop the Predacons' plot to drain the planet of energy. They were quickly sent out to stop the [[Autoroller (BW)|Autoroller]]s from destroying a jungle, and Tasmania Kid contributed by extinguishing a fire by peeing on it. {{storylink|White Lion, Run!}}

While picking flowers in a meadow, Tasmania Kid was surprised to learn Bighorn was deeply enraged by the very sight of a red flower. Kid found it funny following Bighorn around the rest of the day as he tried to pick fight with various Predacons, only to be turned down each time because they weren't interested in fighting him. As funny as the day was, when the unsuspecting Diver thought to give Bighorn a nice red flower as a gift after he had calmed down, Tasmania Kid quickly tried to wave the flower away before it started another mess. {{storylink|Bighorn's Rage}}

On a routine patrol, Tasmania Kid located the Autorollers building a fortress base near a lake. Eager to take the glory for himself, Kid radioed the base and told the Maximals to expect great things from him in the future, but wouldn't elaborate. Getting an idea from his Tasmanian namesake, Kid dug a series of tunnels around the base and rigged them with explosive booby traps. When he was set, Tasmania Kid set off his traps, devastating the Autorollers' work.

His victory was short-lived, though, as an electrified cage sprung up around him. The lake base had been a trap set by Starscream to lure in unsuspecting Maximals. Tasmania Kid was held hostage to bring the other Maximals running to the real, underwater base. Kid "escaped" into the ventilation shafts, only to discover those were rigged with death traps as well, keeping him off-balance. Eventually, Diver, Scuba, and his Tasmanian devil friend entered the base and helped free Kid from the Predacons' traps. Tasmania Kid apologized for the trouble he had caused his fellow Maximals, and thanked the furry friend who helped lead the Maximals to his rescue. {{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 Tasmania Kid 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}}

Next, Tasmania Kid and the Maximals moved on to the Southern Continent to investigate a new string of energy readings. A mysterious signal from the ancient ruins prompted an investigation by Lio Convoy, and all the Maximals volunteered to go. Apache arranged for the team to draw straws but, after he won and left with Lio Convoy, Kid examined the straws and found Apache had cheated. Still, he cried real tears when the Maximals thought Apache had died in an explosion at the ruins, and cried even harder when he learned the old nag was still alive after all. {{storylink|Mystery of the Ancient Ruins}}

[[File:ApacheAnime1.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|My attempt to flatten your head works too well.]]

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. Kid and Lio Convoy were nearby when Bighorn and Apache were attacked by the Insectrons [[Bigmos]] and [[Tonbot]], who had been fed false information on the Maximals by Starscream. They tried to stop the fighting when they arrived, but Starscream and BB opened fire on both parties to avoid any peaceful dialogue. The Maximals warned the Insectrons of the incoming missiles, and threw their own bodies on top of their opponents' delicate insect modes for protection. Confused by the act of self-sacrifice, Bigmos and Tonbot departed without further conflict. {{storylink|The Insect Corps Arrive}}

Lio Convoy maintained that the Insectrons were potential allies, not enemies, and ordered the Maximals to try and make peaceful contact with them again. Tasmania Kid joined Bighorn and Diver on patrol, when Starscream and BB used missiles to lure them into a conflict with another nest of Insectrons. Once Bighorn heedlessly launched into the fray, Kid and Diver had no choice but to follow. Tasmania Kid fought against [[Scissor Boy]], the youngest of the Insectrons. Despite the supposedly serious combat, Boy and Kid remained good-natured during the back-and-forth, and Tasmania Kid jokingly tried to beat Scissor Boy with a rock because "Rock beats Scissors!" Once the matches between Bighorn and [[Powerhug (BW)|Powerhug]] and Diver and [[Drill Nuts]] stopped on their own, Tasmania Kid and Scissor Boy shrugged and stopped fighting as well. The Predacons interrupted the downtime, driving the Insectrons away, but the encounter only reinforced Lio Convoy's position that the Insectrons weren't all that bad after all. {{storylink|Friend or Foe? The Insect Robos}}

Hoping to mend fences, build bridges, and a third metaphor, Tasmania Kid brought a sack of oil into Insectron territory for a peaceful get-together. The ever-territorial [[Mantis]] had no interest in oil, but Scissor Boy stopped Mantis from flaying Kid alive by saying he was the weakest and least-threatening of the Predacons. Once he got over his indignation, Tasmania Kid realized the Insectrons called him a Predacon, too, and reviewed the false data Starscream gave the Insectrons. After explaining that HIS team were the Heroic Maximals and Starscream was an Evil Predacon, Scissor Boy and Mantis mentioned maybe the other Insectrons shouldn't have gone to a party Starscream was throwing them. Kid, Boy, and Mantis met up with the other Maximals and eventually managed to not only sober up the Insectrons drunk on Starscream's "special" oil, but also joined forces against the return of Galvatron. With that, the Maximals and Insectrons finally made peace. {{storylink|The Strongest Tag Team?}} Kid was surprised when the Insectrons refused to aid the Maximals in combat against the Autorollers. After Bigmos cleared up the debt to [[Autostinger]] that was tying his hands, Tasmania Kid witnessed the duel between the two. {{storylink|Autorollers Roll Out!}}

[[File:NewForces TasmaniaKid.JPG|upright=1.3|thumb|He puts the Taz in Taz-Mania.]]

One day, Tasmania Kid was hopping merrily through the forest, ready to bring a pretty bouquet of flowers to his good friends, the Insectrons. But his day was no longer a happy one when Scissor Boy charged him and knocked Kid down a cliff. It seemed poor Scissor Boy had gotten himself captured by the Autorollers, and needed Tasmania Kid to pretend to lose in combat to him, or else the Autorollers would blow them both up with missiles! Tasmania Kid reluctantly surrendered, although he balked when he heard Scissor Boy called him the weakest of the Maximals. Kid and Boy tried to lure the Autorollers into a trap in Maximal territory, but Scissor Boy's fellow Insectrons tried to rescue them before the trap was sprung, leaving all combatants at the feet of Megastorm and the ''Galvaburg II''. Fortunately, the Maximals and Insectrons rallied their forces and drove off Megastorm and the Autorollers. {{storylink|Danger! Scissor Boy}}

Tasmania Kid 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, Tasmania Kid and the Maximals teamed up with the Insectrons to foil their plans once again. {{storylink|Predacon General Offensive!}}

Bighorn, Diver, and Tasmania Kid located a crashed spaceship on Gaia's Eastern continent, and soon encountered the [[Jointron]] brothers and their combination form, [[Tripledacus]]. Maximals by name, the Jointrons nevertheless proved to be irresponsible and short-sighted, acting outside Lio Convoy's authority and without regard for their fellow Maximals. Tasmania Kid and the others were concerned the Jointrons would make favorable reports to Maximal HQ that highlighted their "accomplishments" to the detriment of the crew of the ''Yukikaze''. {{storylink|The Combined Giant, Tripledacus}} Bighorn and Kid snubbed the Jointrons on patrol to avoid getting caught up in their antics, only to return later and find the Jointrons had overtaken the Maximal base and then ''lost'' it to Predacon raiders, leaving Diver and Apache trapped inside. They helped Lio Convoy retake the base, but the Jointrons were unfazed by their actions, celebrating the minor victory of temporarily capturing Dirge and Thrust (only to lose them again). {{storylink|The Festive Jointrons}}

While the Maximals were searching for the latest Predacon fortress, Diver and Tasmania Kid were exploring with the Jointrons. When they spotted a black smoke cloud like those typically unleashed by the Predacons' dealings with Angolmois Energy, the flying Jointrons decided to send in a reconnaissance patrol...by dropping Kid and Diver into the cloud. The Maximals only found a smoke machine on the ground, signifying a Predacon trap. Indeed, Starscream and BB arrived and exposed them all to a bacteria bomb that robbed them of their power. The Jointrons' teamwork fell apart, as [[Gimlet]] was free of the bacteria and refused to combine with the others and risk exposure to the bacteria. Lio Convoy 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. Tasmania Kid and the Maximals followed them in the second ship, and Kid leapt aboard the Jointrons' ship only to find them fighting over the controls because they couldn't decide who was their leader. The Predacons were engaged in an operation to kidnap the Jointrons and study their combination transformation. While the other Maximals held back the Autorollers, Kid raced after [[BB]] to try and free the captive Jointrons. Fortunately, Scuba appeared to save the day, the Jointrons were rescued, 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 Kid 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 Tasmania Kid]]" 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, Tasmania Kid 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 that the Maximals had rigged before abandoning ship. {{storylink|The Space Pirate Seacons!}}

When [[Artemis]] and [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] got into a discussion over who was the strongest of the Cybertronians, they contacted the Maximals and Predacons for input. As the weakest of the Maximals, Diver and Tasmania Kid were compared to the Combatron officers Dirge and Thrust. Diver's...unorthodox soap bubble power and extendo-neck led Galvatron to declare victory for the Predacons in this particular match-up. It doesn't seem he was very impressed with Kid, either. {{storylink|Who Is the Strongest Warrior!?}}

One day, Tasmania Kid and Diver were bemused to discover Bighorn searching for a four-leafed clover to bring himself luck. Their amusement turned to exasperation when Bighorn fell wildly in love with the Space Pirate named [[Scylla]], concocting an elaborate fantasy where she was a space princess being held hostage by the other Pirates. Kid and Diver had to follow along behind to make sure Bighorn didn't inadvertently start a war with the Seacons while Convoy was still sorting out their allegiance (and remind the love-sick Bighorn that he couldn't swim when he repeatedly tried following Scylla into the water). {{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. Tasmania Kid was surprised to find a squid hanging upside-down from a tree at the site of his transmitter, but his amusement quickly fell away under the barrage of Scylla and her Scylasers. Scylla chased Kid back and forth like a [[Warner Bros.]] cartoon until they were interrupted by Megastorm's ineptitude. {{storylink|Megastorm's Reckoning}}

Kid was once again caught up in Bighorn's lovelorn folly when the buffalo received a love letter from Scylla, seemingly drawing him to a romantic interlude by the beach. In fact, Bighorn fell into a trap set by the Seacons, and Kid fell with him. They were set adrift on a stone raft when [[Sea Phantom]] cut them loose from shore, and had to be rescued by Scuba and Diver. Tasmania Kid tried to ride Diver's back to safety, but they were pursued by [[Terrormander]]. The amphibious Seacon could electrify Kid on Diver's back from the air, or fire aquatic missiles at them if they dove underwater, leaving kid hapless and helpless to defend himself. Eventually, Scuba pulled the entire team to shore on a small rocky island, but that only left them isolated for God Neptune to deliver the final strike. As luck would have it, the Insectrons soon arrived as reinforcements, and helped the Maximals drive off the Seacons. {{storylink|Showdown in the Sea}}

As Diver and Kid were on patrol with Bighorn, he suddenly got a call and suspiciously raced off with a bouquet of roses. Fearing something stupid and/or violent was about to happen, Diver and Kid tracked him down and found Bighorn intended to engage in some playacting with the Jointrons in order to win Scylla's affections, but the Predacons and other Seacons had gotten involved in the mess too. As the fiasco degenerated into a battle between Tripledacus and God Neptune, the Maximals provided cover for their combiner comrade. {{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 Tasmania Kid and the other Maximals heard about this technicality, they tried to race to the battleground, but were diverted by Dirge and Thrust. In the end, Lio Convoy survived and the Seacons departed the planet. {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWII)|The Final Battle}}

While surveying the unstable changes in Gaia's Angolmois Energy, Diver and Kid ran across a lion cub that they initially mistook for Lio Convoy himself. After a short encounter, they realized the youngster was actually a new Maximal who only bore a startlingly resemblance to Lio Convoy. Tasmania Kid started joking that the cub was a real "[[Lio Junior]]", but Diver cautioned him to be serious in case the cub took what he said to heart. Sure enough, when Lio Convoy caught up to them, Lio Junior ran right up to their Commander and called him "mama". Kid tried to walk back what he had said, but the damage was done—he had embarrassed his commander and caused the first meeting between Lio Convoy and Lio Junior to start off incredibly awkward. {{storylink|Enter Lio Junior}} Kid also joined the Maximals in their first confrontation with the powered-up Megastorm, now the Angolmois-Energy-infused [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]. {{storylink|Megastorm Reborn}}

Tasmania Kid 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, Kid and the Maximals recalled their encounters with the Seacons. {{storylink|The Artificial Planet Nemesis}}

Scuba was in the process of demonstrating the Tako Tank's capabilities to Tasmania Kid and the others when Lio Junior detected evil Angolmois Energyemissions. Kid followed Lio Junior as he tracked the Angolmois Energy to a mining facility being run by the Autorollers. Kid played the sensible one for once, trying to get the impulsive Lio Junior and Bighorn to wait for back-up before attacking, but had no luck. The Maximals charged into battle, only to learn a lesson about planning and overconfidence when the Predacons locked them inside the base and then blew it up. Miraculous, Tasmania Kid and the others survived. {{storylink|Gigastorm's Treachery}}

While snooping around Scuba's Tako Tank, Tasmania Kid found the biggest, brightest, flashiest button on the whole console. Unfortunately, pushing the button didn't activate the cassette player, or even the ejector seat...it locked Kid in the cockpit, sent the Tank on a runaway trajectory, and revved up the self-destruct sequence. Stupid button. Fortunately, Scuba managed to grapple aboard the Tako Tank and get inside to deactivate the self-destruct before Kid was a goner. Fighting upgraded versions of the Combatrons, [[Starscream (BW)|Hellscream]] and [[BB|Max-B]], was almost a relief for Tasmania Kid after that. {{storylink|The End of Starscream}} Dirge and Thrust soon underwent their own upgrades, becoming [[Dirge (BW)|Dirgegun]] and [[Thrust (BW)|Thrustor]]. They confronted Bighorn and Tasmania Kid to test their new abilities, and Kid was nearly undone by Dirgegun's ultrasonic wave attack. {{storylink|The Lio Convoy Assassination Plot}}

When a mysterious ship landed on Gaia, the Maximals prepared to investigate. The ever-eager Lio Junior tried to volunteer for the mission, but the other Maximals laughed off his inexperience. Knowing how it felt to be the youngest and least-proven of the team, Tasmania Kid volunteered to look out for Lio Junior on the scouting mission, encouraging Lio Convoy to send them to investigate. Kid, Lio Junior and his mentors, Santon and Skywarp, located the ship and discovered a powerful teleport gate inside, controlled by a command key. The [[Combatron (BW)|Cyborg Beast]]s arrived to steal the key, and Lio Junior started a fight with them. During the fight, Hellscream was about to finish Lio Junior off with a missile, but Tasmania Kid jumped in the way, suffering a serious blow to his chest.

As Kid recovered, Lio Junior was harangued by his fellow Maximals and dressed down by Lio Convoy, leading him to run off on his own. Lio Junior was found by Galvatron, who tempted him into coming back to the teleport gate with the Predacons to use the command key, claiming the planet was in danger. Tasmania Kid had crawled off his sickbed to check on Lio Junior, and warned him not to trust Galvatron's honeyed words, but remember what he was fighting for. Lio Junior was too caught up in proving himself, however, and left with Galvatron to either save the planet or stop Galvatron's machinations himself. Kid was shot down again, this time by Galvatron's Galvatling Lasers.

When they found Kid injured once more, the other Maximals were furious at the traitor Lio Junior. Tasmania Kid stopped his friends from blaming Junior, however, and laid out for them how difficult it was when a young soldier felt he hadn't earned his comrades' respect yet. The Predacons summoned the monster [[Majin Zarak]] from the gate, but Lio Junior freed himself from their dungeon and used his own energies to recharge the gate and bring forth [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] to aid the Maximals. Even as Magnaboss, Lio Junior was injured in efforts, as so the fully healed Tasmania Kid once again offered to team up with Lio Junior. Kid lent his own energy to Magnaboss, allowing the combiner to draw upon their joint strength to upend Majin Zarak and remove Galvatron from the great beast. Majin Zarak was finished and the legendary warriors were sent home before the Maximals destroyed the temptation of the teleport 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. Tasmania Kid 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}} They also constructed an artillery cannon to feed off of the Angolmois Energy as a weapon to destroy Nemesis before it reached the planet. Although the Maximals enacted a complicated plan with several decoys to prevent the Predacons from interfering, the cannon ultimately failed to sustain power and Nemesis continued unabated. {{storylink|Knock Out Nemesis}} Tasmania Kid was also present when Lio Junior temporarily turned against the Maximals, poisoned by corrupted Angolmois Energy forced into his system by Galvatron. Fortunately, the effects weren't permanent and no serious harm was done. {{storylink|Lio Junior's Revolt!?}}

Tasmania Kid and 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 told Kid and the others to keep working while he investigated. {{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. Tasmania Kid and the Maximals joined Lio Convoy at 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}}

NAVI and Drill Nuts assisted the Maximals in retrofitting Skywarp and Santon's spaceship so that it could be used to reach the artificial planet Nemesis. An underground launch tunnel was built in secret under the [[Rocky Mountains|Rock Mountains]] to launch the ship into space. Secrecy was paramount, and so when Hellscream and Max-B began snooping around the mountains, Lio Convoy had Tasmania Kid and the team "reveal" the location of their Niagara Base to Dirgegun and Thrustor, drawing the Predacons' attention away. The Rock Mountains launch tube was uncovered soon anyway, leading Kid and the others to race from Niagara to the mountains in order to make the launch window. They were opposed by Galvatron, but their friends Magnaboss and Tripledacus helped clear the path. Tasmania Kid and the ''Yukikaze'' crew made it on board the ship with Lio Convoy and Apache at the last moment, clearing the atmosphere and flying out into space. {{storylink|Fly Out! Planet Gaia}}

Tasmania Kid 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. Tasmania Kid 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, Kid 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, Tasmania Kid 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 Tasmania Kid 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}}

====The Maximal Brainwashing Operation====
Tasmania Kid and [[Diver (BW)|Diver]] were out on a scouting mission (much to Diver's chagrin, as he wanted to relax) when [[Apache]], popping out of the bushes, quietly called them over. The confused pair followed, only to find Apache to be an illusion, baiting them into a net laid out by [[BB]]. BB then took the two Maximals back to [[Starscream (BW)|Starscream]], who told them he would release them after they ran an "errand" for him.

When the duo didn't report back, the Maximals left in search of the missing Diver and Tasmania Kid, eventually finding them collapsed at the edge of a valley. However, it was all part of Starscream's trap. Diver and Tasmania Kid, now brainwashed into thinking they were Predacons, sprang into action and attacked the Maximals. [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] soon entered the scene and stacked the odds tremendously against the Maximals.

As the fight raged on, [[Megastorm]] got to a vantage point and prepared to fire his cannon at both Lio Convoy and Galvatron, killing two birds with one stone. [[Scuba]] intervened by creating a geyser beneath him from an underground river, throwing Megastorm's aim off. The blast knocked Tasmania Kid and Diver back to their senses, though they were angry at the (rightfully) confused Apache, whom they blamed for ambushing them. {{storylink|The Maximal Brainwashing Operation}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
After the defeat of [[Unicron]], Tasmania Kid returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. There, he got caught up in a tussle between [[Big Convoy]] and [[Magmatron]]. {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}

===''Bom Bom'' manga continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' manga====
[[File:Cyborgkid.GIF|right|upright=0.95|thumb|Tasmania Kid is the Road Warrior.]]
When the rainy season came about, Tasmania Kid used the foul weather as an excuse not to go out on his regular patrols, infuriating Apache. Though the troops showed little respect to their sub-commander, they all snapped to attention when Lio Convoy came about. When Apache demanded to know why this was, Tasmania Kid informed him bluntly that Apache simply had no class. The troops had to shape up though, as they then received a report from Diver that the Predacons were heading their way aboard a giant tank! Lio Convoy led Tasmania Kid into an infiltration of the vehicle, in which they were helped by Tonbot and Bigmos, who flew them up and allowed them to bypass the tank's defenses. Once inside, Tasmania Kid uncovered the tank's power source: it was running off the Angolmois Energy stored within an unconscious Galvatron! The rest of the Maximals succeeded in flooding the tank, and Tasmania Kid scampered away rather than going down with the ship. Lio Convoy then took over the battle, and defeated Megastorm, making him accidentally trigger the tank's self-destruct mechanism in the process. Afterwards, the clouds in the overcast sky began parting, signaling the end of the rainy season. {{storylink|Demolish the Superdreadnought Tank!}}

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At another time, When Lio Convoy wrecked [[Apache]]'s room in a drunken rampage, Apache scolded Kid, who decided to run away. Kid was attacked and captured by the [[Combatron (BW)|Cyborg Beast]]s, who planned to make him one of them. This plan failed when Apache singlehandedly annihilated the Predacon forces Rambo-style.{{fact}}

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====''Beast Wars Neo'' manga====
Tasmania Kid was worshiped as a god on the planet of rabbit-formers from which [[Stampy (BW)|Stampy]] hailed. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

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===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
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Tasmanian Kid {{sic}} was the class clown at [[Maximal Military Academy]], often performing pranks on classmates and instructors. Despite this, [[Lio Convoy]] saw potential in Tasmania Kid and took him into his unit to [[Gaia|Gaea]], where they battled [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

Later, Tasmania Kid was one of [[Big Convoy]]'s subordinates on Cybertron. He helped investigate the strange rash of [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]]-related murders. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

Along with [[Survive]] and [[Colada|Cohrada]], he joined Big Convoy in investigating [[Shokaract]]'s tower. Unfortunately, Shokaract emerged from within and grabbed Tasmania Kid in his claws. Kid was torn in two pieces and killed. Big Convoy and the others were summarily defeated as well.

Fortunately, the Earthbound Maximal and Predacon teams took the [[Pack]]'s transwarp cruiser and returned to the point in the time stream that Shokaract emerged from his tower. Unfortunately, it was still too late to save Tasmania Kid, who was torn in two pieces ''again'' just before Big Convoy and Shokaract noticed the newly arrived transwarp cruiser.

Sheesh. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Tasmania Kid was on the Maximal team in a fateful match of the [[Games (competition)|Games]], which was interrupted by [[Lio Convoy]]'s assassination of [[Supersonic]] and call for an uprising against the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===Legends World===
Tasmania Kid was present at the announcement of [[Tera-Kura Co.]]'s new product, the ninja maid robot [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird Shadow]], and like everyone else he was taken by how cute and clumsy she was. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 15|Bonus Edition Vol. 15}} He was later part of a crowd trying to claim [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Armada Megatron]]'s discarded [[Unicron of Light]] toy for themselves, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 18|Bonus Edition Vol. 18}} and witnessed [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]]'s visit to an internet cafe. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} Tasmania Kid was watching fireworks when [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] exploded in the sky, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}} and cheered on "[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]" after his victory over [[Devil Z]] (unaware that it was actually [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]). {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:TimeWillRust-Eukaris.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.7]]
Tasmania Kid was a fellow [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukarian]] friend of [[Gimlet]], [[Bump]], and [[Longrack (BW)|Longrack]]. {{Storylink|Time Will Rust}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Tasmania Kid''' (Basic, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-14'''
:*''Release date'': March ??, 1998
:*''Accessories'': "Tasmanian Gun" arm-mounted cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Yuichiro Hira]] (Takara)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''Beast Wars II'' products in the [[Japan]]ese ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#BWII|Beast Wars]]'' toyline, Tasmania Kid is virtually identical to the [[Hasbro]] [[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|''Beast Wars'']] Basic Class [[Snarl (BW)#Toys|Snarl]] toy, transforming into a {{w|Tasmanian devil}}. Holding the toy by its tail in [[beast mode]] and pulling the trigger makes his body leap forward in a spring-loaded lunging attack of dubious strength. In [[robot mode]], his tail becomes his arm-mounted non-firing "Tasmanian Gun".

: Oddly, an extra hole molded in a similar shape to that of the spring-loaded one is located underneath the robot mode crotch and can also have the tail inserted into it.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Bound Rogue#Toys|Bound Rogue]], whose coloration bears a striking resemblance to the contest-prize version of Tasmania Kid (below).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Snarl/snarl.htm More information on Snarl (aka Tasmania Kid) at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Chiheisen no Taiketsu: Tasmania Kid vs. Dirge''' (Vs Pack, 1998)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-14'''
:*''Release date'': March ??, 1998
:*''Accessories'': "Tasmanian Gun" arm-mounted cannon

: Tasmania Kid was also available in the "Land Horizon Showdown" (地平線の対決) multi-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Dirge (BW)#VS14|Dirge]].

: Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Telemaga Special Cybertron 6-piece Set''' (1999)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Tasmanian Gun" arm-mounted cannon

: A blue and yellow version of Tasmania Kid 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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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-United-Core-Tasmania-Kid.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Somebody's about to lose some fingers.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Beast Wars II Universe Tasmania Kid''' (Core Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Tasmanian Gun" Tail/Cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL4YRFesAdo ''Transformers'' panel] with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Takio Ejima]] and [[Thew Adams]] at [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2023]].</ref>

: Released in the eighth wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' cores, ''Legacy: United'' "Beast Wars II Universe Tasmania Kid" is an updated version of his original ''Beast Wars II'' design (or an updated version of the original ''Beast Wars'' Snarl if you wanna get into semantics), transforming into a Tasmanian devil. He retains the "Tasmanian Gun" arm-mounted cannon, which can be used as a blade for other, larger figures with the [[5 mm post|5 mm port]] at its base. Additionally, he has 3mm ports on his palms, either for use with a flight stand (for pouncing poses) or for compatible weapons, though most look odd mounted this way since they're molded vertically onto his flat open palms.

: Tasmania Kid's robot mode chest features a faux lower jaw, with the beast mode's actual jaw transforming into heel spurs instead, somewhat matching the original toy's fang-like heels. Additionally, his beast mode's hind legs secure into the back by way of molded tabs, which can be damaged if transformed from beast to robot mode improperly, so always detach the back legs first. The toy's [[instructions]] also erroneously give him the name "Beast Wars Universe II Tasmania Kid".

: Whether by design or pure coincidence, Tasmania Kid shares all of the same ball-jointed articulation points as his original toy in robot mode! (Neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, and knees). All of these joints also have the same range of movement as the original toy too, with the exception of the head, which gains the ability to tilt back more. This figure does, however, gain two more ball joints in his ankles, instead of the hinges of the original toy, which allows for more movement. Even the leg [[kibble]] on his back is mounted on rivets like the original toy!

: Tasmania Kid was revealed at PulseCon 2023 with the rest of ''United''{{'}}s first wave, and went up for preorder shortly afterwards for a first quarter of 2024 release. Despite this lead time, he and his assortment arrived at Walmart in Canada in late November 2023.
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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 Tasmania Kid, 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, [[Apache#bluePVC|Apache]], [[Bighorn#bluePVC|Bighorn]], [[Scuba#bluePVC|Scuba]], [[Megastorm#bluePVC|Megastorm]], and [[Starscream (BW)#bluePVC|Starscream]].

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===Beast Fighters===
*'''Tasmania Kid''' (candy toy, 1997)

:[[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Beast Fighters]]'' Tasmania Kid 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:NewForces LeopardKid.JPG|thumb|upright=.8|Tasmania Kid showing off his [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] cosplay.]]
*In the first episode of ''Beast Wars II'', Tasmania Kid imagines how cool he'd look scanning the forms of a cheetah and a falcon, fantasizing himself as looking like ''Beast Wars'' season 1 Cheetor and Airazor in the process.

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars II Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Neo Maximals]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Maximals]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:Jungle Planet]]
[[Category:Legacy Maximals]]
[[Category:Legends World natives]]

Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers

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Over the years, many '''misconceptions and urban legends''' have sprung up within ''Transformers'' [[fandom]], often resulting from such factors as fuzzy childhood memories, inaccurate catalog illustrations, and mistranslations of foreign material.

==General misconceptions==
*'''''Transformers'' is (only) a cartoon from the Eighties that was brought back into vogue with the 2007 movie.'''

: A misconception usually held by casual fans or nostalgic adults is that ''Transformers'' went away some time around 1986 (or 1987, or 1988—pick your year). People who stumbled across a newer incarnation of the ''Transformers'' franchise before 2007 commonly assumed that it had only recently popped back up as an attempt to cash in on '80s nostalgia. From 2007 onwards, people who were (obviously) aware of the [[live-action film series]] commonly believed that it was the [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie]] that brought the franchise back from limbo. Neither assumption is correct.

:In fact, the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] has been continuous since 1984 (there was a brief gap between 1990 and 1993 as far as the United States market was concerned, but the brand still continued with new products in other markets). It includes many [[Franchises|lines of toys, cartoons and comics]] that span four decades now, with no sign of stopping, as Hasbro considers it a core brand. Each line has experienced varying degrees of success, rebooting when its target audience gets too old or uninterested in the toyline and fiction.

:Some of this misconception is based on the fact that most of the original audience stopped watching and following the franchise long before its initial US cancellation (as it wasn't "cool" to be kiddy once puberty hit). Without any exposure to the market, the toyline and the new cartoons, they simply assume that ''Transformers'' has sunk in popularity, quality and/or sales, since it's not what they remember.

:It ''is'' true that ''Transformers'' hit a low point of popularity in the early 1990s, with the cancelation of Generation 1 and the unremarkable sales of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]''. But the successor ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' line re-established the brand for a new generation beginning in 1996, and ''Transformers'' has been a dominant toy franchise ever since. While it's true that the live-action movies caused a major hike in popularity for the brand, they didn't revive a long-forgotten franchise; rather, they merely turned a steadily successful toy series into a major worldwide multimedia phenomenon.
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*'''Generation 1 obviously has the best toys, cartoons and characters.'''

:Casual fans likewise tend to assume automatically that the original 1980s iteration of ''Transformers'' is the best and most successful line to date, with all other successors being unpopular and/or unsuccessful ventures.

:While it's hard to measure the overall success of every line in all its aspects, the original line has been surpassed in both quality and sales multiple times over (if not for warm-fuzzy nostalgia-feels in 80s kids). In factors such as realistic alternate forms, durability, articulation, action features, and complexity, various later toylines have all exceeded Generation 1. And while fiction can't be measured objectively, many fans will swear up and down by some of the later incarnations of ''Transformers''.

:Arguably, ''Transformers'' is in an endless cycle of creating [[true fan|new fans who share new opinions on what is "teh greatest"]].
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[[File:SteamhammerEnergonUniverse.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Not literally a waste of packaging material.]]
*'''"Repackaged" toys are ''literally'' unsold toys sent back to Hasbro, taken out of the old packaging, put into new packaging and then sent back to stores.'''

:Every so often, a ''Transformers'' toy line features seemingly identical toys in multiple different [[packaging]] versions, such as multi-packs containing toys that were previously available separately. In addition, some toy lines also feature [[rebranding|rebranded]] items, namely toys that were originally released under one line, but are later re-released as part of another line with virtually no changes to the toy itself, only the packaging it is available in. The final stages of the original ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' line took the concept of "rebranding" to a new level, featuring numerous straight re-releases of toys from the since-ended ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' lines, among many others. Since then, it has been repeated with the 2006 ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line, the 2008 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, the 2010 ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' line and many others. Because a common [[fandom]] term for those releases is "repackages", a popular misconception claims that those toys are ''literally'' "repackages": namely, unsold toys sent back to Hasbro, taken out of their old packaging, put into new packaging and then sent back to (different) stores. (The same train of thought also—very rarely—suggests that "repaints", another common fan term for [[redeco]]s, are ''literally'' "[[repaint]]s", i.e. existing toys painted over in new colors, rather than new production runs from the same toolings using new plastic colors.)

:Needless to say, this theory is dubious for various reasons. Generally, old unsold toys are ''not'' sent back to Hasbro. They either [[Shelfwarmer|remain in the store]] until someone finally decides to buy them, or the store somehow dumps them, such as by selling them off to closeout chains. And even ''if'' Hasbro did regularly get sent back huge shipments of unsold toys, they'd be highly unlikely to go through the effort (and additional cost) of literally repackaging them. Hasbro confirmed this in January of 2009, stating that due to the toys being manufactured in Asia, it would be a waste of time and money to repackage them only to sell them at the same price-point.<ref>[http://www.sirstevesguide.com/index.php?categoryid=13&p2_articleid=1934 SirStevesGuide.com, Tri-Weekly Hasbro Q&A - January 30th]</ref> Thus, they are ''not'' repackaged old product, but new production runs of previous product. These days, this misconception should be much easier to dispel: Every toy now features a manufacturing date stamp etched into the figure, as well as a product code [[tampograph]]ed onto the figure, thus proving that a figure was manufactured more recently than its superficially identical predecessor.

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[[File:SmokesniperStarscream.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|The similarities are astounding. Especially those that aren't there.]]
*'''A new toy that is vaguely reminiscent of an older toy is a retool of said toy.'''

:Hasbro likes to [[redeco]] toys a lot (usually to recoup the R&D costs for developing the original [[mold]]). They also like to release redecos of toys from older lines in newer lines. In some instances, Hasbro also don't just redeco a toy, they [[retool]] it (or create new toolings for new parts that replace parts of the old version of the toy)—sometimes to improve a feature or fix an error, but sometimes also to give the toy new features or [[gimmick]]s, or simply to make it different enough from the original version so owners of the original version would be interested in buying the "retool" as well.

:Some of those retools are comparably minor (such as [[Jazz (Movie)|Final Battle Jazz]] from the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 Movie line]]), whereas others can be pretty elaborate. Sometimes the retools are so elaborate that the line between "retool" and "new [[mold]]" gets blurred. The most drastic instances in this regard would be [[K-9]] from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' (based on [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] from the same line) and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Dark Crumplezone]] from ''Cybertron'' (based on the original ''Cybertron'' Crumplezone toy), both of which have most, if not ''all'' of their parts entirely retooled. Another borderline case would be the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Mini-Con]]s [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] and [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]], which were released around the same time and are based on the same basic design, share a similar body structure and have very similar [[alternate mode]]s.

:However, sometimes fans ''definitely'' get too far decrying a new toy a "retool" (or "remold"). Toys that share some superficial design similarities, coupled with similar transformation schemes, are often mistaken for retools even though they're simply that: Similar toys based on the same general design, maybe even directly influenced by the older toy, but nothing more. For more examples, see: [[retool#Not actually a retool|retool]].

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*'''Hasbro is responsible for your local store not having the newest toys right now.'''

: Hasbro actually has almost nothing to do with distribution (when Product A arrives in Store B) beyond making sure the manufactured product leaves the factories and shipyards of China at the desired time, and even ''that'' is something their control over is limited at best. Once the items arrive on US shores, they are almost immediately sent from the ships to the distribution centers for the retail chains that ordered them. From there, it's more truck rides to various regional warehouses, which is all controlled by the retailers, not Hasbro. After that, the schedule for taking product from those warehouses and putting it on shelves is dictated by each chain's inventory system.

: It's ''conceivable'' that Hasbro could take more control of the situation, but that would require chains like [[Walmart]] to release the vise-like death grip they have on manufacturers' nards that lets them dictate how the system works—and they're sooooooo not doing that.

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*'''Hasbro should totally cater to the wishes of older collectors, as they purchase the most ''Transformers'' product.'''
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: Fans would like to think they've got some sway over the direction of the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]]. After all, they've been buying toys for many years (as opposed to the limited purchasing span of most children), and they buy many ''more'' toys than any individual child. And in truth, Hasbro does pay attention to the desires and discussions of its older buyers, even designing certain line segments like ''Alternators'' or ''Classics'' and its successors with collectors as the primary target audience.

: Collectors, however, simply can't compare to the vast numbers of children out there whose parents buy [[Transformer]]s for them. The bulk of ''Transformers'' product is purchased for and/or by young children, and if a company like Hasbro wants to stay in business and keep making money (and by extension, more toys), it must design and market its products accordingly. No accurate figures exist on the collector/children ratio, but estimates mentioned at BotCon panels range from around 10% to 20% of all purchases coming from older collectors—enough to be worth listening to, but not at all the driving force behind the brand. Past toylines have shown that betting ''too much'' on sales from adult collectors can be disastrous.

: Furthermore, it's not as though the [[fandom|fans]] speak with a unified voice. More often, for every fan pushing for one particular idea, there's another fan who thinks that same idea is boring or [[Ruined FOREVER|awful]].
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*'''Hasbro pays its licensees to publish comics for them, and profit directly from the comics selling well.'''

:Presumably stemming from the fact that most Transformers ''cartoons'' are commissioned by Hasbro in order to advertise their toys, a lot of fans are under the impression that Hasbro pays comic publishers like [[IDW Publishing]] and [[Skybound Entertainment]] to produce ''Transformers'' comics for them. This is the exact opposite of how licensed comics work; these companies pay Hasbro for the privilege of publishing ''Transformers'' comics, and they keep all the profits outside of that licensing fee. As such, Hasbro doesn't have any particular investment in the comics selling well, other than their indirect effects on toy sales and potential negative press caused by "failing" comics; all that matters to Hasbro is that they sell well enough that they keep paying for the license.
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===Takara vs. Hasbro===
[[File:Cybertrontoy hasbro and takara vector primes.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Vector Prime]] features different color applications dependent on whether it was released in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] or [[Hasbro]]'s market.]]
*'''Takara (alternatively, Hasbro) are ''solely'' responsible for designing, developing and manufacturing (all, or certain specific) ''Transformers'' toys.'''

: This was true only for the first few years of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original ''Transformers'' toyline]]. Most of the toys from 1984 to 1986 were imported (and, occasionally, slightly altered) versions of already-existing Japanese toys originally designed and released by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]. Following that, Takara developed new toys both for the Japanese and the Western market, now specifically with ''Transformers'' in mind. The primary exceptions are a handful of toys licensed from other Japanese companies (Jetfire, Whirl, and Roadbuster, for example), and the 1986 toys for the [[The Transformers: The Movie|animated movie]], which were mostly based on designs by [[Floro Dery]].

: However, ever since 1988,<ref name="dunsay">[http://obscuretf.com/hhk/images/full/BC04Dunsay.jpg BotCon 2004 program guide interview with George Dunsay]</ref> most "main" line toys released both in Japan and the Western hemisphere have been designed and developed in cooperation between [[Hasbro]] (or its subsidiary [[Kenner]]) and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] (now TakaraTomy). (For the specifics of this joint venture development process, see the article about [[toy]]s.)

: Still, numerous reasons have led some people to assume incorrectly that ''all'' ''Transformers'' toy lines were ''solely'' developed by only one of the two companies:

:* The Western public and mainstream media, naturally, tend to be unaware of the existence of Takara (TakaraTomy these days). It's therefore logical to assume that Hasbro, the company responsible for distributing Transformers toys outside Japan, is also solely responsible for developing and manufacturing the toys. The fact that Hasbro regularly chooses not to mention their Japanese business partner in official press releases and interviews hasn't exactly helped matters, either.

:* On the other hand, Western anime fans are used to Japanese companies being solely responsible for designing robot toys, which are then imported and sold by Western companies. For lack of better knowledge, those people then simply assume the same also applies to ''Transformers'' toys — namely, that Takara does ''all'' the design and engineering work on their own, and Hasbro is merely the Western ''distributor'' of those toys. The fact that the back of Hasbro's packaging for ''Transformers'' toys sports a small note saying "Manufactured under license from Takara Co., Ltd." (changed to "TOMY Company, Ltd." on more recent toys) is occasionally cited as "proof" that Takara is the sole manufacturer of ''Transformers'' toys as well. A long paper trail of evidence to the contrary<ref name="Hasbro Tour">[http://www.seibertron.com/events/gallery.php?event_id=70&size=0&start=272 Exemplary rundown] of the development process of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Leader Class [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]], shown during the Hasbro tour at [[BotCon 2007]]. Of course, Hasbro just replaced the name "Takara" in some of the steps with "Hasbro" in order to convince fans that... yeah, riiiight.</ref> has not been able to convince those people of the flaws in their conspiracy theory — rather, some of them have even postulated the existence of a so-called "Hasbro PR machine", whose sole purpose is to convince ''Transformers'' fans that Hasbro has a larger part in the development of ''Transformers'' toys than is actually the case.<ref name="Propaganda">[http://toyboxdx.com/phorum/read.php?1,88668 ToyBoxDX thread with anime fanboys arguing that "Takara is an enormous toy '''manufacturing''' company. Hasbro doesn't manufacturer anything. The sole reason for its existence is for marketing the products of their partners and wholly-owned subs. Just to be clear here - Takara is bigger than Hasbro."] They wouldn't even believe that [[Joe Kyde]] actually worked at Hasbro. No kidding.</ref>

: That being said, there ''are'' indeed a few toys originally developed by either Hasbro or Takara without the other one's involvement, and then later picked up by the other company, but they're fewer than usually assumed: For Takara, those include the new molds for ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1998 (Beast Wars II)|Beast Wars II]]'', ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)#1999 (Beast Wars Neo)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'', plus various mostly short-lived, collector-aimed, niche market lines (such as the new ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' molds, the ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'', the ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' toys etc.); for Hasbro, those are mostly either toys originally based on fiction-based franchises that did not originate with Hasbro (such as ''[[Animorphs]]'' or the ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars Transformers]]'' and their later successor, ''[[Transformers: Crossovers]]''), cross-brand lines ''within'' Hasbro where the Transformers toys only make up one part of the overall lineup (such as the [[Titanium Series]] and the [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]] figures) and a few very rare "main" line Transformers toys such as [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]], [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]], [[Alpha Quintesson]], [[Kicker Jones#Toys|Energon Kicker]] and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] from ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''.
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* '''Takara's Japanese-market releases are always of intrinsically better quality than their U.S. counterparts. (E.g., they have sweeter exclusives, and are always more show-accurate, have more accessories, and have tighter quality control.)'''
[[File:RMConvoy toy.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Let's never forget that Takara made ''this'' on their own.]]

: This one depends a bit on the speaker, as it can either be a genuine misconception, a matter of opinion, or at worst, [[Personal canon|willful]] [[True fan|snobbery]]. But, like any broad generalization, it does have some basis.

:* "Better quality" often comes down to very subjective things, such as Japanese versions of some toys having clear plastic instead of painted-on windows ([[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|the first Deluxe movie Bumblebee]]), or have vac-metallized parts where the equivalent U.S. release doesn't ([[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Energon|''Energon'' Optimus Prime/Grand Convoy]]). Or, "better" quality can refer to the fact that Japan is a less litigious society, with different toy safety laws, and Takara can thus give [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Prime]] toys old-school long smokestacks, which are now shortened in the U.S. [[for safety reasons]]. These laws also mean that [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Masterpiece Megatron]] is freely available in Japan, but hard to get in the U.S. (the exact opposite of ''real'' handguns, ironically). In many lines, Takara releases can often boast more paint applications (many ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' figures had painted rims, while their ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' counterparts went without), though this trend was ironically reversed in their version of the [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Takara Prime toyline|''Prime'' toyline]]. The paint issue is at least in part due to differences in how Hasbro has to budget an entire "wave" of figures at once for retailers versus Takara's less restrictive pricing structures for individual toys.

:* "More [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] decos" does have some basis, as Takara frequently releases its toys later than Hasbro does Stateside, and thus they are better able to reflect discrepancies between late-run changes to a character's coloration in a show (such as with the original [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] or [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|''Armada''{{'}}s Tidal Wave]]). The most extreme example of this was ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)#2005 (Beast Wars Returns)|Beast Wars Returns]]'', the Japanese release of ''Beast Machines'', which was ''years'' later than in the U.S., allowing Takara to add a lot of the deco that was added to the characters by [[Mainframe Entertainment]] that was not accurate to the original toys... though how ''truly'' accurate any given deco was varied from figure to figure. On the other hand, Takara sometimes has a tendency to go ''massively'' overboard in their ever-growing desire for "show-accurate" decos even on toys that haven't even been designed with the original [[character model|animation model]]s in mind, leading to weird blocks of color meant to represent major details from the show models that simply do not exist in any way on the toys' sculpts. Just ask ''Unite Warriors'' [[Fireflight (G1)#Unite Warriors|Firebolt]], [[Slingshot (G1)#Unite Warriors|Sling]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)#Unite Warriors|Drag Stripe]]... and of course, whether you think fidelity to certain character models is a plus or minus is a personal opinion.

