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Talk:Sundor

2026-01-31T10:43:28Z

Miniconcollector1991:

== Sundor, secret Decepticon agent!? ==
Please excuse my poor English. I own the Cassettron Set Kiss Players Position, but the Box or instruction's bios does not say he is a Decepticon. Yes, yes, his function is a spy. But it does not mean he is a Decepticon.--[[User:Miniconcollector1991|Miniconcollector1991]] ([[User talk:Miniconcollector1991|talk]]) 05:22, 31 January 2026 (EST)

Sorry, instruction's story say he is a Decepticon spy. My bad.--[[User:Miniconcollector1991|Miniconcollector1991]] ([[User talk:Miniconcollector1991|talk]]) 05:43, 31 January 2026 (EST)

Talk:Sundor

2026-01-31T10:22:07Z

Miniconcollector1991: Created page with "== Sundor, secret Decepticon agent!? == Please excuse my poor English. I own the Cassettron Set Kiss Players Position, but the Box or instruction's bios does not say he is a D..."

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2018-07-06T19:32:03Z

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Naoto Tsushima

2017-12-03T09:58:48Z

Miniconcollector1991:

[[File:Naoto Tsushima Tokyo Comi-con.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|]]
'''Naoto Tsushima''' (津島直人 ''Tsushima Naoto''), also known as '''NAOTO''', born [[January 25]], [[1973]], is a Japanese [[manga]] artist from [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. He primarily works on boy comics and toy-related comics, such as ''[[Wikipedia:Super Robot Wars|Super Robot Wars]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Gundam|Gundam]]'' and the 2003-era ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' pack-in manga.

His works can be spotted in ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'', ''[[Super Robot Magazine]]'', and ''[[Wikipedia:Gundam Ace|Gundam Ace]]''.

==Major works==
*''[[Transformers: The Battle of the Star Gate]]''
*[[Robotmasters (pack-in manga)|''Robotmasters'' pack-in manga]]
*[[Robotmasters (online manga)|''Robotmasters'' online manga]]
*''[[Asterisk Story]]''
*"[[Optimus Prime VS Scourge]]"
*[[Energon Volume 4|''Transformers: Energon'' Volume 4]]
*[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (pack-in manga)|''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers'' pack-in manga]]
**"[[Starscream's Ambition]]"
*[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (Comic Bun Bun)|''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers'' ''Comic Bun Bun'' manga]]
*''[[Transformers Animated: The Cool]]'' (under "NAOTO")
*"[[A New Battle!]]"
*"[[Keroro Gunsō × Transformers]]"
*"[[A Tale of the Pretenders|Transformers: Super-God Masterforce: A Tale of the Pretenders]]"
*''[[Transformers: All Spark]]''
*''[[Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (comic)|Transformers GT: Mission GT-R]]''
*''[[Alone Together]]'' (with [[Evan Gauntt]])
*''[[Transformers Cloud (issue)|Transformers Cloud]]''
*''[[The Return of Blurr]]'' script-reading storybook illustrations
*''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|The Transformers]]'' [[Now and On Earth|#42]] retailer incentive cover (with [[Lei Kagami]]), [[All Hail Optimus Part 3: The Medium and the Message|#52]] Phase 6 exclusive cover (with [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Josh Perez]])
*''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[The Frail Gaze|#42]] retailer incentive cover (with [[Yamaishi]])
*''[[The Transformers: Windblade]]'' [[Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|#4]] retailer incentive cover (with [[Jet Enter]])
*''[[Movie Trilogy]]''
*''[[The Transformers: Till All Are One]]'' [[Informed|''Revolution'' one-shot]]

==Packaging art==
===[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]===
{{collist|3|
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Streak]]
* [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cybertron Cheetus]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys|Cyclonus]]
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
* [[Galvatron (G1)/toys|Galvatron]]
* [[Hot Shot (Henkei!)|Cybertron Hot Rod]]
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
* [[Octane|Destron Octone]]
* [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]
* [[Ratchet (G1)/toys|Ratchet]]
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Alert]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Lambor]]
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
}}

===Transformers Gum===
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]]
* [[Inferno (G1)#Transformers Gum|Inferno]]

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
File:Sgb1 firstcontact titlepage.jpg|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] in a parade in "[[First Contact (Star Gate)|First Contact]]".
File:RobotMasters2cover.jpg|[[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]], [[Victory Leo]], and Victory Saber. From "[[The Victory Warriors Enter!!]]".
File:Henkei 04 cover.jpg|[[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]], and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] from the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (pack-in manga)|''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga]].
File:Tfthecool.JPG|So, [[Transformers Animated: The Cool|"Yay!" or "Uh-oh"]]?
</gallery>

*''[[:Category:Images by Naoto Tsushima|Extended Naoto Tsushima gallery]]''</center>

==Notes==
*Before creating ''[[Transformers Animated: The Cool|The Cool]]'' for ''[[Kerokero Ace]]'', Tsushima's previous work for the publication was the final volume of ''SD Gundam Sangokuden''. In tribute to this he created a series of fan art which pairs characters from ''The Cool/Animated'' with ''Sangokuden'' counterparts.

==External links==
* [http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~t-naoto/ Tsushimaya Honten]
* [[wikipedia:ja:津島直人|Naoto Tsushima]] at Japanese Wikipedia
* [http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=763853 Naoto Tsushima's pixiv page] (Japanese, login required)
* [http://twitter.com/naototsushima Naoto Tsushima's Twitter feed] (Japanese)

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[[Category:Illustrators]]

File:Naoto Tsushima Tokyo Comi-con.jpg

2017-12-03T09:54:17Z

Miniconcollector1991: Naoto Tsushima at the Tokyo Comic Con 2017. {{fairuse}} Category:Illustrator images

[[Naoto Tsushima]] at the Tokyo Comic Con 2017.

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Grimlock (RID 2015)

2017-06-10T12:49:23Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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{{disambig3.5|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Dinobot|the character from the video games|Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock}}
:''Grimlock is a former [[Decepticon]] [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]] turned [[Autobot]] Dinobot from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Grimlock-RID2015promorender.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|Another [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock]] who is green and can speak in full sentences? Well, at least this time he turns into a dinosaur.]]

'''Grimlock''' is a wild card among the Autobots. Huge and powerful, he's also headstrong and reckless. He transforms into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', a powerful form that's essentially a wrecking ball on two legs. It’s not the subtlest [[alternate mode]] around, but Grimlock isn't one for subtlety.

Grimlock's what you might call a 'bot of action; he has little patience for complicated strategies and prefers to think of plans on the fly. Of course, his usual "plan" starts and stops at "punch it". He’s not a particularly ''skilled'' fighter, eschewing guns and blasters in favor of his own fists, but when you’re a heavy-hitting [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]], sheer force is often all you need to get the job done. Grimlock’s fights involve a lot of collateral damage, and the big guy's not the brightest 'bot around - he's a bit clumsy and has a tendency to both underestimate ''and'' overestimate his own strength. Even so, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] recognizes that the myriad advantages of having a robotic dinosaur on their side outweigh the downsides, and Grimlock is always excited at the prospect of smashing up some of his monstrous inmates from his days aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''.

Although his raw strength is enough to head most problems off at the pass, Grimlock’s impulsiveness and often childlike behavior has sometimes landed him in trouble, especially after he bites off more than he can chew. Fortunately, he's tough and tenacious enough to fight his way right back out again. There is little he fears, but since coming to [[Earth]] Grimlock has developed a new phobia— a mortal dread of kittens.

Sometimes he works with the [[Mini-Con]] [[Volcano (Adventure)|Volcano]].

He can also combine with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] to form [[Ultra Bee|Ultra Bee]].

{{quote|I hear fighting! Who's fighting?! I wanna fight!|Grimlock's first words out of his stasis cell|''[[Pilot (Part 1)]]''}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Khary Payton]] (English), [[Frank Welker]] (roar sound effect), [[Masaomi Yamahashi]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Sergio Romanò]] (Italian), [[Marco Kröger]] (German), [[Yasser Azzat]] (Arabic), [[Aku Laitinen]] (Finnish)}}

[[File:PilotPart2 Grimlock dino mode.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Me Grimlock look good in green!]]
Grimlock was arrested for causing severe property damage {{storylink|True Colors}} and imprisoned in a [[stasis pod|stasis cell]] aboard the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''. After the ship crash-landed on Earth, his was one of the only stasis cells to remain largely intact after the impact, although the cell's actual "stasis" function was disabled. While Bumblebee, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] tangled with the Decepticon criminal [[Underbite]], Grimlock managed to partially break free of his cell, and enthusiastically tried to join in the fight. Before he could do so, he was restrained by [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], who zapped him with a taser attachment. Eventually, Grimlock managed to goad Underbite into a rage to help "free" him. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Grimlock pursued the Decepticon to a scrapyard, though Underbite proved too much for him to handle. Joining up with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team, Grimlock enthusiastically helped bring Underbite in, and after they succeeded, Bumblebee put Grimlock on probation. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

[[File:TrustExercises boating.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sailing for adventure on the big blue wet thing.]]

Grimlock was the only member of Bumblebee's team to successfully complete the trust exercises, and as a result Bumblebee took him to investigate an attack on the oil tanker ''[[Windward]]''. The pair tussled with [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]], though Grimlock ended up stranded at the bottom of the sea. The duo subsequently tracked the Decepticon to a nearby oil refinery and managed to catch him in a barrel. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}} Grimlock was instrumental in capturing the Decepticon [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. Later, he joined in the hunt for [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] and wound up on guard duty. He decided to interfere anyway, and wound up getting stung into submission by Chop Shop's various components. His conspicuous alternate mode meant that he couldn't join in on the next attempt to bring in Chop Shop, so he wound up keeping [[Russell Clay|Russell]] company at the scrapyard. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

When the team split up to search the [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences|Crown City museum]] for a Decepticon, Grimlock briefly tangled with [[Terrashock]] in a planetarium, but came off second best. Bumblebee eventually came up with a way to hunt the Decepticon on his own terms, which Grimlock enjoyed immensely. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} Trying to protect a generator from [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], Grimlock ended up being left on guard by himself and was trounced by the Decepticon. Grimlock was knocked silly, suddenly believing he could fly, and had to be helped back to the scrapyard by Strongarm. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}}

[[File:AsTheKospegoCommands Grimlock poised and ready.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Me Grimlock get ready to rumble!]]

Grimlock's attempts to disguise his beast mode as a truck were less than successful, resulting in him being left at the scrapyard when Bee and the others were hunting for [[Filch]] near Crown City. It later turned out they needed him after all, but only to hold up a bridge. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} A [[cyber-tick]] named [[Minitron]] took control of Grimlock, forcing him to fight his friends and then make off with Underbite's stasis pod. The other Autobots followed him to [[Crown River Dam]] where Minitron met with [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Although Minitron tried to goad the Autobots into attacking one another, Grimlock managed to pin him down and subdue him. As a reward, Grimlock was formally inducted into the Autobot ranks. {{storylink|True Colors}}

While Bumblebee and Strongarm were away on a mission, Sideswipe and Grimlock got to be spectators for a feud between Fixit and Denny. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}} After [[Ped (RID)|Ped]] raided the Bots' energon supply, the others left Grimlock to guard what was left, and went to hunt the Decepticon. Later as they attempted to trap Ped, Grimlock himself became trapped at the bottom of a pit Ped dug. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} After a run-in with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] left Bumblebee with reduced maturity, Strongarm and Grimlock went to hunt the Decepticon in a carnival, only to be joined by their leader. Grimlock got used as a steed and experienced a carnival ride before Quillfire was captured. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

When [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to Earth to collect the bounty on Bumblebee, Grimlock was captured by the Decepticon to use as a ransom along with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} As Bumblebee's team pursued [[Malodor]] and three other [[Skunkticon]]s, Grimlock found himself repeatedly sprayed with their debilitating toxin, and was briefly taken hostage by the Decepticon quartet. He helped capture the Skunkticons, but was again sprayed with toxin in the process. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

The Autobots encountered the Decepticon [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], whom Grimlock found extremely creepy. The Autobots were led to tangle with Steeljaw's gang. Grimlock once again battled Underbite, and managed to gain the upper hand by force-feeding the [[Chompazoid]] plastic. The Decepticons were subdued and briefly captured until Steeljaw slipped his cuffs and caused a distraction. While Grimlock and the other Autobots were preoccupied with a runaway garbage barge, the Decepticons escaped. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

[[file:RobotsHaveNightmares Grimlock dream.jpg|thumb|right|300px|For rescuing a stray cat from a truck, Grimlock was forced to marry the Cat Prince.]]

Grimlock joined Russel for a night of scary movies, and unsuccessfully tried to frighten the young human, who claimed not to be afraid of anything. Along with the rest of the Autobots, he later travelled to a local cave system in search of [[Nightstrike]]. The Decepticon got the drop on the team and incapacitated all of them with his fear-inducing scream, forcing Grimlock to have nightmares about kittens. Although the Autobots escaped and managed to capture Nightstrike, Grimlock was still jumpy in spite of his claims to the contrary, and quickly fled at the sight of a local stray cat. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Grimlock was later dispatched to the Crown City subway system to track down another Decepticon contact, although Strongarm was less than enthused about having to tow the Dinobot all the way there. By the time they had arrived, they discovered that the demented scientist [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], had stolen Sideswipe's body, and was all too eager to try it out on the Autobots. Strongarm fought Vertebreak, but Grimlock was held up by passing trains. The Autobots eventually manage to take in Vertebreak, but Grimlock was too slow to outrun the oncoming train, forcing the other wheeled Autobots to carry him and the Decepticon to safety. {{storylink|Some Body, Any Body}}

Russell explained to Grimlock about the notion of "paying it forward", which confused Grimlock. With the help of the newly arrived Drift and his Mini-Cons, Grimlock helped to recapture a tank that had been commandeered by an escaped Quillfire and Springload... and deliberately made sure not to catch either of the falling Decepticons. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

During a training exercise, Grimlock was injured by a falling piece of debris. Feeling that he was "the muscle" of the team and couldn't let his teammates down, Grimlock did his best to hide the injury from Bumblebee. This would eventually have repercussions when the team went underwater in pursuit of [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], who had broken into an abandoned Cybertronian spaceship. The Dinobot steadily grew weaker and less focused, unable to fight off the ship's various security measures. Eventually, Grimlock told Bumblebee the truth about the injury,and on returning to base he was patched up by Fixit. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

[[File:TFRIDTheChampGrimlockKick.jpg|thumb|left|300px|He crimefighting covers up a basic insecurity.]]

Grimlock's increasingly brazen shows of strength did not have the desired effect; one stunt wound up almost injuring Russell. When the other Autobots headed into Crown City in pursuit of [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] and [[Headlock]], Grimlock's dinosaur alternate mode meant that he couldn't tag along. When the [[GroundBridge]] malfunctioned, however, he got his chance. With a rollcage welded to his back, Grimlock posed as "Dino-Bash", a human-built robot piloted by Denny, and challenged Groundpounder in a demolition derby at the Crown City [[Rumbledome]]. Groundpounder was eager to tangle with a real Dinobot, and initially gained the upper hand. Grimlock- with Fixit's assistance- was able to nail Groundpounder with his signature cannonball move... but not without almost bringing down the entire arena. {{storylink|The Champ}}

After Fixit reverted to his sentry programming, Grimlock was menaced by the various security measures around the scrapyard. Things were compounded by the return of Chop Shop, although Grimlock helped to bring in the Decepticon thief once again. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} Grimlock joined the gang to investigate a Decepticon signal that belonged to [[Kickback (RID)|Kickback]]. After returning to base, they discovered that Steeljaw had broken in and taken Fixit and the humans hostage. In the ensuing fight, Grimlock easily trounced Clampdown with a few well-placed tail smacks. {{storylink|Lockout}}

[[File:SimilarlyDifferent Grimlock catches rubble.jpg|thumb|right|380px]]
Grimlock eventually grew bored with his routine duties, and yearned for the days when he could simply smash whatever he wanted to. While on patrol he encountered [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], another Dinobot. The duo happily destroyed an old demolition site, but Grimlock realized that he had to do the right thing and arrest Scowl. Scowl managed to win him over and Grimlock let him walk free, on the condition that he never harm a human. Unfortunately for Grimlock, Scowl was actually one of Thunderhoof's old goons, and the Autobots rolled out to bring him in. Grimlock had to fight against a vengeful Scowl at a train station, where he helped redirect an oncoming train, and later at a spa, where he finally managed to overcome the other Dinobot with the help of a stone sculpture. Grimlock was saddened by the outcome of the fight, and mused that Scowl had never intended to change his violent ways. {{storylink|Similarly Different}}

The Autobots discovered [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]], a charismatic 'bot who had been sent to Earth by [[Primus]] eons ago. With their ranks temporarily bolstered, Grimlock helped the team go after [[Zizza]], discovering her hiding spot at a nearby airport and then distracting her mind-controlled human pilots. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}} Grimlock began feeling homesick for Cybertron and the [[Acid Wastes]]. Bumblebee tried to cheer up the team by taking them to [[Edmondville]], where they discovered the Decepticon [[Shifter]] [[Pseudo]]. Although Pseudo temporarily masqueraded as Grimlock, the team were able to spot the imposter and recapture him. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

After Strongarm and Sideswipe were kidnapped by Decepticons, Grimlock joined the remaining Autobots and Windblade for a raid on their hideout. When the Decepticons absconded to the [[Crown City Colossus]] with their hostages, Grimlock took the direct route by travelling underwater, although he was barred from destroying the portal by Clampdown. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} Now with [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] on the loose, Grimlock teamed up with his allies- including a reborn Optimus Prime - against Megatronus and the other Decepticons. Grimlock managed to distract Megatronus long enough for the other Autobots to bring down part of the statue on their foe. In the aftermath, Grimlock opted to stay on Earth with the rest of the team. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

Grimlock was alarmed when [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] projected a vision on his flank. Following a GroundBridge explosion, Grimlock helped (badly) to clear up and along with Bumblebee and Strongarm, was defeated by [[Overload (RID)|Overload]] when the Decepticon arrived at the scrapyard. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} After tracking Overload to a parking lot, the team split up with Grimlock and Strongarm trying to track the Cyclone Mini-Cons. They soon realized they'd actually been tracking humans, however Grimlock came up with a plan that let them maintain their cover. They caught up with Bumblebee in time to help take Overload back to base. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

[[File:Suspended Grimlock rolls out.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot. So my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the Cretaceous, green, terrible...]]
Despite Strongarm's coaching, Grimlock was unable to establish the same level of teamwork with her that she'd had with Sideswipe, leading to them bungling the capture of [[Saberhorn]]. They eventually managed to successfully work together at the steel mill, however Grimlock ended up throwing Saberhorn through a wall and inadvertently allowing the Decepticon to escape. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} Grimlock took part in the pursuit of [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] and [[Slicedice]], during which he was able to help save some motorists accidentally endangered by Strongarm. He later helped Bumblebee try to deal with a fire caused by the two Cons, but they ended up requiring Strongarm's help to rescue some humans. {{storylink|Suspended}}

[[File:Brainpower-datacylindergonewrong.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Grimlock reads YouTube comments.]]
Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock captured the Mini-Con [[Torpor]], though the mission was nearly botched when Grimlock stumbled in on the other two Autobots as they strategised, tipping their target off to their whereabouts. Feeling that the other Autobots didn't rate his intelligence, Grimlock got Fixit's help him in trying to pass the police academy entrance exam, so that he could prove he was at least smart enough to enter the same fancy school that Strongarm had gone to. However, a mishap resulted in Grimlock downloading the entire content of a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] into his brain. Though it greatly increased his intelligence, it also meant the eventual degradation of his neural pathways and as he joined in the hunt for [[Simacore]], he soon found his new knowledge left him unable to effectively fight. Fixit was able to reverse the process, draining his intelligence away in time for him to defeat Simacore and rescue Bumblebee and Strongarm from a particle accelerator. {{storylink|Brainpower}}

When a wounded Steeljaw turned up at the scrapyard, Bumblebee, Strongarm and Grimlock followed the trail of energon he'd left to a disused drive in where they encountered [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], Crazybolt, and Slicedice. Though Grimlock was beaten down at first, he and Bumblebee were able to defeat and capture them after the latter Autobot distracted the enemy with a magic trick he had learned from Russel, allowing Grimlock to get a second wind. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

[[File:Impounded-grimlocksdisguise.jpg|thumb|left|400px|Robots in Disguise Grimlock disguised as [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|Robots in Disguise Grimlock]].]]
Grimlock grew increasingly bored as the Autobots hunted down a cable in a shipping yard, one of the many components the Decepticons were gathering for their current machinations. He managed to find it, shortly before he was blasted by Springload, and then inadvertently by Bumblebee. The mission a bust, the entire team were left mentally drained after having failed to decipher the Decepticons' motives. Grimlock turned down staking out a [[Rear Axle]] concert, not sharing Bumblebee's enthusiasm for the band, when their next lead pointed to it being the Decepticons' next target. Instead, he practiced his sculpture (which simply involved smashing big rocks into smaller rocks). Bumblebee called for back-up when he encountered Bisk on the mission, and Grimlock joined Strongarm in trying to come to help, only for them to be held up by traffic. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}} When Grimlock almost blew the Autobots' cover by landing in the middle of a crowd while trying to apprehend [[Silverhound]], Bumblebee banned him from going on missions. Fixit came up with a crane disguise for Grimlock to use, and the pair headed out after Bumblebee and Strongarm left to track down Quillfire. Passing himself off as a "Dino Crane," designed to look as it did because "children love dinosaurs," Fixit and Grimlock caught up to their commander and were able to help him and Strongarm capture Quillfire. Bumblebee gave Grimlock's new disguise his approval, allowing him once more to go back into the field. {{storylink|Impounded}}

After an incident with the GroundBridge brought [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] to Earth, Strongarm and Grimlock were knocked out by the Decepticon. They recovered, only to be warped away from the junkyard alongside [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] by a portal created by Soundwave. Working together, Grimlock and Strongarm were able to shut down Laserbeak, then rushed back to the rest of the team. They arrived just as Denny, Fixit, Russel, and Bumblebee managed to get Soundwave back into the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]], and threw the Decepticon Mini-Con back into the other dimension after its master. {{storylink|Portals}} Following another mission, Grimlock joined the stealth team via the GroundBridge, and carried an injured Drift back to base. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

After a chance encounter resulted in [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] joining the team, the Autobots got a lead to the location of the group of Decepticons; an escapee Mini-Con called [[Toolbox]]. They used a ruse to infiltrate the crashed ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' which the Decepticons were using as their "Decepticon Island," during which Grimlock pretended to be a Decepticon returning with Autobot prisoners. Though they made good grounds once inside the ship, one of the other slave Mini-Cons blurted out a greeting to Toolbox upon seeing him returned, betraying the Autobots' presence. Grimlock's team were surrounded by the bulk of the Alchemor's remaining Decepticons soon afterwards. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Thanks to Windblade providing them with an impromptu distraction, the rest of the Autobots were able to make a break for it and split up into smaller groups. Strongarm, Grimlock, and Sideswipe were sent to try and free the Mini-Cons being held captive by the Decepticons. They ended up in a communications room where they encountered Groundpounder and Thunderhoof. Still holding a grudge against Grimlock since their last encounter, Groundpounder beat down the Dinobot while Thunderhoof dealt with the other two Autobots. Sideswipe eventually managed to incapacitate the Decepticons by using nearby equipment to broadcast a high-frequency signal, holding onto consciousness for seconds longer than the Decepticons. After using the communications equipment to free the Mini-Cons, the trio escaped the ship before the [[cryo-gas]] bomb froze everyone aboard.

With the Decepticon threat now finally dealt with, several Autobots decided to head back to their homeworld. Grimlock was not among them, choosing instead to stay behind with Bumblebee on Earth to set up a permanent base of operations, should any more peril befall the planet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

Bumblebee took his team on a tour of interesting locations on Earth, culminating in them visiting the remains of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], only to find a strange bomb had been set up to detonate. Grimlock was partnered with Strongarm when the team split up, only to end up stepping on a mine. He was unable to move for fear of setting the mine off, until Bumblebee found him and revealed that the "mine" was just an old armor buffer. {{storylink|History Lessons}} When Bumblebee split up the team to search sites of Cybertronian significance, Grimlock was assigned look in western [[China]]. The team was accidentally bridged back to the scrapyard instead of [[Mount St. Hilary]] because Denny and Russell didn't know what they were doing. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}}

After one too many accidents, Grimlock was disgruntled when Bumblebee only assigned him one mission in the search for Cybertronian relics. During his mission, he encountered Brother [[Gunter]], who set about teaching him patience via the medium of pretzel manufacture. [[Thermidor]] and [[Tricerashot]] turned up at the monastery, resulting in Grimlock calling in the rest of the team, however ultimately it was the patience he'd learned that allowed Grimlock to defeat the scavenger. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

When Team Bee found a [[high energy pulse generator]] in [[Egypt]], Grimlock carried it back to the scrapyard using his crane mode, however the device was destroyed anyway when it threatened to fry their brains. Following an invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, the team lost both their own Mini-Cons and their leader, after they were abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Joined by Optimus, the team split up to search for Starscream. Grimlock was first on the scene when Strongarm and Sideswipe ran into the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, but the ensuing hostilities ended when the Mini-Cons recognized Optimus, and the two groups teamed up. A short time later, they ran into the Scavengers, and then during the fight with them, the Mini-Cons were captured by Starscream. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Grimlock linked with Tricerashot, who'd avoided being captured, and took out the Scavengers. He and the rest of the team located Starscream's ship, and during the ensuing battle with the Decepticons, they were knocked out by Starscream. They eventually managed to defeat Starscream, despite him successfully merging with the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, by dragging him down into range of Fixit's signal so he could be de-merged. After farewelling Optimus and the Mini-Cons, Team Bee split up to search more Cybertronian sites. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Without any Decepticons to punch, Grimlock passed his time playing tic-tac-toe with his own tail. He joined Bumblebee and Drift as they traveled to [[Grand Valley]] to face a Decepticon. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} Grimlock found himself at a disadvantage as he was unable to outrun [[Heatseeker]]'s guided missiles, but he managed to serve as a distraction for Bumblebee and Drift to move in. The mission ended with the entire team somehow being merged into one robot, though they were unconscious at the time. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

Impressed by the abilities of Drift's pupils, Grimlock decided to become Drift's "poodle" too. As the team attempted to capture [[Crustacion]] in [[Antarctica]], Grimlock's attempts to put Drift's teachings into practice were surprisingly successful, and he was instrumental in capturing the 'Con. {{storylink|Defrosted}} Grimlock and the rest of the team joined up with the [[Rescue Bot]] [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] was they attempted to recapture [[Ragebyte]]. {{storylink|Blurred}}

Grimlock, along with the rest of the team, found himself drawn to possess the [[Sphere of Doradus]] thanks to the strange energies it gave off. He was later able to overcome this desire thanks to his love of punching, and took part in the capture of Springload. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} Grimlock was part of a mission to [[West Rock]], and used his crane disguise to block the city's only exit to prevent [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]] escaping. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

{{spoiler|The Great Divide|June 10}}
During another attempt to capture Drag Strip, a methane explosion caused the team to again merge into a giant robot, though Grimlock was disappointed to find he was the legs. Afterwards, the team had to cope with having two Sideswipes as they continued to try to get back the relic Drag Strip had stolen. {{storylink|The Great Divide}}

===''Robots In Disguise'' shorts===
After accidentally stomping on Fixit several times during the day, Grimlock somehow got the Mini-Con stuck to his foot.
{{Storylink|Fixit Jam}} Grimlock was lent a [[Decepticon Hunter]] so he could find his signature weapon, his own fist. {{Storylink|Perfect}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:IDWRID1 Grimlock dinopile.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Grimlock's reaction after seeing the Big Green dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''.]]
While checking on a stasis pod with Strongarm, Grimlock stomped on a forest fire that had broken out. He attempted to track [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]] until Bumblebee arrived and pointed them in the direction of the [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park. There, they managed to track down the Decepticon and capture him (Grimlock covertly stomped him!) however when the morning crowds arrived, Grimlock was forced to pretend to be a dinosaur statue for sixteen hours to avoid blowing the Autobots' cover. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} During a training exercise, Grimlock cheerfully smooshed Sideswipe by executing a "Dinopile". After taking part in a team takedown of [[Spinhead]], he repeated the maneuver on the Decepticon. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Grimlock and Sideswipe aided in the capture of [[Transit]] by directing the Decepticon into a traffic jam engineered by Fixit. During a visit by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team, Grimlock took part in a plan to capture [[Clipshade]], though his contribution ended up with him landing on top of Sideswipe again. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

After establishing the location of [[Overhead]], Grimlock and the rest of the team managed to take the Decepticon down, though not before Grimlock had suffered a few bumps and accidentally worn a hat. After Overhead supplied them with a distress beacon she claimed would bring the leader of the [[Cybercomrade Sect]], Bumblebee and Grimlock set a trap, only to encounter Clipshade, who it turned out was an Autobot double agent—Overhead was the real Sect leader. They soon returned to Strongarm to find their captive had escaped. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}} After attempting to help coach Sideswipe on his acting, Grimlock took part in an attempt to capture Overhead. He ended up being physically tossed by the Buffaloid during the fight, but after she caused the space bridge she was working on to collapse into a black hole, Grimlock managed to save [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] from falling into it. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

Following the defeat of Megatronus, Team Bee followed Decepticon signals to [[Fort Tucker]] and found themselves tangling with two [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s. Grimlock was injured shielding some unconscious humans from Vehicon missiles and had to be helped to safety by Drift. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} Returning to base, the team found empty stasis pods and the computer trashed, and were forced to resort to their own wits to work out where Steeljaw was. To the shock of the others, Grimlock reasoned that Steeljaw was probably in the [[Sierra Vistas]], leading them to successfully locate the cave in question, rescuing Fixit and Russell before engaging Steeljaw's crew. Grimlock battled his usual dance partner, Underbite, until the three Vehicons realized that Steeljaw was not part of Megatron's command. In the aftermath Team Bee was left with the majority of Steeljaw's team as prisoners. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
[[Lobbing|Lob-ball]] star "Gridlock Grimlock" had an impromptu game using Fixit as the ball. When the team went to hunt [[Scuzzard]], Grimlock was left at base as a last line of defense, and clumsily managed to knock over Filch's stasis pod, freeing the Decepticon. He joined the team in hunting down both of the avians, taking down Scuzzard with Sideswipe's help. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} When three of Russell's classmates invaded the scrapyard, Grimlock was forced to pretend to be a prop from a Japanese kaiju movie, which worked until he saw the cat tattoo one of the boys was sporting, and reacted with terror. Fixit detected Decepticon signals, which resulted in Grimlock and the rest of the team tangling with Underbite, Thunderhoof and [[Slink]]'s gang in a warehouse. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

Grimlock was disappointed when a potential Decepticon incursion turned out to be a drill and he wouldn't get to punch anything. He got his chance when the Autobots apprehended [[Forager]], however on their next mission the Autobots were led on a wild goose chase. On their return to the scrapyard they were captured and put into stasis pods by the Ronin, where they remained until Drift was able to free them and help them turn the tables on the three Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

An attempt at a game of football went wrong when Grimlock punctured the ball with his teeth while calling "hole in one!" He and the rest of the team took on [[Skinkbomb]], only to find the Decepticon's explosives formidable, and the fight was lost when Bumblebee became distracted. Though the team thought Bumblebee might be suffering from brain rust, the next time they faced Skinkbomb, they all heard the illusionary Optimus Prime's voice and were all able to overcome the Decepticon regardless. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}

Grimlock, Strongarm and Bumblebee attempted to arrest the Decepticon [[Brakepad]], only to fall foul of his lethargy-inducing powers. After they returned to the scrapyard empty-handed, Denny and Russell had to force them to go back out into the field and capture Brakepad. {{Storylink|Autobot World Tour}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:PrimalPrimeandfriend-CMW.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right]]
Grimlock prowled about the streets of the Under City in Axiom Nexus, in a crowd of countless off-worlders. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Grimlock and the other members of Bumblebee's team responded when Optimus Prime called their names in a display of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Adventure|new toy]]'s speaking gimmick, then joined Optimus in dancing to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

Grimlock was shocked when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Tigatron]] suddenly appeared among the Autobots, claiming to be from [[Legends Universe|another universe]]. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

===Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
<center>
{|class="wikitable" border="5" style="width:65%"
|-
! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Version'''
! style="background: #00CCFF; color: black" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Energon)'''
! style="background: #BF00FF; color: white" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Ultra Sparks)'''
|-
|Starter
|500
|10
|-
|Titan Guardian
|1000
|20
|-
|Legion
|1500
|30
|-
|One-Step
|2000
|40
|-
|One-Step Gold
|2000
|40
|-
|Titan Hero
|3000
|60
|-
|Warrior
|4000
|80
|-
|Warrior Gold
|4000
|80
|-
|Warrior Asia
|4000
|80
|-
|Battlepack
|4000
|80
|-
|Hero
|6000
|120
|-
|Hero Stealthasaurus
|6000
|120
|-
|Stomp ‘N Chomp
|10000
|160
|}
</center>

When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

{{Note|The Grimlock Custom Kreon appears as a power-up item, serving as the player's support by attacking enemies. However the Kreons can suffer friendly fire from the player itself.}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
Grimlock, Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee captured escaped Decepticons, and secured them back in their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{Charstubgames}}{{Storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}
====Legion Class====
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[[File:RID2015LegendsGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'm gonna burst outta your pocket in a minute!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Legends Class, 2015/2016)
:Part of the 2nd wave of Robots in Disguise [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Legion|Legion Class]] line, Grimlock transforms into a robot to ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and back! He also features a sculpted battle mask on his head...while it's painted with his unmasked face's color. Legion Class Grimlock sports 3mm ports on his robot hands & arm joints. His ''T. rex'' shoulders also feature 5mm ports.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot/''T. rex'' mode, on his right arm/left leg. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:In 2016, the figure saw re-release with the ''Combiner Force'' packaging. And due to the mobile game's latest update, unlocking Grimlock is useless now.

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[[File:TF-Adventure-EZ-Collection-Clear-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock Clear Ver.''' (EZ Collection, 2015)
:A redeco of Legion Class Grimlock in clear plastic, Grimlock Clear Ver. was given away at Japanese stores like EDION toy department & Bic Camera, from July 2015 to customers who spent ¥3000 or more on Adventure product. Like most of the clear colored ''Adventure'' Legion Class exclusives, Grimlock has no paint operations save for his face and his T-rex head.

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[[File:TAV-35-EZ-Collection-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Inconceivable!]]
*'''Autobot VS Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 4-pack, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV35'''
:Available for this set, this version of Grimlock is a redeco of the original Legion Class toy, featuring additional paint details on any of his paintable plastic.

:Unlike the Hasbro release, the toy features no scan-badges on the toy, instead it was printed on one small card, along with the other 3 badges.

:Grimlock was released as a four-pack along with [[Steeljaw (RID)#TAV35|Steeljaw]], [[Underbite#TAV35|Underbite]], and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV35|Optimus Prime]].

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====One-Step Changers====
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[[File:RID20151StepGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:TED-09-One-Step-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2015-[[June 27|07-27]]'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TED-09'''
:Part of the second wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#One-Step Changers|One-Step changers]], Grimlock transforms into a robot to ''T. rex'' and back in just one easy step! Grimlock also features a sculpted tongue in his ''T. rex'' mouth. Although he only transforms into a single step, His ''other'' step is to fold his pair of feet into two hands.

:This Grimlock can ride on his [[#Stomp_.26_Chomp|Stomp & Chomp counterpart]], but does not activate any of the larger figure's gimmicks.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex'' mode, on his left shoulder. The badge is merely impossible to be scanned while in robot mode, since his shoulder parts had covered it.

:The TakaraTomy release of One-Step Changer Grimlock (as part of the ''Easy Dynamic Series'' line) features extensive paint applications to resemble his cartoon counterpart. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''T. rex'' arm. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changer-Gold-Armor-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Gold Armor Grimlock''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)

:One-Step Changer Gold Armor Grimlock is A Generation-1 inspired redeco of the One-Step figure above.

:Like his original toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex'' mode, on his left shoulder. The badge is merely impossible to be scanned while in robot mode, since his shoulder parts had covered it.

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changers-Collection-6-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Robots in Disguise Collection''' (6-pack, 2015)

:A 6-pack featuring the One-Step figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Bumblebee]], [[Steeljaw (RID)#RIDCollection|Steeljaw]], Grimlock, [[Sideswipe (RID)#RIDCollection|Sideswipe]], [[Underbite#RIDCollection|Underbite]] (all of them unchanged from their individual releases), and a new One-Step [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Optimus Prime]] figure available only in this set. This set was exclusive to [[Target]] stores in the United States and to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Canada.

: Sideswipe, Steeljaw, Underbite, and Bumblebee's badges are all scannable in-package.
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====Warrior Class====
{{anchor|Warrior}}
[[File:RID2015WarriorGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Green and black, man! You got a problem with that? ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Warrior Class, 2014/2015/2016/2017)
**''Japanese Release Date'': 2015-[[March 21|03-21]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV-02'''
:Part of the first wave of Warrior-Class figures, Grimlock transforms into a green and black ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Unusual for a Warrior-Class, he comes packaged with no accessories. In dinosaur mode a switch atop his head moves his jaw up and down. Grimlock's right robot mode leg also features a sculpted [[Kibble#.22Faux-parts.22|fake tail]], to symmetrically match his left leg, where his ''T. rex'' mode tail had stored with. Please take note that Grimlock's hands can't grip some weapons due to his ''T. rex'' feet being on the way.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, right of his chest. The badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

:The figure suffers a [[design flaw]]: His pair of arms/legs is pretty much prone to have stress marks and/or suffer breakage, thanks to the loose grey plastic piece in the pseudo-ratchet joint. This can be fixed if the grey plastic piece is glued in place (although this will require removing metal pins).

:[[File:RID Warrior Grimlock Packaging Comparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|Shelf life of a 1980s figure.]]
[[File:Takaratomy-tav-02-grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]

:Despite being succeeded by the "Gold Armor" redeco in wave 4, the original green and black deco of the figure made a comeback in subsequent waves, in two different packaging [[variant]]s as part of the "Mini-Con Weaponizers" and "Combiner Force" [[subline imprint]]s. It is unknown whether these re-releases use the modified pseudo-ratchet joint seen on the redeco.

:The TakaraTomy release of Grimlock uses a slightly saturated green plastic, and features extra paint applications, mostly for his alt mode's toes, and his eyebrows. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, right of his chest. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Warrior-Class Grimlock at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.transformers-universe.com/i.php?ID=5675 More information on Warrior-Class Grimlock at Transformers-Universe.com]''

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[[File:TAVVS02-Grimlock-VS-Gregevor-Boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock VS Greejeeber''' (VS set, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAVVS-02'''

:The TakaraTomy release of Warrior Class Grimlock is bundled with an unchanged [[Greejeeber]] toy.

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[[File:RID2015-Warrior-Class-Gold-Armor-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Dumb stubbies! Yellow not same color as gold!]]
*'''Gold Armor Grimlock''' (Warrior Class, 2015)

:A redeco & new head retool of the Warrior Class Grimlock toy, Gold Armor Grimlock features a new coloration and a masked head, inspired by his [[Grimlock (G1)|''Generation 1'' counterpart]]. His pair of arms/leg joints were slightly modified to prevent breakage.

:His stock photography features yellow paint applications, rather than orange as seen in the final product.

:Like his original toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is on the right of his robot mode chest. As he's packaged in robot mode, this badge is easily scannable while still in-package.

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====Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changers====
{{anchor|HyperchangeHeroes}}
[[File:RID20153StepGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock have feet for hands and hands on feet! ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Takaratomy-ted-02-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese Release Date'': 2015-[[March 21|03-21]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TED-02'''

:Part of the first wave of [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Three-Step Changers|''Robots in Disguise'' Three-Step Changers]], This roughly voyager-sized Grimlock transforms into a Robot and ''T. rex'' in just a few easy steps! His scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, middle of his chest. However the badge ''cannot'' be scanned while he's in ''T. rex'' mode. Three-Step Grimlock does not features any 5mm compatible arms, but features the said ports on his front ''T. rex'' legs instead. Giving him weapons (or any Mini-Cons from the Mini-Con Weaponizers subline) to wield can be awkward.

:The TakaraTomy release features extra paint applications. Like his Hasbro counterpart, his scannable Autobot insignia is in his robot mode, middle of his chest. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' Mobile App unlocks the toy in the app's collection list. Unlike the American release, Big Grimlock is packaged in a windowed box, instead of an an open package.

:Although the transformation of this toy is listed as '''3 steps''', there are 2 optional steps: positioning the ''T. rex'' arms, and pulling the tail off before (then reinserting it after) transformation. However, it's possible to transform Grimlock with the tail installed anyway.

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[[File:RID2015-Three-Step-Stealthasaurus-Rex-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Bumblelock?]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Hyper Change Heroes / 3-Step Changer, 2016)

:This Grimlock is a redeco of the 3-Step Changer above, with yellow paint applications.

:The toy was solicited as '''Stealthasaurus Grimlock''' in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Combiner-Force-3-Step Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I have fist-balls of steel!"]]
*'''Grimlock''' (3-Step Changer, 2017)

:Released under the "[[Combiner Force]]" subline, "Hyper-Swoop" Grimlock is an entirely a new mold. While possessing a different transformation scheme, Grimlock features a fairly show-accurate robot & ''T-rex'' mode. Due to it's transformation scheme, he ends up having two T-rex toes on his ''T-rex''/Robot mode legs.
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====Kre-O====
[[File:KreO-Toy GrimlockCustomKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Ah! It's Big Green!"]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B1235'''
**''Pieces'': '''23'''
**''Accessories'': Parts rack, extra clear body parts (torso, helmet, left & right legs, left & right arms), buildable ax, sword

:Part of the sixth wave of ''[[Kre-O]]'' Custom [[Kreon]]s, and the first (and only) ''Robots in Disguise''-themed wave, Grimlock uses the new 2015 Kreon construction with the hollow waist-peg and "raised" hands. He comes with a buildable parts rack on which to hang/store his extra pieces. Unlike the previous Custom Kreons, he no longer features a chromed helmet, and comes with an extra clear-plastic helmet, torso, legs, and his arms, plus a two-sided ax and a chromed sword.

:Despite what the instructions say, the body piece cannot be pegged down between the leg parts installed on the display stand. However this can be amended by putting a 2x1 brick piece.

:All of the 2015 ''Transformers [[Kre-O]]'' product was skipped by retailers in the US (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia and various Asian markets. In late 2015, much of the line was finally released at discount in the US through TJ Maxx and Marshalls stores, including this set.

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====Stomp & Chomp====
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[[File:RID2015-Stomp-and-Chomp-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Yo Bee, you remember that I used to transform into a mechanical mess of a T-rex?"]]
*'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2015)
:Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a redeco of [[Grimlock (AOE)#Stomp&Chomp|''Age of Extinction'' Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], transforming from 22" tall ''T. rex'' to robot by triggering the handle from his back. He also lacks the sword and the Optimus Prime mini-figure. Undocumented in the instructions, Stomp and Chomp Grimlock's weapons can be popped out by placing any ''Age of Extinction'' One-Step Changers & Power Attacker figures. However, all of the ''Robots in Disguise (2015)'' One-Step Changers cannot accommodate with the gimmick.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his handlebar. Like the original mold, Stomp & Chomp Grimlock ended up being a [[shelfwarmer]].

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====Mini-Con Battle Packs====
[[File:RID2015-Minicon-Battle-Pack-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock feel excellent, [[Megatron (BW)|yeeeess]].]]
*'''Decepticon Hunter Grimlock with Mini-Con Decepticon Back ''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': 5 armor pieces (combine to form a weapon)
:Part of the second [[wave]] of the Mini-Con Battle Pack, "Decepticon Hunter Grimlock" is a new sculpt, similar in size of a Scout Class figure (In Grimlock's case, the size of ''Cyberverse'' Commander figure), with its transformation engineering borrowed from the [[Grimlock (WFC)#Warrior Class|Warrior]] class figure. Fortunately, the elbows use ball joints, removing the nasty arm-breaking [[design flaw]] the Warrior figure had. Battle Pack Grimlock also features transparent yellow pieces, which can be combined into a handheld (technically, arm-''mounted'' via a pair of tabs) weapon resembling a ''Tyrannosaurus'' head, and can also be attached to his body to form his armor. The ''Tyrannosaurus'' head weapon can also attach to his beast mode head, giving him a hilarious giant transparent ''Tyrannosaurus'' head over his actual ''Tyrannosaurus'' head.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his ''T. rex''/Robot chest, accessible in Robot Mode and in-package.

:Grimlock was available with [[Back|Decepticon Back]], a Cyclone Mini-Con which is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] toys.
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[[File:TF-Adventure-Mini-Con-Battle-Pack-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Sunnn! Give him da powa of da Sun!"]]
*'''Volcano & Grimlock Volcano Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV42'''
**''Accessories'': Volcano armor pieces, Volcano Mini-Con

:The ''Adventure'' release of the Mini-Con Battle Pack Grimlock is a redeco of the Hasbro mold, featuring some paint applications to more closely resemble his appearances in the cartoon...although they missed his ''T. rex'' arms & hips/robot shoulders.
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*'''Optimus Prime and Grimlock - Supreme Armor set''' (4-pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV45'''
**''Accessories'': Optimus Prime's weapons (Battle Axe, 5 armor pieces (combine to form into a weapon)), Grimlock's weapons (5 armor pieces (combine to form a weapon)) [[Gravity]] Mini-Con, [[Volcano (Adventure)|Volcano]] Mini-Con

:Another release of the ''Adventure'' Mini-Con Battle Pack Grimlock, this toy features transparent blue battle axe and armor parts.

:Grimlock is bundled with Optimus Prime, and his Mini-Cons Gravity and Volcano, redecoed in different colors.
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====Team Combiners====
[[File:TF-RID2015-Team-Combiner-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ultra Bee''' (Team Combiner, 2017)

:Grimlock is a Deluxe-ish figure that transforms from ''T-rex'' into robot, and he combines with Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm to form Ultra Bee. Due to the set's nature as a 4-piece Combiner, Grimlock forms the lower section of the gestalt.
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===Adventure===
[[File:TAV30-Battle-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Do not say Yoshi.]]
*'''Battle Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV30'''
**''Accessories'': Sword, Shield

:Part of the ''Adventure Series'' lineup, Battle Grimlock is a retool of ''Generations'' [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|Voyager Class Grimlock]], replacing his heads, shoulders, knee plates, and entire torso to better resemble his cartoon counterpart. He comes with a sword with a [[5mm post|5mm handle]] and a peg on either side of the hilt, as well as a shield which can mount via its single peg. Grimlock features 5mm ports for his hands, as well as on his forearms/lower dino legs and shoulders/dino hips. The hollow sides of his dinosaur arms feature [[Cyberverse]]-compatible [[C joint|3mm ports]]. The LED gimmick on previous releases of the mold has been removed for this release.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''T. rex'' leg/right robot mode arm. Scanning this in the Transformers Chronicle Mobile App unlocks the toy to the app's collection list.

:This toy can be armored up with Mini-Con [[Divebomb (RID)#Robots in Disguise|Divebomb]], despite being a differing faction. Divebomb's armor may be connected to Battle Grimlock in either mode. Divebomb himself may be stored on Grimlock's robot shoulders or in his dinosaur undercarriage.

