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Secret Legacy, Part 2

2022-11-18T19:00:04Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 2
|image=EarthSpark-SecretLegacyPt2-KnockKnock.jpg
|caption="DIE AUTO-er, sorry. Force of habit."
|prev=Secret Legacy, Part 1
|next=Moo-ving in
|title="Secret Legacy, Part 2"
|airdate=[[November 11]], [[2022]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Nicole Dubuc]] & [[Dale Malinowski]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|directors=[[Alex Kwan]] (storyboard) [[Jordan Rosato]] (storyboard) [[Glen Murakami]] (supervising)
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-x-8uAlZOw&t=22m38s
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''As Twitch and Thrash learn how to use their abilities, they find themselves targeted by a new threat to all Transformer-kind.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] reaches down and picks up [[Dot Malto]], staring at her imposingly...then laughs, happy to see his Platoon Cyber-Strike teammate again. Dot is equally happy to be reunited with her old friend. As the two catch up, [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] releases a set of drones to investigate the surrounding area for clues as to what attacked the [[G.H.O.S.T.]] prison transport.

In the forest, [[Twitch]] and [[Robby Malto|Robby]] decide to play a game of target practice. Robby tosses a small stone at a larger rock, hitting it dead-on, but Twitch is unable to get her laser blaster to appear. As she fiddles with her arm, Robby decides to try throwing a rock at Twitch instead. His gambit works and Twitch's blaster activates, allowing her to blast the oncoming projectile into the target rock. Not far away, [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] practices his juggling skills using [[Mo Malto|Mo]] and two large rocks. Thrash is pleased that Mo no longer seems to be upset, noting that their [[cyber-sleeve]] connection had been causing him to feel her lingering sadness. Mo explains that she's been worried for her family after their big move, and that she just wants them to be happy. As Robby sets up another target, Twitch spots one of Optimus's drones and follows it, climbing up a tree to get a better look. Thinking it to be some kind of mechanical bird, she squints to observe it, inadvertently triggering her [[scanning|scanner]]. Caught off guard, she slips and falls, but before she can hit the ground, she transforms into a drone herself and takes off into the sky. Robby celebrates Twitch's success, but backs away as Optimus's drone approaches him until Twitch shoots it down. Seeing Twitch transform, Thrash begins looking for something that he can use as an [[alternate mode]]. Mo suggests the two go into town to expand his options, while Twitch and Robby stay behind to see if they can convert the damaged drone into a sky racer.

The remaining drones return to Optimus, with [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] chalking the missing one up to another malfunction by [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]]. Dot still remains skeptical of helping Optimus and G.H.O.S.T., but Megatron encourages her, noting that despite their differences, he knows Optimus always does what he genuinely believes is right for everyone. With the drones having turned up nothing, Optimus declares they will take up the search instead, and the group head for [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]]. Elsewhere, [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] remains in the captivity of [[Mandroid|Dr. Meridian]] and his [[Arachnamech]] drones, with one now fastening Hardtop's arm to Meridian. As he ponders using Hardtop's [[Swindle (ES)|brother]] for parts as well, one of the Arachnamechs reveals its destroyed counterpart was last heard from in Witwicky. Seeing a more tantalizing prize, Meridian orders the Arachnamechs to pursue the Cybertronian that appeared in the destroyed unit's footage.

In downtown Witwicky, Thrash and Mo stand on a rooftop looking for potential alternate modes, careful to avoid being seen, but none are to Thrash's liking. Mo sympathizes, recalling how much her bike Rocinante meant to her, and declares Thrash will know the right mode when he finds it. Before they can depart, the two are attacked by an Arachnamech, which knocks Thrash into a nearby alley. The two do their best to fight back, but the Arachnamech comes at them relentlessly. Fortunately, Robby and Twitch arrive and blast the attacker with the repaired drone, having sensed Mo and Thrash's fear and come looking for them. Their relief is short-lived, however, when they find themselves surrounded by even more Arachnamechs. Help arrives in the form of Elita and Optimus, who catch the Arachnamechs by surprise and swiftly take them out. The kids are awestruck, but that awe turns to worry when they see their mother with the bots, looking none too happy. Though Dot is relieved her kids are safe, Optimus suggests the two new Transformers be taken to G.H.O.S.T. for their safety, despite their protests. As a G.H.O.S.T. transport pulls up, Robby and Mo attempt to appeal to their mother, but Dot sides with Optimus, promising that the kids can visit their new friends once things have been sorted out. The children say their goodbyes as the transport drives off, unaware that the driver is actually a disguised Dr. Meridian.

As the kids finish explaining everything, Dot, now joined by [[Alex Malto|Alex]], reprimands them for not coming to them sooner, but Robby and Mo believe they wouldn't have listened and point out that Dot too has been keeping secrets with regard to working with the Transformers again. Their conversation is interrupted by Optimus, who has confirmed there is no record of the G.H.O.S.T. transport or its driver. Realizing the bots have been abducted, the Maltos insist on joining in search and rescue efforts, and use the kids' emotional link with the bots to track them. In his laboratory, Meridian plays friendly host to Twitch and Thrash, claiming their previous Arachnamech encounters were the result of a misunderstanding. As he scans their bodies, he finds them to be hybrids of the organic and technological, unlike normal Cybertronians, and dubs their species "''[[Terran|Cybertronus terrans]]''", leading them to intern rechristen him "Mandroid", much to his chagrin. As they sense Robby and Mo approaching, the Terrans attempt to leave, but are restrained by Mandroid, who intends to scrap them for parts. Fortunately, Optimus, Megatron and Dot burst through the wall and demand the Terrans' release. Mandroid sends his Arachnamechs to attack them, but Elita crashes through the roof to fill out their numbers. Mandroid remains unfazed, however, and activates his own secret weapons as he makes his getaway: [[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]], [[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]], and [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]], all under his control. With Megatron's help, Dot makes it past the attackers and frees Twitch and Thrash, while Elita overpowers Hardtop and knocks him out of the building. As Robby, Mo and Alex watch this unfold from the minivan, they find themselves in the sights of the last of Mandroid's Decepticons: the enormous [[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]], who begins attacking the van before being fended off by Twitch and Thrash. As he attempts to defend the van, Thrash is blasted into one of Mandroid's warehouses. Inspired by Mo's story of Rocinante, he scans a motorcycle inside and rushes out at high speed, knocking Skullcruncher to the ground. The kids leave the car and join the Terrans in their fight, while Alex finds himself face to face with Bombshell. Before the Decepticon can smash the van, help arrives in the form of an unexpected newcomer: [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]], who takes down Bombshell with ease.

With the battle over, the Decepticons are rounded up, no longer under Mandroid's control, and Dot embraces her children. Though disappointed that Mandroid escaped, Optimus reveals the true reason he asked Bumblebee to come out of hiding: to become a teacher and mentor for the Terrans. However, Dot refuses to allow them to stay at G.H.O.S.T., stating she will not let anyone take away part of her family, which now includes Twitch and Thrash...which is exactly what Optimus was hoping she'd say, as he believes the Terrans should learn about both of their worlds, and he trusts the Maltos to keep them safe. The Maltos return to the farmhouse as everyone settles into their new circumstances, including a somewhat reluctant Bumblebee. Atop the barn, Robby and Mo reflect that they're going to like it in Witwicky, as they stare up at the stars with their new Terran siblings.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (18)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] (9)
*[[Shrapnel (ES)|Shrapnel]] (15)
*[[Bombshell (ES)|Bombshell]] (16)
*[[Skullcruncher (ES)|Skullcruncher]]'' (17)

|c3=
*[[Dot Malto]] (1)
*[[Robby Malto]] (4)
*[[Mo Malto]] (6)
*[[Mandroid]] (10)
*[[Alex Malto]] (12)
*[[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] citizens (13)
*[[G.H.O.S.T.]] agent (14)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Twitch]] (5)
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (7)

|h5=Others||c5=
*[[Arachnamech]]s (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Bet I can name more birds than you!" 
"That's...more mom's thing." 
"Ready, GO! 'Leslie', 'Mike', 'Kerri' with an I, 'Kerry' with a Y, 'Spizwig'..." 
"Pretty sure Spizwig isn't a name." 
"Ssh! You'll hurt his feelings!
:—'''Twitch''' soundly beats '''Robby''' at bird-naming.

"Autobots, roll out!" 
"I can never tell if he means me."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' take to the streets.

"By all means, resist! It's my ''favorite'' part."
:—'''Megatron''' is ready to throw down.

"Your heart's not in this, is it? ...brain either."
:—'''Elita-1''' knows mind-control when she sees it.

"Oh, babies grow up so fast. Seems like just yesterday, I was teaching them how to say...Decepticon?"
:—'''Alex's''' proud parent moment is interrupted by Bombshell.

"These young bots..." 
"Terrans. That's the name Mandroid gave us." 
"The ''only'' thing we like about him, by the way."
:—'''Twitch''' and '''Thrash''' let '''Optimus Prime''' know their approval of their new names and disapproval of Dr. Meridian.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*

===Transformers references===
* Megatron's status as a reformed villain calls back to his [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|counterpart]] from the [[2005 IDW continuity]]. Here, however, he retains his Decepticon insignia rather than fully switching his allegiance to the Autobots.
* Alex identifies one of Elita's moves as "Ariel's Gambit", a nod to the original name of her [[Elita One (G1)|G1 counterpart]].

===Real-world references===
*Rocinante is named for {{w|Rocinante|the horse of Don Quixote}}.

===Animation and technical errors===
*

===Trivia===
* Most online distribution platforms, such as [[Paramount+]] and YouTube, do not list this episode separately, instead choosing to combine both parts into a single 44-minute video.

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Legado Secreto'''" ("Secret Legacy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 12]], 2022

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Secret Legacy, Part 1

2022-11-16T19:17:09Z

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{{episode|
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|image=SecretLegacy-Part1-MeetTheTerrans.jpg
|caption=Eeeeeeelliiiiiooooooott...
|prev=
|next=Secret Legacy, Part 2
|title="Secret Legacy, Part 1"
|airdate=[[November 11]], [[2022]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Nicole Dubuc]] & [[Dale Malinowski]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|directors=[[Alex Kwan]] (storyboard) [[Jordan Rosato]] (storyboard) [[Glen Murakami]] (supervising)
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-x-8uAlZOw
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''A chance encounter leads young Robby and Mo Malto to witness the birth of two new Transformers.'''

==Synopsis==
Under the cover of night, a [[Arachnamech|spider-like robot]] observes as a lone buggy and SUV enter a train yard. The infiltrators, [[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]] and [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]], transform to robot mode and open a container to reveal an [[Autobot]] [[energon]] stash. The two are giddy that the tip Swindle received was accurate, but their celebration is interrupted by the arrival of [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]], followed by [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] bursting from hiding in another container. Optimus orders the two to surrender, noting that the war is long over and offering them a chance at peace. The two [[Decepticon]]s refuse, however, and open fire before making a quick getaway. Elita pursues and engages them in a two-on-one brawl, dodging their blows and knocking them into the surrounding box cars to arrange them into a makeshift barrier around the two. Revealing that she was the one who gave Swindle the false tip to bait them, she warns them to duck moments before one last container thrown by Optimus lands on top of them. As Optimus approaches, Swindle still refuses to surrender, commenting that there's no way they'll find all the Decepticons left on [[Earth]], but they are interrupted as the spiderbot leaps out and attacks Swindle. Optimus pulls it free, but he quickly finds himself under assault by more of its kind. Swindle takes the opportunity to run while Optimus quickly dispatches the drones. As Hardtop is placed in a prison transport, Elita and Optimus investigate the remains of one of the creatures, curious as to its origins and whether it relates to the recent rumors of Decepticons disappearing. A group of more spiderbots follow the transport and its escorts as they approach the town of [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]], [[Pennsylvania]]...

That same night elsewhere in Witwicky, teenager [[Robby Malto]] has rigged up a makeshift satellite dish from spare parts with help from his sister [[Mo Malto|Mo]], attempting to get a cell phone signal. The device begins to work, but the two are interrupted as their father [[Alex Malto|Alex]] calls them down for dinner. As the family eats, Robby expresses frustration with his parents for moving the family from [[Philidelphia]] to the middle of nowhere for his mother [[Dot Malto|Dot]]'s new park ranger job. As the argument comes to a head, Robby storms off to his room. Mo offers to try and talk to him, but when she arrives upstairs, she finds Robby absent, having snuck out and taken off on his bike.

Mo pursues Robby, who declares he is heading back to Philly on his own. As she attempts to keep up, the chain dislodges from her bike, leaving her stuck. Seeing this, Robby turns around and agrees to fix the bike before he leaves, but his repairs are interrupted as the massive prison transport begins coming up behind them him. The two siblings attempts to run, but find themselves blocked on the opposite side by approaching spiderbots. The drones open fire on the convoy, flipping the transport truck, and the Maltos barely manage to escape as it comes crashing down, the two landing in a gulley below. Robby offers to take Mo back to the house, but when she asks if this means he's staying, Robby continues to refuse. Mo calls out Robby on his change in behavior, and the two get into a screaming match, but their attention is drawn to a nearby cave when it starts glowing with a strange blue light. Curious, they look inside, finding it empty, only for the floor to give way beneath them, and they fall deeper inside.

As they come to a stop, the two find themselves in front of a glowing pool, with a [[Emberstone|strange rock]] sitting in the middle. Investigating closer, Robby accidentally knocks the rock from its plinth. As he and Mo place it back, the rock and surrounding pool begin to glow with green light, as a [[Quintus Prime|mysterious voice]] calls them the "legacy of hope". Strange tendrils emerge from the stone and wrap around the children's arms, preventing them from letting go, before coalescing into strange [[cyber-sleeve|mechanical gauntlets]] on their arms. More shocking, however, is when two creatures begin forming from the energy in the water, coalescing into large humanoid machines. As the light fades, Robby and Mo are initially frightened by the newcomers, but to their surprise, it seems the two are just as frightened of ''them''. The kids realize that not only can they somehow sense the robots' feelings through their new "cyber-sleeves", but they now know their names to be [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]], the same way that the bots now know theirs. Realizing they are now connected by the cyber-sleeves, the humans cautiously approach and offer a hand in friendship, which the bots reciprocate. A spiderbot spots the four and attacks, but Twitch suddenly manifests a laser cannon and blasts it before it can do any harm. Robby realizes that the two are [[Transformer]]s, and the siblings decide to bring them home with them. Unbeknownst to them, footage of the encounter is being observed by the spiderbots' [[Mandroid|creator]], who now has Hardtop in his captivity. As one of the spiderbots removes Hardtop's arm, the scientist teases that he has big plans for Hardtop...

The Maltos lead Twitch and Thrash to their barn, where they intend to hide the pair until they can figure out how to explain the situation to their parents. Promising to help them learn more about being Transformers in the morning, Robby and Mo give the bots some ''Transformers'' comic books to read as a head-start. The next morning, Robby wakes up to find Mo struggling to keep the eager bots under control. As Dot leaves for work, she narrowly avoids spotting the bots in an impromptu game of hide-and-seek. Realizing the comics might not have been the best approach to teaching, Robby and Mo decide to instead use their father's extensive Transformer knowledge to assist them. Hiding the bots in the barn again, they lure Alex outside with a picnic and ask him to retell the story of how the Transformers came to Earth. Alex explains that the Transformers hail from the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where the Autobots and Decepticons battled for millions of years before eventually arriving on Earth via [[space bridge|spacebridge]] in [[1984]]. There, the Autobots were aided by brave human allies, including Dot, against the Decepticons. For the sake of the universe, Optimus Prime ultimately decided to destroy the spacebridge, cutting them all off from Cybertron in the hopes that the humans and Cybertronians could coexist peacefully, ending the war, though Alex's idol [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] hasn't been seen since. Though they listen to the story, Twitch and Thrash still feel disconnected from the other Transformers and their history, and instead want to learn more about Earth.

On her way to work, Dot comes across the wreckage of the prison transport and begins to block off the area, only for Optimus and Elita to arrive shortly thereafter, much to her displeasure. Optimus warns the former lieutenant that Witwicky may be in danger, but Dot reminds him that their association ended after the war. However, Optimus and Elita reveal that her park ranger position was arranged by [[G.H.O.S.T.]], a secret military organization they work with to ensure peaceful human-Cybertronian relations, so Dot would be closer to their headquarters. Before Dot can properly process the circumstances, their attention is drawn to the sound of an approaching military helicopter. Touching down in front of them, the tiltrotor transforms into a massive robot.

[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] has arrived.

==Featured characters==
''Italicized characters appear only in Alex's story.''
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (5)
*''[[Grimlock (ES)|Grimlock]]'' (12)
*''[[Bluestreak (ES)|Bluestreak]]'' (18)
*''[[Jazz (ES)|Jazz]]'' (19)
*''[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]]'' (21)
*''[[Ironhide (ES)|Ironhide]]'' (22)
*''[[Ratchet (ES)|Ratchet]]'' (23)
*''[[Prowl (ES)|Prowl]]'' (24)
*''[[Gears (ES)|Gears]]'' (25)
*''[[Brawn (ES)|Brawn]]'' (25)

|c2=
*[[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]] (2)
*[[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]] (3)
*''[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]]'' (14)
*''[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]]'' (15)
*''[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]'' (16)
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (17)
*''[[Thundercracker (ES)|Thundercracker]]'' (20)

|c3=
*[[Robby Malto]] (6)
*[[Mo Malto]] (7)
*[[Alex Malto]] (8)
*[[Dot Malto]] (9)
*[[Mandroid]] (13)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (11)
*[[Twitch]] (12)

|h5=Others||c5=
*[[Arachnamech]]s (1)
*[[Quintus Prime]]* (10)
}}
:''*Voice-only appearance''

==Quotes==
"What did the petrified boy say about my cooking? It rocks!"
:—'''Alex''', master of the dad joke.

"That's how scary movies start. It could be a mutant lightning bug egg. Or turn your hand into goo! Or maybe, it's the cursed eyeball of a dinosaur god!"
:—'''Mo''' is as genre savvy as they get.

"We read your history books! These Transformers guys are bananas!" 
"Strange, they were vehicles in the issues I read."
:—'''Thrash''' and '''Twitch''' are eager to learn.

"Did I change into vehicle mode? I feel so...minivan!"
:—We give '''Twitch''' points for effort.

"Handheld food and history is the way to my heart."
:—'''Alex''' knows what he likes.

"Like I always say: Be an Optimist Prime, not a Negatron."
:—We're genuinely shocked '''Alex''' is the first person in the franchise to make this joke.

"You messed up my cones." 
"Sorry, Dot. OP's having...a day." 
"Which ''continues''..."
:—'''Dot''' reunites with '''Elita-1''' and '''Optimus Prime'''.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*While the animation style of Alex's story seems to imply that EarthSpark is a sequel to the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], there's simply too many incongruities both big and small for that to be possible, such as Grimlock being around on Cybertron as opposed to built on Earth, or the Autobots coming to Earth via spacebridge in the 80s rather than via the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' millions of years ago. Photos of the war in later episodes also depict characters in their current appearances and animation style. Like the use of original cartoon footage in the [[Transform and Roll Out|premiere episode]] of ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Transformers Animated]]'', it's best not to take it literally as an indicator of continuity placement and just enjoy it for the awesome tribute that it is.

===Transformers references===
*Hardtop, and his status as Swindle's brother, is a reference to the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)| Cybertron]]'' [[Hardtop (Cybertron)|character]].
*We get our first look at [[energon]], which is notably pink (a color usually kept for ''Generation 1'' media), instead of the blue color used in more recent cartoons like [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|2015's ''Robots in Disguise'']] and ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]''
*Optimus drops the series' first "more [...] than meets the eye" while observing the Arachnamech.
*The town of Witwicky shares its names with the [[Witwicky (surname)|Witwicky family]], several members of which appear as allies of the Autobots in various stories dating back to the start of the franchise.
*The language that appears during the creation of Twitch and Thrash is the now commonly-used [[Cybertronian language|Ancient Autobot]] font. Translating it reveals the same phrase uttered by the mysterious voice, "legacy of hope".
*The comics the kids give to Twitch and Thrash feature art heavily inspired by the original [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]]. Notably, it uses the same title and logo as [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye]]'', which character designer [[Nick Roche]] worked on. [[Seaspray (ES)|Seaspray]] also puts in an appearance on one of the covers.
*Alex's history of the Transformers is, of course, one big, geeky, glorious homage to the original cartoon, filled with tons of little nods and references.
**Alex notes that the Transformers arrived on Earth on [[September 17]], [[1984]], the original airdate of the premiere episode, "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
**The subsequent flashback sequence is rendered using the same limited 2D animation as the original, with all the characters rendered using their original animation models, and some poses and scenes being directly redrawn from the original series. The aspect ratio even shrinks from widescreen to 4:3!
**Alex's introduction of Optimus and Megatron sees them quote their lines from their final standoff in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', even perfectly recreating the character animation.
**[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker's]] attack pose during the melee scene in space is redrawn from "[[Divide and Conquer]]".
**The spacebridge is closely based on its appearance in episodes such as "Divide and Conquer" and "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]". As Optimus emerges from it, his run towards the camera is based on a sequence from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]" that also appeared in the credits sequence.
**Optimus's pose while standing in the spacebridge to Earth is taken from the end of "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]".
**Among the Autobots' human allies is [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] on Bumblebee's shoulder; the two were close friends in the original cartoon.
**The sequence of the Decepticons running towards the screen is based on a similar shot in the cartoon's first season intro sequence, albeit without Thundercracker and Skywarp in the background this time.
**The shot of Optimus staring up at the sky comes from "More Than Meets The Eye, Part 3".
**The lineup of Autobots shooting down at the spacebridge is pulled from a similar shot in "Transport to Oblivion".
**The image of post-war rebuilding includes a shot of Optimus bending down to speak to Spike and [[Sparkplug Witwitcky (G1)|Sparkplug Witwicky]] redrawn from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]". The crane in the shot also uses [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple's]] animation model, though it's unclear whether this is actually Grapple himself.

===Real-world references===
*The photo of Alex and Dot on Robby's phone is of them cosplaying as the eponymous characters of ''{{w|Men in Black (franchise)|Men in Black}}'', with Dot holding a spoon in place of the series' Neuralyzer devices.
*Robby compares Mo cracking the floor with a rock to [[John Henry]].

===Animation and technical errors===
*

===Trivia===
* As a "sneak peek", the episode was released a few days early via YouTube on November 7th; however, the video was region-locked to viewers in the UK.
* The credits feature a dedication to former Hasbro CEO [[Brian Goldner]], who passed away in October 2021.

===Foreign localization===

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

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2022-11-14T14:29:14Z

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Kingdom episode 1

2022-10-05T00:34:05Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Kingdom]]''
|image=WFC-Trilogy-cartoon-Maximals.jpg
|caption=[[Transformers: Earth Wars|Video games]], [[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|toys]], [[Transformers: Beast Wars|comics]]... now even cartoons and [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts|movies]]... yeah, we're definitely back, baby!
|prev=Earthrise episode 6
|next=Kingdom episode 2
|title=Episode 1
|airdate=[[July 29]], [[2021]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]], [[Entertainment One]]
|written by=[[Mae Catt]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|video=https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056825
|videosite=Netflix
}}
'''The Autobots and Decepticons crash land on Earth, meeting their descendants—the Maximals and Predacons.'''

==Synopsis==
The ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' burns up in its descent to the [[Earth]]'s surface, while the [[Decepticon]]s onboard are violently thrown about their bridge. [[Starscream (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Starscream]] and [[Megatron (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Megatron]] are both thrown into disarray over their predicament, and the ''Nemesis'' soon crashes in a lush jungle on the surface. Megatron receives a vision of [[Galvatron (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Galvatron]], who has been forcibly summoned by [[Unicron/Generation 1#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Unicron]]. Clutching a [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], Galvatron swears to find a way back to free himself. Awakening from his vision, Megatron still holds the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in hand.

The [[Autobot]]s slowly awaken, battered by their crash-landing in the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. [[Optimus Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Optimus Prime]] requests a status report from [[Wheeljack (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Wheeljack]], who discovers that they landed into an active volcano and sustained serious ship system failures. Optimus realizes he is injured, but asks [[Ratchet (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Ratchet]] to tend to the others first. Wheeljack and Arcee discover [[Teletraan I]] isn't 100% out of commission—it is ''mumbling'' something. Optimus orders Wheeljack to repair the ship and reiterates the importance of locating the [[AllSpark#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Allspark]].

Noticing a cheetah on the ship's monitor, Bumblebee becomes nervous about its whereabouts. Wheeljack then finds a large rat chewing wires in the Ark's underbelly, and the ship's crew is suddenly attacked by a rhinoceros and a white tiger! The cheetah attacks as well, seeing through [[Mirage (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Mirage]]'s holographic field, but is repelled by Bumblebee. Optimus shoots the organic creatures with his [[Ion blaster]] to halt their attack only to be assaulted and floored by a huge ape.

[[File:KingdomEp1-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
As Optimus throws his assailant off, the gorilla transforms into [[Optimus Primal (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Optimus Primal]]. As the other organics reveal their Cybertronian modes, Prime vehemently denies any affiliation with "Nemesis", though Primal is quick to overtake the injured Autobot. Primal refuses to believe that his opponent is the original Optimus Prime and demands that he sees the Matrix of Leadership for validation of Prime's title. Prime begins to suffer from his wound, forcing Ratchet to intervene between their fight to tend to the Autobot leader.

A falcon spots [[Laserbeak (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Laserbeak]] exiting the ''Nemesis''. Megatron, with the Matrix now strapped to his chest, orders his troops to work on the ship so they can leave Earth, asserting his desire to locate the Allspark and repeating his claims about "saving Cybertron". Megatron turns down Starscream's request to scout the area, while [[Soundwave (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Soundwave]] reports that Laserbeak has spotted intruders...

The Decepticons wander into the jungle and find a purple ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' and a ''Velociraptor'', the former of which recognizes Megatron as his ancestor and showers him with praise. [[Megatron (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Predacon Megatron]] and his partner [[Dinobot (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Dinobot]] reveal their robot modes and bow to the Decepticons, revealing the Golden Disk.

Back at the ''Ark'', Prime barely recovers from his wound and asks [[Prowl (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Prowl]] for information on their visitors. Primal wishes to salvage materials from the ''Ark'' to fix [[Axalon (BW)|their ship]] and leave the Autobots behind. Rightfully enraged, Bumblebee demands that the bots explain themselves, but Primal churlishly says they owe the Autobots ''nothing''. However, Prime offers an alliance with their former attackers and recounts their dreadful journey through space, and offers to donate parts to the Maximal cause. Primal insults Prime for losing the Allspark, which caused the downfall of Cybertron and the inhabitants suffering for it. Prime explains he is on a quest to find the Allspark, which is on Earth, much to the bots' surprise. The tiger bot, [[Tigatron#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Tigatron]], receives a transmission from his comrade [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Airazor]], the falcon, revealing the threat of both Megatrons. Optimus Primal finally explains that he is the leader of the [[Maximal]]s, who are bots from the future.

Predacon Megatron explains to the original Megatron that the Maximals and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s were from the future, where the strongest Cybertronians survived in a dead Cybertron due to the loss of the Allspark. When the Megatron questions why they went to Earth at this time of all places, Predacon Megatron asserts that he specifically wanted to deliver the Golden Disk to his ancestor—the disk contains all of Megatron's past, present, and future memoirs, unique to his [[Energon]] [[Energy signature|signature]]. When the original Megatron suspects treachery on Predacon Megatron's behalf, he explains that his existence from the future of Cybertron is essentially proof that Prime never succeeded in retrieving the Allspark. As Starscream expresses disgust at the sycophantic Predacons and his lack of recognition from his peers, the arachnid Predacon [[Blackarachnia (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Blackarachnia]] sneaks up on Starscream to polish his wounded ego. The two 'cons then form an alliance in secret.

Back at the ''Ark'', the Autobots and Maximals struggle to trust each other, with the rat Maximal [[Rattrap (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Rattrap]] suggesting the discovery of the Allspark will halt their alternate timeline and erase the Maximals' existence, but the idealistic cheetah Maximal [[Cheetor (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Cheetor]] argues that stopping Megatron is more important than safeguarding their own existence.

Meanwhile, Airazor is spotted by Laserbeak and gunned down, enabling Soundwave to drag her back to the ''Nemesis'' at the mercy of both Megatrons...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s / [[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Optimus Prime]] (9)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Bumblebee]] (10)
*[[Mirage (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Mirage]] (11)
*[[Ratchet (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Ratchet]] (12)
*[[Hound (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Hound]] (13)
*[[Ironhide (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Ironhide]] (14)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Wheeljack]] (15)
*[[Arcee (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Arcee]] (16)
*[[Cheetor (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Cheetor]] (17)
*[[Rattrap (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Rattrap]] (18)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Sideswipe]] (19)
*[[Rhinox (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Rhinox]] (20)
*[[Prowl (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Prowl]] (21)
*[[Tigatron#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Tigatron]] (22)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Optimus Primal]] (23)
*[[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Airazor]] (24)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s / [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Starscream (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Thundercracker]] (3)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Astrotrain]] (4)
*[[Soundwave (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Soundwave]] (5)
*[[Reflector (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Refraktor]] (6)
*[[Galvatron (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Galvatron]] (8)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Laserbeak]] (25)
*[[Megatron (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Predacon Megatron]] (26)
*[[Dinobot (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Dinobot]] (27)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Blackarachnia]] (28)

|h3=Others|c3=
*[[Unicron/Generation 1#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Unicron]] (7)
}}

==Quotes==
"It is you, isn't it? ''Yesss!'' Lord Megatron, at last!" 
''(Predacon Megatron transforms and bows his head to his ancestor)'' 
"Megatron... greatest leader of the Decepticons, my namesake, whose destiny lies in an ''endless'' war. That is, until now... thanks to ''this.''"
:—'''Predacon Megatron''', with the Golden Disk, meets the ancestor he holds to the highest esteem

"You stole the Allspark and left Cybertron to ''rot!'' And while you were apparently ''gallivanting'' through the stars, we were left to deal with the consequences of your ''treachery!''"
:—Meanwhile, '''Optimus Primal''' is ''pissed'' at his ancestor

"We... ''have'' to help them. Fate has warped time and space to give us an opportunity to aid our ancestors in their [[darkest hour]]. You're going to let that ''slip by?''"
:—'''Tigatron''' puts a paw forward to help, and drops a quick reference

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*This is the first time Optimus Prime is confused for a "[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis]]", a trend that continues for the episodes to follow until culminating in the [[Kingdom episode 6|finale]].
*A random monitor in the ''Ark'' displays the same images Teletraan I processed in [[Earthrise episode 6|''Earthrise'' episode 6]], now in an unobstructed view, which are all references to the original ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon. A full list can be found [[Earthrise episode 6#Transformers references|here]].
*Optimus Prime lists the major events the ''Ark''-bound Autobots went through in ''Earthrise'' to Optimus Primal.
*Several plot points were foreshadowed in the ''Kingdom'' webpage in the form of messages from the future:
**Predacon Megatron's message is brought in during his conversation with Decepticon Megatron, as the Golden Disk is stated to be "the key to saving the one [the former] holds in [the] highest esteem".
**Rattrap's message is alluded to when he suggests the likelihood of the AllSpark's discovery changing history, as it is stated that "a new alliance may threaten [the Maximals'] existence".
**Cheetor's message is referenced via his idealism, which is stated to "pave the way for a valuable alliance".

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron lacks the bandage and its respective wound from [[Earthrise episode 4|''Earthrise'' episode 4]], when he first appeared with the Matrix strapped to his chest and for the rest of the show. Maybe the wound healed?
*Predacon Megatron claims he decrypted a few ''minutes'' of the Golden Disk, despite only [[Units of time|Cybertronian units of time]] being used in the show previously and after barring one [[Kingdom episode 3#Continuity errors|other instance]].

===Animation and technical errors===
*During Galvatron's departure from the [[Dead Universe]], he had his [[particle cannon]] and tossed the Golden Disk to Megatron, though when he returns to Unicron's domain, his particle cannon is gone and the Disk is in his hand. The Disk disappears when Galvatron pushes himself away.
*The pupils in Predacon Megatron's ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' disappear when he transforms for the first time.

===Transformers references===
*Optimus Prime is gashed in his side/lower torso, much like ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', albeit on the opposite side.
*Optimus Prime swears by [[Primus]].
*Rhinox name drops the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|'90s cartoon]].
*As seen [[#Quotes|above]], Predacon Megatron's reaction to meeting the original Megatron is from "[[Master Blaster]]".
*Predacon Megatron pets his ''Tyrannosaurus rex''-head hand, much like he did in ''Beast Wars''.
*Starscream calls himself [[Air Commander]], his function on his [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Toys|original toy]]. Coincidentally or not, Starscream also repeatedly referenced this rank during his [[Possession|appearance]] in the original ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
*Arcee mentions that she wouldn't be surprised if the Maximals were [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s.
*Tigatron says the Autobots are in their [[darkest hour]].

===Real-world references===
*A spacecraft can be briefly seen in the background when Galvatron returns to his time. This is presumably the NASA [[Voyager spacecraft|''Voyager'' space probe]] where the real-life Golden Disk resides.
*The scene of the puddle shaking as a consequence of the stomping feet of Predacon Megatron (while approaching the Decepticons) is clearly an homage to [[Tyrannocon Rex|Rexy]]'s first appearance in ''[[Jurassic Park]]''.

===Trivia===
*The episode has reused footage of Galvatron's departure from [[Earthrise episode 5|''Earthrise'' episode 5]].
*Predacon Megatron says to Megatron that he is his descendant, and while the Decepticons are collectively depicted as the "ancestors" of the Predacons, this statement (like a similar one made by the [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|original]] Optimus Primal in the episode "[[Sparkwar_Pt._II:_The_Search#Transformers_references|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search]]" of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'') seems to imply a deeper relationship between the two Megatrons.

===Foreign localization===

==External links==
*Writer Mae Catt's [https://twitter.com/MaeCatt/status/1421617056596643840 Twitter thread] for script commentary and unused dialogue

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Transformers: Prime - The Game

2022-09-28T12:43:33Z

PorkedPork: /* Stage 04: Captured! */ Fixed typo

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|title=''Transformers: Prime - The Game''
|image=Prime the game boxart wii.jpg
|developers=[[Altron]] [[NOW Production]]
|publisher=[[Activision]]
|writtenby=[[Dan Jolley]]
|date=DS, 3DS, Wii: [[October 30]], [[2012]] Wii U: [[November 18]], [[2012]]
|platforms=[[Nintendo DS]] [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Wii]] [[Wii U]]
|rating=ESRB: E10+
}}

'''''Transformers: Prime - The Game''''' is a video game developed by [[Altron]] and [[NOW Production]].<ref>[http://www.transformersprimethegame.com/ Official website]</ref><ref name="Press Release">[http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/15/transformers-prime-game-coming-to-nintendo-platforms/ Press Release]</ref> It is published by [[Activision]], and was released on [[October 30]], [[2012]] for the [[Nintendo DS|DS]], [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]], and [[Wii]], and on [[November 18]], [[2012]] alongside the launch of the [[Wii U]], making it the first ''Transformers'' game on that console.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-prime-the-game-box/17874/news.html Transformers Prime: The Game Box Art Design Unveiled]</ref>

The game takes place alongside the events of the second season of the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' cartoon (sorta, see below), and involves the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s battling over a mysterious meteor made of [[Dark Energon]] and its legendary contents.<ref name="GearingUpforTransformersPrime">[http://www.igns.com/articles/2012/05/09/gearing-up-for-transformers-prime Gearing Up for Transformers Prime]</ref>

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==Gameplay==
The game mostly features third-person melee combat, although some shooter sections are included. There are certain collectibles which allow you to 'upgrade', improving the charicter's stats based on their skills (eg. It improves Arcee's combat skills). Occasional driving sections are also included. The Wii version includes full voice acting and uses motion controls, while the 3DS version takes advantage of the 3D capabilities of the system and uses touch-based controls. The DS version features exclusive content.

===Story Mode===
Story Mode gameplay for Wii and Wii U is broken into 13 stages, each with a varying number of segments. Unlike previous ''Transformers'' titles, the Autobots are the only playable characters, with no Decepticon story campaign.
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===Multiplayer Mode===
[[File:TFP Game Wii U Chara Select.jpg|upright=1.1|right|thumb|Multiplayer Mode character select screen, with all of them unlocked.]]
It just ain't Transformers if "arena fight" isn't in there somehow, huh? This mode is a "fighter", where players pick one of the Transformers and attempts to pummel the scrap out of all the others inside a variety of special arenas, with a few different rulesets. Initially, only the five Autobots are available with only the ''Nemesis'' as an arena, but as more stages of the Story Mode are completed, the six "boss" Decepticons and four more arenas are added to the options. The Decepticons have the same control schemes as the Autobots, though most Decepticons play considerably differently, plus (sadly, if fairly) they lack many of the more impressive moves they display in Story Mode. Also, two players cannot pick the same bot; sadly, no quadruple-Knock-Out matches for us.

Despite its name, this mode can be played by a single player, going up against CPU-controlled opponents. In the Wii and Wii U versions, up to two human players can engage in bouts containing up to four bots at once.