:* "More accessories" mostly comes from the fact that ''some'' of Takara's releases have some extra accessories, but this is far, ''far'' from the norm. In the original line, the [[Mini-Cassette]]s had extra tape cases, and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Toys|Fortress Maximus]] had two [[sword]]s his Hasbro version lacked. Some Japanese reissues, notably in ''[[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]'', have included additional newly-molded accessories based on the cartoon. Some late-run ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Super Link]]'' releases came with [[redeco]]ed [[Energon weapon]]s as well. ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' [[Hot Shot (G1)|Hot Rod]] came with two missile launchers and missiles not included with ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Universe (2008)|Hot Shot]] due to budget constraints, and featured the original tooling for the rear bumper for their inclusion. Part of this is, like the paint applications, thanks to Takara's ability to be more flexible when budgeting individual toys.
:: However, sometimes, the Takara versions have ''fewer'' accessories. The original Takara [[Megatron (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Megatron]] may have had a sword and bullets the Hasbro version lacked, but he lacked the barrel, scope and stock extensions that he was always depicted with! (He was also not sold in show colors until the line's second year.) ''Henkei! Henkei!'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Lambor]] was ''lacking'' the supercharger engine accessory ''Universe'' Sideswipe came with—[[Hisashi Yuki]], the toy's designer, claims the intent was for only Sunstreaker to have it, with it being meant to differentiate the two, but Hasbro chose to give it to both.<ref name="generations2009">Interview with Hisashi Yuki in [[Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1|''Transformers Generations 2009'' vol. 1]], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/223379-takaratomy-staff-interview-generations-2009-vol-1-translation.html English translation] at TFW2005.</ref>

:* "Sweeter exclusives" is more or less a mix of "the grass is always greener" and some occasional hits. The truth is, there ''are'' a lot of popular molds, characters, and entire toylines that only show up on Japanese shores or as part of special promotions. However, ''many'' Hasbro toys don't get released by Takara and never reach Japanese fans who don't go the import route. American fans who are willing to pay import fees simply don't tend to notice when Japanese fans miss out unless they pay ''very'' close attention to what's being released there, and due to the simple way that news and hype works, flawed Japanese exclusives tend to simply fly under the radar.

:* "Tighter [[quality control]]" is a total myth. Takara products are manufactured under much the same production conditions as Hasbro's: pretty much everything for both markets is made in China—in fact, according to Hasbro [[Australia]] representatives and Hasbro designer [[Eric Siebenaler]], ''all'' of the ''Transformers'' toys jointly developed between Hasbro and Takara/TakaraTomy are manufactured at factories contracted to the Japanese toy company. This means Takara is (at least indirectly) responsible for whatever quality control problems occur with Hasbro-released toys. Takara's standards of quality control for their domestically-released toys are just as likely to let mistakes creep through. Just ask any buyer of ''Henkei! Henkei!'' [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Thundercracker]] how well his weapons stay attached to the arms. And let's not even get started on ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Rodimus Convoy's]] first production run.

[[File:ER-toy Allicon TakTom stock.jpg|thumb|upright=1|''I SAY HEY! WHAT'S GOIN' ON!!'']]
:* The fields in which Takara genuinely excels Hasbro are comparably minor: Takara's [[stock photography]] has historically tended to be more impressive than Hasbro's, without obvious mistransformations and awkward poses, and at the same time looks more representative of the actual toy due to less reliance on blatant digital touch-ups. But again, this is a trend, not a rule, as evidenced by whatever the hell is going on with Takara's pre-release images of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' [[Allicon#Toys|Allicon]]. Also, while Hasbro's stock photos were pretty error-prone and used unfinished toys through the early/mid 2000s, the quality has improved over time... plus they've largely moved to using CAD imagery the final toys are made from for stock imagery, which definitely cuts back on room for pre-final changes in the toys and posing/transformation by people unfamiliar with the toys.

:: Likewise, Takara's [[instructions]] generally have tended be more detailed and useful than Hasbro's, though this largely started during ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' and continued up until around the latter 2010s, when Takara started to align its products more with Hasbro's packaging and presentation. With ''Beast Wars'' in particular, this was because Hasbro had to print instructions for the carded toys on the back of the card, which had limited real estate to work with. Folded-up paper instructions only came with larger boxed toys in the Hasbro ''Beast Wars'' line, while virtually ''all'' Takara ''Beast Wars'' toys came in boxes, and had packed-in instructions. But like the stock photography, the divide has shrunk considerably in recent years as the two companies aligned the look and packaging of their product together.
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* '''Hasbro lost the rights to a lot of G1 Transformers names. That is why you see toys named "Autobot Jazz" or "Decepticon Brawl" these days. Takara is more competent than Hasbro and doesn't need to change their toys' names.'''

: That's not quite how name rights —aka [[trademark]]— work. There are indeed instances where another company has snatched a trademark, making it unavailable for Hasbro's use. The reason is because trademarks need to be consistently used in commerce (roughly once every year or so), or it could be considered "abandoned", making it open for grabs should another company try to claim it. "[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rod]]" was unavailable to [[Hasbro]] because Mattel held several similar trademarks, "[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys|Bluestreak]]" was too similar to Gendron's "Toledo 'Blue Streak'" trademark, and a company named Lanard held the trademark "Shockwave" until 2005. This prompted Hasbro to use substitute names for toys based on these characters, such as "Rodimus Major" and "Rodimus" for Hot Rod, "Silverstreak" for Bluestreak and "Shockblast" for Shockwave (Hasbro has since managed to reacquire all three aforementioned trademarks).

: Meanwhile, the names with prefixes such as "Autobot" or "Decepticon"? Those are usually non-compound single real words from the English language. Hasbro's legal department considers them too "generic" to be easily defensible as trademarks, hence the addition of prefixes such as "Autobot Jazz", "Decepticon Brawl "or "Constructicon Devastator" for better protection. This does ''not'' work with names already trademarked by another company–otherwise, [[Bandai]] could release a toy named "Gunpla Optimus Prime" tomorrow, and Hasbro couldn't do anything about it.

: For a while, it seemed like these trademark quibbles were limited to Hasbro, and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] was somehow exempt due to a different market situation. However, the ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' line saw the emergence of quite a few "Cybertron", "Destron" and "[[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]" prefixes, implying that the trademark situation on the Japanese market was changing, and starting with the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|''Movie'' line]], TakaraTomy (now adopting Hasbro names instead of their established Japanese-market names) began to use "Autobot" and "Decepticon" prefixes. With ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''[[Transformers United|United]]'', TakaraTomy even used prefixes for names Hasbro has been able to use ''without'' prefixes.

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==Generation 1 Misconceptions==
===Toys===
====Generation 1 (1984-1990)====
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*'''Some Generation 1 toy molds were in use as long ago as 1974.'''

:Some ''[[Micro Change]]''-derived toys have the text "©1974, 1983" or variations thereof stamped on them, with the actual ''Micro Change'' releases of the earlier figures even featuring blatant a "©Takara 1974" printed on the front of their packaging, and as a result are occasionally sold on eBay with descriptions such as "original 1974 [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]]". Likewise, the ''[[Diaclone]]''-derived toys also have two dates as part of their copyright markings, with the earlier one being invariably "1980".

:In reality, though, the first ''Micro Change'' toys weren't even designed until the early 1980s. Those confusing double copyright dates are a result of the way Japanese IP law worked at the time. The earlier copyright date in question refers to the year the toyline in general, as well as its fictional backstory, was first launched (1974 in the case of the original ''[[Microman]]'' franchise, 1980 in the case of Diaclone), while the second one refers to the date the toy itself was created.

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[[File:G1 Bluestreak boxart.jpg|upright=1|thumb|You had this as a kid. The picture, that is. Not the toy.]]
*'''A super-rare blue variant of Bluestreak was available during Generation 1.'''

: The very earliest [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] toy [[catalog]]s used a photo of a blue-sided ''[[Diaclone]]'' Fairlady Z to represent [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys|Bluestreak]]; photographs of the same toy were used for Bluestreak's own [[Instructions|instruction booklet]]. The same blue-sided color scheme was also used on his [[Package art|box art]]; which was in turn shown on ''every'' 1984 instruction booklet as a sample tech spec.

: All this gave rise to a long-standing myth that a blue Bluestreak toy was sold under the ''Transformers'' brand during Generation 1, with some people going so far as to "remember" owning blue Bluestreaks as children, or at least knowing someone else who did. Adding to the confusion, ''{{w|ToyFare}}'' magazine had a long history of listing the supposed blue Bluestreak as a "foreign [[variant]]" in its monthly price guide.

: However, actual samples of a blue-sided Bluestreak in a sealed ''Transformers'' box have ''never'' appeared, and the [[Karl Hartman|collectors who have been at it since the very beginning]] and [[Jon Hartman|amassed ''insane'' numbers of rare Transformers]] have never seen one. After literal decades of no samples ever being found, it is certain that this holy grail is just a legend.

: Oddly enough, numerous other Transformers toys from that era were depicted in both catalogues, packaging art, and even cartoon character models with colors they were never released in —[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], for example— yet Bluestreak is the only one to be (mis)remembered in this manner, perhaps because his name is ''Blue''streak, so he had to have been blue, right?

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[[File:G1-toy Bumper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Bumblejumper", who later would be known as "Bumper".]]
*'''"Bumblejumper" is just a yellow Cliffjumper.'''

: In 1984, Hasbro released three different similar-form toys as part of the [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] assortment: [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys|Cliffjumper]], and a [[Bumper (G1)|third unnamed toy]] that was not advertised in any capacity, sold ''only'' on Cliffjumper cards (at least, no samples on a Bumblebee card have ever surfaced). This third mold was a "leftover" from the ''[[Micro Change]]'' line, based on a Mazda Familia 1500XG sedan, and was very quickly phased out (resulting in him becoming the first of the "holy grail" super-costly Transformers on the secondary market). The exact nature of how and why this toy got released is still unclear. Fans took to calling this third mystery mold portmanteau names such as "Bumblejumper", "Cliffbee", and "Bumper"; that last one eventually becoming his official name when he appeared in the ongoing [[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|''Generation One'' Volume 1]] comic series by [[Dreamwave Productions]].

: Adding to the confusion is that both Bumblebee and Cliffjumper were available in two color schemes: their fiction-supported colors (Bee in yellow, Cliff in red) and in reversed colors (Bee in red, Cliff in yellow) up through 1985. And since Cliffjumper and Bumper are both similarly boxy in vehicle form, and Bumper was only available in yellow, and only on Cliffjumper cards for a very short time, and was not in any catalogs and had no name and didn't appear in any cartoons or comics....

: Further adding to the mistaken memory pile is [[Hubcap (G1)#toys|Hubcap]], a yellow [[retool]] of Cliffjumper released in 1986. Fun!

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[[File:Jetfire-SkyfireModels.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Patience. You just have to wait 22 years.]]
*'''A show-accurate Skyfire toy was available during Generation 1.'''

: Due to some legal entanglements, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] was renamed "Skyfire" for the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]], with a [[character model]] that bore only a vague resemblance to the toy. Some confused viewers seem to have come away assuming that there had to be a [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] Generation 1 toy by the name of Skyfire. There was not. Not a lot more to elaborate on here.

: Of course, ''later'' toys are another story. The ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Jetfire toy is actually designed as a mix between the original toy and the cartoon character model, and many later toys of the character have aspects of/are based on the cartoon model.

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[[File:Unicron Proto.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Seriously, aren't you glad your poor parents didn't have to waste like a hundred bucks on this back in '86?]]
*'''A Unicron toy was available during Generation 1.'''

: No toys of [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]] were available (or even produced beyond [[prototype]]) until 2003. In fact, the mere ''existence'' of those prototypes wasn't actually officially confirmed until many years later. The first [[Unicron/toys|official Unicron toy]] to be released came out as part of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' line in 2003 and was a brand new mold, not based on an old, unused prototype.

: The fictional existence of a ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' Unicron toy is likely based on schoolground one-upmanship: if one kid had a larger toy such as [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] or [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], a rival kid would claim to have a Unicron toy in order to appear cooler, but would most likely retire to his bed a sobbing mess, knowing in his heart that one day God would punish him for being a HUGE FIBBER.

: What ''might'' also have attributed to this misconception was the voice actor for Unicron himself, Orson Welles. He died before the movie's release, and the part in the 1986 movie was his last role before his death in 1985. He loathed the part and could not even remember his character's name; he was quoted as saying, "I play a big toy who attacks a bunch of smaller toys," mistakenly assuming that there was a toy of his character (an understandable assumption)... though at the time, the number of children who would have heard this quote would likely be vanishingly tiny.

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[[File:G1toy tfc soundwave and soundblaster.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Individual buttons. It's a lost art.]]
*'''The reissue Soundwave toys released by Takara are reverse-engineered from Soundblaster because the original molds are lost.'''

:Both the ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' and ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Soundwave]] releases have different tape buttons and hinges than the ones found on the vintage Hasbro release. While the vintage Hasbro Soundwave had inset controls and an internal tape deck hinge, the Takara reissues have a large button block that serves as a pivot point for an external tape deck hinge. The supposed reason for this is the mold for the original versions of the buttons and door are lost or worn out, so a new single tape door was made to work with the Soundblaster mold.

:In fact, the buttons and hinge used on the reissue Soundwaves were originally a [[retool]]ed running change [[variant]] of Takara's original 1985 release of Soundwave. The further Soundblaster retool was based on the later Japanese version of Soundwave, as were the reissues. Presumably, the original mold in its original condition ''is'' lost - but this happened ''long'' before Takara retooled Soundwave into Soundblaster.

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[[File:SnakeBomb-MIB.jpg|upright=1|thumb|This led to more confusion than you'd think.]]
*'''Various misconceptions about ''Beastformers.'''

: While it has been common knowledge since the early days of online fandom that the Hasbro ''Battle Beasts'' toys were sold in Takara's markets in 1987 under the ''Transformers'' banner as ''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]'', many of the details of ''how'' they were sold were misreported. Given it's a somewhat niche piece of Generation 1 history, the early online fandom's general lack of access to Japanese sources, ''and'' the fact that few/no Japanese sources kept track of the rather complicated release history of the toys (outlined on their own page, linked above), it's not hard to see how some of this propagated and persisted for decades since.

: For a while, it was often said that the Beastformers had Autobot/Decepticon [[rubsign]]s, as the characters had been split up into Autobot/Decepticon-allied sides. But the Beastformers had the same Fire/Wood/Water rubsigns as their Hasbro counterparts (their rubsigns were also significantly smaller than those on the Transformers!), it's just that the ''Transformers'' media they (briefly) appeared in made no mention of this play gimmick for whatever reasons; the packaging certainly made note of it.

: Not all of the ''Beastformers'' toys were actually released under the ''Transformers'' umbrella, at least directly. This is an easy one to see how it got spread, as all of Takara's ''Transformers'' catalogs and advertisements in 1987 showed the entire lineup of 76 figures found in ''Battle Beasts''. Even many of Takara's ''modern'' retrospectives do this! But in reality, only 54 figures and only one of the vehicles, the [[Red Phoenix#Toys|Red Phoenix]] [[Fortress (Beastformers)|Fortress]], actually came in ''Transformers''-branded boxes. In 1988, ''Beastformers'' was spun off into its own series without the ''Transformers'' branding as a sequel set after the war with the Cybertronians, and even really played up the Fire/Wood/Water gimmick. It is in this line that 20 of the missing 22 figures (yes, there are two ''Beastformers'' shown in numerous sources that ultimately were never released in Japan), the remaining five vehicles, as well as the entire run of [[Laser Beast]]s, finally reached Japanese toy shelves. Many of the toys from the ''Transformers''-branded part of the line were re-released in this sequel series, but not ''all'' of them... though again, Takara's marketing materials continued to show all 76. Confused? We don't blame you.

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[[File:Henry Orenstein old.jpg|thumb|upright=1|right|Arguably one of the most fascinating people involved with the creation of the ''Transformers'' brand.]]
*'''In 2005, a crazy old man claimed he had created the original ''Transformers'' toys.'''

: In 2005, the ''Transformers'' [[fandom]] learned, by way of a newspaper article posted by an internet fan site, of the existence of [[Henry Orenstein]], a former toymaker. Although the main focus of the article was Orenstein's then-current achievements in the field of poker, it also implied that Orenstein had "created" the original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' toys, and even featured a photo that depicted a somewhat confused-looking Orenstein holding [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary/Masterpiece|20th Anniversary Optimus Prime]]. Many fans subsequently assumed that this was a deluded old man who believed he had created the concept of ''Transformers'' toys, even though the fandom knew full well by this point that the original toys were originally created in Japan. His status as the "creator" of the ''Transformers'' toy line was subsequently repeated in several other articles about the man, last with the news of his passing in 2021.

: The ''fact'' is that Orenstein had worked for [[Hasbro]] during the 1980s, and was the person who had convinced [[George Dunsay]], then Hasbro's Vice President of R&D, to acquire the rights to a (more or less) innovative type of Japanese toys, which would eventually become known as the original ''Transformers'' toys. Aside from that and the original patent for the [[rubsign]]s, which he shares with Dunsay, Orenstein has made no known contribution to the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]]. Obviously, the writer of said newspaper article had only marginal knowledge of the history of the ''Transformers'' brand, was told what was most likely nothing more than an anecdote by Orenstein (his biography, by the way, is so fascinating that his involvement with the ''Transformers'' brand is arguably one of the ''less'' noteworthy details), and subsequently inflated it massively with hyperbole, possibly in an attempt to gain more attention to his article due to the popularity of the brand, even before the [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie]]. The only question is, where did the photographer get the 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime toy from?
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====''Generation 2''====
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*'''"Generation 2" means "after ''The Transformers: The Movie''."'''

: This common but explicitly false idea probably stems from the many casual fans who grew up with the original ''Transformers'' line but stopped paying much attention around 1986, when the animated ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' debuted and the ''Transformers'' craze began to die down. Many such fans regained some interest in ''Transformers'' many years later, particularly with hype surrounding the [[Transformers (film)|2007 live-action movie]]. Seeing the phrase "Generation 2" batted around in fandom, it might seem natural to assume it refers to the big changeover that happened with the animated film. It certainly didn't help that, early in the life of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]], [[Pat Lee]] shared in this misconception, leading other new arrivals to the fandom to ape his use of the term.

: While the original animated movie certainly marked a change from one "generation" of toys to another, along with some new design trends, the phrase "Generation 2" refers to [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|a very specific franchise]], marketed from 1992 to 1995—years after the animated film had come and gone. Its relative obscurity probably contributes to the mis-attribution of the term, as ''Generation 2'' marks a low point in popularity for ''Transformers'' as a whole.

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[[File:G2Devastator toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Its a exclusive!?{{sic}}]]
* '''The orange ''Generation 2'' Constructicons were exclusive to KB Toys.'''

: In 1993, Hasbro reissued the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] under the ''Generation 2'' line. The initial (and more common) versions saw the original ''Generation 1'' figures' green plastic changed to yellow, while a later, rarer version featured an orange plastic color for the entire team instead. A popular rumor, which is also propagated by many an [[eBay]] seller, claims that the orange versions were [[exclusive|exclusively]] available at [[KB Toys]] (formerly "Kay Bee") in the United States.

: No substantial evidence supporting this rumor has ever surfaced. It should be pointed out, though, that store exclusives were still fairly uncommon prior to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'', with the only confirmed example being the [[Classic Pretender]]s being sold without their [[Pretender]] shells under the name "[[Legends (G1)|Legends]]", exclusive to [[Kmart]].

: Since the packaging for the orange versions is identical to that used for the yellow versions, down to the UPC barcodes, it is very likely that Hasbro didn't actually consider the orange versions as separate products, but as mere [[variant#Running changes|running change color color variants]], just like the ''Generation 2'' versions of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s had been available in there different colors each.

: Also, since some people insist having purchased the orange Constructicons at other stores such as Mills Fleet Farm, the most likely explanation is that KB Toys was merely the chain that ordered the largest bulk of them, thus leading to the faulty perception that they were "only" available at KB Toys. Additionally, one has to understand that in the early days of the online Transformers [[fandom]], when the latter consisted entirely of the text-only usenet news group [[alt.toys.transformers]] and long before official announcements of new toys by Hasbro via social media, it was anything but uncommon for people to assume every other newly-found figure to be "exclusive" to whatever chain they were first discovered at by default.
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====''Alternators''====
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*'''A yellow version of ''Alternators'' Tracks was released to North American stores (but then recalled by Hasbro).'''
[[File:YellowTracks.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|Only in Japan, baby.]]
:When [[Hasbro]] (and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) originally announced the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' version of [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] in 2004, the toy's [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode's]] primary color was yellow. This caused the ire of a significant portion of the fandom, which insisted that the toy had to be ''blue'', like its [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] predecessor.

:Hasbro eventually confirmed at [[OTFCC 2004]] that the initial idea had been to release the toy in yellow first, and then later as a running change [[variant]] in blue, like Takara would ultimately do. However, Hasbro had encountered problems at the test shot stage, where it became evident that some of the toy's innards were shining through the yellow plastic. As a result, plans for a release of the yellow version were scrapped, and it was decided to release the blue version from the get-go.

:Rumors started circulating that some stores (usually [[Walmart]]) had indeed received a shipment of the toy, but were then asked by Hasbro to send back the entire batch. Naturally, no substantial evidence has ever surfaced to back up these claims. And while toys may occasionally be recalled [[for safety reasons]], it's highly doubtful that "aesthetics" would be enough of a reason to warrant an expensive product recall.
:The only "packaged" versions of a yellow ''Alternators'' Tracks we ever got to see were internet pranks of the "yellow ''Binaltech'' Tracks in photoshopped Hasbro box" variety. Which, of course, didn't help matters at all.
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*'''Hasbro omitted ''Alternators'' Windcharger's gun barrel for safety reasons.'''
[[File:WindchargerOverdrive.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Castrated at the request of Honda.]]
: When the first stolen [[Prototype|test shots]] of ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Windcharger (G1)#Alternators|Windcharger]] surfaced in 2004, the toy sported an extraordinarily long gun barrel (which doubled as the [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode]]'s drive shaft). The toy was ultimately released without the barrel, which was not shown or mentioned anywhere on the packaging or in the instructions. Indeed, Windcharger's weapon accessory was officially identified as a "shield" on the back of the packaging (in addition to the actual, ragtop roof shield). [[TakaraTomy|Takara]], on the other hand, later released their own ''Binaltech'' version of the toy (named [[Overdrive]]) with the full barrel, prominently shown in the official promotional photos.

: The initial fan theory upon seeing the barrel-less toy was that Hasbro had gutted it for safety reasons, under the notion that the long barrel might pose a choking hazard. Even though this was refuted by actual experts on toy safety standards, the rumor still persisted. An official response from Hasbro's customer service department to an e-mail inquiry (published on a fan site's message board) confirmed that the reason for the barrel's omission was "so the accessory would not look like a weapon".<ref name="Windcharger gun barrel">"http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.php?showtopic=13088 Response from Hasbro's customer service department regarding the lack of Alternators Windcharger's gun barrel.</ref> Eventually, Hasbro (in the presence of Takara representatives) would confirm the full story at [[BotCon 2005]]: It had indeed been Honda, specifically their North American branch, that had asked to remove the gun barrel and all references to "weapons" from the toy, its packaging and included paperwork. Honda's Japanese department, on the other hand, had no such concerns, which is why Takara were able to release the ''Binaltech'' version with the barrel intact.

: Despite this official statement by Hasbro, the myth still persists, and has actually since evolved into a conspiracy theory, which postulates that Hasbro ''deliberately lied'' to its fans in order to shift blame to Honda rather than admitting to have made that decision themselves in order to conform to safety standards. Which is mindbogglingly absurd.
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====''Transformers Collection''====
[[File:G1 Vol.1 Issue2 1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55|A solicitation of then upcoming Takara reissues? Not really.]]
*'''Takara's ''Transformers Collection'' had something to do with Dreamwave.'''

:In 2002, Takara launched their series of [[Generation 1 reissues]] named ''[[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]'', also commonly referred to as "bookbox reissues" or even "Dreamwave reissues" among fans. The reason for that is simple: The [[package art]], especially for early releases such as [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers Collection|Meister]] or [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Transformers Collection|Prowl]], was often directly taken from the covers of and promotional posters for [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] first ''[[Prime Directive|Generation One]]'' mini-series drawn by [[Pat Lee]]. A common misconception among fans at that time was that Takara was coordinating their reissues with Dreamwave. Some even tried to predict upcoming reissues based on the existing Dreamwave covers. Yet [[Mirage (G1)#Toys|Mirage]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Sunstreaker]] reissues never materialized.

:In fact, probably the main reason why Takara recycled Pat's Dreamwave artwork of those characters for the [[packaging]] of their reissues was its coincidental availability: The artwork had already been created and paid for, so why commission new art when they could just use what already exists? Furthermore, only about half of the ''Collection'' reissues actually sported "Dreamwave" package art, whereas the rest used newly-commissioned art drawn by Japanese artist [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]], who has never in his life worked for Dreamwave, and had been drawing in a heavily-toy-based style long before Pat Lee rose to his brief "superstar artist" fame.
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===Fiction===
====''The Transformers cartoon''====
*'''The original ''The Transformers'' series was redubbed anime which originated in Japan, just like ''Battle of the Planets'', ''Voltron'', ''Robotech'' and other such shows screened in the '80s.'''
[[File:TFG1.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Toransufōmā!]]
: Although most moderate-to-hardcore fans are well aware that this is a fallacy, there are those more casual fans (or those who have not rewatched the original ''Transformers'' cartoon since childhood) who are under the misconception that [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'']] was an anime.

: Although the original toyline and thus the characters' basic visual designs were taken from Japanese-originated products, the original characters, names, factions and entire story premise of the whole ''Transformers'' franchise were developed in the United States by [[Hasbro]], [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] and eventually [[Sunbow Productions|Sunbow]]. Although the animation was farmed out to [[Toei|Japanese]] (and later also [[AKOM|Korean]]) [[TMS Entertainment|studios]], the writing and original voice recording of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|all four seasons of the original series]] plus ''[[The Transformers: The Movie|The Movie]]'' was entirely done in America.

: This misconception probably stems from distant childhood memories of the cartoon, the fact that shows like the aforementioned ''Robotech'' were redubbed anime and the ''Transformers''' obvious Japanese influences. This ''may'' also be due to passing exposure to [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|the 2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] and the [[Unicron Trilogy]] shows which, viewed as an adult, are ''very'' obviously redubbed anime.

: This is in part related to the misconception that '''all''' ''Transformers'' toys are ''solely'' designed, developed and manufactured by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]], and all [[Hasbro]] ever does is to put them in new packaging and distribute them in the Western market (see above). Because this is true for other Japanese robot toylines, and therefore it must also apply to ''Transformers''.

: However, there's actually a ''little'' bit of truth to this misconception; since the G1 cartoon is an animated series made by Japanese studios, one could feasibly call it an anime; as "anime" is only a word to describe any form of animation in Japan, much like the word "cartoon" is here in the West, and ''not'' a term for a specific genre.

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[[File:G1 cartoon Decepticon underwater base.JPG|upright=1.33|thumb|This wrecked ''Victory'' was never the ''Nemesis''.]]
*'''The Decepticons' undersea base in the Generation 1 cartoon was the ''Nemesis'', the ship that originally brought them to Earth.'''

: In the [[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|three-part pilot mini-series]] of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], the Decepticons traveled to Earth aboard a starship that, years later, would be given the name of ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' by the [[Nemesis Part 1|final two]] [[Nemesis Part 2|episodes]] of the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]]. For the rest of the Generation 1 cartoon's first two seasons, the Decepticons were stationed on Earth in an [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|underwater headquarters]] that was originally another spacecraft that they had constructed on Earth during the pilot mini-series. The ship was supposed to take the Decepticons back to Cybertron, but it crashed into the ocean after a battle aboard its bridge. This ship would later be named ''[[Victory (G1)|Victory]]'' in [[2009]].

: However, a combination of faulty memories, lack of proper access to the full G1 cartoon during the early 2000s, and the ''Nemesis'' being found at the bottom of the sea in ''Beast Wars'', led a good number of fans to misremember the Decepticons' underwater base as having originally been the ''Nemesis'' instead of the ''Victory''. It certainly didn't help that the ''Victory'' originally had no name for twenty-five years, and that its design was always rather similar to that of the ''Nemesis''. Nonetheless, the ''Nemesis'' eventually did show up in the second season episode "[[Microbots]]" as a completely separate vessel from the undersea base, buried inside a mountain in [[South America]], complete with Megatron confirming it to be the very same ship that originally brought him and his Decepticon crew to Earth.

: And yet, this misunderstanding persisted just long enough to influence a few pieces of ''Transformers'' media of the 2000s. Namely the [[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|Generation 1 comics]] published by [[Dreamwave Productions]], and [[Redemption Center|one story]] from the ''[[Transformers Legends (book)|Transformers Legends]]'' anthology book featured the ''Nemesis'' as the Decepticons' Earth-based undersea headquarters.

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*'''Jazz was written out of the series due to the death of his voice actor.'''

: [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] conspicuously survives the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', yet went on to make no speaking appearances in the third season of the cartoon. As his voice actor, [[Scatman Crothers]], passed away of lung cancer in 1986, it is common for fans to assume that the latter caused the former. This isn't hurt by the fact that fellow Autobot and film survivor [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] also vanished due to issues involving [[Casey Kasem|his own voice actor]], nor by the fact that one of Jazz's only appearances involved him seemingly being referred to as "[[Munka Spanka]]."

: However, the dates simply don't match up: Crothers's death happened on November 22, long after the third season had begun airing. In fact, by that point, the only remaining episodes were the two parts of "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|The Return of Optimus Prime]]", both of which aired months after the rest of the season. Add in the fact that any dialogue for the episodes would have been recorded months in advance, and the idea that Crothers dying affected the writing process becomes borderline impossible. The more likely answer is that Jazz stopped appearing, like much of the Season 1 and 2 cast, because his toy was no longer on shelves.

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*'''''The Headmasters'' was going to be dubbed into English and shown in America.'''

: In America, "Season 4" consisted of "The Rebirth", a 3-episode mini-series. In Japan, "The Rebirth" was ignored, and a full-fledged series titled ''The Headmasters'' continued the story instead. Rumors once swirled in the fandom of an American-led dub of ''The Headmasters'' series; the dub was largely finished, goes the story, till the materials were lost in a warehouse fire.

: Given the meandering, continuity-heavy pace of the series (common for Japanese shows but anathema to American sensibilities of the time), the presence of numerous characters who had no toy equivalent on US shelves, the incompatibility with the "[[Nebulan]]" head characters, the number of Japanese cultural references, and the very existence of "[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Rebirth]]", this rumor seems unlikely on the surface.

: More to the point, no official confirmation or other evidence has ever surfaced to back it up. In all likelihood the rumor was probably a {{w|Chinese whispers|Chinese Whisper}} from the fact that the laughably-bad English language [[Omni Productions]] dub was screened on UK satellite TV during the 1990s.

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*'''Transformers were meant as a "genderless" race. Arcee and the other female Transformers were added to the brand because feminists complained about the Transformers all being male.'''

: When [[Bob Budiansky]] was assigned to work out the character details for the toys, he initially intended some of them to represent female characters, like [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. However, he was not given permission by [[Hasbro]] to include females because the company feared it would have a negative impact on the sales of those toys.<ref>[http://rustingcarcass.yuku.com/topic/954 Rusting Carcass interview]</ref> Budiansky complied, and in later years, would even pen [[Recipe for Disaster!|a story]] for the Marvel comic in which the Transformer race was stated to have no concept of gender.

:[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The cartoon]] was a different story. Since television requires a bigger investment than comics, but also offers the potential for a much better payoff, it is of interest for a TV network to broadcast material that reaches the highest possible demographic. To this end, very early in its development, writer [[Jeffrey Scott]] penned a [[production bible]] which included original female Transformer characters as part of an effort to sell the series to TV Network [[CBS]]. When it was decided to produce the series for syndication rather than for a network, new story editors [[Bryce Malek]] and [[Dick Robbins]] dropped this idea, and the series went on to star an exclusively-male cast of robots. However, in late 1984, while working on the early story development for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', writer [[Ron Friedman]] argued for the inclusion of a female Autobot in the story, on the basis that he "had a daughter who love[d] this stuff." Friedman won his argument, Arcee was added to the movie, and in 1985, female Autobots were incorporated into the series in advance of the film's release, with the introduction of [[Elita One]] and her [[Female Autobots]] in the episode "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]."

:In other Transformers cartoons, [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] and the English dub gender flip of [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] have also been added to their respective series because of network demands, whereas [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] were a request from the writers to Hasbro.

: Despite persistent stories, there is no documented instance of feminists demanding the inclusion of female Transformers (and likely, they've got something better to do than complain about another generic boys show like there are hundreds of). There is, however, a comic story called "[[Prime's Rib!]]" which presents Arcee's introduction to the Autobot ranks as an attempt by Optimus Prime to appease [[Feminist mob|human feminists]]. While the story is obviously satire, through hearsay it has become believed by some that it is what actually happened.
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====''The Transformers: The Movie''====
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[[File:TFTM dead gray Prime.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Traumatizing enough as it is, frankly.]]
*'''There exists an "uncut version" of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' containing all sorts of non-kid-friendly content.'''

: These stories stem mainly from the fact that many home-video releases of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' omit two relatively minor instances of characters using profanity, which during the 1990s resulted in some [[alt.toys.transformers]] posters advertising "uncut" VHS copies of the movie for sale, thus either intentionally or unintentionally creating the myth of a really foul-mouthed and ultra-violent alternate version of ''The Transformers: The Movie''. At least one poster claimed to have uncut reels of the original film showing a number of violent scenes,<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/07464cbfbb5d0cc9/8aee0b30765b2b4a?hl=en#8aee0b30765b2b4a THE UNCUT JAPANESE TRANSFORMERS MOVIE]</ref> but, unsurprisingly, was unwilling to provide any form of proof.<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/799fec40c1aa285e/6af42e4099affa04?hl=en# Doth the Canadian protesteth too much?]</ref> So have ended all claims of uncut footage from the film.

: A much stranger rumor, whose origins are unclear, claims that the original theatrical cut of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' depicted [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] crumbling into dust after dying, and that that scene was cut by the distributor in mid-release because children were traumatized by the imagery. Interestingly, the "[[Death of Optimus Prime]]" track on the original soundtrack album does contain ten extra seconds of music. At the end, just before the song's final low-octave percussion sequence, there is a very distinct series of notes that appears nowhere else in the song and is not in the onscreen version. However, no other evidence of this "lost" animation sequence exists among the many storyboards, preliminary animations, interviews, varying formats, etc., that have come to light. The myth could be related to the death of Starscream, a few scenes later, where Starscream '''does''' indeed crumble to dust after being shot by Galvatron; time and distance could lead fans to confuse the two scenes.

: These claims should not be confused with the extra storyboarded scenes and early script revisions which have come to light over the years, which do in fact contain a lot more violence. But no evidence exists that any of these sequences, even those that made it to storyboard, were ever animated. Especially given the expense of producing full animation.

::''See also: [[The Transformers: The Movie#Edits]].''

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*'''Some portions of Unicron's dialogue were recorded by an actor other than Orson Welles.'''

: A common rumor in the Western fandom claimed that Unicron's final lines ("Destiny... you cannot destroy my.. destiny!") were recorded by [[Leonard Nimoy]], based on claims that those lines sounded "different" from the rest of [[Orson Welles]]' lines.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092106/trivia IMDB.com reference to the Leonard Nimoy-as-Unicron rumor.]</ref> Compounding the rumor is the fact that Welles died shortly after recording his ''TF:TM'' lines<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/This-Orson-Welles/dp/030680834X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-6174389-3113623?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182349938&sr=8-1 According to one biography, Welles recorded his ''TF:TM'' lines on October 5, 1985 and died five days later.]</ref> (and indeed, one version of the rumor has Welles actually dying ''before'' completing his lines). Despite being debunked repeatedly (including by [[Susan Blu]] and [[Wally Burr]], both of whom should know), this one still pops up from time to time.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/387399-leonard-nimoy-officially-announced-voice-sentinel-prime-13.html#post5858748 Nimoy-as-Unicron rumor repeated by TFW2005 user "RedAlert Rescue".]</ref><ref>[http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2007/07/when_orson_welles_was_a_transformer.single.html Slate.com discusses the Unicron rumor.]</ref>

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[[File:TFTM - Brawn's death.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Brawn can't shoulder the blame on this one.]]
*'''Brawn was killed in the movie by a single shot to the shoulder.'''

:A long-running joke in the fandom is that the tough-as-nails Brawn was killed by taking a single shot to his shoulder. While it's true Brawn was killed by a single shot from Megatron in gun mode, there is a single frame showing the shot actually hitting him in the upper flat portion of his chest, with the massive explosion that follows obscuring exactly where he was hit. In the following shot as he falls, a entry wound can be seen lower on his chest, with a large exit wound seen on his back.

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*'''''The Transformers: The Movie''/Scatman Crothers coined the term "ginormous", which has since been added to several dictionaries.'''

: In ''The Transformers: The Movie'', [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], voiced by [[Scatman Crothers]], described [[Unicron]] as "a ginormous, weird-looking planet". The word "ginormous", a portmanteau of "gigantic" and "enormous", was officially added by the Merriam-Webster Online dictionary in 2007.<ref name="webster">[http://www.merriam-webster.com/info/newwords07.htm Merriam-Webster adding the word "ginormous]</ref>

: Some fans believe that Crothers had coined the term, which is incorrect for several reasons. Even putting aside the notion that under this theory, Crothers is assumed to have ad-libbed the line (rather than simply reading it from [[Ron Friedman]]'s script), the term has actually been around for much longer, being listed in the Oxford English Dictionary as a "British informal" word that has existed since at least the 1940s, and was originally military slang.<ref name="oxford">[http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/ginormous Oxford dictionary entry for "ginormous"]</ref>

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*'''Scourge was the one who asked Galvatron "You want me to gut Ultra Magnus?"'''

: During the Decepticons' second attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] rode inside [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus's]] cockpit, piloting him in vehicle mode. At one point, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] flew up alongside them, also in vehicle mode, and his robot mode head popped up when the line "You want me to gut Ultra Magnus?" was spoken to Galvatron. Ever since the movie's release, fans have debated over who said this line, with the majority insisting it was Scourge.<ref>The fact that Scourge's sole line in the movie ("But remember, we belong to ''[[Unicron/Generation 1|him]]!'') was spoken in a much higher-pitched voice than the deeper-pitched voice Scourge would have during Season 3 of the cartoon also led many to mistakenly believe that that line was spoken by a [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] instead of Scourge himself.</ref> The [[Transformers: The Animated Movie|IDW adaptation of the movie]] even gave the line to Scourge in its [[To the Death—and Beyond!|second chapter]]. However, a closer examination of the voice that spoke the line reveals it was actually [[Roger C. Carmel]] (Cyclonus's actor), not [[Stan Jones]] (Scourge's actor): The voice is similarly guttural to how Carmel sounded when voicing the [[Quintesson Prosecutor]] later in the movie, and to how he would sound when voicing Cyclonus in certain episodes of the subsequent third season of the cartoon (such as when Cyclonus spoke the line "Your contributions will not be in vain, brothers," in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2]]"). The movie's [https://www.tfraw.com/p/transformers-movie-dialog-script.html final dialogue script] even confirms that it was Cyclonus who spoke the line.

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*'''''The Transformers: The Movie'' was never released in Japan.'''

: It is true that ''The Transformers: The Movie'' was not released in Japan at the same time it was released in [[Hasbro]]'s markets, with Japanese fans instead getting the ''[[Scramble City: Mobilization]]'' OVA prior to the release of the third season of the show (second for Japan). But ''The Movie'' ultimately made it to Japanese theaters in August 1989. The various discrepancies between it and subsequent Japan-only Generation 1 fiction (such as who [[Prowl (G1)#The Headmasters cartoon|didn't]] [[Wheeljack (G1)#Victory cartoon|survive]] the movie) are largely a matter of the Japanese animators and writers being unaware of the precise details of the film. This also led to a similar rumor that ''Scramble City'' was an out-and-out ''replacement'' for the film, similar to how ''The Headmasters'' replaced "The Rebirth." Actually viewing the OVA reveals that it has nothing to do with the events of ''The Movie'', other than that both feature [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and take place between the second and third seasons; at no point does it significantly contradict the film, and pretty much the only third-season change the film explains is where [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] came from. There were indeed attempts to summarize what had happened in the movie, including a narration added to "Five Faces of Darkness" and scans in ''[[TV Magazine]]'', but ''Scramble City'' served much more as an advertisement for its subline than a major turning point of the continuity.<ref>http://tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?s=&postid=216153#post216153</ref><ref>http://tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?s=&postid=216478#post216478</ref><ref>http://tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?threadid=30800</ref>

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*'''''The Transformers: The Movie'' was released in Japan under the title "Matrix Forever".'''

: "[[The Transformers: The Movie - Apocalypse: Be Eternal, Matrix|Matrix Forever]]" is actually the shortened and slightly mistranslated title of a 20-minute video created to promote the Japanese release of ''The Transformers: The Movie'', but some Western fans have been confused into thinking that ''The Transformers: The Movie'' itself was renamed "Matrix Forever".<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/a5d29844863d2c29</ref>
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====Japanese Generation 1 fiction====
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*'''In Japanese continuity, the Destrons (Decepticons) were invaders from a planet called Destron.'''

: The [[Autobot]]s were renamed "Cybertrons" in the Japanese translation, resulting in a misconception that the Destrons ([[Decepticon]]s) must hail from somewhere other than the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Japanese translation also used slightly different spellings for the faction, "Cybertron" (literally: サイバトロン, "Sa-i-ba-to-ro-n"), and the planet, (literally: セイバートロン, "Se-i-baa-to-ro-n"), commonly interpreted as "Seibertron" by Western fans, in order to avoid confusion, even though both words originally started out based on the English name "Cybertron".<ref name="tfa522">[http://tfarchive.com/creative/showentry.php?s=522 The Transformers Archive essay about various urban legends surrounding the Transformers franchise]</ref>

: This rumor presumably originates from an article a Thomas Wheeler had written for ''Attic's Collectible Toys and Values Monthly'' during the hiatus between the [[The Transformers (toyline)|G1]] and [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|G2]] toylines. According to that article, Hasbro chose not to follow this element of the story because of the similarity between the term "Destron" and ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''{{'}}s "[[Destro]]" character. Of course, seeing as the story originated in America to begin with and was only dubbed into Japanese later on, this doesn't make a lot of sense. In later years, Wheeler wrote toy reviews for Master Collector's website, which occasionally also display a certain lack of knowledge about various toys and the ''Transformers'' brand's overall history, so it doesn't seem entirely out of place for him.

: Interestingly, an earlier draft for "[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2]]" ''would'' have established the Decepticons as "evil machines from another world"<ref name="dotd2draft">{{citesocial|quote=the original script for 'Desertion Of The Dinobots' had the Decepticons described as coming from another planet other than Cybertron. (1985) https://t.co/FJcCqm5Gdl|link=https://twitter.com/TF_Moments/status/1561586703265153024|name=TF_Moments|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=08|day=22|(defunct=)}}</ref>, but this was not used in the final episode, which simply stated that "Decepticons, lusting for power, began a terrible war". "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]" then established the ''true'' origin of the Cybertronian race, which was kept unchanged for the Japanese dub.

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*'''In Japanese continuity, Megatron and Galvatron are two separate characters.'''

: There are a few instances of Japanese fiction (and advertising) that would seem to support this notion, all of which can be attributed to a lack of communication between [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] prior to the release of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. All of them were ultimately ignored by the "primary" fiction, namely the (dubbed) third season of the cartoon (named ''Transformers: 2010'' in Japan) and the accompanying manga, which followed the Western story concept of Galvatron being a reformatted [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]].

: The [[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2|second issue]] of ''[[The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers]]'' [[manga]] depicts [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] commanding [[Megatron Corps|a legion of automatons]] created in [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s image, which some non-Japanese-speaking fans misinterpreted as depicting Galvatron and Megatron co-existing. This even extended into ''[[The Battlestars]]'', where the appearance of Super Megatron solidified the idea to those fans; after all, surely if he were upgraded from Galvatron, he would be named Super Galvatron, right? One particularly sturdy rumor claimed that he was trying to hunt Galvatron down (possibly conflating him with [[Gilthor]]).<ref>http://tfarchive.com/creative/showentry.php?s=179</ref>

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[[File:ExplosionMarsMegaZarak MarsExplodes.jpg|upright=1|thumb|"What will you do?" "Rebuild it. Just the way it was, brick for brick."]]
*'''Mars was destroyed in ''The Headmasters''. Therefore, all of its later Japanese G1 appearances are continuity errors.'''

: The planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] was blown up by the Decepticons in the [[Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears|fifteenth episode]] of the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Transformers: The Headmasters]]'' cartoon. Yet, it made later appearances in both the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'' and ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' cartoons as a fully-intact, definitely-not-destroyed planet. For decades, fans in the West took these later appearances of Mars following its destruction to be, well, a glaring continuity error. However, it actually isn't.