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===Generations===
[[File:RID2015-Platinum-Edition-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Namekian Goku, Namekian.]]
*'''Bumblebee & Grimlock''' (Platinum Edition 2-pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Energo Sword, shield

:Released as an exclusive for Entertainment Earth, this ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Grimlock is a redeco of [[#Adventure|''Transformers Adventure Series'' Battle Grimlock]] toy, making it a domestic release of the Japan-only retool of the toy. ''Platinum Edition'' Grimlock replaces his black paint into gunmetal, and features deco differences on some of his parts. The figure was also solicited as ''' ''Warrior'' Asia Grimlock''' in the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his left ''Tyrannosaurus'' leg/right robot mode arm. The badge is inaccessible while in package.

:Grimlock is bundled with a redecoed Warrior Class [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#PlatinumBeeGrimlock|Bumblebee]]. His robot mode is also mistranformed in the stock photos: His legs are not extended.

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==Merchandise==
===Tiny Titans===
[[File:Transformers-Tiny-Titans-1-Grimlock.jpeg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''2/12'''

:Part of the initial assortment of [[Tiny Titans]], this version of Grimlock is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him shooting fire out of his mouth in [[beast mode]]. Sold in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie, he comes with a collectible card with a scan-badge for the mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/TTGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Transformers-Tiny-Titans-4-Grimlock.jpeg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''4'''
**''Number'': '''11/12'''

:Part of the fourth assortment of [[Tiny Titans]], this version of Grimlock is now molded in Robot Mode, with his shield and sword.
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===McDonald's===
*'''Grimlock''' (McDonald's toy, 2015)
**''McNumber'': '''2'''
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''' (2015)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' series, this buildable Grimlock mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He is unique as his cog is mounted sideways instead of facing forward like the other figures from the line.
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===Titan Heroes===
[[File:RID2015-Titan-Heroes-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Heroes, 2016)
:A 12-inch, simplified non-transforming statue of ''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock with five points of articulation.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode chest. Scanning this in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] temporarily unlocks the Titan Hero Grimlock figure as a playable character if the player has not permanently unlocked it already. This badge is easily scannable while still in-package.
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===Transformers Adventure Shokugan===
*'''Grimlock''' (2016)
:Part of the new ''Adventure'' Shokugan series, this Grimlock is a snap-fit kit molded in black, blue, and red plastic with detailing from stickers. The kit can convert into a ''T. rex'' when finished. Its transformation engineering is borrowed from the Legion and Warrior class figures.

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===Surprise Drinks===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Surprise-Drinks-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2016)

:''Surprise Drinks'' Grimlock is a show-accurate 1.5-inch non-transforming figure (in his Dino mode) hidden inside the separate capsule taped together with the bottle. Since they're merely blindpacked, The figure can be found in any randomly-packed bottles, so..good luck.

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==Notes==
*Grimlock speaks normally in ''Robots in Disguise'', making him the first animated depiction of the character to do so on a regular basis. He still refers to himself in the third person a fair bit but when it happens it's more intentional than a display of any lower intelligence.
*He is also the first version of the character to not be the leader of the Dinobots. (The exception to both of these is of course the [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' version of Grimlock]], who was the only version of the character thus far to not be a Dinobot.)

===Two Grimlocks?===
[[File:RobotsInDisguise-stegosaurconceptart.jpg|thumb|right|300px|If this guy made it in, we probably would have had this same argument about [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] instead.]]
For years, the "Aligned" continuity was meant to be one big ongoing timeline with a bit of squinting: the ''War for Cybertron'' Soundwave was the ''Prime'' Soundwave etc. Grimlock’s debut in ''Robots in Disguise'' was initially the focal point of discussion amongst fans, with a great deal of debate about whether or not this jovial take on the character was intended to be the same guy who appeared in the ''Fall of Cybertron'' video game and tie-in comics. Some of the discrepancy in Grimlock’s characterization and origin story in ''Robots in Disguise'' can be attributed to the fact that Grimlock was not originally slated to be a member of the cast, with his role originally filled by an unnamed Transformer who would have become a red ''Stegosaurus''. This character was scrapped in favour of Grimlock at Hasbro's request, intended to capitalize on the debut of his [[Grimlock (AOE)|live-action counterpart]] in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''.

Series writer [[Mairghread Scott]] clarified that the producers had subsequently discussed attempting to work ''Fall of Cybertron'' Grimlock’s origin story into ''Robots in Disguise'', but abandoned the idea after the writers decided that the "other" Grimlock's origin story would be at odds with the largely upbeat tone of the show. The writers ultimately decided to focus on staying in canon with the ''Prime'' television show, while ignoring other works of Aligned fiction such as the video games. Scott declined to discuss if this meant that were two Grimlocks in the continuity.<ref>[http://mscottwrites.tumblr.com/post/117608543176/answering-some-asks|"There was some discussion at one point of whether or not we could translate the character, but TFPBH Grimlock was too dark to gel properly with RID’s group of young recruits and the more uplifting tone we were going for. Whether that means the comics got cut out of canon or there is another Grimlock out there isn’t something I can answer just yet."]</ref> Series producer Adam Beechen later weighed in with the answer that “Grimlock might be a common name among dinos”, and stated that the writers consider Grimlock a separate character to the individual who appeared in ''Fall of Cybertron''.<ref>[https://twitter.com/sonnova/status/606586570980749312 Grimlock might be a common name among Dinos. But ours is one of a kind!]</ref> Barring a dramatic reorganization of continuity, we now consider these two Grimlocks as separate entities.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grimlock''' (グリムロック ''Gurimurokku'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Gāng Sǔo''' (钢锁, "Steel Lock")
*''Russian:'' '''Smel'chak''' (Смельчак, "Daredevil")

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Dinobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:TransTech Autobots]]

Bumblebee (WFC)

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:PrimeBee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|... and, from the Planet of the Mimes, the Copper Kidd!]]
'''Bumblebee''' is a young and eager Autobot, a member of the last generation to be created before the loss of the [[AllSpark]]. He's full of energy and determination to do the right thing, and can always be counted on to volunteer for action. His small size, matched with his impressive speed, made him an excellent scout and messenger on war-torn [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Grievously injured and rendered mute by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] during the war for Cybertron, Bumblebee was haunted by the loss of his [[voice box]] for many years, creating a ruthless streak at odds with his otherwise friendly personality. Determined to prove himself, Bumblebee kept fighting even after the Transformers' age-old war spilled over to [[Earth]].

Earth was a far cry from the ravaged wasteland of his birth, and Bumblebee adapted to his new home faster than any of his fellow Autobots. He's grown to like and understand [[human]]s, particularly [[Raf Esquivel]], and [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay]]. In befriending the natives, Bumblebee also developed a love for human culture, be it the historical exploits of Earth's cowboys or [[Rear Axle|cheesy hair-metal bands]]. In some ways, he considers the planet to be his adopted homeworld.

Towards the end of the war, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] would officially promote Bumblebee to a full-fledged warrior. Years later, Lieutenant Bumblebee would wind up in charge of his own team. In his new role as commander, Bumblebee's old gung-ho enthusiasm has been tempered by his newfound maturity and the burdens of leadership... and doubts about whether or not he can fill the shoes of his mentor. That said, he's learning through trial and error to lead in his ''own'' way, and slowly but surely Bumblebee is stepping out of Optimus's shadow to become a capable leader in his own right.

Sometimes he works with the [[Mini-Con]]s [[B.2]], [[Buzzstrike]], [[Ironjam]], or [[Stuntwing]].

He can also combine with [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] to form [[Beeside]], and combines with him, [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] to form [[Ultra Bee|Ultra Bee]].

{{quote|Bumblebee, it wouldn't kill you to exercise caution.|[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Bumblebee was part of the last generation of Cybertronians that emerged from the [[Well of All Sparks]] after it had stopped producing life in a lull at the beginning of the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war. Like all born during the war, he joined the Autobots. He became part of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s inner circle with [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]], and also befriended [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], learning first aid skills from him in the few battles they fought together.

When Optimus ejected the [[AllSpark]] from the Well into space, Bumblebee distracted [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] at [[Tyger Pax]], and paid the ultimate price when the tyrant destroyed his vocoder. Ratchet repaired it, but Bumblebee was only able to speak from time to time. When Megatron stole the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] underneath the [[Autobot High Council|High Council Tower]], Bumblebee followed him to the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]] below the ruins of [[Crystal City]] and witnessed him use it to corrupt Cybertron's [[core]] with [[Dark Energon]].

Bumblebee informed Optimus of what he saw, but first he had to serve as part of the extraction unit in Optimus's rescue of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] from [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. Afterwards Optimus, Bumblebee and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] journeyed to the core through the Well. Due to the heavy buildup of Dark Energon, Bumblebee found it a distressing experience and lost it when they reached the core, silently tearing out the protruding Corruption Spikes. Though fearful of what would happen, Optimus was able to remove the Chamber and begin Cybertron's healing.

Back at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Optimus announced [[Ark (WFC)|Project Generation One]] to evacuate Cybertron, for the planet could not sustain a fraction of the life it currently supported if it were to survive. Bumblebee boarded the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' with the other elite Autobots and drew out and entered [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. Avoiding Trypticon's corridor drones and [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] they blew up the Dark Energon Facility, causing him to crash. Bumblebee boarded the ''Ark'', which flew him and his friends through the last [[space bridge]] to a [[Milky Way|spiral galaxy]] with the AllSpark detected nearby. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

After passing through the unstable [[space bridge]], Bumblebee and the Autobots aboard the Ark found themselves in the vicinity of a Cybertronian colony world called [[Velocitron]]. Bumblebee was part of Optimus Prime's initial landing team, who made contact with the planet's rulers, [[Override (Prime)|Override]] and [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]]. It was a time of great stress between Velocitron's rulers, and the Autobots' arrival from mythical Cybertron only exacerbated the situation. Although the Autobots secured an ally in Override, they left Velocitron on the brink of civil war during their departure.

The next leg of their journey through the Space Bridge brought the Autobots to fabled [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], a world composed entirely of space junk. Bumblebee and the Autobots met [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]] and his ever-busy people, the Junkions, who maintained an entire planet made of derelict ships and space junk that gravitated together over time. Optimus Prime's Matrix-induced visions led him on a quest through one of the four Space Bridge nodes surrounding Junkion, and he selected Bumblebee and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] to accompany him. Through the Bridge they came across the lonely tomb of [[Solus Prime]], fabled artifacer of the [[Thirteen]]. Her holographic spirit was called forth by the Matrix and informed the Autobots that the [[Requiem Blaster (Prime)|Requiem Blaster]], most deadly of her creations, rested on Junkion and must be kept out of Decepticon hands.

Returning to Junkion, Bumblebee joined the other Autobots in a struggle with the Decepticons aboard the newly arriving ''Nemesis''. The Requiem Blaster was uncovered inside a ship at the planet's core. A weapon capable of drawing infinite power from nearby stellar sources, the Requiem Blaster had its own gravity field, and had literally been the core around which Junkion's "junk" had formed. The fighting over the Requiem Blaster ripped the planet apart, but both sides eventually called off the melee and abandoned the Blaster after learning the location of the Allspark itself. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and the rest of the Autobots boarded the Ark and began the long race to reach their civilization's greatest prize before Megatron could. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

As the ''Ark'' travelled deeper into unknown space, the Autobots came across the mysterious planet of [[Aquatron]]. Along with [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]], Prowl, and [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]], Bumblebee was part of the initial away team aboard the ''Ark'''s dropship, sent to scout out the planet. They discovered a civilization of benevolent amphibious robots skilled in the art of processing Energon, and made contact with [[Inquirata (Prime)|the Curator]], who claimed to be an emissary sent to welcome the to Aquatron. When Optimus Prime and some other Autobots arrived as a larger greeting envoy, Optimus collapsed and was rushed to a nearby medical center for diagnostics. Rodimus, Kup, and Bumblebee set off on the dropship to see if the Aquatronians were as benevolent as they claimed. Their dropship malfunctioned and sank, stranding them in a large underwater complex. Bumblebee used his navigational skills to try and plot a safe route back to the surface, and on the way up the trio stumbled across an armada of dormant [[Sharkticon (Prime)|Sharkticon]]s. Before they could report their find to Optimus, they also encountered the [[Hydratron]], which hypnotized them into submission. They were then restrained while the Curator tampered with their minds, and subsequently released on the surface without any memories of the event.

When the Aquatronians revealed themselves to be servants of the [[Quintesson]]s and arrested both Autobots and Decepticons, Bumblebee was one of the Cybertronians called to testify against his leader in the Quintesson's kangaroo court. The Curator's tampering caused Bumblebee, Kup, and Rodimus to denounce Optimus Prime as a warmonger and a tyrant. Bumblebee eventually snapped out of his trance when the Autobots and Decepticons were forced into an uneasy alliance in their battle to escape from Aquatron. In the aftermath, the Autobots and Decepticons, still in a temporary truce, peacefully departed Aquatron to continue their search for the Allspark. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
During the war on Cybertron in [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Bumblebee caught Optimus's attention by distinguishing himself at the [[Tagan Heights]] stalemate and the Autobot victory at [[Kalis]].

He attended a meeting of Optimus's most trusted lieutenants, where the Autobot leader announced his plans to keep the AllSpark from Megatron by launching it into space. Bumblebee was uneasy with this course of action, but did not argue after Ironhide told him to trust in Optimus.

When they neared the Well of AllSparks, Optimus, Bumblebee, and the others learned that Megatron was moving in much earlier than expected. Bumblebee volunteered to act as the group's secondary line of defense should Megatron get past the Wreckers. Optimus granted Bumblebee's request, though he had Cliffjumper join him. On their way to their post, Bumblebee and Cliffjumper ran afoul of Barricade. They engaged the Decepticon, and after a brief tussle, left him behind beaten and unconscious. In doing so, they helped disrupt the Decepticons' entire field position.

When the Decepticons' main force arrived at the Well's brim, Bumblebee gunned for Megatron until the AllSpark was launched. Bumblebee then laughed in Megatron’s face over the Decepticons' failure to secure the artifact. Megatron responded by telling Bumblebee that he would never mock anyone else again, and crushed his voice box with a squeeze to the throat. Bumblebee was left to rejoin his team, mute and crippled, only because Megatron abhorred creating another martyr for the Autobots to rally around. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

===Coloring pages===
Bumblebee was the first Autobot to arrive on [[Earth]], having been sent there to scout things out.<ref>Bumblebee's [http://www.hubworld.com/hubworld/specials/transformers-prime-downloadables/printables/tprime-bumblebee-coloring-page.pdf online coloring page] at hubworld.com</ref>

===IDW ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:PrimeComicBumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I have a mouth?!]]
Bumblebee and Optimus were on [[Earth]] when they detected [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s arrival and went to their rescue. After Optimus crushed [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], Bumblebee sent the Decepticon flying with a single punch, and escorted the others back to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{Voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English),<ref>''Frank Welker records actual words written for Bumblebee which are later replaced with sound effects.'' -- Revealed in "The Autobits Edition" of [[Darkmount, NV|episode 53]].</ref> [[Will Friedle]] (English, "[[Deadlock]]", "[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]")|[[Su-jin Gang]] (Korean), [[José Antonio Macías]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Hossam Adel]] (Arabic), [[Juhani Rajalin]] (Finnish, "[[Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock]]"), [[Petri Hanttu]] (Finnish, "[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]")}}

[[File:Predatory-ArceeBeeCliff.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Hey Cliff, aren't you supposed to be a red version of me?]]
During the Great War, Bumblebee was captured at [[Tyger Pax]]. The interrogation by Megatron was brutal, but he was later found and a [[Ratchet (WFC)|field medic]] saved his life, though his [[voice box]] was a loss. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Bumblebee and Cliffjumper invaded [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'s lair to rescue Arcee and [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]]. Bumblebee blasted a couple of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s, but they were too late to save Tailgate. They carried Arcee out as she told them she'd been unable to save her partner. {{storylink|Predatory}}

Years later, after the war, Bumblebee was stationed on [[Earth]] under Optimus Prime's command. He was patrolling a desert area when Optimus ordered everyone back to [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|base]] so that they could use the [[GroundBridge]] to provide Cliffjumper with backup. They did so, but arrived at the battle site too late—Cliffjumper had been taken by the Decepticons, and apparently killed. The Autobots held a brief memorial for their friend.

[[File:Bumblebee Bulkhead Arcee Darkness Rising 1.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.95|''Voice actor:'' [[R2-D2]] (English)]]

When Arcee and [[Jack Darby]] were pursued by Decepticons, Bumblebee joined in the chase as it moved onto the freeway. After a brief attempt to slow the Decepticons, he joined Arcee in facing the foe in a drainage canal, accidentally crushing a toy car belonging to [[Raf Esquivel|Rafael Esquivel]]. During the fight Bumblebee was knocked to the ground, and only Raf's timely distraction allowed him to temporarily get the better of the Decepticons, until [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] arrived and helped them scare the Decepticons off.

Optimus was disappointed that humans had gotten involved, and had Bumblebee and Arcee bring them back to the base. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} When [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] detected Cliffjumper's signal, Bumblebee was part of the team that went to try and rescue their comrade. Though he and the others valiantly fought through the multitudes of Decepticons at an energon mine, their mission was ultimately a failure, and they had to return to base hastily as the mine exploded. Prime later assigned him to watch over Raf to keep the boy safe from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:DarknessRising3-BumblebeeArceevehicles.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Drive on the right side of the road, Bumblebee!]]

The next day, Bumblebee discovered that he was a lot better than Raf at computer games, though Raf blamed it on Bumblebee's greater experience in driving. When they reached the base, Optimus and Ratchet left on a mission, placing Arcee in charge. Arcee promptly went out on patrol, taking Bumblebee with her and leaving Bulkhead in charge. As they drove through the Nevada desert, Bulkhead reported that [[William Fowler|Fowler]] had been abducted by the Decepticons. When it turned out there was no one left at base to bridge them back, Arcee and Bumblebee were forced to drive back. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-Bumblebeeshoot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Sting like a bee = die by fire]]

Bumblebee and Arcee arrived at the Decepticon ship in time to rescue Raf and Jack from a pair of Decepticons. They quickly located Bulkhead and [[Miko Nakadai]], also moving through the ship, but after it became obvious that the humans were in too much danger as they fought their way through the ship, the Autobots cleared out the ship's bridge for the kids to hide out in. They eventually reached the brig where Fowler was being held, and Bumblebee and Bulkhead burst through the main door while Arcee slipped in through a top vent. A standoff ensued, until Fowler distracted Starscream long enough for the Autobots to start firing. Starscream chased off, the Autobots took off with Fowler and rescued the kids on the way out. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

Once the Autobots had located the whereabouts of the Decepticon [[space bridge]]—Earth orbit—Optimus, Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee used the GroundBridge to reach it. They were spotted by Megatron and Starscream, who sent a force of flying Decepticons to attack them. While they battled, Ratchet determined a way to destroy the space bridge, so Bumblebee and Bulkhead covered Arcee while she followed his instructions. They committed the necessary act of sabotage before Megatron fired on them, hitting Arcee. As the Autobots jumped back into the GroundBridge, Bumblebee collected Arcee's drifting body and carried her back to base where she recovered enough to stand on her own. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[File:Masters&Students-BeeQuake.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Bumblebee comes up with his own version of punch buggy blue.]]
Bumblebee helped Raf with his science project, building a small replica of a volcano while they discussed how Bumblebee had not yet risen to the rank of Warrior. As Optimus pointed out, Bumblebee still had much to learn before he could reach that level. Optimus subsequently picked Bumblebee to go on a mission to investigate Decepticon activity, but warned the smaller Autobot to hold back. When Optimus came to blows with [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], Bumblebee decided to disregard the earlier order and charged into battle. Though he was no match for Skyquake, he and Optimus led the Decepticon into a trap and seemed victorious, until Skyquake [[scanning|scanned]] Fowler's jet. Bumblebee managed to end the fight by jumping onto Skyquake's jet form and causing critical damage, jumping to Fowler's jet as Skyquake crashed to the ground. After some repairs, Optimus commended him on his performance. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

Bulkhead and Bumblebee discovered a strange pod in the [[Arctic]] which they brought back to base. When the kids arrived at base, Bumblebee was keen to play some video games with Raf, but he and Bulkhead were roped into helping Ratchet repair the GroundBridge, which broke shortly after Optimus and Arcee used it to go to the Arctic. The cause of the problem was revealed when Raf found a [[Scraplet]], which started gnawing on Bumblebee. Raf killed it with a crowbar before it could do much more damage, but Bumblebee ended up having to search the base with Raf for more of the Scraplets. After finding quite a lot of Scraplets, they returned to the control room, where another mass of them overwhelmed Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Ratchet. Though the kids were able to get rid of the attacking Scraplets, Bumblebee was out of it for the rest of the incident, and ended up on a repair bed, being tended to by the kids. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

When [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] landed on Earth, Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee turned out to welcome him and arrived in time to see him trash some Vehicons. The Autobots celebrated their new friend's arrival, and Bumblebee and Raf danced The Robot to Miko's guitar playing. Bumblebee also stood around a lot while Bulkhead proved that "Wheeljack" was a Decepticon spy and the real Wheeljack turned up. After everything was resolved, the Autobots had another party to welcome the real Wheeljack, and Bumblebee got to bust out some more dance moves. He and Arcee turned out with Bulkhead to see Wheeljack off when the Autobot returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:Convoy-Bumblebeeboxing.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|[[Jazz (Movie)|YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME?! YOU WANT A PIECE?!]] And please don't say you want two, because I know you're not Megatron. ]]

Bumblebee took part in the Autobot convoy to transport Fowler's [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] across the US countryside. When [[MECH]] attacked them, he bashed into one of the cars they were using, flipping it over. The Autobots successfully passed the D.N.G.S. over to a train, but were shortly after confronted by a squadron of flying Vehicons, and were forced to return to their [[robot mode]]s to fight. Bumblebee got to try out some boxing moves on a Vehicon, but while the Autobots were occupied, MECH made another attempt to obtain the D.N.G.S. which was foiled by Optimus. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

When an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in a museum, the Autobots surrounded the building while the kids went in to steal it. [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] appeared at the front of the museum to attack Optimus, and as Breakdown charged at the museum, Bumblebee and Arcee attempted to stop him. Bumblebee was hit by a missile, sending him tumbling, and then by Arcee who'd just missed catching another missile. He, Arcee and Prime later attempted to track down the Decepticons before the Harvester could be used, but they ended up coming to Bulkhead's rescue after he found and stopped the Decepticons himself. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[File:SpeedMetal-BBvsBreakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I want a new dance partner.]]
When Arcee refused to go street racing with Jack, Bumblebee was more receptive, though they asked Raf's permission beforehand. Unfortunately also participating in the race was Knock Out, who started firing on Bumblebee. After calling base and letting them know what was up, Bumblebee used an oil slick to slow down Knock Out, and hid under a bridge. They would have escaped detection had another human, [[Vince]], not confronted Jack about apparently pulling out of the race, and Vince was subsequently captured by Knock Out. After Arcee and Bulkhead arrived, the three Autobots pursued Knock Out to a storage facility, where Bumblebee and Bulkhead were ambushed by Breakdown. They defeated Breakdown and caught up with Knock Out. The other 'Con had already been stopped by Optimus, who was very interested in some explanations. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

When Optimus was infected with [[Cybonic plague]], Bumblebee and Arcee GroundBridged to the ''Nemesis'' to find a cure. Bumblebee discovered Megatron had survived their last battle and was recovering in sickbay. Unable to find the cure on the Decepticons' computer, Bumblebee offered to use the [[cortical psychic patch]] to enter Megatron's mind and locate it. Finding himself in a [[Kaon (polity)|Kaonian]] dreamscape, Bumblebee saw Megatron killing Optimus repeatedly. Megatron realized he could not harm Bumblebee and demanded to know why he was intruding on his mind. Bumblebee reminded him of the space bridge explosion and implored him to give him the cure, playing on his desire to kill Optimus for real rather than have him succumb to a virus. Megatron showed him the cure but demanded Bumblebee help him out of his stasis lock. Ratchet was recording what Bumblebee saw though, and because they had the cure, Arcee disconnected Bumblebee and GroundBridged back to base. However, Megatron's spark had left his body and escaped into Bumblebee's... {{storylink|Sick Mind}}

[[File:OutOfHisHead-evileye.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|He is no longer the boy you once knew, [[Obi-Wan Kenobi|Obi-Wan]].]]
Bumblebee began to experience visions of Megatron, causing him to stop dead during a [[basketball]] game with Bulkhead. After Megatron forced him to crush one of Ratchet's devices, Bumblebee told Ratchet about the visions, and Ratchet induced a power down to give Bumblebee's mind time to recover. Bumblebee reactivated, under the control of Megatron, and, retrieving a piece of Dark Energon from an old battlefield, bridged to the Decepticon warship over the Arctic. Although Ratchet and Raf tried to stop him, even managing to get Bumblebee to reassert control for a few moments, Bumblebee successfully brought Megatron back online and transferred his mind back to his body. Free of Megatron's influence, Bumblebee beat a hasty retreat with Ratchet and Raf. Later at base, Ratchet checked Bumblebee was completely free of Megatron, and the small Autobot thanked Raf for coming to help him. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

After a Dark Energon signature was detected, Optimus took a team including Bumblebee to investigate. They instead found Starscream trying to resurrect Skyquake. During the ensuing conflict, the Autobots discovered their human friends had followed them to the battlefield, and the three kids were caught in a freak GroundBridge accident, causing them to disappear.The Autobots returned to base to try and locate their friends, but it wasn't until Bumblebee suggested trying to ring the kids that they found Miko's cellphone, and the kids were able to send a text to it. Ratchet subsequently engineered a portal to rescue the kids from the other dimension they'd become trapped in. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured by MECH, Bumblebee and the others were more than happy to leave them to it, but Optimus insisted that they rescue the Decepticon to avoid Cybertronian technology falling into MECH hands. The team arrived in [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] and Bumblebee spotted some vehicle tracks, but they opted instead to follow the energon signal Ratchet had detected. After they escaped the bomb that the trace led them to, the team tracked down Bulkhead in time to chase off Starscream and some Vehicons. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Arcee and Bumblebee were in the middle of a fight with some Vehicons when Arcee got a call informing her she had to be in Jack's garage ASAP. After checking if Bumblebee could handle it, Arcee left. Evidently he was able to, as he was later in the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee turned up with [[June Darby]]. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

[[File:Partners-BeepunchesAirachnid.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[wikipedia:Cyborg (comics)|Boo-yah]]!]]
Bumblebee was part of the team that investigated the wreck of a crashed [[Harbinger|Decepticon ship]] and found Airachnid and Starscream. He guarded the bound Starscream while the others decided what to do with the Decepticon. Prime, Bulkhead and Bumblebee went to check out the rear half of the ship, crashed some distance away, and were ambushed by Airachnid who had found an experimental weapon named the [[Immobilizer]]. She froze Prime and Bulkhead, but Bumblebee managed to trick her by kicking up a dust cloud with his guns, and then pretending to be frozen after she fired the Immobilizer into it. Once she turned her back, he crept up and sucker punched her before blasting the Immobilizer. After she fled, Bumblebee went back to find Arcee, and interrupted her when she was about to offline Starscream. They returned the pieces of Immobilizer to base, along with Bulkhead and Optimus, and Ratchet was able to repair the device and unfreeze their comrades. {{storylink|Partners}}

Bumblebee accompanied Prime and Arcee as they tried to retrieve a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] before the Decepticons did. Ultimately the Decepticons made off with the cylinder, and later Bumblebee listened as Ratchet told them the cylinder's contents had ended up in Bulkhead's brain, though the Autobots were excited to find that the equations being scrawled by Bulkhead were a set of formula for synthetic energon. Unfortunately it later turned out that the data was eating Bulkhead's brain. Bumblebee and Arcee accompanied Optimus on an unsuccessful attempt to get the cylinder back from Megatron, and they ended up fighting a bunch of Vehicons. Later they came to Miko and Bulkhead's aid to save the pair from Knock Out and Breakdown, and were present when Miko managed to rouse the comatose Bulkhead with her guitar. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

During a mission to stop Knock Out and Breakdown who were transporting energon, Bumblebee, Prime and Bulkhead were separated from Arcee. They caught up to find that Ratchet had already dealt with the Vehicons who'd been attacking Arcee, and they returned to base where Ratchet revealed he'd taken the synthetic energon he'd been working on. Ratchet, amped up on the substance, insisted on going on their next mission, which meant Bumblebee got left at base operating the GroundBridge. The other Autobots returned minus Ratchet, who had gone to tackle Megatron on his own. Once they'd gotten a fix on Ratchet's signal, they left Bumblebee at base again. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

[[File:PrimeEp23-BumblebeeRaf.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|I didn't mean to break it]]
Bumblebee was taking Raf to play with Raf's remote-control car when he was called on to join the battle at a military base. Unfortunately Megatron found them before he could drop Raf off, and Bumblebee was hit by a blast from Megatron's cannon. Though Bumblebee himself was mostly unaffected, Raf was gravely injured. Bumblebee arrived at the battle and had to be restrained from attacking Megatron so he and Arcee could take Raf back to base. Bumblebee watched helplessly as Ratchet and June Darby tried to save the boy. At one point, the frustration became too much, and he knocked a chunk out of the wall with his fist, but Arcee talked him down, and eventually Ratchet worked out that an energon infusion would save Raf. Bumblebee gave some of his own energon for the procedure, which was ultimately successful. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

After the other Autobots saved Optimus from Megatron, Bumblebee bridged them back to base. June decided to take Raf to the hospital, and didn't intend to bring him back, so Bumblebee had to sadly watch them drive from the base. When it transpired that the Dark Energon volcano was causing global disasters, he went to find June and Raf, and managed to save them from a tornado by grabbing the front end of their car. After he returned to base with them, the assembled Autobots and humans worked out that [[Unicron]] was at the center of the Earth. He and the other Autobots began investigating the sites of the earthquakes Unicron had generated. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

Though Optimus ordered the other Autobots to remain at base, Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead joined him anyway. They fought increasingly larger stone Unicrons, until to their surprise, help came in the form of Megatron. When Optimus gave the other three Autobots the choice of whether to accompany him and Megatron to [[Earth's core]], Bumblebee opted to go for Raf's sake. He, Arcee and Bulkhead greeted Megatron to the Autobot base by aiming their guns at him. Before long, they stepped through the GroundBridge once again, this time into [[Earth's core]]. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

As they made their way through Unicron's internals, they encountered [[Unicron's antibodies|antibodies]] which aggressively attacked them. When during the fight Bulkhead almost fell to his doom, Bumblebee grabbed his arm and held him long enough for Optimus to help. He, Bulkhead and Arcee remained outside Unicron's spark chamber to hold off the antibodies, but after Unicron's defeat, they entered to find Optimus had lost his memory. The trio had to GroundBridge back to base without their leader. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

The Autobots puzzled over how to get their leader back but made little progress. When Fowler warned them of an attack on a military base, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Arcee went to try and deal with it, but Knock Out and Breakdown succeeded in getting away with the power source they needed. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Bumblebee and the others fruitlessly searched for the space bridge until a breakthrough came in the form of information from Starscream. Using said information, the Autobots stormed the mine containing the space bridge and secured it so they could send Jack and Arcee through to Cybertron. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Ratchet, Bulkhead and Bumblebee monitored Jack's progress from the Earth end of the space bridge. When Megatron arrived to take back control, Bumblebee was grabbed by the head and tossed aside. Luckily it all turned out, and Bumblebee and the others returned to base with Optimus Prime restored. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee1 Bumblebee's new ride.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Privacy please"]]
During a mission to retrieve a Cybertronian artifact, Bumblebee followed Megatron into the Decepticon GroundBridge and snatched the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] right out of his hand. Responding to another signal, Bumblebee was ambushed by MECH, who took his [[transformation cog|T-cog]]. Unable to transform, he became more and more testy despite the attempts of Raf to cheer him up. Bumblebee finally talked Bulkhead into taking him along on a mission to find another artifact, only for his lack of a T-cog to become a liability as he tried to chase Knock Out. The pursuit ended when Bumblebee plunged out-of-control off a cliff. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee2 Bumblebee damaged T-cog.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|My precious...]]
When he came around back at base, Optimus restricted him to base. After an attempt to transplant Ratchet's T-cog into him was aborted, Bumblebee was pointed in the direction of the MECH base and opted to go on a one-bot assault. Though he floored Starscream and MECH in the process of getting the cog back, the vital component was blasted by Starscream. After some repair work by Ratchet, the T-cog was reinstalled in Bumblebee, and his ability to [[transformation|transform]] restored. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

Bumblebee and the others came to Wheeljack's aid when he returned to Earth to battle [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}} Bumblebee was part of an Optimus-led mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]. When the fight was finished, the Autobots surrounded the exhausted Megatron, but were prevented from finishing him off by the arrival of Dreadwing. Though they trashed a bunch of Vehicons, Megatron and Dreadwing escaped them. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

When Fowler was attacked by a truck resembling Optimus, Bumblebee caught his car as it plunged from a bridge. Returning to base, they established the truck was a MECH-created clone of Optimus, and began searching for the MECH base. Bumblebee found the hideout, but after alerting the other Autobots, was knocked out by [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]]. Following Optimus's defeat of MECH, the Autobots returned to base for repairs. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} Bumblebee went with Optimus and Arcee to investigate some Decepticon activity and found Airachnid sending out a swarm of Insecticons. He and Optimus ended up having to fight a bunch of them and won. They got to return to base with Airachnid, whom Arcee had stasis-locked. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

After the ''Nemesis'' crashed, Bumblebee took part in an attack on it with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], only to be put into stasis by its weapons. He recovered back at base once the kids disabled the ship. {{storylink|Flying Mind}} Bumblebee was sent to [[New York City]] with Arcee, Jack and Miko to look for one of the Iacon relics. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} In the subway, they ran into Knock Out and an Insecticon, the latter of which temporarily floored Bumblebee. He recovered in time to pursue Knock Out, catching up with the Decepticon and getting the relic back. The relic turned out to be a [[phase shifter]], which saved Bumblebee from being hit by an out-of-control sweeper train. After they chased Knock Out off, Bumblebee and Arcee were introduced to [[Vogel]]. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}}

They returned to base to find Bulkhead critically injured after his mission, and Bumblebee and Arcee helped get the Wrecker to the medical bay. {{storylink|Hurt}} During Bulkhead's recovery period, Bumblebee arrived back at base to find Miko was upset at her friend's lack of progress. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} Bumblebee was part of Optimus's team investigating a crashed escape pod when they encountered [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]]. When Raf discovered the presence of [[Red Energon]] on Earth, Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee headed to a dock to retrieve it, only to run into Starscream and the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. Bumblebee and Arcee attempted to scale the crane but were attacked by Starscream, and Smokescreen had to come to their rescue using the phase shifter. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

When Fowler notified them that a [[Project Damocles]] satellite had been stolen by Breakdown and Silas, Optimus took a team including Bumblebee to a military base in the hope of securing the satellite control codes before the Decepticons could get them. Instead they found themselves facing both Decepticon troopers and the orbital death ray itself, controlled by Soundwave. {{storylink|The Human Factor}} During an energon hunt, Bumblebee tried to stop Smokescreen harassing a human, resulting in them both getting their picture on the net. Bumblebee later accompanied Optimus on a search for another Iacon relic, which turned out to be a Decepticon hoax, and helped secure the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

[[File:HardKnocksBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Well, it's not a couch, but... it'll have to do.]]
After Optimus received a message from [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] revealing the existence of the [[Omega Key]]s, Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead were happy that they might soon be able to restore Cybertron, but quickly realized there would be a downside in that they would have to leave their friends on Earth behind. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} Bumblebee was sent with Arcee to retrieve one of the keys, but they encountered Knock Out. Bumblebee was significantly damaged by the [[Resonance Blaster]] before the Decepticon got away with the key, and had to undergo repairs when the two Autobots returned to base. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After Smokescreen escaped the ''Nemesis'' with two of the Omega Keys, the Autobots received a message from Starscream offering a trade for the fourth and final key. Bumblebee guarded the base with Smokescreen and Arcee, but using Red Energon, Starscream was able to infiltrate the base and steal their three keys anyway. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

As the Autobots equipped themselves to go to Cybertron in a last-ditch attempt to stop the Decepticons from using the [[Omega Lock]], Bumblebee took the [[polarity gauntlet]] from storage. During their battle with the Decepticons, he used it to reclaim the Omega Keys. The Autobots subsequently found the Omega Lock, only for the Decepticons to unveil their trump card in the form of the three kids as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Bumblebee was forced to hand over his Omega Key in exchange for Raf. After Optimus destroyed the Omega Lock to prevent Megatron destroying Earth, Bumblebee returned with the others to base, only to find that the Decepticons were attacking it. The Autobots were forced to abandon base, and Bumblebee and Raf bridged to a point somewhere in the US. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

[[File:DarkmountNV-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Fired?]]
After changing his paint scheme to foil the searching Vehicons, Bumblebee headed back towards Jasper with Raf. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} When Raf discovered a photo of Ratchet on a conspiracy website, the pair tracked him down in a junkyard and tried to convince him to help them use the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> systems. Apparently failing, Bumblebee and Raf went to the derelict ship themselves, and were joined shortly afterwards by Ratchet, who had had a change of heart. {{storylink|Scattered}} They managed to get some of the ship's systems working before Bumblebee spotted a starship incoming, which turned out to be [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] with most of the rest of Team Prime. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Bumblebee and Arcee joined the attack on [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], acting as a "stealth team" and infiltrating the citadel under cover of a diversion. Unfortunately they ran into heavy resistance and were taken captive, but when Optimus Prime arrived to join the assault, they renewed their attack on the Decepticons. Following the destruction of Darkmount, the Autobots assembled at a human military base. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

When it turned out the Decepticons were aiming to clone more Predacons, Optimus took Bumblebee and Smokescreen with him to [[Texas]] to investigate Decepticon activity. Despite the trio's best efforts, they were unable to prevent Shockwave and Soundwave obtaining more Predacon [[CNA]]. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

Bumblebee and the others took time out from hunting for Predacon fossils to secure some energon supplies, unaware it was part of a Decepticon plan to deceive the newly-intelligent [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. {{storylink|Evolution}} He became upset when Smokescreen suggested that his broken voicebox was his "signature", as he would prefer to have his own voice back. He and the other Autobots attempted to stop the Decepticons from executing a series of raid on human technology, and were caught in a fire fight at the [[Solaris particle collider]] in Antarctica. {{storylink|Minus One}} Though they fought their way through the Decepticons, they were ultimately unable to stop the Decepticons stealing the needed technology, and on top of this, when they returned to base it was to find Ratchet had been abducted by Soundwave. {{storylink|Persuasion}} They launched the probe and monitored it and Optimus's progress from the base. Though the probe was destroyed, Ratchet was able to send them the coordinates to the Decepticon warship, and Bumblebee and the others geared up in preparation to assault the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

[[File:Tfp bee down.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|[http://www.toonzone.net/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation/ "When we kill a character, we kill a character."]]]
Bumblebee joined Arcee and Smokescreen in heading for the Omega Lock control room, though Smokescreen left them for a mission of his own. Despite encountering heavy resistance from Starscream, Arcee and Bumblebee made it to the control room, and when Smokescreen arrived with the Star Saber, Bumblebee attempted to pass the weapon to Optimus. As he jumped, he was hit by three blasts from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]] and died, however, he fell into the Omega Lock's energy field which restored him, including his damaged voice box.

Bumblebee took the opportunity to impale Megatron with the Star Saber, killing the Decepticon leader. With the ''Nemesis'' secured, the Autobots were able to take the ship to Cybertron, where they used the Omega Lock to restore their home world. Bumblebee gave Raf a sad farewell before he and the other Autobots returned home. {{storylink|Deadlock}}

In the aftermath of Cybertron's rebirth, Bumblebee was promoted to warrior, shortly before Optimus went off to find the AllSpark. With the discovery that there were two new Predacons on the loose, Bumblebee led a team of Autobots to find Predaking, but was unsuccessful in persuading him to help them. After encountering Unicron, in possession of Megatron's rebuilt form, the Autobots realized that the dark god intended to destroy their world. After foiling an attempt by Starscream to retake the warship, the Autobots attempted to defend the Well of All Sparks from Unicron's onslaught. It was only when Optimus returned that Unicron was defeated, and Bumblebee was later present when Optimus sacrificed himself to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.3 Bumblekick.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|BUMBLEKICK!]]
Bumblebee took part in the testing of Ratchet's newly developed [[Safe]]. After Bulkhead uncovered a nuke which attracted the attention of some Vehicons, Bumblebee, Optimus and Arcee went out to deal with the 'Cons. As Bumblebee knocked the Vehicons into the air, Optimus and Arcee blasted them, though Bumblebee was less than happy with the arrangement as he wanted to get to shoot them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

During some downtime, Optimus took the other Autobots, including Bumblebee, on a trip to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Bumblebee was playing video games with Raf when Fowler reported that the Decepticons had commandeered a [[Yamal|nuclear-powered ship]] near [[Antarctica]]. Optimus, Bumblebee and Ratchet GroundBridged to the ship, but on arrival Ratchet was knocked out by Starscream's [[static lance]]. Bumblebee attacked the Decepticon, dodging a swipe of the [[lance]] and then delivering a kick. Once he had possession of the lance, Bumblebee threw it to Optimus, who used it to defeat Megatron. After guiding the ship to its destination, the trio returned to base, which had been turned into an ice rink by Arcee and Bulkhead. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Raf and Bumblebee stopped off at [[Plug and Play]] to pick up Raf's copy of ''[[Invasionauts II]]''. Later at the base, Bumblebee found that Raf had let a bunch of Vehicons into the base, and was about to shut the [[GroundBridge]] down, when Raf stopped him. Raf, who had been temporarily hypnotised by the game, instead shut the bridge down in a way that sucked the remaining Vehicons back through and kept the location of the base concealed from the enemy. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

[[File:Titan4.9 Bumblebee and Bulkhead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I R serious Bee. this is serious wiki.]]
After the [[President of the United States]] was kidnapped, the Autobots traced the culprit, Starscream, to the [[Grand Canyon]]. Bumblebee and Arcee teamed up to take out the cannons manned by Vehicons that Starscream had brought along. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}} Bulkhead and Bumblebee retrieved Knock Out's [[neuron refractor]] from China, unaware that a MECH agent had stowed away in it. After [[Novo|Agent Novo]] kidnapped Miko, the Autobots searched for the two humans, and located the MECH base in time for Novo, now occupying a mechanoid body, to return Miko. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

Bumblebee was on a team which went to the [[Deep Driller]] oil rig and fell into [[Rufus Madison|General Madison]]'s trap, finding themselves facing soldiers in [[robotic battle suit]]s. Bumblebee was able to defeat a couple of them by tricking them into bringing a crane down on themselves. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} After Bulkhead was abducted by the Decepticons following a solo mission, Bumblebee accompanied team Prime to the ''Nemesis'' to rescue him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

During a battle in [[The Wave]], Bumblebee tried to protect the three kids, only to be knocked down by a projectile from [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]. Ratchet patched him up and sent him back to base with Raf, but after the pair fell asleep watching a horror cartoon, Soundwave's disembodied hand crawled out of Bumblebee's chest wound and tried to kill them. Raf helped Bumblebee dispose of the hand by strapping it to a firework from [[Miko's Party Kit]], leaving their next task to explain to the arriving Autobots why the base was in such a mess. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

Bumblebee and Prime went on a stealth mission to stop Megatron destroying the [[Statue of Liberty]], but it wasn't long until they were spotted by the enemy. As Megatron immediately began climbing the statue, Optimus left Bumblebee to deal with the other Decepticons on his own. Despite Optimus's misgivings on doing so, Bumblebee claimed he was brave enough to handle the task at hand. As Megatron was about to decapitate the statue, Bumblebee threw one of the Vehicons at him, almost knocking him off. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}}

Bumblebee accompanied Miko, Jack and Raf to Devil's Cove when Raf surmised that sightings of a "monster" there might actually be a Decepticon. As he kept watch on the kids, he noticed a large object heading for them underwater and jumped in to save them, only to find himself face-to-face with the Decepticon [[Piranacon (Prime)|Piranacon]]. He engaged him in battle, but was quickly defeated by the mighty combiner, escaping when a boulder from the kids' escape plan fatally wounded Piranacon. He then made a successful attempt to save the trio from a watery grave, and relaxed on the beach for the remainder of the day {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.16|Fury from the Deep}}
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===Mega-Mouth===
One of Arcee's nicknames for Bumblebee is "the Big Buzz". {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|Mega-Mouth #14}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{Voiceactor|[[Nicole Dubuc]],<ref>Like in ''Prime'', Bumblebee's speech in the first two seasons was replaced with sound effects in the episodes themselves.</ref> [[Will Friedle]] (English, "[[Uninvited Guest]]" onwards)}}
[[File:Bttr bumblebee blades.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|My name is Bumblebee, and I approve this crossover.]]
Bumblebee tracked a meteor to [[Wayward Island]], and ran into the [[Rescue Bot]]s and their attendant humans during his search. After joining up with them to find the meteorite, he returned with them to [[Griffin Rock]] and reported back to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], who ordered him to spend some time with the team. When three of the Rescue Bots were stricken with a strange virus, Bumblebee helped out in a rescue, following which he accompanied the humans back to Wayward Island to deal with the meteorite. He ended up stuck in an undersea trench after rescuing [[Graham Burns]], and was himself rescued by [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. Faced with an out-of-control bomb, the two Bots used it to destroy the meteorite, but were infected by the virus themselves. Luckily Bumblebee had picked up a sample of the meteorite which was used to find a cure to the virus, and after some photos, Bumblebee returned home. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

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When the Rescue Bots were sent back in time to [[1939]], Bumblebee and Optimus went to Griffin Rock to embark on a journey back in time to help. They arrived in time to rescue the four Bots from [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] and returned with them to the [[Temporal Station|time machine]]. Back in the present, however, they found themselves in a Griffin Rock overrun with [[MorBot]]s. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} Optimus and Bumblebee were kept busy trashing MorBots while the Rescue Bots worked out what was going on. By the time the pair ran out of MorBots, the team was ready to return to 1939, where they rescued [[Dither]] from Morocco, restoring the timeline to normal, before traveling back to the present. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

Optimus and Bumblebee visited Griffin Rock as part of a relic hunt. Bumblebee found himself teamed up with [[Dani Burns]] after her pilot license expired, resulting in a blossoming jealousy on Blades's part, however once Bumblebee saved Dani from some quicksand, Blades was happy he'd been there. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}}

Several years later, Bumblebee had his voice back, along with a new team and mission. While on a solo mission in [[Drift (RID)|Drift]]'s ship, Bumblebee hit a meteor and had to crashland at the new [[Rescue Bot Training Center]] on the mainland. As the Rescue Bots took him on a tour of the center, it turned out that the meteor he'd hit had contained an [[energon eater]]. Bumblebee ended up teaming up with Blades and [[Cody Burns]] to capture the creature as it tried to hunt them through the center. Before leaving with the energon eater in a stasis pod, he invited Blades to join his team on a mission. {{storylink|Uninvited Guest}}
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===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
After successfully halting a Decepticon attack, the Autobots drove into a GroundBridge opened by Raf, only for the bridge to malfunction. {{storylink|On Thin Ice}} Separated from the other Autobots, Bumblebee splashed-down in a lake and was promptly pulled out by Breakdown and Knock Out. Aiming to settle [[Speed Metal|a score]], Knock Out challenged Bee to a race around a disused paint factory with Breakdown as referee. Aware that he'd be finished off afterwards, Bumblebee belted Breakdown halfway through the race and then knocked yellow paint on Knock Out. While the dazed Breakdown attacked his own comrade, Bumblebee took a GroundBridge back to base. {{storylink|King of the Road}} Bumblebee later joined in a battle in space to stop Soundwave hijacking [[COMSAT-1]]. {{storylink|Horrible TV}} He was also around when Ratchet had to repair Bulkhead's T-Cog. {{storylink|Cell}}
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===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
Searching for a way to combat [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], Bumblebee stumbled on data stored with an Iacon relic pointing to the location of a derelict starship containing a cache of weapons, hidden in the [[asteroid belt]]. He contacted [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 1}} and the pair blasted off in the [[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 2}} After finding the ship and the weapons it contained, the two Autobots discovered that they'd been followed by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and Predaking. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 4}} [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] soon came to their aid via GroundBridge {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5}} and was able to keep the enemy busy long enough for Bumblebee and Wheeljack to escape with some of the weapon crates. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6}} Bumblebee was nonetheless left injured and unable to go on further missions. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 10}}

When Bumblebee finally recovered, Ratchet assigned him to light duties patrolling with [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]]. Resenting the fact that everyone else was off fighting Predacons, Bumblebee was almost resigned to the most boring mission ever when Megatron turned up. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 23}} Bumblebee didn't get to take part in the fight though, because Prowl opted to let Megatron duke it out with the swarm of Predacons which promptly attacked the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 24}}

===Full of Fire!===
As part of preparations to fight back against the new Predacon, Bumblebee was given an [[Eagleshot Bow]] constructed by Ratchet. He, Ratchet and Bulkhead went out into a [[New Mexico]] desert to test the Autobots' new weapons, and Bumblebee used his bow to hit a target 2.76 miles away. When the trio were joined by Optimus Prime, Bumblebee suddenly detected a signal incoming, which turned out to be no less than six Predacons. Luckily the new weapons gave the Autobots the edge they needed, and Bumblebee was able to use his bow to take out [[Twinstrike (Prime)|Twinstrike]]. The enemy soon fled, though Optimus was pessimistic about the victory. {{storylink|Full of Fire!}}

===''Beast Hunters'' comic===
Bumblebee, Arcee, and Bulkhead encountered [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]], who lead them back to the other [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobots]] as well as the Autobots who escaped the quakes which had accompanied the revival of Cybertron, scaring off a Predacon upon arrival. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 7|Beast Hunters #7}} Bumblebee then assisted the other Autobots in dealing with the remaining [[Forged]]; the Dinobots then proposed to go back to Kaon while the 'bots from Earth filled in on what happened during their stay on Earth and Optimus Prime's sacrifice. After the Predacon attacked again, [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] came up with a plan to trap it underneath a Decepticon bunker; when the plan was successful Bee asked why Grimlock didn't kill it, to which he replied he had seen enough destruction. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 8|Beast Hunters #8}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Will Friedle]] (English), [[Ryōhei Kimura]] (Japanese)|[[Alessandro Capra]] (Italian),[[Hossam Adel]] (Arabic), [[Steven Merting]] (German), [[Alfredo Gabriel Basurto]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Riku Korhonen]] (Finnish)}}

[[File:RID-CybertronianBumblebeeStrongarm.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Oh, joy. [[Rattrap (BW)|Cyber-puberty]].]]