There are three different match types:
*'''Brawl —''' The goal is to simply be the last bot standing. Once a combatant loses all their health, they are out of the match. If time runs out before there is a single victor, the remaining players enter "Showdown"; health is brought down into the red, everyone enters permanent Upgrade, and [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s are disabled. Last one standing wins!
*'''Energon Match —''' A timed match where every bot has very little health but unlimited "lives", and an upgrade bar that fills faster than normal. Each time you finish an opponent you earn 10 points. Defeat the current top-ranked combatant (marked by a crown) and you get another 10 points. Every time you get scrapped, you lose 5 points. Once time has run out, the bot with the most points wins.
*'''Emblem Battle —''' Another timed match determined by point score. Combatants compete over a single Emblem; every second a combatant holds the Emblem, they earn a point. Getting sufficiently pummeled cause the combatant to lose the Emblem, and most likely transfer to another bot. The Emblem holder also cannot transform to vehicle mode in order to prevent them from simply evading attacks, especially fliers. Being destroyed causes a big reduction in earned points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the round wins.

There are ultimately five different arenas to play in:
*'''Nemesis —''' Fairly enclosed area with breakable containers.
*'''Desert —''' Wide open field with a central pyramid. Lots of room to run.
*'''Energon Mine —''' A large circular platform over a vast pit. The outer edges and space between central bridges are endless falls that drain energon from anyone who falls in.
*'''Grand Canyon —''' Wide arena with a lot of cover and uneven terrain.
*'''Volcano —''' Smallish arena with depressed center. Laser fire rains down from above in the center, damaging anyone caught in it.

There are also five Emblems that can only be obtained in Multiplayer matches:
*'''#46 Cybertron's All Stars —''' Rack up 1 Multiplayer win with every character.
*'''#47 Shield Breaker —''' Destroy an enemy's shield 5 times in any single match.
*'''#48 Winner of Showdown —''' Win Brawl Showdowns with 4 different characters.
*'''#49 Attack Evader —''' Win an Energon Match without having been defeated once.
*'''#50 Emblem Snatcher—''' Win an Emblem Battle having gained the Emblem at least 5 times.



==Story Mode Synopsis ==
===Stage 01: Into the Breach===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''6:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''6'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Optimus Prime''' (behind ship's tether)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#8 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A rank)
|}

The Decepticons have discovered a gigantic asteroid composed entirely of [[Dark Energon]], and the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' has traveled into Earth's orbit to obtain it. Once the Autobots became aware of this development, Ratchet sends [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] onto the surface of the ''Nemesis'' via [[GroundBridge]] to stop them.

As the other Autobots take care of incoming [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon Jets]], Optimus fights his way along the ''Nemesis'' deck to the machinery tethering the asteroid. He quickly destroys the generator and the asteroid lags behind... until the Decepticon ship fires three more tethers from underneath. Unable to get a good firing angle on the tethers, the four Autobots leap to the rock in vehicle mode. Facing down a few more Vehicon Jets, Optimus destroys all three tethers quickly using a vehicle mode ramming attack, but finds himself facing down [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. The vehicle-ram move breaks through Megatron's defenses, and by charging up his energy, his upgraded attacks send Megatron reeling.

Just as Optimus gain the upper hand, the asteroid begins to crumble. As Optimus stares into a deep fissure opening at his feet, two yellow dots look back... and the asteroid shatters, its pieces, and the Autobots, plummeting to Earth. Starscream gloats, mocking their inability to fly, but Megatron quickly rebukes him, demanding his minions hunt down both the Autobots to make ''certain'' they perished in the fall, as well as recover as many of the meteorites as possible.

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===Stage 02: Homecoming===
[[File:PrimeGameArceeInsecticons.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|[[Skids (ROTF)|Like a ninja]]...only better.]]
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" |Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''Arcee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''6:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''15'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''Characters: Arcee''' (on factory roof) '''Characters: Insecticon''' (over highway pit)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" |'''#9 Arcee the Victor''' (S or A rank) '''#26 Partners Arcee and Jack''' (No damage in highway chase)
|}

Meanwhile, at [[Autobot Outpost Omega-1]], [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] tries to contact the team. A single lifesign pops up, and he sets out via GroundBridge in the hopes of finding his teammates. But once Ratchet leaves, three more life signatures pop up. Unable to reach Ratchet, [[Jack Darby|Jack]], [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], and [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] decide to retrieve the missing Autobots themselves.

Arcee awakens in a factory outside [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]], but is quickly set upon by a swarm of [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]. Arcee manages to dispatch them, only to face down [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. The Decepticon tries to stick to the rooftops and launch blaster-bolts and webbing, but Arcee's long-range blasters bring her down. Unfortunately, both bots notice Jack, giving Airachnid the chance to break free and kidnap the human, bolting in copter mode.

Arcee gives chase in cycle mode, dodging blaster fire and blasting fallen highway signs. The chase continues into an unfinished section of road, with Airachnid detonating inconveniently-placed barrels to put big holes in the concrete. She even manages to collapse a section of road, but Arcee performs a vehicle jump and is able to free Jack.

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===Stage 03: Deserted===
[[File:PrimeGameBulkheadStarscream.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Something about [[Starscream (Movie)|cowards surviving?]]]]
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bulkhead'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''10:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''54'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Bulkhead''' (temple side-tunnel) '''Characters: Miko''' (high canyon bridge) '''Characters: Vehicon (Tank)''' (Tank side of canyon)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#10 Bulkhead the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#27 Partners Bulkhead and Miko''' (No damage in ruins escape)
|}

Bulkhead wakes up to Miko's voice. He's fallen through the ceiling of an underground temple, and unfortunately, Starscream has found him mere moments after Miko did. Starscream's missile barrage sets the temple crumbling, and Bulkhead is forced to race through collapsing tunnels and over thin bridges while blasting fallen rocks to clear his path before the entire place can bury them forever.

Once outside, Bulkhead finds himself in a ravine. He fights off squads of Vehicon Cars and Jets, until a [[Vehicon Tank]] shows up, forcing Bulkhead to use a vehicle mode bash-attack to break through its shields. Bulkhead makes his way through the ravine until he's forced to vehicle mode jump a crevice to tackle another Tank. With the Vehicons in retreat, Bulkhead reconnoiters with Miko, who is proving very agile and adept at finding shortcuts.

Starscream attacks Bulkhead again as he enters an open-aired temple. Starscream launches missiles from atop several pillars, but Bulkhead's charged-up blaster knocks the Decepticon to the ground. Starscream cowers behind a shield, but a vehicle mode charge breaks that handily. Starscream launches volleys of missiles in jet mode, but Bulkhead's shield handily deflects the explosions. Even being backed up by more Vehicon Jets doesn't keep Bulkhead from stomping all over Starscream.

However, Miko's been taking phone pictures, leaving her open to getting captured by a Vehicon Jet. Now with a hostage, Starscream can fly away with at least a partial victory....

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===Stage 04: Captured!===
[[File:PrimeGameBeeBattle.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|[[Vehicon (Prime)|I]] don't think I'm even gonna ''try'' aiming this time.]]
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bumblebee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''12:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''124'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2800'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Bumblebee''' (ledge near elevator) '''Characters: Raf''' (Hidden room near 2nd tower)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#11 Bumblebee the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#28 Partners Bumblebee and Raf''' (>50% elevator door health left) '''#42 Energon Bomber''' (destroyed 5+ enemies w/ energon explosions)
|}

Bumblebee awakens suspended by energy shackles deep in a Decepticon energon mine. Raf has managed to GroundBridge his way in, and uses his laptop to free Bee and open up locked doors in their way. Bee tackles Vehicon Cars and Jets until he reaches a main shaft, where he meets a new breed of Vehicon, the laser-sniping [[Vehicon Helicopter]]. A few blaster bolts make the raw energon in carts into improv bombs to clear out hiding foes, and Bee charges up the ramp to an elevator that Raf has prepared.

The elevator stops short of ground level, thanks to security protocols. Raf can't hack the security server, forcing Bumblebee to explore the current floor and hunt down two separate computer towers that are blocking Raf's hacking attempts. Once each tower is destroyed, the hall to the security server is open, but guarded by laser beams. Bee's vehicle mode allows him to slip under and through most of them, with some well-timed car jumps to get over low beams. After fighting through swarm of Vehicon Cars, Jets and Helicopters in the server room, Bee is finally able to smash the server itself.

Unfortunately, just as he does, the Vehicons raise the alarm—they've found Raf! Bee charges back to the elevator in vehicle mode, dodging a mass of security lasers and quickly dispatching the Vehicons before they can break through the elevator shield.

Once at ground level, Bee cautions Raf to stay back as he scouts ahead, which proves prudent as Knock Out attempts to run the pair over. Raf shuts the elevator door as Bee takes on the Decepticon medic. Knock Out makes ample use of his vehicle mode attempting to dodge Bee's cannons, but skillful dodging and shooting lets Bumblebee take advantage of openings in Knock Out's attacks. After a while Knock Out reveals a new ability; creating pulsing energy spheres in the hall that do incredible damage when Bee runs into them. Knock Out tries to close the gap and attack at close-range, but throws up a shield as Bee pelts him with blaster fire, giving the Autobot an opening for shield-breaking moves that lead into vicious melee combos.

As Knock Out goes down, Bulkhead gets in radio contact with Bumblebee, alerting him to Miko's kidnapping and asking if Raf is all right. Knock Out runs for it, and Bee wrenches open the elevator blast door... but Raf is gone.

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===Stage 05: Dark Envoy===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''4:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''4'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Vehicon (Fighter Jet)''' (high ledge near Thunderwing) '''Characters: Vehicon (Car)''' (breakable wall at collapsed bridge)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#12 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#29 Threat From Space''' (No damage in Thunderwing fight) '''#30 Quick Retreat''' (>20 sec left on timer)
|}

Ratchet has located Optimus... under the claw of a monstrously huge robot half-buried in the Dark Energon meteorite. The beast awakens and swats Ratchet away, bellowing "Death to [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]!" as he tries to smash Optimus. Optimus recognizes the robot as [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]], agent of [[Unicron]], and tries to convince him that his master has fallen, thus he should give up his mission... which works about as well as you'd expect. Thunderwing uses his one free arm to hurl explosive bolts at Optimus, as well as cause energy shockwaves by smashing his fist into the ground. Optimus weakens Thunderwing by blasting away at his head, and pummeling his arm cannon with melee attacks when it's within range, until the cannon explodes.

Though Thunderwing has been weakened further, Optimus is unable to continue the battle as the ''Nemesis'' arrives and opens fire on them both. Arcee gets back in radio contact, and opens a GroundBridge for Optimus and Ratchet's escape... unfortunately, on the other side of some hillside ruins from the pair, and will only be open for three minutes!

The normally-straightforward path is blocked by debris thanks to the Decepticon warship's cannons, forcing Optimus to smash through a wall to get around the rubble. ''Nemesis'' cannon-fire, collapsing ledges and a few Vehicon Jets get in the way, but Optimus barrels through, making the final jump in vehicle mode to the GroundBridge portal.

Ratchet is just behind, but more cannon-fire sends him flying backwards. Optimus runs to retrieve his friend, but a stray shot from Thunderwing sends Optimus sailing back into the GroundBridge, which closes immediately after...

An unconscious Thunderwing is brought aboard the ''Nemesis'' and extracted from the meteorite. Knock Out explains that the giant Transformer is still missing parts of his body, perhaps embedded within other chunks of Dark Energon that had fallen to Earth. Megatron has Thunderwing revived, and the giant immediately makes threats. Megatron convinces Thunderwing that he's in no condition to continue his mission, but should he swear his loyalty to Megatron, he can be fully repaired. Thunderwing doesn't buy it, claiming the technology that built him is beyond their scope, but Megatron assures Thunderwing that the captive medic Ratchet can do the job. Ratchet refuses, until Megatron shows him that they have Raf and Miko hostage. Thunderwing agrees to Megatron's deal, saying once the Matrix is destroyed, his loyalty will once again belong only to Unicron... to which Megatron merely smirks and muses "We shall see..."

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===Stage 06: Shock and Dread===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bumblebee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''10:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''100'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2500'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Dreadwing''' (high ledge near start) '''Characters: Vehicon (Helicopter)''' (right-side ditch in canyon chase)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#01 Victory Over Dreadwing''' (beat Dreadwing) '''#13 Bumblebee the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#31 Pursuer''' (No damage in Dreadwing chase)
|}

Bumblebee and Arcee converge on some Decepticon signals in hopes of discovering where their allies are held, with Bumblebee exploring a dark canyon. Bee quickly finds himself in the sights of several Vehicon Helicopters. Boulders strewn through the canyon floor provide cover from the snipers' blasts, allowing Bumblebee to pick them off from a distance. The two Autobots meet up and discover [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] blasting open a chunk of Dark Energon, revealing a piece of Thunderwing.

Dreadwing blasts off in jet mode, and Bumblebee gives chase in car mode, blasting the proximity mines and fallen rocks Dreadwing leaves in his wake. Bee is forced to jump across a ravine, and the two Autobots finally manage to bring Dreadwing down, with Bee clinging to the Decepticon's jet mode in what must be [[Masters & Students|a very familiar method for Bumblebee]]. Bee and Dreadwing fall into a deeper crevasse, and continue the battle on foot.

Dreadwing makes ample use of the valley's cover, attacking from a distance with his cannon. Shortly into the fight, he launches into the air, dropping a ton of proximity explosives into the field. His blaster cannon also grows progressively more powerful as the fight wears on, but thankfully he must frequently pause to adjust the weapon. The battle is largely a long-range one, as Dreadwing makes closing the gap between them tricky, and he is no slouch at hand-to hand combat either. Bumblebee's upgraded blaster attacks proving especially useful, and eventually, the Decepticon falls.

Dreadwing attempts a last-ditch attack that results in him being buried under several tons of rock. Arcee arrives, but both Autobots are too late as [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] arrives to take the Thunderwing component and fly away.

===Stage 07: Into Ruin===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''11:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''35'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''3000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Vehicon (Truck)''' (second level of second ruin) '''Characters: Jack''' (high plateau right of mine entrance)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#14 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A Rank)
|}

Optimus Prime and Bulkhead meet up inside a partially-collapsed ruin along a seashore cliff, just as Megatron and Starscream are ready to pull Thunderwing's power core link from a Dark Energon chunk. Bulkhead's urge to throttle Starscream gets them noticed, and the Autobot charges after the retreating Starscream. Megatron, however, has no intention of letting Optimus get away.

The battle goes much the same as it did in space prior, but soon Megatron pulls some new moves, including a leaping ground-pound that sends an energy shockwave throughout the entire room, forcing Optimus to jump to avoid damage. As the fight carries on, however, Megatron engages a [[Synthetic Energon|SynthEn]] upgrade, extending his battle blade to chain together massive combo strikes, upping his running speed, switching to jet mode to begin a shield-breaking dive attack, and boosting his cannon's power. He also tends to jerk back out of range when hit with a melee move, making it incredibly difficult to get a combo attack on him. Optimus pelts him with cannon-fire as best he can, forcing Megatron to throw up a shield, allowing Optimus to use a shield-breaking vehicle mode attack that allows him to pull off a complete combo attack. Despite his power boost, Megatron is ultimately sent flying through a wall, and he jets away with the Thunderwing part. Optimus moves on the rendezvous with Bulkhead.

Outside, Optimus is immediately set upon by some Vehicon Jets. After they fall, he encounters a new enemy; the Vehicon Truck, a foe best tackled at a distance thanks to its stunning energy shield and brutal vehicle mode ram attacks. As Optimus progresses up the mountain, taking out Jets and Trucks, the battlefield becomes more and more restrictive. Upon entering a second collapsed building, Optimus is forced to tackle several Trucks in close combat while a Tank lobs shots from an upper level. Once they're cleared, Optimus proceeds, but a weak bridge collapses under his weight, forcing him to take the long way up.

Having learned his lesson, Optimus races across similar bridges in truck mode, enabling him to cross before the bridges collapse. More Vehicon Trucks attack on the cliffs, as well as a sniping Helicopter. Just before he can reach the mine entrance leading to Bulkhead, Prime is ambushes by the dangerous combination of a Vehicon Tank, Helicopter and Truck, all while on a not-too-wide land bridge over a deep, deadly ravine.

Once inside the mine, Optimus begins climbing up the walls, only for Megatron to arrive, carrying the Thunderwing component. Megatron immediately blasts Optimus back to the ground and collapses the mountain, burying Optimus under tons of rock...

===Stage 08: The Escape!===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Ratchet'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''17:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''44'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''3200'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Ratchet''' (room after first time-lock door hall) '''Characters: Soundwave''' (back end of elevator platform)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#02 Victory over Soundwave''' (beat Soundwave) '''#15 Ratchet the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#32 Reliable Scientist''' (Keep elevator cells >30% heath) '''#33 Perfect Victory in Hacking Battle''' (drop Soundwave's shield within 4 hacks)
|}

Back on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron enters Ratchet's cell with the Thunderwing component, ready for him to complete the monster. A Vehicon alerts them of Starscream's return via Space Bridge... and security cameras show that Starscream is actually being held prisoner by Bulkhead. Ratchet uses Megatron's moment of rage to slip out of the cell and lock his captors in, making a break to rescue the kids.

With security now on high alert thanks to two Autobot intruders, Ratchet has to slip through halls full of moving laser beams. Inside Thunderwing's chamber, the giant is thankfully asleep, but the Vehicons and Vehicon Truck inside are very much on alert. The kids are in an alcove high above the room, forcing Ratchet to find another way up to them. The next hall has doorways that only stay open a short time after a yellow switch is activated by stepping into its light beam. Once activated, Ratchet must race through the doors in vehicle mode before they can slam shut. After clearing out a room full of Vehicons, the next hall proves to be a fakeout, as tripping the yellow switch not only opens the door, but activates more sliding laserbeams.

Ratchet arrives at a balcony on Thunderwing's side of the repair room. With the door switch on this side and the time-lock door on the other side of the room, Ratchet must leap across a series of hovering platforms to get to the other side in time, and up to the cell containing the kids.

Once rescued the trio take a long open-platform elevator to the main computer room. Between Miko's furious picture-taking and a serious design flaw Ratchet discovered while working on the giant, they have a lot of information they need to get to the others. However, swarms of Vehicon Helicopters swoop in and engage the Autobot. Charged shots bring down the flying ones, and the numerous storage crates provide cover to avoid the sniper-shots of the grounded troopers. After they've fallen, the lift shudders to a halt, and multiple Vehicon Cars and Tanks take their turn. Due to Ratchet's comparatively weaker combat skills, his best tactic is to force his foes off the platform, as the electrified rail instantly fries them. Ratchet's shield-breaking one-two combo is especially quick and effective at dropping foes off the lift fast, especially the hardy Tanks. The lift starts up again, but now the Decepticons prioritize taking out the power cells on each side. Cars, Tanks and even Helicopters take their turns at the cells. Ratchet manages to shoot the Helicopters out of the air, but the ground forces require more direct confrontation.

Finally, the trio reach the top of the shaft and the main control room, only to find Soundwave there, and behind a protective force field. Raf attempts to hack his way in, but the best he can do is drop the shielding that protects the four force field generators in the room, and only for a short period of time before Soundwave can get them back running. Ratchet has to fight his way through Vehicon Cars, Helicopters and Trucks until Raf can drop the shields, allowing him to attack the generators one by one until all four are down and Soundwave is exposed.

Soundwave is extraordinary evasive, using the Space Bridge to warp in and out of the room. Landing on higher-up platforms, he unleashes sonic wave attacks that can be evaded by ducking behind cover, or prevented by Ratchet's charged blaster attack, readied while Soundwave is outside the room. When he appears on the floor, though, he rushes in to try and slice Ratchet up with his arm-blades in brutal combo attacks. As the fight wears on, Soundwave teleports faster, his sonic attacks get wider, and he adds a brutal jet mode charging attack then ends in a tornado-like blur of blades. But Ratchet's use of his charged shots to stun Soundwave and well-timed Upgraded attacks brings the communicator down, forcing him to retreat.

With Soundwave gone, Ratchet and Raf are able to use the control room to break the scramblers that are blocking Autobot transmissions and contact Bulkhead...

===Stage 09: The Spider's Web===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Arcee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''3:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''0'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Airachnid''' (over storage crates)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#3 Victory over Airachnid''' (beat Airachnid) '''#16 Arcee the Victor''' (S or A Rank)
|}

Arcee and Bumblebee infiltrate the ''Nemesis'' via GroundBridge, but their communicators are still scrambled, so they split up to find their teammates. Arcee ends up caught in Airachnid's webbing, and flung off the ship, but Arcee manages to free herself in time to land safely, and the two get down to pounding the hell out of each other.

Airachnid primarily tries to keep her distance, pelting Arcee with long-range pulse-blasts and webbing from atop the ship's high walls, but thankfully Arcee's blasters have the range to hit the spider-bot as she sidesteps, avoiding the web-traps left on the ground from missed web-balls. As Airachnid charges to ground level in copter mode, Arcee's charges her blaster and unleashes a blast as soon as Airachnid transforms, stunning her out of her followup attack and leaving her wide open for Arcee's combo kicks.

Airachnid soon retreats to one of the ''Nemesis''{{'}}s stabilizer fins, outside of Arcee's range. The Autobot can do little more than dodge Airachnid's firepower... until she notices some structural damage on the fin leftover from the battle with Thunderwing. Changing her target, Arcee unleashes a hail of blaster fire that brings the fin -and Airachnid- tumbling down.

Unwilling to give up, Airachnid calls a pair of Insecticons to aid her, but the weak drones fall quickly to Arcee's blasters. But their arrival gives Airachnid enough time to start a SynthEn upgrade, dramatically boosting her speed as she closes the gap on Arcee to try and tear her apart with brutal combos. Arcee's charged blaster still gives the Autobot an opening to slip in and pummel her opponent, and soon Airchnid is sent flying.

Another pair of Insecticons arrive to help their commander, but as Arcee disposes of them, Airachnid has vanished....

===Stage 10: Dangerous Vantage===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bumblebee'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''5:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''0'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Knock Out''' (edge of platform)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#04 Victory over Knock Out''' (beat Knock Out) '''#17 Bumblebee the Victor''' (S or A Rank)
|}

Bumblebee and Knock Out are engaged in a vehicle mode duel when Bee is forced through an exterior wall. Barely saving himself from a fall, Bumblebee manages to get back on stable footing despite Knock Out's attempts.

The two resume their duel from the mine in much the same manner, with Bumblebee's blasters forcing Knock Out to raise his shield, leaving him vulnerable to a vehicle mode shield-breaking charge. He also creates his energy orbs again, but this time adds a new twist to the move by beginning an unstoppable tornado-like spin attack, caroming around the battlefield and slicing into Bumblebee should he get within range. Bee can do nothing but stay out of Knock Out's reach until the Decepticon exhausts himself, leaving him very open for a retaliatory strike.

Eventually Knock Out abandons his previous moves and engages his SynthEn upgrade, permanently unleashing his saw and drill weapons. He dashes around the battlefield in both modes, employing vehicle mode booster-rams and leaping attacks to cut into Bumblebee. Quick jumping and sidestepping leaves Knock Out briefly open as his attacks miss, eventually wearing him down.

His paint job grievously scuffed, Knock Out attempts one more ramming attack, but Bee leaps into the air, sending the Decepticon flying off the ship. With no sign of Knock Out anywhere, Bumblebee is able to continue his search of his allies.

===Stage 11: Retribution===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Bulkhead '''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''7:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''44'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Starscream''' (ledge past exit, use vehicle mode jump)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#05 Victory over Starscream''' (beat Starscream) '''#18 Bulkhead the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#34 Destroyer''' (escape storage room with >20 seconds left)
|}

Meanwhile, Starscream has led Bulkhead into a trap, siccing several Vehicon Helicopters on the Autobot inside a storage room. Starscream himself uses the same tactics he did in the ruins battle, but the addition of the painfully-accurate sniper shots puts Bulkhead at a disadvantage even with the cover. But charged shots and vehicle mode shield-breakers do bring Starscream down, despite his own SynthEn upgrade. Starscream is soon forced to retreat, locking Bulkhead in the room.

Making his way to Thunderwing's room, Starscream attempts to revive the giant, but is stopped by Megatron, who is not exactly happy with Starscream right at this moment. Thunderwing awakens and takes the power core link back inside his chest, restoring him to full power. The giant immediately rebuffs Megatron's commands and launches a massive energy blast at the Decepticon leader. Starscream finds himself suddenly being used as a shield and bears the full brunt of the blast. Thunderwing launches himself from the ship, sending shockwaves and cascading damage throughout the ''Nemesis''.

Bulkhead soon finds himself in a room on the verge of collapse, one that will crush him within mere minutes. As he knocks aside interfering Vehicons, Ratchet is finally able to get back in touch with his teammates and directs Bulkhead out. Following the marker on his radar, Bulkhead uses fallen rubble to make his way to the room's perimeter ledge, smashing through numerous storage crates that block his path. Finally making his way to the exit, he must bash through the partially-collapsed door to make his escape.

===Stage 12: One Shall Fall===
[[File:PrimeGameOptimusMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|What the hell is ''Megatron'' doing in ''my'' corner?!]]
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player character:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''5:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''0'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''2000'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Megatron''' (edge of battlefield)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#06 Victory over Megatron''' (beat Megatron) '''#19 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A Rank)
|}
Back at base, Ratchet tries to lock in on Optimus's signal, but is having little luck. With Thunderwing loose, the Autobots decide they need to stop him no matter what. As the beast is composed primarily of Dark Energon, Ratchet is confident that he can build a device that can significantly dampen the Dark Energon's effects, leaving Thunderwing vulnerable to attack. Bumblebee, Arcee and Bulkhead travel to Thunderwing's destination, a [[One Shall Fall|raging volcano plain]], ready to delay Thunderwing... but quickly fall to Megatron's brutal assault. The Decepticon leader is about to deliver a killing blow to Arcee when Optimus arrives via GroundBridge, knocking Megatron away and giving his teammates a chance to retreat.

Optimus and Megatron face off, though at first Megatron has not changed his tactics much since their last encounter. The wider field of battle also gives Optimus more opportunity to force Megatron into a defensive posture. Megatron soon reveals a new move; a powerful shield-breaking midair charge that is very hard to dodge at close range. He also engages his SynthEn upgrade, and begins using a vehicle mode dive that ends in a colossal shockwave attack. Optimus carefully leaps over the ground-based blast, slipping in to pummel Megatron in the brief moment of recovery after the move. As the fight wears on, Megatron tries one more upgrade, boosting his power to incredible levels; but Optimus's quick thinking again lets him evade the moves and unleash his own flurry of attack that soon fell the Decepticon leader.

===Stage 13: The Last Stand===
{|class="wikitable" border="0"
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Player characters:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Optimus Prime, Arcee with Jack'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank time max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''12:00'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank Shard minimum:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''6'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | S-Rank damage max:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''3500'''
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Artifacts:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''Characters: Thunderwing''' (end of canyon)
|-
| style="padding-right: 1em" | Emblems:
| style="padding-right: 1em" | '''#07 Victory over Thunderwing''' (beat Thunderwing) '''#20 Optimus Prime the Victor''' (S or A Rank) '''#35 Brave Courier''' (no damage during canyon ride) '''#36 Perfect Destruction''' (defeat Thunderwing in <10:00)
|}

Optimus offers Megatron one last chance to save his life by surrendering. Megatron readies his blade... and Thunderwing arrives, unleashing a powerful blast at Optimus. As Optimus dodges, the blast instead collides with Megatron, the force of the explosion sending the Autobots flying. Thunderwing has found what he's after; the bearer of the Matrix, Optimus Prime, and is ready to fulfill his mission and destroy both!

Thunderwing begins his assault using his arm-cannons, each one with different firing patterns. His left arm unleashes a steady stream of blasts that he sweeps the battelfield with; Optimus times his jumps carefully to get over the hail. Thunderwing's right arm, as it did in the first battle, unloads powerful single blasts that explode upon contact with the ground. Optimus must target each cannon, blasting away at each, and getting in close to poerform more powerful melee attacks during Thunderwing's pauses. However, staying too close too long proves dangerous, as Thunderwing slams his clawed hands into the dirt to try and smash Prime to pieces.

With both cannons inoperative, Thunderwing is done underestimating Optimus. The four Autobots seem to be having little effect on Thunderwing proper. Ratchet finally arrives, carrying a damper device, but informs Arcee that he only had enough time to make one that is only effective once ''inside'' Thunderwing. The situation looks hopeless, but Jack and Miko pipe up, having snuck through Ratchet's GroundBridge portal. Miko shows the Autobots a phone picture showing a small gap in Thunderwing's armor they could get the dampener through, but Arcee notes it's too small for even her to fit through. Jack, however, notes ''he'' can fit in there and place the dampener. None of the Autobots are willing to risk the kids' lives, but as Bulkhead and Bee are now down, and Jack pleads that this fight is as much theirs as it is the Autobots', Prime reluctantly agrees.

Arcee transforms to cycle mode, carrying Jack and the dampener through a narrow canyon, dodging Thunderwing's blaster shots and air attacks. Arcee keeps her blasters firing on full, breaking up fallen rocks in her path. As she gets near the beast, Thunderwing readies his energy-breath attack, forcing Arcee to hit her boosters to slip under the blast in time. Now under Thunderwing, Arcee lifts Jack into the gap in his armor. Thunderwing staggers as the dampener does its work, causing him to stagger. Jack falls but is saved again by Arcee. As reactors in Thunderwing's shoulders open up, Ratchet recognizes them as a weak point for Optimus to exploit.

Up close again, Optimus blasts away at each of the exposed reactors. Thunderwing tries to smash Optimus under his claws, but in his weakened state, each blow causes him to stagger, letting Prime rush in and unleash a flurry of melee attacks at the lowered generator. Thunderwing launches Dark Energon fireballs from his into the air which fall down and explode, but Optimus is able to avoid this by rushing in close to the beast. With both generators crippled, Thunderwing is prepared to expend every last drop of energy to destroy Prime and the Matrix... and Optimus is ready to unleash the Matrix's power to stop Thunderwing once and for all.

The Matrix power upgrades Optimus's attacks, letting him unleash full-powered attacks on Thunderwing's now-exposed core. Taking to the air, the giant spews Dark Energon fireballs in large numbers into the battlefield, forcing the Autobot leader to stay on his toes at all times. Back at close-range, Thunderwing unleashes a tongue of Dark Energon fire that he uses to scour every inch of the battlefield, gain forcing Optimus to run and leap while trying to land blasts on Thunderwing's core. The giant also tires good old-fashioned forearm smashes, though each time he misses, he is staggered, which allows Optimus to rush in and land numerous melee attacks on his core.

Weakened, Thunderwing staggers backwards, plummeting into a pool of lava below. The Autobots beat a hasty retreat as the nearby volcano erupts, spewing chunks of Dark Energon into the field.

Back at base, Optimus ruminates at how their human allies have saved them all, and proclaims again that the Earth is the Autobots' home, and they will defend it and its people against any Decepticon threat.
{{--}}

== Featured characters ==
{{featuredcharacters
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*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] ([[Sumalee Montano]])
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] ([[Kevin Michael Richardson]])
*[[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] ([[Jeffrey Combs]])
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]
|c2=
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] ([[Daran Norris]])
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon Cars]] ([[Josh Keaton]]/[[Steve Blum]])
*Vehicon Jets ([[Josh Keaton]])
*Vehicon Helicopters ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*Vehicon Tanks ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*Vehicon Trucks ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]
*[[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] ([[Fred Tatasciore]])
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] ([[Gina Torres]])

|c3=
*[[Jack Darby]] ([[Josh Keaton]])
*[[Miko Nakadai]] ([[Tania Gunadi]])
*[[Raf Esquivel]] ([[Andy Pessoa]])

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*[[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]] ([[Robin Atkin Downes]])
|nonumbering=true}}

== Quotes ==
"You know I'm going to stop you, Megatron!" 
"I know you're gonna try!"
:-'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' begin their first confrontation.

"I'm glad you survived the fall, Arcee. It would've been so boring to find your spark extinguished." 
"You're about to wish you had."
:-'''Airachnid''' and '''Arcee''' prepare to brawl.

"You should rename your pet human, Arcee! If I were you, I'd call him 'Strategic Weakness!'" 
:-That wasn't very clever, '''Airachnid.'''

"You're surprisingly in-tact for having dropped out of orbit!"
:-'''Starscream''' speaks what we all are thinking.

"Knock Out, your analysis?" 
"He's definitely incomplete. Once we pull him out of that meteorite I'm afraid he'll look like a puzzle with pieces missing." 
"Your ability to state the obvious staggers the imagination."
:-'''Megatron''' and '''Knock Out''' exchange in some entertaining conversation.

== Reception ==
''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' received [http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/transformers-prime-the-game mixed] to [https://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/07/transformers-prime-the-game-review generally positive] reviews, praising the game for its gameplay and multiplayer features, but criticized for how overwhelmingly simple the campaign is to beat.

== Notes ==
===Continuity headache===
According to a producer at Activision, the game takes place alongside the second season of the cartoon, but could be "wedged in" anywhere in the season.<ref name="GearingUpforTransformersPrime"/> However, this is impossible thanks to the makeup of the Decepticon team:
*Starscream is the main problem here. He became a rogue agent back in "[[Partners (Prime)|Partners]]", a first-season episode, and did not re-join Megatron's forces until "[[Patch (episode)|Patch]]", the ''twenty-fourth'' episode out of season two's twenty-six-episode run. Yyyyyeah.
**Let's pretend that they kept Starscream in the game as a rogue agent like in the show, which would really only require some cutscene tweaking, right? Well... Starscream lost his [[Transformation cog#Prime cartoon|T-cog]], stripping him of his ability to transform, in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 2]]", the episode ''before'' "[[Loose Cannons]]" (Dreadwing's first appearance), and did not get it back until "[[Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration]]", the episode after "Patch"... and also the episode where Dreadwing dies. Oops. This lack of a T-cog is ''workable'', but would severely strip his usefulness as a major "boss" character in a game.
**Even if you drop Starscream from the game roster altogether (which naturally they would never do), this still only allows the game to occur between the back-to-back episodes "Loose Cannons" and "[[Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire]]", where Airachnid bails on Megatron.
*Speaking of Airachnid, her Insecticon minions were only under her control while she too was an independent agent, and really only for the singular episode "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]". This episode ends with her being locked in stasis (where she remained into season three) and losing control over the swarm to Megatron. And all this happened well before Starscream rejoined Megatron's forces. But if the Decepticons have some new Vehicons we've never seen before or since here, hey, a few smaller, lower-powered Insecticons from a different swarm aren't exactly a stretch.
*And just because we're pedantic like that, there's the lack of [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], whose absence from the Autobot roster would be ''very'' conspicuous, thus it'd more or less have to happen before "[[New Recruit]]".
*[[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] are also not in the game, but their absences are far easier to explain away even without resorting to the latter's dying (at Airachnid's hand)....

===Other notes===
*At [[BotCon 2012]], concept art for a Tank Vehicon and a Helicopter Vehicon was released.
*Unlike [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|other ''Transformers'' games]], the differences in the versions of ''Prime - The Game'' mostly involve presentation, not story.
*As there is a playable segment where you control Jack and Arcee in her bike mode, this could possibly be considered the first game to have a playable human. It's most likely Arcee, though, considering Jack was carrying a huge cylinder and lacks access to Arcee's guns.
*The "Cybertronian Artifacts" hidden throughout the levels bear great resemblance to the [[Spark extractor]] from ''Prime.''
*Dreadwing is the only character whose TV actor ([[Tony Todd]]) did not return to voice in the game.
*Ratchet notably is depicted with firearms to stay consistent with the rest of the cast’s gameplay, whereas in the show he only ever has his retractable blades for weapons.

== Footnotes ==
<references/>

== External links ==
*[http://www.transformersprimethegame.com/ Official Website]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS5i8OkRNt0 Teaser Trailer]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoLnnZ6CTk0 Debut Trailer]
*[http://tformers.com/transformers-new-transformers-prime-%E2%80%9Crivalries%E2%80%9D-game/18585/news.html "Rivalries" Trailer]

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:''Raf Esquivel is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Raf stockimage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|{{w|Esquivel!}}]]
He's the quiet, forgotten child of a large family, and he goes into "the zone" whenever he sees technology. You'd think he'd be constantly getting wedgies from nearby punks and biker kids, but no! '''Rafael "Raf" Jorge Gonzales Esquivel''' is, in fact, best mates with [[Miko Nakadai]] and [[Jack Darby]]! Even more incredible, he's best mates with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], a [[Autobot|robot car from outer space]], and since other Autobots like [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] are unfamiliar with human technology, he's called on at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to use his know-how to save the world!

When you were twelve years old, you ''wished'' you were Raf.

(Okay, he's twelve and a ''quarter''. A very big quarter! He's very specific about that.)

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Andy Pessoa]] (English), [[Motoko Kumai]] (Japanese)|[[Luo Yuting]] (Chinese), [[Diana Torres]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Do-hyeong Nam]] (Korean), [[Davide Garbolino]] (Italian), [[Christian Zeiger]] (German), [[Alan García]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Alex Minei]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Aarni Hyökki]] (Finnish), [[Raphaëlle Bruneau]] (French)}}
[[File:OutHead-Very large family.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"That's a Foe-Glass. Lets me keep an eye on my enemies."]]
Born into a large family, Raf has often felt like the smallest member and been ignored by older family members even if he were shouting for attention. {{storylink|Out of His Head}} He has been able to understand digital code since he was three. {{storylink|Raf's Notes}}

[[File:DarknessRising1-RafRC.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Who needs parental supervision?]]
Raf was playing with his radio-controlled car in a dry drainage canal when he got a call from his mother, and he promised he'd come home after another five minutes. Playtime was interrupted shortly when Jack Darby executed a motorcycle leap into the canal. Raf was impressed by that, but more so when the motorcycle turned out to be an alien robot in disguise. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] fought against two [[Decepticon]]s and was soon joined by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who accidentally crushed Raf's toy underfoot. Raf wasn't too upset by the loss, and when Bumblebee was subsequently pinned down by the Decepticons, Raf courageously yelled at them to leave Bumblebee alone. He and Jack then fled up a storm drain as the Decepticons came after them, but his distraction helped the Autobots eventually win the battle.