: In the [[The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)|final episode]] of ''The Headmasters'', the Autobots succeeded in finally driving the Decepticons off the Earth for good, and prepared to leave the planet themselves. When saying goodbye to the [[Witwicky (surname)|Witwicky]]s, the Autobot leader [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] stated that, among many other tasks ahead of them, the Autobots planned to rebuild Mars as part of their efforts to bring peace to the universe. Evidently, they succeeded, given Mars's aforementioned later appearances.

: The Western fandom's perception that Mars's appearances post-''The Headmasters'' were in error stemmed from the fact that, in all official ''and'' unofficial English-subtitled releases of ''The Headmasters'', Fortress's line about rebuilding Mars was completely overlooked and left out of the subtitle translations. It ''was'', however, mentioned in the English dub produced by [[Omni Productions]], but for the longest time, that was believed to have been an invention of the dub, rather than a (surprisingly) accurate translation of the Japanese dialogue.

: In truth, Mars being rebuilt was mentioned in the Japanese dialogue from the very beginning, and the Western fandom at large simply failed to notice.

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*'''Black Shadow and Blue Bacchus are both members of a "Space Mafia".'''

: [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]] of ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Victory|Victory]]'' has his function listed as "Space Gangster". An early fan translation of his on-package [[bio]] misinterpreted the Japanese word for "gangster" to mean "Mafia", hence the belief that a "Space Mafia" exists in the Japanese Generation 1 universe. This was naturally extended to his partner, [[Blue Bacchus]], whose function is "Space Gunman."

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[[File:Roadfire1.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Maybe it's the way [[Ban Magami]] drew his mouth?]]
*'''Metrotitan is a zombie of Metroplex.'''

: [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] was a Destron [[redeco]] of [[Metroplex (G1)#Toys|Metroplex]] from the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1990 (Zone)|Zone]]'' portion of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|original Japanese toyline]]. In the earliest years of the online fandom, some Western fans propagated the idea that Metrotitan was a "zombified" version of Metroplex, who had died somehow, sometime. (The details have never been specified.) A stranger variation on this rumor holds that Metrotitan was somehow "regrown" from one of Metroplex's legs.<ref name="tfa522" />

: This has long since been debunked, as Metrotitan is just a big Decepticon who showed up one day, as big Decepticons are wont to do. It is... ''unclear'' how the zombie rumor got started, but given the general sparsity of both reliable translations of Japanese material at the time, and of ''Zone'' fiction overall, it's kind of easy to see how it stuck around as long as it did.

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[[File:RobotMasters relation chart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Only those from the Beast Era and ''Victory'' travel through the Blastizone.]]
*'''''Robotmasters'' is a multiversal crossover with characters dimension-hopping into Generation 1 from other universes.'''

: Takara's ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' series was released in [[2004]] to help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' brand. As such, it featured a big crossover storyline that brought together several famous characters from across the brand's history: Characters from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory|Victory]]'' and ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers#Beast Wars II|Beast Wars II]]'' traveled through time and space across a dimensional fissure known as the [[Blastizone]], arriving on Earth in the year 2004 to team up with Generation 1 characters. This all happened around the same time as Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' series, which similarly featured its own big crossover story that saw characters from across the [[multiverse]] coming together from different universes to fight a [[Universe War|war]] over Unicron's return.

: Since the toylines of both ''Robotmasters'' and ''Universe'' consisted primarily of redecos of existing toy molds, and because both series were big crossover events that brought together different characters from different series across time and space, fans in the West considered ''Robotmasters'' to be the Japanese equivalent of ''Universe'', and so initially mistook the events of ''Robotmasters'' for a multiversal conflict analogous to that of ''Universe'', with some of its characters crossing over from other realities. Namely, both [[Tow-Line (RID)|Wrecker Hook]] and [[Sideways (RM)|Double Face]] were key suspects of ''Robotmasters'' characters speculated to have come from other universes (but that is a whole other [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)#The continuity kerfuffle|can]] of [[Circular reporting#Sideways|worms]]).

: However, a closer examination of the ''Robotmasters'' fiction reveals all this to have ''not'' been the case at all. Unlike ''Universe'', ''Robotmasters'' did not actually feature any dimension-hopping whatsoever. Both the [[Robotmasters (comic)|comic series]] and the relation chart (pictured right) found on [https://web.archive.org/web/20070618040111/www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/robotmasters/main2.htm Takara's official website] specified which particular characters did and did not travel through the Blastizone, and the only ones who did were just time-travelers: [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], [[Psycho-Orb]], [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], [[Ginrai (robot)|Victory Leo]], [[Gigant Bomb]], and [[Lio Convoy]]. None of the other ''Robotmasters'' characters were ever indicated to be anything but native to the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Japanese Generation 1 universe]] in the years 2004–2005 (''including'' the aforementioned Wrecker Hook and Double Face).

: Oddly though, the [[Robotmasters (3D diorama comic)|''Robotmasters'' 3D diorama comics]] didn't even feature the Blastizone or any other signs of spacetime travel. All of the time-displaced warriors from ''Beast Wars'', ''Victory'', and ''Beast Wars II'' were just already there in the present, with no explanation given for how any of them got there. Even the [[Robotmasters Vol. 11|final chapter's]] guest appearance of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]—the sole anomalous instance that ''could'' have been considered a universe-hop in ''Robotmasters'' fiction—was completely unexplained: He just showed up without any kind of portal or means of arrival, as if he, bizarrely, was also just a native to the ''Robotmasters'' world (From a real-world standpoint, his appearance was simply to advertise his then-new ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Hybrid Style|toy]]).
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====European Generation 1 fiction====
*'''Starscream and Shrapnel are female characters in the French dub of Generation 1.'''
: This rumor is only partly true. The [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' cartoon]] used three different dub teams for the French version: one for the TV show's dub broadcast in Quebec, one for the TV show's dub broadcast in France and one for the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 movie]] used in both countries. Neither of the TV show's dubs depict [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] as a female as he uses a distinctively male voice;<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhOCYZRxypM YouTube: Doublage de France: Combaticons et Égo]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMXCeXw5Vdo Doublage Québécois: Égo et Dr. Croc-en-ville]</ref> however, the movie's dubbing team used a female voice for Starscream, and at one point [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] calls Starscream "une imbécile" (articles in French are gender-specific), clearly cementing Starscream's movie status as a female.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20080612225831/http://www.bigbot.com/mp3/transformers_mp3.shtml#Femmes</ref> All the same is also true for [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], who is even referred to as "Mademoiselle Shrapnel" by [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] in the movie.
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*'''The German version of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' was edited and didn't depict Starscream's death scene.'''
: German TV didn't air a dubbed version of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] until 1989. ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' was aired for the first time on German TV in 1994, with only one repeat. For unknown reasons, a rumor was circulating for several years claiming that [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream's]] death was considered too "violent" for German TV standards for children's programs and had therefore been edited out.<ref>[http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=fassung&fid=7489&vid=38680 German movie database ''still'' listing the rumor about Starscream's "edited death" in TF:TM]</ref> However, recordings of the TV airing still exist, which don't feature any obvious edits other than [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike's]] infamous "swear" line. Furthermore, a German DVD edition of the movie released in 2004 that features an entirely different dub also depicts Starscream's death in all its glory.
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====Other====
* '''Cliffjumper dies in every ''Transformers'' series he appears in, or is part of a franchise-wide running gag where he is killed over and over again.'''

[[File:Transformers2-Cliffjumper.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|I lived, bitch!]]

: The [[Darkness Rising, Part 1|series premiere]] of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' is well-remembered for its opening act, in which [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] brutally kills [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. Several years later, [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] made a prominent appearance in 2018's ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, where he is tortured and killed by the Decepticons [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]]. By sheer coincidence, [[Cliffjumper (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Cliffjumper]] had recently perished in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s concurrent ''[[Transformers: Unicron|Unicron]]'' miniseries; from these data points (sometimes adding in the fate of his [[Cliffjumper (SG)|mirror-universe self]] in ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' and a brief cameo in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Siege]]'' that leaves his fate uncertain), some fans have extrapolated the idea that Cliffjumper must "always" die in ''Transformers'' stories, or that writers have somehow singled him out to die over and over again for the sake of comedy, not unlike the perpetually unlucky [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

:The truth of the matter is a bit more nuanced. Named ''Transformers'' characters die all the time—across different works of ''Transformers'' fiction, characters named "[[Wheeljack (disambiguation)|Wheeljack]]" and "[[Blurr (disambiguation)|Blurr]]" have died just as often as Cliffjumper, and Bumblebee himself has died or otherwise suffered terminal damage onscreen just as often as Cliffjumper! Some of Cliffjumper's deaths were part of climactic "massacre" storylines that killed off dozens of named characters; his appearances in ''Bumblebee'' and ''Siege'' probably came down to the fact that it was easier to finagle another pre-existing character from their limited pool of robot parts by simply recoloring Bumblebee's pre-existing CGI model, rather than any kind of ulterior commentary on the character.

: In contemporary comics, Cliffjumper spent years as the POV character in [[Fun Publications]]' ''Shattered Glass'' comics; more recently, he got an entire two-part adventure to himself in 2020's ''[[Transformers: Galaxies]]'' series, where he turned out just fine. As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, he's received a starring role in [[Skybound Entertainment|Skybound]]'s [[Energon Universe]] comics, taking the usual "human ally" role from ... ''Bumblebee'', who died in [[Transformers (2023) issue 1|the very first issue]]. (See what we mean?)
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==Beast Era Misconceptions==
===Toys===
*'''Beast Wars didn't originally have the Transformers branding.'''
[[File:BW Waspinator packaging variants.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Let's play the "spot the ''Transformers'' logo" game.]]
:While the early design of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' toy packaging had the ''Transformers'' brand name in a smaller typeface than the main ''Beast Wars'' logo, the toy range was ''always'' officially titled ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' in the United States from day one (while the back of the packaging typically added a definite article, ''Beast Wars: '''The''' Transformers'', presumably in order to keep the [[trademark]] for the original toyline). The ''Beast Wars'' name was first reduced in size with the shift from rock bubble to smooth bubble cards, and again in 1998 with the release of the [[Transmetal]]s and [[Fuzor]]s subranges, which also saw the order of the two parts reversed to ''Transformers: Beast Wars'', thus considerably increasing the prominence of the ''Transformers'' title.

:In Canada and Latin America, the use of [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]] necessitated that the triple ''Beast Wars/Guerre des Bêtes/Guerra de Bestias'' title was rendered in a smaller font than on United States packaging to begin with, resulting in the ''Transformers'' name being more prominent as well. The order of the two parts was switched analogously with United States packaging.

:In Europe, things were a little less cut-and-dry: Initially, early production runs of trilingual English/Spanish/Italian packaging featured only the ''Beast Wars'' title in around the same size featured on United States packaging at the time, while the ''Transformers'' branding was placed in the lower right corner of the packaging. In the case of carded figures, that meant it was hidden far away from the ''Beast Wars'' title, while on boxed figures, it was simply much smaller than, and not at all aligned with, the main title. On top of that, it was rendered in red on an already red background (and, for some reason, also included a ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]''-style [[Autobot]] [[insignia]]!). The same was done with early trilingual French/Dutch/German packaging, which featured the double title ''Beast Wars/Ani Mutants''.

:Eventually, English/Spanish/Italian also adopted a second title, becoming ''Beast Wars/Biocombat'', and the ''Transformers'' name was placed directly below it, with the color changed from red to white and the ''Generation 2'' Autobot insignia dropped, just like on American packaging. Unlike English/Spanish/Italian packaging, this packaging design was continued all the way through 1997. Finally, the introduction of the Transmetals and Fuzors subranges in 1998 also saw another change: While English/Spanish/Italian packaging simply reduced the size of the entire title on Basic and Deluxe blister cards, but still kept the ''Transformers'' portion as the secondary title for the remainder of the toyline's run, French/Dutch/German packaging followed the example of American packaging and moved the ''Transformers'' name on top, while keeping the title itself in the same font size also featured on each packaging's English/Spanish/Italian counterpart.

:Lastly, when British commercial broadcaster ITV aired the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' television series]] on their morning show (GMTV), the ''Transformers'' name was edited out of the title sequence entirely.
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===Fiction===
====Japanese ''Beast Wars''====
*'''Preface'''
:To give a better idea of how the following misconceptions came about, many of them stem from how little access the Western fandom had to understandable forms of the Japanese ''Beast Wars'' media at the time. After all, when the series were first released, the internet was still a relatively "new" thing, where [[alt.toys.transformers|USENET forums]] were still a major outlet for fan information and websites were... rudimentary. For about two decades since that time, the most that the West had access to were a small number of fan-subtitled episodes of ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]'' and ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'', a fansubbed version of the theatrical feature segment ''[[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!]]'', a translation of the first ''Beast Wars II'' [[Catalog#Beast Wars II|toy catalog]], and second-hand accounts from those who had seen the untranslated episodes of either series or had read each's respective [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|manga]] [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (manga)|series]]. Over time, those who lacked an understanding of the Japanese language would misinterpret much of these series' specifics. The following are a few of the most well known misunderstandings.
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[[File:Optimusx2.JPG|thumb|Well, that's just Prime.]]
*'''In Japanese ''Beast Wars'' continuity, Optimus Primal and Megatron were the same characters as their Generation 1 namesakes.'''
:In hindsight, it sure seems like this was originally going to be the case. When the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' toyline first debuted in the West, both [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] were identified in their earliest toy bios as being new iterations of Generation 1 [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], respectively. This was most evident in the bios of the very first toys of the two: the Basic class bat Optimus Primal and crocodile Megatron toys. But when the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]] started up later, it did away with that idea entirely, by firmly establishing that the two leaders were instead completely separate individuals from their Generation 1 namesakes.

:When ''Beast Wars'' was first brought over to Japan, Takara evidently thought that the original notion was still in effect: Optimus Primal was renamed "Convoy", the same Japanese name as Optimus Prime, and the [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] factions were given the same Japanese names as those of the Autobot and Decepticon faction—"Cybertron" and "Destron", respectively. Optimus and Megatron's Ultra and Basic class toys were each given Japanese bios loosely based on their respective Basic class toys' English bios, with their Ultra class toy bios even giving them the same functions as their Generation 1 namesakes ([[Supreme Commander]] and [[Emperor of Destruction]], respectively); the one for Optimus even indicated him to be the very same Optimus of old. Both of their Basic class toys were even given special redecos with new bios that ''explicitly'' claimed the two had previously been a tractor trailer and a Walther P-38, the very same altmodes of the Generation 1 Optimus Prime and Megatron.

:When the first season of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon began airing in Japan, it was initially ambiguous on the matter, never actually saying one way or the other if Optimus and Megatron were meant to be new characters like their English counterparts, or the same characters as their Generation 1 namesakes. This was because, despite the ''many'' adlibs that were added to the Japanese dub, it was still largely dubbed in accordance to the English version, which rarely ever touched upon the subject in its first season (because it never ''needed'' to, since it was abundantly clear in that version that Optimus Primal and Megatron were not their G1 namesakes). This initial ambiguity would later prove to be the Japanese dub's saving grace from what all came next.

:When Takara made the first Japanese-original spin-off series, ''Beast Wars II'', Optimus Primal made a few guest appearances in both its [[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (manga)|manga]] and its [[Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!|movie]]. A short bio for him was printed at the end of the [[Free the Captured Matrix!|third chapter]] of the manga, which described Optimus as "A fierce fighter who has fought against the Destron army for thousands of years."<ref>数千年にわたり、デストロン軍と戦いつづけで猛者。コンボイの称号を与える軍の評議会の一員でもある。エネルゴン探索の任務遂行中に消息をたったともいわれていたが...!?</ref> The same chapter also depicted him as a sitting member of [[Convoy Council|council]] that oversaw the military operations on Cybertron, presenting Primal in a lofty position of authority. Then, three months later, Optimus made a big-screen animated appearance in ''Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!'', in which he was presented as a "legendary Supreme Commander", complete with his own [[Matrix (disambiguation)|Matrix]]; a ''stark'' contrast to his American cartoon depiction as merely the young and untested captain of a lowly science vessel. Likewise, the Predacon leader [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] referred to a "Megatron" as "the greatest and most vicious legendary Transformer in history." But, it was never clarified if this grandiose description was in reference to Generation 1 or ''Beast Wars'' Megatron... likely because, at the time, the movie treated the two as if they were the same person, just as it seemed to do for Optimus.

[[File:G1Megatron MasterBlaster stasislock.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Hello there, past self who is a completely different individual.]]
:Despite this initial impression, however, new information would come to light in ''Beast Wars Metals'', the Japanese dub of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon's second and third seasons. These two seasons had been held back from airing on Japanese television until after both had been completed by [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]], and thus did not reach Japanese audiences until after ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Beast Wars Neo'' had come and gone. In short, ''Metals'' remained consistent with the original English version by treating the Generation 1 and ''Beast Wars'' namesakes as separate characters: The Japanese dub of "[[The Agenda (Part 2)]]" even had ''Beast Wars'' Megatron refer to Generation 1 Megatron as "My ancestor Megatron" (我先祖のメガトロン, ''Waga senzo no Megatron'') when relating the history of the Golden Disk to Ravage.

:Consequently, ''Metals'' choosing to remain faithful to the English version on this matter suddenly rendered all of the above Japanese-original media that had previously linked ''Beast Wars'' Megatron and Optimus Primal to their Generation 1 counterparts no longer applicable for the cartoon's continuity. The first-year toy bios were relegated to a [[micro-continuity]], while the ''Beast Wars II'' manga was always its own continuity separate from its counterpart cartoon to begin with. Though, both it and the subsequent [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (manga)|''Beast Wars Neo'' manga]] were followed by a [[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Metals (manga)|''Beast Wars Metals'' manga]] whose [[Beast Wars Metals issue 6|final chapter]] would link it back to the ''Beast Wars II'' manga, while also retaining the American cartoon's depiction of the ''Beast Wars'' and Generation 1 Optimuses and Megatrons as separate individuals, despite all the aforementioned implications made previously about Optimus Primal in the ''Beast Wars II'' manga. So... it's not perfect.

:As for the "legendary" status of ''Beast Wars'' Optimus and Megatron in the animated movie, that can easily be brushed aside as merely an aspect of long-running Japanese children's series that have multiple shows (e.g. – ''Kamen Rider'', ''Super Sentai'', etc.), in that the main hero of a previous series is treated with awe and reverence by the cast of the next series in any crossover team-ups. Optimus Primal was the leader of the good guys from the series preceding ''Beast Wars II'', so the cast of that series revered him with due respect. Later, the cast of ''Beast Wars Neo'' did the same for Lio Convoy of ''Beast Wars II'', calling him a "legendary warrior" in [[Illusion? Lio Convoy|Episode 29]]. Heck, even [[Big Convoy]] was called a "legendary warrior" multiple times in ''Neo'', even as early as the [[Big Convoy, Move Out|first episode]]. To put it simply, being "legendary" in Japanese ''Beast Wars'' fiction isn't as special as it sounds.

:Incidentally, it would later be confirmed that the ''Beast Wars II'' cartoon actually took place eons ''after'' the later-made ''Beast Wars'' sequel series ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' (see below for more). This meant that ''Beast Wars'' Optimus Primal and Megatron actually ''were'' figures of the distant past from the ''Beast Wars II'' cast's point-of-view. In hindsight, this legendary status of the two in the movie fits rather well with how, in ''Beast Machines'', Megatron singlehandedly conquered all of Cybertron and "viciously" captured the sparks of its entire population, while Optimus "legendarily" saved the whole planet from Megatron at the cost of his own life. As Japan would not receive that series until [[2004]]—six years after the movie's release—this all proved rather fortuitous in the end.
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*'''Optimus Primal was sent to Planet Gaia in the ''Beast Wars II'' movie when he flew into the alien machine at the end of "Other Voices, Part 2".'''
:The ''Beast Wars II'' feature film, ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers]]'', was initially released in Japanese theaters before the second season of the American ''Beast Wars'' cartoon first aired in Japan. During the ''Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!'' segment of this film, Optimus Primal made a guest appearance to team up with the cast of ''Beast Wars II''. At the end of the segment, he declares that he must "return to Energoa"; this was the name given to prehistoric Earth in the Japanese dub of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, before its true identity as Earth was revealed. This meant that he had been transported to Planet [[Gaia]]—future Earth—from prehistoric Earth during the time of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]].

:The final episode of the first season of ''Beast Wars'', "[[Other Voices, Part 2]]", ends with Optimus Primal flying up into the [[Vok]]'s [[Planet Buster|planet-destroying weapon]], sacrificing himself to save the planet. [[Aftermath|Three]] [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)|episodes]] [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|later]], he is restored to life after a difficult resurrection process. Since Primal's appearance in the movie was screened in Japan between the Japanese airings of Seasons 1 and 2 of ''Beast Wars'', some took this release order as a literal chronology for Optimus Primal's Japanese cartoon appearances, thinking that his final moment in "Other Voices, Part 2" was the exact moment he was pulled into the future and brought to Gaia. A statement given in the ''[[Beast Wars Special Super Lifeform Transformers Film Book]]'' even seemed to confirm this theory.<ref>Page 7: エイリアンマシンに激突した際、時空を超えて惑星ガイアにやってきた。("When he crashed into the [[Planet Buster|Alien Machine]], he crossed space-time and came to the planet Gaia.")</ref>

:Some even took his presence in the movie as an explanation for why the Maximal [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] had great difficulty locating Primal's [[spark]] within "the other side of the [[Transformer afterlife|Matrix]]" in "[[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)]]", as if to mean that it ''wasn't'' there at the time. ''Lio Convoy in Imminent Danger!'' is even bookended by sequences that recap the events of Primal's death and rebirth in ''Beast Wars''. And most of all, when Optimus is brought to Gaia, he initially appears in a glowing, yellow, ghost-like form, which ''wasn't'' the case for the story's main antagonist, [[Majin Zarak]], who had arrived on Gaia through the exact same means as Optimus. He even returns to this glowing, yellow, spectral form upon his departure near the end of the movie.

:However, despite the longevity of this theory, the opening narration of the very next part of the movie—the Japanese dub of the ''Beast Wars'' season 2 episode "[[Bad Spark]]"—actually seems to debunk it by essentially reiterating what was true of Primal's fate in the English version of ''Beast Wars''. In this narration, Rhinox and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] claim that Optimus Primal did indeed die in the [[unspace|transwarp]] explosion at the end of "Other Voices, Part 2", and that Rhinox had brought his spark back from the dead in "Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)".

:While this apparently renders the ''Film Book''{{'}}s statement in error, it does seem like there was originally ''some'' intention for it to be true, given Primal's arrival and departure in the movie depicting him in his aforementioned ghostly form. But, while a neat idea, it raises too many questions and relies on too many assumptions in order for it to sensibly fit with Primal's onscreen resurrection. And since Rhinox and Rattrap claim otherwise, this would mean that Optimus was brought to the future from a different point during the Beast Wars, ''before'' the end of Season 1 due to Primal having his Season 1 body in the movie. Exactly when during Season 1, however, has never been disclosed.
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[[File:PrimalLioConvoyCatalog01.jpg|thumb|Everything you know is a lie!]]
*'''The characters of the ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoons hail from the same time-period as the cast of ''Beast Wars'', at a point set prior to ''Beast Machines''.'''
:It's almost not fair to call this one a misconception: By all appearances, this ''was'' the original intent for the Japanese-original ''Beast Wars'' shows. The first catalog packed in with the ''Beast Wars II'' toys presented Lio Convoy and Galvatron as contemporaries of ''Beast Wars'' Optimus Primal and Megatron, which was also reflected in both the ''Beast Wars II'' manga and [[Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|handheld video game]]. Likewise, the ''Beast Wars II'' cartoon initially gave no reason to doubt that this also applied to its story, and ''Beast Wars Neo'' even featured a [[Convoy Council|military council]] that could have very well been the Japanese version of the [[Maximal High Council|High Council]] of [[Maximal Elder]]s.

:But then, months into its run, the ''Beast Wars II'' cartoon's [[Emissary of the Fourth Planet|thirty-sixth episode]] stated that humanity hadn't lived on Gaia for "tens of thousands of years." Before, the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon had [[Dark Designs|established]] that its cast hailed from only three centuries after the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the end of which vintage Japanese G1/G2 fiction had placed in the 21st Century, when Earth was still populated by humans. ''Beast Wars Neo'' would then further treat the Great War as having ended with the destruction of Unicron in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', which was set in the year [[2005]]. As a result, this made it was impossible for the ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Neo'' cartoons to take place in the same home-time as the American ''Beast Wars'' cast, and thus meant that the two Japanese series were, instead, set ''long'' after that time period.

:Furthermore, the [[Big Convoy, Move Out|first episode]] of ''Beast Wars Neo'' opened with a depiction of the Maximals and Predacons ''unambiguously'' at war with each other. Said war had apparently been going on for a long time, too, given that Maximal commander [[Big Convoy]] was described throughout the series as a legendary "One-Man Army" with a lengthy history of having singlehandedly won countless battles prior to the series' beginning. This not only conflicted with the [[Beast Wars (Part 1)|first episode]] of the American ''Beast Wars'' series stating that the Maximals and Predacons were currently at peace with each other and had been for centuries, but would be further contradicted by [[The Agenda (Part 1)|a later episode]] (which, admittedly, had yet to air in Japan at the time of ''Neo''{{'}}s initial broadcast) referring to this peace as the "[[Pax Cybertronia]]".

:Of course, as it was nearly twenty years before either series had been translated in full, western fans didn't really ''know'' about any of this at the time and, with only the catalog to go on, continued to assume that its story held true for the Japanese cartoons. It was only in 2006/2007, when TakaraTomy published a massive [[Source:Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|Generation 1/Beast Era timeline]], which adhered to the ''Beast Wars II'' cartoon's dating for the series, that English-speaking fans at large first learned of this fact.

:Now, to be fair, ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Neo'' probably didn't ''intentionally'' deviate from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon, but rather, just kinda goofed on the continuity, and history had to roll with it. That said, this did also fix another discrepancy: By coincidence, both ''Beast Wars Neo'' and ''Beast Machines'' (both produced around the same time) featured the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]], but depicted it in two radically different, very contradictory ways. ''Beast Wars Neo'' presented the computer as the publicly-known ruler of Cybertron, while ''Beast Machines'' depicted it as a long-lost legend, unheard of for years until it was reactivated as the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] in the series' [[The Reformatting|first episode]]. If ''Beast Wars Neo'' was meant to occur before ''Beast Machines'' (as was probably the intent), this didn't make any sense; but the timeline shuffle caused by ''Beast Wars II'' now helped these two different portrayals fit better together.

:It did create a ''new'' discrepancy, though: In ''Beast Wars Neo'', Cybertron was depicted with its traditional appearance as a metallic planet, while, at the end of ''Beast Machines'', it was converted into a [[technorganic]] form. In [[2019]], a ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Transformers Legends]]'' [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Blue Big Convoy)|pack-in comic]] fixed this last gap in the timeline, explaining how and why Cybertron was turned back into a metallic world eons after its [[Great Transformation|technorganic reformatting]].

:While these retcons have helped to tidy things up, the original understanding of the timeline has influenced several pieces of American Beast Era media over the years:
:*The Hasbro toy bio for [[Transmetal 2|Transmetals 2]] [[Cybershark]] referred to "a rogue band of Cybertronian space pirates" (an allusion to ''Beast Wars II''{{'}}s [[Seacon (BW)|Seacon Space Pirates]]) as his contemporaries, while the toy bio for ''[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]]'' [[Magmatron]] all but explicitly pegged him as the same Magmatron from ''Neo'', mentioning his "[[Emperor of Destruction|emperor of destruction]]" title and his involvement in "an interplanetary quest for [[Angolmois Energy|energy capsules]]"; the latter of which was also placed, by the bio, before the events of ''Beast Machines''.<ref>The full first sentence of ''Dinobots'' Magmatron's bio: "Following an interplanetary quest for energy capsules, Magmatron returned to Cybertron to find an alarmingly growing population of Vehicon drones."</ref>
:*In both the ''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)|Universe]]'' comic series and the prose story "[[Wreckers: Finale Part II]]", characters from the two Japanese series appeared on Cybertron as contemporaries of the ''Beast Machines'' cast, at points set within a year after the planet's reformatting. The latter even described the [[Cyborg Beast]]s of ''Beast Wars II'' as "pre-reformatting".
:*The ''Beast Wars II'' Predacons [[BB (BW)|Max-B]] and [[Dirge (BW)|Dirge]] were featured in the [[Fun Publications]] ''Beast Wars'' prequels "[[Intimidation Game]]" and "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]", respectively.
:*Finally, [[IDW Publishing]]'s two ''Beast Wars'' comic mini-series, ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending|The Ascending]]'', and the accompanying ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'', likewise chose to depict the ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Neo'' casts as contemporaries of the ''Beast Wars'' characters, but also ''further'' reshuffled the timeline by repositioning the events akin to ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Neo'' a few years ''before'' the home time-period of the ''Beast Wars'' cast, instead of during or after.

:Even after the release of the Japanese Generation 1/Beast Era timeline, new media set in other continuities have knowingly chosen to continue depicting characters from ''Beast Wars II'' and ''Neo'' (and even ''Car Robots'') existing side-by-side with the ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'' cast, with such series as ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'', the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Transformers Legends]]'' comics set in the "[[Legends World]]", and even IDW's second ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars|Beast Wars]]'' comic series each presenting all of them living together in societies and scenarios unique to those series.
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*'''The characters in ''Beast Wars II'' travel forward in time to Future Earth just like how the characters of ''Beast Wars'' travel back in time to Prehistoric Earth.'''
:Seemingly an offshoot of the above misconception, this appears to have been born out of a misinterpretation of a scene in the [[The New Forces Arrive!|first episode]]. When the Maximal starship ''[[Yukikaze (BW)|Yukikaze]]'' takes off into space, there is a shot where it vanishes in a flash of light and reappears elsewhere within the vicinity of Gaia. Some have mistaken this flash of light to mean that the ''Yukikaze'' traveled through [[unspace|transwarp space]] forward in time to arrive in the future, as if to echo the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''{{'}}s own time-jump to the past in ''Beast Wars''.

:This feels like an attempt to hold on to the belief of the ''Beast Wars II'' cast originating from the same home-time of the ''Beast Wars'' cast, while also aligning with the revelation of Gaia being Earth several tens of millennia after humanity left the planet.

:In truth, however, what really happens during the scene in question is that the ''Yukikaze'' simply travels to Gaia with no time travel involved. The ship's disappearance and reappearance in a flash of light was merely the ship going to warp speed, just like many other spacecraft of science fiction.
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*'''In ''Beast Wars II'', Apache is a drunkard as part of a Native American stereotype.'''
:[[Apache]] did indeed get drunk in the first episode of the ''Beast Wars II'' cartoon, but only in grief, believing (erroneously) that his earlier actions had caused the death of [[Lio Convoy]] (which didn't happen). He did not get drunk again for the duration of the cartoon, nor did he ever do so in the manga. Outside of that, the Native American stereotype "common" to Japanese fictions is a stoic, silent, and often mystical warrior—none of which could be used to accurately describe Apache at all.

:Amusingly enough, in the sixth installment of the ''Beast Wars II'' manga, ''Lio Convoy'' gets drunk for no apparent reason and ends up trashing Apache's room.
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[[File:BWNeo Unicron.JPG|thumb|Looks can be deceiving.]]
*'''In ''Beast Wars Neo'', Unicron was resurrected by possessing the corpse of Galvatron.'''
:This misunderstanding is pretty understandable. In [[Illusion? Lio Convoy|Episode 29]], the coveted [[Angolmois Energy]] is revealed to be the lifeforce of [[Unicron]], who is successfully resurrected in [[Unicron Revived!?|the very next episode]]. Yet, when he makes his debut, he appears in the form of Galvatron, who had seemingly perished in the [[Farewell! Lio Convoy|final episode]] of ''Beast Wars II''. At first glance, it looks as though Galvatron's corpse had been recovered and used as a vessel to house Unicron's Angolmois Energy, and those who did not understand the Japanese dialogue simply assumed this to be the case.

:However, the Japanese dialogue actually states otherwise. Unicron's resurrected form is not Galvatron's physical body, but is actually a body made of Angolmois Energy that Unicron has deliberately shaped into Galvatron's likeness in an attempt to trick Magmatron into thinking that he ''is'' Galvatron, before revealing his true identity. After which, Unicron simply decided to keep using Galvatron's likeness as his default appearance, even using Galvatron's name when transforming between dragon and robot mode.

:Ironically, the misconception of Galvatron's body absorbing the Angolmois Energy as a resurrection vessel is almost exactly what Unicron ''wanted'' Magmatron to think, with the difference being that Unicron wanted Magmatron to think that the absorption was specifically for Galvatron's revival instead of Unicron's.
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====''Beast Machines''====
*'''A ''Beast Machines'' writer said, "Real heroes don't use guns."'''
:''Beast Machines'' was the first (but not the last) ''Transformers'' series to explicitly avoid all hand-held projectile [[weapon]]ry. While the [[Vehicon (BM)|villains]] still had traditional "blasters" mounted on their bodies, some of the [[Maximal|heroes]]' weapons were more esoteric (such as [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'s energy-web attack, activated by putting her hands on the ground, or [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]]'s gauntlets, powered by absorbing enemy fire). According to story editor [[Bob Skir]], this creative decision was agreed upon between the story editors, [[Fox Kids]], [[Mainframe Entertainment]], and [[Hasbro]],<ref name="Skir">[http://web.archive.org/web/20080222040119/http://bigbot.com/beast-machines-transformers-bob-skir/Beast-Machines-FAQ/Sat_06_Nov_1999.html Archived Q&A from Bob Skir's now-defunct website,] where Skir responds to the gun controversy (question 7).</ref> and it is indeed reflected in the toys as well.

:Note that many Maximals had weaponry that was functionally no different from a "gun"—compare [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]]'s hip-mounted energy cannons, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]'s back-mounted sonic blaster, or Optimus Primal's chest-mounted energy disc launcher to [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]'s shoulder-mounted ray guns or [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]'s wrist-mounted energy... tossing thingies.

:On his website, Skir also elaborated on his own position as a writer choosing if or how to portray gun use, including this statement: "Our heroes use their wiles and resourcefulness, plus a few cool weapons. Guns? I've never been a fan of them myself, and do not write heroes who need them."<ref>[http://members.aol.com/zobovor/guns.html Article on the fan Dave "Zobovor" Edwards' personal site,] quoting Bob Skir's original gun statement.</ref> Some fans interpreted Skir as condemning ''all'' gun use, even in the real world, no matter the circumstances. This led to the misquote, "Real heroes don't use guns,"<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/be5e55a90df944bb/b748601b997b3508#b748601b997b3508 Alt.toys.transformers thread] with the misquote and attendant assumptions right at the start.</ref> which remains a notoriously persistent error in the fandom. Skir, responding to the controversy, said on his site that "there '''are''' heroes who '''do''' need guns (such as the [[Punisher]]). Spider-Man doesn't need guns. Neither does the [[Hulk]]. And neither do Optimus, Cheetor, Black Arachnia{{sic}}, et al."<ref name="Skir" />

:Notably, the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|series]] [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|immediately]] [[Movie (franchise)|following]] ''Beast Machines'' did return to classic hand-held gun use among both heroes and villains. However, the later ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' series once again eschewed guns, probably because of its younger target audience.
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==2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' misconceptions==
===Toys===
[[File:TF-Car-Robots-Logo.png|thumb|upright=1.0|right|Do you see a "2000" anywhere in this logo?]]
*'''The ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline was known as "Transformers 2000" in Japan.'''
:As information about the then-new [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|''Car Robots'' toyline]] began to trickle out of Japan in 2000, early rumors purportedly from Japanese sources indicated that it was officially named "Transformers 2000".<ref name="Transformers 2000">http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/e6436b92178f0c0a</ref> It's possible those Japanese sources were also going by early, inaccurate rumors or perhaps a soon-to-be-discarded working title for the line. The idea persisted with many Western fans well after the true name of the show was revealed, encouraged by online import retailers (who were equally misinformed) using the title to promote pre-orders on their sites.
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===Fiction===
[[File:RID Megatron toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|He's got only one voice in his head, not six.]]
*'''Unlike the English version, Gigatron (Megatron) has multiple personalities, a different one for each of his modes.'''
:This originates from a statement given in the first ''Car Robots'' toy catalog, wherein text describing [[Megatron (RID)|Gigatron's]] six-mode transformations speculates that he has developed multiple personalities from transforming too much. However, this was only loosely reflected in the Japanese version of the cartoon, in that Gigatron's bat and dragon modes each had their own unique-sounding voice and mannerisms. The Gigabat voice was higher-pitched, a bit dim-sounding, and spoke like how older people used to speak during Japan's Edo period, ending most of its dialogue with "deansu" (であんす). For the Gigadragon mode, Gigatron's voice became much deeper, angrier, and overall more aggressive-sounding. Both of these differed from his much calmer and more "normal" sounding voice in robot mode (which he also used in each of his other modes), and were most noticeable in the first episode, in which Gigatron made heavy use of both his Gigabat and Gigadragon modes. But without the necessary context provided by the catalog, the notion of his having multiple personalities doesn't come across as clearly by Gigatron's cartoon portrayal alone, as only his voice changes between those two modes rather than his entire persona. And ''only'' for the bat and dragon modes rather than all of his modes; when he later becomes Devil Gigatron, his new modes likewise all retained the same ordinary voice used for his robot mode.

:By contrast, the English ''Robots in Disguise'' version gave Megatron one voice for all of his modes, and rewrote his personality to be much more theatrical and ill-tempered. This in turn made his English voice sound like a combination of the two unique Japanese voices, combining the over-the-top aspects of the Gigabat voice with the seething aggression of the Gigadragon voice. But despite both having unique ways of speaking in the Japanese version, neither form had its own separate personality. All of Gigatron's forms in ''Car Robots'' had the same single personality, just as Megatron did in ''Robots in Disguise''.

:Interestingly, the later ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'' cartoon ''would'' go on introduce the concept of a multi-changer with multiple personalities in the form of [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who had [[Triple Changer|three modes]] and three personalities: His "Icy" persona controlled his jet mode, his "Hothead" persona controlled his tank mode, and his robot mode was shared more equally between those two and his third "Random" persona.
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==Live-action film series misconceptions==
====''Transformers'' (2007)====
[[File:Japaneseflowchart.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Look! No 2007 movie!]]
*'''The movie series takes place in the Generation 1 timeline in Japan.'''
: This is another one of those instances where one TakaraTomy thing, very early in the life cycle of a new ''Transformers'' [[franchise]], will say one thing about said franchise, and then literally ''everything else ever'' will say another.

: When the live-action movie series was getting started, TakaraTomy went live with their "World of Transformers" website. The website timeline appeared to make the rather bizarre claim that the 2007 live-action movie also somehow took place in the Japanese Generation 1 continuity, between ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and ''Transformers 2010'' in the year 2007. However, this was ''not'' reflected by the site's accompanying flow-chart, and was established to not be the case by the [[Source:Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|''Kiss Players'' timeline]] (which noted that the movie-verse Autobots and Decepticons came from another universe when they appeared in [[Transformers: Beast Wars Diorama Story|''Beast Wars Diorama Story'']]). And of course, nothing else ever attempted to make the connection.
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*'''''Transformers'' was nearly rated R by the MPAA.'''
: In the spring of 2007, it was reported that ''{{w|Disturbia (film)|Disturbia}}'', a then-upcoming [[DreamWorks]] film starring [[Shia LaBeouf]] and produced by [[Steven Spielberg]], had received an R rating from the {{w|Motion Picture Association of America}}. That film's rating was eventually lowered to PG-13 on appeal, but in the meantime some ''Transformers'' fans became confused and believed that it was ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' that had been rated R, leading to some heated discussion on ''Transformers'' message boards.
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[[File:MovieCreditsNoBrawl.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Invisible credit.]]
*'''Brawl is named in the credits.'''

: The Decepticon tank, who was named "Devastator" in a subtitle in the movie, ended up being named "[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]" in [[Hasbro|Hasbro's]] [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|toy line]]. Both Hasbro and the screenwriters, [[Alex Kurtzman]] and [[Roberto Orci]], have expressly favored the toy's name, referring to the name in the movie as an "error".

: Since the character has a "speaking" line in the movie, some fans claim that the voice actor is named in the ending credits, and the character's name is stated as "Brawl" there. In fact, however, there's no credit ''at all'' for the character, under either name, as he has no voice actor, his "speaking role" being little more than echo-y electronic gibberish.
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[[File:BanachekMustacheMan.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|One of these is not like the others.]]
*'''The Decepticons' hologram is Tom Banachek.'''

: Several Decepticons in the movie are seen using a holographic "pilot"/"driver" based on the same short-haired, mustache-clad human with an intense stare, only wearing different clothes to match their respective [[alternate mode]]s. Since [[Tom Banachek]], the head of [[Sector Seven]]'s Advanced Research Division, also sports a mustache, a short-cropped hairstyle and a pretty intense stare, many fans mistakenly believe that the Decepticons' hologram is meant to look like him.

: There are two problems with that. One, the Decepticons' hologram, dubbed "[[Moustache Man]]" in the credits, is played by real-life United States Air Force Major [[Brian Reece]], whereas Tom Banachek is portrayed by established actor [[Michael O'Neill]].

:Two... how would the Decepticons know who Banachek even ''was'' to model a hologram after him?
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====''Revenge of the Fallen''====
*'''Barricade's return?'''
:A common misconception among fans is that [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade's]] Saleen Mustang alternate mode was spotted on the set of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', possibly as part of the alleged "disinformation campaign" director [[Michael Bay]] repeatedly insisted he had initiated. In fact, however, a truck transporting three "Barricade" prop vehicles was spotted in Culver City, California, in March 2008, more than ''two months'' before principal shooting for ''Revenge of the Fallen'' started.<ref name="vehspotted">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/transformersnews.php?id=6980 Superhero Hype reporting on the spotting of Barricade vehicles in March 2008]</ref> There's been no indication that this had any significance other than moving the prop cars... someplace. Barricade would not make his reappearance until the ''next'' movie, ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''.

*'''Decepticon [blank space] popsicle!'''
[[File:ROTF Skids Mudflap popsicle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|Our ice cream is uncensored.]]
:This rumor claims that a censored version of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' exists in which the rude "[[File:Symbol decept reg.png|15px]] suck my popsicle!" decal on the side of [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]'s ice cream truck [[alternate mode]] is edited to remove the words "suck my", resulting in the somewhat nonsensical version "[[File:Symbol decept reg.png|15px]]           popsicle!" This version was supposedly shown in some theaters in several countries, even though other theaters in the those very same markets apparently showed the "uncensored" version.<ref name="popsicle">[https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/decepticon-popsicle.254257/ Contemporary discussion] of the allegedly "censored" decal on the ice cream truck seen in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' at TFW2005.</ref>

:In reality, the most likely explanation for this is much more mundane: Whereas the Decepticon insignia and the word "popsicle" are both rendered in white, resulting in a high color contrast with the dark background of the decal, the words "suck my" are instead kept in dark red. Depending on the specific brightness and color contrast settings of a particular theater, this, combined with the overall darkness of the scene (which was shot "day for night"), could easily lead to those two words becoming pretty much "invisible" by pure coincidence, with no actual intention of "censorship" behind it.
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====''Bumblebee''====
*'''''Bumblebee''''' '''and''' '''''Rise of the Beasts''''' '''are reboots that are separate from the rest of the "Bayverse"'''.
: ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' was initially conceived as a straight prequel to the ''Transformers'' films, chronologically falling between the [[World War II]] flashback sequences seen in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'' and the 2007 ''Transformers'' film. However, the movie was hastily retooled relatively late into production, tweaking the film's opening to show Bumblebee arriving on Earth in the 1980s, and, as a result, became more-or-less irreconcilable with both the information given by the ''The Last Knight'' and the various prequel comics that had gone before. Due in part to these reshoots—which were almost certainly added as a way to distance the film from the financial and critical failure that was ''The Last Knight''—some fans jumped on the idea that ''Bumblebee'' was now a "hard reboot" of the film series as a whole, similar to the {{w|Marvel Cinematic Universe}}'s interpretation of [[Spider-Man]] vs. his prior two cinematic outings. Around the time of ''Bumblebee''{{'}}s release, both [[Hasbro]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] were fairly mum on just how it and the five prior Bay films would fit together moving forward: the closest we were given to a conclusive answer was that the film represented the start of a "new storytelling universe," <ref>[https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2467064/looks-like-bumblebee-is-officially-the-start-of-a-new-transformers-movie-universe "Looks Like Bumblebee is Officially The Start Of A New Transformers Movie Universe]</ref>, but Di Bonventura explained that this only meant that the creators had freedom to tell new stories that didn't necessarily follow the rules of the other films. Other fiction, such as the ''[[Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome]]'' comic included with the home media release of the film, continued to tie the events of ''Bumblebee'' to the rest of the live-action film series, putting another notch in the "prequel" column.