During the war, Bumblebee took part in an operation which resulted in the capture of the Decepticon spy [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], but was badly injured. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}

When Bumblebee [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|first arrived on Earth]], he frequently felt homesick for Cybertron. He managed to overcome his grief by learning about and adopting various Earth customs. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} He maintained a video diary for for a time, {{storylink|History Lessons}}, and as he learned more about Earth he developed an interest in Earth cowboys, {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}, exercise videos, {{storylink|History Lessons}}, and the band [[Rear Axle]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}}

After the end of the war, Bumblebee was effectively given the role of a beat cop once Cybertron was repopulated with Autobots, though he was still renowned as a war hero for his part in Cybertron's restoration. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} While patrolling Kaon City, {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} with his parter, Cadet [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], Bumblebee was responding to a criminal act on the part of [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] when he experienced a vision of Optimus telling him to go to Earth. With the unwelcome company of Strongarm and Sideswipe, Bumblebee made illegal use of a space bridge in the [[Cybertron History Museum]] to reach Earth, where they discovered [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] and the remains of the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', which had crashed and scattered its Decepticon prisoners. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Pursuing the Decepticon [[Underbite]], Bumblebee found his team joined by [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] and the humans [[Denny Clay|Denny]] and [[Russell Clay]]. They managed to prevent Underbite reaching nearby [[Crown City]] and lured him to a quarry, where Optimus Prime unexpectedly manifested to aid them in capturing the Decepticon. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

When the Autobots received a distress call from the oil tanker ''[[Windward]]'', Bumblebee took Grimlock with him to investigate. The pair tussled with [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] and though their first encounter didn't go well, they subsequently tracked him to a nearby oil refinery and managed to catch him in a barrel. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}}

[[File:WWOD Bumblebee's Prime impression.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Auto... Auto... Auto... AUTOBOTS, ROOOOOOOOOLL!]]
After the successful capture of [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]], Bumblebee and his team went in search of a Deception at an airfield. They were unprepared for [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]]'s ability to split into component bugs and during their next encounter, the Decepticon claimed Fixit as a replacement arm. The team eventually tracked him to his hideout where Bumblebee managed to get Fixit to fight back against the Decepticon, resulting in (most of) Chop Shop being captured. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}} As Bumblebee had more and more trouble commanding his team, he attempted to emulate Optimus Prime, with little success. He and his team visited the [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences]], where they tangled with [[Terrashock]]. A vision from Optimus inspired Bumblebee to lead in his own way, and the team managed to track down and capture the Decepticon, cowboy style. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}

Bumblebee's attempts to deal with [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], a Decepticon who was attempting to build a space bridge, was complicated by Sideswipe's laziness. The pair managed to overcome Thunderhoof and destroy his space bridge before it could threaten Earth by creating a black hole. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}} Bumblebee and his team later encountered [[Filch]], who complicated matters by being flight capable. When Strongarm felt particularly out of place on Earth, Bumblebee told her about his first time on the planet, hoping to cheer her up. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}}

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After Grimlock turned on the other Autobots and stole Underbite's stasis pod, Bumblebee, Sideswipe and Strongarm tracked him to the [[Crown River Dam]], where they discovered he had been under the control of the Decepticon [[Minitron]]. {{storylink|True Colors}} Bumblebee let Strongarm go on a solo mission, but then followed her anyway much to her dismay. He insisted on accompanying her as "an observer", and ended up helping her capture [[Springload (RID)|Springload]]. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}} A visit from [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] was interrupted by Bumblebee and his team having to pursue the Decepticon [[Ped (RID)|Ped]]. Ped's digging almost caused part of Crown City to collapse, forcing Bumblebee and Strongarm to prop it up. They later successfully captured Ped. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}}

[[File:BumblebeeSitting Bumblebee sees TV.jpg|thumb|right|360px|Bumblebee watches "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]"]]
A run-in with [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]]'s toxic spines caused Bumblebee to regress in maturity, and he began playing elaborate pranks on his team mates. Drawn to a nearby carnival, Bee enjoyed the rides and inadvertently helped capture Quillfire in the process. Fortunately for all concerned, Quillfire's toxin eventually wore off and Bee returned to normal, although he had no memory of his escapades. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

When [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] arrived on Earth to collect the bounty on Bumblebee, Bee saved Drift's life and found the Autobot now owed him a life debt. That mostly meant Drift followed him around constantly, however when Fracture captured the other Autobots, Bee reminded Drift that honor also meant helping friends. After Fracture's defeat, Drift considered the debt repaid. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} Bumblebee attempted to find his calm place as his team continued bickering during the pursuit of [[Malodor]]'s [[Skunkticon]] gang, and was eventually able to use a mantra to clear his mind enough to find a solution to the problem and capture the four Decepticons. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

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Feeling anxious at the lack of Decepticon activity, Bumblebee got the action he craved when their attempt to capture [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] led the Autobots to tangle with Steeljaw's gang. Though the gang ultimately got away, Bumblebee found a carwash to be relaxing. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}} One night, Bumblebee, Denny, and Fixit headed out in search of more energon. On returning to the scrapyard, they discovered multiple Decepticon signals in a nearby cave system; believing it to be Steeljaw's gang Bumblebee and his team headed there. The signal turned out to belong to [[Nightstrike]] and his hostage Chop Shop. Nightstrike captured the Autobots and immobilized them with his fear-inducing scream- Bumblebee experienced a nightmare about disappointing Optimus Prime. Bumblebee was able to escape with the unexpected help of Chop Shop and managed to capture Nightstrike after deactivating his audio receptors. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Bumblebee and the other Autobots headed to Crown City's subway system after Sideswipe scouted it out. On arriving, they discovered that the mad scientist [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]] had hijacked Sideswipe's body. Thanks to Sideswipe's guidance, Bumblebee and the team managed to knock Vertebreak unconscious, and captured him after outrunning an oncoming train. {{storylink|Some Body, Any Body}} After Jetstorm returned to Earth and claimed Russell as his new sensei, Bumblebee was left in an awkward predicament as he tried to negotiate with Drift and Slipstream. The escape of Quillfire and Springload complicated things further. Bumblebee and his team chased the duo, who had stolen a human tank, across a local highway and eventually managed to bring them in. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

Bumblebee oversaw a training exercise for his teammates. Later, the team went underwater in pursuit of [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]], who was planning to steal an abandoned Cybertronian spaceship. After fighting off the ship's various security measures, Bumblebee and Grimlock went up against Octopunch himself, and managed to best him by knotting his tentacles together. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}} Bumblebee and the team, minus Grimlock, went after [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] and his cheating manager [[Headlock]], who were posing as remote-controlled robots in the [[Rumbledome]]'s demolition derby. Unfortunately, the GroundBridge malfunctioned, first stranding the team in the Arctic and then depositing them outside the city limits. Bumblebee and the others were held up by traffic while Grimlock and Fixit fought the two Decepticons. {{storylink|The Champ}}

[[File:TroubleWithFixit Fixit versus Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|350px|In hindsight, Bumblebee shouldn't have bought Fixit those Flintstones DVDs.]]
Fixit's glitches began worsening, and Bumblebee had no choice but to order repairs on the damaged Mini-Con. Denny's attempts to repair Fixit only reactivated his sentry protocol. Bumblebee was forced to deal with the scrapyard's various security measures and the escaped Chop Shop, but with Denny's assistance he managed to force Fixit to stand down after the Mini-con incapacitated Chop Shop. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} Bumblebee and the Autobots helped Denny set up a rollercoaster he had purchased on the scrapyard. The job was cut short after they detected [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]], who had been captured by Steeljaw to serve as bait for the Autobots. After returning to the scrapyard, Bumblebee discovered that Steeljaw and his crew had taken over the scrapyard and set up a subsonic pulse to prevent them from entering. While Denny and Russell distracted the Decepticons, Bumblebee and Drift built a catapult and launched Slipstream and Jetstorm into the scrapyard. Bumblebee tangled with Steeljaw again and managed to see him off. {{storylink|Lockout}}

Bumblebee welcomed Grimlock back from a routine patrol, only for Grimlock to break down and confess that he had let the Decepticon [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]] walk away free. After searching up Scowl's extensive criminal record, the Autobots tried to track him down. Instead, Scowl flattened them with a tree and headed out to wreck a train station. Bumblebee tried to talk Scowl down, but the Dinobot would have none of it and began smashing the tracks. Bumblebee's attempts to shore up the destroyed structure were unsuccessful, and eventually the Autobots were forced to grab the train and redirect its path. After Grimlock prevented Scowl from attacking a local spa, Bumblebee consoled Grimlock, who had hoped he could change Scowl's ways. {{storylink|Similarly Different}}

Bumblebee listened to Strongarm's presentation about the dangers of horses, although he was skeptical of its significance. The newly arrived [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] won over most of his team, and even impressed Bumblebee by coming up with a catchy motto. Along with Windblade, Bumblebee and his team worked together to re-capture [[Zizza]] and safely redirect human aircraft away from Zizza's brainwashed human pilots. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}} When his team felt homesick for Cybertron, Bumblebee tried to cheer them up by reminding them of Earth's many interesting locations, and offered to take the team on a vacation. Since an erupting volcano proved unpopular, the team visited the abandoned town of [[Edmondville]]. After scaring off a busload of human tourists, Bumblebee and his team ran afoul of [[Pseudo]], who first tried to off Bumblebee and Grimlock with a cart of dynamite. Bumblebee and his team chased Pseudo into the town's old mines, and temporarily cornered him. Pseudo managed to escape again, but Bumblebee and the team chased him down. {{storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

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When Strongarm and Sideswipe were taken hostage by the Decepticons, Bumblebee realized that they'd have to mount a rescue mission. This was made easier by the reappearance of Windblade, and together the group prepared to raid the Decepticon's steel mill base. After Windblade was also taken out of the fight, Bumblebee, Grimlock and Drift headed to the [[Crown City Colossus]], where Steeljaw's portal was nearing construction. The trio arrived too late, and [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] was freed from his dimensional prison. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

Bumblebee's team was reinforced by the arrival of a reborn Optimus Prime; while Optimus dueled with Megatronus, Bumblebee and the other Autobots worked to stave off Steeljaw's gang. After Optimus was badly injured and sent flying, Bumblebee tried to help him come round. Fortunately, Bumblebee's [[Decepticon Hunter]] gave him, Sideswipe, and Strongarm an additional boost of power. Working with Optimus, the group managed to pin Megatronus beneath the Colossus's severed arm, and a concentrated burst of energy destroyed Megatronus's body. Back at the scrapyard, Bumblebee told his team that they were free to return to Cybertron, although all of them opted to stay. Prime congratulated Bumblebee on his leadership skills, and also agreed to stay on Earth — as Bumblebee's equal, rather than his leader. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

After the Primes took back Optimus's extra power, Bumblebee attempted to sideline Optimus without success. Optimus joined the team Bumblebee assigned to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard. While the away team was away, Overload arrived at the scrapyard, and despite the best efforts of Bumblebee and the others, they were unable to stop the Decepticon. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} After tracking Overload to a parking lot, Bumblebee assumed a recent battle there had been between Overload and the two missing [[Cyclone]] Mini-Cons, and sent the others off while he continued after Overload on his own. As it turned out, Overload and the Mini-Cons were still together, however Bumblebee managed to convince [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] and [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] to turn on the Decepticon and captured all three. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

Bumblebee and his team pursued [[Saberhorn]] and discovered the Decepticon didn't appear in the ''Alchemor'' database. They proved unable to capture him after Bumblebee was almost melted down thanks to Russell getting taken hostage. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} When Strongarm became demoralized during the pursuit of [[Crazybolt (RID)|Crazybolt]] and [[Slicedice]], Bumblebee failed to encourage her by getting her to help Fixit. He and Grimlock attempted to deal with a fire caused by the two Cons, and managed to get Strongarm out of the scrapyard to join them in saving some humans. {{storylink|Suspended}}

[[File:MisdirectionCrazyboltBumblebee-Ride.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Bumblebee wants to make his own [[How to Ride Your Dinobot]] videos]]Bumblebee, Strongarm, and Grimlock captured the Mini-Con [[Torpor]], though the mission was nearly botched when Grimlock stumbled in on the other two Autobots as they strategised, tipping their target off to their whereabouts. After Grimlock gained super-intelligence from a data cylinder, Bumblebee was reluctant to let him join on a hunt for [[Simacore]], only agreeing to it after Grimlock pointed out that the mission had a low chance of success without him. During the attempt to capture the Con, Bumblebee and Strongarm were placed in peril by being restrained against a particle accelerator. However Fixit was able to restore Grimlock's brain to normal, and the Dinobot rescued them through brute force, taking down Simacore in the process. {{storylink|Brainpower}} When a wounded Steeljaw turned up at the scrapyard, Bumblebee, Strongarm and Grimlock followed the trail of energon he'd left behind to a disused drive in. There, the Autobots saw [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]], Crazybolt, and Slicedice arrive, and by eavesdropping on their conversation, Bumblebee discovered that Steeljaw had been feigning to gain access to the scrapyard. Bumblebee sent Strongarm back to the base while he and Grimlock took care of the Decepticons, and Bumblebee managed to distract his opponents long enough with a magic trick he'd learn from Russel for Grimlock to pummel them. However, he returned too late to prevent Steeljaw from freeing a bunch of the prisoners and escaping with them once more. {{storylink|Misdirection}}

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After weeks of trying to track down the new group of Decepticons, Bumblebee accidentally shot Grimlock during an encounter with Springload. With the entire team mentally taxed, Denny suggested the Autobots take a break, but Bumblebee was unwilling to do so while there were still Decepticon plots to foil. Fixit suggested that Bumblebee could do both; another lead pointed towards soundboards being stolen, the Decepticons' next likely target being a Rear Axel Concert. Bumblebee staked out the show with Russell, which led to him fighting Bisk on stage while the band played. Luckily the audience assumed it was part of the show, and Bisk was apprehended alongside the Mini-Cons [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] and [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}} Following a near disaster, where Grimlock was spotted by several children at a carnival while trying to apprehend [[Silverhound]], Bumblebee banned Grimlock from being part of their field missions. Subsequently, Bumblebee and Strongarm attempted to capture Quillfire, only to be knocked out by his quills. They awakened dazed and booted in an impound lot, requiring Denny and Russell to bust them out. The Autobots resumed pursuing the Decepticon and his two new Mini-Con partners, [[Back]] and [[Forth]]. Upon catching up with them, Bumblebee was flabbergasted to see Grimlock out in the field, sporting a construction crane disguise for his dino mode. Having no time to argue with his teammate, Bumblebee and the others once more engaged Quillfire. With Grimlock's help, the Decepticons were captured before they could retrieve the auto parts they were after, and Bumblebee gave his approval of the Dinobot's new disguise, allowing him once more to go out on missions. {{storylink|Impounded}}

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After the newly repaired GroundBridge malfunctioned, Soundwave returned to Earth and trapped Bumblebee in the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]]. Bumblebee was still able to communicate with the rest of his team by radio and tried to dissuade Denny, Russel, and Fixit from taking on Megatron's former right-hand-bot, thinking the Decepticon was out of his team's league. However, a fumbled first attempt at destroying a long-range communicator Soundwave was building inspired Bumblebee to come up with a plan of his own to defeat Soundwave. Using the fact that Soundwave was out of practice in creating portals to their advantage, Bumblebee coordinated his team to create another door to the shadowzone, escaped back to normal space through it, and returned both Soundwave and Laserbeak to their other-dimensional prison. {{storylink|Portals}} After returning from a mission in an area that interfered with Fixit's communication equipment, Bumblebee learned that Optimus and the away team had been pinned down by [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]]'s troops and sent Grimlock to assist them. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

Though the Autobots were reunited as a single unit once the stealth team returned to the scrapyard, Bumblebee found his orders were being double-guessed by Optimus at every turn. Despite Strongarm's insistence that he should talk it out with the Prime, Bumblebee found no time to do so, as events began to unfold more and more quickly around him. A chance encounter reunited the team with Ratchet, and soon afterwards the Autobots got help in the form of the Mini-Con [[Toolbox]], recent escapee from "Decepticon Island." The Autobots used a ruse to infiltrate the crash of the rest of the ''Alchemor'', separated from Fixit's section upon its arrival on Earth, and since taken over by its prisoners. Though they made good headway at first, Optimus and Bumblebee strained for leadership at a crucial juncture during the infiltration; Optimus wanted to pause and liberate several more Mini-Cons kept as slaves, whereas Bumblebee wanted to press on to disable all of the Decepticons with a stasis bomb. This hiccup stalled the Autobots long enough for the Decepticons to take notice of them, and Bumblebee's team soon found themselves surrounded by Steeljaw and his troops. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}}

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Optimus and Bumblebee began to argue once more, with Bumblebee wanting them to stay their ground and fight while Optimus wanted to allow themselves to be taken prisoners to plan for a counter-strike. The choice was taken out of their hands by Windblade, who flew up and provided the rest of the team with the distraction necessary for them to slip away. The Autobots then split up into smaller groups, with Bumblebee taking Optimus and Toolbox to fix a [[cryo-gas]] bomb to the ship's ventilation hub. After sorting out their leadership issues, Optimus agreed to allow Bumblebee to helm the rest of the mission on his own. Before they could set up their bomb however, they were confronted by Steeljaw, who used three Decepticon hunters to greatly empower himself. Bumblebee and Optimus held off against their opponent long enough for the now freed Mini-Cons to come to their assistance and wrestle the Decepticon Hunters from Steeljaw's grip. Bumblebee then took hold of the weapons himself, and used them to melt Steeljaw into the floor, leaving him unable to escape as the cry-bomb detonated. Bumblebee, Optimus, and the Mini-Cons escaped just in time to be outside of the bomb's range, before it froze everyone on the ship.

In the aftermath of the Decepticon threat being dealt with, several Autobots decided to return to their homeworld. Bumblebee was not among them, as he announced it was time to establish a permanent base on Earth. Strongarm, Sideswipe, Drift, Jetstorm, Slipstream, and Grimlock joined him in this endeavor, and the team sped off together. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

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With the Decepticons no longer a problem, Bumblebee took his team on a tour of Earth, ending up in a visit to the remains of Output Omega One where they stumbled on a bomb. The team split up, and Bumblebee and Sideswipe stumbled on the scavengers [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] and [[Buzzstrike]], who were trying to find useful artifacts. Though Bee was knocked out cold after being controlled by Buzzstrike, he managed to prevent the bomb from doing any major damage. Unfortunately Sideswipe found his old diary, which included the exercise video he'd made. {{storylink|History Lessons}}

After it became clear that an unknown group was looking for, Bumblebee split up the team to search Cybertronian sites and personally went to western [[Africa]]. He and the rest of the team were accidentally GroundBridged back to the scrapyard instead of [[Mount St. Hilary]] because Denny and Russell couldn't work the controls. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} Continuing the search, Bumblebee and Sideswipe ended up in a desert. They later joined Grimlock when the Dinobot encountered [[Thermidor]] and [[Tricerashot]], however when Thermidor threatened to bring down a ski lift, Bumblebee's impatience resulted in him being defeated by the scavenger and it was down to Grimlock to retrieve the artifact. Bumblebee later worked on learning patience from Brother [[Gunter]]. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

[[File:MiniConMadness Bumblebee tied up.jpg|thumb|left|230px]]
Bumblebee and his team retrieved a [[high energy pulse generator]] from [[Egypt]], only to have to destroy it when it threatened to fry their brains. Following the invasion of the scrapyard by the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, Team Bee's Mini-Con members were mistakenly abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s men, and Starscream then used them to force Bumblebee to surrender himself. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} After an aborted attempt to escape and find the Mini-Cons, Bumblebee was tied up on the bridge of [[Starscream's ship]] and forced to listen to the Decepticon's rambling. He did manage to distract Starscream when Jetstorm got free. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} He was eventually freed by Fixit, Jetstorm and Slipstream and joined by Optimus and the rest of Team Bee, fought Starscream's men. They eventually managed to defeat Starscream, despite him successfully merging with the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, by dragging him down into range of Fixit's signal so he could be de-merged. After farewelling Optimus and the Mini-Cons, Bumblebee and his team split up to search more Cybertronian sites. {{storylink|Worthy}}

[[File:KingOfTheHillPart2-UpgradedBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Let's see [[Matt Trakker]] beat this!]]
When a Decepticon was detected, Bumblebee was confident that Sideswipe and Strongarm could handle it. Bee and the rest of the team had to join them when it turned out they couldn't. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} During the battle against [[Heatseeker]], Bumblebee found himself unexpectedly linked to a Mini-Con which gave him a flight mode, and an explosion resulted in the entire team being merged into [[Ultra Bee|one robot]] while unconscious. In the aftermath, Bumblebee realized he'd lost his Decepticon Hunter. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

He searched for his weapon in the scrapyard, fruitlessly, though his search was put on hold when the team had to head to one of Windblade's caches in [[Antarctica]] to secure [[Crustacion]]. {{storylink|Defrosted}} While trying to secure another cache, the team encountered Rescue Bot [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], resulting in Bumblebee having to handle Sideswipe being paranoid about being replaced. As a result, they had to chase down [[Ragebyte]] after the Sharkticon prisoner escaped. {{storylink|Blurred}}

Bee and the rest of his team found themselves coveting the [[Sphere of Doradus]] thanks to the energies the artifact was giving off, and had to resist it so they could capture Springload. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} Bumblebee became jealous of the rapport Blurr and Sideswipe had, and his attempts to be cool caused trouble as the team tried to apprehend [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Dragstrip]] and [[Wildbreak]]. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

{{spoiler|The Great Divide|June 10}}
During another attempt to capture Drag Strip, the team once again inadvertently merged, and in the aftermath found themselves having to cope with two Sideswipes. {{storylink|The Great Divide}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Bumblebee watched Grimlock and Fixit perform in a talent show. {{storylink|Fixit Jam}} He tried into the night to think up a new catchphrase, but couldn't find a rhyme for orange. {{storylink|To Catch a Phrase}} He regretted giving Denny a ride after the human left him covered in food. He washed off in the car wash, only to be promptly covered in mud by Sideswipe. {{storylink|Sticky Situation}} Bumblebee electrified a would-be car thief. {{storylink|Carjacked!}}

He was present with the rest of his team when Fixit picked up the signal of an open stasis pod, formerly containing the [[Cyclone]] Mini-Cons [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]]. [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] called "dibs" on capturing the Cyclones, which concerned Bumblebee, as it seemed a big job for a lone Mini-Con. Drift assured him that he was okay with Slipstream taking on the task. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
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During his time as a street cop on Cybertron, Bumblebee arrested the crime boss [[Clipshade]]. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}} Unbeknownst to Bumblebee, Clipshade was really an Autobot double agent under the employ of Ultra Magnus; the entire operation had been staged. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}}

When Grimlock and Strongarm were tracking a Decepticon whom Fixit identified as [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]], Bumblebee headed out to join them with Denny. They tracked Flamefeather to the [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park where they managed to capture their quarry before the morning crowds showed up. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} After their squabbling compromised a training session, Bumblebee send Strongarm and Sideswipe out to investigate a destroyed transformer. After they returned empty-handed, Bumblebee came up with a new plan, having the team appear completely disorganized and taking [[Spinhead]] by surprise. In the aftermath of the battle, Bumblebee was shocked to learn that Arcee and Bulkhead had been secretly spying on him and his team. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Following the capture of [[Transit]], Bumblebee asked Fixit for a report on investigations into Team Prime, only for Ultra Magnus, Arcee and Bulkhead to arrive, wanting to question prisoners over the whereabouts of Clipshade. Bumblebee insisted on his team taking part in the capture, however afterwards Magnus announced they were taking Clipshade back to their ship. Bumblebee subsequently had a vision from Optimus telling him to trust his instincts regarding his old team. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

Fixit's investigation of Clipshade resulted in Bumblebee and his team capturing [[Overhead]], another [[Cybercomrade Sect]] member. She supplied them with a distress beacon she claimed would attract the leader of the sect, however when Bumblebee and Grimlock used it, Clipshade turned up. After a brief fight, it turned out Clipshade was an Autobot double-agent who'd been trying to find out the real sect leader, who it turned out was Overhead herself. They soon returned to Strongarm to find that Overhead had escaped, and Ultra Magnus arrived to provide some explanations. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}} Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus argued for a while about their priorities and the competence of Bumblebee's team, but Magnus eventually relented and invited Team Bee to join forces with his own team. The group headed to the abandoned [[Petrosynthesis Chemical Plant]] to bring in Overhead and stop her plan to build a new space bridge. While Ultra Magnus's team handled [[Skullcruncher (RID)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Razorgrille]], Bumblebee grappled with Overhead. Overhead detonated the bridge out of desperation, creating a miniature black hole. Although Bumblebee tried to shut it down, Overhead revealed that only she possessed the means to turn it off; taking the direct route, Bumblebee smashed Overhead into the control panel and shut down the space bridge.

With Overhead and the rest of the Cybercomrade Sect now recaptured, Bumblebee bid farewell to Ultra Magnus and his team, noting that he and the others still had unfinished business on Earth. Magnus congratulated Bumblebee on his leadership skills and noted that he was on the way to becoming an accomplished leader. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

Following the defeat of Megatronus, Bumblebee's brief moments of relaxation were interrupted when Optimus and Windblade took off on a mission from the Primes, and Decepticon signals were detected at [[Fort Tucker]]. Bumblebee and his team found themselves battling a pair of Vehicons, only to discover the whole thing had been a distraction while Steeljaw and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] abducted Fixit and Russell from the scrapyard. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Returning to base, the team found empty stasis pods and the computer trashed, and were forced to resort to their own wits to work out where Steeljaw was. They successfully located the cave, rescuing Fixit and Russell before engaging Steeljaw's crew. Bumblebee attempted to wrestle a bomb away from Steve, until the three Vehicons realized that Steeljaw was not part of Megatron's command. In the aftermath Bumblebee's team was left with the majority of Steeljaw's team as prisoners. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
During training, Bumblebee had to contend with Sideswipe and Grimlock playing lob-ball with Fixit as the ball. When the Autobots detected [[Scuzzard]] on the loose, Bumblebee came up with a plan which, despite going slightly wrong, still netted them Scuzzard. The Decepticon was snatched from them by the newly escaped Filch, and the Autobots were forced to track down and capture both of the birdbots. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} Detecting Autobot signals at the docks, the Autobots stumbled on a fight between Underbite, Thunderhoof, and [[Slink]]'s gang. Despite falling foul of [[Sneak]]'s underarm odor, Bumblebee helped Grimlock take down Underbite, and the team subsequently managed to capture Slink and her gang. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

Despite a failed attempt at running a drill, Bumblebee was able to lead his team in the capture of [[Forager]], whose comments led him to suspect that Drift might be a Decepticon. Bumblebee and his team were captured a short time later when [[Foxtrot]] and [[Stilts]] took over the scrapyard and put the team in stasis pods. The team was eventually freed with Drift's help, and turned the tables on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

Bumblebee began seeing strange visions of Optimus Prime claiming to have become a Decepticon, distracting him during a mission to capture [[Skinkbomb]] and resulting in Sideswipe becoming seriously injured. Fixit thought that Bumblebee might have developed brain rust, but Bumblebee was sure that it was a trick intended to distract him. The next time the false Optimus appeared, Bumblebee was able to keep ordering his team and capture Skinkbomb, and the real Optimus later filled him in on events. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}

Bumblebee, Grimlock and Strongarm attempted to arrest the Decepticon [[Brakepad]], only to fall foul of his lethargy-inducing powers. After they returned to the scrapyard empty-handed, Denny and Russell had to force them to go back out into the field and capture Brakepad. {{Storylink|Autobot World Tour}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Pursuing the AllSpark after it had been launched into space, Bumblebee was one of the many Autobots that found their way to Earth. He encountered Starscream, who wasn't fooled by Bubmblebee's vehicle disguise. He later participated in a great battle within a human settlement against the Decepticons. He was wounded on the battlefield, and tended to by Ratchet. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Bumblebee appeared on an advertisement for ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers Adventure]]'' during [[Christmas]] season. {{storylink|Merry X'mas!!}} In one of [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]'s dreams, Bumblebee and his friends responded when Optimus Prime called their names in a display of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Adventure|new toy]]'s speaking gimmick, then joined Optimus in dancing to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

Later in the real world, Bumblebee was shocked by Rattrap and [[Tigatron]]'s sudden appearance among his Autobots. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

===''Birth! Black Knight Bumblebee''===
Bumblebee was attempting to prepare to fight [[Phantomjaw]] with the assistance of Drift. He was having little luck until one of Drift's sword strikes sent him flying into mud, the dark color of which hid him from the samurai. There was little time to contemplate this, though, as Phantomjaw himself arrived, quickly putting Bee on the defensive. Thinking quickly, Drift told him to scan a nearby black car, and his new "Black Knight" coloration hid him from the Decepticon much as the mud had previous hidden him from Drift. Thus cloaked, Bumblebee made short work of Phantomjaw. {{storylink|Birth! Black Knight Bumblebee}}

===Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
{{Charstubfiction}}{{Storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Bumblebee was weirded out by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker]] singing Christmas carols. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}
*Bumblebee leapt into a theatre to watch some family movies alongside various other cartoon characters. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Family Movie|Hub Family Movie commercial}}
*Fowler summoned the Autobots for a vague special mission, where they would be backed up by [[Batman]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Impossibly Awesome|Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon}}
*Bumblebee received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, and then proceeded to use his shoulder-mounted guns to mow down some Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}
*Ratchet took Bumblebee through a tour of the Autobots' armory which culminated in Ratchet presenting [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]]. The two of them then rode the mech into battle, plowing through ranks of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Optimus Maximus|Optimus Maximus commercial}}
*Optimus, Bumblebee, [[Boulder]] and Predaking attended a pool party with various entities from other universes. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pool Party|Hub Network Summer Pool Party}}
*Toy versions of Optimus and Bumblebee came to life to duke it out against toy versions of Predaking and [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] in a child's room. Bumblebee and Optimus came out victorious, and bumped fists while their restrained opponents dangled beneath them. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Beast Hunters toys|Beast Hunters toys commercial}}
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]], Bumblebee, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Boulder]] rushed out of [[Fire Station Prime]] in response to a nearby fire. They watched Heatwave put out the blaze, then all posed heroically in a v-formation. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots toys commercial}}
*Optimus and Bumblebee joined the Rescue Bots in response to a fire emergency. Once on-scene, Bumblebee energized his jackhammer, and used it to clear away some rubble. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Energize figures commercial}}
*When a child holding a Bumblebee toy came under threat from Steeljaw, Bumblebee rushed to the boy's rescue. Bumblebee tossed the Decepticon into a nearby body of water, telling him to "cool off" before turning to his admirer and giving him a "thumbs up." {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise One-Step and Three-Step toy commercial}}
*Bumblebee dueled against Steeljaw once more, but this time as "Super Bumblebee!" Towering over his opponent, Bumblebee picked him up and transformed the Decepticon into his vehicle mode as though he was just a toy. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Super Bumblebee commercial}}

==Games==

===''Transformers Online''===
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Johnny Yong Bosch]] (English)|[[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian), [[Renato Novara]] (Italian)}}

[[File:WfC-IGN-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The time has come and so have I... I'll laugh last 'cause you came to die.]]
During the Decepticons siege of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]], Bumblebee volunteered to be a message courier when communications became unreliable. Bumblebee was searching for the one called [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]] when he was caught by a pair of Decepticons, only to be saved by Optimus and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. Informing Optimus of the death of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]], Bumblebee accompanied Optimus and Ratchet to a command center where they were contacted by [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], who was leading the aerial counterattack and wanted Zeta to activate the [[planetary gun]]s. After informing Jetfire of Prime's death, Bumblebee helped Optimus and Ratchet make their way to the orbital defenses control room, where they activated the guns. Their next stop was the [[Decagon]], where they could reestablish communications and coordinate Iacon's defense. They hit serious Decepticon resistance, including several [[Decepticon war machine]]s, but ultimately, with help from Jetfire and [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]], the three made their way to the Decagon, where they faced the last obstacle: [[Air Commander|Sky Commander]] [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. Beating the traitorous Seeker, Bumblebee witnessed a desperate communication from Zeta Prime, who was being held in the [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] [[Kaon Prison Complex|Prison Complex]]. Optimus resolved to rescue Zeta, and Bumblebee accompanied him.

[[File:WFC Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Autobots... [[Johnny Yong Bosch|It's Morphin' Time?"]]]]
Bumblebee, Optimus, and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] allowed themselves to be captured raiding supplies outside Kaon, and taken to the prison within the city. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] ordered them taken to recycling. Bumblebee didn't think that sounded bad, until Sideswipe told him to consider ''what'' they were recycling. As they made their way through the prison, Bumblebee's horror grew, until he was in a near panic when they placed against the firing wall. Fortunately, [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] finally arrived and killed the [[Heavy Soldier]]s about to execute them. Air Raid was forced to let himself be captured to let the others escape. Finally finding some weapons, the three made their way to a [[wall crawler]] and descended into the prison. Bumblebee asked if this was good or bad, and Optimus replied that it was purely a matter of perspective, while Sideswipe said he was enjoying himself. Soon, they reached a room where Megatron revealed that he had allowed Zeta's message to be broadcast simply to lure Optimus into a trap. After they fought off some Decepticons, Megatron simply teleported them to a prison cell without their weapons. Fortunately, Optimus managed to break the wall with his axe, freeing them. Optimus then explained he could not open the other prisoners' cells, despite Bumblebee's pleas. Heading to retrieve Air Raid, the three Autobots rescued the flier, who took them to the control which would open all the prison's hard locks. Unfortunately, Zeta was trapped under the facility, so the control wouldn't release him. While Air Raid took the freed Autobots back to Iacon, Bumblebee accompanied Optimus and Sideswipe underground to free Zeta, racing through the caverns as the Decepticons blew out the ground. Reaching Zeta Prime's cell, Optimus, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe had to fight through Soundwave's minions to rescue the Autobot leader, but Soundwave stole some of Zeta's life energy and fled, killing the Prime. Taking his body back to Iacon, Bumblebee and Sideswipe bore witness to the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] declaring that Optimus was now Optimus [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], leader of the Autobots.

During the evacuation of Cybertron, Megatron used Trypticon Station to fire on the Autobots' escape pods. After the Aerialbots destroyed Trypticon's conversion cog and sent him plummeting to the planet's surface, Bumblebee accompanied Optimus Prime and Ironhide to look for the crash site. Once Trypticon was found to still function, Bumblebee assisted in fighting him, overloading his shoulder cannons with energon batteries and destroying his heat vents. After greatly damaging Trypticon, Optimus Prime declared Trypticon had lost and knocked him into an energon lake with his axe. Afterward, Bumblebee was present at the unveiling of the Ark, where he reminded Optimus Prime that Megatron was "still out there". {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Johnny Yong Bosch]] (English)}}
{{quote|Watch out, Decepticons! I'm kind of a big deal!|Bumblebee}}
[[File:WFCDS Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|89px|Small, but noisy.]]
When a distress call from Zeta Prime was received by the Autobots, they sent Bumblebee to find Optimus so they could repair the communications system. Bumblebee and Optimus were seen battling Decepticons together by an Autobot rookie when he arrived at the Autobot base. When Optimus was later disabled by [[laser guard]]s, Bumblebee was instrumental in reviving him, and helped him defeat [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]]. After the Autobots retook [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Bumblebee exploded verbally at Ironhide, complaining that they'd already lost the war. Optimus told him that that attitude was just what Megatron wanted.

Prime's transmissions led the Autobots to infiltrate Kaon Prison, a place Bumblebee found terrifying to the point where Ironhide had to try and calm him and Optimus told them both to quiet down. They eventually found Zeta Prime, in time for their leader to expire. After Optimus was made the new Prime, the Autobots tried to enlist the help of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]. Bumblebee slyly goaded Grimlock into challenging Optimus to a contest, however instead the Autobots ended up rescuing Swoop who'd been kidnapped by the Decepticons. The Autobots were forced to venture down to Cybertron's core to disable the Dark Energon corruptors, so that Cybertron's core could begin repairing itself, however the planet was left unable to sustain Transformer life.

As the Autobots began to evacuate in arks, Trypticon station began firing on them. Optimus prepared to take a team to the station to attack it from the inside, and Bumblebee was the first to volunteer to go along. They infiltrated the station and destroyed its power core, causing it to plunge from orbit. To the Autobots' surprise, the station transformed into a monster which Bumblebee found terrifying, but he still took part in the battle to destroy it. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
{{voiceactor|[[Johnny Yong Bosch]] (English)|[[Renato Novara]] (Italian)}}

In order to find out more about "Trypticon", Bumblebee and Ironhide were ordered to infiltrate a Decepticon datacore and extract the info stored inside it. Looking for a back way in, Ironhide uncovered a transit shaft, but it was too small for him to reconnoiter. Splitting up, Bumblebee took the shaft while Ironhide circled around to find another way in. Inside the datacore, they retrieved the intel on Trypticon, but were unable to escape without being noticed. The ruckus they raised in Kaon caught Megatron's attempt, and he arrived to fell both Autobots before they made it out of the city-state. Megatron subjected Bumblebee to a neural scanner to forcibly extract Autobot secrets from his mind. Bumblebee struggled to resist the scanner, but still unwillingly gave up some intel before Ironhide broke them both free. They eventually made it out of Kaon in one piece, thanks in part to the air support provided by Air Raid.

After the power supply was cut off to Trypticon from the Geosynchronous Energy Bridge, the Autobots began to prep supplies for their evacuation of the planet. On one such supply convoy, Bumblebee ran defensive reconnaissance to protect the convoy from Decepticon attack. Bumblebee blamed himself for allowing the Decepticons to access his mind using the neural scanner, and was extra dedicated to the mission in his effort to redeem himself, even if only in his own eyes. He uncovered an ambush plot on the roadway, and alerted Optimus to the threat. Taking point, he intervened on several other ambush attempts along the way.

After Trypticon Station fell to Cybertron's surface and revealed itself as a gi-normous transforming creature, Bumblebee joined Optimus Prime and Ironhide in racing to the crash site to finish him off. They were separated during the journey, and had to fight through multiple Decepticon vanguards before even reaching Trypticon. Eventually, it was the combined firepower and teamwork of the Autobot forces that brought down the dangerous dinosaur. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (PC/PS3/PS4/Wii U/Xbox 360/Xbox One)===
{{Note|Bumblebee is available in Escalation Mode and has the Ammo Supply Core as his default ability.}}

Bumblebee waited with Optimus at the train station for Ironhide and Sideswipe to retrieve the [[Dark Spark]]. When the first train came, Bumblebee was the only one who made it on board, due to it having a timer. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
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===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[File:FOC-GameInformerPrimeBumblebee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Oh my God, they killed Kenny! You bastards!]]
As the Autobots worked towards preparing the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]] for launch, the Decepticons attacked the city. Bumblebee was helping out [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] with the wounded when [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] arrived, and helped with an injured soldier. He was part of the bridge crew when the ship launched, and when they were intercepted by the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', defended the bridge alongside Optimus. Prime left to tend to the engine room, and Bumblebee was sent to replace a [[moleculon fuse|fuse]] so they could get the defense systems back up and running. He succeeded, allowing the ''Ark'' to start returning fire on the Decepticon ship, and began heading for the engine room. By the time he got there, Optimus and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] were engaged in a ferocious battle, with Optimus losing. As Megatron fired off a killing shot, Bumblebee threw himself in the way and took the shot to the chest. Enraged, Optimus renewed his assault on Megatron, but a short time later both ships were sucked through the [[space bridge]] portal. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
When an earthquake unearthed an Energon mine, Bumblebee was deployed to stop the Vehicon hordes from plundering it. Even after he successfully defended the mine, one of the Vehicons escaped. Bumblebee followed it to an abandoned building that the Decepticons were using as an Energon processing plant. He fought off the Vehicons here as well. He then accompanied Arcee in order to help her stop the Vehicons from reaching an abandoned military base.

Bumblebee could summon "Cannon Turrets," "Corrosion Turrets," and "Energy Beam Turrets" through the Ground Bridge to aid him in his fight against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}
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===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:Transformers prime the game bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|I should probably say something...but that might be difficult.]]
The Autobots detected a massive asteroid of Dark Energon headed toward Earth, and intercepted the ''Nemesis'' crew attempting to retrieve the asteroid when bridging to the location. At the climax of the battle, the asteroid began to split apart and exploded. Team Prime fell to Earth and scattered across the country.

Bumblebee was captured by the Decepticons at some point, likely by Knock Out. However, when Raf had detected Bumblebee's life signal on Earth, he had come to rescue his friend. Freed by the human, Bumblebee followed Raf's directions in order to escape. Eventually, Bumblebee encountered Knock Out and Raf was kidnapped by the Decepticons while he was distracted.

Optimus dispatched Bumblebee and Arcee to investigate a part of the asteroid that landed on Earth being checked by a Decepticon signal, though Bumblebee scouted ahead and found that the signal was Dreadwing unearthing one of Thunderwing's missing components. Arcee helped Bumblebee in grounding Dreadwing, though he was the one who did the work in defeating him. Later, Arcee joined Bumblebee in bridging to the Nemesis to save Ratchet and the children, who had been captured by the Decepticons over this period of time. He was met yet again by Knock Out, and through trial & error had defeated him by driving him off the Nemesis.

The team regrouped, though missing Optimus, and Ratchet dispatched Bulkhead, Bumblebee, and Arcee to chase Thunderwing in order to give him time to create a device to corrupt his Dark Energon core. Bumblebee was pretty shaken up by Megatron. Bumblebee later joined the rest of the team in watching the sun set after a day's hard work. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Bumblebee and the Autobots countered it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris. While the dish was under construction, Bumblebee and Raf could help out by causing more power-ups to drift towards the dish. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===Transformers Universe===
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{{Note|Concept art of Bumblebee was produced, but he did not appear in the game prior to its cancellation.}}
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===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{note|The Starter Bumblebee is already unlocked when the game is turned on for the first time.}}
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When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe and Grimlock captured escaped Decepticons, and secured them back in their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}

===Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker===
Bumblebee was a spectator for a soccer match between Autobots and Decepticons. He enjoyed whenever players would tackle one another. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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Bumblebee (WFC) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character available as a reward in the "Cybertron: Episode 1" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Bumblebee (WFC)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderBumblebee.jpg|thumb|Cheddar-flavored.]]
*''War for Cybertron'' Bumblebee was designed by [[Jim Daly]], and it's that specific character concept art that won [[Hasbro]] over on giving [[High Moon Studios]] the game.
*Bumblebee's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Runner-type chassis for [[Scout (WFC)|Scout]]-class characters. His parts are also available in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Recon-type components for the [[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrator]] class (although his wheels can also be used by [[Destroyer (FOC)|Destroyers]]).
*[[Alex Irvine]] wrote the short story ''[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]'', expanding on how Bumblebee lost his vocoder in ''Exodus''.
*In the end credits for WFC, Bee drives up, and '''HALF''' of the Autobots get out. Weird. Guess his father was a clown car.
*Bumblebee's [[license plate]] in "[[Speed Metal]]" is "'''936 SOH'''".
*Unlike [[Bumblebee (Movie)|that other mute Bumblebee]], who cannot directly communicate at all, and who splices together radio signals as a primitive method of conveying his thoughts, the beeps and tones produced by ''Prime'' Bumblebee seem to be a language of their own, which is fully understood by other Cybertronians (and, oddly, Raf).
*Bumblebee's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Bumblebee parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop. Unlike most of his peers, who were hue-shifted into different colors, Bumblebee seems to look exactly the same as he always does.
*Bumblebee is a guest on the DVD/Blu-ray commentary for "Shadowzone". [[Dave Hartman]] apparently shares Raf's ability to understand him.
*According to the Autobits version of [[Darkmount, NV]], [[Frank Welker]] records words for Bumblebee, which are then replaced with the character's normal beeping sounds.
*Prior to Will Friedle's casting on a interview with ''[http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/07/25/will-friedle-on-playing-transformers-primes-bumblebee-ultimate-spider-mans-deadpool-and-his-thoughts-on-girl-meets-world IGN]'', he had originally gone in to audition for a character called "[[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]]," but was later given the role of Bumblebee when they were ready to supply him with a voice.
*For [[Christmas]] [[2013]], [[The Hub]] aired a special "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" video yule log. This hour-long special consisted of music and cameo appearances by several characters or pieces from Hub properties in addition to the ponies themselves. Among the characters who made cameos were Beast Hunters Bumblebee (who beeped as he drove across the screen), [[Blades (RB)|Rescue Bots Blades]] (who stumbled onto the screen before being pulled back off), Strawberry Shortcake, Lil' Bat (mascot for The Aquabats), a Sorry! game piece, a character from "Pound Puppies", the main lead from "SheZow!", and several characters from the "Littlest Pet Shop" cartoon. This special was aired back-to-back for four hours on Christmas morning, possibly as a means of giving the bulk of the network staff a chance to spend Christmas morning with their families.
*A running gag in the first season of ''Robots in Disguise'' was Bumblebee's inability to come up with a decent command for his team to mobilize, in the vein of Optimus Prime's famous "[[roll out|Autobots, transform and roll out]]". He tried out roughly a dozen rallying cries at the beginning of missions, all greeted with reactions ranging from unimpressed stares to open laughter, his team convinced he was joking, before finally coming up with "Rev up and roll out" in [[Battlegrounds, Part 2]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Bumblebee''', '''Űrdongó''' (''Rescue Bots'' cartoon, "Space-Bumblebee")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dàhuángfēng''' (大黃蜂, "Hornet")
*''Russian:'' '''Shershen'''' (Шершень, "Hornet") - FOC & ROTDS only

==References==
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[[Category:Autobot leaders]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Go! Autobots]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers Universe game Autobots]]
[[Category:Scouts]]
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[[Category:Transformers Online Autobots]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]
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Optimus Prime (WFC)

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:''Optimus Prime is the leader of the [[Autobot]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:PrimeOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Megatron awakened within him a secret yearning. The slashfic writes itself.]]