After [[Memorial High School|school]] the next day, Jack approached Raf and suggested they keep the whole thing to themselves. It wasn't that easy, as Bumblebee picked that moment to drive up to take Raf back to base. Raf was able to understand Bumblebee's buzzing, and he pointed out the nearby Arcee, who had come for Jack. At base, he, Jack and their friend [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] marveled at [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] before [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] briefed them on the ongoing Autobot/Decepticon war. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} When an alarm went off, Raf translated Bumblebee's statement that it was a proximity alert. He, Jack and Miko hid to avoid being seen by Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], who was paying a visit to complain to Prime about recent Autobot activities.

A signal sent most of the Autobots rushing off on a mission, leaving the three kids with Ratchet. Raf made himself useful by helping the medical bot get the silo's aging computer system to work. Once the mission was over, Raf realised it was getting late and he was going to be grounded for a month if he didn't get home, so Optimus assigned Bumblebee to take him back and watch over him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

Bumblebee and Raf were delayed getting back to the base because they stopped off to play a video game (which Raf lost). When they finally got there, Optimus promptly left on a mission with Ratchet, and Arcee and Bumblebee further abandoned the kids, leaving them with Bulkhead. Raf attempted to join in Miko's attempt to form a band by offering to play samples on his laptop. Another visit by Fowler resulted in the federal agent being captured by the Decepticons, and Raf used his hacking skills to locate Fowler. After Bulkhead departed to try and deal with it, Jack and Raf realized that Miko had sneaked after the Autobot. They used the [[GroundBridge]] to join the pair, arriving near the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]], where they were spotted by sentries. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-Rafconsoled.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Come on, Raf, you knew Stargate had to end some day."]]
Bulkhead rescued the pair while they were under fire and dropped them off behind some cover before heading into the ship. Unfortunately, the pair were spotted by the Decepticons a short time later and found themselves being carried to the brig. Arcee and Bumblebee rescued them both, and the combined group found Bulkhead and Miko. The kids soon discovered that the middle of a battle—especially between giant robots—is not the healthiest place to be. The Autobots cleared out a room for them to hide in, but Jack and Miko began arguing as soon as the 'bots left. Raf became upset, and the other two had to console him, but his fears were soon forgotten when Jack pointed out an important-looking computer display. Raf's flash drive proved useless when he couldn't find a USB port, and they were interrupted by a Decepticon anyway. While Raf was fetching his backpack, the Decepticon spotted him and opened fire. He was only saved by Jack tackling him behind a Decepticon corpse. The kids legged it, and Bulkhead handily picked that moment to turn up and deal with the Decepticon. Back at the Autobot base, Jack decided to opt out of the exciting new life they'd found, and he suggested Raf do likewise, but Raf was content to stay put. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-RafSoundwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Allow me to be the Peter Parker to your Doctor Octopus.]]
After the Autobots went to try and prevent Megatron from using his space bridge, they discovered that the Decepticon ship no longer had the ability to target the space bridge on Cybertron. Raf suggested that the Decepticons must be using the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope in [[Texas]] for targeting. He attempted to hack into the installation's computer, but found that the computers there were too secure. At Jack's suggestion, he, Jack and Miko bridged to the array and accessed it via a computer in a spare room. Raf found he was able to download the space bridge plans, and when the Decepticons diverted the dishes, he could redirect them again. Unfortunately, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] was in the next room, and he sent a tentacle to attack them. Though Raf was determined to keep working, he was knocked aside. Soundwave set the dishes to target Cybertron and disabled the computer. The three kids ran into the room in time to see Soundwave leaving and discover his handiwork. Back at base, Raf supplied Ratchet with the space bridge plans so he could instruct the other Autobots on how to sabotage the bridge. Raf was later present to welcome the Autobots back from their space battle. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

To cover for his visits to the Autobot base, Raf told his mom that he'd joined the Computer Club. {{storylink|Raf's Notes}} Raf decided on building a model volcano as a science project for school, though initial tests resulted in an explosion that rocked the Autobot base. He and Bumblebee continued work on it until Bumblebee had to leave on a mission, and Ratchet decided to "assist". Ratchet ended up building a large metal volcano, which blew a hole in the roof when Raf presented it at school. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} He had to stay behind to help repair the damage, which took more than a little explaining. {{storylink|Raf's Notes}}

[[File:Scrapheap-adorableScraplet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It's not dangerous enough to go alone. Take this.]]
The kids arrived at base one Saturday just as Optimus and Arcee were heading off to the [[Arctic]] on a mission. Raf was keen to go as well, having never seen snow, but Optimus told him it would be too dangerous. Disappointed, Raf went to play "being in the Arctic" in a base corridor, where he stumbled on a [[Scraplet]]. Raf was enchanted by the little creature and took it back to the control room, where it attacked Bumblebee and Raf had to smash it to death with a crowbar. The Autobots realised the base was infected, and Raf teamed up with Bumblebee as they hunted for more Scraplets. They found some, only for Bumblebee to be attacked. Returning to the control room, they were set upon by ''more'' Scraplets, and Raf helped Jack and Miko get them off the 'bots. With time running out, the three kids repaired an [[energon]] fuel line so Ratchet could get the GroundBridge working again and send the Scraplets to the Arctic. Afterwards, the kids helped repair the damaged Autobots. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

With the arrival of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], the Autobots decided to party. Miko brought out her electric guitar and encouraged Raf to try some moves. He responded by reluctantly breaking into The Robot, which Bumblebee proceeded to copy. When Wheeljack was found out as a Decepticon impostor, Raf and Jack watching in alarm as he took Miko hostage. Following the return of the real Wheeljack and the impostor's ejection, the Autobots had another party, during which Raf busted out his disco moves. He, Miko and Jack later saw Wheeljack off when the Autobot returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When the Autobots helped Fowler move a hi-tech device, the kids observed their progress from base with Ratchet. The [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] was in danger of being captured by [[MECH]], and Raf was able to pinpoint the exact position of the train it was on so Ratchet could GroundBridge Jack and Miko on board. He followed that up by hacking into the rail system and changing some points to send the train down a different track, however the MECH guys responded by overloading his laptop. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}} Ratchet later helped him fix it. {{storylink|Raf's Notes|Raf's Notes #5}}

When the Autobots discovered that an [[Energon Harvester]] was possibly on Earth, Raf used his [[Internet]] search skills to trace it to a museum. Miko roped Jack and Raf into helping to steal it. The three of them GroundBridged into the museum on a scissor lift and set about dislodging the device from the statue holding it. However, during their getaway, Miko was grabbed by a [[museum security guard|security guard]] and Raf and Jack ran into Soundwave. Back at base, Raf continued their attempts to contact Fowler so they could retrieve Miko. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[File:SpeedMetal-RafMikolying.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|It would seem that the Autobots aren't the only ones who go into '[[robot mode]]' under pressure.]]
Miko and Raf heard all about Jack's race with [[Vince]] at school, and congratulated him when he reached the Autobot base. He swore them both to secrecy. After Vince challenged Jack to another race but Arcee refused to take part, Jack tried to convince Raf to let him take Bumblebee instead. Raf was uncertain it was a good idea, but Miko managed to convince him. He and Miko were later playing a computer game when Arcee wondered where Jack was, and they failed to cover for their friend. When Optimus asked where everyone else was, they completely failed to keep that secret too. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:OutHead-Notonlyones.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Raf finally got to see snow!]]
After Optimus was struck down with a [[Cybonic plague]] and Arcee and Bumblebee infiltrated the Decepticon ship, the three kids watched Ratchet monitor the pair's progress. Raf was particularly concerned when Arcee patched Bumblebee into the comatose Megatron's mind in an attempt to find a cure for the plague. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Raf was a spectator for the subsequent basketball game between Bulkhead and Bumblebee, but was surprised at some of Bumblebee's behavior during the game. When Bumblebee failed to pick Raf up for school, Raf rang Jack. Back at base, it turned out that Bumblebee was having visions of Megatron, and Ratchet had to induce a power-down mode. Raf stayed to keep his friend company, chatting about how he was saving up for a new laptop and showing off a picture of his family to Ratchet. Raf followed Bumblebee to the control room after the Autobot spontaneously reactivated and disappeared into the GroundBridge. It transpired that Bumblebee had been possessed by Megatron, though Megatron's control was not great enough that Bumblebee couldn't prevent him from injuring Raf. Raf insisted on accompanying Ratchet, and they followed Bumblebee through the GroundBridge to the Decepticon ship, where they found Bumblebee in the process of transferring Megatron's mind back to his comatose body. Though the pair tried their best, and Raf even managed to get Bumblebee to break free from Megatron's control, ultimately, Megatron returned to his body, and the trio were forced to retreat. Back at base, Bumblebee thanked Raf for helping him. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-shadow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left]]
When Miko seemed totally disinterested in a mission the Autobots were going on, Jack and Raf suspected she was up to something, and sure enough, she made a break for the GroundBridge. Jack and Raf were forced to follow her through and ended up on the battlefield. Once the Autobots spotted the trio, Ratchet ordered them to return through the bridge, however interference from a Decepticon GroundBridge caused a disruption. When they came to, the children found that the Autobots couldn't see or hear them, and Raf theorized that the three kids were sent to an alternate dimension he dubbed the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]] (Miko's response was basically NERD!). Unable to be seen or heard by the Autobots, they were pursued by [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] who had been resurrected as a zombie by Starscream. Raf tripped while fleeing and almost lost his glasses, without which he was blind as a bat, but Miko retrieved them for him. The kids were eventually able to take advantage of the fact that Miko had dropped her phone at the base, and sent a text message to it. They also attempted to use Starscream's severed arm to fend off Skyquake, but only succeeded in dislodging the zombie's arm, which began chasing them. They escaped back to the real world through a portal created by Ratchet. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

Raf was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} He and Miko had a wild ride to the base in Bulkhead, but after they realized that Jack's mom was there, Raf assured her that he and Miko had been wearing their seat belts. He hung out at base while Bulkhead and Arcee went on a mission to retrieve a [[polarity gauntlet]], and later admired Bulkhead's new battle scars. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Ratchet tested out some new synthetic energon while Raf watched. It was such a success that Raf was ready to try it on Bumblebee, but Ratchet warned that it needed further testing before they could try it on an Autobot. A short time after the other Autobots went out on a mission, Raf found Ratchet unconscious on the floor, having tried the synthetic energon on himself, and managed to wake the Autobot. When Arcee got into trouble, Ratchet left Raf in charge of the GroundBridge and went out to help. The Autobots soon returned to base, and Ratchet fondly picked up Raf for a moment. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

In their spare time, the kids would track down pictures of the Autobots on conspiracy web sites, so Raf could hack in and replace them with pictures of lolcats. Raf rode in Bumblebee to play with his remote-controlled car, but first Bumblebee was called to a battle, and then they were attacked by Megatron. A burst of energon from Megatron's cannon struck Bumblebee, infecting Raf with Dark Energon and leaving him in a dire state. The Autobots took him back to base, where Ratchet and June Darby fought to save his life. After Ratchet discovered the nature of the energon infecting Raf, he gave the boy an infusion of real energon, and Raf finally began to recover. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

Raf was looking somewhat more perkier by the time they rescued Optimus from Megatron, however June still felt it necessary to take Raf to a real hospital, and she didn't intend on letting Raf return to the Autobots afterwards. Raf sadly watched Bumblebee from June's car as they left. The car didn't get very far before they were almost struck by lightning, and then the car was sucked towards a nearby tornado. Bumblebee came to the pair's rescue, pulling them out of the car before it was pulled into the tornado, and returning them to base where the Autobots worked out that [[Unicron]] was behind all the strange natural disasters now plaguing Earth. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. When Miko and Jack wondered about extracting Unicron's from the [[Earth's core]], Raf pointed out that Unicron ''was'' the Earth's core. The humans concealed themselves as Megatron arrived, but Raf was unable to stop himself running out to confront the Decepticon leader, and had to be restrained by the others. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

Ratchet told the kids about Optimus back when he was Orion Pax, and how he got the Matrix. Miko and Raf were both concerned when they lost the Autobots' signals. The kids all took shelter underneath Ratchet when the ground started shaking, but were overjoyed when it turned out Prime's team had succeeded. They welcomed the Autobots back, but were shocked by the loss of Optimus, who had become amnesiac. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

When it was determined that they would need to somehow get to Cybertron, Miko suggested using the GroundBridge, but Raf pointed out that it could barely reach orbit, so unless Ratchet somehow souped it up, it wouldn't work. He later saw Ratchet working on it, though Ratchet claimed to merely be tinkering. Raf was also at base after the Autobots failed to stop the Decepticons from stealing a power supply for a space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Raf assisted Ratchet in testing the modified GroundBridge, and when the test failed, he tried to cheer up the despondent Autobot with an inspiring tale of overcoming adversity. As Jack prepared to leave for Cybertron, Raf asked him to pick up a souvenir. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Raf and the others monitored Jack's progress from base, until he returned with the Autobots and a restored Optimus Prime. During the reunion, Raf gave Bumblebee a hug. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Raf was impressed by Bumblebee's recounted adventures. After his Autobot partner lost his [[transformation cog|T-cog]], Raf tried to cheer him up, but as all the entertainment he had revolved around cars, it made things worse. Ratchet later had to pick Raf up from school, and Raf asked the medic about how Bumblebee lost his voice. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Raf stayed by Bumblebee's bedside until he recovered from a fall. He and the other kids hung around for an attempted transplant, and subsequently covered for Bumblebee when he went to get his cog back. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

The kids were racing toy cars when Fowler reported being attacked by Optimus. They stuck around as Optimus returned and it turned out he was being impersonated by a [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|MECH creation]]. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} After the ''Nemesis'' became sentient, the kids GroundBridged aboard with Fowler to try and download the Iacon database. When they learned the ship was heading for [[New York City]] and Fowler was rendered unconscious, they headed for the power core. Miko and Raf ended up playing hide and seek with one of the ship's manipulator arms while Jack worked on reversing the energon flow. After succeeding, they high-tailed it back to the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Raf was present as the Autobots started out on their missions to find the four relics. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} He operated the GroundBridge so the Autobots could head out. {{storylink|Triangulation}} While he was waiting at base, Ratchet contacted him to prepare a virus to be implanted in Laserbeak. Raf quickly created one and uploaded it to Ratchet, and as a result, once Soundwave returned to the ''Nemesis'', the Iacon database was transmitted back to the mainframe in the Autobot base. Raf gave Ratchet the good news once the Autobot reached the base, but their mood was spoiled when Bulkhead was flung back through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} He watched as Ratchet tried to revive the Wrecker. {{storylink|Hurt}}

While surfing the Internet replacing pictures of Bumblebee with a tap-dancing monkey, Raf found an image of a crashing Cybertronian escape pod. While the Autobots brought back [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] from that mission, Raf later found a picture of [[Red Energon]], sending them off yet again. {{storylink|New Recruit}} His falling grades resulted in [[Raf's mom|his mom]] grounding him, and he rang Jack to let the Autobots know. When they inevitably required his help, the Autobots GroundBridged Fowler, Jack and Miko into his bedroom to get him to hack into a [[Project Damocles]] satellite. Though the Decepticons attempted to target his house with the satellite, he succeeded in using its thrusters to bring it out of orbit before having to convince his mom that he and his friends were a study group. {{storylink|The Human Factor}} As the Decepticons had discovered the location of his house, Raf's family was forced to move. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

Soon after the three kids learned that the Autobots were preparing to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], they were kidnapped from outside their school by the Decepticons, and taken to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Bumblebee exchanged an [[Omega Key]] for Raf, and they later returned to Earth after the destruction of the [[Omega Lock]]. With the Autobot base under threat from the Decepticons, Bumblebee and Raf left through the GroundBridge together for elsewhere in the United States. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

While on the run, Raf and Bumblebee have the Autobot's paint job redone to fool the searching Decepticons. They headed for Jasper to meet up with the others. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Raf's websurfing hit paydirt when he found a photo of Ratchet, leading the pair to the medic hiding in a junkyard. They tried to convince him to help them get the ''[[Harbinger]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> systems working, but in the end left him there. They tried working on the derelict themselves only for Ratchet to arrive, having had a change of heart. {{storylink|Scattered}} They were eventually joined by most of the rest of the team, who had been rounded up by the newly arrived [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Raf stayed behind at the ''Harbinger'' while the Autobots executed their attack on the Decepticons' fortress. He cheered upon learning that Optimus Prime returned at the battle's zenith. After the destruction Darkmount, Raf was thanked on behalf of the United States government for his involvement in saving the world by agent Fowler. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

The kids were surprised to learn that the creatures of myth were actually [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s sent to Earth by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Raf seemed amused by the fact that Fowler was blatantly trying to pick up Jack's mom, and while the pair were away trying to obtain a Predacon bone, Raf mostly played video games and slyly hinted to Jack that June Darby and Fowler were maybe having dinner together or enjoying a movie. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

While Raf, Miko and Jack watched Ratchet repair Ultra Magnus's hand, the topic of Bumblebee's voice box came up. Raf explained to Miko that Bumblebee still missed the sound of his own, original voice, and longed for it to be restored. Later, all three children watched the Autobots interrogate Soundwave from a distance, and were deafened by the captured Decepticon's sonic assault. Thankfully, they were out of harm's way by the time Laserbeak broke in to free its master. {{storylink|Minus One}}

Following Ratchet's capture by the Decepticons, Raf and Wheeljack used a piece of Laserbeak to construct a [[Chip|flying drone]] in the hope it would lead them to the Decepticon warship. {{storylink|Persuasion}} Though the plan to find the warship didn't pan out due to the probe's destruction, Ratchet was able to contact them and provide them with coordinates. Raf operated the GroundBridge, allowing the Autobots to head through to storm the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} After Jack came up with a plan to help the Autobots, Raf gamely bridge him and Miko aboard the ''Nemesis'' before engineering a GroundBridge interaction that trapped Soundwave in the shadowzone. Following the capture of the ship, Raf was surprised to hear Bumblebee's restored voice. He, Miko and Jack accompanied the Autobots to Cybertron where they used the Omega Lock to restore the planet. Back on Earth, the kids received the news that they were going to be part of Unit:E, and Raf bid farewell to Bumblebee before the Autobots departed for their home world. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' Comics===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|On Thin Ice}} {{storylink|King of the Road}} {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}} {{storylink|Horrible TV}} {{storylink|Cell}}}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.1 Raf checks out Safe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|OMG, SQUEE! Are there death rays?!]]
Raf was particularly impressed with the [[Safe]], a training room Ratchet set up in a lower-level of the base. When the Autobots accidentally uncovered a live [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]] in the process of testing the room, Raf was left with Ratchet to work out how to defuse it and as Raf was the expert on Earth technology, Ratchet deferred the problem to him. After a moment's panic, Raf correctly identified the type of timer mechanism and reprogrammed it to count upwards, giving them vastly more time to do something about the bomb itself. After Fowler and a team of scientists arrived to deal with the missile, Ratchet suggested that Raf and Bulkhead design a new Safe, and Raf's first idea was a popup Megatron target range. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

When the Autobots took the kids to [[Valley of Fire State Park]], Raf read up on the area from the park guidebook and impressed the others with his knowledge, though he thought it made him sound geeky. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}} While the Autobots decorated their base for [[Christmas]], Raf and Bumblebee played video games together. Optimus had to take Bumblebee and Ratchet with him, leaving Arcee and Bulkhead at base with the kids, and Raf suggested they try to find something they had in common. When this didn't go well, Jack asked what plan B was, and Raf suggested [[Jenga]]. Eventually the two Autobots settled on ice skating, and they turned the base into an ice rink. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

[[File:Titan4.4 Raf opens GroundBridge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Also, braaaaaaaains.]]
Raf got hold of the latest video game ''[[Invasionauts II]]''. He played it for three hours with Bulkhead before the Decepticon coding implanted in it hypnotised him and got him to open the [[GroundBridge]] to a location near the [[Grand Canyon]] so that hordes of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] could flood through. Once Jack and Miko managed to snap him out of his trance, he turned the GroundBridge into a loopback, sucking the Decepticons back through, and resolved to avoid playing video games for a while. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

Upon hearing that several schools in Jasper County had been destroyed, Raf was left unimpressed by one of Miko's jokes; she though it was too bad that their school wasn't among those which had mysteriously blown up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}}

After Bulkhead went missing, Raf, Jack and Miko accompanied the Autobots on a trip to the Decepticon warship to find their friend. Raf was able to override the [[Ultra Prison]] that Bulkhead was being held in. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

After Bumblebee was injured during a battle in [[The Wave]], Raf accompanied him back to base. Raf figured that cartoons would be best, and the pair fell asleep while watching ''[[Mummies Have Feelings II]]''. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s remote-controlled hand climbed out of Bumblebee's chest and, despite Raf's initial assumption that he was hallucinating, proved real enough to try to kill the scout. Raf taped a firework from [[Miko's Party Kit]] to the disembodied hand and launched it into the sky, leaving his next task to explain to the newly arrived Miko why he was setting off her fireworks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

Following a mission where the Autobots rescued some hostages from the Decepticons, who had taken over the studio for the game show ''[[Down and Out]]'', Raf, Jack and Miko enjoyed watching footage of Optimus and Bulkhead's bumbling attempts to stop [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.16|Fury from the Deep}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider Scope}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}}}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Raf was weirded out by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an {{w|Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker}} singing Christmas carols. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}
*Raf declared that {{w|Time Warner Cable}}'s ability to transmit ''Transformers: Prime'' on [[Raf's media device|home computer, tablet, and smartphone platforms]] was superior to Megatron. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Time Warner|Time Warner Cable: Competition}}
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== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
[[File:TfprimegameRaf.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
{{voiceactor|[[Andy Pessoa]] (English)|[[Pascale Chemin]] (French), [[Diana Torres]] (Castilian Spanish)}}
Raf and his friends Jack and Miko decide to go help their separated partners after they fell from space during a battle on a Dark Energon asteroid. Raf groundbridges to Bumblebee, who has been imprisoned by Decepticons in an energon mine.

Raf hacks Bumblebee's restraints and frees him. Together, they make it to the surface level of the energon mine. However, Knockout ambushes Bumblebee and Raf is captured by Decepticons during Bee's fight.

Raf and Miko, who was captured aswell, are imprisoned on the ''Nemesis'' and used as bargaining chips so that Ratchet can be coerced into rebuilding [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]]. Ratchet manages to escape and picks up Raf and Miko. During the escape, they encounter Soundwave. Raf assists by hacking the shields protecting the generators that power Soundwave's forcefield, allowing Ratchet to chase off Soundwave. Raf and Ratchet turn off the communication jammer and are then able to contact Bulkhead.

Back at the Autobot base, Raf plots Thunderwing's predicted route so that the Autobots can intercept him. After the final fight, Raf was with his friends and the Autobots as they watched the sunset to celebrate. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Jack, Raf, Miko, 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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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
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[[File:Primetoy-JackRafNYCC.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Raf had to hunt far and wide for a New York-themed sweater vest.]]
*'''Bumblebee and Arcee, Includes Raf Esquivel and Jack Darby''' (NYCC 2011 exclusive)
**''Accessories:'' Stand

:The [[Jack Darby]] and Raf Esquivel figurines were [[redeco]]ed in New York-themed shirts and came with redecoed figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]. They were sold exclusively at [[New York Comic Con|New York Comic Con 2011]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/NYCCRafEsquivel/rafesquivel.htm More information on NYCC Raf at TFU.info]''
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{{anchor|EntertainmentPack}}
[[File:Primetoy-JackMikoRaf.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Where's my mouth?]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: A Rivalry Reborn''' (Entertainment Pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Stand

:A PVC figurine of Raf comes with figurines of [[Jack Darby]] and [[Miko Nakadai]], as well as Deluxe-Class toys of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. As with the other two figures, Raf's head can turn and he can be removed from his stand.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/RafEsquivel/rafesquivel.htm More information on Raf at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Raf told [[Raf's mom|his mother]] that he joined the Computer Club to explain where he goes after school all the time.<ref name="notes1">[[Raf's Notes]] #1</ref>
*Even Raf doesn't know why he understands Bumblebee. He just makes perfect sense.<ref name="notes1" /> The series never explained it in its three-year run.
*He probably was named after [[Rafael Ruthchild]], one of the show's producers.
*Although Bumblebee would later [[Pilot (Part 1)|return to Earth]] and spend several months there, hunting escaped Decepticon prisoners [[Freedom Fighters|before being appointed as an ambassador to the planet]], he appears to have made no effort to contact Raf in any way, despite the bond they once shared. Talk about gratitude...
*That backpack is actually part of his CG model and meant he could ''never take it off'', because that would mean making a new model specifically designed for sequences in which it's removed, akin to the transformation sequence models for the robot characters.<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2016/06/episode-177-mairghread-scott-talks-till-all-are-one/ Episode 177 – Mairghread Scott Talks Till All Are One], 57:20 to 57:45</ref>
*Optimus STILL owes him a snowball.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rafael Esquivel''' (ラファイエル・エスキベル ''Rafaieru Esukiberu'')

==References==
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:''Miko Nakadai is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:MikoNakadai stockimage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Reckless girl who gets the two guys into troub... oh crud, it's the anti-[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]!]]
'''Miko Nakadai''' (仲代ミコ ''Nakadai Miko'') is a 15-year old girl from [[Japan]] with a strong love of [[United States of America|American]] pop culture... as long as it's ''loud'' pop culture! Speed metal and wild punk outfits are her thing, and she's always searching for thrills, causing trouble for her mates [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]]. She's started to hang out with the Autobot [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] too, helping him get over his fear of hurting his tiny partner and encouraging him to get in trouble with her. However, when the chips are down, she'll look out for her pals and Bulky has her back.

The reckless Miko we know is actually a cover for a vulnerable girl with a slight inferiority complex. She wants to prove herself by leaping into danger head-on, is what it really boils down to. Bulkhead may have been assigned to be her guardian, but Miko has taken to the role for him as much as he has for her. What she lacks in size and power, she makes up for in fierce loyalty and protectiveness for her friends and Bulkhead. She's even got the gall to threaten and take on some of [[Soundwave (WFC)|the]] [[Megatron (WFC)|baddest]] [[Hardshell|of]] [[Starscream (WFC)|the]] Decepticons. Even [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] has been impressed by the guts this girl has. Now if she could just work on when to actually let loose all that energy...

{{quote|"Miko, let's think this through!" "Why?"|Jack forgets to whom he is talking|"[[Tunnel Vision]]"|noquote=true|}}

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Tania Gunadi]] (English), [[Nozomi Furuki]] (Japanese)|[[Li Ye]] (Chinese), [[Pilar Puebla]] (Spain-Spanish), [[So-yeong Lee]] (Korean), [[Gea Riva]] (Italian), [[Lydia Morgenstern]] (German), [[Karla Falcon]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Andressa Andreatto]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Amy Burgess]] (Finnish), [[Delphine Chauvier]] (French)}}

When living in [[Tokyo]], Miko had two loving parents and two purebreed cats, [[Chi Chi]] and [[Ding Dong (Prime)|Ding Dong]]. She went to the best school and took piano lessons from the age of three, but she found it all so boring that she jumped at the chance to transfer to [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]]. Once there, she quickly realized the brochure had lied about it being "the entertainment capital of the world", and soon piano lessons seemed pretty good in comparison. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising1-Mikoface.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"My country produced ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|what]]''?"]]

Miko was sitting outside her [[Memorial High School|high school]] sketching [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], who was parked in motorcycle mode. She received a phone call from her [[Miko's host parents|host parents]], but decided to ignore it. When Jack rode off on Arcee, she decided to follow the motorcycle because it was the coolest ever. She caught up to Jack in an alley in time to overhear Arcee, who had transformed to [[robot mode]], asking Jack to go back with her to Autobot headquarters for his own safety. When Jack hesitated, Miko encouraged him to go.

Since Miko now also knew about the Autobots, Arcee took both of the humans back to headquarters. When [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] was surprised to see three humans, Arcee wryly explained that the youngsters had [[reproduction|multiplied]]. Miko introduced herself to [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and promptly asked a barrage of questions, leaving the Autobot at a loss for words. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] arrived and explained about "[[Autobot|autonomous robotic organisms]]" and the Transformers' [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|civil war]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

Ratchet picked up [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s signal, but believed it was a computer system error, since Cliffjumper had previously gone [[death|offline]]. Prime went to investigate anyway. Miko offered to help, but Prime told the humans to remain with Ratchet, to both Miko and Ratchet's dismay. When the humans had to return home, Prime assigned Bulkhead to watch over Miko. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:darknessrising3 mikorocks.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|LONDON CALLING WITH [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Prime cartoon|THE ZOMBIES OF DEATH!!]]]]

Bulkhead didn't need much encouragement to take Miko on an offroad jaunt on their way back to base. When they eventually reached their destination, they were deserted by pretty much all of the other Autobots, leaving them at the base with Jack and Raf. Miko decided to make the best of things by organizing those remaining into a band, and she kicked off with a solo on her electric guitar. Fortunately for the others, [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] picked this moment to make a return visit to complain about the energon mine explosion. The kids hid behind Bulkhead, but Miko's guitar gave them away. It was only Bulkhead's intervention that stopped Fowler from taking them into custody then and there. After the agent left, the base equipment picked up a distress call from his helicopter, suggesting he'd been captured by the Decepticons. When Bulkhead used the ground bridge to mount a rescue mission, Miko tagged along, unseen until it was too late. Bulkhead noticed her when she spoke up, but so did one of the Decepticon sentries, leading Miko to witness Bulkhead disemboweling the 'con. (He'd warned her not to look, but she thought it was awesome anyway.) They were joined a short time later by Jack and Raf, who accidentally attracted the attention of more sentries on the Decepticon ship. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-Mikophone.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|See? Proof that teenagers need cell phones.]]
Miko rode in Bulkhead's back seat as he swooped in and picked up the two other kids...and then stayed in there as he drove under the ship, transformed, scaled a nearby cliff, and fought some Decepticons. After spewing on his floor mats, she knocked, and he let her out. She then discovered that the middle of a fight between Bulkhead and some Decepticons was no place for a young human to be. Once they moved into the ship, he was forced to slide her along the floor to keep her safe. They quickly ran into Arcee and Bumblebee with the two boys and, after some more fighting, the Autobots cleared a room for the kids to hide in. Miko and Jack began arguing, which upset Raf, and the pair had to console him. They then noticed a computer screen displaying important info, but before they could make a copy, a Decepticon appeared. Jack yelled to Miko to get a photo with [[Miko's phone|her cell phone]], but only after she snapped a picture of the 'con did he clarify that he meant the readout. They were subsequently rescued once again by the Autobots, and Miko observed on the way back to base that they'd succeeded in rescuing Fowler.

Miko was exuberant over their experiences as she handed over the picture, but Jack was furious that they'd all almost gotten killed. After he opted to return to his normal life, Miko paid him a visit and unsuccessfully attempted to convince him that the exciting life they had with the Autobots was much better. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-BulkheadMiko.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"It's okay, big guy. ''Lots'' of off-road vehicles have tires five feet tall."]]

When they discovered that the Decepticons were using the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope in [[Texas]] for their [[space bridge]], Miko accompanied Jack and Raf there to do some on-site hacking. It wasn't long before [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] spotted them and sent a tentacle to attack them, knocking Miko and Jack aside. Miko tried to strike at the appendage with an axe, only to miss and have the tentacle snatch up the weapon. They chased it into the next room, where Soundwave had severed the computer system's hard line. Miko took a picture of the Decepticon as he flew away, and he responded by snapping a picture of the three of them. Defeated, the kids returned to base, where they monitored the Autobots' progress in destroying the space bridge. After the Autobots returned, Miko wondered if Optimus would now ask them to go home and forget everything that happened. (The answer, apparently, was no.) {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Tasked with creating a science project for school, Miko decided on a model of the solar system. Bulkhead helped her by holding it up so she could paint it, but Ratchet somehow took over all of the kids' projects, leading her to observe he was a bit of a control freak. He produced a scale model of Cybertron for her which was not well received at school, and Miko presumably did not achieve a high grade on it. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:Scrapheap-Mikoaghast.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|"I know, right?"]]

The kids arrived at base one Saturday just as Optimus and Arcee were heading out on a mission. She challenged Jack to a video game, but soon found herself on the losing end, at least until a random power fluctuation stopped the game. The reason for the malfunctions was revealed when Raf returned to the control room with a small metal critter the Autobots called a [[Scraplet]]. The day proceeded to be a series of surprises for Miko. First, Raf killed the Scraplet he'd found with a crowbar after it attacked Bumblebee, and second, when she was Scraplet-hunting with Bulkhead, she discovered that the large Autobot screamed like a little girl. After they returned to the control room, she helped Jack and Raf fight the Scraplets off their Autobot friends. A plan was formulated to rid the base of Scraplets using the ground bridge, which meant the three kids had to repair an [[energon]] fuel line rupture. After the successful expulsion of the invaders, they helped repair Bulkhead and Bumblebee, but Miko was scared off by an itsy bitsy spider. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

Miko was excited by the news that a new Autobot, [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], was coming to Earth, but figured if he was going to stick around, he'd have to find his own human. She hit it off with Wheeljack right away, and when the Autobots decided to celebrate, brought out her electric guitar. The kids listened to Bulkhead's tales of the old days on Cybertron, and then Wheeljack asked Miko to show him around the base. She answered all of his questions about where the base was and the contents of the armory, but after they returned to the control room, Bulkhead unmasked Wheeljack as a [[Makeshift (Prime)|Decepticon impostor]]. The impostor took Miko hostage, threatening to squish her. After the ground bridge was activated, the real Wheeljack came through and hit the impostor, knocking Miko out of his grip and into Bulkhead's waiting hand. Once the impostor was disposed of, they again partied and Miko played her guitar some more. The three kids turned out to see Wheeljack off as he left for space, and Miko snapped off a picture of him and Bulkhead on her cell phone. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:JackFireExtinguisherMikoAxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"We're the stars, you're generic goons. ''Just walk away.''"]]

When the Autobots helped Fowler move a hi-tech device, the kids observed their progress from base with Ratchet. The [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] was in danger of being captured by [[MECH]], and Miko had the bright idea that Ratchet could ground bridge them onto the speeding train that was transporting the object. With some help from Raf, Ratchet got Jack and Miko on the train, and Miko grabbed a fire ax to try and defend the device with. The MECH goons ended up retreating after seeing Optimus. [[Silas]] blew up the track ahead of the train, and for a few moments, Jack and Miko thought they were doomed—Miko even asked Raf to make sure Bulkhead got her beloved electric guitar—but Optimus managed to stop the train in time. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Miko skipped out of detention one day when Bulkhead arrived outside the school, earning herself a lecture. Bulkhead took her on a mission to [[Greece]], with the theory that she could use the time to work on her history report, but instead they found an ancient fresco showing an [[Energon Harvester]]. [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] arrived and used Bulkhead to break the fresco, but luckily, Miko had already snapped a picture of it with her phone. When Raf located the actual Harvester in a museum, Miko volunteered the services of the three kids to go in and retrieve it. After some deft work disabling a security camera with her phone, she, Jack and Raf were able to swipe the Harvester, but while making their escape, Miko was caught by a [[museum security guard|security guard]]. While they waited for the police, Miko bored him with every bit of knowledge she could remember about Greek history. Eventually, Fowler arrived to bail her out, and she happily told Bulkhead that she was going to write her history project on how the Autobots interacted with ancient races. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

At school, Miko and Raf heard all about Jack's race with [[Vince]], the local bully, and they congratulated him when he reached the Autobot base. He swore them both to secrecy. After Vince challenged Jack to another race but Arcee refused to take part, Miko helped Jack convince Raf to let him take Bumblebee instead. Miko and Raf subsequently failed to cover for Jack and Bumblebee's absence, first with Arcee, and then with Optimus. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

After Optimus was struck down with a [[Cybonic plague]] and Arcee and Bumblebee infiltrated the Decepticon ship, the three kids watched Ratchet monitor the pair's progress as Arcee patched Bumblebee into the comatose Megatron's mind to find the cure. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Miko later acted as referee for a [[basketball]] game between Bulkhead and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-shadow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|[[Dull surprise]]?]]