: The vaguery only continued in the lead-up to the subsequent film, ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]'', which is set in 1994. Producer [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] was fairly adamant about its prequel status, claiming that ''Rise of the Beasts'' charts Optimus's growth into the character seen in the 2007 film.<ref>[https://collider.com/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-michael-bay-movies-producer-comments/ 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Producer on How It Differs From Michael Bay's Movies — Collider]</ref> Director [[Steven Caple Jr.]] was more on the fence; in one interview, he called it a "reboot for sure," only to moments later backpedal and instead call it a "refresher" and a "new direction," adding that you "could call it a reboot" but that that there were still aspects of it that could be tied to the existing films.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MfMFxvT_-Q&t=2446s Steven Caple Jr. interview on The Alfonso Nation]</ref> The film itself splits the difference, with several allusions made to the other films, but the whole "[[Unicron]] is Earth" thing from ''The Last Knight'' going wholly unaddressed, despite Unicron playing a major role.

: When asked point-blank about this after the film released, Caple stated that while they tried to hew as close as they could to not mess up the Bay movies' events, knowing ''Bumblebee'' had previously taken its own liberties meant that he felt okay changing things in service of telling a better story and helping the prequels find their own way, something which Hasbro and Paramount fully agreed with.<ref>[https://www.insider.com/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-director-timeline-inconsistencies-2023-6 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' producers cared more about telling 'the best story' than keeping the timeline consistent, says director — Insider]</ref> In particular, Caple stated he largely treats the original trilogy as gospel when it comes to continuity, but less so with ''Age of Extinction'' and ''The Last Knight'', feeling like the creative teams behind those movies had less idea where they were actually going with their stories at the time.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/rise-of-the-beasts-director-confirms-that-continuity-is-not-a-concern-within-the-transformers-film-franchise/47813/ Extract from an interview with Caple Jr. on the ''Empire Spoiler Specials'' podcast, via Seibertron.com]</ref> So basically, despite all the incongruities, Hasbro and Paramount are still treating ''Bumblebee'' and any subsequent films as being in continuity with the preceding entries, which makes total sense, as it means not alienating the audiences who ''did'' enjoy those movies. Plus, by continuing to set films before 2007, it not only minimizes the amount of prior knowledge the audience requires to enjoy the movie, but it means that they simply don't have to deal with the implications of the prequel timeline and the Bay movies' timeline intersecting.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-director-steven-caple-jr-1235484272/ ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Director Steven Caple Jr. on Michael Bay’s Support, ’90s Rap Soundtrack and Reuniting with ‘Creed’ Directors — The Hollywood Reporter]</ref> Indeed, di Bonoventura has described continuing to use the prequel setting as "kicking the can down the road" when it comes to confronting the pre-existing continuity, acknowledging that they've "maybe" contradicted things despite their best efforts.<ref>[https://www.fandom.com/articles/transformers-rise-beast-wars-optimus-prime Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Shows a Different Side of Optimus Prime" on Fandom.com]</ref> Ultimately, it's best just to enjoy the films on their own and not to sweat the continuity hiccups; after all, it's not like the Bay movies' stories were internally consistent with each other anyway. (If anything, just [[personal canon|ignoring]] ''The Last Knight'' pretty much fixes most of the issues on its own.)
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====''Rise of the Beasts''====

*'''All of the generic Terrorcons are named "Freezer".'''

:When [[Freezer]] was first revealed during the marketing campaign for ''Rise of the Beasts'', it was initially believed that he was simply a type of mass-produced drone, similarly to the various types of [[Vehicon (disambiguation)|Vehicon]] from past Transformers series, with the name belonging to both the two smaller [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcons]] deployed by [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]] and the vast horde of generics seen in the final battle. This was seemingly supported by a note in Scourge's character profile on social media<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Helping him in his relentless pursuit, Scourge keeps a collection of six-legged Terrorcon Freezers — mechanical insectoids he can send out to sniff out his prey.|link=https://www.facebook.com/transformersmovie/photos/pcb.6313444875357573/6313441462024581/|name=Transformers|site=Facebook|year=2023|month=05|day=12}}</ref> and was generally believed to be the case for the first few weeks after the film's release. However, when the film was released on home media, it was revealed in the "Villains" behind-the-scenes featurette that all of the generic Terrorcons were actually named "[[Sweep (ROTB)|Sweeps]]", in a homage to the [[Scourge (G1)|original Scourge]]'s [[Sweep (G1)|minions]], and that the name "Freezer" actually only belonged to one of Scourge's smaller minions, with the second being named "[[Novakane]]".

:This misconception may have also been the result of an animation error regarding the Sweeps' designs. The CGI models indicate that Freezer and Novakane were meant to have unique head designs, with Freezer having two scars on his forehead and Novakane having his left antennae cut off. However, for one reason or another, the two designs wound up being used interchangeably, not only between the two smaller Sweeps, but also between many of the larger Sweeps as well.

:Interestingly, the tie-in book "[[Mission at the Museum]]" actually referred to the pair as Sweeps, but this was initially dismissed as a preliminary working name for Freezer, especially with the next book, "[[The Search Is On]]", using his finalized name instead. However, the difference between the two Sweeps was later confirmed by the aforementioned featurette, a set of Chinese trading cards, and the eventual release of Novakane's ''[[Studio Series]]'' toy, long after the reveal of Freezer. Based upon this information, it can be deduced that Freezer is the Sweep who chases the humans and dies in the Peruvian cave, while Novakane is the Sweep who survives until the final battle before meeting his end in the lava.
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==''Animated'' misconceptions==
===Toys===
*'''Hasbro can't make new toys based on Animated characters without Cartoon Network's approval.'''
[[File:WMTheLegacyOfBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|This set should not be possible.]]
: While not rooted in any specific source, there has been a longstanding misconception that because they produced the cartoon and collaborated with Hasbro on the toy designs, [[Cartoon Network]] maintains partial (if not complete) ownership over the character designs in ''Transformers Animated'', and is thus the reason why no new toys of the characters were released for almost 15 years.

: In truth, Hasbro owns ''Animated'' lock, stock, and barrel. A quick glance at the legal jargon on the back of any ''Animated'' toy packaging will show Hasbro as the sole [[copyright]] holder listed. In fact, the only legalese mentioning Cartoon Network is the [[trademark]] for their own name and logo, due to printing "AS SEEN ON CN!" on the box. A handful of ''Animated'' toys were also released after the show ended via [[Fun Publications]], which also listed Hasbro as the sole copyright holder. Furthermore, toys of several ''Animated'' characters were also sold under different ''Transformers'' toylines concurrently with the ''Animated'' line itself, such as the [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Universe (2008)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Universe (2008)|Bumblebee]], [[Prowl (Animated)#Universe (2008)|Prowl]] and [[Starscream (Animated)#Universe (2008)|Starscream]] sold under the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' line]], or the Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Transformers (2007)|Bumblebee]] sold as part of the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 ''Transformers'' movie toyline]]'s "The Legacy of Bumblebee" three-pack. Again, Cartoon Network is mentioned nowhere on the packaging. Similarly, Cartoon Network goes unmentioned in the copyrights for other merchandise like DVDs and tie-in comics. In Japan, the [[Blackarachnia (Animated)#Toys|''Animated'' Blackarachnia toy]] was even retooled years after ''Animated'' ended to create the [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Legends|''Legends'' toy for ''Beast Wars'' Blackarachnia]], again with no mention of Cartoon Network anywhere.

: The only place you'll find a Cartoon Network copyright is in the credits of the episodes themselves, but Hasbro appears to have long since bought out whatever rights Cartoon Network retained, hence their ability to freely upload ''Animated'' episodes for streaming alongside their other ''Transformers'' cartoons on services like YouTube and [[Tubi]] (very much unlike [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)#Production|the one show we know they ''don't'' have all the rights to]]). And in either case, as mentioned above, it wouldn't prevent them from making new toys using those characters or designs. A much more likely explanation is Hasbro simply wanting new toys to fit a certain aesthetic, one that ''Animated''{{'}}s designs don't quite fit. So instead, they simply choose to adapt the characters to fit the new medium, such as with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|''Prime'' Bulkhead]] or [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Clobber]]. The most overt case of this is the [[2015]] Japanese release of the [[Slipstream (Animated)#Legends|''Legends'' Slipstream toy]], retooled by TakaraTomy from the non-''Animated'' [[Windblade (G1)#Generations|''Generations'' Windblade toy]] to be more ''Animated''-like, and ''explicitly'' spelled out to be the ''Animated'' character via the [[Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|accompanying issue]] of the [[Transformers Legends (comic)|''Legends'' comic]], which itself likewise featured multiple cameos by ''Animated'' characters.

: At [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2022, Hasbro designer [[Evan Brooks]] confirmed that any rumors of ''Animated'' characters not being available for Hasbro's use are incorrect, and that Hasbro has all rights to all Transformers characters.<ref name="evansdcc">[https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/07/25/sdcc-hasbro-kotobukiya-show-floor-qa-461912 "SDCC Hasbro & Kotobukiya Show Floor Q&A"] at TFW2005</ref> This was proven pretty definitively with the release of [[Prowl (Animated)#Legacy|Prowl's ''Legacy'' toy]] the following year, once again absent any sort of Cartoon Network related branding, and thankfully seems to have put the misconception to rest for good.
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===Fiction===
*'''The Japanese dub of ''Transformers Animated'' presents it as a prequel to the live-action movies.'''

: This appears to have ''some'' basis: back in March 2010, the then-recent edition of ''[[TV Magazine]]'' published some early pre-release information about the Japanese dub of the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|''Animated'' cartoon]]. Among the details announced was the name-change of [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to "Ironhide", and changing his character to be closer in personality to [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action movies]]. The article allegedly also claimed that because [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] was not Supreme Commander of the Autobots in ''Animated'', the cartoon would be "set chronologically before the live action movies".<ref name="tvmagani">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/animated-8/latest-edition-of-tv-magazine-reveals-new-transformers-animated-japan-details-169265/ TFW2005 reporting on ''TV Magazine'' article about the Japanese dub of the ''Transformers Animated'' cartoon], March 2010.</ref>

: In actuality, however, not much of this has been reflected in the dub itself: aside from the aforementioned renaming of Bulkhead into "Ironhide", there's nothing in the Japanese dub that ties the ''Animated'' cartoon any closer to the live-action movies than its American counterpart.

: While TakaraTomy chose to use the movie-style branding for ''Animated'' products, rendering the "Transformers Animated" logo in the gray steel look used for the movies, this appears to simply be a matter of wanting to associate the brand with the big successful money-making movie franchise rather than any reflection of fictional details.

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==Aligned Continuity misconceptions==
===Toys===
*'''''Transformers: Prime'' was not initially planned to have any toys.'''
:The [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|toy line]] for ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' was ''very'' delayed, debuting roughly a year after the associated cartoon had premiered. Previously, at a [[BotCon 2010]] panel about the then-upcoming ''Prime'' cartoon, a Hasbro representative had made a statement that they weren't talking about toys just then. ''Transformers'' fandom being [[Red Alert (G1)|what]] [[Breakdown (G1)|it is]], a widespread belief developed that Hasbro was never going to make ''Prime'' toys ''at all.'' As additional information gradually surfaced, this evolved into a rumor that ''Prime'' would only have a small number of toys, with some further speculating that they would also be limited to the Deluxe [[size class]] (since initially only Deluxes had been seen). The eventual revelation of a full ''Prime'' toyline caused the belief to evolve once more, with the new theory being that there wasn't ''originally'' going to be a ''Prime'' toyline, but Hasbro changed their minds due to demand.

:The reality, as usual, was much less apocalyptic. The statement from the Hasbro Studios panel was never intended to refer to anything except the panel itself—the people ''in that room'' weren't going to be discussing toys ''at that panel''. (In fact, [[Eric Siebenaler]] expressed excitement about [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s toy at the very same panel.) As for the delay in the line's launch, put simply, this was for appearance's sake. Hasbro wanted to establish ''Prime'' as a strong ''fictional'' franchise, rather than merely [[To sell toys|a glorified toy commercial]], and reasonably concluded that launching a toyline immediately would detract from that goal. There ''was'' a point when a few ''Prime'' toys were planned to be released under the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Transformers: Generations]]'' banner, but since ''Generations'' was at that time exclusively Deluxes, the aforementioned Bulkhead (a Voyager) indicates that this idea had already been abandoned when the rumors started.

:In short, this is just a matter of fans jumping to conclusions based on misinterpreted statements.
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===Fiction===
*'''The High Moon Studios games are part of G1.'''
{{quote|We really did look very closely at Generation 1 stuff and tried to capture what for us was the essence of the characters.|[[Sean Miller]], Director Character and Animation|[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/21/transformers-art-video.aspx Gameinformer interview]}}
[[File:FOC-GameInformerPrimeBumblebee.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|It's the prequel to that version of G1 which never existed!]]
:With its designs aiming at a video gamer audience who grew up with [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]], the development team for ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]'' took a great deal of inspiration from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]] for such things as characters and the design aesthetic for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/21/transformers-art-video.aspx Gameinformer interview]</ref> A [[Commercial#War for Cybertron|commercial]] even depicted Shockwave ordering Soundwave to play [[The Touch|a song]] made famous by the [[The Transformers: The Movie|original animated movie]]. Furthermore, War for Cybertron toys were sold as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' toyline that featured Generation 1-styled characters. These factors led many to believe the game was actually part of Generation 1.

:To be fair, there was and is virtually no information available to the average fan that ''War for Cybertron'' is not part of Generation 1. Hasbro essentially folded ''War for Cybertron'' into the [[aligned continuity family|aligned continuity]], and informed dedicated fans of this fact through [[Hasbro Q&A|question and answer sessions]].<ref>"The official story of the original 13 and specifically Alpha Trion has not been explored fully in the modern continuity that Transformers War for Cybertron, Exodus, and Prime are a part of." [[Hasbro Q&A/September 2010: Answers]]</ref> The [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|''War for Cybertron'' comic adaptation]] and [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=7fd5ecd9-19b9-f369-1041-a7635be83172 online timeline] actually are adaptations from ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]'', which is the basis for the new modern continuity fiction.

:Canonically, both WfC and its sequel ''Fall of Cybertron'' are in the Aligned continuity, but beyond suggestions and mandatory changes from Hasbro, High Moon Studios didn't seem to care about Hasbro's declarations of canon. In the art book for the sequel to WfC, ''[[The Art of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', the only influences of the concept art and designs mentioned are G1 related. Dreamwave, the original cartoon, and other concepts and ideas from Generation 1 are cited, but the fact that Cliffjumper's head is based off of ''Prime'' Cliffjumper's is not mentioned, nor are the modifications to Optimus Prime's gun, Megatron's new body, [[Tox-En]], or the other assorted influences from ''Prime''.

:[[High Moon Studios]] often described the games as prequels to the G1 cartoon. More savvy fans would recognize that the game is generally irreconcilable with the cartoon (or any other Generation 1 continuity for that matter): the circumstances of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s rise to power would contradict "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]", and Optimus's [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|predecessor]] does not possess the Matrix, unlike his [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|cartoon counterpart]]. The Autobots left Cybertron because the [[Core]] shut down, not because energy sources were depleted, and characters like [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], [[Cyclonus (WFC)|Cyclonus]], the [[Aerialbot (WFC)|Aerialbots]], and [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] wouldn't be on Cybertron or even ''exist''. Additionally, the game draws inspiration from other continuities, including characters not from Generation 1 like [[Slipstream (WFC)|Slipstream]] and [[Demolishor (WFC)|Demolishor]]. The game does share a lot of similarities with Dreamwave's ''[[War Within (franchise)|War Within]]'' series (where Jetfire and Trypticon are present), but it cannot take place in that continuity either.
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==Companies==
===Marvel Comics===
*'''John Romita designed the Generation 1 character models.'''
:The rumor here comes about through a misreading of the credits to ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|The Transformers Universe]]''. Legendary Marvel Comics artist John Romita, Sr. was listed as "Art Director", leading readers to assume that he was in charge of designing or developing the various [[character model]]s used in the series (and reprinted in said comic). However, Romita was actually the Art Director for Marvel Comics as a whole at the time, which means he was being credited for the art direction done when making the ''Universe'' issues themselves. The majority of the character models were in fact done by [[Floro Dery]], who went uncredited.<ref>See [http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2007/01/11/comic-book-urban-legends-revealed-85/ Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed] for more information.</ref>
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===TakaraTomy===
*'''Takara was taken over by Tomy.'''
[[File:Takaratomy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|We are one.]]
:In 2005, it was announced that Takara, longtime Japanese manufacturer/distributor of Transformers toys, and former competitor Tomy would merge into a new company, named [[TakaraTomy]], as of [[March 1]], 2006. Some fans misinterpreted the media coverage, believing that Takara had been bought out by rival Tomy. This was not helped by official press releases declaring Tomy the "surviving company", Tomy having the majority of shares, and the merged company simply going by the name "Tomy" outside Japan.

:The name issue is easily explained, as it was done for purely pragmatic reasons. "Tomy" is an internationally established brand, since the company already had divisions in many other countries prior to the merger, and distributed their toys under their own name there. Takara, meanwhile, had mostly abandoned its ventures into international markets years ago, and had its products distributed through other companies (such as [[Hasbro]]) instead. Therefore, the merged company decided to use the better-known name for its international business, while it would continue as "TakaraTomy" within Japan itself.

:Now, as for the specifics of the merger... Although the merger ratio was set at 0.356 of a Tomy share for each Takara share (including a split of Tomy's stock), and the companies announced a layoff of 15% of their combined workforce mostly on the Takara side, the term "merger" (as compared to "take-over") was prominently used in all the official announcements by the two companies, and twisting tiny details into a de facto "takeover" of Takara by Tomy is effectively splitting hairs.

*'''e-Hobby is owned by Takara (TakaraTomy).'''
:The [[e-HOBBY]] shop is owned by Part One, Ltd. Although the company has had close ties with Takara for decades, the online store also sells toys by other companies, primarily TakaraTomy's rival [[Bandai]].

:The online store ''directly'' owned by TakaraTomy, meanwhile, is [[TakaraTomy Mall]] (formerly Toy Hobby Market).
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===IDW Publishing===

*'''The [[Hasbro Universe]] was pushed on IDW by Hasbro.'''
:While Hasbro is mostly hands-off with IDW's comics, one of the terms of the license is that IDW needs to work with Hasbro to do [[To sell toys|occasional promotion]] for new and upcoming toys; this most obviously took place with events such as [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]], [[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]] and [[Titans Return (comic)|Titans Return]] — and, if we're being honest, has resulted in some of the less popular arcs from "phase 2" of IDW.<ref>[[James Roberts]] has apologised on multiple occasions for Dark Cybertron, which says a lot.</ref> As such, when IDW announced that they were bringing [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|several]] [[Rom|other]] [[Action Man|Hasbro-]][[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|owned]] [[Micronauts|franchises]] into their [[2005 IDW continuity|acclaimed Transformers universe]], a lot of fans assumed that this was the result of another Hasbro mandate, especially given their stated desire to have a "Transformers {{w|Marvel Cinematic Universe|Cinematic Universe}}." It also bore a startling resemblance to the shuttered plans to use the [[Aligned continuity family]] to launch a shared universe, even sharing the name of [[Unit:E]]. However, the creative teams involved were open from the start about the decision being an internal one that IDW had to ask Hasbro for permission to do.

:Reportedly, the decision stemmed from IDW obtaining multiple additional Hasbro licenses, and [[Chris Ryall]] and [[Christos Gage]] suggesting that G.I. Joe appear in their ''ROM'' comic; this led to [[John Barber]] bringing up [[Andrew Griffith]]'s suggestion that IDW's ''G.I. Joe'' universe could fit "between" big ''Transformers'' events, which led to all of them suggesting to [[Cullen Bunn]] that the Earth that the [[Micronaut]]s visited be the ''ROM''/''Transformers''/''G.I. Joe'' one... and, well, it all spiralled from there. Hasbro were apparently very on board with the idea, but it was far from something that they pushed onto unwilling creators.

*'''The Hasbro Universe comics are responsible for the ending of the 2005 IDW continuity.'''
:Given that IDW announced that they were concluding their [[2005 IDW continuity|main continuity]] less than two years after the VERY controversial Hasbro Universe was first announced, a lot of fans were under the impression that the shared universe, and the relaunch of [[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|''The Transformers'']] and [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More than Meets the Eye'']] into ''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'' and [[The Transformers: Lost Light|''Lost Light'']], were responsible for tanking sales to the point that IDW decided that it would be more profitable to reboot.

:However, the reason that those titles were relaunched in the ''first'' place is that their sales were on an unsustainable downwards spiral; and, other than a brief sales spike for the [[Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|first]] [[New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|issues]] of the relaunched series, the relaunch did pretty much nothing to the sales trends, which continued to decrease at the same level as they had from around the 51st issues to the relaunch.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/670-general-comics-discussion/page-60#entry3661883 Sales chart of the Phase 2 IDW ongoings]</ref> While the Hasbro Universe titles generally didn't sell ''great'', they didn't affect the sales of the ongoing ''Transformers'' series.
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20121116134912/http://tfarchive.com/creative/showentry.php?s=522 Ten popular but incorrect rumors about Japanese Transformers, retrieved November 16, 2012] (archived)

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Unpaintable plastic

2024-04-01T06:21:08Z

LilMissImpossible: Mislink

[[File:Unpaintableplasticsticker.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Due to Prowl's mold layout, changing the outer shell of the car while leaving the limbs white for Sideswipe left a white part on the roof that had to be covered by a sticker. All of Sideswipe's white plastic (and the corresponding parts on other versions of the mold) cannot hold paint.]]

Just what its name implies, '''unpaintable plastic''' is [[plastic]] to which the type of [[Paint operation|paint]] [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] use will not properly adhere, due to the chemical compositions of said plastic. This plastic is sometimes used on ''Transformers'' toys for structural reasons, due to its durability, flexibility, or resilience.

The two most common plastics that are unpaintable and often used in ''Transformers'' are '''Polyoxymethylene (POM)''' and '''Polyamide (PA)'''. The vast majority of ''Transformers'' toys have at least one mold that is unpaintable.

==Examples==
* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)/toys|Dinobot]]'s beast forelegs, the piece at the back of his [[beast mode]] neck, his robot shoulders, and his robot thighs are unpaintable plastic.
* ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)#Armada|Thundercracker's]] silver plastic is unpaintable, which is why his eyes are silver and indirectly why his face is painted red. (Thundercracker's face is usually silver, but since his eyes and face would have been the same color, [[Joe Kyde|his deco artist]] changed Thundercracker's face color.)
* ''The Ultimate Battle'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#UltimateBattle|Optimus Prime]] — Much of his red plastic, especially the upper arms, is made of unpaintable plastic. This is why the [[Autobot]] symbol [[tampograph]] was moved to his forearm.
* [[OTFCC 2003]] [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Sideswipe]] — See photo and caption to right.
* ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Weaponizer Class [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Weaponizer|Bumblebee]] has unpaintable plastic between his front wheels and doors, which is usually where his stripes would pass through. This is partly why his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] deco was ''entirely'' changed for the final product.
* ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Legion Class|Robots in Disguise]]'' Legion Class [[Strongarm (RID)#Legion Class|Strongarm's]] thighs. A paint operation planned for her kneecaps was removed due to this.
* ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Dead End (G1)#Combiner Wars|Dead End]] and his mold derivatives have unpaintable elbow joints. For Hasbro's versions of Dead End, [[Wildrider (G1)#Combiner Wars|Brake-Neck]], [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Prowl]], and [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Smokescreen]], the elbow piece is molded in a color matching the car mode's side deco color, while the ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' versions of [[Dead End (G1)#Unite Warriors|Dead End]], [[Wildrider (G1)#Unite Warriors|Wildrider]], and [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Prowl]] use plastic that matches the primary car mode color, as do both versions of [[Streetwise (G1)#Combiner Wars|Protectobot Streetwise]] and the [[Torchbearer]] [[Dust Up#Toys|Dust Up]].

==Photodegradation==
{{main|Photodegradation#Unpaintable plastics}}

While it is nothing new, [[photodegradation]] has become much more common and rapid in products released ever since the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' toyline. Several figures' unpaintable plastic has become increasingly susceptible to decay and discoloration even [[Mint in sealed box|while still inside the packaging]] or mere days after being opened. These figures are also known to "yellow" even when they aren't exposed to direct sunlight—even when inside windowless boxes!—and have been observed to have an accelerated reaction in humid climates.

The precise cause is still unclear. A common theory among the [[fandom]] is that a fire retardant within the nylon chemical buildup is the cause of this and reacts to heat and/or humidity, causing the plastic to yellow. There was even one case in {{SITENAME SHORT}}'s own community [https://discord.gg/tfwiki Discord server] where—what is believed to be—the yellowy-colored fire retardant chemical seeping out of a seam in an individual's ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#2020Netflix|Soundwave]]'s knee! Gross. This was most notable as their figure never suffered the same fate of the rapid yellowing that just about everyone else had endured, likely due to the cause seeping out of the plastic instead. Other proposed explanations blame the {{w|COVID-19}} pandemic: rapid changes in factory staff and cleaning methods, reduced feasibility of Hasbro site-checks, longer time spent on slowed-down Pacific cargo ships, or some mix of the above. As noted above, the newer sudden-onset phenomenon was first noticed around [[2018]], two years prior to the world-wide outbreak, so some of that may not be the real cause - though it could certainly have gotten in the way of fixing it.

==Notes==
* Before [[you]] ask; yes, you can probably get commercially available hobbyist paints to stick to this plastic. However, you are not a multi-million dollar toy corporation that needs to meet stringent [[For safety reasons|testing and durability standards]] while staying within ''very'' stringent budget constraints. This fundamental disconnect is pretty much the entire driving force behind [[customizing]].
* That said, if you're going to try and paint that kind of plastic, you need to be keenly aware of the limitations of your options. Enamels are a bad idea, as they chemically bond with plastics, and the results can end up gummy and sticky forever when applied to softer plastics. Acrylics form a "shell" over the plastic with minimal bonding, which is preferable. Still, those can chip and flake off fairly easily. A clear-coat layer can mitigate this, but since most unpaintable plastic parts are joints where a lot of friction happens and there's minimal room for more layers of anything, well... good luck.
*Speaking of painting unpaintable plastics, nearly all of the [[Lucky Draw figure]]s released in Asia tend to have those pieces ''coated along with the rest of the paintable parts''. Whether they'll flake off over the years has yet to be seen.
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Nemesis (disambiguation)

2024-03-22T12:40:06Z

LilMissImpossible: Did there used to be a ton of kreo pages or something?

The name '''Nemesis''' has been applied to several Transformers concepts.

{{disamb|y=[[1984]]/[[1999]]<ref>First named in ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]''</ref>|''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[Decepticon]] battleship that crashed on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago in [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[1998]]|[[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]], the powerful artificial planet from ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[1999]]|"[[Nemesis Part 1]]," the penultimate episode of [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']].}}
{{disamb|y=1999|"[[Nemesis Part 2]]", the final episode of [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]|''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'', the [[Decepticon]] transport spaceship captained by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]].}}
{{disamb|y=2007|''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'', the once-mighty (now [[Slag (slang)|slagged]]) Decepticon warship in ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'', the heroic Decepticons' flagship in ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', an older ship captained by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' portion of the film continuity family.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|''Nemesis'', the starship form of the Decepticon [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] in the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2016]]*|Nemesis, the leader of the [[Terrakor]]s in ''[[Robotix]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2016*|[[Nemesis (GoBots)|Nemesis]], the [[Renegade]] [[combiner]] from ''[[GoBots]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|[[Nemesis Command]], the base from ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2019]]|''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'', the Decepticon starship from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}

<references />
*''First appearance in ''Transformers'' fiction''

"Nemesis" has also been used as a name modifier for several characters.

*Various [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|Nemesis Primes]], evil clones of [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]].
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]*|[[Nemesis Enforcer]], bio-engineered warrior from [[Cobra-La]].}}
{{disamb|y=2004|[[Nemesis Shield]], the [[Mini-Con]] weapon from the [[Transformers (Armada PS2)|''Armada'' video game]] for Playstation 2.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|[[Strika (BM)|Nemesis Strika]], the Cybertronic 6-wheeler [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion of Unicron]] from ''Universe''.}}
{{disamb|y=2005|[[Nemesis Breaker]], the evil clone of [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] from [[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|''Cybertron'']].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2014]]|[[Nemesis Grimlock]], the evil [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|''Age of Extinction'']] portion of the live-action film continuity family.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2021]]|[[Nemesis Primal]], the evil clone of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] from ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]''.}}

*''First appearance in ''Transformers'' fiction''

"Nemesis" should not be confused with:
*''[[Victory (G1)|Victory]]'', the [[Decepticon]] ship that became the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]] in Generation 1.
*"[[Arch-Nemesis!]]", a Japanese mini-comic in the ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' continuity.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Satellite of Doom|you metallic nemesis!]]

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Ark (disambiguation)

2024-03-22T12:38:51Z

LilMissImpossible: Oh, come on

The name '''Ark''' has been applied to lots of starships, including but probably not limited to:

{{disamb|y=[[1984]]|The [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], the ''[[Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor|Vanguard]]''-class starship from [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] which (usually) crashed on [[Earth]] four million years ago.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2002]]|The ''[[Ark II]]'', the [[Autobot]] starship from Generation 1.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2003]]|The "[[Mini-Con Ark]]", the starship made by the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]-stationed [[Mini-Con]]s to retrieve their fellows in the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] version of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|The ''[[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]]'', the legendary ship from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'' made up of the ''[[Atlantis]]'', ''[[Ogygia (Cybertron)|Ogygia]]'', ''[[Hyperborea (Cybertron)|Hyperborea]]'', and ''[[Lemuria (Cybertron)|Lemuria]]''.}}
* Various starships in the [[2005 IDW continuity]], including:
** '''[[2006]]''' — ''[[Ark-19]]'', [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s ship that was parked in [[Illinois]], until [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] blew it up.
** '''2006''' — ''[[Ark-27]]'', the one that's full of [[Triggerbot]]s and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s... oh, and [[Gunrunner (G1)|Gunrunner]].
** '''[[2007]]''' — ''[[Ark-17]]'', the one that [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] used while rescuing [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]].
** '''2007''' — ''[[Ark-32]]'', the one that the Autobots used to leave Earth and go to [[Garrus-9]].
** '''[[2008]]''' — ''[[Ark-12]]'', the ship [[Hound (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Hound]]'s crew used to travel to Earth until making a detour to Garrus-9.
** '''[[2014]]''' — ''[[Ark-7]]'', the ship [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] used to return to Earth after the events of "[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]".
** '''[[2018]]''' — ''[[Ark-Zero]]'', the ship Optimus Prime's crew used to travel to [[Elonia]].
{{disamb|y=2007|The ''[[Arc II]]'', the oddly-spelled Autobot starship that was hiding underwater in the [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity|''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity]].}}
{{disamb|y=2007|The ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'', the Autobot transport from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]].}}
{{disamb|y=2008|The ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'', the evil starship of the evil Autobots from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|The ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', the city-sized Autobot starship from ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|The ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', the shipwreck on the moon in ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2018|The ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'', the Autobot starship in ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}

Starships named ''Ark'' should not be confused with:
* [[Arc]] (pronounced "''Aruc''"), the [[Arms Micron]] from ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]''.
* Autobot/[[Maximal]] starships named ''[[Axalon (disambiguation)|Axalon]]''.
* The ''[[Arclight (ship)|Arclight]]'', the ship that brought the Autobots to Earth in the ''[[Transformers Universe (Jagex)|Transformers Universe]]'' game.
* The ''Orion'', the Autobots' small repair and transport ship in the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Animated continuity family|continuity]] that landed in [[Lake Erie]], a.k.a. [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]].
* The state of {{w|Arkansas}}.
* The story "[[Ark Duty]]".
* The [[Ark (restaurant)|Transformers: The Ark]] restaurant in [[Hong Kong]].

There is [[The Ark series|''The Ark'' series of books]]:
* ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]''
* ''[[Transformers: The Ark II]]''
* ''[[Transformers: The Complete Ark]]''

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Kreon Story

2024-03-22T12:38:23Z

LilMissImpossible: These are disambig links, but its for the best.

{{comicstory
|seriesissue=''[[Kre-O Transformers (comic)|Kre-O Transformers]]''
|prev=
|next=Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!
|image=Kre-O JP comic 0.jpg
|caption=
|title="Kreon Story"
|japanese=クレオンストーリー
|romaji=
|publisher=[[TakaraTomy]]
|date=August [[2013]]
|by=[[Hayato Sakamoto]]
}}

'''The Transformers come to Earth... in search of blocks!'''

==Synopsis==
Four million years ago, a massive surge of hunger hits [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as the native [[Transformer]]s lack enough energy blocks to even make dinner. [[Wheeljack (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Wheeljack]] suggests to [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] that the [[Autobot]]s search other planets for energy blocks. Prime evidently agrees, as the Autobots are soon on the ''[[Ark]]'' leaving Cybertron. [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] catches sight of the leaving ship and, furious that Optimus would dare keep all the energy for himself, has his [[Decepticon]]s board the ''[[Nemesis]]'' and set off on pursuit.

The ''Nemesis'' catches up with the ''Ark'', and the Decepticons board the Autobot ship. Thanks to all the extra weight, both ships fall to [[Earth]], knocking everyone unconscious. Four million years later, they all wake up, groggy and hungry. Megatron is furious at [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] for not setting the alarm.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Wheeljack]] (3)
* [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]] (4)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (5)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (6)
* [[Soundwave (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Soundwave]] (7)
* [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Vortex (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Vortex]] (9)
* [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] (10)
* [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]] (11)
}}

==Notes==
* Vortex is missing his vocal quirk, where he ends every sentence with "-ex". Of course, this being a first appearance and he's basically a backgrounder with one line, it probably hadn't occurred to writer [[Hayato Sakamoto]] yet.

===Transformers references===
* All of the Autobots who appear in this story have namesakes in the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'' franchise]].
**In fact, all of the Autobots with ''Prime''-styled Kreon toys at the time of this comic's release appear in those forms here. (Optimus and Bumblebee will switch between these and their [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]-styled Kreons more or less randomly in future installments.)
* ''Almost'' all of the Decepticons follow suit; Vortex is the odd bot out with no ''Prime'' incarnation (though he ''is'' based on the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]], which is part of the same continuity family as ''Prime'', so there you go).
** We never see Megatron's chest deco, but he's colored with a darker gray that matches his ''Prime''-styled Kreon, which lines up with the Autobots' deco patterns.
* Yes, this is [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|a familiar story]].

==Exernal links==
*[https://needsabouttreefiddy.tumblr.com/post/57832347978/official-kre-o-manga-originals-here-and-here Translation of "Kreon Story"]

[[Category:Kre-O issues]]

Warworld

2024-03-21T14:54:06Z

LilMissImpossible: Added G2 icon

{{faction|decepticong2|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Warworld}}
:''The Warworld is a [[Decepticon]] [[starship]] or starship class from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Warworld Senior.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|Your answer must be stated in the form of a massacre.]]

The '''''Warworld''''' is a vast, spherical [[Decepticon]] battle cruiser created by the Decepticons under the command of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. Built from technology stolen, scavenged, and forcibly taken from a variety of alien sources, this patchwork ship is a force to be reckoned with, covered with armaments of all sizes, from small guns to the huge primary cannon whose lens dominates the front of the vessel.

Sometimes there are lots of it.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Warworld Yaniger.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Man, I hope they impale that little ship on their giant bat'leth.]]
Bludgeon's purpose for creating the ''Warworld'' was as a ship for stealing energy and other resources throughout space (including those from the [[Jabbi-Ko]], [[Karkan]], and [[Szorian]] races). It was originally his flagship and host to his army of Decepticon clones.

When [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] battled and destroyed Bludgeon, he took command of the ship, [[Bludgeon's new army|cargo]] and crew included. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} The ''Warworld'' was involved in many Autobot conflicts.

[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] stole the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and used its power to combine himself with the ''Warworld''. He reshaped its interior, battled [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s troops, and tortured Megatron and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}} But the Matrix's essence started to turn him from his evil ways. Starscream was so scared of becoming good that he did not put up any resistance when Optimus Prime and Megatron took the Matrix away from him. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
{{-}}

====Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:WarWithoutEndUK-Warworld.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I like that, it smells like Victory.]]
The ''Warworld'' served as the Decepticon mothership. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}
{{-}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Destiny5-Warworld.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.6|Rebellion? There's not going to be any rebellion. Not if I can keep giving them fights - good ones. Enough to take their minds off their troubles.]]
Bludgeon's forces travelled in the ''Warworld'' to the planet [[Torkulon]], where they eradicated the native population. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]], the leader of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s "Neo-Decepticons" met with Bludgeon aboard the ''Warworld'' above [[Cresta Superior]] to witness a demonstration of the latter's new [[Blitz Engine]]s as they... eradicated the [[Utmost|native population]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Following an agreement between the two [[Decepticon leader]]s, Bludgeon turned the ''Warworld'' towards Cybertron. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}}

Thanks to Soundwave, all of Cybertron's long-range scanners were out of commission so [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], performing reconnaissance for the Autobots, was the first to notice the ''Warworld''{{'}}s arrival... and then it promptly obliterated him. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} With the Blitz Engines running amok on Cybertron and the ''Warworld'' looming in the skies overhead, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] quickly deduced Bludgeon's war machines were being powered powered by [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] energy and so [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and the [[Wreckers]] were dispatched to infiltrate the giant starship. Meanwhile, Bludgeon was persuaded to unleash some of the ''Warworld''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s ordnance on the planet below, selecting the Autobot hero [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] as his primary target. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}}

After allowing his troops to join in the battle on Cybertron's surface, Bludgeon elected to take out the Wreckers aboard the ''Warworld'' himself, using his stealth and [[Metallikato]] skills. Pursuing Kup through its interior to the bridge, he was surprised by the emergence of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Zero Space]] and quickly bested by the Autobot leader, who threw him through the bridge window to fall to the planet below. Subsequently, the ''Warworld'' came under heavy fire from the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] under the control of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. As Rodimus Prime and the Wreckers evacuated the ''Warworld'' it exploded above Cybertron, eliciting cheers from the victorious Autobots below. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}} {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}
{{-}}

===e-HOBBY comics===
After traveling to another universe, [[Galvatron II]] commissioned a massive fleet of Warworlds to conquer the local spacetime. In response, the deceased [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] used the [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] to resurrect himself in a new body.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20120923001655/http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com:80/english/museun_en/2647.html Ultra Magnus's e-HOBBY toy bio]</ref> {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#G-2|Laser Ultra Magnus bio}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:PermanentRevolution-Warworld.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
At some point in the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], the Decepticons had amassed a fleet of War Worlds. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} A single ship of the class was regarded by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] as having enough firepower to destroy multiple planets. {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] served together on one of them. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}} The Autobots successfully bribed the notorious [[Phase Sixer]] [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]] half a billion [[Shanix]] to blow up the fleet, leading to his being wanted by the [[Decepticon Justice Division]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

Later, aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'', [[Chromedome (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Chromedome]] noted that [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]]'s [[Nightmare Fuel]] could push a Warworld into [[hyperspace]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}}

The renegade Decepticon [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] used a stolen and rather grubby Warworld as the flagship of his fleet. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}}

The [[Space Knight]] [[Livia]] was familiar enough with Warworlds that she proposed the mysterious [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] might be one. {{storylink|Our Darkest}} A number of Warworlds were employed by the [[Decepticon Vengeance Division]] in their failed attempt to destroy Unicron, {{storylink|Stranger Eons}} subsequently being warped into Unicron's service and acting as his heralds during his attack on Cybertron. Unlike the [[Worldburner]]s and [[Worldsweeper]]s however, the Warworlds were all destroyed. {{storylink|Our Finest}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
*The general look of the ''Warworld'' tended to change as the ''Generation 2'' series progressed. In-fiction, this could be the result of its nature as a continuously growing patchwork of stolen alien technology. In reality, it's what you get when three very different artists depict a massive glob of sprawling machinery.
*The ''Warworld'' was used as the basis for a dice and card board game (of a fashion) called "Robots in Disguise Giant Battle Game", which was featured across two pages in issue 2 of the Fleetway book. The object of the game was to aid either the Autobots or Decepticons in capturing the heart of the Warworld. [[Kev F. Sutherland]]'s rendering of the usually round vessel was highly angular and its customary colour scheme was somewhat altered.
*While not stated outright, [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]] is depicted in [[The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3|the ''Legends'' manga]] to have been commissioned by [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], a native of the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel]]-''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]''-''[[Alignment]]'' world, implying that Nemesis is a form of Warworld.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kidō Sentō Yōsai''' (機動戦闘要塞, "Mobile Battle Fortress")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Decepticon starships]]
[[Category:Generation 1 starships]]
[[Category:Generation 2 starships]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) starships]]
[[Category:Regeneration One starships]]

Optimus Prime (disambiguation)

2024-03-11T01:46:49Z

LilMissImpossible: Fixed minor screen adjustment issue

[[File:Convoy-final1024.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|For [[Decepticon]]s, this is what Judgment Day will look like.]]

Throughout the [[multiverse]], the name '''Optimus Prime''' is associated with bravery, self-sacrifice, and an indomitable fighting spirit, a warrior always ready to lay down their life to protect sentient life, no matter its form.

{{bigquote|You just wanna die for the guy! That's leadership... or brainwashin', or somethin'.}}
{{bigquote|No... that's ''Optimus Prime.''|[[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] and [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] on their leader|''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]''}}

==Major Optimus Primes==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:Optimusg1.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|"Generation 1" Optimus Prime]] <hr>''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel]] • [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cartoon]] • [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|IDW (2005)]] • [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Toys]] • [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys|Toys (Generations)]] • [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise|Merchandise]]''
File:RIDPrime02.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' (2001) Optimus Prime]] <hr>''[[Optimus Prime (Universe)|Universe]]
File:UT optimus cartoon collage.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|"Unicron Trilogy" Optimus Prime]] <hr>''[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Cartoon]] • [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Toys]]''
File:Movie-Optimus-promorender.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|"Movie series" Optimus Prime]] <hr>''[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/games|Games]] • [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Toys]] • [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise|Merchandise]]''
File:OptimusPrimeAnimated.JPG|[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|''Animated'' Optimus Prime]] <hr>''[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Toys]]''
File:Aligned-Optimuses.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|"Aligned" Optimus Prime]] <hr>''[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys|Toys]] • [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise|Merchandise]]''
File:CyberverseOptimus.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Optimus Prime]]
File:Optimusprime-earthspark-stock.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (ES)|''EarthSpark'' Optimus Prime]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Optimus Primes==
{{disamb|y=[[1984]]|[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the [[Autobot]] Commander from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].}}
** For merchandise of this character, see [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise]].
** For this character in [[2005 IDW continuity]], see [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity]].
** For this character in [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], see [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].
** For this character in [[Marvel Comics continuity]], see [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity]].
** For toys of this character, see [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys]].
{{disamb|y=[[1985]]|The [[Optimus Prime clone]], an astoundingly stupid idea of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s from the episode "[[A Prime Problem]]".}}
{{disamb|y=[[2000]]|[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot Commander fire truck from ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2002]]|[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot Commander truck from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].}}
** For merchandise, see [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/merchandise]].
** For this character in the [[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]], see [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity]].
** For toys of this character, see [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys]].
{{disamb|y=[[2004]]|[[Optimus Prime (Universe)|Optimus Prime]], the [[Female Transformer|female]], yellow Autobot Commander fire truck from ''Robots in Disguise'' via ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2005]]|[[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot whose corpse was [[Cloning|cloned]] and tortured by [[Unicron]] to create [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] from ''Universe''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], leader of the Autobots and last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]] from the [[live-action film series]].}}
** For merchandise, see [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise]].
** For this character in video games, see [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/games]].
** For toys of this character, see [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys]].
{{disamb|y=2007|[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], the young, inexperienced leader of an Autobot squadron from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.
** For toys of this character, see [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|[[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]], the despotic leader of the evil Autobots from ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2008|[[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|Optimus Prime]], the leader of the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s from ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], the leader of the Autobots and [[Thirteenth Prime|member]] of the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}
** For merchandise, see [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise]].
** For toys of this character, see [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys]].
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Darkside Optimus Prime (United)|Darkside Optimus Prime]], the living embodiment of the darkness in Generation 1 Optimus Prime's mind.}}
{{disamb|y=2011|[[Darkside Optimus Prime (DOTM)|Darkside Optimus Prime]], the living embodiment of the darkness in the live-action film series Optimus Prime's mind who wants to destroy all Optimus Primes across time and space.}}
{{disamb|y=2011|[[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot brick-based being and [[Kreon]] from ''[[Kre-O]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2011|[[Optimus Prime (SG Animated)|Optimus Prime]], the evil Autobot renegade from ''Shattered Glass Animated''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2012]]|[[Optimus Prime Blaster]], the Autobot [[Arms Micron]] who takes the shape of Optimus from ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2014]]|[[Red (AB)|Optimus Prime Bird]], the Angry Bird transformed into an Optimus Prime facsimile from ''[[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2014|[[Optimus Prime (Battle Masters)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot from ''[[Battle Masters]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2014|[[Optimus Prime (KOU)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot lead singer from ''[[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2014|[[Optimus Prime (Cloud)|Optimus Prime]], the [[multiverse]] hopping leader of the Autobots from the ''[[Transformers Cloud]]'' continuity.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2017]]|[[Domitius Major]], the [[Maximal]] explorer from the 2005 IDW continuity who took up the mantle of "Optimus Prime" following the loss of his own memories.}}
{{disamb|y=2017|[[Optimus Prime (SG Cybertron)|Optimus Prime]], the evil Autobot from the ''Shattered Glass'' Unicron Trilogy.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2018]]|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot leader from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2019]]|[[Optimus Prime (SG Movie)|Optimus Prime]], also known as '''Optronix''', the evil Autobot from the ''Shattered Glass'' live-action film series.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2022]]|[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot leader from ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]]''.}}

==Media with "Optimus Prime" in the title==
{{disamb|y=[[1987]]|"The Return of Optimus Prime", the two-part finale of the third season of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] cartoon:}}
** [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|Part 1]]
** [[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2|Part 2]]
{{disamb|y=[[2007]]|''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'', the ninth issue of ''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'' from [[IDW Publishing]].}}
{{disamb|y=[[2010]]|''[[The Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime]]'', the trade paperback from IDW Publishing.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2016]]|''[[Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime]]'', the comic book series from IDW Publishing.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2022]]|''[[Transformers: Best of Optimus Prime]]'', the comic reprint one-shot from IDW Publishing.}}
* Various titles named "[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime vs Megatron]]".