'''Optimus Prime''' was the last born of the original [[Thirteen]] Transformers. His spark was the most like their progenitor [[Primus]], its frequency nearly identical. He was the mediator and visionary of the group, passing among them all as a calm, inspiring, thoughtful, unifying and well-liked friend. It was his unique spark and his inspiring reassurance that "All are One" that allowed the Primes to rally and succeed in their battle against the Chaos Bringer [[Unicron]]. When tragedy at last ended the era of the Primes and brought forth the new race of lesser descendant Transformers he alone chose to be reborn in the [[Well of All Sparks]] as one of them, that he might know them and their needs more completely.

All memory of his past life gone, he took the name '''Orion Pax''' and sought his way like any other robot on the new world. Eventually he found his place as a simple data clerk, satisfied with his job. He was always anxious of the inequality amongst Cybertronians and thus, after gaining inspiration from an outspoken gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s call for an upheaval of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s society, took a stand to rid the oppressive [[caste system]] which hindered the freedom of all the sentient beings on Cybertron. Little did he realize that his instructor, the master archivist [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]], was also one of the Thirteen and knew of the secret within the data clerk. Once Pax and Megatron discovered they did not have as much in common as they once believed, the lowly data clerk was promoted by the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] to be the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. With the claiming of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] Orion Pax became Optimus Prime once more, regaining his memory and rising to lead his people.

Over the centuries, loss and war have led Optimus to appear stern and serious to most. But scratch the surface, and you'll find an individual who greatly cares for his fellow living beings, with a warmth and kindness his closest friends can rely on. You'll also find regret over the loss of a comrade to darkness, and the faintest glimmer of hope that he can be saved.

He is sometimes partnered with Chief [[Charlie Burns]] or the [[Mini-Con]]s [[O.P.]], [[Aerobolt]], [[Gravity]], or [[Hi-Test (RID)|Hi-Test]].

{{bigquote|We will [[Theme song|wage our battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons]] wherever it may take us. And one day, we will go home.|Optimus Prime|''[[Transformers: Exodus|Exodus]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
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Optimus Prime was created as the last of the [[Thirteen]], the first generation of Transformers, each created directly by Primus as a band of unique warriors to combat and defeat Unicron. Upon his creation, Optimus united the Thirteen by his greeting: "All are one." While all of the other members of the Thirteen each possessed unique abilities and artifacts, Optimus wielded no special powers or weapons. It was only through his vision and encouraging words that allowed the Thirteen to finally defeat Unicron.

In the era that followed, Optimus served as the mediator and voice of reason among the increasingly argumentative group of Primes. When these conflicts and power plays finally boiled over after the death of [[Solus Prime]], the Primes descended into full on conflict against one another. Optimus emerged mostly unharmed from the final conflict that split the Thirteen. However, upon the activation of the [[Well of All Sparks]], Optimus chose to enter into the Well and be reborn as a lesser Cybertronian, in order to know them and their needs better. Before doing so, he asked [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] to remove all references to his name from the [[Covenant of Primus]], so that he could not be found unless in the most dire of circumstances.

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Carrying the damaged body of [[Onyx Prime]] and accompanied by [[Micronus Prime]], Optimus bid farewell to his brothers, and announced that the era of the Primes had ended. The three of them entered and activated the Well, which began producing new mechanical life. Among the many humanoid Cybertronians that emerged from the Well was Orion Pax, a humble bot with no memories of his previous life. Alpha Trion recognized what had once been his fellow Prime, and made a note to keep an eye on him later.

Orion eventually moved to the city of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], where he found work as an archivist in the newly established [[Hall of Records]], under Alpha Trion's watchful eye. During the [[Age of Wrath]], Orion Pax became Alpha Trion's aide. Orion eventually became friends with [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], a member of the underground resistance movement that had formed against the [[Quintesson]]s. When the Cybertronians finally rebelled against the Quintessons, Orion confided to Alpha Trion that there may be more than one variety of Quintesson. Alpha Trion told him that he needed to keep this knowledge a secret to aid the war effort, and that he needed to pass on these orders to every officer in person. [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] served as his bodyguard. Although the duo faced many hardships along the way, Orion Pax eventually fulfilled his mission.

When the Quintessons were finally routed from the system, Orion was present to witness the activation of the first [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]]s, which heralded the arrival of Cybertron's [[Golden Age]].

After the Golden Age, [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]]'s [[caste system]] became increasingly oppressive and stifling. Orion developed a friendship with a [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]ian gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. The two sought to revitalize Cybertron's rigid caste system, although they differed in their ideals. They remained friends until a fateful meeting with the High Council, in which Orion was named the next Prime- "Optimus Prime". Consumed by jealousy, Megatron and his "[[Decepticon]]s" declared war on Optimus and his "[[Autobot]]" followers.

Over the course of the war, Optimus eventually discovered the [[Matrix of Leadership]] after Megatron poisoned Cybertron with [[Dark Energon]]. The Matrix cast all doubt from Optimus's mind about his worthiness as a Prime, and once on the surface he asked Alpha Trion to help build a starship- the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' so that the Autobots could evacuate the planet while it recovered. They were pursued by Megatron aboard his own ship, and the two factions traveled through the last working space bridge, scattering them across the galaxy.

Over the course of the journey, Optimus's crew visited several lost Cybertronian colonies, and ran afoul of the Quintessons once again. They also encountered a tribe of nomadic Cybertronian mutants named [[Mutacon]]s; their leader [[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]] temporarily aided the Autobots in battle against both the Decepticons and the [[Star Seeker]]s.

Eventually, the ''Ark'' reached an organic planet known as [[Earth]], where Optimus and a small group of Autobots took up residence. The Autobots secretly allied themselves with the [[United States of America|United States]] government and set up a permanent base in [[Nevada]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===Aligned novels===

Orion Pax was put to work in the [[Hall of Records]] soon after emerging from the Well of All Sparks. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} At some point in the distant past, the first Quintessons arrived in gigantic silver ships, the first alien life-forms ever to contact Cybertron. Orion Pax was present to see the first Quintessons emerge from these ships and give the gift of [[transformation]] to the assembled Cybertronians by reactivating their dormant [[transformation cog]]s. Throughout the [[Age of Wrath]], Orion Pax continued to work in the Hall of Records, but like many other Cybertronians he chafed under the Quintesson's increasingly oppressive rule and their vicious, circus-like courts that dispensed a twisted brand of justice. The Quintessons were eventually defeated by the incumbent [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]] of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and an energon miner named D-16, and Orion—who had no part in the revolution—eventually suppressed his traumatic memories of the alien invasion. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

During the era of the [[caste system]], Orion would read and index information in the [[Hall of Records]] from the [[Communication Grid]], but was forbidden to analyze it. That was [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]]'s job, and the two became friends. Orion began monitoring Megatron's transmissions, and began a secret correspondence with him because he agreed with his beliefs. They had intense but friendly debates over the nature of free will and the dangerousness of their ideals, and Megatron suggested Orion learn how to fight for his beliefs. Orion began training with Jazz, learning to fire an [[ion blaster|ion-cannon]] and to fashion his arms into an [[energon-axe|axe]] and a [[Dual Energon Swords|sword]].

Orion made his first trip to Kaon to meet Megatron in person at his base. Megatron was the only gladiator who gave Orion a warm welcome. Terrorists began bombings in Megatron's name, and he made his first public announcement on the Grid, stating he was not responsible for the attacks and would bring the perpetrators to justice. Orion followed him up with a speech of his own. Orion trusted Megatron, believing if he were responsible for the attacks, he would have wanted to be associated with them. Later, when [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] took him to meet Megatron at an arena beneath the [[Observatory of Iacon]], Orion was shocked to see Jazz in attendance, and that Megatron had heard rumors about the bombings but did nothing to prevent them.

[[File:War for Cybertron comic - Orion testimony.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Lookin' awful buff and armored for an insignificant young library clerk. One has to wonder if the [[Guilds of Cybertron|Guilds]] may have dropped the ball on this one.]]
When "Decepticons" kidnapped [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]], Orion requested Alpha Trion arrange an audience with [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] for him and Megatron. During their hearing in the [[High Council Tower]], Orion rigorously defended their ideals, even reviving the ancient philosophical phrase "Autobots" to describe the autonomy his brethren sought. It was then Councilor [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]] declared Orion the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]: Optimus Prime. An outraged Megatron accused his brother of treachery, and then murdered Halogen. When Optimus ordered the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] to not harm Megatron, Megatron declared Optimus had fallen into the trappings of power the High Council had foisted upon him, and those in attendance dispersed, with the planet forever divided into Autobots and Decepticons.

Optimus forgoed the first engagement of the war, allowing the Decepticons to take [[Fort Scyk]] so he would gain time to recruit more Autobots. Optimus learned from Jazz after the fall of Scyk that he would have to learn to not mourn every soldier. Optimus fought for the first time during the next battle, the siege of the [[Hydrax Plateau]]. The first Cybertronian he ever killed was a former industrial drone named [[Drixco]]. Afterwards Optimus confided to Alpha Trion that the act of killing alone made him feel he was on the wrong side. Despite the efforts of Optimus and [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] the Decepticons conquered the Hydrax Plateau. It was at the stalemate of [[Praxus]] that Optimus gained the indispensable allies [[Prowl (WFC)|Prowl]] and [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]]. The first Autobot victory was at [[Kalis]], a vital area due to its fusion reactor that powered Iacon. Optimus, Jazz and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] worked together to bring down the monstrous [[Bruticus (WFC)|Bruticus Maximus]], but the battle was mostly won due to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s' absence. As Energon depleted, the war descended into a mere siege of Iacon lasting millions of cycles, and Optimus opted to eject the [[AllSpark]] itself into space: during this battle Optimus gained another great friend in [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]].

Following a lull in the war, the Decepticons began using [[Dark Energon]] and routed the Autobots, but Optimus wisely predicted it was an inefficient resource that would run out soon. To his horror, Megatron and Starscream infiltrated [[Teletraan-1]] to steal the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], and although Teletraan-1 awakened the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to ferry the Chamber to safety, the Dark Energon-powered Decepticons overpowered the Autobots and used the Chamber to corrupt the [[Core]] of Cybertron and infested the planet with Dark Energon. During the battle, Megatron revealed he had killed Sentinel Prime below the High Council Tower to gain access to the Chamber. Afterwards Prowl picked up a message from Sentinel on the Grid, and Optimus, realizing he had not found Sentinel's body in Iacon, deduced Sentinel was alive. When Optimus, Jazz and Prowl rescued him from Kaon Prison, they found the city strangely deserted. Optimus believed Dark Energon was having a severe effect on Decepticon morale. When they found Sentinel, he was dying. He regretted his overlong reign as Prime, and that the High Council had made the right decision in appointing Optimus a Prime. He finally told him he had to go to the Core and purge its corruption of Dark Energon.

After Sentinel's funeral in Iacon, where Optimus was officially appointed Prime after holding the de facto position for so long, he journeyed to the Core with Bumblebee and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]] and removed the Plasma Energy Chamber. It was there that a voice from the Core told Optimus he was too late, and the Autobots would have to leave Cybertron as the planet healed itself. But it finally bestowed upon him the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the essence of [[Primus]], explaining that while Sentinel lived, he was still Prime, and that he had been unworthy of the Matrix. It told him that when the day came that they would return to Cybertron, the Core and the Matrix would restore the planet and Optimus would lead the Autobots in an "age of unimagined wonders". Afterwards, Optimus launched [[Ark (WFC)|Project Generation One]], to build a ship—that Jazz dubbed the ''Ark''—to take them to the stars, a plan some Autobots objected to.

But before their exodus, Optimus planned to fool Megatron by gathering every spaceworthy vessel and having them rendezvous at what was apparently the last remaining [[space bridge]] in orbit. Megatron ordered [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] fire on the ships, but Optimus ordered a fallback as he, Jetfire, Jazz, Ironhide, Prowl, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee flew the ''[[Eight Track (WFC)|Eight Track]]'' to board the monster and knocked him from orbit by blasting his [[Spark]] containment field. Optimus's team returned to find the ''Ark'' ready at the Well of All Sparks, and bid goodbye to those—including Jetfire, Magnus and Omega—who stayed to fend off Trypticon as he transformed to attack. Optimus also bade farewell to Alpha Trion, who believed [[Vector Sigma]] would protect him when the rest of the planet would be unable to sustain life: it was then Optimus realized Alpha Trion was one of the [[Thirteen|thirteen original Transformers]].

Yet as the ''Ark'' took off the Decepticons overran Iacon and Megatron and his elite boarded Trypticon, who transformed into a ''Nemesis''-class cruiser and pursued the Autobots. Megatron used his and Orion's old frequency to inform Optimus that he would pursue him across the stars and eventually kill him. The ''Ark'' entered the last space bridge and emerged with the ''Nemesis'' gone. They were near a [[Milky Way|spiral galaxy]] and Prowl detected the AllSpark. Knowing the Matrix within would help them find a way home, Optimus vowed that the Autobots would continue to wage their battle across the stars. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{note|Orion Pax/Optimus Prime's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic "[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]."}}

After passing through the unstable Space Bridge, Optimus Prime and his crew found themselves in the vicinity of the lost Cybertronian colony world of [[Velocitron]], and with the help of a starmap projected by the Matrix, the Autobots entered orbit above the planet. Optimus Prime led a small exploratory team to the planet's surface, where they met [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], [[Override (Prime)|Override]] and [[Ransack (Prime)|Ransack]]. It was a time of great stress between Velocitron's rulers, and the Autobots' arrival from mythical Cybertron only exacerbated the situation. Worse still, active acts of sabotage on the Ark led the Autobots to the conclusion that one of their crew was actually a Decepticon agent. Optimus concluded there was little they could do at the moment other than remain on guard. Later, Optimus traveled with a young Velocitronian named [[Clocker (Prime)|Clocker]] to Velocitron's south pole, where he discovered a fragment of metal that he thought might belong to the mythical [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. His investigations were cut short by an attack of rebel Velocitronians, forcing him to return to the city of [[Delta]], where he discovered what he thought was another fragment. Although the Autobots secured an ally in Override, they left Velocitron on the brink of civil war during their departure, as Ransack's followers had been corrupted by the Decepticon rhetoric of "peace through tyranny" spread by the Ark's traitor.

The next leg of their journey through the Space Bridge brought the Autobots to fabled Junkion, a world composed entirely of space junk. Optimus Prime made contact with the leader of the planet's inhabitants, a scatterbrained robot named [[Wreck-Gar (Prime)|Wreck-Gar]], who was spurred to action by the appearance of the Matrix. The Autobots went to work repairing the Ark, with the relative assistance of the Junkions. Prime discovered another fragment in a forge, and barely managed to rescue it. When Prowl discovered the traitorous [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] was aboard, Optimus and Jazz managed to identify and trap the shifter in a stasis field, ending his threat to the Autobots. However, Optimus Prime's Matrix-induced visions led him on a quest through one of the four Space Bridge nodes surrounding Junkion, and he selected Bumblebee and Silverbolt to accompany him. Through the Bridge they came across the lonely tomb of Solus Prime, fabled artificer of the Thirteen. Her holographic spirit was called forth by the Matrix and informed the Autobots that the Requiem Blaster, most deadly of her creations, rested on Junkion and must be kept out of Decepticon hands. When the group returned to Junkion with Chaindrive in tow, Optimus assembled his findings, the [[Blades of Time]], and contacted the reclusive [[Vector Prime]].

The Decepticons eventually arrived on Junkion in force, and the two sides warred over a hidden treasure at the planet's core...the Requiem Blaster. A weapon capable of drawing infinite power from nearby stellar sources, the Requiem Blaster had its own gravity field, and had literally been the core around which Junkion's "junk" had formed. Optimus and Megatron dueled once more as the planet tore itself apart, but the arrival of the mythical hero [[Nexus Prime]] helped to turn the tide. From him, Optimus received the [[Cyber Caliber]], a powerful sword that he used to fight Megatron to a standstill. The fighting over the Requiem Blaster ripped the planet apart, but both sides eventually called off the melee and abandoned the Blaster after learning the location of the Allspark itself. Optimus Prime and the Autobots boarded the Ark and began the long race to reach their civilization's greatest prize before Megatron could. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Some time after the battle over Junkion, the Matrix of Leadership began to behave erratically, transmitting strange visions the further the ''Ark'' travelled into deep space and causing Optimus Prime to doubt his own leadership capabilities. The ''Ark'' eventually discovered the world of [[Aquatron]], rich with Energon. Prime ordered an away party to land and investigate the planet's surface. The friendly Aquatronians eventually invited Optimus himself to one of their cities, where he met the [[Inquirata (Prime)|Curator]], who claimed to speak on the behalf of all Aquatronians. Before Optimus could explore any further, he was struck with another vision of himself, in his Orion Pax state, being menaced by a sinister figure. Crying out Megatron's name, Optimus collapsed and was rushed to the nearest Aquatronian medical center for diagnostic investigations. Doctor [[Xeros]] took a particular interest in his Matrix and scanned it, clandestinely transmitting its schematics back to the Curator to further their own plan.

Later that evening, at yet another welcome celebration, Ratchet privately confided in Optimus that Optimus may be suppressing traumatic memories from his days as Orion Pax. Ironhide interrupted the conversation to tell him that [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]], [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]], and Bumblebee had gone missing somewhere beneath Aquatron's deep oceanic trenches. Optimus immediately ordered a search party to find the missing Autobots, even though the Curator warned Optimus that Aquatron's deepest depths were inhabited by vicious, less-evolved creatures. Before the search party could begin its task, Sideswipe warned Optimus of the approaching ''Nemesis'', who had been trailing the Ark and also chanced upon Aquatron. Optimus asked the Curator for help, worrying that the ''Ark'' would be shot down, and the Curator responded by cutting power to both ships, angered that the Cybertronians had chosen to fight their war over a neutral planet. He invited both Optimus and Megatron—forced into a temporary truce—to a peace talk, apparently in the hopes of forging a true peace treaty to permanently ending the war. When both sides had arrived and temporarily disarmed, the Curator revealed his true allegiance... that he was, in fact, a Quintesson. A sceptical Optimus, who had studied the Quintesson occupation of Cybertron (although he did not personally remember his own time under Quintesson rule) found it hard to trust the Curator, even when the Quintesson claimed that his formerly violent race had reformed into a peaceful federation. Even so, Optimus decided to play along until he could find some way to escape.

The Curator visited Prime that night, promising him the current location of the Allspark if he cooperated the next morning, and also mentioning that the Aquatronians could subliminally influence Megatron's mind to make the Decepticon leader more suggestible and easier to manipulate—although Prime steadfastly refused the latter option. Optimus and Megatron prepared to negotiate the next morning. However, Megatron took the opportunity to backstab Prime by siccing six Vehicon troopers on him. Before either side could finish their fight, Skywarp—acting on Starscream's orders—detonated a bomb beneath the building, flooding it. Optimus—who had to shut off his Matrix to quell the tide of Quintesson visions—and Megatron temporarily put aside their differences and helped one another to escape from the rapidly sinking building... only to be met with a horde of angry [[Sharkticon (Prime)|Sharkticon]]s and their general [[Tyrannicon]], who placed Optimus, Megatron, and all the other Autobots and Decepticons under arrest for public mayhem and blasphemy.

Transported underwater and by rail, the defeated party of Cybertronians eventually arrived at Aquatron's capital of Hydratron. Once there, the Quintessons sent Optimus to stand trial for his numerous crimes against the Quintesson Imperium, including treachery and blasphemy against his creators. The Quintessons claimed that they had colonized Cybertron long ago and built the first Transformers, who subsequently revolted against them. Optimus, initially swayed by the stories—and partially remembering his own time spent under Quintesson rule—sadly pleaded guilty to his imagined crimes. However, he suddenly recalled ''more'' memories, including his life before the Quintesson invasion, and denounced the Quintessons as self-serving and manipulative egotists. Even though his brainwashed troops decried him as a maniac and a warmonger, Megatron, his memories also jogged, corroborated Optimus's testimony. The Quintesson judges considered this, and eventually declared Optimus and the assembled Cybertronians innocent. Being Quintessons, they immediately began executing the Cybertronians by pushing them into a Pirhanacon pit, while forcing Optimus and Megatron to fight one another in hand-to-hand gladiatorial combat.

Unbeknownst to either party, the Quintessons harvested the energy exerted by Optimus to power up an abandoned space bridge located beneath Aquatron, from which they eventually launched a Sharkticon invasion force to retake Cybertron, intending to re-colonize it and enslave its inhabitants once more. With Optimus and Megatron no longer needed, they too were plunged into the execution pit. In the fight for survival, Optimus reactivated his Matrix, giving both him and Megatron additional power, even though the Quintessons once again launched a stream of propaganda to further destabilize him. The two managed to escape and came face-to-face with the [[Gamekeeper]] and a mysterious set of carvings depicting a Megatron-like being surrounded by Sharkticons. Megatron killed the Gamekeeper, but Optimus had doubts about the carving's veracity. The temporary alliance fractured as soon as Megatron discovered the decoy Matrix hidden in Xeros's inner sanctum. He plunged the [[Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership]] into his chest, transformed into a Sharkticon-like form, and hurled Optimus down the elevator shaft.

As Prime fell to certain death, he was briefly visited by [[Thirteen|thirteen mysterious figures]], who informed him that it was not yet his time to depart from this realm. Indeed, Optius's fall was broken by a recently freed [[Leviacon]], who carried him to the Curator's fortified command bubble hidden deep beneath the surface. Optimus arrived to find Megatron —who had usurped control over the Sharkticons—fighting Tyrannicon over control of the Matrix. Although Tyrannicon soon gained the upperhand and stole Megatron's new Matrix, he was eaten by Hydratron, who had transformed into a monstrous beast that the Curator intended to unleash on Cybertron. Even as the Curator attacked him with its powerful control wand, Optimus managed to ignite the Energon beneath the space bridge and cause a colossal explosion. Despite the Leviacon's misgivings, Optimus stopped to rescue the unconscious Megatron from the explosion as well, and the three of them headed up to the surface of the planet. With the Matrix free of Quintesson interference, Optimus and the Autobots departed to resume their search for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} after the Autobots barely emerged victorious in a battle at [[Kalis]], Optimus visited Alpha Trion. Within the Iacon archives, he expected to find a more hopeful atmosphere than on the battlefield. Instead, he learned that the Covenant of Primus foretold of a dire threat looming towards the AllSpark. Alpha Trion suggested launching the AllSpark from Cybertron to protect it, and Optimus reluctantly agreed to do so.

Optimus then called a meeting of his most trusted lieutenants: Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide, Ultra Magnus, and the young Bumblebee, and laid out his plan to keep the AllSpark out of Megatron's reach for the duration of their war. When the group, accompanied by the Wreckers and Jetfire, approached the Well of AllSparks, they learned that the Decepticons were moving in on their position much earlier than anticipated. Optimus modified his plan accordingly, having Jetfire provide his grounded soldiers with a distraction, while the Wreckers were posted as their first line of against Megatron's troops. At Bumblebee's insistence, he and Cliffjumper were granted permission to back up the Wreckers.

Within the Well, Optimus had Arcee activate the mechanisms needed to launch the AllSpark, as it could not be activated by a Prime. She did so, and with the AllSpark now away, the Decepticons fell back. Optimus and his troops were then set out to finding Bumblebee out on the battlefield, after he had been left crippled and mute by his encounter with Megatron. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

Optimus Prime and the [[Earth Protection Taskforce]] unsuccessfully attempted to capture [[Starquest]] and [[Thundertron]]. {{Storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===IDW Aligned comics===
[[File:GoodIntentions-GrimlockOptimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|The possibility of the Dinobots reacting negatively was a factor I allowed for in my planning.]]
During the war for Cybertron, Optimus Prime and the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] leader [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] didn't see eye to eye. Optimus preferred playing the long game, but Grimlock felt that caution would hinder their attempts at quick victory. Optimus attempted to reign in Grimlock when the latter attempted to defend Autobot City by himself. {{storylink|Fall}} On another one of the Lightning Strike Coalition's reckless missions, Optimus Prime ordered them to return to base and abandon their battle, lest they waste precious energon. Grimlock reluctantly obeyed. However, when it was discovered that [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] was in Decepticon custody, the Lightning Strike Coalition ignored Optimus Prime's orders, broke ranks, and went after him on their own. {{storylink|Good Intentions}}

[[File:PrimeComicOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Manga is the right of all sentient beings.]]
In the modern day, Optimus sent an encrypted message from [[Earth]] directing the Autobots to their new world. When [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] landed, Optimus and Bumblebee detected them and came to retrieve them. For Optimus to find them under attack from [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] was no matter, for Optimus crushed the air commander and sent his brawny accomplice running. Optimus picked up the wounded Arcee, and took her through a [[GroundBridge]] to his base for [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] to repair her, while informing Cliffjumper that while his journey was over, their battle was just beginning. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Alfredo Martínez]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Wan-gyeong Seong]] (Korean), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German, Season One), [[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German, Season 2), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Dariusz Odija]] (Polish), [[César Marchetti]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Pekka Lehtosaari]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:OneShallRise3-corresponding.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|One does not simply see a strong friendship between a bully and a nerd.]]

In the waning years of the [[Golden Age]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Orion Pax was a clerk in the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Hall of Records]], {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} mentored by Alpha Trion. {{storylink|New Recruit}} His interests lay with the tales of ancient Cybertronian history, but the more he learned about the past, the more he grew concerned about the present. There was a disparity in freedom among the classes of his race, and the ruling class was corrupt and all-powerful. In seeking a solution to this inequity, he found inspiration in the words of a gladiator named [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatronus]], and the two joined forces to end corruption and bring equality to the masses. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}} Orion and Megatronus became close allies, almost like brothers. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} But soon Megatronus' ideals would become corrupted, and the two would become bitter enemies. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:OneShallRise3-cametobe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|If you squint, I look sort of like this in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]''. Okay, that's a lie.]]
Both Megatronus — now "Megatron" — and Orion Pax appeared before the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], and Megatron stated it was his intention to overthrow the High Council by force and instate himself as the next [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. But it was Orion's speech that drew their attention. Jealous, Megatron left angrily and began his [[Great War (Prime)|conquest]], which resulted in countless casualties and left the [[Core]] of Cybertron itself [[Dark Energon|poisoned]]. It was Orion's subsequent search for the Core that completed his transformation into Optimus Prime. The Core, the essence of their creator [[Primus]], relinquished the [[Matrix of Leadership]] into his chassis. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

During the war, Optimus encountered [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] at the [[Battle of Technahar]] when the Decepticon was sent by Megatron to kill him. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} With the help of Alpha Trion, Optimus fired the [[AllSpark]] into space to hide it from Megatron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}} After Cybertron was abandoned, Optimus Prime's [[Team Prime|elite team]] of Autobots eventually made their way to Earth, where they allied themselves with the [[United States of America|United States]] government. The Autobots were assigned [[William Fowler]] as their liaison, and provided an [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|abandoned missile silo]] as a base in exchange for keeping the Decepticon threat contained. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} Optimus then sent a message into space, calling any Autobot survivors to Earth. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

[[File:DarknessRising1-fairquestion.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Do you have your grandfather's glasses—er, wait.]]

After three years of Decepticon absence, Prime was out on the road when word reached him that [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] was facing down an entire contingent of Decepticons. Arriving to the battlefield too late, Prime delivered a eulogy for their fallen comrade. Soon after, some humans were caught up in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, and Optimus, knowing that they would now be targeted by the Decepticons, had them brought to the Autobot base. There, he told them about the Transformer war and assigned the Autobots to be their individual guardians. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Presently, the apparent reactivation of Cliffjumper's lifesigns was detected by the Autobots, and they tracked it to a Decepticon [[Energon]] mine, where they discovered that Megatron had returned to Earth with Dark Energon, used to revive Cliffjumper as a zombie [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

Realizing that Megatron's goal was to create an undead army, Optimus and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] headed to the site of an ancient Transformer battleground on Earth, arriving just as Megatron used a sliver of Dark Energon to reanimate the corpses buried there into a Terrorcon legion. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} Struggling against the detrimental effects of Dark Energon, the pair cut their way through the Terrorcons, but Megatron escaped before Optimus could get his hands on him. Returning to base, Optimus was disappointed to find that [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] had let the kids go out into battle in his absence, but disturbing intel had been recovered in the process: the Decepticons were planning to use a [[space bridge]] to revive the dead of Cybertron with Dark Energon. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}} [[GroundBridge|GroundBridging]] to the Decepticon's space bridge in Earth orbit, Optimus faced Megatron down in a one-on-one battle while the other Autobots sabotage the bridge, causing it to explode and destroy the Terrorcons, and apparently, Megatron himself. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-OptimusPrimeguns.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Pssst, Prime, your barrel openings are just painted detail.]]

Despite the victory, Optimus regretted not having been able to turn Megatron to the path of peace, and Ratchet consoled the Autobot leader. When Decepticon activity was detected in an area of the desert, Optimus and Bumblebee went to investigate, discovering that Starscream had located and reactivated Skyquake from stasis. Optimus tried to appeal to the two Decepticons to consider a truce now that Megatron had gone, but Starscream merely mocked his request and Skyquake was determined to carry out his late master's wishes and terminate Prime. Optimus and Bumblebee found themselves forced to battle and destroy Skyquake, with some assistance from Fowler, but they respectfully buried their fallen foe and Prime lamented the circumstances. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:Scrapheap-cloudsbreak.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Okay, ''now'' I'm ready to call Bulkhead fat."]]
After Bulkhead and Bumblebee found a pod in the [[Arctic]] and brought it back to base, Optimus and Arcee went back to the Arctic to check for clues as to the pod's origin. After some time searching, the temperature sensors Ratchet had given them went off, so Optimus attempted to contact base, only to find the comms were down. The pair sought shelter, but as their temperatures slowly dropped, things looked grim. Just as they were losing hope, the GroundBridge opened and ejected Bulkhead and the swarm of [[Scraplet]]s that had been causing havoc at base. The three Autobots were subsequently able to return home, and Optimus paid tribute to their human friends who had helped eliminate the Scraplets. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

[[File:Convoy-Optimustrailer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"This here's [[Rubber Ducky|Rubber Duck]] and I'm about to put the hammer down."]]
When Bulkhead's old buddy [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on Earth, Optimus excused himself from the welcome party and went out on patrol, since "Primes don't party". As such, he missed all the fun when Wheeljack turned out to be a [[Makeshift (Prime)|Decepticon spy]], but he stuck around for the second part to welcome the real Wheeljack, telling the visiting Autobot that he'd always be welcome on Earth. {{storylink|Con Job}} Not long after, when the Autobots were contracted by Fowler to help transport the experimental [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]], Optimus carried the device in a [[trailer]] to the rendezvous point, where it was transferred to a train. Unfortunately, the D.N.G.S. became a target for both the Decepticons and the human terrorist organization [[MECH]], and Prime was forced to have his Autobots break cover to fight [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] while he dispatched MECH's leader [[Silas]]. A poor loser, Silas took out the train track ahead and Optimus went into [[maximum overdrive]], grabbing the train and physically halting it. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[File:Optimuselectrocuted.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] were right, I should've gone for this earlier!]]
Tracking an [[Energon Harvester]] to a museum, Optimus Prime and the Autobots were attacked by new Decepticons arrivals [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]], and Prime got the business end of Knock Out's [[Energon prod]], taking him out of the fight long enough for Soundwave to make off with the Harvester. Optimus led the Autobots in following the villains to Greece, and stopped their attempts to harvest an Energon seam there. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Prime had another clash with Knock Out soon after: when he discovered that Arcee and [[Jack Darby|Jack]] had disobeyed his orders against using powers for personal gain by participating in illegal street races, Optimus intervened, and helped rescued a [[Vince|captive human]] from Knock Out's clutches by ripping the Decepticon's door off. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:SickMind-OPinfected.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I woke up late one morning with a black eye. Why the heck does everyone think I'm sick? I could've just been punched in the face. Really hard.]]
While investigating a [[Autobot plague ship|crashed Autobot spacecraft]], Optimus Prime's hopes of helping any survivors were dashed when the craft turned out to be a corpse-strewn plague ship from which he contracted [[Cybonic plague]], a pathogen engineered by Megatron himself. Arcee and Bumblebee boarded the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in search of a cure, and, discovering that Megatron was still alive and in stasis, Bumblebee entered his mind via a [[cortical psychic patch]]. In his dreamworld, Megatron was constantly killing imaginary Optimus Primes, and Bumblebee played on Megatron's desire to kill Optimus himself, rather than have him succumb to the plague, to convince him to hand over the cure. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} After getting back up to full health, Optimus led the Autobots to the Arctic, where Starscream was using a heat ray to melt a glacier in order to access an energon deposit. Prime boldly ploughed through the weapon's beam in order to get close enough to destroy it, but the resultant explosion left him helpless before Starscream—until he was saved at the last moment when the resurrected Megatron arrived to haul Starscream away for punishment. {{Storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone HappymusPrime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|:D]]

Optimus Prime led the Autobots in investigating a Dark Energon energy signature, and found Starscream using the substance to resurrect Skyquake. Fortunately, the additional power conveyed upon Starscream by the Dark Energon was not enough to prevent Optimus Prime from blasting his arm clean off. Presently, a GroundBridge accident catapulted Jack, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] into an alternate dimension, and when the Autobots opened a portal to bring them back, Prime took the Autobots back to the battlefield to protect them from Starscream. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Optimus's inimitable compassion even extended to Breakdown, when he was captured by the forces of MECH and Optimus determined they would rescue him. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} Later, Optimus was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross}} He was out on a scouting mission with Bumblebee when Ratchet detected a strange magnetic signature that turned out to be a [[Polarity gauntlet]], {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} and also missed out on an adventure in a collapsed mine, but when he heard that Jack had shown mercy to an immobilized Megatron, he was proud of the boy. {{storylink|Raf's Notes#Note15|Raf's Notes}}


[[File:Partners-StiffOptimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|We've replaced Optimus with a statue. Think anyone will notice?]]

Exploring the wreck of a crashed [[Harbinger|Decepticon ship]], Optimus Prime and his team fell victim to [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], who paralyzed Prime and Bulkhead with the ship's cargo: an experimental [[Immobilizer]]. Prime would have wound up handed over to Megatron and mounted on the bow of the ''Nemesis'' if not for Bumblebee, who saw the villainess off, and Ratchet, who repaired the damaged device and unfroze the pair. {{storylink|Partners}}

[[File:StrongerFaster-RatchetPrime.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Who will join me? Who will become stronger, faster, more insubordinate?]]

Lost Cybertronian technology continued to cause problems for Prime and the Autobots when a formula for [[Synthetic Energon]] was beamed from a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] into Bulkhead's mind, putting his life at risk. Refusing to sacrifice Bulkhead despite the advantage the formula would give the Autobots, Prime petitioned Megatron for the return of the cylinder so they could extract the data. In exchange, he would hand it over to the Decepticons, but Megatron refused and destroyed the device after a battle. The formula was subsequently beamed out of Bulkhead's mind into space, {{storylink|T.M.I.}} but when Ratchet proceeded to generate a batch of "SynthEn" and was driven mentally unstable after testing it on himself, he and Optimus came to blows, and Optimus confined him to base. Ratchet instead took off to face Megatron, forcing Prime to lead a team into a Decepticon mine to rescue him. Cured of the SynthEn's effects, Optimus reminded Ratchet that he was a vital member of the team. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

[[File:PrimeEp23-PrimeMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Slap slap.]]

Believing that a prophecy in the [[Covenant of Primus]] was soon to come true and that Megatron could regard it as his destiny, Optimus Prime was finally forced to abandon any illusions of turning his old foe to the path of good after the Decepticon leader grievously wounded Raf during a battle over a power source for the villain's new space bridge. Optimus boarded the ''Nemesis'' and called Megatron out for a one-on-one battle that he vowed would be their last. The two ancient enemies fought before a volcano, and Optimus managed to fell Megatron, but just before he could deliver the killing blow, the volcano erupted with Dark Energon. Megatron experienced an increase in power, and turned the tide, {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} but thankfully, the intervention of the other Autobots saved Optimus's life. Retreating to base to review this new nightmare scenario, Optimus recounting the tale of [[Primus]], [[Unicron]] and the [[Thirteen]] to the gathered humans and told them he believed that Earth had formed around the slumbering form of Unicron, who was now in the process of awakening. Examining areas of the planet struck by earthquakes at the moment of the eruption, Optimus soon found himself confronted by Unicron himself, in an avatar formed from rock and stone. He prostrated himself before the Chaos Bringer and tried to plead for the lives of the billions of [[human]]s who dwelt on Earth, but Unicron considered them parasites and attacked Prime with wave after wave of avatars. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

[[File:OneShallRise2-shake.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Kiss kiss.]]

He ordered the other Autobots ''not'' to come to his aid, so naturally they came anyway. After fighting increasingly larger Unicrons, they came up against one that was too much for them. Just as it was about to step on Optimus, help came in the unlikely form of Megatron, who offered his services in eliminating Unicron and revealed that only the [[Matrix of Leadership]] held by Optimus could achieve that aim. The Autobots returned to base, where the others were horrified that Prime was intending to take up Megatron's offer, but he was resolute that all care would be taken to make sure it was a safe as possible. When Megatron stepped into the base, Optimus and the other Autobots welcomed him appropriately. Before they left on their mission, Optimus presented Jack with the key to the GroundBridge power supply. Optimus, Megatron and the Autobots were soon stepping through the GroundBridge to [[Earth's core]], Unicron himself. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

As they moved through Unicron's internal structure, they came under attack from [[Unicron's antibodies|antibodies]]. Optimus and Megatron fought back to back, though Optimus took time out to rescue Bulkhead from falling. When they reach Unicron's spark chamber, Optimus and Megatron went inside, and, though the dark god possessed Megatron, Optimus unleashed the Matrix, apparently extinguishing Unicron's spark. However the price was high—Optimus's memory was lost and he believed himself to be Orion Pax. Megatron played along, and took him back to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

[[File:Orion-Pax-Part-1-OP-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You mean I can't just go [[Super Mode]] and kick your ass in this show? Crap."]]

Megatron wasted no time in convincing Orion that black was white and up was down. Branded with the Decepticon insignia by Knock Out, Orion was shown false history of Cybertron's destruction, and convinced that the Autobots were the aggressors. Angered at Cybertron's loss, Orion promised Megatron he would do his part to help. He was put to work decoding information stolen from the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] archives, and told Megatron they were of locations of Earth, and feared that they could be weapons of mass destruction. Later, there was a commotion in the corridors, and Orion decided to investigate despite being ordered to remain in his lab, however Soundwave managed to prevent him from seeing Arcee when the Autobot managed to get on board. Not long after, the long-absent Starscream sneaked onto the ship to steal [[energon cube]]s and ended up blundering into Orion's work room. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

Surprised to see Starscream, not least because Megatron had said he was dead, Orion's suspicions became aroused as Starscream noted Megatron would likely have told him many lies. Despite asking what he knew, Starscream was quick to depart when more Vehicon guards arrived and in spite of Orion attempting to convince them to hold their fire. After Megatron's subsequent covering of the incident, Orion decided to poke through the Decepticon database and learned that he was Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[File:OrionPax3 Optimus Decepticon insignia.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|What did I do last night?]]

Megatron, as it turned out, already knew he knew since his work was being monitored. Orion decided to delete his discoveries so that Megatron could not use them, however Megatron revealed he was also having his work copied. As Soundwave reported activity on Cybertron, Megatron had more Vehicon guards put at his back while he dealt with the matter, and threatened to kill him if he didn't continue his work. Orion tried to appeal to the guards to help him warn the Autobots, but they responded with a beating until he discovered he was armed and stopped them. Having realised he was meant to be an Autobot, Orion went to confront Megatron at the space bridge. However, he found he was no match for the Decepticon leader and was quickly overpowered. Just then, Arcee leapt through the space bridge from Cybertron and tackled Megatron. Behind her was Jack with the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], loaded with the information from the Matrix of Leadership. Orion questioned whether he was worthy, and Jack assured him he was. When his memory was restored, albeit minus his time as Orion, Optimus prevented Megatron from exterminating his comrades, and they returned to the Autobot base for a big reunion. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Optimus and Ratchet followed an ancient signal, and found Megatron and his forces unearthing a Cybertronian artifact, the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]]. While the two Autobots fought the other Decepticons, Bumblebee snatched the extractor from Megatron inside the GroundBridge. Later at base, Optimus theorized that the Spark Extractor was among the many Decepticon weapons confiscated during the Great War, and worried that he couldn't remember what he had revealed to Megatron when he was suffering amnesia. To compound matters, a short time later, MECH stole Bumblebee's [[transformation cog|T-cog]], causing Prime more worry. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Despite Optimus's misgivings, Ratchet talked him into approving a T-cog transplant between Ratchet and Bumblebee. When a signal indicating an artifact was detected, he cut the operation short to take Arcee and Bulkhead to secure it. Unfortunately, he and Arcee were unable to penetrate Knock Out's force field, and the Decepticons got away with the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[File:LooseCannons Optimus and Wheeljack in Jackhammer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This scene is even funnier if you imagine "Mahna Mahna" playing on the radio.]]

When Wheeljack returned to Earth in pursuit of [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], Optimus attempted to convince him to join the Autobot team. Wheeljack instead took Bulkhead to try and trap Dreadwing, only to fall into a trap themselves. Prime had to dig Wheeljack out of the resulting rubble, and joined him to rescue Bulkhead, who was strapped to one of Dreadwing's explosives. When Optimus managed to defeat the Decepticon and pin him, his gambit to make Dreadwing defuse the bomb worked, and Wheeljack gained a new respect for the Autobot leader. {{Storylink|Loose Cannons}}

After obtaining information on Airachnid's whereabouts from Starscream, Optimus led a mission to an abandoned energon mine in [[South America]], where they found Megatron fighting an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]] under Airachnid's control. When the fight was finished, the Autobots surrounded the exhausted Megatron, but were prevented from finishing him off by the arrival of Dreadwing. Outnumbered, Optimus offered to allow Megatron go if Dreadwing extended the same courtesy. Though Dreadwing kept his word, Megatron ordered the Vehicons to attack while he and Dreadwing escaped, but luckily the Autobots trashed them. {{storylink|Crossfire}}

[[File:NemesisPrime Nemesis vs Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|"Optimus Prime, slavery is the right of all sentient beings!" "Wow, am I really that annoying?"]]
Optimus returned to base from an energon mine to find that MECH had created a clone of him and were using it to attack the military. He and the Autobots attempted to stop [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] from attacking [[Alden Military Base]], but had to retreat under fire from the military. They began scouring the area, and located the MECH base, where Optimus fought one-on-one with Nemesis Prime, until a distraction by Fowler allowed him to finish off the Silas-controlled machine, dropping it on Silas himself. Optimus returned to base for repairs, and Fowler gave them the news that Silas had disappeared. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} During Fowler's debriefing by [[Bryce|General Bryce]], Optimus revealed himself to the general to prove he was still alive and on the military's side. {{storylink|Grill}}

Optimus took Bumblebee and Arcee to investigate some activity and found Airachnid sending out a swarm of Insecticons to attack the ''Nemesis''. He and Bumblebee ended up having to fight a bunch of them and won. They got to return to base with Airachnid, whom Arcee had trapped in stasis-lock. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}} After the ''Nemesis'' crashed, and was reactivated with Dark Energon, Optimus took a team with the [[spark extractor|Spark Extractor]] to attack the warship, only for them to all be knocked into stasis lock by the ship's weapons. Ratchet took them back to base, where they recovered after the conscious ship was disabled by the kids. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

With the locations of four relics now in their possession, Optimus dispatched Arcee and Bumblebee to [[New York City]] to find the first {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} and warned Bulkhead to be careful in obtaining another near the equator. {{storylink|Toxicity}} Optimus himself went to [[Antarctica]], where he found the relic had already been taken, and Dreadwing had Starscream a prisoner. During the ensuing fight, Optimus brought tons of ice down on Dreadwing, before forcing Starscream to lead him to a human base where the relic was being kept. Dreadwing caught up with them, and while Optimus fought the Decepticon, Starscream obtained the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], forcing Optimus and Dreadwing to team up to defeat him. Though Dreadwing intended to fight him again, Optimus convinced him that there would be no point in continuing their fight, so Dreadwing left. {{storylink|Triangulation}}

Back at base, Prime found that Bulkhead had been critically wounded during the relic missions. Optimus refused to tell Wheeljack who was responsible, but the Wrecker rushed off anyway. When Wheeljack and Miko later returned having killed [[Hardshell (Prime)|Hardshell]], Optimus stopped Ratchet from preventing Miko from running to Bulkhead's side. {{storylink|Hurt}} Optimus began attempting to decode the Iacon database, though it was hard going with the Earth technology he was forced to use. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

[[File:Legacy-PrimeStarSaber.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|By the power of Iacon, I HAVE THE POWER!]]
During a mission to investigate a crashed escape pod, the team encountered [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] whose tales of guarding Alpha Trion convinced Optimus that he was on the level. Optimus still believed Smokescreen was too green to go into combat, so the new Autobot was left at base when Prime took a team to recover some [[Red Energon]]. When they encountered Starscream, still in possession of the Apex Armor, Optimus took the Decepticon on himself, kicking Starscream off a crane. After Smokescreen used the [[phase shifter]] to separate Starscream from the armor, Optimus officially welcomed the new Autobot to the team. {{storylink|New Recruit}} When Fowler notified them that a [[Project Damocles]] satellite had been stolen by Breakdown and Silas, Optimus took a team to a military base in the hope of securing the satellite control codes before the Decepticons could get them. Instead they found themselves facing both Decepticon troopers and the orbital death ray itself, controlled by Soundwave. {{storylink|The Human Factor}} Optimus assigned Jack to help Smokescreen adapt to Earth. He had almost finished decoding another set of Iacon coordinates when a signal led him and his team on a wild goose chase. Despite this, they found the location of the real relic, the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], and Optimus managed to wrest control of it off the Decepticons. Through the sword's power, he received a message from Alpha Trion. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

[[File:AlphaOmega-ohmy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You must not sacrifice a piece of the future to bring back the past." "But you flung all of the artifacts from the past onto Earth!" "... right, right, sorry. [[Five Servos of Doom|Wrong script]].]]
Trion told him of the existence of the [[Omega Key]]s on Earth, and Prime immediately set about decoding the four final coordinates from the Iacon database. After Arcee returned from the first set of coordinates with news that Megatron had invited Prime to come get the first key, Optimus went to [[Egypt]] to find that Megatron had grafted the arm of a Prime onto himself and forged the [[Dark Star Saber]]. Though Megatron's new weapon shattered the Star Saber, with Smokescreen's help Prime returned to base with the first Omega Key and resumed his decoding work. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

He soon decoded more coordinates decoded though in both cases the Autobots failed to secure the Omega Keys. Smokescreen was hit hard by the failure, and Optimus told the other other Autobots to allow the upset rookie space. When the final coordinates he decoded turned out to be an image of Smokescreen, he took the team to find their comrade, only to arrive too late as Smokescreen was captured by Soundwave. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} After Smokescreen escaped the ''Nemesis'' with two of the keys, the Autobots received a message from Starscream offering the final key in exchange for surgical help. Optimus took Bulkhead and Ratchet out to Starscream's location, only to realize too late that they'd been tricked, and Starscream got away with all three of the Autobots' three Omega Keys. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

After Dreadwing returned the Forge of Solus Prime to the Autobots, Optimus used it to modify the GroundBridge into a space bridge. Believing that Megatron would use the keys to restore Cybertron for political points, Optimus took the Autobots to their home world, and kept Megatron busy with the reforged Star Saber while the others took back the keys. Though they succeeded, and reached the [[Omega Lock]], Megatron revealed he had taken the Autobots' human friends hostage. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourOPArm.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"...Nothing ever dies we will rise again."]]
With no other choice, Optimus had everyone hand over the Omega Keys in exchange for the kids, however when it turned out Megatron intended to use the Omega Lock on Earth as well, Optimus was compelled to use the Star Saber to destroy the lock. He and his team returned to Earth, only to find that the Omega Lock had created a [[Darkmount (Earth)|Decepticon fortress]] on their doorstep, and he ordered the others to evacuate. Prime himself stayed behind to destroy the GroundBridge, and was caught in the explosion as the Decepticons destroyed the base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Optimus was salvaged from the wreckage by Smokescreen, who sheltered Prime in an underground cavern. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Though Smokescreen was unable to find any medical supplies for his badly-damaged leader, Optimus asked after the Forge of Solus Prime. {{storylink|Scattered}} Smokescreen retrieved the relic from the Decepticon warship, however Optimus refused to use it on himself, believing the power should be conserved for later use in repairing the Omega Lock, and that the Autobots needed a new leader—Smokescreen. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}}

[[File:Rebellion-prepunch.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Here's your damn beef!]]
As his life faded, Optimus had a vision of approaching Alpha Trion and the [[Allspark]]. His journey to the afterlife was cut short, as Smokescreen used the Forge to revive him, bestowing on him a new, more powerful body. He flew to [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]], where he rescued [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] from Megatron's tender mercies, and proceeded to throw the Decepticon leader into the power core for the fortress's [[fusion cannon]]s. His efforts allowed Fowler's squadron to destroy the fortress, and the Autobots reassembled at a military base. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

After [[scanning]] a new [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] provided by Fowler, Optimus scouted some Decepticon activity and found some Insecticons digging up a skull. He managed to secure the skull, which turned out to be [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains, leading the Autobots to conclude [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] was planning to clone more. After reports of Decepticon activity in [[Texas]], Optimus took Smokescreen and Bumblebee there, but faced with Shockwave and Soundwave, the trio proved unable to prevent the Decepticons obtaining more Predacon [[CNA]]. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

A lull in Decepticon activity made Optimus suspect that their enemy had collected sufficient fossils. He and the others went on a mission to secure more energon, only for Ultra Magnus and Wheeljack to find and destroy the Decepticon cloning laboratory. When the pair were attacked by the newly-intelligent [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], Optimus arrived in the nick of time to save them from termination and flew them back to base. {{storylink|Evolution}}

[[File:MinusOne-staredown.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Imagine waking up to this one day... *squeals with excitement*]]
When the Decepticons started raiding technology from the humans again, Optimus wondered what they were up to this time. He led a team to one of the thefts, and though they were unable to prevent the Vehicons from getting away, Optimus managed to shoot down Soundwave and take the Decepticon captive. Their attempts to interrogate Soundwave were unsuccessful, and Optimus took his team to the [[Solaris particle collider]] in response to another Decepticon attack. He found himself facing Predaking, and though he initially gained the upper hand, Predaking turned the tables and sent Prime plunging to the ground. {{storylink|Minus One}} Optimus continued to fight, but was only saved by the fact that Predaking was called away to rescue Shockwave. He and the rest of the team returned to base to find Ratchet had been abducted by Soundwave. {{storylink|Persuasion}}

The Autobots launched [[Chip|a probe]] containing Laserbeak's transponder and Optimus followed it in the hopes it would lead him to the Decepticon warship. Unfortunately he was intercepted by Starscream and some Seekers along the way, and though he dealt with the Vehicons, Starscream destroyed the probe and escaped, leaving him none-the-wiser as to the warship's location. He continued to fly around until Ratchet contacted the Autobots to reveal the location of the warship, and Optimus ordered the others to storm the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

[[File:PredaconsRisingOptimusPrimeFinalGlance.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|Um, Luna? Do you have time to sing a 'Goodbye Song' before you go?]]
Optimus himself reached the ship by air, only to be immediately attacked by Megatron wielding the Dark Star Saber. With his [[jet pack]] damaged, Optimus still managed to climb onto the ship and eventually make his way to the Omega Lock on its underside, allowing him to briefly attack Shockwave before Megatron caught up with him to resume their duel. After Bumblebee's death, Optimus found himself dangling from the ship. Before Megatron could deal a final blow, the warlord was terminated by Bumblebee, who'd been resurrected by the Omega Lock's power. Optimus took command of the warship and flew it to Cybertron, where they used the Omega Lock to resurrect their home world.