When the Autobots detected a Dark Energon signal, Miko cheered Bulkhead on, but her seeming not to want to go alone made Jack and Raf suspicious. Sure enough, she made a break for the GroundBridge, and though Jack tried to stop her, she and the two boys ended up on the battlefield. The Autobots finally noticed them when she realized that she'd lost her cellphone and yelled at Jack. The kids were promptly sent back through the bridge, but interference from a Decepticon GroundBridge caused a disruption which deposited the trio in a [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]] dimension. Unable to be seen or heard by the Autobots, they were pursued by [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] who had been resurrected as a [[zombie]] by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. After Raf dropped his glasses, Miko risked her life to retrieve them. The kids managed to send a text to Miko's phone back at base to alert the Autobots, and attempted to use Starscream's severed arm against the rampaging Skyquake but only succeeded in dislodging his arm, which promptly began chasing them as well. The three kids returned to reality through a special GroundBridge portal engineered by Ratchet and, much to Jack's surprise, Miko took responsibility for the entire mess. Optimus said she'd suffered enough though. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

After Bulkhead was knocked out during a fight with Breakdown, Miko eventually managed to reach him on the comms, and he requested a GroundBridge back to base. She was disappointed to learn that Bulkhead hadn't manage to trash his foe, who had instead been snatched by MECH. She was even more dismayed when Bulkhead refused to go on the mission to rescue his arch-enemy, insisting that he should be the one to do it so that he could have a rematch. Even ''[[Dinolizard vs. Five-Headed Ape]]'' wasn't enough to distract her, and she eventually talked Bulkhead into going to [[Russia]] on his own to try to rescue Breakdown. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Miko was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Unfortunately Jack's killjoy mom started making a habit of hanging out at the base, so things weren't as fun as they had been before. When Miko wanted to go on a mission with Bulkhead, he felt obliged to tell her to stay put because it wouldn't be safe. Miko managed to sneak along anyway, and persuaded Arcee not to make her go back to base. Though Arcee made them turn the rock music off, Miko got to hang out with Bulkhead, at least until they found Breakdown and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. From the cover of rocks, Miko attempted to snap a picture of the fight, only to have her phone snatched from her hand. The Decepticons' [[polarity gauntlet]] stuck Arcee and Bulkhead together, and as the further pursuit would be dangerous, Arcee insisted on Miko returning to base, causing the girl to complain loudly that Arcee was as bad as Jack's mom. After the mission, Miko took a picture of Bulkhead's new battle scars. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

[[File:RockBottom-Mikocries.jpg‎|upright=1.4|thumb|"The fandom ''hates'' me?"]]
Miko was looking forward to a [[Slash Monkey]] concert when she was roped into going to an [[Stripped energon mine|old energon mine]] with Jack, Bulkhead and Arcee. After complaining a lot, she slipped inside to test the mine's acoustics, only for a cave-in to occur, trapping her and Bulkhead. While Bulkhead supported the roof so it didn't crush them both, Miko attempted to clear some of the rocks but eventually became exhausted. They were eventually found, but not by Arcee as they'd hoped, but by Starscream. After the Decepticon chased her around a bit, Jack arrived on a mining drill. Tearfully, she left Bulkhead behind and the two kids made a break for the surface. After Arcee rescued Bulkhead, they joined the two kids and escaped from the mine. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

Bulkhead and Miko sneaked into a monster truck rally and Miko recorded parts of it on her phone. A week later, they were reviewing the footage when Bulkhead was called into the field to help retrieve [[Cybertronian data cylinder]]. Unimpressed at being told to clean the place by Ratchet, Miko followed Bulkhead and attempted to move the cylinder, but only succeeded in making it eject its contents into Bulkhead's cranium. Though Bulkhead seemed fine at first, he started painting formula at a mad rate, and when Miko realized he was beginning to forget things, she had it confirmed by Ratchet that the data from the cylinder was slowly destroying Bulkhead's mind. In an attempt to try and jog Bulkhead's memory, she took him to the monster truck track, only to be found by [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown. Miko attempted to conceal Bulkhead and contact the other Autobots, but when the searching Decepticons found Bulkhead, she tried to stop them removing his head. She again triggered the cylinder energy, which left Bulkhead and fired off into space. She believed that the energy had taken Bulkhead's mind with it, and was near inconsolable until something Ratchet said prompted her to get out her guitar, and the sound from it caused the comatose Bulkhead to wake up. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

Miko lent her voice to "Mars Cat", which Raf used to cover up evidence of the Autobots which had found its way on to conspiracy websites. After Raf was gravely injured in an attack, Miko watched Ratchet and Mrs. Darby work to save his life, and gave him a hug when they succeeded. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

When June attempted to take the children with her when she left the base, Miko refused to go, asserting that neither June nor Bulkhead were her mother. As the Autobots discussed the ramifications of [[Unicron]] being at the center of the Earth, Miko wondered if Unicron would stretch and make the Earth explode. Optimus wasn't sure. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. Miko was alarmed at the thought that Unicron would remain in the [[Earth's core]] after his defeat, but Raf and Ratchet explained that Unicron ''was'' the Earth's core and removing him would not be possible. To Miko's annoyance, the humans were instructed to hide when Megatron arrived. After Raf ran out to confront the Decepticon leader, Miko got her chance to holler that she would make sure Megatron would regret double-crossing any of her friends, and had to be dragged away by Fowler. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

Ratchet told the kids about Optimus back when he was Orion Pax, and how he got the Matrix. Miko and Raf were both concerned when they lost the Autobots' signals. The kids all took shelter underneath Ratchet when the ground started shaking, but were overjoyed when it turned out Prime's team had succeeded. They welcomed the Autobots back, but were shocked by the loss of Optimus, who had become amnesiac. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

When it was determined they would need to reach Cybertron to deal with the problem, Miko suggested using the GroundBridge, adding that Ratchet could turbo-charge it when Raf pointed out that it could barely reach orbit. She was present at base when the Autobots failed to stop the Decepticons from stealing a power source for a new space bridge, and thought Jack's plan to commandeer the Decepticon bridge was a good idea. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Miko turned out to see Jack off as he left for Cybertron, though she seemed more concerned with how Jack was going to use the toilet in the spacesuit Fowler had supplied. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Miko and the others monitored Jack's mission on Cybertron until he returned with the Autobots and a restored Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[File:UrbanaOffendsBumblebee01.jpg|thumb|left|275px|They can see you through your monitor. Bet you wish you weren't naked, now.]]

After Bumblebee's [[transformation cog|T-cog]] was taken, Miko suggested that Ratchet make another one, only to be told it wasn't possible. She and Raf tried to cheer Bumblebee up, but all of their entertainment seemed to revolve around cars, which just made things worse. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} She and the other kids hung around for an attempted transplant, and subsequently covered for Bumblebee when he went to get his cog back. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} The kids were racing toy cars when Fowler reported being attacked by Optimus. They stuck around as Optimus returned and it turned out he was being impersonated by a MECH creation which Miko dubbed "[[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]]". {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}

After the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' became sentient, the kids GroundBridged aboard with Fowler to try and download the Iacon database. When they learned the ship was heading for [[New York City]] and Fowler was rendered unconscious, they headed for the power core. Miko and Raf ended up playing hide and seek with one of the ship's manipulator arms while Jack worked on reversing the energon flow. After succeeding, they high-tailed it back to the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Flying Mind}} Jack and Miko volunteered to go to [[New York City|Manhattan]] with Arcee and Bumblebee in search of one of the relics. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} The two kids encountered [[Vogel]], a sweeper train driver whom they took into their confidence. With his help, they used the sweeper train to hit Knock Out, but this resulted in the train barreling out of control. With a little assistance from Arcee, they stopped the train by running it into Knock Out, and subsequently got Fowler to draft Vogel to ensure his silence. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}}

[[File:Hurt-Mikosleeps.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Are we there yet?]]
Miko's triumph at their victory was ended when they returned to base to find that Bulkhead was near death after encountering [[Hardshell]]. Upset and seeking revenge, she stowed away on the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'' and persuaded Wheeljack to let her join him on his revenge. The pair attacked an energon mine with Miko acting recon, but once they drew Hardshell out, Wheeljack left her on board the ship. As the Autobot's fight against Hardshell ended in a loss, Miko used the ship's missiles to blast Hardshell, killing the Insecticon. The revenge didn't make Miko feel any better however, and she returned to base to be with the now-stabilized Bulkhead. {{storylink|Hurt}}

As Bulkhead worked to recover, Miko attempted to loudly encourage him to work harder at it. She was upset by his slow progress, but Arcee told her the story an adventure with [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], during which Arcee and Cliffjumper encountered [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] and ended up on Earth. {{storylink|Out of the Past}} She continued to try to help Bulkhead, and when new Autobot [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived, tried to reassure him that he wasn't being replaced, despite herself being excited to see a new Autobot. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

Bulkhead remained discouraged, despite Miko's ongoing support. She, Jack and Fowler were sent via GroundBridge to Raf's house when the Decepticons got control of a [[Project Damocles]] satellite, and assisted him in destroying the satellite. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

When the kids learned that the Autobots were going to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Miko immediately made plans to move there with Bulkhead. The Autobots continued to keep the trio out of the loop, and they were kidnapped by Starscream, Soundwave and Knock Out, and taken to Cybertron for use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Bulkhead handed over an [[Omega Key]] in exchange for Miko, and they later returned to Earth after the destruction of the [[Omega Lock]]. With the Autobot base under threat from the Decepticons, Bulkhead and Miko left through the GroundBridge together for elsewhere in the United States. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

Bulkhead and Miko headed for a Wrecker meeting spot, though she had to put up with him complaining about her phone usage. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} After waiting at the meeting spot for a while, they were eventually rewarded by the arrival of Wheeljack, and watched him lay a trap for some pursuing Decepticons. {{storylink|Scattered}} The trio set about blowing up an energon mine, though they were attacked by a [[Predaking (Prime)|giant metal dragon]] before they could detonate it. Miko mostly hid behind rocks during the ensuing battle, and the three Wreckers were soon picked up by the newly-arrived [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]. They were reunited with most of the rest of the team shortly after. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Miko took part in the diversionary tactics used by the Autobots to thin out the Decepticon ranks prior to their attack on Darkmount. She was bridged to the east coast and ordered a pizza to alert Soundwave of her location, then bridged back. She cheered when Optimus returned to the battlefield, then gushed over his new upgrade after the battle had been won. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

[[File:ChainOfCommand Miko clobbering time.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|It's clobberin' time!]]
While the Autobots moved into their new base, Miko was almost hit by a lobbing ball tossed by Wheeljack. The kids were surprised to learn that the creatures of myth were actually [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s sent to Earth by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Miko stowed away in Wheeljack's chest for a trip to [[Scotland]], much to Ultra Magnus's dismay. When the Wrecker team was trapped in a cavern by the Predacon, Miko climbed out to use the radio in [[Iron Will|Magnus's ship]] to contact base, only to encounter Starscream. Though he prevented her from reaching the ship, she managed to get hold of the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], and while she had limited success against the Predacon, she managed to bash around Starscream and two Vehicons until the Decepticons were forced into a retreat. Much to her disappointment, Wheeljack left Team Prime having chafed under Magnus's command. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} Worried about Wheeljack, Miko rang Jack only to find the Wrecker had already gone out on another mission with Arcee. Once Magnus's ship got back to the military base, Miko teased Jack about losing his partner to Wheeljack, but it turned out Arcee had merely talked Wheeljack into not giving up his place on the team. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

While Raf, Miko and Jack watched Ratchet repair Ultra Magnus's hand, the topic of Bumblebee's voice box came up. Raf explained to Miko that Bumblebee still missed the sound of his own, original voice, and longed for it to be restored. Later, all three children watched the Autobots interrogate Soundwave from a distance, and were deafened by the captured Decepticon's sonic assault. Thankfully, they were out of harm's way by the time Laserbeak broke in to free its master. {{storylink|Minus One}}

After Ratchet was captured by the Decepticons, Miko attempted to help Raf and Wheeljack build an aerial drone, but only succeeded in making Raf surly. {{storylink|Persuasion}} Though the plan to find the warship didn't pan out, Ratchet was able to contact them and provide them with coordinates. The kids watched the Autobots head through the GroundBridge to storm the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} As part of a plan concocted by Jack, Miko again donned the Apex Armor and bridged onto the ''Nemesis''. She tossed around the few Vehicons she encountered and acted as bait for Soundwave, until Raf could engineer a GroundBridge interaction that trapped the Decepticon in the shadowzone. Following the capture of the ship, the three kids accompanied the Autobots to Cybertron where they used the Omega Lock to restore the planet. Back on Earth, the kids received the news that they were going to be part of Unit:E, and Miko and Bulkhead had a tearful farewell before the Autobots departed for their home world. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

===Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|On Thin Ice}} {{storylink|King of the Road}} {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}} {{storylink|Horrible TV}} {{storylink|Cell}}}}

===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.2 Miko wants storytime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|"Going ape? Does this look like [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]?"]]
Mika {{sic}} was impressed with the size of the [[Safe]] that Ratchet had built. Following the discovery of a [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear bomb]], when Jack pointed out there were enemy blips on the monitor, Mika suggested it was just a console game. She badgered Raf to hurry up while he was trying to defuse the nuke, much to his annoyance. He finally succeeded, to cheers from Mika and Jack. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

When the Autobots took the kids on a trip to [[Valley of Fire State Park]], Miko Nakaki {{sic}} persuaded Optimus to tell them a story from the war. Optimus told them about one time when Megatron acted in a compassionate manner, and Miko was disappointed that it ended in Optimus letting Megatron go. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

Miko watched while Bulkhead tried to decorate a [[Christmas]] tree, though she didn't defend him when Arcee and Jack started with the mocking. After the kids were left at the base with Arcee and Bulkhead, Raf suggested the two Autobots try to find something they had in common. They didn't get very far until Miko suggested they think of something Winter related. This resulted in them turning the base into an ice rink, though Miko proved a less-than-stellar skater. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

When Raf became hypnotised and let a bunch of Vehicons into the base, Miko looked at the box for the game he'd been playing and noticed the Decepticon insignia on the side. Jack reasoned that the game was controlling their friend, so Miko ripped the game console from the TV and threw it aside, successfully waking up Raf. After Raf used a loopback to violently suck all the Decepticons he'd let in back through the GroundBridge, Miko asked if they could do it again. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

After hearing that a series of attacks had left several schools in Jasper County destroyed, Miko was disappointed that their school wasn't among them. She cheered up when Optimus announced he was taking the three of them out of school out of concern though. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}}

[[File:Titan4.9 Miko is kidnapped.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|To be fair, the last time she touched the light switch it exploded.]]
Miko watched Bulkhead and Arcee head out to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] to find Optimus after contact with the Autobot leader was lost. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} She was still at the base when Bulkhead and Bumblebee brought the [[neuron refractor]] back from China. MECH [[Novo|Agent Novo]] who had been hiding in the machine revealed himself, taking Miko prisoner and forcing the Autobots to bridge him with his captive to China. From there, Miko was taken to MECH HQ and locked in an interrogation cell. Some time later she was broken out by Novo, now in a robot body thanks to MECH's experiment, and returned to the Autobots. Despite her pleading, Novo himself would not return to base with them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

Miko was on-hand to help Jack demonstrate how to bob for apples. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} When Bulkhead went missing, Miko's phone proved instrumental in locating him on the Decepticon warship. Miko, Jack and Raf accompanied the Autobots to the ship, and Miko found a quick way to locate Bulkhead by hollering his name. Once the boys had dealt with the [[Ultra Prison]] trapping her Autobot friend, everyone returned to base where Miko suggested Bulkhead thank her with some monster truck rally. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

The kids were present during a battle in [[The Wave]]. When they later returned to base, Miko found that Raf had set off The Big Banger from her [[Miko's Party Kit|Party Kit]] in her absence, but luckily he had a good reason. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

Following a mission where the Autobots rescued some hostages from the Decepticons, who had taken over the studio for the game show ''[[Down and Out]]'', Miko, Jack and Raf enjoyed watching footage of Optimus and Bulkhead's bumbling attempts to stop [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

Miko accompanied Jack, Raf and Bumblebee to [[Devil's Cove]] on the hunt for a Decepticon [[Piranacon (Prime)|"sea monster"]]. When Piranacon attacked the kids' boat, they found themselves in an underwater cave, with wreckages of numerous boats and the [[Seacon (Prime)|Seacon]] leader [[Snaptrap (Prime)|Snaptrap]]. Eventually, the three found a pile of unexploded [[World War II]]-era mines and used them to blow a hole in the side of the cave, freeing them and having the unexpected side-effect of killing Piranacon. Having been saved by Bumblebee, Miko notes that perhaps they should plan a staycation next time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.16|Fury from the Deep}}
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===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:KreO_Jack_Miko.jpg|thumb|right|100px|I'm still annoying!]]
After the [[Autobot]]s built a jail cell for Mega-Megatron, Miko and Jack thanked [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]]. However, they were treated to a nasty sight as the jail cell collapsed, sending Optimus Prime tumbling to the ground in a crash. {{storylink|Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Miko was one of the many women brought to the [[Legends World]] by [[Tigatron]] using the [[10.2 ultra-drill|ultra-drill]] in an attempt to get women who liked him better than [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. It did not work out, as all of the women brought over eventually swooned over Springer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}}

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

== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
[[File:TfprimegameMiko.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
{{voiceactor|[[Tania Gunadi]] (English)|[[Geneviève Doang]] (French), [[Pilar Puebla]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

When the Autobots go missing after a battle on a falling Dark Energon asteroid, Miko, Jack, and Raf use the GroundBridge to make contact with their scattered partners. Miko finds Bulkhead in an underground temple, but Starscream finds them too. Following a lengthy battle, Bulkhead overpowers Starscream, but Miko is taken hostage by one of the Air Commander's Vehicons. Raf was also captured, and the two kids were used as bargaining chips by Megatron to force the Autobot medic Ratchet into rebuilding Thunderwing.

Although he was forced into doing most of the work, Ratcher eventually escaped and got Miko and Raf to safety as well. Miko's compulsive picture taking proved to be an asset, as she was able to show the Autobots a weak spot on Thunderwing's armor that they then used to bring down the titan. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Jack, Raf, Miko and the Autobots countered it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris. While the dish was under construction, Bulkhead and Miko could help out by beating up Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
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[[File:Primetoy-JackMikoRaf.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Suck it, [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]]!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: A Rivalry Reborn''' (Entertainment Pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Stand

: A PVC figurine of Miko comes with figurines of [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel]], as well as Deluxe-Class toys of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. Like the other two figures, Miko's head can turn and she can be removed from her stand.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/MikoNakadai/mikonakadai.htm More information on Miko at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*During the ''Transformers: Prime'' presentation at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2010, Miko was given the surname '''Tezuka''', likely an early name for the character.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwhJPGFEzy0&t=7m35s "Transformers: Prime" panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2010]</ref> With the surname change, the franchise was sadly robbed of having {{w|Miko|a priestess}} of ''{{w|Osamu Tezuka|Astro Boy}}''. (The name was later used for a new [[Miko Tezuka|Generation 1 character]].)
*According to the producers, Miko is [[Polygon Pictures]]' favourite character, so they add more expressive motions to even her simplest actions in the script.<ref>[http://www.toonzone.net/2011/02/transformers-prime-premiere-report-and-video-clip-plus-season-two-confirmation/ ToonZone season 1 interview]</ref>
*Miko's name has caused some problems with some of Hasbro's licensees. Titan spelled her first name "Mika" in their comic during [[Transformers Comic issue 4.1|her first appearance]], and "Miko Nakaki" in their Team Prime feature the [[Transformers Comic issue 4.2|following issue]]. A newspaper clipping in their episode guide entry for "[[Deus ex Machina]]" meanwhile gave her the last name "Nasaraki", but we're pegging this as intentional. Bantam Children's book ''[[Optimus Under Threat]]'' meanwhile spelled her last name "Makadi".
*The writers considered having Miko return to Tokyo and introducing her parents during ''Beast Hunters'', but time constraints prevented this.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-sdcc-2013-transformers-prime-beast/20764/news.html Tformers.com: SDCC 2013 - ''Transformers Prime Beast Hunters'' Hasbro Panel]</ref>

==References==
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:''Raf Esquivel is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Raf stockimage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|{{w|Esquivel!}}]]
He's the quiet, forgotten child of a large family, and he goes into "the zone" whenever he sees technology. You'd think he'd be constantly getting wedgies from nearby punks and biker kids, but no! '''Rafael "Raf" Jorge Gonzales Esquivel''' is, in fact, best mates with [[Miko Nakadai]] and [[Jack Darby]]! Even more incredible, he's best mates with [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], a [[Autobot|robot car from outer space]], and since other Autobots like [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] are unfamiliar with human technology, he's called on at [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to use his know-how to save the world!

When you were twelve years old, you ''wished'' you were Raf.

(Okay, he's twelve and a ''quarter''. A very big quarter! He's very specific about that.)

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Andy Pessoa]] (English), [[Motoko Kumai]] (Japanese)|[[Luo Yuting]] (Chinese), [[Diana Torres]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Do-hyeong Nam]] (Korean), [[Davide Garbolino]] (Italian), [[Christian Zeiger]] (German), [[Alan García]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Alex Minei]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Aarni Hyökki]] (Finnish), [[Raphaëlle Bruneau]] (French)}}
[[File:OutHead-Very large family.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"That's a Foe-Glass. Lets me keep an eye on my enemies."]]
Born into a large family, Raf has often felt like the smallest member and been ignored by older family members even if he were shouting for attention. {{storylink|Out of His Head}} He has been able to understand digital code since he was three. {{storylink|Raf's Notes}}

[[File:DarknessRising1-RafRC.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Who needs parental supervision?]]
Raf was playing with his radio-controlled car in a dry drainage canal when he got a call from his mother, and he promised he'd come home after another five minutes. Playtime was interrupted shortly when Jack Darby executed a motorcycle leap into the canal. Raf was impressed by that, but more so when the motorcycle turned out to be an alien robot in disguise. [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] fought against two [[Decepticon]]s and was soon joined by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], who accidentally crushed Raf's toy underfoot. Raf wasn't too upset by the loss, and when Bumblebee was subsequently pinned down by the Decepticons, Raf courageously yelled at them to leave Bumblebee alone. He and Jack then fled up a storm drain as the Decepticons came after them, but his distraction helped the Autobots eventually win the battle.

After [[Memorial High School|school]] the next day, Jack approached Raf and suggested they keep the whole thing to themselves. It wasn't that easy, as Bumblebee picked that moment to drive up to take Raf back to base. Raf was able to understand Bumblebee's buzzing, and he pointed out the nearby Arcee, who had come for Jack. At base, he, Jack and their friend [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] marveled at [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] before [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] briefed them on the ongoing Autobot/Decepticon war. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} When an alarm went off, Raf translated Bumblebee's statement that it was a proximity alert. He, Jack and Miko hid to avoid being seen by Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], who was paying a visit to complain to Prime about recent Autobot activities.

A signal sent most of the Autobots rushing off on a mission, leaving the three kids with Ratchet. Raf made himself useful by helping the medical bot get the silo's aging computer system to work. Once the mission was over, Raf realised it was getting late and he was going to be grounded for a month if he didn't get home, so Optimus assigned Bumblebee to take him back and watch over him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

Bumblebee and Raf were delayed getting back to the base because they stopped off to play a video game (which Raf lost). When they finally got there, Optimus promptly left on a mission with Ratchet, and Arcee and Bumblebee further abandoned the kids, leaving them with Bulkhead. Raf attempted to join in Miko's attempt to form a band by offering to play samples on his laptop. Another visit by Fowler resulted in the federal agent being captured by the Decepticons, and Raf used his hacking skills to locate Fowler. After Bulkhead departed to try and deal with it, Jack and Raf realized that Miko had sneaked after the Autobot. They used the [[GroundBridge]] to join the pair, arriving near the [[Trypticon (WFC)|Decepticon ship]], where they were spotted by sentries. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[File:DarknessRising4-Rafconsoled.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Come on, Raf, you knew Stargate had to end some day."]]
Bulkhead rescued the pair while they were under fire and dropped them off behind some cover before heading into the ship. Unfortunately, the pair were spotted by the Decepticons a short time later and found themselves being carried to the brig. Arcee and Bumblebee rescued them both, and the combined group found Bulkhead and Miko. The kids soon discovered that the middle of a battle—especially between giant robots—is not the healthiest place to be. The Autobots cleared out a room for them to hide in, but Jack and Miko began arguing as soon as the 'bots left. Raf became upset, and the other two had to console him, but his fears were soon forgotten when Jack pointed out an important-looking computer display. Raf's flash drive proved useless when he couldn't find a USB port, and they were interrupted by a Decepticon anyway. While Raf was fetching his backpack, the Decepticon spotted him and opened fire. He was only saved by Jack tackling him behind a Decepticon corpse. The kids legged it, and Bulkhead handily picked that moment to turn up and deal with the Decepticon. Back at the Autobot base, Jack decided to opt out of the exciting new life they'd found, and he suggested Raf do likewise, but Raf was content to stay put. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-RafSoundwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Allow me to be the Peter Parker to your Doctor Octopus.]]
After the Autobots went to try and prevent Megatron from using his space bridge, they discovered that the Decepticon ship no longer had the ability to target the space bridge on Cybertron. Raf suggested that the Decepticons must be using the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope in [[Texas]] for targeting. He attempted to hack into the installation's computer, but found that the computers there were too secure. At Jack's suggestion, he, Jack and Miko bridged to the array and accessed it via a computer in a spare room. Raf found he was able to download the space bridge plans, and when the Decepticons diverted the dishes, he could redirect them again. Unfortunately, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] was in the next room, and he sent a tentacle to attack them. Though Raf was determined to keep working, he was knocked aside. Soundwave set the dishes to target Cybertron and disabled the computer. The three kids ran into the room in time to see Soundwave leaving and discover his handiwork. Back at base, Raf supplied Ratchet with the space bridge plans so he could instruct the other Autobots on how to sabotage the bridge. Raf was later present to welcome the Autobots back from their space battle. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

To cover for his visits to the Autobot base, Raf told his mom that he'd joined the Computer Club. {{storylink|Raf's Notes}} Raf decided on building a model volcano as a science project for school, though initial tests resulted in an explosion that rocked the Autobot base. He and Bumblebee continued work on it until Bumblebee had to leave on a mission, and Ratchet decided to "assist". Ratchet ended up building a large metal volcano, which blew a hole in the roof when Raf presented it at school. {{storylink|Masters & Students}} He had to stay behind to help repair the damage, which took more than a little explaining. {{storylink|Raf's Notes}}

[[File:Scrapheap-adorableScraplet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|It's not dangerous enough to go alone. Take this.]]
The kids arrived at base one Saturday just as Optimus and Arcee were heading off to the [[Arctic]] on a mission. Raf was keen to go as well, having never seen snow, but Optimus told him it would be too dangerous. Disappointed, Raf went to play "being in the Arctic" in a base corridor, where he stumbled on a [[Scraplet]]. Raf was enchanted by the little creature and took it back to the control room, where it attacked Bumblebee and Raf had to smash it to death with a crowbar. The Autobots realised the base was infected, and Raf teamed up with Bumblebee as they hunted for more Scraplets. They found some, only for Bumblebee to be attacked. Returning to the control room, they were set upon by ''more'' Scraplets, and Raf helped Jack and Miko get them off the 'bots. With time running out, the three kids repaired an [[energon]] fuel line so Ratchet could get the GroundBridge working again and send the Scraplets to the Arctic. Afterwards, the kids helped repair the damaged Autobots. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

With the arrival of [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], the Autobots decided to party. Miko brought out her electric guitar and encouraged Raf to try some moves. He responded by reluctantly breaking into The Robot, which Bumblebee proceeded to copy. When Wheeljack was found out as a Decepticon impostor, Raf and Jack watching in alarm as he took Miko hostage. Following the return of the real Wheeljack and the impostor's ejection, the Autobots had another party, during which Raf busted out his disco moves. He, Miko and Jack later saw Wheeljack off when the Autobot returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

When the Autobots helped Fowler move a hi-tech device, the kids observed their progress from base with Ratchet. The [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] was in danger of being captured by [[MECH]], and Raf was able to pinpoint the exact position of the train it was on so Ratchet could GroundBridge Jack and Miko on board. He followed that up by hacking into the rail system and changing some points to send the train down a different track, however the MECH guys responded by overloading his laptop. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}} Ratchet later helped him fix it. {{storylink|Raf's Notes|Raf's Notes #5}}

When the Autobots discovered that an [[Energon Harvester]] was possibly on Earth, Raf used his [[Internet]] search skills to trace it to a museum. Miko roped Jack and Raf into helping to steal it. The three of them GroundBridged into the museum on a scissor lift and set about dislodging the device from the statue holding it. However, during their getaway, Miko was grabbed by a [[museum security guard|security guard]] and Raf and Jack ran into Soundwave. Back at base, Raf continued their attempts to contact Fowler so they could retrieve Miko. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[File:SpeedMetal-RafMikolying.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|It would seem that the Autobots aren't the only ones who go into '[[robot mode]]' under pressure.]]
Miko and Raf heard all about Jack's race with [[Vince]] at school, and congratulated him when he reached the Autobot base. He swore them both to secrecy. After Vince challenged Jack to another race but Arcee refused to take part, Jack tried to convince Raf to let him take Bumblebee instead. Raf was uncertain it was a good idea, but Miko managed to convince him. He and Miko were later playing a computer game when Arcee wondered where Jack was, and they failed to cover for their friend. When Optimus asked where everyone else was, they completely failed to keep that secret too. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:OutHead-Notonlyones.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Raf finally got to see snow!]]
After Optimus was struck down with a [[Cybonic plague]] and Arcee and Bumblebee infiltrated the Decepticon ship, the three kids watched Ratchet monitor the pair's progress. Raf was particularly concerned when Arcee patched Bumblebee into the comatose Megatron's mind in an attempt to find a cure for the plague. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Raf was a spectator for the subsequent basketball game between Bulkhead and Bumblebee, but was surprised at some of Bumblebee's behavior during the game. When Bumblebee failed to pick Raf up for school, Raf rang Jack. Back at base, it turned out that Bumblebee was having visions of Megatron, and Ratchet had to induce a power-down mode. Raf stayed to keep his friend company, chatting about how he was saving up for a new laptop and showing off a picture of his family to Ratchet. Raf followed Bumblebee to the control room after the Autobot spontaneously reactivated and disappeared into the GroundBridge. It transpired that Bumblebee had been possessed by Megatron, though Megatron's control was not great enough that Bumblebee couldn't prevent him from injuring Raf. Raf insisted on accompanying Ratchet, and they followed Bumblebee through the GroundBridge to the Decepticon ship, where they found Bumblebee in the process of transferring Megatron's mind back to his comatose body. Though the pair tried their best, and Raf even managed to get Bumblebee to break free from Megatron's control, ultimately, Megatron returned to his body, and the trio were forced to retreat. Back at base, Bumblebee thanked Raf for helping him. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-shadow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left]]
When Miko seemed totally disinterested in a mission the Autobots were going on, Jack and Raf suspected she was up to something, and sure enough, she made a break for the GroundBridge. Jack and Raf were forced to follow her through and ended up on the battlefield. Once the Autobots spotted the trio, Ratchet ordered them to return through the bridge, however interference from a Decepticon GroundBridge caused a disruption. When they came to, the children found that the Autobots couldn't see or hear them, and Raf theorized that the three kids were sent to an alternate dimension he dubbed the [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]] (Miko's response was basically NERD!). Unable to be seen or heard by the Autobots, they were pursued by [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] who had been resurrected as a zombie by Starscream. Raf tripped while fleeing and almost lost his glasses, without which he was blind as a bat, but Miko retrieved them for him. The kids were eventually able to take advantage of the fact that Miko had dropped her phone at the base, and sent a text message to it. They also attempted to use Starscream's severed arm to fend off Skyquake, but only succeeded in dislodging the zombie's arm, which began chasing them. They escaped back to the real world through a portal created by Ratchet. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

Raf was at the Autobot base when Jack and Arcee brought [[June Darby|Jack's mom]] in to introduce her to everyone. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} He and Miko had a wild ride to the base in Bulkhead, but after they realized that Jack's mom was there, Raf assured her that he and Miko had been wearing their seat belts. He hung out at base while Bulkhead and Arcee went on a mission to retrieve a [[polarity gauntlet]], and later admired Bulkhead's new battle scars. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Ratchet tested out some new synthetic energon while Raf watched. It was such a success that Raf was ready to try it on Bumblebee, but Ratchet warned that it needed further testing before they could try it on an Autobot. A short time after the other Autobots went out on a mission, Raf found Ratchet unconscious on the floor, having tried the synthetic energon on himself, and managed to wake the Autobot. When Arcee got into trouble, Ratchet left Raf in charge of the GroundBridge and went out to help. The Autobots soon returned to base, and Ratchet fondly picked up Raf for a moment. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

In their spare time, the kids would track down pictures of the Autobots on conspiracy web sites, so Raf could hack in and replace them with pictures of lolcats. Raf rode in Bumblebee to play with his remote-controlled car, but first Bumblebee was called to a battle, and then they were attacked by Megatron. A burst of energon from Megatron's cannon struck Bumblebee, infecting Raf with Dark Energon and leaving him in a dire state. The Autobots took him back to base, where Ratchet and June Darby fought to save his life. After Ratchet discovered the nature of the energon infecting Raf, he gave the boy an infusion of real energon, and Raf finally began to recover. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

Raf was looking somewhat more perkier by the time they rescued Optimus from Megatron, however June still felt it necessary to take Raf to a real hospital, and she didn't intend on letting Raf return to the Autobots afterwards. Raf sadly watched Bumblebee from June's car as they left. The car didn't get very far before they were almost struck by lightning, and then the car was sucked towards a nearby tornado. Bumblebee came to the pair's rescue, pulling them out of the car before it was pulled into the tornado, and returning them to base where the Autobots worked out that [[Unicron]] was behind all the strange natural disasters now plaguing Earth. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. When Miko and Jack wondered about extracting Unicron's from the [[Earth's core]], Raf pointed out that Unicron ''was'' the Earth's core. The humans concealed themselves as Megatron arrived, but Raf was unable to stop himself running out to confront the Decepticon leader, and had to be restrained by the others. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

Ratchet told the kids about Optimus back when he was Orion Pax, and how he got the Matrix. Miko and Raf were both concerned when they lost the Autobots' signals. The kids all took shelter underneath Ratchet when the ground started shaking, but were overjoyed when it turned out Prime's team had succeeded. They welcomed the Autobots back, but were shocked by the loss of Optimus, who had become amnesiac. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

When it was determined that they would need to somehow get to Cybertron, Miko suggested using the GroundBridge, but Raf pointed out that it could barely reach orbit, so unless Ratchet somehow souped it up, it wouldn't work. He later saw Ratchet working on it, though Ratchet claimed to merely be tinkering. Raf was also at base after the Autobots failed to stop the Decepticons from stealing a power supply for a space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Raf assisted Ratchet in testing the modified GroundBridge, and when the test failed, he tried to cheer up the despondent Autobot with an inspiring tale of overcoming adversity. As Jack prepared to leave for Cybertron, Raf asked him to pick up a souvenir. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} Raf and the others monitored Jack's progress from base, until he returned with the Autobots and a restored Optimus Prime. During the reunion, Raf gave Bumblebee a hug. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Raf was impressed by Bumblebee's recounted adventures. After his Autobot partner lost his [[transformation cog|T-cog]], Raf tried to cheer him up, but as all the entertainment he had revolved around cars, it made things worse. Ratchet later had to pick Raf up from school, and Raf asked the medic about how Bumblebee lost his voice. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} Raf stayed by Bumblebee's bedside until he recovered from a fall. He and the other kids hung around for an attempted transplant, and subsequently covered for Bumblebee when he went to get his cog back. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

The kids were racing toy cars when Fowler reported being attacked by Optimus. They stuck around as Optimus returned and it turned out he was being impersonated by a [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|MECH creation]]. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} After the ''Nemesis'' became sentient, the kids GroundBridged aboard with Fowler to try and download the Iacon database. When they learned the ship was heading for [[New York City]] and Fowler was rendered unconscious, they headed for the power core. Miko and Raf ended up playing hide and seek with one of the ship's manipulator arms while Jack worked on reversing the energon flow. After succeeding, they high-tailed it back to the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Raf was present as the Autobots started out on their missions to find the four relics. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} He operated the GroundBridge so the Autobots could head out. {{storylink|Triangulation}} While he was waiting at base, Ratchet contacted him to prepare a virus to be implanted in Laserbeak. Raf quickly created one and uploaded it to Ratchet, and as a result, once Soundwave returned to the ''Nemesis'', the Iacon database was transmitted back to the mainframe in the Autobot base. Raf gave Ratchet the good news once the Autobot reached the base, but their mood was spoiled when Bulkhead was flung back through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} He watched as Ratchet tried to revive the Wrecker. {{storylink|Hurt}}

While surfing the Internet replacing pictures of Bumblebee with a tap-dancing monkey, Raf found an image of a crashing Cybertronian escape pod. While the Autobots brought back [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] from that mission, Raf later found a picture of [[Red Energon]], sending them off yet again. {{storylink|New Recruit}} His falling grades resulted in [[Raf's mom|his mom]] grounding him, and he rang Jack to let the Autobots know. When they inevitably required his help, the Autobots GroundBridged Fowler, Jack and Miko into his bedroom to get him to hack into a [[Project Damocles]] satellite. Though the Decepticons attempted to target his house with the satellite, he succeeded in using its thrusters to bring it out of orbit before having to convince his mom that he and his friends were a study group. {{storylink|The Human Factor}} As the Decepticons had discovered the location of his house, Raf's family was forced to move. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

Soon after the three kids learned that the Autobots were preparing to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], they were kidnapped from outside their school by the Decepticons, and taken to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Bumblebee exchanged an [[Omega Key]] for Raf, and they later returned to Earth after the destruction of the [[Omega Lock]]. With the Autobot base under threat from the Decepticons, Bumblebee and Raf left through the GroundBridge together for elsewhere in the United States. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