==Not to be confused with...==
* [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], a [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] who uses a [[transtector]] body originally intended for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].
* [[Optimash Prime]], heroic leader of the [[Autotot]]s.
* [[Optimus Primal (disambiguation)|Optimus Primal]]
* Other uses of the name "[[Optimus (disambiguation)|Optimus]]".
* Other uses of the name "[[Prime (disambiguation)|Prime]]".
* [[Sureshot (G2)|Sureshot]], the [[Europe]]an-market ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Autobot]] whose toy was released in [[North America]] as "Hero" Optimus Prime.

Lastly, '''Optimus Prime''' is the legal name of one real-life person:

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20070712091731/http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/17462533.htm Mr. Optimus Prime] of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio - a Navy veteran, International Firefighter, and more dedicated fan than you.

{{disambig}}

Serpentor

2024-03-04T22:37:34Z

LilMissImpossible:

{{faction|cobra|decepticon|edc}}
:''Serpentor is alternately the leader of [[Cobra]] or the [[Decepticon]]s from the [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Serpent-o-r.jpg|thumb|''Ladies and gentlemen/These snakes are slitherin'/with dollar signs in they eyes/with tongues so reptilian'']]
'''Serpentor''' is a genetic amalgam of history's greatest warriors, bred into one mighty emperor who wears a hilarious snake-themed costume.

Don't laugh.

He'll throw a live snake through your heart.

Sometimes he is known as '''Serpent O.R.''' or '''Serpentor Prime'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''G.I. Joe and the Transformers''====
[[File:Serpentor.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|''This industry's venomous/ with cold-blooded sentiment/ No need for nervousness/ It's just a little turbulence.'']]
Serpentor was a man created by Cobra from the combined DNA of past military geniuses, clothed in a snake-themed costume. He looked for weaknesses in Cobra's leader at the time, [[Cobra Commander]], in order to usurp him. Cobra Commander began to seriously worry about his position when the [[Dreadnok]]s failed to take [[Power Station Alpha]]. Indeed, he was not seen thereafter. {{storylink|Blood on the Tracks}} Serpentor's plan to take Power Station Alpha met with greater success. As Serpentor complimented the [[Baroness]] on her high-society tastes, [[Doctor Mindbender]] had managed to wrest control of Power Station Alpha from the [[Decepticon]]s using an electronic helmet. With [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] trailing Power Station Alpha to [[Cobra Island]], Serpentor ordered his troops to fire on a nearby cruise ship to keep them occupied. Unfortunately for Serpentor, the cruise ship belonged to industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]], friend of the [[Autobot]]s.

Serpentor's actions also caught the attention of the Decepticons, and Cobra was soon greeted by [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], and an alliance was forged. {{storylink|Power Struggle}} Both sides had ulterior motives; Serpentor in particular planned to eventually wrest control of these intelligent machines and use them to Cobra's ends. (Meanwhile, Decepticon leader [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] mused at Serpentor's stupid-looking costume.) Serpentor agreed to send Cobra forces to battle the Decepticons' enemies, the Autobots, at the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}}

It was quickly discovered that the Decepticons had doublecrossed them all with intentions to use Power Station Alpha to destroy Earth, and Serpentor was forced to team his Cobra troops with both G.I. Joe and the Autobots. However, the Autobots were concerned that Power Station Alpha may have been an intelligent being, an idea that Serpentor laughed at. It was just a machine, and it must be destroyed! Cobra took to the air in their various battlecraft, including Serpentor. When Power Station Alpha's destruction was assured, he ordered Cobra to fall back. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[Zartan]] mentioned Serpentor as one of the results of [[Doctor Mindbender]]'s cloning vat. {{Storylink|Realignments}}
{{--}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
{{quote|My womb displayed my name to be Serpent O. R. I am the son of Megatron, I am here to continue his work. I am the future bearer of the Matrix and, future ruler of Cybertron.|Serpent O. R. introduces himself.|[[The Art of War issue 2]]}}

[[File:Serpentor AoW1.jpg|thumb|upright=2.0]]
The '''Serpent Organic Robot''', or '''Serpent O.R.''' for short, was created in secret by a rogue group in the U.S. military using captured [[Decepticon]] technology, including the remains of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. With the strategic knowledge of humanity's greatest warriors, bulletproof hide and the ability to use metallic "tentacles" either to fight or take control of machinery, he was to be the United States' ultimate weapon. After word of Serpent O.R.'s existence was leaked to [[Cobra]], [[Cobra Commander]] infiltrated [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] and activated the android to use it for himself. However, Serpent O.R. accessed memories of when Megatron was kept as a slave by Cobra Commander, and tried to kill the commander and his cronies. He had a control mechanism placed on his neck by [[Zartan]], but it failed to affect the hunger for power given to Serpent O.R. by Megatron's programming. After knocking out the Cobras, Serpent O.R. entitled himself the "son of Megatron", donned his armor, and used [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s deactivated head to learn about the history of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}

[[File:Serpentor AoW2.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.9|Serpentor will become a transformer! THIS I COMMAND!]]
Serpent O.R. subsequently aimed to conquer Cybertron, and attacked a team of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and [[Autobot]]s in his way. While he managed to take control of the [[G.I. Joe battle mech|humans' mechs]], his powers had no effect on [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] due to the Autobot's [[spark]]. He settled for using the mechs to distract the Autobots while he made his way to Area 52's [[warp gate]], easily brushing aside opposition from [[Scarlett]], [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]], and [[Firewall]]. After warping to Cybertron's [[Gladiator Zone]], rendering the warp gate unusable in the process, Serpent O.R. found [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] and [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] fighting over territories. Using his tentacles to calm the giants, he told them about his relation to Megatron and recruited them into his new Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} After his army had grown to include the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], Serpent O.R. was chased down by the Autobots and Joes from Area 52, but calmly explained to them that his troops outnumbered, outgunned and surrounded them. He then crushed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] with his tentacles, and was confused that he felt like something left the Autobot as he died.

After imprisoning the Joes and Autobots in the Decepticon headquarters, Serpent O.R. continued to recruit warriors for his cause and organized an attack on an Autobot peace ceremony. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} During the assault, he contacted [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] via a hologram of [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]'s, and explained his viewpoints that Autobots were meant to be the Decepticons' slaves during their conquest of the galaxy. Prime naturally didn't agree, but he still gave himself up to Serpent O.R. in exchange for the release of the captured Autobots and humans. While waiting for the Autobot leader to be brought in, Serpent O.R. visited [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] in his cell, seeking answers to why he didn't feel anything about Bumblebee's death when all the Autobot's friends had been devastated. After enduring a series of ineffectual punches from [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], the android was told that he had no emotions since he had nothing to fight for — he was merely a "glorified gun" built only for conquest. Serpent O.R. was enraged by Hawk's claims, but calmed down almost immediately and left to converse with Optimus Prime instead.

[[File:SerpentorPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|You've got the touch! This I command! Yeah!]]
In his control room, Serpent O.R. told Prime that he knew all about the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and that he felt he was a great enough leader to deserve its power. When the Autobot countered that nobody who snuffs out sparks like they mean nothing deserves the Matrix, Serpent O.R. admitted that he didn't understand sparks or souls, but that he ''would'' understand when the Matrix gave him a spark of his own. However, Optimus Prime was still unwilling to hand the artifact over, instead breaking out of his chains and attacking Serpent O.R. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} While he was saved from Prime's assault by his loyal Decepticons, the damage done to Serpent O.R. somehow activated the device placed on him by Zartan much earlier. While he felt something was wrong, Serpent O.R. ignored it and stole the Matrix from the defeated Optimus Prime. The power of the Matrix changed him, enlarging and transforming his body into '''Serpentor Prime''', but also provided him with a soul and exposed his mind to the wonder of life and the error of his ways. Almost immediately, he put [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]'s gun to his head, seeking to end the fighting and let someone more worthy have the Matrix by taking his own life. Unfortunately, that's when Cobra Commander made his move, using the device planted on Serpentor Prime to take control of his body from a control chair on Earth. What happened to Serpent O.R.'s consciousness when the commander took over is unknown, but his body was destroyed a while later when Hawk absorbed the power of the Matrix out of it. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

The United States government refused to acknowledge that they had authorized the creation of Serpent O.R., leading to Hawk leaving G.I. Joe. The Autobots also felt that they could no longer trust humans after they used Megatron's technology like that, and stopped working alongside them. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|Black Horizon, Part 1}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
Serpent O.R. was one of ten figures that made up the [[Cybertronian zodiac]]. His associated aspect was "combination" and assigned [[Units of time|orbital cycle]] was [[Zetca]]. His constellation forms a serpent. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
{{--}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:A Common Foe Bravo Team Attacks.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67]]
After an encounter with four Autobots reignited his lust for domination, washed-out terrorist [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]] reactivated an old [[Cobra]] project to combine the greatest military minds of Earth into the ultimate warrior, using the discarded body of a [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]. Unfortunately, the [[Earth Defense Command]] disrupted the process, and EDC general [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]]'s brain was accidentally scanned, resulting in a Decepticon with EDC sympathies. While the Decepticons acknowledged Serpent O.R.'s leadership prowess, they did not yet trust him, placing him in charge of a motley group of Decepticons. {{storylink|A Common Foe|Serpent O.R.'s ''Wings Universe'' profile}}

[[File:SerpentORstabsJhiaxus-ACommonFoe.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
During [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]’s invasion of Cybertron, Serpentor stood by at the ready on Earth as part of a joint team of Autobots and Decepticons, awaiting Obsidian's signal for their time to fight back. Once the signal came, they space bridged to Cybertron and started beating on some drones. He asked [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] to question the [[Soundwave (MW)|Soundwave clone]], only to be disappointed in finding that Krok's itchy trigger finger meant he blasted the clone in the head several times before he got a chance to answer anything. [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] thankfully spotted Jhiaxus shortly thereafter, and Serpentor and his team attempted to converge on the enemy's coordinates, only to be blocked off by Jhiaxus's clone army. [[Nacelle (G1)|Nacelle]] led Serpentor and Krok to an old sealed-off passage to circumvent the enemy forces.
Though the tunnel turned out to be much too small for their use as it was, thanks to [[Gatoraider]], it proved useful nonetheless. They managed to get in position directly behind Jhiaxus, and Serpentor ambushed the Cybertronian leader, only to be beaten back by Jhiaxus's superior strength. Serpentor defeated Jhiaxus nonetheless when he impaled him with his [[Serpent Scepter]], rendering him too weak to fight back. Jhiaxus shortly thereafter surrendered, realizing that his dream of a united Cybertron had already come true, as Autobots and Decepticons were fighting together against a common enemy. Serpentor was about to accept Jhiaxus's surrender and take him into custody when [[Megaplex]] showed up and murdered the Cybertronian leader. After Megaplex and Jhiaxus's armies had been subdued, Serpentor was present at the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}
{{--}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Serpentor TransformersVSGIJoe Issue12.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.7]]
Serpentor was the half-human, half-serpent child of [[Cobra Commander]] and the [[Baroness]], predicted by [[Crystal Ball]] to become the one true Cobra emperor. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} The Baroness was still pregnant with him by the time [[Billy (G.I. Joe)|Billy]] took control of Cobra, but patiently awaited her son's birth and fated rise to power. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:TFSS3 Serpent O R.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Snakes ''ARE'' a plane.‎]]
*'''Serpent O.R.''' (TFSS 3.0, [[2015]])
**''Accessories'': "Strike" attack gun, heat ray

:The third figure in the [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#Series 3.0 (2015)|Figure Subscription Service 3.0]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' "Serpent O.R." is a [[redeco]] of [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Transformers: Generations#Japan|Generations]]'' [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#Generations_(Japan)|Ratbat]], himself a [[Retool#Gang-molded alternate parts|pretool]] of Deluxe Class [[Scourge (G1)/toys#Generations|Scourge]]. He transforms into a jet loosely based on the {{w|Boeing X-48}} blended wing body concept aircraft, and comes with two weapons that are both held via [[5 mm post]], and can combine via [[C joint]]. These weapons can store inside each of his cape halves/aircraft wings. Like many, many aircraft-based Transformers, Serpent O. R. possesses landing gear in his [[alternate mode]]. There is a pair of flaps near the middle of his underside that can unfold to display six wheels, and underneath his [[robot mode]] head is a seventh landing gear wheel that can be flipped out.

:This toy was also retooled with yet another head as ''Timelines'' [[BotCon 2014]] [[Devcon (G1)#Timelines|Devcon]]. The Ratbat tooling also served as the model for the non-toy [[2005 IDW continuity]] incarnation of [[Deathcobra (G1)#2005 IDW continuity|Deathcobra]] while the original tooling served as the model for the [[Ex-Jet]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TFSSSerpentOR/serpentor.htm More information on Serpent O.R. on TFU.info]''

{{GenerationsScourgeMold}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Serpentor's original 1986 ''G.I. Joe'' toy (see link below) was notorious for [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]. To this end, there were reports of brand new figures taken out of the package and disintegrating almost immediately. Yo Joe?
*Serpentor has been voiced by Transformers alumni [[Dick Gautier]] and [[Maurice LaMarche]].
*Concept art of an unproduced [[Action Master]] seems to be based on Serpentor
[[File:Unproduced_AM_Animatron.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|[[Serpentor|Totally new character]].
[https://www.yojoe.com/action/86/serpentor.shtml Yup]. (We were robbed!)]]

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/86/serpentor.shtml Serpentor at YoJoe.com]
*{{i|Serpentor}} at the IDW Hasbro Wiki

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Bullets

2024-02-29T03:47:44Z

LilMissImpossible: Could definately get the detail trimmed off, but I think it's worth noting

{{disambig3|Bullet}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''
|next=Out of Bullets
|title="Bullets"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[September 1]], [[2010]]
|story=[[James Roberts]]
|editor=[[Shaun Knowler]]
|continuity=[[2005 IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[2005 IDW timeline|Current era (2010)]]
}}
'''Seeds for the new Wreckers take root.'''

==Synopsis==
[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]'s boss, [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]], catches him reading datalog #113 of ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]'' when he should be working and orders him to go check on a "Fader". While going to check on [[Roulette (G1)|Roulette]], First Aid recalls the time when [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] contacted him asking for help with a special project. He is surprised when newly injured members of [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]]'s recon team are brought into the medical ward. First Aid began carefully checking them all over, paying special attention to their Autobot [[insignia]]s, while everyone else is confused by his strange behavior. He finds something of interest on [[Dodger (G1)|Dodger]] and excitedly tells him he has to operate immediately. First Aid contacts Springer letting him know what he found.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] treats the shell-shocked [[Flattop (Marvel)|Flattop]] and finds out that he is a survivor of the [[Babu Yar]] atrocity. He was given a new body like any survivor who requested one, and assigned to [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]]'s group. On his first mission after recovering from Babu Yar, Flattop saw the [[Shimmer]], which completely pushed him over the edge, and was why he was being treated by Rung now. As Rung gives Flattop scientific and psychoanalytical explanations for the Shimmer, Flattop dies right there in his office.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] is questioned by the [[Ethics Committee]] regarding his invention of [[cerebro-sensitive bullet]]s. The committee comes to the conclusion that use of the bullets would constitute a war crime, and orders him to surrender the bullets within 36 hours. On the way out, he runs into [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]], who's impressed by his restrained reaction to the Committee confiscating his work. [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] arrives, bringing his latest development, the [[Time case|Malevolent Counterintuitive Pathogen]], before the committee, Ironfist and Skyfall aren't quite sure if he's kidding as they head back to the lab.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
On [[Hydrus 5]], [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] survey the wrecked planet, newly freed from the threat of the Decepticons. Afterburner compliments Pyro on his bravery before speeding off, just before Pyro finds himself experiencing The Shimmer.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Springer stands on the command deck of the ''[[Debris]]'', mulling over [[Dominus Ambus|Agent 113]]'s report, retrieved from a slug lodged in Dodger's Autobot insignia. The report warns of recent happenings at the [[Garrus-9]] penal colony. With it in mind, Springer is deciding on who to invite to join the [[Wreckers]].
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]], currently stationed at the [[Igue-Moor Fuel Depot]], is shooting statues with [[The Judge (weapon)|The Judge]] when he sees a sort of shimmer...
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
In his workshop, Ironfist reviews the schematic of his head and the cerebro-sensitive bullet lodged in it, remembering his long relationship with Skyfall. He had developed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s [[ion blaster]], though the Autobot leader attributed its invention to Skyfall. Ironfist had continued to support Skyfall, after the latter spent a hundred years in the Decepticon [[Grindcore (prison)|Grindcore prison camp]], and after the [[glass gas|black phosphex]] incident when Skyfall was assigned for a time as a guard at Garrus 9.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
[[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] enjoys the victory the Autobots have just attained in the battle of [[Karashi-Delta|Karashi Delta]], but even that is tainted by his memories of the [[Iaconian Aerial Academy]], and the bullying he suffered at the hands of his instructor, [[Whirl (G1)|Jetstream]]. He's brought out of his reverie when he spies the Shimmer and opens fire at it.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Springer decides on the four Autobots who will be invited to join the Wreckers: Rotorstorm, Guzzle, Pyro and Skyfall.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Skyfall passes on reactions to the "[[Fisitron (G1)|Fisitron]]" datalogs to Ironfist, such as readers having coined the term "[[Fisitronism]]s". Irritated by the criticisms, Ironfist returns to packing up the cerebro-cannons and Skyfall leaves. Shortly afterward Ironfist receives a call from [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], who's well aware that he's behind Fisitron.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Springer meets with [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]], and reveals that Prowl has vetoed Skyfall as a Wrecker and is sending a substitute. Kup relates a story of how Prowl once killed [[Violator|a Decepticon]] by reading [[Tyrest Accord|Cybertron law]] at him until he triggered his own kill-switch. The current Wreckers vote on the three Autobots whom Springer has picked to invite.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
As Ironfist tidies his workshop, Springer appears to him in a shimmer and invites him to join the Wreckers. Ironfist naturally agrees, and Springer reports back to the other Wreckers that the only one who turned him down was Guzzle. However [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]] reports that Guzzle's holding on line 2.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Skyfall is astounded at Ironfist's being accepted into the Wreckers. When Ironfist gives him the workshop, he's so excited that he doesn't hear Ironfist saying that he doesn't think he'll be coming back. Once his friend has left, Ironfist receives another call...
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Ironfist arrives at Igue Moor and meets Guzzle, who's impressed when Ironfist reveals he's Fisitron. The pair encounter Rotorstorm and then Pyro, who they at first mistake for Optimus Prime come to see them off. They decide to try out the [[lightformer cannon]] Ironfist has brought along.
[[File:Symbol autobot reg.png|center|20px]]
Nine months later, Skyfall objects to the Ethics Committee cleaning out the contents of his workshop, due to his failure to attend hearings. No sooner has [[Xaaron]] disconnected the call than a pre-recorded message begins to play, triggered by Ironfist's death. Ironfist reveals that he knows Skyfall tampered with the cerebro-gun so it would "accidentally" go off, and that Skyfall leaked the [[Gideon's Glue]] research to the Decepticons. As the recording is also being sent out as a datalog, the [[Enforcement Squad]] begins banging on the workshop door in short order. With nowhere to run, Skyfall drinks a vial of Gideon's Glue found concealed in the [[sky-sled]].

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
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{{!}}-
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* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (1)
* [[Pharma (G1)|Pharma]] (2)
* [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]] (3)
* [[Roulette (G1)|Roulette]] (4)
* [[Ambulon]] (5)
* [[Schema]] (6)
* [[Dogfight (G1)|Dogfight]] (7)
* [[Dodger (G1)|Dodger]] (8)
* [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] (9)
* [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (10)
* [[Flattop (Marvel)|Flattop]] (11)
* [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] (12)
* [[Xaaron]] (13)
{{!}}style="background:transparent;border:0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Animus]] (14)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (15)
* [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]] (16)
* [[Brainstorm (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Brainstorm]] (17)
* [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] (18)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (19)
* [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] (20)
* [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] (21)
* [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]] (23)
* [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] (24)
* [[Twin Twist (G1)|Twin Twist]] (25)
* [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (26)
* [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]] (27)
{{!}}}
}}

==Mentioned characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (1)
* [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack n' Ruin]] (2)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (3)
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (4)
* [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (5)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] (6)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] (10)
* [[Solomus|Tyrest]] (11)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (12)
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (13)
* [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (16)
* [[Tripwire (G1)|Tripwire]] (17)
* "[[Dominus Ambus|Agent 113]]" (22)
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (24)
* [[Crest]] (25)
* [[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]] (26)
* [[Dipstick]] (27)
* [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] (28)
* [[Kaput]] (30)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Jetstream]] (31)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (32)
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (33)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (34)
* [[Atomizer]] (35)
* [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] (36)
* [[Calculus]] (37)
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (39)
{{!}}}
|c2=
* [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] (7)
* [[Gideon]] (9)
* [[Seizor]] (18)
* [[Aftershock (G1)|Aftershock]] (19)
* [[Fracture (G1)|Fracture]] (20)
* [[Tectonix]] (21)
* [[Skyquake (G1)|Sky Quake]] (23)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] (29)
* [[Violator]] (38)
}}

==Quotes==
"That, is the best story ever."
:—'''Springer''', upon hearing Kup tell him about the time Prowl literally ''bored'' someone to death.

"A head shot at close range...not a pleasant way to go."
:—'''Rotorstorm''', unknowingly being ironic.

"I nearly forgot to tell you, I've programmed the workshop terminal to treat this message as one of Fisitron's datalogs. Which means that every one of my subscribers will have these words beamed directly into their neural processors. You said you were a slow reader, Skyfall. You're a slow listener as well. There are 4,000 Autobots out there who've heard this part of the message before you have."
:—'''Ironfist''' from beyond the grave, telling Skyfall that he's screwed.

==Notes==
* This text-only story was released as a bonus feature in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' trade paperback, and is a framing device for the material in the trade.
* The story had some minor revisions in the version printed in the hardcover edition, most notably Rung's deliberations on vocal synthesizers. The errors mentioned below are still present. Additionally, the hardcover also includes several scenes originally intended for "Bullets" that had been cut for space, as a sort of "deleted scenes" extra under the name "[[Out of Bullets]]". The hardcover edition of ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' is the only way to obtain these extra scenes; they're ''not'' included in the subsequent ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers Saga|Wreckers Saga]]'' trade paperback.
* First Aid initially misreads the initial on the Wreckers business card Springer gives him as "M"—a description strongly resembling the booby-trapped [[Machination]] card found by [[Verity Carlo]] in ''[[The Transformers: Escalation|Escalation]]'' [[Escalation issue 4|#4]].
* Rung has a model of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark-1]]''.
* The Autobot insignia used for passage breaks in the ''Wreckers Saga'' trade paperback are definately the live-action versions. See the page on [[Insignia]] to tell the difference, but the giveaway is the angry eyes.
* [[Delphi]] was the name of a secret Autobot base in James Roberts's ''Eugenesis'' fanfiction.
* The number [[113 (disambiguation)|113]] crops up in a bunch of places: [[Dominus Ambus|Agent 113]] is the spy who passes on the information about Garrus-9, [[Room 113]] is where the Ethic Committee meets, and Datalog 113 is the one that concerns the Pova incident. This is a little in-joke by James Roberts, in reference to [[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|issue #113]] of the Marvel UK ''Transformers'' comic, which was the issue that got him hooked on the series.
* The description of Pyro's attack on the [[Tremorcon]]s—how he runs over two of them before boosting up and transforming in mid-air—is very similar to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime's]] famous entrance into [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* In the story Kup tells to Springer about raiding a Decepticon ship named the ''[[Fatal Consequence]]'', he lists a group named the [[Heliobot]]s among the Autobots who were accompanying him during said raid. However, in the text story "[[Zero Point]]" published in the hardcover edition of ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'', Springer ''himself'' is said to have been a member of the Heliobots, which would suggest that he should have been there during the events Kup describes to him in this story. For the reprint of "Bullets" in the hardcover edition of ''Last Stand'', Kup's mention of the Heliobots was thus changed to refer to only "a dozen other" Autobots in order to avoid the contradiction; however, the ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers Saga|Wreckers Saga]]'' trade paperback, which also contains reprints of both "Bullets" and "Zero Point", again features the original version of the line in question with the Heliobots as part of the raid.

===Errors===
* [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] is described as being killed by a sniper. [[The Transformers: Autocracy|Later fiction]] would retcon this by having Megatron kill Zeta in his climactic final battle.
* On page 123, "you're" should be "your".
* On page 125, there's an extra "to" in Xaaron's dialogue.
* On page 127, "centric" is misspelled "centirc".
* One scene begins with Perceptor describing the effects of "vicarious perception", but randomly jumps focus to Ironfist after the first few lines. It looks like those lines were actually meant to be the final lines of the previous scene, and that the scene switch was erroneously inserted a paragraph too late.
* The version of Bullets printed in the Swedish hardcover ''Wreckers Sista Strid'' accidentally leaves out the final few paragraphs of the story. Said paragraphs, as well as an apology from the publisher were printed on a piece of A5 paper that was inserted between the pages.

===Foreign localization===
'''Japanese'''
* ''Title:'' "'''Jūdan'''" (銃弾, "Bullet")

'''Swedish'''
* ''Title:'' "'''Kulor'''" ("Bullets")
* An illustrated version of "Bullets" (resembling the old Marvel UK annual text stories) was printed in the Swedish oversized hardcover collection, ''Transformers: Mer än ögat kan se''. The illustrations consisted of First Aid holding an Autobot insignia, pencilled by [[Nick Roche]] and colored by [[Malin Sasse]]; Rung in session with Flattop, pencilled by [[Stephen Baskerville]] and colored by [[Winston Chan]]; The Autobot Ethics Committee, pencilled and colored by [[Jeff Anderson]]; Afterburner standing around, pencilled by Nick Roche and colored by Malin Sasse and Skyfall about to drink Gideon's Glue, pencilled by [[Thomas Sjöström]] and colored by Winston Chan. The hardcover was published by [[Comics#Ades Media (2018–current)|Ades Media]] on [[May 30]], [[2019]], and was limited to 500 copies.

[[Category:Last Stand of the Wreckers issues]]
[[Category:Text stories]]

Ultra Magnus (RID)

2024-02-27T21:48:21Z

LilMissImpossible: Just screwholes iirc

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:''Ultra Magnus is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise continuity family]].''
[[File:Rid magnus.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|From angsty badass to angsty deus ex machina to angsty Super Mushroom.]]

Usually, Ultra Magnus is a [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|well-respected Autobot]] who is a great [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|friend]]/[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|mentor]] to [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]].

THIS '''Ultra Magnus''', on the other hand, is not a happy camper.

Immensely powerful, he'd be one of the Autobots' greatest warriors, armed with multiple weapons which according to [[X-Brawn]] could take out an army. Except he's not especially keen on helping the Autobots out anymore. After all, they gave the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to his brother, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], and not him. This really, ''really'' didn't sit well with Magnus, and he vanished for years... only to come back with a major chip on his shoulder and a need to wallop his brother to prove that ''he'' deserves the Matrix.

He apparently doesn't understand the real criteria for Matrix-getting.

Despite his hatred of Optimus, they combine into the colossal [[Omega Prime]], one of the most powerful Autobots in the Multiverse, with alarming frequency when things get hairy. This is either because Magnus can't deny his (somewhat buried and tarnished) noble Autobot nature, or because if Prime gets blown to tiny bits, the Matrix could get blown to tiny bits with him.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Kim Strauss]] (English), [[Takashi Matsuyama]] (Japanese)|[[Alexandr Novikov]] (Russian, [[Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus]] only), [[Oleg Kutsenko]] (Russian), [[Yamil Atala]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Francesco Prando]] (Italian), [[Júlio Chaves]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:Ultra Magnus eye.jpg|left||thumb|Do you see what I see?]]
Ultra Magnus was created by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] and brought online at exactly the same moment as his brother, Optimus Prime. They both served with distinction during the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars]], presumably against the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. Afterwards, when the time came for [[Vector Sigma]] (also referred to as the [[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]]) to choose a new Matrix Bearer and Autobot leader, Magnus was passed over in favor of Optimus. Magnus was infuriated by this, and left Cybertron immediately afterwards. He became increasingly embittered, both towards his brother and mainstream Autobots in general, causing him to come off as something of a jerk when dealing with them.

[[File:Ultra Magnus Magnusprime.jpg||thumb|"Do you forgive me for getting the Matrix, Ultra Magnus?" "Nope."]]
Some time later, he tracked down his brother to the planet he was currently charged with protecting, [[Earth]]. There, he first encountered the [[Decepticon]]s and single-handedly defeated them all, even when they combined into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]], becoming the first being to beat Ruination without any sort of help. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} He then challenged Optimus Prime for possession of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and command of the Autobots. Optimus refused to fight his brother, however, not that that stopped Ultra Magnus from blasting him with his powerful weapon, [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Blue Bolts]]. Optimus was only saved by the intervention of [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], and [[X-Brawn]], who rescued their commander and transported him to a remote island to recuperate. It was there that Optimus revealed to Side Burn his relationship to Ultra Magnus, much to the young Autobot's shock. Unfortunately, the Predacon [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] had used a hidden tracking device to locate Optimus Prime, and he, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and the Decepticons ganged up on the weakened Autobot leader. Ultra Magnus then showed up, having followed Sky-Byte, and forced Optimus Prime to merge with him, becoming [[Omega Prime]], with the intention of absorbing the Matrix's power. However, he was shocked to discover that Optimus Prime had just as much control over Omega Prime as he did, and they were forced to cooperate to use their combined form's firepower to drive off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

Although he remained a free agent, Ultra Magnus would come to the aid of the Autobots whenever he felt they required assistance, though he was always quick to deny that he actually cared for their safety. He also often combined with Optimus when the situation required it. These frequent combinations apparently had some unexpected side effects, as Ultra Magnus seemed to unconsciously channel the energies of the Matrix into the [[Autobot Brothers|Autobot brothers]], upgrading them to their new "supercharged" forms. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Although this was never explicitly explained in the show, afterwards, Optimus speculated that he and Magnus were now somehow "sharing" the Matrix. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[File:Two Faces Ultra Magnus vehicle.jpg|left||thumb|Oh for crying out loud.....PICK A LANE ALREADY!]]
Ultra Magnus once pretended to join the Decepticons in an attempt to infiltrate the group, however, this plan failed due to the interference of the Autobot brothers, who believed that Magnus had genuinely betrayed them. An all-out battle between Autobots and Predacons/Decepticons soon erupted, with Ultra Magnus proving that his true loyalties lay with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} After having "gifted" the Autobot Brothers with the ability to assume their supercharged modes, Magnus now needed to contend with Prowl and Side Burn pestering him. He found Side Burn especially annoying. Despite Ultra Magnus already refusing once to join Megatron's forces, he was approached once more by Scourge, who made a similar proposition. Ultra Magnus remained steadfast in his allegiance to the Autobots, voicing his disappointment that Scourge actually believe his rivalry against his brother could be used to turn him towards evil. The rest of the Decepticons then came out of hiding to attack Magnus. Though Prowl and Side Burn came to Ultra Magnus's aid, Magnus took off, leaving the other two to deal with Scourge and the Commandos. He did feel guilty over deserting them though, and kept watch at a distance. When Optimus arrived on the scene and was unable to take care of his enemies on his own, Ultra Magnus rejoined the fray and combined with his brother to turn the tide. After a swift victory, Ultra Magnus took off once more, admitting that he suddenly had a lot to think about. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

{{charstubfiction|Needs expansion of those four episodes.}}
He would constantly appear ''out of nowhere'' whenever the Autobots were in trouble, using his strength, guns and combining power to help save the day. How he always managed this is unknown. When his power alone wasn't enough, he would also regularly combine with his brother, and mow down the Predacons and Decepticons as Omega Prime. After the job was done, Ultra Magnus would always take off on his own once more. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}} {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} This victory streak wouldn't last forever, as Ultra Magnus was outmaneuvered by Sky-Byte of all 'bots. Magnus and the Autobot Brothers lost [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] to the Predacons, who planned to use the small robot to control Fortress Maximus. Thankfully, Ultra Magnus was back in form in a later battle, and helped fend off the newly reborn Galvatron and his troops while a conflicted Fortress Maximus ran berserk across Metro City. Unfortunately, despite combining into Omega Prime, Cerebros slipped from Optimus and Ultra Magnus's grasp once more. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}} Later, Ultra Magnus just happened to be taking a nap in a desert where a battle between the Autobots and a Scourge-controlled Fortress Maximus too place. He was woken up by Side Burn's "whining" and flew in to help his brother, combining with Optimus to fight the gargantuan robot. Unfortunately, the two brothers’ power was not enough to stop Fortress Maximus. Thankfully, Dr. Onishi hatched a plan to overpower Scourge's human bio-signature with a thousand Earth children. After the battle, Ultra Magnus took off once more. {{storylink|The Human Element}}

Ultra Magnus stopped Sky-Byte from kidnapping Koji and his friend [[Carl (RID)|Carl]]. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} He later took part in the Autobots final clash with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] and [[Decepticon]]s but instantly combined with Optimus into Omega Prime to attack Megatron's [[Megastar|command center]]. Their attack failed. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

When the Autobots retreated from battle because Megatron had the children of the world hostage with his [[Cyber-bat]]s, he stayed behind and attacked Galvatron head on. Again, he failed miserably. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}}

As usual he popped out of nowhere to remove Optimus from battle and leave the other Autobots to be torched by Galvatron. Optimus asked Magnus to help him one last time. Magnus agreed, acting very surprised that Prime asked instead of ordering him. They merged into Omega Prime one last time to defeat Galvatron at the Earth's center, ending the conflict at last. Ultra Magnus then took custody of the prisoners aboard [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] to return them to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
{{CRnote|Ultra Magnus|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Generation 1 Ultra Magnus]]|God Magnus}}
=====''Super Spychanger Lottery''=====
Due to God Magnus's absence on Earth in [[2003]], Fire Convoy and his Autobots had to give the [[Spychanger]]s [[Spark Engine]]s to combat a new threat. {{Storylink|The Secret of the Birth of the Super Spychangers}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
As a member of the [[Dimensional Patrol]], God Magnus traveled to the [[Legends World]] at the request of [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]. They helped defend the inhabitants from the [[Zamojin]] army and the rampaging [[Majin Zarak]]. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}} With Devil Gigatron reformed and working with the Patrol, God Magnus and Fire Convoy eventually learned to merge with him as well, forming Devil God Fire Convoy. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

====Dreamwave ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
[[File:UltraMagnusToTheRescue Magnus kick.jpg|thumb|Falcon kick!]]
While <s>stalking</s> following Optimus in [[Wyoming]], Magnus overheard T-AI sending the Autobot leader to a Predacon/Decepticon attack in [[Arizona]], and resolved to take care of it himself. On arriving at the energy research facility, he swiftly took care of [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] and [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] before casually slamming [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] into the nearest building.

When Optimus expressed concern for the humans, Scourge took it as a cue to threaten the nearest fleshling to try to force the Autobots to surrender. On Optimus's urging, Magnus reluctantly agreed, however once Scourge was distracted, the pair took the opportunity to punch him in the face, and the Decepticons retreated. Before Optimus could thank his brother, Magnus was rolling off into the sunset. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In [[Viron 704.08 Gamma]], Ultra Magnus, as part of Omega Prime, defeated the tyrant [[Unicron]], who had merged his consciousness with [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] and tried to consume the universe. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/28}}

====3H and Fun Publications comics====
[[File:TFUjailbreak.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Here I am, kept in this tiny room, forced to be kept merged to this dude who I hate.]]
In [[Viron 903.0 Beta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/13}} some time after the defeat of Galvatron, Optimus Prime formed the [[Dimensional Patrol]] from the ranks of the Autobots who had stayed behind on Earth, as well as additional experts in [[unspace|transwarp]] technology, to defend the planet from those who would do it harm via the "temporal and spatial nexus" in Earth's proximity. Unfortunately, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and several members of the Dimensional Patrol were abducted by [[Unicron]]. Here they were to battle each other in the [[Cauldron]], where their energy would feed and repair the shattered body of the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1|Optimus Prime's profile in Club magazine #1}}

As Omega Prime, Prime and Magnus escaped this fate in a jailbreak set into motion by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]. They left Unicron for their home universe via a portal created by [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]], {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} but shortly thereafter they were once again called into service by [[Primus]] to join [[Child of Primus|an army]] in a [[Universe War|multiversal war]] against Unicron. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

[[File:OptimusPrimeRIDprimuschamber.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Still had some anger issues.]]
The final battle of the war ended abruptly when Unicron's physical form was destroyed in another universe, resulting in the [[Unicron Singularity]], which threatened the very multiverse itself. Omega Prime escaped through a portal, expecting to end up on Optimus Primal's Cybertron, but their transit was diverted to the Cybertron of [[Aurex 405.0 Epsilon]] by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]. {{Storylink|Revelations Part 2}} There, they joined forces with the Autobots [[Sentinel Maximus]], [[Vector Prime]], and even that universe's version of their creator, Alpha Trion. When [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] attempted to destroy [[Primus]] himself using the [[Dead Matrix]], they intervened as Omega Prime. Later, while his brother helped Primus recover, Ultra Magnus defeated Nemesis Prime in one-on-one combat. {{Storylink|Revelations Part 1}} As the group reconvened in the Chamber of Alpha Trion, Vector Prime's weakening temporal powers failed him, and he disappeared from the group. Overrun, a previously unseen ally now making his presence known to the others, assured them that the elder had simply resumed his proper place on Earth, and took on leadership of the group. Optimus and Magnus were tasked with securing the Dead Matrix in the [[Archives]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

Ultra Magnus later became involved in the [[Mini-Con Civil War]] that erupted on Cybertron's moons, {{Storylink|Revelations Part 4}} and even fought against the reincarnated Unicron himself as Omega Prime {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} getting to see [[Primus]] himself show up, which prompted Unicron to flee. Some months after the conclusion of the black hole crisis, Ultra Magnus and his cohorts met with the local [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and his crew. This Optimus thanked them for protecting the homeworld in their absence, and Ultra Magnus shook hands with them. In the aftermath, Magnus and his brother planned to pursue Unicron. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

===Spychanger continuity===
[[File:Ultra Magnus-Universe-OTFCC 2004-unpublished.jpg|thumb|left|Magnus Minor.]]
====Ask Vector Prime====
When the [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] of [[Viron 1103.12 Gamma]] accidentally turned all of Earth's energon toxic, Optimus Prime and her troops had to downsize into new Spychanger forms to survive, much to the amusement of the Predacons... until the Autobots blew up the Predacons' pure energon and the bad guys ran out of energy. Optimus's nemesis [[Scourge (RID)#Spychanger continuity|Scourge]] was the only villain who made the shift to a Spychanger body, but outnumbered, she was defeated by Prime's forces. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/18}}

====''Universe'' comic====
Ultra Magnus and his cohorts, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], and [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] were later plucked from their universe and stranded on a frozen planetoid, a side effect of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s device that blocked [[Unicron]]'s attempt to kidnap Transformers from multiple dimensions. These stranded Autobots were targeted for 'recruitment' by [[Reptilion]] but rescued by the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]].

While a group of old fogey Autobots that included [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] were sent back to their timeline, Optimus and her crew appeared to stick around for the [[Universe War]]. {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}

===''Cybertron'' toy bio===
Optimus Prime could use the [[Spark of Combination]] to merge with his brother. {{storylink|#Cybertron|''Cybertron'' Ultra Magnus bio}}

===''TransTech''===
On a computer screen in [[Axiom Nexus]], [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] observed multiple [[Ultra Magnus (disambiguation)|Ultra Magnus]]es from across the multiverse, including one Viron iteration of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Timeless}}

===Shell Game continuity===
In [[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]], Omega Prime, who presumably included Ultra Magnus, defeated Megatron. Later, Ultra Magnus merged with his dying mentor [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] and became [[Ultra Trion]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}}

===Air Attack Optimus Primal===
In [[Viron 102.0 Beta]], Ultra Magnus was a student of [[Scavenger (RID)|Scavenger]] at the [[Autobot Military Academy]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/22}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
[[File:RID Ultra Magnus Toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Everyone needs a ve-hicle mode, even the very tall.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''God Magnus''' (2000) / '''Ultra Magnus''' (Super Class, 2001)}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''C-023'''
:*''Accessories'': [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Cannon]], 2 missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Magnus's [[alternate mode]] is a massive car-carrier vehicle (akin to his G1 counterpart). He is able to carry all three Autobot Brothers when in "carrier mode". In [[robot mode]], Magnus is a rather towering figure due to his oddly long legs (made up of the carrier component from his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]). His "Blue Bolts" weapon can be configured into three different modes and, when plugged into the proper connectors, generate different sound effects. A button on his back also allows for an additional shout from Magnus (in either Japanese or English, depending on the version of the toy). The Japanese release is slightly different in that it uses different missiles, lacks tampographed Autobot symbols on the sides, and features darker, metallic-flaked plastics, and, as expected, Japanese voice clips. Magnus can combine with the large ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime toy to create Omega Prime. Unchanged from the Takara release the tires featured the name "GOD MAGNUS" instead of "ULTRA MAGNUS".

:Ultra Magnus is an example of a [[partformer]]; you are required to remove his trailer, transform it into his legs, and then reattach them at the thigh to complete his robot mode.

: [[Sonokong]] also released ''God Magnus'' in [[South Korea|Korean]] markets, outwardly similar to the Takara release but using the Hasbro version's sound effects.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
::*''[https://hotaru007.tistory.com/entry/%ED%8A%B8%EB%9E%9C%EC%8A%A4%ED%8F%AC%EB%A8%B8-%EC%B9%B4%EB%A1%9C%EB%B4%87-%EC%9A%B8%ED%8A%B8%EB%9D%BC%EB%A7%A4%EA%B7%B8%EB%84%88%EC%8A%A4 Korean blog post detailing the Sonokong release]''

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[[File:TF-Car-Robots-Black-God-Magnus.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Black God Magnus''' (2000)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Cannon]], 2 missiles

:This [[black repaint]] of Ultra Magnus is ''hugely'' rare, to the extent that its very ''existence'' is occasionally questioned. Only ten units are known to exist, having been offered in a ''[[TV Magazine]]'' prize draw that seemed to slip under everyone's radar.