After a final visit back to Earth, and a farewell to both their human friends and Ratchet, Optimus and his team finally departed back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock|Deadlock}} Optimus held a ceremony to promote Bumblebee to the rank of warrior, shortly before taking the [[Iron Will]] and heading off to find the AllSpark. He and Wheeljack located it near [[Theta Scorpii]], and managed to retrieve it, but arrived back on Cybertron to find Unicron had taken control of Megatron's body and was trying to destroy the planet. Optimus merged the AllSpark with the Matrix of Leadership, allowing him to use the container that had held it to trap Unicron's anti-spark. Unfortunately this also meant that his own spark was inextricably merged with the AllSpark, and he was forced to sacrifice his own life to restore the AllSpark to Cybertron. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
After dealing with a Decepticon incursion, Prime contacted Raf at base to request a GroundBridge. Unfortunately the bridge collapsed as the Autobots went through, scattering them to the four corners of the Earth. {{storylink|On Thin Ice}} Optimus landed up in an Amazon jungle, where he stumbled on a Vehicon sinking in quicksand, having been left there by Starscream. After rescuing the Vehicon, Optimus found himself webbed to a tree by Airachnid. She was about to start cutting him when the Vehicon saved him, and leaving Airachnid in the quicksand, Optimus took a GroundBridge back to base. {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}} When the Decepticons hijacked [[COMSAT-1]] so they could broadcast warning worldwide and terrify the earthlings, Optimus and his team GroundBridged up to stop them. {{storylink|Horrible TV}} When Bulkhead was hit mid-transformation, trapping Miko inside, Optimus said cutting him open to get her out would be a last resort, as he had confidence Ratchet could fix the problem. {{storylink|Cell}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.2 Optimus and Miko.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|"Except when I'm making air-quotes."]]
As the Decepticons slowly conquered Cybertron, Optimus knew they'd try to attack [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and set up defences at the [[Iacon Energon Refinery]]. Sure enough, Megatron attacked with a small team of Decepticons but the Autobot gunners managed to take out all but Megatron. To Optimus's surprise, Megatron didn't abandon his men, instead rescuing them under heavy fire. When Optimus had the opportunity to take a shot, he hesitated and Megatron's team escaped. For that, Optimus took the blame and was even regarded as a traitor by some. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Many years later, Optimus's team had settled on [[Earth]]. After Ratchet somewhat apologetically unveiled the [[Safe]], Optimus told him to have more confidence in his work. When Bulkhead managed to uncover a hidden nuclear missile and a scouting party of Vehicons neared the base, Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee went out to greet the Decepticons. While Bumblebee knocked the Vehicons into the air, Prime and Arcee blasted them. They reentered at the base in time to see Fowler arriving with some scientists, and Optimus had some stern words with their liaison about the mystery bomb and its intended purpose, insisting that Fowler take it with him when he left. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

During some downtime, Prime took the other Autobots and the kids to [[Valley of Fire State Park]]. At Miko's request, he told the story of his battle with Megatron in the Iacon Energon Refinery. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

[[File:Titan4.3 Optimus ready to roll out.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|MUNKY ARMS! MUNKY ARMS!]]
On [[Christmas]], Fowler reported to Optimus that Megatron and Starscream had taken control of the [[Yamal|NS ''Yamal'']], a nuclear-powered Russian icebreaker. Leaving Arcee and Bulkhead in charge of the base, Optimus took the other Autobots to the ship and attacked Megatron. As Optimus fought Megatron, the Decepticon leader outlined his plan to detonate the ship's reactors with a [[static lance]]. Bumblebee managed to wrest the lance off Starscream and threw it to Optimus who used it to hit Megatron. Once the Decepticons had been dealt with, Optimus's team returned to the base, where they found it had been turned into an impromptu ice skating rink. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Optimus was surprised to find the GroundBridge active and asked Bulkhead what the problem was. Bulkhead tried to cover for Raf, who had been temporarily hypnotised into opening the GroundBridge. But his denials were undermined by the Vehicons pouring into the base, and Optimus led the counter-attack. While Optimus and the others kept the Decepticons busy, Raf and Bumblebee managed to shut down the bridge. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

Upon hearing of several schools in Jasper County mysteriously exploding, Optimus shared Jack's suspicions about something being afoot. He had the Autobots check out the other schools in the area. Sure enough, the buildings came under attack by [[MECH]], and Optimus helped fend off the organization. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}}

After Starscream stole [[Air Force One]] and held the [[President of the United States]] ransom, demanding Optimus Prime be turned over bound and gagged, the Autobot leader worked out from the ransom note where Starscream was. While the other Autobots protected the plane and took on the Vehicons, Optimus rescued the President by cutting off Starscream's arm and catching her as she fell. After the Decepticon retreated, Optimus made sure the Autobots left before the aircraft's crew recovered consciousness. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

[[File:Titan4.6 Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|240px]]
Lured into a trap in a scrap-metal facility in [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]], Optimus found his mind had been zapped into a human by [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]'s [[neuron refractor]]. The Autobot leader mentally contacted the human, [[Lin-Che]], and guided him in fighting off the attacking Vehicons with the help of an [[The Claw|excavator]]. With the drones bested, they then returned to the refractor to reverse its effect. Back in his own body, Optimus broke out of the crusher he'd been stuffed into, and fought off Knock-Out and the remaining Decepticons. He later drove Lin-Che home, to return the favor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Miko was kidnapped by MECH agent [[Novo]], Optimus joined the hunt to find her. When Novo, now in a mechanoid body thanks to a MECH experiment, returned Miko to them, Optimus offered him the help of Ratchet and the Autobots' technical expertise, but Novo turned him down. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

Optimus led a team to the [[Deep Driller]] oil platform, and found not the expected environmental terrorists, but human soldiers in [[robotic battle suit]]s. After finding dealing with the humans in a non-lethal matter difficult, Optimus took Jack's suggestion of surrendering, and once [[Rufus Madison|General Madison]] realised his opponents were alien robots, he stopped fighting. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} After it turned out that the missing Bulkhead had been imprisoned on the Decepticon warship, Optimus took a team, including the three kids, to the ship to mount a rescue. During the course of freeing Bulkhead, he trashed at least two Decepticons and blew a hole through the side of the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

Optimus and his team took part in a battle against the Decepticons in [[The Wave]]. Unsurprisingly, they survived and returned to base to find Bumblebee and Raf had made a mess in their absence. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} Optimus and Bumblebee went on a stealth mission to stop Megatron attacking the [[Statue of Liberty]], though they found the Decepticon forces there to be more than they expected. Optimus pursued Megatron up the side of the statue, and managed to defeat the Decepticon leader, but did substantial damage to the statue in the process. He later promised Fowler that the Autobots would fix it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}}

Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] specifically demanded Optimus and Bulkhead come after the two Decepticons took over a TV studio. The Autobots found themselves forced to run the ''[[Down and Out]]'' course, lest the Decepticons' hostages be harmed. Though Optimus was confused by the inaccurate nature of the ''Down and Out'' set, he and Bulkhead managed to get through the course and rescue the hostages, leading to Knock Out and Breakdown's defeat at the hands of Arcee. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

Upon hearing of strange seismic movements throughout the Northen hemisphere, Optimus ordered a mission to a military base which had been hit by a quake, and contained a Particle Accelerator, and travelled there along with Wheeljack, Bulkhead and Arcee. Upon discovering the Decepticons' intent to use the Particle Aceelerator to open a permanent [[space bridge]] to Cybertron, Optimus changed into his Beast Hunters body for no readily apparent reason and ordered Arcee to clear the area of humans. After failing to stop [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] from opening the space bridge and releasing [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], Optimus flew up to the plant's reactor core with the intention of deactivating it, but Predaking blew it up instead. He, Bulkhead and Wheeljack then reflected on their chances of ever returning home. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider-Scope}}
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===''Rescue Bots'' pack-in storybooks===
Optimus Prime sent a special message to the [[Rescue Bot]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], calling on them to come to [[Earth]]. He met them on arrival with the news they would be working with [[human]]s to improve inter-species relations. He accompanied them to [[Griffin Rock]] where he introduced them to his friend [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie]], before leaving to help other Transformers. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Roll Out}} After [[Cody Burns]] helped [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] put out a fire that had threatened [[Fire Station Prime|Prime Fire Station]], Optimus Prime spoke to them through a screen, asking if Cody would join the Rescue Bots. Cody accepted. {{storylink|Prime Alert}} Once [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Sawyer Storm]] joined the team, Chief Charlie asked Optimus about the other two Rescue Bots, but only got an enigmatic response. {{storylink|Rescue Bots Respond}} Following another rescue conducted by [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and [[Boulder]], Optimus talked [[Walker Cleveland|Walker]] and [[Jack Tracker|Hunter]] into joining the team. {{storylink|Rapid Rescue}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)|[[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German), [[Jung Goo Lee]] (Korean), [[Jacek Mikołajczak]] (Polish), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Pekka Lehtosaari]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:UnderPressure Optimus on monitor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|[[Playskool]] is the right of all sentient beings.]]
Optimus Prime sent out a call to all Autobots to come to their new home on [[Earth]]. When a team of [[Rescue Bot]]s arrived at a military base, Optimus met them there and gave them their new mission: to team up with the Burns family and help them keep [[Griffin Rock]] safe. After presenting them with vehicles to [[scanning|scan]], he introduced them to [[Charlie Burns]] and left them to get acquainted. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}} The Rescue Bots had trouble learning to work with their new human friends, and they contacted Optimus to tell him as much, but he was confident that they and the humans would learn to work together. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

After the Rescue Bots were fired by the Griffin Rock city council, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] attempted, but failed, to contact Optimus Prime to request the reassignment of Rescue Force Sigma-17. The Rescue Bots were later reinstated. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

[[File:ItsABotTime Optimus vehicle mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Optimus drops by Griffin Rock whenever he's in the mood for G1.]]
When [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] tracked a meteor to Griffin Rock, he used the Rescue Bots' comms screen to report in with Optimus, who commended [[Cody Burns]] on his work helping the Bots to acclimate. Three of the Rescue Bots were struck with a strange virus from the meteorite, and they consulted with Optimus and Ratchet on the best way to deal with it. Optimus was concerned that the virus could fall into [[Megatron (WFC)|evil]] [[Silas|hands]] and ordered they destroy the meteorite. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

[[File:BotToTheFuture Optimus steps forward.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Guest starring in an all new ''Tiny Titans'' comic book.]]
Notified that the Rescue Bots had been inadvertently sent back in time, Optimus and Bumblebee returned to Griffin Rock. Optimus deduced that [[energon]] would be enough to power the [[Temporal Station|time machine]], so he and Bumblebee went back to 1939, arriving in time to rescue the Rescue Bots from [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]]. The team returned to the present, only to find Griffin Rock overrun by [[MorBot]]s. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} Optimus and Bumblebee were kept busy trashing MorBots while the Rescue Bots worked out what was going on. By the time the pair ran out of MorBots to destroy, the team was ready to return to 1939 where they rescued [[Dither]] and returned the timeline to normal. Back in the present, Optimus congratulated the Rescue Bots team for their work. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

Alerted to the presence of energon beneath the island of Griffin Rock, Optimus journeyed there with a trailer to retrieve the substance. When Chief Burns's brother [[Woodrow Burns|Woodrow]] became trapped in a cavern deep underground with Cody, it turned into a rescue mission, and Optimus carried the team to the cavern on his trailer. {{storylink|What Lies Below}} Separated from the rest of the team, Optimus and Heatwave discovered the main shaft of [[Mount Magma]], and nearby, a sizable deposit of energon. When they were later reunited with the rest of the team, they were able to ignite the energon in a plan to blast themselves out of the top of the volcano. Optimus later farewelled the Rescue Bots, informing Heatwave that he should prepare for greater responsibility some time soon. {{storylink|What Rises Above}}

[[File:OddBotOut Optimus Matrix.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
The time eventually came, when Optimus ordered Heatwave to the mainland. Rendezvousing at a military base, Optimus trained Heatwave on focusing his energies, so that Heatwave could take on a second [[alternate mode]]. {{storylink|Changes}}

On a relic-finding mission, Optimus and Bumblebee searched near Griffin Rock for a [[Liquefier|liquefying relic]]. Optimus enlisted [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]'s help to reach the relic at sea, and successfully used the Matrix of Leadership to shut it down before it could destroy the island. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}}

When Doctor Morocco kidnapped the Rescue Bots, he showed them some photos of Optimus and claimed that Optimus had assigned him as the Rescue Bots liaison on Earth. {{storylink|Double Villainy}} The amnesiac Rescue Bots later tried to contact Optimus but received no response. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

[[File:BigGame Dinoptimus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Just imagine the look on [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s face when he sees this coming at him.]]
Optimus made another routine inspection to Griffin Rock, and when a pterodactyl mysteriously appeared on the island, took the opportunity to observe the rescue team on an investigation mission to [[Wayward Island]]. When the Rescue Bots ran into trouble in the form of some [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], Optimus was forced to intervene and ended up scanning robo-dino [[Trex]] to gain a third ''tyrannosaurus rex'' mode. With this, he was able to earn the trust of the dinosaurs and discover they were merely protecting their young. {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} Staying on at Griffin Rock to acclimatise to his new dino-mode, a lack of [[energon]] resulted in Optimus becoming feral. The out-of-control Autobot was abducted by big game hunter [[Quint Quarry|Colonel Quint Quarry]], who spirited Optimus away to [[Quarry Safariland]] and began hunting him through the jungle. With the help of Cody, Optimus evaded Quarry long enough for [[Boulder]] to manufacture a cure for his condition. Optimus was returned to normal, and helped Boulder rescue the rest of the rescue team from Quarry. {{storylink|Big Game}}

After capturing an [[Energon eater]], Chase and Boulder dropped it off with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}} Chief Burns again called in Optimus when Quarry kidnapped [[Anna Baranova|Professor Baranova]] and demanded five dinobots as ransom. Optimus and the four Rescue Bots were turned over to Quarry, who took them back to his island and subjected them to physical tests, before imprisoning them ready to be sold. Blades was able to knock out the Q-Drone restraining Optimus and the others, and Quarry was swiftly arrested. {{storylink|Quarry's Quarry}} Optimus alerted the Rescue Bots to a faint energon signal on Wayward Island. {{storylink|Did You See What I Thaw?}}

[[File:ANewHero Optimus laser hand.jpg|thumb|left|290px]]
When some water rescues were imminent, Optimus called [[High Tide]] to Earth to train the Rescue Bots. Later, after High Tide and Heatwave had a fight, Heatwave contacted Optimus to inform him that he was dropping out. Optimus encouraged him to return and he did. After the mission was complete, High Tide contacted Optimus informing him of the mission's success and Optimus requested that High Tide stay on the island to help out, following the destruction of [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]]'s [[floating lab]]. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}}

When the Autobots [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] and [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] were discovered on Wayward Island, Optimus visited Griffin Rock to welcome them to Earth and assign them to be trained by Heatwave's team. With Doc Greene's help, he uncovered the fact that Blurr had been less than truthful about his past. {{storylink|The New Recruits}} Optimus was disappointed to hear that Blurr had stolen the ''[[Sigma]]'' and tried to contact the ship. After Blurr saved the day in Griffin Rock, Prime presented him and Salvage with Rescue Bots insignias, announcing that they would be assigned to a location elsewhere on Earth. {{storylink|A New Hero}}

After being contacted by High Tide, {{storylink|Now and Then}} Optimus Prime rushed to the location where Griffin Rock had been and helped clear the crater so the island could be flown back from where it had teleported in the [[Arctic]]. He, Blurr and Salvage helped it fly the remaining distance after the rocket engine gave out, and Optimus later decided that the Rescue Bots could let the whole town know that they were Cybertronians. {{storylink|Today and Forever}}

At some point during the next several years, [[Madeline Pynch]]'s activities gained Optimus's attention, and he dispatched [[Quickshadow]] to spy on the tycoon. {{storylink|Cody's 11}}

Several years later, Optimus contacted Heatwave with plans for a [[Rescue Bot Training Center|new base]] on the mainland. When Heatwave admitted he still hadn't revealed the Rescue Bots' secret to the humans, Optimus said he'd know when it was time. {{storylink|New Normal}} Optimus also ordered Quickshadow to work with the Griffin Rock rescue team, {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}} and she later recorded a report for Optimus on events at the training center. {{storylink|The More Things Stay the Same}}

Unknown to the Rescue Bots, Optimus had also been involved in the [[Scrubber Initiative]]. When the project's lab in [[Faxian]] was imperiled by runaway [[Scrubmite|Scrubbers]], Optimus observed the Rescue Bots response, and subsequently appeared to them via hologram to give them new assignments protecting the project. {{storylink|Upgrades}} Following the defeat of the [[Morocco virus]], Optimus turned up at the Training Center and assigned the Bots all to separate missions around the world. {{storylink|Transformations}}

===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
As [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] hunted for weapons to combat [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], they ran into trouble and sent a distress call. Optimus had [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] GroundBridge him into a derelict starship in the [[asteroid belt]]. On arrival, he attacked Predaking. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 5}} He managed to buy Bumblebee and Wheeljack the time they needed to get away with some of the weapons. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 6}}

With the Autobot forces falling before the Predacons, Optimus took the [[Firebreath Cyclocannons]] and set out into the desert in search of Predaking. He found his target, just as Ratchet managed to unlock the power of their new weapons. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 17}} With his newfound power, Optimus was able to instill fear into Predaking for the first time in millions of years. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 18}} The battle ended in Optimus's victory. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 23}}

===''Go!'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Go ep 1 Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|Hi, this is all of my frontal shots.]]
Optimus Prime was a warrior of justice who fought the Decepticons for many years. {{Storylink|Pursue! The Legendiscs!}} Somewhere off [[Earth]], Optimus Prime was alerted to the awakening of the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Four Oni]]. He soon detected [[Swordbot|six individual signals]] that he recognized. {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!}} {{storylink|Triple Combination! Swordbot - Ninja!}}

[[File:TFGoSamurai5 Optimus Exprime modes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4]]
Those six signals turned out to be the [[Swordbot]] [[Swordbot Samurai Team|Samurai]] and [[Swordbot Shinobi Team|Shinobi]] teams. Both teams came in contact with Optimus Prime, and the Autobot commander set to analyzing the [[Legendisc]]s. Optimus contacted both teams in their newly-built bases and let them know of the Legendiscs' number, locations, and their ability to travel through time. He tasked [[Isami Tatewaki]] and [[Tobio Fūma]] with acquiring the Legendiscs and protecting Earth at all costs. {{Storylink|Pursue! The Legendiscs!}} {{storylink|Discover! The Legendiscs!}} He later warned the Samurai teams that it was only a matter of time before Dragotron awoke, and they needed to find all the Legendiscs. {{storylink|The Invincible Swordsman - Ryōma Sakamoto!?}}

When he detected Dragotron's awakening, he was spurred to adopt a new body with dragon and train alternate modes, and as '''Optimus Exprime''', head to Earth to help the Swordbots in battle against the Predacon leader. {{storylink|Depart! Optimus Exprime!}} {{storylink|Enter! The New Warrior!}} Even with him as added reinforcements, Dragotron proved too much for him. When the Predacon abducted Tobio Fūma and Isami Tatewaki, the young humans who had been helping the Swordbots, Optimus and the Swordbot teams pursued him to [[Mount Fuji]], only to find he had absorbed the boys and the Legendiscs, gaining the power to Cyberform the mountain. Though the two boys manage to resist and escape the Predacon, the power of the Legendisc and the Four Oni which Dragotron also absorbed meant Optimus and the Swordbots had no chance of beating him.

Until, that is, it turned out that Tobio and Isami had duplicated the power of the Legendiscs in their [[burning justice|hearts of justice]], empowering Optimus to combine with [[Kenzan]] and [[Gekisoumaru]]. The Autobots' new combined form was powerful enough to take down Dragotron and use the Legendiscs to once again seal the Predacons away. The decombined Autobots promised that if the Predacons ever returned, they would be there to again defend the Earth. {{storylink|Final Battle! Link-Up Triple Combination DaiKenzan!}} {{storylink|Final Battle! Link-Up Triple Combination DaiGekisou!}}

{{note|The Samurai and Shinobi Go! series have near-identical finales, with differences such as Kenzan forming the top of the Optimus combiner in the Samurai volume and Gekisoumaru forming the top in the Shinobi volume. A generalized retelling of events is presented here for simplicity's sake.}}

===Full of Fire!===
[[File:FullOfFire Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|I'm [[Batman]].]]
Optimus joined Ratchet, Bumblebee and Bulkhead who were testing new Beast Hunters weapons in a [[New Mexico]] desert. When they were attacked by Predacons, Optimus took the opportunity to test out his [[Firebreath Cyclocannons|Dragon Cannons]], and successfully countered Predaking's flame. But as the Predacons retreated, Optimus told the others he believed this was just a test so the Predacons would know the Autobots' comparative strength. {{storylink|Full of Fire!}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Once known as Orion Pax, Optimus is now inspirational leader and friend to the Autobots under his command. He carries within him the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Seung-uk Jeong]], [[Ki-hyeon Kim]] (Korean), [[Klaus-Dieter Klebsch]] (German), [[Blas Garcia]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)}}

During the great war, Optimus led an operation to capture the Decepticon spy [[Overload (RID)|Overload]]. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}

Before [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|he could join with the Allspark]], Optimus was saved from death by the Primes, {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} and brought to the [[Realm of the Primes]]. {{storylink|Out of Focus}} Some years after Cybertron's rebirth, a statue of Optimus was constructed in his honor, and he also had a bust of his head in the [[Cybertron History Museum]].

[[File:RID2015Optimusreturns.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|He's gonna die and come back here too. I give it a week.]]
One day, while Bumblebee and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] were chasing down [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], Optimus appeared to Bumblebee in a vision in an [[Energon]] pool pointing to a map of Earth inscribed at the nearby [[Cybertron History Museum]]. He later appeared again to Bumblebee, directing him to a decommissioned Space Bridge with Earth's coordinates already programmed in. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} When Bumblebee and his makeshift crew cornered the Decepticon [[Underbite]], they were forced to fall back after Underbite unwittingly took a hostage in the form of [[Denny Clay]]. Before Underbite could devour the truck that Denny was trapped in, Optimus Prime manifested himself to the entire group, then easily trounced the Decepticon and rescued Denny. After complimenting Bumblebee's team, Optimus admitted he wasn't sure whether he was alive or not, nor what fate had in store for him, and then disappeared. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

Bumblebee continued to worry about his inability to control his troops when compared to Optimus's own command style, and tried calling upon him for guidance- to no avail. Bumblebee later tried to emulate Optimus's authoritative leadership approach while his team tracked down the Decepticon [[Terrashock]], which failed to impress anyone. Eventually, Optimus appeared to Bumblebee in another vision, though Prime disappeared before he could clarify his statement that Bumblebee was not him. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} [[Russell Clay]] bluffed a mind-controlled Grimlock into thinking Optimus Prime was about to turn up, resulting in Grimlock fleeing. {{storylink|True Colors}}

[[File:OptimusOutOfFocus.JPG|thumb|left|250px|"Say Cheese!"]]

Optimus began training with the other Primes in the [[Realm of the Primes]], who began testing him in preparation for a new mission on Earth. In one such test, [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] served as Optimus Prime's mentor, and Micronus challenged Optimus to climb a hill. At the same time, Micronus also manifested a group of humans and a threatening robot to attack them. Optimus tried to defend the humans and begged Micronus to help, although Micronus declined. Eventually, Optimus realized that he needed to climb the hill first, which would activate his [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]] and allow him to defeat the robot. At the end of the test, Micronus revealed that the humans were merely illusions, and the Minicon congratulated Optimus for his accomplishments. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

When suffering nightmares as the result of [[Nightstrike]]'s abilities, Bumblebee saw Optimus Prime being disappointed in him. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}} The real Optimus made a brief appearance to Bumblebee to warn him of an evil soon to appear. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}}

[[File:Battlegrounds1 Optimus has arrived.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Guess who's back. Back again.]]
Optimus continued his training in the Realm of the Primes with Micronus but still wasn't meeting the skill level Micronus expected of him, to make matters worse the realm was shrouded in darkness which signaled that the threat he was training for was finally about to arrive and he was not ready. Regardless Micronus took Optimus to the ones who ordered his training, the [[Thirteen|Primes]], and Optimus was able to persuade them to allow him some of their power. Reformatted into a new body, he was sent to Earth, arriving in time to save Denny, Russell and Fixit from [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]]. Informed of events, he headed to the [[Crown City Colossus]] when he tried to destroy the gateway [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]'s team had constructed, however he was too late to prevent [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'s arrival on Earth. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

[[File:Battlegrounds2 Optimus and Megatronus fight.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Prime is back. Tell a friend.]]
Optimus engaged Megatronus but the latter's nearly invincible armor and even telekinesis left him at a disadvantage. A blow from Megatronus left Optimus unconscious, and he Optimus eventually came around to see Megatronus using a [[spark fuser]] to attempt to combine the AllSpark with what remained of the Anti-Spark from Earth's core. Optimus returned to battle with Megatronus until Bumblebee tried to get him to move Megatronus in front of the statue. As the AllSpark neared them, Optimus destroyed Megatronus's spark fuser and, with Grimlock's help, got Megatronus into position so the others could drop the statue's arm on him. Following Megatronus's defeat, Optimus intended to leave Earth, but Bumblebee persuaded him otherwise; Optimus agreed to stay but as Bumblebee's equal rather than his leader. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

[[File:TRID E 28 Optimus Prime Polar Stealth.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I just got done racing a polar bear down a mountain. Stepped on some weird orange bandicoot or something on the way, though.]]
Optimus spent several weeks in the scrapyard, recounting war stories to Strongarm to pass the downtime. The Primes reclaimed the additional power which they had bestowed upon Optimus, leaving him in a severely weakened state. Despite this, Optimus insisted on joining the "away team" Bumblebee assigned to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard. When going on a mission to the Arctic, Optimus's changed biology caused the GroundBridge to explode after he passed through it. Optimus and his team started tracking a Decepticon hiding on a mountain, but Optimus continued to have trouble, and was knocked off the patch by a chunk of ice. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} After his rescue by his teammates, Optimus taught the others a trick he'd learned from the Primes, allowing them all to take on the color scheme of a vehicle they scanned. He was also able to come up with a plan on the fly that enabled them to capture [[Polarclaw]] by luring him underwater, and they took the Decepticon to be safely stored away. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

[[File:TRID E 31 Optimus Prime Desert Stealth.jpg|thumb|left|250px|What happened to you? I joined the Army.]]
Though he was still weakened, Optimus and his team went hunting a Decepticon in the desert. Optimus became aware that the Decepticons they were hunting were preying on the weakest, and so feigned being more injured than he was so that he could take [[Razorpaw]] unawares. Noting that Prime was apparently performing poorly in the field, Windblade began acting overly protective towards him, leading to her getting injured. When the Autobots wound up facing up against Razorpaw and his Mini-Con accomplices, Windblade became their opponents' primary target, yet still interfered with Optimus's attacks so that she could keep him out of harm's way. Prime pretended to be completely disabled during the battle so that the Decepticons' attentions would shift back to him, and managed to defeat all three of the Decepticons in quick succession. He then tasked himself with freeing Sideswipe, Drift, and the Mini-Cons, who had gotten trapped by the enemy during the fight... though Drift told him to take his time, as Sideswipe's blabbermouth had gotten covered up in the process. {{storylink|Cover Me}}

When [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] escaped the [[Shadowzone (dimension)|Shadowzone]], Fixit tried to contact Optimus and the away team, but received no reply. {{storylink|Portals}} Investigating possible interference with one of Windblade's caches, Optimus's team found themselves up against [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] and his army of Mini-Cons. Optimus and Windblade were temporarily trapped in a bunker, but escaped with Sideswipe's help in time to take down the Decepticon. They subsequently GroundBridged back to the scrapyard with their new captives. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

[[File:TRID E 43 Optimus Prime Signaute Red & Blue.jpg|thumb|right|250px|This better be an emergency...]]
Once both teams were reunited, Optimus found himself increasingly questioning Bumblebee's orders and felt under the circumstances that he should take the lead. After a chance encounter reunited them with Ratchet, the Autobot medic tried to discuss the situation Optimus found himself with his former scout, only for Optimus to dodge the conversation. Soon after, the Autobots got help in the form of the Mini-Con [[Toolbox]], recent escapee from "Decepticon Island." The Autobots used a ruse to infiltrate the crash of the ''Alchemor,'' being used as a base by a group of Decepticons. Unfortunately, Optimus second guessed Bumblebee's leadership at a crucial stage of their infiltration; whereas Bumblebee wanted to press on to plant a stasis bomb as quickly as possible to disable their enemies, Optimus felt that they should instead pause to rescue several Mini-Cons being kept as slave. The Autobots were stalled while Optimus and Bumblebee argued, and were found out by the Decepticons. Steeljaw was alerted to the security breach, and Optimus and his team soon found themselves completely surrounded by the enemy. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Optimus and Bumblebee began to agree once more, with Optimus wanting to willingly be taken prisoner to prepare a counter-strike. Windblade took the choice out of their hands by flying up and acting as a distraction, allowing the rest of the team to make a break for it and split up. Optimus accompanied Bumblebee and Toolbox to attach a [[cryo-gas]] bomb to the ship's ventilation hub. They were able to work out their leadership issues on the way and, after a fight with a [[Decepticon Hunter]] empowered Steeljaw, succeeded in freezing the Decepticons on the ship. With the Decepticon threat on Earth dealt with, Optimus announced he intended to return to Cybertron on the repaired ''Alchemor'' and investigate the new government there. He said his goodbyes to Bumblebee, telling him that he could always call on him should the need arise. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

[[File:TRID E 45 Optimus Prime Aerobolt Power Surge.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Oh sun, source of all life and energy, give me greater strength.]]
The need arose and Bumblebee called Optimus up to inform him about the new threat. Optimus told Bumblebee that he did the right thing calling him and that he'd be there soon. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} He eventually turned up in [[Optimus Prime's ship|a ship]] {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} and found that Bumblebee had been abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] along with the team's Mini-Cons. Optimus had the team split up to search and they found the seven Mini-Cons Starscream was hunting. As their leader, Aerobolt, recognized Optimus, the two groups joined forces, only to come up against a group of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] who managed to get the better of the Optimus's group. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}}

Despite the capture of the Mini-Cons by Starscream, Optimus's team was able to overcome the Scavengers and track down Starscream's ship. After Starscream merged with the Mini-Cons, Optimus linked with Aerobolt and gained enough power to go toe-to-toe with the super-powered Decepticon. Optimus later loaded the comatose Starscream and associated lackeys onto his ship to take them back with him. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Bumblebee contacted Optimus to see if he knew anything about the odd sphere they'd found. Optimus thought it looked like the [[Sphere of Doradus]], something he believed was a myth. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
[[File:LegendsBizTrip5 TFs of today.jpg|thumb|right]]

During [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]'s battle to revert the world back to how it was in the '80s, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] attempted to stop him by singing the praises of modern-day Transformers such as Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 5|Bonus Edition Vol. 5}} Rattrap later had a dream in which he met Optimus Prime in the form of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV21|latest toy]]. Prime explained that he could play 200 different sounds and phrases, including the names of everyone in Bumblebee's team, though doing so dried out his throat and forced him to have a glass of water. He went on to show off his truck mode, get surprised yet intrigued by a third "base mode" Rattrap invented for him, and dance with the other Autobots to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
As Bumblebee looked into the sea while at the docks, Optimus Prime momentarily appeared to give him an inspirational speech. After his team captured [[Slink]] and her gang, Optimus appeared briefly to give Bumblebee a proud smile. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

During his training, Optimus found that the challenges were getting harder and harder, but hid some of the damage he sustained for fear it would impact his chances of returning to Earth. When it became obvious that Micronus was not behind the raising intensity, the pair investigated further. They determined that [[Liege Maximo]] was behind the trickery, and once Optimus was able to dismiss the apparitions of Bumblebee's team conjured by the rogue Prime, he and Micronus were able to overcome the foe. Optimus was then allowed to communicate with Bumblebee and gave his former scout some words of encouragement. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Autobot World Tour}}}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:IDWRID5 Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|280px|right|"I regret now I have the power of the Primes, I am unable to give a straight answer to any question you may pose."]]
While struggling to get his team to work together, Bumblebee recalled happier times under Optimus's leadership. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}} Optimus later appeared to Bumblebee in a vision to tell him to trust his instincts about the visit by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}}

After joining Team Bee following the defeat of Megatronus, Optimus received a directive from the Primes which sent him with Windblade to the [[Sierra Ridge]] mountains. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} The pair searched various caves until they stumbled on Predaking. The Predacon escaped, but left behind a piece of Starscream. Optimus and Windblade took the arm back with them and were able to use it to convince some Vehicons who'd teamed up with Steeljaw that Starscream was dead and the Decepticon army defeated. Though Optimus offered to allow the Vehicons to peacefully return to Cybertron, they turned down his offer and went back into hiding. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

==Commercial appearances==

{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]]}}

*Bulkhead received a phone call from [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|Strawberry Shortcake]], juvenile provider of baked goods, inviting him to the Berryfest Princess Parade in which he would be extremely glittered. When Optimus asked who the caller was, Bulkhead stated that it was for Optimus. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Strawberry Shortcake|Strawberry Shortcake and Bulkhead}}

*Optimus was weirded out by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an [[wikipedia:Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker]] singing Christmas carols. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}

*Optimus participated in a conference call with Fowler, who informed the Autobots that [[Batman]] was to backup the team for a mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Impossibly Awesome|Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon}}

*Optimus received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, and then proceeded to use his shoulder-mounted guns to mow down some Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}

*Optimus was lifted by an ant who had engaged in a proper nutrition regiment, yet eats Happy Meals. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Happy Meal|McDonald's Happy Meal}}

*Optimus, Bumblebee, [[Boulder]], and Predaking attended a pool party with various entities from other universes. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pool Party|Hub Network Summer Pool Party}}

*Toy versions of Optimus and Bumblebee came to life to duke it out against toy versions of Predaking and [[Lazerback (Prime)|Lazerback]] in a child's room. Bumblebee and Optimus came out victorious, and bumped fists while their restrained opponents dangled beneath them. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Beast Hunters toys|Beast Hunters toys commercial}}

*Optimus, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]], and [[Boulder]] rushed out of [[Fire Station Prime]] in response to a nearby fire. They watched Heatwave put out the blaze, then all posed heroically in a v-formation. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots toys commercial}}

*Optimus and Bumblebee and the Rescue Bots responded to a fire emergency. Once on-scene, Optimus energized his saw weapon to better deal with the situation. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Energize figures commercial}}

*A child playing with the "Optimus Primal" Rescue Bots toy was turned into an animated version of himself and met with the Rescue Bots! He directed Optimus into rescuing Chase, who had been pinned under a boulder. {{storylink|Commercial#Rescue Bots|Rescue Bots Optimus Primal toy commercial}}

*Optimus came upon [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] and his two Mini-Cons in a parking lot. Though Fracture believe nothing could stop him, Optimus proved him wrong by first ramming the two smaller 'bots, then clobbering their boss in the jaw. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Mega Optimus Prime toy commercial}}

*At a [[Toys"R"Us]] somewhere in a [[Quadwal]] universe, sentient versions of toy baby [[wikipedia:Baby Alive|Snackin' Sara]] and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Robots in Disguise|toy Optimus]] have a discussion involving the store's Price Match guarantee that concludes with toy Optimus getting distraught at the existence of an entire shelf with clones of himself. {{storylink|Commercial#2015 2|Toys"R"Us Commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)|[[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Andrei Yaroslavtsev]] (Russian), [[Alfredo Martínez]] (Spain-Spanish)}}

[[File:WFC-OptimusPrimeconcept.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Steroids are the right of all sentient beings.]]
In the waning days of the war for Cybertron, Optimus spotted a little yellow Autobot in trouble, and defeated the surrounding drone forces. [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] arrived on the scene, and Optimus helped up the Autobot scout, who revealed his name was [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Bumblebee informed Optimus that the Decepticons had taken control of communication relays, so that the only way to contact Optimus was by messenger. He also informed Optimus that their leader, [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]], was dead. Optimus suspected [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s hand, and was informed by Bumblebee that the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] had gone into hiding because of this. Optimus believed that the Council would emerge during a safer time, and formed a team with Bumblebee and Ratchet.

They drove to the [[Decagon]], where they found [[Ironhide (WFC)|Ironhide]] battling the forces of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. After assisting him in defeating Starscream's army, they confronted Starscream himself within the Decagon. After the trio combated and drove off Starscream, a hologram of Zeta Prime's face appeared in the center of the room, stating that he is being held in the Kaon prison complex. Optimus took Bumblebee and Sideswipe to the Kaon prison, allowing themselves to be captured so that they could infiltrate the facility. The Decepticons prepared to execute them, but [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] lent a hand so they could escape, though he himself was captured. While sneaking through the corridors, the three managed to free Air Raid, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], and others. They continued through the hallways, and finally located the room where Zeta is being held, only to face [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]. The Decepticon cowered behind a force field, sending [[Frenzy (WFC)|Frenzy]], [[Rumble (WFC)|Rumble]], and [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] out to fight for him, only venturing out to administer needed repairs to his minions. As Soundwave's energy became low, he attempted to drain Zeta Prime, only to be interrupted by Optimus, who took a shot meant for Zeta. Though Soundwave and his minions retreated, the damage was done, and Zeta Prime died before Optimus could free him.

Optimus brought Zeta's corpse to the site of the hiding High Council, where he lay the dead body in the center of the room. Optimus stated that the Autobots craved their guidance, but the Council stated that their mission was to choose the Primes, not to lead them. They then told him that Optimus himself is a Prime, and that he had changed the lives around him. Optimus was then told that Megatron had corrupted the core of Cybertron, and that he was the one that could remove this blight. He took this burden and responsibility, then was told by the Council that he was now Optimus ''Prime'', the last Prime.

[[File:WFC-OptimusPrimeAltmode.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Welcome to the ''Twilight Zone'' Prime.]]
For a new mission, Optimus selected Ironhide and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]], and the team ventured to the entrance of the core, where a corrupted [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] was being tortured. After a prolonged battle, the Autobots defeated the torturers and freed Omega Supreme from the Dark Energon influence. Omega Supreme escaped, and the Autobots found some [[space slug]]s to use as steeds. One long journey later, they reached the core and defeated a corrupted slug. Unfortunately the core itself had become contaminated, and informed Optimus as much. The only solution was for the core to reboot, which would take millions of years, during which the planet would be unusable, and Optimus realized that the Autobots would have to leave their home. Before shutting down, the core revealed the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which it installed inside Optimus Prime's chest.

Optimus arrived back at Iacon, where he ordered all Autobots to evacuate the planet. Megatron announced that everyone must stay or face destruction, and fired a massive cannon installed in the Dark Energon space station. Optimus Prime ordered his Air Commander [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]] to shut down the cannon with his team. They succeeded, and the station crashed into Iacon. Optimus, Bumblebee, and Ironhide discovered that the "space station" wasn't a space station at all: it was the giant Decepticon, [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]. They managed to defeat the heavily-armed menace, who plunged into a pool of energon. The Autobots celebrated their victory, but noticed that ''they'' have to evacuate as well. Optimus revealed a massive starship they would use called the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]], a ship still under construction that would allow them to take a part of Cybertron with them across the galaxy. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
[[File:WFCDS Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|124px|Origamimus Prime]]
Optimus was a dock worker who found himself caught up in the war against the Decepticons. With the Decepticons on the hunt for the Omega Key, Zeta Prime sent Optimus and his team to protect the library, knowing he could count on his old friend. When Zeta Prime was later captured by the Decepticons, he attempted to contact Optimus. The data links keeping him in contact with the Autobots were severed, so Bumblebee tracked down Optimus at an Autobot base. Optimus subsequently rescued an [[Autobot rookie]] from Starscream, chasing the Decepticon off before joining up with Jetfire and destroying other intruders at the base. Optimus was felled by a [[laser guard]], but revived with the help of Jetfire and Bumblebee. They completed clearing the base by defeating [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]], and Optimus announced that the next step was to retake Iacon.

He and his team entered Decepticon-occupied Iacon and destroyed the Dark Energon corruptors, allowing them to get the Decagon's defense systems back online. While they waited for Zeta Prime to make contact again, Optimus reminded Bumblebee that they couldn't let Megatron win just by giving up. Zeta let them know that he was being held in Kaon Prison, and Optimus's team infiltrated the prison in search of him. After an encounter with [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]], they ran into Megatron himself, who set more Decepticons on them. When they eventually found Zeta Prime, their leader expired. Optimus returned his body to the High Council, who appointed Optimus the new Prime.

Optimus Prime attempted to solicit [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s help. Grimlock challenged him to a fight to decide whether to join up, but [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]'s capture by Decepticons sent the Autobots off on a rescue mission instead. The Autobots tracked Swoop down to a Dark Energon laboratory on the outskirts of Iacon and freed him from Dark Energon contamination. Swoop's services were subsequently offered to the Autobots by Grimlock, who said he'd follow along to protect Swoop. Analysis of core samples by Jetfire and Ratchet indicated that they would need to disable to corrupters preventing it from repairing itself. To this end, Optimus's team traveled to the core and freed it after defeating [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]].

Realising that the core needed time to repair itself, Optimus ordered the Autobots to evacuate the planet in Arks. He and his team ascended the space bridge to attack the Trypticon space station and take out its main power core. They escaped during the station's plunge towards Cybertron, but as it fell, it transformed. Optimus rallied his men against this new threat, leading the way to the crash site, where the Autobots confronted Trypticon. After the titan's downfall, Optimus and his men left Cybertron in search of a new source of energy. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)|[[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian)}}

Optimus Prime coordinated many of the Autobot campaigns during the war. He dispatched Ironhide and Bumblebee to retrieve a datacore of information about Trypticon from Kaon. He later coordinated the evac measures for Cybertron, personally guarding a supply convoy while Bumblebee ran point and ensuring the safe launch of an airlift while the Aerialbots prevented Seekers from taking potshots at it. He also sent the Aerialbots up to Trypticon Station itself when its orbital weapon systems began annihilating the Autobot ranks.