While on the run, Raf and Bumblebee have the Autobot's paint job redone to fool the searching Decepticons. They headed for Jasper to meet up with the others. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} Raf's websurfing hit paydirt when he found a photo of Ratchet, leading the pair to the medic hiding in a junkyard. They tried to convince him to help them get the ''[[Harbinger]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> systems working, but in the end left him there. They tried working on the derelict themselves only for Ratchet to arrive, having had a change of heart. {{storylink|Scattered}} They were eventually joined by most of the rest of the team, who had been rounded up by the newly arrived [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Raf stayed behind at the ''Harbinger'' while the Autobots executed their attack on the Decepticons' fortress. He cheered upon learning that Optimus Prime returned at the battle's zenith. After the destruction Darkmount, Raf was thanked on behalf of the United States government for his involvement in saving the world by agent Fowler. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

The kids were surprised to learn that the creatures of myth were actually [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s sent to Earth by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Raf seemed amused by the fact that Fowler was blatantly trying to pick up Jack's mom, and while the pair were away trying to obtain a Predacon bone, Raf mostly played video games and slyly hinted to Jack that June Darby and Fowler were maybe having dinner together or enjoying a movie. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

While Raf, Miko and Jack watched Ratchet repair Ultra Magnus's hand, the topic of Bumblebee's voice box came up. Raf explained to Miko that Bumblebee still missed the sound of his own, original voice, and longed for it to be restored. Later, all three children watched the Autobots interrogate Soundwave from a distance, and were deafened by the captured Decepticon's sonic assault. Thankfully, they were out of harm's way by the time Laserbeak broke in to free its master. {{storylink|Minus One}}

Following Ratchet's capture by the Decepticons, Raf and Wheeljack used a piece of Laserbeak to construct a [[Chip|flying drone]] in the hope it would lead them to the Decepticon warship. {{storylink|Persuasion}} Though the plan to find the warship didn't pan out due to the probe's destruction, Ratchet was able to contact them and provide them with coordinates. Raf operated the GroundBridge, allowing the Autobots to head through to storm the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} After Jack came up with a plan to help the Autobots, Raf gamely bridge him and Miko aboard the ''Nemesis'' before engineering a GroundBridge interaction that trapped Soundwave in the shadowzone. Following the capture of the ship, Raf was surprised to hear Bumblebee's restored voice. He, Miko and Jack accompanied the Autobots to Cybertron where they used the Omega Lock to restore the planet. Back on Earth, the kids received the news that they were going to be part of Unit:E, and Raf bid farewell to Bumblebee before the Autobots departed for their home world. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

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===Titan ''Prime'' comic===
[[File:Titan4.1 Raf checks out Safe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|OMG, SQUEE! Are there death rays?!]]
Raf was particularly impressed with the [[Safe]], a training room Ratchet set up in a lower-level of the base. When the Autobots accidentally uncovered a live [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]] in the process of testing the room, Raf was left with Ratchet to work out how to defuse it and as Raf was the expert on Earth technology, Ratchet deferred the problem to him. After a moment's panic, Raf correctly identified the type of timer mechanism and reprogrammed it to count upwards, giving them vastly more time to do something about the bomb itself. After Fowler and a team of scientists arrived to deal with the missile, Ratchet suggested that Raf and Bulkhead design a new Safe, and Raf's first idea was a popup Megatron target range. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

When the Autobots took the kids to [[Valley of Fire State Park]], Raf read up on the area from the park guidebook and impressed the others with his knowledge, though he thought it made him sound geeky. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}} While the Autobots decorated their base for [[Christmas]], Raf and Bumblebee played video games together. Optimus had to take Bumblebee and Ratchet with him, leaving Arcee and Bulkhead at base with the kids, and Raf suggested they try to find something they had in common. When this didn't go well, Jack asked what plan B was, and Raf suggested [[Jenga]]. Eventually the two Autobots settled on ice skating, and they turned the base into an ice rink. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

[[File:Titan4.4 Raf opens GroundBridge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Also, braaaaaaaains.]]
Raf got hold of the latest video game ''[[Invasionauts II]]''. He played it for three hours with Bulkhead before the Decepticon coding implanted in it hypnotised him and got him to open the [[GroundBridge]] to a location near the [[Grand Canyon]] so that hordes of [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] could flood through. Once Jack and Miko managed to snap him out of his trance, he turned the GroundBridge into a loopback, sucking the Decepticons back through, and resolved to avoid playing video games for a while. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

Upon hearing that several schools in Jasper County had been destroyed, Raf was left unimpressed by one of Miko's jokes; she though it was too bad that their school wasn't among those which had mysteriously blown up. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}}

After Bulkhead went missing, Raf, Jack and Miko accompanied the Autobots on a trip to the Decepticon warship to find their friend. Raf was able to override the [[Ultra Prison]] that Bulkhead was being held in. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

After Bumblebee was injured during a battle in [[The Wave]], Raf accompanied him back to base. Raf figured that cartoons would be best, and the pair fell asleep while watching ''[[Mummies Have Feelings II]]''. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]'s remote-controlled hand climbed out of Bumblebee's chest and, despite Raf's initial assumption that he was hallucinating, proved real enough to try to kill the scout. Raf taped a firework from [[Miko's Party Kit]] to the disembodied hand and launched it into the sky, leaving his next task to explain to the newly arrived Miko why he was setting off her fireworks. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

Following a mission where the Autobots rescued some hostages from the Decepticons, who had taken over the studio for the game show ''[[Down and Out]]'', Raf, Jack and Miko enjoyed watching footage of Optimus and Bulkhead's bumbling attempts to stop [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

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==Commercial appearances==
*Raf was weirded out by [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[My Little Pony|ponies]], and an {{w|Strawberry Shortcake|underage baker}} singing Christmas carols. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Carolers1|The Hub Carolers}}
*Raf declared that {{w|Time Warner Cable}}'s ability to transmit ''Transformers: Prime'' on [[Raf's media device|home computer, tablet, and smartphone platforms]] was superior to Megatron. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Time Warner|Time Warner Cable: Competition}}
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== Games ==
=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Andy Pessoa]] (English)|[[Pascale Chemin]] (French), [[Diana Torres]] (Castilian Spanish)}}
Raf and his friends Jack and Miko decide to go help their separated partners after they fell from space during a battle on a Dark Energon asteroid. Raf groundbridges to Bumblebee, who has been imprisoned by Decepticons in an energon mine.

Raf hacks Bumblebee's restraints and frees him. Together, they make it to the surface level of the energon mine. However, Knockout ambushes Bumblebee and Raf is captured by Decepticons during Bee's fight.

Raf and Miko, who was captured aswell, are imprisoned on the ''Nemesis'' and used as bargaining chips so that Ratchet can be coerced into rebuilding [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]]. Ratchet manages to escape and picks up Raf and Miko. During the escape, they encounter Soundwave. Raf assists by hacking the shields protecting the generators that power Soundwave's forcefield, allowing Ratchet to chase off Soundwave. Raf and Ratchet turn off the communication jammer and are then able to contact Bulkhead.

Back at the Autobot base, Raf plots Thunderwing's predicted route so that the Autobots can intercept him. After the final fight, Raf was with his friends and the Autobots as they watched the sunset to celebrate. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Jack, Raf, Miko, 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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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
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[[File:Primetoy-JackRafNYCC.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Raf had to hunt far and wide for a New York-themed sweater vest.]]
*'''Bumblebee and Arcee, Includes Raf Esquivel and Jack Darby''' (NYCC 2011 exclusive)
**''Accessories:'' Stand

:The [[Jack Darby]] and Raf Esquivel figurines were [[redeco]]ed in New York-themed shirts and came with redecoed figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]. They were sold exclusively at [[New York Comic Con|New York Comic Con 2011]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/NYCCRafEsquivel/rafesquivel.htm More information on NYCC Raf at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Primetoy-JackMikoRaf.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Where's my mouth?]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: A Rivalry Reborn''' (Entertainment Pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Stand

:A PVC figurine of Raf comes with figurines of [[Jack Darby]] and [[Miko Nakadai]], as well as Deluxe-Class toys of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. As with the other two figures, Raf's head can turn and he can be removed from his stand.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/RafEsquivel/rafesquivel.htm More information on Raf at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Raf told [[Raf's mom|his mother]] that he joined the Computer Club to explain where he goes after school all the time.<ref name="notes1">[[Raf's Notes]] #1</ref>
*Even Raf doesn't know why he understands Bumblebee. He just makes perfect sense.<ref name="notes1" /> The series never explained it in its three-year run.
*He probably was named after [[Rafael Ruthchild]], one of the show's producers.
*Although Bumblebee would later [[Pilot (Part 1)|return to Earth]] and spend several months there, hunting escaped Decepticon prisoners [[Freedom Fighters|before being appointed as an ambassador to the planet]], he appears to have made no effort to contact Raf in any way, despite the bond they once shared. Talk about gratitude...
*That backpack is actually part of his CG model and meant he could ''never take it off'', because that would mean making a new model specifically designed for sequences in which it's removed, akin to the transformation sequence models for the robot characters.<ref>[http://www.transmissionspodcast.com/2016/06/episode-177-mairghread-scott-talks-till-all-are-one/ Episode 177 – Mairghread Scott Talks Till All Are One], 57:20 to 57:45</ref>
*Optimus STILL owes him a snowball.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rafael Esquivel''' (ラファイエル・エスキベル ''Rafaieru Esukiberu'')

==References==
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Jack Darby

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:''Jack Darby is an [[Autobot]]-allied [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:JackDarby stockimage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Sam Witwicky]] called, he wants his <s>clothes</s> <s>personality</s> life back.]]
'''Jackson "Jack" Darby''' is a smart, responsible sixteen-year old dude. Before he met the Autobots, he was hard at work flipping burgers so he could save up for his first motorbike; now, he helps fight the monstrous Decepticons alongside his friends [[Miko Nakadai]] and [[Raf Esquivel]]. Only two things get past his responsibility and intelligence: badass bikes and the need to impress girls. Since his guardian Autobot is [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], he gets both at once! While she's not thrilled to guard him, his heroic qualities are winning her over.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Josh Keaton]] (English), [[Jun Fukuyama]] (Japanese)|[[Zhai Wei]] (Chinese), [[Jorge Saudinós]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean), [[Paolo De Santis]] (Italian), [[Nico Sablik]] (German), [[Arturo Castañeda]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Petrus Kähkönen]] (Finnish), [[Maxime Donnay]] (French), [[Márcio Marconato]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:DarknessRising1-JackKOBurger.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|[[KO Burger]] has a pretty lax dress code.]]
Jack's menial after-school job at the drive-thru at [[KO Burger]] was getting him down, with rude customers who took food without paying. As he knocked off and reported in to his mom by phone, he spotted a sweet motorcycle in the parking lot. While he was admiring it and promising one day he'd have enough money to buy a motorcycle just like it, he was caught talking to it by [[Sierra]] and [[Sierra's friend|her friend]], causing him to trip over his words somewhat. He was saved from further embarrassment when the motorcycle—in reality Arcee—took off with him still on board as she was being chased by two Decepticon cars. After a short chase, she warned him not to tell anyone and let him go, only for one of the Decepticons to start following him, forcing her to pick him up again. The chase ended up in a drainage canal, where Jack encountered Raf for the first time, and the pair watched Arcee and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] duke it out, before hastily making an escape when one of the Decepticons started chasing them.

[[File:Jack Darby Arcee Darkness Rising 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|You think that's embarrassing? You haven't heard him scream yet.]]
Jack later met Raf outside the [[Memorial High School|high school]] and suggested to the boy that they keep the adventure to themselves, but Bumblebee and Arcee turned up to take the pair back to the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Autobot base]]. Jack wasn't keen, but the pair were spotted arguing by Miko, who loudly encouraged him to go, and as a result accompanied Jack on Arcee back to base. The three kids were awestruck by the Autobots and their headquarters, and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] explained to them the whole Cybertronian war. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Jack was keen to get home, much to Miko's disgust, however they were interrupted by a visit by Agent [[William Fowler|Fowler]], forcing the three kids to hide. The kids we left at base with Ratchet when the rest of the Autobots left on a mission, and tried not to get under Ratchet's feet.

When the Autobots returned empty-handed, Jack whisked Miko away before her exuberance could become too tactless. He pointed out to Optimus that he really needed to get home as it was almost 10 and he had a curfew. Prime assigned Arcee to watch over him. Of course, when Jack got home, he had a job explaining when he'd gotten the motorcycle to [[June Darby|his mother]]. The next morning, Arcee woke him early, though it was a Saturday, as they had to get to the Autobot base promptly. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

On the way back, Arcee showed off some fancy riding skills. They reached the base at the same time as Bulkhead and Bumblebee, however Optimus immediately left on a mission with Ratchet. Arcee, left in charge, opted to go out on patrol with Bumblebee, leaving the kids with Bulkhead as a carer. When Miko suggested they get a band going, Jack offered the use of his harmonica skills, which Miko didn't seem particularly keen on. After having his ears punished by Miko's electric guitar solo, Jack and the others had to hide behind Bulkhead to avoid being seen by Agent Fowler, but Miko's guitar gave them away. Bulkhead managed to prevent Fowler from taking the three kids into custody, but a short time later they detected a distress call from Fowler's helicopter, suggesting the agent had been captured by the Decepticons. After Bulkhead bridged out to try for a rescue, Jack and Raf realized that Miko had surreptitiously followed the Autobot. Figuring that Bulkhead might not have noticed her, the pair reactivated the ground bridge and followed Bulkhead, only to arrive near the Decepticon ship and accidentally alert the sentries stationed on it. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

Bulkhead rescued the pair while they were under fire and dropped them off behind some cover before heading into the ship. Unfortunately the pair were spotted by the Decepticons a short time later, and found themselves being carried to the brig. Arcee and Bumblebee rescued them both, and they all found Bulkhead and Miko, but the kids soon discovered that the middle of a battle is not the healthiest place to be. The Autobots cleared out a room for them to hide in, and Jack immediately told Miko off for getting them involved. Their arguing upset Raf, and the pair tried to console him, before Jack noticed a computer display appeared to be showing important data. They were interrupted by a Decepticon, which led Jack to have to make a daring save to prevent Raf from being shot. Jack got Miko to take a cameraphone picture of the display before they hastily left the room. Luckily the Autobots were returning from having rescued Fowler, and Bulkhead was able to destroy the Decepticon.

Once they were back at base, Jack expressed his discontent about the hazards of hanging around the Autobots, and decided to return to his old boring life. They sent him home by ground bridge. Miko dropped by later, and attempted to talk him into returning to the excitement of helping the Autobots, but Jack preferred a more normal existence. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-Arceeunconscious.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Other bikes won't transform into Gundam Warriors.]]
Arcee paid him a visit as he arrived at his KO Burger job, and managed to persuade him to return with her to the Autobot base. No sooner had they arrived than the Autobots left on a mission into space to stop the Decepticons from using their [[space bridge]]. It became apparent that the Decepticons were targeting the bridge using the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope in [[Texas]], and Jack suggested the three kids bridge there so Raf could override the system onsite. They did so, but it turned out that [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] was also onsite, and the Decepticon dispatched a tentacle to interfere with their attempts to stop him. Jack and Miko were knocked aside by the tentacle, however Jack was not impressed by Miko's attempts to fight back when the tentacle took the axe she was holding. They followed it to the next room to find Soundwave had locked the dishes on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The kids returned to base where they kept track of the other Autobots' work in blowing up the space bridge, however they returned with Arcee in a bad way. After she and Jack shared a moment, she seemed much better. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

Assigned to do a science project for school, Jack opted to get a motorcycle engine working, but was surprised when Arcee turned out to be clueless in the area of automotive engineering. The project was eventually taken over by Ratchet who built ''something'' which could be said to resemble an engine. When Jack switched it on at school, it promptly ran riot and it can be assumed he did not achieve a favorable grade. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:ScrapheapJackfireextinguisher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Relax, that's not a scar.]]
The kids arrived at base on a Saturday just as Optimus and Arcee were preparing to go on a mission. Jack was initially keen to come along, until he found out they were headed for the [[Arctic]]. Instead, he stayed at base and played [[Generic racing game|videogames]] with Miko. Of course, just as he was winning, the power went out momentarily and stopped the game. The cause of the malfunctions became clear when Raf returned to the control room with a small metal critter the Autobots called a [[Scraplet]]. Jack attempted to protect Ratchet as the Autobot worked on the broken ground bridge, and used a [[fire extinguisher]] to freeze the Scraplets that attacked them. Once he and the other kids had help the Autobots, a plan was formulated to get rid of the Scraplets, and the three kids repaired an [[energon]] fuel line, enabling the Autobots to send the Scraplets to the Arctic. Later, the kids helped with repairs on Bulkhead and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

Jack was surprised to learn there were more Autobots out in space when [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on the planet. The Autobots celebrated his arrival, though Jack mostly hung out on the sidelines with Arcee. When Wheeljack turned out to be a Decepticon imposter, Jack wondered if there was a real Wheeljack, and was alarmed when the phony took Miko hostage. Following the Imposters ejection from the base and the arrival of the real Wheeljack, the Autobots had another party and Jack, Raf and Bumblebee busted out some dance moves. The three kids turned out to see Wheeljack off when he returned to space. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:JackFireExtinguisherMikoAxe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|By now, he's giving Gordon Freeman a run for his money.]]
When the Autobots helped Fowler move a hi-tech device, the kids observed their progress from base with Ratchet. The [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] was in danger of being captured by [[MECH]], so Jack and Miko ground bridged to the speeding train it was on in a last-ditch attempt to defend it. Jack grabbed a fire extinguisher to wave at the incoming MECH goons, but in the end they retreated after seeing Optimus. [[Silas]] blew up the track ahead of the train, and for a few moments Jack and Miko thought they were doomed, but Optimus managed to stop the train in time. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

When Miko and Bulkhead arrived at base following Miko's detention, Jack loudly asked what she had done this time. When the Autobots later discovered that an [[Energon Harvester]] was in an Earth museum, Jack and Raf found themselves volunteered by Miko to go in and retrieve it, despite Jack's protest that what they were doing was theft. They were sent in on a scissor lift via GroundBridge and successfully pinched the device from the statue holding it. During their escape, Miko was caught by a [[museum security guard|security guard]], and Jack and Raf ran into Soundwave, who swiped the Harvester off them. Back at base, Jack wondered how they were going to free Miko, and Ratchet revealed the replica Harvester he was working on to replace the stolen one. Jack resigned himself to the idea of adding forgery to his list of crimes, which now already included theft. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

While talking to Sierra one day after school, Jack was challenged to a race by school bully [[Vince]]. Though Arcee reminded Jack of the rules, Vince's disparaging of her [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] caused her to reconsider, and Jack took up Vince's challenge. They trounced Vince in the race, though Arcee still wouldn't let Jack offer Sierra a ride and told him to keep the whole thing a secret from the other Autobots. When it turned out that Miko and Raf had already found out, Jack swore them to secrecy too. The next day, Vince challenged Jack to another street race, and with Sierra watching, Jack was compelled to agree. Arcee refused to take part, however Jack instead managed to get Bumblebee to help him. He and Bumblebee joined the street race, but so did [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]], and they quickly found themselves under attack by the Decepticon. Jack struggled to understand Bumblebee's beeping. They lost the 'Con, but Vince confronted them, drawing Knock Out's attention, and the bully was captured. When Arcee and Bulkhead arrived, Jack told them what had happened, and accompanied Arcee to the storage lockup where the Decepticon was hiding. He later spun a story to Vince, covering up the whole affair. The following day, Arcee allowed Jack to take Sierra for a ride. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:Predatory-Darbywebbed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|How does it feel to be on the receiving end, [[Spider-Man]]?]]
Jack accompanied Arcee on a safe mission to a remote wooded region to scout an energon deposit. When they found a downed spacecraft, Arcee began acting cagey and dropped him off a fair distance from the ship as she believed it wasn't safe for Jack. He hiked his way back and eventually found her engaged in combat with newcomer [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]. After her foe pinned her to a rock with a glob of webbing, Jack attempted to free her, but fled when Airachnid recovered and began chasing him, intent on adding his head to her "trophies". Though clearly outmatched, Jack made it back to the crashed ship, where he used his pocket knife and fire starter to light a stick, igniting energon leaking from the ship and causing it to explode with Airachnid atop. Unfortunately she survived and globbed him to a tree, but Arcee arrived in time to save him, and Airachnid was forced to flee underground. Jack found that Arcee subsequently had more respect for his ability to face danger. {{storylink|Predatory}}

After Optimus was struck down with a [[Cybonic plague]] and Arcee and Bumblebee infiltrated the Decepticon ship, the three kids watched Ratchet monitor the pair's progress as Arcee patched Bumblebee into the comatose [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s mind to find the cure. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Jack was a spectator for a [[basketball]] game between Bulkhead and Bumblebee, and observed that it was starting to turn into a dodge ball match instead. The next morning, he received a phone call in class from Raf, who reported that Bumblebee had failed to pick him up for school. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-shadow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Uh oh. Those meddling kids are in trouble now.]]
When Miko seemed totally disinterested in a mission the Autobots were going on, Jack and Raf suspected she was up to something, and sure enough, she made a break for the GroundBridge. Jack tried to stop her, but only succeeded in dislodging [[Miko's phone|her cellphone]], and he and Raf were forced to follow her through. Once the Autobots spotted the trio, Ratchet ordered them to return through the bridge, however interference from a Decepticon GroundBridge caused a disruption which deposited the three kids in a [[shadowzone (dimension)|shadowzone]] dimension. Unable to be seen or heard by the Autobots, they were pursued by [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] who had been resurrected as a zombie by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. Arcee attempted to ring Jack, but though his phone rang, they were unable to communicate through the interference. Jack was able to send a text message to Miko's phone back at base. The three kids attempted to use Starscream's severed arm to fend off Skyquake, but only succeeded in dislodging the zombie's arm, which began chasing them. They escaped back to the real world through a portal created by Ratchet. Back at base, and much to Jack's amazement, Miko offered to take responsibility for the whole mess. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

[[File:JunemeetstheAutobots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Make sure your parents don't know about what you've been doing after school.]]
Arriving home one night, Jack was met by his mom, who was upset that he was breaking curfew and had been neglecting his job and schoolwork. She grounded him for the next few weeks, banning him from using his motocycle. What's worse, there was no way Arcee would be able to stay in the garage, though she promised to try and get home before June Darby did each night. The next night Arcee failed to get back in time and had to sneak in after Jack's mom had already seen the empty garage. Jack ended up explaining about the Autobots, but she didn't believe him. Later that night Jack returned home to find a communicator from MECH telling him they had his mother. He and Arcee followed the Silas's instructions, finding the MECH hideout in an abandoned factory, but were shocked to discover that Airachnid was also involved. The 'Con gave Jack six minutes to rescue his mother, however he was able to pickpocket Silas's radio before he began his search. He found June in time, but Airachnid reminded him that the task was to ''rescue'' mom, and webbed his hand to the floor. While Arcee and Airachnid fought, Jack freed himself with an iron bar and helped Arcee by pouring concrete on top of the 'Con. Though it was only a temporary win, it gained them enough time for Fowler, alerted by Jack over the radio, to arrive with helicopters and force Airachnid to retreat. Jack and Arcee later look Jack's mother to the Autobot base to meet the others. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}}

Preparing to help Arcee with some routine maintenance, Jack was annoyed when his mom turned up at the base and her questioning about whether it was safe ended up with Arcee instead leaving on a mission with Bulkhead. Jack stayed at the base and listened as they reported back that the Decepticons had used a [[polarity gauntlet]] to stick them together. When Miko complained that Arcee was as bad as Jack's mom, June asked if she was really that bad, and Jack refused to answer. After Arcee returned, Jack went to greet her, but June interrupted him so she could give Arcee an apology. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Jack and Miko accompanied Arcee and Bulkhead to an [[Stripped energon mine|abandoned energon mine]]. When Miko decided to go inside, Jack persuaded Arcee to let him go in too. While exploring the mine, he and Arcee stumbled on Megatron and Starscream. A firefight ensued, during which there was a cave in and Jack lost track of the others. He found an old Decepticon mining drill and managed to activate it. In the process of digging his way out, he found Megatron, now buried in rock, who suggested Jack take the opportunity to finish him off. Jack declined, believing it was not what Optimus would have wanted, and instead used the drill to rescue Miko from Starscream. The two kids were soon reunited with their Autobot friends and escaped the mine. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}} Optimus was proud of Jack for not finishing Megatron when he had the chance. {{storylink|Raf's Notes#Note15|Raf's Notes}}

Jack helped Raf surf the web looking for conspiracy sites with photos of Autobots on and was surprised when their antics elicited a laugh from Ratchet. When Raf was severely injured during a mission, Jack called in his mom to help, and watched as she and Ratchet worked to save Raf's life. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

When his mom decided she was going to take Jack and Miko with her so they wouldn't be endangered by the Autobots, opted to stay, believing that they were all endangered by the Dark Energon. He was pleased when she came back safe and sound after an encounter with a tornado, though she still grounded him. Jack was thus still at the base when the Autobots and gathered humans worked out that [[Unicron]] was at the center of the Earth and likely waking up. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. When Jack wondered about siphoning Unicron out of the [[Earth's core]] somehow, Raf and Ratchet explained that Unicron ''was'' the Earth's core and it wouldn't be possible to remove him. The humans hid as Megatron arrived, but after Raf ran out to confront the Decepticon leader, Jack had to restrain him. Megatron recognized Jack from their earlier encounter. Before leaving on the mission to the core, Optimus presented Jack with the "key to the GroundBridge power supply" for safe keeping. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

Ratchet told the kids about Optimus back when he was Orion Pax, and how he got the Matrix. Jack was shocked when Ratchet revealed that the key Optimus had given him was actually the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]. The kids all took shelter underneath Ratchet when the ground started shaking, but were overjoyed when it turned out Prime's team had succeeded. They welcomed the Autobots back, but were shocked by the loss of Optimus, who had become amnesiac. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

[[File:TFP Orion Pax Part 2 - Jack Salute .jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|After Cybertron, Jack is going to Oa in order to become a Green Lantern.]]When it was determined that accessing Vector Sigma would be the only way to restore Optimus's memory, Jack was more than willing to go, but they lacked a way to reach Cybertron. He had a brief encounter with Sierra when she came to visit him at his after-school job at KO Burger, though that didn't go so well. Neither did the Autobot's hunt for Optimus, however Jack believed that they would be able to commandeer the Decepticon space bridge when it was completed and reach [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Once the Autobots located and secured the space bridge, Jack and Arcee went through, arriving on Cybertron. They soon found the Key to Vector Sigma was pointing them towards [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] and headed in to the former Decepticon stronghold. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

While Arcee was kept busy by an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]], Jack headed down to the Victor Sigma chamber and began downloading information into the Key. He was soon trying to fight off a swarm of scraplets, but lucked out when the Insecticon arrived and he was able to divert them to attacking it instead. With the Key fully charged with info, he and Arcee returned to Earth where he transferred it back to Optimus, restoring the Autobot leader's memory. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

Jack and Arcee managed to undermine Raf's cheering up of Bumblebee, after Bumblebee lost the ability to transform. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} He and the other kids hung around for an attempted transplant, and subsequently covered for Bumblebee when he went to get his cog back. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} The kids were racing toy cars when Fowler reported being attacked by Optimus. They stuck around as Optimus returned and it turned out he was being impersonated by a [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|MECH creation]]. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}

After the ''Nemesis'' became sentient, the kids GroundBridged aboard with Fowler to try and download the Iacon database. When they learned the ship was heading for [[New York City]] and Fowler was rendered unconscious, they headed for the power core. Miko and Raf ended up playing hide and seek with one of the ship's manipulator arms which Jack tricked into operating the energon flow lever. After succeeding, they high-tailed it back to Fowler and Jack attempted to retrieve the [[transfer drive]] only for Knock Out to recover. He was rescued from the Decepticon by Ratchet. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Jack and Miko volunteered to go to [[New York City|Manhattan]] with Arcee and Bumblebee in search of one of the relics. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} {{storylink|Toxicity}} The two kids encountered [[Vogel]], a sweeper train driver whom they took into their confidence. With his help, they used the sweeper train to hit Knock Out, but this resulted in the train barreling out of control. With a little assistance from Arcee, they stopped the train by running it into Knock Out, and subsequently got Fowler to draft Vogel to ensure his silence. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} They returned to base to find Bulkhead had been critically injured on his mission and Ratchet was frantically working to stabilize him. {{storylink|Hurt}}

While helping Raf cover up the Autobot presence on conspiracy websites, Jack spotted a crashing Cybertronian escape pod. When the team returned from investigating it having picked up [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], Jack gave the new Autobot a tour of the base, including the storeroom where they were keeping the relics. He also took Smokescreen to pick out a vehicle form, however Jasper's lack of options made things somewhat difficult. {{storylink|New Recruit}} Jack was at the Autobot base when Raf called him to report being grounded. He, Miko and Fowler were sent via GroundBridge to Raf's house when the Decepticons got control of a [[Project Damocles]] satellite, and assisted him in destroying the satellite. {{storylink|The Human Factor}} Assigned to help Smokescreen learn to fit in on Earth, Jack was pulled into playing a series of pranks. The Autobot's bad influence resulted in Jack accompanying him into the field to find an Iacon relic, and when they ran into Megatron, Jack was chased by Insecticons. Though the other Autobots came to his aid in time, Arcee was unhappy with him and sent him home. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}}

Jack was perturbed by the Autobots increasingly leaving the three kids out of the loop. They learned that the Autobots were preparing to return to Cybertron, and later when Jack tried to ring Ratchet to find out why they hadn't been picked up from school, Ratchet merely told him the Autobots were busy. The three kids were kidnapped by Starscream, Soundwave and Knock Out, and taken to Cybertron for use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Jack was exchanged by the Decepticons for two of the [[Omega Key]]s the Autobots possessed since Megatron noted he had been worth entrusting the Matrix of Leadership with, and he later returned to Earth after Optimus's destruction of the [[Omega Lock]]. With the Autobot base under threat from the Decepticons, Arcee and Jack left through the GroundBridge together for elsewhere in the United States. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

On the run, Jack figured sending a text message to his mother wouldn't hurt. Unfortunately Jack was wrong and some Decepticons immediately came to attack him. He and Arcee blew up a gas station to get rid of them before speeding off. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} At a stop at an abandoned farm, Jack was told by Arcee how the vast majority of the Autobots were scattered across the galaxy after the loss of Cybertron. The pair were soon stopped in the road by a landing spacecraft which turned out to be the friendly (or at least semi-friendly) [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Scattered}} Joining Magnus on board his ship, Jack was soon reunited with the other two kids and his mother as well as the other surviving Autobots. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Jack then played an integral part in the Autobots' plan to turn the tide of war once more. He and Miko used their phones to attract the Decepticons' attention across the United States, spreading their forces thinly enough to launch an attack on Darkmount. The two were then bridged back to the ''Harbinger'', where with the help of Ratchet (and some static), Jack impersonated a Decepticon calling for reinforcements at an Energon mine. The group kept in communication with the Autobots' as they invaded the fortress. At the battle's zenith, they learned from Ultra Magnus that Optimus Prime had returned, and cheered at the good news. After the fall of the Decepticons' fortress, agent Fowler thanked all participants in the victory for their selfless heroism on behalf of the government of the United States. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

As the Autobots set up their new base, Jack narrowly saved Miko from being squished by a lobbing ball. The kids were surprised to learn that the creatures of myth were actually [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s sent to Earth by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

Jack became alarmed when Fowler started showing an interest in his mother, and tried to talk her out of going on a mission with him. This backfired, and Jack spent the next few hours pacing and worrying until he finally GroundBridged to the museum and found her discarded phone. After he contacted Arcee, she and Wheeljack were able to rescue his mother and Fowler. Though they were reunited, Jack was dismayed that Fowler and his mom were even closer than before. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

Raf, Miko and Jack watched Ratchet repair Ultra Magnus's hand. Later, all three children watched the Autobots interrogate Soundwave from a distance, and were deafened by the captured Decepticon's sonic assault. Thankfully, they were out of harm's way by the time Laserbeak broke in to free its master. {{storylink|Minus One}}

After Ratchet's kidnapping by the Decepticons, Fowler told Jack that he and his mother had discussed Jack becoming a government agent, much to Jack's surprise. The conversation was cut short when the pair were buzzed by the [[Chip|Autobots' new drone]]. {{storylink|Persuasion}} Though the plan to find the warship didn't pan out, Ratchet was able to contact them and provide them with coordinates. The kids watched the Autobots head through the GroundBridge to storm the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Synthesis}} When the Autobots had trouble taking the ship's bridge due to Soundwave's presence, Jack came up with a plan to deal with the wily Decepticon. He and Miko, the latter wearing the Apex Armor, bridged on board the ship. When Soundwave attempted to bridge Miko away, Jack arranged for Raf to open a second GroundBridge, trapping Soundwave in the shadowzone dimension. Jack subsequently attempted to fly the ''Nemesis'', without much luck. Following the capture of the ship, he, Miko and Raf accompanied the Autobots to Cybertron where they used the Omega Lock to restore the planet. Back on Earth, the kids received the news that they were going to be part of Unit:E, and Jack bid farewell to Arcee before the Autobots returned home. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
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====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Titan4.5 Jack Darby.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|He's mad because [[Sam Witwicky|no one wants to buy his great-great grandfather's]]... Wait, wrong guy.]]
After the Autobots found a live [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]] in the base, Jack gave them more bad news by pointing out the sensors were picking up incoming Decepticons. He and Mika (an error in the comic) watched Raf try to defuse the nuclear bomb, and both cheered when he succeeded. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

During some downtime, the Autobots took the kids to [[Valley of Fire State Park]] to relax, and Jack was impressed by Raf's knowledge of the area. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.2|War Story}}

During the holidays, Jack took part in mocking Bulkhead as he tried to decorate a [[Christmas]] tree. When Arcee and Bulkhead were left at base to look after the kids, Raf suggested that they try to find something they had in common. When that seemed to be going badly, Jack asked Raf what plan B was, and it turned out to be [[Jenga]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

When Raf became hypnotised by a [[Invasionauts II|game]] and let a bunch of Vehicons into the base, Jack tried unsuccessfully to snap his friend out of his trance. It was only when Miko pointed out the Decepticon logo on the packaging for the game that Jack figured out what had happened, and once they'd brought Raf back to reality, Jack filled him in on what had transpired. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

Suspicious about some exploding schools, Jack and Arcee camped out at [[Franklin High School]] and were rewarded when [[Silas]] arrived to blow the school up. Realising that Silas was seeking vengeance for [[Crisscross (episode)|an earlier encounter]], Jack sneaked into the school and was quickly caught by Silas, who detonated bombs to trap him. Arcee naturally came to the rescue and they followed Silas up to the roof where Jack administered a blow to the unmentionables. Despite this, Silas was able to escape, and the pair had to leap from the burning building. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.5|School Is... Out!}}

Jack demonstrated bobbing for apples to the Autobots and was impressed when Bulkhead bobbed for an engine block. He later helped defeat [[Rufus Madison|General Rufus "Mad Dog" Madison]] by suggesting the Autobots simply surrender. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}} After Bulkhead went missing, Jack, Raf and Miko accompanied the Autobots on a trip to the Decepticon warship to find their friend. Jack got to help Raf disable the [[Ultra Prison]] by balancing on some boxes and boosting Raf on his shoulders, allowing them to reach its power source. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

Jack was present during a battle in [[The Wave]] and had to be protected by Bumblebee. He later returned to base unharmed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}

Following a mission where the Autobots rescued some hostages from the Decepticons, who had taken over the studio for the game show ''[[Down and Out]]'', Jack, Miko, and Raf enjoyed watching footage of Optimus and Bulkhead's bumbling attempts to stop [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.16|Fury from the Deep}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider Scope}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}}}}

===''Kre-O'' comic===
[[File:KreO_Jack_Miko.jpg|thumb|right|100px|When did we get into the wrong continuity?]]
After the [[Autobot]]s built a jail cell for Mega-Megatron, Jack and Miko thanked [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]]. However, they were treated to a nasty sight as the jail cell collapsed, sending Optimus Prime tumbling to the ground in a crash. {{storylink|Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!}}
{{--}}

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

==Games==
===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
[[File:TfprimegameJack.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
{{voiceactor|[[Josh Keaton]] (English)|[[Nessym Guetat]] (French), [[Jorge Saudinós]] (Castilian Spanish)}}
Jack Darby and his friends stood by with Ratchet at the [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]], eagerly awaiting the return of their partners from a space mission. Instead, the Autobots vanished from Ratchet's scanners as the asteroid they battled on fell apart while falling to Earth. Ratchet used the [[GroundBridge]] to go search for his comrades, but after he left the Autobot life signs popped up again on the sensors. Jack, Miko, and Raf decided to use the GroundBridge to recover their friends.

In Jasper, Nevada, Jack found Arcee under attack by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] and the [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]s. His arrival distracted Arcee long enough for Airachnid to snag Jack and flee from their battle. Arcee pursued them and rescued Jack, but Airachnid got away.