: The figure would later be included in a "Black God Fire Convoy" giftset with Black Super Fire Convoy (below).

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1795/Car+Robots/Black+God+Magnus More information on Black God Magnus at Transformers at the Moon]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Black God Fire Convoy''' (Giftset, 2000)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Cannon]], 2 missiles

:This two-figure giftset includes the Black God Magnus figure, plus the black version of the Optimus figure (itself only available through contests and raffles, although in significantly larger numbers than Magnus had been), who together combine to form Black God Fire Convoy. It was just as limited in its availability as the original Black God Magnus figure, with the only ten units known to exist being offered as prizes in a scratch-card contest that TV Magazine run until early November 2000.

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[[File:TF-Car-Robots-God-Fire-Convoy-Special-Clear-God-Magnus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''God Fire Convoy Special Clear Version''' (Giftset, 2000)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Cannon]], 2 missiles

:The God Fire Convoy Special Clear Version (ゴッドファイヤーコンボイスペシャルクリアバージョン) set includes a unique clear version of the Ultra Magnus figure not available anywhere else, paired with a clear Super Fire Convoy, who together combine to form Clear God Fire Convoy. The set also included the Super God Sword, which had previously been available only through various contests and raffles.

:The giftset was exclusive to Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores. Released in November 2000, it was limited to 3000 pieces; reportedly, only 100 TRUs carried the set, and limited customers to one purchase on the day of release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/ClearGodMagnus/godmagnus.htm More information on Clear God Magnus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID-toy UltraMagnus-SpyChanger.jpg||upright=1.66|thumb|Too small to deal with it.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (Basic Class, 2001)}}</ul>

: One of the first all-new molds in the Hasbro ''Robots in Disguise'' line, this is a smaller, simplified version of the large Ultra Magnus made for the Basic Class. He features through-axle construction for super-fast rolling on smooth surfaces. He has room for one Spychanger on the top of the carrier mode, but, of course, they are wildly out of scale with each other. Though the toy was designed in a similar fashion as the Spychanger toys, it retains a surprising amount of articulation, with joints for the head, shoulders and legs. He only has four moving wheels; the rest are molded in.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/UltraMagnusGobot/ultramagnus.htm More information on Ultra Magnus (Basic Class) at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe 2003 Sams Club RID01 Ultra Magnus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus''' (Super Class, 2003)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Cannon]], 2 missiles
: The ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Sam's Club-[[exclusive]] Ultra Magnus was more-or-less unchanged from its ''Robots in Disguise'' counterpart, with the only noticeable difference being that his dark blue parts had become a much darker blue.

: Exciting. On the other hand, it was way cheaper than getting the original.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/TFUUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on ''Universe'' Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:TFU03-toy MagnusWMSpychanger.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Wide load, thunder thighs...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus & Ironhide''' (Basic Class, 2004)}}</ul>

: A [[redeco]] of the ''Robots in Disguise'' Basic Class version of Ultra Magnus, Magnus transforms into a tractor-trailer rig of probably-made-up model with a non-removable car carrier trailer. The carrier cannot store cars inside, only carry them on the top. He was only available in a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] 2-pack with Spychanger [[Ironhide (RID)#Universe (2003)|Ironhide]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/TFUUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Universe Basic Class Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertrontoy ridprime magnus 2pack.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Cannon]], 2 missiles

: ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Ultra Magnus is a repackaged version of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] Ultra Magnus, and was sold in a Costco-[[exclusive]] multi-pack with a red redeco of the 2003 ''Universe'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Cybertron|Optimus Prime]].

:The ''Cybertron'' branding left it rather up in the air whether this Ultra Magnus constituted a new iteration of the character in the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|''Cybertron'' franchise's fiction]] or what until the Facebook edition of [[Ask Vector Prime]] settled the issue in [[2015]] by seizing on the resemblance to his original ''Robots in Disguise'' deco to [[Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 26, 2015|rule it the appearance of the original guy]] in his various [[#3H and Fun Publications comics|convention comic adventures]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/CostCoUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
[[File:TF-Encore-God-Magnus.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|They will serve you well in your quest to defeat the evils that jeopardize your world. You are truly a remarkable group of young people worthy of the Ninja Power.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''God Fire Convoy''' (Multi-pack, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[March 23]], 2018
:*''Accessories'': [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Cannon]], 2 missiles

:In this ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' reissue giftset, Super Fire Convoy and God Magnus have slightly different plastic colors, and the chrome details have now been mostly replaced with show-accurate paint applications, except for Magnus's large chrome insignia on his front bumper. The insignia on his forehead is now colored in. The tip of the [[Matrix Blade#Encore|Super God Sword]] is now translucent.

:Most of the production run had the cannon's voice samples swapped, so that the line "Magna Laser" plays in "Magna Vulcan" mode and vice versa. This issue, along with a printing error on the box and widespread complaints of overall poor quality control, led to the set being recalled by [[TakaraTomy]].<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/encore-god-fire-convoy-lg64-seaspray-and-rione-lg65-targetmaster-twin-twist-lg66-targetmaster.1124163/page-60#post-15674212 TakaraTomy apology and recall notice]</ref>

::*''[https://ridforever.info/toys/other-toys/encore-toys/god-fire-convoy-2 More information on ''Encore'' God Magnus at RID Forever]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:HasLab Magnus Render.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|Crowdfunded angst.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Omega Prime''' (2025)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise 2001]]'' / ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]''
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''God Fire Convoy''' (ゴッドファイヤーコンボイ)
:*''Accessories'': [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Legacy|Matrix of Leadership]], combinable [[Global Space Bridge#Legacy|Global Space Bridge]] display stands (Tier 2 Unlock)
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[January 30]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sodl6lRkifQ Hasbro Pulse | Transformers: Legacy RID 2001 Omega Prime HasLab Fanstream | January 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>
:''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Ultra Magnus—"God Magnus" (ゴッドマグナス) in TakaraTomy markets—is bundled alongside [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Legacy|Optimus Prime]] and a newly-personed version of his [[Blue Bolts (RID)#Legacy|Blue Bolts]] blaster as the fourth HasLab crowdfunded figure for Transformers. The roughly [[Size class|Commander-class]] figure incorporates almost all the play patterns of the original, most notably he can still hold 3 Deluxe scale cars like the original toy (at the cost of [[Show-accuracy|cartoon scale]]). As is the norm with most modern figures, his articulation is increased, especially since he now has ankles.

:Of course, he can combine with Optimus to form [[Omega Prime#Legacy|Omega Prime]], though like fellow power-up shroom character [[Ginrai (robot)#Legacy|Victory Leo]], this robs him of his waist articulation. He has a [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] grill and eyes, and the Autobot emblem on his vehicle mode bumper is hot stamped. The [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System|Weaponizer]]-style format of Bluebolts allows Magnus to ameliorate the hollow-leg problem of his original toy by storing his weapon-slash-companion in his calves.

:Omega Prime was revealed on [[January 30]], [[2024]], with the crowdfunding campaign beginning soon after. The project reached 50% funding in only 24 hours, beating all three previous ''Transformers'' HasLabs. It reached full funding on [[February 9]], [[2024]], in only ten days—three times quicker than the previous record holder, [[Deathsaurus (G1)#Legacy|Deathsaurus]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Exciting news! The #HasLab campaign for #Transformers: Legacy #RobotsInDisguise 2001 #OmegaPrime has achieved its goal with 10,000 backers! A massive thank you to all the incredible fans who made this possible – your support has truly brought Omega Prime to life!|link=https://x.com/HasbroPulse/status/1756013964993991002|site=Twitter|name=Hasbro Pulse|year=2024|month=2|day=9}}</ref>

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C2vNqMmuIwP/ Designer commentary on ''Legacy'' Ultra Magnus from Evan Brooks on Instagram]''

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==Notes==
* Ultra Magnus bears a resemblance to [[Apex Bomber]]/[[Godbomber]] in appearance, Japanese name, and ability to combine with Optimus.
* ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Ultra Magnus]]'s vehicle mode was inspired by this Ultra Magnus.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''God Magnus''' (ゴッドマグナス ''Goddo Magunasu''), '''Ultra Magnus''' (ウルトラマグナス ''Urutora Magunasu'')
*''Korean:'' '''God Magnus''' (갓마그네스 ''Gat Mageuneseu'')

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Thrust (BM)

2024-02-25T01:56:34Z

LilMissImpossible:

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{{disambig3|Thrust}}
:''Thrust is a [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] from the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Thrust-Vehicon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Goin' my way?]]
'''Thrust''' was one of the first of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[Vehicon general]]s to be created, and was the last one to stand against the [[Maximal]]s. Commander of the [[Cycle Drone]]s, he is a dark, cold, brooding type, and is absolutely devoted to Megatron's goals, even though he knows what it means in the end for him. He is almost completely fearless, says ''exactly'' what is on his mind (he had the lugnuts to tell Megatron just how dumb his plan of using Maximal sparks to power the other two Vehicon Generals was), and takes a delight in tormenting his foes both physically and psychologically.

Oddly, despite initial backstabbing, he grew to consider his fellow General [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] a friend, which developed into a white-hot hatred when Jetstorm was reverted into the Maximal [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]. He refused to even call Silverbolt by his name, calling him "Jetstorm" and "traitor".

Thrust's personality and mind is in fact a shell program powered by the [[spark]] of the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]. Despite this, Thrust has virtually no similarities to Waspinator, and the Predacon is ''very'' happy to be in the cool "biker-bot", even if only as a power source.

His [[Activation code|Command Code]] is "overdrive," although in one anomalous instance, he used the phrase "accelerate."

Thrust can be distinguished from his drones by his size and yellow markings.

In one timeline, his name is spelled '''Thrustor''', and in another timeline, he merges with Waspinator to become '''Thrustinator'''.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Byrnes]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)|[[Zhang Mingliang]] (Chinese), [[Sérgio Stern]] (Brazil), [[Thomas Nero Wolff]] (German), [[Victor Covarrubias]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Achille D'Aniello]] (Italian), [[Jean-Marc Delhausse]] (French)}}

[[File:Thrust-cu.jpg|thumb|left|Workin' in a coal mine, goin' down down...]]

Thrust was one of three Vehicons granted individual sparks by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] in an effort to defeat the Maximals; Thrust was given the spark of Waspinator. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}} Waspinator was aware of Thrust's actions, and the brooding, snarky, badass personality was utter ''heaven'' for the bug! {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

Along with Tankor and Jetstorm, he pursued [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] when they attempted to recover information about what happened while they were offline, but failed to capture them. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}} After being chewed out by Megatron, the generals again attempted to apprehend the Maximals, but Thrust and Jetstorm decided to destroy each other to avoid having to share any rewards. While they were thus occupied, Tankor of all bots managed to capture the Maximals. Thrust and Jetstorm decided to put aside their differences in order to take out the big lug, but ended up getting [[slag (slang)|slagged]]. {{storylink|Mercenary Pursuits}}

[[File:Revelations1 Blackarachnia Thrust extractor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Thrust is so manly, he has staring contests with machines that ''can't'' blink.]]

Thrust lead a squad of his Cycle Drones in an attack against Cheetor, Nightscream and Rattrap when the three Maximals infiltrated a Vehicon assembly factory. He was defeated by Cheetor, rendering his drones inert. In the wake of a power-feedback, Megatron was rendered weak, and all of the Vehicon drones were rendered offline for half a solar cycle. With Thrust, as well as Jetstorm and Tankor out of commission for the time being, Megatron was effectively rendered defenseless. As soon as Thrust was repaired, he rushed out to defend his leader against the Maximals, but Megatron had struck a deal with Rattrap while Thrust had been off-line. Thrust was ordered to allow the Maximals to walk away. {{storylink|The Weak Component}}

Later, during a battle between the Maximals and Vehicons, Thrust saved the life of Blackarachnia, though quickly wondered why. The two wandered into a spark extraction facility, where a massive [[spark extractor]] attempted to extract their sparks. Thrust again saved Blackarachnia, and was in turn saved by her. Thrust began having flashbacks to the time when his spark was first extracted, but was interrupted by the sudden arrival of the other Maximals before he could remember anything. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery|Discovery}}

[[File:Revelations2 Blackarachnia Thrust.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"*looks at us*I'm in there."]]

After that, he and Jetstorm were attacked by Blackarachnia and Nightscream while Cheetor and Rattrap worked to reawaken Tankor's Maximal spark. Blackarachnia, convinced that Thrust was carrying [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]'s spark, tried to help him remember their past, which resulted in Thrust having more flashbacks, this time to the time he spent on Earth. However, before he could remember his previous identity, Jetstorm attacked and accused him of betrayal. Thrust claimed he was just trying to stall Blackarachnia; Jetstorm, unconvinced, ordered Thrust to prove his loyalty to Megatron by extracting Blackarachnia's spark. He grudgingly agreed to this, but was interrupted by Nightscream. Unfortunately, Blackarachnia's spark was extracted anyway, by Jetstorm. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent|Descent}} Thrust picked up Blackarachnia's body and pursued Jetstorm. After an altercation with Nightscream, who had recovered Blackarachnia's spark in the meantime, Thrust fled, leaving Blackarachnia to be re-ensparked by Nightscream. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse|Apocalypse}}

When the Maximals stole one of Megatron's Vehicon Mole drones, Thrust was ready to pursue them. Megatron claimed it was unnecessary, as he could track the Mole itself. {{storylink|The Key}}

After that, he was sent with Jetstorm and Tankor to apprehend Nightscream as part of an attempt to remove Megatron's organic components. Nightscream escaped and Thrust and Jetstorm pursued him, but were defeated by Nightscream's sonic scream. {{storylink|Survivor}} Shortly thereafter, while on a wild goose chase courtesy of Tankor, Thrust was exposed to [[organic goop]] courtesy of Blackarachnia, which caused him to revert to his Waspinator personality. After explaining how he returned to Cybertron, Waspinator was driven to rage when Blackarachnia spurned him. However, before he could cause any damage, he was zapped by a duplicate [[Key to Vector Sigma]], causing him to revert to his Thrust persona.

After this event, Thrust stopped trying to save Blackarachnia and she stopped trying to get him defect. No [[technorganic]] salvation for ''you'', Waspy! {{storylink|The Catalyst}}

[[File:DarkestKnight Thrustbike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He's such a cykill!]]

Some time later, Optimus Primal used the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] against Megatron's Keys to Vector Sigma, apparently destroying them both, along with Tankor. {{storylink|End of the Line}} With the war apparently over, Thrust and Jetstorm were invited to join the Maximals, but they instead decided to strike out on their own. Thrust got hostile at the idea of Jetstorm getting reformatted, deciding he viewed the general as a friend and didn't want to lose him. {{storylink|Fallout (episode)|Fallout}}. During this time, they were attacked by [[Noble (BM)|Savage]], an event which they initially blamed on the Maximals. They did temporarily team up with their old enemies against this new threat, but their insistence on attacking Savage and antagonising Noble earned them nothing more than a trashing. {{storylink|Savage Noble}} Thrust would go up against Savage once again when he and Jetstorm attempted to apprehend Nightscream. Savage, now free from Megatron's spark, gave Thrust a sound thrashing. He called out for Jetstorm, but unfortunately for him, Jetstorm had since been reformatted into Silverbolt, who pushed him over the edge of the cliff from which he was dangling. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}} Thrust would subsequently reserve a special hatred for Silverbolt, seeing him as a traitor to the Vehicon cause.

Following the loss of Jetstorm, Megatron resurrected the [[Hate Plague]] and generated a variant which would apparently only affect [[technorganic]] life, and sicced it on the Maximals. Thrust led a group of Cycle Drones to eliminate them, but decided to conserve ammo by letting the Maximals destroy each other. However, the Maximals were able to overcome the effects of the virus and chased Thrust out. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}}

After this, Thrust was apparently given command of the remaining Tank Drones and Sonic Jet Drones (even with the arrival of Obsidan and Strika, Thrust would have been the senior Vehicon General since he had served under Megatron for the longest amount of time, especially when you count his time as Waspinator). When a ship carrying a [[Botanica (BM)|strange plant being]] crashed on Cybertron, Megatron sent Thrust to recover it and its contents to avoid them falling into the hands of the Maximals. By judicious use of his drone army, Thrust was able to reach the ship first, but was knocked out by Optimus Primal before he could enter. He then chased the Maximals to the Oracle chamber, where Botanica had fled; upon reaching it, he deployed a huge number of Tank Drones to destroy both the Maximals and the trees, but they were all eliminated in one attack by the reformatted Botanica.

[[File:Sparkwar1 Vehicon generals instruction.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I'm about to get violently beat up again. Just like the good old days.]]
Outnumbered, Thrust fled, telling Botanica she had made a big mistake. He complained to Megatron about the unfair situation, {{storylink|Home Soil}} prompting Megatron to resurrect [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]. Around this time, he apparently started reverting somewhat to Waspinator, as he was beaten up and damaged when he tried to stop the Maximals salvaging spare parts, by Obsidian when he tried to brief the new generals on the current situation, by Megatron when he attempted to rub Obsidian and Strika's faces in their recent failure to destroy the Maximals, {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike|The Strike}} by Savage when he led a force of Cycle Drones to pursue Optimus Primal and Nightscream to the ruins of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}} and by the force of gravity when the [[Grand Mal]] crashed into Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege|The Siege}}

Following Megatron's depolarization, Thrust again wandered Cybertron aimlessly. He encountered Obsidian and Strika, who were considering joining forces with the Maximals. Thrust asked how they could be truly loyal to anybody if they were loyal to everybody, and drove off. His words gave the other generals pause, and when Rattrap repolarized Megatron, inspired them to return to the side of villainy. Thrust encountered them again soon enough and tried to take command, only for Megatron to berate him for being useless and announce the final stage of his plan. Obsidian, however, stated that it was Thrust who had made him and Strika realise their loyalties lay with Megatron. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

In the final battle, Thrust led a force of Cycle Drones against the Maximals. Despite accidentally destroying several of his own drones and being attacked by Strika due to Rattrap's latest gadget, he led a large force to the Grand Mal, just in time to see it crash to Cybertron. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral|The Downward Spiral}} Thrust personally took on Silverbolt, taunting him by calling him 'Jetstorm', and when he and Blackarachnia went down, Thrust, Strika, and Obsidian penetrated the Grand Mal.

[[File:Wazzpinator.jpg|thumb|''Heeeeeelp meeeeeeee!'']]
Inside, Cheetor activated the anti-gravity generators, blasting Obsidian and Strika into orbit. Thrust, however, managed to avoid the field and engaged Cheetor personally. The two grappled for a while and, just as it looked like Thrust would win, Cheetor grabbed a [[spark extractor]] and removed Thrust's spark. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall|When Legends Fall}} When Cybertron was reformatted, Waspinator got his spark back, but he was stuck with the body of a normal sized wasp with Thrust's head. He lamented the fact that he could never gain power, glory, or anything he wanted as he was swatted away by Rattrap. Poor guy. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Seeds of the Future}}

====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
Thrust was steamed at Obsidian and Strika for abandoning the presumed-dead Megatron and siding with the Maximals. He sped off shortly before the pair were attacked by a drone controlled by Megatron's spark. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}
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====''The Wreckers'' comic====
After using the [[Divine Light]] to access [[Primus]]'s power, [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] reanimated several [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] corpses into facsimiles of [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s old subordinates, including one of Thrust. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

====''Universe'' comic====
[[File:Escape-extraRattrap.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Rattrap's his new sidecar.]]
Hailing from [[Primax 1103.12-R Gamma]], Thrust was abducted by [[Unicron]], as was [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and, from an earlier point in their timeline, [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/20}} He was among the many many Transformers captured by [[Unicron]] and held prisoner within the [[Cauldron]]. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} Thrust and Rattrap, however, resisted Unicron's corrupting influence, arguably becoming [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/20}} He escaped during the jailbreak started by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}
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===''TransTech''===
Thrust was one of countless "offworlders" residing in [[Axiom Nexus]]. He was seen having a drink with [[Signal Lancer]]. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

:''See also: [[Waspinator (BW)#TransTech]]''

===Legends World===
[[Waspinator (BW)#Legends World|Waspinator]] was temporarily turned into Thrust due to [[Transformers sickness]]. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 17#I'm Tankor, dana!|I'm Tankor, dana!}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:InexorableMarch Vehicons.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Thrustor was one of three Vehicon generals created by [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] from the sparks of his former minions, [[Doomshot]], [[Krunix (G1)|Krunix]], and [[Nucleon (TR)|Nucleon]], following the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]]. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Thrust was one of Megatron's generals after the Predacon conquered Cybertron. When the Maximals returned to the planet, he, Jetstorm, and Tankor were sent to take care of them, but failed. {{storylink|Beast Machines (Legends)|Beast Machines}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:BM-toy Thrust.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What? You think you're too ''good'' for me, [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-vh|'''Thrust''' (Deluxe, [[2000]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Flame-missile
:*''Known designers'': [[Yuichiro Hira]] (TakaraTomy)

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Deluxes (the second non-[[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] wave), Thrust transforms into a long, low-riding Cybertronic motorcycle. His insectoid-head-looking cycle mode cowling is attached to a gear-wheel on his underside, which moves it back and forth in a "scanning" motion when Thrust is rolled along. His [[robot mode]] head has an opening jaw for some reason. His left tailpipe/arm features a spring-loaded missile-launcher, while his right has an extending "grabber claw" that opens up when the trigger is pushed forward. His robot mode could retain the single-wheeled form he is most commonly associated with, be converted into an awkward bipedal mode, or a "3-wheel mode".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/Thrust/thrust.htm More information on Thrust (Deluxe) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BM-toy ThrustMcDonalds.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| It's kind of depressing that for several years, the Mickey D's toy was the most [[Show-accuracy|show accurate]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-vh|'''Thrust''' (Happy Meal, 2000)}}</ul>
:*''McNumber'': '''7'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand

: Part of the [[McDonald's]] ''Beast Machines'' Happy Meal promo, this version of Thrust is a small, simplified toy based on his cartoon model, transforming in more basically two steps. This toy is unique in that he was given an accessory of sorts: a "dust cloud" stand so his single-wheeled robot mode could stay upright.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/McThrust/thrust.htm More information on Thrust (Mcdonald's) at TFU.info]''
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===''Beast Wars Returns''===
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[[File:BM-toy ThrustBWR.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Kinda-sorta more show accurate colors than the drones, but...]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-vh|'''Vehicon Thrust''' (Basic, [[2005]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BR-08'''
:*''Release date'': [[March 31]], 2005
:*''Accessories'': 2 flame-missiles

: Part of the second wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)#Takara Beast Wars Returns toyline|Beast Wars Returns]]'', Thrust is a [[redeco]] of the Basic-class [[Cycle Drone#Toys|Motorcycle Drone]], looking a heck of a lot more like his show counterpart than his Hasbro-release ''Beast Machines'' toy. Oddly, the back of his upper head is painted dark gray, giving him a "visor" if left in cycle-mode orientation. His right arm/left tailpipe contains a spring-loaded missile launcher; loading the flame-missile causes the outer casing to split apart to simulate the look of a [[spark extractor]], and pressing the [[spark crystal]] launches the missile. Unfortunately, not only does the [[unpaintable plastic]] outer casing not match the highly-reflective silver paint of the tailpipes, but like the original Drone release, the loose connection between the casing and the gearing means the panels have a tendency to droop with gravity. His other arm/tailpipe can hold the other flame-missile, but has no launching mechanism. His "foot" wheel can split down the middle, forming a pair of feet so he can stand "normally".

: Like the rest of the line, he was [[exclusive]] to Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, and limited to roughly 3,000-4,000 pieces. And ''also'' like most of the line, he commands a decent amount on the secondary market.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Vehicon/Thrust/thrust.htm More information on ''Beast Wars Returns'' Thrust at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:TL-toy ThrustinatorTFSS.jpg|right|thumb|300px|How can you recognize a happy biker? From the bugs in their teeth.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Thrustinator''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])}}
:*''TFSS2 number'': '''3'''
:*''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, 2 missiles

:Part of the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Figure Subscription Service]] 2.0, Thrustinator is the [[Dirge (BW)#Dirgegun|Dirgegun]] tooling with a [[retool]]ed head, now [[redeco]]ed to look like a disturbing amalgam of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Thrust. His stinger becomes a hand-held spring-loaded missile launcher; the missiles are hidden in each of his wings. These missiles can also be used in the launcher mounted on his [[beast mode]] back. This mold has a pop-up gun in place of the mutant head found on the original, meaning you have to flip his head down if you want to use this feature in robot mode.

:The original version of Dirgegun's mold was, of course, used for like a dozen [[Waspinator (BW)/toys|Waspinators]] and a [[Buzz Saw (BW)#Toys|Buzz Saw]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Predacon/TFSSThrustinator/thrustinator.htm More information on Thrustinator at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*The Japanese dub of the series eliminated the ambiguity and mystery of Thrust's former identity by giving him all of Waspinator's vocal quirks, such as making buzzing noises while talking and generally acting like a doofus. He also shared in the Cycle Drones' affinity for chanting "BARI-BARI!" ("work hard, work hard") to obnoxious excess.
*The ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' version of Thrust is a "virtual redeco" of the ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class [[Groove (G1)#CWDeluxe|Groove]]/[[Afterburner (G1)#Combiner Wars|Afterbreaker]] figure with a new head and alternate leg transformation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Thrust''' (スラスト ''Surasuto'')
*''French:'' '''Hache-Tôle''' (Canada, McDonald's toy)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pòjípào''' (Taiwan, 迫擊砲, "Mortar"), '''Bàofēng Mótuō''' (China, 暴风摩托, "Storm Motorcycle")
*''Spanish:'' '''Motorroc''' (McDonald's toy)

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Rumble (G1)/toys

2024-02-24T22:54:37Z

LilMissImpossible:

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[[File:G1 boxart Rumble.jpg|upright=1.7|thumb|PREPARE TO CRUMBLE]]

Most of '''Rumble'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s toys are red, but this is not a hard and fast rule.

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
[[File:G1-toy Rumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"But mooooom, I asked for Rumble! This is Frenzy!" "That's what the card says, dear, 'Rumble'." "The box is stupid."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ravage / Rumble''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1984-1986)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "Thruster Guns"
{{toydesigner|[[Shinji Aramaki]] (concept artist)}}

: Rumble was part of the first wave of ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Transformers]]'' toys released in 1984. Originally a ''[[Micro Change]]'' Microcassette Robo Micross, he transforms into a microcassette that fits into the tape deck compartment of the original [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Blaster]] toys. In [[Hasbro]] markets, Rumble was only available in a two-pack with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Ravage]].

: The 1984 release of the toy has a foil Decepticon symbol decal on Rumble's [[robot mode]] tummy. The 1985 release drops this decal in favor of a [[rubsign]] under the cassette-mode's tape-window. The 1986 release switches out his metal feet for plastic feet.

: This mold was also used to make [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#the Transformers|Frenzy]] and [[Enemy (G1)#Toys|Enemy]]. It can also be [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as [[FIRRIB|G1 cartoon Frenzy]] (which obviously also applies to many of the following toys, so we won't repeat ourselves).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Rumble/rumble.htm More information on Rumble at TFU.info]''
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 1985/1986)}}</ul>
:*''ID number''" '''17'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "Thruster Guns"

: In Japan, Rumble was originally only available packaged with the much-more-accessory-laden-than-the-Hasbro-version Soundwave. All versions of this toy have a rubsign.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Rumble''' (Cassettetron, 1987)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''D-102'''
:*''Accessories'': Left & right "Thruster Guns", cassette case

: Rumble was finally released on his own in Japan during ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1987 (The Headmasters)|The Headmasters]]'', in an individual box. Contrary to popular belief, the Cassettes released this way did ''not'' include extra tape cases.
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2RumbleProStock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*"'''Rumble'''" (Go-Bot, <s>[[1995]]</s>)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: Part of the canceled fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]], Rumble would have been a race car with a pizza-oriented sponsor ("Vinny's Pizza", possibly a reference to then-Hasbro employee [[Vincent D'Alleva]]) and an engine-oriented sponsor ("Jerry's Motors", possibly a reference to Hasbro employee [[Jerry Jivoin]]). He would have transformed into a modified Chevrolet Camaro with exposed engine block. He has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in car mode. Like his fellow "new"-mold teammates, his rifle stores under his car mode.

: Although he was never officially named in any known documents, his name is written on the front bumper. A very small handful of finished samples have made their way to the secondary market, where they demand some big bucks.

:This mold was redecoed into 2001 [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Side Swipe (RID)#Toys|Side Swipe]] and the 2003 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Silverstreak]].

:Amusingly, he would have been [[FIRRIB|both red ''and'' blue.]]

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===''Alternators''===
[[File:Alt-toy Rumble.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Nothing says "rebellious" like a Honda Civic!]]
[[File:Alt-rumble-toyfairuk2.jpg||upright=1.1|thumb|X-Brawn, is that you?]]
*'''Decepticon Rumble''' (Alternator, 2006)
**''ID number'': '''24''' (misprint, should be 25)
**''Accessories'': Left & right blasters
{{toydesigner|[[Steve Bono]] (Hasbro)|[[Don Figueroa]] (concept artist), [[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Released in the final assortment of ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' product, "Decepticon Rumble" (named so for [[trademark]] reasons) transforms into a 1:24-scale licensed 2006 Honda Civic Si. In car mode he has opening doors, hood, and trunk. He is the only ''Alternators'' toy with a spring-loaded gimmick: instead of traditional forearms, he features spring-loaded piledrivers that release from his upper arms. Unfortunately, these piledrivers are incredibly wobbly when deployed, as the limited amount of space for them to compact into means there's almost nothing left inside the biceps to stabilize them. He has two weapons based on the original toy's guns that clip onto the roof panel on his back (since he obviously can't hold them, what with the no normal-type arms); the right one doubles as his vehicle-mode engine, and the other just kind of stuffs into his trunk.

: Rumble's seats are [[misassembly|misassembled]], keeping them from reclining completely in car mode: the cutouts on the seat-backs that allow them to go around the torso-block are on the outside rather than the inside. Fortunately, this is fixed relatively easily; one must simply unscrew each seat from the bottom of the car, swap them, and then re-screw them. Also, it's only like a millimeter or so of difference so it doesn't really affect much if you leave them as-is.

: Rumble and his wave-mate [[Ravage (G1)/toys#AltJaguar|Ravage]] were originally intended for normal retail release in the US, got delayed as the line ended at normal retail, then were ultimately relegated to being [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]]s released in late March of 2007, well after the line's disappearance from toy shelves. The molds are also are notable for being the first and only Decepticon ''Alternators'' to be entirely new sculpts actually designed as those characters from the get-go, rather than Autobot sculpts reworked to be someone else. Also they are the only molds not released in Takara's ''Binaltech'' line in any capacity: ''Binaltech'' had ended in late 2005 (as far as anyone knew), but the molds were still not used during its short 2008 revival.

:Ironically, despite being first revealed at the UK Toy Fair (in the form of early concept art for a design that was ultimately never used, depicted on the left), Rumble was never released in Europe at all. [[Don Figueroa]] would later share a clearer look at this unused concept art via [https://twitter.com/SketchyFig/status/1575242138475823104?s=20&t=PM7ULLtuv-9Gawkkqq7Bzw his Twitter].

:He is slightly mistransformed in the toy photo to the right, as his skirt armor is still folded up into his abdomen.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/AltRumble/rumble.htm More information on Alternators Rumble at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-RumbleBotCon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wins award for "Most Expensive to Duplicate at Home."]]
*'''Rumble''' (Basic Class, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Blade, Cybertron-style Decepticon Cyber Key

: Available only in the customization class at [[BotCon 2006]] (along with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]), Rumble is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Scrapmetal (race)#Toys|Scrapmetal]] (using the [[Cobybot]] alternate head), transforming into a four-legged "spider tank" with top-mounted cannon. Inserting a [[Cyber Key]] into the back end of the cannon swings a removable clear-plastic sawblade-sword from the main chamber of the cannon. In robot mode, the fists can be covered with the tank mode spikes, or a "pile driver".

: Both Rumble and Inferno were only available as unpainted, unassembled parts still connected to their sprues. The individuals taking the class had to assemble and paint the toy. The following Testors paint colors were used: Burnished Gold, British Gulf Armor, British Crimson, Magical Blue, Armored Steel, Flat Black, Camouflage Gray, and Medium Gray.
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===''Music Label''===
[[File:MusicLabel Rumble headphone.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|Ready to shake, break, rattle and cause hearing problems by the time you're 40!]]
*'''Frenzy & Rumble Playing Earphones''' (2007)

:Released as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Music Label|Music Label]]'' toyline, Rumble and Frenzy share a fairly simplistic transformation from robots to white, circular, working earphones. Since they are functioning headphones, Rumble and Frenzy are permanently tethered together by wire. Although sold separately from him, they were designed to go well with the Music Label [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave MP3 player]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Destron/MLRumble/rumble.htm More information on ''Music Label'' Rumble at TFU.info]''
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===''Encore''===
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*'''Great Cassette Operation Vol.3''' (2009)
**''ID number'': '''19'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns"

: Rumble was reissued for the first time in over 20 years, along with [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Encore|Frenzy]], [[Overkill (G1)#Encore|Overkill]], and [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Encore|Laserbeak]], as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line. This toy at the very least features several restored parts (including the head and weapons) if not an entirely new mold based on the original version. This theory is supported by the copyright Tomy 2009 on the inside of the leg rather than the Hasbro or Takara copyrights, and the different look of the headsculpt. This version of Rumble does not feature any of the cassette mode stickers or those originally on his legs. Most of the cassette details are now painted instead (but not those that end up on his arms in robot mode). The lower leg details are painted as well (but not the upper legs - that detail remains absent). His faction symbols remain stickers.

: This release also has a new change to his guns: an added raised bump on the inner wing-side stabilizer, in addition to the bump on the minigun-side stabilizer present in the prior releases. This added tiny bit prevents the normal "slide the forearm between them" method of weapon-holding. However, the raised bits ''do'' fit around the elbow joint, and makes for an incredibly snug fit. But this also makes it effectively impossible for him to point his guns straight forward.

:In 2014, Rumble and the rest of the Cassettes were re-released as a lucky draw prize (along with the other 2 box sets) for the ''Transformers Celebration 2014'' event held at Ikebukuro Sunshine City store's Toys"R"Us, though this was very likely to be remaining stock.
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:Transformers2010toy demolitionrumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm blue now? I give up.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Demolition Rumble''' (Scout Class, <s>[[2011]]</s>)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Left & right cannons
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro), [[Tomoya Miyake]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Rendered, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, in the blue color scheme of Rumble's Generation 1 cartoon appearances (and the original Frenzy toy, the 1986 release gold weapon variant, specifically), ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#RTS|Transformers: Reveal the Shield]]'' "Demolition Rumble" transforms into a dual-cannon anti-aircraft vehicle. In robot mode, his arms can transform into spring-loaded versions of the character's familiar pile-driver weapons, and his two [[C joint]] guns can be attached to bars on either his arms or back. As part of the ''Reveal the Shield'' [[subline imprint]], Rumble features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]] on his main turret.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#United|Frenzy]] and [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Rewind (G1)#Timelines|Rewind]].

: "Demolition Rumble" was intended to be released as part of the fifth Scout Class wave of the 2010 ''Transformers'' toy line (alongside [[Downshift (TF 2010)#Toys|Downshift]] and [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)#Toys|Bodyblock]]), but fell victim to the line's discontinuation by all major U.S. retailers in favor of the then-upcoming ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' line. Unlike the previous wave, which was released in other markets and eventually showed up at U.S. discount stores, the Rumble/Downshift/Bodyblock wave remains unreleased.
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===''United''===
[[File:United toy-Rumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Rumble & Frenzy''' (Multi-pack, [[2011]]-[[March 26|03-26]])
**''ID number:'' '''UN-20'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right cannons

:Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers United]]'', Rumble is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers:]] [[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Demolition Rumble]] (which never actually got released), transforming into a dual-cannon anti-aircraft tank. In robot mode, his arms can transform into spring-loaded pile-driver weapons, and his two [[C joint]] guns can be attached to bars on either his arms or back.

: Rumble was only available in a two-pack with [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#United|Frenzy]], who shares the same mold.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Frenzy (WFC)#Adventure|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (WFC)#Adventure|Rumble]] and [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Rewind (G1)#Timelines|Rewind]] and [[Eject (G1)#Timelines|Eject]].
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:Masterpiecetoy rumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Rumble & Jaguar''' ([[2013]]-[[February 23|02-23]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Two piledrivers, piledriver mount, Left & right "Thruster Guns", pink tape case
{{toydesigner|[[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Rumble is an updated version of the original Generation 1 toy, transforming from a highly [[Articulation|articulated]] robot to a mini-cassette the same size as his Generation 1 toy, although it cannot fit in the original Soundwave toy's chest cavity. He still has his traditional Thruster Gun weapons, which can peg onto his back, or be held by his hands via [[C joint|3mm post]]. He comes with a pink case which can be used to store him in tape mode.

[[File:TRU Masterpiece Soundwave-RumbleFrenzyPiledrivers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
:To replicate his and Frenzy's signature abilities from the cartoon series, Rumble comes with two large piledriver accessories that clip onto his arms. The piledrivers can connect to a mounting piece that allows them to be worn on the figure's back when not in use, and they also contain hollows to store his Thruster Guns. The mounting piece can also attach to his back on its own to resemble a battery pack.

:The piledrivers can also interact with other figures: They can clip to ''Masterpiece'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Masterpiece 2|Soundwave]]'s forearms to form cannons, or combine with ''Masterpiece'' [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Frenzy]]'s own piledrivers and link up with Soundwave's "sensor" accessory to form the interface cable that allows Soundwave to connect to other devices, as seen in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

:He still comes in a two-pack with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Ravage]], just as he did during the Generation 1 toyline. Rumble was, naturally, redecoed to create Frenzy, as well as [[Enemy (G1)#Masterpiece|Enemy]].
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[[File:TRU Masterpiece Soundwave-Rumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|If Hasbro's being wise, this is actually Frenzy himself.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2013)
**'''09 OF 30'''
**''ID number:'' '''MP-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Two piledrivers, piledriver mount, Left & right "Thruster Guns", clear tape case

:Included with the [[Hasbro]] [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive version of ''Masterpiece'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#HasbroMasterpiece|Soundwave]], "Decepticon Rumble" features a slightly different deco, replacing his gold [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metalized]] details with paint, and featuring marginally brighter red plastic. His guns, piledrivers, mount, and micro-cassette case are all included and have been appropriately redecoed, with his tape case being cast in colorless-clear plastic this time.
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===''Platinum Edition''===
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[[File:MP-YOTGSoundwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|So what am I now?]]
*'''Soundwave Year Of The Goat Edition''' (multi-pack, [[March 23]], [[2014]])
**''Accessories:'' Two piledrivers, piledriver mount, left & right "Thruster Guns", clear tape case

: Included in the [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Year of the Goat Edition Soundwave]] set, this redeco of ''Masterpiece'' Rumble is is almost entirely grey and clear, with the red-orange stripes of his tape mode differentiating him from pack-in companion [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|"Year of the Goat" Frenzy]].

: This set also comes with similarly-decoed versions of ''Masterpiece'' [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Laserbeak]], [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Buzzsaw]], and [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Ravage]].
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy RumbleC84.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"And [[Slingshot (G1)#Kre-O|Quickslinger]] complained about ''his'' height?"]]
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*'''Kreon Class of 1984''' (Kreon figure set, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''B0090'''
**''Voted'': Most Likely To Shake Things Up
**''Accessories'': 2 clip-on turbines/pile-drivers

: This version of Rumble, part of the [[Kreon Class of 1984]], follows the cartoon coloration, giving him a predominantly dark-blue coloration. He uses the ''Cityville'' micro-Kreon body, in keeping with his smaller stature in the cartoon, and a pair of clip-on "turbine" parts to simulate his signature pile-drivers.

: He was only available in the [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2014 [[exclusive]] "Kreon Class of 1984" 30-pack. Remaining stock was to be sold at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online, but the set sold out at the show.

: Hasbro [[stock photography]] shows him with a blaster accessory, but the actual product doesn't give him one.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/SDCCKre-ORumble/rumble.htm More information on Rumble at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KreO-toy RumbleBattleChanger.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet Vs. Soundwave''' (Battle Changer 2-pack, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B1507'''

: This version of Rumble is incredibly similar to the Class of 1984 version: the dark blue is actually a different shade (a new slightly-aqua tone introduced in 2015), he has a different face [[tampograph]], and while he uses the same chest tampographs, his Decepticon symbol is a darker purple. This version also adds a "missile" backpack to him, which, when he is clipped onto the bars on either of Soundwave's modes, turns him into a gun emplacement.

: He was only available in a ''Kre-O'' Battle Changers pack of [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Ratchet]] vs [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Soundwave]], who also came with [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#BattleChangersRatchetVSSoundwave|Frenzy]], [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Laserbeak]] and [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BattleChangers|Ravage]].

: This set, like all the Battle Changers, originally only saw release in Canada, Australia, and Asian markets. It eventually saw release in the U.S. in late 2015 through discount stores like TJ Maxx and Marshalls.
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===''Titans Return''===
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[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Legends-Rumble.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|<s>Rumble</s> Frenzy redeco when?]]
*'''Decepticon Rumble''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])
**''Accessories'': Rifle/tank cannon
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

:''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' "Decepticon Rumble" is a retool of [[Rewind (G1)#Titans Return|Autobot Rewind]] and transforms from spy-tablet to tank to robot. In spy-tablet mode, he can be stored in [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Soundwave]]'s chest, and features a 1:1 scale audio port that you can connect a pair of headphones to. His original stock render showed him as a straight redeco of Rewind, but the final product features a new head. Rumble is packaged with a collector card based on his card art. Like all Legends Class spy tablets, his stickers are prone to coming off at the edges after some posing and transforming.

:This mold was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' [[Frenzy (Movie)#Bumblebee|Frenzy]]. Unlike Rewind, the Rumble/Frenzy retool did not receive a Japanese ''Legends'' release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/TRRumble/rumble.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Rumble at TFU.info]''
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===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-Soundwave-Spy-Patrol-2nd-Unit-Rumble.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|We regret Tim Conway didn't live to see this toy's release.]]
*'''Decepticon Rumble & Ratbat''' (2019)
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''WFC-S46'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-41'''
**''TakaraTomy release date:'' [[January 25]], [[2020]]

:Part of the fifth wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Micromasters, Rumble transforms into the "V3 Sonicsurge Drone Armor." This flattened box mode is compatible with ''Siege'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundwave]]; however due to Rumble's large size, he fits very tightly into the chest compartment. He can also attach to Soundwave and other figures as some sort of shield.

:Rumble comes packaged together with [[Ratbat (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Ratbat]], and for the ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' line was redecoed as Frenzy and retooled with a new head as [[Knok#Generations|Knok]].

: Though the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' is almost entirely inspired by the colorations of the U.S. Generation 1 cartoon, the [https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-selects-micromaster-wfc-gs10-soundwave-spy-patrol-3rd-unit Hasbro Pulse listing] for Frenzy's multi-pack notes that with WFC-S46 Rumble and WFC-GS10 Frenzy together, fans can apply their own interpretation of [[FIRRIB]].
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===''Vintage G1''===
[[File:Vintage-G1-Ravage-Rumble-carded.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Decepticon Ravage / Decepticon Rumble''' (2019)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns"

:As part of the ''[[Vintage|Vintage G1]]'' line of reissues, Rumble comes with fellow mini-cassette [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Ravage]], recreating their pairing in the [[#The Transformers|original toyline]]. He comes with his two thruster guns, and is packaged onto a classic G1-styled card with tech spec on the back.

: The most immediately-noticeable change to this release of Rumble is the [[tampograph]]ed batch/production numbers on his tape-side, on both legs and his butt. However, his robot mode chest detailing is now painted gold, rather than gold chrome. He also has the new ''Vintage G1'' style [[rubsign]], with a mirror-reflective silver border and red-only symbol. As he uses the ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' molding, his guns have the same "clip around the elbows" ridges inside the stabilizers.