When Trypticon itself fell to Cybertron after the Aerialbot assault, it transformed into a tremendous warbot, and Optimus Prime raced out to meet it. Bumblebee and Ironhide accompanied Prime to the blast site, fighting through numerous Decepticon embankments to reach the monster. Trypticon himself proved to be an implaccable foe, and Optimus coordinated both ground-based flanking attacks and strafing runs by the Aerialbots. Eventually, the mighty menace went down, and Prime saluted Trypticon on his way to extinction. {{storylink|Transformers: Cybertron Adventures}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
[[File:FOC-GameInformerPrimeBumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"No, not in the chest, you guys! The throat! The throat!"]]
As the Ark neared completion, Optimus was alerted to the fact that [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s team had deserted their post and the Decepticons were consequently attacking with giant [[Warp Cannon]]s. He made haste back to Autobot City where he sent [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] off in search of the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] before joining [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] in fending off the Decepticons attacking the nerve center. When it turned out they didn't have enough energon for the defences, Optimus and [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] decided to divert some of the energon from Ark. With Perceptor's help, Optimus got an old artillery piece working and reached the neutron cannon which he used to take out some of the attackers before running out of energon. At that point he was drawn to the city core, where he managed to awaken [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]]. Optimus guided the giant in destroying the Warp Cannons, but the last of them felled Metroplex, forcing Optimus to go inside it himself.

[[File:FOC-OptimusPrimetruckart.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"WFC Optimus will be so jealous!"]]
He didn't get very far before encountering [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] and the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] who took him prisoner. Dragged before Megatron, Optimus was only saved by the timely reactivation of Metroplex. Once Megatron was a messy stain on the ground, Prime strongly recommended Starscream and the others leave. Some time later, Jazz and Cliffjumper reported that they'd found a massive [[energon lake]], and Optimus organized a transport to pick it up. During a Decepticon attack on [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]]'s crash site, Optimus was contacted by Autobots guarding the site who said that Megatron was alive. His request for confirmation was given by none other than Megatron himself, who killed the Autobots who contacted Prime. Recognizing that the Decepticons would only try to retrieve Trypticon's power core if their energon levels were dangerously low, Optimus offered a ceasefire to share what was left, but Megatron rejected his offer, saying that Optimus and the Autobots were responsible for Cybertron's death.

When he was contacted by Grimlock's team who reported [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s experiments, Optimus ordered them back to base, only for Grimlock to ignore him. The Ark was eventually launched thanks to a last-minute sacrifice by Metroplex, but didn't get far before the Decepticons caught up in the ''Nemesis'' and attacked it. Optimus headed to the engine room to assist with the defenses there, only to encounter Megatron himself. As the two fought, Bumblebee threw himself in front of a shot meant for Optimus, and the young bot's sacrifice sent an enraged Optimus back into battle against his nemesis. The pair's fight wasn't yet finished when both they and their ships were sucked into the space bridge portal. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

{{note|Optimus Prime also appears in the game's 'Escalation' mode, on the 'Ignition' map. He fights alongside [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]]. Optimus serves as the team's [[Tank (FOC)|Tank]].}}

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Optimus sent Bulkhead on multiple missions within a Decepticon Dark Energon Mine, the Nemesis Battle Cruiser and back to Autobot Headquarters after it had been infiltrated by Megatron himself. He would warn Bulkhead before he would face off against a particularly dangerous Decepticon foe. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Optimus Prime helped Arcee in stopping Starscream and his horde of Vehicons from escaping from an abandoned military outpost. Upon Megatron's arrival to the battlefield, he and Arcee defended Autobot headquarters. Though they were victorious, the Autobots swore to remain vigilant, as the future might bring innumerable threats yet!

Optimus Prime could deploy "Cannon Turrets," "Freeze Turrets," and "Missile Turrets" through the Ground Bridge to aid in destroying Vehicons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}

===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
In the aftermath of a devastating Decepticon attack, the Autobots' home base was destroyed and Optimus was left in critical condition. Thankfully, Alpha Trion intervened, healed Optimus and granted him new flight capabilities. With renewed strength and resolved, Optimus fought his way through Megatron's troops until finally squaring off against the Decepticon leader himself. Once he defeated Megatron, Optimus returned to the other Autobots, and together they rebuilt their base in anticipation to the next Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:Transformers prime the game optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Drop an' give me fifty. ''Now''.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

Optimus Prime and the Autobots detected a massive asteroid of Dark Energon headed towards Earth, and used the GroundBridge to intercept the Decepticons aboard the ''Nemesis'' as they tried to retrieve the asteroid. During the battle, the asteroid broke up and Prime fell to Earth from orbit, and his team was scattered.

Optimus was located by Ratchet via the GroundBridge, where he lay buried beneath Dark Energon debris. The secret of the asteroid was revealed, as a powerful Cybertronian named [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]] emerged, ready to claim the Matrix and destroy it on behalf of his master, Unicron. Optimus and Ratchet evaded the giant's attacks until the ''Nemesis'' intervened. Stray blaster fire sent Optimus through a GroundBridge to his rescue, but Ratchet was inadvertently left behind.

Learning that the Decepticons planned to full repair Thunderwing, Optimus and the Autobots raced to stop the 'Cons from collecting Thunderwing's missing pieces. Optimus and Bulkhead battled Megatron and Starscream for one of the pieces, but Megatron escaped with the prize, leaving Prime buried alive.

Prime rescued himself, and GroundBridged to join the other Autobots in finale battle with the repaired Thunderwing. Optimus Prime succeeded in fending off Megatron and, with the help of one of Ratchet's inventions, defeated Thunderwing as well. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

===''Transformers Online''===
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}
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{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Optimus had the Autobots counter it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris, and defended the construction using the Star Saber. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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=== ''Transformers Universe'' ===
[[File:Tu-character-art optimus.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|right]]
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Cullen]] (English)}}

During the journey back to Cybertron the ''[[Arclight (ship)|Arclight]]'' was ambushed by the Decepticons. Ultimately the ''Arclight'' was destroyed, but Optimus along with the Autobots escaped the destruction of the ship and took refuge on Earth. Optimus Prime called upon [[General Freeman]] to provide his fellow Autobots with a base of operations and to hide Optimus Prime himself, just as Megatron ordered the Decepticons to search Earth for Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
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File:TFUniverseJagex-Optimus Prime hologram.jpg|This is probably the most you'll ever see of him in-game
File:TFUniverseJagex-OptimusPrimeVehicle.jpg|The Flameless 379. It won't just rock your logistics, it'll transform them.
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===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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! style="background: #00CCFF; color: black" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Energon)'''
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|Starter
|500
|10
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|Pumpkin
|500
|10
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|Desert
|500
|10
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|Titan Guardian
|1000
|20
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|Legion
|1500
|30
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|Ultra Magnus
|1500
|30
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|Legion Clash
|1500
|30
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|Legion Blizzard
|1500
|30
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|One-Step
|2000
|40
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|One-Step Evolved
|2000
|40
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|Titan Hero
|3000
|60
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|Warrior
|4000
|80
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|Warrior Clash
|4000
|80
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|Warrior Blizzard
|4000
|80
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|Warrior Power Surge
|4000
|80
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|Warrior Power Surge Elite
|4000
|80
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|Battlepack
|4000
|80
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|Titan Changer
|4000
|80
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|Hero
|6000
|120
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|Hero Clash
|6000
|120
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When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

===Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker===
Optimus Prime was a spectator for a soccer match between Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Prime-(WFC).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Optimus-Prime-(FOC).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Optimus Prime participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:
*''Optimus Prime (WFC)'' — This Epic character could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Optimus Prime (FOC)'' — This Epic character could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys}}

===Merchandise===
{{main|Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFPrimeOptimustruck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|So, it hasn't got [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|flames]]. [[Ruined FOREVER|It's still not a flat nose truck.]]]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It am [[Optimus_Prime_(WFC)/toys#BHWeaponizer|BIZARRO OPTIMUS PRIME!]]]]
*''Exodus'' and ''War for Cybertron'' are different continuities within the same "continuity family", so their difference on Optimus Prime's pre-Prime name is not a real contradiction in and of itself. However [[Hasbro]]'s [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=7fd5ecd9-19b9-f369-1041-a7635be83172 online timeline]—meant as prequel to ''War for Cybertron''—refers to Optimus's pre-Prime name as "Orion Pax" like ''Exodus''. To confuse matters even more, in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|War for Cybertron]]'' comic, [[Alex Irvine]], in adapting scenes from his novel, still keeps the character's name as "Orion Pax", when it is also meant to occur prior the game's events. Also, ''Fall of Cybertron'', the sequel to ''War for Cybertron'', uses the name "Orion Pax".
*Optimus is rather forgetful in ''Exodus''. Alpha Trion tells him twice that he had suggested to the High Council that Orion might be the Prime foretold in the [[Covenant of Primus]]. Then he tells Jetfire that the Core told him of Project Generation One, when it was a contingency plan Trion told him about, put in place since the Breaking of the Primes. Then again, leading an army for thousands or millions of years may place a strain on a bot's memory servers.
*Optimus's CG model underwent modifications between "[[Darkness Rising]]" and the first season proper, with his chest windows lowered somewhat during scenes when he is not in battle.
*Optimus Prime's truck mode in ''Fall of Cybertron'' is described by [[High Moon Studios]] principal artist [[Mike Brown]] as a "fist with wheels attached to it." [http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/10/10/fall-of-cybertron-the-new-optimus-prime.aspx]
*At [[BotCon 2012]], High Moon Studios stated that [[Path Blaster|"Optimus Prime's weapon"]] was designed to look like an earlier version of the rifles he wields in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' television series.
*Optimus Prime's body parts are available to use in [[Hub Network|The Hub]] website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Optimus Prime parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Optimus Prime''' (オプティマス・プライム ''Oputimasu Puraimu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kē Bó Wén''' (Taiwan, 柯博文), '''Qíng Tīan Zhù''' (China, 擎天柱, "Pillar that Supports the Sky")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimus Prime''', '''Optimusz Vezér''' ("Optimus Leader", used in ''Rescue Bots'' intro and 2nd season)

==References==
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Sideswipe (RID 2015)

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:''Sideswipe is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:CollectEmAll Sideswipe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The next master of Hatenko's Fist of the Key.]]

Rebel, bad-boy, competitive; these are all things that describe '''Sideswipe''', who's always happy to show off his prowess in the heat of battle. Sideswipe is, at his core, a lone wolf who tends to look out for himself, but when push come to shove, he heeds the call to action, jumping into the fight with his sword at the ready. Sideswipe is always quick with his words, and quicker with his hands, and is all about getting the drop on his enemies. And he always makes sure to look cool while doing it!

He's also a bit of a smart-aleck, and this tends to cheese off his comrades, and his predilection for going off and doing his own thing usually gets under the skin of his teammates. His rebellious nature belies his obvious disdain for authority, even his leader [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Don't even get him started on his teammate [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] who rarely fails to reprimand him when he bends the rules. Although Sideswipe still has a lot of growing up to do, he's basically a good kid underneath his cocky exterior - once he gets over his obvious issues with teamwork.

Sometimes he works with the [[Mini-Con]]s [[Windstrike]], [[Barithunder]] or [[Great Byte]].

He can also combine with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] to form [[Ultra Bee|Ultra Bee]]

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Darren Criss]] (English), [[Daiki Hamano]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovriznyh]] (Russian), [[Ruggero Andreozzi]] (Italian), [[Bastian Sierich]] (German), [[Arturo Castañeda]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Ridha Hassani]] (Arabic), [[Heikki Mäkäräinen]] (Finnish)}}
[[File:PilotPart1 Sideswipe Cybertronian vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Sideswipe is a big fan of the Fish of Fury strategy.]]
In [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon City]], {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} Sideswipe was tearing up the pavement under a statue of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] when he was apprehended by [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]. Handcuffed to her, he was basically forced to accompany her as she followed [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and was put to work getting a [[space bridge]] functional so the trio could go to [[Earth]]. Once there, Sideswipe wasted no time in making himself scarce, and swiftly encountered both [[Russell Clay]] and the Decepticon [[Underbite]]. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Basically forced to choose between helping Bumblebee or listen to [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] chatter, Sideswipe picked the former option, and ended up being instrumental in stopping Underbite by luring the Decepticon to a quarry. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

[[File:TrustExercises Grimbee.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Just who is that mysterious but totally cool stranger?]]
Strongarm and Sideswipe continued having trouble working together, inadvertently resulting in Strongarm's comms being damaged. When the pair went sent on a mission to investigate fugitive signals, they split up, and Sideswipe later returned to base to discover Strongarm had gone missing. When he and Russell found Strongarm had been taken captive by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], Sideswipe masqueraded as the Decepticon "Grimbee" as a distraction, and Strongarm was successfully freed. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}} Sideswipe took part in the capturing of [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. He and the team later found themselves tangling with [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]], and were unprepared for the Decepticon's ability to split into component parts. Though impressed with the rocket Chop Shop had constructed, Sideswipe and the rest of the team captured him. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

Sideswipe and Strongarm continued to squabble even as they went to a [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences|museum]] to investigate a Decepticon signal. Splitting up, the team was unable to capture [[Terrashock]] until Bumblebee came up with a way to hunt the Decepticon on his own terms. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} When Sideswipe's slacking off resulted in [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] being demolished by [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], he ended up being forced to help Bumblebee track down the Decepticon. Sideswipe appeared to be enthusiastic about helping Thunderhoof use the space bridge he'd built to return to Cybertron but ended up helping Bumblebee destroy the space bridge when it threatened to create a black hole and destroy Earth. {{storylink|As the Kospego Commands!}}

[[File:CollectEmAll Sideswipe rescues Denny.jpg|thumb|left|270px]]
Sideswipe was teamed with Strongarm to search for the Decepticon [[Filch]], and became increasingly annoyed with her sticking to the rulebook. After Sideswipe helped hold up a bridge, and saved Denny from atop a huge statue, he was able to render Filch unconscious by throwing a bridge beam at her head. {{storylink|Collect 'Em All}} When Grimlock appeared to turn on the other Autobots and stole a stasis pod, Sideswipe believed he was being coerced into it. After they tracked Grimlock to the [[Crown River Dam]], it turned out Sideswipe was correct and Grimlock was under the control of the Decepticon [[Minitron]]. {{storylink|True Colors}} While Bumblebee and Strongarm were away on a mission, Sideswipe and Grimlock got to be spectators for a feud between Fixit and Denny. {{storylink|Rumble in the Jungle}}

When [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] visited, Sideswipe saw him as a role model and attempted to get tips from him. The pair hunted [[Ped (RID)|Ped]] together, albeit unsuccessfully, and Sideswipe later lured Ped into a stasis pod, successfully capturing the Decepticon. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}} During an attempt to capture [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], Bumblebee was hit with toxin, regressing to immaturity. Sideswipe liked this new prank-pulling version of their leader, and subsequently Strongarm left him and Russell to babysit Bumblebee. They were not very good at it. {{storylink|Adventures in Bumblebee-Sitting!}}

[[File:Sideways Sideswipe car mode.jpg|thumb|right|370px|Auditioning for ''The Fast and the Furious'']]
When [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] came to Earth to collect the bounty on Bumblebee, Sideswipe was captured by the Decepticon to use as a ransom along with the other Autobots. {{storylink|Hunting Season}} Sideswipe continued to bicker with Strongarm, even as the team hunted the [[Skunkticon]] gang led by [[Malodor]], hampering the chase at several points. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

After discovering that Strongarm had been sneaking off the base, Sideswipe blackmailed her into doing undesirable jobs for him. After they tangled with Steeljaw's gang, Bumblebee revealed he already knew about Strongarm sneaking out, and Strongarm revealed she had been using a nearby carwash. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

During a horror movie watchthrough, Sideswipe, Strongarm and Grimlock tried to scare Russell to no avail. On a mission to track down a Decepticon in a cave, the team were captured by [[Nightstrike]], who caused them to live out their worst fears — Sideswipe's involved being stuck in traffic — so he could feed on their energon. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

[[File:SomeBodyAnyBody Strongarm carries Sideswipe.jpg|thumb|left|350px|"I'm living in a gefilte fish jar."]]
During a mission in the subways, Sideswipe was captured by [[Vertebreak (RID)|Vertebreak]], who removed Sideswipe's head so he could graft his own head to Sideswipe's body. While Vertebreak tested out Sideswipe's capabilities on the rest of the team, Bumblebee and Fixit found Sideswipe's head. With Sideswipe's instructions, the team were able to overcome Vertebreak, and Fixit reunited Sideswipe's body and head, though afterwards Sideswipe found himself unable to transform and needed some more work done on him. {{storylink|Some Body, Any Body}} After Drift and his Mini-Cons returned to earth, they joined Sideswipe and the rest of the team in recapturing Quillfire and [[Springload (RID)|Springload]]. {{storylink|One of Our Mini-Cons Is Missing}}

The team traveled to an undersea derelict spacecraft with the aim of capturing [[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]]. During the mission, Sideswipe became trapped in a room with Drift, [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], whose meditating drove him nuts. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}} When [[Groundpounder (RID)|Groundpounder]] and [[Headlock]] were sighted at the [[Rumbledome]], Sideswipe was among the team members who attempted to [[GroundBridge]] there and instead ended up hundreds of miles away. By the time they drove back, the Decepticons had been defeated. {{storylink|The Champ}}

After having a run-in with a bear, Sideswipe joined the rest of the team in contending with an overpowered Fixit when the Mini-Con's guard programs reactivated. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} Sideswipe and the other Autobots found themselves trapped outside their own base after Steeljaw's team moved in and set up a subsonic field to keep them out. He, Strongarm and Grimlock created diversions while the Mini-Cons were sneaked in to deactivate the field, and the Autobots were able to retake the scrapyard. {{storylink|Lockout}} Sideswipe took part in the pursuit and capture of [[Scowl (RID)|Scowl]], though his method of clearing a resort spa by claiming there was a wild kangaroo loose left a lot to be desired. {{storylink|Similarly Different}}

[[File:Battlegrounds2 Sideswipe in armor.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
After blowing off another of Strongarm's briefings, Sideswipe encountered [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and was taken with the new arrival. He had the opportunity to pull off some slick moves to impress her during a mission to take down [[Zizza]], however he was disappointed when she opted not to stick around afterwards. {{storylink|The Buzz on Windblade}} Humoring Bumblebee who claimed there were nice places to visit on Earth, Sideswipe and the other Autobots found themselves in the ghost town of [[Edmondville]], where they ended up capturing the Decepticon [[Pseudo]]. {{Storylink|Ghosts and Impostors}}

While on a training mission with Strongarm, Sideswipe was captured by Thunderhoof and Underbite. He, Strongarm and Windblade ended up chained to the huge statue outside Crown City, as it was used as an energy sink as [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] was drawn across the dimensional barrier. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} The three Autobots were freed after Optimus joined the fight, and were able to take down Steeljaw's team. After the Autobots discovered that the Decepticon Hunters combined gave them a huge power up, Sideswipe helped drop the arm of the statue on Megatronus, then joined with Bumblebee and Strongarm to blast the Decepticon into nothing. He later opted to stay on Earth as someone needed to keep Strongarm in line. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

[[File:OverloadedPart2-ArcticSideswipe.jpg|thumb|left|250px|And all the girlies say he's pretty fly for a white guy.]]

While watching Denny and Fixit play Go Fish, Sideswipe got into yet another fight with Strongarm. When Bumblebee assigned Drift and Windblade to hunt Decepticons far from the scrapyard, Sideswipe insisted on joining that team, however on their first mission to the [[Arctic]], they found themselves having to cope with an Optimus Prime weakened by having the power of the Primes removed. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} Despite his misgivings about Optimus, Sideswipe himself was injured during an avalanche and managed to jeopardize the mission when he accidentally alerted [[Polarclaw]] to their presence. After Optimus came up with a plan that successfully led to the Decepticon's capture, Sideswipe admitted he'd been wrong about Prime's effectiveness. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

Although he sported a new, desert-themed paintjob, Sideswipe continued to drive the other Autobots batty with his ceaseless chattering, even as they hunted another Decepticon; this time he wouldn't stop gloating about the time he had tricked Strongarm into thinking he had a seventh gear that allowed him to travel through time. Though he succeeded in rescuing Windblade after she fell into a river and was swept away by its current, he and Drift were later trapped in a metal cocoon by [[Razorpaw]]'s Mini-Cons [[Swelter]] and [[Glacius]]. {{storylink|Cover Me}}

Sideswipe increasingly encouraged Jetstorm and Slipstream to get more respect from Drift, encouraging the Mini-Cons to make their own decisions rather than allow themselves to be forever tethered to their teacher's choices. Investigating possible interference with one of Windblade's caches, Optimus's team found themselves up against [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]] and his army of Mini-Cons. Sideswipe found himself locked in an armory with Drift's Mini-Cons, and discovered he was able to link with them. Deciding to use this newfound tactical advantage in a surprise attack, Sideswipe contacted Stockade and told him he wished to surrender vital information in exchange for his freedom. Once the Mini-Con troops had lowered their guard, Sideswipe launched Slipstream and Jetstorm from his arms, and the trio managed to quickly take down the squadron surrounding them. Sideswipe next freed Optimus and Windblade, who had been trapped in a bunker, and together they come to an injured Drift's aid. The Autobots' final push resulted in the capture of Stockade. The stealth team then learned that the scrapyard's GroundBridge had been repaired, and traveled through a portal with Grimlock with Windblade's cache in hand back to base. {{storylink|Graduation Exercises}}

After a chance encounter resulted in [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] joining the team, the Autobots got a lead to the location of the remaining Decepticons on Earth; [[Toolbox]], recent escapee from "Decepticon Island." The Autobots disguised Grimlock as a Decepticon, and used a ruse wherein the rest of the team posed as captives to infiltrate the crashed ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]],'' base to the Decepticons. Despite making good headway at first, Sideswipe and the others were discovered by the Decepticon higher ups after an argument between Bumblebee and Optimus caused the mission to stall out. The Autobots then found themselves completely surrounded by Steeljaw's troops. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Thanks to Windblade providing them with a distraction, the Autobots were able to break away and split up. Strongarm, Grimlock and Sideswipe were then sent to try and free the Mini-Cons being held captive by the Decepticons. They ended up in a communications room where they fought with Groundpounder and Thunderhoof until Sideswipe incapacitated them with a high-frequency signal, holding onto consciousness just long enough for the Decepticons to slip offline first. After using the communications equipment to free the Mini-Cons, the trio escaped the ship before the [[cryo-gas]] bomb froze everyone aboard.

With the Decepticon threat dealt with, several Autobots planned to return to their home planet. Sideswipe wasn't among them however; claiming he had "outgrown" Cybertron, he said his goodbyes to Windblade, Optimus, and Ratchet, then headed off to build a new, permanent base of operations for the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

Bumblebee took his team on a tour of interesting locations on Earth, culminating in them visiting the remains of Autobot Outpost Omega One, only to find a strange bomb had been set up to detonate. Thrilled to finally have some excitement, Sideswipe fought [[Paralon (RID)|Paralon]] and [[Buzzstrike]], managing to recover a weapon they'd found, though the pair themselves escaped. As a bonus, Sideswipe also found Bumblebee's old diary, which included an exercise video. {{storylink|History Lessons}}

Following a training exercise that went wrong, Sideswipe was amused to find he had a higher [[PASERQuAT]] score than Strongarm. The team was split up to investigate sites of Cybertronian significance on Earth, with Sideswipe going to [[South America]], until they were all bridged back to the scrapyard because Denny and Russell didn't know what they were doing. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} Continuing the search, Bumblebee and Sideswipe ended up in a desert. They later joined Grimlock when the Dinobot encountered [[Thermidor]] and [[Tricerashot]], however during the pursuit, Sideswipe and Strongarm attempted to work together and ended up crashing. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

After the team retrieved a [[high energy pulse generator]] from [[Egypt]], Sideswipe destroyed the device when Jetstorm and Slipstream accidentally triggered it. The Mini-Cons became annoyed at his jokes at their expense, and Sideswipe was forced to try to find a way to apologize, however he missed his chance due to the three Mini-Cons being abducted by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], who then used them as leverage to capture Bumblebee. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Joined by Optimus, the team split up to search for Starscream. Sideswipe and Strongarm stumbled on the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, and the initial hostilities were brought to an end when the Mini-Cons recognized Optimus. A short time later, they ran into the Scavengers, and then during the fight with them, the Mini-Cons were captured by Starscream. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} The Scavengers defeated, the team located Starscream's ship, and during the ensuing battle, Sideswipe took a shot meant for Jetstorm and Slipstream. He was later able to distract Starscream while the three Mini-Cons found a way to separate the Weaponizer Mini-Cons from the Decepticon, and ultimately Starscream was defeated. Sideswipe later attempted to apologize to the trio, though they believed his earlier actions apology enough, and Jetstorm and Slipstream opted to team up with Sideswipe for a while. {{storylink|Worthy}}

Bored with endless sparring, Sideswipe finally got the action he craved when he and Strongarm were sent to investigate a Decepticon signal. After attempting to capture [[Heatseeker]] themselves, they were forced to call in the rest of the team when the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] endangered a nuclear waste disposal site. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 1)}} The pair were assigned the task of getting a [[hermit]] to vacate the danger zone, which they accomplished before rejoining the rest of the team. An explosion resulted in the entire team being merged into [[Ultra Bee|one robot]] while unconscious and ultimately Heatseeker got away. {{storylink|King of the Hill (Part 2)}}

The Autobots' next mission took them to [[Antarctica]], where they had to recapture [[Crustacion]] after the Decepticon was freed from one of Windblade's caches. Sideswipe and Strongarm worked to rescue the humans at a base while the rest of the team caught the Con. {{Storylink|Defrosted}} When a stricken plane endangered another cache, Sideswipe's failure to stop it resulted in him having to be rescued by Rescue Bot [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]]. Sideswipe's paranoia that Blurr was out to take his spot on the team resulted in [[Ragebyte]] escaping, and Sideswipe took off in an attempt to prove himself. With Blurr tagging along, he managed to track down Ragebyte and defeat the Decepticon, at which point Bumblebee suggested he take on Blurr as a temporary intern. {{storylink|Blurred}}

Sideswipe, along with the rest of the team, found themselves coveting the [[Sphere of Doradus]], thanks to the strange energies it gave off, and had to resist it long enough to capture Springload. {{storylink|Sphere of Influence}} Sideswipe and Blurr took part in a mission to capture the Decepticons [[Dragstrip (WFC)|Drag Strip]] and [[Wildbreak]], though they had to put up with Bumblebee's jealousy of their innate coolness. {{storylink|Bee Cool}}

{{spoiler|The Great Divide|June 10}}
[[File:TheGreatDivide-twosideswipes.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I'm not taking that from a Bot as good looking as you!"]]
After another impromptu combination occurred while the Autobots were chasing Drag Strip, Sideswipe was somehow split into two versions of himself — one confident and one with no confidence. His two sides were at odds with each other as the team tried to track down Drag Strip, until the wimpier version saved the confident version from falling rubble, and the pair worked together to take down the Con. Fixit subsequently came up with a way to merge the pair back into one Sideswipe. {{storylink|The Great Divide}}
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===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Sideswipe watched Grimlock and Fixit perform in a talent show. {{storylink|Fixit Jam}} Sideswipe covered Bumblebee in mud while speeding around near the car wash. {{storylink|Sticky Situation}} Sideswipe took a would-be car thief for a short, sharp ride. {{storylink|Carjacked!}}

When a movie that he wanted to watch started on TV, Sideswipe found [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] in his seat. He informed the Mini-Con he had called "dibs" on the seat, and explained the entire concept of "dibs" to both Drift and his Mini-Con companions. They were very impressed by this "honorable" system. Fixit then detected a signal from an open stasis pod, and informed the entire Bee Team that the [[Cyclone]]s [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] were at large. Sideswipe expressed skepticism at the concept that Mini-Cons could be considered "highly dangerous," but Drift assured him that this was indeed the case. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:IDWRID3 Sideswipe.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Sideswipe's goofing off resulting in Bumblebee yelling at him and restricting him to base, however when Russell told him about [[Fun-A-Rama]] amusement park, Sideswipe opted to head there with Russell for some fun. On arrival they were attacked by [[Flamefeather (RID)|Flamefeather]] and Bumblebee soon found them, having tracked the Decepticon there. Sideswipe was able to deduce that Flamefeather had mistaken the [[Space Battle 7]] ride for an actual rocket, allowing the Autobot to ambush and capture the Decepticon, though he was still given the task of carrying Flamefeather back to base. {{storylink|Fire, When Ready!}} During a training exercise, Sideswipe squabbled with Strongarm and was jumped on by Grimlock, resulting in a team loss. He and Strongarm were sent to investigate activity, but proved unable to capture [[Spinhead]] and had to return to the scrapyard empty handed. Fortunately Bumblebee came up with a plan and the whole team managed to defeat the Decepticon. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 1|Robots in Disguise #1}}

Sideswipe and Grimlock aided in the capture of [[Transit]] by directing the Decepticon into a traffic jam engineered by Fixit. During a visit by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team, Sideswipe took part in a plan to capture [[Clipshade]], though his attempt to tackled the Decepticon resulted in him ending up underneath Grimlock again. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 2|Robots in Disguise #2}} While the rest of the team hunted [[Overhead]], Sideswipe, Denny and Russell toured nearby storage facilities in an attempt to distract Ultra Magnus, whom they assumed was monitoring them. To Sideswipe's annoyance, Denny took the opportunity to do some shopping. On rendezvousing with the rest of the team, Sideswipe learned that Clipshade was actually an Autobot double-agent. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 3|Robots in Disguise #3}}

As the only Autobot who hadn't been seen by Overhead, Sideswipe was sent in for reconnaissance, after a small amount of coaching on his acting. Despite not lasting long under [[Skullcruncher (RID)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Razorgrille (RID)|Razorgrille]]'s scrutiny, he managed to get enough information out of them that the other Autobots could move in. When Overhead turned her space bridge into a black hole, Sideswipe had the unfortunate experience of Razorgrille biting his leg to avoid being sucked in. He later tried to use his experiences to persuade Ultra Magnus to let him off some traffic violations. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 4|Robots in Disguise #4}}

Following the defeat of Megatronus, Sideswipe and the rest of Team Bee were lured to [[Fort Tucker]] as a distraction while Steeljaw and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] abducted Fixit and Russell from the scrapyard. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} Returning to base, the team found empty stasis pods and the computer trashed, and were forced to resort to their own wits to work out where Steeljaw was. They successfully located the cave in question, rescuing Fixit and Russell before engaging Steeljaw's crew. Sideswipe found himself grappling with Thunderhoof until the three Vehicons realized that Steeljaw was not part of Megatron's command. In the aftermath Team Bee was left with the majority of Steeljaw's team as prisoners. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
During a training session, Sideswipe decided to encourage Grimlock to play lob-ball using Fixit as the ball. When the Autobots detected [[Scuzzard]] on the loose, somehow the plan involved Sideswipe being the bait, which he didn't much enjoy. After Scuzzard was captured, he was promptly snatched from them by the newly escaped Filch, and the Autobots were forced to track down and capture both of the birdbots. {{storylink|Bumblebee Versus Scuzzard}} Detecting Autobot signals at the docks, the Autobots stumbled on a fight between Underbite, Thunderhoof, and [[Slink]]'s gang. Sideswipe found himself in a one-on-one fight with Thunderhoof and required Strongarm's help to hold his ground. After the team managed to capture Slink and her gang, Sideswipe again tangled with Thunderhoof and managed to send the elkbot to the bottom of the harbor. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

After the team captured [[Forager]] who appeared to rescue Drift, throwing doubt on the Autobot's motives, Sideswipe was prepared to give Drift the benefit of the doubt. He and the rest of the team were captured a short time later when [[Foxtrot]] and [[Stilts]] took over the scrapyard and put the team in stasis pods. The team was eventually freed with Drift's help, and turned the tables on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift's Samurai Showdown}}

Sideswipe attempted to play football with Russell and Grimlock until Grimlock destroyed the ball. When Bumblebee became distracted during a fight with [[Skinkbomb]], Sideswipe attempted to save him from a grenade, only to become seriously injured himself. He was taken back to the scrapyard where Fixit was able to repair him, though Bumblebee recommended that he take it easy for a few cycles. {{storylink|The Trials of Optimus Prime}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Autobot World Tour}}}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Sideswipe and the other members of Bumblebee's team responded when Optimus Prime called their names in a display of his [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Adventure|new toy]]'s speaking gimmick, then joined Optimus in dancing to "[[Try☆Transformers Adventure↑↑↑]]". {{storylink|TAV21 Optimus Prime Now on Sale!}}

When [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Tigatron]] appeared among the Autobots, Sideswipe was mostly shocked to see a rat wearing a necktie. {{storylink|Go! Adventure}}

===Signature ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
A bored Sideswipe jumped at the chance to get out of the yard and transport the Decepticon [[Springload (RID)|Springload]], and also to mock Strongarm while he was at it. He was hoisted by that petard when Springload tricked his way into escaping captivity and knocked him over, and Sideswipe was further embarrassed when he chased the Decepticon down against Bumblebee's orders, ignorant of how Springload could simply jump over obstacles (almost like he's a frog or something) and almost getting Russell and Denny killed in the process.

Bumblebee admonished him to use his head more. He took this to heart, and when Springload was sighted at a film set, Sideswipe figured out that his foe was a bit out of touch with reality: so he 'allowed' the guy to escape, knowing he'd crash into a painted wall thinking it was outside. Bumblebee gave him props for letting Springload defeat himself. {{Storylink|Signature Robots in Disguise issue 1|Look Before You Leap}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Darren Criss]] (English)}}

[[File:TheNeedForSpeed Sideswipe.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Finally I get to appear on the main ''Transformers'' show!"]]
Sideswipe intercepted the Mini-Con delinquent [[Bounce]] on the mainland. When the Mini-Con escaped through the team's [[GroundBridge]], he teleported to the island of [[Griffin Rock]], prompting Sideswipe to pursue him. While chasing down the Cyclone, he encountered [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], and immediately assumed that he was a Decepticon. The misunderstanding was cleared up shortly after the other [[Rescue Bot]]s arrived. Back at the firehouse, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] filled him in on their mission on Earth. Blurr was impressed by Sideswipe and asked him for some rescue tips - but Sideswipe wasn't particularly interested in helping humans. He promised Blurr that he would recommend him to Bumblebee once he returned to the mainland, and offered him the opportunity to join the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]].

Using an electromagnetic trap, Blurr and Sideswipe attempted to herd Bounce towards the park and spring the trap, but Bounce managed to outspeed them, escaping into the sewers. While [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and [[Servo (RB)|Servo]] flushed out Bounce, Sideswipe and Blurr used energize tools to reroute the Minicon's path, safely directing him into the trap. Blurr was upset that he didn't apprehend the Mini-Con, but Sideswipe pointed out that he had saved several humans during the operation, inspiring Blurr to stay on Griffin Rock and continue honing his Rescue Bot skills. Sideswipe returned to the mainland, convict in hand. {{storylink|The Need for Speed}}

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==Games==

===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{note|The Starter Sideswipe is already unlocked when the game is turned on for the first time, until the latest update requires 500 Energon Cubes to unlock him.}}
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! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Version'''
! style="background: #00CCFF; color: black" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Energon)'''
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|Starter
|500
|N/A
|-
|Titan Guardian
|1000
|20
|-
|Legion
|1500
|30
|-
|Legion Alpine
|1500
|30
|-
|One-Step
|2000
|40
|-
|One-Step Ninja
|2000
|40
|-
|One-Step Blizzard
|2000
|40
|-
|Switchblade
|2000
|40
|-
|Titan Hero
|3000
|60
|-
|Warrior
|4000
|80
|-
|Warrior Clash
|4000
|80
|-
|Battlepack
|4000
|80
|-
|Battlepack Alpine
|4000
|80
|-
|Titan Changer
|4000
|80
|-
|Hero
|6000
|120
|-
|Power Hero
|8000
|140
|-
|Combiner
|3800
|75
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When Crown City was overrun by Decepticons as a result of a stasis pod modified to clone an army, the Autobots were forced to battle them throughout the city and surrounding landscape. They eventually found that Steeljaw and another Decepticon had constructed a [[space bridge]] and defeated the pair. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

{{Note|The Sideswipe Kreon is part of the player's power-up: They served as the player's support by attacking enemies. However the Kreons can suffer friendly fire from the player itself.}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
Sideswipe, Strongarm, Bumblebee and Grimlock captured escaped Decepticons, and secured them back in their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature. Meanwhile, scanning the ''Combiner Force'' toys' insignia stickers gives the player Tickets, which can be spent by giving them to [[Cryostase]] via the main map menu.}}
====Legion Class====
{{anchor|Legion}}
[[File:RID2015-Legion-Class-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Spikeswipe.]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Legion Class, 2015)
:Part of the second wave of Transformers: Robots in Disguise Legion Class figures, Sideswipe transforms from a robot into a futuristic sports car, and features 3mm ports for his hands.

: His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot/vehicle mode left arm.

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[[File:RID2015-legion-alpine-strike-sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Why do I feel like I'm being watched all of a sudden?]]
*'''Alpine Strike Sideswipe''' (Legion Class, 2015)

:A redeco of the Legion Class Sideswipe figure above, Alpine Strike Sideswipe features a coloration based on [[Red Alert (G1)|Generation 1 Red Alert]].

:Like his original Legion Class figure, his scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot/vehicle mode left arm.

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[[File:TF-Adventure-EZ-Collection-Clear-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Sideswipe Clear Ver.''' (EZ Collection, 2015)
:A redeco of Legion Class Sideswipe in clear plastic, Sideswipe Clear Ver. was given away at Japanese stores like Hakuhinkan TOY PARK Ginza, White Peony Ishinomaki shop, Yamada Denki toy department, and Yodobashi Camera from [[Calendar|July]] 2015 to customers who spent ¥3000 or more on ''Adventure'' product. Like most of the clear colored ''Adventure'' Legion Class exclusives, Sideswipe has no paint operations save for his face.

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[[File:TAV-34-EZ-Collection-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I faded in the wash.Buy me again!]]
*'''Team Bumblebee VS Megatronus set''' (EZ Collection 4-pack, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV34'''
:Available for this set, this version of Sideswipe is a redeco of the original Legion Class Sideswipe, featuring minor paint details. He was released as a four-pack along with [[Strongarm (RID)#TAV34|Strongarm]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#TAV34|Bumblebee]], and [[The Fallen#TAV34|Megatronus]].

:Unlike the Hasbro release, the toy features no scan-badges on the toy, instead it was printed on one small card, along with the other 3 badges.

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====One-Step Changers====
{{anchor|OneStep}}
[[File:2015 RID OneStep Sideswipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Won't be able to do all those flips any more.''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Easy-dynamic-series-TED-03-sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm not just a red brick with wheels anymore!''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Sideswipe''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date'': '''2015-[[March 21|03-21]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TED03'''

:Part of the first wave of the Transformers: Robots in Disguise One-Step Changers, Sideswipe is a simplified toy that transforms in one step. He features articulation in the shoulders, which can swivel outward, forward, and backward. His hands are sculpted to fit 5mm weapons into his hands. This Sideswipe can ride on [[Grimlock_(RID_2015)#Stomp_.26_Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], but does not activate any of the larger figure's gimmicks.

:While not a retool, he shares a [[transformation]] scheme with One-Step Changer Movie [[Drift (AOE)#Toys|Drift]].

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode left chestplate.

:The TakaraTomy release of the One-Step Change Sideswipe (as part of the Easy Dynamic Series lineup) features additional paint details in robot mode: the fake hood, the gunmetal grey feet, and the metallic red "暖速" detailing. He also features a different scan-badge, which is compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app. Although the badge is covered by a dummy sticker, there is no way to scan the badge if he's packaged in vehicle mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/OSCSideswipe/sideswipe.htm More information on One-Step Changer Sideswipe at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changer-Ninja-Mode-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's like a ninja.....A ''reeeeeaaly'' agile ninja.]]
*'''Ninja Mode Sideswipe''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)

:Part of the fourth wave of the Transformers: Robots in Disguise One-Step Changers, Ninja Mode Sideswipe is a redeco of the One-Step figure above, with it colors inverted with the exception of the dark gray plastic is changed into light gray.

:Like his original One-Step toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is on his robot mode left chestplate.

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changers-Collection-6-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey, why is Prime's side of the box cooler than mine?]]
*'''Robots in Disguise Collection''' (6-pack, 2015)

:A 6-pack featuring the One-Step figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Bumblebee]], [[Steeljaw (RID)#RIDCollection|Steeljaw]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#RIDCollection|Grimlock]], Sideswipe, [[Underbite#RIDCollection|Underbite]] (all of them unchanged from their individual releases), and a new One-Step [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Optimus Prime]] figure available only in this set. This set was exclusive to [[Target]] stores in the United States and to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Canada.

: Sideswipe, Steeljaw, Underbite, and Bumblebee's badges are all scannable in-package.

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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-changer-Patrol-Mode-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now I transform into a red ''rectangle'' with wheels!]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (One-Step Changer, 2016)

:A new mold of One-Step Changer Sideswipe, he transforms into a more cartoon accurate version of his vehicle mode. When you flip up his exhaust pipes, he transforms into robot mode in a single step. He features articulation at his shoulders. Unlike his previous toy, this Sideswipe cannot ride on [[Grimlock_(RID_2015)#Stomp_.26_Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], due to how the legs are molded.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-One-Step-Blizzard-Strike-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Blizzard Strike Sideswipe''' (One-Step Changer, 2016)

:Blizzard Strike Sideswipe is a redeco of the first One-Step Changer Sideswipe in White & Blue with little black detailing.

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[[File:TF-RID-Combiner-Force-1-Step-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (One-Step Changer, 2017)

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====Warrior Class====
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[[File:TransformersRobotsinDisguise2015WarriorClassSideswipe.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Red. ''(Hasbro version Pictured)'']]
[[File:Transformers-Adventure-Series-TAV-22-Sideswipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Redder. ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Warrior Class, 2015)
**''Japanese release date'': '''2015-[[July 25|07-25]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TAV22'''
**''Accessories'': Sword

:Part of the third wave of ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' Warrior Class figures, Sideswipe transforms from a futuristic sports car to robot and back! Sideswipe also comes with a sword, which can be wielded by his pair of 5mm-compatible hands, and can be stored on his vehicle mode's rooftop. His head features a light-piping gimmick, but due to the clear parts being molded in colorless plastic, the gimmick was neutered by painting his eyes blue.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his vehicle mode front/robot mode back, impossible to be accessed in-package.

:Warrior Class Sideswipe also suffers two design flaws: His robot mode chest cover prevents his vehicle mode to move, while his shoulder part's pegs can't lock at the back of the chest plate as well.

:The TakaraTomy release of Sideswipe (as part of the ''Adventure Series'' lineup) features additional paint details. He also features a different scannable badge, which is compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/Sideswipe/sideswipe.htm More information on Warrior Class Sideswipe at TFU.info]''

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[[File:CotT-Warrior-Class-Sideswipe-Hasbro-Version.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Can you spot the difference? ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Clash-of-the-Transformers-Warrior-Class-Sideswipe-TakaraTomy-Ver.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It's right under your nose! Well, his nose. Wait, does he even have a nose? ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Clash of the Transformers, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Sword
:A redeco of Warrior Class Sideswipe based on his appearance in the ''Robots in Disguise'' season 1 finale. this figure was released as part of the ''Clash of the Transformers'' [[subline imprint]] that's [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores around the world, including Japan.

:Like his original toy, his scannable Autobot insignia is on his vehicle mode front/robot mode back.

:The TakaraTomy release of the toy is also a Toys"R"Us exclusive, and for some reason features a different scan-badge on his chest, rather than his vehicle mode front. Scanning this in the ''Transformers Chronicle'' app unlocks Clash Sideswipe as a playable character.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/OSCSideswipe/sideswipe.htm More information on ''Clash of the Transformers'' Warrior Class Sideswipe at TFU.info]''
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====Hyperchange Heroes / 3-Step Changers====
[[File:2015RIDHyperchangeSideswipe.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Finally, I'm somewhat presentable.''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Transformers-Adventure-TED-15-Big-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now with 25% bigger headlights.''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Hyper Change Hero / 3-Step Changer, 2015)
**''Japanese release date'': 2015-[[November 14|11-14]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TED-15'''

:Part of the fourth wave of Hyper Change Heroes, Sideswipe transforms from a robot to a futuristic car and back in just three easy steps! He comes packed in an open-front box, so that children can touch him. He also possesses a very similar transformation to [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Hyper Change Heroes .2F 3-Step Changers|3-Step Bumblebee]].

:His scannable Autobot insignia is on his Robot Mode chest.

:The TakaraTomy release of the toy, titled '''Big Sideswipe''', feature minor additional paint details. He also features a different scan-badge, which is compatible to TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/HCHSideswipe/sideswipe.htm More information on Hyperchange Heroes/3-Step Changer Sideswipe at TFU.info]''

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====Titan Changers====
[[File:RID2015-Titan-Changer-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I traded in my paint apps for these leg extensions!]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Titan Changer, 2016)

:Part of the second wave of Titan Changers, Sideswipe transforms from a futuristic sports car into a robot in just 4 easy steps! Titan Changers Sideswipe also features limited articulation on his shoulders, and 5mm compatible hands.
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====Mini-Con Battle Packs====
[[File:RID2015-Minicon-Battle-Pack-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm not Sideswipe, I'm....Grim....Bee.]]
*'''Decepticon Hunter Sideswipe VS Mini-Con Anvil''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Accessories'': Energon spear, claw gauntlets x2,chestplate/helmet, spike band, leg armor.

:Part of the first wave of Mini-Con Battle packs, Sideswipe is a new Legends/Scout-class-sized mold that scales with the Warrior Class figures (Optimus Prime and Megatronus, for example), and includes the Decepticon [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], a Cyclone Mini-Con which is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] toys. His transformation is largely the same as the Legion Class version of the figure just with some minor variations. His Energon armor parts can either be worn as battle armor, or combined into a capture claw.

:His scannable Autobot insignia is in his chest, accessible in Robot Mode and in-package.

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[[File:RID2015-Weaponizer-Battle-Pack-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Why do I have a feeling that this Mini-Con is going to kill me?]]
*'''Sideswipe & Mini-Con Windstrike''' (2016)
**''Accessories'': Armor pieces

:Release as part of the 3rd wave of Mini-Con Battle packs, this Sideswipe is a redeco of the figure above, featuring another Red Alert-inspired color. He also comes with Windstrike, a Mini-Con transforms from robot to 5mm sword accessory. He is packaged with a set of clear armor that either he or Sideswipe can wear in robot mode, or which can be attached to Windstrike's sword mode for a larger weapon.

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[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV43-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Barithunder & Sideswipe Thunder Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, [[April 29|4-29]]-2016)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV43'''
**''Accessories'': Thunder Armor (Energon spear, claw gauntlets x2,chestplate/helmet, spike band, leg armor), Barithunder Mini-Con

:The ''Adventure'' release of the Mini-Con Battle Pack Sideswipe is a repaint of the Hasbro mold, featuring some paint applications to closely resemble his appearances in the cartoon.

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[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV44-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Sideswipe and Bumblebee - Supreme Armor set''' (4-Pack, [[May 28|5-28]]-2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV44'''
**''Accessories'': Bumblebee's weapons (Gun, ''Kotetsu'' Armor (combine to form a weapon), Sideswipe's weapons (Energon spear, claw gauntlets x2,chestplate/helmet, spike band, leg armor), Ironjam Mini-con, Barithunder Mini-Con

:Another release of the ''Adventure'' Mini-Con Battle Pack Sideswipe, this toy features transparent blue battle axe and armor parts.

:Sideswipe is bundled with Bumblebee and his Mini-Cons Ironjam and Barithunder redecoed in different colors.
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[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-58-Battle-Pack-Clear-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I got a standard release? Something's not right here.]]
*'''Windstrike & Sideswipe Wind Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, [[October 29|10-29]]-2016)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV58'''
**''Accessories'': Windstrike's Armor sprue

:Another redeco of the Battle Pack mold, Sideswipe features transparent red parts to evoke his clear version of the EZ Collection toy. He also comes with a Windstrike Micron, which can be wielded by Sideswipe.