Once the team regrouped and [[Unicron]]'s herald [[Thunderwing (Prime)|Thunderwing]] emerged from within the asteroid debris, Ratchet constructed a device to weaken the massive Transformer. Jack and Arcee sped into action, and Jack attached the device to Thunderwing's chest, allowing Optimus Prime the edge he needed to defeat the monster. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
When the Decepticons constructed an [[Energon Drain]] in an asteroid field, Jack, Raf, Miko and the Autobots countered it by building a [[Pulsar Dish]] from debris. While the dish was under construction, Arcee and Jack could help out by scanning the nearby debris for the necessary components. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===''Prime''===
{{anchor|NewYork}}
[[File:Primetoy-JackRafNYCC.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.85|Ugh! It's like New York out there!]]
*'''Bumblebee and Arcee, Includes Raf Esquivel and Jack Darby''' (NYCC 2011 exclusive)
**''Accessories:'' Stand

:The Jack Darby and [[Raf Esquivel]] figurines were [[redeco]]ed in New York-themed shirts and came with redecoed figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]. They were sold exclusively at [[New York Comic Con|New York Comic Con 2011]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/NYCCJackDarby/jackdarby.htm More information on NYCC Jack at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
{{anchor|EntertainmentPack}}
[[File:Primetoy-JackMikoRaf.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.85|The surliest Transformers merchandise ever.]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Megatron: A Rivalry Reborn''' (Entertainment Pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Stand

:A PVC figurine of Jack comes with figurines of [[Miko Nakadai]] and [[Raf Esquivel]], as well as Deluxe-Class toys of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. As with the other two figures, Jack's head can turn and he can be removed from his stand.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/JackDarby/jackdarby.htm More information on Jack at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

==Notes==
*Jack is named after [[Alex Kurtzman]]'s son Jack and [[Jeff Kline]]'s daughter Darby.<ref>"Darkness Rising, Part 2" commentary</ref>
*He is the first playable human in a Transformers video game.
*There were plans for him and the other humans to appear during the first season of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'', but was cut.<ref>http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/07/09/sdcc-2015-robots-in-disguise-panel-coverage-296510</ref>
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jack Darby''' (ジャック・ダービー ''Jakku Dābī'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jack Darby''' (杰克·达比 ''Jieke Dabi'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darby, Jack}}
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Kre-O humans]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Prime humans]]

File:TfprimegameJack.jpg

2022-09-28T01:10:12Z

PorkedPork: {{Primegamecap|Jack Darby in Transformers: Prime - The Game|WiiU}}

{{Primegamecap|[[Jack Darby]] in [[Transformers: Prime - The Game]]|WiiU}}

Once Upon a Time

2022-09-27T01:46:57Z

PorkedPork: /* Quotes */ Fixed typo

{{disambig2|the ''Rescue Bots'' episode|the Marvel issue|Once upon a Time...}}

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 97
|prev=Camp Cody
|next=The Need for Speed
|image=OnceUponATime entering the woods.jpg
|caption=Into the woods/Without delay/But careful not/To lose the way
|title="Once Upon a Time"
|airdate=[[July 27]], [[2016]] (UK) [[September 3]], 2016 (US)
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Gregory Bonsignore]]
|director=[[Kevin Altieri]]
}}

'''The Rescue Team is drawn into the woods to solve the mystery of what's making the Griffin Spruces fall.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OnceUponATime Cody fairy flowers.jpg|left|250px|thumb|''Red like roses fills my dreams and brings me to the place you rest...'']]
[[Charlie Burns|Chief]], [[Cody Burns|Cody]], [[Chase (RB)|Chase]], and [[Boulder]] walk through the woods, discussing the old riddle of the tree falling and whether it makes a sound. They're actually there to find ''why'' the trees have been falling down, though Boulder's attention is caught by some strange flowers. They hear the sound of a chainsaw and find [[Milo]] sawing at a tree, but as it turns out, he's just carving sculptures out of already-fallen trees. Cody spots more of the flowers, but as he goes to pick them, a tree starts to fall. Luckily Boulder manages to catch it before it flattens the boy. They take samples of both tree bark and the flowers back to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]].

[[Image:OnceUponATime Kade Heatwave dino form.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
[[Graham Burns|Graham]] sets about trying to identify the flower, while [[Kade Burns|Kade]] attempts to write a story as part of his application for a web seminar, though he isn't having much luck. Graham comes up blank on the flower, but Cody finds it in ''[[Griffin Rock Tales and Legends]]'', a book which identifies the species as the "Northern Red Fairy Bell", which is supposedly used by [[fairy|fairies]]. [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] asks if this is a real thing, but the others tell him it's merely a fable. Chase relates a Cybertronian fable which ends with the characters being eaten by giant space monsters — as it turns out most Cybertronian fables end that way. Dani gets a call from [[Taylor]] who has accidentally locked himself in the old reservoir tower, and heads off with Blades to help. Meanwhile Graham has determined that the trees are falling over because they're being killed by disease. While they're discussing going to take a look, Cody gets a call from [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] who invites him to help make a delivery to [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]]. As it's dangerous for Cody to go alone, [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] and Kade are volunteered to go too.

[[Image:OnceUponATime Dani Blades frog.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Now kiss!]]
The three groups head into the woods, but Frankie's group find Mrs. Neederlander's cabin deserted. They find animal tracks leading away as well as footprints, and start following. They soon find more of the Fairy Bells, and then realize they've lost their way. Frankie reveals she's been making a trail of crackers, however the birds have been eating them. Meanwhile Blades discovers things are rocky between Dani and Taylor. They find Taylor himself, though Dani refuses to talk to him, and Blades helps him down from the tower. When Taylor says he wanted to take some pictures before leaving the island, Dani does not react well. Chief, Chase, Boulder and Graham aren't having luck finding the fallen trees, and Boulder theorizes that fairies are behind it. They find themselves swiftly getting lost.

Frankie's group hear cat noises and head into a cave where they find Mrs. Neederlander and [[Mister Pettypaws]]. As they go to leave the cave, trees fall and block the entrance, but Heatwave uses his dino mode to clear a path. Dani's group also realize they're lost. Taylor starts taking photos, but when he tries to take a group shot, a bird flies off with his camera. He goes after it, and Dani and Blades are surprised when a short time later the camera soon returns around the neck of a frog which leads Blades to believe Taylor has been turned into the frog by the fairies. As he's securing the frog in his canopy, a swarm of bats appears and he runs off in alarm.

[[Image:OnceUponATime Taylor's camera fairy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|{{w|Cottingley Fairies|Definitely not a paper cutout.}}]]
Chief's group reaches a fork in the road, but while they're trying to decide which way to go, Blades runs through pursued by the bats. Dani arrives a short time later, and at a cry from Blades, they find him standing in the grove full of felled trees. He points out the sparkling webs which he believes are fairies. Frankie's group also arrives, and Mrs. Neederlander identifies the sparkles as "fairy dust". The ground suddenly starts to quake and gives way underneath the group, forming a hole which trees then fall on. When Blades drops his frog so he can join Heatwave in assisting Boulder, it hops away shortly before Taylor himself arrives. Mrs. Neederlander insists all their problems are down to fairies. Once everyone's out of the hole, Taylor reveals he's not actually leaving the island and arranges a date with Dani that night. Graham takes a closer look at the webs and identifies them as spider mite webs, which it turns out are spreading the disease, but Frankie's sure her dad has a treatment that can fix it. The path out of the woods finally reappears and as they head out, Taylor looks through the photos he took, and he and Dani notice what appears to be a fairy in the background of a shot.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (1)
*[[Boulder]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (7)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (10)

|c3=
*[[Charlie Burns]] (3)
*[[Cody Burns]] (4)
*[[Milo]] (5)
*[[Graham Burns]] (6)
*[[Dani Burns]] (8)
*[[Kade Burns]] (9)
*[[Taylor]] (11)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (12)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] (13)
|c4=
*[[Mister Pettypaws]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"Cut to the chase!" 
"How am I involved?!"
:—'''Dani''' and '''Chase'''

"This reminds me of the Cybertronian story where these two bots-" 
"Just the ending please." 
"Eaten by a giant space monster." 
"Again?!"
:—'''Blades''' and '''Dani'''

"You know, that's the third time we've passed this tree." 
"Impossible! A Rescue Bot's sense of direction is infallible." ''[walks into tree]'' "usually."
:—'''Graham''' and '''Chase'''

"Hmh! Showoff!"
:—'''Mrs. Neederlander''' is not easily impressed.

"Fairies are as real as aliens from outer space." 
"She's kinda got you there."
:—'''Mrs. Neederlander''' and '''Frankie'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* (tbd)

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* There are numerous references to fairy tales:
** Cody names ''Little Red Riding Hood'', ''Rapunzel'', and ''Hansel and Gretel'' as examples of fairy tales.
** In an obvious nod to ''Little Red Riding Hood'', Frankie sports a red hoodie while carrying a basket on a hike to Mrs. Neederlander's cabin in the woods.
** Kade makes reference to ''Goldilocks and the Three Bears'' as he tests Mrs. Neederlander's oatmeal.
** The idea of a wolf visiting Mrs. Neederlander is probably also from ''Red Riding Hood''.
** Frankie leaving a trail of crackers is a reference to ''Hansel and Gretel''.
** Taylor stuck in the tower is a reference to ''Rapunzel''.
** The idea of Taylor being turned into a frog and requiring a kiss to turn back is from ''The Frog Prince''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* Apparently most Cybertronian fairy tales end with someone getting eaten by a giant space monster.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il était une fois...'''" ("Once upon a time...")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''C'era una volta'''" ("Once upon a time")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 5|5 October]] [[2017]]

[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Sick as a Bot

2022-09-25T02:22:07Z

PorkedPork: /* Trivia */ Fixed grammar and moved reference to the end of sentence

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 68
|image=TRID S3 E23 SAAB MSS.jpg
|caption="It ain't easy being green."
|prev=Something He Ate
|next=Five Fugitives
|title="Sick as a Bot"
|airdate=[[October 21]], [[2017]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Will Friedle]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]], [[drop]] (2D)
|director=[[Todd Waterman]]
}}
'''After the Energon seeking Wingcode infects the Autobots with a virus, Bulkhead joins Grimlock in his hunt for the Decepticon.'''
==Synopsis==
[[File:TRID S3 E23 SAAB SC 1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Here's something interesting. It's a possible gamma sickness."]]
A gargoyle-shaped [[Decepticon]] climbs a peak near the scrapyard and, spotting the pile of [[Energon]] there, takes flight. The [[Autobot]]s and their [[human]] friends are still cleaning up after the recent Decepticon attack. [[Denny Clay|Denny]] is overjoyed to find some intact pond decorations, and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] is just carrying them away when the Decepticon swoops down at him. As the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] starts fighting back, [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] admits that the defense system is offline for diagnostics. The Decepticon releases a noxious-looking green gas, covering [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], who start to malfunction. The Decepticon manages to grab some of the Energon but [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] holds her at bay long enough for Fixit to get the defenses back online and she's forced to flee. The Autobots are just about to assess their damage when a [[space bridge]] portal opens and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] steps out, having been summoned there to meet [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. Grimlock and Fixit appear to not be affected by the nanovirus the Decepticon released, but Fixit believes it's likely to be fatal unless treated. The Mini-Con checks [[Wingcode]]'s history for clues, before deciding the way forward is to try to synthesize an antidote.

[[File:TRID S3 E23 SAAB SC 2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Well, if Banner knows what it is, I'm gonna track him down, I'm gonna put my foot on his throat, and I'm gonna..." "That was Banner. IT was Banner."]]
After some work, Fixit determines that neither his nor Grimlock's nano-cells are compatible. The virus starts affecting him too, and Grimlock decides he needs to go capture Wingcode so they can try to use her to make a cure. The Dinobot rushes off blindly and Bulkhead follows, trying to tell Grimlock that they need a proper plan. Grimlock refuses to listen and when Bulkhead tries to force him to go back to the scrapyard, the resulting tussle ends up with them landing in front of a bunch of humans. Bulkhead comes up with a story on the fly to cover up their appearances and carries Grimlock back. Bumblebee claims to be feeling better, but as Denny notes, he and the other afflicted Autobots are burning up. Denny and Russell try to attend to the ailing Fixit, and while they're doing so, Strongarm drives off in a delirious state. The two humans drive off to find her just as Bulkhead returns with an unconscious Grimlock. Grimlock comes around and is horrified at how much worse everyone looks, realizing he should have stayed put. Bulkhead stops him from panicking more and suggests he do something that relaxes him.

[[File:TRID S3 E23 SAAB SC 3.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I want more. You've seen what he becomes, right?" "I have. And it's beautiful. Godlike."]]
Wingcode devours the energon she stole, and goes looking for more. Elsewhere, Strongarm reprimands an ice cream truck for noise pollution and when it fails to respond, starts threatening it. Denny and Russell arrive to act out their cover story that Strongarm is an automated police drone, and Strongarm is distracted by another passing car.

[[File:TRID S3 E23 SAAB SC 4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You should know that there's a flip side to this, too. If we miss on the low side, if we induce me and it fails, this will be very dangerous for you." "I've always been more curious than cautious, and that's served me pretty well."]]
Back at the scrapyard, Grimlock relaxes by smashing cars. He and Bulkhead are about to start thinking of a plan to capture Wingcode when they're called on to bring every cooling device they can find to the command center as Bee and Sideswipe's core processors are overheating. Something Bee says gives Grimlock an idea for a plan. He loads the energon onto a trailer, and despite Bulkhead's objections, they haul it off. Wingcode spots them leaving the scrapyard and heads in pursuit. She attacks them as they argue on a mountainside, causing the trailer and most of the energon to fall into a river below. Grimlock throws the remaining energon into a nearby cave. Wingcode follows him into the cave and is amused by his poor attempt at claiming he doesn't know where the energon is, until the Dinobot points out that he was smart enough to lure her into the cave where she can't fly. Wingcode turns to escape, only to find the way out blocked by Bulkhead. The two Autobots charge and render Wingcode out cold.

Denny takes a sample of Wingcode's nano-cells and injects them into Bumblebee. Though there's a few tense moments, Bee's condition returns to normal. The other Autobots are likewise quickly cured. Bulkhead reveals he intends to stick around until Optimus turns up, and Grimlock leads him off to the nearby quarry so they can punch granite.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (2)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (3)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (8)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (9)
|c2=
* [[Wingcode]] (1)
|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (6)
*[[Denny Clay]] (7)
*Campers (10-14)
*Ice cream man (15)
}}

==Quotes==
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Stay calm. Calm helps, crazy doesn't."
:—'''Bulkhead'''

"Hey! No amusing antenna toppers! Pull over!"
:—'''Strongarm''' lays down some Cybertronian law.

"A fist denting in a Sharkticon's snout with one punch."
:—'''Bulkhead''' calms down Grimlock

"I think part of the problem is we're not really thinkers." 
"Yeah, not so much."
:—'''Grimlock''' and '''Bulkhead'''

"Hey, don't talk smack about my tail. It ''will'' smack you back."
:—'''Grimlock'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*He's back, baby! [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] was last seen on-screen in ''[[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising]]''; he ''had'' also appeared in ''Robots in Disguise''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[Fire, When Ready!|tie-in comic]], but the episode establishes that they are in a separate continuity from the cartoon, as Bulkhead has to be introduced to the Bee Team.
*[[Nightstrike]] is referred to multiple times.
*Grimlock uses the fake energon cubes that were meant to trick [[Ped (RID)|Ped]] in "[[Can You Dig It?]]".

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]], [[Underbite]], [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]], [[Wingcode]]
* ''Known at Large'': [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]].
**The Autobots have run out of stasis pods at this point in the series. This has plot implications as Fixit says otherwise he would put the three stricken Autobots in stasis to slow the progress of the virus.

===Transformers references===
*Bulkhead jokingly calls Grimlock "Dinobutt," which was an affectionate insult [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] frequently lobbed at [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon.
*Bulkhead's design seems to share a lot of similarities with his [[Bulkhead_(Prime)/toys#Robots_in_Disguise|RID Prime toy]], from the headlights on his hips instead of his chest, his flat hood on his stomach, and his clearly visible chest windscreen.

===Real-world references===

===Errors===

===Trivia===
*The episode's name comes from the common expression "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sick_as_a_dog sick as a dog]".
*By this point in the series, all the original members of [[Team Prime]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]] cartoon have made an appearance: Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, and finally, Bulkhead. They will finally be seen all together for the episode [[Enemy of My Enemy (RID)|Enemy of My Enemy]], along with cameos from [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]], [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]].
*Early in the episode, Fixit observes that the Autobots have run out of stasis pods. Following the capture of Wingcode, it was revealed by showrunner [[Adam Beechen]] that she was placed in a makeshift pod as a result.<ref>{{Twitter|They put her in a makeshift pod they built from parts found in the Scrapyard and froze her with Freon modified by Fixit.|https://twitter.com/sonnova/status/926287533339705344|Adam Beechen|2017|11|03}}</ref>

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' '''Un antidote pour BOT''' ("An Antidote for BOT")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 18]], 2017

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' '''Bacibot''' ("Germ-Bot")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[January 6]], 2018

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2018 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise: Combiner Force'' — Freedom Fighters ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

The New Recruits

2022-09-24T03:43:22Z

PorkedPork: Fixed typo

{{disambig2|the ''Rescue Bots'' episode|the ''Prime'' episode|New Recruit}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 70
|prev=The Last of Morocco
|next=Rescue Bots Academy (episode)
|image=NewRecruits Salvage and Blurr.jpg
|title="The New Recruits"
|airdate=[[April 25]], [[2015]]
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|director=[[Frank Squillace]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN5F3UmjlGw
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''The Rescue Bots find they have new recruits to train, but these newbies are hiding a dark secret.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:NewRecruits Blades gives introductions.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Graham Burns|Graham]], [[Cody Burns|Cody]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] have taken the ''[[Darby Ava]]'' to [[Wayward Island]] to check on the sensors after the previous night's [[earthquake (event)|earthquake]]. The trio spot the cave they found [[Ira]] in during a previous visit, and go inside to see if he's safe. As they walk through the cave, an aftershock sends them running for shelter and chunks of ice fall from the roof. Everyone's fine, but they spot a spacecraft, within which they can see [[Transformer]]s in [[stasis pod]]s. After a quick call, the [[Rescue Bot]]s join them in examining the ship, though according to [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] it's incredibly old. They force their way on board but when [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] tries to access the flight log, there's not enough power to run the computer. On Cody's suggestion, [[Boulder]] grabs the ship's primary memory core, and finds it's damaged. Heatwave activates the first pod, reviving [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]], who at first thinks he's back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After introductions, Blurr explains that the ship got hit by a meteor storm and happily accepts the credit for saving Ira and his people. Boulder revives [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]], who turns out to be unable to remember events following the crash due to damage to his pod. Another aftershock hits, and the Bots evacuate the cave before it collapses.

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The team heads back toward [[Griffin Rock]], and Salvage is fascinated by the recycling bin Cody uses, regarding the contents as valuable. Blurr's surprised to see Boulder's got the memory core, and while no one's looking, surreptitiously tries to knock it overboard unsuccessfully. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] meets them at the laboratory and explains that they're welcome to stay on [[Earth]]. They visit a car museum so the two newcomers can scan new alternate modes. Salvage picks a garbage truck, despite [[Chase (RB)|Chase]]'s suggestion of a more conventional vehicle, and drives around a bit to try it out. Blurr, having scanned a racing car, recklessly jumps Optimus's trailer, endangering Cody in the process. Optimus announces that he's arranged with [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] for them to stay on Griffin Rock and train as rescuers if they wish, and the pair accept, though Blades is worried about being replaced, and Heatwave isn't keen on the idea either.

[[File:NewRecruits finished race.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Cody takes Salvage to the scrap yard, where the new Bot is in his element, and is fascinated by Cody's harmonica. The rest of the team arrives back at the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]] where Blurr is greeted by [[Servo (RB)|Servo]] and introduced to the other Burnses. Blurr's more interested in racing Heatwave on the obstacle course, and though he takes the lead early on, Heatwave manages to pass him. Blurr crashes, forcing Heatwave to go back for him, however it turns out that it was just a feint, and Blurr takes the opportunity to streak to the finish line. No one thinks this is very fair, and Blurr makes a joke about cavemen and seat belts. Salvage and Cody arrive, the former with a giant harmonica he's fashioned out of scrap. Receiving an emergency call, the team swings into action, with Blurr and Salvage tagging along. Blurr races in and retrieves [[Don]]'s car from the crane it's crashed into, however that destabilizes the crane, which threatens to fall on them.

[[File:NewRecruits holding up the crane.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Where's the [[Build Team (RID)|Build Team]] when you need them?]]
While the Rescue Bots hold up the crane, Don's retrieved from his car, however if they release the crane, it'll drop on City Hall. Blurr's eventually convinced to help hold it up, and Salvage has an idea — using a nearby generator and some scrap to create an electromagnet. He's then able to use the electromagnet to pull the crane upright and Heatwave repairs the base of the crane. The others call Blurr out for his blundering and ask how he was unable to help now when he saved all those cavemen. Optimus arrives with the ship's memory core, repaired thanks to [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]], and the truth. The core plays back the log, showing that though the ship crashed as Blurr had said, it was Salvage who was set on saving the cavemen from the meteors. When a caveman, Ira, was missing, Blurr went ostensibly to look for him, but instead headed back to the ship. Salvage found Ira himself and caught Blurr trying to take off in the ship. When the meteors began hitting the cave, the two Autobots were forced to go into stasis. As the log ends, Blurr apologizes for misleading everyone. Returning to the firehouse, Optimus believes they shouldn't give up on Blurr, and Heatwave reluctantly agrees to help train him.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] (4)
*[[Boulder]] (5)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (6)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (7)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (8)
*[[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] (9)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (10)
*[[Servo (RB)|Servo]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Graham Burns]] (1)
*[[Cody Burns]] (2)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (3)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (11)
*[[Kade Burns]] (12)
*[[Dani Burns]] (13)
*[[Don]] (15)
*[[Ira]] (16, flashback)

}}

==Quotes==
"These are our friends, Graham, Cody, and Frankie. They're humans. Don't worry if you can't tell them apart. It takes a while."
:—'''Blades'''

"This is where earthlings keep their valuables?" 
"That's a recycling bin."
:—'''Salvage''' and '''Cody'''

"I think you have made an excellent choice, Salvage. Prepare to scan."
:— '''Optimus Prime''' remarks on Salvage's vehicle choice

"All right! I, for one, am starting to get the appeal of this planet."
:—'''Blurr''' admires some potential vehicle modes.

"If I'm crushed because of your recklessness, Blurr, I'm going to be very, very angry." 
"Really? Won't you be busy being crushed?"
:—'''Heatwave''' and '''Blurr'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Ira was found in the cave in "[[Did You See What I Thaw?]]".
* Optimus Prime brought his transport trailer with him, it was previously seen in "[[What Lies Below]]" and "[[What Rises Above]]"

===Transformers references===
* Blurr references the Autobot sage [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]].

===Real-world references===
* (tbd)

===Animation and technical errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* So when did Ira get time to make those cave paintings?
* We get some more Cybertronian text:
** As Heatwave powers up Blurr's pod, text on the display reads UVWXYZ in the font used in ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' and related media. The other examples of text are in [[Alphabet#Autobot script|Autobot script]].
** As the ship crashes during the flashback: GET READY FOR RESCUE BOTS EASTER EGGS
** As they disembark: AND NOW THE RETURN OF IRA THE CAVEMAN
** And scrolling along the bottom of the footage on the ship bridge: SO, NOW YOU KNOW WHY THE LOST SHIP WAS AT THE END OF RB 311. WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE SERIES SO FAR AND THE NEW BOT HIGHTIDE. IF YOU KEEP WATCHING YOU WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT BLURR. LONG SEQUENCE, ISN'T IT? THANKS AS ALWAYS, FRANK, BRIAN, AND NICOLE, JUDGE, NATHAN, FRANK SP, KEVIN, TIM, JERRY, LEMON, ERIC, MATT, AND BRYAN. AND THE DHX CREW IN VANCOUVER.
* This episode was released a week early on digital video platforms such as Amazon and iTunes for unknown reasons.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Les nouvelles recrues'''" ("The New Recruits")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Az újoncok'''" ("The New Recruits")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 30|30 September]] [[2016]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le nuove reclute'''" ("The new recruits")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 17|17 August]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Os Novatos'''" ("The Newcomers")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 1|1 June]] [[2016]] (Netflix)

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== Drones? ==

What makes these guys drones? So far in the cartoon they seem to be generic Decepticons. Who don't talk much. Also, where is their name from? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:16, 27 November 2010 (EST)
:They were named in the comic, if I recall correctly. If they're ''not'' drones, the Autobots sure don't seem to have too many qualms about killing them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:18, 27 November 2010 (EST)
:Starscream refers to them as drones in the second episode. Not sure if he's just referring to the miners or not though. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:35, 27 November 2010 (EST)
::"The drones have been mining in you absence." The drones pictured mining were far away, but didn't seem to have the same silhouette as the Eradicons. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:44, 27 November 2010 (EST)
[[Deus ex Machina]] muddies the issue somewhat further with Starscream's comment that "The crew took a vote", which would seem to be beyond the capability of drones. Although then he does go and randomly murder one. Of course, I suppose the crew he was referring to could have been named Decepticons aboard the Nemesis that haven't been shown yet, the same way there's nothing to suggest Makeshift wasn't aboard during Darkness Rising. [[Special:Contributions/82.15.246.28|82.15.246.28]] 16:31, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:Yeah, that would be my guess. I can't imagine non-living drones taking a vote would be something Screamer would care about, so we have to assume there are other Cons on the ship...--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:55, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
::They call them drones so they can show their robotic guts getting ripped out in a cartoon. Otherwise they can vote and disagree with Starscream and stuff as much as they want. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:13, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:::They seem to follow the same 'rules' as Star Wars' Stormtroopers or GI Joe's Cobra Vipers. They may be intelligent, but they're just disposable troop fodder. A drone doesn't have to be mindless, after all, and it's pretty clear that the Vehicons have some degree of intelligence. So they're not the same as the drones from Beast Machines. As for the Autobots pounding on them, that's been explicitly answered - it's because they're part of the Decepticon's warrior caste. The Autobots are far more merciful to the worker caste Decepticons... typically. - [[User:Vanguard|Vanguard]] 18:28, 16 January 2012 (EST)
Is it possible that they lack a spark in the traditional sense? This would explain their being somewhat sentient, but not being "alive", and thus being disposable

== Heads? ==

May be just me, but do the combat and mining variants have different helmets?
The combat ones have helmets like in War For Cybertron, shaped like a T, and the miners have Dead Space-ish stripes.
Anyone else noticed?

-ThiAthEhn

== Names? ==

These guys were recently called "Terrorcons" in the new "Terrorcon Defence" Game on Hubworld.com Maybe add a note about that? --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 17:25, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:No, they were called Vehicons. [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] are the Dark Energon zombies. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:29, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:But yes, you can add a note about them being called Vehicons in that game. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:32, 4 February 2011 (EST)

== Jets ==

Should we have a seperate page for jet vehicons and car type vehicons? Seeing as they are fairly different, We do have individual pages for each type of BM Vehicon. Thoughts? [[User:Grimlock140|Grimlock140]] 18:04, 6 May 2012 (EDT)

== Hasbro DVD packaging variant ==

A packaging variation appears to exist, which includes a DVD of "Loose Cannons" [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/652476-rid-vehicon-w-dvd-spotted.html][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251148067123][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261095281174][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330790747588]

== Other names for Vehicons ==

Seeing as how the jet vehicons are called Flyers in the recent episode, shouldn't that be added to the beginning of the page? And since they are called flyers, why not call the other vehicons Drivers?{{unsigned|96.246.103.170|20:30, 15 October 2012}}
:"Flyers" isn't necessarily a proper name so much as... y'know, ''what they do''. Also, we're not going to gin up a term for land-based Vehicons that ''nobody in the show has used''.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 21:22, 15 October 2012 (EDT)

== Drones? Part 2 ==
Considering the latest episode showed that they were affected by the spark extractor, I'm starting to wonder if all of the drone information on this page is unnecessary. Starscream could have referred to them as drones as a pejorative, or referring to them with a different meaning than them being lesser than standard Cybertronians. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 01:24, 27 October 2012 (EDT)
:Yeah, I think by now we can be certain that they're not drones. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:33, 27 October 2012 (EDT)

== Jet/Air Vehicons ==
Were they ever given a unique name in the cartoon? Shouldn't they have their own page? [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] 00:21, 20 May 2013 (EDT)
: I've been mulling over breaking this up between types, just haven't had the chance to put together the best way of doing so. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:18, 20 May 2013 (EDT)

== Seekers ==
We separated the vehicons and decepticon miners, I think we also separate the vehicons and the seekers (silver jets). --[[User:Autocon|Autocon]] 16:22, 10 July 2013 (EDT)
:Considering the two toys of the "Seekers" are called Jet Vehicon General and Vehicon Ace, I think they're fine here. The Miners are explicitly separate from the Vehicons. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] 17:30, 10 July 2013 (EDT)

== Chevy Camaro? ==

FYI: According to [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm?bio=vehicon Transformers.com], the Vehicon transforms into a Chevy Camaro. - [[User:Gimmick|Gimmick]] ([[User talk:Gimmick|talk]]) 11:50, 16 December 2013 (EST)
:That is really weird, especially considering the rest of them don't get that descriptive with the altmodes. Next closest thing is Knock Out being labeled a "European Sports Car". Wonder if they just templated these bios off of a movie Bumblebee's bio and forgot to change the altmode label on the Vehicon. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] ([[User talk:Detour|talk]]) 12:08, 16 December 2013 (EST)

== Haven't the Vehicons been SEVERELY depowered over the duration of the show ==

I've re-watched the show a 100 times plus. I cannot help but witness the tragic depowering of the vehicons. From the first episode, where not even a series of punches from Arcee could effect them and requiring the arrival of Bee and Bulkhead, to Wheeljack and Arcee taking down an entire squadron in a matter of a kick or couple punches and in the movie where a single shot takes them down, the depowering of the Vehicons is the only thing more apparent the that of the Insecticons. Another depowering is their apparent need to watch the Autobots kick their comrades' asses before getting their own asses kicked. [[User:Tevatron044|Tevatron044]] ([[User talk:Tevatron044|talk]]) 22:51, 23 July 2014 (EDT)

== How often do the car vehicons transform? ==

Not sure if im crazy but do they only transform in the first episode and Inside Job? Does anyone remember if they transfrom anywhere else because I do not remember them ever transforming. Would that be worth mentioning?
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== Drones? ==

What makes these guys drones? So far in the cartoon they seem to be generic Decepticons. Who don't talk much. Also, where is their name from? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:16, 27 November 2010 (EST)
:They were named in the comic, if I recall correctly. If they're ''not'' drones, the Autobots sure don't seem to have too many qualms about killing them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:18, 27 November 2010 (EST)
:Starscream refers to them as drones in the second episode. Not sure if he's just referring to the miners or not though. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:35, 27 November 2010 (EST)
::"The drones have been mining in you absence." The drones pictured mining were far away, but didn't seem to have the same silhouette as the Eradicons. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:44, 27 November 2010 (EST)
[[Deus ex Machina]] muddies the issue somewhat further with Starscream's comment that "The crew took a vote", which would seem to be beyond the capability of drones. Although then he does go and randomly murder one. Of course, I suppose the crew he was referring to could have been named Decepticons aboard the Nemesis that haven't been shown yet, the same way there's nothing to suggest Makeshift wasn't aboard during Darkness Rising. [[Special:Contributions/82.15.246.28|82.15.246.28]] 16:31, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:Yeah, that would be my guess. I can't imagine non-living drones taking a vote would be something Screamer would care about, so we have to assume there are other Cons on the ship...--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:55, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
::They call them drones so they can show their robotic guts getting ripped out in a cartoon. Otherwise they can vote and disagree with Starscream and stuff as much as they want. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:13, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:::They seem to follow the same 'rules' as Star Wars' Stormtroopers or GI Joe's Cobra Vipers. They may be intelligent, but they're just disposable troop fodder. A drone doesn't have to be mindless, after all, and it's pretty clear that the Vehicons have some degree of intelligence. So they're not the same as the drones from Beast Machines. As for the Autobots pounding on them, that's been explicitly answered - it's because they're part of the Decepticon's warrior caste. The Autobots are far more merciful to the worker caste Decepticons... typically. - [[User:Vanguard|Vanguard]] 18:28, 16 January 2012 (EST)
Is it possible that they lack a spark in the traditional sense? This would explain their being somewhat sentient, but not being "alive", and thus being disposable

== Heads? ==

May be just me, but do the combat and mining variants have different helmets?
The combat ones have helmets like in War For Cybertron, shaped like a T, and the miners have Dead Space-ish stripes.
Anyone else noticed?

-ThiAthEhn

== Names? ==

These guys were recently called "Terrorcons" in the new "Terrorcon Defence" Game on Hubworld.com Maybe add a note about that? --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 17:25, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:No, they were called Vehicons. [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] are the Dark Energon zombies. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:29, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:But yes, you can add a note about them being called Vehicons in that game. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:32, 4 February 2011 (EST)

== Jets ==

Should we have a seperate page for jet vehicons and car type vehicons? Seeing as they are fairly different, We do have individual pages for each type of BM Vehicon. Thoughts? [[User:Grimlock140|Grimlock140]] 18:04, 6 May 2012 (EDT)

== Hasbro DVD packaging variant ==

A packaging variation appears to exist, which includes a DVD of "Loose Cannons" [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/652476-rid-vehicon-w-dvd-spotted.html][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251148067123][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261095281174][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330790747588]

== Other names for Vehicons ==

Seeing as how the jet vehicons are called Flyers in the recent episode, shouldn't that be added to the beginning of the page? And since they are called flyers, why not call the other vehicons Drivers?{{unsigned|96.246.103.170|20:30, 15 October 2012}}
:"Flyers" isn't necessarily a proper name so much as... y'know, ''what they do''. Also, we're not going to gin up a term for land-based Vehicons that ''nobody in the show has used''.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 21:22, 15 October 2012 (EDT)

== Drones? Part 2 ==
Considering the latest episode showed that they were affected by the spark extractor, I'm starting to wonder if all of the drone information on this page is unnecessary. Starscream could have referred to them as drones as a pejorative, or referring to them with a different meaning than them being lesser than standard Cybertronians. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 01:24, 27 October 2012 (EDT)
:Yeah, I think by now we can be certain that they're not drones. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:33, 27 October 2012 (EDT)

== Jet/Air Vehicons ==
Were they ever given a unique name in the cartoon? Shouldn't they have their own page? [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] 00:21, 20 May 2013 (EDT)
: I've been mulling over breaking this up between types, just haven't had the chance to put together the best way of doing so. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:18, 20 May 2013 (EDT)

== Seekers ==
We separated the vehicons and decepticon miners, I think we also separate the vehicons and the seekers (silver jets). --[[User:Autocon|Autocon]] 16:22, 10 July 2013 (EDT)
:Considering the two toys of the "Seekers" are called Jet Vehicon General and Vehicon Ace, I think they're fine here. The Miners are explicitly separate from the Vehicons. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] 17:30, 10 July 2013 (EDT)

== Chevy Camaro? ==

FYI: According to [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm?bio=vehicon Transformers.com], the Vehicon transforms into a Chevy Camaro. - [[User:Gimmick|Gimmick]] ([[User talk:Gimmick|talk]]) 11:50, 16 December 2013 (EST)
:That is really weird, especially considering the rest of them don't get that descriptive with the altmodes. Next closest thing is Knock Out being labeled a "European Sports Car". Wonder if they just templated these bios off of a movie Bumblebee's bio and forgot to change the altmode label on the Vehicon. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] ([[User talk:Detour|talk]]) 12:08, 16 December 2013 (EST)

== Haven't the Vehicons been SEVERELY depowered over the duration of the show ==

I've re-watched the show a 100 times plus. I cannot help but witness the tragic depowering of the vehicons. From the first episode, where not even a series of punches from Arcee could effect them and requiring the arrival of Bee and Bulkhead, to Wheeljack and Arcee taking down an entire squadron in a matter of a kick or couple punches and in the movie where a single shot takes them down, the depowering of the Vehicons is the only thing more apparent the that of the Insecticons. Another depowering is their apparent need to watch the Autobots kick their comrades' asses before getting their own asses kicked. [[User:Tevatron044|Tevatron044]] ([[User talk:Tevatron044|talk]]) 22:51, 23 July 2014 (EDT)

== How often do the car vehicons transform? ==

Not sure if im crazy but do they only transform in the first episode and Inside Job? Does anyone remember if they transfrom anywhere else because I do not remember them ever transforming.
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[[User:Tevatron044|Tevatron044]] ([[User talk:Tevatron044|talk]]) 22:51, 23 July 2014 (EDT)== Drones? ==

What makes these guys drones? So far in the cartoon they seem to be generic Decepticons. Who don't talk much. Also, where is their name from? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:16, 27 November 2010 (EST)
:They were named in the comic, if I recall correctly. If they're ''not'' drones, the Autobots sure don't seem to have too many qualms about killing them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:18, 27 November 2010 (EST)
:Starscream refers to them as drones in the second episode. Not sure if he's just referring to the miners or not though. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:35, 27 November 2010 (EST)
::"The drones have been mining in you absence." The drones pictured mining were far away, but didn't seem to have the same silhouette as the Eradicons. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:44, 27 November 2010 (EST)
[[Deus ex Machina]] muddies the issue somewhat further with Starscream's comment that "The crew took a vote", which would seem to be beyond the capability of drones. Although then he does go and randomly murder one. Of course, I suppose the crew he was referring to could have been named Decepticons aboard the Nemesis that haven't been shown yet, the same way there's nothing to suggest Makeshift wasn't aboard during Darkness Rising. [[Special:Contributions/82.15.246.28|82.15.246.28]] 16:31, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:Yeah, that would be my guess. I can't imagine non-living drones taking a vote would be something Screamer would care about, so we have to assume there are other Cons on the ship...--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:55, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
::They call them drones so they can show their robotic guts getting ripped out in a cartoon. Otherwise they can vote and disagree with Starscream and stuff as much as they want. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:13, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:::They seem to follow the same 'rules' as Star Wars' Stormtroopers or GI Joe's Cobra Vipers. They may be intelligent, but they're just disposable troop fodder. A drone doesn't have to be mindless, after all, and it's pretty clear that the Vehicons have some degree of intelligence. So they're not the same as the drones from Beast Machines. As for the Autobots pounding on them, that's been explicitly answered - it's because they're part of the Decepticon's warrior caste. The Autobots are far more merciful to the worker caste Decepticons... typically. - [[User:Vanguard|Vanguard]] 18:28, 16 January 2012 (EST)
Is it possible that they lack a spark in the traditional sense? This would explain their being somewhat sentient, but not being "alive", and thus being disposable

== Heads? ==

May be just me, but do the combat and mining variants have different helmets?
The combat ones have helmets like in War For Cybertron, shaped like a T, and the miners have Dead Space-ish stripes.
Anyone else noticed?