:Ravage and Rumble were released alongside the similarly paired ''Vintage G1'' [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Frenzy]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Laserbeak]], and of course, are intended for collectors picking up the concurrently-released ''Vintage G1'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Soundwave]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Vintage G1|Buzzsaw]] (assuming your local stores got any). Like all figures from this line, Ravage and Rumble were [[exclusive]] to [[Walmart]] in the United States and Canada.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-Core-Class-TFTM-Rumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|At this point, Hasbro's just letting the fans decide what color he is.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Rumble (Blue)''' (Core Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-102'''
:*''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns", twin piledrivers, piledriver heads
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

:Released in the fourth wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'' Core Class figures, "Rumble (Blue)" boasts greater [[show-accuracy|screen-accuracy]] than his prior release and is a smaller mold than most of the other Core Class toys. However, this is offset due to his accessories and complexity, rivaling that of ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]''/''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Eject (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Eject]]. His accessories include the thruster guns that weren't included with his prior ''Siege'' figure, as well as his piledrivers with non-movable pistons (although the tips are on 5mm pegs and can be shifted down to the end of the peg to simulate them moving or just be completely removed). Due to size and transformation constraints (chiefly the space needed to fold his fists into his forearms), he doesn't have elbow joints.

: His cassette mode is designed to the same specifications as the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cassettes, and therefore can fit into any iteration of the ''Siege'' [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundwave]] and ''Kingdom'' [[Blaster (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Blaster]] molds' chest compartments.

:While the Core Class lacks the backdrops included with all other Studio Series [[size class]]es, the inside of Rumble's packaging is decorated with art of the communications tower he breaks into at the beginning of the movie.

:This figure was marketed as an iteration of Rumble even by [[TakaraTomy]], who generally depict Frenzy consistently as the blue Mini-Cassette.

:The figure was redecoed into his partner, [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Frenzy]].
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==Merchandise==
===KT Figure Collection===
*'''Rumble''' (KT Figure Collection, 2004)
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===Transformers - Wall Plaque===
[[File:Soundwave plaque.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Diamond Select, 2006)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2006, Soundwave was sculpted by [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces. He is seen emerging from the space bridge with (cartoon deco) Rumble, Laserbeak, and Ravage in tow.
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===First 4 Figures===
*'''Hot Rod vs Ravage & Rumble''' (<s>2006</s> unreleased)
{{toydesigner|[[Little IroN]] (concept artist), [["Mad" Alterton]] (sculptor)}}

:Intended for release in the ''Transformers Battlefield'' line by model company [[First 4 Figures]], this was to be 13-inch-ish tall diorama depicting [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise#First 4 Figures|Hot Rod]] fighting against [[Ravage (G1)/toys#First 4 Figures|Ravage]] and Rumble. As a ''Battlefield'' release, this model would have featured a detailed base designed to interlock with others in the same range to create a massive battle diorama. Unfortunately, a general discontinuation of First 4 Figures' ''Transformers''-related output meant only the first model, "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#First 4 Figures|Optimus Prime]] vs [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#First 4 Figures|Megatron]]", was released.

:All models in the ''Battlefield'' line were advertised as being sculpted by [["Mad" Alterton]], with a corresponding set of art posters by [[Little IroN]], implying he had produced the concept art for each release. The digital sculpt for Hot Rod was reportedly shown to the toy news press at New York [[Toy Fair]] in 2006.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070806062058/http://toyfair06.asmzine.com/first4figures/report.html "First4Figures Limited Transformers Statues and Busts Info!"] at ASMzine.com (archived)</ref> The set was likely intended to be limited to 1,850 pieces worldwide, given that the certificate of authenticity for the previous set allowed buyers to reserve the same numbered release on their next purchase in the series.

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===''Attacktix''===
[[File:Rumble-atx.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Rumble''' (Booster, <s>2007</s>)

:The ''[[Attacktix]]'' Rumble playing piece was never released due to the cancellation of the ''Attacktix'' line. A prototype was seen (along with other unreleased ''Transformers'' and ''Star Wars'' ''Attacktix'' playing pieces) at the Celebration IV ''Star Wars'' convention. Rumble was to be a Trooper-type piece worth 20 points, would've utilized melee attacks using his piledrivers, and would've been [[FIRRIB|blue]].
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroesrumblearcee.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Red again? I think there's a pattern evolving here...]]
*'''Arcee & Decepticon Rumble''' (Two-pack, 2008)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

:''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]] [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Rumble is a soft-plastic figurine sculpted in a [[super deformed]] style and with his piledrivers deployed. He has swivel joints in his shoulders and neck, and came in a two-pack with [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Arcee]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/RHRumble/rumble.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Rumble at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[File:Rumble statue.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|So happy to be Blue.]]
*'''Rumble''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, Rumble was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1000 pieces. He is painted in a blue scheme matching his colors in the Generation 1 cartoon. [[Ratbat (G1)/toys|Ratbat]] is seen blazing over his shoulder and decoed in a deeper purple than he is usually depicted in. Rumble is sculpted using his piledrivers and his base has the aftereffects of an earthquake on the left side. A representation of his tape mode is also present on the front of his base.
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===''The Loyal Subjects''===
[[File:Rumbletls.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]
*'''Rumble''' (2014)
:[[The Loyal Subjects]] Rumble is a Wave 3 figure with standard articulation. He is based on his buddy's Frenzy's G1 animation model. Rumble features a piledriver gimmick, and consequently has no weapons. For every 16 figures, there are two Rumbles.

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*'''Glow in the Dark Rumble''' (2014)
[[File:Glow in the dark loyal subjects rumble.jpeg|upright=0.9|thumb|Frenzy is red, Rumble is, glowing?]]
Glow in the dark Rumble is a redeco of the figure above who is made in a translucent plastic that after being held up to a light, glows in the dark (go figure). Rumble came packaged on his own card.

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*'''Laserbeak & Blue Rumble 2-Pack''' (2014)
[[File:The loyal subjects rumble blue lazerbeak.jpg|upright=0.9|thumb|Rumble is blue, Laserbeak is a bird]]
Another redeco of the figure above, Rumble is (as the name suggests) painted in a more cartoon-accurate blue. Rumble was packaged with Laserbeak.
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===Imaginarium Art===
[[File:ImaginariumSoundwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2018)

:[[Imaginarium Art]]'s Soundwave statue stands 32 inches tall and features light-up eyes. Though it is a statue, the set includes alternate heads and arms to change Soundwave's posture and whether he is holding his concussion blaster. The set also features attachment points for the included Ravage, Laserbeak, Rumble, and Ratbat. Only 200 were produced.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W4RaiderRumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Raider Rumble, Spy Patrol-Demolitions''' (2019)
**'''Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T38/T52'''
**''Stars: ''6

:Raider Rumble, Spy Patrol-Demolitions is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege I. In order to represent Rumble's size, Raider Rumble, Spy Patrol-Demolitions is the size of a battle card, about half the size of a normal character card.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Rumble toy, with the Bot Mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art, and original Alt Mode artwork with lines by [[Sara Pitre-Durocher]].
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===ReAction===
[[File:TF-Super-7-ReAction-Figures-Rumble.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Rumble''' (2020)
**''Accessories'': Left & right blasters

: Released in the second wave of [[Super7]]'s line of multi-property 3.75-inch "retro" action figures, ''[[ReAction]]'' Rumble is a non-converting 3 3/4-inch action figure based on his appearance in the original cartoon, with 5 points of articulation (swivel neck, shoulders, hips) and holes in his feet for use with some variety of stand. He comes with two blasters based on the original toy's, and unlike most ''ReAction'' figures, he can hold these accessories in each hand, as well as mount them on his back.

: As with all releases in the ''ReAction'' toyline, Rumble comes packaged on a small cardback that emulates the nostalgic packaging style of [[Kenner]]'s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' action figures from the late 1970s to early '80s.
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===Eaglemoss===
* '''Transformers Gen-1 Chess Set''' (<s>2021</s>)
:In the planned [[Chess#Eaglemoss|Transformers Chess Set]] by [[Eaglemoss]], a relatively large and very well detailed statue of Rumble was slated to be one of the Pawn pieces on the Decepticon side.

:A Kickstarter campaign to raise the necessary funds for this project was launched, but failed to meet its goal by September 24, 2021 and the whole thing was canceled.
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===''Pop!''===
[[File:Funko Pop Jumbo 10-inch Soundwave With Tapes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]
*'''Soundwave with Tapes''' (Jumbo size, 2021)
**''ID number:'' '''93'''

:Released as part of the ''Pop! Retro Toys'' segment and exclusive to GameStop, [[Funko Pop!|Funko]]'s Jumbo sized ''Pop!'' [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#Pop!|Soundwave]] comes with four non-transforming tapes decorated as Rumble, [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Pop!|Frenzy]], [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Pop!|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Pop!|Laserbeak]], which can be stored (one at a time) inside of his chest window.

:Rumble is presumably the red one since the tapes are directly based on their original Generation 1 toys.

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*'''Rumble''' ([[Funko Pop!#Digital Pop! NFTs|Digital ''Pop!'']], 2022)
**''Rarity:''
***''Monochrome:'' '''Common'''
***''Static:'' '''Common'''
***''Glowing:'' '''Uncommon'''
***''Chrome:'' '''Rare'''
***''Original:'' '''Legendary'''
:{{W|Non-fungible token|NFT}}s depicting Rumble in the Funko style. The Legendary variant could be redeemed for a chance to get a physical version of the depicted figure. Said variant was limited to 1,550 pieces.
<center><gallery heights=200>
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_RUMBLE_MONOCHROME.gif|[[FIRRIB|FIBRI...Gray?]]
File:TRANSFORMERS_COMMON_RUMBLE_STATIC.gif|🗿
File:TRANSFORMERS_UNCOMMON_RUMBLE_GLOW.gif|FIBRI[[Neon|N]]
File:TRANSFORMERS_RARE_RUMBLE_PURPLECHROME.gif|FIBRIP
File:TRANSFORMERS_LEGENDARY_RUMBLE_ORIGINAL.gif|Frenzy Is Blue, Rumble Is a Scam.
</gallery></center>

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[[File:Funko Pop Digital Rumble.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
*'''Rumble''' (2022)
**''ID number:'' '''47'''

:Part of the ''Pop! Digital'' segment, Rumble is a super deformed vinyl figure based on his original Generation 1 toy, and as such is painted red and black. It could only be acquired by redeeming the Legendary NFT above.
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===Icon Heroes===
*'''Ravage X Rumble Retro Pin Set''' (2022)
: A hard enamel pin based on Rumble's original G1 package art made by Icon Heroes. It comes carded with a [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Icon Heroes|Ravage]] pin.

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===XM Studios===
[[File:XMStudiosSoundwaveStatue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Who needs [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]] when you've got piledrivers made out of hand-painted porcelain?]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2022)

:[[XM Studios]]' statue of Soundwave is 29" tall, made of hand-painted porcelain. Soundwave comes with closed and open chest doors, and alternate arms depending on whether owners want him to be posing, pointing, opening his chest door, holding his own guns, or holding a gun-mode Megatron. He is accompanied by Ravage, Rumble, Ratbat, and Laserbeak. The set also includes a sculpted representation of Soundwave's cassette player mode that can be displayed next to the robot.

:599 pieces were produced, with a suggested price of about $1,700 US.
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==Notes==
*During early planning for ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'', Hasbro conceived a vehicular [[Auto Roller (G2)|Auto Roller]] toy of Rumble as a dump truck.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The last proposed Happy Meal Transformers were not the familiar Beast Wars animals, and would have included Prowl, Starscream, Hound and Rumble as Vehicle Auto Rollers, functionally similar to the Creature Auto Rollers.|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CJIcRo5Aqym/|name=@roboticplanettoys|site=Instagram|year=2020|month=12|day=23}}</ref> It is unclear if this toy concept had any relationship to the larger dump truck mold used for ''Generation 2'' [[Dirtbag]]/[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G2General|General Optimus Prime]] and ''Beast Wars II'' [[Autostinger#Toys|Autostinger]].

==References==
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[[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]
[[Category:Customization class toys]]
[[Category:Encore]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 toy Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Music Label]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titans Return Decepticons]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:Unreleased toys]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]

Circular reporting

2024-02-24T02:08:02Z

LilMissImpossible:

[[File:AHM 15cvrB.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The cover for ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]'' [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|issue #15]], featuring text from [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor's article on this wiki.]]]]
As befitting a franchise that has run continuously for {{#expr: {{CURRENTYEAR}}-1984}} years, the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] is a vast and sprawling one. However, as an intellectual property based around the inherently transient medium of [[To sell toys|merchandising]], both [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy]] have, historically, taken a laissez-faire approach to storytelling and don't have a complete, centralized repository of internal reference material.

As a result, the largest compendium of ''Transformers'' knowledge is, in fact, this [[TFWiki.Net|very website]] you are reading this article on right now, and many creatives have confirmed that they have used our wiki when writing stories or looking for toy references. While wikis have a few advantages over "in-house" lore bibles—they can be edited by anyone, not just professionals, for instance—their main downside is that... well, they can be edited by anyone. Although we at {{SITENAME SHORT}} strive for accuracy and neutrality when covering ''Transformers'' topics, there have been cases where inaccurate, misleading or misinterpreted information on this very wiki have gone on to inform official ''Transformers'' toys and fiction.

Of course, people working on official Transformers work use references outside of the wiki, namely other sites reporting on ''Transformers'', leaving the door open for many, many more errors. See the [[Miscolorings based on the Generation 1 cartoon|miscolorings]] page for more information.

This phenomenon is formally termed '''{{w|circular reporting}}''', commonly nicknamed '''citogenesis''' due to a 2011 [https://xkcd.com/978/ xkcd webcomic strip] that satirized the concept. This article provides a non-comprehensive cross-section of such mishaps.

{{quote|Some of the biggest shows and franchises you follow have zero in-house continuity documents. They do everything off of fan wikis.|{{w|Gail Simone}}|Twitter<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Now, I am not talking about some niche comic book property, I am talking about massively successful film, game and tv properties. Some of the biggest shows and franchises you follow have zero in-house continuity documents. They do everything off of fan wikis.|link=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913142152/https://twitter.com/GailSimone/status/1304831678045585408|name=Gail Simone|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=09|day=12}}</ref>}}

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==Hasbro's in-house continuity documents==
[[File:Ultimateguide.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Comprehensive. Definitive. Authoritative.]]
In the mid-2000s, Hasbro licensees were provided with copies of [[Simon Furman]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'' as reference—notably, [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] regularly consulted the guide while writing the 2007 ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' movie. In a similar vein, [[IDW Publishing]]'s reprints of [[Dreamwave Productions]]' ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile series were directly referenced for ''[[The Art of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', and have been used by other licensees such as [[Fun Publications]] and [[Space Ape Games]].

The only known example of a high-level continuity document designed solely for internal use was the 2010 [[Binder of Revelation]], compiled to help new creatives in the franchise get up to speed with key characters, concepts, and settings, to bring the various stories they were producing at the time into alignment. This lore bible went on to inform vast swathes of modern ''Transformers'' storytelling, most notably the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' cartoon, which proved extremely influential in its own right.

As the creatives behind the Binder have moved on from the company over the years, however, it appears to have fallen by the wayside, with Hasbro happy to have different concurrent media diverge entirely so long as some key synergies remain—such as the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' cartoon being informed by the script for the 2018 ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' movie—directing writers to the wiki for lore nitty-gritty. ''Cyberverse'' showrunner [[Randolph Heard]] cites this as one reason for the show's starring roles for many more obscure fan-favourite characters.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I came to this, again, without a lot of ''Transformers'' knowledge, and I was directed to TFWiki, and I started reading TFWiki and I'm like, oh my god, I don't understand ''anything'', is this a multiverse, or- why- why are there so many variations on things? I'm never gonna learn this thing or understand it. And fortunately my staff were very helpful in that regard. But I think that ''Cyberverse'' to me was like, because I came from the outside in a way, I looked at it as a big box of toys, and I could play with any of them. And you know, that's how kids are, right? They're not going to distinguish between a [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] toy, a [[DC Comics|DC]] toy, and something else—if they're cool they'll make a battle between anything. And so to me I felt the freedom, like, yeah, I'll just pick stuff and no-one said no. In fact they seemed delighted that we were bringing back characters. [...] I researched lists of 'weirdest Transformers ever.' [...] I said I don't, you know, I confessed to [[Mikiel Houser]], and he said that's fine, check out the TFWiki and that'll tell you everything you need to know, and I was kind of like- it told me too much, you know? It was overwhelming. And I love TFWiki—they have such great writers, they're hilarious.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vindAiN7YNY&t=1087s|name=Randolph Heard is too kind,|site=Keyan Carlile's Transformer Channel|title=The cancelled TF show BEFORE Cyberverse! (Randolph Heard talks Early Development & Seasons 1-2)|year=2021|month=11|day=20}}</ref> Another franchise newcomer, [[Brian Ruckley]], writer of [[IDW Publishing]]'s rebooted ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' series, plucked a large number of obscure characters from the wiki, in particular a great many [[female Transformer]]s. All of this is to say that the referencing of fan wikis is perfectly normal and can often be positive. It's also why the wiki should strive for completeness and accuracy when documenting the ''Transformers'' universe—as the following cautionary tales show...
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==Examples of circular reporting through TFWiki.net==


===Absence of evidence===
[[File:SpotlightHardhead-CaughtInAVortex.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The original Tailwind that went undocumented on this wiki...]]
[[File:BeforeAndAfter-DriftTailwindTentakil.jpg|thumb|200px|...and this guy showed up! Maybe if he gets hurt, [[Mario (ROTF)|he'll shrink back?]]]]
In the [[2008]] comic story ''[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]'', the [[Micromaster]] toy character [[Tailwind (G1)|Tailwind]] was given a cameo as one of the many [[Gorlamite]]s attacking [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]—but for many years, Tailwind was the only one whose appearance in that comic was not documented on his own wiki page. As part of a general desire to make use of characters who had yet to be introduced to the [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW continuity]], writer [[James Roberts]] evidently decided to check him off the list by writing a full-sized Cybertronian Tailwind into [[Before & After|''More than Meets the Eye'' #12]], being bisected by [[Drift (G1)|Drift]].

{{anchor|Trickshot}}
Similarly, the 2007 online [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] profile for [[Flashdrive]]—based on the Japanese-exclusive Mini-Con Processor—refers to a teammate called "Trickshot", clearly intended to be his fellow [[Micron Booster]] toy Triac; the wiki failed to note this, and soon thereafter the Mini-Con bio regimen ended without Trickshot's own profile being published. Thusly, the 2015 [[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime]] column would instead give Triac the localized identity of "[[Bingo]]".
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===Text transfer===
====(Heavy) Artillery Drones====
[[File:Sparkwar3 Heavy Artillery Drone vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Once we were nameless...]]
[[File:Sparkwar3 Heavy Artillery Drone robot.jpg|thumb|200px|...until a mix-up gave us our name!]]
The [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] belonging to [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] were never named in the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' cartoon]], [[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|toyline]], or related media. Back when TFWiki started out on Wikia (now Fandom), [https://transformers.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Contributions/72.48.102.5 an anonymous user] created the article for Strika's drones in [[2008]] using the fan name "Heavy Artillery Drone". Due to an oversight (as no one knew that it ''wasn't'' an official name), this remained the article's name for nearly a decade.

In a non-visual, text-only instance of this roundabout reporting, the [[2016]] prose story "[[Derailment]]" officially named Strika's drones as "Artillery Drones" based on the wiki's use of the name "Heavy Artillery Drone". The article was soon moved to "[[Artillery Drone]]" shortly after in early [[2017]], to reflect the official name. But, the official name only came about in the first place because of the wiki unknowingly using a completely made-up fan name.
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===Coloring conundrums===
The use of {{SITENAME SHORT}} images as color references can occasionally result in... interesting... new color schemes. Original colors are given to the left when possible.

{{anchor|Horri-Bull}}
====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' Horri-Bull====
In the [[IDW Publishing]] comic issue [[The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|''Robots in Disguise'' #1]], [[Horri-Bull]]'s colorization is apparently based on photos of a [[Photodegradation|photodegradated]] example of his original toy that was once used on his page. When asked, colorist [[Josh Perez]] said he chose to use the yellow to "help him stick out a lot more".<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/84653-idw-rid-teaser-images/page-5|name=Josh Perez|site=The Allspark forums|defunct=yes}}</ref>

<center><gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|''Original 1988 toy pictured''
File:Horribull bullhorn toy.jpg|''Degraded toy pictured''
File:Autonomy Lesson Horri-Bull Zetca.jpg|''2012 comic scene pictured'' [[Photodegradation|It's canon folks!]]
</gallery></center>

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====''Fall of Cybertron'' Vortex====
[[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]]'s color scheme in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' is an unusual red and beige, derived from [[Vortex (G1)|G1 Vortex]]'s ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' character art that is his main page image—in particular, our previously-used scan of the artwork makes it appear to have a much warmer tone than it does in print, shifting the gray towards brown and the lilac towards pink. These tones influenced the coloring of Vortex's ''Fall of Cybertron'' [[:File:FOC Vortex.jpg|concept art]], which evolved to the in-game colors.

<center><gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:G1Vortex toy.jpg|''Original 1985 deco pictured''
File:MTMTE2003-Vortex.jpg|''Better scan of 2003 art pictured''
File:MTMTEVortex.jpg|''Worse scan of 2003 art pictured''
File:FOC-HMS-render-Vortex-robot mode.jpg|''2012 game render pictured''
</gallery></center>

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====''Legends'' Roadburner====
[[Roadburner]]'s 2013 appearance in the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game can only be described as a fit of insanity. His appearance is based on a catastrophic misinterpretation of this wiki's photography for the toy, depicting his partner [[Wheel Blaze]] as white... because they didn't understand the greyed-out photo this wiki uses to indicate ''which toy the article isn't about''. To make matters worse, it is highly likely Roadburner ''wasn't supposed to be in the game to begin with.'' Considering that the theme of [[By Land, Sea, or Air|the event he appeared in]] was basically "These Autobots with military alt-modes do stuff," and the fact that [[Roadbuster (G1)|Road''buster'']] would make more sense given [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]'s prevalence in said event... yeah. Not helping matters is that when in the process of typing "Roadbuster" into this wiki's search bar, Roadburner shows up first in the search results. Someone must have been in a hurry.

<center><gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:G1-toy Roadburner.jpg|''1990 toy pictured'' HOW???
File:TFLegends-Roadburner.jpg|''2013 art pictured''
</gallery></center>

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====IDW ''Transformers'' Azimuth====
[[Azimuth (COP)|Azimuth]] was originally a minor character who appeared in ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]''. Beyond a brief namedrop, she went unseen for several years until 2015, when the [[Ask Vector Prime]] Facebook feature revealed that she sported a body based on the gold MC-6 ''[[Kronoform]]'' toy. However, when [[Azimuth (G1)|a new incarnation of Azimuth]] appeared in 2020, in IDW's ''[[Transformers (2019 comic)|Transformers]]'' comic, she was colored silver—a mixup that almost assuredly stems from the photo on Azimuth's wiki article more prominently displaying ''that'' figure, with the "correct" gold figure tucked away on the far right.

<center><gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:Aligned Azimuth Toy.jpg|''Original 1993 deco pictured''
File:Mc-06 kronoform catalog.jpg|''Catalogue scan uploaded to the wiki in 2015'' Hey, she got a [[Azimuth (G1)#Toys|''Transformers'' toy]] out of it.
File:Tremors-Azimuth.jpg|''2020 comic scene pictured'' You know what, you're welcome.
</gallery></center>

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====''Earth Wars'' Dile====
In the ''[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]'' mobile game, [[Dile]] was revealed as a forthcoming character in early September 2020, sporting an unusual gray and purple deco which doesn't match his toy's colors at all. The following month, [[Space Ape Games]] put out a new render via their official newsletter, explaining that the original colors were based on the washed out scan of his card art seen at the top of his TFWiki character page. This makes it one of the few known instances where circular reporting was caught and corrected before release. The new render instead uses a more light-green and silvery hue based on a somewhat color-corrected version of the card art, rather than the much more pronounced green of [[:File:G1toy dile.jpg|the toy itself]].

<center><gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:G1toy dile.jpg|''Original 1987 toy pictured''
File:G1 Dial boxart.jpg|''Scan of 1987 art pictured'' A washout, that's all you are! A washout!
File:Early Dile-EarthWars.jpg|''Initial 2020 CG model pictured''
File:Dile Fixed-EarthWars.jpg|''Finalized 2020 CG model pictured''
</gallery></center>
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====''Siege'' Ion Storm====
The stock photography for ''Siege'' [[Ion Storm]]'s jet mode mistakenly showed [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Thundercracker]]'s jet instead—which is nearly identical apart from red highlights. With the 2019 [[Rainmaker]]s set being hard to come by, this erroneous image was used on the wiki for a couple of years, and appears highly in Google Image searches—leading Ion Storm's jet mode to be colored according as Thundercracker in [[Volcanicus comic 2|a TakaraTomy comic]] released in September 2020 and in [[Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|an IDW comic]] released in September 2021.

<center><gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-Rainmaker-3-pack-Ion-Storm.jpg|''Erroneous 2019 vehicle mode pictured''
File:Siege-toy IonStorm.jpg|''True 2019 vehicle mode pictured''
File:GS-Volcanicus comic 2-Rainmakers.jpg|''2020 comic scene pictured''
File:SeaOfRustPartII-Rainmakers.jpg|''2021 comic scene pictured''
</gallery></center>
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===Deco disasters===
On rare occasions the aforementioned coloring misadventures can escalate to the point of affecting the characters' actual future toys. Once again, original colors are given to the left when possible.

{{anchor|Igu}}
====''Prime 10 Year Anniversary'' Igu====
The ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Post-Prime releases|10 Year Anniversary]]'' reissue of [[Igu]] ([[Vehicon (Prime)|Jet Vehicon]]'s [[Arms Micron]] partner from the [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Takara Prime toyline|Prime]]'' toyline) mistakenly colors him bright silver, as opposed to the black of the original release.

This can be attributed to the set designer using the first image in the "Toys" subheading of Igu's wiki page for reference—which was actually an "elite" redeco packed with [[Vehicon (Prime)#JetGeneral|Jet Vehicon General]]. The original black release of Igu is used as the article's mainpic instead of being used in the "Toys" section, due to a lack of images of his vanishingly few fictional appearances. From a toy design perspective, this error means that the now-silver Igu breaks aesthetic cohesion with his mostly-black partner Jet Vehicon.

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File:Prime-toy Igu.jpg|''Original 2012 deco pictured''
File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-ArmsMicronIguS.jpg|''Secondary 2013 deco pictured'' Please, "Igu S" was my father.
File:Prime-toy Igu 10Year.jpg|''2020 reissue deco pictured''
</gallery></center>

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====''Kingdom'' T-Wrecks====
The ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' Leader Class toy of [[T-Wrecks#Generations|T-Wrecks]] has a colour scheme which is much more drab than the original ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Ultra Class iteration, with the brown-tinted torso being swapped for a dull grey, and the bright bronze of his helmet being swapped for the same red as his beast-mode skin. More noticeably, only the lower portion of T-Wrecks's crotch is molded blue, with the waist itself being left unpainted grey. It seems that these changes are the result of the wiki's photo of the original toy being primarily used for reference; the lighting in the image is a little misleading, and the toy's posed leaning forward such that its belly overhangs its waist entirely! The ''Kingdom'' T-Wrecks's eyes are also yellow rather than the green of the ''Beast Machines'' toy. It would seem that [[:File:Disclosure-Dinobots.jpg|some of the]] [[:File:TWrecksdinobotspackaging art.jpg|other pictures]] on his page may have played into this color change also.

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File:Beast Machines T-Wrecks.jpg|''Finalized 2000 deco pictured''
File: BM T-Wrecks toy.jpg|''Prototype 2000 deco pictured''
File:WFC-K T-Wrecks stock.jpg|''2021 toy pictured'' His bronze and innocence: Gone.
</gallery></center>
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===The big ones===
{{anchor|Black Roritchi}}
====Black Roritchi's antennae====
For years, the main image for [[Black Roritchi]] on this wiki used an image from the [[2006]] [[Metrodome]] release [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|''Masterforce'' cartoon]] depicting him against a pitch-black backdrop, which his equally-black antennae blended into. When ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Black Roritchi was produced in 2020 as a redeco of [[Fasttrack (G1)#Generations|Fasttrack]], the figure was given a custom head solely to remove the antennae under the mistaken belief that he didn't have them. Color-correction in later re-releases of the cartoon would reveal Black Roritchi to have blue antennae against a starfield. The timing of those re-releases? [[2012]]. Oops.

<center><gallery heights=200px widths=200px>
File:MF-toy Black Roritchi.jpg|''Original 1988 toy pictured''
File:Mf35 guardminder leader.jpg|''2006 [[Metrodome]] version of 1988 anime scene pictured'' He's literally about to turn his head and show off his black antennae.
File:Black roritchi masterforce.jpg|''2012 [[Shout! Studios|Shout! Factory]] restoration pictured'' Uh, make that blue antennae. 
File:GS-toy BlackRoritchi.jpg|''2020 toy pictured'' The only time people wouldn't care if Hasbro [[Rotorstorm (G1)#Generations|accidently forgot to show off the new head]].
</gallery></center>

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====''Studio Series'' Scrapmetal====
[[File:ROTF Constructicon concept.jpg|thumb|250px|left|{{SITENAME SHORT}}'s beautiful son. Our little guy.]]
[[File:Studio-Series-MV2-41-Deluxe-Scrapmetal.jpg|thumb|250px|Nobody tell him he was an accident.]]
The character that the wiki identifies as "[[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]]" was created through a complicated, decade-long tennis match between the wiki and Hasbro. In 2009, shortly after the theatrical release of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', the wiki created a page for the then-nameless character under the half-jokey title "Ze little one". Rather than assuming that the character was a [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]] clone, wiki editors at the time decided that he was his own character, as the scene where [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] went underwater featured a yellow Volvo excavator that didn't match to any of the other characters. "Ze little one" quickly picked up an ironic fan following, and by December 2009 Hasbro called him "Scrapmetal" and identified his alternate mode as "the bulldozer."<ref>[http://www.tfviews.com/news/main/hasbro-q-and-a/641 Hasbro Q&A December 2009 at TFviews.com]</ref> The wiki documented this and moved on. Around the same time, ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]'s page noted that the film version of the character was formed from [[Unknown Constructicon shovel|an extra bulldozer]] compared to the official list of his components.

Almost ten years later, Hasbro announced a giant, fully-articulated ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Devastator (ROTF)#Generations|Devastator]] toy formed from multiple Constructicon figures from the ''[[Studio Series]]'' toyline. It is not 100% clear, but what appears to have happened is that whoever was planning the character selection looked at both Devastator and Scrapmetal's pages and decided to marry these two random tidbits by making Scrapmetal the extra bulldozer. ''Then'', the individual(s) assigned to design Scrapmetal's toy consulted the wiki page to figure out who the character was and instead made them a yellow excavator with the robot mode of the concept art randomly chosen for the main picture of the article—the result of the wiki stringing together tidbits of contradictory information from the movie.

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====Sideways the dimension-hopper====
[[File:Sidewayses.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.5|''Can you see all of me? Walk into my mystery Step inside and hold on for dear life'' ''Do you remember me? Capture you or set you free I am all, I am all of me'']]
Oh dear.

In [[2002]], Hasbro released two motorcycle toys bearing the same name: ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]. The Hasbro toy bio for the latter recycled much of the same text from the bio of the former, nearly verbatim. This led to speculation at the time about whether or not they were meant to be the same character, ''regardless'' of the differences in toyline release since ''Robots in Disguise'' Sideways also came packaged with [[Axer (G1)#Robots in Disguise|Axer]], whose own bio hinted at his being the same person as [[Axer (G1)#The Transformers|his Generation 1 namesake]], having crossed dimensions from Generation 1 to ''Robots in Disguise''.

In [[2004]], Takara's ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' line released another motorcycle toy named [[Sideways (RM)|Double Face]], who shared the exact same colors and Japanese name of ''Armada'' Sideways. Since the ''Robotmasters'' series was a big crossover event similar in concept to the concurrent ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Transformers: Universe]]'' series, fans in the West initially mistook ''Robotmasters'' for a [[multiverse|multiversal]] event, with characters crossing dimensions from different universes to team up with each other in a Generation 1 setting (as was the case in ''Universe''). In actuality, ''Robotmasters'' only featured time travel, not dimensional travel. But because of the initial misconception, what came next was very easily believed.

In early [[2005]], a mere two months after Double Face's release, a [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.toys.transformers/c/lKVCHWhYoJM/m/1NhElIcSnwwJ fan-given claim] was made online about Takara's official [http://web.archive.org/web/20070618040111/www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/robotmasters/main2.htm ''Robotmasters'' website] supposedly declaring Double Face to be the same character as ''Robots in Disguise'' Sideways. When the [[Sideways (Armada)|original TFWiki article for Sideways]] was first being put together in [[2006]], this same claim was reiterated several times on the article's [[Talk:Sideways (Armada)|talk page]], which misled the article's original creators to believe it and treat the ''Robots in Disguise'', ''Armada'', and ''Robotmasters'' characters all as the same Sideways, assuming that ''Robotmasters'' had confirmed the character to have dimension-hopped from another universe into Generation 1 (when it actually ''hadn't'').

With the wiki article treating all three as the same person, able to jump from universe to universe, the article went on to inspire later versions of Sideways, like ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Sideways (Animated)|Sideways]] and [[Ask Vector Prime]] [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]], who not only were ''explicitly'' presented as dimension-hoppers, but also had ''implicit'' ties to the originally-unrelated ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], which only led to even ''more'' debates about how ''that'' Sideways related to the others, and whether or not ''every'' Sideways was really the ''same'' individual!

It wasn't until late [[2022]] that the validity of the original claim about ''Robotmasters'' Double Face was finally investigated; the results of this investigation revealed that there had actually been ''zero evidence'' in support of the claim found anywhere on the Takara ''Robotmasters'' website. And thanks to this false claim influencing the wiki, Sideways went on to have a reputation for being a multiversal mischief maker who jumps across multiple realities, which was never originally supposed to be the case.
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File:RIDtoy-Sideways.jpg|''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Sideways (RID)#Toys|Sideways]]
File:Armadatoy-Sideways-wrongways.jpg|''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Sideways (Armada)#Armada|Sideways]] / ''Legends of the Microns'' Double Face
File:RMtoy-Doubleface.jpg|''[[Robotmasters (franchise)#Toys|Robotmasters]]'' [[Sideways (RM)#Toys|Double Face]]
</gallery></center>
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===The littlest one===
====Spelling the word Robo-Smasher====
In perhaps the amusingly smallest example of circular reporting from this wiki, the "[[Robosmasher]]" from the 1985 cartoon episode "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme]]" was in fact written as one plain word in the episode's script. However, as is prone to happening with televised media, the original dialogue's text was not consulted when a TFWiki article for the device was created in [[2006]], under the hyphenated spelling "Robo-Smasher". This spelling was thus used by the [[Ask Vector Prime]] Facebook page as well as ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' text stories in [[2015]] prior to the wiki article being amended in [[2017]] to acknowledge the original spelling.

==Non-TFWiki misreporting==
Of course, people working on official ''Transformers'' material make use of unofficial reference material outside of this wiki, and errors in ''Transformers'' scholarship elsewhere are just as capable of leading to incorrect or occasionally, outright made up, information making it into the final product.


===Incorrectly-colored animation models===
[[File:Incorrect R.E.D. Soundwave Shins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''Inaccurate model at left'' ''Accurate model at centre'' ''Off-model 2020 product at right'']]
{{main|Miscolorings based on the Generation 1 cartoon}}

The [[1984]]-[[1987]] [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' animated series]] that has become a centerpiece of the brand was, to be blunt, not a high-quality production in the animation department. All four seasons were prone to [[animation error]]s, adding an additional challenge to modern fans attempting to isolate simple views of any given [[character model]]. To make matters worse, Hasbro and licensees have often relied upon a set of fan-colorings from the Ukrainian ''Transformers'' fan website, [https://www.transformers.kiev.ua/index.php?pageid=g1encyclopedia Transformers.kiev.ua,] that attempted to recreate Sunbow animation models using screen captures of episodes, while eye dropping the colors from said screen captures, and then replacing the heads of the models with traced headshots also taken from episode screen captures. These fan-colorings regularly make rounds on the web since they are readily available on Pinterest and Fandom wikia pages, making it hard not to come across them through a simple Google Search.

On top of all of this, the models Transformers.kiev.ua would frequently use were also the ones published in [[The Ark series|''The Ark'' series]] books as they were the only real source available for Generation 1 animation models at the time. In the years since, better copies of animation models have surfaced through eBay and various Japanese auction sites, revealing that a large majority of the models used in the books were actually out of date pre-final models that had been revised anywhere from once, to several times afterwards. The author of the books, [[Jim Sorenson]] has also stated in conversation with the wiki team that due to the condition of some of the models he had found or been given access to, [[Bill Forster]] had to sometimes trace, redraw and digitally mend models, such as the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s, to make them more presentable for publishing; this has also led to several inaccuracies with the original model sheets that have surfaced since.

As can be seen in the example at right, the 2020 ''[[Transformers R.E.D.|R.E.D. <nowiki>[</nowiki>Robot Enhanced Design<nowiki>]</nowiki>]]'' [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#RED|Soundwave]] figure's shins were incorrectly left blue instead of being painted silver/gray due to Hasbro once again basing the figure on the [https://www.transformers.kiev.ua/g1/soundwaveg1.html Transformers.kiev.ua fan-colored model].

Hasbro also tends to use the images from Transformers.kiev.ua whole-hog in their social media posts on Instagram and Facebook for memes, visuals for trivia and holiday celebration posts, as well as using them as placeholder images for pipeline reveals of upcoming figures in the works. A notable example of this was the pipeline reveal of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' [[Devcon (G1)#Legacy|Devcon]], whose [https://www.transformers.kiev.ua/g1/devcong1.html placeholder "model" image] isn't even a model at all, rather [[:File:Devcon-Body01.jpg|a couple of]] [[:File:Gambler Devcon vehicle.jpg|traced screencaps]] from the episode "[[The Gambler]]".<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2023/01/31/transformers-jan-23-livestream-recap-legacy-evolution-wave-2-and-more-474374 Transformers Jan 23 Livestream Recap – Legacy Evolution Wave 2 and More!] at TFW2005</ref> The same had also been done for [[Snarl (G1)#Legacy|Snarl]], [[Bombshell (G1)#Legacy|Bombshell]], [[Dirge (G1)/toys#Legacy|Dirge]], and so on. It's one thing to use them as reference for toys and design inspiration, but the practice of taking them whole-hog without a background check, and using them in official posts is a bit of a shoddy practice, to say the least.
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===Other oddities===
====Discmaster====
This might be one of the earliest cases of circular reporting in the history of the ''Transformers'' brand and fandom (and one of the rare, non-visual, text-only cases). The [http://tflab.net/japaspe/second/bd20.html toy bio] for ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Autolauncher]] refers to both himself and his rival [[Mantis]] with the turn of phrase ''enban tsukai'' (円盤使い, meaning "disc user"). When the bio was translated into English in the late 1990s/early 2000s, the phrase was written in English as "Discmaster", with the one responsible having likely taken some creative inspiration from [[Headmaster (technology)|the]] [[Targetmaster (technology)|various]] [[Powermaster|forms]] [[Godmaster (lifeform)|of]] "[[Brainmaster|-master]]" [[Micromaster|technology]] [[Powered Master|of]] Generation 1.

During the mid-2000s, when putting together the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'', longtime fan [[Ben Yee]] (who was co-author of the ''Sourcebook'' with [[Simon Furman]]) took this translation to heart and applied the term to the book's profiles for both Autolauncher and Mantis—unaware that "Discmaster" was actually creative liberty on part of the fan translation and not an accurate representation of what was originally written in the Japanese bio text. As a result, the term "[[Discmaster]]" now referred to a martial art practiced by both characters, despite the term having never actually existed beforehand in the first place.

====''Transformers Legends'' Axe====
[[File:TFLegends Axe vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.5]]
In 2014, the ''Transformers Legends'' mobile game added a card based on [[Axe (G1)|Axe]], a character designed by [[Alex Milne]] for ''[[The Transformers: Drift]]''. However, for alt-mode reference, the card directly copied a piece of fanart created by Sara Guyon-Gellin.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Nicely done, but the game's artist lacks some creativity IMHO. For the design of jet mode in particular. Done and uploaded in 2011. Nice to know my work is good enough that someone officially hired by Hasbro decided there was no need for further adjustment and simply copied his/her own pictures from it :( I mean, couldn't you at least have changed the tail rudders ? </sarcasm>|link=https://www.deviantart.com/alteride/journal/Nice-to-be-an-inspiration-for-official-TF-artists-494832421|name=Sara Guyon-Gellin|site=deviantART|title=Nice to be an inspiration for official TF artists|year=2014|month=11|day=16}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.deviantart.com/alteride/art/Axe-alt-modes-studies-252754825|name=Sara Guyon-Gellin|site=deviantART|title=Axe alt modes - studies|year=2011|month=08|day=14}}</ref> Milne had intended the character to have a land-based mode!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Too bad for the jet part, though, [Alex Milne] told me later Axe was land-based only. Voice of God :/|link=https://www.deviantart.com/comments/1/252754825/2172060396|name=Sara Guyon-Gellin|site=deviantART|year=2011|month=08|day=30}}</ref> Also, not cool.

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====''Combiner Wars'' G2 Menasor====
At first glance, Hasbro's ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''-themed redeco of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Menasor (G1)#CWG2|Menasor]] looks to be a simple homage to the original, canceled ''Generation 2'' toy. However, a closer inspection reveals that it took some notable inspiration from a 2014 fanmade digibash [http://air-hammer.deviantart.com/art/G2-Stunticons-Digibash-471989649 posted to DeviantArt] by longtime fan artist Air Hammer, which was itself based on another fan's [http://cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?p=76573 hand-painted customization] of the original Generation 1 Stunticons in an attempt to recreate the canceled ''Generation 2'' toys. Most glaringly, [[Breakdown (G1)#CWG2|Breakdown]] winds up having [[:File:Generations g2 breakdown.jpg|purple and silver]] in place of the proper [[:File:G2-toy Breakdown.jpg|pink and gold]]. As an extra, the official Transformers Facebook page [[:file:G2Offroad.jpg|posted a promotional pic of the set]] that used the aforemented digibashes of the individual Stunticons instead of their proper stock photos... which featured [[Offroad (CW)|Offroad]] as the fifth member of the team, rather than [[Wildrider (G1)|Brake-Neck]] (whose ''Combiner Wars'' version wasn't revealed yet when the digibash was made) as the official set.

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File:G2 Menasor and G2 Defensor.jpg|''Original 1994 deco pictured, left''
File:Transformers-Generations-Combiner-Wars-G2-Menasor.jpg|''2015 deco pictured'' Why, these limbs are the wrong toolings entirel- [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and 2010)|Oh, right.]]
</gallery></center>
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====Warriorbot====
[[File:Warriorbot hobby lobby.jpg|thumb|150px]]
In [[2017]], a Hasbro license, [[Open Road Brands]], released a [[:File:Open road brands faction sign.jpg|tin wall sign]] exclusively to Hobby Lobby stores, meant to showcase the many [[Insignia|faction symbols]] from the [[Transformers brand|brand]]'s history, but one symbol stood out. The self-proclaimed "Warriorbots" were never a real thing. So were did they come from? The answer can be found on the "[https://transformers.fandom.com/wiki/Insignia?diff=prev&oldid=405151 Insignia]" page on the Transformers Fandom (formerly Wikia) wiki from 2014 to 2017, with it being listed among the others. In other words: Whoever designed it used that page as reference.
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[IP infringement#Third party designs in official products and marketing|Mistakes caused by unlicensed toys using ''Transformers'' likenesses]]

[[Category:Fandom]]

Orthia

2024-02-23T02:44:22Z

LilMissImpossible:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Orthia is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Orthia Pulse.jpg|thumb|400px|Dorito Megazord.]]
At the dawn of life on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the legendary, godlike warsmith [[Solus Prime]] created a team of warriors who would carry on after her—the [[Female Autobots|Shield of Solus]]. Though their destiny is not at first known to them, when these five [[female Autobots]] combine in Cybertron's darkest hour, they become the mighty '''Orthia''', a last line of defense who can herself forge mystical, powerful weaponry! Selfless and courageous, she will bring hope to her world's bleakest chapter.

These five warriors are:
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (torso)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (right arm)
*[[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]] (left arm)
*[[Greenlight]] (left leg)
*[[Lancer]] (right leg)

Elita-1 can also form [[Elita-Infin1te]] by combining with four random [[Autobot]]s. (Or possibly even [[Decepticon]]s?)