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====Power Heroes====
[[File:TF-RID2015-Power-Surge-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Power Surge Sideswipe with Mini-Con Windstrike''' (2016)
**''Accessories'': Windstrike Mini-Con

:Power Surge Sideswipe is a new Voyager-sized mold that transforms into a robot to vehicle in several steps, and it's packed with a voice gimmick, activated by pressing on his head! He also comes with a Windstrike Mini-Con, which can be transformed into both a sword or chest armor for Sideswipe, the latter of which triggers different sound effects from his partner.
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====Crash Combiners====
*'''Sideswipe & Bumblebee''' (Crash Combiner, 2017)

:Part of the first wave of the ''Combiner Force'' subline, Sideswipe is a roughly Legion-class sized figure with a ''very'' basic transformation. Sideswipe can form the legs of any Crash Combiner, nominally with the included Bumblebee. He features no useful articulation to speak of. A [[5mm post]] hole on top of his vehicle mode can accommodate a compatible accessory or Weaponizer Minicon, though individually he cannot use it in robot mode.
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====Activator Combiners====
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*'''Great Byte / Sideswipe''' (Activator Combiner, 2017)
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====Team Combiners====
[[File:TF-RID2015-Team-Combiner-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ultra Bee''' (Team Combiner, 2017)

:Released as part of the [[Ultra Bee]] set, Sideswipe transforms from robot to vehicle, and combines with Bumblebee, Strongarm and Grimlock to form Ultra Bee. As a Team Combiner limb, Sideswipe can swap any left arm of any other Team Combiners.

===Kre-O===
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[[File:Kre-O 2015 Sideswipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Still has more articulation than most of his other toys.]]
[[File:Kre-O-RID2015-Sideswipe-vehicle-build.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So, does this count as an Action Master vehicle?]]
*'''Sideswipe Roadway Rundown''' (2015)
**''Set Number'': ''B1548''
**''Kreons'': Sideswipe, [[Hammerstrike (RID)#Kre-O|Hammerstrike]]
**''Pieces'': 98
**''Accessories'': 2 Swords

:Available only for the Sideswipe Roadway Rundown set, this Sideswipe Kreon uses the new 2015 style of Kreon hips and torso, with a hollow hip-peg and a central post inside the torso for increased grip... which also makes them incompatible with about four years' worth of Kreons, and he's based on ''Robots in Disguise'' Sideswipe. He also comes with a buildable vehicle mode of himself. The good news is: He finally has a pair of swords, which is reused from [[Springer (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Springer]]'s/[[Drift (Kre-O)|Drift]]'s. He also reuses [[Knock Out (Prime)#Kre-O|Knock Out]]'s helmet.

:Like the rest of the ''Robots in Disguise'' Building sets, the sets are released early in some Asia regions.
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===Rescue Bots===
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==Merchandise==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:RID2015 TinyTitans Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''5/12'''

: Part of the initial assortment of [[Tiny Titans]], this version of Sideswipe is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode, performing a sliding kick. Sold in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie, he comes with a collectible card with a scan-badge for the mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/TTSideswipe/sideswipe.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Sideswipe at TFU.info]''

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*'''Sideswipe''' (Radz candy dispenser, 2015)
**''Blindbag code'': '''G'''

: The [[Radz]] candy-dispenser version of Sideswipe is a plastic sphereoid with feet, spiky "hair", and a keychain fob. Pulling the hair back opens the toy's "mouth" and projects a little bowl-like tongue, dispensing a single colored sugar pellet. The hair can be taken off to refill the dispenser, and swapped with any other Radz.

:Sideswipe was available only in a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] baggie, though the bag has a code number on the back under the "best by" date that tells you what's inside (only the last letter is the important part). He comes with a bag of sugar pellets, and a mini-poster with a collection checklist on the back.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Surprise-Drinks-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (2016)

:''Surprise Drinks'' Sideswipe is a show-accurate 1.5-inch non-transforming figure hidden inside the capsule taped to the bottle. Since they're blindpacked, the figure can be found in any randomly-packed bottles, so... good luck.
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===Kinder Surprise===
*'''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''' (2015)
:Only available inside a blindpacked chocolate egg as part of Kinder's ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' series, this buildable Sideswipe mini-figure consists of a generic "cog" onto which his limbs and armor can be clipped to construct him. He has articulation on his shoulders and upper legs.
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===Hero Mashers===
[[File:RID2015-Hero-Mashers-Sideswipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Fear my.....Butter knife.....On a stick...with a handle.]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (2015)
**''Pieces'': '''10'''

: Part of the third wave of ''Transformers [[Hero Mashers]]'' —and the first of the ''Robots in Disguise''-themed product— Sideswipe is a non-transforming action figure with ratchet-joints, about five inches tall. He has multiple peg-holes all over that can be used to mount any ''Hero Mashers'' accessory.

: He is designed with a removable head, biceps, arms, and legs, all of which use the same clip-peg/hole joint. This means his pieces can be swapped around in any order, as well as swapped with any other ''Hero Mashers'' figure... which includes figures from [[Marvel Comics]], ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'', and ''[[Jurassic Park|Jurassic World]]'', meaning you can make some pretty freaky combinations.

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===Titan Heroes===
[[File:RID2015 TitanHeroes Sideswipe.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Titan Hero, 2015)

:''[[Titan Heroes]]'' Sideswipe is a 16-inch tall non-transforming figure.

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[[File:RID2015 TitanGuardians Sideswipe.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Titan Guardian, 2015)

:Part of the smaller Guardian size class, this Sideswipe is 6 inches tall and has more limited articulation.

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==Notes==
*Sideswipe's working name during early development of ''Robots in Disguise'' was '''Fastlane'''.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/2015/03/robots-in-disguise-sideswipe-concept-art-revealed/#more-41008 Robots in Disguise Sideswipe Concept Art Revealed]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Hero Mashers Autobots]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]

Over-Run (Armada)

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:''Over-Run is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:TheEnd-twworldsunited.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Turbo! Scooter! I'll see you avenged!]]
'''Over-Run''' is a Mini-Con from another universe, another [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Carrying the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], he has fled from [[Unicron]] in the hopes of finding a way of defeating the world-devouring monster, and saving other Cybertrons from the fate his homeworld suffered. Since then, Over-Run has become something of a sage, integrating himself into his new home, and becoming a leader figure among its Mini-Con population. His brilliant mind has brought forth many advances, including the evolution of the [[Omnicon]]s. As his intellect has grown, Over-Run has shown an increasing affinity with the planet itself, and he has slowly retreated into its secrets. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] worries that his new partner may be slowly losing touch with his fellow Transformers.

Other than his vast capacity for knowledge, Over-Run is aided by several other attributes. As a [[Triple Changer]], not only can he transform from robot to jet form, but he can also become a hand-held high-energy photon blaster. In this mode he is surprisingly powerful.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Over Run Armadacartoon.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The Mini-Con Who Never Was]]

At some point, Over-Run powerlinxed to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s back and let him perform an awesome power punch. {{storylink|Title sequence#Micron Legend|Micron Legend title sequence}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
[[File:Over-RunDW01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|my precious]]

Over-Run came to [[Aurex 402.24 Gamma|this universe]] after his own was destroyed by [[Unicron]]. With himself, he brought the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], an artifact into which all the Mini-Cons of his universe had placed their spark essences. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}} Upon arriving, he immediately set up a beacon which attracted the attention of [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s alike. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] arrived first, but were shot down by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who attempted to claim Over-Run for himself, seeing him merely as another Mini-Con to be used for battle and not realizing his origins. As Starscream bent over to capture him, though, he was attacked by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], one of Unicron's heralds who had been sent to destroy Over-Run and the Matrix. Mirage took advantage of Galvatron's distraction with Starscream and cloaked both himself and Over-Run. Believing his quarry to have eluded him, Galvatron left, and Over-Run was brought back to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}}

[[File:Mini-cons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2.2|He doesn't really ever let go of that thing.]]

When Over-Run arrived, he learned that his appearance in this universe had shunted [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] into another reality. Over-Run suggested using [[Null-reality pod|his inter-dimensional pod]] to retrieve him, but it was now in the custody of the Decepticons. Over-Run and several other Mini-Cons departed for the Decepticon base at [[Silver Ridge]] to retrieve it. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} There, they spied on Unicron's other heralds. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After evading them and locating the pod, Over-Run, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] activated the pod and transported themselves to [[Primax 703.09 Gamma|the dimension]] of the Cybertron where Optimus Prime was trapped on, which was mere moments away from becoming Unicron's next meal. They located Optimus Prime (as well as [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], who had arrived on this Cybertron as well by jumping into a space bridge portal), and used the Mini-Con Matrix to power up all five of their forms. Optimus Prime and Jetfire combined, and the Mini-Cons linked with them, and they blasted Unicron hard enough to make him notice them before warping back to their own universe. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

After bringing together all of [[Earth]]'s Mini-Cons, Over-Run led them through a space bridge portal to Cybertron, where they channeled all of their spark essences through the Mini-Con Matrix, allowing them to defeat Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}

Over the following years, Over-Run had connected himself directly to Cybertron. He left a device containing the records of the Transformers for [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] to find, hoping that cooperation between the key players of the future would avert a looming threat. {{Storylink|More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More than Meets the Eye: Armada #3}}

====''Energon'' comic====
[[File:ThisEvilReborn-OverRun.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Man, bet that stores ''so'' much porn.]]
Over-Run created the [[Omnicon]]s by nurturing the natural evolution processes on Cybertron. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} He had them trained so that they could learn to access their true potential. {{storylink|Omni-Potent}} When Optimus Prime was unable to convince the Council that Unicron was not truly destroyed, Over-Run told him how he could interface with Cybertron himself to learn the truth.
{{storylink|This Evil Reborn}}

{{Unreleased energon comic}}

Over-Run tapped into the [[Hub (Energon)|Hub]], where he was treated to a vision of [[Alpha Quintesson]]'s origins and his need for the [[Initiator]] and the [[Conduit (Energon)|Conduit]] for his plans to bring a [[Quintesson]] armada to Cybertron. He confided his fears to [[Avalon]], who was secretly in league with Alpha Quintesson. {{Storylink|Doomsday Redux!}} The plotting duo sent Starscream to deal with the Mini-Con. Over-Run detected his arrival and summoned the Omnicons, but they were too late, {{storylink|Armageddon Part 1}} as Starscream killed Over-Run and shattered the Mini-Con Matrix. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 2}} But Over-Run endured on, having uploaded himself to Cybertron's core moments before his "death". He informed the Omnicons of their role in defeating the Quintesson invasion. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
{{note|The continuity of the flashback is kinda weird, since it seems to take place in the Dreamwave continuity while the rest of the story clearly takes place during the ''Cybertron'' cartoon. [[Unicron Singularity|A Wizard did it.]]}}

[[File:Over-RunCybertron.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Wait, what timeline is this, again?]]
Over-Run spent the 20 years in silence, having uploaded his internal spark into Cybertron itself; just as Starscream had killed his physical form, he managed to complete the upload and intergrate his consciousness into the planet. {{Storylink|Revelations Part 2}} Through this existence, he assisted [[Vector Prime]] and [[Sentinel Maximus]] in their battle against [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]] by activating the nearby [[autogun]]s at the [[Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}} He also diverted the inter-universal portal [[Omega Prime]] went through after the [[Universe War]] to bring him to his Cybertron.

Over-Run made his presence known while the dimension-hopping Autobots were trying to find a way to keep the damaged Vector Sigma online. The Mini-Con coordinated efforts to help restore and protect Cybertron. {{Storylink|Revelations Part 2}} Through his investigation, he discovered that [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] shared traits with the [[Nexus Prime|ancient combiners]] depicted on the walls and ceiling of the Energon temple below Cybertron's surface. He also brought [[Anti-Blaze]]'s plea for assistance in the [[Mini-Con Civil War]] to the Autobots. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} He later contacted [[Omega Prime]] during the battle with [[Unicron]] to inform him of Cybertron's transformation into [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} When all was said and done, Over-Run, with [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]], pledged to assist the [[Mini-Con Council of Sages]] in hunting down the remaining Mini-Con insurgents. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}
{{-}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Over-Run was among the Mini-Cons stolen by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in the [[Legends Universe]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[File:Armada-toy OverRun.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Optimus Prime with Mini-Con Over-Run''' (Super-Con, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-06'''

: Over-Run transforms into a Cybertronic starship. He also has a third "rifle" mode that can be held by most toys that use 5mm-wide accessory pegs. He was only available with the Deluxe-scaled version of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Run-Over]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Over-Run/over-run.htm More information on Over-Run at TFU.info]''

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*'''Crystal Convoy (with Spark Surge)''' (Super-Con, 2003)

: Over-Run was cast in entirely-clear plastics (but retained his normal [[Paint operation|paint application]]s) and came with the clear-plastic version of Deluxe Optimus, a mail-away offer from the Japanese ''Tele-V Magazine'' limited to 5000 pieces.

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===Universe (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-OverRunBIAB.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Probably one of the least-surprising guys to find in the middle of a multiversal conflict.]]
*'''Ultra Magnus with Over-Run vs. Treadshot with Nightbeat''' (Battle in a Box, 2004)

: The Over-Run toy was [[redeco]]ed as part of a "[[Battle in a Box]]" multi-pack along with ''Universe'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]], ''Universe'' [[Treadshot (Universe 2003)|Treadshot]], and [[Nightbeat (Armada)|Nightbeat]]. Like his partner he also features a misassembly. His wings are swapped and thus upside down. Unlike his partner's missasembly, this is easy to fix just by removing them and putting them on correctly...though it may leave the wings a tad loose. This set was only available in "[[market six]]" stores like Kohl's.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Over-Run/over-run.htm More information on ''Universe'' Over-Run at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Surge''' (サージ ''Sāji'')

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Matrix bearers]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]
[[Category:Universe Mini-Cons]]

Swindle (Armada)

2017-03-02T05:50:08Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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{{disambigm|Swindle (disambiguation)|Spark Grid}}
{{picsneeded}}
:''Swindle is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Swindle-AR-model.gif|right|250px|thumb|Even the Mini-Cons have abandoned me.]]
'''Swindle''' is a sneak who is mainly concerned for himself. He's a smooth talker with a gift of gab and bluff who can wheedle people into seeing his way...at least, long enough to get what he wants. He actually gets along very well with his [[Decepticon]] "partner" [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], but how much of that is a ploy to catch the Decepticon unawares has yet to be seen. Swindle lacks the strength of character to be a good guy, but suffers too many pangs of conscience to be a bad guy, try as he might. Swindle is also the cousin of [[Zapmaster (Armada)|Zapmaster]], whatever that actually means.

Sometimes, he becomes '''Spark Grid''' (スパークグリッド ''Supākuguriddo'').

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
Swindle accompanied [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] when he and the Destruction Mini-Con Team were sent to destroy a satellite dish that could have helped detect [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. While they succeeded at destroying the dish, Starscream, with Swindle [[Powerlinx]]ed to him, was plowed off to sea by [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 2}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
Swindle was discovered in a forest as the Autobots and Decepticons fought over possession of his storage panel. It was ultimately Starscream who claimed Swindle as his partner, causing the Mini-Con to imprint on the evil Decepticon. Starscream used Swindle's power to prove the strength of his [[Powerlinx]]-activated [[Null-ray|Null Laser Cannons]]. Delirious with power, Starscream continued to use Swindle's enhancement whenever he got the chance, even against holographic battle drones back on the moon. {{storylink|Jungle}} Swindle's partner loved him so much, he even gave him a nickname..."Grid". Surely its a Cybertronian term of endearment of some kind. {{storylink|Carnival}}

During a Mini-Con search in the cramped confines of a city subway system, Swindle and the other Decepticon Mini-Cons were dispatched to comb the catacombs more quickly than their bulk counterparts could manage. {{storylink|Underground (episode)|Underground}} Swindle also aided Starscream on a volcano mission, firing their null beam cannons on the Autobot position. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

When Starscream powerlinxed with the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], he used it to capture a large number of Mini-Cons for the Decepticons. Swindle was seen standing among Starscream's prized catches. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

The Mini-Con [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]] surprisingly self-activated on Earth, and the Decepticons were forced to chase him down. Swindle used his race car mode to speed after the similarly-moded Downshift, but they ended up racing straight into the Autobots. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] managed to grab Swindle, but his loyal partner Starscream helped free the Mini-Con from Red Alert's grasp. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} In the next battle, Swindle and Starscream powerlinxed again to unleash their supercharged null beam cannons. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

When Starscream briefly joined the Autobots after a falling out with Megatron, Swindle came with him. After failing to destroy Megatron when he had the opportunity, Starscream was furious and lashed out violently at the rock croppings around the Autobot base. Swindle and the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] tried to calm him down, but Starscream's wounded pride would not let his anger cool. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}

Swindle later used his inherent Mini-Con powers to upgrade both himself and Starscream after the latter had been severely damaged by [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. He appeared amidst a collection of Mini-Cons who struck down Nemesis Prime with a bolt of energy before transferring some of their power to their partners. Starscream was reborn thanks to Swindle, in a new body resembling [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. {{storylink|Puppet}}

Their partnership ended in tragedy on Cybertron. In his final stand, Starscream powerlinxed with Swindle and shot a futile blast at [[Unicron]]. Just before being torn apart by Unicron's energy bolts, Starscream broke the link with Swindle, sending him to safety. Swindle lamented his partner's death, while [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] assured him that Starscream's long battle was finally over. {{storylink|Cramp}}

====''Cloud''====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Hammer (Cloud)|Hammer}}}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Swindle was a resident of [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village C52]]. He was part of the mass effort erecting an [[Energon]] Dome to protect their village before the Decepticons attacked. When Cyclonus burrowed under their defenses and brought down the dome, Swindle was captured and sent to a Decepticon chop shop for mecha-sectioning and re-wiring. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} It was Swindle's bad luck the next day when Starscream chose ''him'' for the attack on [[Cyber City]]. While the Mini-Cons left at the base staged a mass breakout, Swindle was left with the Decepticons for a million long, long years... {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

When the Mini-Con reactivation signal brought the Decepticons to Earth, Swindle was brought with them, and he powerlinxed to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] during a battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}} Some time later, he pretended to have escaped from Starscream in order to gain the trust of humans [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Rad White|Rad]]. They promised to bring him to the Autobots for protection, and they successfully evaded a Decepticon attack, but Swindle betrayed them to the Decepticons. Megatron intended to merge humans with Cybertronian technology and create a power source, much as he had the Mini-Cons. Rad was outraged, as they had ''escaped'', but after a million years of slavery, Swindle believed his freedom was the Decepticons' to give. When Megatron subsequently refused to free him as promised, Swindle liberated a group of captured Autobots, who drove the Decepticons off. Swindle briefly believed he had won the freedom he had tried to buy, but Starscream activated a retrieval device, yanking him back into custody. {{storylink|Armada Free Comic Book Day}}

Swindle later escaped the Decepticons again, when he and all other Earthbound Mini-Cons were summoned to a [[Mini-Con Ark|starship]] which took them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Upon arrival at a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress]], they found that they had been brought there by [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} It's not too clear, but Swindle appeared to be among the Mini-Cons who didn't mind this at all. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} Regardless of what he thought, the fortress was destroyed by the Decepticons, and Swindle had to return to Earth in an escape pod. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

After getting recaptured by the Decepticons at some point, Swindle was allowed to rejoin his fellow Mini-Cons for the joint battle against [[Unicron]]. He took part in the ceremony at the [[Loop]] which badly damaged the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
Despite being augmented by Swindle, Starscream was shot out of the sky by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] during a battle on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. To punish him for his failure, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] ripped Swindle off of him and threatened to use the Mini-Con for himself. {{storylink|First Encounter!}}

Many years later, Swindle was brought with the Decepticons to [[Earth]], and was placed in their [[Silver Ridge]] base when he wasn't in use. One day the Autobot-allied Mini-Cons came to save him and the other Mini-Cons held in the base, but they didn't ''want'' to be rescued, and tried to capture their rescuers for the Decepticons instead. Swindle and [[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]] ended up being zapped by [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]], and the Autobot Mini-Cons got away. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|Into the Lions' Den!}} He was later seen standing around with [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] and [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] on the Decepticons' new base on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Dawn of Destruction!}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
[[File:Swindle_Mini-con_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|upright=0.6|thumb|If you found him in the [[Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!|comic]], you've earned a [[The Transformers Chocolate Flavored Cereal|bowl of cereal]].]]
Spark Grid was seen flying away off [[Starscream (Armada)#Kre-O online comic|Starscream]]'s back when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] destroyed the Starscream statue in one mighty blast. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
The Spark Grid of the [[Legends Universe]] lived under the clever disguise of a toy, much like the rest of his brethren, and ended up being gifted to [[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Starscream]] by an unwitting, toy-collecting [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. When he overheard from [[Windblade (G1)#Transformers Legends comic|Windblade]] that Megatron's obsession was threatening to destroy the universe, he revealed himself to be a living being and imbued Starscream with the power of the Mini-Cons, granting him a super mode strong enough to take on Megatron. {{storylink|LG-18 Armada Starscream Super Mode Prologue}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
Swindle assisted his partner Starscream by powering up his cannons during battle with the Autobots in Antarctica and Alaska. {{storylink|Transformers (PS2)|Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Arm-toy Swindle.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Starscream with Swindle''' (Max-Con, 2002)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-02'''

: Swindle was available only with the larger Decepticon [[Starscream (Armada)#Toys|Starscream]], transforming into an Indy-style race car. He is designed to fit between Starscream's Null Laser Cannons and can also be clipped on the underside of Starscream's jet-mode cockpit, deployed by pressing down on Starscream's canopy. The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version has merely the tiniest of tone changes to its color.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to become [[Zapmaster (Armada)|Zapmaster]] and is the basis for the mold used by [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] and [[Top Gear]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Swindle/swindle.htm More information on Swindle at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Armada-toy_Zapmaster.JPG|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Starscream Super Mode with Spark Grid''' (Max-Con, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-09'''

: In Japan, the toy known in the [[Hasbro]] line as [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] was instead a "powered-up" version of Starscream, and the Mini-Con followed suit. In this "Spark" version, Swindle is almost completely identical to Zapmaster, save some incredibly minor plastic hue difference.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Zapmaster/zapmaster.htm More information on Spark Grid (actually Zapmaster) at TFU.info]''

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*'''Starscream with Swindle''' (Built to Rule, 2003)

: For the Hasbro ''[[Built to Rule]]'' building block system, Starscream came with a small, building-block-based version of Swindle. This version can be rebuilt from robot mode into something kind of vaguely resembling a race car. Sort of.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/BTRSwindle/swindle.htm More information on ''Built to Rule'' Swindle at TFU.info]''

==Merchandise==
[[Image:Swindle-MSCF.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Micro-Mini-Con]]
*'''Starscream''' (MSCF, 2003)

: In Japan, a tiny PVC micro-figurine of Swindle based on his animation model was released with the [[Heroes of Cybertron|Mega Super Collection Figure]] version of ''Armada'' Starscream.

: Like the other Mini-Con PVC micro-figurines in the series, the soft-plastic pegs that keep his arms in place were painted over, and as such are susceptible to snapping off if you try to move the arms, his only points of articulation. Extra-special caution should be taken with these parts.

==Notes==
*Kreon Swindle is in the gray-and-blue colors of the "Powered-up" version of his original counterpart (which incidentally are the colors of mold-mate [[Zapmaster (Armada)|Zapmaster]]).
*It is unknown if Kreon Swindle is merely an one-piece accessory or a proper being to his own right (not helped by [[Makoto Wakabayashi]]'s occasionally stylized nature).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grid''' (グリッド ''Guriddo'')
*''Korean:'' '''Grid''' (그리드 ''Geurideu'')
*''Polish:'' '''Kanciarz'''
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Geshevtnyk''' (Гешевтник)

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Built to Rule]]
[[Category:Cloud characters]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]

Return

2017-02-12T10:46:33Z

Miniconcollector1991:

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Transformers Cloud|Transformers Cloud: Spacetime World: Guardians of Time]]'' ep 12
|prev=Hammer (Cloud)
|next=Awakening (Cloud)
|title="Return"
|japanese=帰還
|romaji=Kikan
|translation=
|image=Transformers Cloud GOT ep 12.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[e-HOBBY]], [[TakaraTomy Mall]]
|published in=
|date=[[April 3]], [[2014]]
|story by=[[Makoto Wakabayashi]]
|illustrated by=[[Nagi Miyako]]
|continuity=
}}

''' '''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (3)
*[[Side Swipe (Armada)|''Armada'' Side Swipe]] (7)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (10)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|''Armada'' Starscream]] (4)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (5)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|''Armada'' Cyclonus]] (8)
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|''Armada'' Demolishor]] (9)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (13)

|c4=
*[[SARA]] (2)
*[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] (6)
}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===

==External links==
*[http://takaratomymall.jp/special/tfcloud/story02_06.html "Return" at TakaraTomy Mall]

{{issuestub}}

[[Category:Cloud episodes]]

Sawtooth (RID)

2016-07-27T07:00:45Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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{{disambig3|Sawtooth}}
:''Sawtooth is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].
[[File:Adventure_Sawtooth_package_art.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''Sawtooth''' is an Autobot-allied Weaponizer Mini-Con. He sometimes partners up with [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]].

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{charstubfiction}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
*'''Strongarm & Mini-Con Sawtooth''' (Mini-Con Weaponizer Pack, 2016)

:Part of the third wave of Mini-Con Battle packs, Sawtooth is a Weaponizer Mini-Con who changes from a fish monster thing into an axe. He is included with a Basic sized version of Strongarm who includes a set of Energon armor. Her armor can combine with Sawtooth to make his axe mode larger and more impressive.

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*'''Autobot Sawtooth''' (Mini-Con Weaponizer, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Armor/weapon sprue

:Available by himself in the sixth wave of Mini-Con figures, Sawtooth is a red recolor of the figure above. This time, he includes his own set of energon armor which can attach to points all over his body.

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Autobots]]
[[Category:Weaponizer Mini-Cons]]

File:Adventure Sawtooth package art.jpg

2016-07-27T06:58:42Z

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''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] [[package art]].

{{packagingart}}

Iceberg

2016-06-18T05:21:58Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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{{picsneeded|Comic appearance, toys}}
{{disambig2|the Armada Mini-Con|the Kreon Micro-Changer|Iceberg (Kre-O)}}
:''Iceberg is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]]''

[[File:IcebergCard.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Can't reach toes... too many Nutty Buddies... and no toes...]]
'''Iceberg''' isn't just physically suited for cold-weather and Arctic missions. He ''loves'' the cold. Be it trekking through a blizzard in [[Siberia]] or simply enjoying a drive through a human settlement at [[Christmas]]time (he's developed a fondness for the Most Wonderful Time of the Year), Iceberg is always ready, willing and able to get out there.

In fact, his teammates might say he's a little ''too'' eager. More than once, he's managed to get the entire [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]] assigned to some frigid mission, where he has a clear advantage his teammates don't share. Iceberg isn't above chicanery to get his way...even if his warm-weather-loving teammate [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]] ends up complaining the whole time.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Iceberg-anime.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Well you can tell by the way I use my walk, I'm a woman's man, no time to talk!]]
Iceberg was one of the Mini-Cons aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' when the [[Autobot]]s departed for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to intercept the Decepticons. The lumbering Mini-Con was among the last to take arms against the Decepticons in their first battle in space. {{storylink|Miracle}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Iceberg was one of the many Mini-Cons stationed on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|moon]] for millennia. When the [[Decepticon]]s invaded, the Adventure Team were part of the first wave of defense against them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} However, due to [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] and [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]'s fighting, the base's defenses were destroyed, and the entire installation had to be abandoned. The Mini-Cons escaped to Earth in a series of emergency rocket-pods. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

Later, after (temporarily) siding with the Autobots, the Adventure Team was dispatched to Alaska in order to retrieve the last Mini-Con escape pod from the Moonbase. However, when the team started digging, they were interrupted by [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], then the super-powered [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], who scattered the team. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} Iceberg was swept away from a wave caused by Thrust's impact with the water, but was recovered by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] when Autobot reinforcements arrived. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}

The whole of the Earth-based Mini-Con force gathered in [[Arizona]]'s Black Mesa to take the [[space bridge]] back to Cybertron to fight off the approaching [[Unicron]]. Presumably he was among the Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] in [[Cyber City]], giving his power to the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] that dealt the critical blow to Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[File:Micron Densetsu Junk toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Adventure Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-16'''

: Iceberg transforms into a tracked snow groomer with a serrated plow blade and a crane-arm. A gear-wheel mechanism on his vehicle-mode underside makes the outer sections of his plow scissor inward slightly when he is rolled along a smooth surface. This feature can also be activated by attaching him to the gear-wheel mechanism on the underside of the ''Armada'' Cyclonus mold. He was normally only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]] and [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]].

: This mold was also used to make ''Armada'' [[Armorhide (Armada)|Armorhide]], ''Energon'' [[Spoil (Energon)|Spoil]], and ''Cybertron'' [[Scattorbrain]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Iceberg/iceberg.htm More information on Iceberg at TFU.info]''

*'''Grap Supermode with Spark Lift and Adventure Micron'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MS-07'''

: The Adventure Team were available in Japan both in their own set and in a large multi-pack with [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Grap (aka Hoist)]] and [[Liftor|the upgraded Lift (aka Liftor)]]. All toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

[[File:2003-adventuremicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Adventure Micron X-Dimensions''' (Basic, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-19'''

: A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) "[[X-Dimensions Micron|X-Dimensions]]" [[redeco]] of the Adventure Team was released in Japan. For this version, Iceberg/Junk has a bright yellow deco with warning stripes on his tread-guards.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XJunk/junk.htm More information on X-Dimensions Junk at TFU.info]''

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*'''Powerlinx Cyclonus with Crumplezone and Bonus Mini-Con''' (Bonus pack, 2003)
*'''Powerlinx Hot Shot with Jolt and Bonus Mini-Con''' (Bonus pack, 2003)

: In November of 2003, US Toys "R" Us stores had special bonus pack Super-Con (Deluxe) toys, which came with a single bonus Mini-Con attached to the card over their sticker, for ''less'' than the price of a normal Super-Con during Toys "R" Us's post-Thanksgiving-Day sale. Each of the Adventure Team Mini-Cons could come packaged with either [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Powerlinx Cyclonus]] or [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Powerlinx Hot Shot]].

*'''Adventure Team''' (Basic, 2003)

: Test-shots of a slightly altered and ultimately unreleased Adventure Team have popped up from various sources. It's possible this was intended to be a mid-series deco change for the team, though it looks unfinished at best. Not only does the team have ''exactly'' the same [[Paint operation|paint application]] layouts in exactly the same ''colors'' as the original, but Iceberg's plastic is barely changed, this version being a slightly brighter orange.

{{canceledtoy}}

===Energon===
*'''Adventure Mini-Con Team & Sea Mini-Con Team'''

: An unaltered version of the original Adventure Team was released as part of an ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''-series "Mini-Con 6-pack" with the [[Sea Mini-Con Team]].

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==Notes==
* Iceberg's Japanese name "Junk" indicates [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] is under the impression the Mini-Con is some kind of garbage plow. Further evidence of this is that the [[Micron Booster]] redeco of the mold is called "[[Spoil (Energon)|Spoil]]"; most of the Booster Mini-Cons had names that were similar in theme to their base molds.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Junk''' (ジャンク ''Janku'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vacak''' ("Lousy")

==External links==
*[http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act232/ Unreleased Adventure Team gallery at TFkenkon]

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]

Dune Runner (Armada)

2016-06-18T05:20:30Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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:''Dune Runner is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]]''

[[File:DunerunnerCard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ironically, can't stand David Lynch films.]]

'''Dune Runner''' is the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]]'s technical expert, with a knack for gauging field conditions and other mission variables. He's usually a bright and cheery [[Mini-Con]] who lets everyone around him know it, looking to brighten the mood of those around him.

But his emotional lows run as extreme as his highs; should something upset him, he is subject to depression and relentless complaining. A particular trigger for this is forcing him to leave warmer climates for damper or colder ones. As such, [[Iceberg (Armada)|Iceberg]]'s penchant for trying to steer the Team to cold-weather missions ends up doubly annoying.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Arm-art Linkage12-Title.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"The drug's dangerous," she said, "but it gives insight."]]
Dune Runner was rescued by the Autobots during a cliffside battle with the Decepticons. He was re-introduced to the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]] back at the Autobot base. {{storylink|Tactician}}

Dune Runner was among the newly enhanced Mini-Cons on [[Earth]] who answered [[Combusta]]'s call for assistance with the mutant [[Autobot]] [[Ravenus]]. Dune Runner soared in and used his powers to help contain the creature and bring him back to his original form before he was mutated by [[Unicron]].

Afterwards, he joined the gathered Mini-Cons in saying goodbye to their human ally [[Stella Holley]], then joined the Autobots on board the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for the final battle against the Mini-Cons' dark creator. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Dune Runner was one of the many Mini-Cons stationed on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] for millennia. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} When the [[Decepticon]]s invaded, the Adventure Team were part of the first wave of defense against them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} However, due to [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] and [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]'s fighting, the base's defences were destroyed, and the entire installation had to be abandoned. The Mini-Cons escaped to Earth in a series of emergency rocket-pods. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

Later, after (temporarily) siding with the Autobots, the Adventure Team was dispatched to Alaska in order to retrieve the last Mini-Con escape pod from the Moonbase. However, when the team started digging, they were interrupted by [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (who Dune Runner shot in the face with his cutting torch), and then the super-powered [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], who scattered the team. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} He was recovered by [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] when Autobot reinforcements arrived. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}} Dune Runner and the rest of the team then returned to base via [[space bridge]] in response to the appearance of a [[Optimus Prime (G1)|near-dead alternate Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}}

The whole of the Earth-based Mini-Con force gathered in Arizona's [[Black Mesa]] to take the [[space bridge]] back to Cybertron to fight off the approaching Unicron. He was among the Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] in [[Cyber City]], giving his power to the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] that dealt the critical blow to Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
With some greasing from [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], Dune Runner and [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]] managed to get themselves on an archaeological expedition to the [[Labná ruins]] in [[Mexico]]. Though Dune Runner was content to stand back and watch the humans work, his companion manage to cause a collapse, falling into a hole with Doctor [[Jessica Theist]]. Dune Runner called down to Ransack to see if the [[human]] was safe. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[File:Micron Densetsu Spike toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Adventure Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-16'''

: Dune Runner transforms into a "sand rail" off-road buggy with a swiveling gun turret on his back end. He has a gear-wheel system that rocks the gun barrel back and forth when he is rolled forward or backward. His gear-wheel can also attach to the underside of the ''Armada'' Cyclonus mold, and use the larger toy’s rotor system to activate his gun barrel. He was normally only available in a three-pack with his teammates [[Iceberg (Armada)|Iceberg]] and [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]].

: This mold was also used to make ''Armada'' [[Ironhide (Armada)|Ironhide]], ''Energon'' [[Crunch (Super Link)|Crunch]], and ''Cybertron'' [[Kobushi]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/DuneRunner/dunerunner.htm More information on Dune Runner at TFU.info]''

* '''Grap Supermode with Spark Lift and Adventure Micron'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MS-07'''

: In Japan, the Adventure Team was available both in an individual set and in a multi-pack with [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] and "Spark" [[Liftor]].

[[File:2003-adventuremicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"We Mini-Cons have a saying: 'Primus created Cybertron to train the faithful.' One cannot go against the word of Primus."]]
*'''Adventure Micron X-Dimensions''' (Basic, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MM-19'''

: A limited-edition (yet still standard retail) [[redeco]] of the Adventure Team was released in Japan. For the [[X-Dimensions Micron|X-Dimensions]] release, Dune Runner (or "Spike", as he is known in Japan) has a silver deco with yellow and black warning stripes on his back end.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XSpike/spike.htm More information on X-Dimensions Spike at TFU.info]''
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*'''Powerlinx Cyclonus with Crumplezone and Bonus Mini-Con''' (Bonus pack, 2003)
*'''Powerlinx Hot Shot with Jolt and Bonus Mini-Con''' (Bonus pack, 2003)

: In November of 2003, US Toys "R" Us stores had special bonus pack Super-Con (Deluxe) toys, which came with a single bonus Mini-Con attached to the card over their sticker, for ''less'' than the price as a normal Super-Con during Toys "R" Us' post-Thanksgiving-day sale. Each of the Adventure Team Mini-Cons could come packaged with either [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Powerlinx Cyclonus]] or [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Powerlinx Hot Shot]].

===Energon===
*'''Adventure Mini-Con Team & Sea Mini-Con Team'''

: An unaltered version of the original Adventure Team was released as part of an ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''-series "Mini-Con 6-pack" with the [[Sea Mini-Con Team]].

===Unreleased===
Test-shots of a slightly-altered Adventure Team have popped up from various sources. It's possible this was intended to be a mid-series deco-change for the team, though it looks unfinished at best. The team has the ''exact'' same [[Paint operation|paint application]] layouts in exactly the same ''colors'' as the original. Dune Runner's plastics changed to blue, which looks ''real'' interesting with his painted-tan arms.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Spike''' (スパイク ''Supaiku'')

==External links==
*[http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act232/ Unreleased Adventure Team gallery at TFkenkon]

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[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]

Ransack (Armada)

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:''Ransack is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[Image:ArmRansackCard.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I'm sure a pickup truck can ransack... something...]]
'''Ransack Dr.h.c.'''<ref>[[Jessica Theist]] indicated she would lobby her university for Ransack's honorary doctorate following their discovery of the [[Natiltec]] civilization.</ref> loves a good challenge, and is constantly leading the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]] on risky missions to sate his appetite for danger. His teammates [[Iceberg (Armada)|Iceberg]] and [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]] are less enthusiastic about these missions, but Ransack is certain that they'll change their minds eventually. He just has to make them face danger until they learn to like it.

He once lit [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]'s crotch on fire.<ref>[[:Image:Armpanni10_cover.jpg|Cover of the unreleased 10th issue of the Panini ''Armada'' comic.]]</ref>

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
After escaping from Cybertron, Ransack and his team ended up on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], where they lived in the [[Mini-Con Moonbase]] under the command of [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]. When the base was eventually discovered by the Decepticons, Ransack and Dune Runner hauled out satellite mines to defend their base with. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} The Adventure Team later assaulted [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] when he broke into the base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

The Mini-Cons were eventually forced to abandon the moonbase, and Ransack and his team ended up working for the Autobots on Earth. They were sent to [[Alaska]] to retrieve an escape pod containing several other Mini-Cons, but found that [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] was already at the scene. Ransack and the others tried to escape, but were knocked out when [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] joined the battle. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} When Autobot reinforcements arrived, [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] started searching for Ransack. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}

As [[Unicron]] approached Cybertron, Ransack and the others Mini-Cons on Earth gathered to take a [[space bridge]] back to their home planet. Presumably, he was among the Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] in [[Cyber City]], giving his power to the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] that dealt the critical blow to Unicron. {{storylink|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
[[Image:PaniniArmada9_allthoseinfavour.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
In the early stages of the war, Ransack was among the Mini-Cons in support of [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]]'s plan to kill [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] by luring him to the [[Autobot]] headquarters and blowing it up. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}
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===''Cybertron'' comic===
Ransack was part of an army of insurgent Mini-Cons plotting to destroy a Mini-Con colony on one of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s moons. He bore witness to [[Unicron]], the insurgents' secret ally, turning on them and killing everyone around him. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
With some greasing from [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], Ransack and [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]] managed to get themselves on an archaeological expedition to the [[Labná ruins]] in [[Mexico]]. Ransack almost immediately proved himself to be unsuitable for archaeology when he used his tow rope to pull open a stone door, and caused a cave in which plunged himself and Doctor [[Jessica Theist]] into a cave. Although Doctor [[Carter Sanford]] was less than pleased, it turned out they'd found evidence of a previously undiscovered civilisation named the [[Natiltec]]. Theist promised to lobby for an honorary doctorate for Ransack, and that was ''before'' they found that the writings detailed the tribe encountering a race of [[Beast Wars (event)|beast warriors]]. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[File:Micron Densetsu Winch toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Adventure Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-16'''
:Originally available only in the Adventure Team 3-pack, Ransack transforms into a pickup truck of undetermined model with oversized off-road tires and rollbar. He has a working winch mechanism connected to a [[Retractable string gimmick|spool and gear system]] in his torso; the cable, once pulled out, can be retracted by rolling Ransack in vehicle mode, or by attaching him to the gear system on the ''Armada'' [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] mold. Unfortunately, playing with the winch with any level of zeal is likely to break the (rather shoddily-woven) cable. The circle where you plug into a peg on larger transformers is on his spare tire, so he always looks weird when attempting to 'powerlinx' him to a larger 'bot.

:This mold is also used by [[Cliffjumper (Armada)|Cliffjumper]], ''Energon'' [[Torque (Super Link)|Torque]], and ''Cybertron'' [[Payload (Cybertron)|Payload]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Ransack/ransack.htm More information on Ransack at TFU.info]''

* '''Grap Supermode with Spark Lift and Adventure Micron'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MS-07'''

: The entire Adventure Team was made available in Japan both as an "individual" Team, and in a multi-pack with [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] and the upgraded [[Liftor]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

[[Image:2003-adventuremicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
*'''Adventure Micron X-Dimensions''' (Mini-Con Team, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-17'''

:In Japan, an [[X-Dimensions Micron|X-Dimensions]] redeco of the Adventure Team was released (in lower numbers) at normal retail. This version of Winch was colored bright red.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XWinch/winch.htm More information on X-Dimensions Winch at TFU.info]''

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*'''Powerlinx Cyclonus with Crumplezone and Bonus Mini-Con''' (Bonus pack, 2003)
*'''Powerlinx Hot Shot with Jolt and Bonus Mini-Con''' (Bonus pack, 2003)

: In November of 2003, US [[Toys"R"Us]] stores had special bonus pack Super-Con (Deluxe) toys, which came with a single bonus Mini-Con attached to the card over their sticker, for ''less'' than the price as a normal Super-Con during Toys "R" Us' post-Thanksgiving-day sale. Each of the Adventure Team Mini-Cons could come packaged with either [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Powerlinx Cyclonus]] or [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Powerlinx Hot Shot]].

===Unreleased===
[[Prototype|Test shots]] of a recolored Adventure Team have surfaced on [[The Unicron Battles|Unicron Battles]] cards. Presumably, [[Hasbro]] intended to release a [[Variant|running change]] redeco of the team during ''Armada'', but cancelled the plans. It is unknown if the test-shot deco is actually the final planned version, as the paint applications on the test-shots are completely unchanged, not even in new colors. This version of Ransack replaced the dark green with light tan plastic.

===Energon===
*'''Adventure Mini-Con Team & Sea Mini-Con Team'''

:For ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', the Adventure Team was released in a 6-pack with the [[Sea Mini-Con Team]], all in their original colors.

==Notes==
*What connection Ransack has to the other [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] Mini-Con named [[Ransack (Universe 2008)|Ransack]] is unknown.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Winch''' (ウィンチ ''Winchi'')

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act232/ Unreleased deco Adventure Team at TFkenkon]

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[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]

File:Micron Densetsu Winch toy.jpg

2016-06-18T05:11:14Z

Miniconcollector1991: The ''Micron Densetsu'' Micron Winch toy. Photos by Miniconcollector1991. Category: Armada Mini-Con toy images

The ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Micron Densetsu]]'' [[Mini-Con|Micron]] [[Ransack (Armada)|Winch]] toy. Photos by [[User: Miniconcollector1991|Miniconcollector1991]].

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File:Micron Densetsu Spike toy.jpg

2016-06-18T05:09:53Z

Miniconcollector1991: The ''Micron Densetsu'' Micron Spike toy. Photos by Miniconcollector1991. Category: Armada Mini-Con toy images

The ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Micron Densetsu]]'' [[Mini-Con|Micron]] [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Spike]] toy. Photos by [[User: Miniconcollector1991|Miniconcollector1991]].

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File:Micron Densetsu Junk toy.jpg

2016-06-18T05:07:56Z

Miniconcollector1991: The ''Micron Densetsu'' Micron Junk toy. Photos by Miniconcollector1991. Category: Armada Mini-Con toy images

The ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Micron Densetsu]]'' [[Mini-Con|Micron]] [[Iceberg (Armada)|Junk]] toy. Photos by [[User: Miniconcollector1991|Miniconcollector1991]].

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File:Prime Japanese toy.jpg

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''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Micron Densetsu]]'' [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Prime]] toy. Photos by [[User: Miniconcollector1991|Miniconcollector1991]].

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File:Adventure Micron Rain.jpg

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Miniconcollector1991: The ''Adventure'' Micron Rain toy. Photos by Miniconcollector1991. Category: Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Con toy images [[Category: Robots in Di...

The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Mini-Con|Micron]] [[Rain]] toy. Photos by [[User:Miniconcollector1991|Miniconcollector1991]].

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File:Adventure Micron Burn.jpg

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Miniconcollector1991: The ''Adventure'' Micron Burn toy. Photos by Miniconcollector1991. Category: Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Con toy images [[Category: Robots in Di...

The ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Mini-Con|Micron]] [[Burn]] toy. Photos by [[User:Miniconcollector1991|Miniconcollector1991]].

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Sparkplug (Armada)

2016-06-17T09:49:21Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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:''Sparkplug is a [[Autobot]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Sparkplug-AR-DVD.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|HERE I COME TO SAVE THE DAAAAY!]]

'''Sparkplug''' is a good-natured, energetic young [[Mini-Con]] who through the fates of war has become partnered with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], leader of the [[Autobot]]s. Through this and his heroic actions, he's become something of a leader to his fellow Mini-Cons. He is also one of the few Mini-Cons to advocate siding with the Autobots. While most Mini-Cons view the differences between the Autobots and the [[Decepticon]]s with apathy at best, Sparkplug is firmly aware of what those differences mean to Mini-Cons. He's seen the way [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] treats [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] compared to the way Optimus Prime treats him. Given the choice, Sparkplug gladly prefers the Autobots.