-ThiAthEhn

== Names? ==

These guys were recently called "Terrorcons" in the new "Terrorcon Defence" Game on Hubworld.com Maybe add a note about that? --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 17:25, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:No, they were called Vehicons. [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] are the Dark Energon zombies. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:29, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:But yes, you can add a note about them being called Vehicons in that game. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:32, 4 February 2011 (EST)

== Jets ==

Should we have a seperate page for jet vehicons and car type vehicons? Seeing as they are fairly different, We do have individual pages for each type of BM Vehicon. Thoughts? [[User:Grimlock140|Grimlock140]] 18:04, 6 May 2012 (EDT)

== Hasbro DVD packaging variant ==

A packaging variation appears to exist, which includes a DVD of "Loose Cannons" [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/652476-rid-vehicon-w-dvd-spotted.html][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251148067123][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261095281174][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330790747588]

== Other names for Vehicons ==

Seeing as how the jet vehicons are called Flyers in the recent episode, shouldn't that be added to the beginning of the page? And since they are called flyers, why not call the other vehicons Drivers?{{unsigned|96.246.103.170|20:30, 15 October 2012}}
:"Flyers" isn't necessarily a proper name so much as... y'know, ''what they do''. Also, we're not going to gin up a term for land-based Vehicons that ''nobody in the show has used''.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 21:22, 15 October 2012 (EDT)

== Drones? Part 2 ==
Considering the latest episode showed that they were affected by the spark extractor, I'm starting to wonder if all of the drone information on this page is unnecessary. Starscream could have referred to them as drones as a pejorative, or referring to them with a different meaning than them being lesser than standard Cybertronians. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 01:24, 27 October 2012 (EDT)
:Yeah, I think by now we can be certain that they're not drones. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:33, 27 October 2012 (EDT)

== Jet/Air Vehicons ==
Were they ever given a unique name in the cartoon? Shouldn't they have their own page? [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] 00:21, 20 May 2013 (EDT)
: I've been mulling over breaking this up between types, just haven't had the chance to put together the best way of doing so. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:18, 20 May 2013 (EDT)

== Seekers ==
We separated the vehicons and decepticon miners, I think we also separate the vehicons and the seekers (silver jets). --[[User:Autocon|Autocon]] 16:22, 10 July 2013 (EDT)
:Considering the two toys of the "Seekers" are called Jet Vehicon General and Vehicon Ace, I think they're fine here. The Miners are explicitly separate from the Vehicons. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] 17:30, 10 July 2013 (EDT)

== Chevy Camaro? ==

FYI: According to [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm?bio=vehicon Transformers.com], the Vehicon transforms into a Chevy Camaro. - [[User:Gimmick|Gimmick]] ([[User talk:Gimmick|talk]]) 11:50, 16 December 2013 (EST)
:That is really weird, especially considering the rest of them don't get that descriptive with the altmodes. Next closest thing is Knock Out being labeled a "European Sports Car". Wonder if they just templated these bios off of a movie Bumblebee's bio and forgot to change the altmode label on the Vehicon. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] ([[User talk:Detour|talk]]) 12:08, 16 December 2013 (EST)

== Haven't the Vehicons been SEVERELY depowered over the duration of the show ==

I've re-watched the show a 100 times plus. I cannot help but witness the tragic depowering of the vehicons. From the first episode, where not even a series of punches from Arcee could effect them and requiring the arrival of Bee and Bulkhead, to Wheeljack and Arcee taking down an entire squadron in a matter of a kick or couple punches and in the movie where a single shot takes them down, the depowering of the Vehicons is the only thing more apparent the that of the Insecticons. Another depowering is their apparent need to watch the Autobots kick their comrades' asses before getting their own asses kicked. [[User:Tevatron044|Tevatron044]] ([[User talk:Tevatron044|talk]]) 22:51, 23 July 2014 (EDT)

== How often do the car vehicons transform? ==

Not sure if im crazy but do they only transform in the first episode and Inside Job? Does anyone remember if they transfrom anywhere else because I do not remember them ever transforming.
[[User:PorkedPork|PorkedPork]] ([[User talk:PorkedPork|talk]]) 02:50, 14 September 2020 (EDT)

Talk:Vehicon (Prime)

2020-09-14T06:50:15Z

PorkedPork:

[[User:PorkedPork|PorkedPork]] ([[User talk:PorkedPork|talk]]) 02:50, 14 September 2020 (EDT)[[User:Tevatron044|Tevatron044]] ([[User talk:Tevatron044|talk]]) 22:51, 23 July 2014 (EDT)== Drones? ==

What makes these guys drones? So far in the cartoon they seem to be generic Decepticons. Who don't talk much. Also, where is their name from? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:16, 27 November 2010 (EST)
:They were named in the comic, if I recall correctly. If they're ''not'' drones, the Autobots sure don't seem to have too many qualms about killing them.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:18, 27 November 2010 (EST)
:Starscream refers to them as drones in the second episode. Not sure if he's just referring to the miners or not though. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:35, 27 November 2010 (EST)
::"The drones have been mining in you absence." The drones pictured mining were far away, but didn't seem to have the same silhouette as the Eradicons. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:44, 27 November 2010 (EST)
[[Deus ex Machina]] muddies the issue somewhat further with Starscream's comment that "The crew took a vote", which would seem to be beyond the capability of drones. Although then he does go and randomly murder one. Of course, I suppose the crew he was referring to could have been named Decepticons aboard the Nemesis that haven't been shown yet, the same way there's nothing to suggest Makeshift wasn't aboard during Darkness Rising. [[Special:Contributions/82.15.246.28|82.15.246.28]] 16:31, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:Yeah, that would be my guess. I can't imagine non-living drones taking a vote would be something Screamer would care about, so we have to assume there are other Cons on the ship...--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:55, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
::They call them drones so they can show their robotic guts getting ripped out in a cartoon. Otherwise they can vote and disagree with Starscream and stuff as much as they want. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:13, 14 March 2011 (EDT)
:::They seem to follow the same 'rules' as Star Wars' Stormtroopers or GI Joe's Cobra Vipers. They may be intelligent, but they're just disposable troop fodder. A drone doesn't have to be mindless, after all, and it's pretty clear that the Vehicons have some degree of intelligence. So they're not the same as the drones from Beast Machines. As for the Autobots pounding on them, that's been explicitly answered - it's because they're part of the Decepticon's warrior caste. The Autobots are far more merciful to the worker caste Decepticons... typically. - [[User:Vanguard|Vanguard]] 18:28, 16 January 2012 (EST)
Is it possible that they lack a spark in the traditional sense? This would explain their being somewhat sentient, but not being "alive", and thus being disposable

== Heads? ==

May be just me, but do the combat and mining variants have different helmets?
The combat ones have helmets like in War For Cybertron, shaped like a T, and the miners have Dead Space-ish stripes.
Anyone else noticed?

-ThiAthEhn

== Names? ==

These guys were recently called "Terrorcons" in the new "Terrorcon Defence" Game on Hubworld.com Maybe add a note about that? --[[User:Kaymac192|Kaymac192]] 17:25, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:No, they were called Vehicons. [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcons]] are the Dark Energon zombies. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:29, 4 February 2011 (EST)
:But yes, you can add a note about them being called Vehicons in that game. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:32, 4 February 2011 (EST)

== Jets ==

Should we have a seperate page for jet vehicons and car type vehicons? Seeing as they are fairly different, We do have individual pages for each type of BM Vehicon. Thoughts? [[User:Grimlock140|Grimlock140]] 18:04, 6 May 2012 (EDT)

== Hasbro DVD packaging variant ==

A packaging variation appears to exist, which includes a DVD of "Loose Cannons" [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/652476-rid-vehicon-w-dvd-spotted.html][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251148067123][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261095281174][http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330790747588]

== Other names for Vehicons ==

Seeing as how the jet vehicons are called Flyers in the recent episode, shouldn't that be added to the beginning of the page? And since they are called flyers, why not call the other vehicons Drivers?{{unsigned|96.246.103.170|20:30, 15 October 2012}}
:"Flyers" isn't necessarily a proper name so much as... y'know, ''what they do''. Also, we're not going to gin up a term for land-based Vehicons that ''nobody in the show has used''.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 21:22, 15 October 2012 (EDT)

== Drones? Part 2 ==
Considering the latest episode showed that they were affected by the spark extractor, I'm starting to wonder if all of the drone information on this page is unnecessary. Starscream could have referred to them as drones as a pejorative, or referring to them with a different meaning than them being lesser than standard Cybertronians. [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 01:24, 27 October 2012 (EDT)
:Yeah, I think by now we can be certain that they're not drones. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 01:33, 27 October 2012 (EDT)

== Jet/Air Vehicons ==
Were they ever given a unique name in the cartoon? Shouldn't they have their own page? [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] 00:21, 20 May 2013 (EDT)
: I've been mulling over breaking this up between types, just haven't had the chance to put together the best way of doing so. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 01:18, 20 May 2013 (EDT)

== Seekers ==
We separated the vehicons and decepticon miners, I think we also separate the vehicons and the seekers (silver jets). --[[User:Autocon|Autocon]] 16:22, 10 July 2013 (EDT)
:Considering the two toys of the "Seekers" are called Jet Vehicon General and Vehicon Ace, I think they're fine here. The Miners are explicitly separate from the Vehicons. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] 17:30, 10 July 2013 (EDT)

== Chevy Camaro? ==

FYI: According to [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm?bio=vehicon Transformers.com], the Vehicon transforms into a Chevy Camaro. - [[User:Gimmick|Gimmick]] ([[User talk:Gimmick|talk]]) 11:50, 16 December 2013 (EST)
:That is really weird, especially considering the rest of them don't get that descriptive with the altmodes. Next closest thing is Knock Out being labeled a "European Sports Car". Wonder if they just templated these bios off of a movie Bumblebee's bio and forgot to change the altmode label on the Vehicon. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] ([[User talk:Detour|talk]]) 12:08, 16 December 2013 (EST)

== Haven't the Vehicons been SEVERELY depowered over the duration of the show ==

I've re-watched the show a 100 times plus. I cannot help but witness the tragic depowering of the vehicons. From the first episode, where not even a series of punches from Arcee could effect them and requiring the arrival of Bee and Bulkhead, to Wheeljack and Arcee taking down an entire squadron in a matter of a kick or couple punches and in the movie where a single shot takes them down, the depowering of the Vehicons is the only thing more apparent the that of the Insecticons. Another depowering is their apparent need to watch the Autobots kick their comrades' asses before getting their own asses kicked. [[User:Tevatron044|Tevatron044]] ([[User talk:Tevatron044|talk]]) 22:51, 23 July 2014 (EDT)

== How often do the car vehicons transform? ==

Not sure if im crazy but do they only transform in the first episode and Inside Job? Does anyone remember if they transfrom anywhere else because I do not remember them ever transforming.
[[User:PorkedPork|PorkedPork]] ([[User talk:PorkedPork|talk]]) 02:50, 14 September 2020 (EDT)

Talk:Switcheroo

2020-09-11T07:48:21Z

PorkedPork: Created page with "Why isnt Graham in the character list?~~~~"

Why isnt Graham in the character list?[[User:PorkedPork|PorkedPork]] ([[User talk:PorkedPork|talk]]) 03:48, 11 September 2020 (EDT)

Talk:Rock Bottom

2020-09-09T06:51:33Z

PorkedPork: /* question */

When this age is expanded upon episode airing, I demand that all picture captions be named for random wrestling moves. [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] would have it no other way [[Special:Contributions/96.253.72.15|96.253.72.15]] 17:21, 5 July 2011 (EDT)
:And we have to do as you say because....?--[[User:Metroplex|Metroplex]] 22:22, 15 July 2011 (EDT)
::Because it would be hilarious? -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 00:44, 16 July 2011 (EDT)
:::Because Stone Cold said so. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 00:54, 16 July 2011 (EDT)
::::Because [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Toys|Prime 3:16]] --[[User:Boy Blunderous|Boy Blunderous]] 01:18, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
:::::The Funny Stays.[[User:Hida Atarasi|Hida Atarasi]] 09:22, 17 July 2011 (EDT)

==Ground Bridge==
Another reason they can't ground bridge? It's established early that the cave walls are blocking comm signals. Arcee and Bulkhead can't even call each other, let alone the base who-knows-how-far away in order to call up a bridge. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:49, 18 July 2011 (EDT)

== Coughing ==

*Bulkhead says that Autobots don't need to breathe. But when Starscream when he gets out of the cave, he coughs and gasps for air.

Was he really gasping for air, or just getting the dust out of his filters?[[Special:Contributions/192.249.47.196|192.249.47.196]] 14:33, 18 November 2011 (EST)

== question ==
when Miko was running out of air with Bulkhead, why didn't Bulkhead just turn on his Air Conditioning he's a truck, and would have one right even in robot mode he would still have the AC unit inside him? [[User:Chasemarc1701|Chasemarc1701]] ([[User talk:Chasemarc1701|talk]]) 02:42, 11 January 2014 (EST)
:Air conditioning doesn't convert carbon dioxide to oxygen which is what Miko would need. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 03:27, 11 January 2014 (EST)
::It's possible that Bulkhead can't access his AC in robot mode, since he doesn't seem to have his sound system and needs Miko to hit him with a rock to call for help. Plus, as abates said, AC doesn't work that way. [[User:BattleBlade|BattleBlade]] ([[User talk:BattleBlade|talk]]) 06:53, 11 January 2014 (EST)

Talk:Crisscross (episode)

2020-09-09T06:43:57Z

PorkedPork: /* Dinner */

WILL MAKE YOU JUMP JUMP [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 08:37, 29 April 2011 (EDT)

"Nurse June Darby doesn't wear scrubs while on break from the hospital" - aren't scrubs exactly what she's wearing? All the time? -[[User:LV|LV]] 14:38, 26 June 2011 (EDT)
:...yeah, they kind of are. People usually don't dress full-body in teal for their health. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:09, 26 June 2011 (EDT)
::My bad. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:23, 28 June 2011 (EDT)

== one line unclear ==

What did Jack say after saying "organic tofu"? {{unsigned|Foxyman|03:09, 27 June 2011 (EDT)}}
:"Hey, uh, car beats ten-speed. I'll be home soon!" --[[User:Abates|abates]] 04:13, 27 June 2011 (EDT)

== The package ==

I wouldn't call this a continuity issue. It isn't "addressed" to jack in a postal sense just simply has his name on it and its never implied to have been in the mailbox at all anyway. There in't any real reference to time passage between the snatch and grab and jack coming home other than Arcee saying she had just bridged in but MECH coulda had time to drop the envelope off before she got there. I'm sure a group like them could bypass a low tech garage door without leaving evidence after all :) --[[User:The Krypt Angel|The Krypt Angel]] 11:34, 28 June 2011 (EDT)
:I agree. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:23, 28 June 2011 (EDT)
::And wouldn't all this make Arcee more suspicious than casual? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 12:43, 28 June 2011 (EDT)
:::The note says the package was in the mailbox, which it simply wasn't ever in the mailbox in the episode. There was no address or stamp, so there is no reason to presume it came from the mailbox. If there is an error, it doesn't have to do with how the package got from the mailbox to the garage. It would be how the package got in the garage. ''Prime'' has a very small on-screen cast, but couldn't Arcee have assumed a friend or relative of his left the package? It was very convenient to the story that the package was in the garage of all places but I don't think it was a continuity error. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 19:28, 28 June 2011 (EDT)
:::How well-versed is Arcee in the postal service anyway? I'm guessing "not a lot".

==Dinner==
I don't think that's necessarily a continuity error. She was planning on cooking dinner, but then she decided to not go ahead with cooking a nice meal for someone who just broke his grounding. Tough love. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:23, 28 June 2011 (EDT)
:It's the going back to work bit that doesn't make sense.[[Special:Contributions/70.34.147.6|70.34.147.6]] 19:32, 10 November 2011 (EST)

She said she was taking her break from work to cook dinner. She was not finished with work. - [[User:PorkedPork|PorkedPork]] 23:43, 8 September 2020 (PST)

== Cement ==

Should it be noted in Animation/Technical errors that the amount of cement shown being poured on Airachnid isn't actually enough to cover her entire body? [[Special:Contributions/76.125.255.72|76.125.255.72]]

== Foreign localization ==

I want to add this between "Real-world references" and "Trivia" but edit is blocked.
<pre>
===Foreign localization===
'''Korean'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Geomi ui Boksu'''" (거미의 복수, "Spider's Revenge")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[October 24|24 October]] [[2011]]
</pre>
[[Special:Contributions/14.39.222.145|14.39.222.145]] 06:10, 29 October 2011 (EDT)

== Reuse ==

Am I the only one who thinks the small ditch where MECH and Airachnid first meet at the beginning looks like a scaled down version of the canyon where Optimus and Bumblebee fought Skyquake in Masters & Students [[User:Flydie|Flydie]] 14:35, 13 March 2012 (EDT)

== "'Transformers' was it?" ==

This is slightly mentioned in the trivia, but I thought it could do with expanding. In most other continuities, the Autobots and Decepticons [i]do[/i] call themselves Transformers. I can't think of any other media where it's a term that humans have invented. [[User:LiamK|LiamK]] 14:42, 7 June 2012 (EDT)

== This is the last time x happens ==

I know that rules regarding spoilers are fairly flexible on a Wiki, especially for older stuff, but I think the "This is the last time Mech appears in season 1" is a bit superfluous. They are only in 3 episodes in the whole season for one thing, and if we're going to start listing the last appearences in a season of everything we'd quickly fill up the trivia sections.

I can understand "This is the last time Sentinal Prime appears in the series" as a piece of trivia though, so do we have any hard and fast rules? [[User:LiamK|LiamK]] 14:45, 7 June 2012 (EDT)
: I agree that "this is the last of three times this guy shows up in this particular season" is dumb trivia. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:08, 7 June 2012 (EDT)

== Fowler's Chopper ==

I'm curious, does anybody know which model of helicopter Fowler's flying? Or at least, what it's closest to? Logically that would be what Airachnid turns into. Or is it just something totally generic and baseless? I think it may be the RAH-66 Comanche but I'm not exactly an expert.
: Airachnid very very obviously does not transform into Fowler's helicopter. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:39, 25 November 2012 (EST)
: Makes even less sense since there were only two RAH-66 built, and the program was cancelled in 2004. They should've gone for the AH-1 Cobra. At least it's still in service.
[[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 18:02, 25 November 2012 (EST)
::The continuity errors section says it resembles a UH-1 "Huey". --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:12, 25 November 2012 (EST)

Talk:Shadowzone (episode)

2020-09-09T06:37:29Z

PorkedPork: /* Silent Hill reference? */

Should Optimus blasting off Starscreams arm be considered a reference to ROTF? --[[User:Rxlthunder|Rxlthunder]] 08:16, 15 May 2011 (EDT)
:Only if Optimus ripped off the arm and beat Starscream with it. Otherwise, no. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 12:58, 15 May 2011 (EDT)
:I'd say no, parts getting blasted off is pretty standard for robot battle scenes. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 13:01, 15 May 2011 (EDT)

Did Megatron steal the plans for the GroundBridge while in Bumblebee's body or was the technology already known to the Decepticons? {{unsigned|95.172.196.153}}
:It's not mentioned in the episode. It seems unlikely that they'd have a GroundBridge up and running in the short time since Megatron was resurrected. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:19, 16 May 2011 (EDT)
::Before this episode I didn't think the Decepticons had a GroundBridge. Maybe because their base isn't, you know, on the ground. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 16:37, 16 May 2011 (EDT)

Starscream loses the same arm (right) wich had also happened to Screamer in Revenge of the Fallen. Coincidence? - [[User:Rustyscraplet|Rustyscraplet]] 23:00, 1 Jan 2012 (EDT)
:Already discussed and rejected because 1)robots losing body parts is fairly standard and 2)Screamer only has two arms, there's a 50% probability of it being the same arm lost this time by pure chance. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 17:10, 1 January 2012 (EST)
::Understood. - [[User:Rustyscraplet|Rustyscraplet]] 23:28, 1 Jan 2012 (EDT)
== OPTIMUS SMILING?! ==

At what time in the episode does Optimus Smile?
:When he says they are glad the humans are safe.--[[User:Roni134730|Roni134730]] 23:23, 18 May 2011 (EDT)
::Optimus actually smiles quite a bit in this show. Dunno if the fanfare is that necessary. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:36, 18 May 2011 (EDT)

== Universal Stream Factor ==

I'm confused. If the Shadow Zone is a alternate dimension, how exactly does it fit into the universal stream factor? It's like the negative universe from G1. Besides, when Cliffjumper went too the SG universe, he didn't see his universe.
:Uh, it's not a universe. It's a dimension within Aligned universe 1010.26 Alpha. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 20:24, 27 May 2011 (EDT)
: Sorry, I just don't understand that kind of stuff. I mean, ever since Transtech came around, it just changed my viewpoint.
Still, aren't dimmensions still considered universal streams? {{[[Special:Contributions/184.56.27.61|184.56.27.61]] 01:04, 28 May 2011 (EDT)}}

==Silent Hill reference?==
I'm rewatching TFP, and once again the Shadowzone strikes me as very similar to the other dimension in Silent Hill (movie) - muted colors, electronic devices registering white noise, both worlds untouchable to each other... Is it worth noting in the Real-world references section? - [[User:Silver|Silvery]] 18:32, 4 April 2012 (EDT)

Probably not. I wouldn't unless it was more explicit. -
[[User:PorkedPork]] 23:36, 8 September 2020 (PST)

Talk:Shadowzone (episode)

2020-09-09T06:36:52Z

PorkedPork: /* Silent Hill reference? */

Talk:Sick Mind

2020-09-09T06:32:36Z

PorkedPork: /* Terrorcons */

This was in Real World References
*The way Optimus was infected by the plague was similar to how Frank was infected by the rage virus in the film ''28 Days Later''.

I have said this a few times, but I'll say it again. Similar situations aren't references. If there's a chance that the similarities are an accident, odds are it's not a reference.
: Yeah, we have a cool userpage template for that. It makes my life happy:
{{notareference}}
--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:57, 30 April 2011 (EDT)

Thank you for that. That picture made my day. Now i think it's time to remove the Saving Private Ryan "reference" from Darkness Rising part IV

== Terrorcons ==

Should the category of Others be added to mark the Terrorcons appeareance in the flashback?

--[[Special:Contributions/190.203.168.31|190.203.168.31]] 18:39, 7 May 2011 (EDT)

Nah its already been a long time.

== The collapsing dreamworld: A thought. ==

Perhaps what we saw was a virtual reality representation of the data constantly streaming in Megatron's CPU(his subconscious), which was registering as brainwave activity on the monitor. For this entire time he had no idea he was even alive. The Cortical Psychic Patch may have allowed his CPU to interpret the random bursts of data as sensory for the first time since the explosion. Thoughts brought to life, you could say. What if his world was black oblivion and basic thoughts until Bumblebee jumped into his head? Remember, he gave indication that he thought he was in the Well of Allsparks and came to realize that wasn't the case when he figured out the CPP.

In that vein, can you blame Megatron for freaking out when the psychic patch plug was pulled? His only means of being aware in his damaged state was being yanked away. He got so desperate to regain full consciousness that he threw himself at Bumblebee. He may have thought he failed until he realized he was still self-aware.

Just a thought that might explain the collapsing dreamworld.

[[User:CH|CH]] 13:18, 17 May 2011 (EDT)

== "No character transforms" ==

Is not necessarily true. Bumblebee, if not he and Arcee both, drive through the ground bridge onto the Nemesis, and transform as soon as they're through. You can *barely* see Bumblebee in car mode, but his sumersault into robot mode is obvious. Furthermore, the sound effects - transformation, preceded by a car driving - give it away. Does this count, or shall we just leave it? - Sntint/AIan, not logged in. Possibly gotta make a new account, but not right now. [[Special:Contributions/108.17.149.103|108.17.149.103]] 00:21, 21 July 2012 (EDT)

Talk:Con Job

2020-09-09T06:24:52Z

PorkedPork: /* Spoilers */

We gotta get a few pictures of Screamer's contorted face up here. We see it a ''lot'' in this episode, for some reason.

== Spoilers ==

I know that the episode synopsis is kind of where you go to ''get'' spoiled, but can we not have a huge spoiler in the article's main screenshot?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:47, 26 February 2011 (EST)

Episodes already been out for almost a decade though

=="Earth vehicle kibble"==
Is it really? It's wheels and a windshield. Cybertronian vehicles have those, too. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 12:43, 27 February 2011 (EST)

== Wheeljack vs. Vehicons ==

At some point Wheeljack is seen cutting off the arm of a Vehicon and then using it briefly as a "weapon" against them. May that be another reference to the scene in "Revenge of the Fallen", when Optimus cut off Starscream's arm (during the battle in the forest)? --[[User:Sharky7|Sharky7]] 10:45, 5 March 2011 (EST)
: No. Not everything that happens in an episode that vaguely reminds you of something somewhere else is an intentional reference. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 11:28, 5 March 2011 (EST)
:: I understand. It's been just a coincidence, then. --[[User:Sharky7|Sharky7]] 13:43, 5 March 2011 (EST)

== Battle in the desert ==

Just a question of mine popped in my mind the last evening: giant robots can leave footprints in the snow (Bulkhead and Bumblebee, at the beginning of the episode "Scrapheap"), but they can't leave any on the sand (Wheeljack and the Vehicons during their battle scene)? --[[User:Sharky7|Sharky7]] 06:35, 8 March 2011 (EST)

Arcee (G1)

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:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ArceeG1-2010storypage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|These aren't high heels, they just forgot to finish building my feet.]]
Most make the mistake of noticing only '''Arcee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Female Transformer|gender]], but these first impressions are quickly expanded upon. Arcee is a merciless and deadly warrior who's an expert in hand-to-hand combat and one of the best sharpshooters on record. The reason for her ferocity is how much she cares for her fellow Autobots and especially the [[human]]s they protect. She knows how fragile her organic companions are, and she's equally aware of the evils the [[Decepticon]]s are capable of. Peers such as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] may be more durable than the humans, but she no less fights to defend them as well. They get in plenty of trouble, so someone has to be the level-headed one. (Some believe Arcee has a [[Transformer romance|romantic]] attraction to either of those two, but that depends on who and when you ask.)

If concern for her friends is her strength, it's regrettably also her weakness. If anything would happen to, say, [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], she might just completely lose it. And she may be quick, but she's not very strong.

She's also [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]'s "[[Relatives|great-aunt]]".

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
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{{main|Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
A close associate of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], Arcee fought in both the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and the [[Unicron War]] in 2005. Following that, she continued working closely with Rodimus Prime as one of his primary warriors. In 2006, she binary bonded with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] to save his life, becoming a Headmaster.

In a splinter timeline, Arcee was a member of the [[Female Autobots]] and fought in the resistance against the Decepticons on Cybertron while Optimus Prime's crew lay dormant on Earth. In 2011, Arcee had not become a Headmaster in this timeline, instead becoming a ''secretary'' for Fortress Maximus.
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel UK future timelines====
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
[[File:Arceeprimesrib.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|They're not men, Arcee. Transformers have no gender. We've been over this!]]
Arcee was constructed by the Autobots in an alternate future [[1995]] as a good-will attempt to placate [[Feminist mob|angry feminists]] who thought that they were "sexist" for having no women in their group. After trying multiple times to explain that Autobots, being robots, had no gender, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered and ordered the creation of a new Autobot who would meet the humans' demands for sexual equality. However, when Arcee was unveiled at a public ceremony, her pink, skinny and curvaceous form enraged the very audience Prime intended to placate. [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], [[Horri-Bull]], [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] immediately attacked, looking to crush the "secret weapon" that was promised. Prime warned Arcee to stay back, lest she get hurt in battle, but the female Autobot, rightfully annoyed at the Autobots' lack of faith in her equal ability, singlehandedly forced the Decepticons into a retreat. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] thought that was pretty hot. The feminists were enraged beyond words. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}

Arcee was present at the opening of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2004]] when a group of Decepticons led by Shockwave launched an attack, hoping to permanently ruin Autobot-human relations by assassinating several diplomats present. She helped shield the diplomats from harm until Hot Rod drove the attackers away. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

[[File:Springer arcee the planet eater.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
''Arcee was present when the Decepticons launched a major offensive against Autobot City in the year [[2005]]. She and Springer transformed the outpost into its defensive mode, but the Decepticons nonetheless managed to breach its walls. Megatron and his troops were eventually driven away, but at a steep cost: Optimus had been fatally wounded in battle against his nemesis. Arcee afterwards stood in solemn silence as Optimus passed on the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus before expiring on his death bed.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

''After a brief respite, Arcee and the other Earthbound Autobots received dire news from [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]; a monster planet, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], was advancing menacingly towards Cybertron. Daniel, at the time perched on Arcee's shoulder, was especially worried about what would happen to his father should Unicron attack. There was little time to contemplate the situation however, as the Autobots were then assaulted by a new enemy: [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. The Autobots were forced to split up into two groups and blast off aboard a couple of shuttles in their attempt to escape him, but Galvatron remained in pursuit. In a last-ditch effort to lose the Decepticon, Magnus ordered an emergency separation of the shuttle. After Galvatron destroyed the jettisoned portion of the vessel (and declared the Matrix destroyed), Arcee's group landed their craft on the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]] for repairs.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

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''When Daniel asked to be allowed to help with the repairs, Arcee brought out one of his father's [[Exosuit]]s from storage, and helped the boy put it on. Though Daniel had trouble with the suit's workings, Arcee assured him that he was doing well for his first time operating it. The Autobots barely managed to get any work done before Galvatron tracked them down again. Ultra Magnus was torn to pieces in the ensuing battle, and Galvatron took off with the Matrix of Leadership in hand. Arcee and her teammates gathered to look over Ultra Magnus afterwards, only for the hostile Junkions to then spring forth! Thankfully, another ship carrying Hot Rod and several other Autobots arrived, and managed to talk peace with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], leader of the Junkions. Wreck-Gar's troops rebuilt Ultra Magnus, and everyone on Junk readied for a confrontation against Unicron. This clash ended with the Autobots' ship spearing through the titan's eye. Arcee and the others were separated from Hot Rod within Unicron, but her group found Spike, Bumblebee, and Jazz. They were soon rejoined by Hot Rod, but in his absence he had reacquired the Matrix of Leadership, which had both upgraded him into "Rodimus Prime" and begun a chain reaction inside Unicron, culminating in his destruction! With Unicron's threat now dealt with, the Autobots gathered around Rodimus Prime, who announced that this day would mark a new chapter in Cybertronian history, one that would hopefully contain much peace and happiness.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

[[File:Arceehotrodspacepirates.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Y'know, Arcee, if you'd stop running pigeon-toed, maybe we'd be out of here by now.]]
Though they had been quite friendly beforehand, Arcee and Hot Rod began to drift apart after his ascension to Prime status in [[2006]]. She remained stationed at Autobot City on Earth, but grew bored by her duties. One day in [[2008]], she decided to be a bit adventurous, rationalizing that ditching her duties and returning before anyone noticed wouldn't amount to any harm. After a quick drive through the countryside, she returned to base to find it under siege by the [[Quintesson]]s. Arcee was accosted, wounded, and strategically placed as bait so that Rodimus would see her upon investigating the attack on the outpost. Sure enough, when he spotting her, Rodimus rushed to his "childhood" friend's aid. When he tried to use the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to heal her, Arcee tried to warn her leader of the set-up, but the trap had already been sprung; the Quintessons stole the Matrix and Rodimus Prime reverted to Hot Rod. Despite her injuries, Arcee was soon back on her feet and assisting Hot Rod in a last-ditch effort to thwart the invaders' plans. While she, and a few cassette-Transformers the Quintessons had overlooked, distracted the enemy army, Hot Rod awakened [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], leading to the devastation of the Quintesson fleet. Arcee witnessed Hot Rod retrieve the Matrix from the Quintesson who had swiped it, [[Ghyrik]], after defeating him through trickery. Seeing him hold his own without the Matrix's power renewed Arcee's wavering faith in her commander. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In [[2009]], Arcee tracked down [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on Earth, where they were planning to use a laser bore to leech energy right from the [[Earth's core|planet's core]]. Joining a small Autobot detachment, they destroyed the drill and returned to Autobot City to face the greater threat: a [[Time rift|timestorm]] that threatened 20 years of history with destruction. As [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had spent months back in the 20th century, the universe was unraveling from the anomaly.

[[File:TimeWars3-ArceeDinobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Dinobots 1, Chivalry 0]]
Arcee, Rodimus and several other Autobots traveled back in time to [[1989]] in order to retrieve the Decepticon villain. Unfortunately, the Autobots of that day mistook them for imposters and tried to kill them. Arcee was nearly mauled to death by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] before [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] explained that they were actually travelers from the future. Even more unfortunately, Galvatron had acquired some allies in the past: Scourge, [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]], and the mighty [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]]. She joined [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in trying to triple-team Megatron, but was only swatted aside like a bothersome insect. Arcee survived, however, and managed to take a few cheap shots at Galvatron later on in the fight. Eventually, the timestorm asserted itself on the battle, and consumed Galvatron utterly, ending the temporal distortion. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

Arcee and the Autobots returned to their time only to find it had reset so Galvatron never time-jumped and had instead conquered Cybertron. Arcee and the returnees adjusted as best they could, but the odds were hopelessly against them. The resistance on Cybertron ended when Galvatron and his men ransacked a resistance station, killing [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and the other Autobots present. Galvatron mutilated the corpses to drive Rodimus Prime into a killing frenzy, hoping to corrupt the Matrix itself through its host. As she felt fire in the depths of her soul, Arcee managed to talk Rodimus down, reminding him of the true values of an Autobot leader; compassion and mercy. Despite this moral victory, the Autobots' resistance movement was quickly crushed, and they were forced to leave their homeworld. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}} Arcee joined a hundreds-strong Autobot team in fleeing to Earth to regroup. {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void}} When the Matrix-imprisoned [[Unicron]] possessed Rodimus and disabled the ship's retro-rockets, Kup had Arcee make her way to the damaged systems through the ship's air ducts. She successfully reached the sabotaged machinery and repaired them, but by that time a crash-landing had become inevitable. After the Autobots' ship made landfall, their possessed leader began advancing on them, vowing to tear them apart for their interference. {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} Arcee showed a more ruthless side in being the only one of the Autobots to advocate using lethal force on him. Kup was more hesitant in doing so, but eventually agreed with Arcee that Unicron had to be stopped, even at the expense of Rodimus's life. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} Kup changed his mind when Unicron's assault came to an abrupt end; Rodimus was fighting back, distracting Unicron from the goings-on in the physical realm. The dark god regained control briefly, killing [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] in the process, and Arcee declared that Unicron had been "faking it" to lure them into a false sense of security. But Kup suspected otherwise, and tackled down Rodimus to rip the Matrix out of his chest compartment. Though this released Rodimus from Unicron's control, it did not eliminate his threat; Rodimus declared that one day, he would have to venture back within the Matrix to confront Unicron again. {{storylink|White Fire}} As Unicron would go on to possess Rodimus again and devastate Cybertron in [[2010]]—an event she witnessed—Arcee's ruthless attitude appeared to have been the right one all along. Yes, Rodimus Prime managed to contain Unicron again, but at what price...? {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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Hot Rod, sent on a journey through time and space via [[Primus]], was sent to Junkion, and came across the deceased crew of an Autobot shuttle. One of the victims was Arcee. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

{{note|Her only other appearances in the Marvel U.S. comics were in their [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)|Transformers: The Movie]] adaptation, and a profile in issue #4 of ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]''. All stuff out-of-continuity with the US storyline.}}

===Sticker Adventures books===
Arcee was part of the crew of an Autobot ship that was studying the Universe. She asked Springer to make note of a specific star. After being hit by meteors, they were forced to make landfall on the nearby Junk planet. There, she helped Springer and Perceptor fix the ship, until the native Junkions attacked them. The fighting stopped when Kup arrived on-world, and used the universal greeting to calm down the Junkions. Now friends, the Junkions and the Autobots worked together to fix the damaged ship. Arcee and the Autobots then blasted off and went on their way. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}

===''Big Looker Storybook'' continuity===
[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Look, Dinobots, do you get along with Arcee or not?]]
Kup led Hot Rod, Arcee, and the Dinobots on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on Cybertron's second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and the ship crashed on a planet. Everyone landed safely, but Kup recognized the place. It was the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]]! They were interrupted by a tribal scream and a flurry of firestones. However, the boy who made his presence known was not aiming at them, but at the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and he had been abandoned on the planet when his ship crashed there earlier.