==Fiction==
===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[Solus Prime]] of the [[Thirteen]] planted her godly power within five chosen warriors: the Shield of Solus. This quintet, led by Elita-1, were gifted the power to combine into the mighty Orthia, a giantess inheriting Solus's ability to forge weapons of immense power to light [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s darkest hour. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files#Who is Orthia?|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}
===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
[[File:Orthia Selects.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Orthias morpheus orifices, go eat some walruses!]]
Orthia stood alongside [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] gave the command for his troops to prepare their defenses against the corrosive gas bombs. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}} She was present when the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s attacked the [[Selector]]s, [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s on the [[Quintesson]]s' orders. The female combiner didn't last five minutes in battle, as [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] shot [[anti-electron]] ooze at Orthia with his [[slime gun]], splitting her up into her five components. {{storylink|Abominus comic 1}}
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==Toys==
===''Generations''===
[[File:Siegetoy-Orthia.jpg|right|thumb|300px|She's got legs, and she knows how to wait for another toyline to use 'em.]]
*'''Elita-1''' (''Power of the Primes'' Voyager Class, [[2018]])
*'''Moonracer''' (''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class, 2018)
*'''Novastar''' (''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class, 2018)
*'''Greenlight''' (''Siege'' Deluxe Class, [[2019]])
*'''Lancer''' (''Siege Selects'' Deluxe Class, 2019)
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)|[[Emiliano Santalucia]] and [[Ken Christiansen]] (concept art)}}

:Orthia's components were released over the course of two years: First the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' line gave us Voyager Class Elita-1 and Deluxe Class [[Moonracer (G1)#Generations|Moonracer]], who was later [[redeco]]ed (with a new head and weapon) into [[Firestar (G1)#Generations|Novastar]]. In 2019, the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' line then gave us [[Greenlight#Generations|Greenlight]], a more extensive retool of Moonracer/Novastar, who was released as an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Dazzlestrike]], followed shortly afterwards by [[Lancer#Generations|Lancer]] (a new-head redeco of Greenlight), released as part of the ''Siege''-tied ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Selects]]'' range.

:As a ''Power of the Primes''-style Combiner, the Voyager-sized Elita-1 forms Orthia's torso, while each of the four smaller Deluxe-sized figures (which are all using the same engineering) can form either limb. The Prime Armor accessories included with each of the limb figures serves as the hands, whereas the Prime Armor pieces included with Elita-1 become the feet. (The other two limb figures' Prime Armor pieces can also be attached to the feet as heel stabilizers.) Additionally, a [[Prime Master#Toys|Prime Master]], [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] core, or [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma of Combination]] (such as the "Autobot Enigma" that is included with Elita) can be installed within Orthia's chest, hands, or feet.

:Moonracer's weapon can also be combined with Novastar's (or Lancer's for a consistent black color) weapon to form a larger weapon for Orthia to wield. The remaining gun can also combine with Dazzlestrike's saber mode if one wishes.

:As Elita-1, Moonracer, and Novastar are the only components released in Japan by TakaraTomy, fans must resort to importing the other two team members to complete their Orthias.
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==Notes==
*"Orthia" (Ὀρθία) is an alternate name for the Greek goddess {{W|Artemis}}, {{w|Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia|mostly used in Sparta}}.
*It appears Hasbro initially had no plans to complete an all-female Combiner during the course of the ''Power of the Primes'' line: Elita-1's [[instructions]] showed a combined form that featured ''Power of the Primes'' Deluxe Class [[Sludge (G1)#Power of the Primes|Sludge]] and [[Snarl (G1)#Power of the Primes|Snarl]] as the arms, and Moonracer and [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Jazz]] as the legs, whereas artwork depicted on the side of Elita, Moonracer, Jazz, and Novastar's packaging instead showed the combined form as featuring Moonracer and Novastar as arms, and Jazz and [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Power of the Primes|Ricochet]] (who wouldn't be released until much later, ''also'' as a ''Selects'' figure) as the legs. During their panel presentation at New York [[Toy Fair 2018]], Hasbro dubbed the Combiner that uses Elita-1 as its torso "[[Elita-Infin1te]]". With the release of Novastar, it appeared at first as if that was indeed the full extent of what Hasbro would release in terms of combining members of the 1985 female Autobots. However, in 2019, [[stock photography|stock photos]] of Greenlight were suddenly revealed to the public. An advance sample revealed that the packaging featured the blacklight code "Lancer" in "[[Cybertronian language|Ancient Autobot]]" writing, which, when entered into a decoder on Hasbro's website, unlocked the schematics for a combiner identified as "Orthia", with Elita as the torso, Moonracer and Novastar as the arms, and Greenlight and a "classified" bot as the legs. Not long after Greenlight was officially released in the U.S., Lancer started popping up in Asia without any prior announcement.
*The difference between Elita-Infin1te and Orthia (one being any random combination that has Elita-1 as its torso, whereas the other is a combination of Elita with four very specific female Autobots) mirrors the distinction between [[Ultra Prime]] and [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]], and possibly also between [[Betatron (CW)|Betatron]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] or [[Modulus]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Orthia''' (オーシア ''Ōshia'')

==External links==
*[https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/who-is-orthia-the-story-behind-this-mysterious-all-female-combiner WHO IS ORTHIA? THE STORY BEHIND THIS MYSTERIOUS ALL-FEMALE COMBINER at Hasbro Pulse]

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generations Selects Autobots]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Autobots]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Autobots]]

Transformers: Movie Prequel

2024-02-22T13:37:14Z

LilMissImpossible: How were these switched?

[[Image:Prime Directives tpb.jpg|right|230px|thumb|What exactly am I?]]
'''''Transformers: Movie Prequel''''' is a comic book story set prior to the [[Transformers (film)|2007 movie]] movie from [[IDW Publishing]]. It stretches across a four-issue miniseries called '''''Transformers: Official Movie Prequel''''' (called '''''Prime Directive''''' in solicitations) and 2 [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] specials, later re-published together as the '''''Transformers Official Movie Prequel Special'''''. Together they serve as a foundation and backstory for the [[Transformers (film)|2007 ''Transformers'' live-action movie]].

{{chapters|align=left|title=''Transformers: Movie Prequel'' issues:|next=Transformers: Movie Adaptation
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<div class="list-header">''Prequel'' miniseries:</div>
* [[Movie Prequel issue 1|#1]]
* [[Movie Prequel issue 2|#2]]
* [[Movie Prequel issue 3|#3]]
* [[Movie Prequel issue 4|#4]]

 <div class="list-header">''Prequel Special''s:</div>
*[[Interlude|#1]]
*[[Planetfall (Movie)|#2]]
}}

==Overview==
[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] becomes obsessed with the search of the hidden [[AllSpark]]. He forms an army in order to capture it, while Autobots try to protect the artifact, eventually launching it into space. After the battle of Tyger Pax, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s voice box is destroyed and Megatron leaves in pursuit of the AllSpark. His search of the Cube ends on Earth, where he crash lands in the Arctic and goes into stasis lock for millennia. In 1897, captain [[Archibald Witwicky]] discovers Megatron, which drives him insane. Years pass and [[Sector Seven]] hides Megatron in the [[Hoover Dam]]. The chase continues when Bumblebee, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] arrive on [[Earth]].

==Creative team==
''Movie Prequel'' was produced primarily by the team that spawned ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'' and ''[[Transformers, Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Gathering]]'': writer [[Simon Furman]] and penciler [[Don Figueroa]]. IDW editor-in-chief [[Chris Ryall]] also assisted with the writing.

==Notes==
* The series was originally released without a story title, as "Transformers Official Movie Prequel". The original working title, "[[Prime Directive (disambiguation)|Prime Directive]]" (which was also the title of the [[Prime Directive|first Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' mini-series]] and the working title of the [[Transformers (film)|movie's]] script), was included in the original scripts, and was also mentioned in early solicitations for the series.[http://web.archive.org/web/20100713231922/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=100548]
* The miniseries was reprinted in [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan's ''Transformers'']] monthly in the [[United Kingdom]], with Titan's first two strips tying into it.
* [[Interlude|Two]] [[Planetfall (Movie)|comics]] originally produced in cooperation with Target (later also collected as the [[Movie Prequel Special]]) were also both originally released under the title ''Transformers: Movie Prequel'', and tie in to the story of this series (although the later-released Target comic contradicts issue 4).
* An animated version of this comic (with voice acting), named ''[[Transformers: Beginnings (Movie)|Transformers: Beginnings]]'', was included on a special bonus disc included with a Wal-Mart exclusive edition of the Movie DVD.

==Collections==
* '''''Transformers: Movie Prequel''''' TPB ([[June 5]], [[2007]]) ISBN 978-1600100666
* '''''[[Transformers Movie Collection Volume 1]]''''' HC ([[March 17]], [[2010]]) ISBN 1600106439

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[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Movie comics]]

Nexus Prime

2024-02-21T18:57:31Z

LilMissImpossible:

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{{featured}}
[[Image:NexusPrimeflankedbyotherPrimes.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Insert batteries where?!]]
One of the [[Thirteen]], '''Nexus Prime''' was the first [[combiner]], often associated with [[Rarified Energon]].

He is sometimes, unfortunately, known as '''Nexus Maximus'''.

==Fiction==
===Fun Publications===
When the Thirteen visited ancient Earth of some universal streams, Nexus Prime used a [[holomatter]] avatar which inspired the myth of the goddess Hera, trusted confidant of Zeus, who was [[Prima]]'s holomatter avatar. [[Vector Prime]] shared many fond memories with his siblings, including Nexus, and noted that there were universal streams where Nexus was known as Nexus [[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]].

Nexus Prime, Vector Prime, [[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]], and [[Solus Prime]] made the decision to split Nexus Prime into five pieces to conceal the location of the five fragments of Prima's [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] sword, a weapon that could destroy star systems, from their evil brother [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]. Using the blade of the Star Saber, Nexus Prime was cut into five other robots: [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], and [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]], who were subsequently scattered across the [[multiverse]] and lost to the ages. {{Storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

But the skills of Nexus Prime are needed once again, and now that his components have been called together by Primus, he searches the multiverse for the components to the Star Saber sword, armed with his masterful control over all uses of [[energon]], and ability to manipulate [[spark]]s.

[[Image:Clubcombinercarving.jpg|200px|thumb|They drew his limbs arranged incorrectly!]]
The [[Caretaker]] told its components that Nexus Prime was "designated a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]", like the other original thirteen. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

When Landquake, Breakaway, Topspin, and Heatwave made an attempt to use their powers to revive the recently assassinated [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], they were transported—along with a revived Skyfall—to the presence of [[Primus]] in the "afterlife". He gave them a choice of living (or staying dead) as they were, or being reborn as what they were meant to be. After the gestalt members made their deliberations, Primus declared, "The choice is made. Arise, Nexus Prime," as they started the transformation. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}}

[[Image:OmegaDoomNexusPrimeGalvatron.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Behold the fingers my toy totally doesn't have!]]

Nexus Prime [[Reformatting|reformatted]] the dead Megatron into the powerful Galvatron, investing in him some of the power of the Thirteen. The two exited the Decepticon stronghold to counter [[Omega Doom]]'s offensive, but they were forced to split up when Doom launched a starkilling missile into Cybertron's sun. Though his Decepticon components protested leaving the battle, Nexus Prime knew saving this Cybertron's star system was of more immediate importance. Regardless, he was too late in stopping the missile, and its energies began to destroy the sun. Nexus began to concentrate.

Nexus returned to Cybertron triumphant, having used his own powers to negate those of the starkilling missile, and he made short work of Omega Doom, saving Galvatron in the nick of time. Though there was more on this Cybertron to do, such as finishing [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] once and for all, Nexus Prime knew he had to depart this universe. After saying goodbye to [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]], he entered a portal with [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]], trusting fate to bring him to the correct destination. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}

Nexus Prime and Aquarius traveled from world to world, but without finding what Nexus Prime was looking for. Eventually, the pair arrived on [[Primax 509.28 Epsilon|one universe]]'s [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where they were attacked by a group of smaller Decepticons who thought they had an easy mark. Though Nexus Prime was unwilling to use his more supernatural powers, lest he draw unwanted attention towards himself, he was still able to easily beat their attackers. As they left the group of dazed Decepticons behind, Nexus Prime and Aquarius wandered through a Cybertronian marketplace. Finally, Nexus Prime began to drop hints about what [[Star Saber (Prima)|mysterious artifact]] he was looking for; he hadn't yet clued Aquarius in. Ultimately, Nexus Prime spotted a shipping container with an [[Elite Guard]] symbol on it. This unlocked a memory in the ancient Transformer, allowing him to determine their next destination. He and Aquarius vanished through another portal to yet another dimension. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

After several unspecified adventures, Aquarius ended up in Axiom Nexus and took charge of a shard of the Star Saber from a [[Chifumi Takahashi|courier]]. In exchange, he promised to help her get home. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 48|Transformers I.Q. last issue review}} To their surprise, however, they ended up on the Cybertron of Aquarius's home reality. It soon became obvious that Nexus had transported them there in order to receive the [[Origin Matrix]], the fifth and final piece, from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Mammoth]]. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 54|Transformers I.Q. trivia bonus #12}} {{storylink|Falling into Place}}

[[File:AnotherLight-choppitychop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"...''Transformers: Prime'' will never make a dozen episodes about finding you."]]

While waiting for Nexus Prime's arrival, Ultra Mammoth confronted his negative counterpart [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], who was wielding the [[Terminus Blade]] on Earth. After the Origin Matrix inadvertently supercharged the Blade, Nexus Prime's components arrived in time to combine the Matrix with the other elements to reform the Star Saber. Prima's great sword severed the evil Magnus's arm, and Nexus Prime banished the insane Autobot to a dimension suitable for his temperament. With the Star Saber and Terminus Blade in hand, Nexus Prime set about undoing what damage he could from Magnus's abuse of the weapon. {{storylink|Restoration}}

In multidimensional space, Nexus Prime found he could not undo the destruction of universes already caused by the Terminus Blade. Aware that his actions would not be without consequences to himself, Nexus Prime brought the Saber and Blade together. He strengthened the existing walls between dimensions to prevent further inter-universe decay. He bolstered dying universes that had not yet succumbed to Ultra Magnus, hoping they might still survive. In the process, however, the strengthened walls could no longer support the fluidity of multiversal singularities. Nexus Prime felt himself and his fellow Thirteen splintering, existing as independent beings in each reality they manifested in, instead of thirteen singularities. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
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Known as the "Wizard of Forms", Nexus Prime was all about change and mutability. As the first and greatest combiner, he was able to merge any robots into new combined forms at will or separate himself into multiple independent components. When standing alone, his body seemed to shift or be overlaid with ever-changing forms and combinations he might take.

Powerful, proud, and frequently unpredictable even to those who knew him best, Nexus Prime was also full of good humor and can even be a bit of a prankster at times. He was the "mad experimenter" of the Thirteen and is fascinated by changing states of matter and the creation of new elements in solar forges. This shared affinity for creation led [[Solus Prime]], the "Maker" of the Thirteen, to have special feelings for Nexus, which in turn seemed to have earned him the enmity of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] and [[Liege Maximo]].

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}}}

====Aligned novels====
Megatronus killed Solus Prime in an act of rage, one that drove a wedge between the remaining Thirteen.

After the defeat of Liege Maximo's schemes, Nexus Prime took custody of many of Solus Prime's creations, including the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], the [[Cyber Caliber]], the [[Chaos Edge]]. the [[Blades of Time]], and his own [[Omni Saber]]. The Omni Saber was a part of Nexus Prime's body, and he secreted the Cyber Caliber away inside his form as well before splitting himself into five component robots: [[Clocker (Prime)|Clocker]], [[Mainspring]], [[Chaindrive]], [[Pinion]], and [[Cannonspring]]. Each component held a fraction of the Cyber Caliber within themselves, and was also charged with guarding one of the Blades of Time. Only by assembling the Blades of Time and using them to open a gateway to the hollow realm of Vector Prime could the power of the Cyber Caliber as well be reassembled. What happened to the Star Saber is unknown (perhaps intentionally) but Alpha Trion believed that Nexus Prime left it in the care of another before separating himself.

The sub-selves of Nexus Prime scattered throughout the colony worlds of Cybertron. They remained apart for so long that each forgot their true nature, and no longer recalled being part of Nexus Prime or the Thirteen. All but Cannonspring even forgot their duty to safeguard the Blades of Time and the Cyber Caliber. Clocker and Mainspring wound up on [[Velocitron]], where they remained slightly out of place as mechanics instead of the speed-driven racers who ruled the planet. Pinion ended up on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], assimilating well into the culture (perhaps because the Junkion way of constantly reusing materials appealed to the subconscious preference of Nexus Prime for change). Chaindrive found himself on Cybertron, and eventually became part of the Autobot resistance movement alongside [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and Alpha Trion after the Ark's departure. Cannonspring ended up in a crippled ship in Cybertron's deep orbit, until the prospector [[Axer (Prime)|Axer]] triggered some latent transwarp energy on board, transporting them both to Junkion. Cannonspring remained inert for over a million years inside his ship after they crashed.

Nexus Prime began to come together once more thanks to the Matrix, which directed Optimus Prime through space to the various colony worlds. As the Ark came to Velocitron, Optimus discovered two pieces of the Blades of Time and fatefully agreed to bring Clocker and Mainspring on the next leg of his journey when they asked. On Junkion, Prime encountered Pinion while recovering a third Blade, and the fourth was retrieved from Axer. Meanwhile, back on Cybertron, Alpha Trion and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] concocted a method of sending a scout after Optimus Prime by keying residual Space Bridge energy to the signature of the Matrix. Instinctively, Alpha Trion decided Chaindrive was the proper choice, and he brought with him the fifth Blade. Once all five Blades and the other four components assembled on Junkion, the combined energy was enough to rekindle the inert Cannonspring, bringing him back to full functioning and allowing them to reassemble into Nexus Prime.

Displaying the ability to hold more weapons than an armory, Nexus Prime pulled forth both his Omni Saber and the Chaos Edge, and also passed the Cyber Caliber over to Optimus Prime. Although he refused to kill anyone, Nexus Prime essentially held off the Decepticons and the [[Star Seeker]]s for a time, on intimidation alone. As [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Thundertron]] left to pursue other goals, Nexus Prime reclaimed his swords and gave some last words of encouragement to Optimus Prime before splitting himself once more. Reduced to a new set of five protoforms, Nexus Prime vanished into space and the annals of history once more. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
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According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}
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===Generation 1 continuity family===
====2005 IDW continuity====
{{first|[[Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|''Robots in Disguise'' #30]] (mentioned); [[The Crucible|#34]] (depicted)}}

[[File:OriginMyths-ThePrimes.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Love child of Silverbolt and Wheeljack.]]

In the primitive age that followed the departure of the [[Knights of Cybertron]], Nexus Prime joined his [[Thirteen Tribes|tribe]] with those of [[Solus Prime|Solus]], [[Vector Prime|Vector]], [[Alchemist Prime]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] in [[Crystal City]]. Like the other four, he knew [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] but he himself was disgusted by Onyx's bestial horde and took time to become acclimated to them. He had a brother in the east who ruled his own kingdom. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} Nexus was the first recorded owner of the mysterious artifact known as the [[Enigma of Combination]]. He evidently chose to keep the artifact's true nature as a physical object a secret, with most believing the "Enigma" part of the name referred to a puzzle that had to be solved to allow for [[Combiner|combination]]. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

One evening, Vector Prime barged in on a meeting to announce the approach of Onyx and [[Liege Maximo|a crony]], as well as the news that [[Septimus Prime]] had perished and that [[The Fallen|the conqueror]] of [[Protihex|his lands]] was on the warpath across Cybertron. Despite Solus and Onyx's dismissal, Nexus felt Septimus had still been a Prime such as they were before he asked who Onyx's minion was, the newcomer introducing himself as Liege Maximo, who had also lost his lands to the army of [[Darklands|Darklanders]]. At Alpha Trion's urging, the Primes allowed Onyx and Liege Maximo into their alliance. When the time of battle came, Nexus wished to join his followers in combat but remained behind at Solus's urging. After the [[Titan (group)|Titans]] arrived, Onyx leapt into the fray only to recognize the enemy commander as his old friend Megatronus. Nexus was shocked at this development, before the eight Primes joined forces. In the aftermath, [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] expressed the belief that the alliance would attract Nexus's brother to him. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} Unbeknownst to the Primes, the 'bot they believed to be Onyx Prime was in fact a time-travelling Shockwave from ten million years in the future who had engineered the entire conflict to bring the Primes together as history recorded. {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

[[File:RID34 enigma of combination.jpg|thumb|left|250px|My Enigma don't go to none if they're lowborn, hun.]]

Power turned Nexus into something of a git really, believing that all non-Primes should serve their Prime masters. {{storylink|The Crucible}} Among the members of his court was a [[Titan Master]] by the name of [[Infinitus]], who wholeheartedly believed in his master's elitist approach to social engineering. {{storylink|White Heat}} The Thirteen Primes ruled their planet peacefully until Liege Maximo and Megatronus conspired together, goaded on by Shockwave's machinations, and started the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] via the murder of Solus Prime. While Megatronus fled Cybertron, Nexus and [[Quintus Prime|Quintus]] managed to restrain Maximo, before trying and exiling him aboard [[Vigilem]]. {{storylink|Heavy}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}}

Nexus allied himself with "Onyx Prime" during the war and used his [[Enigma of Combination]] to create the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]: humanoid Transformers combined with beasts. {{storylink|The Crucible}} [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] found the whole concept disgusting and single-handedly slaughtered the Headmasters before coming after Nexus himself. Nexus sneered that Galvatron was a "lowborn" that couldn't kill him, and Galvatron responded by doing just that. The realization that a Prime could be killed by someone other than another Prime caused most of the remaining Primes to flee the planet. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

He was survived by Infinitus, who vowed to keep his master's teachings alive and eventually apply them to all of Cybertron–especially the parts about forced servitude to the Primes. {{storylink|White Heat}} Nexus's [[Titan (group)|Titan]], [[Devisiun (Titan)|Devisiun]], also survived the war and colonized [[Devisiun (planet)|a planet]] in honor of his master which the younger Shockwave eventually seeded with [[Ore-5]]. {{storylink|Ceremony|The Lost Colonies of Cybertron}}
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====''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons====
[[Victorion]] claimed to only follow the will of Nexus Prime, though she admitted he hadn't given her any new guidance in some time. {{storylink|Desperate Actions}}

====''Power of the Primes'' marketing material====
Nexus Prime's [[Spark]] passed into the possession of one of the twelve [[Prime Master]]s; hidden within a suit of decoy armor, they safeguarded the abilities of the Primes until the present day. By uniting with a larger Transformer, the Prime Master could channel the powers of Nexus's Spark and grant them unique abilities that varied with each new partner. {{storylink|Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes}}

{{note|For a list of every permutation of Nexus Prime's abilities, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this link]].}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
Nexus Prime, the holder of the Enigma of Combination, was one of the Thirteen Primes. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} It was said that Primus had created Nexus as a being of controlled chaos, introducing necessary change into Cybertronian society to prevent stagnation. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
Nexus Prime was one of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} {{storylink|Silent Strike}} {{storylink|The Other One}}

Nexus Prime eventually passed, being buried with all of his worldly possessions on another planet. Following the [[Quintesson]] invasion of Cybertron, [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] and [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]] grave-robbed him. {{storylink|The Immobilizers}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron'', ''Classics'', and ''Timelines''===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-NexusMaximus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Remember to use the instructions! You don't want to put something in the wrong hole.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|[[Skyfall (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Skyfall]] (2005)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|[[Landquake (Timelines)#Timelines|Landquake]] (2006)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|[[Breakaway (Classics)#Classics|Breakaway]] (2007)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|[[Topspin (Classics)#Classics|Topspin]] (2008)}}</ul>
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-sd|[[Heatwave (Timelines)#Timelines|Heatwave]] (2009)}}</ul>
:Nexus Maximus is composed of his five team members, with Heatwave forming his central body component. His limbs' [[energon weapon]]s form his hands and feet. Conisisting of [[redeco]]s of components of the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' combiners, Nexus Maximus, just like [[Superion Maximus]], [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]], and [[Constructicon Maximus]], features universal connection points for the limbs, allowing many different combinations and even swapping of limbs from different teams, in a fashion very similar to ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'''s "[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1986 (Scramble City and Transformers 2010)|Scramble City]]"-type combiner teams. Unlike the other Maximus-style combiners, Nexus Maximus features four unique molds for his limb pieces, rather than two redecoed to fit both the legs and arms, due to him using both [[Destruction Team]] and [[Air Team]] molds. Whereas the individual components' robot modes still feature the same head sculpts as the ''Energon'' figures they're redecoed from, the combined form of Nexus Maximus himself was given an entirely new, unique head sculpt, which is an amalgamation of visual elements of its components' own heads: Skyfall's eyes, Landquake's chin, Breakaway's forehead, Topspin's "mohawk", and Heatwave's "ears".

:Nexus Maximus is the combined form of the first five [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] freebie toys, which were released over the span of five years.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFCCNexusMaximus/nexusmaximus.htm More information on Nexus Maximus at TFU.info]''
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===''Power of the Primes''===
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*'''Throne of the Primes''' (Leader Class, 2018)
**''Takara ID number'': '''PP-43'''

:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Nexus Prime is a retool of the [[Alchemist Prime#Power of the Primes|Alchemist Prime]]/[[Submarauder (G1)#Power of the Primes|Submarauder]] inner robot with a new [[Prime Master]] sigil/backpack, packaged in the [[Throne of the Primes#Toys|Throne of the Primes]] set.

:This toy has identical features to the other Prime Masters in the line. The [[Titan Master]]-like robot can store inside decoy armor or ride [[Size class|Legends Class]] figures in vehicle mode, and is fully compatible with toys from the previous ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' line. The "Power Swap" gimmick means its [[spark]] form can plug onto any decoy armor's weapon form (which has a [[5 mm post]] to be held by larger figures), Deluxe Class figures' chest armor, Voyager Class figures' bucklers, Leader Class figures' [[Matrix of Leadership/toys#Power of the Primes|Matrix]] (in place of their Matrix core), [[combiner]]s' torsos (in place of their [[Enigma of Combination]]), or the included [[Scepter of Sparks]] or [[Halo of Primus]] accessories. With the power of [[you]]r imagination, this bestows the Prime Master's [[Prime Master/Combinations|unique power]] on the larger figure.

:While Nexus is a retool of Alchemist Prime (gang-molded with his included Submarauder decoy armor), it is unknown what gang-molded decoy armor Nexus would have had as a hypothetical mass-retail Prime Master.

:This set debuted at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018, and was later sold via [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online. It was also available at general retail in Taiwan.
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==Notes==
*It's hard to say what toyline Nexus Prime is from, as his components are from multiple franchises. The only other time this has happened since then was [[Orthia]].
*Nexus Prime's backstory bears a noticeable similarity to that of {{w|Voltron}}.
*Fun Publications stated at [[BotCon 2009]] that the official limb arrangement for Nexus Prime is that of the configuration in his instructions. With Landquake as the right arm, Breakaway as the left arm, Topspin as the right leg, and Skyfall as the left leg. Why he was depicted in a different arrangement in the caverns around the [[Caretaker]] no one knows.
*Ironically, despite being labeled as an Autobot, a majority of the Transformers that make up Nexus Prime are Decepticons, albeit ones that are [[Landquake (Timelines)|disenchanted by the Decepticon cause]], [[Topspin (Classics)|misled by deceitful leaders]], or [[Heatwave (Timelines)|a completely different kind of Decepticon]].
*Nexus Prime's TFCC magazine profile mentions that he "no longer has an [[alternate mode]]", due to being split apart for so long and then reassembled.
*With his components released one at a time, one per year, he's the combiner toy it took the longest to complete in an official capacity.
*Like other members of the Thirteen, Nexus was originally established as a [[multiversal singularity]] who existed as one being across all space and time, but that is [[Shroud|no longer the case]].

===Naming issues===
[[Fun Publications]] originally submitted the possible names '''Prime Nexus''' and '''Maximus Prime''' to [[Hasbro]] for the character (reflecting the fact that the character is a Prime in-fiction), Hasbro rejected these, apparently because they were feeling protective towards the use of the name Prime (despite previously having approved the fiction that named him a Prime, written by their own [[Forest Lee]]). Hasbro suggested merging the non-Prime segments of the two names instead... oops.

Apparently neither Hasbro nor Fun Publications did their research when naming Nexus Maximus, because there is another product which shares that name and was, as of [[May 24]], [[2009]], the top Google result (websites relating to this character have since surpassed it). While it is definitely a "toy", it is most assuredly not intended for ages 5 and up. According to the Fun Publications Club panel at [[BotCon 2009]], Hasbro did a search for the name with "safe search" on, causing them to not see... well, [http://www.edenfantasys.com/dildos/double-ended-dildos/nexus-maximus this]. '''NOTE: DEFINITELY NOT SAFE FOR WORK.'''

When he finally appeared in fiction his name was in fact given as Nexus Prime, which makes much better sense story-wise but deprives us of many cheap and easy joke opportunities. [[Pete Sinclair]] posted an image on the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] forums of [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]] blaming the "Nexus Maximus" name on a bad translation by [[Beta Maxx (RID)|Beta Maxx]].

(The debate is still on as to whether Nexus Maximus constitutes a choking hazard.)

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Nexus Prime''' (ネクサスプライム ''Nekusasu Puraimu'')

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Playskool

2024-02-21T16:53:18Z

LilMissImpossible: I get why these were connected, but they shouldn't be now

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'''Playskool''' is [[Hasbro]]'s brand name for toys designed for small children, famous for products such as [[Optimash Prime|Mr. Potato Head]]. The ''[[First Transformers]]'' line was produced under this brand, as was ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (toyline)|Transformers: Go-Bots]]'', followed later by ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (toyline)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (toyline)|Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy]]'', which are part of [[Playskool Heroes]].

==Fandom==
"Playskool" is also a loosely defined pejorative (sometimes written "Playskoolish") used to deride toys deemed [[Pokeformers|childish]]. This tends to include [[Bumblebee (G1)|stylized "cartoonish" designs]], [[Ironhide (G1)|bright colors]], [[Constructicon (G1)|gimmicks]], and generally anything that was [[Articulation|not present]] in the speaker's favorite Transformers when they were between the ages of 8 and 12. On a fairer note, "Playskoolishness" might also be attributed to the simpler engineering and paintjobs in more recent figures, although that doesn't necessarily reflect all uses of the term.

How this will affect children growing up on <strike>''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]</strike> <strike>[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]</strike> <strike>[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]</strike> <strike>[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]</strike> <strike>[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]</strike> <strike>[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]</strike> <strike>[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]</strike>'' <strike>[[Live-action film series|the new movies]]</strike> <strike> ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''</strike> <strike>''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]''</strike> <strike>''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]''</strike> <strike>''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''</strike> <strike>''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''</strike> <strike>''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (franchise)|Rescue Bots Academy]]''</strike> ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]]'' has yet to be seen.

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Tyger Pax

2024-02-21T16:06:17Z

LilMissImpossible: He was known as this at that point

[[File:Movie Prequel 1 Tyger Pax before & after.jpg|upright=2.2|right|thumb|The coloring process was not kind to Tyger Pax.]]
'''Tyger Pax''' is a circularly built [[Polities of Cybertron|settlement]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with a structure focusing on its center. It has the reputation of being idyllic and tranquil.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
The end of the [[Border Wars]] was marked by the victory of the [[Autobot]]s over the other splinter factions, which gave them the edge to convince the [[Decepticon]]s and the [[Ultracon]]s to sign a peace treaty. The three leaders, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], came together in Tyger Pax to formalize the treaty. It was all working out nicely, but then [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon faction]] crashed the conference with the intent of bringing down the whole of their enemies and rivals at once. The fight initially proceeded in favor of the Predacons, but the joined forces of the peace treaty factions turned the tide when they got over their surprise. Yet with everything seeming back under control, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] suddenly showed up and announced his return from millions of years of absence, bringing with him a gazillion [[Air Warrior]]s that easily intimidated all factions into [[Age of Internment|surrender]]. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
Tyger Pax was close to [[Alyon]], but was reduced to wilderness by the "resetting" of Cybertron. [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]], [[Swift (G1)|Swift]], [[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] passed through a canyon in Tyger Pax while traveling from [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to Alyon, and there discovered crystallized contaminated [[energon]] originating from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} While searching Tyger Pax for [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], the Dinobots discovered a laboratory in a cave where the Decepticon had been using the energon to experiment on [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]]. The laboratory was destroyed when [[Slag (G1)]] self-destructed. {{storylink|The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation}}

===Live-action film series===
====Risk====
[[File:RiskBoard.jpg|upright|thumb|250px]]
Tyger Pax lies surrounded by [[Unicron]], the [[Praetorus Wharf]], [[Nova Cronum]], [[Central City (Cybertron)|Central City]], and the area where the [[High Council Pavilions]] can be found. {{storylink|Risk: Cybertron War Edition|Risk}}
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====IDW movie comics====
[[Movie timeline|Before the war]], a number of [[Transformer|Cybertronians]] opposed the reign of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. Four of these so-called [[Malcontent]]s were holed up in Tyger Pax, where they were hunted down and murdered by the [[Defense Force]]. Megatron used the incident to convince Optimus to give him full leadership over Cybertron, so that he could do what was needed to protect its population. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}} Optimus Prime obliged, and not much later, the Defense Force reformed itself into a faction, the [[Decepticon]]s, and declared war on the [[Autobot]]s of the [[Science Division]]. On [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]'s advice, the Autobots decided to leave their makeshift base at [[Burthov]] and set up a better, permanent one in Tyger Pax. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

[[File:Defiance 4 Tyger Pax base.jpg|upright=1.67|right|thumb]]
The move took place while the Decepticons were occupied with the construction of a [[Nemesis (ROTF)|massive starship]] for unknown reasons. When the Autobots had properly installed themselves in their new base, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] were sent out to spy on the Decepticons at [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]]. They found out about the starship and reported back to base. The Autobots did not know what possibly the Decepticons could need it for, but they did realize it would be a good idea to acquire a similar ship of their own. [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] suggested they'd repair an [[Ark (Movie)|old transport ship]] recovered some time ago, which was agreed on. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} Much later, Optimus Prime and [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] watched the Decepticons' starship, the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', leave Cybertron.

[[File:Foundation 3 Tyger Pax Nemesis.jpg|upright=1.67|left|thumb]]
As the war dragged on, Sentinel Prime came up with a plan to stop the Decepticons, which required the Autobots to get a "torch" to the [[AllSpark]] in the [[Simfur Temple]] for it to become charged with the cube's energy. This was a problematic mission, as [[Simfur]] was in Decepticon hands, and thus a good strategy had to be prepared. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} With most of the Autobots keeping the Decepticons busy, [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] got the torch filled with energy and subsequently made a run for it to a place the Autobots had prepared two ships. Sentinel Prime instructed [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] to take one of them and get the rest of the Autobots at Tyger Pax. Sentinel Prime's death shortly after made this unnecessary and Optimus Prime ordered the Autobots at Simfur to retreat and regroup at Tyger Pax.

[[File:MoviePrequel1 Arcee Bumblebee.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb]]
With Sentinel Prime gone, Optimus Prime became sole leader of the Autobots. His first act was to take the AllSpark out of Decepticon hands {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}} but the rest of the war didn't yield any decisive victories, despite the growing army of Autobots. Tyger Pax became less important as base and when finally the war was becoming a danger to Cybertron itself, Optimus Prime had the AllSpark secretly moved to Tyger Pax to be shot into space as he believed the [[Decepticon]]s would never look for it there. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}} To ensure they would not prevent the launch and claim the AllSpark after all, Optimus Prime made both factions believe the AllSpark was returned to Simfur, stationing only a small squad of Autobots under the command of Bumblebee at Tyger Pax so as not to draw attention to the city on one hand, but to have some defense ready on the other if the Decepticons showed up there despite his diversion. Of the Autobots sent to Tyger Pax, only Bumblebee was informed of the plan, though even he was not told exactly where in the city the AllSpark was located.

[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] indeed showed up, ''sensing'' the AllSpark. Using Optimus Prime's tactics against him, he had instructed [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and his troops to keep the rest of the Autobot army stuck at Simfur so he could easily defeat the squad at Tyger Pax. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} The Autobots did give the Decepticons a run for their <s>money</s> AllSpark, bringing down entire buildings to try stop them, but the odds were never in their favor. When the remaining Autobots were captured, some being tortured, Megatron threatened Bumblebee to tell him the location of the AllSpark immediately. Stoically, Bumblebee kept Megatron distracted to buy the last bits of time needed for the launch. Enraged, Megatron tore out Bumblebee's vocal mechanism before finally giving chase to the AllSpark.

Bumblebee and the other survivors were picked up shortly after by Autobot reinforcements and brought to safety. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}}

====Titan movie comics====
Tyger Pax was a wealthy city that got through the war quite well. Owning an abode there was a sign of a luxurious lifestyle. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|Starscream's Stars #2.4}}

[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] was [[Hatchling|hatched]] and raised in Tyger Pax. At the age of four, he had made a habit out of hanging around near the primary heat exchangers in the downtown area. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Law and Disorder #2.7}}

===''TransTech''===
The historical records kept in the city of Tyger Pax inspired [[Optimus Prime (TransTech)|Optimus Prime]] to pursue a career in politics. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|Optimus Prime's profile}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====Aligned novels====
Tyger Pax was destroyed during the [[AllSpark]]'s launch into space, after which this [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] maimed [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s vocoder. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
Bumblebee was maimed by the Decepticons when he was captured at Tyger Pax. Ratchet managed save his life, but was unable to repair his voice box. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

==Merchandise==
* '''RISK TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON Battle Edition''' (2007)
: Tyger Pax is one of the green zones on the board.

==Notes==
*The [[pseudocanon]]ical text story ''[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]'' explores the AllSpark's launch in the [[Aligned continuity family]].

===Foreign names===
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tyger Pax''' (泰戈派克斯 ''Tàigē Pàikèsī'')

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LilMissImpossible:

[[File:Gérard Surugue.JPG|220px|thumb]]
'''Gérard Surugue''' (b. [[March 12]], [[1946]]) is a French actor very active in dubbing.

As a voice actor, he is the regular voice of Richard Kind, Martin Klebba (notably in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' saga) and one of the voices of Steve Schirripa.

In animation, his two most iconic roles are the voices of Garfield and Bugs Bunny. Also active in videogame dubbings, he is known as Rumble ([[Rumble_(disambiguation)|no relation]]) in ''League of Legends'', Colonel Victor Hoffman in the ''Gears of War'' saga or more recently Wainwright Jakobs in ''Borderlands 3''.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen''===
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]]
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''===
*Wheelie
===''Transformers: The Last Knight''===
*Wheelie

==Notes==
* In a recent interview, he explained about the dubbing of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' that [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] was so concerned about leaks that the first time he went to the recording studio, he could not see anything on the screen, just a circle with a black and white, blurred version of [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]]. The only thing he had as a visual support was the [beautiful] mouth of his character. Every time he came back to the studio, the background had changed, the color of the robot too, even the voice lines to record were different. Makes us wonder if he ever had the chance to see his character entirely.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/live/Sbp9Y3qcNQs?feature=share&t=1973 Interview of Gérard Surugue, details about the dubbing of ''Transformers'']</ref>
*He dubbed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] for his cameo in the ''Family Guy'' episode "Tiegs for Two".
*He also was born the same day as fellow Garfield and Megatron voice actor [[Frank Welker]].
*He meows better than a real cat.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{w|lang=fr|Gérard Surugue|Wikipedia entry}} ''(French)''
*[https://wikidoublage.fandom.com/fr/wiki/G%C3%A9rard_Surugue Wiki Doublage page]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0839726/ IMDb entry]

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Blitzwing (G1)/2005 IDW continuity

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Fox News Channel

2024-02-17T18:44:25Z

LilMissImpossible: Feel like this is worth including

[[Image:DOTM-BillOReilly.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Must... resist urge... to make... political crack...]]

'''Fox News''' {{sic}}''' Channel''' is a television opinion network. It may be related to [[Fox Kids]], but who knows.

==Fiction==

===Dark of the Moon film===
[[Seymour Simmons]] appeared on [[Bill O'Reilly]]'s Fox News program to promote his book. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==External links==
*[http://www.foxnews.com/ Fox News Channel's website]
*{{w|Fox News Channel}} on Wikipedia

[[Category:News programs]]

Mystery colony planet

2024-02-14T15:50:15Z

LilMissImpossible: Minor re-edit

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[[File:CombinerWars_c4_Garnakworld.jpg|thumb|upright=2|[http://twitter.com/apemiik Jungle Thick]]]
A '''mystery colony planet''' orbiting three suns was briefly visited by [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] combatants during the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]]. Though home to organic beings resembling [[Garnak]], it also has a distinctly Cybertronian-looking [[space bridge]].

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
When a laser blast fired by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] hit the control panel of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[space bridge]], the Titan locked onto another space bridge on an organic world home to a volcano and a giant temple in the shape of a head. A brawling [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] fell through the portal, quickly followed by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. The newly-combined [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] soon followed them through, {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} and, with his [[Autobot]] allies, managed to force Menasor and Devastator back through the space bridge to [[Velocitron|another world]]. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

==Notes==
*"Garnakworld" is something of an outlier among the planets seen in ''[[Combiner Wars (comic)|Combiner Wars]]''—even though it's one of the locations that Metroplex locked onto and is home to its own spacebridge, it never comes up again as part of the "[[Cybertronian colonies|thirteen colonies]]" storyline that ran through IDW's comics in the lead-up to ''[[Transformers: Unicron]]''. If one wanted to {{w|Marvel No-Prize|no-prize}} it, it might be possible that the planet is a previously unseen part of one of the other colony worlds such as [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]], [[Tsiehshi]] or [[Prion (planet)|Prion]]. Alternatively, the space bridge was separated a long distance from the Titan who used to own it.

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Turbo Master

2024-02-05T12:04:39Z

LilMissImpossible: Lol

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{{disambig3|Turbomaster}}
:''Turbo Master is a [[Decepticon]] [[Action Master Elite]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Turbomaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|I'm never getting out, am I?]]

'''Turbo Master''' lives for the sky; supreme domination of a war is accomplished through air superiority. A loner, Turbo Master has no affection from fellow Decepticons, certainly not after ruining their [[Cybertronian games|Cyber-poker]] games with his annoying hovering. That's all right for Turbo Master, though, as he'd much rather spend his spare time testing weapons on Autobot leisure spots, ruining their vacations.

What a jerk.

In battle, Turbo Master prefers to burn through the Autobots, never stopping to think. There's no time to when you're trying for the complete and utter destruction of your enemies.<ref>Generation 1 Turbo Master toy bio</ref>
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==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:MTMTE12 magnus in action.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1|I exist! I matter!]]
Turbo Master was part of a group of Decepticons led by [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snap Trap]] and [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] who occupied the [[Temptoria]]n capital of [[Sensensica]]. The Autobot crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' confronted the Decepticons, driving them off. Turbo Master vainly attempted to bring down [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] during the battle, and got shot in the chest. {{storylink|Before & After}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1toy-TurboMaster.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Why won't anybody ever color Bruticus into me?]]
<ul class ="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Turbo Master''' (Action Master Elite, [[1991]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 wing blades, 2 propellers, left & right tail fin units
{{toydesigner|[[Andy Couzens]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Released in the seventh year of the [[The Transformers (European toyline)|European-market ''Transformers'' toyline]] (the first year following the end of the US line), Turbo Master is an [[Action Master Elite]], the only variety of [[Action Master]]s that could actually transform into an (admittedly tenuous) alternate mode; Turbo Master transforms into a "dual propeller vertical take-off plane", if lying on one's back with arms and legs in the air can be considered a vehicle. One of the (Bruticus-esque) shoulder cannons is a button which causes both fists to spin simultaneously. The action feature works in both modes: two small helicopter rotors plug into the fists and spin in VTOL plane mode, while the two wings serve as spinning blades when held in robot mode. Turbo Master also has an undocumented pair of holes on either side of his gimmick "backpack" meant for storing the wings in robot mode.

: Like the other Action Master Elites, he was only released in Europe and Australasia. As such, he can command some pretty exorbitant prices for a complete, clean figure, even loose. Of the four Elites, Turbo Master is least often found complete due to having many more small removable parts than the other three.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1991/Decepticon/Turbomaster/turbomaster.htm More information on Turbo Master at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

==Notes==
* Like the majority of the Action Master Elites, Turbo Master is an homage to a pre-existing character, with Turbo Master's head and torso evoking [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].
* Although Turbo Master apparently represents Bruticus, at one point Hasbro considered creating a different, non-Elite Action Master Bruticus toy. This toy, as shown in concept art in ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]] Deluxe'', would have looked much more like Bruticus than Turbo Master does, with a closer head and chest plate, much closer coloring, and limbs more closely resembling his combiner parts.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Turbo Master''' (ターボマスター ''Tābo Masutā'')

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