==Fiction==
===Toy pack-in comics===
[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] set up a false distress signal from Sparkplug that the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] detected. They reported it to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]] leader ordered them to wait till they had backup. Impatient, Mini-Cons set out on their own. After they cut off contact, Sparkplug walked out of the repair room, helping Optimus Prime realize the distress signal was a trap. {{Storylink|Armada Volume 3}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[File:Carnival Sparkplug.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Sparkplug, Decepticons have red eyes!]]
Millions of years ago, Sparkplug was one of the Mini-Cons who formed an alliance with the Autobots against the Decepticons, to prevent their power from being corrupted by Megatron. He became the personal partner of Optimus Prime up until the point when the Mini-Cons fled Cybertron. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

Soon after arriving on [[Earth]], both the Autobots and Decepticons detected a Mini-Con signal located in the [[Grand Canyon|<s>Grand</s> Big Canyon]]. The Autobots were at a considerable disadvantage during the inevitable confrontation due to the Decepticon strength in numbers and the fact they had to protect their human passengers. But with the help of the kids, Optimus Prime managed to find the Mini-Con panel, whose occupant turned out to be Sparkplug, Optimus Prime's old Mini-Con ally and friend. Together, they [[powerlinx]]ed, activating Optimus's powerful Maximum Blast, which sent the Decepticons into retreat. {{storylink|Comrade}}

After being rescued, Sparkplug was seen hanging around the Autobot base with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]. He joined them on a mission to Antarctica to search for another Mini-Con panel, where he operated from Optimus Prime's command base. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} While exploring a forest for other Mini-Cons, Optimus Prime left Sparkplug to guard his trailer. Later when the trailer was needed to stop a forest fire, Sparkplug took command of the container by powerlinxing with it in vehicle mode and operating the vehicle by remote control. He helped convert the container into a hydro-pump to put out the blaze. {{storylink|Jungle}}

When Sparkplug saw [[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] sneaking off to the carnival with their Mini-Cons, he decided to tell [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] and go have some fun too. The Mini-Cons stole the show at the carnival, participating in the parade and draws "ooohs" and "aaahs" from the crowd. They also drew the attention of [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] and [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]], however, leading to a hilarious chase scene as Sparkplug and the others tried to avoid the brats. {{storylink|Carnival}}

After Cyclonus kidnapped Billy and Fred, the Autobots were reluctantly prepared to turn over Sparkplug and the other Mini-Cons to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. When the Decepticons broke the deal, however, the Autobots managed to recover both the kids and the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, Sparkplug and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

When the Decepticons stormed the Autobot headquarters, Sparkplug helped man the internal defense systems to drive off the invaders. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

After the Decepticons acquired the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], Sparkplug was seen applying some much needed repairs to Optimus Prime at the Autobot base. He later drove the Combat Deck into battle, allowing Prime to combine with it and him to form their powerlinxed Super Mode and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

Sparkplug stood in front of Optimus Prime to protect him from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]]. He then '''spoke English''' and summoned the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]] for Optimus to use to fend off Megatron. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

After the acquisition of the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], the Autobots were debating how best to use their combined form, the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], to defeat the Decepticons. Optimus Prime sent Sparkplug to retrieve the Mini-Cons for their input in the discussion. Sparkplug somehow managed to search the entire base in a matter of seconds, then returned bleeping wildly about how the Space Team was gone. {{storylink|Runaway}}

Sparkplug was with Optimus Prime in space when he engaged in a solo mission to stop the Decepticon [[Hydra Cannon]] from destroying the Earth. Optimus was destroyed in his efforts to save the planet, leaving behind only Sparkplug and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], floating in space until [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] managed to retrieve them. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}} Sparkplug kept possession of the Matrix after that, and was often seen clutching it as a memento of his fallen partner. He briefly handed it off to Jetfire, who presented the Matrix to Hot Shot as the new Autobot leader. When Hot Shot declined the Matrix, however, it was returned to Sparkplug. {{storylink|Remorse}}

Sparkplug and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', and Sparkplug was seen helping to load the vessel before departure. {{storylink|Depart}}

Out in space, the Autobots were confronted by the Decepticons, and were quickly being overwhelmed by the awesome weapons Megatron had in his possession. Even the assistance of the Mini-Cons wasn't enough to turn the tide. Sparkplug then carried the Matrix out onto the deck and, with [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]'s assistance, called upon his fellow Mini-Cons to lend him their strength. One by one, the energized Mini-Cons around him passed into the Matrix, combining their power to resurrect Optimus Prime, good as new. Thrilled at the return of his comrade, Sparkplug powerlinx with his partner once more, unleashing a master blast that drove off Megatron and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Miracle}} {{storylink|Puppet}}

====Linkage====
Sparkplug and [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] appeared as holograms to tell [[Redline]] and his group that they were leaving Earth for Cybertron with the Autobots. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}

====Force of Habit====
With the [[Unicron Singularity]] forcing the evacuation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Sparkplug and a number of Autobot leaders were summoned to the ''[[Iron Hope (Cybertron)|Iron Hope]]'', where [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] dispatched them across the galaxy to locate the lost Autobot colony worlds. Sparkplug was given command of the ''[[Valiant (Cybertron)|Valiant]]'' and sent to the [[Betelgeuse]] region. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
Before the war, Sparkplug resided in [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con Village C52]]. When the Decepticons attacked, he miraculously avoided capture by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], but was left lying unconscious near the village. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} Sparkplug was found by the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] and brought to their base in the [[Garbage Disposal District]], where they removed a tracking device placed on him by Demolishor. He was surprised to learn that the Air Defense Team planned to rescue their Mini-Con brethren from their initial imprisonment by the Decepticons, then aided them in their quest (by reluctantly getting strapped to a [[jet pack|rocket pack]] by [[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] and drawing fire from the [[Decepticon Headquarters (Armada)|Decepticon base]]'s laser-based security system). The mission was a success, and Sparkplug and the rest of the Mini-Cons boarded a [[Exodus (Armada)|spaceship]] and blasted off in search for freedom. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}} {{storylink|Armada Free Comic Book Day}}

Unfortunately, the ship malfunctioned, broke up and crashed on [[Earth]]. One million years later, Sparkplug was awakened alongside [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]], and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] when [[Rad White]] stumbled into the wreckage of their ship. After using [[Carlos Lopez]]'s tools to repair themselves and build a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]], the four Mini-Cons began to search for their lost brethren on Earth. Sparkplug asked Rad and his friends to be their "tour guides" on this alien planet, which they happily agreed to. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} However, their fun and games with the humans quickly came to a stop when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] tracked the Mini-Cons to Earth. After explaining their past to their human friends, Sparkplug and the Street Action Team then scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and made a run for it, eventually encountering the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} They watched [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Megatron talk trash about each other for a while before attempting to sneak away, but ended up captured by Demolishor. They were soon saved by another group of Mini-Cons, who helped drive the Decepticons away. In the aftermath, Sparkplug and Optimus Prime agreed to join forces against Megatron. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

Some time later, Sparkplug caught an emergency transmission from the Air Defense Team, who had been captured by the Decepticons. Fearful that Megatron might try to combine the three and unlock power beyond imagination, Sparkplug begged Optimus Prime to let them sneak into the Decepticon base and save the Air Defense Team, but the Autobot leader refused. However, the Mini-Cons were fed up with the Autobots telling them what to do, and went through with the plan anyway. Alongside [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] and [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], Sparkplug infiltrated the Decepticon base... and was immediately discovered by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. As the Decepticon tried to capture them, he ended up causing the roof to collapse on everyone. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} Trapped under rubble, Sparkplug began to despair that it was all his fault for not listening to Optimus Prime, but he and the others were soon saved by the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]. Megatron had managed to combine the Air Defense Team into the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], so Sparkplug hurried back to the Autobot base and powerlinxed with Optimus Prime, granting him the power needed to stand up to Megatron. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}} The alliance between the Mini-Cons and Autobots continued to bother Sparkplug, who felt that he and his people were just being used rather than have any say in things. One day, he and the rest of the Mini-Cons on Earth were compelled to mindlessly travel to a strange [[Mini-Con Ark|monolith]] in [[Kansas]]. Upon entering the structure, it turned out to be a spaceship that took them to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}}

They found themselves on a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|a moonbase]], where [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] explained to Sparkplug, Runway and [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] that he had summoned them to his fortress base so that they could all live in peace away from the Autobots and Decepticons. Sparkplug was not happy that Dualor had forced them all to come without giving them a choice in the matter, but before they could take it any further, the moonbase came under attack from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} He was returned to his friends, to whom he explained that he couldn't join someone like Dualor who just took what he wanted without asking. In the end, the point was moot, as the Decepticons broke into the base. Sparkplug tried to keep Leader-1 from returning to them, but was dissuaded from it by [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} Mirage explained that Dualor had placed Rad in one of the moonbase's orbital mines in order to keep the Autobots away, and that he and Sparkplug had to save him. They succeeded after convincing the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] to help, which Sparkplug did via a speech about how you should make the world a better place instead of run away from everything. He then boarded an escape pod and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

Having changed his mind in regards to the Autobots, Sparkplug tried to convince [[Astroscope]] and the other Mini-Cons from the moonbase to join them as well. Unfortunately, at that moment, Optimus Prime decided to deal with Decepticon problems rather than save a Mini-Con escape pod lost in [[Alaska]], so a dejected Astroscope left. Sparkplug pleaded with Prime to change his mind and give the Mini-Cons a reason to stay, and eventually succeeded. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} He then came with the Autobots on their mission to Alaska, located and bringing back an injured [[Iceberg (Armada)|Iceberg]]. As the Autobots were getting their afts handed to them by Cyclonus, who'd been overloaded with power the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]], Optimus Prime requested that Sparkplug to powerlinx with him and give him ''all'' his power. Sparkplug was hesitant, saying that there was a good reason behind the Mini-Cons' [[safety interlock]]s, but complied with Prime's demands and allowed him to defeat Cyclonus with a mighty punch. In the aftermath, Optimus confronted Sparkplug, asking why he'd held power back even though the two trusted each other. Sparkplug explained the lore about their power and that it could either save or destroy the universe, only to discover Optimus had mysteriously vanished. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13|Armada #13}}

Sparkplug returned to the Autobot base, where a different [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had suddenly appeared. This other Optimus warned everyone present that "chaos was coming" before passing away. Adding to these strange events, Sparkplug detected traces of an interdimensional anomaly in [[Big Sur National Park]], and he and several others went to investigate. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} They ended up finding [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], a Mini-Con from another dimension, and Sparkplug agreed to help him find his lost [[null-reality pod]]s, which could be used to find their Optimus Prime. Alongside Over-Run, Mirage, Astroscope, High Wire and [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]], Sparkplug returned to the Decepticon base at [[Silver Ridge]] in search of the pods. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} While they found what they were looking for, they ended up having to hide from several unknown enemies whom Over-Run said to be [[Herald of Unicron|Heralds of Unicron]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} After the Heralds left, the Sparkplug was given a null-reality pod as the "optimum combination of Mini-Con energy" was needed to bring Optimus Prime back safely. They found Prime on an alternate [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] on the verge of being eaten by [[Unicron]], and Sparkplug immediately powerlinxed with him. After changing colors thanks to Over-Run adding to their power with the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], Sparkplug and the others returned to their own dimension. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

As Unicron now targeted their reality's Cybertron, all the Mini-Cons on Earth gathered together to fight the planet eater. After introducing them all to Over-Run, Sparkplug returned Cybertron and powerlinxed with Optimus Prime, who combined with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and did battle with Unicron. The monster was ultimately defeated, and Sparkplug happily watched the cheering crowds and fireworks that accompanied the beginning of a new era of peace on Cybertron. {{storylink|The End}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
When the Decepticons first began capturing Mini-Cons, Sparkplug attended a meeting where [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] proposed a plan to assassinate [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. They would lure him to the [[Autobot Command HQ]] with false information, then destroy the building with the Decepticon leader still inside. Sparkplug was the only one not in support of the plan, as he thought it was wrong to sacrifice many innocent Autobots just to stop the Decepticons. He went along with it at first, but as the plan neared fruition, he couldn't take it anymore and sent a warning [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. As the Autobots evacuated their headquarters, Megatron never entered it and the assassination failed. Dualor was furious, promising to punish whoever had betrayed them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}}

Eventually, the Mini-Cons just plain left both Autobots and Decepticons and took off into space, only to crash on [[Earth]] and go offline. Four million years later, they woke up thanks to [[Rad White]] and [[Carlos Lopez]]. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} Within minutes, the Autobots and Decepticons had found them again, and Sparkplug voiced his opinion that their lives were a "never-ending, waking nightmare". Rad asked the Mini-Cons to help the Autobots, but they refused, as things would only worsen if they got involved again. The human just told them that running away doesn't solve anything, and went off to save the Autobots himself. Realizing that he was right, Sparkplug joined the Autobots and power-linked with Optimus Prime, giving him the power to drive Megatron away. {{storylink|Friends and Foes!}}

The Autobots decided that the best way to keep the Mini-Cons out of Megatron's hands was to send them back to Cybertron. Sparkplug was hesitant about this idea, knowing full well that the war was still raging on their home planet, but said his goodbyes to Rad and his friends. When the Decepticons showed up to put a stop to their plans, Sparkplug hid while Rad tried to trick Megatron that the Mini-Cons were already gone. As Megatron made it clear that he'd just hunt for other Mini-Cons on Earth instead, Sparkplug realized that they had to stay behind as well and fight the Decepticons. He linked himself to Optimus Prime again, but the Decepticons fled before the fight could even begin. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} Later, Sparkplug had the brilliant idea of infiltrating the Decepticons' [[Silver Ridge]] headquarters and freeing their captured Mini-Cons. Taking [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] with him, he successfully got past the Decepticons' security measures and reached the Mini-Cons... only to be grabbed by [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]], who would rather be rewarded by Megatron for capturing the Autobot-allied Mini-Cons. Sparkplug was saved by Jolt and Longarm and made his way outside, where he wondered if the Leader-1 and the rest had been corrupted, or if they just had been jerks all along. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|Into the Lions' Den!}}

When dormant Mini-Cons were discovered on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Sparkplug created a probe to fly up there and activate them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}} Their lunar problems continued when the Decepticons prepared to fire missiles at the Autobots from the Moon. Sparkplug thought of a plan to give the Autobots some time by surrendering himself and the other Mini-Cons to the Decepticons. They were subsequently imprisoned on board a [[solar barge]] and taken towards the Moon. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} After breaking out of their cells using [[intratools]], Sparkplug and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] used [[magno-clamp]]s to walk on the barge's outside and disconnecting it from [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. Unfortunately, cutting the connection cable caused it to whip Sparkplug into the void of space, but he was quickly saved by Jolt. The Mini-Cons then returned to Earth safely. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===The Balance of Power===
Before the Mini-Cons' exodus from Cybertron, Sparkplug left behind an artifact, encoded with a message addressed to whomever might find it. In this message, Sparkplug explained the Mini-Cons' reason for leaving behind their homeworld, and provided the coordinates to the Mini-Cons' hiding place. The artifact was discovered by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] during a battle deep in Decepticon territory. After Sparkplug's message played, a portal opened to the planet Earth, and the Autobots and Decepticons traveled to this new world to begin their search for the Mini-Cons in earnest. {{storylink|The Balance of Power}}
{{note|This comic was written as a tie-in to the [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' video game]], but its details differ from the introduction seen in the game itself. [[#PS2|See below]] for Sparkplug's role in the game.}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
In a celebration of the Transformers brand, Sparkplug showed up as one of the Mini-Con representatives for the "Unicron Trilogy" era of the franchise. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
Prime Super Mode was among the Mini-Cons stolen by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in the [[Legends Universe]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
He is Optimus Prime's Mini-Con partner. You can run him over! {{storylink|Transformers (PS2)|Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[File:Arm-toy Sparkplug.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I look like [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], but my name is [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]. Some people think I look like [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], but pretty much everyone calls me [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]]. The Japanese call me [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], but the Polish call me Leaderus. I call myself confused.''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:Prime Japanese toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Takara Version Pictured)'']]
* '''Optimus Prime with Sparkplug''' (Super, 2002/2003)
** ''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MC-01'''

: Sparkplug transforms into a Lamborghini Diablo sports car. His robot mode bears a passing resemblance to the [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Autobot]] [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s cartoon model. He was only available with his larger partner [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]]. The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release made a minor change to Sparkplug's deco, giving him medium-gray windows rather than the dark purple of the [[Hasbro]] version.

: This mold was redecoed to make [[Atlas]] and [[Drop-Test]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sparkplug/sparkplug.htm More information on Sparkplug at TFU.info]''

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* '''Prime Super Mode''' (Mini-Con, 2003)
[[File:Ran - A Sparkplug Repurpose.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|It ain't easy being green]]
: The August 2003 issue of ''TV-kun'' magazine in Japan included a special promotional "powered up" [[redeco]] of the Sparkplug toy in green. Also included was a little cardboard roadway and punch-out "targets" of various Decepticons for him to knock over.
: According to the brief ''Transformers'' section of the magazine, Sparkplug takes on this coloration when the other Mini-Cons give him their strength. When Powerlinxed to Super Optimus Prime in this mode, he causes Prime's cannon to fire a powerful energy blast that takes the shape of Sparkplug's robot mode.
:This toy would eventually be repurposed into a new character, [[Rán]], by [[Ask Vector Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/GreenPrime/prime.htm More information on Super Mode Sparkplug at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Arm-toy SparkplugCorona.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Na-na-na-na-na, my Corona!]]
* '''Powerlinx Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Super, 2003)

: For the "Powerlinx" redeco of Optimus Prime, the original Sparkplug was [[retool]]ed into a Cybertronian sports car with roof-lights and given a gold-chrome finish. (This finish seems to be a lot more durable than the chrome found on the [[Transmetal]] toys, being very resistant to flaking.) It is the only part of the set that was retooled, possibly because the yellow parts of Sparkplug are on their own mold tree (i.e., there are no other yellow-plastic parts to Super Optimus Prime), meaning an easy change to make.

: This mold was used to make [[Chrome]], [[Synapse]], and [[Road Rebel|Thyristor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Sparkplug/sparkplug.htm More information on Corona Sparkplug at TFU.info].

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*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: Released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]" (the day after Thanksgiving), this K-Mart store [[exclusive]] bundled together Super Optimus Prime, Sparkplug, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]], the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], and (oddly enough) [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. This release of Sparkplug is identical to the original; out of the entire set, only Optimus received a deco change.
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===Built to Rule===
* '''Optimus Prime with Sparkplug''' (Built to Rule, 2003)

: Available only in the large ''[[Built to Rule]]'' Optimus Prime set, this version of Sparkplug is a building-block "figure" that partially transforms, partially gets rebuilt from robot to vehicle mode and back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/BTRSparkplug/sparkplug.htm More information on Built to Rule Sparkplug at TFU.info]''

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===Energon===
*'''Overload with Rollout & Optimus Prime with Corona Sparkplug''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: Part of a very large CostCo exclusive set during ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', Corona Sparkplug comes with extensively redecoed versions of ''Armada'' super-class Optimus Prime, [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] and [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]]. Despite the extensive color changes made to Optimus, Corona Sparkplug is identical to his normal ''Armada'' release.

==Notes==
* Sparkplug's robot mode design appears to be an homage to [[Bumblebee (G1)|G1 Bumblebee]]'s cartoon model, with a similar head, "pipe" biceps, hood-feet and roof-chest. Well, and being yellow. His own cartoon model kind of downplays the similarity of the noggin. The [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comic changed his head design practically every issue, with some being more Bumblebee-esque than others. Some people think he looks like Sunstreaker due to his exotic car mode and his roof chest.
* Due to bad American dubbing of ''Armada'', Sparkplug has been called Leader-1 several times through the course of the series. In fact, the first episode he appeared in, EVERYONE was calling him Leader-1. Talk about an identity crisis.
* The Hungarian dub of the show messed up Sparkplug's naming situation even further. The first occasion his actual name (Szikra) is uttered happens around episode 20, prior to which he has only been referred to either by the names of other Mini-Cons (even when the English dub used his correct name) or by no name at all. However a couple of episodes after receiving his own name, [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (who had been called Bütyök before) abruptly steals it from him, and keeps it for much of the show's remaining episodes. Thus viewers are left wondering just ''who'' this little yellow dude is supposed to be.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Prime''' (プライム ''Puraimu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szikra''' ("Spark")
*''Korean:'' '''Prime''' (프라임 ''Peuraim'')
*''Polish:'' '''Liderus''' ("Leaderus")

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sparkplug/sparkplug.htm Sparkplug at TFU.info.]

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File:Prime Japanese toy.jpg

2016-06-17T09:40:44Z

Miniconcollector1991: ''Micron Densetsu'' Prime toy. Photos by Miniconcollector1991.

''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Micron Densetsu]]'' [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Prime]] toy. Photos by [[User: Miniconcollector1991|Miniconcollector1991]].

File:Ran - A Sparkplug Repurpose.jpg

2016-06-17T09:33:29Z

Miniconcollector1991:

[[Mini-Con]] [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] in robot mode, also [[Repurposing|Repurposed]] as [[Rán]]. Photo by [[User:Miniconcollector1991]].

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File:Ran - A Sparkplug Repurpose.jpg

2016-06-17T09:31:21Z

Miniconcollector1991: Miniconcollector1991 uploaded a new version of "File:Ran - A Sparkplug Repurpose.jpg"

[[Mini-Con]] [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] in robot mode, also [[Repurposing|Repurposed]] as [[Rán]]. Photo by [http://tfu.info/ tfu.Info].

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User:Miniconcollector1991

2016-06-01T06:54:40Z

Miniconcollector1991:

日本人の収集家です。日本でしか手に入らない画像などを中心に貢献していきたいと思います。
[http://tfminicon.blog.fc2.com/ my blog]

Windra

2016-06-01T06:48:27Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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:''Windra is a [[Decepticon]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Prime of Micron Windra package art.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''Windra''' (ウィンドラ ''Windora'') is a Decepticon Mini-Con.

==Toys==
===Adventure===
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Psychobat (RID)

2016-06-01T06:46:54Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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:''Psychobat is a [[Decepticon]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Prime of Micron Psychobat package art.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''Psychobat''' (サイコバット ''Saikobatto'') is a Decepticon Mini-Con.

==Toys==
===Adventure===
{{charstubtoys}}

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File:Prime of Micron Windra package art.jpg

2016-06-01T06:41:49Z

Miniconcollector1991: ''Adventure'' Windra package art. {{packagingart}}

''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Windra]] [[package art]].

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File:Prime of Micron Psychobat package art.jpg

2016-06-01T06:40:11Z

Miniconcollector1991: ''Adventure'' Psychobat package art. {{packagingart}}

''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Psychobat]] [[package art]].

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Volcano (RID)

2016-06-01T06:14:26Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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:''Volcano is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Prime of Micron Volcano package art.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''Volcano''' (ボルケーノ ''Borukēno'') is an Autobot [[Mini-Con]].

==Toys==
===Adventure===
*'''Volcano & Grimlock Volcano Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)

:A [[redeco]] of [[Major Mayhem]], Volcano transforms from a mechanical spheroid into a robot. As a [[Cyclone]] Mini-Con, he is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] toys. He has multiple indents which look like Mini-Con armor attachment points, but he does not actually come with any armor. He shares similar engineering with, but is not a retool of, [[Undertone]]. For some reason, his head is attached to a hinge which allows his head to point skyward but otherwise doesn't seem to serve any purpose.

:Volcano was only available as part of a "Battle Pack" with [[Grimlock (WFC)#Mini-Con Battle Packs|"Volcano Armor" Grimlock]].

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Ironjam

2016-06-01T06:13:10Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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:''Ironjam is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Prime of Micron Ironjam package art.jpg|thumb|250px]]

'''Ironjam''' (アイアンジャム ''Aianjamu'') is an Autobot [[Mini-Con]].

==Toys==
===Adventure===
*'''Ironjam & Bumblebee Iron Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, [[2016]])
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV40'''

:Ironjam is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Mini-Con [[Back|Decepticon Back]]. Ironjam is a "Cyclone"-type Mini-Con that transforms from a four-legged creature with stubby arms into a spherical object that can be launched by [[Deployer (WFC)#Mini-Con Deployers|Mini-Con Deployers]] [[Overload (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Overload]] or [[Crazybolt (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Crazybolt]].

:He was only available in a two-pack with the [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Mini-Con Battle Packs|"Kōtetsu Armor" Bumblebee]].

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Gravity

2016-06-01T06:11:35Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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:''Gravity is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Prime of Micron Gravity package art.jpg|thumb|250px]]
'''Gravity''' (グラビティ ''Gurabiti'') is an Autobot Mini-Con.

==Toys==
===Adventure===
*'''Gravity & Optimus Prime Jūryoku Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV41'''
: Gravity is a redeco of [[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]]. He is a medieval-themed robot that transforms into a spiked ball which resembles the head of a mace. His alternate mode also has a battering ram-like face molded to the front of it. As a [[Cyclone]]-style Mini-Con, he is designed to be launched in ball mode by the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] toys [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] and [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]]. Unlike most Mini-Cons from this toyline, Gravity does not include an armor sprue.

: He was only available in a two-pack with the [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Mini-Con Battle Packs|basic-sized "Jūryoku Armor" Optimus Prime]].

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Barithunder

2016-06-01T06:09:07Z

Miniconcollector1991:

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:''Barithunder is an [[Autobot]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Adventure]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Prime of Micron Barithunder package art.jpg|thumb|250px]]
'''Barithunder''' (バリサンダー ''Barisandā'') is an Autobot [[Mini-Con]].

==Toys==
===Adventure===
*'''Barithunder & Sideswipe Thunder Armor''' (Mini-Con Battle Pack, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV43'''

:A [[redeco]] of [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], Barithunder transforms from a spiked spheroid into a winged gargoyle-like robot. As a Cyclone Mini-Con, he is designed to be launched from the [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]] [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Overload]] toys. He has multiple indents that look for all the world like Mini-Con armor attachment points, but he does not actually come with any armor.

: He was only available in a two-pack with the [[Sideswipe (WFC)#MiniCon2pack|basic-sized "Thunder Armor" Sideswipe]].

[[Category:Cyclone Mini-Cons]]
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''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Volcano (Adventure)|Volcano]] [[package art]].

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''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Ironjam]] [[package art]].

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Miniconcollector1991: ''Adventure'' Gravity package art. {{packagingart}}

''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Gravity]] [[package art]].

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Miniconcollector1991: ''Adventure'' Barithunder package art. {{packagingart}}

''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Adventure]]'' [[Barithunder]] [[package art]].

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日本人の収集家です。日本でしか手に入らない画像などを中心に貢献していきたいと思います。

Mini-Con

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Miniconcollector1991: They are Targetmaster.

{{disambig2|the Transformers type "Mini-Con"|the unit of time "minicon"|Units of time}}
{{disambig2|the Transformers type "Mini-Con"|the "Evil" faction of [[Stentarian]]s mistakenly called "Minicons"|Ammonite}}

[[File:Minicon symbol.png|upright=1.4|thumb|Intentionally designed to look like the letter "M", the Mini-Con symbol is also reflected in the design of Unicron's helmet]]
'''Mini-Cons''' are a race of small, roughly [[human]]-sized Transformers capable of [[powerlinx]]ing with a larger Transformer to impart extra abilities or greatly increase their strength.

Their origins (when explored) vary depending on the continuity in which they appear. In some timelines they are creations of [[Unicron]]; in others, they are creations of the [[Last Autobot]] or the descendants of [[Micronus Prime]]. Others are just... there.

==Fiction==
===Unicron Trilogy===
====Cartoon continuity====
[[File:Street action team.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
[[Unicron]] created the Mini-Cons to be mindless tools, sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as an agitating element to the Transformers' civil war. The power-enhancing "smart tools" would be unleashed upon the populace, who would snap them up and bond with them, and the war would only get more destructive, as Unicron drank in the negative psychic energies from the death and destruction. Once he'd gathered the power he needed, the Mini-Cons would turn on their supposed masters, incapacitating them, and Unicron would fully awaken to devour the planet and all Transformers on it, eliminating his biggest obstacle to devouring all of existence.

But through a strange warp in space and time that no one really bothered to explain, three [[human]] children from the future—[[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]—were sent to the Mini-Cons' birthing chamber on Cybertron just seconds before the small robots emerged from their pods. As the Mini-Cons had been designed to form mental bonds with other life forms, when Rad touched the Mini-Con who he knew from the future as [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], High Wire apparently formed his bond then, with Rad... and through the Mini-Cons' shared "soul dimension", the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]], sentience and free will spread throughout the Mini-Cons, forming "souls", and crippling Unicron's plans drastically.
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====Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity====
[[File:Mini-cons.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|Gotta catch 'em all!]]
Mini-Cons are a second race of Transformer, mostly living in designated sectors by themselves, which left them open to attack when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] led his Decepticons on capture raids. Through experimentation on prisoners, the Decepticons discovered the Mini-Cons were rewired, their power (disproportionate to their size) could be added to a Transformer through [[Powerlinx]]ing. Mini-Cons are also capable of tapping an extra-dimensional energy source of unknown origin, but are wary of doing this, and most have inhibitors installed to prevent this from happening.

[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], a Mini-Con refugee from another dimension, led Cybertron's collected Mini-Cons in tapping that dimension's energies and channeling them into an attack on Unicron which left him stranded on the far fringes of space.

After Unicron's defeat, most Mini-Cons re-established their villages in the Mini-Con sector. When Unicron reappeared ten years later, no one went to fetch the Mini-Cons to battle Unicron again, so it seems likely the Mini-Cons' connection to their extra-dimensional power source was severed.

{{note|There is no indication that Mini-Cons are related to Unicron in Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity.}}

====Powerlinx and Evolution====
Mini-Cons have the special ability to actually evolve other machines, from transforming simple cars into jet-powered assault vehicles, to upgrading Transformers to have new weapons spring from their body. The nature of Powerlinxing is emphasized more in the Japanese ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Micron Legend]]'' counterpart to Transformers ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''. Once powerlinked, the Autobot would call out "EVOLUTION!" and a portion of their body would literally reconfigure to become a new weapon. Afterwards, they retained this new ability without the powerlinking of the Mini-Con which granted it. Linking to that Mini-Con again simply enhances their firepower. The Mini-Con is not required in order to use the evolved weaponry afterwards. This has caused some confusion in the Armada viewing audience due to dub issues and the downplaying of the "Evolution" theme. Despite this, the term is used twice in the American series by Megatron.

====Gigantion Mini-Cons====
[[File:GiantCybertronDrillBit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]

The exact origin of the Gigantion Mini-Cons is questionable as presented within the context of the show itself. The show offers little to nothing on their genesis, merely their function as "little detail" workers whose brains developed similarly to human children because of this (uh, yeah). [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] speculated that they evolved a small stature to adapt to Gigantion like he adapted to the [[Animatron|Jungle Planet]]. In ''Galaxy Force'', they are stated to have existed since ancient times and controlled the larger Transformers. There are even ancient ruins discovered with inscriptions using ''Armada'' Mini-Con model sheets.

The [[Fun Publications]] fiction has linked these Mini-Cons to those of ''Armada'', which simply has them migrating to Gigantion (as well as the other colony worlds) with the Transformers carrying the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, offering the only definitive origin of those Mini-Cons. This would also make them creations of Unicron. However, this does not fully line up with the fiction, as the Mini-Cons in Armada are shown appearing in the time of Optimus Prime, years after the world colonization—so the matter is left more than a bit vague.
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====Packaging blurb====
Long ago, Mini-Cons fled Cybertron to escape the endless war between Autobots and Decepticons. Many teams were broken up in that war, leaving only a few left living in peace while roaming the universe.<ref>[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] Armada Series Mini-Con multi-pack packaging blurb.</ref>

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]], Mini-Cons were the creation of [[Primacron (Armada)|Primacron]]. They sparked a four-way war between the Autobots, Decepticons, [[Omnicon]]s, and [[Destructicon (RID)|Destructicons]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===Generation 1===
====3H comics====
[[Ramulus]] uses "Mini-Con" as a term of derision, implying that [[CatSCAN]] is timid or insufficiently assertive. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

====''Classics''====
Mini-Cons were created by the [[Last Autobot]] to cleanse Cybertron of [[Demon]]s and [[Mutant (G1)|Mutants]] before the Autobots returned. {{storylink|The New World}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
The Mini-Cons of this universe are a sub-set of [[Micromaster#Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Micromasters]], diminutive Autobots who were originally [[Cyberdroid|unable to transform]] until exposed to the energies of a dimensional shockwave. When most of the Micromaster population decamped from Earth under the command of [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to found their own civilization on [[Micro|Planet Micro]], some elected to remain with the Autobots to help them continue the war. These little 'bots partnered up with larger Transformers, adopting weapon and equipment [[alternate mode]]s (in addition to their vehicular forms) which their partners could wield. Like the Mini-Cons from other universes, they provide their partners with a power-up by connecting to them when in weapon mode. Some of the earliest known include [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s partners [[Neutro|Groundshaker]] and [[Phaser]], {{storylink|Transformers Legends (comic)#Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter|Tailgate/G1 Micron Chapter}}

Evidence suggests that Mini-Cons would persist into the [[Beast Era]]: the enigmatic [[Wedge Shape]], as well as several of the combatants involved in the "[[Micron Booster#Micron Booster Ver. 4: Endless Battle - Eternal Prisoner|Eternal Prisoner]]" conflict, professed [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] allegiances. {{storylink|Micron Booster|Micron Booster Ver. 4}} Additionally, Mini-Con [[Dragoyell]] is reported to have taken part in the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. {{storylink|Dragoyell|Dragoyell's bio}}

===Live action film series===
Little is known about the nature of Mini-Cons in this continuity, other than the fact that they're small. Known Mini-Cons include [[Longarm (Movie Mini-Con)|Longarm]], [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], [[Chopster]], and [[Bomb-Burst (PCC)|Bomb-Burst]].

===Power Core Combiners===
[[Commander (PCC)|Commander]]s had the ability to combine with Mini-Cons, which powered up their abilities in vaguely defined ways.<ref>[[Smolder]]'s bio, [[Sledge (PCC)|Sledge's]] bio, [[Heavytread (PCC)|Heavytread's]] bio, and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage's]] bio.</ref> Some power ups are given more specific descriptions. [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]] became faster, stronger, and smarter. [[Searchlight (PCC)|Searchlight]] got extended operational duration. [[Leadfoot (PCC)|Leadfoot]] became invisible to sensors. And [[Darkstream]] received enhanced maneuverability.<ref>See respective toy bios.</ref>

===Aligned continuity family===
[[File:HuntingSeason Mini-Cons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Please don't let this be JIBSIR...]]

'''Minicons''' (no hyphen) are a race of small, human-sized Transformers who are native to Cybertron's two moons. Descended from [[Micronus Prime]], they have a great variety of robot mode shapes, with some appearing humanoid, and others having animal-based robot forms. Though some Cybertronians appear to display prejudice against Minicons—[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] was known to have despised them, while [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] associated them with distrust—they nevertheless had a political presence in the pre-war era, with their own representative, [[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]], on the planet's [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

Minicons have been known to form partnerships with larger Transformers. Minicons that choose to undergo this process are known as [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]s, and usually adopt specialized alternate modes that allow them to attach to, or fit inside, their larger partners. By the time of Cybertron's restoration following the end of the war, such Mini-Cons are subdivided into three groups: Autobot "buzzsaws," Decepticon "torpedoes," and unaligned "Cyclones," who have spherical alternate modes. {{storylink|Knock, Knock!}}

A few Minicons, such as [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]], appear to have been mass-produced through an unknown process. These "Fixit drones" do not appear to be sentient. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}} Fixit himself reverted to a similarly mindless state after [[Denny Clay]] tampered with his internal workings. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}} [[Autobot High Council|Some]] used them to guard prisoners; Fixit's "sentry mode" programming may have been some kind of mandated upgrade.

[[File:DeusExMachina AMT-Party.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Did you bring hummus?]]

A new form of Minicon was created on [[Earth]] when the planet's energon infused the Transformers' weapons with life and transformation ability. These new robots became known as the [[Arms Micron]]s. {{storylink|Arms Micron Theater}}

{{note|The Arms Micron backstory was told specifically in reference to the "partner" Microns packed in with larger toys, but it is assumed that it holds true for all toys called "Arms Microns" regardless of release type.}}
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==Things that are not Mini-Cons==
There have been a number of character or toys that either have Powerlink 'catcher' ports but are not Mini-Cons, or are recolored from Mini-Con molds (often even having the molded-in faction symbol) but who are nonetheless, according to their associated bios or fiction, not actually Mini-Cons.

{{collist|3|
*[[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Laserbeak]] (sometimes)
*[[Search and Destroy Robot]]}}

==Toys==
:Mini-Con toys debuted as the signature element of the ''Armada'' franchise, bringing the "micro [[play pattern]]" back to ''Transformers'' after many years' absence. Much like ''Armada'' itself, the Mini-Cons proved to be a smash hit with fans and kids, and Hasbro scrambled to include them in the subsequent franchises.

:Most Mini-Cons stand around 2" tall, roughly the same size as their [[Micromaster]] predecessors. Most Mini-Cons are considerably more complex, as well; unlike Micromasters, there's no single dominant transformation scheme. With dozens of molds, Mini-Cons cover a wide range of articulation, size, [[alternate mode]]s, and complexity. Aesthetically, their facial designs tend toward the unorthodox.

:Each Mini-Con includes one or more [[Powerlinx]] ports somewhere on their body, a [[5mm post|5mm]] round peg-slot that allows them to be attached to any "[[Bulk]]" figure with a corresponding Powerlinx peg. These pegs were standard-issue on the larger, original-mold ''Armada'' toys, where at least one such peg could be used to activate various gimmicks on each large figure. Toys from subsequent franchises have featured Powerlinx pegs only as a static feature. Due to the center-peg of the Powerlinx port, they are incompatible with normal 5mm posts. Later Mini-Cons (starting with the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' series) would sometimes have 5mm holes without the "signature" center-peg.

{{note|Because of the overwhelming number of Mini-Con redecos—we're talking well into the hundreds—the following list is of unique first-use ''molds'' only.}}

===Armada===
====3-pack team molds====
[[File:Armada airmilitaryteam toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Air Military Mini-Con Team]]

{{collist|3|
'''[[Adventure Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]] (dune buggy)
*[[Iceberg (Armada)|Iceberg]] (snowcat)
*[[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]] (jeep)

'''[[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Jetstorm (Armada)|Jetstorm]] (Concorde jet)
*[[Runway (Armada)|Runway]] (supersonic bomber)
*[[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] (space shuttle)

'''[[Air Military Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Gunbarrel (Armada)|Gunbarrel]] (cargo jet)
*[[Terradive (Armada)|Terradive]] (recon jet)
*[[Thunderwing (Armada)|Thunderwing]] (stealth bomber)

'''[[Destruction Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Buzzsaw (Armada)|Buzzsaw]] (excavator)
*[[Drill Bit (Armada)|Drill Bit]] (mining vehicle)
*[[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] (tank)

'''[[Emergency Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] (fire engine)
*[[Makeshift (Armada)|Makeshift]] (VTOL plane)
*[[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] (police cruiser)

'''[[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] (missile transport)
*[[Knock Out (Armada)|Knock Out]] (armored personnel carrier)
*[[Wreckage (Armada)|Wreckage]] (tracked missile platform)

'''[[Race Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Dirt Boss (Armada)|Dirt Boss]] (rally SUV)
*[[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]] (Le Mans racer)
*[[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]] (Indy racer)

'''[[Sea Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Oceanglide]] (solar-powered boat)
*[[Stormcloud (Armada)|Stormcloud]] (speedboat)
*[[Waterlog (Armada)|Waterlog]] (hovercraft)

'''[[Space Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Astroscope]] (space station)
*[[Payload (Armada)|Payload]] (rocket transporter)
*[[Sky Blast]] (rocket)

'''[[Street Action Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (skateboard)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (dirtbike)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (motor scooter)

'''[[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Backtrack (Armada)|Backtrack]] (sportscar)
*[[Oval]] (sportscar)
*[[Spiral]] (sportscar)
}}

====Partner Mini-Con molds====
[[File:Armada Leader1 toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Leader-1]]

{{collist|3|
*[[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] (partner: [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]])
*[[Refute]] (partner: [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]])
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (partner: [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]])
*[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] (partner: [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Supercon Optimus Prime]])
*[[Nightbeat (Armada)|Nightbeat]] (partner: [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]])
*[[Liftor]] (partner: [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]])
*[[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]] (partner: [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]])
*[[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]] (partner: [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]])
*[[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]] (partner: [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]])
*[[Comettor (Armada)|Comettor]] (partner: [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]])
*[[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] (partner: [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Super Optimus Prime]])
*[[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]] (partner: [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]])
*[[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] (partner: [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]])
*[[Inferno (Armada)|Inferno]] (partner: [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]])
*[[Wind Sheer (Armada)|Wind Sheer]] (partner: [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]])
*[[Thunderclash (Armada)|Thunderclash]] (partner: [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]])
*[[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] (partner: [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]])
*[[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] (partner: [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]])
*[[Ramjet (Armada)|Ramjet]] (partner: [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]])
*[[Rook (Armada)|Rook]] and [[Crosswise (Armada)|Crosswise]] (partner: [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]])
*[[Dead End (Armada)|Dead End]] (partner: [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]])
}}

===Micron Densetsu===
*'''Hikari no Unicron''' (campaign prize item)
**''Accessories:'' Chest missile, 6 leg missiles

: The "[[Unicron of Light]]" toy is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]] in an emerald, light green, blue, and white color-scheme. This Unicron was the prize for a lucky-draw contest in Japan.

===Energon===
====3-packs====
{{collist|2|
'''[[Energon Saber]] Team'''
*[[Scattor (Energon)|Scattor]] (Concorde)
*[[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]] (space shuttle)
*[[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]] (supersonic bomber)

'''[[Street Action Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (hoverboard)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (motorbike)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (four-wheeler)
}}

====Other====
*Kicker/Highwire 2-pack

===Cybertron===
====Partner Mini-Con====
{{collist|1|
*[[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]] (partner: [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]])
*[[Stripmine]] (partner: [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]])
*[[Heavy Load (Cybertron)|Heavy Load]] (partner: [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]])
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (partner: [[Vector Prime]])
}}

====3-packs====
{{collist|2|
'''[[Recon Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (helicopter)
*[[Six-Speed (Cybertron)|Six-Speed]] (LeMans race car)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (pickup truck)

'''[[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]]'''
*[[Deepdive]] (submarine)
*[[Longarm (Cybertron)|Longarm]] (double-crane truck)
*[[Overcast (Cybertron)|Overcast]] (military cargo plane)
}}

===Classics (2006)===
[[File:TFC Clear Sky.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Clear Skies Team]]

{{collist|3|
'''[[Demolition Team]]'''
*[[Broadside (Classics)|Broadside]]
*[[Sledge (Classics)|Sledge]]
*[[Wideload (Classics)|Wideload]]

'''[[Dinobot (Classics)|Dinobots]]'''
*[[Knockdown (Classics)|Knockdown]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Terrorsaur (Classics)|Terrorsaur]]

'''[[Night Rescue Team]]'''
*[[Divebomb (Classics)|Divebomb]]
*[[Firebot (Classics)|Firebot]]
*[[Strongarm (Classics)|Strongarm]]

'''[[Clear Skies Team]]'''
*[[Nightscream (Classics)|Nightscream]]
*[[Steel Wind]]
*[[Thunderwing (Classics)|Thunderwing]]

'''[[Dirt Digger Team]]'''
*[[Dirt Rocket (Classics)|Dirt Rocket]]
*[[Grindor (Classics)|Grindor]]
*[[Oil Slick (Classics)|Oil Slick]]

'''[[Predator Attack Team]]'''
*[[Dreadwing (Classics)|Dreadwing]]
*[[Overbite (Classics)|Overbite]]
*[[Snarl (Classics)|Snarl]]
}}
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===Universe (2008)===
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (partner: [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]])
*[[Nightstick (Cyclonus)|Nightstick]] (partner: [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys|Cyclonus]])

{{note|Nightstick, despite being a [[Nebulan]] [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]], is oddly identified as a Mini-Con on the "[[Battle in Space]]" packaging.}}
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===Power Core Combiners===
[[File:PCC-toy Chopster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Chopster (with Smolder)]]
{{collist|2|
*[[Airlift (PCC)|Airlift]] (partner: [[Skyhammer (PCC)|Skyhammer]])
*[[Backwind]] (partner: [[Searchlight (PCC)|Searchlight]])
*[[Caliburst (PCC)|Caliburst]] (partner: [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]])
*[[Chainclaw (PCC)|Chainclaw]] (partner: [[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]])
*[[Chopster]] (partner: [[Smolder]])
*[[Groundspike]] (partner: [[Heavytread (PCC)|Heavytread]])
*[[Pinpoint]] (partner: [[Leadfoot (PCC)|Leadfoot]])
*[[Throttler]] (partner: [[Sledge (PCC)|Sledge]])
*[[Waterlog (PCC)|Waterlog]] (partner: [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]])}}

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===Prime===
'''Mini-Cons'''
*[[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]]

[[File:Prime-toy OP.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|O.P.]]
'''Arms Microns'''
{{collist|3|
*[[Arc]]
*[[Arcee Blade]]
*[[B.2]]
*[[Balo]]
*[[B.H.]]
*[[Bido]]
*[[Bogu]]
*[[Bulkhead Knuckle]]
*[[Bumblebee Sword]]
*[[C.L.]]
*[[Dado (Prime)|Dado]]
*[[Dago]]
*[[Dobo]]
*[[Giza (Prime)|Giza]]
*[[Gob (Prime)|Gob]]
*[[Gora]]
*[[Hades]]
*[[Ida]]
*[[Igu]]
*[[Iro]]
*[[Hades]]
*[[Jayz]]
*[[Jida]]
*[[Jigu]]
*[[L.P.]]
*[[Magi]]
*[[Megatron Cannon]]
*[[Noji]]
*[[O.P.]]
*[[Optimus Prime Blaster]]
*[[Ozu (Prime)|Ozu]]
*[[Pral]]
*[[R.A.]]
*[[Ratchet Spanner]]
*[[S.2]]
*[[Sais]]
*[[Sou]]
*[[Ulma]]
*[[Wheeljack Kunai]]
*[[Wuji]]
*[[Zad (Prime)|Zad]]
*[[Zori]]
}}
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===Generations===
'''[[Mini-Con Assault Team]]'''
*[[Heavytread (Generations)|Heavytread]]
*[[Runway (Generations)|Runway]]
*[[Windshear]]
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===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:Slipstream RID 2015 toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Slipstream]]
{{collist|2|
*[[Beastbox (RID)|Beastbox]]
*[[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]]
*[[Dragonus]]
*[[Ratbat (WFC)|Ratbat]]
*[[Sandsting]]
*[[Sawback]]
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]]
*[[Velocirazor]]
}}

====Partner Mini-Cons====
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (partner: [[Drift (RID)|Drift]])
*[[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] (partner: [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]])

====Other====
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (One Step Changer)
*Fixit (Legion Class)

==Merchandise==
===Attacktix===
[[File:AttacktixMiniConS1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Goooood.]]
*'''Mini-Con''' (Booster, 2006)

{{attacktix
|ID=TF01
|faction=Autobot
|class=Trooper
|special=Attackback - 4/26 (15%) success ratio
|cost=10
|speed=4
|attacktype=Shooter (small missile)
}}
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: The first assortment of Transformers ''[[Attacktix]]'' figures included a "generic" Mini-Con, based on [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]]. Each Mini-Con figure has 3 points of articulation, including waist and shoulders; however, their shoulders move together due to their gun. One of the shortest, most squat ''Attacktix'' figures, the Mini-Con is very stable despite its small base.

:Its Special Power, "Attackback", allows a free move and attack for any of your in-play Autobot pieces. Mini-Con is an excellent support figure for [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], whose "Shootback" power allows up to three Mini-Cons to make a free attack.

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[[File:AttackitxMiniConS2.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Eeeevil.]]
*'''Minicon''' (Booster, 2007)

{{attacktix
|ID=TF03
|faction=Decepticon
|class=Trooper
|special=Attackback
|cost=10
|speed=4
|attacktype=Shooter (small missile)
}}
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:An as-yet unreleased redeco of the ''Attacktix'' "Minicon" (''sic'') piece is set for the second series' Booster Packs, though this time as a Decepticon-aligned piece. It features a color scheme not on any incarnation of the actual [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]]/Skyboom toy, but wouldn't that be neat? The exact details of its Attackback special power are as yet unknown.

: This piece was later characterized as "[[Bunker-Buster]]" in the members-only portion of the [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] website.

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==Notes==
*During the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' line, the term "Mini-Con" was also the name of a [[size class]] which consisted of three-packs of small toys (which were also individually referred to as "Mini-Cons"). Other size classes from the ''Armada'' line were named "Super-Con", "Max-Con" and "Giga-Con". However, the name "Mini-Con" was the only one actually used in the corresponding fiction. In the toyline, it was ''also'' used for other small figures of the same size that were available as companion figures with the larger toys. Due to its use in fiction, the name was also carried over into subsequent lines such as ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'', and was used as (part of) the name of a price point again in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toyline, the "Mini-Con Class" consisting of two-packs. The later ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' toyline returned to the original three-pack style.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Micron''' (マイクロン ''Maikuron''), '''Mini-Con''' (ミニコン ''Minikon'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Miniteam'''
*''French:'' '''Minican''' (France), '''Minimodus''' (Canada)
*''Korean:'' '''Micron''' (마이크론 ''Maikeuron'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Minimodus'''

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/faction/minicon.htm Mini-Cons at TFU.info]
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/references/mini-cons_microns.php TFArchive's Mini-Con/Micron list, complete up to 2009]

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