Wheelie led them through the jungle, battling Quintessons along the way, until they reached Wheelie's crashed ship. Hot Rod was able to fix it, and everyone left the planet Quintesson, Wheelie included! {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

===Coloring books===
Arcee didn't get a seat during a meeting and later shot at Decepticons. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
After digging his way out from underneath a sudden rockslide caused by an unexpected energy surge from a damaged [[stasis pod]], Rattrap demanded to know what in the name of his [[Relatives|great aunt]] Arcee was going on. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

====3H comics====
{{note|The following takes place during the [[Beast Era]], specifically its cartoon continuity, which took from both the original cartoon and the Marvel Comics. However, these stories seem to be written to be specifically taking place solely after the events of the original cartoon.}}

{{bigquote|I liked her better when she had that kid in her head.|[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]|"[[Betrayal]]"}}

[[File:Arceedeparturemourns.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Gothy 'cuz all her toys get canceled.]]
During a battle against a horde of killer [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] (now an adult) sacrificed their lives to end the threat. The death of Daniel took a serious toll on Arcee, who became reclusive, preferring to sit alone with images of her former [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]]. Over time, she slipped away from her friends entirely, disappearing within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After an unspecified event, she took on the form of a techno-organic spider, and learned the skills of both [[Crystalocution]] and the previously lost art of [[Tekkaido]]. She strongly believed that she had premonitions of her friends' deaths before they would happen, and this knowledge had driven her insane. She hid herself away, hoping to spare herself the pain of experiencing this phenomenon.

[[File:Arceedeparturespider.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty fa— well, just don't underestimate me, okay?]]
Hundreds of [[Units of time|stellar cycle]]s later, when [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] returned from [[Earth]]'s past and conquered Cybertron with his army of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], Arcee's solitude spared her from the onslaught. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], now known simply as Rodimus, had helped form a new team of [[Wrecker]]s and wished to enlist Arcee. But Arcee rejected his offer as she was still too embittered by her experience, though she was touched by the Wrecker [[Fractyl]]'s words. Rodimus's Wreckers were followed by Megatron's new Vehicon generals, [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] and [[Blastcharge (BM)|Blastcharge]], causing a battle that resulted in Fractyl's near-death. Refusing to lose another, Arcee used her spark to save Fractyl, also reformatting him into a Transmetal body. Arcee agreed to depart with the rest of the Wreckers, and she and Fractyl assisted them in defeating a vast Vehicon army in order to reach an old [[Autobot shuttle]]. {{storylink|Departure}}

But the Autobot bounty hunter [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] had snuck aboard their ship and attacked some of their group. Arcee and the others raced to the rescue, and Arcee was quickly felled by Devcon, despite his new, smaller Vehicon body. After things were sorted out, Arcee tended to Fractyl, whose new Transmetal form was wildly unstable. At Arcee's insistence, [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] created a crude medical bot, [[CatSCAN]], to assist Fractyl's recovery. Arcee was oddly unable to foresee the deaths of [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] and [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], a result of a yet-unknown saboteur amongst their ranks, as she happily watched CatSCAN discover himself while working on Fractyl. Their ship set down on their [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]-given destination, the remote planet of [[Akalo|Archa Nine]]. Arcee stayed behind with a few others to repair damage to their ship by their mysterious saboteur, who turned out to be fellow Wrecker [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus stole the [[Divine Light]], the artifact the Wreckers were searching for, and returned to his true master, [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

[[File:Arceedisclosure.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Just like old times, but smaller.]]
Arcee blamed herself, as she hadn't been able to foresee death since she saved Fractyl. Demoralized, Arcee and the Wreckers left Archa Nine and headed to another planet at the insistence of their divinely-inspired leader, [[Primal Prime]]. They landed on a small icy planet, and a small scout team, including Arcee, was sent to investigate. After searching for hours, they stumbled upon [[Al-Badur]], a [[Quintesson]] scientist. Arcee immediately readied her weapon, as she and Rodimus had had enough of the Quintessons for several lifetimes, but Primal Prime asked her to lower them. Al-Badur was a somewhat welcome source of information regarding their quest, and before they could leave the planet with him, they were under attack by a horde of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] sent by Cryotek. Arcee and Rodimus quietly bonded as they battled the Sharkticons; it was just like old times. Slowly but surely, Arcee's demeanor had lightened. After the Sharkticons were defeated, Al-Badur explained their problem. The Divine Light was an ancient Quintesson piece of technology that allowed them to tap directly into the power of [[Primus]], and now Cryotek had it! {{storylink|Disclosure}}

But when they returned to Cybertron, it had changed during their absence into a [[technorganic]] paradise by the [[Great Reformatting]]. Quintessons had seized the opportunity to invade the planet, but Primal Prime assured Arcee and the others that Cryotek was their only concern. Primal Prime, Apelinq, [[Ramulus]] and [[Tigatron]] left them to find Cryotek, leaving Arcee and the others to take their injured to safety before joining the counterattack forces on the ground. Instead, their shuttle took heavy damage and was descending in a ball of fire and smoke. Arcee, grabbing Fractyl's body and what life support she could, abandoned ship with the rest. Disregarding Primal Prime's orders, Arcee suggested they find Cryotek and help the other Wreckers defeat him. Descending into the layers of Cybertron, they met [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], who joined them on their journey.

Finding the battleground between Cryotek and [[Sentinel Maximus]] (the combined form of Apelinq and Primal Prime, newly merged by Primus), Arcee reluctantly set aside Fractyl and his life support to join the fight. She helped Devcon defeat Cryotek's mutated pet [[Chro]], using her weblines to hold the monster still so the bounty hunter could shoot at it. But Cyclonus and Rodimus had disappeared beneath some rubble, so Arcee, Fractyl (who had been magically repaired by Tigatron expending all of his [[Vok]] powers) and the others went digging for him... and instead found [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]... and Arcee's nephew, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. They avoided each other's glance awkwardly.

They found Rodimus, but he was in rough shape, having fought nearly to the death with Cyclonus. Arcee and the others agreed to follow Al-Badur's instruction in defeating Cryotek, and helped direct the battle between Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek to a chamber deep within Cybertron. Arcee asked Fractyl to keep on Rodimus, who was extremely weak. Their group arrived in the desired chamber, but Arcee had a bad feeling about the place. It seemed familiar. She recognized it too late. It was a Quintesson banishment chamber, and Al-Badur had activated the containment shield within, locking Sentinel Maximus, Cryotek, and himself inside a forcefield bubble that fed into a strongly gravitational portal into nothingness. To Arcee's initial horror, despite her pleas, Rodimus stood up to deal with the situation. She knew that his next action would kill him in his weakened state, but after his assurances, she resigned herself to the outcome. Rodimus and Cheetor, both [[Matrix Templar]]s, used their skills to drain Cryotek of his Primus-stolen powers. As expected, this was too much for Arcee's long-time friend, and though they succeeded in saving Cybertron, Rodimus was dead.

But death isn't an ending, she realized. It was just another change. "And change is what we do." Arcee and Fractyl gathered his body to take it to a secret burial ground that Arcee knew of. She promised that this time, she wouldn't disappear forever. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Before the war, Arcee worked in a hazardous materials treatment plant. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} She became a member of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s underground rebellion team headquartered in the [[Wastelands]] during the reign of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. She was regarded as one of the team's odd ones along with [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], though neither were unappreciated. Both [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod quickly fell in love with her. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} What no one knew, however, was that Arcee was a sleeper agent of the [[Quintesson]]s and a member of [[Female Autobots|their elite warriors]]. Her task was to keep an eye on the proceedings of the war, particularly Autobot activity, and both the location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and any Transformers with an affinity for the object. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} As such, Arcee was delighted when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was brought to the rebels' base, much to Hot Rod's misguided annoyance. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Since the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were making a mess in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] at the time, Shockwave unleashed the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]] on the polity, forcing the rebels to make their final stance against him immediately. Arcee ended up teamed-up with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]—a situation that bugged Hot Rod because he couldn't keep an eye on her. Halfway the battle, Arcee witnessed [[Shockwave's Tower]] shooting a beam of sorts to an [[Unicron|unknown destination]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Shortly after, she also witnessed the Decepticon hijack of [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], but even with these setbacks the Autobots won and reclaimed Iacon. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:LostandFound Arcee friends.jpg|upright=1.4|right|thumb|"I'm glad you said that. I'll invite [[Female Autobots|them]] over [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation One|right away]]."]]
The Autobots set up a new [[Autobase]] in Iacon, where Springer and Hot Rod made use of the relative peace time to win Arcee's affection. Hot Rod had a date of sorts with Arcee to help prepare and watch the shuttle that would send a group of Autobots to [[Earth]] take off, but only after he'd be done training. Springer jumped onto the opportunity and offered to go with Arcee while Hot Rod was busy. She accepted, much to Hot Rod's annoyance. At Landing Platform A, after they were done loading baggage, Arcee was lost in thoughts, of which a few she shared with Springer when he asked what was on her mind: she wasn't sure of her purpose in life and if she belonged on Cybertron. Springer assured her she belonged with her friends.

Over at [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], Arcee's masters observed the proceedings on Cybertron with glee, noting that not only had they found another Transformer with an affinity for the Matrix in Hot Rod, but that their own agent Arcee would work perfectly as a key to break his will. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} The Quintessons' plans would even be able to be executed well ahead of time by the Autobots' next move. Arcee was selected to leave with Kup, Springer, and the Dinobots to set up a new moonbase, while Hot Rod was selected for guard duty at Autobase with only Gnaw and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to assist him. Arcee's report on this situation got the Quintessons to send in her colleagues for both Hot Rod and the Matrix. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
In the shuttle taking them all to one of Cybertron's moons, Arcee witnessed an amusing conversation between Kup and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. Her attention was soon drawn back to the view outside though, where an [[Quintesson Cruiser|odd-looking object]] floated in wait for the shuttle. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:TheArtofWar1 girltalk.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]
In order to oversee the decommissioning of all Cybertronian technology on Earth, Arcee was sent to the planet alongside [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the last of which whom she had a mutual attraction to. Shortly after the group arrived at [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]], the facility came under attack by [[Cobra]], and Arcee helped fight them off alongside [[Scarlett]], who was surprised over the existence of "girl robots". {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Upon hearing about a security breach in the lower levels of Area 52, the group headed there and, to Arcee's horror, found Bumblebee injured and low on energy. Before much could be done about him, the group was attacked by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who took control of [[G.I. Joe battle mech|G.I. Joes' mechs]] and forced them to fight the Autobots before bringing the roof down on everyone. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

The Autobots and Joes survived, and quickly followed Serpent O.R. through a warpgate to Cybertron, where they were attacked by [[cannibalizer]]s. Arcee didn't think they were very threatening, but suggested that they retreat to protect the humans. During their escape, she promised that she'd rotate Bumblebee's tires if he could outrace her... only to run straight into Serpent O.R. and his new army, who remorselessly killed Bumblebee and captured the others. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} They eventually managed to escape thanks to their G.I. Joe friends. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

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After hearing that Serpent O.R. had captured [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Arcee and the others made their way to his chambers, only to find that [[Cobra Commander]] had taken control of Serpent O.R.'s body after he had seized the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. "Serpentor Prime" effortlessly defeated most of the Autobots and Joes, but Arcee dodged his tentacles and managed to rip his chestplate off, allowing [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to take the Matrix's power and defeat him. Some time later, Arcee cried for Bumblebee during a memorial service for him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
When a surprise party was thrown for Optimus in honor of the 20th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Arcee didn't wind up getting invited. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
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{{main|Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}

Sibling of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], '''Arcee of the [[Darklands]]''' was an ancient warrior, hailing from the prehistoric era that predated modern Transformer civilization, serving under the fearsome tyrant [[Megatronus]] during the wars that led to the unification of Cybertron under the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} "Forged male," Arcee would eventually seek out the assistance of the amoral scientist [[Jhiaxus]] for assistance, after the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]. Seeking to reintroduce the concept of "gender" to the species after its mysterious elimination, Arcee would be altered at the genetic level—but Jhiaxus's callous treatment of his patient would change Arcee into a raging berserker who could only focus on exacting bloody revenge against him and all that he had created, {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} {{storylink|Post}} finally getting even with her tormentor after the thwarting of [[Nova Prime (G1)|Nova Prime]]'s [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

It would not be until after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] that Arcee would truly embark on the long road to recovery; first falling in with the amoral [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] as a private enforcer, {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} and later with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} Arcee was able to slowly work past her many demons, finding companionship, camaraderie, and even [[Transformer romance|love]] in her new role as Optimus Prime's advisor—having lived through the era of the Thirteen and experienced their many atrocities firsthand, Arcee remained unafraid to call out her new leader as he verged closer and closer to repeating their mistakes. But when those mistakes came home to roost in the form of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} Arcee played an instrumental role in the battle against the planet-eater before settling into a new life on Earth with [[Aileron]]. {{storylink|Post}}

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===Robot Heroes===
Arcee was Optimus's strong-willed and humble friend. With the rest of Autobots, they boarded the Ark to search for energon among the stars. They came to Earth, and fought back against the Decepticons when they started trouble. Arcee leaped up to bring Starscream down to the ground, where Drift shoved him into a river! The Autobots then decided to keep vigil over the Earth, should the Decepticons ever return. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===''Unit:E'' comic===
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Autobots to her crew-mate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]], so that he could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. Arcee could be seen standing side-by-side with Jazz on one of Synergy's view-screens. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Known as the guardian of [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], Arcee was a [[Rescuebot]], and one of the Autobots stationed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] under [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s command when a patrol brought back several captured [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]]. She was opposed to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] decision to sentence the invaders to death, and gave them their weapons back so they could fight off the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] used for the execution. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} This compassionate act allowed the Joes to survive and broker a truce with the Autobots, and both sides celebrated with a dance party. As Grimlock explained how he came to be leader after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fled, Arcee protested that no one knew if that was the real truth. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

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When Metroplex was attacked by the Decepticon-Cobra alliance, Arcee, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] took some Joes to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] to free [[U.S.7]] from within the giant and bring him to his senses. Together with [[Tunnel Rat]] she made her way to Maximus's brain, found that it was being corrupted by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and defeated her. The three Autobots and their human allies then moved to attack [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], only to be captured. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} They were sent to the [[Polyhex Killway]] and mind-controlled into fighting each other, with Arcee being forced to try and run down [[Dusty]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] with her car mode. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} The captives were then moved to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], where the Autobots were trapped, unresponsive, in their vehicle modes, but recovered after the Joes used them as getaway vehicles to break out of the city. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}}

The Rescuebots swore to protect humanity by forging a "combination lock", merging into the giant Defensor. Arcee became Defensor's... er, crotch. At any rate, Defensor helped take down Trypticon. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} Arcee later participated in the final battle against DeceptiCobra. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

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===''Angry Birds'' comic===
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Arcee was part of the crew of the shuttle carrying the [[AllSpark]] and helped defend it from a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}} The AllSpark was lost in space during the battle, but just as Arcee and the others were lamenting the difficulty in finding it, it came back to them, crashing through one of the shuttle's windshield alongside a [[Minion Pig]]. {{storylink|Hard Boiled}}
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===''Legends'' comic===
[[File:Legends Business Trip 10 Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Japanese aren't sexist, they just have... ''different'' priorities.]]
The aunt and caretaker of [[Rattrap (BW)#Legends comic 2|Rattrap]], the Arcee of the [[Legends World]] was shocked when her nephew was turned into an actual Transformer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 1|Bonus Edition Vol. 1}} Then when he was turned into a [[technorganic]] Transformer, she just responded with "Again?" {{storylink|Legends Vol. 15#LG03 Tankor Prologue|LG03 Tankor Prologue}} Eventually, the [[Transformers sickness]] caused by Rattrap's toy collection got to her, too, and she became a full-size transforming version of herself. She didn't worry too much about that, though, as Rattrap was late for work, so she quickly made him lunch and personally drove him to work with her new car mode. [[T-AI#Legends comic 2|Ai]] attempted to arrest Arcee before she could cause any trouble like other Transformers had, but was talked out of it by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Tigatron]] who recognized Arcee's new form from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Out of gratitude, Arcee made dinner for the whole [[Axalon Trading Company]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 10|Bonus Edition Vol. 10}}

Rhinox and Tigatron were jealous of Rattrap's relationship with Arcee, who had bathed him and slept in the same bed as him when he was young, until he explained that she hadn't ''always'' been a giant robot. When she was officially diagnosed with [[Transformers sickness]] by [[Bump]] and told to throw out Rattrap's toys so she could recover, Arcee flatly refused, knowing how much her nephew loved his collection. Instead, she just continued living her normal life as a giant robot body. {{storylink|Transformers Legends: Arcee Chapter|Arcee Chapter}} Arcee was later caught up in the giant world-ending storm summoned up by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}} She later heard Rattrap yell out in surprise upon finding his [[Mini-Con]] collection missing. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Armada Megatron}}

[[File:TFLegendsAutobotsHalloweenCostumes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Okay, maybe they ''are'' sexist.]]
Arcee was among the defenders of the Legends world who helped defeat [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] when she showed up to cause trouble. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition Vol. 16}} During [[Halloween]], she dressed up as a maid and set out alongside Windblade and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] to stop [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s trick-or-energy scheme, only for the three to be webbed up by Megatron's new minion, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}} Tigatron later had a dream of Arcee and Chromia wearing each other's armor. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends: Chromia Chapter|Chromia Chapter}} Upon overhearing Slipstream telling Rattrap that she'd gotten a facelift back in her own universe, Arcee jealously wished that she could go there too. Rattrap assured her she looked plenty young already and didn't need remodeling. {{storylink|LG-16 Slipstream Sequel}}

The [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] of the [[OG World|G1 World]] harbored regrets over a failed relationship with his own universe's Arcee, leading to him traveling to the Legends World to remodel his body into something better looking. {{storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}} There he ran into the local Arcee and decided to try again by asking her out, but she turned him down, explaining she was much too busy taking care of Rattrap. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}} She later witnessed [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] enter the Legends Universe, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Deadlock}} and was caught up in [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s attack on the city. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} On accepting a package from [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]]'s delivery service, Arcee was taken aback by how chatty he was. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}}

While acting as cheerleader at a soccer game, Arcee found herself targeted by the prank-loving [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who flipped her skirt and kicked soccer balls at her. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}} She later visited Rattrap's job to bring him lunch, and made [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] blush by telling him he'd been working hard lately. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} Arcee was home when [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] of the [[Astrotrain Transport Company]] delivered a package, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} was seen driving on the roads of [[Akihabara|Neo Akihabara City]], {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} and got covered in bugs when tiny [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] clones swarmed the city. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 47|Bonus Edition Vol. 47}} Metroplex later recalled that she were present when he arrived in this world. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Metroplex}} When Windblade attacked again, Arcee kept Rattrap from being blown away. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 65|Bonus Edition Vol. 65}}

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===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Sumire Uesaka]] (Japanese)}}
Seeking a new way to increase the popularity of the ''Transformers'' brand, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] suggested sex appeal, and fantasized about Arcee taking a bath. {{storylink|The Road to Winning a New Fanbase}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Arcee summed up the ending of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' to those of [[you]] who didn't watch it. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} Just in case you only bought one of the toys telling the story, she also recapped [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s journey into the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} as well as Waspinator's possession at the hands of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In a reality where the Cybertronian civil war had ended relatively early, Arcee was a biologist protoformed with a male chassis. Post-war, she was sent to observe several organic-populated worlds, where she discovered the organic concept of "gender dysphoria disorder", something which applied to herself. Returning home, she released a paper on the subject. Arcee and several others like her underwent reformatting and replacement of bits of their genetic code in order to rectify the dysphoria between their neural/spark programming and their [[CNA]].

At some point, Arcee ended up in [[Axiom Nexus]]. She gave a lecture on the subject of Cybertronian gender, which [[Vector Prime]] attended. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/12/23}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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Arcee was battling the Decepticons alongside Optimus Prime and Bumblebee until [[Baron Karza]] abducted the Autobot leader, leaving the two Autobots befuddled at the mysterious disappearance of their leader. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}}
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===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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Part of the crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when the ship left Cybertron four million years ago, Arcee, the other Autobots, and Megatron's Decepticons crash-landed on Earth some four million years ago, reawakening to wage a secret war for control of Earth's [[energon]]... until the outbreak of the [[Eugenics Wars]] and [[World War III]] around the turn of the millennium prompted them to flee the planet aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and search for energon elsewhere in the galaxy. The Autobots were unaware that the Decepticons had done the same until they were attacked by the Decepticon Titan [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] over the barren moon of [[Cygnus Seven]], and in the ensuing battle the damaged Fortress Maximus crashed into the surface of the planet, knocking him and all of his passengers—Autobot and Decepticon alike—into [[stasis lock]] for some two hundred years.

In the 23rd century, [[Federation]] colonists conducting a routine [[dilithium]] mining operation stumbled on the dormant Transformers, inadvertently triggering the Titan's autonomous repair protocols. First bringing the Decepticons online, the evil Transformers attacked the Federation colony while Optimus Prime gave chase, {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} and the other Autobots had only just been restored to full functionality before [[James Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and the crew of the starship ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' sent an away team to investigate the mineshaft. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

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Though the Autobots, distrustful of humanity after witnessing their ancient wars, attempted to capture the humans, Kirk was able to convince them of their good intentions, and the two factions brokered an alliance to rescue the wounded Optimus—only for the Decepticons to cave in the mineshaft. It was [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] who hatched a new plan to bring Fortress Maximus back online, {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} with Arcee watching as he rigged up a device that would reactivate the Titan by analyzing Kirk's brainwaves. Despite [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s doubts, the plan worked, and Fortress Maximus was restored to full functionality, his alternate mode reconfigured into a copy of the ''Enterprise'' linked to Kirk's own consciousness. Blasting his way to freedom, Arcee and the other Autobots rolled out to take on the Decepticons and their new [[Klingon]] allies, with Arcee facing off against her old nemesis [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] until the arrival of Trypticon; after Kirk rescued the Federation miners by beaming them and Arcee aboard, he transformed the ship into the mighty "Fortress Tiberius." {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

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Though Kirk successfully defeated Trypticon, the heroes learned that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] had already absconded with a load of stolen [[dilithium]], intent on conquering the [[Klingon Empire]] and their capital world of [[Kronos]], {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}} forcing the two ''Enterprises'' and their crews to give chase. Joined by [[Crewbot|a series of custom-built mechanical suit]]s, the Autobots leapt into action against Megatron and his allies, and though they were paralyzed by one of Soundwave's sonic frequencies, it would be the Klingons themselves who successfully thwarted the attempted invasion. In the aftermath, Arcee and the other Autobots chose not to return to Earth with the crew of the ''Enterprise'', preferring to travel the stars, but Prime pledged that he and his soldiers would be on call if Kirk ever required their assistance. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

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===An Arcee Sort of Day===
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When the Great War ended, Arcee was left feeling rudderless in this era of newfound peace. Despite having a bad day in which she had her housing loan rejected, and later picked a fight with a reckless driver, a greeting from her pet robot cat when she came home prompted her to muse that maybe peacetime wasn't so bad. {{storylink|An Arcee Sort of Day}}

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===2019 IDW continuity===
:*''First appearance:'' [[The World In Your Eyes Part Four|''Transformers'' issue #4]]

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Arcee was a particularly feared soldier during the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], and spearheaded at least one assassination mission that targeted one of [[Exarchon]]'s many iterations. Following the end of the war and the ratification of the [[Nominus Edict]], Arcee settled into a peaceful civilian life and eventually romanced [[Greenlight]], though she remained a skilled fighter with a short temper. {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}}

Following [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s murder, the Senate authorized the [[Reproduction|forging]] of a new Transformer and selected Arcee to mentor the young Cybertronian. At the customary ceremony at in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[Pyramid (Cybertron)|Pyramid]], Arcee and Greenlight met their new ward [[Gauge]] and helped welcome her into the world. Observing these events, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] told [[Rubble]] that the newborn had essentially received two mentors for the price of one. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}}

Arcee grew very protective of Gauge, quick to lash out when people suggested she had been forged as a political move to take people's minds off Brainstorm's death. As political tensions on Cybertron mounted, however, Arcee disagreed with Greenlight's position and argued that they should remain on Cybertron, as uprooting Gauge at a vulnerable stage might affect her development. Her mind quickly changed when the [[Rise]] used a Titan to attack the [[Winged Moon]], which brought the [[Tether]] itself crashing down on the planet. The devastation that followed led Arcee and Greenlight to join the [[Reversionist]]s during their evacuation of Cybertron; although Arcee nearly sacrificed herself to get her ward safely off-planet, she was able to board the ship at the last moment and rejoin her family. {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}}

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===''Transformers vs. the Terminator''===

{{spoilers|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three|September 16}}

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Arcee was one of the many dormant Autobots aboard the ''Ark'' in 1984. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}} After being reactivated and reformatted, Arcee became the reluctant overseer of the [[T-800]], a time travelling android whose interference had spared the Autobots from being executed by the Decepticons. After showing him the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapon locker and conducting a perimeter sweep, unaware that he'd surreptitiously scattered explosives around the area, Arcee responded to Bumblebee's call for reinforcements at a [[Cyberdyne Systems]] facility. Eager as ever for a fight, Arcee threw herself at Thundercracker, impaling the Seeker's nosecone with her sword. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}}

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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Sophia Isabella]] (English)|[[Isabelle Auvray]] (French), [[Gabriela Bicalho]] (Portuguese)}}
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Arcee accompanied the energon scavenger Bumblebee and fellow Autobot Cog on a mission to steal a supply of energon to fuel The Ark. Bumblebee brought them to the den of the mercenary Soundblaster. On approach to Soundblaster's throne, Arcee pointed out that he looked a lot like Soundwave; Bumblebee suggested ''not'' bringing up the topic to Soundblaster, as he was sensitive about being a failed clone. Bumblebee successfully deceived Soundblaster into thinking that Arcee and Cog were his new apprentices in the energon scavenging business. Taken down to the vault, Arcee sprung into action, with Cog transforming into a weapon for her to use and holding back the guards while Bumblebee stole energon. However, before the trio could leave, Soundblaster arrived, having caught on from the start, thanks to surveillance from Buzzsaw. Soundblaster also decided that since Arcee and Cog were valuable as Autobots, he'd cash them in for profit. He then had Arcee, Cog and Bumblebee surrounded. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

Outnumbered, Arcee and the others prepared for the inevitable fight, but the arrival of Shockwave's virus affected Soundblaster's goons' weapons. The distraction gave the Autobots the chance to escape, yet with Bumblebee incapacitated from the sudden loss of the Alpha Trion protocols, Arcee was left to take the wheel of a speeder, which she used to escape with Bumblebee and Cog. They reached Autobot Command with the needed energon just as the Decepticons launched their attack. Arcee and Cog brought the energon to the ship, enabling it to take flight. Arcee remained aboard the Ark for the duration of the battle, and assisted in holding back the attacking Decepticons. She was aboard the Ark when it flew into the space bridge. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
{{spoilers|My Little Pony/Transformers issue 1|September 2 2020}}

[[File:ShineLikeADiamond-Arcee.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"So, Rarity, have you ever stabbed someone through the chest?"]]

While battling for control of a malfunctioning [[Space bridge|spacebridge]], Arcee was among the many Cybertronians [[magic]]ally transported to [[Equestria]] by [[Queen Chrysalis]]. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}} After crash-landing in [[Manehattan]], she singlehandedly rescued [[Rarity]] and her employees from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], then, after befriending Rarity, teamed up with her to defeat Starscream, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{storylink|Shine Like a Diamond}}

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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TheTransformersPS2-Arcee.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Sure, her head looks small, but have you seen everyone else's?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Lenne Hardt]] (English)}}

In 2010, the Decepticon military commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] acquired a source of infinite power called [[Zel Quartz]]. It drove him to madness, and he destroyed Cybertron while threatening to lay waste to the rest of the galaxy. Rodimus Prime and the Autobots desperately coordinated with the [[Quintesson]]s to use a timeslip device and travel back in time, preventing Shockwave from ever getting his hand on Zel Quartz. Unfortunately, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the remaining Decepticons learned of the mission, and intercepted the Autobots on the way through the timeslip.

Crashing in 2003 on [[Zel Samine]], where the quartz originated, Arcee awoke with Kup and Rodimus Prime. Separated from the rest of their team, they sent out an SOS and were met by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the present day Autobots. After explaining the situation, Arcee and her allies joined up with Optimus to search for the Zel Quartz before the Decepticons could find it.

Wheeljack searched the planet for any records or power signatures that might be Zel Quartz. After three false leads, they finally located Zel Quartz at the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]]. After fighting through numerous Decepticon lieutenants, and facing the might of Megatron and Galvatron united, Arcee and the Autobots secured the Zel Quartz and ultimately disposed of it so that it could do no further harm. With the rock no longer a threat, the Autobots of 2010 vanished and returned to their home timeline. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Hold still, you've got a little Aligned on ya.]]
Arcee was part of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita 1]]'s team as they made a series of raids on Decepticon bases. Unfortunately, her nemesis [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]'s knowledge of her tactics allowed the Decepticon to put a stop to the team's successful run. {{storylink|Fatal Furies}} At some point she changed her color scheme from blue to pink. She took part in the defense of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}} She and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] encountered a group of Decepticons while hunting for their friends inside the monster. After fending off an attack by Unicron's internal defenses, the pair managed to reunite with their friends and escape before Unicron exploded. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast}}

[[File:TFLegends-ArceeG1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|There. All better.]]
Arcee was still an active participant in the Autobot/Decepticon war when Ultra Magnus decided to reunite with his unit from the planet Junkion, only to be attacked by the Insecticons. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were abducted by [[Skuxxoid]]s during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], Arcee, and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] gave chase. Instead of finding the Skuxxoids, they caught up with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], just as their leader was having a vision that the [[Quintesson]]s were behind the kidnapping. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}

Following an Decepticon assault led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Arcee, alongside Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Spike were forced into taking cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. This did little to improve their situation, however, as the Decepticons continued their advance. Unexpectedly, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rose from his tomb, providing hope that the tide may yet turn in the Autobots' favour. This was not to be, unfortunately, as the resurrected Autobot leader left the group stranded after having received the Matrix of leadership from Rodimus. After Optimus regained his senses, the Autobots were left to mourn their leader as he sacrificed himself once more to undo the Quintessons' trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}} Arcee, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus and Springer were trapped in human bodies by [[Victor Drath]] and [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]], but still managed to foil the pair's plan to destroy Autobot City. They were later successfully returned to their robot bodies. {{storylink|Only Human (Legends)|Only Human}}

In the aftermath of the restoration of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Arcee was part of a team led by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] which attempted to map the changes to their planet. They were briefly delayed by [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (Legends)|The Autonomy Lesson}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
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Arcee appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events and through Special Missoins. She is portrayed by Stella. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|If you ''have'' any loved ones, say goodbye to them now.]]
Arcee participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She was an Epic character who could be acquired as a reward in the "Combiner Hunters" event and "An Uneventful Night" Space Bridge offer. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:ArceeTransformersEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|[https://youtu.be/ocqbFBWjclo Glad we got posted to the Autobot HQ commander?]]]
Appearances... can be deceptive. Quick witted and formidable in battle, Arcee is compassionate to her allies but utterly merciless to her enemies. Streamlined bodywork and light alloy construction only mean she's faster, more agile and ultimately deadlier than most of her fellow Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Arcee Bio}}

Arcee had been dispatched on a mission by Optimus Prime but ran into trouble when [[Nightbird (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Nightbird]] caught up to her. The two have been crossing paths routinely as Nightbird tries to put an end to Arcee's do-good acts. However, as the battle on Earth heats up, Optimus sent a signal for Arcee to return to the Autobots.
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*'''Class''': Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons''': Arcee uses an ion pistol to blast things. Once she does, she closes in and punches/kicks the target.
*'''Ability: Holo Decoy''' - Deploys a decoy that will soak up damage. It cannot damage targets, but it can stun them.
**'''Cost''' 3 ability points. +3 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:arcee Arcee at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Arcee-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| Boom. Bodyshot that counts as a Headshot.]]
Arcee was one of the Autobots pulled from [[The Transformers (franchise)|her universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. She eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of her running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
Arcee took part in a series of attacks against multiple Decepticon bases, destroying them and defeating all enemies in the process. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Arcee (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
[[File:G1ArceeModelComp.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Extreme Makeover: Arcee Edition.]]
[[File:FriedmanAuctionArceeModelEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ready to join Jake and Finn for adventures in the Land of Ooo.]]
[[File:BotCon1996ProgramAMArcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

{{quote|And they were absolutely resistant to Arcee. I said I had a daughter who loves this stuff. There are other girls that like it. Put in a female Autobot!|[[Ron Friedman]], [http://toddmatthy.com/2013/12/31/he-killed-optimus-prime-an-interview-with-ron-friedman-writer-of-transformers-the-movie/]}}

*[[Ron Friedman]] fought for Arcee's inclusion in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' because his daughter was a Transformers fan, but Hasbro/Sunbow were very resistant. [http://toddmatthy.com/2013/12/31/he-killed-optimus-prime-an-interview-with-ron-friedman-writer-of-transformers-the-movie/]
*Arcee had two different [[character model]]s in 1980s ''Transformers'' media. An earlier model served as the [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Generation 1|basis for her original unproduced toy]], which was also the model used for most of her Marvel Comics appearances and for parts of the episode "[[Only Human]]". Her final model, meanwhile, was used for her appearances in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', the rest of her season 3 appearances, and her Japanese ''Headmasters'' appearances.
*Arcee's finalized character model was used to make a lot of the background female characters during the movie and season 3. Various Junkion ladies and the [[Paradron Medic]]s share her design, only without the shoulder-thingies, and a [[Cheesecake robot|more "shaped" version of her earlier model]] appeared in "[[Starscream's Ghost]]".
*When asked about Arcee's design in an interview, [[Floro Dery]]'s reply was, "Arcee is the naked mechanical equivalent of Princess Leia of ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''."<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref> Well, that answers that question... while raising a whole bunch of others!
*In 2010, a set of Arcee's original color models from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' went up for sale on Heritage Auctions, sold from [[Ron Friedman|Ron Friedman's]] collection of [[Sunbow Productions]] materials. In contrast to her final model and her original toy prototype, this early color model depicted her almost exclusively in shades of pink, save for some lavender on her collar, anklets, and [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] seats.
*[[Men in Black|Men in Black Collectibles]], the organizers of [[BotCon 1996]], attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" Arcee figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Hasbro/Takara Action Master Arcee conceived of a few years earlier.
*Around 1999, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] released a special version of the Replica (reissue) [[Microman]] Lady Command figure as part of a [[Lucky Draw figure|lucky draw]] for "The Official Guide to Takara SF Land" book in white and gold chrome named Arcee. The regular versions of the Lady Command figure all had names starting with "A" (Ann, Alice, Annie and Ai<ref>[http://microforever.com/replicam18X.htm Replica Microman Series; Reissued Lady Command M181 Ann, M182 Alice, M183 Annie & M184 Ai (11/1999) at Microman Forever]</ref>), so Arcee makes sense by that logic - but whether this is an incarnation of "our" G1 character is currently not known. Only 5 Lady Command Arcee figures were released.<ref>[http://microforever.com/sflandprize.htm Replica Microman Series; Kodashan Takara SF Land Book Prize - Microman Lady Command Arcee (?/00) at Microman Forever]</ref>
*Arcee has the most romantic attachments of any Transformers character: Hot Rod in the movie, Marvel Comics, the Big Looker Storybooks and Dreamwave continuities, Springer after the movie, Chromedome (and possibly Rodimus Prime) in ''The Headmasters'', and Bumblebee in [[Devil's Due Press|Devil's Due]] continuity and [[Aileron]] in the [[2005 IDW continuity]]. Then there's the weird affection shown toward Daniel in "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", but most fans won't read too much into it, for their own sanity.
*In [[2017]], Arcee was a candidate in the ''[[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Fan polls|fan poll]] for the next bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in ''Transformers'' lore. Although [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Power of the Primes|Optimus Primal]] was the ultimate victor, Hasbro created preliminary design sketches and “Evolution” mode names for all the candidates. When asked at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018, Design Manager [[John Warden]] could not remember what Arcee's name was but suggested that it was something along the lines of '''Arcana Magnus'''.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/2018/07/new-info-about-war-for-cybertron-and-more-from-the-hasbro-preview-breakfast/ New Info About War For Cybertron and More from the Hasbro Preview Breakfast]</ref>
*The [[#Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime incarnation]] of Arcee as a transgender Cybertronian had been worked on for a long time; with [[Rachel Stevens]]'s assistance with the language, as well as [[Jim Sorenson]]'s ensuring it got published. <ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/129168-out-of-printhard-to-find-media-mega-thread/page-9#entry3440904 Post by Verity Carlo on the Allspark Forums, 2017/02/12]</ref>
*Arcee's [[:File:Synergy-Coralus-Arcee.jpg|2019 IDW comic design]] by [[Umi Miyao]] first appeared in the [[Synergy: A Hasbro Creators Showcase|''Synergy'' anthology]].
*Alex Milne based Arcee's design in ''[[Transformers vs. The Terminator]]'' on a 1983 Ford Mustang.<ref>[https://twitter.com/markerguru/status/1293310158622392322 Tweet by Alex Milne (@markerguru), 11 August 2020]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')
*''French:'' '''Arcie''' (Canada), '''Archère''' (France, ''Dark Awakening'', "Female archer")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Arszi''', '''RC''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Saturnia''' (''The Headmasters'' and second dub of ''The Movie'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yǎxī''' (Taiwan, 雅希), '''Arcee''' (China, 阿尔茜 ''Āěrxī'')
*''Russian:'' '''Arcee''' (Арси ''Arsi'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Silvia''' (America ''The Headmasters'')

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